Decay
Reading Time: < 1 minuteSome breif, boredom releiving experiments with the Lensbaby Macro Magnifiers. Just thought I would share this macro of a decayed, mummified russian dwarf hamster. You’re welcome.
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Macro Study of a Christmas Cactus
Reading Time: 2 minutesTo pass the time with this cold winter weather, I have been playing with some still life ideas. For Christmas I got the macro lens adapters for my Lensbaby Composer – these are old school simple magnifying lensses that screw into the filter thread. Combined …
Lensbaby Composer
Reading Time: 3 minutesHaving read about this slightly obscure and bizzare lens in Practical Photography, I decided I had to try one. Birthday present time… The Lensbaby Composer is a concept both simple and fraught with complexity. It is simple lens casing with a ball and socket joint, …
What is the Appropriate “Disposal” for Mad Murderers
Reading Time: 12 minutesIn the 1930’s, Penrose conducted a sociological investigation comparing statistics relating to crime and mental disorder in various European countries. Penrose discussed a number of possible conclusions that could be drawn form his data, but two that showed noticeable statistical significance were as follows: in countries with better provision of hospital beds for the mentally disordered the prison population tended to be lower and in these countries the number of deaths attributable to homicide also tended to be lower.
These findings will be used as a springboard to discuss the dilemma of whether the most appropriate method of addressing the social problem of mentally disordered people who unlawfully kill others is penal or therapeutic disposal- that is whether the emphasis of the sentence should be on punishment or treatment.
Birthday, Christmas, New Site, Things and Stuff
Reading Time: < 1 minuteI’ve messed about for a couple of months with Jalbum (which is great, but a pain in the arse) and I really cannot handle ftp any more. I am moving this to a wordpress installation, and here it is. I am going to backfill going …
Reindeer
Reading Time: 2 minutesIt’s not often you get to meet a real reindeer, but we have had some visiting at work this week!
Some final Sunsets for the Year
Reading Time: < 1 minuteWe do love a good sunset here, and as we approach the turn of the year again, here’s just a few more that I have found lying about on the hard drives, in and amongst other sets this year.
Freaky Macro, Prawns and Pumpkins
Reading Time: 2 minutesPart of the structure of the fish-eye lens functions as a magnifier, and along with this I have picked up some other magnifying lenses. These are a cheap and ceerful way to get macro photography effects, by acting simply like a magnifying glass in the …
Night Time Panorama
Reading Time: < 1 minuteJust a quick one. had a quick go at stitching together a panorama today, of the view from my office window over campus. I’m quite pleased with how this has turned out.
Treatise on Epistimologies
Reading Time: 3 minutesOnce upon a time there was an epistemology called positivism. This was made up by some French men with beards, who got a bit worried that no one would take them seriously because they were not scientists. They decided that you had to study everything …
Fish Eyes on Hyde Park
Reading Time: 3 minutesI have been playing a little more with the fish eye adapter. We got the chance to visit the old St Marks church in Woodhouse where I again had the same issues as in the London Underground, with lack of light. Some more interesting shots …
Shooting the Moon
Reading Time: < 1 minuteJust a quick one to share this image (after a few attempts) of the moon through my Tamron Zoom lens…