My contributions! All shot with my Canon Rebel, most on a nifty-50 lens, some on the stock barrel (bleh). The only photoshopping done was auto-correct and re-size.
Just got back yesterday from my first trip to California. My tourist hat I bought while there:
This was the mooring line for the Queen Mary. Damn birds wouldn't leave the line for the shot, but in hindsight they provide some context I guess:
The sun was setting and the light was just neat for this shot:
Shot from a moving car. The fact that I got anything was a miracle, then for the sign to actually be legible was amazing. Had to keep it: