Hee Haw

In For a Landing

Crash Area

For anyone who is not familiar with swim meets this is called the crash area. It's where swimmers and their families (those who are not working the meet) "crash" between events.

Going to a swim meet is not like going to a baseball or football game. Most of the time you must plan to be there most of the day. You take chairs with you. You take a cooler with snacks and drinks with you. The kids bring stuff to help keep them busy, i.e. DS, books, coloring books and crayons, puzzles, games, laptops, iPods, etc. Swimmers have clothes, extra goggles and swim caps, a couple pairs of sweat or pj pants, some kind of shoes like flip flops or crocs, robes and/or sweat shirts, blankets, at least 4 towels each, sleeping bags, etc with them too.

Camera:	Fujifilm FinePix HS20EXR
Exposure:	0.0333 sec  (10/300)
Aperture:	f/2.8
ISO Speed:	1250
Focal Length:	4.2 mm

Processed Swimmer

I used an online editing ap to complete the editing process with this picture and it seems to have removed the exif info from the photo.  So, I do not know what exactly it is.  If I had the patience to search among the 4000 pictures I took at this swim meet I would go find the exif info on the original, but I don't have that kind of patience or energy.  Maybe if I find it while I'm working on other photos, I'll come back and add it, but probably not.  ;-)

Blanchette Bridge

This is the bridge I cross every day on my way to work. They are going to be closing it soon to rebuild it. It's several decades old as it was the first bridge to connect my town with St. Louis County. It's going to create some major traffic nightmares while it's closed for a year. I will have to add about 6 miles a day to my commute in order to cross the other bridge in town.

Camera:	Fujifilm FinePix HS20EXR
Exposure:	0.01 sec  (10/1000)
Aperture:	f/2.8
ISO Speed:	400
Focal Length:	4.2 mm

Entry

Camera:	Fujifilm FinePix HS20EXR
Exposure:	0.0167 sec  (10/600)
Aperture:	f/3.6
ISO Speed:	640
Focal Length:	10.1 mm

Streamline

during our two day invitational swim meet

Camera:	Fujifilm FinePix HS20EXR
Exposure:	0.0133 sec  (10/750)
Aperture:	f/3.2
ISO Speed:	400
Focal Length:	5 mm

The Start

Camera:	Fujifilm FinePix HS20EXR
Exposure:	0.0167 sec  (10/600)
Aperture:	f/3.6
ISO Speed:	640
Focal Length:	10.1 mm

Diving In

Camera:	Fujifilm FinePix HS20EXR
Exposure:	0.0167 sec  (10/600)
Aperture:	f/3.6
ISO Speed:	640
Focal Length:	10.1 mm

Morning Comes

Took some pictures on my way to work again this morning. I will be very glad when we move the clocks back this weekend. I really do not like it being so dark still at 7:15 in the morning.

Camera:	Htc PC36100
ISO Speed:	111
Focal Length:	4.57 mm