kennethbowen

The Flash intro doesn't add anything to the rest of your site. I see very few uses of Flash that make any design sense at all. The rest of your site is very nice and clean. Easy to navigate, and filled with delightful images.

 

What ever you do, don't drive off the deep end and start using Flash menus, funky scrollbars, and other design horrors. I'd replace the stealth splash screen with something that matches the rest of your site.

Thanks for the tips. I'm looking for some papers at the local art supply places, but DickBlick is a great resource.

 

Thanks again for the direction.

Greetings:

 

I'd like to try printing on interesting, textured papers: so-called

'rice paper' or something like that, from my Epson 820. Any

suggestions? I'm worried that the various handmade papers I could find

at the local art supply store might gum up my printer.

 

Many of the photos at www.starnstudio.com say they are printed on

Gambi, Kozo, or other Oriental paper. Where can I find paper like

this, and is it safe to run through an Epson inkjet?

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There's a huge difference between making brewed coffee and making espresso. That you don't know the difference indicates that tools or no tools, you won't make a good cup of espresso.

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Wow! You never miss a chance to offend. I didnt' say she made espresso; I said she made great boiled coffee that I liked. And, she did it with minimal tools. You assume I'm a dolt and don't know the difference. Weird.

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Kevin M. Yes, her mother was half Greek, or something like that. I had a glass pot that I used for filtered coffee which I broke while washing it. I admired the way she simply took a tomato can and made a nice brew. Things were so much simpler then.

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This is the same reason I'm plugging along with my Pentax and cheap lens: I have so much to learn, I can't believe my pictures will get any better if I spend a bunch of money on gear. I've enjoyed all the coffee talk, and the links to the various makers of gear is interesting. For the life of me, I can't figure out how this disolved into insults???

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When I was in college, I dated a woman who could make the best coffee in a tin can, heated on top of the gas range. She had an 'alternative process' for flicking some cold tap water off her fingers that sent the grounds to the bottom of the can. She would then decant the brew with nary a single ground ending up in the cup!

 

We spent many fine nights drinking this splendid, boiled coffee reading M.F.K Fischer aloud. We didn't need to fondle any yuppie, chrome, coffee fetish machine! A good craftsman never complains about his/her tools.

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Thanks for the link. BTW, I'll be in NYC over the holidays anmd want to take pics of its seedier side (hookers good). Can any NYC denizens tell me interesting sections of the city where Imight accomplish this without great risk of bodily harm?</i></p>

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Does anyone in Iraq know where I can take some good war photos without any risk? I'd also like to take some surfing photographs, but not where there is sand or that dirty ocean. How about really spectacular mountain tops, but I don't want to walk too far or get my loafers dirty.

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Seriously, if you go wondering around bad parts of town, with an expensive camera no less, bad things <i>might</i> happen.

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The Vampires of New York

 

Come see the vampires of New York

Come lose your mind in Central Park

But don't leave your soul behind

Come take in 8th street after dark

Such peculiar people you'll remark

You might even see a murder

 

And all the whores on Bleecker Street

They wear the blissful grin

Caused by the drugs they take

To relieve them of their sins

 

And oh lord I think she's dying

I heard somebody say

I think she's dying

And oh oh lord I think she's dying

 

Or maybe she's already dead

And maybe she's gone to Mars

Maybe we could even write

Her epitaph in the stars

It'd say If you go away from here...

If you go a million miles...

Come downtown to see them go

Into the den of the vampires of New York

But please watch your step

As you're getting off, kids

-- Marcy Playground, 1997

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Since this is photo.net, not politics.net, I'd say that Rob Appleby's photographs are terrific. I looks to me like it took a lot of guts to capture some of these images.

 

Also, the comments about soldiers choosing to be there is ridiculous clap-trap. Most soldiers are young conscripts who have no say in the political realities they serve. This is as true of American kids in Iraq as it is for Israeli grunts.

 

I too have 'Middle East on the Brain,' but Rob's pictures are certainly worth looking at.

Tom: thanks for explaining. For a minute, I thought the bumper was primer, which kind of added something to the photo for me. Looks cool. Thanks.

Can you help us neophytes, and describe the lighting, film, etc.

 

Thanks.

Another, "All Praise the Sharpie." I store all manner of data, and have for many years, using the cheapest CDR's I can find, labeled with the King of All Markers, the Sharpie. I just read a mail back-up from five years ago, stored in a cheap CD sleave in a file folder (Nasty, non-archival material). It mounted fine. Don't believe the hype

same photo as Jeff's, on a moonless night.<div></div>

Windiff will work.

 

Or, you could install the cygwin tools and use diff from a shell script to find and compare each file. That's what I'd do.

This is one of the beauties of free software. Install it, try it, if you don't like it: ignore it or remove it from your system? If you're "picky with software," how can anyone know what you're going to like?

 

I don't use gnome, or any desktop management software, and I like electric eyes. You might not, but why don't you simply try the software out and see if you like it?

 

Here's a big list of image viewing software, the first result of a google query:

http://linux.tucows.com/image_viewers_default.html

 

Pixie Plus is another application that ACDsee users seem to like.

