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Quote of the Day: Former House Speaker John Boehner Calls Ted Cruz "Lucifer in the Flesh"

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CuriousLurker4/28/2016 5:41:28 pm PDT

So the dogwood tree across the street is in full bloom, and since it was overcast & cool today I couldn’t resist dragging out the DSLR and taking some photos. I’m somewaht happy with them, but it was really windy and my prime lenses don’t have image stabilization (and it was too overcast to increase to a suitable speed) so I mostly ended up with photos that were either out of focus or not composed the way I wanted them to be. Oh, then my batteries died. I knew they were getting low, but still… grrr.

For the photo enthusiasts, so I don’t bore the rest of you:

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Without further ado, here are the four best ones out of about a dozen:

24mm, ISO 100, 1/640 sec at f/2.8
Same as above
Same as above
85mm, ISO 100. 1/400 sec at f/2.8