Oh God. A way way too much.
Pentax K-7
DA 40/2.8 ltd
1/125 @ f/5.6
+ 0.3 ev
ISO 200
RAW
Tuesday, October 26, 2010
A room without a view
No matter how big or decked out, a room without a view becomes more ore less a confinement.
Pentax K-7
DA* 300/4
1/60 @ f/4
0 ev
ISO 200
RAW
About to fly away
Should have done that years and years ago.
Pentax K-7
DA* 300/4
1/500 @ f/4.5
-0.3 ev
ISO 200
RAW
Relaxation
That is what I desperately need.
Pentax K-7
Carl Zeiss Planar T* 50/1.4 ZK
1/60 @ f/2
0 ev
ISO 200
RAW
Saturday, October 23, 2010
Keep moving
In the end, the answer to all is very easy. One should never stay still.
Pentax K-7
DA * 300/4
1/100 @ f/4
0 ev
ISO 200
RAW
Solitude
A pet gorilla can sleep any where he or she wants tonight - a different kind of solitude, I suppose.
Pentax K10D
DA* 50-135/2.8
1/350 @ f/5.7
0 ev
ISO 200
RAW
Loyalty and priority
It is amazing what is so obvious can be so hard to grasp in times of stress. One can go years and years without recognizing the obvious. Hindsight really is quite devastating because it is sarcastically so clear.
Pentax K-7
FA 50/1.4
1/40 @ f/1.4
0 ev
ISO 200
RAW
Thursday, October 21, 2010
As we get older
As we get older, we seem to be less and less fond of playing with bubbles. Maybe they burst too hastily for our taste.
Pentax K-7
FA 31/1.8 ltd
1/40 @ 2.0
0 ev
ISO 400
RAW
Cannot let go
My car is 8 1/2 years old, and it is turning into a piece of shit. Small dents peppered everywhere, fuel gauge doesn't work, the engine sputter all the time . . . . Yet, I have no plan of letting it go.
Pentax K-7
Carl Zeiss Distagon T* 35/2 zk
1/500 @ f/6.3
0 ev
ISO 200
RAW
Just need to climb out of it
But then, it still may not be that simple. One can still fall down . . . .
Pentax K-7
Lensbaby soft focus optic
1/1250 @ f/2
- 0.3 ev
ISO 200
RAW
Getting colder
Finally, summer seems to be behind us.
Pentax K-7
Carl Zeiss Planar T* 50/1.4 ZK
1/2500 @ 1.4
-0.3 ev
ISO 200
RAW
I have an illness
This isn't the only illness I have, however.
Pentax K-7
Carl Zeiss Planar T* 50/1.4 ZK
1/15 @ f/2.2
0 ev
ISO 200
RAW
Oh deer
Their lives seem so much more simple. But I am not sure I ought to envy that, or not.
Pentax K-7
D FA 100/2.8 macro WR
1/500 @ f/6.3
0 ev
ISO 200
RAW
Wednesday, October 20, 2010
Oh, Ariel!
Talking about running out of inspiration . . . . .
Pentax K-7
FA 31/1.8 limited
1/25 @ f/1.8
+0.3 ev
ISO 400
RAW
Tuesday, October 19, 2010
I don't know why
I don't know why - but this one works for me somehow, as bad as it is.
Pentax K-7
DA 70/2.4 ltd
1/800 @ f/8
0 ev
ISO 200
RAW
Nose
Gee, how else was I going to name this anyway???
Pentax K-7
FA 31/1.8 ltd
1/40 @ f/2.5
0 ev
ISO 200
RAW
Smoke
Gee, how else was I going to name it anyway???
Pentax K-7
DA 35/2.7 macro ltd
1/125 @ f/4.0
0 ev
ISO 200
RAW
Worst recycling job - part 2
Of course, I am always looking for ways to make my picture much worse. So the color was added back on for a bad measure. Which version do you hate more??? Boy, my sarcasm is up and running tonight at 2:05 am.
Pentax K-7
D FA 100/2.8 macro WR
1/50 @ f/2.8
0 ev
ISO 200
RAW
Worst recycling job - part 1
Not that I was ever all that ever inspired anyway, but I am running out of inspiration. Perhaps very much like a writer's block. So I went back and browsed through many of my lame pictures and try something different. My photography buddy from Finland and I have been catching a square format bug, and combined with a B & W bug, it made it possible to present you with yet another lame ass picture.
Pentax K-7
D FA 100/2.8 macro WR
1/50 @ f/2.8
0 ev
ISO 200
RAW
Tuesday, October 12, 2010
My house - part 4 (or something like that)
Recently I got myself a Benro tripod (finally), because I wanted to try a shot like this, which is of course impossible without a tripod.
Pentax K-7
K 28/3.5 shift
Y48 built in filter
25 sec @ f/22
+ 0.3 ev
ISO 200
RAW
Friday, October 8, 2010
Not my horse
Never owned a horse, really. At a birthday party this week. I mean last week/
Pentax K-7
FA 31 ltd
1/40 @ f/2.5
0 ev
ISO 200
RAW
Not my cat
All my cats are dead, almost 3 years now . . . . I still miss them terribly.
