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    Re: All Yosemite entances CLOSED 1/22/10

    The roads into the valley all closed because last nights wet heavy snow started bringing down trees. It should be quite spectacular after they clear the trees. Actually there wasn't that much snow...
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    Re: Yosemite Valley Fall Color Report

    I just was in the valley today and the black oaks are looking quite nice. I found a couple of trees in El Cap Meadow that are just about on fire.
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    Re: Yosemite Valley Fall Color Report

    I scouted out this composition with my dslr and then set up my view camera just a couple of hours ago.
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    Re: A Little Blurb Update

    I'm curious about the soft proofing.
    1. Don't you need to have a profile of the paper AND the printer? OR do you just need the one profile for the indigo printer provided by Blurp?
    2. Do you...
  5. NikKor 270 vs Nikkor 300 for Horseman vhr

    I am interested in finding a good lens for my Horseman VHR that is a jump above 180mm. Right now i'm looking at a Nikkor 270 F6.3 T ED and a Nikkor 300 F9 Nikkor M. Other than price, how different...
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    Scanning Color Negative Film

    When shooting film I for the most part scan transparency film. I have some Portra 160 NC in the fridge that I want to play with just to get a different look. However, in the past I have had trouble...
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    Re: Best Last Minute Travel Deals

    I'm posting from Southern China (Guilin). My wife and I have met a number of westerners who came because they found cheap flights. Once you get here it is quite cheap. It is the off season but at...
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    Re: 4x5's easily adaptable to 6x9 ?

    First I must admit that I have never used a 4x5 camera. Because I have a Minolta Multi Pro Scanner, I use a Horseman VHR. Yes focusing on ground glass can be a bit of a challenge and I am limited...
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    Re: Tuolumne Meadows Blog

    John,
    No my wife was not to excited about me keeping band instruments in the cabin - my tripod was bad enough. We actually have some good footage of the band on top of Cathedral Peak -...
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    Tuolumne Meadows Blog

    I have just posted a blog on photography in Tuolumne Meadows. I had the opportunity to care take a historic cabin with my wife over the summer and take plenty of photographs.
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    long lenses for horseman vhr

    This summer I enjoyed shooting roll film (6x9) on my Horseman vhr. This isn't the most perfect system - ie limited movements and a small image to look at on ground glass. However, I do like the way...
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    Mac Book Calibrating Screen

    How's the Mac Book (not Mac Book Pro) for image editing? Is it possible to get a decent screen calibration using something like a Color Vision Spyder? I need something smaller than my 24 inch Imac...
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    Re: Tioga Pass opens tomorrow!

    Here in El Portal it rained all night. I actually got the wood stove going for the first time in over a month. I imagine after it heats up again that we will see some amazing flooding in the...
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    Re: Curses to the Yosemite Webcams!!!!

    I just returned from Badger Pass skiing with a bunch of 10 year olds. It was a brisk windy day. Best of all was looking down at all the fog in the central valley and El Portal. Come on clouds,...
  15. Re: Best Time to Couple Yosemite with Sequoia and Kings Canyon NP

    The Valley's Dogwood bloom varies from spring to spring. Some years it will start by late April or early May while other years it may not really get going until closer to Memorial Day. Don't worry,...
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    Re: Sunrise in Yosemite

    I like the early AM because if I'm lucky I won't have any wind. My best dogwood image was made at sunrise for this very reason - and I was able to sell it at the Ansel Adams Gallery. Earlier this...
  17. Re: brightness level of new Imac / Calibration

    I'm still using the old colorvision spyder (photocal 2.7). It seems to work but I have not compared it to the spyder 2. What problems will I have using the older colorvision spyder 1?
  18. brightness level of new Imac / Calibration

    I have recently upgraded to a new Imac which is an amazing upgrade from my old G4 tower. However, I'm confused about where to set the brightness level in the OS X preferences before calibrating the...
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    Re: Photoshop or Aperture

    Use photoshop first. Learn to use masks. You can organize using bridge.

    Lightroom will not accomidate large 10000 x10000 files. I never could pull up my 6x9 scans using lightroom.
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    Re: Drool - New iMacs

    I've been contemplating an upgrade from my 1.25 ghz g4 tower. However, at the moment I'm using a Sun 23in monitor that works beautifully. How easy are the imac monitors to calabrate using a color...
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    Re: West Coast Imaging or Calypso?

