Benny the Dinosaur takes a ride.

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Here's one of my many Venus transit fails. This particular fail was shot using a music cd (ZZ Top's Greatest Hits) as a filter, which wasn't quite dark enough, with an all-in 8x optical zoom.

Flare was mine enemy this day, but, made for at least one interesting, even if not visually acceptable, image.

Looks like Marvin The Martian shot one of his planet-destroying missiles at the Sun.

I understand Venusian transits make him angry. So very angry indeed.

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It's an okay image of a non-quality bird. Does that count?

If I hadn't been loving on Slick at the time, he woulda had that li'l feller for lunch. I grabbed fast, and all I got was his (Slick's) tail!

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I met him yesterday, his name is Billy, isn't he the fluffiest, cutest ever!

[12yroldGravdigr]Where's my Epipen?[/allergic]



BTW: That picture is totally a quality image. Belongs in the "Neat Pictures I Took" thread.

:D

Yeah Rhianne, wrong thread... that's a great picture. :thumb:

very nice picture!

I like Billy. Very nice image.

from APOD

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Headed out to do some fishing - trying to get a few of the sun rising on a boat doing 25 knots was probably not the brightest idea...
Took a few as the sun started to peek over the horizon.

And a few as she his behind the clouds.
Keep in mind fast moving boat and basic point & click camera.

Oh, and FTR - I don't think I've seen the ocean that calm in probably 25+ years.
We were about 10 miles offshore at that point.

Nice pics, Classic!

Usually, the far away pics don't get too bothered by the movement, as long as the shutter ain't open too long. Calm water helped too, I'm sure.

I like the visible rays in post #86.

They're hard to capture sometimes.

thanks Grav. I liked that one too. I can only imagine what a nicer camera with some sort of filter could have captured.