The "I took these pictures with a camera" thread

[PutAwayWet]

I know a bunch of people on here are pretty handy with a camera, so I figured I'd start a thread where we could post pics and/or links to photos that we ourselves have taken. Today was a beautiful day here in NH - mid 30's, brilliant blue sky, just a hint of a breeze, and freshly fallen snow. Last fall I got a Nikon D40x with a Sigma 18-50mm f2.8 lens as an engagement present (she got a ring, I got a camera:cool:). Today was (sadly) the first time I've been able to take it out and just mess around. I've got a lot to learn about this modern marvel, no doubt. My last camera was Canon AE-1 fully manual for which I had a Tamron 28-200 lens. It took great pictures, but at $7 + $15 per roll to purchase and develop the film, I had stopped taking a lot of pictures. It was a ton of fun to get back into it today! All of the pictures are taken with the Nikon/Sigma, and processed minimally (most anyway) in iPhoto '08. Here's a link to my Picasa™ album (http://picasaweb.google.com/RollingBodhisattva/VaughnWoods), plus a couple of highlights of Vaughn Woods State Park - South Berwick, Maine:

A cool old red pine:
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My favorite tree there, a big old oak:
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Sunlight through a snowy young hemlock:
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A section of trail. Man, what a beautiful day!
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I had some fun with iPhoto on this shot of a little waterfall:
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[cMc]

Those are nice photos. You've got style, my man. :cool:

[althegud1srtakn]

#3 and #5 are awesome as hell. the others are good too, but those 2 really caught my eye

[Billy2FAT]

those are great shots

[north20]

#3 and #5 are awesome as hell. the others are good too, but those 2 really caught my eye


Agreed; they're all fine work but those 2 are terrific shots -- thanks for sharing them and creating the topic :)

I've always enjoyed photography along with my other outdoor pursuits. Mainly just for myself, family, and friends. But recently I was talked into posting some of my recent images on Flickr; here's a link ...

http://www.flickr.com/photos/23703161@N08/show/

Oh, and btw, Arya is one fine and happy looking canine. Another of my favorite things !

[PutAwayWet]

North, those are fantastic. My favorite is 'Winter Feed'. Thanks for the compliment on the dog, she says "woof". Usually she's camera shy, but I was taking so long with my other shots I think she forgot it was there today :)

[jerman]

Couple pics from my trip out to Flagstaff a couple years ago.

[Spalls]

This photo is not the least bit artsy, but I love the sentiment expressed by this sign every time I ride past it.

[K-Man]

I find my cel phone camera is a convenient snapshooter, and I'm usually packin when I ride:

[tryandgetme]

a couple of bike ones and someone wanting outside just as much as me...

[rockyrider]

sunny and not so sunny ride pics

[rockyrider]

and some from hikes

[real_ss_budgie]

soon!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[bdee]

Still getting the hang of the timer with the new camera:

[RacerK]

Nice shifters there, Rocky!

[rockyrider]

Nice shifters there, Rocky!I still have a stash of them...

[tryandgetme]

I still have a stash of them...

oog! 8 spd or 9?

[rockyrider]

oog! 8 spd or 9?7 spd + phantom extra click.

[RacerK]

Hmmm... would you be interested in parting with any? That's the kind of thing to hang onto for project bikes.

I once had a bike with Suntour XC Expert thumb shifters, an XT Rapid Rise rear derailleur, and GoreTex cables. I could shift from the very bottom gear to the very top (and back) amazingly fast – just shove them things. Sadly the bike got stolen.

[LeeMcGough]

Cell phone pic. One of these days I will bring my real camera.

[PutAwayWet]

Thought I'd try and get this thread going again. Some pics I took recently of a wood floor I was putting in:

Just playing with some depth of field. Both of these exposures were taken as the setting sun filtered in through the window, making for 2 sec + exposure time. Bigger size images are here. (http://picasaweb.google.com/RollingBodhisattva/RandomPics)
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This one is from Bondcliff in NH, looking out over the Pemigewasset Wilderness. We had been backpacking for three days in the rain, and this was the first sun we saw on the trip. As heavenly as it looks, after the climb and the previous weather it truly felt like we were at the pearly gates :)
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[Moe\/elo]

Great shot of Bondcliff there PAW. Very cool spot. Did a backpacking loop there a few years ago. Did you stay at Guyot?

[PutAwayWet]

Great shot of Bondcliff there PAW. Very cool spot. Did a backpacking loop there a few years ago. Did you stay at Guyot?

You bet. Guyot is one of my favorite places on earth. A couple of years before I took that picture I was there in similar weather - rainy, crappy, etc. Overnight it cleared up completely, and I got up early and hiked to the top of Bond with my camera and got some great shots of the undercast in all the valleys. The very tip of Owl's Head was just poking out of the clouds, and the very tops of the Willey range too. What a great spot that is, indeed :)

[wigger thomas]

The pic from Rocky w/ the shifters makes me feel like I'm moving.

Here' a picture of one of these small figures my friend sculpted for a commissioned project. He had to wear funny eye wear to do it.

[PutAwayWet]

Here' a picture of one of these small figures my friend sculpted for a commissioned project. He had to wear funny eye wear to do it.

That's awesome!

[wigger thomas]

He's very talented. He used to make monsters for Screamin' products. Here's a picture of a model he made of Forts Clinton and Montgomery from the revolutionary war.

[phlatlander]

He's very talented. He used to make monsters for Screamin' products. Here's a picture of a model he made of Forts Clinton and Montgomery from the revolutionary war.

Very cool. I nearly took a modeling job (despite my funny looks ;)) for a sports architecture firm 8 years ago. Back when everyone was building a new stadium/arena, the model department created some amazing schit. Glad I didn't take it since they aren't quite so busy anymore, but I have the shakes anyway so I probably would have been a liability. That teeny figurine looks like it took at least 2 days of continuous squinting.

