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I meant to post this one awhile ago, I dunno how it got swept under the rug.
Mighty Micros head, Hawkeye torso, Sith Trooper legs. Pretty Simple fig.
Let me know what you think!
I rented this lens this weekend, as you get 3 days for price of 2 on long weekends hehe...and i wanted to try the 85 focal length, as im planning on buying an 85mm. Also i had a trash the dress this weekend (and also a funeral). this is the 85 1.2.....when you see pictures of the 5D, you'll see this big ass lens onthe front of it...its this one. It seems to have a HUGE front element, despite it only being 72mm (by comparison, most L lenses have 77mm elements, and the 16-35 has 82!).....
i took this with the lens facing outwards of my condo, i love how you can see the cityscape in different chromic colours in the lens!
anyway, this lens is 2400....and i can say (samples coming soon) that it possibly has the best bokeh and background blur out there, hands down....if your person is even 1-2 feet away from the background, it will just disappear into an amazing blur of colours, its simply amazing. And it gives new meaning to taking portraits at big apertures...at f1.2, it gives a certain something to faces.
People say its heavy! well, i guess its heavy for a prime, but compared to other lenses (70-200 f2.8 IS come to mind) its nothing...certainly well balanced for a 5D. image quality, colour, contrast, etc all worth the 2 grand. and if you ever had to take a picture in the dark? slap 5D on 3200, f1.2, and there you go...nighttime photography!
BUT!! its not all good.....
the USM is a sucky USM....its slow. autofocus on this beast, considering its got a 1.2 aperture to use, is slow, im talking 60mm macro type slow...ratchets, and on 5D, is slow. Also, the manual focus ring is loose (might have just be my rental), and it doesnt work if the power is off.
this means that, if you have it on close focus, the little lens telescopes out a bit...maximum about 2 cms....and it will be stuck out there unless you turn camera power on, ratchet it back in, then turn it off again...very poor considering 2400 dollar lens.
also, gotta watch the back element, it is very vulnerable to damage when mounting the lens.
technically, it is quite hard to shoot with 1.2 aperture....your focussing plane is about a gazillionth of a decimal place in width....you have to focus very precisely, and keep refocusing...and with the slow autofocus, this is not always easy to do....and you definately cant focus and recompose, it will throw it out.
so all in all, in my very amateur opinion, it aint worth 2400 bucks when the 85 1.8 is so goood for 300 bucks....
I'm not a beast, don’t believe the photographer. I was just yawning.
More photos of my cats in this Flickr album.
The gigantic beast (Queen Mary 2) was docked at Pier 27. . . .
Picture appeared in the San Francisco Chronicle!
This car is monstruous. I wonder what the SV is going to look like when the 50th anniversary already looks so violent !
By the way, you can expect some pretty cool uploads in the next weeks, I can safely say I refueled my Flickr upload list for a long time.
Stagecoach in the Fens
Volvo B8L / Alexander Dennis Enviro400 MMC XLB
13905 - BU69XYE
Seen on Busway service B at St. Ives Park & Ride.
No idea what the story is behind this thing, but it sure makes a change from the normal high street furniture.
The legend of Sant Jordi says:
"Once upon a time, a terrible dragon terrorised the inhabitants of a small village in Catalonia called Montblanc. The dragon wrecked havoc among the population and devoured the animals put out to pasture until there were none left.
To calm the dragon's anger, the inhabitants of the village decided to sacrifice one person every day, chosen by drawing lots, and to offer that person to the dragon as a sign of their good will.
However, one, dark day, the person chosen to be sacrificed was the king's daughter. Just when she was about to be swallowed up by the dragon, a courageous knight appeared and confronted the evil beast.
This was Saint George (Sant Jordi in Catalan). He thrust his lance into the dragon and, out of the blood that spurted forth, there grew a red rose bush."
Since then, it has been the custom in Catalonia to present a rose to your loved one on the day of Sant Jordi (St George in England), the 23rd of April.
