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Topic: April, 2014 Photo Contest
Posted By: RifleDude
Subject: April, 2014 Photo Contest
Date Posted: April/03/2014 at 21:22
The theme for April is "forgotten."


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Ted


Money can't buy happiness... but it's much more comfortable to cry in a Porsche than on a bicycle.



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Posted By: Bitterroot Bulls
Date Posted: April/03/2014 at 21:23
Sounds good Ted.

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-Matt


Posted By: 3_tens
Date Posted: April/03/2014 at 21:42
A picture of my head will surely win!


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Folks ain't got a sense of humor no more. They don't laugh they just get sore.

Need to follow the rules. Just hard to determine which set of rules to follow
Now the rules have changed again.


Posted By: Bitterroot Bulls
Date Posted: April/03/2014 at 21:43
Wait ... what was the topic?

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-Matt


Posted By: Skylar McMahon
Date Posted: April/04/2014 at 15:57
Originally posted by Bitterroot Bulls Bitterroot Bulls wrote:

Wait ... what was the topic?
 
Yes, please Ted....would you elaborate?


Posted By: RifleDude
Date Posted: April/04/2014 at 16:36
The theme is however you interpret the word "forgotten." I was envisioning something abandoned, left behind, remote, usually bypassed, overlooked, etc.

It could be virtually anything that time left behind, or something that's so remote or hidden that people rarely ever see it. Examples might be an old abandoned settler's cabin tucked away in the mountains, a partially exposed shipwreck, etc. There are really no wrong answers; it's all how you interpret the theme.

I thought it would be fun and challenging to get out and find stuff to take pics of that you normally don't see, off the beaten path, so to speak. Or, maybe your subject is in plain sight, but normally overlooked.

Some of those sorts of things can make for very interesting photos.


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Ted


Money can't buy happiness... but it's much more comfortable to cry in a Porsche than on a bicycle.


Posted By: Skylar McMahon
Date Posted: April/04/2014 at 16:49
Got it.
 
Looks like, I will have to find a substitute, but I'm up for the challenge.


Posted By: budperm
Date Posted: April/04/2014 at 18:34
Interesting,  I don't have the camera to compete but there are old homesteads all over the place here back to the early 1800s

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"Peace is that brief glorious moment in history when everybody stands around reloading".
--Thomas Jefferson





Posted By: Dale Clifford
Date Posted: April/05/2014 at 07:26
maybe give some thought to increasing the format upload capacity past 1mb, to at least 5mb, allowing for detail and color loss when compression occurs.

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I love little league baseball-- it keeps the kids out of the house
Yogi Bera



Posted By: Skylar McMahon
Date Posted: April/07/2014 at 21:31
Interesting


Posted By: 8shots
Date Posted: April/19/2014 at 02:10
Here is my entry...
 
 
Sorry, I forgot to upload it.


Posted By: Peddler
Date Posted: April/19/2014 at 04:37
Big Grin

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When you are dead, you don't know you are dead.It is difficult only for others.

It is the same when you are stupid.


Posted By: RifleDude
Date Posted: April/23/2014 at 11:34


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Ted


Money can't buy happiness... but it's much more comfortable to cry in a Porsche than on a bicycle.


Posted By: Skylar McMahon
Date Posted: April/23/2014 at 11:35
Excellent shot Ted.


Posted By: BeltFed
Date Posted: April/23/2014 at 12:17
I got some junk that was dropped on my place a long time ago.

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Life's concerns should be about the 120lb pack your trying to get to the top of the mountain, and not the rock in your boot.


Posted By: Peddler
Date Posted: April/23/2014 at 14:47
Nice pic Ted. Do we get a prize if we guess what it is?

Cool


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When you are dead, you don't know you are dead.It is difficult only for others.

It is the same when you are stupid.


Posted By: RifleDude
Date Posted: April/23/2014 at 15:11
No, but I'd still like to hear what your guess is.


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Ted


Money can't buy happiness... but it's much more comfortable to cry in a Porsche than on a bicycle.


Posted By: Peddler
Date Posted: April/23/2014 at 15:16
I don't think that a pic can be googled so I'm totally in the dark.

Whacko



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When you are dead, you don't know you are dead.It is difficult only for others.

It is the same when you are stupid.


Posted By: SEMO Shooter
Date Posted: April/23/2014 at 15:40
Nice shot Ted.  Was that done in HDR?