[rockyrider]

The pic from Rocky w/ the shifters makes me feel like I'm moving.Wait'll you put it up on a big monitor as a wallpaper, I have to wear a seatbelt on my office chair. Twice I've grabbed my phone handset like a brake lever. :D

[OTBSkinloss]

You wanna impress a lot of people? Show us this one with both hands on the bars. :D

[real_ss_budgie]

last night pub hike

[PutAwayWet]

last night pub hike

Spooky. Nice!

[50 Mission Cap]

The pic from Rocky w/ the shifters makes me feel like I'm moving.

Here' a picture of one of these small figures my friend sculpted for a commissioned project. He had to wear funny eye wear to do it.

My friend? Right Wigs. We all know yer into D&D. Troll.

[(P.)]

My friend? Right Wigs. We all know yer into D&D. Troll.
How many sides your die have
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[(P.)]

I miss plant handler when he go all trade show. FU _____ _ublishing!
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[(P.)]

I purchased me 1st food processor last day
.
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[(P.)]

Azza likes GreenTea
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[wigger thomas]

My friend? Right Wigs. We all know yer into D&D. Troll.

I played D&D one time. I had no weapons. I was put off by the traveling party I was with. The good/evil thing wasn't sufficiently reasoned. They just seemed like a band of marauding repupublicrats.

[(P.)]

I played D&D one time. I had no weapons. I was put off by the traveling party I was with. The good/evil thing wasn't sufficiently reasoned. They just seemed like a band of marauding repupublicrats.
Touch my frame pump

[myron]

Touch my frame pump
that's the way we like it

[myron]

nnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnO!!

[phlatlander]

I miss plant handler when he go all trade show. FU _____ _ublishing!
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But they paid for my Grand Canyon tour, albeit brief and at arm's reach.
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FU to Southwest for starting their landing flare too soon. Twice. Items in the overhead may have shifted.

[phlatlander]

I swear I saw the KS Crew out on Clinton Red. See, Vlad came, too and if you squint hard enough you can see him fixing a flat.
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[davkatreb]

nnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnO!!
I can relate.

[phlatlander]

I was a monkey, stealing honey from the swarm of bees
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[phlatlander]

Of Toads and Toddlers
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not too hard, Lennie

[OTBSkinloss]

Of Toads and Toddlers
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not too hard, Lennie

Isn't he supposed to be licking it? :D

[wigger thomas]

A Long path marker from today's road ride.

Took the road bike past some sweet trails today.:)

[(P.)]

Butterfly feeds off a dead monkey's hand, Jesus wept--he felt abandoned
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[ironspoke]

7 spd + phantom extra click.

They work perfectly on my Cannondale. ;)

[phlatlander]

How many sides your die have
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Yogurt. Neti. Fresh fruit wholeness.

You really should join our Friday A.M. yoga.

[mimbresman]

.......................

[mimbresman]

************

[mimbresman]

>< >< >< >< >< >< >< >< >< ><

[real_ss_budgie]

nmnmnmnmnm

[PutAwayWet]

Just some springtime fun with the new camera...

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[Jay13]

Dude, MM those Gasgas bikes are crazy. I've seen guys do Ryan Leech style trials stuff on them. Nucking Futs.

[kpomtb]

From tonight's ride:

[Knapes]

While were on flowers-old backyard:

[myron]

oh sha me timbers

[Knapes]

one for Ozzy:

[mimbresman]

Caracas hotel still life

[phlatlander]

Caracas hotel still life

Vegas hotel still life ;)
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You know you're a loser when you choose to just order room service for one in Vegas at 10:30pm on Friday night & watch Discovery channel. Filet w/vegetable medley & BFP. :)

[mimbresman]

Vegas hotel still life ;)
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You know you're a loser when you choose to just order room service for one in Vegas at 10:30pm on Friday night & watch Discovery channel. Filet w/vegetable medley & BFP. :)
Nice...I would have done the same in Vegas...:o

[PutAwayWet]

Nice...I would have done the same in Vegas...:o

ditto from the world's worst gambler and happily married man :)

[(P.)]

Vegas hotel still life ;)
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You know you're a loser when you choose to just order room service for one in Vegas at 10:30pm on Friday night & watch Discovery channel. Filet w/vegetable medley & BFP. :)

I'm telling BobVthat you
ordered the Filet!
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[phlatlander]

I'm telling BobVthat you
ordered the Filet!

You mean Bill.

My $80 worth of sushi was with a "client". I skipped lunch, though, so I saved him there. FU Mr Vee.

[(P.)]

BillyBob..

[wigger thomas]

Vegas hotel still life ;)
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You know you're a loser when you choose to just order room service for one in Vegas at 10:30pm on Friday night & watch Discovery channel. Filet w/vegetable medley & BFP. :)

So you still don't know what an ATM is:p

Definately should have had a beer or ten and some tequila shots w/ Dangerousdave. His sinning is relatively moderate in spite of his dislike of Jesus and the poope.

[OTBSkinloss]

My little buddy.
I see this guy about 3 of 5 days on my commute.
Finally had a camera.

[RepublicanSS]

what kind of animal is that? a porcupine?

where do you live? your commute is beautiful.





My little buddy.
I see this guy about 3 of 5 days on my commute.
Finally had a camera.

[OTBSkinloss]

what kind of animal is that? a porcupine?

where do you live? your commute is beautiful.

Yep. He a porcupine. I stop and talk to him, and when I think about it, I give him potato slices. He's pretty tame, but I still haven't tried to pet him. :D
I live in Snowmass Village, Co. And Yes, my commute is lovely.

[real_ss_budgie]

..............

[OTBSkinloss]

Nice...I would have done the same in Vegas...:o

Not me. I would have been asleep by 9:00. :D

[mimbresman]

1 block from my condo...Workers tearing down the stage after a Mother's Day concert last night.

[rockyrider]

No WCB or OHSA regs in Venezuela...

[mimbresman]

No WCB or OHSA regs in Venezuela...
?????:confused:?????
That's what you got to love/hate about this country. No Rules.

