Windmills in the desert
I shot a lot of stuff on my trip, mostly through the window. So you have to get the shutter speed and aperture just right, but maybe the color is messed up, and then there are things like bugs and mirrors and window tint and cars getting in the way at the last second to contend with.
My dad tells me I shot close to 90 photos. Those are just the ones I left on the memory card, and don’t count the ones I deleted directly from the camera.
I narrowed it down quite a bit when I had a chance to edit the photos. Here are a handful of interest to me.
I took a lot of windmill pictures. I have a feeling my dad thinks it was too many. But we were travelling near Mojave, Calif. and there was this huge windmill farm. As soon as you thought they were done, they weren’t. I have many more, so I’ll spare you.
This was a tunnel we were driving through, under a mountain in Colorado. I just thought this shot was cool.
I didn’t take this. This is my apartment from the front. Palm tree!
And for those who wondered how you transport three cats cross country… You get them three cat carriers and purr pads for padding. Then you wait for a couple of them to stop meowing for about an hour each day. You talk to them occasionally, and maybe put one of the carriers on your lap for a while if someone is particularly mouthy. But they go to sleep a lot, mostly out of boredom. Then you let them out at night, where they’re very grateful to get out and go potty, and not happy to get back in. Then when you get to your final destination, they spend lots of time hiding, sometimes even Merlin. I had to force Stinky out of her hated cat carrier, and then she crawled back in. This is a picture of Ziggy and Stinky in the same carrier. They don’t get along, so I found it very funny that they would get in the same one, especially since there were two empties, and because Ziggy is a very big boy. I eventually put all the cat carriers away, so now they’re forced to find new hiding places, which isn’t hard to do with all the moving crap piled around.
Just got in from a day-long seminar on finding academic jobs–exhausting but useful. . . Aren’t those turbines cool? I have at least a few pix of them that sooner or later I’ll put on my blog. Your apartment looks great; what are your thoughts about the general area? What’s your state of mind? Excited, nervous, curious?
Todd says he has “at least a few” wind turbine pictures, but in fact he has dozens at least! We must have taken windmill pictures for at least an hour on our trip, but it would have been hard not to as they look so cool!
Todd says he has “at least a few” wind turbine pictures, but in fact he has dozens at least! We must have taken windmill pictures for at least an hour on our trip, but it would have been hard not to as they look so cool!
See! I knew I wasn’t the only one. I don’t know if that’s even the best one, either. And I shot out the window. If you look, you can see the window glare, I’m sure. I’ve got tons! I thought they were so awesome, and everytime you thought they were done, there were more. Then I ran out of memory, so I was frantically trying to delete pics that weren’t so good.
And in response to Tod(d), I did some tooling around today, checking out places to shop, and also making sure I could get to the Bee OK. It’s a large city, obviously, especially to someone used to South Bend/Niles. I live in an interesting neighborhood, one that’s been revitalized. The apartment itself is clean, and nice. Hopefully I’ll have room for all my stuff. I didn’t bother to unpack anything today, so I need to see how my stuff all fits in. Bah!
I’ve got a dishwasher and garbage disposal! Yeah! Central air/heat! There are elephants running above my head; I guess there are a lot of families in this complex, because I’ve seen a lot of kids. Including the ones running around. But in a way, it’s comforting, because there’s human contact from above. Mind you, I’m not actually in the mood to make friends right now.
But so far, Fresno and the apartment both seem doable. I think it’ll be fine living and working here. And hopefully, within a month or two, I can buy my own digital and start roaming around and shooting stuff that isn’t out of car windows.
Sounds great. Thanks for the update on the neighborhood. You might try looking for a used Nikon 990–what we use. I suppose they would be in the neighborhood of $400 now, used,