Hooray! This means I can actually look at your pictures now! All 5,500+ pics in my inbox!

This week has been extraordinary. How about yours?

Just got a Pentax K10D, used, in mint condition for $480. Arrived today.

I LOVE IT!

Seriously. People underestimate Pentax! I'm sure you'll see some pictures taken with it up here soon!

I just made a DIY softbox for my flash. It works great, i used it for my newest picture of the cherry blossom. Go to Strobist DIY Archive for more on how to do some DIY fun action!

Ahhhh I'm finally back for good this time. As for the flickr vs. deviantart thing: they serve 2 different purposes. DA is more like a social networking group revolving around art, which is fun. flickr is photography and nothing more. So I'm on both (fastphotography on flickr).

Okay, so last September, I was mowing yards like crazy. It would rain every other day which meant the grass grew insanely fast. I could barely pull myself to mow 2-3 yards per day. (it gets really old really fast). So i decided that, when mowing season is over, i would treat myself to either a new pentax k10d, or a super telephoto system (consisting of a new lens, teleconverter, and tripod). My current pentax *ist DL works just fine so i went with the super telephoto system. And man am i happy for it! It started out with the 300/4, then right before I went to Texas i got a teleconverter. And the really cool thing is this:

Ebay tripods. I was going around on Pentaxforums.com (great forum) and people were saying that the ebay tripods called "amvona" were exceptional, and extraordinarily cheap. So after deciding to take a risk, i bought a set of legs and a ballhead for a WHOLE LOT LESS than what it would have been in a name brand. Go to ebay and type in "amvona" and you'll see. It's incredible. Undoubtely the most sturdy ballhead i've ever encountered. For $35.

You'll see some of my pictures from Texas up here really soon!

Last but not least, following up from my previous journal, i took 1031 pictures. (all on one set of 4 lithium batteries!!!) SO the winner is ~MadelaineDark! Congrats, here's your feature!

[link] - pretty surreal! simple editing, almost looks infrared!

[link] ...i wish i could go there...


ALSO! There is no way I will be able to look at 4,531 deviations in my inbox. So obviously, without a subscription, it's really hard to look at all of them.
IF THERE ARE SOME PICTURES YOU WANT TO SHOW ME, LINK THEM IN A COMMENT ON HERE! I am more than happy to look at them and comment/fav them and such, but there's no way i'd be able to find them in my inbox.

I'm back...

...to deviantART (yeah, i knew it would happen, too. but i'm still on flickr!)

...to Kansas! I went to Texas to the beach and to San Antonio for a few days, so you'll likely see some more work up here soon enough!

And to the contest:

GUESS HOW MANY PICTURES I TOOK! WHOEVER GETS CLOSEST GETS FEATURED IN MY NEXT JOURNAL! hehe this is what i like about dA. you can't do this stuff on flickr