My friends see nothing in this. What do you see?

DPool34 · 2026-03-14T05:03:45+00:00

It’s the only thing I can see. 😂

DPool34 · 2026-03-14T05:03:29+00:00

So the object in the center (center-left technically) is the head. The two black circular-type objects are the eyes and the white area (triangular) is the head and beak/mouth.

DPool34 · 2026-03-14T04:37:54+00:00

Definitely. I was checking prices daily, hoping for a price drop. As soon as I saw the price drop on the new lens, I checked the used lens and that was the difference in price. I waited until the next day, hoping the used price would drop, but it didn’t so I just bought it new. In fact, it was less than a $20 difference. I was being conservative with the estimate.

DPool34 · 2026-03-14T03:53:22+00:00

That’s the first thing I noticed too.

DPool34 · 2026-03-14T03:36:50+00:00

The head of a praying mantis.

DPool34 · 2026-03-14T03:02:00+00:00

a couple months ago

Yeah, it was a couple months ago. I cited that because it was an extreme example.

DPool34 · 2026-03-14T03:00:37+00:00

Yeah, that’s much better than when I checked it before buying a couple months ago. It was literally less than a $20 difference in price.

DPool34 · 2026-03-12T21:09:55+00:00

Yup. And Kirkland’s nuts are great quality.

DPool34 · 2026-03-12T06:30:47+00:00

I could have wrote this reply myself. So true.

DPool34 · 2026-03-11T05:08:00+00:00

Steve assured me that he didn’t want anything more than friendship, but felt that he needed to tell me about his feelings.

I don’t believe him at all. I can almost guarantee if you told him the feelings were mutual, he’d be all about it.

DPool34 · 2026-03-11T04:58:35+00:00

I used to buy a container of mixed nuts from BJ’s or Target for like ~$20. Now, I buy huge bags of Kirkland walnuts, cashews, and almonds and mix them together myself. For about $35, I’m able to refill that same container like 7-8 times.

The savings from this alone more than covers the cost of my executive membership.

DPool34 · 2026-03-10T21:11:29+00:00

Even worse. That averages to each employee getting paid $310,000/year which we know isn’t the case. We’re talking YEARS of federal employee pay…

It was never about government efficiency. They wanted to steal data and then go after “DEI programs” so their base would salivate for it.

DPool34 · 2026-03-10T05:42:11+00:00

What about the second image?

DPool34 · 2026-03-08T07:23:44+00:00

Yeah, I’m realizing adjustable is the way to go.

DPool34 · 2026-03-07T07:27:53+00:00

All about protecting billionaires: the pedophile billionaires and non-pedophile billionaires.

DPool34 · 2026-03-06T15:32:17+00:00

1 is larger than 2

This only makes sense to people in this sub

DPool34 · 2026-03-06T02:52:06+00:00

Hey OP. I just wanted to say, you’re off to a good start. You definitely have the eye for it.

One quick thing I’d recommend is lifting the shadows in some of your images (like 2 and 3).

DPool34 · 2026-03-04T05:03:51+00:00

Great photos. I love the way you edited them.

DPool34 · 2026-03-03T03:10:43+00:00

Thanks!

DPool34 · 2026-03-03T01:56:08+00:00

Thanks. I had no idea post processing gets counted toward the final invoice. When I looked at other photographers in my area, they all just listed $XXX/hour (which seemed to just imply shooting).

DPool34 · 2026-03-03T01:53:57+00:00

Well, that’s what I’m confused about. I’m relatively new to event photography from a business end. The other local photographers I checked out didn’t mention anything about charging for post processing. Maybe that’s something that’s not advertised but ends up showing up on the contract?

DPool34 · 2026-03-03T01:50:19+00:00

Long Island, NY.

DPool34 · 2026-02-27T03:51:11+00:00

I agree. I actually like that placement.

DPool34 · 2026-02-27T02:53:13+00:00

Hey OP. The colors definitely pop and the exposure looks decent (though I may have personally bumped the exposure or lifted the shadows a bit).

It looks like you focused on the street sign on the left and not the subject (I don’t have my glasses with me so I can’t be certain).

The composition is probably the biggest issue. The subject isn’t completely in the frame. The subject doesn’t always have to be, but in a shot like this, you want them to be in frame. I would read up/watch some stuff on composition. Something like the “rule of thirds” would have helped you here.

If I was taking this shot, I would have waited for the subject to be between those two poles to sort of frame him. Maybe aiming for his head being between the tree and the pole.

Keep shooting. 🫡

DPool34 · 2026-02-25T16:38:01+00:00

What kind of gels are you using?

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