PAD06 - Noise

Today's theme was "Noise". Now, does anybody remember what is shown in this photo? I'm sure if you're under 30 you've never heard one. That is a Civil Defense Siren and it sits atop a local fire station. When I was a kid, they tested these sirens every day at noon and at 6:00 PM. Of course, we also had air raid drills back then, but that's a different story. Now if I could only find a poster of Tommy Turtle..


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PAD06 - Clock

Today's theme was "Clock". I had originally setout to photograph the luminescent hands on a small alarm clock, but that simply was not cooperating at all and I didn't have time to play with it tonight. I'll continue to work on it when I can. For now, we'll have to settle for the official time in the US as reported by NIST.


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PAD06 - World War II Memorial

This turned out to be a secondary shot, today. The shot I planned to capture was hampered by the position of the sun directly behind the target. I'll have to take that shot earlier in the day. In any case, this is the World War II Memorial in East Providence, RI. Some major surgery was required to remove some thick powerlines cutting across the scene.


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PAD06 - Barrington

This quaint stretch of houses is just south of Hundred Acre Cove in Barrington, RI.


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PAD06 - First Robin of Spring

While searching for a theme for today's photo, this American Robin landed in my yard about five feet away from me. I added a spotlight type gradiant effect in Photoshop to produce the final image, highlighting the first robin of spring.


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PAD06 - Red

Today's theme was "Red". Conveniently, my folks recently bought a brand new bright red Hyundai.


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PAD06 - Old School

Today's theme was "Old School". I don't think you can get more old school than some vinyl records that span at least 4 decades. For the record (no pun intended), the Mitch Miller and West Side Story albums belong to my parents. The Police album belongs to me.


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PAD06 - Calendar

Today's theme was "Calendar". This large calendar is on the wall in my den and is the calendar I use for vacation planning. All of the blue notes represent confirmed travel plans in 2006.


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PAD06 - Bicycles

Today's theme was "bicycles". This one is an exercise in old and new. The bike on the left is a 26 year old 10-speed Alpine Vista. The one on the right is a brand new hybrid that, to be honest, I regret buying. Having ridden the hybrid for a season, I want to go back to my old 10-speed.


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PAD06 - Extraneous

Just how many mailboxes do you need? Today's theme was "extraneous" and it seems to me that five mailboxes is a bit overkill.


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PAD06 - Sea Shells

Today's theme was "Things that start with S". Here are some sea shells nestled in the sand at Crescent Park in East Providence.


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PAD06 - Bike Path

I planned to photograph the solitude of this stretch of bike path. The jogger that ran buy added a very nice feel to the shot, however.


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PAD06 - Kitchen Utensils

Today's theme was "kitchen utensils". Since they didn't specify clean or dirty, I thought I'd take a shot of this frying pan after cooking some chicken breasts.


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PAD06 - Downy Woodpecker

Sigma finally returned my 174-500mm lens so I took it out for a trial run. This Downy Woodpecker peaking around a tree made a worthy subject.


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PAD06 - Blue

Today's theme was "blue". I was all set to take a photo of a blue cabin cruiser in a state of disrepair when I noticed the deep blue of the water in the Seekonk River. The pilings in the middle of the river just added to the scene. The bridge in the background was the Washington Bridge section of I-195.


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PAD06 - Triangles

Today's theme was "triangles". There are several high tension power-line towers near Bold Point park in East Providence, and all of them are comprised of numerous metal bar triangles. This is a shot of one across the river at India Point with the Washington Bridge section of I-195 in the background.


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PAD06 - Rust

Today's theme was "rust" and this bridge to nowhere certainly fit the bill. This is an old railroad bridge in East Providence, RI that ends at the second span you see on the right of the photo. The tracks on the East Providence side have long since been turned into a bike path. Of the tracks on the Providence side of the river, there is no longer any trace.


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PAD06 - Lucky

Today's theme was "lucky". Here's a poker hand I'll never see in my lifetime. Were it not for bad luck, I'd never have any luck at all!


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PAD06 - Eyes

Today's theme was "eyes" and my dog Princess was a willing subject. She's holding out for a high price before signing the model release, however.


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PAD06 - The Basin

Cascades skim the smooth granite rocks at The Basin in Franconia Notch State Park in the White Mountains of New Hampshire.


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PAD06 - Stairs Falls

Ice still encases Stairs Falls, but water is starting to pour through gaps in the frozen waterfall. Here is a dramatic shot looking through a large opening in the ice on the falls. Stairs Falls is about a mile up Falling Waters Trail in Franconia Notch State Park, in the White Mountains of New Hampshire.


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PAD06 - Feet

Today's theme was "Feet". Since I was heading up north for some weekend hiking, I thought it would be an appropriate twist on the theme to photograph our hiking boots in standard marching order. The shot just screamed for a black and white conversion.


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PAD06 - Dirty

Today's theme was "Dirty". It's amazing how much dust will collect in the back of a PC! This is a view of one of my Dell desktops. Believe it or not, I actually take an air blower to this box frequently, yet it still manages to collect all the dust in the house.


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PAD06 - Beads

Today's photo theme was "beads". This is a faux jade necklace I purchased from one of the local Mayan girls in Antigua, Guatemala.


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PAD06 - Boston Skyline

Today was the last travel day on my vacation. This is a shot of the Boston, Massachusetts skyline as seen from my hotel room at the Hilton Logan Airport.


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PAD06 - Great Kiskadee

My last morning in Belize I spotted this Great Kiskadee just outside the window of the reception desk at the jungle lodge. I was pleased at the results given I was shooting through a closed window.


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River Crossing

We crossed this river on our way from the jungle lodge to Caracol.


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PAD06 - Cascades in Belize

These cascades formed a small pool about 300 feet below our jungle lodge in Belize. The pool made for great swimming in the afternoon.


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PAD06 - Tikal Necropolis

This is the Necropolis in Tikal as seen from the top of Temple 2.


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PAD06 - Beware of Crocodiles

There was a nature trail around our hotel in Peten, Guatemala. The river behind the hotel was allegedly home to over 80 crocodiles. Unfortunately, I didn't see a one.


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PAD06 - Lake Atitlan

Today was my last day at Lake Atitlan. This is a nice shot of some pilings taken from the beach on the shore of the lake.


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