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Non Numismatic Discussion => Chin Wag => Topic started by: Fulvio on October 16, 2013, 10:01:51 PM

Title: Totally Off-Topic Photographs
Post by: Fulvio on October 16, 2013, 10:01:51 PM
No, they're not coins. But what they are are examples of what you can do with a camera and some creativity. These girls are dressed completely in milk, not fabric.

http://www.slrlounge.com/traditional-40s-pinup-photos-models-wearing-high-speed-milk

(http://d1ax9dx3gero0.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/9724830996_6d49375745_o.jpg)
Title: RE: Totally Off-Topic Photographs
Post by: trout on October 16, 2013, 10:05:51 PM
WOOOOHOOO Imagine THAT on your Coca Pops in the morning :diablo::dance2:
Title: RE: Totally Off-Topic Photographs
Post by: robbiegal on October 17, 2013, 05:43:05 PM
gee the photos are finished in photoshop
hadn't noticed


i'll send the son that link Fulvio
he has bee playing around with light/speed photographs this week and made some great photos as well
he will be interested in how these photos are done
ta
Title: RE: Totally Off-Topic Photographs
Post by: Fulvio on October 17, 2013, 07:55:35 PM
Quote from: 'robbiegal' pid='31270' dateline='1381993985'gee the photos are finished in photoshop

Heh, yeah.. did you notice all the geniuses in the comments who "discovered" that and complained? Some people are incapable of reading I guess. ;)

I kinda feel sorry for the models. Hours of standing there naked being splashed with cold milk can't be much fun. ;)
Title: RE: Totally Off-Topic Photographs
Post by: robbiegal on October 17, 2013, 08:03:15 PM
maybe it wasn't cold

you can get shots of liquid moving like that
we took some great shots of the grandbaby in the bath here last week
in a lot of the shots the water is splashing up and out of the bath
the water is moving through the air and looks great
so I can see how the pictures could be layered

I think to get that smooth hand painted 1940's look - then yes, you could photoshop for that hand painted effect
I used to do that to photos when I worked with a photographer when I was younger - we'd get old black and whits and literally paint them

was once a common old art form but that isn't really done now - photoshop has replaced the human hand
Title: RE: Totally Off-Topic Photographs
Post by: Fulvio on October 17, 2013, 08:43:29 PM
Quote from: 'robbiegal' pid='31288' dateline='1382002395'maybe it wasn't cold

Well, ok, not ice cold, but certainly not cappuccino warm... ;)

Quote from: 'robbiegal' pid='31288' dateline='1382002395'was once a common old art form but that isn't really done now - photoshop has replaced the human hand

Yeah, we did a lot of retouching and colouring in the shop. Mum was the resident genius at it, though I'd do the odd small job. Its now a lost art.
Title: RE: Totally Off-Topic Photographs
Post by: Unicorn on October 18, 2013, 03:16:10 PM
Me mate Boomer rang ........ said if ya touch two wires ......... ya might Kookaburra or two ....

Out the office window a couple of days ago.
(http://www.australian-coins.net/gallery/albums/userpics/11067/cooka.jpg)
Title: RE: Totally Off-Topic Photographs
Post by: Nevol on October 18, 2013, 03:31:24 PM
My Mum always told us that whenever a Kooka is near your home and it's laughing, it's a reminder that it's someone's birthday, usually a close relative.  :angel:
Title: RE: Totally Off-Topic Photographs
Post by: Robster on October 18, 2013, 04:06:49 PM
(http://i1343.photobucket.com/albums/o787/robster836/014_zps3ceb5713.jpg)
Ewe, Ewe make me  feel brand new.!!
Title: RE: Totally Off-Topic Photographs
Post by: Fulvio on October 18, 2013, 10:39:31 PM
Quote from: 'Unicorn' pid='31354' dateline='1382071570'Me mate Boomer rang ........ said if ya touch two wires ......... ya might Kookaburra or two ....

You must be psychic.

I went for a walk today, it being the first glorious (but still very windy) day we've had in like forever, or so it seems. Came out of the path along Gardiners Creek onto the main drag during kiddy hour, so lots and lots of noisy 4WD mum taxis full of brats and tuckshop commandos.

Suddenly I hear, drowning out the traffic noise behind me...

*Bzzzzzzzzzzzzt* "Bwaaaaaark" *BANG*

Just caught the tail end of what must have been a blinding flash as I turned around.

Wind: 1 Birds: 0

:angel:
Title: RE: Totally Off-Topic Photographs
Post by: Robster on January 14, 2014, 04:16:46 PM
(http://i1343.photobucket.com/albums/o787/robster836/017_zps6a9df545.jpg)

For those who can remember the 70's.!!  Too shy for a full frontal, dusty and dirty.!!:angel:
Title: RE: Totally Off-Topic Photographs
Post by: Unicorn on January 14, 2014, 04:39:40 PM
Be that the 9 Robster?
What and no kick start!
Beautiful photo.
Title: RE: Totally Off-Topic Photographs
Post by: Robster on January 14, 2014, 04:42:47 PM
Been hiding in the shed, will give her a wash and wax tomorrow.!! :dodgy: Has some late model covers to dress her up, a bit like Botox.!!:angel:
Title: RE: Totally Off-Topic Photographs
Post by: Unicorn on January 14, 2014, 04:59:51 PM
If I ever owned something that clean ........ no point continuing, it isn't going to happen ...... 7km of dirt and 5 dairies to pass will make sure of that!

