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Post by Onjel on Jan 5, 2010 18:20:15 GMT -5
Welcome to Part 1086 of the Soulful Spike Society Main Thread! [/b][/color][/size][/center] We are fabulous. You know it, we know it, and soon everyone will know it! Why? Because, we are not hiding our light which shines brightest in our essays, analyses and fiction. And we are most fierce (but breathtakingly respectful of one another at all times) when discussing subjects about which we are passionate. There's a good chance you'll be able to handle our incredible groovyness if you read these, be excellent to each other and avoid raining on our parade by posting spoilers only in this place or by hiding them under the shell of the ghost button above. You want glitz? You want glam? We've got your bling, right here where you'll find legen-wait for it-dary, scintillating conversation about all things televisionary. ;D Go, visit and join in the stupendousness that is our love for TV. Come on, everyone, let's get our Liberace on, embrace the flamboyance that is Us and post!!! Star Trek Inspirational Posters
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Post by Onjel on Jan 5, 2010 18:24:06 GMT -5
Off home. See you later!
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Post by Sue on Jan 5, 2010 19:07:59 GMT -5
First!
And after a 43 minute gap!
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Post by Julia, wrought iron-y on Jan 5, 2010 20:18:58 GMT -5
First! And after a 43 minute gap! I had thirty-eleventy phone calls, texts and general crazies in that time. Julia, argh.
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Post by Sara on Jan 5, 2010 20:52:55 GMT -5
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Post by Julia, wrought iron-y on Jan 5, 2010 21:23:40 GMT -5
I'm still being rejected by Blogger. Do you have a UV filter on your lens? that might help on the yellow fly- or even a polarizing lens cover. A lot of yellow (and white) feathers have crystaline structures that scatter light and make it difficult to get fine details in focus. Julia, some yellows, reds, and all blues are optical colors, but the blue light has a short enough wave length that the scattering isn't as destructive.
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Post by Sara on Jan 5, 2010 21:34:20 GMT -5
I'm still being rejected by Blogger. Do you have a UV filter on your lens? that might help on the yellow fly- or even a polarizing lens cover. A lot of yellow (and white) feathers have crystaline structures that scatter light and make it difficult to get fine details in focus. Julia, some yellows, reds, and all blues are optical colors, but the blue light has a short enough wave length that the scattering isn't as destructive. Hm. I don't have any sort of filter for the lens, or I'd definitely give it a try. I was thinking tomorrow I'd dig a little deeper into how the camera settings work and see if I can compensate for it that way.
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Post by rich on Jan 5, 2010 21:58:13 GMT -5
Great part opener, Onjel.
I wish my brother George was here.
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Post by Onjel on Jan 5, 2010 22:31:59 GMT -5
Great part opener, Onjel. I wish my brother George was here. Thanks, rich.
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Post by Rachael on Jan 5, 2010 22:52:22 GMT -5
So, Emily had a good day, overall. She only ate one bottle, but that's better than none, and I'm guessing it'll keep improving. She also, apparently, napped for Cheryl. I am envious. Of course, she's been on the boob almost non-stop since we got home, and I don't think I can supply a full meal every half hour. Hey, whatever - more bottle practice?
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Post by Sue on Jan 5, 2010 22:56:39 GMT -5
So, Emily had a good day, overall. She only ate one bottle, but that's better than none, and I'm guessing it'll keep improving. She also, apparently, napped for Cheryl. I am envious. Of course, she's been on the boob almost non-stop since we got home, and I don't think I can supply a full meal every half hour. Hey, whatever - more bottle practice? Congrats to both you and Emily (and Cheryl) for making it through the day. Does Cheryl do care for other babies as well?
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Post by Sara on Jan 5, 2010 23:08:11 GMT -5
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Post by Julia, wrought iron-y on Jan 5, 2010 23:14:02 GMT -5
I'm still being rejected by Blogger. Do you have a UV filter on your lens? that might help on the yellow fly- or even a polarizing lens cover. A lot of yellow (and white) feathers have crystaline structures that scatter light and make it difficult to get fine details in focus. Julia, some yellows, reds, and all blues are optical colors, but the blue light has a short enough wave length that the scattering isn't as destructive. Hm. I don't have any sort of filter for the lens, or I'd definitely give it a try. I was thinking tomorrow I'd dig a little deeper into how the camera settings work and see if I can compensate for it that way. Yeah, there may be controls that act as a light analyser, I don't know either (I'm still ignoring most of the settings on mine). The thing about UV filters is that they do nothing bad to a photo and act as a cheap sacrificial scratch-catcher for the front lens; every photography teacher I've had has gone into a rantabout getting and using UV filters on the first day of class. And they act as a first line of defense against light scatter from atmospheric dust and various optically active surfaces. They aren't perfect- there's photos of, oh, wait, here: See how the stems are in sharp focus while the flowers are in a fuzzy halo of light, even in the same focal plane? Optically active surface. This was taken with a UV filter, and it wasn't enough; there are more dense ones (or you can stack them, but that has its own loss-of-accuity results), and then there's polarizing filters, which don't work with the autofocus on digital or film slrs. Another possibility is a coherant light source, about with I know damn all. Julia, I know the name, but I'd have to google and I'm seriously post-stimulents and my brain is unreliable when it comes to finishing tasks.
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Post by Rachael on Jan 6, 2010 0:51:53 GMT -5
So, Emily had a good day, overall. She only ate one bottle, but that's better than none, and I'm guessing it'll keep improving. She also, apparently, napped for Cheryl. I am envious. Of course, she's been on the boob almost non-stop since we got home, and I don't think I can supply a full meal every half hour. Hey, whatever - more bottle practice? Congrats to both you and Emily (and Cheryl) for making it through the day. Does Cheryl do care for other babies as well? She has one other baby, and three or four older kids, toddlers to early school age. And one assistant. She said she was surprised that Emily didn't cry at all, all day long. Even when she hadn't eaten in hours, she was happy. And we got a new set of bottles tonight, with nipples identical in shape to her favorite pacifier...and she took one of those from me, even. So I'm sending those for tomorrow.
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Post by S'ewing S'cubie on Jan 6, 2010 7:38:50 GMT -5
Great part opener, Onjel. I wish my brother George was here. But--bu-but that's not Liberace! That's Trelane AS Liberace! Trelane: Liberace: I mean, he's a great part opener and one of ST:OS' most memorable characters but.. REEEEEALLY! Diane *what's the point of all this nerdy goodness if it can't be flaunted sometimes*
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