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weekly winners: downs park


October 26 – November 1, 2008

I ran a 5-mile race yesterday that was held at Downs Park in Pasadena, MD. I’ve been there before, and I knew there were some beautiful water views, so I packed my camera.

Apparently I missed the sun coming up by about 10 minutes, but it was still pretty low when I got there. After the run, I took some shots of the trees. The colors were beautiful!

And yes, a couple of these shots are very similar. I couldn’t decide!

downs park sunrise

downs park sunrise

downs park sunrise

downs park sunrise

downs park leaves

downs park leaves

downs park leaves

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October 4-11, 2008

Saturday morning, I left the house before the sun came up to drive to a nearby race. This is nothing new, and was actually the second time last week that I did the same thing.

But this time, I was driving east into the rising sun. And once again I was aiming my point-and-shoot out the window and hoping for the best. I promise I’m keeping my eyes on the road, it’s just luck when a shot actually lines up!

into the sunrise
I love the reflection on the hood of my car.
into the sunrise

dawn
dawn

At last Sunday’s race, I won a plant as a random prize. I was able to snag the last purple mum — the same color I planted last year. (Last year’s can be seen in my banner image.) All but one grew back so I will probably plant the new one in the blank space. Though, it is much larger than the others!

fall mums
fall mums

hanging onto summer
I still have flowers in my planters!
still hanging on

afternoon sun
afternoon sun

shadow
grass shadow

And finally, I’ll leave you with a kitty photo. The light was bad, but I love how she was looking right at me.

Posey
posey

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weekly winners: weekly losers edition


September 28 – October 4, 2008

I’ve been busy, again. I didn’t take too many photos this week, and most didn’t turn out the way I would have liked. But I’m here to share them anyway — and hopefully I’ll be able to visit more of the other “Weekly Winners” participants later in the week!

Here it goes …

I could have gotten something great here.

butterfly

But my point-and-shoot, which was conveniently in my purse, has been eating batteries lately and died. I was forced to use my cell phone instead.

Or here, the boats on the water were beautiful.

boats

But blurry and not really lined up/zoomed as I would have liked. Yes, I was taking photos out of the car window while driving over the bridge again.

I do kind of like this outtake when I tried again:

oops

Love the late-day sun, and at least it’s in focus!

Finally, some kitties. They can never be losers!

Joey
joey

Jeter
jeter

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