EXPOSURE INFO: Canon Powershot G10, 1/6th sec @ f4.5, ISO 200
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Queued Up
EXPOSURE INFO: Canon Powershot G10, 1/5th sec @ f/4.0, ISO 400
Boston, MA – If you park on the roof at the Museum of Science, it’s best that you don’t stay in the museum until closing time. It took us nearly an hour to make our way to the bottom and out onto the street.
Red, White and Blue
EXPOSURE INFO: Canon Powershot G10, 1/500th @ f/7.1 ISO 100
Took my daughter to breakfast on her birthday at Nancy’s Air Field Café at the Minuteman Airfield in Stow, MA this past Saturday. A couple of intrepid pilots entertained us by practicing take-off and landings while we ate.
Casualties
EXPOSURE INFO: Canon Powershot G10, 1/6th sec @ f/2.8, ISO400
Maynard, MA – Two of the casualties when our tree fell over this morning. The loss of the little guy on the right is a particular tragedy: he’s a rare Christopher Radko, “The Detective” (we called him the “grumpy shopper”). He was a gift from my wife many years ago, was dropped about 8 years ago and after a laborious search, I had replaced him. So sad that he is gone.
The robot (yesterday’s post) miraculously survived.
Portrait of a Robot
EXPOSURE INFO: Canon Powershot G10, 1/5th sec @ f/3.5, ISO 400, macro mode, 8×10″ white card camera-right reflecting Christmas tree light back onto ornament
My wife gave me this terrific ornament for Christmas yesterday – it perfectly represents the combination of whimsy, wonder and nostalgia that the holiday brings out in us.
09.12.27 UPDATE: We were awoken at 6:45 this morning by the sound of our Christmas tree toppling over. Many cherished ornaments lost. Some miraculously survived, including the robot. Cleanup was a grim task. Tree expelled from house.
Sunday Snow Walkabout, Part II
A few additional photos from yesterday’s snowy wandering around downtown Maynard, MA.
EXPOSURE INFO: Canon 40D 70-200 2.8L IS, 1/200th @ f/3.5 – ISO 100
EXPOSURE INFO: Canon 40D 70-200 2.8L IS, 1/1ooth @ f/4.0 – ISO 100
EXPOSURE INFO: Canon 40D 70-200 2.8L IS, 1/200th @ f/4.5 – ISO 100
EXPOSURE INFO: Canon 40D 24-70 2.8L, 1/100th @ f/5.6 – ISO 100
EXPOSURE INFO: Canon 40D 24-70 2.8L, 1/200th @ f/4.5 – ISO 100
Waited Long Enough
Exposure info: Canon 40D, 50mm 1.4 lens, 1/160th @ f2.5, ISO 100, Aperture priority
Maynard, MA – We always like to have a little downtime after Thanksgiving before breaking out all the Christmas decorations, it’s bad enough that Starbucks and many other stores had their Christmas stuff out soon after Halloween. It makes it that much harder not to Scroogify or Grinchiate as you trudge your way towards December 25th.
I’m grateful that this year, we waited a full 10 days before beginning to haul all the boxes and bins out of the attic. Plus, I surprised myself, and my wife, by putting up the old-school Christmas lights again this year.
Each year, our old strings were starting to make us increasingly nervous: they were ancient and surely a fire hazard but our local hardware store still carries the same style lights along with all the flashy, trashy ones it seems everyone else puts up.
It seemed fitting that it was snowing out as I looped the glowing bulbs over the little hooks under the eaves of our front porch.
Glass Block Silhouette
Brookline, MA – As I took this photograph, I wondered how much longer I have before my daughter begins to refuse to comply when I ask her to “Please go stand over there so I can take your picture.”