***Challenge 1: The splendor of water***

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Postby MHD on Tue Oct 26, 2004 10:24 am

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Hey xerubus, are you using Linux? have you found a way to work in NEF under linux?
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Postby xerubus on Tue Oct 26, 2004 10:36 am

MHD wrote:offtopic
Hey xerubus, are you using Linux? have you found a way to work in NEF under linux?
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Yes... atleast 99% of the time....

have a look at this link regarding nef in linux.... dcdraw is some nice c frontends to allow you to view nef....

http://www.cybercom.net/~dcoffin/dcraw/

i use gtkam to grab my shots from the d70... gthumb to view and rotate if necessary... and gimp to do PP....

At some stage i might write a tutorial on Linux D70 Workflow....


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Postby Greg B on Tue Oct 26, 2004 10:42 am

xerubus wrote:Greg ....

http://www.gimpguru.org/Tutorials/SimulatedInfrared/

Tutorial on doing infrared... very easy to follow and I'm sure it would be the same procedure in photoshop ....


Thanks xerubus

It was actually ajo43 who was keen on having a crack ot the IR.

I am interested too, however. I did some IR on film, both BW and colour. It was good fun, and I have a heavily manipulated shot of Aunty Betty, wide angle, BW IR, double exposed under the enlarger - I'll stick it somewhere for a look.Colour IR transparencies were a weird business - don't know whether you could simulate them in digital.

I got the IR filter for the G3 - cost about $60 too - and of course it doesn't fit on any of my d70 lenses - I will need a step up ring or two. I shot some digital IR using the filter - which as noted above is very very dark.

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Postby birddog114 on Wed Oct 27, 2004 8:22 pm

4 more days and 3 more sleeps to go on the Challenge No:1.
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Postby xerubus on Thu Oct 28, 2004 9:45 pm

belle? That's a wonderful shot you have submitted... which lens was that? It is nice and sharp...

well done!
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Postby birddog114 on Thu Oct 28, 2004 9:56 pm

belle,
That's a very nice shot of you, very creatively, please tell people what's the trick.
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Postby MHD on Fri Oct 29, 2004 12:04 am

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Postby belle on Sat Oct 30, 2004 1:58 am

Thankyou all! You are too kind :)
Lens is the standard kits lens, I just stood with cold (to prevent lens fogging up) water over my head (ahh, the things you do for art)!
A fun photo to take even though I almost froze! heehe :D
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Postby birddog114 on Sat Oct 30, 2004 6:31 am

belle wrote:Thankyou all! You are too kind :)
Lens is the standard kits lens, I just stood with cold (to prevent lens fogging up) water over my head (ahh, the things you do for art)!
A fun photo to take even though I almost froze! heehe :D


Thanks again belle.
Is that DIY portrait under the cold shower with tripod or hand held? Any fun?
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Postby xerubus on Sat Oct 30, 2004 9:30 am

Andy,

Wonderful shot with great colours and contrast.... well done....

The great thing about competitions is that you get to see what a particular subject means to a variety of people....

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Postby dooda on Sat Oct 30, 2004 11:35 am

So I guess being in Vancouver I need to submit by 7p Sunday Sydney time? I wonder what time that is here on the Pacific North West of Canada?

Nice one Belle, I'm trying to decide what I'm going to do and I keep wanting to copy yours. :oops:
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Postby dooda on Sat Oct 30, 2004 11:35 am

So I guess being in Vancouver I need to submit by 7p Sunday Sydney time? I wonder what time that is here on the Pacific North West of Canada?

Nice one Belle, I'm trying to decide what I'm going to do and I keep wanting to copy yours. :oops:
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Postby ajo43 on Sat Oct 30, 2004 11:47 am

I don't know if anyone bought the August edition of Photography Monthly (UK mag). If you want some ideas then the results of their comp titled "Moving Water" are on p 26-29. Some great shots from the Poms.
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Postby Charandane on Sat Oct 30, 2004 12:55 pm

xerubus wrote:Andy,

Wonderful shot with great colours and contrast.... well done....

The great thing about competitions is that you get to see what a particular subject means to a variety of people....

Cheers


Mark,
Thanks for the complement, I'm going to assume that you are referring to my shot. :oops: We are catching the autumn leaves on their last leg here as most of them have fallen off the trees by now. I was on my way to a spot nearby to shoot a waterfall when I came upon this scene and decided that the reflection would be a different aspect of water.
The quality of the shots posted so far is awesome!
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Postby belle on Sat Oct 30, 2004 1:31 pm

Birddog114 wrote:
Thanks again belle.
Is that DIY portrait under the cold shower with tripod or hand held? Any fun?


Very fun! I tried a mixture of tripod and handheld, I just realised this was one of the handheld ones. It was very dangerous and my poor d70 almost got soaking wet but handheld seemed to capture more life and fun which was interesting, probably because I was laughing at myself as I tried to maintain focus and balance.
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Postby MHD on Sun Oct 31, 2004 11:25 am

done!
My entry is in... not exactly what I was aiming for but I'm pretty happy with it!
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Postby xerubus on Sun Oct 31, 2004 12:20 pm

very nice shot MHD... i was wondering when we'd see a long exposure over rocks.. :)

love the warm feel ...
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Postby MHD on Sun Oct 31, 2004 1:17 pm

:)
There were sodium lamps illuminating the rockpool so some of the light hit the foreground
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Postby Greg B on Sun Oct 31, 2004 2:02 pm

Done.

