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HP 850 WITH 10X TIFFEN
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HP 850, 10 X TIFFEN MACRO, F 3.6 AT 1/508 / SECOND, ISO 200, FOCAL LENGTH 149 |
| IT WAS SUNDAY MORNING, THE DOORBELL RANG AND A LADY FROM NEW JERSEY ANNOUNCED HERSELF AND SAID SHE TOOK THE ROSE TOUR, THAT INCLUDED OUR HOME, BACK IN THE EARLY NINETIES AND HAD REMEMBERED WE HAD 555 ROSE BUSHES AND JUST HAD TO STOP BY AND SEE HOW BARBRA BUSH WAS DOING. I ADVISED HER THAT BARBRA DIED A FEW WINTERS AGO, BUT I WOULD TRY TO FIND SOME PHOTOS OF HER AND POST IT TO MY WEB SITE FOR EVERYONE TO ENJOY. SHE SAID WE HAD SOME BEAUTIFUL BUGS ENJOYING OUR ROSES AND WONDERED IF I WOULD GRAB MY HP 850 WITH TIFFEN 10X MACRO LENS AND TAKE A PHOTO AND THEN PUT IT ON HER COMPACT FLASH CARD SHE WAS USING WITH HER HP 215 CAMERA SHE HAD PURCHASED AFTER READING MY REVIEW OF IT. SHE SAID SHE HAD BEEN READING MY REVIEWS FOR YEARS AND HAS ALL HER FRIENDS FOLLOWING MY REVIEW ADVISE. SHE ASKED IF SHE COULD TAKE THE PHOTO AS THAT WOULD MAKE HER FRIENDS AT HER CLUB ENVIOUS OF HER AS SOME OF THEM HAD PURCHASED TIFFEN TELEPHOTO LENS'S AFTER READING AND SEEING MY REVIEW OF THE CREATIVE PHOTOGRAPHY YOU COULD DO WITH THE HP 850 AND A TIFFEN LENS, BUT, SHE SAID THEY WERE STILL WAITING TO BUY THE TIFFEN MACRO CLOSEUP ACCESSORY 7 AND 10X UNTIL THEY HAD READ MY REVIEW ON THEM AND NOW SHE WOULD BE FIRST IN HERE CLUB TO CAPTURE BOTH BEAUTY AND BUGS WITH A HP 850 AND THE TIFFEN CLOSE-UP LENS. SHE TOOK A FEW PHOTOS AND THANKED ME FOR PUTTING THE PHOTOS ON HER FLASH CARD. AS I WAS WALKING HER OUT TO HER CAR A SQUIRREL RAN ACROSS THE STREET, SHE SAID, CAN I TRY THAT HP 850 WITH THE TELEPHOTO ZOOM ON THAT RED FOX SQUIRREL? I HANDED THE HP 850 CAMERA TO HER. THE NEXT QUESTION WAS HOW DOES THE DIGITAL ZOOM WORK? I TOLD HER TO PUSH THE ZOOM BUTTON UNTIL SHE HAD THE SQUIRREL THE WAY SHE WANTED THE PHOTO TO LOOK AND TO SNAP THE PHOTO. SHE SAID I THINK HE MOVED, SO I SAID JUST TAKE ANOTHER ONE. HERE ARE 3 SQUIRREL PHOTOS. SHE HAD ME SHOW HER THE SQUIRREL PHOTOS ON THE LCD ON THE CAMERA. SHE SAID, YOU MUST THINK I AM A PROFESSIONAL PHOTOGRAPHER TAKING PHOTOS LIKE THAT. I SMILED AND SAID, THE HP 850 CAMERA MADE A SEMI PROFESSIONAL OUT OF ME OVER NIGHT ALSO. NEXT SHE SAID THE PHOTOS OF THE ROSES SHE HAD TAKEN ONLY HAD 1 BUG ON THEM. COULD I TAKE A PHOTO OF ONE WITH A FEW MORE BUGS ON IT, I JUST LOVE BUGS SHE