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like ft gets at, the key is just doing it....your natural problem solving skills should get you threw it. thinking about it leads to frustration and bad style.

whistler has everything you could ever want in a "resort". bad ass in bounds, bad ass out of bounds but still lift access. And insanley sick backcountry accessible by other forms of transport like skidoo heli and feet. The powder day - peak chair line up show is like nothing I have ever seen. Biking and skiiing and golfing in the same day - all that stuff. And it it has all that other off mountain stuff too if your into it. One thing it lacks though is character, but maybe I don't notice it cause I live here.

Hi I was hoping to get some ideas from you guys about mountain biking in Japan, if any one has any recommondations about epic rides and dowhill trails please let me know. Post pictures if you have them. Thanks Ian

as for your calibrating thoughts.... calibrating your monitor is a highly recommend idea if your aspirations are to make some money off images...I dont know much about it but nearly every pro does it .... and is very likely reason for your issues. as for this thread when it comes to print and web PS work I got some answers if ya need them.(not all but a few)

no... if your wondering about the japan pics off colour tones...I was on a newspaper look kick at the time thats why the colours are sepia'd out like they are.

not 100% sure but based in Niigata and head out from there.

the stuff i have from japan is all from a 2 megpixel canon elfp i have had for years. I do use a proper DSLR and film SLR but most of anything that makes it to the web is from the elfp. When I Iug around proper gear it's usually with the intent of a print pubication and money. Photoshop is the key. my stock formula for retouching pics direct from the camera is... -resize to 72dpi 800 wide or tall -sharpen -adjust cuvers a little brighter -adjust levels a little darker -little bit of contrast -ad some saturation (cause you loose it when you save for web) -save for we

long live the danwich! nice trip

wowzers were still shreding fresh pow in Whistlr...today was sick...biglines are open and rockin what a year i know not Jland but it started there

anytime nick

that was one of my last days out around two weeks back, since then I have been slaving in front of a computer...I am actually taking pictures while riding in that pic...I haven't seen them yet but hopefully they turn out. Anyhoo i took a couple of days off the slaving and headed to this zone in the kootney's 2 days ago, It reminded so much of Japan for the uniqueness of the tree skiing. I really likethis pic... no action here but was hit up later

what book is that? have fun looks to be good times

Quote: Originally posted by Fattwins: The bbq will be inside around the fireplace and in the fireplace. mmm toyu smoked burgers!

there is a good summary of whats Coombs is all about here http://pistehors.com/comments/600_0_1_0_C/ he was one hell of a super shred... sad news

Quote: Originally posted by Fattwins: Tso I spent the day shrinking photos and getting them ready to post. there must be a better way to knock down the size of a damn photo. can you do it all at once. say i want every picture at 180kb can a program do that? . nick i have been doing this all day...you use photoshop...you use the actions panel and there is record button that records what steps you do then ya batch process it...and the comp does it all for you. it's alittle more complex that but it's not hard once ya understand it in my case I am dealing with complex files and its ta

sick sick sick...looks like you knocked off some dope stuff...these shots are helping me threw hours of Photoshop batch processing...please keep it coming. more pow! jealouse

the main difference is lift accessed alpine, Hakuba 0 Canada endless I personaly love hakuba and I think about getting back almost every day, but days like today in Whistler when knee deep alpine lines are on, it's hard to consider living there and just riding subalpine....but i'd do it if I could. also rocks.. lots of rock in canada, almost none in Hakuba. And it's much cheaper to live, ski and drink in japan.

thanks ...shes good...she got to shredded a few pow days.

lifes good I guess, broke my skidoo pretty bad but it's getting fixed, I have been forced to use my feet, or if I am lucky heli drops. hakuba girl was in town last week so that was good, other than that shootin and sleepin. Still have magazine a couple pics from today... http://pieandchips.com/doggy/alain_14mm_bw2.jpg http://pieandchips.com/doggy/dave_50mm_bw.jpg www.doggy.com for any adventures worth a mention. were supposed to get another cycle strating today. ian

nice lines nick...is that access from tsuguike?(sp)?

no expert but you can ski backwards, i have done it on few down hill tracks. i think the key to turning is pressure on out side skiis inside edge. if I remeber correctly.

where is that in the above pic, any chance you can cirle it in another zoomed out pic

all those pics are steller.... 3 hours seems pretty fair, was it mostly mellow ridegs or were there any steeps to get up?

sick and jealouse

i was wondering the same thing...seems like your asking for trouble closing the hill in dark and expecting every one to make it down without trouble. ... maybe I am just use to to being babysat in NorthAmerica.