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CHEESE 2010!

Kong76 Jan 09 2010 01:29 PM

Cold seafood salad with orza, calamari, shrimp and bay scallop a la KC for today's Jets' shindig that was canceled due to host illness. Group has fractured and I'm stuck with a pound of pasta and three and-a-half pounds of seafood -- the bowl is bigger than it looks ... they'll eat well at work on Monday!

cooby Jan 09 2010 07:14 PM Re: CHEESE 2010!

that is really very beautiful, for food.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Jan 09 2010 07:18 PM Re: CHEESE 2010!

I CAN HAZ UR SEAFOODZ?

John Cougar Lunchbucket Jan 09 2010 08:38 PM Re: CHEESE 2010!

That looks good, man. Here's a few shots I took of some building I saw recently. I like how the sky came out.

Edgy DC Jan 10 2010 05:49 AM Re: CHEESE 2010!

Gave your camera to Abe, did you?

Frayed Knot Jan 10 2010 07:19 AM Re: CHEESE 2010!

Crop that first one a bit at the top and bottom and it would make a good jigsaw puzzle.

Kong76 Jan 10 2010 08:31 AM Re: CHEESE 2010!

That first picture is really quite spectacular, Widey.

metsmarathon Feb 07 2010 08:53 AM Re: CHEESE 2010!

i'm little bummed that i didn't get the focus on his fingers - his wrist is nice and sharp, though! - but in a smaller size, you really can't tell. and the little guy is so darned cute that i don't care, either!

themetfairy Feb 07 2010 09:10 AM Re: CHEESE 2010!

He's so precious!

John Cougar Lunchbucket Feb 07 2010 09:13 AM Re: CHEESE 2010!

i'm little bummed that i didn't get the focus on his fingers - his wrist is nice and sharp, though! - but in a smaller size, you really can't tell. and the little guy is so darned cute that i don't care, either! Nice shot. My memory of Lunchpail when he was that age was how sharp his nails were. Like a tiger or something. If I may add another piece of fatherly advice: Never, ever, under any circumstances, rent "Space Buddies" DVD.

metirish Feb 07 2010 09:23 AM Re: CHEESE 2010!

Great pic , cute as a button. I remember how quickly the nails grow back after a trim...

Kong76 Feb 07 2010 09:37 AM Re: CHEESE 2010!

You all have great looking kids, and should be proud!

metirish Feb 07 2010 09:40 AM Re: CHEESE 2010!

I thought I made a comment on the pix JCL.....perhaps I did on FB....anyway they are excellent..... thanks KC....yer not half bad yerself...

Frayed Knot Feb 07 2010 09:42 AM Re: CHEESE 2010!

Babies have ...

themetfairy Feb 09 2010 08:54 AM Re: CHEESE 2010!

Yes, this is a stock photo. But the cool part about it is that I took this shot! It was during our August 2008 trip to Bermuda -

Centerfield Feb 09 2010 11:31 AM Re: CHEESE 2010!

What? Really? How did that happen?

metirish Feb 09 2010 11:53 AM Re: CHEESE 2010!

You uploaded that yourself, yes?

themetfairy Feb 09 2010 12:25 PM Re: CHEESE 2010!

I don't know how it happened. And no, I didn't upload it myself. But I clicked on my Flickr activity today and noticed that the Stock Photo site referred to my original shot.

metirish Feb 09 2010 12:30 PM Re: CHEESE 2010!

Interesting , it maybe because of the type of copywrite you have on Flickr?

themetfairy Feb 09 2010 12:40 PM Re: CHEESE 2010!

Definitely.

metsmarathon Feb 10 2010 09:32 PM Re: CHEESE 2010!

i've definitely got a new favorite photo of minimm i think sometimes he just gets a little tired of me always taking pictures of him. but he's too polite to just come right out and say it. but i think he gets his message across all the same.

Edgy DC Feb 10 2010 09:36 PM Re: CHEESE 2010!

See, I think he's practicing that two-finger whistle thingie.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Feb 10 2010 09:45 PM Re: CHEESE 2010!

Great shot. That soft fuzz on his head right now is like a baby duck or something, innit? LOved that

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Feb 10 2010 10:17 PM Re: CHEESE 2010!

He looks like he's tolerating you. For now.

metsmarathon Feb 11 2010 09:42 PM Re: CHEESE 2010!

last friday, i wandered down to the lake to take some photos, one or two of which were really good, imo. this isn't necessarily one of the best, but it features some interesting ice blocks sitting atop the frozen lake surface. this one, tho, is one of my faves. footsteps (not mine) out on the lake.

themetfairy Feb 12 2010 07:08 AM Re: CHEESE 2010!

Very nice marathon!

metirish Feb 12 2010 07:29 AM Re: CHEESE 2010!

metsmarathon wrote: i've definitely got a new favorite photo of minimm i think sometimes he just gets a little tired of me always taking pictures of him. but he's too polite to just come right out and say it. but i think he gets his message across all the same. Love it , Tommy could become an internet sensation with that pic...... I'm picturing a photshop with Tommy giving the finger to yankee fans

metsmarathon Feb 13 2010 08:36 PM Re: CHEESE 2010!

ok, what the fuck. seriously, what the fuck. i'm trying to go through all my photos, particularly the 1800 or so that i've taken in the past two months, and i've noticed something very disturbing. also annoying. i first noticed it when i was working with the ice blocks picture. see, the jpeg that i originally saved was way dark, and also kindof dull compared to the raw file (.nef), when i viewed it in paint shop pro x2. i had recently installed psp x3, but it was crashing on me 'cos i didn't really have much free space on my drive, so it couldn't handle any temporary files and the like. since i freed up some space, i'm now very unhappy with what i see. apparently, it views the .nef files at a much greater exposure, as exemplified by my totally whited-out snow here. when viewed on my camera, i see something much more like the viewnx image, by the way. so what the hell. why do the three programs see the .nef file so differently, and why the hell is the newest paint shop pro seeing the picture the least correctly? why is the jpeg conversion so dull-ly different? do any other nikon users have a similar problem with paint shop pro? other than full-on photoshop (i have a much older version that doesnt handle .nef), was do you use for image processing/editing?

metirish Feb 13 2010 09:32 PM Re: CHEESE 2010!

Ok , I don't use PSP and if I correct here you are mainly talking about the file that's way over-exposed? What you see on the LCD screen on your camera is not to be trusted in that no matter what you shoot in, RAW or jpeg the image viewed on the little screen is an actual jpeg with some processing so yes it would look better. The RAW/NEF file can be worked with easily to fix the exposure , you can do it in View NX .

metsmarathon Feb 13 2010 09:51 PM Re: CHEESE 2010!

well, whats happening is that when psp x2 opens the .nef file, it comes out far lighter than the same file as opened in viewnx. and hte newest version of psp, x3, is doubly or triply so. and with the file lighter, its actually becoming oversaturated, and loses detail in teh brighter spots of the image. in the x3 image, the entire lake surface is bright bright white. awful, and nothing i can further do anything with the picture will help me in that program. to a lesser extent, i think i'm losing detail in x2 as well...

metirish Feb 13 2010 10:11 PM Re: CHEESE 2010!

I use PS Elements and have no experience with PSP...still it's not a Nikon software right? , View NX is so perhaps that accounts for it.How did the histogram look on the cameras LCD screen, I am thinking it will show the image as overexposed?

metsmarathon Feb 14 2010 05:27 AM Re: CHEESE 2010!

the on-camera histogram is a near-perfect match for the histogram in viewnx, which is how it probably should be. its the psp's that are fucking with the image...

metirish Feb 14 2010 05:40 AM Re: CHEESE 2010!

I have View NX although I don't use it much but the histogram there is the histogram imported from the image so it would be the same, doesn't make it a correct one though. You can get Photoshop Elements 8 for $99 , have you ever used it?. it's great , you can download a free trail for a month. Bottom line here is that you are not liking PSP?

metsmarathon Feb 14 2010 06:07 AM Re: CHEESE 2010!

well, i used to love it - it had been my go-to software. generally it has most of the power of photoshop, at least for the types of things i would find myself wanting to do, but at a fraction of the cost, akin to ps elements, and has always been very user-friendly. but i never before thought to look at the raw images. this weekend, i started thinking, instead of trying to play around with the jpg's that are compressed off the nef files, why don't i go straight to the source? and that's where i am now. and, like i said, i've taken over 1800 photos since the kid was born, (most are either blurry duplicates, or need some corrections/retouching), and the prospect of going through them is now made all the more daunting because i now lack any measure of truth. perhaps the best thing for my sanity is to just go back to messing around with the jpgs, because anything i do in psp i'm not going to be able to save to the raw images anyways. and of course, having been previously happy with psp, i have just purchased the upgrade to the newest version - the one that views the nef files the absolute worst... i could understand slight differences in teh way the photo comes out. what i see is just plain ridiculous. for clarification, the on camera histogram, as seen in viewnx, shows a big peak at about a third of the way up the scale, with additional depth above it. i think the photo is really slightly underexposed, and would have brightened it perhaps halfway to the psp x2 nef image on my own. but since psp x2 already opens the image as you see there, its already stripped away a lot of the headspace in the image turning the snow into a big field of bright, homogenous white that i can no longer do anything with.

dgwphotography Feb 14 2010 12:38 PM Re: CHEESE 2010!

ok - a couple of things here. It looks like your in-camera and ViewNX images are underexposed. - this happens with the snow in bright sunlight. The camera meter easily gets fooled, and tried to turn the snow into 18% gray. You can try changing your exposure in the camera - either +1 2/3 or +2 usually corrects this. When it comes to processing my images, I open the nef in ViewNX, and convert to to .jpg. I have yet to find a program that converts Nikon Raw files was well as ViewNX does. I then open the jpg in Adobe Camera Raw, make my color adjustments there, and then do the final tweaks (usually just resizing) in photoshop CS4.

metsmarathon Feb 14 2010 03:16 PM Re: CHEESE 2010!

dgwphotography wrote: I have yet to find a program that converts Nikon Raw files was well as ViewNX does. well that's certainly good to know. i'm just really shocked at how poorly the "upgrade" to psp does it, relative even to the prior version. i'll now resume blissfully ignoring the presence of the nef files. and i probably would've spent more time messing with the exposure in situ, but i was freezing, still owed my wife a trip to the coffee store, and didnt quite realize that this was going to be my favorite among the snowy ice block photos. well, maybe...

themetfairy Feb 15 2010 08:41 AM Re: CHEESE 2010!

I bought this lighter in the City yesterday. I don't smoke, but I always wanted to learn how to get a flame out of one of these things. Plus I thought it was pretty.

dgwphotography Feb 17 2010 01:35 PM Re: CHEESE 2010!

Gulf Beach after yesterday's snowfall...

John Cougar Lunchbucket Feb 17 2010 01:42 PM Re: CHEESE 2010!

pow

metsmarathon Feb 18 2010 09:00 PM Re: CHEESE 2010!

minimm is a little underwhelmed with omar's handling of the offseason... but, with pitchers and catchers reporting today, is really looking forward to his first baseball season!

themetfairy Feb 18 2010 09:11 PM Re: CHEESE 2010!

What a sweet face!

metsmarathon Feb 19 2010 08:43 PM Re: CHEESE 2010!

i'm a sucker for sweetheart candies, those awful, chalky, awkwardly minty little heart-shaped candies with the writing on them. and i'm sucking them down this evening while doing some work around the kitchen, paying little attention to the messages they're telling me. and then i come across this one... i think maybe i've watched too much svu or something, but who, exactly, is the target demographic on these?