 

Here's another big list of viewers:

http://linuxberg.cesnet.cz/mmedia/image_viewers_rating.html

 

Why don't you install some of these and report back on which one *you* like best?

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Yo, what are you talking about?

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Electric Eyes is pretty cool:

http://www.starlink.rl.ac.uk/star/docs/sc15.htx/node85.html

<p><i>It's an entry level scanner. When combined with an Epson printer it can make a decent print. But not as good as a well-made darkroom print.</i></p>

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I don't think this is true. But, to the original question, to maximize sharpness of the scan, you might try messing around with single-pass multi-scanning. Also, for printing, you should try one of the matte or lustre papers. I like Epson HW Matte paper, and it's affordable. The glossy photo paper you using didn't work for me at all.

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The suburb I live in has rude and useless camera/film stores. B&H is great. I have bought everything from cameras to developer from them and they always have good prices and ship right away. They are, to my mind, a model internet business and I wouldn't hesitate to suggest you order from them.

Thanks, Lex, for the detail.

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Lex:

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Help me understand how to do this. I currently use Microphen 1:1, single shot. I mix up the 1 litre package, and use 150ml each time (I use a 300ml plastic tank). I'd like to use it straight, but am concerned about economy.

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If I wanted to adopt your methodology, I would use 300ml straight. Do I then return that 300ml (minus the small amount lost in the tank, funel, spilled, etc.) to the remaining 700ml? And, then after 10 uses pour the 1 ltr. bottle out?

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Or, do I keep the 300ml in a seperate container. Use it ten times. Pour it out. this way I would get 30 uses out of a litre.

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Thanks a lot.

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West Coast Imaging REQUIRES you to cut your strips:

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...please trim out the individual frame we need to scan. It is easier and less clumsy to mount, which reduces the chance of damaging your film.

 

If we receive a strip of film, we will contact you to see if we can trim out the individual frame you need us to scan.

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I like the suggestion above to store the strips in the last pocket of a print file. I have a couple of single image 35mm negatives and I have a hard time scanning them with my desktop scanner, mostly because of the curl.

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If you find yourself in Washington Square Park, check out the various 'step' streets. Filbert steps, Vallejo steps, and Greenwich steps. These wooden stairs have lovely gardens and a few wooden streets/paths that are fun to explore.

 

There is a map online (pdf format):

http://offbeat.8m.net/NorthWalk1.pdf

 

The Anchor Steam Brewery gives good tours. They are in Potrero Hill.

 

Swans Oyster Depot, on Polk St. towards the bay from California St. has great oysters and Anchor Steam beer, if you like that sort of thing.

 

The Mission murals that Jeff Spirer mentioned are cool; don't miss them.

 

SF MOMA is worth going to. If you like the architecture of Frank Isreal, there is one of his designs on Grand View, just off of Portola . The Redwood Room, in the Clift Hotel, is a neat space with incredible redwood covered walls(and a great Martini).

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Travis, this book: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0395530075/qid=1065049624/sr=8-1/ref=sr_8_1/102-5862351-6269723?v=glance&s=books&n=507846">

The Natural Way to Draw</a>, by Kimon Nicolaides, is one of the best books on drawing. It's also a delightful book to read, even if you never learn to draw. It will help you see.

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Oh, I don't have a Leica. But if I did, and I stopped using it, I'd use my Nikon Fm2n / 50mm 1.8. It's a good set up (for me).

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...the standard ISO9660 works everywhere...

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I don't think that's true. From the <i>mkisofs</i> manpage:<br>

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[generate Joliet extensions] This is primarily useful when

the discs are to be used on Windows-NT or Windows-95 machines. The Joliet filenames are specified in Unicode and each path component can be up to 64 Unicode characters long. Note that Joliet is no standard - CD's that use only Joliet extensions but no standard Rock Ridge extensions may usually only be used on Microsoft Win32 systems. Furthermore, the fact that the filenames are limited to 64 characters and the fact that Joliet uses the UTF-16 coding for Unicode characters causes interoperability problems.

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If I'm not mistaken, the <em>hybrid</em> option in the various gui cd burning tools adds the Joliet extensions, which MS Windows needs.

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<i>Seriously weird shot. Reminds me of a still from a a Jerry Lewis movie of the sixities. Everything is normal - except for that one thing...</i>

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Or Fellini. The room looks 'natural' save a guy wearing a clown nose, on his back, under the coffee table. The opening shot nails that aesthetic, at least for me.

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I took a required course titled 'Political Economy.' There was a vibrant discussion of Amendment Nine:

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The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people.

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The meaning of this is simple and clear. I can't see how this could be read to conclude that you have any right to <u>not</u> be photographed in public any more than you can assert your right to not be sketched by those pesky art school goons that draw in your favorite cafe. I once had a mime mimic me on a public sidewalk. Talk about a violation!

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Sure, I think it's rude to take peoples picture without asking. But that's a social convention and has nothing to do with "certain unalienable Rights." I call it politeness, others might call it a hang-up.

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It's the same old story: we're talking about rights, when we should be talking about responsibilities.

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