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Forum: Digital Photography June 13th 07, 06:57 PM Posted to rec.photo.digital
Replies: 12
Views: 748
Posted By Derek Fountain
How to replace a sky?

bob wrote:
There are actually some very good masking tools out there that will let you
do quite accurate selections, which is the most difficult part.

No, you miss the point. Making selections...
Forum: Digital Photography June 13th 07, 02:21 PM Posted to rec.photo.digital
Replies: 12
Views: 748
Posted By Derek Fountain
How to replace a sky?

And while you're at it...try and note the humor in my post.

I thought I did. I certainly didn't mean to cause offence.

--
Derek Fountain on the web at http://www.derekfountain.org/
Forum: Digital Photography June 13th 07, 10:04 AM Posted to rec.photo.digital
Replies: 17
Views: 1,008
Posted By Derek Fountain
Revolutionary use of digital images

I admit that I don't really see how this has profound implications for
photographers: from that perspective, it is merely a way of cleverly
indexing images (that they took them from flickr...
Forum: Digital Photography June 13th 07, 09:51 AM Posted to rec.photo.digital
Replies: 12
Views: 748
Posted By Derek Fountain
How to replace a sky?

Actually...the real answer is yes...but if you stick a sunny sky over a
scene that was lit by a dull, over-cast sky...the light is likely to look
pretty weird...

Ummm, so, actually the...
Forum: Digital Photography June 12th 07, 02:23 PM Posted to rec.photo.digital
Replies: 17
Views: 1,008
Posted By Derek Fountain
Revolutionary use of digital images

This was on Digg this morning, so many of you might have seen it:

http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/view/id/129

but I'm surprised no one has mentioned it here.

It's not often a Micros**t...
Forum: Digital SLR Cameras June 12th 07, 09:34 AM Posted to rec.photo.digital.slr-systems
Replies: 23
Views: 1,153
Posted By Derek Fountain
[canon] lens advice - standard, telephoto, and macro

Troy Piggins wrote:
I am buying a 30D (body only) in the next couple of weeks, and just doing some
research on lenses to suit it. I've seen many recommendations for the EF
24-105mm f/4L IS...
Forum: Digital SLR Cameras June 11th 07, 08:08 PM Posted to rec.photo.digital.slr-systems
Replies: 25
Views: 1,143
Posted By Derek Fountain
Photographic Equipment Store Policies In The Uk...

Touche, in the US demo equipment is not new..and in the UK it shouldn't be
considered new, either.

Agreed, but you didn't say it had been used as demonstration equipment,
you said the lens was...
Forum: Digital SLR Cameras June 11th 07, 02:45 PM Posted to rec.photo.digital.slr-systems
Replies: 25
Views: 1,143
Posted By Derek Fountain
Photographic Equipment Store Policies In The Uk...

Lol...could I interest you in buying my "brand new" 90-300 mm lens? It's
only 8 months old....

If you've owned it for 8 months, thereby using up part of the warranty
and maybe scuffing it...
Forum: Digital SLR Cameras June 11th 07, 09:01 AM Posted to rec.photo.digital.slr-systems
Replies: 25
Views: 1,143
Posted By Derek Fountain
Photographic Equipment Store Policies In The Uk...

But you have no guarnatees as to how 'new' it is...or how well it has been
handled etc...anything brought as ex-demo should be sold as 'ex-demo' and
not as brand new, there's no way...
Forum: Digital SLR Cameras June 10th 07, 09:25 PM Posted to rec.photo.digital.slr-systems
Replies: 25
Views: 1,143
Posted By Derek Fountain
Photographic Equipment Store Policies In The Uk...

I was actually very angry that here, as a customer, I am effectivley being
asked to pay full price for second hand equipment.

Huh? It wasn't second hand, it was brand new. Never owned, never...
Forum: Digital SLR Cameras June 6th 07, 09:12 AM Posted to rec.photo.digital.slr-systems
Replies: 38
Views: 1,408
Posted By Derek Fountain
Photoshop JPG conversion issues once again

Ray Macey wrote:
On Jun 6, 2:39 pm, louise wrote:
I note you compare Safari and IE. What's your opinion of
color management if using Windows Firefox?

Firefox...
Forum: Digital SLR Cameras June 1st 07, 09:02 AM Posted to rec.photo.digital.slr-systems
Replies: 18
Views: 901
Posted By Derek Fountain
Lens-cleaning tissues

Ray wrote:
According to the saleswoman, everybody uses high-tech cloths
nowadays.

Having ruined a UV filter with such a cloth, I wasn't prepared to
accept her advice.

