Re: PESO - Purple Explosion
On 14/06/2011 22:53, frank theriault wrote: Don't know what this flower is, but I've seen them around lately. Any help with the ID would be appreciated: http://knarfdummyblog.blogspot.com/2011/06/purple-explosion.html Hope you enjoy. Comments welcome. cheers, frank Looks like either a globe thistle or one of the alliums (wild onion/leek/garlic) as depicted (UK versions) below. http://www.british-wild-flowers.co.uk/G-Flowers/Globe-thistle,%20Blue.htm http://www.british-wild-flowers.co.uk/L-Flowers/Leek,%20Wild.htm -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: GESO: Not again...
On Jun 15, 2011, at 9:08 AM, frank theriault wrote: Especially like the last one with what appear to be bike tracks though it. Yes it is a bike track. I thought it looked like some kind of lunar landscape. Sorry you have to be going through all this again. I'll take that in a collective sense as I have it easy this time around. It's interesting that we naturally know what to do now since we have had so much practice. It has become quite easy to re-adjust into disaster mode. My father in law is coming to stay this weekend so I'll be interested to see how he finds the experience. At least we don't have to crap in a bucket this time. The other side of town is a different story. People are going to need a lot of resilience to keep bouncing back and it's going to be very interesting to see what the authorities say about the viability of rebuilding on that land. Dave -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: GESO: Not again...
On Jun 15, 2011, at 9:08 AM, frank theriault wrote: Especially like the last one with what appear to be bike tracks though it. Yes it is a bike track. I thought it looked like some kind of lunar landscape. Sorry you have to be going through all this again. I'll take that in a collective sense as I have it easy this time around. It's interesting that we naturally know what to do now since we have had so much practice. It has become quite easy to re-adjust into disaster mode. My father in law is coming to stay this weekend so I'll be interested to see how he finds the experience. At least we don't have to crap in a bucket this time. The other side of town is a different story. People are going to need a lot of resilience to keep bouncing back and it's going to be very interesting to see what the authorities say about the viability of rebuilding on that land. Dave -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
RE: OT - tech question about turning off cable modem from keyboard
Ive got a dell dimension running WIndoze XP - the cable modem I have now doesn't have a switch on it to merely disconnect it from the net... Is there away to toggle back and forth with a keystroke combination or a place in the control panel to mouse off and on? Wnatr to do this for a number of reasons and having to disconnect and reconnect the model by pulling the cord that hooks into the PC is a bit awkward to say the least... I have a feeling if I'm off line totally for some chores they will go faster.. and I'll also have more privacy. T I A ann I'm not running XP anymore, and have been running wireless for a long time, so I can't remember the exact sequence of things, but at the right-hand end of the strip at the bottom of the screen where the Start button and all the little icons go there should be a little icon which you can click or right-mouse click and which will open a list of connections. Select the connection that represents your modem and choose Disconnect. Same thing to reconnect. B -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
RE: Wet weekend
Some pictures from this weekend as I get to grips with the X100. The first 6 or 7 are new: http://www.web-options.com/Recent/ I hate ~you~ more than ever, too. I have to go now, but I'll be back with more detailed commentary later. Bastard. cheers, frank I look forward to your loathing. B -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
RE: Back in Boston! (Now with photos)
A couple of these have Photoshop tweaks, but most are straight out of Lightroom: http://www.robertstech.com/galleries/gfm2011/ that's a nice gallery. Make sure you re-display it next year shortly before tickets go on sale. It hsould drum up a few more sales (and guarantee lousy weather). B -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
RE: GESO: Not again...
At least we don't have to crap in a bucket this time. you don't have to tell your father-in-law that though. B The other side of town is a different story. People are going to need a lot of resilience to keep bouncing back and it's going to be very interesting to see what the authorities say about the viability of rebuilding on that land. Dave -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT - tech question about turning off cable modem from keyboard
On 15 June 2011 12:45, Ann Sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com wrote: Ive got a dell dimension running WIndoze XP - the cable modem I have now doesn't have a switch on it to merely disconnect it from the net... Is there away to toggle back and forth with a keystroke combination or a place in the control panel to mouse off and on? Wnatr to do this for a number of reasons and having to disconnect and reconnect the model by pulling the cord that hooks into the PC is a bit awkward to say the least... I have a feeling if I'm off line totally for some chores they will go faster.. and I'll also have more privacy. T I A ann Some cable modems are configurable thru your web browser. If yours is, you can probably disconnect it from the net that way. Certainly my d-link works that way, and I've seen others work in a similar fashion. Do you know what brand/model your modem is? Regards, Pete Mac in Melbourne. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Wet weekend
On 6/12/2011 20:16, Bob W wrote: Some pictures from this weekend as I get to grips with the X100. The first 6 or 7 are new: http://www.web-options.com/Recent/ B The getting to grips seems to be progressing nicely. Boris -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
RE: Wet weekend
Larry Colen On Jun 12, 2011, at 10:16 AM, Bob W wrote: Some pictures from this weekend as I get to grips with the X100. The first 6 or 7 are new: http://www.web-options.com/Recent/ That X100 must be a really nice camera. yes, it takes nice photos. B -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO: The Observor
On Jun 15, 2011, at 9:07 AM, frank theriault wrote: I like this one a lot - If I didn't know what he was doing, I'd think he was just hanging about, holding up the building as it were. Send him down here, and all his mates. We have a few crooked buildings that need holding up :) Dave -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
OT: Samuel L Jackson reads...
Samuel L Jackson reads.. Go the fuck to sleep: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CFuyE_VBeO8 Absolutely perfect. NSFW -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com sent from i4est -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT: Samuel L Jackson reads...
