Brentwood Criterium

5 August 2012:

I rode over to the Brentwood Crit with Kevin this morning. I took along the Canon 5D camera and had fun experimenting with three very different lenses. I think I like the results. This will get a little technical, but I wanted to write down and think about what happened.

First: Lensbaby composer, women's category 3 / 4 race: All sense of motion is from the distortion of the composer lens. Shutter speed was a very high 1/2000 second so everything was frozen. I am almost lying on the sidewalk! Kind of fun. I did not get run over.

Second: Lensbaby zone plate, men's category 55+ / 60+ race: This one is at 1/15 sec because not much light is getting through the zone plate, which has an effective aperture of f/19. Getting an effective background was a big challenge with this 'lens' - it had to be simple and fairly light colored or everything became a jumbled mess. The image is worked a bit further in Color Efex Pro. I like the effect. Will have to play with both of the Lensbaby options some more.

Third: Used the Canon 24-105mm zoom lens, and applied a more common treatment of a bike race - lens at 105mm, 3 stop neutral density filter to slow things down, pan with the action. This is Rick Lilleberg wearing last year's club kit, racing in the men's 55+ / 60+ race. ISO 100,  f/16, 1/13 second.

Ping Pong

1 August 2012:

Lily playing ping pong at the Hermosa Five - O senior center, with Chris Post. Personally, I like the way the orange ball shows up in the photos.

Canon 5D, more experiments with flash.

Kangaroo Paw

27 July 2012:

I finally pulled the Canon 5D out of its travel bag today and took it for a walk. It has not been out since the trip to the Northwest. 

Lily likes these flowers for arrangements, so I took a portrait of this one using the Lensbaby composer. We were on the way to dinner.

Canon 5D

San Diego Trip #2

20 July 2012: This is the approach to the climb up Torrey Pines hill. The top of the climb marks the traditional end of the ride. The top, in the distance, is about 113 miles from the start in Hermosa Beach. It was a beautiful day for a ride.

LA to San Diego Ride 1

20 July 2012:
At the breakfast stop in Huntington Beach

Family Portrait

9 July 2012:

Before we departed Vancouver early this afternoon, Lisa took us to La Taqueria restaurant near her office for some excellent tacos. While waiting for our order, I took advantage of a mirror behind the booth to capture this stunning family portrait.

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Triathlon Finishers

8 July 2012:
Rika and Molly at the finish line after 6 to 7 hours of racing. They could still smile. The weather was excellent, perhaps even a bit too warm.

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