#559. Bicycle Pump #2

Taken last Saturday on Galveston's East Beach. Here was another sand castle building team's take on a bicycle powered pump used to move water to the "construction site". I apologize to you photography purists for the crooked horizon; for some reason it just doesn't bother me. :-)

Title: "Bicycle Pump #2"


Camera / Lens: Canon 5D Mark II / Canon 24-105mm L zoom

#558. Training Day

This was one of the images I presented at our Bay Area Photo Club meeting tonight. I entered this photo for the assignment which was "Humorous". I made a not so subtle editorial statement with the photo (all in good fun of course) but to their credit the judges gave the photo a Gold Award!

Title: "Training Day"


Camera / Lens: Canon 5D Mark II / Canon 24-105mm L zoom
Post-processing: Photoshop CS4 > Topaz Adjust plugin > texture from flypapertexture.blogspot.com

#557. Bicycle Powered Pump

I went down to Galveston on Saturday to check out the sand castle building contest taking place on East Beach. It was really interesting to see how seriously some of the participants are and to observe some of the different ways they solve the various logistics problems. One big logistical problem is having enough water on hand to mix with the sand so that it sticks together and then to keep it moist so that it doesn't dry out and crumble.

Title: "Bicycle Powered Pump"


Camera / Lens: Canon 5D Mark II / Canon 24-105mm L zoom
Post-processing: Photomatix Pro > Photoshop CS4 > Topaz Adjust plugin > Red Paw Media Beautifier plugin