The Weekend Hobby Thread

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One of my hobbies is hosting Sunday-Wednesday, The Overnight Open Thread. I normally lead with a photo. One of those photos was an inspiration to Duane who painted this and submitted to the almost world famous Weekend Hobby Thread.

I know it's an oil painting. Size? I'm not sure. Wonderful job Duane.

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I wish Aelishdad would have provided additional information about his photography and the trouble he is experiencing. Take a look at his photo below and his story. If there is anyone out there who can help out with this please feel free to comment or send me an email and I can pass along.

I use to be an avid photog. Not so much now. This was taken, July 1971 at or near the grand Canyon. You can see how it aged poorly, PaintShopPro has buttons that let you fix it. Only a few hundred left to do.
My nic is Aelishdad.

A few hundred? Beat's thousands. Hopefully you will be successful at this project.

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I had the pleasure to meet "f'd" at the TXMoMe last week. Besides great taste in Zappa music. He is quite the hobbyist. He submitted the following to us.

It's like a Hobby Feel Good Story of The Week.

Teen Car Photographer with Autism is Gifted RV by Retired Cameraman
A kindhearted photographer has gifted his recreational vehicle (RV) to a 14-year-old car photographer who has autism.

Retired lensman Scott Christenson gave his 1976 GMC motor home to Anthony Schmidt who takes incredible photos of model cars so that they look life-sized.

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What's happening in your hobby world? We would like to hear and share with The Horde. You can reach me at petmorons at gmail dot com.

Until the next time, have a good one.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at 04:30 PM

Comments

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1 Judging by the formatting maybe HTML should be your hobby?

JK

Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 29, 2022 05:47 PM (BFigT)

2 Different time zone
Welcome Hobbiests

Posted by: Skip at October 29, 2022 05:47 PM (xhxe8)

3 Was that a Lensman from an EE Doc Smith book?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 29, 2022 05:50 PM (63Dwl)

4 Great image and painting Duane.
I can't paint a room much less a piece of art like that.
Seethes with jealousy
/sarc.

Posted by: Winston, GOPe, not one dime, not one vote at October 29, 2022 05:51 PM (7rP4D)

5 That quote 1 left me wanting more.

Posted by: Chatterbox Mouse at October 29, 2022 05:52 PM (C1rbv)

6 I'd like to imagine Duane painted that with a four-inch brush.
Very nice.

Posted by: lowandslow at October 29, 2022 05:53 PM (qH6FZ)

7 I have painted and inked the last unit for my WWII US Marine 28mm Bolt Action Army today. It is the 37mm anti-tank gun and it is drying as we speak. I will flock the base tomorrow and that will be it, everything is pretty much done now.

Pretty sure I will add odds and ends along with some extra infantry figures to the army but the main force is complete and playable.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at October 29, 2022 05:53 PM (bVYXr)

8 https://tinyurl.com/mvxtnazwhat I have been working on last few weeks, vehicles to clutter up my war game troops
All are Prussian 1813 vehicles, front is supposed wagon loaded with sacks of flour I guess for the bakery. I had to make the oxen yoke. Middle is a forge wagon, I think the front is where charcoal would be fired up for the blacksmithing, last is another wagon, have crates but just primed them.
And the 2 men are blacksmithing, 1 with anvil I made a horse shoe, the other wasn't sure what but he is checking the fire for cooking

Posted by: Skip's phone at October 29, 2022 05:54 PM (xhxe8)

9 Great job on the painting, Duane.

Not that I'm jealous or anything. Nope. Not me. Uh-uh.

Posted by: JTB at October 29, 2022 05:54 PM (7EjX1)

10 Well done Duane

Posted by: 29Victor at October 29, 2022 05:55 PM (BJKQV)

11 Naked lady says - This is not a position where no trial is possible but a...
[falls though ceiling]

Posted by: John Bender at October 29, 2022 05:56 PM (6IF/7)

12 Fantastic job on the painting Duane

Posted by: Skip at October 29, 2022 05:56 PM (xhxe8)

13 https://tinyurl.com/mvxtnazd
Somehow missed a space, not hard as phone keyboard is tiny

Posted by: Skip's phone at October 29, 2022 05:58 PM (xhxe8)

14 waves to Mis Hum and the lovely Mrs. Mis Hum. Meeting you both was such a joy for me.

Posted by: Ben Had at October 29, 2022 05:59 PM (A+4GV)

15 Well now you guys know my first name, Actually this was just a small quick 8x10 study I did in a few hours because I had never done a landscape before. I had sent it to MH along with a bigger project I did of an ONT photo of two fishermen . Maybe MH will post that one day.

Posted by: polynikes at October 29, 2022 06:03 PM (JFJ0Q)

16 This place does not lack for talent and creativity.

Posted by: Ben Had at October 29, 2022 06:03 PM (A+4GV)

17 Aelish, I would ask how you had the photos stored?

Posted by: Ben Had at October 29, 2022 06:05 PM (A+4GV)

18 Polynikes, I'm getting through a bunch of correspondence and will get Hrothgar's info to you soon.

Posted by: Ben Had at October 29, 2022 06:08 PM (A+4GV)

19 hiya

Posted by: JT at October 29, 2022 06:09 PM (T4tVD)

20 That's one thing that made Kodachrome film an industry standard. I've a whole trunkful of vintage red border slides from the 50s thru the 70s. I need to go through them and get them digitized. Very nicely composed shots, they look like travel magazine covers. Rich vibrant colors.

