Neat pictures I've taken

glatt · 12-01-2007, 06:10 AM

I thought it would be good to have a thread for random neat pictures that Dwellars have taken. There are many specific threads out there (colors, close-ups, etc.,) and I like those, but sometimes an original picture doesn't have enough that is interesting about it to sustain a whole thread. Feel free to put those original images here. This isn't meant as a thread for images found on the web. Please don't post it unless you took it.

So here are two pictures I took last night with my kids. We had fun doing these, and a bunch more.

Tripod.
Laser pointer.
ISO 80. Smallest aperture. 60 second exposure.

Sperlock · 12-01-2007, 12:12 PM

Very cool idea, glatt. Thanks for sharing.

Undertoad · 12-01-2007, 12:56 PM

Awesome Glatt. Mine are interesting from a totally different perspective.

When you have a pretty bad clog in your pipes, your plumber may not be able to clear it using augers or chemicals. If the leak isn't moving, the chems won't reach it. If builder put in tight joints, an auger can't reach very far through the pipes.

Then the plumber has to find another point where the drain drains, to try to use the auger there, closer to the clog. To do that, he may have to make several holes in your drywall. If the sink is on an upper floor and the pipes for it aren't straight down, it may take several holes to find it.

If he doesn't find it inside, he may look under your soffets. (The incoming water turned out to be there.)

Once the drain pipe is located, he'll have to put yet another hole in your wall to attach a T-joint so he can use the auger from there. It's especially nice if it's right next to the electrical. And behind your 250 lb. "entertainment center"

If you put chemicals in your pipe to try to clear the clog, at this point they will all drain out into your living room. If your plumber is experienced he will catch this stuff in a bucket without getting caustically burned himself.

Total bill: $752.30 and I will have to fix this damage myself. Maybe in the Spring. Where is that procrastination thread?

Bullitt · 12-01-2007, 03:32 PM

The infamous leaking light switch from this past spring in the dorms

Don't know if I've shown these other ones on here or not..
Fireworks in the street

Ants at sunset

glatt · 12-08-2007, 10:20 PM

I like those fireworks, Bullitt.

This picture is nothing special, but we had fun making the gingerbread house. No, a kid didn't do the roof. That was me.

jinx · 12-08-2007, 10:27 PM

TheMercenary · 12-08-2007, 10:51 PM

Thanks, I just spent an hour reducing and preping some pics for a thread like this. I will try to get them up in the next day or so, all scenes from Savannah.

Ibby · 12-08-2007, 11:06 PM

Fun with lighting, doing the photography for The Orchid Thief, A Ryan Keller Experiment.

Sundae · 12-09-2007, 02:32 PM

All wonderful and interesting, thank you.

Jinx, where was the photo of the horses taken. Could be Ireland

And the other beach pic - quality postcard quality

Stress Puppy · 12-09-2007, 02:36 PM

If it's in the US I'd bet Assateague, MD.

jinx · 12-09-2007, 07:41 PM

Thanks SG - they were all taken in the Outer Banks of North Carolina, Carova beach.

BigV · 01-03-2008, 05:41 PM

Mount Index

Happy Monkey · 01-03-2008, 09:08 PM

A happy monkey.

Happy Monkey · 01-03-2008, 09:09 PM

Brambles

glatt · 01-04-2008, 03:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Happy Monkey

A happy monkey.

I posted over in Flickr that we were there the same day as you. We seemed to be about an hour behind you that day.

Highlights of the visit that day were 1) the mama lion going nuts because she wanted to get back in where I imagine her cubs were. Pacing around and roaring and jumping up on the steel door to look through the window to them. Over and over again. It drew quite a crowd. After the incident in San Francisco, I admit I got a bit of an adrenaline rush watching her all agitated. 2) Watching a male orangutan hump a female in a semi missionary position, stop, bend down to sniff her crotch, and then continue. He was sort of standing up, but squatting with his pelvis only a couple inches off the floor while she was leaning back against the wall, looking all bored. Come to think of it, he looked bored too. And then 3) watching another orangutan chew up a bunch of food for a while, spit it out onto the floor, and then start chewing it again. It repeated this 2-3 times before we left.

Good times.

