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Photography Blog No. 42 [UPDATED]

by LEP
Sat Jul 5th, 2008 at 04:59:25 AM EST

Greetings and welcome to the ET Photo Blog #42. Todays special subject is Portraits, self and otherwise.

Here's a portrait of my Uncle Sam. It's his birthday today you know.

Lots of inspiration in this week's photoblog! Next week will be still life - In Wales

In this portrait he's lechering after some young girls. He looks quite menacing with his finger stuck out like that but the girls are just giggling. No one's afraid of Uncle Sam anymore. He's gotten quite old and he's very broke after all those years of excess and violence. And drinking all that cheap oil has gotten to his liver. But why don't we humor Uncle Sam and give him a tip of our hats on his birthday. He used to be quite a sport!

So, on to our photos. In addition to portraits, we have our regular subjects photos as usual and ask the experts.

Update [2008-7-4 8:16:1 by LEP]: IN MEMORIAM I have sad news to report. I just went outside to move my car and I found our seven year old mama cat Suliao dead under my car. She had been dead for many hours. This photo was taken in 2003 one year after she had given birth to five kittens. We still have two of the kittens.

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Photography Blog No. 42 [UPDATED] | 104 comments (104 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)

Re: Photography Blog No. 42 (none / 1)

portraits

I told Bush; don't play chess with the freakin' Russians.

by LEP (rafifoon@yahoo.com) on Fri Jul 4th, 2008 at 03:39:39 AM EST

From estHer (4.00 / 10)

Self portrait.

I told Bush; don't play chess with the freakin' Russians.

by LEP (rafifoon@yahoo.com) on Fri Jul 4th, 2008 at 03:51:15 AM EST
[ Parent ]

Gyro anyone? (4.00 / 7)

I told Bush; don't play chess with the freakin' Russians.

by LEP (rafifoon@yahoo.com) on Fri Jul 4th, 2008 at 03:57:30 AM EST
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Re: Gyro anyone? (none / 1)

Wow, they have uniforms ? That's some upscale kebab joint !

Auferre, trucidare, rapere, falsis nominibus imperium; atque, ubi solitudinem faciunt, pacem appellant.

by linca (antonin POINT lucas AROBASE gmail.com) on Fri Jul 4th, 2008 at 04:03:32 AM EST
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From estHer (4.00 / 12)

estHer with friend.

I told Bush; don't play chess with the freakin' Russians.

by LEP (rafifoon@yahoo.com) on Fri Jul 4th, 2008 at 04:09:22 AM EST
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Re: From estHer (none / 1)

Love those expressions.

I can swear there ain't no heaven but I pray there ain't no hell. _ Blood Sweat & Tears

by Gringo (stargazing camel at aoldotcom) on Fri Jul 4th, 2008 at 10:40:57 PM EST
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Re: From estHer (none / 0)

Those expressions are quite French, aren't they.

I told Bush; don't play chess with the freakin' Russians.

by LEP (rafifoon@yahoo.com) on Sun Jul 6th, 2008 at 04:56:57 AM EST
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Re: From estHer (none / 0)

French, well maybe, but I would say European for sure. You won't see that in America.

I can swear there ain't no heaven but I pray there ain't no hell. _ Blood Sweat & Tears

by Gringo (stargazing camel at aoldotcom) on Sun Jul 6th, 2008 at 04:11:03 PM EST
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Re: Photography Blog No. 42 (4.00 / 9)

Life should consist in at least fifty percent pure waste of time, and the rest doing what you please.

by ceebs (bunchofwankers (at) gmail (dot) com) on Fri Jul 4th, 2008 at 04:23:03 AM EST
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Re: Photography Blog No. 42 (4.00 / 2)

Awwww!

Ad astra per aspera

by In Wales (inwales aaat eurotrib.com) on Fri Jul 4th, 2008 at 04:30:53 AM EST
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Re: Photography Blog No. 42 (4.00 / 4)

That's what I always think when I come across that pic, its such an expression of contentment.