Posted by: Common Tater at October 29, 2022 06:09 PM (K1QfJ)

21 Polynikes - Everyone knows mine

Posted by: Skip at October 29, 2022 06:09 PM (xhxe8)

22 Posted by: polynikes at October 29, 2022 06:03 PM (JFJ0Q)

I guess you used traditional paints. What brushes did you use? What type of strokes on the evergreens? Nice work.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 29, 2022 06:09 PM (7bRMQ)

23 Polynikes, I'm getting through a bunch of correspondence and will get Hrothgar's info to you soon.
Posted by: Ben Had at October 29, 2022 06:08 PM (A+4GV)

No problem. If anyone would like a print of that painting let me know.

Posted by: polynikes at October 29, 2022 06:10 PM (JFJ0Q)

24 Drawing as a hobby is of more and more interest. It helps that I see improvement in my attempts. (That doesn't make them good, just better.)

Part of the fun is looking around the house for things to sketch. They might be greeting or holiday cards, figurines we've acquired over the years, photos of past pets, an old woven Easter basket, an interesting chunk of driftwood we picked up somewhere.

Posted by: JTB at October 29, 2022 06:11 PM (7EjX1)

25 No problem. If anyone would like a print of that painting let me know.
Posted by: polynikes at October 29, 2022 06:10 PM (JFJ0Q)

By 'that painting' I mean the Moron Still Life.

Posted by: polynikes at October 29, 2022 06:12 PM (JFJ0Q)

26
Last year I bought my very first granddaughter a set of HO trains for her birthday. She was three years old but trains are pretty much timeless starting about that age. This year my son and his wife get to provide 'quality time' with her when she receives an intricate set of DIY mountains, trees, and scenery for her HO platform with not just 'some assembly involved' but a whole lot of mixing, plastering, tunneling, assembly and painting involved. It's gonna take them forever.

Hopefully the parental units will rise to the occasion and I'll post a picture of their new hobby. Sometime around August when they're halfway finished.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at October 29, 2022 06:13 PM (y3pKJ)

27 Your hobby certainly isn't music appreciation.

Posted by: Scoundrel what found the last refuge. at October 29, 2022 06:14 PM (tF/Gf)

28 Polynikes graciously donated his "Moron Still Life" painting to the TXMoMe for a door prize and Hrothgar was the very luck recipient.

Posted by: Ben Had at October 29, 2022 06:15 PM (A+4GV)

29 Isn't it Boswell that does the wonderful drawings?

Posted by: Infidel at October 29, 2022 06:15 PM (Ur3ox)

30 Infidel, yes it is.

Posted by: Ben Had at October 29, 2022 06:17 PM (A+4GV)

31 Next week at this time I should be at Fall In wargaming convention at Lancaster Pa. Can't wait.
Hardly gets more hobby than that, playing against real people.
Have signed up for a Napoleonic era game but they have every scale and era. Even saw a War of Oz game.

Posted by: Skip at October 29, 2022 06:18 PM (xhxe8)

32 MisHum wondering what you thought of Boswell's picture of you ?

Posted by: Skip at October 29, 2022 06:19 PM (xhxe8)

33 I have my first cabinet build half finished. The carcas boxes are made for an 8 foot section of top and bottom cabinets. No plans.

Posted by: Jimco Industries at October 29, 2022 06:20 PM (m7MPI)

34 OT I need Covid advice. KTE has it since last Saturday. I'm giving her the horse paste. She's still coughing a lot, specially when she tries to sleep. Low fever. Any suggestions for the cough?
I find the horse paste measurements a bit confusing - maybe I should increase the dose?
(She's the dumdum who got a booster some months ago.
She's also high risk coz overweight with thyroid issues.)

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at October 29, 2022 06:21 PM (5rCWs)

35 I guess you used traditional paints. What brushes did you use? What type of strokes on the evergreens? Nice work.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 29, 2022 06:09 PM (7bRMQ)

Winsor and Newton oil paints. I'm totally self taught so my brushes and strokes are likely contrary to what is taught. I use an angled brush (various sizes) for just about every subject. I'm trying to get better at using a filbert.

Posted by: polynikes at October 29, 2022 06:21 PM (JFJ0Q)

36 JTB, things came into better perspective for me when I could break everything into it's geometrical component and then find the way to sharpen or smooth out those lines.

Posted by: Ben Had at October 29, 2022 06:21 PM (A+4GV)

37 "Retired lensman Scott Christenson ..."

huh? Lensmen don't retire!
A Lensman always goes forward!

(it's a day for old sci-fi tropes, what can I say ?)

Posted by: sock_rat_eez - we are being gaslighted 24/365 at October 29, 2022 06:22 PM (+BsyR)

38
That's one thing that made Kodachrome film an industry standard. I've a whole trunkful of vintage red border slides from the 50s thru the 70s. I need to go through them and get them digitized. Very nicely composed shots, they look like travel magazine covers. Rich vibrant colors.

Posted by: Common Tater at October 29, 2022 06:09 PM

When Covid first kicked in I bought a digitizer. What I found interesting is that I always paid for Kodak processing over a 50 year period. I shot both negatives and slides. The slides are perfect, while the negatives have a very perceptible yellow shift which can be pretty much 'fixed' in Photoshop. The negs and slides I processed myself over decades are perfect.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at October 29, 2022 06:22 PM (y3pKJ)

39 vmom, what dosage are you using?