How on earth did...
Forum: Digital Photography May 28th 07, 09:42 AM Posted to rec.photo.digital
Replies: 3
Views: 307
Posted By Derek Fountain
scotland

gcorbeau wrote:
I added a new page with photographs os Scotland. If you want to look, You
are welcome.

http://www.gastoncorbeau.nl/schotland/HTML/index.htm

Ye Gods man, turn the...
Forum: Digital SLR Cameras May 24th 07, 09:37 AM Posted to rec.photo.digital.slr-systems,rec.photo.equipment.35mm
Replies: 15
Views: 1,060
Posted By Derek Fountain
Yet another Photo for today

Ryadiia wrote:
The power of the sea never fails to impress me.
Add the beauty of Australia's East coast and the result is incredible.
http://www.ryadia.com/pod/24-05-07.htm

That's a pretty...
Forum: 35mm Photo Equipment May 24th 07, 09:37 AM Posted to rec.photo.digital.slr-systems,rec.photo.equipment.35mm
Replies: 17
Views: 982
Posted By Derek Fountain
Yet another Photo for today

Ryadiia wrote:
The power of the sea never fails to impress me.
Add the beauty of Australia's East coast and the result is incredible.
http://www.ryadia.com/pod/24-05-07.htm

That's a pretty...
Forum: Digital Photography April 16th 07, 09:24 AM Posted to rec.photo.digital
Replies: 4
Views: 502
Posted By Derek Fountain
Looking for time lapse software recomendations

Does anyone know of good software to make the individual JPG's (or
even RAW) into an MPG, AVI, or MOV?

I'd recommend Adobe Premiere Elements. It might be a bit of overkill for
what you want, but...
Forum: Digital Photography April 15th 07, 10:00 AM Posted to rec.photo.digital
Replies: 21
Views: 1,107
Posted By Derek Fountain
RAW & best jpg appear identical on Sony DSC-R1

Mike Russell wrote:
Your examples certainly do count. My statement was tongue in cheek...

Oh right. I completely missed that. It was late... :o}

--
Derek Fountain on the web at...
Forum: Digital Photography April 14th 07, 10:57 PM Posted to rec.photo.digital
Replies: 21
Views: 1,107
Posted By Derek Fountain
RAW & best jpg appear identical on Sony DSC-R1

Those who want to make comments about raw will kindly confine themselves to
theoretical discussions of bit depth, posterization, histograms, data loss,
and the ability of certain gifted...
Forum: Digital SLR Cameras April 9th 07, 12:06 PM Posted to alt.photography,aus.photo,rec.photo.digital,rec.photo.digital.slr-systems
Replies: 7
Views: 603
Posted By Derek Fountain
New photo galleries of my work

Wayne J. Cosshall wrote:
Hi All,

I've been reworking my personal photography and art site and it is ready
for comments:
http://www.cosshall.com/

Any and all comments and criticism...
Forum: Digital Photography April 9th 07, 12:06 PM Posted to alt.photography,aus.photo,rec.photo.digital,rec.photo.digital.slr-systems
Replies: 7
Views: 571
Posted By Derek Fountain
New photo galleries of my work

Wayne J. Cosshall wrote:
Hi All,

I've been reworking my personal photography and art site and it is ready
for comments:
http://www.cosshall.com/

Any and all comments and criticism...
Forum: Digital SLR Cameras April 7th 07, 10:26 AM Posted to rec.photo.digital,rec.photo.digital.slr-systems
Replies: 14
Views: 546
Posted By Derek Fountain
Canon TC-80N3 Timer Remote Controller + 5D - take multiple exposureson a single frame?

paro wrote:
Does anyone know if the Canon TC-80N3 Timer Remote Controller when used with a
5D would allow one to take multiple exposures on a single frame?

No, it doesn't provide that...
Forum: Digital Photography April 7th 07, 10:26 AM Posted to rec.photo.digital,rec.photo.digital.slr-systems
Replies: 14
Views: 789
Posted By Derek Fountain
Canon TC-80N3 Timer Remote Controller + 5D - take multiple exposureson a single frame?

paro wrote:
Does anyone know if the Canon TC-80N3 Timer Remote Controller when used with a
5D would allow one to take multiple exposures on a single frame?

No, it doesn't provide that...
Forum: Digital SLR Cameras April 7th 07, 10:15 AM Posted to rec.photo.digital,rec.photo.digital.slr-systems
Replies: 248
Views: 4,449
Posted By Derek Fountain
RAW vs JPEGs - Does RAW show more detail?

Jpeg has its disadvantages, it can smooth the details and give
blockiness, but cannot mess with colors.

True (at least in the sense you mean it) but more happens with RAW-JPEG
processing than...
Forum: Digital Photography April 7th 07, 10:15 AM Posted to rec.photo.digital,rec.photo.digital.slr-systems
Replies: 103
Views: 2,732
Posted By Derek Fountain
RAW vs JPEGs - Does RAW show more detail?

Jpeg has its disadvantages, it can smooth the details and give
blockiness, but cannot mess with colors.

True (at least in the sense you mean it) but more happens with RAW-JPEG
processing than...
Forum: Digital Photography April 1st 07, 11:38 AM Posted to alt.graphics.photoshop,comp.graphics.apps.photoshop,rec.photo.digital
Replies: 21
Views: 1,485
Posted By Derek Fountain
The April Curvemeister Class starts tomorrow, April 1

Mike Russell wrote:
"George Kerby" wrote in message
...
...
What you got against us Mac folk?!?

LOL!

Hi...
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