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On Wed, 25 Jan 2006 10:42:20 -0500, Harry Krause
wrote:

JohnH wrote:
On Wed, 25 Jan 2006 09:57:23 -0500, Harry Krause
wrote:

RG wrote:
My web photo site allows me to size photos about any way I want. Posted
photos should be kept small; they're for display on computer screens.
I think both have their place. Personally, since I have broadband, I prefer
to view a hi-res version of a photo. My viewer automatically scales the
photo to my screen size, but if I want to zoom in on an area, the extra
resolution can be a big help. As an example, I was viewing Eisboch's lovely
winter photo. I was curious about the vehicle parked on the side of the
house and tried zooming in tight on it to get a better look at it. The
image quickly became pixelated, and I wasn't able to glean much detail. Had
it been posted in its native resolution, I would have been able to get much
more detail when zooming. Also,I appreciate being able to look at the EXIF
data of a photo to get a feel for how it was shot.

On the other hand, a photo site is a great place to view someone's photo
albums or portfolio. Most sites allow a portfolio to broken down into sub
sections that can be organized by subject matter, or whatever the owner
chooses. I've been thinking about signing up on such a site, but don't have
a clue as to how to choose one over another. There's no shortage of them,
that's for sure. Any recommendations for a good site to join to post a
portfolio of photos?



I like photobucket. It's not expensive, there's real help if you need
it, and the owners are always adding more features. Max pix size for a
paid user is, I believe, 1024kb. That's enough for the snapshots I
choose to post. I don't "give away" my work stuff.

Harry, do you have to reduce the size, or does photobucket do it for you?
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John H

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The site offers the ability to reduce photo size several different ways
and, of course, I can do it myself before I upload them.

Looks like 512kb is the max size without paying, and 1mb with payment. If I
have to reduce the size, I may as well use abpso. There I can go up to
1.5mb and it's free!
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John H

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"RG" wrote in message news:%yMBf.1436$MJ.602@fed1read07...


Thanks for the "lovely" winter photo comment, but one small correction.
That ain't a house. That's Mrs.E's horse barn. The picture was taken
from the house.


I should have known. Silly me. Obviously the only way for you to save
face in this situation is to build a massive state of the art structure to
house your vehicles and suitable environment for your shop projects.
Enough power tools to cause a brownout. And pneumatic lifts, of course.
Wouldn't want to flat spot the tires on the M5, would we?


Sure. If you say so. My comment was intended to introduce a little humor
about the horse hobby, but obviously it was misunderstood. Sorry 'bout
that.

Eisboch

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On Wed, 25 Jan 2006 11:46:35 -0500, "Eisboch" wrote:


"RG" wrote in message news:%yMBf.1436$MJ.602@fed1read07...


Thanks for the "lovely" winter photo comment, but one small correction.
That ain't a house. That's Mrs.E's horse barn. The picture was taken
from the house.


I should have known. Silly me. Obviously the only way for you to save
face in this situation is to build a massive state of the art structure to
house your vehicles and suitable environment for your shop projects.
Enough power tools to cause a brownout. And pneumatic lifts, of course.
Wouldn't want to flat spot the tires on the M5, would we?


Sure. If you say so. My comment was intended to introduce a little humor
about the horse hobby, but obviously it was misunderstood. Sorry 'bout
that.

Eisboch


I took his as humor also. I honestly think he was pulling your chain, in a
humorous way.
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Eisboch wrote:
"RG" wrote in message news:%yMBf.1436$MJ.602@fed1read07...
Thanks for the "lovely" winter photo comment, but one small correction.
That ain't a house. That's Mrs.E's horse barn. The picture was taken
from the house.

I should have known. Silly me. Obviously the only way for you to save
face in this situation is to build a massive state of the art structure to
house your vehicles and suitable environment for your shop projects.
Enough power tools to cause a brownout. And pneumatic lifts, of course.
Wouldn't want to flat spot the tires on the M5, would we?


Sure. If you say so. My comment was intended to introduce a little humor
about the horse hobby, but obviously it was misunderstood. Sorry 'bout
that.

Eisboch


Richard, I think he was teasing you right back. I read it as a joke,
not a barb.

