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natural sine

Jan 28, 2010 9:31pm

This is an antique compass that we have which also doubled up as a navigation device. The list of natural sines on the back would help in calculations of a sailor’s position on the globe. I would also rather have GPS, but it just doesn’t have the same romance, does...

the moment of anticipation

Jan 26, 2010 8:26pm

Another image from Coconut Island. It really is one of our favourite places, a great spot for families or just a tranquil place to see off the end of the day. The children especially like to come and entertain themselves, and any onlookers, with their antics as they jump off...

bridge to coconut island

Jan 25, 2010 10:42pm

You might notice some softening of the trees and the water. This is because I stacked a neutral density filter (6-stop) with a graduated filter (3-stop) to bring the sky even further down, which enabled me to capture a 6-second exposure in the late afternoon light. I rather like the...

mana road

Dec 22, 2009 2:12am

While the rest of the island was being deluged by the storms this weekend, we decided to go on an excursion along the Mana Road. This is a road which skirts around the northeastern edge of Mauna Kea, between Waimea and the Mauna Kea Access Road. We went to Waimea,...

lensbaby abstract #2

Dec 14, 2009 7:51pm

I know that the first lensbaby abstract that I posted was a hard one and I realise that I never posted an answer. It is a picture of a rainwater drain on a corrugated roof taken from our house. So for this abstract, and given that we are rapidly approaching Christmas,...

paper books rise up to the e-book challenge

Dec 4, 2009 12:07am

I don’t know where John Nack finds these videos but they are great. This is no exception, a video from the New Zealand Book Council to remind people that books are still very much alive and carry more character and personal involvement than an e-book device. I’m not saying that...

What colour exactly?

Dec 1, 2009 3:18pm

It’s amazing what tricks your brain can play on you. I’m pretty sure that the diamond being moved around in this video has just one colour. But, as this optical illusion demonstrates, the brain likes to see order and pattern in the world around it and so it recolours the...

lensbaby abstract #1

Nov 4, 2009 5:10pm

I finally had a chance this weekend to play with the Lensbaby that I received for my birthday this summer. As well as making interesting photographs of flowers etc, I find that it is quite good at making abstract, things that are mundane. Here’s my first attempt at what I hope will...

a sunny weekend in puna

Oct 14, 2009 3:14am

I enjoyed a sunny weekend in Puna and Hilo this weekend with my daughter. Mum was away having fun with her girlfriends so it was just me and Mira. We went down to Puna on a beautiful Saturday to collect some water samples, for Mira’s science project, from the hot...

photography from around the net

Oct 5, 2009 9:25pm

No, I’m not going to do all photography from around the interweb – ya think I got time for that?! Here I have just two links (both of which I stumbled upon on Rob Galbraith’s blog) which I found interesting for different reasons. The first is from Time magazine: The top...