Ara'Kus Photo series 4

Ara'kus - Third Series

This is a few more of the classical guitar solo during the Ara'Kus concert.

Ara'Kus - Black & White

Here is the black and white series that I took during the Ara'Kus concert friday.  Awesome concert.  My son was apprehensive - not his type of music (mine) - but he really enjoyed it - particularly the sword fighting. (click on a photo for a larger version - easier to view).

Ara'Kus Concert - November 9th, 2012

"Aeterno Elementum" by Ara'Kus at the historic Everett Theatre on November 9th, 2012.    This photograph is of Randy Haines, founding member and my guitar teacher, performing a Classical guitar solo during the first Act.

Arlington Football Game

Attended the annual Arlington-Stanwood football game.   Exciting and fast paced game.    Arlington dominated scoring 5 touch downs within the first 12 minutes.     The game ended with Stanwood not putting any points on the scoreboard.   Final was 60 to 0.

by Campfire

Another photograph taken with my Nikon D800.  This was taken at ISO 1600, f3.8 with a shutter speed of 1/20s.    Noise levels are beyond acceptable.  No complaints here.

Spider Meadow - Nighttime Photograph

So this is my first star shot using my new Nikon D800 camera.  The lens I chose is an inexpensive Tamron 28-200mm telephoto that I take on backpacking trips.   Although it is not as fast as my Nikon f2.8, it is significantly lighter - a necessity on a trip like this.    The focal length was set at 28mm, f/5.6 and exposed for 30 seconds at ISO 1600.   I used a rock to set my camera on as I didn't backpack with a tripod this time.   The noise level for this camera is amazing - very difficult to distinguish compared to my D300 which would have been extremely grainy above ISO 1200.

The moon had not yet crested the peaks, but its' light illuminated the land scape nicely.   Next time I'll bring a tripod and my shutter release so that I can take some longer timed exposures.  

Rapsody 2012 #2

Here is Raquel just prior to crossing the Narrows Bridge in Tacoma taken with my Nikon D800.   This is about 4 miles into the Rapsody bike ride and the first real milestone of the day.   Next stop is the town of Manchester.

Rapsody 2012

This photograph was taken with my new Nikon D800 on the Manchester waterfront during the Rapsody 2012 bike ride.

Orcas Island