Posted By: Peddler
Date Posted: April/23/2014 at 15:53
Ted, I just looked at about 500 monument pics in Texas and each time I scrolled down I was saying to myself here it comes " WRONG ". I give up. How about someone else trying.


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When you are dead, you don't know you are dead.It is difficult only for others.

It is the same when you are stupid.


Posted By: RifleDude
Date Posted: April/23/2014 at 16:35
Hi SEMO --
Yes, it was done in HDR, processed with Photomatix Pro + Lightroom 5...  7 exposures @ 1 EV apart, on tripod. HDR was necessary to get the detail back in the bricks while still preserving the intensity of the "fire in the sky." I saw an awesome sunset coming up, so I sat and waited until it peaked color-wise and I still had enough light to do the -3 to +3 EV bracket.

I used my Nikon D800 w/ Zeiss Distagon 25mm f/2 lens, f/8, ISO 100.

Skip,
The subject is the remains of a building at the original Baylor College site. Originally called Independence Academy, it was the first college established in the Republic of Texas (in 1845), before TX was a US state. It is located on "Academy Hill," near a small community about 20 miles from my house called Independence. Independence is close to Washington-on-the-Brazos, the original capital of The Republic of Texas, where Texas declared its independence from Mexico a decade earlier and became a sovereign country. At that time, Independence was the wealthiest town in the Republic of TX, and it had a large Baptist community, so a Baptist college was founded. Originally, it was a co-ed college, but eventually, the men's educational facilities were moved to another site ("Windmill Hill") a few miles from there, most likely due to religious objections to young, single men and women sharing the same facilities. Independence Academy at Academy Hill then became a female-only college. No structures remain of the men's college today. In 1866, the female college was re-named Baylor Female College and the male college was named Baylor Male College, after Judge R.E.B. Baylor. In the 1880's, the Baylor male college was moved to Waco, TX, merging with Waco University and becoming what is now Baylor University. The female college was moved to Belton, TX and became The University of Mary Hardin-Baylor. UMHB started out as a female only university as well, but went co-ed in the early 1970's.

What you see in my pic is the only thing left of the front entrance of the 3-story Female College classroom building, built in 1857. The classroom building as it looked then is shown in the pc below. The 4 columns and the arched entrance seen in the right side of the photo below is the subject of my photo.



The only other original structural remains left of the Baylor Female College are portions of a couple brick walls of the dormitory about 75 yds east of there. Today, the site is called Old Baylor Park.


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Ted


Money can't buy happiness... but it's much more comfortable to cry in a Porsche than on a bicycle.


Posted By: RifleDude
Date Posted: April/23/2014 at 16:42
OOPS! I didn't realize you were doing a search. I should have waited a little longer before explaining the pic to make you work for it! Sorry to spoil the fun! Big Grin


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Ted


Money can't buy happiness... but it's much more comfortable to cry in a Porsche than on a bicycle.


Posted By: Peddler
Date Posted: April/23/2014 at 16:42
Ted, pic after pic I kept saying one more, I think I have seem most of the monuments in Texas . A very neat pic and an equally neat story. Thanks.

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When you are dead, you don't know you are dead.It is difficult only for others.

It is the same when you are stupid.


Posted By: RifleDude
Date Posted: April/23/2014 at 17:19
Interestingly, the majority of the locals living in the surrounding communities have no idea that's even there. Per this month's photo theme, it's literally been "forgotten." Independence is located about 12 miles north of Brenham, where I live. It's a neat old, historical town, founded in 1835, except it's really no longer considered a town any more and the name "Independence" doesn't even show up on some maps, as the folks living in that rural area have a Brenham address. It still has some original and restored historical homes, stores, and churches still remaining from the mid to late 1800's. Sam Houston lived in Independence. The county where I live, Washington County, is known as "The Birthplace of Texas," and there are a lot of interesting historical sites all around this area.

http://www.independencetx.com/ - http://www.independencetx.com/


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Ted


Money can't buy happiness... but it's much more comfortable to cry in a Porsche than on a bicycle.


Posted By: cheaptrick
Date Posted: April/24/2014 at 08:42
That's terrific! Your skill sets are to be envied, Mr. Winkle!   

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If at first you don't secede...try..try again.


Posted By: budperm
Date Posted: April/24/2014 at 10:27
Yeah What Mark said!Whacko

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"Peace is that brief glorious moment in history when everybody stands around reloading".
--Thomas Jefferson





Posted By: coyote95
Date Posted: April/24/2014 at 11:28
WOW! what a neet picture... Excellent

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"Life is like riding a bicycle . To keep balance you must keep moving" Albert Einstein


Posted By: Skylar McMahon
Date Posted: April/28/2014 at 12:08
Including today, there are three days left to get your entries in for the April's photo contest.
 
