FailedGuideDog Photography

Talking blue

December 13, 2007

This one was shot a few weeks ago at EuroPrix Top Talent Award 2007 event in Graz, Austria.
It shows the host and "father" of the event and competition Prof. Peter A. Bruck right in the moment of projector's source changing and showing the well-known "blueness".

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Mic and the look

December 11, 2007

Finally something new! :)

This one was shot a week ago at the concert of Jan's (on the picture) band The Muffin Man.

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More than it meets the eye

August 31, 2007

I had some fun with my old Helios 58mm f/2 and my new model (no specifications on the casing :) the other day. And this is the 100% crop of the result... color-passthrough and desaturation were the only operations done on this one. I was blown away by how much sharpness and how vivid colors can this lens produce.
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Yellow strip

August 11, 2007

I haven't had any time to go shooting past few weeks so I've dug up some stuff from the archive. This one is from my trip to London. Street photography does have its charms.
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What's in the box

August 9, 2007

Ricewind got down on one knee, the better to arrange the picture, and pressed the enchanted lever.
The box said, "It's no good. I've run out of pink."
A hitherto unnoticed door opened in front of his eyes. A small, green and hideously warty humanoid figure leaned out, pointed at a colour-encrusted palette in one clawed hand, and screamed at him.
"No pink! See?" screeched the homunculus. "No good you going on pressing the lever when there's no pink, is there? If you wanted pink you shouldn't of took all those pictures of young ladies, should you? It's monochrome from now on, friend. Alright?"
"Alright. Yeah, sure," said Ricewind. In one dim corner of the little box he thought he could see an easel, and a tiny unmade bed. He hoped he couldn't.
"So long as that's understood," said the imp, and shut the door. Ricewind thought he could hear the muffled sound of grumbling and the scrape of a stool being dragged across the floor.

-- an excerpt from Terry Pratchett's Colour of Magic, the first Discworld novel.

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Two meters of pure goodness

July 31, 2007

This shot was taken on my sister's birthday party two weeks ago. It's a part of 2-meters-long chocolate cake/roll. It was delicious! :) Once again, our aunt Mojca came through and overdid herself! Thanks again! :)
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Something smells fishy

July 25, 2007

Actually, it is not fish, it's a squid but you catch my drift. :)

This shot was taken on my sister's birthday party this Sunday. These guys were just laying there, simmering, and the light was just right. I had to get real close for this shot, actually. I think the lens was just a few centimeters from the boiling hot plate.

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Murphy! I kill you!

July 24, 2007

Just my luck! :( I was about to clean my glasses yesterday when this happened. :/ The plastic-rope-thingy is all that's holding them together now. I can wear them but are far from being comfortable.

The irony of the whole event is that I was looking of buying new glasses for a while now and I have an eye exam scheduled on Wednesday. I've picked out a frame too but I don't know if it's "the one." I guess I'll see on Wednesday... or not. :)

PS: This shot was taken without me wearing the glasses (obviously) so I must thank Canon for the excellent autofocus in my 20D.

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What does this button do?

July 10, 2007

Another army shot, this time from Cyberpipe & Zavod k6/4 picknik last weekend.

This time we were shooting each other in a game of Airsoft, which is more "realistic" version of paintball - without paint. The guns are replicas of real weapons (yes, snipers too :), the bullets are smaller than paintball ones and the whole game is supposed to be as realistic as possible. Even with great chaos with communication in the woods the game was fun and I look forward to the next match. This is something every gamer should experience. Sure, you don't have HUD display and can't jump over a building with translocator, but feeling of being shot in the forehead and the confusion of players' names not being displayed over their heads is priceless. ;)

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No love in war?

July 3, 2007

A little GIMPed shot from the paintball set (again).
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