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Postby Matt. K on Mon Oct 25, 2004 8:47 pm

Moon shot.

http://www.pbase.com/matt_k/image/35497065

Sorry guys. I just felt mischievious.
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Re: New Canon 20D owner. Suck on this you Nikonians!

Postby birddog114 on Mon Oct 25, 2004 8:51 pm

Matt. K wrote:Moon shot.

http://www.pbase.com/matt_k/image/35497065

Sorry guys. I just felt mischievious.


That's a real big hot pixel!!!!
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Postby Glen on Mon Oct 25, 2004 8:54 pm

Matt,
really like it, nice change from frame filling moons. I could see this in the Guggenheim with people drinking champagne while admiring it.


Your shot of the RAV is really impressive too, you do cars very well




Neat, but not in the middle :D Actually looks a bit like the rule of thirds :wink:
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Postby Matt. K on Mon Oct 25, 2004 8:59 pm

Glen
I'm trying to act like a Canon owner. The camera automatically composes for the rule of thirds.
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Postby Raydar on Mon Oct 25, 2004 9:06 pm

I’d be a bit worried with grain that size!!!! :cry:

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Postby MHD on Mon Oct 25, 2004 9:33 pm

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Postby xerubus on Mon Oct 25, 2004 9:38 pm

I just spent an hour cleaning my monitor as it had some sort of smudge on it.... then figured out it was a canon interpretation of the moon...

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Postby Matt. K on Mon Oct 25, 2004 9:57 pm

Xerubus
A close up at that!
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Postby gstark on Mon Oct 25, 2004 10:54 pm

Glen

Glen wrote:Your shot of the RAV is really impressive too, you do cars very well


Make up your mind! Is it a Rav, or a car? (I do know the answer, btw)
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Postby Onyx on Tue Oct 26, 2004 8:38 am

I tried to suck it, but I kept inhaling it...
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Postby Greg B on Tue Oct 26, 2004 9:33 am

Onyx wrote:I tried to suck it, but I kept inhaling it...


....as the actress said to the bishop
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Postby Nnnnsic on Tue Oct 26, 2004 11:06 am

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Postby Glen on Tue Oct 26, 2004 12:25 pm

Gary, I definitely know that it is not a car. Most 4wd (excluding Porsche cars & Subaru cars) don't really have the dynamics to be called a car. Driving 4wd's always amazes me that people give them to their wives as a "safe" car, can't think of anything further from the truth.
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Postby gstark on Tue Oct 26, 2004 12:45 pm

Glen,

Exactly.

And given the high CoG of these vehicles, I'd venture to say that many drivers simply don't understand what that does to the dynamics of the vehicle, especially when changing direction.

And there was a minor article I heard on the radio this morning: the highest concentration of 4WD ownership in NSW is in Mosman, where there are no unsealed roads.

That comes as no great surprise, mind you ...
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Postby Glen on Tue Oct 26, 2004 4:14 pm

Heard the same report Gary, Mosman, Woollahra then Manly Council areas, hardly an area where one needs a car which has 1 metre of ground clearance
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Postby gstark on Tue Oct 26, 2004 4:40 pm

Glen wrote:1 metre of ground clearance


Makes it a hell of a lot tougher to run over the kids at school crossings.

They just duck ... damn! I forgot. The duck's still off!
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Postby Greg B on Tue Oct 26, 2004 6:40 pm

"However, we do the duck the three very different ways, there is duck with orange, duck with cherries, and duck surprise."

"What is duck surprise?"

"It's duck without orange or cherries"
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Postby Killakoala on Tue Oct 26, 2004 11:39 pm

Fact 1: 4WD vehicles have gained in popularity over the last 10 years.

Fact 2: Volvo has seen a comparitive reduction in sales over the last 10 years.

Coincidence?

I think not.
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Postby Raydar on Wed Oct 27, 2004 6:22 am

Killakoala wrote:Fact 1: 4WD vehicles have gained in popularity over the last 10 years.

Fact 2: Volvo has seen a comparitive reduction in sales over the last 10 years.

Coincidence?

I think not.


Your onto something there killa :lol:
That explains a hell of a lot!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :roll:

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Postby Onyx on Wed Oct 27, 2004 10:11 am

Bloody Volvo drivers....
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Postby Glen on Wed Oct 27, 2004 10:43 am

Killa, now Volvo make a big 4wd. That would be something to keep away from, especially if you were on a motorbike :D
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Postby gstark on Wed Oct 27, 2004 10:48 am

And especially if the driver's wearing a bowls uniform and hat.

Look too for a packet of Kleenex on the dash (or rear shelf of a sedan); it's a sign of a converted Camry driver.
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Postby jethro on Wed Oct 27, 2004 10:51 pm

you have to wear a terry towelling blue hat and have and iq of 20 and you have to be at least 60 years old! PHEW poor bastards what a pack of bloody drivers and dont forget you have to wear box head sunnies the ones that look like horse blinkers!
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Postby Dargan on Tue Nov 02, 2004 3:43 pm

Just a query. How many D70 owners drive a Volvo?
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Postby Raydar on Tue Nov 02, 2004 8:39 pm

Count me out!!!!!!

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Postby Matt. K on Tue Nov 02, 2004 9:03 pm

Damn Dargon! You got me there! 740. Best car ever made. Mine is nearly 18 years old and still drives better, feels stronger, and is soo damned comfortable, that it beats most of the junk on the road today. Would'nt be suprised to discover it was really manufacturerd by NIKON.

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Postby Greg B on Tue Nov 02, 2004 9:05 pm

Hey Matt, do you drive it right down the middle of the road?

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Postby Matt. K on Tue Nov 02, 2004 9:24 pm

Oh Greg! So cruel!
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Postby gstark on Wed Nov 03, 2004 12:05 am

Greg B wrote:Hey Matt, do you drive it right down the middle of the road?

:lol: :lol:


You call that driving ??? :)
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Postby Dargan on Mon Nov 08, 2004 7:46 pm

This is extremely freaky MattK. That was a throwaway line and yet of course I do drive one of these 'magnificent' vehicles. OK, OK GregB can now go away and weep real tears of laughter. By way of explanation I have owned a lot of vehicles (eg; every French marque) but have a lot of respect for Volvo engineering, I am a rationalist in the car stakes now. I am also assuming we are in the same age cohort though, given the cost of this 'hobby' it is not surprising I guess. The similarities are interesting in themselves I guess. Perhaps its time for an avatar change. Any of you readers see the Konnisegg Volvo 0-100kph in 3.2 seconds, you can't build something like that without a modicum of engineering knowledge, only problem is that Ford owns the shop now, and I find them focused more on marketing than engineering excellence.
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Postby Greg B on Mon Nov 08, 2004 9:26 pm

Without wishing to disappoint, my question to Matt was more a reflection of his compositional preferences than his vehicular preferences.

The fact that it fitted in with the Volvo driver thing was entirely fortuitous.

I don't know what a Konnisegg is, I can only assume it is what a Konnis lays.

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Postby gstark on Mon Nov 08, 2004 9:34 pm

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