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Title: Thunder Strike's photo thread
Post by: Thunder Strike on August 14, 2010, 07:24:54 am
So while I was bored tonight (I should be studying) I was browsing through my old travel photos and thought about posting some of them here.

I'll try post a new one every day.

First up.

(http://img15.imageshack.us/img15/6140/skinky.jpg)

A skink (I think) trying to camouflage itself on a rusty tin can on the island of Rarotonga, the main island of the Cook Islands.
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Post by: Gangs on August 14, 2010, 04:05:06 pm
Not bad, looks like a good camera.
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Post by: The Angry Alien on August 14, 2010, 04:24:21 pm
Interesting, I look forward to you  other photos ;)
Title: Re: Thunder Strike's photo thread
Post by: Thunder Strike on August 14, 2010, 06:35:27 pm
Not bad, looks like a good camera.

Nikon D50, a lower end SLR camera. Got a 18-55mm and 75-300mm lens for it.
Title: Re: Thunder Strike's photo thread
Post by: Gangs on August 14, 2010, 06:42:48 pm
Good enough for entry level professional photography or hobby photography...
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Post by: Arsenal 10 on August 14, 2010, 08:19:06 pm
I look forward to finally seeing your photos :P
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Post by: Zimbagwe on August 14, 2010, 08:24:28 pm
Very nice.
Title: Re: Thunder Strike's photo thread
Post by: Thunder Strike on August 14, 2010, 10:58:48 pm
(http://img514.imageshack.us/img514/8977/eaglesx.jpg)

A sea eagle swooping down with to catch it's 'prey' and a brahminy kite lurking in the background.
I was on a yachting trip in the Whitsunday Islands in Queensland Australia and one of they guys working on the yacht  threw a strip of chicken into the water to get the birds to swoop down.
Title: Re: Thunder Strike's photo thread
Post by: Thunder Strike on August 14, 2010, 11:01:00 pm
I look forward to finally seeing your photos :P

Pfft, you will have already seen most of the ones I end up posting here :P
Title: Re: Thunder Strike's photo thread
Post by: C-zom on August 15, 2010, 12:58:24 pm
The second picture looks no where *near* as good as the first one. Not knocking your photography skills, you took the shot well, but what the hell happened to the camea? Did you switch it out for a kodak moment disposable one?
Title: Re: Thunder Strike's photo thread
Post by: TomAceEsq on August 15, 2010, 01:32:48 pm
Amazing first shot. Meh second shot. I have some pictures from hiking and skiing that are pretty sick. Maybe I'll post a couple for shits and giggles.
Title: Re: Thunder Strike's photo thread
Post by: Thunder Strike on August 15, 2010, 04:27:24 pm
Try taking a photo of something moving that fast while the sun is setting :P

Slow shutter speed would have given it better depth and colour, but the two birds would have been blurs.
It was also a guessing came on where I had to focus. The birds moved to quickly for auto focus to work, or make any changes in manual focus. It isn't the best quality shot, but the action it captures is awesome imo.
Title: Re: Thunder Strike's photo thread
Post by: Arsenal 10 on August 15, 2010, 04:29:09 pm
See, I prefer the second shot, not because of its photographic quality, but of the photo itself. You don't often get to see a bird of prey poised like that.

The reason the picture looks worse is because it is a moving action shot which are a lot more difficult to take and reduces the quality of the photo; unless your camera is awesome..
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Post by: Jenne on August 15, 2010, 04:31:08 pm
Im with Arsenal.  The quality would be nice, but just getting a shot like that is amazing.
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Post by: Electric Mango on August 15, 2010, 10:33:31 pm
TS 1st of all, these pictures look awesome. I'm sure being there in person is 100x more awesome.  I thought they turned out great. I'm jealous of the places you've been, can't wait to see them for myself.

Also people fussing his photo skills and equipment, who gives a rats ass, that's not the point of this thread. TS wants to show off his sweet vaca photos. This is the time you're supposed to ooh and ash, not turn it into a photography debate.

PS RIA, love the new:
 :boobs:

Title: Re: Thunder Strike's photo thread
Post by: undiscoveredbum on August 15, 2010, 10:45:44 pm
PS RIA, love the new:
 :boobs:

Well then you're gonna love this:

(http://a.imageshack.us/img686/517/dwavymh7.gif)
Title: Re: Thunder Strike's photo thread
Post by: Jenne on August 15, 2010, 10:46:28 pm
does she have a 3rd nipple or a leach?
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Post by: Leo on August 15, 2010, 10:49:36 pm
WTF, that's awesome!
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Post by: Gangs on August 15, 2010, 10:56:39 pm
WTF, that's awesome!
qft
Title: Re: Thunder Strike's photo thread
Post by: Thunder Strike on August 15, 2010, 11:27:29 pm
In keeping with the boobs theme.

