Time goes by fast

It has been over a month since my last post so I need to do some updating.
The last two weeks of Sept were pretty uneventful. Rained the odd day but life continued with its daily cycle.
We took a two week leave of the island and had a wonderful break and upon returning, quickly got back into the old grind.
We finally have electrical hookup to the new house and the final touch-ups and finishing can begin in earnest. No more electrical umbilical cord from one house to the other. No more quitting as it got dark (around 5:45pm now). No more extension cords to run, change the different plugs when you used something on a different floor and other concerns. Electrical hookup was completed on last Wed and this morning, I started to rewire switches to a more logical (to me) order. What this means is where you have a ceiling fan with the light underneath and it is controlled by a two level switch, you put the fan to the top switch and the light to the bottom. Makes sense to me but obviously not to everyone. It also means that I can now hookup outlets for the table saw and welder. The initial plan did not allow these as they were considered commercial connections. Guess they haven't seen my garage!
We also have to run three high amp circuits to handle some tools - welder, table saw and other 240V power hogs. The fun is about to begin.
In the camera scene, I have been experimenting with infrared photography. This is a little area of the spectrum that is not too often explored by photographers. It is mainly monotone but has an interesting effect. Vegetation becomes while like snow, animals become black and other effects are seen.
In the image below, the white leaves are easily visible. The sky is black (no clouds). The iguana on the wall is a dark gray and the leafless tree in the front is dark. This was taken in full sunlight, hence full infrared.



In the image below, the sun was behind the clouds and things become a bit redder. There are clouds in the sky and the iguana is visible in the middle of the leaves. The tones can be adjusted to mirror that image above but I wanted to show the difference. Most photographers avoid imaging at midday due to the harsh light, but for IR, this is the best time. Please click on any image for a larger view.