Digital Pix

Post by **Jim** » Sun Jan 21, 2007 9:53 am

ok... wtf is that first one a picture of :\

Josh · Post by **Josh** » Sun Jan 21, 2007 10:25 am

looks like remains from a cat tail. /blum.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':P' />

Post by **Tami** » Sun Jan 21, 2007 10:59 am

up here they're called bullrushes ;P

Josh · Post by **Josh** » Sun Jan 21, 2007 11:16 am

lol they're called cat tails here... They're loads of fun! Pick one, and hit your friends with it at the right time of the season and they EXPLODE!! /biggrin.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':D' /> then you go inside and you have these little fuzzies flying everywhere and your parents yell at you cause then they get in the hosue /cry.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':(' />

Post by **Tami** » Thu Jan 25, 2007 9:30 am

weirdos

Here are some new shots:

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Vercz · Post by **Vercz** » Thu Jan 25, 2007 2:44 pm

once again youve done very well. love the one of mt baker /biggrin.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':D' /> and the one below of it the house, thats amazing. "going for a walk" ...breathtaking /good.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='(Y)' /> excellent job on this lot ada

Post by **Tami** » Thu Jan 25, 2007 3:21 pm

Thank you verczeh /smile.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':)' />

The going for a walk one looks like the bird is having a hissy fit, because he's walking away from all of the other waterfowl who were swimming in the unfrozen part of the lake /blum.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':P' />

The Mt. Baker Sunrise as of this posting is sitting at #3 in the "Popular" Sky photos on deviantART. It was at #4 this morning, so maybe it'll move up even more and knock my friend Alice's photo out of top spot bwahahaha.

That "house" is actually a manor-castle. Here's the info about it:

This "castle" is located just outside Fort Langley, BC. It was built by Fritz Ziegler, the son of immigrants who came to Vancouver from Germany in 1911. Together they established the Ziegler Chocolate Shops, which operated until 1956, closing when his mother passed away. Fritz Sr. had died in 1923.

Fritz Jr. was interned during World War II, but he was released after he agreed to reside outside of the Vancouver area. He built this four-bedroom manorial-style home of stone and brick, a swimming pool, a three-car garage, a large stone barn and an ornamental pond on a 16 acre parcel just south of Fort Langley.

Fritz was a very colourful community figure, and was married to the great-granddaughter of Canadian Prime Minister Mackenzie Bowell. He was an honourary consul of Monaco, and in 1974 he hosted a reception at his castle in honour of the 25th anniversary of Prince Ranier's ascension to the throne. Fritz was also a Grand Prior for the Americas of the Sovereign Order of St. John of Jerusalem, and was involved in many charitable organizations in the area.

The castle was sold in 2006 for just over 2 million dollars.

One other sidenote, the Order of St. John was originally the Knights Hospitaller (from the Crusades), and they are the St. John's Ambulance people. The Order of St. John was eventually awarded many of the properties of the Knights Templar after King Philippe of France had the Templars arrested on October 13 1307 (origin of Friday the 13th being unlucky). However in many countries (mainly Scotland), the Knights Templar were safe as Robert the Bruce had been excommunicated by the Catholic Church, and the Order of St. John had quite a time getting their hands on Templar holdings - especially as many of the properties were hidden and protected by the descendants of Robert the Bruce's allies within Scotland. [/endoftoday'shistorylesson]

Post by **Tami** » Thu Feb 08, 2007 9:00 pm

Slighty photo manipulated barn cat.

This is one of my favourite barn cats at my mom & dad's. He's rather timid, so I couldn't use a flash, and he was hiding under the camper.

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Post by **Jim** » Thu Feb 08, 2007 9:34 pm

interesting, a bit too close for me but meh, still a nice picture. like the eyes o.o

Post by **Tami** » Thu Feb 08, 2007 9:53 pm

He was actually about 8 feet away from me (but yes, I understood what you meant)

Here's another one that just sort of happened. It's not what I was trying to do, but meh...

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Post by **Jim** » Fri Feb 09, 2007 5:04 am

so that's the car you drive to work everyday...right?

Post by **Tami** » Fri Feb 09, 2007 7:49 am

No, that's Jer's car. /bigwink.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=';)' />

Post by **Tami** » Fri Apr 13, 2007 10:29 am

Sap-covered spider web

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Tree Sap up close

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Magnolia Flower

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Pre-blossoming Lily of the Valley

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Post by **Jim** » Fri Apr 13, 2007 10:30 am

!!! spider webs *hides* nice picture though, looks really interesting

Josh · Post by **Josh** » Fri Apr 13, 2007 3:00 pm

Gross! The sap ones just look... ew lol. I don't know why, they make me think of gross things lol

The two flower shots are real nice though.. How did you get the complete black background on the white one? Photoshop or some secret photography technique?

