On Father’s Day, after saying goodby to our son and his bride Jennie, the age-old question was spoken: “What’s for dinner?”
Somehow, we were too busy that day to have anything planned.
So at 9PM, we found ourselves eating out for dinner. A simple meal at a neighborhood Italian restaurant. Good food at very inexpensive prices.
On the way home, I noticed a local power substation, with lots of exposed steel and transformers, and wires. It was lit up, but there were nice shadows. I pulled around the block and got out my camera, set the exposure for a long shutter, and drove back. I pulled into the turn lane, which happened to be right in front of the power substation, but was too shakey with my camera handling. Oh well, subject for another time with a tripod.
Just a few blocks later, I started giggling with the thought of a self portrait at that long exposure in the car.
At the next stoplight (safety first!), I set the self timer, and positioned the camera up on the dashboard. Press the shutter and start the countdown when the light changed.
At first glance, I thought, this isn’t much, and I moved way too much. Then I smiled and went to work to bring you this.
The things my bride Karen puts up with! =)
Psychedelic bursts of lights in a tangled swarm. Dizziling delight.