Roys better late than never thread.

[Roy1961]

lunch time

my ducks are in a row

seen this as I was bringing dinner in from the BBQ

 

[Don Kuykendall_RIP]

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my ducks are in a row

It is always nice when you get your ducks in a row.

 

[Roy1961]

A few from this mornings walkabout. The hawks eyes are nice.

 

[Roy1961]

those shots were taken with my 55-300 and are straight out of the camera

 

[grandpaw]

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Some from todays walk around the parks, I just liked the look of the tree branches?

I really like the middle shot!

 

[Roy1961]

Rebecca testing for her Level 3 belt last night, an early morning view over Menifee Lake and Golf club, some cactus apples that caught my eye

 

[Roy1961]

I liked the way there was small pockets of mist above the water and the sun reflecting over the lake.

 

[Rick M]

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after seeing Rick M's "ghost " photo I had to try it, need to play with it more,

Try using a "plain", simpler background. Something less busy will give the images better separation. Looks like you've got the concept down, some fine tuning and you'll nail it!

 

[RockyNH_RIP]

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Rebecca testing for her Level 3 belt last night, an early morning view over Menifee Lake and Golf club, some cactus apples that caught my eye

So, tell us how Rebecca did on her testing???

Pat in NH

 

[Roy1961]

Pat she passed, will get her level 3 blue belt next Friday, I am more nervous than her when she tests.

 

[Don Kuykendall_RIP]

Pat she passed, will get her level 3 blue belt next Friday, I am more nervous than her when she tests.

Great to have them in a sport that teaches them so much. I remember going through all the testing when my wife was going through it. And the disappointment when she did not pass and then all the hard work and practice to make sure she passed the next time. Good for them.

 

[Roy1961]

she gets her forms ok don, its the sparring she doesn't do to well in, now the last few weeks its seems to be coming together, she's not getting kicked around too much by the older kids, she is starting to kick them back, if she stays on her pace and passes testing very two months she will be a black belt by at the end of next year

 

[Roy1961]

a few balloon shots from this morning

 

[Don Kuykendall_RIP]

she gets her forms ok don, its the sparring she doesn't do to well in, now the last few weeks its seems to be coming together, she's not getting kicked around too much by the older kids, she is starting to kick them back, if she stays on her pace and passes testing very two months she will be a black belt by at the end of next year

That was the same with my wife. She was in her 40s when she started. The lower levels she did pretty good but when she got to the black belt levels it go harder for her. She started getting arthritis in her fingers and hitting people with her hands started to hurt. She stopped when she got her first degree belt because once you get to that level you keep it for life. the others you lost if you don't continue. She said she had worked to hard to lose it.

 

[RockyNH_RIP]

Pat she passed, will get her level 3 blue belt next Friday, I am more nervous than her when she tests.

Thats great! Congrats to you and her!

Pat in NH

 

[Roy1961]

a few red hawk shots from this afternoon, chased him up and down a few trees

 

[donaldjledet]

Pat she passed, will get her level 3 blue belt next Friday, I am more nervous than her when she tests.

​Roy you are right, I went through that with my daughter years ago. Now its my grandson doing it. And I think I get more nervous for him then I did for her.

 

[Roy1961]

the state finals are even worse Donald, need a drink for those

 

[donaldjledet]

Well at least I have a while before Elijah gets there. Hes in first year at the age of 6.

 

[Roy1961]

she's just started her second year and turned 7 three weeks ago, so not that far away