The HH piccies thread

[Geoff]

Geoff, you truly do have a gift... Spectacular shots!

Thanks MJ! Hope you're keeping well.

[Swazi]

Great pics, mate ! Some of them would make awesome album covers, imo. Not of the pugs, though ......

[metaltrekman]

Bumpity bump...

 

It's Halloween season and the kids are getting into the spirit already (as usual)... they're going to be the Mario Brothers this year, and tried on their costumes yesterday. If I do say so myself (of course I'm slightly biased) I think they look awesome.

 

 

My Grandkids are living with us for a while. Both the boys want those costumes!! Where did you get them. Is everything their wearing included?

 

Cool, man! We got the Mario Bros. costumes at Wal-Mart last weekend. The outfit includes the hat, the body suit, and a stick-on mustache. They were $20 each.

 

My boys have been talking about going as Mario & Luigi for Halloween for months 'n' months now so I was glad they were so easy to find (and relatively cheap). I mean, they started telling me "We wanna be Mario Brothers for Halloween!" back in like March or April of this year. Haha. When we found these costumes in the store I had to make sure, I sez to 'em "Are you SURE this is what you wanna do for Halloween? Cuz once we buy these, there is no changing your mind," and they were like "YES YES YES!" Haha.

 

This'll probably be the last Halloween where we can get 'em to wear "matching" costumes (last year they were Scooby Doo and Shaggy, and the year before they were both pirates)... my older boy will be 10 years old next year and I'm sure by then he'll be too "cool" for it and he'll want to do his own thing.

 

Cool, I'll let my son know. We have a Walmart about a mile away. And they just opened a Halloween USA up too.

[66 mustang]

Geoff, give me premission to print your pic off and hang them in my house so I don't have to go buy decor!!!

 

 

kidding, but they are just amazing everytime I see you post them.

[Geoff]

Geoff, give me premission to print your pic off and hang them in my house so I don't have to go buy decor!!!

 

 

kidding, but they are just amazing everytime I see you post them.

Thanks mate. Sure, feel free to hang them in your house - that'd be awesome.

 

Great pics, mate ! Some of them would make awesome album covers, imo. Not of the pugs, though ......

Haha. I agree, mate. They'd look much better printed on the front of a T-Shirt.

[JamesEagle]

Geoff, you truly do have a gift... Spectacular shots!

 

 

Wife and I as Velma and Shaggy at a recent party. Seems harsh that Shaggy stayed slim despite eating all those enormous sandwiches for years, then suddenly put all the weight on:

 

[Faron]

Geoff, you truly do have a gift... Spectacular shots!

 

 

Wife and I as Velma and Shaggy at a recent party. Seems harsh that Shaggy stayed slim despite eating all those enormous sandwiches for years, then suddenly put all the weight on:

 

 

Nice pic mate

[Geoff]

Geoff, you truly do have a gift... Spectacular shots!

 

 

Wife and I as Velma and Shaggy at a recent party. Seems harsh that Shaggy stayed slim despite eating all those enormous sandwiches for years, then suddenly put all the weight on:

 

Haha. Nice one, mate. But where's Shaggy? I have some pugs if you want to borrow one.

[Geoff]

Sorry in advance, but as per Sir Nightrain's request... a *clears throat* "couple" of photos from Tonga. Apologies for the billions... hard to pick from all my babies:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Blowholes on the south end of Tongatapu... very spectacular and this was only mid-tide!

 

 

Tongan Stonehenge... made entirely of coral. Very cool:

 

 

 

 

 

 

[JamesEagle]

Geoff, you truly do have a gift... Spectacular shots!

 

 

Wife and I as Velma and Shaggy at a recent party. Seems harsh that Shaggy stayed slim despite eating all those enormous sandwiches for years, then suddenly put all the weight on:

 

Haha. Nice one, mate. But where's Shaggy? I have some pugs if you want to borrow one.

 

Pugs? What are they?

 

I got as close as I could to the clothes, grew the silly little round beard, but couldn't manage to lose half my body weight in time for the party, so we had Obese Shaggy. Kids went as Fred and Scooby.

[Faron]

Geoff, your pics are absolutely superb, some of the colours are wonderful, excellent stuff

[Evil Rick]

Wife and I as Velma and Shaggy at a recent party. Seems harsh that Shaggy stayed slim despite eating all those enormous sandwiches for years, then suddenly put all the weight on:

 

Haha. Nice one, mate. But where's Shaggy? I have some pugs if you want to borrow one.

That's great! I saw the pic and immediately thought Shaggy & Velma. I think Geoff maybe meant to say Scooby?

