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Well, i don't usually care much about "things" (and esp. cars) since i'm a grown up (am i? :deadhorse, but this one kinda fun. That said, we live in a crazy economy: with the company lease plans, fun toys come sometimes much cheaper than their boring counterparts. In this case, same cost, or even a bit less, than a Ford Fiesta :grin:.Thanks Corlan!
And it seems you have a lot to smile about. Congratulations. :thumbup:
Fantastic set, Lloyd, Mimi stealing the show as usual
Lloyd: +1, +1! :salute: Nice fireworks shot and set of photos giving a sense of the event. Great shot of Mimi and your granddaughter. I won't be posting my fireworks shots, because I forgot to check the focus after thinking that i'd set it manually for infinity. They looked good on the LCD? :scry: Cheers, Matt.Lloyd, haven't you heard? One does not take good fireworks photos hand held. It's impossible, impolite and makes your fellow photographers feel inferior
Great shots :thumbs:
Cool perspective & intense contrast Matt!Totem pole, tug boat, water, clouds, container ship...Thanks for looking. Cheers, Matt
D3s; 70-300mm VR; 1/3200s @ f/4.5; ISO 400
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Better to be lucky than good sometimes.
D3, 28-70/2.8 @ 45mm f5 This is a 3 second exposure, ISO 200, handheld:
The fun part was that this was our granddaughter's first fireworks show. She loved it!
Hi Rayyan. Thanks, hope to see more of you around here soon!What a wonderful treat you folks have lined up in the few days since I last visited.
It will take me some time to go thru them all, but a quick comment:
Steve: The two fingers!! Churchill's of course.
Corian: The Castle/church in the last post.
Lloyd: The fourth of July, and Mimi.
Matt: Lest I forget, The Seattle expert...The guitar player..my my.
All the others which I shall savor in time.
Superb work.:thumbs:
Congrats C! You Deserve It! Enjoy!!!!!Today, new toy. Lotsa fun
C, I believe i dated a girl that lived in that castle...:shocked:...Her name was Rapunzel Schwartz. Took her forever to do her hair :wtf::ROTFL::grin: Sorry....! Beautiful framing & tone of a relic that withstood the test of time!Thanks Lloyd, Matt, Tim, Steve, for your kind words.
Tim, for sure they knew how to build them sturdy at the time, pretty much with bare hands, a couple of tools and astute brains. Another round one then, couple of hundred miles from there... got targetted and hammered pretty badly over history, but somehow still standing.
Tim, these guys are so neat! There's an Alpaca farm on Marthas Vineyard that we go to every summer. They are funny, cute characters! Nice grabs!
So you 're the Bostonian version of that guy who fell from the window? :bugeyes: "Hairy" fall, wasn't it? :ROTFL:C, I believe i dated a girl that lived in that castle...:shocked:...Her name was Rapunzel Schwartz. Took her forever to do her hair :wtf: :ROTFL::grin: Sorry....! Beautiful framing & tone of a relic that withstood the test of time!
Lloyd: Just needs a ferry boat, jet airplane and a Starbucks cup!Interesting juxtaposition, Matt.
I was planning to buy a D700, but something went wrong, so I bought a nice, second hand D300 instead. Tried it out last week. Nice camera
D300 with Tamron 17-50 @ 34mm and f/6.3
Jorgen: Congrats. I think the D300 is a great camera. And, it works pretty well in your hands. I do sometimes miss the crop factor. :thumbup:It can make colour photos also. Pretty advanced, eh?
D300 with Tamron 17-50 @ 17mm and f/8
Corlan: Well, they're still there. My grandfather slogged through that area in 1918 and my father flew over, heading East, in 1943.Let's say that in addition to 'historical' damages, plus the last WW bombings (roofs...), various guns and methods were used by troops leaving the area about 65 years ago with the intention of leaving very little monuments standing. Hopefully they were in a hurry and did not succeed everywhere (and many buildings proved way sturdier than expected). I've started to document that aspect last year then found it too depressing -hearing all the local stories, too.
("tried a little "rayyan" on them" :ROTFL
Tim: Very Nice. The newborn's cute, but the mother's portrait is stunningly elegant. You should give her a copy.
Today, new toy. Lotsa fun
Corlan: Congratulations. You can't always rely on public transport to get from point a to b. Same kind of logic and "grown up" decision, i would have made. Although, I don't think they even sell them in Seattle, anymore. :thumbup:Well, i don't usually care much about "things" (and esp. cars) since i'm a grown up (am i? :deadhorse, but this one kinda fun. That said, we live in a crazy economy: with the company lease plans, fun toys come sometimes much cheaper than their boring counterparts. In this case, same cost, or even a bit less, than a Ford Fiesta :grin:.
Go figure.
Deep in the country we don't even have public transport (true)... need something for the narrow bumpy roads...Corlan: Congratulations. You can't always rely on public transport to get from point a to b. Same kind of logic and "grown up" decision, i would have made. Although, I don't think they even sell them in Seattle, anymore. :thumbup:
Cheers, Matt
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Steve: Thank you!Cool perspective & intense contrast Matt!
What a wonderful treat you folks have lined up in the few days since I last visited.
It will take me some time to go thru them all, but a quick comment:
Steve: The two fingers!! Churchill's of course.
Corian: The Castle/church in the last post.
Lloyd: The fourth of July, and Mimi.
Matt: Lest I forget, The Seattle expert...The guitar player..my my.
All the others which I shall savor in time.
Superb work.:thumbs:
Rayyan: Welcome back. Nice views! I'm sure you enjoyed your family's visit. Cheers, MattWelcome back madam, mr. Rayyan. We got your message from Zurich. How was your flight sir?
We felt right at home.
We have kept your usual room for you madam.
Let me open the balcony door for you sir. We are having beautiful weather lately.
Everything to your liking sir? Perfect, I said. Ayesha, please show John out.
I looked right...
Breathed in the fresh air. Wonderful. Clean. Looked left...
Looked below, brilliant as usual for the umpteenth time we were here..
We were going to have one h*ll of a holiday. But we always do here.
Corlan: Exactly! A very practical decision. It didn't. He (B17, Bombardier) spent the next two years in a Stalag Luft, until Patton rolled in. Although, it could have been worse, and we wouldn't be having this exchange. :salute:Deep in the country we don't even have public transport (true)... need something for the narrow bumpy roads...
P.S. 1943 was probably not the best time (strong understatement) for flying over heading east . Hopefully the story ended well for him.
Matt: Great to be back here.Rayyan: Welcome back. Nice views! I'm sure you enjoyed your family's visit. Cheers, Matt
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Corian: Ain't it just! I carry the luggage, the cameras..she carries theRayyan: Zurich, Stockholm... life's hard. What else?
Question: when Ayesha walked John to the door, did she expect it was for letting you take pictures in peace?
(sorry, Steve's a bad influence... ... told you we needed you back )
Steve: Thanks a lot pal. Glad to be back.Welcome Back Rayyan! Wonderful Set! How Is Hamza?