Tony Parsons

. North Norfolk Railway, Holt

. Digital Half-plate

Lunchtime Dragon - Norwich

The Last Of The Steam-powered Trains - The Kinks

Do you get rid of old friend and make new ones governed by the changing of the seasons as well ?

Black 5 locomotive

You may find that the film was not wound tightly on the spool on one side, thus permitting the ingress of stray light. Also, it appears only to have affected the shadow area, which would have received less light during the actual exposure, thus making it more sensitive to the unwanted exposure.

Julie H wrote : " Hector, it *was* a great logo until the termites got hold of it (the old photo.net was infested with termites). A few days ago, the logo was solid blue. Now look at it: the big blue blob is losing its nut." We obviously need the help of the Termitinator. Talking of Big Blue - no, I won't even go there. 'Open pod bay doors, please, HAL'

Julie H wrote : "Well, for one thing, just look at that terrible new logo!! The big blue dot is eating the little blue dot!! No little dots are going to want to join the new photo.net with that kind of treatment! And furthermore, the word net is not ecologically sensitive. Nets are bad news. Not that we want to be photo.hook, but maybe photo.softandpuffy would be better." Until you mentioned it, the logo had not registered. But, if you look closely, the big blue dot appears to be shielding the little blue dot, hence protecting it. It's all in interpretation. I agree entirely that certain kinds of net are ecologically bad news, having just seen a report on the number of sea birds caught in nets in the Pacific. However, in this instance, the word net is surely short for network, and many of our local nature reserves have a network of streams and pools providing sustenance and shelter for their residents. I think, if you feel that photo.softandpuffy is the way to go, then a marked reduction in contrast and sharpening, together with a high ISO and no noise reduction could give interesting results - I look forward to your postings with interest. You also posited : "I object! I insist that I have the right not to complain." Agreed - what we need is rigidly-defined areas of doubt and uncertainty.

I'm feeling really left out here - I've had no glitches I can recall, no jumping forums, images uploaded as I wanted them, comments beneath not lurching to one side, always going to the latest unread posting on whichever thread I view, and people actually liking some of my images ! What more could a pensioner with slight mobility issues want from life ?

Legs not visible

This used to be a railway bridge

By now, the Dragons had the unsuspecting humans completely surrounded . . . . .

Have you got a time machine ? It's only Feb 20 here in UK !!

Apologies - should read entire thread before opening keyboard !

Sorry, Adam, didn't realise you use a Mac - disregard my suggestions, please.

The OP hasn't stated it is a digital print, nor that he has a digital version which he can print - or even whether it is monochrome or colour. My reading is that it is possibly a commercially produced 'wet print', and the negative is no longer available. It may be possible to scan in the print to give an acceptable digital version, which the OP could either manipulate in software as he pleases, or get this performed by someone else, either way leaving the original pristine, if not to the OP's liking.

By no means an expert, but when transferring or copying files between media, I err on the side of caution. My PC has a built-in card reader, so I take the SD card from the camera, set write-protect (in case of corruption) then use Explorer to copy the files to the hard drive. If I want the files on another hard drive (say as backup), I then use Explorer to copy the files from the first hard drive to the second hard drive. So far, I have had no problems - I offer this as a potential solution. The issue which concerns me about using the transfer cable is that if the power in the camera dies (say battery runs down), then there is a possibility that files on the hard drive may be corrupted, and what is worse, the files on the SD card may also become corrupted. HTH

I would like to add one thing to Sandy's insightful input, if I may. He mentioned the stress that the photographer is under - it is in my view important to realise that the 'happy couple' are also under immense pressure, and the photographer can be a great help in calming them down, thus resulting in a calmer atmosphere all round. On a First Aid course, I was told that 'the first rule is to re-assure the patient - this also re-assures the First Aider' ! If you appear to be calm, competent, confident and collected then everyone else will respond to this, making your job far easier, and hopefully resulting in images with which you and the couple are happy (Mothers-in-law are a different matter !) Good luck, and please post your new, improved results.

Spring - Tuesday Edited - hopefully <br><br> Tony

As I said yesterday, no personal issues, but can something been done about the spam which is infiltrating the site, please ? Many thanks Tony

These images are obviously very important to you - rather than doing it yourself, have you considered getting them copied at a professional photo lab ? They will have had experience in this kind of work, so will be able to provide the best results. Good luck anyway.