HOG'sToy Run

I never realized there were so many bikers in Prince George, must have been close to a thousand at this years toy run.  Here are some of the folks I know and the bikes....

Storm Trooper Pentax

This week Pentax introduced their newest entry level camera, the K-x.  This is a very well specked out camera despite the target market of first time DSLR buyers.  It has several unique features, but the one that is most obvious is colours.

The K-M (or K2000 as it was called in the U.S.), which the K-x resembles physically, had a short run of white models that came to be known as the "Storm Trooper" model - anyone who has seen Star Wars can relate to that. Well, those sold out in a flash and further research showed that, the ladies in particular, liked the colour models.  So here we are, red, white and (navy) blue in addition to the standard black.  In Japan, you can order this in any of hundreds of colours and chose separate grip colors also.  I will stick to standard black, thank you!

Harleys and Water Lillies

A friend of mine wanted some informal portraits of himself so I stopped over at his place and shot a few frames over a couple of beers. He is a member of the Harley Owners Club and so of course there were a few shots of him on his bike. Right after that my neighbor said a couple of water lilies in her pond were in bloom, and since I hadn't got any shots of those this year I went over there and took a few frames. The subjects are incongruous, but so goes the way of an amateur photographer.

Still blooming

I was heading to the office (I know it's Saturday) and Faye was heading to the lake to pick blueberries, her parting words were "get a picture of those white lilies. So I did! While I was at it I took a few shots of some of the other flora that are still blooming in mid September.

Seeing Red

I was heading out to Connaught Park this morning to create some images with a lens I am selling (the potential buyer wanted samples) and as I was leaving, camera gear in hand, Faye instructs me to get a picture of her red begonia. So I did ...and kept going with the red motif.

The Amur Maple leaves are still green, but their seed pods are showing red and the Dahlia is still in full bloom. Unfortunately, the slugs and insects have had their feed on the petals and this is quite apparent on close examination. I am planning to produce a photo book of the flowers from Faye's garden and this would have made a nice addition but for the damage from the slugs.