Captured 4/16/10, around 8:15 AM, about a mile from my logy lodgings. Better viewed full size. The smiling little train was part of a portable/traveling amusement park, featuring ferris wheels, rides and the like, situated on the vast lawn area adjacent to our city hall, which also plays host to other activities throughout the year, such as concerts, health fairs, Fourth of July fireworks, Halloween carnivals, etc. I was unaware of this event during my walk, so I was most fortunate to come upon it when I did, especially at an ideal time of day, being so early, when nothing was going on, meaning there were no other humans, besides myself, to contaminate the area. In fact, there weren't even any security people to watch over the expensive equipment. What trusting souls. There was only me, footloose and fancy free, to go and do what I want in this twilight zone of fun and games. Sneak factor zero! How nice not to rush my shots in fear that someone might step in front of my lens just when I was about to click the shutter. If only the zoo, air and auto shows were like this. Anyway, time to have some postwork fun, in lieu of my usual serious stuff like flowers, shadows, snails and tigers. Photo #1 the original, variety of hue/saturations on #2, 3 and 4, and a scatter light filter used on #5. Will be doing more of these variations on various amusement park objects as time goes by. Auf wiedersehen, thankx for the look-see, and for any and all complimentary comments and favs.