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Skipjack Joe
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| Quote: | Originally posted by DENNIS
Patterns, orderly or chaotic, are appealing for a lot of reasons. An attraction to one type or other might explain whst's going on within you at
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Yes, I've said that many times myself. 
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bajajudy
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Excellent!
Thanks for sharing. We sure have a lot of pix on the board lately. I love to see others' take on Baja. You have a very discriminating eye.
cheers!
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vgabndo
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Hey Joe:
Was that beautiful dry lake big enough for me to do this at highway speed in any direction depending on the wind until I got real thirsty and wanted
shade and a cold one???
I'm lookin' for spots.
NICE PHOTOS...
Undoubtedly, there are people who cannot afford to give the anchor of sanity even the slightest tug. Sam Harris
"The situation is far too dire for pessimism."
Bill Kauth
Carl Sagan said, "We are a way for the cosmos to know itself."
PEACE, LOVE AND FISH TACOS
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bajadock
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Nice desert shots, Joe and all. Just discussed my previous disdain for color red until I moved to Colorado 30 years ago. The desert is full of
unique beauty. Nomad is full of good photographers.
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Paula
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| Quote: | | Quote: | Originally posted by Skipjack Joe
quote]Originally posted by Paulina
I try to take photos like these, but they never turn out as pretty as they looked in my mind's eye. |
That happens a lot to me also. Especially during the film era. You get it developed and rush home to look. Place it in the slide projector and:
WHAT WAS I THINKING?
I remember an image of a closeup of a bush I got all worked up about. It was just lines going in all directions. It seemed so special through the
viewfinder. But later on you couldn't tell what it was. You couldn't even tell what I was getting at.
... But I still love it. |
I have this problem too. I'm really not skilled with a camera, but I do take some good snapshots. I use a point and shoot digital. It helps to be
able to do a lot of shots, and maybe one works well, but often none of them come out. I think I had more success with my klunky old Olympus than with
my wonderfully tiny Cannon. But Don's little Pentax is far better than either, and maybe I'll start using it now that he has upgraded. I'm hard on
cameras, though I've never damaged one, in that I often keep it unprotected in my pocet while on the boat or hiking. The day I jump off the boat with
it in that pocket I guess I'll have to give up on photography entirely.
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bajadogs
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Hey Skipjack Joe,
I really enjoyed your photos. You've inspired me... and soon I'll be heading south with a new wide angle/macro lens hoping to compete with you. I
especially like photo #1.
Thanks!
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Mexitron
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Thanks for the nice jab of Baja Zen--especially the first pic--really nice! Do you mind if I use that photo as a basis for a painting?
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Paula
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Mexitron,
Is your avitar a painting? I always assumed it is a photo. Whichever it is it's very pretty!
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Skipjack Joe
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Sheees, Mexitron, what can I say. I'm flattered. Sure. Feel free to paint it. Now I wish I had made a greater effort.
Paula, that switch from SLR to point-and-click has been difficult for all of us (bajajudy and myself). I think it's that dinky viewfinder they provide
that makes it so hard to see through the camera. Furthermore, I think the manufacturers are doing it on purpose to protect their SLR market. Most
point-and-clicks don't even have a viewfinder. I don't know what those people are doing.
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Mexitron
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Paula--The avitar's a photo but I did paint it as well. Thanks Skipjack!
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Mexitron
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Here it is Paula:
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DianaT
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Great Thread---Igor, your pictures are always worth the wait while this dial-up loads them.
I think I like the wide open space one the best, but I also love wide open spaces. I sometimes think I am one of the few who really loved driving
across the praries of South and North Dakota---the wonderful wide open spaces.
I must say, however, that for some reason, for wide open spaces, my favorite is still the dead cow---everyone has different favorites.
Mexitron, I drooled all over the picture of your painting---you are obviously a very talented artist. I will look forward to seeing your painting of
Igor's image.
Diane
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Skipjack Joe
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Yes, I agree, that painting is awesome. And I'm not just saying that to return a compliment.
Is there a website where I can see more of your work?
That painting captures my favorite time of day in baja. We've all seen it and we all know what you're after. I was just thinking after posting my
stuff that baja is a great subject for photography. But the most powerful images seem to be those landscapes in the evening rays with the warm
saturated colors and long black shadows.
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Mexitron
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I'm getting around to putting up a website...
Diane--those wide open spaces--yes! Fort Worth is on the southern end of the Midwest Prairie and its breathtaking to get just outside of town and see
the expanse--you get a sense of just how big this world is.
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Paula
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Mexitron,
The painting is beautiful, and I'm looking forward to seeing that website that is coming!
Diane,
I agree with you on the Dakotas! Add eastern Montana to my favorite expanses of nothingness. I am continually amazed by what there is to see where
so many people see nothing.
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Halboo
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Sunset at Rancho Santa Inez
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Skipjack Joe
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Paula
Diane,
I agree with you on the Dakotas! Add eastern Montana to my favorite expanses of nothingness. I am continually amazed by what there is to see where
so many people see nothing. |
I would like to add my 2 cents on this subject but the only thing that comes to mind is a scene from "How the West was Won".
In it, the Jane Fonda character lowers her neckline to an admirer revealing her cleavage and says:
"Here out west we do have our wide open spaces."
But it didn't seem appropriate to do that. So I won't.
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Bob H
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Fantastic shots Skipjack. I love the agave plants too. Here's one I took a couple of years ago... near El Rosario.
Bob H
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Natalie Ann
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I like your shot of the agave, Bob - especially the imprint of the new leaves which will grow to separate from the larger whole one.
nena
Be yourself, everyone else is already taken.
.....Oscar Wilde
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DianaT
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Paula
Diane,
I agree with you on the Dakotas! Add eastern Montana to my favorite expanses of nothingness. I am continually amazed by what there is to see where
so many people see nothing. |
Love the way you say that. 
Igor, I loved that movie, but for some strange reason, I don't remember that line. 
Never get tired of seeing what other people see in Baja through their cameras. So much Baja, and so many different ways to see it.
Diane
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