https://www.ipernity.com/doc/autofantasia/album/643683 https://cdn.ipernity.com/p/101/3F/AB/305983.buddy.jpg https://www.ipernity.com/doc/autofantasia/album/643683 Mon, 24 Aug 2026 13:31:41 +0000 Mon, 24 Aug 2026 13:31:41 +0000 https://www.ipernity.com https://www.ipernity.com/doc/autofantasia/47801932/in/album/643683 tag:ipernity.com,2018-12-08,doc-47801932 Sat, 08 Dec 2018 12:41:00 +0000 2018-12-08T12:01:24+00:00 nobody@ipernity.com (autofantasia) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/autofantasia">autofantasia</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/autofantasia/47801932/in/album/643683"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/19/32/47801932.b4528a5a.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="155" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">Kilmarnock supporters are "allowed to dream" after their side rose to the top of the Scottish Premiership, says manager Steve Clarke.<br /> <br /> <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/46462652" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/46462652</a><br /> <br /> Oh, and before anyone says don't be so silly, I have one thing to say … Leicester!</div> Sweet Dreams Folks ... <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/autofantasia">autofantasia</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/autofantasia/47801932/in/album/643683"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/19/32/47801932.b4528a5a.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="155" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">Kilmarnock supporters are "allowed to dream" after their side rose to the top of the Scottish Premiership, says manager Steve Clarke.<br /> <br /> <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/46462652" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/46462652</a><br /> <br /> Oh, and before anyone says don't be so silly, I have one thing to say … Leicester!</div> autofantasia https://www.ipernity.com/doc/autofantasia/45151940/in/album/643683 tag:ipernity.com,2013-05-24,doc-45151940 Fri, 24 May 2013 09:33:34 +0000 2013-05-24T10:33:34+01:00 nobody@ipernity.com (autofantasia) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/autofantasia">autofantasia</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/autofantasia/45151940/in/album/643683"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/19/40/45151940.5c21ca00.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="163" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description"></div> Capture 0374 <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/autofantasia">autofantasia</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/autofantasia/45151940/in/album/643683"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/19/40/45151940.5c21ca00.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="163" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description"></div> autofantasia https://www.ipernity.com/doc/autofantasia/44701046/in/album/643683 tag:ipernity.com,2017-04-26,doc-44701046 Wed, 26 Apr 2017 18:26:17 +0000 2017-04-25T17:22:47+01:00 nobody@ipernity.com (autofantasia) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/autofantasia">autofantasia</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/autofantasia/44701046/in/album/643683"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/10/46/44701046.8081bda9.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="83" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">Most of the shots I take are captured using my Nikon D90 and the 18-105mm lens that came with it as standard. It's a good basic lens and has been pretty effective as far as it goes. <br /> <br /> However, I've often thought that (subject to finances) it would perhaps be good to get a slightly more powerful one as it might make taking certain types of shots more achievable and provide better results.<br /> <br /> Thankfully, this week I've finally managed to get my hands on such a more powerful lens in the shape of the <b>Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 55-300mm</b> thanks to a small unexpected windfall.<br /> <br /> I first identified it as an option towards the end of last year when Jessops were selling it at £269, but at that time I didn't have the money. So you can imagine how gutted I was when I did have the finances in place to discover it had shot up to £305. Thankfully, Jessops offer to 'price match' albeit only against certain suppliers and it turned out that John Lewis are offering it at £264 so they agreed to match their price if I ordered it from them which I duly did.<br /> <br /> I've not had time to get out and about yet to put it to a real test, but I did set up a quick shoot in the back garden, which is what this diptych seeks to represent. I sat the small ceramic owl, which is only just over 4 inches (11cm) in height on top of my home made compost bins. Then I took two shots from the other corner of the garden, which is about 60ft away: the first using the old lens and the second using the new one.<br /> <br /> Got to say I was quite impressed by the difference the extra power made and am now looking forward to getting out and about with it soon. At least if ipernity closes down I'll now have something to do with the extra free time!<br /> <br /> <b>Please view on black for best effect.</b></div> One Or Two ... <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/autofantasia">autofantasia</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/autofantasia/44701046/in/album/643683"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/10/46/44701046.8081bda9.