[U-Man]

Happy 1 year farktograversary to me!

w00t!

And yeah, way to go with the insta-classic theme on your Farktograversary 😉

Gimmie an “E”!
Gimmie a “P”!
Gimmie an “I”!
Gimmie a “C”!

Happy Farktograversary.

[U-Man]

Yeah. Can haz?

[U-Man]

It’s not my theme but fog and snow and ice are not water in my book.

[U-Man]

CauseISaidSo,

I don’t know if I like the write-up idea or not. Mixed thoughts on that. I found your thoughts and insight interesting. So, unless the next few turn out pompous or something, I think you might be onto something.

I had some thoughts that your comments stirred up –

Granite counter top. Maybe it didn’t work well for this one but keep it in mind for the future. As you stated, you needed to balance the angle between reflection and roundness of the peace sign. But the polished granite works great for the reflective part – see examples –>

http://photos.imageevent.com/ulle17/fark/PBandJ_3612.jpg
http://photos.imageevent.com/ulle17/fark/Shot_7010.jpg

I read quite a bit of this site’s stuff and it gave me a better understanding of flash photography. http://www.strobist.blogspot.com/ The archives were especially nice, I thought.

If you can afford it, some sort of off-camera cable or other device reaaaaallly opens up some different looks.

I find manual flash to be much better than ETTL. I have only been doing this for less than a year, but after reading and thinking and playing and using manual flash, I can get the exposure right relatively quickly now. And I’m getting better.

I think you have the flash zoom thing backwards. 100 mm would project a tighter, smaller cone of light than a wider-angle setting. Right?

Sort of on-topic –> For pics with a black background, I find that using a black background and then also having my flash come from the side and cast a shadow on the background works well. I set up a piece of cardboard or something for the shadow.

And finally, did you try a square crop for your winning pic? It just seems like that shape might be nice in a square.

Oh yeah, and really finally this time, CONGRATS! 🙂

[U-Man]

Unless I or one of you has the perfect re-write, I say we leave it messy.

Kes‘ – That’s funny because I have no idea what I am going to use. I just know that I like this way of looking at the world.

[U-Man]

Olavf‘s “but you wouldn’t have” concept fits in there, too.

Rav‘, I don’t want the photo to be dependent on the title or caption.

[U-Man]

Photograph odd things that only a photographer would be likely to notice?
Photograph “unseen interestingness” – the odd and strange things only photographers see?

These are along the right lines.

/letting subconscious chew on it…

[U-Man]

I don’t know what to do about re-wording. I hope this theme produces some coolness. I hope it doesn’t flop. To be honest, I don’t have a really clear idea of what should be in here. 🙂

I’m tired. I don’t want to think about it too hard. I’d be OK just leaving the goofiness as-is.

Anybody want to chime in?

[U-Man]

Sorry. Didn’t mean to comment and disappear. It was back-to-school meet-the-teachers night (woo-hoo) and my eldest ‘forgot’ about some homework until we got back. So I’ve been chasing kids.

Obviously, I was going for different/goofy/WTF. I had these old wicked blades and a watermelon that was forgotten behind a 24 pack in the garage fridge. Perhaps the smile is incongruent but I didn’t think about that during the 15 minutes I had to carve, set-up and shoot that pic.

IMO, it is weaponized enough. If you want to yank it, I’ll be miffed (MIFFED, I say). But, I won’t cry (too much) or anything.

[U-Man]

Hey U-Man: I’m not really seeing the “weaponized context to your 2010-08-25 09:40:54 PM watermelon shot?

Umm. It’s a head with two giant knives in it.

[U-Man]

To be fair, there was 1 minute 27 sec of foreplay.

[U-Man]

…or are you telling everyone about my endurance? 😯

Like a roller coaster? The ride only lasts two minutes but you can get right back on.

[U-Man]

CauseISaidSo, no harm, no foul. I took it as intended. Actually, I hesitated with my post because, well, because I didn’t want look like a jerk. But it’s true, first is better than second and missing out X3 (in the past two weeks) after the congrats go out is stinky. 😛

Elsinore, I think your ideas are good. For both here and there.

[U-Man]

Oh, I’ll live. 🙂

How/when does a thread close? Is there a specific time? Does a person do it or is it on auto-pilot?

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While 2nd place is nothing to scoff at, I think I got bumped out of first with a last minute, after-it-was-called vote two weeks in a row. That stings a little.

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