Catan Macro May 30
A couple months ago, we were playing Catan, and I had a nice Macro lens on rental. I’m pretty sure I’m buying this lens, or one very similar to it.
Anyway, lots more photos in the set.
Tugboats May 27
I seem to be collecting pictures of all of the tugboats and other working boats in the San Francisco Bay. Several of them are available on the desktops page.
KAP: Alameda Oakland Ferry May 27
Trying my hand at shooting at the ferry terminal. The wind was crazy, a little too high, but with maybe 30-40 degrees of shift within it.
I had been trying to shoot over at the old crane, but the wind was too variable for me to get over to it without risking kite and camera.
KAP-a-riffic May 23
Just putting some notes out here so I’ll remember them later.
My plan for my KAP kit is to create basically a mini-packable kit (which will be a soft kite, hoop winder + BEAK*), and a big not-so-packable kit (Rok + soft kite + big winder + RC kit + maybe video downlink eventually). This is somewhat in parallel to my mini-packable camera gear– Camera + 2 lenses + 2 flashes + triggers, or even smaller Camera + CLS triggered SB-600… which gets me off-camera lighting in one small bag) vs. big gear (Camera + buncha lenses + 2 Alien Bees + Softboxes + etc. etc. etc.)
BEAK: “Brooxes Easy Auto-KAP” — basically one servo that rotates the rig, and another that triggers the shutter. You set the tilt on the ground, then it just rotates about 30 degrees and snaps a picture. No real control, but you get a whole lot of pictures. My current rig is like this, but without the rotation. Most of the parts from this can be converted to a full RC rig. Although I might just get a 2nd frame for the full RC model.
Fruitvale Railroad Bridge May 14
I really like this unprotected drop into the estuary. I took some more dramatic images of this, but I enjoy the simplicity of this shot.
Does anyone know what the inner rails are for? They taper in at the transition to the bridge, that is to say, they are not just a smaller gauge.
Crazy Cooks May 12
I love Speisekammer. And their cooks are just crazy about the bratwurst at the Park Street Spring Fair
Snowy House May 12
This was back in February, but a lovely shot in Steamboat Springs, CO. The snow had stopped for several days, and the wind here was super-consistent, leading to the very smooth smoke trails.
Approximately a 70 second exposure at f/8.
Recommended Reading May 10
Totally unrelated to photography, I’m currently reading A Wild Sheep Chase. It’s a very bizarre book– you sort of have to be into the genre (Japanese Mystical Mystery?), but it’s enjoyable to me. I’m about 50 pages from the end, and just had to make myself put it down to get back to work.