Wood Duck

With 10 megapixel images, you can afford to crop photos a little more. It also helps to lure greedy duckies with food...

Reservoir Falls

A multitude of little streams were draining into the catchment area after constant Thanksgiving rains. Without a tilting LCD screen, I spent quite some time draped on the ground trying to steady the camera on rocks for some long exposures. I really should start carrying a tripod.

Beware of Pucks

Its Thanksgiving eve, and my first ice hockey game (not counting Mighty Ducks 1 & 2). It was everything I expected, with bodies smashing against barriers, player punch-ups and flying pucks.

XTi - f1.8/50mm test shots

Birthday Lobsters

Pete's parents treated him to fresh lobsters for his birthday. The lobsters weren't feeling quite so snappy after their nice warm bath.

Connecticut Thanksgiving

We're back in Connecticut staying with Pete's folks for an extended Thanksgiving holiday. In honour of our holiday, the weather is fantastic, although UPS is yet to show up with my new camera.

Canon 400D/XTi

After years of faithful service from my Olympus C5050, I have finally decided to upgrade. Spending a considerable amount of time finding the best price online, I wanted my new toy ASAP and splurged on next day delivery. With any luck it will be waiting for me when I arrive in Connecticut tomorrow for Thanksgiving along with an extra lens - the Canon f1.8 50mm II.

The Third Decade

It's a big birthday for Pete. As with any new stage in life, this is an excellent opportunity to take up a new hobby - brewing. Thankfully a high quality Australian product was available through Amazon.com and I wasn't forced to resort to the local "Mr Beer" brand.

US Mid-term elections

Yet more elections, and in the absence of compulsory voting, candidates not only need to convince people to vote for them, but to vote at all.

One tactic involves automated calling at odd hours... "I'd like to tell you something about candidate X....". From the X campaign? Nope. Candidate Y motivating anti-X votes - the "make 'em mad" strategy.