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OT. I'm getting sick of repeating all this, but I shall do it calmly
and without descending to the level of a five-year-old having a tantrum. (And if you click on this silly thread, you probably deserve to be bored anyway.. If you have heard the Douglas and Graham Hunt story before, read on at your own peril..) For the record: 1. I have never, not once, lied about Douglas MacDonald. (This is the same Douglas MacDonald who posts as, wait for it.. alienjones himself, bigpix, the administrator, henretta, douglas, from douglas, technoaussie, one million pics, one million pictures, joe bailey, alvie, the yowie, graham hunt, healthypcs.. and more. Me? - I'm just Chrlz...) And at times he does indeed use those pseudonyms fraudulently, eg here (easily verifiable, just check the message headers against Douglas' other posts at the time): http://tinyurl.com/86m34 Douglas was mighty annoyed about being sprung posting as 'Graham Hunt' and ended up with numerous excuses. The last was that 'Graham' was an employee (it would still be highly fraudulent, of course). As it happens, and you can easily verify this too, he *has* no franchise, so my mates at ASIC will do nothing (unless he does now start one, which I think is very unlikely indeed). who called me a fraud Douglas IS a fraud. See above link for unequivocal proof - the message headers do not lie. I'll stand before a judge and say it if necessary. And it's already in writing on the ASIC records. ..said I didn't have a storefront But Douglas doesn't have a storefront *according to his own website*, he http://www.photosbydouglas.com/contact.htm which says and I quote: Email: Post: Douglas, Post Office Box 2116, Wellington Point, Qld 4160 On Sundays: At The Cleveland Craft Market opposite Iluka arcade, in Bloomfield Street. By Telephone: (07) 3821 1429 Business hours only please That's all, folks. In other words, no shopfront address, and Douglas presents his wares at a street market on Sundays. Uhuh. Or isn't that site his? Gee, maybe it's Graham Hunt's? and didn't have any authority to photograph and take photographic tours in National parks I *never* said Douglas didn't have a simple permit for photography in national parks - crikey, *anybody* can get one of those - it's just a moneymaker for the Parks and Wildlife Service. Douglas implied it was some badge of honour!! *That* is what I corrected - having a permit for commercial shooting in a national park does *not* mean anything about your ability as a photographer. The fact that Douglas thinks it *does*, probably gives a better indication.. The one who claims the 600mm x 900mm enlargements I do from snapshots on a daily basis and print on Canvas can't be done... Douglas claims that he has a 'special' enlarging algorithm that allows you to print to those sizes and more from scans of 6"x4" prints, and from 1-2 megapixel images. Well, whooppee, I can print them that big *too*. But they are *soft*, and if the image is detailed, it will look like something from a bull's rear end.. It's the *quality* I question. No-one disputes that you might get away with this on *selected* images, like macros of frangipanis.. When asked for actual examples of his secret algorithm, Douglas strangely always gets his maths wrong, and will never allow his secret methods to be demonstrated on *any* image that has actually got real detail, or in fact any image except his own. His posted examples were so flawed that once again, as always, he withdrew them - I can post links if anyone is actually interested. What I object to is that Douglas claims these prints have 'manufactured detail'!! - why, even his 'daughter' (who sounds an awful lot like Douglas, as you might expect (O says that too, he http://www.w3freaks.com/forums/lofiv...hp/t54125.html You'll have to scroll down a bit to find the 'One Million Pictures' posts (another of Douglas' pseudonyms, by the way). In it, 'Kiah' also refers to a $500,000 printer that Douglas just bought.... Wow. Personally, I would use such equipment for stuff other than snapshots, but I guess that's just me... (O: The list goes on, just like his lies. *Who* is lying again? When asked to actually quote any of my 'lies', Douglas is strangely reticent. I don't recall ever originating a single post about any subject to do with photography Perhaps Douglas should look a little harder. yet he sure as hell hijacks a lot of threads I just like to correct misinformation when it is posted, and I don't particularly like people who use the Internet fraudulently, or pretend they can do stuff they can't. ..does a lot of defamation ... If Douglas has been defamed, any half-decent lawyer can track me down. Douglas himself at one stage claimed he had a PI on my trail - Geez, he must be incompetent! I note Douglas has used similar tactics on other folks, almost always *after* he has been busted in similar ways to that above. This isn't the first time he has used these tactics and probably won't be the last. © D.MacDonald 2006 may not be reproduced with written permission from the author. Sorry, I just did. Sue me. |
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