Frayed Knot Feb 20 2010 07:11 AM Re: CHEESE 2010!

... but who, exactly, is the target demographic on these? Well, the 'Ask Me' & 'Don't Tell' ones next to each other are obviously aimed at those formulating our evolving military policy.

Fman99 Feb 21 2010 10:04 AM Re: CHEESE 2010!

Fgirl standing next to [crossout]Nick Swisher[/crossout] a giant hippo ass at SeaWorld in Orlando.

Fman99 Feb 21 2010 11:01 AM Re: CHEESE 2010!

More pics of Fgirl and Fboy from the beach and the dock behind the vacation house.

themetfairy Feb 26 2010 03:44 PM Re: CHEESE 2010!

My plane being de-iced before taking off from Newark Airport this morning.

themetfairy Feb 28 2010 04:10 AM Re: CHEESE 2010!

I couldn't take a photo of this twice if I tried. Just when I was snapping what I hoped would be a nice closeup of Jose smiling, this happened - Timing is everything....

metsmarathon Mar 16 2010 12:35 AM Re: CHEESE 2010!

ever vigilant, the tiny robot silently watches over the young man, protecting him, all the while certain that those uncoordinated little hands will one day bring about his untimely destruction.

Fman99 Mar 16 2010 02:39 AM Re: CHEESE 2010!

themetfairy wrote: I couldn't take a photo of this twice if I tried. Just when I was snapping what I hoped would be a nice closeup of Jose smiling, this happened - Timing is everything.... There's no shame here, I've seen countless people make this face. Most of them aren't men however.

Edgy DC Mar 16 2010 05:26 AM Re: CHEESE 2010!

metsmarathon wrote: ever vigilant, the tiny robot silently watches over the young man, protecting him, all the while certain that those uncoordinated little hands will one day bring about his untimely destruction. I like the dim awareness the kid has about his mechanical nanny.

themetfairy Mar 16 2010 05:48 AM Re: CHEESE 2010!

Nice to see M.E.T.B.O.T. on the job :)

Benjamin Grimm Mar 16 2010 07:19 AM Re: CHEESE 2010!

That picture by metsmarathon is fantastic. And as for metfairy's photo of Jose, I think that thing on his head is more disturbing than the stream of saliva.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Mar 16 2010 07:30 AM Re: CHEESE 2010!

Son, you got a panty on your head.

dgwphotography Mar 19 2010 02:36 PM Re: CHEESE 2010!

metsmarathon wrote: This shot makes me angry. (if you read Joe McNally like I think you do, you'll know what I mean)

metsmarathon Mar 19 2010 05:16 PM Re: CHEESE 2010!

please don't be angry. but please do explain...

themetfairy Mar 19 2010 06:21 PM Re: CHEESE 2010!

mm - it's actually a compliment of the highest order. My goal one day is to take a photo that makes him angry.

metsmarathon Mar 19 2010 07:25 PM Re: CHEESE 2010!

jeez... makin' me feel all self-conscious...

dgwphotography Mar 20 2010 03:17 PM Re: CHEESE 2010!

mm - I'm not really angry, it's just a way of saying how good your image is. I think I first heard it from Scott Kelby. He was working with Joe McNally on one of his shoots, and when he looked at McNally's raw images at the end of the day, he said to one of McNally's assistants, "He's so good, it just makes me angry" The assistant replied, "Welcome to our world"

metsmarathon Mar 20 2010 08:50 PM Re: CHEESE 2010!

whew! i figured, but just wanted to make sure i hadn't somehow offended you in some "thou shalt not encourage our future robotic overlords by photographing them watching over our children" sort of way

themetfairy Mar 30 2010 05:04 PM Re: CHEESE 2010!

D-Dad obtained both of these balls at Citi Field last season. The one on the left was thrown to him by Angel Pagan, as immortalized here. The one on the right was off of Jeff Francouer's bat on October 3, 2009. If it had been a meaningful game or if it hadn't been in the 8th inning after a substantial rain delay, it might have resulted in D-Dad being disciplined for interfering with a ball in play. But as it was, it was a foul ball that extended Francouer's at bat.

Fman99 Mar 30 2010 07:54 PM Re: CHEESE 2010!

Balls!

soupcan Mar 31 2010 10:13 AM Re: CHEESE 2010!

Mr. Met at my son's Bar Mitzvah this past weekend... He was great - the kids loved him.

metirish Mar 31 2010 10:18 AM Re: CHEESE 2010!

Very cool , I'm determined for my son to meet Mr. Met this season. A friend here at work told me yesterday that last season when he inquired about his young kid getting a picture with Mr. Met they told him $50, does that sound right? If he's going through the aisles and you stop him is there a charge?

Edgy DC Mar 31 2010 10:22 AM Re: CHEESE 2010!

That sorta shakedown sounds like a buncha horseshit.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Mar 31 2010 10:37 AM Re: CHEESE 2010!

Also thinking of hiring Mr. Met for a bday, tho prolly not this year... Dya mind my asking what he set you back? What did he do there?

seawolf17 Mar 31 2010 10:47 AM Re: CHEESE 2010!

I have the same questions. We almost got Wolfie (the Stony Brook mascot) for my son's birthday this year, but it's only $50 to get Wolfie at your event. Mr. Met's gotta be mucho dinero.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Mar 31 2010 10:50 AM Re: CHEESE 2010!

metirish wrote: Very cool , I'm determined for my son to meet Mr. Met this season. A friend here at work told me yesterday that last season when he inquired about his young kid getting a picture with Mr. Met they told him $50, does that sound right? If he's going through the aisles and you stop him is there a charge? This smells like a big, steaming pile to me. LWBetterHalfer's got a half-dozen pics with the guy-- including one taking during Game 7 in 2006-- and my niece has one at the new place. No charge.

soupcan Mar 31 2010 11:41 AM Re: CHEESE 2010!

Mr. Met was not cheap. $1,200 an hour. He comes with another guy in a Mets jacket who acts as his 'handler'. That guy was fine, just there to help out the big guy. We waffled a bit because of the price. If it was just a birthday party there's no way we would have done it but the wife and I rationalized it was a 'special once in a lifetime thing'. He stayed for exactly one hour. He would have done anything we wanted him to but what he wound up doing was dancing with the kids and taking pictures with pretty much everybody there. We didn't tell anybody that we hired him so when he showed up it was a cool surprise for the kids and the adults. The DJ played the original 'Meet The Mets' when he walked in to get everybody pumped up. Again - not cheap but he did work his tail off and everybody was thrilled.

metirish Mar 31 2010 11:45 AM Re: CHEESE 2010!

WOW......will you be my Daddy?

metsguyinmichigan Mar 31 2010 11:51 AM Re: CHEESE 2010!

Lutherans who turn 13 get a cake and ice cream. Rats! (Great photos! What a thrill for everyone.)

John Cougar Lunchbucket Mar 31 2010 12:06 PM Re: CHEESE 2010!

Fuck, for $1,200 I could probably make a Mr. Met costume and roll in the do-re-mi.

seawolf17 Mar 31 2010 12:18 PM Re: CHEESE 2010!

Again, Wolfie's fifty bucks if anyone's interested. It's like the next-best thing.

Fman99 Mar 31 2010 01:40 PM Re: CHEESE 2010!

My cousin had his bar mitzvah in the big warehouse on Eutaw Street, behind the right field fence at Camden Yards. The Oriole did make an appearance and the kids got to have a tour of the field and dugouts (it was in the offseason). Dem Jews o' mine got mad buckz yo.

themetfairy Mar 31 2010 02:52 PM Re: CHEESE 2010!

Very cool soup. And Mazel Tov!

soupcan Mar 31 2010 07:48 PM Re: CHEESE 2010!

Thanks!

soupcan Apr 01 2010 10:09 AM Re: CHEESE 2010!

According to the message that plays after dialing the number here: Hire Mr. Met, Mr. Met charges $500.00 an hour. We did it through a party planner and apparently we got quite ripped off. What's that? Oh, yes, I'll be making some phone calls today.

metirish Apr 01 2010 10:32 AM Re: CHEESE 2010!

That's messed up Soup , there's marking up and then there's this.

soupcan Apr 01 2010 11:19 AM Re: CHEESE 2010!

Phone calls made - $600.00 coming back to me. People suck. And thanks to irish and JCL for actually making me re-think the price and look into it.

metirish Apr 01 2010 11:28 AM Re: CHEESE 2010!

Is this an Aprils fools thing.....and if not I will take the thanks in the form of a crisp $100 note.

themetfairy Apr 01 2010 11:38 AM Re: CHEESE 2010!

I remember being quoted the $500 price a long time ago. But since Mr. Met wasn't available for MK's Bar Mitzvah, I just figured that the price went up at some point. Glad to hear that you ultimately got the right mascot for the right price.

Frayed Knot Apr 01 2010 11:39 AM Re: CHEESE 2010!

So apparently the price of $1,200 bucks/hr was one as overblown as his head

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Apr 01 2010 11:55 AM Re: CHEESE 2010!

Waitagalldarnminnit, Soup-- where'd the extra hundy go? Phone-dialing fee on their part?

John Cougar Lunchbucket Apr 01 2010 11:56 AM Re: CHEESE 2010!

Mr. Met is $500/hr; Mr. Met's assistant is $700/hr.

Frayed Knot Apr 01 2010 12:01 PM Re: CHEESE 2010!

Nothing against Mr. Met, but I bet for $500 bucks/hour you can get one (or maybe more) of Tiger's girls to come over and then you can have a real party. Plus, for a small tip you could probably convince her to refer to YOU as Mr. Met during the proceedings.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Apr 01 2010 12:02 PM Re: CHEESE 2010!

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: Mr. Met is $500/hr; Mr. Met's assistant is $700/hr. Mr. Met's assistant better be able to turn one hell of a card trick... or have a really soft mouth.

soupcan Apr 01 2010 12:04 PM Re: CHEESE 2010!

metirish wrote: Is this an Aprils fools thing.....and if not I will take the thanks in the form of a crisp $100 note. Well, then I'm just getting ripped off all over again - Nope, no April's fool thing. How about my treat at Shake Shack at a game this season? LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: Waitagalldarnminnit, Soup-- where'd the extra hundy go? Phone-dialing fee on their part? Yeah, I suppose. The party-planner went through a third-party. I believe she was innocent in this whole thing. I'm okay with $600.00.

soupcan Apr 01 2010 12:05 PM Re: CHEESE 2010!

Frayed Knot wrote: Nothing against Mr. Met, but I bet for $500 bucks/hour you can get one (or maybe more) of Tiger's girls to come over and then you can have a real party. Plus, for a small tip you could probably convince her to refer to YOU as Mr. Met during the proceedings. Well, maybe that woulda been an option had it NOT been my son's Bar Mitzvah.

seawolf17 Apr 01 2010 12:21 PM Re: CHEESE 2010!

soupcan wrote: Frayed Knot wrote: Nothing against Mr. Met, but I bet for $500 bucks/hour you can get one (or maybe more) of Tiger's girls to come over and then you can have a real party. Plus, for a small tip you could probably convince her to refer to YOU as Mr. Met during the proceedings. Well, maybe that woulda been an option had it NOT been my son's Bar Mitzvah. But I thought the Bar Mitzvah was about taking the big step into manhood?

metirish Apr 01 2010 08:13 PM Re: CHEESE 2010!

soupcan wrote: metirish wrote: Is this an Aprils fools thing.....and if not I will take the thanks in the form of a crisp $100 note. Well, then I'm just getting ripped off all over again - Nope, no April's fool thing. How about my treat at Shake Shack at a game this season? LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: Waitagalldarnminnit, Soup-- where'd the extra hundy go? Phone-dialing fee on their part? Yeah, I suppose. The party-planner went through a third-party. I believe she was innocent in this whole thing. I'm okay with $600.00. Shake Shack sounds like a plan.

metsmarathon Apr 01 2010 10:27 PM Re: CHEESE 2010!

it's been a week since he first discovered them, but today, all his hard work paid off, as minimm could finally shove his foot into his mouth. victory, it would seem, tastes sweet. and tickles just a bit.

themetfairy Apr 03 2010 12:42 PM Re: CHEESE 2010!

