User:Fcb981/Talk archive/2007

Welcome!
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User:FCB981
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FPC
Thanks alot. They just really pissed me off. It was like talking to a room full fundamentalists, I guess reason doesn't work. I sure got their attention though. I thought it was funny how I was instantly "attacking" when I used the eff bomb. Oh well. I probably won't be back. I think it's kind of sad that a few people are really guiding the featured pictures, it really limits what gets up there, in my opinion. Thanks again.A mcmurray 05:22, 14 February 2007 (UTC)

December Fog
Thank-you for your edit. The problem is my edit, Image:December Fog 01 edit2.jpg, has to much noise, and therefore so does your edit of it. Could you please take Image:December Fog 01 edit.JPG, which has very little noise, crop it, and do what you did with the mountains on your edit? --Digon3 22:06, 23 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Thank you very much, it looks a lot better --Digon3 17:10, 24 February 2007 (UTC)

Featured picture candidates/StMarysChurch
Hi, thanks for commenting on my photo in the peer review. Just to let you know that I have uploaded the photo as a featured picture candidate and its currently being voted on. Drop by if you would like to comment/vote. Thanks. LordHarris 16:59, 18 March 2007 (UTC)

Killer whale FPC
Hello. A Featured Picture Candidate you commented on, Featured picture candidates/Killer whale mother and calf, is now in the section for "Older nominations requiring additional input from voters." Contributors have tried to improve it after you commented, and your opinion is welcome as to whether any one of the available versions deserves promotion. I am sending this message to everyone who participated in the FPC. Thanks! Kla'quot 06:22, 29 March 2007 (UTC)

Second Look
Could you please take a second look at Picture peer review/Larrys Creek Covered Bridge? I had the original version, which is more than large enough for FPC criteria, and have now uploaded that. Thanks, Ruhrfisch 03:41, 6 April 2007 (UTC)

Sweet Violet PPR
I have uploaded a new version of the sweet violet, and, because your comments have been so helpful (considering my absolute cluelessness about good photography), I hope it won't be too much to ask you to take a look. Thegreenj 21:51, 10 April 2007 (UTC)
 * I went ahead and nominated it because peer review is not giving me the in-depth critique I need. If it fails miserably (which I expect it to do), I hope I can learn from the process as I cannot through PPR. Thank you for your peer review comments; you seem to be single-handledly taking on the arduous task of replying to every proposal, but I need more. I hope everything goes well. Thegreenj 05:40, 14 April 2007 (UTC)
 * You have been so helpful in the past, so I hope that it is not too much to ask you to look at the new sweet violet PPR with improved DOF and reduced chromatic abberration. Thank you, Thegreenj 22:19, 16 April 2007 (UTC)

Commons
Hi, Please consider uploading your photos to the Wikimedia Commons (located here). This would allow your images to be used throughout other Wikimedia Foundation's sister projects. Thanks, Cacophony 15:42, 21 June 2007 (UTC)


 * Glad to hear it. Regarding your PFC, may I suggest that you go to the Marquam Bridge early the morning of the Bridge Pedal.  They close it to vehicluar traffic and anyone can ride or walk on it.  I went there last year (without paying for the whole bike ride), but I missed the good early morning sun and was left with harsh noon lighting.  I think if you made it there right after they close it (like around 8am?) you could get a wonderful shot.  Thanks, Cacophony 18:26, 21 June 2007 (UTC)


 * That is hillarious. I just got back from a couple hours of shooting (Pioneer Square, Waterfront) myself. It was a great night for photography.  One of these days we might just bumb into each other.  Oh, and the Commons has Quality Images and their own Featured pictures, which have slightly different criteria than Wikipedia FPs.  You should give those a go also!  Cacophony 07:09, 1 July 2007 (UTC)


 * You really must be following me around. [[Image:BayChkrdBfly-SitkaValerian.jpg|80px]] Were you hiking around Mt. Adams this weeked?    Cacophony 05:05, 18 July 2007 (UTC)

