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Moisture is probably not the problem-the humidity last night was <20%, and it's always really dry up here. I'll try it when I get home, though, just in case. For now, I'm focused on finding that setting in the menu to reverse the wheels-I know it exists, I just can't seem to find it.

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This is my kind of theme. Do you guys know how many 20-sided die I have? It’s probably unhealthy.

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As much as I REALLY want to participate on this one, I just don’t have the time-the hammer really came down these past two weeks. I think I’ll finally be back in action next week, though. Good luck, everyone!

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Keep rubbing it in Plamadude 😀

Always. Sadly, I’ve had so much work in the past weeks that I haven’t even had time to get my camera off the shelf, much less take it anywhere interesting. I should be over this worky-spell by the end of Wednesday. Wish me luck.

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+1, I’ve always got flowers here.

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Holy crap, there’s a lot of REALLY good shots in there. What really gets me, though is the few that are way beyond really good-#25 comes to mind, among others. Spectacular gallery.

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Woot! First try! Helps that it was one of my best photos, though. Thanks for bringing my attention to this contest, Kes.

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Man, now I really wish I had some pics of an aztec pyramid that I could work up into a triptych for this contest. It would be the ultimate farktography in-joke.

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I’d rather spend a couple thousand on a giant backlit Peter Lik panoramic.

So good, it had to be said twice. Agreed, though, Peter Lik is great.

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I suppose I shouldn’t vote for cloudscapes, since that was both my suggestion and one that I won. Impartiality and all that. If I had to choose my favorites, though, I guess it’d be the following:
“It’s on the Travel Brochure” I remember as being particularly good.
“Scanner as Camera” was pretty great.
I really enjoyed “Pathways” too.
And for sheer votes, “Puddytat” and “Vote Whoring” are way up there.

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So it turns out that I left my film camera (and, of course, all the film I’ve shot-which is not much) on the mainland. Do’h.

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I just noticed I said Maula Loa instead of Mauna Loa. Shows you just how tired I was after that trip. They pretty much kept us going for the entire 40 hours we were there.

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I’m no astrophysicist (can we have an astrophysicist to the podium, please, Plama?), but I’m thinking since it’s moving against, yet parallel to, the background sky, then in a 15 minute exposure, the stars will have moved about 4 degrees, but the asteroid (at 8:30 MST) only 3 (these are loose approximations). So the asteroid will be spending some 33% more time in a given point in the sky than the background stars–this should make it appear some 33% brighter in long exposure (or technically short exposure too) photos.

Short answer: Yes. Long answer: Yes, but it’s still pretty dim. I think that IRTF is very probably going to go for it (3 meter) and I think I know somebody who is going to try it on the UH88 (2.2 meter). It’s cloudy enough here in Manoa that it’s a moot point for me.

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I try, and usually forget too.. I’m just not that awake in the morning.

Last week, I just happened to remember it, and took a bunch of really killer garter snake shots at lunch. I really ought to remember more often.

Weekends, it’s usually in the car, if not on my back when I leave the house.

The whole reason I started bringing my camera with me was that I found a HUGE snail on my way in to work one morning, and I didn’t have a camera with me. Of course, I haven’t seen a single snail since then, but there have been some pretty sunsets and nice rainbows I’ve caught.

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I bring my camera and one or two of my favorite lenses (that changes every week or so) with me to work every day, just in case.

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