February Photo Challenge - Discussion Thread

[Tiffany]

Originally Posted by Mouse

The name's familiar. I'm gonna Google her. (I'm thinking I've seen some of her stuff somewhere before.)

You probably have, she lives in Devon, I've been to her home. She has had her horses at Saltram & The Eden Project & other places too. I wish I could afford one.

[Mouse]

Ah yeah, might've seen something at the Eden Project then. Also fancy I've seen it at gardening shows.

[Kaladan]

Just curious; is any element of Photoshopping allowed in this? I don't mean MAKING the image in PS of course.

[Mouse]

Yep. I usually correct the exposure in my pics. I've done a colour splash before and I know Cul has too.

[HoopyFrood]

I have a fine old fiddle with various things in Photobucket before I post. Saturation, exposure, contrast, maybe throw on a fancy frame...

[Mouse]

Oh yeah saturation! I only discovered that one recently and I love it!

[David Evil Overlord]

I'm gonna have to look at Photobucket.

[Tiffany]

I have Photobucket as well, but all I do is crop, if needed & autofix.

[alchemist]

I'm on photobucket too, but have no idea what those things do.

I see we have three newbies, and six cracking photos already. What's this challenge coming to? (Right so, off to take a picture of the International Space Station tonight)

[David Evil Overlord]

If you want to win the challenge, Alchemist, you have to take your photo of the ISS from above.

[Tiffany]

David Evil Overlord. (Please, can I call you David? )

Photobucket is great for resizing, Alchemist, cropping & doing other things. Just click the edit on a pic & you can do all sorts. I use it because I haven't got any fancy photo software.

The new photo's on the photo challenge are super.

[Mouse]

Originally Posted by alchemist

I'm on photobucket too, but have no idea what those things do.

I see we have three newbies, and six cracking photos already. What's this challenge coming to? (Right so, off to take a picture of the International Space Station tonight)

I've never heard you sound so Irish, alc!

Photobucket is good. Go play.

[alchemist]

Originally Posted by David Evil Overlord

If you want to win the challenge, Alchemist, you have to take your photo of the ISS from above.

I'm in Florida as I type this. See you all on Monday.

Originally Posted by Tiffany

David Evil Overlord. (Please, can I call you David? )

Photobucket is great for resizing, Alchemist, cropping & doing other things. Just click the edit on a pic & you can do all sorts. I use it because I haven't got any fancy photo software.

I've done the sizing and cropping, but as for the rest; I can fiddle with it, but never understand why e.g. what functions do you use to make a dark picture clearer? It's more complicated than upping the brightness. Some day I'll learn, some day...

Originally Posted by Mouse

I've never heard you sound so Irish, alc!

Photobucket is good. Go play.

Ah shur now I might, but that photo stuff is fierce complicated.

[David Evil Overlord]

Originally Posted by Tiffany

David Evil Overlord. (Please, can I call you David? )

You may, but I don't want to be confused with all the other Davids roaming in vast herds across the forum.

I chose a life of Evil Overlording thanks to an incident at Border's bookstore a few years ago. Browsing the shelves of Science Fiction, Fantasy, and related genres, I found the anthology If I Were An Evil Overlord, inspired by the Evil Overlord lists you may have seen on the internet (just Google Evil Overlord List if you haven't - it's a list of how to get evil right, unlike the bad guys in fiction who keep doing such stupid things that they let the good guys win easily).

When I went to the counter to buy the book, the cashier took a step back, his eyes wide with shock. He asked if the book was real...he thought it was some kind of self-help book for aspiring Evil Overlords!

[Tiffany]

Originally Posted by David Evil Overlord

You may, but I don't want to be confused with all the other Davids roaming in vast herds across the forum.

I chose a life of Evil Overlording thanks to an incident at Border's bookstore a few years ago. Browsing the shelves of Science Fiction, Fantasy, and related genres, I found the anthology If I Were An Evil Overlord, inspired by the Evil Overlord lists you may have seen on the internet (just Google Evil Overlord List if you haven't - it's a list of how to get evil right, unlike the bad guys in fiction who keep doing such stupid things that they let the good guys win easily).

When I went to the counter to buy the book, the cashier took a step back, his eyes wide with shock. He asked if the book was real...he thought it was some kind of self-help book for aspiring Evil Overlords!

David is quite a common name, four of our friends are called David. What do others here call you? Do they type all of your name each time? I'd not want to be different! You can call me Tiff.
PS I will Google evil overlord.