Night photography
Hi. There isn't really any one particular trick to getting low noise in night shots. The biggest factor is simply a low ISO setting as you already mentioned. Other than that, it really depends on the camera. I see you have a Nikon D40, which SHOULD be able to give you pretty low noise, but from my experience and from what I've read, the Canon sensors are just a little bit better as far as noise levels go. Particularly since my camera (Canon 5D) can go as low as ISO 50, whereas I believe the Nikon D40 will only go to ISO 200. If you really do find that you're getting a lot of noise in your shots, you can use noise reduction software (I use it mainly for high ISO shots though, not long exposures) such as Neat Image. Sorry I can't give you more specific hints or tips. Diliff  | (Talk)   (Contribs) 07:21, 26 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Ahh.. Well one thing I forgot to mention is that a lot of my photos are mosaics/panoramas, meaning that they are lots of photos stitched together. What this means is that I can usually downsample (reduce the resolution) of the final image and still have a really detailed image. As a welcome side effect, it also reduces the visible noise somewhat. So I'd say its a combination of camera and technique. Keep at it though. At ISO 200, the noise can't be that noticeable. Diliff  | (Talk)   (Contribs) 19:55, 26 June 2007 (UTC)

Featured Picture
Congratulations, and thanks for nominating it. Raven4x4x 09:16, 30 June 2007 (UTC)


 * Congratulations on the promotion! I hope you consider my advice about the Bridge Pedal though.  If the view of downtown from the Marquam Bridge insn't FP material, then I don't know what is. Cheers, Cacophony 03:52, 1 July 2007 (UTC)

Hi Eric,

Just to let you know that the Featured Picture Image:Portland panorama3.jpg is due to make an appearance as Picture of the Day on. If you get a chance, you can check and improve the caption at Template:POTD/2007-10-15.  howcheng  {chat} 23:01, 4 October 2007 (UTC)

Your images on commons
Hi, just in case you missed the notice on your commons talk page: there is a discussion regarding your attribution requirements. It currently looks as if the images will be deleted from commons, unless you change the license. -- rimshots talk 19:25, 2 August 2007 (UTC)


 * You need to change the method of licensure, too.   — Jeff G. (talk&#124;contribs) 20:39, 9 August 2007 (UTC)

WikiProject Oregon
Or we now have a workgroup for Portland too! Aboutmovies 23:44, 2 August 2007 (UTC)


 * Thanks for signing up & welcome to the project! If you haven't already, don't forget to add the WPOR talk page to your watchlist. That's where most of the community interaction happens. And feel free to jump in an post anything there. Plus you may be interested in the Graphics workgroup too. Aboutmovies 04:44, 4 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Welcome aboard. I kick myself sometimes for not checking the requests before heading out as I now I've missed some opportunities. As I see you add lots of pics, be sure to check Category:Wikipedia requested photographs in Oregon too. Aboutmovies 18:39, 4 August 2007 (UTC)

WPOR Collaboration of the Week
Greetings WPOR member, we are starting a weekly collaboration project where we will announce two articles that are currently stubs that we hope to work together to improve. No pressure to help, but if you would like to, just stop by one of the articles and see if you can find information to expand the article with, copy edit what is there, help with formatting, or add some images. This week’s articles are: Alis volat propriis and Fusitriton oregonensis. Aboutmovies 22:38, 13 August 2007 (UTC)

WPOR Collaboration of the Week
Greetings WikiProject Oregon employees. Well a big thanks to all those who helped improve Alis volat propriis and Fusitriton oregonensis last week. This week’s Stub improvement are: Government of Oregon which should be easy, and Miss Oregon. Again, no pressure to help with the collaboration, choose one, both, or neither. Also, feel free to opt out of the notifications at the new page dedicated to collaborative efforts at WPOR (newsletter is in R&D). Aboutmovies 19:06, 22 August 2007 (UTC)

WPOR Collaboration of the Week #3
Hello again WikiProject Oregon team members, its time for the next Collaboration of the Week. First a shout out to Sprkee for putting together some templates for this project. Now, in honor of Labor Day weekend and the outdoor nature of the activities that often accompany the three-day weekend, this week’s item is to de-redlink as many parks from the List of Oregon State Parks. Some may even by going to one of these places, a great opportunity to take a picture or two for an article. As always, participation is not required, though it is appreciated. And if you are caught, we will disavow any knowledge of your existence. Since we don’t want to waste any effort through duplication, please make a note on the talk page of which park article you are going to start. Again to opt out or suggest future collaborative efforts click here. Good day! Aboutmovies 19:47, 30 August 2007 (UTC)

Various featured pictures
Hi Eric,

Just to let you know that the Featured Picture Image:Portland Night panorama.jpg is due to make an appearance as Picture of the Day on. If you get a chance, you can check and improve the caption at Template:POTD/2007-12-18.  howcheng  {chat} 17:47, 11 December 2007 (UTC)

