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Early Friday Photography Blog No 124

by In Wales
Thu Jan 28th, 2010 at 06:59:06 PM EST

This week's blog will be "Puzzles", see if you can keep us guessing. Then, the regular "Photos As Usual".

As usual, "Ask the Expert" about anything you like, composition, technical things and so on.

Please try to keep to 600 pixels width and 100kb to 150kb max in file size and take a look at Wednesday Photography Blog No.2 for the technical bits on how to post.

Someone's new technology automatically limits width of photos shown to 600pixels. But it allows you to click and hold on the photos to see the larger version if the file is greater than 600 pixels in width.

Please do not click on post a comment but reply under one of the headers instead.

Have fun, and throw anything in, we want to see your photos!

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Early Friday Photography Blog No 124 | 40 comments (40 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)

Puzzles (none / 0)

"Puzzles"

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by In Wales (inwales aaat eurotrib.com) on Thu Jan 28th, 2010 at 06:59:27 PM EST

Can you guess their names? (4.00 / 4)

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by In Wales (inwales aaat eurotrib.com) on Thu Jan 28th, 2010 at 07:02:02 PM EST
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Re: Can you guess their names? (none / 1)

Colin and Kev.

by afew (afew(a in a circle)eurotrib_dot_com) on Sat Jan 30th, 2010 at 03:23:21 AM EST
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Re: Can you guess their names? (none / 0)

Not even close, but a very good try.

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by In Wales (inwales aaat eurotrib.com) on Sat Jan 30th, 2010 at 02:22:52 PM EST
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Re: Can you guess their names? (none / 1)

Come on, if it's a very good try, it's damn close.

Terry and Les?

by afew (afew(a in a circle)eurotrib_dot_com) on Sat Jan 30th, 2010 at 03:28:37 PM EST
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Re: Can you guess their names? (none / 0)

Right number of syllables and one correct letter in the first name. The second one is way out. I don't know. I might just have to tell you.

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by In Wales (inwales aaat eurotrib.com) on Sun Jan 31st, 2010 at 11:14:09 AM EST
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Re: Can you guess their names? (none / 0)

It is Hazel (rhs) and Mindy (lhs). I thought it was really obvious to be honest... but like I said, good guess. Well done. You don't win a prize this time though.

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by In Wales (inwales aaat eurotrib.com) on Sun Jan 31st, 2010 at 01:23:36 PM EST
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Re: Can you guess their names? (none / 1)

I thought it was really obvious to be honest...

I have the vague feeling of missing either a cultural hint or something obvious...

*Traitor*, n.
A benighted individual who perceives an illusory distinction between serving his nation and abetting the criminals who govern it.

by DoDo on Sun Jan 31st, 2010 at 02:01:58 PM EST
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Re: Can you guess their names? (none / 0)

No, I'm just being silly. Although Hazel is so named because of the colour of her eyes. Mindy popped into my head as I was falling asleep one night and I decided that would be a suitable name for the second one! It is a bit of a stretch for anyone to guess at that one!

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by In Wales (inwales aaat eurotrib.com) on Sun Jan 31st, 2010 at 02:11:06 PM EST
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Re: Can you guess their names? (4.00 / 2)

LUH3417 and THX1138?

*Traitor*, n.
A benighted individual who perceives an illusory distinction between serving his nation and abetting the criminals who govern it.

by DoDo on Sat Jan 30th, 2010 at 03:32:47 PM EST
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Re: Can you guess their names? (none / 0)

I like it, but no.

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by In Wales (inwales aaat eurotrib.com) on Sat Jan 30th, 2010 at 07:00:22 PM EST
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Re: Can you guess their names? (4.00 / 2)

Nana & Nana?

*Traitor*, n.
A benighted individual who perceives an illusory distinction between serving his nation and abetting the criminals who govern it.

by DoDo on Sun Jan 31st, 2010 at 08:00:18 AM EST
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Which station? (4.00 / 4)

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by In Wales (inwales aaat eurotrib.com) on Thu Jan 28th, 2010 at 07:02:56 PM EST
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Re: Which station? (4.00 / 3)

Marylebone?

by ThatBritGuy (thatbritguy (at) googlemail.com) on Thu Jan 28th, 2010 at 07:40:13 PM EST
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Re: Which station? (none / 0)

Indeed it is!

