042/365 - Jim - I Love Cards

( f/4 70mm 1/160 sec ISO 200 Nikon D300 )

Theme is letters. I saw this on Flickr one day and wanted to reproduce it. It is a very cool idea and I can't take credit for it. All I had to do in post processing was remove a tiny amount of red from the Queen and Ace to make them an O and V. Using the 7 and 3 as letters reminds me of my childhood and typing things on the calculator, then flipping it over and giggling.

031/365 - Jim - Pocket Sevens

( f/11 70mm 1/250 sec ISO 200 Nikon D300 )

Theme is seven. I staged this on my pool table so I would have the authentic felt look. I wish I had clay chips, but oh well... I used my 70-200mm lens with the Canon 500D close-up lens on the end of it. This let me shoot very close and get a better depth of field at a lower f stop. Two of the flop cards are sevens too, but you can't tell.