Jared-5
Veteran Member
I'd just like to mention that Ulysses had a positive influence on me lately. Thanks to a recent thread:
"What if someone were to ask you...?"
http://www.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1009&message=2947447
Also of equal importance, he alerted me to the fact that "STANDARD" compression on the F707 is good enough for Bigfoot, and it's good enough for me:
http://www.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1009&message=2958152
The point of my rambling is this - On July 2nd, I began my month long test of "STANDARD" compression mode, thanks to Ulysses' helpful input.
On July 3rd, I smelled smoke and went out to take pictures of a fire. I was still in "STANDARD" compression, because (like a good boy) I switched over just like I said I would. It was close to 9pm, so I used ISO 400 (and a tripod, Shay). Thanks to the "STANDARD" mode, I was able to snap well over 150 shots on 2 128MB Memory Sticks. That Bigfoot is a whole lot smarter than people give him credit for!
I was thinking "Thanks Bigfoot, and thank you too Ulysses" as I left the scene with a ton of pictures. Then I allowed this new-found inspiration to take one more step... I quickly burned (no pun intended) the pictures to CD and headed off to the local newspaper. By this time it was 11:30pm and they were unavailable. I tried a couple of TV stations, and caught up with a news van pulling into the parking lot. I talked to the crew, and they gave me a number to call.
The worst part is, when the news guy asked me "Are you freelance?" I kinda hesitated, and said "More or less." Still don't have enough confidence in my abilities to stand up for myself, but maybe next time.
The newspaper posted a picture with their online article, but I wish I could have got to them with mine first.
Here are the pics I took:
http://www.pbase.com/jared/newsworthy
Critical comments would be great, as I love learning, and also would like to eliminate one picture from the gallery.
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Jared
DSC-F707
"What if someone were to ask you...?"
http://www.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1009&message=2947447
Also of equal importance, he alerted me to the fact that "STANDARD" compression on the F707 is good enough for Bigfoot, and it's good enough for me:
http://www.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1009&message=2958152
The point of my rambling is this - On July 2nd, I began my month long test of "STANDARD" compression mode, thanks to Ulysses' helpful input.
On July 3rd, I smelled smoke and went out to take pictures of a fire. I was still in "STANDARD" compression, because (like a good boy) I switched over just like I said I would. It was close to 9pm, so I used ISO 400 (and a tripod, Shay). Thanks to the "STANDARD" mode, I was able to snap well over 150 shots on 2 128MB Memory Sticks. That Bigfoot is a whole lot smarter than people give him credit for!
I was thinking "Thanks Bigfoot, and thank you too Ulysses" as I left the scene with a ton of pictures. Then I allowed this new-found inspiration to take one more step... I quickly burned (no pun intended) the pictures to CD and headed off to the local newspaper. By this time it was 11:30pm and they were unavailable. I tried a couple of TV stations, and caught up with a news van pulling into the parking lot. I talked to the crew, and they gave me a number to call.
The worst part is, when the news guy asked me "Are you freelance?" I kinda hesitated, and said "More or less." Still don't have enough confidence in my abilities to stand up for myself, but maybe next time.
The newspaper posted a picture with their online article, but I wish I could have got to them with mine first.
Here are the pics I took:
http://www.pbase.com/jared/newsworthy
Critical comments would be great, as I love learning, and also would like to eliminate one picture from the gallery.
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Jared
DSC-F707