drive-by shooting...

The weather was gorgeous today. The temperature climbed up to 15°, a stark contrast to the weather we had earlier this week when it was -10° and 5 inches of snow fell on my car. People were jogging by the river. Snow was melting away uncovering the winter scorned ground. Everywhere you look, spring is in the air. So to celebrate the 'early' arrival of spring, my friend invited me to drive around town in his convertible with its top down. So here we were cruising around town to the tunes of Celine Dion, please do not ask as to why we were listening to these artist. It is not my vehicle so I am not in charge of song selection.

And of course being a passenger and armed with a 17 - 85mm, I was able to do some drive-by shooting. It is very rare that I am the passenger in a vehicle. I am usually the driver of the vehicle 95% of the time. And out of that 5%, I am asleep 4% of the time. So given this opportunity, I did some drive-by shooting in the downtown area. It was a great opportunity to test the limit and capabilities of my camera and improve my photographing skill. It is quite difficult to achieve a good composition when doing drive-by shooting. Quick decisions or perhaps a firm hold on the shutter (burst shot mode) and hope that a good shot was made is the basics of drive-by shootings. Well enough of my blurbs, here are some of the 'better' shots I made today.