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<p>Quick update. Success ! As it turned out I used Faststone and it really couldn't ave been much easier. They do have a batch converter and after I figured out the settings it went lightning fast. 58 pretty large files in just over a minute. I want to thank everyone here for the help. This has got to be the best site on the net.<br>

Now for some sleep!</p>

<p>Yes Jos, I'm in there now. I'm doing my best at screwing everything up. I'll get it, it just takes me awhile. Thanks everyone for the input. I'm going to play around with it for another hour or so and then it the rack.</p>

<p>Thanks again.</p>

<p>Thanks Bob. I've been looking in fastone but I'll be darned if I can figure out where.</p>

<p>An addendum to my question. All of the editing I did tonight was in faststone, which didn't miss a beat. I just also opened the file in my pictures, which opened without an issue. However, when I used the selection bar at the bottom to close and allow for editing, where it normally would open paint.net with all of those utilities and tools, it instead opens paint. (with a rather large crop of the original image) Does paint.net not support tiff?</p>

<p>Hi all,<br>

Forgive me if this sounds elementary. I just had some negatives from the 70's scanned at Walgreens. I've probably had 20 or so batches done before. Usually, I will go through the images, pick a few and work on them in Fastone, and lately, paint.net. Then I will resize a few and send them over to photobucket for ease if I need to post them on various forums. Up until now there hasn't been a problem. Tonight's batch came back as tiff files for some reason. When I tried to open the folder in photobucket's upload tool, it was empty. I can open the folder in my pictures and fastone but I get nothing over at photobucket. I first noticed a difference when I sent two images out tonight via e-mail. They took forever to load. I did a seach on tiff to jpeg conversions but didn't find an answer to the question I have, which is this........ Since I've just spent a few hours editing and resizing, is there an easy way to save what I have and batch convert to jpeg given the utilities I have (fastone and paint) or am I better off going back and having them rescanned as jpegs and starting the editing process all over again? If I do convert will I have to go back and resize my images up if I've already downsized the photos I plan to transmit. Again, if that sounds silly, my apologies. Still working through the digital age.</p>

<p>Thanks for your input.</p>

<p>Josh, an update. I just went over to the ratings request drop down under administration for the image involved and it now has accepted it. Please note that I had made two unsuccessful ratings attempts earlier this evening after the critque submission on this same photo. Odd. For what it's worth, it seems to be working now. I'll just try to be extra careful to follow the order in the future.<br>

Thanks again<br>

Bill</p>

<p>Thanks for the quick response Josh. The order does seem to matter as it has happened to me at least once before. Also, I have always requested a rating and critique for the same image since I am aware of my limits and try to maximize the return, as I stated for the 24 hour cycle.<br>

Bill</p>

<p>I have had the same issue. The work around for me is to not enter any data, then hit save to whatever folder (ie, single, assorted) Once there I go back in an move the image to the correct folder and then edit the image info. That seems to have cleared all the 'stuck' images for me.</p>

<p>I've been hanging around here for a bit now and I will most likely be buying a membership in the near future. Up until now I've been content with posting on occasion and uploading a few images. I've been getting a feel for post processing, which I am still very much stumbling through. So for the occasional time I'd like feedback I stop in and ask for a rating and a critique. In That Order. Never a problem. Unfortunately, about an our ago I made the mistake of asking for a critique first. Once that went through a ratings request was disallowed for 24 hours. Now to me, that seems to defeat or neuter the exercise of asking for a critique. It seems that the critique thread will get more exposure and offer a better opportunity to get the photo rated at the same time, so it would seem to behoove one to be sure the rating request is sent first, since once that is completed I've never had a problem immediately following it up with a critique request, which seems to work well<br />Bummed</p>

<p>I suppose I do have an addendum to my question. Is there a way, given the programs I am using to selectively sharpen a part of the image, for example the eyes? Is that an option in other programs?<br>

Curious</p>

<p>Thanks Tom. I haven't had a chance to sit down and rework the image from scratch yet, but I have played around with some meaningless photos just to get the feel for paint. It seems, at least so far, that there are features in both paint and fastone that are pretty much the same or close, and some that are not. I found myself going back to fastone for the clone tool, and I also have not run across any feature in paint that levels the horizon. Am I missing it somewhere?<br>

Anyway, thanks again. Now I get a chance to spend some (ha ha ) free time getting a feel for the new editing program. ;)</p>

<p>Thanks JC. Yes, it's my image so I can screw it up to my heart's content. I just downloaded paint.net and played with it for about a half hour. That is a whole new bag of marbles for me so it will take some getting used to. I may start from scratch with this image (before the crop) tomorrow and see where that leads me. I really appreciate the advice, thank you again.</p>

<p>Hello all. Awhile back I had asked if there were free programs that would allow me to edit/resisize/yada/yada/yada. Several people here suggested Fastone and Gimp, among others. I tried to download GIMP back then and for some reason, it didn't take. Faststone, on the other hand, loaded fine and I've been playing around with that program since. It seems pretty straightforward and does most of what I have wanted to do up until this point. That may be changing.</p>

