{"id":824,"date":"2007-03-07T01:11:36","date_gmt":"2007-03-07T01:11:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/glaringnotebook.com\/?p=824"},"modified":"2014-06-16T03:54:33","modified_gmt":"2014-06-16T03:54:33","slug":"belated-seasons-greetings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glaringnotebook.com\/?p=824","title":{"rendered":"Belated Seasons Greetings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.glaringnotebook.com\/zimages\/csn1.jpg\"><br \/>\nOkay, so these are delayed season&#8217;s greetings. Midvalley on my Minolta 50mm F1.4 at F1.4 with Pro Tama 0.45x wide angle converter for extra softness (oddly, softer around the center.)<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.glaringnotebook.com\/zimages\/csn2.jpg\"><br \/>\n50mm F2.0.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.glaringnotebook.com\/zimages\/csn3.jpg\"><br \/>\nThe Curve. 50mm F5.6. I prefer subtle out-of-focus where you can sort of see the background. (This is a note to those stuck on a 50mm F1.8 at Aperture Priority, F1.8 all the time. \ud83d\ude1b )<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.glaringnotebook.com\/zimages\/csn4.jpg\"><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.glaringnotebook.com\/?p=801\">The Minolta 70-210mm F4 beercan lens<\/a> returns! I don&#8217;t bring this lens out often. This troupe was rather unacrobatic, so I&#8217;ll omit their performance at Berjaya Times Square.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.glaringnotebook.com\/zimages\/csn5.jpg\"><br \/>\nRewind to my office. The lion swallowed a man trying to grab an angpau as his only escape!<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.glaringnotebook.com\/zimages\/csn6.jpg\"><br \/>\nLions watching National Geographic on Astro MAX in the office.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.glaringnotebook.com\/zimages\/csn7.jpg\"><br \/>\nFully electronic with noise and lights!<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.glaringnotebook.com\/zimages\/csn8.jpg\"><br \/>\nGod of something. Uh, the knowledgeable and wise shall comment.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.glaringnotebook.com\/zimages\/csn9.jpg\"><br \/>\nNow that&#8217;s what I call a good lion dance! Proper jumping acrobatics and stuff.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.glaringnotebook.com\/zimages\/csn10.jpg\"><br \/>\nAmazing. They both jump and land on the poles, while keeping correct distance.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.glaringnotebook.com\/zimages\/csn11.jpg\"><br \/>\nThere is a risk of wardrobe malfunction should the front guy jump before the rear guy does.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.glaringnotebook.com\/zimages\/csn12.jpg\"><br \/>\nHooray confetti!<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.glaringnotebook.com\/zimages\/csn13.jpg\"><br \/>\nAnd then, come midnight 26th February 2007, fireworks were blasting all over my neighborhood. I ran all over with just my <a href=\"http:\/\/www.glaringnotebook.com\/?p=781\">Sony A100<\/a> and 50mm F1.4 in bulb mode, holding down until the sound of fireworks stopped. I held it too long and ambitiously, so I&#8217;ll omit them fireworks shots. \ud83d\ude41<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.glaringnotebook.com\/zimages\/csn14.jpg\"><br \/>\nFire, flare and ghosts.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.glaringnotebook.com\/zimages\/csn15.jpg\"><br \/>\nMy neighborhood gave THX a run for their money. By the time I ran close to where I suspect fireworks were being launched, it had already ended. Fireworks were then heard on the other end! I must&#8217;ve went each corner twice. This is one of the few rare ones where I get to catch firecrackers.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.glaringnotebook.com\/zimages\/csn16.jpg\"><br \/>\nThe Chinese celebrate their famous invention &#8211; gunpowder.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.glaringnotebook.com\/zimages\/csn17.jpg\"><br \/>\nFinally, I found a launch spot. Alas, it was too late.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Okay, so these are delayed season&#8217;s greetings. Midvalley on my Minolta 50mm F1.4 at F1.4 with Pro Tama 0.45x wide angle converter for extra softness (oddly, softer around the center.) 50mm F2.0. The Curve. 50mm F5.6. I prefer subtle out-of-focus where you can sort of see the background. 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