After a few years of not going to any open house events, we had a few we wanted to visit this year. As usual we had zero luck in any of the big attraction ballots. Then the weather hit. Basically yesterday (Saturday) and today were just too hot to wander around London. Yesterday we visited …
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PULP at Finsbury Park
Nearly two hours of music from Jarvis and co, not quite the entirety of Different Class, but close, with a few newer tracks and a couple of older ones too. Excellent fun. And we found out which of the neighboring fans lost their virginity to Sorted for Es and Wizz.
Vermeer
27 of the 37 universally recognised Vermeer paintings on display in one place, for the first time. Tickets have been impossible to get for months. Luckily, my Icom card got me in. Stunning painting, I’d be very happy if I could take photos half as good as some of the paintings on display. Your chances …
Ray Edwards
My dear friend Ray died yesterday.
Focus Stacking
I’ve been playing on-and-off with a NSI Macro Focusing Rail, for taking extended depth of field macro photographs. The focus rail mounts between your tripod and the camera to allow very precise movements of the camera, with the focus locked. You move the focus plane across the object bing photographed, taking multiple images, each with …