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Night works
It's midnight, there is a heavy fog and the temperature is a fraction above
freezing and you have no power. No heat, no TV, no computer, you cannot read by candlelight and your friends don't want a phone call. Going to bed seems a good option - maybe the only option. Except that the reason you have no power is that your transformer has blown and the electric company is just outside the bedroom replacing it. They have lots of heavy machinery and floodlights. Sleep is not possible. What to do? Of course - photograph them. https://www.dropbox.com/sh/ujv1ujqknt9036f/ZjcKe7AxNW After a while my fingers were too numb to feel the shutter button and I had to quit. David |
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On 07/26/2013 10:24 PM, David Hare-Scott wrote:
It's midnight, there is a heavy fog and the temperature is a fraction above freezing and you have no power. No heat, no TV, no computer, you cannot read by candlelight and your friends don't want a phone call. Going to bed seems a good option - maybe the only option. Except that the reason you have no power is that your transformer has blown and the electric company is just outside the bedroom replacing it. They have lots of heavy machinery and floodlights. Sleep is not possible. What to do? Of course - photograph them. https://www.dropbox.com/sh/ujv1ujqknt9036f/ZjcKe7AxNW After a while my fingers were too numb to feel the shutter button and I had to quit. David Next time you take out a transformer for the purpose of getting some photos maybe you'll want to do it in warmer weather. |
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On 2013-07-27 03:24:48 +0000, David Hare-Scott said:
It's midnight, there is a heavy fog and the temperature is a fraction above freezing and you have no power. No heat, no TV, no computer, you cannot read by candlelight and your friends don't want a phone call. Going to bed seems a good option - maybe the only option. Except that the reason you have no power is that your transformer has blown and the electric company is just outside the bedroom replacing it. They have lots of heavy machinery and floodlights. Sleep is not possible. What to do? Of course - photograph them. https://www.dropbox.com/sh/ujv1ujqknt9036f/ZjcKe7AxNW After a while my fingers were too numb to feel the shutter button and I had to quit. David The guy at the top of the cherry picker in the first photo looks either like a robot or batman from a distance. -- Michael |
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Michael wrote:
On 2013-07-27 03:24:48 +0000, David Hare-Scott said: It's midnight, there is a heavy fog and the temperature is a fraction above freezing and you have no power. No heat, no TV, no computer, you cannot read by candlelight and your friends don't want a phone call. Going to bed seems a good option - maybe the only option. Except that the reason you have no power is that your transformer has blown and the electric company is just outside the bedroom replacing it. They have lots of heavy machinery and floodlights. Sleep is not possible. What to do? Of course - photograph them. https://www.dropbox.com/sh/ujv1ujqknt9036f/ZjcKe7AxNW After a while my fingers were too numb to feel the shutter button and I had to quit. David The guy at the top of the cherry picker in the first photo looks either like a robot or batman from a distance. If we are looking at #1 maybe you are composing shadows and bits of equipment into a person. I think his head is behind the transformer. The light shining out towards the left is from his helmet lamp. The yellow between the pole and the transformer is I think the shoulder of his vest but both vest and helmet are yellow so i could be wrong. They didn't finish until 4am. The money is good, it would have to be. At least it doesn't snow here. D |
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philo wrote:
On 07/26/2013 10:24 PM, David Hare-Scott wrote: It's midnight, there is a heavy fog and the temperature is a fraction above freezing and you have no power. No heat, no TV, no computer, you cannot read by candlelight and your friends don't want a phone call. Going to bed seems a good option - maybe the only option. Except that the reason you have no power is that your transformer has blown and the electric company is just outside the bedroom replacing it. They have lots of heavy machinery and floodlights. Sleep is not possible. What to do? Of course - photograph them. https://www.dropbox.com/sh/ujv1ujqknt9036f/ZjcKe7AxNW After a while my fingers were too numb to feel the shutter button and I had to quit. David Next time you take out a transformer for the purpose of getting some photos maybe you'll want to do it in warmer weather. Nah, it was a line fault up the road that caused an overload. This is the fourth replacement in 8 years, the others were lightning strikes. D |
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On 07/27/2013 06:20 PM, David Hare-Scott wrote:
