Cincinnati again for this Top 200 Photo.

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This it not the oldest Synagogue in the USA, but it’s one of the oldest. I found it during a walk around Cincinnati during a trip P&G sent us on to see corporate headquarters.

Philly once again for this Top 200 Photo

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This is from the Anberlin concert I’ve mentioned a few times here. This was my third photo to be published somewhere. In this case it was WNYC the NPR affiliate up there. That was really awesome and really made my day.

Here’s another wedding photo in this Top 200 Photo

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This is from the same wedding I discussed back in Top 200 Photo #194.

We are back in DC for this Top 200 Photo

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I don’t remember if he’s messing up while doing a jump or coming off the ledge. I know this might sound racist or something, but it’s more a case of being ignorant - until I came to the Maryland/DC area, I never knew there was a skateboarding African American sub-culture. I lived in Miami and in Portland, OR. Both places were pretty devoid of African Americans. Sure, there were people of African descent in Miami, but most of them tended to be Latin American - and that’s a VERY different culture from Africans who’ve been here for generations. And in Oregon, there just wasn’t a strong presence. In fact, as we lost our tans from not being out in the sun 365 days of the year like in Florida, Dave, who was like 6 years old, said, “I know why there aren’t any black people in Oregon! They all lost their tans!”

Back to karate and strobes for this Top 200 Photo

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Again experimenting with my strobe and Dave’s karate skills, we went out into my parents’ backyard. This shot is at 20 Hz, meaning twenty pulses of flash for every second. That turned out to make the photo a bit too busy. So I had to lower the frequency. I also had to work on the timing with Dave because, as you can see here, I was starting while he was still running into the jump.

Dina is the subject of this Top 200 Photo

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Dina decided to do a “V for Victory” pose while wearing her light-brown wig due to a tendency of Japanese women, especially in the USA, to dye their hair that color.

Mass Effect (2 hrs) - Dan tells me that if I don’t go for the optional quests, I could be near the end.  After the next major story beat I’m probably going to write up my next Mass Effect blog post. I’m really enjoying the fiction.

Team Fortress 2 (60 hrs) - I didn’t think I’d ever enjoy playing this game.  I am not an FPS person.  But it recently went free to play so I figured “why not?”  I started playing the game and it’s every bit as fun and funny as the “Meet the X” videos.  It’s a lot of fun to formulate the strategies for the game.  I’m still learning a lot about that.  And just when you think you know what to do, there are the extra weapons you earn for getting certain achievements.  They don’t throw off the balance because they give with one hand and take with the other.  The Heavy’s gun Natasha, for example, has a higher chance of critical hits, but it takes longer to spin up.

A ride features in this Top 200 Photo

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This is from the periphery of Coney Island. I’m not sure if this ride is still there after the restructuring of the area in an attempt to revitalize it. With the how crowded it gets on summer nights I’m not sure how much more revitalized it could afford to get. We’ve all been on rides like this at the fair. It’s a fairly basic ride. You spin around, usually backwards, and loud music blares. I used to always ride the one at the state fair. Like most of the rides at Coney Island, I’ve never been on this one.

Objection! This photo should be ranked higher in the Top 200 photos!

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This is a cosplay from Phoenix Wright. It’s a video game where you play a defense attorney. You’d think that couldn’t possibly be fun, but it can actually be quite a bit of fun to play.

Computers are once again the focus in this Top 200 Photo

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I love building computers. So, when my father-in-law needed a new computer, I jumped at the chance to build it. It was a small form factor computer about the size of a pizza box. (A little bit taller) This is the motherboard with the CPU already installed.