Posted by: Ben Had at October 29, 2022 06:23 PM (A+4GV)

40 For me, the thing that has worked pretty well for a cough that comes with any flu is mucinex DM, available OTC.

Posted by: Tom Servo at October 29, 2022 06:24 PM (r46W7)

41 Next week at this time I should be at Fall In wargaming convention at Lancaster Pa. Can't wait.
Hardly gets more hobby than that, playing against real people.
Have signed up for a Napoleonic era game but they have every scale and era. Even saw a War of Oz game.

Posted by: Skip at October 29, 2022 06:18 PM

I never missed a Historicon, Fall In or Cold Wars convention when we lived in Connecticut. Flames of War was my main historical game for over 15 years along with some SAGA.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at October 29, 2022 06:24 PM (bVYXr)

42 Wow, what a talent you are, Duane. That's a great painting.

Posted by: Lady in Black at October 29, 2022 06:24 PM (sVtYq)

43 Did some major bodging today. What do you do when you need a 25mm wrench and the closest you have is 1 and 7/16? Shim it!
Maybe that inner tie rod end won't come off again now.

Posted by: fd at October 29, 2022 06:25 PM (sn5EN)

44 OT I need Covid advice. KTE has it since last Saturday. I'm giving her the horse paste. She's still coughing a lot, specially when she tries to sleep. Low fever. Any suggestions for the cough?

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Vmom, ACV in a little water works miracles for me for coughs. Adding a bit of honey doesn't hurt either.

Posted by: Lady in Black at October 29, 2022 06:26 PM (sVtYq)

45 What a pleasure to meet MisHum and Mrs MisHum too. That was totally unexpected!

That kid's pictures of model cars are amazing. He has a web site that sells prints and other stuff.

Posted by: fd at October 29, 2022 06:28 PM (sn5EN)

46 Winsor and Newton oil paints. I'm totally self taught so my brushes and strokes are likely contrary to what is taught. I use an angled brush (various sizes) for just about every subject. I'm trying to get better at using a filbert.

Posted by: polynikes at October 29, 2022 06:21 PM (JFJ0Q)

Have you ever used a fan brush? It almost looks like you did on the evergreens, especially the distant ones. They look fine and realistic.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 29, 2022 06:29 PM (7bRMQ)

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Any suggestions for the cough?

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at October 29, 2022 06:21 PM

My wife was an early sufferer of covid in 2019. Dry cough, MRI showed 'ground glass' abnormalities. She used Chamomile flowers with Eucalyptus oil as an inhalation therapy. It's just treating the symptoms, not a cure.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at October 29, 2022 06:29 PM (y3pKJ)

48 Great job Duane!! Looks beautiful!

Posted by: jewells45 fuck cancer at October 29, 2022 06:30 PM (nxdel)

49 fd, I'll take what is a crescent wrench for 100! Just kidding.

Posted by: Ben Had at October 29, 2022 06:30 PM (A+4GV)

50 mucinex DM, works for me

Posted by: Braenyard, _ want nuremberg trials? badger your congressman at October 29, 2022 06:32 PM (MxRrv)

51 39 vmom, what dosage are you using?
Posted by: Ben Had

I'm trying to go by the pounds in the pushy thing it comes in, but it's marked per 250 lbs so there is some guesswork. It's Zimecterin

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at October 29, 2022 06:32 PM (5rCWs)

52 Vmom, ACV in a little water works miracles for me for coughs. Adding a bit of honey doesn't hurt either.
Posted by: Lady in Black

I'll see if I can make her take that.
Were you taking it before bed or any time?

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at October 29, 2022 06:34 PM (5rCWs)

53 OT I need Covid advice. KTE has it since last Saturday. I'm giving her the horse paste. She's still coughing a lot, specially when she tries to sleep. Low fever. Any suggestions for the cough?
I find the horse paste measurements a bit confusing - maybe I should increase the dose?
(She's the dumdum who got a booster some months ago.
She's also high risk coz overweight with thyroid issues.)
Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at October 29, 2022 06:21 PM (5rCWs)

I have had persistent coughs after a fever since the early 90s, long after the original cause is gone. I use cinnamon hard candy as a cough suppressant and it lasts longer than the candy does. You can get Brachs at Amazon or store brand occasionally at groceries.

Discovered the cure when I had it on a vacation and after using up cough syrup without effect just ate the hard candy I had bought in a store on a lark.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 29, 2022 06:34 PM (eoQWY)

54
Having accepted Jim SND's challenge to come up with a classical music greatest hits playlist. He said about 50 pieces, I thought it might be 100 but having scoured my brain (such as it is) for every piece I might have heard on a commercial, program, movie, cartoon or known through sheer ubiquity, it will be closer to 200.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 29, 2022 06:34 PM (1Nxff)

55 A crescent wrench would have worked but I couldn't get one in there. The wrench I used was one that had been shortened by cutting it in half.

Like I said, it was a major bodge. It only has to hold together for two more events and then I am going to put a stronger rack in there.

Posted by: fd at October 29, 2022 06:34 PM (sn5EN)

56 I think we have mucinex dm, thanks

Also I have some essential oils - probably have eucalyptus

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at October 29, 2022 06:34 PM (5rCWs)

57 Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at October 29, 2022 06:21 PM (5rCWs)

Sorry, no Chinese Lung Rot advice, vmom. The neighbor moved away today. I have four fantasy books.

