Frontroom Gallery

[woad&fangs]

A pic from my senior photo set that I cropped and turned B&W in photoshop.
https://img291.imageshack.us/img291/1314/jff1sz9.jpg

and a large version
https://img291.imageshack.us/img291/1618/jff1bi7.jpg

[Csargo]

HE WANTS MY SOUL!!!!!!!!!!

*runs*

[Husar]

Yesterday I looked out of my back window and I found the sky looked pretty interesting, I lef the pictures almost untouched, just auto-corrected the colours because they were a bit off, then someone had the idea to post them here, so if you like them, do with them what you want, they're a bit big in size so I'll just post the links:

https://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i231/husar1985/01010011_e.jpg
https://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i231/husar1985/01010012_e.jpg
https://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i231/husar1985/01010014_e.jpg
https://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i231/husar1985/01010015_e.jpg

[Martok]

Neat, Husar. Me likey. :2thumbsup:

What's the cylindrical structure (in the fourth photo)? Chimney?

[Mouzafphaerre]

Yesterday I looked out of my back window and I found the sky looked pretty interesting, I lef the pictures almost untouched, just auto-corrected the colours because they were a bit off, then someone had the idea to post them here, so if you like them, do with them what you want, they're a bit big in size so I'll just post the links:

https://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i231/husar1985/01010011_e.jpg
https://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i231/husar1985/01010012_e.jpg
https://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i231/husar1985/01010014_e.jpg
https://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i231/husar1985/01010015_e.jpg
.
The first and the third ones particularly look good. :yes:
.

[Husar]

What's the cylindrical structure (in the fourth photo)? Chimney?

Yes, it's an old chimney.

and to explain a bit more I made them because of the kind of bloom effect on the clouds and partly the houses, the last one because I thought that old chimney on the side would look nice only against the clouds, my dad would have edited out the houses at the bottom and perhaps the tree but personally I like to keep it as is and I had no tripod or bipod or anything and the picture I made trying to stabilize the camera is not shown as it was the worst. :laugh4:

[Decker]

Me and my new...ride :eyebrows:
https://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n73/kawaiku/BeepBeep.jpg

https://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n73/kawaiku/OoOoOoYeeeeaaaaaahhhhh.jpg

https://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n73/kawaiku/TheNewRide.jpg

And playing my favorite sport!
https://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n73/kawaiku/SavedtheBall.jpg

https://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n73/kawaiku/GettingontheInside.jpg

[KukriKhan]

Nice ride Decker (the american economy thanks you :laugh4: ). Is that the V6 or V8 model?

[Decker]

Nice ride Decker (the american economy thanks you :laugh4: ). Is that the V6 or V8 model?
Haha thanks Kukrikhan. It's an '08 model with a V6. It's also a 5-speed with 267 horsepower. It's got a kick :cowboy:

[naut]

Lucky boy! :beam:

[Decker]

Lucky boy! :beam:
Pretty much lol!:medievalcheers:

[KukriKhan]

Haha thanks Kukrikhan. It's an '08 model with a V6. It's also a 5-speed with 267 horsepower. It's got a kick :cowboy:

Ha! Speaking of kicks, I failed to comment on your other photos.

Nice legs, If you don't mind my saying so. :laugh4:

[Decker]

Ha! Speaking of kicks, I failed to comment on your other photos.

Nice legs, If you don't mind my saying so. :laugh4:
Lol no pun intended I assume :eyebrows:
And haha well you're darn right I have nice legs :medievalcheers:
Thanks for your compliment

[LeftEyeNine]

And you had said that you did not have your "first time" yet, Decker? Waddahelk ?

American girls may be dumb. But here in Turkey we got dumber ones to sleep with you for that car.

And, uh, which position do you play of that "eleven" ?

[Strike For The South]

I need to go to Turkiye

[LeftEyeNine]

We eat ones with Armenian uncles.

[Strike For The South]

We eat ones with Armenian uncles.

well no one has to know

[Fragony]

My appartment after a LOT of work&time, almost done. Been consistantly low on funds so it took a long time.

https://img.photobucket.com/albums/v494/Fragony/Huisjuh003.jpg
https://img.photobucket.com/albums/v494/Fragony/Huisjuh004.jpg

Floor needs extra layer of paint

https://img.photobucket.com/albums/v494/Fragony/Huisjuh006.jpg

Screw the trees I need to be clean

https://img.photobucket.com/albums/v494/Fragony/Huisjuh008.jpg
https://img.photobucket.com/albums/v494/Fragony/Huisjuh009.jpg

Balconny without sun gah, better make it a bedroom

https://img.photobucket.com/albums/v494/Fragony/Huisjuh011.jpg

Kitchen

https://img.photobucket.com/albums/v494/Fragony/Huisjuh005.jpg

[Decker]

And you had said that you did not have your "first time" yet, Decker? Waddahelk ?
What's not to understand :inquisitive:


American girls may be dumb. But here in Turkey we got dumber ones to sleep with you for that car.
I think I'll stick with my "dumb" American girls thank you :2thumbsup:


And, uh, which position do you play of that "eleven" ?
I play in the defense. Left back, right back, center back, and sweeper. That's my home on the field :knight:

[Decker]

And nice looking casa ya got there Fragony. How long has it taken to fix it up?

[Fragony]

And nice looking casa ya got there Fragony. How long has it taken to fix it up?

Almost 4 years. Just about every disaster.

[LeftEyeNine]

Wow, Decker, count me in. You snap the left back position, I'm gonna be playing at the opposite byline.

And I thought the "nice car = chix" equation was a Western invention.

[naut]

I play in the defense. Left back, right back, center back, and sweeper. That's my home on the field :knight:
Looks like we've got enough to make an .Org team, or defence at least. :wink2:

You play for College/Uni?

[Decker]

Wow, Decker, count me in. You snap the left back position, I'm gonna be playing at the opposite byline.

And I thought the "nice car = chix" equation was a Western invention.
Nice. I love playing defense, especially pissing off the opponents forwards. So fun.

And ahhh well that's a bit of a myth sometimes. I've always wanted a mustang. And if a girl showed interest in me because of my car I'd show her my tail lights as I drove away :whip:


Looks like we've got enough to make an .Org team, or defence at least. :wink2:

You play for College/Uni?
Oh really!? That's pretty cool!
And I'm attending a junior college(JC) atm. The athletes are only allowed to play 2 years for only one sport and I already played my two years here. I'm not sure how it translates to a 4 year after transfering but I don't think I'll play when I do. It soaks up tooooo much time for me. Though I love the sport.

What position do you play? I've played every position of which my least favorite was/is center midfield. SOOOOO confusing lol.

[Decker]

Almost 4 years. Just about every disaster.

Yikes!... well at least it looks like it's alllll paying off finaly :2thumbsup:

[Shahed]

Me and my new...ride :eyebrows:
https://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n73/kawaiku/BeepBeep.jpg

https://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n73/kawaiku/OoOoOoYeeeeaaaaaahhhhh.jpg

https://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n73/kawaiku/TheNewRide.jpg


Nice wheels man !!! How much were they ?

[drone]

Nice wheels man !!! How much were they ?

The wheels look like stock Ford rims, they probably came with the car. ~;)

[Decker]

Nice wheels man !!! How much were they ?


The wheels look like stock Ford rims, they probably came with the car. ~;)
What Drone said. If you want some just walk down to your local Ford dealer in the middle of the night and simply "borrow" some :2thumbsup:

[Ferret]

Are you sure he wasn't asking how much the car cost you...

[drone]

Are you sure he wasn't asking how much the car cost you...

I'm pretty sure that's exactly what he meant. Just a bad joke on my part... :creep:

[Decker]

Are you sure he wasn't asking how much the car cost you...


I'm pretty sure that's exactly what he meant. Just a bad joke on my part... :creep:

I figured he was but he can guestimate :clown:

[||Lz3||]

my guess it's 32'000 something

[Decker]

my guess it's 32'000 something
:laugh4::laugh4::laugh4: You missed by l----------THIS-----------l much lol.... waay off my friend :yes:

[||Lz3||]

well that would cost me here in my country :smash: if not more :wall:

[Decker]

well that would cost me here in my country :smash: if not more :wall:
:2thumbsup:

[Mithrandir]

How bout we start something here, a theme we all have to take a picture or more for and post them here?

At least one entry and a change of theme every 2 weeks?

own work only.

Suggestions for a theme?

[Mithrandir]

Ps. how's your photography coming along Greg?

