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Good morning everyone. Well, it is official… our next week’s camping trip is cancelled. DW decided she just had too much to do to be gone 5 or 6 days so I cancelled. I almost decided to go by myself (since I don’t have that much to do
) but I didn’t. I am disappointed though as I have been looking forward to that camping trip for a while now. :oIt is 37F right now but looks clear outside. Hoping to get out in a bit with the new macro lens and try it out. Maybe to the botanical garden to see if anything is still around.
I’ve also been trying to pick 5 photos to submit to a contest which apparently is held annually here in Columbus. I don’t know why I torture myself with these submissions.
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With silver and light"Thanks for starting today’s Pub Daily Don!
Sorry about your disappointment with the camping cancellation;
but I always figure things work out for a good reason.
Hope the wind has died down enough for you to try your news lens out.I don’t have anything new this week (been busy)
So I’ll pull a few from my Florida rodeo archive.These are not professional rodeo competitors.
These are ranch workers competing with other ranch
workers showing the skills they use daily in their work.
(sometimes these are charity events)
Skills are timed; such as separating calves from herds
Roping, and breaking in new horses.
The calves are numbered and the MC will call out a number and the
cowboys have to separate that calf from the rest, rope and lay it down
(this is standard procedure for inoculations, tagging, or steering)The rope is thrown
Snagged the horns
The only thing missing are the cur dogs that most of these men bring to work every day to hunt for the cattle in the dense hammocks and round them up.Fujifilm X100F, XT20 + Nikon Camera Bodies & Lenses
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Don, sorry to hear about the cancellation. I hope you share the photos you pick for the contest. Have fun with the new lens.
Hi Lorell.
Nice action shots, Damar. I created a website for a local photographer and used to maintain it; she has a number of rodeo photos too.
The air fryer I ordered for myself didn’t arrive yesterday as promised – maybe today.
Our phone rang a little after 6:00 AM this morning and I answered just to keep the ringing from waking my wife. An unknown number (probably spoofed) appeared and caller ID (no doubt also spoofed) read Houston TX. It was some robodialed recording claiming that my SSN had been disabled because they noticed unusual activity. Knowing it was a scam, I pressed 1 to get a live person. As usual, it was some guy with a thick Indian or Pakistani accent who immediately asked for my SSN. I had planned to waste as much of his time as possible but just ended up laughing at him for this obvious and pathetic scam.
Here in SoCal we’ll get a break from the rain for a couple of days. One shot taken yesterday of the ivy in the inner yard – I liked how the rain and dark sky brought out the colors…
[Nikon D7500 + Nikkor 18-300mm taken at 58mm, manual mode, 1/1000 sec, f/6.3, ISO 500, processed in ACR & PSCS5]Lorell, thanks for the comment!
Rodeos are fun. We keep missing the ones around here!
In Florida, they refer to themselves as “cowhunters” because the cattle are on large acreage and wander off into the palmetto hammocks and have to be found.
(that’s where the dogs do their best)
Its tough work; SiL has broken both legs at different times, collarbone, wrist, nose, cuts, stitches and most recently his horse losing its footing and falling on him. (broken wrist)
Sometimes they have to trailer up bulls. SiLs brother is in the same business.
They are multi-generation cowboys.Dave: Scammers…sounds like you had a bit of fun! LOL!
Next time ask them to speak up because you are recording and running a trace on their number! LOL!
I love your cascading ivy! The red leaves are beautiful with the green ones.
That would make a nice desktop wallpaper.Thanks Don!
I’ll be heading over to your new lens thread after posting here.
Whenever I get a news lens or camera, it rains!
Lucky you! Its gorgeous out today!The lasso is a very firm rope so it doesn’t foul when thrown.
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Photos are ©2021The auto museum that I frequent is owned by a very generous patriotic gentlemen. For the first four years that I visited, there was no entrance fee. Although that practice still remains the same, at the entrance there is a sign-in desk and a glass box for donations that go directly to support our veterans. The museum is open on Tuesdays, the first Saturday of the month AND a special viewing for Veterans and their families on Veteran’s Day.
The museum had distributed cards to nearby elementary schools for them to write messages to the vets who would be visiting this past Veteran’s day. They still had them on display when I was there this past Tuesday.
I love looking at the kids writing and their drawings. Things like this make me smile and choke me up at the same time. Here are a few of the many on display.
The messages were hung on display by these wooden frames. There were at least three of these frames filled with cards.
Behind this frame, a docent opens the doors to a new mechanical xylophone music player that arrived just that morning. The machine is suppose to be in working order, now just to find a place for it.
LORELL
Photography is the art of observation. It has little to to with the things you see and everything to do with the way you see them. Elliott Erwitt
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This Early Ford goes back to 2014. I touched it up in Paint Shop Pro ->
adjust -> Smart Photo Fix. My Thumbnails are piggybacked and I used my RGB Values in the top Thumbnail box to get accurate Values in the bottom boxNorm Dunne
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