Paperback of lion, witch, wardrobe. The Warlock Heretical by Christopher Stasheff. Merlin, by Stephen Lawhead: Book 2 of the Pendragon Cycle. And a hardback, Dragonwyck, by Anya Seton. That's all the fantasy books she had. If you're interested, my nic plus at cox dot net is email. I'll post info tomorrow on the book thread if you don't respond or want. Recycle bin if no one wants them. I'm not interested in fantasy.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 29, 2022 06:36 PM (7bRMQ)

58 It's amazing how your brain can hold so many songs. It doesn't seem to work that way with most other things.

Posted by: fd at October 29, 2022 06:36 PM (sn5EN)

59 Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion

Is the coughing associated with post nasal drip?
If so I used OTC chlorpheniramine maleate 4mg/4hr to dry it up. They make 12hr Chlor-Trimeton which costs more but worth it if you want to sleep and not wake up coughing ( I found the generic 12hr only on amazon.)

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at October 29, 2022 06:36 PM (BRjsq)

60 Emailing you OrangeEnt

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at October 29, 2022 06:36 PM (5rCWs)

61 Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 29, 2022 06:29 PM (7bRMQ)

Not a fan of the fan brush😀.

I use it mostly, if at all , for blending.

I did cut one down that I intend to use for grasses when I do a landscape. Again this was just a small landscape study to hash out hazards and mistakes before I do one for real.

Posted by: polynikes at October 29, 2022 06:38 PM (JFJ0Q)

62 Discovered the cure when I had it on a vacation and after using up cough syrup without effect just ate the hard candy I had bought in a store on a lark.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 29, 2022 06:34 PM (eoQWY)

Ha! I never use cough drops or lozenges for sore throats either. Jolly ranchers.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 29, 2022 06:39 PM (7bRMQ)

63 Kudos for the painting of the photograph!

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at October 29, 2022 06:40 PM (BRjsq)

64
'Smith Brothers' cough drops were my favorite candy when I was young. Never had a cough, just liked the taste of them.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at October 29, 2022 06:42 PM (y3pKJ)

65 Not a fan of the fan brush😀.

I use it mostly, if at all , for blending.

I did cut one down that I intend to use for grasses when I do a landscape. Again this was just a small landscape study to hash out hazards and mistakes before I do one for real.

Posted by: polynikes at October 29, 2022 06:38 PM (JFJ0Q)

Yeah, it can make smiley faces when you're not careful. For grass fields, a rougher cut brush, even a one inch, can give a nice effect.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 29, 2022 06:43 PM (7bRMQ)

66 vmom, so we are clear- you are using Zimectrin and not Zimectrin Gold?

What weight are we talking about?

Posted by: Ben Had at October 29, 2022 06:43 PM (A+4GV)

67 Asbergers folk can be the most talented aggravating people you ever meet.

Posted by: Eromero at October 29, 2022 06:44 PM (/RDPd)

68 Nebulizer with saline solution. It helps a lot with the cough.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at October 29, 2022 06:45 PM (uz3Px)

69 36 ... Ben Had,

I've started trying that method and it helps. I came across a video lesson that is similar: roughly block out the major areas to establish perspective and shading values. Then smooth things and add details based on the blocking.

This is all so new to me. (Should have started 50 or 60 years ago.) The combination of seeing, and appreciating, what is in front of me and learning to translate that to paper is enthralling. I'm at the point where if the sketch is recognizable as related to the subject, it's a win.

Posted by: JTB at October 29, 2022 06:45 PM (7EjX1)

70 What 3D printing can bring to the model airplane world.

Twin .30 cal machine guns found in the Dauntless dive bomber from the late -3 to the last -6 version. Scan from the Squadron SBD Dauntless in Action book.
https://tinyurl.com/theunpyx

3D printed twin .30 cal machine guns:
https://tinyurl.com/ye224b57

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 29, 2022 06:47 PM (156PS)

71 The 3D print is beautiful art too.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at October 29, 2022 06:49 PM (BRjsq)

72 I'm about to make a bacon cheeseburger with precooked bacon. That's my hobby.

Posted by: That NLurker guy at October 29, 2022 06:49 PM (eGTCV)

73 Anna that is a amazing copy

Posted by: Skip at October 29, 2022 06:50 PM (xhxe8)

74 Willowed: 150 I've nicknamed Stirling "the Duke of Vicksburg," since that was the location of the shelter he grew up in.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, dreaming of Elsewhere at October 29, 2022
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There was a Confederate General Stirling Price who at least passed through Vicksburg a few times.
Posted by: Oldcat at October 29, 2022

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That was the name of the cat in the original True Grit; maybe I was thinking of that!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, dreaming of Elsewhere at October 29, 2022 06:50 PM (c6xtn)

75 I'm about to go get a slice of shoo-fly pie,
from grocery store this afternoon

Posted by: Skip at October 29, 2022 06:51 PM (xhxe8)

76 I filled Mis Hums mail box with all my recent paintings so I think I confused him with who was submitting what. I don't know why I'm having a problem getting them all on a website. I tried photobucket and the.found out after I had downloaded my stuff that the plan I was in didn't include the link option. I decided I'm just going to get my own website through Go Daddy.

Posted by: polynikes at October 29, 2022 06:52 PM (JFJ0Q)

77 AZ deplorable moron, that's claritin, right? She has zyrtec - will check if she's taking it.

Oldcat thanks for the tip about cinnamon hard candy

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at October 29, 2022 06:53 PM (5rCWs)

78 JTB, when I had trouble with faces I would draw my figures from the back or side, imagine the face and keep that mental picture in my head. It became like having a mental photo to work from.

Posted by: Ben Had at October 29, 2022 06:53 PM (A+4GV)

79 I'd like to learn how to do cartoon images for my children's book.

Posted by: That NLurker guy at October 29, 2022 06:54 PM (eGTCV)

80 I filled Mis Hums mail box with all my recent paintings so I think I confused him with who was submitting what. I don't know why I'm having a problem getting them all on a website. I tried photobucket and the.found out after I had downloaded my stuff that the plan I was in didn't include the link option. I decided I'm just going to get my own website through Go Daddy.

