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17-OCT-2004 Robin Reid

October 17: It Never Rains In Southern California

Rancho Bernardo, CA

The old Al Hammond song flooded my head as I opened my garage door to get the Sunday morning paper. For the first time in 182 days here it is raining hard, breaking our longest dry spell on record

Canon EOS 10D ,Sigma 17-35mm f/2.8-4 EX ASP HSM
1/15s f/4.0 at 35.0mm iso400 hide exif
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Date/Time17-Oct-2004 07:34:16
MakeCanon
ModelEOS 10D
Flash UsedNo
Focal Length35 mm
Exposure Time1/15 sec
Aperturef/4
ISO Equivalent400
Exposure Bias
White Balance (-1)
Metering Modematrix (5)
JPEG Quality (6)
Exposure Programaperture priority (3)
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brother_mark20-Oct-2004 19:52
And I didn't notice all my typos! "Veey" "Novbody" :)
brother_mark19-Oct-2004 17:50
Veey effective capture of a down pour. Novbody seems to have noticed that you desaturated everything but the bush and the grasss to "enhance" the gray, rainy day effect. Nice.
Stu18-Oct-2004 21:50
Wow... the weather's really gone to pot... it's quite nice here!
Pepe Zyman18-Oct-2004 05:10
Finally! But why on Sunday?
Guest 18-Oct-2004 02:53
Looks like your street is starting to flood too! I got out of SoCal just in time for the rain to arrive in our neck of the woods... Nice shot!
Karen Leaf18-Oct-2004 02:06
Looks like not a lot of sympathy from the New Englanders, and I won't break the string. However, rain does seem a little overdue in your neck of the woods. Hope you didn't get too wet running for the paper :)
Guest 18-Oct-2004 00:55
Rainy morning are meant for coffee and a newspaper. I love rainy mornings, and this looks quite cozy!
Guest 18-Oct-2004 00:40
Nice pic!

Sure was nice to get some rain today, for sure. I was woken up at 6:00 this morning, the rain was so loud! I ran out and got a rain jacket so I can get to school this week on my motorcycle without getting soaked. I'm also glad my bag is a lowepro stealth reporter 600aw - has the weatherproof cover - good for motorcycling in the rain.

-Andrew
snootydog17-Oct-2004 22:06
My but this is splendid.... Did you wait for high tide to bring your paper to the door?
northstar3717-Oct-2004 21:21
Can almost see the bushes and trees sucking it up.
Pedro Libório17-Oct-2004 19:36
quite some time without rain indeed...
nice photo Robin!
regards.
Guest 17-Oct-2004 18:55
You must have sent that rain upto Or. it's here now.
Guest 17-Oct-2004 18:45
For days like this, a good cup of coffe, delicious cookies and hours playing with photoshop and enjoying galleries in pbase!!
Guest 17-Oct-2004 18:44
Lol!!! There is lot of fun in your photo today. That detail about your perspective on your wished (and almost washed hehehe) News paper is fantastic. With no doubt it is a funny and very refreshment shot!!!
Guest 17-Oct-2004 18:42
I spent nearly five weeks in Novato/Napa and it never rained apart from the day I came back to the UK (preparation I call it). I could get used to rain being unusual.
Cliff17-Oct-2004 17:26
Goodness - looks just like beautiful B.C. this time of year.
Robin Reid17-Oct-2004 17:19
LOL at Dennis. Yes, I put some shoes on and then "braved" the elements to retrieve the paper. Gosh, living in SoCal is such a challenge! ;-)
Dennis Croteau17-Oct-2004 17:06
Yes, I can attest...it hasnt rained in NH since....well...uh...yesterday
(looks like an awfully long way to the newspaper huh?)
Larry Ahern17-Oct-2004 16:37
182 days ... wow ... here in New Hampshire were lucky to get 14 days without rain.
Herb 17-Oct-2004 16:13
Robin, aren't we glad a real rainshower.
Gayle P. Clement17-Oct-2004 15:39
For you, I'll bet this rain is welcome.
virginiacoastline17-Oct-2004 15:17
for days like these, I am glad I have a dog . . she runs out in that stuff and gleefully returns, paper in mouth, dutifully drops it at my feet and prances about until she gets a treat . . her daily reward for keeping me dry and comfortable every morning =]