Behold; the power of pictures. Even the members of the Maryland House of Delegates are not immune from the power of the photograph. Maybe if enough of them start trying to make pictures in the House chamber they will realize how deplorably awful the lighting is in the House's dim chasm.

And when I mentioned in an earlier entry the improved lighting in the House chamber? A complete fallacy. Only for the briefest of moments this holds true. Once the sun goes and the skylight darkens it is almost impossible to work. The exposure falloff is to a 1/30th shutter speed at f/2.8 with the ISO at 1600. Even with a monopod it is downright difficult to do the work at hand.

The caption as I wrote it, for the record: Del. Joseph R. Bartlett, Republican from Carroll and Frederick Counties, photographs fellow legislator (Right) Del. Susan McComas, Republican from Harford County, as the members debate the slots bill on the floor Friday morning.