[Hooahguy]

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[Hooahguy]

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[Ser Clegane]

How bout we start something here, a theme we all have to take a picture or more for and post them here?

At least one entry and a change of theme every 2 weeks?

own work only.

Suggestions for a theme?

Sounds like a very interesting idea - depending on time I would definitely be interested to participate (I do not have a particular suggestion for the first theme though).

:bow:

[Mouzafphaerre]

.
Shoot the first theme ye masters and this least competent one is willing to dig up his piles too. :bow:
.

[Mithrandir]

Theme suggestion: Motion

[Ser Clegane]

Sounds good - should we also post pictures from our "archive" if anything fits or is the intention rather to go out and shoot something "new"?
I think it's generally nice to try the latter - personally I just do not always know if I will be able to do so time-wise. It would probably be good to at least indicate whether it is an "old" picture or a "new" one.

[Mithrandir]

Yes, I prefer the latter as well, it could be a stimulant to go out and take pictures and look at things in different ways and be more creative. If however you definately have no time, or a definate must-see, it's welcome too :)

[Gregoshi]

Motion sounds like a good theme. I'm in!

[R'as al Ghul]

That's a good idea. Looking forward to the posts. I'll try to contribute as I'm shooting a lot anyway at the moment.

:bow:

[Veho Nex]

A couple pictures I took while at a vintage car show at Infineon Raceway in Sonoma California. I have more but I'll just post these for now, enjoy:

https://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n73/kawaiku/Vintage%20Car%20Racing/100_6972.jpg

https://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n73/kawaiku/Vintage%20Car%20Racing/100_6974.jpg

https://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n73/kawaiku/Vintage%20Car%20Racing/100_6984.jpg

https://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n73/kawaiku/Vintage%20Car%20Racing/100_6992.jpg

https://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n73/kawaiku/Vintage%20Car%20Racing/100_7005.jpg

Decker where do you live?

Infineon is like a 5 min drive from my house

[Decker]

Decker where do you live?

Infineon is like a 5 min drive from my house

Serious! Lucky! I live in SL :2thumbsup:

[Veho Nex]

SL? san louis obispo?

[Decker]

SL? san louis obispo?
Lol that's SLO my friend haha :smash:... no San Leandro:2thumbsup:

[Ser Clegane]

Unfortunately I did not find an opportunity to go picture hunting last weekend. I hope I will find the time and inspiration on the upcoming weekend :book:

To get the ball rolling I decided to post two pictures that I took during a trip to Rio late last year (unfortunately I did not have my SLR with me during the trip - stupid decision :wall:) - but I will try to follow up with some "fresh" content :beam:

https://img99.imageshack.us/img99/4549/samba3nb6.jpg https://img392.imageshack.us/img392/1259/samba2on0.jpg

[Veho Nex]

Ohh really? My older bro lives in San Leandro, Im sure if you drive around enough you'll see a truck with the 'foundation construction' logo on the side

[Decker]

Ohh really? My older bro lives in San Leandro, Im sure if you drive around enough you'll see a truck with the 'foundation construction' logo on the side

Yeah really :2thumbsup:. Does he know??... huh. I probably have. Is it a big 'ole black monster truck??

[Mithrandir]

Me gots to get meselfs to Rio someday... nice vibrant colours SC.

2 I took yesterday, nothing really special, but to get things started till we get an easier theme ;)

https://img87.imageshack.us/img87/6461/tw1qe7.jpg

https://img530.imageshack.us/img530/2293/tw2pk7.jpg

[Mouzafphaerre]

.
The second one is good and I mean it. :yes:
.

[Ser Clegane]

nothing really special,

Probably depends how you define "special" - I have to agree with Mouza and also like the second one very much :2thumbsup:

[Veho Nex]

Na i think its white now, used to be black

He also has a garrage full o ducatis

[Decker]

Haha okay... I'll keep an eye out for it...

[Viking]

Motion..

https://img228.imageshack.us/img228/4334/krkatf5.jpg



The image is actually a crop; that's why the crow is just "where it's supposed to be" at such a high resolution. Took the image almost one month ago; that'll have to do. ~;)

[Veho Nex]

http://photos-d.ak.facebook.com/photos-ak-sf2p/v45/2/40/6407682/n6407682_31374843_5243.jpg

About as good as it gets and the motorcycle in the back, which i still want. But hey, He's never going to sell it to me.

[Decker]

http://photos-d.ak.facebook.com/photos-ak-sf2p/v45/2/40/6407682/n6407682_31374843_5243.jpg

About as good as it gets and the motorcycle in the back, which i still want. But hey, He's never going to sell it to me.
Haha... well maybe some day when you get enough money you'll get your own better motorcycle :2thumbsup:

[Koga No Goshi]

!#!##$$:furious3::furious3::furious3: IT'S THAT DAMN COMMIE KOGA! (Or Kogo, as Don would say)

https://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h97/Obliviondusk/Park729.jpg

https://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h97/Obliviondusk/BRAT.gif
(Photoshopped by a friend who calls me a pinko commie.)

https://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h97/Obliviondusk/PAUL1.jpg
Taking out forum trash! ;)

[Husar]

Nice trash can there m8! :2thumbsup: :sweatdrop:

[Koga No Goshi]

Nice trash can there m8! :2thumbsup: :sweatdrop:

Awesome isn't it? A real beauty. Got it for $12.99.

[naut]

Cute schnauzer.

[R'as al Ghul]

Took me a while....
Motion:

http://www.mizus.com/Ras/NZ/96210008.jpg

http://www.mizus.com/Ras/NZ/96250025.jpg

Taken in the last week in Abel Tasman National Park, New Zealand.
:bow:

Love the colours in Mith's and Ser Clegane's pics.

[Koga No Goshi]

Cute schnauzer.

Thank you.

[Gregoshi]

Nice submissions so far. :2thumbsup: Ser's Rio dancer is going to be hard to beat.

I finally remembered to setup for my shot at this motion exercise: camera on tripod inside my van at night. Specifics: ISO 1600, shutter speed 1 second, f/10, 18-55mm zoom lens at 18mm. I took about 30 shots, here are the best two:

https://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h12/gbresslr/Org%20Pictures/Motion08Oct04_07.jpg


https://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h12/gbresslr/Org%20Pictures/Motion08Oct04_12.jpg


I have another type of motion shot I really like, which is a drummer with a 1-2 second exposure. I took some shots at some shows that last couple of weekends, so I'll see what I got.

[Mithrandir]

What's your gear Viking? Loads'a pixels on your camera I guess?

good exposure and nice scene R`as :)

Fantastic pics Greg, did you use a remote control for your camera? It's very...very shake free. 1 sec is a long time for a moving camera (even your speedometer(?)) is sharp. I like the first one best by the way.

Nice idea Greg to mention the image specs. (aperature, shutterspeed, iso). -these can be found under file properties, advanced, exif data.

[Viking]

What's your gear Viking? Loads'a pixels on your camera I guess?

It's a Canon PowerShot SX100 IS and got 8 mega pixels. Not sure how that compares to today's standards.

[Gregoshi]

Fantastic pics Greg, did you use a remote control for your camera? It's very...very shake free. 1 sec is a long time for a moving camera (even your speedometer(?)) is sharp.

Thanks Mith. I used a wired remote. I have a wireless remote but it was not working that night. Its battery is going or I goofed on setting the camera to recognize it. As for shake free, I think it is a matter of low light higher-f/stop in that the exposure just doesn't pick up the small shakes. If you noitice, the light streaks aren't stright but a little wavy. The brighter source showing the shake more than the dimmer console lights. The situation worked to my advantage. I was pleasantly surprised at the results seeing I guessed at the setting and the tripod tipped making a turn before both these shots. Fortunately my son caught the tripod and then eyeballed the aim...perfectly. Attaboy! ~:pat:

[Mithrandir]

Probably the battery, somehow those things run out very quickly, it may be an idea to take it out of the remote when you don't use it.

Again, very nice pictures.

When shall we change theme? Or shall we run 2 themes at the same time?

[Gregoshi]

Other themes:


macro - get up close to something
in your house - take an interesting shot of something in your house/apartment
pets
plants/flowers
dawn/sunset
transportation - pictures of people getting around

[Mithrandir]

Melikes transportation as a 2nd theme.

current themes:
-Motion
-Transportation

[Gregoshi]

Here's another entry for the Motion theme: One second of a drummer's performance

https://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h12/gbresslr/Org%20Pictures/Police08Sep20_0472L.jpg

Exposure info: tripod, shutter speed 1 second, f/7.6, ISO 1600

This isn't the best drummer picture I've taken, but the best since the start of the Motion theme.

