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>^,,^< Miracle

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> On 5 May 2005 07:57:06 GMT, Miracle Smith wrote:
>
>
> Rant and spout in here. I tend to hate weblogs.

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> Mr K,
> Are you Okay?

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> It's the 5th Today
> In the month of May

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> I wanna know your sex appeal
> Lemon Zeal
> Make me feel
> Just like a Seal
>
> (repeat to fade 2x)

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> It's sort of hard to explain, but I now have a blog.
>
> <http://electronicfunzone.blogspot.com/>
>
> Didn't want one, but now that I have it, I suppose
> I should tap out my (frequent) rants there, huh?
>
> Or should I just keep ranting and raving in here?
>
> :oþ

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> It's sort of hard to explain, but I now have a blog.
>
> <http://electronicfunzone.blogspot.com/>
>
> Didn't want one, but now that I have it, I suppose
> I should tap out my (frequent) rants there, huh?
>
> Or should I just keep ranting and raving in here?
>
> :oþ
>
> --

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> Even photoblogs?

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> Speaking of which, where do you stash your stuff online nowadays?

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> You were http://boltondave.fotopic.net/ weren't you? Hasn't been updated
> in almost a year.

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> Rant and spout in here. I tend to hate weblogs.

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> Raving and ranting here is cool. You could cut and paste some of your
> better critiques of life's quirks there.

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>^,,^< Miracle

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> On 5 May 2005 07:57:06 GMT, Miracle Smith wrote:
>
>
> Rant and spout in here. I tend to hate weblogs.

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>^,,^< Miracle

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> "Miracle Smith" <miracle@spamcop.net> wrote in message
> news:4279d1d2_1@galaxy.uncensored-news.com...
>
> Do what i do.

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>^,,^< Miracle

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>
> "Miracle Smith" <miracle@spamcop.net> wrote in message
> news:4279d1d2_1@galaxy.uncensored-news.com...
>
> Do what i do.
>

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> Mr K,
> Are you Okay?
> It's the 5th Today
> In the month of May
>
> I wanna know your sex appeal
> Lemon Zeal
> Make me feel
> Just like a Seal
>
> (repeat to fade 2x)

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>^,,^< Miracle, curious

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> On Thu, 5 May 2005 17:41:12 +0000 (UTC), Adrian Ng wrote:
>
>
> Yes thanks. Going off your reply though, it's not myself you should be
> worrying about.
>
>
> Apparently there's an election going on.

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>
> You're losing your grip on reality more and more.

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>^,,^< Miracle

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> Mr K wrote:
>
> Even photoblogs? Speaking of which, where do you stash your stuff
> online nowadays?
>
> You were http://boltondave.fotopic.net/ weren't you? Hasn't been
> updated in almost a year.

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>^,,^< Miracle

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> On Thu, 05 May 2005 20:43:06 +0200, Frank van Schie wrote:
>
>
> Not a XXXXing chance. I take care and pride of my photos... I don't
> just choose any old crap for a subject, just because "i HAEV A CAEMRA
> SO IL TAEK FOTOZ OF GUD STUF IN WAHKY PLAECS CUZ I CAN!!!11".
>
>
> I currently use my own webserver for such stuff. The sad part of that
> is I've yet got to find an adequate gallery setup ("Wanted: Highly
> configurable, easy to maintain PHP script that produces thumbnails
> 'on the fly'. Contact me at...").
>
>
> Guilty as charged. I'm also guilty of losing interest in preset
> setups, quite quickly. The layout at that address became too
> cumbersome for my requirements. I *might* clear that address out and
> start again... ... perhaps.

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>^,,^< Miracle

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> It's Cinco de Mayo over here. Whoopee shit.

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> Adrian's always been an odd duck, but this is definitely
> a bit much, even for him.

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> It's Cinco de Mayo over here. Whoopee shit.

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> On 5 May 2005 20:59:58 GMT, Miracle Smith wrote:
>
>
> It's El Presidenté, "Tory Bliar" over here. The trouble is... the
> alternatives aren't.

