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I'm sorry, I haven't forgotten you! I have the leadrope removed from the horse, but for some reason my photoshop is freaking out when I try to do the grass. I've been having issues since I had to switch versions to add my iPad Pro, but I'll get it worked out this weekend. So sorry I"m running l...

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Yes ma'am, you can e-mail it to me if the file size will allow it. If not, we might have to do it through Google or dropbox. johnniepierce@icloud.com

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If no one can do it by tonight, I can do it for you tonight. Not a PS guru by any means, but if it's not too bad I can take it out. I do it for clients often, but make sure to shoot it so that it's not horrible. lol

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I've tried 2 flavors. Neither was really great for me, but I'm very picky and it could have just been the flavors- lime and watermelon (I think). I'm not a fan of watermelon but my officemate had purchased them to try, and while I do love lime, it just wanted the lime taste that I was looking for. T...

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"What can I say, whack that pony". Pony was less than agreeable about doing dressage..lol. Another girl in the barn once received "Very well ridden test on a very naughty pony". Her petite Arabian became highly offended when a cargo plane attempted to land on him while making it'...

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No, the thing that truly raised my ire was what happened after the final halt on the FRIDAY ride, which was in and of itself very much more unpleasant than the Thursday ride, (and this has been cut off the currently circulating videos, which I think is where there is some confusion about why those ...

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Galapagos is on my bucket list as well! I'm so jealous. lol

My boss went last year, but his trip was more of a diving trip where they swam with whale sharks. I can find out what company he used though as they might have other tours.

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Thanks guys for the help! I have decided that I want to try to be as anonymous as possible with the gift, so I will ship it out on Monday. I had previously intended to bring it to the client this weekend, but I think getting a surprise gift in the mail would be more special. Maybe that sounds silly,...

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Ok thanks guys! I think that's what I'll do. I'll send the prints and, maybe, a gift cert for a medium sized canvas of her choosing.

Thanks!

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Yikes, tough choice. I would love either myself. But maybe the box of 5x7s so that then *I* can choose which one to do a larger canvas of? Assuming she hasn't seen all the 5x7s or doesn't already have them**? **do you know she doesn't already have the 5x7s, or at least the ones she wants? I do know...

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If you lost your pet/heart horse, what would you rather receive as a gift? Two 11x14 canvas prints from competitions or a box of 5x7 photos of all the competition photos I have taken of you. One of my clients has lost her heart horse and I want to send something to her. She normally purchases photos...

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I'm in East Texas, which is sort of a different animal than a lot of Texas. We're kind of the Southern Pines of Texas- it's hilly with evergreen forests and sandy loam soil. I'm an hour from a large city, either North or South, but the traffic to get to either is easy and rarely ever congested. It's...

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My boss did the wine of the month club from the Wallstreet Journal and he seemed to like it. Towards the end of the year, he complained that he received more duplicates in shipments than he had previously, so he canceled the subscription. He was signed up for the reds grouping. Each shipment comes w...

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Yes, this happened in Texas, up around Dallas I believe. Some people had been taking their dog in for issues and, I believe, the vets said that it some condition that would only get worse and told the owners that euthing the dog would be best. Months later, the owners found out that the vet had not ...

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The stores in my area are much like where Rockabilly lives, every aisle is a family reunion. There is much hugging and kissing and telling stories down every aisle it seems. I try to relegate my shopping for early in the morning or late in the evenings to get around it. lol

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My father died in an eerily similar set of circumstances to your mother's passing. I, too, was not able to visit him before he passed and had I seen him in the days before, I would have had him at the hospital based on photographs I saw of him from a few days before his heart attack. There was quite...

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Rockabilly wrote:I think a gift certificate to her favorite tack shop would be extremely nice.

Ditto this!

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Love these!!

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I love those WMW! Very nice! I've been doing all sorts of crazy things, photography-wise. Shooting things I never thought I would before- portraits :O . I've been truly horrible about editing them properly though. I need to do more photoshop type things to them, but I just can't make myself do it ye...

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Done!

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This looked so much fun for both you and the participants :D I'd also vote for the piñata for first... Have to admit a bit of a :shock: at the young lady standing in her stirrups with no helmet :) Also liked your watermark; can't miss it. I struggle with making it big in an attempt to deter snitche...

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That pinata is hilarious! Love it when folks aren't afraid to decorate the equines! One time I went as a doctor, wearing scrubs, bonnet, booties, mask. I attached syringes (minus needles, of course) to my gelding's mane and he too wore a surgical bonnet. Lots of fun! This is a great idea!! I'll hav...

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I sponsored the costume contest at a local Playday series this past weekend and some of these guys were pretty creative, so I thought I would share some of the photos. The Pinata won, the Wizard of Oz was second, and the little gypsy was People's Choice. https://scontent-dft4-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t31.0-...

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I'm keto, so I have eggs, bacon, or sausage with cheese, or a combination of all. If I could have bread, I would probably do something like avocado toast/muffin with an egg.

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The Red Cross centers are requesting that no clothes be sent to their centers for evacuees. Actually, many are now only taking cash donations. Most of the shelters that I have seen, when they put out a request for something, they are quickly overstocked with that item, but there are not enough shelt...

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He's so cute and I love his bird catcher spots!!

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Yes, we are very lucky. It's kind of ironic that I'm in the dry spot since I live in the middle of 3 man made lakes (all dams). The lake below me let out water starting yesterday. The lake that I'm on is a floodwater lake or some such designation. Basically it's built to hold water and has it's own ...

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ETAA to add photos at the bottome. I'm here and fine in East SE Texas. What's left of Harvey was supposed to come back in and head straight for us, but some models have it tracking east now, so that's good. Many of my friends have lost their homes, and everything they own basically, but we're all al...

