Scott Pennington

Orange light across orange made the green seem to pop. Sometimes, even with a good digital SLR, I still wish I was shooting slides in a film camera. DSLR still isn’t there with the depth and color when compared to something like Fujichrome Velvia – at least for outdoor shots. Compare the tower picture I posted and look at the warm colors against the dark sky – I don’t think the Rebel would have captured those colors in the same way.

And now I’m all done being opinionated. For today. Maybe.

sunset

Rebel XT
ISO 100
55mm (cropped a bit in CS3)

From the top of Table Mountain, looking down onto Camp’s Bay with Cape Town at my back. The clouds cleared later and I spent a good bit of time exploring the amazing plant life up there. Also shared part of my lunch with a dassie – might post that picture later.

 dragon’s perch

Don’t know what I enjoyed more – hanging out in the park as the sun set or talking to all the guys from Senegal and The Gambia who sell souvenirs there.

Another old shot from the deep digital archives. This one, like “market going,” was taken with an old Sony Mavica FD-71 back about 1999 or 2000? Maybe?

Just outside of Thiés, Senegal this man was waiting on his children to walk home from school.

waiting

There’s a wooden bowl in my living room where, when I come in from an overseas trip, whatever small currency is left in my pocket gets dumped. I like keeping coins from other countries, and sometimes I decide the smaller bills are worth keeping too. I always figure I’ll land there next time with some local currency in my pocket – want to go back anyway, right?

The Francs and Deutsche Marks, the Lira and Guilders… well, I kinda ate it on that, but am happy to have them. Same thing happened with the CFA a few years ago. Still, I like having the old coins. Remembrances of fun trips.

travel

Rebel XT ISO 100
f4  1/30 55mm

By the way – it’s snowing here. I’m not kidding. Maybe 2-4″  (a little over 10cm max) tonight. Spring? They call this Spring? Sad….

I tend to use my laptop a lot – it’s like an appendage, and everywhere I go so goes the laptop. My first laptop was a PowerBook 180 and I’ve hardly looked back since. Desktop? Too much for my carry-on bag.

When the battery in my current MacBook Pro began to lose the ability to take a long charge, that became a serious problem. Apple knows of the problem in MacBook Pros, but I wanted something better. I bought an extended life FastMac battery from SmallDog.com (good folks there at Small Dog). The battery arrived today, and I couldn’t help but notice the tiny print on the back.

geek humor

Rebel XT ISO 100
1/30 f5.0
55mm

Waiting to cross the street. I remember getting lost and reveling a bit in the feeling… always enjoy being lost in a new place.

Gion

Rebel XT