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IMG_1995.JPG, originally uploaded by minhi.

If you browse through my flickr pool, you’ll notice that i take a lot of pictures based on perspective. I could not get close enough to take a picture of this little statue up close, but from below it becomes interesting, it actually looks like the statue is holding up the tower.

If i could do it again I would have been more careful with the foreground focus issue, i think it’s a little distracting being too out of focus.

As an FYI (nearly) all of my pictures are taken with a Canon Powershot G3–which is 4 years old and “only” 4 megapixel. 4×5 prints are fine and for the web it’s more then adequate. That said I’m still shopping for a DSLR 🙂

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IMG_2180.JPG, originally uploaded by minhi.

I have to admit that I did not mean to take this picture. When I took it, i didn’t realize it would be this interesting. i just wanted to take some pictures at dusk with the sun fading behind the island. It was dumb luck, i think the bright sun tricked the camera into a much higher shutter speed (1/2000) which made everything in the foreground extra dark. I also think there is something wrong with my camera where the color balance skews toward blue, maybe it’s the shutter speed, maybe it’s a defect in the camera (if you look at my flickr site, the picture after this one is orange and more correct to me).

Whatever the reason, it captured a really dramatic picture, the way everything is pitch black is great contrast to the pure white sun. Too bad i didn’t do this on purpose, i just wanted to get a cool picture of the sun setting, but i guess that’s part of taking pictures, following your gut even if you don’t know why.

Woohoo, was able to move to wordpress on a dedicated server! thanks jt! Now that i’m no longer under the thumb of wordpress or google maybe i will post more often 🙂 !

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Here’s a shot of the lumbar area, it’s the little curve in at the bottom. It must be for weight distribution because it reduces the size of the bag by a lot. You can buy strap on bags that clip into this area to give your more storage and external access to things.

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Originally uploaded by minhi.

here’s the bottom or back side of the bag. I think the newer versions don’t have the orange padding (it’s black). I kind of like the orange, you can’t really see it once you wear the bag.

As you can see there is plenty of padding in the lower back. Surpringly the straps are not that padded, there are a few hook points and straps to clip things like bottles or strap on accessries on the straps.

I think they have a new accessory that lifts the bag off your back to allow for more ventilation. I can see that as a benefit in the summer when it’s hot.

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Originally uploaded by minhi.

Here’s a profile to give you an idea of the shape, notice the hookpoint on the side. There’s a number of them on the bag to allow for stretchy cord like i have here or to use the net sold by boblbee to strap down things like jackets, helmets, shoes etc.

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Originally uploaded by minhi.

tighter shot of the included extras, the bag is pretty basic, basically for dirty clothes. The cell phone case is too big for most cell phones but works ok clipped to the shoulder belts. The waist strap works pretty well–boblbee sell a padded one with extra hooks (to clip things on) but i don’t think it’s needed.

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Originally uploaded by minhi.

here’s a shot of the bag with my ibook. The ibook is inside a north face laptop sleeve. I’m not sure i would do this normally, i have a neoprene case for the ibook and i think that’s plenty of protection. but gives you an idea of the volume. This picture is a little misleading because there is some expansion between the outershell and the back of the bag–sort of like an accordion, so you can stuff the bag a little bit.