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« on: February 04, 2011, 03:47:29 PM » |
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« Reply #2 on: February 04, 2011, 05:29:08 PM » |
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nice stuff. I love macro work, but it's so tough to get insects clear. you did a great job. good luck in the contest. love the owl's eye and the composition on that one.
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« Reply #3 on: February 04, 2011, 05:31:13 PM » |
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Darn, I wish we had a costco around here. The nearest one is 350 miles away. Thanks for the suggestion though, I'll keep that in mind in the future (hopefully with one nearer by!). Thank you, Thea!! I've heard bug pics are really hard to sell, but hopefully people in the forestry building are a little more open-minded.  I love bugs. I e-mailed the lady in charge of the competition some of my questions, so hopefully she'll be able to help too.  |
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« Reply #4 on: February 16, 2011, 11:30:52 AM » |
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Jessica,
Try a Fedex/kinko's store.
or a Ritz Camera store.
Just sayin.....
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« Reply #5 on: February 16, 2011, 12:46:07 PM » |
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I don't think we have any of those around here, but I ended up going with the ones from walmart. The biggest they do is 8"x10", but I asked the lady in charge and she said that was fine. We're matting all our photos on Saturday and I bought some cheap frames, then we'll turn them in on Sunday for the show. I made some cool little cards to slip in the frame with my info that I can also put the price on.  |
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« Reply #6 on: February 16, 2011, 01:10:41 PM » |
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pretty card! good luck and let us know how it goes.
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« Reply #7 on: February 16, 2011, 01:33:11 PM » |
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It's a toss up between the Startled Owl and Drag-Under-Fly pictures for me! Great job, dawl! Good luck! |
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« Reply #8 on: February 16, 2011, 02:30:23 PM » |
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Thanks guys! I'll definitely keep you all updated! |
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« Reply #10 on: February 16, 2011, 10:54:32 PM » |
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Those are really good pictures! What lens do you use? Also, I've found Adorama to be cheapest for printing pictures. They are even cheaper than Walmart, I think. I've used their services before and the quality is excellent. http://www.adoramapix.com/home |
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« Reply #11 on: February 17, 2011, 07:24:37 AM » |
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Ooh, thanks vrushket. I will bookmark them. Oh, and for the macro pics, I used a Tamron 90mm. |
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« Reply #12 on: February 19, 2011, 07:39:10 AM » |
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Great photos. I don't know if it would be considered cheating or not, but you could adjust the colors a little to make these already great photos "pop" a little more. I hope you don't mind, I took the liberty... Before and after:   Notice how the blue is richer and the blacks on the owl add contrast. I did this with Photoshop CS5, but I bet other editors would allow you to do the same. Sam's club does a nice job with enlargements too. I think the last 20x30 I got was $9 and the quality wasn't bad at all. You mentioned Wal Mart did your 8x10's. I think they can do enlargements also. They usually sent large prints to an outside lab. Probably the same lab Sam's club uses. |
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« Reply #13 on: February 19, 2011, 08:53:12 AM » |
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I love what you did! I'll have to play around more with Photoshop next time. Thanks for the tips!  |
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« Reply #14 on: February 26, 2011, 12:38:27 PM » |
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Well, not too much to report! It was actually a very frustrating experience. The girl I was supposed to meet to put up my photos didn't show up and has ignored all my subsequent e-mails. I ended up setting them up myself, but we were promised they would be locked behind glass when we entered, and they were just sitting out in an open room. No one batted an eye when I went in there with scissors and a marker and started cutting stuff up and marking on things (I was setting up my photos, but no one else knew that!). I have no idea when I'm supposed to pick up my photos because there was zero communication, so I think I'll just go find them on Monday and walk off with them. There were a lot of very talented photographers who entered, so I didn't win anything, and no one contacted me about buying them. There's another competition after spring break though, so I'll probably enter that one as well. I've also had a few requests from friends to give them the photos for birthdays, so they'll probably end up on some friends' walls. Thanks for all the help and although I didn't win anything and the show was extremely frustrating, it was still a good experience! |
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« Reply #15 on: February 28, 2011, 06:00:14 PM » |
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Thanks for giving us the report of the "results".
Better luck next time.
Just remember you have to kiss a lot of frogs...........
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« Reply #16 on: February 28, 2011, 06:04:57 PM » |
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Just remember you have to kiss a lot of frogs...........
to make frog stew....sorry it wasn't a real fun experience, but here's hoping next time is better. |
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