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Tired in Fall

A shot from our field trip to Kykuit one very fall afternoon.  For whatever reason, I didn’t notice my camera was on “center weighted average” metering, so most everything I shot that day came out quite dark.  It’s really too bad; the day has a fantastic quality of light.  The wet day really brought out the color in everything, right at the peak of leaf season.  Next year, I’ll remember to check my metering mode before taking 100+ photos…

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Tappan Zee At Night.

I havn’t gotten out to take anything new recently, so here’s an old one of the Tappan Zee at night.  I took this shortly after I picked up my 70-200L, so it was a first batch of experiments with the lens.

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No Lifeguard On Doody

Ah, back to posting images.  On our way back from Manchester, Mandy and I stopped at the Holiday Inn in Clarion, PA.  Hilarity ensued.

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Alton’s Chocolate Chip Cookies

Just so I remember where to find it again when I need it: Alton Brown’s Chocolate Chip cookies.

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HalfLife2 = 5 discs

I just picked up HalfLife2 from Best Buy and I’m working through the installer.  Here’s the great part: it ships on five, count’em, five cd-roms.  Dear Valve, there’s this neat new technology called a “DVD”.  Please look into it.