I've been testing out my new camera over the past week and decided to take it out for another couple of runs.
The following photos were taken on two different days in my neighborhood with my Canon 6D. The lens used for this set of images was a Sigma 70-300mm f/4-5.6 APO DG. All of the images are in large JPEG format. I'm still working on my focus with this lens, but it's getting a little better with each shoot.
Enjoy!
This little guy likes to hang out in one of the walkways. He recently lost his tail, but it's growing back slowly. These pictures were taken five days apart.
If anyone has any tips or tricks about zeroing in on those distant subjects with manual focus, let me know!
Why the hell did you cook that little guy's tail :(
Awesome composition on some of the shots, I particular like the bench by the pond and the 2nd picture with the flower.
I only have one blog post in photography but will post some more soon, as we have this passion in common #nohomo
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This one is my favorite! The color combination is magnificent!
You have taken incredible shots, David!
What insect is that? Is it an ant? It looks like it owns that place!
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It looks like it's just some kind of wasp. He wasn't bothering me, so that was good. But I sure didn't mind exploiting him!
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Good to know that. Yes, he pretended that you are not there and it acted as normal! I really find it interesting. Again you have taken excellentt photos!
Cheers David!
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looks like a hornet
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I must confess, I'm hoping the turtle eats whatever it is before it pokes somebody. o_0
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I love the lattice-work of the third photo - is it some kind of tree bark? The texture is amazing.
I also liked the 10th photo because there were several things going on there - the interplay of colour and light --and it took a few moments but I finally noticed the insect, almost camouflaged against the foliage. Such an imposter! LOL
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Yes, it was a palm tree.
And that little wasp was buzzing around for a while before he landed. I'm just glad he wasn't in the mood for harassing humans.
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ha ha... I love pollinators, wasps, not so much.
It's amazing when you think the bark of a tree is analogous to our skin...
I am still fascinated by that pattern - must be another complicated genetic code to produce that phenotype - fibonacci numbers in nature, no doubt :)
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I'm also right now trying to become a better photographer - it's really a lot more complicated then I thought to take good pictures ;). Awesome you've such a cool camera to try. Just came across this awesome online photography course and it's helping me a lot already. If anyone wants to take a look: https://sites.google.com/site/marclevoylectures/schedule
Keep it up :-)
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Dang, those look pretty sharp!
For contrast, here's a pic of our artichoke I took with my phone. Pretty good, but not as rad as yours, and I had to get close. Got inspired after this and grabbed a couple more shots of the garden.
Thanks for the inspo! :)
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Well, it's nice how inspiration comes to people. Reading posts do inspire me also to start photography. These photographs look so damn real. So calming and satisfying. It's the nature's beauty and of course nothing can be as beautiful as our nature is.
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Totes. We're always calmed down by time spent in the garden, even when Lee sprays me with the hose. Love that dirt-between-the-toes feeling!
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I've never seen that before. o,o
Neat!
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Makes it easy to recognize that artichokes are just a big overgrown (and delicious) thistle.
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Also makes it easy to recognize that I'm easily amused. -laugh-
Seeing broccoli flower is kind of funny, too. ^_^
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Mmm...thistles! They're tasty!
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Especially with butter & lemon juice. Ho-ho-holy moly!
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I am going to take a guess and say you live in Florida. Nice shots, man!
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That would be a pretty good guess.
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Your camera should have a magnifying glass function that lets you temporarily see things at 5-10x through your digital viewfinder, this would enable you to focus crisply on a detail then pull back out. Hope this helps David! By the way, nice pics, looking good!
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Well, I've always tried the zoom in, focus, zoom out method, but doesn't always get me close enough to tell if the focus is right. I'll check for that function though. That might be helpful. Thanks!
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Nice photos, man. My favorite is the first one with the turtle. As @gurudeva suggested, there must be some sort of a manual focus assist, probably in live view mode? My Fuji camera for example has focus peaking, which makes manual focusing super easy.
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right on man glad you are getting out there and gaining skills with a pro camera! Looking forward to seeing what you create with it!
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You can always take a couple shots of the same composition and make little micro adjustments with your focus; that way, you have a few to choose from in case your single shot isn't focused correctly. Always good to have more than you need!
I also have a Canon 6D, awesome camera! I do a lot of filmmaking, and I always shoot more than I need. A lot of times, I find that I'm glad I kept the camera on for a few seconds longer, or shot more of the same composition. Because when you get back to your computer, things look much different than they did on your camera screen!
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Ahh the new camera. These look awesome. I think the big thing that is noticeable is the finer bokeh you get with an SLR!
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Very nice these photos. For macros I use a Nikon D3200 with a Sigma 105 mm F 2.8. The Sigma lenses are very good and cost not much .... The photo with the bench is great !!!!!!!!!! Good job
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Thanks! One day I'll take photos as nice as yours!
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Ma sono bellissime ! Buona giornata dall'italia!
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On this bench I would now like to sit and relax, because it invites you .... really great photos, good work my friend :)
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This is cool, David! The 6D is an excellent camera .
