Sunday, November 28, 2010

Very well said




Too eloquent for my taste, really.



Pentax K-7
FA 31/1.8 ltd
1/320 @ f/5.6
0 ev
ISO 200
RAW

Ginger bread cookie house



Mother, grandma, and my little girl were at it all yesterday and this morning. Quite impressive, really. Still it does not change my opinion of Christmas though. Halloween is far better.



Pentax K-7
DA 35/2.8 macro ltd
1/30 @ f/2.8
0 ev
ISO 200
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Days like this




Here in Southern California for the last week or so it has been uncharacteristically cold of late, with temperature dipping into high 30's F at night. During the day, when the sun is out like this it is quite nice. Days like this, as cold as it is, is when I pull the top down and enjoy the sky. Yes it is cold, but it sure does clear your sinus like no other.

Pentax K-7
FA 31/1.8 ltd
1/500 @ f/7.1
0 ev
ISO 200
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New species



It stays lit all night long, this flower does for my little girl.



Pentax K-7
FA 31/1.8 ltd
1/15 @ f/2.8
- 0.3 ev
ISO 200
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Saving a life




This is called a Berlin Heart. This is an assist device, works just like a pump, that helps a failing heart. It sits outside of the body, drains blood out of the heart, and pumps it right back into the body, to augment cardiac output. What is on the bottom is the pneumatic device that drives it. This little thing saved a life of a 6 year old boy this past week. We put this kid on this pump, just in the nick of time. He made it, as he got a new heart (in a way of heart transplant) a couple of days ago. He is already sitting up on his bed, playing Nintendo.

A very good save it was.



Pentax K-7
DA 40/2.8 ltd
1/13 @ f/2.8
0 ev
ISO 200
RAW

Over exposure part 4 (or something like that)



It is purely a matter of preference, but I am finding out that I am quite fond of pictures that are so very well over exposed. From the technical standpoint this is such a crappy picture, but I like it very much. Pentax digital cameras traditionally thought to under expose; so when I want an effect like that I really have to do it like I mean it.


Pentax K-7
FA 31/1.8 ltd
1/40 @ f/2.2
- 0.3 ev
ISO 200
RAW

That time of the year again, eh?



Not a big fan of Christmas. It is nothing but a scam. I am not sure what the motivation behind writing a story like "Christmas Carol," but Dickens even came up with a name for people like myself who are not so fond of Christmas. It is politically wrong to not like Christmas, and I don't appreciate society not allowing to not enjoy Christmas like I deserve to. Jesus.


Pentax K-7
DA 35/2.8 macro ltd
1/4 @ f/2.8
- 0.3 ev
ISO 200
RAW
1/4 @ f/2.8