;)
I was home alone on Sunday night and did not want to cook, so I went to Piccolino's. I was a little reluctant, because, although their food is excellent, they completely saturate it in garlic and even though I like garlic, I must eat a minimum of it these days.
"Very light on the garlic, please," I told the waitress.
My order came back saturated in garlic. I ate it anyway.
Sunday night, the wind started to blow and grew to fierce. It whistled and roared about the house all night long. In the morning, I knew that it had been a warm wind, because it was not at all cold in our bedroom and if it had been a cold wind, it would have been.
After I got up, I noticed that my tummy felt kind of queasy. I figured it was the garlic, but the queasiness persisted all day, so it must not be. It must be a bug.
As for the wind, it hit 70 and keep causing micro-power failures. Each time one struck, my screen would go white and my computer would restart.
It happened maybe 10 times.
Very annoying.
I felt too miserable to venture out into the wind until night, when I had to. Temperature was in the 20's, but damn, it felt cold anyway.
Why do I ramble like this? Who cares?
As to the photo above, I took it tonight with my brand new Canon 5D MII, set to 6400 ISO.
All these photos were shot at 6400 ISO. I am pretty damned impressed.
;)
The only things is, I thought I had set the camera to shoot RAW, but I hadn't. So these are all jpegs. If I had put in the time and work, I could probably still work up a better color rendition, but I wish I had shot RAW.
Tomorrow.
;)
Wal-Mart, ISO 1600. The wind has died down and it snows pleasantly.
;)
Pickup truck.
;)
Reserved parking.
100 percent detail clipped from the preceding picture. No processing. It is the second sign from the left. Yes, really - 6400 ISO. A whole new world of possibilities has just opened up.
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Cyclist.
;)
We pass him.
;)
A man crosses the highway in front of Burger King.
For you pocket camera fans, don't worry - the G9 and G10 are still going to be my carry around cameras, but what a great tool this 5D will be.
My tummy still doesn't feel very good. And I have an exceptionally strange headache. I would describe it, but when one has a headache, it is hard to describe anything.