that bear was incenced!

Where there's smoke...
playing around feedback welcome....

just to clarify, what I think is a little misunderstanding...
I said "moving the camera a little" not tilting it, or cropping out important elements... and with the sky as close to the center as it is, might as well have it centered and straight. but it is a nice image. a scene like that does warrant taking some time to try out a few different exposures/angles/shots to see what works best. suit to taste...

I like that shot.
I realize you are tying to demonstrate a good point.
I wonder why it would be needed to use software on that image.
here's why...
the horizon is soo close to the center of the frame, it could've easily been fixed in camera. Merely moving the camera a little and getting the horizon dead center of the frame would've given the same image, with no really noticible distortion.

now using the software to correct a street scene with lots of buildings would really show what the software does!

not the finest example (technically speaking) but a fun shot from this evenings tree decorating....

2 in stock here in Winterpeg....I'll be gettin one from good ole' InSanity Clause......(I hope).

my personal experiances don't need to be rewritten here... use the search feature....
perhaps my two recent news clips aren't enough....

there was the officers is Sakatoon saskatchewan that picked up a drunk aboriginal off the city streets, drove him out to a desolate stretch of highway out of town in -40 deg weather. He froze to death, and the officers never got charged with murder.

Kenora ontario, a local sgt gets arrested for framing an innocent man for a murder the officer's nephew committed....


then there was G.P. Morin, falsely convicted of murder....
David Milgard Falsley convicted of murder....
JJ Harper murdered in cold blood on Winnipeg Streets for being Native... by a cop, then the subsequent cover up involving over a dozen officers that cost the taxpayors millions in public inquiries and several trials with to the best of my recollection NO CONVICTIONS!

the winnipeg police officer who defected to the hells angels, and was involved with the gangland style execution of eight members of a rival biker gang on toronto.

I don't hate them...just don't trust them, or the system.

If you had said YOU are honest, I'd have taken your word for it.
But don't hand me any crap about all cops being honest.

where did this thread go awry...
I'm sorry guys, no more from me on this matter...

You haven't read any of my older posts about some firsthand experiances.
in my town over the last few years, two officers busted drunk driving, four officers found in possesion of scuba gear stolen from the rcmp, (their employer). one local business man sucessfully sued for harrassment and fasle arresst, leaving a judge to rule the officers involved to be dishonest and un credible.
sadly every officer in the detachment says pretty much what you say....
and while not local:

http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/05/07/officer.accused.molestation/index.html

http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/story?id=3874806&page=1

I don't believe in slaps on the wrist, I believe in prevention. society has to trust the justice system, for it to work.

for starters we stop by looking for short one line, hard core tactics to kick the poorest, and therefore weakest members of our societies like minorities, social assistance recipients....

We stop locking people up for petty crimes.....

we take the money we save on prisons and courts and spend it on rehabilitation, education, and yes social programs.

We then take the time, energy, and effort we used to use taking cheapshots at easy targets and focus instead on dealing with corrupt police, government, and corporate criminals.

we live up to our responsibilities.
period.

remember...
one corrupt cop will do more damage to our society than all the crooks he puts away in his entire carreer.
One corrupt government official can steal way more of your money, than a petty burgular can find in your home.
one corrupt company can use its proffits to corrupt dozens of cops and government officials.....

I understand how you guys feel, but ask you to reason it out.
Not all cops are honest. Sometimes they lie. Sometimes they have informants they get off with no charges or legal technicalities in return for favors, sometimes they just make honest mistakes.....

How would you feel if you got wrongfully accused, then wrongfully convicted, had your hand amputated, then got exonerated?