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    Awards
    Silhouettes IV :: Eventide
    Six :: A New Year Dawns at DPC
    Honorable Mentions
    From A Distance II :: Twilight
    Light & Dark :: Aphotic Lucency
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    Name: Les Gainous Age: 2
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    		 Photologist
    lesgainous (Sep. 3rd, 2007)
    AperturePriority (Nov. 7th, 2009)
    		 Gender: M
    Type: Registered User Location: Southern California (in the 'OC')
    Cameras: Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max
    Canon EOS-40D
    Canon Powershot G7X Mark II
    Canon PowerShot S2 IS
    Canon PowerShot SD1200 IS
    DJI Mavic 2 Pro
    DJI Phantom 4
    GoPro Hero3
    GoPro Hero8
    Hasselblad L1D-20C
    Pentax K100D
    		 Lenses: Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8 L IS USM
    Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM
    Canon EF 70-300mm f/4-5.6 IS USM
    Canon EF-S 10-22mm f/3.5-4.5 USM
    Canon Extender EF 1.4x
    Pentax DA 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 AF
    Tamron AF 75-300mm f/4.0-5.6 LD for Pentax
    Registered: Jan. 30th 2006
    Referral link: https://www.dpchallenge.com/subscribe.php?ref=Photologist
    Contact: Private Message
    URL: https://www.flickr.com/gainous
    Biography: .

    DPC Fantasy Football League: (2009, 2010)
    Manager: Canon EOS Sharks
    .
    [ref blows whistle] "Everyone out of the stadium, the Sharks have been spotted!"
    .

    Accomplishments:

    o Was a photographer for the National Geographic Society during their 2008 BioBlitz operations.
    o My sports photos regularly appear in the Orange Co. Register as well as the Los Angeles Times newspapers.
    o Was credentialed as a media photographer for the inaugural landing of the Airbus A380 at Los Angeles International Airport--the largest commercial passenger jetliner ever made.
    Signature: . =0 . =0 . =2 . Honorable Mention=1 Top Ten=8. Top 25=18 / see my other images

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    Highest Rated Photographs
    Eventide

    3rd PlaceEventide
    Silhouettes IV
    Average: 6.9783
    Fin du Jour (End of the Day)

    Fin du Jour (End of the Day)
    Contre-jour
    Average: 6.7598
    Twilight

    Twilight
    From A Distance II
    Average: 6.6522
    False Horizon

    False Horizon
    Sunset or Sunrise
    Average: 6.6353
    Windswept

    Windswept
    Free Study 2007-12
    Average: 6.5706
    Challenge Entries
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    Controlling Your Iphone   Photography Discussion  28 months ago
    15 Year Anniversary   General Discussion  28 months ago
    Mysterious Portraiture   Challenge Suggestions  43 months ago
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    Unable to Vote on One Image (no display)   Current Challenge  51 months ago
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