Light Bokeh Taken Using Nikon Nikkor 24-70mm/F2.8 ED IF Lens

Days ago I bought Nikon's high-end AF-S Nikkor 24-70mm f/2.8 ED IF lens for my photography hobby though my current skills are very poor. Tonight I tested the lens for the light bokeh pictures which were shot across the windows of my living room (see the overview below). The top image is the one I like the most.  The aesthetic quality of the blur from Nikon AF-S 24-70mm f/2.8 ED lens is very entertaining.

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Bree Walker Giant Lips

Who is Bree Walker, you ask?

She is a relatively well known television news anchor and radio talk show host, who has worked in both New York City, and Los Angeles.

Bree Walker has apparently went a little collagen lip injection crazy in recent years, as we see her trout pout lip blimps are clear for takeoff...

Remember, too much of anything is bad for you, and this is a prime example of just that.

Nicole Kidman Lips, Nose, Botox

Nicole Kidman before and after plastic surgery.

Here we have the talented actress and fashion model, Nicole Kidman, looking kinda "uptight".

Nicole Kidman has been rumored to have underwent several plastic surgery operations, including a nose job (rhinoplasty), lip augmentation and multiple botox injections.


The most evident procedure in these before and after pictures is clearly the botox injections on the forehead area, and her swollen lips in picture #2.


As for the nose job, its difficult to say for sure, however it does appear her nose is just slightly more narrow in the nostril area, in picture #3

Photos: Taiwan Band Power Station In Malaysia New Year Eve Countdown Concert

Power Station

Taiwan rock band Power Station (Yen Chih-Lin & Yu Chiu-Hsin) as the VIP performers were singing at the New Year Eve Countdown Concert at the Queens Bay Mall in Penang, Malaysia on December 31, 2009. Among those who joined the free concert sponsored by the lottery company Magnum was their Taiwan fellow, singer Tank, aka Lu Jian-Zhong. The threesome performed the last few songs after their respective assigned section. The singers were cheered by about 20,000 fans.

Here are a few photos taken on the scene, I release them under CC-BY-SA 3.0 license.

Power Station In Malaysia on the new year eve of 2010

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Happy New Year!

Rupert Everett Facelift

Good grief! What in the world happened to the charming English actor Rupert Everett, star of such movies as, My Best Friend's Wedding and The Next Best Thing.

Well clearly he's had a significant amount of plastic surgery done to his face.

It appears to be a full blown facelift, mainly focusing on the brow, eyes, and cheeks, perhaps topped off with a little botox in the forehead area.

From the looks of this before and after picture, do you think Rupert Everett went too far in his efforts to restore a youthful appearance?

Lightbolt "Striking" Penang B-Suite Hotel

B-Suite Hotel in Malaysia's Penang Island is a quite new hotel which opened for the business only since 2 or 3 years ago. Because of its strategical position (2mins of driving to Penang Bus Station and <10mins to the international airport) together with its low price, B-Suite Hotel attracts a lot of tourists and those who are on the business trip.

On one day in 2008 July, when I went to eat at a nearby food court (now demolished for the properties development), I ran across a high school classmate who I didn't meet up for 12 years the second day he stayed in the hotel. He was then on a business trip from China.

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Everyday I can see the B-Suite hotel across the window of the house I currently rented but never took a picture for it. Several days ago, after a dinner with some friends who was going back to China, I brought my digital camera Nikon D90 to test the standard Nikkor AF 50mm/F1.8D lens. The night was rainy, an accidental opportunity made me picture a photograph of B-Suite Hotel as if it was struck by a lightbolt during a long (8') exposure. This was the first time ever I caputred a lightning in a shot. So surprised! Now I share it here.

The picture below was the original version which was directly converted from RAW to JPEG. And the top one was cropped, retouched and then converted a JPG using Nikon's Capture NX 2 software. Any kind comment are welcomed!

Lightbolt "Hit" Penang B-Suite Hotel

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Melanie Griffith Lips

Another day, another desperate attempt at regaining lost youth by a famous celebrity starlet.

On today's menu is Melanie Griffith, the golden globe winning actress who has starred in countless blockbuster movie hits such as, Working Girl and Another Day in Paradise.

Melanie Griffith has underwent several plastic surgery operations in recent years, and we will surely be covering all of them in due time, however today we are taking a close look at her unusually large plump lips.

Melanie went from having cute natural lips, to the dreaded trout pout collagen nightmare, which is all too common these days.