story behind the worm - DPChallenge Forums

07/26/2006 07:32:58 PM · #1

just thought i would thank all the voters and commenters on my lines entry. thanks !

i also thought i would share the story of the entry. it was sort of fate, happening across the inchworm. i have had too much crappy stuff going on lately to tap into my creative side much. so on my day off - challenge deadline day - having no ideas for the challenge despite trying to think of something 'good'. i'm reading 'outdoor photographer', and i get up to get a beer. i come back, and there on the magazine is the inchworm, and i say 'hmm inchworm, macro, graph paper' to Fuego who agreed it was worth a shot. so i shoot a round on the porch, and wasn't happy with the lighting. i bring him outside to the pic-nic table ( sunlight ), and shoot a half dozen more. was happy with those results, so i edited two of them. entered and woke up to a nice score. they move quite fast at high magnification, i moved the paper to keep him in the viewfinder and try to get him to line up with the lines on the paper.

so sunday i decide i should put the new 120gig HD i bought a month ago into the computer seeing as i had only 4gig left on the current drive. well despite my computer aptitude the damn thing was nothing but trouble for three days there after. on top of that i didn't know if i had lost all the data that hadn't been backed up. the current entry included. DAMN !.

after an almost all nighter of fussing, cursing, jabbing, bulling, and spitting at my machine i managed to get my old drive to load the OS and not keep restarting. i immediately submitted my original file for validation in case of further catastrophic electronic troubles, and began backing up all the stuff that hadn't been.

and now that the stress is over - i think i'll go ahead and start installing all the software once again...

oh and BTW a bad bit of RAM seems to have been the culprit in my 'to the death' battle with my P4 1.6G win XP machine. i know all you MAC users will chuckle at my misfortune, but there's nothing like a good fight - especially when you win ;}

thanks again ;}

07/26/2006 07:36:32 PM · #2

i'll add that partitioning my drive is what saved the day, make it a practice to keep the MS OS locked in it's own little room !!!

sabphoto

Samsung Galaxy S8/S8+

07/26/2006 07:39:38 PM · #3

good read that goes well with a Great image. Congrats on your placement, sorry it wasn't higher, it is really an awesome image that caught my eye instantly.

Tamron SP AF 17-50mm f/2.8 Di II LD Aspherical (IF) for Nikon

07/26/2006 08:54:32 PM · #4

thanks ;}

glad someone enjoyed the story.

levyj413

Apple iPhone 15 Pro Max

07/27/2006 03:04:59 PM · #5

Originally posted by soup:

thanks ;}

glad someone enjoyed the story.

Oh, yes! I always enjoy a good story. Helps me feel better knowing that the fantastic shots I see here don't always spontaneously leap into the camera without some work. :)

Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8G ED

07/27/2006 06:17:41 PM · #6

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but actually this shot sort did spontaneously leap into the camera, just once my computer got ahold of it, it tried to spit it out. a little force feeding was needed in order to get my authority across...

rjkstesch

Nikon D700

07/27/2006 06:21:11 PM · #7

I loved the story. I've had a few like it myself. And you know how misery loves company.....

Fujifilm XC 16-50mm f/3.5-5.6 OIS

07/27/2006 06:53:17 PM · #8

it didn't help that it was almost 90F with super humidity and no AC...

buzzrock

Fujifilm X-M1

07/27/2006 06:58:56 PM · #9

Thats some shallow depth for F/16!!