***Update: I posted this again using the Flickr link.  The morning of this post, I verified that it was working.  I was notified later that it was not working again.  That was all the motivation I needed for the SmugMug account.  Hopefully all will go well there.*** Let's try this one again.  I don't know what was going on with Flickr.  In fact, I am debating getting a SmugMug account.  Any pros and cons?

Today's Photo:  Birthday Flowers

Have you ever taken a photo that you did not remember.  I was looking through the archive the other day when I ran across this.  These were flowers which my children gave to Mommy on her birthday.  After seeing the photo, I began to vaguely remember the circumstances surrounding this photo.  Sometimes, you can end up in some interesting spots just to get the shot you want.  This one I happened to be standing on the table with the tripod to get it just right. Read more at the Daily Photography Blog Just Shooting Memories!...

From the Daily Photography Blog Just Shooting Memories!... With the exception of the Flickr snafu, Saturday was a fairly productive day.  I was able to make it to the car show, but not Old Car City USA.  Sometimes you can't always get what you want.

Today's Photo:  The Imax

I am not a 3d movie type of guy.  Fortunately, I can see the effects, but it gives me a headache to watch it for a long time.  I found that out at my first Imax visit.  For me, I have to strain to hard. This is the front of the Imax theater in downtown Chattanooga.  The scenery on this side of downtown was not as cool as the art district or coolidge park.  I guess not everything can be cool. Read more at the Daily Photography Blog Just Shooting Memories!...

Today's Photo:  The Vampire Bug

I was able to make it to the car show Saturday.  It was not real big, but there were some cool cars there.  I even found a '70 Chevelle.  Too bad I couldn't take it home.  Oh well.  However, I thought this one was a well done modified VW.  I know from experience that everyone sees things differently.  It always makes me wonder what other people see? Read more at the Daily Photography Blog Just Shooting Memories!...

Today's Photo:  The Orange Sculpture

I am usually pretty good about figuring out what things are.  However, this was not one of those.  I have no idea what it is supposed to represent or supposed to be.  I found this sitting in front of the Hunter museum in the Art District of Chattanooga.  Even though I have no idea what it was, I still thought it was pretty cool.  This was kinda challenging because the concert ending River Rocks just finished on the roadway below this point and there were lots of people walking around.  It is amazing what you can do with low light photography. Read more at the Daily Photography Blog Just Shooting Memories!...

Today's Photo:  Down in the Peach State

I found this car walking the miles of trails at Old Car City USA.  I can't wait to make it back to this museum.  I am thinking it needs to be a time when there is a dusting of snow on the ground.  I can just see the added dimension it would give the photos.  Do you ever imagine what a photo will look like before even leaving the house?  I find I do this more and more often. Read more at the Daily Photography Blog Just Shooting Memories!...

Today's Photo:  The Old Olds

Okay.  I bowed, just for a minute, to those who wished I would take more photos of the whole vehicle.  Not to mention this one was kinda neat.  I think all the parts were original.  I don't know what model or year this one was.  If you know, just shout it out.  It was sitting all by it's lonesome with out an owner.  So, I had to stop and visit, which of course included some photos of it.  It is a bear to get the moving traffic out of the background on an HDR. Read more at the Daily Photography Blog Just Shooting Memories!...

Today, November 11, is Veterans Day in the United States.  I would like to say thank you to all the men and women that have maintained the freedom that allow me to post what I want.

Today's Photo:  Corsair

Ever since I was little, I have always been amazed with flight.  I loved to watch birds gliding through the air, not to mention watching airplanes and all other manner of flying things.  It is so hard to believe that just adjusting the way air flows over something can pull it into up into the air.  Even though they fly, airplanes are still heavy, so to see some of these large planes hanging from the ceiling is a feat.  It makes me wonder if they have ever had any accidents here. This photo is of a Vought F4U Corsair.  What an amazing aircraft.  The speed and agility of this fighter made it a major factor in WWII.  You can find this and many other aircraft at the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum's Udar-Hazy Center. Read more at the Daily Photography Blog Just Shooting Memories!...