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by In Wales (inwales aaat eurotrib.com) on Fri Jan 29th, 2010 at 03:37:04 AM EST
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Photos as Usual (none / 0)

"Photos as Usual"

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by In Wales (inwales aaat eurotrib.com) on Thu Jan 28th, 2010 at 06:59:46 PM EST

Re: Photos as Usual (4.00 / 3)

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by In Wales (inwales aaat eurotrib.com) on Thu Jan 28th, 2010 at 07:01:23 PM EST
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Re: Photos as Usual (4.00 / 5)

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by In Wales (inwales aaat eurotrib.com) on Thu Jan 28th, 2010 at 07:03:17 PM EST
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Senedd (4.00 / 6)

After giving evidence to the Equality of Opportunity Committee.

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by In Wales (inwales aaat eurotrib.com) on Thu Jan 28th, 2010 at 07:04:22 PM EST
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Re: Photos as Usual (4.00 / 3)

Not a great photo, but the only one I shot this week, as a continuation of last week's Wintertime:

It was below -10°C every morning this week. On Monday, as an indication of the progressing breakdown of my company, this time an overhead line rupture on another line lead to a complete breakdown of suburban traffic on my line. First my train was stopped in the last town before Budapest for 40 minutes (during which time they announced departure "in 10 minutes" every ten minutes...), then it was end of the road at the next station. But, while I walked towards the bus stop, at least this EuroCity could pass.

*Traitor*, n.
A benighted individual who perceives an illusory distinction between serving his nation and abetting the criminals who govern it.

by DoDo on Fri Jan 29th, 2010 at 02:37:22 PM EST
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Re: Photos as Usual (4.00 / 6)

HOME TURN

SAVE THE CHILDREN

INFRA RED

VILIJA`S SURPRISE

TUBE ANEMONE

PURPLE ANEMONE

LAWNMOWER BLENNY

FALSE RIPPLES

ARMORED TRANSPORT

GIANT CUP
(In my reef)

MUSHROOM TESTER

WHITE CLOUD

YELLOWFEATHERS

TIGHT TIGHTS
(Starfish in my reef)

NICE OUTFIT

BALLERINAS

The difference between theists and atheists is that the atheists don't set the theists on fire for refusing to agree with them.

by Knucklehead on Fri Jan 29th, 2010 at 10:47:39 PM EST
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Re: Photos as Usual (4.00 / 6)

If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the precipitate.

by ceebs (ceebs (at) eurotrib (dot) com) on Sat Jan 30th, 2010 at 06:43:13 AM EST
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Re: Photos as Usual (4.00 / 4)

True Love

Real Trash

I can swear there ain't no heaven but I pray there ain't no hell. _ Blood Sweat & Tears

by Gringo (stargazing camel at aoldotcom) on Sat Jan 30th, 2010 at 10:22:48 AM EST
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Re: Photos as Usual (4.00 / 5)

The Tree

Shade

Mining the Savanna

I can swear there ain't no heaven but I pray there ain't no hell. _ Blood Sweat & Tears

by Gringo (stargazing camel at aoldotcom) on Sat Jan 30th, 2010 at 10:29:03 AM EST
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Re: Photos as Usual (none / 0)

Is the top one an infra red photo? Or just very light bark?

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by In Wales (inwales aaat eurotrib.com) on Mon Feb 1st, 2010 at 03:07:41 AM EST
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Re: Photos as Usual (4.00 / 5)

Mr. No Worries

I can swear there ain't no heaven but I pray there ain't no hell. _ Blood Sweat & Tears

by Gringo (stargazing camel at aoldotcom) on Sat Jan 30th, 2010 at 10:31:47 AM EST
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Re: Photos as Usual (none / 1)

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by In Wales (inwales aaat eurotrib.com) on Sun Jan 31st, 2010 at 01:25:13 PM EST
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Re: Photos as Usual (4.00 / 2)

Heh. When have you been to Tibet? (The landscape looks just like on some photos of the Tibet Railway in an article I just read.)

*Traitor*, n.
A benighted individual who perceives an illusory distinction between serving his nation and abetting the criminals who govern it.

by DoDo on Sun Jan 31st, 2010 at 02:03:18 PM EST
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Ask the Expert (none / 0)

"Ask the Expert"

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by In Wales (inwales aaat eurotrib.com) on Thu Jan 28th, 2010 at 07:00:16 PM EST

Re: Ask the Expert (4.00 / 2)

What can I do to give this a bit more punch?

