Let's keep the SI going.
Past admins have done great and I hope to do as well for all SI
participants.
A new admin is still sought (hint to Bret, Helen, Ken, ...)

800 posts in July and 130 already in July?!?!? No wonder you're
photography stinks on ice!!
http://groups.google.com/groups/profile?hl=en&enc_user=w0-vpxIAAABfQfrpYV03tDkAu
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This has to be one of the strangest insects I have ever seen. H. R. Giger
would be ecstatic.
http://www.jlkramer.net/Pictures/OD/otiocerus_degeeri.htm
-Jim

Subject and Background Tie-in.
Some way they relate in an interesting manner like a shape is repeated or
contrasted, a soft OOF background's forms emphasize a characteristic of the
subject... more than just the obvious like a cow in a field, something more

Hi everyone, I was cleaning the rear element yesterday and noticed
that when pressed slightly, it moves inwards (up to a point), then
pops back out again - almost like it was mounted on springs or
something. This is the first time I've noticed such a thing - my other