philo wrote: Next time you take out a transformer for the purpose of getting some photos maybe you'll want to do it in warmer weather. Nah, it was a line fault up the road that caused an overload. This is the fourth replacement in 8 years, the others were lightning strikes. D A few years back there was a major power failure in my area which took 24+ hours to repair. Turned out I could survive pretty well without power but the one thing I could not (seemingly) live without was coffee... so my wife and I had to go out for it. |
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On 2013-07-27 22:44:24 -0700, philo* said:
On 07/27/2013 06:20 PM, David Hare-Scott wrote: philo wrote: Next time you take out a transformer for the purpose of getting some photos maybe you'll want to do it in warmer weather. Nah, it was a line fault up the road that caused an overload. This is the fourth replacement in 8 years, the others were lightning strikes. D A few years back there was a major power failure in my area which took 24+ hours to repair. Turned out I could survive pretty well without power but the one thing I could not (seemingly) live without was coffee... so my wife and I had to go out for it. Fortunately I have a gas stove/oven, and for extended power outages I have had a pretty reliable Honda EU3000 generator for some 16 years. As for coffee, having a "French press" handy is a quick and simple way to brew a good cup with stovetop heated water. http://powerequipment.honda.com/gene...odels/eu3000is http://bodum.bodum.com/us/en-us/shop...-16/?navid=262 -- Regards, Savageduck |
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philo wrote:
On 07/27/2013 06:20 PM, David Hare-Scott wrote: philo wrote: Next time you take out a transformer for the purpose of getting some photos maybe you'll want to do it in warmer weather. Nah, it was a line fault up the road that caused an overload. This is the fourth replacement in 8 years, the others were lightning strikes. D A few years back there was a major power failure in my area which took 24+ hours to repair. Turned out I could survive pretty well without power but the one thing I could not (seemingly) live without was coffee... so my wife and I had to go out for it. I have a few other limitations, no water and no sewerage disposal. How long can you go without flushing the toilet..... Getting slightly back on topic I was quite pleased how the new camera went in those conditions. D |
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In article , tonycooper214
@gmail.com says... On Sun, 28 Jul 2013 00:44:24 -0500, philo* wrote: On 07/27/2013 06:20 PM, David Hare-Scott wrote: philo wrote: Next time you take out a transformer for the purpose of getting some photos maybe you'll want to do it in warmer weather. Nah, it was a line fault up the road that caused an overload. This is the fourth replacement in 8 years, the others were lightning strikes. D A few years back there was a major power failure in my area which took 24+ hours to repair. Turned out I could survive pretty well without power but the one thing I could not (seemingly) live without was coffee... so my wife and I had to go out for it. You poor things that have to live without power for a time period measured in hours. Come to Florida where hurricanes will leave you without power for days. Our longest period time without power was five days. Coffee was made on the propane grill with an old-fashioned percolator pot. Toilets flushed with water taken from the swimming pool. (We have a well, so no power means no water) We went to the YMCA every day for showers. Refrigerator contents were taken to a friend's house, so not much was lost there. Lucky Floridians. Here in CT we were without power for a week a while back. No swimming pool--it would have been frozen. No YMCA--trees down blocking the roads. |
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On 07/28/2013 01:54 AM, Savageduck wrote:
On 2013-07-27 22:44:24 -0700, philo said: On 07/27/2013 06:20 PM, David Hare-Scott wrote: philo wrote: Next time you take out a transformer for the purpose of getting some photos maybe you'll want to do it in warmer weather. Nah, it was a line fault up the road that caused an overload. This is the fourth replacement in 8 years, the others were lightning strikes. D A few years back there was a major power failure in my area which took 24+ hours to repair. Turned out I could survive pretty well without power but the one thing I could not (seemingly) live without was coffee... so my wife and I had to go out for it. Fortunately I have a gas stove/oven, and for extended power outages I have had a pretty reliable Honda EU3000 generator for some 16 years. As for coffee, having a "French press" handy is a quick and simple way to brew a good cup with stovetop heated water. http://powerequipment.honda.com/gene...odels/eu3000is http://bodum.bodum.com/us/en-us/shop...-16/?navid=262 I have the computers on industrial grade UPS'. as good as they are, a coffee maker is a bit too much for them! |
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