May 2012


Three on a tree.

Three on a Tree

Willie

Willie

Willie

Ups and Downs of the Week.

Red Sox – They can’t string together wins and their “ace” pitchers are totally inconsistent. Lester was awful tonight and lost the game early on.

Monaco Weekend – The best race on the Formula One calendar is this weekend in Monaco.

Heat Wave – Into the 90s today and through the whole weekend. Too early for this kind of heat.

Three Day Weekend – But it *is* a 3-day weekend. Just what I needed about now.

The corn is getting near perfect weather for growing. Loads of sunshine and occasional rain. Here’s a rabbit’s eye view.

Cornfield Progress

Cornfield Progress

Sleepy Raccoon

Ups and Downs of the Week.

Red Sox – They won tonight, but lost last night. Just like a .500 team will do.

Funky Reggae Pah-tay – We had a few visitors tonight. Love this Rokinon 35mm f1.4 lens.

Funky Reggae Pah-tay

This guy has been hanging around in the trees out back. He could be here to pick the carcass of the Red Sox season, but he’ll have to wait. They are still showing signs of life. Amazing.

Turkey Buzzard

Turkey Buzzard

Ups and Downs of the Week.

Red Sox – They won tonight, but lost every other night this week.

Carroll Shelby dies – Great driver and automotive designer. His Shelby Cobra still stands as one of the great classic roadsters.

I stopped by to see how the corn was progressing. It’s coming up nicely, although you can see a few areas where the heavy rain collected and stifled some growth.

Cornfield Progress

Cornfield Progress

Cornfield Progress

While I was there shooting pics Jeff showed up with his new toy. This amazing looking machine is used to spray the crops. Here he was getting ready to spray herbicide to kill weeds and unwanted plants.

Sprayer

Sprayer

Sprayer

Sprayer

Sprayer

Sprayer

Sprayer

Sprayer

Sprayer

Sprayer

Ups and Downs of the Week.

Rokinon 35mm f1.4 Lens – Loving this thing. Very sharp lens.

Red Sox – Back to their losing ways. Right now they’re locked in an epic battle of mediocrity with the Baltimore Orioles. They can’t buy a run, it seems.

This week I traded 35mm lenses with a super-talented photographer and filmmaker named Mark Linsangan. I sent Mark my Canon 35mm f2 auto-focus lens and he sent me his Rokinon 35mm f1.4 manual focus lens. I hope he is as happy with his new lens as I am with mine. You can check out some of Mark’s photos here and his videos here. Thanks, Mark!

UPDATE: He’s taking great shots with it already.

I had some fun today with the lens. This shot was in a field of mustard (I believe) that was so yellow in the bright sun that it was blinding.

Fields of Gold

And an early rising moon.

Spring Moon

I also stopped by my project cornfield. More on that later. But here’s a rat’s eye view of the corn also shot with the Roki 35. It’s beginning to look like a corn stalk.

Corn Begins