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11/24/2007 10:52:41 AM · #351

Originally posted by routerguy666:

Originally posted by Monique64:
Would moving the cover shot into the calendar and having a more generic cover help. Someone offered a beautiful photo with a pink flower earlier on in the thread. We could use that for the Cover. This is only a suggestion if we are stuck for time etc.

Ugh that would really have me eating crow as I double checked on the cover thing before telling the volunteer. If it has to happen it has to happen but would be nice to avoid.

If it came to that, I would have put her on both the cover and the month with the 2 photos of her you sent. A promise is a promise.

11/24/2007 10:56:50 AM · #352

Originally posted by routerguy666:

Originally posted by gwe21:

We need

February
July
September

No one shot for those months or you just haven't received two of them? (I read woo's is not shot).

May I suggest you post a separate thread with a well worded title and ask for three shots in the next two days? I'm sure with 80,000+ people on this site you would get 3 shots in no time.

edit: maybe there's no problem, I can't tell from all the posts lol.

We are only missing (in file form) two right now. But, one has a shoot tonight (saturday), and the other is taking Eric's place. The blog is the only thing that was missing 3. Erica took care of 1, so that leaves TWO (

rossbilly and he who is not yet named). That needs to be updated asap because I am putting up a flyer at work on Sunday night so people will be visiting that blog and expecting to see those photos.

Nikon AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 ED

11/24/2007 10:58:37 AM · #353

Originally posted by rossbilly:

TADAAAAAA!!! watcha think?

You know I love it!!! It's beautiful...

JIMCJ1301

Nikon D50

11/24/2007 11:10:31 AM · #354

Wow, Great cause. My father recently past away from cancer, Only 41 Years old. I can totally sympathizes with everyone who has to go though this terrible agony. I look at Cancer survivors like you would see a solider who makes it though a war. It's nice to see the few good people that still exists in this world fighting to help.

Thank You.

Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM

11/24/2007 12:18:18 PM · #355

Ok just so you can see - I do indeed have something for September lol. These are two that I am choosing from and the pics are unedited.

Is there anything I should know about getting the pictures print ready? My biggest concern is about sharpening. Should I not do it?

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violinist123

Canon EOS-6D

11/24/2007 12:23:51 PM · #356

Min DPI was posted earlier (240 I think?), cropped 8x10. Black and white photo with the pink in color. I sharpened eyes and a bit and mouth/nose same as a regular portrait.

edit: found it, TCGuru said 220dpi minimum.

Message edited by author 2007-11-24 12:33:04.

Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM

11/24/2007 12:29:07 PM · #357

Originally posted by routerguy666:

Min DPI was posted earlier (240 I think?), cropped 8x10. Black and white photo with the pink in color. I sharpened eyes and a bit out mouth/nose same as a regular portrait.

I have 300 dpi so I am good there. And you gave me dimensions already (thanks). My concern is that I have not done many prints. And sometimes i have screwed up the sharpening. I've learned that what looks good on my screen does not necessarily look good in print lol. I do not understand how to use USM either. So I was just gonna do a search on this and see what I could come up with.

rex

Canon PowerShot SD780

11/24/2007 12:31:46 PM · #358

Originally posted by colorcarnival:

Originally posted by routerguy666:
Min DPI was posted earlier (240 I think?), cropped 8x10. Black and white photo with the pink in color. I sharpened eyes and a bit out mouth/nose same as a regular portrait.

I have 300 dpi so I am good there. And you gave me dimensions already (thanks). My concern is that I have not done many prints. And sometimes i have screwed up the sharpening. I've learned that what looks good on my screen does not necessarily look good in print lol. I do not understand how to use USM either. So I was just gonna do a search on this and see what I could come up with.

If your biggest concern is getting it edited correctly for the print in the calendar get someone that has a calibrated monitor. I edited mine and printed it and then had to go back and reedit a little And personally I like the second shot you posted best. But that is just my opinion.

violinist123

Canon EOS-6D

11/24/2007 12:32:13 PM · #359

Well, keep in mind this is a calendar not a DPC challenge so the crazy demand for hyper-sharpened will not apply.

View your image at 50% size and make it look good there and you should be fine for print. I'd suggest radius 0.3, threshold 3, strength 250% for a start with USM. If you know how to use the history brush, you can erase or soften the sharpening over unimportant areas of the shot but either way those settings should get you a decent looking bit of sharpening. You can lower the strength if you think the effect is too strong.

