What equipment were you using that night?
Bodies: Canon 5D, DReb XT. Lenses: 16-35/2.8, 24/1.4, 85/1.2. Speedlite 430EX.
Okay, please tell me how to take pictures like that.
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wemayfreeze: "It's about time Obama stops dipping into the fray. Wouldn't it be great if his campaign released an official statement saying, "I'm sure she didn't mean anything by it"? When he tries to capitalize on her gaffes he admits... [
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Nothing's been decided yet. The Republicans always close strongly with their famed and well-established 72-hour GOTV operations. Voters may side with Obama by a large margin, but it's still up to Obama's supporters to get them out and turn potential... [
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The roll call was great, well-executed political theater. The disputed Florida and Michigan delegations were given crucial opportunities to cast their full votes, New Mexico honored the Illinois delegation by yielding the floor to them that allowed... [
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The problem with Obama going really, really negative is the unspoken but widespread discomfort when Blacks speak truth to power in America. Martin Luther King, for instance, has been "whitewashed" to the extent to where all people are... [
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>> You know, I think there's also a very good case to be made that this may motivate Hillary Clinton to work even harder to elect Barack Obama.
> What the fuck is Hillary Clinton supposed to do at this point, exactly? I'm tired of the... [
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onlyconnect: Re: gov'r of Alaska. First of all, Alaska is an incredibly homogeneous state -- overwhelmingly white, mostly male, one-party Republican rule -- and that pushes poll numbers toward the extremes. Thus, her approval ratings have to be taken... [
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delmoi: If she had been running the campaign she's been running lately after super Tuesday, she'd probably be the winner now
No. The math: Super Tuesday decided the race. The video fails to give the proper context that the race has been over for... [
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[I]t is clear to me that Metafilter is so partisan that it can't really view election issues clearly or with any distance. This was a really smart move for McCain, as long as she doesn't have something in her past that will come back to bite him.... [
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citron: "I just read the Frank Rich thread and it's like a different planet in which.. an underlying assumption seems to be that the American electorate is as smitten with Obama as MeFi, or will soon be? Not quite. His prospects of winning vs... [
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flarbuse: "Well, it seems to be unfolding now, but there seem to be a large amount of people who are essentially saying that the nominee should be chosen by who received the majority of the delegates, not whether someone was able to reach the... [
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Despite the risks, one major McCain reason for picking Palin is becoming increasingly obvious: highest probability of self-inflicted Democratic wounds through various overenthusiastic and overreaching attacks. She's a ready-made target for the loose... [
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Just as I predicted upthread: Hillary Clinton will be dropping the hammer on Palin:Advisers to Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton said on Sunday that Senator John McCain’s selection of Gov. Sarah Palin of Alaska as his running mate would lead to a... [
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I disagree with the principle of trying to change the site's tone by moderator fiat and minority advocacy, rather than by organic equilibrium from the community itself. To me, the appeal (and entertainment value) of discussions in the blue and gray... [
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Thanks for the compliments!
how did the pics from Grassroots turn out?
Not at all, really. It was a bad idea to try to start putzing around with the camera sometime past midnight, given all the drinking going on before then.
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onlyconnect: I would like to see the person with the largest amount of popular votes carry the day.
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creasyboy: "From my viewpoint these fixed demographic voting blocs he's talking about were established very late and were a surprise to everyone. I'm a college-educated white and I voted for Obama, but the fact that I was apparently... [
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Okay Effigy2000, I'll bite. It's hard to find comparable ages/poses from that list you generated, but let's see here:
Zhang vs Flickr: dad/daughter on bed.
Pose: ZOMG, Flickr photo has one of Dad's hands on the Daughter's upper buttocks and the... [
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She was "date-stamping" June with respect to the historical length of the nominating process. Perhaps you missed the part where I quoted her when I cited the two sentences immediately preceding her RFK reference: "People have short... [
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The information I have is that she died of a heart problem in her sleep.
Jeannie was very willful and perceptive, and more often than not her words bore that incisive wit of hers. The first time we met I was very much struck by her, and even more... [
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