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I would like to think I did a good job getting past my discomfort with asking people if I could take a few pictures of them. I only have three even decent choices for this week but I like to think they are pretty strong candidates for more than 3 votes each. we shall see. I asked more people who didn’t like the idea and even tried the sneaky method with some other people but never seem to get the focus right or frame the shot very well so I just swallowed my fears and asked a few people.

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I have nothing yet for this. not even any fruit. Doh. on the “Strange” thing I just asked If I could take their pics and told them they might get used in a no prizes photo contest. It felt weird the first time or two but it is getting less weird feeling.

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Wow that really is a wall o text. Cool though.
Bummer about Mr Hegyes passing. I had to google this news because I hadn’t looked at any news stuff since early yesterday.

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Schweet!! I cannot wait to see some good pictures so I know what to look for. Like one will ever show up here for cheap.

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yeah I should use my circular polarizer filter more often but I went cheap and it doesn’t spin around very easy and that usually messes with my focus if I am not paying close enough attention. I do like having one just not the one I have. lol

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Well That means a ton coming from you And Elsinore. Thank you. A bunch.

And Yeah the scooter is fun as long as you don’t wanna do highway speeds. Bonus is it has an electric starter. so unless temps drop below 32 F I don’t have to use the kickstart. Once I find a full time job again I will be getting a super cheap car and a decent motorcycle with helmet!

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Looking for some general input this week, I’ve got WAY more shots for this than for a usual thread. Here is a G+ album of my potentials

https://plus.google.com/u/0/photos/103515623805931649065/albums/5701990388388722193

So any thoughts as to what you good folks like would be much appreciated in making final selections.

It is my opinion that you could just close your eyes and point at three and kick my ass this week. But I would go for the trio of pretty girls all together.
Pigtails, Busted and Blue. but I’m a guy so you know… 😀

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Heh. I just went through the “funny” votes again. I even have one in there and my only goal when I took it was to show a neat looking rock with an interesting backdrop. No funny at all in the shot. I will say almost every one in the top twenty “funny” did have funny captions and things like smiley faces but 90% of them were just pretty and I got no funny from them.

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yeah it certainly looks identical other than the reddish hue to the leaves.

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I’m not diggin’ the funniest category. I think it steals votes from the ‘real’ category.

Yeah I agree. It seems like most of the funny votes are for less than funny entries.

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Heh I’ve had mine at least that fast going down hill. lol! But Nevada specifically says you cannot take them on the highway and I believe that means the side of the road too. Around town is cool. I don’t even have to register it or insure it. Hell the cops don’t even bug me about not having a helmet on my dome.

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Also re vuprop, two things bug me about those photos. One, they look way better than mine and I’m jealous 👿 Two, those huge friggin watermarks ruin it for me. Way over-the-top IMO.

Agreed completely. I won’t vote for them because it seems to me he is just advertizing.
On a side note I wish I could convince any of my friends to visit Fark and vote on these contests. I might get a few more votes that way. Or is it just that my photos actually suck and no one will tell me?

Hey Loki,

We all have photos that suck, my keeper rate is likely < 10% and that's on an "I tried to get the shot" basis not a "shutter click" basis. If I was counting shutter clicks it would likely be < 1%.

FWIW:
I am not soap boxing here, understanding another person’s life is impossible for anyone. It seems like you might be up against a few challenges, but you have one HUGE advantage that I (and probably many of us) would kill for,… location. You are 100 miles from Yosemite and maybe a couple hundred from the Grand Canyon. I would KILL to have that kind of access. For me, that is only going to happen a hand full of times in my life (unless I win the lottery).

I lived in southern Idaho and western Washington when I was young and had little to my name. I got out to Yellowstone, the Tetons and pretty much anywhere in WA every chance I could. Did I say that I would KILL for your access?

Anyways, hope some perspective helps.

Gratuitous Red Green:

“Remember, I’m pulling for ya. We’re all in this together”

“When you feel like a toad on the highway of life… and everyone seems like a steel-belted radial… when you’re lying there squished in an assortment of bodily fluids… at least you left your mark”

Heh I would kill for the transportation to get to those places too. Right now I have no job and only a 50cc scooter for a ride. It would only take the better part of a week to get to the California border since I cannot use it on a highway legally. lol That lottery thing would rock! Maybe I should start buying tickets?

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Thank you Elsinore. It just gets kinda aggravating when I have a total of 8 votes.
So why would you vuprop put a watermark you can see from orbit on those shots? It seems to me they would be even more awe inspiring without the HUGE advertizement on each one.

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Also re vuprop, two things bug me about those photos. One, they look way better than mine and I’m jealous 👿 Two, those huge friggin watermarks ruin it for me. Way over-the-top IMO.

Agreed completely. I won’t vote for them because it seems to me he is just advertizing.
On a side note I wish I could convince any of my friends to visit Fark and vote on these contests. I might get a few more votes that way. Or is it just that my photos actually suck and no one will tell me?

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I like the idea. Personally, I’d like to pick my own photos, but I’d be open to other picking for me too.

I think we should either pick our own or allow people to pick for us, but it should be our choice.

Alternatively, we could allow others to choose from a range of photos we lay out (as has already been tried in this thread). While I have a couple that have scored 4th-6th that I am proud of, a couple others that have tanked are more “iconically” me.

I went with pictures I remembered others liking or voting for as a second criteria. I picked the shots I did because they are a few of my favorites. Having never yet won I certainly didn’t use vote counts to chose.

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