Posted by: polynikes at October 29, 2022 06:52 PM (JFJ0Q)

blogging software is usually pretty good about hosting images and giving usable links for it. I used Wordpress when I blogged.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 29, 2022 06:56 PM (eoQWY)

81 It's amazing how your brain can hold so many songs. It doesn't seem to work that way with most other things.
Posted by: fd
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As my BIL says, 'My memory is fine, it's my recollection that isn't working so well.'

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 29, 2022 06:56 PM (MMzVU)

82 66 vmom, so we are clear- you are using Zimectrin and not Zimectrin Gold?

What weight are we talking about?
Posted by: Ben Had
Yes, Zimecterin (not Gold)
I am thinking of going to tractor supply and buying the liquid injectable tomorrow
Durvet Ivermectin Injection 1% Sterile Solution

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at October 29, 2022 06:57 PM (5rCWs)

83 AZ deplorable moron, that's claritin, right? She has zyrtec - will check if she's taking it.
Posted by: vmom

Chlor-Trimeton is different (the other name is the generic).
It is an *old* antihistamine, the only one that works for me. The 4mg/4h generic is cheap like me.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at October 29, 2022 06:58 PM (BRjsq)

84 Here's a new bodging request.

I've got a lifetime of 35mm experience, including three years of Occupational Photography in my H.S. days. Can run a Minox to a full-on View Camera, with rise, falls, tilt, swing, etc. Knowledge of photography is *not* lacking. Knowledge of Digital Post Processing though, is completely lacking. I won't $hell out for P-shop, but I understand that Lightroom does a credible job?

What I need is a mentor. Someone who can deduce the skills I'll most likely need, and avoid wasting time on chapters from which I'd likely not benefit. (I won't need much psychedelic effects, for example.) Just lighting, shading, color correction and other Photo 101 stuff. But in the computer, not under the enlarger.

I'm shooting a Nikon Df, and recording images in RAW/JPEG format. Huge files, but all the data is there to work with.

Any input is welcomed!

Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

Posted by: Jim at October 29, 2022 06:58 PM (e6UQI)

85 Posted by: JTB at October 29, 2022 06:45 PM (7EjX1)

That's the way you should draw but I'm a literal drawer. I draw the shape I see. I really need to try the 'correct' way.

Posted by: polynikes at October 29, 2022 06:58 PM (JFJ0Q)

86 81 Mike Hammer,

Midheimers is great, I relearn new things every day.

Posted by: Sven at October 29, 2022 06:58 PM (Lzpvj)

87 I'll see if I can make her take that.
Were you taking it before bed or any time?

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When I have a serious cough, it tends to get super bad when I go to bed. Laying down aggravates it. I take it at night, but it could work anytime. I use Bragg's. I'm serious, it works wonders for me.

Posted by: Lady in Black at October 29, 2022 06:59 PM (sVtYq)

88 84 Jim,

I'd suggest the D 850, it is a digital that acts like a 35mm.

Posted by: Sven at October 29, 2022 07:00 PM (Lzpvj)

89
Midheimers is great, I relearn new things every day.
Posted by: Sven
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Damn, it's annoying, though.

*I know this...I know that I know this, why the hell can't I recall (whatever)...*

[ 2 hours later while driving]

Ah! That's it!

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 29, 2022 07:03 PM (2eKfM)

90 I re-arranged my freezer compartment to fit some new special buys on meats. Got it all in except for the last 3lb roll of 80/20. I guess the oldest one comes out to thaw and eat and the newest one rotates in to freeze.

Stocking up on available food specials is my new hobby now. At least this one doesn't grow hair on my palms.

Posted by: Count de Monet at October 29, 2022 07:03 PM (4I/2K)

91 If there is anyone out there who can help out with this please feel free to comment or send me an email and I can pass along.

This is re: "deaging" photos.

If the workflow has settings/values that work for all, or even many/most photos, it might be worth a months subscription to Photoshop and write a script (not that hard, at least when I did it quite a few versions ago) to batch process.

So, you apply some settings and bam, all the photos are (hopefully) fixed. Then, you review and put the ones not quite right (original, not the near-miss corrected) in a folder and play with the settings on one of them.

Keep doing this until either you get to under 2 or so, or (worst case) whenever you do the batch, only the one you used for figuring out the settings is fixed.

My guess is most of your time early on will be spent reviewing/grading after processing a batch and later it will be tweaking (not the meth kind!). Maybe, once you get to a couple dozen that still need fixed, just hand tune each of those.

Posted by: Iron Mike Golf at October 29, 2022 07:04 PM (8C7+r)

92 Taylor Lorenz is trying to contact "Rahul Ligma" to interview about Elon Musk firing people. People aren't sure if she flat-out didn't get the joke or if she wants to dox the pranksters.

Posted by: Ian S. at October 29, 2022 07:05 PM (zm+d5)

93 90 I re-arranged my freezer compartment to fit some new special buys on meats. Got it all in except for the last 3lb roll of 80/20. I guess the oldest one comes out to thaw and eat and the newest one rotates in to freeze.

Stocking up on available food specials is my new hobby now. At least this one doesn't grow hair on my palms.
Posted by: Count de Monet at October 29, 2022 07:03 PM (4I/2K)

Looks like chili's back on the menu, boys!

