Tuesday, February 07, 2006

Julie's Tree

On Friday night we had time to kill, waiting at Julie's house
for the bowling leagues to finish so we could get a lane.
Instead of drinking beer and watching her chihuahuas vibrate
I went outside to smoke a cigar, and naturally I had my camera with me.
(Putting my tripod in Sylvia's car was a lucky whim.)
Now that most of the leaves have finally fallen I got a chance
to see what this tree has to offer in the non-green season, and
I liked it. Her driveway light is one of those big mercury-vapor
jobs that operate at a half-wavelength so while the light they
throw appears white to the human eye, cameras see it as green.
To balance that effect somewhat I used the camera's flash at the
start of this 10-second exposure.

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