On Sunday, May 2nd, at 15:00 UTC, thousands of shutterbugs all over the world picked up their cameras and shot a picture for the A Moment in Time, a project sponsored by The New York Times to try to capture a single instance of the world in photography.

They will compile these images into some presentations and consider them for inclusion in an upcoming book.   Frankly, I don’t really care what happens to them so much as I think the concept is fascinating.

I was so intrigued, and I was awake at 10am on Sunday (which is what 15:00 UTC translates to), so I went and participated.

The picture I ended up submitting was this one:

But I took quite a few others; here they are.    Did I pick the right moment?   What would you have chosen as your moment?

The weather the other night was so nice, it would have been a shame had we not gone out and enjoyed it, so we tripped up to Clear Lake (which is anything but clear) and enjoyed some time outdoors.

Future Sturgis Enthusiast

Dueling Flags

Don't Fence Me In

Sometimes I just...think.

Orange and Blue? Why, because it's...coordinated?

I'm Coming Up!

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I Talk with My Hands

30-Second Rule

A little bit of fun outside on a sunny Saturday afternoon with a volleyball can’t be all that bad, right?   My son, Keston, thought it’d be a fine time to practice his ball-handling skills and understanding of basic physics.

Sometimes, a photo is just a photo.    Taken on the correct day with a sprinkling of luck and good light, it might even become a keeper.

(click on each to enlarge, naturally)