Today's Photo:  Lines

I found this in front of the Tennessee Aquarium.  There are several pedestrian type bridges.  Well, not really bridges, but raised viewing areas?  These are all around the grounds and underneath there are usually benches.  I thought this one was neat because the different colors of concrete.  I think I am going to go back and take a few more shots here in the future.  For me these have a lot of potential. Read more at the Daily Photography Blog Just Shooting Memories!...

I took another time lapse of the stars the other night.  I put it on SmugMug and am trying to get it to work with Wordpress.  Hopefully that will be tomorrows post.

Today's Photo:  Tail Lights

Since I posted a photo of an old car several days ago, I thought I would put one up of some car detail.  This was from a '57 (I think) Chevy.  Having gone to several car shows this year, I thought the details on this one were great.  I had not seen tail lights like these before. Read more at the Daily Photography Blog Just Shooting Memories!...

Today's Photo:  The Window

I am on a mission to find some old abandoned buildings.  I have found one that I have driven by numerous times.  In fact, the first time I was able to stop and take photos of it was in April, The Old Building.  However, I was able to stop there again over the weekend.  This time, I paid a little more attention to the details of the building instead of just the whole thing. Read more at the Daily Photography Blog Just Shooting Memories!...

Today's Photo:  Aquarium Center

I have always loved the Tennessee Aquarium.  Situated in Downtown Chattanooga on the Tennessee River, this has been a great attraction for the city.  It is amazing how much just having this has revived this area of Chattanooga. When you enter the aquarium, you travel a very long escalator to the top of the building and then begin working you way down.  The exhibit halls are around the outside of the building and there is a ramp around the inside of the building that goes by the large exhibits in the middle of the building.  This was a very difficult shot because the lighting is very low.  I did not have a tripod for this, just the handrail. Read more at the Daily Photography Blog Just Shooting Memories!...

Today's Photo:  The Engine

It is amazing the amount of work that is put into some of these classic cars.  Most of the '57 Chevy and some of the others have Corvette engines in them.  This was one of the most unique cars I saw at a local car show.  In fact, this is one of the most unique I have seen at any of them I have been to.  Surely, I don't have to point out the pretty mirrored underside of the hood.  Just imagine the g-force this could bring to bear pushing you back into the seat. Read more at the Daily Photography Blog Just Shooting Memories!...

I have not been paying attention to what meteor showers were coming up and then all the sudden, I was told that I needed to take a time lapse.  The peak of the Leonid Meteor shower is at about midnight on the 17th.  I set up the time lapse and was waiting to make sure it was taking the photos well when I saw one during the first exposure.  Hopefully it will turn out and I will get more.

Today's Photo:  The Guarded Gate

I ran across this gate the other day driving down the road.  There are no trees near this and just these eight standing guard along the sides of this gate.  I was fortunate enough to pass it with decent clouds and about half the tree turning fall colors. Read more at the Daily Photography Blog Just Shooting Memories!...

Today's Photo:  The Silhouette

It only takes a few minutes browsing this site to find out that I am partial to HDR photos.  If you dig hard enough you will find an occasional shot which has not been processed using the HDR technique.  Most of the time, these photos start out being taken as bracketed sets with the intention of making an HDR.  In fact, my standard operating procedure is to take three photos at a time with and exposure range from -2 to +2. This photo was one of those I thought to make an HDR out of.  However, during post processing, I thought it was much stronger as a single image processed without any HDR. Read more at the Daily Photography Blog Just Shooting Memories!...

It seems all I have time for lately are time lapses.  I took one the other night of the Leonid meteor shower.  I only got a couple meteors because the moon was too bright.  However, due to the location I was shooting, I got a pretty cool looking time lapse of the moon.  I also shot a time lapse of sunset at the same location I shot Another Star Time Lapse.  I took this one as an HDR and am working through the processing.

Today's Photo:  Hood Ornament

There have been so many cool hood ornaments over the years.  Whether it is factory or custom, there is always so much detail and thought put into them.  This is one I found at Old Car City USA.  It was in the section where all the Ford trucks were, but I don't think it was on a Ford.  At least I haven't seen a factory hood ornament like this on a Ford. Read more at the Daily Photography Blog Just Shooting Memories!...

Today's Photo:  The Pinnacle

I love to take photos of architecture.  I was walking around the Tennessee Aquarium when I ran across this view of the glass roof/room at the top of the building.  The top floor is a completely glass roofed room which resembles a forest including river otters.  There are so many cool things to see inside this building, from the animals to the architecture, that it is easy to get lost in here for a day and this building is just about the course of the Tennessee River. Read more at the Daily Photography Blog Just Shooting Memories!...

Today's Photo:  The Abandoned Warehouse

I love to shoot abandoned buildings.  I have no fear of the dilapidated state of the construction, just of getting caught.  When I was younger, I probably would have thought nothing of it.  However, I am not so young anymore.  This one, on the other hand, has been calling for years.  It sits just beside the road and getting shots of the outside of the building are not so hard.  I think it has become a skate park for most of the local kids.  I haven't seen them there, but there are ramps built all over the inside.  I found a place in Chattanooga that I really want to shoot and have been working on the research to go there legitimately.  Hopefully that will happen soon. Read more at the Daily Photography Blog Just Shooting Memories!...

Today's Photo:  V8

No, this is no the drink.  However, I think these old cars must have been on something to have been so powerful.  Too bad modern cars don't have as much character.  I was fortunate enough make it to this show a little later in the day.  It made for some good lighting and contrast that just aren't there during the middle of the day. Read more at the Daily Photography Blog Just Shooting Memories!...

I think Thanksgiving is a purely American holiday.  If I am mistaken, please correct me.  So, today starts the beginning of the holiday season.  Lots of football (not the soccer type), food and festivities.  So, for anyone celebrating Thanksgiving today...Happy Thanksgiving.  To those not celebrating Thanksgiving...cook a turkey and call it thanksgiving.

Today's Photo:  Henry House Hill

This is another photo in my "Silent Guns of the South" series.  I have always been a student of history.  There is so much to learn.  I have been fortunate enough over the years to visit numerous battlefield sites, but unfortunately mos have been without a camera.  This shot is from Henry House Hill located at the site of both the first and second battles of Manassas or Bull Run.  At one point or another during both battles, each side had control of this hill and it is where a lot of fighting took place. It is amazing how deceptive this shot can be.  The wood lines are very close to where they were 150 years ago.  From where this cannon is, it is only about 200 yards away.  I can imagine that the soldiers standing here and at the tree line could see the whites of each other's eyes. Read more at the Daily Photography Blog Just Shooting Memories!...

Today's Photo:  Thanksgiving Sunset

I ate too much food for thanksgiving, but fortunately that was after I had some time to work of photos.  This is one I took from a couple of day's ago.  Sunsets are finally getting better more frequently. Read more at the Daily Photography Blog Just Shooting Memories!...

Today's Photo:  The Apollo 16 Heat Shield

There are so many cool things to see at the U.S. Space and Rocket Center in Huntsville Alabama.  Not only is it home to Space Camp, there are also lots of cool exhibits to see.  One of those is the Apollo 16 capsule.  It is amazing that something this small, comparatively speaking, could make it into space and back again.  I could not believe the amount of damage that was generated by the heat of it's return through the atmosphere.  The other amazing this is that it took a Saturn V rocket to get it into space to begin with. Read more at the Daily Photography Blog Just Shooting Memories!...

I was trying to find a way to involve my family in my photography and have some fun while we were at it.  Well fun for all of us, not just me.  I have known of geocaching for a while, but have not had success getting them into it.  I think I may have convinced them to try it out.  Any one have any experience or tips to give?

Today's Photo:  Windmill Blades

I have not had the time to dedicate to taking photos much lately.  However, I was able to find the time to process a few that I had set aside a while back.  This is another photo of the Windmill.  Since this spring, I have been on a mission to remember to find the small things.  Sometimes I have been better at this than others.  However, I seem to get some pretty interesting results when I actually am paying attention to the small stuff. Read more at the Daily Photography Blog Just Shooting Memories!...

