Stoaty likes to post “a picture of the last light of the year on New Year’s Eve,” but I’m generally a morning person, so I like to shoot the first light of the new year.
I didn’t get out for a proper shoot this year, because I was geared up for snow removal (from a storm that didn’t materialize). So I cheated. I just stepped outside my door and took some quick snapshots of the high school across the street in silhouette, and then of the snow-bound football field. The brief exposure to the 5-degree temperature numbed my fingers and made ‘em hurt like heck when they started to thaw.
Deering High School at dawn on the first day of 2009
Deering High School football field, imprisoned behind a chain-link fence on the first day of 2009
Deering High, a closer look
The other day, I found a link to one of those sites that “rate” your blog for you. This one came out as a “G,” I think, with a note that one post had used the word “shoot” once. I dunno how to talk about photography without using the word “shoot,” nor do I want to. Strange that a normal activity, like shooting (whether with a camera or weapon), could be the cause of concern to some. More PC intrusion in our lives.
Shoot.
1 January 2009 at 1920 |
Bang!
Happy New Year!
:o)
1 January 2009 at 2328 |
Yuh got me!
Wait… aren’t you supposed to be using a cutlass, or cutlad, or something? They don’t usually go bang.
2 January 2009 at 1138 |
Au contraire. The really smart pirates had those precursors to the revolver. Don’t make me go and find pictures!
2 January 2009 at 1350 |
No need. I’m such a geek I already found ‘em. They’re sorta like the ones found at PiratePistol.com, aren’t they? Well, duh. If I weren’t so retarded I would’ve remembered that from the old Peter Pan animated movie I saw when I was a kid.