Morning Discussion

by Alice O'Connor, Feb 02, 2011 5:00am PST

As much as I enjoy the GOMtv StarCraft league, I'm struggling to keep up with it all. With a short team tournament beginning on Monday, I still haven't finished the last season of the main league. Before that, Code A and Code S games had been going for a fortnight before I managed to finish Season 3. It's all jolly nice but there's just so much of it.

I imagine this is one of the reasons sports fans stick to following a single team. I can't explain the other reasons because they'll get all shirty with me if anyone reads this post out loud for them. Do you see what I am implying? It's quite hilarious, is it not? I knew you would agree, imaginary reader I created purely to agree with me. You always do, my dearest friend. I love you. Honestly though, please don't read this out to any sports fans.

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I posted a wallpaper a couple days ago, and about 90% of the replies were complaining of the watermark. I really didn't think it was even very visible, and I've had a lot of my photos stolen online (happens a lot more with landscape stuff than with portraits because there are no witnesses that YOU are the photographer).

Anyway, here's a non-watermarked version of the shot. Please don't steal my shit shack. I'm trusting you. I never post stuff un-watermarked anymore.

http://www.shackpics.com/files/_MG_0995_q05667aoprre83obztrn.jpg

Hawaii, 2011 (Maui north shore)

Feb 02, 2011 12:32pm PST

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I posted a wallpaper a couple days ago, and about 90% of the replies were complaining of the watermark. : mlev
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  Erm, by steal my shit I mean claim you're the photog. By all means, use it as your wallpaper or whatever... : mlev
  - Screw the haters, the watermark in no way made the image 'completely useless' or 'unusable'. Still, if : Nixx2004
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  As a totally amateur and not great photographer can you tell me the lens and settings used when taking th... : orgcaptainnemo
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    Yep! Here's the setup I used: Canon 50D w/ battery grip Manfrotto tripod w/ ballhead Canon 24-70mm ... : mlev
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      He's going to c/p this and use it to post the pic as his on interfacelift. : swiftB3
      
      Sweet pic, btw. Desktop'd : swiftB3
    - Thanks dude! : orgcaptainnemo
    - Nice info, thanks! : prime8
    - Only 1 in 3 of those lenses are any good, :(. Actually I've only seen one good quality one in real life, ... : Wheatloaf
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      which nd filter do you use? i'm curious if you have a screw on filter or a filter system. : j0nchan
      
      Colkin p filter system. :) : mlev
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    I took that with my phone and the flash was set to auto. : Degenerate
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      i hate you : orgcaptainnemo
      
      :Â¬* : Degenerate
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  just sold it for 500 bucks : Dravenport
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    I wanted the watermarked version. Gimme my money back. : edgewise
    - no refunds bitch, peace! : Dravenport
- mlev this is my new desktop, thank you, its awesome. : massdev
- Submitting this to natgeo, one sec... : c0bra
- On my way to KINKOS and shall make my fortune selling these Hawaii, 2011 (Maui north shore) prints. : Phil
- nice! you should clone out that sensor spot in the middle of the sky :) : jenisthebest
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  Woah, I took one almost exactly like that: http://www.shackpics.com/files/mlev_pwndcopy_q9bchfudi1jhnp7e8... : Merconium
  - little more bling tho. : hirez
  - This post needs more love. : granpachook
  - Cool pic bro. : Dontdrop
  - hahahaha : ass-street
  - lol : Dravenport
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    Fucking hell. Seriously though, I once took a photo of a bear in my neighborhood, it got sent on to th... : mlev
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      so no one is making any money off the pics, but you're upset? : Dravenport
      
      Yes. : Nixx2004
      
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      No one makes any money by pirating games either. : mlev
      
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      Okay, that's not entirely true, i'm sure some people do. My point is, you don't have to make money p... : mlev
      
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      Maybe instead you should be proud you took a shot nice enough for 8 people to want to forward along. You... : twifosp
      
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      lol, come on : MikkleThePickle
      
      What? He's being a little over protective of a shot he didn't intend to use for commercial purposes. : twifosp
      
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      im just curious exactly what the problem is, there's a difference between someone pirating a game and som... : Dravenport
      
      seriously, don't send pics to family or friends that you don't want them sending to everyone else if you' : uebersoldat
      
      Yes, I have indeed found my photos on fb with other people claiming to be the photogs. And it upset me mo... : mlev
      
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      Merconium did exactly what mlev asked us not to do. Surely you're not surprised at the result?
      
      Feb 02, 2011 1:57pm PST
      
      Merconium did exactly what mlev asked us not to do. Surely you're not surprised at the result? : Goncyn
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      Seriously, I only did it because I had that absurd signature in a folder. I am little more than a 1hr/mo ... : Merconium
      
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      Hahaha yeah no worries. I'm not upset about this any more than if someone turned that rock into edgewise. : mlev
      
      Good. It is a lovely shot, and I'm jealous you were there. : Merconium
      
      it was actually pretty funny : Goncyn
  - LMAO!! : HL3dsx
  - hahahahahah : Old_Fart
- sweet. I added to my rotating windows wallpaper (landscapes!) : hirez
- Thanks, mlev. Beautiful photo. : Goncyn
- Thanks! : =]Milo[=
- you are a gentleman and a scholar sir. :D : halophoenix
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  That photo is ace - you did good yo. And I'm really good at taking photos, so that compliment means a ... : seven
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    nice lol : RogerDandy
    - i no rite - what's the fun of being good at something, if you can't ocassionally be a fucking huge dick a... : seven
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  Why not watermark your photos steganographically? You could have undeniable proof that it's your photo a... : Herman Toothrot
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    Wut? : mlev
    - steganographically, duh! : mXENO
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      put a stegosaurus on all your picturees : retardhumper
      
      i'd buy a print of that. : ass-street
      
      That's the prehistoric way, there is software that does it for ya! : HL3dsx
      
      That's the first thing I thought of too :/ : Entity
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    doesnt that only work until the image is resized or saved as a different format? : hirez
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      Yeah, a lossy encoding would destroy it pretty well. : Agrona
      
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      I think it would depend on the method used. There must be relatively robust ways to do it. : Herman Toothrot
      
      Nope, not really. Resizing it will mutilate anything like that. : boarder2
- I DEMAND A WATERMARK ONLY VERSION! : gakera
- I saw this on reddit : Slowtreme
- I'm so going to paint that : onji
- sharing is caring : GoldfishInAJarOfPickles
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  Shacknews: I'm don't care that I got it for free, I'm still outraged : Schnapple
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    What? Are you saying photogs take their pictures at no cost? Or am I completely missing the point of this... : mlev
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      yes, you are completely missing the point of that post. : MikkleThePickle
      
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      Figured I might be. So what was he saying? : mlev
      
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      I want to know too. : Nixx2004
      
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      To people in the future: it was a parody of the people in the thread who are indignant over the watermark : Schnapple
      
      schnapple, what do you say to the people of the past? : j0nchan
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  Needed a bit more Vibrance and less lens artifacts. Download here. http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2175873/mor... : historyinthemaking
  - Its a lot more vibrant and less artifacty when I don't have to jpg compress it to get it on shacknews :p ... : mlev
- At first I thought the whitish rocks in the lower left were skulls. Which then made the picture more evil... : Chod

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