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Wait, what?
You can bring your bike on the bus there?
Either that or it’s one of those strollers that cost more than my car.

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“even if you were hired to take photographs, you retain the rights to those photographs unless your work-for-hire agreement specifically assigns the rights to the hiring party”

Since you have no contract, this GED lawyer says you have an iron clad case to seek compensation for the photos that were used without your permission. Best of luck with this stressful situation, choo.

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The pic I want to enter has a well endowed woman in a bikini, with a baby wearing a Monty Python shirt in one arm, and a puppy eating bacon in the other arm.

Unfortunately, getting it from my imagination onto a memory card is proving a tad tricky 🙁

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EDsx3-FWfwk
For the left eye shooters out there.

Almost always shoot right, but I tried the “left shoulder rest with both hands on right side of the camera” grip from the video. It wasn’t uncomfortable, and may come in handy when doing low light shooting sans tripod. However, it only works when the camera is pointing at head height or lower.

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olavf was on fire this week!
He may have three burn marks to prove it, too!

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Also IIRC, I was against scanner “photography” before, but looking at Error’s image in the light of intended use has shifted my thinking some.

Take a look at this guy‘s work and see if your opinion shifts any further.

(The site appears to be down at the moment, but he uses a flatbed scanner with a lens to make a very large format camera…)

Uh-oh, he gives detailed instructions on how to make your own scanner camera – http://golembewski.awardspace.com/cameras/scanner/index.html

You know what that means … by this time next week Orionid will have one up and running, with improvements to the design 🙂

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Ack, scanner-gate! I had all but repressed the memory 😉

I still stand on the side that supports allowing scanner photos. It’s basically a slit-scan image capture with a fixed focal length, similar to that used by some cameras.

Here’s some of what we’re missing by not allowing them – http://flickriver.com/groups/scannerart/pool/interesting/

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kat – ring light reflection

Oooooh, nice!

Thanks! I was quite pleased with how that turned out. 😀

You should have posted a warning – may cause acid flashbacks 😯
I’m guessing steel mixing bowl filled with water for the reflection?

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kat – ring light reflection

Oooooh, nice!

NBD I’m pretty sure the two-finger cigarette grip is not recommended 😀

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Is that wall of yours upside-down?

No, it’s just a normal zoomed shot of the side of the house, desaturated and contrast-boosted for effect. But now you’ve got my curiousity up – what made you think it might be upside-down (or what specifically gave you any indication of orientation at all, for that matter)?

😯 WTF?! I swear when I wrote that the shadows were on top of the bricks, but it looks right side up now 😕

… and no I have not been drinking, but maybe I should start 🙂

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… I couldn’t figure out how to do The Distance, so good job there!
Here’s my “Another Brick In The Wall” from my b-sides:

Thanks! I tried about ten set-ups for that, using two different game boards … and still wasn’t entirely happy, so that’s why it’s a B. Is that wall of yours upside-down?

I want to comment on virtually every pic in the thread, but I’ll restrain myself for now and limit it to this:
Queenbee, re “Black Hole Sun”: how did you do that effect – I can’t figure it out?

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have my three and am just waiting to post them. for the first time in a while i’m excited about a contest.

I have a feeling this could be an epic thread.
B-sides seems almost mandatory for this one, so here ya go …

Bigger – http://img715.imageshack.us/img715/601/thedistancebycake.jpg

“He’s racing, and pacing, and plotting the course.
He’s fighting, and biting, and riding on his horse.
He’s going the distance.”

Bigger – http://img802.imageshack.us/img802/884/thewallbypinkfloyd.jpg

Bigger – http://img571.imageshack.us/img571/3429/whatdotigersdreamofbyed.jpg

“What do tigers dream of, when they take a little tiger snooze? Do they dream of mauling zebras, or Halle Berry in her catwoman suit? Don’t you worry your pretty striped head, we’re gonna get you back to Tyson and your cozy tiger bed. And then we’re gonna find our best friend Doug, and then we’re gonna give him a bestfriend hug. Doug, Doug, Oh, Doug Douggie Douggie Doug Doug. But if he’s been murdered by crystal meth tweekers … well then we’re shit out of luck.”

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it appears we’re sharing the same bong. *puff* *puff* *pass*

NOT a typo?
This should be interesting. Can’t wait for this contest to start.

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… Jimmy Buffet bong.

Is that like a beer bong, but for margaritas?

*makes margarita in blender, pours down funnel*

OW ICE CREAM HEADACHE!

/not the worst case typo – after all “d” is right next to “s”

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Way to go olavf!

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