I *think* I fixed the issue people were having with slideshows.  For one, it doesn't stop working when you have a hard-core popup blocker like it used to.  For two, I made it a bit less complex, so that alone might fix things. Further, I upgraded the text editor I use to the latest version and while doing so discovered that I was using two versions at the same time!

Second, I fixed a bug where if you clicked on a link to your private messages in an email, it would sometimes crash photographica.

Third, I did some magic on the server to speed things up.

Fourth, I made it more obvious that you have to have an account to comment.

Fifth and finally, I improved the page that gets generated when things blow up in your dashboard.  Granted things shouldn't blow up, but at least now when they do it gives you a happy message and spews out a bunch of debugging information that will help me find the problem.

Update: This time, I think I really did fix the slideshow bug!

 Hunter bridge 2

 Hunter bridge 1

.... who's the arch that's most delicate of all?

For those of you who have seen the delicate arch... Yes, you can actually go up to it.  But after 2 1/2 weeks of camping/hiking and the fact that I did hike the entire length of The Devil's Garden, I opted for just hiking the very small trail of the Delicate Arch Viewpoint rather than the very strenous climb to the arch itself.  I'm satisfied with my results for now because I really hope to go back there soon.  And if you look really closely in the color shot, you can see people at the arch.

Have a Happy and Safe Labor Day Weekend Everyone!!!!

Were heading to the - --

http://www.marquetteareabluessociety.org/festival/index.php

Gonna stop at 3-4 UP waterfalls on the way so hoping to post some nice waterfall shots

when we get back.

If you get-a-chance throw a little ride-safe prayer our way.

Headin up on the Yamy Venture.  Weather looks beautiful.

Have a great and safe Labor Day weekend.

Mack

It was a dark and stormy night.  Suddenly the lightning flashed.

I got lucky and caught it with the camera.

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 Blue Heron 2 

 Wolf Spider 1 

 Wolf Spider 2 

... when you can FLY!!!!!!!!!!

 The Set Up 

 Steady 

 4 hands are better than 2 

 Lookin' Good 

 Life's Good! 

 Flyin' High 

It's lunch time, my daughter gets up and pops a corndog in the microwave. She says, "Dad do you want one".......

I'm working on my laptop, putting in recipes for my new place of business. I look at her corndog and think..."what the heck"...I'm lazy on my day off, but how hard is  lunch

Here is another collection of shots I took at Berry Lake, it's a designated wet land area, with walking trails, covered bridge, lots of birds, other wild life, and many great shots. thank you for reviewing my post.

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Here's a few Wings from my yard this week.

 StandingGuard

 hummer

 ThruTheTree

 BBlanded

Thanks for looking

We had some of the clearest and most beautiful nights while at Arches.  I think out of all the campsites it's the only place that we didn't get rained on every night we were there.  And because of this clear beautiful evening sky, we got clear beautiful sunsets.  Here are 3 of my favorite sunset shots from Arches.

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More Arches tomorrow and then I believe we will start our final state of my three week trip next week.  Hope I've at least lived up to some high expectations as of right now.  We still have 2 more stops to go!

A pretty cool effect....

In Photoshop open an image, and duplicate this first layer.  With the new layer selected, go to image-adjustments-desaturate.  Duplicate this layer, and change the blending mode for this new layer to color dodge.  On this third layer, go to image-adjustments-invert.  The canvas may turn completely white, that's ok.  Finally, go to filter-blur-gaussian blur and adjust the slider to your taste, a cool sketch effect.

 shetch house 

 sketch Kori 

Where MsQ works, they have a dog; meet Everett.  The vet told the people there that he has to loose some weight.  So, she went and pick him up; then we went for a walk.  Along the way we saw some yellow flowers, and even some orange ones.  Of course there were these purple things growing everywhere.  Hopefully the doggie lost some weight.

Watch out, Flower-graphica will not die!

We were just waiting for our seats for dinner and shot the cover for the theater box office. Shot this with the Kodak Z1012 I got just a couple of hours prior.

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A cute little friendly critter just waiting for someone with a camera! This guy is tiny!

Thumb to the left for perspective

 frog posing for this shot

 smile!

 frogs are cute!

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Co-Pilots Log: Day 5; the Grand Canyon. It’s the 31^st of July, 2008 A.D. 11:26 P.M. Mountain time. We’ve just set up camp inside the Grand Canyon National Park. We set up the tent in the dark; it cost twelve dollars for one night on a bed of rocks. We’re surrounded by European Tourist German is being spoken to the left and the right; at the communal toilets I heard French and possibly Dutch. We are tired and we’ve logged as many fights as miles now. The trip out of New Mexico and into Arizona was long. Our morning began with a six hundred dollar drop on new brakes for Murder van. The trip through the mountains of southern Colorado cost us dearly. We missed our scheduled trip to the Aztec ruins. By the time we reached Four Corners we were hot and at each other’s throat yet again. The arguing did not detract from the awe of the land. I saw through it long enough to marvel at the fact that we were standing on the edge of four states. We passed a group of old men on big expensive Harleys and I imagined myself making the journey back in similar fashion someday. Massive dessert plains contain the odd husk of a burned out car dotted the route out. Arizona air is dry and the landscape is old I can see how a politician like John McCain could come to power here. The area we drove through was on a Native American reservation. It was one of four reservations that we passed through. The sheer poverty that most of them lived in was disheartening. Huge billboards with Native American celebrities I didn’t recognize stated oddly-“I care if you drive drunk”. Their ramshackled houses and broken down trailers where not eclipsed by their newly built community centers and food distribution centers. We rode with the feeling of being in a third world country. When other people complain of how bad they have it and how the white man is holding them down I will tell them of this shit. Yet the tribe which borders the canyon seems to have benefited most from the tourist trade. Their streets where clean and the town itself looked extremely typical. There were McyDs’ , and Taco Bell. We saw a Native American skate park and overheard a local punk band. I would have loved to stay and watch the show, but we were trying to make it to the camp ground before dark, so much for that. There’s a rock poking me in the ass and I reek of Deep Woods Off. I’ve now been hit up for change by three separate Native American tribesmen. I have seen some absolutely beautiful sites in the last five days my mind is fried. I have two shots of Moonshine left, and some warm whiskey to help get me to sleep. I’m begining to feel the cab of Murder Van is too small for the Captain and my egos. I hope we can reach Vegas in one piece. I lay back and look up at the stars next to the Capitan it’s almost too much to process.

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