Spring Showers Bring...Flooding

So about two weeks ago or so, the Muncie area, and the state of Indiana for that matter, got nailed with some serious thunderstorms, thus some serious flooding! I decided to take my camera out to snap some before and after pics to show nature’s attitude. In the first two pictures below, notice the trees in the distance and the small hill/bank off to the right to gauge the water level.

The river in these photos is the White River, and typically in the Muncie area the water leve is below the small bank seen in the after pictures. You can notice the significant amount of lawn, and even a walkway, which were completely covered.

Nikon D90, Shutter Speed: 1/125, Aperture: F16, Focal Length: 105mm, ISO 200



Nikon D90, Shutter Speed: 1/250, Aperture: F11, Focal Length: 105mm, ISO 200




Nikon D90, Shutter Speed: 1/125, Aperture: F18, Focal Length: 18mm, ISO 200

Nikon D90, Shutter Speed: 1/250, Aperture: F11, Focal Length: 18mm, ISO 200





Nikon D90, Shutter Speed: 1/125, Aperture: F18, Focal Length: 21mm, ISO 200



Nikon D90, Shutter Speed: 1/250, Aperture: F11, Focal Lenght: 31mm, ISO 200

To Spark or Detonate



Nikon D90, Shutter: 1/60, Aperture: F6.3, Focal Length: 105mm, ISO 2000



















So recently my 2006 Ford Escape began making a fuss, and my initial thought was that one of my cylinder ignition coils had gone bad...turns out I was wrong.  After spending $55.00 for a Ford mechanic to tell me my ignition coil on cylinder 4 was bad, $70.00 to replace the ignition coil on cylinder 4, another $70.00 to replace the coil on cylinder 2, for a total of $195.00, and a few check engine light resets and recurrences...I finally figured out that my standard ole spark plugs were the culprit the whole time!  Two of the four spark plug electrodes had completely dissolved to nothing, in effect reducing my 4 cylinder to a haphazard 2 cylinder.  I did recoup my money for the two ignition coils, and also found out that Autolite spark plugs have a bad history of performance issues...I've since switched to Denso's!  I ran the Autolite's for about 6 months before they failed or, literally, detonated!

Nikon D90, Shutter: 1/60, Aperture: F9, Focal Length: 105mm, ISO 2000

In regards to photographic theory, I inappropriately had the ISO set at 2000 for the pictures above.  I was still very new at tweaking settings on the D90 when I was taking these photos, and I didn't even realize I was shooting at a relatively high ISO setting...thus these pictures may seem a bit noisy...