[davkatreb]

?????:confused:?????
That's what you got to love/hate about this country. No Rules.
Yeah, but what sux is this-When the little funkers sneak in here to take American jobs, they bring their disdain for/ignorance of common-sense safety practices with them. Not that big a problem when they're bussing tables or mowing lawns, but get 'em on a real construction site where potentially lethal forces abound, and tell you what-I've seen 'em do things that would turn your hair white.

[PutAwayWet]

The fiddleheads are out...
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Purple trillium at sunrise
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Mount Washington
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[phlatlander]

The fiddleheads are out...
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Purple trillium at sunrise
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Mount Washington
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Very, very nice.

[fudgedit]

Purple trillium, very rare in these parts. Might see it once every couple of years. The white is everywhere right now, if you know where to look. Thanks for sharing those awesome photos!!

[PutAwayWet]

Purple trillium, very rare in these parts. Might see it once every couple of years. The white is everywhere right now, if you know where to look. Thanks for sharing those awesome photos!!

I'm not sure I've seen the white variety. The purple ones are sprouting like weeds up where I was! The best part of taking pics is sharing them, right? :)

[phlatlander]

Macro @ 34,000ft...;)
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[PutAwayWet]

Macro @ 34,000ft...;)
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That's awesome!

[jerman]

Went on a hike in the Joyce Kilmer forest yesterday.

Found a tree that looked like Homer Simpson.:D

[jerman]

more from the hike

[OTBSkinloss]

I took this picture with a cell phone. :D

[mimbresman]

Took these in 2006.
Media Dia Canyon, Jemez Mtns, NM.
I've been riding with these guys for 20 years. :cool:

[xjoex]

This is from a hike in ohiopyle
http://gallery.photo.net/photo/7074515-md.jpg

This is my attempt at art:
http://gallery.photo.net/photo/1900019-md.jpg

I dig this:
http://gallery.photo.net/photo/2053612-lg.jpg

Sunset:
http://gallery.photo.net/photo/6529723-lg.jpg

Lady of the mountain:
http://gallery.photo.net/photo/6529692-md.jpg

And one last one...
http://gallery.photo.net/photo/7263642-lg.jpg


-Joe

[ironspoke]

I dig that sandal pic. Do tell the equipment you used.

[ironspoke]

Took these in 2006.
Media Dia Canyon, Jemez Mtns, NM.
I've been riding with these guys for 20 years. :cool:

What?? No MimbresMan shirts for your buds????;)

Lots o trips over the bars, pinch flats, busted spokes, etc from the three of you I imagine.

[xjoex]

I dig that sandal pic. Do tell the equipment you used.

Thanks! For the sandal shot I used a kodak v705 digicam. It is a cool little camera with two built in lenses, one fixed at 23mm and the other a 35-100mm zoom.

Heres another shot with it on wide angle:
http://gallery.photo.net/photo/7286279-md.jpg

-Joe

[mimbresman]

What?? No MimbresMan shirts for your buds????;)

Lots o trips over the bars, pinch flats, busted spokes, etc from the three of you I imagine.

I suffered on that ride. Those guys on the big hit bikes, me on my puny Litespeed. I crashed hard, took all the skin off below my left kneecap (could see the fat), still had to ride 5 miles to the trucks. A light XC rig cannot keep up with a 6" travel big hit bike on a fast, technical, downhill. :rolleyes:

[mimbresman]

xjoex,
Awesome pics! That last one (bike and trees) is way cool.
The sandal shot is interesting.

[phlatlander]

I suffered on that ride. Those guys on the big hit bikes, me on my puny Litespeed. I crashed hard, took all the skin off below my left kneecap (could see the fat), still had to ride 5 miles to the trucks. A light XC rig cannot keep up with a 6" travel big hit bike on a fast, technical, downhill. :rolleyes:

"One of these things is not like the other..." :)

Those are some well-equipped rigs.

[rockyrider]

I suffered on that ride. Those guys on the big hit bikes, me on my puny Litespeed. I crashed hard, took all the skin off below my left kneecap (could see the fat), still had to ride 5 miles to the trucks. A light XC rig cannot keep up with a 6" travel big hit bike on a fast, technical, downhill. :rolleyes:And that's my justification for all my different horses for different courses collection. Most time when I ride by myself I ride my hardtail as it keeps me from doing things that are likely to result in laying in an unconscious heap 50' off the trail while someone steals my bike and leaves me to the coyotes and black bears. Depending which group I'm riding with and what trails we're doing I'll select an appropriate steed for the trip. :D

[mimbresman]

And that's my justification for all my different horses for different courses collection. Most time when I ride by myself I ride my hardtail as it keeps me from doing things that are likely to result in laying in an unconscious heap 50' off the trail while someone steals my bike and leaves me to the coyotes and black bears. Depending which group I'm riding with and what trails we're doing I'll select an appropriate steed for the trip. :D

If I ever move back to the USA and have adequate storage...maybe...:D

[ironspoke]

I've been pretty happy with the details my little Olympus (790 SW) has been noticing. An underwater digital camera. What'll they think of next?

Although it has been disappointing with your basic interior snapshot.
:(

[ironspoke]

I suffered on that ride. Those guys on the big hit bikes, me on my puny Litespeed. I crashed hard, took all the skin off below my left kneecap (could see the fat), still had to ride 5 miles to the trucks. A light XC rig cannot keep up with a 6" travel big hit bike on a fast, technical, downhill. :rolleyes:

Mimbs,

Your Litespeed looks like a kids bike in this photo.

[mimbresman]

Mimbs,

Your Litespeed looks like a kids bike in this photo.

When we dealt with that gate, we paused for a few minutes. We had the bikes lined up there and I just thought the Litespeed looked like a toy.

Here's a photo a couple of days later when riding in Gallup with the skinned knee. :D

[real_ss_budgie]

axis of evils.........

