What do you park next to little pink houses?

Why, pink cars of course. Yes, I do like some of John Cougar Mellencamp's songs (whichever of his names he is going by these days) and when I saw the pink car, the first thing that popped into my head was "little pink houses".

I played with the first one with the trial version of Lightroom that I am using and I like the way the pink of the car and the green of the pine needles pops out. I like the second picture better because of the angle of the car and the wheel next to the front of the car.

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Of Cardinals and Flying Things

The Arizona Cardinals football team made it to the Superbowl. They played a good game. Not great, but good with some great highlights. But for a last-minute Steeler touchdown, they would be celebrating as Superbowl Champions.

Even without the win, some 4000 Cardinal fans in Arizona were on hand to celebrate their return and congratulate them on the best season they have ever had.

At the airport, there was an official welcome and some congratulation speeches from local dignitaries inlcuding Arizona's new governer, Jan Brewer. After this, the team boarded a caravan of buses.

A short time later, at the Cardinals practice facility in Tempe, News Chopper 3 was overhead, presumably gathering footage of some of the team or staff making a stop on their way home.



Has anyone realized that I enjoy taking pictures of flying things like helicopters? You can see more of my vehicle photos here.

Any football fans reading this? Did anyone go to the cardinals welcome rally? Any favorite ads?

Airplane

(click the picture for a full view or here to go to the photo site)

On my way to work the other day I saw a plane overhead. Nothing unusual about that, but this plane was lower than most planes fly and it was smaller than most planes as well. I like the way this one turned out for a few reasons. One is that is was close enough that I was able nice clear detail so I could see what appear to be pipes or tubes that make me think this is a cropduster. Entirely possible since there is a fair amount of agriculture in the area and I have seen them flying before.

Another thing i like about this shot is the jet trails in the background. They just add to the airplane "feel" of the shot and stand out nicely against the blue sky.

You can click the link below the photo to go to my photo gallery with other sizes available as well as other vehicles. I hope you like it. Please leave me a comment either here or on the photo site. Even a quick thumbs-up on the photo site would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks

Newsgathering

On my way to work this morning (yes, it is hard to believe no one has offered me enough money to quit my day job yet) I saw a helicopter from one of our local news stations buzzing around. He was close enough that I knew he must be investigating something so I pulled over and took a few shots. It must have been a great morning for flying, not a cloud in the sky. I slowed the shutter down just enough to see a bit of motion in the helicopter rotor blades.



At 200mm, I was at the limit of this lens, but I think it is still a good shot. Click the picture for bigger sizes as well as some of my other photography.