Recent content by boojum

No, this is an error on my part. I did not realize that APSC was "large". I still have a Sony DSC S70, Pentax Q S1 and a small Lumix also. Mark me repentant and contrite.

Here is an old one of a cruise ship in our harbor in the late afternoon, Pixii A2572 with the beautiful old Canon 28mm f/2.8 LTM, and I am going to guess wide open at f/2.8. NB, the Pixii returns good, low grain APSC images at high ISO's.

Night shot of a fishing boat in our harbor here in Astoria, OR. Pixii A2572, Canon 35mm f/2.0 LTM.

Yeah, just the name is a grabber isn't it? OK, some background on the band. It is i swing/dance/jazz band in Portland, OR, run by the Medlers, Ben and Michelle, who are just great folks. I have known of them for 20 years and known them for about 10 of those years. For me their claim to fame...

Looking upriver on the Columbia River in Astoria, OR. Reduced in size in GIMP.

Just a casual shot of the trumpeter for The Shanghai Woolies at their Portland, OR, 5 April concert. A local group and good.

A more nautically pedestrian display, gear stowed on deck here in town

You could have kept that a secret and wow'ed us.

That's a nice series. You're pissing me off. ;o) I had hoped I was done with lenses. Nice color and definition and composition. Very nice.

Tonight, a USCG cutter, 47 foot, anchored between missions. And across the street, fill up on unleaded and Budweiser.

I was just involved in a thread about the good Leica M9 on another board. This old hull, the Captain Connor, in what seems a perpetual Purgatory, is marooned in dry dock in Astoria, OR, as it has been for the 20 or so years I have been here. Will it ever sail again? It is from another age, a...

Not exactly. This fund pays bills for those injured or lost while their families get back on their feet. It covers rent, gas, groceries whatever was paid for by the person no longer able. It is like a form of insurance for the fisherfolk. Granted we could have a better healthcare system...

This is what those Dungeness crabbers bring home: This was at a crab feed to raise funds for a program which helps crabbers and their families in times of tragedy. The delicious Dungeness had been cooked, cleaned and chilled perfectly. It cost $20 which is hardly more than a meal at...

Not quite seaside but close. This is upriver from Astoria, OR, to the Astoria Anchorage where ships await orders to go upstream and load cargo. Longview for timber products and Kalama for agricultural products. And then downstream and out into the Pacific and to the world. This is taken with...

The Dungeness crabbing season opens 1 February this year. These are two crabbing boats getting ready.