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wdlove

Nov 10, 2003, 03:17 PM

Originally posted by shadowfax
so i was trying to get this normal shot of me falling asleep as i was talking to my mom on the phone--granted, i wasn't asleep talking to her, i was playing with my camera, but i thought it'd be funny. so i took a bunch of shots of myself. this one was one of the first--i accidentally left the shutter on like 2 seconds or something, maybe more. looks like something tazo would enjoy.

Please don't take offense shadowfax, but my first thought about your picture comes from experience. Prior to scrolling to the right it looks like someone lying in a casket.

shadowfax

Nov 10, 2003, 03:27 PM

Originally posted by wdlove
Please don't take offense shadowfax, but my first thought about your picture comes from experience. Prior to scrolling to the right it looks like someone lying in a casket. well, i thought it looked kinda ghostly, so i guess... ;)

i thought people in caskets had their eyes closed, though.

Capt Underpants

Nov 10, 2003, 05:36 PM

Originally posted by shadowfax
well, i thought it looked kinda ghostly, so i guess... ;)

i thought people in caskets had their eyes closed, though.

The fact that you had your eyes open just makes it look more freaky.

eyelikeart

Nov 10, 2003, 05:41 PM

Originally posted by Capt Underpants
The fact that you had your eyes open just makes it look more freaky.

I like freaky. ;)

shadowfax

Nov 10, 2003, 05:43 PM

Originally posted by Capt Underpants
The fact that you had your eyes open just makes it look more freaky. yeah, right :D

i was dead. i'm on the phone with god, see? using my one phone call wisely..

crenz

Nov 10, 2003, 05:53 PM

Originally posted by Mr. Anderson
ok, I didn't have any great shots, but I dug this up - from Geekfest 2002 :D

Hey, I like it! At the first glance I thought someone took a picture of you holding your camera. Only after looking again I noticed you took the picture yourself.

tazo

Nov 10, 2003, 06:06 PM

Originally posted by Mr. Anderson
ok, I didn't have any great shots, but I dug this up - from Geekfest 2002 :D

oh, hats on backwards cause its a pain taking pics with it on correctly ;)

D

You look different than I expected.

I will post a shot of me sometime...

I literally laughed out loud at the comment of 'eye being on the left' ;)

Genie

Nov 10, 2003, 07:06 PM

Wow- that was fast!

Nice shots!

eyelikeart

Nov 10, 2003, 10:49 PM

so here's some old parts near a shed I found this past weekend...

zync

Nov 10, 2003, 11:15 PM

Originally posted by shadowfax
I have an old Canon AE-1. i busted the lens that came with it when i drove off with the damn thing on my roof, but i still have a 100-300mm zoom lens that fits on it, and the camera itself is fully functional, amazingly.

that photography is amazing. very nice work :D

thank you very much! it's nice to know that people like my stuff....I need to add a comment log :) maybe when I have my own server...

Originally posted by eyelikeart
We've seen plenty of subject matter here...macros, moons, flora & fauna, night shots, cemetery, etc. But, we haven't really gotten into self portraits yet. Let's see some, shall we? ;)

My stuff had some, granted there were either modified or had like 8 of me in them :D

Genie

Nov 10, 2003, 11:31 PM

Some shots from my studio

Genie

Nov 10, 2003, 11:31 PM

Oops that one was from the forest...

now studio:

Genie

Nov 10, 2003, 11:32 PM

studio

eyelikeart

Nov 10, 2003, 11:37 PM

Originally posted by Genie
studio

Nice piano. So is your studio just a personal space, or do u hold sessions for others?

tazo

Nov 10, 2003, 11:46 PM

Nice shots genie :)

Here is a shot of a sunset, taken beneath a local bridge. Although it doesnt contend with Rower's sunset shots :)

http://boycottbuymusic.com/photo/mr-2.jpg

shadowfax

Nov 10, 2003, 11:48 PM

pretty nice.... i bet it would have come out better 5-10 minutes later with the sun just down and a longer exposure...

eyelikeart

Nov 10, 2003, 11:48 PM

Originally posted by tazo
Here is a shot of a sunset, taken beneath a local bridge. Although it doesnt contend with Rower's sunset shots :)

That's great tazo! U always seem to place the light reflections in the coolest spots. ;)

Genie

Nov 10, 2003, 11:53 PM

Originally posted by eyelikeart
Nice piano. So is your studio just a personal space, or do u hold sessions for others?

We used to have clients but now it's just a personal studio.

There are so many studios now that it just isn't worth it to compete - supply and demand, you know... plus I have so much material that needs to be recorded I could work til I die and never finish...:)

tazo

Nov 10, 2003, 11:53 PM

Originally posted by shadowfax
pretty nice.... i bet it would have come out better 5-10 minutes later with the sun just down and a longer exposure...

Unfortunately on that cam [the only one I have access to], you can't set exposure time :(

Thanks eye....

People always talk about natural frames, well this may have been manmade but it was just too 'purty to pass up :)

Genie

Nov 10, 2003, 11:54 PM

Originally posted by eyelikeart
That's great tazo! U always seem to place the light reflections in the coolest spots. ;)

Beautiful sunset, Tazo.

Did I hear you're looking for a job?

If you don't mind me being totally nosy, how much $$ do you like to get and what do you want to do?
You're real talented.

Genie

Nov 10, 2003, 11:55 PM

ONe more

shadowfax

Nov 10, 2003, 11:55 PM

Originally posted by tazo
Unfortunately on that cam [the only one I have access to], you can't set exposure time :(

Thanks eye....

People always talk about natural frames, well this may have been manmade but it was just too 'purty to pass up :) ah, well in that case, the picture is nice. one thing though--i didn't like it at first, but when i turned up my LCD screen (which increases the brightness) it looked really cool. i could see the window reflection on the right and all. maybe it would help to adjust the brightness/contrast some.

tazo

Nov 10, 2003, 11:57 PM

Originally posted by Genie
Beautiful sunset, Tazo.

Did I hear you're looking for a job?

If you don't mind me being totally nosy, how much $$ do you like to get and what do you want to do?
You're real talented.

Heh thanks.

I am looking for a job, today I applied to about the 12th grocery store ;) Hoping for a callback :)

I would basically be honored to get a job doing any photography, so basically a minimal amount. :)

Ideally I would love to be able to put photography into my ultimate job, but I dont think I will end up going down that path. I have always been a creative person, I love coming up with movie ideas, marketing campaigns, amusing slogans :) I am the best friend to everyone in video editing at my school ;)

Thanks for the compliment, it means a lot :)

Allow me to rip off eye and say: "thanker" :)

tazo

Nov 10, 2003, 11:58 PM

Originally posted by shadowfax
ah, well in that case, the picture is nice. one thing though--i didn't like it at first, but when i turned up my LCD screen (which increases the brightness) it looked really cool. i could see the window reflection on the right and all. maybe it would help to adjust the brightness/contrast some.

Uh ohh. I never noticed the window reflection...maybe I can contrast/shade that out....

I will play around with it in PS tomorrow or so [I have the day off! Yeah]

shadowfax

Nov 11, 2003, 12:02 AM

Originally posted by tazo
Uh ohh. I never noticed the window reflection...maybe I can contrast/shade that out....

I will play around with it in PS tomorrow or so [I have the day off! Yeah] why shade it out? it looks cool? the problem with your picture is that it's too damn dark. you can almost see all the cool stuff on the horizon, all the nice colors, but it looks unnaturally dim. the lighting effects--reflections and the 4 beams of the sun--are fine. it's just too dark.

tazo

Nov 11, 2003, 12:04 AM

I dont see what I need to fix then? I like the way the natural frame came out tho...

What do you think I should tweak?
Perhaps I should crop it so less of the lower black foreground is showing?

*opens up PS* ;)

Genie

Nov 11, 2003, 12:07 AM

Originally posted by tazo
Heh thanks.

I am looking for a job, today I applied to about the 12th grocery store ;) Hoping for a callback :)

I would basically be honored to get a job doing any photography, so basically a minimal amount. :)

Ideally I would love to be able to put photography into my ultimate job, but I dont think I will end up going down that path. I have always been a creative person, I love coming up with movie ideas, marketing campaigns, amusing slogans :) I am the best friend to everyone in video editing at my school ;)

Thanks for the compliment, it means a lot :)

Allow me to rip off eye and say: "thanker" :)

I think you should get a job in creative stuff, either straight creativity like photography or writing or maybe in marketing with the creative angle. Not sure you'll be happy in the grocery world. I kow some creative people who are trying the retail thing and hate it.

If you were in town I'd have some stuff for you to do!
My little bro in law (pic attached) is a Junior at the High School here and is in the media dept.

Maybe you can figure out a plan to get paid to help with the online marketing of GenieSongs.com?

Oops- maybe you should email or pm me so we don't get in trouble for doing business on MR- don't know what the rules on that are...

Here is a pic of my bro-in-law dressed up for Halloween (see jaredg.com)

tazo

Nov 11, 2003, 12:08 AM

Well the retail thing would just be to earn money for the camera ;) I definitely dont plan to be anything in retail for longer than necessary ;)

You can PM via aim, or IM me on AIM, at the name: tazon8er :)

shadowfax

Nov 11, 2003, 12:13 AM

what do you think of this?

increased the contrast and adjusted the color balance for more blue...

edit: did a bit more touch up...

tazo

Nov 11, 2003, 12:19 AM

looks nice

zync

Nov 11, 2003, 01:18 AM

Originally posted by Genie
I think you should get a job in creative stuff, either straight creativity like photography or writing or maybe in marketing with the creative angle. Not sure you'll be happy in the grocery world. I kow some creative people who are trying the retail thing and hate it.

A.K.A. ME! I'm so trying to get out but they schedule me so much I have no time to get a portfolio finished....I've been trying to work on an interactive CD to send out to some places, but I've got zero time between work and school. Work plays freakin' mind games with me....they schedule me in such ways that even when I'm off I'm so burnt out that I can never finish a portfolio so I can leave that damn place....it was nice when I had a job that would let me come in whenever and we weren't open on weekends, too bad I had to pay my own SS and they went out of business, damn internet companies with crack heads (literally in my case) for C.E.O.s....

<lewis black>Everyone loves Target, I HATE Target...</lewis>

Genie

Nov 11, 2003, 01:28 AM

Originally posted by zync
A.K.A. ME! I'm so trying to get out but they schedule me so much I have no time to get a portfolio finished....I've been trying to work on an interactive CD to send out to some places, but I've got zero time between work and school. Work plays freakin' mind games with me....they schedule me in such ways that even when I'm off I'm so burnt out that I can never finish a portfolio so I can leave that damn place....it was nice when I had a job that would let me come in whenever and we weren't open on weekends, too bad I had to pay my own SS and they went out of business, damn internet companies with crack heads (literally in my case) for C.E.O.s....