On 6/15/2011 12:42, Larry Colen wrote: Samuel L Jackson reads.. Go the fuck to sleep: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CFuyE_VBeO8 Absolutely perfect. NSFW I did grin, giggle and smile. But both Galia and Anat go to sleep without any real need to resolve to the f-lexicon, thank you so fucking much... There you have it - I used the f-word... It is time to go to sleep now after I had my lunch... Boris (I still think that Jeremy Clarkson would have done it much funnier) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Even Spring can be gloomy in Iowa
That's nice - I really like the feel to this image. - Original Message From: Don Guthrie shark50...@gmail.com To: pdml@pdml.net Sent: Tue, June 14, 2011 5:21:25 PM Subject: Even Spring can be gloomy in Iowa Anyone who has been to Iowa in Springtime knows it not all sunshine fresh flowers. Even the sunset was colorless this day. I am not fluent in Black White so fire away. ... Don http://donspix.posterous.com/farmyard-in-the-gloom-of-early-spring-photo -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PEso - rainbow along the Devil's Highway
On Sun, 12 Jun 2011 17:03 -0400, Ann Sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com wrote: Well - it used to be called the Devil's Highway -- it was 666 until they changed it to 191... another part of 666 , in New MExico, was changed to 491. Took this in 1985 - at an overlook north of Morenci. I went fishing in my archives for photos of this area because there is a huge fire raging in the area that has been going on for , hm, about 10 days and is causing a hell of a lot of smoke and is only 6% contained. I love that part of the country and it is sad to see this happening. Apparently started from an un smothered campfire. The rest of the photos in this mini gallery are from that area too (just clikc next, you know the drill) http://annsan.smugmug.com/On-the-Road-or-On-Foot/Scans-from-Chromes/17511519_5d6nsk/1/1332802583_qq8kLSs/Large That's a really attractive image. I'm really going to have to save my pennies for a decent film scanner. Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://lyons-ryan.org/southernlight/ -- -- http://www.fastmail.fm - Accessible with your email software or over the web -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO: Old Headstones
On Sun, 12 Jun 2011 23:21 +0200, Thomas Bohn thb...@gmail.com wrote: Some old headstones at the local cemetery. http://thomsgeso.blogspot.com/2011/06/old-headstones.html Pentax K-m, DA 35 f/2.4 Like to hear your feedback. Interesting and unusual - and pretty sad too, unless they are just being relocated. Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://lyons-ryan.org/southernlight/ -- -- http://www.fastmail.fm - Access all of your messages and folders wherever you are -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO: PDML at Grandfather Mountain 2011
On 6/9/2011 15:46, John Sessoms wrote: I apologize in advance if I've gotten any of the names wrong. Please let me know and I'll make the necessary correction. http://www.flickr.com/photos/jb_sessoms/5815090734 Pleasure to meet you in ePerson, John... Boris -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PAW75 - Concrete
On Mon, 13 Jun 2011 17:56 +0200, DagT li...@thrane.name wrote: http://www.thrane.name/Pictures/PAW/files/page7-1000-full.html K-5, DA15mm, 1/50s, f/11, ISO100 That's excellent. The gritty texture of the walls provide great contrast with the window and vase. And the figure on the right balances the composition nicely. One of your best, I think. Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://lyons-ryan.org/southernlight/ -- -- http://www.fastmail.fm - A fast, anti-spam email service. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO: Audience shot
On Mon, 13 Jun 2011 16:33 -0500, Charles Robinson charl...@visi.com wrote: Every once in awhile I like to turn the camera around the other way when I'm shooting a concert. http://charles.robinsontwins.org/photos/2011/rebel_rebel/content/IMGP1657_large.html That's seriously good. Wonderful expression on the face of the girl at centre. Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://lyons-ryan.org/southernlight/ I have no idea where those roses came from. The show was an all-local-band, all-David-Bowie-covers fundraiser for a local animal shelter called Feline Rescue. So, naturally, the show had a provocative name - you can see that in the title above. I believe Ashes to Ashes was being performed during this picture. A heck of a good time. -Charles -- -- -- http://www.fastmail.fm - A no graphics, no pop-ups email service -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
PESO - here they come!
My wife and I spent the long weekend tripping about Northern Victoria in a steam train. We left Southern Cross station in Melbourne late Friday night. The locos came in after the cars... https://picasaweb.google.com/petergly/SteamrailNorthernExplorer?authkey=Gv1sRgCKClqYOF7om6XQ#5618423231629131538 K5, 18-135, ISO 3200, 1/40 sec @ f/5.6, hand-held. Regards, Pete Mac in Melbourne -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Even Spring can be gloomy in Iowa
On Tue, 14 Jun 2011 16:21 -0500, Don Guthrie shark50...@gmail.com wrote: Anyone who has been to Iowa in Springtime knows it not all sunshine fresh flowers. Even the sunset was colorless this day. I am not fluent in Black White so fire away. ... Don http://donspix.posterous.com/farmyard-in-the-gloom-of-early-spring-photo Nothing at all wrong with the rendering - well done. Like others, I think the composition is let down a bit by the right hand side. If it were mine I'd crop it at the left hand edge of the barn on the right and maybe take a bit off the bottom. There's lots of photo opportunities in that location. Well worth another trip back in any weather! Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://lyons-ryan.org/southernlight/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- -- http://www.fastmail.fm - mmm... Fastmail... -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: GESO - Lots of old airplanes...
Thanks, Chris. I'll try that and see if that cleans them up some. -p On 6/15/2011 12:40 AM, Chris Mitchell wrote: I created two albums, one with jAlbum and one with Lightroom. For the jAlbum, I exported jpgs from LR and used the jpgs to generate the album. The other was generated directly by LR. Image file sizes are approximately the same but the LR album appears to have less noise. There's a small difference in the image size on the screen, but it doesn't seem that should account for more noise in the jAlbum images. You can compare them here... jAlbumhttp://studio1941.com/dayton/#IMGP0103.jpg Lightroom http://studio1941.com/dayton2/content/IMGP0103_large.html Most noticeable in the wooden prop. -p Paul - I always export from LR to the final size I want and get Jalbum to use originals and don't let Jalbum add borders. That way, it doesn't need to resize and I don't need to rely on additional any additional processing it might do. Chris -- Being old doesn't seem so old now that I'm old. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO: Grab a Drop
