No, really, I’d like a slice.

Red velvet cake, as interpreted by Costco, in this photo. The cake was so pretty, and I took a bunch of photos, but wasn’t totally pleased with any of them. This was the best of the bunch… and the cake was delicious.

Happy birthday, Sheila – thanks for leading the way. I’m right behind you… with my “over two decades” in contact centers.

Let me eat cake is brought to you by j.ronald.lee - photography / journal

I took this picture to be a depiction of the word “even,” and then I get it into the computer and notice that I’m off by the tiniest of amounts. Argh… Oh well, I’ll retake it eventually. Just not right now.

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The real tragedy here is the Bodega Elena de Mendoza that is spilled on the table… it’s such a delicious red wine, and it’s nearly impossible to find in New Hampshire. I got this bottle for about $10 US, and it’s an incredible bargain at that price. If you enjoy red wine, I highly recommend it.

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I thought that as Apple has finally cleaned up its mess with not being able to sell the Beatles on iTunes, an image of an apple gone bad might be ironic.

I actually took this photo before even rumors broke, and I was just looking for something truly creepy. Meal worms and a red delicious apple to the rescue… this image creeps me out.

How about you?

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I can’t even say the word “jelly” these days without thinking of the sea turtles from Finding Nemo.

Still… not that kind of jelly. I was looking for something soft to shoot for the clue “soft spot” in the monthly scavenger hunt, and this is what I came up with.

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Appropriately named post for me, as I am awake with a nasty sore throat that came out of no where. I felt fine two hours ago, but I woke up in pain. It seems that laryngitis is in my immediate future…

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Just a few days ago, I was mocking this maple tree because it was showing so much red in the summer time.

Today, this bit of glorious foliage makes more sense…

It’s amazing what a week makes. I drive on I95 most days, and the stretch through New Hampshire has come alive with red, orange, and yellow. It’s not prime foliage season; not yet, at least. Still, trees are starting to make the turn. The world is starting to turn its gaze away from summer.

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Troybilt 28 inch two stage snow thrower with electronic start and heated hand grips – for sale here. Pity the engine doesn’t run. I’ve made a couple attempts to revive it, all to no avail.

She threw snow a long way last year until the last storm… when I accidentally ran the engine without oil in it. A plug came loose, the oil drained, and the engine seized. Now it’s just waiting for a new home with someone who is more mechanically inclined than I am.

Snow Thrower (for sale) is brought to you by j.ronald.lee - photography / journal

This photo of Twizzler’s licorice candy is a bit of an experiment for me. It was taken at F22, which means that the shutter opening was very small, letting in very little light. It was a low light situation anyways, so I had to keep the shutter open for 20 seconds at ISO 200.

It was taken with an x2 Quantaray close-up filter on the lens, allowing me to get much closer to the licorice than I would have been able to otherwise… which is a poor-man’s macro lens solution. The problem with this method is you usually end up with an incredibly shallow depth of field. By shrinking the aperture to it’s minimum setting, that lengthens the depth of field, allowing the licorice on the top of the pile to be just as in focus as the licorice you can see towards the bottom.

I like the Quantaray filters, as they have given me some exceptional shots, such as these:

A common feature in these images, however, is that the depth of focus is very narrow.

I’m happy with the twizzler pic – what do you think?

Quantaray close-up filters and Twizzlers is brought to you by j.ronald.lee - photography / journal

2 AM.

Kid can’t sleep.

After waking me up for about the 8th time with, “I can’t sleep,” we went downstairs to talk, and noticed how the humming bird feeder glowed with the light coming through the kitchen window. It made for a very pretty night light, and we had a nice conversation about ISO, aperture, and shutter speed. We got out the tripod, and this was the best of our attempts, a 4 second exposure at f/5.6 and 1600 ISO.

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Humming bird feeder by night is brought to you by j.ronald.lee - photography / journal