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jrista
jrista
2:03 AM
^-- Rods and Cones in the center of the eye are actually 0.5 microns in size...so this is a photograph if half-micron cells! :o
 
rfusca
rfusca
2:22 AM
Second night in a row that my house has been egged :(
 
 
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fluf
fluf
5:57 AM
@rfusca :(
put a camera up?
 
rfusca
rfusca
@fluf ya, i have one up now
 
fluf
fluf
cool
 
rfusca
rfusca
and the cops are going to run extra patrols through the area
 
fluf
fluf
awesome :D
what do you think about water weeks so far?
 
rfusca
rfusca
lol, its nearly all coastlines
and I think almost every picture is a repeat - one we've had in a previous contest
they're good pictures though
 
fluf
fluf
6:03 AM
I need to explain how aperture causes bokeh in a way that is not f1.8 = '>bokeh' to someone that is not phot at all
I hate the word bokeh
 
rfusca
rfusca
i'm just disappointed that nobody is 'stretching'
lol
 
fluf
fluf
@rfusca yes I agree
more birds in water weeks than in air week :P
 
rfusca
rfusca
@fluf lol
 
fluf
fluf
@rfusca I wish I had some chemicals too make fire week interesting
I love how they all burn with different flames
 
rfusca
rfusca
....what chemicals?
ah, ic
 
fluf
fluf
6:06 AM
the powdery flamible type ?
green red and blue flames are awesome
red is a bit intense though
 
rfusca
rfusca
indeed
you could just add color in post though ;()
 
fluf
fluf
I'm not a fan of the pure white flame
then I'll have to edit the colour cast all over
Coffee time
yay Muffins <3
 
rfusca
rfusca
lol k
 
fluf
fluf
:/ mug burned me
 
rfusca
rfusca
coffee...its hot sometimes
 
fluf
fluf
6:14 AM
yeah that's why coffee making process is like 15-20 minutes
1 coffee 2 sugar then I wait for it to cool to a drinkable temp
 
rfusca
rfusca
ic ic
 
fluf
fluf
were other peoples houses also egged?
 
rfusca
rfusca
dont know
 
fluf
fluf
ahh screw tenses and grammer
in Afrikaans all past tens stuff is 'was'
 
rfusca
rfusca
lol
cop was pretty angry because apparently they egged less than a minute after the cops drove by my house
 
fluf
fluf
6:25 AM
crap :/ I'm turning 25 this year :/
 
rfusca
rfusca
lol
 
fluf
fluf
@rfusca hahaha
it's one of my school friends birthday today and its like 25y o. I had to think for a second how old I am before it sunk in :/
at least I have a couple months left
 
rfusca
rfusca
lol
 
fluf
fluf
6:40 AM
so what are you doing today(err -night)
technically last night :/
 
 
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fluf
fluf
2:23 PM
theres a questions in the blog that wasn't set to bold
 
rfusca
rfusca
2:58 PM
@fluf its fixed
 
fluf
fluf
3:42 PM
@rfusca awesome :D
 
jrista
jrista
4:36 PM
@rfusca Didn't I add a rule that it had to be new work?
 
rfusca
rfusca
@jrista i don't think so
 
fluf
fluf
haven't seen it either
maybe I missed it
 
jrista
jrista
nope, doesn't look like I did
 
rfusca
rfusca
@jrista you should enter something
 
jrista
jrista
hmm
I may have something
I'm actually surprised we don't even have one water droplet photo yet
 
rfusca
rfusca
4:46 PM
@jrista ya, its all landscapey lol
 
jrista
jrista
yeah :\
 
rfusca
rfusca
but there's plenty of time, contest runs next week too
 
fluf
fluf
5:32 PM
ok puppy killer fluf is back
I'm going to make puppies an extinct species :P
 
rfusca
rfusca
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
i've never destroyed a user account before....
;)
 
fluf
fluf
D:
D':
ok first i did reverse 50 without flash
I even added a bit of foil for reflectivity :D
and then I did the impossible... I'm sweating now because of it
50mm inverted on top of a 75-300 extended to about ~150mm very roughly
an hour for 32 photos :P
@jrista I'll post all my failed attempts now :P
really handheld macro is NOT a good idea
 
jrista
jrista
@fluf puppy killer?!?!
 
rfusca
rfusca
lol
yesterday, by rfusca
A puppy dies every time somebody uses popup flash.
 
fluf
fluf
ooh you can quote like that :?
 