Posted by: Iron Mike Golf at October 29, 2022 07:05 PM (8C7+r)

94 polynikes, don't mess with success. What you are doing is working so well.

Posted by: Ben Had at October 29, 2022 07:06 PM (A+4GV)

95 Keep doing this until either you get to under 2 or so

Adjust fire. Add 22.

Meaning, you get to under 2 dozen

Posted by: Iron Mike Golf at October 29, 2022 07:06 PM (8C7+r)

96 ..I'd suggest the D 850, it is a digital that acts like a 35mm. Posted by: Sven at October 29, 2022 07:00 PM (Lzpvj)

Sven, go look up the Nikon Df. The top and front controls are about 90% perfect replicas of a 1980s Nikon FE or FM. It even looks like one. All of the digital magic is on the back of the camera. So, all of my muscle memory from F2a & FE bodies clicks right in, and I can run the camera.

Running the camera is not the problem though. Post processing in a computer, that'll be an entirely new world to me.

Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

Posted by: Jim at October 29, 2022 07:09 PM (e6UQI)

97 Posted by: Lady in Black at October 29, 2022 06:59 PM (sVtYq)

So is like a teaspoon of acv in a cup of (warm?) water?

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at October 29, 2022 07:11 PM (5rCWs)

98 Running the camera is not the problem though. Post processing in a computer, that'll be an entirely new world to me.

Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at October 29, 2022 07:09 PM (e6UQI)

There are on-line classes on Lightroom.

Posted by: polynikes at October 29, 2022 07:14 PM (JFJ0Q)

99 Just carved out my pumpkin. I cut a big hole in back to access the guts, liked the "howling, gaping maw of hell" aspect, and now it's going to be the front, with the addition of eyes and teeth made from wooden tasting spoons.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at October 29, 2022 07:15 PM (Dc2NZ)

100 For = on

Posted by: polynikes at October 29, 2022 07:15 PM (JFJ0Q)

101 Way to go Duane.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 29, 2022 07:17 PM (cPkwS)

102 One thing I learned recently when sketching is not to make things too small. This should have been obvious but I started just using small sketchbooks so as not to 'waste' paper. (Yes, I can be stupidly frugal.) I resurrected some newsprint pads, about 17 x 24 inches and 50 lb. weight, I had forgotten about. It's suitable for dry materials and has enough texture for pastels, Conte crayons, charcoal, and colored pencils. And the stuff is inexpensive. Instead of trying to put loads of detail in a tiny space, which is beyond me, I'll use as much space as I want. If I'm trying to draw an eye and it takes up a square foot, that's fine. Using a slanted surface and looser arm motions makes a bigger difference than expected.

So much to learn. Fine detail can come along later.

Posted by: JTB at October 29, 2022 07:20 PM (7EjX1)

103 I think I like the painting more than the photo. Nice job.

Posted by: Infidel at October 29, 2022 07:20 PM (Ur3ox)

104 Just carved out my pumpkin. I cut a big hole in back to access the guts, liked the "howling, gaping maw of hell" aspect, and now it's going to be the front, with the addition of eyes and teeth made from wooden tasting spoons.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at October 29, 2022 07:15 PM

Pro Tip.....it's never a good idea to solve puzzles or do other things that open the gates of hell. Just sayin......

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at October 29, 2022 07:20 PM (bVYXr)

105 ..There are on-line classes on Lightroom.
Posted by: polynikes at October 29, 2022 07:14 PM (JFJ0Q)

This I did not know! Thanks! I really miss the olde dayes of the Nikon School. Eighteen wheel rigs with trailers fitted out as photo classrooms, with a lot of neat Nikon toys to play with, and some of the best photo instructors to be found.

You brought your own rig, but could use whatever lenses or accessories they had, and you got taught to USE that gear to great effect. Damn few have the coin to have bought a Nikkor 8mm fisheye, but it was sure fun to bang out a few frames with theirs mounted on my F2a. And, etc.

I miss the film & darkroom days, but must adapt.

Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

Posted by: Jim at October 29, 2022 07:20 PM (e6UQI)

106 The most difficult part of oil painting for me is color mixing. Trying to get the right color by mixing only primary and secondary colors together is in itself an art.

Posted by: polynikes at October 29, 2022 07:23 PM (JFJ0Q)

107 96 Jim,

Eh like most things it takes good old trial and error, I do some video editing at work. In essence, you can pay to get access to the Adobe tools or you can use windows proprietary stuff. Me I have on of our editorial staff do it as much as possible.

The main thing would be getting some mid quality snaps and broll and just doing it.

Posted by: Sven at October 29, 2022 07:25 PM (Lzpvj)

108 Pro Tip.....it's never a good idea to solve puzzles or do other things that open the gates of hell. Just sayin......
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at October 29, 2022 07:20 PM (bVYXr)
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Pfffft. I asked my Ouija board daemon and he said it was fine!

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at October 29, 2022 07:26 PM (Dc2NZ)

109 Pro Tip.....it's never a good idea to solve puzzles or do other things that open the gates of hell. Just sayin......
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at October 29, 2022 07:20 PM (bVYXr)
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Pfffft. I asked my Ouija board daemon and he said it was fine!
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at October 29, 2022 07:26 PM (Dc2NZ)

I concur. This is fine.

Posted by: Refrigerator Zuul at October 29, 2022 07:27 PM (4I/2K)

110 85 ... "I'm a literal drawer. I draw the shape I see. I really need to try the 'correct' way."

polynikes,

I started out that way but the results were so random, sometimes bizarre, I looked for a more structured approach. When talent, like yours, is lacking, technique helps.

