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Post by fuzzybelly on Jan 14, 2013 19:13:59 GMT -9
How do I make sure a cache owner knows how much I enjoyed the adventure they gave me.
I like to post a photo with my log, along with a fun ditty.
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Post by ladybugkids on Jan 14, 2013 19:31:55 GMT -9
It is interesting that as camera-equipped smart phones become more common, cachers tend to be posting fewer and fewer photos. Is it because:
1. with the proliferation of caches, people only have time to write "TFTC" and not upload a photo?
2. as digital technology improves and the average camera takes more megapixels, photo upload times take too long and cachers aren't willing to run their photos through software to reduce their photos (I batch process mine in a matter of seconds).
3. cachers forget how cool it is when someone posts a photo of one of their TBs or geocoins?
4. other?
My gallery of 3200+ photos is like a digital diary, documenting the cool places I've visited and the event cooler cachers I've spent time with.
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burtonsinak
Bronze Cacher
Posts: 60
GeocacheAlaska! Membership Level: Sourdough
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Post by burtonsinak on Jan 14, 2013 22:28:22 GMT -9
whats a ditty??
Im going to have to learn how to take the picts then and then how on earth do i post them.. the misses usally does that.
many times when i log a cache i hope anyone that reads it can visualize it all and most the time laugh with me.
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Post by ladybugkids on Jan 15, 2013 6:44:58 GMT -9
[quote author=burtonsinak board=howto thread=1763 Im going to have to learn how to take the picts then and then how on earth do i post them.. the misses usally does that. [/quote]After clicking on "Submit log entry," click on the photo icon to upload photos from your phone, camera, or your computer if you've already moved your photos there. I normally move my photos to my computer so I can shrink them to no more than 640 pixels wide because the gc.com website does that anyway and the uploads go much faster. The Groundspeak Help Center has a section on " Images in Cache Logs." Personal milestone...2000 posts in these forums...I really do need to get away from the keyboard.
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Post by fuzzybelly on Jan 15, 2013 8:18:27 GMT -9
WOW cool LBkids, 2000 posts on the forum pages. Thanks for helping answer so many questions from us.
Burtonsinak, It's a "Ditty", you know, a funny saying, or a little jig. In my case it's a little ditty.
Telling a short story that the cache owner can imagine the fun you had on their cache is a great way to show your appreciation.
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burtonsinak
Bronze Cacher
Posts: 60
GeocacheAlaska! Membership Level: Sourdough
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Post by burtonsinak on Jan 15, 2013 8:55:41 GMT -9
ok then i ditty alot....
lbk .. maybe that could be a or part of an eduevent about doing things with picts and uploading them. since i dont know how i couldnt posably teach it.... grin
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Post by ladybugkids on Jan 15, 2013 9:29:57 GMT -9
ok then i ditty alot.... lbk .. maybe that could be a or part of an eduevent about doing things with picts and uploading them. since i dont know how i couldnt posably teach it.... grin Oh, the explaination above and provided link didn't help? Give it a try and ask follow-up questions. Also, uploading photos has already been done a couple of times at FUNdamentals events. All education materials may be found on the GeocacheAlaska! website here. Check out the topics on Cache Submittal Fundaments and Geocache Submission Fundamentals. They discuss how to upload an impage to a cache page and upload an image to a cache log is essentially the same when used with the information in my post above.
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burtonsinak
Bronze Cacher
Posts: 60
GeocacheAlaska! Membership Level: Sourdough
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Post by burtonsinak on Jan 15, 2013 16:36:50 GMT -9
Thanks Mike, i have uploaded picts to cache pages i have found, i was teasing a bit, but i dont know about those other place to look back on on the fun and edu events or that we can go back but one or 2. and to remember it all. the shrinking of picts is another thing to learn.
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Post by ladybugkids on Jan 15, 2013 19:54:15 GMT -9
Thanks Mike, i have uploaded picts to cache pages i have found, i was teasing a bit, but i dont know about those other place to look back on on the fun and edu events or that we can go back but one or 2. and to remember it all. GEOCACHEALASKA! EDUCATION WEBPAGE (click on the blue text to the left of this parenthetical to open the page). The link to the website is also on the back of every newsletter. Just click on the "Education" tab on the left-hand side of the screen. That is application specific and there are hundreds of applications that will do it, so I can't help much with that. Windows 7 computers come with Windows Live Photo Gallery which will do it. Paint will do it. Photoshop will do it. Etc.
