Flying over Memphis | Panasonic G1 and Olympus 9-18mm f/4-5.6 ED lens; exposed 1/640 sec. @ f/8, ISO 100.

Oh, to have a wide-angle lens for the G1!  Thanks to Olympus and to David Rees, the department chair of the photojournalism sequence at the University of Missouri School of Journalism, I have a 9-18mm f/4-5.6 ED lens for my Micro Four-Thirds format for testing.

This lens is the only alternative to Panasonic’s 7-14mm f/4 wide-angle zoom, which is, unfortunately, ridiculously expensive.  Not that the Olympus zoom is inexpensive.  I’ll have more thoughts as the summer progresses.

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6:00am, Gate C9, Raleigh-Durham International Airport | Panasonic Lumix G1 and 45-200mm f/4-5.6 lens @ 45mm; exposed 1/15 sec. @ f/4, ISO 800.

Coffee in hand, Memphis International Airport, Memphis, Tenn. | Panasonic Lumix G1 and 14-45mm f/3.5-5.6 lens @ 29mm; exposed 1/160 sec. @ f/5.2, ISO 200.

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Elizabeth’s neighbor’s two cats were staring at us when we returned from the hardware store this afternoon:

"What are you looking at?" | Panasonic Lumix G1 and Panasonic 45-200mm f/4-5.6 lens @ 200mm; exposed 1/200 sec. @ f/8, ISO 400.

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Elizabeth looks out onto her yard (completed drainage on the right), Durham, N.C. | Panasonic Lumix G1 and Olympus 17mm f/2.8 lens; exposed 1/160 sec. @ f/3.2, ISO 100.

Elizabeth | Panasonic Lumix G1 and Olympus 17mm f/2.8 lens; exposed 1/50 sec. @ f/4, ISO 100.

Completed French drain, with drain-pipe re-covered with landscape fabric and clay soil. Fescue grass seed will be laid this fall to fill in the (expansive) work area that destroyed the previous grass.

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Gravel in the drainage ditch, Durham, N.C. | Panasonic Lumix G1 and Olympus 17mm f/2.8 lens; exposed 1/4000 sec. @ f/2.8, ISO 100.

At long last, the French drain project that Elizabeth and I started last March is finally close to completion.  Together, we hauled one ton of gravel from her driveway, up the hill to the back yard, and then scooped it into the trench.  We’re both tired.

Another view of the French drain (near completion)

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Gloves and Boots, Durham, N.C. | Panasonic Lumix G1 and Olympus 17mm f/2.8 lens; exposed 1/400 sec. @ f/8, ISO 100.

A year ago, Elizabeth and I set out to build a French drain in the back yard of her house to alleviate some drainage issues.  The problem is that the weather a year ago was that, in the process of digging the trench for the retaining wall and drain, we encountered an enormous tree stump that had been buried.  That, and wet weather, led us to abandon the project, leaving her with a swale in the mean-time.  This summer, we contemplated working again, but the heat and humidity were not ideal conditions.  The fall?  Sure, but I needed to be in Columbia, Mo. for graduate school.  Winter break?  Um, no.  So, that leaves now as the ideal time to work.

Tuesday was attempt number one at building the retaining wall.  Yesterday was the successful attempt.  Today?  Gravel, drain pipe, and more gravel.  Just one ton.  Literally… to be updated tomorrow.

Completed retaining wall...a year late.

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One angry baby, Sarah P. Duke Gardens, Durham, N.C. | Panasonic Lumix G1 and 45-200mm f/4-5.6 lens @ 189mm; exposed 1/80 sec. @ f/7.1, ISO 100.

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2nd Thirty Days - Day Twenty-six - Cobwebs in the garage, Durham, N.C. | Panasonic Lumix G1 and 45-200mm f/4-5.6 lens @ 61mm; exposed 1/250 sec. @ f/8, ISO 100.

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