TulsaNow Photo Board

[Nik]

quote:Originally posted by TheArtist

I think part of the reason some may not like flickr at first glance is the notion that you can only see the smaller sized pic.  Thats the result of the people who are currently uploading not allowing others to share the pics. When you allow them to be shared, you can click on a symbol over the pic and it will then show you different sizes from thumbnail to large and extra large versions.

I do think we should come up with a "purpose" for a TN flickr group. There are plenty of Tulsa groups of one sort or another on flickr already. No need just adding another place where people can dump random photos with nary any semblance of connection to Tulsa or things in Tulsa.

You can even set up groups or "Sets" that people can contribute to within the TN group. You download your pics then can also put them into a particular "set" that is off to the side, which people can click on to see more specific things.

Suggestion for some sets within the TN group might be...



Tulsa Architecture........ (downtown buildings, mansions, churches, contemporary,historic, etc.)

Tulsa Events and Activities...... (bands, concerts, Mayfest, Octoberfest, Tulsa Tough, restaurants, museums, sports, etc.)

Around Tulsa........ (suburban downtowns, events, Jenks Aquarium and riverwalk, Rooster Day, landscape, etc) This one is debatable.

Tulsa Parks and Nature........... (ice storms lol, sunsests, river, zoo critters, squirrels in Woodward Park "there always seem to be pics of those lol", rose garden, trails, etc.)

New development.......  ( buildings under construction or recently finished, examples...BOK Center, Contemporary homes on Cherry Street, Bomasada, shopping centers in South Tulsa, Baseball Park, remodel of Mayo Hotel, construction sites with the sign of whats to be constructed, home or building being torn down for new development, etc.)

Historic Images...... (stuff from the Beryl Ford Collection, lost Tulsa, etc.)



The point would be to show off Tulsa; its history, whats going on now, what there is to do, its architecture and landscape. NO DUMPING of photos, just a few choice pics, your few best and most interesting or telling.   NOT every single photo resulting in 100 or more of some unknown singer at a bar in practically the same pose,,, or every single move of the local high school football team at some game, or 1,000 pics of a squirrel or kid at the park,,, no matter how cute either may be lol.

I will volunteer to be a moderator if we settle on a theme and format for a flickr site.

I don't think you can create separate sets from within groups. I'm an admin on three groups and I just checked to see if maybe this was a new feature and I do not see it. We could implement a guideline that asks users to tag images they upload to the group with the phrases you specific and that would allow us to narrow it down that way.

[TheArtist]

The "tag" idea could work.  But are you sure you cant create different "sets" like a regular user can by going to the "organize" feature? I would check on the "Downtown Live" site but I lost the passwords and such lol.

[Porky]

quote:Originally posted by Nik


I don't think you can create separate sets from within groups. I'm an admin on three groups and I just checked to see if maybe this was a new feature and I do not see it. We could implement a guideline that asks users to tag images they upload to the group with the phrases you specific and that would allow us to narrow it down that way.

Good grief......it's less than 2 bucks a month!

http://www.godaddy.com/gdshop/photo/landing.asp?ci=9031

[Nik]

This is during the interim until TN relaunches with a photo gallery. No sense in going all out for a temporary solution when Flickr works fine.

[Admin]

For anyone interested, we are currently beta testing the new site, which inicludes a gallery. If you are willing to give it a thorough once-over and provide feedback, send a PM to admin and I'll send you back the information for the beta site.

[PonderInc]

If you're a member of the TN group on Flickr, does that mean that every picture you upload goes into the TN goup pool?  (I thought you had to specifically tag a photo to be in a certain group.)  

Does TN have any control over individual pics that go into the TN Flickr group pool?

If not, it looks like we need more categories.  See Artist's suggestions above.

It would be cool if the TN forum had a photo gallery to make it easier to post photos pertinent to discussion/debate.  But we'd need a whole new set of rules and guidelines for posting photos.  And it will definitely increase the workload of the moderators!

[Hoss]

quote:Originally posted by PonderInc

If you're a member of the TN group on Flickr, does that mean that every picture you upload goes into the TN goup pool?  (I thought you had to specifically tag a photo to be in a certain group.)  

Does TN have any control over individual pics that go into the TN Flickr group pool?

If not, it looks like we need more categories.  See Artist's suggestions above.

It would be cool if the TN forum had a photo gallery to make it easier to post photos pertinent to discussion/debate.  But we'd need a whole new set of rules and guidelines for posting photos.  And it will definitely increase the workload of the moderators!

The only person who has ultimate control over that, would be the person who created the group.  That person can grant administrative rights to users (which of course are not tied to users here; you have to have a Flickr account).

[mspivey]

By high resolution, do you mean something like




Or something like this?

[sgrizzle]

Woohoo, new wallpaper!


And the second image is high res, the first is pretty normal res.

[cannon_fodder]

+1 on the new wallpaper.

[Townsend]

Ha, +2

[mspivey]

Thanks, those are the first shots I took with my new Canon 5D Mark II. I've driven past that place every day thinking that median would be a cool place to set up a tripod. New camera seemed like a good excuse to get up and do it.

[Nik]

quote:Originally posted by mspivey

Thanks, those are the first shots I took with my new Canon 5D Mark II. I've driven past that place every day thinking that median would be a cool place to set up a tripod. New camera seemed like a good excuse to get up and do it.

if you don't mind, what was the exif for this particular photo? its really nice.

[mspivey]

I don't mind. Go to SpiveyPhoto and click on the "I".

Disclaimer: This is a blend of three photos. I stacked the pix in Photoshop and used the Lighten Colors blend mode. This brought only the trails from the other 2.

The picture could be better. some of the lights were pretty blown out. If I really wanted to get it right, I would have had to have done an HDR to make a base and then blend the trails in.

And of course, to get the trails, I had to use ISO 100. In the next few weeks I'm going to get out and try out this camera's most important feature - ISO 3200 and 6400. I've played a little and it's pretty impressive.

[patric]

This is during the interim until TN relaunches with a photo gallery. No sense in going all out for a temporary solution when Flickr works fine.

Any news on that now that the new board is afloat?
The album art is nice but a distraction that could be better categorized.

P.S.  mspivey, nice nightscape.  Higher ISO speeds mean more noise, though.
Here's one taken at 21st & Lewis for a light trespass issue, ISO 400 2 1/2 sec at f3.5