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Canon EF 70-200mm f/4.0L USM

01/10/2007 09:07:51 AM · #1

Here Ye! Here Ye! Here Ye! Or possibly Hear Ye!

On this day, the 10th Day of January, 2007, AD, I am hereby instituting a new tax system in my Kingdom. From this day forward, I shalt implement a minimum 1-point Gratuitous HDR Tax, as well as a 1-point Gratuitous Sepia Tax. Additionally, a 1-point "Abandoned" Tax shall be assessed upon any image with that word as its title. Also the word "Forgotten."

And there shalt be a 2-point Gratuitous Selective Desaturation Tax.

Oh, and a 6-point tax shalt be implemented upon any image improperly using the word "your" when it should be "you're." Or "yore" for that matter.

End communique of cranky, first thing in the morning ramblings.

karmat

Apple iPhone 7

01/10/2007 09:10:31 AM · #2

Tamron SP AF 24-135mm f/3.5-5.6 AD Aspherical IF for Canon

01/10/2007 09:12:24 AM · #3

Originally posted by karmat:

nards656

Canon EOS-300D Rebel

01/10/2007 09:29:48 AM · #4

Coffee wakes one up because the stuff tastes so darn bad. Somehow, though, I still like coffee. Especially good coffee.

So, how's YOUR morning, Alan? Wait, you just told us.

The taxman cometh.

Strikeslip

Canon EOS-5D

Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS

01/10/2007 09:31:11 AM · #5

*Slippy pays his HDR tax, but more than makes up for it by sneaking in some non-business sepia, and hopes it will be forgotten.*

MelonMusketeer

Nikon D7000

Nikon MF 50mm f/1.4

01/10/2007 09:33:20 AM · #6

You cannot take away points from my entries, as there are no provisions for negative numbers as scores.

: P

love

Canon EOS-500D Rebel T1i

Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 USM

01/10/2007 09:39:13 AM · #7

Hey! Where's my rebate!! ; )

quiet_observation

Canon EOS-7D

Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS USM

01/10/2007 09:39:30 AM · #8

Let's all revolt and throw the Diet Vanilla Pepsi overboard.

w24x192

Canon PowerShot S50

01/10/2007 09:42:40 AM · #9

Originally posted by alanfreed:

You can still get Vanilla Pepsi?!?

01/10/2007 09:45:49 AM · #10

Originally posted by w24x192:

You can still get Vanilla Pepsi?!?

Thank God, yes. I am definitely addicted to the stuff. It's not as easy to find as it used to be, and they no longer sell it in the cubes. Just 12-packs, 2-liter bottles and the smaller plastic bottles.

Canon EF-S 15-85mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM

01/10/2007 09:52:20 AM · #11

Originally posted by love:

Hey! Where's my rebate!! ; )

Wait a minute... you're asking for a rebate while your profile image is in sepia? Tsk tsk :)

UrfaK

Canon EOS-650/T4i Rebel

01/10/2007 09:54:41 AM · #12

I defy the rules of youre forsaken kingdom..

I really should have left the drama club while I still had the chance..

Bear_Music

Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra

Sony 24-70mm F4 Vario-Tessar T* FE OSS

01/10/2007 10:33:38 AM · #13

In days of yore, when men were strong,
you're spelling didn't matter;
your right that people get it wrong,
but do you have to shatter
there self-esteem? Go back to bed!
No more degrading chatter!

R.

rossbilly

Nikon D200

Nikon AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.4D

01/10/2007 11:14:13 AM · #14

Originally posted by alanfreed:

Originally posted by karmat:

Hey, thank goodness she didn't throw it AT you! :) Course, I suppose that would wake you up too...

karmat

Apple iPhone 7

Canon EF 70-200mm f/4.0L USM

01/10/2007 11:16:52 AM · #15

I started to . ..(too, two)

ursula

Fujifilm X-T2

Fujifilm XF 55-200mm f/3.5-4.8 R LM OIS

01/10/2007 11:18:49 AM · #16

You forgot the NI tax. And the gratuitous shoehorning tax.

01/10/2007 11:19:47 AM · #17

I just thought of another tax...

If, while I'm voting on images, one of those damn commercials for Head-On ("I hate your commercials, but your product is woooooonderful") happens to come on, I shall have no choice but to assess a 3-point tax on your image if it's the one on my screen at the time.

I realize that these commercials are not your fault, personally (as far as I'm aware), but I'm gonna have to take out my anger on somebody.

Tamron SP AF 24-135mm f/3.5-5.6 AD Aspherical IF for Canon

01/10/2007 11:22:25 AM · #18

and the badly sharpened Tax. I think 1 point per mm of blindingly obvious halos around contrasting lines.

nards656

Canon EOS-300D Rebel

01/10/2007 11:28:17 AM · #19

Originally posted by Gordon:

and the badly sharpened Tax. I think 1 point per mm of blindingly obvious halos around contrasting lines.

Ouch. That one might get me since I'm still struggling with my sharpening...

wavelength

Nikon D300

Nikon AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.8D

01/10/2007 11:29:35 AM · #20

also tax any female portrait named "she", because it's getting old.

01/10/2007 11:30:38 AM · #21

Originally posted by nards656:

Originally posted by Gordon:
and the badly sharpened Tax. I think 1 point per mm of blindingly obvious halos around contrasting lines.

Ouch. That one might get me since I'm still struggling with my sharpening...

If you can see halos - its too much :-}

01/10/2007 11:30:59 AM · #22

while we are at it -1 for any title that is 'untitled'

01/10/2007 11:32:49 AM · #23

Ok, I've got another one.

What's the deal with nude shots of women where the focus of the image to any normal human is quite obviously the woman... and way off in the background there will be some sort of benign object, perhaps a tire iron or something, and the photographer will name the image, "Tire Iron"...? What's up with that? Just call it what it really is, for heaven's sake: "Woman With Incredible Breasts" or whatever.

This will be a 2-point tax.