D-Dad and I toured a local vineyard today. The ground is so saturated that water was just coming up through a freshly cut chardonnay vine.

cooby Apr 03 2010 05:55 PM Re: CHEESE 2010!

My newest pet?

dgwphotography Apr 03 2010 06:04 PM Re: CHEESE 2010!

metsmarathon wrote: it's been a week since he first discovered them, but today, all his hard work paid off, as minimm could finally shove his foot into his mouth. victory, it would seem, tastes sweet. and tickles just a bit. I love the sharpness in this shot - what lens is this?

metsmarathon Apr 03 2010 07:21 PM Re: CHEESE 2010!

nothing fancy. just the 18-55mm lens that came with my d60.

seawolf17 Apr 03 2010 07:24 PM Re: CHEESE 2010!

cooby wrote: My newest pet? I would either sell or burn my house immediately.

cooby Apr 04 2010 05:40 AM Re: CHEESE 2010!

Looks like he fried on those power cables doesn't it? But he didn't. At least I hope he's a he, and not a she. Oh geez.....

Kong76 Apr 04 2010 06:05 AM Re: CHEESE 2010!

Should all that electrical wiring be running down a wall in such close proximity to water pipes? The building inspector a relative?

dgwphotography Apr 04 2010 06:23 AM Re: CHEESE 2010!

metsmarathon wrote: nothing fancy. just the 18-55mm lens that came with my d60. then maybe your son came out sharper then every other kid ;-)

themetfairy Apr 05 2010 07:37 PM Re: CHEESE 2010!

The Home Run Apple Bank that was given out at Citi Field on Opening Day -

Fman99 Apr 05 2010 08:10 PM Re: CHEESE 2010!

metsmarathon wrote: it's been a week since he first discovered them, but today, all his hard work paid off, as minimm could finally shove his foot into his mouth. victory, it would seem, tastes sweet. and tickles just a bit. Oh look, he's doing the Steve J. Rogers!

metsmarathon Apr 05 2010 10:12 PM Re: CHEESE 2010!

minimm can't wait to get outside and start playing baseball

metirish Apr 06 2010 04:29 AM Re: CHEESE 2010!

Great pix MM Lorcan had a great time in the park Saturday climbing the downed trees and here he is saying cheese for me(he's taking the piss though)

Frayed Knot Apr 06 2010 06:24 AM Re: CHEESE 2010!

metsmarathon wrote: minimm can't wait to get outside and start playing baseball Already got him working on the circle change!!

metsmarathon Apr 06 2010 06:34 AM Re: CHEESE 2010!

Practice makes perfect! Unfortunately, it looks like he's a righty, so we're going to have to work on velocity too.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Apr 10 2010 05:49 AM Re: CHEESE 2010!

Meant to shoot these banners at the park the other day when LaGuardia traffic suddenly came into the frame. Not bad for a phonecam!

metsmarathon Apr 11 2010 09:43 PM Re: CHEESE 2010!

i love the placement of the plane in that photo. couldn't get it there again if you tried, especially with the camera phone! minimm gets such a kick out of standing practice! and, to demonstrate that not everything i photograph is the kid.... my cherry tree has finally begun to blossom.

metirish Apr 12 2010 06:42 AM Re: CHEESE 2010! Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Apr 12 2010 07:02 AM

Smoked for hours in the smoker Love the bokeh MM

themetfairy Apr 12 2010 06:43 AM Re: CHEESE 2010!

Very nice guys!

themetfairy Apr 21 2010 09:07 PM Re: CHEESE 2010!

When the Crane Pool needs a drink -

Fman99 Apr 22 2010 06:38 AM Re: CHEESE 2010!

Fboy showing me what he called his "David Wright" stance. I like it.

metsmarathon Apr 22 2010 07:22 AM Re: CHEESE 2010!

are his hands misplaced, or have i been swinging a bat wrong all these years? on second thought, maybe that's why david's lost his power stroke...

Fman99 Apr 22 2010 08:42 AM Re: CHEESE 2010!

metsmarathon wrote: are his hands misplaced, or have i been swinging a bat wrong all these years? on second thought, maybe that's why david's lost his power stroke... Good eye! He's a natural lefty, so when he turns around to hit righty he sometimes forgets to switch his hands. It doesn't seem to negatively affect his game, he was spraying frozen ropes all over the yard last night.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Apr 22 2010 09:07 AM Re: CHEESE 2010!

Switch-hitting the Nate already? Damn, Mr. Marinovich, take it easy on the lad...

metsmarathon Apr 26 2010 11:42 PM Re: CHEESE 2010!

yeah, the kid is about the only thing i take more pictures of, it seems, than my cherry tree. some of this year's haul, before the rains washed away the flowers: i was playing around with the exposure compensation setting on my camera while i was taking these, which should explain why the first two are a bit blown out, but overall i like the effect. these might make for nice wallpaper images, if i were interested in girling up my computer, that is...

John Cougar Lunchbucket May 04 2010 05:46 AM Re: CHEESE 2010!

Lunchpail's "pet" Praying Mantis egg hatched this morning.

seawolf17 May 04 2010 09:17 AM Re: CHEESE 2010!

That photo gives me the heebie-jeebies. Not a bug fan.

DocTee May 04 2010 09:26 AM Re: CHEESE 2010!

We had one of those things erupt next to our front door two weeks ago. Seemed like hundreds of the little buggers. They'll cannibalize each other soon enough. Haven't seen but a few since that first hatching.

seawolf17 May 04 2010 09:57 AM Re: CHEESE 2010!

DocTee wrote: We had one of those things erupt next to our front door two weeks ago. Seemed like hundreds of the little buggers. They'll cannibalize each other soon enough. Haven't seen but a few since that first hatching. Note to self: politely decline Doc's invitation to dinner.

DocTee May 04 2010 10:07 AM Re: CHEESE 2010!

They're no bigger than ants, and once I found out that they are both harmless and a great defense against other crawly things (spiders, termites, etc) I hope they stay awhile.

metsmarathon May 04 2010 11:44 AM Re: CHEESE 2010!

that's pretty cool, in a "getitoffme getitoffme getitoffme!!!!" kind of way.

themetfairy May 05 2010 02:55 PM Re: CHEESE 2010!

Marker in front of St. Paul's Chapel commemorating the tickertape parade in honor of the 1969 Mets -

soupcan May 21 2010 07:56 AM Re: CHEESE 2010!

Friend of a friend's cake I like the idea but it doesn't it look like Mr. Met has been beheaded?

John Cougar Lunchbucket May 21 2010 08:39 AM Re: CHEESE 2010!

That's very scary

Edgy DC May 21 2010 08:52 AM Re: CHEESE 2010!

Salome is one greedy chick.

batmagadanleadoff May 21 2010 08:54 AM Re: CHEESE 2010!

Bring me the head of Mr. Met! And on a platter.

metirish May 21 2010 08:55 AM Re: CHEESE 2010!

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: Lunchpail's "pet" Praying Mantis egg hatched this morning. these are great , at that age kids aren't afraid .....

metsmarathon May 22 2010 11:07 AM Re: CHEESE 2010!

baby deer hiding in my backyard, keeping me from a much-needed lawn mowing. i generally dislike deer, mostly cos of the damage they do and the ticks they carry, but they're so damned cute when they're little.

themetfairy May 22 2010 12:07 PM Re: CHEESE 2010!

D-Dad between the old and new and inside the New Meadowlands Stadium. Plus the remnants of good old Gate D from Giants Stadium.

themetfairy May 22 2010 12:13 PM Re: CHEESE 2010!

I wanted to add the Ramp to Nowhere -

themetfairy Jun 13 2010 04:57 PM Re: CHEESE 2010!

John Maine's rehab start in Trenton today.

Chad Ochoseis Jun 15 2010 10:29 PM Re: CHEESE 2010!

Hemenway Park is a little park in Boulder City, Nevada that features tennis courts, a playground, and covered picnic tables. And the odd herd of wild bighorn sheep.

themetfairy Jun 16 2010 06:27 AM Re: CHEESE 2010!

Very cool Chad!

Frayed Knot Jun 16 2010 06:51 AM Re: CHEESE 2010!

Bighorns are notoriously poor tennis players so I'll bet they're there for the picnic area.

Chad Ochoseis Jun 16 2010 11:25 AM Re: CHEESE 2010!

Actually, they didn't seem too interested in the picnic tables. But dee-licious, top-quality, deciduous-climate style green grass like what you see in the picture is a rare delicacy in the desert, and the sheep seemed to love it.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Jun 16 2010 11:32 AM Re: CHEESE 2010!

Leg of lamb is good too.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Jun 20 2010 08:27 PM Re: CHEESE 2010!

Spent the weekend camping at North-South Lake, beatutiful weekend for it, canoed out on the lake through millions of blooming lily pads

dgwphotography Jun 22 2010 10:47 AM Re: CHEESE 2010!

Nice, JCL. I like the tilted horizon in the first shot... Dana Brand giving a very entertaining book reading last night at my local library:

The Second Spitter Jun 23 2010 07:38 AM Re: CHEESE 2010!

Me eating ice cream at a place called Noosa Heads -- highly recommended to prospective American tourists (the town, not the ice cream)

themetfairy Jun 30 2010 06:53 PM Re: CHEESE 2010!

D-Dad won this at a silent auction this evening. It's a photo of Ed Kranepool handing Roberto Clemente the ball from Clemente's 3,000th hit, and it's autographed by Kranepool.

Rockin' Doc Jun 30 2010 07:13 PM Re: CHEESE 2010!

Nice, unique item. Clemente almost looks bored in the picture. He looks rather small next to Kranepool.

themetfairy Jun 30 2010 07:15 PM Re: CHEESE 2010!

Thanks RD. I like the shot of the ball between the two men's hands.

dgwphotography Jun 30 2010 07:38 PM Re: CHEESE 2010!

um - I thought Clemente's 3,000th hit was a double off of Jon Matlack... What's he doing at first base?

seawolf17 Jun 30 2010 07:54 PM Re: CHEESE 2010!

dgwphotography wrote: um - I thought Clemente's 3,000th hit was a double off of Jon Matlack... What's he doing at first base? STOP RUINING A GREAT FAKE HISTORICAL MOMENT WITH YOUR DETAILS!

themetfairy Jun 30 2010 08:22 PM Re: CHEESE 2010!

Well, the ball presentation would have had to have taken place during a stoppage of play. There's no other reason why Kranepool would be handing a ball to Clemente.

Fman99 Jun 30 2010 08:59 PM Re: CHEESE 2010!

Not a picture I took, but I couldn't find the other thread with the photos other people took. Anyhoo, a nice pic of the Fman kids...

metsguyinmichigan Jun 30 2010 10:06 PM Re: CHEESE 2010!

Beautiful!!!!

Edgy DC Jul 01 2010 08:59 AM Re: CHEESE 2010!

