I really need to learn how to use exposure lock on my camera, then I might not need to do this to my pictures in order to get the sky to look properly exposed.  I suppose this would work better if I shot at the waterline instead of above it, but that wasn't possible in this case, and this modification was an afterthought.  Maybe today at lunchtime I can get out and experiment with exposure lock for a few minutes.

Took this shot while in the (now public) portion of Devens, MA, and contemplating the sacrifices of our military for our nation.  It's a sacrifice we should never squander.  I feel so badly about supporting the Iraq war these days when I think of all the lives lost in it, considering what we've learned in the meantime.  I refuse to “update my rhetoric” and take to heart all the new excuses for our presence there.  I was lied to, but I refuse to lie to myself.  I couldn't call myself a patriot if I did.