12/30/10 3:00 PM
Don pulls the pin after disconnecting the towbar
on the taxiway behind Delta freight
12/30/10 2:11 PM
Waiting for de-icing so I can push my second 767,
having pushed my first, 3 hours earlier.
I adjusted the mirror for self-portrait action in these photos.
12/20/10 • 10:21 PM
Mom took this shot of me shooting the photos below —
her idea.
She did a great job hand-holding the 1.3 second exposure,
which was my fault.
I handed her the LX5, only conservatively increasing the ISO,
which is my style.
But I should have opened the aperture all the way up too,
utilizing its f/2.0 capability.
[For really observant camera buffs,
I’m not using the tripod collar because I loaned this lens to a friend
who doesn’t have a RRS quick release mount,
and I hadn’t screwed back on the adapter.
It wasn’t necessary, though.
Perhaps it was the extreme angle.
The 5D2 was rock steady
even with the extenders.]
12/20/10 • 10:00 PM
About 15 minutes into the lunar eclipse
12/20/10 • 10:41 PM
About an hour into the eclipse,
here it is nearly full.
We’re looking at the moon almost entirely shadowed by the Earth!
I had thought that the red color was mostly from the streetlight-lit clouds that rolled in,
but Rich commented below on how this is how it appeared even cloudless,
which I see is the case in these photos.
Perhaps even though the moon wasn’t throwing much light,
it was still reddening the clouds, along with the city’s light pollution,
which is generally more yellow/orange than red.
The clouds are a main reason for this photo’s lack of sharpness.
But this is also a much longer exposure,
as the moon is much darker,
so the movement of the moon blurs the photo even more.
I don’t have a motorized tracker gizmo
as Alaska isn’t a great place to view celestial bodies in the heavens,
being too low in elevation, among other things.
In hindsight, I probably could have totally avoided the clouds
shooting instead near Flattop Mountain —
getting an interesting landscape shot up there as well,
but the forecast was clouds,
so I was surprised to even see the moon at all.
And I didn’t know this would be such a long event,
taking over 2 hours —
much different than a solar eclipse.
Related:
Some did shoot the moon from Flattop’s base
12/18/10
Inside the cover reads:
____ __, 1974
To Jeff on your
17th birthday with
Love Mom & Dad
* * *
The sticker was put on in the ’70s too.
See the heart in the ‘o’ in God?
* * *
In Acts, reading on my own
how full of joy Paul and Silas handled their imprisonment,
it was in this book I was convinced Christianity is the true religion.
And by reading this book in high school
was when I dedicated my life to Him.
Though I loved the NIV’s readability,
and I discovered Life through it,
I don’t really consider the NIV a real Bible anymore.
It’s dangerous, and is misleading many
because of the numerous texts they changed and/or deleted,
like Romans 8:1b!
Thankfully, they didn’t change Hebrews 10:26-39
which I found as a senior,
trying to see if eternal security was valid or not.
“Hebrews 10:26” was my theme song during my last year in high school,
and Hebrews 10:26-39 is one of the cornerstones in my
Who-Goes-To-Heaven Scriptures — Narrow is the Way |
Who are the Children of God?
article that has been posted for almost a year.
But I couldn’t have written it
had I used Rupert Murdoch’s NIV.
I’m offering $6,000 to anyone who can refute it.
And no one can.
This single doctrine may be the key to us
seeing the 3rd Great Awakening happen before our eyes
here in Anchorage.
I love this book because of how it affected my life.
but it’s really diabolical,
and has destroyed the lives of many.
I recommend reading Textus Receptus based translations
like the NKJV or the Word English Bible,
which is what I use mostly online,
because it’s royalty free,
unlike the NKJV.
: )
Related:
And this is a great NKJV audio Bible:
The King James (KJV) is also accurate, but it’s unnecessarily hard to read, now that we have faithful modern versions. I have only found a few problematic inaccuracies in the NKJV. The World English Bible is also excellent.
Power to the peaceful!
We can’t take ourselves too seriously
10/16/10
Bird Bath Ice
(LX5 hand-held)
I’m in the mirror
10/12/10
REI Anchorage
I’ve been really enjoying the almost barefoot experience this summer.
9/27/10
Cathy Giessel for State Senate
Cathy and Rich allowed me to live with their family
for a some months two decades ago.
