The 43rd TPBM "Waiting (impatiently) for Noir" Random Chat

nice shot Boberto!!

That shot is fantastic, Robert. Very cute.
Congrats on the new gear, I am sure you will put it to good use.

You will just have to use your mini-tablet, aka phone.

Morning.

Chris, the more I see those photos (the racing ones...color & b&w), the more I really like them. They SO work for the "sea of humanity" type of feeling.

Zane, your project is very interesting. I had no idea what anything you were working with, was. With Jim's project I got as far as "ooh, wood". With yours it was like "interesting thingamajiggy on the...um...interesting thingamawhatty". lol Glad you are enjoying yourself though.

neil_r wrote in post #12054493
Changed my mind already.

If you don't roam the halls you don't find links to pictures like these.

http://totallycoolpix.​com …de-janeiro-carnival-2011/

There are some amazing images here, and everyone looks so happy, some of these are a bit NSFW if you use non European standards

can't see it either.

Skrim17 wrote in post #12054888
Mornin!!

Last night I dreamed I was out in the woods (tho sometimes there were tidal pools) with Leyla discovering stuff, we found a tooth. When we brought it into my new apartment to show everyone you had all rearranged the furniture (which was all new to me anyways) and were playing board games in the living room.

It was a raccoon's tooth, the canine.

It sounds like you are taking the same meds I am.


Tim, your wife's cake is cute. She obviously is very talented in the culinary skills.

aww Bobert!! Way cute shot of the munchkin!

AND, since I'm tired about reading the news of doom and gloom, I thought I'd share with you the OTHER things that are happening throughout the world.

• Barrilita, SPAIN: Northern village in Spain celebrates 250 years of dirt farming. The residents of Barrilita have been growing the best dirt for over 7 generations. Their certified organic dirt has been all the rage in the US for the last 35 years. "The dirt from Barrilita tastes so much better than the dirt we used to get from Watsonville." said Toomi Sorts of Beverly Hills.
  
• Norvogorgos, NORWAY: Up here in the frozen plains of Norway, there is a whole new way of geothermal energy. Argärd Goofersen, the mayor of Norvogorgos, has unveiled the new geothermal plant to astounded scientists who were invited to the town this weekend. As Mayor Goofersen said, "When my great-grandfather was a small boy, he started digging a small hole in his backyard. His mother said to him, 'Guföv! Do you plan on digging to the center of the earth?' He said, 'Yes.'" Apparently, for the last 80 years, the men of the Goofersen family have been digging in that hole until, finally last month, Argärd's brother, Lufska, dug into a pocket of magma 60 miles below the surface. The heat from that magma will generate the turbines of the town and create the energy needed for that whole region. Lufska, the brother of the mayor and the discoverer of the magma pocket is expected to be fine after the numerous surgeries necessary to graft new skin on his smoldering body.
  
• Wacky Noodle Ranch, Arizona, US: In this small, backwater town in the unforgiving desert pan of the American Southwest, history has been made. Sheriff Clem Lacomb shot his 5,000th varmint off of the Interstate. Sheriff Lacomb has been shooting varmints off of the Interstate for years. When asked what kind of varmints he had been shooting, the humble Sheriff merely stated, "Aw, you know, varmints. Future roadkill critters. Sometimes one of the Nestor clan would wander by and I'd shoot one of them, too, but mostly just varmints." Most of the "varmints" would be given to the St. Larry Orphanage South of town, he said.
  
• Small-Badger-by-the-Sea, Wolfferdshire, ENGLAND: Excitement is at an all time high here in this little village in Southern UK. A retired teacher, Edith Browntoodles, will be awarded the illustrious "Royal Green Stocking of Glamsford" from Prince Samuel later today. Apparently, Miss Browntoodles, back in World War II, was instrumental in the Battle of Slapblinkers Bay. In the early morning hours of April 20th, 1944, a regiment of German commandos tried to infiltrate into this English countryside through Slapblinkers Bay. Miss Browntoodles, then only 19 years old, was able to take different pieces of driftwood and beat off the enemy back into the sea from whence they came. This bit of heroic action was reported but summarily forgotten until the Home Office unearthed them earlier this year. When asked what Miss Browntoodles was doing down at the beach so early that morning, she simply said, "A girl never tells."
  