<lewis black>Everyone loves Target, I HATE Target...</lewis>

Yeah- the MAN wants to keep you down.

zync

Nov 11, 2003, 01:42 AM

Originally posted by Genie
Yeah- the MAN wants to keep you down.

Definitely....and I thought I'd have more time for myself after highschool.....ha! for like one semester....if you have class on friday, you're screwed!

tazo

Nov 11, 2003, 01:55 AM

Where does one go, when one has no place, to go?

http://www.boycottbuymusic.com/photo/gallery/image/dsc01693.jpg

MacBandit

Nov 11, 2003, 02:05 AM

Originally posted by tazo
Where does one go, when one has no place, to go?

Where one want to.

tazo

Nov 11, 2003, 02:13 AM

It was a rhetorical question macbandit ;)

MacBandit

Nov 11, 2003, 02:20 AM

Originally posted by tazo
It was a rhetorical question macbandit ;)

With a rhetorical answer.:p

shadowfax

Nov 11, 2003, 02:43 AM

Originally posted by MacBandit
With a rhetorical answer.:p is that possible?

this is really messed up. just as i pulled this thread up, i was in the middle of Bob Dylan's "Like A Rolling stone."

"You used to laugh about
everybody that was hanging out,
now you don't talk so loud,
now you don't seem so proud
about having to be scrounging your next meal...
...
you say you'll never compromise
with the mystery tramp,
but now you realize,
he's not selling any alibis,
as you stare into the vacuum of his eyes,
and say, "do you want to make a deal?"
How does it feel
to be on your own?
No direction home
A complete unknown
Like a rolling stone..."

manitoubalck

Nov 11, 2003, 06:20 AM

I was just helping my younger brother out with some art homework and we came up with this in around 5 minutes. There's another one I'll attach later.

shadowfax

Nov 11, 2003, 08:27 AM

Originally posted by manitoubalck
I was just helping my younger brother out with some art homework and we came up with this in around 5 minutes. There's another one I'll attach later. .... mick jagger? ;)

Balin64

Nov 11, 2003, 09:10 AM

A self Portrait taken at the Observation Deck at the Sears Tower...

eyelikeart

Nov 11, 2003, 09:27 AM

Originally posted by Balin64
A self Portrait taken at the Observation Deck at the Sears Tower...

I like the composition of that one. I almost did another last night, but got caught up in a movie instead.

Genie

Nov 11, 2003, 12:25 PM

nice- looks like a Beatle

wdlove

Nov 11, 2003, 01:27 PM

Originally posted by shadowfax
what do you think of this?

increased the contrast and adjusted the color balance for more blue...

edit: did a bit more touch up...

Nice job shadowfax. Sunsets always make for a great picture. Like your use of blue.

tazo

Nov 11, 2003, 01:57 PM

wdlove,

It was my photo to begin with ;) Shadow was gracious enough to play around with the colors in it for me ;) You thanks is due in my direction

/bows

;)

What do ya'll think about this one?

http://boycottbuymusic.com/photo/62-framed.jpg

wdlove

Nov 11, 2003, 04:12 PM

I'm sorry tazo! ;)

I like the picture, you forgot to have some red leaves. Here in New England it is the shades of red that make the leaves turning so beautiful.

tazo

Nov 11, 2003, 04:15 PM

heh, there werent any red leaves in that area unfortunately...

thanks for commenting wd :)

wdlove

Nov 11, 2003, 04:19 PM

Your welcome tazo. You can be proud of your photo that captured the natural flora of that area.

e-coli

Nov 11, 2003, 04:48 PM

Here's a picture of me on the set of a shoot I was doing.

I always liked this shot.

zync

Nov 11, 2003, 05:18 PM

Tazo, I couldn't connect earlier to reply, but that's a great picture and the border really helps...

Originally posted by e-coli
Here's a picture of me on the set of a shoot I was doing.

I always liked this shot.

That's a great shot...I love the contrast and the overall set actually...

e-coli

Nov 11, 2003, 06:38 PM

Thanks. Actually, it's not really a "set". It's a muffler shop in a Polish neighborhood of North Chicago. But it turned out really well.

tazo

Nov 11, 2003, 07:08 PM

heh thanks zync. Btw ecoli, that is a crazy chair! Or couch...

Here is another framed shot:

http://boycottbuymusic.com/photo/63-framed.jpg

wdlove

Nov 11, 2003, 07:15 PM

A nice water fall tazo, was that shot in the spring?

Genie

Nov 11, 2003, 07:15 PM

Originally posted by e-coli
Here's a picture of me on the set of a shoot I was doing.

I always liked this shot.

A Hustler shoot? ;)

zync

Nov 11, 2003, 07:27 PM

Originally posted by e-coli
Thanks. Actually, it's not really a "set". It's a muffler shop in a Polish neighborhood of North Chicago. But it turned out really well.

Yeah it did kinda look too cluttered to be a "set" but hey, anything could technically be a set :)

Genie

Nov 11, 2003, 07:40 PM

yea- Tazo's talented!

And nice, too!

zync

Nov 11, 2003, 07:50 PM

Originally posted by tazo
heh thanks zync. Btw ecoli, that is a crazy chair! Or couch...

That's a cool shot, you should take a look at the waterfall stuff on my site...I'll post up a few here so you guys can tell me what you like/dislike about them later...but, that's not crazy hair....THIS is crazy hair! And it's really hard to tell just how crazy...did I mention that iPod's make great white balance cards? My car does too, it's actually so much whiter than any other white car, so white in fact that a scratch it has needs to be repainted because no touch up is white enough....:(

zync

Nov 11, 2003, 08:00 PM

I'm making a tryptch including this and other pictures....(BTW the blue is a result of changing the white balance)

Genie

Nov 11, 2003, 08:12 PM

Something

shadowfax

Nov 11, 2003, 08:15 PM

Originally posted by zync
I'm making a tryptch including this and other pictures....(BTW the blue is a result of changing the white balance) that is an awesome picture. do you have a link to a bigger version of it that i could get my hands on?

zync

Nov 11, 2003, 08:16 PM

Originally posted by Genie
Something

Cool! I also have this....

zync

Nov 11, 2003, 08:19 PM

Originally posted by shadowfax
that is an awesome picture. do you have a link to a bigger version of it that i could get my hands on?

I will eventually....maybe a few minutes? I'm kinda upset with it because I think I cut off just a little bit of the top in an effort to keep the water....the water also made cool effects with a flash....I got this pic the other day when the eclipse was going on, that's a plane flying "over" the moon...

shadowfax

Nov 11, 2003, 08:26 PM

OMG! extended exposure on the flashing plane lights... that is so cool! very nice.

zync

Nov 11, 2003, 08:27 PM

Lemme know if I'm posting too many pictures....This is another one....I live in florida obviously ( <----- ) and I was at the beach and I had my camera and a storm rolled in...next storm season I'm definitely going to stay at the beach to get some lightning at the beach, I tried this time but it's kinda hard during the day when you can't change your aperture (c'mon Canon that's the last thing my camera needs, I payed more than the A80 gimme the one feature it has that my S400 doesn't :) c'mon firmware ::crosses fingers::)....anyway, shadowfax, sorry I forgot to thank you for liking my image...it's one of my favorites....ooh that reminds me of another picture to post...damn, I could post all day, really...it's just dialup is so slow and I don't wanna clutter the boards, but hey, I can tap the power of the network at school :)

zync

Nov 11, 2003, 08:34 PM

Originally posted by shadowfax
OMG! extended exposure on the flashing plane lights... that is so cool! very nice.

Thanks, I'm glad you enjoy :) Geez I keep finding cool pictures I've done while trying to find one in my head (well two now)....BTW, does anyone know if iPhoto can import anything in it's folders automatically? I import photos (I wish it knew how to rotate my photos like canon's software does (at least it did in windows) because my camera remembers it's orientation) into iPhoto and then edit them in Photoshop and save them with (#) at the end in the same directory (# depends on my revision)....i want iPhoto to recognize those photos and also add them to a library...maybe I could write an applescript to add them to a second library called edited pictures? still I don't know how to write applescript either and can't find help on doing so....reminds me of lingo though from director...ok I'll stop talking now and add the new image :)

zync

Nov 11, 2003, 08:36 PM

Another picture including the powerlines I edited out of the last picture :)

zync

Nov 11, 2003, 08:39 PM

forgot to actually ATTACH the picture :D

Rower_CPU

Nov 11, 2003, 08:43 PM

Originally posted by zync
I will eventually....maybe a few minutes? I'm kinda upset with it because I think I cut off just a little bit of the top in an effort to keep the water....the water also made cool effects with a flash....I got this pic the other day when the eclipse was going on, that's a plane flying "over" the moon...

Hey, that looks familiar! :)

http://www.organicallydigital.com/photos/eclipse_11_08_03/pages/DSC04253.html
http://www.organicallydigital.com/photos/eclipse_11_08_03/pages/DSC04267.html
http://www.organicallydigital.com/photos/eclipse_11_08_03/pages/DSC04273.html

Genie

Nov 11, 2003, 08:43 PM

awesome shots!, zinc

zync

Nov 11, 2003, 08:54 PM

Originally posted by Rower_CPU
Hey, that looks familiar! :)

http://www.organicallydigital.com/photos/eclipse_11_08_03/pages/DSC04253.html
http://www.organicallydigital.com/photos/eclipse_11_08_03/pages/DSC04267.html
http://www.organicallydigital.com/photos/eclipse_11_08_03/pages/DSC04273.html

Those are cool...are they yours :) ::stands with hands on hip and slanted smile on face:: lol....anyways the only difference is, that land mass in the third would be taller than ANY land mass in my entire state :).....my mountain pictures all come from vacation...the highest point in Florida is (I think) 193ft. that's so small...in North Carolina you can't even tell when you've driven that high :)....also mine wa s of the eclipse, actually when I take pictures of stars and such planes always seem to fly over, so I got one this time as well on purpose of course :)...anyways thanks Genie! I love that expression on the kids face! Here's another shot, from the University of Tampa at this size you can't read the sign but it says caution deadly poision blah blah wuff wuff (to quote Hendrix :))....UT is beautiful, it used to be a really expensive hotel back in the early days of tampa...I took my color shot and made it B&W cause I like it that way :)

tazo

Nov 11, 2003, 09:01 PM

puhleeze Zync! You can never have enough pictures! After all, this is the [2nd] Photography thread ;)

Thanks for all the comments on my 'waterfall' pic...Cataratas translates to waterfalls in case ya dun speak spanish. Course a picture is worth a thousand words -- in any language :)

I hope ya noticed that it's actually a log, with a small stream going over it tho ;) Not actually a waterfall :)

BTW zync, that picture of the fountain is awesome! You made very good use of an average consumer cam's white balance feature :)

zync

Nov 11, 2003, 09:05 PM

This is a shot of one of the minarets (I'm pretty sure that's how it's spelled) at UT...suprisingly Moorish architecture isn't out of place so close to downtown...

