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October 23, 2013

Spending time among the flora and fauna . . .
— Pixy Misa

. . . can do wonders for the soul. And if you have a camera to carry with you, it can be a rewarding pursuit -- though, not necessarily in the pecuniary sense. That's not to say you can't make a buck or two in nature photography; you most certainly can. But, if that's the reason you decide to take it up as a pursuit, well, you're kind of a dumbass. Odds are, you're going to be a few thousand bucks lighter in the pocket before you ever see the first proverbial thin dime in recompense for your efforts.

No, you go into nature photography (and any other kind for that matter) simply because enjoy it and want to become good at it. That's pretty much how it happened to me, anyway. I was bitten by the bug while attempting, with some degree of frustration, to take photos of drag racers launching off the starting line with a borrowed Canon point-and-shoot. It only took a couple of trips to the drag strip to convince me that what I needed was a better camera. And from there, well, it's been one glorious expense after another.

It wasn't long before I went out and bought my first DSLR -- the Pentax K-x. It's a great little camera, particularly for an entry-level model. What it lacks in professional-type controls, ergonomics and options it more than makes up for in performance. It was just enough to fuel an addiction that mercilessly dogs me some four years later.

That first successful capture in the noisy, smoke-laden atmosphere of the Sikeston Drag Strip was just the beginning of a life of frustration and soul-crushing poverty as I found myself sinking every cent of my (obscenely meager) discretionary income into camera bodies and lenses. Thank God, as I surely would have gone insane but for its emergence into my life.

Nowadays, I engage in all manner of photography. But, when I want to just shut out the world and be away from the daily indignities that plague the heart and soul, I grab my Pentax K-5 (usually with a 50mm f/1.7 lens attached) and commence to hoofin' it. It's a diversion I took up in earnest a couple of years ago during an especially trying time, when spare moments were exceedingly rare and as treasured as a Death Valley oasis.

So, since I have this opportunity to engage in some self-promotion on a highly trafficked web site as a third-string, non-controversial content provider, I'm going to give it to you good and hard. Here are a few of the images I've managed to produce in my hapless pursuit of serenity. Click on 'em to see 'em real good.

So, there you have it: another little diversion I use to help maintain my sanity. I figure as long as we conservatives are wandering about in the wilderness, we might as well make the most of it and take a camera along.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 05:09 PM | Comments (157)
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1 Very nice photos . Go ahead and quit yer' day job .

Posted by: awkward davies at October 23, 2013 05:12 PM (WK8VM)

2 Is this the Overnight?

Posted by: Boss Moss the Redskin Savage at October 23, 2013 05:12 PM (ujMoa)

3 My dad once took a photo of a thunderstorm and Northern Lights in the same night sky.

Posted by: Vendette at October 23, 2013 05:12 PM (MpP9p)

4 You had me at he flames on the dragster.

Posted by: steveegg at October 23, 2013 05:13 PM (o44nj)

5 One of these days I need to purchase a decent camera. I think it would bring me some serenity.

Posted by: DangerGirl, home sweet home at October 23, 2013 05:13 PM (GrtrJ)

6 I was afraid I'd see a picture of Joyce Carol Oates and Terry Gross scissoring.

Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at October 23, 2013 05:13 PM (oFCZn)

7 Is this the World Series Game thread, too?

Posted by: Birdbrained Pitcher at October 23, 2013 05:14 PM (avJtg)

8 Very nice, DDR.

Posted by: Eisenhorn at October 23, 2013 05:14 PM (OjQYm)

9 Thanks Walt

Posted by: firefly at October 23, 2013 05:14 PM (jLngb)

10 dude, you got some composition skilz

Posted by: Purp[/i][/b][/u][/s] at October 23, 2013 05:14 PM (l5zzX)

11 Some very nice pics. And now we know your name....buahahahahaha.

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at October 23, 2013 05:15 PM (GEICT)

12 wow, impressive pics.

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at October 23, 2013 05:15 PM (ZPrif)

13 Very Nice photos.

Posted by: rd at October 23, 2013 05:15 PM (D+lxs)

14 shiny

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at October 23, 2013 05:15 PM (ZPrif)

15 DDR, great pictures.

Posted by: Vendette at October 23, 2013 05:16 PM (MpP9p)

16 Good stuff! This thread is officially AVA, Ace Vacation Approved.

Nothing controversial about cool pics!

I still can't figure out white balance and F stops.

