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By ObviousTroll (Tue May 06, 2008 at 12:36:47 PM EST) (all tags)

Yes, I'm still cranky about the color management thing, but I'm still having an utter blast with the camera.

You have to click the links to see the full size versions - I exhausted my upload quota on Husi years ago.

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More Azaleas by wiredog (2.00 / 0) #1 Tue May 06, 2008 at 01:38:27 PM EST

Here

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The problem with Azaleas by ObviousTroll (2.00 / 0) #2 Tue May 06, 2008 at 01:44:42 PM EST

I always take pix of azaleas, but I always have trouble getting interesting photos of them because they're such an explosion of flowers that it's hard to get a really interesting picture.

I really like this one by the way.

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: Crocus by wiredog (2.00 / 0) #5 Tue May 06, 2008 at 03:09:00 PM EST

With, actually, Dad's Pentax. He'd just bought it and I took it out for a test drive.

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Less flowers....more pets by duxup (2.00 / 0) #3 Tue May 06, 2008 at 02:05:50 PM EST

Not that there's anything wrong with flower photos... well maybe there is but flower photos are only challenged by household pets when it comes to repetitive photography topics on the net.

I guess children is probably up there too but I like babies so I don't complain about those.
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pppbbbbbttt. by ObviousTroll (2.00 / 0) #4 Tue May 06, 2008 at 02:11:28 PM EST

There are serious advantages to photographing flowers.

They don't complain about how they aren't dressed/made up/hygenic/sufficiently attractive to photograph.
They don't fidget, slouch, blink or otherwise move whilst attempting to compose the photograph.

3. I don't have to get a model release from them before posting their pictures on that flowerpr0n site I like so much.

Right there you've a compelling case for never taking a picture of a member of the animal kingdom ever again.

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Counter-arguments by wiredog (2.00 / 0) #6 Tue May 06, 2008 at 03:15:11 PM EST

1, 2, 3 of about a million or so.

DO NOT make me pull out the pictures of cute kids and/or animals! Your Mac will go into sugar shock!

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You know what? I was trying to be polite but... by ObviousTroll (2.00 / 0) #7 Tue May 06, 2008 at 03:27:24 PM EST

Would you PLEASE stop bragging about how you have actual friends of the female persuasion and I don't.

It's just... It's not right, okay?

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Waitaminute by wiredog (2.00 / 0) #16 Wed May 07, 2008 at 07:46:52 AM EST

Isn't SWHTL both female, and a friend of yours?

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: Well, of course... by ObviousTroll (4.00 / 1) #19 Wed May 07, 2008 at 08:36:23 AM EST

Don't ruin a good rant with, you know, facts.

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On a more serious note.... by ObviousTroll (2.00 / 0) #8 Tue May 06, 2008 at 03:28:56 PM EST

On of the things I'm looking forward to trying with the Nikon is a trick I used to use at parties when I had my ol' Pentax K1000: Walk up behind someone at a party. Focus on the back of their head, then tap them on the shoulder. Capture an excellent candid portrait in the split second before they realize you're taking their picture.

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: I used to do that to my kid by ucblockhead (4.00 / 1) #10 Tue May 06, 2008 at 05:55:53 PM EST

Now he refuses to turn around.
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I'll take 3 by georgeha (4.00 / 1) #9 Tue May 06, 2008 at 03:46:04 PM EST

a brunette with three mugs for coffee, woot.

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She's half Chinese, half French by wiredog (2.00 / 0) #17 Wed May 07, 2008 at 07:48:18 AM EST

Looks great in a bathing suit, on the beach.

And has had a steady boyfriend (not me, dammit) for 5 years.

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: Must be the half French by georgeha (2.00 / 0) #21 Wed May 07, 2008 at 09:42:18 AM EST

killer combination for me.

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Nobody ever takes Starbuck seriously as an actor. by ObviousTroll (4.00 / 1) #13 Wed May 07, 2008 at 06:50:50 AM EST

At least, not since he joined the A-Team.

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For more BSG fun by wiredog (2.00 / 0) #15 Wed May 07, 2008 at 07:37:21 AM EST

Chief Tyrol

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Nikon D60 you say? by blixco (4.00 / 1) #12 Tue May 06, 2008 at 08:15:33 PM EST

I bought my brother a D40, and he's making some fantastic pictures. This one is fairly recent:

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Impressive. by ObviousTroll (4.00 / 1) #14 Wed May 07, 2008 at 06:51:40 AM EST

Very nice picture.

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The camera sure helps. by blixco (2.00 / 0) #18 Wed May 07, 2008 at 08:31:32 AM EST

He was taking great pictures with a point and shoot, but the SLR really opened up a lot of possibility.
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: It certainly does. by ObviousTroll (4.00 / 1) #20 Wed May 07, 2008 at 08:40:32 AM EST

I've been using "bridge cameras" - the ones that are more than just a point and shoot but aren't SLRs - and I've been constantly frustrated with the slow lenses and shutter lag. This is like opening a door back to when I was 21 and was dropping $100/month on film processing and making SWHTL pose¹ while I experimented with lighting, exposure and all that good stuff.
¹ Not what you're thinking, you dirty man. (She wouldn't let me take those kinds of pix...)

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