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 07/01/2004 01:33:34 AM · #26
Originally posted by frumoaznicul:
@Waterlilies, thanks, what have you been doing here?


My best friend Claudia is from Targu Mures but goes to school in the U.S. most of the year. I went to Romania to visit her last summer. I'm hoping to go back next summer, if I can save up some money.
 07/01/2004 01:34:28 AM · #27


And 4 others (the best of my rejects) that I can't post yet because they have the same content as my entry.

Message edited by author 2004-07-01 01:35:14.
 07/01/2004 01:39:15 AM · #28
Originally posted by Ami Yuy:


And 4 others (the best of my rejects) that I can't post yet because they have the same content as my entry.


Gathering Storm is an awesome shot!
 07/01/2004 01:39:49 AM · #29
Originally posted by waterlilies:
Originally posted by frumoaznicul:
@Waterlilies, thanks, what have you been doing here?


My best friend Claudia is from Targu Mures but goes to school in the U.S. most of the year. I went to Romania to visit her last summer. I'm hoping to go back next summer, if I can save up some money.


Cool Targu Mures is not too far from here. Nice city I go there alot, I have friends there too.
 07/01/2004 01:46:58 AM · #30
almost submitted this one

Longwood Plantation
 07/01/2004 01:52:39 AM · #31
Originally posted by sher9204:
almost submitted this one

Longwood Plantation


I think thats a really good image, but from my experience many people here on dpc are too obsessed with the rule of thirds and vote down centered compositions.
 07/01/2004 01:55:07 AM · #32
Originally posted by mavrik:
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Isn't that interesting! :D Here is one of my June rejects:
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I ended up not submitting it because I felt it was just eye-candy, with nothing to say.

David
/edit: see this thread for the reason the images have been removed.

Message edited by author 2004-07-01 11:47:37.
 07/01/2004 01:56:45 AM · #33
Originally posted by frumoaznicul:
Originally posted by sher9204:
almost submitted this one

Longwood Plantation


I think thats a really good image, but from my experience many people here on dpc are too obsessed with the rule of thirds and vote down centered compositions.


thanks :) i agree that it wouldn't have scored well...the place is so huge, though...not too many ways to shoot it other than centered.
 07/01/2004 01:59:14 AM · #34
Originally posted by BradP:
Hi Olyuzi,
Originally posted by Olyuzi:

I like this pic as you've really captured the texture of the sand really well...amazing lens on that E10. Color of sky seems to me to be the weak point of this shot. Also, the lighting and shadows are wonderful too.


I chose to not use it because of the issues with removing noise in the sky. By the time I removed enough, too much detail was lost in the sand. Real tough shot to compress under 150K. There is sand blowing off a couples of dunes that in this resolution & file size, get lost.

On a side note, at least my miserable start is now up to 11 votes, with 4.6364 - starting to feel much better....

:)


It was advanced editing, so you could have just selected the sky and reduced the noise, leaving all the sand in tact :)
 07/01/2004 02:10:34 AM · #35


I did not increase saturation at all. This image is a little dark so I included full image rather than just thumbnail. I kind of liked getting the inspiration into the picture, but unfortunately cut off her feet in framing the picture. She was running away pretty fast so did not get a second chance.

Message edited by author 2004-07-01 03:03:54.
 07/01/2004 02:30:14 AM · #36
Originally posted by frumoaznicul:


These are my rejects, I'm still not shure if I wouldn't made better with any of these... but well...


Gosh, these are fantastic! From left to right, I like #1 and #4 the best. They're all wonderful!
 07/01/2004 02:35:32 AM · #37
Originally posted by Konador:

It was advanced editing, so you could have just selected the sky and reduced the noise, leaving all the sand in tact :)


Hi Ben,
I know, and I tried, but then lost the detail of the sand blowing off the edges. These kind of shots lose so much getting the file size down to under 150K, even saving for web and stripping non-image data. Moire was another issue.
Oh well. based on what you have seen so far in the Challenge, where would it fall in your opinion?
(Still love that shot myself. Makes a real neat wallpaper too)
07/01/2004 08:42:44 AM · #38
Might have submitted one of these, or another from that series....that is I might have if my camera didn't reset itself again and show "None" in all of the date categories on the EXIF...#&^@&& camera! (side issue: any other Oly-5050 users experience this when the batteries are taken out for several hours??).


Next side issue - do these look blotchy on your screen?? They look ultra compressed, blotchy and fuzzy in places to me, the originals are really, really sharp.
 07/01/2004 08:45:10 AM · #39
Originally posted by Patents4u:
Next side issue - do these look blotchy on your screen?? They look ultra compressed, blotchy and fuzzy in places to me, the originals are really, really sharp.

Yes, they do have a lot of compression artifacts. But they are only 30-40K in size, so that is not surprising. Optimizing them to utilize the full 150K of permitted space would help greatly in that regard.

Message edited by author 2004-07-01 08:45:30.
 07/01/2004 08:46:20 AM · #40
Originally posted by ClubJuggle:

Any particular reason you didn't choose this one?
 07/01/2004 08:56:40 AM · #41
Originally posted by frumoaznicul:


These are my rejects, I'm still not shure if I wouldn't made better with any of these... but well...


WoW!!¨!
I love theese pictures man! Just Awesome!

Originally posted by Ami Yuy:


And 4 others (the best of my rejects) that I can't post yet because they have the same content as my entry.


Gathering storm is awesome!
 07/01/2004 08:58:11 AM · #42

One of my rejects. I decided to go with a low scoring, but more my personal favorite shot.

Message edited by author 2004-07-01 08:59:43.
 07/01/2004 09:16:08 AM · #43
You guys's rejects are awesome, and the entries are even awesomer. I carried my camera almost everywhere I went in June in hopes of some great shots. Here are some I didn't enter.





Thanks for looking and all comments welcome

Dick
 07/01/2004 09:28:45 AM · #44
I should've submit the peacock! lol I'm at 5.4 with a 'guaranteed six' in my mind! lol DUMB ME!

M
 07/01/2004 09:29:07 AM · #45
Originally posted by EddyG:
Optimizing them to utilize the full 150K of permitted space would help greatly in that regard.


How do I do that? The files I uploaded are 300-400k, don't know what controls or how to change the compression level.
 07/01/2004 09:38:30 AM · #46
Originally posted by Patents4u:
How do I do that? The files I uploaded are 300-400k, don't know what controls or how to change the compression level.

Depends on which program you are using... if you are using a recent version of Photoshop, check out my post in this thread on optimizing your images for DPC submission.
 07/01/2004 09:48:08 AM · #47
Here's my June reject


07/01/2004 09:50:38 AM · #48
Originally posted by Ami Yuy:


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Ami...it's so bizarre that I have one of those as a reject as well...

Great minds think alike, you know... :o)
 07/01/2004 09:54:00 AM · #49
Originally posted by Patents4u:
Might have submitted one of these, or another from that series....that is I might have if my camera didn't reset itself again and show "None" in all of the date categories on the EXIF...#&^@&& camera! (side issue: any other Oly-5050 users experience this when the batteries are taken out for several hours??).


my c750 will lose all its memory if the batteries are out for more than a few hours, thats why i always put in spare batteries when im charging my main ones.
 07/01/2004 10:10:56 AM · #50
Well, it's happened to me twice of consequence re: this site, so I'm going to be more careful. At least I know why it's doing that now.

As for my compression artifacts, thanks EddyG, seems I was not sizing the image to 640 before uploading so some major compression was occurring after the fact...looked nasty. Still not fond of the appearance as shrunken down, but they are better now...

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