random pics that YOU have taken.......

[island911]

Pan, Wait . .Click/pan/Click

(from about 20 min's ago, above my house)



freaking awesome!

They move sooo fast ...

[Icemaster]

Island,

Sea Fair?

[StevoRocket]

Island - great pics!

[island911]

Thanks Steve.

I love it when the turn-n-burn pulls the condensation over the plane. . . it really shows the angle of attack.

I took those shots zoomed back (wide angle), so that I could simply point in the general direction, and shoot (no view-finder, too fast . .and too CLOSE!)




yep, Ice, Seafair. http://www.seafair.com/x407.asp



I'll have another photo-op tomorrow.

[djmcmath]

Here's a snapshot from the flowerbed in the parking lot. I almost wish I had shot this one with a film camera. (shrug) I guess I don't usually print the flowers anyway, though.

[djmcmath]

And a shot from my last trip to Seattle. It's not as good as I had hoped -- bad marine layer dropped the mountain into shadow before the foreground, so I couldn't get the light that I wanted -- but it isn't _that_ bad. Is it?

[HardDrive]

Great photos Island911. I work in the 2 Union building downtown. We have had quite the view this week.

[HardDrive]

[YAHBO]

Nice old Torino in Greenport, NY.

[YAHBO]

Let's fakkin try it again...

[Vonzipper]

Originally posted by YAHBO


Let's fakkin try it again...

For some odd reason I have the urge to slide over the hood

[URY914]

I see a lot of the Dale Earnhart decals on the back of pickup windows. You know the one's I mean, sometimes they have angel wings on the number "3". They're some sort of tribute to a fallen hero.

Well yesterday I was in Fort Lauderdale at a McDonald's drive thru and was behind this van. I think South Florida is one of the very few places you would see this...

[xlr8]

[arcsine]

Originally posted by djmcmath
Here's a snapshot from the flowerbed in the parking lot. I almost wish I had shot this one with a film camera. (shrug) I guess I don't usually print the flowers anyway, though.

Dan,
You should look into the online digital photo printers. They are inexpensive and in my experience do a very good job. FWIW I have been using Shutterfly.

[djmcmath]

Originally posted by arcsine
Dan,
You should look into the online digital photo printers. They are inexpensive and in my experience do a very good job. FWIW I have been using Shutterfly.

I worked with a guy who left the Navy to do that kind of work, actually. Really fascinating -- I guess there are whole businesses that don't own printers and rely wholly on services like that for their office printing needs. The problem isn't really the cost so much as it is the quality. Even with an 8MP camera, I can't print with quite the quality that I can from good negatives. Heck, maybe the digitals look better these days, and I'm just an old-fashioned fuddy-duddy who's stuck in an obsolete technology. I can't stand the idea of printing from digital. Am I broken?

[arcsine]

I used to do this type of work and with an 8MP camera you should get prints that are VERY good up to at least 11x17 if not bigger and only a critical eye would be able to discern any digital issues. I routinely print 8x10 images from my 6MP camera at 300ppi and they are stunning. Color correction and doing the resizing/cropping correctly are a big help. With Shutterfly, once the image is uploaded it will give you cropping and resizing choices to take best advantage of what you have.

If you want, send me the file, I'll check color correction and sizing, upload it and get a print made and sent to you. Should not cost more than $5 and that is a stretch.

[djmcmath]

Ok, that sounds interesting enough to be worth a test. I'll give it a shot -- you have a PM.

[arcsine]

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[StevoRocket]

Dixons - the high street high tech store in the UK, today stopped selling 35mm cameras. Digital is outselling 35mm by 15 to 1.

[trj911]