Well, introductions have been made. Mom brought Kinsee down this evening and we introduced her and teh kittehs. Kinsee was uber cool about the whole thing, and never growled or barked. Teh kittehs on the other hand were a bit freaked out. Sasha was more mellow about it than Sophia. I think once they get over the whole cat/dog fear thing they’ll be ok. Kinsee was like, whoa, cats, ok whatever. It’s going to be interesting seeing who sleeps in the bed this weekend.
Got me some rodent control tonight. Sophia and Sasha. A special thanks to Melinda and her mom for letting me have these guys. I now have some company in the evenings. Sasha is Sophias mother, so they get along great. Sophie is still a kitten, while Sasha is a bit more mellow. I’m sure Kinsee and teh kittehs will get along great, but I’m not sure about the introductions and the hurt feelings at first.
Sasha:
And Sophia:
I’m finally back. It’s been seven months since my crapper crapped out, and now it’s finally fixed. Seven months of sleep dep, sirens, a constant hum, and a high density of people in general were really starting to wear me down. I can’t say enough for my Mom for letting me stay with her, she’s super. But I’m really happy to get back to my happy place. I still have a bunch of work to do down here, especially with finally getting everything in its place. Now I have to get some rodent control.
I finally broke down and got a dSLR camera. My Nikon Coolpix S550 is handy, but it’s still a point and shoot pocket cam. A step up is my Canon S5IS, and it’s pretty badass for a point and shoot, but it’s not a dSLR. The S5 has a couple of limitations, most notably an inability to save in any format other then jpg. Also, the lens it has is all it will ever have, and some other limitations.
Anyway, I picked up a Nikon D3000. It’s not a top of the line cam, but it’s the most advanced cam I have, and I have a lot to learn about photography in general, so I’ll grow into it. Digital cams really made photography en mass to the masses, via computers. The drawback is that the cams do most of the photography, and people are generally a conveyance and a trigger mechanism, and not much more.
I really want to learn about composing pix, as well as doing digital darkroom processing (not just shooping stuff). Well, I just did my first two HDR images. Here they are:
I think they turned out pretty good for my first try. If you’re wondering what the hell HDR is, it’s High Dynamic Range Photography. There’s books and all kinds of info on the net about it. I used the D3000 shooting in RAW mode for the input images. Then did the HDR merging in Photomatix, with final post processing in Adobe Lightroom.
HERE is my HDR gallery.
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I’m so tired of cold, and this damned snow.
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It’s time to go home. Past time. Been too long now. I was in a happy place, a place that wasn’t oppressive, closed in, overcrowded. The edgy, wound too tight, apathetic and agoraphobic feelings were gone for the first time in a long time. Now they’re back. Sleep was quiet, restful and fulfilling. Now I drift along in a sleep deprived stupor, never rested, never fully awake. I want to go home. But that won’t happen for a while yet. Not until the county extracts one body part from another bodily orifice and gets me my damned permit. Then some more time before I can get my house in order, and then go home. Maybe get some sleep again.
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