Automatic Enjoyment

Sorry this is so late. There has been a ton of sickness in our family. Our little boy was sick, then my wife, now me. So....pictures have just not been on the top of my list for a bit. But, I'm back. This is a picture of our sons fishtank that his aunt got him for Christmas. There are 3 little fish in it. Every morning he has to run to find his fish, and this is also his nightlight. He absolutely loves it, and enjoys it. He can spend minutes watching them. Also, when he eats breakfast, he watches is "baby can read" videos, and will watch for the full 45 minutes. For us, it is "Automatic Enjoyment" and we can get our morning things accomplished. It's great!!

Edge and Automatic

Another busy week with little time to take photos. Here are the best ones. Sorry!

Livin' on the Edge

18 mm, 1/160 sec, F 5.6, ISO 200

Rod and Rumba on the edge of a trail behind our house.

Automatic

20 mm, 800 ISO, 1/155 sec, F5

No matter what we're doing, if Rod is near me, I automatically reach for his hand. CC

Automatic love for girl things

I have been MIA since I got this second job. I'm rarely home now and haven't had much of a chance to take pictures, but today and yesterday I grabbed out my camera and gave it a go.

Here is my Automatic
I think it is automatically instilled in some girls from birth to love phones and girly things. My little girl is obsessed with phones and loves to call people...even some I don't know...

For her Birthday tomorrow (celebrated today at Grandmas) I gave her a little play phone with chapstick in it. (Another automatic for a girl...love of makeup!)

CC always welcome

Big Boy!

My baby is ten months old today and it's very "automatic" to do a photoshoot on his monthly anniversaries. I can't believe he's already been here almost a whole year!

My studio lights are coming in tomorrow, so this was taken right by a north facing window.

f/5.0, 1/60, ISO 800 ( I know that's high, but it was a very dreary day, so to get any light at all, I had to bump it up a lot higher than I usually would.)

Automatic Everything

Whenever I am feeling a little frazzled, I always get automatic pleasure from drinking a nice can of soda and doing either quilting or scrapbooking.
This soda also represents automatic lecture. My oldest daughter says that I shouldn't be drinking soda at all, as it isn't healthy for our bodies. She even prays that I will stop drinking "the bad drink with the cherries on it" during her nightly prayers. Talk about an automatic guilt trip! Sorry baby.... Sometimes the only thing that is keeping you and your sister alive is my nice caffeinated soda. Maybe I'll quit once you move out of the house.

My Automatic Response to Delicious Food...

...Is to take pictures of it!


Ever since I started my food blog, taking pictures of food has become an automatic thing. I make the food, plate the food, and photograph the food. Only after I am satisfied with the quantity and quality of pictures taken will I actually sit down and eat the food.

Picture taken with point-and-shoot camera (as are all my pics), in natural light from the window. I used a sheet as a "tablecloth" because I get tired of the same dark wood of the coffee table in all my food pics. I like how it made the whole picture look lighter, and emphasized the chocolate sauce.

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Recipe for these delicious Pears Helene here.

What Does this Automatically Bring

I discovered a foliage setting on my camera and thought I would experiment between that and a manual setting. No enhancements made this look better so I left it as it was taken. I took the picture just before sunset which was shining right on to the flowers. The camera didn't pick it up but there was a orange glow in the area. CC

Simply put sun and water automatically brings blossoms. For me it automatically brings a smile and joy. But it also automatically brings itching, sneezing and running nose!

AUTOmatic driving

The first thing that came to my mind with this challenge was a car. I know that's not genius or anything, but it's what I thought about all day.
So, instead of doing a different topic, I just tried to make driving in my automatic car more interesting...

I took this by tilting the mirror as far out as it would go so I wouldn't get my car in the picture, and then scrunching down in my seat to get the words "objects in the mirror are closer than they appear" so that everything else would blur as we were driving.
ISO 200, f16, 1/25 second)
Color pop in Lightroom with DANCE preset.

And I always forget to put this, but CC.

My Kind of Gardening

f5.6 1/15 iso200

My kind of gardening is the AUTOMATIC kind... these babies come up all by themselves. Oh, if only the tomatoes could do the same! ;)

Wishing for Automatic Upgrade

Isn't there a faster way to move from diapers to this??

Taken on my 'p' setting, no flash, near a window. Cropped only. I would have loved to have hilighted just the red, but my free program doesn't do that.

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Automatic Transportation

Sunny day means automatic bike rides for my family. I've always thought gears made for an interesting subject. I just wish I had a bit more time to spend trying different angles and focus areas. My hubby was just really excited to get started. I was disappointed- blogger keeps rotating the picture on me. I thought it was much more interesting twisted the other way- ah well- use your imagination.

f-5.6, ISO 200, Sutter 1/320 on an D40X

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Automatic-drug test

I work in a Drug Testing Lab and we do random drug testing, clients are responsible for calling in every day and listening for the group numbers of that day, if they do not show up when their number is called it is then an AUTOMATIC "No Show", if they show up and cannot provide a sample then it is reported as "Refusal" Which also means and AUTOMATIC "positive" result. Just my little take on the word Automatic.

Automatic : Car Radio

When I get in my car I automatically turn the radio station to one that is cohesive to my mood. Usually it is preset button 1 or2.
no flash used. macro focus.

Automatic Stress Relief

(D70, ISO 1000, f3.8, 1/50, shot in indirect sunlight, slightly sharpened)

With our 5 1/2 month old twins, we don't go ANYWHERE for longer than 10 minutes without our ridiculously huge diaper bag, which we pack with two bottles, bottled water, two sectioned formula containers, tons of diapers, toys, extra binkies, six burp clothes, six bibs, wipes, two extra outfits in case of explosions, the changing pad, and mommy's wallet and cell phone. The bag was sitting on the ottoman in our living room after a trip to the doctor today, and as soon as I saw the subject, I thought of the bag because it's become so automatic to pack that while we're getting ready to go anywhere that we barely have to even think about it anymore. Like the title states, just knowing that we have all those supplies at hand also automatically lowers the stress level...the only thing we can't fit in there is their swings! No real editing done, just a slight sharpen and resizing. CC

CHALLENGE: Automatic

Now this doesn't mean to SHOOT in automatic!! This means to push yourself to find what it means to you!!

How do YOU interpret the word??

CHALLENGE: Automatic (hopefully with manual settings!!)

Let's see what you've got and have a great weekend!
As always, pictures in by Sunday at midnight!