Posts by Michael Lakeman

  • Capture: Got the blues, in reply to Nora Leggs,

    or is that the little window bubble?

    A couple in there with the full moon - one of dawn over Taranaki, and one at dusk over the Sierra Nevada in California - just like yours from Westhaven :)

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  • Capture: Got the blues,

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    I spend an inordinate amount of time in airplanes and one way I try to keep sane while flying is to document the view out the window. I put it all up on my tumblr, http://theviewfromthewindowseat.tumblr.com/. Lots of blue, with some crimson, peach and generous smatterings of white too. This is an example from a recent flight over the north pole, catching the "belt of venus" at sunrise.

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    But some days, there's not a cloud in the sky, and the blue is so strong it almost hurts.

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    Although even when some of the sky is blue, there's often clouds lurking, even directly at sea-level.

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    ...and then I realized there are at least one or two clear days each year. Last 4th of July we were lucky with the weather. "Oh say can you see....?"

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    Great theme. Coming from Seattle, I thought I would be at a disadvantage on this subject. Generally our skies look like this. Blue, but not the clear azure of the original intent...

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  • Capture: Ice Rink Luck,

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    A shot over the Pacific, where it is the great water to the west. Winter was back in January and this was a stormy evening trying to catch razor clams. They are more elusive than you might think.

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  • Capture: Two Tripods, One Night,

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    Tokyo Tower. Holga WPC120 pinhole f138, ~20-40mins?. That bright streak in the center is the full moon traversing the frame, and if you look carefully you can make out the writing around the 'lens' reflecting on the hotel window through which this was shot.

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  • Capture: Two Tripods, One Night,

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    Christmas lights in Tokyo. Holga WPC120 pinhole f138, ~5mins

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