December 8, 2009

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"Where's the fire.... alarm?"

Today's post is more of a story... My roommate called me this morning in a panic when he was rudely awakened with the sound of the smoke detector system beeping uncontrollably. No smoke or fire, but yet the alarm kept howling for probably an hour. My suspicion is that there is a malfunction in this hard-wired system - perhaps dust, or a spider triggered the alarm; maybe a short. I came home and found that all the detectors had been removed and unplugged, neatly placed in a row. One more thing to fix... {sigh}

I had a few great photo opportunities today, and wished that I had my camera with me. Instead, here's my mundane indoor shot with a story. :) Let's hope the house doesn't decide to burn down while these are sitting silent.

November 21, 2009

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Telescope silhouette and shadows

OK... the day got away from me yet again. I decided to sit in the dark and experiment with zero light and silhouettes. Major fail...

I boosted up the exposure, shot at a high ISO, manual focus and hand held it... yikes. A good exercise for me as I hardly ever shoot without light. Ah well... perhaps tomorrow I will get out in the daylight. They are promising some sun breaks. Nothing to view in the telescope tonight either.

November 20, 2009

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Inside the library on campus.

My first inside photograph all week. Turns out, the campus has lots of great indoor photo opportunities. This is the free-standing concrete stairwell in the new library on campus.

Ah, killing time on a Friday afternoon! One week of shooting and posting. I think I can make a habit of this :)