I have a Nikon D200 and it is so over my head.

Posted by: Nip Sip at October 23, 2013 05:16 PM (Cydud)

17 Fantastic work sir. :-)

Posted by: Hawkins1701 at October 23, 2013 05:16 PM (93zXY)

18 Those are great and I second the compliment on your composition skills.

Posted by: alexthechick Team Ice Cream at October 23, 2013 05:16 PM (Gk3SS)

19 6 "Joyce Carol Oates and Terry Gross scissoring..." I made a replica of that out of colored toothpicks... Amazingly precise detail..

Posted by: Beto at October 23, 2013 05:16 PM (MhA4j)

20 The bird on the road with the center-line in the background is cool.

Posted by: Retread at October 23, 2013 05:16 PM (IiAs3)

21 Lovely

Posted by: Justamom at October 23, 2013 05:16 PM (Sptt8)

22 Gorgeous pics, DDR. Where's EoJ? He takes pics too. Really, no World Series thread?

Posted by: L, elle at October 23, 2013 05:17 PM (0PiQ4)

23 AtC, first, excellent nic. The wife is just finished her bowl of ice cream. I'm gonna grab mine in a minute. The kids picked the flavor called "Monster Cookie." Brought forward from previous thread: "You know what's best about my drunken midgets? Their impeccable sense of timing. So I'm cleaning the kitchen. I hate cleaning the kitchen. To make my displeasure known I'm chanting "this sucks dick...this sucks dick..." over and over. I then hear "Hey Mommy, I have a question." Awesome. The three year old is up."

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at October 23, 2013 05:19 PM (GEICT)

24 >>>Really, no World Series thread?

Posted by: L, elle at October 23, 2013 09:17 PM (0PiQ4)<<<

Well, that bird in the road used to live in Mike Napoli's beard.

So... close?

Posted by: non-essential commenter #27791629 at October 23, 2013 05:20 PM (/C6Mj)

25 Nice paint job but I'll get you where you really want to go.

Posted by: Christine the possessed car at October 23, 2013 05:20 PM (tHXgZ)

26 I purchased a wonderful little camera a few years ago (Panasonic FZ

and, although I kept saying I would one day take a class to learn how to use the manual controls, the automatic settings were so nice that I never did. Last week, I forgot and left my driver's side door unlocked and it was stolen from my truck. The joke's on them, however, as by now they have surely discovered that it uses a proprietary battery/charger system.... and I have the charger. Pricks. A few of the pics I've taken with it: http://flic.kr/p/ehS7VD http://flic.kr/p/ehXRL7 http://flic.kr/p/74xAdt

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at October 23, 2013 05:22 PM (DmNpO)

27 What? There are no bike photos there. And you call yourself an artist. Now if you'll excuse me, I have to go delete some unauthorized comments.

Posted by: jharles chonson at October 23, 2013 05:22 PM (tHXgZ)

28 We have a place at the lake and we go every week-end. There is nothing like waking up early and having your first cup of coffee watching the water. We plan on retiring there eventually.

Posted by: Nelson Muntz at October 23, 2013 05:23 PM (2LTPq)

29 >>> dude, you got some composition skilz Yes. You have an eye.

Posted by: fluffy at October 23, 2013 05:24 PM (AynnL)

30 even a stroll through your own garden helps.
If you don't have one make one! Sanity isn't under-rated.
one day i'll learn how to upload pics of my garden, it isn't large but i've put hundreds of hours into making it a place to go instead of a place i have to just mow.

Posted by: willow at October 23, 2013 05:25 PM (nqBYe)

31 And DDR, your photos are beautiful. I'm particularly drawn to the photos of the praying mantis and the horse.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at October 23, 2013 05:26 PM (DmNpO)

32 >>> No, you go into nature photography (and any other kind for that matter) simply because enjoy it and want to become good at it My wife said, "we need some nice foliage pictures." I grumbled about spoiling my walk in the woods, but now I don't go out without it.

Posted by: fluffy at October 23, 2013 05:27 PM (AynnL)

33 Nice work, DDR! Those are really good!

Hey, you know, I just had a thought... maybe, since several guest-bloggers are talking about their hobbies, a NaNoWriMo thread would be a good idea. It begins next week.

Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler at October 23, 2013 05:27 PM (7KZod)

34 One of the great things about photography, especially in the pre-digital era, is when you discover you took a fantastic picture regardless of whether you were trying your hardest or just taking a shot for the fun of it. I can think of several photos that I took that fall into this category.