Photobucket

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by In Wales (inwales aaat eurotrib.com) on Sun Jan 31st, 2010 at 11:13:06 AM EST
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Re: Ask the Expert (none / 0)

Draw an UFO under the Moon? ;-) I don't know (and am not an expert). Maybe some red. Maybe it's good as it is.

*Traitor*, n.
A benighted individual who perceives an illusory distinction between serving his nation and abetting the criminals who govern it.

by DoDo on Sun Jan 31st, 2010 at 12:18:55 PM EST
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Re: Ask the Expert (none / 0)

an UFO

a UFO... why does this typo happen to me.

*Traitor*, n.
A benighted individual who perceives an illusory distinction between serving his nation and abetting the criminals who govern it.

by DoDo on Mon Feb 1st, 2010 at 03:23:11 AM EST
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Re: Ask the Expert (none / 0)

I don't know how it is meant to be written actually. I tend to write it as if I were saying the letters (therefore a you-eff-oh). I don't know if that is correct.

I suppose in the most literal way if it is a vowel then it should be an, not a.

I always make the mistake with 'historical' too.

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by In Wales (inwales aaat eurotrib.com) on Mon Feb 1st, 2010 at 06:10:30 AM EST
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Re: Ask the Expert (none / 0)

Was this made the same day you met deep snow North of Cardiff?

*Traitor*, n.
A benighted individual who perceives an illusory distinction between serving his nation and abetting the criminals who govern it.

by DoDo on Sun Jan 31st, 2010 at 12:19:32 PM EST
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Re: Ask the Expert (none / 1)

I took this on friday, it snowed that night. I'll go an find a snowy valley pic. It wasn't deep snow though by the time I got around to driving back.

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by In Wales (inwales aaat eurotrib.com) on Sun Jan 31st, 2010 at 01:17:47 PM EST
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Re: Ask the Expert (none / 1)

Try Photoshop <equalize>: that'll give you a bit more saturation and a bit more of a luminance kick. Equalize is a bit brutal and unsubtle. First open the picture, then copy it into a layer above then equalize it. Next use the opacity slider on the equalized image and lower it down to about 50 %, so the original picture comes through - you can experiment too.

That's the quick way. You can also play around with the brightness/contrast, different RGB curves etc, colour balance - but most people soon get lost because they don't know what they are aiming for, but they'll know it when they see it ;-)

You can't be me, I'm taken

by Sven Triloqvist on Sun Jan 31st, 2010 at 12:53:51 PM EST
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Re: Ask the Expert (none / 0)

Would you give it a try yourself? (I tried myself, best results on the sky part were by adding some red and then some saturation and extra contrast, but that spoiled other parts of the picture. And I like the original anyway.)

*Traitor*, n.
A benighted individual who perceives an illusory distinction between serving his nation and abetting the criminals who govern it.

by DoDo on Sun Jan 31st, 2010 at 01:23:30 PM EST
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Re: Ask the Expert (none / 1)

DoDo,
I like the original also.
Trying to work a whole image sometimes works less positively on one element of the image while ameliorating another.
In the example, I took the liberty of altering,(only because I saw you wanted Mr.Sven, to have a go at it) by separating the sky & the pasture, & working on them separately.
With the selection "lasso" set at 10, I just followed the tree line roughly & around the bottom.
You can work the bottom, then invert the selection to modify the sky.
By doing it this way you have control over the elements you want to work on.

The difference between theists and atheists is that the atheists don't set the theists on fire for refusing to agree with them.

by Knucklehead on Sun Jan 31st, 2010 at 10:38:38 PM EST
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Re: Ask the Expert (4.00 / 3)

A little this & that.
I don`t know how to draw a UFO.

The difference between theists and atheists is that the atheists don't set the theists on fire for refusing to agree with them.

by Knucklehead on Sun Jan 31st, 2010 at 10:30:01 PM EST
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Re: Ask the Expert (none / 0)

Oh just take a photo of a UFO and add it in with layers if you can't draw one. Thanks for playing about with the image for me :)

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by In Wales (inwales aaat eurotrib.com) on Mon Feb 1st, 2010 at 03:06:14 AM EST
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