Mountain Fun-Guy
 

This was an interesting find, growing on the remains of a burnt-stump after
a large forest fire devastated the mountain-pass it was found in. The coin
placed on it is a quarter, for a size reference.

<http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4148/4846112569_f1b80f8ce8_b.jpg>

[After taking all artsy-fartsy shots, it's always advised to take a few
more typical snapshots while including some known object for size reference
for future documentation purposes. A little hint for you wannabe nature
photographers out there. I generally keep a small stack of metric and inch
rulers printed up on transparency material and waterproof papers in my
camera pack, inexpensive expendable rulers that can be quickly placed next
to any insect or plant for use against any colors or hues or lighting
situations.]

I safely know about 18 different wild mushrooms for their edibility, many
hundreds more for their toxicity. (One fun one that will only make people
sick if they also drink any alcohol after the meal. A good prank-'shroom.)
Reminding me of a favorite phrase, "There are two kinds of mushroom
hunters: smart ones ... and dead ones." I took about 1/3rd of this one (2-3
lbs.) for future meals for that week. Something that no cookbooks anywhere
will tell you, this variety of 'shroom has to be sautéed for about 30
minutes before it becomes tender and succulent. It's not your average, heat
butter, fry it, flip it, eat it, type of 'shroom. Fried up with cut-throat
trout caught in a nearby stream it was most excellent.
<http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4130/4846768170_11db88b89d_b.jpg> (This
time I had the luxury of a mobile base-camp in the form of a class-B
camper, which I also outfitted with solar-panels to power the digital
darkroom and wide-bed printer.)

Now let's watch all the desperately insecure, sheltered-life (basement
life), pretend-photographer DSLR-TROLLS hijack this thread too.

This is most amusing. You can't buy entertainment this good!

LOL!

Re: Mountain Fun-Guy
 

On Sat, 31 Jul 2010 11:40:43 -0500, LOL! <lol@lol.org> wrote:

>[After taking all artsy-fartsy shots, it's always advised to take a few
>more typical snapshots while including some known object for size reference
>for future documentation purposes. A little hint for you wannabe nature
>photographers out there. I generally keep a small stack of metric and inch
>rulers printed up on transparency material and waterproof papers in my
>camera pack, inexpensive expendable rulers that can be quickly placed next
>to any insect or plant for use against any colors or hues or lighting
>situations.]

In the event you have no ruler handy, paper currency works quite nicely
too. Like this one placed next to one of the (really fresh) largest
wolf-tracks I've ever run across during one of my lengthy photo-treks in
Canada.

<http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4144/4847187452_4f650424b2.jpg>

But Grandma, what big feet you've got!

LOL!

This is just one paw-print, the largest, from about a dozen different
wolves that were milling around in that spot just before I hiked through
there. They made some nice designs in the otherwise undisturbed dirt with
their tracks that became interesting photos.

How much do you want to bet that everyone is going steal this image to keep
it and show to others without my permission, even in its greatly reduced
size and severely jpg-degraded quality. CONTENT MEANS EVERYTHING. Image
quality means NOTHING.

Re: Mountain Fun-Guy
 

LOL! wrote:
> On Sun, 01 Aug 2010 12:21:47 -0400, Bowser <Canon@Nikon.Panny> wrote:
>
>> On Sat, 31 Jul 2010 11:40:43 -0500, LOL! <lol@lol.org> wrote:
>>
>>> This was an interesting find, growing on the remains of a burnt-stump after
>>> a large forest fire devastated the mountain-pass it was found in. The coin
>>> placed on it is a quarter, for a size reference.
>>>
>>> <http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4148/4846112569_f1b80f8ce8_b.jpg>
>>>
>>> [After taking all artsy-fartsy shots, it's always advised to take a few
>>> more typical snapshots while including some known object for size reference
>>> for future documentation purposes. A little hint for you wannabe nature
>>> photographers out there. I generally keep a small stack of metric and inch
>>> rulers printed up on transparency material and waterproof papers in my
>>> camera pack, inexpensive expendable rulers that can be quickly placed next
>>> to any insect or plant for use against any colors or hues or lighting
>>> situations.]
>>>
>>> I safely know about 18 different wild mushrooms for their edibility, many
>>> hundreds more for their toxicity. (One fun one that will only make people
>>> sick if they also drink any alcohol after the meal. A good prank-'shroom.)
>>> Reminding me of a favorite phrase, "There are two kinds of mushroom
>>> hunters: smart ones ... and dead ones." I took about 1/3rd of this one (2-3
>>> lbs.) for future meals for that week. Something that no cookbooks anywhere
>>> will tell you, this variety of 'shroom has to be sautéed for about 30
>>> minutes before it becomes tender and succulent. It's not your average, heat
>>> butter, fry it, flip it, eat it, type of 'shroom. Fried up with cut-throat
>>> trout caught in a nearby stream it was most excellent.
>>> <http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4130/4846768170_11db88b89d_b.jpg> (This
>>> time I had the luxury of a mobile base-camp in the form of a class-B
>>> camper, which I also outfitted with solar-panels to power the digital
>>> darkroom and wide-bed printer.)
>>>
>>> Now let's watch all the desperately insecure, sheltered-life (basement
>>> life), pretend-photographer DSLR-TROLLS hijack this thread too.
>>>
>>> This is most amusing. You can't buy entertainment this good!
>>>
>>> LOL!
>> For some reason, all of your photos linked to Flickr are unavailable.
>> I'm shocked.
>
> Don't worry. One of your fellow trolls will be along any time to tell
> everyone they were removed because I had stolen them, or I removed them
> because I was so embarrassed, or they were all shot with DSLRs and I had
> lied about smaller sensor cameras performing so well, or ... any of their
> other usual resident trolls' childishly manipulative reasons to desperately
> try to get my or anyone's attention.
>
> When in reality, I never leave images up for more than 24 hours. Rarely
> longer in special circumstances. Maybe someone will offer to repost them
> for you without my permission so I can pursue a lawsuit against them again.
> That's always fun when the trolls try that. The problem is, the ones who
> have done just that are so poor there's no reward. So in advance I only
> show them highly degraded jpg-compressed images they can desperately covet
> and beat-off over instead.
>
I've got an idea, next time you come across those poisonous mushrooms
eat few dozen. Arrange to have some one take your picture and post
(don't use a DSLR though, we want a good shot).