Moxiemike

Nov 11, 2003, 09:10 PM

http://mikemancini.com/awesometreew.jpg

http://mikemancini.com/dixmont.jpg

http://mikemancini.com/dixtrees.jpg

http://mikemancini.com/creepypark.jpg

Some oldies but goodies of mine. :)

zync

Nov 11, 2003, 09:10 PM

Originally posted by tazo
puhleeze Zync! You can never have enough pictures! After all, this is the [2nd] Photography thread ;)

Thanks for all the comments on my 'waterfall' pic...Cataratas translates to waterfalls in case ya dun speak spanish. Course a picture is worth a thousand words -- in any language :)

I hope ya noticed that it's actually a log, with a small stream going over it tho ;) Not actually a waterfall :)

BTW zync, that picture of the fountain is awesome! You made very good use of an average consumer cam's white balance feature :)

Thanks! BTW I am Spanish/Cuban/Italian/French/German/Irish//Scottish/Australian/etc....ok, so I'm a mutt, lol so I got the drift at least :) I don't speak spanish though...well I can I just don't know what I'm saying :) (I have a perfect accent, if I wish that is, as I do with french as well, or any accent really) anyway....thanks again I love replies on my pictures, even if they are bad....I just wish I could get a job doing this :) guess I should probably look more...here's another image when I was messing around in my room in the dark and my lighter had run out of butane (I don't smoke though so don't get to thinking....I'm not THAT French :)).....

tazo

Nov 11, 2003, 09:17 PM

oo fire.

http://www.boycottbuymusic.com/photo/gallery/image/52.jpg

;)
Mike,

Remind to never go photoshooting with you in PA ;)

Them are some scary places :p

zync

Nov 11, 2003, 09:23 PM

Originally posted by Moxiemike
Some oldies but goodies of mine. :)

Great pictures....BTW how do you add more than one, are you adding them as links? That's the only workaround I can see for it...anyways the sunsets in florida are beautiful (even from my house far away from the nicer places I used to live, damn parents and their moving to the boonies :)) anyways of course they're beautiful here, when I bring out the colors the eye can't see :)

Moxiemike

Nov 11, 2003, 09:26 PM

Originally posted by zync
Great pictures....BTW how do you add more than one, are you adding them as links? That's the only workaround I can see for it...anyways the sunsets in florida are beautiful (even from my house far away from the nicer places I used to live, damn parents and their moving to the boonies :)) anyways of course they're beautiful here, when I bring out the colors the eye can't see :)

Yea. Just links and the IMG tag:

http://mikemancini.com/church.jpg

http://mikemancini.com/chair.jpg

http://mikemancini.com/creep.jpg

tazo

Nov 11, 2003, 09:26 PM

Really nice work zync :)

Check out some of my "Work"at http://photopacifica.com

Mike,

ur scaring the kiddies :)

-tazo

pyrotoaster

Nov 11, 2003, 09:28 PM

Here's a pic of me back at Halloween. I'd call it a "self-portrait".

http://homepage.mac.com/pyrotoaster/PyroToaster/DSC02659.jpg

Moxiemike

Nov 11, 2003, 09:30 PM

Originally posted by tazo
Really nice work zync :)

Check out some of my "Work"at http://photopacifica.com

Mike,

ur scaring the kiddies :)

-tazo

http://mikemancini.com/windows.jpg

http://mikemancini.com/trees.jpg

Genie

Nov 11, 2003, 09:32 PM

Those pics are awesome!

Genie

Nov 11, 2003, 09:33 PM

a humble pic

zync

Nov 11, 2003, 09:44 PM

hey mike I love the last one in the set you posted on page 4 and the first one in the set above....i think they're the best of the ones you posted, but they're all great! Here's a fall I took :) in NC....it was blurry but I'm happy the way it turned out after editing...

edit: there wasn't an actual fall associated with this picture :)

tazo

Nov 11, 2003, 09:47 PM

zync! I love the colors...a very relaxing and beautiful photo :)

Moxiemike

Nov 11, 2003, 09:49 PM

Originally posted by zync
hey mike I love the last one in the set you posted on page 4 and the first one in the set above....i think they're the best of the ones you posted, but they're all great! Here's a fall I took :) in NC....it was blurry but I'm happy the way it turned out after editing...

edit: there wasn't an actual fall associated with this picture :)

Thanks Zync. The water almost looks like a ghost. ;)

zync

Nov 11, 2003, 09:52 PM

Originally posted by tazo
Really nice work zync :)

Check out some of my "Work"at http://photopacifica.com

Mike,

ur scaring the kiddies :)

-tazo

I just got around to opening it up...now I must find time to look :) don't worry I'll get to it soon <sarcasm>I just LOVE dialup</sarcasm>...I've found the last image I wanted to post now...and here it is :)

pyrotoaster

Nov 11, 2003, 09:53 PM

Here's a pic I took of Sydney Harbor over the summer.

http://homepage.mac.com/pyrotoaster/PyroToaster/SydHarbour.jpg

e-coli

Nov 11, 2003, 09:54 PM

Originally posted by Genie
A Hustler shoot? ;)

Heh...no...I wish, though. ;)

I bought the shirt at the Hustler store on Sunset.

If you guys ever get to L.A, be sure to check it out. It's fab.

btw, zync, that storm pic is off the chart.

zync

Nov 11, 2003, 09:58 PM

Thanks, guys, for your comments....you make me want to sell prints :)

tazo

Nov 11, 2003, 09:59 PM

zync,

I know ya can through various websites online...

Just do a google search :)

zync

Nov 11, 2003, 10:17 PM

Originally posted by tazo
zync,

I know ya can through various websites online...

Just do a google search :)

I know...but I like to do things on my own....:)...though if I can leave Target..going to look in a minute :)

this is annoying, for some reason my powerbook was on 100% charge and it was still plugged in, now it's 99 for some reason...it's been doing that...oh well...

Genie

Nov 11, 2003, 10:22 PM

LULU.com lets you sell content independently

zync

Nov 11, 2003, 10:26 PM

Originally posted by Genie
LULU.com lets you sell content independently

I'm going to look, but I mean off of my own site :) I do need to get a server first though...:)

Genie

Nov 11, 2003, 10:42 PM

call Johann (john) at Panicnow.net

zync

Nov 11, 2003, 10:45 PM

Tazo, I like the stuff on your site...47 is great because it's hard to tell at first what it was and then I noticed it was a windchime...I loved it even more because of that...I like the ducks....Number 27 was cool because you could see the rays coming through the clouds...I have a few like that, I think it's really a neat effect...I wish Dsc01811 would load, cause its thumb looks cool....I like your nature stuff...ah so that's where your image comes from....who is that? man I wish I had found this thread sooner :)

zync

Nov 11, 2003, 10:53 PM

Originally posted by Genie
call Johann (john) at Panicnow.net

I might use them, but even still I'm not being exactly clear...:) I kinda want to use my own server, well maybe my friend's...i.e. I just need a domain name registered :)...but thanks for the info....panicnow might be good as an interim though it doesn't look like I'd be able to sell from them...though I'm not doing that now :)....I need DSL or Cable before I do anything though....stupid boonies....I wanna move back into Tampa so badly, it'd probably save me enough money in gas to get an apartment in Tampa and move out :)....hell even back to Lutz would be closer to the places I go...

Genie

Nov 11, 2003, 11:00 PM

Here's a cool tip:

scott@opensourcehost.com

GoDaddy is a cool registrar

zync

Nov 11, 2003, 11:01 PM

Speaking of rays of light, this is an interesting shot of it that I git when I was leaving CompUSA....luckily I had my camera in the car....those awnings belong to a Friday's...

Genie

Nov 11, 2003, 11:01 PM

more jv pics from me

Genie

Nov 11, 2003, 11:02 PM

that one was boring maybe this onwe is better

zync

Nov 11, 2003, 11:02 PM

Originally posted by Genie
more jv pics from me

That's a cool picture and a really neat flower....you should see the ones in my site if you haven't already...

mnkeybsness

Nov 11, 2003, 11:05 PM

everyone that is interested in digital photography, hit up

Photozo (http://www.photozo.com) the friendliest forums on the net!

you can have personal galleries, rate photos, comment, etc. a great place to be for helping others and getting help with digital photography. they also have biweekly challenges. no prizes, just for the fun of it.

Genie

Nov 11, 2003, 11:05 PM

Originally posted by zync
That's a cool picture and a really neat flower....you should see the ones in my site if you haven't already...

Yeah- I love your stuff

Whachu you doin workin at Target - you awesome!

I know somebody else who works at Target. Doesn't like it much. Not that it's bad, for a retail megamart. Sure beats Wal Mart!

Hope I'm not offending anybody - I mean that in the nicest way!:)

tazo

Nov 11, 2003, 11:15 PM

Originally posted by zync
Tazo, I like the stuff on your site...47 is great because it's hard to tell at first what it was and then I noticed it was a windchime...I loved it even more because of that...I like the ducks....Number 27 was cool because you could see the rays coming through the clouds...I have a few like that, I think it's really a neat effect...I wish Dsc01811 would load, cause its thumb looks cool....I like your nature stuff...ah so that's where your image comes from....who is that? man I wish I had found this thread sooner :)

That man was a homeless individual I "met" while walking around downtown Seattle for several hours.

I just got an account at lulu.com, not sure how much good it will do, since you dont actually order prints, just digital copies.

http://lulu.com/photopacifica

Unfortunately I deleted [off my hard drive] dsc1811 accidentally :(

And no. 27 is one of my favorites too ;)

-tazo

Genie

Nov 11, 2003, 11:20 PM

Originally posted by mnkeybsness
everyone that is interested in digital photography, hit up

Photozo (http://www.photozo.com) the friendliest forums on the net!

you can have personal galleries, rate photos, comment, etc. a great place to be for helping others and getting help with digital photography. they also have biweekly challenges. no prizes, just for the fun of it.

