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Great tips -- thanks!

 

Edit: BTW -- do you use mostly Topaz Adjust or the whole suite?

I do have the whole suite, but I mostly use Adjust. The noise reduction tool (forgot its name now), is awesome too - I don't think there is anything better right now.

 

The one thing you have to be careful about with Topaz is that if you use the standard settins fro each filter, that they are rather OTT. This is why I tend to create my own :D.

 

You can actually try them out for free for a month, which is nice too, and upgades are free as well.I started at V1 or 2, and they are now at 4 and 5 with some already.

 

HTH, warm regards, Wim

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Great tips -- thanks!

 

Edit: BTW -- do you use mostly Topaz Adjust or the whole suite?

I do have the whole suite, but I mostly use Adjust. The noise reduction tool (forgot its name now), is awesome too - I don't think there is anything better right now.

 

Not even the improved version of Lightroom? that is LR3.4

 

The one thing you have to be careful about with Topaz is that if you use the standard settins fro each filter, that they are rather OTT. This is why I tend to create my own :D.

 

OTT????:blink: Das ist was?

 

You can actually try them out for free for a month, which is nice too, and upgades are free as well.I started at V1 or 2, and they are now at 4 and 5 with some already.

 

HTH, warm regards, Wim

 

Well, that's even better from Adobe, which they milk down their customers with every single upgrade. I'll have to try those Topaz people...although my photography budget is waaay over.

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The one thing you have to be careful about with Topaz is that if you use the standard settins fro each filter, that they are rather OTT. This is why I tend to create my own :D.

 

OTT????:blink: Das ist was?

 

"Over the top": as in "a bit extreme/severe"... :)

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Interesting exchange of point of views on digital photography. I use CS4 for now, until I decide to update. I have seen a demonstration of what one can do with Niks applications, but I'll have to wait awhile - considering major expenses domestically in the next few months.

 

A few weeks ago, spent some time on the North-West coast, spending quite a few hours in museums in Seattlle, Victoria and Vancouver studying West-Coast art made by members of North American First Nations. Here are a few pictures.

 

 

1. Seattle Art Museum

 

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6069/6036729227_753ee5562a_b.jpg

 

 

2. Royal British Columbia Museum (inside)

 

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6193/6059787034_eedc310372_b.jpg

 

 

3. Royal British Columbia Museum (outside - the totem poles)

 

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6183/6059791590_5def2490f0_b.jpg

 

 

4. Museum of Anthropology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver

 

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6082/6066922608_ea8f8502b9_b.jpg

 

 

5. Museum of Anthropology, UBC, Vancouver

 

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6080/6066904830_9de91a5c8c_b.jpg

 

 

6. MOA, UBC, Vancouver (outside)

 

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6190/6066909812_1a4daca816_b.jpg

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Here are a couple of pictures from the Istanbul Spice Market. The colors were amazing.

 

http://i834.photobucket.com/albums/zz261/foxtail1/spice.jpg

 

http://i834.photobucket.com/albums/zz261/foxtail1/spice2.jpg

ABSOLUTELY love these photos. I can't stop looking at them, the shelves, the mounds of spices, the patterned containers, the people, the colors all visually captivating.

Thanks for sharing. How wonderful that the natural world supplies us spices to enrich and cause our foods to be more varied and flavorful! I buy small jars and tins of spices in the supermarket. I would love to see and make purchases in such a marketplace as these.

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Here are a couple more market shots from Istanbul. These are both from the Spice Market.

 

http://i834.photobucket.com/albums/zz261/foxtail1/olives.jpg

 

http://i834.photobucket.com/albums/zz261/foxtail1/cloth2.jpg

 

 

Kathleen, I did come home with a few spices (they vacuum pack everything, so you can bring it back to the US), but my biggest purchase there was 2 kilos of mixed olives. Vacuum packed, it looked like a brick of colorful olives.

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Here are a few more of my favorites from my trip.

 

Pastel window in Hagia Sophia

http://i834.photobucket.com/albums/zz261/foxtail1/sophia-window.jpg

 

Early morning view from my hotel roof in Istanbul, looking toward the Sea of Marmara. (The number of ships sitting at anchor was due to a dispute about the Bosphorus. They were allowing only one ship an hour to transit the Bosphorus.)

http://i834.photobucket.com/albums/zz261/foxtail1/Istanbul.jpg

 

Detail from the ceiling of the Atatürk Mausoleum in Ankara.

http://i834.photobucket.com/albums/zz261/foxtail1/ataturk3.jpg

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Here are a couple more market shots from Istanbul. These are both from the Spice Market.

 

 

http://i834.photobucket.com/albums/zz261/foxtail1/cloth2.jpg

 

 

Kathleen, I did come home with a few spices (they vacuum pack everything, so you can bring it back to the US), but my biggest purchase there was 2 kilos of mixed olives. Vacuum packed, it looked like a brick of colorful olives.

 

Love this one!

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Photographing architectural elements is my passion

 

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tuintu, very nice.

Thank you alvarez57. I'm glad you like :thumbup:

 

Here are a couple of pictures from the Istanbul Spice Market. The colors were amazing.