Today's Photo:  The Corner Post

There are so many cool things to see while driving around the country side.  It is nearly impossible to make it anywhere in any decent time when there are good clouds in the sky.  Between the gates, barns and just plain old good scenery, I tend to get a good shot in every now and then.  It is amazing what can be found within a few feet of the road. Read more at the Daily Photography Blog Just Shooting Memories!...

Today's Photo:  The Small Elephant

I often wonder what it would have been like to live hundreds if not thousands of years ago.  What would the world have been like with out the convenience we enjoy today.  Instead of deciding what television show to watch or what fast food restaurant to eat at, it would be deciding where to set up a trap or how to farm.  If you did not, you would not eat. In the heart of the nations capital, Washington D.C., there is the Museum of Natural history.  Part of the Smithsonian museums, it is home to dinosaurs, ocean creatures and the hope diamond.  This shot is in the atrium of the museum where you are greeted by a very large elephant.  Around this atrium, there are several levels and halls leading to wonderful history. Read more at the Daily Photography Blog Just Shooting Memories!...

Today's Photo:  Honest Charley

Surely by now you know I have a thing for classic cars.  I love to go to car shows and see them all lined up.  It's like going to Disneyworld.  I can get my senses overloaded in a very short time and I don't have to go all over the place.  However, sometimes I find the rare gem riding around all by it's lonesome or with only a couple of friends, like the Flamin' Chevy.  This was one of those I found outside a local dining establishment.  In fact, this used to be a Tasty Freeze, but I doubt there are many out there that remember it as such.  Points to anyone who can name what it is now. Read more at the Daily Photography Blog Just Shooting Memories!...

Today's Photo:  The Green Light

I had some trouble naming this photo.  I ran across it several months ago and decided to stop for a quick shot.  There is a green street light which was behind me that painted the trees that really cool color.  When I was trying to name it, I made the mistake of asking my wife.  She had no idea what to call it either, but she saw something I did not ... a star.  No really, she saw a star in the shape of the clouds.  It kinda made me mad because I am always the first one to point out stuff like that.  Oh well, I can't win all the time, just most. Read more at the Daily Photography Blog Just Shooting Memories!...

Today's Photo:  The Pink Flowers

A short post today.  Being sick is not so much fun and tends to hamper the photographic adventures.  However, I had a lot of fun this summer playing with depth of field.  This was one of those shots from my adventures in "Finding the Small Things".  Just looking around the house, you never know what you will find. Read more at the Daily Photography Blog Just Shooting Memories!...

Today's Photo:  Morning Light

I love sunrise.  It is so much fun to get up early, I am an early riser most of the time, get into place to take some morning shots and then watch the sun gradually warm the sky.  I wish this had been from a recent sunrise outing, but all I have seen when passing this place lately is pitch black.  I guess the trade off or the pitch black mornings is the ability to just about time sunset right.  In fact, I was able to do just that yesterday.  Hopefully, I will have some time to process them. Read more at the Daily Photography Blog Just Shooting Memories!...

Today's Photo:  The Water Cannons

Downtown Chattanooga has some really cool sculptures and other art projects.  Some of which I have shown here.  This happens to be at the bottom of the Trail of Tears waterfall which starts in the wall of the Ocean Journey building of the Tennessee Aquarium.  This is just one of the amazing finds that are all within a very short walking distance. Read more at the Daily Photography Blog Just Shooting Memories!...

Today's Photo:  North Georgia Sunset

For me there is something magical about seeing the moment when the sun first appears or begins to set.  Whenever I am out at this time of day, whether it is morning or evening, I try to stop and just enjoy it.  Some of the time I actually make it there with a camera. Of course it would not be a classic without the gate. Read more at the Daily Photography Blog Just Shooting Memories!...

Today's Photo:  The Freer Window

This was just a parting shot as I left the Freer Gallery.  It was raining and I chickened out taking a shot from outside of the fountain.  However, I was able to capture the reflection of the ceiling in the entrance hall for this building which houses the Asian History Museum of the Smithsonian Institute.  There are very few places where there is such a large concentration of museums and wonderful architecture than in the District of Columbia. Read more at the Daily Photography Blog Just Shooting Memories!...