Posted by: JTB at October 29, 2022 07:27 PM (7EjX1)

111 I think I like the painting more than the photo. Nice job.
Posted by: Infidel at October 29, 2022 07:20 PM (Ur3ox)

That's too kind. Thanks guys for your positive comments. I sent Mis Hum photos of my collection of abstract paintings also. That's the moron comments that I would look forward too . I can take it😀.

Posted by: polynikes at October 29, 2022 07:29 PM (JFJ0Q)

112 doesn't look right

Posted by: DB at October 29, 2022 07:29 PM (geLO8)

113 Email sent, if you're still here, VMom!

Thanks for the thread, MisHum. Gotta go.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 29, 2022 07:29 PM (7bRMQ)

114 Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 29, 2022 07:29 PM (7bRMQ)

Thanks for your tips.

Posted by: polynikes at October 29, 2022 07:32 PM (JFJ0Q)

115 I find the horse paste measurements a bit confusing - maybe I should increase the dose?
(She's the dumdum who got a booster some months ago.
She's also high risk coz overweight with thyroid issues.)
Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at October 29, 2022 06:21 PM (5rCWs)

Try to bump it up a touch.

It's incredibly hard to OD on the stuff. You'd need to ingest 41 tubes of the stuff to hit LD50.

Posted by: browndog Official Mascot of Team Gizzard at October 29, 2022 07:34 PM (BgMrQ)

116 Thanks for your tips.

Posted by: polynikes at October 29, 2022 07:32 PM (JFJ0Q)

One last tip, try other colors instead of mixing. You can find some good ones, sometimes better than mixing and getting monochrome look and shades. Keep painting.

Now, really out....

Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 29, 2022 07:34 PM (7bRMQ)

117 106 ... "The most difficult part of oil painting for me is color mixing. Trying to get the right color by mixing only primary and secondary colors together is in itself an art."

Ain't that the truth. My attempts at mixing and blending colors with colored pencils have been the stuff of comedy. But I've seen demonstrations where a portrait or still life were accomplished with just three colors, so it can be done.

Posted by: JTB at October 29, 2022 07:35 PM (7EjX1)

118 Woodcuts only require one color. Just sayin'

Posted by: Albrecht Durer at October 29, 2022 07:36 PM (oqrJk)

119 And you apply it with a roller!

Posted by: Albrecht Durer at October 29, 2022 07:36 PM (oqrJk)

120 Hobby stuff, building an 18 inch by 48 inch by 36 inch tall ironing table for an older lady who saw something like it and wanted one. Need to get a 1x4 and some adjustable feet and then it's all over but the sanding and covering.

Posted by: Blanco Basura - moronhorde.com - Email for morons. at October 29, 2022 07:38 PM (Bd6X8)

121 Qatar 'EVICT thousands of foreign workers ahead of the World Cup'
https://mol.im/a/11368289

Posted by: Ciampino - Arabs are dastardly people at October 29, 2022 07:40 PM (qfLjt)

122 I don't know if this will happen but I hope what I learn about drawing will transfer to whittling and woodcuts or linocuts.

Posted by: JTB at October 29, 2022 07:40 PM (7EjX1)

123 One last tip, try other colors instead of mixing. You can find some good ones, sometimes better than mixing and getting monochrome look and shades. Keep painting.

Now, really out....
Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 29, 2022 07:34 PM (7bRMQ)

Monochromatic was actually what I was going for in this painting as well as making the colors pop more. But I know what you mean that sometimes you get the monochrome look when you don't want it.

Posted by: polynikes at October 29, 2022 07:40 PM (JFJ0Q)

124 106 ... "The most difficult part of oil painting for me is color mixing. Trying to get the right color by mixing only primary and secondary colors together is in itself an art."

Ain't that the truth. My attempts at mixing and blending colors with colored pencils have been the stuff of comedy. But I've seen demonstrations where a portrait or still life were accomplished with just three colors, so it can be done.
Posted by: JTB at October 29, 2022 07:35 PM (7EjX1)

maybe using a computer art program that simulates oil paint and mixing would let you practice without burning expensive paint.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 29, 2022 07:41 PM (eoQWY)

125 ok I get it now

Posted by: DB at October 29, 2022 07:42 PM (geLO8)

126 While Eating Breakfast Thursday, Fetterman Suddenly Answers 3rd Debate Question From Tuesday | Babylon Bee

Posted by: andycanuck (yikp0) at October 29, 2022 07:42 PM (yikp0)

127 JTB, one of the most impressive things I have seen was a mantle piece carved with oak leaves and acorns. Stunning.

Posted by: Ben Had at October 29, 2022 07:45 PM (A+4GV)

128 Beautiful painting, Duane. Thanks so much for submitting it to MisHum.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 29, 2022 07:47 PM (it+io)

129 My hobby was furniture making. Now, it's sports and principally loathing certain teams such as the Yankees and tonight's object of scorn, the green vomit

Posted by: Jamaica Queens at October 29, 2022 07:48 PM (b+v9B)

130 Vmon, https://covid19criticalcare.com

You might need to up the dose of ivermectin, they have bumped it up for active covid cases and taking the liquid in some juice or soda pop would make that easier than getting down a big blob of paste.

Quercetin I think is great for coughs (we started taking all the time for allergy coughing and sneezing)

Posted by: PaleRider is simply irredeemable at October 29, 2022 07:50 PM (3cGpq)

131
The most difficult part of oil painting for me is color mixing. Trying to get the right color by mixing only primary and secondary colors together is in itself an art.

