Orchid
June 18, 2009
I like these kind of macro shots taken with a flash. I’m using my new Canon 270EX flash with an off camera shoe cord. This is effectively the technique used for nearly all underwater macro shots except I use two strobes underwater which minimizes the harsh single source shadows. The technique is simple and you don’t have to depend on good ambient light or a tripod. Flowers, just like many underwater critters, sometimes reflect light in interesting ways when lit up with a flash.
Sunset
June 16, 2009
Voting Signals and GTD
June 14, 2009
Robin Hanson over at the Overcoming Bias blog has a post about What Voting Signals. He links to a NY Times article that describes a change in Switzerland in which every “…eligible Swiss citizen began to automatically receive a ballot in the mail, which could then be completed and returned by mail.” The result of this natural experiment was that the voting rate unexpectedly declined.
Bug On The Edge
June 10, 2009
Madness
June 6, 2009
Clematis
June 4, 2009
Bearded Iris and Wild Phlox
June 4, 2009
Lakeside
June 3, 2009
