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This is a gift my mom got as a stocking stuffer sitting on a magazine. This wasn't planned.

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This is my sister's cat, Emily, in my luggage

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This is my Mom and Dad

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An old dock and boat garage on Lake Chatcolet in Idaho
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Another old dock on the (mostly frozen) Lake.

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I'm not sure what this was, but I really like it.

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They took this old train tressel and made it into an awesome bridge-walk across the Lake. This is just part of it.

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Many more photos located here My Flickr Page

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dude you eat some really tasty looking food.

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dude you eat some really tasty looking food.

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Seriously.

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I doubt he'd be 298 if he didn't have a lot of damn tasty food to ingest.

Nice work becoming less fat!

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Actually the food pictured is part of the reason I'm dropping, especially the later photos. A lot of the [censored] that might look bad for you is all super lean turkey and [censored]. The food i cook at home is SO much better than if I go out and eat other crap.

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Actually the food pictured is part of the reason I'm dropping, especially the later photos. A lot of the [censored] that might look bad for you is all super lean turkey and [censored]. The food i cook at home is SO much better than if I go out and eat other crap.

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it actually looks good for you and very tasty. i am jealous [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img]

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Dids, I think I speak for everyone when I say, please take more pictures of your sister's cat doing various activities. Keep up the good work.

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My sister's cat is a total diva.

You cannot touch her unless you are my sister.

When she sits, she does it totally upright with her tail perfectly curled around her.

Kinda like this, but it's a bit messed up because she's looking at me.

She's in the tub because she'll only drink running water, so she just gets in there and waits until somebody turns it on.


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Our other cat, which you can see in some later photos is basically Emily plus like 20 lbs. For as pretty and cold as Emily is, Amber's fantastically affectionate and a total slob.

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Pics of sister?

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word. I'm getting so hungry right now.

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So you don't have genes to blame...

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dids, these are really good, especially the last four.

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You seem to have a real knack--good eye for nature photographs.

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Dids,

Why are you not liking Steingarten´s "The Man Who Ate Everything"? The writing is good and the guy is a complete freak.

The whole "I want to find the best french fries so why not buy about a hundred pounds of different potatoes and half a dozen deep fryers and try out combinations until it works" thing is just fantastic.

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Stevie,

Mostly because after reading a ton of Ruhlman and Bourdain, I was just kinda sick of that kind of book, plus they're both better writers.

That said, the section you mentioned was probably my favorite.

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Nice pics

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My sister's cat is a total diva.

You cannot touch her unless you are my sister.

When she sits, she does it totally upright with her tail perfectly curled around her.

Kinda like this, but it's a bit messed up because she's looking at me.

She's in the tub because she'll only drink running water, so she just gets in there and waits until somebody turns it on.


http://farm1.static.flickr.com/139/3...41bb72fb30.jpg


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lol, thats messed up.

Books about food
 

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Mostly because after reading a ton of Ruhlman and Bourdain, I was just kinda sick of that kind of book, plus they're both better writers.

That said, the section you mentioned was probably my favorite.

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Gotcha. Have not read Ruhlman beyond "The making of a Chef," but I loved that.

Bourdain is a lot of fun.

Anyone else read Bourdain´s fictional novels? "The Bobby Gold Stories" was enjoyable, have not read the others as yet.

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Yeah, I think I just found a new source for background images. Really like these.

PS.. My mom does alot of oil paint landscapes, would you mind if I sent this to her to use as inspiration?

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StevieG,

"Why are you not liking Steingarten´s "The Man Who Ate Everything"? The writing is good and the guy is a complete freak."

Wow, perhaps 'cause the book sucks hard and is just horribly written.

Ruhlman, Bourdain, and Reichl's books are all fifty times better than Steingarten's.

That book was the worst food book I've read in years.

If you haven't read it, get The Soul of a Chef by Ruhlman. It's probably my favorite in that genre.

I'm not a huge Bill Buford fan, but I'm looking forward to reading Heat. Sounds pretty fun.

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That's crazy, my family's cabin is in one of your flikr photos. I haven't been up there for a while, and the train bridge is TOTALLY new from when I've been up there.

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I'm working on "The Reach of the Chef" (I'm kinda in the middle of like 4 books). It's solid so far. Kinda rehashes a bit of "Making" but it's fun.

I have Heat, and I'll be gettin Nasty Bits at some point.

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Dids,

Despite our differences, I [img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] your picture threads. They never disappoint.

Also, I see your loc: has changed quite a bit over the last few months. Assuming it's accurate that's a pretty kick-ass accomplishment of which you should be especially proud (particularly during the holidays).

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I'm not a huge Bill Buford fan, but I'm looking forward to reading Heat. Sounds pretty fun.

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El D,

"Among the Thugs" was visceral and revealing, especially for the time it was published.

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Wow, perhaps 'cause the book sucks hard and is just horribly written.


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Steingarten often comes off as a pompous ass, but I do appreciate his obsessiveness when it comes to some of his food essays.

Which Ruth Reichl book to read first?

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The shed picture appealed to me.

Checked the link. Since your camera has magical powers, can you tell me what I'LL be getting for Christmas next year? And who will show up at my house?

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Didmonster,

How much post processing did you do on these pictures?

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Very nice stuff, Dids.

I enjoyed most all of it, but was (dare I say) riveted with the photos of your food.

Are you available for catering?

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Tron,

Using gimp I've adjusted the levels and contrast on all of these. My camera tends, even without flash, to take pictures a little washed out, so I'm mostly correcting for that. These are less produced than a lot of my food pictures, which sometimes have the contrast ramped up by 50% (part that is being indoors with bad photo lighting and a [censored] flash).

Frankly, the biggest part of post production is just artfully cropping the images. Makes a huge difference in terms of composition and stuff like that.

A good deal of this I learned from my father, and infrequent OOT poster Spanaway Vin.

The more I get into this, the more likely it is that i'm going to end up dropping money on an SLR.

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Wow, perhaps 'cause the book sucks hard and is just horribly written.


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Steingarten often comes off as a pompous ass, but I do appreciate his obsessiveness when it comes to some of his food essays.

Which Ruth Reichl book to read first?

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Seriously, I love food writing but can't stand Steingarten. The guy will write a piece about some food that regular schlubs eat and make sound like he's a war journalist toughing it out in Bosnia.

I'd recommend Alan Richman's Fork it Over as the best collection of essays/stories on food and drink.