David M Russell wrote:
I was kind of hoping for a "major award" that turned out to be a fishnet clad leg lamp with a tassel shade.

That would have been cool too!
If it had three fishnet clad legs and a ball head it would have been even better

C h a r l e s  D wrote:
I went to the reptile show this weekend. 

I won 3 baby tarantulas.  What the effing eff am I going to do with three baby tarantulas?

Trade them to the OP for his $200 gift certificate. He can glue long sticks to their heads, slap on a Gitzo head and voila.... there's his Tripod. Win-win

OP: Great shots man. Could see those on a smooth silver gel.

D. Brian Nelson wrote:
You're a Lucky Bastard!

But the first time I saw the photos, they scared me silly.

Congratulations!

Don

I'm a dumbass.
After I shot these I jumped back in the car and hit the road, then the storm hit me and I quickly decided it would be a good idea to pull over and wait it out since I couldn't see more than about 10 feet in front of me. It was literally like a wall of water hit me. What isn't in the pictures is the massive amount of lighting that storm had in it. That was the scariest part.

Keith Allen Phillips wrote:

I'm a dumbass.
After I shot these I jumped back in the car and hit the road, then the storm hit me and I quickly decided it would be a good idea to pull over and wait it out since I couldn't see more than about 10 feet in front of me. It was literally like a wall of water hit me. What isn't in the pictures is the massive amount of lighting that storm had in it. That was the scariest part.

I would have taken that shot also.   Congratulations!
I've been in storms like that myself.  They are very scary!

C h a r l e s  D wrote:
I went to the reptile show this weekend. 

I won 3 baby tarantulas.  What the effing eff am I going to do with three baby tarantulas?  He said throw in a pin head cricket every week.  I guess I'll start with that.

It was one of those pachinko games where you drop the chip and it bounces off pins and falls in a slot on the bottom.  The problem with this guys set up is he had the winning slot right in the center!  I told the guy he should have the winning slots at the ends, where it's almost impossible, probability wise, to win.  He didn't agree.  I gave him five bucks, and dropped it five times, won three. 

Everyone was pulling pulling out their dollars after that.  I wonder if he changed it.

You know, they're super duper friendly at the very large array!  They even talked to me, showed me around a bit, told me of their current observations, and let me wander aimlessly.  Neat place.  Just wish it wasn't so far in the middle of nowhere.

maybe he had a lot of spiders he wanted to get rid of.