This is by no means the shot I had intended to post tonight and this isn't through a lack of effort on my part ....

... I had intended a great B/W shot which I was toying with the idea of creating for the "Color Black and White" challenge on DPChallenge.com but after just about everything that could go wrong did (My Lighting bulbs blew, I setup a backdrop carefully and knocked over with the light cord, camera battery went flat etc etc ...) and finally after ~80 shots which I didn't like because of 1 reflection or another that I couldn't eliminate, I gave up ....

So here it is ... today's PAD shot which is almost an alternative to yesterday's PAD ...

... at least I've posted and my PAD is at an all time record of up-to-date-ness .... :-)