mdvaden
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One more with tats ...
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Like car stuff too ...
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Of the ones posted ... 1/2 sunny and 1/2 cloudy. My preference is cloudy, foggy, overcast. If I get stuck with a sunny day, I try to arrange for the last couple hours of daylight. The first couple hours would be fine, but it's colder in the morning. Here's one from a partly sunny day last week, but we went under tree cover for shade. Tattoos and accessories.
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Here's something I'd like to do more of too ... family style photos ...
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Earlier this week, at Avenue of the Giants. A family photo among redwood sorrel ...
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Nice ... At first I didn't catch all those others in the distance. Lovely.
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I changed her eye color slightly because I also changed her dress color ... but regardless, her eyes are still amazing. Know what I find rather amazing? The woman in the first image is not under 40 years. Here's Shri Lankan & Black mix ... And Black ...
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One of a male model / photographer ...
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Aside from redwoods and scenery, the other side of photography I enjoy learning is portraiture. Started tinkering with it a couple of years ago. Family and friends are camera shy or busy. Been shooting photos of various models, and a few locals, like one below who works at the local bank. She's the dark red dress one. Picked these particular 3 to have done as 20 x 30 inch prints this week. That would be about 50cm x 75cm size prints. Recently became willing to try wedding photos in the redwoods if some couple is interested.
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One more of the Big One ... widest trunk in Jedediah Smith redwoods. Hoping to get back down again in the next couple of weeks weather permitting.
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Are these TORO stump grinders available in your area? If you have one, how is it doing for you after some time in use? I used one for the first time recently, rented from Home Depot rental dept. It was one of the better machines I've used in recent years. Have no idea about long-term durability or maintenance. But since I rent, I'd used one any day. I was a bit surprised how much power it had for it's small size. First time I've used tracks.
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A pic I tinkered with this morning. Entering Jedediah Smith Redwoods State Park ...
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Cool ... the poll is nearly evenly split so far between 3 options. Suppose that means the area will get pretty good coverage ... lol
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Steve ... Want me to show them how to do it right for a wall poster ;-) Maybe with a redhead?
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LOL ... If it was a beech, you could have said it was the mist from Aphids. Especially if a Tri-color. Here anyway.
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The main reason I don't use ad blockers, is because there's some great ads. I've got some ads before for products I didn't even know existed. Which was superb, really. So I leave the ads going in case there's solution for something I'm not aware of.
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It's foliar application. And soil drenching is not the way to apply it. Or not that heavy. I also remember my Pesticide instructor in college, saying that soil wreaks such havock on the active ingredient ... When you think about how little was poured in the tank mix. Then figure it's a percentage of mere ounces, and a micro fraction of that is sprayed, then even less gets to the ground, what difference would it make? Of any significance?
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Like the ad banner ;-) Sort of a stripper look with black ninja-star pasties ;-) With ads like that, pretty sure I could broaden the range of images in my posts from portrait shoots. No bother to me ... lol ... just stood out as being a bit more racy than most ads I've seen. Wonder if they have another one with the woman's hand on the bar.
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Think you should invent your own price. If weeds were 10mm short, I would be looking at a vastly different situation from 1 meter tall weeds. Completely different amount of product used and time for coverage. That's why I think the question can't be answered accurately or practically. RE the hurting the tree comment posted earlier ... I've seen people who do "organic" landscaping kill trees or have trees die. And in 30 years, spraying around thousands of trees on hundreds of acres, I don't recall one tree loss. And I'm talking centimeter tall trees on up to 50 meter tall trees. If done right, the amount of active ingredient is small, it's inconsequential compared to pollutants blowing in from other yards, cities, highways, industrial areas, etc..
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Every profession deals with the unexpected, or the expected happening when unexpected. But you have me thinking you may have a good quality if someone needs to hire a climber. Sounds like you have never needed to take a leak up in a tree. And that seems like it would be almost a credential ... lol
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Apollo 13 Good example that the best of the best among professionals may have something happen quickly and unexpectedly. ...
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Most of my challenge is ground level landscaping, at homes with no restrooms and often no time to drive to a store or restaurant. But 99% of homes or yards have an option for dealing with liquid. RE trees, I recall a climber mentioning being at a college campus desperate for a leak, with no time to get down, and then into some building. There were students below. So I won't write the option they picked ... yet. When you are starting to quickly feel the pain, and in a pinch up in the tree, what is your likely choice?
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For me, it's like having the nice structure of Beech and autumn color of the brittle Sweetgum rolled-up into one sturdy tree.
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How can there be a going rate, if weed / grass size varies, or area of coverage? I don't think rate matters. It's a matter of providing an estimate. ...
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Some people say that. Have not seen convincing evidence though. Not enough that I would feel confident to say the same. Never really hurts to social network though. Except maybe paying for ad space if it does not pay back generously. But there's lots of free avenues.
