Wednesday October 7th, 2009 @ 9:09 am by Bev
But not a drop to drink! Recently at our new house we had a well drilled and it was quite amazing watching a drill bit bore 300 feet into the earth. We successfully hit water on this beautiful day only to be followed with two weeks of rain and drizzle. Despite the lousey weather we, including myself, husband, fellow geek and friend dug a trench from the well to the house to only be swamped with water 3 feet down and a river gently trickling down the driveway from the hill behind us. Oh well, deeper is cleaner and more reliable. They would dig and bail, dig and bail until coming across a heavy boulder right in front of the pipe. Well being the only girl my idea was call a backhoe. Silly me! No, boys being boys, they had to think of a contraption befitting Dr. Suess as our fellow geek had pointed out. After inching the rock up 2×4 at a time it finally came out of the hole. Funny thing, I thought it would be much bigger! ?????? ????? ????
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Bev Family Stuff, Misc Rants n Stuff, No Idea, People, Technology
Tuesday July 7th, 2009 @ 2:27 pm by Randy
I also had trouble finding things to shoot. It basically came down to three shots…. macro flowers, pictures of fog, or pictures of some-guy-with-a-big-ass-lens-and-tiny-little-body.
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Randy People, Scenic, Technology Andreau, fog, Lens, Sigma
Saturday April 25th, 2009 @ 3:31 pm by Bev
I am still playing. I went to Home Depot with my other half the other day and it was beautiful out. The sky was freakishly blue and now that the snow has melted I could see the harbour. So while he was shopping I decided to see how far my new lens would zoom in. It works great but washes out, need to do a little HDR next time so it will match the colors of the regular lens more. So here is my comparison. I had my camera on a tripod so both pictures were taken from the same spot.
Bev Misc Rants n Stuff, Scenic, Technology
Saturday April 11th, 2009 @ 9:14 am by Bev
Although the weather said chance of showers I headed out with my better half to try out my new lens (Sigma 70-300mm F4-5.6). Fortunately we got out before any fog or rain came in. It turned out to be a very calm day with a lot of chances for water reflection. We drove toward Whitbourne and turned off at Blaketown we did the entire peninsula coming back through Holyrood. Here are some early shots from Old Shop to Whiteway. With the zoom I need to meter for the sky more so that it is not so washed out, the sky was bluer than that. I am off for Easter so there will be plenty of opportunities to play around with it.
Bev Icebergs, Misc Rants n Stuff, Scenic, Technology, Wildlife
Friday February 13th, 2009 @ 8:41 pm by Randy
So I’ve just been looking at the Fotogeeks visitor stats via Google Analytics. A few things pop out…
We’re getting more popular. A slow but steady increase is underway. I don’t think I’m going out on a limb here when I say that this can probably be attributed to the fact that we’ve actually posted some photos.
We’re also getting more visits from geeky types. I think it’s safe to assume that the most common visitor (or non-geek) would have a Browser / OS combination of IE / Windows. Not so here. They place forth. As StatPress suggests (see sidebar right) our most common visitors use Safari or Firefox. It’s an ongoing battle between the two.
What’s even more interesting is fifth and sixth place for Browser / OS combo though; Safari on the iPhone /or/ iPod Touch. When combined, they total about half of our visits from IE / Windows users. Pretty Geeky.
So, with that in mind, we’ve stuck an iPhone / iPod friendly version of the site online too. If you’re one of the few visitors using said technology, you’ll automagically see a streamlined version of the posts (complete with an option to switch to the full deal at the bottom of the screen).
Randy Misc Rants n Stuff, Technology iPhone, iPod Touch, visitor stats
Thursday February 12th, 2009 @ 8:08 pm by Randy
It looks like that reference to Nikon may be my last for a little while, because Angelika has just converted.
Her Nikon was a nice camera, but our inability to share lenses and accessories was taking its toll – something had to give. After a few months of back-and-forth, it was generally acknowledged that there were some essential features and options on the XSi that the D40X lacked… most notably an AEB setting and more than three focusing points.
Anyway, some new lenses will be here soon as well. Canada Post is taking its sweet time…
Randy Family Stuff, Technology cameras, Canon Rebel XSi, converts, Nikon D40X
