Whatever happened to....Team Suck

Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0L IS II USM Lens

12/27/2006 07:28:12 PM · #2577

My Occupation shot got validated! Now I can continue to watch two shots in the 4.9 - 5.1 range! My Hoover switch is firmly in the ON position!

I have an entry in the Free Study, 12 Days of Christmas (uninspired, but it should meet the challenge) and Fences. Might swap Fence for Centered before next Tuesday.

Truegsht

Canon EOS-400D Rebel XTi

12/27/2006 07:29:22 PM · #2578

Patterns is starting out good for me, but I know it'll suck in the end!

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Truegsht

Canon EOS-400D Rebel XTi

12/27/2006 07:34:06 PM · #2579

Originally posted by noraneko:

Originally posted by bmartuch:
There is one picture in Patterns that I found to be a little on the un-called-for order. I don't know if they were trying to shock people or what.

Bob - I came across that photo - unfortunately I was eating piece of leftover cake at the time and nearly got sick. I can't imagine there's another more disturbing image in the challenge.

myself...I think it should be removed...my wife and I just had a new arrival 14 days ago, and it was a close call and the image is very disturbing.

JuliBoc

Apple iPhone 6s+

Canon EF 50mm f/1.4 USM

12/27/2006 07:39:33 PM · #2580

I'm surprised and disappointed by the reception of my patterns shot.
Pattern II
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But there are some really terrific shots in that challenge, so the bar is quite high.

quiet_observation

Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS USM

12/27/2006 07:48:01 PM · #2581

Your Occupation II

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Pattern II

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We made a daytrip to Washington, D.C. visiting photography exhibits at galleries and museums. I was very impressed with a exhibit at the Natural History Museum entitled "Transitions: Photographs by Robert Creamer". website

He makes images on a flatbed scanner, takes these into photoshop and prints the results on a large scale printer. There is a video that shows the process he goes through to make the images. At one point, he set some dried flowers on a glass plate on top of the scanner, set these on fire and scanned this - freaked me out. A beautiful smoky image resulted though.

noraneko

12/27/2006 08:19:48 PM · #2582

Originally posted by Truegsht:

myself...I think it should be removed...my wife and I just had a new arrival 14 days ago, and it was a close call and the image is very disturbing.

Truegsht congratulations on your new arrival! Boy or girl?

mist

Canon EOS-60D

12/28/2006 06:16:08 AM · #2583

Originally posted by Truegsht:

myself...I think it should be removed...my wife and I just had a new arrival 14 days ago, and it was a close call and the image is very disturbing.

Congrats on your new baby. However, I don't believe that they should remove that photo. It doesn't break any rules. Photography is designed to encourage a response, and it seems to have done that. If you don't like the photo, and think it has no redeeming quality, express your opinion with a low vote.

xianart

Canon EF-S 17-85mm f/4-5.6 IS USM

12/28/2006 07:19:35 AM · #2584

Originally posted by mist:

Originally posted by Truegsht:

myself...I think it should be removed...my wife and I just had a new arrival 14 days ago, and it was a close call and the image is very disturbing.

Congrats on your new baby. However, I don't believe that they should remove that photo. It doesn't break any rules. Photography is designed to encourage a response, and it seems to have done that. If you don't like the photo, and think it has no redeeming quality, express your opinion with a low vote.

i concur with mist. congrats on the new arrival, and i'm glad all is well. a close call with a baby is a terrifying thing.

however, this is a site for art, and art should challenge. if you don't like it, vote it low, and move on.

xianart

Canon EF-S 17-85mm f/4-5.6 IS USM

12/28/2006 07:23:04 AM · #2585

on a completey different, much lighter note: i was so excited the past few days - i was going to get 10,000 views to my profile. woohoo! i eagerly awaited it to change over... then, finally noticed, after about 3 days of this, that the count was actually 9085...

there is a good reason why i didn't teach maths. gawd, how dense can you get?

silverfoxx

Canon EOS-5D

Canon EF 70-200mm f/4.0L USM

12/28/2006 07:28:06 AM · #2586

Originally posted by xianart:

:)) xxx

bmartuch

Nikon D7200

Nikon AF-S DX Nikkor 35mm f/1.8G

12/28/2006 08:21:15 AM · #2587

Starting my descent!

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Melethia

Canon EOS-80D

Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0L IS

12/28/2006 10:14:50 AM · #2588

Argh. The saga continues...

So last week, I go in, and say "Why is it I have no internet?" The nice woman types up an email and says "We'll ask the question" (like I haven't been asking up until now...) "We should know something by Wednesday." Wednesday came and went, still no internet. So I call today. The nice woman says "I see there's a request in for information on why you have no internet. You should have an answer to your request by next Wednesday." Sigh. Apparently there's a holy grail-like activity on Wednesdays that I keep missing.

The possibilities are that a) there's no room at the inn (no more ports); b) the line where I live can't support service (bullcookies - there are at least three wireless systems running where I live - they're getting service from somewhere! And yes, they're all secure, darn it); or c) no one's gotten around to keying the information into a main computer system somewhere.

