new lens day 2

subject victim 1: the long suffering orange chubby

why doesn't she leave me alone?  doesn't she know what time it is?   

if i ignore her maybe she'll stop bugging me and go to sleep.  meanwhile my paw will turn her to jelly with it's unbearable cuteness.

subject 2: the gorgeous niece.  we were at maria's baptisim and i had no room on my plate for dessert so i forced my desserts onto madelaine's plate and pointed out to passers by how much dessert she was taking.  it's what good aunties do.  then while others were still eating and visiting, i took out back to practice with my new lens.  "i'm not photogenic..." she started.  "pffff.  please!" i interrupted.  and who, i ask you, was right.  me.  i was right.  i'm right a lot but don't let that discourage you.  we can't all be right.  anywatanabe, look at this kid.  she knocks my socks off.  i was only going to do a couple but i just couldn't.

 madelaine's eyes are liquid amber and i'm smack dab in the middle of them.

 these shots i was testing out different f stops and well madelaine was just hanging around being her cute self.

 madelaine was only a few months old when i lived with her family in japan.  i sang her to sleep with my swedish lullabyes.  this makes my head spin (literally.  it's like the excorsist)

 we sat around the church talking for a long time.  then we went back to jord and tracy's changed and went for a walk a tynehead park.  fatima declares this park to be in cloverchuck but that's NOT TRUE.  it's in fleetwood..  it was a very pretty park chalk full of buttercups and....

 slugs. subject 3: slugs everywhere.  i can't help it, i think slugs are cool and make a cool subjects.  i mean i don't ever want to step on one, but look at their shape.  it's awesome.

 here i missed the slug but i thought this shot was kind of cool anyways.

eventually i had to lay down on the path to get my subject.  this time, just outside the narrow line of focus, he looks like an alien.

 it looks like he's eating a rock.

 subject 4: hips and legs comparisons

nice bums eh?  it was getting too dark and thus the blurriness.

 subject 5: tiny tot

the end.