Sailing pictures are up!

[feren]

I finally got my photographs from Saturday's sailing expedition to upload into the gallery I prepared for them. You can see it by going to http://feren.black-panther.us/gallery/albums.php or by simply going to my Gallery and clicking on the boating album, which has a great picture of the lighthouse next to it.

After skimming the gallery I have to say that most of the photos turned out only "okay." This is a little frustrating to me, but I am not entirely surprised because the sun wasn't in the best place for most of the photographs that were taken... we ended up with a lot of backlighting. A major problem with my digital is that it isn't advanced enough to allow me to control things like exposure. Another thing I've noticed is that many of the pictures taken were grainier than usual, something I attribute to the rocking motion of the boat while we were out on the lake -- the waves got pretty noticable now and then, and made getting non-blurred pictures a lot more difficult. Third, it was a real pain to get the photos taken: the auto-focus system also didn't cope real well with a lot of the "distractions" a boat can present, from flapping flags to sparkling water. Ultimately I think the system got a bit confused. Still, despite the problems I had with techonology (paired with my lousy eye for photos) there are some very good images in the collection. For those of you who don't feel like browsing through all 81 photos in the album I've selected a few of the highlights and included them here....





Feren in front of Clarence Buckingham Memorial Fountain


Roho in front of the fountain


"Chicago works out..." We didn't know what it means, either.


Chicago skyline from the lake


Patrick, our gracious host


Roho, thoughtful


A nice shot of the end of Navy Pier


The "Windy," an immense tourist sailboat


Patrick acting like a fountain


A boat with a helicopter on board


Feren on a raft with the skyline behind him


Roho making waves


Feren with beer and a skyline


Feren, Roho and a lighthouse


Feren at the helm


Awesome architecture



Life's a journey - not a destination

Comments

[gen.livejournal.com]

You don't look like you're wearing pants in the picture on the raft, you know.

[jdm314.livejournal.com]

Wait a sec, you were at Buckingham Fountain and you didn't say hi? :P

[spoothbrush.livejournal.com]

That fountain makes me think of cake.

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[feren.livejournal.com]

Well of course I look like I'm not wearing pants in that photo! I'm not!




.... I'm wearing swim trunks.

[feren.livejournal.com]

We were, originally, on a very compressed time schedule. Of course that schedule was shot to hell when we spent two hours waiting at the Tender Service for the boat owner and his friend to show up.

[feren.livejournal.com]

It makes me think of Al Bundy, and toilets.