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02/11/2007 10:27:25 PM · #376 |
Originally posted by NikonJeb:
Okay......since I'm Kitchen Goddess in my house, how is going to my room without having to put together a meal, wash the dishes, and clean up a punishment? |
Well, that explains all those portfolio pics of you wearing nothing but an apron ;-) |
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02/11/2007 10:28:06 PM · #377 |
In the near future, we will be starting a round of interviews of our beloved suck league teammates. If you want to read some of the previous interviews check this thread.
Our victims interviewees will be picked at random and interviewed by private message.
If you have a suggested question that would help us better understand the suck psyche, let me know. |
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02/11/2007 10:36:15 PM · #378 |
Originally posted by Melethia:
Now kids, if you can't play nice, you'll go to your room without supper! (And if I'm cooking, that's probably a good thing.)
We now return you to your regularly scheduled program. I've about veggied/fruit'd myself out - even bought stuff I normally don't eat. But I WILL have an entry. I figure it's good for about a 5.3. Who else is in? |
Deb you inspired me. after reading your comment i made a trip into town and bought fruits and veggies. some i dont even know what they are let alone eat them.
and now after several hrs and lots of help from my wife i entered a shot.
doubt that it scores well but i like it. i am guessing it will get around a 4.8 .
But at least i entered thanks to your comment. hope you entry does well. |
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02/11/2007 10:49:05 PM · #379 |
Originally posted by bmartuch:
Hey Kelli, that picture in your profile "Coaster", was that taken at Cedar Point? |
Six Flags in New Jersey.
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02/12/2007 12:41:37 AM · #380 |
Hi!
Well, I am game - I will start working on my initiation assignment right away. I'm kinda excited about this.... In the spirit of "oh wow!" I was going to do the poem for each Free Study entry, and then I thought...Whoa, Max!!! That would be overachieving, doncha think? AND, a lot of work. So I'll work on my "Why I should be a Team SUCK member" poem, and will report back soon. Thanks for the opportunity. :-)
As for Lacey - I gotta tell you - it was a great year for her, and a very special year for us. She was a sweetheart. When we adopted her, that made 6 dogs, one cat, and a pot belly pig. And she fit right in. All our animals are rescues of one sort or another - I entered a photo of Buddy, another rescued GR, in the GOOD challenge. Got him from the Humane Society when he was 2 - he's 10 or 11 now. He has bitten every one of us at least once. He has issues. But...so do we.
Thanks again - looking forward-
Max
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02/12/2007 01:38:16 AM · #381 |
Originally posted by maxaz1:
He has bitten every one of us at least once. He has issues. But...so do we.
Max |
Reminds me of the dog we had for the longest while I was growing up. He'd probably been abused before we got him. I like your outlook!
Moving on to the subject of fruits and veggies, I shot and rejected 2 concepts, thought about shooting and rejected in my mind at least another 5 or 6.
Finally was poking around DPC food shots and got inspired at 11:44. Wham! Run around like a madman to pull together the items I needed. Two shots, slam the card into the computer, fire up Photoshop (and open a DPC entry window while waiting for it to open), two quick adjustments, save, think up an incredible, awe-inspiring title that will leave people in tears it's so rich in emotion, upload.
Phew!
Now sitting at 5.13 after 15 votes.
Now trying to remember why I bothered ...
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02/12/2007 02:16:52 AM · #382 |
Originally posted by griz210:
Deb you inspired me. after reading your comment i made a trip into town and bought fruits and veggies. some i dont even know what they are let alone eat them.
and now after several hrs and lots of help from my wife i entered a shot.
doubt that it scores well but i like it. i am guessing it will get around a 4.8 .
But at least i entered thanks to your comment. hope you entry does well. |
YAY! Glad I talked you into it. And with 16 votes, I'm quite happy to report that I have a .... wait for it..... 5.3!!! :-) |
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02/12/2007 02:32:23 AM · #383 |
anybody catch the next members challenge. "Street Photography". Fantastic. A love of mine and something i really enjoy taking.
Problem being i need to get a shot done before Friday and uploaded as i am off to the UK for my mums 50th and my 33rd. We share our birthday and the family have set up a big party.
Good luck to all. :-)
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02/12/2007 03:47:18 AM · #384 |
Happy birthday to you and your mum! That's a neat thing, to share a birthday.
I'm really looking forward to the next challenge as well - both shooting for it and seeing what gets submitted. Should be a very enjoyable challenge for voting. |
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02/12/2007 07:10:36 AM · #385 |
WoW!
Deb i really glad your comment got me off the couch. i woke up to this
Fruits and Vegetables II
Votes: 22
Views: 43
Avg Vote: 5.8636
this is a all time hi for me. I am quiet sure it will go down but hey it was nice to wake upto once. |
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02/12/2007 07:14:38 AM · #386 |
| Very nice!! I had my predicted 5.3 going until the Rook-man got me with his DNMC and the 1 vote. It'll come back up, I hope. Right now at 5.2, so there's hope! |
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02/12/2007 07:24:05 AM · #387 |
Originally posted by Melethia:
Very nice!! I had my predicted 5.3 going until the Rook-man got me with his DNMC and the 1 vote. It'll come back up, I hope. Right now at 5.2, so there's hope! |
I got that one too! I wonder if he hit everyone? LOL. So I'm currently at a 4.8.
