The 44th TPBM Random Chat and Leg Lamp Compactor

puddlepirate44 wrote in post #12577310
For you and Candi, I'd do anything.

Hi, Mike!

Thanks Dan, kitchen floor will need mopping this Friday. All you need to bring is your face.

puddlepirate44 wrote in post #12582382
I just read this article from B&H (sorry Adoramaadoramaadorama Helen about things that you should take with you if you go out shooting. It's a pretty good list. Here it is in case you don't want to read the article:

18 Important Items:

• Multi Tool
  
• Flashlight
  
• Tape
  
• Bug Spray
  
• Small Flash Unit
  
• TTL Cord
  
• Polarizing Filter
  
• Lens-Cleaning Cloth
  
• Monopod
  
• Tabletop Tripod
  
• Gloves
  
• Paper Clips
  
• Extra Batteries
  
• Ziploc™ Bags
  
• Plastic Trash Bag
  
• Mylar Emergency Blanket
  
• AM Radio
  
• Lighter/Torch
  

Uh, they forgot to mention scissors. As you know from shooting at the iris garden and tulip garden, there are usually a lot of unwanted flowers, stems, and leafs messing up composition for that award winning shot. If you have scissors in your kit you can just snip away until the shot is perfect.

poppie guy wrote in post #12582732
Thanks Dan, kitchen floor will need mopping this Friday. All you need to bring is your face.

I always carry my face with me just in case.

Uh, they forgot to mention scissors. As you know from shooting at the iris garden and tulip garden, there are usually a lot of unwanted flowers, stems, and leafs messing up composition for that award winning shot. If you have scissors in your kit you can just snip away until the shot is perfect.

Use a weed whacker. Quick, easy and efficient. Sears might have a portable version for such an occasion.

puddlepirate44 wrote in post #12582762
Use a weed whacker. Quick, easy and efficient. Sears might have a portable version for such an occasion.

I used a weed whacker on the weeds growing up around the heat pump unit outside our church on Thursday. The line got tangled up in something so I pulled till it became free. Apparently the wires I was tangled up with went to the thermostat control. Today at church I noticed all the windows and doors were open in an effort to help cool the place down. Weed whackers have their place, but sometimes they are a bit of an overkill.

puddlepirate44 wrote in post #12582382
I just read this article from B&H (sorry Adoramaadoramaadorama Helen about things that you should take with you if you go out shooting. It's a pretty good list. Here it is in case you don't want to read the article:

18 Important Items:

• Multi Tool
  
• Flashlight
  
• Tape
  
• Bug Spray
  
• Small Flash Unit
  
• TTL Cord
  
• Polarizing Filter
  
• Lens-Cleaning Cloth
  
• Monopod
  
• Tabletop Tripod
  
• Gloves
  
• Paper Clips
  
• Extra Batteries
  
• Ziploc™ Bags
  
• Plastic Trash Bag
  
• Mylar Emergency Blanket
  
• AM Radio
  
• Lighter/Torch

Not listed is the seabag need to carry all this stuff around.

Here's a list of things of 1 things that I think are essential for a shoot:

• Light saber
  
• Whoopie cushion
  
• Sextant
  
• Bag of pork rinds
  
• Big jug of Snapple
  
• Silly string
  
• Latest Outdoor Photographer mag
  
• Toilet paper (hey, why didn't B&H think of THAT?)
  
• Pack of breath freshening gum
  
• A Dan-o sandwich.
  
• Big box of fireworks
  
• A stack of comics
  
• Jell-O shooters
  
• Brass knuckles
  
• Wax fangs
  
• Skis or Snowboard
  
• Basketball
  
• Christmas snow globe.

ALL essential.

The silly string and Christmas snow globe are absolutely essential. I never leave my home without them.

So! A few photos from my Capybara encounter:

was he approachable to pet? In seeing pictures I agree they are cute, but I think I would be intimidated by one mingling around me.

Those are some real bizarre feet...

Skrim17 wrote in post #12583378
was he approachable to pet? In seeing pictures I agree they are cute, but I think I would be intimidated by one mingling around me.

Very. At one point I was sitting on the couch, looking at Melanie's calendars, and he hopped up on the couch and snuggled up right next to me. He's really not all that intimidating, but of course, this is an exotic pet, and as such unpredictable, everyone who has taken care of either him or Caplin have scars from nips. (He's a rescue, and was removed from a pretty poor environment, so was a bit nippy at first, he's gotten much better.) I forget the story with the Caplin bite, but I imagine it was a situation where he was being handled for transport. They tend to be more prone to give love nips when you're in the water with them, so Melanie and Sheldon were both rather vigilant.

OK... Off to bed I go.

puddlepirate44 wrote in post #12582382
I just read this article ....(sorry Adoramaadoramaadorama Helen about things that you should take with you if you go out shooting.

Ha! Thought you could sneak that one by me??!!

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HelenOster wrote in post #12584207
Ha! Thought you could sneak that one by me??!!

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Just call me psychic-ninja-Helen!

http://www.adorama.com …ography-What-gear-to-take


PS capybaras are my third favorite animals, ever!

Smooth, Psychic-Ninja Helen!

I see your article beat out B&H's article by 13 months. Aaaaaand the race goes on....

Guineh wrote in post #12583374
So! A few photos from my Capybara encounter:

Cool and interesting commentary.


G'MAE all

hi guys

Morning Harm. Crown moulding guys are here, let the fun begin!! (the cat is FREAKED out)

HelenOster wrote in post #12584207
Ha! Thought you could sneak that one by me??!!

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Just call me psychic-ninja-Helen!

http://www.adorama.com …ography-What-gear-to-take


PS capybaras are my third favorite animals, ever!

Cool, Helen So what are #1 and #2? Oh, and I'm shocked (just shocked) the Title Fairy hasn't visited you and bestowed upon you a title worthy unto you!

Skrim17 wrote in post #12584639
Morning Harm. Crown moulding guys are here, let the fun begin!! (the cat is FREAKED out)

Woohoo! Capybaras apparently really freak out cats.

Well there are no capybaras putting the moulding in...speaking of cats, do yours still reside with you?