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>^,,^< Miracle

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> "Miracle Smith" <miracle@spamcop.net> wrote in news:427a894e_5
> @galaxy.uncensored-news.com:
>
>
> Oh boy! Time to go fill my sink with my favorite condiment! :D

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> Mr K wrote:
>
>
> He's probably catching shit for supporting The Shrub, eh?
> Can't say that I blame y'all. As someone who sits and watches
> the body count rise each day, I'm glad we have allies over in
> Iraq, but I sure wish none of our kids and grandkids were over
> there to begin with.

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>^,,^< Miracle

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> On Thu, 05 May 2005 20:43:06 +0200, Frank van Schie wrote:
>
>
>
> Not a XXXXing chance. I take care and pride of my photos... I don't just
> choose any old crap for a subject, just because "i HAEV A CAEMRA SO IL
> TAEK FOTOZ OF GUD STUF IN WAHKY PLAECS CUZ I CAN!!!11".

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>
> I currently use my own webserver for such stuff. The sad part of that is
> I've yet got to find an adequate gallery setup ("Wanted: Highly
> configurable, easy to maintain PHP script that produces thumbnails 'on the
> fly'. Contact me at...").

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>
> Guilty as charged. I'm also guilty of losing interest in preset setups,
> quite quickly. The layout at that address became too cumbersome for my
> requirements. I *might* clear that address out and start again... ...
> perhaps.

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>
> Horry chit, look about Frank- he's added all sorts of stuff this year.

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> Adrian Ng wrote:
>
>
> And what is it you do in regards to blogs, Adrian?
>

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> Well, yeah. I've read up on this stuff for a bit now, and found that
> editing is not just a good idea, it should be the law. That means
> scrapping cute but bad pics, framing and retouching in Photoshop.

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> I've also figured out that Curves are wonderful in correcting a
> piss-poor colored photograph. The guy explaining it had a half-and-half
> picture, first half before touching up, second half after touching up. I
> didn't believe it, so I mucked about with part of the bad half and tried
> to match colors with the good half. Result:
> http://nebulous.nl/misc/tmp.jpg
>
> Pretty damn amazing, for just mucking about for 5-10 minutes; may have
> to revisit some old snapshots, if I still have 'm somewhere, anywhere.

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> This looks like an Open Source linux thing:
> http://gallery.menalto.com
>
> Complete with print-ordering system (useful if you don't mind making a
> buck), user registration (so you know who's looking), EXIF headers and
> commenting. Sounds pretty good.

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> Well, you take nice pictures, so yeah. Do so.

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> Mr K wrote:
>
> Well, yeah. I've read up on this stuff for a bit now, and found that
> editing is not just a good idea, it should be the law. That means
> scrapping cute but bad pics, framing and retouching in Photoshop.
>
> I've also figured out that Curves are wonderful in correcting a
> piss-poor colored photograph. The guy explaining it had a
> half-and-half picture, first half before touching up, second half
> after touching up. I didn't believe it, so I mucked about with part
> of the bad half and tried to match colors with the good half. Result:
> http://nebulous.nl/misc/tmp.jpg

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>^,,^< Miracle

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> Miracle Smith wrote:
>
> Oh, yeah. I looked at the "Most recent collections", the latest of
> which is dated 31 May 2004. 's not my fault he didn't put it in a
> collection.

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>^,,^< Miracle

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> "Miracle Smith" wrote...
>
> World domination plans.
>
> REAL detailed like.

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>^,,^< Miracle

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> Frank van Schie wrote:
>
>
> Damn, that's good stuff. Almost motivated me to bring up
> PSP8 and once again try to learn how to use it.
>
> *Almost*. I have too much on my plate as it is.

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> Adrian Ng wrote:
>
>
> <rubs forehead> Adrian honey, we need to talk...........

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> It's using Curves (CTRL-M) in Photoshop. Even then, I "cheated" by
> following his guidelines, the full extent of which was "three control
> points for the RGB channel, and two for each red, blue and green
> channel", though the mucking about process was easy enough.
>
> I've seen many pictures with blue moutains like that, so it's nice to
> know something might be done about it.