My princess knows this rose belongs to her...
This is Mendarièn.
He's a powerful planetary spirit or earth god. Calm and strong. He adopted a race of wonderful people because he felt drawn towards them and gradually loved them dearly.
The inspiration for his faceup comes from the Greenman mask. A very interesting concept, and first for me.
Mendarièn is a Soom Beast. <3
The little beasts destroyed all my cabbage flowers, but the are beautiful... I can't be angry too long ... Nikkor AF 60mm
This huge harvesting beast has a 13.8 metre cutting width, a16.2 litre engine and 780 horse power
Photography © Jeremy Sage
When I was in Costa Rica I asked our guide/driver to please take this image because my camera was packed into my luggage when we were on our way to the airport. As promised, Daniel emailed me his photo to me recently after taking another group to Panama.
First Dragonhunter (Hagenius brevistylus) of the year! An apex predator - this is our biggest dragonfly (chunky and > 3.5 inches long) whose range covers most of the eastern U.S. & Canada. They are few & far between and can turn up most anywhere (I've had one turn up in my backyard twice) but I've found a few spots where they are more likely to be seen.
Good story on this one: we were at the last tiny Japanese pool @ Gibbs Gardens and I was commenting that we hadn't seen anything real exciting - literally as the words were coming out of my mouth, I looked around and saw the Dragonhunter in light shade on a patch of beautiful irises facing the water right in front of my husband! I yelled: "Don't move!" We could have reached out and grabbed the Beast - I've always wanted to pick one up. I s-l-o-w-l-y got the S5 up - she was at minimum focusing distance and remained perched for me before flying & return once more. My husband eventually wandered off while I was shooting - and yelled that he had another interesting dragonfly patrolling. Sure enough - it was a big River cruiser - probably Georgia River Cruiser! RC's fly incredibly fast and this one never perched so no good shots. So the Beast had been perched just watching the river cruiser cruise by. Dragonhunters can take incredibly big insects - including other dragons and swallowtails. (I do believe the Lord had a hand in bringing both the good dragons - because I was pretty miserable with back & leg pain by that point.)
Have fun out there & Happy Dragonfly Thursday!
>> female Dragonhunter @ Gibbs Gardens last week, North Georgia - oddly marked on the tail and more club than I normally see - but they vary a lot
I love dark skies and dramatic clouds but I can’t remember better than when the Beast from the East rolled in with blizzard after blizzard in late February 2018. Many times since then the media have warned us with another beast from the east whenever a prolonged cold blast is forecast from that direction but none match up that cold blast back in 2018 which lasted a good fortnight.
Paste-up mural by Dennis McNett aka @wolfbat for "Murals in the Market" seen in Detroit, Michigan.
Photo by James aka Urbanmuralhunter on that other photo site.
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A beast of a whisky indeed, although it's not without its beauty. Un-chill filtered and bottled at 46% abv, this is very peaty, as you might expect, though not in the realms of the really big hitters like Ardbeg's Supernova. But if you like bonfires on beaches and tarmac on kittens, this is a good one to try
"Wolverine. I hear you are quite an animal."
I had this custom done for a month or something I think but I am finally posting now. It's Beast mainly how he looks in X-men the last stand played by Kelsey Grammer who is the best Beast and not that piece of shit that was in First Class. I also really dig his outfit.
I sculpted a little bit onto the generic long hair and also the hairs on his face. The whole head was yellow before but was completely painted and sculpted besides the eyes.
The whole torso and arms was sculpted with the jacket made of etape.
I don't remember where the legs are from, I think either a cmf agent minifig or I got it at a thrift store but I really liked the knee pad printed and used it and kept the pockets cause they look cool with it.
If you want to see him with Wolverine check out my instagram, but he'll be getting his own photo later.
Also nothing to do with this but RIP Adam West, truly an unfortunate surprise, will miss him.
What do you think!?