Friday Night Photos

or 'Getting to Grips with a New Camera'.

I've had the camera a couple of weeks.... and am still trying to work out all the options (seemingly thousands).

Of the shots I've taken, this one is my favourite:

Portrait of a Cat
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Not much else that is very noteworthy, so here's a shot from last year.... a misty, Minnesota lake.

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So, back to practicing with the new piece of kit.

If you have shots, feel free to share.

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janis b's picture

It’s so soft and beautifully focused. I think your new camera has a great quality to it.

He is an amazingly beautiful cat, who looks like he forces you to get down to his level, unless you always hang out on the floor ; ).

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@psyched

for two majestic portraits of common varieties. It's nice that you can encourage daffodils to bloom in the winter.

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@psyched Nice portrait. Is Tiffany missing an ear tip? Or perhaps that's just the angle of the shot.

(Not quite sure why this ended up here, but anyway.)

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@Bollox Ref Thank you. Yes, Tiffany has a little nick out of one ear. I don't know how that happened.

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Still, I get to commune with furry friends.

(Edit...supposed to be a reply to Janis.)

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For Ray

For Fun

For Real

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@janis b

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@Bollox Ref

Lydia Ko ; ). She's at least as good as any cricket player.

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to come to grips with a new camera than a new president : (

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@janis b

is stupefyingly benumbed?

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@janis b
even when she's chuntering on about the 'Grill of Death'

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or the state of English cricket.

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@Bollox Ref

I am going to admit something that I may never be forgiven for, but I have never watched cricket or rugby. That means that I can never consider myself a true kiwi, and because I had to look up "grill of death", I am not a real american either, I guess. I'm partly both I think. I bet you feel similarly at times.

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@janis b

But cricket? Days of 'Rain stopped play'. What's not to love.

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@Bollox Ref @boriscleto totally wrong place

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@janis b Sometimes, I think I'm not really an earthling.

Wishful thinking, I guess.

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@gustogirl

I guess more gusto lives in non-earthlings.

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@Bollox Ref Probably more coherent than thump's chuntering.

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@Bollox Ref And My Cairn terrierist is catlike and rubs walls and hangs out at vents. Sniffing. I was warned by her Hippie veterinarian who confesses to Cairns that they are catlike. I need to repaint all walls on the interior. Doggie scrubs.

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Been trying to not focus on national politics today. Local, yes. Setting up a google file to monitor new housing developments. Boring but useful.

Blowfish, North Vancouver, Lonsdale Quay
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Bun in Light, Lonsdale Quay
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And for something more serene... Fog in Stanley Park
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Sure that's not a flying fish?

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@Bollox Ref What kind of new camera do you have b?

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@magiamma @magiamma

Part gift, part saved up for.

So far lovely camera, but lots of bells and whistles.

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@magiamma

The lighting naturally, the look of awe or expectation on the lookers/bakers face, and the weird blue neon light mimicking the shape of the roll on paper.

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love the mixed textures of the wood and the fern shadows.

edit - Thought I was replying to janis. Who knows.

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@magiamma Bad second language, but I try. Trying to get bilingual again, my writing is scarce, but it's amazing that reading one has to shut off Englais and comprendre en Francais.

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@riverlover I think I have to change that now. It feels overwhelming - the amount of work that has to be done to redo what has already been undone in one short day.

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photographers!

Pleasantry

I enjoy the many lovely feline photos--as well as the birds and other animals. Occasionally, I snap a photo of Mister B when we're walking, but not sure if I transfer the photo to my hard drive, if I'd still have a copy on my Android phone. (That matters, because I use some of his photos as caller ID photos.)

Anyhoo, think I'll try to find and post a couple photos of Westminster winners that I think are especially beautiful. That would include 'James,' the 2007 Best Of Show--a Springer.

Wink

Mollie


"Every time I lose a dog, he takes a piece of my heart. Every new dog gifts me with a piece of his. Someday, my heart will be total dog, and maybe then I will be just as generous, loving, and forgiving."
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"If there are no dogs in Heaven, then when I die I want to go where they went."
____Will Rogers

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Everyone thinks they have the best dog, and none of them are wrong.

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@Unabashed Liberal Love to see those winners! Smile

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@Unabashed Liberal and I have not done a transfer to HD for some time. Good reminder. Then I have Carbonite backup.

