Spaceman Spiff to the rescue
stupendousblog When gravitation pulls tricks on you, this is what happens:
As Calvin would say, your perspective gets muddled, and you lose your balance. Easily one of the best places we’ve visited in California, and who would’ve guessed that a two-log cabin would be this much fun?!
Click to read more about Mystery Spot.
So after months of searching on net, I finally bought the Canon Ultra Wide 10-22 lens. Ever since I used a wide angle lens on my Lake Tahoe trip, I have had a desire to own one, though it is pretty expensive at 700$ retail price. I looked at other options like Sigma 10-20 and Tokina 12-24 and 11-16 which are significantly cheaper, but I was not able to make up my mind.
Enter Live search and eBay discount. Basically by using Live search for products on eBay, I got a discount of 25% off brand new canon lens. The result was I got it at same price I’d have paid for Tokina. Needless to say I am very happy 😉
Today evening on my usual walk, I took the lens with me for some random photo shoots. One thing about California I can’t complain is its amazing weather. It was pleasant, very windy and the sun was setting down, giving the perfect light for outdoor shots.
Here are some photos from the shoot – Almost all images were modified very little or in some cases no modification at all. I am really impressed by the sharpness and color saturation this lens can produce. Needless to say I am going to have a blast using this lens 😉
Enjoy the pics.
How does it feel like finishing 10 days worth of work in 2 days? Very glad. I can now waste then next 8 days on useless banter and time pass hehehe :D. I love work 😛
I hope my manager is not reading this! Dang!
Now my blog is black. I dunno how long it will last, so far I am liking it. Plus, clicking on photos takes you to our photo site, which is black background too. Sort of wanted to give it a black consistent feel. Nonetheless, regular readers will know things can change very quickly on my blog :p
After much experimentation I am back to my old theme. I love this minimalist look, but taking feedback from readers I have decided to re-introduce the “recent posts” block. The single biggest feedback I got was that it was cumbersome to go through my previous posts one by one, which I think makes sense. I didn’t want to clutter this page, but a simple list should suffice. I think I like the balance right now – now, readers can go back to my last 10 posts from home page itself.
In other changes, I have added text to the icons above. I didn’t think it would look nice with text and images, but I am surprised – it does look good to me 😉
So there – I think these changes should last me a while now hehe!
It is said that answers to the most important of questions come to you when you are not looking for them. I believe it now. A question had been haunting me ever since Balaji Teleflims irrevocably ruined Indian Television: exactly where does Ekta Kapoor draw her inspiration from, for all her teleserials?
And I am glad to announce I have found the answer the last night. It is from this little known movie:
Sau Din Saas Ke
ROFL. So Lenovo has finally killed its entire 3000 series of Laptops and Desktops.
Good riddance.
With version 3, you have finally copied Safari! So much for Anti-Windows. Now I don’t know why must I keep using Firefox when I can use the inbuilt Safari!
A bittersweet comedy, ultimately pointless movie though. I was waiting for the movie to take off – it never did. Nonetheless, its a cute movie.
Just 3 days I ago I was wondering about Flickr and Yahoo, and effect of Yahoo’s problems. Today I read that founders of Flickr have left. That probably seals the deal on Flickr doing anything visionary further.
In a way I am glad I have moved to Smugmug, but at the same time I feel sorry for Flickr. Flickr given all its issues is the best photo community out there, and I have learnt more about photography just by being there.
To Flickr founders – may you find something new and exciting as Flickr!