12-01-2007, 06:10 AM	#1
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	Neat pictures I've taken I thought it would be good to have a thread for random neat pictures that Dwellars have taken. There are many specific threads out there (colors, close-ups, etc.,) and I like those, but sometimes an original picture doesn't have enough that is interesting about it to sustain a whole thread. Feel free to put those original images here. This isn't meant as a thread for images found on the web. Please don't post it unless you took it. So here are two pictures I took last night with my kids. We had fun doing these, and a bunch more. Tripod. Laser pointer. ISO 80. Smallest aperture. 60 second exposure. Attached Images

12-01-2007, 12:12 PM	#2
Sperlock Elite Elitist Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Reno, NV Posts: 322	Very cool idea, glatt. Thanks for sharing. __________________ Every oak tree started out as a couple of nuts who stood their ground. - Anonymous http://informationthreshold.blogspot.com, http://spiritualthreshold.blogspot.com

12-01-2007, 03:32 PM	#4
Bullitt This is a fully functional babe lair Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Akron, OH Posts: 2,324	The infamous leaking light switch from this past spring in the dorms Don't know if I've shown these other ones on here or not.. Fireworks in the street Ants at sunset __________________ Kiss my white Irish ass.

12-08-2007, 10:20 PM	#5
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	I like those fireworks, Bullitt. This picture is nothing special, but we had fun making the gingerbread house. No, a kid didn't do the roof. That was me. Attached Images

12-08-2007, 10:27 PM	#6
jinx Come on, cat. Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: general vicinity of Philadelphia area Posts: 7,013	__________________ Crying won't help you, praying won't do you no good.

12-01-2007, 12:56 PM	#3
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Awesome Glatt. Mine are interesting from a totally different perspective. When you have a pretty bad clog in your pipes, your plumber may not be able to clear it using augers or chemicals. If the leak isn't moving, the chems won't reach it. If builder put in tight joints, an auger can't reach very far through the pipes. Then the plumber has to find another point where the drain drains, to try to use the auger there, closer to the clog. To do that, he may have to make several holes in your drywall. If the sink is on an upper floor and the pipes for it aren't straight down, it may take several holes to find it. If he doesn't find it inside, he may look under your soffets. (The incoming water turned out to be there.) Once the drain pipe is located, he'll have to put yet another hole in your wall to attach a T-joint so he can use the auger from there. It's especially nice if it's right next to the electrical. And behind your 250 lb. "entertainment center" If you put chemicals in your pipe to try to clear the clog, at this point they will all drain out into your living room. If your plumber is experienced he will catch this stuff in a bucket without getting caustically burned himself. Total bill: $752.30 and I will have to fix this damage myself. Maybe in the Spring. Where is that procrastination thread?

12-08-2007, 10:51 PM	#7
TheMercenary “Hypocrisy: prejudice with a halo” Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Savannah, Georgia Posts: 21,393	Thanks, I just spent an hour reducing and preping some pics for a thread like this. I will try to get them up in the next day or so, all scenes from Savannah. __________________ Anyone but the this most fuked up President in History in 2012!

12-08-2007, 11:06 PM	#8
Ibby erika Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: "the high up north" Posts: 6,127	Fun with lighting, doing the photography for The Orchid Thief, A Ryan Keller Experiment. __________________ not really back, you didn't see me, i was never here shhhhhh

12-09-2007, 02:32 PM	#9
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	All wonderful and interesting, thank you. Jinx, where was the photo of the horses taken. Could be Ireland And the other beach pic - quality postcard quality __________________ Life's hard you know, so strike a pose on a Cadillac

12-09-2007, 02:36 PM	#10
Stress Puppy Elite Elitist Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Fresno, CA Posts: 359	If it's in the US I'd bet Assateague, MD. __________________ ~Stress Puppy~ Mundus vult decipi, ergo decipiatur

12-09-2007, 07:41 PM	#11
jinx Come on, cat. Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: general vicinity of Philadelphia area Posts: 7,013	Thanks SG - they were all taken in the Outer Banks of North Carolina, Carova beach. __________________ Crying won't help you, praying won't do you no good. Last edited by jinx; 12-09-2007 at 08:31 PM. Reason: link

01-03-2008, 05:41 PM	#12
BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	Mount Index Attached Images __________________ Be Just and Fear Not.

01-03-2008, 09:08 PM	#13
Happy Monkey I think this line's mostly filler. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: DC Posts: 13,575	A happy monkey. __________________ _________________ \|...............\| We live in the nick of times. \| Len 17, Wid 3 \| \|_______________\| [pics]

01-03-2008, 09:09 PM	#14
Happy Monkey I think this line's mostly filler. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: DC Posts: 13,575	Brambles __________________ _________________ \|...............\| We live in the nick of times. \| Len 17, Wid 3 \| \|_______________\| [pics]

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