pleiades and venus up close

Nothing tests your long exposure technique quite like shooting stars through a 500mm mirror lens. I should have been using a remote and mirror lock. 1 sec at 3200iso, f/6.3 (for the curious). Click the photo to see it larger. <div class=”center”> <a href=”https://images.matt.pictures/pleiades_and_venus_up_close/698/0001.jpg”><img src=’https://images.matt.pictures/pleiades_and_venus_up_close/698/0001.jpg’ /></a> </div>

Posted by matt on 2012-04-08T21:50:20Z GMT

pickup game

So last sunday, there was brunch and basketball watching at BBell’s house, and the dudes got inspired to go play a little pickup game in the alley, shirts vs. skins. I think skins won by 7 points. Then they realized due to the location of the basket relative to a certain ledge that they could all dunk. So that happened. Today I’m working, and then I’ma ride my bike later. Fun and adventure and really wild things. I see this post and the last post and I marveled at the fact that all those pictures happened in the same world. It’s no surprise, reflecting on this, that people get lost going from one place to another. <div class=”center”> <img src=’https://images.matt.pictures/pickup_game/699/0001.jpg’> <img src=’https://images.matt.pictures/pickup_game/699/0002.jpg’> <img src=’https://images.matt.pictures/pickup_game/699/0003.jpg’> <img src=’https://images.matt.pictures/pickup_game/699/0004.jpg’> </div>

Posted by matt on 2012-04-08T20:50:20Z GMT

SF Scenes (in the city)

This was the first time I’ve been to San Francisco (since my first visit to the city back in high school) that I’ve felt like I got anything approaching an understanding with the city. The scale of it always threw me off in the past, for some reason. There was a mental parallax, if you will, between what I was expecting and what I was seeing. I think I’ve got a better alignment now. <div class=”center”> <img src=’https://images.matt.pictures/sf_scenes_(in_the_city)/700/0013.jpg’ /> <img src=’https://images.matt.pictures/sf_scenes_(in_the_city)/700/0016.jpg’ /> <img src=’https://images.matt.pictures/sf_scenes_(in_the_city)/700/0017.jpg’ /> <img src=’https://images.matt.pictures/sf_scenes_(in_the_city)/700/0021.jpg’ /> <img src=’https://images.matt.pictures/sf_scenes_(in_the_city)/700/0022.jpg’ /> </div>

Posted by matt on 2012-04-05T15:51:20Z GMT

The rest of the week (in people)

Because I don’t want to go on ad nauseum about the meetup, I’m just gonna lump together things in two more posts. The people and the scenes- if I’d been doing this chronologically as I went, it wouldn’t be so bad, but now after the end it’s time to post and move on. So, they took us bowling wednesday, and it was pretty fun, despite the fact that I got the lowest score both times (bowling is not my sport). There was some fairly memorable sushi thursday, as well- 18 of us packed in to a restaurant smaller than my home office, with seating for 16. <div class=”center”> <img src=’https://images.matt.pictures/the_rest_of_the_week_(in_people)/701/0009.jpg’ /> <img src=’https://images.matt.pictures/the_rest_of_the_week_(in_people)/701/0010.jpg’ /> <img src=’https://images.matt.pictures/the_rest_of_the_week_(in_people)/701/0011.jpg’ /> <img src=’https://images.matt.pictures/the_rest_of_the_week_(in_people)/701/0012.jpg’ /> <img src=’https://images.matt.pictures/the_rest_of_the_week_(in_people)/701/0014.jpg’ /> <img src=’https://images.matt.pictures/the_rest_of_the_week_(in_people)/701/0023.jpg’ /> <img src=’https://images.matt.pictures/the_rest_of_the_week_(in_people)/701/0024.jpg’ /> </div>

Posted by matt on 2012-04-05T15:39:20Z GMT

Seemant's Boat (again)

The only problem with parties on Seemant’s boat is the lighting. After dark, it gets very dark, so we tend to move elsewhere and scare the local restaurant managers before stumbling into a cab that breaks down just on the SF side of the bridge. <div class=”center”> <img src=’https://images.matt.pictures/seemant’s_boat_(again)/702/0006.jpg’ /> <img src=’https://images.matt.pictures/seemant’s_boat_(again)/702/0007.jpg’ /> </div>

Posted by matt on 2012-04-04T18:31:20Z GMT