That well-oiled smile makes me think Fman Jr. is going to join the family act sooner rather than later.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Jul 01 2010 09:11 AM Re: CHEESE 2010!

Edgy DC wrote: That well-oiled smile makes me think Fman Jr. is going to join the family act sooner rather than later. That act being... the ARISTOCRATS!

Fman99 Jul 01 2010 11:06 AM Re: CHEESE 2010!

Edgy DC wrote: That well-oiled smile makes me think Fman Jr. is going to join the family act sooner rather than later. Thanks. We call that one "The Joker" smile.

dgwphotography Jul 12 2010 08:03 AM Re: CHEESE 2010!

Manhattanhenge...

Rockin' Doc Jul 12 2010 10:53 AM Re: CHEESE 2010!

Awesome shot, DGW.

themetfairy Jul 18 2010 08:06 PM Re: CHEESE 2010!

Note to the file - when you need a bottle of wine opened, I'm probably not the right woman for the job....

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Jul 18 2010 09:28 PM Re: CHEESE 2010!

"TMF MAD! TMF THIRSTY FOR NICE PINOT GRIGIO, AND NOW AT LOSS FOR WHAT DO!"

themetfairy Jul 19 2010 07:09 AM Re: CHEESE 2010!

No loss - our hosts poured the wine through a strainer :)

Centerfield Jul 29 2010 10:42 AM Re: CHEESE 2010!

I wonder if Stella is destined to be a basketball player.

metirish Jul 29 2010 10:55 AM Re: CHEESE 2010!

Great pic....

The Second Spitter Jul 29 2010 06:56 PM Re: CHEESE 2010!

Centerfield wrote: I wonder if Stella is destined to be a basketball player. Classic! Is there some naming convention on CPF that members must give their first born daughter a Greek name?

soupcan Aug 03 2010 09:30 AM Re: CHEESE 2010!

My wife's cousin throwing out the first pitch at Fenway on Sunday. Brad Falchuk - co-creator, producer and writer of 'Glee', longtime Red Sox fan and Boston-area native.

metirish Aug 03 2010 09:40 AM Re: CHEESE 2010!

Pretty cool for your wife's cousin , not caught in the best arm motion though is he?

soupcan Aug 03 2010 09:46 AM Re: CHEESE 2010!

Nah, supposedly he looked better from straight on. Still and all, from all of the pictures I saw (inside the Green Monster, hangin' with John Henry) it looked like a totally awesome day.

metirish Aug 03 2010 09:51 AM Re: CHEESE 2010!

I bet , well , he helped crate a pretty awesome show, is that who the Sox traded for next to him?

metsmarathon Aug 03 2010 09:22 PM Re: CHEESE 2010!

minimm is looking for a fight. a food fight. with whoever hit him in the face with rice cereal. he needs a mirror.

The Second Spitter Aug 03 2010 10:17 PM Re: CHEESE 2010!

metsmarathon wrote: minimm is looking for a fight. a food fight. with whoever hit him in the face with rice cereal. m.e.t.b.o.t. ? Triple M already has the runner's gleam in his eye.

metirish Aug 04 2010 07:35 AM Re: CHEESE 2010!

Great picture of Tommy..... My Mets fan....

soupcan Aug 04 2010 07:48 AM Re: CHEESE 2010!

soupcan wrote: My wife's cousin throwing out the first pitch at Fenway on Sunday. Brad Falchuk - co-creator, producer and writer of 'Glee', longtime Red Sox fan and Boston-area native. Full story and video here

soupcan Aug 04 2010 07:49 AM Re: CHEESE 2010!

metirish wrote: Great picture of Tommy..... My Mets fan.... Enjoying a burger at Five Guys I see.

themetfairy Aug 08 2010 08:16 AM Re: CHEESE 2010!

MK's birthday cake -

Zvon Aug 08 2010 05:21 PM Re: CHEESE 2010!

themetfairy wrote: MK's birthday cake - Awsum. I'd never eat it. I'd let it get petrified and display it in my window or something. Happy Birthday MK!

themetfairy Aug 08 2010 05:37 PM Re: CHEESE 2010!

LOL Zvon. We opted for the eating option, though Thanks for the kind wishes - I'll relay them to the birthday boy :)

metsmarathon Aug 15 2010 07:18 PM Re: CHEESE 2010!

look, its a tooth! no, really. there's a tooth in there, i swear.

The Second Spitter Aug 22 2010 03:50 PM Re: CHEESE 2010!

Seo's bathroom:

John Cougar Lunchbucket Aug 22 2010 05:03 PM Re: CHEESE 2010!

The Second Spitter wrote: Seo's bathroom: i'd like to sign your toilet.

A Boy Named Seo Aug 23 2010 11:06 AM Re: CHEESE 2010!

Bring one of those scrubby brushes and some rubber gloves when you do.

metsmarathon Aug 25 2010 10:25 PM Re: CHEESE 2010!

be like wright :p by twenny6point2, on Flickr

themetfairy Aug 26 2010 09:33 AM Re: CHEESE 2010!

Our third baseman of the future :)

Ceetar Aug 28 2010 09:02 AM Re: CHEESE 2010!

Felix the Cat wrote: What? You want to put the Met game on? No way, I'm watching Garfield! Shut up and read Greg's book.

Rockin' Doc Aug 28 2010 05:35 PM Re: CHEESE 2010!

Judging from his half closed eyes and the liquor shelf behind him, I think Felix may be trying to sleep off a hangover.

themetfairy Aug 30 2010 12:52 PM Re: CHEESE 2010!

Hopefully the bobbling won't impair Jason's recovery - Thanks Willets - we'll display it proudly (we always have a soft spot for guys from the Pacific Northwest).

dgwphotography Aug 30 2010 06:37 PM Re: CHEESE 2010!

Even the bobblehead's eyes are saying, "This damned stadium"

themetfairy Aug 31 2010 05:21 PM Re: CHEESE 2010!

MK's first performance with the high school marching band -

soupcan Sep 01 2010 07:32 AM Re: CHEESE 2010!

He's in 9th grade already????

seawolf17 Sep 01 2010 07:56 AM Re: CHEESE 2010!

Seriously, he needs to slow down. I'm not even done recruiting kid #2 for Stony Brook.

themetfairy Sep 01 2010 08:33 AM Re: CHEESE 2010!

Yes soup - 9th grade. He's there right now for freshman orientation. Isn't your son the same age? Seawolf - send us an app and we'll submit it for ya. But honestly, it looks like he's between Marist and Hofstra, leaning towards Marist (they have a major in Computer Science/Game Design, and he enjoyed his summer course in that area).

seawolf17 Sep 01 2010 08:56 AM Re: CHEESE 2010!

themetfairy wrote: Seawolf - send us an app and we'll submit it for ya. But honestly, it looks like he's between Marist and Hofstra, leaning towards Marist (they have a major in Computer Science/Game Design, and he enjoyed his summer course in that area). Argh. Established in 1969, the Computer Science Department at Stony Brook University is consistently ranked among the top quarter of Computer Science research departments in North America. A Gourman report indicated Stony Brook's undergraduate program was ranked 15th nationwide and 2nd in New York State. http://www.cs.sunysb.edu/undergrad/CSEprogram.html http://www.cs.sunysb.edu/undergrad/Game ... ingBS.html

themetfairy Sep 01 2010 09:04 AM Re: CHEESE 2010!

I'll show it to him, for sure! Does Stony Brook have a foreign language requirement?

seawolf17 Sep 01 2010 09:18 AM Re: CHEESE 2010!

Not for Computer Science students.

themetfairy Sep 01 2010 09:26 AM Re: CHEESE 2010!

That's a selling point. Thanks for the info Seawolf!

soupcan Sep 01 2010 07:41 PM Re: CHEESE 2010!

themetfairy wrote: Yes soup - 9th grade. He's there right now for freshman orientation. Isn't your son the same age?. My son turned 13 in March and just started 8th grade.

themetfairy Sep 01 2010 07:41 PM Re: CHEESE 2010!

OK - one school year behind MK.

Edgy DC Sep 02 2010 11:20 AM Re: CHEESE 2010!

Ceetar Sep 02 2010 11:30 AM Re: CHEESE 2010!

The other nine have expressions more befitting a Mets fan there.

Edgy DC Sep 02 2010 11:38 AM Re: CHEESE 2010!

Sheesh, what a bunch of Gusses.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Sep 02 2010 12:35 PM Re: CHEESE 2010!

This is the time of the season for Gussing.

themetfairy Sep 04 2010 10:40 AM Re: CHEESE 2010!

My new Road ID - I was going to post it in the Running thread, but I wanted more people to see it. I was always concerned that if something happened to me on a run that it would be hard to identify me. I didn't want to get a wrist ID because between my GPS watch and my Faith and Fear in Flushing writstband my wrist space is taken up. So I ordered an ankle ID from Road ID. It's comfortable, and in the event of an emergency it shows who I am and contains contact information. I don't preach a lot. But to everyone who exercises outside or otherwise spends a lot of time outdoors, I would advocate purchasing something like this.

Chad Ochoseis Sep 04 2010 07:03 PM Re: CHEESE 2010!

.

The Second Spitter Sep 04 2010 07:17 PM Re: CHEESE 2010!

Chad Ochoseis wrote: . "The Period" by Chad 86.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Sep 05 2010 05:41 PM Re: CHEESE 2010!

You don't really love that guy you make it with now do you I know you don't love that guy cuz I can see right through you

metsmarathon Sep 05 2010 05:45 PM Re: CHEESE 2010!

i don't know what's coolest... the dinosaur shorts, the superman shirt, or the jump. awesome shot!

dgwphotography Sep 05 2010 06:17 PM Re: CHEESE 2010!

metsmarathon wrote: i don't know what's coolest... the dinosaur shorts, the superman shirt, or the jump. awesome shot! I'm going with just the right amount of fill flash to make this a really cool shot..

John Cougar Lunchbucket Sep 05 2010 06:20 PM Re: CHEESE 2010!

dgwphotography wrote: i don't know what's coolest... the dinosaur shorts, the superman shirt, or the jump. awesome shot! I'm going with just the right amount of fill flash to make this a really cool shot.. I was mostly trying to test the "sports" mode on the new camera (cheapo coolpix s3000): Light was taken care of by the late afternoon sky behind us. The fact that I left my own shadow in the shot has to be killing you though, doesn't it?

dgwphotography Sep 05 2010 06:42 PM Re: CHEESE 2010!

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: i don't know what's coolest... the dinosaur shorts, the superman shirt, or the jump. awesome shot! I'm going with just the right amount of fill flash to make this a really cool shot.. I was mostly trying to test the "sports" mode on the new camera (cheapo coolpix s3000): Light was taken care of by the late afternoon sky behind us. The fact that I left my own shadow in the shot has to be killing you though, doesn't it? nope - didn't even notice it - the rest of the shot is that good.

Benjamin Grimm Sep 05 2010 06:42 PM Re: CHEESE 2010!

Great photo! And the shadow of the photographer can be removed easily with a little cropping.

themetfairy Sep 10 2010 07:06 AM Re: CHEESE 2010!

This is what I'm going to use when I drink to toast the completion of my marathon -

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Sep 10 2010 09:04 AM Re: CHEESE 2010!

That. Is. Fantastic.

themetfairy Sep 10 2010 09:06 AM Re: CHEESE 2010!

Thanks LWFS :) What's funny is that I forgot that I had it. But I was putting away some wine glasses last night and rediscovered it in the cupboard.

themetfairy Sep 10 2010 07:52 PM Re: CHEESE 2010!