Is it really a good forum?

Look pretty good.

tazo

Nov 11, 2003, 11:26 PM

Originally posted by Genie
Is it really a good forum?

Look pretty good.

they're nicer than fredmiranda.com, where only the pros recognize other pros basically. I have to have posted at least 15 pictures in which no one replies.

Some 'pro' takes a picture of a dog taking a dump and it is critically aclaimed as art with 4 pages of replies....

zync

Nov 11, 2003, 11:29 PM

Originally posted by Genie
Yeah- I love your stuff

Whachu you doin workin at Target - you awesome!

I know somebody else who works at Target. Doesn't like it much. Not that it's bad, for a retail megamart. Sure beats Wal Mart!

Hope I'm not offending anybody - I mean that in the nicest way!:)

Thank you very much!....actually it really beats KMart (though I used to work at a .com company as I explained earlier, though)...I just hope that when I finally find a studio they will think like you do! I want to open up my own studio one day with my friend who's also a photographer/digital artist, like me...though he's more of a photographer than I am and I'm more of an artist (I do MANY other mediums) than he is....but he does have music over me completely....

Originally posted by tazo
That man was a homeless individual I "met" while walking around downtown Seattle for several hours.

I just got an account at lulu.com, not sure how much good it will do, since you dont actually order prints, just digital copies.

http://lulu.com/photopacifica

Unfortunately I deleted [off my hard drive] dsc1811 accidentally

And no. 27 is one of my favorites too

-tazo

I figured it was a homeless man...that's a good pic BTW, It's too bad that you deleted that other pic.....27 is definitely cool! I'm glad we both agree :)

Genie

Nov 11, 2003, 11:32 PM

Genie

Nov 11, 2003, 11:32 PM

here's my "pro" shot

MacMumm

Nov 11, 2003, 11:37 PM

I ran across this photo I took from my front step a couple of months ago...I am lucky to see some great sunsets! :)

tazo

Nov 11, 2003, 11:42 PM

I figured it was a homeless man...that's a good pic BTW, It's too bad that you deleted that other pic.....27 is definitely cool! I'm glad we both agree :) [/B]

Thanks on both comments :)

Genie

Nov 11, 2003, 11:44 PM

Asweome sunrise, MacMumm

tazo

Nov 11, 2003, 11:46 PM

Man, this coming weekend I have got to check out the camera! I am tired of not being able to post any "new" shots. Maybe I will go downtown again :)

zync

Nov 11, 2003, 11:51 PM

Originally posted by tazo
Man, this coming weekend I have got to check out the camera! I am tired of not being able to post any "new" shots. Maybe I will go downtown again :)

You definitely should....hell I should....well here....I should go downtown here...

zync

Nov 11, 2003, 11:54 PM

Originally posted by tazo
Thanks on both comments :)

You're welcome...you guys really feed my ego but if I deserve it, hey, let it feed :) you deserve it tazo....

MacMumm

Nov 12, 2003, 12:03 AM

Originally posted by zync
You're welcome...you guys really feed my ego but if I deserve it, hey, let it feed :) you deserve it tazo....

Thanks for the comments Genie!

I think it is great that we all have fun posting our photos in here, and support each other in doing so. I know it has made me personally go out and shoot more photos, and it is great to have a forum to share in with others who comment honestly. :)

I would like to say thanks to everybody for sharing their work, and putting up with me sharing all of mine, it continues to be fun. :p

manitoubalck

Nov 12, 2003, 12:14 AM

Here's that other photo of my brother,

zync

Nov 12, 2003, 12:19 AM

Originally posted by MacMumm
Thanks for the comments Genie!

I think it is great that we all have fun posting our photos in here, and support each other in doing so. I know it has made me personally go out and shoot more photos, and it is great to have a forum to share in with others who comment honestly. :)

I would like to say thanks to everybody for sharing their work, and putting up with me sharing all of mine, it continues to be fun. :p

I'm not sure why you quoted me, but you're welcome? :) I am glad we inspired you, cause we inspired me too....

Genie

Nov 12, 2003, 12:22 AM

that was a cool fun pic

Genie

Nov 12, 2003, 12:22 AM

That's my drunk "bro"

zync

Nov 12, 2003, 12:26 AM

Originally posted by manitoubalck
Here's that other photo of my brother,

Cool!

MacMumm

Nov 12, 2003, 12:28 AM

Originally posted by zync
I'm not sure why you quoted me, but you're welcome? :) I am glad we inspired you, cause we inspired me too....

Zync: I guess I was just using you as an example of what happens when people make positive comments about your work. :p

I just like the positive and fun attitude we all seem to have in here.

Here is another photo I found...I am scanning in old negatives from years past, and it is amazing what I am finding!

Genie

Nov 12, 2003, 12:33 AM

Wonderful slomo water - how u do that?

zync

Nov 12, 2003, 12:35 AM

Originally posted by MacMumm
Zync: I guess I was just using you as an example of what happens when people make positive comments about your work. :p

I just like the positive and fun attitude we all seem to have in here.

Here is another photo I found...I am scanning in old negatives from years past, and it is amazing what I am finding!

That's a cool pic...I love waterfalls and rivers if you can't tell....anyway it's too bad the bush was moving though...

MacMumm

Nov 12, 2003, 12:37 AM

Originally posted by zync
That's a cool pic...I love waterfalls and rivers if you can't tell....anyway it's too bad the bush was moving though...

Thanks zync. I am the same, I love waterfalls and rivers. The problem with the bush is due to an entire river that is a waterfall within sight of where I took the photo. The darn thing creates wind, and moved the bush! :)

MacBandit

Nov 12, 2003, 12:38 AM

I saw mention of waterfalls a couple pages back so I thought I'd post a couple.

This is Salt Creek Falls up Hwy. 58 in Oregon. Tallest falls in Oregon. Very picturesque but hard to take a photo of. I left this photo uncrossed as I felt it gave a certain appeal to it.

http://homepage.mac.com/louiskst/.Pictures/Photo%20Album%20Pictures/2003-01-25%2008.27.37%20-0800/ImageSalt%20Creek%20Panorama%203.jpg

This is Iron Creek Falls on the East side of Mount Saint Helens.

http://homepage.mac.com/louiskst/.Pictures/Photo%20Album%20Pictures/2003-08-05%2013.35.13%20-0700/Image-C7E4FF1DC78311D7.jpg

zync

Nov 12, 2003, 12:40 AM

Originally posted by Genie
Wonderful slomo water - how u do that?

I didn't do it but I know how to...you can raise the aperture setting and leave the shutter open longer, you could also change the focus though the affect wouldn't be the same....It's also possible if you use slow speed film....

zync

Nov 12, 2003, 12:46 AM

Originally posted by MacBandit
I saw mention of waterfalls a couple pages back so I thought I'd post a couple.

This is Salt Creek Falls up Hwy. 58 in Oregon. Tallest falls in Oregon. Very picturesque but hard to take a photo of. I left this photo uncrossed as I felt it gave a certain appeal to it.

This is Iron Creek Falls on the East side of Mount Saint Helens.

Those are very beautiful! I wish I lived in a place where there was at least one waterfall....

MacMumm

Nov 12, 2003, 12:47 AM

Great shot MacBandit. :)

As you can see, MacBandit and I live very close to each other! Here is my Salt Creek Falls photo.

I have more waterfall photos than just about anything, there are so many here in Oregon.

Genie

Nov 12, 2003, 12:50 AM

Makes me want to move to Oregon!

Genie

Nov 12, 2003, 12:51 AM

here's one - of course not as good as u guys

zync

Nov 12, 2003, 12:51 AM

Originally posted by MacMumm
Great shot MacBandit. :)

As you can see, MacBandit and I live very close to each other! Here is my Salt Creek Falls photo.

I have more waterfall photos than just about anything, there are so many here in Oregon.

All the ones on my page come from NC....I need to go to Oregon now, and probably Washington too! Especially Seattle...where I can find tazo!

MacBandit

Nov 12, 2003, 12:56 AM

Originally posted by MacMumm
.........there are so many here in Oregon.

There sure are. In fact I have a few shots of waterfalls that are is just drainage runoff coming down over a road cut. In the winter time you can literally count over a 100 waterfalls in a mile of road in many places in the mountains around where I live. Basically there is so much water on the ground that anywhere there is even the slightest drop you have a waterfall.

Here's an example of an oversized drainage creek.

http://homepage.mac.com/louiskst/.Pictures/Photo%20Album%20Pictures/2003-01-30%2015.26.24%20-0800/ImageIMG_0895.jpg

Some water just coming down over a road cut.

http://homepage.mac.com/louiskst/.Pictures/Photo%20Album%20Pictures/2003-02-17%2022.58.09%20-0800/Image-5340E70B430D11D7.jpg

zync

Nov 12, 2003, 12:56 AM

Originally posted by Genie
here's one - of course not as good as u guys

Sure you are! I like this one actually...it's cool that it's blurry

MacMumm

Nov 12, 2003, 01:02 AM

As I'm sure MacBandit would agree, we have a lot more scenery than just waterfalls here in Oregon. He is right, there is water everywhere. Where we are, you are a little over an hour from either the mountains, or the beach...

MacBandit

Nov 12, 2003, 01:07 AM

Originally posted by MacMumm
As I'm sure MacBandit would agree, we have a lot more scenery than just waterfalls here in Oregon. He is right, there is water everywhere. Where we are, you are a little over an hour from either the mountains, or the beach...

Yeah we have lots of other things to but somehow in Oregon it nearly almost always involves water somehow.

We also have big trees, that sometimes fall when the ground is too wet from all the friggin water.

http://homepage.mac.com/louiskst/.Pictures/Photo%20Album%20Pictures/2003-01-25%2008.27.37%20-0800/ImageLog%20on%20Aufderheide%202.jpg

MacMumm

Nov 12, 2003, 01:11 AM

I like them better standing straight up! :)

zync

Nov 12, 2003, 01:12 AM

Originally posted by MacBandit
There sure are. In fact I have a few shots of waterfalls that are is just drainage runoff coming down over a road cut. In the winter time you can literally count over a 100 waterfalls in a mile of road in many places in the mountains around where I live. Basically there is so much water on the ground that anywhere there is even the slightest drop you have a waterfall.

Here's an example of an oversized drainage creek.

Some water just coming down over a road cut.

Those are cool! I have two more and then I'll be back tomorrow :)

both are slightly blurry, in fact the second shot would be great if it weren't so blurry...this one is from the Biltmore Estate, which my mom HAD to go to, so much so that we paid it's obscene admission price and they only let you take photos outside though I didn't know so I got a few inside :) anyway this was one that the driveway, methinks, goes over...sorry but I had to drop the quality on it so many times to get within the limit it may look like crap...:)

Genie

Nov 12, 2003, 01:19 AM

Wow those are all so beautiful!

