What bemused you today?

[spinner]

You have to admit Alan, back in the day DCM was pretty active. The longest thread, the one star wonder etc. By comparison it's pretty tame. I think the posters there may be worried it will go defunct. What was the point of the revamps? To lure in new readers? Seems a bust on that count.

This site is comfortable and relaxed. I personally post shots I'm happy with, not seeking comments (but do, please!) after all I don't know about you, but I've run out of wall space to print and hang. 

[skellum]

Old habits die hard. When I was gainfully employed, before retirement, weekends off were somewhat few and far between and treasured, in as much as I didn't spend them in bed, but to make them last as long as possible, I used to get up at some unearthly hour. That seems to happen still today!

All this preamble leads me to what this post is all about. With my nice early cuppa I wandered over to the old DCM site, now PRadar, and read a few of the threads on there, one of which is entitled, "Is the Forum on a Downturn?". In amongst the posts is the old chestnut about the lack of comments on pictures.

Why do people yearn for comments on their work, I can understand if they have specifically asked for them or they need a bit of advice. But why this incessant need for their pictures to be commented on? When they are it's usually a two or three word comment comprising something like " Nice shot", "Good Composition", "Well seen", etc. And I have a sneaking suspicion that they are only made by people fishing for a quid pro quo comment on their work.

That's one thing about CC that I like, it's all pretty laid back, people put up their work, people look at it if they feel so inclined they might make a comment, but I don't get the feeling that anybody's miffed if they don't!

If you really need comments the ideal place to go is Flickr, join as many groups as you can, comment on every picture you see in those groups, and the comments on your pictures will come flooding back. They won't actually mean a thing but you'll have lots of them!

Are you a "Comment Junky"?

P.S. I hope Pradar is not on a downturn, it seems to give a lot of pleasure to a lot of people.

I upload pictures to the gallery to hopefully get some feedback good or bad plus others will learn from the comments and suggestions hopefully. If I were just after nice comments I could just show them to my Mum. No need to go to Flickr for that.

I thought the point of the front page was for our pictures. I was led to believe that was what Camera Craniums was about ' Photography'. The same thing applies to the weekly competition. When a theme is set it can get the photographer thinking technically about something they may never had tried before.      So is Camera Craniums about photography or just another chat forum ? 

[Beaux Reflets]

I have to admit that I crave comments on my shots good or bad as that is the way I can improve my work.

Quite often (perhaps in complacent mood) I miss aspects in an image, that a little re editing would suffice to really lift the shot.

Sometimes I think editing is never really finished on some of my better works, so comments are very useful to my development as a photographer. And it has to be said, that often it is easier to see 'a jarring in an image' when the work is not of your own, simply as it is viewed from the outside in, remembering of course that 'that jarring' may indeed be the photographers message as they are trying to speak with their photography.

What happened to that delightful portrait you removed from the Weekly comp Dave as it would have got my vote.

[Oldboy]

It appears you can now scan and print in 3D? 

http://www.dabs.com/products/hp-topshot-laserjet-pro-m275-----printer---copier---scanner-----colour---laser-7XCT.html?utm_source=retention+email&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=email200312&utm_content=i800

[ABERS]

Interesting, a bit like millionaires setting the tax rates! 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-17472993

[Beaux Reflets]

Interesting, a bit like millionaires setting the tax rates! 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-17472993

Totally agree Alan.

I cannot see an easier way of devaluing ones own work or street cred. 

[Graham]

  Common sense says you don't enter a competition that you've been invited to judge surely, regardless of whether the rules allow it.
                 Graham.


I was tempted to put a  in my reply, but I hav'nt heard the arguments for yet.
 

[Oldboy]

Wondering what to photograph over the summer?

Check this out! 

http://www.worldnakedbikeride.org/uk/

[Hinfrance]

Found the fault on the Corvette. 'Seat Vertical Position Sensor Failure'. Didn't say which seat though. Good grief. Waggled the driver's seat a bit and the code cleared.

My 'Vette is almost 12 years old; if this is the level of complexity in a vehicle of such an age, what must the modern ones be like. Me, I liked Ford Cortinas Mk2 and Mk3. Those I understood.

Also, got a sharpening kit for the chainsaw. Nice set of files and guages, and no instructions. Bit of googling coming up 

[spinner]

My daughter's VW Tiguan (don't know if that's what it's called there) had a sensor that let her know she had low air in her tires. Took us days to figure that one out because it never occurred to us there was such a thing.

[Graham]

 Went for a walk with the dog this morning, one of the paths crosses a golf course.
So. What kind of insanity is it that makes these people actually choose to wear those ludicrous trousers?!
                   Graham.

[bones615]

Just bought a 7d and found my sigma flash does not work properly. Just sent sigma an email to see if the firmware can be updated.

[John Doyle2]

From another site!! Worth a look.
http://www.lensrentals.com/blog/2012/03/hammerforum-com

[ABERS]

From another site!! Worth a look.
http://www.lensrentals.com/blog/2012/03/hammerforum-com

Absolutely marvellous. Made my day!

Nobody seems to differentiate between 'The Standard Prime' and 'Extendable Grip Hammers' though. That should ensure a long winded debate amongst hammerafficianados. 

Love the hammer gun quote at the end!

Thanks for the steer JohnDoyle2.

[Oldboy]

Hammer? Didn't they make horror films.