# Gettysdope II pictures and recap **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 24, 2005, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gettysdope-ii-pictures-and-recap/313888 "2005-07-24T03:00:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Anita\_Vacation](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Anita\_Vacation](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anita_Vacation)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2005, 11:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gettysdope-ii-pictures-and-recap/313888/81 "2005-07-26T11:30:07Z")
> [@Triskadecamus](#): > > OK, > > It’s late, but at last, my pictures are up. > > Here is the directory list, sorry for the absence of thumbnails, but I don’t do web stuff. > > [Gettysdope](http://www.alwaysbackup.com/~michaelk/images/Gettysdope/) > > Tris Wow. I’d vote for you to be the official fest photographer for all time. Lovely! ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2005, 11:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gettysdope-ii-pictures-and-recap/313888/82 "2005-07-26T11:51:17Z")
The group shot is 1788. Nice pix, **tris** – apparently you can do a nice snapshot in addition to, yanno, blah blah jigsaw stuff. 😉 I don’t have time now, but I could work on some descriptions to add to your listings. And **RT** – thanks for the pix you didn’t post! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2005, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gettysdope-ii-pictures-and-recap/313888/83 "2005-07-26T13:40:53Z")
… what’s with all the books? ---
**Author:** ![av8rmike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/edb3f5/32.png) [@av8rmike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/av8rmike)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2005, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gettysdope-ii-pictures-and-recap/313888/84 "2005-07-26T13:44:52Z")
I wish my pictures didn’t come out so dark, but shooting into the bright outdoors will have that effect. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2005, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gettysdope-ii-pictures-and-recap/313888/85 "2005-07-26T13:47:16Z")
> [@Ethilrist](#): > > … what’s with all the books? We did a book exchange – everyone brought a book or three they were willing to release back into the wild. I snagged William Least Heat Moon’s **PrairyErth** and **The Devil Wears Prada**. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![An\_Arky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/87869e/32.png) [@An\_Arky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Arky)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2005, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gettysdope-ii-pictures-and-recap/313888/86 "2005-07-26T14:09:27Z")
**PrairyErth** isn’t a journey like **Blue Highways** or **River-Horse** , but it takes an interesting approach. William Least Heat-Moon rocks! ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2005, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gettysdope-ii-pictures-and-recap/313888/87 "2005-07-26T14:30:19Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > I snagged William Least Heat Moon’s **PrairyErth** and **The Devil Wears Prada**. 😃 Cool! I picked up **PrairyErth** at a used-book sale some time ago. Read it once, enjoyed it, but realized I wasn’t likely to give it a second read anytime soon, hence its appearance on the book-exchange table. Enjoy! ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2005, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gettysdope-ii-pictures-and-recap/313888/88 "2005-07-26T14:34:14Z")
That was yours? I was wondering. I read **Blue Highways** 20 years ago and liked it, but haven’t read his other books. I’m a sucker for long deep meditations on a narrow subject, esp. when they’re well written – and that looks like what this is. I’ll let you know what I think – it’s going with me on my beach vacation next week, but so are about 20 other books, so I’m not promising to read it immediately. ---
**Author:** ![Hamadryad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6de8d8/32.png) [@Hamadryad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamadryad)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2005, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gettysdope-ii-pictures-and-recap/313888/89 "2005-07-26T19:11:21Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > The group shot is 1788. > > Nice pix, **tris** – apparently you can do a nice snapshot in addition to, yanno, blah blah jigsaw stuff. 😉 > > I don’t have time now, but I could work on some descriptions to add to your listings. > > And **RT** – thanks for the pix you didn’t post! 😃 Yeah, you can thank RT for not posting pics of you…a couple of **Triskadecamus** ’s pics have lovely shots of my gigantic derriere. Urrrrrrrgh. Not actually mortified, just… someone needs to start exercising or something. Deeeern. ---
**Author:** ![norinew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/eb9ed0/32.png) [@norinew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/norinew)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2005, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gettysdope-ii-pictures-and-recap/313888/90 "2005-07-26T19:54:05Z")
I’ve loved every DopeFest I’ve ever attended, and this one was no exception! Nice photos, **Tris**! Thanks for taking them. ---
**Author:** ![supervenusfreak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@supervenusfreak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/supervenusfreak)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2005, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gettysdope-ii-pictures-and-recap/313888/91 "2005-07-26T22:58:49Z")
Loved the pictures **Tris**. Is there anyone else besides the folks that posted, that has photos? ---
**Author:** ![MsRobyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/90ced4/32.png) [@MsRobyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsRobyn)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2005, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gettysdope-ii-pictures-and-recap/313888/92 "2005-07-27T00:55:19Z")
I have some, but they’re all of Aaron. His nose is pretty scraped up, but they’re superficial and healing nicely. Last night, I made a lovely creamed-corn-and-ham casserole. Mmmm… 😛 (lipsmacking, not sticking-out-the-tongue) Robin ---
