NE Pennsylvania GTG - June 21, 2009

Tamron SP AF 90mm f/2.8 Di for Nikon

05/28/2009 08:09:45 PM · #102

Originally posted by sceneit:

Cshell will be there too.

yeaaaaa im goiiiiiing :]

Maverick

Nikon D200

05/29/2009 10:15:22 PM · #103

~~I won't be able to make it - family is getting together that weekend in Pittsburgh. Have fun guys.~~ Nevermind, my family decided to have the get together next weekend. I'm still in. I can bring some homemade cheddar biscuits

Message edited by author 2009-06-01 21:17:37.

Nikolai1024

Nikon D300

Nikon AF Zoom-Nikkor 24-85mm f2.8-4.0D

06/01/2009 04:27:44 PM · #104

Do we have an official hotel for those who arriving a day early?

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

06/01/2009 07:29:40 PM · #105

I stayed in Scranton last year it was a quick ride to Ricketts in the morning. I remember getting a great rate on Priceline or Hotwire. Im going to go to steamtown there on Saturday this year

alanfreed

Nikon Z9

06/01/2009 09:04:07 PM · #106

Originally posted by Nikolai1024:

Do we have an official hotel for those who arriving a day early?

I'll be at the luxurious Rickett's Glen Hotel if you're interested in getting a room there. It's cheap, and clean :)

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

06/01/2009 09:13:17 PM · #107

Originally posted by alanfreed:

Originally posted by Nikolai1024:
Do we have an official hotel for those who arriving a day early?

I'll be at the luxurious Rickett's Glen Hotel if you're interested in getting a room there. It's cheap, and clean :)

No continental breakfast, and the restaurant isnt open for breakfast. Uh oh. And Im not bringing bagels this year.

alanfreed

Nikon Z9

06/01/2009 09:19:10 PM · #108

Originally posted by photodude:

No continental breakfast, and the restaurant isnt open for breakfast. Uh oh. And Im not bringing bagels this year.

And the TV doesn't pick up any channels, and most rooms have to share a bathroom, and the clock ticks at just the right volume to create the "Chinese Ticking Clock Torture." But it's supposed to be rustic and wild :)

06/02/2009 06:30:16 AM · #109

You don't need tv...just look outside!

06/07/2009 07:53:41 AM · #110

It really wasn't bad and the bar is right down the hall!

06/07/2009 09:49:47 AM · #111

Looking forward to this.....will be bringing cups & plates....

I dunno if I mentioned that I'll be bringing a pasta salad or not, but for those of you who are like me and have mayonnaise terror, it'll NOT be a mayo-based foodstuff!

Nothing scares me more than that amber, crusty salmonella stripe at the top of the bowl at a picnic!

LOL!!!

06/07/2009 09:58:38 AM · #112

Originally posted by Nikolai1024:

Last GTG was fun and I'm up for another one.

Originally posted by alanfreed:

It wouldn't be a GTG without you! (Not to mention I always like to pick your brain... I always learn new tricks from Nikon Nick!)

Just reading back through and found this post...

I was in Philadelphia at the Eastern State GTG, and took off with Nikolai afterwards to wander around downtown. At one point, I was talking with him about our cameras; he was showing me the various benefits of using the exposure control, and discussing settings. I was using mine full manual most of the time and f*cking up shots due to the whole thing of the typical point-&-shoot aspect of being out and about. He suggested I try using Aperture Priority and letting the camera do the work of selecting a good shutter speed, coupled with my selecting whatever exposure compensation I liked.

When I asked him why I should do it that way instead of painstakingly going through the manual settings, he looked at me like I was from another planet and said, "Well.....you paid good money for the processor in that camera, why not learn how to work with it?".

Duh, Jeb!

Who'd a thunk it???? LOL!!!

Anyhow, that's just another of the little obvious things that never seem to occur to me all by myself, yet seem so painfully simple when someone points 'em out to me.

Gotta love the people at DPC!

Message edited by author 2009-06-07 09:59:35.

06/07/2009 09:58:41 AM · #113

OMG me too!!!!! hahahaha

06/07/2009 03:54:51 PM · #114

Originally posted by NikonJeb:

Hmmm, wonder what the mystery ingredient is going to be?

Miracle Whip? Fluff?

Inquiring minds want to know.

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

06/11/2009 06:47:55 AM · #115

Fluff.......hahaha!!!

Bear_Music

Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra

06/11/2009 08:26:20 AM · #116

Originally posted by NikonJeb:

That's a myth. The warm-mayonnaise proscription goes back to when mayo was home made, from raw eggs, and salmonella potential was very high. Commercial mayos these days are totally from pasteurized ingredients, and the danger does not exist. That said, no self-respecting "pasta salad" use mayo anyway, but rather some sort of olive oil based vinaigrette...

So sayeth the Bear!

R.

Nikolai1024

Nikon D300

Nikon AF Zoom-Nikkor 24-85mm f2.8-4.0D

06/11/2009 10:57:20 PM · #117

I got the hotel booked at Wilkes-Barre. Probably won't be getting there until later in the day of the 20th. I'm hoping to go to Mermaid parade in the morning. I will also have few people coming with me. Model deal is being worked on and friend of mine (who is coming too) found a HOT one. I'll post more details in the next few days.

Is there any particular type of food we are short on?

06/11/2009 11:03:08 PM · #118

Originally posted by Bear_Music:

That said, no self-respecting "pasta salad" use mayo anyway, but rather some sort of olive oil based vinaigrette...

Okay....whatever......8>)

I'm something of a pasta salad legend 'round these parts and I use mayo in at least half of my concoctions.

I have at least six different regular recipes, and they're all quite different.

I'm bringing one of my newest recipes......and I use mustard in it.

And I don't much like mustard!

06/11/2009 11:10:25 PM · #119

Originally posted by Nikolai1024:

We need some lo cal foods. We don't want the models getting fat and bloated.

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

06/11/2009 11:48:27 PM · #120

Originally posted by Nikolai1024:

Originally posted by photodude:

We need some lo cal foods. We don't want the models getting fat and bloated.

I'll bring two diet croutons.

That oughta hold 'em 'til Tuesday!

D@mn skinny be-atches anywho!

alanfreed

Nikon Z9

06/12/2009 12:02:57 PM · #121

Originally posted by Nikolai1024:

Model deal is being worked on and friend of mine (who is coming too) found a HOT one.

I have updated the original post to reflect that

Nikolai1024 is bringing a HOT model... not just merely "a model." Woo hoo!

Can anyone possibly step up to offer to bring burgers? I'd bring them, but I'm not confident that I can keep them properly frozen for a 4 1/2 hour drive, etc. And considering I wound up with food poisoning after eating a couple burgers last night, I really don't even want to think about any sort of meat product at the moment...

06/12/2009 12:39:04 PM · #122

With all this talk of food poisoning maybe we should add tums and immodium to the bring list

06/12/2009 06:17:54 PM · #123

I would but like you, I'm 4 1/2 hours away too.