Photography

NEC Bike Show 2008: a source of optimism

The NEC Bike Show provided an interesting, if expensive, hour and a half’s entertainment this morning. It was busy despite the downturn and despite it being Wednesday: people are still looking for a dream. The atmosphere was deliciously politically incorrect, with preposterous bikes and no shortage of models in lycra[1].  […]

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A tandem skydive at Lillo, Spain

Tandem at Lillo, Spain, originally uploaded by stevenjbaker. Using a stabilized 70-300 mm lens on the ground, I captured most of a tandem jump from exit at 13,000 feet, through parachute deployment, to the approach. Follow the link from either photo for more. Aggressive cropping was required for the higher-altitude […]

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