I’m home. The trip to Asheville was full of photo opportunities, so I took a bunch of pictures.<\/p>\n
One night there were fireworks in the valley.<\/p>\n
And on the 27th, I went to Mt. Mitchell to try out the auto-bracketing of my Nex.<\/p>\n
I also picked up a new small, compact, light-ish aluminum tripod made by MeFoto. It folds up pretty small, and the legs will lock in 3 different positions. It’s nice and light, and compact. I’ll have to give it more of a workout to see how it holds up to more rigorous travel, but so far it looks good. It’s a lot better than my old Slik tripod that cracked and broke, or my 25-lb Manfrotto, which is great for video, but terrible for carrying up a mountain.<\/p>\n
Now I’m back home, because I have work tomorrow. Lately I’ve been working for a Japanese company in RTP, helping their legal staff understand the US legal system and US culture. It’s been a win-win of sorts, because they get help on English stuff, and I get to use my Japanese every now and then.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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