The long month of January

Well this has been a very long month - it eventuated into two! The topic was 'Clockwork and Mechanical' unfortunately Nick would not let me dismantle his pocket watch for clockwork and I had tried to get into the clock tower of the council building however nobody could tell me who to contact for access (not even the Mayor could answer my questions so will keep at them for that and hopefully get to use it another time) so mechanical it was.

I have had a great time experimenting with 'live view' (not going to be using that one again) and with my flash (need heaps more practice than I have been getting still not confident with it at all) and I have spent the afternoon playing around in photoshop. Realistically I have had a very pleasant day with an awesome GRIT class where I pumped heavy weights and did such cardio as squat jumps, burpies and jack knife pushups (ok my pushups still suck but are getting better) and the fitter I become the more camera equipment I can carry around with me (at least thats my excuse for buying more lenses).

I am also adjusting to new glasses this week (yes finally got around to getting some new ones the crack in the old ones was starting to give me migraines) so I am hoping my post processing is ok as I am adjusting to where I look through these for each computer/tv/book. I have spent the afternoon of my relaxing day playing in photoshop and I did play with everything so my post processing is a bit more fun than my normal ventures.

So without further adieu here is my take on Clockwork and Mechanical:

The 'Mechanics' of a rose

(yes this was one of my Valentine's roses)

Mechanics 101

Mechanics 102

Mechanics 103

Ok so I took a little play on words and stole some items from the garage to see how good Mick's memory is. I was going to be really cruel and crop in nice and tight to the third one but I liked my effect too much on the brass.

I am looking forward to March - Churches and Cathedrals - I have already gotten some ideas and saw a great church when we drove to work one morning but now I can't remember where it was. We are also in Melbourne this coming Saturday and am there again on March 18 so might get some night shots that night.