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Requested by BlackWolf (again) What can I say? He's just awesome
This guy is pretty simple and took very little time to draw!
Comment with other things you would like to see!
And, if you have some kind of series and you have lots of things I could draw for you (personally) such as logos and stuff I'd be happy to do it in return for the gift of Pro, I'd have to do lots of things for you though to make it a fair deal!
FM if you are interested!
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I know, when I ask for a 'By Request' and Lino suggests a car, that its going to be a bit weird. Freakish even.
For LUGNuts 120th Build Challenge - the 10th anniversary of the group, that the outcome was unlikely to be any different from previous suggestions. That the car was even called 'Freakshow', was pretty much going to seal its fate.
Anyway, here goes.....
I don't think I would be able to explain it any better myself, so I take the text quoted directly from 'CustomRodder' forum:
customrodder.forumactif.org/t1809-1964-chevy-pick-up-frea...
Freakshow has our noodle in a bind. There's not much left of the original '64 Chevy C-10, but it definitely says "1964 Chevy Pickup" on the placard. By all rights it should be the absolute baddest truck/car in the show hands down with a blown 354 cubic inch hemi, six Stromberg 97 carbs, the sickest custom headers we've ever seen all running through a four speed Muncie to a 9 inch Ford rear with 4:11 gears. It has a beer keg and an in-cabin tap coming out a skull mounted under a gun rack. And yet here we are torn - the car is pink, with white fur everywhere, and has a pink telephone on the dash. What. The. Hell?
Yes, we know, it doesn't look like any 1964C-10 we've ever seen either, that's because it's sporting a '61 Chrysler nose and a '57 Chrysler tail along with an incredibly schizophrenic paint scheme. But still, we circle back to this brutal dichotomy of total dominating badassity spitting in the face of convention. Sitting amidst this sea of flat black and rusty hot rods is a cotton candy monster waiting to eat your lunch, but it is nigh on invisible due to its fluffy persona. If Clint Eastwood dressed up like a lady and drove this car around, the world would end, of this we are certain.
Bill Bierman of the Creative Customs Chop Shop, maker of Freakshow, seen here and above and described by Iowahawk as “a pink flaked, green flamed pickup with an 8 duece blown Hemi, refridgerated full keg with console mounted beer tap, rifle rack with matching pink machine gun, and can full of angel fur.
So, there you go.
This Lego miniland-scale 'Bill Bierman's Freakshow', has been created for Flickr LUGNuts 120th Build Challenge - 'Happy 10th Anniversary, LUGNuts', - where all the previous challenge themes are open for use in creating builds for the Challenge.
'Freakshow' is a 'By Request', provided by LUGNuts' founder and admin, Lino Martins.
My husband came across the description of Wells Falls in my waterfall guide book and requested that we go see it. Since he doesn't usually request to see any waterfalls at all, I happily obliged!
Wells Falls is also called Business Man's Lunch Falls, probably because of it's close proximity to Ithaca and the short hike. The hike to the falls was very steep, but blissfully short at about 0.3 miles (0.6 miles round trip). Once you reach the creek bed, you can see Wells Falls cascade down about 35 feet in total from VanNattas Dam, right next to an old crumbling power plant. All of the waterfalls I've seen close to home have been in the national park, surrounded by natural plant life. Seeing these falls right next to the old power plant was a nice change of scenery!
Fun fact: This area is apparently a well-known nude sunbathing spot.
I would have liked to get a more head-on shot of these falls, but the top of the falls are totally open so there was nothing I could do to prevent blown out skies. At least there were no nude bathers that day to interfere with my composition!
uploaded for Sue as requested :) This was part of Wet Webs 2 slide show below. I was walking in a web wonderland.
Download: simsyorkcity.blogspot.it/2014/01/request-elsa-dress-for-s...
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- MESH by Marko is INCLUDED
To all my fans! By popular request! The exalted goddess is a famous model with a major agency! She was tall, thin, fit, defined, and toned! Pretty, piercing blue eyes set against wavy brown hair! And she was a lot of fun--lots of stories and laughs during and after the shoot! Wish you'd been there!
Here're a couple of videos I shot while shooting stills, with the awesome NEX-6 and a 50 mm Prime f/1.8 lens for the rich/creamy video bokeh!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zzbV8ArnBnY
Watch the gorgeous model in the Full 1080P HD she deserves! I shot the video at 60p and slowed it down to 24p in post in adobe premiere 6.0. :)
Also had a B&H CP (Circular Polarizer) on both the 70-200 mm Nikon D800 lens and the 50mm e-mount lens on the Sony NEX6.
