Anyways, Brad, you have a real talent for capturing people in photos, and make the photos interesting.
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Brad if you think you offended me (or others) NO NO you know as well as me I am learning! No offense taken I am learning! (I think) some pictures come out and others don't! I just posted to show I am using it! I know national geographic won't be calling anytime soon! Just having fun....
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It was not you that I thought I offended, Mack, but its a long story.
To you I simply meant what I said, those things are SO 'complicated', you can run all day in the 'little green camera'
AUTO mode, and come out fine. But to really work a SLR or a DSLR takes a ton of practice. And when you get
good, there's just another layer of onion there left to peel. That's why I love em so much. Every time I go out
I am humbled by another stupid mistake or brain fart, slow trigger finger, the horrifying fact that it ALL looks good
in the viewfinder, and come home after shooting in manual to see I forgot to look at my light meter in the viewfinder
and all my pics are white. It just never stops. What I am glad about is that there is another Asylum member out
shooting and then posting pics. Cliche' time, you miss 100% of the great pics you see when you leave your camera
at home. Shoot the hell out of that thing, I can't wait to see what you come up with!
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I think it was Galen Rowell who said "...F22 and be there."
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I think it was ME that told my sister, "80% of taking good photographs is pointing your camera at good stuff." lol.
Let em flow, boys, let em flow.

I am going to be popping up a few more photos of this now-boring building since
I happened to catch it in REALLY GOOD LIGHT over the weekend. Bear with me,
I know it seems like the only thing I shoot these days.

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I made the mistake of inviting a Flickr Friend to hang out with me and shoot....I got NOTHING done.
I was there to test a 50mm 1.4, and I didn't get ONE single night shot in the quarter. This woman
talked about background extra work in movies all night, LONG stories. I would tell her "Look, I am
headed across the river, you can pack up and come with me or stay here by yourself in Gretna by
the river where they dispose of bodies. (lol) But even when she pulled it out and got moving,
it was 10 minutes chatting by my car window with it RUNNING, and I'm like, "Let's GO, motherfu(&er"
Never again. I am a LONE WOLF.

She kept saying, "the quarter is really dangerous right now, you HEARD about the shootings right?" I had.
But I told her that I did not become the "world-famous photographer" (haha) I am today by giving a 5hi+
if I get my a55 shot while shooting pics or not. 12 hour frickin round trip to listen to her run her mouth all night
and drag a55. Pfft. But she was nice, and had great +i+s, so I just played nice. I had invited her after all.

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I think this is the photo that tells you why I just shut up and did my thing and gave her a break.
But still, she is using her phone as a mirror and primping. Didn't have the heart to tell her that
this was not an internet date, we were just there to shoot the 5hi+ out of some pics, and if she
wanted to pose nude with the city in the BG, I would certainly shoot it. It was actually a much more
successful internet date than it was a shoot, lol.

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Thanks, Ron. Its a never-ending train of highs and lows, screw-ups and masterpieces, lol.
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Simon pearce is having a photo contest ... Vote for my entry if you want (under my wife's name)

http://woobox.com/9mp4on/vote/for/42...ref_map=%5B%5D
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And it was ME who said "F35 ain't never gonna fly."
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Speaking of that shoot....
I am sure you are bored stiff of that view.
Can we get the ti+s back into the scene, please?

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Nice shot.
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I just posted this shot in the non-retailer sales forum as a photographic print for sale,
but you guys get to look at it fer free. PROBABLY going to try and paint out that jet contrail near
the moon.

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I think you mean f/8 and be there, which is a quote attributed to Weegee, but I think there is a Rowell variation out there.
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Could be, It's been a while :-)
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A few I took at the Defenders of Freedom Air Show at Offutt Air Force Base Bellevue, NE

1.) Past and Present: P-38 Lightning and F-22 Raptor

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2.) F-22 with weapons bay open

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3.) The stars of the show: U.S. Navy Blue Angels

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Love plane pics.
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So I snapped this one with a smartphone. Not even close to being "photography". I just thought the cigar looked pretty!
Bolivar Liberator 2013 (LCDH release).

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I'm not sure that I would call it "true" photography, but I have been having a blast with my trail camera. I will also say it beats the heck out of sitting in a blind for day's at a time waiting for something to come by while getting eaten up by bugs :-)
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That F-22 is a mean plane. It is one of my favorites by far! Nice shot.
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Thanks
Always love the air shows

Don
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My sister's tree in NC.

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