[tryandgetme]

Although it has been disappointing with your basic interior snapshot.
:(

do you mean an indoor low light shot? there's basically no point and shoot camera that will do a great low light shot without flash. and the flash is almost always too close to the axis of the lens so you get harsh shadows. you need the large lenses and wide apertures.

[mimbresman]

Iron,
Here's an underwater pic I took with my Canon A530 housed in a waterproof case. I was in the backseat of the 2-person Klepper kayak and dipped the camera into the water. Neat vortex affect.
MM

[real_ss_budgie]

very chumpy sandal shot there cob....

saddle pals

[OTBSkinloss]

I've been pretty happy with the details my little Olympus (790 SW) has been noticing. An underwater digital camera. What'll they think of next?

Although it has been disappointing with your basic interior snapshot.
:(

So what are you fishing for with that bait?
:D

[PutAwayWet]

Great shots, Joe!

[OTBSkinloss]

It's cool having a pump station at the end of the runway. :D

[mimbresman]

That is cool OTB. :cool:
about 23 years ago, I worked at a boat resort in WA on San Juan Island. I enjoyed watching the De Havillin Beaver floatplanes come in with their big single radial engines. Very cool.

[OTBSkinloss]

This was the view from my bedroom this winter.

[OTBSkinloss]

What's wrong with this picture?

[OTBSkinloss]

Wonder Fender at the Owl Creek Tank site.

[OTBSkinloss]

When a water tank overflows, @ 9775 ft in Feburary.

[ironspoke]

So what are you fishing for with that bait?
:D

These!!! I never mustered a good photo of this guy but he was about 17-18 inches...it was also kinda hefty. Of course his much larger cousin got off my hook about 20 minutes earlier. :D

[RandomDood]

What's wrong with this picture?

Now that's funny! Is that Obermeyer Place?

[OTBSkinloss]

Now that's funny! Is that Obermeyer Place?

Yep. Constructed by R.A. Nelson. Those Mo Fo's should go to jail.

[xjoex]

I like to take pics. I don't take as many any more... But it sure is fun.
This guy sold ribs in Boulder, damn me being veg...
http://gallery.photo.net/photo/6529721-lg.jpg

This guy volunteers at the long's peak ranger station in RMNP
http://gallery.photo.net/photo/6529716-lg.jpg

My wife in the canyon.
http://gallery.photo.net/photo/1901004-lg.jpg

The beach.
http://gallery.photo.net/photo/6529708-lg.jpg
-Joe

[phlatlander]

I like to take pics. I don't take as many any more... But it sure is fun.

I'd say please keep on taking more. :cool:

Is that beach pic of your wife riding on hard-packed sand or is that a huge paved area? If it's sand — it appears the auto tracks hardly make an impression, too. Alternate space shuttle landing strip? :)

[PutAwayWet]

I'd say please keep on taking more. :cool:

Ditto..... I love the beach picture too.

[xjoex]

Is that beach pic of your wife riding on hard-packed sand or is that a huge paved area? If it's sand — it appears the auto tracks hardly make an impression, too. Alternate space shuttle landing strip? :)

Thanks! Thats on the beach during low tide. Its Kiawah Island SC.

-Joe

And here's another shot:
http://gallery.photo.net/photo/6529703-lg.jpg

[xjoex]

Here's a few more...

I think I found jack's bean stalk
http://gallery.photo.net/photo/1704355-lg.jpg

I also think I found the forest moon of endor:
http://gallery.photo.net/photo/6525938-md.jpg

And some flowers:
http://gallery.photo.net/photo/6529701-lg.jpg

-Joe

[mimbresman]

Joe,
After your posts, we're not worthy!
MM

[myron]

Joe, great great photo's man!

I am jelioused at the wideness of your angles.

[OTBSkinloss]

Why does Babs have fecal mater in the corner of his mouth?

[myron]

Why does Babs have fecal mater in the corner of his mouth?

any thing for a bud or beer

[xjoex]

I am jelioused at the wideness of your angles.

He's got that look... "oh you didn't just see that did you?"
-Joe

[davkatreb]

There has to be SOME way that I can transfer my real camera pictures to a medium which is compatible with this forum. The bar needs to be raised, and raise it, I will! Or I would, if not for the pesky problem of how to convert silver halide images to ones and zeros.

[phlatlander]

There has to be SOME way that I can transfer my real camera pictures to a medium which is compatible with this forum. The bar needs to be raised, and raise it, I will! Or I would, if not for the pesky problem of how to convert silver halide images to ones and zeros.

Cheap scanners can be had from Best Buy and schit.
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[davkatreb]

Cheap scanners can be had from Best Buy and schit.
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Perfect. Another infernal box of microchips whose inner depths I must plumb; only to extract the most miniscule modicum of function from its beeping, blinking innards. Just what I need.

No, no thank you, and hell no. What I had in mind was a service performed by a photo lab (are they even called "labs" nowadays?) where my negatives/prints/slides could be scanned-"scanned" is the correct phrase, yes?-onto a disc, the disc could be installed in my computer wherever it goes, and I could include the image in a post. Can such be done? I am sure I would still need to seek the assistance of one of my daughter's nerdy friends, but I'm practically bursting to share with yinz some images from the days when men were men.

[phlatlander]

Perfect. Another infernal box of microchips whose inner depths I must plumb; only to extract the most miniscule modicum of function from its beeping, blinking innards. Just what I need.

No, no thank you, and hell no. What I had in mind was a service performed by a photo lab (are they even called "labs" nowadays?) where my negatives/prints/slides could be scanned-"scanned" is the correct phrase, yes?-onto a disc, the disc could be installed in my computer wherever it goes, and I could include the image in a post. Can such be done? I am sure I would still need to seek the assistance of one of my daughter's nerdy friends, but I'm practically bursting to share with yinz some images from the days when men were men.

