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Jul 10, 2012 08:22:57   #
(Main Photography Discussion)
Update on Neighbour who I took photos for
MWAC wrote:
You can read the post here: http://www.uglyhedgehog.com/t-48448-1.html

and see the pictures here: http://www.uglyhedgehog.com/t-48218-1.html

it's been 3 weeks since I took the pictures, I haven't said anything to her besides "the disk is ready" 2 weeks ago... yesterday she finally paid me! Woot!!!!

I'm also happy to report that she sent me a text telling me how happy she is with all the pictures. :)


We don't know the lady but perhaps your unease over the pricing of your work was noted and "if we delay and say nothing" you might give in and gift the photos? 8-)
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Jul 10, 2012 08:13:29   #
(Photo Analysis)
Barrel Race ~ HELP!
Shutterbugrainey wrote:
I took these pictures back to back. I can not figure out why one is clear and the other in a fog. Any one have an idea what I might have done wrong?
Both pic was taken same settings Aperture 4.34, f/4.5,
ISO 1600, Lens 55-250mm


Both pictures appear to be lit to the same intensity by your flash except for the fog in #2. An area lamp in the upper, left corner with accompanying lense flare, shows that shot #2 is angled slightly more to your right. The change in angle probably allowed a beam from the area light to wash over the lense and thus fog the overall picture. Your metering (set to spot for the riders face?) would not see and compensate for the extraneous light.
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Jul 9, 2012 21:29:34   #
(General Chit-Chat (non-photography talk))
Favorite political quotes...?
Blurryeyed wrote:
PNagy wrote:

One more point: The existence of laws does not mean their continuation. As soon as elites obtain enough power and control over the government they immediately begin to chip away at all laws that obligate them to labor, the market, and the environment. Such was the fate of the Glass Steagall Act and other important laws that fell prey to the deregulation movement. With no one left to speak for the worker, all laws currently protecting them will be gone. The vanguard of this situation has already appeared in the form of the myriad exceptions elites have already found to the minimum wage laws, even though minimum wages are not even enough for bare minimum expenses. That is why you want to destroy unions; to take away everything that has not yet been taken from workers. As I said, I believe on another thread, if that comes to pass, workers will see their paychecks and all work conditions left to the tender mercies of greed corporate executives. As the new Gilded Age sets in, you and your kind can then explain that it was an economic inevitability that had nothing to do with union busting.
br One more point: The existence of laws does not... (show quote)


I am pretty much done with this conversation as I am tiring of it... With Union membership down to something like 7% of private employment I would say that unions have already lost the fight. The only reason that they have been able to maintain as high as 7% are the archaic laws that protect them and force membership in different areas of the country. Given the choice many union members would abandon the unions and their forced dues. The fact of the matter is is that even with the decks stacked in their favor the unions have failed in the private sector, and soon you will see public sector unions dismantled as taxpayers revolt against lush union contracts and benefits which far exceed those of the private sector especially in education as the protectionism and lack of results really rankles most taxpayers....

You can point to the stupidity of the nation for union demise as I am sure that any thinking person would agree with your presentation here on these pages.
quote=PNagy br One more point: The existence of ... (show quote)


Whoa! You forgot the other 4.9% union membership in the public sector.
An interesting fact is that the greater percentage (read disproportionate) of government workers who were laid off last year were... non union.
http://economix.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/01/31/government-unions-and-layoffs/
Given a free choice I'm sure many union menbers would give up their membership and trust the boss to be fair and equitable. Many of these same people would give up Social Security if it meant a few more dollars on their pay checks.
Familiarity breeds contempt.
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Jul 9, 2012 21:09:52   #
(General Chit-Chat (non-photography talk))
Can You Believe This ?
I dont know if I can type for laughing at your posting!!!! Man alive, ..... a FAMILY MAN.....and let's not forget the WIT he's supposed to have !

When a movie star is before a camera.... they LOOK and ACT their BEST.... most of the time, that is. Obama does the same thing. He has NO wit !!! He is very demanding of his employees even rude too or so I read from an 'insider'... and a FAMILY MAN, you say ??? When I see a man and his wife... RUNNING with their dog while they're supposed to be walking and they HAVE the White House Camera man there... don'tcha that that is a little strange?
What happened to WALKING? Why do they HOLD hands constantly.... I have seen numerous pics of them in the halls passing the help by.. HOLDING HANDS... like two love birds. They HOLD the kids hands like they are toddlers, for crying out loud!!! It's all for SHOW... !!!