Pentax K-7
FA 31 ltd
1/60 @ f/2.5
0 ev
ISO 200
RAW
Switching gears
I wasn't quite able to switch gears, going to back go work from vacation. To me it is never a matter of flipping the switch on and off. More adjustment is needed, at many different levels.
Pentax K-7
Carl Zeiss Distagon T* 35/2 ZK
1/60 @ f/2.8
0 ev
ISO 200
RAW
Back to the grind
Never fun going back to work . . . . .
Pentax K-7
Carl Zeiss Distagon T* 35/2 ZK
1/320 @ f/7.1
0 ev
ISO 200
RAW
Saturday, October 2, 2010
Home
All things will come to an end, as our vacation did. There is northing like home, sort of.
Pentax K-7
DA*50-135/2.8
1/5 @ f/5.6
0 ev
Benro tripod
ISO 200
RAW
Hindsight
Maybe because we tasted too many wines, everything began to merge, and now seem generic and blurry, except of course those wine at Duffo winery.
Pentax K-7
Carl Zeiss Planar T* 50/1.4 ZK
1/250 @ f/5.6
0 ev
ISO 800
RAW
Harvest
At Duffo winery, they were harvesting.
Both taken by Pentax K-7
Carl Zeiss Planar T*
Top:
1/250 @ 5.6
0 ev
ISO 200
RAW
Bottom:
1/100 @ 2.8
0 ev
ISO 200
RAW
Power of negative thinking
By the time I walked in there I was thinking what else I am not supposed to do or not bring in or what else they are not responsible for. Bad wine perhaps??
We ate there, and drank some wine, but they were ok.
Pentax K-7
Carl Zeiss Planar T* 50/1.4 ZK
1/80 @ f/2.5
0 ev
ISO 200
RAW
Food in Temecula
Wines are hit and miss at Temecula still. That is not quite the case at Napa Valley. But that is understandable. Refinement process takes time.
However, the food is a bit more consistent, I say. Here at Baily winery, the food was very good, but wine is alright. If you are after good wine, I say you pass this winery on your right, and proceed to Duffo.
Top:
Pentax K-7
Carl Zeiss Planar T* 50/1.4 zk
1/60 @ f/2.0
0 ev
ISO 200
RAW
Bottom:
Pentax K-7
Carl Zeiss Planar T* 50/1.4 zk
1/640 @ f/6.3
o ev
ISO 200
RAW
We like red wine
In many ways, we are spoiled. We have everything we want, really. In many ways I know that I am not deserving . . . .
Pentax K-7
Carl Zeiss Planar T* 50/1.4 ZK
1/60 @ f/2.8
0 ev
ISO 200
RAW
Oh yeah, we did go tasting . . . .
If you get off of freeway 15 at Rancho California road, and then head north, you will see one winery after another. If you are into good wine, I say you skip all of them and go straight to this place. They are about 8 miles from the freeway, and it is on the right hand side.
They are the smallest winery in Temecula. Unlike all the other, there is no restaurant there, although if you join their wine club (for free and we did), you will be invited to their wine tasting parties, where the wife of the owner will cook for everybody.
The owner family is the nicest. They are originally from Argentina. Very friendly. The tasting is reservation only, but you can just show up there, and they will open the door for you.
We love their wine. Just superb.
Pentax K-7
Carl Zeiss Planar T* 50/1.4 ZK
1/200 @ f/4
0 ev
ISO 200
RAW
More of the same
More of the same lame technique. It is getting old. But beach photography is difficult.
Pentax K-7
Carl Zeiss Planar T* 50/1.4 ZK
1/6400 @ f/7.1
0 ev
ISO 200
RAW
So what - part 2
There is nothing good about this picture. I think that is what makes it great. I like it. Pentax K-7
Carl Zeiss Distagon T*
ISO 200
RAW
Rough sea??
It didn't look like much from the shore, but once you get close to it via the pier that sicks out there, you can see how rough it was. Surfers were by and large wiping out, not catching much of the waves.
Pentax K-7
DA* 300/4
1/800 @ f/6.3
0 ev
ISO 200
RAW
So what??
Why would anyone take a picture like that? Stupid.
Pentax K-7
Carl Zeiss Planar T* 50/1.4
1/1000 @ f/7.1
0 ev
ISO 200
RAW
Beach and over exposure
I think that beach is one place where one can use the tendency to over expose to your advantage. Or just another excuse for a bad picture.
Pentax K-7
Carl Zekss Planar T* 50/1.4 zk
1/6400 @ f/7.1
0 ev
ISO 200
RAW
San Diego - once again
After 2 days in Temecula, we moved on down to San Diego. This is our second trip to San Diego in a little over a month or so. San Diego is alright. Beautiful and all that.
Pentax K-7
DA* 300/4
1/1000 @ f/16
-0.3 ev
ISO 200
RAW
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