[Sigurd]

transport:
This is taken March this year with my cellphone 100 yards from my home.

https://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y230/asleka/March2008.jpg

[Mithrandir]

Nice drummer... eh picture ;).

Never took a tripod to a concert (and probably never will) but it worked great in this shot Greg.

Thanks for posting your black&white ( ;) ) picture SigFaf.

[Banquo's Ghost]

I've been meaning to contribute to this thread for a while, so here goes.

For the Transport theme, some gondolas in the Grand Canal, Venice from earlier in the year.

https://img.photobucket.com/albums/v695/aslanngrae/Venice-gondolas.jpg

I think the composition is a bit too busy but at least I managed to avoid hordes of tourists in the picture... :beam:

[Andres]

Well, I can't compete with you guys, but here we go:

Motion:
https://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t2/AndresTheCunning/Org/PA010774.jpg

Transport:
https://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t2/AndresTheCunning/Org/PA010742.jpg

https://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t2/AndresTheCunning/Org/P9210030.jpg

All three were taken in Malta, in 2006.

[Decker]

I like that idea of themes every two weeks...

Here is one I took at Old Town Sacramento during the 4th of July weekend. It's got transportation and motion (I love Black and White Pictures :yes:)

https://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n73/kawaiku/100_7321.jpg

[Strike For The South]

This was over the summer. I was very drunk lol.

https://img91.imageshack.us/img91/8470/n10320391691865481814fi5.th.jpg (https://img91.imageshack.us/my.php?image=n10320391691865481814fi5.jpg)https://img91.imageshack.us/images/thpix.gif (http://g.imageshack.us/thpix.php)

[LeftEyeNine]

Is this before or after consuming the earth ?

[Strike For The South]

Is this before or after consuming the earth ?

Its at about 235. So Im almost done.

[LeftEyeNine]

I've learned to fly, at least save me some oxygen.

[Strike For The South]

I've learned to fly, at least save me some oxygen.

not making any promises.

[LeftEyeNine]

Don't feel offended if and when I adapt at what I may have to inhale instead of oxygen then.

[Strike For The South]

Don't feel offended if and when I adapt at what I may have to inhale instead of oxygen then.

Anything to keep my lovable huggable turk around

[LeftEyeNine]

Anything to keep my lovable huggable turk around

Yatta !

[Ser Clegane]

Transportation

The first one is the result of trying to find something on topic while going downtown earlier today.
The second was shot in Hue (Vietnam) in 2006

https://img389.imageshack.us/img389/2519/trans1pt9.jpg

https://img134.imageshack.us/img134/5391/trans2gt6.jpg

[pevergreen]

https://img373.imageshack.us/img373/4628/dsc00382copyjl5.th.jpg (https://img373.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dsc00382copyjl5.jpg)https://img373.imageshack.us/images/thpix.gif (http://g.imageshack.us/thpix.php)

This time, from my(our) actual formal! Finally, you can see what they all look like. :laugh4:

(From left to right: Twilightblade, pevergreen, Zorg, Killfr3nzy, Beefy187, Sarathos, Cimmerian.

Posted with permission)

[KukriKhan]

Sheesh. One guy - allegedly Twilightblade, understands the significance and proper wear of the buttonere and tie. Or whoever dressed him does. Bravo Sir, in any case. :bow:

The rest of you lot: get a haircut, a job, and come to the position of attention, as if you knew the future importance of this moment.

https://jimcee.homestead.com/files/bourne_movie.jpg

(just teasing, o'course)

[Husar]

Oh noes, the australian .org mafia. :eeeek:

[Beefy187]

Sheesh. One guy - allegedly Twilightblade, understands the significance and proper wear of the buttonere and tie. Or whoever dressed him does. Bravo Sir, in any case. :bow:

The rest of you lot: get a haircut, a job, and come to the position of attention, as if you knew the future importance of this moment.


(just teasing, o'course)

Had a haircut, got a job, I am in the centre of the attention and I had my buttonere and tie done up perfectly :furious3:

Just had to be facing the wrong direction at the wrong time :sweatdrop:

PS: I love pever therefore I stare at him :beam:

[Strike For The South]

I AM SOPHISTICATED

https://img247.imageshack.us/img247/5166/smokingrg0.th.jpg (https://img247.imageshack.us/my.php?image=smokingrg0.jpg)https://img247.imageshack.us/images/thpix.gif (http://g.imageshack.us/thpix.php)

[PanzerJaeger]

I AM SOPHISTICATED

https://img247.imageshack.us/img247/5166/smokingrg0.th.jpg (https://img247.imageshack.us/my.php?image=smokingrg0.jpg)https://img247.imageshack.us/images/thpix.gif (http://g.imageshack.us/thpix.php)

get a myspace.... :beam:

[Strike For The South]

get a myspace.... :beam:


I have a facebook thank you

[seireikhaan]

Treated myself a few weeks ago to a rather nice FujiFilm camera, 12 megapixels, 12x optical zoom, some other features I'm sure are handy as well. Cost me $180, ordinarily was selling for 300, at least where I was shopping.

Anyways, here's some pics from campus:

https://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x246/greaterkhaan/001.jpg


https://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x246/greaterkhaan/002.jpg


https://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x246/greaterkhaan/004.jpg


https://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x246/greaterkhaan/007.jpg


https://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x246/greaterkhaan/008.jpg


https://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x246/greaterkhaan/009.jpg


https://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x246/greaterkhaan/010.jpg


https://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x246/greaterkhaan/011.jpg


https://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x246/greaterkhaan/012.jpg

[Alexanderofmacedon]

one of me in suit for a wedding

https://img223.imageshack.us/img223/5151/picture005yw0.jpg (https://imageshack.us)
https://img223.imageshack.us/img223/picture005yw0.jpg/1/w450.png (http://g.imageshack.us/img223/picture005yw0.jpg/1/)

i play soccer too. varsity all 4 years of highschool and captain. we should make an .Org team! :2thumbsup:

[Craterus]

i play soccer too. varsity all 4 years of highschool and captain. we should make an .Org team! :2thumbsup:

What position do you play?

And, if you want any Brits or Europeans, you start calling it football, y'hear? ~;)

[Alexanderofmacedon]

What position do you play?

And, if you want any Brits or Europeans, you start calling it football, y'hear? ~;)

Yeah, stupid***** American terms...fussball ~;)

I play currently outside defense, but previous years I've played outside midfield and center midfield. versatile player :)

[Decker]

Yeah, stupid***** American terms...fussball ~;)

I play currently outside defense, but previous years I've played outside midfield and center midfield. versatile player :)

Lol so how many players do we have now??? Lol~:confused:

[Ice]

One Love (me last night for halloween):

https://img205.imageshack.us/img205/6015/mexq5.jpg (https://imageshack.us)
https://img205.imageshack.us/img205/mexq5.jpg/1/w604.png (http://g.imageshack.us/img205/mexq5.jpg/1/)

[Alexanderofmacedon]

Dangit Nick, so much was similar between you and Ice and I didn't even put the two together. Come on now! I thought another PSU member...

[Ferret]

Lol so how many players do we have now??? Lol~:confused:

I can play anywhere in midfield, though I'm a bit young to compete at adult level :laugh4:

[Alexanderofmacedon]

Age is of no matter. Skill is what makes you.

I'm 6 ft. 165lbs so fairly good sized football player :beam:

[naut]

I can play anywhere in midfield, though I'm a bit young to compete at adult level :laugh4:
I'm eighteen and I play Amateur League, age isn't an issue. It's your mental strength that counts.

[InsaneApache]

My dad and I having a coffee near his house...

https://img91.imageshack.us/img91/3086/kykyra005fk9.th.jpg (https://img91.imageshack.us/my.php?image=kykyra005fk9.jpg)https://img91.imageshack.us/images/thpix.gif (http://g.imageshack.us/thpix.php)

Yamas! ~:cheers:

[Ser Clegane]

You are Gary Oldman's twin, IA :yes:

[Husar]

Didn't think you had earrings, IA.

[LeftEyeNine]

Come on, IA, we know that those two are you and your son.

:smoking:

[KukriKhan]

If the theme o' the day is Old Farts On Parade...

Kukri & SGT Rock, aka the Grandson, dressed for Halloween
https://jimcee.homestead.com/1372783858_m.jpg

[Martok]

You are Gary Oldman's twin, IA :yes:
LOL. There is a resemblance there, now that you say that. :laugh4:

Incidentally, IA, your dad has aged very well. Hopefully you've inherited his genes, at least in that regard. ~;)



If the theme o' the day is Old Farts On Parade...

