Love or Leap MCP12

This months theme is Love, or alternately, Leap.

We had some gorgeous snows this month... and our typical display area for holiday "stuff" is our window....

My son loves to color and this particular day I just could not pass up this shot.  It is so hard to get him to sit still long enough to set up a picture (my camera default is usually set up for indoor shots w/ a speedlight).  But I made it :-)

I was trying to play around with silhouettes & high key images, as I need some experience with both!

And last, but not least, my version of love AND leap.  Introducing my daughter and big brother :-)  We are very excited, and a little scared!

MCP12-- Month 1-- Resolution

My entry for month 1 MCP P12   (MCP P12 homepage)

Resolution-- "the act of resolving"... "determination"
Both definitions apply to these pictures.

These are pictures of agarose gel electrophoresis (wikipedia).  You can add cut up DNA to an agarose gel (it feels like stiff jello), apply current and the DNA will flow through the gel and separate the DNA based on size... thus "resolve".  The technique allows you to visually see (with later development) if you have the size DNA you are looking for... thus "determination".

I am sad to say this is a poor effort for me.  All month long I thought of great shots for resolution (working in a lab, I find lots of things for resolution!).  Suddenly I find it is the 30th of the month!  And the 30th and the 31st both... I forget to bring my camera into work (a Nikon D90)-- darn prego brain!

Solution: the lab camera!  A Canon Powershot A590IS.  Luckily for me I began my initial learning about shutter speed & aperture on a Canon Powershot A610 so I was familiar with how to change both (which isn't so intuitive on this camera.  I can't say I enjoyed the pictures that much (I had to put the ISO up so high they were very grainy), so I played with editing them in CS4.

I really wanted to capture the bubbles that come up through the buffer from the platinum wire when the current is applied... this camera simply couldn't handle it (and oh yeah, I am at work so I didn't have an hour to mess around!).  I will have to try it with my camera on a different day.....