Older Folks and Vaping Back Porch - Part Seven

[garyoa1]

Abby has retired for the evening but, I had to share. Her nose is sticking through a hole in her blanket. I think it's cute.

Well... yer right!

 

[garyoa1]

Abby has retired for the evening but, I had to share. Her nose is sticking through a hole in her blanket. I think it's cute.

Well... yer right!

 

[garyoa1]

Abby has retired for the evening but, I had to share. Her nose is sticking through a hole in her blanket. I think it's cute.

Well... yer right!

 

[bigbells]

For those who speak camera (I don't even speak it well enough to get my face slapped):

My newest quad copter is a DJI Phantom 4 Pro. I like the color setting called "Vivid" on my Phantom 3 Pro quad copter, but I don't see it anywhere in the Phantom 4 Pro camera settings and none of the color presets look like Vivid to me, although I have not shot video with all of them to verify.

So, I'm making uneducated guesses and enjoying the journey. I like the way the above video looks. I'd like more red and less green but I have no idea what to change to head in that direction.

Here are settings I used for this video:

Custom white balance: 6800K
1080P at 60 fps
MP4
H.265
Style: +2, +1, +0
Color setting "Momo"

No color editing was attempted in post. The only editing was the removal of some sections, speeding it up to 4X original speed, and adding music.

 

[garyoa1]

Now that'z an echo!!!

 

[MikeADore]

For those who speak camera (I don't even speak it well enough to get my face slapped):

My newest quad copter is a DJI Phantom 4 Pro. I like the color setting called "Vivid" on my Phantom 3 Pro quad copter, but I don't see it anywhere in the Phantom 4 Pro camera settings and none of the color presets look like Vivid to me, although I have not shot video with all of them to verify.

So, I'm making uneducated guesses and enjoying the journey. I like the way the above video looks. I'd like more red and less green but I have no idea what to change to head in that direction.

Here are settings I used for this video:

Custom white balance: 6800K
1080P at 60 fps
MP4
H.265
Style: +2, +1, +0
Color setting "Momo"

No color editing was attempted in post. The only editing was the removal of some sections, speeding it up to 4X original speed, and adding music.

Anything in the color settings about saturation? That's basically what a vivid setting is. It's high saturation. Some 35mm cameras allow you to adjust it. Just a thought.

 

[Ken_A]

To answer your question, in a nutshell, the NCC is a Star Trek reference. Those three characters, usually followed by something else, have followed me all over the interwebs for more than 20 years, beginning with AOL.

so, do we call you Naval? Or Mr. Contract?


According to The Making of Star Trek, "NCC" is the Starfleet abbreviation for "Naval Construction Contract"

 

[clnire]

Oops was replying to Matt's pic of Abby.

Awwww

 

[bigbells]

Anything in the color settings about saturation? That's basically what a vivid setting is. It's high saturation. Some 35mm cameras allow you to adjust it. Just a thought.

Thanks Mike. I think that one of the three "style" numbers might be saturation. I'll check tomorrow and see if I can find out.

Edit: something's telling me those 3 adjustable settings under "style" in the camera settings might be sharpness, brightness and contrast. Another owner of the same bird was talking about a histogram, which I haven't found yet.

Don't be fooled into thinking that I have any actual knowledge of what all these things mean, but I am pretty happy with the way that most recent video came out. It certainly appears to be sharp and clear, which I like. The sky was super-blue today, though, and you wouldn't know that from the video.

 

[NCC]

so, do we call you Naval? Or Mr. Contract?


According to The Making of Star Trek, "NCC" is the Starfleet abbreviation for "Naval Construction Contract"

You could call me Hyla cinerea, but don't call me late for mosquitoes.
I have searched far and wide for the meaning of NCC in reference to Star Trek, including knowledgeable Trekker sources. To date, the best answer I have found is that it essentially stands for nothing. At a point in time (1994) I had a vanity tag on my 1995 Dodge Neon which read, "NCC NEON", because somebody had already taken NCC 1701. Because Neons were a new introduction in the Spring of 1994 and looked rather different than most of the other cars on the road, I was asked more than once if it stood for National Car Club, LOL.

I also had a very official collegiate looking decal in the back window, "Starfleet Academy".

 

[bigbells]

Anything in the color settings about saturation?

Yes! Thanks to your comment about saturation, and thanks to this amazing video, I now know that the 3rd adjustable setting under "Style" is saturation, so I can raise that value and get more saturation. The kid who does the video puts a huge amount of info into the 27 minute video, even though he doesn't know that "cache" is pronounced the same way as "cash". Shoot, he even shows where the histogram is located. He makes Phil Busardo sound inefficient and long-winded. Oh, wait.....

I also found out from my baby bro that the higher the color temperature is set, the more red (and the less blue) will be displayed.

The sky's the limit!

 

[Bea-FL]

Abby has retired for the evening but, I had to share. Her nose is sticking through a hole in her blanket. I think it's cute.

Very cute

 

[Bea-FL]

Well, we have a new hot water heater.

I cleaned the back entry/laundry room before we left on Monday for So FL to hubby's aunt's 90th birthday party and no problems. Came home yesterday and I noticed what I thought was doggie grff (upchuck) by the back door. When I went to clean it up water gurgled out from under the laminate floor. This is a mobile, and they built the walls around the water heater. Not an easy job to replace, but hubby did it today. Had to rip out all the flooring in that little room, most of the walls surrounding the water heater (but electric box is on the outside of one of the walls), going to replace the laminate in there with tile (we did the laminate throughout when we first bought the place - a trashed repo we totally rebuilt. I love the layout - 4 bedrooms, open concept, living room, family room with fireplace, etc. Heck the master bath is bigger then our son's bedroom was when we lived in So FL!!). The tile job will wait til another day, but the old water heater was so full of sand we could not drain it! It was a big mess, but the subfloor is fine (thank goodness I found it right away!). We got a great deal on some nice tile at Habitat for Humanity, one of our favorite places to shop. It was a heck of a job, but we are so fortunate hubby can do all this work. If we had to pay a contractor/plumber/electrician? I shudder to think what it would have cost. Whole thing will be complete for under $500. Water heater alone was $350, so quite the savings! We have filters and a water softener installed, so this heater will not fill with sand like the old one did. Old one was over 20 yrs old, so it had a good life.

We are both tired, especially hubby! But I helped!!

Quite a job fir sure! Glad your hubby is handy. Mine is the same way. He spent his working life with water heaters and ACs but can fix just about anything.

 

[Kenna]

Abby has retired for the evening but, I had to share. Her nose is sticking through a hole in her blanket. I think it's cute.

Ok. That is just cuteness overload!

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[bigbells]

The Abyss, 1989. Ed Harris, Mary Mastrantonio. Science fiction.

Excellent, entertaining, surprising. Oh... and LONG, but worth every minute.

 

[2legsshrt]

The Abyss, 1989. Ed Harris, Mary Mastrantonio. Science fiction.

Excellent, entertaining, surprising. Oh... and LONG, but worth every minute.

Yep I agree good movie.

 

[2legsshrt]

I saw a good one last night called Solice with Anthony Hopkins. Also another that was a different movie about a transgender guy in the 20's in Paris. Very strange but good at the same time. Name is The Danish Girl.

 

[2legsshrt]

Today is a big day for me. Get my new feet and ankles plus a VA physical. Got my cell phone all set up with the apps to control my feet just have to pair them with the feet using BT. Will post pics later. About 14" of snow on the ground but going to be warm this weekend in the 20's next week below 0.

 

[DavidOck]

 

[MattB101]

Now that'z an echo!!!

Noticed dat.