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Nice to see everyone shooting vigorously.

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Damn you guys are good. Great pics.

Ever think about a CA photo contest? Monthly, semi-annually, annually?

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We tried a small weekly one. Winner picked the next weeks theme. It died. Lol

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What was the theme again, lol. Did we ever pick another theme? I do kind of find that regimentation takes the
fun out of things for me.

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:r Brad.

Well took a trip down to the pier this morning for a bit before the rain came. Pix coming shortly.

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Pulled a Justin today. I have a Nikon D70, but even when I snapped my cheapest lens on it, I still felt really bad about
my plan; to leave it in the car 24 hours a day and 365 days a year, extreme heat to bitter cold. And even though I
have three other cameras I like more, I felt bad about, if nothing more, leaving a good battery to die under those
conditions. So it was an easy decision when I saw a beat up, used D70 at Ado today for $99. I prefer to pay $75 for
a beater, its more fair that way, but I get another charger, another battery and a beater body for $99....I can leave
that one in the car without whining about it. And I may even sell the good D70 one day to my landlord.

So after telling the story, that's not ALL that Justin-ey, but don't we REALLY all know that he is gonna buy
another camera here in about a month or less? Don't we? I guess what I really pulled was a Brad.

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Yeh you pulled a Brad, Brad. :r

Nah. Next camera I buy will be a Canon 5D mkII, and even then I'll have to sell the 60D to help fund that.

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Originally Posted by emopunker2004 (Post 1837880)

We tried a small weekly one. Winner picked the next weeks theme. It died. Lol

Think I won that thing a few times, never did see a cigar out of it.....:r

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I should have some more pics after this weekend. There's a huge parade in Dearborn on Monday, and the Civil War Remembrance activities at Greenfield Village all weekend long. That should make for some interesting material!

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Originally Posted by MrClean (Post 1838596)

Just a few I've taken over the last few months.
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7433/8...7dbff82a_c.jpg
Lilac bush after the rain by Jeff Carroll01, on Flickr
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7395/8...3d2d19c1_c.jpg
Sunset by Jeff Carroll01, on Flickr
From our trip to San Diego....on the Midway
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7311/8...13f28504_c.jpg
Jets on the Midway by Jeff Carroll01, on Flickr
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8400/8...1b4d6399_c.jpg
San Diego library downtown by Jeff Carroll01, on Flickr

Did you use a polarizing filter on the library one? Nice shots, BTW!

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Originally Posted by shark (Post 1839066)

Did you use a polarizing filter on the library one? Nice shots, BTW!

Thanks Ron, yes I do use a CPL filter. I believe that was taken with the 24-105. I was surprised how much of a difference the filter makes.

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Where I really notice the CPL is in the WOODS. Makes those greens just scream out.

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Originally Posted by MrClean (Post 1838596)

Just a few I've taken over the last few months.

Lilac bush after the rain by Jeff Carroll01, on Flickr
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7395/8...3d2d19c1_c.jpg
Sunset by Jeff Carroll01, on Flickr
From our trip to San Diego....on the Midway
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7311/8...13f28504_c.jpg
Jets on the Midway by Jeff Carroll01,on Flickr

Cool shots!

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Originally Posted by MrClean (Post 1836272)

Haven't had much time to dedicate to shooting. But I did finally get an IR filter for my 50mm 1.8. I'd love to convert my T2i to an IR camera, but my daughter will be using it for the next couple of years. :rolleyes:

First shot I took with the filter
http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3690/8...92c34dff_b.jpg
Infrared by Jeff Carroll01, on Flickr

It was a bad angle in relation to the sun, but it was getting late and I wanted to at least try it out.

Killer! Love the evil softness.

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The new Flickr sucks a55.
I tried to read EXIF data on one of my own files and I can't even do that
anymore. The page loads are egregiously slow, thumbnails won't load,
it puts way too much emphasis on what my contacts are posting, as if it
belonged right there in my face every time I visit the site. Nothing new
comes without effort, but this new iteration of FLICKR SUX.

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The disease continues....I only wanted to have a camera for the car, in hot times and in cold.
I couldn't bear to think of my D70, with it's 1/500th of a sec flash sync speed getting wasted like that,
so when they flashed a $99 one in front of me, I had to have it. Then I decided to find the cheapest lens
I could get to throw in the trunk with it, and there was this $30 Tamron 28-200. SO now they are
together forever in the trunk. And after my second D200 arrives next week, I PROMISE I WILL BE DONE with
this GD Nikon Acquisition Syndrome

http://i1294.photobucket.com/albums/...ps248618fd.jpg

http://i1294.photobucket.com/albums/...ps04afc4a2.jpg

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Lol UR sick in the head brad

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Originally Posted by Blak Smyth (Post 1839486)

Cool shots!

Thanks Shane!

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Originally Posted by Blak Smyth (Post 1839488)

Killer! Love the evil softness.

That's a good way to describe it! And naturally a Zombie would love it. :r

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Originally Posted by shark (Post 1839606)

http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p...psafc0f89a.jpg

That is a really cool, waterfall I guess, either way nice pics Ron!

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Originally Posted by OLS (Post 1839489)

It has social networky feel to me.....and I can't stand it. I wish we could opt for the previous version!

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Yeah, technically that's a waterfall. A man-made one. I wondered exactly how it was done until I saw it during a drought where the water was really low and not flowing over it. It's actually a dam, straight on one side but coming down in steps on the other to give it a natural look, using a lot of natural rock. it's part of a hydro-eletric generation system that Henry Ford had built at his mansion. In 1916. I mean in 1916 that was unheard of!

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Well me and a buddy went out late last night to shoot the city at night. Should be posting those up today.

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Nice pics Ron, Justin those night shots are awesome!!

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Originally Posted by MrClean (Post 1839959)

Nice pics Ron, Justin those night shots are awesome!!

Thanks Jeff. A buddy and I went out last night for a few hours shooting those

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