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To rgarrigus: Hi Bob,	rlrad	::	2009-04-19 18:20
Oh to be able to afford all the filters I need. Were they always that expensive? I have three lenses, all different diameters, and each one has a UV for protection. I have one circular polarizer that I got with the 18 - 200VR when I won it on eBay. I want some grads and more CP's for the other lenses, but have yet to have come up with a decent enough story to tell my wife why I will be spending $500 on little round pieces of glass that go on the front of those expensive lenses I've been buying for the past year... I was thinking about it when I shot this, too. These Elephant Rocks have fascinated me since I was a kid. They exist in my favorite part of Missouri, the Lead Belt, a land of extinct volcanoes and mountains that have shrunk further than the Rockies have grown. This park was always a big draw with us kids because there is a huge quarry lake at the front near the picnic area that you can dive off great big cliffs into dangerous, but deep, black waters, all those rocks (of which you see maybe 5%) all over the place beg to be climbed upon - and there are no restrictions when traversing the park - no stay on the path, no do not's at all, except for disposable drinking containers. Do not get caught with those in this park! I can only imagine the scores of parents who just freaked out when they saw their kid go blazing up the side of that granite outcropping to disappear amongst giant boulders, only to pop up after they managed to climb them and jump to the next! What a place! There are lots of interesting places near here, too, including Johnson Shut-Ins, a place where a river cut through a mountain and flows amongst big, jagged boulders that people swim with. That park has two claims to fame - it was the first place I ever got arrested and a couple years ago a retention lake high above it breached it's wall and dumped an incredible amount of muddy water down the valley and totally screwed up the Shut-Ins. But the Missouri DNR fixed it! They got all that mud and trash and wood and stuff out of there. Of course, the raging flood totally decimated most of the forest around it, so that will take a while to come back. I'll have to get a photo or two of that place, but it's hard to shoot. The sun only comes there when it's overhead. Also, another place I had to stop was Fort Davidson, the site of the only major battle of the American Civil War to come within 100 miles of St. Louis. My father is there now, we spread his ashes in this fort in 2002, surreptitiously, because there are rules against disposing of human remains at National Historic Sites. It was in his will that he wanted that place to be his last resting place. Long, long story. You'll get pieces of it as I go, though, because it is a big part of who I am. Anyway, I've bored you long enough, Bob, thanks for your critique and for checking out my photograph! Have a great week, Reed			United StatesUnited States Elephant Rocks rlrad (1219)
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To rgarrigus: Hi Bob,	rlrad (1219)	::	2009-04-19 18:20

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