Peter_Puget Posted September 30, 2003 Posted September 30, 2003 Post the name of the gosh darn route/mountain/cliff when posting pictures! pP Quote
Cpt.Caveman Posted September 30, 2003 Posted September 30, 2003 I started the threads you are recently commenting with erik and others. I dont think I said anyone had to give that information. Plus I dont see it as necessary. Quote
Peter_Puget Posted September 30, 2003 Author Posted September 30, 2003 Cavey - My comments apply to the gallery as well as your threads. Quote
Cpt.Caveman Posted September 30, 2003 Posted September 30, 2003 Peter_Puget said: Cavey - My comments apply to the gallery as well as your threads. So what? I understand your encouragement. But it's not a necessity. Maybe some people dont know what they are taking pictures of Quote
Alpinfox Posted September 30, 2003 Posted September 30, 2003 I like it when people say when and where the pictures were taken and what the subject is. For curiosity's sake, but also for research purposes. Looking at your (Cavey's) picture of NF of Buckner next year might give someone an idea of what to expect in late season (assuming similar snowfall yadda yadda yadda)... I think people often fail to include this info because, 1. they are lazy, 2. they enjoy other people guessing what the pictures are (a form of chestbeating?), 3. they don't know. The last one is the only reasonable excuse in my opinion, though I might be guilty of number 1 on occasion. Quote
Cpt.Caveman Posted September 30, 2003 Posted September 30, 2003 last one is the only reasonable excuse Reasonable excuse- You are giving the impression you don't want people to share photos unless you can know where they are what they are doing and so on. I'll still be posting pictures. Whether I decide to title them with comments may vary. Quote
erik Posted September 30, 2003 Posted September 30, 2003 prolly like ray...i name them and title them with the instantanious thought at the very moment of posting. Quote
Alpinfox Posted September 30, 2003 Posted September 30, 2003 People should post pictures even if they choose to not let the rest of us know what the location/subject/etc is. The photos are probably my favorite part of this website. However, I would PREFER if people included location/date/other relevant info. Quote
ScottP Posted September 30, 2003 Posted September 30, 2003 If the info isn't included, it couldn't hurt to politely ask (rather than make a blanket demand.) I like them with and without the knowledge. Quote
gnibmilc Posted September 30, 2003 Posted September 30, 2003 Can you guess where this one was taken from? Quote
Gary_Yngve Posted September 30, 2003 Posted September 30, 2003 Alpinfox said: I like it when people say when and where the pictures were taken and what the subject is. For curiosity's sake, but also for research purposes. Looking at your (Cavey's) picture of NF of Buckner next year might give someone an idea of what to expect in late season (assuming similar snowfall yadda yadda yadda)... I think people often fail to include this info because, 1. they are lazy, 2. they enjoy other people guessing what the pictures are (a form of chestbeating?), 3. they don't know. The last one is the only reasonable excuse in my opinion, though I might be guilty of number 1 on occasion. I think it would be really cool to build a multidimensional database of [landscape] photos. Each photo is indexed by its location and orientation [and zoom] and time. Vision algorithms could solve for location/orientation given terrain data. Then someone could query the database, asking, what does NW Face of Mt. X look like at this time of the year? Or, what does the view of Mt. Y look like from Mt. Z? All sorts of machine learning possibilities exist for extrapolating data for where pictures don't exist. Of course, I don't have time to work on this. Quote
Szyjakowski Posted October 1, 2003 Posted October 1, 2003 gnibmilc said: Can you guess where this one was taken from? lighthouse tower or close by....the col with the dike is razorback/temple Quote
gnibmilc Posted October 1, 2003 Posted October 1, 2003 yep. have you managed to get up to the top of Lighthouse? The last 20 feet is tough from any side...I circled it...could NOT free the old thin aid line (where the picture was taken) but ended up with an old piton in hand while trying. someone used sawed tree limbs at some point in time to protect or aid the wide crack above the huge platform on the eastish side. hemp rope still hanging in the off width. i talked to John Marts about it once...all he said was it took some aid. Quote
Dustin_B Posted October 1, 2003 Posted October 1, 2003 Alpinfox said: I think people often fail to include this info because, 1. they are lazy, 2. they enjoy other people guessing what the pictures are (a form of chestbeating?), 3. they don't know. The last one is the only reasonable excuse in my opinion, though I might be guilty of number 1 on occasion. You forgot one other option; 4. when it is a picture of an extremely popular mountain, the poster assumes every one will know what it is and therefore may not mention this info. Like when I posted a picture of Baker on the first weekend photo thread and didn't provide details. It wasn't because of laziness. That said, when I post something in the gallery it will always get this info even if the picture is of the south side of Rainier. Quote
Peter_Puget Posted October 1, 2003 Author Posted October 1, 2003 I was guessing Wild Traverse on Midnight! PP Quote
Cairns Posted October 1, 2003 Posted October 1, 2003 Peter_Puget said: Post the name of the gosh darn route/mountain/cliff when posting pictures! pP I will try to improve. I like it when others post the info. Some stuff is still secret, though not by my choice. Attached is a picture of heaven - used to be a 5.10 mantle. Quote
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