A Long Exposure Sweet Shot Tuesday

Time again for another Sweet Shot Tuesday over at Life With My 3 Boybarians.

 

Santa Claus was really good to me this year.  My wife contacted the jolly old elf and told him exactly what I wanted for Christmas.  Between him, his helpers over at Arlington Camera and most importantly my loving wife, I am now the owner of a Tokina 11-16mm 2.8 wide angle lens and a B+W 110 ~ 10 stop filter!  I must have been really good this year…LOL!

 

So this past week I posted on my camera clubs message board that a case of cabin fever was running rampant through my house, and I needed some serious intervention.  Lo and behold (what does that mean anyway), I was not alone in my suffering!  It seems that several of my fellow ‘togs were suffering from this same dreaded illness.  The only cure…shoot something.  And shoot we did!

 

Nashville had been hit hard with a snow storm of epic proportions this past week.  So hard in fact, that 3 inches of snow, forced out schools to be closed the whole week…YUCK! But we did not let this phase us at all.  So we had a little mud, and a little dampness, and a little cold air at least the sun was shinning!!!  Without any further delay, here’s my entry into this weeks Sweet Shot Tuesday!

 

 

1/100 second exposure ISO 200 Tokina 11-16mm (14mm) F16 Edited in LR3/ CS5 Nik Color Efex Pro (tonal contrast filter)	360 second exposure (B+W 110 ~ 10 stop filter) ISO 100 Tokina 11-16mm (11mm) F22 Edited in LR3/ CS5 Nik Color Efex Pro (brilliance/warmth filter)

 

1.3 second exposure (B+W 110 ~ 10 stop filter) ISO 200 Tokina 11-16mm (16mm) F22 Edited in LR3/ CS5

87 second exposure (B+W 110 ~ 10 stop filter) ISO 100 Tokina 11-16mm (11mm) F22 Edited in LR3/ CS5 Nik Color Efex Pro (brilliance/warmth filter)

185 second exposure (B+W 110 ~ 10 stop filter) ISO 100 Tokina 11-16mm (11mm) F22 Edited in LR3/ CS5 Nik Color Efex Pro (old photo filter)

The rest of the shots were nice, but this one here is my FAVE-O-RITE!!! 

I love the way the clouds are streaking across the sky. 

The silky smoothness of the water, and most important I love the way the sun was shining!!!

185 second exposure (B+W 110 ~ 10 stop filter) ISO 100 Tokina 11-16mm (11mm) F22 Edited in LR3/ CS5 Nik Color Efex Pro (brilliance/warmth filter)

So that’s it for this week, until next time…

Light of the world…

"Here I Am To Worship"

Light of the world, You step down into darkness.
Opened my eyes let me see.
Beauty that made this heart adore you hope of a life spent with you.

[Chorus]
And here I am to worship,
Here I am to bow down,
Here I am to say that you're my God,
You're altogether lovely,
Altogether worthy,
Altogether wonderful to me.

King of all days,
Oh so highly exalted Glorious in heaven above.
Humbly you came to the earth you created.
All for love's sake became poor.

[Chorus]
Here I am to worship,
Here I am to bow down,
Here I am to say that you're my God,
You're altogether lovely,
Altogether worthy,
Altogether wonderful to me.

I'll never know how much it cost to see my sin upon that cross.
I'll never know how much it cost to see my sin upon that cross.

And I'll never know how much it cost to see my sin upon that cross.
No I'll never know how much it cost to se my sin upon that cross.

[Chorus]
Here I am to worship,
Here I am to bow down,
Here I am to say that you're my God,

You're altogether lovely,
Altogether worthy,
Altogether wonderful to me.

So Here I am to worship,
Here I am to bow down,
Here I am to say that you're my God…

 

Just Another Late Christmas Dessert

 

It seems like every year my father-in-law request that I make the dessert for Christmas dinner.    In the past I  have made Cranberry Orange Cheesecake , Marvelous Mocha Cheesecake, Died and gone to heaven Chocolate Cake, DAGTH Cup Cake, and other assorted sundries (all at my FIL’s request mind you).  This year, he left the decision up to me. 

 

Whenever I see a dessert, I try to make it a little more friendly as far as nutrition goes.  In other words, I take someone else’s recipe and try to make it work for me.  So here ya go, just another Christmas Dessert, with a little Christmas bokeh mixed in!

White Chocolate Raspberry Trifle Cake

http://www.kraftrecipes.com/recipes/white-chocolate-raspberry-trifle-cake-118964.aspx

INGREDIENTS:

1 bar Lindt Sugar Free White Chocolate candy bar

1 pkg.  (8 oz.) Fat Free PHILADELPHIA Cream Cheese, softened

1 cup cold skim milk

1 pkg.  (3.4 oz.) sugar free JELL-O Vanilla Flavor Instant Pudding

2 cups thawed light COOL WHIP Whipped Topping, divided

1 sugar free Pound Cake (link and recipe below)

1/4 sugar free cup raspberry jam, warmed

1/2 cup  fresh raspberries

DIRECTIONS:

MELT chocolate I microwave very slowly.

BEAT chocolate and cream cheese with mixer until blended. Gradually beat in milk. Add dry pudding mix; beat until well blended. Whisk in 1 cup COOL WHIP.

ARRANGE slice pound cake in half

COVER with half the pudding mixture. Repeat all layers. Top with remaining cake.

REFRIGERATE 3 hours.  Top with remaining COOL WHIP and berries.

 

Sugar Free Splenda Pound Cake

http://lifewithcake.com/2009/05/sugar-free-splenda-pound-cake/

INGREDIENTS:

3 cups sifted cake flour

1 1/2 cups Whey Low Granular sugar

1/4 teaspoon baking soda

1 stick butter, softened

6 egg whites

1 egg yolk

1 (8 ounce) fat free container sour cream

2 teaspoons vanilla extract

DIRECTIONS:

PREHEAT oven to 325 degrees F.

GREASE and flour 2-9 inch round cake pans; set aside.

COMBINE flour, Whey Low Sugar, and baking soda in a large mixing bowl. Cut butter into flour mixture with a fork or a pastry blender until crumbly. (This procedure may be done with a mixer at the lowest speed. Cover mixing bowl with a clean tea towel to prevent spattering).

COMBINE eggs, sour cream, and vanilla in a small mixing bowl; add 1/4 of the egg mixture to flour mixture. Beat at low speed with an electric mixer until blended. Beat at medium speed for 30 seconds or until batter is smooth, stopping to scrape down sides of the bowl. Repeat procedure 3 times.

DIVIDE batter into half, add small amount of red food coloring to one batch, green to other.

SPOON batter into prepared pans, 1 red, the other green.

BAKE for 45 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pan on a wire rack 10 minutes. Remove from pan; cool completely on a wire rack.

SLICE cake into half, creating 2 layers from each cake.

If you get a chance, head on over to My Life with 3 Boybarians and show some love to the other entries in this weeks Sweet Shot Tuesday!