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06/26/2009 10:25:16 PM · #2326

Originally posted by posthumous:

Originally posted by vawendy:
I actually love math -- but I still think it sucks that you need a heap of 7s and 8s for every 1!

math can answer that. If you have almost a 6 (that's what the rumors say), then 1 is 5 below a 6. 1 is 83% less than 6. This is a tremendous drag on the 6. 7 is only 1 above a 6, 17% higher. 8 is only 2 above a 6, 33% higher. It doesn't compare.

I understand it completely -- my degree is in math -- it doesn't change the fact that it still sucks.

anyway, I guess all I have to do is complain. My Never Before Seen has gone from 5.5 to 6.09 today. We'll see where I land on the roller coaster tomorrow :D

06/26/2009 10:30:46 PM · #2327

Originally posted by vawendy:

Originally posted by posthumous:

Originally posted by vawendy:
I actually love math -- but I still think it sucks that you need a heap of 7s and 8s for every 1!

math can answer that. If you have almost a 6 (that's what the rumors say), then 1 is 5 below a 6. 1 is 83% less than 6. This is a tremendous drag on the 6. 7 is only 1 above a 6, 17% higher. 8 is only 2 above a 6, 33% higher. It doesn't compare.

I understand it completely -- my degree is in math -- it doesn't change the fact that it still sucks.

anyway, I guess all I have to do is complain. My Never Before Seen has gone from 5.5 to 6.09 today. We'll see where I land on the roller coaster tomorrow :D

Brag, brag, brag... but I got a

posthumous Haiku! LOL!

06/26/2009 10:34:00 PM · #2328

Originally posted by Kelli:

Originally posted by vawendy:

Originally posted by posthumous:

Originally posted by vawendy:
I actually love math -- but I still think it sucks that you need a heap of 7s and 8s for every 1!

math can answer that. If you have almost a 6 (that's what the rumors say), then 1 is 5 below a 6. 1 is 83% less than 6. This is a tremendous drag on the 6. 7 is only 1 above a 6, 17% higher. 8 is only 2 above a 6, 33% higher. It doesn't compare.

I understand it completely -- my degree is in math -- it doesn't change the fact that it still sucks.

anyway, I guess all I have to do is complain. My Never Before Seen has gone from 5.5 to 6.09 today. We'll see where I land on the roller coaster tomorrow :D

Brag, brag, brag... but I got a posthumous Haiku! LOL!

wow!! But he was weeping for me earlier! Nyah!

06/26/2009 10:35:01 PM · #2329

ROFL!

posthumous

Canon EOS-40D

Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II

06/26/2009 10:48:42 PM · #2330

I have tears enough
for oceans of desire, set
upon by red suns.

see

Canon PowerShot S95

06/27/2009 09:44:41 AM · #2331

The good news.
I survived a 10 employee layoff, not too remarkable unless you consider that I am employee # xxx7, there is no employee xxx8 .
Monday or Tuesday, the wife and I sign 100 pieces of paper, i^i

In fact I have little in the bad news.
The sensor on my camera is so filthy, it wont even focus properly, but that will have to wait a few days to fix.
And good God I have a lot of packing, and cleaning to doâ�¦. Sigh.

Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0L IS

06/27/2009 09:51:08 AM · #2332

Originally posted by alans_world:

oh I'm so glad!! (that you survived, not that you have a lot of cleaning :D)

Hmmm, is :D) a person smiling and a double chin?

Message edited by author 2009-06-27 10:09:35.

Melethia

Canon EOS-80D

06/27/2009 07:00:10 PM · #2333

Shot a wedding today - had a rather good time, I must say! Had a lot of help from my friend John (whom I knew long long ago and now lives in Frankfurt). We both shot RAW + small jpeg, which was quite handy - the bride and groom had a computer at the reception and were showing pictures of themselves, the kids, their travels, etc, and we were able to add pictures from the wedding and the reception while everyone was still there. Folks quite liked that. No editing, of course - just a dump of the jpegs. We had both set the jpeg settings to up the contrast, sharpness, etc, so the jpegs would look decent. Neat trick if you're going to shoot somewhere that has a computer available to show pictures.

