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12/26/2007 07:33:47 AM · #201 |
Originally posted by hywind:
 
A great christmas dinner, just imagine what I would look like had I been permitted Alcohol. |
Hey, you could have ended up looking like that guy on the left. Better stay right off the hooch for a good while :-)
Enjoy your indian summer. |
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12/26/2007 07:39:19 AM · #202 |
I couldn't decide which shot to enter for the BITE challenge. I was going to enter this  but decided to enter this one instead,  . Do you think I should have stuck with my original? |
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12/26/2007 10:24:28 AM · #203 |
Originally posted by hipychik:
I couldn't decide which shot to enter for the BITE challenge. I was going to enter this but decided to enter this one instead, . Do you think I should have stuck with my original? |
I like the one you entered better. The other is too diffuse for me. I quite liked the entry, but evidently the voters didn't agree with me. Perhaps because they saw a lot more "ordinary" than they did "beauty"? Nearly all the top finishers are much "prettier pictures" than this one.
R.
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12/26/2007 11:09:21 AM · #204 |
| For Christmas Paulina gave me her old (relatively unused) Wacom Graphite tablet sans pen and software. Is it possible to use a generic pen (made for any tablet) or are the pens specific to this tablet? I am a total noob at graphics tablets but am anxious to get started learning this one. Any direction is greatly appreciated. |
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12/26/2007 11:11:00 AM · #205 |
It does require a specific pen - replacement pens are available on Amazon. I don't think it requires any specific software, though. At least it didn't on either of my computers (XP and Vista.)
Edit to add that the pen has the clickers that work like the mouse buttons. I *think* you could use a dull pointed stylus just to move the curser, though. You could try!
Message edited by author 2007-12-26 11:12:48. |
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12/26/2007 11:15:01 AM · #206 |
Originally posted by Melethia:
It does require a specific pen - replacement pens are available on Amazon. I don't think it requires any specific software, though. At least it didn't on either of my computers (XP and Vista.)
Edit to add that the pen has the clickers that work like the mouse buttons. I *think* you could use a dull pointed stylus just to move the curser, though. You could try! |
But the pen is pressure-sensitive, which is one of the great advantages of a tablet in editing images. You can get wider coverage by pressing harder. Way cool.
R.
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12/26/2007 11:48:56 AM · #207 |
| New stuff posted in my portfolio. Comments are welcome if anyone is bored with the new toys they got for Christmas. |
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12/26/2007 12:08:30 PM · #208 |
I just finished listening to a NPR interview with Ashley Gilbertson, a photographer that has been in Iraq. Here are some Sample Iraq photos and his website.
He talked about how important it is for soldiers to be taking photographs because there are so few news reporters and photographers in Iraq. |
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12/26/2007 12:11:05 PM · #209 |
Originally posted by quiet_observation:
I just finished listening to a NPR interview with Ashley Gilbertson, a photographer that has been in Iraq. Here are some Sample Iraq photos and his website.
He talked about how important it is for soldiers to be taking photographs because there are so few news reporters and photographers in Iraq. |
Most of us knew that  Melethia was doing the world a huge service, we just did not know how huge it really is. Thanks again Deb! |
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12/26/2007 12:16:17 PM · #210 |
| Unfortunately, I don't get to go "outside" here. It's kind of a bummer. Instead, I shoot pictures of tools in a maintenance yard.... I do have pictures of the Iraqis who work with us there, but I won't post them online. They're great guys though - incredibly friendly and always quite upbeat and cheerful. |
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12/26/2007 12:18:41 PM · #211 |
Morning everyone...
Hope everyone had a nice xmas. |
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12/26/2007 12:52:37 PM · #212 |
Ernie, I see most of the top 20 as showing either:
- an everyday object presented in an unusual, beautiful way
- an everyday scene captured in a beautiful way
For the others, well, so be it.
Someone commented on my entry that it wasn't everyday because in his experience, he'd never seen a piano in an airport. Never mind that it's there every day, and people probably wander past without ever appreciating its music or the wonder of the window it sits in front of. So be it - I got three faves (thanks, hipychik!) and raves from many others.
