Apparently the peppers I started from seed (as opposed to the ones I got as seedlings from a coworker) were from a variety pack. There are purple peppers, long green ones, and yellow ones. Hopefully they’re all mild. Surely I would not have bought hot pepper seeds?
Camera-wise, the shots in this post are all untouched, aside from cropping. Those in the last post were pretty heavily edited.
And now, on to less animated subjects…
Canna Lily
Sedum
Queen Anne’s Lace
Poke Berry Blossoms
Poke Berries
It took me three trips to Target, but I finally managed to get a decent, working camera. It was a total pain in my ass. The camera is not the one I originally wanted, nor was it the second one I wanted. And it’s definitely not the brand I wanted. I’m a Canon/Kodak person, not a Nikon person (kind of like a I’m a PC person, not a Mac person?). The camera is nice enough, but everything is in the wrong place.
It also doesn’t have a view-finder, which I realize is pretty standard for new point-and-shoot cameras. I don’t like it, though. I don’t like that most of the menus are accessed via the LCD screen. I don’t like using the LCD screen, period. It’s not good for composing photos, for sure. It’s also a battery hog, which makes it a less than ideal way to change camera settings.
That said, the test photos and video I took seem Just Fine. My problems with the camera are on the design end, not with the lens and processor, and obviously, the lens and processor are what matters.
But most importantly, I just cannot stand Ashton Kutcher.
Polly (the camera I wanted)
Henry (the camera I ended up with)
Both those are unedited, except for cropping. The one below was from the camera I returned and has had a good bit of Photoshopping.
Miss Brown
“Reducing health inequities is, for the Commission on Social Determinants of Health, an ethical imperative. Social injustice is killing people on a grand scale.”
From Closing the gap in a generation: health equity through action on the social determinants of health, World Health Organization, 2008.
Sometimes I actually get interesting books to catalog!
red paper boat 