I’ve been taking shots of just anything around the house so that I can have images to process into Aperture. It seems to make more sense to learn to use the software with my own images than it does with a bunch of canned samples.
For this shot, I tossed the cases of a bunch of my jazz CDs on the bed and started shooting. Then when it came time to process these shots, the thought came to process them as greenish monochromes rather than black and whites or sepias.
After going through the shots from the city fireworks show, there were more keepers than I’d originally thought there were. So there’s a new page listed up top … ’4th of July Fireworks’.
Take a look! It’ll make you go “oooooooo … ahhhhhhhhhhhh …..” all over again. 
55mm, f/5.6, ISO 100, Shutter 4.2 seconds
I tried to shoot star trails last week, but it was a little hazy. Last night was much better. Once the tripod was set up and facing the southern sky, the first thing visible was Scorpio. This is a 30 minute exposure.
32mm, f/5, ISO 100, 30 minutes
There he was this morning, sitting in the window, watching something play in the yard (probably a bird). I decided I wanted to end up with an old timey grainy black and white feel, so I cranked up the ISO to 400 for the shot.
Then I waited patiently for his tail to stop twitching …
55mm, f/5.6, ISO 400, Shutter 1/250
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