Hi Walt Sorry to hear about your parents' health problems. I hope life becomes a little easier soon. That's an excellent shot. Perhaps I'd crop a little off the top and right to move the grasshopper a bit off centre. Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://lyons-ryan.org/southernlight/ On Tue, 14 Jun 2011 11:33 -0500, Walt Gilbert ldott...@gmail.com wrote: Hi all, Stepping briefly back out of obscurity to share a photo I took this morning. Sorry I haven't been around to participate. Ever since I got home from my visit to California with Larry and John, my mother's health has taken a turn for the worse. She's currently in hospice care, and it's fallen to me to look after her. She's in fairly grave condition - to the point where she's taking morphine in both pill and liquid form, and I have to stay on top of that. And, as if that weren't enough, my father has suddenly taken ill with heart problems -- both of them spent about ten days in the hospital at the same time recently. So, essentially, my photography is limited to what I can find in my yard. A couple of weeks ago, I order a reversing ring and have been tinkering around with my K 50/1.4. So far, this is the best shot I've managed to get with it. Basically, it's shot with my K-x using the pop-up flash and a Fuji film canister with some wax paper lining the inside as a diffuser, at 400 ISO for 1/180 of second. (It's a grasshopper-like insect, in case anyone is squeamish about those). http://www.flickr.com/photos/walt_gilbert/5832616817/ (Lighbox) http://is.gd/Q6u4ys I haven't done a great deal of editing to it -- bumped up the highlights using curves in The GIMP and resized to make a faster upload. I just wanted to show it off because I was really happy with the way it turned out. I wish I could participate in the forum, or even seriously pursue photography at all right now, but it's just tough to get serious with it in my current situation. With any luck, though, hospice will help to get my mother a little more stabilized and I'll be able to get out and trudge around with the camera a bit more. Anyway -- that's the news from Kentucky. I write and take photos when I can, and figured I ought to at least touch base with everyone to let you all know I'm still alive and check in on the list from time to time, whenever the opportunity presents itself. -- Walt -- -- http://www.fastmail.fm - Access all of your messages and folders wherever you are -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO - Purple Explosion
On Tue, 14 Jun 2011 16:53 -0400, frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: Don't know what this flower is, but I've seen them around lately. Any help with the ID would be appreciated: http://knarfdummyblog.blogspot.com/2011/06/purple-explosion.html Hope you enjoy. Comments welcome. Nice one, Frank. The shallow depth of field works well here. Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://lyons-ryan.org/southernlight/ -- -- http://www.fastmail.fm - The professional email service -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Peso: Swing
On Tue, 14 Jun 2011 22:20 -0400, Steven Desjardins drd1...@gmail.com wrote: How would you crop this? http://drd1135.smugmug.com/Photography/pdml/15174580_NVzVH#1337901502_77t9Sdk-L-LB -- Speaking as someone who knows sfa about baseball, I'd crop it just below the right hand fielder's feet. I don't think the two top figures add anything to the shot. All of the action is occurring at the bottom. Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://lyons-ryan.org/southernlight/ -- -- http://www.fastmail.fm - Same, same, but different... -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Interesting effect: drastic change of color on photograph
On 14/06/2011 7:25 PM, David Parsons wrote: That's awesome. Do you have any of them scanned? I'd love to show them to a MUA friend. Sadly, no. When I was shooting weddings, never bothered to hold back the negatives. I just shot the job, charged a bit extra for giving up potential residual income and handed the negs off to the customers. With a 50% divorce rate, keeping wedding negatives seemed like a bad business pan compared to selling them when the people were still in love. A wedding I shot many years ago ended up being an epic fail because the bride and bridesmaids ended up pooling their make up resources, and probably used half a dozen different brands of product. They looked gorgeous, but the flash pictures showed all sorts of blotches and zebra stripes where make up brands met each other. -- William Robb -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO - here they come!
Peter, Enjoyed the trip and your steam photos. They sometimes organize steam train excursions around here. They are always fun to see. And the farm implements remindes me of the 4th of July parade in Racine, Wisconsin - a major manufacturer of farm implements in the day. Regards, Bob S. On Wed, Jun 15, 2011 at 7:54 AM, Peter McIntosh peter...@gmail.com wrote: My wife and I spent the long weekend tripping about Northern Victoria in a steam train. We left Southern Cross station in Melbourne late Friday night. The locos came in after the cars... https://picasaweb.google.com/petergly/SteamrailNorthernExplorer?authkey=Gv1sRgCKClqYOF7om6XQ#5618423231629131538 K5, 18-135, ISO 3200, 1/40 sec @ f/5.6, hand-held. Regards, Pete Mac in Melbourne -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT: Now I'm pissed off!
From: Ecke PDML man that sucks...I'd offer you a spare for postage but you could probably buy a new one for that... sorry to hear... 2011/6/13 John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com: Lightning strike nearby just fried my laser printer (utility document printer). It was plugged in through my surge protector. Nothing else appears to have been affected, including some stuff that was not on the surge protector. Damnit! I can't afford not to have a document printer. The printer was six years old. Nothing special, just plain vanilla BW laser for general printing, but it was reliable. Not a catastrophe, just an irritant. - No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 10.0.1382 / Virus Database: 1513/3704 - Release Date: 06/14/11 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Interesting effect: drastic change of color on photograph
Thank you, guys for all the responses. I understand how fluorescence can be responsible for the color change. (I mentioned that possibility in my original e-mail.) My question was rather, - how can you deal with that... (if at all). Bill, thank you for your story about the wedding problems. So, did you find any solution to it back then? As for the original photo, its colors, and my various viewing sources, I made some additional observations last night, which got me confused even further. Here are my viewing sources: (1) I have a IPS LCD monitor from Dell (U2410, IIRC), that was (not quite-calibrated but) tuned using the calibration software tool that came with it. It seemed to produce rather accurate colors so far. This gets attached to my laptop. (2) I also have a large old professional series CRT monitor attached to my home desktop. It has been tuned in a manner similar to the described above. It's been providing consistency 1) with the actual object colors, 2) with the colors coming from the Epson R2880, and 3) with the back display of my K-7. (3) I also looked at the photos in question directly on my laptop's screen. (4) Finally, I see how the photos look on the back display of the K-7. Results: Sources (2-4) as labeled above showed the same (bluish) color for the original shot in question http://42graphy.org/snapshots/misc/_IR31001.jpg . Source (1) showed purple color close to the expected one. Also, the greens were less yellow, and hence closer to the original (as seen by a naked eye). On the same monitor, the purple color image for which I sent the link yesterday: http://static.heels.com/img/high_heels_blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/purple1.jpg became reddish. The laptop's display (3) color was easily tuned to match those of (1) by bumping up the Hue parameter (from 0 to ~30-33) in the Intel Graphics Properties. (I actually remember doing the same thing previously for the projector used to display photos from the same laptop, - for my photo slide show presentations last Fall.) BUT then, I am confused which of my viewing sources are (close to) calibrated, and which are not. If the source (1) and re-tuned (3) are the (more) correct settings, (because they match the original objects as seen by the naked eye) then I am puzzled by 1) Why the camera's back LCD is not showing these colors, but rather colors that I saw on (2)-(4). 2) If (2) is not calibrated properly, - why the color usually match what I expect, and the printed colors (using calibrated paper profiles). 3) Why the purple poster from the link posted above looks almost red, on (1). I guess, I need some good reliable (i.e. known not to change colors depending on the light) colored photo-target for proper screen calibration. Or I should bite the.. err... buy Spyder 3 or another such calibration device. Speaking of which, - I would appreciate your recommendations for the screen calibration devices/tools and procedures. Thank you, Igor -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Interesting effect: drastic change of color on photograph
