Friends/Family
Stonehenge
by Craig Mayhew on Aug.09, 2009, under Friends/Family
I visited Stonehenge yesterday, it gave me an opportunity to begin playing with panoramic shots on my camera. These could have been optimized more and the number of pixels reduced as the quality does drop off as you zoom in on these images. The largest stone weighs 47 tonnes by the way … and 30% of it is below the ground .. and they moved some of the stones over 240 miles. Some theories say this might be possible with over 500 people tugging at leather ropes with another 100 people laying huge log rollers under the stone.
Stonehenge Panoramic 1
Stonehenge Panoramic 2
Stonehenge Panoramic 3
Stonehenge Panoramic 4
Stonehenge Panoramic 5
And for anyone who is really really into their cameras, here is the spec on these images:
| Camera manufacturer | SONY |
|---|---|
| Camera model | DSC-T500 |
| Exposure time | 1/400 sec (0.0025) |
| F Number | f/5.6 |
| ISO speed rating | 80 |
| Lens focal length | 5.8 mm |
| Orientation | Normal |
| Horizontal resolution | 72 dpi |
| Vertical resolution | 72 dpi |
| Software used | Adobe Photoshop CS4 Windows |
| Y and C positioning | 2 |
| Exif version | 2.21 |
| Image compression mode | 3 |
| Exposure bias | 0 |
| Maximum land aperture | 3.625 |
| Metering mode | Pattern |
| Light source | Unknown |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, compulsory flash suppression |
| Color space | sRGB |
| Custom image processing | Normal process |
| Exposure mode | Auto exposure |
| White Balance | Auto white balance |
| Scene capture type | Portrait |
| Contrast | Normal |
| Saturation | Normal |
| Sharpness | Normal |
Goodwood – Festival of Speed 2009
by Craig Mayhew on Jul.11, 2009, under Friends/Family, News
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- Ford GT-40
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- The car in which Lewis Hamilton became 2008 Formula 1 world champion.
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- Alfa Romeo 8C Competizione
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- Auto Union Type C Stromlinie
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- Jay Leno being Interviewed
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- Helicopter banking
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- Jaguar XF
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- Jaguar XKR
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- Blue Bugatti Veyron
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- Blue Bugatti Veyron (Chrome Veyron in background)
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- Black & Silver Bugatti Veyron
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- GTbyCitroën supercar concept
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- The God’s at Goodwood house
Beth found an undated 20p Coin!
by Craig Mayhew on Jul.04, 2009, under Friends/Family, News
Beth found this in the change of the BBQ takings at the Cowfold fair.
It’s one of the 2009 mismatched coins that has no date and we are auctioning it for charity.
The ebay auction can be found here http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=130316755681
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- 2009 Undated 20p coin – heads
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- 2009 Undated 20p coin – tails
Snow Day
by Craig Mayhew on Feb.03, 2009, under Friends/Family, News
I took these photos early this morning. Click the photos to view in high resolution. It’s not very often we get snow like this here!
Growing a Crystal Tree
by Craig Mayhew on Dec.27, 2008, under Friends/Family
Here’s a few pictures of a crystal tree that I received for Christmas. It took about 6 hours to grow to this size.
It works by pouring a salt solution into the bottom tray. This is soaked up by the tree shaped card. As the water from the solution evaporates, the salt crystals form. Then, through capillary action, more crystals form, in a process called efflorescence. The colours are generated by ink/dye that are in the card.
This is the tree once it’s been left for 24 hours.
Want to be my console buddy?
by Craig Mayhew on Dec.26, 2008, under Friends/Family
I’m not sure which of my friends have an XBOX 360, Wii or PS3… but if your one of them and you want to add me to your buddies list so we can play online:
On the XBOX 360 I’m using the gamertag “HotshotParadox0″.
On the PS3 our username is “bethandcraig”.
On the wii our console number is “6009 6678 0620 7803″.
See you online!
P.S. If you have an PS3 you should have a look at running folding@home on it when you aren’t using it (They have changed the name to playstation life)!
Oradour
by Craig Mayhew on Apr.15, 2008, under Friends/Family, News
I’m in france at the moment and took the time to visit Oradour with some friends. It is a town that was massacred by German forces in 1944 and has been left exactly as it was when the massacre occurred. Pretty grim place to be honest… lots of family graves (it was the family graves that got me). For anyone who doesn’t get a chance to go around it I’ve attached several videos to this blog entry.
Video (mp4) – Names of people killed in 1944 Oradour massacre
Video (mp4) – Oradour family graves 1
Video (mp4) – Oradour family graves 2
Video (mp4) – Oradour family graves 3
Video (mp4) – Oradour family graves 4
The other Craig Mayhews…
by Craig Mayhew on Apr.05, 2008, under Friends/Family
After doing some searching I’ve found there are a number of other Craig Mayhew’s out there. If your one of them then please leave a comment and introduce yourself! If you’ve got a site that you would like me to direct people to then I’ll put a link on my home page so people can find you easily.
I’ve found a few people named Craig Mayhew already. Here’s the list:
