Gallery: A Weekend in the Life of MR Members - May 26th thru May 29th

[Clix Pix]

Sunday I did some shooting and then on Monday went to the annual Memorial Day Parade in the city of Falls Church. Photos all shot with Nikon D200, 18-200mm VR lens.

Scenes from the Parade:

 

[Clix Pix]

After the parade, time to chill out:

And although we didn't have "Rolling Thunder" there, we did have this:

 

[GoCubsGo]

This is particularly nice.

Thanks that is really nice of you.

Thanks for sharing. Love the flower images. In particular the second one, thought it seemed too dark for my tastes. So I ran it through CS2 and the Shadow/Highlight tool. Here is what I came up with, hope you don't mind.

Well, print wise, the original is perfect. I like your version nicely on screen, it prints too bright though I think.

 

[macOSX-tastic]

here are my contributions:

all taken at the southend airshow, 29th May 2006. Camera used: my brand new Canon PS S2 IS (5MP).

These are some of my best and most dramatic shots out of about 750 taken over the weekend. i had a fantastic time, and it was the first real test for my camera.

PM me for larger, they make good wallpapers!

S

 

[Chip NoVaMac]

Thanks to all that have posted so far. Some really great images of things that interest us. I hope to see more from others in the future.

 

[-hh]

Thanks to all that have posted so far. Some really great images of things that interest us. I hope to see more from others in the future.

Agreed. Unfortunately for me, the "Water" theme got cross with this one in that we found that our shed roof had a leak. So the "weekend in this life" became learning how to do cedar shake roofing to make the repairs. Once we opened it up, it became obvious that it needed a whole new roof:

FWIW, it might not look like all that much in terms of square footage, but there's a surprising amount of labor that goes into it, as a small roof has a much higher percentage of hidden work (double bottom row, cut top rows, trimmed sides, etc). I'm around 20 man-hours in and still have another 4 to go to finish up doing trim.


-hh

 

[pkkrusty]

Some shots from my trip to Roatan

 

[Over Achiever]

@pkkrusty: I really like the first two pictures! The first one with the sun through the clouds is very interesting, and the second one with the two people watching on is very nice =)

 

[Chip NoVaMac]

@pkkrusty: I really like the first two pictures! The first one with the sun through the clouds is very interesting, and the second one with the two people watching on is very nice =)

I loved all three of them, though the first two were the best. Have to check this place out my travels.

 

[pkkrusty]

I appreciate the compliments. I wish I could have gotten the second shot with the sun in it. That would have been the best of both.

If you haven't ben to Roatan, let me be the first to convince you to visit. Although I'm kind of hesitant, so I can keep it to myself. It's off the coast of Honduras, so it doesn't get the traffic that the more popular carribean islands do. You can tell. Less developed, more friendly, more laid back, cheaper, better scuba diving, all around a great place to spend the holiday. I paid $19/night ($110/night total) for a 6 person little condo right off the beach, paid $15/dive, average $6 for lunch, $12 for dinner, and everything is walking distance, so no need for taxis (except from the airport).

They just started direct flights from Atlanta.

I sound like a travel agent...but it really is a great place.

 

[sunfast]

I had an awesome weekend - didn't take any pictures my self as I was so busy - but several were taken by others so I will submit them if allowed.

I took part in the Royal Ocean Racing Club's North Sea Race, an annual classic from the UK to Holland of approximately 200 miles. Turnout was slightly lower than usual as several Dutch teams were attending the funeral of Hans Horrevoets who died taking part in the Volvo Ocean Race but the were still 80 entrants.

I crewed for a friend on "Mach 1", a modified Dehler 33, as foredeck so I'm the prat you can see hanging off the front of the boat in the pictures.

And so the pics....

The Dutch come haring along the startline

Mach 1

Typically maverick behaviour at the pin end. Yours truly in shot here.

Turn left Brian! (or we'll smack the camera boat....)