Picture of the day (Cage)

This is a picture I took this last summer, It was taken at the St. Louis Botanical Garden. I shot it with my Canon 40D with my 28-105mm lens. I used Aperture and the plug-in Nik Silver Efex Pro to make it a Black&white. If possible use a program that was made for making black&Whites most photo editors just chop out allot (about half) of the data when you convert to black&white. I really like nik software, if you get a chance try a free trial.  I like the the composition of this picture, I went back and forth on making it color or black&white, I'm glad I went with the black&white I think it works better.  What do you think?

Photo Of The Day "Grimace"

This is a picture I took about a week ago I have been playing around with light. I tried bouncing it off of a mirror, i found it to have a nice mix between Harsh/diffused light. I used my Slik Tripod using my wireless trigger remote to capture this image. i used the (live mode) feature on my 40D to set up the composition. Thats were bouncing it threw a mirror comes in handy. Please tell me what you think. -jay-

My New Blog

Ok so now that my web site is down (jayhaufphotography.com) I will be posting some new photos and keeping every one on what we are up too. I would encourage you to leave feedback on my photos and you can always see my latest stuff on flickr       http://www.flickr.com/photos/9072383@N07/

I will try to update often, but please know that i have a Job, and a baby and a pregnant wife.