[JamesEagle]

Wife and I as Velma and Shaggy at a recent party. Seems harsh that Shaggy stayed slim despite eating all those enormous sandwiches for years, then suddenly put all the weight on:

Haha. Nice one, mate. But where's Shaggy? I have some pugs if you want to borrow one.

That's great! I saw the pic and immediately thought Shaggy & Velma. I think Geoff maybe meant to say Scooby?

 

Cheers mate, the missus did a good job as Velma and I did the best impression of a skinny bloke with a little round beard that I could.

 

I've tried to persuade her to get Velma-ed up for me again, but she's not having it.

[Stefan]

Sorry in advance, but as per Sir Nightrain's request... a *clears throat* "couple" of photos from Tonga. Apologies for the billions... hard to pick from all my babies:

 

 

 

 

 

Great pictures my man! Great pictures, as always.

One thing bothers me, who is the unsexy, dork-looking guy standing next to the hot chick?

[Geoff]

Sorry in advance, but as per Sir Nightrain's request... a *clears throat* "couple" of photos from Tonga. Apologies for the billions... hard to pick from all my babies:

 

 

 

 

 

Great pictures my man! Great pictures, as always.

One thing bothers me, who is the unsexy, dork-looking guy standing next to the hot chick?

Haha. Thanks doods.

 

Yeah, that guy just seemed to be everywhere. And wearing those shorts, I'm 99% sure he was gay too. What an awkward looking prick...

[Stefan]

Sorry in advance, but as per Sir Nightrain's request... a *clears throat* "couple" of photos from Tonga. Apologies for the billions... hard to pick from all my babies:

 

 

 

 

 

Great pictures my man! Great pictures, as always.

One thing bothers me, who is the unsexy, dork-looking guy standing next to the hot chick?

Haha. Thanks doods.

 

Yeah, that guy just seemed to be everywhere. And wearing those shorts, I'm 99% sure he was gay too. What an awkward looking prick...

 

You hit the nail right on the head...

[Geoff]

Sorry in advance, but as per Sir Nightrain's request... a *clears throat* "couple" of photos from Tonga. Apologies for the billions... hard to pick from all my babies:

 

 

 

 

 

Great pictures my man! Great pictures, as always.

One thing bothers me, who is the unsexy, dork-looking guy standing next to the hot chick?

Haha. Thanks doods.

 

Yeah, that guy just seemed to be everywhere. And wearing those shorts, I'm 99% sure he was gay too. What an awkward looking prick...

 

You hit the nail right on the head...

I picked those shorts up literally the weekend before we left for a few dollars in a surf factory outlet. It wasn't that I actually really liked the shorts, it's just that in my size they were honestly the only pair they had, and they were cheap as hell. Don't get me wrong, I kind of dig them in a gay/awkward way, but I'd not deny someone the opportunity to comment on how homosexual thay might come across.

[JamesEagle]

Sorry in advance, but as per Sir Nightrain's request... a *clears throat* "couple" of photos from Tonga. Apologies for the billions... hard to pick from all my babies:

 

 

 

Great pictures my man! Great pictures, as always.

One thing bothers me, who is the unsexy, dork-looking guy standing next to the hot chick?

Haha. Thanks doods.

 

Yeah, that guy just seemed to be everywhere. And wearing those shorts, I'm 99% sure he was gay too. What an awkward looking prick...

 

 

(At least he doesn't look like he eats 20 Big Macs a day like the muppet in my photo. )

[Fat Freddy]

Bumpin' a seriously old thread here but this is kinda cool.

 

As some of you know, I live in a rural corner of New Jersey where encounters with black bears are fairly common occurrences. I've had 'em walk across my yard (or get into my trash cans) numerous times over the years, but without fail EVERY time I've seen a bear I've never had my cell phone or a camera handy to snap a pic. Well today was finally the day!!! I was picking my kids up @ their school bus stop around the block this afternoon and on our way back thru the neighborhood we saw a Mama bear and two of her cubs in one of the neighbors' front yard. I had my cell phone w/me so I pulled over, rolled down my driver's side window and snapped off a couple of pix.

 

 

 

Tried to get a shot of the cubs but they were up a tree and there was so much shade that you couldn't see them at all in the photo. Oh well, next time!

[JamesEagle]

Bumpin' a seriously old thread here but this is kinda cool.

 

As some of you know, I live in a rural corner of New Jersey where encounters with black bears are fairly common occurrences. I've had 'em walk across my yard (or get into my trash cans) numerous times over the years, but without fail EVERY time I've seen a bear I've never had my cell phone or a camera handy to snap a pic. Well today was finally the day!!! I was picking my kids up @ their school bus stop around the block this afternoon and on our way back thru the neighborhood we saw a Mama bear and two of her cubs in one of the neighbors' front yard. I had my cell phone w/me so I pulled over, rolled down my driver's side window and snapped off a couple of pix.

