P3D Re: OSPS Meeting Review...

["C. Pflanze" <troggy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

In some previous posts, Mark Dottle (markaren@xxxxxxxxx) writes:
 
>Many of my meeting reviews seem to include at least one comment about
>the drive to or from Cleveland.
 
I have lived 13 years in Cleveland, it's a great city with great people.
Looks like y'all have almost talked me into joining OSPS. The last issue
of the Stereogram, (thanks Dr. T!) contained some very useful info about
slide show presentations, which I'm trying to learn to do better.
Unfortunately, I'm now living in Tennessee, and my drives to Cleveland
have also been mystical events at times, including the usual blizzards.
 
>I certainly hope I
>learn this much at the meeting tonight" I thought. Jim Kunkel is
>presenting a "Composition" workshop and the " Serenity" competition was
>to follow. Somehow we still managed to arrive on time....come to think
>of it, I can't account for an hour of driving time...that's weird.
 
Listen to Art Bell a little later on Cleveland's am talk radio 1100, Art
will explain.  You were abducted by aliens, and that's why you remember
thinking about space ships and space travel.  The hour of driving that
is unaccountable was actually spent inside a UFO.  They particularly like
long-haired, hip-looking guys, the hair is snipped a bit for genetic
experiments.   
 
>Jim Kunkle's " Composition" workshop was an excellent review. Tongue
>twisted, Jim said the word " competition" instead of " composition"
>throughout his presentation.......wonder where his mind was? :-) A short
>break, and let the frey begin! Make no mistake, I enjoyed the workshop
>but I was there for one reason. To beat and pummel Dr. T  with images so
>serene, so peaceful, so beautiful that the judges eyes would swell with
>tears and his images would appear out of focus! Only one thing could be
>sharper than his S1.....my manipulative mind.:-)
>Strategically, I was able to submit my slides whereas my first image
>appeared before his first image......nothing could have been better, (
>except a serene photo of an onion!! aw...sucks, why couldn't I have
>thought of that before!:-))
 
Well, y'all just wait.  I'll be in Cleveland soon and I'm in the process
of setting up a 3D photo shoot in the Cleveland sewers.  Light will be at
a premium, particularly with impatient non-photographers in the group who
won't like standing around fiddling with tripods and flashes.  It looks
like I'll be using the grainy 400 speed Ektachrome again. I've already got
two volunteers for this expedition and expect more, one helper has already
purchased a new pair of knee-high rubber boots. Hip waders - used by river
fishermen, are also nice for sewering, particularly when you're sloshing
through overflow from the sanitary sewers - hint, the sanitary sewer
differs greatly from the storm sewer, sanitary is a misnomer.  Cleveland
cavers have had years of experience in sewering, and have even put
together a guidebook with maps.  The guidebook contains useful tips, such
as "don't explore around the water purification plant, sometimes they
flush big tanks into the storm sewers." If I get some great stereos on
this trip, perhaps some other OSPS'rs may get interested in the
clandestine sport of sewering.  There are wierd things and strange shapes
down there, just made for 3D, good stuff for "Steps and Stairs"
competition.  If you get lost, you simply climb up a manhole and pop off
the cover, hoping it's not on a busy street or in a bad part of town. 
 
Charles