Photo Hunt- Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge – Tacoma WA
The Great Tree Wall
This one took a bit of planning to figure out the best way to go about it. Graham's soil is full of rocks. I knew I wasn't going to dig 50 holes with a shovel. I also knew that the Ryobi auger I have struggles with the potato size rocks all over. I wanted to make sure I could fill the holes with good soil as well, so that meant big holes. I decided to…
Photo Hunt – Aldar Lake WA
It was a failed trip unfortunately. It was too early for the boat access and that was the only path to the water. I did catch a couple nice shots driving around looking for access.
Nix Mini 3 Color Detection
Need to match paint to literally anything? Check out the Nix Mini 3 Color Sensor, this thing is GREAT.
Mirrorless Camera Switch
It's official. Years of being an SLR guy are over. I am now on the Canon Mirrorless system. As for what I switched to? The Canon R5 full frame is the main camera and an Canon R7 crop sensor camera fills in when I can't get the reach I want with the R5. I'm using a handful of L-series lenses, the RF100-500, RF24-70 F4, RF70-200 F2.8 and keep the RF1.4x and RF2x extenders in my…
Project Room Re-org
The project room has been re-organized. This is where the clean projects get done.
Shelly Garage Door Hack
Turns out my garage doors are dumb. They make smart ones, but I don't really want to give up privacy on my locks. Enter 2nd buttons triggered via Shelly over WIFI. When I looked into my garage openers, it was clear going smart with their tech wasn't an option. I did a little more research and realized that they did support second remotes. I found cheap compatible buttons on Amazon for about $10 each and…