Damn teenagers flaunting it.:male:

Damn Chris ... I took about 50 pics yesterday trying to get one - JUST ONE - worthy of posting here.
Guess I'll go over to the NON-quality images thread.... :(


Seriously, Its people like you who take pics like those which never cease to impress me.
Good on you! Great pics.

One of my favorite places to visit when in Seattle is Pike's Place Market. But to get shots without crowds of tourists and shoppers you need to be there real early!

Cats 1 - Squirrels 0

The weird news thread reminded me of this one, which I took a few weeks ago on the fringes of Dartmoor.

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The view from the 14th floor of the Atrium in Harrah's Marina Tower

That's cool.

Amanda and Willie:
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Shortly after this, he gave her a kiss on the cheek, and shook my hand. VERY cool brush with greatness. I can't think of a bigger country star. Maybe Johnny Cash... but he aint kissin nobody. He said something to Amanda like... 'he's a big fella, if he's not nice to you, you call me. you got my number right?' and then shook my hand again. and then a third time.... and then as he walked away, he said, 'nice to meet ya Jim'

We were just in the right place at the right time. I wasn't really sure it was him until I spoke to him. You recognize his voice immediately from roles he's played in movies, and interviews. I'm still all like... WOW. Willie Freakin' Nelson.

Wow. He always seemed like he would be a nice and approachable guy. Glad to hear that he was.

So. Jealous. Right. Now.

ETA: Bastidge.

you sure that ain't willie and amanda?

Willie is the best! Awesome picture LJ!!!!!

I met Willie in Atlantic City 10 years ago. We shared a bottle of JW blue. Good times

Yellow Argiope Spider ( Charlottes Web Spider )

an unwelcome tenant outside Amanda's front door. he had 5 buddies scattered throughout her bushes, too. I relocated 5 of the 6, left on up high in a boxwood bush... and took one home.

this is the biggest one. he is now across the street in a tree that stands alone under a lamp post. Should be good hunting there.

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this one I took home. It immediately set up shop in the zinneas:

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Nice work, Jim, relocating instead of just squashing.

Reminds me somewhat of the Gold orb-weaver, which were really common up in the hills around Taipei. Argiopes live there too I think - I think I recall running into both in the jungles around the city. I'm not much of an arachnophobe but they're definitely big enough to freak the hell out of me.

weather pictures, lightning specifically, is a bitch.

i could use a little help here taking weather shots. i've been trying shot after shot after shot to get this right. could i have some camera setting suggestions? the focus i know....i need to work on that too but given what i'm trying to take photos of is pretty hit and miss.

i was outside for about an hour and this is the only one worth posting i obviously re-sized it for here:

Nice catch! I would suggest putting the camera in something like landscape/scenic mode, where the camera is focused to infinity. And, if your cam will do it in this mode, a long exposure, say, five seconds or more in a frequent strike storm.

Timing the pressing of the button on a digital camera for something this precise is teh suck.

Also, small aperture setting. Lightning is bright.

Truth in advertising: I've never caught a decent lightning strike.

I have an app for my iPhone which is supposed to capture strike photos. Unfortunately, we haven't had enough stormy weather this year for me to even begin to try it out.

I was about to give advice earlier and then remembered that all my lightning pictures suck. :(

Well first, yer hafta catch the lightning in a jar. Then yer can photo it all yer likes. :p

Well feel free to visit here for a day or so then... my back yard is literally growing algae from all the stinking rain. Ugh.

Better?

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Set up your camera on a tripod.
Set for small aperture.
Set for long exposure.
Fly a kite with copper wire.

holy hell V!!!! hell yeah that's better! that's freakin' awesome!!

i tried landscape as well but didn't get any shots. well, i got plenty. just after the strikes. the one i caught here i was holding down the button and taking frame after frame after frame and got lucky.

bruce, i'll try that only without the kite! :)

I'm so glad you like it.

As for tips, here's a page that summarizes what I would have suggested.

cool link V, thanks!!

lightning trigger...huh. that's pretty cool!

