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Postby GPW » Mon Nov 14, 2011 11:46 am

Randy, wish you lived closer ... Idaho’s a fer’ piece from here you betcha’ .. :o
The thing about Foam is it’s so Bulky , that shipping becomes expensive .... best if you can get it locally , save the carriage entirely ... Even if you have to pay a little more ... I was just browsing the net for relative prices ... which seem to vary a bit from site to site ...

BTW , beadboard bends more easily , and also breaks/snaps if you bend it too far without some tension support ... :o
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Postby eaglesdare » Mon Nov 14, 2011 3:12 pm

alrighty, the moment you have been waiting for :lol:
simba the collie puppy
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and you don't know how hard that was to get him to be still long enough to get the shot. :?
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Postby GPW » Mon Nov 14, 2011 4:51 pm

What a CUTE Puppy !!! :)
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Postby Ratkity » Mon Nov 14, 2011 6:08 pm

He's such a handsome fella. He looks so smart too!

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Postby eaglesdare » Mon Nov 14, 2011 6:41 pm

thank you glenn and patricia. i am actually enjoying this one. :)
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Postby mikeschn » Mon Nov 14, 2011 6:42 pm

So is that what Lassie looked like as a puppy? He's cute!

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Postby eaglesdare » Mon Nov 14, 2011 7:01 pm

well lassie has a white blaze down his face/nose. at least all the lassies i have seen. this little guy does not have the white.

thanks so much mike. and i have to admit, i am so used to lassie being called a girl that i am calling this little one a girl also. :lol:
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Postby mikeschn » Mon Nov 14, 2011 7:42 pm

eaglesdare wrote:and you don't know how hard that was to get him to be still long enough to get the shot. :?


Oh yes I do... I've been trying to take dogie pictures too...

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Postby Rosey » Mon Nov 14, 2011 8:04 pm

Cute puppy! Looks a little mischievous though :)
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Postby GPW » Tue Nov 15, 2011 7:44 am

Well this thread has gone to the dogs ... :lol:
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Postby eaglesdare » Tue Nov 15, 2011 8:14 am

GPW wrote:Well this thread has gone to the dogs ... :lol:


:lol:


mike are all those yours? they are so darn cute!

well simba knows: sit, look, touch, paw, come, here and ok. of course we are still working on them all with reinforcement. but wow, what a quick learner. and he has to sit before coming into the house, which he does.
next for today is down.
he is so going to be ready for camping once the season comes back.
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Postby mikeschn » Tue Nov 15, 2011 4:15 pm

No, none of those are mine. I was at the dog park with my boys, and I was just practicing taking pictures!

Now back to the regularly scheduled subject... GPW, take it away!

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Postby pete42 » Tue Nov 15, 2011 4:32 pm

sorry mike one more post about the dogs the last one looks like
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Postby eaglesdare » Tue Nov 15, 2011 5:29 pm

omg! it does! RIP

mike, i think those are good for getting photos. are you interested in photography? i really like that blurred background, i have never been sucessful at that. so i stick with my point and shoot setting. :lol:
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Postby mikeschn » Tue Nov 15, 2011 5:59 pm

Yep, Louella, I finally got a walk around lens for my camera, so I am practicing. I've had my camera since July, and haven't had much time to play with it. Just trying to learn the settings.

The trick to blurred backgrounds is not that hard.

Zoom all the way out with your camera. Have your subject close to the camera, and your background really far away. If you can change your aperture, the closer to f2 you can get, the better.

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