random pics that YOU have taken.......

[slodave]

Yes Kurt, very good job!

[Racerbvd]

Originally Posted by kach22i

Sidewalk in Ann arbor

I would love to see that, I would take a big fat dump on that racist POS's face then take a picture

[Andras Nagy]

Oooooooooooo,

An RSK 60! So beautiful! And check out those "frenched in" driving lights!

[Tishabet]

Was out at the garage last night to work on an overheating issue and snapped these... sorry for the quality and lighting

[911Rob]

Ha!! taught my 8 y.o. grandson how to waterski this year....


First thing he said getting off the plane... "I'm not going to waterski this summer grandpa"

Next day in the boat, I had a friend bring his son skiing with us, that's just a bit older. The boy was 10. My grandson says "I'm gonna learn when I'm 10 grandpa" I said, "that's good" as he watched the other boy intently skiing.

Then I told him how I taught his Auntie's to ski (my daughters) and that Erin waterskied when she was 5. I taught them all in the swimming pool with no boat, just Dad pulling on the rope.

He tried it on the shore.... I pulled him up a few times and ran down the beach with him hanging onto the rope until I said, "Lets hook this thing up to the boat and make a waterskier outa you!" He said casually, "O.K." My daughter couldn't believe it! Her son skiing!

During his visit he made the official full circle. Got up first try one day, skied around the lake in a circle and let go at the dock. Congrats to the boy; two years ahead of schedule. Ha, ha.

Lovin' Life at the Shuswap!

[slodave]

Nice to see you around again Rob!

The Hydroslide is where it's at!






And yes, I took pix of pix...

[911Rob]

Ha, Ha; that's you isn't it Dave!!! Too Funny.

We call them Knee boards here; I got one amongst the ski toys too. You know what we call someone on a knee board around these parts...... "An Albertan" Ha, ha. (Local joke about tourist from neighboring Province.... they can't ski, so they knee board)

[911Rob]

oblig pic:

[slodave]

That's me about 20 yrs. ago. I could ski as well, but I had more fun on the knee board. Became quite well with it too. I wish I had some pix of my flips.

The precursor to the wake board...

[911Rob]

You ROCK Dave!
Crazy things happen behind the boat..... Ha, ha.

[slodave]

I have been on a wakeboard a couple of times and I remember getting right up. The knee board experience really helped .

It snowed in Los Angeles many years ago ('89-'90?)... The altitude of the pic is about 875 ft. above sea level.



The reflection on the left is my future 911.

[Saintly]

Holidays to a farm stay B&B cottage this year..

Deep in contemplation after a morning of running and talking with the cows

and another one

exploring around the farm

[Saintly]

Levitation dog is comming for you...

[campbellcj]

Stratford (CT) Point Lighthouse, built 1822

[kach22i]

Sometimes there are cool old cars in front of Brown's, last week was a black Cuda up front.

It hit the spot today.

When was the last time you went to a root beer Drive-Up stand?

Lots of cool automotive memorabilia inside the place.

[masraum]

Not my best work, but the Andromeda Galaxy, Messier object #31, with two other galaxies, Messier objects 32 and 110.

This was taken with a Canon Rebel XT with a Sigma 70-300 APO DG Macro zoom lens on a tripod. I took fifteen 1.3 second exposures and stacked them together. By stacking them the signal to noise ratio is increased which gives a better photo. It also allows for an exposure that's effectively longer without the heat/noise increase that's natural when a digital camera takes a long exposure photo. Also, without a tracking equatorial mount for the camera, a long exposure results in a blurred/streaked image because the earth is rotating. Rotation in a photo can be noticeable in shots well under a second. If you shoot at wide angles <50mm you can get away with shots 15-20 seconds long, maybe even as long as 30 seconds. At 300mm, the motion is pretty noticeable at 1.6seconds. Even in this photo, you can tell that my stars look like dashes instead of pinpoints as in the photo below.


THe fuzzy elongated spot to the above right of the main galaxy is M110, and the round, fuzzy, brighter dot on the lower left edge is M32.

And for comparison's sake, here's the same thing, but taken with a telescope on a tracking mount that was able to take a long exposure.

I DIDN'T TAKE THIS ONE.

[madmmac]

About 6,000 feet elevation near Chinook pass and spotted these.

[peppy]

[Oh Haha]

George,
Where is Brown's located?

[slodave]

On the way home from a clients this afternoon. Air quality was not as bad as it looks - I was playing with a sepia filter.