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Re: Recent Submissions: 2010 June 26-27

by Beyond » Mon Jun 28, 2010 5:11 pm

Although i think Ann's "Dandy" Lion is just GRRRREAT, I can almost hear owlice's Dandylion singing -- I am your sunshine, your only sunshine, I make you haaappy when skies are gray................

Re: Recent Submissions: 2010 June 26-27

by nuclearcat » Mon Jun 28, 2010 4:31 pm

bystander wrote:Dandelion Halo
http://gaf.gokyuzu.org/img/2010-04-24.jpg
Copyright: M. Raşid Tuğral
I think this is the best name for that image. Thanks bystander, but if there is any other suggestion for a name, I will wait for it :)

Re: Recent Submissions: 2010 June 26-27

by Chris Peterson » Mon Jun 28, 2010 2:34 pm

beyond wrote:What i want to know is -- how come owlice's Puddy Tat has orange eyes in the picture?
It's because cats have a tapetum lucidum structure in their retinas, and the camera had a flash.

Re: Recent Submissions: 2010 June 26-27

by Beyond » Mon Jun 28, 2010 2:04 pm

Ok, i just read the intro and not the full explanation, after the last post, so i didn't realize that some programs didn't save the header. But what do i know about cameras? I've got a canon A490 digital sitting here for a while now and i still don't know how to use it. Well.......one of these days.................

What i want to know is -- how come owlice's Puddy Tat has orange eyes in the picture?

Re: Recent Submissions: 2010 June 26-27

by geckzilla » Mon Jun 28, 2010 11:29 am

Well, the wikipedia article pretty much says it all. Here's the dummy version as it applies in this instance: A handy, dandy little piece of the image header which, if inspected, reveals all sorts of nifty information about the camera and how a photo was taken. Oftentimes it gets lost when an image is changed and resaved with an program which fails to preserve the header.

Re: Recent Submissions: 2010 June 26-27

by Beyond » Mon Jun 28, 2010 10:24 am

Chris Peterson wrote:
beyond wrote:Ok Chris, what's an EXIF header??
EXIF.
Gee chris, I'm overwhelmed by your expoundment. :roll:

Re: Recent Submissions: 2010 June 26-27

by Chris Peterson » Mon Jun 28, 2010 4:00 am

beyond wrote:Ok Chris, what's an EXIF header??
EXIF.

Re: Recent Submissions: 2010 June 26-27

by Beyond » Mon Jun 28, 2010 3:47 am

Chris Peterson wrote:
beyond wrote:Ok owlice, whats beyond the camera besides "the kid?"
If she had left the EXIF header for the image intact, you could have told her the make and model of her kid's present.
Ok Chris, what's an EXIF header??

Re: Recent Submissions: 2010 June 26-27

by Rogelio » Mon Jun 28, 2010 2:52 am

owlice wrote: [...] I hope I've explained this well enough, but if I've just confused matters, please let me know; thanks!
Understood Owlice. Thanks for the explanation!
I just felt bad having to shrink the original image from 18,000 pixels wide to 5,000 so as to keep it within a reasonable download time, so the "full size" link pointing to a 800x400 image felt a bit misleading but I understand what you mean. Thanks again!

Re: Recent Submissions: 2010 June 26-27

by Chris Peterson » Mon Jun 28, 2010 2:02 am

beyond wrote:Ok owlice, whats beyond the camera besides "the kid?"
If she had left the EXIF header for the image intact, you could have told her the make and model of her kid's present.

Re: Recent Submissions: 2010 June 26-27

by Beyond » Mon Jun 28, 2010 1:50 am

owlice wrote:
beyond wrote:Alas!! It will take a lot more than three guesses.
beyond, the camera! :-)
Ok owlice, whats beyond the camera besides "the kid?"

Re: Recent Submissions: 2010 June 26-27

by Beyond » Mon Jun 28, 2010 1:47 am

Ann, that sure is a "Dandy" lion and he's not yellow either! But he does kinda remind me of Teddy R. needing a Trim :lol:

Re: Recent Submissions: 2010 June 26-27

by Ann » Sun Jun 27, 2010 7:38 pm

Indeed! And it isn't inaccurate; in a view like this, the Sun is yellow, although nowhere near as saturated as a dandelion.
I think you just like needling Ann.
I think he does, too, but in this case he is right. In a picture like this the Sun would look yellow-white instead of white, precisely because much of the blue light it emits has been scattered by the atmosphere, making the sky blue and the Sun reddened, i.e. yellow-white.
I didn't know (or knew as another flower's name) the name of that flower :D
Thanks for your comment Ann!
You're welcome, Nuclearcat! In Swedish "dandelion" is "maskros". It is possible to think of this name as consisting of two words, "mask", which means "worm", and "ros" which means, obviously, "rose". So a dandelion is a "worm-rose". Yeeech.

Image

Disgusting, eh? Although it is clearly the wrong flower!

Oh well, but in English this yellow weed is a dandy lion...

