Just a quick post to say I am now a married man, and have just got back from my honeymoon.
I have been away long enough to have pretty much forgotten what my day job is…
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I stumbled across a quote from Douglas Adams on Australians which I thought was amusing, and probably very accurate:
As a result of all this hardship, dirt, thirst, and wombats, you would expect Australians to be a dour lot. Instead, they are genial, jolly, cheerful, and always willing to share a kind word with a stranger, unless they are an American. Douglas Adams - English
I have been really busy recently, but have taken some photos over the past few weeks, so thought I’d share a few of them
This little toadstool was taken with a flash each side to light it up, triggered with cactus radio triggers (flashes set to about 1/16th power i think, and quite a small aperture on the macro lens)
I have also been taking some photos of a friends’ band The rivers of sound
Also, following comments on a recent post I decided to get out in the garden and try some photos of the insect life that lives there. Most of these had an off-camera flash on E-TTL auto, though manual actually works better with a little practice (if you get the exposure wrong, the flies are gone before you get a second chance (probably cooked by the power of the flash that close) so E-TTL is easier to start with)
I thought it’s about time I mentioned the photos I have been taking recently
Some are random (as seen below)
I also snapped a close-up of some ants and other insects (aphids?)) eating at the stem of my sunflower. I was quite surprised at the detail I got, though admittedly it was with my ef-s 60mm macro lens
I also got a nice shot of a bee while on a walk one lunchtime at work
And then there is my whole set of photos from Hinton Ampner, which I realised I didn’t have the old ones from last year up, so theres a fair few in there including a whole pile trying to catch a bee flying. (click on the photo below to see the whole set)
And I recently took photos of the Hursley Model Railway (again click on the image below to see the whole set). Some of these were done with an off-camera flash with a coloured gel, which produced some interesting effects, though not very life-like.
UserFriendly has 2 fabulous comic strips on Bank scams by phone (the kind where someone phones you up and pretends to be your bank in order to get secure information by asking you to “confirm” some details)
Cartoon 1, Cartoon 2
Its a shame that they don’t let you hotlink the images like xkcd does
Theres an interesting buzz at the moment on a new BMW concept car which has a shell made of some sort of rubber fabric.
Theres a short articlt on Top Gear
And theres a wonderful video on Youtube
