greg neils

<p>I've done nothing with my system configuration and the crashing has stopped. It makes me think that a banner add was causing the crash. Thanks all for checking out your systems.</p>

<p>Thanks for checking it out everyone. I've repeated it several times. It fails about 2/3 the times. When it works, I refresh and then it crashes Firefox. <br>

Here is what the firefox error info says: (copied and pasted). </p>

<p>BuildID: 20100401080539<br>

CrashTime: 1276208829<br>

EMCheckCompatibility: true<br>

FramePoisonBase: 00000000f0de0000<br>

FramePoisonSize: 65536<br>

InstallTime: 1270234617<br>

ProductName: Firefox<br>

ReleaseChannel: release<br>

SecondsSinceLastCrash: 33<br>

StartupTime: 1276208808<br>

Theme: classic/1.0<br>

Throttleable: 1<br>

URL: http://www.photo.net/<br>

Vendor: Mozilla<br>

Version: 3.6.3</p>

<p>Fortunately (or unfortunately) the bug went away at 3:35 pm (pacific) and is no longer appearing. I'll post info if it happens again.<br>

ps. I'm on a windows 7, 64 bit desktop/server.</p>

<p>Firefox has been crashing today when I have multiple tabs open I go to the Photo.net tab. I'm not sure why it is crashing or how to fix it. It does close Firefox completely. The only information I have is from Firebug saying: Permission denied for <http://adserver.adtechus.com> to call method Location.toString on <http://www.photo.net>. But I doubt this causes the crash.<br>

<br />Normally works fine.</p>

<p>I agonize over this too... here what I try to think:<br /> <br /> 1) What is the subject<br /> 2) What do I want the subject to include... such as motion, background, colors<br /> 3) Choose my ideal background<br /> 4) Depth Of Field<br /> 5) Can I hand hold the camera<br /> 6) adjust ISO<br /> 7) Will the aperture and shutter speed get what I want<br /> 8) Did I move my feet and check out other points of view?<br /> 9) Is this the right time<br /> 10) Is the light OK? Can I adjust it, or move to better light?<br /> 11) Should I wait a little longer to get the right moment.<br /> 12) Am I taking to long.. just shoot it, look at the exposure, and ...<br /> 13) What do I need more of?<br /> 14) What do I need less of?<br /> <br /> By that time, I'm ready to shoot. With practice, I've gone from a couple of minutes per "study" to a couple of seconds and re-ordering the thought process around to fit the scenes needs.</p>

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My wife and I and my 2 year old son just spent 17 months traveling around the world. I'm an expert in what works for me. I'm completely biased and here's what I would say. I traveled to New Zealand, Australia, Hong Kong, Thai Land, Cambodia, India, Nepal, Egypt, Italy, Check republic, Austria, Germany, Ireland, Spain and Mexico.

 

I carried a computer and an usb external backup drive.

 

1) Finding place to mail back the items is a horrible experience. It is difficult and it takes away from what you would like to be doing.

 

2) A laptop can be used during your down time to tag your photos, delete ones, organize them, etc. If you save this for the end and they are mailed to a location- 1) you've got to trust the mail. 2) you'll have to organize them when your back and your memory won't be so good. 3) It is expensive.

 

3) Mailing isn't cheap anymore. My wife and I gave up on that.

 

4) With a backup and a laptop you are covered. If the place isn't safe, then carry your small backup drive. You’re covered

 

5) Get Acronis backup software and backup your entire computer by making an image (I'm a DBA by day).

 

6) Use Skype for phone calls. By the package so that you can have a phone number. As you move around from country to country people will have to have a way to get a hold of you. You can buy local numbers or you can bother with G3 mobile cards and recharging them. We do both actually, but our preference is Skype.

 

7) Do you really not want to see other photos from the same place? PN is an excellent resource while you are on the road and your camera isn't web enabled yet.

 

8) I've had to use internet cafes a lot and most of them suck. They are poorly lit, the speed is horrible, the conditions are for young gamers and that is it.

 

9) You can share your photos by e-mailing them to the family and friends. Every two weeks we sent a picture or 2 back home with a small explanation.

 

10) See if you can buy the GPS thingy that will geo tag your photos. You won’t' want to do this after the fact as I'm have to do.

 

11) How will you burn the CDs? Renting a computer is a pain. Do you trust the mail to deliver your photos? We think we will get 100% of our mail, but we aren't home yet and we just don't know. I'm glad I can see and touch all the photos I've taken.

 

12) Think about an online backup website. Put your best picture up there for safe keeping. We didn't live dangerously ( i.e. 2 year old) but you might want the good feeling of know your best picture are safe.

 

There are even more pros to packing a laptop... but I think I've writen enough.

 

Drop me a line and I'll itemize what was in my 1 suitcase for 18 months. I can't take good photos but I tried. http://www.neils.us if you want to take a look at mediocre pictures.

I just found this wondeful software called iTag. It is simple, it is small and it tags images by stroring them in the

IPTC header of each jpeg. It is read by a wide range of popular applications including Picasa, Flickr, IrfanView,

XnView, and many others

 

I've got to tag 7,000 images that I've taken from various 17 varuiys countries with various subjects. Past forums

haven't mentioned this software. Has anyone used it?

 

It looks good at face value (free). I hope it is terrific when I scratch the surface.

