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Review: Thor & Loki: Blood Brothers

Thor and Loki Blood BrothersI’ve always been a fan of mythology. Greek, Roman, Native American, Norse and more. The rich stories of mythology have been inspirations for stories in movies and comic books forever. The stories translate well because they are colorful and so full of amazing characters. The Norse god Thor and Loki are two such characters. In the Marvel comic book series Thor and Loki are brothers, sons of Odin. In the mythos of Marvel Thor is the son of Odin and Loki is the adopted son of Odin, or rather the son that was stolen from the frost giants and raised as the son of Odin. In terms of “Blood Brothers” from the title the blood is from the battles between Thor and Loki and how Loki conquers Thor and subjugates all of Asgard. But once Loki achieves all that he’s wanted he learns it isn’t exactly what he wants. Continue reading Review: Thor & Loki: Blood Brothers

New Leaves and Water Droplets

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Photo-A-Day #2224

I took my Sigma 70-250mm Macro lens with the 4X Zeikos lens filter on it. I took the camera and put it on my tripod, switched to Manual mode shot a ton of photos. The problem that I was noticing was that with the large lens is that it didn’t focus sharply enough. This was the best out of all of the photos, and by best I mean sharpest. I do like how close up I’ve been able to get with these lenses. I’ll try some more close up things with my other gadgets tomorrow. Continue reading New Leaves and Water Droplets