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‘The eye sees only what the mind is prepared to comprehend” Henri Bergson

My picture today is inspired by several fellow 365’ers.  I used my 50mm 1.8 lens with the aperture wide open, stood in front of my camera with my 35mm 1.8 lens mounted.  The challenge is to get the eye in perfect focus.  I also wanted the lens rim to be in focus . . . but really struggled with getting close enough to the camera to make it work.  However – on this shot I was amazed at how in-focus my eye actually is.  Oh the things I’m learning!

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“An optimist is a person who sees a green light everywhere, while a pessimist sees only the red stoplight… the truly wise person is colorblind.”  Albert Schweitzer

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“The light which puts out our eyes is darkness to us. Only that day dawns to which we are awake. There is more day to dawn. The sun is but a morning star.” Henry David Thoreau

Really just goofing around today.  As I said in an earlier post, I want to start stepping it up on my 365 Challenge.  So – here’s my hat-trick for the day.  Take a close look!

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“Friendship with ones self is all important, because without it one cannot be friends with anyone else in the world.”  Eleanor Roosevelt

Today’s photo is a result of a challenge thrown out by Michael Andrew who is sponsoring the 365 Challenge.  He wants to see if we can “blow” out the window light in our photos . . . it’s been fun to see others doing it.  So I felt it was time for me to step up to the challenge.  I had to tweak my facial and jacket coloring a bit in Lightroom, but am generally pleased with how this turned out.  I used a gold reflector to throw light back on to my face.  I’m feeling more motivated to get creative and step up my efforts in this challenge.   

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“A soul mate is…someone whose way of viewing life is not necessarily the same as yours but complements yours, so that there is not a compromise, there is a complement.”  ~Paul Robear

Today I had it in my brain that I wanted to create a silhouette – so I played around with that idea until I came up with this.  Of course, it’s been processed in both Lightroom and Photoshop.  I kind of like it!  It’s not our anniversary until May, but he is my best friend, soul mate, lover, companion.  A friend gave us a plaque when we got married that contains that slogan “BethGlenInc2003” so it’s kind of stuck!

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“And when it rains on your parade, look up rather than down. Without the rain, there would be no rainbow.” Jerry Chin

We’ve had alot of rain here in the Pacific Northwest lately.  Hubby and I were driving along on the highway so I put the camera on the dash, slowed down the shutterspeed and snapped.  I took a few shots and this was the best.  I like the motion that was captured.  I processed it in Lightroom and Photoshop, and used a Layer Mask to add the inset photo of me in the rear view mirror.  

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