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Postby birddog114 on Sun Oct 31, 2004 4:12 pm

Greg B wrote:Done.

:)

Very nice pics of the last entries!!! Well done!!!!!!
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Postby Killakoala on Sun Oct 31, 2004 4:18 pm

How on earth do i upload???? I have no i idea.....

I'm registered and logged in, i can see all the photos but now what?
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Postby phillipb on Sun Oct 31, 2004 4:24 pm

Click on the "admin optons" at the top in green writing.
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Postby Killakoala on Sun Oct 31, 2004 4:28 pm

Hmmmm i don't seem to have that option. All i have at the top is this


Challenge 1: The splendor of water

11 images in this album on 2 pages [slideshow] [logout]

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Photo Valid from: 7pm 20th of October

Entries must be submitted by: 7pm 31st of October

Voting starts: 9am 1st of November

Voting closed and winner announced: 9am 3rd of November

Birddog114 The patron of http://forum.d70users.com/index.php has donated a 1.0Gb CF card (Transcend 45x) Prize for the winner. Including shipping to NSW country and interstate or overseas members. (Sydney members should collect off him)


Then the pics follow. Maybe i don't have sufficient rights to post :(
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Postby MHD on Sun Oct 31, 2004 4:36 pm

I'm checking!
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Postby MHD on Sun Oct 31, 2004 4:37 pm

You have postng rights...

MAKE SURE you have no popupkillers running
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Postby MHD on Sun Oct 31, 2004 4:38 pm

admin options should be on the bar near [slideshow] and [logout]
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Postby phillipb on Sun Oct 31, 2004 4:41 pm

I don't see why I should have any more rights then you, the admin options that I see on my screen is right next to [slideshow]
It says you have to read the rules first, have you tried that yet?
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Postby Killakoala on Sun Oct 31, 2004 4:49 pm

It says you have to read the rules first, have you tried that yet?


Yep, tried that several times. :(

MAKE SURE you have no popupkillers running


I have the Google toolbar running but i turned the popupkiller OFF but to no effect. I turned the toolbar off entirely and it still doesn't show the ADMIN bit as mentioned above. All i have at the top right is
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Postby MHD on Sun Oct 31, 2004 4:54 pm

are you using your d70killa account? or your killa acount?

Make sure you use the one with the d70 prefix!
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Postby phillipb on Sun Oct 31, 2004 4:54 pm

Are you using XP with SP2? if so you may have to turn off popup killer from the tools menu in explorer.
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Postby MHD on Sun Oct 31, 2004 4:55 pm

oh and if anyone else has any last minute problems LET ME KNOW NOW!

Deadline fast approaching :)
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Postby Killakoala on Sun Oct 31, 2004 4:58 pm

are you using your d70killa account? or your killa acount?



Yep, the D70Killakoala login. I assume the LOGIN screen that pops up is a similar POPUP to the admin button?

I uninstalled the Google toolbar completely so there is no chance of the POPUPKILLER stopping the popup.

Are you using XP with SP2?


No, just XP-Pro with SP1 still. I havent upgraded yet.
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Postby MHD on Sun Oct 31, 2004 5:00 pm

ok just to make sure it works I am creating you a second account (keep an eye on the email)

You are now d70killak
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Postby MHD on Sun Oct 31, 2004 5:04 pm

try with your old one first!...

I think I may have found the problem... (if that does not work try with the new one I sent to you)
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Postby Killakoala on Sun Oct 31, 2004 5:07 pm

Fixed.

I logged in with the new account and it works.

Fantastic. I am uploading now.

Thanks MHD....
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Postby W00DY on Sun Oct 31, 2004 5:19 pm

Done. Noy really happy with my entry at all but I thought I had to submitt something.

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Postby sirhc55 on Sun Oct 31, 2004 5:20 pm

Hi MDH

I have made a cock-up!

I uploaded my image for the comp and realised it was too small so uploaded the same image hoping it would replace the original but it has not.

Can you remove the smaller of the two images for me and my aplogies

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Postby MHD on Sun Oct 31, 2004 5:23 pm

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Too late to enter - but just to get into the club spirit

Postby bago100 on Sun Oct 31, 2004 5:40 pm

Hi All
I'm far too late to enter the running water comp, and I still have to learn how to extract the EXIF data to meet the rules of entry but until the next competition and

Just to get into the spirit, here are my non-votable two entries :D

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and if two entries are allowed

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There are some fantastic entries in the competition though. Well done to all competitors and may the best photo win!

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Postby birddog114 on Sun Oct 31, 2004 7:25 pm

Very nice Bagoo!
Finally we have had 16 entries, am I correct?
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Postby MHD on Sun Oct 31, 2004 7:31 pm

Correct! Entries are now closed
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Postby xerubus on Sun Oct 31, 2004 7:33 pm

that explains why i couldn't get to the site to have a look....

daylight savings has kicked in and left us queenslanders behind again...

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Postby gstark on Sun Oct 31, 2004 9:49 pm

xerubus wrote:that explains why i couldn't get to the site to have a look....

daylight savings has kicked in and left us queenslanders behind again...

:D


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Postby xerubus on Sun Oct 31, 2004 9:51 pm

ouch...

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Postby darb on Wed Nov 10, 2004 2:13 pm

i would have submitted one of these ;

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Postby MHD on Wed Nov 10, 2004 2:32 pm

and you might have won :P
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Whoa...

Postby Geoff on Thu Nov 11, 2004 6:20 pm

beautiful photos Darb..beautiful! :)
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