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sky/fire

In photography by webmeister Bud

Fire flies through the air. Canon EOS 400D (XTi) · Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 18 mm · 1.6 s · f/5 · ISO 200 Strobist: onboard, full power This here’s a three-year-old shot from the archives. Hold on a second, folks. It’s time for a segue: “Speaking of three-year-olds, he’ll be three years old in three years . . . …

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lightning lizard

In photography by webmeister Bud

Behold, the 3″ lightning lizard. Canon EOS 450D (XSi) · Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II 50 mm · 1/200 s · f/4 · ISO 200 Strobist: onboard flash, full power And holy CRAP, this little guy was fast. I spent a good twenty minutes chasing him inside stacks of cinder blocks, under burnt logs and through grass, and this is …

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Zombie Walk 2009

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Another Hallowe’en, another zombie walk in Victoria. Canon EOS 450D (XSi) · Canon EF-S 10-22mm f/3.5-4.5 10 mm · 1/200 s · f/3.5 · ISO 200 Strobist: Sigma EF 530 DG Super, 1/8 power, on-camera pointed forward, STO-FEN diffused Recently, the gallery has gone from cute to utterly terrifying, back to cute and then, with today’s photo, utterly terrifying once …

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Hallowe’en with Vincent

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Boo. Canon EOS 450D (XSi) · Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II 50 mm · 1/125 s · f/2.8 · ISO 200 Strobist: Sigma EF 530 DG Super, 1/128 power, 0.5′ below camera, STO-FEN diffused, remote triggered Thankfully, not quite as terrifying as Hallowe’en with Slipknot. While Hallowe’en is, traditionally, a favourite holiday of mine for going overboard, I’ve been somewhat …

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Round Table

In photography by webmeister Bud

King Arthur would be proud. If he stood two feet tall, anyways. Canon EOS 450D (XSi) · Sigma 17-70mm f/2.8-4.5 44 mm · 1/80 s · f/8 · ISO 200 Strobist: Sigma EF 530 DG Super, 1/8 power, on-camera 3′ camera left, umbrella diffused Perhaps it’s the ‘guy’ in me, but there’s just something turbo majestic awesome about swords. This …