>>CTF Challenge #48: A New Point of View<<

[Gayle159626]

Andreas, I don't think it's got anything to do with the brandname on the camera...the STF Challenges seem to have attracted a very creative bunch who inspire each other. I believe their challenges have been going for quite a while now, and the main group are incredibly talented. I have entered their exhibition category a couple of time, and I was so rapt once when I came 9th! With all the fabulous pics there, I felt that was rather an achievement.

The Sony forum seems to have a somewhat different "mindset" to the Canon forums on the whole. Aside from the "Great Debate of the 828" they are very much about "photography" and the pictures produced, rather than the camera and which one has the best features. Anyway, that's how I see it when I browse the Sony forum.

I have absolutely no ideas for this challenge, but then we only just got home from out trip and I've been more focused on sorting and editing the photos I took on the weekend.

Gayle

regards,
Andreas

At the rate my brain is working right now, I'll be lucky to get one
pic in each gallery ;-)
But three is fine by me.

Andreas, congrats on winning the last 2 challenges, very well
deserved! And no, I am not planning on shooting in black and white
from now on.....my world is full colour and that's how I like my
photos. But B&W does look pretty awesome for some shots. Probably
means I'll never win another challenge....but oh well, I can live
with that.

We are still in the Macedon Ranges and ohmigod, it's cold here! But
we're having a great time with our friends and I have taken a LOT
of photos.

Off to check the galleries for inspiration, and I think I;ll check
out the STF ones too. They are always a source of inspiration for
me. If anyone has time to spare (like a few hours) the STF
galleries are surely worth a thorough browse. In my (not so humble)
opinion, they have the very best photographers on dpreview enter
their challenges.

Gayle

--
http://members.iinet.net.au/~gayle_knowles/

 

[Gayle159626]

Finally finished sorting and editing the weekend photos, none of which are destined for the challenge.

http://www.geocities.com/gayle_knowles/macedon.htm

Now I can concentrate on a new point of view!

Gayle

--
http://members.iinet.net.au/~gayle_knowles/

 

[Mark Gillett]

..nice to see you back. Don't be too alarmed by the quality of the challenge. I think portraiture is easier because the subject matter is right there. I am sure many will tell me I am wrong, though.

Have you now got your new PC up and running. I too have not taken too many images of late mainly due to awful grey weather here in England. I have tried getting creative indoors but have not published anything yet, and have also started having some old slides scanned which is really interesting.

Anyway good to see you back.

Mark

What is going on here? Did everyone go out and take some
photography lessons without me? If the purpose of the challenges
was to increase the level of abilities here, it has certainly
succeeded! I cannot believe the gorgeous shots in both galleries!
There is such good stuff in there that I'm not even feeling
inspired, I'm feeling defeated and left behind! First of all, I've
hardly been shooting at all in recent weeks b/c I've been so busy
with other stuff, so I'm losing ground, quickly. I've been doing
some reading but not had the chance to put it into practice. I
think I'm going thru withdrawal!

Lonnit, simply overwhelmed!

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and offer your comments. The fastest way for me to learn is when
you tell me what I'm doing right and what I'm doing wrong, what you
like and what you don't. I welcome all opinions.



WARNING: 10D-itis is contagious!!!!!!!

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[Mark Gillett]

just realised you are talking about a completely different challenge! Duh!!!

M

Have you now got your new PC up and running. I too have not taken
too many images of late mainly due to awful grey weather here in
England. I have tried getting creative indoors but have not
published anything yet, and have also started having some old
slides scanned which is really interesting.

Anyway good to see you back.

Mark

What is going on here? Did everyone go out and take some
photography lessons without me? If the purpose of the challenges
was to increase the level of abilities here, it has certainly
succeeded! I cannot believe the gorgeous shots in both galleries!
There is such good stuff in there that I'm not even feeling
inspired, I'm feeling defeated and left behind! First of all, I've
hardly been shooting at all in recent weeks b/c I've been so busy
with other stuff, so I'm losing ground, quickly. I've been doing
some reading but not had the chance to put it into practice. I
think I'm going thru withdrawal!