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="83" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">Most of the shots I take are captured using my Nikon D90 and the 18-105mm lens that came with it as standard. It's a good basic lens and has been pretty effective as far as it goes. <br /> <br /> However, I've often thought that (subject to finances) it would perhaps be good to get a slightly more powerful one as it might make taking certain types of shots more achievable and provide better results.<br /> <br /> Thankfully, this week I've finally managed to get my hands on such a more powerful lens in the shape of the <b>Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 55-300mm</b> thanks to a small unexpected windfall.<br /> <br /> I first identified it as an option towards the end of last year when Jessops were selling it at £269, but at that time I didn't have the money. So you can imagine how gutted I was when I did have the finances in place to discover it had shot up to £305. Thankfully, Jessops offer to 'price match' albeit only against certain suppliers and it turned out that John Lewis are offering it at £264 so they agreed to match their price if I ordered it from them which I duly did.<br /> <br /> I've not had time to get out and about yet to put it to a real test, but I did set up a quick shoot in the back garden, which is what this diptych seeks to represent. I sat the small ceramic owl, which is only just over 4 inches (11cm) in height on top of my home made compost bins. Then I took two shots from the other corner of the garden, which is about 60ft away: the first using the old lens and the second using the new one.<br /> <br /> Got to say I was quite impressed by the difference the extra power made and am now looking forward to getting out and about with it soon. At least if ipernity closes down I'll now have something to do with the extra free time!<br /> <br /> <b>Please view on black for best effect.</b></div> autofantasia https://www.ipernity.com/doc/autofantasia/44006098/in/album/643683 tag:ipernity.com,2016-12-15,doc-44006098 Thu, 15 Dec 2016 18:38:00 +0000 2016-12-15T18:15:03+00:00 nobody@ipernity.com (autofantasia) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/autofantasia">autofantasia</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/autofantasia/44006098/in/album/643683"><img src="https://s.ipernity.com/icons/11.75x.png" width="75" height="75" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description"></div> PHOTOSHARING SITE NOTES 2016 <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/autofantasia">autofantasia</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/autofantasia/44006098/in/album/643683"><img src="https://s.ipernity.com/icons/11.75x.png" width="75" height="75" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description"></div> autofantasia https://www.ipernity.com/doc/autofantasia/44006096/in/album/643683 tag:ipernity.com,2016-12-15,doc-44006096 Thu, 15 Dec 2016 18:37:59 +0000 2016-12-15T18:37:59+00:00 nobody@ipernity.com (autofantasia) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/autofantasia">autofantasia</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/autofantasia/44006096/in/album/643683"><img src="https://s.ipernity.com/icons/5.75x.png" width="75" height="75" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description"></div> PHOTOSHARING SITE NOTES 2016 <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/autofantasia">autofantasia</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/autofantasia/44006096/in/album/643683"><img src="https://s.ipernity.com/icons/5.75x.png" width="75" height="75" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description"></div> autofantasia https://www.ipernity.com/doc/autofantasia/43955428/in/album/643683 tag:ipernity.com,2016-12-05,doc-43955428 Mon, 05 Dec 2016 17:28:13 +0000 2016-12-05T17:25:16+00:00 nobody@ipernity.com (autofantasia) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/autofantasia">autofantasia</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/autofantasia/43955428/in/album/643683"><img src="https://s.ipernity.com/icons/11.75x.png" width="75" height="75" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description"></div> Helping Save Ipernity ... <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/autofantasia">autofantasia</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/autofantasia/43955428/in/album/643683"><img src="https://s.ipernity.com/icons/11.75x.png" width="75" height="75" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description"></div> autofantasia https://www.ipernity.com/doc/autofantasia/41715162/in/album/643683 tag:ipernity.com,2016-04-27,doc-41715162 Wed, 27 Apr 2016 16:24:33 +0000 2016-03-12T12:58:14+01:00 nobody@ipernity.com (autofantasia) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/autofantasia">autofantasia</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/autofantasia/41715162/in/album/643683"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/51/62/41715162.c9aa34eb.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="160" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">Just a simple macro shot I took of an old rusting barrel I came across whilst out walking recently.</div> Between The Lines ... <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/autofantasia">autofantasia</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/autofantasia/41715162/in/album/643683"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/51/62/41715162.c9aa34eb.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="160" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">Just a simple macro shot I took of an old rusting barrel I came across whilst out walking recently.