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Re: [OM] Ghost of the Past Reappears Briefly

Subject: Re: [OM] Ghost of the Past Reappears Briefly
From: Chuck Norcutt <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2008 21:35:20 -0500
Welcome back, John.  It's good to know you've not yet gone on to visit 
Walt.  I really liked the watch shot with the dividers.  Well done.

Chuck Norcutt


John A. Lind wrote:
> Seems like I've been lurking in the shadows for years now . . . the 
> Old-Timers will recognize the name.  I'm going back to deep lurking for 
> now . . . but still may post something occasionally.  The company I work 
> for is one of those in financial extremis and has been for over a year.  
> Current economic situation isn't helping, but we'll survive.  We just 
> let go somewhere between a fourth and a third of the salaried.  I 
> survived that but was "redeployed" to a new assignment in the process.  
> Completely different from what I had been doing for over five years and 
> now I'm drinking from a fire hydrant trying to come up to speed before 
> Thanksgiving.  Translation: some long hours at work during the week.
> 
> Haven't abandoned cameras or photography entirely.  Here is my latest 
> home projects documented for a local computer club . . . a fair amount 
> of "quick and dirty" macros.  I won't claim any great artistry . . . 
> just pure commercial style documentary work to tell the story 
> (Photobucket slideshow) using a digital P&S for web use:
>   
> http://s99.photobucket.com/albums/l290/j_a_lind/Computer%20Rebuild/?albumview=slideshow
> 
> Another home project from last year.  Got a tool case dirt cheap at 
> Lowe's and converted it into an armored, padded watch case that can hold 
> about 75% of the watches I've accumulated.  Actual watch cases that hold 
> the quantity this one can cost a small fortune (which I'd rather spend 
> on other stuff).
>   
> http://s99.photobucket.com/albums/l290/j_a_lind/Lowes%20Watch%20Case/?albumview=slideshow
> 
> Finally, quick & dirty pix of some of the watches in the accumulation (a 
> collection that's "still in denial").  Some of the pix are better than 
> others -- photographing jewelry isn't easy -- highly reflective surfaces 
> that act as mirrors (of undesirable stuff) and more specular highlights 
> than facets on a cut diamond . . . a lighting nightmare.  The first pic 
> isn't a watch . . . it's a self-portrait done with a cell-phone camera . 
> . . the cat (Miss Frisky) likes to jump onto my shoulders and perch 
> there as I move around the house doing things (I was standing in the 
> middle of our Family room when I made the shot).  She can leap from the 
> floor onto my back in a single bound (a bit startling when she first did 
> that):
>   http://s99.photobucket.com/albums/l290/j_a_lind/?albumview=slideshow
> 
> -- John
> 
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