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Mister Moo 02-04-2009 04:07 AM

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Originally Posted by Big D KC (Post 213553)
Here are a couple shots ...

Second one, one more shot, no flash. Pretty much looks just like it does to the eye laying there on my desk. MUCH darker!
http://home.comcast.net/~fuscat/pipes/pez2.jpg

Very interesting! Perhaps that tin is fairly young? I know the B&M had the bulk bag that mine was from open for quite some time in a jar on the counter (months). And this sample I have had at my house for the last 4.

Pic #2 looks like every tin of Pez I ever opened.

But for credit due, More'sic takes a heck of a nice photo.

morefifemusic 02-04-2009 12:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Big D KC (Post 213553)
Very interesting! Perhaps that tin is fairly young? I know the B&M had the bulk bag that mine was from open for quite some time in a jar on the counter (months). And this sample I have had at my house for the last 4.

Looking at the first pic under better lighting, I would say that my Penz is pretty close to that.

The darkness in the bottom pic I would say is due to underexposure and poor lighting.

The nature of the lighting I took my pic in was more of an ambient, warm light which will increase the perceptions of browns. I some of the focus was on getting the baccy light enough to see good texture too. I also combined four or five photos to get a precise depth of field, so the in-focus parts and increased texture may make it look lighter.


Or is may just be younger. Tin was bought in Nov. and opened in Dec.

I have three more tins, so we'll see what the next one looks like. Gotta smoke through this stuff first though. :)

-Tyler

morefifemusic 02-04-2009 12:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Mister Moo (Post 213787)
But for credit due, More'sic takes a heck of a nice photo.

Thanks Moo. :)

Big D KC 02-04-2009 01:19 PM

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Hope no offense was taken by my posts Tyler! You have far more superior photo skills then I, as I have none! Your photo looks awesome, I just thought it didn't really look like penzance as I have come to know it, which brought curiosity along with it..

No harm meant! :)

morefifemusic 02-04-2009 05:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Big D KC (Post 214643)
Hope no offense was taken by my posts Tyler! You have far more superior photo skills then I, as I have none! Your photo looks awesome, I just thought it didn't really look like penzance as I have come to know it, which brought curiosity along with it..

No harm meant! :)

None taken at all. I like trying to piece together a puzzle. And while the photo turned out pretty much as I had intended, it is nice to get feedback, particularly if it isn't an accurate representation of the baccy. :D

-Tyler

morefifemusic 02-04-2009 05:49 PM

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For comparison purposes, here is the picture I posted:

http://i127.photobucket.com/albums/p...c/Penzance.jpg

And here an unprocessed jpeg from one of the RAW (digital negative) files the above photo was made from. This jpeg was taken one stop underexposed from what the camera read as correct exposure.

http://img339.imageshack.us/img339/7614/tlm1039se4.jpg

You can see how the tone enhancements have altered the tobac color a bit. I used a WB setting of around 5000 or 5500k, so it is slightly warmer than what the camera AWB selected, somewhere around 4000k.

-Tyler

Big D KC 02-04-2009 08:34 PM

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No idea what your talking about on the camera end of things, but the untouched photo definitely matches what penz truely looks like!

:D

Mugen910 02-05-2009 05:30 PM

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My first set of pipes..Any reviews? :D

Scottw 02-05-2009 06:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Mugen910 (Post 217755)
My first set of pipes..Any reviews? :D

Where are the carbs on those pipes?

Big D KC 02-10-2009 11:30 PM

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Here is a blurry shot of my entire cellar up to this point. Slippery slope indeed! I just got started with the pipe last Sept, and really didn't get hard into it till about October!!

http://home.comcast.net/~fuscat/pipe...&c/celler1.jpg

Nick 02-11-2009 12:00 AM

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That's a good bit of tobacco for sure.

morefifemusic 02-11-2009 07:25 AM

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Originally Posted by Big D KC (Post 228662)
Here is a blurry shot of my entire cellar up to this point. Slippery slope indeed! I just got started with the pipe last Sept, and really didn't get hard into it till about October!!

http://home.comcast.net/~fuscat/pipe...&c/celler1.jpg

Only six tins of Escudo? Pah!

WWhermit 02-11-2009 09:46 AM

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I'm glad to see you finally wrestled the Foodsaver away from your wife!

Nice job Big D. By the way, just showed the picture to my wife. Now she knows I'm not out of control, compared to to others!!

WWhermit
:pi

morefifemusic 02-11-2009 10:26 AM

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Originally Posted by WWhermit (Post 229220)
I'm glad to see you finally wrestled the Foodsaver away from your wife!

Nice job Big D. By the way, just showed the picture to my wife. Now she knows I'm not out of control, compared to to others!!

WWhermit
:pi

Great idea hermit! I could probably justify another 2-3 pounds of baccy to the wife with this picture.

:hm

Big D KC 02-11-2009 10:28 AM

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lol Glad I could help you guys out!! :D

ahc4353 02-11-2009 10:51 AM

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What beautiful pics of your guys pipes. I don't smoke a pipe but have fond memories of my dad smoking his. Have thought about giving it a go but another slop just might kill me. :D

To show just what kind of a pipe noob I am, is there NC and CC slopes to pipe smoking?

Again, thank you for the great pics and bringing back some great memories of my dad.

Al

Curly Cut 02-11-2009 12:49 PM

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Originally Posted by ahc4353 (Post 229367)
To show just what kind of a pipe noob I am, is there NC and CC slopes to pipe smoking?

there are a couple cuban pipe tobaccos, but most ppl who've smoked it (and judgement i trust) say it sucked.

there are other types of tobaccos, though, and hundreds of blends in each type. so, if you fell down the "Virginia Slope", as opposed to the "Balkan Slope", then yes, there are different slopes.

BigFrank 02-11-2009 01:30 PM

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what you marking those with Big D? I need a better system, mine are all hand written on post it notes...

Big D KC 02-11-2009 02:56 PM

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Brother PTouch label printer! I have an older one that is similar to the "desktop" series. You can find more about them here: http://www.brother-usa.com/PTouch/

I love mine and I use the hell out of it for all manner of things!

BigFrank 02-11-2009 03:36 PM

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Originally Posted by ahc4353 (Post 229367)
To show just what kind of a pipe noob I am, is there NC and CC slopes to pipe smoking?

Al

Only one slope, the hoarding slope. lol you can never have enough!
With that said there are two slopes, tobacco and pipe.

With pipe tobacco being relatively cheap compared to cigars, in my opinion anyway. You will buy multiples of tins and tobacco in bulk. Why buy 1 tin when you can buy 3 or more? Why buy 2 ounces, when they sell it by the pound?

There is also the pipe slope, which if not watched is pricey.


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