There is a great photo over on the PhotoSydney blog taken by a five year old. This is even more motivation to get the Dakota PV2 cameras I have converted for reuse and running so that I can give them to some kids I know. These would be a great, low cost (under US$20) introduction to digital photography, and if it gets broken it is not a big deal.

The final shots taken at Fort Funston last Saturday. This time they are not hang gliding related though; behind the viewing deck area there is a fenced off area, in which were a number of these yellow flowers.

There are a couple of nice photos over on my friend Grif’s weblog. The one to the right of an arched bridge with an interesting sky (I like clouds in photos!). The other one is a collage of red and green leaves simply titled vines. Check them out, along with the many other photos he has posted over there.

Updated: Grif’s site moved to a new home and in the move the rants blog is down. The photo blog is still live though, so I have moved all the links to there for now.

Another hang gliding photo from Fort Funston at the weekend.

Drove up to Fort Funston in San Francisco at the weekend and managed to get some shots of a couple of hang gliders taking off. These guys jump off a cliff just to the left of the observation deck and then soar up into the sky passing the front of the deck. Great for getting in-flight photos!

Three pine cone in the snow photos from around the cabin we stayed in at Kings Beach (at the north end of Lake Tahoe).

The last of the shots from the last Hawaii trip that I wanted to post here. This was taken in the Dole Plantation garden. Not sure why I liked it when I took it, and even now I don’t really know what appeals to me about it. I’d been debating whether to post it or not ever since I cropped it down to the square shape it is here, which I did the same night I prepared many of the other Hawaiian photos from the trip for posting.

It is so mysterious that I almost posted it without words, like I did with the Hawaiian beach panoramic. I don’t think that would have worked as well though. The beach scene was a tranquil, peaceful scene that words, much like voices, would have spoilt. This is just mysterious, almost alien.

I hope you like it, or, perhaps even better, become as mystified about its appeal as I am 🙂

These power button photos could become quite addictive. Partly because they are something I can do at home at night after a long day in the office, but also because they are oddly pleasing.

The new Devicescape home page now has a random choice of three background images featuring a power button.

Perhaps it is not the power button per-se, but rather the unusual close up view of everyday objects. I will have to try some other things from around my apartment.