Posts: konica135 | Ugly Hedgehog

what am I?

Alfalfa sprouts?

Jan 25, 2012 18:43:50 #

random

#2: Been there, done that. You think the ground is firm until you start moving on the surface, then the sand becomes fluid. Not quite quicksand, but scary

Jan 25, 2012 08:00:27 #

Trip Planner

Stay off the super-slab - Interstate. Have traveled throughout the US, mostly on motorcycle and, unless I needed to get somewhere in a hurry, always used the US or State routes. Amazing what you'll see that you will find picture worthy.

Jan 25, 2012 07:46:13 #

Lens for Sale

twindad wrote:

I thought some of you with Lens Acquisition Syndrome might find this interesting. Not quite sure how one would mount and support it, but someone handy with tools and duct tape would find a way.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=270865251533+

Good luck on bidding!

In addition to being commissioned to build the Hubble optics, The Perkin-Elmer Corp was involved in the spy satellite missions of the 60s and 70s. Google KH-9 Hexagon for details.

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Jan 24, 2012 20:08:22 #

Question for you ornithologists out there

nat wrote:

I have been seeing a lot of photos of Ospreys nesting in the south. We, in the northeast, have them in the summer and they nest and raise young.
Do they breed twice a year?
Or are their nests in the south just resting places. The nests we have up here are very large structures made out of twigs, plastic, rope....anything that they can find, it seems.

The ospreys that nest and breed in the northeast are truly migratory and fly as far south as northern South America. (Hard working snowbirds.) Those that live and breed in the southern states do not need to migrate. (Guess they're the retirees.) Have no real feel for the osprey populations in middle or western America, nor elsewhere in the world. It is truly an international species.

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Jan 24, 2012 19:45:28 #

Haunted Barn

JAL wrote:

question: why is the string on the beam sticking straight out and a face right behind it? also what is that circle of fog? doing right above the other stuff about 3/4 of the way up on the right hand side? or am i seeing things?

String is most likely wire and the orb a mote of dust reflecting the flash light.

Jan 24, 2012 19:37:13 #

Work and protest

julesreyesmarko wrote:

Wow what racism, where are your ancestors from? Probably not here.

Racism isn't the issue here, it's illegals. Race may play into it and cannot be helped because most of those in AZ who are illegal are usually Hispanics. The same situation regarding illegals would involve a different "race issue" in Detroit or in the legal doctrines in Oklahoma. Solve the illegal issues and the majority of the racism issues you feel will go away. Now let's get back to shutter snapping.

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Jan 23, 2012 17:15:58 #

Canon Macro Ring Lite ML-3 SOLD

Canon sales lit says TTL. Check out a current eBay listing.

Jan 23, 2012 17:03:03 #

Do any of you drive around with a camera on your lap?

tinosa wrote:

You need one of these ! :-D

Cyborg

Jan 22, 2012 08:43:08 #

Funny Camel

Did you walk a mile for that shot, Joe?

Jan 21, 2012 13:47:57 #

B&W

Shooting in color gives both options.

Jan 20, 2012 20:03:40 #

Unusual feature to an old house - any idea what it's used for?

deanna_hg wrote:

on a coastal note, it could have been where the captain's wife went to look out to sea for the ship to be sailing into port.

Or more commonly called a 'widows walk' - for those sea captains who did not return

Jan 18, 2012 20:56:21 #

Black Skimmer

Perfect timing!

Very Interesting Photographs

Jan 18, 2012 08:04:01 #

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The Copenhagen shot reminds one of the kraals of Africa.

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Jan 18, 2012 08:01:25 #

Wednesday internet black-out to protest proposed internet regulations

singleviking wrote:

This new law is just like the rest of the half-assed junk legislation coming out of this congress and Washington. Big money and the lobbyists seem to be running things and logic and reason has let the building. If it does get signed into law, I think it will be contested in Supreme Court as being Unconstitutional. So another million bucks or so down the tubes on just the publishing of this idiocy.

I keep reading about the impetus behind this proposed legislation - Hollywood. Seems it's the rich trying to protect their domain. Piracy of movies and music has been going on for decades and will continue for even more. It will just get more subtle. Instead of reverting to the "all-powerful, I-can-protect-you-all US Govt" as the answer, do your own policing. Stop asking the taxpayers to foot the bill. The SOPA legislation will not work outside the US. Also, what has the govt done so far about Wikileaks? Unfortunately, in an ethereal media, porosity is everywhere.