MotoGP

OK, after a number of serious posts here's something more fun (for me anyway...)

A few more of my choice shots from the MotoGP in Assen.  Not always perfectly sharp, and I have played with the saturation and brightness in some cases (maybe for the worse...  I was playing and experimenting!).  Without fail they have been clipped though to make (what I think) is the best of the framing.

I hope they bring the excitement of the day across as much as they bring it back to me!

Dovi after the race (unprocessed)

Close up of the above shot to see his eyes

Jorge during the race, with damage from the crash with Simo, very slightly processed

Rossi going past Hayden, rotated but otherwise untouched

Rossi going past Hayden a second or so later, a little processed - but not much

Rossi going past Edwards (IIRC) I don't think I have to say if this one has been processed!

And end with Simo, complete with flapping bits at the back from his accident.  Again, a little processed but not much

No more crappy room!

Well after a long wait our department finally moved today.  So I spent most of it without a running computer, running between rooms with handfulls of stuff, or in meetings completely unprepared as I had no computer.  Still we are now in a room with better accustics, air conditioning for when it really gets too hot, a giant whiteboard that I am going to try and encourage people to use and...

Room for the table football that we brought as a department a few years ago, but have not used for a couple of years due to lack of space.

I have a few busy days coming up, going for a meal with a friend tomorrow - his local pub turns into a restaurant on Tuesday evenings and tomorow they are doing something special.  So Stacy is going out again.  I really have to get out more.  Except for visiting my therapist I rarely go out as me - it's the one thing that I think I have to work harder on to get some confidence.

Which is good, because on Wednsday I am having my hair cut as Stacy for the first time, the wife of a friend cuts it for me.  So I am eating there, having it cut and styled, and then I'm going out for a drink and chat with him.

Two trips in two days.  Scary, but I'm looking forward to it.  I just have to pack.  On the bright side, I have my outfits picked (one per day).  I wonder if I'll change my mind and end up taking two anyway...

And here are a couple more shots that I took whilst playing last week:

This guy sits on an elephant in the living room.  A present from India from a colleague.  Details: 20second @ f32, Sigma EXDG 180mm Macro 1:1 lens.  I found my tripod :)

And this guy sits on some of our long drinks glasses.  They were brought from BHS about 10 years ago - we were walking through the shop as a shortcut when we saw them.  We have tried to get some more, but to no avail.  So we try to be very careful with them :).  Details: 10 seconds @ f3.5, same lens as above.

I'm really enjoying playing with the camera again - especially now that I have found the tripod so I can do more long exposure shots.

If the weather holds I may take a trip and try and get some shots of the buildings that keep my feet dry in our lake :)  Some of them (espcially the older ones) look amazing!

By popular demand...

Possibly reposted from before but...  Here are three shots from the neighbourhood for Melissa and Calie :)

These two sit side by side on my living room wall in silver coloured frames at 50*70cm (well that's a lie - but they will do tomorrow!  They are currently leaning against the wall waiting for me to mount them).  They are a couple of the views across the lake where I run.  It's man made, when I first moved to this town it was still a sand quarry - it's only really the last 5 years or so that it's started to resemble a recreation area (and was probably only finished 2.5 years ago - before then it was half recreation and half work site!).  Both shots are taken with the Canon 5D, shot one using the 180mm fixed focus Sigma EX DG 1:1 Macro lens, the second with the 70-200 EX DG lens @ 70mm

Though I will admit to playing with the colour of the second to make it match the first :) (for the wall, not here...)

And this one I still have to get printed at some point...  looking down the road I live on, across the road from my house.  At the bottom of the slop there is a Singel used for keeping the area dry - I live at the bottom of a 6.5m deep lake :)  This was also taken using the 5D and 180mm lens.

Melissa / Calie I hope that this is what you were hoping for :)  Here's hoping for more time to get the camera out again this week for some new shots!

Stace