Transformed.

It was a bit surprising to watch the latest Transformers movie last week and see featured in it the Udvar-Hazy Center out in Chantilly, VA; even more so to find out that the Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird is actually some aged alien thingamabob - that's tech speak for "I'm-not-really-into-Transformers-lore-to-know-what-to-call-it" - in disguise.

Here's my one and only image of (part of) it:



Damn, I miss that Zeiss 50mm.

Here's a couple more from that outing with the Zeiss:

Take a bow.

I recently submitted this image for a landscape challenge at DPChallenge.com, and titled it "proscenium". Didn't do particularly well, but then again, my images rarely do, over there. The best comment came from RKT, who summed up the image for me better than I had managed on my own:

"Oh see how the trees take a bow for us! They are tired from their autumn performance. A winters rest, well deserved."

Thanks for that, made my day.


Several more shots I considered entering for that challenge, but passed on:

Photographic mysteries.

A verdant hilly view of Pennsylvania while zipping along the highway.

Another Lensbaby panned shot, this time I just held the camera out in front of me and clicked - no checking the viewfinder, no focusing, I just moved the camera horizontally a bit to compensate for the movement of the car. And I'm just tickled pink with what I got. Why do things always seem to come out better when I try the least to "get it right"?

Panning...

is a bit tricky with a Lensbaby. [Well, panning is a bit tricky anyhow] But on a recent trip through Pennsylvania and Ohio, I gave it a shot. Much gratitude to Tony C., who did all the driving, so I could goof off.