F4 and the Fantastic Voyage

anwmn1anwmn1 Registered Users Posts: 3,469 Major grins
edited October 5, 2013 in Journeys
As part of the dgrin shootout in Moab I had the pleasure of having a couple dgrinners fly into Phoenix AZ and spend a few days shooting on the way to Moab.


Aperture- is seen here modeling the latest is outdoor active wear
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Out of nowhere he finds a rock genie and tries to run off with her!
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I had to tell him that he could not run off with the rock genie but was allowed to take a few pictures for proof of such a rare encounter. :deal

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Saturday we departed Phoenix at 3am to shoot in Sedona and then meet up with the 4th part of our group (Picture to appear later).

:rolleyes

Dude!! Your in my frame!!
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Shutter- really likes bright clothing :dunno
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F-stop is not afraid to stand near the edge :huh
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Aperture decides he wants that shot too!
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ISO- showing how to stand on the edge.
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You would think he was shooting an actual cannon with this pose :D
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Ummm... yeah
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We were shooting so much and in pretty remote parts of Arizona and Utah so it was usually late at night when we were driving into to find a place to sleep.
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Unfortunately that often meant there was no place open to eat at. Wait what is that?? A 24hr Woody's Convience Store!! :barb

They check the cooler
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F-stop giving Shutter the burrito

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What a bunch of happy faces
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DUDE!!! Aperture can really put away the food! (editors note: that burger traveled for 2 days and 150 miles before being eaten)
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It says quality guaranteed!

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Yummm... Mexican Food!
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One thing I did notice is that Canon shooter tend to like to shoot in groups. :dunno

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Almost can't see them with all that camo on.
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The three classic poses in which you should shoot to obtain the optimal image. :deal
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"The Journey of life is as much in oneself as the roads one travels"


Aaron Newman

Website:www.CapturingLightandEmotion.com
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  • NikolaiNikolai Registered Users Posts: 19,035 Major grins
    edited October 17, 2008
    Iso,
    this is awesome! I hope to add a few of mines tomorrow:-)
    --
    Aperture out.
    "May the f/stop be with you!"
  • anwmn1anwmn1 Registered Users Posts: 3,469 Major grins
    edited October 17, 2008
    Yeap still shooting next to each other. ne_nau.gif

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    Look they even help each other by providing a wind break in bad weather. Shutter did you thank Aperture for this?

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    Okay where the heck did Aperture run off to now?? headscratch.gif
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    Never mind.....
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    Canon guys they are too cute. Can someone make these three into a gif?
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    This is never a good sign!
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    Then when you find out it is $6.00 a gallon and Shutter misread the gallons for dollars eek7.gif

    "Dude!! Do you know what I just did?" Check out that shirt! :D
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    Okay now for some skill shots mwink.gif

    We all have seen stars before...

    small ones
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    big ones....
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    but...... how about off a car- from a car- while both are traveling at 75mph through Navajo Land??
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    Yeap... that WAS part of Monument Valley
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    This is what happens when someone is late (again) and has to walk from one parking lot to another while the other three are drinking beers and laughing!! rolleyes1.gif

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    More to come......
    "The Journey of life is as much in oneself as the roads one travels"


    Aaron Newman

    Website:www.CapturingLightandEmotion.com
    Facebook: Capturing Light and Emotion
  • Tee WhyTee Why Registered Users Posts: 2,390 Major grins
    edited October 17, 2008
    Looks like a lot of fun.
  • NikolaiNikolai Registered Users Posts: 19,035 Major grins
    edited October 17, 2008
    After landing in Phoneix Friday morning I've been picked up by our host, Iso

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    In case you don't know, part of his job is watching that the rock genie does not get away:

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    And occasionally teaching her a new tricks

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    And fixing her outfit:

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    Later that night Shutter arrived:

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    Mini shootout at Castle Rock:

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    We met with F/stop at Flagstaff and drove to Page:

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    Shutter is wondering what's wrong with his brand new 50D:

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    Iso is using his old good Oly:

