Headed up to the Skagit Valley to check out what flowers had budded already. None of the major tulip fields were ready yet, but there were some daffodils. I made a stop at a nursery across the road from them and got good pics of a bee, a nice shot of a dew covered flower, some noisy sheep, some lama and chickens. There was also a field full of white birds.
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Pre-Tulips Trip
Monday, March 8th, 2010Photo Safari Gas Works Park 20100228
Sunday, February 28th, 2010Started the day out with breakfast at the Hurricane, served by My Little Pony, if we believe receipts.
Learned that just because we could make synthetic natural gas in the 1800’s doesn’t mean you shouldn’t serve in the military now. Umm, OK?
I wondered again, just how safe the park can be for kids to play in, when a mere locked door protects us from “unremediated areas” that require class C protective gear.
Someone is camping in the park. If the luggage is any indicator, they once had a decent job. Or were given a nice set of luggage and camping gear. I suspect there are two of them, and they also own these bikes.
The clouds were breaking up, by the time I kayaked (no pics), it was actually sunny.
Saw some paranoid conspiracy graffiti. Noticed a helipad I had no idea existed, despite kayaking past it for years. Amazing what a change in perspective reveals.
Saw yet another pair of Sunday morning, aka the day after, shoes.
Feb 21 Photo Safari
Monday, February 22nd, 2010There was the strange ribbon tree, lots of multi-color ribbons tied to some of the branches on a tree near the path.
There was a stand of dried up plants, some blond, some a bright red, that looked really cool.
I got one good shot of a bird in flight, several shots of a bird eating a couple of worms, and even some shots of a bald eagle.
A little bit of industrial decay.
And the nice view of the space needle, on the way to work, that will soon be gone =(
Enabling cooliris at funkaspuck.com
Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010I’ve started the process of enabling the photo-directories at funkaspuck.com, to work with cooliris.
I started with the Post WTO pictures.
Glitter lamp in the dark
Friday, January 29th, 2010
My first experiments with light painting gave me more ideas than usable images. I picked up a couple of new light sources while I was working on another project, so hopefully I can make another photo safari this weekend.
Tetris Fail
Thursday, December 17th, 2009You would think that all those hours spent on tetris would finally have found a practical application.
I got a new camera bag that has reconfigurable baffles, and I just can’t come up with an elegant arrangement of camera body and lenses. I found one that I’m happy with from a functional standpoint, but aesthetically, it looks like ass, and I can’t help but feel like there is a ‘right’ way I could make it all this fit in the bag and look like it belonged that way.
All in all, a minor complaint compared to where I was with the first bag, which I hated with a passion. Not the passion of a thousand suns or anything, more like 20-30 suns tops, a sub-standard mix of red, yellow, and a smattering of white dwarfs for flavor.
Tomorrow, I’ll head out to see how it works in the field.