Those covers are beautiful, as too the bolt heads & dome nuts.
Title: RE: Totally Off-Topic Photographs
Post by: duggee27 on January 14, 2014, 05:13:56 PM
ha ha
you like polished goods, me .. i like them raw :taunt:
(http://i40.tinypic.com/9vf3o8.jpg)

another '70's classic
Title: RE: Totally Off-Topic Photographs
Post by: Robster on January 14, 2014, 05:24:51 PM
Classic cruiser, love those 70's crash bars and highway pegs.!!
Title: RE: Totally Off-Topic Photographs
Post by: keldaw on January 14, 2014, 08:24:29 PM
hey guys , don't bring them bikes up to qld and hang out with 2 or more mates or they will get ya ..and lock ya up .. ,, kel ,,
Title: RE: Totally Off-Topic Photographs
Post by: robbiegal on January 14, 2014, 08:27:13 PM
Quote from: 'Robster' pid='39610' dateline='1389682491'Classic cruiser, love those 70's crash bars and highway pegs.!!

am I seeing  centre stand as well?
Title: RE: Totally Off-Topic Photographs
Post by: czark on January 14, 2014, 08:28:41 PM
Who doesn't love Harleys!

(http://i40.tinypic.com/23j0tbr.jpg)
Title: RE: Totally Off-Topic Photographs
Post by: robbiegal on January 14, 2014, 08:47:41 PM
i'm not real fussed on them
big heavy lumberjack things & darn noisey

tho , they are probably much better than when I had the odd ride on a few ... like decades ago!! ha ha
Title: RE: Totally Off-Topic Photographs
Post by: Fulvio on January 14, 2014, 10:16:32 PM
Quote from: 'czark' pid='39621' dateline='1389693521'Who doesn't love Harleys!

Meh. Yanks are real good at low-tech heavy-duty "big iron" industrial design. Harleys, Kirby vacuums, Kenworth trucks, Cadillacs, etc.

Forget the wank value of owning any of these, and clearly there are much, much better, more civilised, high-tech and ultra-reliable alternatives from other parts of the world.

I would never have swapped my Suzy GS-850 for a Harley, for example.
Title: RE: Totally Off-Topic Photographs
Post by: Unicorn on January 15, 2014, 11:19:07 AM
(http://www.australian-coins.net/gallery/albums/userpics/11067/eyes.jpg)
Title: RE: Totally Off-Topic Photographs
Post by: Nevol on January 15, 2014, 12:08:40 PM
'mazing! :angel:
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Post by: Pedro on January 15, 2014, 12:28:15 PM
Freaky. How does that work?

(And don't talk to me about Kirby vacuums!!!)

Pedro
Title: RE: Totally Off-Topic Photographs
Post by: robbiegal on January 15, 2014, 04:22:33 PM
Quote from: 'Fulvio' pid='39636' dateline='1389699992'
Quote from: 'czark' pid='39621' dateline='1389693521'Who doesn't love Harleys!

Meh. Yanks are real good at low-tech heavy-duty "big iron" industrial design. Harleys, Kirby vacuums, Kenworth trucks, Cadillacs, etc.

Forget the wank value of owning any of these, and clearly there are much, much better, more civilised, high-tech and ultra-reliable alternatives from other parts of the world.

I would never have swapped my Suzy GS-850 for a Harley, for example.

it's all a matter of personal taste
ps we has a suzi 650 'waterbus' many many many moons ago
loved that bike and did thousands of miles on it - very long inland & coastal trips away with the tent and all that - it was fantastic - now, i just don't even know how i did it - that is youth for ya!!
Title: RE: Totally Off-Topic Photographs
Post by: Robster on January 15, 2014, 05:31:24 PM
The Suzuki 'waterbottles' were a great bike and restored examples pull in some good money.!!
Title: RE: Totally Off-Topic Photographs
Post by: Steveqld on January 15, 2014, 06:36:35 PM
I'm also a Suzuki man.  My current ride:

(http://www.australian-coins.net/gallery/albums/userpics/10124/Mcycle.jpg)

You don't get too old to ride but the aches come a bit more frequently and painfully.  Just have to remember that you can't do now what you used to do when you were 20.