Are you shooting in RAW or JPEG?
To help with the manual focus, set focus to single point, aim that point at your subject, half-press your shutter button and then recompose the image before completing the full press of the shutter button. It takes a bit of practice, but you'll find it gets fast and becomes second nature.
Great work!
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Yeah, I had been doing that already, but I just switched over the the single-point focus. I'm also going to give the aperture priority a go on my landscape shots and see how they compare to manual mode. Once I have the depth-of-field right, I'll be banging out some world-class images!
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Just keep practicing at it.
At least with digital camera you aren't wasting a bunch of film, developing, looking at it under the magnification glass, hoping that it was in focus, putting it to paper, waiting, taking it out of the dark room.....crud. Starting over again.
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creamy creamy creamy behind that awesome crosshatched bark. Total bokeh junkie, here. I'd shoot wide open all day erryday if I could. Thanks for sharing!
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Very nice shoots. Full 100% and resteemed :-) The cam has been a good choice.
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Hey, great photos! What is the reason not to choose the *.RAW format? Isnt it better? I am just a fan of photography so I was always curious...
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Jpgs are smaller files which are best used online in places lile Steemit. The raw files are best suited for post production in programs like Lightroom where you can adjust exposure and other settings after the fact
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No real reason for me to use JPEG over RAW. It's mostly just a difference in file size, but I have two 32-GB memory cards now, so I've already switched over to RAW.
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Great pictures @ats-david !!!
I really like the ones with a sharp focus up front, and really blurry at the background, can´t get enough of that effect. Specially at night, when there are lights at the background, this effect makes the lights turn into big blurru spheres of light... so pretty!
Great camera you have, and great taste for composition. Thanks for sharing!
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Your pictures are really nice.
I am also passionate about photography and in nature, much better.
I'm taking my first steps.
Claaaaro, I have a small Sony camera.But I think he does his job well.
I invite you to see. If you want to pass.
Greeting
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This series should be entitled, "The Softer Side of The Content Slayer" or just "The Softer Side of Dave", which I like much better.
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I have no soft sides! What you don't see here is that I immediately burned everything to the ground after shooting. And that lizard? He now needs to grow back a few limbs!
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Nice pics @ats-david, a quick way to get a good manual focus is to frame the subject and focus using the AF, then switch to manual and focus will already be pretty close ti where you want it. Just fine tune focus from there and shoot
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Great shoot. Overall how do you like the lens? I'm looking for lens with a further reach right now. Also do you typically auto focus or manual focus? I know when I attempt auto focus I get so many photos that have the wrong area in focus!
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Beautiful shots, buddy. My wife has recently got into photography and brought the Canon EOS 750D off Amazon. It was a recommendation from a friend who said it was a great "beginners" camera. Hope you agree with that statement, lol!
Very nice, brother...
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Great pictures of nature, keep posting ;)
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The canon 6d is a great camera😃
Looking forward to see your photography!
I use a Nikon D90 check out my photography if you like...
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very beautiful pictures
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Beautiful pictures
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Very good pict :D i like this post, Awesome !
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Very nice photos: clarity, contrast, framing.
Did you ever try any mirrorless camera? I'm looking for one and I'd be curious about recommendations.
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Nice pictures!!
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I do love to capture beauty in this world. And photos can last the test of time
ur pictures are fun
thanks for sharing ,
kindly upvote or retsteem any of my article.
@abbeymelchizedek
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Beautiful pictures, nature is so beautiful!! Thanks for sharing.
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Can that Sigma do a manual focus override on the auto focus by just turning the ring?
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I shoot with both. The auto-focus doesn't seem do very well. Instead of focusing on the target, it seems to focus on no point in particular, so then everything is pretty much not focused. I'm still learning some of this camera's settings, so that might be the problem. Or...it's just too hot and steamy outside right now, being summer in the swamp lands.
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For distant things, I wouldn't bother with manual focus too much, unless you want to learn the old-school way.
Maybe somewhere hidden in the menus is something that lets you persuade the camera to autofocus with the centre autofocus point only. Aim that centre point at what you want at maximum sharpness, see where the autofocus leads you and then tweak around that point manually.
When happy, lock the focus by pressing shutter button a bit or press AFL, then recompose and make photo.
Should give you some feel for the manual focussing, I think, but YMMV. I learned using an old camera with focussing aids ground into the matte glass focussing screen. It's different.
Also, keep a close look at the aperture you are using, don't let the camera determine depth of field, should be a choice, not a coincidence.
More beer is in order now.
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Yeah, I've been trying some of those things. I definitely need to see if I can change to the single-point focus and was planning on trying that on my next time out.
And...are you saying that I need to take some pictures of beer? Because I can do that!
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Go for it, I say, but I was referring to a trip to my freezer.
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Single-point is now activated. We'll see how it goes!
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Best of luck. Don't worry, there will be a time when you stop fighting the camera and just take photos.
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Beautiful picture. I like this. @ats-david
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Beautiful scenery, thanks for sharing ! @ats-david
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Doing a good job with the camera..beautiful, upvoted.