Re: Mountain Fun-Guy
 

On 01/08/2010 18:57, LOL! wrote:

> When in reality, I never leave images up for more than 24 hours. Rarely
> longer in special circumstances. Maybe someone will offer to repost them
> for you without my permission so I can pursue a lawsuit against them again.

The way you post them they are "orphans". They don't bear any copyright
or identification, so you haven't done anything to protect them and your
lawyers will have a very hard time. And to prove that the original is
yours, they will have to show it...

--
Bertrand

Re: Mountain Fun-Guy
 

On Aug 1, 5:57*pm, LOL! <l...@lolololol.org> wrote:

> When in reality, I never leave images up for more than 24 hours. Rarely
> longer in special circumstances. Maybe someone will offer to repost them
> for you without my permission so I can pursue a lawsuit against them again.

Sue me http://www.flickr.com/photos/danpetre/4850132824/
See you in court.

DanP

Re: Mountain Fun-Guy
 

On 01/08/2010 19:16, LOL! wrote:

>
>> The way you post them they are "orphans". They don't bear any copyright
>> or identification, so you haven't done anything to protect them and your
>> lawyers will have a very hard time. And to prove that the original is
>> yours, they will have to show it...
>
> The provenance is clear enough.

Of course not... they are posted so that we can't identify the owning
flickr account. You post the URL, but nothing says the URL belongs to
any of your multiple noms de trolling.

> I have all the full-size non-degraded
> originals. They don't have to be shown on the net to prove it.

They have to be part of the court case, so in civilized countries this
means they are available to the public, if only as annexes to the final
court ruling.

Btw, we all notice that you said "non-degraded" instead of
"high-quality" or "award-winning". Congratulations for that spell of
realism.

--
Bertrand

Re: Mountain Fun-Guy
 

On Sun, 01 Aug 2010 12:10:20 -0500, LOL! <lol@lolololol.org> wrote:
> or ... any of their
>other usual resident trolls' childishly manipulative reasons to desperately
>try to get my or anyone's attention.


As if anyone needs to "get your attention".

You are like an ever-present mosquito. Bzzzz. ;-)

Re: Mountain Fun-Guy
 

On 2010-08-01, Bruce wrote:
> On Sun, 01 Aug 2010 12:10:20 -0500, LOL! <lol@lolololol.org> wrote:
>> or ... any of their
>>other usual resident trolls' childishly manipulative reasons to desperately
>>try to get my or anyone's attention.
>
>
> As if anyone needs to "get your attention".
>
> You are like an ever-present mosquito. Bzzzz. ;-)

No, he's not -- unless people respond to him. Most of us have him
killfiled so we don't see his rubbish unless people like you
respond to him. Stop it!


--
Chris F.A. Johnson <http://cfajohnson.com>
Author: =======================
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Re: Mountain Fun-Guy
 

On Aug 1, 5:44*pm, "Chris F.A. Johnson" <cfajohn...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> > You are like an ever-present mosquito. *Bzzzz. *;-)
>
> * *No, he's not -- unless people respond to him. Most of us have him
> * *killfiled so we don't see his rubbish unless people like you
> * *respond to him. Stop it!

Quick comparison: The DSLR Troll and Chris F.A. Johnson.

(A) The DSLR Troll is pathological enough to think that people will
actually believe his grandiose claims; and this makes him feel
powerful and authoritative.

(B) Chris F.A. Johnson thinks that people on Usenet should take his
orders concerning their posting habits; and this makes him feel
powerful and authoritative.

Hmmmm...........(taps pencil on teeth).

Close call.

Re: Mountain Fun-Guy
 

On Sun, 1 Aug 2010 19:46:26 -0700 (PDT), Twibil <nowayjose6@gmail.com>
wrote:

>On Aug 1, 5:44*pm, "Chris F.A. Johnson" <cfajohn...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>> > You are like an ever-present mosquito. *Bzzzz. *;-)
>>
>> * *No, he's not -- unless people respond to him. Most of us have him
>> * *killfiled so we don't see his rubbish unless people like you
>> * *respond to him. Stop it!
>
>Quick comparison: The DSLR Troll and Chris F.A. Johnson.
>
>(A) The DSLR Troll is pathological enough to think that people will
>actually believe his grandiose claims; and this makes him feel
>powerful and authoritative.
>
>(B) Chris F.A. Johnson thinks that people on Usenet should take his
>orders concerning their posting habits; and this makes him feel
>powerful and authoritative.
>
>Hmmmm...........(taps pencil on teeth).
>
>Close call.

(C) Twibil, a recent outpatient, thinks he can psychotically pretend to be
one of the many many psychologists, psychiatrists, and counselors that he
was court-ordered to see, with his stack of required-reading self-help
books at his side.

ROFLMAO!