[Maximus3D]

Awesome photos you guys posted here lately wow!

/ Max

[AndreD]

[ivox3]

Seagulls ... meanest birds around. lol..

A year or so ago, ... A seagull landed on my rear window sill. Very odd. I decided to open the window and check things out. He didn't move -- he's gotta be injured I'm thinking. So I snatched him up to look him over, ..and sure enough, .. some kind of wing injury. Okay, .. so this turns out to be a mistake. lol.... as he's not happy and takes a shot at my hands --- suddenly, .. my hands bleeding. The beak is razor sharp ! lol.. So, .. I'm like holding this bird and not knowing what to do -- so, I kind of ease my hands down (lower on the body) and away from beak range. All the while I'm cursing at the bird at the same time. lol.. Like an idiot, .. after I get my hands in a safer position, .. I raise up the bird and as if to square it off face to face and say, " Yeah SOB, .. try and get me now ! " ...then the gull, ..lightning fast, .. pecks me in the face !! Now my face is bleeding. wtf??? lol... I'm an idiot, .. I know .. lol.. Who knew they could do that ??? Anywhoo, .. so that did it, I had had enough -- bird wins. I stuffed him in a box and took him to a place that takes injured birds. End of true story.

Fearless of gulls and being laughed at .....

[-Adrian]

[Louis v a]

Some photo's from me:

[ludenhud]

Once again then... Same same but different (I truly hate that thai saying, but anyhow )

[Jeff Tamagini]

Boston's New Apple Flagship store. Biggest in the US and second biggest in the World behind England

[Jeff Tamagini]

took these on our monthy boston photo group bar meetup

[NicoR44]

Some photo's from me:

Dat kan maar een slot zijn.... slot Loevenstein

Daar kom ik best veel met de fam! en zeker met de franse belegering ..... op de fiets, ik woon er vlak bij!!!! (arkel) ff de brug over


(very close to home )

[killian2828]

Thanks Thomas and Ludenhud! I love the car photo by the way.

I'm making a Blurb book right now (http://www.blurb.com/), nothing much, just some photos that I've grown attached to and some that I haven't posted yet. It looks like a great self-publishing photo book tool, especially since I don't really plan on selling any copies other than to family members. Has anyone here published a photo book or have any recommendations for a different approach than the online method? I'm concerned because I want to have a certainty as to the quality of the print, especially because there is some inconsistencies in Blurb reviews.

This is the cover of the book I'm designing now:

[kami]

wow. great photo! the sun and the clouds are soo amazing.
i also love the bright dots on the tree, even though they look almost artificial.

[Fernando Tella]

Nice idea the Blurb thing! Searching I've found another one: http://www.lulu.com but haven't tried it. Tell us how does it looks like when you receive it.

[killian2828]

Thanks Kami! The bright highlights on the tree was a side effect of editing the picture as a whole, rather than selectively editing the clouds, but I was a little lazy. I'm glad you don't hate it like some do

Fernando, I looked at a lot of the online publishing stuff and I think blurb might be the most convenient of the choices. I've just finished the book and put in a single order to test the prints. I really don't plan on selling any copies other than to close family, you know, the people who tell you something is good just to not hurt your feelings But if you produce consistently great photos, which many of you guys do, it might be a good chance to sell some copies. You get to set a price and you also receive 100% of the profit on all copies sold.

Now I'm just waiting for the book, which will be awhile seeing that I'll be in Italy for a month on vacation. I'll just have to check it out when I get back and post some photos of the book to compare quality.

Edit: by the way, here's the preview if you guys want to check out the first 16 pages. http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/detail/253878

Also, my intro is a little satirical, if you don't get it go check out some of the more acclaimed (and usually overly-pompous) photographers' introduction
...Just making sure no one thinks I'm an egotistical asshole

[killian2828]

Some river photos before I leave:

[kami]

nice book with some really nice close up pictures.
out of curiosity: with what camera are you taking your photos?