Posts by CuriousButterfly

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copies of wt

by ssn587 in

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i lost the info on how to get copies of the current and upcoming watchtowers any can help?

would surely appreciate it and thank you in advance..

long time lurker

by BigE in

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Girl Scout Cookies

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it's that time of year again: girl scout cookies!.

sales are down 20% because of the economy, but my purchases are going strong -- six boxes.

i'm sharing them with my co-workers, though.. i'm partial to the thin mints and the samoas.. do you like them?

CuriousButterfly

MMMM MMMM MMMM looking forward to the GS and their cookies. We stock up on the Carmel Delites and Thin Mints.

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Brother EE fancies himself an amature photographer..

by elderelite in

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and it is a clear night here on the east coast of the usa.. so i took a few shots of the moon.

here is one that i liked.... .

anyone else a shutter bug?.

Soldier77 I have tried to shoot in Manual as an assignment from my photography workshops but it is so foreign to me. That will be my goal to be comfortable shooting in manual. Right now I shoot in A mode with my Nikon....but I need to get out and practice.

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Congregation Elders got a letter from headquarters on "Sexting". I guess this is the latest trend causing problems.

by miseryloveselders in

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last week, my coboe, formerly known as the po, read a letter from ny giving directions on how to handle cases of "sexting" in the congregation.

i've vaguely heard of sexting in news articles.

i'm thinking though, the branch isn't going to send out a letter unless there's a trend.

CuriousButterfly

I laughed when I first heard this over a year ago. What is funny talking about it to older ones and they have a confused look on their face thinking you mispronounced texting. When you explain they get these odd looks like as I would interpret.....WTF?

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Coffee Drinkers...... Why do you drink coffee?

by yknot in

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i am asking because i don't get the appeal!.

(preface: at hospital today, can't leave floor to get another h20 bottle, just tried drinking coffee again for the first time in 14years).

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CuriousButterfly

I love the smell of coffee and have a french press. We have a Krups machine and make cappucinos, nice frothy head sprinkled with cinnamon. PLUS my body needs the caffeine.

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Brother EE fancies himself an amature photographer..

by elderelite in

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and it is a clear night here on the east coast of the usa.. so i took a few shots of the moon.

here is one that i liked.... .

anyone else a shutter bug?.

CuriousButterfly

I use lightroom to tweek the exposure, white blance, color balance, etc. I consider the ability to immediately make digital adjustments like these, combined with RAW shooting modes, to be one of the prime advantages of digital SLRs. (And really every digital camera does it's own internal image optimization - white balance for example is not a mechanical adjustment. So at some level every shot has been adjusted. I just prefer to do the adjustments myself rather than relying on a camera preset.)

My apologies I meant any editing besides being SOOC. I heard LR is awesome.

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Brother EE fancies himself an amature photographer..

by elderelite in

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and it is a clear night here on the east coast of the usa.. so i took a few shots of the moon.

here is one that i liked.... .

anyone else a shutter bug?.

CuriousButterfly

EE, what camera are you using? What quality setting? Are your lenses able to shoot in low light? i.e. f/2.8 or lower etc? Also, just a tip, shoot in the RAW, when you go to crop your shot it won't lose pixels as it would in JPEG.

My camera gear is as follows:

Nikon D700

Nikkor 70-200mm f/2.8

Nikkor 24-70mm f/2.8

Nikkor 17-35mm f/2.8 (Wide Angle)

Nikkor 50mm f/1.4

SB900 Flash

I still need a few things, but gear wise I'm pretty set. I'll try to remember to post my pics when I get home.

OMG I SO covet the D700. I heard the D7000 is set to be released this year. The Nikon 24-70MM is a lens I really want but I cannot justify spending $1700 for the lens....yet. I love the 50mm 1.4, excellent in low light.

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