My wife still goes pillion and it only took her 40 years to learn not to try and stand the bike up when I'm leaning it into a corner.  She's even asking why I don't trade it in for a Harley but that's a bit hard to justify.  A Triumph cruiser maybe.......
Title: RE: Totally Off-Topic Photographs
Post by: duggee27 on January 15, 2014, 06:53:42 PM
Quote from: 'robbiegal' pid='39620' dateline='1389693433'
Quote from: 'Robster' pid='39610' dateline='1389682491'Classic cruiser, love those 70's crash bars and highway pegs.!!

am I seeing  centre stand as well?

spot on .... it takes bit of of a technique to get 300kg up on the stand:shock:
Title: RE: Totally Off-Topic Photographs
Post by: JeffH on February 16, 2014, 04:14:44 AM
A new set of totally off-topic photographs. Willard Wigan Gallery (http://www.willard-wigan.com/gallery.aspx?AspxAutoDetectCookieSupport=1)
"I tell you the truth, it is hard for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven. Again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God." Matthew 19:23-26

QuoteYanks are real good at low-tech heavy-duty "big iron" industrial design.
Saw an example yesterday -brand new Dodge Ram pulled up at the newsagents in our little town!

I think a custom grille would be in order for Australia
(http://www.australian-coins.net/gallery/albums/userpics/10055/Ram.jpg)
Title: RE: Totally Off-Topic Photographs
Post by: Triggersmob on February 16, 2014, 09:56:08 AM
:good::good::good:
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Post by: robbiegal on February 16, 2014, 11:07:07 AM
ha ha Steve
I just read that about your wife
it is like wrestling a bear when the pillion like to be 100% vertical on corners !!

if i'm a pillion & a bit scared I just stay put and scream - works for me
the rider needs an audiometrist afterwards tho!!
Title: RE: Totally Off-Topic Photographs
Post by: Robster on April 16, 2014, 08:53:55 AM
(http://i1343.photobucket.com/albums/o787/robster836/e1b7403d-5481-469a-bb3d-adb835db69bd_zps86047208.jpg)
Title: RE: Totally Off-Topic Photographs
Post by: ausjack on April 16, 2014, 09:46:07 AM
straight back at ya Robster :winkextra:
(http://i57.tinypic.com/nq7q4m.jpg)

(http://i60.tinypic.com/30my815.jpg)
Title: RE: Totally Off-Topic Photographs
Post by: Robster on April 16, 2014, 10:41:19 AM
Dare I ask A.J.?.  :angel:
Title: RE: Totally Off-Topic Photographs
Post by: ausjack on April 16, 2014, 11:09:14 AM
:laugh2: nah nah mate, tis all good, it's one of the many different types of hornets we have here and I was telling someone here about them so thought I'd post a pic :) We would have to have about 20 different sorts here and that "THING" is a nest and you'll find them in garden hoses or exhausts or things like that and there's a few sorts of them and then there's the one's that build mud nests and then you have one's that use live caterpillars or spiders and then the spider split into other groups as well so there's some that use either all the same sort of spider or some that will kill any for the nest and then we have a few different wasps as well and quite a few different sort of bee's and other pollinators that are pretty cool.
Title: RE: Totally Off-Topic Photographs
Post by: Robster on April 16, 2014, 11:32:50 AM
How cool.!! We have a few wasps that like to build 'mud' nests and fill them with small bugs.!
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Post by: ausjack on April 16, 2014, 11:49:59 AM
yeah a lot of people don't take any notice of the small things around them and they miss so much, the only thing I don't like about them is they build where you don't want them too like in an exhaust :dash1:

yeah keep an eye on them building it them crack them open to see what they collect :)
Title: RE: Totally Off-Topic Photographs
Post by: Unicorn on April 16, 2014, 12:02:47 PM
Yay AJ, I reckon they're super cool as well. I hate it when they fill countersunk bolt holes though.

The spiders are still alive I think, in a state of suspended animation. (Look out Walt Disney!!!)

We've got the ones here that make the circular alien spacecraft nest. Then about 100 of them hatch out of the underneath and hang around until they grow up. I have been near them too many times to remember. If you hear a buzz ..... run like hell!

Must see if I can find a photo.
Title: RE: Totally Off-Topic Photographs
Post by: ausjack on April 16, 2014, 12:09:34 PM
The spiders are still alive I think, in a state of suspended animation.

Yep correct mate, pretty bloody cool that the young get live food ready to go..yeah run alright :laugh2: I'll have to go take some more pic's as well :winkextra:
Title: RE: Totally Off-Topic Photographs
Post by: Nevol on April 16, 2014, 12:35:14 PM
Quote from: 'Unicorn' pid='46609' dateline='1397615567'We've got the ones here that make the circular alien spacecraft nest.
We had one of those on the back deck and a butcher bird got it down and ate all the larvae.  The nest was about 6cm across.  I didn't want to scare the BB so I took the piccie through the glass.