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> It's using Curves (CTRL-M) in Photoshop. Even then, I "cheated" by
> following his guidelines, the full extent of which was "three control
> points for the RGB channel, and two for each red, blue and green
> channel", though the mucking about process was easy enough.
>
> I've seen many pictures with blue moutains like that, so it's nice to
> know something might be done about it.

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>^,,^< Miracle

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> Miracle Smith wrote:
>
> Indeed. I got dibs.

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> On Fri, 06 May 2005 23:07:38 +0200, Frank van Schie wrote:
>
>
> If you *really* want to mess about, try recreating the infra-red film
> effect...:
> http://www.users.bigpond.com/vkelim...10/node140.html
> http://www.photocountry.photoshot.c.../tutorial2.html
> ... etc.

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>^,,^< Miracle

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> If you *really* want to mess about, try recreating the infra-red film
> effect...:
> http://www.users.bigpond.com/vkelim...10/node140.html
> http://www.photocountry.photoshot.c.../tutorial2.html
> ... etc.

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> Frank van Schie wrote:
>
>
> It seems every time it gets even a little humid here, the mountains
> surrounding us get hazy, so if I could duplicate these results, my shots
> of the area could be improved greatly.
> I'm going to try the RGB adjustment with my simplistic Corel proggie
> and see what happens.
> Um, *eventually*. I'm busily making cool prezzies to send out. I had
> a really cool idea. Well, *I* think it's a cool idea. ;)

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> I... fail to see the point, really. I probably just don't get it, but in
> that second link, I preferred the color version to the IR-ified version...

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> Post some online to muck about with, then, for those of us who live in
> countries where the only thing even *called* a mountain is a 321 meter
> high hill.
>
> Literally.

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>^,,^< Miracle

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> WebShots?

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>^,,^< Miracle

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> Okay, I got off my dead XXX and made a page on our
> Smith Family Homestead site:
> http://rossandmiracle.homestead.com/RawPhotos.html

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> "Miracle Smith" wrote...
>

Nice mountains. Dwarfs anything we Dutch folk have.

Anyway, mucking about with the rainbow:
http://www.nebulous.nl/misc/YumaMolehills.jpg

It went from overcast to almost clear blue, which means there wouldn't
be a rainbow, but yeah. Naturally, these things can be applied to
selected portions, but I only had about 15 minutes.

Mountains are clearer (could've made them redder, didn't know what color
they actually were). There was also a lot of noise, which is more
visible now. Could've done some filter stuff, but didn't.

Also tweaked the levels a bit, because it looked way too dark.

Better, worse, "give it up, already"?
[vbcol=seagreen]
> Here's the index page to see other areas of the homestead:
> http://rossandmiracle.homestead.com/index.html
>
> Damn Frank, I'm really glad I'm doing this! Page building
> is really pretty quick and easy- I had no excuse to abandon my
> site(s) for so long.

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> On Sat, 07 May 2005 00:51:09 +0200, Frank van Schie wrote:
>
>
>
>
> Each to their own. Plus, it does depend on the photographs content, and if
> it can "carry" the effect.
>
> Not all photographs work well with b+w IR's dreamlike appearances, be the
> effect fake or otherwise.

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> http://www.users.bigpond.com/vkelim...10/node140.html
> http://www.photocountry.photoshot.c.../tutorial2.html

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>
> Indeed. I got dibs.

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> Miracle Smith wrote:
>
> Nice mountains. Dwarfs anything we Dutch folk have.

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> Anyway, mucking about with the rainbow:
> http://www.nebulous.nl/misc/YumaMolehills.jpg

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> It went from overcast to almost clear blue, which means there wouldn't
> be a rainbow, but yeah. Naturally, these things can be applied to
> selected portions, but I only had about 15 minutes.
>
> Mountains are clearer (could've made them redder, didn't know what
> color they actually were). There was also a lot of noise, which is
> more visible now. Could've done some filter stuff, but didn't.
>
> Also tweaked the levels a bit, because it looked way too dark.
>
> Better, worse, "give it up, already"?

