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Strong Bad
Strong Bad Posts: 4,278
edited April 2 in Clubhouse Archives
I'm cruising home from work today when I noticed huge piles of smoke in the air. Traffic was backing up, so I went around. Luckily, I had my camera with me. Some building was blazing away in an industrial park.

I managed to get close enough to get this.

Mind you, with my 70-200mm lens, my camera is HUGE and professional looking. I had people all over running up to me..."Which newspaper you from?" The first few people I just said I was an amateur local guy. They just gave me that "Sigh" and walked away.

I couldn't let that happen! The next group that asked..."Oh, I'm from the Baltimore Sun paper. Please let me get my shots for the paper. You can watch though!" LOL! I had a little group near me oooing and ahhhing as I snapped away in high speed mode. They loved my camera and thought it was the greatest!


Johnny Papparazi
No excuses!
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  • audiobliss
    audiobliss Posts: 12,518
    edited August 2006
    Wow, that's some fire.
    George Grand wrote: »
    Jstas wrote: »
    Simple question. If you had a cool million bucks, what would you do with it?
    Wonder WTF happened to the rest of my money.
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  • brettw22
    brettw22 Posts: 7,624
    edited August 2006
    Attention ****........ :D
    comment comment comment comment. bitchy.
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  • polkatese
    polkatese Posts: 6,767
    edited August 2006
    john d. strong wrote:
    LOL! I had a little group near me oooing and ahhhing as I snapped away in high speed mode. They loved my camera and thought it was the greatest!
    Johnny Papparazi

    Are you it wasn't because of the blonde stripper sitting next to you, John?
    I am sorry, I have no opinion on the matter. I am sure you do. So, don't mind me, I just want to talk audio and pie.
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  • Shizelbs
    Shizelbs Posts: 7,433
    edited August 2006
    Go play with your tubes.

    Nice pic. Looks like mayhem.
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  • disneyjoe7
    disneyjoe7 Posts: 11,435
    edited August 2006
    That's funny and great picture.

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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,894
    edited August 2006
    vivid photograph. I realize you do this for a living, but the quality is so evident in even the 'grab shot'.
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  • MacLeod
    MacLeod Posts: 14,358
    edited August 2006
    That Nikon just rules!

    That picture is awesome!

    Why cant they make compact cameras that good?
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  • janmike
    janmike Posts: 6,146
    edited August 2006
    Nice pic John. What other types of stories to you tell the girls.
    Michael ;)
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  • audiobliss
    audiobliss Posts: 12,518
    edited August 2006
    MacLeod wrote:
    Why cant they make compact cameras that good?
    'Cause they want you to pay more than what a compact camera costs!
    George Grand wrote: »
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    Wonder WTF happened to the rest of my money.
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  • MacLeod
    MacLeod Posts: 14,358
    edited August 2006
    All theyve succeded in doing is losing my business.

    Ill be buying a digital camera in the next month or 2 and although I love Nikon, all my research and reviews that Ive read, Ill be passing them up and going with Fuji instead.

    Now if Nikon had only made their compact cameras as good as their SLR cameras, theyd have my business.
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  • brettw22
    brettw22 Posts: 7,624
    edited August 2006
    I have a 7900 Nikon and LOVE the thing. I dont' think you have anything to worry about with Nikon's compacts...........
    comment comment comment comment. bitchy.
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  • disneyjoe7
    disneyjoe7 Posts: 11,435
    edited August 2006
    I like Nikon, but love Canon... I think John knows about camera's / pictures more then must here do, love any input he has given or could to all of us in learning to take better pictures. Right on John.

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  • audiobliss
    audiobliss Posts: 12,518
    edited August 2006
    I like Nikon, too. But I generally don't like compacts period.
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    Wonder WTF happened to the rest of my money.
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  • MacLeod
    MacLeod Posts: 14,358
    edited August 2006
    brettw22 wrote:
    I have a 7900 Nikon and LOVE the thing. I dont' think you have anything to worry about with Nikon's compacts...........

    Im sure theyre good but the Fuji's with the Super CCD are otustanding.

    All the reviews on websites and magazines rave about em and the salesmen at Wolf think they are the greatest things since sliced bread.

