Turning the Cosco Felixstowe
Judith and Michael invited us for a day of sailing on the San Francisco Bay on Sunday, May 26, 2013.
created: 2013/05/26 updated: 2013/05/28
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Two Day San Francisco Transit Ride
A log for a trip I made to San Francisco at the end of February 2012. Armed with my freshly minted RTC (regional transit card) pass (with Clipper), I bopped about the city like a native.
created: 2012/03/05 updated: 2012/04/12
Horological Science Newsletter Archive
Click 'view complete article' to find and download my HSN articles.
created: 2015/04/13 updated: 2015/04/13
Research Pendulum - p9vh, fused quartz
Notes on pendulum p9vh.
created: 2013/04/21 updated: 2013/04/21
Preliminary Report on Astronomical Clock (2008)
Descriptions and pictures of the components of an unusual astronomical clock build by Robert L Belleville starting in 2007 and semi-functional in 2008.
created: 2013/01/29 updated: 2013/01/29
Processor for Jim Hansen's Clocks
.zip file with source and windows exe
Zip file is here. (13KB)
created: 2015/03/08 updated: 2015/03/29
Blue Skies Smiling At Me
Blue skies smiling at me Nothing but blue skies do I see Blue birds singing a song Nothing but blue birds from now on.
created: 2020_11_25 updated: 2020_11_25
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Maya
for Rudite Emir
created: 2016_07_10 updated: 2016_07_10
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Ninety
Point Lobos, California. [In camera double exposure]
created: 2016_03_21 updated: 2016_03_28
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Witnesses
Finally back in the valley after more than two years.
created: 2015_10_27 updated: 2015_10_27
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Water
From five days photographing in the eastern Sierra.
created: 2015_09_23 updated: 2015_09_23
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Eden
From five days photographing in the garden of Eden.
created: 2015_08_14 updated: 2015_08_14
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Aftershock
Work in progress after Maine workshop.
created: 2014_11_19 updated: 2014_12_09
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Portfolio
Looking back for 5 years for good pictures for a portfolio review at a workshop in Maine in October.
created: 2014_09_18 updated: 2014_09_18
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Not Here
Things found in the Sea of Cortez in February 2014.
Technical notes: Taken with a Canon EOS-M and processed in Lightroom/PS.
created: 2014_02_15 updated: 2014_02_15
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Voyage
San Jose California to San Jose del Cabo and the Sea of Cortez and back fourteen views.
Technical notes: Taken with a Nexus 7 tablet using VSCO Cam and reprocessed in Lightroom.
created: 2014_02_17 updated: 2014_02_17
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Afterimages
With wonderful fellow students and a master teacher in a well equipted photographic laboratory, I spent 8 days which changed my way of seeing and presenting what I see.
Here are a month's best efforts.
created: 2013_11_16 updated: 2013_11_16
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Cathy and I traveled to the Marina Green in
San Francisco to view race 5 of the America's Cup
finals. We lost. Great day for the city.
The little foiling boats are International Moths.
created: 2013_09_10 updated: 2013_09_10
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Channels
On the ground in Los Altos.
created: 2013/08/25 updated: 2013/08/25
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Place
There is a special place where Cathy and I were invited for a weekend retreat.
Called El Rancho Cienega del Gabilan it is a working cattle ranch owned now for many generations by the Reeves family.
Lauren and Darrell kindly hosted us.
Here is an eclectic group of images to give only my limited view of this place which reaches back to the 19th century.
RLB
created: 2013/06/30 updated: 2013/07/03
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Same River Twice
In rain and fog Yosemite was different from the crisp spring of a year ago.
Diffuse light shows hidden things otherwise masked by bright and shadow.
In Oakdale, on the way home, a car and two trees caught my eye. Not far away was a train car covered with graffiti that wanted to have its picture taken, who am I to argue?
created: 2013/05/09 updated: 2013/05/12
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A Dozen from San Francisco
April 1 to 3 found Cathy and me in San Francisco staying at the White Swan Inn on Bush. Very pleasent place with a good breakfast and happy people.
Our mission was to visit the California Academy of Sciences, view Vermeer's 'Girl with a Pearl Earring' at the de Young Museum, enjoy the iconic Japanese Tea Garden and peek into the Cartoon Art Museum. Mission accomplished.