Lonnit, simply overwhelmed!

--
Please visit my gallery at http://pbase.com/lonnit
and offer your comments. The fastest way for me to learn is when
you tell me what I'm doing right and what I'm doing wrong, what you
like and what you don't. I welcome all opinions.



WARNING: 10D-itis is contagious!!!!!!!

--
http://www.pbase.com/markgillett

--
http://www.pbase.com/markgillett

 

[lonnit]

Thanks for the welcom back.

..nice to see you back. Don't be too alarmed by the quality of the
challenge. I think portraiture is easier because the subject
matter is right there. I am sure many will tell me I am wrong,
though.

LOL! There's always someone willing to tell you you're wrong no matter how right you are! LOL!

Have you now got your new PC up and running.

Pretty much. She's a beauty, Athlon 64 bit, 3200+ with a gig of ram, but I'm still waiting for a call back from Asus with the info I need on changing BIOS b/c I need to adjust a printer parameter but can't find it. Until then, I can't print. Until I can print, I have to keep the old computer intact so I can print thru it for my biz. Once the printing is working then I can convert the old machine from FAT to NTFS for security reasons, then hubby can take it to his new office. I've only got a ton of urgent brochures I need to do for him and then I'll finally get back to shooting. I can't believe how depressed I am about not getting shoot time in. I guess I was on such a high after getting the camera so this low is really a crash! I feel so out of touch.

too many images of late mainly due to awful grey weather here in
England. I have tried getting creative indoors but have not
published anything yet, and have also started having some old
slides scanned which is really interesting.

Yes. The weather here is a bummer too. FRIGID! My hands get so cold out there with the camera. 3 times today though, I passed a scene where I wished I had my camera with me. I saw a house with no roof or doors! That was pretty freaky. Oh, man, would I love to shoot that while it's snowing! If it's snowing though, as anticipated, I won't be able to get back there. Oh well, maybe Thursday or friday.

Anyway good to see you back.

Thanks, Mark.

Warmly,
Lonnit

What is going on here? Did everyone go out and take some
photography lessons without me? If the purpose of the challenges
was to increase the level of abilities here, it has certainly
succeeded! I cannot believe the gorgeous shots in both galleries!
There is such good stuff in there that I'm not even feeling
inspired, I'm feeling defeated and left behind! First of all, I've
hardly been shooting at all in recent weeks b/c I've been so busy
with other stuff, so I'm losing ground, quickly. I've been doing
some reading but not had the chance to put it into practice. I
think I'm going thru withdrawal!

Lonnit, simply overwhelmed!

--
Please visit my gallery at http://pbase.com/lonnit
and offer your comments. The fastest way for me to learn is when
you tell me what I'm doing right and what I'm doing wrong, what you
like and what you don't. I welcome all opinions.



WARNING: 10D-itis is contagious!!!!!!!

--
http://www.pbase.com/markgillett

--
Please visit my gallery at http://pbase.com/lonnit

and offer your comments. The fastest way for me to learn is when you tell me what I'm doing right and what I'm doing wrong, what you like and what you don't. I welcome all opinions.



WARNING: 10D-itis is contagious!!!!!!!

 

[lonnit]

M

Have you now got your new PC up and running. I too have not taken
too many images of late mainly due to awful grey weather here in
England. I have tried getting creative indoors but have not
published anything yet, and have also started having some old
slides scanned which is really interesting.

Anyway good to see you back.

Mark

What is going on here? Did everyone go out and take some
photography lessons without me? If the purpose of the challenges
was to increase the level of abilities here, it has certainly
succeeded! I cannot believe the gorgeous shots in both galleries!
There is such good stuff in there that I'm not even feeling
inspired, I'm feeling defeated and left behind! First of all, I've
hardly been shooting at all in recent weeks b/c I've been so busy
with other stuff, so I'm losing ground, quickly. I've been doing
some reading but not had the chance to put it into practice. I
think I'm going thru withdrawal!

