Lakelandlass

Mark - I am very grateful for the useful comments. You have obviously gone to a fair amount of trouble. Regarding transitions, I also have used fades only, apart from my Lakeland in Winter a/v and this current show. I have seen in other's shows what I believe are wipes coming in where there are horizontal or even diagonal lines in a slide and these I found to be very effective. However, they did come in much slower than in my programme and I guess I am still trying to get to grips with the correct settings. Re shadow recovery, we had a recent competition at my local Camera Club where the judge (strings of letters after his name!) was red hot on shadow recovery and was insisting that everybody get busy and bring out the detail in the shadows. This had the effect of making me more aware of shadow detail than previously but there again, a question of getting it just right. We have a Mini A/V night at the club on Wednesday and I shall put it on there. There will be no feedback though as despite some of us trying to encourage members to try PTE there appears to be little interest. There is just a polite applause at the end of any presentation no matter how good or poor it is. My main critic is a 91 years old man who got me going in the first place and he doesn't mince his words! Once again, thanks Mark for taking the trouble. It is much appreciated. Maureen

Colin - it is always nice to see pics from the other side of the world and in great weather, too. It certainly gave you an opportunity to try out your new camera with good results. It must be a great place to take the kids. Maureen

Thanks to everyone who has taken the time to respond so quickly. Rick - I anticipated the music would not be to everyone's taste but I love it and it is just what I had in mind for this kind of show, so I hope it grows on you. Bill - sorry about the MAC. I have emailed you separately about this so maybe you could let me know if I have been successful. Don - No, I don't USUALLY use a tripod, bad practise I know. I do have a carbonfibre model, which I still find too heavy to carry around when walking on hills for several miles. I know I should use it more often than I do, but I try to find rocks or fences on which to rest my elbows if light is a bit low. The lens I use is a VR model which helps. Mark and DaveG - valid comments regarding timing and fades which I am still aiming to get bang on. Mary - thanks for your comments. I do keep forgetting to put my name on the end credits. However, I have now created for myself a Check List of 'dos and don'ts' resulting from comments from Forum members. Now all I have to do is to remember to look at it. Off topic, I hope the skiing went well. DavyC - thanks as always. Don't know what I would do without your advice. Again, thanks to everyone for your comments. It all helps to try and improve. Maureen

A new slideshow on www.beechbrook.com with grateful thanks, as always, to Bill. Shorter than my usual ones. Just a few days out and about in the autumn. Maureen

Thanks, Anthony, for your comments. To be fair, it is such a remarkable environment that to take a bad picture would, I think, be difficult. As far as the length of a/vs is concerned, I believe it is felt that the attention span of the majority is not more than a few minutes. We have a 'Mini-A/V' night a couple of times a year at the Club at which I am a member and there they stipulate that the presentation should be no more than 4 minutes. I'm afraid as far as I'm concerned they have to take what they are given. LOL!! Maureen

Thanks, Mark. One of these days I WILL manage to keep it within 5 minutes. I've not done it yet! Maureen

Colin - to enable others to see the show at the size and quality you created it, go to Project Options > Screen > and tick the 'Fixed Size of Slide' box. This will prevent your pictures being stretched on larger monitors. Hope this helps. Maureen

Very, very nice, Andrew Maureen

Hi Davy - You really are the most prolific of a/v-ers. Another good one and how awful it would have been to destroy these photographs. Loved the music, too, which was just right - nice and gentle. Can I ask what it was please? BTW, hope you enjoy your 1920x1200. It really does make a difference. Maureen

Bill, as requested in your email, the link to the MAC version of Lakeland in Winter is below and hopefully correct this time. http://mediafire.com/?otqujxqmm05 If this doesn't work, please let me know. Maureen

Hi Dick - many thanks for the links. I have viewed them with great interest and have kept them for looking at again. It seems they went a month or so earlier than we did and probably weren't as lucky with the weather, although they did get some really beautiful light. The voyage through Drake's Passage looked interesting on that smaller boat; don't think I could have looked at a meal during that. We sailed through in a Force 10 but obviously had more stability, thank goodness. Those guys sure had some expensive gear - obviously real enthusiasts! Once again thanks and glad you enjoyed the show. Maureen

Davy - I want to say this on here but I will email you separately and more fully. I want to thank you for being so honest with me and pointing out the now so obvious flaws in my presentation, mainly in the quality of the music. I'm afraid I'm going to have to closet myself with the Sound Editing Tutorial and really try to improve my editing skills which, as we both agree, are not my strong point. A/V competitions leave me cold. Thanks again - you're a gem. Maureen

Thanks, Paul. Maureen

Hi Dave - glad you enjoyed the show and thank you for saying so. Yes, I do get around as I am all for doing what you can WHILE you can. Had a great many years staying at home but have certainly made up for it. Maureen

Thanks, Ken. Now I know how simple it is I will do it in future. Maureen

Bill - have managed (I hope) to create a MAC version. I was still on V5.6 of PTE so it involved a bit of head scratching until I downloaded V6. After that, it was a piece of cake! Perhaps you could let me know if it turns out okay, please. http://www.mediafire.com/?jj4mrmdm2nn Maureen

Guys, thanks to all of you who have passed comments. So pleased you enjoyed it as I certainly did making it, despite having to wear an extra 'woolly'. Maureen

Bill, if some kind person would tell me how to do a MAC I woould be only too pleased. I could then post it on the other Media website. Maureen

Ken - we started the trip in Puerto Williams, Chile and ended up in Ushuaia in Argentina. We were just coming into Ushuaia when I took the ship. Maureen

These pics have been lying around for the last three years doing nothing until I decided it was time to sort them out. The presentation is sized at 1920*1200; 32.8Mb; approx 65 slides and 7m48s. Probably a bit too long for some but it is such a spectacular environment and I took literally hundreds of pics. The hardest part was deciding what to leave out and maybe I, too, have been more than a little self-indulgent. However....... here they are. Maureen

Gosh, Bill, that was quick, and thank you for your comments. Maureen

Barry What a marvellous idea and so beautifully done, though I have to admit that I, too, like Dave, found myself trying to read the text and see the pics flying in at the same time. However, I just watched it through again - no hardship there. A stunning a/v. Maureen

Errr.... maybe I won't bother after all. My excuse? No demo. Guess you called my bluff! M

No need ever for you to throw the towel in. I could never match you for creativity or your other obvious (musical) talents. I could just about manage Braveheart with one finger on the piano, though. Then again, maybe not...... Maureen