112 Wednesday Sep 22

Wednesday Sep 22 Day 112

Weather report- Rained overnight and the clouds have settled on the hillside. I hope for a miracle and have the clouds clear the mountain but I fear it is not feasible.

My change in menu is working well. I am no longer waking up with high blood sugars nor low blood sugars during the early morning. This morning my blood sugars were perfect. Time will tell of it continues. It has rained most of the afternoon.

I am not yet in good shape. I went down the hill to shot some digital pictures of the landslide and its repair. By the time I climbed back up the hill I was drenched in perspiration. This is only 5 minutes from the top of the hill. Yesterday gravel was brought in and stored on the main road above the slide, as well as large stones. They have started the foundation including the insertion of rebar for reinforcement of the cement.

It takes an average of 2 minutes to complete a single shot while video taping. In 2 hours of taping I get about 22 minutes of usable tape. It also takes about 1 hour to get to my location and return back to home base. So it takes 3 hours to get 22 minutes of tape.

Here is the process I follow for a single shot. I chose the location to shoot from. Level out the tripod by moving the legs up and down to get the bubble in middle of the level. Write the specific location on a small pad of paper with a black marker. Hold the pad in front of the lens and take a 2 second recording. I then zoom out to the farthest point of the shot, this takes 20 seconds. As I zoom out, I frame up the shot and see if I will need to move the camera while recording. I then record the shot, all 20 seconds of it. I then move to the next location or turn the camera around and point the other direction. When I point the other direction I do not need to level the tripod again. I do about 65 shots in 2 hours.