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August 1, 2006
Blood, Guts, Adobe, & Octane
A fair bit of what I post here is somewhat tangential to Adobe, but this time the subject is literally, physically tangential to the company--or just about. Sunday saw the second annual running of the San José Grand Prix and featured Champ cars screaming past our downtown HQ at a buck 80, rattling windows, dental work, and everything else with their 750hp turbocharged engines.
I walked around the building with my Rebel XT, and though no one from SI is going to fear for his or her job, I came away with a handful of shots I liked. My 17-85mm glass left me thinking--to paraphrase Roy Scheider in Jaws--"We're gonna need a bigger lens." Note to self: sell left kidney, do more curls, and then step up to a suitable monstrosity. You can see more images courtesy of Adobe engineer Winston Hendrickson and his 300mm lens. [Update: Craig Schamp, also part of Adobe engineering, used Lightroom to produce this gallery.]
By the way, a word to the wise: If you ever find yourself spinning out in a Grand Prix, then attempting to re-enter the race & getting T-boned, do not try to punch the other dude while he's still wearing his helmet. Watching all this transpire down below, someone remarked, "We went to a car race and a hockey game broke out!"
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panning John, panning
[Learning, man--learning! ;-) --J.]
At the Experimental Aircraft Association show in Oshkosh, Canon was loaning (to anyone with a credit card and driver's license) cameras and lenses. Don't bother with the long glass -- that's what everyone uses -- try the Canon 10-22mm zoom and take a stroll through the pits.
Up close and personal. Real personal.