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« on: November 16, 2007, 03:33 »
Let's face it, assessing an image is a hugely subjective affair.
Rejection's part of the game on this field. Don't let it raise your blood pressure.
Who was it who said "If you can't stand the heat, stay out of the kitchen"?
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« on: November 16, 2007, 03:28 »
... bad angle, bad light, bad picture, ...
... and that leaf coming in at the right-hand side 
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« on: November 15, 2007, 07:11 »
I don't know if this applies in this case, but I've found in the past that Windows seems to store some files in caches, heaven knows where, or why.
I used to get this with Outlook Express (in the days when I used it). I'd insert an image file into an e-mail, decide it was too big or something, and go back to image editing to change it.
But when I tried to insert the revised file it would always revert to my original one. The only way around that I found was to re-name the new version.
Maybe this is happening here. You could try re-naming the file (put a 1 on the end of the filename for example) and see if that makes any difference.
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« on: November 14, 2007, 03:25 »
Look ... they're just six pictures. No statements, or anything. What appears to be upsetting some people is that one of them is George Bush. If his picture wasn't there they'd be totally unremarkable. The same would apply if it was the image of some complete unknown (such as me  ) And what's interesting is that the great majority of the negative interpretations on this mix of pictures seems to be coming from people who are upset by the choice. Let's not all get our knickers in a twist on this. I think Bush can take his image being up there with the others ... don't you? And isn't this precisely the strength of a democracy?
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« on: November 13, 2007, 18:19 »
I think that it is exceptionally poor taste to try and make a political statement with a photo contest.
Shame on you and your company.
How interesting that you interpret six unrelated pictures, one of which is George Bush, as a 'political statement'. You didn't say 'environmental statement' (there's a picture of a polluting chimney), or 'militaristic statement' (there's a war plane) or anything else. In fact, it's not a statement at all. It's just six pictures. You can interpret them any way you want. Or no way. But I guess you have already interpreted them for us ... Or Bush polluting the world, or Bush bombing the world, ad infinitum. Come on. They're just six pictures. That's all.
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« on: November 13, 2007, 09:51 »
Has IrfanView changed since last time I used it?
The thing that really bugged me about it was that each time I looked at a folder it had to create thumbnails for every image, which took an age.
Or was there something I missed. It was a good program, apart from that.
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« on: November 12, 2007, 06:31 »
edit: just took a look at your portfolio - wow, you DO have your images quite thoroughly numbered
How do you get to see the original file name on IS? I thought they were stripped out.
(Worried, because I use a system of sequential numbering on my images too.)
Ah ... right ... okay. Thanks for that reassurance. I thought for a moment my classification system was going to come crashing down in a heap. He uses a numbering system in the iptc data for 'image name' I use a numbering system for the file name (probably everyone does), but not the image name in the iptc data.
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« on: November 12, 2007, 06:26 »
I think (and someone will probably correct me if I'm wrong) that if your e-mail address appears in italics in your profile it is hidden.
yeah that seems correct. I just hid and unhid my email and you are right.
wow! you learn something new every day. thanks bateleur
Hey, wow! I knew something the moderator didn't ...
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« on: November 12, 2007, 02:49 »
I used a couple of filters long ago. About 2 years ago, there was a post on Webaperture that they gone out of business. That is, somebody paid them, but never got the working version by email. They didn't reply to email either.
Okay. Thanks for the advice Eco. And they're not out of business. I bought Velvia Vision and almost immediately had a problem with it. I work with a French-language version of Photoshop which (I've now discovered) uses a different filing system to the English one. And when I installed the Velvia plug-in it didn't work. I e-mailed Fred Miranda (on a Sunday evening) and got a reply within the hour. All's hunky-dory now, I've played with it a little and it looks to be a great addition.
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« on: November 12, 2007, 02:43 »
edit: just took a look at your portfolio - wow, you DO have your images quite thoroughly numbered
How do you get to see the original file name on IS? I thought they were stripped out. (Worried, because I use a system of sequential numbering on my images too.)
386
« on: November 12, 2007, 02:37 »
I think (and someone will probably correct me if I'm wrong) that if your e-mail address appears in italics in your profile it is hidden.
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« on: November 12, 2007, 02:36 »
Thanks for the input everyone. Every single other agency accepted the image. There doesnt seem to be a continuity.
Of course there there's no continuity. Every agency is a different business. They have different standards and different objectives. Believe it or not, some of them are even located in different countries. 
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« on: November 11, 2007, 07:02 »
Has anyone used Fred Miranda's Photoshop plugins? I'm particularly interested in three of them ... the Velvia Vision one, the Intellisharpen, and the Resizer.
Any consumer reports? Good/bad experiences with these?
I have his DRI Pro (for landscapes with a high dynamic range - combining two images) and it works well, with quite a bit of control over the combining process. So I'm tempted to buy some more.
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« on: November 11, 2007, 06:55 »
And I agree too.
It all comes down to the increasingly litigious nature of our society these days.
