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    Boudreaux on final,flaps and gear down
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    There's also the subject of person-to-person differences. When I go to a meeting at which someone is using a laser pointer, I try to avoid looking at the screen when the laser is on it, but I always leave the meeting with painful eyes. I appear to be over-sensitive to that flavor of light. :-( BTW, Hector, until a few years ago I had to shepherd 3-4 projects a year through our own IRBs (Institutional Review Boards, for those lucky enough not to be familiar with them.) At one point I spent quite a while explaining (to physicians at that) why blowing into a tube ("spirometry") didn't present any untoward dangers to patients' health. :-)
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    "The best lens I own is a tripod."
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    I'm old fashioned and many might disagree with this, but I'd suggest buying the Nikon 85mm F/1.8 lens. Sharp, fast--what's not to like? Fast primes are great for racing. If the 85 is too pricey for your comfort, if you don't have the 50mm f/1.8, you really should get one--that IMHO is an indispensable lens. Though, as noted above, I'm old fashioned. :-)
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    Boudreaux taking a break from fetching the tennis ball. :)
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    I haven't; I'm not a big fan of the movies, but I will see it--it's on Mrs Ken's list. :-) I'm glad there's so much improvement--when I complained, I really meant the pseudo-B&W often seen in TV shows and commercials, not the renaissance of B&Was a medium. My English is, how you say, "inelegant." ;-) This has been an interesting thread--thanks to all!
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    Good heavens--a big huge "LIKE!" to every one of these photos!
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    sorry, double-exposure on the 'send' key!
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    Raymond, one other thought: Ernst Wildi's "Hasselblad Manual" is an absolutely invaluable resource. Older editions are available cheaply on the auction site--or werer when I got mine--and the older editions are fine for people with older Hasselblads. (I seem to have three of them now---perhaps they're breeding!) ;-)
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    Not a bit! As Brother Ricochet says, you've contributed something very valuable, and I think it wasn't so much your comment as the beautifully relaxed and comfortable subject in your lovely photo. An example to be proud of!
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    I have shot two weddings, 20 years apart, both for friends who told me they wouldn't have any photos if I didn't do it. And I have more respect for actual wedding photographers than I can even quantify. Doing that for a living must be one heck of a job. :-)
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    This is wonderful! Thank you for sharing; looking forward to more pictures! Fascinating!
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    went to spend a week with my dad recently. My regular camera was at the camera hospital, and I forgot the little dSLR kit as I was going out the door. The camera I did have is an elderly Rolleicord that had been sitting on a shelf for several years. I tucked it in a bag thinking I'd shoot a roll just to see if the Rolleicord still worked. The WLF is incredibly bad but it was still fun to put the old thing to work. :) This is one of my dad's friends, Miss Nancy. She wore a color-coordinated hat and outfit every day. :)
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    Joe, I liked all of your photos, but the one with the complicated junction of pipes is one that will stay with me for a while. Lovely work! I would have shot that in B&W automatically but the very muted color adds a lot to the photo. Great work!
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    Thanks to all for this discussion! I've never done any figure studies as such, and I'm in a college-heavy area, which might make it reasonably possible. One question, please: college girl (WITH her roommate/boyfriend) in a 2-hour session--what sort of compensation would you folks think is reasonable? Is that a $50 sort of thing, or a $200 deal? Anybody? TIA.
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    A lot of modern "black and white" is color with the saturation turned down (or whatever) and it looks so sad--low contrast, muddy. OTOH, I've watched "The Magnificent Ambersons" with Mrs Ken and not had any idea what the movie was about--I was too busy reveling in the gorgeous camera work and the composition of some of the scenes. :-)
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    :-) This is a fun discussion! I've got a fancy "Nikon speedlight" for my dSLR, but the two old Vivitar 285's still work fine; I've had them since the early/mid-1990s I think. Great old flashes. And with their variable power and little hotshoe slaves, they can still be handy for fill in staged photos with 'real lighting.' :-)
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    I bought a bottle out of curiosity. I thought I followed the time/temp/agitation instructions very carefully, but I came out with underfixed film. The most likely explanation is certainly "user error," but I am satisfied with separate solutions. One very tiny datapoint, your mileage may vary, close cover before striking.
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