Out on the line

An in-focus view of the “Brownwood” artificial wetland that’s just east of Powell Butte along the Portland Traction trail. It’s amazing how much better screw-mount lenses work after I sawed the extension tube off the m42 to k-mount adaptor I’m using.

(And, as an aside, I must be getting into better shape. When I started riding my bicycle earlier this summer it would take me 1h45 to go the 19.5 miles from home to this spot and return; today it took me 1h21 ( ~14.5 mph including cooling my heels at stoplights and stopsigns; ~15mph when I was actually moving, including one half-mile uphill(!) sprint at 26mph) and I didn’t immediately fall over dead when I walked into the house. If it wasn’t for the teeny detail that it would take many more hours to do it, I’d be tempted to push my daily ride out to 40-50 miles so I could be in shape to do some of the ridiculously long-haul rides that the local bike clubs will be putting on next summer.)

This Space for Rent

Out on the line