Awesome "magic hour" light and feel in the January AM due to the strange cloudy/sunny weather! That's the glorious fun of shooting at the Malibu beach! Forecasts mean nothing (they predicted sun, sun, sun), and you have to have fun adpating to the world's greatest studio with the world's greatest lights (the sun in all its manifestations), props, and backdrops!
Combine the 50mm lens's optical steady shot (OSS) and the shallow-depth-of-field of the F/1.8 with Sony NEX-6 latest face-tracking auto focus, and you can see how the moving video keeps the model's pretty blue eyes in focus, while blurring the background!
She was tall, thin, fit, toned, defined, and beautiful!
Modeling the Gold 45 Revolver(TM) Gold'N'Virtue(TM) Bikini!
Nikon D800 Photographs of a Beautiful Wavy-HAired Brunette Swimsuit Bikini Model shot with the new Nikon D800 and Nikon 70-200mm f/2.8G ED VR II AF-S Nikkor Zoom Lens.
Shot in both RAW & JPEG, but all these photos are RAWs finished in Lightroom 4 ! :)
May the HJM Goddesses guide, inspire, and exalt ye along yer heroic artistic journey! Best wishes from Johnny Ranger McCoy!
well not really royal request I just called it that because it's a Kingbird ;D
though I did get a request from William Dalton and if you want to see a really good Kingbird shot-leave here immediately and go there!
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Requested by $Womack$. I might redo the ammo pouches for the MP44. Please give credit if used, for non-commercial use only.
The two pump ladders and Aerial Rescue Pump at locus.
With Belshotmuir closed to normal bus modelling business pending the completion of a larger, improved diorama of the same name, over the past few days I have taken to modelling more of my emergency service vehicles. A member of one of the Facebook groups where I shared those pictures requested to see my Fire & Rescue models, which brought about this shoot.
Story -
This afternoon a 999 call alerted Scottish Fire & Rescue Service to a report of smoke escaping from the first floor window of the closed down bus depot in Belshotmuir. A pump ladder and Aerial Rescue Pump/Aerial Ladder Platform were mobilised. On arrival thick smoke was noted to be issuing from both the first floor window and roof space, with flames noted in the window. A request was made to Fire Control to make pumps three. Police were also requested to enable road closures, with Fire Control also contacting Ambulance Control to notify them. With SAS’s Special Operations Response Team (SORT) already being committed to a call, ACC dispatched one AEU to attend for Firefighter welfare. The fire was brought under control and a structural assessment will take place.
Reality -
One additional standard “pedestrian” figure was painted into Firefighter uniform (including a SCBA tank) and placed into the Aerial basket.
With no flashing LED’s etc to hand, a circle of clear plastic was cut from packaging and painted orange, before being placed over the end of a torch with flash ability, the torch then being placed inside the building.
The smoke is a mixture of both painted and unpainted cotton wool.
Digital painting with ArtRage. Collages with Photoshop
Part of "res noscenda" / ungeschenkte Geschenke Unpresented Presents - he made me a present and does not hand it to me // Unanswered Request for a Painting - 2 Paintings Wanting a Neighbor - *) the Void *) the Variable, a Blindtext
"blindtext": literally translation of the German word Blindtext = dummy text, dummy page.
Die Variable: von lateinisch variabilis: veränderbar.
In der formalen Logik: „ein sprachliches Zeichen, für das beliebige Ausdrücke einer bestimmten Art eingesetzt werden können“
Variable verwendet man auch in der Mathematik. In der Typographie dient der sogenannte Blindtext als Platzhalter.
In der Informatik gibt es die Wildcard als Jokerzeichen.
Erstmals verwendet wurden Variable in der formalen Logik und zwar schon von Aristoteles.
Arvo Paert: "Perpetuum Mobile"
AR22_25_9_2013 AR18_2_13_9_2013 DMC-G2 - P1570429 - 2013-03-21
Wellesley College students reading and writing a student newspaper. They are seated in front of a sign which reads "The Office of the Wellesley Prelude", ca. 1887-1890.
