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I didn't realize this was your area. I saw a nice vineyard on Kanen, looks like it was perched on the top of a mountain.

That is actually Los Virgenes or something like that (Malibu Canyon). I just drove down Kanen though coming back from the beach.

Some from the Getty Villa and Malibu Canyon.

Some Malibu sunset shots for all the people in the frozen area I left this morning.

Boarded my plane to LA. Cheap ass Unitedental switched from one of the new 757s with the pod first class seats to this old beater that appears dirty enough that I will need shots when I get to LA. It has freakin ceiling mounted TVs!! I might as well be taking Greyhound. I am done with Unitedental.

So I could either buy my next door neighbors condo or buy the Stax Corp. for the same cost?

1.5 Million seems really low, assuming they are not swimming in debt.

Took a walk during lunch. Started at the place that will instantly become the coolest place in the neighborhood at 10 AM tomorrow morning. The new Super Apple Store. Then I walked over to the Library at Bryant Park to see the wild life.

Dinny, we should do lunch next week and we can mess around with your S95. The camera should be perfectly capable of taking usable pictures, in all types of light.

In my five years of playing FF this is the first time I have not made the playoffs. I went back to look at my drafted teams in the two leagues and I basically lost 40% of the people in the top half of my draft to season ending injury. Then if you add in the people I picked up that immediately blew out their knees, it becomes obvious that playing for me in the HC league is a really bad omen for NFL players.

Just a few more.

Great shots. You sure get a completely different perspective with the crop factor and your longer zoom. I could not even get that lion. Looks like Red Panda Fight Club in your picture there. I do not remember the one killing and eating the other as it was obviously about to do in your picture.

Happy Birthday Tom

Just takes some shots where the subject is not backlit, by what appears to be the surface of the sun outside your window, and see if those come out sharp. Any indoor shot with average household lighting should be sufficient to give you a sharp shot with the S95. If you are really interested there are various focus test prints that you can download and hang up all over your house to do your mad scientist measurements.

Great Day at the Zoo. The Ginger Monkeys were ecstatic to see Colin. But they were shocked when he told them Dinny didn't show up. Weird-Ass Kangaroo came out to see us.

The Monkey will be missed. We are going to be parking at the Southern Blvd entrance and will be there at 10. Laxx, where does one get the $4 coupons you referenced?

Don't know if anyone is going to make it tomorrow but we will be there at 10 and you can PM me for my cell if you intend to show up. Looks like a really nice day for a Zoo visit.

What are the particulars, shutter speed, etc? Went to one of the few camera stores in the City opened on Saturday to buy some toys. Bonus was the fact that it is right next to the Flatiron Building and Madison Square Park which is always fun.

I definitely prefer it to the Gitzo I had, but I will definitely miss the much smaller travel size of the Gitzo. This RRS is pretty huge.

The full RRS setup. So who is doing the HC Zoo excursion?

I will have to do some research on this The Monkey fellow. Anybody here know him?

Okay, everyone check the first post for the exchange partner list I generated using a random sequence generator at Random.org.

Okay we need at least one more participant to shut this down unless someone wants to handle two gifts. if we do not get anyone else today I will do two exchanges myself.

Great. Should be a fun day.