Posted by: Vendette at October 23, 2013 05:27 PM (MpP9p)

35 Is this the Overnight?

ONT pending in draft

Posted by: Purp[/i][/b][/u][/s] at October 23, 2013 05:28 PM (l5zzX)

36 At you BC at you. I once let fly like rant level fly then turned around and there were nuns behind me. That was embarrassing.

Posted by: alexthechick Team Ice Cream at October 23, 2013 05:28 PM (Gk3SS)

37 "Joyce Carol Oates and Terry Gross scissoring..." *** thank goodness DDR has provided such beautiful photos so that I may wipe that image from my mind's eye.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at October 23, 2013 05:28 PM (DmNpO)

38 http://orangejewelweed.com

Posted by: fluffy at October 23, 2013 05:28 PM (AynnL)

39 AtC, I have no ice cream. I am ashamed.

Posted by: Vendette at October 23, 2013 05:29 PM (MpP9p)

40 One of the great things about photography, especially in the pre-digital era, is when you discover you took a fantastic picture regardless of whether you were trying your hardest or just taking a shot for the fun of it. I can think of several photos that I took that fall into this category. *** I hate photoshop. What happened to the art of "capturing" the beauty of a moment?

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at October 23, 2013 05:29 PM (DmNpO)

41 pffft

Pentax K1000, FTW!

Oh, and, those are purty pictures too!

Posted by: Old Skool at October 23, 2013 05:30 PM (PICYc)

42 Bannion! For to be fetching Vendette ice cream!

Posted by: alexthechick Team Ice Cream at October 23, 2013 05:30 PM (Gk3SS)

43 Nice pics. Do you have any nature shots that feature choking cardinals?

Posted by: Donna V. sez WTF cards? at October 23, 2013 05:31 PM (R3gO3)

44 NDH, third link sends me to Yahoo mail. I'm confoozled.

Posted by: fluffy at October 23, 2013 05:31 PM (AynnL)

45 These really are beautiful color compositions and choices of varied subject matter.

Thanks for sharing your skilled eye by posting them.

Posted by: Birdbrained Pitcher at October 23, 2013 05:31 PM (avJtg)

46 That is a darn fine horse.

Posted by: knob at October 23, 2013 05:32 PM (H1bc7)

47 NDH, third link sends me to Yahoo mail. I'm confoozled. *** WHAT?!

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at October 23, 2013 05:33 PM (DmNpO)

48 I once let fly like rant level fly then turned around and there were nuns behind me. That was embarrassing. Posted by: alexthechick Team Ice Cream at October 23, 2013 09:28 PM (Gk3SS) We had a couple of our painters doing work in the local catholic hospital. They're fighting with a troublesome machine. One painter lets out a "GD". Angry phone call to my dad later, those painters are banned from the hospital. Another guy had a nervous habit of jingling change in his pocket. He's on the elevator when a couple nuns step on. He starts jingling. They call the cops on "the pervert who's playing with himself in front of the nuns." Fun times. Fun times.

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at October 23, 2013 05:33 PM (GEICT)

49 19 The bird on the road with the center-line in the background is cool. Posted by: Retread at October 23, 2013 09:16 PM (IiAs3) ---------------------- That's my favorite too. Ultra-cool!

Posted by: Margarita DeVille at October 23, 2013 05:33 PM (dfYL9)

50 Bannion! For to be fetching Vendette ice cream! Posted by: alexthechick Team Ice Cream at October 23, 2013 09:30 PM (Gk3SS) He's likely watching baseball, so I'll forgive him if he doesn't respond. However, your benevolence is appreciated, as always. This place doesn't function without it.

Posted by: Vendette at October 23, 2013 05:33 PM (MpP9p)

51 WHAT?! Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at October 23, 2013 09:33 PM (DmNpO) It did for me. The first two were lovely!

Posted by: Vendette at October 23, 2013 05:34 PM (MpP9p)

52 I hate photoshop. What happened to the art of "capturing" the beauty of a moment? ------- Sometimes it's a beautiful moment when you can photoshop undesireables from pics. You know, toget history just right. For posterity.