Here's John (

chutaiko):

And the bride and groom - first shot is mine, second is John's (and I hope he doesn't mind that I edited it.)

see

Canon PowerShot S95

06/27/2009 07:18:02 PM · #2334

Well done.......Both.

snaffles

Nikon D7100

Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR II

06/27/2009 08:45:06 PM · #2335

nice wedding pix, Deb, and yeah that is sweet being able to show them the pix straightaway.

OH F**K, Spam is only Basic!!! *running downstairs to re-shoot*

Message edited by author 2009-06-27 20:47:12.

06/27/2009 09:05:54 PM · #2336

Weddings are fun stuff! Are you going to post some more shots? From what you posted, it looks like you did a fantastic job!

Nikon AF-S Nikkor 28-300mm f3.5-5.6G ED VR

06/27/2009 09:31:09 PM · #2337

I went to Hurricane Harbor today which is a separate water park at six flags. In all the years we've gone to six flags, we never did the water park so I didn't know what to expect. This year we bought the combo season passes for all three parks. I didn't take the camera, well, because it's a water park. LOL! I wish I had, there was so many photo op places and on the way home was the most stunning rainbow I've ever seen. Plus you can buy all day lockers that you can open and close as many times as you want. Now I know for next time anyway.

NikonJeb

Nikon D850

06/28/2009 12:39:41 AM · #2338

I have completely lost my mind.....

I'm in for Grain, Hi-Contrast, and the Free for All.

Hanging at 6.58 in my Zen.....no haiku, though.....

rodfulk

Canon EOS-60D

Canon EF 28-105mm f/3.5-4.5 USM

06/28/2009 12:53:52 AM · #2339

In for free study not doing much as of late!

snaffles

Nikon D7100

Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR II

06/28/2009 07:53:38 AM · #2340

I'm in for FS, Old Car and Zen II. Not in Grain but may shoot for it. And still have to shoot Spam...

...Ok my Grain is in. Had tons of fun and frustration shooting but very happy with the shot.

Message edited by author 2009-06-28 20:53:40.

Melethia

Canon EOS-80D

Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0L IS

06/28/2009 05:39:38 PM · #2341

I'm not in for any challenges (except FS). But here are a couple more from the wedding! (Gonna take me a month to go through everything...)

LadyK

Canon EOS-5D Mark II

Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM

06/28/2009 05:53:06 PM · #2342

oh damn, i keep forgetting to enter the free study. ill go do that now. thanks Melethia:)

Melethia

Canon EOS-80D

Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0L IS

06/28/2009 06:03:54 PM · #2343

Eh, entered Image Grain. Shot for it (more than once) so what the heck.

snaffles

Nikon D7100

Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR II

06/28/2009 08:53:02 PM · #2344

I took about 300 shots for Grain...and I bet $5 Cdn (meaning $1.77 US, lol) that some jackass is going to say it isn't grainy enough...

kashi

Nikon D60

Nikon AF-S Nikkor 50mm f/1.4G

06/28/2009 09:49:52 PM · #2345

Originally posted by snaffles:

I took about 300 shots for Grain...and I bet $5 Cdn (meaning $1.77 US, lol) that some jackass is going to say it isn't grainy enough...

What'd you do - go shoot a hay field ? ;)

I'm in for Grain, Free-for-All, and that's it right now.

My Ground-Up is sitting at 5.2, with one comment from our very own LadyK.

Canon 12x IS USM (S3 IS built-in Lens) -- 36-432mm (35mm EQ)

06/28/2009 10:04:21 PM · #2346

I'm still trying to find a stupid picture to use for grain! I shot at 1600 ISO, and it's only grainy if I blow it up significantly. But of course, I took mostly full frame shots. argh!

GeneralE

Canon PowerShot S3 IS

06/28/2009 10:05:50 PM · #2347

Originally posted by kashi:

I'm in for Grain, Free-for-All, and that's it right now.

With your particular username, your "in for grain" every time you post or enter anything ... ;-)