So, I received the results from my last ARE exam (Architectural Registration Exam) Site Planning and Design and I FAILED, that sucks, but I was kind of wondering over the last few weeks about it. I was worried about one of the design vignettes and it was one of the areas I did not pass. I did not have any major errors, just some minor ones on two of the sections of the exam. I was a little sad but I decided not to let it get to me (too much) and I scheduled my next exam for May 4th. I need to keep going and keep on preparing for the other exams and then in 6 months I can take this one again and kick its butt this time (I hope).

I am determined now not to fail any more but who knows, it may happen again, and I will keep trying until I have finished them all.

Here is another GNTO sunset photo taken a couple weeks ago, it is the one I promised to post in the last post I made. How can you stay too sad when you see the wonders of the natural environment like this, sunsets in New Mexico and all the wonders in the heavens. It is inspiring me and I am ready for the next challenge.

Crescent Moon...

Another image of the Crescent Moon taken at GNTO on Saturday, February 28th, 2009. Taken with Nikon Coolpix S210 Camera mounted on Tri-pod through the eyepiece of my 13.1 Telescope. I think that I am getting better at this and am noticing more detail in the surface of the moon. I may consider trying to take a photo of the Moon this way each night for a month (or so) from the first sign of the Moon after New Moon to the last crescent of a moon after Full Moon. (No promises, that is a fairly large commitment and I am not sure I can do that yet, we will see.)

I also have a pretty terrific (in my opinion) panoramic sunset photo from GNTO that I will post soon.