365 Project

Extreme Sports Home Edition!

February 5, 2015 — 14 Comments

extreme sports

F/16.0, 1/150, ISO 100, Photoshop CS6.

Day 36 / 365

I am semi-pro so don’t try this at home !!!!!!   🙂

Interesting Fact: Over 12.5 million people in the world skateboard. Skateboards started as “sidewalk surfboards” in the 1950’s but the signature skateboard trick, the “ollie” that started it all, wasn’t done until the 1970’s. Skateboards got so popular that the military tested them in the 1990’s to see if they were useful during combat operations. ( http://www.handipoints.com/fun-facts/xtreme-sports )

 

That’s One Big Arch!

February 4, 2015 — 10 Comments

Washington Square Arch

F/25.0, 30.0, ISO 100.

Day 35 /365

I bet you that Washington would never arch like that….    🙂

Interesting Fact: In 1889, a large plaster and wood memorial arch was erected over Fifth Avenue just north of Washington Square Park by local businessman and philanthropist William Rhinelander Stewart (1852-1929). Stewart lived at 17 Washington Square North and he collected $2,765 from his friends to finance the work. The temporary arch was so popular that three years later the permanent stone arch, designed by architect Stanford White, was erected.[2] ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington_Square_Arch )

Check this!!!

February 3, 2015 — 8 Comments

Devils

F/5.6, 1/250, ISO 450.

Day 34 / 365

You don’t have to be crazy to play hockey but it does help.  🙂

Interesting Fact: The first player to accumulate more than 300 penalty minutes in one season was Philadelphia Flyer Dave “The Hammer” Schultz, who had 348 in 1974. The next year, he had 472 penalty minutes, still the most ever. ( http://www.factmonster.com/ipka/A0771579.html )

Jack Frost Knocking At The Door!

February 2, 2015 — 2 Comments

one way freez

F/14.0, 1/60, ISO 100.

Day 33 / 365

This sign had only one way to freeze..

Interesting Fact:  One story of the origin of the one-way street in the United States originated in Asbury Park, New Jersey. On 9 September 1934, the on-fire SS Morro Castle[10] was towed to the shore near the Asbury Park Convention Center and the sightseeing traffic was enormous. The Asbury Park Police Chief decided to make the Ocean Avenue one-way going North and the street one block over (Kingsley) in one-way going south creating a circular route. By the Fifties this cruising the circuit became a draw to the area in itself since teens would drive around it looking to hook up with other teens. The circuit was in place until the streets went back to two way in 2007 due to new housing and retail development. ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One-way_traffic )

The Real Super Bowl!

February 1, 2015 — 6 Comments

super bowl

F/14.0, 1/60, ISO 100.

Day 32 / 365

I’ve been training all football season to eat this much today.

Interesting Fact: The first Super Bowl in 1967 between the Green Bay Packers and the Kansas City Chiefs was watched by 51.1 million people, according to Nielsen. However, it was the only Super Bowl to be televised on two networks (CBS and NBC) simultaneously. ( http://abcnews.go.com/Sports/super-bowl-xlix-facts-figures-ahead-big-game/story?id=28482995 )

Best Way To Escape!

January 31, 2015 — 9 Comments

fire escape

F/5.6, 1/500, ISO 320.

Day 31 / 365

Old fire escape wheel looks very interesting…

Interesting Fact: One of the first fire escapes of any type was invented in 18th-century England. In 1784, Daniel Maseres, of England, invented a machine called a fire escape, which, being fastened to the window, would enable him or anyone for that matter, to descend to the street without injury.[citation needed] Abraham Wivell created an improved design, including an escape chute, after becoming superintendent of the “Royal Society for the Protection of Life from Fire.”[2] Henry Vieregg patented the first US fire escape in Grand Island, NE in November 8, 1898 U.S. Patent 614,043, serial number 681,672, which was designed for traveling businessmen. ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fire_escape )

Frame This!

January 30, 2015 — 7 Comments

Frame

F/20.0, 1/60, ISO 320, Photoshop CS6.

Day 30 / 365

What if pictures could come alive…

Interesting Fact: One of the earliest frames was a discovery made in an Egyptian tomb dating back to 2nd century A.D. in which a fayum mummy portrait was discovered at Hawara still within its wooden frame. This finding suggests the mummy portraits may have been hung in the owners’ homes prior to inclusion within the funerary equipment.[8] The portrait and its frame were most likely preserved by the desert climate, according to frame historian and installation expert Marilyn Murdoch explained in a historical talk to museum docents. ( http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Picture_frame )

I Think I’m Loosing My Marbles!

January 29, 2015 — 17 Comments

Marbles

F/18.0, 1/60, ISO 160.

Day 29 / 365

You may not have lost all your marbles, but there’s definitely a hole in the bag.   🙂

Interesting Fact: The glass maker Elias Greiner Vetters Sohn worked for Farbglashuette Lauscha, a German glass company founded in the 1500s. In 1846 he invented the marbelschere, or marble scissors, with which a glassmaker could cut a rope of glass and forms balls with the soft pieces. Greiner received a patent in 1849 for the invention of “artificial semi-precious and precious stone balls”, or as we call them, glass marbles. To produce enough of these hand-made marbles, the company gave Greiner his own factory.  ( http://www.neatorama.com/2010/11/03/neatolicious-fun-facts-marbles/ )

Just Did It!

January 28, 2015 — 14 Comments

nike sneakers1

F/13.0, 1/60, ISO 100.

Day 28 / 365

Sneaker so light, I had to nail it down or it would fly away.  🙂

Interesting Fact: The Nike swoosh was designed by Portland State University student Carolyn Davidson, for just $35 (just over $200 in today’s currency). At a later stage she was given stock that is now worth more than $640,000. ( http://www.msn.com/en-us/money/savingandinvesting/11-things-hardly-anyone-knows-about-nike/ss-BBelk3W#image=6 )

Do You Want To Build A Snow Man?

January 27, 2015 — 17 Comments

snowman

F/8.0, 1/250, ISO 100.

Day 27 /365

I like warm hugs!

Interesting Fact: The first snowman ever documented was from 1380. There is a marginal illustration from a work titled Book of Hours found in the Koninklijke Bibliotheek, in The Hague.That’s one old snowman. ( http://blog.lulus.com/tag/snowman-facts/ )