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Apr 25, 2024 05:16:08 #
jerryc41 wrote:
VASA was developed by Microsoft, but it hasn't bee... (show quote)
Well, this is interesting. I would like to play with it myself using a picture of me and adding my voice to it with different types of speaking and see what it does if it imitates me or not.
Bruce.
Apr 25, 2024 05:03:15 #
joecichjr wrote:
Was looking out my right car window, and I heard a loud honk-ish sound from the left. Two sandhills were about twenty feet away. My lens was all the way down to the low end, so I did not get a lot of leg in these shots 
They look good Me. nice captures
Bruce
Apr 25, 2024 04:48:17 #
sippyjug104 wrote:
We've had two pet pot-bellied pigs and they were adorable pets. We called our first pig "Spam" and the second one "Bunny". They are amazingly intelligent animals and use a litter box like a cat does.
This is a digital painting of a piglet that I created using Clip Paint Studio.
This is a digital painting of a piglet that I created using Clip Paint Studio.
This is really cute and pretty cool too, very nice work. Thank you for sharing.
Bruce.
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Apr 24, 2024 15:08:05 #
Dean37 wrote:
Besides the very good advice you have been receivi... (show quote)
More good advice. I suspect the OP, new member, is new to photography or would not be asking these questions unless just pulling us. I have had great pictures from pocket point'n shooters. It would be NICE if we hear back from the new member unless digesting all these replies. I would hope so. We were all there too.
bruce.
Apr 24, 2024 14:06:11 #
Retired CPO wrote:
"Here on UHH, the focus is on Mirrorless full frame" Uh Hu! 
Yea typical reply from Paul, but this one is a bit toned down from his normal stuff.
We have a new member we know nothing about, and we want to help him/her so we should not be throwing all this equipment stuff at him until we know more.
We are here to help. Have we all been there right ?
bruce
Apr 24, 2024 13:50:13 #
AirWalter wrote:
If I had any brains I would try to keep as active as she is. Thanks Bruce.
Brother preach to me, me toooo. I look at life as one day at a time. I am her oldest son and pushing 73.
But hey, we are still here so a blessing is opon us.
b
Apr 24, 2024 13:47:46 #
Mb22346 wrote:
I am looking to buy a camera and I wanted to know three things first of all. What brand would you buy?
Second, what type would you buy i.e. mirror less or DSLR
And finally, would you ever buy a camera that has been refurbished?
Second, what type would you buy i.e. mirror less or DSLR
And finally, would you ever buy a camera that has been refurbished?
Again, these are open questions you are asking and good ones too.
But, Have you owned, used, done type of picture taking before ?
We are here to help you, but to a point is all we can do.
Tell us more about you, meaning your experience and exposure to this. Photography is and can be a GREAT thing and does not have to be expensive and over complicated.
Holler back, we will be here.
Sir Bruce in Texas.
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Apr 24, 2024 13:17:04 #
ialvarez50 wrote:
Orher people has given you GREAT advice about cameras. I just want to add one little piece of advice.
Cameras, even the most expensive ones, don't know how to take pictures. Whatever camera you buy, make sure that you know enough about photography to make it pay, I know some people who keep spending money on better cameras without learning anything about photography. Good luck to you.
Ignacio
Cameras, even the most expensive ones, don't know how to take pictures. Whatever camera you buy, make sure that you know enough about photography to make it pay, I know some people who keep spending money on better cameras without learning anything about photography. Good luck to you.
Ignacio
WELL SPOKEN AND SO TRUE. Best advice for a new member.
bruce.
Apr 24, 2024 13:04:36 #
AirWalter wrote:
God bless her heart. She looks great for her age, and I really like her benches, and the plants around that tree. Neat idea.
Thank you Air, yea she looks better in person but she is aging but staying active. She has all this stuff all over the yard that keeps her busy, my images do not show the other areas. Yea the benches, she saw them in some ally or somewhere they were discarded and somehow got them back to her house and redid them. I remember them before she redid them, they were rusted and junk. She has plants and flowers all over the place plus the garden. I may do more at another time but her and my dad moved in there in 1949 I think, but have lived other places but always kept their original house. I grew up there.
Thank you for the reply.
Bruce.
Apr 24, 2024 12:48:07 #
Retired CPO wrote:
Wow! It looks like she will still be doing that stuff when she is 103!
I hope so sir, her grand mother was 112 and her parents were well into their 90's. I just hope I can make in through this day.
bruce.
Apr 24, 2024 12:46:33 #
NMGal wrote:
Marvelous!