Lonnit, simply overwhelmed!

--
Please visit my gallery at http://pbase.com/lonnit
and offer your comments. The fastest way for me to learn is when
you tell me what I'm doing right and what I'm doing wrong, what you
like and what you don't. I welcome all opinions.



WARNING: 10D-itis is contagious!!!!!!!

--
http://www.pbase.com/markgillett

--
http://www.pbase.com/markgillett

--
Please visit my gallery at http://pbase.com/lonnit

and offer your comments. The fastest way for me to learn is when you tell me what I'm doing right and what I'm doing wrong, what you like and what you don't. I welcome all opinions.



WARNING: 10D-itis is contagious!!!!!!!

 

[Garrett Lau]

Welcome back, Lonnit. I got a new computer, too. It's a Dell 5150 notebook and it just arrived yesterday. I also got my 10D back from Canon Factory Service, but I didn't bring it to work today because I brought the laptop in. That was a big mistake. I didn't use the laptop, but I really could have used the 10D.

It was cold (50 degrees) and rainy most of the day, but the sun peeked out for a little while in the afternoon, creating a rainbow just outside of my office. I shot it with my Powershot S10 and entered it in the eligible gallery:
http://www.pbase.com/image/25537881

--Garrett
http://www.pbase.com/garrettlau

..nice to see you back. Don't be too alarmed by the quality of the
challenge. I think portraiture is easier because the subject
matter is right there. I am sure many will tell me I am wrong,
though.

LOL! There's always someone willing to tell you you're wrong no
matter how right you are! LOL!

Have you now got your new PC up and running.

Pretty much. She's a beauty, Athlon 64 bit, 3200+ with a gig of
ram, but I'm still waiting for a call back from Asus with the info
I need on changing BIOS b/c I need to adjust a printer parameter
but can't find it. Until then, I can't print. Until I can print, I
have to keep the old computer intact so I can print thru it for my
biz. Once the printing is working then I can convert the old
machine from FAT to NTFS for security reasons, then hubby can take
it to his new office. I've only got a ton of urgent brochures I
need to do for him and then I'll finally get back to shooting. I
can't believe how depressed I am about not getting shoot time in. I
guess I was on such a high after getting the camera so this low is
really a crash! I feel so out of touch.

too many images of late mainly due to awful grey weather here in
England. I have tried getting creative indoors but have not
published anything yet, and have also started having some old
slides scanned which is really interesting.

Yes. The weather here is a bummer too. FRIGID! My hands get so cold
out there with the camera. 3 times today though, I passed a scene
where I wished I had my camera with me. I saw a house with no roof
or doors! That was pretty freaky. Oh, man, would I love to shoot
that while it's snowing! If it's snowing though, as anticipated, I
won't be able to get back there. Oh well, maybe Thursday or
friday.

Anyway good to see you back.

Thanks, Mark.

Warmly,
Lonnit

 

[Jim B (MSP)]

It reached a high of -7 F today -- too cold to go outside for shooting.

However, I am going to bring some customers to the St Paul Ice Palace tonight.

If I get some good pictures, I'll post them. If my camera freezes, I'll just complain.

Jim

It was cold (50 degrees) and rainy most of the day, but the sun
peeked out for a little while in the afternoon, creating a rainbow
just outside of my office.

--
Jim

 

[SlackJeep]

about photography.... let alone come up with something good for this challenge.

My loving husband thought he should share his cold with me. Thanks honey...

My vows said nothing like "...in sickness and in health."

haha

--
Dorys
'SlackJeep'
http://www.pbase.com/slackjeep

 

[Jadzia]

Make a hot toddy with water (hot) lemon, honey, whisky (or similar) aspirin and cough mixture. Not only will you feel better but I bet all your shots will have a unique perspecitve hehehe

Hope u get better soon

Jadzia

about photography.... let alone come up with something good for
this challenge.