The view from my office window in 1987 -

themetfairy Sep 11 2010 01:43 PM Re: CHEESE 2010!

Playing with the marching band while representin' the Mets -

dgwphotography Sep 11 2010 03:41 PM Re: CHEESE 2010!

Brittany's squad practicing at sunset...

John Cougar Lunchbucket Sep 12 2010 05:23 PM Re: CHEESE 2010!

damn

metsmarathon Sep 16 2010 06:43 PM Re: CHEESE 2010!

"that's the difference between you and me. i make this look good."

soupcan Sep 17 2010 07:28 AM Re: CHEESE 2010!

This morning's commute with King Kong Bundy.

Fman99 Sep 17 2010 07:42 AM Re: CHEESE 2010!

He looks hungry, it's too bad they don't sell turnbuckles on the platform next to the pretzels and dirty water dogs.

metirish Sep 17 2010 07:46 AM Re: CHEESE 2010!

NY, gotta love it.....fat bastard

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Sep 17 2010 10:08 AM Re: CHEESE 2010!

Fman99 wrote: He looks hungry, it's too bad they don't sell turnbuckles on the platform next to the pretzels and dirty water dogs. Not pictured: Frightened Miss Elizabeth

dgwphotography Sep 17 2010 12:27 PM Re: CHEESE 2010!

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: He looks hungry, it's too bad they don't sell turnbuckles on the platform next to the pretzels and dirty water dogs. Not pictured: Frightened Miss Elizabeth That was George "The Animal" Steele who ate turnbuckles and frightened Miss Elizabeth...

soupcan Sep 17 2010 12:50 PM Re: CHEESE 2010!

dgwphotography wrote: That was George "The Animal" Steele who ate turnbuckles and frightened Miss Elizabeth... THAT'S who I meant to reference! At first I thought Jimmy 'Superfly' Snuka, and then thought, no, that's not right. King Kong Bundy fit, but it was 'The Animal' I was originally thinking of.

Frayed Knot Sep 17 2010 02:12 PM Re: CHEESE 2010!

I heard a radio interview with George T. A. Steele recently. Actually a semi-interesting guy; college man, football coach, now religious, not dumb although dislexic or some other learning disability when young, reasonably well-spoken and funny.

seawolf17 Sep 17 2010 02:28 PM Re: CHEESE 2010!

I remember being stunned when Miss Elizabeth died. I know all the roidhead guys are knocking off, but Miss Elizabeth? Stunned.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Sep 17 2010 03:41 PM Re: CHEESE 2010!

I just got off the L having ridden in the same car as one of those guys who sings off key to a song that may or may not be playing on his headphones. I say 'may not' because the lyrics to this song were "Ahhhh'm fuckin you tonite!" over and over, with an occasional "give me that ass" only sung like a quiet storm ballad. I was dying.

dgwphotography Sep 18 2010 05:04 AM Re: CHEESE 2010!

Frayed Knot wrote: I heard a radio interview with George T. A. Steele recently. Actually a semi-interesting guy; college man, football coach, now religious, not dumb although dislexic or some other learning disability when young, reasonably well-spoken and funny. IIRC, he was a high school teacher, and started wrestling part-time for extra income...

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Sep 18 2010 05:38 AM Re: CHEESE 2010!

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: I just got off the L having ridden in the same car as one of those guys who sings off key to a song that may or may not be playing on his headphones. I say 'may not' because the lyrics to this song were "Ahhhh'm fuckin you tonite!" over and over, with an occasional "give me that ass" only sung like a quiet storm ballad. I was dying. Well, you've got to have contrast, or the words grow meaningless.

seawolf17 Sep 18 2010 07:40 PM Re: CHEESE 2010!

I just got off the L having ridden in the same car as one of those guys who sings off key to a song that may or may not be playing on his headphones. I say 'may not' because the lyrics to this song were "Ahhhh'm fuckin you tonite!" over and over, with an occasional "give me that ass" only sung like a quiet storm ballad. I was dying. I'm laughing just reading this post. However, a quick google search of "fuckin' you tonight" brought me to Biggie's "Fuck You Tonight": You must be used to me spendin' All that sweet winin' and dinin' Well I'm fuckin' you tonight According to one lyrics site, R. Kelly sings the ass-bringin' line. I'd look it up on YouTube, but I actually prefer the way I hear the song in my head and don't want to ruin it with how crappy it probably really sounds.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Sep 18 2010 10:19 PM Re: CHEESE 2010!

holy shit!

metirish Sep 19 2010 07:59 PM Re: CHEESE 2010!

Hard Rock Cafe Wall of Guitars

John Cougar Lunchbucket Sep 19 2010 08:19 PM Re: CHEESE 2010!

wow, big boy

metsguyinmichigan Sep 19 2010 08:37 PM Re: CHEESE 2010!

Is that Lorcan? Can he possibly be that big already???

The Second Spitter Sep 20 2010 05:04 AM Re: CHEESE 2010!

Lorcan's gonna get hitched with Fgirl. I have foreseen it.

metirish Sep 20 2010 09:09 AM Re: CHEESE 2010!

metsguyinmichigan wrote: Is that Lorcan? Can he possibly be that big already??? He'll be three in a few months, hard to believe at times.

metirish Sep 20 2010 09:10 AM Re: CHEESE 2010!

The Second Spitter wrote: Lorcan's gonna get hitched with Fgirl. I have foreseen it. Now that would be something?

themetfairy Sep 20 2010 09:58 AM Re: CHEESE 2010!

metirish wrote: The Second Spitter wrote: Lorcan's gonna get hitched with Fgirl. I have foreseen it. Now that would be something? Their children would have the most beautiful hair ever!

Fman99 Sep 28 2010 12:15 PM Re: CHEESE 2010!

The Second Spitter wrote: Lorcan's gonna get hitched with Fgirl. I have foreseen it. Sounds good to me. Some pics from our recent apple picking expedition in Ulster County with Fmom and Fdad and ourselves. Fboy with the apple picker in hand... Fgirl and Fwife...

seawolf17 Sep 28 2010 03:02 PM Re: CHEESE 2010!

"Apple picker"? They don't let you use your hands? What sort of communist apple farm is this?

A Boy Named Seo Sep 28 2010 03:41 PM Re: CHEESE 2010!

I've never seen an apple picker either, but I guess they're handy when you're like 3 or so feet tall, yes? Fgirl gets somehow cuter and cuter each pic. Lovely fam.

The Second Spitter Sep 28 2010 07:07 PM Re: CHEESE 2010! Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Sep 28 2010 07:12 PM

Fman99 wrote: [ Fgirl and Fwife... Fwife is hotter in real life.

The Second Spitter Sep 28 2010 07:08 PM Re: CHEESE 2010!

themetfairy wrote: metirish wrote: The Second Spitter wrote: Lorcan's gonna get hitched with Fgirl. I have foreseen it. Now that would be something? Their children would have the most beautiful hair ever! And the most explosive personality ever.

metirish Sep 28 2010 07:22 PM Re: CHEESE 2010!

Lorcan is going apple pickinh tomorrow, he and fgirl have something to talk abouton the first date.

The Second Spitter Sep 28 2010 08:51 PM Re: CHEESE 2010!

Tell Lorcan to ask Fgirl to sing her "Stinky Feet" song.

Fman99 Sep 30 2010 08:16 PM Re: CHEESE 2010!

A Boy Named Seo wrote: I've never seen an apple picker either, but I guess they're handy when you're like 3 or so feet tall, yes? Fgirl gets somehow cuter and cuter each pic. Lovely fam. It's to get those apples that are 8' or higher up in the tree, without having to climb them. Pretty handy, actually. And thanks for the kind words, mate.

Fman99 Sep 30 2010 08:16 PM Re: CHEESE 2010!

The Second Spitter wrote: Fman99 wrote: [ Fgirl and Fwife... Fwife is hotter in real life. True.

themetfairy Oct 04 2010 05:31 AM Re: CHEESE 2010!

Pelfrey coming out of the last game during the season and getting a hug in the dugout from R.A. Dickey -

themetfairy Oct 04 2010 07:37 AM Re: CHEESE 2010!

I was also pleased with this shot of Angel Pagan scoring the Mets' only run of the game -

Lefty Specialist Oct 04 2010 02:40 PM Re: CHEESE 2010!

Well, I'm late to the show, but this one's always been one of my favorites. A few years ago we were on a California trip and Lefty Jr. and I went golfing at Pacific Grove Golf Links, just up the road from Pebble Beach. It was a cold, damp day, and the back nine plays close to the water. One of the things they never warned us about was the fact that there are a fair amount of deer on the course. As we played the 11th, 12th, 13th holes, the deer got closer and closer. They were completely unafraid of us, but they were starting to spook my son. Sure enough, we play the 14th hole (a short par 3) and there they were, all around the green, practically lying in wait for us. He hits his tee shot in that wild, uncontrolled way that only a kid can, and damned if it doesn't land on the green 20 feet from the pin. But there are the deer, staring at us. He says, "I'm just going to take a quick shot and get out of there." I tell him to concentrate, and explain that if he hits a good putt here, he has a chance at a really good score for the hole. The deer watch us, silently. It's such a great picture that I back slowly away and snap it just as he's bringing the putter back. He hit the ball dead straight and at just the right speed. It gets right to the edge of the hole and plops in. Birdie. I jumped so high the deer scattered.

metirish Oct 04 2010 02:42 PM Re: CHEESE 2010!

Super picture.... then Justin Leonard came charging across the green to scare the deer

metsmarathon Oct 10 2010 06:06 PM Re: CHEESE 2010!

minimm openly mocks our childproofing efforts...

dgwphotography Oct 10 2010 09:19 PM Re: CHEESE 2010!

metsmarathon wrote: minimm openly mocks our childproofing efforts... Well, the first step is admitting you're a climber...

themetfairy Oct 13 2010 07:59 AM Re: CHEESE 2010!

Cheers -

John Cougar Lunchbucket Oct 13 2010 09:47 AM Re: CHEESE 2010!

Lefty Specialist wrote: Well, I'm late to the show, but this one's always been one of my favorites. A few years ago we were on a California trip and Lefty Jr. and I went golfing at Pacific Grove Golf Links, just up the road from Pebble Beach. It was a cold, damp day, and the back nine plays close to the water. One of the things they never warned us about was the fact that there are a fair amount of deer on the course. As we played the 11th, 12th, 13th holes, the deer got closer and closer. They were completely unafraid of us, but they were starting to spook my son. Sure enough, we play the 14th hole (a short par 3) and there they were, all around the green, practically lying in wait for us. He hits his tee shot in that wild, uncontrolled way that only a kid can, and damned if it doesn't land on the green 20 feet from the pin. But there are the deer, staring at us. He says, "I'm just going to take a quick shot and get out of there." I tell him to concentrate, and explain that if he hits a good putt here, he has a chance at a really good score for the hole. The deer watch us, silently. It's such a great picture that I back slowly away and snap it just as he's bringing the putter back. He hit the ball dead straight and at just the right speed. It gets right to the edge of the hole and plops in. Birdie. I jumped so high the deer scattered. Lefty Jr. shoots righty.

themetfairy Oct 16 2010 02:54 PM Re: CHEESE 2010!

Gotta love a man in uniform!

metsmarathon Oct 19 2010 08:30 PM Re: CHEESE 2010!

[crossout]walking[/crossout] running surely cannot be far off...

John Cougar Lunchbucket Oct 19 2010 08:36 PM Re: CHEESE 2010!

