There's so many comments I want to 'thumbs up' but that'd take another 7 pages! :)

Dinner! You're taking the wrong kind of shot ;)

You can only see part of the Milky Way because of the time of year and your location on the planet. You should probably do some research for your area to find out when or IF you can see the whole galaxy.

I'm seeing some sort of shadow on your photo around the different light levels, which usually happens from too much post-processing.

Bgenie's Bodacious B's

Beaver Bilboard


Big Black Bee on a Blossom


Natural Bridge at Bryce Canyon National Park

Looks like you're Back-n-Blue :-)

Actually, Autofocus is designed to determine the focus-point based on what is brightest in the frame, which in this case is the house.. and it's in really sharp focus, so the auto is doing it's job. This has been a big point of discussion among dark-skined people who say that camera makers are racist because they don't focus on their dark skin. (Which is not my opinion, just some discussions I've come across)
She needs to use the camera's spot-focus instead of the auto-focus to avoid this issue in the future.

Sorry you had a bad experience on UHH previously but I am not interested in sending private messages.

I don't understand why you need to take photos of photos, under glass or not. Why not take them out of the frame and scan them? If you don't own a scanner, any number of copy places can do it for a fee.

Brian Peterson has an explanation here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LlcZu1CtS4o&list=PL7358295AB1EA7F10

Wow, very nice! If his face has as much character as his hands, then you need to talk him into posing for you even more!

Actually, no it's not something for me to pass down. Due to an accident when I was 17, I can't have kids. Although, I do hope my Niece and Nephew appreciate it when they are older.

Yours is about twice the age as the one I shot, plus they are in different climates, you're in dry/desert, and mine was in the mountains.

Cool shot BTW, it looks like you're right on top of it!

He had about 2 1/5, 1-gallon plastic bags full of metals. He would tell my sister and I to pick one of the metals out, and he'd tell the story behind it. Every once in a while we would pick one out, and he would tell us to pick a different one... When I acquired his photos after he died, I understand why, several rolls are photos with hills of bodies stacked like cord-wood, and mass graves with people 'tending' them with limestone and shovels.

Western Diamondback

These photos were taken by my Grandfather, Curtis Hendrick, around 1951 in Japan and Korea. He flew both Bombers and medivac, He was also assigned special passengers because he was a talented pilot.

President of South Korea, 1951, Symgman Rhee


General MacAurther visiting the troops, when he wasn't able to get tobacco for his pipe, he would smoke cigarettes






The caption on the back reads "The 53rd lands at Puson". Note the plane's wing has fallen off.


My grandfather playing with double exposure :)

No doubt! My hands were shaking so hard the first 20-30 shots were blurry!