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I think I´m still on Planet Earth

idiotwon — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 09:13:53 +0000

- 3000 sea miles (Galapagos-French Polynesia)
- blood poisoning in the middle of the Pacific? (red stripes from middle finger to my armpit)
- paradise (Fatu Hiva)
- going to Tahiti with a sailboat without a mast (next)

(I know french lines are the biggest NONO of blogging but I´m in a hurry and this is French Polynesia and NONO is a type of sandfly common in the Marquesas)

That´s what has happened and what is going to happen in the near future.
Sorry, as crazy as it might sound I’m in so much hurry that I can’t write now. Tomorrow I’m changing to a new captain and a boat without a mast. Then we’ll start our “sail” towards Tahiti.
To be continued… I promise. This is getting crazy!

My Galapagos in few frames

idiotwon — Fri, 21 May 2010 03:02:55 +0000

Lately I´ve been trying to really concentrate on getting the right exposure and also frame my shots more carefully.

My longest lens is fixed 100mm f/2.0 (meaning I don´t have x10 zoom). To get the idea of this lens just extend your arm straigh forward and spread your fingers as far a part as you can. The view you see is the view I see with my longest lens.

To most people Galapagos is known for nature and to some for uncrowded surf. With my 100mm lens I had to use carefull aproach with animals and some imagination framing surfing shots.

I could and maybe even should buy a 100-400mm lens for nature and sports but why do it the easy way? This isn´t so much about what gear I have but more about what can I do with the gear I have.

Sneaking up close to sea iguanas without them running away at some point wasn´t always easy. My nature photography ethics say that if the animal runs away at some point of photo session it´s not cool. These photos live up to that principle. There might be some spit on my lenses from angry iguanas. That is a border-line case in my book…

Oh, no more major post production on this blog, maybe. Cropping has never been my thing.

Sail so far – 31 clicks

idiotwon — Thu, 13 May 2010 00:10:58 +0000

This requires patience.

To select these I had to go thru 11 000 photos and delete some to make more space to my hard drive (which is full again).
So I hope you have to patience as well. Thanks!

Last but definitely not least – my companions for the sail

idiotwon — Sun, 04 Apr 2010 23:57:32 +0000

Morning walk with camera – Birds

idiotwon — Sun, 04 Apr 2010 15:44:36 +0000

I haven’t done this in a long while. I woke up early in the morning and went to take some photos.

Bird photography

Yesterday’s writings and today’s photos

idiotwon — Sun, 04 Apr 2010 04:04:39 +0000

Great I just lost half an hours writings. Do not comment: “Just write it again.”
It doesn’t work that way.

Anyway, photos of todays grocery shoppings.

Main sail is up! Apparently it’s Semana Santa

idiotwon — Sat, 03 Apr 2010 02:24:17 +0000

Couple of days of work with the new main sail and now it’s good to go. Few more adjustments and veggie shopping and we’re off! If all goes well, on Monday this mainland will be just a memory – A big memory.
It’s also Semana Santa, Latin Americas’ biggest religious happening and vacation week.

Getting the boat ready

idiotwon — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 05:28:12 +0000

After grinding the kitchen table my second task on the boat was to install the mast steps. It’s almost done now. 3 days hanging in the mast has been a blast. Nice to work again.

Why a paraglider? It’s more comfortable to sit in for a long period of time compared to a piece a plank.
I’ll tell more about the whole sailing thing later. Now I need some sleep.

Surfer’s Paradise in Santa Catalina

idiotwon — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 03:55:25 +0000

Just photos with captions.

Day at the skydiving club in Panama (photos & video)

idiotwon — Sat, 27 Mar 2010 04:51:21 +0000

I finally found an internet connection fast enough to upload some photos and a video of the skydiving experience.

(I didn’t choose the music or do the editing. Naturally I didn’t take the first 3 photos)