 

 

 

Tried to get a shot of the cubs but they were up a tree and there was so much shade that you couldn't see them at all in the photo. Oh well, next time!

 

Nice work, mate. Great pics.

 

Are they quite tame (i.e. tolerant of humans)? Even during day time?

 

And possibly a stupid question - is that a tag on its ear, or just a patch of light? I'd be interested to know if they tag these babies.

[Fat Freddy]

Bumpin' a seriously old thread here but this is kinda cool.

 

As some of you know, I live in a rural corner of New Jersey where encounters with black bears are fairly common occurrences. I've had 'em walk across my yard (or get into my trash cans) numerous times over the years, but without fail EVERY time I've seen a bear I've never had my cell phone or a camera handy to snap a pic. Well today was finally the day!!! I was picking my kids up @ their school bus stop around the block this afternoon and on our way back thru the neighborhood we saw a Mama bear and two of her cubs in one of the neighbors' front yard. I had my cell phone w/me so I pulled over, rolled down my driver's side window and snapped off a couple of pix.

 

 

 

Tried to get a shot of the cubs but they were up a tree and there was so much shade that you couldn't see them at all in the photo. Oh well, next time!

 

Nice work, mate. Great pics.

 

Are they quite tame (i.e. tolerant of humans)? Even during day time?

 

And possibly a stupid question - is that a tag on its ear, or just a patch of light? I'd be interested to know if they tag these babies.

 

They're pretty used to people, and are usually more scared of us than we are of them. If one is in your yard, most of the time a shout of "HEY! SHOO! GET OUTTA HERE!" will scare them off.

 

I don't think Yogi here had a tag on him/her/it when I took this pic, but there are programs in the area where bears are tagged/tracked so they can be studied.

[KarpetRydOFunk]

 

 

 

 

Your cat is really cute. It looks a lot like my cat, Edan, who I had to put to sleep last Friday morning. You become attached to pets...huh...? Every morning I still go right to the pantry to get food to feed Edan.

 

Take care of that little kittie.

Yeah, he's a good little kitty, and I appreciate every day he's around to throw his paws in our faces as we sleep. We got him in 2003 when he was brought into my wife's work (she's a vet nurse) after being hit by a car, or attacked or something. No one knows, but he was in bad shape. A few tests also found he had a heart condition. At the time my wife asked if we could take him in. She let me know about his condition and that he'd need 2 tablets every day for the rest of his life and wasn't likely to make it more than 2 or 3 more years because of his heart. I knew it'd crush me, but my wife had become so attached to him at work. I remember the first day going in to see him, and he was still so battered. Very sad. And he was so nervous and scared of anything and anyone. Still is to this day to a degree. Not sure he ever got over whatever happened to him completely.

 

It's actually kind of cool because it's like my wife and I are the only two people in the world he fully trusts, which is friendly. He's okay around my parents and family and friends, but he's still so shy and usually hides away. So he's just like our own little private kitty.

 

Anyway, getting carried away, but 8 years later (and we still have no idea how old he is - he still looks identical [minus the wounds] to the day we got him!!) and he's still around, being as cheeky as he can. Taking swipes at the pups everytime they pass, snuggling up on our pillows and in our faces overnight... pawing at us if he feels like it. Yeah, he's a good little kitty.

 

Dood, if he's got a heart condition, should he really be drinking?!!

 

Honestly, Geoffery, it's been a pleasure to watch you grow as an artist. Although your early photos are no longer visible, I remember the quality then, and the quality of your most recently posted photos is significantly greater. I'mma stop now before I get too gay, 'cause I know how that turns you on, and the distance between us is too great. I can't go through that, again.

 

Also, what ever happened to Faust? Anybody hear from him? I'd love to see more of his photos. Does he have an online profile?

 

Another also, I realize I never did get around to posting anything here. If I recall correctly, it was to big a hassle to create an account for storing the files, and I probably gave up. Maybe I'll do that soon. But don't nobody hold there breath.

[longhairmike74]

im a big fan of encouraging backyard visitors

 

 

 

 

 

well,, most of them,,,

 

[Geoff]

A few pics from my recent trip to a lovely place called Lord Howe Island, just off the NSW coast of Australia:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Glen]

Blimey dude, not only is that some place awesome, but you could sell most of those photos as postcards - nice work.

 

Can I ask what camera you've got - we've been meaning to get a new one for ages. The thing which pisses me about our current one is just a little action or shake and the pic blurs :-(

 

Want one where you can snap away and everything's sharp - really important with kids cos they never stand still lol. Also how do you get soft focus - is it long shutter speed??