(http://i59.tinypic.com/66epkw.jpg)
Title: RE: Totally Off-Topic Photographs
Post by: ausjack on April 16, 2014, 12:40:37 PM
Cool, see everything has it's place :)


here we get two sorts of wasp, the one Nevol posted a pic of and this sort that are long and thin
(http://i58.tinypic.com/29poivn.jpg)
and here are some of the different hornets
(http://i60.tinypic.com/1079tlg.jpg)
(http://i62.tinypic.com/nf0ky1.jpg)
(http://i57.tinypic.com/206egr8.jpg)
and then there's these, they are really strange as I've never seen them before and they are like some sort of amber and really hard
(http://i59.tinypic.com/ae18xy.jpg)
Title: RE: Totally Off-Topic Photographs
Post by: accumulator on April 16, 2014, 04:15:28 PM
This is a great piece Aussie photography by My Mrs,fanastic picture imo & the Kooka was obviously a real poser as he sat while she took 24 pics of him from all different angles.

(http://i389.photobucket.com/albums/oo339/appeangel07_photos/29-9-08/new%20coin%20album/flowers%20%20landscape%20%20%20wildlife/022_zps6f6e9326.jpg)
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Post by: Nevol on April 16, 2014, 04:53:43 PM
Great shot and I agree, he is a real poser.
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Post by: Robster on April 16, 2014, 04:59:39 PM
Wonderful portrait.!  :good:
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Post by: JeffH on April 16, 2014, 05:53:27 PM
Love Mr. (or is it Mrs.) Kookaburra. We get a few here sometimes but not often. Had some black cockatoos (red flashes) here last week but they left before I could get any shots.
Here is looking out front of our place this evening.
(http://www.australian-coins.net/gallery/albums/userpics/10055/Sunset_1.JPG)
(http://www.australian-coins.net/gallery/albums/userpics/10055/Sunset_2.JPG)
(http://www.australian-coins.net/gallery/albums/userpics/10055/Sunset_3.JPG)
I don't have a Nikon either. Did have several pentaxs -proper film SLR and DLSR but now just a Fuji FinePix (12 MPwith a reasonable lens). My Pentax DSLR with 4MP I think generally produced better looking photos.
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Post by: Goldseeker on April 16, 2014, 10:54:37 PM
Ah, the quiet country location.  I love the country.
Title: RE: Totally Off-Topic Photographs
Post by: purplepennyhunter on April 19, 2014, 08:04:28 AM
There was an article in the paper yesterday (http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/south-australia/adelaide-zoo-welcomes-new-baby-whitecheeked-gibbon/story-fni6uo1m-1226888289746) about a new white-cheeked gibbon born last weekend at Adelaide Zoo. The story title read "Just gibbon you a hug mum"
(http://resources2.news.com.au/images/2014/04/17/1226888/290994-b301ffe2-c5f9-11e3-9396-36246133c91b.jpg)
Title: RE: Totally Off-Topic Photographs
Post by: ausjack on April 19, 2014, 12:50:41 PM
Very cute PP, but the mum looks like she could do with a break if you look at the eyes :)
Reminds me of that new ad "toughest job on earth" I was gonna put a link up but this things isn't working for me sorry :(
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Post by: Nevol on April 19, 2014, 03:24:26 PM
Poor little thing, it's near naked.  :shok: I hope it's fur comes in soon. :shock:
Very cute though. :angel:
Title: RE: Totally Off-Topic Photographs
Post by: ausjack on April 19, 2014, 05:18:52 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BbIX17AMpjE
Title: RE: Totally Off-Topic Photographs
Post by: trout on April 20, 2014, 09:52:09 PM
Having a look in the spare room through my computer junk and found this Bloke.

(http://www.australian-coins.net/gallery/albums/userpics/10019/spider.jpg)
Title: RE: Totally Off-Topic Photographs
Post by: Triggersmob on April 20, 2014, 10:50:07 PM
Personally, I prefer that they live outside.
Title: RE: Totally Off-Topic Photographs
Post by: accumulator on May 14, 2014, 12:54:10 PM
A couple of pics i took while gardening this morning.



(http://i389.photobucket.com/albums/oo339/appeangel07_photos/29-9-08/new%20coin%20album/flowers%20%20landscape%20%20%20wildlife/014_zpsfa705e09.jpg)


(http://i389.photobucket.com/albums/oo339/appeangel07_photos/29-9-08/new%20coin%20album/flowers%20%20landscape%20%20%20wildlife/005_zps74c7ca0f.jpg)
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Post by: Unicorn on May 14, 2014, 01:10:09 PM
Wow Accumulator! Such great photos!
Title: RE: Totally Off-Topic Photographs
Post by: accumulator on May 14, 2014, 01:34:51 PM
Thanks Uni,plenty of photo opportunities around at this time of the year here so pretty much have the camera handy at all times.
Title: RE: Totally Off-Topic Photographs
Post by: markn on May 14, 2014, 02:17:47 PM
This isn't actually my photo but they are my kids (and PPH's too I guess ;)).  They've made the front page of the local free newspaper because they are attending an 80's themed roller disco this weekend.  

