I flamed at CanStockPhoto, no downloads since Sept 06,  I think they have very few buyers and I hardly ever go there anymore.

San Jose basically sucks.  I went to college there.  Downtown there's St. James park, where the kidnappers of the Hart baby were lynched, other than that, there's been soo much renovation of first and second street that much of the character of the city is gone.

In and around SJ there's some neat places if development hasn't ruined them.  Alviso, Saratoga, Los Gatos, Campbell.  Or you can take Alum Rock avenue up to Lick observatory, bring a polarizor to cut through the smog.

If you go to the east side, carry a gun.

My best advice for what kind of trip would be a fast one.

CJPhoto:  Ya gotta be jokin!

Everybody wants to be like the best, or better than the best.  The best photographer, the best designer, the best sailor ( I already got that one) , the best.....well, you name it.  And how do we do it?  by learning from the best and bringing our own "thing" to the party. 

So you thought this was going to be a short thread about one of the most talked about and copied artists in our group.......HAH!

eendicott & professorgb:

That's some pretty severe weather for electronics, do or did you ever have any problems with the camera shutting down, battery drain, lens frosting etc.  Just wondering in case I ever get to see snow or ice, and what do you do to prevent equipment failure?

tgt:  "mine's going to these $1,000 a month gas & electric bills I'm getting every month this winter. "

There ya go, another reason to hate winter. 

How many months do you get $1K energy bills?  compute that at compound interest for so many months, and after 10 years, you might be able to put your kid through college.

PROMOTE GLOBAL WARMING, Drive a HumVee, squeeze cows (I forgot, this is an Intl forum - cows the second largest producer of methane on the planet),  and, don't kill termites (the largest source of methane gas on the planet), Some scientist measured, uhhhhh, termite and animal farts,  with a US government grant and  came up with that conclusion. 

At least as digipros we don't burn up a lot of cellulose film, and dump silver oxides down the drain.

Haven't had a sale there for 4 months - - wonder why?- - -selling apprx 50% of my portfolio everywhere else.

BBBrrrrrrrr.  Jeeese now I've got to turn the heater back on again.  Anything under 59 degrees should be left to the bears and penguins-just joking-

I've lived in Halifax, Madrid, Penticton, Milwaukee, Toronto, and Montreal, in addition to Mexico DF, Porto Negro Brasil, and now So Cal.  Porto Negro was the best, just can't speak portuguese.

What's got me confused is if we're going into a global warming period, should I go north, but what if it's global cooling, then south...dedisions, decisions. As long as Pelosi gets her big jet I guess there's no problem with any climate changes and it's a bunch of hooeeey

OK, I got it, must have zzoooommmmeeeddd in to close to see the rest of the world.   

Thanks IR, I guess I'd better discuss this further with my IP (son)

Leaf wrote:   "scoot across the ocean up by greenland"

Nah, like Jimmy Buffett wrote "going where the weather suits my clothes" 

I don't think shorts and t shirts will work in the northern clime all year long.  Last time I came back to CA it took me a month to get used to frigid 75 degree weather

Although, I did live 6 years in Spain and really miss the Med.

Now that I've retired my Canon A1 due to shutter failure and the cost to repair is more than I paid for it in 1978, I guess it's time to move completely into the digital age.  Web site or blog?

My son is a web site developer and he's offered (read after a lot guilt laid on him from me) to build either one for free.  From what I can gather, a web site needs more technical skills to update and if updated on a frequent basis could become very work intensive.  A blog, on the other hand can be updated by me whenever I can without a lot of effort.
Am I wrong? 

I will be on a more extensive voyage for the next 5-7 years, down the west coast, baja, sea of cortez, guatamala, costa rica, and then into the south pacific - or - back up through panama and into the caribe. 

Which format (site or blog) do you more experienced technical people suggest.  Something that I can update from rather remote locations although with internet connections, show some pictures, and make a log of the trip for friends, family, and interested persons?

Suggestions and experience with these formats is appreciated

Here's an interesting link - if I did it right -  http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1018&message=21672636

It may be that Alamy was once more fine art related?

Thanks for the advice, I've done what was mentioned above and came out with pretty good results.   

It takes a while, even with 4 gig of RAM with 90% dedicated to PS. when I upres to 300 I can go have a cup of tea and it's still working, but it generally comes out eventually.

I'll try the 999dpi, it makes sense that it would work better with some of the tools.