RockStar Pizza Family Nite !!!

RockStar -- Wednesday Family Fun Night

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Caricature's drawn while you wait!

Face Painting Too!

Let's not forget to order

More caricature's drawn

 

 Children of all ages are welcomed

Some Families Just Attended for the FOOD!

First wondering if the Chicago Style was large enough, later asking for a to-go box

 It's the Kitchen that makes it all happen!

Fresh baked Chocolate Chip Cookies for FREE !!

Someone is always stuck with the dishes

Oh and we gave out balloons too !!

Brickyard 400 - July 31, 2011

A few moments captured and placed on display from this year's Brickyard 400.

Our residential parking area near the track, normally full as far as the eye can see empty at 12:15ish for a 1:00 start time.

Speedway Lions Club Camping Lot (normally filled with tents, pop-ups, RV's and the like) viewed from 25th street looking north -- empty.

25th street looking east toward public entrance to turn 4 seating -- empty

Intersection of 25th and Georgetown -- Empty. We must have gotten there really late, right?

I manually held the camera for this panorama, comprised of 24 individual shots, click on this until picture until it's 100% open. From right to left -- exit to Turn 4,  Turn 4, then short chute between 3 and 4, finally on left note entrance to turn 3 is closed to public seating. It's 12:40 ish for a 1:00 start.

First warm up pace lap from apex / exit of turn 4

Second warm up pace lap, shot with wide angle lens.

For you Lit'l E fans out there

After about the first 40 laps, Cindy and I went shopping for souvenirs.  Here is the west side of track from exit of turn four looking south (parallel to Georgetown road), empty as far as the eye can see.

We returned to our seats with about +/- 50 laps to go. Restart after a caution

Paul Menard out front, chased by Jeff Gordon (late in the race).

Paul Menard, the eventual race winner.

Leaving the track right after the checkered flag looking west down 25th street -- not really busy.

The track does not publish attendance numbers, I think this year they will not have too....

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My first HDR attempts

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For those not familiar with the term, High Dynamic Range Imaging a definition can be found --
clicking here.  In brief, it involves taking multiple pictures of the same subject at differing exposures, and then merging them all into one combined image using Adobe Photoshop or similar post process tool. The image below is an untouched combination of 3 images....

The generous amount of photographic information affords the photographer a considerable amount of artistic expression when publishing the final product.

The image below of a sunset near a barn found outside Pittsboro, is an untouched compilation of more than 20 separate exposures.

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Picture above is from combined "raw" files

Picture above is from combined "jpg" files

BTW -- New Sunsets Created Nightly

100th Running of the Indianapolis 500

Our Seats were in Stand H Section 17 Row KK (Exit to Turn 4)

Stopping pedestrian traffic for a guy with a hand truck

Out of the race

The short chute between turns 1 & 2

Out of the race

Taken at the Exit to Turn 2

This is the final stretch of lap 200 for the soon to be declared race winner