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This morning, I photographed a flying fish. Timmy is the dive coach at Walden Glen. Kids at the pool adore Timmy; wherever he is on the pool deck, there’s a crowd of kids of all ages surrounding him, trailing after him, trying to get his attention.
Sometimes, the crowd starts to chant, “Belly-FLOP! Belly-FLOP! Belly-FLOP! …” And when that happens, Timmy fearlessly climbs the board, sails up into the air and comes SMACK down belly-first into the water! He climbs out of the water sporting white welts on his arms, the skin on the front of him good and reddened. It’s one of the coolest, craziest summer traditions around.
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August 3, 2010 - 11:03 pm
Timmy, I hope your :final: finals went well! We’ll miss you. Godspeed…
August 4, 2010 - 1:40 pm
Nice photos. All that is missing is the audio of the “pop” when he hits the water.
August 24, 2010 - 2:27 am
That is soooo awesome! I used to do the same thing when I was a camp counselor at YMCA Camp. My camp name was “Flipper” after the tv show of course and they used to call it the “Flipper Flop”! The campers were always delighted when I performed the amazing feat. Wish I had a picture like that to show my kids!
UPDATE: The question isn’t will my drive fail, but rather when will my drive fail? Here’s the link to the post Ray remembers; my days of losing my life in a hard drive failure are long behind me. I continue to use SuperDuper and iDefrag weekly.
issue: NIVIAD card fail
model: MacBook Pro
warranty status: quality program E1
my laptop is behind the Genius Bar at the Apple Store getting repaired. the meltdown occurred late Wednesday evening & the soonest I could get an apointment was Friday, so in all fairness I’m counting total days lost.
can’t edit RAW files or open QB Pro on an iPhone. yet.
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March 10, 2010 - 10:06 am
what year is your MacBook? mine is 2007, should I be worried?
March 10, 2010 - 10:00 pm
IT’S FIXED!!!
Note to self: next time, start Twittering Genius Bar efficiency from Day 1.
I don’t know. Always backup your stuff. Mine’s a 2007, and my NIVIAD card and logic board were both replaced.
“In July 2008, NVIDIA publicly acknowledged a higher than normal failure rate for some of their graphics processors due to a packaging defect. At that same time, NVIDIA assured Apple that Mac computers with these graphics processors were not affected. However, after an Apple-led investigation, Apple has determined that some MacBook Pro computers with the NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT graphics processor may be affected. If the NVIDIA graphics processor in your MacBook Pro has failed, or fails within two years of the original date of purchase, a repair will be done free of charge, even if your MacBook Pro is out of warranty.”
In all fairness to the Pentagon City Genius Bar, I was offered a sincere apology for it taking so ridiculously long. Apparently, they have “staffing issues” and one Genius who has “personal issues.”
More info on this issue here, if you have a MBP and want to follow up:
http://www.pjentrepreneur.com/2008/12/28/macbook-pro-blank-screen-problem-logic-board-failure/
March 11, 2010 - 12:38 pm
I seem to remember a post on this blog from a couple of years back when your hard drive began making a horrible sound and a fellow named Bill (was it?) from Apple made a house call and fixed you up for about 300 bucks. You had a good picture of him.
I think you should repost it, just for posterity sake.
Good to have you back in full form.
March 12, 2010 - 10:32 am
Good point, Ray. I updated this post with a link to the screeching rodent post.
a license plate on a parked car caught my eye so I put my car in park and jumped out, ran around the front and over to the right and snapped a picture for my friend. horns are honking (among other gestures) and busy people are crazy — they have places to go. I know. so do I.
it was worth traffic distractions to get this shot for my friend — in hindsight, the effort gave us a good laugh, even if the wrong numbers rendered the photo moot (her love is an A-10 pilot.) I can’t keep those A- and F-plane number sequences straight. the Cs are easy, they come with word associations (Nightingale, Tube of Pain, Willing & Able etc.)
if you are a BMW aficionado, live in Northern Virginia and fly an A36, let me know and I’ll get you a print.
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September 13, 2010 - 2:28 pm
Just happened across your blog as I want to learn more about photography… but as a veteran, I had to let you know that most of the A and F planes also have names… A-10 Warthog and the A-36 Apache (an old plane which I think was post WW-II but maybe caught the tale end of the war?), the F-15 Strike Eagle, F-16 Fighting Falcon, etc. However, I would imagine that the plate above refers to the Beechcraft A36 civilian aircraft… a bit more likely than the A-36 Apache
Not trying to prove I’m smart or anything; I just love military aviation!
September 14, 2010 - 12:42 am
Mr. Nelson, thanks for stopping by and sharing your love/knowledge of military aviation! How could I have possibly overlooked such an endearing nickname as Warthog??? No seriously, you are absolutely correct, I need to expand my limited-to-cargo vocabulary to include all those wonderfully coined fighters, and I appreciate you helping me out. I think you nailed it on the Beechcraft, I hope someday the BMW driver pulls up this post and introduces him/herself.
On another note, if there is anything I can do to help you in your journey to learn more about photography, please don’t hesitate to ask! Here’s some of what I have started already:
http://christinegacharna.com/blog/photo-101-table-of-contents/
Very best regards…
you’ll need:
beautiful blue-eyed blond friend with flawless skin who tolerates incessant picture experimentation (other looks and personalities may be substituted with varying results)
iPhone snap the pic
PS Mobile because the iPhone tends to render skin tones darker than I prefer, I use this app to bump up the exposure by one stop
ShakeItPhoto “Polaroid for your iPhone” or, the most fun I’ve had with a camera since the fourth grade
you’ll spend:
(after materials gathering) about 2 minutes.
you’ll have:
fun!
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kate gardiner photography - where was this? love the bony finger shot
christine - http://buschgardens.com/bgw/default.aspx
Busch Gardens, Williamsburg, Howl-O-Scream — it’s become a family tradition!