Reno Suite is Finally Done!

[Jay Honeck]

<WARNING: Bald-faced self-promotion to follow>

With limitless thanks to Mike Cummings (the Reno Air Race coordinator who
gave us all the memorabilia and artwork when we were at the races in
September), and to the many folks here on the aviation newsgroups who have
proven to be invaluable with your suggestions and donations, we have FINALLY
finished the Reno Air Race Suite.

See it at http://alexisparkinn.com/reno_air_race_suite.htm

See the story of our flight to Reno at
http://alexisparkinn.com/2004_reno_air_races.htm .

It took almost three months, but with 17 years worth of framed Reno posters
(they commission a new one each year), hard-to-find air race seminar
patches, a 10-foot P-51 Mustang over the bed, and a hot tub in the bedroom
(it's a honeymoon suite, doncha know?) I think it's our coolest one yet!
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

[David Lafferty]

A person could LIVE in a place like that! Thanks for sharing, Jay.

[john smith]

And it looks marvelous!!!
Congratulations.

Jay Honeck wrote:
> With limitless thanks to Mike Cummings (the Reno Air Race coordinator who
> gave us all the memorabilia and artwork when we were at the races in
> September), and to the many folks here on the aviation newsgroups who have
> proven to be invaluable with your suggestions and donations, we have FINALLY
> finished the Reno Air Race Suite.
> See it at http://alexisparkinn.com/reno_air_race_suite.htm
> It took almost three months, but with 17 years worth of framed Reno posters
> (they commission a new one each year), hard-to-find air race seminar
> patches, a 10-foot P-51 Mustang over the bed, and a hot tub in the bedroom
> (it's a honeymoon suite, doncha know?) I think it's our coolest one yet!

[G.R. Patterson III]

Jay Honeck wrote:
>
> It took almost three months, but with 17 years worth of framed Reno posters
> (they commission a new one each year), hard-to-find air race seminar
> patches, a 10-foot P-51 Mustang over the bed, and a hot tub in the bedroom
> (it's a honeymoon suite, doncha know?) I think it's our coolest one yet!

*Very* nice. Great floor plan.

George Patterson
The desire for safety stands against every great and noble enterprise.

[Jay Beckman]

"Jay Honeck" > wrote in message
news:NXsud.173859$V41.151661@attbi_s52...

Jay H...

Very, very nicely done!

Jay B

[Jay Honeck]

> *Very* nice. Great floor plan.

Thanks.

I shrank the floor plan .jpg (in keeping with those who said that the pix
were too big), but now it looks fuzzy (on my home monitor, anyway.) The pix
don't look as bright as I would like, either.

Photography has been made much simpler with digital cameras, but getting
good shots hasn't gotten any easier. It's easy to see why Mike Fizer (the
AOPA photographer who worked with Mary and me) took over 2 hours to set up
the shot. Getting the lighting right is the hardest...
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

[Ash Wyllie]

Jay Honeck opined

>> *Very* nice. Great floor plan.

>Thanks.

>I shrank the floor plan .jpg (in keeping with those who said that the pix
>were too big), but now it looks fuzzy (on my home monitor, anyway.) The pix
>don't look as bright as I would like, either.

>Photography has been made much simpler with digital cameras, but getting
>good shots hasn't gotten any easier. It's easy to see why Mike Fizer (the
>AOPA photographer who worked with Mary and me) took over 2 hours to set up
>the shot. Getting the lighting right is the hardest...


For pictures that are human made, like plain text and floor plans, gif or png
is a better format than jpg.



-ash
Cthulhu in 2005!
Why wait for nature?

[Jay Honeck]

> For pictures that are human made, like plain text and floor plans, gif or
> png
> is a better format than jpg.

I've heard that, but I have no idea why that is true. Can you explain,
please?
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

[Ash Wyllie]

Jay Honeck opined

>> For pictures that are human made, like plain text and floor plans, gif or
>> png
>> is a better format than jpg.

>I've heard that, but I have no idea why that is true. Can you explain,
>please?


jpgs throw away information that the human eye does not really see in natural
pictures. It does so by, essentially doing a Fourier transformation, and
dropping the high frequency terms. If you do this to a line, a square wave,
the resulting picture becomes (in the extreme) a sine wave. That makes the
result blurred.

ie

-




-------------- ---------------


becomes


-
/ \
/ \
/ \
----------- ------------




-ash
Cthulhu in 2005!
Why wait for nature?

[john smith]

Please do not use png, I do not have any software on my machine that
will read them. No MicroSoft products installed.

Ash Wyllie wrote:
> For pictures that are human made, like plain text and floor plans, gif or png
> is a better format than jpg.

[Ash Wyllie]

john smith opined

>Please do not use png, I do not have any software on my machine that
>will read them. No MicroSoft products installed.


png doesn't have anything to do with M$. png was developed as a patent free
replacement for gif after Honeywell asserted its patent rights over the
compression scheme used by Compuserve in the gif algorithym. But the patent
has run out, so gifs are royalty free now.