Kukri & SGT Rock, aka the Grandson, dressed for Halloween
https://jimcee.homestead.com/1372783858_m.jpg
Heh. Nice pic there, Grandpa. Cute kid, too. ~:)

[Decker]

I can play anywhere in midfield, though I'm a bit young to compete at adult level :laugh4:
It don't matter. Just listen to some death metal and get in the mood to kill somebody. Then age wouldn't matter a bit :yes:

[LeftEyeNine]

If the theme o' the day is Old Farts On Parade...

Kukri & SGT Rock, aka the Grandson, dressed for Halloween
https://jimcee.homestead.com/1372783858_m.jpg


At last we've made it to see Kukri-sensei. :bow:

[Kagemusha]

Me and my woman ready to go out and celebrate me getting old, with otherwords me turning 30.:sweatdrop:

https://img360.imageshack.us/img360/147/snapshot200811062zu6.jpg

[Husar]

That's a beautiful woman you have there Kage, a well-deserved bday present. ~D

[LeftEyeNine]

Hai hai, it must have been a lovely b-day :bow:

Edit: She looks too Turkish ~:eek:

[Martok]

That's a beautiful woman you have there Kage, a well-deserved bday present. ~D
Aye, that's a bonnie lass you have there, mate. I could think of worse ways to celebrate one's birthday than to spend it with her. ~;)



Edit: She looks too Turkish ~:eek:
Surely, that's not possible?

~;p

[pevergreen]

I'll jump in the soccer team, and drag along the rest of the Australian mafia. We formed the soccer team mostly :laugh4:

Cimmerian in keeper
Killfr3nzy in centre defence
Twilightblade/Beefy midfield wings
pever/Sarathos anywhere

[Decker]

I'll jump in the soccer team, and drag along the rest of the Australian mafia. We formed the soccer team mostly :laugh4:

Cimmerian in keeper
Killfr3nzy in centre defence
Twilightblade/Beefy midfield wings
pever/Sarathos anywhere

Me anywhere in the defense... like Left Back, Right Back, Center Back ect... :2thumbsup:

[Ferret]

CM :2thumbsup:

[Quintus.JC]

https://img373.imageshack.us/img373/4628/dsc00382copyjl5.th.jpg (https://img373.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dsc00382copyjl5.jpg)https://img373.imageshack.us/images/thpix.gif (http://g.imageshack.us/thpix.php)

This time, from my(our) actual formal! Finally, you can see what they all look like. :laugh4:

(From left to right: Twilightblade, pevergreen, Zorg, Killfr3nzy, Beefy187, Sarathos, Cimmerian.

Posted with permission)

This photo kinda of reminds of the iconic scene in Reservoir Dogs, you guys should of wore sunglasses.


https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/9f/Reservoirdog.jpg

[Quintus.JC]

I can play anywhere in midfield, though I'm a bit young to compete at adult level :laugh4:

I'm a year younger than you, plays as the right full-back. Last year I tormented the other team in the teacher V Students match, pity I didn't get any goals.

[LeftEyeNine]

Ok then, I'm playing in front of Quintus.JC. :2thumbsup:

[Quintus.JC]

Ok then, I'm playing in front of Quintus.JC. :2thumbsup:

We'll bring the whole other team down. :yes:

[LeftEyeNine]

Yah, they need to see some skillz. :smoking:

[Craterus]

Fine... AM/FC. If RM is taken.

[Kagemusha]

Thanks for the complements guys. It was a great 30´s party.:bow: Martok is right, Jenni is a small red head, more like a pocket sized one, since we have about 32 centimeters of height difference between us two. LEN i guess you see Turkish features in all of us Finns, maybe there is some distant relationship afterall between Finns and Turks.~;)

[LeftEyeNine]

LEN i guess you see Turkish features in all of us Finns, maybe there is some distant relationship afterall between Finns and Turks.~;)

That's what we were taught in our high school history books. :smoking:

[Rhyfelwyr]

Gah this thread is scary, why doesn't everyone look like their avatars? ~:confused:

Anyway, this is me in my 6th year Yearbook:

https://img143.imageshack.us/img143/227/portraitblank3gz8.jpg (https://imageshack.us)

Because I forgot to handmy photo in! :beam:

Well technically I googled that pic because I couldn't be bothered scanning the real one but you get the idea

[Decker]

Since this 2 week thing died out... I was thinking we move it to a theme or two a month... like for instance since December is coming up and it's the Holiday/Christmas Season coming up... the next theme could be... oh say Happiness, love, family, giving etc... What do you guys think?

[Decker]

Aaaanyways here are a few pics I took over the past several months :2thumbsup:

The Westfield Mall in San Fransisco
https://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n73/kawaiku/100_7724.jpg

Martin Luther King Jr. National Park overlooking my home town :2thumbsup:

https://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n73/kawaiku/100_7685.jpg

https://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n73/kawaiku/100_7649.jpg

https://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n73/kawaiku/100_7675.jpg

[Gregoshi]

Hmmm, tough theme there Decker, at least for me. I'm not much of a people type photographer, but why not?


Back to the transportation theme, the wife and I headed through Pennsylvania Amish country on the way to visit family. In a rare treat, Mrs. Gregoshi drove, so I was free to snap some pictures on the way. I've been dragging my feet on these pictures because I'm not thrilled with the result. I like the subject, but the clarity is lacking - the hazards of being in a moving car and an unsteady ride.


Amish (or Mennonite?) teenagers getting around:


https://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h12/gbresslr/Org%20Pictures/Amishbikes.jpg



Old world meets new world: a buggy in Lancaster County PA:


https://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h12/gbresslr/Org%20Pictures/Amishbuggy.jpg


From some research I did as I posted these pictures, the buggy pictured is probably a Mennonite buggy. In Lancaster County, Mennonite buggies are usually all black, while Amish buggies are gray. A picture I hope to get one day is along this very road on a Sunday around noon when church lets out. There will be a line of a dozen or so (Amish) buggies along the road heading home from church. It is a rather amazing sight.


The tricky part is that the Amish have a strong religious aversion to being photographed base on the 2nd Commandment (the graven images one). From what reading I've done, as long as the individual is not identifiable, the photographer can feel okay, though the Amish still might not appreciate it. To that end, I blurred the faces of the teenagers on the bikes to render them unidentifiable (hopefully).

[Gregoshi]

Decker, you snuk in another post while I was composing mine. Nice shots. I especially like the first one at the mall. The on-the-ground perspective is very cool and the contrast of the focused leg and the blurred leg of the passerby is excellent. :2thumbsup:

[Decker]

Yeah I kinda thought so myself. But there's a whole month and a half :) Plus... it's be good practice as HOPEFULLY people won't be tooooo scared by the economic problems for a good time out :2thumbsup:

And yeah thanks! I was surprised myself when I finally loaded it up. Interesting comments on the Amish and Mennonites. Never knew that, cool stuff though Gregoshi.

[naut]

Those Amish(es) look so funny in their "ye olde" clothes, in an out of place sort of way.

[Thermal]

meh :clown: and i neva look like my avi caus i always change it
prepare too open many spoilers :yes:
if ya wanna see me u hav 2 work 4 it :clown:an i only take piccys in negative, aka thermal imagery

https://i404.photobucket.com/albums/pp130/aries777777/DSC00380.jpg

and yes the pic is too big...unfortunately it wouldnt resize so its blurry :clown:

[Decker]

Ahhhhhh..... so that's the guy posting every 10 minutes :sneaky:

[Mouzafphaerre]

.
A member of the species Homo mouzafphaerus blowing his pipe:

https://img211.imageshack.us/img211/3650/s6003304ss6.th.jpg (https://img211.imageshack.us/my.php?image=s6003304ss6.jpg)
.

[InsaneApache]

Well if I look like Gary Oldman then you're a split for Russel Crowe. :laugh4:

[Mouzafphaerre]

.
With this belly I'm not sure Mr. Crowe would agree. :laugh4:
.

[Ice]

Well if I look like Gary Oldman then you're a split for Russel Crowe. :laugh4:

He does a bit.

[LeftEyeNine]

.
A member of the species Homo mouzafphaerus blowing his pipe:

https://img211.imageshack.us/img211/3650/s6003304ss6.th.jpg (https://img211.imageshack.us/my.php?image=s6003304ss6.jpg)
.

