By the way, the deadline for submitting your picture of an object ("a material thing that can be seen and touched") for the current Baker's Dozen is at the end of the day this coming Sunday, February 6th.
The Baker's Dozen is an editor-curated selection of readers' photos. We just do it for fun. You can search for past ones in the Category list in the right-hand sidebar, or just click here.
I've gotten some sweet ones so far.
That's cheating?
These three submissions should make you laugh if you know my off-topic enthusiasms:
Photo by Jimmy Day
Photo by Michael Matthews
Photo by William Schneider
Do my readers know me, or what?
Of course, I'm immune to pandering, and I'm no Pavlov's dog, so these will not appear on the blog. (Er....)
Here's the really funny thing. I had already seen that very same picture of Jimmy Day's pool table out on the wilds of the internet. Don't know where I encountered it. AZBilliards maybe? But I have a very good visual memory and I'd bet money I've seen that very same picture before.
Photographers' comments
Here are the details if you want to know:
Jimmy Day of Bradenton, Florida: "My Diamond 9' Pro-Am table, lighted by the table light and one off-camera flash @1/16 power behind the leg."
Michael Matthews of Athens, Georgia: "Can't help it. Just makes me smile every time."
William Schneider of Athens, Ohio: "This photo represents the last in a series of loudspeakers that I built in my home shop. It is a Linkwitz LX521 open-baffle dipole speaker. Designed by the late Siegfried Linkwitz, this particular unit has a hybrid active/passive crossover and a unique acoustic radiation pattern. It was built from a combination of solid cherry, cherry veneer, and Baltic Birch plywood.
"Beginning in November 2012, I spent nine months building this loudspeaker and assembling its analog crossover. I created a build log of its making.
"It was a labor of love, and this speaker is a cherished part of my music-only system. No TVs are allowed in my listening room!
"This photo was made with an Olympus XZ-1 that I still use occasionally. The room where this photo was made is small, and the camera's compact size helped. I used a mix of hard and soft tungsten lights."
Anyway, hope you can play. You still have plenty of time. The theme is an object that you have some kind of affection for. It doesn't haven to be an object that I have some kind of affection for. :-)
Mike
David Dyer-Bennet: "Ooh, Jimmy Day did a nice job putting that flash behind the leg. It's obvious on examination, the halo on the floor is too bright to actually be reflected light from the TV in the far background—but I never noticed it until I read his mention of using the flash; the TV provided a plausible excuse and my mind didn't notice any incongruity."
That's the most cheerful expression I've ever seen on a car (that wasn't drawn or painted on).
Posted by: robert e | Thursday, 03 February 2022 at 11:59 PM