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I don't have my finger on that pulse, you are right I guess. I ought to order at least 200 rounds myself.
That 5hi+ WILL happen again.

Maters..........

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Lightnin bolts......

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I could make a meal out of vine ripened tomatoes. :)


And I wish I had my camera handy today while standing behind a woman at the gas station checkout today....Tight athletic body, tank top, yoga pants....

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:xxx

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Picked up my version of bullets today, supposed to have fungus at the edge of the
rear element, Damned if I CAN find any. Looks like it rolled out of a box somewhere.
Nikkor 50mm F/2 AI lens....$45

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Nice Brad! I have one of those in my old manual gear bag, used to love it!

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Made time the second week in St Louis to take a trip to the Botanical Garden.
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Missouri Botanical Garden by Jeff Carroll01, on Flickr
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Missouri Botanical Garden by Jeff Carroll01, on Flickr
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Missouri Botanical Garden by Jeff Carroll01, on Flickr
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Missouri Botanical Garden by Jeff Carroll01, on Flickr

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Missouri Botanical Garden by Jeff Carroll01, on Flickr
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Missouri Botanical Garden by Jeff Carroll01, on Flickr
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Missouri Botanical Garden by Jeff Carroll01, on Flickr
All I can think is 'Feed me Seymor' :)

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Thanks, Colonel Potter, lol. Its not often someone comes up with one you still have.
Knowing you have greatly pared down, it must be a good one. I have a few faster,
but I don't think they are better. A series E 1.8 and a AF-D 1.8

Hey Jeff, my mother has been out of St. Louis for almost 15 years, but still gets the Botanical Garden
Calendar every year, that's how much she loves that place.

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Yea, I guess I'm a pack rat. I still have a couple F3's and an old F bagged up in the storage unit. I sold off most of my manual stuff years ago (still regret getting rid of the old 300 F2.8 :gary) but kept some of my favorites just in case. I still have 105 F1.8 and a 180 F2.8. Absolutely awesome portrait lenses!

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Hopefully will have some good pics of Blues Traveler tonight! Night show with nothing but stage lighting, so this will be agood test of my photo prowess.
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OH WOW, the 180 2.8 is some lens....I forced myself to pay what they asked for a 180mm 2.8 ED.
I really like that lens, my favorite, very likely.

here is a pic that satisfies all your urges, Col. Potter....shot with the new 50mm f/2
Seeing as it is hand held at 7:30 pm or thereabouts, I am happy. Either 2.8 or 4 at
this point.

http://i1294.photobucket.com/albums/...ps866f5a74.jpg

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John Popper, lead vocals and harmonica

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Brendan Hill on drums

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Chan (Chandler) Kinchla on guitar

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Tad Kinchla on bass

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Annnnd Ben Wilson on keyboards

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Ron, all those came out nice.

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Was out in the garden today. Had plenty of big bumblebees buzzing around. Snapped this pic with my iPhone. Kinda surprised how well it turned out.

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Grabbed very few pics while shooting Saturday, was too busy shooting lol.


My buddy Arthur.

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ART2 by emopunker2004, on Flickr

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:dr:dr

Awesome!

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You know what was BEST, Steve?? It was those chicken thighs....about an hour after this photo,
I cranked the coals up to the highest notch on the adjuster and crisped the skin on em and they were
freaking PHEnomenal. The ribs, ehh, how good are beef ribs ever? They weren't bad at all, but that chicken.
:dr

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These were all done with a point and shoot, so it's really a showcase of the subject matter as opposed to my "skills".
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Found these two guys on the trail just like this.
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Looks like he gave me a present lol, but it's just mud.
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One more....this spider was easily the size of the palm of my hand. He's posturing to try to scare me off.
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I'm not a photog by any means, but is there a shutter speed fast enough to capture those wings? I've seen it done with hummingbirds, but I believe bees wing beats are even faster.

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Of course there is a shutter speed that can do it, the problem is, usually when you are zoomed in, your lens may
have a variable aperture that can be pretty limiting in that regard. Add to that that people often use glass filters to
protect their lenses that can cut you down another half a stop. By the time you combine all the issues, you often
have no access to those shutter speeds. The best you can do is shoot these shots at a time of day when there is the most
light, and of course, have steady hands. You are gonna have to get up there past 1000, maybe as high as 1600, then you
might have a shot. If your camera can take it, you can pump the ISO up to 1250 or higher, and you can likely get
pretty close to the levels you need. With the I-PHONE.....nah, not likely. From the above shot, those look like
box turtles....in hand it looks like some kind of terrapin. Wish I was good on northern turtle species. PM sent.

