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Old May 21, 2008 | 09:56 AM
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So the story goes...my ex wants me back. She tells me she will pay for tickets to see Paramore in Atlanta andgo to the Georgia aquarium, as long as I would split the hotel and pay for a tank of gas. Done. We ended up taking her 350Z for a 7 hour drive North to Atlanta for a few days. We didn't see a single G/Z on the drive up there, but once in Atlanta...they seemed to be everywhere. We stayed at the Ellis on Peachtree. Very nice hotel...I'd recommend it to anyone. We had a corner room on the 14th floor, pretty baller for me. It rained all day Thursday when we walked around downtown, so I don't have many pictures other than from the Aquarium on Friday. Pics time.

Our room...the most comfortable bed ever. Black marble countertops in the bathroom, the nicest shower head I've ever seen, 32" plasma tv with HD channels. The room was very modern.


I was taking some pictures from our window


Another one. Notice all the black windows on the Westin hotel. There were blown out windows all over downtown from the tornadoes that hit Downtown Atlanta on March 15th.


The world's largest aquarium












Panning was fun chasing fish going 10-30mph




This dude was a photo *****...so were his buddies. About 5 of them would just stare at everyone really close to the glass and move sideways extremely slow.










Best picture ever!




Ever since I was a kid, I've always been a fan of penguins...so I was excited!




NSFW, haha....


After the Paramore concert Friday night, we got on I75 around midnight...stuck in stop and go traffic til 12:45. At 1:30am, I got pulled over going 85mph in a 65mph Luckily he didn't catch me a mile or 2 sooner, when I was cruising from 90-100mph. There was no one on the roads at all. So the cops asks if I knew why he pulled me over and I said for speeding. He pointed his flashlight at my Sobe adrenaline rush, thinking it was alcohol. He askes what it was and I explained to him we had a long trip ahead of us. So he comes back to the car maybe 10 minutes after giving him the license/registration and asks if I'm a fan of Georgia. I say no, meanwhile my ex is saying "Say yes, Ryan...Say yes, Ryan. Yes, he's a fan!" It was hilarious. Lucky me, I only got a warning. So we finally got back to Orlando at 7am after having the cruise control set for 8mph over the speed limit the rest of the way home.
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Old May 21, 2008 | 10:14 AM
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SICK aquarium pics. I should stop by when I pick up my car.

What lens/camera/general settings did you shoot some of those with (like 5th and 6th pic)? They came out great.
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Old May 21, 2008 | 10:23 AM
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nice pictures. the whale pic made me LOL.
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Old May 21, 2008 | 10:31 AM
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WOw. Jellies look dope. As if you were in the water w them.

Hopefully your girl let you take less tasteful pictures in privat.

NICE
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Old May 21, 2008 | 10:34 AM
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Pics of the EX or BAN!
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Old May 21, 2008 | 10:44 AM
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Very, very nice pics.

But I could not resist...
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Old May 21, 2008 | 10:51 AM
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I think your ex is missing from that hotel room shot!

Lets see some pics bro!
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Old May 21, 2008 | 10:58 AM
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But you didn't go to ZDays you ***.....
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Old May 21, 2008 | 12:14 PM
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Nice shirt haha
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Old May 21, 2008 | 12:33 PM
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lol at nsfw pics

but hjow bout some nsfw pics of the lady lol jk
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Old May 21, 2008 | 12:51 PM
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Aquarium is defiently the best thing downtown. Having lived here for 7-8 years, its the only thing i'd pay money to keep going back to
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Old May 21, 2008 | 12:56 PM
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What about the surprise buttsex pics of those penguins!!? Awesome pics though! Sweet room too.
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Old May 21, 2008 | 01:57 PM
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nice pics

when i went there...i liked the penguin exhibit the best for some reason
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Old May 21, 2008 | 02:27 PM
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Originally Posted by Alberto
SICK aquarium pics. I should stop by when I pick up my car.

What lens/camera/general settings did you shoot some of those with (like 5th and 6th pic)? They came out great.

+1 what camera did you use? and that hotel is sweet! pics of the ex!!
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I didn't know there were whale sharks in captivity. Great Pics Ryan
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Nice pictures!
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amazing pics. what kinda camera?
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Old May 21, 2008 | 06:06 PM
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Originally Posted by Alberto
SICK aquarium pics. I should stop by when I pick up my car.

What lens/camera/general settings did you shoot some of those with (like 5th and 6th pic)? They came out great.
Camera is an XTi with a Sigma 17-70 lense. All pics were shot in manual mode. I think I shot most of them with ISO200-400. It was tough taking any clear pictures because everything is moving, so I got to practice my panning. I actually got a good shot of a sea lion (said to go 30mph), but the colors of the picture sucked.

Originally Posted by MyV6IsFast3r
But you didn't go to ZDays you ***.....
I know...I missed out. I actually joked around with the ex of going straight to zdayz after the concert. We were only like 3 hours away.

Originally Posted by saberphx
Nice shirt haha
Yeah, it's my favorite shirt and it went along with the penguins perfectly.

Originally Posted by ZU L8R
I didn't know there were whale sharks in captivity. Great Pics Ryan
I want to say this is the only aquarium that has whale sharks, but I'm probably wrong...I've never seen them.

Pics of the ex...sure....
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cool

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Old May 21, 2008 | 06:54 PM
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Those Aquarium pics are sick. your ex telling you what to say to the cop was pretty funny.
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