Hi all,

Due to recent events in another thread, I started thinking it might be fun to see if we can build a Photo Gallery of good, fun, artistic, festive, and interesting photographs. I know there are a few photographers around, and anyone who can snap a shutter might accidentally create an incredible image worth sharing.

So here is my thought, In an effort to create a nice browsing environment for any visitors, I will push for you to follow a few recommendations regarding your submissions:
1) Keep the file sizes low. Try to keep the file size to less than 50k, not too critical if you go over, but overall it will help the page load faster.
2) Don't make people scroll to see your image. Largest dimension (height or width) should be 640 pixels.
3) You don't have to be professional, but PLEASE try to only post images that have artistic value.
4) I think it is fine to show images that you shot and manipulated in photoshop. Just try to show images where photoshop "embellished" or "Abstracted" your photo, not "Created" your photo.
5) Show only your own photography.
6) Feel free to include a short blurb about the photo.
7) Resist the temptation to take up bandwidth with joke photographs or off-topic chat posts.

That's it, if you think I should add or subtract from the guidelines above, lemme know.

Katherine

Last edited: Thursday, September 23, 2004 at 1:54:14 PM

Mmmm shaved ice :P

I'm hungry too..

LOL!!

I've heard of babe watching, but jeez...

ROFLOL! Now that's a tan chick!

En.

Arrgh, I had an awesome photo opportunity this very afternoon, but I don't have a camera! I'll leave you to think of it in your imagination:

There is a bunch of yellow, red, and orange leaves on the ground, many falling through the air. There is a woman reading a book, wearing black, sitting on a bench. Behind her is a grey concrete wall.

I wish I could get my own camera. :[

First one looks like you jerked the camera a little when you took the picture, and I thought the second one was a nebulae at first, but then I saw that it looked like a toad, then I saw that it WAS a toad. :)

Here is one I took at the Fort Wayne Children's Zoo.

You wanna see my pictures?

Sexy aliens?

Aliensexist has always stumped me.
aliens exist
alien sexist.
too wierd.

Yeah thats right taur. B)

Yeah...that one.

Really AE, which one?

Dude, I just told you...

With which of these sentences did you make that one bit clear? Do you mean your name can be either?

Yeah, thats right.

So, it's both. Am I right?

He's joking, Taurus...

I know he's joking. I just want a strait answer from him. I'm very curious to know what his name actually is.

Aliens exist, now stop this stupid conversation.

Cat... Beautiful.

Sniper

So, Cat, you are clearly in the business eh?

This is a cherry table I made in my wood shop for my wife's office. Just finished it yesterday!

-Rx

Last edited: Tuesday, November 23, 2004 at 1:12:45 AM

Wow Reagent. I like the contrast in your photo, in both light and texture. From a woodworker's perspective you did a good job bringing the out the depth of the grain. It invites a touch and if you kept imperfections out of the finish...MMMMMM.

@ Cat, beautiful shots. Very inviting.

@ RX, very great shot, and nice table too! Say, I need a table just like that. Where do I place my order? :P

@Cat

Absolutely amazing shots. I need to know right now, what is the camera that you're using, and what filters did you use for those? I'd love to be able to take shots as amazing as those were...wow, I'm totally blown away.

*sigh* rayman

@Cat: Lovely. The top one especially.
@RX: Nice table. Don't forget to show sluggy...
@emily8: Can you find a smaller picture of rayman to put up? Or even better do you have a picture you took or artwork you made that you could share?
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One of many vistas from the road between Tzalbal and Nebaj. Picture was taken while standing in the back of a moving pickup truck driving down a gravel road. (Which is a very common form of transportation and is great way to take in the scenery, though probably not OSHA approved).

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@TankGirl: I was part of a short term team that went down to Guatemala for a week to help in the construction of a new classroom at the school in Tzalbal. The school had been growing and some of the classes were being held in someone's home. So for a week we moved dirt and bricks and did other tasks that non-skilled labor can help out with in the construction of a classroom. Local volunteers did most of the skilled labor, while our trip fee payed for the materials for the structure.

I really like this about Food for the Hungry. They stress the importance of community involvement. So we weren't the ones who owned the project. This was something that the community could be proud of, something they did themselves.

Often what happens, which happened after the '76 earthquake in Guatemala, a flood of charity comes in after a disaster, and the people become dependent on it. Then when those agencies leave, the people are still in tough shape and ill prepared to take care of themselves.

Food for the Hungry commits to a community for the long term. They blend charity with community education/training/involvement, so over time they can reduce the amount of aid and eventually leave a self sustaining community. So while providing direct aid and education to families they are also training local leaders to take over that role. This usually is leaders in the churches and local non-government organizations. Eventually it is the locals who are providing for the poor in their area and working to bring their city out of poverty.

Before my rambling turns into a brochure, I might as well link to their What We Do page.

Anyway, I was really impressed by the FHI staff in Nebaj and Tzalbal. If you want to see true Christians at work, go find those who have sold all they have and are giving themselves to the poor. Not everyone is called to do so, but those that are, when you meet them it is easy to see how truly blessed they are. If you've ever considered child sponsorship , I highly recommend FH.
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Okay, back to the pictures:
A number of kids came and helped us during recess:

Many of the girls liked to giggle and run away. I think the girl on the left would have if her friend wasn't hanging on to her so tightly.

Last edited: Sunday, November 28, 2004 at 6:02:51 AM

Very nice 56k..... VERY NICE images, and a great cause.
The girls in your last image are just adorable.

Thanks for the information about what you are doing, next time we play I will let you win :-)

Katherine

Here's the view from our condo balcony at the top of the slopes at Seven Springs Resort in SW Pennsylvania - a great place to spend Christmas if you ever get the chance, folks. Snow-making on over 95% of the slopes and 80% of them are lit for night skiiing/boarding. This was taken with the shutter speed cranked down (open roughly 2 seconds).

Happy Holidays and New Year!

Here's one of my cousin's dog rolling in our lawn's grass.

And here's one of the street we're living on in Toulouse.