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Thanks for the info, and PM replied.:tu My photos were taken with a Panasonic point and shoot that is good for underwater use.

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I agree with Brad, the IPhone wouldn't do it. I was surprised to see it did catch them a bit. Had I actually focused on the bee and not the flower, it might've caught them more. I need to break out my D70 to see if I can get a better shot.

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I got confused as to who was actually asking about that, sorry....offered 4wheel a camera, lol. What's worse, he
might BUY ONE one day, lol. Speaking of all that, took a new lens out for a walk today, the same 50mm 2.0 that
I used to shoot those ribs. It was dusk, and I used no discipline, so only about 5 of 20 were any good.

Little rose after the rain.....This rosebush died, the whole dead bush fell over without much provocation.
But cutting grass one day, I saw red new growth in the grass, where one of them had been. Two had died
the same basic death. And then a few weeks later, this......

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The hexagonal diaphragms on these old 50s makes for some grotesque light point bokeh. but they aren't SO bad in the end.

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And even on this photo, you see those hexes....weird

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Is it the last one?? I certainly hope so....I know Capitol one doesn't.
There was a D50 at Ado the other day, $50....it said "Memory card will
not lock in place." I figured the spring mechanism was broken, and I could
put a little tail of tape on the card to have something to extract the SD card
with. Well, it came in, and THEY were right, as they sometimes are, about the
defect. THE SPRING was fine, in fact I could bounce the card in and out, doing,
doing, doing.....but it wouldn't lock.

SO I closed the memory card door on it to force it to the bottom of the channel,
but it wouldn't read the card. I started to sweat a bit, I did not feel like retuning
this thing for $50, it will be 1/3 of that just in postage....Then I rolled a piece of
duct tape into a tube and laid it on the top edge of the card, and closed the card
door, and it read the card and it stayed read. Took it to lunch, shot it up real good
and it is still reading the card. I imagine in time the tape will conform and it may stop
reading it, but tape is cheap, and SO was this little camera. I ordered a $25 dollar
lens for it, so for $75 I have a nice small, entry-level Nikon.

Anybody want to buy a small, entry-level Nikon? :r

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Bring on the apocalypse......provided I can charge batteries.

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Best thing is there is not one of them that I paid anywhere near the perceived value for,
except for the last D90 which I bought for my sister in a rush before I saw her, still paid
$100 less than going rate. And thanks to Shark, who traded his abandoned D100 for cigars.

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So how is that D100 working for you? Pics still coming out bluish without tweaking anything? I knew how to do it, I just didn't like that, and the fact that the metering was all over the place, at least for me. I'm very picky, as I've said before!

Missed out on some shots of three hawks flying overhead at work. I was outside and saw them, right overhead beginning to ride the thermal currents, so I ran to my car and got my camera, but they got up there pretty high really quick! I need a longer telephoto. I'm sure my coworkers were wondering WTF, because I was in plain view of the windows.... :D

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I like old architecture:

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Nice way to get some business. Ford Model A:

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This is Lake Erie Metropark, where the Detroit River empties into Lake Erie, maybe 1.5 hours after sunrise:

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I like Rose of Sharon blossoms:

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White and rose/magenta are very nice, too:

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Nice pics Ron! The sun rays coming through the clouds, I love those scenes, nice captures.

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Here are a few bird pictures I took this winter. I really enjoy watching the birds that come to my feeders. Haven't been playing with the camera much lately.

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Warren, those are beautiful bird pics!

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I have yet to even take a series of photos with that camera. It is in a bag of potpourri right now,
trying to knock out the smoke that is embedded deep in the rubber and electronics. You must
smoke an awful lot of cigars and cigarettes inside, I guess it having been winter and all.

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From a soccer tourney that my Little One's team won this week/weekend.... This is after she scored the first goal in the Championship Game...

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Love seeing pics like this E.J.
The excitement on her face is awesome!

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Well, we all know what week it is, right??

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Nikkor 50mm 1.8....what a lens. I picked this second copy up used at the usual place,
(thanks Justin for the tip) for a measly $50. NOTHING I can find wrong with it. It DOES
have a 16th of an inch GOUGE in the plastic on one side, like it hit something like a...gouge
I guess. But damn, it is better in a lot of ways than even my brand now out of the box one.

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Last bits of Summer by Brad-OLS, on Flickr

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A few people from the Texas herfs might recognize this lovely lady that posed for me recently.

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