Rare pierces Posted July 11, 2011 Author #876 Share Posted July 11, 2011 I finally got back to using my camera.... I've been a little remiss about keeping up with the photography for a while. Another hobby has been eating my time. Wonderful Wife found a platform bed she wanted and since I was unwilling to let go of my camera fund and skip a couple of house payments, I designed and built one for her. Lots of fun and it ended up costing less than an entry-level DSLR! Link to assembly slide show after the picture... http://galleries.pptphoto.com/bedproject/slideshow Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dileep Posted July 11, 2011 #877 Share Posted July 11, 2011 i finally got back to using my camera.... I've been a little remiss about keeping up with the photography for a while. Another hobby has been eating my time. Wonderful wife found a platform bed she wanted and since i was unwilling to let go of my camera fund and skip a couple of house payments, i designed and built one for her. Lots of fun and it ended up costing less than an entry-level dslr! Dave nice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jade13 Posted July 11, 2011 #878 Share Posted July 11, 2011 I finally got back to using my camera.... I've been a little remiss about keeping up with the photography for a while. Another hobby has been eating my time. Wonderful Wife found a platform bed she wanted and since I was unwilling to let go of my camera fund and skip a couple of house payments, I designed and built one for her. Lots of fun and it ended up costing less than an entry-level DSLR! Link to assembly slide show after the picture... http://galleries.pptphoto.com/bedproject/slideshow Dave You have many talents! Wow. A few mortgage payments. Which designer bed was she looking at, and did you copy the design? What type of wood did you use? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRoff Posted July 11, 2011 #879 Share Posted July 11, 2011 Wow Dave that is some spectacular wood working and design. Very nice. The design is amazing that you can apparently take it apart. Dileep, the photos are of places in Kentlands, Maryland. It is a newly built "old town" that really works well and has been quite successful. Larry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare pierces Posted July 11, 2011 Author #880 Share Posted July 11, 2011 Thanks to everyone for the comments! You have many talents! Wow. A few mortgage payments. Which designer bed was she looking at, and did you copy the design? What type of wood did you use? Not sure of the designer. She showed me the bed and all I really saw was the shape and the price tag. :eek: The design is my own and it was done with transportability in mind (we do hope to move back to California some day) so when disassembled, many of the structural pieces nest inside the exterior skirts. It is constructed of dimensional white pine and plywood with the exterior being red oak, both solid and ¾" furniture-grade plywood. All of the molding and trim profiles were cut and shaped from 1x4 stock. Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nytonowhere Posted July 12, 2011 #881 Share Posted July 12, 2011 Toby enjoying the summer sun Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zackiedawg Posted July 12, 2011 #882 Share Posted July 12, 2011 Our usual backyard lizard and bird variety has returned in force for the summer...I thought I'd share a few snaps of some of the more colorful or more spiky dinosaur looking backyard visitors: Here's a Northern Curly Tail sitting on my fencepost: A green iguana youngster hanging out on the warm cement - they're much more colorful and vibrant green when they're younger: This is a one-month a year visitor, more rare to spot as they're quite shy - but the past 4 years or so, he's been making occasional appearances along my fence. Last time was 2 years ago, and recently he returned - it's called a Knight Anole: Of course, birds are descended from dinosaurs, so here's a few of them too. First, my ever-common blue jay, of which there are hundreds in my yard every afternoon - this one is by the front door waiting for some peanut handouts: I've got a cardinal family living in my backyard - mom, dad, and 3 chicks. I put out seed for them which they come for daily as a family group - mom is very hands-off, sitting at a distance and watching, while dad is the doting father, sitting in the middle of the 3 screaming kids and feeding them. Here's one on the fence to demand some food: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mnbruce Posted July 13, 2011 #883 Share Posted July 13, 2011 What settings for the close up wild life? Sorry it took me a while. Both were take from about 7' away Bird shutter 1/50 aperture f/5.6 ISO 800 drangon fly shutter 1/1000 aperture f/7.1 ISO 320 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MDSue Posted July 13, 2011 #884 Share Posted July 13, 2011 beautiful wildlife pics! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRoff Posted July 14, 2011 #885 Share Posted July 14, 2011 We passed a pretty eerie house last night during the storm. :D Larry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare pierces Posted July 14, 2011 Author #886 Share Posted July 14, 2011 We passed a pretty eerie house last night during the storm. :D Larry You can almost see Norman waving from the bedroom window... Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MDSue Posted July 15, 2011 #887 Share Posted July 15, 2011 Hi everyone, I took these this morning at a local field of sunflowers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mnbruce Posted July 16, 2011 #888 Share Posted July 16, 2011 Those are fantastic Sue! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johneeo Posted July 16, 2011 #889 Share Posted July 16, 2011 Explorer of the Seas from the Palace Theater. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zackiedawg Posted July 18, 2011 #890 Share Posted July 18, 2011 A few from the wetlands last week... Turtle climbing a palm tree: The elusive least bittern: Close-up of a black-bellied whistling duck: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Debathome Posted July 18, 2011 #891 Share Posted July 18, 2011 Wow, wow.... and wow! The wildlife, bird and plant photos are amazing everyone! Dave, very talented! The bed is really beautiful and does indeed look like it is out of a design catalogue. Katmich, the bridal photos are really lovely, as is the bride. Looks like it was a perfect day for a wedding. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare electro Posted July 19, 2011 #892 Share Posted July 19, 2011 (edited) We passed a pretty eerie house last night during the storm. :D Larry Did you put in the girl sitting in from of the house? Lois Edited July 19, 2011 by electro Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mela921 Posted July 19, 2011 #893 Share Posted July 19, 2011 I don't get to take out my DSLR every day, but I do take a bunch of pics on my iPhone.Here lately the skies have been incredible after the storms have rolled through! These were taken this week, so I hope they count ;) I ran them through Chase Jarvis's Best Camera app to help the colors pop! Absolutely spectacular! Thanks for sharing.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRoff Posted July 19, 2011 #894 Share Posted July 19, 2011 Lois, The young girl is my granddaughter at her sister's Bat Mitzvah, and the house is really a well maintained old house in North West DC. Photoshop is fun.:D Larry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mela921 Posted July 19, 2011 #895 Share Posted July 19, 2011 These were taken last fall. I was a pssenger on the back of a motorcyle and no we did not stop to take these...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Debathome Posted July 19, 2011 #896 Share Posted July 19, 2011 I can't believe the quality of some of the photos taken with Iphones. Handy little gadgets. ;) Here are a couple of 'nature's art' taken along the Lake shore on a recent walk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dileep Posted July 20, 2011 #897 Share Posted July 20, 2011 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jen4398 Posted July 20, 2011 #898 Share Posted July 20, 2011 Expecting our first grandchild....so, we need pictures! While we were shooting, we came upon this.... I have never taken my camera for a spin at 3200 ISO before. It was heavily wooded and dark. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dileep Posted July 21, 2011 #899 Share Posted July 21, 2011 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jen4398 Posted July 21, 2011 #900 Share Posted July 21, 2011 Beautiful capture...I will be visiting your online albums tonight when I have some time to enjoy them. Your photography is beautiful. Thanks for sharing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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