Life should consist in at least fifty percent pure waste of time, and the rest doing what you please.

by ceebs (bunchofwankers (at) gmail (dot) com) on Fri Jul 4th, 2008 at 04:32:30 AM EST
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Re: Photography Blog No. 42 (4.00 / 2)

I had a tomcat who got that look when he was given a tummy rub - I always called it the Nirvana look.

by Fran (fran at eurotrib dot com) on Fri Jul 4th, 2008 at 10:10:57 AM EST
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Re: Photography Blog No. 42 (none / 1)

All I can say is double Awwww!

by Fran (fran at eurotrib dot com) on Fri Jul 4th, 2008 at 10:09:50 AM EST
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Re: Photography Blog No. 42 (4.00 / 9)

Abstracts of me.

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by In Wales (inwales aaat eurotrib.com) on Fri Jul 4th, 2008 at 04:23:16 AM EST
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Re: Photography Blog No. 42 (none / 0)

Your balconies look a bit strange in the first one.

by Colman (colman at eurotrib.com) on Fri Jul 4th, 2008 at 04:25:16 AM EST
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Re: Photography Blog No. 42 (none / 0)

I think because the angle is straight on. They are actually quite wide.

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by In Wales (inwales aaat eurotrib.com) on Fri Jul 4th, 2008 at 04:30:07 AM EST
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Re: Photography Blog No. 42 (none / 0)

In Wales, if the portrait you took of me last year is on the net, and it's not too much work, you could post it, as it's one of the best ever taken of a tough subject who runs from cameras (with good reason).

Skennah Kowa

by Crazy Horse on Fri Jul 4th, 2008 at 11:52:06 AM EST
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Crazy Horse (4.00 / 3)

is here but the file is big. I'll edit at home and post the photo up here for you.

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by In Wales (inwales aaat eurotrib.com) on Fri Jul 4th, 2008 at 12:28:01 PM EST
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Re: Photography Blog No. 42 (4.00 / 3)

You have some nice looking abstracts!

I can swear there ain't no heaven but I pray there ain't no hell. _ Blood Sweat & Tears

by Gringo (stargazing camel at aoldotcom) on Fri Jul 4th, 2008 at 10:33:15 PM EST
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Re: Photography Blog No. 42 (4.00 / 10)

Ad astra per aspera

by In Wales (inwales aaat eurotrib.com) on Fri Jul 4th, 2008 at 04:24:51 AM EST
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Re: Photography Blog No. 42 (none / 0)

Did you get anything out of your Yashica yet?

by Colman (colman at eurotrib.com) on Fri Jul 4th, 2008 at 04:26:40 AM EST
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Re: Photography Blog No. 42 (none / 0)

I have put one roll through but have not had chance to develop it yet. Hopefully this weekend once I've practised on a wrecked film. I finally got the paterson reel to widen!

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by In Wales (inwales aaat eurotrib.com) on Fri Jul 4th, 2008 at 04:28:09 AM EST
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Re: Photography Blog No. 42 (none / 1)

Do you have a lab that'll develop 120 anywhere near? I'd run a roll of reala or something through it and get it professionally developed just to make sure the camera works properly so that you're sure that errors in development are actually your fault!

by Colman (colman at eurotrib.com) on Fri Jul 4th, 2008 at 04:41:30 AM EST
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Re: Photography Blog No. 42 (none / 1)

That's a good idea actually. The reason I was going to attempt it myself is that I am not certain about how well I exposed the film. I used the Nikon in camera light meter and then set the Yashica. I need to buy a light meter but don't have the spare £200 for it right now. TBG gave me a light meter in a dream but it doesn't work in real life.

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by In Wales (inwales aaat eurotrib.com) on Fri Jul 4th, 2008 at 05:06:49 AM EST
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Re: Photography Blog No. 42 (none / 0)

Use the Nikon. It's probably better at it than a light meter anyway.

by Colman (colman at eurotrib.com) on Fri Jul 4th, 2008 at 05:10:35 AM EST
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Re: Photography Blog No. 42 (none / 0)

Yeah, I do that all the time wih my Chinese TLR (that has no meter). It works great. You can also hook up a small flash set to auto (or to studio lights) using the PC sync on the camera.