You asked. ;)

Do they still have those Foxfoto kiosks in the middle of WalMart parking lots? There would be your next bet.

ps... all kids nowadays know this stuff so does that make all of them nerds? And me a nerd? :D

[K-Man]

No, no thank you, and hell no. What I had in mind was a service performed by a photo lab (are they even called "labs" nowadays?) where my negatives/prints/slides could be scanned-"scanned" is the correct phrase, yes?-onto a disc, the disc could be installed in my computer wherever it goes, and I could include the image in a post. Can such be done? I am sure I would still need to seek the assistance of one of my daughter's nerdy friends,

Any of your daughter's nerdy friends trustworthy and enterprising enough to offer a fair price to scan and save to disc for you? They may have an underutilized scanner at home, and we all know that kids have too much time on their hands.

[davkatreb]

You asked. ;)

Do they still have those Foxfoto kiosks in the middle of WalMart parking lots? There would be your next bet.

ps... all kids nowadays know this stuff so does that make all of them nerds? And me a nerd? :D
We're all nerds, Kevins. I'm a bike nerd, a beer nerd and a guitar nerd. And "knowing this stuff" doesn't make the kid a nerd. Her knowledge is WAY beyond what "all kids know", and tends to work its way into conversations on the most unrelated topics. Is that nerdy enough for ya?

[davkatreb]

Any of your daughter's nerdy friends trustworthy and enterprising enough to offer a fair price to scan and save to disc for you? They may have an underutilized scanner at home, and we all know that kids have too much time on their hands.
As a matter of fact, I would trust any of my precious daughter, Rotten Rebeccah's friends with my house keys, my car keys and my checkbook. But to trust them with my negatives? I'm not sure that you quite understand the leap of faith we're talking about. But if it would be feasable it would be just the solution to a nettlesome problem. I'll ask around.

[davkatreb]

Do they still have those Foxfoto kiosks in the middle of WalMart parking lots? There would be your next bet.

Oh yeah, and I wouldn't shop at MAL*WART if they were selling Pinarellos with full carbon Campagnolo Record for twenty bucks.

[K-Man]

As a matter of fact, I would trust any of my precious daughter, Rotten Rebeccah's friends with my house keys, my car keys and my checkbook. But to trust them with my negatives? I'm not sure that you quite understand the leap of faith we're talking about. But if it would be feasable it would be just the solution to a nettlesome problem. I'll ask around.

Yeah, I don't know that I'd trust anybody but a pro with negatives. I was thinking the prints and slides would be something most folks with a scanner could handle, with little risk of damaging the OG.

[RandomDood]

Oh yeah, and I wouldn't shop at MAL*WART if they were selling Pinarellos with full carbon Campagnolo Record for twenty bucks.

Why? Are you a snob?

[mimbresman]

There has to be SOME way that I can transfer my real camera pictures to a medium which is compatible with this forum. The bar needs to be raised, and raise it, I will! Or I would, if not for the pesky problem of how to convert silver halide images to ones and zeros.

*************************;)

[kpomtb]

Some cool clouds from around sundown tonight.

[davkatreb]

Why? Are you a snob?
You say "snob" as though it's a bad thing to be.:confused:

[davkatreb]

*************************;)
Mims, I could probably grok the inner workings of your digital toy in less than a day, were I so inclined. Which I most certainly am not!.

Could you master the intricacies of shooting with a manual-exposure camera without built-in meter? Would you know how to process the film? Would you have the talent to extract the exact right nuance of tone and contrast from said negative? Perhaps. But these things are not learned overnight.

Think of proficiency with real cameras as the singlespeed of photography, and myself as the keeper of the flame.

[ironspoke]

try this for new pics (http://www.snapfish.com/helpsendingfilm)

It wont do you any good for old pics but for your new ones...it should be the ticket.

[mimbresman]

Mims, I could probably grok the inner workings of your digital toy in less than a day, were I so inclined. Which I most certainly am not!.

Could you master the intricacies of shooting with a manual-exposure camera without built-in meter? Would you know how to process the film? Would you have the talent to extract the exact right nuance of tone and contrast from said negative? Perhaps. But these things are not learned overnight.

Think of proficiency with real cameras as the singlespeed of photography, and myself as the keeper of the flame.

Dav,
I have my dad's camera, a Minolta XD-70 with various lenses. Takes way better photos than my little point-and-shoots. I've carried it on a couple of bike tours and glad I did. Last time I did, I took B & W film, so I could try developing for the first time in a dark room we had at school. A fellow teacher helped me and showed me how to do it. It is a cool process. Best part for me was making the prints. I have a couple of good self portraits of me with the Merlin in full touring regalia at the start of the Black Gap Road with the Elephant's Tusk in the background (Big Bend National Park). I rode to the same spot a year apart(Dec. 1997 and Dec. 1998) to see if there was any difference in my persona (1997 was the year my dad died)


I like film photography. It is a dieing art, but to be honest, I enjoy the instant gratification of digital photography. I take a lot more and dump what I don't like.

Just trying to be funny with the above post...:rolleyes:
MM

[Liberal Monkey]

Mims, I could probably grok the inner workings of your digital toy in less than a day, were I so inclined. Which I most certainly am not!.

Could you master the intricacies of shooting with a manual-exposure camera without built-in meter? Would you know how to process the film? Would you have the talent to extract the exact right nuance of tone and contrast from said negative? Perhaps. But these things are not learned overnight.

Think of proficiency with real cameras as the singlespeed of photography, and myself as the keeper of the flame.
dave, you have more excuses than natives have semen. step it up and prove yourself

[davkatreb]

dave, you have more excuses than natives have semen. step it up and prove yourself
You first.:rolleyes:

[davkatreb]

Dav,
I have my dad's camera, a Minolta XD-70 with various lenses. Takes way better photos than my little point-and-shoots. I've carried it on a couple of bike tours and glad I did. Last time I did, I took B & W film, so I could try developing for the first time in a dark room we had at school. A fellow teacher helped me and showed me how to do it. It is a cool process. Best part for me was making the prints. I have a couple of good self portraits of me with the Merlin in full touring regalia at the start of the Black Gap Road with the Elephant's Tusk in the background (Big Bend National Park). I rode to the same spot a year apart(Dec. 1997 and Dec. 1998) to see if there was any difference in my persona (1997 was the year my dad died)


I like film photography. It is a dieing art, but to be honest, I enjoy the instant gratification of digital photography. I take a lot more and dump what I don't like.

