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I like the picture too (a lot). Another congrats from me is added to the growing pile.

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Oh my goodness there are some seriously cute dogs up! I voted for an insane amount of pictures because there were so many deserving pictures! I’d want to hug my dog, but she gets stupid when I try to do so. I’ll hug the other dog around here instead (more huggable).

Say it with me now…AwwwwwWWWWwwww!!

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So I just pulled out my stuffy and I got told it’s a raccoon! But it’s red! And it has black feet and a black belly! The only thing is it’s tail is striped. I do have another stuffed dog though, one I got as something. Ooh!! I just realized what I can use!!

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Okay, now you said foxes and stuff….do they have to be live, or would stuffed count? (I have a really pretty stuffed fox, no it’s not a previously live fox, it’s a stuffed animal).

I guess this answers the question of whether or not they have to be our pets. My dog is kind of stupid but we have a friend here with his dog and she’s really pretty and much smarter than my dog, although it’s better now that they actually play and get along.

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Wow, I have a fat butt… Looking at the results thus far was not pleasant. 🙁

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So far, I have:
Spank the monkey
Driving the nail
Double-clicking the mouse
Tapping the keg
Screwing the board
Beating your meat
and Polishing the knob.

would an ape substitute for a monkey, because I have a stuffed ape, and they’re both primates…

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I’ve only come up with 7 possible phrases. Are we not supposed to share these? I’ve no idea what is actually going to work, but it should be fun trying at least.

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Those are great pictures. Apparently mine just show industry, not the beauty of it, so I’m going to pass. I do look forward to seeing everyone’s and voting appropriately.

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Now I feel sheepish but better. I am trying. Silly work gets in the way a lot of days (okay, 5 days out of the week), but I definitely try to get out.

My favorite shots to do are of flowers, but flowers don’t work in everything. I don’t like to garden or grow stuff, but I like to take pictures of them. Go figure. Sometimes I’m told not to enter anything by my husband, but I think trying is better than not. I always want to put in at least 1 picture. I think it’ll only be 2 this time.

Hubby and a friend went to the “city” yesterday and he brought me back batteries as I requested. Silly camera goes through a lot, but I make do and try to make the most of the shots I will get before the batteries go kaput.

Anyway, thank you TONS for the encouragement to just keep going and having fun with it. I feel a lot better about where I am.

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I have one of an industrious person (even includes sawdust). So far it’s only 2 pictures. I’m not sure I have anything for a third. Was thinking of heading to the fish hatchery down the road to see if they’ll let me take a few pictures of what is going on (excluding people because I believe it might be government run and my husband thinks they might not allow pictures to be taken).

Oh wait, I think I have one from a couple of years ago that might work……… It might totally suck though. I’ll have to check it out.

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I do want to make better pictures. Part of how I would know I’m doing better is overall getting more votes. Lots of pictures I see are better than mine. I guess it is asking what makes a photo a good photo versus an okay. Those are okay. They’re not great. Should I have used different lighting? Are the colors not coming out enough? Are they too bright or dark, not cropped well, bad angle or “standard” one that’s boring? Are they too obviously contrived, or placed for taking pictures instead of more part of the environment? Is the subject of the photograph blending in too well with the background or is the background so boring it takes away?

Perhaps I’m thinking too much about this, but I also know that it’s pointless to “keep practicing” if your form is wrong or if you’re practicing the wrong things. I seem to do okay to decent at flowers and almost anything outside, but like a n00b at any other thing it’s just practicing the craft. Thanks.

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I feel stupid now. I should have checked that. I used the IMG code from Photobucket so hopefully it’ll work for someone other than me this time. I see them, but that may not necessarily work for everyone else. Thanks (again).

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An abandoned theme would be great here too. On each side of me is an abandoned house and there’s an abandoned factory across the river. That sounds like fun, actually.

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It’s fine either way. I’m really okay with it. I actually have a couple of other ideas now. I finished my Vice, Vice Baby shots a couple of days ago and I’m looking to just go do others right now. Have only 1, maybe 2 shots currently for this one and something in mind for a third, but we’ll see how that works. Since it’s an open-ended industry theme, so-to-speak, I think all of mine will fit (and all will be different industries, too).

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So basically it’s anything that could be defined as industry? I can go for that, I’m just not sure what else I can photograph.

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