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All my friends

nobody@flickr.com (Charlie the Cheeky Monkey) — Mon, 31 Dec 2012 13:19:08 -0800

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In The Pines, In The Pines

nobody@flickr.com (Charlie the Cheeky Monkey) — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 07:04:36 -0800

Charlie the Cheeky Monkey posted a photo:

where the sun don't ever shine.

So um, I've always wanted to take a photo like this, One of my favorite views on a road trip is watching the rows of pines whip by the window.

This is an HDR image (just trying this for the first time, not sure yet how to do it.)

I took this in Lafayette County, Fl. Go Hornets!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sp3af4ZJS4w

For Sale

nobody@flickr.com (Charlie the Cheeky Monkey) — Fri, 22 Jul 2011 05:48:15 -0700

Charlie the Cheeky Monkey posted a photo:

Paradise. Reduced price. Motivated seller.

Yoga Squirrel Don't Give A Shit

nobody@flickr.com (Charlie the Cheeky Monkey) — Mon, 18 Jul 2011 22:53:44 -0700

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Yoga Squirrel takes what Yoga Squirrel wants.

If you make it through the gloom

nobody@flickr.com (Charlie the Cheeky Monkey) — Fri, 01 Jul 2011 15:43:19 -0700

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you'll find a lot of doom.

Caloosahatchee Manuscripts

nobody@flickr.com (Charlie the Cheeky Monkey) — Mon, 06 Jun 2011 14:48:38 -0700

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Another shot of the towers. The real shot might be across the street but the road was full of cars. HOW DARE PEOPLE PARK IN MY SHOT.

To the left are letters going up a palm tree. I think that might be a nice detail when I go back.

Just Words 1

nobody@flickr.com (Charlie the Cheeky Monkey) — Sun, 05 Jun 2011 20:34:36 -0700

Charlie the Cheeky Monkey posted a photo:

So I went downtown tonight... Sober. I left that way, too.

One of the things I have always wanted to photograph and never gotten around to is the Jim Sanborn (same guy who did Kryptos at Langley) light sculpture Caloosahatchee Manuscripts.

"Caloosahatchee Manuscripts consists of two bronze cylinders roughly ten feet tall with a pinpoint light source in their center. Using a water jet cutter, Sanborn incised letters into the bronze which are transferred to the façade, steps and sidewalks surrounding the art center at night.

The eastern drum contains the text of a story told by Maskoki Indian leader Tchikilli to James Oglethorpe about the migration of Native Americans into the lower southeast, including Georgia (where Oglethorpe had founded his colony) and Florida. The Seminoles, Miccosukee and Creek trace their ancestry to Tchikilli and his people, and the Sidney & Berne Davis Art Center rests on the site of a settlement of Creek Indians that pre-dates the army fort which eventually gave birth to the city’s name.

The western drum is no less historic. Into that cylinder, Sanborn incised the Latin names of 500 botanicals that Thomas Edison tested in an effort to develop a local source of latex from which to make rubber in order to help out his friends Henry Ford and Harvey Firestone. Latex is produced by many flowering plants, including dandelions (it’s the milky substance that bleeds from the stem when you pick one), gardenias, goldenrod, wisteria and yucca."

All that was taken from this website:

www.artswfl.com/galleries/fort-myers-river-district/publi...

I'm happy with what I have here, but I'll go back with models one day.

If you like this shot look at the other one.

Midpoint

nobody@flickr.com (Charlie the Cheeky Monkey) — Thu, 02 Jun 2011 06:24:26 -0700

Charlie the Cheeky Monkey posted a photo:

What's with all the bridge photos? Well, I was in a more sober frame of mind last night and decided at around 10 to drive down to the Midpoint bridge in Fort Myers and try my hand at sober night photography. This is what came of it.

Not much different than the previous shots I have posted of the 41 bridge. And I was drunk while taking those. Hrm.

The Midpoint starts across the water at a lower height than the 41 bridge, so as you can see I was able to get some streaking head and tail lights. The issue here, for me, was that I could not get close enough to the base of the bridge. I had big plans. BIG PLANS.

I guess the moral of the story is when shooting bridges at night, you might as well drink some booze. It's not really going to hurt anything.

Oh and viewing on black is kinda nice.

Big Night Out

nobody@flickr.com (Charlie the Cheeky Monkey) — Tue, 31 May 2011 20:05:07 -0700

Charlie the Cheeky Monkey posted a photo:

I've been inspired by flickr photographers to go out at night and take some street photography. For a few nights now I have been thinking about the shots I wanted to take, working through the locations and imagining the steps to take to make it all happen. I was totally ready.