</div> autofantasia https://www.ipernity.com/doc/autofantasia/41388192/in/album/643683 tag:ipernity.com,2016-03-19,doc-41388192 Sat, 19 Mar 2016 13:15:51 +0000 2016-03-12T13:22:37+00:00 nobody@ipernity.com (autofantasia) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/autofantasia">autofantasia</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/autofantasia/41388192/in/album/643683"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/81/92/41388192.bcb5d229.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="160" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">Just a macro of some rusty old metal. Feel free to use creatively as you so wish for textures or backgrounds etc..</div> Free Texture 001 <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/autofantasia">autofantasia</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/autofantasia/41388192/in/album/643683"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/81/92/41388192.bcb5d229.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="160" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">Just a macro of some rusty old metal. Feel free to use creatively as you so wish for textures or backgrounds etc..</div> autofantasia https://www.ipernity.com/doc/autofantasia/40984708/in/album/643683 tag:ipernity.com,2016-01-26,doc-40984708 Tue, 26 Jan 2016 13:06:41 +0000 2004-10-19T10:29:00+00:00 nobody@ipernity.com (autofantasia) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/autofantasia">autofantasia</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/autofantasia/40984708/in/album/643683"><img src="https://s.ipernity.com/icons/11.75x.png" width="75" height="75" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description"></div> Ipernity Test PDF <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/autofantasia">autofantasia</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/autofantasia/40984708/in/album/643683"><img src="https://s.ipernity.com/icons/11.75x.png" width="75" height="75" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description"></div> autofantasia https://www.ipernity.com/doc/autofantasia/40984692/in/album/643683 tag:ipernity.com,2016-01-26,doc-40984692 Tue, 26 Jan 2016 12:59:20 +0000 2016-01-26T12:59:20+00:00 nobody@ipernity.com (autofantasia) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/autofantasia">autofantasia</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/autofantasia/40984692/in/album/643683"><img src="https://s.ipernity.com/icons/20.75x.png" width="75" height="75" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description"></div> Ipernity Test Excel <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/autofantasia">autofantasia</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/autofantasia/40984692/in/album/643683"><img src="https://s.ipernity.com/icons/20.75x.png" width="75" height="75" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description"></div> autofantasia https://www.ipernity.com/doc/autofantasia/40984680/in/album/643683 tag:ipernity.com,2016-01-26,doc-40984680 Tue, 26 Jan 2016 12:56:31 +0000 2016-01-26T12:56:31+00:00 nobody@ipernity.com (autofantasia) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/autofantasia">autofantasia</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/autofantasia/40984680/in/album/643683"><img src="https://s.ipernity.com/icons/2.75x.png" width="75" height="75" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description"></div> Ipernity Test Publisher <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/autofantasia">autofantasia</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/autofantasia/40984680/in/album/643683"><img src="https://s.ipernity.com/icons/2.75x.png" width="75" height="75" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description"></div> autofantasia https://www.ipernity.com/doc/autofantasia/40984660/in/album/643683 tag:ipernity.com,2016-01-26,doc-40984660 Tue, 26 Jan 2016 12:51:40 +0000 2016-01-26T12:51:40+00:00 nobody@ipernity.com (autofantasia) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/autofantasia">autofantasia</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/autofantasia/40984660/in/album/643683"><img src="https://s.ipernity.com/icons/5.75x.png" width="75" height="75" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description"></div> Ipernity Test Word <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/autofantasia">autofantasia</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/autofantasia/40984660/in/album/643683"><img src="https://s.ipernity.com/icons/5.75x.png" width="75" height="75" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description"></div> autofantasia https://www.ipernity.com/doc/autofantasia/40984632/in/album/643683 tag:ipernity.com,2016-01-26,doc-40984632 Tue, 26 Jan 2016 12:47:38 +0000 2016-01-26T12:47:38+00:00 nobody@ipernity.com (autofantasia) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/autofantasia">autofantasia</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/autofantasia/40984632/in/album/643683"><img src="https://s.ipernity.com/icons/16.75x.png" width="75" height="75" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description"></div> Ipernity Test <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/autofantasia">autofantasia</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/autofantasia/40984632/in/album/643683"><img src="https://s.ipernity.com/icons/16.75x.png" width="75" height="75" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description"></div> autofantasia https://www.ipernity.com/doc/autofantasia/40856426/in/album/643683 tag:ipernity.com,2016-01-11,doc-40856426 Mon, 11 Jan 2016 17:29:40 +0000 2015-11-16T12:30:58+00:00 nobody@ipernity.com (autofantasia) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/autofantasia">autofantasia</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/autofantasia/40856426/in/album/643683"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/64/26/40856426.dc312900.