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I took some butterfly photos over the weekend, in my own yard. The first day I spent all of 15 minutes and took about 700 photos...lol. The 2nd day I spent a greater amount of time out, but the butterflies were harder to track and shoot that day, so I only shot around 200. I did NOT upload that man...

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I like your pics - they're well composed and they show great expressions. For the pole pics I'd love to try a variation of what you're doing - line up with the poles so they're just barely separated from each other in a line. If the rider is on the right side of the pole, let the rest of the poles l...

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The "regular" bot flies are a very minor annoyance to our horses - they'll swish their tails, but that's the height of it. These throat bots however - - - a whole different story. They don't act that crazy even with the huge big "B52" horseflies. They hate them, but they don't go...

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I don't have a fly mask, and I couldn't find one at the local feed store, either. Going to have to look them up online.

I guess it could help IF you can get it snug enough so the flies can't get under the chin, of course the fringes should help, too.

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A couple of times a year, a period in spring and another in fall, our horses go absolutely nuts in the pasture. They'll typically stand somewhere in a tight group and every so often, one of them has a fit and starts frantically rubbing their throat /chin on another horses back or butt. Then they run...

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PaulaO wrote:Why do I assume the witch is riding a mare??? LOL

heyull, yeah!

The profile looks just like my mare

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P.S. Please let me know if I post too much about her. I don't want to seem like THAT HORSE OWNER :roll: You're not!!! :) (notice the number of exclamation marks!!) I hope you and Ariel find THAT connection - you both deserve it. I love it how excited you are about her, it's sweet! And yeah, I have ...

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Our internet is a slowish wireless connection to a tower nearby. I don't have a smart phone, so I only connect through my PC. We live in the stix, so broadband won't be happening here - the only wire that comes to the house is the power line. Our driveway is about 1700 feet to the road with only one...

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Your GoPro probably has a waterproof housing, so take it, and try to remember to use it. It also was a very wide angle (you can change that somewhat in the settings), so it will give you more of the view you're about to experience. You can't zoom in to places farther away, however. I'd probably have...

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I added a little bit for Hank (the first one to be featured, for Christmas) - complete with pics, of course!

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I don't know how much people remember about our "little" Hank, so here goes: Back in fall of 2006 I saw a link on the old board for draftsforsale.com - and I saw some cuties there. I sent the link to my husband, who immediately found his favorite there, and the next time I talked to him he...

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westisbest wrote:Dont know what cashier's cheque is?

It's a check made by the bank - in a way, one pays the money to the bank, and the bank holds it for the recipient.

It has the receiver's name on it, so if you lose it, basically only the recipient could cash it. It's safer than cash money.

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And yes, I know I promised something of a recap forum with all the horses of the month. Ha! :) I was just thinking that Hank never got his proper introduction - and then I saw your comment. I know there probably was a thread about him "on the old board" when we first got him, but that's b...

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Black kittehs are the best!! :D Our youngest is a black kitteh, and she's not a cuddler, either. You can't expect her to get in your lap, she just won't. However, when she feels like it, she'll hop on your shoulder, an then you have to loop your arms so she can walk down one arm, up the other, and s...

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Yeah, if someone doesn't have it yet, the Nik Collection is free now, at https://www.google.com/nikcollection/ I never used it (or any other similar applications besides PS) till they offered it for free, and it appears fairly nice. Of course one must never go overboard with filters, and I'm toning ...

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Jan & PJ - you have a pic of the Rock Cafe on FAA... that's less than 10 miles from my house

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I forgot to say that I *always* shoot on fully manual settings. I don't leave anything up to the camera to decide, I want full control :) That said - as long as you're getting good results it doesn't matter, it's more like a personal choice /opinion on how one wants to approach it. Jan & PJ -- a...

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Some people think using their own name is better, some people don't. I don't really think it makes any difference. My name is visible for copyright purposes on Shutterstock, and BS, but not on some other sites. I think it shows on Alamy, too. You learn the technical side of things if you want to, wh...

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All my generic flowers, birds, butterflies, landscapes (not many) go to stock first. If I think an image has some sort of artistic merits, I will also put it on FAA. I rarely do, however. The thing is - we're all different and produce different work. I can't say YOUR flower won't sell great if mine ...

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If you want to actually get sales on FFA, study what sells there. To me, it seems like it's often landscape type pics, pop stars and the ilk, heavily edited (usually from someone else's original work which is a big no no as far as I'm concerned), and then something that you could call heavy duty pro...

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RTR - iStock is owned by Getty. I've never been impressed by iStock - their image submission system has always been cumbersome, and then some years ago they tried to pull the carpet out from under people's feet and a lot of their exclusive contributors quit there. I only had a handful of pics there ...

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Rosie B wrote:That's AWESOME!! I hope they use it somewhere great.

Yeah, I hope so, too

Thanks, guys!

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What one makes in stock depends completely on the quality of work you put in. Some people submit 1000s upon 1000s of pics, yet make next to nothing. Some other people submit absolute quality (think images in very high end publications and such), and even with a portfolio of mere 100s of pics they ma...

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True, I don't shoot weddings, you could never pay me enough to do that :) But, my sole income is stock pics (and videos), so the quality has to be there. No noise, sharp, properly exposed, proper composition. So I'm not taking pics solely for the fun of it. However, I also refuse to shoot if it's so...

