Team Suck Beachhouse - Leave Your Cares Behind

07/11/2007 10:44:23 PM · #1751

Originally posted by xianart:

....the dichotomy of suck.

I love that phrase. It says it all. We don't suck, our pictures don't suck, but the scores suck -- most of the time.

JuliBoc

Apple iPhone 6s+

07/12/2007 06:47:36 PM · #1752

I've been very busy with the camera the past two days. I have my entries in for Missing Link, Portrait, and FS.

But the best thing I did yesterday was install CS3. I was afraid there would be a learning curve, but its not that different than CS2. I haven't explored it all, but one very nice thing I found is a new Adjustment Layer for Black & White. It is really very easy and effective. It works a lot like Channel Mixer, but has all the colors (magenta, cyan, yellow, etc.) not just RGB.

I was also afraid that my poor old laptop would have trouble handling it, since CS2 is constantly paging the memory. Not so! CS3 loads faster than CS2 and doesn't seem to page at all, even when I switch over to a browser window while CS3 is open. I like it.

Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM

07/13/2007 11:54:33 AM · #1753

My favorite thing in CS3 is the B&W conversion utility. I don't think that should surprise anyone. :-)

Cats are on their way to spend a month and a half with my friend Raina in Heidelberg. When my other friend gets a place to live and gets settled, she'll take over catsitting duties. I'm nearly packed, except for the electronics and the little things, and have managed to get everything into a small backpack. And two very large rolling duffle bags. (What, you thought I could pack for six months in a backpack??) I leave this weekend. I shall check in when I get a chance and let you all know just how hot it is.

You may wish to park me in Team Zombie's space for awhile. I do have one in Nightmare (score isn't a nightmare but isn't all that great, either). I don't currently have anything for the upcoming challenges and seriously doubt I'll get anything. But you never know!

Kelli

Canon EOS-D60

07/13/2007 12:00:25 PM · #1754

Originally posted by Melethia:

BIG {{{HUGS}}} Deb! Stay safe please! And do check in whenever possible so we know you're staying well.

krnodil

Canon EOS-5D Mark II

Canon EF 100mm f/2.8L Macro IS USM

07/13/2007 12:01:03 PM · #1755

Good luck, Deb - safe journeys. Do check in whenever you are able, we'll all be wondering how you are. :)

quiet_observation

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

07/13/2007 12:38:35 PM · #1756

Deb, just hoping the six months goes quickly and quietly.

Bruce_the_Robert

Nikon D7000

Nikon AF-S Zoom-Nikkor 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6G IF-ED VR

07/13/2007 04:18:05 PM · #1757

Originally posted by Melethia:

You may wish to park me in Team Zombie's space for awhile.

As a team Hoover member (Deb's team) who has benefited from her recent spate of non-suckage, I would be very much opposed to removing her from the team. I can't speak for other members, but moving her to zombie in these circumstances is just, well, wrong, on so many levels.

Can we please keep her? Pretty please? I'd rather not get a chance to vote OOBIEs and YAPPIEs until she's back than move her from the team.

To the powers that be, please let us keep her :)

Deb, we'll be thinking of you and checking regularly to see if you have any news. If you need anything, let us know. Godspeed.

Best,

Rob

JerseyGenie

Canon EOS-400D Rebel XTi

Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6

07/13/2007 04:26:16 PM · #1758

Stay safe, calm and cool, Deb. God speed.
Jeanne

07/13/2007 04:37:48 PM · #1759

Thanks, Rob. And you know I'll be right there for the next Sand challenge. :-)

Thanks all. And I'll check in when I get there. I understand they have internet and everything! (And rumor has it, a pseudo-Starbucks at one location.) I've also checked - and yes, they'll be getting copies of Harry Potter there. Can't be all bad!

SteveJ

Canon EF-S 18-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS STM

07/13/2007 04:39:59 PM · #1760

I second

rheverly about keeping Deb in Hoovers. She belongs to us and we will fight to keep her!! I don't care where she is going, cos we won't let anyone near her, til she comes back to us.