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="160" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">Simply a section of brickwork that forms a wall on Turker Lane, Northallerton.<br /> <br /> This picture is posted for a manipulation challenge in the <a href="https://www.ipernity.com/group/325959" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Come Slide With Me</a> group here on ipernity.<br /> <br /> <b>Edit:</b> Sorry, but I just had to come back and give this one a title (albeit a rather obvious one) and add it into <a href="https://www.ipernity.com/group/362993" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Sight and Sound : Pictures & Music</a>.<br /> <br /> <a href="https://youtu.be/HrxX9TBj2zY" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Pink Floyd - Another Brick in the Wall (Part 2)</a></div> No Thought Control ... <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/autofantasia">autofantasia</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/autofantasia/40856426/in/album/643683"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/64/26/40856426.dc312900.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="160" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">Simply a section of brickwork that forms a wall on Turker Lane, Northallerton.<br /> <br /> This picture is posted for a manipulation challenge in the <a href="https://www.ipernity.com/group/325959" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Come Slide With Me</a> group here on ipernity.<br /> <br /> <b>Edit:</b> Sorry, but I just had to come back and give this one a title (albeit a rather obvious one) and add it into <a href="https://www.ipernity.com/group/362993" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Sight and Sound : Pictures & Music</a>.<br /> <br /> <a href="https://youtu.be/HrxX9TBj2zY" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Pink Floyd - Another Brick in the Wall (Part 2)</a></div> autofantasia https://www.ipernity.com/doc/autofantasia/40485014/in/album/643683 tag:ipernity.com,2015-12-01,doc-40485014 Tue, 01 Dec 2015 12:51:39 +0000 2012-03-06T09:09:28+00:00 nobody@ipernity.com (autofantasia) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/autofantasia">autofantasia</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/autofantasia/40485014/in/album/643683"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/50/14/40485014.164f2ccd.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="160" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">I was one of the many that came flooding across from flickr back in 2013 having found its revamp too messy, not at all intuitive and way too slow for my internet connection to handle. <br /> <br /> I knew that in time I would have got used to all those new buttons and learnt how to do what used to come naturally, but it would still have looked a mess and still have been far too slow.<br /> <br /> So I left flickr behind and began to set up my new home here on ipernity having decided that it was by far the best alternative product on the market.<br /> <br /> In many ways it reminded me of the ‘old’ flickr, it was clean, fresh, and easy to use and above all it was fast. I didn’t have to wait for ages for photographs to load, there were no ‘bad pandas’ to be found and the people behind the site seemed keen to develop it as best they could, but in a way that suited the end user.<br /> <br /> Team Ipernity not only communicated with account holders on a regular basis, they consulted them on possible new developments, they sought their opinions, and best of all they actually took on board what people had to say. All very refreshing in today’s world, particularly if you’d moved here from flickr and so I was quick to show my support by taking out Club Membership.<br /> <br /> In that first year they posted 73 articles and made many subtle, but welcome improvements to the site. The following year that number dropped to 31, but they were still very active and the product continued to deliver in ways that flickr never did so I naturally renewed my membership and continued to add to my photostream without any concerns.<br /> <br /> However, in 2015 it appears all is not well in ipernity. Since the beginning of the year following on from the cloud migration only 2 articles have been published by the team and none of them, with the exception of Julian, appear to be using the platform that they themselves helped create.<br /> <br /> Elsewhere the team seem to be even less active with no posts on Twitter or Facebook at all in 2015 and the Google+ account seems to have died altogether.<br /> <br /> All of this, combined with the team's tardiness when it comes to responding to tickets over recent months and their apparent inability to solve the problems reported, really does leave me worrying about what is happening to ipernity.<br /> <br /> It has left me questioning if this is still a thriving go-ahead community inspired business model or if it is a project that is it being left to simply tick over before ultimately having the plug pulled and the life support switched off?<br /> <br /> And I know from posts, articles and discussions I’ve read elsewhere that I’m far from being alone in having these concerns so I’m posting this open letter to Team Ipernity in the hopes that they might respond.<br /> <br /> Don’t get me wrong, I still love ipernity and I’m not meaning to criticize the product or for that matter have a go at individuals … I’m merely expressing an opinion that, from the outside at least, it does indeed appear that all is not well in ipernity.