i come from a land down under...

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Originally uploaded by matty miller.

here are a couple more from the aquarium in new zealand. ive always been a fan of the tiger fiish ever since i saw naked gun and lt. frank drebon stuck the fish with a pen behnid his back. classic. this thing was a pain in the ass to get a good picture of. there was not really any light in the tank, and i couldnt use a flash because it would reflect on the glass. therefore i had to make myself as still as a tripod(im sure i looked damn silly) and try not to move with the shutter bein open so long. this is the only one that really came out, the rest we very very blurry. the picture below was taken in an underwater tunnel. shit was very cool. it was about to be feeding time so there was an opening at the top of the tank where they would drop in food. thats what created the light effect at the top of the photo. ps. i wanna have a pool with a stingray one day.

50 on red...better be right

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Originally uploaded by saladxdays.

these are a couple of photos from las vegas. the one to the right is where we stayed, its called the stratosphere. the red light thing on top is actually a ride that shoots you to the top at a zillion miles an hour. i rode it 3 times and nearly vomited each time. the photo on the bottom was taken out of the window of our hotel room in the same building. the windows had somekind of double panes so you couldnt go too crazy and throw the chair out the window, but it made for a cool effect when i used the fisheye lens.this was probabaly the nicest hotel weve ever stayed in and it only cost 20 something dollars. i love vegas.

new zealand 2005

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Originally uploaded by saladxdays.

these are a few pictures from inside an aqarium in new zealand. we were lucky enough to get the hookup from a local core kid who worked there, and got a "backsatge" tour of the pengiun exibit. notice this is a point where i was using the fisheye lens way too much. ive calmed down with it since then. while taking these pictures i had to be wary of a trolly that would come by every few minutes of people checking out the pengiuns.if i didnt watch out, or have people looking for me, im sure i would have gotten runover. pretty high octane photo journalisum.

story of my life

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Originally uploaded by saladxdays.

this picture was taken on the manahattan bridge, on my way biking to the last wage of sin show. about 5 seconds after this was taken a serious rainstorm took over the city. ofcourse i was stuck in it. i still made my was to the show, only to find that i missed it entirely. i got to see them load out. sweeet. anyhow it makes for a cool image cause you can see the storm over the city already.

faded tattoos on our legs and backs...

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Originally uploaded by saladxdays.

i can remember the night in long island. just moving from atlanta to a new town, didnt know too many people and feeling always a bit lost. i lived in a room just off the kitchen in our upstairs apartment. tommy was always out with his girlfriend and i was always at work so we never saw each other too often. but that night he pulled back my curtain at about midnight. "yo dude, silent majority just broke up" well there was no question about it, no rumor mill because tommy sang for them. i was crushed. not too many bands strike a chord with me like they did. thier last show was a mix of emotions and i was a very sad man to see them bow out when they did. but i now had a chance too see them again. and they never lost step. heres a few pics that i hope can show what a special night it was for everyone. thanks guys.