He oughta be able to totally dunk by now anyway.

metsmarathon Oct 19 2010 08:47 PM Re: CHEESE 2010!

dunking is passe. he's showboating already.

seawolf17 Oct 20 2010 12:44 PM Re: CHEESE 2010!

You know, these effin' kids today with their over-the-top-of-the-backboard stuff. Don't kids just shoot fifteen-foot jumpers any more? Pfft.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Oct 20 2010 03:25 PM Re: CHEESE 2010!

There's a reason we're not taking home as many Baby World Championships any longer, and it isn't the talent level.

themetfairy Oct 23 2010 05:51 PM Re: CHEESE 2010!

Columbia Touchdown - They could have used another one or two of these today....

metsmarathon Oct 23 2010 08:08 PM Re: CHEESE 2010!

Autumn at Lake Mohawk

metsmarathon Oct 29 2010 01:23 PM Re: CHEESE 2010!

damn dirty apes...

Ceetar Oct 29 2010 01:33 PM Re: CHEESE 2010!

You didn't really want to take that road, did you?

metsmarathon Oct 29 2010 01:45 PM Re: CHEESE 2010!

nice! did you by any chance stay in volcano?

Ceetar Oct 29 2010 01:48 PM Re: CHEESE 2010!

metsmarathon wrote: nice! did you by any chance stay in volcano? No, we drove over from Kona. (didn't see any live lava either. *pout*) did have lunch in Volcano though. quaint town, was rainy and foggy and stuff that day though. (in fact, it's raining in the picture fairly hard)

themetfairy Nov 04 2010 04:26 PM Re: CHEESE 2010!

Grand Central Station

themetfairy Nov 05 2010 11:47 AM Re: CHEESE 2010!

D-Dad won this at an auction at last night's Ron Darling Foundation poker event -

Centerfield Nov 09 2010 12:50 PM Re: CHEESE 2010!

Just entered the world of SLR this weekend by picking up this beginner model: It's the Canon Rebel EOS XS. Don't know what any of that means other than a friend said it's a good way to get a start in photography. Hopefully I'll have something worth posting sometime soon. Still have no idea how DGW manages to take a picture of himself holding his own camera. True master right there.

metirish Nov 09 2010 12:55 PM Re: CHEESE 2010!

Just entered the world of SLR this weekend by picking up this beginner model: It's the Canon Rebel EOS XS. Don't know what any of that means other than a friend said it's a good way to get a start in photography. Hopefully I'll have something worth posting sometime soon. Still have no idea how DGW manages to take a picture of himself holding his own camera. True master right there. Great stuff CF.....you'll get totally hooked on it and be spending loads of money in no time a good resource here http://www.digital-photography-school.com/ I just joined this club, haven't been yet but should make the Nov. 20th meeting..... http://nybzps.org/

themetfairy Nov 09 2010 02:08 PM Re: CHEESE 2010!

Best of luck CF - enjoy the learning process :) I made New Year's resolutions last December. My 2010 resolution was to run the NYC Marathon (done!), and I wanted to follow it up with a 2011 resolution so I wouldn't have post-Marathon letdown. My 2011 resolution is to learn more about photography and to do the 365 pictures in 365 days project. Perhaps a few of us will want to do that. We can prod each other on as we learn more about what we're actually doing with our cameras :)

Ceetar Nov 09 2010 02:10 PM Re: CHEESE 2010!

themetfairy wrote: do the 365 pictures in 365 days project. Perhaps a few of us will want to do that. We can prod each other on as we learn more about what we're actually doing with our cameras :) I smell a separate thread coming. My camera's nice, but it's not an SLR. wonder how much that limits me, but it was probably the best fit for someone who likes to dabble in a billion different thing but rarely focuses enough to become proficient at any of them.

dgwphotography Nov 09 2010 02:11 PM Re: CHEESE 2010!

Just entered the world of SLR this weekend by picking up this beginner model: It's the Canon Rebel EOS XS. Don't know what any of that means other than a friend said it's a good way to get a start in photography. Hopefully I'll have something worth posting sometime soon. Still have no idea how DGW manages to take a picture of himself holding his own camera. True master right there. You do know that Canon is an official sponsor of the MFY's, don't you? Any right-thinking Met fan shoots Nikon... ;-) Seriously have fun with that. Like Irish said, you'll be spending plenty of money in no time... (I didn't shoot my profile pic. That was shot by a friend of mine - I somehow look better in pictures she takes than in any other...)

metsmarathon Nov 09 2010 02:31 PM Re: CHEESE 2010!

official sponsor of the yankees? jeez, cf, do you also drive an edge? dgwphotography wrote: (I didn't shoot my profile pic. That was shot by a friend of mine - I somehow look better in pictures she takes than in any other...) here i was thinking it was shot using precisely positioned mirrors. that would've been way cooler. a friend of mine just finished up the 365 thing a month or so ago. i made it in once or twice. ditto minimm. it was always fun seeing what hte new photo of the day was going to be. i was thinking of doing it when minimm was born, but got derailed within a week or so. i might try to do it again on his first birthday, or for the new year. it would be easier if i had a better backup camera option than my shitty unsmart cell phone. perhaps another reason to get a verizon iphone, presuming the rumors swirling around the internets hold true. i find that since i technically am not allowed to bring a camera with me to work (including having it in the car), it tamps down on my ability to find interesting and new subjects. i think technically cameraphones are prohibited without a pass, yet we're almost all issued blackberries that have cameras on them. so go figure. maybe they changed the policy while i wasn't looking... oe: eh, i just checked hte policy. i think i am allowed to have a camera most places, but i've gotta believe if i started wandering around post taking pictures of even purely innocuous things i'd attract some unwanted attention real fast.

dgwphotography Nov 10 2010 09:18 AM Re: CHEESE 2010!

A sequence of shots from the Pop Warner Cheer New England Qualifiers - this is how little DGW's squad starts their routine, with a big throw that really gets the crowd's attention...

Edgy DC Nov 10 2010 09:25 AM Re: CHEESE 2010!

That's some scary stuff.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Nov 10 2010 09:51 AM Re: CHEESE 2010!

Yeah, like, how do you know if you're good at that?

themetfairy Nov 10 2010 12:24 PM Re: CHEESE 2010!

Great shots! I love seeing the girls in action like that.

dgwphotography Nov 14 2010 01:35 PM Re: CHEESE 2010!

How not to treat a lens: http://fstoppers.com/the-coolest-way-to ... -2-8-lens/

Centerfield Nov 18 2010 11:56 AM Re: CHEESE 2010!

This is one of my favorite pictures of Stella. (I wish I could take credit for taking it, but it was a very talented friend of mine). It reminds me of the Mad Men logo: It's such a serious pose. Except, you know, she's sitting in a garbage can.

metirish Nov 18 2010 12:06 PM Re: CHEESE 2010!

Beautiful :)

cooby Nov 18 2010 01:58 PM Re: CHEESE 2010!

Pretty little girl :) Um, is that a waste paper basket?

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Nov 18 2010 03:07 PM Re: CHEESE 2010!

That's great. YoungerPooper's taken to sitting in used cardboard boxes when she gets pooped-- I've been trying to take the perfect scowling-pro-wrestler picture of her while she's plopped in one.

themetfairy Nov 18 2010 09:19 PM Re: CHEESE 2010!

cooby wrote: Pretty little girl :) Um, is that a waste paper basket? OMG - he threw her out with the bath water!

themetfairy Nov 20 2010 03:19 PM Re: CHEESE 2010!

My running medals -

metsmarathon Nov 20 2010 05:15 PM Re: CHEESE 2010!

now that you have a place for it, you need to fill that thing up with marathon medals! :D

themetfairy Nov 20 2010 10:02 PM Re: CHEESE 2010!

One to anchor the halves is sufficient ;)

themetfairy Dec 12 2010 09:21 AM Re: CHEESE 2010!

Autographed 1969/1986 Mets jersey at Strawberry's in Douglaston.

metsmarathon Dec 12 2010 08:01 PM Re: CHEESE 2010!

minimm enjoyed the heck out of his birthday presents. he turns one on thursday. i'm still having trouble wrapping my mind around that whole idea... Trouble by twenny6point2, on Flickr the horse knew all too well that the sudden appearance of the giant was going to bring trouble to the farm. Gulp by twenny6point2, on Flickr "i hope he doesn't like bacon!" worried the pig. There goes the tractor... by twenny6point2, on Flickr the farmer and all the animals looked helplessly on as the giant stole their tractor. "the sheep is still in there," lamented the rooster.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Dec 13 2010 08:57 AM Re: CHEESE 2010!

Nice work, as always. I hope they remembered to renew their crawling-giant insurance.

metsmarathon Dec 13 2010 09:20 AM Re: CHEESE 2010!

yeah, but it carries such a steep deductible that it's hardly even worth it.

dgwphotography Dec 13 2010 03:26 PM Re: CHEESE 2010!

metsmarathon wrote: minimm enjoyed the heck out of his birthday presents. he turns one on thursday. i'm still having trouble wrapping my mind around that whole idea... Gulp by twenny6point2, on Flickr "i hope he doesn't like bacon!" worried the pig. Ok - I see this and all I can think of is the Sta-Puff Marshmallow Man...

Frayed Knot Dec 13 2010 04:40 PM Re: CHEESE 2010!

Obviously the kid is in the witness protection program and needs his face obscured in photos.

dgwphotography Dec 16 2010 07:38 AM Re: CHEESE 2010!

Cinderella's Castle at Dusk:

metirish Dec 16 2010 07:52 AM Re: CHEESE 2010!

Beautiful DGW....

metsmarathon Dec 16 2010 08:33 AM Re: CHEESE 2010!

yeah, i'ma gonna need to bring a tripod in january... that's just a great shot.

dgwphotography Dec 16 2010 11:08 AM Re: CHEESE 2010!

thanks guys - I shot that handheld. 1/15 at 1600... It was our last day in the park before we headed home, and we didn't plan on being there that late. I was tired of schlepping my tripod around (I really need a lightweight one for travel), so I decided to leave it behind...

metirish Dec 16 2010 11:20 AM Re: CHEESE 2010!

Question ......hoping to go there May-ish time....can you really enjoy it with the kid(s) if you are toting around the camera looking for more than the family snapshots?.....what's the best course of action there?

metsmarathon Dec 16 2010 07:51 PM Re: CHEESE 2010!

lets see if i can pull this off... One by twenny6point2, on Flickr minimm's playing with his birthday present from us, a play kitchen. the kid really seems to like it so far! i'm probably not going to sneak a "2" into my next photo...

Frayed Knot Dec 17 2010 06:35 AM Re: CHEESE 2010!

dgwphotography wrote: thanks guys - I shot that handheld. 1/15 at 1600... Funny, it doesn't look like the White House in mid-January

dgwphotography Dec 17 2010 11:18 AM Re: CHEESE 2010!

Frayed Knot wrote: thanks guys - I shot that handheld. 1/15 at 1600... Funny, it doesn't look like the White House in mid-January I was expecting a military time at 4:00 joke...

dgwphotography Dec 17 2010 11:38 AM Re: CHEESE 2010!

metirish wrote: Question ......hoping to go there May-ish time....can you really enjoy it with the kid(s) if you are toting around the camera looking for more than the family snapshots?.....what's the best course of action there? Leave the kids home. j/k.. No, seriously, leave the kids home. Fortunately, since we were in a pretty large group, there were a few times my kids went off on rides with the others, but that was few and far between. We had a pretty cramped week, where two of the days were mainly for the competition, and having the Magic Kingdom close at 7 each day for a special holiday party that you had to pay extra for didn't help either. Between the competition and the parks, I took almost 2000 shots, and there are quite a few where I'm kicking myself for not getting. If you want to shoot the fireworks over the castle, one of the best locations is at the transportation hub. They shoot the fireworks pretty high in the air, and it may be tricky getting them over the castle inside the magic kingdom.

metsmarathon Dec 17 2010 10:46 PM Re: CHEESE 2010!

