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Forum: General Photography
02-24-2024, 03:35 PM
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Without bothering to get into detail, due to circumstances outside of my control I now find myself VERY much in debt and having to sell off many of my favorite hobbies entirely.
I almost was going to sell my camera stuff but then I realized something.
Photography is cheap.
I sold off all my film stuff years ago because it WASN'T cheap to use and required you to keep up with it regularly so stuff didn't expire.
I used to shoot digital almost every day and often all day on weekends, but then I sorta lost interest and stopped entirely. Mostly due to life giving me no time for anything and other hobbies cutting into that time. Which was sorta ironic since I had waited more than a decade for Pentax to release a FF DSLR and I had finally bought one (when the last of the K-1 were clearanced out) with a good zoom as well.
Another irony is not long ago before I got hit with the debt I just happened to pick up the camera which still only has a shutter count of 170 after having it for years and discovered the playback button didn't work despite never having been abused. $500 later I had it fixed and back in hand.
But now I'm glad I did fix it and I kept that stuff because now most of the other hobbies are being liquidated, but there's my Pentax, ready to play.
I would love to have a better zoom for long range (see signature), but I make due with the one I have and just use care in avoiding water since its a non WR lens.
But really I have everything I need for a hobby that costs me nothing to do at a time when that's right in my price range.
I'm glad I bought a good body and really good short zoom back when I did have money, but if a person were poor they could get an old K-5II or later and an 18-135 lens and do some really amazing photo work without feeling short changed by the gear. When you are poor, digital photography becomes the perfect hobby to have.
I managed to find $20 to support the site as well since after years of barely checking in, I think I'll be around a bit more often now.
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Forum: Mini-Challenges, Games, and Photo Stories
11-20-2023, 11:08 AM
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I will put up only 1 Yseeing we had 3 xs.
the obligitary colour
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Forum: General Talk
11-18-2023, 01:31 PM
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Ya, I'm feeling really old. As I need more time to do less, dropping regular posting on the forum, which used to take me to past 11am many mornings seemed like the logical thing to stop doing, just in terms of the amount of time and effort.
My party was on the 3rd of October with my old canoe/baseball buddies.
 2023-10-03-NH-75th-Birthday by Norm Head, on Flickr
Some of these people I've known for 50 years.
Below T and I.
 2023-10-03_NH-and-TJ-S by Norm Head, on Flickr
Not much has changes in my shooting, well apart from most of it being done with a phone these days.
A few examples.
Duchesnay Falls in North Bay , Ontario.
 2023-10-04-Duchesny-Falls by Norm Head, on Flickr
I still trip to Algonquin Park regularly.
 2023-110-24-AP-Tamaracks-pano by Norm Head, on Flickr
 2023-11-05-AP-Heron-Beaver-Pond by Norm Head, on Flickr
We still get wildlife in the yard.
 2023-10-26-Wild-turkey-S by Norm Head, on Flickr
 2023-11-04-Back-yard-Fox by Norm Head, on Flickr
 2023-08-14-Backyard-deer by Norm Head, on Flickr
We attended the North Bay Blues Fest a while ago.
 2023-09-02-Bluesfest by Norm Head, on Flickr
We had a nice family visit... my grandson, great grandson and great grand daughter are pictured here.
We did some camping this summer.
 2023-07-11-Theo-family by Norm Head, on Flickr
Puppy Chase has grown and matured. He's 2 years old now.
 2023-11-15-Forest-walk-Chase-2 by Norm Head, on Flickr
Tia , Misty and Jesse are all doing well, but starting to get on.
 2023-10-26-Forest-walk-dogs by Norm Head, on Flickr
Just thought I'd check in case anyone wondered what I'm up to. Same old same old.Take care all.
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Forum: Mini-Challenges, Games, and Photo Stories
08-30-2023, 08:18 PM
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Tonight's full orange blue moon
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Forum: Mini-Challenges, Games, and Photo Stories
08-23-2023, 10:44 AM
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Cat - This little stray that my wife heard at work is the newest addition to our household.
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Forum: Weekly Photo Challenges
08-17-2023, 10:08 AM
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Forum: Weekly Photo Challenges
08-16-2023, 03:37 PM
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I have deleted my original entry because I found the one I wanted to use, I believe that I have used the one with the drum in a similar challenge. I'm pretty sure I haven't used this one.
 Who's There? by Tom Ramsey, on Flickr
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Forum: Mini-Challenges, Games, and Photo Stories
06-09-2023, 02:30 PM
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Red-Winged Blackbird Standing on a Tree Trunk
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Forum: Pentax SLR Lens Discussion
05-02-2023, 03:10 AM
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Forum: Pentax SLR Lens Discussion
05-02-2023, 05:52 AM
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Forum: Lens Clubs
04-23-2023, 03:36 AM
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Forum: Pentax SLR Lens Discussion
04-16-2023, 06:48 AM
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Garden shots with K-1 and Tokina AT-X 90mm f 2.5 macro.
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Forum: Lens Clubs
04-15-2023, 12:43 PM
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With the KP:
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Forum: Lens Clubs
04-16-2023, 01:45 PM
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Forum: Pentax SLR Lens Discussion
02-23-2023, 05:17 AM
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