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Site & Board Matters => About This Site => Topic started by: DarkPenguin on January 28, 2009, 09:19:12 pm
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that y'all have been back for a while yet photoshopnews hasn't been updated since the 5th.
Was Schewe eaten by seals?
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Was Schewe eaten by seals?
Or better yet - savaged by sharks ?
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Nah, they couldn't have been that hungry.
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Just try to imagine how you would feel if those comments were made about you.
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Have you guys met these people? For sure when you meet them in a trip like this to Antarctica you see a different side than when you just read stuff online. I think that a lot of us on the trip changed our view of a few of these people, some for the worse (one was very surprising for a lot of us) and some for the better... Jeff is actually a pretty nice guy!
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I don't thing the comments made were mean spirited, perhaps just not in your type of humor...
As for Schewe, well, it's pretty hard to type with Triton's trident in one hand, and a glass of wine in the other....let's give him some time to adjust.
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Look, he was mauled by a seal last time. He taunted fate by going back and hasn't been heard from. I think it is perfectly reasonable to think that the first time was a warning and this time the seals would hand out some phocidae justice.
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Look, he was mauled by a seal last time. He taunted fate by going back and hasn't been heard from. I think it is perfectly reasonable to think that the first time was a warning and this time the seals would hand out some phocidae justice.
Right, but he had one year to get training for close-combat with seal/walrus/sea lion…
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Right, but he had one year get training for close-combat with seal/walrus/sea lion…
I sure hope somebody is paying the ransom and his hospital bills, 'cause I'm counting on getting to meet him when the Epson Print Academy comes to Boston in February.
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I sure hope somebody is paying the ransom and his hospital bills, 'cause I'm counting on getting to meet him when the Epson Print Academy comes to Boston in February.
If he can't make it to the Epson Print Academy, you could always sue his instructors...
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I seem to remember the night before landing, there was a group still up and drinking around 3AM. Yet I still saw Jeff up and walking early the next morning as we disembarked.
I'm sure he made it home ok.
Hopefully he wasn't pulled out of line at the airport like I was.
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I seem to remember the night before landing, there was a group still up and drinking around 3AM. Yet I still saw Jeff up and walking early the next morning as we disembarked.
LOL...Well, aside from some "ticketing issues" for JP. Seth, Steve, JP and I made it back just fine...this week I've been dealing with book issues (the one I'm doing with Martin) and getting ready for this weekend's Print Academy in Seattle. Oh, I'm also trying to troubleshoot a LaCie RAID 5 Biggest Quadra failure so one might say I'm currently a bit "testy"...
But it sure is nice that you guys are worried about me (actually kinda scary too)
:~)
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Well glad you made it back. I always look forward to your illustrated trip reports. I hope you have a chance to do one for this trip. Otherwise I'll catch it in a LLVJ. (I'd guess LLVJ 19 due around June of 2938.)
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...this week I've been dealing with book issues (the one I'm doing with Martin)
Hey, I've got one of those books on backorder. What are you doing goofing off on this forum :-) Back to work.
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Otherwise I'll catch it in a LLVJ. (I'd guess LLVJ 19 due around June of 2938.)
Actually more likely to be 2939
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Will that be when the 5D2 is fixed??
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Actually more likely to be 2939
I'm optimistic we'll see it early.
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Actually more likely to be 2939
Chriss,
I just find out the I'm not going to have computer by 2939, What I'm going to do now? What can I do now?.
I'm getting crazy here, I need help.
BlasR
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I think that a lot of us on the trip changed our view of a few of these people, some for the worse (one was very surprising for a lot of us)
Names?
Cheers,
Bernard
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I think that a lot of us on the trip changed our view of a few of these people, some for the worse (one was very surprising for a lot of us) and some for the better... Jeff is actually a pretty nice guy!
Names?
Cheers,
Bernard
I'll not name names. Doing so wouldn't contribute positively to this conversation. However, I'll share my thoughts:
I knew none of these folks personally before this trip, except for a very few email exchanges with Michael and Chris. Of course, I've seen the videos and Web sites so I had some idea of who at least some of these people are.
I found the personalities quite varied, more so than I expected. Some are quite contemplative, others boisterous. Some are reserved, others anything but. Some of the language I found cruder than I felt necessary, but that's not something that bothers me. I found their photographic skills amazing, and, for this amateur, a bit intimidating. However, when approached all the instructors were willing and eager to talk, help, guide, and share.
There's tension among the instructors, and I mean that in a positive way. Their approaches differ, what they value in a photograph differs, hot they edit differs, and their audience differs. In most cases they celebrated those differences, even highlighting them. For example, some of them work quickly, both with a camera and during post-processing, while others' pace is much more deliberate. Sure, they needled each other, but in the way old friends continue a long running discussion both sides know will go on forever. For me seeing the differences was part of the value of living among these professionals for a brief two weeks.
The portfolio review I found enlightening, useful, and a pleasure. And yes, positive in the sense that I better understand where I need to focus on improving.
I really enjoyed being around everyone, and that includes all the instructors and attendees. I strongly expect this is a common feeling among everyone on the cruise.
If I can afford it, and Michael does another polar cruise, I'd go again in an instant. I'd go on another Quark cruise, but with significantly different expectations from a photography point of view.
Bob
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But with significantly different expectations from a photography point of view.
Bob, could you elaborate on this point?
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I'd go on another Quark cruise, but with significantly different expectations from a photography point of view.
Bob
Bob, could you elaborate on this point?
An ordinary ("normal") cruise isn't going to get on the public address system at 4:00 a.m. to wake everyone up to point out some wonderful dawn light on the mountain side. I doubt many cruise ship captains will sail through The Gullet (67° 6'38.60"S 67°32'29.40"W, where the channel is only half a mile, or .66 km, wide) to provide exceptional photo ops. These events happened because of the nature of Michael's charter, Michael's guiding hand, and the rather singular focus of the passengers, characteristics unlikely to be present on most cruises. And such events matched or exceeded my expectations.
Not that other Quark cruises aren't without merit, they're just different. I wouldn't expect the kind of photo opportunities this cruise offered. I would expect similar excellence from the expedition staff and ship's crew.
Now for a really, really stark contrast, compare a Royal Carribean cruise and this Luminous Landscape workshop and cruise!
Bob
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Yes, but what kind of cabaret show did you have? LOL
I too would go in a heartbeat if I could afford it - very jealous of you guys right now!!
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Ditto!!
Yes, but what kind of cabaret show did you have? LOL
I too would go in a heartbeat if I could afford it - very jealous of you guys right now!!