There is a place for taking legal action against companies or individuals who are wantonly careless or who openly steal copyrighted ideas, etc. But, unfortunately, people sue for the most ridiculous reasons nowadays. And they sometimes get awarded ridiculous amounts of damages.
And there's no such thing as a free lunch. In return, companies/organisations etc. become ridiculously cautious.
There was a case in UK this summer of a local council who removed all the hanging baskets of flowers from the town centre in case one broke free from its hanging and fell on someone's head.
Who's the loser in situations like this?
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« on: November 10, 2007, 18:20 »
What constantly amazes me is that anyone ever gets taken in by these scams.
I mean ... exactly how stupid do you have to be to believe that a total stranger from some distant land is going to e-mail you, out of the blue, with an offer of an easy $1'000'000 or so?
And, even if you believe that, to then start paying out money for 'arrangement fees' and heaven knows what other things.
It's extraordinary.
391
« on: November 10, 2007, 07:00 »
well not sure how 'free' it is in england, but Canada it is $0 every time you go to the hospitil no matter who you are.
What I meant was that although Canadians appear to pay nothing when they go to hospital etc., they still pay for healthcare though their taxes. Someone has to pay for it. Yeah ... So it sounds like if you're a foreigner in Canada and need medical treatment, then it is free. But the Canadians still pay, albeit by a roundabout route. Sounds like the Norwegian system is a good idea. A nationally-funded healthcare system, but with a small charge to try and discourage trivial treatment. I haven't seen Michael Moore's film, but the US system appears to be a mess. I was shocked to read, just last week, that in parts of the US - Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, North Carolina for example - child mortality rates are actually rising, sometimes quite steeply. The latest figure in Mississippi shows an overall 17% increase. And this is in the wealthiest country in the world.
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« on: November 10, 2007, 03:30 »
When I lived in the USA I was covered up the ying-yang and had access to the number one hospital in the country to boot, so I couldn't complain.
I live in Canada now, where healthcare is (for the most part) free.
Actually, I would guess it's not 'free'. If it's like the UK system, everyone pays for it sick and healthy, rich and poor. In theory it's the best system as you pay according to your means, not according to your needs. But getting it to work is another matter ...
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« on: November 10, 2007, 03:01 »
yeah there was a guy who had a website where he documented his emails back and forth to the spam people, but i forget what the address was. Someone probably knows it though
There's people who do this regularly. It's called 'scambaiting' and here's a link to an article about it ... complete with photos of the baited guy. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/3887493.stmBut just watch out if you're thinking of baiting these people 'for fun'. They're pretty heavy duty criminals.
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« on: November 08, 2007, 09:23 »
As far as I'm aware (and I'm not a lawyer) any photograph of structures, buildings, etc. taken from public land in the UK is okay.
I think the owners of the London Eye would have a hard job making a lawsuit stick against a photographer who has a photo with their structure in it, if that person was standing on public property.
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« on: November 07, 2007, 07:21 »
How can I avoid this stupid rejections?
You can't. Live with it. It's part of the pleasure and pain of submitting to microstock sites.
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« on: November 06, 2007, 03:06 »
In general the mid-range, f8 to f16, is the best setting for most lenses. And lens tests bear this out. Look at the curve of the graph.
I try to find the 'sweet spot' for a particular lens and, when using it, shoot at that aperture as much as possible.
My advice would be to stay away from the maximum and minimum apertures of a lens (though it isn't always practical ... if you want a large DOF, for example, or if the light is very low).
397
« on: November 05, 2007, 12:06 »
Ebb and flow ... ebb and flow ...
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« on: November 05, 2007, 09:55 »
Miss Teen USA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lj3iNxZ8Dww
That poor girl. 
When I first saw it I thought poor education system, not poor girl. That girl got more press than the actual winner.
A few years ago I worked for a scientific organisation here in Switzerland. One year we held a big conference down in Sicily ... and it was big, several Nobel Prizewinners attended.
An American doctor working on AIDS for the US Army Medical Corps came, and not only did she insist on bringing all her own food - boxes and boxes and boxes of it - but she also brought all her own bottled water.
We had a bit of a giggle about that. The bottled water was Evian.
Just curiosity ant out of topic, the conference was in Erice?
Yes ... how did you guess At the Ettore Majorana centre, organised by Prof. Zichichi
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« on: November 05, 2007, 03:18 »
Miss Teen USA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lj3iNxZ8Dww
That poor girl.
When I first saw it I thought poor education system, not poor girl. That girl got more press than the actual winner.
A few years ago I worked for a scientific organisation here in Switzerland. One year we held a big conference down in Sicily ... and it was big, several Nobel Prizewinners attended. An American doctor working on AIDS for the US Army Medical Corps came, and not only did she insist on bringing all her own food - boxes and boxes and boxes of it - but she also brought all her own bottled water. We had a bit of a giggle about that. The bottled water was Evian.
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« on: November 05, 2007, 03:06 »
I wonder if it's because they're sick of receiving pictures of people from the back.
Let's be honest ... for most of us it's the easy way out. We could grab candids and submit them without the hassle of a release.
But for the agencies ... they're having to wade through 10 pictures of people from the back to every one from the front.
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