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Jonathan Drake
@drakejs.bsky.social
Scientist by day, boatbuilder by night, explorer always.

Photo account: @buildandexplore.bsky.social
Wow, has it been two years already?

I’m still building the boat. Took a bit of time off to have a kidlet though. Hence the relative lack of progress…
September 11, 2025 at 2:24 AM
Hey look everyone! Putin’s jet is broadcasting ADS-B!

Any patriotic Ukrainians in rural Alaska?
August 16, 2025 at 4:38 AM
Love you DC. Stay strong.
August 11, 2025 at 6:57 PM
My home for the next 3,500 nautical miles
May 14, 2025 at 2:34 PM
I’m going places…
May 5, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Ahh, the good old days…
April 12, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Stop insulting the pigeons 🐦🥰
April 6, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Yet more evidence that yes, they really are that stupid:

Trump's "Tariff" Numbers Are Just Trade
Balance Ratios
April 3, 2025 at 12:29 AM
April 2, 2025 at 6:03 PM
This is the hero we need right now…
March 23, 2025 at 2:03 PM
So apparently a Tesla is headed to the White House…
March 11, 2025 at 8:16 PM
March 10, 2025 at 1:49 PM
I love you, Northern Virginia.
March 4, 2025 at 6:07 PM
I don’t know who to credit for this, but it’s absolutely where it’s all going to end.
February 13, 2025 at 8:58 PM
I hope @shittychallenge.bsky.social likes their communism served up in glorious medium-format 3-D! #CrappyCommieCameraParty
February 12, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Same view, but at night. I think I like this version even better. It almost feels like a shame to cover those frames up with the hull planking!

Taken with a Zeiss Super Ikonta 6x4.5 from 1938, on Kodak Tri-X 400 🎞️

#filmphotography #boatbuilding #woodworking #woodenboat
January 29, 2025 at 4:02 AM
Not the first film 🎞️ photo of the boat under construction - but definitely the first of the aft section!

Those work lights are being used to take the cup out of a plywood pattern that got wet from all the snow.

#woodenboat #boatbuilding #woodworking #filmphotography #believeinfilm
January 28, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Dear lord, they really are that stupid…
January 27, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Google: Always looking out for me.
January 24, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Sometimes I like to reply to them. #scambaiting
January 24, 2025 at 3:59 PM
I like that these old film cameras naturally take pictures that I’d have to explicitly tell a modern device to make.

Without having the vision for such a shot ahead of time, and overriding their defaults, they would never allow such an image.

🎞️ Tri-X 400
#rolleiflex automat 3.5
#filmphotography
January 22, 2025 at 2:39 AM
January 21, 2025 at 1:54 AM
How my house is marking the occasion today.
January 20, 2025 at 2:40 PM
January 19, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Over 100 effective megapixels pre-crop? I think I’m in love… 🎞️ #rollieflex #mediumformat #blackandwhite #filmohotography
January 19, 2025 at 5:52 PM