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The Digital Bender

I've received an invitation on flickr to join a group called "We say no to videos on flickr". Any one else find this shocking? Why would any one oppose something like that? Seems to me the only reason for someone to not want such a new feature on flickr is that they're rigid dinosaurs pretty much stuck in their ways and will reject anything or anyone that is new or different. Here is a tutorial on how to solve this problem on flickr if you don't want to see the videos. You click on a flickr link that takes you to the page with the evil video on it Don't click to play the evil video on the page Problem solved. Videos, when not moving, are really only pictures Could it be that some people are afraid they wouldn't get as much attention to their photos when there are prettier pictures that move? If so, those attention h***s need help. What is more shocking though is that it seems the majority of people who join these groups are just sheep and cows Baaing and m...

In a previous post I complained about not having much to do this summer and that it will be a lonely and boring time. This turned out to be untrue. A comment on the post changed that. Mr. Mohammad posted that I should come to a local photo shoot for a competition organized by members of a local online community on http://www.qatarliving.com/ . I went that day, met a lot of nice people and took a few photos. I joined the group when I went home and submitted a few of my photos, some old and some new. And surprise surprise, I won . They gave a Pro flickr account and the responsibility to organize and judge the next competition. Which gives something to worry about outside working hours. If any of you reading this are in Qatar. Please go to http://www.qatarliving.com/ and join the team, and lets see you in the next photo shoot. It really is not a cutthroat competition, its more of a social gathering.

Out of place , originally uploaded by LotusGem . This rock is coming out of the closet, finally announcing that it is green. You know liking green more than black, IT MUST BE GREEN. Difficult Red , originally uploaded by LotusGem . This is a picture I've taken in Singapore. I finally started developing those pics (RAW to JPEG).