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 05/08/2009 04:17:41 PM · #1451
Lucky girl!

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Have been shooting for De-Motivational poster and must admit, I'm having wayyy too much fun coming up with the snarky comments than i am with the shots :-)

Message edited by author 2009-05-08 16:37:42.
 05/08/2009 04:41:34 PM · #1452
They sent my 40d and I got it yesterday!!!! Haven't had a chance to learn all the gizmos and gadgets yet. Can't wait to see what this baby can do. I keep hoping that it's a magic camera that will breathe life into my pictures. We will see in the next challenge I enter.
 05/08/2009 04:42:26 PM · #1453
Originally posted by JDubsgirl:
my camera came in todaaaaaaaaaaaaay!!!!!!!!!

damn school, i have to wait FOUR more hours before i can go play with it. ga!


Please post your first pics! that will be so cool! I am so excited for you!
 05/08/2009 04:44:25 PM · #1454
Originally posted by meyers:
I've added vlado to the Golden Brigade, as he's completed his initiation quest.


WooHoo!!! I am on the Golden Brigade too! Welcome!
 05/08/2009 04:45:57 PM · #1455
Originally posted by WriteHeart:
They sent my 40d and I got it yesterday!!!! Haven't had a chance to learn all the gizmos and gadgets yet. Can't wait to see what this baby can do. I keep hoping that it's a magic camera that will breathe life into my pictures. We will see in the next challenge I enter.


That's like hoping that a teflon frying pan will make you a better cook. Sure, some things might not stick as much if you over-cook them, but if you don't have the fundamentals in the first place, you're still going to burn the meal.
 05/08/2009 04:52:38 PM · #1456
Originally posted by WriteHeart:
They sent my 40d and I got it yesterday!!!! Haven't had a chance to learn all the gizmos and gadgets yet. Can't wait to see what this baby can do. I keep hoping that it's a magic camera that will breathe life into my pictures. We will see in the next challenge I enter.


Originally posted by K10DGuy:
That's like hoping that a teflon frying pan will make you a better cook. Sure, some things might not stick as much if you over-cook them, but if you don't have the fundamentals in the first place, you're still going to burn the meal.

Quit being so sensitive, thoughtful, and supportive, will ya?
 05/08/2009 04:57:30 PM · #1457
Originally posted by NikonJeb:
Originally posted by WriteHeart:
They sent my 40d and I got it yesterday!!!! Haven't had a chance to learn all the gizmos and gadgets yet. Can't wait to see what this baby can do. I keep hoping that it's a magic camera that will breathe life into my pictures. We will see in the next challenge I enter.


Originally posted by K10DGuy:
That's like hoping that a teflon frying pan will make you a better cook. Sure, some things might not stick as much if you over-cook them, but if you don't have the fundamentals in the first place, you're still going to burn the meal.

Quit being so sensitive, thoughtful, and supportive, will ya?


Now, now. I'm not saying that she doesn't have the fundamentals (a quick look at her stats/portfolio is all anyone needs), but I do tend to see this sentiment being put out there all the time (I just need a better camera to do better!), and it's just simply not true. At all. I call it like I see it.

I know that rubs some people the wrong way, you know, not being 100% wonderfully bubbly happy pat-on-back-a-cake every moment, but I'm fine with that :)
 05/08/2009 04:59:38 PM · #1458
You just don't want a new camera because if you got one you'd have to change your username. :P
 05/08/2009 05:03:36 PM · #1459
Originally posted by Melethia:
You just don't want a new camera because if you got one you'd have to change your username. :P


Oh, I ALWAYS want a new camera, I just hold no illusions that it'll make my photography any better :D
 05/08/2009 05:26:02 PM · #1460
Originally posted by K10DGuy:
... I do tend to see this sentiment being put out there all the time (I just need a better camera to do better!), and it's just simply not true. At all.


True, true. Also not true. A better camera can help in a lot of ways. An awful lot depends on what the old camera lacked and what the new one has that the old one didn't. It may just help to have a new toy and a new learning curve and all the little kicks at the rear you might get from that.

But still, cameras don't take pictures - guns kill people.
 05/08/2009 05:27:42 PM · #1461
Originally posted by K10DGuy:
Originally posted by Melethia:
You just don't want a new camera because if you got one you'd have to change your username. :P


Oh, I ALWAYS want a new camera, I just hold no illusions that it'll make my photography any better :D


A new camera, and lots of software made my photography better! LOL!
 05/08/2009 09:17:54 PM · #1462
Originally posted by WriteHeart:
Originally posted by JDubsgirl:
my camera came in todaaaaaaaaaaaaay!!!!!!!!!

damn school, i have to wait FOUR more hours before i can go play with it. ga!


