Saturday, August 28, 2010
Lloyd waiting for the elevator at Barney's
I think this Trooper wanted a few words with Lloyd
Monday, August 16, 2010
Sunday, August 15, 2010
No Riding - Family Business - August 14, 2010
There was no riding with the fellas for me and my brother, "Beaker", this weekend as we had to travel down to Okeechobee to take care of some family business. We did make the time to stop in for breakfast with the club at the usual spot before pointing the car southward.
Arriving in Okeechobee, we spotted this tank on display in a park in the downtown area:
I think "Beaker" wanted to take it home, but they had the thing pretty well buttoned up with strong welds in all the strategic access points...dammit!:
Of course a few welds didn't stop him from giving it the college try:
Despite being denied access to the interior of the tank, "Beaker" still felt like he had conquered the thing. I was disappointed that the cops didn't stop and yell at him...but that's just me.:
There we several other weapons on display in the park and "Beaker" did his best to make them go bang:
The park is a really nice tribute to Veterans of all wars and has many stone memorials to Okeechobee veterans in particular:
After our short stop at the park, we continued on our way and spent the better part of the day taking care of our family business. No motorcycling, but it was good to get this opportunity to spend time with other family and provide a needed service.
Arriving in Okeechobee, we spotted this tank on display in a park in the downtown area:
I think "Beaker" wanted to take it home, but they had the thing pretty well buttoned up with strong welds in all the strategic access points...dammit!:
Of course a few welds didn't stop him from giving it the college try:
Despite being denied access to the interior of the tank, "Beaker" still felt like he had conquered the thing. I was disappointed that the cops didn't stop and yell at him...but that's just me.:
There we several other weapons on display in the park and "Beaker" did his best to make them go bang:
The park is a really nice tribute to Veterans of all wars and has many stone memorials to Okeechobee veterans in particular:
After our short stop at the park, we continued on our way and spent the better part of the day taking care of our family business. No motorcycling, but it was good to get this opportunity to spend time with other family and provide a needed service.
Club Ride - 08/07/2010
Our fearless leader was out of the country (yes, the whole USA) for a spell and he named me to be acting-dictator-in-charge. My first official edict in my acting-dictator capacity was to assign Big Ed to lead our weekly ride and he validated my extraordinary dictator skills by doing a great job of touring us through the Ridge area of Polk County.
Here we are breezing through the scenic countryside:
V-Strom cockpit shot. That's Mr. Sarcasm just ahead and Big Ed up there in the lead:
We stopped for a short break somewhere along the Ridge so that we could drink some cold water, check emails, voice-mails, and the like:
Big Ed apparently mistook Preacher for some kind of giant Florida bug and gave him a good dose of insecticide...or was it sunscreen?:
No, this wasn't a "professional" encounter...just a unique photo opportunity...so stop laughing; it didn't happen...yet!:
It was a good day of riding through some great scenery with like-minded friends. By the time my wheels stopped rolling I had 154 miles on the odometer for the day. Thanks to Big Ed for coming up with such an enjoyable ride on short notice.
Here we are breezing through the scenic countryside:
V-Strom cockpit shot. That's Mr. Sarcasm just ahead and Big Ed up there in the lead:
We stopped for a short break somewhere along the Ridge so that we could drink some cold water, check emails, voice-mails, and the like:
Big Ed apparently mistook Preacher for some kind of giant Florida bug and gave him a good dose of insecticide...or was it sunscreen?:
No, this wasn't a "professional" encounter...just a unique photo opportunity...so stop laughing; it didn't happen...yet!:
It was a good day of riding through some great scenery with like-minded friends. By the time my wheels stopped rolling I had 154 miles on the odometer for the day. Thanks to Big Ed for coming up with such an enjoyable ride on short notice.
Sunday, August 01, 2010
Tried a bit of Night Photography the Other Day
Made a trip over to Tampa the other night and took a few night shots of the downtown skyline. It was an enjoyable and instructive outing from which I learned several things to apply to future such attempts. All that said, here's a few samples of what I was able to capture:
This was shot just before the sun slipped below the horizon:
This is what things started looking like once the sun was completely down:
This shot resulted from letting the shutter stay open a bit longer to pull in as much ambient light as possible:
I like the reflections in the river in this shot:
And by panning slightly to the right I was able to add the glow of street lights in the trees on the other side of the river:
This one was shot from the opposite side of the downtown area:
This was shot just before the sun slipped below the horizon:
This is what things started looking like once the sun was completely down:
This shot resulted from letting the shutter stay open a bit longer to pull in as much ambient light as possible:
I like the reflections in the river in this shot:
And by panning slightly to the right I was able to add the glow of street lights in the trees on the other side of the river:
This one was shot from the opposite side of the downtown area:
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