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01/02/2007 11:03:23 AM · #177

Originally posted by Melethia:

Originally posted by mist:
Mel - Another alternative may be to get a mobile phone contract that allows 3G. The browsing speed can be pretty good, and, if you get a good data contract it may not need to cost too much.

I'll look into that. The English-speaking subcontractor of Telekom has until the end of this week to tell me whether or not they're going to install DSL, then I'm cancelling that contract. Does the mobile alternative use a satellite or just the mobile?

It would just require you to have a mobile phone with a usb connection. You'd ideally need a 3G service for speed, and some kind of unlimited or high-volume data transfer contract, because the per MB charging can be pretty expensive for casual browsing.

01/02/2007 11:29:17 AM · #178

DPC 2007 Goals:
1. Have one of my pictures selected as

GeneralE's favorite! (still trying from 2006)
2. Beat

Larus in a challenge and then do the superiority dance.
3. Beat

DrAchoo in a challenge and then act like it's no big deal.
4. Watch a Team Sucker get a ribbon.
5. Be imitated in a challenge.
6. Be mistaken for

bucket,

agenkin,

e301,

jjbeguin, Diane Arbus or Man Ray.
7. Be recognized in a challenge.
8. Be accused of being not photographic enough during a challenge.

Canon EF 24-105mm f/4L IS II USM Lens

01/02/2007 11:31:29 AM · #179

Originally posted by levyj413:

Originally posted by sickdog:
i'm torn on the entry for centered. i have one that i like in the new subject matter and i have one that i'm certain will score high...

Enter the one that will score high and put the other one in your portfolio. You can even let it be one of the selected shots shown from your portfolio in your profile.

I've chosen one shot from each of several collections for my profile, so people can see the variety of things I've done and then explore those collections more if they're interested.

I would say, submit the one you want feedback on. Challenge pictures get more feedback. That's just the way of things.

Elaine

Canon EOS R5

01/02/2007 11:46:12 AM · #180

My DPC 2007 goals:

Learn masking technique
Become more familiar with layers
Figure out dodge and burn
Keep up with my Picture a Week blog
Maintain my Photo a Day blog
Personally like my challenge entries (regardless of the final vote!)

bmartuch

Nikon D7200

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

01/02/2007 11:52:52 AM · #181

My DPC goals for 2007 is:

-Get a 6 on any particular challenge.

-Take less photos that "I" like so that I can achieve the above goal.

-Stay on Team Suck forever. I love this place.

The sad thing is that my current Pattern score is my highest score ever(5.8762) and I don't even like the picture. It was my attempt at going more mainstream to try and get a 6. I agree with

melethia that it gets somewhat depressing when you get really bad scores. So I guess another goal would be to not let it bother me.

raish

Olympus C-2500L

Nikon AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.4D

01/02/2007 12:08:13 PM · #182

DPC 2007 Goals:

1 Be so intuitively connected to the process of photography as to have something resembling professional pride in the results.

2 Be mistaken for anybody.

3 On achieving 2, be unmistakably recognised as me, always.

4 Develop secret agent strategies to fool people who thought they could always recognise me.

noraneko

Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0L IS

01/02/2007 12:08:59 PM · #183

Originally posted by quiet_observation:

7) Have a quirky photograph that posthumous writes a poem for.

I got a poem on my kite (wind) photo from

posthumous and it was one of my best experiences here :-) A worthy goal, indeed.

Melethia

Canon EOS-80D

01/02/2007 12:35:01 PM · #184

Originally posted by quiet_observation:

6) Have a photograph be mistaken for one by ursula or xion.

I had one (my last free study) where Goodman noted that it looked like something from xion and I took that as the ultimate compliment. So yes, I'd say that's a worthy goal indeed.

I guess I should add that I secretly harbor the desire to get an

e301 comment at some point in my DPC career.

mist

Canon EOS-60D

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

01/02/2007 01:17:59 PM · #185

My goals are to enter challenges, and enjoy it.

My statistical niceities are listed in my profile. Such as breaking a 5.0 average.

snaffles

Nikon D7100

01/02/2007 01:25:30 PM · #186

DPC goals for 2007

1) To score consistently in the 5s;
2) To break 6, which I very nearly did with Occupation;
3) To be a lifetime member of the Suck League, even if I ever do wind up with a ribbon (ok everyone you can stop laughing now ;0)
4) To learn my way around Photoshop CS 8.0, and stop chickening out by using just Elements;
5) To finally figure out how to get logos and stuff to put on my page; and finally...
6) TAKE BETTER PICTURES!!!!!

sickdog

Sony DSC-F828

01/02/2007 01:30:03 PM · #187

Originally posted by posthumous:

Originally posted by levyj413:

Originally posted by sickdog:
i'm torn on the entry for centered. i have one that i like in the new subject matter and i have one that i'm certain will score high...

