Cold Waters

nobody@flickr.com (Glenn Loos-Austin) — Thu, 08 Dec 2005 05:44:02 -0800

Wednesday morning, running late for work, an important meeting shortly after I was to arrive, I cruised onto the ironically named John Nolan drive and saw a sight so breathtaking that words cannot do it justice. Like in much of the country, it was cold, bitterly cold. 6°F at 9:45 AM as I was driving, had been well below zero during the night. But the sun was shining brightly, and the reaction on the surface of the lake was astounding. The lake lay still and flat, but it's like it was boiling, with huge plumes of steam rising into the air so that you could barely see the far shore. Cursing the luck that didn't leave me time to explore all the photographic opportunities, I pulled into the first parking lot I could to take at least a few pictures before hurrying to work.

Here we can see some guys in a boat erecting a barrier of sorts in the water. Considering how cold it was, I feel kind of sorry for them, because it had to be wet and thus bone-numbingly cold work. I think the barrier is to protect the bulk of the lake from the thermal outflow from the Madison Gas & Electric power plant. Regardless, it gives you a glimpse of just how strange the lake was looking that morning. The photo doesn't really do the granduer of the experience justice, but I didn't have time for more than a few shots.

This is also the first photo I've tried to tweak using Aperture, Apple's new software, which I had a chance to kick the tires on at work. It's pretty impressive. (I recompressed it in photoshop afterwards however, since I don't like to post 2MB files to either my blog or Flickr.)

(note for cream of the crop - most interesting)

Day 7, Photo 2: Tall Enough

nobody@flickr.com (Glenn Loos-Austin) — Thu, 13 Oct 2005 00:19:12 -0700

Glenn Loos-Austin posted a photo:

Most of the water fountains at Epcot are at two heights. Ivy is just barely tall enough to take a drink from the tall ones, and Rose is just barely tall enough to take a drink from the short ones. I first took this picture from the opposite angle, but when I showed it to Ivy she said "It makes us look like we're the same height! Can you do it again?" She was totally right.

(Note to people coming from my blog: I've posted this to deleteme so that I can see people's honest critiques. The people commenting below are not just mean. Well, not most of them, anyway.)

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Cold Waters

Day 7, Photo 2: Tall Enough