Have you ever seen one of those large round fiberglass funnels that you put a penny in and watch it circle round and round as it constantly picks up speed until it finally drops out of sight never to be seen again? That's a lot like the way I have been feeling lately. I keep going down, down, down and I keep going faster and faster. There is just too much going on at this time of the year with holiday visits from family and friends, big changes at work (why do they always wait until the end of the year?) and not enough time for anything. So no matter how fast you go, it's almost impossible to overcome gravity as it pulls you down towards that dark opening. The exception to insurmountable gravity this week was the Space Shuttle, which had a successful launch the other day to carry tons of spare parts up to our orbiting space station.
I've been updating the www.insidetheviewfinder.com blog a little more often than this one and the two blogs are a bit out of sync at the moment. So rather than trying to replicate what is going on over there I'll just try doing my best to explain it here in a few short sentences (I hope).
I have been continuing to test the new RF-602 wireless flash triggers and yes, I am still waiting for a replacement transmitter for the defective one that I received with my original order. I was hopeful that it would show up today but it did not. I am also trying to get my hands on some Pixel TR-331 wireless flash triggers that promise some very interesting new features. There seem to be a lot of rumors and misinformation about these triggers already, so I'm going to hold off on any speculation until I can test them for myself and write a review about what I find out.
We have had rain here yesterday and today and lots of it. I went out to take photos today and it was basically a bust for what I had in mind. I only took one photo with the Brownie Hawkeye Flash that I converted to a pinhole camera. It's a fairly easy project that requires no special tools and extends the capabilities of the Brownie a lot.
As you can see from the previous posts, I have just completed my initial review of the Pelican 1510 Carry On equipment case for www.adventurecanoe.com but I'm not completely finished yet. I've still got some other options and configurations to try out and I'm hoping for a day of decent weather so I can get out in the canoe and use the Pelican to help me get some photos out on the river.
So I have a bunch of new stuff happening and not a lot of spare time to get to everything done that I need to. I'll bet a lot of you are in the same situation. Wish me luck.
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