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> A simple-looking and clear page is all you need, and all people should
> EVER build, IMHO. Of course, simple-looking and complex functionality
> can go hand in hand for corporate sites, but it's not as if its
> necessary for a nice homepage.
>
> Now, chopchop, to work. :-)

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>^,,^< Miracle, being a mutha on Mothers' Day.

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> Frank van Schie <frankNOSPAM@email.it> wrote in news:Yq-
> dnWvyyYgAQebfRVnytQ@casema.nl:
>
>
> LOL
>
> But what I want to know is...
>
>
> ... Where do you get enough *leather*?!

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> Frank van Schie wrote:
>
>
> Before the weeds died, I should have taken some shots
> of those- they had a nice green "blush" going on.

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>
> Horry chit. Beat me and make me clean that lens!
>
> Wow Frank, that's impressive. You're hired!!

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>
> Hell no! I'll let you know when I add one I'd love for you to
> help me with- that's amazing to me!! If I had tried to do that, I'd
> have screwed up the ficus tree there on the left really bad- I have
> a knack for getting unwanted results.

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>
> Slave driver! Okay, but I'm pretty scarce online during the weekends,
> since that's when I tackle most of the housework. That way I have
> Monday through Friday to play.
> And tomorrow (Sunday) I'm going to beat Ross about the head and
> shoulders until he helps me straighten out his nightmare of a kitchen. I got
> him a bunch of new pots and stuff for Christmas, and he still hasn't put
> them away properly. Yet each time he cooks, he bitches about my "old
> not-so-good" cookware! GAH!
> And folks wonder why I call him "Your Chefness". ;)

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> Sub Legal. I like that.
>
> I myself have an "offsite backup copy" that someone entrusted into my
> care and keeping. Of course I had to install it to make sure that
> their regional catastrophe redundant storage copy was functional.
>
> Arg! Avast ye maties! It's for fun and not profit. If I were doing
> things to make money from it, I would be more than pleased to give
> Adobe the asking price and write it off as a business expense.

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>^,,^< Miracle, righteously indignant *again*.

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>Miracle Smith wrote:
>
>Always a bit better, of course.
>
>
>I endeavour to serve in an instructional capacity only. That is, you'd
>better learn to do that yourself
>
>It's not difficult, it's mucking about with the options in Photoshop.
>Mind you, Photoshop is expensive, but there are sublegal versions
>available, and who know, maybe you can get someone to sell you their
>legal Photoshop 7 for an apple and an egg.

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> I endeavour to serve in an instructional capacity only. That is, you'd
> better learn to do that yourself

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> It's not difficult, it's mucking about with the options in Photoshop.
> Mind you, Photoshop is expensive, but there are sublegal versions
> available, and who know, maybe you can get someone to sell you their
> legal Photoshop 7 for an apple and an egg.
>
> (poorly translated Dutch expression, I think)

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> I'd have put a Sharpen filter on the whole thing, if I'd figured out
> in time how to undo that filter only for the tree, because it wasn't
> an improvement for that.
>
> Got the tip for color adjustments at a simple site:
> http://dpfwiw.com/
> Specifically:
> http://dpfwiw.com/processing.htm
>
> And other stuff to read through at some point in the future, just
> 'cause I can:
> http://www.shortcourses.com/

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> True genius doesn't know the meaning of the word 'tidy'! I mean, they
> know it, they're not stupid, just not in this context.
>
> (that's what I tell myself anyway, as I cautiously step over a
> veritable cliff in my comp. room)

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> Smeghead wrote:
> That's why I'm not willing to give Bill Gates another $100 for
> a second copy of XP. I bought one, and it would still be used in
> my home, on my computers, so why must he rape me for more
> f00king money?!?!?!?
> If I knew how to swipe a copy and bypass the security crap,
> I wouldn't hesitate.

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>Miracle Smith's last words before the Sword of Azrial plunged through his
>body were:
>
>*grins* You do know people that can help.

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> *grins* You do know people that can help.

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