I can swear there ain't no heaven but I pray there ain't no hell. _ Blood Sweat & Tears

by Gringo (stargazing camel at aoldotcom) on Fri Jul 4th, 2008 at 11:56:37 AM EST
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Re: Photography Blog No. 42 (4.00 / 2)

but since he gave you it have any of your dreams been underexposed?

Life should consist in at least fifty percent pure waste of time, and the rest doing what you please.

by ceebs (bunchofwankers (at) gmail (dot) com) on Fri Jul 4th, 2008 at 05:13:09 AM EST
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Re: Photography Blog No. 42 (4.00 / 2)

I could reveal a little too much if I answered that question!

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by In Wales (inwales aaat eurotrib.com) on Fri Jul 4th, 2008 at 05:15:56 AM EST
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Re: Photography Blog No. 42 (none / 1)

well I was going to say overexposed, but that would have definitely have pushed you to reveal too much. ;-)

Life should consist in at least fifty percent pure waste of time, and the rest doing what you please.

by ceebs (bunchofwankers (at) gmail (dot) com) on Fri Jul 4th, 2008 at 05:30:05 AM EST
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Re: Photography Blog No. 42 (4.00 / 9)

Bits of me. You can see the camera reflected in my eye if you click through to the high resolution photo of the second one. Ah, and I was tired!

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by In Wales (inwales aaat eurotrib.com) on Fri Jul 4th, 2008 at 04:27:09 AM EST
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Re: Photography Blog No. 42 (4.00 / 8)

An American friend in Paris. He's a professional photographer who actually has work.

I told Bush; don't play chess with the freakin' Russians.

by LEP (rafifoon@yahoo.com) on Fri Jul 4th, 2008 at 04:50:10 AM EST
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Re: Photography Blog No. 42 (none / 0)

What does he specialise in?

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by In Wales (inwales aaat eurotrib.com) on Fri Jul 4th, 2008 at 05:09:38 AM EST
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Re: Photography Blog No. 42 (none / 1)

He does commercial work for companies for their brochures, annual reports, etc. He also does some work for magazines. He's quite good. He can make what most would consider boring photos very interesting.

I told Bush; don't play chess with the freakin' Russians.

by LEP (rafifoon@yahoo.com) on Fri Jul 4th, 2008 at 05:15:28 AM EST
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Re: Photography Blog No. 42 (none / 0)

Especially if you aren't using mirrors, it is really difficult to take self portaits that are in focus in the right place, if in focus at all.

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by In Wales (inwales aaat eurotrib.com) on Fri Jul 4th, 2008 at 05:07:52 AM EST
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Re: Photography Blog No. 42 (4.00 / 10)

Sitting in a Paris cafe:

Drinking my panache:

Watching the world go bye:

I told Bush; don't play chess with the freakin' Russians.

by LEP (rafifoon@yahoo.com) on Fri Jul 4th, 2008 at 05:47:16 AM EST
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Hi LEP (4.00 / 4)

So sorry to read about the loss of your furry love ... sending hugs.

I was in Paris a couple weeks ago for the first time. What a magical city ... I had such a wonderful time.

by olivia on Fri Jul 4th, 2008 at 08:27:16 AM EST
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Re: Hi LEP (none / 1)

Thanks olivia.

I told Bush; don't play chess with the freakin' Russians.

by LEP (rafifoon@yahoo.com) on Fri Jul 4th, 2008 at 09:48:25 AM EST
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Re: Hi LEP (none / 1)

Sorry we didn't meet up in Paris!

I told Bush; don't play chess with the freakin' Russians.

by LEP (rafifoon@yahoo.com) on Fri Jul 4th, 2008 at 09:57:02 AM EST
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Re: Photography Blog No. 42 (none / 1)

Sorry about your cat, she was lovely.

