The Unreasonable Man

Just drove by this. Waiting for the coffin bringing home another 23-year old dead soldier, killed by stupid, intolerant, medieval people who are kept stupid and medieval by their belief in an imaginary space god. Another kid who will never have a family.

And why do we tolerate this? Believing in space gods is wacko but OK. But killing in the imaginary deity’s name is not. Blasphemy should be made mandatory.

I mean, I don’t get it. Criticizing people who believe in “Homeopathy” or “Magnetic healing” (or magnetic bracelets) is OK, but criticizing those who believe in their right to tell me what to do because of their imaginary space gods is not?

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…and my Luniquest softbox.

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I love the fact that now with my Lumiquest Softbox II and all my Honl Photo flash modifiers, I can take a studio on the rad without breaking my back.

The Hamilton Spectator:

http://www.thespec.com/News/BreakingNews/article/571868

Adds to the list, which now consists of five newspapers.

Yonge and Dundas Square

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…until Sunday.

I shall let this review speak for itself: review of IV

So when a girl was run into by a car virtually in front of me the other day in Toronto I took a few snaps - you never know whether there is something special. Just a few shots to show the scene:

One woman tried to stop me. “Are you taking photos? Stop!” she said. “I don’t think so”, I answered.

It is amazing how people will try to stop you from photographing what anyone can see anyway. It is not unethical to shoot accidents. In fact if people thought about it a little, they would see that photography can help. Of course this particular crash would not have been “interesting” enough for the newspapers, but as said, you never know. And showing accidents could remind people of the importance of road safety. Anyway - it happens. Don’t shoot the messenger.

…all the time….

And it is not just me, having issues with my 1Ds MkIII and 1D MkIII bodies:

Peter Gregg’s post

That soft face is totally recognisable - I get this all the time. Will Canon help by redesigning/fixing the 1D bodies? I hope so.. having invested $25,000 into Canon equipment I think it would be nice.

Reminder: here is a sample of mine. Shot with one focus point, lock mode, aiming at a contrasty area, at fast shutted speeds - but wide open at f/1.4. Some shots good, some soft.