Come one guys, while Ted's shot is a great one, I don't think it's fair to win by default.
 
I going to take a picture with my phone here shortly.


Posted By: bugsNbows
Date Posted: April/28/2014 at 14:55
When I grow up, I want to be just like Ted! Excellent


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If we're not suppose to eat animals...how come they're made of meat?
               Anomymous


Posted By: cheaptrick
Date Posted: April/28/2014 at 15:11
Originally posted by bugsNbows bugsNbows wrote:

When I grow up, I want to be just like Ted! Excellent

Me too.....He's so Ted-tacular! Yippee
He makes me want to quit Timmy Tebow. (Kidding) Bucky


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If at first you don't secede...try..try again.


Posted By: bugsNbows
Date Posted: April/29/2014 at 06:55
Don't dump Timmy Mark. Loco


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If we're not suppose to eat animals...how come they're made of meat?
               Anomymous


Posted By: Bitterroot Bulls
Date Posted: April/30/2014 at 13:22
Now where did I leave that Coleman can?



I took this about 5 miles from anywhere yesterday.


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-Matt


Posted By: BeltFed
Date Posted: April/30/2014 at 13:43
Dang, yall still got snow there.
And just what were you doing 5 miles from any where, hmmm?Stare


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Life's concerns should be about the 120lb pack your trying to get to the top of the mountain, and not the rock in your boot.


Posted By: Bitterroot Bulls
Date Posted: April/30/2014 at 13:47
I was standing on about 5 feet of snow about an hour later. It has been a good year for snow in MT.

And ... I was hunting.

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-Matt


Posted By: BeltFed
Date Posted: April/30/2014 at 14:06
Thunbs Up

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Life's concerns should be about the 120lb pack your trying to get to the top of the mountain, and not the rock in your boot.


Posted By: Peddler
Date Posted: April/30/2014 at 14:27
What were you hunting? And where are the Trout pics?

Cool


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When you are dead, you don't know you are dead.It is difficult only for others.

It is the same when you are stupid.


Posted By: Skylar McMahon
Date Posted: April/30/2014 at 14:41
Interesting shot Matt.


Posted By: cheaptrick
Date Posted: April/30/2014 at 14:58
Nice pic, Matt. 

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If at first you don't secede...try..try again.


Posted By: Bitterroot Bulls
Date Posted: April/30/2014 at 15:35
Originally posted by Peddler Peddler wrote:

What were you hunting?


Bears ... I collect the claws.

Originally posted by Peddler Peddler wrote:

And where are the Trout pics?


Stream season doesn't start until May 18th in MT, but I will see if I can find some from last fall caught on Panther Martins!

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-Matt


Posted By: Peddler
Date Posted: April/30/2014 at 16:10
Bear season is still open or is this a Spring season? Black Bears?

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When you are dead, you don't know you are dead.It is difficult only for others.

It is the same when you are stupid.


Posted By: cheaptrick
Date Posted: April/30/2014 at 16:12
Originally posted by Bitterroot Bulls Bitterroot Bulls wrote:

 

Bears ... I collect the claws.





Excellent



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If at first you don't secede...try..try again.


Posted By: bugsNbows
Date Posted: April/30/2014 at 16:15
Hold it right there Pilgrim!


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If we're not suppose to eat animals...how come they're made of meat?
               Anomymous


Posted By: Bitterroot Bulls
Date Posted: April/30/2014 at 16:30
Skip,

Spring black bear. We haven't been able to hunt grizzlies in MT since the early 1990's.

I hope that changes soon though.

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-Matt


Posted By: Peddler
Date Posted: April/30/2014 at 16:37
Originally posted by Bitterroot Bulls Bitterroot Bulls wrote:

Skip,

Spring black bear. We haven't been able to hunt grizzlies in MT since the early 1990's.

I hope that changes soon though.


Are there lots of them and are they now a problem?

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When you are dead, you don't know you are dead.It is difficult only for others.

It is the same when you are stupid.


Posted By: 3_tens
Date Posted: April/30/2014 at 16:49
This is not my picture but it is on the subject of FORGOTEN What the good book says.
35 miles N of Knoxville.




