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 08/01/2002 01:07:10 AM · #76
Well, I think I got my photo today. And I got ya'all beat on age. What I did was take my starship a few billion lightyears away, and took a picture of the known universe. Then I sepia toned it. So there! I win! ;)

Ok, seriously. I did get a pretty good photo tonight, and submitted it. And it's even in COLOR! OOOH! ;) Though I have one other subject I'd like to photograph, I have to wait for some better conditions to shoot it.

-Brian
 08/02/2002 11:32:31 PM · #77
Old can be just about anything. For a dog 10 years is old, an insect can be days or hours, I did a rust theme on the picture I entered so far. But tomorrow I am going to the caverns, the giant sequoias, and there might be something old or interesting there. It is too bad we can't stitch our images together and make bigger photos for those sequoias are tall.
 08/03/2002 01:07:16 AM · #78
I submitted my pic, its in full color. Hope it does well since its pretty old has great coloration and texture...
 08/03/2002 04:30:19 AM · #79
Originally posted by daysez:
I can see the first place photo now -
A sepia toned, grainy, poorly lit, picture of a hooker titled "The World's Oldest Profession".



I thought of this idea b4, but i just cannot find one here.
 08/03/2002 09:00:32 AM · #80
Try working on Webster for a while. I hope no one gets confused.




Main Entry: 1old
Pronunciation: 'Old; for sense 9 usually 'Ol
Function: adjective
Etymology: Middle English, from Old English eald; akin to Old High
German alt old, Latin alere to nourish, alescere to grow, altus high,
deep
Date: before 12th century
1 a : dating from the remote past : ANCIENT b :
persisting from an earlier time same old argument> c : of long standing
2 a : distinguished from an object of the same kind by being of an earlier
date b capitalized : belonging to an
early period in the development of a language or literature Persian>
3 : having existed for a specified period of time
4 : of, relating to, or originating in a past era event>
5 a : advanced in years or age b : showing the
characteristics of age
6 : EXPERIENCED
7 : FORMER
8 a : showing the effects of time or use : WORN, AGED b :
well advanced toward reduction by running water to the lowest level
possible -- used of topographic features c : no longer in use :
DISCARDED d : of a grayish or dusty color e :
TIRESOME
9 a : long familiar b -- used as an
intensive c -- used to express an attitude of affection
or amusement
synonyms OLD, ANCIENT, VENERABLE, ANTIQUE, ANTIQUATED,
ARCHAIC, OBSOLETE mean having come into existence or use in the
more or less distant past. OLD may apply to either actual or merely
relative length of existence .
ANCIENT applies to occurrence, existence, or use in or survival from the
distant past . VENERABLE stresses the
impressiveness and dignity of great age patriarch>. ANTIQUE applies to what has come down from a former or
ancient time . ANTIQUATED
implies being discredited or outmoded or otherwise inappropriate to the
present time . ARCHAIC implies having
the character or characteristics of a much earlier time archaic language to convey a sense of period>. OBSOLETE may apply to
something regarded as no longer acceptable or useful even though it is
still in existence .
 08/03/2002 03:50:25 PM · #81
I am having fun with this site. I am proactively going out on shoots with a goal. This week in particular I spent an evening in an collapsing warehouse taking pictures and drinking beer while listening to music. It was great!
08/05/2002 09:35:59 PM · #82
Question!!! Was this weeks challange origionally "Age" I could of swore when I looked last Monday It was "age" and not "Something Old"

* This message has been edited by the author on 8/6/2002 3:46:07 PM.
 08/05/2002 10:30:23 PM · #83
Several people have mentioned adding grain to a photo using editing software. But it does not say that you can add grain using a filter in your editor. It only says you can use one of the sharpen filters and despeckle or a photoshop eauivalent but that is the opposite of grain. I suppose you can use a high ISO but you have no control over that and it looks different then real film grain. Plus, then your original pictures permanently looks grainy. Has there been a change to the rules that I am not aware of?

T
 08/05/2002 10:35:38 PM · #84
Grain or noise in Photoshop is definitely a filter and therefore not allowed (only despeckle and sharpen are allowed filters).

Edit: I should have said all the sharpen filters and obviously unsharpen mask is the best one.

* This message has been edited by the author on 8/5/2002 10:36:34 PM.
 08/05/2002 10:39:35 PM · #85
The area is a little gray here. One the one hand the rules state that you can apply changes as long as they affect the entire image. This would seem to indicate that adding grain via the filter is ok.

But, then again, just a few lines down it says that only sharpen and despeckle are allowed. So it is a bit of a mystery.

You can conjure up a certain amount of grain through "legal" means (though this can be very destructive to your image) by using lots of contrast and sharpening.
 08/05/2002 10:51:23 PM · #86
when they speak of adding grain it is by changing the iso
I've been doing that lately (up to 800) it does add a lot of grain.
 08/05/2002 11:00:57 PM · #87
mcmurma,

There really is no grey area when it comes to a grain filter in Photoshop. The rules state adjustments are allowed so as long as they affect the whole picture. Adjustments (which are not filters)are the options underneath the Adjustments menu in Photoshop, and are really limited to modifying the color balance, brightness, saturation, and contrast.

99% of the filters out there work on the whole image and by your estimate fall in this grey area-- which is why the rules explicitly state that the only two filters allowed are despeckle and unsharp mask.
 08/05/2002 11:54:09 PM · #88
sohr,

you are right. I stand corrected. Grain is a filter and therefore prohibited.

 08/06/2002 03:47:43 PM · #89
Originally posted by taylorbehne:
Question!!! Was this weeks challange origionally "Age" I could of swore when I looked last Monday It was "age" and not "Something Old

AmI mistakin?
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