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Heck of a shot, Jeff.....

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awesome pictures

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OK, this is a pretty cool place for me to share as a photo. This is the old Supreme court building in New Orleans, or a doorway of it anyway.
When I was a boy, this building also housed the LA Wildlife and Fisheries Museum, which was unbelievable for a kid. We would take field trips
here often, and the place was PACKED with stuffed wildlife in dioramas. Bears, coyotes, raccoons, snakes and snakes and snakes....
a couple of really nice aquariums as well. I know there was other stuff in there, natural history and geology and stuff, but there
is no competition for a young LA boy. This is another of those breaking dawn shots I get when the sun starts to bounce rays up
and over the horizon, and wherever I am in the Quarter at the time ends up getting the good light. Although we are fairly advanced
in that time here.......Snap Snap.

http://i1294.photobucket.com/albums/...ps330f7dd9.jpg

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St. Augustine film shots. Nikon FG taken on Fuji Velvia 100

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7072/...a13c4aa2_c.jpgimg625 by emopunker2004, on Flickr

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7455/...0f94ec6a_c.jpgimg626 by emopunker2004, on Flickr

https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5230/...fa89f917_c.jpgimg622 by emopunker2004, on Flickr

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7046/...6aa0442d_c.jpgimg621 by emopunker2004, on Flickr

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7341/...b3f78f5d_c.jpgimg642 by emopunker2004, on Flickr

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https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7234/...cf34a599_c.jpgimg615 by emopunker2004, on Flickr

https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3830/...e6458386_c.jpgimg614 by emopunker2004, on Flickr

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7402/...cbdbceb4_c.jpgimg613 by emopunker2004, on Flickr

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7186/...b4348f91_c.jpgimg629 by emopunker2004, on Flickr

https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3790/...c13d114d_c.jpgimg633 by emopunker2004, on Flickr

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Cool cat

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Damn Justin, i was just there this past Thursday! Beautiful day it was for beach walking and photo shooting. I missed that museum, though, but I did get some shots of the main lobby area of the Flagler College. I have to wait until I get home to post anything since the hotel seems to have the card reader slots on the PC shut off... :td

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The weather officially sucked while I was down south! It was nice when I arrived, but it was already later in the day. Tuesday: all day downpour. Wednesday: clear, but pretty chilly with a steady 25 MPH wind. Thursday in Saint Augustine was perfect. Friday: ANOTHER all day downpour. Saturday: Cool, drizzly, and miserable all freaking day. Sunday: Better, not perfect but after the previous days it was fine. Monday (OF COURSE when I had to leave) SUNNY and WARM!! :sl Whatever pics I managed to get will follow shortly.

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Surf rolling into the beach on St. Simons Island:
https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7311/...0f15e737_b.jpgDSC_6209_1 by sairtapdlanor, on Flickr

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Strong winds, like I said. The spray coming off of the tops of the waves is a clue:

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7166/...3fec07a7_b.jpgDSC_6222_1 by sairtapdlanor, on Flickr

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https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2899/...27d27a0a_b.jpgDSC_6219_1 by sairtapdlanor, on Flickr

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Spanish moss hanging from the live oaks. This is a small neighborhood park on St. Simons as well, that used to be a small Indian village way back in the day:

https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5272/...6376dbef_b.jpgDSC_6282_1 by sairtapdlanor, on Flickr

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Leading the parade - Marine Corps Color Guard at the head of the 2014 Le Krewe de Etat' parade in uptown New Orleans.

http://i1294.photobucket.com/albums/...ps87f45896.jpg

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I dug up the ancestors of these Iris in the marsh ponds south of New Orleans while we were "fishing for TV" back in the late 80s.
Technically, they are the same plant, I guess. They were grown in St. Louis, MO, Concord, NC and now in the mountains of
western NC. OOps, NOT there.....in Memphis, INSTEAD of western NC. My mother couldn't or didn't want to move them and
deal with them up in the high elevations. I imagine I will dig one up for her, though, and take it to her when I visit soon.

This is one of my two favorite Nikkor manual focus lenses, an 85mm f/2. My real favorite of the two is the 105mm f/2.5.
Both of them create such wonderful photos. I think the 105mm can be had used these days for $150 or so, worth every
single penny, IMO. 85mms seem to demand an unfair (to me) premium and are tough to get under about $250. But the
F/2 seems to be a really good performer in a wide variety of light conditions, despite the "slow" f/2. Everyone seems to
want the 1.4 or 1.8, and they are surely fine lenses. I just mean I have never thought "if I only had the 1.4"

http://i1294.photobucket.com/albums/...ps91ba09d4.jpg

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Glad I found this thread!!! I am a photographer on the side as well. here are a few of my shots!
cigar and otherwise
http://i579.photobucket.com/albums/s...ps1b5d29a4.jpg
http://i579.photobucket.com/albums/s...ie_contest.jpg
http://i579.photobucket.com/albums/s...ylyn04CARD.jpg
http://i579.photobucket.com/albums/s...ontest2012.jpg
http://i579.photobucket.com/albums/s..._3512_edit.jpg
Let me know if you want to see more! Hope these aren't too NSFW for here?