The cross stood near 300 yards from where it landed.  Big Smile


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Folks ain't got a sense of humor no more. They don't laugh they just get sore.

Need to follow the rules. Just hard to determine which set of rules to follow
Now the rules have changed again.


Posted By: Peddler
Date Posted: April/30/2014 at 16:52
That I'm sure was pre-determined long ago. Repent ye F'N sinners!

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When you are dead, you don't know you are dead.It is difficult only for others.

It is the same when you are stupid.


Posted By: 3_tens
Date Posted: April/30/2014 at 17:11
It was always a hoot in the area about the X rated establishment. So the locals put up the huge Cross just down the road. The Cross has been an iconic landmark on I 75 for over 15 years.


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Folks ain't got a sense of humor no more. They don't laugh they just get sore.

Need to follow the rules. Just hard to determine which set of rules to follow
Now the rules have changed again.


Posted By: Peddler
Date Posted: April/30/2014 at 17:28
Bible Belt Baptists, I'm sure they for pray our souls ( my ) soul!

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When you are dead, you don't know you are dead.It is difficult only for others.

It is the same when you are stupid.


Posted By: Skylar McMahon
Date Posted: April/30/2014 at 19:47
In between my town and the next one just south of me.







Posted By: Bitterroot Bulls
Date Posted: April/30/2014 at 20:08
That's cool Skylar.

Nice one.


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-Matt


Posted By: Peddler
Date Posted: May/01/2014 at 05:04
Very nice Skylar.

Excellent


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When you are dead, you don't know you are dead.It is difficult only for others.

It is the same when you are stupid.


Posted By: cheaptrick
Date Posted: May/01/2014 at 06:12
Originally posted by Bitterroot Bulls Bitterroot Bulls wrote:

That's cool Skylar.

Nice one.

Plus 1! 


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If at first you don't secede...try..try again.


Posted By: Skylar McMahon
Date Posted: May/01/2014 at 07:54
Entries for April
 
Originally posted by RifleDude RifleDude wrote:

 
 
 
Originally posted by Bitterroot Bulls Bitterroot Bulls wrote:

 
 
Originally posted by Skylar McMahon Skylar McMahon wrote:

 
 


Posted By: BeltFed
Date Posted: May/01/2014 at 08:56
I've been past that spot in the road on I-75 many times. Always got a chuckle out of it, and yet I also got a feeling of frustration.

Skylar, did you forget to post that picture with the other entries?

And Peddler, what you got against us Baptist Bible thumppersBaseball Bat


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Life's concerns should be about the 120lb pack your trying to get to the top of the mountain, and not the rock in your boot.


Posted By: Skylar McMahon
Date Posted: May/01/2014 at 08:57
Lynn, I was going to, but Lile said in his post that it didn't count. But I was thinking about including it.
 
Did I miss understand him?


Posted By: Peddler
Date Posted: May/02/2014 at 05:14
Lynn, you guys sew your wild oats on Saturday nite and on Sunday you pray for crop failure.

Big Grin


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When you are dead, you don't know you are dead.It is difficult only for others.

It is the same when you are stupid.


Posted By: BeltFed
Date Posted: May/02/2014 at 09:22
Skip, that's what makes it SO much fun on Saturday nightBandito


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Life's concerns should be about the 120lb pack your trying to get to the top of the mountain, and not the rock in your boot.


Posted By: Skylar McMahon
Date Posted: May/02/2014 at 09:27
Originally posted by Peddler Peddler wrote:

Very nice Skylar.

Excellent
 
Thanks SKip


Posted By: Skylar McMahon
Date Posted: May/02/2014 at 09:28
Originally posted by cheaptrick cheaptrick wrote:

Originally posted by Bitterroot Bulls Bitterroot Bulls wrote:

That's cool Skylar.

Nice one.

Plus 1! 
 
Matt and Mark I appreciate that.


Posted By: 3_tens
Date Posted: May/02/2014 at 11:47
That picture was not taken by me. It was e-mailed to me by my preacher brother-in-law. No idea of its source. I found humor that tied it to things forgotten.


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Folks ain't got a sense of humor no more. They don't laugh they just get sore.

Need to follow the rules. Just hard to determine which set of rules to follow
Now the rules have changed again.


Posted By: Urimaginaryfrnd
Date Posted: May/02/2014 at 21:18
Originally posted by RifleDude RifleDude wrote:

The theme for April is "forgotten."


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"Always do the right thing, just because it is the right thing to do".
Bobby Paul Doherty
Texas Ranger



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