michaeljlawson

I use the "My Picture Slideshow" screensaver in Windows to display the photos I have on my PC to display the

photos I've spent time on, I got my wife a digital photo frame for her office which she loves, and I keep a photo

book with my favorite shots in it printed 8x10 with exif data printed for reference. I have yet to hang any on

my wall, but only because I am waiting to be able to print them larger than 8x10. Then I will hang the best of

the best (or at least the ones I like).

That works nicely too. It's going to take a while to perfect any of these, but it's looking better each time. I appreciate both of your assistance.

Thanks again Jen, I will play with that method too.

"Quick and Dirty" wins (No offense Jen)....Thanks for the tip Aaron

I'm glad I could help.

Thanks Jen. I tried that quickly and see that it will take a little more time to get it right, but it should do the trick. Thanks again, Michael.

Flash Slideshow Maker from here will do it: http://www.flash-slideshow-maker.com/ Controls and Thumbnails can be removed from most themes.

 

Mcihael

You should change it from "Bumper Sticker" to "Coffee Mug" to get some better responses.

Hello Kat, In Photoshop choose the crop tool, there will be boxes at the top where you can fill in the height and width. Enter 18 and 24 and it should automatically show "in" after them for inches. Drag the cursor across your picture and you will be able to crop it ready for printing at 18 x 24, just hit the check mark at the top. How it will look when printed at 18 x 24 will depend on how much is left after the crop. If you choose File, Print and set your paper size to 18 x 24 and check the "scale to fit media" box it will tell you the printing DPI which should give you an idea as to the quality of the print. Enjoy, Michael.

There is a nice description about half way down the page here: http://www.photoshopessentials.com/basics/brushes/photoshop-brush-shape-dynamics.php and lots of other good tips on this site.

Hello,

 

I was taking some pictures at the local zoo yesterday and one of them was through a fence. There is still a

slight haze where the blurred out fence was across the image. Any tips on removing it? The image is here:

http://www.photo.net/photo/7663606

 

Thanks,

Michael

Thanks Alex...Good info.

I have the 75-300 and most of the pictures in my gallery were taken with it. I wouldn't recommend for a serious photographer, but it was fun to use and has made me hungry for more. It can take extremely good pictures even at 300mm under the right conditions (good lighting, steady hand or tripod), and it can be disappointing when you know it could have been better (color, sharpness). It's good enough to keep me heading out and looking for places to shoot a often as possible. It's not so good that I would stop saving for better glass.

Herrick Lake looks good and I can scout it out on my lunch hour too. Johnathan, thanks for the heads up on the road closure, I would have forgotten about that. I'll put The Little Red School house on the family outing list as well. Thanks to everyone.

I work right across the street form the Morton Arboretum and didn't even think of it. I will probably spend some time there too, thanks. According to Google maps it is 6 hours and 1 minute from me to Shawnee, but it sounds like it may be worth my time, I am very interested in adding some snake and\or owl photos to the collection, so I may take the chance that I can find them and do an over-nighter there. I just want to spend more time shooting than driving if possible. Thanks for the ideas and keep them coming if you have more. I'm always looking for places to go on the weekends too.

Hello Everyone. I will be taking some vacation time next week and am looking for some new places to shoot Flora

and Fauna. I have spent a lot of time at FermiLab in Batavia (and will probably spend more there) and also plan

on spending some time at Starved Rock State Park. Is it worth a 6 hour drive to the Shawnee National Forest this

time of year? I'm interested in wildlife, waterfalls, and am also renting a macro lens for a new perspective of

the smaller things. Any thoughts?

Looks great with Safari on a PC...nice work everyone!

Anvsoft has a flash slideshow maker here: http://www.anvsoft.com/flash-slideshow-maker.html

You can download for free if you don't mind their banner slide and it can be published to CD\DVD or a website.

When I read "Multi-Media photo assignment" my first thoughts were slideshow, screensaver

or some sort of power point documentary.

The "Lens" aperture as you describe it is the lens's widest aperture (smallest f number). When you change the aperture setting on the camera you are telling the lens to use a different smaller aperture (Lareger f number). Stated simply it changes both the amount of light entering the camera and the depth of field (DOF). Wider apertures let in more light with a shallower DOF, smaller lets in less light with a greater DOF.

I just picked up a book called "The Smoky Mountains Photographer's Guide"

http://www.blueridgeparkwaystore.com/prods/90552607_2060_the-smoky-mountains-photographers-guide.asp

It's got some nice tips on where to go and when to go there. You may want to see if it's at your local bookstore.

I don't see any Excel templates, but there are some Word templates available (scroll down to 2008): http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/templates/results.aspx?qu=moon&av=TPL000

Maybe they are people like me in the learning process. They post their average stuff, get feedback, and hopefully post better shots next time. You see a great shot in the recent posts, it's one of their best shots to date, and expect all their other shots to be the same quality. Without knowing who they are, how long they've been shooting, or what their goals are, how can you judge them so generally?

I have been using the 75-300 USM for a liitle over a year on an XTI. I wouldn't recommend it except in cases of financial limitations like yours, and then only if you can't wait until you can afford a better quality lens. It does a good (not great)job most of the time, but is quite soft especially at 300mm. You can checkout my porfolio for wildlife shots I've taken with it. The Redtailed Hawk shots were taken from about 12-15 feet away while it was feeding, then sitting on a post. Not as sharp as I would like, but you can decide for yourself.

I have the 75-300 USM on the XTI, and while I use it often if I had to do it over I would not buy it again. At 300mm it is noticeably soft and I am never quite satisfied with the shots I get . Check out my portfolio if you want, most of the wildlife photos were taken with it. The eyes, feather, and fur never have the crispness I would like without sometimes excessive Photoshop work. I can't wait until I can afford to replace it. Don't think twice about passing on it for better glass.