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Totally amateur phone camera pics thread.

#821
A friend who is spending her first winter in Alaska took this recently.
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My Bride & her good friend, Alison, spent this past weekend in Apilachicola Bay at a ‘sea to table’ fest/feast.
Helluva table... :woot:
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I had a Saturday evening reservation at
5 Guys!! :thumbsup:
 
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For those of you who didn't already know this, yesterday I found out that Walmart does Camara Phone photo enlargements.

To put it to the test, I got a phone pic enlarged to 18 x 24 it took about 30 min's (there was no one in line) it came out perfect, and cost $15.00 after taxes

It was really easy to do, as it is self served except for the printing. You can add text, colors or make it Black and White all on quality paper....pretty cool stuff for cheap

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Helix said:
For those of you who didn't already know this, yesterday I found out that Walmart does Camara Phone photo enlargements.

To put it to the test, I got a phone pic enlarged to 18 x 24 it took about 30 min's (there was no one in line) it came out perfect, and cost $15.00 after taxes

It was really easy to do, as it is self served except for the printing. You can add text, colors or make it Black and White all on quality paper....pretty cool stuff for cheap

Photo Prints & Posters | Walmart Photo
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I usually load mine right into the Walgreens app and swing by and get them later at my local store. I have even loaded pics of my kids into the app and had them waiting an hour later at my parents' local Walgreens 70 miles away. I just call them and say "There are some pictures waiting for you at Walgreens when you get a sec." They love it.

It's a great way to give a cheap and convenient little gift. So if my girls cheer at a basketball game at noon my parents can be showing of paper pics to their friends by 1:30 in my hometown.
 
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A buddy and I were just sitting on the side porch yakking last week, when one end of this rainbow suddenly appeared in front of us. I immediately thought 'Dang, this is good weed!' :wideyed::jawdrop::rolleyes:

We stepped off the porch to look eastward, and could see that it seemed to end somewhere in Bellevue... a neighboring city on the other side of Lake Washington.

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For a few minutes it was trying really hard to be a double rainbow, but it just couldn't muster enough refractions to complete it or be visible on camera.
 
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catcauphonic said:
A buddy and I were just sitting on the side porch yakking last week, when one end of this rainbow suddenly appeared in front of us. I immediately thought 'Dang, this is good weed!' :wideyed::jawdrop::rolleyes:

We stepped off the porch to look eastward, and could see that it seemed to end somewhere in Bellevue... a neighboring city on the other side of Lake Washington.

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For a few minutes it was trying really hard to be a double rainbow, but it just couldn't muster enough refractions to complete it or be visible on camera.
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I'll get a little personal with you. My sister died in 1994. She fell asleep in her dorm room and just didn't wake up. Two autopsies turned up zero. As you can imagine, my parents were crushed. They were turned into zombies for days. (I probably did too, but self analysis of that kind is pretty hard when everything around that time is a blur.)

The day of the funeral we were at the graveside service. On a perfectly sunny day, a rainbow showed up out of nowhere. I kid you not. There was no rain that we could tell anywhere. My parents attached some meaning to that.... which I'm fine with. They read that rainbow as "She's letting us know she's OK". And they turned a corner. They came back to life and were able to move on. Yes, that event changed them forever and took some wind out ouf their sales permanently. But it wasn't the crushing blow it had been until that rainbow.

So as far as I'm concerned, there's no such thing as a bad rainbow.... or a bad picture of one. They make me smile every.... single.... time. :D
 
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two fingers said:
I'll get a little personal with you. My sister died in 1994. She fell asleep in her dorm room and just didn't wake up. Two autopsies turned up zero. As you can imagine, my parents were crushed. They were turned into zombies for days. (I probably did too, but self analysis of that kind is pretty hard when everything around that time is a blur.)

The day of the funeral we were at the graveside service. On a perfectly sunny day, a rainbow showed up out of nowhere. I kid you not. There was no rain that we could tell anywhere. My parents attached some meaning to that.... which I'm fine with. They read that rainbow as "She's letting us know she's OK". And they turned a corner. They came back to life and were able to move on. Yes, that event changed them forever and took some wind out ouf their sales permanently. But it wasn't the crushing blow it had been until that rainbow.

So as far as I'm concerned, there's no such thing as a bad rainbow.... or a bad picture of one. They make me smile every.... single.... time. :D
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:crying: :hug:
 
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Yesterday, it was a beautiful February day with temperatures in the low 70's out on the water. I was lucky enough to snap a photo of this hugh California Gray whale on it's annual migration from Alaska south to warmer waters in Mexico. They average a speed of around 5 MPH. It takes them two to three months to make the trip. They will mate in Mexico and then start their trip back to Alaska for the summer.
Normally, when out on the ocean, I bring a better camera because you never know what you will see. But this time I only had my cell phone with me.

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two fingers said:
I'll get a little personal with you. My sister died in 1994. She fell asleep in her dorm room and just didn't wake up. Two autopsies turned up zero. As you can imagine, my parents were crushed. They were turned into zombies for days. (I probably did too, but self analysis of that kind is pretty hard when everything around that time is a blur.)

The day of the funeral we were at the graveside service. On a perfectly sunny day, a rainbow showed up out of nowhere. I kid you not. There was no rain that we could tell anywhere. My parents attached some meaning to that.... which I'm fine with. They read that rainbow as "She's letting us know she's OK". And they turned a corner. They came back to life and were able to move on. Yes, that event changed them forever and took some wind out ouf their sales permanently. But it wasn't the crushing blow it had been until that rainbow.

So as far as I'm concerned, there's no such thing as a bad rainbow.... or a bad picture of one. They make me smile every.... single.... time. :D
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I absolutely LOVE this story! Thank you for sharing it, my friend :thumbsup::angel::)
 
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Here's one from work. After three weeks we've yet to establish what the wheel belongs to...View attachment 2904255
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That's off of a trailer, and appears to have a 4-lug hub still fastened to it... which I guess should make the trailer easier to spot. :D
 
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I got quite into photography for a while...specialising in rust, urban decay, graffitti...fun stuff like that.:D
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I had this buddy in high school... later became a photography major. He did a whole portfolio on tacky yard art... flamingos, gnomes, you name it.
 
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