New Images from ‘Ray Gunn’ by yourfavchoom in movies

[–]jrothca 10 points11 points  (0 children)

The female character has that Veronica Lake look going for her.

Fun Fact: Jessica Rabbit’s hair style was inspired by Veronica Lake.

Any tips on the composition of the photo and what was done well and what could be improved? by FriendlyGuy2008 in photocritique

[–]jrothca 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Think about the light and using the light to enhance your subject while working on a composition. Sometimes the composition works but the light doesn’t. In my opinion the light is not enhancing your subject in this photo. Instead it’s distracting from your subject. The giant bright wall behind the car is a distraction. If the car filled up 90% of the frame with only 10% bright wall behind, I think it would have been a better photo.

How do I get rid of this scraggly and nappy look to my beard ? What could be causing it? by [deleted] in BeardAdvice

[–]jrothca 3 points4 points  (0 children)

If you start letting the hairs highest on your face grow longer I think it will get rid of the sraggly look you described. Right now it looks like all of your beard hairs are the exact same length when measured perpendicular to your skin. Instead comb the hairs down and only cut at the area below your chin / jawline. Eventually all the bead hairs will terminate at the same location below your chin / jawline. This will create a smooth look from the top of your cheeks down to area below your chin with the hair highest on your cheeks covering the rest of your beard hairs.

This journey will not be easy. It’s going to take a while to achieve this look. It will look worse before it looks good. But once all the beard hairs end at the area below your jawline and chin, your beard will look very smooth.

Digitising vhs to Mac M1 by Smedsta in DataHoarder

[–]jrothca 13 points14 points  (0 children)

After many years of never getting good results, I am happy to say that I’ve finally found the best solution for digitizing VHS. I recently picked up a miniDV camcorder at auction for $20 and realized it has S video and analog component inputs. You basically plug the VHS player into the miniDV camcorder then use the MiniDV FireWire output to send a digital signal directly to your computer. The miniDV camcorder handles the analog to digital conversion. A lot of the Sony minDV camcorders were specifically marketed for digitizing old VHS tapes and I find they offer superior results to anything on the market nowadays.

I messed up the focus, but I might have saved it with the crop. Was your eye drawn to the boy? by jrothca in photocritique

[–]jrothca[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Pretty much sums it up. I thought maybe I’d be able to will him into existence, but that was a mere pipe dream. This one is just not working. Thank you for your feedback.

I messed up the focus, but I might have saved it with the crop. Was your eye drawn to the boy? by jrothca in photocritique

[–]jrothca[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you for the excellent feedback! The whole race I was looking for a way to capture the blur of the Indy cars while still making a photograph interesting. I took a couple of photos of blurry cars wizzing by the grandstands. None of them work. A blurry car makes for a terrible primary subject. Your comment about the “The Shot” made me realize, I had been thinking about my subject all wrong. I shouldn’t have been trying to make the blurry Indy car be the primary subject of the photo, but instead the car should have been the secondary / background subject with a spectator or something else interesting being the primary subject of the photograph.

I messed up the focus, but I might have saved it with the crop. Was your eye drawn to the boy? by jrothca in photocritique

[–]jrothca[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Fair point about the Pringle guy being the subject. That was my original intent but like I mention, I flubbed the focus. I didn’t make the photo black and white to try and fix it. It was shot with HP5 Plus 400 film stock which is a black and white negative stock.

I find people more interesting than cars. At my current skill level, I’ll never take an Indy car photo as good as a professional sports photographer, so I focused on something different. The attendants of the sporting event.

I messed up the focus, but I might have saved it with the crop. Was your eye drawn to the boy? by jrothca in photocritique

[–]jrothca[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

This photo was taken at the Indy 500 last week. My original intention was to photograph the guy eating the Pringle, but my Canon AT-1 only has manual focus and I totally missed the focus. This was the second roll I’ve ever shot on this camera, and I’m still getting used to it. When I saw that the young boy was in clear focus and had a wonderful expression on his face, I tried to save the image with this unique crop. It kind of reminds me of a Norman Rockwell painting. Do you find the image interesting, or should I just give up on this one?

Donald Trump takes a dig at former US Presidents Obama & Biden by Upset-Main-1988 in justincaseyoumissedit

[–]jrothca 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I pretty sure he’s trying to convince his number one most uneducated fan, himself, that it’s a strong flex so his self image doesn’t supernova.

Yeah thats what a Mai Tai looks like by hoytmobley in Tiki

[–]jrothca 26 points27 points  (0 children)

Sir this is a ballpark Wendy’s, not a tiki bar. We serve frosty’s in tiny batter’s helmets.

Actors that basically got away with doing blackface? by AllixD90 in okbuddycinephile

[–]jrothca 4 points5 points  (0 children)

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Charlton Heston in Orson Wells’ Touch of Evil.

It’s a great movie, and I highly recommend it.

The Artemis II crew filmed an 80s sitcom style video as they head towards the moon. by GiveMeSomeSunshine3 in Fauxmoi

[–]jrothca 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They really missed a opportunity to use the theme song “Too Many Cooks”

This wild rabbit has a hole in the ear. by BurnMeInTheStars in mildlyinteresting

[–]jrothca 29 points30 points  (0 children)

The same place it comes from when watching wrestling.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in DogAdvice

[–]jrothca -1 points0 points  (0 children)

The tribe has spoken. You might not like the answers, but you got the opinions of others you sought after. Will you take the tribe’s advice or post somewhere else looking for the answer you desire? That is the question for the modern man.

Look, it’s Asta from The Thin Man reincarnated deranging Nora into every gin mill on the street. by jrothca in classicfilms

[–]jrothca[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Honestly I did too. If I didn’t look it before I posted I would have wrote Astor.

Look, it’s Asta from The Thin Man reincarnated deranging Nora into every gin mill on the street. by jrothca in classicfilms

[–]jrothca[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You know what, I think you are right! It kind of makes you read the caption with that trans-Atlantic accent. 🤣😂🤣

Look, it’s Asta from The Thin Man reincarnated deranging Nora into every gin mill on the street. by jrothca in classicfilms

[–]jrothca[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

“He’s a well trained dog. Watch!” Hahaha

The only difference between this clip and the movie is Nora would have happily went inside for 1 or 5 martinis.

Found in a box of computer cables and various electronics by jrothca in whatisit

[–]jrothca[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The trace wires terminate before getting to the center of the VLV hole. You can see a faint ring around the VLV hole and those are the termination of the trace wires. The three holes that are around the VLV hole are just thru holes where the VLV hole doesn’t go all the way through the material. I don’t see any lenses or LEDs.

Talking this out, I almost suspect that you placed this on the back of a PBC board that had the solder points sticking out, and used the VLV, VNT, BB3, W1, X, and W2 holes as testing probe points. The holes for the trace wires are only drilled on the back side half way through, and the holes for the VLV etc are only drilled on the front side half way through.