Monday, September 22, 2008

Fun weekends

Okay, so I did ride in this morning... even though I was tired, my "default" setup made it easier to ride than drive (yay!). Yesterday was spent underneath one of the cars, replacing brakes and such. Saturday, we took the kids to the Newport Aquarium near Cincinnati. Here are a few nifty pics:


This first one was a lorakeet that decided my hand was a good perch to drink his bird food from. Another feisty one got tangled in a lady's hair, and after we extricated him, he thought he'd explore my back.


These next three were surprisingly good shots of jellyfish. The color was courtesy of the lighting in the tank. I was surprised that I could take that good a shot in the dark room with no flash. I'm usually far more shaky than that.




Finally, I thought this was a decent shot of a stingray cruising in the big tank.


It's not a huge aquarium, and can be done in 2-3 hours comfortably. Quicker if you just want to look, and longer if you prefer lingering and petting the sharks.

Someday I'll learn how to format images in this thing. But I suppose having them up there is better than not at all... :-)

1 comment:

Alex said...

I caught your post on google alerts. If you like the jellyfish at the aquarium, you might be interested in Jellyfish Art. They make high-end custom jellyfish aquariums. There are good pictures and video at www.jellyfishart.com/category/jellyfish.