Camping trip and Photo Contest

I'm headed out on a camping trip with a buddy from work and some of his friends to Little River Canyon near Ft. Payne Alabama. I'm psyched about it. I have borrowed my Dad's killer tripod and have all of my camera equipment ready to go. Not the ideal time of year to shoot pictures since all the leaves are off the trees and no new growth has really started yet. That being the case I'm going to try and go for some moodier type shots that may look nice as black and whites. It's a good opportunity to scout out the place and make note of the areas to take some nice spring and fall shots when I go back.

My company has a photo contest coming up with a deadline of next Friday. I've been shooting primarily sports for the past few years so I don't really have many candidates for the contest. I'm hoping I'll get a few this weekend. I did take a few shots the other evening that I may enter.

 
Fruit

Fruit Bowl

Drew Practicing Piano

I really like the piano shot. I need to brighten up the fruit shots before printing and entering them into the contest. They were shot on my kitchen table with my D100 and the SB80DX flash. Drew's hands were shot with the same setup, just not at the kitchen table. I bounced the light off the walls so that the subject didn't get washed out and I could pick up some more detail.