I just found iTag on an independent search. At first glance it is everything that I wanted in a simple program with good visible documentation. It is free abd it is better than the rest.

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Have you ever captured a photo that was ruined by an intruder? He/

She/ It/ They just don't belong but somehow they make the photo stand

out for one reason or another. Maybe it's funny or perhaps it added

the right color, but you definitely didn't plane on it.<div></div>

28-135 is my favorite walk around. I love the range, but on my 20D it isn't wide enough and I spend most of my time in the 100+ range

 

I better pull out that 50 prime. Other reviews have inspired me to use it again.

 

10-22 makes me see the world differently, which I need from time to time.

 

70-300 for zoos.

I saw mostly Canon logos while watching sports. I like sports so I must like Canon too. LOL.

I took one more class. I participated more and I got more out of it.

I think the point is being missed. What might take several hours of panning and firing could be done automatically. For example. I just spent 5 days in the Nepal. I used my telephoto lens and spend hours firing away and adjusting the camera to the next segment. I took over 250 photos and a software package stitched them together. Making sure that I had enough overlapping segments was taxing. Your right, I could have done the same thing with a wide angle lens with a single shot but then I would have missed out on all of the detail that I captured.

Critiquing more than one photo is tough. After we've confirmed our comment, could the next screen have a link

back to the "critique forum" under the "Sharing" drop down as well? That way we could scroll down and critique

the next photo that we wanted to offer a critique on.

I agree with Jacob. You can defend you system, but it seems that you are actually defending your work around system and implying that Jacob must change the way that he does stuff to a way that he doesn't want to do stuff. I think what Jacob suggests is right on, but it would also be too difficult and not rewarding to program.

Creating stitched panoramics made easy: A simple robotic device attaches to a tripod and a camera then takes

enough pictures to be able to stitch them into a panorama. The device does all of the moving and clicking! Now

if they add a time delay before it starts I could have some incredibly beautiful panoramic sunrise shots!

 

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/20/technology/20novel.html?_r=1&ref=technology&oref=slogin

Hello,

 

One particular add by Google-

 

"Saatchi Online"

 

covers up the drop down menus and I can not use the covered items to navigate

photo.net

 

Greg Neils

I've been traveling around the world for the last 20 months. I've seen my extrnal hard drives get dropped. Bring 2 and use one as a backup only. Acronis Software will also back up your computer. Here is my set up if it helps.

 

I've got an HP laptop in the biggest size possible. It's great for viewing pictures and a pain to travel with. My wife has a 14 inch and it is perfectly capable of the same job and a lot easier to travel with. With bigger size comes speed mine's fast.

 

I've got 2 external USB 250 Gig hard drives in differnt colors, blue and orange. One is only for backups (blue) and one is for originals (orange). They are from differnt makers and that has not mattered. They are both really small. If you go big drives, they are prone to heating and harder to stash away. Plus they are usually a little more fragile because the internal disk is bigger, spins faster, and was always meant to be on a stationary desk somewhere.

 

My wife caries the Orange External and I carry the Blue.

 

The best thing I would add to your list is a portable mouse. I absolutely love mine and I find it really hard to touch up photos not using it.

 

Try NOT to buy a external drive that needs to be plugged in. Get a USB drive that draws the power from your computer, it is one less power adaptor that you'll have to carry. The less cords and adaptors the better.

 

If you are worried about bumps and bruises, buy a solid state hard drive in the laptop. They are strong. Go Mac or go Windows XP, or whatever system your used to. Windows is moving to "version 7" and Vista is down right horrible.

 

If you get two 250 USB external hard drives, worst comes to worst and you'll have 500 Gigs and no backup. Please be concerned about your backup while you are outthere. I had 1 computer stop working, 1 hard drive break, the 2nd computer crash and lose everything, and another external hard drive fail. That was in 1 week and I take excellent care of my stuff.

 

Don't worry about the brands. They are different but mostly function the same, just get ones you like in the size you like. Try them out before you go for as long as you can. Most electronics break in the 1st month or lasts a long time.

 

Good luck, have a great time and bring back some incredible photos.

I just got done taking Brian Peterson's Understanding Exposure II. Previously I had read his book "Understanding Exposure". I really needed a class to get myself motivated to take pictures again. I'm newish to photography with only 2 years of taking OK photos.

 

The classes are sent to you via an e-mail link. You log onto their site and read what the instructor has posted. There is a spot to ask the instructor questions and to post general questions to the group. The instrurctor gets first pass at providing feedback about your photo uploads (usually 3 different pics). Then the students can post critics as well. It is a great concept, but you really have to be self motivated and willing to sit infront of the computer for a larger than expected length of time.

 

I did it once and only participated minimally. I could have gotten a lot more from it, but I was on the road 3 of the 4 weeks. I'm going to sign up for 1 more class. I believe they are very good, but you should have a high level of committment before signin up.

Everytime that I go to sign into my account, I click on the advertising

instead. This is cute the first time, annoying the second time, and I'm

switching over to my other photo accounts until I can sign in again, without

interuption.

 

Some possibilities:

Move the location of the sign in spot. I understand you have to make money,

but we've got a right to sign into our accounts.

Display that image once. Use a cookie to display it at most once a day!

 

Move the advertising to a different spot. I'm not sure visually where it

should goto.

 

I'll check back in, but I'm not signing in anymore... I just can seam to find

the link.

 

- Greg Neils