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As per the request of kd_230692, here are some pictures showing the height difference between my new custom Anna/Rapunzel and Eugene. She is now on a type 4 Pullip body; he is on a knock-off Hot Toys body. I think they are more in keeping with their heights in the film, now.
I've tried a couple of bodies for Eugene, and although I'm not wild about the gap around his neck with this one, it has a lot of pluses - a good colour match, and some really nice hands. It's pretty well made, too.
Some of you really like the photo from the video but want a clearer version...so here it is. I'm only 3 months late with this...(sorry)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=iHIZcYGlqls
It could work as a bridal dress too but it is mainly for prom. I admit I rushed the set of these pictures to just get the video 'done' (stupid I know) so there is no petticoat in this picture..which would have made the dress look better. Anyway, thanks for the request and hope you like.
While I was out of town last week, Flickr/Getty launched the latest new twist to their stock photography arrangement, "Request to License." Already Getty images is representing more than 100,000 flickr images on Getty for Getty's customers to purchase. I've participated in this stock offering since it launched, and Getty currently represents 190 of my images (that you can see here).
The new twist is smart from Flickr/Getty's standpoint. As many, many, many of the photos that buyers are finding online are being privately negotiated between buyer and seller, Flickr/Getty are looking to get a piece of this action. With this new "request to license" feature, Flickr/Getty is allowing you to post a link directly to Getty images on all 100% of your Flickr photos. If a potential buyer sees this link and wants to license your image, they can click the link and license the image through Getty. Getty/Flickr keep 80% of the money and you get 20% of the money.
So why am I declining to participate in this new venture? Simple. I don't think I'll sell 5x as many photos through Getty this way as I'd sell myself from private inquiries. I get inquiries about my photos all the time. Every week at least I get someone wanting to purchase one of my photos. These buyers have been magazines, text books, newspapers, websites, advertisers of every shape and form. I've been offered money for Holiday cards, billboards, television commercials, whatever. In fact the single largest source of my photography related income comes from people contacting me directly after finding my images on Google Image Search, my blog, Flickr etc.
Most of the time when people want to license one of my images it's for a very specific photo, for a very specific reason. Last month Outdoor Magazine contacted me about using this image of the Iron Door Saloon in Groveland for $250. The photo's not particularly great, but I suspect that they are running an issue on Groveland or something and it's a very specific image that they wanted to buy. Now, as it stands, I simply sold them a license to the image and emailed them a simple invoice for $250. Pretty easy. Had they seen the same image of mine and chosen to license it through Getty for the same amount, I would only have gotten $50. So why would I want to get $50 instead of $250?
You might be able to argue that people will feel more comfortable negotiating directly with Getty, a known and established provider of images who has a strong reputation in clearing images. You might even be able to argue that this comfort factor would allow you to sell twice as many images through Getty as you would directly. But 5x more image sells? I seriously doubt it. Other than me advertising for Getty on over 40,000 images of mine on Flickr, what are they doing exactly to earn their 80%? Are they promoting these images in search on their website? No.
Images that I presently license to Getty are indexed in their search engine and promoted by them. Even then I think the 20% payout is too small. But to simply redirect commercial inquiries on my images from me to Getty for an 80% cut? This doesn't make sense to me at all.
I've also found that people respond very differently to images when I post them online non-commercially vs. offering them for sale. Many of the images in my stream never would be able to be licensed by Getty. They are of people without model releases etc. So why advertise for Getty on images that I will never be able to sell that also might send the wrong message to a subject who is in a non-commercial photograph that I've taken?
I can see where this deal might seem great for Getty/Flickr. I suspect that there is a big pot of money that they both are missing out on right now in terms of privately negotiated licensing between buyers and photographers directly and they'd like to get their hands on this money. But I think it's a bad deal for photographers and I personally won't be participating in it. My advice to Flickr/Getty would be to bump the payout up on these images to 50/50.
Here's a link to a discussion from Flickr members on this new offering from the Flickr Help Forum (where I'm permanently banned). It seems that most photographers representing an opinion on this new offering there are also negative about it. Oh, and Google? If you're listening, I think there's a great opportunity in all this for you. Eliminating the middle man is one of the things that you do best. I like the 68% payouts I get on my Adsense ads with you a lot more than the 20% payout I get from Getty.
I just adjusted my hold-up stocking tops and I think they're pretty well aligned right now. It's kind of difficult to see from above though so please help me make sure; have a closer look and tell me if you agree.
