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12/13/2007 07:48:32 PM · #2426

Three cheers for

Noraneko.

Canon EOS R5

12/13/2007 08:18:11 PM · #2427

Originally posted by JuliBoc:

Three cheers for Noraneko.

Thanks so much to Julianne, Bob and Terry for your kind comments! If I recall, you won a huge contest in Florida, Julianne, with your stunning "Grief" (orchids). You are really good at creating concepts with your photography, which is something I need a lot of work on.

12/13/2007 09:44:34 PM · #2428

Catherine, you give me too much credit. Sometimes, rarely, I wake up with a good idea. And once in a great while I am able to bring that idea to fruition. I've watched you develop over the past year into a photographer/artist capable of consistently fine quality work. I'm so glad your efforts are now paying off in a meaningful way, and that you are gaining recognition in your community.

Kelli

Canon EOS-D60

12/13/2007 09:53:55 PM · #2429

Congrats Catherine! That's awesome news!

Melethia

Canon EOS-80D

12/13/2007 10:03:48 PM · #2430

Yay Team Suck! (Where's that damn mascot anyway?)

Great news about Brian on the mend, and Catherine's spectacular prize-winning photograph.

And I'm thinking the whole "themed" thing is not a bad idea for challenges. Can't have us all do the same thing each challenge, or we'd know each other's entries - or could we and just not vote on 'em? Nah, I like finding out afterwards that something I really liked was the work of a Team Sucker. Maybe just have ideas... blur, grain, OOF.. your standard DPC no-no's. And try to incorporate them more into what we enter in challenges...

Canon EOS R5

Nikon AF-S Nikkor 50mm f/1.4G

12/13/2007 10:13:58 PM · #2431

Originally posted by kashi:

Is this week over yet ? Or can I just go to sleep until the weekend at least ?

Monday - got the news about my mom's cancer metastasizing into the brain.

Lea, I just saw this. I am so, so sorry. What an awful thing to deal with. As Deb says, I can only hope things get better for you in the new year.

kashi

Nikon D60

12/13/2007 10:55:10 PM · #2432

WTG

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

NikonJeb

Nikon D850

12/13/2007 11:16:43 PM · #2433

Originally posted by Melethia:

I nominate our beloved mascot for "Line of the Week" for this one:

Much of the processing I see on this site seems to suffer from some sort of Spinal Tap affliction.
:-)

Beloved Mascot's got some doozies....I used this one for my tagline for a while....I *still* chuckle when I rad it....I have it on my profile page as "A quote to live by to help keep perspective and sanity:"

"If something looks like it met the challenge and
a reasonable viewer believes that to be true, then
it does meet the challenge. Reality be damned."

Gordon Jan.'07

snaffles

Nikon D7100

Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR II

12/14/2007 10:16:37 AM · #2434

Wow Catherine, congratilations!!!!

And I am just a-suckin' along...

Heaven

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Message edited by author 2007-12-14 10:16:51.

krnodil

Canon EOS-5D Mark II

Canon EF 100mm f/2.8L Macro IS USM

12/14/2007 12:18:38 PM · #2435

would you like some tea while you wait?

this week's OOBIE

by the way...we're low on OOBIE noms for the new vote starting on Sunday - some help would be much appreciated.

BrianR

Canon EOS-5D Mark II

12/14/2007 04:12:15 PM · #2436

Opening the door quietly and peeking inside, hello

and the

thousands of eyes turn to me at the door, HI!

hywind, speaking in a quiet voice I say the

still works, as does the

we all

together.

I then say in a loud voice THANK YOU all for your support, .......but if you think I am just a

on the wall think again, my

may not be as strong, but I'm here to kick butt, and just to show you there were no challengeing side effects

I look as normal as always.

Message edited by author 2007-12-14 16:19:39.

Canon EOS R5

12/14/2007 04:36:14 PM · #2437

Brian, glad to see you up and about! That's quite a sparkly message :-)

patio127

Sony Alpha a6000

12/14/2007 05:45:24 PM · #2438

Originally posted by Melethia:

I nominate our beloved mascot for "Line of the Week" for this one:

Much of the processing I see on this site seems to suffer from some sort of Spinal Tap affliction.
:-)

Me too- that cracks me up...many are suffering brain damage. :)

patio127

Sony Alpha a6000

Nikon AF-S Nikkor 50mm f/1.4G

12/14/2007 05:52:18 PM · #2439

Originally posted by xianart:

hey, deb, challenge just for you!

ok, and pretty well everyone else on team suck!

i'm a little chuffed that my suggestion was used so quickly. cool.