Post by **Tami** » Fri Apr 13, 2007 5:10 pm

Magnetic Lasso, Invert Selection, Colour black. Done.

To me, the sap looks like raw maple syrup or honey /bigwink.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=';)' />

Josh · Post by **Josh** » Fri Apr 13, 2007 9:53 pm

Ewww that makes it even more gross.... I don't like either of those lol

Post by **Tami** » Sat Apr 14, 2007 12:43 am

weirdo

Wayne · Post by **Wayne** » Sat Apr 14, 2007 11:15 am

I concur! That sap is awesome looking! Dren is just a weirdo /blink.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':blink:' />

Post by **Tami** » Sun May 27, 2007 9:47 am

This photo was a collaborative effort between me and a friend on deviantART, [url="http://lowapproach.deviantart.com/"]lowapproach[/url]. I took the shot using a Cokin P125F Tobacco Graduated Full filter. lowapproach removed the poles, sharpened the image up a bit, framed it and added the text. I've posted both original and finished images so that you can see what was done to it.

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Wayne · Post by **Wayne** » Sun May 27, 2007 5:25 pm

/shocking.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='(ack)' /> /shocking.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='(ack)' /> /shocking.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='(ack)' /> /shocking.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='(ack)' /> /shocking.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='(ack)' /> /shocking.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='(ack)' />

STOP BEING TALENTED! <_<

Post by **Tami** » Sun May 27, 2007 6:58 pm

I'm sorry /cry.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':(' />

Wayne · Post by **Wayne** » Sun May 27, 2007 10:17 pm

YOU BETTER BE. <_<

Post by **Tami** » Sun May 27, 2007 11:15 pm

How come you don't have an avatar?

Wayne · Post by **Wayne** » Mon May 28, 2007 6:33 am

good questions... thought I did /unsure.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':unsure:' />

use your talent and give me one /whistle.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='(whistle)' />

Post by **Marko** » Mon May 28, 2007 7:55 am

That reminded me that mine wasn't working, all good now.

Btw nice pics, but I prefer yours because you can't see the traces of where your friend removed the posts. (Obviously /blum.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':P' />)

Post by **Tami** » Tue May 29, 2007 8:24 pm

photo and all post processing by me ^.^

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Post by **Tami** » Sat Jun 02, 2007 12:09 am

One More Tomorrow

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A Kiss Before Dying

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Post by **Marko** » Sat Jun 02, 2007 12:24 am

Tami, do you shrink your pictures or is that the size you get from the camera?

If you shrink them, I'd actually prefer to see them as large as they come.

Nice work on those images /good.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='(Y)' />

Wayne · Post by **Wayne** » Sat Jun 02, 2007 7:50 am

[quote name='Marko' post='39300' date='Jun 2 2007, 02:24 AM']Tami, do you shrink your pictures or is that the size you get from the camera?

If you shrink them, I'd actually prefer to see them as large as they come.

Nice work on those images /good.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='(Y)' />[/quote]

I'd be willing to bet she shrinks them.... a 20 mb raw picture being uploaded to KN every couple days... yeah I doubt that /blum.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':P' />

Nice on the pictures too Tami!

I really like the sky in the second one!

Post by **Marko** » Sat Jun 02, 2007 8:41 am

I would have wagered on the same.
In any case, I'd like to see those pictures bigger.

Post by **Tami** » Sat Jun 02, 2007 11:55 am

Yes, I do shrink them because many of them are 2816 wide - even wider if I shoot them in widescreen mode, and they would put too much of a load on the server, even if I save them "for web" /smile.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':)' />

Post by **Tami** » Mon Jun 04, 2007 10:51 pm

Destiny

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Wayne · Post by **Wayne** » Mon Jun 04, 2007 11:15 pm

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Post by **Jim** » Tue Jun 05, 2007 7:42 am

...you suck /cry.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':(' /> I wish I had the time to go out and be that good again. really like destiny, the white part on the bottom right looks kinda like a tree ;o

Post by **Tami** » Tue Jun 05, 2007 9:34 am

Well then...make the time - even an hour at a park - just get out there and start shooting again! Your photo work is (was) too good to just fall by the wayside, Jim.