Today's Photo:  The Leaf Redux

I finally had some time to process this other leaf photo that I took while in Chattanooga.  I still don't know which I like better, but I think I am leaning toward this composition as apposed to the other Leaf.  Any opinions?  Please fell free to leave a comment. Read more at the Daily Photography Blog Just Shooting Memories!...

I was thinking of doing a photo365 type thing.  I have not hammered all the details out in my head but just wanted to see if anyone wanted to join and maybe make it a collaborative theme based challenge?

Today's Photo:  The Challenge

The daily photo for today comes from Old Car City USA.  Yeah, tell me...its not a car.  However, I think I did better with this, it is a gate.  I was working my way through the junk yard turned museum when I ran across this.  There was this gate saying to "not enter" and had a stop sign.  The problem I saw with that was the gate was open and the other junk...I mean classic cars...were on the other side beckoning.  It did not take long to make my decision.  I am glad I did because I found The Final Resting Place through these gates. Read more at the Daily Photography Blog Just Shooting Memories!...

Today's Photo:  The Summer Flag

So, I am flying through for a few minutes today and I am way late with this post.  I hope to make tonight's on time, but this will have to serve for today's just a few hours late. There was just a small amount of wind for this shot.  I wanted to get a good three exposure shot of this, but the wind was not constant enough.  So, this is just a single exposure. Read more at the Daily Photography Blog Just Shooting Memories!...

Today's Photo:  The Apollo Courtyard

For anyone who has had the childhood dream of becoming and astronaut and especially for those who held that dream longer, the U.S. Space and Rocket Center in Huntsville Alabama is a must stop spot.  The first thing that is noticed before even arriving at the space center is the massive Saturn V rocket towering over the complex.  It is visible from miles away.  This is the center of the Apollo Courtyard and the entrance to the space center.  Around the courtyard are plaques for each of the Apollo missions.  It is amazing to see the boot print of the astrounauts in the concrete in front of each of the plaques. Read more at the Daily Photography Blog Just Shooting Memories!...

Today's Photo:  Busy Sunrise

For the past few day's I have been able to be up and in a good place for the sunrise.  It's a good thing day's are getting shorter, because I have gotten to see the sunset too.  This shot was pretty cool.  The way the road goes through here, it allows you to set up for the sunrise in one place, move 20 yards down the road and get it again.  This was one of the final shots before I ran out of the time I wanted. Read more at the Daily Photography Blog Just Shooting Memories!...

Today's Photo:  The Chevrolet Grill

I am partial to classic cars from the 70's, but recently ran across this one.  Of course I was too busy with the camera to find out the model of car.  This seems to be a bad problem for me.  I have been to some shows where the owners place a placard in the window of the car with the important information, or maybe I will become a car expert...or maybe not.  Oh well.  I was lucky that this one was on a pretty warm day. Read more at the Daily Photography Blog Just Shooting Memories!...

Today's Photo:  Pointy Flower

When I first started into photography, I was a macro photography flower type of shooter.  I have found I am drifting away from that and toward more vast landscapes.  Too bad there are not that many "vast" landscapes in the eastern United States.  So, I still have to settle for the occasional flower or macro shot. Read more at the Daily Photography Blog Just Shooting Memories!...

Today's Photo:  The Bistro

Sometimes the most mundane areas can lead to some interesting shots.  I decided to treat my family to a couple day's vacation in downtown Chattanooga.  My wife and I are not the earliest risers, but the children happen to be.  I would stay up late taking photos of the city and then get up early to feed the kids.  One day, we drifted through the restaurant in the hotel called The Bistro.  I could not help but stop and get a quick shot.  I thought of going back with the tripod, but knew with the amount of traffic growing in the lobby the shot would not longer be clean. Read more at the Daily Photography Blog Just Shooting Memories!...

Today's Photo:  Just Another Gate at Sunrise

It has been awhile since I posted a photo just about a gate.  Too bad I have only seen this one in the dark for the last few months.  I pass this gate nearly every morning and wonder what the sunrise will be like, but know that I can not stay.  The funny thing is, in another couple months, I will be passing it just about at sunrise.  At least then I will not have to wonder what the sunrise would be like. Read more at the Daily Photography Blog Just Shooting Memories!...