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I think I'll post it next week, in hopes that more Folks can see this perfect looking dog. James was handled by the same handler who took Springer Ch. Salilyn 'N Erin's Shameless--call name, Samantha--to Best-In-Show at Westminster in 2000. And, her sire was BIS in 1993.

Not that I'm biased - Wink - but Springers are the Westminster Dog Show's third winningest breed--after the Wire Fox Terrier, and Scottish Terrier.

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"Every time I lose a dog, he takes a piece of my heart. Every new dog gifts me with a piece of his. Someday, my heart will be total dog, and maybe then I will be just as generous, loving, and forgiving."
____Author Unknown

"If there are no dogs in Heaven, then when I die I want to go where they went."--Will Rogers

Mollie


"Every time I lose a dog, he takes a piece of my heart. Every new dog gifts me with a piece of his. Someday, my heart will be total dog, and maybe then I will be just as generous, loving, and forgiving."
____Author Unknown

"If there are no dogs in Heaven, then when I die I want to go where they went."--Will Rogers

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for my faxes).

Hey, I hope you're feeling better by now, regarding both your loss, and your gall bladder problem.

(Mister B has recovered physically from his gall bladder surgery, but he seems much more clingy. Maybe I overdid his care--dunno. Hard not to, though--the incision ran from the top of his sternum, along side and past his private parts. Anyhoo, now he follows me from room to room, if I leave for more than a couple of minutes. BTW, from what I understand, it's mostly a Laparoscopic surgery for humans.)

Take care.

Mollie


"Every time I lose a dog, he takes a piece of my heart. Every new dog gifts me with a piece of his. Someday, my heart will be total dog, and maybe then I will be just as generous, loving, and forgiving."
____Author Unknown

"If there are no dogs in Heaven, then when I die I want to go where they went."--Will Rogers

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as we're in the process of moving. Not sure when I'll be able to get out there again. Today would have been lovely for birding, but we were too busy. Also ended up getting the water pump, thermostat and serpentine belt replaced in the car. Fun times.

Anyway, here's a list of birds I want to photograph:
hooded merganser
common and Barrow's goldeneye
wood duck
mandarin duck
green heron
black crowned night heron
American bittern
sandhill crane
western and Clark's grebe
Steller's jay
mountain bluebird
western tanager
Clark's nutcracker
northern and loggerhead shrike

There's probably more, but we'll see what this year brings.

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This shit is bananas.

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@Daenerys If I still had my Canada spot, great for mergs, herons and loons. Also goldeneyes at times of the year. And buffleheads! But sold off, alas.

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Bored yet?

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@boriscleto Not gonna happen. They are amazing.

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Nor am I bored by the Adam's quote in your sig line, or the universe that you so evocatively capture in photos. Thank you.

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Sorry about the date stamps forgot to turn off. The eyeglass prescription upgrade fell off budget years ago so I can't see worth beans in dim light, or up close, or far away. Ha ha go on laugh, I do. Sometimes the photos look awesome when I get home and see them up close, others not so much.

At the bridge Thursday morning
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Buzzard (Turkey Vulture) airing its wings on phone pole in distance
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What ~20,000 cubic feet of water per second looks like, it's a lot.
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There is a bunch of household trash under the bridge, the city water workers drive by it every day, it's a county problem, see how that works? Contractor's delight. I pick up garbage when I feel better than it does, and put it where it goes. Right now I have to stay away the water calls like crazy, a pocketful of rocks.

The Russian River ends in west county, at the coast near Jenner. Protectors always needed.
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@eyo

is very moody and beautiful. It's nice that you and others care for this place, so that it's charm can be saved and appreciated.

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@janis b thanks, really appreciate your good vibe. I went back to find a similar photo from drought times where I had to shop paste in an arrow with a graphical image manipulation program, to show practically zero cubic feet per second.
edit: ugh branding sneaks in everywhere, free advertising, if i sneeze i still think kleenex. ugh.
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The storm woke me up again oh noes it is massive, I did like the delay of Obama's fancy retirement landing, wish he was going to live in a tent. Hang on Los Angeles. Peace.

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@eyo @eyo

We too here, had a really intense wind/rain storm. The wind reached 80mph at moments. Rain is usually in abundance where I live.

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My old One-Eyed friend Milo

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Pretenders

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Beauty Behind Bars

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Blow me a Kiss

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I`m already against the next war

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@Knucklehead You cat looks so wise.

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