My loving husband thought he should share his cold with me. Thanks
honey...

My vows said nothing like "...in sickness and in health."

haha

--
Dorys
'SlackJeep'
http://www.pbase.com/slackjeep

 

[Jadzia]

Knock Knock

Who's there??

Wazza

Wazza who??

wazza matter with everyone in CTF challenge??

Jadzia
(the bump thread with a difference....)

Hi Everyone,

Congratulations to the winners in the eligible and exhibition
categories of the last challenge. There were many truly great
images. Good job to all.

For the next challenge, I would like to stay on the theme of
thinking "outside the box". Lately I have been thinking about
cliches in photography, and how many images are repetitions of
common themes, taken from the same old perspectives. I would like
you guys to try to take photos (maybe using those same common
themes) from a new and original perspective or point of view.

In this challenge, try to think about not only how we in our daily
lives view the world around us, but the points of view that
animals, inanimate objects, and poeple in odd situations may have.

As in all of the challenges, try to aim for a combination of
creativity, uniqueness, and technical excellence. I hope that
everyone has a good time and enjoys this next challenge topic.

Andreas Kellas

The gallery is located at http://www.pbase.com/ctfchallenge

RULES AND GUIDELINES

The Canon Talk Forum Challenges are open to everyone so please
participate. You don't win anything (the eligible entry winner
picks the next challenge topic and sets up the galleries and
moderates the challenge), but it can be a fun way to practice your
photography and get some feedback.

Eligible Gallery entries must taken with a Canon digital camera and
be taken during the specified time period.

Exhibition Gallery entries can use any camera and be taken at any
time.

You may post a maximum of 4 photos in each gallery.

Photo by photo, please share your comments with your fellow
participants. Challenges reach their full potential when the
dialogue becomes as important as the photos themselves.

Those who enjoy more plainspoken and critical comments on their
work should mark their title(s) with an asterisk ( )

THE CHALLENGE

Challenge Begins: Saturday January 24th, 12:01 GMT
http://www.timeanddate.com/ ... ...003&hour=0&min=1&sec=0&p1=0

Challenge Ends: Monday February 2nd, 23:59 GMT
http://www.timeanddate.com/ ... ...3&hour=23&min=59&sec=0&p1=0

Go to the desired gallery, eligible or exhibition, and edit the
gallery. Use browse to locate and upload your picture. Be sure to
add the required information below.

Additional help page here http://www.eloptac.com/challenge

If you are new and do not know the userid and password, please
e-mail [email protected] Please allow a few hours to receive that
information.

IMPORTANT: Please respect our Pbase bandwidth and ensure that your
photos are no more than 150K in size.

Photos have no limit on dimensions, but bear in mind that the most
popular screen size is 1024x768 so try to present your picture to
fit accordingly. Viewers are more likely to appreciate your work at
its original size without the use of scroll bars!

If you have problems or concerns uploading add a post to this thread.

Each submitted photograph should include...
1. Your Name
2. Picture Title
4. Camera Used
5. Date of Picture (for Eligible Gallery only)

Optional information that's always appreciated is...
6. Description and Comments
7. Photography Tips
8. Post Processing Details

Note: Pictures too large or missing any of the required information
will not be allowed. Please do not send off-topic entries. The
moderators have the final decision on uploading or deleting
pictures.

Post-Processing -- Do whatever you like to your photo and the
voters will decide if it's too much.

VOTING

Voting Begins: Tuesday February 3rd, 2004, 24:01 GMT

http://www.timeanddate.com/ ... ...003&hour=0&min=1&sec=0&p1=0

Voting Ends: Thursday February 5th, 2004, 23:59 GMT

http://www.timeanddate.com/ ... ...3&hour=23&min=59&sec=0&p1=0

That gives us 2 days to vote.