Well thank you Gal, I just grabbed the moment.
bruce
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Apr 24, 2024 11:48:49 #
Jim Tonne wrote:
We have here another boring image of a lass on the... (show quote)
Daaauuuummmm Jim, I like your boring posts and this one is one of the BEST !!!! Period !!
Yea I recall the comment but dude, you should have read some the crap comments I have received on some of mine. Most people here are good and honest, a few are just jerks, it's part of it bro.
You time and work on this is appreciated Ok,
bruce
Apr 24, 2024 11:41:48 #
Mb22346 wrote:
I am looking to buy a camera and I wanted to know three things first of all. What brand would you buy?
Second, what type would you buy i.e. mirror less or DSLR
And finally, would you ever buy a camera that has been refurbished?
Second, what type would you buy i.e. mirror less or DSLR
And finally, would you ever buy a camera that has been refurbished?
Ohhhh sheeeeeeiiittt !!!! here we gooooo, WELCOME TO THE UHH FAMILY,
Yup welcome aboard, you are in the right place.
After some time here you will see why I wrote the first line above.
So far you got some very good advice.
Me ? I am a cheap ass. I have bought used mostly. I have bought a new Sony point'n shooter.s Canon point'n shooters, worked fine for me.
First DSLR was a Nikon N80 film and then a D200 USED for 140 bucks and loved it. I now have a used D300s, bought for under 200 bucks from one of reputable big guys, can't remember which one. A used Panasonic bridge camera Lumix FZ300. All work great and can do everything for me.
Oh boy, PLEASE don't let people advise you how to spend your money, OK.
I am left handed mostly, So Nikon fit my hands better BUT !!!! some models of Canon and others feel better and some Nikons don't. IF IF IF you can go to a store and handle some this is a big help as others have said.
If you are new photography, do not spend a lot of money. Used or refurb are the best options because this can get expensive.
You question is an open one and doing this online limits us to opinions and comments but so many here have so much good advice to offer but ONLY YOU can decide what works best for you.
Good fortune and welcome to show.
Bruce.
Apr 24, 2024 11:23:38 #
While I out looking for the remaining Bluebonnets to shoot, my mom called me and had some fresh made beans and jalapeno cornbread and some other stuff. Since she does all natural and organic, it is always very good. Slammed on the brakes, made a U-Turn on the hiway and headed over there. Since I had my Nikon D300s with the 28-80mm lens attached I took some images of her and some of her latest projects.
Now she is pushing 93, very active and busy and drives everywhere.
These two benches she saw rusting as junk somewhere and after a while she somehow got them to the house and refinished them. The one with the red slats were bought by me at Lowes, they are fence boards and she sanded them and painted. The white one she recently just finished. She drove the truck to Home Depot, which she does frequently, loaded up 2x4's and some 4x4's some another project. She worked them over and after refinishing the metal bench frames, she added the new wood. I had to catch this and share, she is kinda proud of it because friends have more seats outside when visiting.
Nikon D300s set at: P-Auto, auto ISO, Matrix metering, Dynamic AF mode.
I WAS NOT attempting to create a photographic setting excellence. I had a short time to grab'n go but wanted to capture the moment. So why not share with the HOG family huh ?
Now she is pushing 93, very active and busy and drives everywhere.
These two benches she saw rusting as junk somewhere and after a while she somehow got them to the house and refinished them. The one with the red slats were bought by me at Lowes, they are fence boards and she sanded them and painted. The white one she recently just finished. She drove the truck to Home Depot, which she does frequently, loaded up 2x4's and some 4x4's some another project. She worked them over and after refinishing the metal bench frames, she added the new wood. I had to catch this and share, she is kinda proud of it because friends have more seats outside when visiting.
Nikon D300s set at: P-Auto, auto ISO, Matrix metering, Dynamic AF mode.
I WAS NOT attempting to create a photographic setting excellence. I had a short time to grab'n go but wanted to capture the moment. So why not share with the HOG family huh ?
She may add another back board in the middle of the two.
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Yea it works, heavy too, all steel or iron frame, I hope she didn't move it herself.
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Just a small part of her yard work.
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She looks good for 93 right ?
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Yup, she did all of this herself.
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New radishes from little side garden, yea we eat from gardens.
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This is other one she drug home and refinished.
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The original wood was rotten, she replaced it all and refinished the frames.
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Apr 24, 2024 07:38:20 #
DIRTY HARRY wrote:
Who remembers BURMA SHAVE (GREAT reminder of the p... (show quote)
I remember those I always wondered who came up with those catchy phrases to all those years.
Bruce
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