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@ ats-david nice post.. and very simple. upvoting
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Great pictures brother.
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تصوير جميل اخى
شكرا لك على هذة المشاركة . يوم سعيد
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good test result
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Photos look like real pictures!
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One day... when you get tired of that lens you can send it over :D
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Heaven here
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Clear image, perfect
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The turtle is the best!
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The 6D takes amazing shots. Nice post bro.
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Great Pictures :)
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Love the purple flower, and definitely love the turtle!! ^_^
Thanks for posting this!
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Full 100% Upvote and resteemed :-)
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great pictures
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The testing Is paying off! Beautiful very well taken pictures!
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Very interesting.So close to nature.Really appreciated to you.
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Great photos capturing the beauty of nature and everyday life! It's amazing what close-ups can do :)
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great shots :) love this variety of different objects ;)
enjoy your day!
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That lens looks pretty damn sharp, good alternative to canon with half the price tag.
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Great pictures. Look crystal clear.
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Good photos! I follow and upvote you!
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Flowers are graceful and nice @ats-david
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Very nice camera and talented photographer. Great photo @ats-david
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tolle Bilder - bitte mehr davon!
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great images! I love the most is the bokeh on those leaves coming out of the tree, beautiful :)
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Great texture photos of the palm trees and swamp. I recently discovered some of @darkb4dawn's minimalist photos. I'd love to see what you'd come up with if you got even tighter on the subjects you're shooting. You may want to look in to a good ƒ/1.4 50mm for this type of photography as well. Well done!
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@ats-david Great shots! Sigma lenses create incredible tones
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From your photos, the choice of camera seems great. Congrats!
I love shooting RAW too. It affords a lot of flexibility.
Thanks for sharing!
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hehe bro.....You come really well clear with the new camera! Beautiful post my friend
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Looks nice. You like shooting and getting that background Bokeh :)
"If anyone has any tips or tricks about zeroing in on those distant subjects with manual focus, let me know!"
If you're asking how to get the stuff in the distance in focus I'd use a higher fstop but then you'll lose your Bokeh. If you want to go Macro and get really close you'll need a Macro Lens a Trippod and to do Focus Stacking for super close ups.
I'd use Autofocus but Manual shooting mode, you can use manual focus but why, set your focus point to one point and then put it on your target and you should get a good focus lock.
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These are some incredible pictures! I loved your work @ats-david!
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Great shots!
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There is a special place in my heart for turtles. Thanks for sharing, upvoted!
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Thanks @ats-david for the wonderful photos! I noticed that you like flowers! I give you poppy from Ukraine!
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Hi David. Was just admiring your pics with my husband @secret-gardener on my shoulder and he suddenly got all excited - as he does about plants. Neither of us has a clue what the waspy thing is, but he says it's on a Chinese Witch Hazel (if you cared) - and it's the exact same as we've just planted in our garden.... though hopefully in the UK it won't attract any such exotic looking wasps!
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Sorry @ats-david I can't help with any advice on the photography, learning myself - but I did geek-out at the subject matter you chose! Loving those Chinese Witch Hazels.
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good job and quality camera :)
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awhhh i like, got some good blur.. here are a couple of mine, also on a canon... :)
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Nice! I have the same lens and love it!!!! Keep up the great work! :)
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beautiful shots!
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Nice pictures I like them they are great in my opinion I'm not an expert but as always practice will make you better at it
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It's cool to see you progressing with your new camera. You can download a custom firmrware for the Canon 6D called "Magic Lantern". This will allow you to use focus peaking when viewing your subject in live view (from the LCD screen). This will enable you to more precisely manual focus.
Keep it up : )
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Cool shots I like the turtle and lizard!
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Wow stunning work!
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Thanks @ats-david! I especially loved the turtle photo's.
It kinda looks like he was patiently waiting for you to snap a few pics!!
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That stare down from the turtle haha! Great shots
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Nah... I'm pretty sure people ought to continue this sort of thing. Indefinitely.
What it comes down to, is that those who don't want to see anymore, will simply have to stop clicking. For those whose days and lives are brightened seeing these little shreds of beauty (even ones not professionally photographed), those who are willing to share the beauty in their lives are a blessing.
So please, Steemians. KEEP POSTING YOUR FLOWERS! Some people really do appreciate them! And those that don't... please do not take this little ray of beauty out of the lives of others, just because you personally are sick of it. I don't tell you what to post. But personally, I haven't any flowers at all, so I like very much to see everybody else's. Every, last, tiny one of them. Even the ones some people consider to be weeds. Even the "fairy garden" tiny kind.
And I'm willing to vote for the ones I like.
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Love your response
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Thank you.
-holds onto the flowers- ^.^
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Go @Iceflower - you just got a new follower and an up vote from me (for all that's worth!) for that very lovely and refreshingly fair-minded response.
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o.o You have flowers. I'm afraid I'm going to have to follow you for that. -laugh-
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Don't do this on my posts. It's just poor etiquette.
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