Posts: randomeyes | Ugly Hedgehog

sandstone caves

These are sandstone caves at Retreat Cove, Galiano Island.

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Aug 1, 2017 21:15:33 #

Billyspad wrote:

SreveR in all fairness to you I have noticed overt... (show quote)

Still butt-hurt from being kicked off FYC I see. Since you and Rob the bus driver and the illiterate one have been purged, the artistic merit and photographic knowledge on FYC has increased quite a bit. It is obvious to those who frequent FYC that all three of you had very little photographic knowledge or artistic talent and that the sole reason for being there was to insult people and promote you agenda of negativity.

Nothing can give us more pleasure than to know that the three of you are still whining and complaining about FYC. Let's hope it continues. It gives us a nice warm feeling to see you purge yourself every time you can. Keep it up. Look forward to it!!

Jul 31, 2017 21:45:18 #

brobill wrote:

I'm really bored with this jackass called Billy. Signing off this strand.

You have the right description. I too have no time for an obvious loser. Over and out.

Jul 31, 2017 21:40:47 #

dsturr wrote:

If one was quick enough to download the 3rd picture he posted in the thread "Learning a new skill" before it got deleted one would have seen the xpauthor listed as "Rob". This does not show up using "Bridge" but does show up in a few online Exif readers and also "Wordpad". The same goes for one of Jimcrint's pictures.

Any ideas who gloriawilson is?

Word is "gloriawilson" could be a guy who refers to himself as a straight shooter. Could be, the other troll referred to himself as Debbie Wilde.

Jul 31, 2017 16:20:12 #

SteveR wrote:

In Texas we've got tens of thousands of boars that live in the wild, are difficult to find, cause millions of dollars in damage and are trapped and hunted. On this website we have a species of boor which does not hide, is obtrusive, just as much of a pest, and runs in packs like the other species. Unfortunately, none have yet been caught and roasted on a spit.

Actually Steve, it was a pack of three, all of which were banned. Word has it that two of them tried to reenter FYC under aliases, but they were easier to track then an elephant with a nose bleed through a snowdrift. They just aren't that smart.

Jul 31, 2017 12:46:05 #

brobill wrote:

Aw, c'mon now Billy.....
Don't be one whose motto is," I can't wait to hear what I'm going to say next."

You have to realize that Billy was removed from FYC and now is acting like the little kid whose nose is pressed up against the window of the store he cannot get in.

Jul 20, 2017 16:36:24 #

The "Fargo" effect

Uuglypher wrote:

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Reality check! Reality check!

Yes, randomeyes, I'd say that shot works well !

Fargo, North Dakota is a nice, clean, upper mid-west northern plaines city. Good shopping, good restaurants...in fact, when we here in Estelline, SD are up for a really excellent Indian dinner and/or a Unitarian Universalist service on a Sunday it's only a 2 hour drive from home to "Taste of India" on W. 45 th St...( or is it N 45th...I forget...I just know where to park!).
It has typical mid-continent weather...hot in summer (I've seen 98°F the day after they claimed it had been 102°) and it's cold and white in winter ...just like any other mid-continent, mid-latitude city. It's only a little more than half-way to the North Pole from the Equator. Where we live here in SD it's almost smack-dab on 45° N latitude. Like other cities at that latitude across the continent they don't see winter as a hardship; it comes in season and leaves the same way...just like Summer. The roads are well maintained, sun dogs are as common in winter as sweat is in summer... and winter can be as beautiful as summer.
And the denizens of Fargo are more than a little bemused at the reputation that besets their region thanks to a "cult movie" (albeit a well-produced, enjoyable one) and a one-trick pony TV series. And I've never met anyone in Fargo bearing the slightest likeness to William Macy! And on the streets of Fargo one is no more likely to hear "Yah,sure" or "Uff da" than in the Twin Cities of Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN, or Madison, WI, or Des Moines, IA. The norther plaines states have been welcoming to immigration from diverse locales...middle east (Syria), Africa (Somalia) and several eastern european countries and central American countries. Scandinavians, Germans, Scots, Dutch, French, English, Irish, Czeck, Bohemian were the immigrants of yester years. And members of the First Nations (Lakota, Dakota, Blackfoot, Ojibway, Arikara are still among us.

So those who like to spread folk lore about "Fargo", I simply urge y'all to keep " flying over" and chuckling without landing; life in the northern plaines is good...and we like t'keep it that way! Or, if of an open, welcoming nature, by all means land and walk among us. You'll find many of a like mind. And bring your gear; there are photo-ops year-round!

Jus' sayin'.......

Dave

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Thanks for the info Dave. The closest we have to a "Fargo" type landscape in Canada is Saskatchewan. The residents of that beautiful Province refer to their climate as 11 months of winter and one month of bad snowshoeing weather.

Jul 20, 2017 13:01:48 #

The "Fargo" effect

rmalarz wrote:

It does. However, "Fargo" had a lot more white in those sweeping vistas.
--Bob

Quite true. I will revisit this area in winter, which will be in about 3 months!!

Jul 20, 2017 12:57:23 #

The "Fargo" effect

If any of you have seen the movie "Fargo" you will remember the sweeping vistas, with mainly sky and very little land in the shot. Does a shot like this work?

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Jul 13, 2017 01:14:45 #

Frank2013 wrote:

While I understand what has been discussed here I think some toning down of the darker cloud curve above the tree right would lessen the distraction from your subject....

Give it a try Frank.

Jul 13, 2017 00:05:29 #

ebrunner wrote:

Very nice. My first impression was that I would like to see more detail in the bird. Then I gave some thought to your expressed preference for having the photo dark. It began to make sense to me and I think I agree with you. By not having so much detail to ponder, you focus on what the bird is doing; and I think that is what you wanted to capture here. Well done.
erich

Thanks Erich. You got it!

Jul 12, 2017 22:13:26 #

pfrancke wrote:

I love this, serious impact - great character, your title is perfect.

Thanks. He/she "sang" for about 15 minutes straight. I checked around to see if there was a chick in distress or some other disturbance, could not find any.

Jul 12, 2017 20:55:26 #

Bald eagle. This character was screeching up a storm as I was walking near a riverbank. It was in the top most branch of the tree, taken with a 100-400 probably at 375 hand held shooting into a high sky. Yes, it is dark. I prefer it that way.

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Jul 3, 2017 14:28:12 #

petunia

backlit orange petunia, view in download. (slight wind)

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Jun 30, 2017 12:59:29 #

sailing on a hot, hot, hot (32 degrees celsius) day

Linda From Maine wrote:

Must be downloaded to see the true colors and brightness. I enjoyed viewing this for awhile for the light and shimmer and barely-there background. Different and interesting shot.

Thanks Linda. I tried to get the heat haze, the mountains were a little more prominent in actuality but it works for me.