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04/27/2007 03:16:10 PM · #1026 |
| I've got a good idea, but no time to do it... I might try, but it would take about 3 hours, and it's time I sadly don't have. Hmm, unless I don't sleep... (tempting) |
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04/27/2007 03:31:57 PM · #1027 |
Originally posted by Greetmir:
Originally posted by quiet_observation:
If I were trying to sell my house, I would not give any househunters permission to photograph inside my house. |
Some househunters would take that as a sign that you really were not keen to sell your house to them ...
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They could think what they liked. I wouldn't want people taking shots inside my house unless they were paying me for it.
Maybe after they'd agreed to buy it... |
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04/27/2007 03:43:49 PM · #1028 |
Originally posted by mist:
Originally posted by Greetmir:
Originally posted by quiet_observation:
If I were trying to sell my house, I would not give any househunters permission to photograph inside my house. |
Some househunters would take that as a sign that you really were not keen to sell your house to them ...
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They could think what they liked. I wouldn't want people taking shots inside my house unless they were paying me for it.
Maybe after they'd agreed to buy it... |
I think there are a few differences in laws about the sale of property, David. In the UK, if I recall, (and if things haven't changed too much), houses have to be sold through estate agents who are obliged to use surveyors who, in turn, are bound to declare any structural or functional problems in the building or its environment. If the buyer is out of pocket on account of something the surveyor failed to reveal, said surveyor and/or estate agent is liable for damages. Here in Norway, anyway, houses are sold like second hand cars, so you'd want to drive it round the block and see if the wheels fall off. |
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04/27/2007 03:50:29 PM · #1029 |
Originally posted by purpleflutterby13:
I've got a good idea, but no time to do it... I might try, but it would take about 3 hours, and it's time I sadly don't have. Hmm, unless I don't sleep... (tempting) |
You can always catch up on sleep after submitting your image..
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04/27/2007 04:09:29 PM · #1030 |
Haven't had time to get to this, but I wanted to give a shout out to two of our Suckers for their insect shots (I didn't get a chance to vote on this one). Y'all did a great job with the bugs, but both of these especially appeal to me for reasons I just can't quite put my finger on....
 
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04/27/2007 04:16:14 PM · #1031 |
Hey,  raish, thanks for including a how-to about the lens reversal technique - I was trying it out myself a few days ago based on what you had in your description before but couldn't quite figure how to hold everything together *and* focus at the same time! LOL Now I just have to get brave enough to tape one lens to another - no chance of damage, I hope? |
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04/27/2007 04:24:09 PM · #1032 |
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04/27/2007 04:48:28 PM · #1033 |
Originally posted by raish:
The lenses both belonged pretty firmly in the 'used as a paperweight' category. There's actually a large rubber O ring between the front elements, as one of them was very convex. I should think a lens reversal fitting would be a better idea if you only have 'precious' lenses :) |
yeah, I think the guy who got them for me for Christmas would have some species of fit if I tried joining them up with duct tape - that's got to be at least worth a mild coronary. :)
I'll look into a lens reversal fitting - I'm not yet enough of a veteran photographer to own any throwaway lenses yet.
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04/27/2007 05:01:59 PM · #1034 |
There's such a thing as throwaway lenses?!!!
haven't been around much, busy at work, will try to catch up on thread...Kitchen at 4.7 I think, I have to put triptych together tonight.
So happy, my computer go-to guy has managed to get me both Toast and an external Cd burner for my iMac for $55 Cdn! That's about $48 US I think. Anyway can;t wait, haven't really shot anything cause I can't edit cause my scratch disks are full, cause I take so many damn pics!
Ok gotta go now and try to get some voting done, bye all! :-) And new TS members my brownie recipe is on this thread somewhere for the taking! |
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04/27/2007 05:12:01 PM · #1035 |
Originally posted by snaffles:
There's such a thing as throwaway lenses?!!!
haven't been around much, busy at work, will try to catch up on thread...Kitchen at 4.7 I think, I have to put triptych together tonight.
