“Fight Against Stupidity And Bureaucracy”
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I was walking through the house
the other day with my camera
when I spotted the cat lying on a sofa.
“Hi there.” I said. “Whatya doin?”
“Just chilling out here on the sofa,’” she said.
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“I have a joke for you,” I said.
So I told her a joke.
It must have been a good one,
my how she laughed.
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Then I asked,
“Mind if I take your photo?”
“Oh no, no way,” she replied.
“I haven’t combed my fur or anything.”
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“Fight Against Stupidity And Bureaucracy”
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In the town where I went to school the local photography shop was the place to go when you needed a photo for a passport or driving license or whatever. The guy who owned the store invariably came out with the following line when he got you positioned and was ready to take the shot…
“Would you like a good photograph
…..or one that looks like you?”
It’s easy to be cynical and complain about new technologies. Although on the whole I embrace new technology, I have at times been highly critical about some aspects (as with recent short series about the awful auto-correct cell phone feature – check out the “Bloopers” section if you want to see them).
But new technology has on most occasions made life easier or more convenient. And at times a lot less expensive.
Photography is one area where there can be no doubt that for most people the advances made with digital photography is a big plus.
Just as with musical recordings there are still purists out there who use reel-to-reel tape and prefer the crackly authenticity of vinyl LP records, with photography there are some who prefer to develop and print their own photographs.
For my part, however, the days of running down to the local pharmacy with my 35mm film and then repeating the process the next day to get the prints, many of which weren’t worth the expense and bother, are over. And thank goodness for that!
Nowadays you can snap 100 photos, pick out the best 20 or so, use your personal computer software (even free stuff like Google’s Picasa) to crop and improve them and then print off either professionally or on your own home printer only the ones you really like (the ‘keepers’ we call them).
Of course, there’s always a downside. And the BIG downside to all this is that there really is no excuse nowadays for taking a bad photo – and printing it!
Unfortunately that message hasn’t reached a lot of people yet, as the following examples illustrate.
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A few weeks ago we had a short series of what were called ‘perfectly timed photos’ because in most cases the shutter was clicked at just the right moment to achieve the perfect result.
This lot are similar in so far as the end result is effective and hopefully amusing, although they are a bit more contrived or ‘set up’ to achieve the required result.
Have a look and see what you think.
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Welcome to another weekend and the final selection of perfectly timed photographs.
Since this is the last in this short series I am going to let the animals have the final word, or the final look might be more accurate.
Below is a mixture of domesticated and wild animals all caught on camera at exactly the right moment in time to produce fascinating and sometimes very funny pictures.
Hope you enjoy this final (for the moment) selection.
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We’re getting close to the end of another month and close to the end of this short series.
Hope you enjoy this penultimate selection of perfectly times photos.
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More photos for this weekend.
Nothing beats a perfectly taken photo except perhaps a perfectly timed photo.
You will find a selection of the latter variety below.
Enjoy.
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Welcome to part two of this short series of perfectly timed photos, where the click of the camera caught that perfect moment in time.
I would hazard a guess that most of these were taken accidentally, but however they were done the results are good.
Enjoy today’s selection
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“Fight Against Stupidity And Bureaucracy”
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More photos for this weekend.
Nothing beats a perfectly taken photo except perhaps a perfectly timed photo.
You will find a selection of the latter variety below.
Enjoy.
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From time to time I publish photographs on this blog. That isn’t it’s primary purpose, but sometimes they fall into the unusual or exceptional categories that contrast with posts about the more intellectually challenged members of our society.
See what you make of this selection.
Enjoy.
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“Fight Against Stupidity And Bureaucracy”
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I feel a bit of a Sunday Sermon coming on, if I get the time to write it.
But for today something a lot lighter and hopefully amusing.
It’s a second helping of our animal friends. They are fun.
Enjoy.
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