Sucking along on the road less traveled

09/20/2009 10:32:13 PM · #326

Originally posted by snaffles:

Once again, Wendy's hit the nail bang on the head. Trying to change someone is next to impossible. If they change for the better, of their own accord, that's one thing; but to try to get them to change...well...that's a few years ago I stupidly stayed with someone for 5 1/2 years. I kept trying to change him and guess what, he kept on staying the same.

And why the Belgian lasted only 3 1/2 months, he kept trying to get ME to change. Now why on earth would anyone want that?! Because they want to control you.

Once again, I'm glad I've finally managed to meet someone who is quite happy with me as I am, and with whom I am equally happy as he is. Just wish it hadn't taken this long but oh well :-)

yup, but they're worth waiting for, aren't they!

09/20/2009 10:33:34 PM · #327

oh grawr, you've both got me jealous now:) i just wish i had either Jeb to hang out with or a guy worth spending time with:)

ive been working on hanging out with other guys, such as my nude model(usaully when hes not nude lol), a guitar friend who graduated last year, but mostly the guys i do senior portraits for. next weekend i am doing a hike with 6 guys, all of whom i adore. so basically they are being forced to hang out with me for 5-6 hrs, heh heh

but yeah, im trying to expand, but it feels like theres no one to expand to at this point. maybe thats a good thing

09/20/2009 10:35:02 PM · #328

oh snaffles!! i forgot, remember that cup of milk in the boot you left me? where did you get the boot?!?! The dad of my friend who died last winter gave one to a friend of mine but i cant remember where it was from, but i thought it was hilarious.

do tell! LOL

09/20/2009 10:42:46 PM · #329

Originally posted by LadyK:

Ummm...probably a flea market, Sally Ann, some place like that. I have a collection of the damn things, don't know why, ranging from the size I used for the shoot to slightly larger to almost outrageously tall. All I know for sure in the ealy 90s with all the country/rock stuff happening, there were those beer mugs all over the place.

09/20/2009 10:50:22 PM · #330

hmmm, sure, you made me go actually click on the picture to see the boot. Now I want a brownie and milk! drat :(

But on a different note, I actually have 3 missed focus shots that I like, so I don't have to use the blurred motion one. Anyone care to see them? (I've already decided, so I don't need help (well, I do need help, but not with that!) I'm just really excited--this is the type of thing that team suck has helped me appreciate: the unusual, non straight-forward photos. So I'm very excited to have 3 oof pictures that I really like! (4, including the accidental one with motion blur)

09/20/2009 11:13:30 PM · #331

Originally posted by vawendy:

ill look at them wendy. you ahve to trade for the nudes though:)

09/20/2009 11:14:28 PM · #332

Originally posted by LadyK:

Originally posted by vawendy:
hmmm, sure, you made me go actually click on the picture to see the boot. Now I want a brownie and milk! drat :(

But on a different note, I actually have 3 missed focus shots that I like, so I don't have to use the blurred motion one. Anyone care to see them? (I've already decided, so I don't need help (well, I do need help, but not with that!) I'm just really excited--this is the type of thing that team suck has helped me appreciate: the unusual, non straight-forward photos. So I'm very excited to have 3 oof pictures that I really like! (4, including the accidental one with motion blur)

ill look at them wendy. you ahve to trade for the nudes though:)

sure! Just sent them off. Send yours this way. But if you don't hear from me tonight, my mouse is running out of batteries, and I don't have any new ones! (just tried to resurrect some dead ones...)

Message edited by author 2009-09-20 23:22:53.

09/20/2009 11:42:23 PM · #333

no thats fine, an email tomorrow works for me:)

meyers

Canon EOS-6D

Canon EF 50mm f/1.4 USM

09/21/2009 12:26:49 AM · #334

HD-R2D2

Commenter of the challenge is

vlado, who got the top score with:

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

09/21/2009 12:05:23 PM · #335

Congrats vlado! That is such a cool shot. Gorgeous day for a Monday so think I'll go do what I always do on Mondays between clients...go do yardwork!!! Yayy! :-)

Kelli

Canon EOS-D60

09/21/2009 01:54:10 PM · #336

LOL! Now that the challenge is over, remember me mentioning re using a title? Now I have two Sunset Drama's on my homepage.

Melethia

Canon EOS-80D

09/21/2009 01:57:51 PM · #337

Originally posted by Kelli:

LOL! Now that the challenge is over, remember me mentioning re using a title? Now I have two Sunset Drama's on my homepage.