Please post your first pics! that will be so cool! I am so excited for you!


i totaly will! i need to learn how to use it though, im supposed to shoot an all day track meet tomorrow:/
 05/08/2009 09:21:06 PM · #1463
Great news! I've got my stuff back! YAY! Thanks for all the positive thoughts and pm's! It was buried really deep (deeper than I looked), but it's all there. The funny thing is, I actually tried to look at the spot where the stuff was when I was going nuts and looking everywhere, but it wouldn't let me in. LOL! I learned some new tricks tonight though. Recovered 5871 pictures and all my documents.
 05/08/2009 09:24:17 PM · #1464
Originally posted by Kelli:
Great news! I've got my stuff back! YAY! Thanks for all the positive thoughts and pm's! It was buried really deep (deeper than I looked), but it's all there. The funny thing is, I actually tried to look at the spot where the stuff was when I was going nuts and looking everywhere, but it wouldn't let me in. LOL! I learned some new tricks tonight though. Recovered 5871 pictures and all my documents.


yaaaaaayy! i hate it when stuff goes missing or dies or hides from me. its so scary and nerve wracking. you deserve a nice massage:)
 05/08/2009 09:26:02 PM · #1465
Originally posted by JDubsgirl:
Originally posted by Kelli:
Great news! I've got my stuff back! YAY! Thanks for all the positive thoughts and pm's! It was buried really deep (deeper than I looked), but it's all there. The funny thing is, I actually tried to look at the spot where the stuff was when I was going nuts and looking everywhere, but it wouldn't let me in. LOL! I learned some new tricks tonight though. Recovered 5871 pictures and all my documents.


yaaaaaayy! i hate it when stuff goes missing or dies or hides from me. its so scary and nerve wracking. you deserve a nice massage:)


Oh, I'd love that! Next purchase, huge external harddrive!!
 05/08/2009 09:26:10 PM · #1466
Originally posted by JDubsgirl:
Originally posted by Kelli:
Great news! I've got my stuff back! YAY! Thanks for all the positive thoughts and pm's! It was buried really deep (deeper than I looked), but it's all there. The funny thing is, I actually tried to look at the spot where the stuff was when I was going nuts and looking everywhere, but it wouldn't let me in. LOL! I learned some new tricks tonight though. Recovered 5871 pictures and all my documents.


yaaaaaayy! i hate it when stuff goes missing or dies or hides from me. its so scary and nerve wracking. you deserve a nice massage:)


I second that, very glad for you Kelli! Now back it all up onto DVD, quick -
 05/08/2009 09:27:32 PM · #1467
Originally posted by snaffles:
Originally posted by JDubsgirl:
Originally posted by Kelli:
Great news! I've got my stuff back! YAY! Thanks for all the positive thoughts and pm's! It was buried really deep (deeper than I looked), but it's all there. The funny thing is, I actually tried to look at the spot where the stuff was when I was going nuts and looking everywhere, but it wouldn't let me in. LOL! I learned some new tricks tonight though. Recovered 5871 pictures and all my documents.


yaaaaaayy! i hate it when stuff goes missing or dies or hides from me. its so scary and nerve wracking. you deserve a nice massage:)


I second that, very glad for you Kelli! Now back it all up onto DVD, quick -


That's what I'll be doing all day tomorrow. I'm wiped out today.
 05/08/2009 09:28:28 PM · #1468
Originally posted by Kelli:
Originally posted by snaffles:
Originally posted by JDubsgirl:
Originally posted by Kelli:
Great news! I've got my stuff back! YAY! Thanks for all the positive thoughts and pm's! It was buried really deep (deeper than I looked), but it's all there. The funny thing is, I actually tried to look at the spot where the stuff was when I was going nuts and looking everywhere, but it wouldn't let me in. LOL! I learned some new tricks tonight though. Recovered 5871 pictures and all my documents.


yaaaaaayy! i hate it when stuff goes missing or dies or hides from me. its so scary and nerve wracking. you deserve a nice massage:)


I second that, very glad for you Kelli! Now back it all up onto DVD, quick -


That's what I'll be doing all day tomorrow. I'm wiped out today.


get a massage! i tell you it helps like no other
 05/08/2009 09:31:15 PM · #1469
Originally posted by Kelli:
Oh, I'd love that! Next purchase, huge external harddrive!!