Just trying to be funny with the above post...:rolleyes:
MM
I knowed you was only funnin', mims.:D Jeeze, I just feel sometimes like the onrushing crush of technology is a-fixin' to bury us all. There's just something-I don't know-"right"?-about making all the decisions about lighting, exposure and composition using only one's skills and instincts, then holding the image in one's own two hands. Sometimes it's a crapshoot. But when it works, man is it ever worth it. Like I said, real cameras, film, darkrooms-The singlespeed of photography.

[phlatlander]

I knowed you was only funnin', mims.:D Jeeze, I just feel sometimes like the onrushing crush of technology is a-fixin' to bury us all. There's just something-I don't know-"right"?-about making all the decisions about lighting, exposure and composition using only one's skills and instincts, then holding the image in one's own two hands. Sometimes it's a crapshoot. But when it works, man is it ever worth it. Like I said, real cameras, film, darkrooms-The singlespeed of photography.

Well then, put down your keyboard and pick up your end of the can the next time you want to converse with some dude in Venezuela. :p F#¢KIN TECHNOLOGY! :D
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[davkatreb]

Well then, put down your keyboard and pick up your end of the can the next time you want to converse with some dude in Venezuela. :p F#¢KIN TECHNOLOGY! :D
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And yet you choose to ride a bike that doesn't shift...:confused::rolleyes::p

[phlatlander]

And yet you choose to ride a bike that doesn't shift...:confused::rolleyes::p

But my legs have hydrostatic drive — smooth shifting depending on my cadence. ;)

I happen to have 2 singlespeeds, 3 geared and am currently restoring this old 10speed that I want to cut in half and make only 5. Baby steps.
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You see, I love both dogs and cats. Hate both democrat & repub politicians. I can't eat cheese but I love to smell it.

It can be done. :)

[50 Mission Cap]

My beautiful wife and I went to Powell Gardens - a botanic garden outside of KC. In phlatlander's neck of the woods. She took these w/ her Nikon D-40 w/ a 50mm lens.

[myron]

Dear Dave,

take you fvkin negatives to the local non-communist photo lab and ask to have them put on a cd FFS!!!!
hopethathelped

[wigger thomas]

ya'all are craaaaazzzyyy

How would you like to be in these guys cross hairs at 8am?

[davkatreb]

Dear Dave,

take you fvkin negatives to the local non-communist photo lab and ask to have them put on a cd FFS!!!!
hopethathelped
Probably a couple thousand images there, including 120 negatives my Dad shot during WW II. But yeah, that's the plan. Stay tuned.

[davkatreb]

ya'all are craaaaazzzyyy

How would you like to be in these guys cross hairs at 8am?
I doubt either of those blokes could hit the ground with their hat, unless they're ahellofalot steadier than the dude that snapped the photo.

[wigger thomas]

I doubt either of those blokes could hit the ground with their hat, unless they're ahellofalot steadier than the dude that snapped the photo.
I'm not so good at quick wildlife shots w/ the crappy phone cam.

[PutAwayWet]

Some photogenic flora:
http://lh3.ggpht.com/NHOCCabins/SDszZR92bzI/AAAAAAAAAeo/dN1C8aQ6NbY/s800/DSC_0026.JPG

[xjoex]

Thats a cool shot.

[50 Mission Cap]

More pics from powell gardens in KC. My wife took like 500 pictures yesterday... Some more cool ones.

[xjoex]

Nice flower shots.

Boulder Theater
http://gallery.photo.net/photo/7074552-lg.jpg

Temple of Poseidon Cape Sounion
http://gallery.photo.net/photo/7286182-lg.jpg

Gulf of Mexico
http://gallery.photo.net/photo/2093846-md.jpg

Indian Peaks
http://gallery.photo.net/photo/6517930-md.jpg

-Joe

[tryandgetme]

Probably a couple thousand images there, including 120 negatives my Dad shot during WW II. But yeah, that's the plan. Stay tuned.

yup. labs do that stuff all the time. we've got a neat lab that I have do the developing for the stuff that comes out of my Nikon. They do work for the photography school...REALLY nice stuff. Anyway they did about 2500 slides to cd for my friend for about $50. And this is the expensive extreme quality shop too.

[OTBSkinloss]

Hmmmmm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killdeer

[RandomDood]

Hmmmmm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killdeer

If you can, get a photo of that mother doing her broken wing act. That's some funny stuff. Boy is she good at it!

[myron]

donde estas tsu coche ahora,pinche?!?

[real_ss_budgie]

petal free zone..........OI!

[real_ss_budgie]

crunchy......

[xjoex]

petal free zone..........OI!

I like that one a lot. Cool shot.

-Joe

[xjoex]

Here are some bands shots:

Avail
http://gallery.photo.net/photo/6584775-md.jpg

108 reunion:
http://gallery.photo.net/photo/7319791-lg.jpg

108 in 95:
http://gallery.photo.net/photo/7319688-lg.jpg

Damnation Reunion:
http://gallery.photo.net/photo/6589672-lg.jpg

Walls of Jericho
http://gallery.photo.net/photo/2347668-md.jpg

Martyr AD
http://gallery.photo.net/photo/6590540-lg.jpg

[PutAwayWet]

Avail was great in concert!

[tryandgetme]

Avail was great in concert!

I bet you feel very dirty now

[PutAwayWet]

I bet you feel very dirty now

I'm completely lost on this one... :confused: I even showered this morning!

[LeeMcGough]

Alma College, just a minute from my house. Taken today.:mad:

[xjoex]

Cool shot!

