Science! In today’s Top 200 Photo

photo #97 is:

I mentioned before that one of the things I love about photography is the ability to allow you to see things you couldn’t otherwise see. In that photo I mentioned using photoshop to allow the photo to display changes in time as well as showing the other 3 dimensions. In this photo, I did not use photoshop. Instead I used stroboscopic photography. I was so excited when I found out my 580 EX was capable of these types of shots. I’d always seen them in my physics textbooks and I wanted to emulate them. This is from one of my first experiments with this type of photography.

Here are your new desktop backgrounds for July 2011!

Just click on the one that matches your monitor type and then either right-click and set as desktop or save it to your computer and save it as your desktop manually.

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Flying kick into this Top 200 Photo

photo #98 is:

I wanted to capture Dave doing karate for a long time. But he wouldn’t let me go to a practice or anything, so we did some photography in my parents’ yard. I’d love to get him and Kendra in some more neat shots. But I really like this one. (Except for the fact that he’s trying not to laugh)

Sometimes I think what I want is Mass Effect: The Laserdisc game.  I love the story and I love the Codex entries.  Just getting completely engrossed in the Mass Effect world.  What I don’t enjoy is the fighting.  This isn’t because I’m bad at it.  My cover-based shooter noob days are long behind me with Uncharted 1.  But the story’s so awesome and sometimes I have to wait hours between story beats while I fight my way through the Geth.  That gets old pretty quickly.

My latest Photojojo photo time capsule containing the ending to my 365 project and some photos from the Coney Island Mermaid Parade has arrived.  Here are the photos:

Another self-portrait for this Top 200 Photo.

photo #99 is:

Just another self-portrait for a 1 a day photo.

Another Otakon photo for today’s Top 200 Photo.

photo #100 is:

I previously mentioned how Ranma ½ got me into anime. At the time I also discovered Bubblegum Crisis (the original OAV) although I never got to finish it because the video rental place didn’t have the entire series. After that, other than borrowing Slayers from a friend in HS, I only ever got into two other series - Cowboy Bebop and Trigun.

Today’s Top 200 Photo.

photo #101 is:

I saw this while walking around an area near Clearwater Beach. Here’s what I wrote on flickr:

Coco Peli is a Mexican legendary character. My fascination with him began when my mom got me a lamp where Coco Peli was the base of the lamp. She said it was free spirited like me, but more importantly it had a denim top and I was really into demin at the time.

Another self-portrait for this Top 200 Photo.

photo #102 is:

I came up with this photo while exploring with taking reflective photos where I’m in the shot without having the camera obscuring my face. This one ended up being my favorite and it’s even featured (as of the time of this writing) in the header of this blog.

Back to the National Zoo for this Top 200 Photo.

photo #103 is:

Tai Shan’s birth at the National Zoo attracted lots of people. Many of them became regulars and I got to know a lot of them over a few weeks and months.