Serious Slacking

No real shots, or projects in 2 months... Ugh...  Here's some stuff I've done for special request or that I thought were ok:

D7K at ISO 3200, no PP

Mmm Strawberries!

 Got Sharp?  Too bad I missed the correct sync speeds on the remote

 Guessing about 2:1 magnification here

 Security Fiber in a $5 bill

D7K Color test

 Mandatory shot from the zoo

 MF very thin DOF Test

 Cookie for anyon who can guess how you get this without post or filter.

Picnik test

Market Street Bridge

Some HDR B&W's from the Market Street Bridge in Wrightesville:

Pre-Daylight Snowfall

A shot I like of a birds nest from this AM after a snowfall:

Slacking while on the job

Since the Hershey Bears / Giant Center are the camera gestapo, my hockey shots went bye bye and I was at a client site all week.  During travelling, it's hard to find much time to do to much beyond eating, sleeping and working so I slacked off until the last day of my trip, here's some of the better results:

NM, this will be put on temporary hiatus- planes here and Picasa is being difficult.

Edit:  Here's the pics:

Editing

First shot at selective color:

Frostbite Finals

I got 2 pics that I really liked, and a bunch that just didn't work but it was a good chance to work in low light with manual focus lenses and "Guesstimate" metering.

Some Samples of Past Pics

These are what I'm hunting for, one a week:

And a manual focus shot under impossible conditions:

Blog Goals

Being inspired by many various people, I'm coming up with a plan to vastly improve my photography by forcing myself to do a set schedule of photos.  This is set as a weekly goal as my work schedule will not allow me to do a daily shot.

Rules:

1. Only one shot per week can be of Audrey or Mica.
2. At least 1 shot per week must have post processing done on it beyond levels.
3. At least 1 shot per week must be wider than 18mm (~30mm 35mm eq )
4. At least 1 shot must be a telephoto 200mm+ (320mm 35mm eq)
5. At least 1 using only ambient light
6. At least 1 shot per week using manual focus
7. Only 2 shot per week using the 24-70mm F/2.8

Goals (In descending order of importance):

1. Average 7 "Good" pics / week
2. Average 1 8x10" worthy of printing pic per week
3. Average 1 potential contest entry per month
4. Get a picture published

The duration of this challenge is February 5, 2011-June 25, 2011.  Rewards if I make my goals?  I don't know, but if I get all of them, I'll treat myself to something nice.... ;)

Apologies for the background, but since this will be a photo blog, I thought it would be nice to have a dark background for the pics,