(http://www.australian-coins.net/gallery/albums/userpics/10001/kids-on-paper.jpg)
Title: RE: Totally Off-Topic Photographs
Post by: purplepennyhunter on May 14, 2014, 02:34:39 PM
BTW the boy has a mullet wig, that's not really his do!!
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Post by: Robster on May 14, 2014, 04:58:58 PM
Wonderful pics accu, reminds me of the saying,  "Pollen ; When flowers can't keep it in their plants".!!  :angel:
Title: RE: Totally Off-Topic Photographs
Post by: robbiegal on May 14, 2014, 05:17:34 PM
great photos accums
of bees and
well, some of the results of what the birds and bees can produce!!
gorgus kids there too guys
Title: RE: Totally Off-Topic Photographs
Post by: interest on May 14, 2014, 06:31:46 PM
Quote from: 'trout' pid='46954' dateline='1397996529'Having a look in the spare room through my computer junk and found this Bloke.

(http://www.australian-coins.net/gallery/albums/userpics/10019/spider.jpg)
That's a female, can tell by the abdomen & thorax slightly larger than the male,
(of course)
Title: RE: Totally Off-Topic Photographs
Post by: keldaw on May 14, 2014, 06:58:33 PM
Hey PP, is this why you were in training a few months ago and ended up all black and blue :)

That's not a spider :winkextra: will show you one when I get home if I can find the pic :ok:
Title: RE: Totally Off-Topic Photographs
Post by: purplepennyhunter on May 14, 2014, 07:31:35 PM
Quote from: 'keldaw' pid='49084' dateline='1400059713'Hey PP, is this why you were in training a few months ago and ended up all black and blue :)


Aaaww that was bad, don't remind me. Only been back on my skates once since then when someone's late-in-the-day-package was mailed by the skater express.
Title: RE: Totally Off-Topic Photographs
Post by: robbiegal on May 14, 2014, 07:41:55 PM
Quote from: 'interest' pid='49080' dateline='1400058106'
Quote from: 'trout' pid='46954' dateline='1397996529'Having a look in the spare room through my computer junk and found this Bloke.

(http://www.australian-coins.net/gallery/albums/userpics/10019/spider.jpg)
That's a female, can tell by the abdomen & thorax slightly larger than the male,
(of course)

??? a female - wot sort (besides big, hairy and ugly)
Title: RE: Totally Off-Topic Photographs
Post by: stevo1962 on May 14, 2014, 10:10:33 PM
Quote from: 'robbiegal' pid='49089' dateline='1400062315'
Quote from: 'interest' pid='49080' dateline='1400058106'
Quote from: 'trout' pid='46954' dateline='1397996529'Having a look in the spare room through my computer junk and found this Bloke.

(http://www.australian-coins.net/gallery/albums/userpics/10019/spider.jpg)
That's a female, can tell by the abdomen & thorax slightly larger than the male,
(of course)


??? a female - wot sort (besides big, hairy and ugly)


 It's a Huntsman spider
Title: RE: Totally Off-Topic Photographs
Post by: keldaw on May 14, 2014, 10:14:13 PM
Quote from: 'purplepennyhunter' pid='49087' dateline='1400061695'
Quote from: 'keldaw' pid='49084' dateline='1400059713'Hey PP, is this why you were in training a few months ago and ended up all black and blue :)


Aaaww that was bad, don't remind me. Only been back on my skates once since then when someone's late-in-the-day-package was mailed by the skater express.


:angel: AJ
Title: RE: Totally Off-Topic Photographs
Post by: Triggersmob on May 15, 2014, 07:54:11 AM
Quote from: 'stevo1962' pid='49095' dateline='1400071233'It's a Huntsman spider

I was discussing these spiders with my Daughter a few days ago.
We were wondering if the plural of Huntsman would be Huntsmans
or Huntsmen. Any thoughts?
Title: RE: Totally Off-Topic Photographs
Post by: stevo1962 on May 15, 2014, 08:43:27 AM
Quote from: 'Triggersmob' pid='49118' dateline='1400106251'
Quote from: 'stevo1962' pid='49095' dateline='1400071233'It's a Huntsman spider

I was discussing these spiders with my Daughter a few days ago.
We were wondering if the plural of Huntsman would be Huntsmans
or Huntsmen. Any thoughts?

I would go with Huntsmen but it sound the same when speaking it.You
would say Huntsman spider for single and Huntsmen spiders for plural.
 Does that sound right?
Title: RE: Totally Off-Topic Photographs
Post by: Triggersmob on May 15, 2014, 06:15:29 PM
Quote from: 'stevo1962' pid='49122' dateline='1400109207'I would go with Huntsmen but it sound the same when speaking it.You
would say Huntsman spider for single and Huntsmen spiders for plural.
 Does that sound right?

I'm not sure. It could be just Huntsman spiders.
Have to wait and see what others think.
Title: RE: Totally Off-Topic Photographs
Post by: Pedro on May 15, 2014, 06:51:43 PM
:i_agree: with trigger.