Yep, that you do! Perhaps you should just title all your entries "Sunset Drama" and see what happens. :-)

09/21/2009 08:52:12 PM · #338

Nine
Votes: 166
Views: 282
Avg Vote: 5.0000
Comments: 5
Favorites: 0

Missed Focus
Votes: 50
Views: 123
Avg Vote: 4.3000
Comments: 0
Favorites: 0

OOH am I ever good, look at all them 0000s! :-)

09/21/2009 08:56:17 PM · #339

I figured I'd tell you a story about myself:

One day, long, long ago, there lived a woman who did not
whine, nag or bitch. (That would be me...)

But that was a long time ago and it was just that one
day. Sorry you missed it.

**THE END.**

09/21/2009 09:14:15 PM · #340

Originally posted by vawendy:

LOL sounds liek you had a fun day

Nikon AF-S Nikkor 50mm f/1.4G

09/21/2009 09:42:57 PM · #341

Originally posted by vawendy:

LOL! Love it love it love it!

kashi

Nikon D60

09/22/2009 07:16:06 AM · #342

LadyK - emotional response isn't a bad thing, it's not a sign of weakness or anything like that, it's a sign of being human. I have been with my husband for a decade now (yikes - apparently I'm older than I thought!) and there are still guy or two from my past who can bring a tear to my eye now. But not one who I would rather be with than my husband. They might have been "Mr. Right" for that time, they wouldn't be "Mr. Right" for the long haul though. And I don't regret any of those past relationships, they helped to shape who I am now.

On the sucky photo side - could I be any more mediocre if I tried ?

Missed Focus
Votes: 62
Views: 163
Avg Vote: 5.5000
Comments: 4

Melethia

Canon EOS-80D

09/22/2009 07:48:23 AM · #343

These days, Lea, a 5.5 is a pretty darn good score, and in that challenge is really quite a good score from what I've seen in the scores thread! So you'll have to work a little harder at "mediocre". :-)

Nikon AF-S Nikkor 50mm f/1.4G

09/22/2009 08:03:28 AM · #344

Originally posted by kashi:

People are voting extremely harshly in this one. This might be like a challenge a little while ago where the top 10 actually dipped down into the 5s. I don't think it will dip low enough for us, though! :D

kashi

Nikon D60

09/22/2009 09:35:13 AM · #345

I got this done yesterday.

SaraR

Sony Alpha a7R III

Sony FE 24-70mm f/2.8 GM

09/22/2009 10:21:34 AM · #346

Just arrived back home from Corfu, and am completely whacked - it was a night flight, and I have effectively missed an entire nights sleep. Had a fantastic holiday - no idea if I have any keeper photos, to be honest, I didn't take very many! I see that I have a lot of commenting to do... I am off to bed very soon, and tomorrow I have to put in a 14 hour day at work so realistically it will be the weekend before I get the chance to give the Aug FS and Lines TS entries my attention - just to let you know I haven't forgotten!

Melethia

Canon EOS-80D

09/22/2009 10:26:39 AM · #347

Welcome back, Sara, and congrats on your non-suckiness while you were away. :-)

Lea, the tat looks wonderful! The design is excellent and the artist did a very nice job with the application. A wonderful tribute.

poser

Canon EOS-60D

09/22/2009 12:53:23 PM · #348

Originally posted by vawendy:

Wendy I'm so jealous, please tell how you did that one day, I've tried and tried but never have gotten it right.

meyers

Canon EOS-6D

Canon EF 50mm f/1.4 USM

09/22/2009 01:30:34 PM · #349

Hey group,

My desktop computer suddenly stopped booting for me, likely because it found out I had a replacement "on the way." After much data transferring in my fragmented free time, I've managed to get all of my photography work (yay Aperture!) onto the external drive for my new mac mini (old one was a G5, circa 2002). What this means is that I can ponder taking pictures of things, and possibly chasing that elusive brown ribbon again.

Not to go all Mac/PC here, but the mac "boot up as a firewire drive" was invaluable in getting things moved around.

Getting this done soon was important, since we're expecting our next son in a couple of weeks! In case I fall behind on challenge results, I'm willing to share my python script which generates the post. My old web interface trick doesn't work; my hosted domain runs python 2.4 and my script using python 3. PM me if you're interested.