This man is having fun.

IMG_6209, originally uploaded by Danny Kao.

Auto (action/sports/whatever the running man icon is in Canon-speak) mode on a 40D owns me and owns me badly. The discovery of burst mode filled me with glee.

The 40D's ergonomics aren't too bad, either--with the exception of several functions requiring you to hold a shift key and actuate a wheel. In itself this isn't too bad, but if both the button and the wheel are normally operated by one finger, it's a bit of a pain to shift hand positions on the grip to bring another finger up and then switch back when you're ready to shoot.

And then i tried said action mode and said to hell with it, it does everything for me, does it instantly, and does it 10x better. I am now a glorified, self-articulating tripod (that can also push the shutter button).

re:color temperature

Nothing as intentional as steph's, but a nice contrast nonetheless.

more reflections

more reflections, originally uploaded by edfooliu.

Quick one I snapped leaving work for the holidays...

reflections

reflections, originally uploaded by edfooliu.

Make for interesting filters. I've lately been experimenting with
shooting things reflected in glass/etc, mostly in order to superimpose
subjects into different scenes. This one came through as more of a
filter effect (if you overlook the mirroring of the easy button).

never delete

I should make a policy of just copying over every shot onto my hard drive (plus external) since storage is abysmally cheap. Alas, I killed accidentally killed the best shot I had of this little puppy. Also, I should make a policy of charging the battery before any trip... this was the ONLY shot I got from my excursion to Delaware for karting.


This was an interesting problem... I wanted to bokeh the background out as much as possible, but at wider apertures, I couldn't get enough DOF to get the whole puppy in focus. The puppy's orientation--to my eyes, at least--makes the shot, so I had to give up some background bokehing. That said, the surviving shot here was done in shutter priority, so the computer figured out a pretty good balance on its own...

been awhile, sunrise

After 5 weeks of late mornings...

back to the grind

Settling into a routine with the new job, so...let's make another attempt at _this_ routine. My shots-per-day haven't really done much climbing out of the nov-dec hole, but at least I have a small backlog I can go through here.

And of course I have to see how fast a shutter I can get...


I will also have you know it's really, really difficult to hold a coffee strainer in one hand whilst pinning a camera to my face with the other, using a free finger to adjust focus.