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Nikon AF-S Nikkor 50mm f/1.4G

06/28/2010 09:31:47 AM · #753

so sorry Max.

kashi

Nikon D60

07/01/2010 06:54:52 PM · #754

I'm sorry, Max. (( hugs ))

see

Canon PowerShot S95

07/03/2010 11:41:32 AM · #755

Visiting home for the 3 day, beautiful landscapes aside, thereâ��s no place like home.

Kelli

Canon EOS-D60

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

07/03/2010 12:02:33 PM · #756

Have a great visit Alan! Today's my son's birthday. He's 11 now. We're having a backyard barbecue party for him so I should get lots of good snapshots today, LOL. Tomorrow is a free concert by Paul Rodgers (Bad Company) then fireworks. We're having a heat wave too. Today will only be 90, but tomorrow will be 98 (and it's supposed to stay around 98 for at least the next week). It wouldn't be so bad (I love the heat) but the humidity is killer.

see

Canon PowerShot S95

07/03/2010 12:15:43 PM · #757

Not much humidity but Hot..

BTW, sending out a Happy Birthday..

Message edited by author 2010-07-03 12:19:42.

poser

Canon EOS-60D

07/03/2010 03:41:47 PM · #758

Happy 4th of July to my Suck Family, Party like it's 1999 and have a great time.

Sony FE 200-600mm f/5.6-6.3 G OSS

07/04/2010 08:26:07 AM · #759

Happy 'Murrica Day!

vawendy

Sony Alpha 1

07/04/2010 09:47:21 AM · #760

Originally posted by Kelli:

Happy birthday to your son!! You should come and visit and he can hang out with my 11 year old!

Heck, we're cooler than we were the last couple of weeks, we're only getting into the upper 90s!

e10icus

Olympus E-500 EVOLT

Olympus 14-42mm f.3.5-5.6 ED Zuiko Digital Zoom

07/05/2010 01:21:53 AM · #761

WTG Wendy. Congrats on your blue!

Sony FE 200-600mm f/5.6-6.3 G OSS

07/05/2010 05:16:53 AM · #762

Congrats Wendy! What better way to end the 4th of July? :-0

vawendy

Sony Alpha 1

07/05/2010 10:11:12 AM · #763

Thanks! It was terribly exciting! I thought for sure that Art's would have beaten me out for it!

Quigley

Nikon D700

Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8G ED

07/05/2010 05:40:39 PM · #764

Getting the crap kicked out of me in two challenges, boy I suck :)

Street Portraiture

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Free Study 2010-06

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MAX!

07/05/2010 06:11:45 PM · #765

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No fear, Max, I'm suckin' right along too...

07/05/2010 06:34:01 PM · #766

Umm, Susan? Not one of those scores sucks, you know. I'd take any of 'em!

07/05/2010 08:00:07 PM · #767

Have at her, Deb! Which one tickles yer fancy most? :-)

07/05/2010 08:01:49 PM · #768

ANY of them, thanks! I haven't been able to get much near mid-point, let alone my average. Anything beyond the 5.0 range is AWESOME these days! (I do have a good score - a freaking GREAT score going in the Street thing, but even so my teammates on ViewFinder are SO good, mine still won't count. I've been entirely useless there. They're REALLY good and REALLY intimidating!)

07/05/2010 08:17:00 PM · #769

Deb, relax. You've ribboned before, you will ribbon again. If need be turn off your scores so they don't drive you batty. You'll find your groove again, just get slowly through all the stuff you've been through recently (moving, career change etc) reach its conclusion. Get settled, and you will do better, as you've always done in the past. Cheer up! We love you! :-)

07/05/2010 08:54:34 PM · #770

Yikes. I keep hearing that "get your groove back", "all those changes" excuses. I had no problem with a move to Germany - had a very strong 6 (top ten, I think) the first day I was there. Had no problem with time in the desert - managed to pull a 6 now and again there as well. And now, southern California. Heck, the snapshots are awesome here. I just seem to be broken. I do hope it's temporary!

Oh, and I haven't had scores on for several months now. I just watch the average and it doesn't do good things. And there's really no way to avoid the final score once the challenge ends. I've tried tape on the screen but it makes it hard to do other stuff, you know? :-)

Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8G ED

07/05/2010 09:20:41 PM · #771

No, Deb, you don't need to get your groove back, makes it sound like a command or a task which you MUST perform. You don't. You will find your groove again. Or your groove will find you. Big diff!

And this site is constantly changing and evolving...I bet anything that just a fe months ago, my Street Portraiture shot would start easily at 6.2 or more, very dismayed when it began at 5.2. But, it's going up.

Think positive! What/how were you thinking during those days in Germany? I'm guessing a whole new culture, villages 100s of years old, a different pace of life. Now you're back in the States and it's all rushrushrush, everything is new and shiny, there isn't as much sense of place and history.

Not saying you have to or even want to leave where you are, but you have to learn to make the most of where you are. There is no such thing as a poor location, just one where you haven't made the best use of it.

Quigley

Nikon D700

07/05/2010 09:34:07 PM · #772

Originally posted by snaffles:

Have at her, Deb! Which one tickles yer fancy most? :-)

Ummmmmmmm, I'd be more then happy to tickle Debs fancy :)

That's if your looking for volunteers.

Deb do you need me to tickle your fancy? :)

MAX!

posthumous

Canon EOS-40D

Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II

07/05/2010 09:57:25 PM · #773

Deb, you never stopped grooving. Your low scores are a sign of growth. Now sit back and have a mojito.

Kelli

Canon EOS-D60

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

07/05/2010 10:02:46 PM · #774

Deb's a little warped, so her needle doesn't stay in a groove, she skips to her own beat and we love her for it! (And for those too young to get the "record" reference, google it!). LOL!