PS. Is the back display of the cameras calibrated? And if not, - (how) can one calibrate it? Igor -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Swing
I think the crop works pretty well here, Steve. Cheers, Christine - Original Message - From: Steven Desjardins drd1...@gmail.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Tuesday, June 14, 2011 9:20 PM Subject: Peso: Swing How would you crop this? http://drd1135.smugmug.com/Photography/pdml/15174580_NVzVH#1337901502_77t9Sdk-L-LB -- Steve Desjardins -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Grab a Drop
Sorry to hear about your mom and dad, Walt. Christine - Original Message - From: Walt Gilbert ldott...@gmail.com To: PDML@pdml.net Sent: Tuesday, June 14, 2011 11:33 AM Subject: PESO: Grab a Drop Hi all, Stepping briefly back out of obscurity to share a photo I took this morning. Sorry I haven't been around to participate. Ever since I got home from my visit to California with Larry and John, my mother's health has taken a turn for the worse. She's currently in hospice care, and it's fallen to me to look after her. She's in fairly grave condition - to the point where she's taking morphine in both pill and liquid form, and I have to stay on top of that. And, as if that weren't enough, my father has suddenly taken ill with heart problems -- both of them spent about ten days in the hospital at the same time recently. So, essentially, my photography is limited to what I can find in my yard. A couple of weeks ago, I order a reversing ring and have been tinkering around with my K 50/1.4. So far, this is the best shot I've managed to get with it. Basically, it's shot with my K-x using the pop-up flash and a Fuji film canister with some wax paper lining the inside as a diffuser, at 400 ISO for 1/180 of second. (It's a grasshopper-like insect, in case anyone is squeamish about those). http://www.flickr.com/photos/walt_gilbert/5832616817/ (Lighbox) http://is.gd/Q6u4ys I haven't done a great deal of editing to it -- bumped up the highlights using curves in The GIMP and resized to make a faster upload. I just wanted to show it off because I was really happy with the way it turned out. I wish I could participate in the forum, or even seriously pursue photography at all right now, but it's just tough to get serious with it in my current situation. With any luck, though, hospice will help to get my mother a little more stabilized and I'll be able to get out and trudge around with the camera a bit more. Anyway -- that's the news from Kentucky. I write and take photos when I can, and figured I ought to at least touch base with everyone to let you all know I'm still alive and check in on the list from time to time, whenever the opportunity presents itself. -- Walt -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Even Spring can be gloomy in Iowa
lovely bw rendering, Don. I think you're more fluent than you realize. Cheers, Christine - Original Message - From: Don Guthrie shark50...@gmail.com To: pdml@pdml.net Sent: Tuesday, June 14, 2011 4:21 PM Subject: Even Spring can be gloomy in Iowa Anyone who has been to Iowa in Springtime knows it not all sunshine fresh flowers. Even the sunset was colorless this day. I am not fluent in Black White so fire away. ... Don http://donspix.posterous.com/farmyard-in-the-gloom-of-early-spring-photo -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Back in Boston! (Now with photos)
Lovely work, Mark. The sunsets have an almost Blakeian feel to them to my eye (minus his characters), especially this one. Cheers, Christine http://www.robertstech.com/galleries/gfm2011/7db02643.html - Original Message - From: Mark Roberts m...@robertstech.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Tuesday, June 14, 2011 4:33 PM Subject: Re: Back in Boston! (Now with photos) A couple of these have Photoshop tweaks, but most are straight out of Lightroom: http://www.robertstech.com/galleries/gfm2011/ The first 7 are from my pre-workshop camp out on the back country trails of Grandfather Mountain. This year I camped at Attic Window Peak again and got both sunset and sunrise shots. Not only was this a weekend without rain(!), it was the quietest, least windy night I can ever recall on the mountain. Photos 8 through 10 are from the Saturday morning hike I did with occasional-PDML-Lurker (and perennial contest prize-winner) John Weber. We went on the Profile Trail to one of my favorite stream photography spots (near where Ted Beilby, Matt Maessen and I went last year) and waded/rock-hopped upstream until we found places with decent water. Photos 11-13 are just random places on the mountain. I think #12 (Sun Through Clouds Over the Blue Ridge) is destined to become a large print... 14-18 are from the Sunday morning hike John Weber and I organized. We got up just after 4:00 AM, drove to a parking area on the Blue Ridge Parkway and hiked up the Cragway Trail on the back side of Grandfather Mountain. Sunrise was disappointing by the hike was splendid anyway. 19 through 23 are from Tuesday evening's sunset. Official GFM photographer Supermodel Helen and I went in after closing and took sunset shots from the top of Linville Peak. We saw the most amazing cloud formations. Shot #24, the rhododendrons, was taken on a seldom-visited viewing area on the tourist side of the mountain. Shot #25: There are many streams that run off Grandfather Mountain. Most, like Green Mountain Creek, have no trail access. I had to scramble wy down a steep, rocky and overgrown embankment from the Blue Ridge Parkway to get to this little waterfall. I was ostensibly on a simple scouting mission so didn't have a tripod with me. I gathered rocks and built a small cairn to support the camera for this 10-second exposure, triggering the shutter with an infrared remote. The last stream photo is from oft-photographed Boone Fork and the final two plant macros are from a hike I did with the GNSA/Wild South people just before coming home. I'll have some more GFM video to post in a day or two but these stills will have to do for now. -- Mark Roberts - Photography Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Even Spring can be gloomy in Iowa
Well done. --Original Message-- From: Christine Aguila Sender: pdml-boun...@pdml.net To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List ReplyTo: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: Even Spring can be gloomy in Iowa Sent: Jun 15, 2011 12:06 PM lovely bw rendering, Don. I think you're more fluent than you realize. Cheers, Christine - Original Message - From: Don Guthrie shark50...@gmail.com To: pdml@pdml.net Sent: Tuesday, June 14, 2011 4:21 PM Subject: Even Spring can be gloomy in Iowa Anyone who has been to Iowa in Springtime knows it not all sunshine fresh flowers. Even the sunset was colorless this day. I am not fluent in Black White so fire away. ... Don http://donspix.posterous.com/farmyard-in-the-gloom-of-early-spring-photo -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PAW--Week 23--Scooby-Doo and Friends
- Original Message - From: frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Tuesday, June 14, 2011 4:02 PM Subject: Re: PAW--Week 23--Scooby-Doo and Friends On Mon, Jun 13, 2011 at 10:09 AM, Christine Aguila christ...@caguila.com wrote: http://aguilapaw.posterous.com/ Bit of a slow week for picture taking. Cheers, Christine ;-) Fun shot! Love Taz - he's always been a WB favourite of mine. I hesitate to ask what that pink blob on the right is. It looks positively obscene! Thanks, Frank. Not sure what the pink blob is. Cheers, Christine -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO - here they come!