Image

Ann

Re: Recent Submissions: 2010 June 26-27

by bystander » Sun Jun 27, 2010 5:35 pm

Dandelion Halo
http://gaf.gokyuzu.org/img/2010-04-24.jpg
Copyright: M. Raşid Tuğral

Re: Recent Submissions: 2010 June 26-27

by owlice » Sun Jun 27, 2010 3:42 pm

beyond wrote:Alas!! It will take a lot more than three guesses.
beyond, the camera! :-)

Re: Recent Submissions: 2010 June 26-27

by Beyond » Sun Jun 27, 2010 3:35 pm

owlice wrote:
beyond wrote:Owlice - AAWWW, what a nice lookin Puddy Tat! And look at the firery orange eyes!! Perhaps a reflection of the one taking the picture :?: :?:
Thanks, beyond! The kid took the picture on Christmas morning; three guesses what the Santa Owlice had left under the tree for him!
Alas!! It will take a lot more than three guesses. I can be so dumb about some things that seem so obvious to so many. But it still is a very nice looking Puddy Tat! Too bad it can't keep the orange pupils.

Re: Recent Submissions: 2010 June 26-27

by owlice » Sun Jun 27, 2010 9:12 am

nuclearcat wrote: No I mean I knew them wrongly as a kind of mums (Chrysanthemum) :D
Any way they are both member of same family (Asteraceae) :mrgreen:
Thanks, and oh, poo! I don't think I can get away with referring to them as mums, nor even asters, though they are of that family!!

Re: Recent Submissions: 2010 June 26-27

by owlice » Sun Jun 27, 2010 9:09 am

The Milky Way
http://www.altamiraobs.org.es/
Copyright: José Francisco Hernández
[attachment=0]Cañadas del Teide-Via Lactea.jpg[/attachment]
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Click on image for larger view
Click on image for larger view

Re: Recent Submissions: 2010 June 26-27

by nuclearcat » Sun Jun 27, 2010 8:54 am

owlice wrote: I have a billion of these flowers in my yard, nuclearcat, and would love to have another name by which to refer to them; what is the other name you know them by? I hope it's something exotic and desirable-sounding so that I can drop that name into conversations with my turf-building neighbors so they (maybe) won't mind my exceedingly natural landscape! :mrgreen:
No I mean I knew them wrongly as a kind of mums (Chrysanthemum) :D
Any way they are both member of same family (Asteraceae) :mrgreen:

Re: Recent Submissions: 2010 June 26-27

by owlice » Sun Jun 27, 2010 8:12 am

Westerlund 2
http://www.robgendlerastropics.com/West ... T-ESO.html
Copyright and processing: Robert Gendler; image data from HLA and ESO

Re: Recent Submissions: 2010 June 26-27

by owlice » Sun Jun 27, 2010 8:09 am

beyond wrote:Owlice - AAWWW, what a nice lookin Puddy Tat! And look at the firery orange eyes!! Perhaps a reflection of the one taking the picture :?: :?:
Thanks, beyond! The kid took the picture on Christmas morning; three guesses what the Santa Owlice had left under the tree for him!

Re: Recent Submissions: 2010 June 26-27

by Beyond » Sun Jun 27, 2010 4:07 am

Owlice - AAWWW, what a nice lookin Puddy Tat! And look at the firery orange eyes!! Perhaps a reflection of the one taking the picture :?: :?:

Re: Recent Submissions: 2010 June 26-27

by owlice » Sun Jun 27, 2010 2:43 am

Rogelio, the text "Click to view full size image" comes with the tag that constrains the linked image, and "full size" means the image the constrained display came from, not necessarily the largest file available. Even though the image display is constrained, the browser has to grab the (unconstrained) original image. Given a choice between having the browser grab an 800x434-pixel image and a 5000x2713-pixel image for thread display, I will choose the smaller image (the image size that is displayed on your webpage) and provide a link that can get people to the largest image.

I hope I've explained this well enough, but if I've just confused matters, please let me know; thanks!

Re: Recent Submissions: 2010 June 26-27

by Rogelio » Sun Jun 27, 2010 1:49 am

Hi Owlice,

The "full size image" link to "Between Sagittarius, Ophiuchus and Scorpius" should be
http://deepskycolors.com/pics/astro/201 ... 52MRot.jpg (5000x2713 pixels)
not
http://deepskycolors.com/pics/astro/201 ... 52MRot.jpg (just 800x434 pixels)

Thanks,
Rogelio

Re: Recent Submissions: 2010 June 26-27

by bystander » Sat Jun 26, 2010 11:28 pm

Chris Peterson wrote:Both the leaves and flowers are quite nice in salads, too.
Lots of vitamins and anti-oxidants. The leaves can be cooked like other "greens". And, of course, the flowers are used in dandelion wine. The dried roots can be used like chicory in coffee. (Yuk)
Indeed! And it isn't inaccurate; in a view like this, the Sun is yellow, although nowhere near as saturated as a dandelion.
I think you just like needling Ann.

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