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    Gender: Male
    Location: Pensacola, FL
    Relationship: Single
    Orientation: Straight
    Children: Proud Parent
    # of Kids: 1
    Body Type: Average
    Height: 5'9"
    Religion: Catholic
    Ethnicity: White / Caucasian
    About Me: Widower, age 66. Married a wonderful woman I met in collage in 1963 and spent 26 great years together until her passing with cancer in 1989. We had two boys, David and Michael. David was killed in a auto accident in 1990. I spent 20 years in the army,as an electronic technican, retiring as a Chief Warrant Officer 3. Was stationed in Korea, Germany,Panama Canal, Ft Bliss and Ft Hood TX and Vigrinia. Worked as a government contractor for three years until my wife passed on then moved to Pensacola Florida with son Mike where I have donea littl bit of everything util retiring in 2005. I have two grandchildren, Hayley and Mike Jr.
    Music: Country and Western, Rock and Roll, Jazz
    Movies: Cold Mountain
    TV: NCIS, The Unit, CSI
    Books: Mysteries and Suspence
    Likes: Good Food, Good Friends and the Florida Gulf Coast
    Dislikes: Rude people and bratty kids
    Hobbies: Photography Model Railroading
    Vices: Cigarettes

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    Photography: More on Black and White conversion

    Tuesday, March 18, 2008, 04:20 PM CST [General]

    Not to step on Wayde's toes, but if you have Photoshop Elements or a later version of Photoshop such as 6.0, here are some different steps to convert to black and white.

    (1)Open up your picture, click on Image and Duplicate so you won't lose the orginal.  

    (2)Click Image then Adjust and find Desaturate and click. You will have an almost gray tone. 

    (3)Click Image then Adjust and find Color Balance and click. Just like in Wayde's Blog this acts like filters. I have found that you just have to tweek the Mid Tones and Shadows. 

    (4)Click Image then Adjust and find Brightness/Contrast. Move the sliders until you get the desired effect.

    If you need to sharpen your image, on the tool bar go to Filters, down to Sharpen and click on Unsharp Mask.

    The picture I have used is in my opinion not the best for conversion, but the best I could locate.

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    My New Mexico/Arizona Trip

    Thursday, January 3, 2008, 12:39 PM CST [General]

    I just returned from a week in the southwest traveling in a fifth-wheeler with my friend Donna.  We started out in Albuquerque visiting the Petroglyph National Monument, then traveling down south through Truth Or Consequencs to Las Cruces, and westward to Arizona. A stop in Tombstone to visit the courthouse and shop in the quaint stores, then on down to Bisbee. We couldn't find a place to park our rig in this hill side town, so no pictures. we did stop at the Lavender Pit copper mine. This used to be the deepest open pit mine in the US. Next is Tucson and the Colossal Cave and the Saguaro National Park. Northward to Phoenix with a stop at the Casa Grande Ruins National Monument. I flew back to Florida, leaving Donna to spent the winter in Phoenix. Don't get the idea that we enjoyed nice warm weather! There were only two days that I didn't wear a heavy jacket. A couple of night were in the 20's most in the low 30's. Hope you enjoy the pictures
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    Good to hear from you Glen! As far as the gray card. You'll have to check your manual but there should be a way to set a custom white balance on your camera.
    What you do is photograph a gray card ( a white sheet of paper works too) under the lighting you want to correct.
    In your cameras menu under "custom white balance" it will ask you to select a photo. Select the image of the gray card and then it will ask you to set your white balance setting to "custom". From then on all images will be set to that custom white balance until you switch back to daylight or whatever.
    Your manual will explain it better for your camera. This technique is a must for indoor situations like gyms etc.
    Hope this helps. Keep in touch. - Wayde

    Wayde
    Apr 24, 2008
    01:31 AM CST

    Hi Glen hope all is well. DO all the ABC pic show on your screne? Mine is not showing you or Kathy? Denies does not see them either?

    michael
    Apr 15, 2008
    06:14 PM CST

    Hey Glen,
    It was my pleasure to put the CD together. It really was a great trip and a wonderful group. Not a bad selection of images either!

    Wayde
    Mar 17, 2008
    12:33 AM CST

    Hey Glen,
    If I'm not sure a person adds to the shot I usually take some with and some without. Then at home you can decide!

    Wayde
    Nov 4, 2007
    02:06 AM CST