5/8/10 – 6:30 am
I taylorized this shadow of me in the Taylor,
projected onto the taxiway’s gravelly support wall
.
What follows is the non-taylorized version
5/8/10
I taylorized this shadow of me in the Taylor.
I’m almost done with the Cargo’s Last Stand project
12/30/09
I have only a few photos left to post;
though, the red wall is still intact
(as far as I know).
It may get some more action.
I still need to shoot Miguel, at least.
And we still have the move to the old freight building.
We’ll see.
12/30/09
Don, Bob ‘Pineapple,’ Jeff
12/21/09 – 9 am – F-7 (facing south)
Waiting
to hear “clear to push” from the captain
.
Lynn waits
for the headset-disconnect signal
during engine-start
on what was my last push
Tech info:
This is a good color temperature example. Notice how compartment 43 is white, while the same color panels further forward are much warmer. COMP 43 is illuminated mostly by daylight, which is a colder color temperature than the incandescent lights that light the inner belly.
Also, the extreme wide-angle lens distorts my face and especially my head, being at the edge of the photo. But Caesar, in the center, is mostly perspectively balanced.
12/27/09
Lower Deck Aft Bin
Being tall has its disadvantages
Sunday — December 27 — 3 PM
I came in on my day off, Cargo’s-Last-Stand Eve. This, the last freighter was scheduled to leave the following morning. This was my last chance to take some photos of the group and of this airplane before it would be turned into scrap aluminum. Most of the other freighters are sitting in the desert.
I asked the afternoon shift crew if they would also like to be photographed in the engine. Caesar was the only volunteer.
With the plane facing directly south, and just a few days after winter solstice (our shortest day, the sun setting to the SW), the the lighting was perfect. We took 8 shots in less than 5 minutes. What an opportunity!
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12/27/09
12/27/09
12/25/09
Thanks to everybody for tuning in.
Lots of more Cargo’s Last Stand photos coming.
I’m putting a lot of TLC into this.
Each photo is hand-crafted from RAW.
Most have been shot with the little Canon G10 and G11,
but many of these last photos are shot with Canon’s 5D Mark II.
And I just got better noise reduction software
so the G11 photos shot in low light will pop!
Thanks for the memories!
Jeff Fenske : )
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12/27/09 – last freighter!
The Champions!
Paul, Lynn & John
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Finger Pointing
Lynn <— —> Paul
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Windmill
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All Hands on Deck
Lynn gives me an extra set
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Lynn
Three photos below:
– –
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3/07
With Daniel Rodes at Alyeska : )
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Mom, Esther and Daniel Rodes at Alyeska
11/04
I’m laying on my back,
shooting the photo straight up,
adding another Jeffrey Pine into the mix.
They really are called Jeffrey Pines.
11/04
Mom and myself with Dr. Stanley and Barbara Monteith
in their home above Santa Cruz
after a long weekend for Dr. Stan,
the 2004 Radio Liberty Conference
Related:
11/04
I’m standing at the entrance to Bohemian Grove,
a secret society where our ‘conservative’ leaders ‘worship[ed]’:
both President George Bushes
and President Reagan
in front of the 30-foot stone owl
during the Cremation of Care ‘mock’ human sacrifice.
There is no way I would infiltrate.
And incidentally, this was off-season.
Staying nearby in Petaluma,
I just had to see the entrance.
12/17/09
An NWA freighter on F-2,
myself,
an LD3 container
It’s all coming down on top of us.
Yet we can be more than conquerors
if we Love the Lord, our God with ALL of our heart,
soul,
mind,
and strength,
and our neighbors as ourselves —
no matter what comes down!!!
“It’s going to be ugly.”
9/19/09
Self-portrait, hand-held
(NOT Photoshopped)
9/18/09
Self-portrait, handheld
Base of a Redwood rising >350 feet heavenward
Northern California
Self-portrait
4/29/09
Glory!
Related (though not the same tree):
9/18/09
Hand-held self-portrait
Distortion thanks to the widest of wide-angle lenses
© Jeff Fenske
Above Winner Creek
(super-wide-angle lens)
© Jeff Fenske
Self-portrait, 9/12/09
The convex shape of the mirror gives this somewhat distorted view
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