The Photography of Dr. Jeff Harper

Squarespace (this blog's host) now has an iPhone app -- and this is the test posting. I took this photo at last week-end's Malaysian F-1 race in the Vintage F-1 race car tent with my iPhone . . . and submitted this posting directly from my iPhone. Pretty cool!

I attended the Formula One race at the Sepang race track in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, April 3 & 4, 2010.

Massa qualifying in the wet -- and on the brakes!

Renault! Wet conditions during qualifying left several top teams out of the top positions due to bad tire selection.  It sure was fun for the fans!

Rain was expected on Race Day, but it never materialized: the fast cars at the back had to fight their way through the field.

I like the current state of F-1 rules: the cars are very interesting looking.

There are several new teams in Formula One.  This is the Virgin Air Team.  Their goal was to just finish.

The winner Vettel (near) and runner-up Webber.  A Red Bull 1 and 2!

Michael Schumacher returned to F-1 after a three year "retirement" . .  and did well in the Braun/Mercedes.

Even the Safety Car at an F-1 race is special.  This is the new gull-wing Mercedes-Benz!

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia is a very nice city to visit.

Our [very good] view from the stands at the very good Sepang Circuit.  Ah, the sound of a Formula One V-8 race engine at 17,000 RPM! Enjoy!

My daughter and her Beau have set sail on the maiden voyage (for them) of their new 57 foot scooner , Insurgente  - a trip from Providence, Rhode Island to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.  What an adventure.

In dry dock being completely re-fitted.

The Insurgente at burth in Providence, RI.

At sea off the East Coast of America. You can see more on my daughter's blog: http://kirstenharper.com/blog/ 

Her new home in Deleware . .  and a home for Kirsten and her Jason.

I am always surprised by the serendipitous encounters with beauty in rural Thailand.  Once in a while I have my camera with me, as I did one evening at the race track . . . and on the way home.

30 miles north of Bangkok at the Bangkok Drag Avenue.

2:30am along a Thai country road.  This is Klong Haa (canal number five) where a party has sprung up for what could be a variety of reasons: somebody is going off to be a monk, or an anniversary, or a good harvest, or Wat (Buddhist temple) is being dedicated. It is breathtaking to come upon one of these "in the middle of nowhere" in the middle of the night.  I got out, of course, and investigated.

Lights have been strung, a stage has been hauled across the bridge and set up, entertainment hired from town, food organized, all the friends and neighbors have come and gone, and clean-up chores done . . . . and no desire to pull the plug just yet, even though it's been a long day.  It feels of picking up and packing out: It is a time to look at what wonders can be . . . in the middle of the night . . . . in the middle of nowhere. This is like the life of the mind.

I was down near Pattaya, a beach town south of Bangkok, to work on my race car this morning, and on the way back stopped at the sea shore and took these two photos.

A rusty net spool.

The perfect textures and fantastic colors of a decaying Thai fishing boat.