Seagull

I'm impressed by how you managed to grab this shot while hanging from a parasail and avoiding a collision. :-)

I see you're digging in the archives, John. No time to shoot?

Hi Michael,

I was actually dangling over a cliff without a parasail.

Right now I have not been shooting much and yesterday was raining so I went through some slides that I had never touched after getting them back from the processor. I have about 75 boxes of slides that I have never gone through and I have a ton of slides that were taken prior to my digital age that are currently sitting in carousels and binders.

Anyway this was the only half decent shot in several boxes I went through yesterday. I was going to delete it,but decided to give it a day and see if I like it any better.

John

Yikes. Sounds like a nightmare although I'm no better off with a backlog of digital images. I shot roughly 800 pictures of the circus, and that's just one of several outings in the past 30 days. I'm becoming a victim of digital obesity swimming in my own fat.

Will you digitize all your slides? I imagine this is when having children (to help) might come in handy.

I wouldn't delete this picture. It might have future potential in a montage even if it's a bit weak as a standalone now.

It is a bit of a time constraint nightmare, but I'll survive. I have one 60 gig external harddrive filled already. And if I want a bigger project I have my father's slides from 1954 to 1976 that put mine to shame. He managed to fill 40 carousels and a four foot tall chest of slide drawers just with his keepers. There are many boxes with his 2nd tier shots as well. A great retirement project for me, but I am not near retirement quite yet.

I like this seagull better on my calibrated mac at home than I do on my uncalibrated pc at work. Reminds me not to make color judgements from work, which is where I make most of my photo.net contributions from (I own the business, I think I will get away with it).

John

We really do live in unprecedented times, don't we? I don't think any prior generation has ever had to deal with such levels of archiving. Imagine what they'll be doing two generations from now....

It's good to be the boss!

Thank you Margaret. I am glad you like the coloring. I am thinking the shadows are too blue, but I have trouble loving my own photos.

John

John, I read your forum thread before it got deleted and think it's a good idea, but I think the logistics in implementation might be difficult in getting members to adhere to the spirit of your intent.

In fact I think there's already something pretty close to your proposal with Picture This.

By the way, I think the thread got deleted because of the degenerating signal-to-noise through no fault of yours.

Hi Michael,

I wasn't aware I got deleted until you told me. Doesn't matter, if admn didn't like the idea they won't work on it. If they like it they will implement it. I am aware of Picture This and think that it is a great idea. Unfortunately I get just tiny pieces of time to work on photography. Sometimes when it is slow in the office I can contribute to photo.net or work in photoshop, but getting out on my own and having the time to contemplate a composition or wait for the right light or experiment has been nearly non-existent, so I couldn't contribute work to anything, but I have intermediate knowledge that I like to share. This can be dangerous because people that only want praise ignore or worse slam you for what are intended to be helpful comments. Identifying the beginner that truly wants help could reduce that risk of getting slammed, which IMO reduces the liklihood of someone contributing their knowledge.

John