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thanks for the warning schnee!

i feel your pain – we’ve been well below zero (it was -28 this morning) since friday and this morning our pipes were frozen. and then the power went out. 😕 poor mr. bort is home trying to keep the fire going so our pipes don’t explode.

subzero temps are fun!!

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i haven’t tried it with b/w, but i don’t know that you’re going to see much of an effect. most cross processing goes E6 film in C41 chemistry…i think doing it the other way just gives you desaturated colors etc. YMMV, though, i’ve never done it C41 film->E6 chemistry.

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welcome!

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haha miller – i agree! let’s not ever try anything new or experimental! i’m going stop being creative entirely! mr. douchenozzle has really turned me around!!!eleventy!!1!!

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I often wonder what characteristics/criteria people look for when voting.

what he said.

and not just this week.

QFT.

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sounds like a good plan – too bad about frappr! that was handy.

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yeah, anneb, i think you’re fine. i cropped mine to square, but they’re not 3×3 and so far they’ve all been from my digital camera (and run through a holga script), although i do have some holgaroids scanned that i’m going to put up.

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hi veruca!!! sorry i suck at emailing!!!

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i just found a cool script on flickr for holga and lomo effects – going to do some more searching tonight. i think i just typed in ‘holga action cs2’ or some such into google. i’m having fun cropping to squares….i have some actual holga shots (scanned from film) to possibly use as well. i like this theme.

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i’m with anneb on this one – good grief, indeed! those frame effects are…….just…..wow. 😯

that said, there’s some good stuff there too – the bracketing could come in handy and i’ll bet the picture modes are helpful as well.

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*clinky*

happy happy!

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looks like i’m in the minority! 😛

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is this where i jump in and rant (once more) about only submitting images that have been manipulated in camera?

you want to enter B/W fine, set your camera to B/W if it’s digital or buy some tri-x if you’re shooting film.

regular readers of my rants will remember that i don’t even like being able to use PS to crop. learn to compose your darned shots. in the digital age there is very little extra expense to shooting butt loads of exposures. bracketing with digital is easy (well on higher end cameras) and moving around or using the zoom to compose costs you nothing. THINK about what your picture will look like when viewed.

and no, more often than not my images don’t seem to have that level of thought or care given to them. but i know when they are taken that i haven’t given them the attention that a good photo should get. i’m lazy and know it. but neither i nor anyone else should be able to “fix” a poorly executed shot in PS.

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i agree with the ‘not fixing a bad shot’ part of it, but i think some darkroom type effects are ok.

the crop vs. no crop is a big thing in film too – some people will only print full frame while others crop for the best composition. i’m a mix of both – i’d prefer to get the composition right via multiple shots and careful attention, but sometimes it just doesn’t work that way and you see a good crop after the shoot is over and you’re processing.

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Omg omg omg, Drew’s Mom saw my post!

*high five*

niiiiiiiiiiiiiice.

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Tibbs wrote:

nope, i think it…

🙄 What about diffuse glow? I love the softness it gives. I don’t see why that would hurt anything. For that matter, I don’t see why any effects or filter would hurt anything. Creativity is creativity. =) In fact, it seems to me, that the more you do with something sometimes, the neater it can be. 😉

well, we’re trying to keep it a photography contest and not a photoshop contest. a good rule of thumb is that if you can do it with film, it would probably be ok but ask if you’re not sure.

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