Genie

Nov 12, 2003, 01:19 AM

my peon effort

oops posted the wrong one

zync

Nov 12, 2003, 01:20 AM

Originally posted by MacMumm
I like them better standing straight up! :)
that's a really cool shot....actually Tampa, besides being the lightning capitol of the world, has a lot of rain....it's funny....we go to NC and everyone is like, aww it's raining again....being from Tampa we're sitting here like you call this rain? This is drizzle....in Tampa it's not rain until you can only see white and nothing else when you're standing in it...I'm convinced that in every other place it may drizzle a lot, but in never rains! You want rain? we've got the market cornered! And it rains nearly EVERY day of the summer in florida, well Tampa anyway....

I wish I had pics of Ruby Falls to show you guys, it's in Tennessee under a mountain, I think it's the largest underground fall in the world...no one knows where it comes from nor where it goes either....they've even tried dying it...it's really freaking cool! anyways here's the fall I talked about above...it was across from a supermarket....really weird, especially to a floridian....that's the nice thing about florida too, BTW...you're usually about thirty minutes from a beach almost anywhere in florida...and you can switch coasts in around and hour to an hour and a half (more in the panhandle though)...

Genie

Nov 12, 2003, 01:21 AM

That's a pentium chip, btw, smashed

MacBandit

Nov 12, 2003, 01:24 AM

Originally posted by MacMumm
I like them better standing straight up! :)

I see your tree...;)

http://homepage.mac.com/louiskst/.Pictures/Photo%20Album%20Pictures/2003-08-05%2013.35.13%20-0700/Image-C7E47AF6C78311D7.jpg

Your tree has better lighting though.

I have a bunch of photos to upload, maybe I'll get to it in the next few days. Some trees and waterfalls and some fantastic geology. Oh, and something else that's not all that major, my wedding.

zync

Nov 12, 2003, 01:27 AM

Wait! hehe...just one more before I leave actually...doesn't this look like the end of the world? This is from the place that's on my site...Grandfather Mountain, Linville, North Carolina....I dunno why my dad has that mason deal on his truck but I'm glad he's not doing that crap anymore :) ..(if it wasn't obvious I went to NC with my parents :) next year when my gf graduates from highschool (yes I'm a soph in college dating a senior in HS, wanna make a deal of it?) anyway we, including my friend and his gf hopefully, plan to go to NC and probably bike the blue ridge parkway....in any case here's my last pic of the night...er morning...

zync

Nov 12, 2003, 01:29 AM

Originally posted by Genie
That's a pentium chip, btw, smashed

I like...and good night all!

Genie

Nov 12, 2003, 01:31 AM

nite nite!

MacMumm

Nov 12, 2003, 01:32 AM

MacBandit...how much do reflections of trees count for? :p

MacMumm

Nov 12, 2003, 01:32 AM

This is becoming way too addicting... ;)

Just another waterfall...

Genie

Nov 12, 2003, 01:34 AM

that waterfall looks bigger than Niagara!

MacMumm

Nov 12, 2003, 01:36 AM

That is Multnomah falls, east of Portland, Oregon. I would say it is the most popular and visited falls in the state. :)

zync

Nov 12, 2003, 01:37 AM

Originally posted by MacMumm
This is becoming way too addicting... ;)

Just another waterfall...

Damn you people, keeping me online instead of talking to other friends at 2:40 in the morning! anyways that is really beautiful macmumm and the reflections too!

zync

Nov 12, 2003, 01:38 AM

oh and thanks genie for the well wishing of nite nite :) it's nite nite for real this time :) bye all

MacBandit

Nov 12, 2003, 01:41 AM

Originally posted by MacMumm
MacBandit...how much do reflections of trees count for? :p

Well now that we're on reflections..........

http://homepage.mac.com/louiskst/.Pictures/Photo%20Album%20Pictures/2003-08-05%2013.35.13%20-0700/Image-C7E43720C78311D7.jpg

Just going through this every time you post something it reminds me of a photo I have but then I realize that I haven't uploaded it yet. I just realized I have 9 event/outings I haven't uploaded. I better get on the job. First thing tomorrow.

MacMumm

Nov 12, 2003, 01:49 AM

That is a great reflection MacBandit! That is Mt. Rainier, if I am not mistaken!

I don't have my reflections at the current time, but here is one of my brother's bug he had...

MacMumm

Nov 12, 2003, 01:50 AM

I couldn't resist...my friend's son was in a rodeo...

Genie

Nov 12, 2003, 01:52 AM

Originally posted by zync
Damn you people, keeping me online instead of talking to other friends at 2:40 in the morning! anyways that is really beautiful macmumm and the reflections too!

Resistance is futil- you will be assimilated:D

MacBandit

Nov 12, 2003, 02:04 AM

Originally posted by MacMumm
That is a great reflection MacBandit! That is Mt. Rainier, if I am not mistaken!

I don't have my reflections at the current time, but here is one of my brother's bug he had...

Yes, it is Mt. Rainier. Though looking at it now I wish I had a digital SLR. I might have been able to fit the photo into a horizontal frame. I'm thinking once I get a job again a digital SLR will be in the near future. I'll still keep my S230 though as you can't beat the camera that you have with you. It's so small I can carry it with me at all times.

Genie

Nov 12, 2003, 02:07 AM

Is your town really like the town the simpsons live in?

MacMumm

Nov 12, 2003, 02:15 AM

MacBandit

Nov 12, 2003, 02:19 AM

Originally posted by MacMumm
I love Mt. Rainier, I need to visit there again. I wish I had a digital SLR myself, but I am not unhappy with my S50. I always tote my Nikon N80 along on photo trips as a backup, but prefer digital. I'm sorry to hear you are out of a job. I wish you luck in your search.

I am also anything but unhappy with my S230 but you have to admit the optics and lens flexibility of the SLRs is far superior. Though as I said there are a lot of photos I just wouldn't ever get with the larger camera.

Long story short, I'm not really looking for a job anymore. I have one lined up but it will be February at the earliest before I make any income from it and probably April before I go full time. I'm just waiting for them to rebuild a building before we get started.

MacMumm

Nov 12, 2003, 02:22 AM

Originally posted by MacBandit
I am also anything but unhappy with my S230 but you have to admit the optics and lens flexibility of the SLRs is far superior. Though as I said there are a lot of photos I just wouldn't ever get with the larger camera.

Long story short, I'm not really looking for a job anymore. I have one lined up but it will be February at the earliest before I make any income from it and probably April before I go full time. I'm just waiting for them to rebuild a building before we get started.

I agree, I would like to have a digital SLR, but I bet by next summer, there will be something in the same price range as the EOS Digital Rebel that blows it out of the water. :) My S50 fits in my glove box awful nicely!

I'm glad to hear you aren't out looking for a job. I had a friend in our area looking for almost two years.

Genie

Nov 12, 2003, 02:26 AM

Originally posted by MacMumm
I agree, I would like to have a digital SLR, but I bet by next summer, there will be something in the same price range as the EOS Digital Rebel that blows it out of the water. :) My S50 fits in my glove box awful nicely!

I'm glad to hear you aren't out looking for a job. I had a friend in our area looking for almost two years.

I love this Eos 300D.

SOny's got a nice one out this month right? 8MP?

Genie

Nov 12, 2003, 02:34 AM

THose are all really beautiful shots above, btw

MacMumm

Nov 12, 2003, 02:39 AM

Originally posted by Genie
THose are all really beautiful shots above, btw

Thanks Genie, I guess 8MP would be nice, but it seems my 5mp is doing everything I could ever ask of it. I also have this thing about really liking Canon products, they have proven themselves to be very useful and durable to me. The only gripe I have about my S50 is the symbols on the control dial wore off within the first few times I used it. Oh well, I guess that is what the on-screen display is for! :)

MacBandit

Nov 12, 2003, 02:41 AM

Originally posted by Genie
I love this Eos 300D.

SOny's got a nice one out this month right? 8MP?

I'm sure they do but I would much rather buy an SLR camera from a camera manufacturer with a history quality and experience. Don't get me wrong Sony makes some pretty damn good electronics but to me a camera is much more then just a piece of electronics. Even a digital one.

Just checked on the Sony. Nice camera good evolution of the F717 but it's still not a true SLR with replaceable lenses.

Genie

Nov 12, 2003, 02:59 AM

Originally posted by MacBandit
I'm sure they do but I would much rather buy an SLR camera from a camera manufacturer with a history quality and experience. Don't get me wrong Sony makes some pretty damn good electronics but to me a camera is much more then just a piece of electronics. Even a digital one.

Just checked on the Sony. Nice camera good evolution of the F717 but it's still not a true SLR with replaceable lenses.

Yeah- that makes me feel better about having jumped early on the Rebel.

Genie

Nov 12, 2003, 03:00 AM

Originally posted by MacMumm
Thanks Genie, I guess 8MP would be nice, but it seems my 5mp is doing everything I could ever ask of it.

Yeah- the rebel is 6.3 and that's almost always enough .

A good zoom lens would make it work just fine.

Sometimes a far shot with the stock lens doesn't work.

MacBandit

Nov 12, 2003, 03:12 AM

Originally posted by Genie
Yeah- the rebel is 6.3 and that's almost always enough .

A good zoom lens would make it work just fine.

Sometimes a far shot with the stock lens doesn't work.

No the stock lens is kind of limiting. That's pretty much the case for all SLRs and the lens they come with.

zync

Nov 12, 2003, 04:36 AM

Originally posted by MacBandit
Yes, it is Mt. Rainier. Though looking at it now I wish I had a digital SLR. I might have been able to fit the photo into a horizontal frame. I'm thinking once I get a job again a digital SLR will be in the near future. I'll still keep my S230 though as you can't beat the camera that you have with you. It's so small I can carry it with me at all times.

