Airshow

BrianR · 06-21-2005, 09:31 AM

Finally I invested in a digital camera. Now to learn how to take pictures. NBN, I need lessons!

Lesson one, where oh where is the resize picture button?

It's here somewhere....

I'll find it later and post a few pics

darnit...I just saw it in one of these myriad menus...

Grumble

jinx · 06-21-2005, 09:46 AM

You should download IrfanView.

BigV · 06-21-2005, 10:29 AM

Please allow me to give a testimonial for Picassa, version 2. Free, all the basic tweaks a snapshot taker like me ever uses, um, free, wait, I said that, and from Google. For me that's a good thing, and not because I have any Google stock (too damn bad too.) Anyway, they produce (buy/offer) excellent products, and when the camera starts to generate a critical mass of pictures, and it will, Picassa can help you organize/search/sort those objects like no one else can. Google's the king of that sort of magic.

And for crying out loud, it's free. Try it out, and if you don't like it, hell, I'll give you double your money back.

xoxoxoBruce · 06-21-2005, 01:13 PM

Photoshop. I don't want my pictures floating around the ether somewhere....I want them right here on my hard drive where I can crash them good.

BrianR · 06-21-2005, 06:52 PM

Does Picasa resize an image without confusing a simpleton like me?

Bullitt · 06-21-2005, 07:19 PM

i use photobucket to host my images online, and they automatically resize images to fit their 250k size limit per image. once you upload a picture, you can easily shrink it down to 75%, 50%, or 25% of the origional. my camera is set to take pretty big pictures, so i just resize them by 75% twice, and they're perfect for posting on threads and forums.

just my two cents

BrianR · 06-21-2005, 07:20 PM

A P-51D Mustang

BrianR · 06-21-2005, 07:23 PM

Good. Picasa isn't the best thing I've seen, but IrfanView does the job just fine. I just need to select the pictures I want to share and shrink them down.

Then I test the macro lens and see how that turns out. Maybe I can post a few close up pics for all to laugh at.

Griff · 06-21-2005, 08:14 PM

Do you have another shot of the P-51? They are too beautiful.

Bullitt · 06-21-2005, 11:05 PM

There was an air show round here last weekend and i was so mad i couldn't go.. they had an a-10 stunt group, a pb-y, couple mustangs and the flying fortress made its appearance.. man that thing sounds beautiful, i heard it fly around my neighborhood a couple times...

Undertoad · 06-21-2005, 11:07 PM

Pair of A-10s flew over head today at about noon, at low altitude, headed SW towards D.C. I figured either we were newly at war or there was an airshow around somewhere.

BrianR · 06-22-2005, 12:19 AM

There was an airshow last weekend in Reading. I missed it due to a BBQ in Richmond.

These pics are from last years airshow in Reading. I don't get around to developing my films much. I have pics from three years ago in the batch. Yes, there are some more of the P51 as well as other beautiful examples of WWII flying machines. I posted the pics of the P38 above my bed.

Tomorrow I will get into the mess of pics and organise them and post a few select ones for all to enjoy.

Brian

plthijinx · 06-22-2005, 10:15 AM

I haven't been to an airshow in probably 5 years. something always comes up. pisses me off too. i think the last one i actually saw was in galveston while i was on a fishing pier. i did go buy a disposable camera but it didn't do the planes justice. there was 1 mustang, an F-16, a B-17, the Yak i flew in as well as a couple more, and some t-38's that come to mind.....

busterb · 06-22-2005, 12:45 PM

I like this program for resizing by batch. Free.http://bluefive.pair.com/pixresizer.htm

BigV · 06-22-2005, 01:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bullitt

There was an air show round here last weekend and i was so mad i couldn't go.. they had an a-10 stunt group, a pb-y, couple mustangs and the flying fortress made its appearance.. man that thing sounds beautiful, i heard it fly around my neighborhood a couple times...

A-10, number one favorite airplane!

PB-Y, number two.

P-51 mustangs, untouchable cool factor.

Sorry I missed the show. Now I got a hankerin for some plane time. I need to get down to the Museum of Flight. They have a wonderful collection, including a Concorde. The Concorde is a tiny plane in person compared to my imagination from all the years of seeing it on tv and in the movies.

06-21-2005, 09:31 AM	#1
BrianR Cleverly disguised as a responsible adult Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Dallas, TX Posts: 3,338	Airshow Finally I invested in a digital camera. Now to learn how to take pictures. NBN, I need lessons! Lesson one, where oh where is the resize picture button? It's here somewhere.... I'll find it later and post a few pics darnit...I just saw it in one of these myriad menus... Grumble __________________ Never be afraid to tell the world who you are. -- Anonymous

06-21-2005, 09:46 AM	#2
jinx Come on, cat. Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: general vicinity of Philadelphia area Posts: 7,013	You should download IrfanView. __________________ Crying won't help you, praying won't do you no good.