Pedro
Title: RE: Totally Off-Topic Photographs
Post by: robbiegal on May 15, 2014, 07:32:19 PM
bejeejus
if it were me & there were more than one  - i'd be screaming - huntmans!!!! - millions of them!!! - run for the hills !!!
Title: RE: Totally Off-Topic Photographs
Post by: Nevol on May 15, 2014, 08:14:02 PM
Id go with  Huntsman spider for single and Huntsmen spiders for plural.  Huntsman describes the type of Spider, like Grey Wolf single becomes Grey Wolves plural.
Title: RE: Totally Off-Topic Photographs
Post by: robbiegal on May 15, 2014, 08:35:20 PM
I have just been looking around the net and I think it is
Huntsman spiders  
as they are a huntsman spider - singular
and then when they talk about them in toto they are referred to as Huntsman spiders
Title: RE: Totally Off-Topic Photographs
Post by: Triggersmob on May 15, 2014, 10:45:51 PM
It's nice to see you guys are having the same dilemma as me. :)
Title: RE: Totally Off-Topic Photographs
Post by: interest on May 15, 2014, 10:47:42 PM
If you want to be politically correct they should be called.

Huntsperson  !!!:dodgy:
Title: RE: Totally Off-Topic Photographs
Post by: robbiegal on May 16, 2014, 12:13:18 PM
true
I like it
big hairy ugly hunts-per-thing (even more politically correct!! ha ha)

like a hu-per-thing  for a human ha ha
Title: RE: Totally Off-Topic Photographs
Post by: ausjack on May 17, 2014, 07:10:57 AM
Ok sorry for my usual pic's but it gives a little indication on size so told ya's I can play when I got home so here's a baby :good:
(http://i60.tinypic.com/i2ozh4.jpg)
(http://i58.tinypic.com/17ffq0.jpg)
and what a beauty this is ;)
(http://i62.tinypic.com/1j4t37.jpg)
(http://i59.tinypic.com/2gsl3eu.jpg)
(http://i58.tinypic.com/fnxwjn.jpg)
(http://i62.tinypic.com/2zgg1gn.jpg)
(http://i62.tinypic.com/351fpy1.jpg)
(http://i61.tinypic.com/2eevltt.jpg)
(http://i59.tinypic.com/4jnarq.jpg)

I should go see if I can find a bigger one :D
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Post by: robbiegal on May 17, 2014, 08:47:55 AM
eeeeekkkkk
what a way to start the day
I hoe those big buggars weren't living in your sock drawer!!
welcome home too mate
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Post by: ausjack on May 17, 2014, 09:11:52 AM
No one was hurt and they were release back into the wild, and thanks RG :friends:
Here's one where I put it in a tree and gee they blend in well :)
(http://i57.tinypic.com/15nx7yo.jpg)

so did it really scared you that much RG you forgot the p, sorry :mocking:
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Post by: Basil on May 17, 2014, 11:24:31 AM
.....talking about blending in,take a look at this "Bird".

 (http://www.australian-coins.net/gallery/albums/userpics/10136/21cid_C1710FBA22624201B4D7849CEFB2A003_barry227e89a29.jpg)
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Post by: accumulator on May 17, 2014, 11:29:29 AM
A person bird ? lol
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Post by: trout on May 17, 2014, 11:31:50 AM
That is a remarkable piece of body art :good:
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Post by: ausjack on May 17, 2014, 12:39:05 PM
Gee Basil that's unreal, thanks mate :good:
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Post by: JeffH on April 03, 2016, 04:07:03 PM
Astronomy Photographer of the Year (http://www.express.co.uk/pictures/galleries/5586/Astronomy-photographer-of-the-year-2016-in-pictures/Astronomy-photographer-of-the-year-2016-123268)
Many more here (https://www.flickr.com/groups/astrophoto/pool/)
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Post by: ausjack on April 04, 2016, 07:07:47 AM
Thanks for sharing Jeff, gee there's some beautiful photo's :ok:
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Post by: AussieSilver on April 04, 2016, 07:47:32 PM
[attachment=3433][attachment=3432]The local Galahs were out the front of my place during a summer rain storm hanging upside down on the power line having a bath
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Post by: ausjack on April 04, 2016, 09:36:04 PM
Gorgeous pic's AS but did you photo shop them so the background is white.
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Post by: trout on April 05, 2016, 06:03:55 AM
After putting up with the pain and discomfort I finally built up enough courage to get these pulled at the dentists.
Maybe if I put them under my pillow the tooth fairy will leave a block of beer in the fridge for me :angel:

(http://www.australian-coins.net/gallery/albums/userpics/10019/teeth.jpg)
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Post by: AussieSilver on April 05, 2016, 10:20:07 PM
Thks ausjack ,I did photo shop some of the rain drops off of the birds a touch of unsharp mask plus tiny bit on levels to get bird colour right might have had something to do with it ,background is blurred cloud .One day i will learn how to do white balance properly which helps a lot

Wow Trout thought they were red plastic fishing lures at first glance lol , feel ya pain tho i hate the dentist
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Post by: ausjack on April 05, 2016, 10:53:30 PM
Cool, thanks AS, still lovely pic's mate :good:

:laugh2: lures, I thought the top one was a crab claw :blink: Man those pic's makes ya bum hurt trout :(

Oh and just call me AJ mate everyone else does, amongst other things :mocking: and saves typing :winkextra:
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Post by: AussieSilver on April 05, 2016, 11:14:29 PM
:good: will do
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Post by: Pedro on April 06, 2016, 07:03:04 PM
What Pedro and clan got up to at the weekend - a trip to Narooma.

