From: songbird@anthive.com   
      
   deraldm@invalid.net wrote:   
   > Sometime recently you wrote:   
   >   
   >>  :(  i hope you can find a good home for all of them with   
   >>someone who'll appreciate them and take care of them.   
      
   > 	As do I.  As you might suppose, success with the human-powered   
   > tools implies a different mindset and relationshp to the materials   
   > than with the electric machines. I'll be surprised if anyone shows   
   > interest in both,   
      
     if i were close enough and had room enough it would   
   be a great find to have, but there's no more room at   
   the inn here and i am way too far away.  :(   
      
     it is all worth enough to make it a more formal   
   auction?   
      
      
   > BTW, I await a complete email update on your   
   > progress with the TT photography, color-correction, etc.   
      
     TT?  i did get a calibration device and that greatly   
   improved my ability to see different colors on my screen   
   that were not there before but sadly this screen has   
   limits and short of getting a better screen it's not   
   going to change.  so i'm stuck with what i have for   
   another year or two or until this monitor gives out -   
   my budget doesn't currently include a new monitor so i   
   have to start saving some funds for that.  with winter   
   coming on now heat is more a priority.  :)   
      
     some newer pictures are at the end of the bean page   
   on my website, some of them are better than others.  i   
   have the process down very well for taking pictures and   
   getting them to the computer and then getting them to   
   the website, but the basic issue right now is that my   
   lighting sucks and i don't know what i'm doing well   
   enough to improve it much.  so for the moment i adjust   
   the exposure and colors somewhat but it's not nearly   
   as nice as what shows up when i get some sunshine   
   through the window that lights up the beans.   
      
     the camera does take good enough pictures - i do need   
   to improve my skills and understanding there too so it   
   is a gradual process as i learn more and have the time   
   and patience for it.   
      
     right now being almost done with bean sorting i'm   
   hoping to start take a few more pictures of some of the   
   best of the new finds and other interesting things but   
   i never know how they turn out.  i'm not a professional   
   on this for sure.  :)   
      
      
     songbird   
      
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