Over the weekend, we got almost 2" of rain here. That's incredible, considering that we normally get 8" of rain
per year.
It was enough to flood the dog park again, which apparently also serves as a retention pond for the rest of the Tempe Sports Complex.
The city usually comes around and locks the gates when this happens, since they say it tears up the grass, but they let it slide this time
It was still raining a little when I got there, and I was the only one there. I guess 50° and drizzly is too miserable for the seasoned Phoenician.
I had to wait half an hour before other people started arriving.
You might ask, what use is a flooded park? I don't know, ask them:
Last time this happened, during the monsoon season, it caught me by surprise. I only had my SD1 (
so slow) and a Helios 40 (clumsy) on-hand. The pictures came out fine (you can find them
here), but I came prepared this time, with the much snappier K-5 IIs and the FA 100 f/2.8 macro, my fastest telephoto lens.
Still, I wasn't entirely sure that this was what I wanted. I really liked the way the pictures turned out last time, so, for old time's sake, I put the Helios back on. Sometimes I just prefer the wildly unique Soviet lens over something as technically excellent as the Pentax macro. All the pictures that follow are from the Helios.
Obligatory Skippy portrait:
In my last dog-park post, I couldn't remember this guy's name. I've got it now: it's Miles. He's like a coyote or something (not really
). He's become my favorite dog to photograph.
Not sure if this is a
or just a derp face.
Okay, it was definitely a
. Can't catch me!
You know who got a bath
immediately when she got home. Funny how one bath begets another.