Yesterday was the final day to vote for Thirty Days 2009.  After the votes were counted the following images were voted as the top three from the Thirty Days 2009 collection.

3rd Place: Day 2 – Sunset on Green Mountain

2nd Place: Day 9 – Watching Paint Dry

1st Place: Day 29 – Hannah

This morning four names were selected to win a matted print of one of the Thirty Days 2009 images.  The winners are Jeff K., Laura M, Liz D and Alex S.  Congratulations!

I know some of you have inquired about how to purchase a print of one of the photograph in this years series.  Now that the voting is over, the Thirty Days 2009 gallery is available where selected images are available to purchase.  You may also contact me directly, if there is a certain image you were interested in buying.

Thank you again for taking the time to vote.  It definitely has been helpful to see the images receiving the votes.

There is just a few days left to vote for Thirty Days 2009.  Let your voice be heard by selecting the three images you like best, and when you vote you will be entered to win a matted print of an image of your choice.  A couple of images are in the lead right now…  will your vote help them or make it a close call towards the end?

Day 2 - Sunset on Green Mountain

There is just one more week left to vote for Thirty Days 2009.  Let your voice be heard by selecting the three images you like best, and when you vote you will be entered to win a matted print of an image of your choice.  Will it be Day 6 and Ringo, Day 15 at the Denver Arts Center, Day 28 at Mission Beach California, early in the morning on Day 30 in the fields east of the Denver International Airport or one of the other 26 images?

Denver Arts Center - Day 15

I would love to get your feedback for the images from the project in November 2009.

With the month of December upon us, the Thirty Days 2009 project has ended.  However this is when you get to vote on your favorite images taken during the timeframe.  When you vote, you will be entered into a drawing to win one of four 8×10 matted prints of a Thirty Days 2009 image.

Voting is open until January 10, 2010.

The holiday weekend ended, but my flight back to Colorado from San Diego was not scheduled to arrive close to 1am.  With this in mind I tried to maximize my sleep on the flight and decided if the conditions were good enough head east of the airport for the final photograph of Thirty Days 2009 on the way home.

With a near full moon I made way out and used some roads I was familiar with to grab some images at around 2am.  The quiet night with a slight chill in the air and mostly calm wind helped, but after about 30 minutes the chill and late hour steered me home. I was able to captured some images using around a 20 second exposure showing the quiet night.

Full Moon on the Plains

With the end of the Thanksgiving weekend today, my five year old niece took the opportunity to play in my parents backyard this morning before heading home with my sister and brother-in-law.  She was being crafty in the backyard and spent some time drawing with the chalk in addition to performing one more song for all of us.  As she was drawing I noticed her shadow being cast and took the opportunity to take the following image of Hannah leaving some chalk on the pavement as her earlier creations of the weekend had been washed away by the prior day’s rain.

My niece Hannah draws with chalk in California

The weather turned a little over night and the morning was filled with some rain and more so wind along the San Diego coast.  After photographing in La Jolla I headed down to Mission Beach and found a street light along the boardwalk which was still on even though the sun had been up for about an hour.  With the overcast conditions, it was a different type of photography today and took advantage of this to capture the following image.

Morning in Mission Beach - San Diego

A trip to nearby Lake Murray was in order on the morning after Thanksgiving to feed the ducks.  The weather up until now was quite warm, but a front was suppose to move through the San Diego area later in the day bringing cooler weather.  While at Lake Murray, a line of cirrus clouds were visible as a precursor to the cold front.  After feeding the ducks at the lake, we headed as a group along the trail towards the dam (Lake Murray is the last holding location for San Diego drinking water).  In the distance was Cowles Mountain and with the clouds for that front moving in a wide angle shot was used to emphasize the sky over the lake.  Now the question comes, what will the weather be the rest of the weekend.

Lake Murray and Cowles Mountain, San Diego

I found myself always heading to Coronado on Thanksgiving morning since going out to photograph while in San Diego, and this year was not different at all.  In the past I have photographed at the Ferry Landing and the Hotel Del Coronado, so this year I tried something a little different.  Using the beach location near the San Diego-Coronado bridge I found some morning light in the direction of the bridge, but also a different view of the San Diego skyline for the Day 26 image of Thirty Days.  Now time for plenty of food.

San Diego Skyline from Coronado

For the 25th day of Thirty Days 2009, I walked around downtown San Diego in the early morning.  One thing I am doing while walking is always looking for images, whether it is at eye level, below eye level or above. Near the Little Italy light rail station I found an interesting building, not only with the facade but also the lights hanging from the building. Working to get a good angle, and avoid the morning flow of light rail I found a perspective I liked for the image which was then converted to black and white.

Light on a San Diego Building