Back to Tai Shan for today’s Top 200 Photo

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Tai Shan, who we’ve covered multiple times in the Top 200 Photo series, comes out to discover his birthday “cake”

Some more Photoshop fun for today’s Top 200 Photo

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Another fun photo from when I was learning Photoshop. Note, it is not a mirror image, it’s a combination of two images.

A macro Top 200 Photo

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I wanted to practice using my new macro lens and I didn’t have anything else neat to photograph, so I decided to go with a corn flake cereal.

Back to Philly and a concert for this Top 200 Photo

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Taking photos during a concert is always hard. First of all, let me say that I think people should be allowed to shoot photos during concerts as long as they aren’t using flash. The point of going to a concert is to spend extra money on a band you really like in order to hear them live. You should be allowed a memento of the night. Anyway, a photo is not representative of a concert, so it’s not like I’m going to see a photo of a concert and decide not to go.

Back to Rockefeller for today’s Top 200 Photo

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This is another photo from when I went to see the tree at Rockefeller Center. I like it because the way the lights are blurred follows a neat pattern.

Nostalgia for today’s Top 200 Photo

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I can’t do any better than the description I have on flickr: (Although I’ve made some modifications for clarity)

My brothers and I were avid LEGO builders/players. This was our city. Of the sets here (back when 99% of the LEGOs didn’t have much of a facial expression) most of them are mine. The gas station, race track, RV, and police station were mine. Dan had the fire station, pizza place, and underwater set.

More fun experiments for today’s Top 200 Photo

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In prior photos I used the flash in strobe mode to trace movement. But flash is also useful for freezing movement. This photo is from a series of experiments in freezing water droplets.

Another physics experiment for today’s Top 200 Photo

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Another attempt at the physics stroboscopic shots. This time the pen fell too quickly so a lot of the images are in the bounce at the bottom.

Computer graveyard in today’s Top 200 Photos

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These are some old computer parts I had lying around. They were broken and I think I was saving them as teaching tools. I think I threw them out before we moved. It’s a graphics card, sound card, and hard drive.

Let them eat cake in today’s Top 200 Photo

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Dina is a cake-decorating prodigy. This cake does not do any justice to her abilities, but she had to bring it all the way from NYC so anything too 3D was out of the question. Still the attention to detail here is pretty awesome.