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May 5, 2013May 5, 2013

Lazy Sunday

The power was off since I returned from laundry this morning with a scheduled replacement of hydro poles down my street. I took this as an opportunity to go out with my camera, again. The weather is really nice here; however, the sun was quite harsh. And with all the pavement, it was hot. Dare I say too hot?

Moving right along.

Here are some images from the walk through the neighbourhood with my Olympus 60mm. I love the macro capability of this lens. It has truly given me a new perspective on the world around me. The 1:1 is really exciting, seeing the individual parts of the flowers is amazing! I’m still a novice with macro though. I have stopped down to f8.0 and even with the bright sunlight, the challenge is the wind and general camera steadiness! Probably better with a tripod and shutter release but I’m pleased with my handheld results thus far. I’ll keep working on it! Enjoy these as much as I did taking them!

May 3, 2013May 3, 2013

Finally, it looks like summer.

So today and the next week look great, weather-wise! So this morning I decided to take my camera with me to work with my Olympus 60mm. Spring means flowers! So here are a quick few from today. I found the macro work to be challenging! The very sharp plane of focus meant that it was difficult with the wind. I stopped down to 5.6, alas, it was still tricky trying to find focus! I found the macro focus knob on the lens easier to adjust for 1:1 than I thought it would be, once I located it with my finger I could concentrate on the viewfinder and trying to deal with the wicked wind. All in all, a great lunch hour!

This photo is a close-up from a model close to Confederation Park, the second is a tiny Nepali buddha statue that my colleague gave me. Then it’s just flowers. 🙂

May 2, 2013

Finally, a website that sucks more than mine

CERN, the high energy particle physics folks,have re-upped the first original webpage ever on the intertube here. The first line reads: “The WorldWideWeb (W3) is a wide-area hypermedia information retrieval initiative aiming to give universal access to a large universe of documents.”

Stay tuned! I think this internet, sorry, this wide-area hypermedia information retrieval initiative, is going to catch on.

May 2, 2013

Obey: The Shephard Fairey Story

An interesting bio video on the young Shepard Fairey and the early genesis of this street artist while he studied at the Rhode Island School of Design. Fairey’s work includes both the iconic Andre the Giant Obey sticker and the colourful Obama poster. Check it out at Vimeo here.

May 1, 2013May 1, 2013

IBM’s atoms

So the geniuses over at IBM have found a way to move specific atoms. So what did they do first?

Used atoms to create a Star Trek logo.

What’s better than awesome?

April 30, 2013

Dr. Pollack, Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Abstract Expressionism

Open Culture is one of my favorite websites. Much better than this one. 🙂 This article is about how the CIA used abstract expressionism as a weapon in the Cold War and as you may have surmised from reading this blog, I continue to have a interest in the Cold War which is my main area of interest whilst studying in grad school. Blending my interest in the intrigue of the Cold War with images such as the paintings of Jackson Pollack and Mark Rothco definitely makes my reading list!

April 28, 2013

First BBQ of the season

I really enjoyed my first steak on a BBQ of the 2013 season at my friend Matt’s place. Unfortunately, the Senators lost to Philadelphia, but Montreal did beat Toronto. It was a wash. But the steak was great!

And here is the Leica 25mm 1.4 handheld in the dark. Great lens.

Oh, and on the walk over to Matt’s I took this shot of some spring shoots! Nice to see and I can’t wait for the flowers to start blooming so I can take Macros with my 60mm! Can’t wait!