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    F/stop always looks cool:

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    Shutter and Iso at Toadstools:
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    F/stop and Shutter discovered ancient petroglyphs:

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    Petroglyph:

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    Shutter in his favorite shooting position:

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    Iso is wondering what's gonna happen to the rock genie while his absense:

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    Iso and F/stop discussing Shutter speed over the HSB:

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    Shutter single-handedly pushes our poor Blue Bastard out of the sand trap:

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    Again, and again:

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    Finally F/stop comes to help and decreases the tire pressure:

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    Everybody busy:

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    Finally, Blue Bastard makes it through the trap:

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    F/stop is happy:

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    But not for long: now Blue Bastard has got some engine problem:

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    Problem resolved, and Iso drives the BB over a threshold:

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    Double-self portrait:

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    Shutter nails the "money shot":

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    In Canyon De Chelly there was no shortage of fully dressed very pretty native american ladies willing to pose for a group of total strangers:

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    Shutter takes his time:

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    Iso is always helpful:

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    Field lab - those macs work everywhere:

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    F/stop on the edge:

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    So is Iso:

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    Iso:

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    Green Machine ran out of gas. F/stop and Shutter are facing $6 per gallon.

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    F/stop (and Sean - not from dgrin) at North Window Arch:

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    During the shootout F4 temporarily became F5 by acquiring a new member, Wide Angle:

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    F/stop at the Anticline:

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    Iso at the Anticline:

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    Shutter at the Anticline:

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    Ghost of F/stop:

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    Chain shooting: F/stop shoots Iso shooting Shutter shooting Aperture (me) shooting F/stop...

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    Enjoy! :-)
    "May the f/stop be with you!"
  • Awais YaqubAwais Yaqub Registered Users Posts: 10,572 Major grins
    edited October 17, 2008
    Wow fantastic !
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  • anwmn1anwmn1 Registered Users Posts: 3,469 Major grins
    edited October 17, 2008
    You know it is great to travel with other photographers to learn about each other and talk about this craft.

    However it does end up sounding like one of those beer commercials after a while. deal.gif


    "Dude, your in my shot"
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    "Umm Dude, can you back up a little bit?"
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    "Dude..."
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    "Dude??"
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    "DUDE!"
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    In the end you get so frustrated to just decide to shoot them!!

    Aperture
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    F-Stop
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    Shutter
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    and then there are of course moments where you can't even shoot anymore because your eyes are teared up from laughing so hard (this happened a lot with this group).


    WHAT THE......???
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    If he would have been wearing his yellow shirt he would have been invisible!! rolleyes1.gif
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    A couple more of F-Stop

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    Another take on the Pathfinder shot
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    "The Journey of life is as much in oneself as the roads one travels"


    Aaron Newman

    Website:www.CapturingLightandEmotion.com
    Facebook: Capturing Light and Emotion
  • jdryan3jdryan3 Registered Users Posts: 1,353 Major grins
    edited October 17, 2008
    ISO chimping Rock Genie image taken earlier in the day (SmugShot)
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    Aperature & Rock Genie via SmugShot
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    In the name of Dgrin, F-Stop and Aperature stake claim to this rock in the desert (SmugShot)
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    Another perspective - Note you only see 2 of her 4-6 bodyguards
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    Doesn't he seem way too happy rolleyes1.gif
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    "Don't ask me what I think of you, I might not give the answer that you want me to. Oh well."
    -Fleetwood Mac
  • CuongCuong Registered Users Posts: 1,508 Major grins
    edited October 17, 2008
    You guys are hilarious.thumb.gif Keep them coming.

    Cuong
    "She Was a Little Taste of Heaven – And a One-Way Ticket to Hell!" - Max Phillips
  • kdogkdog Administrators Posts: 11,680 moderator
    edited October 17, 2008
    Awesome thread and superb pictures. bowdown.gif

    You know, it was great hanging with these guys, and I learned so much from them.

