Keeper or Dud? 26 of 365

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Hi Photographer friends,

This is an old image from Maine. I actually took this picture with a 3.35MP Nikon Coolpix around 1999-2000. Iwish I could retake this image with my Pentax K-5 with 16MP, but I can't.

Keeper or Dud? Image 25 of 365

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 Hi Photographer friends,

Sequoia National Park in California, is it a keeper or a dud?.

Your opinion matters. I cannot judge my own pictures. I like them all equally. I am putting a coffee table book together for my friends and family, with a collection of my best "keepers" out of 365.

Thanks for looking,

Yvon Bourque

Keeper or dud? Image 24 / 365

It feels different when a rattle snake is actually staring at you from just a few feet away.

 

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Hi Photographer friends,

I guess this is just another boring image of mine. I still would appreciate your opinion...keeper or dud? I cannot judge my own images. I like them all.

P.S. Here's a comment I received today. Maybe some of you will understand why running a Blogsite, for free, using my own time, is not always rewarding.

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 Martin  has left a new comment on your post "Keeper or dud? Image 21 / 365":

What the hell happened to your site?  I have followed for years and enjoyed the advice.   Contiued to follow you even when I switched from being a Pentax user to Nikon.   This reader does not enjoy looking at your photos, good and bad everyday - who cares - I do not.   There numerous other sites better suited for those who want to demo their skills and be evaluated by others.  Your blog has become boring not informative.  I'll keep with you for a few weeks more, then it is decision time.

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Well Martin, whoever you are, this blog is not solely written for you. I regret that I don't have time to write articles just for you, but there aren't enough hours in a day to do that, and even if there were! I guess it's your big decision time.

If that isn't a demonstration of "Entitlement*", what is?

* entitlement (plural entitlements)

1. the right to have something
2. something that one is entitled to (or believes that one is entitled to)
3. (politics) a legal obligation on a government to make payments to a person, business, or unit of government that meets the criteria set in law, such as the Pell Grant and social security in the US.

Keeper or dud? Image 23 / 365

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Hi Photographer friends,

At the end of the 365 consecutive image ratings, I am planning to turn the keepers into a book for my friends and family, or anyone that would like a copy for that matter. The book will be made with "Blurb" and available to anyone. It is very difficult to evaluate your own images because you remember the location as you saw it, you remember the smell and hear the sounds, all of which do no help in being unbiased toward the photo.

Keeper or dud? Image 22 / 365

Email: brqyvn@gmail.com

Hi Photographer friends,

At the end of the 365 consecutive image ratings, I am planning to turn the keepers into a book for my friends and family, or anyone that would like a copy for that matter. The book will be made with "Blurb" and available to anyone. It is very difficult to evaluate your own images because you remember the location as you saw it, you remember the smell and hear the sounds, all of which do no help in being unbiased toward the photo.

My Picture of the day - Dec 28, 2008

"American West hero" © Yvon Bourque 1984

My Picture of the day - Dec 26, 2008

"Big wheels keep on turning" © Yvon Bourque 2000

My Picture of the day - Dec 23, 2008

"Santa, this is what I want for Christmas" © Yvon Bourque 2008

My Picture of the day - Dec 22, 2008

"My Hometown trough a 500mm lens" © Yvon Bourque 2008

Until Christmas, my pictures of the day will all be about the Holiday Season and winter.

I purchased a used 500mm mirror lens yesterday at a camera show in Pasadena. It's not the best lens I have ever owned, but the perspective compression effect of the 500mm lens makes this Town look like a place I would actually like to live in! The mountains are about 30 miles away, but here they look like they are on the edge of the City.

My Picture of the day - Dec 21, 2008

"Alone" © Yvon Bourque 2008

Until Christmas, my pictures of the day will all be about the Holiday Season and winter.

My Picture of the day - Dec 20, 2008

"Santa's California Sleigh" © Yvon Bourque 2008

Until Christmas, my pictures of the day will all be about the Holiday Season and winter.

My Picture of the day - Dec 19, 2008

"Mojave Desert" © Yvon Bourque 2008

Until Christmas, my pictures of the day will all be about the Holiday Season and winter.

My Picture of the day - Dec 18, 2008

"Racing through the snow..." © Yvon Bourque 2008

Until Christmas, my pictures of the day will all be about the Holiday Season and winter.

My Picture of the day - Dec 16, 2008

"Fence" © Yvon Bourque 2001

Until Christmas, my pictures of the day will all be about the Holiday Season and winter.

My Picture of the day - Dec 15, 2008

"Tres Amigos" © Yvon Bourque 2004

Until Christmas, my pictures of the day will all be about the Holiday Season and winter.

My Picture of the day - Dec 14, 2008

"My Winter in Maine" © Yvon Bourque 2002

Until Christmas, my pictures of the day will all be about the Holiday Season and winter.

My Picture of the day - Dec 13, 2008

"The Long Walk Home" ©2007 Miserere

Photo taken one year ago on December 13, 2007, a few hours after the first big Winter snowstorm hit Boston.

Equipment used: K10D + FA 50mm f/1.4.

My Picture of the day - Dec 12, 2008

"Jack Frost" © Yvon Bourque 2004

Until Christmas, my pictures of the day will all be about the Holiday Season and winter.

My Picture of the day - Dec 11, 2008

"Children will be children" © Yvon Bourque 2008

Until Christmas, my pictures of the day will all be about the Holiday Season and winter.

My Picture of the day - Dec 9, 2008

"Nut Cracker" © Yvon Bourque 2003

Until Christmas, my pictures of the day will all be about the Holiday Season and winter.