<p>Currently I am still in film mode, not having purchased a DSLR yet. (Soon though) Lately I've been playing around with old negs I shot years ago, some of which I've probably been cropping beyond my ability to work with the image any further in Faststone to achieve a more pleasing (to me) result. One such image is a shot I took in 1980 of President Carter during is final days. I cropped the image to highlight the toll those difficult years had on his face.</p>

<p>I like the grain in the image but I was curious if there was anything I may be able to do to sharpen it a bit more. Is there something in Fastone beyond contrast/highlights/shadow/level adjustments that will help? I"ve also noticed what appears to be a shapening filter (the name escapes me at the moment) which I believe I have set to the sharpest setting.<br>

Should I retry downloading GIMP, is there an advantage, or are there other options you could recommend? Thanks in advance. Now, I'll try to insert the image. I'm not sure if this thread works the same as the Nikon Wednesday thread so bear with me if it doesn't appear right away. Thanks again.</p><div></div>

<p>Hello all. I'm starting New Year off with something old. Really old<br />I shot this image while attending college. At the time I was enrolled in photography courses, developing everything I shot. This was taken in October of 1980. The economy was in a tailspin and the hostages in Iran were still being held. To offset the oil crisis we were told to don a sweater and drive 55. President Carter's poll numbers were abysmal. It was all beyond his control, and he knew it. This was supposed to be an upbeat campaign stop but the reality of the times forced their way past Carter's famous smile and the President's face betrayed the carnival that surrounded him.<br />Lately I've been going through old negatives and scanning them, trying to learn the ins and outs of the digital darkroom while I decide which Dslr to call my first. This is a crop from a much larger image I shot using my old Nikkormat Ft2 and a borrowed 135 since all I had at the time was my 50 f2 that came with my camera. I cropped the image in faststone to try and better capture the mood of the President that day.</p><div></div>

<p>To the mirrorless thread discussion, the way the world seems to be turning, the question in the not too distant future won't be whether or not to have a thread on mirrorless cameras but rather when to start a thread on Classic DSLRs.</p>

<p>If you are going to interrupt the meals of first time diners it may behoove the owners to comp those diners the cost of those meals. Who knows, it may be a relatively cheap hook that brings them back in! Clearly you should ask their permission and get signed releases for the photos.<br>

As has been stated, I definitely think a trial run is in order here. If the owners are your friends, perhaps you could arrange to take some test shots with and without supplemental lighting from different angles while the restaurant is closed a day or two beforehand. Get the shots down so that your time in front of customers is both painless and professional. Maybe you'll even get future business inquiries.<br>

Another thing to consider, besides obligatory exterior shots, would be to have an image of a gleaming chef proudly dislpaying a meal from his or her kitchen. "Happy help" pictures are very welcoming, if they are presentable of course. An idea may be to center the smiling chef holding out a stunningly prepared main course plate, surrounded by all of the kitchen help, waiters, waitresses, bus boys and owners. The caption for their ad could read something like "It takes every one of us to bring great food to your table", or something cheesy like that.</p>

<p>Good luck.</p>

<p><a name="00ZcGc"></a><a href="../photodb/user?user_id=103794">Gary Crabbe</a> <a href="../member-status-icons"><img title="Subscriber" src="../v3graphics/member-status-icons/sub10plus.gif" alt="" /></a>, Nov 17, 2011; 02:09 a.m.</p>

<p>"Let me do this: I'll double my price, but only accept $75.00 per image in cash (no quantity discounts) for the one year use, and you give me the difference in credit towards a few meals here."</p>

<p>Gary may have a point.</p>

<p>There's some validity in this approach. You could offer a discounted cash price in addition to a trade arrangement on the balance, which could actually nurture your relationship with this business. Will your photo be displayed at the restaurant? If so, it would be a perfect setting to help you close a future client who may be debating whether or not to hire you. Also, you and the owner of the restaurant may be able to steer future wedding business in each other's direction through your independent networking.<br />Make it work. Don't burn bridges.<br>

I'd add that if he is willing to work out an arrangement similar to the one described, that you insist that arrangement not be made public. This will reinforce the value of your work to him.</p>

<p>Flat on my back the last couple of weeks with the worst flu I've had in years I'm reduced to staying inside scanning old images, rather than chance pneumonia. Here's one from healthier times. 1995 America's Cup, Louis Vuitton eliminations. Australia, headed by famed skipper John Bertrand, flying a spinnaker on a downwind leg. Shot with an Fe2 and my old trusty manual focus 35-135 while bouncing around in the swells. Hope you like it.</p><div></div>

<p>Stepped into the way back machine today and scanned a shot I took off San Diego at the 1995 Louis Vuitton elimination trials for the America's Cup. The boats about ready to round the weather mark are Australia and New Zealand with the Aussies in the lead. Nikon FE2 w 35-135 manual focus zoom.</p><div></div>

