So I recently posted this one up on flickr (
http://www.flickr.com/photos/38521378@N00/2116755966/), and to my surprise, its gotten some pretty good feedback.  Thought I'd share it with you all as well.  Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to everyone.
Floating Balls

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So I finally learned how to crop, and how it is useful.  3 years later.

Bird Original Bird Panorama Yellow Flower Yellow Flower Macro White_Flower White Flower Macro

Thirst Quenching goodness.

Toledo River Building Reflections Sidewalk Closed Demo Sign Demolition Pink Corner Problem 1 Problem 2

Went to a race in Toledo, Ohio over the weekend, got some decent shots.  The "Demo" pictures go together.  The last two, I don't know what happened.  Have a great day!

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Went out shooting last night when the lighting was good, took one picture, and then realized that I had forgot to charge my batteries.  So all I got was the following picture, which is actually pretty decent.

At a Distance

My entrie(s) into the bi-weekly challenge- "Go Wide".

Mural Mural In Black And White

A little late, but here are some pictures from the Pittsburgh Labor Day Parade.

End This War Flag Band Baton Unite!
I personally believe that "End This War" may be my best piece so far this year.

So I went to the Pittsburgh Renisannce Festival last weekend, and i had never been there before.  I have to say, it is probably the most fun that you can have with your parents over the summer.  Every one was dressed mideval-style.  There were jousts and sword fights, "town drunks" passed out on the pathways, wench shows, and oh so much more.  I actually went just because I thought it would be a good photo oppurtunity, and I ended up loving it.  Here's what I came up with.

Baby Carraige Swords and Sheilds Chainmail Head On Take It Like A Man Make Some Noise Town Drunk Town Drunk 2 Instruments Parosol Bubbles Bagpipes Fight 1 Fight 2 Kiss Grasshopper

Personally, I think that "Parosol" and "Bubbles" are the best.  Thanks for looking.
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As summer ends, school starts, and college starts even earlier.  This year is my sister's first year, and next year will be my turn.  She picked a college 5 hours away, so we Loaded Up  the car with all her stuff, and Tied A Carpet To The Roof.  5 hours later, we were there, and moved her in.  Here are some of my shots from the trip.

Shot From In The Car
University of Dayton Sign
Repel
Cross
Martial Arts The last one is my favorite.

So when SurferGuy said that he wanted to see our passions, I knew immideatly what I wanted to show, images of crew(the fancy word for rowing).  This will be my third year rowing, and I absolutely love it, and because of it, i have only about 1-2 hours of free time a day.  
Most races are far away, before a race, we have to take all the parts off our boats, and put them on a Trailer to transport them.  After reassembling a boat, you have  to Walk It to the water with a Coxwain , who steers the boat. Then you must  Put It In The Water.   You then have to Get Ready quickly on a dock so that other boats can use the dock with out being late for a race.  Then you Wait at a starting line anywhere from 30 minutes to 2 hours in the hot sun, and eventually race a 5-30 minute race.
Although your race may take only 5-30 minutes, you're still there all day to cheer on teammates in different races, which only come every so often.  So to keep intertained, we Eat Awesome Trailmix, Find People Who Look Like You, take pictures of Bumper Stickers (this one happens to be that of my coach), and many more time-wasting activities.
Here are some more pictures that didn't make it into my story:

The interior of a boat without seats (Note the lack of personal space)
Tent where we keep all our race-day stuff, sleep, and eat.
So that's my passion.  Crew rocks.  The end.

So tomorrow is my birthday, and I will be on the road all day driving so I wanted to take some pictures that would remind me of my birthday when I look back on them.  I went into a person's yard to take a picture of a dog, and the home owner came out and started yelling at me.  Now whenever I look at these pictures, I'll be able to remember my birthday because it was the day after I got yelled at by a crazy woman.  Pointless story, but whatever.

Dog Dog 2 Yellow Line Yellow Line 2

Some nature shots from over the summer.

Rose Fence SunDusk Lit Sky

I thought this was a pretty cool portrait of a friend.

Portrait

Over the summer, I visited three cities, and some of my favorite pictures are of their skylines.  Here they are:

Pittsburgh Skyline Phillidelphia Skyline Boston Skyline

Sparklers are fun, just don't O D