77: Breaking Up

So even though it was well below freezing, there have been a few spells warm enough to start the breaking up of the ice on the river.

Just some fun wide angle stuff, taken with the fish eye. I'm really starting to like this lens! I forgot to take some jpegs, and I have no raw covnersion software, and I'm on dial-up, so I didn't feel like waiting for RAW essientials to download

76: St Paddy's Day

So this marks my getting caught up on my PAD. Next step will to get some comments onto those who have been morally supporting me through my mideterms. Thanks guys!

I went to a drop-in CV (resume) clinic today, and while I was waiting, what I think was the on campus day care kids dropped by. They had obviously spent the morning making green birron things and the hats and stuff, and we're doing a little mini parade through the various offices in the building. They'd stop and wave their little green streamers and say Happy St. Patrick's Day

As they were leaving, they didn't do much smiling, but they did do a lot of staring. I'm assuming they were staring at my fabulous camera :D

They are a little on the fuzzy side because this was indoors, and I didn't want to use the flash on them. Fixed these up in raw which made a huge difference.

While I'm not a supporter of commercialized holidays, especially ones like Valentine's Day, I will support St. Paddy's Day. Why? How many holidays are out there where you are expected to go out and drink beer? That being said, have a good time day, drink responsibly, and DO NOT drink and drive. Take a cab. Please!!!

And the final thought for the day courtesy of the comics page today: If you drink green beer, where does all the green go when it comes out the other end?

75: Fun with fish-eyes

I lent my 16mm Zenitar fish eye to a friend who took it to Europe for 2 1/2 weeks. His pictures with it were awesome, and I realized I needed to start palying with it more as I've hardly ever used. I bought it this past summer of DrNick (thanks Doc!), and decided today I'd try some stuff with it.

So, here are a few results. I'm realizing I don't think I'll be able to use it much for anything close up because of the manual focus. I have a hard time determing what is in focus when it's a close up. I've tried a few times and everything ends up fuzzy. Maybe if I get one of those magnifying things for the eye piece, it will help. Other than that, I will stick to things that I can put the focus on infinity.

These were taken on McGill campus.

74: Balance and Play

So this is the photo contest I entered at my university. The themes were balance and play. I submitted three, and all three were selected for display. Judging hasn't happened yet, or if it has, then I didn't win anything. These are displayed in the walkway between two of our major libraries. Lots of people looking at them, which is fun. Our names aren't on them, but it's still fun to know people stop and look at the pictures. Just in case some McGill folks look at this, I'll refrain from pointing out which ones are mine, but those of you who know my stuff should be able to find at least one of them ;-)

73: Self-Portrait

:P

This is what I look like, and my next midterm isn't until Thursday.

I don't know where I got this picture from, but if this is someone's material, and you are that someone or you know that someone, please let me know so I can give due credit, or if need be, remove it.

72: Rant

Ok, A day late and a dollar short, and not even a picture. Instead, I am going to rant and rave over how much I hate multiple choice tests. I hate hate hate hate them. They are screwing me up, even though I know the information. I'm so annoyed I can't be bothered to even find an old picture to put up. Sorry

ARGH

71: Since I never re-posted it...

Well, since I messed up yesterday, might as well post an old shot I took down to dubmit and then never re-posted it. This is from the burst of colour challenge. I called this poof! No, it's not someone's hair, as someone asked, it's a very cozy soft scarf. I tend to get cold easily, so this winter, it's been a great way for me to stay warm. Fuzzy pink scarf for my neck and fuzzy cute panda slippers for my feet. Now if only warm fuzzy things would help me solve acid base titration questions.