*yawn… Continue reading “Spooky”
untitled film stills
Like some stills from some dark future movie… shooting out the car window on the way to work in the morning=fun times.
not so itsy-bitsy
As mentioned previously, I recently acquired a Nikkor 28-105mm f/3.5-4.5 D, my first auto-focus, close-focus, telephoto zoom lens.
New Tools/Toys
So in response to my gear lust (see here), and sort of in anticipation of future transition to “full frame” (or acquisition of a F4 or F100), I researched and purchased a couple of old lenses.
Meringue
Does this not look like a pile of meringue, or maybe some folds of frosting or whipped cream or something? Luscious. Continue reading “Meringue”
Brother Osama reads the Alphabet
Just as the title says, this is a recording of brother Osama Saleh reading the Alphabet.
May Allah bless brother Osama for his efforts: he’s teaching an Arabic 101 class at ICI. We’re using Dr. Imran Hamza Alawiye’s Gateway to Arabic, book 1. In the above recording, brother Osama says the name of the letter, makes the sound it makes, and reads the first animal or object for each letter from the list of words found in the book, starting on page 51.
don’t look too close…
…the main point of interest isn’t in focus.
That’s one of the things I face by continuing to use reversed lenses (and concomitant rock-back-and-forth-type manual focus) and wide apertures. Alhamdulillah, I have some fun gear. Continue reading “don’t look too close…”