<p>Wouldn't a light leak show up as a dark streak ?</p>

<p>Ever get that question? It's a slightly more refined version of "Can I help you".</p>

<p>I recently was reading a thread here on photo.net that dealt, primarily with, ethical business practices of a (some) camera shop(s). This isn't about ethics, I don't think.</p>

<p>A little background. Over the course of my life I've held a couple of traditional sales jobs. Two of note were a 5 year stint with a regional 'big box' type chain and a year or so gig with a National camera store chain while attending college. The big box experience, for me, was different than what you may assume. For example, for two weeks prior to setting foot on their sales floor we were brought to the company's training facility, put up in a hotel and fed for the duration. We were immersed in learning techniques with which to interact with customers. From the approach, the greeting, warmup, qualification, product presentation, feature/benefit, trial close, overcoming objections, close and follow up. It was an eye opening experience to see how much I had been manipulated into making buying decisions in the past without my knowledge.</p>

<p>After the intial sales training we were introduced to a series of factory reps that demonstrated their products and engaged in their own, customer focused, feature/benefit presentations , as well as what we needed to know that set their product apart from the competition. In that five years, that cycle of training never stopped. We had daily sales meetings and at least one product knowledge meeting with a factory rep per week.</p>

<p>In short, we were prepared to answer any customer questions intelligently, courteously, and professionaly in order to make that customer's buying experience with us one that they would want to repeat. We were proud, and we were professional.</p>

<p>I'm having a hell of a time finding that anymore.</p>

<p>I've been meddling around with cameras, on and off, most of my life, I'm in my mid 50's now. Started with a Brownie, an Instamatic, a Polaroid, and a variety of older fold out bellows type cheapies before I really thought I found God in the seventies when I purchased a brand new Nikkormat Ft2. Over the years I've had a variety of 35mm Nikons, a Mamiya medium format, and some, eh, point and shoot digitals. I've been coming here to this site over the past year, reading, listening, and learning, because I am once again starting one of those "on" cycles that I know will see me purchasing a new Dslr and I like making an informed decision on my purchase.</p>

<p>The internet and Barnes and Noble only go so far. So out into the real 'hold it in your hands' world I go to put one or two Dslr's through the motions and ask silly questions like "what does this do". Well for starters, try to find a camera store. Good luck unless you have unlimited frequent flyer miles. Sadly, they all seem to be gone, or most of them at least. So it's off to a "but you have to hurry because the sale will be over" store. Ok, there's the camera section, ah.... the display, oh look, there's the Nikon 7000 I've been reading so much about! Wow, looks nice, let me pick it up and turn it on. Hmmm, won't turn on. Maybe someone here can show me what I'm doing wrong. Nope, don't see anyone, maybe over in the TV department, ah yes, there's a salesman. Hi, can you show me a few things on this Nikon over here? Um,.... is it a camera? Yes. Oh, ok let me get you someone. "Customer service in camera's, customer service in cameras".</p>

<p>Hi, are you finding what you need?<br />Well, I'm trying to figure out why this camera won't turn on.<br />Oh, ok, let me check that out for you.<br />Great!<br />Huh, it doesn't seem like it has any power.<br />Really? So 'it's not me? What do you think is wrong?<br />Gee, I don't know...huh...hmmm....huh.<br />Is there anyone that might know?<br />Uh no, not really, I'm the only one in camera today.</p>

<p>OK,even though that was a much shortened version of what was a very frustrated dialogue I'll leave that as the end of my little rehash. That took place at least 3 months ago, maybe 4. In that period of time I have gone back in there 5, maybe 6 times and I have yet to see power to that camera or found anyone that can tell me anything beyond what price the thing is selling for. Forget trying to even hold a D700 or any FX model for comparison!</p>

<p>Are you finding what you need? I'm not. What a sad state of affairs the retail camera business has become.</p>

<p>End of rant.</p>

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<p>Wow, week after week the images in this thread astound me. Absolute perfection. I'm ashamed to post!</p>

<p>Mother Nature was busy this past week painting the landscape in the Great Lakes region. I caught this image Sunday morning on the way to install a sink. The 'blue sky' is actually a rain cloud as the sky was mostly overcast. I pulled over and waited until a small hole in the clouds worked it's way over to the rising sun behind me enough to light the scene and got off the last two shots on the roll before the barn fell back in dreary shadow. With the monthly project being titled Orange and Gold I played around, boosting the saturation a bit in FastStone and posted it over there where people seem to be either loving it or hating it. Hope you're one of the ones loving it. I kinda like it.</p>

<p>Nikon F4 / 75-300af / kodak 200 scanned at Walgreens</p><div></div>

<p>Thank you for the clarification Michael. I had been under the impression that the SB 600 did in fact have the capability to set rear curtain sync on the flash itself.</p>