Remembrance Day

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Nov 11 is Remembrance Day, Armistice Day, Veterans Day, Poppy Day, Independence Day…regardless of what you call it…Lest we forget.

In Flanders fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.

We are the dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved, and were loved, and now we lie
In Flanders fields.

Take up our quarrel with the foe:
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders fields.

— Lt.-Col. John McCrae (1872 – 1918)

Bedford Maple Tree

Doing their part for Haloween

Bedford River Maple F6.7 Polarizer

Bedford River at Fall

Bedford River from office car park F13, polarizer,

Organizational Pyramid

Cover via Amazon

As according to Meatball Sundae, by Seth Godin. Notice sales are the top 2!

CLOSE SALES

MAKE NOISE ABOUT WHAT YOU SELL

DETERMINE HOW TO DISTRIBUTE WHAT YOU SELL

GAIN AN ADVANTAGE THROUGH MANUFACTURING, TECHNOLOGY OR RESEARCH

The take away is that while your business may have a competitive advantage via the foundation of the pyramid, it you don’t close sales your out of business.  It still amazes me how many people and organizations fail to realize this simple fact.

Moon Pics

I really love long exposure photography, however family and business dictate little opportunity, last night I had a rare chance. Embracing my 70-300mm , a 2x teleconverter, attached to a tripod mounted  D50 I had a 900mm reach. At that reach a remote release is mandatory. After a number of mistrials here are some of the “winners”

In The Field #3

Today’s podcast demonstrates how you have to think on your feet and use the gear that you have with you. The podcast focus is on childrens’ sports/action photography. The podcast will appear shortly whenever I can get quick time to communicate with moviemaker.

In the meantime here are the pics from todays field shoot.

photo link http://picasaweb.google.ca/ftoddwilliams/2009_08_08InTheField3#

(note: it’s quite grainy in full mode, I’m working on another slideshow solution so be patient)

podcast: