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Gee that was fun! There were some really nice pictures this week. Congrats R. Joe/Cameraflage!

I have to debate whether I’m going to work on hootenanny or finish a quilt, and I’m afraid the quilt might win. Lord knows I’m not a photoshop wizard. :o( Can we haz more themes for the hopperz now, btw?

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“Heme of Farktography Contest No. 408: “Lakes”. Details and rules in first post. LGT next week’s theme”

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I thought I’d be sitting this one out. Arizona isn’t really known for it’s bodies of water (much). But I’ve been cleaning out my Tb backup drive (I was down to 1Gb), and along with freeing up more than 1/2 the space (yay!–man I started out taking crappy photos!), I found oodles of water bodies from my travels around the SW. Now I got an hour to whittle it down to three! Fortunately it’s a furlough week (possibly the last one, *sob, sob*), so I don’t need an OBO for once!

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I may have one more chance this evening to capture more, though the moon won’t be full. We shall see. It’s always seemed once I get something I’ve wanted for a long time, it starts happening with some regularity. Here’s hoping…

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I doubt I’ll get picked myself; looking at the top selling Getty stuff, everything is studio, with white backgrounds. Pretty boring, if you ask me. But I’m not the one buying the stuff. Advertisers seem to sure like white.

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Hey, that’s a good idea, ennui!!

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I really like that first one!

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I agree on the model release angle. I don’t have many portraits, so for my work, that’s not much of an issue (I can get a release via my brother for my niece’s shot.) There are plenty of ads/billboards, etc., though, that don’t feature people. I think it might be best if I make a visit to the library to view some common periodicals and see what’s being advertised–and how.

My guess about the guy starting this? Well he’s got $50 million to invest, courtesy of Getty’s $$. And…gotta start somewhere (realistically I don’t have a prayer but there’s nothing to lose in trying and one never knows…currently I’m not making any money, so why not? As it happens, I spent a fair amount of time talking with T. Hawke regarding this, and he knows the guy who’s starting it up. He’s not an evil person; he sold when the time was right to make some money, which is what business is often about. I often do unique images, not of flowers nor sunsets nor puppies, and I’m betting that by submitting my more unique photos I can at least catch their attention (I lose bets frequently, of course…). It’s on the website where flowers (via the Darlot lens), sunsets (like via the telescope at ultra-high res) and puppies (okay, I don’t have any puppies) would likely appear, along with other stuff.

I agree that stock photography isn’t going to let me retire. I’m looking for maybe an occasional few bucks here…there…very few people actually make a living doing photography, short of wedding photographers, and even those will have needed a spot on Oprah. I’m just thinking of maybe an outlet where my work could be seen and possibly earn me a little side money.

But, I guess I stated poorly, what I’m wondering about is what are your thoughts on content for the inaugural submission? All thoughts, however, are appreciated, so thanks, thus far, fluffyandennuiandbender

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Cool, thanks orionid

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Thanks for the OBO, fluffybunny!!

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I’m going to need an OBO again; I cannot wait for DST to start up again so I don’t have to do this!!

http://fossilspringsaz.com/pics/2013/feb/20/office01.jpg

http://fossilspringsaz.com/pics/2013/feb/20/office02.jpg

http://fossilspringsaz.com/pics/2013/feb/20/office04.jpg

Anyone? Beuller?

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Any and all treatments not normally allowed software-wise are allowed/encouraged for this contest: artsy filters, exposure stacking/HDR, tilt-shift fakes, stitching, etc. NOTE: No pasting or moving subjects not in the original photo(s) like in a PS contest.

No pasting…does that mean no collages? In this instance, I’m not moving anything, but I’m taking sequential slices of sequential images and creating an image that blends 95 frames of the same scene taken over 20 minutes in time. ❓

//edit; having read the discussion thus far, I think I’m good. I’m burning through 95 images, but then…what the hell, I can take nearly the same images again on any given 80 days of a 365 day calendar year…

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So is this exclusively office buildings, or are spaces like restaurants kosher?

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Find me there! U-Man, Else, Kes, Orionid…Ennui (I think); a whole bunch of us are there. I’m under my ‘real’ name, though; Russ Vallelunga. YOu’ll recognize my profile picture. :o)

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seems I recall a couple that had more than 3…

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