Jan 13, 2008
One of my favorite Dune Buggies is this purpose built beach diving buggy. They load the tanks and dive gear onto the roof rack and they're off in comfort to the beach. The construction is plywood, fiberglass and tin.
We handed out some more metal this week, congrats Ryan.
Should have had this for last weeks view of the car ferry at dock-side. Here it is at night.
I climbed over onto the neighbors roof for this next look because their place fronts right on the street. Across the street they have finished the condo's wall, buried the electrical and phone conduits and made new water and sewer connections. I hope they get the sidewalks and street done while I'm here.
They say there is no middle class in Mexico and I guess these two panoramas of the town's cemetery says it all. I'm standing in a gateway between the two halves of the cemetery. First looking South, then turning around and looking North.
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That maroon trimmed mausoleum on the right appears to be the oldest at 1921.
Next day's lunch at the Mission Grill was Squash soup followed by a plate of short ribs. They should be charging extra for the garlic toast (Pan Ajo) but never do. It's getting to the point that the cook just puts the bread on the grill when I come in.
Walking up the hill from my place towards the sea-front I noticed a new hole in the street. There appears to be a 12' diameter cement pipe running down the center of the street carrying potable water to the neighborhood. The plumber in the hole is just finishing up tapping into the pipe with a saddle strap holding a brass ball valve for a local hook-up. He opened the valve a bit for the picture.
There is a new hotel on the sea-front that has a Porpoise pool for the guests entertainment. This is the Palapa next to the pool with a great sea view too. It's easy to pity the animals confinement but if released they'd often just hang around wanting to be fed and have some play time with the trainers.
So, what's the deal with the icicle fringe to the Palapa roof above? The 'pickup chip' in my camera is much like film in that there is a range of light intensity that it can record. More light or less beyond this range is just not recorded. It is white or black with no detail. There is an adjustable opening behind the lens that allows more or less light to pass through to the sensor/film called the aperture. There is also a gate that can be opened and closed for different periods of time called the shutter. Most modern cameras measure the intensity of the scene's light and automatically adjusts the aperture size and shutter speed to allow the appropriate 'volume' of light to expose the chip/film. In the picture above the light intensity of the ocean scene was much different than up under the Palapa roof and way beyond the range (latitude) of my camera's pickup chip. Sooooo. I took two pictures. Each exposed for the two different lighting situations. I then combined the two pictures in an image editing program called Photoshop 'Elements'. I used the same editing technique for the 'plumber in the hole' picture before. That icicle fringe above was the boundary between the two different exposures. Had I been willing to take more time I could have eliminated that fringe but I'm on vacation, so what the hell.
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There is bronze statue on the sea-front depicting an underwater scene, with divers.
Its an interesting work because of the accurate detail that's revealed as you get closer and closer.
Need I point out that it also makes a great frame for this week's closing sunset.
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