Government Island Park is seen in Stafford County, Va., on Dec. 3, 2016. (Photo by Will Parson/Chesapeake Bay Program)
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By request. Is this what you wanted, Plastic-Armory?
Just a comparison of:
- Brickarms A295 V1
- Brickarms A295 V2
- Brickarms AK V2
Want a specific comparison? Comment below and I'll see if I have the weapon(s) to do so. Comments and feedback are highly appreciated.
Joker out.
As per some requests, a rear view of this chap.
Anyway, the legs are heavily, heavily inspired by (or, another way, 'ripped off from') Will. So, chapeau to him for some great designs.
In Mobile Frame Zero terms, these would be in the scale where a 6ft tall human would equate to 2 bricks + 1 plate in height. Mobile Frame Hangar for thread can be found here.
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111115 (Wed) 2015 Rail Corridor Request for Proposal Awards and Exhibition, URA Centre Atrium, Singapore.
Hey peeps!
As GagaBratz requested, I showed off my new doll that she traded me. She has no name yet, mostly because I just got her yesterday. But, I don't need any name ideas cx
So, my toe hurts. Why? I stubbed it when I was swimming in my friends pool today. I stubbed it on her head xD Oh God I'm such a klutz.
I have this really good photo idea, but I need help. Where can I get rectangle mirrors that are dolls sized? They need to be head to waist big, or bigger. Thanks!!
Omg I finally get to put more music on my ipod touch tomorrow. I've been spending money on dolls so I didn't feel like getting music. Le fail.
Uhmm...Uhmm...Uhmm...Well, I don't know what else to put, so this is a crappy blog....Bye! xD
Daily Quote: "Oh, your talking to me. What happened? Did your girlfriend break up with you again?"
The rock ABOVE the shrine that looks like a vulture; upper right, facing left.
THIS ROCK IS NOT BELOW THE SHRINE, BUT, RATHER, ON THE ROCK SPIRE COVERED WITH PRAYER FLAGS BETWEEN THE PATH UP AND THE SHRINE, I.E. YOU SEE THE ROCK SPIRE BEFORE WALKING UP AND CLOCKWISE AROUND IT TO THE SHRINE.
Vulture peak clarification:
www.flickr.com/photos/wonderlane/4244061036/
www.youtube.com/watch?v=P2D8epuXla8&feature=related
The shrine at Vulture Peak (Grdhrakuta) is located at the top of this hill - shown in the next image in this photostream
www.flickr.com/photos/wonderlane/3678731097/
Vulture Peak is in Rajgir, northern Inda. It is where the Buddha inspired Avalokiteshvara to give the Prajna Paramita Hridaya Sutram requested by Sariputra.
During the Buddha's time, under the patronage of the Rajgir King, there were many monasteries and tens of thousands of monks. The Buddha spent many years here bringing beings to bodhi.
The rock just below the shrine that looks like a vulture; upper right, facing left.
prajnaparamita hridaya sutra-perfect wisdom heart sutra
aryavalokitesvaro bodhisattvo
(Avalokateshvara bodhisattva)
gambhiram prajnaparamita caryam caramano vyavalokayati
(deep perfect wisdom action perform luminously)
sma panca skandhas tams ca sva bhava sunyam
(saw five bundles them own nature empty)
pasyati sma iha sariputra
(I saw oh Sariputra)
rupam sunyata va rupam rupan na prithak
(form emptiness evidently form form not different)
sunyata sunyataya na prithag rupam
(emptiness emptiness not different form)
yad rupam sa sunyata ya sunyata sa rupam
(this form that emptiness this emptiness that form)
evam eva vedana samjna samskara vijnanam
(like this feeling thought choice consciousness)
iha sariputra sarva dharma sunyata
(oh Sariputra all dharmas emptiness)
laksana anutpanna anruddha avmala anuna aparpurna
(mark not born not pure not increase not decrease)
ta sariputra sunyatayam
(therefore Sariputra in the middle of emptiness)
na rupam na vedana na samjna na samskara na vijnana
(no form no feeling no thought no choice no consciousness)
na caksuh srotam na ghrana jihva kaya manah
(no eye ear no nose tongue body mind)
na rupa sabda gandha rasa spistavya dharmah
(no form sound smell taste touch dharmas)
na caksur dhatur ya van na mano vijnanam dhatur
(no eye-area up to no mind-consciousness area)
na vidya na vidya na vidya ksayo va vidya ksayo
(no clarity no clarity no clarity exhaustion no clarity exhaustion)
ya van jaramaranam na jaramarana ksayo
(up to old age no old age exhaustion)
na duhkha samudaya nirdoha margajna
(no suffering end of suffering path)
na jnanam na prapti na bhismaya tasmai na prapti
