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my blueberry nights

Aquaria

here in Aquaria was where i fully realized the limitations of my relatively old (in terms of digital camera technology) Canon EOS 400D. i had been lamenting the less-than-stellar lowlight capabilities of my six year old DSLR, and how my limiting myself to an old camera such as this creates a sort of tunnelvision that limits my creativity. however, despite the boundaries imposed by the limitations of my gear, i am generally satiated, if not, satisfied, by this old clunker's performance. a little bit of ingenuity (using a cellphone to light up the subject's face to facilitate auto-focusing), lots of continuous shots (to ensure at least one of my photographs don't turn out blurry from any slight camera movement), and a whole lot of patience (way too many people in Aquaria) goes a long way and i come home with a handful of workable shots to be fed into Lightroom. it's no secret that i am an advocate of Lightroom and VSCO Film, so much so that it generally helps me achieve an expression, or feel i am not capable of doing with just a simple JPEG image straight out of the camera. this feel is such a subjective matter that i simply cannot attempt to describe it, though i try to let my photographs speak for themselves.

Aquaria was somewhat alright, although i cannot quite swallow the idea of animals in captivity anymore ever since my visit to the Taronga Zoo in Sydney. i'm no PETA advocate, but animals kept in four walled structures doesn't sit quite well with me.