(I know, I should get the screen cleaned!!)
Thursday, February 27, 2014
Wednesday, February 26, 2014
My other hobby ...
Yes, I am a bookworm. And I'm afraid I've turned my kids into one, too! But that story's for another day.
I borrowed Dan Brown's Inferno a few days ago from our library. Granted that he is not the sharpest tool to begin with, but his first two books were at least entertaining. With this one, I think he just mailed it in and cashed his check. It was like reading a tour and art guide of Florence. You'd get lost and sometimes forget that there's a story buried there somewhere, too.
Imagine - Robert Langdon was running for his life, and he can still think about how that big bath tub near Rameses' obelisk should really go? Or that Hercules and Diomedes sculpture (that make college girls giggle with glee) also needed to go? Please.
Not even halfway (surprised I even reached almost halfway?) and I quit and moved on. Now I am happy. Happy. HAPPY.
With this.
I borrowed Dan Brown's Inferno a few days ago from our library. Granted that he is not the sharpest tool to begin with, but his first two books were at least entertaining. With this one, I think he just mailed it in and cashed his check. It was like reading a tour and art guide of Florence. You'd get lost and sometimes forget that there's a story buried there somewhere, too.
Imagine - Robert Langdon was running for his life, and he can still think about how that big bath tub near Rameses' obelisk should really go? Or that Hercules and Diomedes sculpture (that make college girls giggle with glee) also needed to go? Please.
Not even halfway (surprised I even reached almost halfway?) and I quit and moved on. Now I am happy. Happy. HAPPY.
With this.
Friday, February 7, 2014
That black foamie thing ...
So I've always wondered what's the deal with that black foamie thingy, and how different is it really from just flash pointing up.
Being a real newb as far as flash is concerned, I spent some time figuring out how to setup the Nissin di466 (Micro Four Thirds mount) to pair with my X100s. I was finally able to make them work by:
(a) Setting up my X100s to fire the flash as a "master";
(b) Setting up my Nissin to the S2 mode;
(c) holding the Nissin in front of me where it can "receive" the fire flashed by the X100s.
As far as the black foamie thingy -- I bought a $0.99 8x11 piece of black foam in an arts and crafts store, and cut a roughly 4x6 piece and attached it to the flash head pointing up. When I fired the flash with the foam attachment, it is facing me as the Nissin does not have a swiveling head.
The results speak for themselves! (Images are all OOC, ISO 200, f/2.8)
Being a real newb as far as flash is concerned, I spent some time figuring out how to setup the Nissin di466 (Micro Four Thirds mount) to pair with my X100s. I was finally able to make them work by:
(a) Setting up my X100s to fire the flash as a "master";
(b) Setting up my Nissin to the S2 mode;
(c) holding the Nissin in front of me where it can "receive" the fire flashed by the X100s.
As far as the black foamie thingy -- I bought a $0.99 8x11 piece of black foam in an arts and crafts store, and cut a roughly 4x6 piece and attached it to the flash head pointing up. When I fired the flash with the foam attachment, it is facing me as the Nissin does not have a swiveling head.
The results speak for themselves! (Images are all OOC, ISO 200, f/2.8)
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