So try not to let it get to you. Just shoot as you see fit.
And major congrats to Catherine, Colleen, and Deb for going so high!
Message edited by author 2007-12-26 12:54:27.
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12/26/2007 01:10:07 PM · #213 |
Originally posted by BAMartin:
For Christmas Paulina gave me her old (relatively unused) Wacom Graphite tablet sans pen and software. Is it possible to use a generic pen (made for any tablet) or are the pens specific to this tablet? I am a total noob at graphics tablets but am anxious to get started learning this one. Any direction is greatly appreciated. |
Sent you a PM. I might be able to help. Hope I can!! |
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12/26/2007 02:51:52 PM · #214 |
Originally posted by levyj413:
And major congrats to Catherine, Colleen, and Deb for going so high! |
Heh, yeah... As I browsed through the top entries, I wondered if there's something about TS that makes people particularly predisposed to seeing the beauty in the everyday. And also to writing poetry about it too :)
Congrats guys! |
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12/26/2007 04:02:06 PM · #215 |
I "found" this in the Perspective V scores thread . . .
Originally posted by raish:
6.0000 and desperately clinging to it, by the looks of things. 2 favs, so who cares :-) |
Very nice, Peter! Hang in there (but yes, two favs are awesome); my own perspective is at 6.1687, with 12 comments and a fav. Texture is a more sucky 5.2727, which is probably where it belongs :)
Happy Holidays, all,
Bruce
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12/26/2007 05:19:20 PM · #216 |
| I'm sorry, Peter and Rob (err ... Bruce), that you have created something that's scoring well. I have attained a perfect state of suck with my 4.8 in Perspective. :) |
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12/26/2007 05:28:18 PM · #217 |
| Ah, praise be! An island of calm suck remains without the valley of our weakness... |
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12/26/2007 05:39:15 PM · #218 |
| I'm at 5.9 in perspective. This is highly unusual, lol! |
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12/26/2007 05:47:13 PM · #219 |
I've only got 1 image in right now - and it's sitting at a 6.0.
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12/26/2007 07:19:51 PM · #220 |
Weird.......I've got *SEVEN* comments, all good, and three from bagheads.
The Hidden City
Votes: 66
Views: 93
Avg Vote: 5.5758
Comments: 7
Favorites: 0
I'm still doing okay with Perspective....
Votes: 79
Views: 122
Avg Vote: 6.1772
Comments: 4
Favorites: 0
And I *never* thought I'd ever say this: I'm so excited about my Free Study!!!
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12/26/2007 09:38:59 PM · #221 |
Eek, a fire challenge, and I'm not in Edinburgh?! I shall have to improvise...
I've got one shot in perspectives, hovering around 5.4. It's kinda DNMC, so I'm actually pretty pleased with that... |
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12/26/2007 09:58:30 PM · #222 |
I sucked with my Beauty in the Everyday entry..but at least I was able to get something entered...
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12/26/2007 10:12:17 PM · #223 |
| My perspective is sucking big time and i just entered one in Stupid gifts that should suck just as bad. But at least i got one entered. |
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12/27/2007 02:12:55 AM · #224 |
| Sigh. Pardon the interruption. My sister is back in the hospital again. Her chemistry is all screwed up. She's still scheduled for yet another surgery the first week of January (she should have a zipper put in this time for as often as they cut her open) but it'll depend on whether she's well enough for it. It's so very very frustrating and depressing. And horribly unfair. And there's nothing I can do to fix any of it. Have I mentioned that I truly hate the holidays? |
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12/27/2007 02:27:20 AM · #225 |
Originally posted by purpleflutterby13:
Eek, a fire challenge, and I'm not in Edinburgh?! I shall have to improvise...
I've got one shot in perspectives, hovering around 5.4. It's kinda DNMC, so I'm actually pretty pleased with that... |
Yeah, I saw "fire" and instantly thought of my Team Minus traveling photographer. |
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