<br /> <br /> I accept that sometimes no matter how enthusiastic you are about a product and no matter how hard you try to make it succeed there are times when you can do no more: when you quite simply have no more time, energy or finances left to invest.<br /> <br /> That may well be the situation as far as Team Ipernity are concerned and whilst it would be devastating news at least people would say they tried, they tried, but they failed. No shame in that, at least not as far as I’m concerned.<br /> <br /> However, what would be unforgiveable would be if having reached that point they failed to communicate it properly and at the appropriate time to users, both existing and potential. <br /> <br /> For instance, most people would think it very unprofessional to continue to take subscriptions knowing that the project had been cast adrift like a rudderless boat, which had been holed below the water line and abandoned simply to be left to sink without trace at some point in the future.<br /> <br /> As it happens, my own Club Membership is up for renewal again in a few weeks and all this uncertainty is making me question whether I should renew this time around. So, it would be nice not only to have my open tickets dealt with, but to have some answers/reassurances about the future of ipernity.<br /> <br /> <b>If you share my views, or at least some of my concerns, and you too would like to know what the future holds for ipernity then please add the above image* into your faves.<br /> <br /> Click that little star now and help shine the spotlight of Explore onto what we Brits would call "the elephant in the room".**</b><br /> <br /> <i>*The image shown entitled "Elephant In The Room" was produced by Canadian artist Brandon Thomas and sourced through the deviantart website. You can see more of his work <a href="http://www.bthomas64.deviantart.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">here</a>.<br /> <br /> **The phrase "elephant in the room" is an idiom for an obvious truth that is either being ignored or going unaddressed. The expression also applies to an obvious problem or risk which no one wants to discuss. </i></div> Dear Team Ipernity ... <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/autofantasia">autofantasia</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/autofantasia/40485014/in/album/643683"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/50/14/40485014.164f2ccd.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="160" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">I was one of the many that came flooding across from flickr back in 2013 having found its revamp too messy, not at all intuitive and way too slow for my internet connection to handle. <br /> <br /> I knew that in time I would have got used to all those new buttons and learnt how to do what used to come naturally, but it would still have looked a mess and still have been far too slow.<br /> <br /> So I left flickr behind and began to set up my new home here on ipernity having decided that it was by far the best alternative product on the market.<br /> <br /> In many ways it reminded me of the ‘old’ flickr, it was clean, fresh, and easy to use and above all it was fast. I didn’t have to wait for ages for photographs to load, there were no ‘bad pandas’ to be found and the people behind the site seemed keen to develop it as best they could, but in a way that suited the end user.<br /> <br /> Team Ipernity not only communicated with account holders on a regular basis, they consulted them on possible new developments, they sought their opinions, and best of all they actually took on board what people had to say. All very refreshing in today’s world, particularly if you’d moved here from flickr and so I was quick to show my support by taking out Club Membership.<br /> <br /> In that first year they posted 73 articles and made many subtle, but welcome improvements to the site. The following year that number dropped to 31, but they were still very active and the product continued to deliver in ways that flickr never did so I naturally renewed my membership and continued to add to my photostream without any concerns.<br /> <br /> However, in 2015 it appears all is not well in ipernity. Since the beginning of the year following on from the cloud migration only 2 articles have been published by the team and none of them, with the exception of Julian, appear to be using the platform that they themselves helped create.<br /> <br /> Elsewhere the team seem to be even less active with no posts on Twitter or Facebook at all in 2015 and the Google+ account seems to have died altogether.<br /> <br /> All of this, combined with the team's tardiness when it comes to responding to tickets over recent months and their apparent inability to solve the problems reported, really does leave me worrying about what is happening to ipernity.<br /> <br /> It has left me questioning if this is still a thriving go-ahead community inspired business model or if it is a project that is it being left to simply tick over before ultimately having the plug pulled and the life support switched off?<br /> <br /> And I know from posts, articles and discussions I’ve read elsewhere that I’m far from being alone in having these concerns so I’m posting this open letter to Team Ipernity in the hopes that they might respond.<br /> <br /> Don’t get me wrong, I still love ipernity and I’m not meaning to criticize the product or for that matter have a go at individuals … I’m merely expressing an opinion that, from the outside at least, it does indeed appear that all is not well in ipernity.<br /> <br /> I accept that sometimes no matter how enthusiastic you are about a product and no matter how hard you try to make it succeed there are times when you can do no more: when you quite simply have no more time, energy or finances left to invest.