[PutAwayWet]

The iris are in bloom :)
http://lh6.ggpht.com/RollingBodhisattva/SD75XpgZhFI/AAAAAAAABWs/12FewY_5c24/s800/DSC_0013.JPG

[OTBSkinloss]

Fackin trees!

[Billy2FAT]

Ouch!! OTB that looks painful better keep some sauve on it

[RandomDood]

Damn OTB. You are supposed to go around them, dummy! Was that on Hunter Creek?

[myron]

hold still doggy

[OTBSkinloss]

Damn OTB. You are supposed to go around them, dummy! Was that on Hunter Creek?

Rim (job) Trail. Still a bit of snow up there. Good thing it wasn't my ass. Could have scrambled my brain.

[50 Mission Cap]

hold still doggy

That is some mug on that dog...

[(P.)]

That is some mug on that dog...
Holly, kiss kiss, Augie--they can all be slunts as a mug sometimes, mug.
shoo dog

[real_ss_budgie]

shoo!!.....

[rockyrider]

You got a pony for your birthday?!

[phlatlander]

You got a pony for your birthday?!

That's a long swim from Shetland.

[mimbresman]

From Sunday's ride

[rockyrider]

That's a long swim from Shetland.I thought that might be the rare Tasmanian Pony.

[rockyrider]

From Sunday's ride
The Fifth Element: Earth, Wind, Fire, Air and 70. :D

[real_ss_budgie]

You got a pony for your birthday?!
yeah.........

[mimbresman]

The Fifth Element: Earth, Wind, Fire, Air and 70. :D

Thought you'd like that one...:D

[(P.)]

shoo!!.....

Orf--that mammal get mad in the same boots it gets happy in?
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Oooooom I'm telllllin

[myron]

you listened to my take on the sicko's that breed small horses with well endowed ones. Campfire talk is greatest with random hippies named todd.

[OTBSkinloss]

random hippies .

They are so fun to kick the shit out of. Better than sex with crack whores! Or ponies. Or Al Gore.

[myron]

They are so fun to kick the shit out of. Better than sex with crack whores! Or ponies. Or Al Gore.

thats about right.... while i was pondering how to work "the time i branded a hippie with a red hot poker" story into the conversation Mick just said "it's time for us to go to bed" thus ruining all the fun he started.

[myron]

Orf--that mammal get mad in the same boots it gets happy in?
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Oooooom I'm telllllin

OH GOD!!! just realized that's a Karate Monkey with a non-photoshopped pony behind it. How could he have known? Maybe Todd was a plant?

[(P.)]

Tejas...= Cobgobblers.
However, Mick may have saved our lives.
Eitherway Todd was about to be getting a smores® brand tan.
slunt

[(P.)]

Todd
That's a hard way to start off a life. And I thought "Gabe," had it bad.

[50 Mission Cap]

Tejas...= Cobgobblers.
However, Mick may have saved our lives.
Eitherway Todd was about to be getting a smores® brand tan.
slunt

Seriously. Especially w/ AM Radio egging him on...

[(P.)]

Seriously. Especially w/ AM Radio egging him on...
classic AM Radio stuff

[phlatlander]

classic AM Radio stuff

Enough with the fireside chat (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1zyVoMY2YN8), fellas! This is a "I took this funkin picture" thread! :)

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[Billy2FAT]

How many of these are there?

[OTBSkinloss]

I can't get enough of these. You can feel the prop wash when it goes by. I could throw a rock and hit the damn thing. Too fun. :D

[phlatlander]

I can't get enough of these. You can feel the prop wash when it goes by. I could throw a rock and hit the damn thing. Too fun. :D

:cool:

I thought of your photos when I saw this video (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_z5HtME9n8) the other day...

[wigger thomas]

Enough with the fireside chat (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1zyVoMY2YN8), fellas! This is a "I took this funkin picture" thread! :)

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the inside of that wheel reminds me of this album cover

[phlatlander]

the inside of that wheel reminds me of this album cover

Probably word/image association because I typed the word "funk(in)". :)

See, I just thought of donuts.

[mimbresman]

I can't get enough of these. You can feel the prop wash when it goes by. I could throw a rock and hit the damn thing. Too fun. :D

In 1987 I was doing a paleontological dig in the Bisti Badlands in New Mexico's 4-corners region. Around 10:00 AM, every other morning, I'd start looking east. Sure enough here they came...

- First it was just a bright light.
- Then the light was attached to a dark line.
- The dark line took on the shape of a large aircraft.
- The aircraft then revealed itself as a low-flying B-52 - bomber! So low, you could see the rivets.
- They always flew in groups of three staggered about 1 mile apart from each other.
- There were two groups; the camo-green w/blue bellys, and the pure black.
- They seemed to used our camp as a waypoint as they headed toward and through (then called) Washington Pass (now called Narbona Pass) through the Chuska Mountains.

On our last day at camp, we had a plan...after the first B-52 flew over, we sprung into action. Part of the crew laid head to foot on one of the badland desert hillsides, spelling out the word "HI" with their bodies. A couple of us, me included, scrambled to the top of the nearest hill with a towel and swung it overhead, as the 2nd jet flew by slightly to the north. The 3rd jet corrected his course, flew directly over us, and waggled his wings in salute. It was way cool! :cool:

Note: photo is sniped from Google, but they looked very much like this but BIGGER and louder!

[(P.)]

What every Vonnegut fan should find. I found mine 10 years ago in NC:
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[davkatreb]

What every Vonnegut fan should find. I found mine 10 years ago in NC:
23883
Best. Read. Ever.

[myron]

myron does the "crip dance" in the "Dot"....

shewt the slobs...

[phlatlander]

myron does the "crip dance" in the "Dot"....

shewt the slobs...

Get ready to shoot some redneks in a few weeks.

Velvet Smooth (not my photo)
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[real_ss_budgie]

mate, gimp2 has just shit itself here in drongo central and i cant resize my images for the forum...davs gonna freak out!!!!

COI!!!

