Chicago Sunrise (remake), 2003

and put my camera to the window and started shooting photos. This is

one that came from that exercise.

Wonderfull sunspot!! I thought I remembered one somewhere in your portfolio. Great stuff for a grab shot.

Been on holiday of sorts. Thanks for comment.

 

Grabbed? Yes, while driving my red porsche through downtown Chicago. Aaahh!

I love sunspots and flares. I was reading this forum about them a while ago. I got Cyrus to post in there too. Also, there was a words/no words forum where this one could be loaded also seeing spots. Don't tell them about the Porsche or the Leica or they will beat you up out of sheer spite and jealousy. :))

Care to email about your holiday, of sorts?

Also, I see your page is up and running again. Good to see that.

Holidays were fine. Not so much into my creating photos of late, kind of went through all my negs, now it is new stuff (not much of late) or re-doing old stuff.

 

Some of the folks have got ahead of me in the sort, but somehow one day I just lost 1,000 points. Don't know why. Went from over 10K points to just over 9K. Hmmm?

 

r,

 

Steve

Yes, I noticed that drop in numbers a while ago. I do not understand what did that. I thought perhaps it happened when they deleted a lot of the 1/1 ratings people had. But there may have been some glitch happen on your portfolio and all those ratings got lost and never returned. Maybe Brian Mottershead would have time to answer an email of yours about it, or a post in the forum for him. Could it be that you had 1000 1/1s on your photos? Seems extreme.

It is possible that I had 1000 photos with a 1 rating. Sad...

 

Steve

 

ps. Thanks for noticing.

Yeah, really sad. I am not sure what made them delete -- but I think there were some people or bots or something just marking everyone's photos 1/1. There was some forum posts about it, at the time.

I found some negs in bad shape from the late 60's. Been posting the results. Had to do some filters on them to make them presentable. I was 17 when I took them...went cross country with my camera.

 

Not worried about the 1's. Same as 7's I guess, eh?

 

Steve

I will have to have a look at them. See where all you went. Makes me think of Ken Kesey and the old hippies travelling around in their psychedelic van. LOL. Just kidding.

I was reading a forum the other day where a Pro Photog said he did his own repairs with Photoshop rather than use ICE or some program where he had no control. Sounds like you were in control of your repairs. (Sorry, I cannot link you to the forum, don't remember where it was.)

This is what I have been doing lately River Cruise

mmm

Went through 1st and most of second row of German pictures from boat, in towns, fountains, castle(s), houses, man himself, man about town, manhole covers, doorways, river views, other boat traffic, etc.

 

Germany is ripe with history and you caught lots of it along the river. Well done.

 

What photo program did you use for these photos?

 

Steve

They are digital photos, resized, etc, in Paintshop Pro, and the album is made with PS CS. I did quite a lot of editing to the 'simple' template of PS CS. I don't know how to make my own template yet. Need to take the time to learn that, someday. I like your slide show on your page.

 

Thanks for taking the time to have a look.

Thanks and no problemo! ;-)

 

Steve

 

ps. Why two programs to create one photo? Why not just CS?

I am in transition. Still getting comfortable with PS after all my years of Paintshop I find it faster to use. From the little I have used PS, though, I think it is much better, and I really must get more comfortable using it.

Perspective control is the feature in PS you may consider. Pick one of the german village buildings in your trip portfolio such as the nice church straight on view I saw. Play with that one and see if PC in PS helps with the backward leaning? Fun to do.

 

Steve

Yes, thank you. I must find the time to try that. Cyrus gave me instructions on how to do that, too, on my symmetry photo in my Travel - Amsterdam folder. Now, I really must do that!! I have so many buildings that need it.

Not all buildings or photos warrant such treatment. Just that some do. Straight on views most especially. Tilting is ok most of the time, imo. It is just a technique to be used when you think it does.

 

Steve