The Team Suck Monkey House - DPChallenge Forums

Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark III

05/31/2008 03:40:41 AM · #651

Originally posted by levyj413:

Originally posted by JerseyGenie:
I guess I'd better take a new self-portrait soon. This old chick is down 32.8 lbs. since mid-January. As of last night I have a new hair-do and it's got some new shades of color in it too.

Congrats, Jeanne! I look forward to seeing the new you.

Me too! Glad to see so much good news on the thread...losing weight, getting good scores and faves during voting, getting a gov't-sponsored education on running your own business...

Here's a couple of pix of Lily, one of her with Druli:

She doesn't yet know how to stay still (or almost still) for pix so I had to set the ISO quite high...and yes, she is also a bluepoint Birman, only difference between her and Druli (apart from sheer size, lol) is that Lily has a *pedigree* and Druli doesn't...so she is definitely purebred, from show stock (though I don't know if her kittens were of show quality) and he is of unproven lineage.

Not that having papers or regal bloodlines is really important! But I know now why breeding females are called queens...she is very aware of how special she is :-) And tonight she and Druli are more or less bonding, cause there's a lot of lightning and thunder outside tonight, and both are taking shelter under my bed. Will be interesting to see if her coat also darkens a bit with age as his has.

Message edited by author 2008-05-31 04:14:18.

colorcarnival

Olympus 45mm f/1.8 M.Zuiko Digital

05/31/2008 10:08:22 AM · #652

Congrats Jeanne! WTG with keeping at it :)

NikonJeb

Nikon D850

Nikon AF-S Nikkor 28-300mm f3.5-5.6G ED VR

05/31/2008 12:43:04 PM · #653

Hey, just wanted to post this up with a request for y'all to tell me what you think.

I really feel that I've learned an awful lot about photography here, and I'm very pleased with the techniques that I used, all of which were learned here, right down to composition.

This is a lovely house in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, a few doors down from a friend of mine. It was a beautiful spring evening and the light, the tree, and the beauty of this restored house just spoke to me.

[thumb]684063[/thumb]

JerseyGenie

Canon EOS-400D Rebel XTi

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

05/31/2008 01:55:53 PM · #654

UPDATE UPDATE
TJ (eldest son) just called. The police notified him that they found his stolen car (a few blocks away from where he lives in Georgetown). He knows very little ... the stereo is gone, the hockey equipment was still in the car when it was found (happy happy boy with that news), and that's all he knows. He does not know if it still has wheels, or anything else.
Now he needs to see how bad the damage is. And probably get a really good alarm system, or some other solution.

Originally posted by JerseyGenie:

I guess I'd better take a new self-portrait soon. This old chick is down 32.8 lbs. since mid-January. As of last night I have a new hair-do and it's got some new shades of color in it too.
I told my husband that he's got a new woman to hassle him. He came home and walked around me about three times and then stared at the TV set for about 5 hours. I guess even with those changes it just isn't that exciting.
And then we got a call from our eldest son, he was not having a good day. For the second time since moving to the DC-area his car has been stolen. Last time it was actually found and repaired (lots of repair). This time I don't think he'll be that lucky this time. Gut tells me it is gone for good this time!
BTW, I got a much better reaction to the new style at work.

05/31/2008 02:33:17 PM · #655

That's good news! Now he needs to rent one of those boots the city puts on cars for parking violations. Or LowJack might be a good idea. When my brother's car was stolen (and never ever seen again - he'd had it for two whole months, I might add), the police surmised that they simply put it in a truck and drove it off.

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

05/31/2008 06:29:33 PM · #656

LOL that they didn't take the hockey equipment...up here, they'd've left everything else and taken only the hockey gear!!! Hope it's not been chop-shopped by the time he gets it back.

JerseyGenie

Canon EOS-400D Rebel XTi

05/31/2008 07:51:29 PM · #657

Truth be told that was what he was most worried about ... the hockey stuff. He's missed two games ... and that is bugging him big time. Thanks for the concern Deb and Susan.

Originally posted by snaffles:

LOL that they didn't take the hockey equipment...up here, they'd've left everything else and taken only the hockey gear!!! Hope it's not been chop-shopped by the time he gets it back.

Message edited by author 2008-05-31 19:52:00.

meyers

Canon EOS-6D

Canon EF 50mm f/1.4 USM

05/31/2008 08:09:53 PM · #658

Woo, I got my first TS comment on my portrait entry! Thanks,

Melethia!

meyers

Canon EOS-6D

Canon EF 50mm f/1.4 USM

05/31/2008 10:02:37 PM · #659

Originally posted by meyers:

Woo, I got my first TS comment on my portrait entry! Thanks, Melethia!

