Should read
http://picasaweb.google.com/vicandsheila

Some VERY impressive African wildlife pics in there!

Prieni

Blyme,

no wonder that the JPGs are getting bigger when including the EXIF. How do you get all this information out?
Now I'm beginning to see where you're coming from, so forget all my babble above. I'm afraid I can't help you with this.

Prieni

Well,

just checked your Flora album and the Critters one and some pics in other albums. All do show EXIF (once you click on "more info".
Same is true for the example you quoted from my China album (they are my wife's photos, though).

In my albums on some shots EXIF is missing because I did a "Save for WEB" from Photoshop before uploading, which does strip the EXIF. I do that since for some forums there is a size limit for the file and "Save as..." ends up always a bit bigger than shown in the dialogue.

Prieni

Hmmm, interesting. I just wanted to pen an answer saying that I have the same Problem with Picasa and EXIF. Just went in to Picasa to check and on the newer shots this problem does not exist anymore : :

I do remember a recent update of Picasa, I'm using version 2.7 build 36.60,0

I just checked some shots a bit older (I'm at work so don't have that many shots on my computer here) and most of them do show EXIF. Some show "No EXIF available" but they show time and aperture. These are taken with my MF Kiron lens, somehow it seems that the camera make and type are also not making it to the EXIF.

So I'm expecting some Picasa problem here that has been solved recently. Having said that, I seem to remember that the EXIF from shots developed in SilkyPix did not show up correctly (i.e. complete) in Photoshop. But I need to check at home...

On a more serious note: I think this was a very good idea for the weekly competition and it has brought many of us to try ourselves in an unfamiliar genre. Well done Daniel! And I didn't envy you for judging this one, so many different approaches.

Daniel, on your judgement on my picture: The reflection of the Pentax user logo was the original idea (although I would have preferred to have it reflected off my eye) and the setup to get it right was quite hard (and would have been even harder if I wouldn't have resorted to the laptop monitor). I also didn't really plan to take the sunglasses but with the eye reflection not working well and my normal glasses being anti-reflection coated it was the only way out. So going through all that length and then not using the reflection seemed wrong to me.

I certainly enjoyed this competition and I think we have a deserved winner here. Galoot will see what a Pyrrhic victory he has won when judgement time for the next competition comes! (Of course only if the enquiry finds him not guilty of having insider knowledge; but as enquiries go I think it's a very likely outcome...)

I'm furious and I want to log a complaint against this hilarious decision of the judge! I will hold back my member fee until an enquiry has investigated the case. I'm convinced that Galoot had insider knowledge and I won't rest until the leak is found. (I could tell you that I just had an anonymous phone call and Deep Throat has promised to pass on all the information, but I won't!)

I have to end here and look for some tar and feathers...

Sounds like you're having the wrong friends...

Jehova, Jehova...

Probably it says that it took a while and that I have used less Photoshop on my shot than I thought...

For me it's the same as it seems to be for most of you, I don't like my picture taken. But missing this competition? Nope!
So I just had to play around a bit. My wife doesn't like this ageing effect, but I think it's quite nice. Perhaps I will look like this when the new DA* finally come out