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Some images from a trip to Death Valley this past March, still slowly editing the photos from that and a few other trips. Father Crowley's Ribbon - View from Father Crowley Point, overlooking the northern end of the Panamint Range and Panamint Valley Deathly Furrows - The morning light on the ravines surrounding Zabriskie Point in Death Valley National Park Death Valley Sunset - Sunset near the Painter's Palette in Death Valley National Park
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If money matters you can definitely get the Canon stuff for less, see this refurbished kit or this brand new one that includes a case and a memory card. That said the newer Tamron 18-270 VC is a strong lens for its class and definitely wins in portability but will most likely have more distortion and color fringing which could impact your photos, the image quality is only fair while the Canon 55-250 is optically one of the strongest lenses ever made at its price. Also worth adding might be a Canon 50 f/1.8 which would be great if you ever need to shoot in low light and costs just over $100. In conclusion if price matters you can get a better deal on the Canon and the Canon will provide better image quality (not necessarily super important if you are just taking snapshots) while the Tamron is undeniably more convenient. If you really want to get the most for your money try browsing the used departments at both B&H and Adorama as well as KEH.
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Buzz Bars (Questions/Opinions/Rants)
bottom_feeder_13 replied to GigaG's topic in Theme Parks, Roller Coasters, & Donkeys!
Prior and Chuch rolling stock with a single position lapbar with no seatbelts or seat dividers as seen on Coaster at Playland are so much better than buzz bars - entirely mechanical locking with no motors and almost no restraints. -
It rained for a few minutes this afternoon and the flowers look rather nice.
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1950-ish from around three years ago, took the ACT PLAN in October and got a predicted 34 on the actual ACT, really need to get around to retaking the SAT and actually taking the real ACT. Has anyone else done the AMC 10/12 and/or AIME?
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From a recent trip to Yosemite, should find some more good pics while I finish sorting through it all.
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The NL/NL2 Preview Thread
bottom_feeder_13 replied to mcjaco's topic in Roller Coaster Games, Models, and Other Randomness
Goshawk, it should be uploaded later today after I finish adding the trees. -
If you have an Nvidia graphics card then open up the Nvidia control panel and make sure that your computer is using the dedicated graphics card, the system will default to the integrated graphics in your CPU which seems to have an issue with that (this seems to be limited to older Intel integrated chipsets).
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Worst ride "neuters"
bottom_feeder_13 replied to GigaG's topic in Theme Parks, Roller Coasters, & Donkeys!
^ They were there from day one but they really increased their strength at some point, now those two hills are really just very meh while they used to be much faster. -
^ They're crop-sensor only, you get black at the edges of the frame and see the hood petals on a full frame, I've been considering getting one myself but can't really justify it yet for something I won't be using very often.
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Weird Coaster Facts
bottom_feeder_13 replied to maliboomer's topic in Theme Parks, Roller Coasters, & Donkeys!
^^ Better than how they removed High Roller, by chopping it up into small segments and taking it down in the elevator. -
Carowinds Discussion Thread
bottom_feeder_13 replied to robbalvey's topic in Theme Parks, Roller Coasters, & Donkeys!
^ 1-2 hours is quite generous, more like 4-5 for a sky coaster even tripling up on every ride on a double one. -
Kings Island (KI) Discussion Thread
bottom_feeder_13 replied to robbalvey's topic in Theme Parks, Roller Coasters, & Donkeys!
^ I totally agree, they really accentuate how close to the ground you are, they make you stop and think that if they had to build a trench then you must be ridiculously low to the ground. -
Weird Coaster Facts
bottom_feeder_13 replied to maliboomer's topic in Theme Parks, Roller Coasters, & Donkeys!
^ SD2K has two lift chains, each covers about half of the lift. Look around 1:35 in the pov. -
Not so much worst but funniest gifts I've gotten were my uncle gave me a roll of toilet paper from a porta-pottie somewhere (he's a contractor so it isn't that weird) for Christmas every year for about 5 years straight as well as one of these but turned on inside the wrapping and he was pressing the remote while everyone was opening gifts and one of these the next year. In return I got him a model rocket shaped like a porta-pottie.