aliengrove

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I really like the first image, and the giraffes are excellent. I agree about the crop though. The monkey inspecting the other one's posterior had me laughing...

Comment by aliengrove posted on Woburn Safari Park at 15/03/2011 - 15:34

aliengrove
Intersting shot, but it's very difficult to work out what is what.

Comment by aliengrove posted on Star wars (spider) at 15/03/2011 - 15:26

aliengrove
Nice sharp capture, agree about cropping it slightly. I also find the branch top left a bit distracting as it's the only one in focus.

Comment by aliengrove posted on Passer Domesticus at 15/03/2011 - 15:24

aliengrove
I have used this feature on the K7. There is also a setting for correcting chromatic aberration, which I leave on all the time. I have often wondered, however, how you know what lenses it actually corrects, and if it is likely to ever get confused by a third-party lens and alter the image? Is there a list of supported lenses for this feature?

Comment by aliengrove posted on Lens Distortion - To Be Or Not To Be? at 12/03/2011 - 13:27

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Well done Judith Ann, and congrats to I-berg on third place and to the HC's. And thanks for the second place Aiki and a fun competition! Hopefully you have egged everyone to compete in the next comp!

Comment by aliengrove posted on Entries, fortnightly competition #62- Egg(s) at 03/03/2011 - 04:12

aliengrove
I use a flat cloth pencil case full of a mix of half raw rice and half bulgar wheat, with the zip on the pencil case then glued shut. Works a treat!

Comment by aliengrove posted on Bean Bags at 28/02/2011 - 12:18

aliengrove
Well I for one am glad I never bought into the Apple cult. Over-priced and over-hyped. The iPad doesn't even run flash and doesn't take memory cards: the Macbook Air is an over-priced netbook.

Zinio by the way have just released the block on my Android app, temporarily or not remains to be seen. I just had a reply from them saying that due to an unusually high volume of customer service requests they may take up to 48 hours to reply.

Anyway I am off to Thailand for 2 weeks. Can't wait!

Comment by aliengrove posted on O line magazines/corporate greed. at 24/02/2011 - 02:19

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That's correct Shaky. And as a result for the four subscriptions I have, one of which I paid for only a week ago, Zinio have stopped delivering content. Meanwhile the Android app for Zinio will still let me purchase magazines but not download them. After filing a complaint online they suggested that I get the ipad app or use my pc! I am appalled that they have agreed with Apple and their monpolistic demands at the expense of all the customers already signed up through Android.

Comment by aliengrove posted on O line magazines/corporate greed. at 23/02/2011 - 23:05

aliengrove
Off on holiday tomorrow so going to have to give this one miss.....

Comment by aliengrove posted on Weekly competition #189 Bridges. at 23/02/2011 - 16:33

aliengrove
I was just trying to download my latest copy of AP onto my Galaxy Tab through Zinio, a digital magazine app, when I got a message saying "This version is no longer supported. Please update." But there is no update available!! Zinio have just made an exclusive deal with Apple, who skim 30% of all subscriptions and insist the app is not available on any other tablets. I have four annual subscriptions, one of which I paid for less than a week ago, which I can no longer download. Zinio suggest using Windows, which is not why I bought the Tab. The Dell Streak was also just released with this app, and I am guessing it's just stopped working on that, too. Strangely, Zinio's website says it will soon be available on Android, but it was, and now it isn't.

I find it exraordinary that they would block existing users from downloading paid subscriptions, especially when they quite happily let me sign up. I also find it exraordinary they would agree to a deal like this with Apple when they already have clients on other platforms. And no, i won't be buying an iPad, or any other Apple products.

Comment by aliengrove posted on O line magazines/corporate greed. at 23/02/2011 - 13:20

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