Hi Peter: Wow, fun trip. The portraits of Cathie are really nice, especially the one waiting for the photographer and I liked the peep show--also the one of the pond in the Chinese garden--very nice there too. You have a nice visual memory of your trip! Cheers, Christine - Original Message - From: Peter McIntosh peter...@gmail.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Wednesday, June 15, 2011 7:54 AM Subject: PESO - here they come! My wife and I spent the long weekend tripping about Northern Victoria in a steam train. We left Southern Cross station in Melbourne late Friday night. The locos came in after the cars... https://picasaweb.google.com/petergly/SteamrailNorthernExplorer?authkey=Gv1sRgCKClqYOF7om6XQ#5618423231629131538 K5, 18-135, ISO 3200, 1/40 sec @ f/5.6, hand-held. Regards, Pete Mac in Melbourne -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Interesting effect: drastic change of color on photograph
William Robb wrote: With a 50% divorce rate, keeping wedding negatives seemed like a bad business pan compared to selling them when the people were still in love. Classic! -- Mark Roberts - Photography Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Back in Boston! (Now with photos)
Underlit Clouds is indeed a dramatic and effective image, Mark, and well rendered. Dan On Wed, Jun 15, 2011 at 12:09 PM, Christine Aguila christ...@caguila.com wrote: Lovely work, Mark. The sunsets have an almost Blakeian feel to them to my eye (minus his characters), especially this one. Cheers, Christine http://www.robertstech.com/galleries/gfm2011/7db02643.html - Original Message - From: Mark Roberts m...@robertstech.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Tuesday, June 14, 2011 4:33 PM Subject: Re: Back in Boston! (Now with photos) A couple of these have Photoshop tweaks, but most are straight out of Lightroom: http://www.robertstech.com/galleries/gfm2011/ The first 7 are from my pre-workshop camp out on the back country trails of Grandfather Mountain. This year I camped at Attic Window Peak again and got both sunset and sunrise shots. Not only was this a weekend without rain(!), it was the quietest, least windy night I can ever recall on the mountain. Photos 8 through 10 are from the Saturday morning hike I did with occasional-PDML-Lurker (and perennial contest prize-winner) John Weber. We went on the Profile Trail to one of my favorite stream photography spots (near where Ted Beilby, Matt Maessen and I went last year) and waded/rock-hopped upstream until we found places with decent water. Photos 11-13 are just random places on the mountain. I think #12 (Sun Through Clouds Over the Blue Ridge) is destined to become a large print... 14-18 are from the Sunday morning hike John Weber and I organized. We got up just after 4:00 AM, drove to a parking area on the Blue Ridge Parkway and hiked up the Cragway Trail on the back side of Grandfather Mountain. Sunrise was disappointing by the hike was splendid anyway. 19 through 23 are from Tuesday evening's sunset. Official GFM photographer Supermodel Helen and I went in after closing and took sunset shots from the top of Linville Peak. We saw the most amazing cloud formations. Shot #24, the rhododendrons, was taken on a seldom-visited viewing area on the tourist side of the mountain. Shot #25: There are many streams that run off Grandfather Mountain. Most, like Green Mountain Creek, have no trail access. I had to scramble wy down a steep, rocky and overgrown embankment from the Blue Ridge Parkway to get to this little waterfall. I was ostensibly on a simple scouting mission so didn't have a tripod with me. I gathered rocks and built a small cairn to support the camera for this 10-second exposure, triggering the shutter with an infrared remote. The last stream photo is from oft-photographed Boone Fork and the final two plant macros are from a hike I did with the GNSA/Wild South people just before coming home. I'll have some more GFM video to post in a day or two but these stills will have to do for now. -- Mark Roberts - Photography Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT - tech question about turning off cable modem from keyboard
Tue Jun 14 23:46:25 EDT 2011 Brian Walters wrote: On Tue, 14 Jun 2011 22:45 -0400, Ann Sanfedele annsan at nyc.rr.com wrote: Ive got a dell dimension running WIndoze XP - the cable modem I have now doesn't have a switch on it to merely disconnect it from the net... Is there away to toggle back and forth with a keystroke combination or a place in the control panel to mouse off and on? John has already described that procedure. I suspect, physically plugging/unplugging power source (at the modem or at the wall) or the network cable might be easier. I dunno, but I doubt it. It seems more and more PC peripherals are lacking an on/off switch. Both my scanner and wireless router require the plug-pull method to turn them off. Some time ago I went looking for a small on/off switch that could be inserted between the peripheral and the power cord. Maybe they exist but I could find such a beast. Cheers Brian Brian, The simplest and the most abundant is a power-strip. IKEA and some dollar stores in the US have them for $1-3. But I am sure you know about that option. Also, home-improvement stores like Home Depot and Lowes in the US have some sort of smart switches that plug in between a power plug and the outlet; those allow one or more fancy functions: time programming, remote control (with a remote control device or even clapping), etc) I don't remember, but I think I saw one that was just a simple switch. And just in case, - GFCI power outlets can be used for the same functionality, - as they have the switch button. HTH, Igor -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT - Living in eHarmony
From: Rob Studdert On 13 June 2011 11:52, Godfrey DiGiorgi gdigio...@gmail.com wrote: With heteros like these, the human race is doomed. Good fun though http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkbJdTeU-SMfeature=mfu_in_orderlist=UL That's a complete waste of time even by PDML standards. - No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 10.0.1382 / Virus Database: 1513/3704 - Release Date: 06/14/11 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT: Now I'm pissed off!