**Author:** ![danceswithcats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9e8a1a/32.png) [@danceswithcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/danceswithcats)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2005, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gettysdope-ii-pictures-and-recap/313888/93 "2005-07-27T01:11:30Z")
> [@av8rmike](#): > > I wish my pictures didn’t come out so dark, but shooting into the bright outdoors will have that effect. That’s something **Tris** and I were discussing-digital cameras behave like their film based elders-if you point the camera at an area which isn’t brightly backlit (think drop the camera direction 30-45 degrees down from horizontal) and apply the partial push to the shutter button _and then_ take in the backlit scene, the metering will set and hold the exposure for the dark foreground. Your background will wash out, but your foreground will be properly exposed. Play around with your camera to see how it behaves-you may have special settings-mine has a ‘portrait’ mode which meters foreground only. ---
**Author:** ![danceswithcats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9e8a1a/32.png) [@danceswithcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/danceswithcats)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2005, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gettysdope-ii-pictures-and-recap/313888/94 "2005-07-27T01:51:57Z")
> [@Triskadecamus](#): > > OK, > > It’s late, but at last, my pictures are up. > > Here is the directory list, sorry for the absence of thumbnails, but I don’t do web stuff. > > [Gettysdope](http://www.alwaysbackup.com/~michaelk/images/Gettysdope/) > > Tris Kudos, Sir. You’re a candid master-I’m envious of your ability to _see_. 😉 Thank you for sharing your prints, also. ---
**Author:** ![supervenusfreak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@supervenusfreak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/supervenusfreak)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2005, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gettysdope-ii-pictures-and-recap/313888/95 "2005-07-27T02:09:01Z")
> [@av8rmike](#): > > I wish my pictures didn’t come out so dark, but shooting into the bright outdoors will have that effect. I used photshop on the ones I saved and they came out very nice. 🙂 . I have the same problem when I use our digital camera too. ---
**Author:** ![av8rmike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/edb3f5/32.png) [@av8rmike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/av8rmike)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2005, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gettysdope-ii-pictures-and-recap/313888/96 "2005-07-27T03:02:33Z")
Yeah, my camera has a “backlight” mode, which I just completely forgot about. Oh well, maybe I can do some Photoshopping, as well. ---
**Author:** ![Rock\_n\_Roach](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Rock\_n\_Roach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rock_n_Roach)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2005, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gettysdope-ii-pictures-and-recap/313888/97 "2005-07-27T03:07:21Z")
> [@DocCathode](#): > > If? If? > > So I’ve wasted the last few days working on my plan to saw a dog in half next year? > > You missed **Cleophus** and **Catsix** speaking geek. If we’d only remembered then you were a programmer, you could have joined in. (Only when he asked how many fingers she had, and she said eight did I realized how far they’d gone from English to HTML, Fortran and the other geek dialects) > > How can you resist the siren call of Gettysdope? Did I say “if”? Whoa - must’ve been a typo. But I think I’ll pass on this new magic trick you’re considering (and so will Rock, the dog) and though I’m a computer programmer I’m far from geekdom. But I have to agree with **Catsix** and say eight (but I’ve been known to see sixteen a few times in my life) **danceswithcats** - You’re chile was fantastic! Of course I tried them both and surprisingly I prefered the mild one. I say surprisingly because my small garden currently has 24 hot pepper plants. But then I usually make my chile mild. A lot of work but well worth it. I’ve googled piquins - had no idea they were hot peppers. I’ve never seen the fresh versions at the greenhouses. ---
**Author:** ![Rock\_n\_Roach](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Rock\_n\_Roach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rock_n_Roach)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2005, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gettysdope-ii-pictures-and-recap/313888/98 "2005-07-27T03:11:16Z")
About the black raspberries… Were they hand picked by the person who brought them? Just seeing (and eating) them took me back many years. ---
**Author:** ![Triskadecamus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b19c9b/32.png) [@Triskadecamus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Triskadecamus)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2005, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gettysdope-ii-pictures-and-recap/313888/99 "2005-07-27T03:52:32Z")
All the photos I took under the pavillion were dark. I used Picasa2 on them. Not as densly featured as Photoshop, but then I don’t know how to use Photoshop, so it works out fine for me. Free too. Google it. I am having the last of the Kimchi right now. Tris ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2005, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gettysdope-ii-pictures-and-recap/313888/100 "2005-07-27T12:53:33Z")
Damn, and I was in Gettysburg on 7/5 and 7/24. You’d think I could coordinate better. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gettysdope-ii-pictures-and-recap/313888.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gettysdope-ii-pictures-and-recap/313888.md?page=6)