• Xiagong, CHINA: Central China, rough, nearly uninhabited, mostly ignored. That is until archeologists in that region make startling discoveries like this. It's in Xiagong that part of the Great Wall makes its serpentine path throughout this vast nation. It's in Xiagong that part of the Great Wall has crumbled, exposing some of the inner construction and incredible engineering of that marvel. Archeologist Flavius Porcoutini and his team from Milan, Italy, noted that the Great Wall was built following the course of a previous construct, the Great Fence of China. Apparently, and research is still ongoing, before there was a Great Wall, there was a Great Fence. A nicely done and maintained picket fence that wound up and down, back and forth throughout the Chinese frontier, with little signs that said things like "No Trespassing" or "Keep Out" or "Beware of Dragon". There is a slight possibility, said Dr. Porcoutini, that even before the Great Fence, there was a Great Hedge with possibly even a Great Property Line Tape.
  

Thanks for the news update, Dan!

Ooops....internet hiccup....

Thanks Jon, Crissa, Jim and Lisa

I'm happy I got the lights and can wait longer for some tech...which will be cheaper anyhow in the future....I'm constantly lacking in light for the indoor shots I take for the stock photo I upload to and now I can add on some indoor home portraits ...maybe even learn enough to use outside for our family portraits we take every so often.

Becky N wrote in post #12055984
Cute. Does she make a lot of specialty cakes?

She bakes all sorts of cakes. The more complex the better. Here's one she made for my youngest grandgirl's 1st birthday.

3Turner wrote in post #12056256
Here is one of the 15 shots we are going to print out of the lil man.

Nice shot. Toes do taste good don't they?

Permagrin wrote in post #12056300
Morning.
Tim, your wife's cake is cute. She obviously is very talented in the culinary skills.

Thanks everybody for the kind comments. She appreciates it.

puddlepirate44 wrote in post #12056351
AND, since I'm tired about reading the news of doom and gloom, I thought I'd share with you the OTHER things that are happening throughout the world.

News....how I like to read it!

BearLeeAlive wrote in post #12056247
Bruce Lee playing ping pong with nun-chucks. The guy is pretty darn good with those things.
LINK

There needs to be some additions to our language that help to define Bruce Lee as all the superlatives we now have don't do him justice.

3Turner wrote in post #12056256
Hello!

Bobert!!! Cute shot of the Whelp.

He's eating his foot. Apparently, he's been doing yoga with Jim.

Permagrin wrote in post #12056300
Zane, your project is very interesting. I had no idea what anything you were working with, was. With Jim's project I got as far as "ooh, wood". With yours it was like "interesting thingamajiggy on the...um...interesting thingamawhatty". lol Glad you are enjoying yourself though.

HAHAHAHA!!

Timphoto wrote in post #12056405
Nice shot. Toes do taste good don't they?

Thanks Tim, toes apparently taste very well.

Yummy looking cake there.

puddlepirate44 wrote in post #12056419
Bobert!!! Cute shot of the Whelp.

He's eating his foot. Apparently, he's been doing yoga with Jim.

Thanks Dan

Sam was doing some sort of yoga....practically in the buff. For some reason, Sam was wanting an apron to put on during the shoot .

3Turner wrote in post #12056432
Thanks Dan

Sam was doing some sort of yoga....practically in the buff. For some reason, Sam was wanting an apron to put on during the shoot .

Apron yoga. It's all the rage up in the Canadian plains, so I hear.

Wow. I wish I could draw that right now.

Question on a processing side....in some shots, Samuel's nose/hands/fingers look orange...more so than the rest of his skin showing in what ever shot. The orange of course due to the amount of baby food he eats that has carrots and sweet potato in them.

Any who....how can I go about reducing the orange tint in his skin for some of these photos that show orange in his skin prominently?

Anyone have any processing tips in CS4 or similar?

puddlepirate44 wrote in post #12056453
Apron yoga. It's all the rage up in the Canadian plains, so I hear.

Wow. I wish I could draw that right now.

You may need to include a big black censor bar.