I was sitting on my porch, looking at how this house was framed by all of the darkness around it, then realized that my camera was sitting in the car. Our block was out of power, but they had power four houses down across Perrier St. I hoped that meant that ours would come back on last night, but we weren’t so lucky.
This pic is a combination of a 2 second exposure of the darker areas and .6 second exposure of the porches and brighter spots.
This is the view from my porch looking out across the street. The power was on 3 blocks to the left, so you can see lots of light reflecting off of the clouds low in the sky. It was a little surreal, but it was also kinda nice being one of the first back… except that it was uncomfortably warm with no fans or air conditioner. What a horrible night’s sleep I got last night.
This was a 13 second exposure and I still had to adjust the levels to brighten it up just a hair.
This is the view looking down my porch along the street. Not a lot to see, but… that’s pretty much how it was!
Also a 13 second exposure.
There’s a fire station not even half-way up the next block. They weren’t even pulling the truck into the station most of the time. They’d just pull up here and park. I’m surprised I got this much detail in a .8 second exposure with the lights flashing and spinning.
