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Newbies - Let's See Some Pics!

Discussion in 'Newbie Forum' started by Husker4theSpurs, Jan 27, 2008.

  1. VanMelum

    VanMelum VanMelum

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    The toyota jump. Remember those commercials?
     

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  2. Steamboatsig

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    Hey VanMelum,
    Lets see pics of the powdercoated wheels.
     
  3. h2photo

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    I'm not really a Newbie, but my Husband & I just went to the Grand Canyon & took "Stealth". Here's my favorite picture I took (Ok I couldn't Choose!)

    This car will never see snow Again!!
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    At the Canyon!
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    & here's one of my "Tornado" on Route 66
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  4. VanMelum

    VanMelum VanMelum

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    Coming right up. I just realized that everybody took pictures of their car in really cool spots. My girlfriend just took a picture of my car the day I got it. I live at the beach, so I am going to wash my car this weekend and drive it down to the beach to take some good beauty shots!
     
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  5. NaptownPrius

    NaptownPrius Getting Greener....

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    Here's mine...wait a second which one is it????

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  6. Steamboatsig

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    I know how you feel. A woman in my office bought a matching Silver Prius. Luckily mine is the Touring and hers is a Regular Prius. That is the only way I can tell the difference. Lol. She keeps saying that hers is cuter.
     
  7. Rae Vynn

    Rae Vynn Artist In Residence

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    Now, see, THAT'S how to do it... put your person in the photo, too! :D
     
  8. Doc Willie

    Doc Willie Shuttlecraft Commander

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    Or some impossibly built gorgeous babe like they do in all the muscle car calendar pictures.
     
  9. NaptownPrius

    NaptownPrius Getting Greener....

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    Here's a unique shot angle....

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  10. Flying White Dutchman

    Flying White Dutchman Senior Member

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    black and tinted windows
    looks realy good:cool:
     
  11. nerfer

    nerfer A young senior member

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    Click on the thumbnails to see them at full size.:eek:
     
  12. Steamboatsig

    Steamboatsig Member

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    Angelnva30k's pics were not thumbnails. They were just really small pics. 24.6 kbs.

    Thanks though.
     
  13. nerfer

    nerfer A young senior member

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    Maximum size for a jpeg is 1024x768, according to the upload attachments page.

    I hope you don't mind if I get a little pedantic here, kinda goes with the picture-taking advice part of this thread:

    Technically you're correct, resolution is DPI (dots per inch - sorry, don't know the metric equivalent, dpcm?), and size is inches or pixels. Since monitors have a fixed DPI (for web purposes, you assume 72 DPI) a higher resolution picture will result in a larger image, even if the reported size is the same (a good printer will print the correct size).

    For this situation, quality is also an important variable. Anybody even semi-serious about pictures needs an image editor (better than the default one pre-loaded on your computer). This is also essential when e-mailing photos to somebody with a dial-up connection!!

    I use GraphicConverter, a fairly cheap one at $40 for the Mac, but does most everything I need and more that I don't (yet). So I can crop and scale to set the size as needed, and then save with the lowest quality that still looks good. The JPG format is lossy, so more compression results in a much smaller file, but with more distortion (artifacts). This is particularly noticeable at areas of high contrast (sharp borders between dark colors and light colors) and in faces, where we naturally pick up on minor flaws.

    My first example is 1024 pixels across. Only 98KB due to the low contrast in the picture and an appropriate JPG compression quality setting (about 83%). It's a larger image of my current avatar.
    2008_FebStorm_med.jpg

    Two pictures with same size, but different quality settings for JPG compression for comparison. Size is 486x324. First one is 69KB (84% on the quality setting), second is 29KB (25% quality setting). You can see the difference, particularly around the wheels. I could've made the first one an even higher quality level, but you couldn't see any major effect and it just chews up disk space to do that.
    (I like the light reflection off the snow, got lucky since I honestly didn't pay much attention to the lighting at the time), but I did drop down for a better angle.

    2008_ORMSnow_sm.jpg

    2008_ORMSnow_lq.jpg

    Click on the thumbnails for full size photos.
    Steamboat - you're right. I just assumed those pictures were thumbnails!
     
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    Having fun with the new Prius.
     
  15. Hemi4Prius

    Hemi4Prius Geek Girl

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    Here's my new toy! Just picked it up on Sunday and loving every minute of it - it's highly addictive!

    [​IMG]
     
  16. Spur

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    Here is my 2007. Just put in a sunroof. Had a HiHy for a year so I'm semi-new. Love the Prius, but had to know I could get a roof installed before buying one.
     

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  17. h2photo

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    Yes it does! The back is Limo tint & the front is legal:boink:
     
  18. Gala

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    How's the sunroof working out? Does it affect your mpg at all?

    I bought a 2007, package 2, white, 3081 miles, last week. The previous owner learned he didn't have long to live, so he went out and bought himself a brand new Prius. I bought it from his heirs. My son's in Iraq. I can't wait to see what he thinks!
     
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