The challenge at I Heart Faces this week is “Family Fun.” I love, love, love this picture of my friends, the Lundquists. They let me take pictures of their family this fall, and the circus just happened to be in town. I love how giggly they all are in this photo!
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The Haus des Meeres is located in one of the old Flaktuerme from World War II. You can walk around the balcony of the Flakturm and get a 360 degree view of Vienna. It’s kind of awesome.
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We spent an afternoon at the Haus des Meeres (Vienna Aquarium). I decided that since there is no flash allowed, this might be a good opportunity to practice my manual focusing skills. It was a good exercise, and I got some fun shots. I think I like using the manual focus when shooting through glass and water. It gives me a bit more control. I still definitely need to practice this skill, not only to become better at focusing, but to be able to do it more quickly. I’m a lot slower at focusing than the creatures are at swimming. Especially those hammerhead sharks. Speedy suckers. Here are some of my favorite creature shots from the day.
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This week’s challenge over at I Heart Faces is “Furry Faces.” The photo doesn’t necessarily have to have a furry face, but it does need to be a photo of an animal. I’m sharing a photo of the little ladybug that kept me company during my early morning photo shoot.
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Last Christmas I got this cool Bokeh Kit from Photojojo. Turns out I did not have the skills to use it. 
However, after a year of learning about bokeh and a bit more about how to use my camera, I decided to give it a whirl. I think this is the best photo from my first attempt. It only has a couple of lights, but it is just a better all-around photo than the others.
This photo has the best lights, but isn’t a great all-around photo.
I’m thankful that photography gives me a creative outlet, and I’m excited to play around with this technique more.
Wow! This last week really got away from me. My last few entries in the Gratitude Challenge are about a week late. Better late than never, right? Last night Matt and I walked around downtown for a bit. The Rathaus is my favorite building for a whole lot of reasons, not the least of which is that this where Matt proposed. I love this building during Christmas – especially at night. It’s just so beautiful!
The challenge at I Heart Faces this week is “On Your Feet!” My entry is a photo from the roof of the Naturhistorisches Museum Wien. The roof has statues of a number of famous scientists. I didn’t check to see whose feet I took a picture of, but I love this shot. Giant feet with Vienna in the background!
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