Out and about...

[Kav]

Like wise:

Random portrait:

There are so many ship wrecks in the harbor, it's just insane.

Back in the marina:

And my favorite shot of the day. Came out just how I wanted it too. Friggin' nailed it!

 

[Kav]

I did goof in what I thought was a cool way on this photo:

I had my white balance set wrong. It took me some time to figure out why my shots seemed so blue. This is the same shot right out of the camera:

Not sure what one I like better...

 

[High Lord Gomer]

I know what you mean...I kinda like the blue one!

What causes so many shipwrecks there? Is the weather that violent?

 

[Kav]

I know what you mean...I kinda like the blue one!

What causes so many shipwrecks there? Is the weather that violent?

Neglect mostly, the water is very calm here.

 

[Kav]

Screwing around with the point and shoot. I don't really ever mess with shooting in B&W, so I figured I'd give it a go.

Concrete:

Fan Shroud:

Razor wire:

Floorboards and bullet proof plating:

 

[Kav]

Tug:

Need I say more:

Fliters on the engine:

 

[Kav]

Domo Arigato, Mr. Roboto:

My home state:

 

[Kav]

So I gave developing my own film a go. All and all for my first time it turned out ok. My two main issues were:

First off, I got into a hurry, and when I did my first wash with water I forgot to drain the water back out before I put in my developer. I could not figure out how I poured out twice as much developer as I poured in. Then it hit me and I said to myself "Oh crap..." But I felt I might as well see what I come up with. (The 12 shot film mag had jammed on me while we were flying. So I had to pull the dark side out and unjam it. So this film was suspect anyways.)

Secondly, I thought my developing tank for the 4x5 sheet film was a 1L tank. Turns out it's a 1.5L tank so I did not mix up enough developer or blix to fully coat the film. So the middle at the top of the tank got developer (see above) but no blix. But I still got usable negatives out of it. So I'm not off to a bad start.

I don't have access to hot running water at work so I found a little griddle and a stainless steel serving dish. I used the griddle to heat the water and went from there. I have about 10 rolls of 120 film to develop in the next few days. That should go much better.
Two CH-46's take off from Lake Assal in Djibouti, Africa. We are a little less then 500 feet below sea level here:

Some of the terain here is um... Colorful:

Terfing:

 

[Kav]

Looking out of a volcano:

Looks like I still have to clean my sensor. :(

Tearing ass through one of the small canyons:

 

[High Lord Gomer]

Wow! Do you always wear a tether?

 

[Kav]

Wow! Do you always wear a tether?

Always.

 

[Kav]

Doing some more messing around with some more off camera flash. I may retake this photo when I get new lenses put in my sunglasses so they have a cleaner look to them. I think a polarizer would help some too. I'd like to get rid of the stray light in the lenses of the glasses, and have the mouth totally washed out. Taken using a LumoPro LP160

High Key Silence:

And a low key photo from a little while ago:

 

[Ol'89r]

WOW!!!! Great stuff Kav. Really enjoy looking at your photos. :cool: :cool:

 

[High Lord Gomer]

That first one is so cool!

The second one...well, I can see you too well, and you know... :p

BTW, what is with the hippie hairdo?!?

 

[indypup]

Nice sikorsky!