Posted by: old commie dude at October 23, 2013 05:34 PM (Tz35j)

53 Me too, NDH.

Posted by: Infidel at October 23, 2013 05:34 PM (gqEUi)

54 Great pics DDR! I love the one with the praying mantises (?) on the hummingbird feeder. That is freaking cool!

Posted by: jewells45 trying to keep from going crazy at October 23, 2013 05:34 PM (u25eL)

55 Really great photos. Now, and seriously I'm not being a dick, get rid of the copyright thingy, it makes you look like an amateur, and you are better than that.

Posted by: Photon at October 23, 2013 05:34 PM (CpWI4)

56 Bee-youtiful photos. I have been interested in HDR photography but haven't had a good enough camera, probably won't for a while. I did manage some interesting stuff with merged photos - not the grossly over-saturated or what-have-you stuff you sometimes see, but bringing out colors and sharpness you hadn't expected. You really have to watch what CCD your camera is made with for things like that. Didn't know at the time.

Posted by: Merovign , Dark Lord of the Sith [/i] [/b] [/s] [/u] at October 23, 2013 05:35 PM (qyfb5)

57 >>> WHAT?! I SAID... Starts with Flicker, but re-directs to Yahoo mail login.

Posted by: fluffy at October 23, 2013 05:35 PM (AynnL)

58 NDH, third link sends me to Yahoo mail. I'm confoozled. *** Eh... it was just a pic of a cat.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at October 23, 2013 05:35 PM (DmNpO)

59 Speaking of beautiful sunrises.. I walk nearly every morning warm, cold.. doesn't matter. Have seen some breathtaking sunrises and wished I had a decent camera to capture them.

Posted by: jewells45 trying to keep from going crazy at October 23, 2013 05:36 PM (u25eL)

60 My first sock ever! Where do i send the case of beer?

Posted by: fastfreefall at October 23, 2013 05:36 PM (Tz35j)

61 Really great photos. Now, and seriously I'm not being a dick, get rid of the copyright thingy, it makes you look like an amateur, and you are better than that. Posted by: Photon at October 23, 2013 09:34 PM (CpWI4) My dad's a professional photographer. I will admit Dad puts the copyright on the back of photos, but I'll cut DDR some slack here.

Posted by: Vendette at October 23, 2013 05:36 PM (MpP9p)

lovely pictures

but the IRS knows your name now

Posted by: thunderb at October 23, 2013 05:36 PM (zOTsN)

63 No bicycle pictures?

Posted by: Chuck J. at October 23, 2013 05:37 PM (4BA+Y)

64 Sometimes it's a beautiful moment when you can photoshop undesireables from pics. You know, toget history just right. For posterity. **** When can we start shopping Obama out of the history books? Too soon?

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at October 23, 2013 05:37 PM (DmNpO)

65 I love the humming bird, but then I have a weekness for them. Nice job DDR.

Posted by: Infidel at October 23, 2013 05:37 PM (gqEUi)

66
Nice job Walt. You have a good eye.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at October 23, 2013 05:37 PM (LSErD)

67 >>> Really great photos. Now, and seriously I'm not being a dick, get rid of the copyright thingy, it makes you look like an amateur It is incredibly easy to 'borrow' a digital photo.

Posted by: fluffy at October 23, 2013 05:38 PM (AynnL)

68 26 What? There are no bike photos there. And you call yourself an artist. Now if you'll excuse me, I have to go delete some unauthorized comments. Posted by: jharles chonson at October 23, 2013 09:22 PM (tHXgZ) --Crap, you beat me to it.

Posted by: logprof at October 23, 2013 05:38 PM (4BA+Y)

69 Me too Infidel.. I have two feeders I hang every spring and I can just watch them for hours. They are mean little bastards though!

Posted by: jewells45 trying to keep from going crazy at October 23, 2013 05:38 PM (u25eL)

70 It is incredibly easy to 'borrow' a digital photo. Posted by: fluffy at October 23, 2013 09:38 PM (AynnL) ^^^^This

Posted by: Vendette at October 23, 2013 05:39 PM (MpP9p)

71 Cards try to rally.

Posted by: non-essential commenter #27791629 at October 23, 2013 05:39 PM (/C6Mj)

72 >>> Eh... it was just a pic of a cat. I like kittehs.

