olyclimber Posted January 23, 2006 Posted January 23, 2006 Check out this thread. You can vote on some photos and there are prize winners and stuff. It exciting, you can finally make a difference in something for once in your life! Quote
olyclimber Posted January 23, 2006 Posted January 23, 2006 ya, I'd never make it as a motivational speaker. but I do live in a van down by the river, so who knows. Quote
dylan_taylor Posted January 24, 2006 Posted January 24, 2006 The photog's shadow doesn't bother me as much as the bluish cast in the shadows. Â I'm actually growing to like the other two shots -- the seaside one and the one that looks like it's from Lworth. I like the strong slanty light and the ocean from the first as well as the climber's pose and good exposure of fore and back in the second. But they never wow-ed me up front. Maybe the people were too small or there was too much clutter (bouldering pads, bush atop the boulder, etc.) Â Sorry, I was new to digital DEE and ICE when i scanned it, thus the blue cast in the shadows and the burned out highlights on the boulder. I aim to do better next time. You are right about my shadow. It is annoying. It stung when I noticed that after getting the slides back. It's tough with a fisheye when the sun is on your back. I am not a sophisticated enough photochop user to take that out. Nor did I think it was worth my time. Quote
AllYouCanEat Posted January 27, 2006 Posted January 27, 2006 (edited) Would be nice in future years to have a minimum resolution established... at least 1024x768.  Skiing #1 disappoints me: contrast is too blown out. Bouldering shots overall were disappointing. All were landscapish dude-on-boulder shots, nor with especially spectacular scenery/lighting. Bouldering shots more in the line of Climbing #8 would have been nice -- closeups of dynamic moves. But none were submitted? I say axe the category and put in more categories for climbing. There are several fantastic climbing shots.  You're right, my photo is blown out. I really didn't think before I posted.  I bought a new scanner, a nikon Coolscan V. I'm pretty excited. Until yesterday, I had the shop do their scans for a few bucks a roll. Here is a comparision of the shot I posted:  Shop: http://cascadecrusades.org/SkiMountainee...couloirking.JPG  Nikon Scanner: http://cascadecrusades.org/misc/New%20Folder/joshcouloir3.jpg  Here's some stoke. http://cascadecrusades.org/Untitled-6.htm  ps the nikon scan looks like the actual slide. The picture is still a bit off. Edited January 27, 2006 by AllYouCanEat Quote
Gary_Yngve Posted January 27, 2006 Posted January 27, 2006 Nice, it looks a lot better now. Maybe too much of a yellow tint for my taste, but that should be fixable with a little bit of photoshop. Quote
AllYouCanEat Posted January 27, 2006 Posted January 27, 2006 Thanks, I thought the alpenglow was amazing that day but I only had a roll of fugi 50, so I couldn't capture it like I wanted. The powder shots I linked were from Sunday. I can't wait to get the rest of that roll done. Quote
scrambled_legs Posted January 29, 2006 Posted January 29, 2006 Where is the Climbing #7 pic from and the Ice #3?? Quote
MisterMo Posted January 29, 2006 Posted January 29, 2006 [quote I bought a new scanner, a nikon Coolscan V. I'm pretty excited. Â Coolscan V ! In the interest of fastest acceptable throughput I do only minimal processing with the scanning software (ICE only) & do any further twiddling in photoshop. Â Are your samples both scanned and posted at the same resolution? Quote
AllYouCanEat Posted January 30, 2006 Posted January 30, 2006 Are your samples both scanned and posted at the same resolution? Â I don't know what the shop scans photos at. The files are big but the quality isn't there. The Nikon scanner does far better and gives a very realistic representation of what's on the actual slides. Â I only use the ICE feature, but on very old photos tried the other features on the scanner. This thing can do some amazing stuff. Quote
Alpinfox Posted January 30, 2006 Posted January 30, 2006 Where is the Climbing #7 pic from  Mount Hood  and the Ice #3??  Don't know. Canadian Rockies? Quote
Greta Posted February 1, 2006 Posted February 1, 2006 So when do I find out that I won? Im leaving for Guatemala at 5:00, so could someone get on that! The suspense is killing me. Quote
DirtyHarry Posted February 1, 2006 Posted February 1, 2006 Don't hold your breath. Inevitably, there will be a lawsuit. Too many hanging chads and shit. Quote
robert Posted February 1, 2006 Posted February 1, 2006 Go look on page one. The results of the poll are now visible. Quote
robert Posted February 1, 2006 Posted February 1, 2006 You can only sue me if you lost by only one vote. Other than that start collecting names I guess. Quote
mattp Posted February 1, 2006 Posted February 1, 2006 Olyclimber should put the winners in a special "CC.COM News" thread or something else to display them on the front page for a while. Quote
olyclimber Posted February 1, 2006 Posted February 1, 2006 good idea. oily climber will try to get that done a little later today. Quote
archenemy Posted February 1, 2006 Posted February 1, 2006 good idea. oily climber will try to get that done a little later today. just pick it up and shake it Quote
Greta Posted February 1, 2006 Posted February 1, 2006 That contest was rigged. Who can I sue? Â Oh well, warmer, dryer climes, here I come. Adios all, see you in May. Enjoy the rain and the snow when its not too deep. Quote
John Frieh Posted February 1, 2006 Posted February 1, 2006 Â Looks like Dylan cleaned house with 2 wins! Â HUGE thanks to Jon for all the work! Quote
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