Is the summer finally here? At least we thought so last Wednesday, sun was shining and the gravel was swept of the roads in Slottsskogen. That means, it was time for the first longboard gathering for the season! With about only three degrees Celsius in the air it was fairly cold. And without BBQ or beer the body temperature went quite low as well, but we managed to ride the slopes anyhow. Pictures are available in McB’s gallery.

One thing I’ve realized during these days with my Tunnel Comp is that it lacks the surf feeling that I’m after. My old Sector9 CR5 (CR2b) had a damn sweet carve (but is to short and soft for me), but the Tunnel Comp feels more like a stable downhill board. Nothing wrong with a wide, stable board, but it’s not what I want as a everyday board. So I decided that I needed something with the longboard and surf feeling to it. Something long. Something about 47.75 inch long. Something with a pintail. The classic Sector9 Pintail! In my case, with the Robb Havassy panting “420″ at its belly.

The Sector9 Pintail is as classic as a longboard can be, its shape, its length, its narrow width, and I felt at home on it immediately. Walking in at the post office after school, unpacking it at once and test riding it home. I loved it at once. Even though it’s longer then all other boards I’m used to, it handles well. Hopefully I’ll be satisfied now and stop spending money on new boards for a while…

To sum up this post, if the weather is nice, and not to cold, come visit us any Wednesday in Slottsskogen Gothenburg! You can’t miss 10 to 20 people on boards, with loud music having a BBQ in the main street of the park… Push, don’t pollute, and spread the stoke.

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Got some more photography done tonight, but this time in HDR!

The images are composed from three shots each, taken with a Nikon D70s at 6, 15 and 30 seconds exposure, ISO 200 and a 13F shutter. For a first try I must say I like the result as it is, but I’m not totally happy… More trial and error in this field for me I guess.

At the second image you “might” see some pink barbwire, looks a tad strange I must say. ;D

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I got a nice thing in the mail today… Something new for the camera… Something I need to get fancy pictures in bad light, or at night. Now I only lack a tripod too…

Inspired by McB, I felt the need for a proper flash myself. So I went ahead and bought the same flash as he (but for Nikon, of course). The flash is a pretty cheap thing, known as DÖRR DAF40, but has given me a solid impression when using it. I will hopefully get to use the flash during the GÖSTA fair later this week as well, as we are going there semi-official with Camera Obscüra…

And just for show, this is how it looks at Kim’s analog Nikon FM2:

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In other news, a new gallery is up since yesterday, called “Saturday night fever” and contains several pictures from last Saturday. We were out for around 11 hours to get a bunch of nice pictures. Feel free to take a peak as usual.

So, McB and I took a trip this sunny Wednesday out to Nya varvet to shoot some pictures. Out there we found everything from old cannons (57mm M/89B) to rusty paint buckets, as well as various ships and boats.

Later, during the evening, we took a walk through Mölndal as well, trying to snap some nice night photos of the waterfalls in the stream. Long shutter time, around 10s, and a steady stand for the camera, were the recipe for the night.

I uploaded some of the pictures from both events to my photo corner, take a look if you want to… And if you find anything you like, that you want in higher resolution, don’t hesitate to ask. Remember, the pictures are all in (CC) by-nc-sa.

It’s been a while since last time I bought any fun gadget to myself. Sure, the xbox360 might count, but that is not entirely mine, or at least not used only by me. For a while now I’ve been thinking about buying a MP3-player, or a headset/hands free for my cellphone so I could use the built in MP3-player and radio there. Since I think it’s quite dull riding the bus every morning without anything fun to listen at.

Other things in my gadget wanting mind has been things like a new camera, to exchange that old Nikon D70 would be nice, but a bit on the expensive end. At least I need a decent flash for it… And Apple, those bastards, released updated versions of the iMac and Mini that I of course want to have on my desk. A new desktop at home would be really sweet, the one I got today is an old AMD Athlon 1.3GHz, not that fun. But also that is a tad too expensive right now.

So, after searching the net for a while, mostly for headsets for my old phone, I ended up buying a new cellphone, just like that. The Sony Ericsson Walkman W302. It’s damn light, the camera is quite crap as always and so on. The better things are that stereo headset as well as a fairly large memory card were included. So now I have music while on the bus again, for the first time in three years I think. I feel a bit nostalgic owning a Walkman once again, must be around 15 years since last time…

Well, we will see how long this cheap phone lasts, until I “have” to buy myself an iPhone or anything similar…

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