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Half Growler (Saturday) photos are here.

Full Growler (Sunday) photos are here.

You can search for your race number to see what photos you are featured in. The search will look in all galleries so you may see photos of someone racing the other day with your same number. If you don't want to see that, add the word half or full to your search depending on which race you did.

Great job to everyone who raced or who was involved in putting it on!

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It was a tough race this year with some difficult conditions. Congratulations to all the racers and thanks to the volunteers.
I have a ton of photos to post and will update here when they are ready in a day or two.

2012-05-30 Update: Half growler photos are now posted at my Zenfolio site. They are all tagged with bib numbers so you can search for your number to get just the shots of yourself quickly.

The Full growler is all tagged and is in the process of uploading now. I'll have a link to those up here probably tonight.

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It was a really cool experience to be able to view tonight's eclipse with my son. When I was about his age I saw one at school and have been fascinated by them since.
For the sun shot I used my Pentax K-x with a vintage Pentax-M 100mm Macro on a Vivitar 2x Tele Converter. The lens choice was dictated by my 10 stop ND Filter being 49mm and that lens is my longest that takes a 49mm filter. I also put a circular polarizer on to reduce the light just a bit more and set up on a tripod. I'm going to try and be better prepared for the Venus transit on June 5th. I have some solar filter material on order and will be building a mount to put it over my Pentax A* 300mm f/4 which I will probably also put on that Vivitar 2x TC for an effective 600mm lens.

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The people shots were done with my Pentax K-5 and Pentax DA 15mm Limited hand held. That 15mm is just a wonderful lens to use. Many of my personal favorite photos have been shot with it.

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May 1206

Super Moon

 

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Challenging light conditions tonight but a fantastic moon. This was taken at Hartman Rocks. Dynamic range was fully utilized!

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