Photo A Day

I like this photo as a fun photo of a surprised new Kindle owner.   See the next post for the complete set from this event.

Happy new kindle owner!

OK. Been collecting dust way to long. Password is the same as the Birthday girl.
Email me for a hint.

Though I know nothing about Jeff Leonard (looks like he did not win) I did manage to grab this photo of mostly the bike.  It was taken under very low light and holding the camera freehand with the Shutter open for 1/10 of a second.  What I like about the photo is that was the only photo I took that night of moving objects and when the shutter opened after snapping the photo I had managed to almost perfectly track the motion.

Tall Bike

Nothing all that special but it was interesting to see what appears to be “California” poppies in Oregon but only yellow .  I guess when you leave the Golden state poppies no longer need to be yellow

Just some silly photos….

Went to Deepwood Estates in Salem Oregon and walked around the gardens.  While not as impressive some of the authentic English gardens we have seen in England it was still a pleasant walk.

While I took the “standard” photos is was this plant that we thought was interesting.

Photos from confirmation a couple of weeks back.

Haven’t posted anything in a while so I’ll post a quick snap shot.  Nothing special  Just one of the many bottle brush plants in the neighborhood.

Wikipedia tells us that this is really a Callistemon a genus of 34 species of shrubs in the family Myrtaceae

Bottle Brush

We drove up along highway 49 and found a nice spot between the crowds to shoot the first stage of the Tour of California.

4 riders were nice enough to break away from the pack and give us a practice session before the main pack. The breakaway was about 5 minute when they went by where we but the main pack was closing and caught them before the finish.

Maarten Tjallijii -- Rabobank-- in a breakaway

Here is the main peloton:

Main peloton

And a close up of a single rider as the packed streaked by.

Simon Zahner -- Tour of California stage 1

Finally today was a historic occasion for my trusty D70.  It shot it’s 10,000 photo.   While I have no proof of  it since my other camera are all film cameras, this is probably the 3rd camera I’ve owned that has clicked past 10,000.

Tour of California Sweep Vehicle (10,000 photo Nikon D70)

Finally the full 50th set I promised last week. Took longer than I expected.
I decided to password protect these though I’m not sure why exactly. If you want the password send me an email mike@michaelhugo.com or call me.