Any one can surely see this is all so 'fake' it's sickening! Now... I know you are going to write back and say I dont know what I am talking about... but wait on your comment BEFORE you blast me into orbit for it..... I just know some Secret Service Man will write a tell all book on him like Aldridge (not sure that's his name, but I read the book) on Clinton... it would blow your mind! Those Secret Serv. men see all and I mean ALL....

You can see movie stars holding hands so lovey dovey... then the next week.. they're each talking to their own lawyers about a divorce.... Obama does not like Fox.. and hasn't mainly cause of Glenn Beck's show and of course when Oreilly interviewed him that one time... Besides that... Obama knows he can't get on the good side of Fox... therefore he hates them!!! He need not worry, though, he has all the other news channels in his pocket.... when it's something he does that's disgusting... they never mention it.. but Fox will.... that's why he hates them.[/quote]
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Wow! An unbiased, honest reportage.
"Obama knows he can't get on the good side of Fox... therefore he hates them!!!" And I don't understand the logic behind this claim so you must hate me.

"He need not worry, though, he has all the other news channels in his pocket.... when it's something he does that's disgusting... they never mention it.. but Fox will.... that's why he hates them."
So the President is apparently powerful enough to control the other 20 odd TV networks but not Faux, the lone David facing Goliath?
And these disgusting things you allude to would be exercising the dog and hand holding for the cameras? Even if only for a photo op, kissing babies is a widely accepted method for winning votes.
I seem to remember President Bush at a publicity meet in Germany in 2006 failing to charm an infant and finally giving the screaming baby back to its mother. And in 2011, Michelle Obama passed a crying baby to the President and she immediately calmed down.
They say you can't fool children and dogs.
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Jul 9, 2012 07:42:50   #
(Main Photography Discussion)
Canon Selphy CP 800
William Bennett wrote:
My kids want me to print photos for them at my cost


In that case, take the printer back, do any PP needed on your kids photos, and if you must, pay to have their photos printed at a retail store. A 4x6 on a home printer will cost, in paper and ink, maybe $0.40 to $.50 and stores like Walgreens charge from $0.12 to $0.19 for each shot printed.
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Jul 8, 2012 15:05:55   #
(General Chit-Chat (non-photography talk))
Can You Believe This ?
JAW wrote:
Phreedom wrote:
ole sarg wrote:
I teach history and writing at the university level. What I find is people use the computer like they speak when engaged in chats. They see no reason to worry about grammar and spelling because, as in conversation, one is not corrected in an informal setting. However, I find that when engaged in a formal situation they seem to pay more attention to the formal language. At least this is true among my university students. I do not expect a formal discourse on this site. Some have more formal education than others, but so what. The question is: are ideas conveyed?
I teach history and writing at the university leve... (show quote)


The problem is that emotional content and all the subtleties of the spoken word and body language are missing in text (we try to scrape by with emotions) but intent can often be misread. Good writers employ devices to adjust for this as they want to be understood as clearly and accurately as possible.
Sorry if I've offended anyone... that is not my intent.
quote=ole sarg I teach history and writing at the... (show quote)


No offense taken.
I agree with your statements. You have stated a few thing I failed to cover in my earlier post. I'm glad you did.
Glad you spoke up and I for one appreciate your perspective and intelligent reply. By trying to improve on our abilities (using the English langue) we become better at what we do when we converse with others. Again, thanks for your input.
quote=Phreedom quote=ole sarg I teach history an... (show quote)


Prego.
Hah! I see that I misspelled emoticons. That certainly changed what I meant to say.
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Jul 8, 2012 14:33:37   #
(General Chit-Chat (non-photography talk))
Can You Believe This ?
ole sarg wrote:
I teach history and writing at the university level. What I find is people use the computer like they speak when engaged in chats. They see no reason to worry about grammar and spelling because, as in conversation, one is not corrected in an informal setting. However, I find that when engaged in a formal situation they seem to pay more attention to the formal language. At least this is true among my university students. I do not expect a formal discourse on this site. Some have more formal education than others, but so what. The question is: are ideas conveyed?
I teach history and writing at the university leve... (show quote)


The problem is that emotional content and all the subtleties of the spoken word and body language are missing in text (we try to scrape by with emoticons) but intent can often be misread. Good writers employ devices to adjust for this as they want to be understood as clearly and accurately as possible.
Sorry if I've offended anyone... that is not my intent.
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Jul 8, 2012 14:16:17   #
(General Chit-Chat (non-photography talk))
Favorite political quotes...?
RMM wrote:
Rathyatra wrote:
And another: " the most important attribute any politician can have is sincerity - if they can fake that they have it made "

Good one. Who's the source?