(http://www.australian-coins.net/gallery/albums/userpics/10078/WP_20160402_09_06_25_Pro_resized.jpg)

Yep, you guessed it - Australia rock.

(http://www.australian-coins.net/gallery/albums/userpics/10078/WP_20160402_11_20_31_Pro_resized.jpg)

Visiting friends in the channel

(http://www.australian-coins.net/gallery/albums/userpics/10078/WP_20160402_11_24_04_Pro_resized.jpg)

(http://www.australian-coins.net/gallery/albums/userpics/10078/WP_20160402_11_25_23_Pro_resized.jpg)

There was a chap with a top notch camera taking photos of the seals and this one decided to pose with his good side.

(http://www.australian-coins.net/gallery/albums/userpics/10078/WP_20160402_11_34_59_Pro_resized.jpg)

Pedro
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Post by: Unicorn on April 06, 2016, 08:00:59 PM
Great snaps Pedro. That really brings back some memories for me. Holidays when I was a kid was always at Narooma in tents etc at the caravan park just on the south side of the bridge. My Aunts and Uncles had permanent bookings there for a month every year during the Christmas holidays. Lots of fun. Yabbie pumping for bait. Whiting on the flats up the channel from the bridge. I remember the Australia rock.
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Post by: ausjack on April 06, 2016, 11:30:44 PM
Nice pic's Pedro :good:
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Post by: r9453 on April 07, 2016, 05:28:04 AM
Navy seal wannabe about to enter the water at Mullaway Headland mid north coast:

(http://www.australian-coins.net/gallery/albums/userpics/11093/Kobey.jpg)
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Post by: purplepennyhunter on April 07, 2016, 08:05:08 AM
Great pics, brings back memories for me too.
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Post by: ausjack on April 07, 2016, 09:26:07 AM
I wouldn't call mullaway mid north coast Rob, I'd say north coast, and we don't have navy seal that's the yanks as they're called  clearance divers in the RAN or better known as "pressure heads" :winkextra: He has to be good to get into them as they play with live explosive and stuff so a hell of a lot of training involved but hope he does well if it's something he wants to do :good:
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Post by: Goldseeker on April 07, 2016, 05:30:59 PM
My own parents retired to Dalmeny, a couple of kms north of Narooma.   They had a small shop at the bottom of the hill adjacent to the tennis courts in Narooma.

Dad died whilst residing at Narooma way back in 1979.   Mum sold up and moved up to Brisbane.

I have the same photo of the Australia Rock.   It is located at the end of the breakwater where at times, one can see fishing boats in trouble getting in to the waterway from the sea due to huge waves and deadly currents.
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Post by: Pedro on April 07, 2016, 06:11:14 PM
While we taking the above photos we watched a launch go out the entrance and although it was a pretty calm day the boat still got thrown around a bit. Hate to think what it would be like when the swell was up.

I understand that they extended the breakwater to try and improve the passage into Narooma but obviously boaties still need to be very careful.

We also had a drive around Kianga and Dalmeny. Some very nice houses around there with great views overlooking the ocean.

Pedro
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Post by: Unicorn on April 07, 2016, 06:16:24 PM
On the Narooma golf course where it edges the cliffs there was a cave down at water level that filled when the tide came in. Not sure but I think Hoges may have filmed a Winfield ad on the course there back in the day.

Did you go down to Mystery Bay a bit south of Narooma?

I remember there were heaps of beautiful (empty) abalone shells there in the surf. Also it was where I saw the largest crab I have ever seen in my life! It was in a gap between two huge rocks and I'd hate to estimate the size of it as people would suggest I buy some jousting sticks. :winkextra:
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Post by: Goldseeker on April 07, 2016, 08:24:39 PM
My mum and dad fell in love with Narooma when they first visited the place soon after arrival in Australia in 1959..

We scattered mum's ashes just off the coast just south of Dalmeny.   Mum was in the WRENS during the war in UK.   Mum loved the sea.  

That was the last time  I/we visited Narooma.   Mums birthday, 11/11/2014 was when we committed the ashes to the sea.
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Post by: Pedro on April 07, 2016, 09:07:44 PM
Gee Uni I'm getting that Twilight Zone feeling again!

I took one photo of the golf course from the breakwater - Hogan's hole in there. My uncle tells me that the tee is behind the stand of trees in mid-frame and hitting back across to the left.

(http://www.australian-coins.net/gallery/albums/userpics/10078/WP_20160402_11_30_37_Pro_resized.jpg)

Mystery Bay you say! The reason we went to Narooma was to attend my cousin's daughter's 21st. The party was held at the Corunna Farm Retreat (Mystery Bay). We were otherwise occupied so didn't get down to the beach there on this visit.

