Some days it isn't

Some days it isn't easy.  This is Day 84 in my year in pictures, and occasionally, I can run out of inspiration.  I have spent most of the year being amazed at all of the beautiful and interesting things going on around me that I had never noticed before, but there are also days like today when nothing shows up. 

I used a long lens to isolate the subject and eliminate the background.  I bounced a 580EX II on manual set to 1/32 power zoomed to 14mm off the ceiling, so I would just get a kiss of light back down on the button.

Canon 5D Mark II
176mm - ISO 800
1/25s- f/5.6