<br /> <br /> That may well be the situation as far as Team Ipernity are concerned and whilst it would be devastating news at least people would say they tried, they tried, but they failed. No shame in that, at least not as far as I’m concerned.<br /> <br /> However, what would be unforgiveable would be if having reached that point they failed to communicate it properly and at the appropriate time to users, both existing and potential. <br /> <br /> For instance, most people would think it very unprofessional to continue to take subscriptions knowing that the project had been cast adrift like a rudderless boat, which had been holed below the water line and abandoned simply to be left to sink without trace at some point in the future.<br /> <br /> As it happens, my own Club Membership is up for renewal again in a few weeks and all this uncertainty is making me question whether I should renew this time around. So, it would be nice not only to have my open tickets dealt with, but to have some answers/reassurances about the future of ipernity.<br /> <br /> <b>If you share my views, or at least some of my concerns, and you too would like to know what the future holds for ipernity then please add the above image* into your faves.<br /> <br /> Click that little star now and help shine the spotlight of Explore onto what we Brits would call "the elephant in the room".**</b><br /> <br /> <i>*The image shown entitled "Elephant In The Room" was produced by Canadian artist Brandon Thomas and sourced through the deviantart website. You can see more of his work <a href="http://www.bthomas64.deviantart.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">here</a>.<br /> <br /> **The phrase "elephant in the room" is an idiom for an obvious truth that is either being ignored or going unaddressed. The expression also applies to an obvious problem or risk which no one wants to discuss. </i></div> autofantasia https://www.ipernity.com/doc/autofantasia/40230292/in/album/643683 tag:ipernity.com,2015-11-04,doc-40230292 Wed, 04 Nov 2015 08:54:48 +0000 2015-11-04T08:54:48+00:00 nobody@ipernity.com (autofantasia) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/autofantasia">autofantasia</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/autofantasia/40230292/in/album/643683"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/02/92/40230292.72ac9994.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="64" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">Just want to flag up a new user called John Cabre who overnight had left a spam message on my photostream with a link for a PhotoShop tutorial site.<br /> <br /> He has no photos, articles or contacts and so it would appear his sole purpose here is to promote the aforementioned site.<br /> <br /> I have blocked him and reported the matter to the ipernity team. If he has left similar messages on your photostream you may want to do the same.<br /> <br /> Please note that I did not follow the link he posted as I had no way of telling if it would be safe to do so.</div> Really, Some People ... <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/autofantasia">autofantasia</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/autofantasia/40230292/in/album/643683"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/02/92/40230292.72ac9994.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="64" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">Just want to flag up a new user called John Cabre who overnight had left a spam message on my photostream with a link for a PhotoShop tutorial site.<br /> <br /> He has no photos, articles or contacts and so it would appear his sole purpose here is to promote the aforementioned site.<br /> <br /> I have blocked him and reported the matter to the ipernity team. If he has left similar messages on your photostream you may want to do the same.<br /> <br /> Please note that I did not follow the link he posted as I had no way of telling if it would be safe to do so.</div> autofantasia https://www.ipernity.com/doc/autofantasia/38495076/in/album/643683 tag:ipernity.com,2015-06-07,doc-38495076 Sun, 07 Jun 2015 19:35:32 +0000 2015-06-07T20:35:32+01:00 nobody@ipernity.com (autofantasia) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/autofantasia">autofantasia</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/autofantasia/38495076/in/album/643683"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/50/76/38495076.4d6329ed.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="240" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">A free download from the NASA Scientific Visualization Studio that I used in creating my entry for this week's <b>Sunday Challenge</b> entitled <a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/autofantasia/38494812" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Don't Go Around Tonight</a>.<br /> <br /> It wasn't supposed to be for people to see in its own right other than as a link, but I forgot to change the authorizations .... ooops!<br /> <br /> I was going to change it, but as a few people have been kind enough to comment on it and add it into their faves I thought it better to leave it on show for the moment at least. However, I've now closed comments on it for obvious reasons.<br /> <br /> You can find out more about this organisation and view more of their awesome images, many of which are available as free downloads, by following the link below:<br /> <br /> svs.gsfc.nasa.gov</div> NASA Scientific Visualization Studio <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/autofantasia">autofantasia</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/autofantasia/38495076/in/album/643683"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/50/76/38495076.4d6329ed.