Fast Moving Train 01-02-09

I went into town today to run some errands and also take some photos of the train depot and courthouse. While at the depot, without warning here came a train and I managed to get "something" in focus. I would say he was moving at 50 mph or so and I was less that 100 yards from him so I feel lucky that I got this shot. Thanks heavens I was in auto mode and could react quickly. Most of the time anymore I shoot in manual mode and like the results better than auto.

'Til next Christmas

Since today is the "take down the decorations day" I thought this would be an appropriate picture to post. I didn't go to much effort to light this one, just the on camera flash with a diffuser.

Happy New Year everyone! Wishing you great photos in 2009.

Just getting started

This is my first attempt to set up a blog so bear with me. Here is my first picture to post on my blog and I picked this one since it is New Year's Eve. I took this one for a daily challenge for one of my groups. I took this against a black background with an LED flashlight lighting the bottles from the back. Another LED flashlight lit the glass and bottle tops from the top. Hope you like it.