06-21-2005, 10:29 AM	#3
BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	Please allow me to give a testimonial for Picassa, version 2. Free, all the basic tweaks a snapshot taker like me ever uses, um, free, wait, I said that, and from Google. For me that's a good thing, and not because I have any Google stock (too damn bad too.) Anyway, they produce (buy/offer) excellent products, and when the camera starts to generate a critical mass of pictures, and it will, Picassa can help you organize/search/sort those objects like no one else can. Google's the king of that sort of magic. And for crying out loud, it's free. Try it out, and if you don't like it, hell, I'll give you double your money back. __________________ Be Just and Fear Not.

06-21-2005, 01:13 PM	#4
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Photoshop. I don't want my pictures floating around the ether somewhere....I want them right here on my hard drive where I can crash them good. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

06-21-2005, 06:52 PM	#5
BrianR Cleverly disguised as a responsible adult Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Dallas, TX Posts: 3,338	Does Picasa resize an image without confusing a simpleton like me? __________________ Never be afraid to tell the world who you are. -- Anonymous

06-21-2005, 07:19 PM	#6
Bullitt This is a fully functional babe lair Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Akron, OH Posts: 2,324	i use photobucket to host my images online, and they automatically resize images to fit their 250k size limit per image. once you upload a picture, you can easily shrink it down to 75%, 50%, or 25% of the origional. my camera is set to take pretty big pictures, so i just resize them by 75% twice, and they're perfect for posting on threads and forums. just my two cents __________________ Kiss my white Irish ass.

06-21-2005, 07:20 PM	#7
BrianR Cleverly disguised as a responsible adult Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Dallas, TX Posts: 3,338	All right, let's test this A P-51D Mustang Attached Images __________________ Never be afraid to tell the world who you are. -- Anonymous

06-21-2005, 07:23 PM	#8
BrianR Cleverly disguised as a responsible adult Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Dallas, TX Posts: 3,338	Good. Picasa isn't the best thing I've seen, but IrfanView does the job just fine. I just need to select the pictures I want to share and shrink them down. Then I test the macro lens and see how that turns out. Maybe I can post a few close up pics for all to laugh at.

06-21-2005, 08:14 PM	#9
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	Do you have another shot of the P-51? They are too beautiful. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

06-21-2005, 11:05 PM	#10
Bullitt This is a fully functional babe lair Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Akron, OH Posts: 2,324	There was an air show round here last weekend and i was so mad i couldn't go.. they had an a-10 stunt group, a pb-y, couple mustangs and the flying fortress made its appearance.. man that thing sounds beautiful, i heard it fly around my neighborhood a couple times... __________________ Kiss my white Irish ass.

06-21-2005, 11:07 PM	#11
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Pair of A-10s flew over head today at about noon, at low altitude, headed SW towards D.C. I figured either we were newly at war or there was an airshow around somewhere.

06-22-2005, 12:19 AM	#12
BrianR Cleverly disguised as a responsible adult Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Dallas, TX Posts: 3,338	There was an airshow last weekend in Reading. I missed it due to a BBQ in Richmond. These pics are from last years airshow in Reading. I don't get around to developing my films much. I have pics from three years ago in the batch. Yes, there are some more of the P51 as well as other beautiful examples of WWII flying machines. I posted the pics of the P38 above my bed. Tomorrow I will get into the mess of pics and organise them and post a few select ones for all to enjoy. Brian __________________ Never be afraid to tell the world who you are. -- Anonymous

06-22-2005, 10:15 AM	#13
plthijinx Master Dwellar Join Date: Aug 2003 Posts: 4,197	I haven't been to an airshow in probably 5 years. something always comes up. pisses me off too. i think the last one i actually saw was in galveston while i was on a fishing pier. i did go buy a disposable camera but it didn't do the planes justice. there was 1 mustang, an F-16, a B-17, the Yak i flew in as well as a couple more, and some t-38's that come to mind..... __________________ For your dreams to come true, you must first have a dream.

06-22-2005, 12:45 PM	#14
busterb NSABFD Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: MS. usa Posts: 3,908	I like this program for resizing by batch. Free.http://bluefive.pair.com/pixresizer.htm __________________ I've haven't left very deep footprints in the sands of time. But, boy I've left a bunch.

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