Actually , it's just for ME...who can resist a challenge like this ??? Just the phrase "wabi-sabi" gets me all a'twitter !

kashi

Nikon D60

12/14/2007 05:57:57 PM · #2440

hywind so glad to see an update from you !

I talked to my mom this afternoon.

I was getting concerned - I'd tried calling yesterday and this morning and gotten no answer either time.

I talked to her for about 10 minutes. She's speaking a LOT better, though not great. Most of her sentences were complete and sensible, if a little muddled up (word order, etc).

She sounds better than she did just a few days ago. But tired, beyond the normal tired sound she's had for the last 3 years. And frustrated.

Talking to her reminds me of how my Grandfather spoke after his first set of strokes. Like the thoughts were there, but the words won't co-operate. Or how someone who has a significant concussion speaks - repeating, mumbling, etc.

I had hoped to go over to see her tomorrow, but she's not up for company and asked me not to come. I think if I lived close enough to stop by without the kids, it would be different, but we don't.

She said she is waiting for the specifics on appointment dates, but she is expecting to go for a fairly heavy 5-day treatment of radiation to her brain, and that her doctor (oncologist I hope) has told her that "this type" of brain mets responds well to the radiation treatment.

I hope he's right.

12/14/2007 07:35:47 PM · #2441

Welcome back

Hywind.

Melethia

Canon EOS-80D

Nikon AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.4D

12/14/2007 10:18:35 PM · #2442

Great post, Brian!! And Lea, your mom sounds like a remarkably strong and admirable woman.

Gordon

RIM BlackBerry Curve

Canon EF 85mm f/1.8 USM

12/15/2007 01:29:38 AM · #2443

Originally posted by JuliBoc:

a whole year's worth of artistic blur. (May I assume they would be artistic?)

I might at least try for artistic, though I'm sure plenty will disagree...

see

Canon PowerShot S95

12/15/2007 07:39:26 AM · #2444

Well it seems Gordon will be in my neck of the woods the beginning of next month, and depending on the time he passes maybe within a couple hundred feet. If my schedule holds up, we should be working on the new exit about 2 miles into Utah on I-15.
Looks like this will be my last 2 day weekend, just yesterday my wife informed me she needs to get her foot rebuilt on the 21st. No rest for the wary.
Forget viruses, spy ware, Trojans, or any of that ilk, the most dangerous thing that can happen to your computer is a 15 year old boy..
May everybodyâ��s weekend be exactly what they want it to beâ�¦.: )

raish

Olympus C-2500L

12/15/2007 08:14:43 AM · #2445

Originally posted by Gordon:

Originally posted by JuliBoc:
a whole year's worth of artistic blur. (May I assume they would be artistic?)

I might at least try for artistic, though I'm sure plenty will disagree...

That's how you know it's artistic and that it's yours and that, maybe, you've come some way towards avoiding work that looks as though it were designed by committee.

Message edited by author 2007-12-15 08:15:05.

JerseyGenie

Canon EOS-400D Rebel XTi

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

12/15/2007 08:41:59 AM · #2446

Brian, so glad to hear from you. Rest up, then strat clickin.

Lea, glad to hear things are looking up a tad. Still thinking about you and your family.

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

12/15/2007 01:28:41 PM · #2447

I'm happy to report that Mrs. Grinch was validated. Phew! If she had been DQed, I would have been punished for too many DQs. I'm still surprised that someone would challenge a shot that finished in the 24th percentile and after the voting had finished.

NikonJeb

Nikon D850

12/15/2007 02:35:34 PM · #2448

Originally posted by JuliBoc:

They were just jealous!......8>)

Kelli

Canon EOS-D60

12/15/2007 03:27:42 PM · #2449

I just have to brag a little... my Hell entry is at 4.8, but I got a comment from Robert/Bear_Music saying it was "Excellent" and some other nice stuff!