Posted by: fluffy at October 23, 2013 05:39 PM (AynnL)

73 OTOH, p-shop does have some pluses

http://tinyurl.com/mmq6um4

Posted by: Purp[/i][/b][/u][/s] at October 23, 2013 05:40 PM (l5zzX)

74 Now I need ice creme. mmm.

Posted by: Infidel at October 23, 2013 05:41 PM (gqEUi)

I would protect my real name tho

loonies, leftists, IRS, libtard business associates

Posted by: thunderb at October 23, 2013 05:41 PM (zOTsN)

76 OTOH, p-shop does have some pluses *** hehehehehe

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at October 23, 2013 05:41 PM (DmNpO)

77 Can you imagine how tiny the drumsticks would be on an itty-bitty roast hummingbird?

Posted by: Margarita DeVille at October 23, 2013 05:41 PM (dfYL9)

78 72 He looks cooked in that photo. Look at the eyes. Geez.

Posted by: Infidel at October 23, 2013 05:42 PM (gqEUi)

79 I denounce myself.

Posted by: Margarita DeVille at October 23, 2013 05:42 PM (dfYL9)

80 I like kittehs.

I prefer dogs myself.

Posted by: Barack "dog chow" Obama at October 23, 2013 05:42 PM (JawqV)

81 I've linked this photo here before http://tinyurl.com/krxmqwp

Posted by: fluffy at October 23, 2013 05:42 PM (AynnL)

82 I love the humming bird, but then I have a weakness for them.
I've got a weakness for hummers too.

Posted by: bill clinton at October 23, 2013 05:43 PM (tHXgZ)

83 Moose nap, or sad moose?

Posted by: Purp[/i][/b][/u][/s] at October 23, 2013 05:44 PM (l5zzX)

84 I denounce myself. *** As well you should!

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at October 23, 2013 05:44 PM (DmNpO)

85 What does the "D" in DSLR stand for?

What shutter speed (or whatever it is called in a digital camera) was used for the hummingbird pic?

Posted by: Mike Hammer at October 23, 2013 05:44 PM (aDwsi)

86 Pretty pictures, pretty ribbons, pictures of cute white-brown-black-yellow-rainbow fainting children can not for long distract from the FUBAR mess of decades of debt and entitlements piled upon entitlements and debt. Ring around the poseys. One day soon (3 days to 5 years) you will have to be prepared to crawl out of the rubble and fight for a new day where live, liberty, and the (unguaranteed) pursuit of happiness are once more the guiding concepts.

Posted by: Angel with a sword at October 23, 2013 05:45 PM (hpgw1)

87 Purp, pretty sure he was dozing. If he was all emo he he wouldn't have suddenly run off.

Posted by: fluffy at October 23, 2013 05:45 PM (AynnL)

88 This post seems a little...edgy.

Posted by: blaster at October 23, 2013 05:46 PM (4+AaH)

89 Fluffy...fluffonutta? Do you work in the porn industry by any chance?

Posted by: fastfreefall at October 23, 2013 05:46 PM (Tz35j)

90 The rippled tires on the Dart are nice, they're working hard.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at October 23, 2013 05:46 PM (aDwsi)

91 Nice pics, nice post.

Posted by: RWC at October 23, 2013 05:46 PM (LpbKr)

92 At least it isn't pictures of tankers, fence gates or empty beaches.

Chuckles Johanson, crack programer has nothing on ya.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at October 23, 2013 05:47 PM (OuGy9)

93 good grief. gotta enjoy what you can

Posted by: thunderb at October 23, 2013 05:47 PM (zOTsN)

94 I have also contracted the photography bug. Very nice photos.

Posted by: Dontheflyer at October 23, 2013 05:47 PM (AsbsG)

95 Posted by: Angel with a sword at October 23, 2013 09:45 PM (hpgw1) ??????????

Posted by: Vendette at October 23, 2013 05:48 PM (MpP9p)

96 Me too Infidel.. I have two feeders I hang every spring and I can just watch them for hours. They are mean little bastards though! Posted by: jewells
-----------------------

The bears ate our hummingbird feeders. Came up on the porch to do it.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at October 23, 2013 05:48 PM (aDwsi)

97 walt Dirty rhino..., i don't know if you wanted all your pics to be assessable?

Posted by: willow at October 23, 2013 05:49 PM (nqBYe)

98 Yea, I noticed the tires too. Reminds me of Bandemere. Nothing like nitro first thing in the morning.

Posted by: Infidel at October 23, 2013 05:49 PM (gqEUi)

99 69 It is incredibly easy to 'borrow' a digital photo. Exactly. It is also incredibly easy to get rid of the obvious copyright thing with photoshop, so why bother? It doesn't protect you. Really, you should be glad somebody wants to use your work. This is reality. Sucks, but real.

