Jaguar Paw

"PHOTOGRAPHY, AS A POWERFUL MEDIUM OF EXPRESSION AND COMMUNICATIONS, OFFERS AN INFINITE VARIETY OF PERCEPTION, INTERPRETATION AND EXECUTION." BY ANSEL ADAMS QUOTE...................."IF A DAY GOES BY WITHOUT MY DOING SOMETHING RELATED TO PHOTOGRAPHY, IT'S AS THOUGH I'VE NEGLECTED SOMETHING ESSENTIAL TO MY EXISTENCE, AS THOUGH I HAD FORGOTTEN TO WAKE UP." BY RICHARD AVEDON QUOTE...................."I NEVER LIKED PHOTOGRAPHY. NOT FOR THE SAKE OF PHOTOGRAPHY. I LIKE THE OBJECT. I LIKE THE PHOTOGRAPHS WHEN YOU HOLD THEM IN YOUR HAND." BY ROBERT MAPPLETHORPE QUOTE...................."THE POINT OF MY PHOTOGRAPHY HAS ALWAYS BEEN TO CHALLENGE MYSELF, TO GO A LITTLE FURTHER THAN MY GERMANIC DISCIPLINE AND TEUTONIC NATURE WOULD TRADITIONALLY PERMIT ME TO." BY HELMUT NEWTON QUOTE...................."THE PHOTOGRAPHS DON'T AROUSE ME. ALL I CAN THINK ABOUT IS THE HARD WORK IT TOOK TO MAKE THEM." BY HELMUT NEWTON QUOTE...................."AN ARTIST IS NOTHING WITHOUT HIS OR HER OBSESSIONS, AND I HAVE MINE." BY ANDRES SERRANO QUOTE...................."I DIDN'T WANT TO MAKE "HIGH" ART, I HAD NO INTEREST IN USING PAINT, I WANTED TO FIND SOMETHING THAT ANYONE COULD RELATE TO WITHOUT KNOWING ABOUT CONTEMPORARY ART. I WASN'T THINKING IN TERMS OF PRECIOUS PRINTS OR ARCHIVAL QUALITY; I DIDN'T WANT THE WORK TO SEEM LIKE A COMMODITY." BY CINDY SHERMAN QUOTE...................."THERE COMES A POINT WHERE YOU SEE IT ALL AS COMPLETELY EMPTY BEING A POPULAR ARTIST TO THE EXTENT THAT PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT NECESSARILY INTERESTED IN ART KNOW ABOUT THINGS OR TAKE SOME LITTLE INTEREST. I THINK THAT NOW FOR ME IT'S A BURDEN. IT'S A BIT HARD TO DEAL WITH AND IT WASTES TIME AS WELL." BY DAVID HOCKNEY QUOTE...................."I WAS SUPPORTING MYSELF, BUT NOTHING LIKE THE GUY PAINTERS, AS I REFER TO THEM. I ALWAYS RESENTED THAT ACTUALLY.. WE WERE ALL GETTING THE SAME AMOUNT OF PRESS, BUT THEY WERE GOING GANGBUSTERS WITH SALES." BY CINDY SHERMAN QUOTE...................."I HAVE NEVER BEEN ABLE TO SEE MYSELF AS FITTING INTO ONE CATEGORY, AND I HAVE NEVER BEEN ABLE TO LIMIT MY CONTACT WITH PEOPLE TO ONE GROUP OF PEOPLE." BY ANDRES SERRANO QUOTE...................

Thursday, May 19, 2011

Memorable quotes for Apocalypto

Jaguar Paw: I am Jaguar Paw.

Jaguar Paw: I am Jaguar Paw. This is my forest. And I am not afraid.

Old Story Teller: And a Man sat alone, drenched deep in sadness. And all the animals drew near to him and said, "We do not like to see you so sad. Ask us for whatever you wish and you shall have it." The Man said, "I want to have good sight." The vulture replied, "You shall have mine." The Man said, "I want to be strong." The jaguar said, "You shall be strong like me." Then the Man said, "I long to know the secrets of the earth." The serpent replied, "I will show them to you." And so it went with all the animals. And when the Man had all the gifts that they could give, he left. Then the owl said to the other animals, "Now the Man knows much, he'll be able to do many things. Suddenly I am afraid." The deer said, "The Man has all that he needs. Now his sadness will stop." But the owl replied, "No. I saw a hole in the Man, deep like a hunger he will never fill. It is what makes him sad and what makes him want. He will go on taking and taking, until one day the World will say, 'I am no more and I have nothing left to give.'"