It appears that the quote has evolved over the years to suit the situation: http://quoteinvestigator.com/2011/12/05/fake-honesty/
I personally suspect its beginnings lie (oops!) in politics.
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Jul 8, 2012 11:17:28   #
(General Chit-Chat (non-photography talk))
Favorite political quotes...?
RMM wrote:
Blurryeyed wrote:
RMM wrote:
Blurryeyed wrote:
That would be the same Milton Friedman who was awarded the Nobel Prize before they were simply handed out for giving political correct speeches... that would be the Milton Friedman that I am eluding to... Hey big brain, why don't you watch the videos, I am sure that some of the dissenters on his panels will argue your point of view... of course none with the logic that Freidman uses to destroy those arguments.

Wonder what he'd have had to say had he lived long enough to witness the meltdown.
quote=Blurryeyed That would be the same Milton Fr... (show quote)


Would you like to discuss the meltdown??? Because I am not going to simply take the line that it was Bush's fault, I will however be glad to discuss the CRA and the refinements that took place to the regulation environment in the 90's and early 2000's, I will also be glad to discuss with you the democratic leadership who thwarted all efforts by republicans to look into the mortgage markets beginning with Fanny and Freddie.... I will even be glad to discuss with you the Glass Steagall Act and how it had broken down not in the 2000's but it never really limited the banking investment practices.... Would you care to have that discussion, because I am really tired of the left throwing out talking points with no substantiating facts and expect people to roll over and play dead when it is very clear when evaluating the actual facts the democrats were as responsible if not more so than the republicans for the housing market collapse.
So if you are ready to have that discussion I will be more than willing to oblige you.
quote=RMM quote=Blurryeyed That would be the sam... (show quote)

Did I say it was all Bush's fault? There's lots of glory to share. Although he did get us into a couple of multi-trillion dollar wars without doing a thing to pay for them, so that certainly counts for something. Nonetheless, the point is simple, and amply demonstrated: The financial institutions need to be regulated to prevent them from risking other people's money irresponsibly. After the Great Depression, such regulations existed, and we did pretty well. When the regulations were removed, we were left teetering on the edge of a second Great Depression, and there are those that will argue we have tipped over into one for all practical purposes. That includes me.

Discuss away.
quote=Blurryeyed quote=RMM quote=Blurryeyed Tha... (show quote)


Unfortunately, both parties require enormous funding, which comes from (you fill it in) and thus whoever is voted in owes allegiance to (you fill it in) and we're the monkeys in the middle.
To paraphrase a well known quote: if you tell a big enough lie(s), often enough, people will believe it (them).
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Jul 7, 2012 13:05:32   #
(General Chit-Chat (non-photography talk))
Favorite political quotes...?
Lancer W/A Canon wrote:
RTR wrote:
Nothing tops that brilliant ex-Speaker Nancy Pelosi "We have to pass the bill so you can find out what is in it".

To me that is an impeachable offense.


Mitt at his best, and you want to elect him

1. "Corporations are people, my friend… of course they are. Everything corporations earn ultimately goes to the people. Where do you think it goes? Whose pockets? Whose pockets? People's pockets. Human beings, my friend." —Mitt Romney to a heckler at the Iowa State Fair who suggested that taxes should be raised on corporations as part of balancing the budget (August 2011)

2. "I like being able to fire people who provide services to me." –Mitt Romney, using an unfortunate choice of words while advocating for consumer choice in health insurance plans (January 2012)

3. "I'm not concerned about the very poor. We have a safety net there." —Mitt Romney (January 2012)

4. "I'll tell you what, ten-thousand bucks? $10,000 bet?" –Mitt Romney, attempting to make a wager with Rick Perry during a Republican presidential debate to settle a disagreement about health care (December 2011)

5. "I should tell my story. I'm also unemployed." —Mitt Romney, speaking in 2011 to unemployed people in Florida. Romney's net worth is over $200 million.

6. "There were a couple of times I wondered whether I was going to get a pink slip" –Mitt Romney, attempting to identify with the problems of average folk (January 2012)

7. "[My wife] drives a couple of Cadillacs." –Mitt Romney, campaigning for president in Michigan (February 2012)

8. "I get speaker's fees from time to time, but not very much." —Mitt Romney, who earned $374,000 in speaking fees in one year according to according to his personal financial disclosure (January 2012)

9. "PETA is not happy that my dog likes fresh air." —Mitt Romney in 2007, responding to criticism from People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals following revelations that he had once put the family dog in a carrier and strapped it to the roof of his car during a 12-hour road trip

10. "I believe in an America where millions of Americans believe in an America that's the America millions of Americans believe in. That's the America I love." –Mitt Romney (January 2012)

