Captain's Blog » Costa Rica http://capnscott.com World photography adventure with a crusty old Captain... Wed, 07 Jul 2010 02:45:33 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 A little photo shoot while waiting on my flight… http://capnscott.com/2007/09/07/a-little-photo-shoot-while-waiting-on-my-flight/ http://capnscott.com/2007/09/07/a-little-photo-shoot-while-waiting-on-my-flight/#comments Fri, 07 Sep 2007 17:30:30 +0000 Capn Scott http://capnscott.com/2007/09/07/a-little-photo-shoot-while-waiting-on-my-flight/ Playing with the camera has really been fun. And, like so many other new toys, I now have the urge for bigger and better. I´ve looked around, and there is no upgrade for the 20D in the country, except for the successor, the 30D. I don’t really see an advantage in that upgrade. I really [...]]]> Playing with the camera has really been fun. And, like so many other new toys, I now have the urge for bigger and better. I´ve looked around, and there is no upgrade for the 20D in the country, except for the successor, the 30D. I don’t really see an advantage in that upgrade. I really would like the new 5D. But that isn’t gonna happen anytime soon here. Also, the new successor to the 30D has arrived… the 40D. Now, the 40D does look like a decent upgrade, but won´t be available for a while. Though, I really would like to step up to the professional level. The 5D has been out for a couple of years and the life cycle is about due. I just purchased the G7, for a nice almost professional level point and shoot. And, wouldn´t you know it… the next month after I purchase it, they come out with the G9. So, as not to make that mistake again, I will wait for the new successor to the 5D.

Though… I have the monies… The only way to keep myself sane, is to remove the monies from my pocket. I certainly haven´t outgrown this 20D. What a wonderful camera. So, I will take the monies and spend them on the needed lenses and accessories. I´ve decided to pick up the 50mm 1.4, 100mm 2.8 macro and 400mm 5.6L lenses. And, along with them, and monitor/printer calibrator, level, timed remote etc… Adobe, in their ultimate wisdom, has blocked all credit cards being used in any foreign country. So… road trip…

I picked up a round trip ticket to L.A. from San Jose, Costa Rica for around $400. One day in L.A. and return…

I take a taxi from David to the border, then the bus (8 hours) from the border to San Jose. While in San Jose, I have some time to kill, so I take my camera and my 24-70 2.8L lens to the park… again… sometimes the journey is better than the destination…

The obligatory church pics…

This guy really likes feeding the pigeons…

They seem to be pretty tame…

And here come the squirrels…

It was starting to look like… if the kid didn´t give up the cracker, there would be a riot…

These guys would gently take the peanut from your hand.

The kids were loving this.

Peanut… cookie… really didn´t matter.

Everyone was enjoying this outing.

Definitely a commune with nature thingie going on here…

If I were to caption this… that pigeon is saying… “Does noone else here notice that big black camera on the ground?”

Definitely enjoyed the nature thing going on here. These animals seem to be very tame, but what I saw was alot of respect from the humans…

]]> http://capnscott.com/2007/09/07/a-little-photo-shoot-while-waiting-on-my-flight/feed/ 0 A quick run across the border to Costa Rica http://capnscott.com/2007/08/21/a-quick-run-across-the-border-to-costa-rica/ http://capnscott.com/2007/08/21/a-quick-run-across-the-border-to-costa-rica/#comments Tue, 21 Aug 2007 17:25:12 +0000 Capn Scott http://capnscott.com/2007/08/21/a-quick-run-across-the-border-to-costa-rica/ So…  Panama changes the law.  Now, you have to leave the country every 30 days.  Don´t know why they changed it from 90 days.  But have to spend another 3 days in Paso Canoas, Costa Rica.  This could get old quickly.  Maybe my timing to leave the country for ever is a good thing… This [...]]]> So…  Panama changes the law.  Now, you have to leave the country every 30 days.  Don´t know why they changed it from 90 days.  But have to spend another 3 days in Paso Canoas, Costa Rica.  This could get old quickly.  Maybe my timing to leave the country for ever is a good thing…

This is the rain forest…  without the hard rains, they would have to change the name…

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