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    Great woodworking as usual Scott. Must be a good feeling seeing that effort put to good use. And Dave, great shots at the beach. I really love the one with the bicycle, it's just a really fun shot to look at, Great composition and timing, and that's before I noticed that your grand daughter actually has both feet off the ground.
    '84 GS750EF (Oct 2015 BOM) '79 GS1000N (June 2007 BOM) My Flickr site http://www.flickr.com/photos/soates50/
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      Dave, nice action shots, and definitely cool as Sandy noticed, that the granddaughter is not touching the ground. I'm assuming your daughter appreciated a warm ocean instead of a hole in the ice.

      Scott, exceptional work on the cabinet. Definitely a job to be proud of, and I'm sure it will serve its purpose for many years. The old skeleton key lock is a cool touch.
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      When consulting the magic 8 ball for advice, one must first ask it "will your answers be accurate?"

      Glen
      -85 1150 es - Plus size supermodel.
      -Rusty old scooter.
      Other things I like to photograph.....instagram.com/gs_junkie
      https://www.instagram.com/glen_brenner/
      https://www.flickr.com/photos/152267...7713345317771/

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        Originally posted by Redman View Post
        Interesting. You sure are good at experimenting and improvizing shots.

        it appeared to me that the upper part of flower on left was a little lizard…… hum, 7 days in Florida is having an effect on me. Ha! A New Jersey lizard in March.
        Thanks Dave. Its like trying to solve a problem that no one asked to solve - in other words, no pressure. I see what you mean about the lizard, especially with the location of the waterdrop. I actually passed on trying to get pictures of the train that came thru town that night.... I really didn't feel like taking the walk. I may be time to start riding the bicycle again.

        Originally posted by bwringer View Post
        Glen, that's the best picture of an onion I've seen in a while.
        Thanks Brian. My wife actually said she may want it blown up and framed - noteworthy because she generally has a cool reception to my work.

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        When consulting the magic 8 ball for advice, one must first ask it "will your answers be accurate?"

        Glen
        -85 1150 es - Plus size supermodel.
        -Rusty old scooter.
        Other things I like to photograph.....instagram.com/gs_junkie
        https://www.instagram.com/glen_brenner/
        https://www.flickr.com/photos/152267...7713345317771/

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          Wow....good stuff in this thread lately.
          I've been using the "Like" button, which is very cool, but apparently we can't see who liked our post.

          Glen, I watched a video course a few years ago about using flashlights and long exposures to "paint" extra light on a subject. I'll have to see if it is still around.
          Bob T. ~~ Play the GSR weekly photo game: Pic of Week Game
          '83 GS1100E ~ '24 Triumph Speed 400 ~ '01 TRIUMPH TT600 ~ '67 HONDA CUB

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            Fun pictures Dave. But where's the Lighthouse? 😅 haha
            My Motorcycles:
            22 Kawasaki Z900 RS (Candy Tone Blue)
            22 BMW K1600GT (Probably been to a town near you)
            82 1100e Drag Bike (needs race engine)
            81 1100e Street Bike (with race engine)
            79 1000e (all original)
            82 850g (all original)
            80 KZ 650F (needs restored)

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              Bob, I've been meaning to experiment with light painting. I was stuck at nigt on standby at a jobsite last month and tried it on my work van. I think that my light was not strong enough. It brightened up the van somewhat, but not in a dramatic way. The other thing I've been trying to play with is, depending on what / who you read, called "shutter drag", in where a long exposure is used with a shorter then the exposure flash to have both blur and a sparp subject in the image. I can't seem to get past having a bunch of camera shake so far and I'm still learning the rather big flash submenu in the camera - TTL (sort of like auto mode for flash), manual flash, flash brightness, first vs. second and a host of others.
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              When consulting the magic 8 ball for advice, one must first ask it "will your answers be accurate?"

              Glen
              -85 1150 es - Plus size supermodel.
              -Rusty old scooter.
              Other things I like to photograph.....instagram.com/gs_junkie
              https://www.instagram.com/glen_brenner/
              https://www.flickr.com/photos/152267...7713345317771/

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                Metz hammerhead flash guns are cheap as chips these days for two reasons.
                1. They were the province of wedding and event 'togs and most people don't like the size of them.
                2. Most people think they don't work on digital.

                Point 1 - I lusted after one for years and I now have three
                Point 2 - They have an excellent 'auto' mode (thyristor cut-off) which is every bit as good as dedicated TTL in most circumstances.

                If you don't want to lug a hammerhead around, Metz made literally millions of smaller flashes and most of them have the same auto mode which works fine with modern kit.
                There's no need to go down the rabbit hole of Metz accessories / adapters, etc, as the auto mode only needs a simple trigger whether it be a PC cord or from the hotshoe.
                ---- Dave

                Only a dog knows why a motorcyclist sticks his head out of a car window

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                  Interesting, thanks.