Ad astra per aspera

by In Wales (inwales aaat eurotrib.com) on Fri Jul 4th, 2008 at 09:35:44 AM EST
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Re: Photography Blog No. 42 (none / 0)

Thanks In Wales.

I told Bush; don't play chess with the freakin' Russians.

by LEP (rafifoon@yahoo.com) on Fri Jul 4th, 2008 at 09:48:55 AM EST
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Re: Photography Blog No. 42 (none / 1)

Ohhh, precious thing. She looks just like "Yum Yum Chow" from my childhood. Siamese cats are so smart and fascinating.

Karen in Austin

Thence comes our true nobility by grace, It was not willed us with our rank and place. Chaucer

by Wife of Bath (bakerswife13@yahoo.com) on Sun Jul 6th, 2008 at 09:21:25 AM EST
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Re: Photography Blog No. 42 (none / 1)

I'm so sorry to hear about the loss of your cat, LEP.

by the stormy present (stormypresent aaaaaaat gmail etc) on Fri Jul 4th, 2008 at 10:29:36 AM EST
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Re: Photography Blog No. 42 (none / 0)

Thanks stormy present.

I told Bush; don't play chess with the freakin' Russians.

by LEP (rafifoon@yahoo.com) on Fri Jul 4th, 2008 at 11:31:58 AM EST
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Re: Photography Blog No. 42 (none / 0)

Oh poor thing, she was beautiful.

are the kids coping?

Life should consist in at least fifty percent pure waste of time, and the rest doing what you please.

by ceebs (bunchofwankers (at) gmail (dot) com) on Fri Jul 4th, 2008 at 05:50:08 PM EST
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Re: Photography Blog No. 42 (none / 0)

Esther was very upset; (Suliao was really her cat) but she seems ok tonight. She took that photo when she was nine.Raphael is too busy with other things to express much emotion.

I told Bush; don't play chess with the freakin' Russians.

by LEP (rafifoon@yahoo.com) on Fri Jul 4th, 2008 at 06:10:09 PM EST
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Re: Photography Blog No. 42 (none / 1)

Really sorry to hear this, LEP. It must have been even more of a shock with her being only seven.

by Sassafras on Fri Jul 4th, 2008 at 06:47:41 PM EST
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Re: Photography Blog No. 42 (none / 1)

Thanks Sassafras. It's always harder when unexpected. We live in a village south of Paris but our house is on a street with a good amount of traffic. I leave a big 18 year old car parked on the street (I rarely drive it) just to slow down the traffic and protect our animals and children. It didn't work this time.

I told Bush; don't play chess with the freakin' Russians.

by LEP (rafifoon@yahoo.com) on Sat Jul 5th, 2008 at 03:55:11 AM EST
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Re: Photography Blog No. 42 (none / 0)

Sorry for the cat, a cute one...

Did Raphael pass his bac ?

Auferre, trucidare, rapere, falsis nominibus imperium; atque, ubi solitudinem faciunt, pacem appellant.

by linca (antonin POINT lucas AROBASE gmail.com) on Sat Jul 5th, 2008 at 06:12:31 AM EST
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Re: Photography Blog No. 42 (none / 0)

Thanks linca.
Raphael did ok. "Tres Bien" 16 moyen. Too bad such a happy day was stained by the death of our cat. C'est la vie.

I told Bush; don't play chess with the freakin' Russians.

by LEP (rafifoon@yahoo.com) on Sat Jul 5th, 2008 at 06:24:47 AM EST
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Re: Photography Blog No. 42 (4.00 / 3)

Don't forget to congratulate him on the achievement despite the bad news of the day - a mention TB is quite an achievement !

Auferre, trucidare, rapere, falsis nominibus imperium; atque, ubi solitudinem faciunt, pacem appellant.

by linca (antonin POINT lucas AROBASE gmail.com) on Sat Jul 5th, 2008 at 07:52:45 PM EST
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LEP and estHer (none / 0)

Sorry to hear about Suliao. What a cute cat.

