Welcome to Friday Foto Flogging, a place to share your photos and photography news. We were inspired by the folks at European Tribune who post a regular Friday Photoblog series to try the same on this side of the virtual Atlantic. We also thought foto folks would enjoy seeing some other websites so each week we'll introduce a different photo website.

This week's theme is Fall. Turn over an old leaf and show us how well seasoned you are.

Website of the Week: Fragments From Floyd is, according to its blog owner, "my writer's notebook, image archive, and front porch. Pull up a chair. Pix and personal writer's clippings served daily since 2002. Floyd County is located in the Blue Ridge Mountains of southwest Virginia, home of progressive life in the slow lane."

AndiF's Fall Out

	Out because it won't be ignored Click image for larger version
	Out because they're all in this together Click image for larger version
	Out because something always has to be last Click image for larger version

olivia Falls for the Season

	Crow on the Ottawa River Click image for larger version
	Ivy leaves changing colour Click image for larger version
	Leaf abstract Click image for larger version

• Next Week's Theme: DejaView: Photos of places, people, and things you love to take pictures of over and over and over again. Deja view us with your best shot, your favorite shot, your latest shot, or multiple shots.

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Previous Friday Foto Flogs

Inaugural Foto Flog	Song Titles, Song Lyrics
Red	Jest for Fun
Critters!	In the Frame
Silhouettes and Shadows	Water
Halloween	Light

Welcome to Friday Foto Flogging, a place to share your photos and photography news. We were inspired by the folks at European Tribune who post a regular Friday Photoblog series to try the same on this side of the virtual Atlantic. We also thought foto folks would enjoy seeing some other websites so each week we'll introduce a different photo website.

This week's theme is All Things Halloween. Spooky things, dressed-up things, candy things, orange things, Thing things ... ;)

Website of the Week: Yes We Carve -- what happens when people like Obama and carving pumpkins.

olivia's Scary Stuff

	Walk in the woods Click image for larger version
	Pumpkin ... Click image for larger version
	... at night Click image for larger version
	Carcassonne Click image for larger version

AndiF's Halloween Scenes

	Headless Horseman coming to Sleepy Hollow? Click image for larger version
	Home of the Great Pumpkin? Click image for larger version
	Haunted Gas Station? Click image for larger version

• Next Week's Theme: Light: Presence, absence, bright, dim, straight, bent ... anyway you want to shine a little bit of it on us.

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Previous Friday Foto Flogs

Inaugural Foto Flog	Song Titles, Song Lyrics	Favorite Things
Red	Jest for Fun
Critters!	In the Frame
Silhouettes and Shadows	Water

Welcome to Friday Foto Flogging, a place to share your photos and photography news. We were inspired by the folks at European Tribune who post a regular Friday Photoblog series to try the same on this side of the virtual Atlantic. We also thought foto folks would enjoy seeing some other websites so each week we'll introduce a different photo website.

This week's theme is Water: From a raging river overwhelming its banks, to a few drops slipping down the side of a glass. It's all good so long as it's all wet

Website of the Week: The Daily Coyote, a daily photo journal of the life of Charlie, "a wild-born coyote who was unexpectedly delivered to the me in April 2007 after both his parents were shot for killing sheep". Be sure to go back into the archives to see Charlie growing up.

AndiF's All Wet

	Cedar and sumac trees share raindrops Click image for larger version
	Nifty effect courtesy of Giddy Click image for larger version
	Tuolumne Falls, Yosemite NP Click image for larger version

olivia's Water Works

	Storm clouds over the Adriatic Click image for larger version
	Wet-knee photography Click image for larger version
	On the river at sunset Click image for larger version

• Next Week's Theme: These are a Few of My Favorite Things: Pictures of people, places, and things that you love

Info on Posting Photos

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Previous Friday Foto Flogs

Inaugural Foto Flog	Song Titles, Song Lyrics
Red	Jest for Fun
Critters!	In the Frame
Silhouettes and Shadows

Welcome to Friday Foto Flogging, a place to share your photos and photography news. We were inspired by the folks at European Tribune who post a regular Friday Photoblog series to try the same on this side of the virtual Atlantic. We also thought foto folks would enjoy seeing some other websites so each week we'll introduce a different photo website.

This week's theme is Jest for Fun: photos that make you laugh ... so post your pics so we can all laugh at with you. ;)

Website of the Week: Cute Overload, a daily dose of cute and funny creatures and critters.

Olivia's Jest for Fun Fotos

	Grumpy Gus Click image for larger version
	Curious George Click image for larger version
	Nosey Nelly Click image for larger version

AndiF's Jest for Fun Fotos

	Edward Scissorstree Click image for larger version
	JimF's better half Click image for larger version
	Brave Bebo and The Rope-Float Monster Click image for larger version

• Next Week's Theme: In the Frame: Using human or natural structures or a combination of both to create an opening through which one views the focus of the photograph.

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When you post your photos, please keep the width at 500 or less for the sake of our Bootribers who are on dial-up. If you want to post clickable thumbnails but aren't sure how, check out this diary: Clickable Thumbnails. If you haven't yet joined a photo-hosting site, here are some to consider: Photobucket, Flickr, ImageShack, and Picasa.

Welcome to Friday Foto Flogging, a place to share your photos and photography news. We were inspired by the folks at European Tribune who post a regular Friday Photoblog series to try the same on this side of the virtual Atlantic. We also thought foto folks would enjoy seeing some other websites so each week we'll introduce a different photo website.