He's alive, He's alive ! That's a miracle after that much of tobacco inhale ! He's alive, did you hear that ?!

:charge: :charge:
:charge:

[Fragony]

Always good to see mouz in all his testosteron-induced male gloriousness. Now where are my movies :beam:

edit minus 'Yol', which I managed to find which isn't very surprising considering ;) but I am still very much waiting for 'Propaganda'.

[Thermal]

is he turkish or something? looks it, heh and a bit of a wiseman with a cigar in his mouth

[LeftEyeNine]

Yeah, he's teh master Turkish on The Org grounds. My presence as another representative of the faction is a bless of his will.

:smoking:

[InsaneApache]

Go on then, I've shown you mine, now show me yours! :egypt:

[Mouzafphaerre]

Always good to see mouz in all his testosteron-induced male gloriousness. Now where are my movies :beam:

edit minus 'Yol', which I managed to find which isn't very surprising considering ;) but I am still very much waiting for 'Propaganda'.
.
Sorry mate. :wall: Have yet to renew my DVD burner. :burnout:
.

[Ser Clegane]

Cuteness alert!

This is a little cat from an animal shelter that my brother and his wife took care of before its new owners picked it up after Christmas

https://img230.imageshack.us/img230/7812/basti1up2.jpg

[Reverend Joe]

My new computer has a crappy built-in webcam.

https://img71.imageshack.us/img71/4404/snapshot20081231id2.jpg (https://imageshack.us)
https://img71.imageshack.us/img71/snapshot20081231id2.jpg/1/w640.png (http://g.imageshack.us/img71/snapshot20081231id2.jpg/1/)

Enjoy.

[seireikhaan]

Holy :shocked2:

Shave already dude.

[Reverend Joe]

Holy :shocked2:

Shave already dude.

Razors are for candy asses. Beards are for MEN.

[seireikhaan]

Everything in moderation. Goatee FTW. :2thumbsup:

[Reverend Joe]

Everything in moderation. Goatee FTW. :2thumbsup:

I thought goatees were for douchebags... :thinking:

[Strike For The South]

Better looking than I thought :laugh4:

[Lemur]

Dude, you look like an extra on Starsky & Hutch. Or maybe an early-70s porn star.


https://img.photobucket.com/albums/v489/Lemurmania/33807.jpg

See the resemblance?

[Reverend Joe]

Just admit it... you're all jealous.

[Thermal]

Dude, you look like an extra on Starsky & Hutch. Or maybe an early-70s porn star.


https://img.photobucket.com/albums/v489/Lemurmania/33807.jpg

See the resemblance?

how did this guy get moderator position? i didnt think mods were allowed to be funny at all :shrug:

[LeftEyeNine]

how did this guy get moderator position? i didnt think mods were allowed to be funny at all :shrug:

Actually it is one of the requirements to be a mod, however we have all lost our or sense of humour after getting the job. Lemur is a rare one, yes, yet in an other way than you meant.

Look how Gregoshi is thriving back in your choice of colour thread. He was a mod once.

*swallows 3 pills of Prozac*

[Thermal]

Actually it is one of the requirements to be a mod, however we have all lost our or sense of humour after getting the job. Lemur is a rare one, yes, yet in an other way than you meant.

Look how Gregoshi is thriving back in your choice of colour thread. He was a mod once.

*swallows 3 pills of Prozac*

:laugh4:

[Divinus Arma]

My new computer has a crappy built-in webcam.

https://img71.imageshack.us/img71/4404/snapshot20081231id2.jpg (https://imageshack.us)
https://img71.imageshack.us/img71/snapshot20081231id2.jpg/1/w640.png (http://g.imageshack.us/img71/snapshot20081231id2.jpg/1/)

Enjoy.

https://img186.imageshack.us/img186/9748/unibomberls5.gif (https://imageshack.us)

[Divinus Arma]

The little lemurlings being ridiculously cute:


https://img.photobucket.com/albums/v489/Lemurmania/page69-1000-full.jpg

How they've grown. :beam:

[Gregoshi]

Look how Gregoshi is thriving back in your choice of colour thread. He was a mod once.

Thanks LEN. Here's one of my favourite (& creative) posts from back when I was a mod in the EH welcoming Sir Robin to the Org... (https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showpost.php?p=375636&postcount=12) (think "Sir Robin" from Monty Python and the Holy Grail)

Edit: As fate would have it, today is Sir Robin's birthday too.

BTW, here's a picture of the old EH modding crew (staying with the Monty Python and the Holy Grail theme):

https://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h12/gbresslr/Org%20Pictures/EHmods.jpg

[Mouzafphaerre]

Cuteness alert!

This is a little cat from an animal shelter that my brother and his wife took care of before its new owners picked it up after Christmas

https://img230.imageshack.us/img230/7812/basti1up2.jpg
.
Wallpaper! :jumping: :smitten:
.

[Ser Clegane]

Just came home from a nice walk in the chilly and sunny weather - just around the corner from our house there is a nice a nice orchard with lots of apple trees -I was surprised to see that some were still full of apples:

https://img247.imageshack.us/img247/5043/apfellv0.jpg

[Ferret]

Wow, that is a professional shot, you must have a mighty fine camera :yes:

[Lemur]

Two videos of the little lemurs:

Max and Morgan do their rap version to the lyrics of Thomas the Tank Engine (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s41wsUbAAeE)

Maxwell does his jedi moves (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eadf-DdWdNE)

[LeftEyeNine]

I truly liked the featuring of the miss in the rap vid.

"Oiiiyepppbboi !"

Shhhhhhhweeeeet cutelings.

[Gregoshi]

Excellent pictures Ser. That kitten picture just screams for a caption. And the contrast in colours in the apple picture is stunning. The blue of the sky incredible. Did you use a filter or post-process the picture?

:2thumbsup:

[Ser Clegane]

Thanks

:bow:

For the apples I had a polarizer on my lense (no further processing after the shot was taken - except for re-sizing of course).
The great sunny winterday certaibnly helped (and the apples indeed had this very nice golden color) :beam:

[Decker]

A few sets from my trip to Hawaii over the Christmas Break (or Winter, which ever you wish to call it).

First up... 5 from when I went diving with Sharks :eyebrows::

https://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n73/kawaiku/Personal%20Pics/2714000-R1-002-00A.jpg

https://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n73/kawaiku/Personal%20Pics/2714000-R1-004-0A.jpg

https://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n73/kawaiku/Personal%20Pics/2714000-R1-006-1A.jpg

https://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n73/kawaiku/Personal%20Pics/2714000-R1-008-2A.jpg

https://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n73/kawaiku/Personal%20Pics/2714000-R1-010-3A.jpg

The creepiest moments were when they'd make like a torpedo coming right at you and veer away at the last second when they'd realize there was a plexiglas window in the way :sweatdrop:

[Gregoshi]

I have to get me one of them polarizing filters.

Decker, those sharks (particularly in shots 2 & 4) look unreal. Creepy. Is that a giant jellyfish on the rightside of those pictures or is that just a finger?

I gave up on the "joy" theme. Just did get anything that said "joy" to me.

I haven't bugged you guys with any School of Rock pictures for a while. At last weekend's Genesis (Peter Gabriel version) show I had a chance to play with my new toy - a 50mm f/1.8 lens. Oh the fastness of that lens allowed me to hit shutter speeds (1/400 sec) I'd only dreamed about in the low light of the shows. Anyway, here's one of the favourite shots I've taken in the four years I've been shooting the shows.

https://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h12/gbresslr/School%20of%20Rock/MS_Genesis2009Jan09_423L.jpg

[Decker]

Decker, those sharks (particularly in shots 2 & 4) look unreal. Creepy. Is that a giant jellyfish on the rightside of those pictures or is that just a finger?
Lol yeah it was. 6-8 footers! And lmao yeah it's a finger... was a lil toooo excited to see some sharks lol :yes:

Other pictures:
https://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n73/kawaiku/Personal%20Pics/100_7727.jpg

https://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n73/kawaiku/Personal%20Pics/100_7741.jpg

Oahu-Honolulu
https://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n73/kawaiku/Personal%20Pics/100_7847.jpg

https://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n73/kawaiku/Personal%20Pics/100_7833.jpg

https://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n73/kawaiku/Personal%20Pics/100_7841.jpg

Diamond Head:
https://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n73/kawaiku/Personal%20Pics/100_7881.jpg

https://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n73/kawaiku/Personal%20Pics/100_7891.jpg

https://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n73/kawaiku/Personal%20Pics/100_7923.jpg

[Ser Clegane]

I haven't bugged you guys with any School of Rock pictures for a while. At last weekend's Genesis (Peter Gabriel version) show I had a chance to play with my new toy - a 50mm f/1.8 lens. Oh the fastness of that lens allowed me to hit shutter speeds (1/400 sec) I'd only dreamed about in the low light of the shows. Anyway, here's one of the favourite shots I've taken in the four years I've been shooting the shows.

