Postcard Exchange Round 14 Results and Feedback ...

[rst]

And the sign up for the next round will start on September 1st.

ciao
-- Ruediger

Originally Posted by KPT

BWKate, David B,

Its to late for me, Im already addicted! Im searching through my fridge to see what film i have and im stomping my feet because of the cloudy and rainy day we are having here in Chicago. I guess i will be in rehab before the next round starts.

[Tim Gray]

I printed up 56 cards today (hope thats enough for my list!). I'll drop them in the mail on Monday. I ran out of Ilford pearl postcards about 35 in, so the rest are in glossy. I have to say that I think I finally made up my mind about preferring pearl more. Though the photos I printed on Iilford satin finish paper... mmm.

I'm also going to try *really* hard to comment on the cards I've already gotten.

[Jon King]

I finished printing mine today. I ended up printing in two sessions - for the second session I had a helper, my 9 year old son He ran the timer, changing the exposures for the yellow and magenta filters (split grade printing) as well as handling the prints through the stop bath and fixer. We've made a few prints before, but this was the first time he ever seriously helped in the dark room - 30 or so postcards tonight - talk about jumping straight into the deep end! I made a print with just the yellow filter and just the magenta filter to show him what each exposure did for the photo.

OK.. the happy/proud Dad moment over. My cards are done, and half addressed - they should be off on Monday. I fell far behind commenting on cards this round. I really enjoy seeing what other's reactions are to my prints, so I try to return the favor - I'll do better next round!

Jon (The Jon King who hasn't sent his cards out yet this round)

[Rob Skeoch]

I think the Canadian Post office printed the Karsh stamps just for this round of the post card exchange. LOL
-Rob

[Tim Gray]

Ooo, here's my feedback from round 14 so far.

Rob Skeoch - Great capture of the falls!

Cara Foster - Wonderful introduction to the exchange - what toning/developer did you use here?

PVia - Cool lowlight capture - I hope you were on a tripod for that shutter speed!

David Bram - awesome!

Mick Fagan - great clarity on the "Bathroom" picture.

Rachelle - Incredible! It's great to see HIE put to good use.

Black Dog - I really like the interplay of light and shadow on this one, especially with the tree in the background and the sun on the field.

Ritchie Thomson - great texture on the baboon's fur.

Darwin - I really like the cord hanging to the left of the cabinet.

Johnny Walker - nice shot of the boatbuilder

Adrian - great angle!

Warren Hinder - cool abstract of the tent

Heather Sullivan - I love the squid and the printing!

Lillian - wonderful photo and wonderful print. I really like this one.

Jon King - nice picture of the stones. Great textures.

Mark Fisher - Wow. I think I might frame this. Though my card does have a finger print on the edge

Ruediger - great detail in the bikes!

Mike Wilde - great picture, great story, great paper - it all works really well!

Buster6x6 - makes me want to get a Hasselblad!

Peter S. - interesting shot of the shacks.

Terry Strong - Cool shot of the haystacker and shack. Never seen one before.

rwyoung - I love hobo duckies

Randy Libersky - wonderful shot and print of the flowers - its a treat to see a nice print on old Azo.

Auke Drewitz - Also one of my favorites - I've never seen a salt print before! Nice Bleeding Heart stamp too - goes well with Randy's print.

Eric Mah - I love the fog and the dog!

[ozphoto]

Finally printed and labeled my postcards yesterday! 30 more on their way to all of you on my list. The ones I have received so far have been wonderful - hope mine live up to the quality of these.

Looking forward to the next round. :-)

- Nanette

[MattKing]

I've a question for participants in this and other exchanges.

Usually, when I comment on any of the prints I receive I refer to people by their APUG name, in case they prefer that their real name isn't used on the web.

I know that in many cases people on APUG disclose their actual names, either in posts, or by links to websites, but not everyone does so.

Am I being too careful? If I know someone's actual name because I received their name and address as part of the exchange, should I be using it in my comments?

Just wondering.

Matt

P.S. I finished printing today - just need to do all the rest to get them out!

[bdial]

My cards went into the post this weekend, if any don't make it, please let me know.

[Tim Gray]

Cards went out today!

[kraker]

My last set of cards went out today. Together with the batch I sent just before the weekend, they should all arrive within... within... well, anything between a few days and two weeks, depending on the willingness of all postal services inbetween. Let me know if you have or haven't received it. I have printed a few extra, just in case...