I made pictures with a 40mm pancake lens and the 6D which are presented here. They belong in different portfolios with pictures like them but that is for another day. (rlb)
created: 2013/04/01 updated: 2013/04/07
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Angels
In Eastern France in 2010, I made a number of images to show my excitement with light and color.
created: 2010/09/20 updated: 2013/03/24
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Road Out, Road Back
A crisp day on the road in San Benito County near Hollister. Screaming spring green hills and still bare trees.
Out on El Camino Real, then to San Juan Highway, next to San Juan Road, further South on Union Road, and Southside Drive to Tres Piños.
Then far from the beaten track on Quien Sabe Road (who knows?) and into a hidden inner valley along Santa Anita Road.
Back on Wright and Bolsa Roads. Sunset and 101 North. Fire in the sky.
Remembering Gail Larrick, 1938-2013, photographer and lover of photography.
created: 2013/02/23 updated: 2013/02/23
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My daughter Polly has a good eye
for photography and often gets to fly in
open cockpit airplanes. Here are her
pictures above Newport Bay.
created: 2013/01/19 updated: 2013/01/22
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A week on board Safari Endeavour in the
Sea of Cortez.
Cathy snorkeled with sea lions.
We walked on desert islands,
stargazed from an arroyo,
kayaked in Elephant Cove in a cave,
watched Mobula rays fly out of the water,
made the acquaintance of the Blue-footed Booby,
played with hundreds of Bottlenose dolphins
from a speeding skiff,
picked up a desiccated Trigger fish,
watched thousands of birds feeding,
saw a few whales,
meet new and amazing people,
ate wonderful food and pastries,
marveled at sunsets,
painted, and photographed.
Cameron Zegers, a professional photographer, joined the trip and made a number of rather special pictures especially of the rays breaching. Gordon Clement brought a GoPro camera and made a number of movies of the dolphins and sea lions both above and below the water.
Gallery pictures taken with my new Canon 6D.
created: 2013/01/12 updated: 2013/01/17
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Color studies from Asilomar and Monterey at
Christmas time 2012. Taken with my new Canon 6D.
created: 2012/12/25 updated: 2012/12/25
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Cathy and I traveled to Pescadero Beach and
Marsh to paint and photograph on my 66th
birthday October 13, 2012.
created: 2012/10/13 updated: 2012/10/15
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I traveled to San Francisco Thursday Aug 23, 2012
to see for myself a day of America's Cup racing.
This day was World Series racing with 11 AC45 boats.
Check out their website for more information.
created: 2012/08/23 updated: 2012/08/24
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Our nine day trip to Alaska with an un-cruise around
the waters near Juneau aboard the Safari Explorer with 49 new
friends. A trip to the Alaska state museum.
created: 2012/07/09 updated: 2012/07/09
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Spring trip to Yosemite Valley. Pictures and sounds
from Yosemite valley.
created: 2012/05/06 updated: 2012/05/06
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Our Easter weekend trip to Pacific Grove and
Pt Lobos.
created: 2012/04/16 updated: 2012/04/16
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A weekend trip to Yosemite Valley with students in a
photography class from Mountain View High School.
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A weekend trip to Half Moon Bay, California with Cathy. It
was rainy that year but the sunset was special.
created: 2011 updated: 2011
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BeagleBone Development
Notes for the creation a BeagleBone/Linux based microprocessor.
created: 08/14/2012 updated: 08/14/2012
Modern old Website
Notes for the creation of this website.
created: 04/13/2012 updated: 04/15/2012
Playing with CDF
A place to experiment with CDF.
created: 2012/04/17 updated: 2012/05/24
Two Sisters on Grand Tour
The adventures of Cathy and Laura on the UK grand tour.
created: 2013/08/11 updated: 2013/08/22
Sea of Cortez
In January we took an "un-cruise" to Mexico's Sea of Cortez. Somehow, inbetween snorkeling, walking, kayaking, and fine dining, I managed to get in some painting from our lovely ship, the Safari Endeavour. The vast landscape and the constant floating back-and-forth of the boat led me to this long panoramic format. I really had no choice...I'd be looking at one area, and gradually the boat would move...and I'd be looking at something else! So I figured I'd just work it in. I ended up really enjoying this format. I hope you enjoy some of the warmth, joy, and bounty of the Sea of Cortez as you look at these, and consider visiting yourself! Teeming with life, it is impossible to feel alone or important.
Technical notes: These are quickly sketched in pencil, painted in watercolor, then inked with my trusty Namiki fountain pen and Noodler's black ink; total working time is about 2.5 hours each. Originals are approximately 4.5 x 11 inches.
created: 2013/01/08 updated: 2013/04/04
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