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I received a message from the Animal Control officer for the city last night. She said that Judy, the black and white pitbull was adopted in the nick of time! She also said that it was the flower photo that made her adopters want to come in and see her. They are even changing her name to Sunny becau...

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Thanks so much Canyon! The Lab is on the euthanasia list :(. They have a rescue that said they would take her as soon as room is available, but we can't find a foster for her, and she has to be out of the shelter ASAP. A rescue in NY has pulled 14 other dogs, mostly puppies, so the shelter is trying...

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I went on Friday and took some photos of shelter dogs at the city shelter. Sweetest dogs ever! https://scontent-dft4-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/20294269_10213191338156407_5147107303625759339_n.jpg?oh=0ee50fefd5fa6aadb7dd092128f2bbec&oe=59EC3E2F https://scontent-dft4-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t31.0-8/2045162...

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I didn't choose because I wasn't sure what choose. I started with a pony at age 4-5, then had horses/ponies off and on until I was an adult. I didn't ride after I left high school until I was 29. When I started back, I wanted to ride english and there was an eventing barn about 30 minutes away. That...

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Thanks!!

I love dragonflies, obviously..lol. I haven't found one that color yet though!! So jealous!

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Thanks guys. I see some dust I need to edit out. I think it's between my lens and my filter, so I need to check that out. I'm having fun playing around with the Luminar edits. I tend to edit very bland and flat, so it's fun for me to pump up with fun using one of their filters, then adjusting it how...

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Oh the ink in my printer is just fine. It prints fine, it just doesn't feed, so your "print" comes out crammed into a 1/4 inch space. lol I do sessions too, but 1 hour is typically my max unless we're doing stacked sessions (multiple subjects/place), which cost a bit more. I have a 30 minu...

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Oh no! I'm so sorry for your loss.

It seems to be the month for mysterious deaths. I have a few friends who have found their pets/farm animals deceased, who were just fine the last time they were checked, and just this morning one of my herd was found dead (lionhead bunny).

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NB, Nikon has selected lenses on sale ("instant rebate"), both primes and zooms. The much loved 70-200mm f/2.8E FL ED VR is $2,599 including the $200 rebate :eek: Suspect the monitor will just end up being covered with drool ;) I want that lens soooooo much! But like you will probably jus...

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Ohhh, love all the photos!! Fuffy is my favorite I think..lol. My session photos are put into an online gallery that shows it with watermarks and clients can purchase from there. For stuff I put on Facebook, if it goes on my photography page or is of a client, I tend to put a big watermark right ove...

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Haven't messed with that set of presets. I'll have to check them out (LN is a set of presets?) I have a couple of different preset packages. I like messing around with the B&W ones. Interesting to me to see which photos actually make "good" B&W vs the ones that I think might be go...

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RTR, are you doing AF on the dragonflies? It could be the eyes aren't tack sharp because the AF is focusing on the "nose" as it were. But, the eyes looked pretty in focus to me. That blue dragonfly with the transparent wings is something else. I have better luck with bees when they're kne...

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You need to number these for further comments :) These are great! Love that with the 200 side of the 70-200 you can get good shots from far enough away the insects don't have "issues". My favorites are the blue one staring at the camera (the detail in the eyes and markings on the body), t...

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OMG, you can never have too many baby pics ;) Love the second dragonfly shot - the image is nice and sharp and the dragonfly itself with the yellow with black bars on the wings. I used to think you needed a macro for insects... nope, love the telephotos so you can get up close and personal without ...

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Nice :) Hope you get a chance to get out and play with it a bit more...! Thanks. I think I like it. Here are a few pics from the state park; the dragonfly ones are pretty extreme crops. Yeah, LR did a funky with my auto-watermark..lol. https://scontent-dft4-3.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/19396747_10212756...

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I'm so sorry. It's one thing to lose them as they start to get elderly, but to have this diagnosis in one so young is the sort of thing that just knocks the breath out of you. Just keep trying to breathe.

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I received the Tamron on Thursday, but Friday was my birthday and it was birthday weekend, so I didn't get to do much with it. I did shoot a flower in my yard, and yesterday morning I headed into a state park with it, but then I called out to deliver puppies and shop for horses, so I gave up. I did ...

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I don't understand the quarantine for EIA. Are they pulling a new coggins every time and waiting for that to come back? If not, what's the point? Horses can carry the disease without showing any clinical signs, so how would a 5 day quarantine make any difference? Idk. Only you can say what you can l...

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I have owned the 28-105 2.8 and 24-70 2.8 Tamron and I'll never own another Tamron product, both were very soft at the wide angle end and slow to focus. I'm not a fan of the 70-200 Tamron, either. Their products just don't handle low light or action well, IME. I buy Sigma lenses, though! I actually...

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Does anyone have any experience with the Tamron 17-50mm 2.8? I'm about to pull the trigger on one to play around with before I think about buying a more expensive version in that distance range. The stock contractors keep shortening the pen on me to where my 70-200 is barely useable and only when t...

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Mohawk makes a great pet-friendly carpet called SmartStrand. Shaw makes a nice, reasonably priced carpet, and there is always the standby Stainmaster carpet. We (home builders) have had problems with Beaulieu carpeting that clients have chosen for their new homes. Mostly, it can be incredibly fuzzy,...

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OMG, I love the baby pictures :) (esp the last one peeking under mom's belly :) ) . RTR, the D810 is on sale on the Nikon web site. I kind of love my D500 too much to look at another camera. Although all of the photos above were taken with my old full frame...lol. I couldn't get close enough to mak...

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