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Thanks for the tips, Elsinore and Kestrana. I’ll be fiddling around with Flickr and figuring it out with your suggestions 🙂

Or, just buy a $12 domain from godaddy, and use the free hosting account for posting your images. //sayin’

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#5380; how did you get the anti-vignetting?

#5422 and “The Dance”, did you use a special filter to get those rays eminating away from the subject? (I ask as I’m working on the Darlot Project, bringing 1879 glass to my 2005 EOS.)

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Your horse pictures excite me every time. You have a real gift for them, and deserve every bit of recognition.

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U-Man, while I like teh funnay ones (and find them quite funny), it feels to me that the glass isn’t the focal point. I doubt the voters will care about that, but even without that consideration, I like #4.

rav, great minds and all, I guess, but I’ve got a really similar B to your last B. My one and only bee.

I could crop to that exact shot. The ‘b’ is the b/w version; I opted for color to make the neon lighting’s pattern in the reflections a little more evident as such (whether that gets conveyed or not, who knows.)

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I like the pipe. They don’t change color so much as add orange-tinted resin, which alters the color’s appearance over time and usage.

//or so I’ve read–I surely don’t remember directly those hazy days.

U-Man, I’m partial to Chicago_4605, but only because I’ve taken a similar shot that I like–and almost used (see my b’s).

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Oh no…FSM is down!! How will I know what I already used!!!! Whaaa!!!!!!Looks like I may have to bust out the camera for some last minute shots!

Went down last night. 🙁

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The b’s:

http://fossilspringsaz.com/pics/2011/mar/30/glassbees.html

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For waterhouse stops, I’ve decided to work with cookie press die. They’re about the right size, or I can affix them to something that is. Only $15 bucks at amazon; they’re aluminum which I can paint, and the ‘odder’ shapes I can just keep for making cookies (though some of those might be fun, too.)

I’m lacking in a couple things still; I need a way to attach the darlot to the coupler without damaging the darlot. The waterhouse stops I’ll need to work on once I have the plates in, about a week. I may have the rest figured out, by then. I hope.

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Please help, I’m sick, and tired, and can’t think clearly.

You poor thing! I like Glass Nebula, I like mothership but don’t think it will vote well (like I know, yeah), and Curvy Crystal is good, too. If Bertha has a glass eye…nevermind.

//I’m down to my 3 selections, just can’t pick between a color or b/w version of one.

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I was out shooting pics for ‘Glass II’ and happened upon what I thought was a nice scene. I stole a few shots. Apparently a few too many, as the couple approached me shortly afterward–to ask if I could send them any good ones. Well, insofar as the focus not being quite perfect, meah. But they’re nice enough for them, I suppose. Truthfully I was more interested in the artist/illustrator who was seated behind them. We takes the pictures we have before us, not the ones we want.

But the whispering rabbit makes the pictures, IMHO.

http://fossilspringsaz.com/pics/2011/mar/29/fountain.html

//don’t click the pics, they go to full-res 6.5mb images. And they aren’t any more in focus.

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I’m convinced. I ordered 5 knock-off brand body caps for a buck apiece, plus $3 and change in shipping. I’m in.

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who’da thunk a post about a camera bag would spark so much conversation?

//Gawd, we’re a bunch of geeks.

////Fortunately, I think ‘Glee’ makes that a cool thing, these days. Anyone care to break out in song?

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Gee–I was all proud to have the ‘Canon’ logo on my bag–but then I can see the point about its making it a target for theft. I’ll consider removing it. I might not remove it–but I’ll consider it. 🙂

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I have four so far. Oddly enough, all are natural (not man-made) objects.

Is one of them the letter ‘U’? cuz, ya know, that would just be too appropriate.

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Keep me posted for Sunday/Monday/Tuesday observations; those I usually could do. I look forward to a night without clouds!!

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