Please vote at...
http://www.liteserv.com/ctfvotebooth/

Current GMT time is displayed on the voting page. If there is a
discrepancy between the voting times on the gallery page and the
voting page, the voting page time will be considered official.

BANNED --
1. Anonymous voting.
2. Voting for your own entries.

WELCOMED --
Reasons why you voted for a particular image.

--
Andreas Kellas

 

[Gayle159626]

I'm here! Just been busy organising kids to go back to school (yes there really is a god!) and drowning my daughter in the name of art. After 6 weeks of her being home, it would have been so easy to...........don't worry, she's alive and well, mouthy as ever and had a ball doing underwater portraits. She's sent that pic and a few other more warped ones to everyone she knows!

Gayle

Who's there??

Wazza

Wazza who??

wazza matter with everyone in CTF challenge??

Jadzia
(the bump thread with a difference....)

Hi Everyone,

Congratulations to the winners in the eligible and exhibition
categories of the last challenge. There were many truly great
images. Good job to all.

For the next challenge, I would like to stay on the theme of
thinking "outside the box". Lately I have been thinking about
cliches in photography, and how many images are repetitions of
common themes, taken from the same old perspectives. I would like
you guys to try to take photos (maybe using those same common
themes) from a new and original perspective or point of view.

In this challenge, try to think about not only how we in our daily
lives view the world around us, but the points of view that
animals, inanimate objects, and poeple in odd situations may have.

As in all of the challenges, try to aim for a combination of
creativity, uniqueness, and technical excellence. I hope that
everyone has a good time and enjoys this next challenge topic.

Andreas Kellas

The gallery is located at http://www.pbase.com/ctfchallenge

RULES AND GUIDELINES

The Canon Talk Forum Challenges are open to everyone so please
participate. You don't win anything (the eligible entry winner
picks the next challenge topic and sets up the galleries and
moderates the challenge), but it can be a fun way to practice your
photography and get some feedback.

Eligible Gallery entries must taken with a Canon digital camera and
be taken during the specified time period.

Exhibition Gallery entries can use any camera and be taken at any
time.

You may post a maximum of 4 photos in each gallery.

Photo by photo, please share your comments with your fellow
participants. Challenges reach their full potential when the
dialogue becomes as important as the photos themselves.

Those who enjoy more plainspoken and critical comments on their
work should mark their title(s) with an asterisk ( )

THE CHALLENGE

Challenge Begins: Saturday January 24th, 12:01 GMT
http://www.timeanddate.com/ ... ...003&hour=0&min=1&sec=0&p1=0

Challenge Ends: Monday February 2nd, 23:59 GMT
http://www.timeanddate.com/ ... ...3&hour=23&min=59&sec=0&p1=0

Go to the desired gallery, eligible or exhibition, and edit the
gallery. Use browse to locate and upload your picture. Be sure to
add the required information below.

Additional help page here http://www.eloptac.com/challenge

If you are new and do not know the userid and password, please
e-mail [email protected] Please allow a few hours to receive that
information.

IMPORTANT: Please respect our Pbase bandwidth and ensure that your
photos are no more than 150K in size.

Photos have no limit on dimensions, but bear in mind that the most
popular screen size is 1024x768 so try to present your picture to
fit accordingly. Viewers are more likely to appreciate your work at
its original size without the use of scroll bars!

If you have problems or concerns uploading add a post to this thread.

Each submitted photograph should include...
1. Your Name
2. Picture Title
4. Camera Used
5. Date of Picture (for Eligible Gallery only)

Optional information that's always appreciated is...
6. Description and Comments
7. Photography Tips
8. Post Processing Details

Note: Pictures too large or missing any of the required information
will not be allowed. Please do not send off-topic entries. The
moderators have the final decision on uploading or deleting
pictures.

Post-Processing -- Do whatever you like to your photo and the
voters will decide if it's too much.

