Photos below from my Canon Digital Rebel. Canyon Road from Ellensburg to Yakima is just 28 miles of spectacular riding (the first two photos). The last photo is from White Pass, with Mt. Rainier in the background. Gotta love Washington.
Pictures from the Vancouver Aquarium
Following are two pictures taken at the Vancouver Aquarium, both taken with my Canon Digital Rebel. No alterations were made to either picture except to reduce the size.
The fish were shot at ISO 400, no flash, 1.3 second exposure at f/2.8 with a 24 mm focal length. Basically I held the camera up to the fish tank and turned on the auto timer. By doing this, I minimized any jitter and ended up with a pretty interesting picture.
The picture of the giant cockroach was produced in a similar fashion. There was a bit more light so the camara was set to ISO 100, no flash, 1 second exposure at f/4.5 with a 98 mm focal length. Obviously I zoomed in a bit to get this shot.
Results
I ran the Seattle Half Marathon today (13.1 miles). It was one of the toughest things I think I’ve ever done. I’ve been running 3-4 miles about 5 days a week for a while now, but decided to step it up and see if I could do something like this. My routine was to continue a 4 mile run about 3 times a week and then do a long run on the weekend. The goal? To finish.
And finish I did — no stopping or walking. I trudged the entire 13.1 miles with a finishing time of 2:43:31. No awards for that time, of course, but I felt like it was a pretty great accomplishment.
Probably the most unexpected part was the weather. It looked like it was all teed up to be rainy and miserable today, but to the contrary, it was really a great day to be out for a run.
Disney, Apple and ABC to sell TV show episodes online
This is huge (story at quote.com). It establishes the going rate for a single episode of a TV series at $1.99. That’s probably pretty close to what a DVD set costs with a collection of episodes. $0.99 would be a no brainer, $1.99 is probably easy if you miss one and want to catch up.
Oh, yeah, and Apple released a new iPod to go along with this that plays video.