Day ThirtyTwo FINAL SHOT

Here is my final shot for the contest between the other participants who completed the month. I took 6th place (out of 18) with a score of 7.196 (out of 10)

Day ThirtyOne

Here we are, day thrity-one. Last day of the month of January, last day of the challenge. Tomorrow we head into the contest! I don't think this challenge was as 'hard' or as 'stressful' as I've heard about in the past. It was actually pleasant and not hard at all. No day did I have to force myself to do this challenge, I was up for it each day - even while sick! It has been quite fun. I thought about taking this into the 365 day challenge to take myself through the backyard each season. But I know once we hit the middle of this year, life is going to be really busy and there is no way I'd be able to keep up with it. I look forward to the next 30 day challenge!

Thanks to everyone who has taken time out of their busy schedules to leave comments here! It's been a fun month and now I'll be lost as what to do with the time I normally shot, post and visit everyone else's pages!

Day Thirty

I was thrilled when I woke up this morning, walked past the back door and saw lots of frost! Back on Day Eighteen is when we had frost last. The Hens&Chicks were another option for me with the last frost, but I chose the yucca instead. So, today I went back to these.

Day TwentyNine

Well it wasn't as windy today as it was yesterday, but it sure felt colder. Today I unbuttoned a middle button on my coat and tucked in my camera because I was sure it was going to turn into an icecicle! When I came in today my fingers were redish purple and once the warm finally kicked in, they burned like they were on fire...owwie! Why oh why did I chose an outdoor theme!? Only a couple more days.

Ok, so I'm not as interested in my subject as I am in the colors of the background. :) I just wish I'd have gone a little higher in my angle to the subject to get rid of the sunlit strip of ground along the top. Oh well, I still like the colors.

Day TwentyEight

Whoa it's cold out there! It's so windy things are blowing away from behind the garage across the yard. From what the weather says it's 25mph wind but it seems stronger than that.

I don't really care at all for this photo, but I'm not going back outside today.

Day TwentySeven

Brrrr! Winter is back for sure. Out with the unseasonal warm and in with the typical cold - again! The dusting of snow from yesterday was gone, but the dusting from overnight was still there.

After taking shots of a couple other subjects, walking back to the door to come in I saw some leaves on the driveway. This one was curled up and standing on its tips, like it was tippy-toeing through the snow. A few seconds after the wind gusted and blew this little fella away. I feel like I go back and forth between liking an image and hating it. It's like I initially like it, then through the day when I look I feel 'meh' about it, then there are moments of liking it again.

Day TwentySix

It's been a while since I had an actual rose in my shot, so I thought it'd be time to throw another one in here :) We only had a dusting of snow that pretty much is just blowing away. But there are some light flurries right now.

A wise ol', amazing photographer once expressed his love for a certain crop, so since I was having issues I thought I'd give it a shot and see how it works out. I hope I didn't ruin his like for it! :P