And, since I got this amazing comment, my score has gone up 0.1--I've got that personal top 5 in the bag!

levyj413

Apple iPhone 15 Pro Max

Tamron SP AF 17-50mm f/2.8 Di II LD Aspherical (IF) for Nikon

05/31/2008 10:10:04 PM · #660

Originally posted by JerseyGenie:

And probably get a really good alarm system, or some other solution.

Good to hear! I always liked James Bond's system, where if you turn the key the wrong way, the car blows up. ;)

xianart

Canon EOS-7D

Canon EF-S 17-85mm f/4-5.6 IS USM

06/01/2008 04:33:17 AM · #661

Free Study 2008-05
Votes: 18
Views: 25
Avg Vote: 6.5556 i like the symmetry...

Male Portrait
Votes: 159
Views: 225
Avg Vote: 5.6415
Comments: 2

Hipychik

Sony Alpha a6000

Sony 16-50mm f/3.5-5.6 E-mount

06/01/2008 11:43:55 AM · #662

Help please! Someone?? Anyone?? I have 3 shots that I love for masks. I've asked 3 people and they've all picked a different one! I need another opinion!

SaraR

Sony Alpha a7R III

Sony FE 24-70mm f/2.8 GM

06/01/2008 11:57:35 AM · #663

Originally posted by Doyle:

Help please! Someone?? Anyone?? I have 3 shots that I love for masks. I've asked 3 people and they've all picked a different one! I need another opinion!

sent you a pm

Hipychik

Sony Alpha a6000

Sony 16-50mm f/3.5-5.6 E-mount

06/01/2008 12:06:25 PM · #664

Originally posted by SaraR:

Originally posted by Doyle:
Help please! Someone?? Anyone?? I have 3 shots that I love for masks. I've asked 3 people and they've all picked a different one! I need another opinion!

sent you a pm

Thanks Sara! E-mailed you!

figaro

Canon EOS-7D

Canon EF 85mm f/1.8 USM

06/01/2008 12:07:01 PM · #665

Feel free to drop me an email too - jonathan.slade23@googlemail.com :)

Nikon AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.4D

06/01/2008 01:03:51 PM · #666

I feel kinda bad that we haven't had any OObies lately, so I think I'll submit a potential candidate into one of the open challenges. :-)

raish

Olympus C-2500L

06/01/2008 01:13:10 PM · #667

Let's have a little rant about oobies and dnmcs - I've been getting the weirdest comments in the boats challenge, none of which I reproduce here, but most of which run along the - er - lines of...

Is that a boat?

Although you do have a number of boats in the frame ...

The main subject is not a boat...

I'm not entirely sure that the thing between the boats on the side is a boat or maybe it is supposed to look like a boat but because it grabs so much attention and is not absolutely definitely a boat unless, of course it is a boat, then I shall have to give you less points...

The poor dears could have stuff for a comedy routine if only they could hear themselves...

Sony 16-50mm f/3.5-5.6 E-mount

06/01/2008 01:23:47 PM · #668

Originally posted by raish:

At least you didn't get the deathless 'I only seen one boat' comment...maybe you're being dpcpunk'd?

Hipychik

Sony Alpha a6000

06/01/2008 01:42:17 PM · #669

Originally posted by figaro:

Feel free to drop me an email too - jonathan.slade23@googlemail.com :)

Dropped you an email!

meyers

Canon EOS-6D

Canon EF 50mm f/1.4 USM

06/01/2008 02:36:06 PM · #670

Melethia, post a comment to my Free Study image so the score will climb like my portrait shot.

Free Study
Votes: 50
Avg Vote: 6.0600
Comments: 1
Favorites: 0

Female Portrait
Votes: 268
Avg Vote: 6.4552
Comments: 19
Favorites: 0

JerseyGenie

Canon EOS-400D Rebel XTi

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

06/01/2008 02:40:48 PM · #671

Terry if you want another opinion send me a pm.
Jeanne
I promised that I'd work on the quilt ... yet here I sit staring at the PC screen.

Message edited by author 2008-06-01 14:41:14.

06/01/2008 02:50:05 PM · #672

Originally posted by meyers:

Heh! Does that work? I am slowly making my way through FS but probably won't comment on all of 'em. Will try to do at least 10%, though. Nice run of scores there! I'm looking forward to seeing which portrait is yours.

06/01/2008 02:50:39 PM · #673

What quilt, Jeanne?

I have fabric I bought over a year ago, still sitting in the little bags it came in.... But I have good intentions!

06/01/2008 03:52:38 PM · #674

Everyone...we've lost an incredible dpcer, JawnyRico...

//www.dpchallenge.com/forum.php?action=read&FORUM_THREAD_ID=783422&page=1