Jaguar Paw: I am Jaguar Paw! This is my forest! My sons and their sons will hunt here after I am gone!

[his last words]
Flint Sky: My son... don't be afraid.

[last lines]
Seven: What are they?
Jaguar Paw: They bring men.
Seven: Should we go to them?
Jaguar Paw: We must go to the forest. To seek a new beginning. Come, Turtles Run...

[Blunted is given the potion to rub on himself]
Blunted: If this works... she won't bother me.
Flint Sky: Your wife?
Blunted: No, her mother. The old hag wants grandchildren.

[after a snake has bitten one of them]
Middle Eye: He's fucked.

Jaguar Paw: I am Jaguar Paw, son of Flint Sky. My Father hunted this forest before me. My name is Jaguar Paw. I am a hunter. This is my forest. And my sons will hunt it with their sons after I am gone.

Oracle Girl: [the Prophecy] You fear me? So you should. All you who are vile. Would you like to know how you will die? The sacred time is near. Beware the blackness of day. Beware the man who brings the jaguar. Behold him reborn from mud and earth. For the one he takes you to will cancel the sky, and scratch out the earth. Scratch you out. And end your world. He's with us now. Day will be like night. And the man jaguar will lead you to your end.

Zero Wolf: When I catch him, I will peel his skin and have him watch me wear it.
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Jaguar Paw: Resting fathers, fly me your strength.

Snake Ink: The omen was foretold, and now we have a fear more grave. Today I saw the day become like night. I saw a man run with the jaguar. We must not let this man make feet from us.

High Priest: O warrior, unafraid and willing, with your blood you renew the world! From age to age! Thanks be to you.

Jaguar Paw: The heart... for Smoke Frog.
Smoke Frog: Thank you.
Jaguar Paw: This liver for Curl Nose.
Curl Nose: Thank you.
Jaguar Paw: Cocoa Leaf... the ears.
Cocoa Leaf: Thank you.
Jaguar Paw: And for you Blunted... the balls.
Blunted: Not this again.

Flint Sky: Those people in the forest, what did you see on them?
Jaguar Paw: I do not understand.
Flint Sky: Fear. Deep rotting fear. They were infected by it. Did you see? Fear is a sickness. It will crawl into the soul of anyone who engages it. It has tainted your peace already. I did not raise you to see you live with fear. Strike it from your heart. Do not bring it into our village.

[first lines]
title card: "A great civilization is not conquered from without until it has destroyed itself from within." W. Durant

Monday, November 22, 2010

Nikon DSLR D7000

Announced : 15-09-2010

The D7000 is a high-quality mid-class D-SLR that will respond to user demands for a variety of the latest camera technologies and functions, enabling them high-quality, high-definition shooting.

Stop the rumor mill - the D95 D7000 is here! The much-anticipated successor to the D90 new DSLR isn't quite what a lot of internet pundits expected, but that doesn't mean that there isn't a lot to get excited about if you're a D90 user impatient for an upgrade. In fact, that's exactly what the D7000 is - an upgrade option for D90 and D5000 users, which occupies a new position in Nikon's DSLR lineup, between the D90 and D300S.

Although ergonomically, the D7000 is a very close match for the D90, its overall 'feel' is considerably more serious, thanks to a magnesium alloy body shell and thicker rubber coating on the hand grip and rear of the camera. In terms of its specification, the D7000 actually outguns the D300S in many respects, and at 16.2Mp it offers the second highest resolution of any Nikon DSLR, behind only the 24Mp D3X. All of these pixels are packed onto a newly developed CMOS sensor, which is almost certainly the same or very similar to that in the Sony Alpha SLT-A55. As well as extra resolution, the new sensor also offers a higher 'standard' ISO span of 100-6400, expandable up to the equivalent of ISO 25,600.