At any rate... anyone know anything about German cable services?? I'm giving up on the phone company.

noraneko

12/28/2006 12:17:02 PM · #2589

Originally posted by Melethia:

Deb, how frustrating!!! I hope this is resolved for you soon. Maybe you should make friends with one of the folks in your building who has wireless - those darn secure systems... :0)

sickdog

Sony DSC-F828

12/28/2006 12:52:43 PM · #2590

Originally posted by xianart:

you're getting closer though

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k4ffy

12/28/2006 12:58:27 PM · #2591

Originally posted by bryantbus:

Originally posted by k4ffy:
i'm back!

after a many week hiatus and zero inspiration, i'm back in action with pattern 2, and free study for december. wish me luck.

Good luck K4ffy! Glad to have you back.

thanks mate.

xianart

Canon EF-S 17-85mm f/4-5.6 IS USM

12/28/2006 02:04:22 PM · #2592

the choices are soo hard. which to submit for the free study? argh? i guess i'll second guess myself for another few days.

i've submitted for harsh environments. i wish the pixel limit was 800 - i'm afriad my image is too big and detailed to really show at 720. o well - this one is really taking advantage of the new rules...

good luck nabil - good to see you back!

deb, one thing that i found that worked reallly well in botswana was playing the stupid foreigner. take a day off work, and go into the telekom offices. be really nice, and really polite, but just don't leave until they give you what they want. if they try to send you somewhere else, get someone to take you - there are no labels on the doors, or i can't read german yet...

a very useful question is 'what do you think i should do?' that gives the nameless government functionary imagined power, and it usually makes them feel good to be able bestow some little favour upon the hapless beseecher. if you're dealing with a man, don't cry, but look brave, with slightly glistening eyes.

never get angry. no matter what.

take your lunch and a book (or two), and wait inside offices.

it sometimes helps to have a suitably sad story prepared - terminally ill family member you need to stay in touch with - he/she is deaf, so can't use the 'phone..., or some such thing.

good luck.

always be polite.

when you're leaving, then you can burn your bridges. a friend was leaving botswana, and hadn't recieved his final severance from the govt. so he went into the ministry of education. they said the cheque was lost, and woudl take weeks to re-issue. he was leaving the next day. he stood up, went to a filing cabinet, extracted a file, and threw it out the window. he said he would keep on doing that every 2 minutes until he had his cheque (we're talking thousands of pounds). the cheque was in hands in minutes. he said the looks on their faces were almost worth not getting the cheque...

sickdog

Sony DSC-F828

12/28/2006 02:45:34 PM · #2593

okay fellow suckies!

i'm setting the ISO to 100 and using an f4-5 and hitting the streets today on my lunch.

i've been way too inactive lately.

i'm looking for a free study and centered.

wish me luck.

Kelli

Canon EOS-D60

12/28/2006 02:47:34 PM · #2594

I re-edited my Harsh Environment. It's probably going to get hammered for the processing. I like it though. My Pattern is still holding at 5.5, so I guess that's where it will end up.

quiet_observation

Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS USM

12/28/2006 02:49:54 PM · #2595

Originally posted by sickdog:

Good luck - sounds more fun than cleaning the bathroom which I am trying to do (and avoid) incrementally this afternoon. Hmmm? Harsh Environment?

sickdog

Sony DSC-F828

12/28/2006 02:56:17 PM · #2596

Originally posted by quiet_observation:

Good luck - sounds more fun than cleaning the bathroom which I am trying to do (and avoid) incrementally this afternoon. Hmmm? Harsh Environment?

i've had a few bathrooms in the past that might qualify for that.

i was actually going to shoot a harsh environment in this bar i hang out in last night. it's clientel in the evening are mainly punkers and metalheads. but while i know a lot of them, it was the one night where none of them showed up.

now that i'm a member, i guess i better start learning more about post proccessing... or better yet, what all the buttons on my camera do.

noraneko

12/28/2006 03:10:15 PM · #2597

Originally posted by sickdog:

now that i'm a member, i guess i better start learning more about post proccessing... or better yet, what all the buttons on my camera do.

I figured out just a couple of days ago how to use USM in Photoshop. No wonder everyone kept commenting on my pictures not looking sharp enough. I think Mensa is about to ask me to join the genious society. I can take the photos.

Elaine

Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0L IS II USM Lens

12/28/2006 03:19:24 PM · #2598

Originally posted by noraneko:

Originally posted by sickdog:

now that i'm a member, i guess i better start learning more about post proccessing... or better yet, what all the buttons on my camera do.

I figured out just a couple of days ago how to use USM in Photoshop. No wonder everyone kept commenting on my pictures not looking sharp enough. I think Mensa is about to ask me to join the genious society. I can take the photos.

I remember seeing USM and wondering how something called unsharp would add sharpness. Then I read that digital shots usually need settings of 300 .3 0, so I set it there and used that on every shot. Finally realized that the adjustments were good things and could really make a difference. Now if only I could figure out dodge and burn, layers and (especially) masks. Part of my goals for 2007!

Elaine