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Fun with a Fisheye Lens

dustin — 2011-05-16T03:20:37-04:00

2011 was my 6th year attending the Northern Voice personal media conference. I took the opportunity this time to play around more with my DSLR camera. I got to talking with photographer John Biehler about shooting using a fisheye lens, and he was kind enough to lend me his for the second day of the conference.

Fisheye is such a different perspective, it took me some time to get a feel for what it works well on. Here are a few of my favorite fisheye shots from the day (click to enlarge):

See all my photos in my 2011 Northern Voice photoset. The first half were with a 'regular' lens, and the second half are fisheye shots.

Election Prediction

chrisdye — 2011-04-30T20:04:50-04:00

As is Sillytech tradition, it's time to place your best guess on the outcome of Canada's election on Monday, May 2. There are 308 seats. The person who has the smallest seat differential for each party "wins":

Conservative:
NDP:
Liberal:
Bloc:
Green/Independent:

I'm U.K, you're U.K.

chrisdye — 2011-04-24T18:06:57-04:00

I can't believe this is for real

registeredname — 2011-04-11T20:54:56-04:00

He's Back...

The Force is Strong With This One

Gbrowdy — 2011-02-04T11:23:51-05:00

Neverendum

chrisdye — 2010-12-29T14:58:57-05:00

I just thought I'd brag that my entry, "Neverendum", was selected as Urban Dictionary's Word of the Day on October 24. This is the most public attention for one of my submitted works since Chickadee Magazine published the picture of a park bench that I submitted in 1983.

The person who actually coined the term was Dave Rosen, who published the Quebec Neverendum Colouring and Activity Book in 1996.

I Heart Don Hertzfeldt

registeredname — 2010-12-18T18:37:43-05:00

From the creator of "rejected" and "Billy's Balloon" comes Wisdom Teeth:

more info here:
http://www.geekosystem.com/new-don-hertzfeldt-cartoon/

Mr. Men Drawn as Super Heroes

registeredname — 2010-12-10T14:14:57-05:00

Remember this guy?

More awesome ones here:
http://www.bite.ca/bitedaily/2010/03/82-super-heroesvillains-drawn-as-mr-men/

Chastity Violated

vinny9 — 2010-11-01T10:04:57-04:00

One Day

chrisdye — 2010-10-20T13:41:56-04:00

Happy World Statistics Day, everyone!!!

"Let us all acknowledge the crucial role of statistics in fulfilling our global mission of development and peace." -Ban Ki Moon

A Wordy Adventure

registeredname — 2010-10-10T10:55:11-04:00

This is the video I submitted for the 2010 Montreal 60 Second Movie festival (M60). The theme was adventure.

MPROV: The 5th Montreal Improv Festival

Chronomorph — 2010-10-04T16:33:59-04:00

Colors

vinny9 — 2010-08-18T09:05:42-04:00

How To Make McDonald's Fries

vinny9 — 2010-07-28T06:34:51-04:00

http://aht.seriouseats.com/archives/2010/05/the-burger-lab-how-to-make-perfect-mcdonalds-style-french-fries.html

Awesome level of detail.

Uh Oh, Only 15 Million Years Left!

vinny9 — 2010-07-12T22:32:57-04:00

Mass exctintion events every 26-27 years

Conan: The Musical

vinny9 — 2010-06-28T22:15:09-04:00

Go Spos!

chrisdye — 2010-06-24T09:48:15-04:00

Twenty years ago today, I went to my first baseball game. The Expos had the NL East lead, a half-game up on the Pirates, and it was half-price ticket day for under 16s, so I convinced my parents to drive all the way to the Big O with the family.

The Meech Lake Accord had failed the day before and it was St-Jean-Baptiste Day, so for the first (but not last) time in Expos history, many in the large (for the Expos) crowd of 25,000 booed Canada's national anthem. Anytime the Expos played at home on St-Jean-Baptise Day after that, they played the anthems during the warmup so that no one would be there to boo.

We sat in the first row of the upper deck, right behind home plate. Dennis Martinez had a solid start, but the relief was weak and the Pirates won the game, retaking the NL East lead (which they kept for the rest of the year). Disappointing, but I'll never forget how awesome it was to eat peanuts and ice cream and watch the Expos in the Big O on a hot summer day, during that brief time when the retractable roof actually worked.

Elementary

goodladd — 2010-06-15T00:26:41-04:00

UK election prediction

chrisdye — 2010-05-05T12:32:35-04:00

We've predicted Canada and the US; why not someplace where only some of us have any idea what goes on?
The British House of Commons has 650 seats (529 in England, 40 in Wales, 59 in Scotland and 18 in Northern Ireland). There are many minor parties that can win a few seats with less than 2% of the vote. The categories for this contest will simply be "Conservatives", "Labour", "Liberal Democrats", and "Other". (If you want to specify the "Other", you are welcome to, but it won't count in who has the best prediction).

Fwoosh!

vinny9 — 2010-04-27T10:01:52-04:00

Apollo 11 Saturn V Launch (HD) Camera E-8 from Mark Gray on Vimeo.

30 seconds of raw Apollo 11 Saturn V launch footage stretched out across 8 minutes through the lens of Camera E-8, which is running at 500fps.

Narrator: Spacecraft Film exec. producer Mark Gray.
(via)

Bringing the Funk Back to Sillytech

Gbrowdy — 2010-04-11T13:27:55-04:00

Fucking Magnets! How do they work?

Alex — 2010-04-08T02:35:30-04:00

This Guy Loves His Team

vinny9 — 2010-03-18T08:06:32-04:00

This Is The Kind Of Stuff You Need To Share With Me

vinny9 — 2010-03-15T22:57:55-04:00

*People Missing Toes Still Pay Full Price

Gbrowdy — 2010-02-26T03:30:27-05:00

And the website:
http://jonesbigasstruckrentalandstorage.com/jonesgoodassbbqandfootmassage.html

Who wants nightmares?

Alex — 2010-02-25T00:00:07-05:00

Tottenham Fans Sing for a Valentine's Day Puma Ad

vinny9 — 2010-02-19T14:19:03-05:00

Frankly, My Dear

goodladd — 2010-02-14T08:35:53-05:00

Weiners use weiners to operate iPhones in cold weather.

Montrealers take note.

Pink Lemonade

dustin — 2010-02-02T19:51:27-05:00

Lemonade the Movie - It's not a pink slip. It's a blank page.