VOTING

Voting Begins: Tuesday February 3rd, 2004, 24:01 GMT

http://www.timeanddate.com/ ... ...003&hour=0&min=1&sec=0&p1=0

Voting Ends: Thursday February 5th, 2004, 23:59 GMT

http://www.timeanddate.com/ ... ...3&hour=23&min=59&sec=0&p1=0

That gives us 2 days to vote.

Please vote at...
http://www.liteserv.com/ctfvotebooth/

Current GMT time is displayed on the voting page. If there is a
discrepancy between the voting times on the gallery page and the
voting page, the voting page time will be considered official.

BANNED --
1. Anonymous voting.
2. Voting for your own entries.

WELCOMED --
Reasons why you voted for a particular image.

--
Andreas Kellas

--
http://members.iinet.net.au/~gayle_knowles/

 

[Pops92470]

So how many of you will save my entry to disk and flip the image so you read what I wrote!

Go ahead, admit that you can't read it backwards.

Pops

--
pops.instantlogic.com
'Remember, the wind is your friend!'

 

[Gayle159626]

I never thought of that! I was gonna get a mirror and hold it up in front of the screen though.

Excellent entry! It's destined for a comment from me, but I'm at work right now. Will get to it tonight.

Gayle

So how many of you will save my entry to disk and flip the image so
you read what I wrote!

Go ahead, admit that you can't read it backwards.

Pops

--
pops.instantlogic.com
'Remember, the wind is your friend!'

--
http://members.iinet.net.au/~gayle_knowles/

 

[Jadzia]

Rofl - me too, sneaking a peak in at work.

I'm pondering the legalities of drowing kids for art - might try it......

Jadzia

Excellent entry! It's destined for a comment from me, but I'm at
work right now. Will get to it tonight.

Gayle

So how many of you will save my entry to disk and flip the image so
you read what I wrote!

Go ahead, admit that you can't read it backwards.

Pops

--
pops.instantlogic.com
'Remember, the wind is your friend!'

--
http://members.iinet.net.au/~gayle_knowles/

 

[Gayle159626]

Dorys....are you feeling better? How is the cold? Get loving husband to pamper you for a few days!

Gayle

about photography.... let alone come up with something good for
this challenge.

My loving husband thought he should share his cold with me. Thanks
honey...

My vows said nothing like "...in sickness and in health."

haha

--
Dorys
'SlackJeep'
http://www.pbase.com/slackjeep

--
http://members.iinet.net.au/~gayle_knowles/

 

[Steve Walsh]

Great idea. How'd you do it?

 

[Pops92470]

Great idea. How'd you do it?

First, I too have difficulty reading backward print. You're not alone.

Second, the picture is a composite of two pictures taken at the same time. I've got a glass top coffee table. I put the camera on the floor and shot the picture of my hand with the pen. I shot the second picture of the written word (face down). The table was in natural sunlight, nothing else was done for lighting. Actually I shot about 30 or 40 pictures. The camera had difficulty getting the focus where I wanted it.

I flipped the words image as that is the way the paper would see it, erased all the background from both images, combined them and added the white background.

A few minor tweaks in PS like sharpening, a boarder and Will's suggestion to use the "blur" tool (A First for me, thanks again Will) and there's the finished picture.

So 24 hours later I checked the poem and for YEARS I've remembered it incorrectly. Re write the script, re shoot the script and re-combine. Corrected picture.

And for the record, when a Rocket Scientist wants to say "It's not rocket science." he says "It's not brain surgery."

Pops

--
pops.instantlogic.com
'Remember, the wind is your friend!'

 

[lonnit]

It was cold (50 degrees) and rainy most of the day, but the sun
peeked out for a little while in the afternoon, creating a rainbow
just outside of my office. I shot it with my Powershot S10 and
entered it in the eligible gallery:
http://www.pbase.com/image/25537881

--Garrett
http://www.pbase.com/garrettlau

..nice to see you back. Don't be too alarmed by the quality of the
challenge. I think portraiture is easier because the subject
matter is right there. I am sure many will tell me I am wrong,
though.

