• holoz0r (75)in Photography • 6 days ago

  I finally got my dream lens!

  I finally upgraded to my dream lens. What it is? Why of course, its the Nikon Nikkor Z 85mm f/1.2 (and it is enormous!) This lens represents a significant upgrade to my old f/1.8…

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• holoz0r (75)in Photography • last month

  Why I can't yet switch to linux full time for photo editing

  Note: all images featured in this post are my own photographic work. As someone who's recently tried to migrate my photography workflow to Linux, I need to vent about why…

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• holoz0r (75)in Photography • 2 months ago

  Erin - testing my new home studio (okay, its a garage)

  In case you've missed my other posts where I've indicated as such, I've moved house. As a result, I have a brand new office room, which I've already written about in a prior…

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• holoz0r (75)in Photography • 2 months ago

  Holly can swim but I can't - an attempt at faking underwater portraiture

  This series of images had a sort of dual purpose. First, we wanted some kick-ass pictures of Holly frolicking about in her dad's pool, in an old wedding dress that was found in…

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• holoz0r (75)in Photography • 2 months ago

  Holly in red

  Is it red, though, or is it just crimson? Where do the semantics of language and the science of colour collide? I don't really know, but most people would say the dress is dark…

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• holoz0r (75)in Photography • 2 months ago

  Rocks, flesh, dry land and light: portraits of Holly

  Where I live, in Australia, it gets very, stupidly dry in the summer time. So what better time to go off and take photos? Well... especially if you want to get sun burnt. I've…

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• holoz0r (75)in Hive Book Club • 2 months ago

  Now that I've read Childhood's End, I guess I'm an adult. Thanks Arthur C. Clarke

  It only took me a week to devour Arthur C Clarke's tale Childhood's End. When you look back on it against the plethora of speculative fiction that became published since, you can…

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• holoz0r (75)in Photography • 2 months ago

  Portrait backlog - Phoebe by the river , from March 2024

  Other than photographing a couple of weddings this year, my camera gear hasn't nearly gotten the work out it deserves, or the efforts I've wanted to put into it. Since moving…

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• holoz0r (75)in #aboutme • 2 months ago

  Why don't you step into my (new) office?

  I'm in a new house. My office is finally set up the way I like it, but I am always looking for ways to optimise and make it better, more useful, and more efficient. This post is…

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• holoz0r (75)in Hive Gaming • 2 months ago

  Age of Mythology: Retold, from the perspective of someone who hasn't played the original

  If you're a PC gamer, and you're old like me, then you probably have experienced the glory of something like Age of Empires, Red Alert, or another classical RTS. One of my…

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• holoz0r (75)in Hive Book Club • 2 months ago

  Ted Chiang is an amazing writer of parables and tales - and Exhalation is an incredible collection

  Sometimes, when you're reading a story, you don't feel like you're being taught. You feel like you're being entertained. Sometimes, you're definitely being taught, and told…

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• holoz0r (75)in Hive Gaming • 2 months ago

  A PS5 surprise: Stellar Blade

  When I first read about the obnoxious outfits and physics in Stellar Blade, I thought it was a gimmick. Then I read a little more and the comparisons to Elden Ring, and soulslike…

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• holoz0r (75)in Hive Gaming • 2 months ago

  Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth was an awesome game, except for the end...

  I played Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth on release. I paid it slowly. I played it methodically. I enjoyed every moment of it. The open world environments, which gradually blossomed into…

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• holoz0r (75)in #blog • 2 months ago

  Objects at rest

  Prior to August 19, 2024, I was busy. I was placing objects and items and in fact, my entire life into slices of dead tree, fashioned into what we call today boxes. I was selling…

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• holoz0r (75)in #imalive • 4 months ago

  Persistence

  Some time has elapsed since I last typed any words here. A lot has been done. I am alive. I am functioning. I remain employed, and I've dedicated countless hours to things that…

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• holoz0r (75)in #stream • 9 months ago

  Bladur's Gate 3 Stream Replay - The Dark Urge Honor Part 4

  In a current, soul-crushingly uneventful YouTube replay of the Baldur's Gate 3 campaign "The Dark Urge," viewers are rudely reminded that time is a cruel, unyielding force. As…

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• holoz0r (75)in #streamreplay • 11 months ago

  Baldur's Gate 3: Honor Mode: Ranger - Minions, and Part 2

  Hopefully this will be a painless campaign and a warpath that I don't need to repeat too many times. If I do, I may as well treat Baldur's Gate 3 as a rogue-like and keep going…

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• holoz0r (75)in #comedy • 11 months ago

  The time I found myself on stage at a Comedy Show, getting roasted.

  On the 29th of December, I went to go see the comedian Steve Hofstetter at the Rhino Room in Adelaide, South Australia. We went into the city, we got sushi, and we lined up…

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• holoz0r (75)in #streamreplay • 11 months ago

  Part 24: The Dark Urge with Vy-Lence - A Baldur's Gate 3 campaign

  Here's a little secret. After this part, there's two more parts left to upload. We're getting very close to the end, and this 12 hour session of gaming was broken up into 5…

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• holoz0r (75)in #streamreplay • last year

  Vy-lence: A Baldur's Gate 3 Dark Urge Campaign - Part 19

  With each video we upload, we get closer and closer to the end, and increment the video count by one. We got to catch up with a wild bawang in this video, and it was good as a…

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