Thursday, July 31, 2008

30 Day Challenge Contest Finale - Level 3

Level 3
Nice work everyone...it's been great, Cheers!

Day 31 Bonus Pic - Mailbox In A Rusty Can?

mail
Heh...not sure the reasoning behind putting your mailbox in a can?

Wednesday, July 30, 2008

Day 30 - One Weak Opponent!

Boxing
Heh, just the way I like it...sparring with an opponent that doesn't hit back...I usually always win? =)

Bonus
Beaver Boxing Club
Photos taken at "The Beaver Boxing Club". Thanks to Mr. Joe Sandulo for giving myself and (MeLummy) the opportunity to do this little photo shoot in your great and pretigious Boxing Gym. You're a real stand up guy. Thank you Sir! Also Thanks to you Samir "The Cadillac Man" for setting us up, getting us in there, very much appreciated. You're both Champions!

Tuesday, July 29, 2008

Day 29 - Wide Angle

Wide Angle
Chess pieces & socket tools? I know, hehe, I couldn't find all the pieces...I thought the reflections from the sockets were cool!

Monday, July 28, 2008

Day 28 - Paranoid Schizo

Paranoid
Experimenting with my new wide angle lens using light and long exposures and this happened!

Sunday, July 27, 2008

Day 27 - Oops!

Oops!
Slightly overshooting the bed.=)

Saturday, July 26, 2008

Day 26 - Am I Losin' It?

Thumbs Up n' Fingers In
I was making an adjustment to my monitor and they just magically appeared on screen. It's been 26 days, I think I'm losin' it! =)

Friday, July 25, 2008

Day 25 - Classic Locomotive

Train
Displayed outside the Science & Technology Museum.

Bonus View
Bonus

Thursday, July 24, 2008

Day 24 - Chinese Mahjong Tiles

Chinese Majong Blocks
What are they...you say? These tiles/blocks are used to play a game simular to playing the card game, Rummy or Gin Rummy. Want to play? Here's a link to the rules.

http://chineseculture.about.com/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?site=http://www.cs.utk.edu/%7Eclay/mahjongg/rules.html

Wednesday, July 23, 2008

Day 23 - What Am I?

What Am I?
I don't know, this may be an easy one?
CLUE: Although only partially shown here, there are usually only a set of twenty of these hot redheads together at one time?

Answer: Matchbook 20...I believe that is how the rock band Matchbox 20 got their name.
Matchbook 20

Tuesday, July 22, 2008

Day 22 - I Can't Drive 55!!

It's My Turn To Drive!
Heh, I got home late and have been starring at them all night so why not capture my dashboard lights? Tried to take the shot at 160km, but I couldn't hold her steady enough, the car or the camera...lol.

Monday, July 21, 2008

Day 21 - On The Road

Guitar Man


Bonus
Worth 1K Rocks!

Sunday, July 20, 2008

Day 20 - Texas Hold 'Em...Can't Fold 'Em?

Texas Hold 'Em
Texas Hold 'Em Poker. Anyone else love this game as much as I do? I couldn't resist, I had to post one pic of my favourite poker game of all time...Shuffle up and deal!

Saturday, July 19, 2008

Day 19 - Sphere

Sphere II


Full View
Full Sphere 2
This highly polished sphere was fabricated in four months from 10 gauge type 304 stainless steel. The sphere is 3.65 metres in diameter, weighs approximately one tonne and is mounted in a 7.9 metre diameter pool.

Friday, July 18, 2008

Day 18 - What am I?

Bicycle Crank Rotating
.....we're you right? See below.




Bicycle Chain Rings
A set of three "Chain Rings". These rings hold the chain in place and help while you crank and propel a bicycle when you ride it. This one, in particular, is for my twenty-one speed mountain bike. As you can see, She's in pretty rough shape after I took her out for a fairly harsh run the other day! See the busted and warn out teeth?

Thursday, July 17, 2008

Day 17 - Red Dragon

Red Dragon
Shot in the dark, I used a red laser pointer on the glass ball that the Dragon holds and this is the effect I got. Not exactly what I hoped for but it is what it is.

Original Mini Statue
Dragon

Wednesday, July 16, 2008

Day 16 - Mystery?

Mystery?

Tuesday, July 15, 2008

Day 15 - Metal Gear

Gear Macro
These gears are cranked manually by hand to raise and lower wooden planks, which allow waterflow through the dam. This one was built sometime in the 1960's

Larger View
Full Gear

Monday, July 14, 2008

Day 14 - King Cobra II

King Cobra
Gonna hit the 19th Tee driving range, I thought I'd sneak in this shot before I left.

Sunday, July 13, 2008

Day 13 - Just wanted to say...

Worth 1000
Didn't have much time today, thought I'd paint a quick comment about our favourite site. I'm sure most of you would agree, yes?

Saturday, July 12, 2008

Day 12 - House

House

Friday, July 11, 2008

Day 11 - Pepsi?

Pepsi

Thursday, July 10, 2008

Day 10 - Firetruck

Firetruck 2
Always loved these big red lifesavers!

Wednesday, July 9, 2008

Day 9 - Totem Pole

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This colourful wood carving stands tall in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. It towers the trees behind it.(see pic below) It was presented by the Boy Scouts of British Coulumbia and Yukon, carved by Chief Mungo Martin of "The Kwakiutl Indian Tribe" in 1960.

Another View
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Tuesday, July 8, 2008

Day 8 - Tennis anyone?

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I cleaned off the cobwebs and blew the dust off my old Tennis racquet today and enjoyed the nice warm weather we've been having...took this shot while the others were warming up.

Bonus - Good Sportsmanship!
Good sportsmanship!

Monday, July 7, 2008

Day 7 - I found some nice cool shade.

Made In The Shade

Day 7 BONUS...GET BACK TO WORK!
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Sunday, July 6, 2008

Day 6 - ....In The Studio

In The Studio
I haven't had the old "Les Paul" out for awhile...I thought she could use some attention!

Saturday, July 5, 2008

Day 5 - Yacht & Sail Club

Yacht & Sail Club
Beauty day today, so I ventured down to the Yacht & Sailing Club to check out the scene. This is a bit of what I saw.

Friday, July 4, 2008

Day 4 - ...I'm in the Pool

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If you're looking for me, I'm in the pool.

Thursday, July 3, 2008

Day 3 - Painting With Light

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My first crack at painting with light.

Wednesday, July 2, 2008

Day 2 - S.O.L.

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She's really only Ten Feet Tall.

Tuesday, July 1, 2008

Day 1 - My Canada Day!

My Canada Day