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1. 1. Richie | August 12th, 2009 at 8:30 pm

   Real nice pics there, big guy.

2. 2. ohyeah | August 12th, 2009 at 10:12 pm

   oh man !!!….you should try micro function on my olympus Stylus 770 SW….your photos blured & not clear at all!…….I took some photos for flowers if u like i can send you some

3. 3. Vbot | August 12th, 2009 at 10:23 pm

   Really nice stuff Mark. Always wanted to try that. Cheers

4. 4. Mark | August 12th, 2009 at 10:24 pm

   ohyeah: they’re not meant to be sharp because they lack depth of field. If everything was sharp it would be too flat.

5. 5. Mark | August 12th, 2009 at 10:26 pm

   Vbot its pretty easy to do, just don’t be worried about getting dust in your camera because you will :)

6. 6. jaja | August 12th, 2009 at 10:32 pm

   can’t go wrong with helvetica

7. 7. Mark | August 12th, 2009 at 10:34 pm

   Not a fan of helvetica. I used Frutiger.

8. 8. Patrick | August 12th, 2009 at 10:40 pm

   Helvetica > Frutiger

9. 9. Mark | August 12th, 2009 at 10:47 pm

   Keep thinking that

10. 10. Patrick | August 12th, 2009 at 10:53 pm

    If you think Helvetica is a bad choice because its a “default” font, Frutiger is as bad. Helvetica is used on road signs, so is Frutiger, and if you know Helvetica you know Frutiger, so you keep thinking you’re using a better font :P

11. 11. Mark | August 12th, 2009 at 10:55 pm

    The fact that you think I don’t like helvetica because its a system font explains why you like it.

12. 12. Mathai | August 12th, 2009 at 11:26 pm

    Nice ! Love the lyrics too.

13. 13. Raven | August 12th, 2009 at 11:44 pm

    im sorrry to say this but SHIT U R DAMN GOOD mark, i mean maybe i have an untrained eye in photography. But they are really beautiful.
    Now i have 2 favours to ask u, first of all is to please post these pictures at higher resolution and secondly as how u took them and any special equipment u used, sort of like an idiots guide to photography?

    thanx man

14. 14. Mark | August 12th, 2009 at 11:57 pm

    Thanks Raven. Do you have a DSLR? If you do then you should be able to get similar macro shots with shallow depth of field.

    I used two different techniques:
    Freelensing which you can read about here
    http://www.248am.com/mark/interesting/freelensing/

    and using the lens backwards which you can read bout here
    http://www.248am.com/mark/interesting/going-macro-for-cheap/

    I heard today that they freelensed in this Louis Vuitton ad
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m5xCGZuvhWI

15. 15. KS | August 13th, 2009 at 12:33 am

    Fantastic photos!

    love the colours

    would also like to see them in high res

    Akzidenz-Grotesk > Helvetica

16. 16. Fereej | August 13th, 2009 at 1:11 am

    Great shots!

17. 17. suspic | August 13th, 2009 at 2:49 am

    If we were playing word association with the first picture, I’d say vagina. =O

18. 18. ariston | August 13th, 2009 at 3:30 am

    lol… @suspect… actually you can also incorporate the writings(lyrics) below..

    Mark, maybe you can also try this style >> http://metalpig.wordpress.com/2009/07/02/amazing-photogram-by-robert-buelteman/

19. 19. Mark | August 13th, 2009 at 8:04 am

    hehe i saw that in wired, its fucking crazy wish i could try that

20. 20. Patrick | August 13th, 2009 at 10:26 am

    Well the usual reason behind someone not liking Helvetica is because it’s a system font :P

    Speaking of Helvetica, did you ever watch the documentary?

21. 21. ariston | August 13th, 2009 at 11:13 am

    @ Mark, why not? you are more on adventures… heheheh

    btw, I like Helvetica too… and I think, it’s better than Arial and Frutiger :)

22. 22. Abdullah | August 13th, 2009 at 11:16 am

    I love these pics, so peaceful, except what you typed on’ em LOL

23. 23. Patrick | August 13th, 2009 at 11:18 am

    @Ariston

    Arial shouldn’t be mentioned in the same line as Helvetica and Frutiger, its as bad as Comic-Sans and Papyrus :P

24. 24. Bu Yousef | August 13th, 2009 at 12:38 pm

    Nice effects…Must try both methods.
    Only I won’t try to be a (wierd) poet as well :)

25. 25. eleventh.st | August 13th, 2009 at 1:04 pm

    Really cool pictures!

    I love the effects!

26. 26. Captain | August 13th, 2009 at 5:36 pm

    totally nin-ish, great job.

27. 27. fadibou | August 13th, 2009 at 9:47 pm

    Helvetica Vs Frutiger
    Sound like a war between greece and Austria.
    Almost WW1

28. 28. Sami | August 14th, 2009 at 4:18 am

    Great pics Marks I just got the Canon 450
    I would love to try the macro function on them soon
    Cheers

29. 29. ariston | August 14th, 2009 at 10:48 pm

    @ Patrick, yeah I know… and I also hate comic sans… :)

30. 30. pinkdress | August 15th, 2009 at 2:16 am

    cool… i love them

    just going off topic, has anyone been to the supposedly crazy prices by xcite from 12am till 2am thursday (or technically friday)?

31. 31. A.Albaz | August 15th, 2009 at 8:44 am

    The last shot looks like a 3D rendering, Awesome shots Marky Mark.

    @pinkdress
    I’ve been there and it was the biggest waste of my time. There was herds of people waiting to enter and finally after an hour of waiting, I finally managed to get in the shop at around 1.20. Mind you, I was there at 12:13. Did not see anything “Crazy” in terms of prices. The only thing that really interested me was an 18″ Alpine sub that was discounted from 90+ kd to 68kd.. The next day I went to the avenues to find the exact same sub with the same exact discount. That was a big a slab in the face. In conclusion, it was a waste of time and I promised my self never to trust Al-ghanim when it comes to sales. They did however had the new dell Mini for 105kd. Too bad it was sold out.

32. 32. Tayaran | August 15th, 2009 at 11:09 am

    What font did you use on these?

33. 33. pinkdress | August 15th, 2009 at 5:34 pm

    A.Albaz… I know! I felt the whole thing was a gimmick! Just wanted to see if anyone else felt the same way… There were tons of people and cars were actually parked on the fourth ring road!!! By the time I left (after a huge disappointment and of course a waste of my time) police have already arrived and giving out fines. The whole thing was simply a mockery. Never will I ever trust Alghanim again, as u said. I despise when they take customers for fools grrr

    Now that I shared THAT I feel much better :)

34. 34. pinkdress | August 15th, 2009 at 5:36 pm

    Oh and I wanted to take pix of the crowd and vehicles but unfortunately my cybershot wasn’t with me :S

    Did anyone take any shots? Mark maybe?

35. 35. HKR | August 16th, 2009 at 1:43 pm

    nice shots, great DOF, keep it up mark .. you should set up ur flickr page
    (50mm 1.8) gr8 lens

36. 36. Anonymiss | August 20th, 2009 at 2:32 pm

    Mark is it risky to buy a Canon Camera via Amazon? I am willing to get the 450 D Canon in silver color, and both Eureka and Alghanim electronic they have only in black! plus it is much cheaper through Amazon! it costs only 185 KD plus the shipment 10KD for 4 LB which is a total of 195 KD, while in Alghanim they sell it for 270 KD, and 239 KD in Eureka!
    So what do you think? i need your advice :)

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