Power

I woke up this morning to find my house without power.  It was an absolutely beautiful night and day, so I am not so sure what was going on, but none-the-less, there were no lights anywhere in the neighborhood.  I was in desperate need of coffee, so I took a cold-ish shower and wandered into town at about 6:30.  Along the way, I discovered that you don't really need power at all if you are willing to just stop and metaphorically "smell the roses."  Or slow down and watch the sunrise.

Speaking of roses, I I have been playing with some older lenses. Both of them are way older than me so you should know they are OLD!  Interesting to do this now and then.  In this day of high resolution HDR and retina screens, I find it amazing that they made lenses that were designed to be intentionally not sharp.  I clearly don't know the best way to use them, but it is fun to try.  They took a long time to take--they are fussy lenses to use.  The sharp photo I took in about 20 seconds and posted on tumblr (tetzlojm) within a minute or two of taking it.  Photography is all about contrasts, I guess