    Here's Aperture showing an advanced tripod technique.
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    Shutter sneaks up on a canyon wall
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    ISO grabs a shot of him...
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    and looks pretty pleased with himself. rolleyes1.gif
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  • aktseaktse Registered Users Posts: 1,928 Major grins
    edited October 17, 2008
    I'm laughing so hard that I'm crying!

    Too funny!

    I knew that four of you were having a great time and these photos prove it! Awesome!
  • Ann McRaeAnn McRae Registered Users Posts: 4,584 Major grins
    edited October 17, 2008
    This is brilliant - put a huge grin on my face! Thanks for starting my day (and weekend) off with a chuckle. Looking forward to more!

    ann
  • kdogkdog Administrators Posts: 11,680 moderator
    edited October 17, 2008
    I learned even more ways to use a tripod, including this particularly advanced technique being demonstrated by Shutter. Meanwhile, Aperture, well...
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  • davevdavev Registered Users Posts: 3,118 Major grins
    edited October 18, 2008
    It should be illegal to have this much fun.

    Keep em coming guys.
    dave.

    Basking in the shadows of yesterday's triumphs'.
  • anwmn1anwmn1 Registered Users Posts: 3,469 Major grins
    edited October 18, 2008
    More hilarity from F4's trip


    Ahem...... Did you think to maybe shoot the amazing rock pattern facing the other way? rolleyes1.gif
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    a few minutes later............ Sure, now you do:pissed
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    Back to shooting in groups I see.... ne_nau.gif

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    At HSB the following exchange occured:

    "Hey Aperture, can I shoot from there?"
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    "I was here first, get your own rock!"
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    "Huh? That is pretty far down isn't it?"
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    "What are you looking at?"
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    :hide rolleyes1.gif


    The gratuitous butt shot
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    NO Aperture did not get thrown off the cliff. Here he is shooting a dead tree at Dead Horse Point.


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    "The Journey of life is as much in oneself as the roads one travels"


    Aaron Newman

    Website:www.CapturingLightandEmotion.com
    Facebook: Capturing Light and Emotion
  • TangoTango Registered Users Posts: 4,592 Major grins
    edited October 18, 2008
    i am dying here....
    Aaron Nelson
  • TangoTango Registered Users Posts: 4,592 Major grins
    edited October 18, 2008
    this is a wall hanger at smugmug hq....somebody call Baldy...

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    Aaron Nelson
  • NikolaiNikolai Registered Users Posts: 19,035 Major grins
    edited October 18, 2008
    Awesome stuff, Iso! thumb.gifrolleyes1.gif
    "May the f/stop be with you!"
  • kdogkdog Administrators Posts: 11,680 moderator
    edited October 18, 2008
    Canyon Lands on the morning of the first day of the shootout, and timing is tight to get to Moab in time for the Meet & Greet. Even so, we pull over to check out a scenic viewpoint. Here's ISO, Aperture and Shutter.

    Body language can often be quite revealing, and two things can be readily observed here. 1) ISO isn't impressed by scenic viewpoints, and 2) Shutter doesn't like people standing in his shot. :uhoh

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  • grimacegrimace Registered Users Posts: 1,534 Major grins
    edited October 18, 2008
    this is a wall hanger at smugmug hq....somebody call Baldy...

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    This is so wrong in so many ways!! :D