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                  When consulting the magic 8 ball for advice, one must first ask it "will your answers be accurate?"

                  Glen
                  -85 1150 es - Plus size supermodel.
                  -Rusty old scooter.
                  Other things I like to photograph.....instagram.com/gs_junkie
                  https://www.instagram.com/glen_brenner/
                  https://www.flickr.com/photos/152267...7713345317771/

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                    I had formulated a typical thrown together plan as I often do... the nearly record early spring cold had frozen the dog’s outside water dishes into ice pucks with interesting trapped bubbles in the ice. I took note. At dinner time we used the unused Christmas tree shaped butter sculptures that life had prevented us from using last Christmas. I saw the empty molds and thought that they could make interesting ice sculptures. After making one water tight with hot glue, it was in the freezer. A couple of hours later, so was the other one, along with a water bottle to “glue” the trees to the ice pucks from the dog dishes.

                    It was a comedy of tragedy or humor. The second tree hadn’t fully frozen and lasted for exactly one pic before it fell and broke. Shortly later the other did the same despite being more robust. The light source threw out way more heat then I had anticipated adding yet another variable. Good times.

                    Ice by Glen Brenner, on Flickr
                    Last edited by dorkburger; 03-28-2022, 11:04 PM.
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                    When consulting the magic 8 ball for advice, one must first ask it "will your answers be accurate?"

                    Glen
                    -85 1150 es - Plus size supermodel.
                    -Rusty old scooter.
                    Other things I like to photograph.....instagram.com/gs_junkie
                    https://www.instagram.com/glen_brenner/
                    https://www.flickr.com/photos/152267...7713345317771/

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                      Testing

                      1982 GS1100E V&H "SS" exhaust, APE pods, 1150 oil cooler, 140 speedo, 99.3 rear wheel HP, black engine, '83 red

                      2016 XL883L sigpic Two-tone blue and white. Almost 42 hp! Status: destroyed, now owned by the insurance company. The hole in my memory starts an hour before the accident and ends 24 hours after.

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                        I see a very shiny Z1.
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                        When consulting the magic 8 ball for advice, one must first ask it "will your answers be accurate?"

                        Glen
                        -85 1150 es - Plus size supermodel.
                        -Rusty old scooter.
                        Other things I like to photograph.....instagram.com/gs_junkie
                        https://www.instagram.com/glen_brenner/
                        https://www.flickr.com/photos/152267...7713345317771/

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                          This is what it should look like if you paste the BBCode.

                          image by Bob Wayne, on Flickr
                          Rich
                          1982 GS 750TZ
                          2015 Triumph Tiger 1200

                          BikeCliff's / Charging System Sorted / Posting Pics
                          Destroy-Rebuild 750T/ Destroy-Rebuild part deux

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                            Sunday about sundown, I was out in the garage mucking with something, when I glanced out the window in the door.
                            Down at the end of the drive, about 80 ft or so away, was one of the foxes that live in our neighborhood.
                            For once, I had a camera in the garage with a long lens, (I had been trying to get some birds that like a shrub near the door).
                            I barely had time to set the camera, take a shot or two, and she was trotting up the drive quickly, straight at me.
                            All of this was through a small, water spotted, pane of glass.

                            Right as she turned to trot up the drive - GX8, f/5.6, 1/125, ISO 800, 300mm (600mm eq)
                            Fox in the yard by R John Thieda, on Flickr

                            Totally missed the focus all the way up. Refocused three/four times and missed them all, but then she stopped for three heartbeats.

                            She stopped right in a beam of light from the setting sun. Watching the sunset, perhaps? - GX8, f/5.6, 1/160, ISO 800, 300mm (600mm eq)
                            Fox in the yard by R John Thieda, on Flickr

                            Must have realized I was there, as she turned, looked at me, and took off stage left. No decent shots.
                            So 42 photos, four somewhat in focus, and two OK to share. A good day!
                            Bob T. ~~ Play the GSR weekly photo game: Pic of Week Game
                            '83 GS1100E ~ '24 Triumph Speed 400 ~ '01 TRIUMPH TT600 ~ '67 HONDA CUB

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                              Nice ones Bob. Shoullda let Beau out to play.
                              Rich
                              1982 GS 750TZ
                              2015 Triumph Tiger 1200

                              BikeCliff's / Charging System Sorted / Posting Pics
                              Destroy-Rebuild 750T/ Destroy-Rebuild part deux

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                                I sometimes have deer and a single turkey go through my back yard. That little fox is a beauty. On occasion a group of 7-12 turkeys will cross the back also. And naturally, I never have a camera or phone handy to get a picture of them.
                                Larry

                                '79 GS 1000E
                                '93 Honda ST 1100 SOLD-- now residing in Arizona.
                                '18 Triumph Tiger 800 (gone too soon)
                                '19 Triumph Tiger 800 Christmas 2018 to me from me.
                                '01 BMW R1100RL project purchased from a friend, now for sale.

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