The shutter speed will depend on what effect you're going for, but when the sky is a deep blue – furthest from sunrise or sunlight – we're talking five or so seconds for your camera to get enough light. Cats Are Mean: The Cat from Hell has a cat driven by vengeance. A pharmaceutical company did drug testing that killed a lot of its fellow felines, so it's going after the president of that company, killing anyone in his way, such as the president's sister, her best friend, his servant, and even the hitman the president hires. She was there, listening to that music. Not because it was the closest place with music, but because it was the right place. He knew it. So he left the beer can and walked on toward the pedal steel, his sneakers scuffing up dust that the wind whipped away. The sound of the drum kit came next, then a red neon arrow below a sign that just read 26. Well, why not? This was Route 26, after all. It was a perfectly logical name for a honky-tonk. These are my favorites from the collection the others weren’t so memorable or impactful but overall this was a solid one can’t wait to try out his other collections. Any Recommendations? The Things They Left Behind (⭐️⭐️.5) -- Scott is the protector of certain objects that survived the collapse of the twin towers and which, he claims, are still connected to that tragedy. This is a decent ghost story, fresh because of the objects, but the shape of the narrative is a bit contrived.

Just After Sunset is Stephen King's fifth collection of short stories, published in 2008. It contains many stories that appeared in magazines before, and some previously unpublished ones. The Gingerbread Girl (⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️)-- Emily runs to deal with all her problems: grief...family trouble...murder... "The Gingerbread Girl is one of my favorite stories in the book, it's empowered fmc, Stephen King flavor. But there are places where the cloth gets ragged and reality is thin. The face beneath peeps through . . . but not the face of a corpse. It would be better if it was.' Gone,” she said, and pointed to the door with the sign over it reading TO SHUTTLE, TO TAXIS, CALL AHEAD FROM COURTESY PHONE FOR HOTEL VACANCIES. Graduation Afternoon A short short, about a townie girl dating one of the wealthy summer tourists, and a King twist at the end.

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Circle of Standing Stones: "N" has one in a field which an OCD man thinks is a gateway to another world.

This was my second time reading this book, and I have to say, this book is a far more accomplished body of work than I originally gave it credit for. These stories cover a broad and at times profound range of topics and genres, each written in Stephen King's typically dark, humorous and intelligent style, which I have grown to love. Graduation Afternoon - MEH. I actually had to Google the synopsis of this one to remind me what story it was even referring to - already I'm starting to forget about it!! Not a good sign. Pretty boring. This is the kind of place where you can count on four fistfights in the parking lot before eleven,” David said, “and often one free-for-all inside just before last call.” Stationary Bike: A man desperate to lose weight sets up a stationary bike in his basement, which seems to transport him to alternative realities.I don’t think Amtrak runs to heaven,” David said. He was hoping to make her laugh, but she looked down at her hands almost sullenly, and he had a sudden intuition. “Is there something else you know? Something we should tell them? There is, isn’t there?” Avoiding shaking the camera is key to getting sharp photos during long exposures, which are often the exposuresyou’ll need for night photography. A tripod can eliminate a lot of vibration, but finding an alternate way to trigger your camera is key to getting every last detail sharp. Fortunately, there’s a lot of options for triggering your shutter without shaking your camera, and many of them are free! For some cameras, particularly newer models, there’s often an app that you can use. Canon’s is called Camera Connect, Nikon’s is called SnapBridge, and Sony’s is called PlayMemories. Each of these offers the ability to remotely control many of their recent cameras, along with a host of other features. SnapBridge Interface