The Johnson Blog

Ramblings of a geek with a few hobbies…

  • Still waiting

    We are told it’ll be another half hour…

  • Delayed

    We’ve been delayed due to another woman needing an emergency c-section.  Stand by!

  • Scrubbed Up

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    Wow, moving along fast.

  • Platelets at 179

    There’s a relief, looks like we won’t have to wait around for hours.

     

  • Danboard Visiting

    The first visitor of the day…

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  • All Set Up

    I’m all setup, minus the blanket for the fort.

  • 4am

    *Yawn*

    Good morning!  It’s 4:30 right now and we’re loading up to head to the hostpital.  Roughly 3 hours before the baby arrives!

  • T Minus 12 Hours

    We are about 12 hours away from meeting Baby Johnson #2 for the first time.  Ana is scheduled to undergo a c-section at 7:30am tomorrow.  Ana and I will be at the hospital at 5:30 (yay!).

    David is, for lack of better words, beyond excited.  He has been bouncing off the walls all evening, far more than we’ve ever seen before.  We can’t wait to see how he is tomorrow 🙂

    I’m going to be posting updates here tomorrow instead of the social networks for simplicity, so be sure to stop by tomorrow and say hello to the little guy or gal.

    We can’t wait!

  • Good Day of Shooting

    I spent a couple hours outside shooting this afternoon while the others in the house were enjoying naps.  I decided to drive over to Sangchris Lake and give my new 10-stop ND filter a try.

    Before getting to the filter, however, I happened to get into a great position to _finally_ get a good shot of the Great Blue Heron.   It seems like it is always flying nearby, until I have a camera handy.

    The filter is fun to use, but a couple challenges come with it.  First, since .1% of light is allowed through the filter, you can’t look through the camera with it on – it’s completely black.  That makes focusing and composing tricky.  It also makes it easy to take the long exposure only to find out that you left the lens cap on.  Oops, that happened twice this afternoon 🙂

    After dinner and helping get David ready for bed, I was able to make it out one more time just as the sun was going down. I debated for a while before going back out, but am glad I overcame the laziness: