I guess this post is just a link with n/t. I'd sure like to have taken that one, though.
(And a brief aside: "capturing images" is just another way of saying "taking pictures"—and really, neither one is inherently better than the other—but all the same, I don't think I'll ever get used to it. Grates like a howler*.)
Mike
(Thanks to Jeff)
*"A mistake, esp. an embarrassing one in speech or writing, that evokes laughter." —Webster's Collegiate Dictionary
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farshore: "I have shot in this area quite a bit, and surfers jumping off the cliff is not at all usual. What is unusual is how close he is to the cliff, and that he chose to jump with a wave coming in instead of going out."
It's better than "shooting."
Posted by: Omer | Wednesday, 16 October 2013 at 01:34 PM
It's the Daily Bile! My left wing nearly fell off
Posted by: Sean | Wednesday, 16 October 2013 at 01:48 PM
I recollect that we once talked about capturing 'moments' and not only images.
Posted by: james wilson | Wednesday, 16 October 2013 at 03:11 PM
You ought to publish a warning when linking to the Daily (Hate) Mail, Mike - it is, by far, one of the nastiest papers in the UK today.
Posted by: Patrick Dodds | Wednesday, 16 October 2013 at 05:31 PM
I too was dismayed to be linked to the filth that is the DM
Posted by: Steven House | Wednesday, 16 October 2013 at 07:20 PM
"Did you just "TAKE" "MY" picture?"
"No - I was just capturing passing butterflies and the occasional image"
Posted by: Lynn | Wednesday, 16 October 2013 at 08:11 PM
I take (pot)shots with my camera on the street, but capture images with a camera stuck on the microscope turret!
Posted by: Animesh Ray | Thursday, 17 October 2013 at 01:26 AM
These days everyone seems to want to invent ways to complicate the language. 'At this moment in time' is a perfect example, currently being used as a substitute for 'now'.
Admittedly capturing and image probably doesn't take any longer to say than taking a picture but you are absolutely right.... It grates.
Posted by: Jeremy Pardoe | Thursday, 17 October 2013 at 05:26 AM
It's a shame the clarity slider ruined that perfectly nice picture.
Posted by: James Sinks | Thursday, 17 October 2013 at 07:35 PM