2. light check by twenny6point2, on Flickr

themetfairy Dec 18 2010 06:32 AM Re: CHEESE 2010!

metsmarathon wrote: 2. light check by twenny6point2, on Flickr Pretty!

dgwphotography Dec 18 2010 12:49 PM Re: CHEESE 2010!

In a baking mood...

metsmarathon Dec 18 2010 08:54 PM Re: CHEESE 2010!

wow. those look as tasty as the picture is good. my christmas tree isn't quite as tasty... 3. mmm, christmas tree bokeh by twenny6point2, on Flickr

dgwphotography Dec 19 2010 06:33 AM Re: CHEESE 2010!

As I said to you on flickr, you're getting too good too fast. I really like the colors in that...

metsmarathon Dec 19 2010 03:01 PM Re: CHEESE 2010!

thanks. i've got two slightly mismatched sets of christmas lights on the tree. one has 6 colors, the other 7, iirc. happily, they work very well together, and you really can't distinguish one set from the other when looking at the tree as a whole. it helps, too, that i jam the lights in and around and through all the nooks and crannies of the tree. so i lit up the tree on friday night, finishing a shade after midnight. i was taking pictures of the lights, and noticed that i was getting some nifty interplay between the needles and the bokeh. this shot wasn't the best example of that interplay, but it was the best composition, and also had the best combination of a steady hand and focus on that pink bulb. i was crouched in front of the tree, shooting through the middle of the thing, trying to get the pink bulb in focus as best i could, with an angle capturing as many out of focus lights as possible. i had the iso set to 100, +1 on the exposure compensation, 35mm f/1.8 lens focusing all the way in, incandescent white balance. camera set to P. in retrospect, it would've been easier to use a tripod, but i really don't know where it is right now, and i probably wouldn't've noticed the angle if i wasn't hovering in front of the tree looking through the viewfinder as the lights danced behind so many pine needles. well, fir needles.

metsmarathon Dec 19 2010 09:08 PM Re: CHEESE 2010!

4. Still. More Lights. by twenny6point2, on Flickr so i've got my trusty old olympus point & shoot out. the nikon thought it would be fun to spend a long weekend hanging out with my father-in-law's D5000, apparently. maybe it'll come home knowing how to shoot video. but i digress. i've got the camera pressed into the floor in a three-point stance, with the front edge of the lens making the third point of the tripod. i know, not cool. but i was gentle. its a pain in the ass getting a p&s to focus on exactly the detail you want, and i at least came close here. maybe tomorrow i'll take a picture of something that isn't a christmas light...

themetfairy Dec 20 2010 05:49 AM Re: CHEESE 2010!

I always find that shooting with a point and shoot is kind of like swinging in the on deck circle with a weight on your bat. Once you've done that, working with the proper equipment is so much easier. Lovely capture mm - I like how the pine needle provides some scale to the scene.

Ceetar Dec 20 2010 07:15 AM Re: CHEESE 2010!

themetfairy wrote: I always find that shooting with a point and shoot is kind of like swinging in the on deck circle with a weight on your bat. Once you've done that, working with the proper equipment is so much easier. Which I suppose is where I am right now. my camera's nice, and there might be a way to manually focus (I still wonder what that MF button does), but if the next step is focusing on specific depths, I haven't figured out how to do it yet. right now a SLR isn't in the budget though.

Ceetar Dec 20 2010 08:14 AM Re: CHEESE 2010!

I always find that shooting with a point and shoot is kind of like swinging in the on deck circle with a weight on your bat. Once you've done that, working with the proper equipment is so much easier. Which I suppose is where I am right now. my camera's nice, and there might be a way to manually focus (I still wonder what that MF button does), but if the next step is focusing on specific depths, I haven't figured out how to do it yet. right now a SLR isn't in the budget though. for instances:

themetfairy Dec 20 2010 09:40 AM Re: CHEESE 2010!

I actually signed up for an introductory photography course at my local community college in March and April. It's just 7 sessions, once a week. I figure there are enough basic things that I don't know that it would be a good idea to start from scratch. Assuming I like the course, I'll probably sign up for the intermediate class in the fall.

metsmarathon Dec 20 2010 09:09 PM Re: CHEESE 2010!

center up on what you want to have in focus, depress the shutter release halfway to engage the autofocus, and then with the camera locked in on that, reposition to the composition you want and take the picture. as long as its not doing some sort of continuous autofocus, it should work reasonably well. you may need to give it a few goes, but eventually you'll get the intended shot. 5. Disembodied Laughter by twenny6point2, on Flickr i'm kindof punting today. i've been in bed pretty much all day, having been hammered by what i'll call "flu-like symptoms" the bear is a birthday present for minimm from his godfather. there's a giggle unit in the bear's right hand. its just far enough away that it becomes disconcerting. you can tell it's not coming from his body...

Ceetar Dec 20 2010 09:18 PM Re: CHEESE 2010!

metsmarathon wrote: center up on what you want to have in focus, depress the shutter release halfway to engage the autofocus, and then with the camera locked in on that, reposition to the composition you want and take the picture. as long as its not doing some sort of continuous autofocus, it should work reasonably well. you may need to give it a few goes, but eventually you'll get the intended shot. 5. Disembodied Laughter by twenny6point2, on Flickr i'm kindof punting today. i've been in bed pretty much all day, having been hammered by what i'll call "flu-like symptoms" the bear is a birthday present for minimm from his godfather. there's a giggle unit in the bear's right hand. its just far enough away that it becomes disconcerting. you can tell it's not coming from his body... Yeah, that's what I was trying to do. It was seemingly auto focusing again though, and i couldn't figure out if I could turn that off easily (plus, those cookies were calling to me to eat..) Maybe I should read the manuel..hmm..

themetfairy Dec 21 2010 05:23 AM Re: CHEESE 2010!

Last night's lunar eclipse -

metsmarathon Dec 22 2010 09:48 AM Re: CHEESE 2010!

i wish i was up for that. but i needed sleep so badly. yesterday's picture, shot with the lesser of my point-n-shoot options: 6. Santa Claus Is Coming To Town by twenny6point2, on Flickr i should be getting my camera back today.

dgwphotography Dec 22 2010 10:05 AM Re: CHEESE 2010!

Fireworks show during the private Pop Warner party at Disney's Hollywood Studios. Disney's Hollywood Studios Fireworks Show by dgwphotography, on Flickr

metsmarathon Dec 22 2010 10:13 AM Re: CHEESE 2010!

one day, i will take a photo of fireworks that has a tenth, nay, a hundredth, of the awesomeness of your fireworks pictures, and i will be happy.

dgwphotography Dec 22 2010 01:20 PM Re: CHEESE 2010!

Thanks MM, but shooting fireworks are pretty easy, especially at Disney.

Ceetar Dec 22 2010 01:41 PM Re: CHEESE 2010!

dgwphotography wrote: Thanks MM, but shooting fireworks are pretty easy, especially at Disney. I disagree. (these aren't the best of the shots, because they're not all online, but still) Everytime I take pictures of fireworks, I never find the one absolute awesome shot that I love, and none of them are as vibrantly awesome as that Disney pic you just posted. (granted, it's a "point and shoot" but it's not a bad camera) I do have one or two fairly cool shots with reflections off the UN building that would probably look good wi th a little cropping and touching up though.

metirish Dec 22 2010 01:44 PM Re: CHEESE 2010!

A tripod is a must , long exposures needed. DGW's are some of the best out there and proof that more than the tripod and long exposure are also needed.

Centerfield Dec 22 2010 01:49 PM Re: CHEESE 2010!

dgwphotography wrote: Fireworks show during the private Pop Warner party at Disney's Hollywood Studios. Disney's Hollywood Studios Fireworks Show by dgwphotography, on Flickr Simply amazing DGW. It's like you live in a different world than the rest of us. I love the dynamic in this thread. It's like a local country club where a few guys (and gals) have low handicaps, but the rest of us are trying to break 100. Except we have one guy who plays on the PGA tour who stops by for a round every once in a while so us mortals can see how it's done.

Ceetar Dec 22 2010 01:50 PM Re: CHEESE 2010!

metirish wrote: A tripod is a must , long exposures needed. DGW's are some of the best out there and proof that more than the tripod and long exposure are also needed. Not as easy to pull off in the Promenade, I was attempting to balance it on the seat back, but that didn't really work. I'm RDPd into my home computer now lookign for the pictures of Shea's fireworks night.

metirish Dec 22 2010 01:54 PM Re: CHEESE 2010!

Here's a waterfall I did at the NYBG without a tripod , I balanced the camera on some rocks

themetfairy Dec 22 2010 01:59 PM Re: CHEESE 2010!

Centerfield wrote: I love the dynamic in this thread. It's like a local country club where a few guys (and gals) have low handicaps, but the rest of us are trying to break 100. Except we have one guy who plays on the PGA tour who stops by for a round every once in a while so us mortals can see how it's done. Great description CF. This is why you're the king ;)

dgwphotography Dec 22 2010 02:09 PM Re: CHEESE 2010!

metirish wrote: Here's a waterfall I did at the NYBG without a tripod , I balanced the camera on some rocks Hey! We're talking about fireworks here! oh yeah, btw, nice shot

dgwphotography Dec 22 2010 02:23 PM Re: CHEESE 2010!

To me, shots of just fireworks are boring. I like to put a building or a landmark in the shot to balance it out. So, preplanning the shot with an idea of where the fireworks will be is a must. this is why shooting fireworks at Disney is so easy - they are usually in the same spot time after time, so it's easy to pre-frame your shot before the show begins. A tripod is a must. I usually start with an exposure of 4-5 seconds at f/8 and adjust from there. This is where digital makes it so much easier - I can take multiple shots before the show begins in order get the buildings to look the way I want... I also use a remote trigger for my camera - this helps remove any possible camera shake by physically hitting the shutter. This shot was from my daughter's school carnival a couple of years ago. I knew about where the bursts would show in the sky, and tried to frame the church and the steeple around them. FireWorks Over St. Mary Church by dgwphotography, on Flickr

Ceetar Dec 22 2010 02:27 PM Re: CHEESE 2010!

nice one. I found my fireworks pics, but the RDP makes it hard to look at 'em. oh well, I can do rivers as well:

metirish Dec 22 2010 02:35 PM Re: CHEESE 2010!

That's Pete flynn I think.

seawolf17 Dec 22 2010 02:39 PM Re: CHEESE 2010!

metirish wrote: That's Pete flynn I think. Everything's Pete Flynn to you. Cut it out. I'm like that guy in the commercials who's exhibiting his photos for those snobby art critics but has no idea what an f-stop is. (I have no idea what an f-stop is.)

metsmarathon Dec 22 2010 09:18 PM Re: CHEESE 2010!

7. Season's Greetings by twenny6point2, on Flickr our christmas card this year, flanked by the cards that minimm helped make for his two teachers at day care. thumbprint reindeers. finally got the good camera back today, and promptly neglected to bring it with me to a prime photo-op. sigh. maybe tomorrow. that big tree ain't goin' nowhere!

