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Taken with my LGVX8600 1.3Megapixel phone.
From RMStringer

Broken Wall Of Color: Wide Angle

Broken Wall Of Color: Wide Angle, originally uploaded by RMStringer.

The light is rather blown out due to the contrast in light and darkness in this old building. This is all ambient light. I did not use my flash and there is no other source other then the light coming in from the outside through the holes in the roof. I took this while using a Tripod.

Exposure: 1
Aperture: f/10.0
Focal Length: 18 mm
ISO Speed: 200

Mack: We're All Bankers Now

Thanks to Mac Hall for letting me post this to my blog.

 

 

We're All Bankers Now

 

Our government has, for reasons of its own, decided that failing banks – meaning their owners in Belgium or Spain, not the employees here in the USA -- should be rescued by the rest of us.  Since our taxes will be employed for these endeavors, we, The People (bless us) are now owners of The People's Banks.

 

Now that you and I are Owner-Comrade Bankers, shouldn't we enjoy some of the old-fashioned perqs that go with swelling about as merchant bankers?

 

I wouldn't bet on it, not that I could afford to bet.  I think our lives as bankers will be the new style:

 

A banker's life, old style: The occasional, um, conference in Las Vegas
A banker's life, new style: Christmas party at Katfish Kloset

 

A banker's life, old style: Cash bonuses
A banker's life, new style: Coupons for two cups of drive-through coffee

 

A banker's life, old style: Being greeted at the door by deferential employees
A banker's life, new style: Being greeted at the door by a sullen security guard wielding an electronic wand that's been places you really don't want to know about

 

A banker's life, old style: carpeted office with large windows
A banker's life, new style: wherever you are now, probably with dim, energy-saving, mercury-poisoning, squiggly light bulbs

 

A banker's life, old style: showing up for work at eight or nine
A banker's life, new style: Dragging out of bed at four or five for the long drive to the plant which is due to close before autumn but you'll have to find money to support the bank anyway

 

A banker's life, old style: president of the Rotary Club
A banker's life, new style: waiter at Rotary Club suppers

 

A banker's life, old style: tailored suits
A banker's life, new style: Nomex

 

A banker's life, old style: leisurely luncheons at the club
A banker's life, new style: a bag of cholesterol from GlopBurger

 

A banker's life, old style: walnut-paneled boardrooms
A banker's life, new style: a quick smoke out back by the dumpster

 

A banker's life, old style: Rolex
A banker's life, new style: Timex

 

A banker's life, old style: Mont Blanc
A banker's life, new style: Mont Bic

 

A banker's life, old style: Cole-Haan
A banker's life, new style: Goodwill

 

A banker's life, old style: Private school for your kid in Switzerland
A banker's life, new style: Hoping your kid can keep his job bagging groceries

 

A banker's life, old style: Exchanging bon mots about the old days in the Skull and Bones
A banker's life, new style: Swapping yarns about the old days in Iraq and Afghanistan

 

A banker's life, old style: Skiing in Switzerland every winter
A banker's life, new style: Disney World.  Once.  Maybe.

 

Work hard, my fellow Banker-Comrades; thousands of European and Chinese millionaires are depending on you.

 

-30-

 

She was as immutable as the hills. But not quite so green.

-- Rudyard Kipling

 

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Hard To Open...

Hard To Open..., originally uploaded by RMStringer.

I did not need to use the flash for this photo. There was enough light in this area. It looks like the walls were made of red brick and then the doors were burnt during a fire. I love the different colors on the walls and the damage done from the fire...

Exposure: 0.067 sec (1/15)
Aperture: f/8.0
Focal Length: 35 mm
ISO Speed: 200

Sun Through Window

Taken with my LGVX8600 1.3Megapixel phone.
From RMStringer

Broken Sight...

Broken Sight..., originally uploaded by RMStringer.

This photo reminds me of how we look at life sometimes. It gets all shattered and broken up like a window that has been hit. Every know and then, we get a piece that falls out and gives us a clear, unobstructed view of how life really is. It would be nice to always have a clear view; But for the most part, we go through life looking through a broken window...

I love how the picture of what is outside of the window is all broken up from the glass. It has a tint to it and makes it look much darker than it really is. It was a cold overcast day around the 30 degree mark with a strong North wind blowing.

Exposure: 0.02 sec (1/50)
Aperture: f/9.0
Focal Length: 55 mm
ISO Speed: 200

Industrial Tank

Industrial Tank, originally uploaded by RMStringer.

I was looking at the set of vats and i wondered what it held in it? There are about 5 individual sections of the tank. You can see the fire damage on the tank and on some of the surrounding areas as well. I had my flash on the camera and the Omin-Bounce 580 diffuser. The colors that are present on the tank are very nice and the flash brought them out as it was not a harsh light to wash them out.

Exposure: 0.017 sec (1/60)
Aperture: f/10.0
Focal Length: 45 mm
ISO Speed: 200