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04/26/2005 10:42:57 PM · #1 |
Hi gang! I just returned from a whirlwind tour of Italy. I barely had any internet access for the past 10 days (though I did manage to enter the Free Study). What'd I miss?
Naturally, the 2Gb Lexar card that I've used for months without a problem was dead on arrival, so I was "limited" to about 350 shots a day using smaller cards and downloading to a laptop. I haven't gone through everything yet, but HERE are some of my initial favorites.
I was so hoping for an Ancient Ruins challenge last week, but it didn't happen. ;-)
Message edited by author 2005-04-26 22:47:20. |
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04/26/2005 10:45:57 PM · #2 |
Welcome Back!
I see the jet lag did you in - forgot how to make a link huh?
Geez - let you out of our sight for just a little bit and now we have to retrain you!
(I'll retrain you to do ALL your editing crooked so you will be out of the competition around these parts)
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04/26/2005 10:47:03 PM · #3 |
Hey Shannon, good to have you back.
I don't know what you missed, except perhaps another one of my impressionistic shots bombing in the freestudy.
Oh, and see the thread about the special invitational.
Hey, did you get your 350/XT yet? Mine hasnt shipped. The promise date of the 25th was just extended to the 5th. That's Dell for ya.
Regards--Neil |
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04/26/2005 10:47:32 PM · #4 |
welcome home scalvert! Looks like you had a nice time. Didnt know you had such animal magnetism ;p. I love the vatican museum stairs. Almost makes me dizzy
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04/26/2005 10:51:47 PM · #5 |
Welcome back. Italy, do they make enough cards to hold all the pictures you can take there? One of the most photogenic places I have been.
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04/26/2005 10:54:02 PM · #6 |
Yep, jet lag is taking its toll... the link should work now (and I'm going to sleep).
Neil, these were all taken with the 350XT and either the kit lens or the Tamron 28-75mm. I pounced on the Dell promotion the instant I saw it, so mine was probably among the first to ship. The lower noise was a big help on this trip- the low-light interior shots were taken handheld at ISO 800. |
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04/26/2005 10:55:42 PM · #7 |
| Welcome back. What an awesome collection of shots. Everything is just so beautiful there. Have to go one of these days. |
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04/26/2005 10:55:47 PM · #8 |
Just what we need, Shannon back... For a while there, those ribbons were up for grabs, though I didn't manage to grab any of 'em...
Seriously, welcome back!
Robt.
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04/26/2005 10:57:03 PM · #9 |
Welcome back Shannon! Your photos made me long to go back. You have one photo that looked startlingly familiar.... :D
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04/26/2005 11:03:04 PM · #10 |
Originally posted by ahaze:
You have one photo that looked startlingly familiar.... :D |
That's no accident, Andi... your shot has been among my favorites for a while, and I wanted to try it myself. My nephew suggested a photo of the staircase the night before and I showed him yours as a great example. Unfortunately I was there on a national holiday, the day after the new pope's first Mass, and on a Monday (when most other museums are closed), so the place was PACKED! An empty staircase would have required devine intervention. |
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04/26/2005 11:06:04 PM · #11 |
Beautiful stuff Shannon. I can't wait to see more.
Did you get to see the pope? :-)
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04/26/2005 11:09:53 PM · #12 |
Great shots, Shannon! Love all that architecture and your use of light. Cannot wait to see more as well.
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04/26/2005 11:09:57 PM · #13 |
Originally posted by scalvert:
That's no accident, Andi... your shot has been among my favorites for a while, and I wanted to try it myself. |
I'm very flattered! That's the first time I know of that anyone has ever tried to emulate one of my shots- which I of course, emulated from elsewhere too ;)
Now if I could only get the rest of my portfolio to look more like yours.... hee hee!
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04/26/2005 11:18:08 PM · #14 |
| Hey you didn't by any chance run into my wife did you? She's been in Rome now for about 4 weeks and I'm having my doubts she's ever coming back lol |
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04/26/2005 11:27:51 PM · #15 |
Good to have you back, and thanks for sharing some (what... 2%) of your photos? *s*
I have been to most of those places and really appreciate the trip down memory lane.
Glad you had a good time and lots of photos to keep your memories alive. |
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04/26/2005 11:39:58 PM · #16 |
| Hurrah, you are back. Welcome. I did not know where you were. So great, you had a grand time! |
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04/27/2005 12:19:09 AM · #17 |
Hi.
I'm glad to hear you had a good time. Those pics are good. It's really a shame we didn't get to meet, perhaps next time ;)
June
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04/27/2005 07:22:21 AM · #18 |
| Oh sure.... NOW we get the Late Night challenge. ;-) |
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04/27/2005 07:43:35 AM · #19 |
I thought your Free Study shot was pretty cool. Not bad at all for an away-from-home entry. Nothing can keep a good man down.
Oh, and ... welcome back. Glad you made it home safely.
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04/27/2005 07:47:48 AM · #20 |
Originally posted by scalvert:
... What'd I miss? ... |
A lot of carping in the forums but one important thing -- D&L added a Lens database. Works kinda like where you list your cameras. Pretty cool. Check it out. Start by going to My Preferences and inputing your lens collection, then you can indicate which was used whenever you upload a photo.
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04/27/2005 07:49:10 AM · #21 |
welcome back, my friend ... the forums haven't been the same without you
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05/13/2005 11:46:57 PM · #22 |
I finally got around to uploading some photos from my trip. TAKE A PEEK!
My Free Study entry was taken during the same trip:
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05/13/2005 11:53:17 PM · #23 |
Originally posted by scalvert:
I finally got around to uploading some photos from my trip. TAKE A PEEK!
That's it? 15 of them? HUH?
Come on, surely you can do better than that!!!!!
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05/13/2005 11:54:55 PM · #24 |
| I can post lots more if there's any interest. I only took about 3,000. ;-) |
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05/14/2005 12:19:17 AM · #25 |
Shannon, I have been to Italy quite a few times, but that was so many years ago. I would loooooooove a trip down memory lane.
If you have any more pics to look at, please let me "at 'em"! |
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