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 03/01/2007 07:49:08 AM · #1201
Originally posted by levyj413:

Catherine, I hope to get some interesting wild animal shots tomorrow! Would rhino penis or horn qualify as "alternative medicine" when they're still mounted on their owner? ;)


LOL. Jeffrey, if you get close enough to a rhino to photo his goods, of either variety, you deserve a ribbon.

BTW, cool blog, Darren!

And Julianne, welcome back! I'll bet you are so relieved to be done with jury duty. Sounds like a heart-wrenching case.
 03/01/2007 09:01:30 AM · #1202
Hi guys
Ok FS for Feb is climbing to 5.7 on its way up, 29 votes so the 6.0 is a possible target. ***everything crossed***

Thanks for the blog comments, i think the theme is set. I am just about to finish the plug ins to make it user friendly, looking to set up some external links so if anybody was to link swap just pop over an email to me. i want to link to as many DPC'ers as possible ;-)

The blogs will be set up correctly this weekend as i have a couple of photography jobs on that need to be done before hand.

cheers
darren

03/01/2007 09:15:41 AM · #1203
Free Study 2007-02

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i finaly got a comment and it was a good one
 03/01/2007 09:21:44 AM · #1204
HOLY CRAP!!!!!!!!

Geez when i said to my better half that i would be pushing the photography during 2007 i had not dreamed of the response i would get.

I just got an email from the advertising executive in Dublin airport where they are looking into a possibility of displaying my photos in one of the terminals. ***********WOW************* huge bus stop poster size of my photos with credits!!!!!!! COOL

So stoked i can not believe it.


03/01/2007 09:27:06 AM · #1205
Originally posted by Brookied:
HOLY CRAP!!!!!!!!

Geez when i said to my better half that i would be pushing the photography during 2007 i had not dreamed of the response i would get.

I just got an email from the advertising executive in Dublin airport where they are looking into a possibility of displaying my photos in one of the terminals. ***********WOW************* huge bus stop poster size of my photos with credits!!!!!!! COOL

So stoked i can not believe it.


BIG CONGRATS! That's wonderful Darren.
 03/01/2007 09:31:11 AM · #1206
Christian xianart, I just read your response to sickdog on the suck forum. I didn't reply there because I didn't want to sidetrack what the thread was about. But I have to say I was ROFLMAO at one of your comments that obviously has a different meaning there than it does here.
 03/01/2007 09:32:28 AM · #1207
Okay my camera is back out of the shop and fixed. Now if I can go out and take some pictures that suck, I'll be okay. :)
 03/01/2007 09:37:07 AM · #1208
Brookied now that is some news! Congrats!!!
 03/01/2007 09:39:51 AM · #1209
Big CONGRATS brookied This is cause for major celebration !

What are the photos they will be using ?
 03/01/2007 09:43:35 AM · #1210
Originally posted by Kelli:
Christian xianart, I just read your response to sickdog on the suck forum. I didn't reply there because I didn't want to sidetrack what the thread was about. But I have to say I was ROFLMAO at one of your comments that obviously has a different meaning there than it does here.


actually, the meaning is the same, but also has the meaning of a more general keep your spirits up. i'm glad you laughed - that was the point of it!
 03/01/2007 09:44:15 AM · #1211
CONGRATULAIONS DARREN! WOW INDEED!!!!!!
 03/01/2007 09:48:38 AM · #1212
I need to rant for a short moment. I'm happy with my FS, which just crossed the 6.0 mark, but am frustrated because I only have an older version of PS Elements on my computer and don't have the memory to load anything bigger. I can't use curves, tone map, convert to b&w using channel mixer, or do anything even remotely close to HDR. The result seems to be that I can't really be competitive with shots with a lot of color range and DOF. My winking owl did well because it had a very shallow DOF and limited colors, I think. Or maybe animal photos are the only type I have any real aptitude for shooting, "real aptitude" being relative when compared with some other people's utterly fab animal shots on DPC.

Okay, done with rant, will have to suck it up, load "real" Photoshop, or shut up.

cosprenks am glad you are back shooting!
 03/01/2007 10:06:29 AM · #1213
Kashi
It will be a mixture of some old street stuff and new stuff i have yet to take.

