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Overnighter Closed. Coffee Cart Rolling
Come in where the margins are fresh.
Where is everybody?
here,is olivia still up?
I just realized that I could get the whole story by reading the recent comments! Du. 🙂
than what’s been revealed so far…
You’re hard to keep up with! LOL. I saw your photos.
kept me up to the very wee hours that night experimenting with the macro feature. I’m really excited about using my new knowlege, I just have to find a good subject.
I think the only thing I have left to do with the macro is figure out how to shut off my flash. I’m guessing for most things I’d want to do providing independent lighting would be best.
Got any tips on lighting… (hey we’re practicing for the big photo diary…)
You should definitely turn off the internal flash — and your camera should allow that. Check the manual that Andi forwarded. Usually it’s a quick press of a button that you press several times for different flash settings, one being off completely.
I never use the flash for macro. The one I took today was no external lighting (or additional colour via software), just the sun:
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If I’m working indoors at night or low light conditions, then I’ll bring down a lamp w/ adjustable head. I then play w/ the internal camera light settings so that the harshness of the bulb doesn’t change the colour of the subject.
This photo was taken indoors, and to offset the yellowing effect of the halogen lightbulb, I set the light seting to Tungsten:
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Again, it’s all w/ experimenting. And it depends on the subject.
Hope that helps a bit!
I really think I’m going to run out of superlatives in your case… one of these days.
The yellow against the blue is just spectacular!
You’ve convince me now that when I try taking the fossil rock shots I must do so in full sun.
I’m sure there is a way to turn the flash off as I’ve seen references to that, just haven’t stumbled on it with what I’ve done so far.
As to “internal camera light settings” it seems to me I read in the material that the 3200 could not be adjusted for that. (But I do need to review, Andi’s link, to be sure. I’ve not had a chance to do more than just open it up and see that the manual was availabe, and obviously just what I need.
I’m getting more enthused all the time about some us getting together on doing a diary on this stuff.
That’s the way I feel about everyone’s photos here — keep saying the same things over and over but they are sincerely meant each time! 🙂
I am sure there is a way to turn the flash off, and your camera should have the light settings. I’ll dig a little tomorrow.
I like the diary idea — even as a reference for things like photo hosting and linking images — as well as actually taking the pictures and different styles of photography (like macro, landscapes, etc.)
When you want, send me an email… 🙂
Now, I’m off to bed. It is so late or early here (almost 2am!) and I’ve got to get up in 4.5 hours!
Have a good night everyone!
Are you phot buffs planning on another ” froggy photo fair” type thing again?
The last one was awesome!
OOPS! “Photo buffs”
Sorry if I make a lot of typos tonight… I think someone spilled something on my keyboard? A few of the keys are sticking.
I’ve heard no word on that lately. I wasn’t involved in the “work” on that last one, so no clue there. But I did very much enjoy seeing everyone’s photos, and reactions to the ones I submitted.
olivia and I have been discussing doing a diary on things such as working with photobucket, or equivalent hosting locations, etc. Maybe some other photo stuff. No definite plans on that yet either.
Here’s something for the night owls… err, make that moths!
Is your house now expunged of interlopers and back to peace and quiet? (Except for the comforting sound of dogs snoring…?)
Hi IVG. Nope not expunged yet.
I’m so glad you’ve got the picture thing down now. You have some really beautiful pictures.
at the end of the last cafe thread, which I just skimmed through, busted margins and all. 🙂 I’ll substitute this instead, since they are pretty too. This is galanthus, commonly known as Snow Drops. They’ve been blooming through cold, snow and rain since early Feb., and are only now winding down. They’ve been spreading quite a bit the past couple of years, much to our delight. These are the little guys who pop up early, say HELLO! and stick around for a while. Every garden should have some around, IMHO. Well, maybe not so humble, but they’re pretty. And tough.
Love looking at your photos — these moths are unbelievable. That looks like a small bird!
I’ve had people mistake their sound and movement for that of a humming bird.