Bonus Quotes:

"I have some friends who are NASCAR team owners." —Mitt Romney, after being asked whether he follows NASCAR racing (February 2012)

"I like those fancy raincoats you bought. Really sprung for the big bucks." —Mitt Romney to a group of NASCAR fans wearing plastic ponchos at the Daytona 500 (February 2012)

"I love this state. The trees are the right height." —Mitt Romney, campaigning in Michigan (February 2012)

"I'm running for office for Pete's sake, we can't have illegals" –Mitt Romney, recalling his reaction when he learned that there were illegal aliens working the ground on his property, employed by a firm that he subsequently fired (October 2011)

"Who let the dogs out? Who, who." –Mitt Romney, during an awkward photo op with a group of African american kids in a playground
quote=RTR Nothing tops that brilliant ex-Speaker ... (show quote)


"Who let the Mitt out? Who, who, who, who?"
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Jul 7, 2012 12:56:08   #
(General Chit-Chat (non-photography talk))
Can You Believe This ?
jsenear wrote:
rocar7 wrote:
donrent wrote:
Considering that this forum cannot see fit to have the ability to use "spell check" your remark is really uncalled for...


Spell check works fine on this forum when I type. Does it not work for you? And even if it doesn't, correct spelling is very easy. I learned the basics at primary school. It is only in fairly recent years that standards have slipped, and poor spelling seems to be regarded as an achievement by those who make the mistakes.

Spell check picks up typos for all of us, but cannot correct words like "there" when it should be "their", or "your" when it should be "you're". That is ignorance, in the nicest meaning of the word, ie not knowing. And that sort of ignorance is easily cured.
quote=donrent Considering that this forum cannot ... (show quote)


You don't get it do you! This site is about photography. I for one would go back to school if I needed English lessons!
quote=rocar7 quote=donrent Considering that this... (show quote)


Sorry, jsenear. This forum topic is listed in the Photography Forum Menu under "General Chit-Chat (non-photography talk)" so...
Wait! That was an incomplete sentance.
Damn, I meant sentence!
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Jul 7, 2012 12:41:25   #
(General Chit-Chat (non-photography talk))
Can You Believe This ?
jsenear wrote:
frenchcoast wrote:
TimS wrote:
I gotta find a vacation beach house rental today so I'm done arguing politics for now :)


Call your buddy Romney he will rent you one.


At an inflated price!!!


Then he'll sell off the assets and pitch a tent for you on the dock.
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Jul 7, 2012 12:20:18   #
(General Chit-Chat (non-photography talk))
What ELSE is Mitt Romney Hiding from the Public?
BigBear wrote:
frenchcoast wrote:
RixPix wrote:
From the associated press:

http://www.nationaljournal.com/2012-presidential-campaign/ap-romney-owned-offshore-company-was-invisible-for-many-years-20120705

AP: Romney-Owned Offshore Company Was Invisible for Many Years
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By Rebecca Kaplan
Updated: July 5, 2012 | 9:39 a.m.
July 5, 2012 | 9:38 a.m.

An Associated Press report says that a once-invisible offshore company has helped bolster Romney’s wealth even though it did not appear on his state or federal financial reports for 15 years... (sic)... He called on Romney to release additional income-tax returns to see “whether he created this shell corporation to intentionally avoid paying U.S. taxes.”
From the associated press: br br http://www.natio... (show quote)


It is reported now that he has 8 offshore accounts holding many of millions tho NONE reported on official tax reports.
Yet evereyone wants to piss & moan about Obama.
quote=RixPix From the associated press: br br ht... (show quote)


Romney isn't destroying our country as Obama is.
quote=frenchcoast quote=RixPix From the associat... (show quote)


Give him a chance... he will.
Mitt is the GOP's least objectionable choice from a group of clowns offered up by party spin doctors. Once again we are being given a persona when the country needs real substance from real candidates (regardless of party) who offer realistic solutions to real problems and not more party polemics. The founding fathers gave us the America we all profess to love. Government grew and it has been down hill ever since. :-(
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Jul 2, 2012 23:19:39   #
(Main Photography Discussion)
mysterious striping
I close one eye and focus down the edge of my nose. Saves looking for those lost glasses that are usually perched on top of my head.
Seriously, those plastic eye patches with the tiny perforations will work too! I think they're about f74.
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Jul 2, 2012 12:59:54   #
(Main Photography Discussion)
Camera, laptop tethering
Another good site to explain the process is http://scottkelby.com/2008/shooting-tethered-from-your-camera-into-lightroom/
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