New toy--I mean scientific instrument

I got a new tool for documenting the state of the world.  It's camera, with more megapixels, integrated GPS that I am still trying to figure out how get fully working, and a new lens but still works with my exsiting stock of lens (not the really old ones from the 1970s and cameras that took actual film, but the newer ones from at least this century).  Last night it was normal time when I got home, but with the approach of the equinox, there was not light enough for two much experimenting.

This morning I took it in to work, and on the way I noticed the ducks appeared to be swimming on the road, but I had two students waiting to make up a quiz, so I had to hurry by.  And the water was way down by lunch.

But I got some nice photos to test out the new camera.  All these are cropped so users will see something close to the full resolution of the camera, but even so most are greatly subsampled.  You really need the big monitor.

Then when I got home, I got some pictures of the late season flowers in the front yard.