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    Calling All OptiBoard Photographers 2007

    Started a new thread for 2007 pictures.
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    RANDOM shots to start off 2007

    farmers market in seattle, washington.. drove there to take the NCLE test
    grouse mountain, vancouver.. enjoying the snow
    costco angel statue in my inlaws house...found it interesting to shoot.
    our friends little girl isabella in tofino...we went there for new years, good to get away for a bit.
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    More RANDOM shots

    san diego (home town) trip right after new years and just got back. we headed down with our same friends we went to tofino with for new years...had to get my sunshine, warm weather, mexican food fix before the baby is due... stayed at a super place in a BOSA building, san diego.

    our friends little girl isabella 34 floors (39 floor building) up amazed by the view and the planes coming into land..

    visiting our super sweet little niece hannah.. she is so adorable with a super gentle soul...

    isabella playing with a whale at the fiesta island park, san diego. saw a kite in the air and took off running. amazing the attention span of kids that age..lol you can't see her face but she is running and saying "ooooooooooooooooooooo"

    isabella at the san diego zoo

    and a elephant :D
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    The first picture is from my hike above Multnomah Falls in the beautiful Columbia Gorge

    The second picture is from Silver Falls state park which is amazing (there are 10 different waterfalls along the trail)

    The bottom two pictures are from one of my most favorite places on earth: Kathryn Albertson Park in Boise
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    Vancouver sights

    The first 3 photos were from a walk along the seawall near Science World. The 4th photo is from the Yaletown (downtown) portion of the seawall, looking towards False Creek.
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    Quote Originally Posted by mlm View Post
    The first 3 photos were from a walk along the seawall near Science World. The 4th photo is from the Yaletown (downtown) portion of the seawall, looking towards False Creek.
    mlm,
    I am a big fan of your duck photo... Great Shot!!!

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    So Monday was a really boring day; no doctors in. To keep myself occupied, I took photos of the clinic for our website. Ended up with around 130 shots (yeah, I tend to go a little overboard when the camera's in my hands).

    The little jade cat is Bellini. She lives beside my point-of-sale machine and glares at anyone who tries to steal my chair. But our optician resents her presence (and he likes to steal my chair...), so he blindfolded her this morning.
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    Quote Originally Posted by mlm View Post
    So Monday was a really boring day; no doctors in. To keep myself occupied, I took photos of the clinic for our website. Ended up with around 130 shots (yeah, I tend to go a little overboard when the camera's in my hands).

    The little jade cat is Bellini. She lives beside my point-of-sale machine and glares at anyone who tries to steal my chair. But our optician resents her presence (and he likes to steal my chair...), so he blindfolded her this morning.
    lol, toooooooo cute about the blind fold.. nice shot with the lenses. I see you've got your depth of field going on..:) learn that in class?

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    Snitgirl,

    Actually, we just learned about depth of field in tonight's class. So really, the lens shot was a fluke... :o (Yet, it did make "photo of the day" in flickr's 1on1 group!)

    I have to say though, now that we're more into the technical stuff, I'm really seeing the limitations of my camera. I've got to invest in a nice SLR camera soon.

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    Quote Originally Posted by mlm View Post
    Snitgirl,

    Actually, we just learned about depth of field in tonight's class. So really, the lens shot was a fluke... :o (Yet, it did make "photo of the day" in flickr's 1on1 group!)

    I have to say though, now that we're more into the technical stuff, I'm really seeing the limitations of my camera. I've got to invest in a nice SLR camera soon.
    Whoo hooooo! Way to go on your "photo of the day" !!!!!!!!!!!! I will go take a look..

    Wait a bit on the SLR's cause their coming out with new ones.. Well, that's what I've heard.. Go to www.tfttf.com and you can get a lot of feedback from others that have SLR's and read about their pros and cons... Also, their podcasts have some really good information too!

    Congrats again on flickr!!:cheers:

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    Quote Originally Posted by Snitgirl View Post
    Wait a bit on the SLR's cause their coming out with new ones.. Well, that's what I've heard.. Go to www.tfttf.com and you can get a lot of feedback from others that have SLR's and read about their pros and cons...
    I've been contemplating getting an SLR for a couple of months now. After a lot of research, I decided that my dream camera would be an Olympus E-330, but there's no way I could afford that. And then I decided that I could settle for a Nikon D50.

    Well, went to Broadway Camera today and asked about my choices. Well, it turns out the D50 has been discontinued. Then the guy showed me the E-500 (one step down from my dream camera!). Oh Snitgirl! I know you said I should wait but it was so nice and shiny and he even let me play with it (thereby increasing the temptation). Needless to say, I walked out of there 1/2 an hour later with a nice new E-500 and 2 lenses. :bbg:

    Oh, I'm gonna have lots of fun now!

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    Quote Originally Posted by mlm View Post
    I've been contemplating getting an SLR for a couple of months now. After a lot of research, I decided that my dream camera would be an Olympus E-330, but there's no way I could afford that. And then I decided that I could settle for a Nikon D50.

