Nice photos, I really enjoy great pictures of everyday objects. There's just something about really looking at something you see all the time and being able to notice little things about it that you usually don't.

I actually have that flashing ring. Hold it by the front ridge and gently turn it one side, and it flashes in the dark...gets stale after awhile though.

And I thought I was easily amused.

Don't know why but I like this one...

http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o...lan/ribbon.jpg

I wonder if there's a way to use the tag number on that hawk to get info about it.

the origional pics (and i have a lot of them) are pretty big - so i bet i could get the number easily

i'll have to check and see if there's a falcon registry

I like the one of the squirrel. That's a very uncharacteristic pose for a squirrel. Squirrels are one of my favorite animals. They always seem like they're having so much fun.

you'd be suprised .. they do that all the time around our place .. they lie there like drunk little lords with all 4 legs hanging down - it's pretty funny.

i built up quite the trust relationship with one squirrel in particular.
saved one of her babies from a cat as well.. held it in my hand - man was it ever cute.

here's me and the mom .. or as my wife called her : my squirrel-friend.
(my face looks weird because i was caught talking to it :) )

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a1/...y/DSC07723.jpg

You need a top hat
http://www.ccanh.com/images/photos/Dr_Doolittle.jpg

Was going through the camera and found a picture leftover from the 4th of July... why not?

http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o...nlan/fwork.jpg

cool .. those are hard to get that close up an still recognize what it is

Yeah, especially without an slr or a camera with a really fast shutter speed. Lots of pictures have to be taken... and some considerable amount of luck is involved.

Lot's of ice this year and more snow coming down now.

http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o...anlan/ice2.jpg

taken yesterday :

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a1/urgeok/DSC03377.jpg

the flying horse heads are back

yesterday - the coolest thing ever happened ..

I've been a Minolta guy for many years. (could never afford a Nikon)
My old SLR was a Minolta, and my 1st good digital was a Minolta.

when i bought my Digital-SLR ... i still couldn't afford a Nikon so after reading a lot of literature comparing the Nikon, Sony, and the Cannon ... i went with the Sony (alpha 100) as it compared fairly well and gave more bang for the buck.

Turns out Sony bought Minolta and the alpha 100 is all Minolta technology (with Zeis lenses)

so ..

one downfall of the Sony was that i wanted a 50mm Portrait lens. For the Cannon and the Nikon .. its about $100. for the sony it's about $400.00 !!!!

(the sony came with a 70mm and a 300mm)

so on a whim ... i tried the 50mm from my old Minolta SLR - and the bloody thing worked ! so i have that and the 210mm lens i already had for the Minolta .. plus - the external flash from the Minolta digital is compatable as well !


i dont know if there is anyone on the planet that'll appreciate this - but it was such a sweet suprise for me ..

i may not have been able to get the Nikon i wanted (yet) but there sure was some sweet fringe benefits to getting the Sony.

That's great Urge, I can't wait to see some more photos here from you!

well, the weather is getting nice - i'll be out a lot more now ..

a friend asked me to do her wedding this summer too.

ok .. this isnt photography as much as it is showing off the newest members of the family :


http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a1/urgeok/DSC03514.jpg

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a1/urgeok/DSC03492.jpg

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a1/urgeok/DSC03483.jpg

should we call you Willard?

Nice.

Are they biting? ;)

wait until i have about 50 of them

I'm not much of a photographer, but I'm rather proud of these ones:

http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i9...cture_0147.jpg

http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i9...cture_0156.jpg

That's a buddy of mine...we both dressed up and went out for the Why So Serious challenge that was part of the viral marketing for The Dark Knight. There's a bunch of pictures of me, too - but I took these ones and I'm really happy with how they turned out:)

What does a fuzzy bear go as to such an event? I am curious. ;)

http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i9...n/100_1094.jpg

http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i9...cture_0152.jpg

http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i9...cture_0153.jpg

http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i9...cture_0133.jpg


...answer your question?

The red eyes work well in those pics.

Fuzzy Return_the_Green!

...

Nah - That doesn't have much of a ring to it...

There they are!!

Ohhhh, they're sooooo little. I heart them. :)

I don't understand why rats and mice have such bad reputations. They're so cute and friendly.

What are feces?

...Baby. Mice.

awwww!

Donnie Darko. :cool:

Tried to catch a full moon the other night.

fiddling with various settings - not much worked ... but i did get a couple of interesting effects - i guess..

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a1/...y/DSC03760.jpg

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a1/...y/DSC03768.jpg

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a1/...y/DSC03769.jpg

Pretty neat. I like the 3rd one.

yeah it actually had some definition.


the 1st one is cool blown up (which you can do - really far with the origional)

you can see all the detail you would see on a map of the moon.

That was at maximum zoom?

yep .. at 300mm

here it is cropped


http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a1/.../DSC03760b.jpg

Pretty good lens.

The cropped one looks sharp, albeit a bit denser.

Nice moon picture! Whenever I try to take a moon picture I just get a white blurry dot.

so did i until i used the flash .. that seems to be the secret.


i also played around with ISO, aperature, speed, etc ...

but the simple moon picture was done with the flash on - that was the only thing extra.

That's quite strange, because a flash only illuminates what's 20 feet uin front of you.

Using a time exposure you can get a nice shot of the moon.