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Morning Cup Of Coffee And Weather

Warren Mary Ellen said:
I’m a native & she is from Long Island. She hates the heat. Not sure why she stayed. The school we both started teaching in had no AC. Overcast today, rained for 75 seconds this morning, so not as hot today.
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I’m from NC and I met my wife in Southern CA. Moved her to NC and culture shock set in! Surprised both of us. A new job took us to Florida which is a melting pot of America and all is good.
 
Van_and_Terri said:
I’m from NC and I met my wife in Southern CA. Moved her to NC and culture shock set in! Surprised both of us. A new job took us to Florida which is a melting pot of America and all is good.
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My wife a said the slowness at how we do some things drives her nuts, but not like it did. In NY, she said they were taught in Drivers Ed to use to tell people to speed up, move over, etc. She did that here and people wave at you to say hello. Learning the language drove her crazy. Never thought she’d go to a NASCAR race, but now she does. Although, she had an uncle in Ohio was a drag racer.
 
Warren Mary Ellen said:
My wife a said the slowness at how we do some things drives her nuts, but not like it did. In NY, she said they were taught in Drivers Ed to use to tell people to speed up, move over, etc. She did that here and people wave at you to say hello. Learning the language drove her crazy. Never thought she’d go to a NASCAR race, but now she does. Although, she had an uncle in Ohio was a drag racer.
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There's a whole series on YouTube about Californians who moved to Texas. Just sayin'.

Rainy and damp here. I didn't make plans for this weekend. Next is the 4'th weekend, so I plan on staying home. I think the week after however, I'm going to do something. Perhaps a trip to one of the trolly parks in PA, or to finally see the Mothman Museum in West Virgina with a side trip to "Hillbilly Hot Dogs"

I hear tell, there is an old dark ride not too far from there as well...
 
A unique Hummingbird Clearwing Moth and a Monarch butterfly from Peg's garden this morning. I started out taking the pic of the Monarch since they've been so scarce (maybe due to the cicadas)
Then the Moth caught my eye - I actually thought it was a Hummingbird at first. A very unique and beautiful Moth.
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Ken & Peggy said:
A unique Hummingbird Clearwing Moth and a Monarch butterfly from Peg's garden this morning. I started out taking the pic of the Monarch since they've been so scarce (maybe due to the cicadas)
Then the Moth caught my eye - I actually thought it was a Hummingbird at first. A very unique and beautiful Moth.
Hummingbird Clearwing Moth

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NICE! I REALLY need to upgrade my camera...I've got a Canon DSLR, I need to get some better optics. But what I really want is a GPS to encode the geo-locatdion in the photos like the iPhone does. Thats really helpful for my notes and workflows...
 
Sweeney said:
NICE! I REALLY need to upgrade my camera...I've got a Canon DSLR, I need to get some better optics. But what I really want is a GPS to encode the geo-locatdion in the photos like the iPhone does. Thats really helpful for my notes and workflows...
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Thanks Sweeney, it sounds like you've got the necessities covered. Geo location would be a nice add-on for sure.
 
Ken & Peggy said:
Thanks Sweeney, it sounds like you've got the necessities covered. Geo location would be a nice add-on for sure.
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The geo location is just a nice to have --- the optics are what makes the biggest difference. The body I have is a Canon, with consumer lenses, not terrible just not great. The telephoto vignettes, especially as the focal length increases.

I've taken a couple of photos that I'm proud of. Night time city stapes with river and water. I just love the way the water acts, and the unusual colors you get due to artificial lights in the city.

My best work has always been at the enlarger. I ran a Noritsu and Fuji for years. The Noritsu did 5x7s and smaller, and the Fuji did from 4x6 up to poster size—mostly 8x12s and occasionally slightly larger. I think what I really liked was the setup—the calibration was a mystery to my coworkers, but I understood it well. Noritsu was definitely the "quantity" machine.

The real problem is that I just don't have the 'eye' to pick a subject well and compose it. I can surely train for this, but it's a question of time, a commodity I have little of, though that may be changing. We'll see.
 
Sweeney said:
The geo location is just a nice to have --- the optics are what makes the biggest difference. The body I have is a Canon, with consumer lenses, not terrible just not great. The telephoto vignettes, especially as the focal length increases.

I've taken a couple of photos that I'm proud of. Night time city stapes with river and water. I just love the way the water acts, and the unusual colors you get due to artificial lights in the city.

My best work has always been at the enlarger. I ran a Noritsu and Fuji for years. The Noritsu did 5x7s and smaller, and the Fuji did from 4x6 up to poster size—mostly 8x12s and occasionally slightly larger. I think what I really liked was the setup—the calibration was a mystery to my coworkers, but I understood it well. Noritsu was definitely the "quantity" machine.

The real problem is that I just don't have the 'eye' to pick a subject well and compose it. I can surely train for this, but it's a question of time, a commodity I have little of, though that may be changing. We'll see.
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Time is precious that's for sure. Never enough of it it seems.
I did a bit of darkroom work in the late 70's and enjoyed it. Worked with a 4X5 view camera and the Adam's zone system. Incredible fun, but then grown-up life changed that. Still a hobby I'm glad to say, being practiced in a way I could not have imagined 50+ years ago.
Hopefully you soon have the time to enjoy your hobbies more :)
 
Ken & Peggy said:
Time is precious that's for sure. Never enough of it it seems.
I did a bit of darkroom work in the late 70's and enjoyed it. Worked with a 4X5 view camera and the Adam's zone system. Incredible fun, but then grown-up life changed that. Still a hobby I'm glad to say, being practiced in a way I could not have imagined 50+ years ago.
Hopefully you soon have the time to enjoy your hobbies more :)
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I did all of my best work in the 90's with emulsion & paper. I loved those days. Just a shame that a good medium level lab guy, at the time, made $5.75 an hour :) Of course, a taco bell soft taco supreme cost $0.79

Sorry to be a dougie downer....the last year has been ROUGH. Since January, lost mom & dad , a job, a business partnership, and....hey, where's the darned dog.

Oh, there she is...whew.
 
Sweeney said:
I did all of my best work in the 90's with emulsion & paper. I loved those days. Just a shame that a good medium level lab guy, at the time, made $5.75 an hour :) Of course, a taco bell soft taco supreme cost $0.79

Sorry to be a dougie downer....the last year has been ROUGH. Since January, lost mom & dad , a job, a business partnership, and....hey, where's the darned dog.

Oh, there she is...whew.
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....put it to music, and you might have a hit!
 
dustinp said:
....put it to music, and you might have a hit!
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No kidding. Feeling better this morning. I have 10 days, I think I’m going to visit Knobles and possible a boardwalk perhaps ocean city? I need to find campgrounds…knobels wont be a problem, ocean city may be…especially for a state park type experience
 
Tour 931 said:
I think my biggest blessing has been that I was born in the USA. We watched the fireworks at Rib Lake , WI.

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SOmething about fireworks over the water! When I grew up, we never had the option. In my late teens though, my girlfriend lived near and on them. Have to admit, it was pretty special to see fireworks that way.
 
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