    Well, went to Broadway Camera today and asked about my choices. Well, it turns out the D50 has been discontinued. Then the guy showed me the E-500 (one step down from my dream camera!). Oh Snitgirl! I know you said I should wait but it was so nice and shiny and he even let me play with it (thereby increasing the temptation). Needless to say, I walked out of there 1/2 an hour later with a nice new E-500 and 2 lenses. :bbg:

    Oh, I'm gonna have lots of fun now!
    mlm,

    Its pretty!!!

    Nothing like a hot cup of milk, chocolate chip cookie, sitting by the fireplace with your cats reading the camera manual time! hehe:p

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    I had the pleasure to finally meet MLM from Optibaord. We walked around Coal Harbor in Vancouver and just enjoyed what we both like doing, taking photos. Boy, I am sooooooo jealous of her new camera and what she can do with it..

    :D

    Just some photos I took during our day.. We we're lucky with the great weather. Was a little cold but no rain and a beautiful blue sky!

    COMPOSER by HEINZ AESCHLIMANN, Switzerland


    JAGUAR by JOHN HENRY, U.S.A


    just some stairs

    just some rocks

    some light posts


    some stones


    just some color, there was no phone there
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    Shwing and I

    This one was taken in November in Halifax during National meetings. We are taking the ferry from Dartmouth to Halifax. The woman in between us is our "handler" Maureen.
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    "It's not impossible. I used to bull's-eye womp rats in my T-16 back home."


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    More from Nova Scotia

    This reminds me, I owe a few people picture CD's. This is at Peggy's Cove.
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    "It's not impossible. I used to bull's-eye womp rats in my T-16 back home."


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    Snitgirl! You beat me to it! ;) I too had a lot of fun; no one but you believes me when I say four hours of picture taking can be fun... :bbg: We're definitely going to do this again.

    1) Device to Root out Evil by Dennis Oppenheim
    (Actually I took this photo before I met up with Snitgirl, but it's too interesting to not show everyone.)

    2) Jaguar by John Henry

    3) This duck kept following Snitgirl around! Too funny!

    4) And I'll bet the seagull would have followed her too if it wasn't so comfortable on that log.

    5) I took this photo at Snitgirl's suggestion. Like I said yesterday, I really admire your sense of angle and framing. I'll have to work on that.
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    Jedi,
    Those are great photos. The lighthouse photo is "frame it and hang it on the wall" great!

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    Thanks MLM,
    I've been jealous of your and Snitgirl, photography skill. Love the pictures.
    "It's not impossible. I used to bull's-eye womp rats in my T-16 back home."


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    Quote Originally Posted by mlm View Post
    Snitgirl! You beat me to it! ;) I too had a lot of fun; no one but you believes me when I say four hours of picture taking can be fun... :bbg: We're definitely going to do this again.

    1) Device to Root out Evil by Dennis Oppenheim
    (Actually I took this photo before I met up with Snitgirl, but it's too interesting to not show everyone.)

    2) Jaguar by John Henry

    3) This duck kept following Snitgirl around! Too funny!

    4) And I'll bet the seagull would have followed her too if it wasn't so comfortable on that log.

    5) I took this photo at Snitgirl's suggestion. Like I said yesterday, I really admire your sense of angle and framing. I'll have to work on that.
    I AM READY FOR UBC, just let me know. Hopefully we can go before the baby arrives but not sure if that is when the flowers will be in bloom.
    You know how to reach me!:cheers:

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jedi View Post
    This one was taken in November in Halifax during National meetings. We are taking the ferry from Dartmouth to Halifax. The woman in between us is our "handler" Maureen.

    There he is, MR. President and Sir Shwing too!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Jedi View Post
    This reminds me, I owe a few people picture CD's. This is at Peggy's Cove.
    It is my fondest hope that the sign warning people not to get to close to the ocean, is placed a long ways from the ocean itself.
    (" gee officer, he went down to read a sign down by the water, when a big wave came and washed him out to sea.")

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    Quote Originally Posted by mlm View Post
    Jedi,
    Those are great photos. The lighthouse photo is "frame it and hang it on the wall" great!
    I think you might have to tell his secret service assistants to take care of the hanging on the wall bit. After all, he is Mr. President...;)

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    Quote Originally Posted by Snitgirl View Post
    There he is, MR. President and Sir Shwing too!
    There's that Schwing, plotting his dastardly deeds. Has anyone heard from Maureen since that photo was taken? :finger:

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    Quote Originally Posted by Dave Nelson View Post
    It is my fondest hope that the sign warning people not to get to close to the ocean, is placed a long ways from the ocean itself.
    (" gee officer, he went down to read a sign down by the water, when a big wave came and washed him out to sea.")
    You know there was a post with no sign on it right by the shore, Oops. :D
    Actually, the sign was right on the lighthouse. It gave me a little chuckle, Darwin wins.

    The whole area was covered in warning signs about slippery rocks and such. I was quite content to keep my distance, as the wind was horrible.
    "It's not impossible. I used to bull's-eye womp rats in my T-16 back home."


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    Quote Originally Posted by Dave Nelson View Post
    There's that Schwing, plotting his dastardly deeds. Has anyone heard from Maureen since that photo was taken? :finger:
    DAVE! The rules. What happened in Halifax, stays in Halifax.:bbg:
    "It's not impossible. I used to bull's-eye womp rats in my T-16 back home."


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