Freeper Report from Oct. 20 Palin Rally in Colorado Springs, CO

Self | October 20, 2008 | Theo

[TAdams8591]

"Not only do I want Sarah Palin in the WH, I want Piper Palin in the WH. She is about the cutest little girl there ever was."

LOL, she sure is! Absolutely adorable! : )

[Emo4SC]

I think his name was Scott, Todd’s snow machine racer teammate.

[McGruff]

Congratulations on your VIP pass and thanks for the report.

[pandemoniumreigns]

Absolutly outstanding pics Theo...I’m keepin em...((;O)

[grumpa]

Question. How do you insert a photo in your post? No doubt it is easy, but I don’t seem to be able to get it to work.

Thanks
www.offgridblogger.wordpress.com

[onemiddleamerican]

WOW! Absolutely fabulous photos, Theo! Thank you for being there and sharing your photos with us, you lucky dog, you! Gosh what a beautiful family - they will make a perfect Second Family, one day to be First Family. (That’s my prayer, anyway.)

[marstegreg]

Like a needed another reason to vote for McCain/Palin...they use a Marshall Stack!!!(OK it was Hank Williams Jr’s but still very cool)

[glassylassie]

Passed out these I made at the rally, they are to counter the Abraham Obama ‘art’ posters being plastered all over the city with the cities OK!

Abraham Obama (not a political poster “art”)http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3016/2546673450_288d8cf8d0.jpg?v=0

So...

Jefferson McCain (not a political poster “art”)
http://i296.photobucket.com/albums/mm166/glassymommy/political%20art/JeffersonMcCainlayoutweb.jpg

Sarah Liberty (not a political poster “art”)
http://i296.photobucket.com/albums/mm166/glassymommy/political%20art/SarahLibertybw-1.jpg

[glassylassie]

[marstegreg]

Wow.....Sarah, her Husband,her kids, HWJR and a Marshall Stack we really need to get them to the White House!!!!

[bert]

......I want Piper Palin in the WH......

At the risk of being labeled a dirty ol man.......

Piper, Piper, Piper!!

Piper, Piper, Piper!!

Piper, Piper, Piper!!

[Theo]

I used my new Nikon D40. I alternated between my 55-200VR lens and my 18-55 kit lens. Both lenses have UV filters on them. It’s the best cheap digital SLR around, in my opinion.

[Theo]

I should add that I used a fast shutter speed — that makes for a very narrow focal distance. In other words, with a fast shutter speed, I can get Sarah’s face in focus, and the crowd behind her out of focus. I think that’s called “bokeh.”

[jan in Colorado]

WOW...I just got home from the rally in Loveland...but my pictures don't look like yours! ;-(

We were in line for several hours so I took lots of pictures of the crowd, t shirts and signs.

I will do a report shortly.

Thanks again for those outstanding pictures!

[mollynme]

I was standing in line with a party stalwart from Weld County and she had been told that they gave away 2000 tickets in Fort Collins. The radio said that the estimated crowd was 8000. I have a feeling that not everyone made it through security (only 4 metal detectors) in time to get in, though. The line was enormous!

[Tuxedo]

But but but... CNN said McCain was pullling out of Colorado!!! How can this be!?!?!? Maybe it was really Tina Fey???

[Dream Warrior]

Fantastic. Thanks for the wonderful screen savers.

Let's win this election!

[nutmeg]

Wow... absolutely awesome photos! Thanks.

[cherry]

who ya think you’re fooling?.......run along......

[AFreeBird]

It's not your shutter speed that affects depth of field, it's aperture. The camera adjusted aperture to compensate for fast shutter, lighting conditions and long lens which resulted in the photos you got. Now if you had your camera set for aperture priority, to adjust aperture to get better depth of field, the camera would adjust shutter speed accordingly.

Nice camera, but lots of settings to learn.