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 ID: 182744 Posts: 1738 | Date: 2007-08-09 02:00 I'm thinking to get more photographers active in the forums and, hopefully, with
model responses allow both models and photographers to meet and stay in
active contact with each other.
So, my thought is a forum post that people would want to check regularly.
So...how about the daily weather report from your area in pictures!
It doesn't have to be an Ansel Adams style pic, just a (and please forgive me
the bad word) snapshot [i]{shudder}[/] of the great outdoors as we buzz about
each day. Most togs I know always have a camera with them, so taking the photo
won't be a big deal.
This isn't a contest, or a critique forum (notice I didn't place it under photo
critique). This is for fun and this is for networking. We don't have to set up
fancy lights or take meter readings from 100 feet away or play with photo shop,
just snap and upload and let us see the world! Heck, I caved in and bought an
Olympus Stylus 760 a few months ago so that I would have something slim and
small to keep on me all the time. The quality isn't the world's best, but I've
made some sell able images with it and that is what I'll be using for most of my
daily shots.
And models...you can post your weather snapshots as well!
So...here's my today's weather shot...not the best of days in the Caribbean,
we're in the middle of a mild Tropical wave.
Taken August 8, 2007, 4:59 p.m. Atlantic Standard Time
How's your weather? Have faith that the universe will unfold as it should  |
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ID: 182744 Posts: 1738 | Date: 2007-08-09 08:23 No takers yet?
Here's my weather shot for the day:
Taken outside my office, 8:27 a.m. Overlooking Charlotte Amalie Harbor, St.
Thomas, VI. Hassel Island in background. Sky still a bit overcast from
yesterday's tropical wave, but clearing. Slightly breezy. Have faith that the universe will unfold as it should |
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 ID: 167467 Posts: 507 | Date: 2007-08-09 11:06 Hmmm... I don't understand. What should the models do? Shoot the weather too???Visit my website! It's HERE  |
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ID: 182744 Posts: 1738 | Date: 2007-08-09 14:00 Catherina Kurnia:
Hmmm... I don't understand. What should the models do? Shoot the weather
too???
If you have a camera, yes. But the main goal is to participate, encourage
photographers to join in, let them know you want to see their part of the world.
start a continuing dialoge. Interact. For female models, you want the togs to
impress you. Hey, girls are good at getting guys to want to impress them.
Tek has the idea...get a dialog going.
Heck, I've got lightning off shore now. She's inspired me to try a lightning
shoot...something I've never done before mainly because our lightning is sheet
lightning, not the dramatic fork lightning photographers are so fond off.
So...tonight I'll get out the tripod and plastic bags for my equipment and see
if I can catch a lightning strike. Sheet lightning tends to be cloud to cloud
and I suspect, to catch it, the clouds will have to be many miles away...on the
horizon even. It will be a challenge...but I like challenges.
Thanks Tek! I'll make a stab at it and post, whether my shots are good or
not!
Who says you can;t teach and old dog new tricks! 25 years and I never tried a
lightning shoot! I should kick myself! Have faith that the universe will unfold as it should |
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 ID: 179376 Posts: 839 | Date: 2007-08-09 14:05 Signing....
I've seen fire and I've seen rain
I've seen sunny days that I thought would never end
I've seen lonely times when I could not find a friend
But I always thought that I'd see you again
Alltogether now.
LOL
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ID: 182744 Posts: 1738 | Date: 2007-08-10 10:30 August 10, 8:32 a.m., St. Thomas, Virgin Islands
Slight chop in the harbor, mostly sunny, Sahara dust back in the atmosphere. Have faith that the universe will unfold as it should |
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ID: 182744 Posts: 1738 | Date: 2007-08-11 15:17 Saturday, Ausgust 11, 2007
Charlotte Amalie Harbor, West Indian Company Dock shot from grounds of the
Legislature of the Virgin Islands, St. Thomas, VI - 1:21 p.m. Atlantic Standard
Time.
Grey skies today. Not from cloud cover, but rather from a geological and
atmospheric phenomena tens of thousands of years old. Several times a year a
huge plume of dust rises from the Sahara desert, crosses the Atlantic Ocean and
Caribbean Sea and makes it way to the East Coast of the United States where it
continually renews and fertilizes the soil.
Similar dust drifts occur in other major deserts of the world and are the number
one source of soil restoration and renewal in Europe and Asia.
Because of the Virgin Islands unique positioning on the globe, we can physically
see the Saharan dust clouds as they pass by on the way to the United States. Have faith that the universe will unfold as it should |
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ID: 182744 Posts: 1738 | Date: 2007-08-13 13:35 Perfect beach day!
August 13, 11:27 a.m.
Looking skyward from the Legislature Building
Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas VI
So, ok, was my idea too crazy? Despicable? Or just too much effort for people?
Just a snap shot a day. No art or planning needed. Takes 2 secs.
