It’s a wrap

I’m officially finished with the Photo a Day project for October. I never missed a day! True, I didn’t always post them on the day I took them, but I did fairly shoot one photograph a day for the entire month. Check the EXIF data for proof.

We got back from our six day cruise to Bermuda yesterday, and yep, I’ve got photos galore. I’m still in the process of cataloging, picking out my favorites, and then cropping and making necessary edits in Photoshop. None of the Photo a Day photos were edited other than to crop them as needed, but I’ll be playing with optimizing the Bermuda photos, especially the ones where I had the white balance set to cloudy when it was in fact perfectly sunny. (Just FYI, everything ends up with a blue cast when you do that. Doh. But it’s easily enough fixable.)

October 28
The United States Customs House, located at the foot of Market Street, as seen from Deck Eleven of the Norwegian Majesty docked at the passenger terminal of Union Pier. The steeple behind the customs house is St. Philip’s Church, one of the more prominent sights in the city. Nikon D70, ISO 400, F8, 1/90, 70 mm.

October 29
Salt crystals on a railing aboard the Majesty. Nikon D70, ISO 400, F4.5, 1/4000, 55 mm.

October 30
The Unfinished Church in St. George’s, Bermuda is one of the most striking places I’ve ever been. We got into St. George’s late in the day and the light was fading, but I got some photos I’m happy with. This is my favorite. Nikon D70, ISO 1600, F6.7, 1/180, 27 mm, using aperture priority mode. I’ve been shooting manually pretty much all the time before this day.

October 31
The sunset as we sailed out of Hamilton, Bermuda. The colors are very true to life in this and that took me quite a bit of experimentation. Nikon D70, ISO 1600, F9.5, 1/350, 34 mm, one stop underexposed according to the meter.

So that’s it for October. I’ll have the Bermuda photos posted in a day or so depending on how much tinkering I end up doing with them. In all likelihood, I’ll post a few at a time as I finish them.

Next project: I’m going to do a mini-photo a day for the holidays around the Twelve Days of Christmas. This was too much fun not to repeat.