You’re not familiar with these guys Olivia? I always called them ‘hummingbird moths’ when I was growing up, since they’re so easy to mistake for them. But they’re out much later than hummingbirds and work the late hours in the garden. I’ve got some others I have to upload to PB where you can clearly see the proboscis unrolled into the flower to feed… sooo cool. They are big… good sized adults will be 3-4″ long. And to think, some ugly grubs grow up to be these beauties!
And yes, Cake… Mothra does come to mind… I jokingly referred to that last night when I posted the first of the series. 🙂 Hehe, I loves me some Mothra … even the more recent ones!
Those big moths have always givin me the willies. Used to live Florida and everytime you walk out the front door at night you got bombarded with Palmetto bugs (the big flying cockroaches) or the huge moths. Everytime without fail one or the other would aim right for my forehead!
<shudder>
I used to live in FL too, and these guys are nothing like palmetto bugs! Those things are nasty, aggressive, evil and aren’t afraid of light. These moths are very shy and skittish, and you’re actually lucky if one happens to buzz by your ears… a pleasant sensation, so much unlike the palmetto bug bombardiers you get in the land of plundered elections. Believe it or not, catching these guys on camera is not easy … the flash disorients them and half my shots usually are too blurry to use because they fly away… but the good ones, yep, I keep em!
Lol I don’t blame ya there! 😉 Normally I have no problem with bugs at all, it’s just those two. The moths in the panhandle must be more aggressive than most…as soon as you get in the way of their light source (the porch light) they will make damn sure you move!
That’s what I was thinking — with the long probiscus. I’ve never seen these moths — and considering the size, I’m sure if I wouldn’t have missed it if it was around. I would love, love, love to see the feeding photos!
It’s mothra!
Well…I was dating a guy who at best was a loser and he (CBS) was renting my bedroom from my mother while I was living in Kentucky with said loser. We had met a year before and as it turned out we both had a crush on the other and didn’t know it…either way…I ended up coming back home unexpectedly due a death in the family and had to sleep on the couch. I come back home…go to my room…flop down onto what I thought was my bed, and see hockeysticks hanging up on the wall…computer…all of his stuff! (why i didn’t see all of that when I first entered the room I couldn’t tell ya!)I meander back inside the house and ask my mom…”umm where in the hell did the hockey sticks come from?” And she says to me…”oh yeah I forget to tell you! I am renting your room out to this guy who is just absolutely adorable! He’s supposed to be this friend of your sister’s boyfriend and he’s hiding here from his ex-girlfriend who went totally nuts and egged his car…but anyway! You know…you two should date he has a job and a car…yadda yadda.”
And from then on I made every excuse possible to be near him. “Oh AOL? What’s that? Oh you can do that on computer? That’s so neat!
It took me a month to get into his pants…best month ever. 😉
I see a movie deal in the making.
Oh yeah…not oscar material unfortunately…but maybe a cult classic. 😉 And that’s the clean version, the not-so-clean one doesn’t make me look good at all. 😉
Well you know in Hollywood sex sells. But cult classic I like too.
I picture you two in a Rocky Horror setting. Think you could talk CBS into dressing like Dr. Frankfurter.
Just make sure John Waters is not involved and doesn’t want to do a remake of Female Trouble!
Or Uwe Boll….I don’t have a kind word about that man
You know funny you should mention that…we were almost in a Rocky show till it fell apart on us. He was supposed to Eddie and I was supposed to be Janet! We practiced in the front yard of the house for what seemed to be ages. You know that scene where Eddie flips Columbia through the air? My hips hurt for days!
I doubt he would be Frankenfurter…although that would be just so damn hawt!
Oh come on…we could get Edward Norton to play me…and get, um, Jessica Alba to play you…it’s got Oscar, not to mention dead sexy written all over it 😉
You know…Ed could play you…and I am ok with Jessica Alba. She was pretty hot looking in the fantastic 4. 😉
Yes I do believe that you are onto something here!
I especially like the ending 😉
Thanks for bringing it over here CoD!
