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Okay. On pain of death, Lin pushed me forcibly from the home after I baked cranberry scones SPECIFICALLY FOR HER (uh huh... that's just the kind of guy I am!) and made me take some images to prove I have a camera that actually works.

So here are a few images from our Sunday outing.

Boat Ramp with ocean directly ahead.



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Convention Center:



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Surfer braving the shark infested waters of the mighty Necanicum:



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This is how our kids get to work along the coast:



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Incredible crowds filling the shopping district:



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Another view of the Necanicum River which spills into the Pacific just around the corner:



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JamesD
Happy Snappin'
 
I don't know how to make them larger. They look better when they're blown up but for some reason this is how Photobucket rendered them.
 
just save a full size picture to your desktop then use the far right icon insert image

then choose

insert image from your computer

choose file

click desktop

then click on your jpeg

and then click choose

wait a few seconds and hey presto its done





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forgot to say you dont need photobucket to send them i dont use flickr nowadays i just send from my desktop looking forward to seeing bigger pictures
 
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JamesD2 wrote:

I don't know how to make them larger. They look better when they're blown up but for some reason this is how Photobucket rendered them.
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Ah! the long awaited pics - don't worry about their size for now, James as I'm sure you will take Keith's advice and upload future ones directly from your computer or perhaps you could make use of DPR's pro bono gallery which does not seem to maul pics in the way that Photobucket does. Um, I assume you have a free Photobucket account?

Nice colours in your photos, James which I'm sure that any Kodak aficionado would find quite acceptable and I'm looking forward to seeing a lot more scenes from your area which looks so much different than mine.

Many thanks for posting :).

Robert.
 
Thanks, Robert, for the encouragement. And thank you, Keith, for the education. I had no idea I could post images directly from my computer.
 
A test of the Keith (aka: Bassy) dpReview technique. Hopefully the exif data is here and the image is a decent size. Clicking on the images gives the full size. Yessssss!

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And a little abstraction for Charlie;

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JamesD
Happy Snappin'
 
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at long last James gets clicking with his camera...thanks to Snappie. :-O

Sometimes I wonder how much further I'd be in life had I married.

While I do like the abstract it was that poor schmoe surround by his unrented boats that told the best story of the day.

As you said James, gloomy overcast weather. Seems even sadder since it's stuff that we'd normally associate with balmy sunshine.
 
Ah yes... the Snapperino lights a fire under my bottom and gets me moving. :-)

I agree with you, Charlie. Snappie's image summarized the day.

Here's the thing. I've been here for 14 years now and it's become commonplace to me. It's hard to "see" if you know what I mean. I could show images of the lighthouse (you've seen them) or Ft Stevens (you've seen those) or the Cove (you've seen that as well). Beyond a few spots locally, we'd need to drive into Astoria to capture more interesting images. And this begs the question: if YOU were to come to Seaside, what would YOU photograph? It would be seen with fresh eyes.

And don't we all face this dilemma... finding our surroundings commonplace and no longer seeing (at least readily seeing) what is around us? I think what is required is some artistic stuff (you know... the corner of a building, the edge of a gate... etc) in order to leave something to the imagination. I'll work on that. I know that Snappie will soon become inspired if I only cooperate.
 
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JamesD2 wrote:

Ah yes... the Snapperino lights a fire under my bottom and gets me moving. :-)

I agree with you, Charlie. Snappie's image summarized the day.

Here's the thing. I've been here for 14 years now and it's become commonplace to me. It's hard to "see" if you know what I mean. I could show images of the lighthouse (you've seen them) or Ft Stevens (you've seen those) or the Cove (you've seen that as well). Beyond a few spots locally, we'd need to drive into Astoria to capture more interesting images. And this begs the question: if YOU were to come to Seaside, what would YOU photograph? It would be seen with fresh eyes.

And don't we all face this dilemma... finding our surroundings commonplace and no longer seeing (at least readily seeing) what is around us? I think what is required is some artistic stuff (you know... the corner of a building, the edge of a gate... etc) in order to leave something to the imagination. I'll work on that. I know that Snappie will soon become inspired if I only cooperate.

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JamesD
Happy Snappin'
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speaking of light houses....I saw the exact same image that you shot of that white lighthouse posted by someone else on the net. But they used an Olympus or something different from you. But the shot from the exact same spot as you...same weather same time of day,,it was uncanny.

James, you've already got me curious and wanting more..about your leaving something out pics coming our way.
 
Maybe that should be a sort of forum challenge: a leave-out-much-of-the-subject photo. It doesn't have to be a:can-you-guess-what-this-is photo. But heck... why take the whole gate when we've all seen a gate? Why the whole roof?
 
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JamesD2 wrote:

A test of the Keith (aka: Bassy) dpReview technique. Hopefully the exif data is here and the image is a decent size. Clicking on the images gives the full size. Yessssss!

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I assume that is the 18-55mm Nikon kit lens, James which is well regarded and rightfully so IMO. There's surely enough resolution there for quite large prints and if you only view on screen, then you've surely enough for quite severe cropping. And to consider that the 18mm end of the kit lenses of any of the marques is not as good as 30mm onwards, then you're 'quids in' as they say over here - meaning a distinct advantage.

Colour I find excellent and I can really believe the orange driving wheels of that aquatic Reliant Robin are quite true to life.

Do keep 'em coming, James and thanks for posting again so quickly :).

Robert.
 
No, not a bad lens at all. Here is a very severe crop of the Reliant Robin pic which was given a levels adjust, slight sharpening and UPSIZED to 1024 x 600 in FastStone.

Should make a decent wallet-size print!

Hmmmmm.......



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Looking good James. The stock (kit) lens is actually quite decent. Of course it is no 35mm or 50 mm prime lens, but I'm quite happy with it even when shooting family portrait.
 
Appreciate it, chiue. I've got the 35mm in my Wish List. For now, I need to practice with the kit.
 
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