Posted by: polynikes at October 29, 2022 07:23 PM

I had an idea for a painting and found a painting in a YouTube music video with *exactly* the overall color and mood I wanted - an early morning seascape. Using the color picker in Gimp (I'm sure Photoshop has the same feature) I saw the color breakdown and mixed my color percentages from that. I started with that color mix and everything fell into place from there.

Computer/image software really makes painting easier. I can overlay an idea onto an image of what I've already painted and *see* beforehand if it helps or distracts. *See* if it needs to be larger or smaller. Bring up the values or subtract from them until they *work*.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at October 29, 2022 07:51 PM (y3pKJ)

132 maybe using a computer art program that simulates oil paint and mixing would let you practice without burning expensive paint.
Posted by: Oldcat at October 29, 2022 07:41 PM (eoQWY)

Yes that's what a number of top artists do today. Not for practice but rather to do a study of the painting they are planning to do.

Posted by: polynikes at October 29, 2022 07:52 PM (hg4Xf)

133 72 I'm about to make a bacon cheeseburger with precooked bacon. That's my hobby.

Posted by: That NLurker guy at October 29, 2022 06:49 PM (eGTCV)
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Can you 3D print that?

Posted by: Ciampino - It's all in the tasting at October 29, 2022 07:54 PM (qfLjt)

134 The orchestra is tuning up, the show is about to begin, should be fun.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at October 29, 2022 07:54 PM (WJUvy)

135 132 Polynikes,

A friend uses blender to set light and shadow for his canvas work.

Posted by: Sven at October 29, 2022 07:54 PM (Lzpvj)

136 I used to collect rocks. Recently, with the exception of some key specimens, I have returned many of them back to the wild. Rocks need to be free.

Posted by: DB at October 29, 2022 07:55 PM (geLO8)

137 127 ... Ben Had,

Agreed. I've seen some wood carvings that looked lifelike in form. Then add in the color and grain of the wood for something even more spectacular.

My whittling has mostly been whimsical items like ball in a cage or '5 Minute' wizards or owls. An ambition is to carve, in a shallow relief manner, a 'Green Man'. A face emerging from a tree trunk surrounded by leaves. It's an image based on ancient myths that I always found intriguing.

Posted by: JTB at October 29, 2022 07:57 PM (7EjX1)

138 Posted by: Divide by Zero at October 29, 2022 07:51 PM (y3pKJ)

No doubt . I though prefer old school and just relying on my own skill, whether lacking or not. Now if it was my living, I would have a room full of computers and painting software.

Posted by: polynikes at October 29, 2022 07:57 PM (hg4Xf)

139 136 I used to collect rocks. Recently, with the exception of some key specimens, I have returned many of them back to the wild. Rocks need to be free.
Posted by: DB at October 29, 2022 07:55 PM (geLO

Clearly we need common sense Rock Control!

Posted by: Goliath at October 29, 2022 07:57 PM (oHd/0)

140 Thanks for all the wuflu advice horde!

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at October 29, 2022 07:57 PM (5rCWs)

141 I like rocks. They make planets out of that stuff, you know.

Posted by: DB at October 29, 2022 07:59 PM (geLO8)

142 used to collect rocks. Recently, with the exception of some key specimens, I have returned many of them back to the wild. Rocks need to be free.
Posted by: DB at October 29, 2022 07:55 PM (geLO

Clearly we need common sense Rock Control!
Posted by: Goliath at October 29, 2022 07:57 PM (oHd/0)

Hah. Texas actually has Rock Control. It is illegal to stack rocks in all the National and State Parks.

Posted by: polynikes at October 29, 2022 08:00 PM (hg4Xf)

143 I've got a whole bunch of rocks that are probably illegal. Picked up in National parks and such. I feel so dirty.

I've got some fossilized whale bones too. I have no idea what to do with them.

Posted by: fd at October 29, 2022 08:01 PM (sn5EN)

144 I've got some fossilized whale bones too. I have no idea what to do with them.
Posted by: fd at October 29, 2022 08:01 PM (sn5EN

Scrimshaw !

Posted by: polynikes at October 29, 2022 08:02 PM (hg4Xf)

145 I like rocks. They make planets out of that stuff, you know.
Posted by: DB at October 29, 2022 07:59 PM (geLO8

And a pair of million dollar 1911s .

Posted by: polynikes at October 29, 2022 08:03 PM (hg4Xf)

146 141 I like rocks. They make planets out of that stuff, you know.

Posted by: DB at October 29, 2022 07:59 PM (geLO

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Okay who is 'they'? Is that it's preferred pronoun? Are you assuming its gender?

Posted by: Ciampino - It's all about silicon at October 29, 2022 08:05 PM (qfLjt)

147 MOVIE SIGN NOOD

Posted by: Skip at October 29, 2022 08:06 PM (xhxe8)

148 138 ..."I though prefer old school and just relying on my own skill, whether lacking or not. Now if it was my living, I would have a room full of computers and painting software."

Yep. Since drawing is just a personal hobby, I want to keep it non-computer. I'm trying to build hand skills not digital expertise. If I were to write a book, the early drafts would be done on a manual typewriter. If I was doing this for a paycheck, I would use any means and tools available.

Posted by: JTB at October 29, 2022 08:07 PM (7EjX1)

149 NaCly Dog> you asked if the blue was a different type of glass in my tulip stain glass piece a couple of weeks ago. The answer is yes. I went back to the store and I think this it- English Muffle-Princess Blue.

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152 BATFE sounds like a typical Saturday afternoon in the Blue Ridge with my buddies when I was in college. Excluding the poker and dirt bikes.

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