My year in pictures...

[meowmensteen]

Yeah I did it!



One year at project365.org Now if you feel so inclined here is a post featuring the best from each month. Clicking on any image will link you to my project where you can see it larger if you'd like:

October




November







December








January





February
This month I was reading a book on black and white photography and did the whole month in monochrome.








March
Then I took a month where I did all my shots in my back ally to try to teach myself to look closer at the things around me to find a great photograph.


Same flower a week later...

A fun tribute to "Subterranean Homesick Blues" by Bob Dylan with my sister:





April








May








June







July







August








September






October

Comments

[susandennis]

Now, that was a particularly fun entry for me. Beautiful, fun, delicious pictures. With the one freaky snake one :)

[meowmensteen]

Can you believe I just found that snake hanging out on the the sidewalk near the Locks?

[susandennis]

NO!!! I told myself you got that snake shot one day when you were in Portland or even further from my house :)

[planet-x-zero.livejournal.com]

Wow. There are some really good photos here. Congrats on completing the whole 356.

[meowmensteen]

Thanks.

[yoshi0.livejournal.com]

congratulations :D
lovely pictures :)

[sweet3mich.livejournal.com]

Very nice photos. I've always wanted to do a 365 Project, but I am still in the "idea" phase.

[meowmensteen]

There was no idea phase for me. I jumped into before I really knew what I was doing, but the people at 365 were really helpful in teaching me a lot of techniques and giving me ideas.

[tabular-rasa.livejournal.com]

This entry is awesome! You have taken some truly breathtaking photos this year!

[meowmensteen]

Thanks. I hope I can out do myself when the new camera arrives...waiting so patiently. Impatiently.

[puzleves.livejournal.com]

Great photos!

I've started a 365 like 5 times, completing it is a whole different deal lol

[blue-aardvark.livejournal.com]

Lovely photos. Really like "My Hill."

[meowmensteen]

Ha, I almost didn't post that one on my project. It got a lot of attention on the site. I guess since I have to walk up that damn hill every day, I tend to have a sort of resentment towards it.

[mountaincalling.livejournal.com]

So many fantastic photos! Thanks for sharing, it's nice to see your favorites all in one place. :)

[aphroditemf.livejournal.com]

These look so gorgeous collected together! I love the contrasts in colour and tone, and the nature/urban juxtapositions. My favourite is the picture of the open door in January.

[hashishinahooka.livejournal.com]

I don't know what it is about the first pic under November, but WOW!!! Is that Seattle? Because um... yeah, I need to move there already.

[meowmensteen]

To be fair, this is what the picture looked like before I color edited it:


but yes, this is a standard view of a Seattle neighborhood. Lots of hills, and trees. You climb up one of those hills, and you get amazing vistas...if you can find a gap in the trees.

Random comments

[surrey-sucks.livejournal.com]

Oct 2013: I had no idea that it was a cake until I clicked on the link. It looks so strange! Is there a reason it's green?

Nov 2013: the colors of the houses in the first photo are so pretty!
The geese!!!!

Dec 2013: the train photo is beautiful.
How did you do that door photo?!

May: the ducks are so cute!

August: WTF is that thing?!

Sept: That is an awesome photo of your cat.

Re: Random comments

[meowmensteen]

The lights in the bakery put off quite a yellow glow. If I forget to reset the white balance, things tend to look yellow and green.

The door photo was fun. That door is the actual gate at my mother's apartment building. I opened the picture in GIMP and selected the part of the image inside of the door. There I over-saturated the colors and increased the contrast. Then I did an invert selection to select the everything in the image besides the part in the door and mostly desaturated it until it was almost black and white, and then added a bit of blur to make it look more drab.

That thing is what I call a "Skeeter Eater". I have no idea what it's real name is. They're big and clumsy, but are harmless.

Thanks for checking out my project.

[grail76.livejournal.com]

You do some very nice work.

[meowmensteen]

Thanks. I hope my next year using a DSLR rather than an automatic will give me some more great pictures. So far it's been clear to me that I still have a lot of learning to do.