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my attempts with a lightning shot out over the golf course using time lapse did not net any lightning BOLTS .... they were all inside the thunderstorm cloud.

Nice. :thumb:

very cool

very VERY cool! :D

that's a great pic!!

Yeah, but if he had a kite on a copper wire he could have gotten a bolt. :lol2:

great picture, thanks for sharing!

Fixed it.

Cool pic, btw.

Taken at our county fair back in August.



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Nice image! Brings back bad memories though.

Cool pic.

I can almost see the barf. :haha:

Great pic

But which way is it going - counter-clockwise ?
And are the people on the ride going around the lights in the middle,
and where is the damned squirrel ?

i really like that one dmg!!

this morning i rolled out of bed at 5:30 with the intention of making it to work by 7:00. didn't happen. there was a thunder cell to my east moving north and was just oozing with lightning. thanks to flex hours at work i was able to put that off and grab the nikon.

y'all are right, night shots are way easier. i still need lots of practice but this isn't too bad for my first attempt.

in these shots you see here, the first one was me testing out the ISO at 60. a little too much overexposure imo. i did change it to 125 which i thought would be fine but i was trying a different method and it turned out horrible. the nikon D-3100 has a video mode where you can take snapshots from a single frame and i thought i'd try it out. not one of them came out. way out of focus. must work on that. could be a handy feature.

anyway, here are the three shots i snapped at ISO60.

Slick !!

I like those. It's got a nice sensor to get those stars to come out so well.

The clouds look cool, lit up by lightning like that.

they're getting their lighting from the city lights. we have a crap load of light pollution here. these pics were taken about an hour before dawn. it does look better than i thought it would.

What about fireworks? they can be fun to try to film as well.

Yes, they certainly can be.

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It has been kind of rainy and foggy here in Geelong, Australia but I have gotten out some to take pictures. This one is from yesterday of the harbor and Cunningham Pier in the misty fog.

The challenge is that I did not bring my usual laptop PC but just my new Asus Infinity pad and I shoot only in Canon RAW files. I have a app for viewing and converting a copy to JPEG but then I use Adobe's PS Touch to edit and save and then use a re-sizing app to post a scaled down image. Keeps one occupied while it rains!

makes me want some Clam Chowdah.


it's March in Aus right now, huh?

The space shuttle just flew over my house!!!!!!!!!! i snapped as many shots as i could. here's one now....i have to get back to work. i left there just so i could get the pics!!!

That's awesome! On its way to L.A., I guess.

and the vid....

So. Jealous. Right. Now.

Yeah, it's on display at Ellington Field here until 9 p.m. tonight.

After sorting through all the pics I figure I have about 9 that truly stand out as being real good. When I get home from work I will re-size them and put them up. Those of you that are on my FB you can see every pic I took.

I'm liking the manual focus better than the auto focus for sure.

Sometimes cameras are too smart for their own good.

I tried taking a video of a metro train rolling into the station with my cell phone the other day. I was holding the phone perfectly steady, but the image stabilization software kept trying to stabilize the moving train, and then would jump back again when it realized it wasn't working. So it looks like I'm having an epileptic fit the way the movie jumps around all over the place.

ok, here are 8 pics that came out pretty good....i'm proud of these y'all, i was so lucky to get these!

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Coolz !!! Great pics!!

Wow. Those are great! You were so close. The lighting is good, and they are so crisp.

I took one in the spring, and I thought it was good, but it's not nearly as good as yours turned out. You were in your back yard? Do you live near the airport or was it just good luck that it flew so close?

Tank gunnery! The guys also live on their tanks for 10 days, rain or shine.

Thanks! My house is located on about a 5 mile final to runway 35L @ Ellington Air Force Base. Took the pics from up on the roof, I was so excited I was shaking! lol!

I like your pic too!

Would've been awesome to see the shuttle and transport.

Never have the chance again...

I would have loved to see it too! Great pics