So...am I beating a dead horse here? Advise please. Have faith that the universe will unfold as it should |
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ID: 182744 Posts: 1738 | Date: 2007-08-14 15:24 Great day today. Quick visit over to St. John, definitely the most unspoiled of
the Virgins. 2/3rds National Park, preserved for eternity. Have faith that the universe will unfold as it should |
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ID: 182744 Posts: 1738 | Date: 2007-08-17 09:23 No outdoor picture today. Hurricane on the horizon, wind gusts already exceeding
40 knots. Outer edges of Hurricane Dean already effecting local weather.
Visibility under ten miles. Seas at 10 to 14 feet.
The main force of the hurricane will miss St. Thomas with the eye passing well
to the south. However, it is a large storm and we will be getting tropical storm
force winds from this afternoon through Saturday morning.
Instead of an outdoor picture, a satellite photo of Dean from 9:35 a.m. this
morning.
Not going to be on long today as I have certain official responsibilities during
storm weather. Power loss is also an issue and, if it goes, I won't have
internet until it is restored. Hopefully, not more than a few days. Have faith that the universe will unfold as it should |
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ID: 182744 Posts: 1738 | Date: 2007-08-17 09:24 And a regional map to help you get your bearings. Have faith that the universe will unfold as it should |
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 ID: 170792 Posts: 688 | Date: 2007-08-17 09:31 
for the bearings...I hope th storm wont b too severe...n your internet wont take
centuries to be restored we will miss you |
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 ID: 199345 Posts: 391 | Date: 2007-08-17 12:35 Good luck with Dean. Hopefully you come through unscathed.
The company I work for has their own hurricane site. www [.] sharkoil [.] bm
Bermudians use it to track the Atlantic storms and for tips on being prepared
for the big ones.
Be Safe
Mike |
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ID: 182744 Posts: 1738 | Date: 2007-08-20 15:19 Thanks Lucia. Thanks Mike.
Came through OK. The eye of the storm stayed well enough south of us that we
avoided the worst of it. Had wind gusts up to 70 mph and intermittent rain
Only minor power interruptions. The majority of our buildings can take 175mph
sustained winds and 200 mph gusts, but most of the power grid is above ground
and unable to be buried through our rock. So, power outages are our main storm
damage.
St. Lucia, Martinique, Dominica, Dominican Republic and Jamaica took hard hits
and are not as fortified as we are. The first three islands have the advantage
of contending with hurricanes almost every year, so bounce back pretty quickly.
(Compare with the VI which goes on average 90 years without a direct hit from a
hurricane, then has a ten to 12 year super active period.) All the same, we're
doing our regular relief and assistance efforts to those islands.
Today's weather picture: Power lines still up. Most trees still have leaves and
blossoms. Roads cleared of most debris.
Partly cloudy, 84 degrees, mild wind gust of 15 to 20 mph. Have faith that the universe will unfold as it should |
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ID: 167467 Posts: 507 | Date: 2007-08-21 08:13 Carib those are such great pictures and I saved some of them to my computer just
so I can see them over and over again easily.
My camera was borrowed by my friend and so I can't participate right now.
Hopefully he'll return that to me soon. LoLVisit my website! It's HERE |
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ID: 182744 Posts: 1738 | Date: 2007-08-21 09:02 Catherina Kurnia:
Carib those are such great pictures and I saved some of them to my computer just
so I can see them over and over again easily.
My camera was borrowed by my friend and so I can't participate right now.
Hopefully he'll return that to me soon. LoL
Thanks,  even
though they are just snap shots. I can send you some real lovely pics if you
want.
I hope he gets your camera back to you soon, too. Can;t wait to see pics of your
homeland.
Today:
Scattered showers, temp about 87 degrees. 9:41 a.m. Have faith that the universe will unfold as it should |
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ID: 182744 Posts: 1738 | Date: 2007-08-22 09:33 August 22, 2007. 9:48 a.m.
Partly cloudy. A few scattered showers. 88 degrees Fahrenheit. (31.1 Celsius) Have faith that the universe will unfold as it should |
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ID: 182744 Posts: 1738 | Date: 2007-08-24 01:39
August 23, 2007
Dag snarffle it!
Forget to put one lousy cable back in the camera and can't upload my photo.
Well, at least it is better than in the day when your handy-dandy,
trustee-dustee assistant would forget to take the film from the refrigerator and
restock the camera bag. Heaven knows how we lived through days like that without
going to jail.
Today's weather was mild, light drizzles through the day to
keep things cool. About 88f/31.1c again. Pleasant day overall.
This is a view of the front yard of the building I work in, shot from the second
floor, sometime this morning. Have faith that the universe will unfold as it should |
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ID: 182744 Posts: 1738 | Date: 2007-08-24 13:03 Currently 84f, 30 c. Partly cloudy. Couple of rain storms this morning, clearing
into a nice day.
1:02 p.m. Looking up and out through a local rain forest. Have faith that the universe will unfold as it should |
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