"You can't be a successful crook with a dishonest face, now, can you?" -The Fourth Doctor

by lychee (lychee9393 A yahoo D com) on Fri Jul 4th, 2008 at 06:45:50 PM EST
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Re: LEP and estHer (none / 0)

Thanks lychee.

I told Bush; don't play chess with the freakin' Russians.

by LEP (rafifoon@yahoo.com) on Sat Jul 5th, 2008 at 03:55:46 AM EST
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Re: Photography Blog No. 42 (4.00 / 13)

Portraits: family, cats:

Dancing in the driveway:

Eating like kittycats:

Self done with arm stretched out... yes, not the ideal way to take a portrait:

Husband with favorite cookies:

New clothes and shoes!:

Have a wonderful weekend, y'all.

Karen in Austin

Thence comes our true nobility by grace, It was not willed us with our rank and place. Chaucer

by Wife of Bath (bakerswife13@yahoo.com) on Fri Jul 4th, 2008 at 07:39:21 AM EST
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Re: Photography Blog No. 42 (none / 1)

Your self portrait is lovely.

I told Bush; don't play chess with the freakin' Russians.

by LEP (rafifoon@yahoo.com) on Fri Jul 4th, 2008 at 09:56:05 AM EST
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Re: Photography Blog No. 42 (none / 1)

You're so sweet... this wrinkled grandma thanks you!

Karen in Austin

Thence comes our true nobility by grace, It was not willed us with our rank and place. Chaucer

by Wife of Bath (bakerswife13@yahoo.com) on Sun Jul 6th, 2008 at 09:24:51 AM EST
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Re: Photography Blog No. 42 (4.00 / 11)

The Momcat and budr in their natural habitats.

Somewhere in cyberspace, the ghost of de Chardin is smiling.

by budr on Fri Jul 4th, 2008 at 09:20:59 AM EST
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Re: Photography Blog No. 42 (4.00 / 3)

Oh, LEP - sorry about Suliao, she was such a beauty. These furry friends are sorely missed, when they are gone.

by Fran (fran at eurotrib dot com) on Fri Jul 4th, 2008 at 10:08:07 AM EST
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Re: Photography Blog No. 42 (none / 1)

Thanks Fran.

I told Bush; don't play chess with the freakin' Russians.

by LEP (rafifoon@yahoo.com) on Fri Jul 4th, 2008 at 11:33:03 AM EST
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Re: Photography Blog No. 42 (4.00 / 10)

It's no secret I like doing portraits of babies and children.

My grandson at about 6 mos. Natural light by a window

Also with natural light I believe. Of course I had to adjust the foreground to get rid of light spillover.

One of the little guys next door

One of his cousins. Little girls love to pose.

The whole gang of cousins

I can swear there ain't no heaven but I pray there ain't no hell. _ Blood Sweat & Tears

by Gringo (stargazing camel at aoldotcom) on Fri Jul 4th, 2008 at 02:47:14 PM EST
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Re: Photography Blog No. 42 (4.00 / 2)

Wow.

When locusts move on, they leave nothing behind

by afew (afew(a in a circle)eurotrib_dot_com) on Fri Jul 4th, 2008 at 02:57:13 PM EST
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Re: Photography Blog No. 42 (none / 1)

Fantastic! I wish I had kids around to practice taking portraits of. These are all great but I really love the group shot. There is something 'wholesome' and cheerful about it.

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by In Wales (inwales aaat eurotrib.com) on Fri Jul 4th, 2008 at 02:59:29 PM EST
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Re: Photography Blog No. 42 (4.00 / 7)

Thank you. Well, there seem to be kids everywhere I go, and they make such great subjects for the camera by always changing their appearance/pose, like a good model. My only problems are that they are so mobile while I'm not as quick as I used to be, and they tire me out.

Here are a couple more I set up but forgot to post.