A Boy Named Seo Dec 22 2010 10:07 PM Re: CHEESE 2010!

dgwphotography wrote: metirish wrote: Here's a waterfall I did at the NYBG without a tripod , I balanced the camera on some rocks Hey! We're talking about fireworks here! oh yeah, btw, nice shot Dude, that's very good.

metsmarathon Dec 23 2010 10:00 PM Re: CHEESE 2010!

i'm not thrilled with the white balance. i need to play with this one a bit, digitally, perhaps. i had to dust off my tripod for this one. the room is awful dark at night, and with the wider aperture, the skis were blurring really weird, and his little feet looked awful. but, hey, i finally got some ornaments on my tree! 8. Downhill Penguin by twenny6point2, on Flickr

Ceetar Dec 23 2010 10:07 PM Re: CHEESE 2010!

David Wright swings for the trees..or something.

metsmarathon Dec 23 2010 10:36 PM Re: CHEESE 2010!

well, no wonder he's been racking up the strikeouts. he practices hitting with a freakin' beach ball!

dgwphotography Dec 24 2010 06:46 AM Re: CHEESE 2010!

Snow White and the Prince by dgwphotography, on Flickr

dgwphotography Dec 24 2010 03:55 PM Re: CHEESE 2010!

Merry Christmas, everyone! Merry Christmas! by dgwphotography, on Flickr

metirish Dec 24 2010 04:29 PM Re: CHEESE 2010!

dgwphotography wrote: Merry Christmas, everyone! Merry Christmas! by dgwphotography, on Flickr Love it, all the colors just blend in so well A murder of crows I happened upon, taken with the camera phone....plenty of noise here but I like it , some effects applied in the photoshop app

metsmarathon Dec 24 2010 09:37 PM Re: CHEESE 2010!

dgwphotography wrote: Merry Christmas, everyone! Merry Christmas! by dgwphotography, on Flickr oh, how i like the shower of christmas lights in the background! 9. Milk and Cookies by twenny6point2, on Flickr the shredded carrots are for sharing.

Ashie62 Dec 24 2010 09:43 PM Re: CHEESE 2010!

Nice work!

DocTee Dec 25 2010 02:59 PM Re: CHEESE 2010!

End of an era: The photography show is called "The Last Kodachrome" but the last Kodachrome images aren't in the show. They are still in Pat Willard's Nikon camera. They will have to come out by next week because the last lab in the world that processes the famed color film, Dwayne's Photo in Parsons, Kan., is discontinuing it at the end of the year. The last rolls to be processed must be there by noon, Dec. 30. After 75 years, all that will be left of Kodachrome is the Paul Simon song, and a state park named after it in Utah. There will still be a sister film called Ektachrome, but Willard, a fine art photographer in Redwood City, is not buying it. "I'll probably do only black and white," he says, lowering his tone to a funereal whisper. "There's no color like Kodachrome." When the Eastman Kodak Co announced that the last rolls were hitting the shelves, in June 2009, Willard bought 40 rolls, at $8 apiece, and stuck them in the fridge of his townhouse in Redwood Shores. Then he contacted Ann Jastrab, director of Rayko Gallery, proposing a juried exhibition for Kodachrome prints. Fifty photographers nationwide, plus a few from Canada, northern Europe and South Africa, sent in portfolios. Twenty-one photographers were selected and 45 prints are in the show, which opened Dec. 17 and, after a Christmas break, will reopen Jan. 4. Included are four prints of Willard's abstract expressionist work. The other day he was compelled to sit on the couch of his townhouse and describe his love affair with Kodachrome. "The color balance is what I like," he says, after thinking it through. "It's warm and voluptuous." High maintenance, though. Unlike other color film, Kodachrome starts as black-and-white film. Color dyes are added in the lab, like printmaking, which is why you can't develop it at home. "It's the most complicated film there is to process," says Todd Gustavson, a curator at the George Eastman House, in Rochester, N.Y. Dwayne's in Kansas is the last licensed processor, and doing 700 rolls a day, twice its average. Introduced in 1935, Kodachrome was the first commercially successful color film, says Audrey Jonckheer, manager of worldwide public relations for Kodak film. Derived from motion picture film, it has always been developed in slide form and coincided with the rise in popularity of the slide projector. "It had a color saturation that is unmatched with any other slide film or with digital," says Lou Dematteis, a San Francisco freelance photojournalist who has 10 pictures in the Rayko show, more than any other contestant. "Kodachrome I shot in the 1970s is still as vibrant as it was when I first processed the film." Dematteis had to switch to digital because that's what all the news agencies use. His book "A Portrait of Vietnam," published in 1996, is Kodachrome, but his follow-up on Ecuador, "Crude Reflections," 2009, is a mix of film and digital. "I show it to people, and if they are in the know, they will look and say, 'That's not digital. That's Kodachrome.' " The last roll Kodak manufactured was given to Steve McCurry, who shot the famous Kodachrome image of the green-eyed Afghan girl that was on the cover of National Geographic in June 1985. Last spring, he used up the roll in New York City and India, and the prints will eventually be on display in 2011 at the Eastman House museum. Pat Willard's own last roll of Kodachrome won't be displayed anywhere. He's putting it in a glass case to display on his mantel, right next to his antique Argus C3 camera. The Last Kodachrome: Exhibition is on view Jan. 4-21 at Rayko Photo Center, 428 Third St. San Francisco. (415) 495-3773. www.rayko photo.com. Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.c ... z19ABLZESw

themetfairy Dec 25 2010 04:24 PM Re: CHEESE 2010!

The Jewish Christmas -

Edgy DC Dec 25 2010 07:14 PM Re: CHEESE 2010!

My soccer team wore black tee-shirts when I was 12. My parents photographed me and it came out blue. There must've been 1% blue in that shirt's dye, and the film captured it and blossomed it. That's when I learned the magic that Kodachrome had --- seeing the color that my eye couldn't.

Kong76 Dec 25 2010 07:47 PM Re: CHEESE 2010!

That mushroom on the bottom winked at me.

themetfairy Dec 25 2010 08:24 PM Re: CHEESE 2010!

Kong76 wrote: That mushroom on the bottom winked at me. Perhaps it was a magic mushroom ;)

metsmarathon Dec 25 2010 10:13 PM Re: CHEESE 2010!

santa hasn't written cursive in maybe 20 years or so... 10 Santa Has Poor Penmanship by twenny6point2, on Flickr

metsmarathon Dec 25 2010 10:20 PM Re: CHEESE 2010!

and, a christmas bonus... A Gift From a Reindeer by twenny6point2, on Flickr it looks like rudolph left us a "present" of his own on christmas morning...

Frayed Knot Dec 26 2010 05:59 AM Re: CHEESE 2010!

Edgy DC wrote: My soccer team wore black tee-shirts when I was 12. My parents photographed me and it came out blue. There must've been 1% blue in that shirt's dye, and the film captured it and blossomed it. That's when I learned the magic that Kodachrome had --- seeing the color that my eye couldn't. In my experience it always gave you the nice bright colors, the greens of summer, and made you think all the world was a sunny day. Or maybe I just heard that someplace, I can't remember now.

dgwphotography Dec 26 2010 06:06 AM Re: CHEESE 2010!

One more fireworks shot: Wishes by dgwphotography, on Flickr

Ceetar Dec 26 2010 06:33 AM Re: CHEESE 2010!

I played around a bit, between eating: starting poking more of those random buttons on the camera

metsmarathon Dec 26 2010 01:19 PM Re: CHEESE 2010!

that's cool what the light on the train is doing there. 11. The North Pole is Broken by twenny6point2, on Flickr i bought mrs.mm a penguin ornament. i dropped it while i was wrapping it. on the carpet. they don't make poles like they used to.

metsmarathon Dec 27 2010 06:58 PM Re: CHEESE 2010!

12. Braving The Weather by twenny6point2, on Flickr

Ceetar Dec 27 2010 07:05 PM Re: CHEESE 2010!

this thread is getting a little slow to load with all the images!

metirish Dec 28 2010 05:53 PM Re: CHEESE 2010!

One of my favorite photographs I got yesterday walking through the park.....look down the end of the lane and you can see a man emerging from the swirling snow and this one of the swirling snow with the sun coming through the tees

metsmarathon Dec 28 2010 06:02 PM Re: CHEESE 2010!

why does it look all weird and stuff? very cool and ethereal though.

metirish Dec 28 2010 06:14 PM Re: CHEESE 2010!

Weird?, thanks....I was doing a little something in photoshop...the Orton Effect....I don't care for the blue up top...a work in progress..

metsmarathon Dec 28 2010 06:32 PM Re: CHEESE 2010!

sorry. i meant no offense. i just couldn't figure out why everything had all the fuzzy edges. it looked almost like a hdr, but without the dr. i do like it. i might have to give that technique/effect a try.

metirish Dec 28 2010 06:56 PM Re: CHEESE 2010!

Ah, no need to apologize....I need to calm down.....it almost could be considered a faux HDR....it works better with certain images....like here

metsmarathon Dec 28 2010 07:01 PM Re: CHEESE 2010!

now that's really cool.

Ceetar Dec 28 2010 08:14 PM Re: CHEESE 2010!

Nice, I do like the one with the man coming down the path. Weird how that works, I'll have to try it out.

metsmarathon Dec 28 2010 09:01 PM Re: CHEESE 2010!

today's shot is growing on me. it wasn't the shot i went out looking for, and i didn't think it came out that well at the time, but seeing it on the screen, i like it. 13. Christmas Lights on the Plaza by twenny6point2, on Flickr i had gone down to the lake to get a nice nighttime shot of the big lit-up christmas tree, but i didn't like the angle i was trying for. and since it was cold and fairly late, i wasn't feeling motivated enough to trudge around the plaza. i'll have to go back tomorrow, i think. there's more than a few shots i would like to take down there while its all wintry.

dgwphotography Dec 29 2010 05:28 AM Re: CHEESE 2010!

Orton seems to work best when there isn't a lot of contrast in the image. I'm not sure the image with the blowing snow needs the orton effect - I'd like to see it without it. The Orton effect looks great in the forest shot.

metirish Dec 29 2010 05:28 PM Re: CHEESE 2010!

Without Orton

metsmarathon Dec 29 2010 09:41 PM Re: CHEESE 2010!

14. Mohawk by twenny6point2, on Flickr minimm sportin' a natural mohawk. it's fun messing with him. the kid's getting due for a haircut, as he's rockin' quite the mullet out back.

metsmarathon Dec 30 2010 09:22 PM Re: CHEESE 2010!

so, i figured i'd give that orton effect thing a try. and mrs.mm made some really yummy spritz cookies yesterday that looked awfully photogenic sitting there in their tupperware tub. add the two together, and you've got my 15th installment of metsmarathon's photo of the day. i do hope these don't suck for y'all. :/ 15. C is for Cookie by twenny6point2, on Flickr i think i've gotten a little bit of fuzzy hazyness going. not sure if i've got enough blur happening here to really make the effect pop, or if these cookies really lend themselves to the thing, but it's worth a shot. it's no massive tree in a green green forest, that's for sure!

Ceetar Dec 31 2010 07:42 AM Re: CHEESE 2010!

It really seems to make the green sugar pop there

Edgy DC Dec 31 2010 05:55 PM Re: CHEESE 2010!

That's exactly what Beth Orton does also.

metsmarathon Dec 31 2010 08:21 PM Re: CHEESE 2010!

16. Penguin The New Year by twenny6point2, on Flickr nothing fancy. just some penguin glasses for the bubbles.