This week's theme is Song Titles, Song Lyrics: show us those photos that put in an earworm in your head. ;)

Website of the Week: Indecent Exposure a weekly CNET podcast hosted by Lori Grunin and Matt Fitzgerald which covers "what's new, interesting, useful--and occasionally irritating--in the world of digital photography and imaging".

AndiF's Friday Not Random Three -- Boomer Edition

	Groovin' . . . on a Sunday afternoon Really couldn't get away too soon We'll keep on spending sunny days this way Groovin by The Young Rascals Click image for larger version
	Green, green, it's green they say On the far side of the hill Green Green by The New Christy Minstrels Click image for larger version
	I got a line on you I Got a Line on You by Spirit Click image for larger version

olivia's Friday Not Random Three -- Joni Mitchell Edition

	And the seasons they go round and round And the painted ponies go up and down We're captive on the carousel of time We can't return we can only look Behind from where we came And go round and round and round In the circle game The Circle Game Click image for larger version
	I've looked at clouds from both sides now From up and down, and still somehow It's cloud illusions I recall I really don't know clouds at all Both Sides, Now Click image for larger version
	Sitting in a park in Paris France California Click image for larger version

• Next week's theme: Jest for fun: photos that make you laugh

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Welcome to Friday Foto Flogging, a place to share your photos and photography news. We were inspired by the folks at European Tribune who post a regular Friday Photoblog series to try the same on this side of the virtual Atlantic. We also thought foto folks would enjoy seeing some other websites so each week we'll introduce a different photo website.

This week's theme is Critters! Four legs, two legs, no legs; walks wiggles, flies, swims; furry, scaly, feathery; cute, scary, beautiful, ugly. You got 'em, we want to see 'em!

Website of the Week: Digital Photography Review discussion forums where you can "discuss, ask questions or generally debate anything related to digital photography, digital cameras or digital imaging technology". The site is stuffed with great information and loads of photos, including galleries of photos for specific cameras so you can judge before you buy.

AndiF Gets Wild

	Five lined skinks meet cute. Click image for larger version
	Mule deer with an itchy nose on Mt. Wrightson in New Mexico's Santa Rita mountains. Click image for larger version
	This bee was so involved in getting pollen that it didn't care that I held the stalk to get this shot. Click image for larger version

olivia's critters

	Curmudgeonly frog. Click image for larger version
	Wild horse whiskers. Click image for larger version
	Heron rides the waves. Click image for larger version
	Shiny beetle. Click image for larger version

• Next week's theme: Silhouettes and Shadows

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Welcome to Friday Foto Flogging, a place to share your photos and photography news. We were inspired by the folks at European Tribune who post a regular Friday Photoblog series to try the same on this side of the virtual Atlantic. We also thought foto folks would enjoy seeing some other websites so each week we'll introduce a different photo website.

We can't wait to see all the great photos that Bootribbers have taken.

Photo Website of the Week: Onexposure is an online photo community, where photos are screened by site editors before being published and voted on by members of the community. The quality of work is outstanding. As they state on the site, "Onexposure is like a constantly evolving high class photo gallery with new art every day." Take a peek!

AndiF Photos

	Monet effect courtesy of the dogs. Click image for larger version
	Maori face tattoos on a tree courtesy the angle of the sun in a deep-sided hollow. Click image for larger version
	Stained glass window courtesy hot, dry August and small branches. Click image for larger version

Olivia's Photos

	Corn ... up close and delicious Click image for larger version
	Seeds ... taking flight Click image for larger version
	Flower ... or is it a starfish? Click image for larger version

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Five of us went on a Chicago Architecture Foundation cruise down the Chicago River where we were introduced to a century of fascinating buildings. The weather was glorious as were the views. And we were treated to a very unusual occurrence of having several drawbridges raised along our route.

We then segued to our picnic at Millennium Park.

blueneck joined up with us at the park easily winning the prize as the most southern "Midwesterner".

Millennium Park is a charming place with charming green spaces, fanciful sculptures, a striking concert venue, and a beautifully designed garden.

After the park we relaxed over drinks until we headed off for a great dinner at the re-opened Berghoff, now called 17 West (but the creamed spinach was just as great as it always was).

And even though I was told that pictures of the participants were forbidden, I gave into the demands of the folks the Froggy Bottom Cafe (and my own evil nature) and took a group portrait.

(left to right:  Kidspeak, MaryB, AndiF, Blueneck, Teach313, JimF
not pictured: poemless)

Special thanks to Mary who did all the hard work of figuring out what, when, and where.

Here's the information for the Midwest Meetup.
(Thanks, maryb, for doing the planning)

Midwest Meetup
October 7, 2006
Chicago, Illinois

CAF CHICAGO ARCHITECTURE RIVER CRUISE
10:30 A.M.

Meet at 10:30 at the SE corner of the Michigan Avenue Bridge and Wacker under the blue awning.  This event costs $27.00 and you need to buy your own tickets.  Advance purchase is recommended. The River Cruise starts at 11:00 and lasts 90 minutes.

PICNIC IN MILLENIUM PARK
2:00 P.M.

Meet at 2:00 p.m. at the Park Café.  Bring your own picnic or you can purchase a "picnic bag to go" at the Park Café.  

If you have ideas about the picnic portion, please post them here. If rain is predicted we'll skip the picnic and meet for lunch somewhere - probably the Park Grill next to the Park Café. We should have a better idea about the weather that week so we can alert everyone to the plan.

A number of us are going to arrive on Friday and leave on Sunday.  Ideas about what to do with the rest of our time are welcome.

The cheapest rates in downtown Chicago we could find were at the Congress Hotel. There are lower rates around O'Hare and Midway and if you stay in that area, you can take the train into town.

So who is coming?