 

http://i834.photobucket.com/albums/zz261/foxtail1/spice.jpg

 

http://i834.photobucket.com/albums/zz261/foxtail1/spice2.jpg

 

foxtail greta pictures. remember that you were planning to visit here (İstanbul) with your mother. at last, you could visit ha? or do i confuse with someone else?

Verba volant, scripta manet...

 

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tuintu, very nice.

Thank you alvarez57. I'm glad you like :thumbup:

 

Here are a couple of pictures from the Istanbul Spice Market. The colors were amazing.

 

http://i834.photobucket.com/albums/zz261/foxtail1/spice.jpg

 

http://i834.photobucket.com/albums/zz261/foxtail1/spice2.jpg

 

foxtail greta pictures. remember that you were planning to visit here (İstanbul) with your mother. at last, you could visit ha? or do i confuse with someone else?

 

No, you remember correctly — I spent almost 2 weeks in Turkiye in late June-early July. We had a wonderful time, spending time in Istanbul, Izmir, Antalya, and the Cappadocia region. I posted links to my photos in the Chatter forum when I got back (the thread is here). I was very impressed with your country and the hospitality that we found everywhere.

 

While in Izmir, I found a shop with many fountain pens, and bought a Visconti set commemorating the 1923 founding of the Turkish Republic. That was my souvenir from the trip.

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wow! i'm happy for you, and glad you like Turkey. :thumbup:

 

you know, i'm very surprised that you've found such a spectacular fountain pen in Turkey, because i'm hardly find even a fountain pen. not many various fp's found here.

 

1-2 weeks are not enough to explore Turkey, i hope one day you'll visit again. :rolleyes:

 

Regards...

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1-2 weeks are not enough to explore Turkey, i hope one day you'll visit again. :rolleyes:

 

Regards...

 

I quite agree! I could easily have spent months there. There is so much I didn't see, and I would like to have had more time in Istanbul!

 

The one stationery shop in Izmir had quite a large selection of fountain pens, with perhaps 15-20 brands (and hundreds of pens). I found several other small shops near a university that had a few brands of fountain pens locked in a case.

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Poet William Wordsworth's burial site in Grasmere Parish Churchyard

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Celtic Crosses marking graves in Grasmere Parish Churchyard - Grasmere, England

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Great tips -- thanks!

 

Edit: BTW -- do you use mostly Topaz Adjust or the whole suite?

I do have the whole suite, but I mostly use Adjust. The noise reduction tool (forgot its name now), is awesome too - I don't think there is anything better right now.

 

The one thing you have to be careful about with Topaz is that if you use the standard settins fro each filter, that they are rather OTT. This is why I tend to create my own :D.

 

You can actually try them out for free for a month, which is nice too, and upgades are free as well.I started at V1 or 2, and they are now at 4 and 5 with some already.

 

HTH, warm regards, Wim

Again -- thanks for all the tips! I've downloaded evaluation copies of both Topaz Adjust and Silver Efex Pro, and I just received today's Topaz newsletter and they're coming out with their own B&W plug-in -- you probably already knew that, but in case not here's the YouTube link...

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Since I saw the posting above about architectural details, I had to post a few more of mine from Turkiye.

 

Corinthian column at Asclepion.

http://i834.photobucket.com/albums/zz261/foxtail1/Asclepion_corinthin_column.jpg

 

Detail from Istanbul

 

http://i834.photobucket.com/albums/zz261/foxtail1/arch-detail3.jpg

 

Doric column at Ephesus

 

http://i834.photobucket.com/albums/zz261/foxtail1/Ephesus_ionic-column.jpg

 

Library at Ephesus. This is a place that is photographed in many tourist brochures for Ephesus. What you can't see in my photo are the hundreds of tourists milling about at the base of the structure.

http://i834.photobucket.com/albums/zz261/foxtail1/ephesus_library_side.jpg

 

Windows in the Blue Mosque, Istanbul

http://i834.photobucket.com/albums/zz261/foxtail1/Blue-Mosque-windows.jpg

 

And, finally (for this posting), one more fabric shot, this one at the Grand Bazaar in Istanbul.

http://i834.photobucket.com/albums/zz261/foxtail1/Bazaar2.jpg

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Library at Ephesus.

 

http://i834.photobucket.com/albums/zz261/foxtail1/ephesus_library_side.jpg

 

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Windows in the Blue Mosque, Istanbul

http://i834.photobucket.com/albums/zz261/foxtail1/Blue-Mosque-windows.jpg

 

I love stained glass!

 

And, finally (for this posting), one more fabric shot, this one at the Grand Bazaar in Istanbul.

 

 

http://i834.photobucket.com/albums/zz261/foxtail1/Bazaar2.jpg

:thumbup:

 

I must explain why I love this picture so much; my mother used to sew our clothe and we would go fabric-hunting. This brings me a lot of cherished memories.

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I love stained glass too. I took a lot of pictures of stained glass windows inside castles and cathedrals on my recent trip to the UK. Here are two that were in a chapel inside Stirling Castle. I have some more that I will share later.

 

I really like the fabric photos and the architectural details. Foxtail your photos of Turkey are stunning. It is a wonder that column is standing with its cracks and crumbles.

Sonia, I love your photos of New Orleans.

Everyone, thanks for sharing this is a great thread!

 

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Trying to rescue and restore all the beautiful Esties to their purpose.

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