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Went for a short walk in Kadriorg yesterday after work with mum, who brought my camera along - still with the macro lens attached.
I have to admit that while I wouldn't pick it as the walk-along lens to bring with me on a holiday, I'm starting to enjoy the rather odd fixed focal length (135mm equivalent - imagine the field of view sort of stuck on the 4x zoom point for compact cameras), as it both limits what I can shoot but also makes me look around more for targets suited to that field of view. And it's a very, very fine lens - I'm really loving the colours and the sharpness.
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It's duckling time. Have seen lots of little ones at various bodies of water the last few weeks. Some are still so tiny! And so very adorable.
Random pigeons.
Random seagull posing.
There was a wedding party in the Kadriorg palace gardens at the same time we got there, so I took the opportunity to snap some random people pics. (I'm really not good with people - this seemed a good chance to practice, nice and far away. And with lots of people with cameras around, it didn't look too odd, either.)
Random kid checking out the fountain. Erm.
Fountain.
Oak leaves.
Another fountain, with some reflections on the edge.
Another random wedding party snap.
The path from the palace to the sea.
Er... some sort of thrush, I think.
A random small hand/arm on the ground.
Side of an old shed.
Am hoping to get some quality reading time at last this weekend. Last week was pretty bad work-wise - started getting a bit dizzy too often, so I tried to limit my computer time at home, sticking to LJ and reading news and such instead of lengthier things.
Am also seriously considering the SSHG exchange. Damn scared, but too tempted. And I've even managed to think of some prompts, which I fear suck, but ... maybe I'll still come up with better ones, too. Just worried that the muses & plot bunnies will not be cooperative, but on the other hand... I should manage something short at least, surely? And I was really tempted to join the last time already, when I'd not even written anything at all yet, so I'm thinking I'd end up regretting it too much if I didn't this time.
I have to admit that while I wouldn't pick it as the walk-along lens to bring with me on a holiday, I'm starting to enjoy the rather odd fixed focal length (135mm equivalent - imagine the field of view sort of stuck on the 4x zoom point for compact cameras), as it both limits what I can shoot but also makes me look around more for targets suited to that field of view. And it's a very, very fine lens - I'm really loving the colours and the sharpness.
Click for larger pics.
It's duckling time. Have seen lots of little ones at various bodies of water the last few weeks. Some are still so tiny! And so very adorable.
Random pigeons.
Random seagull posing.
There was a wedding party in the Kadriorg palace gardens at the same time we got there, so I took the opportunity to snap some random people pics. (I'm really not good with people - this seemed a good chance to practice, nice and far away. And with lots of people with cameras around, it didn't look too odd, either.)
Random kid checking out the fountain. Erm.
Fountain.
Oak leaves.
Another fountain, with some reflections on the edge.
Another random wedding party snap.
The path from the palace to the sea.
Er... some sort of thrush, I think.
A random small hand/arm on the ground.
Side of an old shed.
Am hoping to get some quality reading time at last this weekend. Last week was pretty bad work-wise - started getting a bit dizzy too often, so I tried to limit my computer time at home, sticking to LJ and reading news and such instead of lengthier things.
Am also seriously considering the SSHG exchange. Damn scared, but too tempted. And I've even managed to think of some prompts, which I fear suck, but ... maybe I'll still come up with better ones, too. Just worried that the muses & plot bunnies will not be cooperative, but on the other hand... I should manage something short at least, surely? And I was really tempted to join the last time already, when I'd not even written anything at all yet, so I'm thinking I'd end up regretting it too much if I didn't this time.
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I had the same terror of plot! I think it's a good thing that the emphasis won't be on novel-length fics this time, too. If people havea novel-length story to tell, then that's fabulous, but a fic should really only be as long (or short) as it has to be to tell the story, and anyway, I think people were swamped by all the reading and developing 'long fic fatigue.' If there's a mix of story lengths, then hopefully there will be more reviewing, and both the authors and readers will feel less overwhelmed.
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I do hope there will be fabulous novel-length stories this time too - there have been some utterly fantastic ones. But yes, overall, I wouldn't mind seeing more shorter ones as a reader - the last time, I was a bit swamped with work and stuff, so I tended to jump at the shorter fics and devour those, while leaving the long ones for later.
I did bookmark everything and think I eventually managed to read nearly all of them, bar a few of the longer threesomes, but with some of the longer stories, it took me several weeks after they were posted. But it really was hard on occasion to give the longer stories the attention they deserved, as the sheer amount of reading to do did get a bit overwhelming. (Not that I'm complaining - I found plenty to like in most of the stories in the last round.)