And so the day is finally here, day 365! I made it, took a picture every single day with no exception, with no forgetting and then having to fake it the next day. Every day for 2011 I had my camera, any camera, with me to capture something. Some were better than others, some downright horrible. It got tough during these past few months when the light was gone and the weather was Seattle. I decided to make the last shot be of to cork coming out of a champagne bottle to toast the accomplishment. But unfortunately this was the best I could get. Prepped with what turned out to be a way too old bottle of sparkling wine, my Dad was here and I had him prep and fire. It was during the day, so I could be at 1/1250s and really get the action, with my camera set on continuous high speed. I starting firing away and pop shot the cork over into the neighbors yard. And what did I get? The absolute last moment before the cork was going to come out and then the cork way out of frame with barely anything spraying out of the shaken bottle. Really? Oh well, I should have taken the shot with the camera back and to the right of the bottle, facing up at the sky as it shot off. Lesson learned, didn’t have another newer bottle to try. And so for this I had him shake and just have the bubbly shoot out again sans cork and that’s my last picture. I think it came out well, with a little B&W lightroom touch in post. It’s been a fun year, but I’ll be glad to go back to taking pictures on a less grueling schedule and hope all my time has made me a better photographer. Look for a post coming soon where I summarize some things probably. Thanks.
46mm f/3.5 ISO 1600 1/1250s (Shutter speed priority) +1 EV (actually intentional)
I took this picture too, from a page in a book obviously.
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