So happy, my computer go-to guy has managed to get me both Toast and an external Cd burner for my iMac for $55 Cdn! That's about $48 US I think. Anyway can;t wait, haven't really shot anything cause I can't edit cause my scratch disks are full, cause I take so many damn pics!
Ok gotta go now and try to get some voting done, bye all! :-) And new TS members my brownie recipe is on this thread somewhere for the taking! |
well, I'll do anything for brownies, it seems - so I went looking and found it. Reposting  snaffles recipe here for to save others' searching - BTW, I love brownies with "foreign objects" in them! :) Thanks, snaffles!
Brownie recipe (can be doubled)
1 cup sugar
3/4 cup flour
1/2 cup cocoa powder
2 eggs
1/2 cup margarine (or butter if preferred)
1 tsp vanilla
3 tbsps water
*OPTIONAL* 1/2 cup chopped nuts or other foreign object of your choice
Sift sugar, cocoa and flour together into a bowl. Add all other ingredients and beat for at least 2 minutes (beater setting on medium seems best). If adding nuts or other foreign objects fold them in now. Pour batter into a greased 8-inch pan. Bake at 325 for 30 minutes. Let cool, cut into squares and EAT!
Enjoy kiddies! And let me know how they turn out! |
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04/27/2007 05:15:04 PM · #1036 |
| Thanks Karen for taking the time to repost my recipe! And I love your 'centrepiece' pic, very unusual! :-) |
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04/27/2007 05:28:39 PM · #1037 |
Originally posted by snaffles:
Thanks Karen for taking the time to repost my recipe! And I love your 'centrepiece' pic, very unusual! :-) |
Thank you. :) Although that pic was at one point my PB and I was a bit perturbed about that - I mean, geez, here I am trying to make Fine Art and all, and I get my best vote for a deer hoof in a vase! :p |
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04/27/2007 05:32:07 PM · #1038 |
i have a good pi idea, but i know it's the same one 90% of the other people will have. sigh.
Message edited by author 2007-04-27 17:32:17.
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04/27/2007 05:34:01 PM · #1039 |
i truly can't believe my thirds is above 5 (not by much). it's really a pretty bland image, that i was too sick to bother with any more,a nd just shoved it in, because. my kitchen is still over 6, which is very nice indeed.
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04/27/2007 05:40:01 PM · #1040 |
There was at least one thread recently with loads of suggestions for reversing lenses instead of buying a macro lens. I think one of the ideas was to set focus to infinity and just manually move around until you get your subject in focus. I guess for a sufficiently closeup shot, "infinity" is a very short distance. :)
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04/27/2007 05:44:54 PM · #1041 |
Ok had a chance to read the thread, soooo...Kashi good luck with the mortgage, and let me know how that mortgage-only place works out...I think there's some NJ people on here, let's see how the Devils do against the Sens - Sens won Game 1 5-4, woohoo!...and Svetlana, I think others have said enough...don't sell out, you're too much of a true artist. Blue ribbon pic says it all.
