Always nice to get lost in the riding. Difficult here at the moment because it's so cold and dark.
I never thought of using the iphone as a meter - which app do you use? Bob > On 9 Jan 2019, at 15:23, Godfrey DiGiorgi <godfreydigio...@me.com> wrote: > > Monday's bicycle ride... > > At Hanchett Park - San Jose 2019: https://flic.kr/p/2e32Pts > > I was definitely in a "just want to ride and ride" kind of mood. I carried > one of my Polaroid cameras but didn't stop to make any photos. It was a "do > the usual loop" kind of day, and I did it fast and hard ... it felt great to > be breathing hard and working myself. I stopped finally at one of my local > cafe hangouts, said hi to a few of the regulars there that I know, and had > fun joking with the barista for a bit. > > The Polaroid camera I had with me is one of those that was custom modified by > a company in Hong Kong for manual exposure control. I'd loaded some faster > than normal film in it, used my iPhone as a light meter, and made a quick > snap of bicycle through the cafe window while I was sipping my coffee and > before the sun went down. > > By the time I left the cafe, the sun had been past the horizon by a half > hour, so I fitted my brighter headlight and set off towards home. I took the > slightly longer leg of the usual loop back, still enjoying pushing hard and > all the endorphins that pumped up. I've come to like riding in the twilight > hour a lot as long as the temperatures are comfortable, and it stayed dry all > the way back although I could smell the rain coming. > > It was a fine ride, all of it, and allowed me to get lost in the riding and > meditate freely. Perhaps today there'll be a window of opportunity again. > > Onwards! > > G > — > No matter where you go, go there on two wheels. > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
