yep. here's where it goes. let's hear from you

Hmmmm!

How about an "A to Z of photography" sticky thread. Maybe some of you talented souls could come up with an A to Z covering the various areas/ of photography and brief descriptions against each. i.e:

C : Chromatic Aberration,
and thus a brief description (I would give one if I knew what it was!) and an example shot maybe.

It would be an ideal tutorial thread for newcomers to photography.

Is that a daft idea???? Could be, but who cares? At least I was first!!

Originally Posted by SnapHappy ial thread for newcomers to photography. Is that a daft idea???? Could be, but who cares? At least I was first!!

it's not daft at all - but it's been done over and over, elsewhere, so i don't think recreating that sort of thing is worthwhile - but keep thinking of ideas for stuff that's unique, or a unique way of doing things

btw: take a look at photo.net regarding that a to z thingie....

SnapHappy -

Take a look here and see if you can't find what you're looking for. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photography

We volunteers here on dgrin will find it difficult to improve on wikipedia as a resource, I venture.

2 great links that have been bookmarked, ta.v.much.

I like birds, and bird shots, really! I've even posted one. But I find myself getting lost in the feathers in "Nature & Wildlife."

Since my Dgrin time has been severely curtailed (due to my new boy), I find myself hitting "Mark this forum read" more often than not.

So my suggestion is this, split off the birdies into their own forum. There's definitely enough posts to support it!

Andy,

I like your honest REPLY in the slightly controversial voting challenge 49 thread. Where you have given a brief explanation of what you thought about the non finalist's entries.

Now I know you are busy but I think it would be a good idea to do a thread on every challenge like this. ( a locked sticky perhaps?) It's good to know what the chief Judge thought about the image and would certainly help. You could also invite the other judge to comment as well.

It would certainly answer a lot of Questions that go through grinners minds when viewing the end of the challenge and it's results. (sometimes I do think "why didn't that one get in?") But not least also help develop user's skills.

Originally Posted by SnapHappy Andy, I like your honest REPLY in the slightly controversial voting challenge 49 thread. Where you have given a brief explanation of what you thought about the non finalist's entries. Now I know you are busy but I think it would be a good idea to do a thread on every challenge like this. ( a locked sticky perhaps?) It's good to know what the chief Judge thought about the image and would certainly help. You could also invite the other judge to comment as well. It would certainly answer a lot of Questions that go through grinners minds when viewing the end of the challenge and it's results. (sometimes I do think "why didn't that one get in?") But not least also help develop user's skills.

i used to do that, but it takes me a lot of time to do that. i found that i just couldn't keep up with my life to put it all down in writing, takes me a lot of time, which i just don't have enough of these days. thanks for the suggestion

Originally Posted by andy i used to do that, but it takes me a lot of time to do that. i found that i just couldn't keep up with my life to put it all down in writing, takes me a lot of time, which i just don't have enough of these days. thanks for the suggestion

No probs, I can see now that it would take a long time and especially if we start to get more & more entrants.

Originally Posted by 95Mcaj I like birds, and bird shots, really! I've even posted one. But I find myself getting lost in the feathers in "Nature & Wildlife." Since my Dgrin time has been severely curtailed (due to my new boy), I find myself hitting "Mark this forum read" more often than not. So my suggestion is this, split off the birdies into their own forum. There's definitely enough posts to support it!

Jeeze, what would be left in the "Nature & Wildlife" section?

Bear

There has been the suggestion that the birds get their own forum. How about giving the motorcycles their own forum as well?

Originally Posted by rutt There has been the suggestion that the birds get their own forum. How about giving the motorcycles their own forum as well?

a) we have a suggestion box thread (i'm moving your post there...)

and

b) you're kidding, right

it's our sister forum

Originally Posted by andy a) we have a suggestion box thread and b) you're kidding, right it's our sister forum

You're getting better at detecting my (sometimes lame) jokes. This particular one grew out of digging through the Sporting Goods forum looking for opportunities to critique.

Originally Posted by rutt There has been the suggestion that the birds get their own forum. How about giving the motorcycles their own forum as well?

Originally Posted by pathfinder

how about a forum for just doggies .. no people, no cats, no squirrels.. just doggies..
(in a photo gallery I did on a website I created and managed I did all doggies, boy was my boss mad at me.. the people were all sooo boring and the doggies were all so happy to have their photos taken.. ) he made me take them down.. spoil sport...

Originally Posted by lynnma how about a forum for just doggies .. no people, no cats, no squirrels.. just doggies.. (in a photo gallery I did on a website I created and managed I did all doggies, boy was my boss mad at me.. the people were all sooo boring and the doggies were all so happy to have their photos taken.. ) he made me take them down.. spoil sport...

i will make a doggies forum right after i make the dedicated ribs forum

I browse dgrin using the breadcrumb links at the top of the page (Like Digital Grin > Support > dgrin site info and support > the dgrin suggestion box). By doing this, threads are marked as read, and when all threads are read, the group is marked as read. I find this easier than using the back/refresh buttons on my browser.

So when I'm done reading a thread with several pictures, and I'm at the bottom of the page, I'd rather not have to scroll back to the top of the thread to click my breadcrumb link.

I wouldn't want the entire breadcrumb list, but maybe just a link to the current forum near the "Previous Thread | Next Thread" links.

Just a suggestion... if it's just me, maybe I'll try and write a Greasemonkey script.

Originally Posted by 95Mcaj I browse dgrin using the breadcrumb links at the top of the page (Like Digital Grin > Support > dgrin site info and support > the dgrin suggestion box). By doing this, threads are marked as read, and when all threads are read, the group is marked as read. I find this easier than using the back/refresh buttons on my browser. So when I'm done reading a thread with several pictures, and I'm at the bottom of the page, I'd rather not have to scroll back to the top of the thread to click my breadcrumb link. I wouldn't want the entire breadcrumb list, but maybe just a link to the current forum near the "Previous Thread | Next Thread" links. Just a suggestion... if it's just me, maybe I'll try and write a Greasemonkey script.

Patch29 will be happy to see if this is do-able with our setup. Thanks for the suggestion!

Originally Posted by Andy Patch29 will be happy to see if this is do-able with our setup. Thanks for the suggestion!

Cool, thanks!

Originally Posted by 95Mcaj I wouldn't want the entire breadcrumb list, but maybe just a link to the current forum near the "Previous Thread | Next Thread" links.

In the bottom right of the page should be a "forum jump" link that should be set to the current forum you are browsing, or you can select another one from the drop down menu. Wouldn't that work.