Project 48: June 2011

Tuesday, June 28, 2011

Week 10 - Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket

This week I had the opportunity to spend 3 days on Nantucket, fishing in the Martha's Vineyard Surfcasters vs. Nantucket Anglers Club. The tournament pairs a MV fisherman with a Nantucket fisherman and you stay at that person's house and fish with that person. Each year the location switches. This year it was Nantucket. It is the second year I've participated and I've had a great time and made a bunch of new friends. We lost the cup this year but it didn't matter - it was great fishing, great food, and great fun.

Day 70/June 25 - Miacomet Surfcasters

Just after arriving on Friday, prior to the start of the weekend-long 2011 Nantucket Anglers Club vs. Martha's Vineyard Surfcasters tournament, Peter Sliwkowski, mimicing Nathan Horton of the Bruins, poured "Martha's Vineyard water" into Nantucket Harbor. Unlike the Bruins, however, we did not win the cup! Nantucket beat us this year, catching over 30lbs more fish than the Vineyarders.

Day 69/June 24 - Boston Bruins "Good Luck Charm" Fails Vineyard Anglers

Day 68/June 23 - Steamship Mooring Rope

It rained hard all day on June 22nd. While not one of my better photos, I liked how you can see the rain streaks above the flowers, almost matching the lines of the thin flower stalks. After seeing these rain streaks when looking at the photo on the computer, I wish I had taken many more shots at varying slow shutter speeds.

Day 67/June 22 - Rain Falls on Lychnis Flowers

Day 66/June 21 - Looking Up

While leaving Martha's Vineyard on the Ferry, I spotted this huge yacht docked near just past The Black Dog restaurant. There was something about being in the bowels of a big ship peaking out at a luxury yacht that made me choose this shot as my photo of the day. Incidently, this yacht, a 170+ foot super yacht called "Quantum of Solace", is for sale for $24.5 million.

Day 65/June 20 - Leaving Paradise

While waiting for the Chappaquiddick "On Time" Ferry to return me to Edgartown, I pulled out my wide-angle lens and took this photo. I'm still learning this lens, and can't wait to try it out on the Gay Head Cliffs later this summer.

Day 64/June 19 - Chappy Point

Tuesday, June 21, 2011

Week 9 - Nikon D7000

I got a new camera! A Nikon D7000 as an anniversary gift from my (great) wife! This week was my transition from the Nikon D80 to the D7000. The D7000 has a lot of new features to learn (focus area settings in particular) and supposedly much better pictures in low light (better high ISO noise reduction). So I'm going through a mini-re-learning process with the camera.

Here's this week's photos:

I never realized, until June 18th 2011, that Chappy apparently has a UPS office. Here it is, along with a customer picking up a package inside. There are even "office hours" posted on the door. The UPS office is conveniently located next to a porta-potty and a few abandon cars (not seen in this photo, thankfully). While not one of my best photos of this day, I couldn't resist making it my Day 63 photo.

Day 63/June 18 - The Chappaquiddick UPS Office

Day 62/June 17 - Fresh Picked Morning Glory Farm Strawberries

Day 61/June 16 - Turn To Clear Vision #2

Day 60/June 15 - Clematis Flowering Vine

Day 59/June 14 - Hydrangea Buds

Day 58/June 13 - Bob's Pizza, Vineyard Haven

Day 57/June 12 - "In The Woods" Shop, Edgartown

Tuesday, June 14, 2011

Week 8 - Flowers and Fish

Taking pictures of flowers isn't my passion. The thing is, I like to take outdoor photos, and I like pictures with different color. All green tree/grass photos are boring. And I haven't gotten into portraits (yet). Sometimes I wish I lived in a city so that I could take city pictures, but then that feeling quickly passes a nano-second later. I'd love to take all photos of fish - but that would probably get tiresome (no, not really). Anyway, here's this week's 7 photos. Thanks for viewing.