Posted by: Photon at October 23, 2013 05:49 PM (CpWI4)

100 >>> One day soon (3 days to 5 years) you will have to be prepared to crawl out of the rubble and fight for a new day Flowers will grow out of the rubble. Rubble will look better under a mostly cloudy sky with intermittent breaks of sun. Take some joy in the day you have, ya grumpy bastid.

Posted by: fluffy at October 23, 2013 05:50 PM (AynnL)

101 anyway, i can't take a great pic to save my life.

Posted by: willow at October 23, 2013 05:50 PM (nqBYe)

102 Fuck the flora and fauna.

How about the 1967 Mustang that I should have bought for $2,500?

http://tinyurl.com/kamwuvj

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 23, 2013 05:51 PM (oJ5Fd)

103 anyway, i can't take a great pic to save my life.

pics or it didn't happen.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at October 23, 2013 05:52 PM (LSErD)

104 anyway, i can't take a great pic to save my life. Posted by: willow at October 23, 2013 09:50 PM (nqBYe) Keep clicking away. It often takes a lot of not-so-good pics before you hit the jackpot.

Posted by: Vendette at October 23, 2013 05:52 PM (MpP9p)

105 Those cheerleaders look a little natural, eh?

Posted by: A Conservative Teacher at October 23, 2013 05:52 PM (idosS)

106 Charilie Brown, wow, no way? what in 1971?

Posted by: willow at October 23, 2013 05:53 PM (nqBYe)

107 If the Cards come back it will truly be a miracle.

Posted by: Vendette at October 23, 2013 05:53 PM (MpP9p)

108 Really, you should be glad somebody wants to use your work.

Hey Stallman, is that you?

Posted by: Purp[/i][/b][/u][/s] at October 23, 2013 05:54 PM (l5zzX)

109

Damn CBD.

Posted by: Infidel at October 23, 2013 05:54 PM (gqEUi)

110 score?

Posted by: thunderb at October 23, 2013 05:54 PM (zOTsN)

111

Makes me long for my old Nikon F2-a system, replete with shoulder busting bag of prime lenses.

I need to invest in a Nikon DSLR. Sometimes, being a Luddite ain't all it's cracked up to be.

Beautiful.......nay, STUNNINGLY beautiful photos there, sir. My highest compliments.

Jim

Sunk New Dawn

Galveston, TX

Posted by: Jim at October 23, 2013 05:54 PM (vvk2F)

112 5-0, top of the 5th, 2 out, runners on 1st and 2nd.

Posted by: Vendette at October 23, 2013 05:55 PM (MpP9p)

113 0-5 Sox

Posted by: L, elle at October 23, 2013 05:55 PM (fR6i8)

114 Correction, runners on 2nd and 3rd.

Posted by: Vendette at October 23, 2013 05:55 PM (MpP9p)

115 poop. a closer could dork it up

Posted by: thunderb at October 23, 2013 05:56 PM (zOTsN)

116 I have a bit of a different take on speed
http://www.flickr.com/photos/dontheflyer/6157157611/in/set-72157627693807182

Posted by: Dontheflyer at October 23, 2013 05:56 PM (AsbsG)

117 Pretty pictures shall not be enjoyed when the Republic is DYING!

Posted by: Angel with the TRU-CON blade at October 23, 2013 05:56 PM (GJc4d)

118 Posted by: willow at October 23, 2013 09:53 PM (nqBYe)

1993

I had a little spare cash, and headed into the Central Valley to poke around. I found a great one for $2,500, but I thought that was too much, and anyway I wanted the smaller body with the small block 289.

Yes, I am an asshole...and stupid to boot.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 23, 2013 05:57 PM (oJ5Fd)

119 i have some old Minolta job with a bag of lenses i don't actually know how to use.

Posted by: willow at October 23, 2013 05:57 PM (nqBYe)

120 I call this one Bicycle Seat On Fence: TT

Posted by: Caharles Jhonsen at October 23, 2013 05:57 PM (Dwehj)

121
Hey Dirty, would you consider photographing my cha-cha?

Posted by: Sandra Fluke at October 23, 2013 05:58 PM (pJF+c)

122 >>> I have a bit of a different take on speed She's purty. I'll be in my bunk.