It's an OLD Northern Telecom surge protector. Heavy duty stuff, industrial grade originally intended for internal use. This ain't one of those under $20 pieces of crap you get at Best Buy. Nortel sold a whole lot of stuff as surplus when they downsized their operations in NC's Research Triangle Park. New in the box when I got it, but no insurance other than the warranty for the surge protector itself ... which has probably run out. I'm not sure whether the surge came through the power lines or through the cable. What I think might have happened is the lightning strike sent a surge through the cable and it jumped through the air from where the cable connector is mounted on the wall. The cable between the wall connector and the modem is kind of long and most of it is coiled up on the floor behind table the printer, modem router sit on. The printer was physically the closest device to the cable outlet. I heard a loud snap saw a bright light out of the corner of my eye. I checked all the equipment on the table the printer was dead. My setup has a UPS and the printer plugged into the surge protector. The computer, monitor, router and NAS all plug into the UPS. The only device that didn't draw power through the surge protector is the cable modem, which appears to be unaffected. How would you test a surge protector to see if it's still good? There's a System Alert indicator on the top of the surge protector and it's not lit up. From: John Mullan Surge protector manufacturers often have an insurance policy on devices connected to their product that get fried. Contact the manufacturer. The surge protector is probably fried too. jm -Original Message- From: John Sessoms Sent: Sunday, June 12, 2011 6:50 PM To: pdml@pdml.net Subject: OT: Now I'm pissed off! Lightning strike nearby just fried my laser printer (utility document printer). It was plugged in through my surge protector. Nothing else appears to have been affected, including some stuff that was not on the surge protector. - No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 10.0.1382 / Virus Database: 1513/3704 - Release Date: 06/14/11 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: I just found the accessory I need for my K-x
I think you pretty much have to get the Storm trooper hoodie, Larry. On Tue, Jun 14, 2011 at 6:29 PM, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote: http://www.thinkgeek.com/images/products/additional/large/e774_star_wars_costume_hoodie_trooper.jpg Only $50 http://www.thinkgeek.com/tshirts-apparel/hoodies/e774/ -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com sent from i4est -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Steve Desjardins -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT - Living in eHarmony
On 15/6/11, John Sessoms, discombobulated, unleashed: That's a complete waste of time even by PDML standards. Sessoms you old sourpus, crack a smile dammit!!! -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche -- http://www.cottysnaps.com _ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
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Couldn't find the proper prefix to consider this my Israeli Enablement, but the FA24-90 came today from Boris. I just shot a few with it. What an outstanding lens! Worth every penny. Sincerely, Collin Brendemuehl http://kerygmainstitute.org He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose -- Jim Elliott -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Wet weekend
On 15/6/11, Bob W, discombobulated, unleashed: yes, it takes nice photos. You should see Bob's pots and pans. -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche -- http://www.cottysnaps.com _ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Wet weekend
On Jun 15, 2011, at 10:35 AM, Cotty wrote: On 15/6/11, Bob W, discombobulated, unleashed: yes, it takes nice photos. You should see Bob's pots and pans. I hear that they are even better photographers than he is. -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com sent from i4est -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT - Living in eHarmony
That's 30 seconds, (all I could stands cuz I culdn'ts stands no more), I'll never get back. On 6/15/2011 12:39 PM, John Sessoms wrote: From: Rob Studdert On 13 June 2011 11:52, Godfrey DiGiorgi gdigio...@gmail.com wrote: With heteros like these, the human race is doomed. Good fun though http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkbJdTeU-SMfeature=mfu_in_orderlist=UL That's a complete waste of time even by PDML standards. - No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 10.0.1382 / Virus Database: 1513/3704 - Release Date: 06/14/11 -- Where's the Kaboom? There was supposed to be an Earth-shattering Kaboom! --Marvin the Martian. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Wet weekend
On Wed, Jun 15, 2011 at 06:35:25PM +0100, Cotty wrote: On 15/6/11, Bob W, discombobulated, unleashed: yes, it takes nice photos. You should see Bob's pots and pans. I know Bob takes potshots, but I haven't seen many panshots ... -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Wet weekend
On 15/6/11, Larry Colen, discombobulated, unleashed: You should see Bob's pots and pans. I hear that they are even better photographers than he is. Let's put it this way, when he's on the pot, it all goes down the pan... -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche -- http://www.cottysnaps.com _ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
I think my audience just grew ...
I suspect I've just got a new candidate for my most-viewed shot. A (fairly crappy) picture of mine is being used on Linux.com today as part of their run-up to the twenty-year Linux anniversary celebration: http://www.linux.com/news/galleries/1-linus-torvalds-in-pictures/14 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO: Table for Two, Broadway View
Nice view but seems soft Dave On Tue, Jun 14, 2011 at 9:21 PM, Daniel J. Matyola danmaty...@gmail.com wrote: http://blogs.delphiforums.com/n/blogs/blog.aspx?nav=mainwebtag=djm1963entry=100 Comments are invited. -- Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ York Region, Ontario, Canada -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO: Old Headstones
On 2011-06-12 15:23 , Daniel J. Matyola wrote: Why are they being trashed? i recall reading that in Paris most cemeteries require an annual fee, and that when the family stops paying, the plot becomes available for someone else; perhaps that's it -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO: Old Headstones
On 2011-06-12 15:21 , Thomas Bohn wrote: Some old headstones at the local cemetery. http://thomsgeso.blogspot.com/2011/06/old-headstones.html Pentax K-m, DA 35 f/2.4 i like the mood set by the rays of light, and the matter of factness of it, with the brush pile and equipment in the background -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
RE: PESO: Old Headstones
On 2011-06-12 15:23 , Daniel J. Matyola wrote: Why are they being trashed? i recall reading that in Paris most cemeteries require an annual fee, and that when the family stops paying, the plot becomes available for someone else; perhaps that's it In Britain they do it when the cemetery gets full, or the headstones are so worn and flaked as to be illegible. They often prop them up against the wall and leave them there, or make new bits of wall with them. There's a lot of that in Greenwich. B -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
RE: I think my audience just grew ...
John Francis I suspect I've just got a new candidate for my most-viewed shot. A (fairly crappy) picture of mine is being used on Linux.com today as part of their run-up to the twenty-year Linux anniversary celebration: http://www.linux.com/news/galleries/1-linus-torvalds-in-pictures/14 that waiter shaking a cocktail spoils the shot for me. Is he shaking a Vermouth and Ginux? B -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
RE: Wet weekend
yes, it takes nice photos. You should see Bob's pots and pans. You can take good potographs with a panasonic. B -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
RE: OT - Living in eHarmony
On 15/6/11, John Sessoms, discombobulated, unleashed: That's a complete waste of time even by PDML standards. Sessoms you old sourpus, crack a smile dammit!!! Cheers, Cotty I think he's overcompensating. B -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT: Now I'm pissed off!
On 2011-06-15 09:40 , John Sessoms wrote: The printer was six years old. Nothing special, just plain vanilla BW laser for general printing, but it was reliable. i'm a fan of the 1990s HP LaserJets; i'm currently using a LaserJet 4000 TN i got at a yard sale for $30 (with four toner cartidges), but the LaserJet 4 family is the most common, and the 4mv (tabloid size) is one of my faves; they are quite reliable, a little slow perhaps, and easy to maintain with the resources at fixyourownprinter.com; the trick is recognizing a good one -- look for low page count, clean in and out, and versions with an ethernet port (or with a separate JetDirect dongle); Adobe PostScript level 2 or above can be desirable, but not essential; be sure to print a few test pages from each tray and from the manual feed; look inside again after the test prints to be sure it's not dumping toner; it is easier to find one when you aren't in a rush i have a long-idle LJ 4+ with an untested JetDirect in my garage, but i doubt it's worth the postage -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Wet weekend
On Wed, Jun 15, 2011 at 2:17 PM, Bob W p...@web-options.com wrote: yes, it takes nice photos. You should see Bob's pots and pans. You can take good potographs with a panasonic. Or a Tri-X pan. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: I think my audience just grew ...
