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Permanut

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12. My photo instructor..

Reply to alfredo (Reply #10)

Thu Aug 23, 2018, 10:17 AM

Aug 2018

from about a hundred years ago (I'm an old guy) recommended taking a hundred pictures and discarding 99. And this was in the days of film. Still good advice, though.

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Omigod, alfredo! CaliforniaPeggy Aug 2018 #1

Thanks. It was sitting on a prickly pear fruit. alfredo Aug 2018 #7

Incredible. Permanut Aug 2018 #2

Thanks alfredo Aug 2018 #8

ewww..those eyes Demovictory9 Aug 2018 #3

I wonder what those eyes see? alfredo Aug 2018 #9

Bug! Solly Mack Aug 2018 #4

Thanks. I had a lot of spoiled shots to get just one good one. alfredo Aug 2018 #10

My photo instructor.. Permanut Aug 2018 #12

The more experience I have, the less keepers. alfredo Aug 2018 #15

i noticed some pretty green flys on something in the garden. took some ok pics. not enough pixels. pansypoo53219 Aug 2018 #5

My camera has 16mp. There were green ones there too. alfredo Aug 2018 #11

well, a mob of them looked extra pretty. took it w/ 10 or 12 MP. pansypoo53219 Aug 2018 #14

A 10 or 12mp is more than adequate for shots. alfredo Aug 2018 #16

Very cool! Callalily Aug 2018 #6

One of the prickly pear fruit has been partially eaten, so the flies dine. alfredo Aug 2018 #13