Hi Eric,

Just to let you know that the Featured Picture Image:Motor Cycle EB.jpg is due to make an appearance as Picture of the Day on. If you get a chance, you can check and improve the caption at Template:POTD/2007-12-20.  howcheng  {chat} 18:23, 11 December 2007 (UTC)

Penedès vines FPC
Well, you did say you might be persuaded, and I did have your particular comments in mind when I scurried off to do the edited version, so I'm here to persuade you.. not to solicit your support of course (heaven forbid) but simply to have a look at Edit1 and maybe give your opinion, which I'd value. Cheers! mikaultalk 14:54, 5 September 2007 (UTC)

September WPOR Collaboration of the Week
First off, great job to all WikiProject Oregon folks for last week’s List of Oregon State Parks work. We pounded out six new state park articles: Sarah Helmick, Bald Peak, Bob Straub, Sumpter Valley Gold Dredge, Tumalo, and Peter Skene Ogden. Plus numerous other edits to improve the existing articles. As a reward, we are introducing the COTW award WPOR COTW award, and this time it goes to User:Woodstein52 for starting three of the articles.

On to this week. We are back to the usual two Top importance Stubs: Sunstone and Oregon, My Oregon. Both are stub pluses, so it shouldn’t take much to upgrade them both. Again to opt out or suggest future collaborative efforts click here. Good day! Aboutmovies 22:46, 9 September 2007 (UTC)

WPOR Collaboration: 09172007
All righty WPOR ladies and gentleman, great job last week with our state song and gemstone. I have bumped them up to Start class. I haven’t looked at the contributions, so the COTW award will be later. This week’s articles are Darlene Hooley, by special request, and another Top stub, our very own state rock, the Thunderegg. Yes, apparently we have a state rock and state gemstone. No word on whether there is a state stone too. Hooley basically needs some sources to make it to the next level. Again to opt out or suggest future collaborative efforts click here. In the words of Beaver Joe, whoop! Aboutmovies 18:16, 17 September 2007 (UTC)

Fall WPOR COTW
Welcome to autumn and the weekly COTW news. Great job to those who helped out with last week’s articles: Darlene Hooley & Thunderegg. Both made great improvements. This week, something a little different. With fall upon us, the photo ops are going to be harder to get, so we have a photo request fulfillment drive. Take a look at the requested pictures for  Oregon category or the graphics subproject for what’s needed. Then go take a picture, or search online for a free picture to upload (US gov sites are great and there are links available from the above links). If you fill a request, be sure to remove the request template from the article’s talk page. Our other item is another red link removal drive, this time on the flagship Oregon article. Like the state parks red link drive, try to coordinate on the talk page. Again to opt out or suggest future collaborative efforts click here. Aboutmovies 02:01, 24 September 2007 (UTC)

Week 1 October WP:ORE COTW
I know everyone has been waiting anxiously for this week’s COTW, so here they are: Barlow Road and Columbia River Plateau. Both are almost Start class, just some formatting and referencing, plus a little expansion and they will be there!

As to last week, it is difficult to track the items we were working on, but I know some pictures were added and at least three red links were removed from Oregon, so thank you to all those who participated. The award winner will be GoodDamon for their creation of the Oregon Forest Resources Institute article. We have now worked through all the Top class stubs and are into the High class stubs. Again to opt out or suggest future collaborative efforts click here. Happy editing, and remember if you see a downed power line, don’t pick it up. Aboutmovies 20:23, 1 October 2007 (UTC)

WPOR CoTW: Don Schollander & Conde McCullough
Greetings WPOR world. Last week was great with the Barlow Road seeing lots of improvement, maybe even B class. Columbia River Plateau also saw some improvement, maybe enough to bump it to Start. On with the countdown, another two Stubs in the High category, both happen to be people: Don Schollander a multi-gold medalist; and then world-renowned bridge architect and all-around swell guy Conde McCullough. Schollander needs sources more than anything, and McCullough needs more of a bio, plus maybe a nice chart for the bridges with type/year/location/length. Again to opt out or suggest future collaborative efforts click here. This week’s safety tip, stranger=danger. Aboutmovies 18:12, 8 October 2007 (UTC)

WikiOregon COTW
Greetings once again WikiProject Oregon members. Thank you to those who help out with improving Conde McCullough and Don Schollander last week. This week is a Stub break, with a Ref improvement drive for Oregon and a request for work on Portland Police Bureau. For the ref improvement, this means sourcing tagged statements and standardizing all existing citations, both of which are needed for GA and FA status. Again to opt out or suggest future collaborative efforts click here. Aboutmovies 18:17, 15 October 2007 (UTC)

