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Tuesday 30 Jun 2009

Photo-A-Day #127 - 133

Photo-A-Day #127: Benjamin Franklin

A statue of Benjamin Franklin in Holland, Michigan.

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Photo-A-Day #128: On the Keyboard

A guy plays keyboard with Hot Cottage at the Canadian Moodle Moot in Edmonton, AB.

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Photo-A-Day #129: Space Shuttle?

My Lego Technic Space Shuttle under reconstruction on my desk. Shot with the Lensbaby.

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Photo-A-Day #130: Diamonds

Sara’s engagement and wedding bands, as seen through the Lensbaby with a x.6 macro adapter on it.

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Photo-A-Day #131: Sparkling Flashlight

A girl playing with a sparkler on shore of Lake Michigan, near West Olive, MI

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Photo-A-Day #132: Bunny in the Garden

The centeral statue in the lawn of the Anna Scripps Whitcomb Conservatory on Belle Isle, in Detroit, MI

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Photo-A-Day #133: Flail

More sparkler play on the beach of Lake Michigan near West Olive, MI

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Tuesday 23 Jun 2009

Photo-A-Day #120 - 126

Photo-A-Day #120: Mrs. Smart

Kristen Smart at summer grilling in 2007 at my brothers house.

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Photo-A-Day #121: Cadillac Place

A view of Cadillac Place and a neighboring building in Detroit, Michigan

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Photo-A-Day #122: Temperance

The ‘Children’s Temperance Fountain’ in the Anna Scripps Whitcomb Conservatory on Belle Isle, in Detroit MI

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Photo-A-Day #123: Fountain

Another view of the James Scott Memorial Fountain, with the Renascence Center in the background.

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Photo-A-Day #124: Flowers

Just playing with my Lensbaby…

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Photo-A-Day #125: Defiled Money

Madison shows Sara her newly minted, souvenir flattened penny.

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Photo-A-Day #126: Running with Fire

A kid playing with sparklers at the beach along Lake Michigan.

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Tuesday 16 Jun 2009

Photo-A-Day #113 - 119

Photo-A-Day #113: The Little Dog

Snickers posing for my Lensbaby testing.

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Photo-A-Day #114: Me

One of the very very few images you are likely to see of me. I was playing with my Lensbaby and Nikon Camera Control.

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Photo-A-Day #115: Mr. D on the Drums

Martin Dougiamas on the drums at the 2009 Canadian Moodle Moot in Edmonton, AB,

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Photo-A-Day #116: Charge!

These geese have made their own army of babies, and are advancing on the pigeons.

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Photo-A-Day #117: Captain

Our captain surveying the instruments as we fly from Key West to Tampa in N614HR, a Piper Chieftain.

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Photo-A-Day #118: Ripples and Blur

A view of Vandenberg Hall reflected in Beer Lake on the campus of Oakland University, as seen through my Lensbaby.

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Photo-A-Day #119: Trumpet Man

A trumpet player with Hot Cottage, at the Canadian MoodleMoot in Edmonton, AB.

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Tuesday 09 Jun 2009

Photo-A-Day #106 - 112

Photo-A-Day #106: Anna Scripps Whitcomb Conservatory

The Anna Scripps Whitcomb Conservatory on Belle Isle, in Detroit MI

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Photo-A-Day #107: Motown

A view of the GM Renaissance Center and the rest of downtown Detroit, from the western tip of Belle Isle.

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Photo-A-Day #108: Detroit Optimismmmmm

The advertising on the side a Detroit People Mover train.

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Photo-A-Day #109: One Big Tree

This is a large tree in the main dome of the Anna Scripps Whitcomb Conservatory on Belle Isle, in Detroit, MI

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Photo-A-Day #110: RARRRR

Some of the stone work on the James Scott Memorial Fountain on Belle Isle, in Detroit, MI

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Photo-A-Day #111: Guard

Another shot I took late a night in a New Hudson park - just fiddling with long exposures.

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Photo-A-Day #112: Duplicated

This seems like a pretty popular way to carry your kid for the parade at the Magic Kingdom…

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Tuesday 02 Jun 2009

Photo-A-Day #99 - 105

Photo-A-Day #99: Open 0 Hours

A coney island alond Grand River in Detroit. I think their sign in a little incorrect…

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Photo-A-Day #100: Burn!

Smoke rising through the trees and sunlight as we burn some pine branches. The Novi Fire Department showed up shortly thereafter to tell us we had to put it out…

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Photo-A-Day #101: Factory of Bricks

A view of a factory on the Windsor side of the Detroit River.

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Photo-A-Day #102: Wayne State

Wayne State Univserity

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Photo-A-Day #103: RE

Hot Air Balloons prepping for launch at the Howell BalloonFest.

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Photo-A-Day #104: No, really?

In case the trash, tires, and barbed wire didn’t give it away. A view down a street at the Packard Plant in Detroit

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Photo-A-Day #105: The Floor

An abandoned structure along the Bay City riverfront.

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Tuesday 26 May 2009

Photo-A-Day #92 - 98

Photo-A-Day #92: Broken Windows

A (mostly) abandoned factory in Bay City, Michigan

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Photo-A-Day #93: T+00:00:02

Space Shuttle Discovery taking off on STS-116 to the International Space Station

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Photo-A-Day #94: Stages

Balloons in various stages of preparation for flight at the Howell Balloonfest.

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Photo-A-Day #95: FUD

A look inside a part of the abandoned Packard Motor Car Company factory on the east side of Detroit. It’s fate has long been in limbo - part of it was demoed by the City of Detroit, but that was stopped by a lawsuit in 2000.

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Photo-A-Day #96: Mr. Scott

A bronze statue of James Scott, overlooking the James Scott Memorial Fountain on Belle Isle, Detroit, MI

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Photo-A-Day #97: Standing Guard

Some geese standing guard over their goslings as the grab some lunch on Belle Isle. I counted 16 goslings in this family - far more then any other group I saw.

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