The archives yielded nada and I ran out of time to try anything new, so I’m gonna have to watch this one from the sidelines.

U-Man, good to see you back. Your Migrant Mother last week was really well done and coincidentally timed for me. I was laid out sick the week before and spent part of that time to catch up on some DVR’d shows, one of…

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I still haven’t even seen what y’all have posted.

“Images which exceed 500KB will be automatically rejected. Entries larger than 850 pixels wide or 1500 pixels tall will be scaled proportionally to a maximum of 850 x 1500… but it will look far better, and will much more easily fit in the file size limit, if you rescale it yourself first.…

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Old n00b. :/

Congrats to U-Man this week!

Thanks. I had fun with that silly shot. 🙂

And this is the last one she did. It was her own inspiration, she didn’t warn me and is one of the many reasons we get along so…Read more

Go figger.

It’s up!

That’s what she said.

For those who do not know enough about depression, I invite you to read this:

http://hyperboleandahalf.blogspot.com/

It’s about as accurate a representation as I have ever read, AND it’ll make you laugh.

Wow. I enjoyed that. But it made even more clear to me that depression sucks.

/really, I was.
//You guys are causing me to count my blessings. I’m sending out some good juju for y’all. Hope you receive it.

Dayum, U-Man; I think this contest is over with your first entry! The voters are going to go nuts, and totally forget all the other shots posted after (except probably your second one).

sleeping; your IR shot is awesome, I’m sure you want it envotenated?

Thanks rav. But I see through your veiled compliment to the fiendish jinx that lay beneath.…Read more

/it was my own epiphany about the borrowed part, not a borrowed epiphany.

/and thanks for the links.

I’ve got blue, I’ve got new, got options for old, but borrowed, I don’t have a clue!

I call dibs on borrowing U-man‘s kids. You could borrow a stapler.

It only counts as borrowing if you keep them for a whole week.

I was actually considering borrowing a friend’s kids. Would that count? Or is it stretching the concept a bit?

rav – real life can bite sometimes.

You’re correct ennui, http://www.fark.com/comments/7212319 – point iii)

Thanks a bunch.

I can’t find this info on fark. It’s hiding. Can anybody point it out?

U-Man, are you using a Cokin Star Filter for those images? Cool shots.

Nope. No filter at all. Just f/22. Really and seriously. The Riviera I shot last night. Using about a 2 minute exposure, I ‘painted’ the front with 15-20 hand held flash shots and then I crouched behind it with a flash just peeking out and shooting back at the camera.

Here’s…Read more

Tell Tony that he has a pretty sweet ride. 🙂

😛

Like this one – http://goodmanreed.com/images/sized/images/uploads/1978Mercedes450SL28KMain-763×450.jpg

It would have looked sweet in a corn field or a two-track.

What about models of old cars? I think I have a ’57 Chevy model and would like to try photographing it against an ‘infinity wall’ of curved paper.

I’m totally cool if this is restricted to real cars.

If my 3rd is unacceptable for any reason please let me know. I have other, less funny choices. 🙂

i thought we decided you were going to be busy with birthday party and not enter tonight.

Ha! I am having a nice evening – complete with brisket cooked for 5 hours and parsley potatoes and cheesecake – but I got some archive shots in there.

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I have a feeling this is going to be one of those contests where if its close its good and just hope the voters like you.

Pretty much. It will be difficult drawing a clear line, particularly for casual folks who don’t frequent the forum here. I’ll try to police truly egregious ones, however, this brings me to the more important piece for me,…

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I have a feeling this is going to be one of those contests where if its close its good and just hope the voters like you.

This.

Well phuq….

Congratulations, U-Man, on the win this week! 😆

Nice. I’m not feeling the magic though. I don’t have picked out yet.

I have a feeling this is going to be one of those contests where if its close its good and just hope the voters like you.

This.

Do you…Read more

Can we increase the limit for this theme to, say, about 50 entries?

lol obviously orionid types faster than I do

Not the first time my fingers have been accused of being fast. 😆

/Won’t be the last, either. 😈

I don’t know about that boy. He’s got Roman eyes and Russian hands.

Mopsy, orionid’s pic was done with a ‘mechanically’ altered camera. There weren’t any unusual software manipulations.

I have to select #3 and I’m not super happy…Read more

U-Man, although I’m afraid it’s still going to kick my ass, the operative part of your question is “Three Sisters PARK“.

I’ll go with yes (since it turns out it’s my theme 🙂 )

Cool. So it’s a pretty open theme. We will have to operate on the honor system (like we do for lots of stuff) this week. I have some photos of birds and cattails and…Read more

Don’t hesitate to say no if they don’t fit.

Also, per Mopsy’s advice, I just downloaded Picasa 3 and used their collage maker. Easy-peasy.

Also, per Mopsy’s advice, I just downloaded Picasa 3 and used their collage maker. Easy-peasy.

Hey U-Man, that pic, the one with the two sides of you, is awesome.

Why thank you. I shot the pics and put it together wham-bam this evening. I wish I had started earlier and got it more ‘perfect’. But I’m happy with it.

So is it really just two actual pictures/exposures that you cut up in different ways to assemble? Or is it several of each…

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