I have found the really bigger drives to be less reliable than the smaller ones. At work, we just bought two 500GB drives instead of a 1TB. Also, the bigger the drive, the hard it is/longer it takes to back it up.

My system is to copy my pictures to a hard drive, but not delete them from the camera card until I've burned them to CD (or maybe DVDs now), so that every file always exists in two places. The alternative is to use a RAID system, or just two hard drives you set up to mirror each other.
 05/08/2009 09:38:51 PM · #1470
Well, my FS didn't quite manage to be my 2nd-lowest score ever, as it was offering to do midweek. But 4th-lowest is pretty low. I'm going to assume people assumed it was a composite, and if they'd known, it would've not only been a 6.7, but people would've been demanding I sell it as a print. ;)

Anyhoo, taking the Girl Scouts camping tomorrow. Bringing my big honkin' macro. Can you say "lots of almost but not quite entirely out of focus pictures of small things?"

Sure. I knew you could.
 05/08/2009 09:48:44 PM · #1471
Originally posted by GeneralE:
Originally posted by Kelli:
Oh, I'd love that! Next purchase, huge external harddrive!!

I have found the really bigger drives to be less reliable than the smaller ones. At work, we just bought two 500GB drives instead of a 1TB. Also, the bigger the drive, the hard it is/longer it takes to back it up.

My system is to copy my pictures to a hard drive, but not delete them from the camera card until I've burned them to CD (or maybe DVDs now), so that every file always exists in two places. The alternative is to use a RAID system, or just two hard drives you set up to mirror each other.


Do you happen to know if the Phantom's are any good? The thing is, I could get a 1TB one for less than a 500gb one. Are they really that undependable? The Phantom G Force is $79.99 after rebate.

or this one?
Cavalry CAUE CAUE3G01T0 1TB Silver External Hard Drive - Retail $99.99
Interface: USB 2.0
Form Factor: 3.5"
Features: WD Green Drive to save power and reduce noise USB 2.0 transfer rate of 480 Mbps Plug & Play for Windows Vista/XP/2000 Heat dissipating aluminum enclosure
Package Contents: 1TB external hard drive USB 2.0 cable Power adaptor Stand Resources CD
Model #: CAUE3G01T0
Item #: N82E16822101158
Return Policy: 30 Day Return Policy


Message edited by author 2009-05-08 21:53:29.
 05/08/2009 09:51:43 PM · #1472
First out of garden.


05/08/2009 10:01:26 PM · #1473
Originally posted by K10DGuy:
... I do tend to see this sentiment being put out there all the time (I just need a better camera to do better!), and it's just simply not true. At all.


Originally posted by raish:
True, true. Also not true. A better camera can help in a lot of ways. An awful lot depends on what the old camera lacked and what the new one has that the old one didn't. It may just help to have a new toy and a new learning curve and all the little kicks at the rear you might get from that.

I'm with Peter here.....I'm just getting ready to upgrade, and I know my work will be better simply because the work I'm doing, and what I want, cannot be met by the camera I have any longer. That is specifically WHY I will be upgrading. There's nothing really wrong with my D70s other than it's getting a little long in the tooth after almost three years with me.

I've outgrown the capabilities with the demands that I now have.

It will make a difference.

Message edited by author 2009-05-08 22:03:48.
 05/08/2009 10:02:39 PM · #1474
Okay I have a question." I need help". I think I found out why all my pictures are blurry as hell. I've been taking them at a high Resolution
3368x2268 or so then when resize them for here they are a mess to say the least.
So do I need to shoot at a smaller resolution or is there something I'm missing in editing? Please help.
Wearing my glasses Probably woundn't hurt either. ehhh!
BTW Susan's brownies are great! Thanks for resipe.
 05/08/2009 10:16:14 PM · #1475
Originally posted by rodfulk:
Okay I have a question." I need help". I think I found out why all my pictures are blurry as hell. I've been taking them at a high Resolution
3368x2268 or so then when resize them for here they are a mess to say the least.
So do I need to shoot at a smaller resolution or is there something I'm missing in editing? Please help.
Wearing my glasses Probably woundn't hurt either. ehhh!
BTW Susan's brownies are great! Thanks for resipe.


You should be taking them at a high resolution! What if you took the mother of all pictures and then you couldn't print it because you shot at a low resolution? LOL! The question is, are they sharp at full resolution? How are you downsizing, and what sharpening are you doing to them?
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