Needed one more dog.

Playing with HDR Efex Pro 2. Completely unrealistic outcome, but it is a fun tool to play with. This one was an amalgamation of five shots:

Regular readers may have noticed that I have not mentioned “windsurfing” for a while; or maybe they haven’t because nobody really gives a shit. But I have noticed it because it has become apparent to me that I have not been windsurfing since early January.

Truth be told, I have been going through something of a bad patch. I have been feeling listless, lacking energy and not in the mood for doing very much at all; certainly not in the frame of mind to drag myself down to the windsurfing club. A shame, because there has been some good wind.

A little trip out today with three lenses and three separate targets in mind.

First two objectives were at the same location, the curious amalgamation of drift racing and a livestock show at the Chaiyapruk stadium. The drift racing seemed to be 95% shouting commentator and 5% drifting, so I took a couple of shots and gave up.

Every day, boats of dubious safety, piloted by skippers of dubious ability, make the trip from Pattaya to Koh Larn. Accidents are inevitable.

I last reported on one where two people were killed. Firm action was promised; none was taken.

There have been several incidents since then, such as the sinking of a boat transporting nineteen Korean tourists. Fortunately nobody was drowned, and Pattaya People reported:

“Police and city hall officials went to investigate the cause of the accident, saying that if the boat had been checked on a regular basis this would never have happened. As boating accidents happen with alarming frequency in Pattaya Bay, investigators want to insure all rental boats are properly maintained by their owners”;