Hello, Nik. Many thanks for all the kind comments you left on my photos. I consider it high praise indeed when it comes from you. It was surprising to get your comments because you had just been in my thoughts the previous evening. We must have had some sort of ESP going! LOL Hope everything is going well for you and your family. Regina

said RSPBROWN 4 months 4 days ago

Hi I really like your photos, I'm into graphic designing and was wondering if you sell these. Would really appreciate if you can contact me sita@kritionline.com. Thanks

said seeta2000 4 months 4 days ago

Hi Nik..Wow. You must have been online, when I wrote to you...Such a quick response!!The Sandfestival was such a treat...I would have stayed all day if it hadn't been for my husbands lack of patience..All those interesting sculptures with deep carved faces, reflecting and changing as the light and the sun moved arround . ..It was great!!.....In the Boys will be boys album, we visited a nearby field, where modelplane constructors once a year, puts on this show...They build the planes and practice flying all winter...Sometimes they crash during landing but most of the time it goes well...It is the most skilled "pilots" who participate in "hunting the fox". ...They get a point every time they cut off, a pice of the fox's tail. Very entertaining....Thank you for you

said makoni57 4 months 4 days ago

Request from Germany Hello, I see that you was in the Museum of Cairo! I am just working on an encyclopaedia for the Bibleworld and would be interested in using perhaps some of your photos. In case of publication you will receive a copy of the encyclopaedia given full credit to your photograph. If you could agree to that, then please send to me a CD with your photos from Egypt Museum please in high resolution. You did nice photos! Really wonderful!!! That would be wonderful! My adress Alexander Schick, Friedrichstrasse 19, 25980 Westerland (Germany). See my website www.bibelausstellung.de mail: Schick.Sylt@freenet.de - Thanks a lot for your help! Alexander Schick

said Aleaxander_1962 6 months 26 days ago

Request from Germany Hello, I see that you was in the Museum of Cairo! I am just working on an encyclopaedia for the Bibleworld and would be interested in using perhaps some of your photos. In case of publication you will receive a copy of the encyclopaedia given full credit to your photograph. If you could agree to that, then please send to me a CD with your photos from Egypt Museum please in high resolution. You did nice photos! Really wonderful!!! That would be wonderful! My adress Alexander Schick, Friedrichstrasse 19, 25980 Westerland (Germany). See my website www.bibelausstellung.de mail: Schick.Sylt@freenet.de - Thanks a lot for your help! Alexander Schick

said Aleaxander_1962 6 months 26 days ago

Nik, The only true HDR photos in the whole album were Leon River and Neff Watertower 1-1 and Neff Watertower 2-1. Leon River from created from 3 bracketed photos in which the wind ghosted the vegetation very badly and from 3 out of 11 exposures on Watertower 1-1 due to the same ghosting problems. I was able to use all 10 images on Watertower 2-1. Some of the last photos in the album were produced by trying to use one RAW image to produce a psuedoHDR image in Photomatrix. The other "manipulated images" (some weren't) were produced by merging unaltered images over one highly (called local equalization on my Corel Draw Suite v12 software) equalized photo using usually either add, subtract, lighter, color, hue, saturation, behind, overlay, soft light, hard light, or color dodge filters. I had always done little more than minor color processing to my photos, thinking it a bit unfair to digitally alter my images. I am, however, finding it is widely accepted, often applauded, and, from some of the HDR photos I have seen, produces miraculous results. As such, I am experimenting more widely with the programs I already have some proficiency in using until I learn how to produce the type of HDR images I can be proud of. Also, from some of the images I have recently seen, some very vivid colors seem to come through in taking very long exposures on dark nights, so I am experimenting with that, as well. I am getting quite a few comments on the experiments, so it might be a time before I can addequately address all the critique. I am definitely appreciative of your comments and suggestions. I have only recently begun to crop. I always reduce my photos to 2400x1600 at 300res, then, of late, convert some to object and stretch to fit the frame so as to improve compositions on "snap shots." I have some ambulatory problems with extensive walking, so take a great number of photos right out of the car window. This does not always allow for the best perspective. Thanks for your treasured comments and critiques. -- Tiger

said roguegenius 8 months 7 days ago

Dear friends, I apologize for the lack of recent activity on my part, but I have spent the last 5 days either taking photos or preparing them for upload. I desperately need your help. I just uploaded an album of the pictures I took over this last weekend. Some are HDR from several similar photos but different exposure levels. Some are RAW photos which were reworked in Photomatrix Pro. Some are done the same way I have always prepared my photos. Some are digitally manipulated. I will not tell you which is which. I just need you to look through them and tell me which ones you like and which ones you don't. As I am always trying to improve the images I present to you, so your help is especially appreciated. I can tell you right now that I did learn one thing, my friend, lilolewine, was right when he said you cannot take bracketed pictures on a windy day. Also, Susan assisted me in picking which technique looked the best on some of them, but, again, I can't tell you which ones. Please have fun and let me know what you think. Thanks in advance for your assistance. -- Tiger PS. Because I am so very behind in seeing all your beautiful photos, it would be a great favor if you would tell me what I really need to look for when visiting your site. Feel very free to leave me a link or two in any comments you make on the pictures in my "Technical Experimentation" album.