So do I. 😉 I didn’t think it would end that way though…turns out we were both angling for each other and didn’t realize it until it smacked both of us in the face lol.
I saw your request and figured I would oblige. 😉
OK I’m going to be gone for a minute.
Not going to sleep, nope, nope.
You all stay here, because I’ll be right back.
Just going zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.
There’s still time for a round of toss the tennis ball! Unless there’s a squinny or squirrel or bunny to chase… then the game’s off!
and been trying to hold off until the “right time”, but all you guys with the dog photos are making that really really a tough wait.
Hey NDD!! Good to see you, since I’ve not properly greeted you yet, since I’m so obsessed with my paltry new skill of posting photos LOL! What’s keeping you from getting a new dog? Sounds like you’ve got the space, not to mention the motivation to bring a new friend into the mix … Now, granted I don’t know you that well, but I picture you somehow with a good, loyal herding dog… a border collie or aussie shepherd perhaps… I’ve always wanted a Belgian Tervuren, but that’s just not practical in the city. Me? I’m working on finding the right Cardigan Corgi to bring into our pack sometime soon … now there’s a herder with the best attitude … smart, practically clairvoyant, affectionate and feisty in the most gentle way. A big ass attitude dog in a relatively small package… Anyway, I digress.
How was the conference you attended? And is your weather up there as wild and woolly as ours has been the past few days here? Thurs night and tonight the tornado sirens were wailing for over an hour, all for nought. But that’s a good thing.
seems like it’s been overcast forever, raining in MPLS, and almost all the way back to Fargo, but not the last 40 miles. No thunder/lightning storms here this time, just a normal regional type of spring rain. 33F now, with 17mph N wind.
Red River of the N, twixt, ND and MN has been flooding. Minor so far, may peak out tomorrow and start decline barring any sig new moisture.
You made a good guess on the herding dog, as the last one was a border collie (14yrs). Nothing to herd, so no more herding dogs however.
Cardigan Corgi I’m not familiar with, will go do google. This spring would probably be a good time. At the city location we have a small back yard, and no fence, and I’d rather avoid the dog-rope-stake thing. So lack of a fence is about the only inhibiter here now.
Sounds like familiar weather here too… some urban flooding here tonight, but nothing major. Are you a bit of a weather geek like me too? Maybe that comes from the midwestern upbringing? Hmm…
Cardigan corgis are a very old breed… from Wales from about 1100 or so on… bred to herd cows and nip at their heels, thus the fearless attitude. My previous dog Coco (rest her soul) was a Cardigan/Dalmatian mix, the body of the corgi, spots of the dalmatian. She was the most perfect dog you could ask for, and she often knew what I was going to do before even I did… based on that experience, I want another one. Queen Elizabeth keeps a minion of Pembroke Welsh Corgis, who are also great dogs, but they lack the bushy, fox-like tail of the Cardigan. Personally, I’ve said since I was a kid that I could never have a dog without a tail… it’s just too cruel. But then, I used to read Beautiful Joe all the time then… a sad dog book that sadly, no one seems to remember these days… enough nostalgia.
You’ll know when the time is right, and that just might be a spur of the moment thing too! I got Coco (previous dog) the day Gulf War I started, and I dubbed her my ‘war dog’who would get me through those rough times. And she did, and then some!
that’s what I’ve been missing since Nov 3, 2004. Best idea I’ve heard since that day. Most of the cattle guys up here use Border Collies or Australian Blue Heelers.
I’m not familiar with “Beautiful Joe”, but I’d probably like it. I had my own funeral service for my BC, strung out a power cord to the boom box and played the Byrds, “Bye Bye Blue, you good dog you…” Probably my all time favorite “dog tune”.
I’ve had some great dogs over the years, and danged if they don’t learn English after a while!!!!
“Are you a bit of a weather geek like me too? Maybe that comes from the midwestern upbringing? Hmm…”
Yeah, most likely, since, when I lived in N CA and called home to friends, first question was always the weather one, and then whatever else was happening. We knew we were doing it, couldn’t help it, and thought it was humorous at the same time.