Great shot Greg (colors and facial expression) - funny thing is, when I saw the pic - even before reading your post - I immediately thought of Peter Gabriel.
Peter dressing up as a flower must have made a lasting impression on me :laugh4:

Is that a Nikon 50mm that you are using? I am currently thinking about which lenses with fixed focal length to buy.
In the past I was pretty much only working with zooms - but since I bought a 150mm macro from Sigma over a year ago I am using that one so much my "default" tele (due to the amating quality and the fastness) that I feel tempted to add one or two more lenses in the 35 - 85 mmm range.

[Gregoshi]

Is that a Nikon 50mm that you are using?
Yes, it is a Nikon. They also have a f/1.4 version. It was a bit awkward at first not being able to zoom, but I got over it and I like the results so far. I have to get a lens hood for it though as I have accidentally fingerprinted the filter two of the three times I've used it so far.

I hadn't been familiar with the Peter Gabriel Genesis prior to the show. I thought I would have recognized a few of the songs, but no. After hearing the song pictured (weird phrasing, that) I went home and watch the video of "Supper's Ready" and realized what a great job they did on the song with costume and gesturing. A very theatrical performer was Mr. Gabriel.

[Marshal Murat]

I just got pictures from a rugby tournament in the area, the Atlantic Coast Invitational. For Florida, it was cold, but extremely enjoyable. The pictures that I did take were pretty basic, mostly just set-pieces. My 8-MG camera doesn't do action shots too well, I just had to play it by ear and instinct.
Some are Florida State, Wake Forest, UNC, NC State, Georgia Tech, or Boston College.

https://i231.photobucket.com/albums/ee125/Tokugawa141/ACI/SDC11220.jpg
https://i231.photobucket.com/albums/ee125/Tokugawa141/ACI/SDC11198.jpg
https://i231.photobucket.com/albums/ee125/Tokugawa141/ACI/SDC11209.jpg
https://i231.photobucket.com/albums/ee125/Tokugawa141/ACI/SDC11171.jpg
https://i231.photobucket.com/albums/ee125/Tokugawa141/ACI/SDC11167.jpg
https://i231.photobucket.com/albums/ee125/Tokugawa141/ACI/SDC11225.jpg
https://i231.photobucket.com/albums/ee125/Tokugawa141/ACI/SDC11214.jpg

[Gregoshi]

Diamond Head:
https://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n73/kawaiku/Personal%20Pics/100_7881.jpg

Diamond Head!! (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-vqnzH2xIro)

I like the rainbow and Diamond Head (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-vqnzH2xIro) shots Decker.

[Gregoshi]

https://i231.photobucket.com/albums/ee125/Tokugawa141/ACI/SDC11209.jpg


Awesome action shot MM!

[Marshal Murat]

Gracias, I just got lucky on that one. I'm proud of this one too. I just got lucky on these. It's one of those things where you take a hundred pictures to get 20 good ones.

https://i231.photobucket.com/albums/ee125/Tokugawa141/ACI/SDC11174.jpg

[seireikhaan]

https://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x246/greaterkhaan/2009_02010042.jpg

Bask in my radiance.

[DemonArchangel]

I just made some today.

https://i330.photobucket.com/albums/l419/yli88/n1228740005_30160197_5362.jpg

Couple of hand rolls as well.

[R'as al Ghul]

From my 6 month trip to New Zealand:

https://img124.imageshack.us/img124/9935/rasnz1zy1.jpg

https://img134.imageshack.us/img134/364/rasnz2wi0.jpg

[Mithrandir]

Nice to see this thread is still going :).


The 50 mm lens is nice Greg, great bang-a-buck value. I've bought it a while back mainly because of the shallow depth of field for stills and posed portraits.

What filter do you have on it though? the glass is quite deep in the lens, so I wouldn't worry too much with protection filters (besides, the filter is half the price of the lens)...

[Gregoshi]

Nice to see this thread is still going :).
Hey! You've been gone so long I was beginning to wonder if you were just a Mith...that was bad, I know. The filter is just a UV one. I know the 50mm lens is pretty far recessed but I feel naked without a filter. How about throwing us a picture for old times sake?

[Mithrandir]

Give me an assignment and I'll give you a pic :).

(No -"shoot your house/family/street" ones).

[Gregoshi]

R'as - more please! Very nice shots so far. That waterfall picture is so surreal it looks like a composite. A picture of "Hobbiton" or "Rivendell" would just be awesome for this Lord of the Rings geek.

[GeneralHankerchief]

This was me a while back, on Halloween to be exact.

https://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n231/GeneralHankerchief/n1043624516_30191918_9912.jpg

[Lemur]

Hippie chicks are hawt.

[Ice]

Hippie chicks are hawt.

Seriously... that is a dude.... right? :inquisitive:

[GeneralHankerchief]

Yeah, that's me. I look very much more dude-like without the wig, a normal shirt, and less... padding.

[Hooahguy]

well, i may as well put my pic up....
this is me, trying to impersonate the Punisher...
(the store didnt have any skull tshirts... at least not in the winter...:no:)

and relax. the guns are fake.
https://i199.photobucket.com/albums/aa73/hooahguy14/n831137500_1634774_7347.jpg

[Mouzafphaerre]

R'as - more please! Very nice shots so far. That waterfall picture is so surreal it looks like a composite. A picture of "Hobbiton" or "Rivendell" would just be awesome for this Lord of the Rings geek.
.
I would be more impressed by a picture of Annúminas. :yes:
.

[PanzerJaeger]

Nice, but I like my guns real. :beam:

[Hooahguy]

same (i go to the shooting range once a month) but i cant own one until im 21....
:sad:

[pevergreen]

Photo last month, part of a photo scavenger hunt, myself and Zorg a member who you dont see anymore, played a bit of mafia though.
In spoilers because I think it may be a bit big.
https://img17.imageshack.us/img17/1360/image038hx1.jpg

[Ser Clegane]

R'as - more please!

Seconded!!

Considering your previous posts here I am very(!) sure that you have tons of great pics from NZ :2thumbsup:


apart from that I am sitting in the corner of the room mulling over how envious I am when I think about 6 months in NZ

[R'as al Ghul]

R'as - more please! Very nice shots so far. That waterfall picture is so surreal it looks like a composite. A picture of "Hobbiton" or "Rivendell" would just be awesome for this Lord of the Rings geek.

Thanks Gregoshi. Glad you like them. The waterfall's look is due to the strong contrast between the water catching up a lot of light and the rock lying in shade.
I'll try to post some LotR like pics but I've to say that we didn't travel with the aim to find the movie locations. Lots of people do that. We found a lot of the "must see" tourist spots to be overrated and sometimes overrun. If you travel around by car you can discover so many beautiful spots that's it's hardly necessary to go anywhere specific, especially on the South Island. I know, sounds unbelievable but it's true. :beam:
Anyway, here 2 LotR themed, well slightly anyway, and a couple others:

Somewhere in there we saw Hobbits. :yes:
https://img443.imageshack.us/img443/259/rasnz9wo8.jpg

I think rocks like these feature in the scene where they chase the group of orks that kidnapped two of the hobbits to bring them to Saruman....?
https://img186.imageshack.us/img186/3985/rasnz5ah1.jpg

https://img15.imageshack.us/img15/5118/rasnz3sq5.jpg

https://img13.imageshack.us/img13/7593/rasnz4ow0.jpg

For the motion topic:
https://img525.imageshack.us/img525/9678/rasnz6ii1.jpg

https://img5.imageshack.us/img5/565/rasnz7zh4.jpg

Experiment (Waterfall again):
https://img5.imageshack.us/img5/9593/rasnz8md5.jpg

[R'as al Ghul]

Seconded!!

Considering your previous posts here I am very(!) sure that you have tons of great pics from NZ :2thumbsup:


apart from that I am sitting in the corner of the room mulling over how envious I am when I think about 6 months in NZ

:bow: Thank you, Ser Clegane.
Yes I do have some more. :beam:
My wife and I took about 4-5 times as much pictures as I clicked "Submit reply" at .org.
What would you like to see in terms of categories? Landscape, animals, city, seascape/ beaches, random stuff....