Today's Photo:  National Museum of Natural History Dome

One of the coolest things about the Smithsonian museum system in Washington D.C. is that nearly all the buildings have at least one room with a gigantic dome.  Well, at least all the ones I saw.  The amount of work and engineering put into these is amazing.  I could spend several days at these buildings just looking up.  Not only are there exhibits to see, the buildings themselves are just as much an exhibit of the museum as the contents. Read more at the Daily Photography Blog Just Shooting Memories!...

Today's Photo:  Tomb Stone

I was driving around one evening just after the sunset when I ran across this graveyard.  It was not very large, but kinda creepy.  The moon was just above the trees and made for a good composition.  I may go back and take some more photos, but I will have to make sure I take some ghost hunting equipment with me too. Read more at the Daily Photography Blog Just Shooting Memories!...

So, I sprang on my family today the first geocaching trip.  I thought it went pretty well.  We went to the location and searched, and searched, and searched some more.  We finally found it and my oldest daughter keeps telling me "I told you it was in the tree.  You should have looked there."  Leave it up to the little ones to put me right.  I was also able to get a few shots while we were out.

Today's Photo:  A Gate to Nowhere

This is another gate that I see kinda frequently.  It does not have as much of a picturesque scene as some of the others in my area.  However, occasionally, the clouds here can be quite pretty.  I think it would be better if I could move the power lines out of the way, but I may get in trouble for that.  I don't know.  Anyone else out there tried that before? Read more at the Daily Photography Blog Just Shooting Memories!...

Today's Photo:  Carters Lake Re-Regulation Dam

Several weeks ago, I convinced my family to try out geocaching (to get to this one, go to geocaching.com and search for "Hidden Pond at Carters".  I thought it would be a fun way to get the kids out of the house.  I wanted to do it earlier in December, but that did not happen.  So, Saturday, I decided we would have just enough time before the sunset to make it by a local cache.  I told the kids we were going for a scavenger hunt.  It was pretty cool seeing the children looking for something that we had no idea what it would look like.  We found several empty bottles, broken concrete and finally the cache.  After finding the cache, we went to the bottom of the dam and I got a few shots.  The kids immediately wanted to go to the other side of the dam and find the one which was hidden there. Read more at the Daily Photography Blog Just Shooting Memories!...

Today's Photo:  My Little Friend the Chipmunk

I am usually not a snap shot type person.  I try to make sure the composition, exposure and framing are all the way I want.  However, I found this little guy on top of a mountain in Oregon.  I set the tripod up and was taking a few shots when, up popped it's little head.  It is rare to find something that was this friendly in the East.  I think there is an in grown distrust of humans in the Eastern U.S. which I wonder if it is there at least in the mountains of Oregon.  So, this little bugger was just about five feet from me when I took this photo.  It was not a bad day taking photos of Mount Hood.  Just me, the Chipmunk and a camera. Read more at the Daily Photography Blog Just Shooting Memories!...

Today's Photo:  Indianapolis Central Canal

Over the past several years, I have been able to visit Indianapolis, Indiana.  This is not my favorite city of all time, but it is not the least favorite either.  One of the cool attractions I found in this city is the Central Canal.  In fact, I ran across it completely by accident.  I had been walking around the center of the city and decided to work my way toward the capital building.  I got to the building and was working my around when I was distracted by this cool Hallway.  As I got to the end of the hallway, I could see the canal just beyond.  I don't remember how long I spent exploring this area, but it was dark before I returned to the hotel. Read more at the Daily Photography Blog Just Shooting Memories!...

I was taking photos this past weekend and noticed something with my image stabilized lens.  I hope to do a little testing this weekend and see if what I discovered is a repeating problem or if it was just this weekend.

Today's Photo:  Lonely Tree

This is not the first time this tree has caught my attention.  Once before, I was able to make it by here just at sunset and get a good shot Into the Sunset.  I find it hard to get good trees around here that stand all by themselves.  Maybe I just need to find a good tree and cut down all the ones around it.  Nah, that would be too much work. Read more at the Daily Photography Blog Just Shooting Memories!...