(http://img811.imageshack.us/img811/7217/boobsq.jpg)
A statue in Bologna, Italy. And yes, this is from a crappy point and shoot camera.
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Post by: Electric Mango on August 15, 2010, 11:43:34 pm
It looks like she's jizzing milk out of her tits, ah, the classics
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Post by: Thunder Strike on August 16, 2010, 11:37:04 pm
(http://img7.imageshack.us/img7/3371/peytolake.jpg)
Peyto Lake in Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada.
Title: Re: Thunder Strike's photo thread
Post by: Arsenal 10 on August 17, 2010, 01:58:27 am
Yeah, I like that photo. The water is trippy.
Title: Re: Thunder Strike's photo thread
Post by: Thunder Strike on August 17, 2010, 11:41:31 pm
(http://img337.imageshack.us/img337/6103/crabarmy.jpg)
Army of crabs covering the beach/mud in Queensland Australia.

And a close up of the crabs.

(http://img525.imageshack.us/img525/9051/crabcloseup.jpg)
Title: Re: Thunder Strike's photo thread
Post by: Arsenal 10 on August 18, 2010, 12:05:58 am
I remember that day! That was so awesome to see.
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Post by: The Angry Alien on August 18, 2010, 03:29:33 pm
These are some pretty nice photos TS, I like the close-up
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Post by: Jenne on August 18, 2010, 05:42:11 pm
I had those once.  Took me a week to get rid of.
Title: Re: Thunder Strike's photo thread
Post by: Electric Mango on August 19, 2010, 12:05:54 am
The water looks fakein the 1st one, really neat looking.  All you can eat crab legs is all I can think of for the second one.  Cool pics ts     
Title: Re: Thunder Strike's photo thread
Post by: Thunder Strike on August 19, 2010, 12:19:34 am
(http://img121.imageshack.us/img121/8596/statuem.jpg)
An interesting statue in a park in Oslo, Norway.
Title: Re: Thunder Strike's photo thread
Post by: Gangs on August 19, 2010, 12:23:43 am
O_o
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Post by: C-zom on August 19, 2010, 12:38:28 am
Leo?
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Post by: Arsenal 10 on August 19, 2010, 12:52:53 am
lol, tiny penis.
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Post by: Jenne on August 19, 2010, 06:55:29 am
 :pedobear:
Title: Re: Thunder Strike's photo thread
Post by: Thunder Strike on August 19, 2010, 10:52:24 pm
(http://img132.imageshack.us/img132/3671/woodpidgeon.jpg)
Wood Pigeon, taken from the deck of my house.
Title: Re: Thunder Strike's photo thread
Post by: Thunder Strike on August 21, 2010, 12:56:24 am
(http://img689.imageshack.us/img689/917/pelicans.jpg)
Aussie Pelicans. Yes, they are more stupid than normal pelicans.
Title: Re: Thunder Strike's photo thread
Post by: Ganon5 on August 21, 2010, 01:14:49 am
The pelicans one is pretty cool
Title: Re: Thunder Strike's photo thread
Post by: Jenne on August 21, 2010, 08:13:26 am
Damn, I need to travel more. 
Title: Re: Thunder Strike's photo thread
Post by: Thunder Strike on August 22, 2010, 12:08:16 am
(http://img841.imageshack.us/img841/2720/palenque.jpg)
Mayan ruins in Palenque, Mexico.
Title: Re: Thunder Strike's photo thread
Post by: Thunder Strike on August 23, 2010, 06:11:51 am
(http://img837.imageshack.us/img837/4415/louvre.jpg)
The Louvre in France.
Title: Re: Thunder Strike's photo thread
Post by: Thunder Strike on August 24, 2010, 12:10:45 am
(http://img837.imageshack.us/img837/884/glacier.jpg)
A glacier in the Norwegian fjords.
Title: Re: Thunder Strike's photo thread
Post by: Koorosheh Kabir on August 24, 2010, 12:30:39 am
wow you've been EVERYWHERE  :rainbowsheep:
Title: Re: Thunder Strike's photo thread
Post by: Thunder Strike on August 24, 2010, 12:58:07 am
Heh, I still have a million places to visit.
Title: Re: Thunder Strike's photo thread
Post by: Crazyman93 on August 24, 2010, 07:39:31 pm
I've been everywhere man! I've been everywhere! :spot:
Title: Re: Thunder Strike's photo thread
Post by: Fire-Angel on August 28, 2010, 10:12:44 pm
sex freaks
Title: Re: Thunder Strike's photo thread
Post by: Electric Mango on August 29, 2010, 01:37:05 am
TalA, you ever come to the Midwest of America you let me know.  I know all the secrets.   
Title: Re: Thunder Strike's photo thread
Post by: Thunder Strike on August 29, 2010, 05:27:50 am
(http://img441.imageshack.us/img441/6549/westernfjords.jpg)
Western Fjords of Norway.
Title: Re: Thunder Strike's photo thread
Post by: Thunder Strike on August 31, 2010, 06:41:52 am
(http://img819.imageshack.us/img819/5165/cliffdivers.jpg)
Cliff divers in Acapulco, Mexico.