(no knowledge no ownership no witnessing no thing to own)
tvad bodhisattva prajnaparamita asritya
(therefore bodhisattva perfect wisdom dwells)
viha ratya citta varano vidya ksayo na vidya ksayo
(in dwell thought no obstacle clarity exhaustion not clairty exhaustion)
ya van jaramaranam na jaramarana ksayo
(up to old age no old age exhaustion)
na duhkha samudaya nirodha margajna
(no suffering end of suffering path)
na jnanam na prapti na bhismaya tasmai na prapti
(no knowledge no property no witnessing no thing to own)
tvad bodhisattvanam prajnaparamita asritya
(therefore bodhisattva perfect wisdom dwells)
viha ratya citta varano citta varano
(in dwell thought no obstacle thought no obstacle)
na siddhitvad atrasto vipa ryasa ti kranto
(no existence fear fright inverse reverse ? separate)
ni stha nirvana tya dha vyava sthitah
(perfectly stands nirvana three worlds thing experiences)
sarva buddhah prajnaparamitam asritya
(all buddhas perfect wisdom dwell)
(a?)nuttaram samyaksambodhim abdhisambuddhah
(unexcelled ultimate perfect insight together ? buddhas)
ta smai jnata vyam
(therefore should know ?)
prajnaparamitamahamantram mahavidyamantram
(perfect wisdom great charm great clear charm)
anuttaramantram asamasama mantram
(unexcelled charm unequalled equal charm)
sarva duhkha prasa manam sa tyam ami thyatvat
(all suffering stop terminate genuine real not vain)
prajnaparamitayam ukto mantrah tadyatha
(perfect wisdom declaired charm saying)
GATE GATE PARAGATE PARASAMGATE BODHI SVAHA
(gone gone totally gone totally completely gone enlightenment awaken)
The text itself describes the mantra as "Mahāmantro, mahā-vidyā mantro, ‘nuttara mantro samasama-mantrah", which Conze translates as "The great mantra, the mantra of great knowledge, the utmost mantra, the unequalled mantra, the allayer of all suffering." These words are also used of the Buddha, and so the text seems to be equating the mantra with the Buddha. Although the translation is acceptable, the case ending in Sanskrit mantra is the feminine vocative, so gate is addressed to a feminine person/figure. A more accurate translation is "Oh she who is gone!" In this respect, the mantra appears to be keeping with the common tantric practice (a practice supported by the texts themselves) of anthropomorphizing the Perfection of Wisdom as the "Mother of Buddhas."
One can also interpret the mantra as the progressive steps along the five paths of the Bodhisattva, through the two preparatory stages (the path of accumulation and preparation — Gate, gate), through the first bhumi (path of insight — Pāragate), through the second to seventh bhumi (path of meditation — Pārasamgate), and through the eight to tenth bhumi (stage of no more learning — Bodhi svāhā). As Geshe Kelsang Gyatso explains in Heart of Wisdom: This mantra, retained in the original Sanskrit, explains in very condensed form the practice of the five Mahayana paths, which we attain and complete in dependence upon the perfection of wisdom.[37]
The current Dalai Lama explains the mantra in a discourse on the Heart Sutra both as an instruction for practice and as a device for measuring one's own level of spiritual attainment, and translates it as go, go, go beyond, go thoroughly beyond, and establish yourself in enlightenment. In the discourse, he gives a similar explanation to the four stages (the four go's) as in the previous paragraph. Unlike Greek, Sanskrit distinguishes between 'para' (across, as in Greek and our derivations) and 'pāra', which means across to the other side. The preposition 'sam' equates to the Greek 'συν', with (which here we can reasonably expand to together with). In fact this meaning has been known in western Sanskrit dictionaries at least since Monier Monier-Williams: he gave "saṃgata" as "come together , met , encountered , joined , united AV. &c. &c. ; allied with , friendly to" and many other phrases that imply joining together. So, "Gone across to the other side, together with" or even "Met upon the far shore" would be an absolutely literal and very Mahayana translation of 'Pārasamgate'. This may be understood as referring to liberating all beings, or to the bringing of one's entire world over onto the previously realised higher plane of energy, and as identical in meaning to the Zen saying "First there is a mountain [our initial condition of perception], then there is no mountain [pāragate], then there is [pārasamgate]". "Bodhi svāhā" - "Enlightenment, awaken!".
