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31  Member Activities / Auctions and Sales for Fundraising / Re: 2012 Wildlife Calendar is now officially available for sale on: 27-Nov-11, 07:42:59 PM

Who are the people that were lucky enough to have their photos included?

Kris,

The photo credits are on the back cover of the calendar. I chose to not do a voting poll for the calendar. The selection process was one that I stole from the Kodak camera club in which anonymous submissions were rated on a 1-5 scale and in which people could not score their own submission (if applicable). This process seems to be fair for surfacing the pictures that merit the highest photographic appeal and helps avoid selection based on bias or popularity.

Some of the pictures that I received could not be used because they were nowhere close to the minimum specifications defined by Zazzle calendar. Again, my apologies for not communicating more closely with those who submitted those pictures. I will provide individual follow-up to you.

Lou
32  Member Activities / Auctions and Sales for Fundraising / 2012 Wildlife Calendar is now officially available for sale on: 27-Nov-11, 07:11:55 PM
The 2012 Wildlife calendar is now 'officially' for sale. Finally!  The lateness and the poor communication is all on my shoulders - I had the responsibility for the wildlife calendar and I had some personal things going on in my life that took me away from staying on top of this to the degree that I should have. My sincere apologies for this.

At any rate, I finally managed to coordinate the process enough to get a draft calendar out to the merchandising team for them to look at. They did find a couple of errors on the calendar and so I just now went in and fixed the errors. Note: If you ordered one using the link that had been posted, you will have to re-order because I deleted the draft calendar that someone discovered and provided the link to.

My sincere gratitude goes out to members who submitted pictures; all of you who have anxiously waited for something to materialize have been so gracious and patient. Luckily, I think we have plenty of time to order these as gifts to support rfalconcam.

Thanks,
Lou

P.S. Congrats to Patti in Kentucky for getting the highest scoring entry in the picture scoring process that I coordinated. I used her picture for the cover!

33  Member Activities / Auctions and Sales for Fundraising / Re: 2012 Calendars - Deadline for Pics is TODAY on: 21-Oct-11, 11:15:21 AM

Hello,

There's still a lot of members who I haven't received pictures from. Don't worry about the editing.. just find a picture that you like and send me the original, unedited file.

Thanks,
Lou
34  Member Activities / Auctions and Sales for Fundraising / Re: 2012 Calendars on: 17-Oct-11, 07:15:32 PM
UPDATE: Calendar submission extension

 good news

We are extending the deadline to submit pictures for the 2012 Wildlife Calendar!  The new deadline is Friday evening, October 21st. My computer is on the blink and I need to get it fixed!

 computer

Thanks,

Lou
35  Member Activities / Auctions and Sales for Fundraising / Re: 2012 Calendars on: 08-Oct-11, 02:33:01 PM
There's still lots of time to submit your wildlife pictures for the 2012 calendar, but I thought I'd send out a reminder because the weekend is here and it's a good time to go looking back for one of your favorites!

Lou

PS Just a reminder that we're looking for wildlife pictures without any hand of man element. In other words, the picture cannot contain anything that's made by us humans. Of course, you might be able to edit or crop out an element that is man made, so that's okay. It's just that the final image needs to exclude stuff like sidewalks, telephone pole wires, etc.

36  Member Activities / Auctions and Sales for Fundraising / Re: 2012 Calendars on: 05-Oct-11, 04:42:02 PM
I've received a few entries so far. Keep 'em coming.

I also want to offer my assistance for those who are struggling to get the picture to the needed specifications.  If you'd like me to do an edit of your picture, I would need the original, unedited picture file sent to me by Oct 10th. Just send it to me via email (ltcapuano@gmail.com). I'll make an attempt to crop the image, get it to the appropriate size, and do minor adjustments (brightness, contrast. sharpness) if you'd like. I'll send the edited picture back to you so you can submit it. Reminder: only one picture submission/person.

Note: If there are other folks on the board who want to offer their assistance as well, please post that here!

Thanks,
Lou
37  Member Activities / Auctions and Sales for Fundraising / Re: 2012 Calendars on: 03-Oct-11, 08:09:50 PM
One way to check pixel size and dpi is to simply go into explorer, find the file in your folder, and right click on the file name. Then, select 'Properties'. When the properties window opens, go to the 'Summary' tab and it should display your pixel width and length and your dpi resolution.

Your picture needs to be 2200 (width) x 1700 (length) pixels and the dpi needs to be at least 200 dpi. (DPI stands for 'dots per inch' and the calendar maker suggests that images be at least that to have a quality print.)

As far as getting the image to the needed specs, there's several ways to do it - it depends on your picture editing software. There are some free software packages out there to help. Here is a link to a site with a free editing tool that I have used:  http://www.irfanview.com/

Lou
38  Other Nature Related Information / Falcon Web Cams / Re: Buffalo Falcon News 2011 on: 26-Jun-11, 02:38:35 PM
Wow!  Very exciting day at Central Terminal!   Chessie, one of the two females,  had an accidental fledge incident.  She tried to fly but the extremely high winds caught her and sent her into a tree.  She was hung up in the branches, flapping around for over an hour while five watchers tried to locate her.  Con't HERE

Many many thanks to our dedicated Rochester friends, Carol P, Kathy O, Dana, Lou and Dan

Some pictures to go along with Sage's report..

http://tinyurl.com/3nw2ndy

Lou
39  Member Activities / Vacations and Holidays / Re: *Happy Memorial Day* on: 30-May-11, 08:59:53 AM
Happy Memorial Day

check out this little 7 year old singing the Star Spangled Banner

http://youtu.be/YrCvMTGs2u8

Lou
40  Anything Else / Totally OT / Another ROLF Dog Video on: 06-May-11, 09:35:00 PM

Crack me up!

http://youtu.be/nGeKSiCQkPw

Lou
41  Other Nature Related Information / General Nature Discussion / They're back on: 22-Apr-11, 05:48:56 PM
 happy

Lou
42  Rochester Falcons / Rochester Falcon Discussion / Re: Zephyr Picture on: 09-Apr-11, 12:07:14 PM
Those are beautiful pictures Smiley Someone once took the picture and blacked him out, making a card of it or something similar. I cant seem to find this picture! Smiley I'll patiently wait. Either version would do, although I would prefer the original if someone can find it. 2thumbsup

Perhaps one of these?

http://classic.kodakgallery.com/lou/falcons/2008_postcards

Lou
43  Other Nature Related Information / Raptor Web Cams / Re: Busy eagles building their nest: Decorah on: 04-Apr-11, 05:15:36 PM
Can anybody make out what the dead animal is that's on the nest now?

Lou

http://www.ustream.tv/decoraheagles
44  Rochester Falcons / Falcon Watches / Re: Falcon Watch 4/2 and 4/3 on: 04-Apr-11, 04:57:18 PM
Breath-taking shots, Lou.  I don't even know what else to say.   notworthy
 notworthy


Loved them. Is that the crow that crashed?

Yes. It crashed into the Wilder building. Amazing that it escaped with all of the railings and iron work of the fire escape and a falcon on its rear. The picture was taken after the crash. It's blurry, but I was happy to get both the falcon and the crow in the shot.

Lou
45  Member Activities / Auctions and Sales for Fundraising / Re: Announcing: New Products with our New Logo on: 03-Apr-11, 06:52:34 PM
Just a note to say that the embroidered Rfalconcam jacket is now available.  Just in time to order for your Spring falcon watching!! 

Lou
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