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FrankS

FrankS

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This is a picture of my father. He's in his 70's. I think he has an interesting look. One day I may look like my father.
 
mine is from the coffee & camera series.
i like the photo and the esspresso & the camera (& the shooter).
it's perfect...;)

joe
 
This is the street cat I accidentally found one afternoon while walking through a park testing a Ricoh 35 ZF. The pic is a severe crop but at that size it doesn't matter...

Curious thing is I pretty much ignored cats before joining this forum, now I always try to at least exchange a bit words with them...

Seems two of our members thought about the same question at the same time :D
 
This is a photo of me taken way back in the late '60's. I'm considerably taller now and have added about 150lbs.
This is the only evidence my Mother has to back up her story that people said I looked like the baby Jesus when I was a child. My mom loves telling that story and my wife loves hearing it. Personally I don't see the resemblance.

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I've changed my avatar. If you are interested, visit my site to see a big version of the old avatar.
 
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It's a ballon from the Albuquerque Balloon Fiesta, supposedly the most photographed event in the world. In the last couple of years they've limited the number of balloons to only 800. Mass ascensions are something to behold. You are right in the middle of them when they go off. They come down all over town.

Picture taken with a HiMatic 7s.

Brian
 
Krasnaya Zvezda is Russian for "red star". I got the image from the comic book "The Red Star".
 
Mine is of my father, age 2, taken in 1921.
He was pretty "grumpy" as an adult, so this joyful child is a better memory. This is the only photo in which he's smiling ~ ; - )
 
Krasnaya Zvezda is Russian for "red star". I got the image from the comic book "The Red Star".

There is a famous football team in Belgrade called "Crvena Zvezda" - Red Star. Is there a sports connection with your online name besides the comic book?
 
nwcanonman said:
Mine is of my father, age 2, taken in 1921.
He was pretty "grumpy" as an adult, so this joyful child is a better memory. This is the only photo in which he's smiling ~ ; - )
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I like old-time photos.....there's something special about them.
 
Handheld self-portrait one day when I was bundled up for walking and shooting last winter in Chicago. Guess I shoulda turned the camera in the other direction.
 
My avatar is a picture of a locomotive my father took about 1950 or so. I grew up mere feet from the main line (double track then) of the B&O Rail Road and well remember the sounds of the steam engines as they passed our place less than 30 feet away. Many of the local men worked their whole lives for the B&O.

This picture was taken about half way between the towns of Doubs and Adamstown, Maryland. I scanned it from a photograph.

Walker
 
The original of this is in my gallery, it's a shot my Dad took of my brother, sister, and cousins at our hunting camp in Northern Michigan. I cropped the section with my cousin Jimmy and I for the avatar. A while back Pherdinand correctly guessed that I am the one with the bottle -- little has changed over the years, although I'm a little taller;)

D2
 
peter_n said:
Krasnaya Zvezda is Russian for "red star". I got the image from the comic book "The Red Star".

There is a famous football team in Belgrade called "Crvena Zvezda" - Red Star. Is there a sports connection with your online name besides the comic book?
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Nyet. I only used the comic for the picture, nothing more. I do watch alot of football though, and my team wears red--- but it's Arsenal of the EPL. Go Gunners!
 
Mine is a crop of a Swisscom radio tower looking a bit like the peace sign. Taken during a bike ride with my Lomo LC-A.
 
thmk said:
Mine is a crop of a Swisscom radio tower looking a bit like the peace sign. Taken during a bike ride with my Lomo LC-A.
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(Gasps!) There is a LOMO contingent here? And it's OK to admit it? I don't have an LC-A, but I have a Smena 8M and a Lubitel. And truth be told, LOMO was my entry port into camera collecting and therefore the terminal addiction of FSU stuff. Wow, I guess it's safe for me to admit I own TWO Holgas, one with the Polaroid back? (Woops--- I just admitted I use Polaroid...) Should start a new thread, What are your favorite junk cameras? Might even find some Diana users here. I think I'll do it.
 
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