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As a break from the usual informative posts everyone else makes here, I offer the following bit of California humor:
M6 TTL w/ 35mm Summicron, shutter speed of 1/30 while shaking the camera violently (an act for which I hope I don't get tarred and feathered).
For those not familiar with Parkfield, it sits atop the San Andreas fault, and boasts the title of "Earthquake Capitol of the World" with magnitude 6 or higher quakes about every 22 years. The USGS actively monitors the area with some 200 seismic instruments.
-- Ralph Barker (rbarker@pacbell.net), January 05, 2002
Pretty shaky.
-- Ken Shipman (kennyshipman@aol.com), January 05, 2002.
not funny.
-- Dexter Legaspi (dalegaspi@hotmail.com), January 05, 2002.
...or very funny - depending on your point of view. I like it, though where I live (Edmonton, Alberta, Canada) we've never had an earthquake and hopefully never will.
-- Bob Todrick (bobtodrick@yahoo.com), January 05, 2002.
"For those not familiar with Parkfield, it sits atop the San Andreas fault, and boasts the title of "Earthquake Capitol of the World" with magnitude 6 or higher quakes about every 22 years. The USGS actively monitors the area with some 200 seismic instruments. "All well and good, but not in any way indicated by the photograph itself. Without the background info, it's just a shaky photo of a street sign. Does the picture work without the caption? IMO, no.
-- Robert Schneider (rolopix@yahoo.com), January 05, 2002.
'Tain't funny, McGhee. Try it again with the sign that says, "Earthquake center..."
-- (bmitch@home.com), January 05, 2002.
I thought it was a hoot....but otoh I knew what the name "Parkfield" meant before reading the text.
-- John Hicks (jhicks31@bellsouth.net), January 05, 2002.
Interesting picture and funny history, although I am a survivor of 1985 City of Mexico earthquake.
-- r watson (al1231234@hotmail.com), January 05, 2002.
It looks like a blurry picture to me. In the 1964 Earthquake, the ground had waves just like the ocean, about 1 foot in height. To me an earthquake picture would have some point of focus, with other parts imparting motion.Nice try. B for effort, D for content.
-- M.A. Johnson (logical1@catholic.net), January 05, 2002.
Thanks to everyone for the comments.
-- Ralph Barker (rbarker@pacbell.net), January 05, 2002.
Typical California humor - funny only to them!
-- Alec (alecj@bellsouth.net), January 06, 2002.