Sanctuary, Night

Church. Fifth Avenue

Corner Scene

I'm going to start adding slightly larger images (700 px) to the blog. Let's see how that works out. I have a bunch of prints to get out today - but then I'm going to start looking more seriously into the next PC. (This took 12 minutes to sharpen @ full scan size of 5400). There are two sharpenings with Pixel Genius - first one is on the original full size (non-destructive) and that's what takes a long time. Then there is a second sharpening depending on the output device. Obviously for the web, this is quick. And even for say an 8 x 12 - painless enough. But if you are dealing with big files - watch out unless you've got the horsepower.

Oh, and in case you wonder - why bother with all that - the results are the reason. The prints I've done after going through this sharpening process have a very smooth transition between edges that looks sharp and yet natural. I guess it's that little extra difference - but it's worth it.

The Technical Trials

and Tribulations continue - sort of.

You folks aren't going to see any new images 'til I get this routing problem fixed up.

First off - ya might be wonderin' how I can even post to the blog.

Good question. The route from my PC to blogger.com to DaveBeckerman.com is different than the route from my PC to DaveBeckerman.com (and when I say DaveBeckerman.com I mean the particular server where my website is hosted.

And the ISP is correct. It is not on their end.
And the Cable company is partly correct, it is not exactly on their end. But it hops along through many company pipes before it gets to DaveBeckerman.

So who is responsible for the space between point A (my pc), B (the cable company) and C (the ISP)

I would have to choose B: The Cable Company. Or, none of the above.

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Wherever the problem was - it's fixed. Of course I didn't do anything except turn on the computer this morning.