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

06/08/2008 09:10:29 PM · #753

OMG that is too frickin funny Lea! Thanks for sharing with us!!!

Had a great shoot this afternoon with the cowboy. Got well over 400 shots, had to stop looking at them, sit down and start sifting through them to find just one to enter. Oh the agony! At least I have tons more shots to send him and his wife.

levyj413

Apple iPhone 15 Pro Max

06/08/2008 11:06:26 PM · #754

Early warning for rollover Tues. TS has a 6.5, 6.4, and 6.3 in Partners. :)

meyers

Canon EOS-6D

Canon EF 50mm f/1.4 USM

06/09/2008 12:07:30 AM · #755

Masks are up in the results thread, and

xianart got the top score (a personal best) and 8th overall!

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

06/09/2008 12:29:23 AM · #756

Originally posted by levyj413:

Early warning for rollover Tues. TS has a 6.5, 6.4, and 6.3 in Partners. :)

And a 5.3. :-)

Hipychik

Sony Alpha a6000

06/09/2008 12:32:26 AM · #757

Originally posted by Melethia:

Originally posted by levyj413:
Early warning for rollover Tues. TS has a 6.5, 6.4, and 6.3 in Partners. :)

And a 5.3. :-)

And a 6.1 (if it stays!)

raish

Olympus C-2500L

Nikon AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.4D

06/09/2008 03:38:06 AM · #758

And a potential top 50 in night sky...

06/09/2008 07:38:38 AM · #759

So. I'm stuck in Afghanistan again. It's a lot like the Hotel California... The flight this morning was cancelled; tomorrow's was full already when we checked, and with today's not going.... well, it's now fuller. So we tried for Wednesday - ended up with a possible on Friday. I'm now just hoping I get back in time to catch my flight from Kuwait to Germany... Ah, the joys of travel by military airlift! And no inflight meals or movies.. Or air conditioning. That latter is a biggie. :-)

timfythetoo

Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max

06/09/2008 07:43:00 AM · #760

Originally posted by Melethia:

But you volunteered for this trip right? ;)

Nikon AF-S Nikkor 50mm f/1.4G

06/09/2008 08:01:41 AM · #761

Heh. Yeah, I did. And silly me, I left my laptop in Kuwait. I was only supposed to be here for three days and didn't want to lug an extra bag. Rats. I could use this time to work on improving my editing skills or some such... Ah well. May be time to visit the library or the USO and find some new reading material?

kashi

Nikon D60

06/09/2008 11:07:44 AM · #762

Deb - I'm curious - what is your job within the military ?

basssman7

Nikon D500

Nikon AF-S Nikkor 70-200mm f/2.8G ED VR II

06/09/2008 01:09:28 PM · #763

Congratulations to

SaraR on her 6.4424 in the May FS which moved her up to an incredible 8th place in the 2008 FSM. She is ahead of many well known photographers from DPC, proving once again that she is a pretty great photographer herself. :)

SaraR

Sony Alpha a7R III

Sony FE 24-70mm f/2.8 GM

06/09/2008 02:59:06 PM · #764

Thanks Ernie - I just logged in and saw my placement. I'm beaming big style, but I'm going to have to up my entries if I am to stay there! Perhaps I should set myself a goal of beating

MAK....? The scoring on the FS was strange; from 80 votes to rollover I dropped well over half a point, mostly in the last two days, but then on rollover I magically went from 6.38 to 6.44, which was a very pleasant surprise.

Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM

06/09/2008 05:20:17 PM · #765

Cowboy
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Freakin' THRILLED!!!! Must send a copy to the people responsible!

Kelli

Canon EOS-D60

06/09/2008 07:29:10 PM · #766

Congrats Sara!!

Deb, never leave the laptop!! Hope you catch a flight soon! Have you read The Scorpions Gate?

Susan, way to go!

Oh, and I currently have a 5.2 in partners but was really not expecting much anyway.

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

06/09/2008 09:25:31 PM · #767

Originally posted by Kelli:

Thanks Kelli!

Some of the comments on my Cowboy shot are driving home, nicely, that my PS skills need work. I know the program has built-in tutorials but they are usually long, boring and difficult to follow. Don't really have time, $$ or inclination to take a course. Right now I tend to use the same tricks over and over again, need to break out of this rut. Anyone willing to help me expand my limited repertoire?

JerseyGenie

Canon EOS-400D Rebel XTi

06/09/2008 09:48:58 PM · #768

The Cowboy
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Thank you Susan (

snaffles) for one of my only two comments.

06/09/2008 11:13:26 PM · #769

'Grats, Sara! I did indeed go check to see your standings - thank you for representing us well! Now I want you to try something completely different and shoot wildlife for the next FS. :-P

Still in Afghanistan, and yes, I've learned to never go anywhere without my laptop.... But I do like Afghanistan. It gets stinkin' hot in the daytime, though not as hot as Kuwait (only 110s or so) but it cools off nicely at night (70s). And it's kinda pretty here.

'Grats on that score, Susan! Make sure you print a copy for those responsible. :-)

SaraR

Sony Alpha a7R III

Sony FE 24-70mm f/2.8 GM

06/10/2008 02:23:44 AM · #770

Originally posted by Melethia:

'Grats, Sara! I did indeed go check to see your standings - thank you for representing us well! Now I want you to try something completely different and shoot wildlife for the next FS. :-P

But I like wildlife - and I am getting better at it too! And June is one of the best months for the photo I have in mind. And only four of my five FS entries this year have been wildlife. And, and, and ... the girl is posturing too much and can't think of another excuse! Maybe I should set a goal to enter a non-wildlife shot for July - I know, I could go to a zoo...

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

06/10/2008 04:06:05 AM · #771

LOL!! And yes, you are quite good at it! I'd try wildlife for my next FS but I'm not quite sure where to look for any other than birds.

xianart

Canon EOS-7D

06/10/2008 04:27:02 AM · #772

susan, just send off any questions and i'll answer them if you want...