Quick pictures

I swear I will post more soon, but to tide you over, here are a couple of quick snaps I took today from my balcony after the storm.

I done been published!

Check it out here.

Random lightroom experiment

Playing around with having Lightroom publish to Picasa. Here's the wind turbine from the overlook at Melton Lake Dam. Notice the blades look weird. This is because the sensor on my DSLR actually doesn't capture an image all at once. It strobes from the top to the bottom (I think), and isn't able to actually



See this wikipedia page for more information on the "rolling shutter" effect.

Botanical Garden

From the Bonsaa show at the Knoxville Botanical Garden:



"Better" angle:


Really didn't get many good pictures. Neat trees though. One was like 115 years old. Whacky.

Spring seems to be almost here.... More from the grounds of the Botanical Garden.





Cat was following me. I told it I didn't like cats. As cats often do, it ignored me. Point made.