Archive for August, 2007

Black-Crowned Night Heron

Thursday, August 30th, 2007

Or, in this case, black-crowned late afternoon heron:

Thank you, $14 30-year-old teleconverter.

Jekyll — or, “I guess there is a reason for Britain.”

Monday, August 27th, 2007

Watched a couple of episodes of Jekyll recently on a whim, and I am extremely impressed. This is not always the case with British television, which often seems to have an air of naval-gazing and insularity that I dislike—same problem I have with Seinfeld, although in a rather different manifestation. And British science fiction seems [...]

Pelicans!

Tuesday, August 21st, 2007

They’ve been flying over the channel, but they finally landed yesterday.

Monthlies

Thursday, August 16th, 2007

Seriously, I’m going to set up a separate photo blog. There are some things I have to sort out first, hosting-wise.

One of the things I’ve been trying to do—and I may have mentioned this here previously—is get better at separating the wheat from the chaff, among the images I capture and process. I’ve racked up [...]

If Nietzsche wrote a science fiction movie, it would be Sunshine

Tuesday, August 14th, 2007

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This movie is awesome. A small disclaimer: I tend to be more excited about this movie than other people do. This has been true since the moment I first saw the trailer, then showed it to someone else who claimed to be utterly bored by it.

What enthralled me about the (first) trailer—and what [...]

Nippon-Kogaku (Nikon) 135mm f/2.8 Non-AI Q

Monday, August 13th, 2007

For the past couple of days, I’ve been shooting with my newest unjustified expenditure: a 135mm f/2.8 lens. Now, when I say “unjustified,” I may be exaggerating somewhat, since I spent all of $20.00 on it.

It’s an excellent lens, although it’s been a bit beat up over the years. And when I say “years,” I [...]

Best tag ever: “Moustacheparty”

Friday, August 10th, 2007

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Flickr: Photos tagged with moustacheparty