a photo a day

Poor Dexter.  It’s his turn as photo subject again.  Nikon D70, ISO 400, f4.5, 1/125, 70mm, with flash.

Our new Tempur-Pedic mattress was delivered today.  I may never get out of bed again.

Six photos for seven days. I did in fact take photos on February 20 — those would be the eclipse photos, which warranted their own album. The EXIF information for these can be seen in the Detail view of each photo from the gallery, if you’re interested.

Starting at the top left: The man made from miniature clay pots, affectionately known as “Pot Man Junior” (my mother has the full sized one); our new team mascot at work; the nearly full moon from the parking lot at work; Dexter eating Worm Man’s Worm Farm roasted waxworms out of the jar (mmm); the black vulture Mom gave me for Christmas; and a hedgehog and dragon figurine from my sister-in-law Jan and niece Athene.

It was cloudy here, but fortunately, there were enough breaks in the clouds to photograph the eclipse. I’ve got my sequence of photos online for your perusal. I do wish I’d seen this article on photographing the eclipse beforehand, but I actually did most of the things they recommended anyway. The tripod was invaluable, as was the remote shutter for my Nikon for long exposures.

My favorite of the lot: the glorious display of the eclipse at totality with Saturn, Regulus, and some other heavenly bodies visible around it. It doesn’t look like much in the thumbnail view, of course.

I haven’t forgotten about the photo a day project although I am behind in posting them. I promise I have a photo for every day.