Unfortunately, I stopped at the Cigar Bar at 7, waiting for it to get dark. Two hours later, this is really all I have to show for my plans: an unsuspected shot of one of many drinks I had before, drunk as a skunk, I tried my hand at night photography.

So, lesson learned

Peter Shand

nobody@flickr.com (Charlie the Cheeky Monkey) — Wed, 25 May 2011 11:17:59 -0700

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Of the New Mastersounds at the Bear Creek Music Festival in 2009.

Worth a listen if you like to dance.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=u083zO056wQ&feature=related

or
www.youtube.com/user/newmastersounds#p/u/7/ahbgx0Vk0Ug

Oh hey

nobody@flickr.com (Charlie the Cheeky Monkey) — Thu, 28 Apr 2011 15:19:05 -0700

Charlie the Cheeky Monkey posted a photo:

a doll.

No Parking

nobody@flickr.com (Charlie the Cheeky Monkey) — Sun, 10 Apr 2011 18:39:00 -0700

Charlie the Cheeky Monkey posted a photo:

A bear, taking a break from a long day of mauling and growling.

* This is a first for me, being in the flickr blog I mean. I'm glad you all like the photo. That's my wife in the suit. She deserves all the credit,

Florida Caverns State Park

nobody@flickr.com (Charlie the Cheeky Monkey) — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 10:01:31 -0800

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This was taken at the mouth of one of many caves dotting the ridge in the park. My father used to come here with friends and wander around the caves. Now they have steel doors closing them off unless you are with a ranger on a guided tour.

Why must we protect idiots from themselves? Why not let them do what they want and thin out the herd?

Anyway.

I like this, I love the park. I hope you like it too.

What have they done to the old home place

nobody@flickr.com (Charlie the Cheeky Monkey) — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 06:46:20 -0800

Charlie the Cheeky Monkey posted a photo:

Why did they tear it down?

Great song and I always sing it when driving the country roads around the springs in north Florida.

Hear it here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=UChaXhy26Fc

This was taken off a dirt road that ends at Royal Springs off CR 349 near Branford.

Water and rocks.

nobody@flickr.com (Charlie the Cheeky Monkey) — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 13:48:50 -0800

Charlie the Cheeky Monkey posted a photo:

Lafayette Blue Springs State Park outside of Mayo, Fl

This is just the run into the Suwannee, not the actual spring hole.

I'm way out of my element here, but I was inspired by Bill Fultz His stuff is so consistently good that I just had to go out and try. And fail. But it's just my first attempt. I'm gunning for you, Bill!

Sunset on Saint John's River

nobody@flickr.com (Charlie the Cheeky Monkey) — Tue, 07 Jun 2011 18:27:24 -0700

Charlie the Cheeky Monkey posted a photo:

He has a very pretty river.

A Bridge Over Drunken Water

nobody@flickr.com (Charlie the Cheeky Monkey) — Wed, 01 Jun 2011 06:42:15 -0700

Charlie the Cheeky Monkey posted a photo:

So this is my best effort when intoxicated. I know I could do better but still, the next day, I like it. I got the idea from one of .brianday's photos, which is so much better, that this tribute would only seem to mock him if he knew, so I will not tag him in it. If he finds it, so be it. He is way awesome though, and you all should check his work out if you haven't. It may make you want to give up photography though.

The Chase

nobody@flickr.com (Charlie the Cheeky Monkey) — Tue, 12 Apr 2011 16:56:42 -0700

Charlie the Cheeky Monkey posted a photo:

While sitting in the grass out in Ft. Thomas, I witnessed this bear trying to eat a guy.

"holy shit" I said, raising my camera.

Sadly, the bear caught the guy and molested him before leaving his lifeless carcass on the porch of an abandoned brick house, right next to an old convertible Impala

At least I got the shot.

Limited Edition Awesome

nobody@flickr.com (Charlie the Cheeky Monkey) — Tue, 12 Apr 2011 14:46:53 -0700

Charlie the Cheeky Monkey posted a photo:

Standing outside of Arnold's in downtown Cincinnati, OH, just minding my own business with a scotch and a smoke when out come the guys from the Ark Band. They were nice enough to let me and all my photography friends take their photos. More to come when I get home and have a working computer to process photos on.

Hoover knows what you did

nobody@flickr.com (Charlie the Cheeky Monkey) — Thu, 10 Feb 2011 07:46:16 -0800

Charlie the Cheeky Monkey posted a photo:

but he will not judge.

Hoover forgives.