SAID. RESULT IS THE ROSE PHOTO ABOVE. SHE SAID I SAW YOU TAKING ALL THE PHOTOS OF WARREN BUFFETT SIGNING AUTOGRAPHS FOR PEOPLE AT THE BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY SHAREHOLDERS PARTY, DO YOU HAVE ANY PHOTOS OF HIS HOME HERE IN OMAHA. I RESPONDED WITH, NO. WELL HERE ARE SOME I TOOK WITH MY HP 215 AND YOU CAN SHARE THEM WITH OTHER SHAREHOLDERS IF YOU LIKE. I TRANSFERRED THE HP 850 PHOTOS TO HER FLASH CARD AND TOOK OFF THE BUFFETT HOME PHOTOS. SHE THANKED ME AND AS SHE DEPARTED SHE COMMENTED I HAVE ONLY ONE MORE STOP IN OMAHA BEFORE I LEAVE TODAY. I ASKED, WHERE IS THAT? THE MEGA MART SHE SAID, I GOT TO GET A HP 850 CAMERA BEFORE I LEAVE TOWN, AND THEN IT'S ACROSS THE RIVER TO BEVERLEE'S FOR BRUNCH, ONE MORE TIME, BECAUSE IT WILL BE NEXT YEAR BEFORE I GET BACK AGAIN. I TRIED ALL THE RESTAURANTS YOU RECOMMENDED IN YOUR REVIEWS AND THEY WERE ALL SO GOOD I DINED AT SOME OF THEM MORE THAN ONCE. THE FRESH MARKET AT HARRAH'S FOR ALL YOU CAN EAT CRAB LEGS AND 3 TIMES FOR TEE BONE THURSDAY. I TRIED THE CRAP TABLE 6 OR 7 DIFFERENT DAYS, I NEED TO READ YOUR "HOW TO PLAY CRAPS" SOME MORE. AS SHE APPROACHED THE BACK OF HER CAR SHE OPENED THE TRUNK AND SAID, HERE IS A PRESENT FOR YOU, AND SHE HANDED ME A BOTTLE OF FAMOUS DAVE'S BAR B Q SAUCE AND COMMENTED, WRITE A REVIEW ON FAMOUS DAVE'S SAUCE AND MAYBE BY NEXT YEAR THEY WILL HAVE GALLONS LIKE COOKIES BAR B Q. HER TRUNK WAS FULL OF GALLON JUGS OF COOKIES BBQ, AND A CASE OF CHIP DAVIS STEAK SALT. I OPENED HER DOOR FOR HER, SHE ROLLED DOWN HER CAR WINDOW, SHE ASKED, CAN YOU RECOMMEND ANY GOOD RESTAURANTS IN CHICAGO? I AM STOPPING THERE FOR YOUR RECOMMENDED WINDY CITY COFFEE, I PICKED UP 48 LBS. ON THE WAY TO OMAHA, AND ALL MY RELATION HERE IN OMAHA BEGGED IT OFF ME. I TOLD HER FAMOUS DAVE'S IS IN CHICAGO AND BEING A BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY STOCKHOLDER THERE WERE DAIRY QUEEN DRIVE INS CONVENIENTLY LOCATED ALONG THE WAY AND PROMINENTLY DISPLAYED JUST BEFORE THE EXITS ALONG I 80. AS SHE DROVE OFF SHE CALLED OUT I HAVE A DAIRY QUEEN FOOT LONG FOR YOU. I YELLED BACK, WITH CHEESE AND CHILI. I NOTICED THE SIGN IN HER BACK WINDOW READ, "80 YEARS YOUNG CLUB" I LOVE PEOPLE AND THIS LADY MADE MY DAY. JIM BAUDO, SUNDAY 6/8/2003 |
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MOST ALL PHOTOS
WITH HP CAMERA, BY JIM BAUDO. CONTACT US WITH YOUR COMMENTS,
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