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I brought back one of my old school favorites this morning to raise some awareness as to the things that really frustrate me about Flickr. I originally posted this shot into a ton of groups (when I first started shooting I did this) and when i went to post this image in Sarah's new group Piling Love I was frustrated by all the stupid graphics and senseless comments.

Now let me clear something up... I would rather you not comment at all on my shot then post some stupid graphic or a one word comment. Those of you out there that think I am going to swing by your photostream just because you dropped your garbage on mine, you are wrong. It is funny that this practice gets worse the farther your image gets into explore..that's when the real weirdos come out. :)

Now, that being said..their are worse examples in my opinion, that have taken a toll on me over time and I have grown bored with these practices so the following things will get you blocked immediately.......

1. You fav a bunch of my shots and/or add them to your gallery and when I go to look at your photostream you don't have anything available to ME? Blocked.

2. You photostream contains even 1 photo of you in your underwear (or worse). This is especially important if your self portrait is of you in a skirt and you have hairy legs. NO ONE wants to see that. If you are doing anything that is against the law with animals, fruit, small or large objects or have an entire photostream of half naked people at the beach you are now BLOCKED.

3. You post your last 5 images via Flickrriver under your thoughtless 4 word comment.
My photostream, as well as others are not your advertising board. BLOCKED.

4. You post one of your medium sized images under your comment in my stream. Again, if we wanted to come see your shot we would come look at it. I don't need a photo, 5 photos, an invite or a link to come see it. BLOCKED.

5. You are just plain weird, annoying, ignorant or stupid. Mike Jones already has this job and i am not accepting any other applications at this time.

As you can see, I LIKE to block people...it is fun for me. I have a custom made keyboard with a huge block pad right where the 10 key used to be. I wanted to raise awareness to some of these issues because my block list is about 7 pages long now and I would hate to find out flickr has a limit. If any of this bothers you personally or you feel offended..... you might already be blocked. :)

Happy Friday everyone! Hope you all have a great weekend!

Waterlilies taken in the gardens of Clare College at Cambridge University using infrared sensitive film. Can you see the fish?

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Photo taken using an infrared sensitive film and filter:
camera: Rolleicord Va
film: Efke IR820 Aura
filter: custom made from SRB-Griturn.com, approx 775nm
exposure: 1/30 at f/3.5
development: Ilfotec DD-X 1+4 for 14 mins at 19.2C
conditions: bright sun, some clouds

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