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02/12/2007 07:39:27 AM · #388 |
My frist time to see a 6!
Fruits and Vegetables II
Votes: 25
Views: 47
Avg Vote: 6.0000
Comments: 1
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02/12/2007 08:12:39 AM · #389 |
The long and short of it, 5 sets of photos to get the right shot. 2 hours of editing, log on to enter the challenge. At 10:05.â€Â¦.Mountain time :o
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02/12/2007 08:16:09 AM · #390 |
Originally posted by Kelli:
Originally posted by bmartuch:
Hey Kelli, that picture in your profile "Coaster", was that taken at Cedar Point? |
Six Flags in New Jersey. |
That's cool. I have a portfolio section called "Cedar Point" where I took some coaster pictures. I love that kind of stuff. |
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02/12/2007 08:22:53 AM · #391 |
Originally posted by alans_world:
The long and short of it, 5 sets of photos to get the right shot. 2 hours of editing, log on to enter the challenge. At 10:05.â€Â¦.Mountain time :o |
Bummer, dude!! Did you at least post to your portfolio? We can go provide comments anyway. |
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02/12/2007 08:26:35 AM · #392 |
| Will do tonight. Time for work, agggggg :( |
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02/12/2007 08:28:34 AM · #393 |
Originally posted by bmartuch:
Originally posted by Kelli:
Originally posted by bmartuch:
Hey Kelli, that picture in your profile "Coaster", was that taken at Cedar Point? |
Six Flags in New Jersey. |
That's cool. I have a portfolio section called "Cedar Point" where I took some coaster pictures. I love that kind of stuff. |
Nice shots! Mine is El Toro, a wooden coaster with a 76 degree record-breaking first drop. In that picture they were still building it. I love riding any kind of coaster and this one is awesome and well worth the wait if you're ever in the area.
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02/12/2007 08:37:24 AM · #394 |
For the people that are wondering how I did the Personification shot, which really surprises me, it's just a picture of a door in my house. There was no mirror or anything. That design is actually in the grain of the door. I took a picture of the door as it exists, adjusted the perspective and cropped.
You can tell by the comments that many people just didn't see the design and I was punished accordingly. |
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02/12/2007 08:47:48 AM · #395 |
I tried to add a comment to mine (just now) but got a weird error. The problem I seem to have (I think) with the sharpness on this (or funky focus) is when I saved to web, in order to get it under the 150 file size, I had to reduce the quality to something like 60%. I never used to have this problem when I had a 3mp camera, lol. I didn't use any NI or any type of noise reduction on it and this happens a lot. What's the lowest quality you can go and still get a decent shot in? It was shot in macro mode, with very little cropping.
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02/12/2007 08:50:33 AM · #396 |
oooohhh yeahhhh,
My new stuido equipment was just delivered into the office. now i need to find a decent excuse to get out early to have a play
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02/12/2007 08:51:11 AM · #397 |
Originally posted by bmartuch:
For the people that are wondering how I did the Personification shot, which really surprises me, it's just a picture of a door in my house. There was no mirror or anything. That design is actually in the grain of the door. I took a picture of the door as it exists, adjusted the perspective and cropped.
You can tell by the comments that many people just didn't see the design and I was punished accordingly. |
That's okay.....we see it and it is definitely a shot that the three second voter will NOT see.
I'm getting to a point where I'm going to start being more careful what I shoot for a challenge simply because I don't need to try and stretch something that works only if you mull it over.
I'm going to experiment, and if I feel the need to explain it at all, I won't enter it in a challenge, I'll enter it in one of the side projects that seem to be a lot more amenable to descriptions and experimentation without punishment as the results.
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02/12/2007 08:52:34 AM · #398 |
Originally posted by griz210:
My frist time to see a 6!
Fruits and Vegetables II
Votes: 25
Views: 47
Avg Vote: 6.0000
Comments: 1 |
Congratulations! Hope it continues to go up.
I have crawled up to a 5.08 from 4.9. It's not the best shot, but I like it. I haven't started to vote on it yet. (My Bad shot is at 4.9 and has been for awhile, so I think that is where it is going to stay.) |
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02/12/2007 08:55:33 AM · #399 |
Originally posted by chaimelle:
Originally posted by griz210:
My frist time to see a 6!
Fruits and Vegetables II
Votes: 25
Views: 47
Avg Vote: 6.0000
Comments: 1 |
Congratulations! Hope it continues to go up.
I have crawled up to a 5.08 from 4.9. It's not the best shot, but I like it. I haven't started to vote on it yet. (My Bad shot is at 4.9 and has been for awhile, so I think that is where it is going to stay.) |
Good job, I hope that 6 stays for you. |
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02/12/2007 09:06:39 AM · #400 |
Originally posted by Kelli:
I tried to add a comment to mine (just now) but got a weird error. The problem I seem to have (I think) with the sharpness on this (or funky focus) is when I saved to web, in order to get it under the 150 file size, I had to reduce the quality to something like 60%. I never used to have this problem when I had a 3mp camera, lol. I didn't use any NI or any type of noise reduction on it and this happens a lot. What's the lowest quality you can go and still get a decent shot in? It was shot in macro mode, with very little cropping. |
Personally I'd try to keep quality in the high 80s or 90s. I think you could probably go down to about 70 though before seeing any degradation.
Of course you sometimes have to re-size smaller. |
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