I love downtown | Day 130, originally uploaded by Adam Fick.

I love the feeling of being downtown, surrounded by all of the tall buildings. Each one of them someone's blood, sweat and tears went into the design and construction.

The Perfect Launch | Day 129, originally uploaded by Adam Fick.

He launched so hard the bike carried the front wheel far past the 300 ft. marker
I love the Nitro Bike class
You must have to be part lunatic to swing a leg over one of these machines. 900 hp will get your down the track in a real hurry!

Got Power? | Day 128, originally uploaded by Adam Fick.

Top Fuel Drags tomorrow!
Todays pic is of an aluminum connecting rod from a top alcohol funny car
its awesome because the bearings have eaten into the aluminum from the extreme forces involved!
I love fast cars!

Paddington Basin is an area of London at Paddington named after the nearby canal basin.

The junction of the Regent's Canal and the Grand Junction Canal is close to this point but the basin itself is the terminus of the Paddington Arm of the Grand Junction Canal. It was opened in 1801. Paddington was chosen because of its position on the New Road which led to the east, providing for onward transport. In its heyday, the basin was a major trans-shipment facility, and a hive of activity.

A consortium in partnership with British Waterways began work in January 2000 by draining the basin.

The basin is now the centre of a major redevelopment and is surrounded by modern buildings.

Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paddington_Basin

The Royal Albert Hall is one of the UK's most treasured and distinctive buildings, recognisable the world over. Since its opening by Queen Victoria in 1871, the world's leading artists from every kind of performance genre have appeared on its stage. Each year it hosts more than 350 performances including classical concerts, rock and pop, ballet and opera, tennis, award ceremonies, school and community events, charity performances and lavish banquets.

From: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Albert_Hall

I spent the last three days up north in Paihia, here are the photos.

On a cruise out to the "Hole in the Rock" we saw two pods of dolphins and got to swim with one.

Also took a bus up to the most Northern Point of New Zealand, Cape Reinga.

This is where the two oceans meet....

Then photos of Rainbow Falls, Keri Keri and stops on the road home.

Kitteh's First Adventure Outside | Day 127, originally uploaded by Adam Fick.

I finally gave in and let Lucy outside tonite and she was chasing moth's left and right until I go get the camera, then its "show's over"

She just decides to sit on the lawn and drool over the birds flying around.

Animals are difficult models.....

Music | Day 126, originally uploaded by Adam Fick.

Music - the one constant in my life.
I am rarely ever without music, whether at home, in the truck, at work or waking up.
It lifts my spirits, and can also dampen sunny days.
I love music, the creativity, the science, and the message it has.
Currently listening too:
Tool - Wings for Marie & 10,000 Days

Colors Colors Everywhere! | Day 125, originally uploaded by Adam Fick.

July 1st Fireworks Celebration in Kinsmens Park
More to come tomorrow after I go through them all!

Nikon D700

Nitro Powered Rocket | Day 123, originally uploaded by Adam Fick.

Went out to Castrol Raceway to catch some dirt oval track with my friend Vicki and her sister Sherry
Got there a bit early and caught the end of the motorbike drags!

I Love Me Some Biking | Day 122, originally uploaded by Adam Fick.

I rode 31km today, and what a wonderful ride it was, well up until the last 1 km when I jumped off a curb and landed on a piece of glass and had to walk home in my riding shoes :(
I've basically stopped driving my truck now due to the price of gas, and started riding my bike to work every day
So far this week I've put on 91km on the bike and saved myself boat loads of money that I would have spent on gas!
unfortunately I need a new bottom bracket, but hey, thats the price of admission right?

Creative Filter | Day 121, originally uploaded by Adam Fick.

No Photoshopping
No Post Processing
All done in camera with the help of..... take a guess, see what you think!

The Close of the Day | Day 120, originally uploaded by Adam Fick.

Ended up pulling out a pair of neutral density filters and filddling with them tonite, I like the effect it gave the setting sun, it really eliminated the brightness from the sun in the sky!
I guess a ND4 + ND8 stacked together will do that for you :P

Day 119, originally uploaded by Adam Fick.

I couldn't think of anything to take a pic of today, and the weather wasn't really cooperating today for a previous idea I had so, back to flowers :P

A Fun Mistake | Day124, originally uploaded by Adam Fick.

Out of inspiration, and trying to chase the cat down because she was all wound up and running all over the house, doing backflips and all sorts of other crazy stunts, she managed to lay down for a minute and I snapped a few, but nothing really great, so I set the camera on the ground and was thinking and just pushed the shutter button down and it focused and clicked, and voila
something way better than what I could have thought up tonite :P