It is a very cold and icy day, treacherous to drive even around the block. So we stay home. I'll just while away some time by posting more pics.
One thing I am NOT going to do is sit in front of the TV. Talk about CRAP. We don't have cable. I had cable, once, back in the day, when basic cable cost $18 per month. Even then it was overpriced for what it delivered. My wife and I are READERS. Yes, we like to read. I think that makes us strange in modern America. So be it.
From industry to ruins.
Notice the satellite tv dishes on these wrecks. TV is the great pacifier.
The buildings right across the street seem to be abandoned. But look at the gate below, all the ribbon wire-- something more sensitive than bales of cotton must be behind that gate!
We were happy to leave that area. We felt like we were being WATCHED!
This place really makes me wonder. I photographed what anyone can see by walking around outside the fence, where access is not restricted.
Fire suppression is obviously something they are very concerned about.
This water tower is studded with security cameras and floodlights.
I feel that I am able to use the new camera comfortably. From now on, unless there is some pressing need to provide the information, I will not be mentioning which camera has been used. I feel that I have a very powerful new tool in my photographic tool box. There are other lenses I have not tried yet, and another image format available. New techniques are available. And yet, there are times when a camera I can easily slip into a pocket and use very stealthily will be appropriate. And then there's the iPhone, for the times when we happen not to have a camera handy.
The last two photos are of buildings about 1/4 mile from my location, taken using telephoto but no tripod and in low light. They have been cropped. The sharpness of the images under such conditions is very good. It was windy, too, and it was hard to hold the camera steady.
After this, we go back to the mysterious "high security" installation we discovered in Lubbock's core industrial zone.