[R'as al Ghul]

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I would be more impressed by a picture of Annúminas. :yes:
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I'm afraid we didn't go there. :wink:

[Ser Clegane]

What would you like to see in terms of categories? Landscape, animals, city, seascape/ beaches, random stuff....

I'd go for a "random" selection of your favorites without any particular theme :yes:

[seireikhaan]

Is that a banana tree in the 3rd picture, R'as?

[R'as al Ghul]

Is that a banana tree in the 3rd picture, R'as?

No, I'm sorry. Must be the perspective that makes it look that way.
That's ordinary Genista (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genista). Quite a pest in NZ, threatening endemic plants. Here (http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Luxor,_Banana_Island,_Banana_Tree,_Egypt,_Oct_2004.jpg)'s a wikipedia picture of a banana tree. Although not endemic to NZ, bananas grow there just fine, along with oranges, lemons, avocados, etc. All of them even in winter.
We stayed at a place in NZ in 2003 where we got fresh oranges from the tree for breakfast. They also had a banana tree but had the bananas themselves covered in a cloth or plastic to protect the fruits from the birds.

[Mouzafphaerre]

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Thanks R'as, and more! :applause:
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[GeneralHankerchief]

To make up for that last picture.

https://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n231/GeneralHankerchief/n1043624516_30304423_121.jpg

[Lemur]

I see the greatest living American. And Stephen Colbert.

[Papewaio]

From my 6 month trip to New Zealand:

https://img134.imageshack.us/img134/364/rasnz2wi0.jpg

Looks like Whangarei Falls.

[R'as al Ghul]

Looks like Whangarei Falls.

Yes, it is Whangarei Falls. Nice laid-back town.

When we're on the South Island we went whale watching in Kaikoura.
Kaikoura is one of the few spots on the world where the deep sea is very close ( 5 mins by boat) to the coast.
That's ideal for whale watching. Whale watching is basically waiting for the whales to surface to catch a breath, which they need every 40mins or so.
When they surface, you can see part of the back and head, nothing else.
The whole animal is larger and heavier than a Boeing 707 but you can see only about 5-10% of them.
When they dive again, the tail comes up and that's what everyone is waiting for.
In the end I was more amused by the Dolphins and more awed by the Albatross we saw,
but it was a thing worth experiencing in any case.

Here goes:
Whale tail:
https://img26.imageshack.us/img26/9576/rasnz10uu5.jpg

Dolphin:
https://img102.imageshack.us/img102/2710/rasnz14pd4.jpg

Kaikoura beach:
https://img115.imageshack.us/img115/2026/rasnz12vy9.jpg

Kaikoura Panorama (You've no idea how I miss the sky):
https://img27.imageshack.us/img27/9501/rasnz13ro4.jpg

Moeraki Boulders:
https://img115.imageshack.us/img115/5019/rasnz11ov7.jpg

[Gregoshi]

Awesome Ras!! Great stuff. That dolphin picture is stunning. :2thumbsup:

[R'as al Ghul]

Awesome Ras!! Great stuff. That dolphin picture is stunning. :2thumbsup:

:bow: Thanks, Gregoshi.
The guide told us, that Dolphins usually make several times the same trick in a row and to watch out for it to get good shots. That was a very useful information for a guy with a 35 year old manual focus camera and no winder. :beam:
It worked well, watch for one of them jumping and wait for him to emerge again a few meters further. 1/250 sec and f11 made sure it's acceptably sharp.

[Gregoshi]

Nice work. Thanks for the shot stats. Your camera sounds like my film SLR. Sadly, it sits in the closet since I went digital. :shame:

[R'as al Ghul]

Nice work. Thanks for the shot stats. Your camera sounds like my film SLR. Sadly, it sits in the closet since I went digital. :shame:

I have a Pentax K1000 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pentax_K1000) SLR, first built 1976, so 35 years was slightly exaggerated. I bought it about 10 years ago to learn all about the basics with a full manual camera that has an inbuilt meter. The body only has an ISO dial, a speed dial and the frame counter, nothing else. It's absolutely minimalistic. The Pentax SMC-M lenses, though are top class. I have got the following primes: 50/1.4, the 135/2.5, the 200/4 and the 28/2.8. All great and fast lenses. Especially the 50/1.4 is rated one of the best of its time and class.
I have a secondary body as a backup, which is a Cosina ct9 (http://www.butkus.org/chinon/cosina/cosina_ct9/cosina_ct9.htm). Same lens mount, self-timer and auto-exposure and a different focussing screen. Although the Cosina seems to offer more comfort with the auto exposure system I can handle the simpler K1000 better. It has a micro prism instead of a split screen indicator and it gives me feedback on my exposure value just as good.
We did also bring a Canon Powershit A400 for cheap digital images. I absolutely hate that thing. I did take some good pictures with it and my wife can handle the thing quite good but it took me ages to figure out how to force the thing to agree to my orders. You can compensate for some errors of the beast with the inbuilt exposure compensation and the spot meter but it's a pain. I always wanted to test if I can get fast times in low light by activating the flash but taping it over with black tape....
My main grudge is the huge depth of field that these compact lenses have. Isolating parts of the picture with selective depth of field is almost impossible. It worked well for the panorama shot, though. It's stitched together from about a dozen images.

What kind of film SLR do you have and what do you use now?

R'as

[R'as al Ghul]

Wellington warning:
https://img26.imageshack.us/img26/8096/rasnz15zw9.jpg

Abel Tasman walk:
https://img24.imageshack.us/img24/8661/rasnz16dx4.jpg

[R'as al Ghul]

Near Whangarei, North Island, a beach frequented by surfers
https://img528.imageshack.us/img528/2669/rasnz17rp7.jpg

https://img528.imageshack.us/img528/9332/rasnz18cf6.jpg

Whangarei falls again (a bit dark but I like it somehow):
https://img11.imageshack.us/img11/5896/rasnz19ld0.jpg

[Ser Clegane]

Great stuff, R'as! :beam:

I especially like the waterfall pics and the Moeraki Boulders.

Thanks a lot for sharing!

:bow:

[Ice]

To make up for that last picture.

https://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n231/GeneralHankerchief/n1043624516_30304423_121.jpg

Flyers, eh?

[drone]

Couple of pics taken while messing around at a wedding:

https://img519.imageshack.us/img519/832/flowersux8.jpg

https://img14.imageshack.us/img14/1739/teabu9.jpg
This one would have looked a little better if I had a real flash with diffuser, but oh well.

[Mouzafphaerre]

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Canon Powershit A400
:laugh4:
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[R'as al Ghul]

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:laugh4:
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A Freudian typo. Completely unintended. :wink:
Shall I tell you about its craop factor?

[TosaInu]

Nice sky and beach R'as al Ghul.

[R'as al Ghul]

Deadwood, Kapiti Coast, North Island
(I did a whole series, which is perhaps a bit boring, so this is one of the largest pieces)
https://img144.imageshack.us/img144/4092/rasnz20mo5.jpg

Road to Arthur's Pass, South Island
https://img55.imageshack.us/img55/3973/rasnz21yj4.jpg

[Ser Clegane]

Road to Arthur's Pass, South Island


That one actually looks like a painting :2thumbsup:

[Strike For The South]

I liked you better with boobs.

[Mithrandir]

That one actually looks like a painting :2thumbsup:

Nice one, the truck really brings some sense of scale to the picture.

I pimped your wedding pic a bit...

https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/attachment.php?attachmentid=17&stc=1&d=1234314115

[R'as al Ghul]

Nice sky and beach R'as al Ghul.


That one actually looks like a painting :2thumbsup:


Nice one, the truck really brings some sense of scale to the picture.


Thank you very much for your nice comments.
:bow:

[R'as al Ghul]

I have an awful lot of bird shots. Here are some:

https://img11.imageshack.us/img11/6126/rasnz23og0.jpg

https://img11.imageshack.us/img11/9569/rasnz24tp8.jpg

https://img178.imageshack.us/img178/7285/rasnz25tx3.jpg

[Gregoshi]

That red and white bird is awesome. Makes the birds we have around here seem boring.

