Graffiti!

This is in a skateboard/bike park for kids. All of the walls have graffiti on them, and I liked this the most. Beautiful colours, shading and curves.

Evening Glow

Evening Glow takes place after sunset. The balloons stay on the ground, and as they turn on the burners to heat up the air in the balloons, the entire balloon glows.

What's THAT for?

Admittedly, this is in reality a very large wrench to begin with.

All I did was change the angle I took the shot at. It makes the front look even larger than it already is, and makes the back look proportionally way too small. I like it!

Trumpeter Swans

We saw 2 pairs (breeding pairs?) of Trumpeter Swans this weekend.

From one pair.

The second pair. They have amazing necks!

Look up, waaay up!

There will be several pictures of hot air balloons over the coming days, thanks to a fabulous Hot Air Balloon Competition I was able to attend this weekend.

How often to you get to be almost directly below a hot air balloon? When you look straight up inside, if you get lucky, you'll see the burst of flame, like this one.

Highway accident?

Not quite! This is a view from above of a model train scene. The set was an N-Scale, which is about 1:148.

I love the detail these guys put in to their scenes. You can almost see the frustration on the guy's face, standing there on the highway, faced with this load all over the road!

Chip...

It might be a little hard to tell at the size shown here, but there is amazing detail and focus on this windshield chip.

Fall? Already?

It's not a stunning picture, but I'm kind of in denial...

Seriously, I'm sure this tree was fully green when I walked past it just the day before! What's going on here? I'm not ready for the seasons to change!

Moth

This moth invaded my house. Therefore, he became the subject of intense photography.

I'm amazed how clearly his legs and the detail along the wings came out.

Chatty magpie

I caught this guy in mid-caw! He was being a very chatty little fellow one morning. It's not the clearest picture, unfortunately, but I still like it. Didn't have time to dig out the tripod, birds tend not to be patient enough to stick around while you fiddle.

Cropped out some of the tree so he doesn't get quite as lost amongst the branches.

Black-Billed Magpie sighted Sept 17, 2011