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Apparently, we never had to read it, as the questions mean nothing to me....
 
Apparently, we never had to read it, as the questions mean nothing to me....

If I understand his comment right since I had a few tests like that, it?s more of the smell of the ink from the printers/copiers and not the questions themselves
 
If I understand his comment right since I had a few tests like that, it’s more of the smell of the ink from the printers/copiers and not the questions themselves
Oh yes, actually it's a mimeograph, which I know quite well.

But I read the test and realized, I never read Great Expectations.
Spent most of my youth reading Clark, Asimov, and Heinlein, although I had a soft spot for Steinbeck and C.S. Forester.
 
It was for English Lit. Class in High School, not a book I would have chosen for myself but Mrs. Russell the teacher had lot of interesting insight into the characters and kept it interesting.
 
I don't recall what species that is, but we have them here as well. The dead leaves hang on for a good part of the winter and provide a nice soundtrack on windy winter nights.
 
Northern Flicker that's been hanging around the last couple days.

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Northern Flicker by soates50, on Flickr

Nice shot. Background obscured. Bird in full view and all nicely exposed.

Hum, haven't seen that sort of suet feeder. I suppose provided better access that the typical wire cages.

I got long lens mostly for birdshots, but mostly gave up on that shortly after.
 
Was clam, clear day again. Cold, 16degF, but calm.
Thinking that with the clear sky might be interesting sunset, but nope, sun disappeared behind heavy clouds on horizon.

So went out onto the pier, cranked up the ISO, and waited for lights to come on.

P1130005 by Dave Redman, on Flickr

P1130015r by Dave Redman, on Flickr

P1130049 by Dave Redman, on Flickr

Ice is from when was cold and windy with waves splashing up onto the pier. And has remained cold since then.

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I've been taking pictures of my dog as of recent. She's just so dang photogenic and happy...
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I've been taking pictures of my dog as of recent. She's just so dang photogenic and happy...
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Great shot Jedz. Ya, you can always tell what they're thinking. In this case it's, go ahead ....kiss me. LOL.
 
Thanks for kudos guys.

Bob. Yeah birds can be a challenge ...lots of throw aways for sure. Most of my decent ones are usually around a feeder or during migrations. Otherwise it's just pure luck. One thing that confounds me is putting together those still lifes that you post. I'm pretty good at spotting a decent composition and have the skills to shoot it but that's entirely different than actually assembling a composition.

Dave. The feeder is a big chunk of wood. We've used the wire cages for years but after moving to the city the crows are pretty good at destroying those. It was shot through our den window at a distance of about 12 - 15 feet so made the shot pretty easy. At what point does the ice load on that stuff you're shooting start breaking things? Great shots.
 
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