    Awesome, awesome series. My ribs are so sore from laughing. It looks like you guys had a great time getting to Moab.
  • jdryan3jdryan3 Registered Users Posts: 1,353 Major grins
    edited October 19, 2008
    OK, MY turn
    No, no, no Officer. I pushed him off the ledge after he made fun my of Oly, not because of the jokes about the Blue Bastard.
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    We're going wed wocks hunting, uh uh uh uh
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    F-Stop, are you sure there's a bathroom up there?
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    BUSTED!!
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    Yeah mock me & my butt may be cute...
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    But I got this guy in the process *
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    DUDES!!!
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    What rock?
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    Of course, Aperature wasn't just looking for the next red rocks shot ...
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    ... but his next meal, preferably steak :eat
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    No this is not the road to Moab. So get out of my yard.
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    And take him with you!!!
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    ISO is confused. He keeps looking, hoping to find Kirsten Dunst
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    F-Stop tells ISO we are not "borrowing" the 'hoe in case the Blue Bastard gets stuck again.
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    A monument in process to Darth SLR (aka Aperature)
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    Aperature shooting God only know what headscratch.gifheadscratch.gif
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    Advanced Exposure Bracketing san $1200 tripod & head
    (but it is interesting how 2 people see the same scene differently - check out the lenses)
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    Aperature wondering why every keeps calling him 'Teddy' and what the hell is a Rough Rider.
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    More to come later. All shots taken with the 50D.
    "Don't ask me what I think of you, I might not give the answer that you want me to. Oh well."
    -Fleetwood Mac
  • NikolaiNikolai Registered Users Posts: 19,035 Major grins
    edited October 19, 2008
    lol, David, great job!thumb.gif
    "May the f/stop be with you!"
  • jdryan3jdryan3 Registered Users Posts: 1,353 Major grins
    edited October 19, 2008
    Final odds and ends:

    F-Stop taking in the view on the way to Anitcline
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    F-Stop's favorite federal contract employee
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    Dude?
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    ISO shooting a leaf on a tree
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    ISO and F-Stop grabbing shots for the Dead Tree Thread
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    Grimace, F-Stop & ISO vying to be the center of attention
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    Another persepctive
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    ISO doing a little drive-by shooting
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    "Come on, you can do it" F-Stop trying to get Aperture to jump
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    ISO et. al. being formally removed from, uh, led out of Canyonlands.
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    Shutter shooting Aperture (shooting ISO shooting F-Stop).
    Confused? See earlier in the thread
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    Yeah, there was a lot of people shooting people shooting people shooting rocks (or dead trees, rock genies, Marc Stars, whatever). But it was fun!
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    You can't see the drool, but ISO wants to trade in the Blue Bastard for one of these. Send your contributions (non-tax deductible) via dgrin, and he will give you ride. Or buy some of his images you missed taking. Then he might let you touch it!
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    Thanks to F-Stop (kdog) for letting me ride with him most of the trip. I spent a lot of time with this view.
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    And one final shot:
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    It was truly fun to be part of this gang of four.
    Shutter
    "Don't ask me what I think of you, I might not give the answer that you want me to. Oh well."
    -Fleetwood Mac
  • dlplumerdlplumer Registered Users Posts: 8,081 Major grins
    edited January 25, 2011
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    edited January 25, 2011
  • kdogkdog Administrators Posts: 11,680 moderator
    edited January 25, 2011
    Ha, what a bump! :D There are some good shot in there. Like this one.

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  • anonymouscubananonymouscuban Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 4,586 Major grins
    edited January 25, 2011
    Is that Nik?

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  • glennpglennp Registered Users Posts: 171 Major grins
    edited January 25, 2011
    This was a great thread! Even though I don't know any of the folks I had numerous smiles and laughed quite a bit. And the scenery was great to :-) I hope to join in on one of these trips in the future.
  • Sexy6ChickSexy6Chick Registered Users Posts: 948 Major grins
    edited January 25, 2011
    Freakin hilarious - love it!
    ~*Natalie*~

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  • imagesofhimimagesofhim Registered Users Posts: 527 Major grins
    edited January 26, 2011
    I had major surgery on Jan. 5th... I found that I had to tread lightly reading this thread because I would get so darned tickled (and laughter hurts right now)! LOVE it and I know you all had a WONDERFUL time---this is scrapbook worthy!!!
    Blessings,
    Marjohn

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  • jdryan3jdryan3 Registered Users Posts: 1,353 Major grins
    edited January 29, 2011
    Is that Nik?

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    I suppose THIS one should have been posted in 'Go Figure' with NSFW warning.
    Nik who? That is the consort of the Rock Genie.
    "Don't ask me what I think of you, I might not give the answer that you want me to. Oh well."
    -Fleetwood Mac
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