Chapter 9

Too rapidly to see, Radu thrust Mjolnir deep into Ninja.

"Aieeeee!" yelled Ninja

"When will your kind learn," asked Radu, "you cannot defeat me. No mortal on this planet can."

Ninja lay silent on the ground, still forever more.

"Now, "said Radu, dusting off his hands, "where is that pesky Werewolf you travel with?"

Ninja said nothing, the wind whispering through the trees was the only reply.

Chapter 8

"Here I am Ninja," whispered Radu.

Ninja paled beneath his armour, the fiend was so fast, he'd never seen any creature move like that. In one split second, Ninja knew he'd made a final, and fatal mistake.

"No!" shouted Ninja.

"Yes." spat Radu.

Chapter 7

Ninja landed on the wall, ready to send another blow to the vampire (as Ninjas are often wont to do) but suddenly, Radu was gone!

Ninja looked around, where could Radu have gone?

Chapter 6

Ninja unleashed a mightly flying kick that sent Radu sprawling.

"Arrrrgh!" said Radu.

Ninja just smiled.

Chapter 5

"Foolish Ninja," said Radu, squaring off with his opponent, "I have lived for thousands of years, do you really think you could stand against me? Your mighty master thought the same, and now his bones lay bleaching in the cursed Sun. His students thought to sneak upon me and attack en masse, and their doom was their only fate!"

"You talk too much," said Ninja.

Chapter 4

"Then prepare to taste my blade!" hissed Radu, as he thrust Mjolnir at Ninja.

Ninja blocked Radu's strike easily, "You are too slow fiend! The Sun makes you weak! You will never survive out here!"

Chapter 3

Suddenly, the Ninja sprang up to face Radu.

"Here I am!" Ninja shouted, "Face me you terrible spirit!"

Radu, hand still shielding his eyes from the glare, turned and looked at Ninja, eyes narrowing and wings folding forward.

"You have taken my most valued possession Ninja," hissed Radu, "hand it over and walk away, while you still can."

"Never!" shouted Ninja.

Chapter 2

Radu looked, but could not find the Ninja.

"Curses! They are too stealthy, I shall never find my possession!" lamented Radu.

He looked and looked, but could see nothing in the bright Sun. But Radu had a feeling the Ninja was near.

Chapter 1

Radu was awoken by a disturbance in his chambers. He sat up, and looked around. Something was missing. The Ninja had stolen his prized possession! He lept out and frantically began to search for the Ninja.

"Ah! Curse this bright Sun! I am weak!"

Gumby's Friends

No I can't remember his name, but a close friend has one in her office so that's what the image brings to my mind.

Old plantation house in the middle of nowhere, taken on a cloudy day with my Nikon F4s and Kodak's trusty BW400CN film.

Straight from the developer to your eyes.

Toys

So I have a new (to me) lens, a 28-200mm which is almost an all-in-one lens for me. But I've not had a chance to test it out under action circumstances.

All the pow wow shots are taken with the lens and I have to say I'm pleased with it.

I toned down the colours (can you tell?) on this shot in an attempt to bring out an "Old West" type of style.

You tell me whether it works or not.

Maiden

One of the cool things about the 50mm is the ability to shoot at an aperture of 1.8 (in other words, wide open) allowing for extremely shallow depth of field, as shown here on this ground maiden figure.

Handy when trying to really lose the background, and rather interesting when trying to focus on only certain parts of a subject.

Local cemetery, film shot

Nifty

I bought a 50mm lens the other day with some Christmas money (thanks Dad!) and had an occasion to try it out. Here is one of the results at wide open (f/1.8) with local drug store B/W film. I love the look!

As an aside, notice anything.....unusual....about the Angel? I understand the desire for anatomical accuracy, but still....