Breakfast at the office; a happy poached egg.

Practicing...
The ubiquitous flower close ups. I really like the detail in the first one.

 This one focussed on the flower centre. The polka dot fabric behind the flower is my umbrella. It was raining! Luckily I had an assistant to hold the umbrella over me while I shot.

 This one focusses on the petals.

This is in my old neighbourhood - Gerrard India Bazaar, or "little India" as everyone calls it. This was taken with a Lumix GF1, 20mm f1.7.

Today some horses came to town. Delegates from Mounted Units all over North America are here for a competition to find the best police horse! They paraded through the streets and stopped at City Hall for a photo op.

The credit for the first two photos goes to my daughter. I set up the camera and handed it to her as I was behind the wheel. She snapped the above photos and then miraculously a parking space opened up right behind that van! I ducked in, got out of the car and got the rest of the shots.

Piggy-back

Espresso

Crossed arms

Out for a walk.

The last day of the Canadian National Exhibition

The human cannonball

The moment of ejection

 Trajectory

 The CN tower peeks from between rides

During the race last night I practiced with the 50mm. It wasn't easy - as I was crewing, shooting, and being tossed around. However, I managed a few shots. The weather was generally overcast. For the most part these are uncropped but slightly enhanced.

The fabulous winch:

 The Plum Danish:

 The Quickstep:

 Our usual view of Quickstep - her stern:

 I like this shot. I tried to straighten it but then lost some of the composition so I left it as is:

 Lively is just taking down the spinnaker. I was moments too late:

I rented a Canon 50mm f1/4 lens to try out. At first I had some pretty dismal results. I ran back and forth (even into traffic!) to frame my shot and still nothing looked good. I threw out a lot of photos and many were because of focus issues. I don't seem to have a clue how to focus this lens - I've tried AF and MF and still have issues. I don't know if it's me or the lens. It does seem a bit "loose" especially at the end range.

Today I had to run to Leslieville to pick up something and took my camera along. Here are some shots I took of some pretty cool housing off a laneway. I also played with post production editing. I used the software that came with iPhoto and just played with the knobs till I thought they looked good. I had to shoot in the bright middle of the day.

 This looks to be a very tiny house!