This is what the man-made breakwater addition looks like (from the Australia rock side).

(http://www.australian-coins.net/gallery/albums/userpics/10078/WP_20160402_11_18_22_Pro_resized.jpg)

(http://www.australian-coins.net/gallery/albums/userpics/10078/WP_20160402_11_31_22_Pro_resized.jpg)

Pedro
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Post by: Pedro on April 08, 2016, 07:21:14 AM
The professional photographer (ie the wife) has uploaded her snaps. Here is a photo of the gate-crasher at the party.

(http://www.australian-coins.net/gallery/albums/userpics/10078/P1150414_resized.jpg)

A better close-up of the posing seal.

(http://www.australian-coins.net/gallery/albums/userpics/10078/P1150409_resized.jpg)

Pedro
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Post by: ausjack on April 08, 2016, 08:46:02 AM
Lovely pic's Pedro :)
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Post by: Unicorn on April 08, 2016, 03:30:20 PM
Top stuff Pedro!!!

(I'm sure that I'm in the Twilight Zone 99% of the time :laugh2:)
Title: RE: Totally Off-Topic Photographs
Post by: ausjack on April 08, 2016, 03:58:35 PM
I'm not saying a word Uni :)
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Post by: JeffH on March 13, 2018, 06:35:22 AM
The Juno Probe has been sending back some stunning images of Jupiter. This one is the central cyclone at toe North pole, with eight other cyclones circling around.
(https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/pia22335-16.jpg)
To my untrained eye I think they look like anticyclones.
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Post by: Unicorn on March 14, 2018, 06:25:26 PM
That's one amazing photo Jeff ..... although it's Jupiter I can't help Jeff Wayne's "The Red Weed" getting in the mind. Now seeing this I'm wondering if "Red Mercury" is actually real.
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Post by: Triggersmob on March 14, 2018, 08:04:36 PM
Jeff Wayne's "War of the Worlds", is a great CD. I have listened to it many times.
Thanks for reminding me Uni, I'll have to dig it out again.

Jeff is in Jupiter under the cyclones or Queensland? :)
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Post by: JeffH on May 24, 2018, 12:38:58 PM
Not a photograph but rather spectacular live streaming video.
Live Video: Kilauea Lava Flow Activity In Lower Puna Hawaii (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HtihmXFWqGo)
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Post by: keldaw on May 26, 2018, 10:37:24 AM
Quote from: 'czark' pid='39621' dateline='1389693521'[attachment=3755][attachment=3755]Who doesn't love Harleys!

(http://i40.tinypic.com/23j0tbr.jpg)
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Post by: keldaw on May 26, 2018, 10:39:00 AM
Quote from: 'keldaw' pid='115447' dateline='1527296844'
Quote from: 'czark' pid='39621' dateline='1389693521'Who doesn't love Harleys!

(http://i40.tinypic.com/23j0tbr.jpg)

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Post by: JeffH on May 30, 2019, 04:45:20 AM
The "mothership" storm cell in Nebraska this week.
(https://static.ffx.io/images/$zoom_0.084%2C$multiply_1%2C$ratio_1.5%2C$width_378%2C$x_72%2C$y_0/t_crop_custom/w_335/q_86%2Cf_auto/62e4ada92d468e2d9eafe02fab302509134be54c) (https://static.ffx.io/images/$zoom_0.338%2C$multiply_1%2C$ratio_1%2C$width_1059%2C$x_412%2C$y_143/t_crop_custom/w_375/q_86%2Cf_auto/01a002a88845a14fb7873ae0dbef0287e51d8ddc)
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Post by: Triggersmob on May 30, 2019, 07:24:27 AM
That looks nasty. :(
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Post by: Basil on May 30, 2019, 09:24:56 AM
Yeah,what amazes me as how the USA economy just seems to absorb all these catastrophe's every year and just keeps motoring along. Its also a wonder there is any Insurance Co.'s still solvent unless they don't insure against Cyclone/Tornado/Flood etc damage.
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Post by: JeffH on June 28, 2020, 12:58:44 PM
So that's why it went dark yesterday.
(https://a57.foxnews.com/static.foxnews.com/foxnews.com/content/uploads/2019/09/1862/1048/sun2.jpg?ve=1&tl=1)(https://a57.foxnews.com/static.foxnews.com/foxnews.com/content/uploads/2019/09/1862/1048/sun1.jpg?ve=1&tl=1)(https://a57.foxnews.com/static.foxnews.com/foxnews.com/content/uploads/2019/09/1862/1048/sun4.jpg?ve=1&tl=1)(https://a57.foxnews.com/static.foxnews.com/foxnews.com/content/uploads/2019/09/1862/1048/sun3.jpg?ve=1&tl=1)
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Post by: gweidion on June 29, 2020, 11:12:06 PM
And I would have gotten away with it too, if it weren't for you meddling kids