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I Can't Remember In Twenty Years...

Monday, November 22, 2010 3:31:43 PM

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(EDIT: I was talking about the snow the other day with someone at the Co-op, and of course, they remember it snowing as much -- if not more -- about three years ago... -- 20101201)

This is the first time in the twenty years that I've lived in Washington that I remember it snowing before thanksgiving. That probably ain't sayin' much. It's amazing how much stress takes its toll on my memory. In my post about my weekend trip a couple of weeks ago I mentioned that I'd bought a new camera. I bought a hunk of turd Nikon that got returned immediately, and bought a Canon SX130 IS. My complaint about the Nikon was poor low light performance. I took the pictures below last night after my grocery run to the Co-op. They were taken in ridiculously low light. I can't even describe how little light there was. The big thermometer picture was take freehand, with no support. The little REI thermometer picture was taken from about 8 inches (20,5 cm) away on a tripod, manually focused, and with a full one (1) second exposure time. Nirvana!
For reference here's a picture of my bedroom from when I lost power last week. The light is coming from 2 tea candles. They were putting out far more light than I had for the REI thermometer picture. (OMG, I'm giddy!) UPDATE: A couple of days later it got *really* cold for here. I've never seen it get below 0° F (-18° C) here. The closest I've ever seen here is 9° F (-13° C). That was cold. The pipes where I lived at the time started freezing. That was pretty scary.

"Waldo, the Question Is What Are You Doing Out There?" --H. D. ThoreauI think an, "Oh, Snap!" is indeed in order. :)

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