    Plus, they have like twice the battery life of Nikons.
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  • MacLeod
    MacLeod Posts: 14,358
    edited August 2006
    This one right here is the one Ive got my eye on. I cant find anything that can touch it for $200!

    http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=7740064&type=product&productCategoryId=pcmcat99000050012&id=1140393352574
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  • wodom1
    wodom1 Posts: 1,054
    edited August 2006
    Cool Picture
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  • ledhed
    ledhed Posts: 1,088
    edited August 2006
    Yeah, I'm a Canon person myself (For stills and video). What is the model of your camera, John?
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  • schwarcw
    schwarcw Posts: 7,338
    edited August 2006
    John,

    What was burning? Anyone hurt? I hope it wasn't the strip club that you do photographs:(
    Carl

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  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User] Posts: 0
    edited September 2006
    Was that over on rt.40 near the top side of the beltway? If so, I was there. It seemed like a bunch of paper burning.
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  • tommyboy
    tommyboy Posts: 1,414
    edited September 2006
    schwarcw wrote:
    John,

    Anyone hurt?:(

    I can't believe it took 20 posts for someone to ask this question. thank you carl.
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  • bobman1235
    bobman1235 Posts: 10,822
    edited September 2006
    tommyboy wrote:
    I can't believe it took 20 posts for someone to ask this question. thank you carl.

    Oh please. Every second of every day hundreds of people are being hurt, maimed, killed, or stricken with disease. Even the most bleeding heart of you can't give a flying crap about all of them. Unless it's in an orphanage or something, if I see a big fire I think "ooo, cool" long before I think "I hope everyone is all right". It's human nature, stop pretending it's not.
    If you will it, dude, it is no dream.
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  • wingnut4772
    wingnut4772 Posts: 7,519
    edited September 2006
    Nice pic. I love how close all the lookie loos are:D
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  • faster100
    faster100 Posts: 6,124
    edited September 2006
    :D what's that, po po talk darla.. LOL
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  • reeltrouble1
    reeltrouble1 Posts: 9,312
    edited September 2006
    Great pic, man all the details in that shot, you could write the story from just that pic, predom, white lower mid class neighborhood adjacent to business district, shortly after school let out, multi alarm blaze fanned by prevailing wind spread rapidly, police are looking into possible gang activity in the area, yada yada, and yes, I hope no one was hurt or died.

    RT1
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  • Strong Bad
    Strong Bad Posts: 4,278
    edited September 2006
    Thanks everyone!

    I'm quite sure nobody was hurt. I left for work this morning and drove past it. There was still a small fire burning with other stuff smoldering. It was some business that unfortunately is no more (hope insurance gets them going again).

    For those that asked, I have the Nikon D200 DSLR. The lens is the 70-200mm 2.8 VR. I also have the extended battery grip with vertical shutter release. Great great camera!!! I did feel like a reporter! Just needed glasses and I could do the Clark Kent thing.

    Yeah Darla, friggin lookie loos all over the place. Damn rednecks! The firetruck in that shot just hooked the hose to the firehydrant and was preparing to drive forward. Dude just barreled through the lookie loos with sirens blazing! People were jumping out of way after literally getting crunched.

    Wish i could have snapped that photo, but Mr. Policeman was pissed and told people to move their vehicles or they will be ticketed and towed. I didn't need the photo that bad! LOL!

    Shizelbs, the Preamp sounds amazing! Going to give it a full workout this weekend as the tropical storm passes over and ruins the holiday weekend!


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  • wingnut4772
    wingnut4772 Posts: 7,519
    edited September 2006
    faster100 wrote:
    :D what's that, po po talk darla.. LOL

    Yes. highly technical:p
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  • BlueMDPicker
    BlueMDPicker Posts: 7,569
    edited September 2006
    reeltrouble1 wrote:
    Great pic, man all the details in that shot, you could write the story from just that pic, predom, white lower mid class neighborhood adjacent to business district, shortly after school let out, multi alarm blaze fanned by prevailing wind spread rapidly, police are looking into possible gang activity in the area, yada yada, and yes, I hope no one was hurt or died.

    RT1
    Nothing beats a trained eye, Ted! Good police work. However, I am somewhat surprised that you missed the two suspects in the right portion of the photo. I'd say it's the slum lord congratulating the arsonist for a job well done, but I'm just an amateur. ;)
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  • [Deleted User]
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    edited September 2006
    Josh wrote:
    Was that over on rt.40 near the top side of the beltway? If so, I was there. It seemed like a bunch of paper burning.
    Hellooooo! What am I.....chopped liver?
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  • Strong Bad
    Strong Bad Posts: 4,278
    edited September 2006
    Dear Chopped Liver:

    Nope, this was in the Dundalk Area. Pennisula Hwy sound familiar?

    I sent this to a local newspaper and asked if they wanted to use it for their next issue (once a week paper). Will see if I get a response.


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  • reeltrouble1
    reeltrouble1 Posts: 9,312
    edited September 2006
    BlueMDPicker wrote:
    Nothing beats a trained eye, Ted! Good police work. However, I am somewhat surprised that you missed the two suspects in the right portion of the photo. I'd say it's the slum lord congratulating the arsonist for a job well done, but I'm just an amateur. ;)

    We never tell everything we know!!!!!!!:cool: ;) We will be thinking of chopped liver as a person of interest though, pyro's need there props!! j/k of course.


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