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Lucky you

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The entrance to Flagler College:

https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5040/...2ca94871_b.jpg
[url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/97465131@N04/13971300881/]

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https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5046/...beb9b929_b.jpg
DSC_6417_1 by sairtapdlanor, on Flickr

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Inside the main lobby, a detail from the ceiling. I'd bet that's all hand painted:

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7410/...33b16b55_b.jpg
[url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/97465131@N04/13974901604/]

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https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7165/...70f458bc_b.jpg
[url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/97465131@N04/13971256642/]

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https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7365/...a8c0bc6c_b.jpg
[url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/97465131@N04/13971261191/]

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I for one DEMAND more hot chix.

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Ditto! I'd like to see more hot chicks as well :tu

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Your wish is my command...

http://stokereport.s3.amazonaws.com/...f6af34f5b6.jpg

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Oooh, I wish I was a loofah.

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hahahaha...awesome!
Ok here are a few more of my shots.

http://i579.photobucket.com/albums/s...Yuranny1-1.jpg

http://i579.photobucket.com/albums/s...88_editweb.jpg

http://i579.photobucket.com/albums/s..._contest-1.jpg

http://i579.photobucket.com/albums/s..._9490web-1.jpg

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I'm glad Brandon found our little thread :D

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I ought to have some nice portraits next week, nothing racy (I don't think) when I shoot some promo shots for a young
and hungry country singer in town. Hard working young lady, but NOT WAY talented. But she writes and plays well enough,
and dogs don't cover their ears when she sings, so she will get there I hope. She mostly "sweets" her way into a crowd's
hearts, and the music works it's way into folks as the night goes on. But I really wanted the chance to shoot some stuff like
this for free just to show I can do it and to generate a little interest in a music-rich town. And most of these people just have
no money. If my hobby's product is the only thing holding them back from being noticed, I want to do something to make it
a cheaper and easier road for them. This is a learning hobby for me right now, but if I can make money for it one day when I am
too old to want to work, it sure will be a great help.

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My ole pal Asklee K of the Midtown Violets lookin super sweet. Another one that is going to make a splash.

http://i1294.photobucket.com/albums/...ps068879a5.jpg

And lordy, if I don't give my other buddy Karen equal time, it would not look good. Same night, a wonderful,
cool, breezy, fun evening in Memphis.

http://i1294.photobucket.com/albums/...ps955a4098.jpg

www.midtownviolets.com

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Brandon, you lucky bastige! :tu And Brad, those women really are easy on the eyes...

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VERY sexy and sweet girls. One of the 'odd' things about them is that wherever they play a lot, they have 'uncles'
whom they stay with while they are in town, and in Memphis, that is my friend Mark. I got close to them over the last
3-4 years and was able to see them go from two good solo acts to a terrific duo. I would love for them to hit it big
in some form. Nothing but love for the Midtown Violets.

Boardgasm

http://i1294.photobucket.com/albums/...ps5d36c901.jpg

Mellow strummin

http://i1294.photobucket.com/albums/...psa1e613ba.jpg

after-song appreciation

http://i1294.photobucket.com/albums/...psf7a07569.jpg

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Some pirate ships docked in Saint Augustine:

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7250/...240b169e_b.jpgDSC_6496_1 by sairtapdlanor, on Flickr

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https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5077/...afaaaa62_b.jpgDSC_6500_1 by sairtapdlanor, on Flickr

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The Jekyll Island Club Hotel. It used to be the private clubhouse for the Jekyll Island Club, a group of some of the wealthiest men in the world at the time (the late 1800's):

https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2900/...1e6ffec1_b.jpgDSC_6590_1 by sairtapdlanor, on Flickr

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https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5545/...9016911b_b.jpgDSC_6593_1 by sairtapdlanor, on Flickr

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Villa Marianna, also on Jekyll Island. Many club members had cottages built there as well:



https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2906/...e305b977_b.jpgDSC_6606_1 by sairtapdlanor, on Flickr

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Volunteer uncles available.
Whew?!

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Dr. George Shrady, a surgeon first for Union troops, then for U.S. presidents, had Cherokee Cottage built in 1904:

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7437/...929d59c7_b.jpgDSC_6602_1 by sairtapdlanor, on Flickr

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Few from a Calendar I shot last year. Considered doing it again this year but just couldn't come up with the $$ to do it.
http://i579.photobucket.com/albums/s...psf9c26c35.jpg

http://i579.photobucket.com/albums/s...ps0f4a93cc.jpg

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That's just not right. Would be the death of me. Mile high in a humidor???

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Can you imagine walking into a humidor to that, though?!? My usual 'nothing for me, thanks' would be "excuse me sir,
you've been in here for an hour, are you buying or WHAT?!?"

HEY, Pirates AND Booty, all on the same day!

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I hate to bore people with the same basic content, but I have 48 views of these bridges, haha...

http://i1294.photobucket.com/albums/...psbb6b0911.jpg

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The fogginess gives that one a sort of dreamlike quality.

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Driftwood Beach on Jekyll Island:

https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2914/...54542e71_b.jpg

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Interesting how years of the salty breeze off of the ocean causes trees to do this:

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7086/...cb60e636_b.jpgDSC_6312_1 by sairtapdlanor, on Flickr

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Some unexpected action in the area tonight:

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7247/...8d189b89_b.jpgDSC_6620_1 by sairtapdlanor, on Flickr

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https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5196/...6b3828c4_b.jpgDSC_6625_1 by sairtapdlanor, on Flickr

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It's a local bar that's been around since,well, read the sign. Sad.

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7395/...e8ca2e27_b.jpgDSC_6630_1 by sairtapdlanor, on Flickr

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https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2926/...1677d092_b.jpgDSC_6635_1 by sairtapdlanor, on Flickr