The D7000's AF and metering systems are also new, and represent a significant upgrade to those used in the D90. The new camera boasts a 39-point AF array with 9 cross-type AF points and works in collaboration with a new 2016-pixel RGB metering sensor to allow 3D AF tracking (essentially tracking by subject color, explained here). Other changes include the same combined live view/movie switch control as the recently announced D3100, and a significantly upgraded movie specification, up to 'full HD' - 1920x1080 resolution at 24fps. Unlike the D90, the D7000 can also maintain AF during live view and movie shooting, thanks to its AF-F ('full time') AF mode.

D90 owners have been waiting for a replacement camera for a while, and although the D90 isn't set for retirement quite yet, the D7000 certainly represents a compelling upgrade. We've been using a pre-production D7000 for a few days - just long enough to compile our impressions into a 7-page hands-on preview article. Read on for an in-depth look at Nikon's newest DSLR...
Nikon D7000 Key Features

* 16.2MP CMOS sensor
* 1080p HD video recording with mic jack for external microphone
* ISO 100-6400 (plus H1 and H2 equivalent to ISO 12,800/25,600)
* 39-point AF system with 3D tracking
* 2016 pixel metering sensor
* Scene Recognition System (see 2016 pixel sensor, above) aids metering + focus accuracy
* Twin SD card slots
* 3.0 inch 921k dot LCD screen
* New Live View/movie shooting switch
* Full-time AF in Live View/movie modes
* Up to 6fps continuous shooting
* Lockable shooting mode dial
* Built-in intervalometer
* Electronic virtual horizon
* Shutter tested to 150K actuations

Nikon D90

Nikon D90 12.3MP DX-Format CMOS Digital SLR Camera with 18-105mm f/3.5-5.6G ED AF-S VR DX Nikkor Zoom Lens.
Almost exactly two years after the D80 was announced comes its replacement, the rather predictably named D90. The D80 has been one of Nikon's quiet successes, and even today, despite being positively Methuselah-like in digital camera terms it continues to sell and often makes its way into our top 10 most clicked on cameras. Because it looks so similar to the D80 the D90 appears at first glance to be one of those rather subdued incremental upgrades, but dig a little deeper and you'll find there's plenty to keep Nikon fans happy.

First and foremost there's a new CMOS sensor, which Nikon claim produces D300 quality output at up to ISO 6400 and - one of several features to 'trickle down' from higher models - the same highly acclaimed 3.0-inch VGA screen as the D3/D300. Naturally it has Live View with contrast-detect AF and it would have been surprising had it not sported some form of dust removal system. More surprising is the inclusion of the world's first DSLR movie mode (720p HDTV quality, no less) and HDMI output, though as we'll see later it does come with some limitations. A lot of the core photographic spec is the same as or very similar to the D80, though there is a new shutter and an implementation of the 3D tracking AF seen on the D3/D300.

And it's not just the high end models that have lent features and technology to the D90; the user interface has been given the same user-friendly treatment as the D60, as have the retouching options. As it was explained to us the D90 is intended to appeal to the broadest audience of any Nikon SLR, from first-time 'step up' customers moving from a compact to serious amateurs wanting comprehensive photographic control without the cost and weight of a D300. Whether the D90 is as capable as its feature set suggests, we'll see as the review unfolds.
Nikon D90 Key Features

* 12.9 megapixel DX-format CMOS sensor (effective pixels: 12.3 million)
* 3.0-inch 920,000 pixel (VGA x 3 colors) TFT-LCD (same as D3 and D300)
* Live View with contrast-detect AF, face detection
* Image sensor cleaning (sensor shake)
* Illuminated focus points
* Movie capture at up to 1280 x 720 (720p) 24 fps with mono sound
* IS0 200-3200 range (100-6400 expanded)
* 4.5 frames per second continuous shooting (buffer: 7 RAW, 25 JPEG fine, 100 JPEG Normal)
* Expeed image processing engine
* 3D tracking AF (11 point)
* Short startup time, viewfinder blackout and shutter lag
* Slightly improved viewfinder (96% frame coverage)
* Extensive in-camera retouching including raw development and straightening
* Improved user interface
* New optional compact GPS unit (fits on hot shoe)
* Same battery and vertical grip as D80
* Vignetting control in-camera
* 72 thumbnail and calendar view in playback

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