I took this with my Panasonic Lumix Point and Shoot camera. I used the night scene setting, which gives roughly 8-seconds of exposure time. I held the camera in place on a sign that is mounted in the ground. Exposure of 2. I will be doing more of these now [...]
I am looking at camcorders. I am planning on doing some night sky recording later this year. I am applying the same thought process towards that as I do towards buying cameras. The emphasis will be on optical zoom first then pixels. I saw a couple of models at Target [...]
The raccoon came back tonight. We found him rooting around in one of the garbage cans. I followed him over to the dried out water fountain that has some rain water in it. He’s looking a bit annoyed with me here. I took about 20 shots and then left him [...]
A coworker chased a coon up one of the oak trees and it is working its way back down. Sorry for not getting the head in the picture. It was dark and hard to see the little fellow. It was also one of those situations where there is really no [...]
We’re still not sure when or where Yoda acquired this…whatever this is. It seems to bend light but in odd ways. Spatial and Temporal scans show it to be from a distant galaxy far in the future. Nobody wants to ask him about it ‘cuz we’re not Jedi and he’s [...]
Alas, poor Yorick! I knew him, Horatio; a fellow of infinite jest, of most excellent fancy; he hath borne me on his back a thousand times; and now, how abhorred in my imagination it is! my gorge rises at it. Here hung those lips that I have kissed I know [...]
A lot of the images I see out there are out of focus. This has to do with people getting too close to their subjects. If you’re not aware of or familiar with your camera’s capabilities and limitations you won’t know that you can only get 1.2m (about 4ft) from [...]
I did this same thing with a different brand camera and a smaller Nite-Ize product. I like being able to “quick draw” my camera without having to go through a bunch of unzipping exercises. This Nite Ize #NMP-03-01 Pock-Its Utility Holster allows me to do that. It has a fabric [...]
I don’t know what happens with people with messy handwriting and people with “perfect penmanship.” Why one ends up getting made fun of by his teacher and another gets gold stars from hers. I guess with computers and keyboarding, the question is moot. I try to write legibly. The problem [...]
We went to the Crab Shack yesterday. I didn’t really notice anything new on the menu. I got the fish and shrimp with some fried clams off the appetizer menu. I seem to make it there once every six weeks or so, which is fine. They’re not as pricey as [...]