The end of a holiday weekend means if you have visited somewhere you are most likely on the road home today.  This morning for the Day 30 image of Thirty Days 2008 my niece Hannah waves goodbye in the morning light as she gets ready to head north to her home.  It seemed fitting as today is the last day and we wave goodbye to another Thirty Days segment.

Be sure to visit the next couple of days for some thoughts on Thirty Days and also some of the techniques I used in order to quickly blog during the month.

By the way she is 4.

A couple of days ago while walking around the Embarcadero, I made a mental note of some locations to photograph when the afternoon sun was lighting the scene as well in addition to having more people in the image.  This afternoon I visited a few of these locations, and while at Seaport Village made the below photograph.  I was at the spot for about ten minutes when the two females stopped near the light post and stayed for a little while.  I continued taking my pictures as many people were out on a nice November afternoon.  You may be able to see in the image that one of them was photographing with an old Polaroid camera which is in her hands.

Tomorrow is the final day of Thirty Days 2008 so be sure to check out the last image in the collection.

This morning while walking near Seaport Village around sunrise it was a reminder of being there photographing during high school.  With that thought in my head I went to recreate an image taken during high school for my photography class of the San Diego Marriott and Marina.  The area around the marina has changed quite a bit in the past 18 years however from the point of view below and a tight crop on the towers it looks close to how it did in the original photo I took during high school.

Stop back tomorrow for Day 29 of Thirty Days 2008.

Happy Thanksgiving from San Diego and Day 27 of Thirty Days 2008.  This morning as I normally do on Thanksgiving morning I drove to Coronado and took some images.  As my alarm went off the sound of heavy rain could be heard against the window and after debating for a while decided to grab the rain jacket and head on out to photograph.  Battling waves of heavy rain which would last a few minutes I took some pictures of the San Diego skyline.  As I headed towards the Coronado Ferry Landing the skyline reflected on a restaurant where workers were inside cleaning and getting ready for Thanksgiving customers mixing the location as well as the holiday for today’s image.

Stop by tomorrow for Day 28 of Thirty Days 2008.

Located along Imperial County Road 80 is Plaster City an unincorporated place within the county.  As most people would travel on Interstate 8, travelers will see the ‘City’ from the south but not drive through the location.  As the best I can tell Plaster City is a US Gypsum plant manufacturing SHEETROCK brand gypsum panels with materials from the nearby quarry connected by a narrow gauge railroad. Driving west towards Plaster City, the overnight and morning rain had just ended and the clouds were starting to clear.  I was noticing the darker pavement from the rain which was looking nice for contrast with the landscape, but just prior to stopping along the road the sun came out providing the Day 26 image of Plaster City.

Stop by tomorrow for Day 27 of Thirty Days 2008.

At the south end of the Salton Sea is the Imperial Valley, which includes the cities of Brawley, El Centro and Calexico.  The makeup of the land is quite different from the land and desert area in Imperial County, with the valley being heavily agriculture.  With the weather in the area, two growing cycles are possible each year providing summer and winter crops.  As new crops are starting to rise on some of the farmland the new growth is the image for Day 25 of Thirty Days 2008.

Stop by tomorrow for Day 26 of Thirty Days 2008.

You may recall last year during Thirty Days I headed to the Imperial Valley and the Salton Sea, this year I am in the same area for a couple of days.  Instead of trying to do both sides of the sea this year I am focusing on some areas which I feel worked better for me last year.  I also have another spot I may check out in the area depending on the weather.  This year the weather could get interesting with the chance of rain tomorrow so we will see how it develops.

For the first afternoon I headed towards Red Hill Marina and the three trees featured in Salton Sea Sunset.  With some cloud cover I was thinking a black and white image, but found a light hint of color also worked well, bringing us Day 24.

Stop by tomorrow for Day 25 of Thirty Days 2008.

With Thanksgiving coming up soon this weeks linking the week site is Flight Memory.  I started using flight memory a couple of years ago, and since that time I have included most of the flights I have taken in the past ten years into the database.  Now looking at my flight data, I know I have been on over 900 flights with the majority being in and out of Denver.  This shouldn’t surprise anyone with the amount of travel I did as a software consultant.

Give Flight Memory a look and if you would you may check my stats as well (Neil Corman Flight Memory).  The ability to let others look at your summary data is controlled by you, so you may make it so you can view your flight memory data.

With a short holiday week many people will be on the road whether by airplane, train, bus or car.  To kick off the travel week it was obvious to take advantage of being near the airport and make that the photo for Day 23 of Thirty Days 2008.

Many people claim Denver International Airport is in the middle of Kansas, so that was my challenge to use the almost winter fields to make it seem like the airport is indeed in Kansas.  Driving along 56th Avenue, I found a nice field under the approach and waited for some airplanes to fly the approach.  As this was a busy time for arrivals this Boeing 737 from Southwest Airlines led itself to the image for today.

Stop by tomorrow for Day 24 of Thirty Days 2008.

One hundred and fifty years ago today General William Larmier staked a one mile claim of land in what was then called Denver City after the territorial Governor of Kansas James W. Denver.  The city of Denver was not incorporated until 1861.  In the past one hundred fifty years things have changed just a little.

To mark this occasion I figured a image of the city skyline would be appropriate but instead of the often taken image from the location I was situated I wanted to emphasize the new development in the Platte River Valley area seen on the right side of the frame.  Denver has grown quite a bit in the past one hundred and fifty years, but in the next few years this scene will even be something of the past.

Stop by tomorrow for Day 23 of Thirty Days 2008.