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17-OCT-2006	Jim H.

Mmmmm

Well, THAT explains it!

Canon EOS 20D ,Canon EF-S 17-85mm f/4-5.6 IS
1/50s f/8.0 at 17.0mm iso200 hide exif

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Date/Time	17-Oct-2006 11:18:16
Make	Canon
Model	Canon EOS 20D
Flash Used	No
Focal Length	17 mm
Exposure Time	1/50 sec
Aperture	f/8
ISO Equivalent	200
Exposure Bias	0.67
White Balance
Metering Mode	(-1)
JPEG Quality
Exposure Program	aperture priority (3)
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Canon DSLR Challenge		20-Oct-2006 08:21
jnconradie: I should have done this sooner so I could have been included in your entry! It was excellent, I must say! And it is odd that I've entered a couple of fairly macabre shots recently. In both cases, they were triggered by reading things in the challenge threads. First, whether or not a hand counted as "five" and this time by the "lobotomizing a pumpkin" remark. I had originally thought that I'd like to make it look as if my head was a pumpkin, perhaps sitting in the grass, and with the top removed the way you would a pumpkin's and being able to see down into it like that. But I sort of ran short of time and hadn't thought it out well enough to figure out how to set that up or do the post processing to make it look reasonable. But it's still an idea :) And Jason: I also have always found the slime inside of a pumpkin and the smell of it to be fairly repulsive. I had to just ignore it to put that stuff in my mouth. It has kind of a bitter taste, though, but it's the smell that gets to me :) I'm actually 49. I think that one reason that I tend to have a lot of common experiences with Doug Kerr is that I've been involved in electronics and programming for a long time and I was introduced to photography at a very early age by my dad who has been a photographer since he was a kid. His uncle Pete (my great uncle) was an amazing guy who built miniature steam engines and goodies from junk-yard metal scraps using a machine shop he set up in his house in the small town where my dad grew up. He also had a darkroom and was a photographer and got my father interested. So when my dad built the house I grew up in, he put a darkroom in it. And when I was old enough to walk, I was at my father's side in the darkroom, watching and learning and being amazed. I got my first camera when I was 6 and (with dad's help, of course - or maybe he did it with me "helping") developed the film and made prints. It's something that's stuck with me as has my love of mechanical things and machining and such. My dad is a structural engineer and I ended up interested in all of that but went into electronics. My brother is another fanatic photographer and does mostly architecture work. I think my dad and us kids have a lot to thank Uncle Pete for :) So I probably have some familiarity with some of the old equipment and older electronic systems simply because I got invoved with it early on. And, I am kind of old too :) Jim H.

Guest		18-Oct-2006 02:01
I have an uncarved pumpkin that my wife is now going to have to decorate WITHOUT me in the room/house/state. I actually imagined the taste by remembering the smell of that stuff, and now I'm kind of queasy. On a different note, you're a lot younger than I thought you'd be. I'd imagined someone that was Doug Kerr-old, which I guessed based on a lot of your stories and related experiences. It seems like you've collected such a wealth of wisdom for ~40 (?) years.

Guest		18-Oct-2006 00:10
LOL!

Guest		17-Oct-2006 22:59
Yummy!

jnconradie		17-Oct-2006 20:24
"Yuck!" is all I can think of. :-) Jim, we will have to have a long chat to your shrink. (You have one, don't you?) If you are not busy with acute self-inflicted bodily harm ("Five" Challenge), then you are involved in some weird food fetish! Whatever will come next? :-) You are another one who would have made it into "CSLR Voyeur" if you had posted earlier. But be warned, there might one day be a second edition...! :-) Many smiles and warm regards ~jnconradie

Canon DSLR Challenge		17-Oct-2006 19:57
Thanks - I think :) This idea came from the challenge thread way back near the beginning when Matt brought up the topic of cats versus pumpkins and then Jason mentioned the lovely slime that you have to deal with when you "lobotomize" one. I laughed when I read that but immediately, I started thinking about how I could achieve something along those lines. Being the procrastinator supreme that I am, I finally bought a pumpkin this morning after work and managed to get something done with it. And Jason, you're right, that gunk IS nasty - and it tastes pretty bad too! Jim H.

Guest		17-Oct-2006 19:36
I am with Alastair, LOL -Cat

Canon DSLR Challenge		17-Oct-2006 19:29
Disgustingly good, with the emphasis on 'disgustingly'! :) Alastair

Canon DSLR Challenge		17-Oct-2006 19:07
Excellent! -- Victor

Canon DSLR Challenge		17-Oct-2006 19:04
I am actually shaking - Najinsky