rfusca
rfusca
5:40 PM
@fluf yes
 
fluf
fluf
really cant star that :/
 
rfusca
rfusca
just copy the permalink
@fluf have to star the original
 
fluf
fluf
I have some cool controls when I do use flash
you can set exp comp for the popup flash
so everytime you use the puppy killing machine
 
rfusca
rfusca
yup
 
fluf
fluf
exposure is sooo difficult
 
rfusca
rfusca
5:43 PM
@fluf lol
k
 
fluf
fluf
here is the third photo I took first 2 are rejected
I changed the pillow quite often :P from pink and white to light blue and green to black
wanted to see how the pillow affects the water
 
rfusca
rfusca
interesting
 
fluf
fluf
ok jelly(o) break :P
awesoem idea!!! jelly macro!!!
too much effort and planning involved to do it now
 
rfusca
rfusca
@fluf lol
macro is certainly fun
 
fluf
fluf
blue pillow
black messes up the exposure a bit mroe
I find bumping level of iso easier than changing the shutter speed
I couldn't go below 60th in any case ;P
and the best from the lens combo
dof changes totally when you stack lenses
the one telephoto was on f22
that entire green tip is less than 1mm in size
maybe I'll try tomorrow again :) it's a public holiday! :D then at least there will be sunlight
 
rfusca
rfusca
6:05 PM
finally, an interesting project at work
 
fluf
fluf
cool what is it about?
 
rfusca
rfusca
we have a whole bunch 100k+ of missing lat and longs geographic data and the names on the locations are massive abbreviations, so I have to try to determine a way to provide a "these are probably these 'real' locations"
 
fluf
fluf
ahh cool
 
rfusca
rfusca
i just like it because it doesn't have an obvious solution
its not a bug to just go fix
its a 'find the best way to solve this real issue we have' kind of thing
 
fluf
fluf
yeah
 
 
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rfusca
rfusca
7:13 PM
fun but shortlived
 
fluf
fluf
7:31 PM
@rfusca why? not going ahead ?
 
rfusca
rfusca
@fluf already done - matched the first 90% with a similarity() check in postgres and they said "good enough"
 
fluf
fluf
lol ok
 
rfusca
rfusca
ya
to say they were 'happy' is an understatement though
the lead dev told them it wasnt possible and they were gearing up a team of people to tackle it manually for a few weeks
 
fluf
fluf
haha
one of those cases where they should technically give you a small bonus :P because you had the knowledge to solve the problem in short time :)
 
rfusca
rfusca
@fluf yup
i just got a bonus last week though ;)
 
fluf
fluf
7:40 PM
nice :)
 
 
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fluf
fluf
9:38 PM
sigh this is what happens when I stay up too late
I get hungry again :/
midnight snack time
 
jrista
jrista
Interesting shots, @fluf.
You just experimenting with a reversed lens macro setup?
 
fluf
fluf
tnx :)
yep
 
jrista
jrista
You should find some insects.
Extreme macro really shines when photographing insect eyes.
 
fluf
fluf
yeah they are extremely tiny
I'll see what I can find tomorrow :)
 
jrista
jrista
 
rfusca
rfusca
9:43 PM
@fluf found this guy on my shoulder awhile back
 
fluf
fluf
D:
I dislike spiders a lot
 
rfusca
rfusca
@jrista those are rather difficult to do
@fluf me too
 
fluf
fluf
@jrista holy crap thats an awesome shot I like the hair
 
jrista
jrista
@rfusca Yeah, they require focus stacking. Just demonstrating whats possible. ;)
 
fluf
fluf
@rfusca those can jump right
 
rfusca
rfusca
9:46 PM
@jrista gotcha
@fluf yes
 
fluf
fluf
I actually dislike the smaller spiders more than the bigger ones
 
jrista
jrista
baby jumping spider:
 
fluf
fluf
the small ones bite... (put me in bed for 2 weeks... was quite fun no balance at all) but the big ones are just scary :(
@jrista that looks too cute for a spider
 
jrista
jrista
yup :)
 
fluf
fluf
how close did you get to it :(
 
jrista
jrista
9:48 PM
not my shot
 
fluf
fluf
i c
 
jrista
jrista
but he was extremely close, and DOF is less than a millimeter
I love jumping spiders
every one of them has a unique hairdo
they all look like curious street punks
 
fluf
fluf
I doubt we have any spiders in our flat :)
 
jrista
jrista
 
fluf
fluf
looks like twisted his hair into an evil moustache :/
 
jrista
jrista
9:51 PM
hah, and if you thought the previous baby jumper was cute: jon-rista.deviantart.com/favourites/38376331?offset=600#/…
 
fluf
fluf
lol looks like a mini squid
or jelly fish rather :P
 
jrista
jrista
wow...you can tell this photographer was using a big diffuser on his flash by the reflection in the eyes: jon-rista.deviantart.com/favourites/38376331?offset=600#/…
 
fluf
fluf
I best be off to bed, night
 
jrista
jrista
night
 

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