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Awesome photos and thanks for the information. I sure see why people love their prime lenses. I think I'm going to have to bite the bullet and get that 70-200. Whichever one I can afford :lol: IKR! I have serious lens and camera envy here - there's **no way** I could afford a $2K lens or camera. I ...

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As some of you may know, I sell stock pics, as well as stock videos (not many, but some). Every now and then my pics show up someplace fun. I just sold a clip of Hank playing with water spraying out of a nozzle - and I suspect it's going to be used for some sort of ad related to the Triple Crown. La...

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I'm bringing this back up since I made a discovery the other day and I've tested and re-tested it, and it's *awesome*! Murphy's Oil Soap (the liquid kind): I've used this for cleaning up little accidents - I have six cats in the house so someone is always hacking up hairballs etc. and having the soa...

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I must be only person who doesn't use containers at all. I just stack my feed (I usually buy 4 bags at a time, plus a bag of chicken feed) in the tack room, and the door is always closed. My barn cat sleeps in there every night (he's outside for the day) - and I've never had a mouse or a rat get int...

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Tabby - I disagree with you on your "But that's nothing compared to these."

If I asked Wyatt to bring me slippers or ANYthing at all, he'd look at me, and his expression would spell out loud: "You want me WHAT? I think you need to go see a Dr. about that."

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I've got two stories in the same spirit. Our first year here (10 years ago) one day I heard a strange sound from the pasture. I looked up and saw a tiny baby deer scrambling across the pasture, with a coyote in pursuit. I screamed "noooooo!" and took off running after the two, who crossed ...

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We don't even have a roller. Would be absolutely no use putting anything on one. One of our cats is a serial roll killer, two others do it when they happen to think about it. And then, we have the Ornament Thief -- http://i.imgur.com/AbjpRXX.jpg She's balancing on a rocking chair here.

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Yes, what a good son she has - she raised him well!

Big Hugs, and Peace.

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Best wishes and big jingles for success.

I'd be worse than terrified after the treatment you got, but with your Dad's support, you can pull it through, and it could be that the judge will not ask anything this time. Crossing fingers, too!

I can see a big sigh of relief coming your way soon

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I'm not well off by a long shot, but I really don't need anything, and I don't want material (store bought) things either. If my daughter wanted to give me something there are just two things on my wish list - time to spend with her, or something she drew/painted. So if you can spend time with him o...

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How did Hank end up being holiday mascot on TOB? Paula -- Hank's pics are for sale on several stock image sites, and apparently they needed a handsome Christmas horse and bought a pic to use. Ka-ching for me (probably about 38 cents, a couple of dollars at best), and a pretty horsey for their gift ...

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Sometimes you get what you ask for ---- Re: Y'all remember Hank? Post by Chancellor » Tue Dec 08, 2015 7:38 pm Hmmm, he'd be awfully cute as the Christmas horse instead of the dressage horse for the month of December on DefinitelyDressage.... http://definitelydressage.com/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=519...

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He's the DDBB Festive Christmas Pocket Pony!

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Awww

And, next year we have to upgrade to a frame with Christmas lights around the logo.... or something

Too Cute!

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Wishing you a smooth day at work

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You're right, he's just a photogenic beast

I wish he'd donate 3% of that to me

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Sent it to your forum email - hope it came through!

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Yeah, I would have SO freaked out, totally, had ours done that. I've had nightmares of that before, and it still frightens me!!

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Hmmm, he'd be awfully cute as the Christmas horse instead of the dressage horse for the month of December on DefinitelyDressage.... I'll be glad to donate a copy to use for the month instead of the fancy dressage horse :) This version is already cleaned up (the background) so it's easy to use. And,...

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Josette - he doesn't just like it, he LOVES it. He thinks he's a little pocket pony, and if you go in the pasture he'll be all over you. That horse is full of hugs and snuggles, and endless attention begging....LOL Canyon -- sorry! I only have one barn cat now, everyone else moved in the house durin...

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It looks like my husband's handsome Hank is the gift Master over at TOB.... Hank The Blonde One as a GiftMaster This the the original pic http://image.shutterstock.com/display_pic_with_logo/576892/576892,1290133984,2/stock-photo-beautiful-blond-belgian-draft-horse-wearing-a-christmas-wreath-around-h...

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I get stressed out more of the receiving part: "What do you want for Christmas?" 'Umm, I don't know, I don't need anything." "That's NOT what I asked, I asked what do you WANT?" "I don't know, I haven't thought about it." "You better start thinking about it!&q...

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For me where I live now with my husband is "home". It's the only place in my adult life that ever felt like home. For my husband "home" is NW Georgia, that's where all of his family is. For my kids "home" is in Finland - my daughter has her own little place, and my son ...

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I've always loved Tiki, he's such a cool boy! :) He also reminds me of my wee mare who is racing bred, but never trained for racing (or raced). Keep up the good work - and remember to reward him as soon as he does the right thing - for my mare it's always a "what do you want?" - "ohh,...

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Oh Noes

God Speed, Viscount Ashley. Go catch up with all your Purry Pals.

My MamaCat is only 14 (or so), and she's clearly getting old

Breaks my heart.

Big Hugs to You.

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