it was an absolutely perfect morning for a ride, followed by the most incredible summer day. awesome. I need to move my office out to the river valley…
Tag: shadow
long snowshadows
extra long afternoon shadows, as the poplar trees’ shadows reach across the blown snow.
roller
a snowball rolls down a lunarscape drift, to rest in the sun on a neighbour’s driveway.
play time
I got the house to myself for a couple of hours this afternoon, so I treated myself to half an hour of play time without headphones, cranked. I’m sure the neighbours weren’t impressed.
screwed
we installed a new subfloor in a kitchen this afternoon, before hanging a set of new cupboards. it’s going to look fantastic when it’s all done. then, I went home to my old, cheap kitchen…
veinous ceiling
This great textured ceiling is not long for this world. It’ll be stripped out and replaced with something else as part of the renovation.
mini abyss
The Boy™
finder of light
my old handheld General Electric Exposure Meter Type PR-1, circa 1951. It still works perfectly, although it doesn’t do well in very low light situations.
It’s really just a slide ruler built around a light meter. You can set different ASA values (or frames per second if shooting (video) film)), then look up corresponding values for aperture and shutter speed to set the camera for proper exposure. It often does a better job of picking exposure combinations than the exposure meter built into my 60-year-newer Canon XT.
2009/12/29: The contrast between an object and its shadow can make for an interesting photo. Explore the “dark side” of shadows today. #ds44
long morning shadows
there was another spot where my shadow was almost a block long, due to a hill leading down away from the sunrise.