Such a beautiful clean looking section of the city. Very pretty buildings too.

*the day of the triffids?

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WOW, that 'trffid' shot is awesome, and I love that shot of the Cheetah he looks so relaxed!

• Andy

Now, allow me to come several layers or notches down from the quality of this page thus far. These are "pinhole" lens shots from my experimental "dslr pinhole lens".  Since I use Nikon and my lens is of white plastic pipe, it must the "canon" version and that accounts for the poor focus.   Shortribs has a neat thread on "pinhole popular" with some really good pinhole pics he has taken. Mine fall far lower in focus.  Here is the first one, then with the second is some explanation about the "dslr pinhole" lens.

Exposure is about 1 second, aperture is approximately f/220.   It might need to be smaller. 
Color version is obscene..all the color of the lens interior which is the only satin paint I had and was still shiny. Tomorrow, new tries with flat black paint inside to prevent reflections..we will see.   Dust is a problem of true concern..having heard sensors attract dust like bees to pollen. I would suggest a cheapie and small UV filter taped over the aperture hole and care is placing the lens to the cam.  So much for this...like I said, way down the ladder from the previous images.          TomDart.

The triffid looks like a flower just before opening, amazing to see it like that. They usually don't catch the eye. The young cheetah is such a cutie. The pinhole shots are very interesting Tom, does each paint colour inside the lens make the appearance different? What would some reflective stuff like singpost paint, or glow in the dark do?

very interesting shot tho Tom..... i may even experiment myself...
oh the flower is a water lilly starting to open

In his later years, my Dad had one of those motorized trikes. He would scoot down town for coffee in the dark of dawn, then take it to a quiet place near the water and wait. As the sun hit each lily it would wake the blooms and the smell would increase. He could describe the experience in great detail and hold his audience in thrall. The local cops used to bring him lunch because he sometimes sat until they closed in the shade of evening.

At very quick glance, the water lily appeared sort of an anemone.

Attached Link: digital pinhole cameras

Ice cream anyone ?

Jay that is certainly an interesting topping for a fence.

Perhaps Jay is seeking a gelato toupee.   : )

It looks as if there are more oddities along the fence. I love the new avatar BTW. Ahem, I took a picture today, there are neither a lens cap nor a fingertip in it! Now if I can figure out how I'm going to post it. Julie, my daughter is putting it on a disk and then I'm goging to put it in photobucket. Wish me luck.

good luck with the posting....

yes there were other things on the fence

Must have been a heck of a wind! Thanks.

Some fence...does it go underwater at high tide? ;']

lol no ..very high tide if it did.....

... It doesn't look like it got tide. It looks like it got nailed.

nah THIS got nailed ;)

nice bit of DIY there ;)

Kort..the infrared got you big time?  What filter do you use?  I think you already told me once but James made me lose my thought with the nails.

*NAILED?......... 

i thought you said .......SNAILED ...;)*

I have to know! Do they climb up there themselves or has someone put them there?

it was just after a flood time and the snails had climbed up there....

It is quite an amusing sight, but I know they do climb things. I'd never seen anything like that though!

water....... 

Really!

yes

LOL at all the puns going on. Just caught up on this thread, for the first time in weeks. Glad to see it's still going strong!

( Tom : I'll look for the jewelry photography thread. )

*can i have light?

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I'm thinking that flag is the hood of a smart looking car, Jay. I always look for faces in the fire, as well as whatever else might crawl out. All of your IR pics have an air of frost to them, but these trees look frozen in time, Kort.

• Andy

I've found an outstretched hand with coffee helpful too.

*will Latte do ?

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Yes please.... :^d

or a glass of wine?

I guess the choice of beverage would depend somewhat on the photog.

First thing on a morning I need as much caffiene as I can get, lol :biggrin:

I have this amazing coffee, called Shock!!! It has three times the caffeine normal coffee does, It gets me through the overnight shifts.

What a cool shot...and cool looking bottle!

What mistakes? I can't see a thing wrong...anywhere.  :^/

*wsomething to fill your bottle with ....

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I'm with Marlene! It looks great! Nice fountain. You should all feel free to stop by my thread in the writer's forum. It's called Nostaqlgia. You can post a what I did on my summer vacation. It can be stories poems pictures or something you made up out of thin air. It's not a contest just a way to get to know your neighbors.