said roguegenius 8 months 8 days ago

Thank you for your always appreciated comments and for informing me of Eiripan. It sounds like a good cause and it was no surprise to learn you were associated with such.

said roguegenius 11 months ago

Welcome back! I was beginning to worry about you!

said roguegenius 11 months 2 days ago

Wow, nothing new since Dec. 4. You, my friend, must be having a superb holiday with your family, sick, or either are up to your ears with work. I am so hopeful it is the Door Number 1! Anyway, my friend, despite my pessimism, I have actually completed uploading, titling, captioning, and tagging the complete 13 albums of my recent roadtrip to the four corners area, and, have reordered it so that the first day is at the top and continues down day to day from there. That being said, please have a look and leave any compliments or critique you wish. As well, because I have fallen so far out of the loop, please feel free to leave a hint in one of your comments to anything special or new on your site you should wish me to take a look at!

said roguegenius 11 months 11 days ago

My friend, just wanted to apologize that I have not kept up with your creativity of late. I just returned from a 2 week road trip to the Four Corners area of the US, have 5 days worth of uploads to caption and title, and 6 days worth still to upload. I'll be busy trying to get my albums in order, so please excuse my lack of attention for a couple of weeks.

said roguegenius 11 months 13 days ago

Hi, I just wanted to stop by and wish a Very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year 2009, take care Ann (Chester England)

said annedm1 11 months 26 days ago

Hello, Nik. Thank you so much for the holiday wishes. I understand about time restraints. They are a problem for me, too, especially this time of year. All my best to you and your family for a wonderful holiday and the happiest of New Years. Regina

said RSPBROWN 11 months 27 days ago

Hello Nik....I hope all is well in your part of the world...I wanted to take this opportunity to wish you and your family a Marry Christmas and a Happy new Year...Thank you for your support and comments on my pictures during 2008. ...Regards Marianne

said makoni57 2008.12.14 at 05:37:22 PST

Thanks for all the great comments! As usual, they mean a lot to me. You must be pretty busy, as I have not seen much new here lately. Hope all is well with you and yours!

said roguegenius 2008.11.27 at 18:22:41 PST

I agree with your statement that something should be focused in photographs. I tried and tried to produced a focused shot of an object that continually moved, but am still having difficulty in adjusting shutter speed. I was just so intent on using a photo of that effect as a macro, I used the most focused shot I had. I actually thought the soft, unfocused effect did give the shot an otherworldly feel.

said roguegenius 2008.11.17 at 11:10:02 PST

I have dedicated a new album, "The children od the world" to all of you, my friends, who have helped me pass the 100,000 views

said nuritp 2008.11.12 at 13:32:48 PST

Hi Nik...Thank you for your comments on my Paris pictures..Regarding the picture with the 2 artists looking arround: ..I hadn't seen that everybody else walked away from me..!!..How could I miss a detail like that??But you're absolutely right and thanks to you, I see this picture in another perspective now.

said makoni57 2008.11.01 at 23:49:19 PDT

Wow, Guaya, huh! Probably a bit too far for me to drive my jeep. Good to find someone in my profession with the same hobby, though. Your photos give me a level to shoot for.

said roguegenius 2008.10.31 at 10:17:31 PDT

CONGRATULATIONS.You have wonderful albums. I have recently created many albums that you may enjoy and You are welcome to view them. http://home-and-garden.webshots.com/album/567631595lVyOSf http://outdoors.webshots.com/album/567620163YHpIld http://outdoors.webshots.com/album/567600605OtxTWN http://home-and-garden.webshots.com/album/567535538XTsnyg http://good-times.webshots.com/album/566305560vBFfdU http://pets.webshots.com/album/566260326QQdTiY http://home-and-garden.webshots.com/album/566259634YEokoQ http://outdoors.webshots.com/album/566277967ZSLFSS http://outdoors.webshots.com/album/563499183mLxtBE http://good-times.webshots.com/album/562956901oVmJLq

said erdogan41 2008.10.28 at 04:54:13 PDT

Hello! Just wanted to thank you for all your wonderful comments on my CC-Country entries! I appreciated your suggestions as well! All the best to you, Lori

said lorilee46 2008.10.21 at 20:49:08 PDT

Thanks so much for your kind comment on my CC-country entry. I didn't place, but it meant a lot - thanks!

said ghettohoon 2008.10.17 at 13:54:19 PDT

Hello, thank you for your nice comment on my CC-country entry.

said jeffraeearley 2008.10.14 at 18:47:46 PDT

hi - thanks so much for your congrats on my 3rd place win on the country challenge - I really appreciate it. My first win, I'm so excited!! Barb

said BarbWhite60 2008.10.14 at 13:16:33 PDT

Thanks for your support and comments in the Country CC - Colin

said arrowman617 2008.10.14 at 01:08:44 PDT