On Sunday afternoon, I took a nice long bicycle ride to Saratoga to visit a friend's "Meet the Artist" event. Getting there was definitely half the fun … Saratoga is at 500' elevation relative to Santa Clara—an uphill climb all the way, the last third pretty steep as you get into the foothills of the Santa Cruz Mountain. But worth it: It was good to see Larry in person again and enjoy his photographs.
I snapped a portrait while there with my Polaroid… didn't want to use flash so it's not as sharp as it might be (and a little warm due to the color of the interior light), but I like the feel of it more than what flash does in a portrait: https://flic.kr/p/23SsjfD I particularly liked the group of photos that Larry had printed onto metal: They have very intense color and depth, they pop like good Cibachrome prints did back in the day. A starscape made up in Shasta county printed this way was really beautiful, as were several of the still life photos. Very nice work, Larry! The ride home, of course, went MUCH faster with all that downhill … makes me giggle to sit there in top gear spinning lightly at 95 rpm while the cycle is flying down the road at 23 mph. No effort at all! Returning to the flat of the lower valley, spinning along at 75 to 80 rpm and cruising at about 15 mph seems almost a let down after that, but there was still fun to be had in navigating the complex pedestrian crossing over Interstate 280 on the homeward route. 21 miles, 2 hours and 15 minutes riding time, 500' elevation change, 1500 calories burned… Yes, it was time for water and food when I got home! :) enjoy! G — No matter where you go, there you are. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