Collaboration of the Week
Howdy doody ya’ll WPOR poke, time for more COTW. Thanks for the work on Portland Police Bureau and improving the references at Oregon. This week we are back to Stubs with Eastern Oregon and Fort Vancouver National Historic Site. Both need just a little TLC to make it to Start. Again to opt out or suggest future collaborative efforts click here. Aboutmovies 01:58, 23 October 2007 (UTC)

SPAM ala COTW
Ladies and Gentlemen its time for another episode of Collaboration of the Week. Last week’s show starring Fort Vancouver National Historic Site & Eastern Oregon received high ratings. This week’s show star two more stubs, Johnny Kitzmiller & John Wesley Davis. As always, to opt out or suggest future collaborative efforts, click here. Don’t delay, act today! Aboutmovies 18:26, 29 October 2007 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/20070616 Chris Young visits Wrigley (4).JPG
You opposed edit 1. Now an edit 3 is up for discussion at Featured picture candidates/20070616 Chris Young visits Wrigley (4).JPG. Your reconsideration is welcome.--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/tcfkaWCDbwincowtchatlotpsoplrttaDCLaM) 18:10, 1 November 2007 (UTC)

New COTW
Hello again from WikiProject Oregon. A round of applause for the project in October when we added three GAs, one FA, plus 10 DYKs! Next, thanks to all those who participated in last week’s Collaboration of the Week, John Wesley Davis & Johnny Kitzmiller. This week we have the Cayuse War, and in honor of the home opener, the Portland Trail Blazers. Once again, to opt out or suggest future collaborative efforts, click here. Aboutmovies 18:44, 5 November 2007 (UTC)

WPOR's newest COTW
Thank you to all those editors who helped improve Cayuse War and Portland Trail Blazers last week as part of the Collaboration of the Week. They are looking much better. This week, with the election season over, we’ll tackle a request for Oregon Ballot Measure 37 (2004), which should have plenty of WP:RS available to work with on improvement. Our other article is another Stub in the High category, our only Miss America, Katie Harman. Once again, to opt out or suggest future collaborative efforts, click here. Legal disclaimer: WikiProject Oregon and its affiliates are not liable for any personal injuries acquired while editing on the COTW including but not limited to carpel tunnel syndrome, Wikistress, alcoholism, anxiety attacks, or extreme emotional distress. Aboutmovies 20:11, 12 November 2007 (UTC)

Tortoise FPC
Hi Thanks for your vote at FPC. I just wanted to inform you that two users have uploaded edited versions of the image. Would you please see them and perhaps reconsider your vote? Regards, Muhammad Mahdi Karim (talk) 14:58, 17 November 2007 (UTC)

Your night shots
Hi Eric, I just realised those recent night-time FPC shots were both yours. First off, sorry they never made it, FWIW I thought they both showed you spent a lot of time and effort on them. I hope you don't mind a bit of unsolicited advice but I noticed they were both shot well after dark, which I think was their only real problem. If you shoot during what's sometimes called the blue hour, that small amount of extra pixel information in the both the sky and surroundings stops you getting so much noise and has the advantage of giving the sky a blue tone, which usually contrasts well with any artificial light in the frame. Dynamic range 'needs' shrink, as you very subtly 'fill in' the otherwise pitch dark areas with the remnants of daylight. It's a common enough technique (see the nighttime architectural FPs) and the only really tough bit is timing it right: unless you're in Greenland it's rarely an hour – more like 10 minutes – inbetween the end of twilight and the start of 'proper' night, much less in summer. There's a FPC nom up there now which didn't quite make it (taken a fraction too early) & which is what prompted me to drop you a line. Keep shooting :o) --mikaultalk 17:20, 19 November 2007 (UTC)

Tortoise FPCC
Hi, Could you please give your opinion on the images here before I nominate for Featured Picture? Thanks, Muhammad Mahdi Karim (talk) 19:45, 7 December 2007 (UTC)

Oregon COTW #25 (or so)
Hello again from the COTW of WikiProject Oregon. We thank ye who went forth through the rain and mud and helped out with last week’s articles Lithia Motors and Linus Pauling. Hopefully Linus can return to FA status early next year. This week we have the request of Oregon Ballot Measure 5 (1990) and High importance article Portland Rose Festival. Whatever work you can contribute would be greatly appreciated by our master. Once again, to opt out or suggest future collaborative efforts, click here. Aboutmovies (talk) 08:04, 11 December 2007 (UTC)

Merry Christmas
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