Defo the Red ribbon will be there IF it happens

03/01/2007 10:10:08 AM · #1214
Originally posted by noraneko:
I need to rant for a short moment. I'm happy with my FS, which just crossed the 6.0 mark, but am frustrated because I only have an older version of PS Elements on my computer and don't have the memory to load anything bigger. I can't use curves, tone map, convert to b&w using channel mixer, or do anything even remotely close to HDR.


That DOES sound frustrating. If you do try to load something else on your computer I wish you luck with it.
 03/01/2007 10:10:45 AM · #1215
Darren - that is WAY cool news. Heck, I may have to visit just to see the display! Is it plagiarism if I shoot pictures of your pictures on display?? :-)
 03/01/2007 10:13:13 AM · #1216
Originally posted by Melethia:
Darren - that is WAY cool news. Heck, I may have to visit just to see the display! Is it plagiarism if I shoot pictures of your pictures on display?? :-)


Your welcome to visit any time babe ;-)
 03/01/2007 10:13:13 AM · #1217
Oh, and the verdict is pretty much in - my Low Key shot isn't. Commenters agree it's a nice shot, just not a low key shot. Ah well. Back to the drawing board... :-)
 03/01/2007 10:14:02 AM · #1218
Originally posted by Brookied:
Originally posted by Melethia:
Darren - that is WAY cool news. Heck, I may have to visit just to see the display! Is it plagiarism if I shoot pictures of your pictures on display?? :-)


Your welcome to visit any time babe ;-)

I'll have to see if the lovely and cheap RyanAir flies anywhere close to Dublin. If not, there's London and there are trains, right?
 03/01/2007 10:15:17 AM · #1219
Ryanair lives in Dublin,
03/01/2007 10:20:23 AM · #1220
Free Study 2007-02

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Avg Vote: 4.7917
Comments: 0

This is perhaps my first entry in the true spirit of suck. I like my shot and its processing, and obviously the first 24 voters have disagreed. We'll see how it goes...
 03/01/2007 10:21:42 AM · #1221
Originally posted by noraneko:
I need to rant for a short moment. I'm happy with my FS, which just crossed the 6.0 mark, but am frustrated because I only have an older version of PS Elements on my computer and don't have the memory to load anything bigger. I can't use curves, tone map, convert to b&w using channel mixer, or do anything even remotely close to HDR. The result seems to be that I can't really be competitive with shots with a lot of color range and DOF. My winking owl did well because it had a very shallow DOF and limited colors, I think. Or maybe animal photos are the only type I have any real aptitude for shooting, "real aptitude" being relative when compared with some other people's utterly fab animal shots on DPC.

Okay, done with rant, will have to suck it up, load "real" Photoshop, or shut up.



Here are some options. a) For HDR, I believe most are using Photomatix before Photoshop. b) If you are shooting Raw, settings like exposure, shadows and others can be changed during the conversion process before going into Photoshop, and 3) there are some 3rd party software extensions available for Elements like a masking plug-in.
 03/01/2007 10:31:42 AM · #1222
Mary, thanks for the tips. I am looking into downloading Photomatix, but think I'd better upload a higher version of PS first - the reason being that if you get Photomatix with the tonemapping option, you need a reasonable version of PS for them to work in tandem.

I REALLY also need to start shooting in RAW. It is my own damn fault, and I know it. I've been afraid of it for some reason.
 03/01/2007 10:38:22 AM · #1223
Hesitate no longer! Shoot in RAW! Adds a processing step but you get so much more range in RAW than you do in JPEG. That said, I shoot RAW+jpeg and often use the jpeg for challenge entries. If I want to print the thing, or want to do more with it than my usual levels, curves, sharpen, submit processing, I'll use the RAW version.

And Darren, if Ryanair goes to Dublin, just let me know when the display goes up and I'm there!!

Message edited by author 2007-03-01 10:39:13.
 03/01/2007 11:13:10 AM · #1224
Originally posted by noraneko:
I REALLY also need to start shooting in RAW. It is my own damn fault, and I know it. I've been afraid of it for some reason.

I feel the same way, Catherine. Shooting in RAW is one of my goals for 2007, but I haven't done anything about it yet -- still somewhat intimidated. Plus the size of the files puts me off. I am filling up hard drives at a good clip without using RAW, and my poor laptop is choking for memory.
 03/01/2007 11:21:06 AM · #1225
I just recently started shooting in raw and I love it. (Not in THE raw). Just remember that each image is about 5-6mb. You will need some place to off-load these to. For Christmas, I received a 160GB external hard drive just for that purpose.
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