OK Bf kicking me off now! bye all, have a good weekend! |
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04/27/2007 06:03:57 PM · #1042 |
Originally posted by xianart:
i have a good pi idea, but i know it's the same one 90% of the other people will have. sigh. |
I'm having the same issue, but I think I may go ahead with it all the same. Who knows, the idea might be old hat, but I just may astound everyone with my amazing "technicals"! :p
*Yeah, probably not.* |
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04/27/2007 06:35:04 PM · #1043 |
Hey, anyone know what a "wiper" would be in a Sherlock Holmes novel? Someone knocks on a door late at night, and the homeowner threatens to drop a wiper on the caller's head if he doesn't leave. Who's up on their 19th century British English? :)
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04/27/2007 06:38:57 PM · #1044 |
Originally posted by levyj413:
There was at least one thread recently with loads of suggestions for reversing lenses instead of buying a macro lens. I think one of the ideas was to set focus to infinity and just manually move around until you get your subject in focus. I guess for a sufficiently closeup shot, "infinity" is a very short distance. :) |
That's about right, Jeff. I sort of wobbled around until something was in focus. The 'proper' way to do it is to have the camera on a rail, but that's not likely to happen with a cut-price reversed lens set-up, maybe. Having first perceived something distinguishable through the mish-mash of glass, I had a focussing range of a few millimetres, I suspect, less than a hundred anyway. |
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04/27/2007 06:40:31 PM · #1045 |
Originally posted by levyj413:
Hey, anyone know what a "wiper" would be in a Sherlock Holmes novel? Someone knocks on a door late at night, and the homeowner threatens to drop a wiper on the caller's head if he doesn't leave. Who's up on their 19th century British English? :) |
unless, in the literary context, Doyle was trying to capture the speaker's accent, and he/she was really saying "viper"... |
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04/27/2007 06:42:14 PM · #1046 |
Originally posted by krnodil:
Originally posted by levyj413:
Hey, anyone know what a "wiper" would be in a Sherlock Holmes novel? Someone knocks on a door late at night, and the homeowner threatens to drop a wiper on the caller's head if he doesn't leave. Who's up on their 19th century British English? :) |
unless, in the literary context, Doyle was trying to capture the speaker's accent, and he/she was really saying "viper"... |
although why someone in the 19th century would have a viper hanging around the house to be put to the purpose I don't know! |
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04/27/2007 06:47:05 PM · #1047 |
Originally posted by krnodil:
Originally posted by krnodil:
Originally posted by levyj413:
Hey, anyone know what a "wiper" would be in a Sherlock Holmes novel? Someone knocks on a door late at night, and the homeowner threatens to drop a wiper on the caller's head if he doesn't leave. Who's up on their 19th century British English? :) |
unless, in the literary context, Doyle was trying to capture the speaker's accent, and he/she was really saying "viper"... |
although why someone in the 19th century would have a viper hanging around the house to be put to the purpose I don't know! |
how about a pen-wiper? from what I can see some are just cloth, but others seem to be types of paperweight...
//www.btinternet.com/~palmiped/inkwells/inkwells1.htm
and
//www.btinternet.com/~palmiped/inkwells/0020.htm
Message edited by author 2007-04-27 18:47:58. |
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04/27/2007 06:56:00 PM · #1048 |
Originally posted by levyj413:
Hey, anyone know what a "wiper" would be in a Sherlock Holmes novel? Someone knocks on a door late at night, and the homeowner threatens to drop a wiper on the caller's head if he doesn't leave. Who's up on their 19th century British English? :) |
The OED seems to indicate a handkerchief, or just any piece of cloth used for the purpose of wiping/cleaning. This, as well as the term as reference to a firearm, gunman or some other instrument of death, originates from the mid 16th century. I would guess that the most likely reference is to some sort of generic dishrag. |
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04/27/2007 08:34:57 PM · #1049 |
I originally intended to jump into this thread once I had read ALL of it in its entirety, but only managed to get to page 11 and need to leave work soon. :) I just figured I'd pop in and say hello. Hi!
Jeb told me about Team Suck, and about how awesome the people and the general attitude are here. And from what I've read so far, he's absolutely right. :D I have never seen such a close-knit community of friendly and supportive photographers before. While DPC itself is an amazing site, Team Suck seems to be a group (a subset, if you will) of especially friendly individuals.
With the massive amount of posts in this thread, I may struggle at times to keep up but intend to try and chime in whenever I can. ;) With all the talk of ribbons and high scores in the forums, it's really refreshing to see a group of people that are focusing on the best aspect of photography - the fun.
After a particularly lucky streak of ribbons during WPL3, I started to unfortunately lose sight of some of the fun of photography and started gaining focus on high scores and what would appeal to the largest mass of voters. BOO on me... :( Well it's my good friend Jeb that helped slap some sense back into me. He reminded me that I should be taking my photos for ME first and foremost. Thanks, Jeb! :)
But yeah, after Jeb told me how much Team Suck has helped him and been supportive, I felt compelled to stop in and look for myself. Just thought I'd stop in to say what a great group of people you all are and that I'm going to do my best to start hanging around here more often. :D Have a great weekend all! |
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04/27/2007 08:38:33 PM · #1050 |
| Great to hear from you, Sean! |
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