[myron]

mate, gimp2 has just shit itself here in drongo central and i cant resize my images for the forum...davs gonna freak out!!!!

COI!!!

mate, you don't try to confuse

[phlatlander]

Seen parked next to me at the office... I think the hood alone on these lovelies is longer than a Yaris.
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[wigger thomas]

What every Vonnegut fan should find. I found mine 10 years ago in NC:
23883

I have that Paperback somewhere. It's not by Vonnegut or Trout:confused:

[50 Mission Cap]

Seen parked next to me at the office... I think the hood alone on these lovelies is longer than a Yaris.
23956


I think that's Mr. Vance.

[phlatlander]

I think that's Mr. Vance.

True. He is both a very tall man and a tightwad.

[(P.)]

I have that Paperback somewhere. It's not by Vonnegut or Trout:confused:
It's a spoof if you will, inspired by Vonnegut. I'm sure you have read him reference it in numerous novels of his..

[real_ss_budgie]

can you drongos please edit your posts.
reason: forgot to uplaod images.

[RandomDood]

Hey Budgie, does that trail run across a fault line or what?

[(P.)]

Got the new issue of BIKE in the mail tonight. Here's a pic for the Katy trail group
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and one for
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[real_ss_budgie]

Hey Budgie, does that trail run across a fault line or what?

i think it probably does..its a few 100 k,s in length..may cross a few times..but its a walking trail no pushies mate..pushies can fang along the mawson trail.

[phlatlander]

Buzz orf, Peckert!!!
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[mimbresman]

That's a interesting shot phlat! :cool:

[phlatlander]

That's a interesting shot phlat! :cool:

I think my chicken grilling was disturbing her carpentry work.
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[myron]

Buzz orf, Peckert!!!
24050

that's awesome!!! Well did.

[S. cerevisiae]

I think my chicken grilling was disturbing her carpentry work.
24051

youstoleitzfreadumz

pist orf

[tryandgetme]

I think my chicken grilling was disturbing her carpentry work.
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fantastic! how'd you pull that one off? I'd imagine the focus would have to be pretty lucky...my 18-200mm would never focus fast enough

[phlatlander]

fantastic! how'd you pull that one off? I'd imagine the focus would have to be pretty lucky...my 18-200mm would never focus fast enough

I just used an older Canon G2 and set it to macro. I pre-locked in the focus on my hand (3-4") and then held it out to where she was hovering below her hole on the underside of our deck. Got lucky a few times before she darted off. ;) Thankfully, carpenter bees are docile.

[50 Mission Cap]

Got the new issue of BIKE in the mail tonight. Here's a pic for the Katy trail group
24030
and one for
24031

Thought you were coming? How you ever gonna progress to hardbatch?

[rockyrider]

Don't Tug on Superman's boat

[rockyrider]

The view of Vancouver from the Quay on the North Shore

[rockyrider]

closer look

[real_ss_budgie]

theshedwasgoingorftonight

[real_ss_budgie]

theshedwasgoingorftonight
for real it was..i was there too........

[mimbresman]

Nice one Carlo.
This one is from my science fair. It is from a cereal box/CD spectroscope we made.
One of my student's took this with my camera. It is of a yellow light, not sure which light he was referring to. Anyway, cool pic in my opinion.

[real_ss_budgie]

so whats involved in making one barinsky???

i want to measure the light emiting from the orion nebula :P

[phlatlander]

so whats involved in making one barinsky???

i want to measure the light emiting from the orion nebula :P

You wouldn't have the materials. Your old crunchy vinyl just doesn't break up light like like these new fangled optical discs do. :p

Maybe you could get some good results from your disco balls?

[phlatlander]

Carlo, You could use this bass boat bee I found as a spectrometericatorizerwhatever...
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Seen a lot of iridescent insects this year that I have never seen before. Some big ground beetles that stink something aweful when i pick them up.

[myron]

dyam mister S, that mug look just like you!

[mimbresman]

so whats involved in making one barinsky???

i want to measure the light emiting from the orion nebula :P

Scrape the foil off an unburned CD, then cut a "pizza slice" from the CD for the spectroscope which goes over the eyepiece.

[rockyrider]

A rainbow streaked cloud over Vancouver today.

[K-Man]

Sun dog??????

A rainbow streaked cloud over Vancouver today.

[rockyrider]

Or promo for Vancouver's Pride Day in August? :confused: :rolleyes:

I've never seen a cloud do the sundog thing before. I was worried that camera might not capture it, so many rainbows end up washed out when photographed.

[phlatlander]

Sun dog??????

Sun marlin! :)

[K-Man]

Look! Up in the sky....

[OTBSkinloss]

Look! Up in the sky....

Here I come to save the day!

[mimbresman]

I took this one on Saturday and I posted this one in another thread, but the more I looked at, the more I liked it.

[jerman]

I took these pics in various spots around Quito, Ecuador.

[davkatreb]

I took this one on Saturday and I posted this one in another thread, but the more I looked at, the more I liked it.
"Shifty bits? We doan' need no steenkin' shifty bits."

hopethishelps

[mimbresman]

Market day in Playa Santa Fe.

[kpomtb]

Here I come to save the day!

Saturday Night Live this week was the original episode hosted by George Carlin in 1975. Andy Kaufman was on doing his Mighty Mouse bit. Still cracks me up.

[K-Man]

Surrealracin....

[OTBSkinloss]

Saturday Night Live this week was the original episode hosted by George Carlin in 1975. Andy Kaufman was on doing his Mighty Mouse bit. Still cracks me up.

That cracks me up. One of the best sketches ever!

[ironspoke]

There is quite a bit on youtube about Kaufman. With the death of Carlin I started watching some of this stuff from the 70s and early 80s.

Its amazing to think what Kaufman was able to do in the days really prior to cable and especially the internet.

His high desk and Tony Clifton marionette were waaayyy ahead of their time.

I had a TV in my room and watched that Letterman bit with Jerry Lawler when it happened. Classic stuff.

[myron]

...................?