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As I was twiddling my thumbs filling up my gas tank this morning, I started to realize something frightening. That the gas I use to drive around and take photos with, is actually costing me more than my actual photo equipment that I use to take the pictures. Let me explain. I spent around 1200 dollars for my camera that I'm currently using. On the average phototrip that I go on I do a lot of driving; it's just necessary for the type of shots I like to take... I have to drive a lot to find stuff. Usually I'll use either a full take or sometimes a little more in order to do this. Currently with gas prices around 3 dollars; it's costing me a little over 40 dollars to fill up my tank. If gas goes up into the 4 dollar range; it'll take even more than 50 dollars to fill up my tank. Just to clarify too... I drive an "economy car". Basically at the current 40 dollar per tank fill up cost I'm paying... if I go on one 3 phototrips per month; I'm gonna spend more than 1400 dollars on gas just for the phototrips. Which as you can see is more than the price tag of my camera. I say this not to whine; but to kind of step back and wonder if I'm the only one noticing this problem. The solution is obvious... don't drive around so damn much; but you know what... I enjoy it, and I'd rather not limit myself in that way. Just food for thought. Come on gas prices... please go down; you're killing me.

In other news... I just purchased a new lens. I've been wanting to get some new gear for a while now. I ended up getting a fisheye lens; which should be a hell of a lot of fun. I probably won't get it for a while, but look forward to some different stuff once I get it. I can't wait. Thanks for reading everyone, and all the best.