On Wed, Jun 15, 2011 at 07:16:29PM +0100, Bob W wrote: John Francis I suspect I've just got a new candidate for my most-viewed shot. A (fairly crappy) picture of mine is being used on Linux.com today as part of their run-up to the twenty-year Linux anniversary celebration: http://www.linux.com/news/galleries/1-linus-torvalds-in-pictures/14 that waiter shaking a cocktail spoils the shot for me. Is he shaking a Vermouth and Ginux? No - I think it's a penguini. Certainly not an old-fashioned. I wasn't able to get an upgrade to the top table, where Linus was the GOH. That would have been quite a treat - Linus is a bit of a wine afficionado, and part of the bait to get him to attend the presentation was one of the deep-pocket attendees supplying all the wines for that table from his own private cellar (at per-bottle prices well into three digits). -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Wet weekend
On Jun 15, 2011, at 10:44 AM, John Francis wrote: On Wed, Jun 15, 2011 at 06:35:25PM +0100, Cotty wrote: On 15/6/11, Bob W, discombobulated, unleashed: yes, it takes nice photos. You should see Bob's pots and pans. I know Bob takes potshots, but I haven't seen many panshots ... I thought you did a lot of those when you were photographing racecars. -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com sent from i4est -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Interesting effect: drastic change of color on photograph
Igor, K7 and K5 screens can be calibrated if I remember well, at least the K5. 2011/6/15 Igor Roshchin s...@komkon.org: PS. Is the back display of the cameras calibrated? And if not, - (how) can one calibrate it? Igor -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Thibault Massart aka Thibouille/Thibs -- Photo: K-7, Sigma 28/1.8 macro, FA50/1.4, DA40Ltd, K30/2.8, DA16-45, DA50-135, DA50-200, 360FGZ KX, MX, SuperA+Motor, Z1, P30 Mamiya C330+80/2.8 Sekonic L-208 FalconEyes TE300D x2 Studio flashes Laptop: Macbook 13 Unibody SnowLeo/Win7 Programing: Delphi 2009 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Peso: Here it comes
http://s857.photobucket.com/albums/ab138/drd1135/PDML/?action=viewcurrent=hereitcomes.jpg Same game. I did like the cat in the advertisment along the wall. -- Steve Desjardins -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: I think my audience just grew ...
On Jun 15, 2011, at 2:16 PM, Bob W wrote: John Francis I suspect I've just got a new candidate for my most-viewed shot. A (fairly crappy) picture of mine is being used on Linux.com today as part of their run-up to the twenty-year Linux anniversary celebration: http://www.linux.com/news/galleries/1-linus-torvalds-in-pictures/14 that waiter shaking a cocktail spoils the shot for me. Is he shaking a Vermouth and Ginux? B A medium dry martini, lemon peel. Shaken, not stirred. stan -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Action autofocus with the K-5
Hi Paul, nice shot. Did you use the single focus mode or contineous (predictive). All my Pentaxes had difficulties with fast moving subjects, like big birds flying over my head at rather near distance, like in demonstrations. No time to select focus point, I get best results (1 out of 10 is sharp) in contineous focus and auto focus point selection with K7. Do you have experience with these kind of things? K5 better than K7? greetz, Jos On 13-6-2011 2:56, Paul Stenquist wrote: I've developed a good feel for getting the K-5 to autofocus on fairly fast moving subjects. I use spot focus and kind of feather the shutter button about halfway down, then pick my spot. I'm pleased with this camera in so many ways. http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=13402152 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Here it comes
Nice capture, but I see it stronger in a portrait orientation with the pitcher slightly to the left of center. Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: Steven Desjardins drd1...@gmail.com Subject: Peso: Here it comes http://s857.photobucket.com/albums/ab138/drd1135/PDML/?action=viewcurrent=hereitcomes.jpg Same game. I did like the cat in the advertisment along the wall. -- Steve Desjardins -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT: Cycling in New York
On Mon, Jun 13, 2011 at 4:19 PM, Charles Robinson charl...@visi.com wrote: On Jun 11, 2011, at 22:15, Scott Loveless wrote: On Sat, Jun 11, 2011 at 10:13 PM, John Coyle jco...@iinet.net.au wrote: We have bike lanes in Brisbane too, often, sensibly, between the parking lane and the traffic lanes. Like this? https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/RTTN7a8MM_Y6qZwvxy4PD7E9gr-o3kOAFcuAuy7-Ync?feat=directlink It's called a door zone and it's dangerous. Here's why: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Door_zone The new bike lanes in downtown Minneapolis are between the curb and the parking lane. How do you turn left? -- Scott Loveless http://www.twosixteen.com/fivetoedsloth/ __o _'\,_ (*)/ (*) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT: Cycling in New York
On 2011-06-15 14:01 , Scott Loveless wrote: On Mon, Jun 13, 2011 at 4:19 PM, Charles Robinsoncharl...@visi.com wrote: The new bike lanes in downtown Minneapolis are between the curb and the parking lane. How do you turn left? you go past your turn by one block then take three right turns -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT: Cycling in New York
How do you turn left? On 15/6/11, steve harley, discombobulated, unleashed: you go past your turn by one block then take three right turns Damn I wish Bob had said that. -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche -- http://www.cottysnaps.com _ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Wet weekend
On Wed, Jun 15, 2011 at 11:36:53AM -0700, Larry Colen wrote: On Jun 15, 2011, at 10:44 AM, John Francis wrote: On Wed, Jun 15, 2011 at 06:35:25PM +0100, Cotty wrote: On 15/6/11, Bob W, discombobulated, unleashed: yes, it takes nice photos. You should see Bob's pots and pans. I know Bob takes potshots, but I haven't seen many panshots ... I thought you did a lot of those when you were photographing racecars. ... but not from Bob, which was my point. From me, from Paul, from Doug, even from Frank, but not too many from Bob. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT: Cycling in New York
Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: Scott Loveless sdlovel...@gmail.com Subject: Re: OT: Cycling in New York On Mon, Jun 13, 2011 at 4:19 PM, Charles Robinson charl...@visi.com wrote: On Jun 11, 2011, at 22:15, Scott Loveless wrote: On Sat, Jun 11, 2011 at 10:13 PM, John Coyle jco...@iinet.net.au wrote: We have bike lanes in Brisbane too, often, sensibly, between the parking lane and the traffic lanes. Like this? https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/RTTN7a8MM_Y6qZwvxy4PD7E9gr-o3kOAFcuAuy7-Ync?feat=directlink It's called a door zone and it's dangerous. Here's why: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Door_zone The new bike lanes in downtown Minneapolis are between the curb and the parking lane. How do you turn left? You push the right side of the handlebar forward, while pulling the left side towards you. -- Scott Loveless http://www.twosixteen.com/fivetoedsloth/ __o _'\,_ (*)/ (*) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT: Cycling in New York
