Infinite Zenith

One final set of photos of Calgary's downtown core before #DaylightSavings ends. #ShareYourWeather #YYCWeather

...for sunrises and Milky Way shots. People grow over time, and the photos I take today in no way suggest I "missed out" because I didn't start a decade earlier.

The internet's young people also keep selling this nonsense about doing stuff when you're young or you permanently miss out. I'm the living counterexample of that: the me of 10 years earlier, a grad student, had a snowball's hope in hell of affording a full-frame camera and going to the mountains...

The reason why #MyDressUpDarlingSeason2 succeeds is because it's basically telling anyone with a hobby to keep being themselves and doing what they love. People only judge others for their hobbies when they themselves are lacking.

Battlefield 6 – Initial Impressions, The Road Beyond Level 20, The First Killimanjaro, Killing Frenzy and Headshot Record “I came through and I shall return.” –General Douglas MacArthur “We are so back” is the sentiment most fans online have of DICE’s Battlefield 6. Their sentiments were …

I know I'm better known for writing about slice-of-life anime like #LaidBackCamp and #GochiUsa, but I'm also a #Battlefield6 player, too, and therefore, I've got some thoughts of the game, too.

Love Live! Nijigasaki High School Idol Club NEXT SKY: An OVA Review and Reflection, A Case Study In How We’re Stronger Together “As we unite to serve one another, we accomplish much more together than we could on our own.” –Carl B. Cook During their latest concert, Lanzhu, Mia and Shioriko impress a crowd with t…

At the start of this month, I wrapped up Love Live! Nijigasaki High School Idol Club's OVA, NEXT Sky. This renders me ready to start making my way through the first movie. #LoveLive #LoveLiveNijigasakiHighSchoolIdolClub #LoveLiveNijigasakiGakuen

Spy × Family Season Three: Review and Reflection After Three “The role of fiction is supposed to be divorced from the role of reality.” –Tom Clancy On a quiet day, the Forgers are out enjoying the weather at a local park when Bond’s precogn…

#SPY_FAMILY always allows me to bring up topics I enjoy talking about. This post is a little behind, but I think I've done a fair job of exploring the series' messages on conflict and intelligence, as they relate to reality.

I'm an episode behind in my posts, but I've got a few thoughts on Spy x Family's third season that I hope share soon. The third season's continuing to sustain the enjoyment factor I've had since it began back in 2022, and there's a few things worth bringing up there at the thematic level 🙂

The newbie operative might be funny, but there are people out there who act precisely that 🫠

This is probably my last shot at photographing the Canadian Rockies this year before the Real Canadian Winter sets in.

I need a break, since I somehow read that as "I saw some monkeys having a baby" 🫠

Me.

Thanksgiving walk

I thought BlueSky was supposed to be a politics-free zone.

On this Thanksgiving, I give thanks for family, friendship, and the greatest home one can ask for, a home where sunrises look like these (f/5.6, 1/250s, ISO 160) #ShareYourWeather #YYCWeather

Preload is well under way now 😀 #Battlefield6

That's basically me, except for the fact that I go outside, my degree isn't exactly useless (or so I'd like to think), and I'm not a vTuber.

For me, though, I prefer full-frame simply because the larger sensor means 1) wider landscapes and 2) better light-gathering for astrophotography. Anyone who's seen my photos will understand why I like having a bigger sensor.

Marin's choice of camera, amusingly enough, mirrors why I chose the Sony A7III: when I bought it, it had the biggest discount between Sony, Canon and Nikon. I didn't do any research into codecs or lens ecosystems when I started my journey.

An APS-C Camera is cheaper, lighter weight and crops tighter, making it a great cosplay option. I myself would be tempted to go with a Sony A6700 if I were purely doing cosplay photography.

I'm not a Canon shooter, but I do know enough to talk about the properties of Marin's new EOS M50/Kiss M and its EF-M 14-45mm f/3.5-6.3 IS STM. Being an APS-C with the equivalent of a 24-73mm on a full-frame, this camera is very suited for the things Marin wants to do with it.

That's a milestone worth toasting to, here's to reaching the 1 MILLION hits marker!

Battlefield 2042: A Swan Song On the Beaches of Iwo Jima, An All-Time Headshot Record and Looking To The Future on The Road to Battlefield 6 “The crickets sang in the grasses. They sang the song of summer’s ending, a sad monotonous song. ‘Summer is over and gone, over and gone, over and gone. Summer is dying, dying.&#8…

#Battlefield2042's Iwo Jima update was a good comeback, and against all odds, I did have fun. My excitement for #Battlefield6 increases, and I'm going to preorder the game purely so on Friday, when my workday ends, I'm ready to play. It helps this is the Thanksgiving long weekend in Canada 😀

Personal best headshot distance in #Battlefield2042: 644 metres. This eclipses my previous record of 383 metres in #Battlefield1. I think I'm ready for #Battlefield6.

October 1's aurora in Pincher Creek was a spectacular display. I was actually preparing to leave when the lights surged wildly, filling the skies with dancing colour, resulting in my best shots of 2025 (f/1.8, 10s, ISO 1000) #ShareYourWeather #AuroraPhotography

Anyone who shoots a rifle calls it fixed-power, whereas anyone who shoots a camera calls it a prime.

Back home from a week-long photography/exploration of southern Alberta. I think I forgot how to watch anime.

Look Up, Examine, Search! And Next! – A Whole-series Review and Recommendation of Ruri Rocks At the Finale “We are just an advanced breed of monkeys on a minor planet of a very average star. But we can understand the Universe. That makes us something very special.” –Stephen Hawking After win…

#RuriRocks is a veritable masterpiece, a ten of ten points for me. Few anime are able to really capture the merits of science so well, and this series did precisely thus with a lovable cast and an exciting topic #rurinohouseki #瑠璃の宝石

If #DatingApps were sincerely named and accepted my suggestions for re-branding:

Hinge → Cringe
Tinder → Dankest
Bumble → Fumble
OkCupid → OkStupid
eHarmony → eDrama
Match → Clash

I'm tearing through #MyDressUpDarling like a knife through butter. When an anime causes you to wonder why each episode is so short, you know it's well-paced and captivating.