Hello Everyone,

We'll be travelling from Tangle Lakes, Alaska south to Valdez and then to Anchorage. Are there any specific photo locations or photo opps anyone can recommend? Our primary interests are landscapes and wildlife but we're not limited to those.

Thank you

So, I scanned my first batch of negatives. This is a 35mm frame on Tri-X. This was a train derailment in Kent, Ohio in the Spring of 1974. Scanned at 3200 dpi and brought back to life in Photoshop. Original was a bit underexposed and quite flat as the day was pretty overcast. It took several attempts before I figured out the process in VueScan, but, I'm pretty pleased with the result. Looks far better than any print I was ever able to make using the traditional wet process.

Note, I tried to upload the original file, but it wouldn't upload. I resized to a smaller size. Is there a maximum file size on UHH?

Howard

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If you buy the basic version (59.99), you get a year of free upgrades. The pro version (99.99) gets you free lifetime upgrades plus negative scanning capability.

Hello Hoggers,

I posted around 2 years ago whether it was worth dusting off my Canon 8400F scanner to try using with my Windows 10 computer and asked about programs like VueScan. As many of you are aware, Canon stopped supporting this scanner post-Windows 7 and there were no drivers available. As most of us on this forum are trending toward the old side, I expect no one to remember that post.

Fast forward to today. I have a scanning project coming up and figured I'd download the trial version of VueScan, dust off my 8400 (literally) and see what happens. I learned, when I logged onto the Hamrick website, that in the intervening 2 years they reverse-engineered a lot of old scanner drivers, including mine.

So, I downloaded, installed, and did a test scan. Wow! It was so fast and easy - much better than any prior scanning experience I've had. the resulting scan was very true to the original and I was quite pleased with the quality. Using their default settings, the scan was quite fast, too.

If any of you out there have been ruminating over whether to try VueScan to resurrect an old scanner, ruminate no more. This software is the real deal. I'm very pleased with the results and I couldn't get my credit card out of the wallet fast enough!

I hope my experience helps someone out there!

Howard

If you go to San Juan Island, off the coast of Washington (assuming you still go), there's a lighthouse (Lime Kiln Lighthouse) that has orcas that swim past pretty much every day.

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Great and somber photos. Personally, I've always found the Korean War memorial to be quite haunting.

Argentina uses the European standard while Brazil uses the US standard (at least in Rio de Janeiro). Can't speak for Chile.

Google photo.

So glad to see you're open to points of view that don't align with yours. Enjoy your life in Fantasyland.

Review of Fox News from MediaBiasFactCheck:

Fox News - Right Bias

These media sources are moderately to strongly biased toward conservative causes through story selection and/or political affiliation. They may utilize strong loaded words (wording that attempts to influence an audience by using appeal to emotion or stereotypes), publish misleading reports and omit reporting of information that may damage conservative causes. Some sources in this category may be untrustworthy. See all Right Bias sources.

Overall, we rate Fox News strongly Right-Biased due to wording and story selection that favors the right and Mixed factually based on poor sourcing and the spreading of conspiracy theories that later must be retracted after being widely shared.

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Not exactly fair and balanced.

From MediaBiasFactCheck:

NPR (National Public Radio) - Left Center Bias

These media sources have a slight to moderate liberal bias. They often publish factual information that utilizes loaded words (wording that attempts to influence an audience by using appeal to emotion or stereotypes) to favor liberal causes. These sources are generally trustworthy for information, but may require further investigation. See all Left-Center sources.

Overall, we rate NPR (National Public Radio) Left-Center Biased based on story selection that leans slightly left and Very High for factual reporting due to thorough sourcing and very accurate news reporting.

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PBS NewsHour - Left Center Biased

These media sources have a slight to moderate liberal bias. They often publish factual information that utilizes loaded words (wording that attempts to influence an audience by using appeal to emotion or stereotypes) to favor liberal causes. These sources are generally trustworthy for information, but may require further investigation. See all Left-Center sources.

Overall, we rate PBS NewsHour slightly Left-Center Biased based on story selection that slightly favors the left and Very High for factual reporting due to in-depth, well sourced information and a clean fact check record.

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New York Times - Left Center Bias
LEFT-CENTER BIAS

These media sources have a slight to moderate liberal bias. They often publish factual information that utilizes loaded words (wording that attempts to influence an audience by using appeal to emotion or stereotypes) to favor liberal causes. These sources are generally trustworthy for information, but may require further investigation. See all Left-Center sources.

Overall, we rate the New York Times Left-Center biased based on word and story selection that moderately favors the left, but highly factual and considered one of the most reliable sources for information due to proper sourcing and well respected journalists/editors.

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Washington Post - Left Center Bias

These media sources have a slight to moderate liberal bias. They often publish factual information that utilizes loaded words (wording that attempts to influence an audience by using appeal to emotion or stereotypes) to favor liberal causes. These sources are generally trustworthy for information, but may require further investigation. See all Left-Center sources.

Overall, we rate The Washington Post Left-Center biased due to story selection that favors the left and factually High due to the use of proper sources.

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Associated Press - Least Biased

These sources have minimal bias and use very few loaded words (wording that attempts to influence an audience by using appeal to emotion or stereotypes). The reporting is factual and usually sourced. These are the most credible media sources.

Overall, we rate the Associated Press Least Biased based on balanced story selection and High for factual reporting due to proper sourcing and a clean fact check record.

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LA Times (Los Angeles Times) - Left Center Bias

These media sources have a slight to moderate liberal bias. They often publish factual information that utilizes loaded words (wording that attempts to influence an audience by using appeal to emotion or stereotypes) to favor liberal causes. These sources are generally trustworthy for information, but may require further investigation. See all Left-Center sources.

Overall, we rate the LA Times, Left-Center Biased based on editorial positions that favor the left and High for factual reporting due to a clean fact check record.

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The Plain Dealer - Left Center Bias

These media sources have a slight to moderate liberal bias. They often publish factual information that utilizes loaded words (wording that attempts to influence an audience by using appeal to emotion or stereotypes) to favor liberal causes. These sources are generally trustworthy for information, but may require further investigation. See all Left-Center sources.

Factual Reporting: HIGH

Notes: The Plain Dealer is a newspaper from Cleveland, Ohio. The Plain Dealer is factual in reporting with a left-center editorial bias. (5/18/2016) Updated (D. Van Zandt 1/12/2017)

Source: http://www.cleveland.com/plaindealer/

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So while most of my sources are left/center (one is considered least biased), all are considered highly factual. Hardly left wing sources and certainly not "fake news".

If you send me your news sources, I'll run them through the same site to see where they fall.

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