Topping the charts on the day I was born.

I was having a meal at my sister's house this evening, along with the rest of the family. Somehow, after the feasting was over, the topic of conversation ended up being "What was topping the music charts on the day that you were born?". With the help of google search, we all looked back through the archives to find out.

On June 17th 1972 in the UK, whilst I was taking my very first breath, Don McLean was singing "Vincent"

and in the US, Sammy Davis Jnr was singing "The Candy Man"

Which songs were topping the music charts on the day that you were born? Click on either of the two countries below, to discover who was number 1 on your special day:
UK Chart List
USA Chart List

A few more photographs from New York...

Here are a few more photos from my New York trip. I promise I will write a proper post about the trip soon :)

I loved the sights from the top of the "Rock"

These were two of the cutest little things I have ever seen. They were snuggled up next to me as I sat on the bank under the Brooklyn Bridge

I took hundreds of photographs around Central Park. It was such a magical place on Memorial Day. The weather was amazing and the people were all so friendly and happy.

This guy was entertaining the crowds in Central Park

One of many photos I took in Time Square, this time by day.

The skyscrapers were so impressive, towering above me. I had permanent neck ache from walking around looking at the sky.

The Trump Tower has an amazing waterfall inside. I will reveal it to you in a future post.

If only I had somebody to buy something for..... sigh....

Ground Zero..... lest we forget.....

A trip to the museum of natural history. These creatures looked really mean as fossils. I can't even begin to think what they were like alive!

A trip to Wall Street.

Back to Time Square at night. I spent most of my evenings wandering around time square, just people watching and taking in the atmosphere.

Walking back to my hotel in the early hours of the morning. The skyscrapers were as impressive by night as they were during the day. This hansom fellow is the Bank of America building...

...and this guy is the Empire State building. The very top of the building was literally touching the clouds.

More to follow soon, with a full report :o)

June Photograph Challenge

THE NEXT CHALLENGE!

I always look forward to new challenges, what ever they are. As we have been undertaking these photograph challenges for quite sometime now, I try and choose themes that are both fun but also stretch the imagination. I can honestly say that you all always come up with the goods, your photographs never stop amazing me. Your creativity, ingenuity and sometimes dexterity is quite awe-inspiring. I hope this month's theme provides you with a little fun too!

I am sat here, writing this post at the ridiculous time of 1am. At the same time I am wondering why I am not tucked in bed sound asleep!!! This moment of madness gave me the idea of photographing different times of the day. Therefore, the challenge will not be for one photograph, but will be five photographs (an odd number is always more aesthetically pleasing...lol!). The theme title is "Moments in the day" and the challenge is to capture a set of photographs that represent the times of "Morning", "Lunctime", "Afternoon", "Evening" and "Night". Oh! I really can't wait to see what people come up with!!!!

Guidelines

Just to recap, the guidelines for the challenge are as follows:

1) Take a set of photographs that in some way, manner or form represents the theme of"Moments in the day". You are welcome to use your artistic touch to manipulate the photographs using a photopackage such as photoshop. Be as creative as you desire!!! You are even welcome to submit a video clip, if that is your preferred media.

2) Include a brief explanation of how the photograph(s) relate to the theme.

3) When you have posted your challenge, be sure to send me a link so that I can include it on my "The 'Moments in the day' Photography Challenge Entry" post early next month!

4) You want to join in with the challenge but don't have a blog or website to display your photograph on?

No problem, either:

a)Just email me copy of the image, along with your name and a brief description of how the photograph(s) relate to the theme. I will then include your entry on my "Moments in the day ~ Photography Challenge Entry" post early next month!!!

b)Join up to a photo storage site like Redbubble or http://www.flickr.com/and upload your photograph, then leave a link to the photograph in the comments box on this post.

!!Happy Photography!!

Graham Ettridge

If you have any questions, concerns or have an idea for a future photography challenge theme then please do not hesitate to contact me on grahamettridge@aol.com