A Brief Comment on the title of "The Heart Sutra" appears to refer to the use of perfect wisdom (prajnaparamita) to cleanse error from the heart (hridaya). There are numerous variations of the sutra in Sanskrit and many other classical, Asian languages. Edward Conze did extensive work in this field, although his methods are now challenged by contemporary scientific philologists. The search for an ur-text is probably always going to be inconclusive, although some evidence points to the existence of a single, original version. This is of no consequence for people whose interest in the Sanskrit text is based on a desire to inspect the Sanskrit vocabulary of the concepts in "The Heart Sutra" or to draw spiritual nourishment from the elegantly poetic repetitions of the Sanskrit text that follows. A spiritual friend provided me with the materials I have used to prepare this version of the text in Buddhist Sanskrit. This text is modified from: Hurvitz, Leon. "Hsuan-tsang (602-664) and the _Heart Scripture_" in _Prajnaparamita and Related Systems: Studies in Honor of Edward Conze_ (University of California at Berkeley Press). 103-113. Hurvitz describes this text as "brahmanical" and reports that Hsuan-tsang transcribed it in Chinese characters from a wall of a cave at Ta hsing-shan-ssu in Lo-yang, China, apparently on the Silk Road, during the 7th century A.D. The context in which the Chinese scholar presented the Hridaya Sutra makes it clear that he considered it a magical text. Although this text is not precisely identical with existing English translations of "The Heart Sutra," it is obviously consistent with the Hridaya textual tradition. The Sanskrit scans metrically and by sense into mostly four line verses, a classical verse form that suggests a strong literary value in the text. Repetitions and thematic emphasis on the pervasiveness of emptiness (sunyata) characterize the text. I found that in order to preserve the sense of the verses it was necessary to shorten one verse to three lines, to lengthen another verse to five lines. I modified the Hurvitz text by eliminating all Sanskrit diacritical marks, regularizing the spacing of the Sanskrit words and their spelling, and adjusting the lines of the text according to sense and (in some cases) meter. I used Hurvitz's interlinear vocabulary as a base and added to it. The difficulties in this text are partly due to the obscurities of Buddhist Sanskrit, partly to the ackwardness of the transcription into Roman letters from Chinese phonological equivalents by Hurvitz, and mostly to my radically imperfect knowledge of Sanskrit. I accept full responsibility for the errors experts in the Sanskrit language will find here. May the merit of this effort benefit all sentient beings. [CORRECTION: Hsuan-tsung found the text on the stone wall of the Great Monastery of the Furtherance of Good, not on a cave wall. -MM]
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This Volvo B9TL Gemini 2 is in cityBus Perth Livery...
Original Net: Peter Fray
Updated & Adapted: Dominic Robson
More testing of the Petzval DSLR lens by Lomography. They have requested some test images from me and a write up about my initial impressions so far with the lens so I've been doing quick tests the last few days.
I've found that you need to treat this lens like you would if you were shooting large format; a tripod, a back lens hood with magnification and Live View enabled on your camera.
I never use a tripod or Live View, so this has been nice, because it makes me feel like I'm shooting my Toyo 4x5 camera again - only instead of having a black cloth over my head I can use the hoodman I have to view the back of the screen. With Live View enabled on the back of the camera, I can zoom in on the subjects eyeballs and focus and then snap the picture right after focusing. The focus knob on the camera is a bear, and it is very easy for it to either rack out of focus of have the subject take even the smallest movement. For me it's like going back to how I shot with large format film, which is a slower process, and I kinda like it.
I'm still learning what the best distance is for the camera to subject and also for the subject to background to absolutely nail the out-of-focus effect.
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I'm sorry, I'm not proud of this one, it was hard to find a picture of niall that i could use. (I might make a different one.)
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Sorry if the pics are sort of dim, we have an overcast sky here since the morning.
Not a comparison LOL, it's just coz I can't stop taking pics of her. Sorry!
This is for a member’s request to show some more leg.
I have another one if anyone is into juicy calf’s. I mean juicy with a capitol J on this other pic’s angle