Tell me about it...I always have my S400 with me...though I want a digital SLR....i think with next semester's money I'm going to buy a 35mm SLR...probably and AE-1...you just can't beat Canon...their cameras are such high quality...I'm almost thoroughly impressed with the ELPH line...if only it had manual aperture settings like the A series....( are you listening Canon? firmware would be appreciated :))....and while were on that...Apple? I'd kinda like to have v2.0 iPod OS for my older gen iPod....I realize it'd only take you three seconds to port it so I'll just wait until you can find the time....sorry for the rant...oh I'm back BTW....it's 5:34 here...good thing my 11:00 class was cancelled because getting up at 9 from now would suck...I know from experience :D...BTW all the shots on this page were beautiful :) now watch this end up on page 9....speaking of that I wonder why I didn't get emails telling me there were new posts....hmmm...

zync

Nov 12, 2003, 04:59 AM

OK...one more before I truly don't come back until tomorrow evening :)...or before class possibly....remember don't try this at home...rusty fences crucify almost as much as romans....i still have cuts to prove it, yet no tetanus :D

tazo

Nov 12, 2003, 08:32 AM

Originally posted by zync
All the ones on my page come from NC....I need to go to Oregon now, and probably Washington too! Especially Seattle...where I can find tazo!

Heh...sorry I had to go to bed earlier than when the party stopped ;)

Seattle at its best:

http://www.boycottbuymusic.com/photo/gallery/image/dsc01765.jpg

http://www.boycottbuymusic.com/photo/gallery/image/dsc01745.jpg

Heh....

No waterfalls in downtown...As far as I know ;) :p

If the weather is nice I am definitely going to go downtown! Maybe I will just get up extra early, and get some sunrise over the lake pictures :)
---

Genie,

Remember how I told ya that the people at Fredmiranda take pictures of dogs....yada yada?

The following photo was posted at Fredmiranda.com; It is a freaking sewer!!

http://boycottbuymusic.com/photo/sewer.jpg

Here is what the people had to say:

”Well i did not expect that, but i am pleasently surprised!!! Great shot!”

“Clever title which certainly caught both my eye and my attention -- as desired , doubtless ! Interesting composition , colours and textures here , Don . Excellent exposure control gives fine detail throughout the dynamic range . The absence of scale gives me a slightly claustrophobic feeling which I used to get when I indulged in underground cave exploration many years ago !”

“Like the abstract quality... and I was expecting something panoramic.”

*Sigh*

Why?

Moxiemike

Nov 12, 2003, 09:12 AM

Originally posted by tazo
they're nicer than fredmiranda.com, where only the pros recognize other pros basically. I have to have posted at least 15 pictures in which no one replies.

Some 'pro' takes a picture of a dog taking a dump and it is critically aclaimed as art with 4 pages of replies....

Dude. If you don't like fredmiranda, don't post there!!!

You do realize that the pic of a dog taking a dump being acclaimed as art probably IS art because it's technically perfect, wonderfully composed, subtley post-processed and otherwise, showing the kind of dedication these people have to their art.

You know, you have some kind of weird attitude. You have to grow up at some point and realize that not everyone is gonna bend over backwards to tell you how great you are.

The FM people see those noobs who post and then BEG for replies as annoying. So they ignore you. If you post and come across as someone who has a) no confidence or b) is gonna beg for photo critiques, then you're gonna get ignored.

If you tell your story, the reason you took the photo, the things you did, etc etc etc., sure, it might take awhile (these people are out taking photos. here, we're more often on our macs...hence the traffic, plus the exponentially higher amount of members), but the critiques you'll get are well worth the wait. Patience, man, patience. But if you come across as argumentative, lacking confidence, snobby against pros;), etc, you'll kinda be ignored.

You wanna see real "snobbery," go post on photo.net. I guarantee you'll be crying by lunchtime. Those guys will REALLY tell it like it is. I know Eye and I posted there for awhile and we definitely got the stuffing beat out of us.

FM's forums is one of the nicest communities out there and SO FAR from photo snobs, where only pros recognize pros. They just ignore people with negative attitudes. ;)

tazo

Nov 12, 2003, 09:14 AM

I post in the photo critique forum dude...

Is that the wrong place to ask for a goddang photo critique?

Dear god...

Moxiemike

Nov 12, 2003, 09:17 AM

Originally posted by tazo
I post in the photo critique forum dude...

Is that the wrong place to ask for a goddang photo critique?

Dear god...

Not at all.

But it's the WAY you post. It's almost like you want people to reinforce the fact that you have talent. And artists, especially those with years of experience, aren't into the whole "rah rah rah"game.

We're more into passing on tidbits of information that you won't exactly realize, but will make you better.

BUt it's when you post, and then like, minutes later bump it and ask why no one has posted. They hate that.

Art is about the artwork. It's not about "notice me notice me notice me"

Very important lessons to learn here brah.

eyelikeart

Nov 12, 2003, 09:24 AM

Moxie's got a point there. Around here, the people are very formative & easy to give compliments. If u have ever been present in any art critique, u would know that it can often get very harsh & blunt.

Genie

Nov 12, 2003, 10:55 AM

Originally posted by MacBandit
No the stock lens is kind of limiting. That's pretty much the case for all SLRs and the lens they come with.

Yeah- you nice guys here have been real helpful on suggestions for extra lenses- please keep em coming- one day maybe I'll learn!

Genie

Nov 12, 2003, 10:59 AM

Originally posted by tazo

Genie,

Remember how I told ya that the people at Fredmiranda take pictures of dogs....yada yada?

The following photo was posted at Fredmiranda.com; It is a freaking sewer!!

Why?

I thought the swere was kinda pretty:)

Your pics are pretty too, Tazo!

Blackhawk

Nov 12, 2003, 11:09 AM

Lets get back to posting some more Great Shots, I have seen some really good stuff on this forum and believe that there are some very talented people out there that deserve the praise that they are getting even if we who are giving this praise are not considered Pro's. As the saying goes beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Oh and by the way here another waterfall shot.

Moxiemike

Nov 12, 2003, 11:14 AM

Originally posted by Genie
I thought the swere was kinda pretty:)

Your pics are pretty too, Tazo!

Tazo... no offense and everything, but could it be that you're jealous that they have such talented people there, and that you're not on that level yet?

I mean, seriously, you're a younggun and haven't been shooting for long.

Some of these guys have been shooting for twice as long as you've been alive.

Instead of slamming their pics of dogs and sewers, you glean some advice from them. And by the way dude, that's not a freakin' sewer. It's an underground tunnel and cave system. Jeez.

Either that, or use their "anything goes" inspiration to take some really edgy photos.

I mean, I go poke around abandoned buildings and junkyards for photos.

At the least, you could just let people make the art they see and not condemn them.

I mean, do you want me or someone else to sit here and slam your pics of sunsets and homeless people? That's been done a million times too man.

Genie

Nov 12, 2003, 11:26 AM

Lovely waterfall, BlackHawk.

Genie

Nov 12, 2003, 11:27 AM

Originally posted by Moxiemike
Tazo...
Some of these guys have been shooting for twice as long as you've been alive.

sewers, you glean some advice from them.
At the least, you could just let people make the art they see and not condemn them.

THat's good advice.

But Tazo's a sweetie!

Moxiemike

Nov 12, 2003, 11:31 AM

Originally posted by Genie
THat's good advice.

But Tazo's a sweetie!

Maybe so. But Tazo's attitude sometimes is what's gonna prevent him from growing as an artist.

So why not learn the lesson while young?

Genie

Nov 12, 2003, 11:39 AM

Originally posted by Moxiemike
...why not learn the lesson while young?

So true- youth is wasted on the young...

tazo

Nov 12, 2003, 11:40 AM

Originally posted by Moxiemike
Tazo... no offense and everything, but could it be that you're jealous that they have such talented people there, and that you're not on that level yet?

I mean, do you want me or someone else to sit here and slam your pics of sunsets and homeless people? That's been done a million times too man.

It has been done before. I know that ok.

And when did I ever post a picture of a sunset? :confused:

I know I am total **** when it comes to photography Mike. Thanks for reinforcing that.

---

I feel that I am growing as I continue to take more photos Mike, although it is unfortunate when I ask for help from the fredmiranda.com community, that no one responds.

The original point I was trying to make was that I want to improve, I truly do, however I need the advice of others on what I am doing wrong, to improve.

That was the original point I was trying to make.
And frankly I can take the harsh opinions of someone, that is why I through out the great majority of my photos, because to me and to others they were total ****.

Thanks for the advice Mike.

-tazo

Moxiemike

Nov 12, 2003, 11:43 AM

Originally posted by tazo
It has been done before. I know that ok.

And when did I ever post a picture of a sunset? :confused:

I know I am total **** when it comes to photography Mike. Thanks for reinforcing that.

---

I feel that I am growing as I continue to take more photos Mike, although it is unfortunate when I ask for help from the fredmiranda.com community, that no one responds.

The original point I was trying to make was that I want to improve, I truly do, however I need the advice of others on what I am doing wrong, to improve.

That was the original point I was trying to make.
And frankly I can take the harsh opinions of someone, that is why I through out the great majority of my photos, because to me and to others they were total ****.

Thanks for the advice Mike.

-tazo

I never say you were **** when it comes to photography.

Your attitude towards others and the fun-making is what's ****, and that, if you continue it, is gonna stunt your growth, not only as a photographer but as a person.

tazo

Nov 12, 2003, 11:48 AM

I think where the whole thing breaks down is I dont think like an artist. As of now I realize there is a line betwixt insanity and one's art.

And again, I realize I must grow.

Moxiemike

Nov 12, 2003, 11:51 AM

Originally posted by tazo
I think where the whole thing breaks down is I dont think like an artist. As of now I realize there is a line betwixt insanity and one's art.

And again, I realize I must grow.

Ha! Insanity IS art my friend. Ask eye about how easy it was to take pics at the abandoned mental ward!

There's no such thing as thinking like an artist. You think like yourself and you act like an artist--gracious, humble and willing to learn.

eyelikeart

Nov 12, 2003, 12:00 PM

Originally posted by Moxiemike
Ha! Insanity IS art my friend. Ask eye about how easy it was to take pics at the abandoned mental ward!

I feel art is mostly a reflection of one's soul, and a means to communicate that to the masses. I'm a pretty inward type of person, as I don't reveal much about myself to most people. More & more though, I've revealed tons about myself thru some of the photos I've taken. Sure, many of them may be low on the technical/quality scale, but they speak to people...I know this much.

Take my self portrait, for example. No one knows it, but that speaks volumes about me...more than most people here will ever know. It's just a reflection of what I would never reveal about myself to just anyone. Ironically though, most people don't get why I would take such a photo...heh.

As for mental wards, that was damned fun. :D

Moxiemike

Nov 12, 2003, 12:02 PM

Originally posted by eyelikeart
I feel art is mostly a reflection of one's soul, and a means to communicate that to the masses. I'm a pretty inward type of person, as I don't reveal much about myself to most people. More & more though, I've revealed tons about myself thru some of the photos I've taken. Sure, many of them may be low on the technical/quality scale, but they speak to people...I know this much.

