Well, I'm bored. So you'll all have to bear with me. My eldest daughter, Anne was here - originally just for an evening, but then for several days due to the blackout. It was loads of fun, although I still have to get used to the idea of going out drinking with my little girl, who I held in the delivery room only a short while ago <wistful smile>. But I digress...
So, tonight's the first night in a few that I've had to myself. I found a bunch of photos that I'd forgotten about, taken last year with my little Minolta HiMatic F - the el cheapo that I throw in my courier bag. Just for fun, since I was telling the list about my track bike a while back - and I don't think everone figured out quite what a track bike is - here's my now departed Cyclops track bike. http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=1688565&size=lg Note the tight geometry (ie: short wheelbase), lack of gears and lack of brakes. Also note how it's one of the loveliest bikes you've ever seen! <g> So delicate looking, clean, bereft of all adornment (because she doesn't need adornment). My new Rossin, with fat aluminium tubes, is lighter, stiffer, but not nearly as lovely - even though it does it's job better. So, just to bring this back to photography, I finally figured out how to dodge and burn on PhotoDeluxe (which is, I believe, Adobe's cheap domestic version of Photoshop). Feathering, right? Does that ring a bell with anyone? Anyway, I burned my reflection, top left, as it was much darker in the print. Still not perfect, but better than it was. I took the camera away from my eye, in hopes of getting my face in the photo, but all I did was move the camera and cut off the front tire. Oh well. Hope you're all enjoying this Saturday evening, as I am! cheers, frank -- "The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears it is true." -J. Robert Oppenheimer