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Shortwave Sportfishing wrote:
On Wed, 25 Jan 2006 09:40:12 -0500, Harry Krause
wrote:

Eisboch wrote:
"Harry Krause" wrote in message
...
I really don't "get" posting photos in usenet, when it is so much easier
to simply upload what you want to a photo website, and include a URL when
you want to reference that photo, as in:

http://tinyurl.com/cdayt

Hank?

Eisboch



One of the nicknames I've been burdened with during my lifetime. There's
worse. The assistant city editor at the Kansas City Star called me
"Moose" because he was a reconstituted sports editor and of course
remembered Ed "Moose" Krause, the ND bb player. But he outdid himself
with a redheaded Irish gal at the paper, whom he called "Scarlett O'Speece."

were you aware that there was a harry krause who played pro baseball
in the early days of the pro sport?
Tom,
Everyone knows Harry Krause who pitched for Phili. but did you know
about Harry D. Krause, the attorney/author/university professor from U
of Illinois?

Harry has some interested skeletons in his closet. ; )


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On Tue, 24 Jan 2006 22:14:25 +0000, Shortwave Sportfishing wrote:

On Tue, 24 Jan 2006 22:29:23 +0100, Martin Schöön
wrote:

There are place where any type of electrical equipment,
including digital cameras, are useless as soon as the batteries
are flat.

that is absolutely true.

however, there has been some very interesting research in low power
chips and memory - radical different technology and this maybe what
nikon is banking on.

were talking about batteries that might last years instead of hours.

Interesting.
We saw some of that in cell phones in the late 1990s when stand-by
time and talk time improved by an order of magnitude. Some of it
came form improved batteries but most of it was due to better design.

/Martin

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On Tue, 24 Jan 2006 17:10:29 -0700, RG wrote:


Well, after all it seems I didn't get through to you. In very
simple English: There are place where any type of electrical equipment,
including digital cameras, are useless as soon as the batteries
are flat. People that go to those places are not much of a gadget
buying market so their needs will not be catered for by anyone who
is in it for the money.


Geez, most modern film cameras rely on batteries for metering, flash, film
advance/rewind, focus and God knows what else. Perhaps people who go to the
places you are referring to should learn to draw really, really well and
take lots of pencils with them.

Or cameras that don't do all those things electrically. If you limit
yourself to metering even small batteries will last quite some time.

hooked up to one of the safari vehicles comes immediately to mind.

Was mentioning places where vehicles don't go.

/Martin

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On Tue, 24 Jan 2006 19:59:09 -0500, JohnH wrote:


I can't imagine any photographer going anywhere for months at a time
without access to a generator once in a while.

Well, there are people out there that do things like that for a living.

"From September 1999 to December 2000 conservationist J. Michael Fay hiked
2,000 miles (3,200 kilometers)—a not unreasonable feat, unless your
terrain is the most remote swath of central Africa."

More at http://www.nationalgeographic.com/adventure/0107/fay/

/Martin

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On Wed, 25 Jan 2006 20:50:57 +0100, Martin Schöön
wrote:

On Tue, 24 Jan 2006 19:59:09 -0500, JohnH wrote:


I can't imagine any photographer going anywhere for months at a time
without access to a generator once in a while.

Well, there are people out there that do things like that for a living.

"From September 1999 to December 2000 conservationist J. Michael Fay hiked
2,000 miles (3,200 kilometers)—a not unreasonable feat, unless your
terrain is the most remote swath of central Africa."

More at http://www.nationalgeographic.com/adventure/0107/fay/

/Martin

He used digital cameras and a lightweight computer system. Wonder how he
did all that!

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/congotrek/
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Your comment was not misunderstood, Richard. I received it just as you
intended. But apparently my reply was misunderstood. Such are the
risks of communicating through typed text, I suppose. My reply was
offered in the same humorous spirit as yours. I've always enjoyed your
tales of Mrs. E. She's always sounded like a real hoot to me.

My point was, given your banishment from the barn, I would personally
be seriously tempted to break ground on my own barn to hold my own
"horses" (the SuperDuty, The General, the M5, and any others that might
come along). Only seems fair to me. And if the money, space, and
inclination was there, you can bet that it would be just as I
described. And that includes the pneumatic lifts. No sense in letting
those tires.get flat spotted. I probably watch too much of the Speed
Channel.

Sorry for any misunderstanding.