Photos Otto and Manuel Phocus Took During 2025
December 2025
February 2025
Hokianga
Church of Our Lady of the Assumption, Motukaraka Point
Church of Our Lady of the Assumption, Motukaraka Point
Light the blue touch paper and stand clear.
We hastied back to the barge ramp and got on the Bridge Over Placid Waters
We hastied back to the barge ramp and got on the Bridge Over Placid Waters
The distant view of Rawene and Motukaraka Point
The church from mid-harbour, much closer than when you are eating fission chips on Rawene foreshore
Rawene from Mid Harbour.
Everybody ready to race up the hill to Rawene Takeaways
January 2025
Hardware:
- All old as, but still running:
- Canon EOS 500D with EF-S 18-58mm and EF-S 55-250mm lenses, Magic Lantern software installed
- GoPro Hero2
- Garmin DriveAssist 51 Dashcam
- Oppo A5 Pro 5G
Software:
If it comes at a price we don’t have it. All Programs are FOSS, running under linux – Ubuntu 24.04. Those listed are GUI programs, the list of dependencies to run them is enormous!
- Importing from Devices
- Gthumb
- General fiddling with images:
- GIMP (GNU Image Manipulation Program)
- RAW file fiddling
- HDR Merge
- Darktable
- Raw Therapee
- Stitching Panoramas
- Hugin Panorama Creator
- Video
- OpenShot Video Editor