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Hi,
John Howell who has managed the forum for years is getting on and wishes to retire from the role of managing it.
Over the years, he has managed the forum through good days and bad days and he has always been fair.
He has managed to bring his passion for fish keeping to the forum and keep it going for so long.
I wish to thank John for his hard work in keeping the forum going.
With John wishing to "retire" from the role of managing the forum and the forum receiving very little traffic, I think we must agree that forum has come to a natural conclusion and it's time to put it to rest.
I am proposing that the forum be made read-only from March 2022 onwards and that no new users or content be created. The website is still registered for several more years, so the content will still be accessible but no new topics or replies will be allowed.
If there is interest from the ITFS or other fish keeping clubs, we may redirect traffic to them or to a Facebook group but will not actively manage it.
I'd like to thank everyone over the years who helped with forum, posted a reply, started a new topic, ask a question and helped a newbie in fish keeping. And thank you to the sponsors who helped us along the away. Hopefully it made the hobby stronger.
I'd especially like to thank John Howell and Valerie Rousseau for all of their contributions, without them the forum would have never been has successful.
Thank you
Darragh Sherwin
Christmas/New Year Photocompetition announcement
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30 Dec 2010 23:14 #31
by Ma (mm mm)
Gerry The Chip wrote:
Come on lads less fghtin over who's camera is better,ha
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C'mon, its obvious, Ians:)
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01 Jan 2011 01:04 #32
by JohnH (John)
Sorry everyone,
I wasn't able to get entries re-posted today...we're trying a different hosting site which seems to give much better results than the 'new improved' Photobucket, we did a whole pile of experimenting last night and this is, I'm convinced, the 'way to go'.
The plan is to try to remedy the whole thing tomorrow and add the new entries.
All the very best to you all for 2011
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01 Jan 2011 01:25 #33
by Daragh_Owens (Daragh Owens)
Gerry The Chip wrote:
Come on lads less fghtin over who's camera is better,ha
Gerry
"Canon Cannon"
I could shoot your fish from here, or I could if I still had this:
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01 Jan 2011 01:37 #34
by JohnH (John)
Not sure about the lens, but that's a nice camera body, if ever I saw one.
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01 Jan 2011 01:47 - 01 Jan 2011 01:49 #35
by Ma (mm mm)
Thats a cannon alright Darragh. literally shoot the fish:) The Lens is an odd colour ain't it, sport sock white:laugh:
@Gerry, It was about pictures not cameras:)
@John, you dont mind me asking who the new photo host is?
Oh I wish I could go home and have a drink, here till 7 in the AM, knackered
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01 Jan 2011 01:57 - 02 Jan 2011 02:31 #36
by Daragh_Owens (Daragh Owens)
That Cannon was a "1D MkIIN" body, 1.6 extender, 2.0 extender and "L300mm f4 IS" lens with becomes f8 with the two extenders. Only good for shooting the moon with the aid of a concrete tripod!
Canon pro zoom lenses are white, marketing idea apparently, so you can see them at sports events!
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01 Jan 2011 02:01 #37
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Daragh_Owens wrote:
That Cannon was a "1D MkIIN" body, 1.6 extender, 2.0 extender and "L300mm f4 IS" lens with becomes f8 with the two extenders. Only good for shooting the moon with the aid of a concrete tripod!
Canon pro zoom lenses are white, marking idea apparently, so you can see them at sports events!
Daragh
Suppose you have some great shots taken with that monster you may show us one day?
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01 Jan 2011 02:13 #38
by Daragh_Owens (Daragh Owens)
Just the one I kept, it is not a practical set-up.
I am going off topic a bit, I might be the first ban of the New Year
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01 Jan 2011 03:22 #39
by Ma (mm mm)
Daragh_Owens wrote:
Just the one I kept, it is not a practical set-up.
I am going off topic a bit, I might be the first ban of the New Year
Daragh
Eh John, what do you reckon, a pass seeing as it is the new year.
Cool picture, not entirely off topic being a photo competition thread. You may even win:)
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01 Jan 2011 03:37 #40
by Daragh_Owens (Daragh Owens)
Mark. wrote:
Daragh_Owens wrote:
Just the one I kept, it is not a practical set-up.
I am going off topic a bit, I might be the first ban of the New Year
Daragh
Eh John, what do you reckon, a pass seeing as it is the new year.
Cool picture, not entirely off topic being a photo competition thread. You may even win:)
Mark
But that is a "fishy" entry.
And on that note I think I should leave....
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01 Jan 2011 03:59 #41
by Ma (mm mm)
Daragh_Owens wrote:
Mark. wrote:
Daragh_Owens wrote:
Just the one I kept, it is not a practical set-up.
I am going off topic a bit, I might be the first ban of the New Year
Daragh
Eh John, what do you reckon, a pass seeing as it is the new year.
Cool picture, not entirely off topic being a photo competition thread. You may even win:)
Mark
But that is a "fishy" entry.
