Show us your amateur photos - not dial up friendly

[Jarred]

love that first one of the "rock pool" with the coathanger and singing shells in the back ground

[Lance B]

I love panaromic shots.

Nice pictures guys! I should make an effort and use my camera once in a while!

Thank you Ray,

That particular panorama of Sydney Harbour was taken with 12 vertical shots stitched together with software. I have printed it to 1,000mm wide and put in a frame on my wall.

The following photos were both printed to 1,800mm wide but I had to trim them down to 1,500mm wide as they didn't have the board for the border big enough for 1,800mm width. The biggest they had was 1,600mm which gives a 50mm border all around the photo inside the frame. Both of these are hanging on my walls at home.

[Lance B]

love that first one of the "rock pool" with the coathanger and singing shells in the back ground

Thank you very much, Jarred.

[MissVuks]

The dalmatian picture is beautiful..

Ive always wanted one but my boyfriend says they are "dumb" dogs, suffer seperation anxiety and are hard to train - please tell me hes not right LOL or is he just saying that cos he wants a german shephard

[ranton-inc]

Here are some Quick Photos I took during the lead up to New Years (the one just gone)

Saw the Sun-a-setting and couldnt help myself all i had handy was my Sony 5MP Cybershot T7

These were all on Waiheke Island, Church Bay

Waiheke is a 45 Minute Ferry Ride Out from the Auckland CBD its one of my most favorite places in the world. (yada yada yada)

I screwed up the horizion in a few of these which is why they look a tad out of kilter

The John Deere


Chillaxing


Sunset


and just for the sake of randomness


Clutch!

[gareth_oau]

The dalmatian picture is beautiful..

Ive always wanted one but my boyfriend says they are "dumb" dogs, suffer seperation anxiety and are hard to train - please tell me hes not right LOL or is he just saying that cos he wants a german shephard

MissVuks, if youre not allowed to have a dalmation, then perhaps consider a German Short Haired Pointer, or Weimeraner, both similar in breeding to dalmations, but highly intelligent too, and "german" dogs to fit in with yr VW heritage

[Lance B]

The dalmatian picture is beautiful..

Ive always wanted one but my boyfriend says they are "dumb" dogs, suffer seperation anxiety and are hard to train - please tell me hes not right LOL or is he just saying that cos he wants a german shephard

They are definitely not dumb, but can be impulsive. This is easily trained out of them, but like all dogs, you need to train them to get the most out of them. Also, it depends on the breeder and their stock. Some may have been too close or interbred and therefore can be dumb, but this is the same for any breed.

This is our second Dalmatian, as our first died of snake bite, and is smarter than our first and she also doesn't have the breeding credentials of our first so may have less interbeeding?

We didn't do too much training with ours and she is quite well behaved but can go off when she gets something into her head. As I say, you must do training as with all dogs. She is fabulous with our kids and a fantastic family pet and she does not really suffer separation anxiety. Having said that, we also take her on our holidays with us and kicks up quite a bit of fuss when we get the bags out to pack. She goes down stairs and waits next to the car whimpering and eagerly waiting to come with us. It is quite funny to watch!

As Gareth has suggested, there are others similar to the Dalmatian like the German Short haired ointer and Waimeraner, but they are similar in temperament to the Dally. My friend has a German Short Haired Pointer and he swears that they are the same dog both in temperament and in intelligence.

So to sum up. No, they are not necessarily dumb and you can train them quite well. As with all dogs, if you make them part of the family, they are much more likely to be friendly, less stressed and more likely to do what you want. Ours is part of our family and we wouldn't swap her for anything.

Witness the movie 101 Dalmatians. They trained all those dogs very well!

[Lance B]

[QUOTE=HitmanR32;132759]Here are some Quick Photos I took during the lead up to New Years (the one just gone)

Saw the Sun-a-setting and couldnt help myself all i had handy was my Sony 5MP Cybershot T7

These were all on Waiheke Island, Church Bay

Waiheke is a 45 Minute Ferry Ride Out from the Auckland CBD its one of my most favorite places in the world. (yada yada yada)

I screwed up the horizion in a few of these which is why they look a tad out of kilter

Chillaxing


Nice place for a spot of dinner!

[alex g]

very nice pics lance

[Jarred]

love the colour in that first one Al. Isn't it amazing that nature almost always outshines our human achivementS?