Ed Rooney Posted January 22, 2020 Share Posted January 22, 2020 . . . that the Asian girl has been greeting us in that flighting ring since last Friday? Odd, that there's been no change. Edo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 spacecadet Posted January 22, 2020 Share Posted January 22, 2020 Ed, I thought someone had been putting Jamesons in your Guinness until I looked at the homepage.😀 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 CAROL SAUNDERS Posted January 22, 2020 Share Posted January 22, 2020 Was going to say whatever it is you are on, can I have some also😉 However it made me look at the homepage again and notice now 190 million images OMG ! Carol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Broad Norfolk Posted January 22, 2020 Share Posted January 22, 2020 It is strange it's been there so long especially considering the degree of grain and manipulation in the image. Seems to me to go against QC standards and isn't a very good advert in this position. In the dim and distant past I've had a QC failure for much less. Jim. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 sb photos Posted January 22, 2020 Share Posted January 22, 2020 20 minutes ago, spacecadet said: Ed, I thought someone had been putting Jamesons in your Guinness until I looked at the homepage.😀 Long ago back in my 20's I used drink half of bottled guinness with a whisky in it and still play good darts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Allan Bell Posted January 22, 2020 Share Posted January 22, 2020 20 minutes ago, sb photos said: Long ago back in my 20's I used drink half of bottled guinness with a whisky in it and still play good darts. Back in my 20's I used to spoil Guinness by adding champagne to it. Allan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 spacecadet Posted January 22, 2020 Share Posted January 22, 2020 49 minutes ago, sb photos said: Long ago back in my 20's I used drink half of bottled guinness with a whisky in it and still play good darts. The Nigerian Guinness does a pretty good job on its own. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 meanderingemu Posted January 22, 2020 Share Posted January 22, 2020 1 hour ago, Broad Norfolk said: It is strange it's been there so long especially considering the degree of grain and manipulation in the image. Seems to me to go against QC standards and isn't a very good advert in this position. In the dim and distant past I've had a QC failure for much less. Jim. manipulation? the image was from live news. Explains the grain, but there should not be any manipulations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Broad Norfolk Posted January 22, 2020 Share Posted January 22, 2020 3 hours ago, Broad Norfolk said: It is strange it's been there so long especially considering the degree of grain and manipulation in the image. Seems to me to go against QC standards and isn't a very good advert in this position. In the dim and distant past I've had a QC failure for much less. Jim. 1 hour ago, meanderingemu said: manipulation? the image was from live news. Explains the grain, but there should not be any manipulations. Live news never even crossed my mind! Fair enough for the grain, but what caught my attention was the rim lighting on the figure particularly around the hands and arms which looked enhanced. But there again what do I know - it could be just a contre jour effect due to the rear lighting. Jim. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 meanderingemu Posted January 22, 2020 Share Posted January 22, 2020 1 minute ago, Broad Norfolk said: Live news never even crossed my mind! Fair enough for the grain, but what caught my attention was the rim lighting on the figure particularly around the hands and arms which looked enhanced. But there again what do I know - it could be just a contre jour effect due to the rear lighting. Jim. i see what you mean. to be honest, i just remembered the image from Alamy News twitter feature, and was surprised that it was used as the cover image, since they usually go for more artsy images... for those interested, from the image caption, this is the story or the lady: "Nor "Phoenix" Diana, 20, Malaysian female wrestling champion and the world's first hijab-wearing professional wrestler makes her debut UK match at ‘Wrestle Queendom 3’ event in West London, taking on British professional wrestler Zoe Lucas. Nor "Phoenix" Diana wins her match after forcing Lucas into submission." 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 dustydingo Posted January 22, 2020 Share Posted January 22, 2020 Slightly OT, I think it's a great image for a front page . . . made me look twice and wonder about it, to the point of clicking on the information link, more than any image that's been up for quite a while has done. DD 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 John Mitchell Posted January 22, 2020 Share Posted January 22, 2020 It caught my attention too. I thought it might be Superwoman wearing a hijab. Effective image for the front page IMO (and I don't even like wrestling) despite the technical issues. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Robert M Estall Posted January 22, 2020 Share Posted January 22, 2020 Yes, I had noticed it's been up there for most of a week. I quite like it as it is, or showing the whole image. Whoever's job it is to update is perhaps having a few days off? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Ed Rooney Posted January 23, 2020 Author Share Posted January 23, 2020 Alamy finally gave that young Malaysian fem wrestler a rest from supporting the home page. But there are several other odd details. Maybe it's the weight of 190 million images that's been slowing things down? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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