Team Hoover will cover and protect her for six months!!

levyj413

Apple iPhone 15 Pro Max

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

07/13/2007 04:55:38 PM · #1761

Good luck, Deb. May you not run into any of the 5' hairy colonel-eating spiders I've been hearing about.

xianart

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

07/13/2007 04:56:29 PM · #1762

we must keep deb, we must keep deb, we must keep deb, we must keep deb, we must keep deb, we must keep deb, we must keep deb, we must keep deb, .....

stay safe deb, and i hope you find beauty there too. i know you will.

jaysonmc

Nikon D200

Nikon MF 105mm f/2.5 AIS

07/13/2007 04:58:33 PM · #1763

Hey Team Suck members:

Amazon is having a sale of Cartier-Bresson "The Man, The Image & The World: A Retrospective". $11 normally $55. Just got mine today actually. Wasn't sure if this post was against forum rules. 432 pages of beautiful images. Just a heads up.

07/13/2007 05:18:00 PM · #1764

OK OK - I'll stay a Hoover! (I love being a Hoover. It sounds so much better than an Electrolux or a Eureka.)

As for the camel spiders, one of my goals is to find one (dead) encased in lucite or something similar - it'll be a Christmas gift for my nephews, who will think it's cool. I do not wish, however, to meet one live and in person.

Cory (

Fetor) has a nice pic of one....

posthumous

Canon EOS-40D

Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II

07/13/2007 05:38:12 PM · #1765

Maybe I should pretend I'm going to put Melethia in Team Zombie so y'all can band together and fight me?

xianart

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

07/13/2007 06:06:46 PM · #1766

hey, we had those spiders in botswana. not that big, though. or i didn't see any that size. but, my god, they're fast. have fun!

actually, they were a little bigger than the one fetor has, but not nearly as big as the ones in the web pic. of course, those are probably victims of forced perspective...

Message edited by author 2007-07-13 21:01:58.

levyj413

Apple iPhone 15 Pro Max

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

07/13/2007 10:58:52 PM · #1767

So ... does anyone have any ideas for missing link? I'm fresh out.

posthumous

Canon EOS-40D

Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II

07/14/2007 12:42:05 AM · #1768

Missing Links

-an ant with five legs.
-a package of olives misplaced in Crete.
-a dead man clutching an unloaded gun.
-Judas Iscariot in a barber shop. He is whistling.
-a fireman rushes in from the pouring rain.
-a lamb drowning in milk.
-cherries pitted against higher seeded watermelons.
-a tap dancing Mormon on Highway 61.
-cardiac pills left in a hotel refrigerator.
-a senile man whispering his secrets to a deaf nurse.
-a book with the odd pages missing.

Message edited by author 2007-07-14 00:42:24.

quiet_observation

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

07/14/2007 01:47:08 AM · #1769

Not fair, I was going to ask for the

posthumous list of paper ideas.

griz210

Nikon D300s

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

07/14/2007 01:54:00 AM · #1770

Good luck Deb, Stay safe and hurry back. I sure dont want to lose you from team Hoovers.
Good Luck
Dave

Nikon AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.4D

07/14/2007 02:15:06 AM · #1771

Originally posted by posthumous:

Missing Links

-a book with the odd pages missing.

That last one is dual purpose, Mary. Will work nicely for paper.

raish

Olympus C-2500L

07/14/2007 05:33:37 AM · #1772

one link of a paper chain, lost among the forgettabilia of an attic

JuliBoc

Apple iPhone 6s+

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

07/14/2007 07:03:36 AM · #1773

Deb, have a safe trip and a safe and interesting stay. Hurry back.

snaffles

Nikon D7100

07/14/2007 11:38:22 AM · #1774

Hi all

Deb, please be careful, and come back soon - we'll miss you greatly.

Dichotomy
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Nightmares
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Now howzat for extreme scores? Gotta run and ride horsies now.

meyers

Canon EOS-6D