Fujifilm 35mm Natura Black 24mm/F1.9 lens with Fujifilm Natura1600

Oamaru Wharf

Fujifilm 35mm Natura Black 24mm/F1.9 lens with Fujifilm Natura 1600

hey whatever works…
don’t judge!

My seagull sorting algorithm seems to be working!

Fake seagulls on the very left, real seagulls on the right…
inbetween are seagulls who have not taken their turing test yet.

Fujifilm 35mm Natura Black 24mm/F1.9 lens with Fujifilm Natura1600

Two new HISSandaROAR sound libraries release next week!

It’s kinda funny, while recording the machine in the photo above, at one point I realised I was recording 5 channel audio, along with sync video on my Canon 5D3, while also flying my drone capturing some wide shots! Multitasking FTW!

#Fujifilm_global Natura S #35mm
#fujinatura1600

We all have our weird little indulgences… aka a guilty pleasure
One of mine is youtube videos with ferocious engine sounds!

Feed my habit?

White Rock
Wairarapa East Coast

Shot with Fuji Natura S camera using Natura1600 35mm catridges reloaded with ILFORD HP5 400 to get Fuji Natura S #35mm camera into its special mode via the datacode…. Then pushed 2 stops when processing. Thank you to SPLENDID LAB for this magic!

via FS: Yellow Helium-Neon Laser and Power Supply

Unlike Japan if you want Shiso you cannot buy it in a supermarket, so the only way is to grow it! The first year I tried and failed – none of my planted seeds sprouted! But after a little research I learned that you have to stratify the seeds ie put them in the fridge for a week. Then plant them in a sunny spot, so the contrast of cold & dark to warmth & light prompts them to grow… And it worked!
Last year I didn’t plant any as I had let some go to seed and they started appearing randomly in the garden automagically! This year after a stint in the fridge I’ve planted about 100 seeds, so will be interesting to see what my hit ratio is this time!

For anyone wondering WTF is shiso, you often get served it with sashimi or sushi – it has a distinctive, slightly pepper flavour, and is also very nice in salad. In all of my visits to Japan only one time have I had shiso tempura. While I was doing my artist residency on Shodoshima, the owner of the local Olive Farm (who sponsors the residencies) organised a big dinner and brought a famous local tempura chef in to cater it… and I was luck enough to try a single leaf of shiso, perfectly cooked as tempura… SUPER OISHI!!

Only just got the Microcosm and need to RTFM but after five minutes of blind noodling managed to get a beautiful gentle harmonic swell, from MicroFreak > Microcosm = bliss!

Trailer for new film: Delia Derbyshire: The Myths and Legendary Tapes

“Kicking off with the discovery of 267 tapes in an attic, along with a treasure trove of journals hidden in her childhood bedroom, this film tunes in to Derbyshire’s frequency; that of a life-long non-conformist, whose peals of laughter in an archive interview tickle with delight and eccentricity. Featuring a rich archive, interviews, fictional embodiment and Cosey Fanni Tutti’s psycho-sonic channelling, director Caroline Catz traces acoustic pathways on her archeological dig into Derbyshire’s resonant life…”

via BFI

this is…

1. silly
2. a prototype lightweight mobile low frequency detector
3. a spatial array prototype
4. what happens when you drink beer in your backyard
4. a 5G death ray
5. “my neighbour gets free WIFI!”
6. less interesting than why a clod of dirt has googly eyes
7. somehow related to buckminster fuller
8. so lame…. why aren’t there two!?
9. a filing cabinet?
10. goto 10
11. so fake
12. plastic
13. made by Telinga?
14. vc funded
15. edible
16.

Early voting makes it so easy – walked in to Plimmerton School with my EasyVote card, no queue, expressed my democratic right & was done in less than five minutes. YAY democracy! Now the interminable wait for results… Main GE2020 election results will be Saturday night Oct 17th, while preliminary results from the two referendums will not be released until Friday Oct 30th, with final results Nov 6th!