The 3rd official Random Discussion For TPBM Photo's and Photographers Thread (3)

g'mae

cute shot mike.

BearLeeAlive wrote in post #4117243
Cute shot Mike.

Why are those pumpkins all over the grass?

Where we live is not ideal for pumpkins.. So, we have them shipped in, and put out on the grass ... (sometimes they'll grow the vines, cull the pathetic little gourds that grow on them in this area, and put pumpkins in the vines. This patch didn't do that...)

BearLeeAlive wrote in post #4117386
Checking in again, kinda slow on here today.

And now, I must go prepare for partying.
The fare tonight will be kept simple, rib-eye roast on the BBQ, grilled princess potatoes, grilled asparagus, spinach salad, along with Yorkshire pudding. Lisa is whipping up a couple hors d'oeuvre's too.

Dessert will be gingerbread (the real thing, not cookies) with a raspberry pear sauce.

And there is the slight possibility we will imbibe in a bit of wine, scotch, port and wobbly pops.

Oh, yum! Sounds like a wonderful dinner!

I've had real gingerbread a couple times (the soft stuff, a sweet bread, right?).. very tasty (the cookie is good, too... )

Beautiful, Mike....

BearLeeAlive wrote in post #4116217
Becky, I use the swabs all the time to clean the sensor with no issue, too many folks worry too much. The sensor is covered by a protective film anyway. I can't believe you have gotten away with not using more than a blower this far.

puddlepirate44 wrote in post #4116274
We've done it all. The system that I like always starts with the blower, then the Arctic Butterfly, which is that brush thingy. We also have the Sensor Kleen which is like the lenspen, but for sensors. Both of those work great.

We've done the wet swab thing, and I did not like that at all. Not recommended.

As you probably know, and I'm just going to ramble on and on here, but when you clean the sensor, you're not really cleaning the sensor, but a piece of optic glass that is over the sensor. That glass , or film, I can't remember which, is there to protect the sensor, and is pretty durable stuff. People are a lot more scared of cleaning "sensor slurm" than they should be.

thomascanty wrote in post #4116280
I did the swab thing once. I had no trouble or complaints with it. It was an awful lot easier than I had been expecting. I noticed when working on the shots from last month's trip to the L.A. Fair that I might have to do it again now.

I used a system Athena recommended. I don't remember the name or the URL of the web site I ordered it from, but I could check that when I get home from work.

OK, so far only the male gender has quoted this. Being said, it is Curt purchasing the system...now do you really think I'm going to have much say in this at all? Just Say'n.:p

I will have about as much say in the final decision as Pete and Jim do on any fabric choices...again...Just Say'n.:p

Guineh wrote in post #4117160
Christopher conquers The Great Pumpkin!

Awwwww didums. We will have some shots, weather permitting, next weekend when Aiden comes to entertain his Gams.

We have burned 80 CD's for Babes In Toyland the all school musical we shot on Tuesday. We will be burning 30 CD's for 101 Dalmations. Curt did look into the CD duplicators and decided if we had 100 CD jobs more than once a year, we would make the investment. For now, we will use the burner on the computer. (reference above as to how much say I have on the techy stuff)

GAAAAAAAAAAAA!

Don't remember if I told you Curt trashed our laptop last week when he tripped over the power cord sending the laptop flying. They don't take to being airborne to well, at least not the landing part. So, my nephew had his old one for sale, we bought it and doubled the memory, by taking out the drive in the smooshed one and installing in this one. So, I'm finally able to learn how to use my tablet now that I have a machine that doesn't freeze up with it and enough power to have some graphic software. This will work well with some of the stuff I do where I don't need accurate color just the power to do graphic enhancements.

We'll see if I like the tablet capabilities or learn like Athena and Lonnie that I do pretty good with the mouse.


Oh, had for dinner, it is Cat's Big O'mess recipe. The cool fall air screams comfort food tonight. For those of you that like specey spicey, I highly recommend Cat's recipe. It has Kielbsa, Green Peppers, Onions, Sweet 'n Sour Sauce, Jalepeno, Tobasco, and is yummy served over rice.

Maxed Out wrote in post #4117670
GAAAAAAAAAAAA!

What!?!?! Aren't you getting ready for homecoming dance?

gmae.....

been extremely busy this week

i'm behind on my photos....I have about 1200 to filter through....

Becky N wrote in post #4117675
What!?!?! Aren't you getting ready for homecoming dance?

no thats in a couple weeks

Maxed Out wrote in post #4117676
gmae.....

been extremely busy this week

i'm behind on my photos....I have about 1200 to filter through....

Oh, is that all. We did two shoots, one Sunday one Tuesday, PP the shots and are now burning the CD's to deliver to two different cast parties tomorrow. So, I guess I can honestly say, I know from whence you are coming.

Just get into a workflow, once you are in the groove it goes quite quickly and smoothly.

Ok what do you guys/gals think of this: Burtal Honesty Required

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Jamie Holladay wrote in post #4117710
Ok what do you guys/gals think of this: Burtal Honesty Required

As is, on the wall, I don't like that the front end is cut off. But, I think this crop would work in some situations.

What are you going for?

I did not crop the photo much. I straigtened the horizons, which were not crocked to begin with as the car was going up hill I just thought it would lool a little better level. The shot is basically a "missed" one.
A. I did not get all of the car.
or
B. I got too much of the car.

Since I have only cropped it slightly, I could crop it a bit more and crop more of the front off and bring the right edge closer to the windshield. I was trying to get tight shots with the 500 which I was not confortable with and missed the majority of them. So know I am trying to salvage what I have.

Jamie Holladay wrote in post #4117710
Ok what do you guys/gals think of this: Burtal Honesty Required

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You want Burtal Honesty?

You can't spell.