March 22, 2020

All we need to do is stick a hair dryer up our nose!

https://twitter.com/BillyCorben/status/1241740081343447040?s=20



Okeechobee County Commissioner Bryant Culpepper at emergency meeting says you can kill coronavirus by holding a blow dryer up to your nose after he saw it on “reliable source” OANN, warns “there’s a lot of baloney out there on social media” #BecauseFlorida

March 3, 2020

Smithsonian Released 2.8M Images Into the Public Domain

So many photos, so little time


https://petapixel.com/2020/02/25/the-smithsonian-just-released-2-8-million-images-into-the-public-domain/?fbclid=IwAR0871RYHFJN08ODy7qBsFz6srbchMREXYbaes3yGwZaTb9owrB_2Mg4QF8

February 27, 2020

If everyone on Star Trek

TNG wore the same uniform as Counselor Troi

https://boingboing.net/2020/02/26/if-everyone-on-star-trek-tng.html?fbclid=IwAR3CORchKmQNMW2Ty0Xky4Z7glHUbOahJG2Zb1Oenmc0lqAItg2_8lXpBUg



Enlightening

February 26, 2020

Next monthly contest suggestions

I have scanned both threads from previous contests in an attempt to find something different.

First concept is a favorite of mine, and that is 'bokeh', the aesthetic quality of the blur produced in the out-of-focus parts of an image produced by a lens. Bokeh has been defined as "the way the lens renders out-of-focus points of light".

Next, 'frame/frames', could be trees framing a scene, picture frames, carpentry, or millions of other subjects

'Bodies of Water'

'Rain/Spring Showers'

'Fog'

'Coffee'

I set the time limit to 2 weeks, if it becomes apparent less time is needed, we can just go!

February 26, 2020

It's about sanity!

I want to introduce myself because I plan on participating more with great photographers as we have at DU, my sanity requires it. The political situation has me teetering on the edge with fear for our country and photography is my escape.

My first camera was purchased on the DMZ in Korea in 1970, a Minolta SRT-101. The second camera was my Nikon F2 in the mid '70s when I did the arts and crafts show circuit in Florida and Georgia for a few years until my day job took over my life and I just stopped taking pictures. During that time, film died and I did without a camera until 2015, when I bought a Nikon Df which allowed me to use my old lenses with a digital camera. I got my old groove back, so purchased a Nikon D750, and time allowing, am taking photos again! I’ve never been a professional, only doing the shows and some portraits and other work for friends.

The photo that won “Repetition” was at Tarpon Springs Fl. and taken with my old F2, probably on Ektachrome, judging by the color balance. Last year’s summer seasonal 3rd place, storm on Tampa Bay was taken with my Df at Ft De Soto Park Fl.

I have some ideas for the next theme and will put those in a poll soon!

Thanks to all who support these contests!

February 10, 2020

I googled "Obama's Oscar"

spewed covfefe all over my screen

February 6, 2020

so·cial·ism

a political and economic theory of social organization which advocates that the means of production, distribution, and exchange should be owned or regulated by the community as a whole.



https://www.afp.com/en/news/15/us-should-buy-control-nokia-ericsson-fight-huawei-attorney-general-doc-1or45g3?fbclid=IwAR31w6gjvuWwylHT8tOS1VnpHY6IGd-ArTp36t8en8Zvpy-7l_ELC_XH9Fc

The United States and its allies should take controlling stakes in Nokia, Ericsson or both to battle Chinese telecoms giant Huawei's dominance of the 5G market, US Attorney general Bill Barr said Thursday.

"There are only two companies that can compete with Huawei right now: Nokia and Ericsson," Barr said in a speech on the Chinese economic threat.

January 22, 2020

Pirro hitting the sauce again

https://twitter.com/McFaul/status/1219904983564312577?s=20



Michael McFaul
@McFaul

Uhh... judge? ... the prosecutor in a real trial always argues that the defendant is guilty.



Jeanine Pirro
@JudgeJeanine

Prosecutor Adam Schiff says @realDonaldTrump is not innocent! Way to go Democrats. No presumption of innocence, no constitutional guarantees. Welcome to America under Democrat rule.