Take my self portrait, for example. No one knows it, but that speaks volumes about me...more than most people here will ever know. It's just a reflection of what I want to show people, without having to actually do it.

As for mental wards, that was damned fun. :D

Right. Everyone THINKS like an artist on some level. How one communicates those thoughts is different. That said, the people with bad attitudes tend to get dropped to the bottom quickly.

zync

Nov 12, 2003, 12:48 PM

Originally posted by tazo
Heh...sorry I had to go to bed earlier than when the party stopped ;)

Seattle at its best:

Heh....

No waterfalls in downtown...As far as I know ;) :p

If the weather is nice I am definitely going to go downtown! Maybe I will just get up extra early, and get some sunrise over the lake pictures :)
---

Genie,

Remember how I told ya that the people at Fredmiranda take pictures of dogs....yada yada?

The following photo was posted at Fredmiranda.com; It is a freaking sewer!!

Here is what the people had to say:

”Well i did not expect that, but i am pleasently surprised!!! Great shot!”

“Clever title which certainly caught both my eye and my attention -- as desired , doubtless ! Interesting composition , colours and textures here , Don . Excellent exposure control gives fine detail throughout the dynamic range . The absence of scale gives me a slightly claustrophobic feeling which I used to get when I indulged in underground cave exploration many years ago !”

“Like the abstract quality... and I was expecting something panoramic.”

*Sigh*

Why?

Well it's kinda cool looking, but disgusting at the same time....the people make me laugh though since they're all into it...they're into the sewer that's where they should go....these are the people that try to find meaning in everything....sometimes to get enjoyment from these people I'll paint or draw, or photograph, or whatever something that is meaningless and listen to people come up with meaning for it....the only meaning intended was that there wasn't any....lol....anyways here's another pic...it's of the art building at USF, second floor....oh, btw it's one of the few that haven't been adjusted for color/contrast or whatever....

zync

Nov 12, 2003, 12:53 PM

Originally posted by eyelikeart
Moxie's got a point there. Around here, the people are very formative & easy to give compliments. If u have ever been present in any art critique, u would know that it can often get very harsh & blunt.

Very true, but tazo does take some great pictures....it's not like I'm just freely giving him compliments....I like his pictures and his subject matter....and I'm a studio major....focused on electronic media and, hopefully, photography...

Moxiemike

Nov 12, 2003, 12:58 PM

Originally posted by zync
Very true, but tazo does take some great pictures....it's not like I'm just freely giving him compliments....I like his pictures and his subject matter....and I'm a studio major....focused on electronic media and, hopefully, photography...

Right. and as much as Tazo takes good pics, the guy who took the pic of the CAVE (it's not a sewer) takes pics just as nice. Just different.

To slam it and say that it's not as good as your pics.... is.... well... like this Baudelaire story.

In that story, Baudelaire is revelling in the fact that he has this wonderfully beautiful girlfriend.

They go to have a Coffee at the newly built town square, and they promise to always be alike, etc etc etc.

This homeless maily comes up to them, a crippled boy riding on his father's back, and a daughter walking alongside the father, holding his hand.

They comment on how beautiful the woman is, how she "glitters like the stars"

Her response? "Get these people away. I don't like them staring at me."

The moral of the story is that anything that's physically beautiful (or aesthetically pleasing if you will) like that woman (or a photo, etc) can be turned ugly by unhealthy attitudes.

And it's very true. Just IM me and ask me about my date with a racist chick who looked like Catherine Zeta Jones. :D

eyelikeart

Nov 12, 2003, 01:01 PM

Nice story there moxie. ;)

It reminds me of seeing people who have the means to get nice, expensive toys but have no idea how to use them.

zync

Nov 12, 2003, 01:02 PM

Originally posted by Moxiemike
Ha! Insanity IS art my friend. Ask eye about how easy it was to take pics at the abandoned mental ward!

There's no such thing as thinking like an artist. You think like yourself and you act like an artist--gracious, humble and willing to learn.

That's what that was? I knew it had something extra about it that I couldn't tell what it was....BTW, you guys should check out disturbed.com (it's not the band that's disturbed1.com) if the site is still there he had some great shots....anyways not to be rude, Mike, but did you look at tazo's stuff on there (I haven't yet) but he might not have had the attitude you were talking about...and though I like to think that anything creative is art and that a pic of a dog taking a **** could be masterfully crafted, it pains me when people call some things art that really aren't....people are trying so hard to be avant-garde and shocking and they're creating mediocre art in the process....now not everything is supposed to be landscapes and sunshine....but still people should be more original and try more to make art than worry about the audience...y'know why I took the fountain picture that everyone loved? My friend was taking a picture of it and I thought it looked cool....and guess what it turned out to be....ars artis gratia without the intent to make the audience happy....realize Mike, that I'm not bashing you BTW....it's just what's up with these people? they're almost as bad as the people who search for meaning where there is none....oh and BTW, the dog taking a **** thing has probably been done before too :) (sadly)

Mr. Anderson

Nov 12, 2003, 01:02 PM

Sometimes its best to let the art or photo speak for itself. Focus more on getting better at what you do and worry less about what other people think.

Regardless how *good* any pic is, there will always be someone who doesn't like it and someone who will love it - its more of a subjective thing. Worry more on what you think - whether you like it or not and why. Knowing what makes it good or not is the key to learning here.

Don't push to get comments if they aren't coming and approach these things more humbly - you might find your get greater appreciation.

D

zync

Nov 12, 2003, 01:05 PM

Originally posted by Moxiemike
And it's very true. Just IM me and ask me about my date with a racist chick who looked like Catherine Zeta Jones. :D

Now that's something we need a picture of....lol a rascist Catherine Zeta Jones....rascist minorities are funny...speaking of that you know what's funnier? Recent science studies show that there's no such thing as race anymore...well not pure races...we all have blood of other races in us....just more of the one that shows prominent features in us....i.e. skin color...

eyelikeart

Nov 12, 2003, 01:06 PM

Originally posted by Mr. Anderson
Focus more on getting better at what you do and worry less about what other people think.

Perfectly said. Again, it's a source of communicating, not lobbying. Although, it nice to have someone say how much they hate a piece every now & then. ;)

zync

Nov 12, 2003, 01:07 PM

Originally posted by eyelikeart
I feel art is mostly a reflection of one's soul, and a means to communicate that to the masses. I'm a pretty inward type of person, as I don't reveal much about myself to most people. More & more though, I've revealed tons about myself thru some of the photos I've taken. Sure, many of them may be low on the technical/quality scale, but they speak to people...I know this much.

Take my self portrait, for example. No one knows it, but that speaks volumes about me...more than most people here will ever know. It's just a reflection of what I would never reveal about myself to just anyone. Ironically though, most people don't get why I would take such a photo...heh.

As for mental wards, that was damned fun. :D

I'm like that but my art isn't really a window into me...I cover my tracks :)

zync

Nov 12, 2003, 01:10 PM

Originally posted by Mr. Anderson
Sometimes its best to let the art or photo speak for itself. Focus more on getting better at what you do and worry less about what other people think.

Regardless how *good* any pic is, there will always be someone who doesn't like it and someone who will love it - its more of a subjective thing. Worry more on what you think - whether you like it or not and why. Knowing what makes it good or not is the key to learning here.

Don't push to get comments if they aren't coming and approach these things more humbly - you might find your get greater appreciation.

D

Agreed, I think that everyone, in this thread at least, has done a great job of posting, none of us have mentioned anything as to the quality we think of our own work though we all have some thoughts on our work...still it's worked out well because we haven't biased the minds of our viewers....you guys tell me you like my pictures not me...I like them, obviously, or I wouldn't have posted them...but knowing others like them is good, and has the benefit of showing me that either 1. I'm not crazy or 2. we're all crazy.....it's probably more of number two though....:D

zync

Nov 12, 2003, 01:12 PM

Originally posted by eyelikeart
Perfectly said. Again, it's a source of communicating, not lobbying. Although, it nice to have someone say how much they hate a piece every now & then. ;)

I'm glad you feel that way..........eye, I'm sorry to say this but you're photos were the worst crap I've ever seen, it makes me want to prove it by showing a dog taking a **** which looks better than ANY of your photos....ah I'm glad I have that off my chest....:)

Just kidding obviously :D

Moxiemike

Nov 12, 2003, 01:14 PM

Originally posted by zync
That's what that was? I knew it had something extra about it that I couldn't tell what it was....BTW, you guys should check out disturbed.com (it's not the band that's disturbed1.com) if the site is still there he had some great shots....anyways not to be rude, Mike, but did you look at tazo's stuff on there (I haven't yet) but he might not have had the attitude you were talking about...and though I like to think that anything creative is art and that a pic of a dog taking a **** could be masterfully crafted, it pains me when people call some things art that really aren't....people are trying so hard to be avant-garde and shocking and they're creating mediocre art in the process....now not everything is supposed to be landscapes and sunshine....but still people should be more original and try more to make art than worry about the audience...y'know why I took the fountain picture that everyone loved? My friend was taking a picture of it and I thought it looked cool....and guess what it turned out to be....ars artis gratia without the intent to make the audience happy....realize Mike, that I'm not bashing you BTW....it's just what's up with these people? they're almost as bad as the people who search for meaning where there is none....oh and BTW, the dog taking a **** thing has probably been done before too :) (sadly)

The thing is, you summed it up brilliantly at the end. There's NOT MUCH different between tazo's homeless people and dog's ****ting themselves. It's all a form of expression, masterfully done, etc etc,

The problem I had (and Mr. A and Eye sum it up nicely) is that when you beg for attention, it makes your art less attractive.

I prefer to just throw up a few shots and not make a big stink about it, and if people react (good or bad) then great. If not, I go out and take more shots. I don't complain, whine, or even bash a forum on anothe forum.

I mean, think of it this way: Tazo goes to FM, posts a bunch of pics and wants people to tell him how great they are, though he hasn't established an identity there through critiquing others. Through forming some friendships and getting to know some of the posters there.

I know several of the people there, and while there are trolls and whatnot, it's 98% a very supportive and informative forum.

Taz gets his panties ruffled because people aren't falling over themselves to comment, and he takes it personally, while in reality it's just an unspoken rule of these type of communities. You have to go through a break in period, and can't expect to be a BMOC right away.

This, like photography and life, these things take time. :) Establish a personality. People there don't comment just to comment. They comment to help. And it would help if they knew what taz was doing, what he plans to do, his experience level, etc etc etc.

eyelikeart

Nov 12, 2003, 01:16 PM

Originally posted by zync
I'm like that but my art isn't really a window into me...I cover my tracks :)

I think u are missing the point. It's not about saying "here I am," but rather a glimpse into the soul.

