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Western Pa.

Geez, the ongoing situation in Iraq, deer hunters being murdered in Wisconsin, and many at this site causing the fur to fly before we've even had a good snowfall yet! Anyway, I received a note from Don Langevin today that he is working on "How to Grow Giant Pumpkins IV! Scheduled to come out 2006, this will be a coffe table type book from an "entirely organic perspective"! Don also states that this will probably be his last. He's looking for some "high quality" pictures preferably on film, not digital. Finally, something to look forward to,(besides Spring 2005!)

11/22/2004 5:00:39 PM

Hilpoltstein, Bavaria, Germany

now that is the best news for several days if not weeks!

11/22/2004 5:34:11 PM

No Place Special

awesome!!!!

11/22/2004 5:45:07 PM

Minnesota([email protected])

Wow! Thanks for the heads up kilr.

Doug

11/22/2004 5:53:52 PM

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....organic perspective?

11/22/2004 6:03:01 PM

I'm with Gordon... GO UTES!

Interesting... but I wonder why film and not digital? I have
several photos in book III, and if I do say so myself, I think
they're pretty darn sharp and colorful. Of course, those were
shot with good equipment and I have a lot of experience.

But photography, good or bad, is photography, no matter if
digital or film is used. If you shoot digital at 4 MP or
better, with good lenses and don't throw away any data, the
results can be great! But all that data must be saved for
good prints.....

Ah, he's looking for large format photographs... two page
spreads... large size paper... coffee table book! (Duh!)

My D100 can do that, but sometimes you have to convince
people. ;=)

11/22/2004 6:14:43 PM

Western Pa.

Cliff,

He PREFERS film to digital. He explained (too high tech for me) if your camera is capable of creating images 2400 pixels wide, maximum output in print would be just 8 inches.

11/22/2004 10:10:15 PM

ENGLAND

I do hope that Don uses the phrase "probably be his last" very loosly as his HTGWCGP books are bibles to many Growers. In saying that though i still have to be able to afford to buy Book 3 as i only have Book's 1 & 2. A lottery win would be nice right now.

11/23/2004 7:45:24 AM

Billerica,Massachusetts

Hard bound with a dust cover.

11/23/2004 8:02:53 AM

Western Pa.

Why doesn't one of "the club's" raffle off a few of Don's books? Sounds like a good fundraiser!

11/23/2004 8:20:05 AM

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I'm sure some will.

11/23/2004 10:09:51 AM

I'm with Gordon... GO UTES!

No no no no... 8 inches wide?... that is what the textbook
says, good software can enlarge it quite nicely. Looks BETTER
than film, poster size can come out of digital SLRs. Take a
look at any two-page spread in Sports Illustrated, all of that
is shot with digital SLRs.

Anyway, it's not up to me to convice anyone. The print will!

11/23/2004 11:23:15 AM