My New Best Friends by taffy

My New Best Friends

Pretty self-explanatory...not a great way to bring in the new year so am hoping that by Tuesday I'm back to normal.
Limited my photography today to indoors so practiced still life and negative space. And sleeping and watching movies and viewing photos. Wanted to go to the roof and re-do my first shot, but it's icy and fogged in. Probably all for the best. Hoping others are having a good weekend!
For happier times in Hawaii - dolphin at http://365project.org/taffy/the-also-ran-ph/2013-12-29
Sunset from Lighthouse Trail: http://365project.org/taffy/special-photos/2013-12-29
This looks like a cold has set in - within you as well as on the outside! Sorry about that! Hope its short lived!
December 29th, 2013  
Kim
Awww! Very descriptive image. I will wish you well for the new year.
December 29th, 2013  
Take care of yourself, your picture speaks louder than words....
December 29th, 2013  
Oh dear. Cool picture. Get well soon.
December 29th, 2013  
Vee
Oh dear! Sorry to hear that you're sick! Hope you get well by the New Year! I've loved seeing all your Hawaii photos and hope to catch up on commenting very soon! :)
December 29th, 2013  
Great light. That extreme change in climate didn't help. Take care!
December 29th, 2013  
Feel better soon. Great use of light here
December 29th, 2013  
Oh no! So sorry! Hope you feel better soon. Great shot by the way. Have you acquired professional lighting?? Looks awesome!
December 29th, 2013  
Feel better soon
December 29th, 2013  
Excellent lighting and focus. Feel better soon!!
December 29th, 2013  
Oh, so sorry, but 'tis the season. Hope you're feeling better soon!
December 30th, 2013  
Oh, no! Take care of yourself - hope this passes quickly!
December 30th, 2013  
Ugh! Ugh! Feel better!
December 30th, 2013  
AC
Oh No! I could almost feel sorry for you, but it is a small price to play for the Hawaiian to Chicago climate change! ;)
December 30th, 2013  
Jo
Bummer, so hope you feel better soon, well shot and lit btw.
December 30th, 2013  
@maggiemae @kimshots @cathrinemitch @stevecameras @vskolnik @genealogygenie @swilde @pflaume @kerristephens @kwind @featherstone @timandelke @mzzhope @jo13
Aw...thank you all for your well wishes. They have brightened my evening!
Lisa -- the lighting is the one I've used for some of the flower macros I've done -- my counter top with the hanging halogen above, with all the other lights turned out. Then, in processing I up the contrast a bit to get rid of any remaining extraneous light leading in.
December 30th, 2013  
Nice lighting! Hope you feel better soon!
December 30th, 2013  
AC
BTW, I do hope you feel better soon!
December 30th, 2013  
@3rdxoff Thanks! I appreciate it! What a bummer!
December 30th, 2013  
@mej2011 Thanks Melissa -- hoping so too and appreciate the sentiment.
December 30th, 2013  
Hoping you feel much better very soon! (it is a good capture, though..)
December 30th, 2013  
feel better!! great lighting.
December 30th, 2013  
Hope you feel better. Never saw a cold so well expressed
December 30th, 2013  
Feel better! I remember my very first photo when I started 365 a couple of years ago was the same - kleenex, flu meds etc.
December 30th, 2013  
Love the lighting. Thank you for the explanation...and hope you feel better soon.
December 30th, 2013  
feel better soon! I sure can relate been there done that!
December 30th, 2013  
Hope U feel better soon:)
December 30th, 2013  
Ugh. Me too. I've been down for a couple of days. Your photo sure tells the story.
December 30th, 2013  
I hope you are feeling better soon. Nice capture and handy to have near by when you don't feel well.
December 30th, 2013  
TaffyR, I hope you feel better soon! (And, honestly, I wasn't copying off of you when I took and posted my own cold remedy of a cup of hot honey and lemon just now! *wry grin*). Here's to a photo that tells a story! Here's hoping the next story photo you post tells one of recovery and feeling well!
December 30th, 2013  
So sorry to hear you're under the weather! I find that mucinex is my bff during those sniffly days- and Theraflu at night along with a handy dose of Airborne. At least your Hawaii pictures can cheer you up!
December 30th, 2013  
trust a talented photographer to create a oppurtunity from nothing ... kudos to your commitment ... and thinking .... hope you feel better soon my friend!!
December 30th, 2013  
Awww...taffy..hope you feel better soon! How about some hot Tang...lol..really! Take care!
December 30th, 2013  
The shot tells the story. Feel better soon!
December 30th, 2013  
nice, hope you feel better
December 30th, 2013  
love the low key effect - hope you feel better, Taffy!
December 30th, 2013  
@linnypinny @egad @yorkie @kass @aecasey @inphokus @buendavid @rvwalker @zenna @bernicrumb @olivetreeann @friend2303 @nanderson @twinsplusone @twr @jankoos
Thanks so much for the kind words. The only upside is lying around so having time to respond, view, and say thank you!