>Ash Wyllie wrote:
>> For pictures that are human made, like plain text and floor plans, gif or
>> png is a better format than jpg.



-ash
Cthulhu in 2005!
Why wait for nature?

[Marco Leon]

Nice suite Jay! One suggestion: have you ever thought about hiring a
professional photographer to get some tips on how to photograph interiors? I
just don't think a point-and-click flash does the room(s) justice. I'm no
photographer but you may find out that a modest investment in some lighting
and/or different photography techniques may make your hotel look amazing.

Look at some of the hotel chains' websites to see what I mean.

Hope you don't mind the suggestion...

Regards,

Marco

"Jay Honeck" > wrote in message
news:NXsud.173859$V41.151661@attbi_s52...
> <WARNING: Bald-faced self-promotion to follow>
>
> With limitless thanks to Mike Cummings (the Reno Air Race coordinator who
> gave us all the memorabilia and artwork when we were at the races in
> September), and to the many folks here on the aviation newsgroups who have
> proven to be invaluable with your suggestions and donations, we have
FINALLY
> finished the Reno Air Race Suite.
>
> See it at http://alexisparkinn.com/reno_air_race_suite.htm
>
> See the story of our flight to Reno at
> http://alexisparkinn.com/2004_reno_air_races.htm .
>
> It took almost three months, but with 17 years worth of framed Reno
posters
> (they commission a new one each year), hard-to-find air race seminar
> patches, a 10-foot P-51 Mustang over the bed, and a hot tub in the bedroom
> (it's a honeymoon suite, doncha know?) I think it's our coolest one yet!
> --
> Jay Honeck
> Iowa City, IA
> Pathfinder N56993
> www.AlexisParkInn.com
> "Your Aviation Destination"
>
>

[Jay Beckman]

"Marco Leon" <mmleon(at)yahoo.com> wrote in message
...
> Nice suite Jay! One suggestion: have you ever thought about hiring a
> professional photographer to get some tips on how to photograph interiors?
> I
> just don't think a point-and-click flash does the room(s) justice. I'm no
> photographer but you may find out that a modest investment in some
> lighting
> and/or different photography techniques may make your hotel look amazing.
>
> Look at some of the hotel chains' websites to see what I mean.
>
> Hope you don't mind the suggestion...
>
> Regards,
>
> Marco
>

Jay H, FWIW...

-Place camera on a sturdy tripod so it will stay "registered"
-Frame the entire room as you want it to look.
-Turn off camera flash
-Set f-stop so the veiw out the window(s) is/are properly exposed.
-Take Picutre One
-Set f-stop so the interior of the room is properly exposed
-Take Picture Two
-Cut out properly exposed window portion of picture 1
-Paste it over window in picture 2
-Chances are you will need to do some minor color correction because the
world outside the windows will probably look a little blue as sunlight is
much bluer in color temp than indoor lighting.

Just my $0.02 worth...

Jay Beckman
PP-ASEL
Chandler, AZ
Photoshop Wizard, 3rd Class

[Jay Honeck]

> Jay Beckman
> PP-ASEL
> Chandler, AZ
> Photoshop Wizard, 3rd Class

Okay, Jay, here's the deal.

You come and photograph all of our suites (in the manner you described), and
you stay free in your suite(s) of choice!

Of course, the temperature is getting down to +6 degrees tonight, so you
might want to wear a light jacket when you get here...

;-)
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

[MLenoch]

Jay:
DVD is on its way!
VL
(Had to buy a machine to make my own copies)

[Jay Beckman]

"Jay Honeck" > wrote in message
news:lpsvd.189481$V41.110146@attbi_s52...
>> Jay Beckman
>> PP-ASEL
>> Chandler, AZ
>> Photoshop Wizard, 3rd Class
>
> Okay, Jay, here's the deal.
>
> You come and photograph all of our suites (in the manner you described),
> and you stay free in your suite(s) of choice!
>

I'm sure you could find a "starving" commercial photographer in your area
who would work for what you're offering. Maybe the local community college
has a photo class who needs a project since the reality is that you be ready
to shoot when each room is clean and un-occupied so it would take a few days
to get it done. Some of those kids are Photoshop Wizards 2nd Class and
higher.

Another option is to get some neutral density material to put on the windows
(knocks the light down by several "stops") then you can get it done in one
shot. Your local TV station would probably sell you a sheet or two.

> Of course, the temperature is getting down to +6 degrees tonight, so you
> might want to wear a light jacket when you get here...

A light jacket...two fleeces...a heavier jacket...a yak pelt...and my
overstuffed Eddie Bauer parka that has come to be known as "The Portable
Desert" (think Kenny on South Park...)

I do still make it back east during the winter (under duress from SWMBO) so
I haven't given up all my defenses against mother nature.

(Brrrrrrr)

Jay B.

[Jay Honeck]

> Jay:
> DVD is on its way!
> VL
> (Had to buy a machine to make my own copies)

Wow -- you bought a DVD burner, just for me?

;-)

Thanks a million, Vlado. And have a great Christmas holiday...
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"