To answer your question R'as, my 35mm SLR is a Fujica I got as a present (I think) around 1975. I have a 55mm lens and a 300mm telephoto. I really should dust it off (figuratively) and use it on occasion. My current camera is a Nikon D80. I love it but have two annoyances with it. One is "hot spots" on the sensor which really show up on the dark concert shots I do. I have to clone them out one by one. I must call Nikon about this to see what they can do for me as removing them is a real pain. The other annoyance is the manual focus mechanism. I loved the "split ring" focus of my Fujica. For the D80 I either have to eyeball it or watch for an in-focus dot to light up in the view finder. For manual focus, I lack confidence in this dot even though autofocus uses the same methodology and I'm fine with that. Go figure.

Back to your pictures, did you use a tripod on any of the shots? I ask because the one beach photo with the surfer, the surfer is showing motion yet the scenery around is steady sharp.

Got anymore?

[Ibrahim]

well, i may as well put my pic up....
this is me, trying to impersonate the Punisher...
(the store didnt have any skull tshirts... at least not in the winter...:no:)

and relax. the guns are fake.
https://i199.photobucket.com/albums/aa73/hooahguy14/n831137500_1634774_7347.jpg

you are not Hank from that grim reaper youtube clip

nor are you the punisher...:clown:

[Hooahguy]

if im not those, what am i? :clown:

[Ibrahim]

if im not those, what am i? :clown:

you are hooaguy, son of *insert father's name*.:clown:

[Mouzafphaerre]

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https://img11.imageshack.us/img11/6126/rasnz23og0.jpg
Wallpaper! :2thumbsup:
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[R'as al Ghul]

That red and white bird is awesome. Makes the birds we have around here seem boring.
My wife insists it's a she with the perfect eyeliner. :wink:


To answer your question R'as, my 35mm SLR is a Fujica I got as a present (I think) around 1975. I have a 55mm lens and a 300mm telephoto. I really should dust it off (figuratively) and use it on occasion. My current camera is a Nikon D80. I love it but have two annoyances with it. One is "hot spots" on the sensor which really show up on the dark concert shots I do. I have to clone them out one by one. I must call Nikon about this to see what they can do for me as removing them is a real pain. The other annoyance is the manual focus mechanism. I loved the "split ring" focus of my Fujica. For the D80 I either have to eyeball it or watch for an in-focus dot to light up in the view finder. For manual focus, I lack confidence in this dot even though autofocus uses the same methodology and I'm fine with that. Go figure.

Ah, also one of those solid and simple ones. The 300mm is nice to have, too.
Maybe try it again with some high speed film at the gigs? Btw I always have problems with the "split ring" in low light, I just can't see it.
So, when focusing manually with a D80 there's no other indication for in-focus than a light? I don't have that much experience with digital slrs but I thought there was more convenience involved? But then I guess it's because they expect you to use autofocus anyway....
I always read that manual focus on digital slrs is more accurate than autofocus in a lot of situations. For example it's said, that when shooting portraits the autofocus will focus on the nose, which is the closest object, instead of the eyes which would be more ideal.



Back to your pictures, did you use a tripod on any of the shots? I ask because the one beach photo with the surfer, the surfer is showing motion yet the scenery around is steady sharp.

Got anymore?

We already had that much luggage, that I didn't want to bring a tripod. In hindsight, it would've been good to buy a cheap one there and give it away before returning.... I bought a five dollar table tripod which has bendable legs and I used that to make the running water shots I showed earlier. It was difficult to buy anything other than 200 ISO film, so that's what I used most of the time. Problem is that in bright sunshine it's hard to get limited depth of field. On the Abel Tasman walk, for example, the sun was perfectly "sunny 16" bright, meaning with a 200 film you can shoot f16 at 1/250sec. 1/1000 is the fastest the k1000 can shoot and that leaves you with f8 as lowest f-stop. But on the other hand, we were doing a bushwalk and in the bush it was quite shady and I often could only shoot with 1/60 and f4 or lower. The point is that the film wasn't that bad, just a bit too fast sometimes.
Anyway, the beach shot was at 200 Iso, too and either handhold with 1/60sec or I used a handrail/ treestump or sth. I don't remember, sorry. But I will use whatever I have to steady the camera when I don't have a tripod.

:yes: I'll show some more.

[R'as al Ghul]

Windy day at the beach in Dunedin:
https://img88.imageshack.us/img88/697/rasnz26et7.jpg

https://img207.imageshack.us/img207/8029/rasnz31rg1.jpg

[I of the Storm]

Finally got some pics on my PC.

Here are two of me and my kid.

December:

https://img413.imageshack.us/img413/473/0129dm5.th.jpg (https://img413.imageshack.us/my.php?image=0129dm5.jpg)

February:

https://img413.imageshack.us/img413/9724/14022009004bk8.th.jpg (https://img413.imageshack.us/my.php?image=14022009004bk8.jpg)

[Ice]

Finally got some pics on my PC.

Here are two of me and my kid.

December:

https://img413.imageshack.us/img413/473/0129dm5.th.jpg (https://img413.imageshack.us/my.php?image=0129dm5.jpg)

February:

https://img413.imageshack.us/img413/9724/14022009004bk8.th.jpg (https://img413.imageshack.us/my.php?image=14022009004bk8.jpg)

Good looking kid you got there, Storm.

[Hooahguy]

....

[I of the Storm]

Good looking kid you got there, Storm.

Thanx. She's a beauty indeed.

[Lemur]

EDIT: jeez, my head looks HUGE!
It isn't that way naturally? Your little bro looks cute. Too bad you appear to be ready to kill and eat him.

[Togakure]

On the 18th I became a true uncle for the first time. My brother and his wife had their first child, a daughter, Jacqueline Michaela:

https://img.photobucket.com/albums/v139/47Ronin/Jaqmika.jpg

[naut]

BOO!
https://img164.imageshack.us/img164/1561/26605798547329157650329.jpg

I don't remember this photo being taken, but then again I was really, really, really drunk.
I do remember that the ratio in that club/bar was rubbish, glad we didn't stay there long.

[Aemilius Paulus]

I see the greatest living American. And Stephen Colbert.
Arghhh! *head explodes when presented with such seeming contradiction*

That was meant to be inciting, eh?

[Feanaro]

Combo breaker! Just a shiny picture of a guitar, nothing fancy here.

https://i379.photobucket.com/albums/oo232/AlamarShoots/GibsonSidewaysResized.jpg

Image is flipped to the left and resized, nothing else. The guitar is a Gibson ES-137, a semi-hollowbody with a mahogany center block and laminated (curly) maple top, back, and sides. It was my second guitar and my first "real" guitar. Still my favorite, though I play a beater Strat clone most of the time, to avoid scratching up my baby.

[Major Robert Dump]

oops

[Major Robert Dump]

fine.

I'll post some wedding pics as soon as I find some where I didn't look angry or terrified.

https://i591.photobucket.com/albums/ss355/colonburns/s42311cb111162_1-1.jpg

[PanzerJaeger]

fine.

I'll post some wedding pics as soon as I find some where I didn't look angry or terrified.

https://i591.photobucket.com/albums/ss355/colonburns/s42311cb111162_1-1.jpg

You look like you've just made off with something very valuable.. and by the looks of your wife, you have! ~:pimp:

[Major Robert Dump]

The age difference is a problem sometimes, but I think I can get over it. She's a 24 year old Korean/Jew gamer nerd. Her mom is a loud, overbearing Korean woman and her dad is a rich Jewish cowboy from Texas. I am a 34 year old educated, pessimistic, gun-crazy Oklahoma white trash boy who likes to change careers every 4 or 5 years. The world has a funny way of working sometimes.

[PanzerJaeger]

I actually didn't notice the age difference at all. You both look mid 20s to me...

[Fragony]

The age difference is a problem sometimes, but I think I can get over it. She's a 24 year old Korean/Jew gamer nerd. Her mom is a loud, overbearing Korean woman and her dad is a rich Jewish cowboy from Texas. I am a 34 year old educated, pessimistic, gun-crazy Oklahoma white trash boy who likes to change careers every 4 or 5 years. The world has a funny way of working sometimes.

she's pretty

[Lemur]

In addition to being a chef and an oil painter, Mrs. Lemur is a semi-pro cyclist. I am profoundly intimidated by her legs. Look at these things! I've never had calves like that in my life!


https://img.photobucket.com/albums/v489/Lemurmania/CALVES.jpg

[Strike For The South]

Does it make you feel closer to me to know that your wife an I have the same sitration in our left calve?

[seireikhaan]

In addition to being a chef and an oil painter, Mrs. Lemur is a semi-pro cyclist. I am profoundly intimidated by her legs. Look at these things! I've never had calves like that in my life!


https://img.photobucket.com/albums/v489/Lemurmania/CALVES.jpg

:shocked2: