OT - SW USA landscapes

onthewhat · 08-09-09, 11:16 AM

Wow

Never been west of the Mississippi River

Mudcat · 08-09-09, 11:19 AM

More palm trees than I see out my window.

Matt Rain · 08-09-09, 11:19 AM

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Matt Rain · 08-09-09, 11:22 AM

LA Humor

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Mudcat · 08-09-09, 11:32 AM

Subject matter aside, Matt Rain has some talent with the photography.

Matt Rain · 08-09-09, 11:37 AM

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RogueScholar · 08-09-09, 11:37 AM

Originally posted by onthewhat

Wow

Never been west of the Mississippi River

It's not for lack of me trying to get you to come out here and live with me, though.

Matt Rain · 08-09-09, 11:54 AM

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RogueJuror · 08-09-09, 02:40 PM

very nice

blittydeuce · 08-09-09, 03:41 PM

Awesome pics matty! makes me appreciate where I live that much more. It seems like you are making your way through LA fairly successful. Thanks again for coming out. Good times!

btw

Are you enjoying your new glass pipe and California Chronic?

RogueJuror · 08-09-09, 04:30 PM

Matty will be arrested for possesion of drug paraphernalia.

Bread · 08-09-09, 04:43 PM

Originally posted by Mudcat

Subject matter aside, Matt Rain has some talent with the photography.

Yea, he's a regular Ansel Adams

(Sorry)

RogueJuror · 08-09-09, 04:47 PM

Originally posted by Bread

Yea, he's a regular Ansel Adams

(Sorry)

One day I'll get such jokes.

FrozenMAN · 08-09-09, 04:49 PM

damn right the hoover dam is civil/structural engineering at its finest baby, we structural engineers do it all

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great picture dude same goes for that picture with the keep off wall, great shot

i remeber when we went watching that old video aout how they did it all with what they had back then was amazing.

blittydeuce · 08-09-09, 09:19 PM

Originally posted by RogueJuror

Matty will be arrested for possesion of drug paraphernalia.

I helped matty find real authentic California souvenirs. Sandals, hand-blown glass, and sticky icky weed.

Matt Rain · 08-10-09, 01:21 AM

Originally posted by blittydeuce

Awesome pics matty! makes me appreciate where I live that much more. It seems like you are making your way through LA fairly successful. Thanks again for coming out. Good times!

btw

Are you enjoying your new glass pipe and California Chronic?

You certainly should appreciate your area! LA was sort of a letdown compared to your part of the OC.

I love the pipe so much that I wanna keep it clean so I can either bring it back with me or at least ship it to myself. Should've bought a plain-jane one too.

Originally posted by RogueJuror

Matty will be arrested for possesion of drug paraphernalia.

Please PM me your address Rogatien. Will use it as the sender address on the package I send to myself. You're not scared of the authorities, are ya?

And I don't get Bread's joke either.

Matt Rain · 08-10-09, 01:42 AM

Bunch of film shots I got processed today... beach shots were taken this PM at Santa Monica State Beach. Water was great. Wildlife was even better. Canyon shot was converted to B&W to satisfy Bread's AA reference.

Had forgotten about my short visit to Mandalay Bay's "Shark Reef". It was completely lame outside that croc, which is the very first creature you encounter on your way to aquatic boredom. Them sharks were tiny.

Matt Rain · 08-10-09, 02:17 AM

Beyond the bit of road that leads to Dodger Stadium... there's a bunch of small country houses along a steep hill, very odd to find nature there. AnselAdams-ified for His Breadness.

Bread · 08-10-09, 06:55 AM

The last batch of color photos had a 70's feel to them. Did you do that on purpose?

Matt Rain · 08-10-09, 10:15 AM

Yes, high speed film. Was my first try with it (Fuji 800z), I like it very much. Should make for cool photos at Alcatraz and the Giants game.

Mudcat · 08-10-09, 10:20 AM

Originally posted by Bread

Yea, he's a regular Ansel Adams

(Sorry)

I don't know what you are being all uppity for. I see some very interesting use of perspectives and composition, many notches above your typical tourist point-and-click.

But I don't get the feeling that, in his heart, Matt Rain is an Ansel Adams. I wonder if there is a photographic maniac lurking beneath that would end up more of a Mapplethorpe taking pics of guys with unsettlingly large objects stuck in their very small holes.

I could see Matt Rain being banned in Cincinnati some day.

Matt Rain · 08-10-09, 10:26 AM

Mud

I'm little more than a point-and-clicker. I just point-and-click a lot and take out the garbage afterwards.

Bread · 08-10-09, 10:31 AM

Muddy don't you have some PZ threads that require tending?

Or maybe you could....GO GET LAID?!?!?!?!

O'Doyle rules!!!

blittydeuce · 08-10-09, 10:35 AM

Originally posted by Mudcat

I could see Matt Rain being banned in Cincinnati some day.

what beach is that matty?

Matt Rain · 08-10-09, 11:00 AM

It's that huge Santa Monica beach blitty. Quite impressive, with a couple helicopters flying over the area every 5 minutes and Baywatch-style lifeguards.

Took me an hour to find parking.

At least the water was perfectly comfy this time.

RogueJuror · 08-10-09, 11:47 AM

Originally posted by Matt Rain

Please PM me your address Rogatien. Will use it as the sender address on the package I send to myself. You're not scared of the authorities, are ya?

And I don't get Bread's joke either.

Matty who understand this Americans. At the bash lets ditch them, find a piano bar somewhere, request a Coralie Clement bossanova and chain smoke all night looking for some milfs that can appreciate our eccentricities. Bon?

RogueJuror · 08-10-09, 11:49 AM

ps. Go to the UPS Store, they don't ID. Give them a fake name, address, and phone number, and ship it UPS Ground.

Bread · 08-10-09, 11:57 AM

Starting to understand why you're not getting laid on this trip.

MrMonkey · 08-10-09, 12:13 PM

Matty, Mrs Monkey and I enjoy the photos! Like postcards sent to us!

Matt Rain · 08-10-09, 12:18 PM

Originally posted by Bread

Starting to understand why you're not getting laid on this trip.

No idea who that is, but I'm quite proud to be featured in my first Bread Photoshop.

Lemme guess, gay guy?

Matt Rain · 08-10-09, 12:25 PM

Originally posted by RogueJuror

Matty who understand this Americans. At the bash lets ditch them, find a piano bar somewhere, request a Coralie Clement bossanova and chain smoke all night looking for some milfs that can appreciate our eccentricities. Bon?

Sounds very bon Rogatien! **** them normal people.

Bread · 08-10-09, 12:48 PM

Matty no clue who it is. Just did a search for "gay French guy."

Matt Rain · 08-10-09, 12:53 PM

S'all good Bread, it does get the point across.

Woke up in Cambria, CA this morning after having car troubles and missing dinner with flyingillini.

The night drive up the coast was eery as ****, I'm still spooked.

flyingillini · 08-10-09, 01:45 PM

I was looking forward to it as well. See you at the bash.