Kelsy

At the splash park

I can swear there ain't no heaven but I pray there ain't no hell. _ Blood Sweat & Tears

by Gringo (stargazing camel at aoldotcom) on Fri Jul 4th, 2008 at 10:10:52 PM EST
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wonderful (4.00 / 6)

the expression in kelsy's eyes and face is purely transcendental, what an amazing moment you co-generated and captured!

wow... her gaze makes me feel all warm, optimistic and peaceful. what a world there is in childrens' hearts, that only very occasionally is windowed in shots like this...

the water shot is great too.

snapperoo!

Peace is not the absence of war -- peace is the absence of fear. Ursula Franklin

by melo (melometa4(at)gmail.com) on Sat Jul 5th, 2008 at 01:31:21 AM EST
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Re: wonderful (4.00 / 2)

what a world there is in childrens' hearts, that only very occasionally is windowed in shots like this...

What perfection of written expression! There is indeed something very special about childhood. Perhaps it is derived from a state of almost pure innocence.

I can swear there ain't no heaven but I pray there ain't no hell. _ Blood Sweat & Tears

by Gringo (stargazing camel at aoldotcom) on Sat Jul 5th, 2008 at 10:56:29 AM EST
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Re: wonderful (4.00 / 2)

i could be projecting, but i think the camera captured the openness and love between the subject and the photographer.

childrens' eyes sometimes have such a wise depth, in small, esprcially new-born babies, it's like gazing through them into infinity.

Peace is not the absence of war -- peace is the absence of fear. Ursula Franklin

by melo (melometa4(at)gmail.com) on Sun Jul 6th, 2008 at 12:53:52 PM EST
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Re: Photography Blog No. 42 (4.00 / 6)

My daughter and grandson.

IMG src="http://i143.photobucket.com/albums/r133/stargazingcamel/BrenandHora.jpg">
Wife's neice and grand nephew.

One of my daughter's neighbors. He's a tough, self-sufficient kind of guy who runs his own business. So, I changed the background to concrete and blended him into it a little. Don't know if you will be able to see the texture.

I can swear there ain't no heaven but I pray there ain't no hell. _ Blood Sweat & Tears

by Gringo (stargazing camel at aoldotcom) on Fri Jul 4th, 2008 at 02:53:52 PM EST
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Re: Photography Blog No. 42 (4.00 / 5)

This is the one I screwed up above.

Wife's niece (in law) and grand nephew

I can swear there ain't no heaven but I pray there ain't no hell. _ Blood Sweat & Tears

by Gringo (stargazing camel at aoldotcom) on Fri Jul 4th, 2008 at 10:44:40 PM EST
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Re: Photography Blog No. 42 (4.00 / 9)

Playing about on the beach:

by Sassafras on Fri Jul 4th, 2008 at 03:26:05 PM EST
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Re: Photography Blog No. 42 (none / 0)

Cool!

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by In Wales (inwales aaat eurotrib.com) on Fri Jul 4th, 2008 at 03:28:29 PM EST
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Re: Photography Blog No. 42 (4.00 / 9)

Street portrait

by Sassafras on Fri Jul 4th, 2008 at 03:29:31 PM EST
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Re: Photography Blog No. 42 (4.00 / 8)

And my son's portrait of his mother.

by Sassafras on Fri Jul 4th, 2008 at 03:32:39 PM EST
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Re: Photography Blog No. 42 (4.00 / 5)

Hey, your son has a really nice looking mother! :-)

by Fran (fran at eurotrib dot com) on Fri Jul 4th, 2008 at 03:38:46 PM EST
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Re: Photography Blog No. 42 (4.00 / 2)

Yeah she looks likes she'd be fun to have around, doesn't she?

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by In Wales (inwales aaat eurotrib.com) on Sat Jul 5th, 2008 at 04:50:18 AM EST
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Re: Photography Blog No. 42 (4.00 / 2)

Your son appears to have a good sense of composition as well.

If sanity be culturally normative, then by the norms of this culture I claim insanity.

by ARGeezer (argeezer a in a circle yahoo dot com) on Sat Jul 5th, 2008 at 11:19:32 AM EST
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Re: Photography Blog No. 42 (4.00 / 6)

The Walk

Best viewed while listening to The Walk by Sawyer Brown.

