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Have you ever cleaned out your camera and wondered What the —?

Yeah, me too.

Note: I am having some serious server issues today. And my host has been spectacular! NOT! Please bear with me while this matter is corrected.

I am so dissappointed.

Remember when I talked about a lens that could go about producing this kind of bokeh image?

Well I ordered it thanks to everyone’s input! I ordered it 2 weeks and 2 days ago. It was shipped promptly and arrived in only 2 days, or exactly 2 weeks ago on my front porch.

Or so that’s what the United Parcel Service (UPS) says. I have not received the lens and I am leaving on Sunday to go out of state for 2 months (hmm do all these 2′s mean anything?). Meaning that by the time UPS investigates the claim and replaces or refunds my order, 7 to 10 business days will pass and I will have to wait 2 whole months to hold my precious baby.

UPS, UPS, UP freaking S, you have failed me.

Washington DC

From the lakes of Minnesota, to the hills of Tennessee,
across the plains of Texas, from sea to shining sea,

From Detroit down to Houston and New York to LA,
Well, there’s pride in every American heart,
and it’s time to stand and say

And I’m proud to be an American where as least I know I’m free.

And I won’t forget the men who died, who gave that right to me.

And I’d gladly stand up next to you and defend her still today

Cause there ain’t no doubt I love this land God bless the U.S.A.

Happy Memorial Day!

15 days into a self-hosted wordpress.

I just entered in one of ThePioneerWoman’s contests for a Nikon 50mm 1.4 lens (it’s much better than the aforementioned lens but about twice as expensive). I’m sort of excited about since I just posted about wanting a lens badly.  My chances of winning are slim though.  Thousands of people have already entered

In other news I am liking the transition I have made from blogger to a self-hosted wordpress I have been at this location for exactly 15 days and am finding the response phenomenal.  My traffic has probably been more these past 15 days than in the entire 3 months I spent on blogger combined! (Minus the blog party day).

Bokeh and a Question

I’m really into photography. And I am crazy about bokeh. I purchased a Nikon D60 a few months ago but haven’t got a chance to use it like I would like. I have been eyeballing the 50mm f/1.8 lens from Nikon. It’s a great prime lense and does fantastic bokeh. Apparently the lense that comes with the camera doesn’t produce the bokeh I am looking for because of the lack of a low “1.8″ f-stop.  The lower the f-stop the better the bokeh (well not really since this isn’t the only factor…but i shan’t bore you).

In case you don’t know what bokeh it’s “The pleasing quality of the out of focus areas of an image, produced by the lens. Derived from the Japanese word for fool”

And just in case you didn’t know this is bokeh

This is bokeh

This is bokeh

I love bokeh.

Get it?

Should I buy the lense?