LOL! There's always someone willing to tell you you're wrong no
matter how right you are! LOL!

Have you now got your new PC up and running.

Pretty much. She's a beauty, Athlon 64 bit, 3200+ with a gig of
ram, but I'm still waiting for a call back from Asus with the info
I need on changing BIOS b/c I need to adjust a printer parameter
but can't find it. Until then, I can't print. Until I can print, I
have to keep the old computer intact so I can print thru it for my
biz. Once the printing is working then I can convert the old
machine from FAT to NTFS for security reasons, then hubby can take
it to his new office. I've only got a ton of urgent brochures I
need to do for him and then I'll finally get back to shooting. I
can't believe how depressed I am about not getting shoot time in. I
guess I was on such a high after getting the camera so this low is
really a crash! I feel so out of touch.

too many images of late mainly due to awful grey weather here in
England. I have tried getting creative indoors but have not
published anything yet, and have also started having some old
slides scanned which is really interesting.

Yes. The weather here is a bummer too. FRIGID! My hands get so cold
out there with the camera. 3 times today though, I passed a scene
where I wished I had my camera with me. I saw a house with no roof
or doors! That was pretty freaky. Oh, man, would I love to shoot
that while it's snowing! If it's snowing though, as anticipated, I
won't be able to get back there. Oh well, maybe Thursday or
friday.

Anyway good to see you back.

Thanks, Mark.

Warmly,
Lonnit

--
Please visit my gallery at http://pbase.com/lonnit

and offer your comments. The fastest way for me to learn is when you tell me what I'm doing right and what I'm doing wrong, what you like and what you don't. I welcome all opinions.



WARNING: 10D-itis is contagious!!!!!!!

 

[lonnit]

I was returning a book (photography, of course! LOL!) to the library - about 20 miles away. When I got there, there was a bicycle covered in snow, left locked to the bike rack. I wished I had my camera with me. I was cutting thru the park on the way home and I saw a pair of bare trees that I liked; I wished I had my camera. I got further thru the park and saw steam billowing out of the recycling plant, hovering around it's smokestack. I wished I had my camera. I raced home, ran into my building, grabbed my camera. Hubby just happened to be home. The phone rang - I mouthed "I'm not here!" and ran out! LOL! I raced back. The bike was still there, covered in snow. I shot it. A man walked by and said, " Why are you taking pictures of a bicycle?". Why? WHY??? Why was he NOT?!! Why was it there? Who's was it? Why was it left to get covered in snow? If they rode thier bike to the library, how did they get home? Why didn't they come back for it? Why did they leave it? Were they abducted? Did an alien beam them up when they exited the library? Have they been hiding out in the basement all week? Are they ever coming back? Were they just forgetful and tey walked home and they think someone stole thier bike from thier house? Doesnt' this guy have an ounce of curiosity?

I went back to the park. I couldn't stop the car nearby and had to wade thru the deep snow to get in position for the trees. I drove on further. The winds had changed and I couldn't get the shot I wanted of the smokestack, but I might have gotten something half decent anyway. I went back to the house without a roof, that I saw the other day and wished I had my camera. Good concept in theory but no decent angles to shoot. Man I felt good shooting. I havent' had the camera out of the house in weeks! Ahhhh.... got a fix today!

It reached a high of -7 F today -- too cold to go outside for
shooting.

I took advantage of the sweltering 27 degrees, low wind. After all this 0-15 degrees with -10 to +5 degree wind chill factors, I felt like it was spring! LOL!

Warmly,
Lonnit

It was cold (50 degrees) and rainy most of the day, but the sun
peeked out for a little while in the afternoon, creating a rainbow
just outside of my office.

--
Jim

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WARNING: 10D-itis is contagious!!!!!!!