    If you send yours to West Coast Imaging, Jeff Grandy, who is represented by the Ansel Adams Gallery will probably scan your film. I just stopped by yesterday - it's a real personable place with lots...
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    Re: Apple Aperture for LF?

    I have finally settled on Microsoft Expressions (Iview Media Pro). Despite now being a microsoft product, the design team is still the same. Iview does not have any file size limitations that I'm...
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    Re: DIY Website Design Software

    Scott,
    From what I have seen Freeway is a straight forward WYSIWYG web design package that is quite powerful. I plan on using Freeway instead of dreamweaver for designing all pages except my...
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    Re: DIY Website Design Software

    I'm going to rebuild my site using softpress freeway 4. I have generated my web galleries using iview media pro (now microsoft expressions). Don't pay too much to get you site hosted. I think i-Web...
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    Re: how old are we?

    I'm 42 and use mainly a 6x6 and 6x9 view camera.

    www.yosemitecollection.com
  26. Advantages and Limitations of Adobe Lightroom

    I've been playing with a trial version of Adobe Lightroom and notice that many of my large images (16 bit, PSD Layers) exceed the 10,000 pixil limitation. I imagine I could convert those images to 8...
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    Re: Idaho

    It was while I was living in Pocatello, ID and going through graduate school that I re -developed my interest in photography that was first developed in junior high.

    From my somewhat warped...
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    Re: Conditions in Yosemite...

    Hwy 140 along the Merced River has an amazing display of poppies and redbud - the best I've seen since 2001.
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    Re: Conditions in Yosemite...

    Turner,
    The bridges you are refering to detour around the Fergason Landslide that had hwy 140 closed last summer. The road is now open with a restriction of nothing over 28 ft. long. The reason is...
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    Re: Conditions in Yosemite...

    Tioga Rd. usually does not open until Memorial Day weekend. I wouldn't be surprised if it is earlier this year. Still they don't begin any snow removal until April 15th and there will be snow to...
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    Re: Conditions in Yosemite...

    It is too early for the valley to be green. However, I hear that a few redbuds are in bloom along 140 in the Merced River canyon. This week the river has definately risen due to the warm weather. ...
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    Re: Adobe Lightroom

    Anyone know how Lightrooms Web Portfolio function compares with that of Iview Media Pro?? Everytime I want to edit my web portfolios in iview the entire portfolio needs to be rebuilt. This means i...
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    Re: Off to Yosemite in the morning!

    Thanks for the reminder. I hope to be their on friday night. I hope the white stuff will make it to the valley floor. I'm thinking Fri AM could be the magic time - but who really knows???? ...
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    Re: replacing scanner glass.

    I was inquiring about a new glass holder for my scanner and came accross this:
    http://fpointinc.com/glass.htm
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    Black and White Delema

    I first developed my interest in photography by working in the wet dark room at home and while in high school over 20 years ago. I have an extra film back for my field camera and have been thinking...
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    Re: Workshops in West for color management?

    I took a class from Charlie Crammer and Bill Atkinson and was extremely pleased. They teach classes through Calypso Imaging in Santa Cruz. Bill is an expert on this topic and I thought did an...
  37. Re: Is it Possible to fit a 300mm lens on a Horseman VH/VHR?

    Sal,
    Thanks for the information. Sounds like I might be better off using a different setup for this focal length.
  38. Is it Possible to fit a 300mm lens on a Horseman VH/VHR?

    I'm curious if anyone has ever used a 300mm lens on a horseman VHR. This camera will only accept #0 and #1 lens boards. I wouldn't expect to get much in the way of movements.
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    Re: Ink cost justification

    What would lower the price is to have a little healthy market competition. What about third party inks???? Earlier I asked if anyone has experimented with MIS inks? As a serious hobbiest I'm...
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    Buying Paper in Rolls vs Sheets

    I'm ready to order more inkjet paper for my Epson 4800 (Ilford Smooth Pearl). I have only been using sheet paper, the largest being 17x22. I'm contemplating purchasing it in a 100ft roll instead of...
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