11/24/2007 12:35:41 PM · #360

Originally posted by rex:

Thanks Rex. Good idea. I may go and print it. I keep leaning towards the second one too. :)

Nikon AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.4D

11/24/2007 12:37:15 PM · #361

Originally posted by routerguy666:

Well, keep in mind this is a calendar not a DPC challenge so the crazy demand for hyper-sharpened will not apply.

omg I've become DPC sensitized lol. It's that whole - must have clear and sharp picture mantra thing I got going on now.

Thanks for the info about sharpening. Gonna go edit now!

fotomann_forever

11/24/2007 12:45:21 PM · #362

Originally posted by routerguy666:

Well, keep in mind this is a calendar not a DPC challenge so the crazy demand for hyper-sharpened will not apply.

LMAO.

rossbilly

Nikon D200

11/24/2007 01:02:34 PM · #363

ok, it has been awhile - somebody PM the login / password to me? Thx!

Billy

11/24/2007 01:06:18 PM · #364

Excellent!!

Thank you for the file, Billy!!

I am almost done with the ones I have... we will see what this evening brings :)

*sweating into my cornflakes over here*

LOL

Nikon AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.4D

11/24/2007 01:08:41 PM · #365

Originally posted by rossbilly:

ok, it has been awhile - somebody PM the login / password to me? Thx!

Billy

done

rex

Canon PowerShot SD780

11/24/2007 01:15:29 PM · #366

Originally posted by TCGuru:

Excellent!!

Thank you for the file, Billy!!

I am almost done with the ones I have... we will see what this evening brings :)

*sweating into my cornflakes over here*

LOL

Sweat somemore girl. Cause when I get my order you know I have a guy that may order 130. Also I just met someone yesterday and her Dad is a dentist and will probably buy some and let his other doctor friends know so they can place them in their offices for their patients to have.

Message edited by author 2007-11-24 13:16:25.

rossbilly

Nikon D200

11/24/2007 01:29:11 PM · #367

Blog updated from yours truly...

if anybody needs me for anything, I won't be back til tomorrow. Today is our 18th wedding anniversary & we're gonna go find something to do!

Billy

11/24/2007 01:49:37 PM · #368

Ok here it is. This was a pretty cool thing to do and everything fell into place today. The woman on the left is my husband's aunt. And the woman on the right is also a survivor and both grew up in our small town but they had never met before their battle with breast cancer. The way that they met was thru the Race for the Cure and Relay for Life fundraising events.

Going to have to get a print of this to make sure it looks ok!

Edit to add: I guess I also need the password for the blog site so if someone could PM me that as well, I'd appreciate it.

Message edited by author 2007-11-24 14:00:53.

11/24/2007 02:45:34 PM · #369

Got em all but 2... Erica and the one that is last second :)

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

11/24/2007 02:46:03 PM · #370

Originally posted by rossbilly:

Blog updated from yours truly...

if anybody needs me for anything, I won't be back til tomorrow. Today is our 18th wedding anniversary & we're gonna go find something to do!

Billy

thank you!! :)

Quigley

Nikon D700

11/24/2007 03:21:09 PM · #371

TCGURU for giving me a shot at this, I hope I don't disappoint anyone.

Got to go they just called and they are ready now, wish me luck.

All the best to you and yours

MAX!

NikonJeb

Nikon D850

Nikon AF-S Nikkor 28-300mm f3.5-5.6G ED VR

11/24/2007 04:53:56 PM · #372

Originally posted by Quigley:

I'm all set up for my shot at 4:00 pm today, Sharon and her husband Jim are so jazzed for this as am I I'll post when I'm done. Karens funeral was of course a sad occation but happy in a lot of wasy as well.

Thank you again TCGURU for giving me a shot at this, I hope I don't disappoint anyone.

Got to go they just called and they are ready now, wish me luck.

All the best to you and yours

Yay, Max! Woo Hoo!

It's so nice to see everyone pulling together here at the end as this comes together.

It has been a real privilege to work with all of you and especially......cheers for our gracious, brave, and strong models!

BTW, Max.....had looked at your profile and saw that I have one of your portraits in my favs.....

I'm thinking your portrait and processing skills will be excellent!

Message edited by author 2007-11-24 16:54:28.

Quigley

Nikon D700

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

11/24/2007 06:46:03 PM · #373

Thank you for the shot in the arm

NikonJeb as it turns out the shoot went great and we had a great time. The only problem I'm having is when I do a selective desaturation to pink like the other shots, Sharons' husband Jims' hair and nose show up pink. Any suggestions????