Somewhere in cyberspace, the ghost of de Chardin is smiling.

by budr on Fri Jul 4th, 2008 at 03:44:19 PM EST
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Re: Photography Blog No. 42 (none / 1)

Picasa has a really nice slideshow function, but I couldn't make it embed. Has anyone else managed to do that?

Somewhere in cyberspace, the ghost of de Chardin is smiling.

by budr on Fri Jul 4th, 2008 at 03:53:28 PM EST
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my daughter (4.00 / 7)

Peace is not the absence of war -- peace is the absence of fear. Ursula Franklin

by melo (melometa4(at)gmail.com) on Sat Jul 5th, 2008 at 01:49:49 AM EST
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Re: my daughter (4.00 / 2)

Darlin'! And where was it taken?

Karen in Austin

Thence comes our true nobility by grace, It was not willed us with our rank and place. Chaucer

by Wife of Bath (bakerswife13@yahoo.com) on Sun Jul 6th, 2008 at 09:28:45 AM EST
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Re: my daughter (4.00 / 2)

puna coast, big island, hawaii.

she had a very similar vibe to your daughter, karen, at her age.

right back atcha, i loved that one upthread of her, radiant as a sunflower!

Peace is not the absence of war -- peace is the absence of fear. Ursula Franklin

by melo (melometa4(at)gmail.com) on Sun Jul 6th, 2008 at 12:56:14 PM EST
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my nephew, goofin' (4.00 / 6)

Peace is not the absence of war -- peace is the absence of fear. Ursula Franklin

by melo (melometa4(at)gmail.com) on Sat Jul 5th, 2008 at 01:51:24 AM EST
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daughter, one letter from laughter (4.00 / 7)

Peace is not the absence of war -- peace is the absence of fear. Ursula Franklin

by melo (melometa4(at)gmail.com) on Sat Jul 5th, 2008 at 01:53:35 AM EST
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wild man at party (4.00 / 6)

Peace is not the absence of war -- peace is the absence of fear. Ursula Franklin

by melo (melometa4(at)gmail.com) on Sat Jul 5th, 2008 at 01:57:46 AM EST
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daughter (4.00 / 7)

Peace is not the absence of war -- peace is the absence of fear. Ursula Franklin

by melo (melometa4(at)gmail.com) on Sat Jul 5th, 2008 at 01:59:23 AM EST
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Self portrait by estHer (4.00 / 7)

taken at restaurant last evening. Her eyes are a little red from much crying yesterday.

I told Bush; don't play chess with the freakin' Russians.

by LEP (rafifoon@yahoo.com) on Sat Jul 5th, 2008 at 04:29:01 AM EST
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sleepy kat (4.00 / 5)

Peace is not the absence of war -- peace is the absence of fear. Ursula Franklin

by melo (melometa4(at)gmail.com) on Sat Jul 5th, 2008 at 10:29:03 AM EST
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good guitar bud (4.00 / 5)

Peace is not the absence of war -- peace is the absence of fear. Ursula Franklin

by melo (melometa4(at)gmail.com) on Sat Jul 5th, 2008 at 10:29:22 AM EST
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She Who Must Be Obeyed (4.00 / 5)

Peace is not the absence of war -- peace is the absence of fear. Ursula Franklin

by melo (melometa4(at)gmail.com) on Sat Jul 5th, 2008 at 10:29:40 AM EST
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Re: Photography Blog No. 42 (4.00 / 5)

Peace is not the absence of war -- peace is the absence of fear. Ursula Franklin

by melo (melometa4(at)gmail.com) on Sat Jul 5th, 2008 at 10:33:24 AM EST
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percussionist (4.00 / 7)

Peace is not the absence of war -- peace is the absence of fear. Ursula Franklin

by melo (melometa4(at)gmail.com) on Sat Jul 5th, 2008 at 10:39:02 AM EST
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Re: Photography Blog No. 42 (4.00 / 6)

Yours truly, LEP

I told Bush; don't play chess with the freakin' Russians.

by LEP (rafifoon@yahoo.com) on Sat Jul 5th, 2008 at 11:00:17 AM EST
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Re: Photography Blog No. 42 (4.00 / 4)

I see the Nikon has changed ownership...