Posted by: fluffy at October 23, 2013 05:58 PM (AynnL)

123 Charlie Brown, i'm not much into cars, unless an old stingray or such. I like mountain climbing or hauling trailers type vehicles. But that was gorgeous/

Posted by: willow at October 23, 2013 05:58 PM (nqBYe)

124 Keep clicking away. It often takes a lot of not-so-good pics before you hit the jackpot. Posted by: Vendette at October 23, 2013 09:52 PM (MpP9p Yeah. Somehow i got tagged with taking great pics so I am the go to cameraman at family events. Uh no, just take a helluva lot of pics. Digital FTW!

Posted by: RWC at October 23, 2013 05:59 PM (LpbKr)

125 Very nice photos. My mother has taken up photography. She managed to snap an awesome photo of a cardinal in a tree after a snowstorm and has some really great hummingbird pictures.

Posted by: no good deed at October 23, 2013 05:59 PM (k55Fc)

126 Great photos, and it would have been great if the Mantis's were doing the nasty More to 'rons taste.

Posted by: Guido " at October 23, 2013 06:00 PM (JvtXj)

127 Great photos, and it would have been great if the Mantis's were doing the nasty More to 'rons taste.

Posted by: Guido " at October 23, 2013 06:00 PM (JvtXj)

128 Beautiful images! Thank you for sharing.

Posted by: Bluey Raisin at October 23, 2013 06:00 PM (Skqnh)

129

possums driving my terriers nuts tonight

they think they are big rodents

prolly faint if they ever got a hold of one

Posted by: thunderb at October 23, 2013 06:00 PM (zOTsN)

130 me with camera, Hey stay just where you are ! Don't move! no really ok move a little!
wait wrong lense, hold on. Lets' start over, I scream at the hummingbird.

Posted by: willow at October 23, 2013 06:01 PM (nqBYe)

131 Uh no, just take a helluva lot of pics. Digital FTW! Posted by: RWC at October 23, 2013 09:59 PM (LpbKr) One of the best photos I've ever taken was of an Army 21-gun salute battery; I have over a dozen pics of guns and smoke and one with the sweet shot. Olympus 35mm, 400 speed film.

Posted by: Vendette at October 23, 2013 06:01 PM (MpP9p)

132 Posted by: willow at October 23, 2013 09:58 PM (nqBYe)

The one I saw in Stockton was at least as nice on the outside, and had a beautiful engine. Seats needed work. But shit....it's worth $40,000 today.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 23, 2013 06:01 PM (oJ5Fd)

133 OT

Just got my weekly+ call from the NRSC... 8:55pm CDT... Decided to pick up today...

Told them NOT A DIME to the NRSC this election cycle unless they get the McCain's and Lindsey Grahams to retire...

He took it well.

Posted by: phreshone at October 23, 2013 06:02 PM (Pr6hk)

134 throws camera at hummingbird.

Posted by: willow at October 23, 2013 06:02 PM (nqBYe)

135 ONT up

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at October 23, 2013 06:02 PM (DmNpO)

136 Posted by: Vendette at October 23, 2013 10:01 PM (MpP9p)

Links?

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 23, 2013 06:02 PM (oJ5Fd)

137 " I call this one Bicycle Seat On Fence: "

*Golf clap*

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at October 23, 2013 06:02 PM (OuGy9)

138 >>> prolly faint if they ever got a hold of one Well, yeah.

Posted by: fluffy at October 23, 2013 06:03 PM (AynnL)

139 Links? Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 23, 2013 10:02 PM (oJ5Fd) No links, but if I can I'll get it posted here.

Posted by: Vendette at October 23, 2013 06:04 PM (MpP9p)

140 Chalie Brown I Know! I can't imagine what my dads split window coupe vette or my 72 vette converatble would go for these days.

i might be able to actually take a vacay .

Posted by: willow at October 23, 2013 06:05 PM (nqBYe)

141
Almost 30 comments before someone made a pony-tailed bike rider jazz guitarist joke. Fuckin' slackers. It's like I don't know you jackwagons anymore.....

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at October 23, 2013 06:06 PM (MBqvE)

142 I started doing photography semi-professionaly (meaning I get paid, but not enough to support a family without a 9-5er paying the bills). The more I do it, the more I cant wait to quit the 9-5er.