And on that note I think I should leave....
It is way too early in the morning for those kind of jokes:laugh:
have a great 2011 and.. get some sleep.
3 Hours to go then home, yawwwwwnnnnnnnn.
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01 Jan 2011 09:36 - 01 Jan 2011 09:38 #42
by Puddlefish (Colin McCourt)
My Killifish pic is now out of focus!
or am I still looking through the bottom of a beer glass
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01 Jan 2011 13:03 #43
by JohnH (John)
Puddlefish wrote:
My Killifish pic is now out of focus!
or am I still looking through the bottom of a beer glass
I thought that was what you had as a camera lens!
;o)
I'm afraid all previously-entered pictures had to be re-sized and were degraded as a result.
Some time this afternoon should see a vast improvement all round.
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01 Jan 2011 14:39 - 01 Jan 2011 14:49 #44
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JohnH wrote:
Puddlefish wrote:
My Killifish pic is now out of focus!
or am I still looking through the bottom of a beer glass
I thought that was what you had as a camera lens!
;o)
I'm afraid all previously-entered pictures had to be re-sized and were degraded as a result.
Some time this afternoon should see a vast improvement all round.
John
I found Postimage.org great, lets you choose full size or select a screen size to resize pictures when uploading. Photobucket butchers photos unless you got a paid for account. Postimage images can be posted as thumbnails which link to the full size photo giving obviously the best representation of our photos to vote on, though camera quality will play a significant factor in deciding a winner.
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01 Jan 2011 18:11 #45
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01 Jan 2011 18:52 - 01 Jan 2011 18:59 #51
by JohnH (John)
Right,
Nearly done - I hope you'll agree that the second image of each of the ones 'modified' so far are improvements on the photobucket 'new and improved' service.
I have a couple more to do but anything subsequent not duplicated are entries received after we abandoned photobucket, using the new server.
John
ps.
If anyone's submission might not have appeared please re-send it to me since this has all become a little 'muddled' with the mess-up with photobucket.
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01 Jan 2011 23:58 - 02 Jan 2011 00:01 #52
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igmillichip wrote:
Mark. wrote:
igmillichip wrote:
JohnH wrote:
I have managed to re-size some of the images which had previously appeared a bit on the small size in order that all the entries look more or less the same size now.
John
What pixel or cm size would you recommend is submitted?
They get resized when uploaded to photobucket I think, so as long as the file size is 1MB or under it should be fine.
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Nope. Thr file size has no real bearing on the image size per se.
A 1 Meg file straight from my one camera (16-bit, 300 dpi) is an image about an inch long (and if scaled up to be seen on the forum would be seen as 20 big pixels!); a 1 meg file straight from my cheap compact (8-bit, 72 dpi) would be over 10 inches long.
It's to do with resolution and pixel proportions when scaling up or down.
ian
Ian,
Sorry for not replying to this sooner...with the new hosting site the maximum file size is 5mb, which gets reduced when they make it available for format use.
Hope this helps.
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02 Jan 2011 00:15 #53
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Just made it before the deadline!
Entry # 20
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02 Jan 2011 00:26 #54
by JohnH (John)
OK one and all.
Submissions over (unless something has arrived in my inbox before the deadline).
I'll send out the voting instructions in a few days - possibly even tomorrow! (Will wonders ever cease?).
I do regret the problems which the previous host site caused us and apologise for the hassle, but I'll get everything sorted properly before starting a new competition (this was very much an 'impromptu' affair).
Please don't vote until requested to do so as any votes arriving before the 'invitation' will not count.
Good luck to all entrants.
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04 Jan 2011 22:59 #55
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Right then...by now everyone who is going to will have looked at all 20 entries and will have decided which one they would like to vote for as their favourite. Because of my lack of understanding of the way the new Photo Host works I wasn't able to make all entries work in the same way so I would ask you to assess each entry as it appears on the Forum without clicking each to get it 'full sized' which doesn't happen with all twenty anyway. We need to work out the best way to make all entries 'uniform' in time for the next Competition but this will have to do for this time around.
So, firstly, please look at the rules for voting and send your vote to me in the form of a PM.
I would just remind everyone that the deal here is that no-one votes for their own entry and I will send out a reminder to all registered members to vote.
Voting will cease on Saturday at midnight and I will try to get the results ready in order to announce the result some time on Sunday.
Good luck to all who entered.
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09 Jan 2011 22:31 #58
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Should be interesting to see who wins this month so many great photos, Im gonna guess and say the lion fish...
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09 Jan 2011 22:40 #59
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I tinhk wel all know, two were standing out from the rest and one of them just pips it imo.
Cant say which ones yet, is voting window closed?
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09 Jan 2011 22:56 #60
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Mark,
The voting closed Midnight yesterday (Saturday) so speculate away - I'm just collating the votes now.
I'll give you a little clue - it wasn't #1 (my picture, which incidentally - and fully deserved - got not one vote (not for the first time)
Back presently.
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