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by In Wales (inwales aaat eurotrib.com) on Sat Jul 5th, 2008 at 01:17:34 PM EST
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Re: Photography Blog No. 42 (4.00 / 5)

Was there any question? Quality seeks talent!

I told Bush; don't play chess with the freakin' Russians.

by LEP (rafifoon@yahoo.com) on Sat Jul 5th, 2008 at 01:28:08 PM EST
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Re: Photography Blog No. 42 (4.00 / 5)

Life should consist in at least fifty percent pure waste of time, and the rest doing what you please.

by ceebs (bunchofwankers (at) gmail (dot) com) on Sun Jul 6th, 2008 at 11:53:44 AM EST
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Re: Photography Blog No. 42 (none / 1)

photos as usual

I told Bush; don't play chess with the freakin' Russians.

by LEP (rafifoon@yahoo.com) on Fri Jul 4th, 2008 at 03:40:27 AM EST

From estHer (4.00 / 7)

I told Bush; don't play chess with the freakin' Russians.

by LEP (rafifoon@yahoo.com) on Fri Jul 4th, 2008 at 04:41:44 AM EST
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Re: Photography Blog No. 42 (4.00 / 13)

Fishermen at sunset, off the corniche in Beirut, December 2007.

by the stormy present (stormypresent aaaaaaat gmail etc) on Fri Jul 4th, 2008 at 10:38:25 AM EST
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Re: Photography Blog No. 42 (4.00 / 2)

That's a gorgeous scene.

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by In Wales (inwales aaat eurotrib.com) on Fri Jul 4th, 2008 at 12:28:58 PM EST
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Re: Photography Blog No. 42 (none / 1)

those clouds are fab

Life should consist in at least fifty percent pure waste of time, and the rest doing what you please.

by ceebs (bunchofwankers (at) gmail (dot) com) on Fri Jul 4th, 2008 at 05:51:47 PM EST
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Re: Photography Blog No. 42 (4.00 / 4)

Leaving our village at 8:45 last evening to go to a restaurant we encountered this scene. (Shot through car window.)

I told Bush; don't play chess with the freakin' Russians.

by LEP (rafifoon@yahoo.com) on Sat Jul 5th, 2008 at 04:22:06 AM EST
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Symmetry (4.00 / 4)

I told Bush; don't play chess with the freakin' Russians.

by LEP (rafifoon@yahoo.com) on Sat Jul 5th, 2008 at 01:29:22 PM EST
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Re: Photography Blog No. 42 (none / 0)

ask the experts

I told Bush; don't play chess with the freakin' Russians.

by LEP (rafifoon@yahoo.com) on Fri Jul 4th, 2008 at 03:41:24 AM EST

Re: Photography Blog No. 42 (none / 1)

More inspiration on this website. There is a portrait section too.

One Exposure

I don't think they all strictly fit to the 'one exposure' title, plenty of photoshopping on some but to good effect. Lots of interesting stuff to look at.

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by In Wales (inwales aaat eurotrib.com) on Sat Jul 5th, 2008 at 04:54:04 AM EST
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Re: Photography Blog No. 42 [UPDATED] (4.00 / 7)

by cavver on Sat Jul 5th, 2008 at 10:22:14 AM EST

From top of Dog Mountain, WA - (4.00 / 5)

Peak of peek of Mt. Hood over the cliffs of the Columbia River Gorge:

Same location, same direction - Sasquatch drops by to chat after shave and haircut:

paul spencer

by paul spencer (spencerinthegorge AT yahoo DOT com) on Sat Jul 5th, 2008 at 11:40:27 AM EST

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