rIFt · Post by **rIFt** » Tue Jun 05, 2007 10:38 am

ive never done the photography thing so i figured id do just one just to say i did it:P and i thought id be different so i took it with my cellphone then edited it a bit in paint shop i put a before and after, it should be obvious which is which. one of them i also duped the layer, flipped it, blured the dup'd area and did a lil warp brush to make it look more pooled up i saved it as a png since it was an okay size... but the original psd or a bitmap looks better, but youll get the idea:P

Post by **Tami** » Tue Jun 05, 2007 1:20 pm

wow...not bad for a cellphone pic, Rift. I like the 1st and 3rd ones the best, with the 3rd being my top choice overall. It would be interesting to see what you could do with a "real camera" - maybe you should buy one and join us on the darkside bwahahahaha.... /smile.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':)' />

rIFt · Post by **rIFt** » Tue Jun 05, 2007 1:40 pm

thanks /biggrin.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':D' /> the second was my original, i did the third to lower some of the activity on the photo, it was to planar for me to appreciate that much movement in it, if it was a towering waterfall that'd be dif lol, but i dunno im not a photographer=)

Post by **Marko** » Fri Jun 08, 2007 2:37 am

[quote name='Tami' post='39343' date='Jun 6 2007, 05:50 AM']It would be interesting to see what you could do with a "real camera" - maybe you should buy one and join us on the darkside bwahahahaha.... /smile.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':)' />[/quote]

I've got a photography as a part of my course in a few months, so I guess i will be joining this "dark side."

Out of interest, is your camera digital or 'manual'?
Is it an SLR?

Post by **Tami** » Fri Jun 08, 2007 8:24 am

Welcome to the darkside, Marko /smile.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':)' />

It's digital, and it's a hybrid - it's not really a point and shoot but it's not a full dSLR either. It's a Canon S3 IS if you want to look it up. Next one is going to be a Canon 30D. /bigwink.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=';)' />

Post by **Marko** » Fri Jun 08, 2007 8:47 am

I've always been interested in photography so doing the course should be good. The only problem that I have with it is that we need to get an SLR camera, and since digital ones are $600+ I think its safe to say that I'll be getting a 'manual' one.

Nice camera btw, it seems to have everything you need.
The 30D, although a nice camera, isn't really necessary unless your a pro.

us3rX · Post by **us3rX** » Sun Jun 10, 2007 10:52 am

[quote name='Tami' post='38407' date='Feb 9 2007, 11:49 AM']No, that's Jer's car. /bigwink.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=';)' />[/quote]

Funny thing is, i wouldnt mind having that old chevy =D

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us3rX · Post by **us3rX** » Sun Jun 10, 2007 11:40 am

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When i am not working i am sitting here, lurking, playing games, listening to music or what not... =p

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My brother's new dog... warning image is full size... wanted to see how it looked on the web... >.>

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Just random things i was taking photos with my new cell phone and my other new toy =D

Cell phone is the Samsung Upstage. the phone thats a mp3 player on one side, then phone on the other.
Camera is a Canon Eos Rebel Xti and not that you can see it, but i got the C.A.D. Season 1 Dvd Collector's Edition =D and yes i know the canon photo of the desk and dog... still working on the settings... to much stuff to go through haha

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Edit: forgot one other. lately i been playing paintball again ^.^
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and zomg! there is a penny in that photo^

Josh · Post by **Josh** » Sun Jun 10, 2007 11:45 am

sweet doodle on the notepad /blum.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':P' />

us3rX · Post by **us3rX** » Sun Jun 10, 2007 12:00 pm

[quote name='Ðrëñ' post='39387' date='Jun 10 2007, 02:45 PM']sweet doodle on the notepad /blum.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':P' />[/quote]

eh, for got that was there... haha

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Post by **Tami** » Wed Jun 13, 2007 12:50 am

Very nice, Jer - now get out there and figure out how to use that new camera

I'm leaning towards a 30D - or a Nikon 80D - or maybe a Rebel, who knows :lmao:

Latest works:

Overture
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Darkness
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Wayne · Post by **Wayne** » Wed Jun 13, 2007 7:17 am

[quote]I'm leaning towards a 30D - or a Nikon 80D - or maybe a Rebel, who knows[/quote]

Yeah well, buy me one too. Or better yet... my birthday is coming up, I'll start taking donations for a camera /whistle.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='(whistle)' />

Post by **Tami** » Thu Jun 14, 2007 12:20 am

No

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Post by **Jim** » Thu Jun 14, 2007 6:06 am

I really like this one. I think there might be a bit too much sky. Really seems to draw attention away from the land, which IMO is the centre of the photo.