Take a look at Van Gogh's work. His periods of work reflect the torment he underwent in his own life through subject matter & use of color. During his later years, his use of yellow was very significant. Aside from an eerie comparison of the yellow spots people who suffered from digoxin toxicity, it's also said that people who overdose on thujone (related to his absinthe binges) tend to get yellowish tint to their vision. ;)

zync

Nov 12, 2003, 01:16 PM

Also, it works here that not everything has been commented on...but that's more because we get caught up in conversations like this...and taken away from posting pics :)

So here's another from the other day when I was leaving class....it was kinda dark and brooding outside...I will state this time that this isn't one of my best obviously and that's not a draw for you people to give me extra flaunting :) Still I do like the composition itself...also it's shows a little of what a Tampa rain (read regular everyday rain :)) begins like...

Moxiemike

Nov 12, 2003, 01:17 PM

Originally posted by zync
Now that's something we need a picture of....lol a rascist Catherine Zeta Jones....rascist minorities are funny...speaking of that you know what's funnier? Recent science studies show that there's no such thing as race anymore...well not pure races...we all have blood of other races in us....just more of the one that shows prominent features in us....i.e. skin color...

yea. try telling this nutso that.

Her two famed lines:

"you know gay people? what's that like? is it different?"

and my personal fave:

"oh. Congas make me think of black people, and black people make me think of dirt"

Luckily, the bartender (who i know) saw and decided to keep my glass full with FREE red wine. Sigh.

The chick tried to make a move on me afterward.. but big brain took over and jetted.

eyelikeart

Nov 12, 2003, 01:18 PM

Originally posted by Moxiemike

"oh. Congas make me think of black people, and black people make me think of dirt"

That's the absolute WORST association I've ever heard. :rolleyes:

zync

Nov 12, 2003, 01:19 PM

Originally posted by eyelikeart
I think u are missing the point. It's not about saying "here I am," but rather a glimpse into the soul.

Take a look at Van Gogh's work. His periods of work reflect the torment he underwent in his own life through subject matter & use of color. During his later years, his use of yellow was very significant. Aside from an eerie comparison of the yellow spots people who suffered from digoxin toxicity, it's also said that people who overdose on thujone (related to his absinthe binges) tend to get yellowish tint to their vision. ;)

No, I got that....that's why I said window...you don't have to look in....but you could...though that's not how all of my art works...although for some people it is a "picture" of their inner self...oh and absinthe is such a strange drink...could be because I don't like black licorice?

Moxiemike

Nov 12, 2003, 01:19 PM

Originally posted by eyelikeart
I think u are missing the point. It's not about saying "here I am," but rather a glimpse into the soul.

Take a look at Van Gogh's work. His periods of work reflect the torment he underwent in his own life through subject matter & use of color. During his later years, his use of yellow was very significant. Aside from an eerie comparison of the yellow spots people who suffered from digoxin toxicity, it's also said that people who overdose on thujone (related to his absinthe binges) tend to get yellowish tint to their vision. ;)

You damn nawlins people and your knowledge of absinthe. ;)

Zync, I see your storm photo and raise you one. Brooding Storms clouds rock. Just don;t get caught out with a tripod. You might get hit (a bolt hit the ground about 15 yards away from us, about a minute after shooting this shot):

zync

Nov 12, 2003, 01:22 PM

Originally posted by Moxiemike
I mean, think of it this way: Tazo goes to FM, posts a bunch of pics and wants people to tell him how great they are, though he hasn't established an identity there through critiquing others. Through forming some friendships and getting to know some of the posters there.

Very true, though I doubt he really cared what type of critique he got, though negative ones are always best in terms of improvement, obviously....he's probably upset because no one commented either way for some reason or other...but thanks for agreeing with the end of what I said :)

zync

Nov 12, 2003, 01:23 PM

Originally posted by Moxiemike
yea. try telling this nutso that.

Her two famed lines:

"you know gay people? what's that like? is it different?"

and my personal fave:

"oh. Congas make me think of black people, and black people make me think of dirt"

Luckily, the bartender (who i know) saw and decided to keep my glass full with FREE red wine. Sigh.

The chick tried to make a move on me afterward.. but big brain took over and jetted.

That's hilarious...

zync

Nov 12, 2003, 01:25 PM

Originally posted by Moxiemike
You damn nawlins people and your knowledge of absinthe. ;)

Zync, I see your storm photo and raise you one. Brooding Storms clouds rock. Just don;t get caught out with a tripod. You might get hit (a bolt hit the ground about 15 yards away from us, about a minute after shooting this shot):

I see you haven't been to my site :)

http://helios.acomp.usf.edu/~clay4/img/photo/v.jpg

Tampa is the lightning capitol of the world :D

edit: You should've seen that in real life...I think it actually converged at the same time...it was cool as hell....

eyelikeart

Nov 12, 2003, 01:26 PM

Originally posted by Moxiemike
You damn nawlins people and your knowledge of absinthe. ;)

ha...he also allegedly cut off his ear during an absinthe binge... ;)

Moxiemike

Nov 12, 2003, 01:27 PM

Originally posted by zync
That's hilarious...

Yea. In retrospect.

Imagine my heart sinking when this hot chica turned ugly on me.

I totally felt like I was living a Baudelaire story. Such is my love life.

Which is why I spend oodles on $$ on camera gear. And go out in the woods and almost get struck by lightning.

and yea.

I dont think Taz minds neg criticism. Kid's got a lot of talent. But I think he misjudged the kind-of unwritten rules of these type of forums.

FM people aren't gonna bash (or even compliment) people who aren't human to them.

There's books out there abou the masks we can wear when using the internet. Forums like these can kinda put a more personal element into computr usage.

That'sa good thing, IMHO

zync

Nov 12, 2003, 01:27 PM

Originally posted by eyelikeart
ha...he also allegedly cut off his ear during an absinthe binge... ;)

I know and I wouldn't doubt it...especially when it contained opium :D

zync

Nov 12, 2003, 01:29 PM

Originally posted by Moxiemike
Yea. In retrospect.

Imagine my heart sinking when this hot chica turned ugly on me.

I totally felt like I was living a Baudelaire story. Such is my love life.

Which is why I spend oodles on $$ on camera gear. And go out in the woods and almost get struck by lightning.

and yea.

I dont think Taz minds neg criticism. Kid's got a lot of talent. But I think he misjudged the kind-of unwritten rules of these type of forums.

FM people aren't gonna bash (or even compliment) people who aren't human to them.

There's books out there abou the masks we can wear when using the internet. Forums like these can kinda put a more personal element into computr usage.

That'sa good thing, IMHO

I agree....

Mr. Anderson

Nov 12, 2003, 01:31 PM

Originally posted by Moxiemike
I see your storm photo and raise you one. Brooding Storms clouds rock.

My turn - one morning driving into work, looking at Rosellyn across the Potomac. All I had with me was my Canon point and shoot 3.2 MP - but I had to stop and take a few pics. ;)

(panorama of 4 images stitched together).

D

zync

Nov 12, 2003, 01:34 PM

BTW that lightning shot above doesn't compare to the stuff I've missed :) imagine lightning crawling over you like a spider....I was so close...one freaking second faster with the tripod....yes, tripod...I'm not that afraid of lightning....I'm not really afraid of death...he maybe it would make my pics sell millions for my family and friends :)

http://helios.acomp.usf.edu/~clay4/img/photo/incredible.jpg

Another from the same night....I took them in a church parking lot right before my house...I had seen the storm far off when I was driving home from work so I went home and grabbed my cam and tripod and set out back the the lot which is conveniently perfect for nearly all storms near my house...plus people drive by and add their car lights to the pictures....ala this:

http://helios.acomp.usf.edu/~clay4/img/photo/looming.jpg

and

http://helios.acomp.usf.edu/~clay4/img/photo/trucklights.jpg

Moxiemike

Nov 12, 2003, 01:35 PM

Man. Warm morning sun on one side, dark evil clouds on the other. Add 'em up, multply by panorama and what do you get? stunning photo.

zync

Nov 12, 2003, 01:37 PM

Y'know what would be cool? Maybe we could have contests or something for the best photo of a certain type like waterfalls, people, storms, etc....I dunno just an idea though it'd probably disrupt the good thing we have going right now...

zync

Nov 12, 2003, 01:38 PM

Originally posted by Moxiemike
Man. Warm morning sun on one side, dark evil clouds on the other. Add 'em up, multply by panorama and what do you get? stunning photo.

Definitely!

Mr. Anderson

Nov 12, 2003, 01:39 PM

Originally posted by zync
Y'know what would be cool? Maybe we could have contests or something for the best photo of a certain type like waterfalls, people, storms, etc....I dunno just an idea though it'd probably disrupt the good thing we have going right now...

we've been thinking of that and plans are in the works (maybe). Some of the details are the issue here, so we'll see...;)

D

Genie

Nov 12, 2003, 01:40 PM

pic

Moxiemike

Nov 12, 2003, 01:42 PM

Originally posted by Mr. Anderson
we've been thinking of that and plans are in the works (maybe). Some of the details are the issue here, so we'll see...;)

D

Again, fredmiranda.com has a nice setup and rules for the weekly challenges.

And i'm more than willing to share some of my photoshop actions and whatnot as prizes.

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zync

Nov 12, 2003, 01:42 PM

Originally posted by Mr. Anderson
we've been thinking of that and plans are in the works (maybe). Some of the details are the issue here, so we'll see...;)

D

Cool! I hope it would be seperate from this thread though....it would be fun :)

Mr. Anderson

Nov 12, 2003, 01:43 PM

Originally posted by zync
Cool! I hope it would be seperate from this thread though....it would be fun :)

that's the thing - you can't have a contest where everyone posts a pic to the same thread. One thread per pic and then discussion can follow. Also one pic per member for each contest and some way of voting for your favorite (not winners necessarily ;))

D

zync

Nov 12, 2003, 01:46 PM

Originally posted by Moxiemike
Again, fredmiranda.com has a nice setup and rules for the weekly challenges.

And i'm more than willing to share some of my photoshop actions and whatnot as prizes.

m

I'd probably be willing to mail off some prints of some of my pics and sign them or something...not like they'd be worth much but hey, here's to hoping :)

and Genie, geez you have a lot of lamp type pictures....but they're good....here's one of mine...it needs to be titled methinks...but anyway...also I found more stuff to show but that'll have to wait until after the class I have to go to :) possibly during?