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Old May 31, 2013 | 02:21 AM
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This setup is my go to on location ultra portable unit. Two speedlights triggered by pocket wizard on a small light stand . Shoot in Manual on flash at about 1/2 power. Expose for ambient and fill with flash and presto! Pretty even for bare flash,if you look at the car on the left near the right edge you can see the two little lights from the speedlights, ha, just noticed that. I will post a picture of the setup in a little bit.

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Old Jun 1, 2013 | 02:10 AM
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Yerrpie. SSR Wheels



Yea, you admire that NSX, bud.



Cleanest 240Z. Ever.

Old Jun 1, 2013 | 06:56 PM
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KENTUCKY 240Z! WOOP WOOP!
Old Jun 2, 2013 | 03:36 AM
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Aaron I wuz tinkin about getting krome wheels on my bicycle and after seeing krome wheels on dat SNx rite there I think am gonna do et.
Old Jun 3, 2013 | 12:29 AM
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New car

Old Jun 3, 2013 | 09:55 PM
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zoom zoom
Old Jun 4, 2013 | 09:34 PM
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Just spent $700 in lens today, and another $90 making prints.

Sigma 10-20mm wide angle (to replace the one I sold with my d80)
Nikon 55-200mm VR (so I no longer have to borrow friends. lol)

After printing $90 worth of photos (16 8X10's and 5 12X18's) I've sold 2 8x10's and 1 12x18. $30 in sales (at family cost!) and hope to make the next $60 tonight, so that I'll be in the black for prints soon. And hopefully after that, I'll have a little mini gallery to sell in.
Old Jun 4, 2013 | 11:54 PM
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Auckland!




Old Jun 5, 2013 | 12:10 AM
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dear god i forgot u left the country i freaked out when i saw the green vdub id give my frs up in a min for that car.
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One of the best Top Gear moments uses that dub...

From Berlin to Warsaw in one tank!




Was playing around with the 55-200mm a bit.
Old Jun 6, 2013 | 03:01 AM
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Just a few playing around shots with the 10-20mm sigma at a mid range ISO (400-800) all handheld.
Old Jun 7, 2013 | 01:41 AM
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really nice Stenger, I wiss my hands where that steady.Too much coffee i guess.
Old Jun 7, 2013 | 03:45 AM
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Oh no, I had to take about 10 shots back to back to get one good one. lol
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Keeping this thread alive
Old Jun 10, 2013 | 04:01 AM
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sister walked the stage this weekend it was a exciting moment.


then got to see some roller derby game





girls were very physical......in a scary way.
Old Jun 10, 2013 | 09:08 PM
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stenger, i like the new kicks! what are they?

women can be pretty damn scary, in many ways.





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XXR 002's, C4NN0N on here (one of my few actual friends. lol) painted them teal when they were on his tc, and I bought them off him.

Where's the tower from Ethan?
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Went to Mammoth Cave on a little Mini Vacation this past weekend. This is a state park in Bowling Green Kentucky, and is the worlds longest natural formation cave. And I was lucky enough to get the older gentleman with campy humor who made the tour fun and informative. Nothing worse than be trapped in a cave with a dry tour guide. lol.





The bottomless pit was awesome (last image). A slave actually was the first to cross it, in which he was able to discover more of the tunnels. He mapped it, and was given full credit for his achievements. Yup, in the 1800's a slave was given full credit for all his work. Kentucky was always a weird borderland state. lol
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Nice. They look good against that silver.

The tower is Sky Tower, in downtown Auckland.

Screw boring tour guides, in general. Level of enthusiasm should be a bigger part of their screening/hiring process.
Old Jun 11, 2013 | 01:26 AM
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Ah cool. I'd love to see the world. But I probably never will be that ballin'.

And yes, boring tour guides are the pits. The assistant tour guide (the one that make sure nobodies left behind, and turns the lights off as you leave the areas. Yes, they are very efficient, buses run on propane, electric golf carts, ect.) was a boring guy. He really didn't play along with the main guide, in which I thought would of been better. You know, like stupid campy jokes when the guy says "turn the lights back on!" he could have responded "I lost the switch" or something. Just a dry boring doucher. But at least the main guy loved what he was doing, and loved being around people. I'd buy him a beer if they sold beer there. lol



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