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Post by fuzzybelly on Jan 15, 2013 20:50:15 GMT -9
Here's was a fun line I enjoyed in a post that a cacher left on my cache today after they found it......."I give good directions, okay put both hands up with thumb and pointer fingers out... the one that makes the big L is LEFT... and I just always go the RIGHT way". I was craking up from this one
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Post by NorthWes on Jan 24, 2013 15:21:01 GMT -9
I'm naturally loquacious ( yes - I know some of you are doing this right now: and that's ok... because just as fuzzy says in another thread, somebody's gotta be the person to say something nice!) so it's no problem to let folks know how much I enjoyed their caches. I've got 3 mechanisms:1) I say I enjoyed it, with varying degrees of amplified response and details; 2) I post a 'favorite' if I really really really enjoyed the experience & want others to know too; (note - almost all earthcaches get a favorite due to the effort to establish them, by the way...) 3) I post a photo showing something of my joyful time at the cache (over 3,200 in my gallery right now; as Mike said - precious memories!) And - regarding #3, I almost always post my currently-favorite photo shown here, because I also want others (including the cache owner) to know about GeocacheAlaska! as well. It's a sort of educational statement intermingled with pride in being a member of a great organization.
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Post by fuzzybelly on Jan 25, 2013 9:22:30 GMT -9
3200 photos. WOW.
I must say, I do enjoy getting photos on my cache pages when someone finds them.
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Post by NorthWes on Jan 25, 2013 11:14:33 GMT -9
3200 photos. WOW. I must say, I do enjoy getting photos on my cache pages when someone finds them. Mike and I have similar photo gallery 'counts' - we're both amazed that folks don't snap and share more photos. I absolutely love seeing how other cachers experienced a particular place - it's a guide for me when choosing where to cache, especially when I'm traveling. And I second Mike's remarks about capturing the memories...
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Post by akstafford on Jan 25, 2013 12:48:31 GMT -9
Unless the mosquitoes or weather prevents it, I always try to snap a photo. I figure if nothing else it will give future searches a general idea of what they will encounter for terrain, brush, etc... And I never just leave a TFTC log... Those drive me nuts. Of course, if the Cache Owner did nothing more creative than hide a bison in a tree and call it a cache then I don't put too much more effort into leaving an interesting log...
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Post by fuzzybelly on Jan 27, 2013 8:58:40 GMT -9
Good idea stafford. posting a photo of a swarm of hungry mosquitoes never does a cache any good
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Post by NorthWes on Jan 27, 2013 11:17:56 GMT -9
I post-holed to a cache up in Eagle River one lovely late winter day in March, and found myself targeted by a slow-moving platoon of those huge early-season mosquitoes. They were so clumsy - I was able to snap the logbook shut on two of them & 'press' them like flowers for future cachers to enjoy. I titled my logbook entry "MOSQUITO WARNING"...
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Post by fuzzybelly on Jan 29, 2013 9:23:25 GMT -9
Northwes, now that had me rolling this morning. LOL, press them like flowers for the others to enjoy
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Post by NorthWes on Jan 29, 2013 12:51:54 GMT -9
Northwes, now that had me rolling this morning. LOL, press them like flowers for the others to enjoy Exactly! You've got it! I even chose ones free from bloodborne pathogens (meaning, they hadn't found exposed skin yet...)
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Post by NorthWes on Feb 16, 2013 17:33:26 GMT -9
Unless the mosquitoes or weather prevents it, I always try to snap a photo. I figure if nothing else it will give future searches a general idea of what they will encounter for terrain, brush, etc... And I never just leave a TFTC log... Those drive me nuts. Of course, if the Cache Owner did nothing more creative than hide a bison in a tree and call it a cache then I don't put too much more effort into leaving an interesting log... I really like this quote. Helping out also keeps the area from being aggressively & destructively searched by frustrated mosquito-bitten catchers who are tired of bad coordinates on Micros hidden in the woods.
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