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Post by roger on Jun 2, 2009 23:18:49 GMT
This thread is a continuation of the old Photography thread here which is now locked. Please continue to post photographs in this thread. Thanks, Roger |
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Post by postscript on Jun 3, 2009 10:47:33 GMT
This thread is a continuation of the old Photography thread here which is now locked. Please continue to post photographs in this thread. Thanks, Roger Ir wasn't so much the number of pages then, as you had said you had seen longer threads on other sites, but the accumulative effect of the total MB/GBs? You've handled it in the way I had meant when I waffled about sub-threads!  Peter S. |
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Post by roger on Jun 3, 2009 11:22:51 GMT
Hi Peter,
I don't think the difficulty is caused by the accumulative effect of MB/GBs. The sizable files (photos and videos) are hosted elsewhere (Photobucket, Image Shack etc) and not by Proboards. Only the link (which is text) is hosted on the Proboards servers.
It can therefore only be the sheer volume of posts and even that appears to be random. There would not always be a problem with 2,500 posts in a single thread but the chances of difficulty may be increased.
Yes, I have seen longer threads elsewhere but that may have been before Version 4.5 was launched. There were certainly teething difficulties with that (such as the Search button difficulties experienced at the time and, intermittantly, ever since). Version 4, in some respects, seemed to be more reliable.
Basically, we just don't know the reason or the extent of the risk so we are merely safeguarding our forum content by limiting threads to about 2,500 posts and starting a new one if necessary.
Roger
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Post by Dean McCarten on Jun 4, 2009 12:17:16 GMT
here is one from the other night  More can be found here |
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Post by Caitlin on Jun 5, 2009 4:44:56 GMT
Wow Dean! That is an AWESOME shot. I love the way you can see the "outline" of the sun in the lower half of the picture where all the houses are in shadow.
<3 Caitlin
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Post by martindn on Jun 7, 2009 20:48:29 GMT
Well, assuming photography also includes video photography, this is what happened outside my befroom window this morning. I think I even mentioned HWI on the sound track! The other voice, as you can guess, is Sue. Click on the image to see the video.  This was shot through the window. Richard Attenborough, eat your heart out! Martin |
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Post by Richard on Jun 8, 2009 7:31:22 GMT
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Post by graemek on Jun 12, 2009 1:26:57 GMT
Thanks Martin & Richard, Both great...not easy to get movies of birds. Gorgeous woodpecker !!! Love the street organ.....why is it always the dutch who have them? Because Holland is flat & it's easy to push? Graeme  |
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Post by postscript on Jun 12, 2009 10:24:26 GMT
Thanks Martin & Richard, Both great...not easy to get movies of birds. Gorgeous woodpecker !!! Love the street organ.....why is it always the dutch who have them? Because Holland is flat & it's easy to push? Graeme In York I came across a chap playing an autoharp just outside the cathedral and bought one of his CDs. I may be able to extract a still from the movie I made. I was using my trip as an excuse to play with it for which I still have a lot of learning to do especially at the editing stage. Peter S. |
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Post by graemek on Jun 13, 2009 8:43:38 GMT
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Post by martindn on Jun 13, 2009 23:08:05 GMT
Wow Graeme, that is wonderful! I don't think we can compete with colourful birds like that over here! In my garden, we mostly get wood pidgeons, magpies, blue tits, blackbirds and robins. We occasionally see a heron, and that was the one and only time I have ever seen a woodpecker in the garden. We used to get sparrows, but not any more.
I remember you did show me some of Australia's spectacular bird life while I was with you. But that is special!
Martin
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Post by graemek on Jun 14, 2009 10:12:02 GMT
Hi Martin, We're not really capital city status here so birds are plentiful....particularly parrots. Our backyard is pretty greened so the birds can feed off them very well. The Rainbow Lorikeet is known for his specially brush like tongue which enables him to eat pollen out of flowers. However that doesn't stop him deseeding tree seed pods or eating plums. He's also known for having the spectrum range of colours: ROYGBIV The birds also get quite used to us & respond when we talk to them. Very cute !!! Graeme |
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Post by larryhauck on Jun 14, 2009 18:07:13 GMT
Hi Graeme,
You're so lucky to live in such a beautiful country.
Larry
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Post by martindn on Jun 14, 2009 20:44:51 GMT
Hi Greame,
Whatever Richard of York did, he never saw a bird like that!
Martin
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Post by postscript on Jun 15, 2009 8:41:50 GMT
Oh gosh Graeme. To have birds in your garden like the Rainbow Lorikeet you showed in your photograph must be wonderful. Superb picture. I can say that I am one of the few that has the pleasure regularly seeing a kingfisher in a friend's garden. That is probably the prettiest bird we in the UK can claim to visit our gardens. Less rarely the woodpecker, otherwise we are down to ducks and other waterfowl. Not multi-coloured but equally magnificent in their stateliness are of course swans and although in more subtle colours the majesty of a heron is a joy. so, what I lose in lack of garden (I live in a flat) I gain through walking along the canal towpath in to town.
Peter S.
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