Destination Unknown

20 years ago, I started a second career as a motorcycle journalist, and I’ve been lucky enough to see many of the beautiful places in the world and publishing stories and photos of my adventures. I’ve started documenting my bicycle adventures in a similar fashion, and will be sharing those stories here. Please join me.

“The idea is to die young as late as possible

Ashley Montagu

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  • #1583 (Nikon 1 V1)

    #1583 (Nikon 1 V1), a photo by john m flores on Flickr. I’ve got to be honest with myself, this isn’t much of a photo. I took it because this building kind of looks like a home floating in the sky. And it was late and we had a long drive home so I didn’t…


  • Heading out to watch some tennis. Paranoid about being denied entry because of a big lens, so I’m going the other way ’round. Got the Nikon 1 V1 with the 10mm f/2.8 prime as well as the 30-110mm zoom. Hope to take advantage of the fast AF and high FPS to take some good photos.…


  • Heading out to watch some tennis. Paranoid about being denied entry because of a big lens, so I’m going the other way ’round. Got the Nikon 1 V1 with the 10mm f/2.8 prime as well as the 30-110mm zoom. Hope to take advantage of the fast AF and high FPS to take some good photos.…


  • For Photokina: new Nikon 1 18.5mm f/1.8 mirrorless lens | Nikon Rumors

    For Photokina: new Nikon 1 18.5mm f/1.8 mirrorless lens | Nikon Rumors: Sweet Mother of Pearl Inlay, looks like my prayers shall be answered! ‘via Blog this’


  • My wife, as rendered by the Pentax Q with the 01 Standard Prime @ 1/60s, f/1.9, ISO5000. And yes, that is ISO5000. It’s been NRed, but it really didn’t need all that much, as the primary subject, the paper cup, was comparatively well exposed.


  • Tiger, take 2 (Nikon v. Panasonic)

    Here are two tigers for you investigation. Actually, it’s one tiger, photographed twice, to compare two camera systems. My photo above was taken with the Nikon 1 V1 with the 30-110mm zoom @ 110mm (297mm eq), 1/125s, F6.3, ISO640. And here’s my wife’s photo with the Panasonic GH2 with 100-300mm zoo @ 100mm (200mm eq), 1/640, F5.6,…


  • fluffy, a photo by indri500 on Flickr. So my wife used the Panasonic GH2 with the 100-300 lens for most of our time at the Bronx Zoo, and looking at her photos now she got some real gems. The Panasonic kit was significantly larger and more expensive than the Nikon 1 V1 kit I had…


  • Alex gets pushed two stops but he really doesn’t mind., a photo by john m flores on Flickr.Alex is a little more exlusive than Nate is when it comes having his picture taken. It’s not like he doesn’t like it; after all he’s a cat and doesn’t even know what a photo is. But he’s…


  • Started another blog today – CheapCams.Blogspot.com. The emphasis will be on inexpensive cameras that are capable of taking good pictures. This includes new camera, used cameras, special deals, etc. It’s not just a deal site though – there are plenty of those out there. I hope this becomes a place that people who want to…


  • Playing with the Pentax Q and 03 Fish Eye. This is a manual focus lens and a challenging one to focus with at that. But in this situation, with a cat on my lap demanding attention and the Q in my other hand, I found it easier to move the camera back and forth until…