The End

I can't belief that this is the end. Makes me think somehow. It was hard sometimes, but i enjoyed it, i like to thank you all, it was a real pleasure looking at your pictures, and somehow i will miss this.
Thank you all!

No picture from my shoebox today, i tried to keep it as simple as possible today.

Day 30

Day 30, bit late today, sorry, i was looking through my archive hdd, since there where no more pictures for my shoebox feature on my primary hdd, and i discovered tons of pictures there, that where lost or forgotten, i thought that i show you some of them today, 8 to be exact. And i also found the old pictures of my last girlfriend, made me sort of sad, and that's now 2 years in the past, i hope such things are normal. What ever, don't want to drag you good people down. I think i've done good job with my picture today, hope you also like it.

Somehow unbeliveable that it's already been 30 days and that only one day is left, i think i should keep this photo-blog for the future.
Lets start my shoebox frenzy.
(Sorry if it's a bit much today)

1: This is a crow (corvus corax) i have seen at the zoo it's leeching of the food the animals get there, i really like those birds, they always where living close to humans, and are part of many tales, songs and mythology, the crows Hugin and Munin for example where companions of of Odin, i could go on now about Barbarossa and other story's but i think that would be a little bit much.



2. A young lion at the zoo here in nuremberg, isn't he cute? :)


3. guess what... xD I think everyone took a picture like that at least once.


4. A rose. I took this picture on a workshop in tubingen germany, it was very rainy, i'm still happy that my camera survived this.


5. Also from tubingen, i found this on a half-timbered house in the city. Have i mentioned that my ex-girlfriend is from tubingen? I don't visit that city anymore. Ok ok i stop...


6. Airport nuremberg! People that where reading this blog on a regular basis know about that day. :)


7. I think i have never shown that one, i think it went in the trash, i couldn't remember why, but remembered the very instance i started working on it in adobe lightroom today. ;D


8. Also from tubingen - no comment!


Wow! you made it to the end of this enormous post! O.O Thanks for reading/viewing, i hope you enjoyed it! :)

Day 29

1. things first: It is some sort of closeup. I'm as close i can get at the moment.
So, what is this? Just some lame stars? Nope. It's M45, the Pleiades! You can find the wiki article and some better pictures ->here<-
So, what went wrong? I can't use my telescope, i have to adjust the mirror, and the mount is damaged, and there are filters on the sensors of DSLR's that doesn't really allow me to photograph the nebular, that makes the Peiades look so good. How ever i posted a picture at the end of the blog entry, the pleiades are (from the center) to the north east, it's not very good, but at leas proves that i was "close". Please keep in mind that i turned this picture.

About yesterday:
I had the same thought. I think that's where the material gets into the mold, they could remove this, but they don't, maybe for blind people. :)
Kimbo: I think the one here is bigger, and maybe even better, cologne is better known for their carnival, also nuremberg is the birthplace of the "lebkuchen" ->wiki<- which are eaten all over germany during christmas... but i have to admit that we are sort of fighting with cologne over who got the better christmas-market.

Todays shoebox:

Day 28

I should have cleaned it... damn, now everyone know that i'm a blabbermouth... well... i think it's not like you haven't guessed this by now.
But i finally figured out why there is that little "thing" on the 5-key of nearly every phone, or i think i did.

Yesterdays picture was the base of the desk lamp, which normally is my primary light source. It's made from white plastic, and the base got some slits in it.
Yesterday's shoebox really was taken in the middle of the night, i was in the zoo with some friends, taking pictures, then in the city and had dinner in a nice restaurant, after that we decided to do some night-shots on the airport just before going home. I still want to make my pilots license for ultra-lights on that airport, there are so much nice subjects, and learning there is like a backstage pass, but i just don't have the money.
@cridley:
No problem mate, i also don't write as much comments as i want to, there are just not enough hours in one day, but i'm very happe to hear that you like it! :D

Today's picture from my shoebox, is a picture i took near x-mas on the x-mas market here in nuremberg, it's one of the biggest worldwide, lot of people come here to visit, and i found out that you can determine the country they are coming from by their screams after accidentally hit them in the face with a tripod.

Day 27

Sort of destroyed today's picture in lightroom, but somehow i just wanted to, i'm sort of bored... maybe. What ever.

Yesterday's picture was the label of a driver CD, it had a barcode printed on it.
I liked the... umh... "relationship" between the white and the green, and the way how the barcode added some nice "texture" and something dark as a contrast.

The otter could have been a very nice picture, one of my best, but the reasons i don't really consider it a keeper is because the focus isn't really where i want it to be, there is no real contrast, it looks a bit "grey" to me, i didn't liked the composition, no matter how i crop it and i took it maybe a split second to soon, i want the top of his head facing the camera, and some other stuff. To much things i don't like, but i still like otters, and i will keep it, even if it's just for me. :) I'm picky with my pictures, wouldn't have shown most of the pictures i submit here anyway, but there are 1 or 2 i like, i personally like my picture for day 10, and like the great ansel adams once said: "Twelve significant photographs in any one year is a good crop" i think i should be a little bit more satisfied, on the other hand, i think he haven't been able to take 1000 pictures a day, and somehow that makes the quote worthless in todays world. Some outdoor photography would have been nice, to bad my spine still isn't really fixed according to my doctor.
I think i'm just starting to look for excuses again so i stop here.

Today's shoebox picture:

Day 26

Australia day today, and tibetan new year!
Happy new year y'all! :)
I tried to keep my picture simple today.

The bullet i have shown yesterday was found on my property some time ago, i don't know where it comes from, only the shell is left the bullet was fired a long time ago, by who i do not know, it belongs to a small caliber riffle, not to my little BB. :)
Yesterdays shoebox actually was some sort of a hdr, glad you people liked it. :D

Today's shoebox "went into the trash" some time ago it's not that good, but i still keep it, i sort of like otters, very adorable animals. *cuddle*

Day 25

Quick one today, i'm really groggy today, big lunch, had a hot bath and cleaned the house. :)

I'm sort of satisfied with yesterdays picture, i could have done better with some work in photoshop but i still don't have my license, i love it when ideas develop them self and it just sort of "flows".
Very nice to come up with something different than just another gloomy picture, but still, i only have a lamp, a flashlight and some black paper as a background, i think i have to buy some real backgrounds this year, and maybe a studio light would be great. *dream*
Ice: I would gladly do that if i would become rich, everyone should have a room like that, i believe that a aquarium is something very relaxing and calming.

I think i never have shown today's shoebox before, i took this picture around x-mas 08, normally i don't take pictures like that, but i always like to try new stuff. :)