December 30th, 2013  
Get plenty of rest and get well soon Taffy!
December 30th, 2013  
Wonderful Still Life and great lighting Taffy, get lots of rest.
December 30th, 2013  
Excellent still life, love the dark backdrop!!
December 30th, 2013  
Cool still life! Love the graduated sizes, excellent composition!
December 30th, 2013  
Poor you Taffy! Its often the case when you come home to cold weather from a hot climate - hope you feel better soon in the meantime enjoy those movies!
December 30th, 2013  
Such a shame to end a holiday like that and so inventive to turn it into a photo opportunity
December 30th, 2013  
Awww...feel better soon! Your photography isn't suffering though! :)
December 30th, 2013  
Lovely capture
December 30th, 2013  
Get well soon!
December 30th, 2013  
that's the way it is - too much of a good time clearly does not make us perfectly happy - the universe believes we need the lows too - still being ill can be quite cuddly if you have no work on or food to cook ...
December 30th, 2013  
hope you feel better soon, just take care of yourself!
December 30th, 2013  
Hope you feel better for the New Year celebrations.
December 30th, 2013  
Feel better soon
December 30th, 2013  
Oh,dear!! Hope you feel better soon!!
December 30th, 2013  
Sorry you're not feeling well.... even when you're off your shots are still awesome though... nice lighting! =) Get well soon =)
December 30th, 2013  
You make the flu look attractive in this shot! Expertly photographed. I do hope you are feeling better very soon.
December 30th, 2013  
Great lighting and composition. Sorry to hear about the cold lingering on.
December 30th, 2013  
Hope you feel better soon. Great still life, superb lighting
December 30th, 2013  
Hope you feel better soon Taffy!! My cough has lasted 3 weeks and still going strong!! Fed up with it now!! Lovely shot and great lighting!!
December 30th, 2013  
oh shame, you poor thing. Well I hope the new year brings in good health, Taffy. Well done shot, and definitely self-explanatory. :)
December 30th, 2013  
So sorry for you. Hope you get well soon . Take care and take you time.
( great and beautiful composed pic. to show you illness )
December 30th, 2013  
Hope you feel better soon Taffy !! Great image to illustrate how you feel, love the light.
December 30th, 2013  
Looks like you set in cold! Vacation in warm weather and return home with cold weather. Nice lighting on the top with black background! Great shot!
December 30th, 2013  
Get well soon. You've still managed a brilliant shot though xx
December 30th, 2013  
Oh no! You come back from warm and wonderful Hawaii and get a COLD! That stinks. Sorry, friend! Get better soon
December 30th, 2013  
I'm so sorry you are poorly the day before New Years Eve. No consolation at all but you are not alone, after various family and friends sniffling away, my throat is now sore… oh dear!
December 30th, 2013  
Like your designer tissue box - and love the lighting. Sorry to hear your not too well - perhaps a hot toddy?
December 30th, 2013  
brialliant shot. hope you feel better.
December 31st, 2013  
Caz
So sorry you have been ill, hope you feel better soon :)
December 31st, 2013  
"Wine a bit you WILL feel better" .... hahah! sorry you are not feeling well. Now I know why you made the comment on my photot. Nice composition, btw!!
December 31st, 2013  
very nicely lit... sure hope you're feeling better by now!
December 31st, 2013  
@gazbadger @gailmmeek @lnicole419 @busylady @cazann @eyesmile @northy @espyetta @psychographer @sjouk @pyrrhula @pamknowler @carolmw
Thank you so much for your kind thoughts. I'm definitely improving -- I'm sure getting actual medication to go with my home remedies is helping! Happy New Year to you all!
December 31st, 2013  
I really like the lighting for this shot! Hope you feel better really soon!
December 31st, 2013  
Sorry you are sick. It is absolutely no fun. I am finally over the same thing that is going around here. Sure makes it a good time to catch up unless you are coughing, sneezing and blowing your nose constantly. TV worked well for me. I watched some wonderful movies. Take good care and hope this is gone soon.
December 31st, 2013  
Hope you are feeling better now. You take a cool photo with great lighting even when sick. You rock!
January 2nd, 2014  
Making mundane into marvelous, my my, masterful!!
January 2nd, 2014  
Mac
Hope you are feeling better. Perfect lighting!
January 3rd, 2014  
I must admit I didn't read all the previous comments so apologize if you've already responded to the well wishes in hoping the worst is over. I hope you are able to enjoy the what I assume is the end of break. Hopefully we don't get too buried in this next wave of snow!
January 5th, 2014  
@vankrey Thanks Michael! The worse is behind me, but this cough is tenacious! Another week before school starts in full force so I'm planning to hide out at home during this arctic frost! I hope you can avoid being out too much and enjoy that last bit of break and snow shoveling!
January 5th, 2014  
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