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Waiting for Obama

            It was announced yesterday that President Barack Obama will speak at Mesa's Dobson High School during his visit to Arizona later this week. Dobson is located exactly one mile from where I live, and for several reasons is already a familiar place to me. I take Vanessa there at least once nearly every week to play volleyball, and Vanessa herself will be attending Dobson this fall, when she begins her sophomore year. 

I am scheduled to work on Wednesday, February 18, the day he will be in town, but I am considering asking for the day off. I won't be attending the speech, but if I do get the day off, I want to be somewhere in the immediate area, with my camera and telephoto lens in hand, when the President arrives and departs. The speech itself is to be presented in the school's gymnasium, and 400 tickets were issued on a first-come, first-served basis. I would estimate that about 2000 people showed up hoping to be among the lucky 400, and some of them can be seen here in the background. 

Although I will not be present to hear Mr. Obama speak, my sense of history impelled me to participate in this event in any way I could, and accordingly, I showed up at about 9:00 a.m. to take some pictures. The crowd was both orderly and good-natured, and Republican though I am, I think I enjoyed this gathering about as much as anyone else who was present.

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Taken on: February 16, 2009

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Camera: Nikon D50, f/8.0, 1/400 sec, 85mm (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Nikon D50
Aperture:	f/8.0
Exposure Time:	0.003 sec (1/400)
Focal Length:	85mm
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	No Flash
Exposure Program:	Manual
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
Light Source:	Fine Weather
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	Adobe Photoshop Elements 3.0 Windows
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