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="240" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">A free download from the NASA Scientific Visualization Studio that I used in creating my entry for this week's <b>Sunday Challenge</b> entitled <a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/autofantasia/38494812" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Don't Go Around Tonight</a>.<br /> <br /> It wasn't supposed to be for people to see in its own right other than as a link, but I forgot to change the authorizations .... ooops!<br /> <br /> I was going to change it, but as a few people have been kind enough to comment on it and add it into their faves I thought it better to leave it on show for the moment at least. However, I've now closed comments on it for obvious reasons.<br /> <br /> You can find out more about this organisation and view more of their awesome images, many of which are available as free downloads, by following the link below:<br /> <br /> svs.gsfc.nasa.gov</div> autofantasia https://www.ipernity.com/doc/autofantasia/37267830/in/album/643683 tag:ipernity.com,2015-03-06,doc-37267830 Fri, 06 Mar 2015 15:13:49 +0000 2015-03-06T13:42:48+00:00 nobody@ipernity.com (autofantasia) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/autofantasia">autofantasia</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/autofantasia/37267830/in/album/643683"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/78/30/37267830.a47ae4a4.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="181" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">Yet another attempt at doing HDR.<br /> <br /> This is from a shoot I did earlier today and has been created from 3 bracketed RAW files using Photomatix and then finished off in PaintShop Pro.</div> HDR Experiment ... Photomatix From 3 RAW Files <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/autofantasia">autofantasia</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/autofantasia/37267830/in/album/643683"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/78/30/37267830.a47ae4a4.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="181" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">Yet another attempt at doing HDR.<br /> <br /> This is from a shoot I did earlier today and has been created from 3 bracketed RAW files using Photomatix and then finished off in PaintShop Pro.</div> autofantasia https://www.ipernity.com/doc/autofantasia/37253118/in/album/643683 tag:ipernity.com,2015-03-04,doc-37253118 Wed, 04 Mar 2015 19:08:01 +0000 2015-03-03T14:34:36+00:00 nobody@ipernity.com (autofantasia) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/autofantasia">autofantasia</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/autofantasia/37253118/in/album/643683"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/31/18/37253118.14433455.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="160" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">And picking up on Norm's suggestion in response to my last upload, this is what you get using the same 3 images in PhotoMatix when you process using one of the Monochrome presets.<br /> <br /> Be interested to know what people think, but I'm kind of torn between this and the last one. I think Norm was inspired to suggest the mono approach!</div> HDR Experiment ... Photomatix Using 3 Images - Monochrome Preset <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/autofantasia">autofantasia</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/autofantasia/37253118/in/album/643683"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/31/18/37253118.14433455.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="160" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">And picking up on Norm's suggestion in response to my last upload, this is what you get using the same 3 images in PhotoMatix when you process using one of the Monochrome presets.<br /> <br /> Be interested to know what people think, but I'm kind of torn between this and the last one. I think Norm was inspired to suggest the mono approach!</div> autofantasia https://www.ipernity.com/doc/autofantasia/37252926/in/album/643683 tag:ipernity.com,2015-03-04,doc-37252926 Wed, 04 Mar 2015 18:28:55 +0000 2015-03-03T14:34:36+00:00 nobody@ipernity.com (autofantasia) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/autofantasia">autofantasia</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/autofantasia/37252926/in/album/643683"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/29/26/37252926.fd01162c.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="160" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">So, taking it to the next level, this is what you get using the same 3 images in PhotoMatix when you process using the Creative preset.<br /> <br /> Maybe a little too false for some folks, but I think it's my favourite so far in this experimental set.</div> HDR Experiment ... Photomatix Using 3 Images - Creative Preset <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/autofantasia">autofantasia</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/autofantasia/37252926/in/album/643683"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/29/26/37252926.fd01162c.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="160" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">So, taking it to the next level, this is what you get using the same 3 images in PhotoMatix when you process using the Creative preset.<br /> <br /> Maybe a little too false for some folks, but I think it's my favourite so far in this experimental set.</div> autofantasia