It was cold and rainy. However, I needed to talk a walk. I recall that this walk I had the back of my camera dripping wet from the fog condensing onto my beard. My gloves were soaked, and my jacket sleeves were starting to soak thru into my shirt. But I had my new camera! That made it great!
Stones, Squalicum Beach, 2009-01-26
I got a lot of really fuzzy pictures. Two were not fuzzy. Rock on!
Narthex, Bellingham Unitarian Fellowship, 2010-02-07
"Don't Stop Believing", Bellingham Unitarian Fellowship, 2010-02-07
This was a fun trip, but it was hot and all my photos from there were immensely bright and contrasty. I felt like I spent a small eternity comparing the quality of this photo to other photos of locomotive wheels where the grays were smooth and rich … and it dawned on me that I took a photo of a dirty old locomotive. It hadn’t been painted in decades. There was no lipstick I could put on this iron pig…so I rolled in the grit and went for the aged effect!
Steam Locomotive, Perris, California, 2008
I love the Gimp. Tonight’s experiment was producing good looking newsprint, and using layer masks. I think I’m getting this layer mask technique.
Sweat Pea, Seattle, 2009-07-25
If you’d like to get a print of this, please let me know, I’d love to hear from you.
Wow, what a pile of layers did I amass to get this look. This was a fun experiment. I love adding grain. I also used a grain extract layer to lighten the middle.
Hexnut Handrail, 2010
Print version? Email me, I’ll put one up. I’d be glad to hear from you.
I was using a 2x Soligor tele-extender and my 50mm f/1.4 lens today. The first thing I noticed was how much I see my hands shake, compared to when I (typically) use a wide angle lens. The other thing I noticed was this combination of lenses gave me no control over my f-stop. The auto/manual switch for my 50mm is frozen (grrr) and the plunger isn’t toggled by anything, so I can’t gain a preview depth of field. So I was shooting today at f/1.4. This makes it hard to focus. I had more “bokeh” in a telephoto lens than I desired. Upon viewing the images at home, I realize that they are fuzzy. Like…dirty lens fuzzy? Like, internal-reflection fuzzy? Like, Irritatingly Fuzzy…haloed. I will have to search that out. I’ll prolly start with a lens cleaning.
The last ironic problem is, I found a really funny sign in a ditch, which many ironic anti-politicians among us will glumly smile at.
We-the-People, Ferndale, 2010-02-04
We-the-People, Ferndale, 2010-02-04
I was tromping through Little Squalicum park, between the maintenance buildings and the new construction, and I found some “discarded” trees. The light was very diffuse and I was in a good mood, ready to capture a mix of color and geometry.
Bark 1, Bellingham, 2010-01-31
My sister went down to the tweed ride in Portland this weekend. Looks like there’s some good photos up on flickr. Lots of sepia work, of course! I’m going to keep a lookout for grapma’s wool clothes as Goodwill. Bellingham will have a Tweed Ride someday, and I’ll be ready!
Katura Reynolds, Portland Tweed Ride, 2010
Katura Reynolds, Portland Tweed Ride, 2010
My sister also saw a wonderful example of the DIY bike spirit: a mother that built her own wooden cargo boxes for the back of her longtail bike. Big enough to carry her groceries and her baby seat. Awesome!
Wooden cargo boxes on a longtail can carry baby and groceries!
Today was a good 1-hour walk. Was certainly glad to get away from the computer. The light today was perfectly diffuse. Classic contrast between water drops and thorns, don’t you think?
Red Branch, Bellingham, 2010
