I just got a set of Optek extension tubes which let normal lenses be used for macro photography. I wanted a subject and the new Space Hulk 3rd edition I recently got from my mom (thanks!) for my birthday has some of the best modeled miniatures I’ve ever seen. Hopefully I’ll be photographing them again after I get them all painted, assuming my painting won’t look too horrible this enlarged.
Macro Space Hulk!
Jun 3
What a fun hike! I ended up chasing Argon our dog through the woods, he insisted on leading. Becca and Peter follow us. Argon collected quite a bit of forest in his hair and was rather scared of the water crossings but always ended up braving them rather than being left behind. Along the hike we came across a pond with so much growth the surface looked a bit like a tennis court.
New Apartment
Jun 19
Work has begun!
Here’s the planned layout of the projector / main room setup, more pictures to be added as it goes.
My dad, wife and I.
Finally, it’s ready! Doesn’t it look pretty?
Highway 138 Accident
Dec 9
Making out way back from Willow Spring Raceway we witnessed the second half of a bizarre accident. A older lady in the ford SUV was heading east on the highway when she drifted across the oncoming lane and off the far shoulder of the road hitting a power line pole, breaking it, then rolling over and hitting another smaller support pole (seen in the photos wedged in the bumper)
The first power line pole she hit broke and as it, and the asociated powerlines fell across the road a fellow Willow Springs racer just ahead of us drove under the falling power line, his truck went under fine but as it fell the trailer he was pulling snaged the power line. The line almost cut the entire top of the trailer off.
The lady, bikes and fellow racer were unharmed. The Trailer and SUV are dead.
Elven Star Horse Show
Dec 9
Becca, Kristy and some pictures of a few others, from they’re October Jumping show. This was Becca’s first show on Prinz, the horse she raise from a colt.
September Race Photography
Sep 25
While I wasn’t racing Becca and I took the car up to the top of the track to take photos of Dad and Terrance, the other two racers in our carpool team. Terrance brought his old GS1100 out for the frist time.
Dirtbike Training
Sep 23
David and I rented a CRF150 for the girls to learn on. We brought my father’s old yamaha WR250 along as well and headed up to Hungry Valley. This was going to be Jacqui’s first time riding. Becca had been three times before but that was quite awhile ago on a much bigger bike, she was looking forward to the little bike. They both liked it but after a short trek on the paved feeder road both decided they liked paved roads better. A couple falls and brused knees but no serious injurries.
Aprilia RS250
Sep 22
After my first street bike, a 1991 EX500 blew it’s engine, I bought one of my dream bikes. It’s a 1997 Aprilia RS250, only had 4,000 miles on it when I got it in august 2007.
Specs
- 250cc two-cylinder
- 2-stroke engine
- 12,000 rpm redline
- 55 rwhpr
- 370 lbs (with fluids)
- 120+ mph
