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^ I was going by the filenames on the JPGs. Herge drew this exact model of apparatus in a Tintin book. IIRC, it was The Black Island.

The rest of the spring. 30D & 50mm F/1.8 @ F/1.8, 1/50, ISO640. 30D & 50mm F/1.8 @ F/1.8, 1/50, ISO800. 30D & 50mm F/1.8 @ F/2, 1/40, ISO640. 30D & 50mm F/1.8 @ F/5.6, 1/13, ISO100. The odd camera settings were to capture as much of the light's animation pattern as possible. S95 @ 6mm, F/2.0, 1/40, ISO400 30D & 50mm F/1.8 @ F/1.8, 1/13, ISO320. Slow shutter speed to catch the nightclub's pair of 1000W strobes. S95 @ 6mm, F/2.0, 1/10, ISO500 S95 @ 6mm, F/2.0, 1/50, ISO800 S95 @ 6mm, F/2.0, 1/30, ISO800 S95 @ 6mm, F/2.0, 1/50, ISO80 30D & 50mm F/1.8 @ F/2, 1/50, ISO400. Approaching absurdist levels of minimalism. That's a 3 WATT laser. 30D @ 50mm F/1.8 @ F/2.0, 1/50th, ISO320. 30D & 50mm F/1.8 @ F/2, 1/20, ISO800. Not the greatest shot in the world, but it let my use my favorite Taken While Driving tag. Photo by Bang Ding Ow.

Reposted from another thread: I ended up watching the whole damn thing. Mostly because of his accent. Original ESL57 Jig at Quad Germany.

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The Steam summer sale is live. The Steam store page, OTOH, has shit the bed. I suggest going here instead: http://gaben.tv/

Ryan Davis died last week. Giant Bomb announced his passing on Monday. He was just a month past his 34th birthday, and 3 days past his wedding. Ryan, along with Giant Bomb's founder Jeff Gerstmann was part of a comedy team that ostensibly covered video games.

Saffron, huh? I'll take it!

I just want to see some waveforms. There is a "Mastered for iTunes" version, which is 256kbps AAC, of course. There's also a Japanese SHM-CD version. I am not sure if any of them are mastered any differently than the version I posted. I have the Best Buy 2CD version, FWIW.

A few shots from February, from a couple different club nights I worked. Most shots are unedited other than possibly a slight crop. 30D & 50mm F/1.8 @ F/2, 1/60, ISO320 30D & 50mm F/1.8 @ F/2, 1/60, ISO400. S95 @ 6mm F/2, 1/40, ISO500. 30D & 50mm F/1.8 @ F/2, 1/50, ISO250. S95 @ 6mm F/2, 1/25, ISO500, -1/3EV 30D & 50mm F/2.8 @ F/2, 1/15, ISO320. 30D & 50mm F/2.8 @ F/2, 1/15, ISO320. 30D & 50mm F/2 @ F/2, 1/25, ISO400. 30D & 50mm F/2.8 @ F/2, 1/15, ISO320. 30D & 50mm F/2.8 @ F/2, 1/15, ISO320. 30D & 50mm F/2.8 @ F/2, 1/13, ISO400 & 580EX. 30D & 50mm F/2.8 @ F/2, 1/13, ISO400 & 580EX. 30D & 50mm F/2 @ F/2, 1/30, ISO320. S95 @ 6mm F/2, 1/20, ISO400

Hoo boy. So the original members of Black Sabbath got together and recorded a new album. I think they were inspired by RHCP.

Using a 2600 joystick with a cocktail arcade machine.

You know what I haven't done in bloody ages, like this entire calendar year? Post any photos to this thread. Here's a random sampling of what I've been up to for the last 6 months: NYE Fireworks on the Edgartown Harbor, from the Harbor View Hotel: 30D & 35mm F/2 (with a broken AF motor) @ F/16.0, 4s, ISO100. 30D & 35mm F/2 @ F/16.0, 5s, ISO100. 30D & 35mm F/2 @ F/14.0, 5s, ISO100. 30D & 35mm F/2 @ F/16.0, 5s, ISO100. 30D & 35mm F/2 @ F/16.0, 5s, ISO100. 30D & 35mm F/2 @ F/16.0, 5s, ISO100. 30D & 35mm F/2 @ F/16.0, 5s, ISO100. Jernegan Pond on new year's day. ID-modified 5D & EF 50mm F/1.4 @ F/4, 1/400, ISO100, +2/3EV. Edgartown harbor backwaters. IR 5D & 17-40L @ 40mm, F/7.1, 1/125, ISO100 +1/3EV. The Edgartown ghetto. IR 5D & 17-40L @ 17mm, F/7.1, 1/100, ISO100 +5/3EV. Infrared metering is Looney Tunes. The same area in plain old visible light. S95 @ 22.5mm, F/4.9, 1/1000, ISO250. The Edgartown Public Library and its tree. IR 5D & 17-40L @ 17mm, F/7.1, 1/100, ISO100 +4/3EV. ...and that's just January. I'll be back later with more.

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