Now for another round of Guess That Lens!
Say whaaat?
Pretty good bokeh.
Sharp with an amazingly close minimum focus distance!
More flowers for you.
I love it when a lens renders highlights like on the left of this picture.
Though not so much when they blocken up out-of-focus backgrounds.
Like here, again. Oh and the out-of-focus flower isn’t that well done.
So yeah, let them guesses roll! So far, nobody has gotten the first Guess That Lens right…
This morning as I left the house, I noticed my neighbor’s shirts hanging outside. They were all bright, colorful and they almost seem to have been arranged in a contrasting manner! Like in the order of pink, yellow, blue, white and black (as opposed to pink, blue, yellow which wouldn’t be as nice.)
Then, on the way to the bus stop, I noticed a patch of grass on the divider that was just really green compared to the greens on the left.
At the bus stop itself, two ladies crossed paths, and they were in yellow and blue green!
I wonder what other strong flat colors I will come across today. I felt like I had a slight brush with the set of Across The Universe. And Evan Rachel Wood is hot; I just saw her in Running With Scissors. Which isn’t so funny when you realize that everyone around you may just have a psychological problem of their own and yet are legitimately sane.
This almost makes me want to paint in color. Canvas is free from the setup requirements of a photograph.
Backdated pictures from the Bintang Walk area!
What an impression, Pavilion KL going all… vivid.
The princess is here!
…and more, with the Vivitar Series 1 28-105mm F2.8-3.8.
Uh, yes.
Lashes!
MOET! Yum.
Gotta love the display lighting.
Something posh at Starhill.
And now for the Industar 61L/Z 50mm F2.8.
European performers.
And we walked back to Pavilion.
Random shots from a NTV7 carnival at One Utama, 24th November 2007.
Yep it’s backlog clearing time!
Doraemon’s wardrobe malfunction.
Now, if she would have a wardrobe malfunction…
Oops!
Lioness.
Hmmm, seems to have ripped off her right sleeve.
Fast forward later where time stood still for some.
I love my Vivitar Series 1 28-105mm F2.8-3.8 lens!
I love spiral stairways!
She loves her Sony!
She loves nicotine.
Black knight.
Some photos are to be credited to the fon-ee-cuter.
Microsoft patents ‘Page Up’ and ‘Page Down’
“The software giant applied for the patent in 2005, and was granted it on August 19, 2008.”
Say what?
Microsoft should patent the Blue Screen Of Death. Hehe!
I bought a lens to replace my Sigma 17-35mm F2.8-4.0 EX which was sent for repair due to gear stripping.
It can be pretty sharp when focused correctly.
With decent to good bokeh…
…and a pretty good close minimum focusing distance.
And to end the FEI KL Grand Prix at the Putra Stadium Bukit Jalil, 23rd November 2007 – some bandwidth-eating animations!
Jump and land.
Tracked with the Minolta 70-210mm F4 beercan and Minolta 200mm F2.8G HS APO. The 200mm is amazingly fast, easily the fastest screw-drive lens in the A-mount – it could be out of focus as the horse is about to jump, and I could lock focus on it at the jump!
Now you may ask, wouldn’t the Nikon D90 be better suited for capturing such videos?
No.
It’s manual focus only in video mode, so you’ll have a hard time as the horses will run around the field and you’ll have to continuously refocus and track at the same, a quite daunting task. So daunting, I haven’t even done it myself!
Well, I’d wait for what Sony and Olympus would offer for video – they seem to be the smartest when implementing something. After all, Sony has the fastest Quick AF Live View with Olympus being second with their contrast-detect AF, which is loads faster than what Nikon and Canon have done so far.
Now, for more shots from the FEI KL Grand Prix at the Putra Stadium Bukit Jalil, 23rd November 2007.
Lady jockey.
Yet another.
Pit crew, removing the stands for the prize-giving ceremony.
Outta control!
Landing in the sand.
Making a turn.
We have liftoff…
A common sight – pit crew restoring fallen poles.
In relation to the previous picture, it must be one heck of a ride to jump; it’s higher than a human!
Smile for the camera!
Yes sir, like that sir.
A bit early I think.
This seems to be a straighter lunge.
Giddy up!
Oh and Happy (belated) Independence Day Malaysia!
Spotted a spotted pony!
With the little jockeys.
A combination of a few shots. Click here for the large version!
Oh, and click here for the outtakes.
FEI KL Grand Prix at the Putra Stadium Bukit Jalil, 23rd November 2007.
The World’s Greatest Horse Show, in Malaysia!
Before the show itself, these horse statues with elaborate paintings were placed all around town.
Horse bum.
A little unicorn.
Inside, amongst the exhibitors, was an artist!
Check that out yo.
Bunch of civilizations in a mural.
Harith Iskander had a short skit there! 800mm F16 with the Tamron 200-400mm F5.6 and 2x teleconverter.
Fireworks, or the depiction of!
Besides horses, they had lions!
These lions could do stunts, too!
…and they don’t leave horse droppings.
Justin came by, bringing Ted‘s Minolta 200mm F2.8G HS APO (which I sent to fix)! Of course, this was before the accident, when it was in perfect condition…
Lau also came by with his Minolta 80-200mm F2.8G HS APO. Amazing stuff that lens is, though the 200mm is more HS (High Speed) than the 80-200mm.
I had just my Minolta 70-210mm F4 beercan and Tamron 200-400mm F5.6 for this event (which proved to be too long and was a lot slower focusing.)
Shot with the Minolta 200mm F2.8G HS APO.
Video man.
Roofward looking woman.
Audience of assorted attention levels.
That ends my horsing around with the outtakes – next, the actual horses!
Rewind to the 25th of July 2008 – the Sunrise Mont Kiara Jazz Fest 2008!
With virtuoso drummer Lewis Prasagam…
…and his keyboardist.
Oh, and of course, hot vocalist Diana Liu!
…not to say that Hunny Madu is not a sizzler herself. She got soul and a lot of funk, while keeping some hip hop sensibilities from her bygone days.
By now we have fast forwarded to the 2nd of August 2008.
The Basics: Adil burns up the saxophone and Hiro slaps on bass.
Hey you look like somebody’s sister!
Hiro playing some of the funkiest snaky basslines.
Gotta love big stage light!
Karen Nunis Blackstone.
An ever recurring bassist (even for Lewis.)
John Thomas…
