To my Mom, and to all moms. Have a wonderful day!
Sunday, May 8, 2011
Speedy Red Car
Made this as part of a photo assignment, using slow shutter speed to express motion.
f16; 1/13 sec; 100mm; .3 exposure compensation (only because I forgot to change it back from a previous photo. oops, but didn't hurt anything.)
f16; 1/13 sec; 100mm; .3 exposure compensation (only because I forgot to change it back from a previous photo. oops, but didn't hurt anything.)
Thursday, May 5, 2011
How I Quit Smoking and Lived (so far)
Today is Cinco de Mayo. It is also the 7th anniversary of the day I quit smoking.I didn't quit because it was Cinco de Mayo though - that's just silly. I quit when I quit and for the next couple years I struggled to remember the anniversary and then it finally dawned on me it was cinco de mayo, so now i can always remember. It took a few more years before I could remember the year I quit. 2004. It's nice to no longer have to go 
through old emails to figure it out.
So to quit, it was a piece of cake, or maybe not. I didn't know it at the time but I believe my life was on the line. I didn't get the message from the waking dream I had earlier - more on that later.
I got a real nasty chest cold that just would not go away, no matter what! I couldn't even start to talk without going into a horrible coughing fit, so bad I couldn't even get a breath in between coughs. One day I realized if I went a ½-hour to an hour (if I could manage it) without a cigarette, things improved a little. Hmm.
through old emails to figure it out.So to quit, it was a piece of cake, or maybe not. I didn't know it at the time but I believe my life was on the line. I didn't get the message from the waking dream I had earlier - more on that later.
I got a real nasty chest cold that just would not go away, no matter what! I couldn't even start to talk without going into a horrible coughing fit, so bad I couldn't even get a breath in between coughs. One day I realized if I went a ½-hour to an hour (if I could manage it) without a cigarette, things improved a little. Hmm.
Tuesday, May 3, 2011
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Tuesday, April 12, 2011
14K - bragging
Entered this photo in a Fotki photo contest. These are just fun contests with no prizes or money, just bragging rights.
Anyway, my "14K" photo was #13 out of 95. Yaay!
All my Fotki contest entries...(http://public.fotki.com/darkskywv/personal/etc/contest-entries/)
Anyway, my "14K" photo was #13 out of 95. Yaay!
All my Fotki contest entries...(http://public.fotki.com/darkskywv/personal/etc/contest-entries/)
Monday, April 11, 2011
Tuesday, March 29, 2011
Early Morning Shadows in the City
I had to go into Boston last Friday morning, very early in the morning and while staring out the window on the 5th floor I was amused by the long early dawn shadows being cast in a little patch of sun.
There were a lot of interesting photo ops, as I don't get to the city often. I saw a bus back into a taxi cab and the ensuing 'discussions' and picture-taking (MY pictures of it were not that interesting).
None of the photos I took that day quite compared to these shadow pics. I am pleased with them. Not bad for a pocket size point & shoot.
Taken with a FujiFilm FinePix A820 - my "ghost-hunting camera"!
None of the photos I took that day quite compared to these shadow pics. I am pleased with them. Not bad for a pocket size point & shoot.
Taken with a FujiFilm FinePix A820 - my "ghost-hunting camera"!
Thursday, March 24, 2011
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