Here's one from a shoot I did yesterday.

http://tinyurl.com/mkfqoru

Posted by: Dr.Mr.Badman at October 23, 2013 06:10 PM (Xn32S)

143 Crossbows rule!!!

Posted by: a genoese guy at October 23, 2013 06:11 PM (tHXgZ)

144

possums driving my terriers nuts tonight

they think they are big rodents

prolly faint if they ever got a hold of one

That's our tactic. "Quondo Omni Flunkus Mortati"

Posted by: The Possums at October 23, 2013 06:11 PM (DajPN)

145 I have been clicking on to a random blog that ace has in the side bar every once in a while. A different one every time, exploring. Tonight I clicked on to American Digest and found the most beautifully stunning pictures titled "Autumn in America". Ah, it was good for my soul, this is such a beautiful country, we are so lucky. Here's the link, enjoy: http://tinyurl.com/mvsvput

Posted by: just a citizen at October 23, 2013 07:00 PM (Nx76m)

146
There are a few occasions when I *so* wished I had a camera. One occurred in January 2012. I was at the bus stop at 7:10 AM, about 20 minutes before dawn. The sky was very unusual: lots of extremely high clouds (I believe they're called cirrostratus); and on that day, they formed a solid layer of cloud, not just a few broken clouds here and there. As I looked up, I saw that there was a line on the clouds running north and south: to the west of the line, it was shady, to the east it was light. And the line was moving toward the west. Then it hit me: God almighty, that's the Earth's shadow!

I'd never seen anything like it before, and probably I'll never see it again. And no camera!

Posted by: Brown Line at October 23, 2013 07:11 PM (a5bF3)

147 very nice i take shitty pictures......so i'm impressed

Posted by: phoenixgirl @phxazgrl at October 23, 2013 07:18 PM (8JJ6O)

148 I got a C in a photography class I took in college. I'd see something, think "now that would make a nice photograph" and then I'd find - something was off. Not centered or angled right or something. Too much sky or too much sidewalk or boring instead of dramatic. I thought the class was going to be an easy A. It was then I realized there was more to photography than I had thought.

Posted by: Donna V. sez WTF cards? at October 23, 2013 07:25 PM (R3gO3)

149 Nice pictures. I took photography in high school - black & white where we developed the pix ourselves. Didn't keep it up, but spent years in the dark room developing electron micrographs. Was happy when we started moving to digital cameras.

Posted by: Y-not at October 23, 2013 07:29 PM (5H6zj)

150 For those of you who believe you're simply incapable of taking good photos, it's just not true. It just takes a good bit of practice and a willingness to fail 99% of the time until you finally get it right. The first and most important thing I learned that helped my photography was the fact that what you leave out of the photograph is most often as important as what you capture in it.

The great thing about digital photography is that you don't have to spend a fortune taking bad photos on film before you get any good at it. Also, you'd be amazed at how many seemingly bad photos actually turn out to be pretty good when you go back and look at them later and suddenly discover that a little bit of judicious cropping makes all the difference in the world.

Posted by: DamnDirtyRINO at October 23, 2013 07:54 PM (m0h0I)

151 Oh, and did someone say something about bike photos?

http://is.gd/GocK6l

Heh.

Posted by: DamnDirtyRINO at October 23, 2013 08:02 PM (m0h0I)

152 I love to look at pictures. But you have to have an eye, something inate, you have it, I don't so it makes me appreciate the pictures even more. I particularly like the horse picture. You captured the essence of the horse and the praying mantis is amazing. I'd take the bird shot and look at it and have missed the bird and have the background sans bird.

Your horse pictures remind me so much of Richard Stone Reeves' work. Yes, he was a painter but his painting and your horse picture have the same essence.

Posted by: just a citizen at October 23, 2013 10:23 PM (Nx76m)

153 One of the best cars ever made.

Posted by: Vic at October 24, 2013 02:26 AM (zZbNF)

154 Nice post. Thanks. It's fulfilling to create beauty, and work with your hands.

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at October 24, 2013 04:05 AM (IXrOn)

155 Beautiful, thanks for sharing those!

Posted by: JT2 at October 24, 2013 05:24 AM (U3CzV)

156 To be honest, I wouldn't mind seeing a weekly photography thread, a la the gun and book threads on Sunday.

Posted by: kalel666 at October 24, 2013 05:32 AM (gSqI7)

157 Very nice Walt we have similar interests. I too have had to try and convert old interests and hobbies into food and rent.

http://tinyurl.com/m7s37hg

Hope you are more successful at it than I am!

Posted by: CRD at October 24, 2013 06:09 AM (MutHI)

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