Mikou

25Oct09

Click for full version of crop:
Certainly not designed as a detailed model it’s pretty much the 3D version of a doodle / sketch.
Wipeout was a sort of inspiration, that low flying fast ship idea. Probably only one person per ship, piloting.
Total time from scratch to render: probably about an hour.
Blender 3D and Bunkspeed Hypershot.

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Tags: black, blender 3d, bunkspeed, fast, flying, Glossy, hypershot, racing, shiny, spaceship, studio, wipeout

T1i

22Jun09

How could I have forgotten?
Goodness, I bought it like, almost a whole month ago.
Yes, that’s right. I sold my Rebel XS and bought the brand new Rebel T1i (500D) which gives me all my former Rebel goodness + full 1080p HD video!
Among the other favorite features, I’m also really happy about the 12 800 ISO, [...]

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Tags: 1080p, 12 800, 500D, camera, canon, film, HD, iso, lens, movies, new, rebel, t1i, video

Camera

18Oct08

Yup, I bought a new one.
 
After much debate, I went with the Canon Rebel XS. You can read all about it here: http://www.dpreview.com/news/0806/08061002canon1000d.asp
So, sadly, the A540 is being pushed down to my “backup and movie taking” camera. I still stand behind my “It isn’t the camera that makes good pictures, it’s the photographer.” statement. But really, [...]

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Tags: camera, canon, new, Photography, rebel

Bike

18Oct08

Was out and saw this down an alley, just had to stop and take a picture.
colours edited in PS, of course.
 

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Tags: alley, bike, motorcycle, Photography, sepia

Nails

18Sep08

Helping out around the school I came across packing palettes sitting in the sun, I had the school’s G9 at the time and thought to take a quick picture. I’m thinking my photos are repetitive, always being of similar style. I should expand more. 
 
Since I was using the G9 at full res (12.1 MP, for [...]

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Tags: macro, nails, rust, sunlight, wood

Grape

05Sep08

In the recent strange success of the “ant’s eye view” topic (see the detailed wood photo in an old post) I think I’ll post this photo that I deemed earlier to be of un blog worthy qualities. 
 
 
Is this similar to a band riding on the coat tails on a one hit wonder song? Ah well, [...]

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Tags: juice, purple

Stripes

26Aug08

Sat down with Blender just to have some fun.
I love 2.46’s glossy reflections.
I noticed after I posted that the colours match my blog quite well.
Note I used “real” ambient occlusion to give it that grainier effect. I still love approx. AO, don’t worry.

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Tags: Blender, jolly ranchers, random, stripes

Bench

26Aug08

In suit with all my other pictures, heavy macro and lots of texture.

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Tags: macro, texture, trees, wood

Insect

26Aug08

Just a random bug that I found walking by. Thankfully my macro decided to work for that picture.

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Tags: brown, bugs, insect, macro, trees

Dew

25Aug08

Do the dew.

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Tags: dew, grass, green, leaves, wet