Conclusion at that time: ND weather pretty crazy most of the time, people rather normal most of the time. For N CA… do a 180 on that, ha! (Disclaimer: I still have many fine friends living in N CA)
since we’re posting photos and such, figured I’d put up a link to my latest Bryce meandering
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and what are the attributes we can use to thumbnail a pic on here? it tells me that the height and width attributes aren’t allowed
Ya got me on that one, CBS (btw, love the name! Lovecraft for another time!), but I’ve been wondering myself about that. Guess we’ll have to ask Andi or Olivia to find out, but given their generous wealth and sharing of HTML knowledge, I’m sure they’ll have an answer.
there’s folks with simpler ways probably, but this is working for me; (eliminate the blanks inside the <> marks.
So this is what I normally use, but there’s some code for just using the width of 400 and the rest takes care of itself, but I like fooling with the numbers, so I’m still stuck with using the below code. Give it a try, and remember, “preview” is your friend.
< img src=”paste-image-address-here”width=”400″ height=”300″ >
< a href =”paste-image-address-here” >larger< /a >
I did a right click on your jpg and it showes a width of 1000, and height of 487, so converting that to a width of 400, gives you a height of 195,
I’m just cutting my teeth on this HTML stuff, and that sounds like a good way to do it. Dada and Andi showed me the basics the other day, and that’s about as far as I’ve gotten. Appreciate the help! And I’m going to save that comment for future reference and use.
Thanks again… when I digest all that, I’ll start using it. 🙂
I think FM fell asleep at the key board, he was trying to tell us he was, “Just going…” then fell asleep as hit left hand dozed on the z, then as hit right hand slipped off the key board it hit the .
And a little worried, to be honest 😉
I hope you have good zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.
For some reason that wasn’t working… will have to ponder later, but this should work, I think.
Just another reason you should be dog huntin… I’m just sayin… it’s your call, my friend.
And yes, Preview is my friend… Dada convinced me of that the other day, and it was damn good advice.
and honestly, I can’t see how this film beat out Brokeback Mountain.
On Oscar night, I shouted out “We wuz robbed!” when they announced Best Picture. As good as Crash is, it simply didn’t rise to the level of filmmaking that Brokeback did. Without going into a full-blown review, let me just say that yes, Crash was a very good film, wisely written, and superbly acted by all … but it still fell short of the scope and power of Brokeback. At the end, my reaction was, that was really great, and deserved the nomination, but for a huge ensemble film, Magnolia did a much better job of bringing it all together. Having said that, Crash did, however, pose some really great questions and assumptions we all make in our everyday lives about race. For that alone, this film is noteworthy and important. But did I cry? Almost. When it looked like the angry Iranian man would shoot the little girl, tears welled up in my eyes until I realized he was shooting blanks. And then I thought it was almost a cheap shot on the filmmakers’ part… to deliberately manipulate me, a la Spielberg.
Brokeback evoked genuine, copious tears, not only from me, but from the little old ladies in front of us… and those just weren’t there. Now, I’m not saying base a film’s awards on the tear factor, but in terms of sheer emotional impact, Crash felt disconnected, distanced and somewhat hollow to me. But perhaps that was the point … LA is an odd place, unlike where most of us live, and perhaps Don Cheadle’s opening line about crashing into people being the only way to connect was to set the ultimate tone for the film… Whatever the reason, though, it just seemed so deliberate. Heart in the right place, but flawed in the execution. Beautiful flaws… incrediblly poignant flaws, but flaws nonetheless… Ang Lee got much richer performances and nuance out of a very small cast with whom you could really identify… and to me, that’s one of the hallmarks of great filmmaking.
Film watching is always about identification and projection on the part of the viewer… and as good as Crash was, I always felt as if I were in a helicopter above the action, watching it all unfold in a cleverly stitched together fabric… a beautiful fabric, but mass produced all the same. Anyway, enough ranting and time to get to bed here! Anyone who has comments on this, get back to me, and we can debate.