I recently learned of the looney 11 rule for photographing the moon and decided to try it out this evening

You set the aperture to f11 and the shutter speed to the reciprocal of the ISO. I managed to shoot this handheld at f11 and 1/400 with my 70-300mm on my Canon Rebel T1i and it worked out pretty well.?

The photo here is interesting for two reasons, the bird and number of aircraft

The image that shows a vulture seemingly in close proximity to the Thunderbirds F-16s actually has four aircraft despite looking like only two. It was the last in a sequence with the four planes in a diamond formation with the two closer planes in near perfect alignment with the farther pair as they passed below the bird. ?

G+ auto-awesome of the Thunderbirds?

On my way home from my final day at the old job, a quartet of F-16s in a tight diamond formation flew across I-94 in front of me

It was the Thunderbirds practicing for tomorrow's Thunder over Michigan airshow at Willow Run airport in Ypsilanti, MI. I got off at the next exit and swung around to the north side of the airport to take some photos. Here are all six planes in delta formation

http://www.yankeeairmuseum.org/airshow/?

Something definitely worthy of serious consideration. Sadly, there are no serious leaders in the current American political environment?

If you live in the city of Ypsilanti, MI, go out tomorrow and vote for Amanda Edmonds for mayor

Amanda loves the community and is an incredibly hard worker.  She built Growing Hope from scratch and I'm sure she will do amazing things for the city.?

The time has come for another pivot in my professional career. My time in the Ford Content Factory is drawing to a close this week. On August 18, I'll be joining Navigant Research as a senior research analyst working on smart transportation.

I've loved working with my colleagues in the content factory including Carrie Roca, Sue Carney, Jeff Majeske, Zach Peterson, Shaun Byron, Ken Welsch, Marsha Low Pund, Chuck Arehart, Karen Pitton, Keith Price, Tommy Simon, Dave McWilliams, Stephanie Pease, Mike Wood, Ryan Koehler, Tom Shea, the Ford product communications staff and of course the late, great Jennifer Moore.

I've been fortunate to work on some awesome projects during my time with Ford including the Fusion Story web app. (https://web.archive.org/web/20121031070648/http://fordfusionstory.com/)

Without a doubt however, the highlight was being  entrusted with telling the Ford Mustang story over the past year. That included celebrating the first 50 years of Mustang heritage and then teaching the world about the all-new 2015 Mustang. Along with the global reveal on December 5, 2013 (https://media.ford.com/content/fordmedia/fna/us/en/news/2013/12/05/all-new-ford-mustang.html), we put a 2015 convertible on the observation deck of the Empire State Building on April 16, 2014. (https://media.ford.com/content/fordmedia/fna/us/en/news/2014/04/15/mustang-esb-some-assembly-required.html"). Big thumbs up to Ryan Koehler for his awesome video work.

www.youtube.com/embed/JMYIt9NtG6k?list=PLn7kRjAg2vZFuaHTPMHSx1wVx_vDlbj8V

My sincere thanks to the members of Team Mustang that have been so helpful including Dave Pericak, Prakash Patel, Steve Denby, Kemal Curic, Doyle Letson, Melanie Banker, Steve Ling, Jim Owens, Alan Hall, Monique Brentley, Jayson Demchak, Brian Cotter and John Clor at Ford Racing. There are way too many other people to list here but they all have my gratitude for helping me find and develop story ideas.

However, the time has come for me to move on. As a senior analyst with Navigant, I'll be watching the smart transportation sector. For those of you working in the industry, please keep me in mind and let me know whenever you have any news or information that might be relevant.?

Actually, the current +Buick Regal began life on the Russelsheim, Germany assembly line

http://www.autoblog.com/2010/05/06/2011-buick-regal-first-drive-in-germany/?

Having spent my entire adult life in and around the auto industry, I've been lucky enough to see a lot of prototype vehicles up close

Most never get shown in public, but everyone once in a while a company decides to share.?

Interesting editorial on folding the U.S. Air Force back into the army and navy

It actually makes a lot of sense?