Enter the one that will score high and put the other one in your portfolio. You can even let it be one of the selected shots shown from your portfolio in your profile.

I've chosen one shot from each of several collections for my profile, so people can see the variety of things I've done and then explore those collections more if they're interested.

I would say, submit the one you want feedback on. Challenge pictures get more feedback. That's just the way of things.

actually i'm going to listen to both of you. in retrospect, i'm not sure anymore which one will score higher and my whole reason for entering these types of shots was to subject them to commenting.

the higher scores will come as i improve.

snaffles

Nikon D7100

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

01/02/2007 01:31:16 PM · #188

BTW, thanks all everyone who commented on my Occupation. Funny thing about that pic - yes I did crop it, but not at the top - I only cropped out the bottom, as I was holding the camera at arm's-length and thus had some blurry sleeve in the way.

As for scores...AA battery is getting tons of comments but only 4.7, while 12 days is precariously close to 5 at 4.91.

Did submit for Fences but am afraid that as I am such a poo-head about learning Photoshop, that I still haven't yet figured out how to save pix so they're the right file size AND max quality. Don patiently did send me a private tutorial on how to do this awhile ago, and I did dig it up, so now I'll try to put it to good use.

sickdog

Sony DSC-F828

01/02/2007 01:35:55 PM · #189

2007 goals:

1. to have my top 3 all above 6.0.
2. to get a 7 in a challenge.
3. to improve my street photography and get a picture of posthumous wearing a kilt on his way to the liqour store.
4. to improve my post processing skills so that you can make out the pattern on the kilt.
5. get a picture within the top 20.
6. go to germany and take a picture of Deb eating chinese food.
7. attend a team suck GTG at disneyland.

noraneko

01/02/2007 01:37:20 PM · #190

Originally posted by snaffles:

I still haven't yet figured out how to save pix so they're the right file size AND max quality. Don patiently did send me a private tutorial on how to do this awhile ago, and I did dig it up, so now I'll try to put it to good use.

posthumous would you be willing to share this again? I've had trouble numerous times with this issue!

01/02/2007 01:42:12 PM · #191

Originally posted by noraneko:

Originally posted by snaffles:
I still haven't yet figured out how to save pix so they're the right file size AND max quality. Don patiently did send me a private tutorial on how to do this awhile ago, and I did dig it up, so now I'll try to put it to good use.

posthumous would you be willing to share this again? I've had trouble numerous times with this issue!

snaffles, could you post what I sent you? I don't have it anymore and I'm probably stupider now than I was then.

Message edited by author 2007-01-02 13:42:34.

01/02/2007 01:44:09 PM · #192

Originally posted by sickdog:

3. to improve my street photography and get a picture of posthumous wearing a kilt on his way to the liqour store.

If you're ever in the NY/NJ area, bring a kilt and you're on!

quiet_observation

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

01/02/2007 01:45:34 PM · #193

Should be required reading for beginners:tutorial.

Also don't upsize when cropping - this increases the pixelation of the image.

sickdog

Sony DSC-F828

01/02/2007 01:45:35 PM · #194

Originally posted by posthumous:

Originally posted by sickdog:
3. to improve my street photography and get a picture of posthumous wearing a kilt on his way to the liqour store.

If you're ever in the NY/NJ area, bring a kilt and you're on!

it's a deal!

snaffles

Nikon D7100

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

01/02/2007 02:19:46 PM · #195

OK Don and all else,

Here's what posthumous pm'd me back in September when I was struggling with file size - only diff now is that I do have PS, whereas before I didn't (well, PS Elements doesn't have lossy...whatever that is...;-)

DPChallenge user posthumous has sent you the following private message:

sorry, I only know photoshop, but I have some suggestions that I think are
relevant:

1. Save your photo in a non-lossy format. If elements has its own format, use
that. Otherwise, you can use TIFF. Do not save it as a jpeg again until you are
making your final copy for the challenge.

2. When it looks good (before sharpening), save it BEFORE you shrink it.

3. Re-size it as big as allowed.

4. Sharpen it. This should be the LAST thing you do before you save the final
copy to jpeg and you should only do it ONCE. If you decide you want to make
additional changes, go back to the BIG, unsharpened version you saved in step
2!!

5. Save to jpeg. If the file size is too big, decrease the quality of the jpeg
until it's 150k or slightly below, do NOT make the picture smaller.

6. You now have 3 files:

1) the original jpeg (I don't use RAW files. I think that's an additional step).
keep this in case you get a validation request or if you want to start from
scratch.

2) the elements/tiff file. Use this to make additional changes. It could also be
used during validation to show what steps you took.

3) the final jpeg. Upload this file to DPC.

Am I making sense? Let me know if you have any questions.

-Don

quiet_observation