On Jun 15, 2011, at 15:01, Scott Loveless wrote: On Mon, Jun 13, 2011 at 4:19 PM, Charles Robinson charl...@visi.com wrote: On Jun 11, 2011, at 22:15, Scott Loveless wrote: On Sat, Jun 11, 2011 at 10:13 PM, John Coyle jco...@iinet.net.au wrote: We have bike lanes in Brisbane too, often, sensibly, between the parking lane and the traffic lanes. Like this? https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/RTTN7a8MM_Y6qZwvxy4PD7E9gr-o3kOAFcuAuy7-Ync?feat=directlink It's called a door zone and it's dangerous. Here's why: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Door_zone The new bike lanes in downtown Minneapolis are between the curb and the parking lane. How do you turn left? Funny, y'know? On 1st Avenue where those paths are, no matter which direction I've travelled, I've always turned RIGHT to leave the road. I'm not sure what the solution would be other than to get out into the traffic lane. I really don't know the best answer to that question. -Charles -- Charles Robinson - charl...@visi.com Minneapolis, MN http://charles.robinsontwins.org http://www.facebook.com/charles.robinson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT: Cycling in New York
On Jun 15, 2011, at 15:16, Ken Waller wrote: - Original Message - From: Scott Loveless sdlovel...@gmail.com Subject: Re: OT: Cycling in New York On Mon, Jun 13, 2011 at 4:19 PM, Charles Robinson charl...@visi.com wrote: On Jun 11, 2011, at 22:15, Scott Loveless wrote: On Sat, Jun 11, 2011 at 10:13 PM, John Coyle jco...@iinet.net.au wrote: We have bike lanes in Brisbane too, often, sensibly, between the parking lane and the traffic lanes. Like this? https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/RTTN7a8MM_Y6qZwvxy4PD7E9gr-o3kOAFcuAuy7-Ync?feat=directlink It's called a door zone and it's dangerous. Here's why: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Door_zone The new bike lanes in downtown Minneapolis are between the curb and the parking lane. How do you turn left? You push the right side of the handlebar forward, while pulling the left side towards you. Unless you're going fast enough to countersteer. Then it's push the LEFT side of the handlebar away to tip the bike to the left. -Charles -- Charles Robinson - charl...@visi.com Minneapolis, MN http://charles.robinsontwins.org http://www.facebook.com/charles.robinson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: isEnabled
If it was a longer lens, you could call it your Tele Aviv =) How about calling it the jafFA 24-90 maybe? 2011/6/15 Collin Brendemuehl coll...@brendemuehl.net: Couldn't find the proper prefix to consider this my Israeli Enablement, but the FA24-90 came today from Boris. I just shot a few with it. What an outstanding lens! Worth every penny. Sincerely, Collin Brendemuehl http://kerygmainstitute.org He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose -- Jim Elliott -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Action autofocus with the K-5
Thanks Jos, K-5 autofocus is improved over K-7 by a considerable amount. I believe the difference is most evident with the SDM lenses, although I'm not certain of that, as I rarely shoot with screw drive autofocus lenses. I use single focus mode and I choose a point. I usually know what point I'm going to need. If I get it wrong, I frae off center and crop. I've shot with continuous mode as well, but I think my hit ratio is better with the single lock mode. If I'm diligent and work at it, I can get 50% or better hit ratio on action shots with the K-5. I would guess it was about half that with the K-7. Paul On Jun 15, 2011, at 3:36 PM, Jos from Holland wrote: Hi Paul, nice shot. Did you use the single focus mode or contineous (predictive). All my Pentaxes had difficulties with fast moving subjects, like big birds flying over my head at rather near distance, like in demonstrations. No time to select focus point, I get best results (1 out of 10 is sharp) in contineous focus and auto focus point selection with K7. Do you have experience with these kind of things? K5 better than K7? greetz, Jos On 13-6-2011 2:56, Paul Stenquist wrote: I've developed a good feel for getting the K-5 to autofocus on fairly fast moving subjects. I use spot focus and kind of feather the shutter button about halfway down, then pick my spot. I'm pleased with this camera in so many ways. http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=13402152 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT - tech question about turning off cable modem from keyboard
Ann, how about one of those as seen on TV power outlet switches that you snap your fingers or clap your hands at? 2011/6/15 Ann Sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com: Ive got a dell dimension running WIndoze XP - the cable modem I have now doesn't have a switch on it to merely disconnect it from the net... Is there away to toggle back and forth with a keystroke combination or a place in the control panel to mouse off and on? Wnatr to do this for a number of reasons and having to disconnect and reconnect the model by pulling the cord that hooks into the PC is a bit awkward to say the least... I have a feeling if I'm off line totally for some chores they will go faster.. and I'll also have more privacy. T I A ann -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: D-FA 100mm Macro Plus Teleconverter
2011/6/15 Larry Colen l...@red4est.com: This thread inspired me to try something a bit silly. I put my vivitar 2x macro teleconverter on my bigma to see how close I could get. In terms of image quality, the experiment was not a resounding success, but if I ever need to do macro photography from eight feet away, I guess it would be handy to have a 1000mm macro lens. Yeah and if that critter comes at you, you can smash it with it, too =) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: isEnabled
If it was a longer lens, you could call it your Tele Aviv =) How about calling it the jafFA 24-90 maybe? I like those. Cute. Sincerely, Collin Brendemuehl http://kerygmainstitute.org He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose -- Jim Elliott -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
RE: OT: Cycling in New York
How do you turn left? On 15/6/11, steve harley, discombobulated, unleashed: you go past your turn by one block then take three right turns Damn I wish Bob had said that. Cheers, Cotty I'd have stolen a line from Martin Amis: if you wanted to be on that side of the road you should have been born there. B -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO: Table for Two, Broadway View
Thanks for looking and commenting, Dave. Dan On Wed, Jun 15, 2011 at 1:52 PM, David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com wrote: Nice view but seems soft Dave On Tue, Jun 14, 2011 at 9:21 PM, Daniel J. Matyola danmaty...@gmail.com wrote: http://blogs.delphiforums.com/n/blogs/blog.aspx?nav=mainwebtag=djm1963entry=100 Comments are invited. -- Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ York Region, Ontario, Canada -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Even Spring can be gloomy in Iowa
Anne, Thanks I'm glad you liked it. For you and other color curious folks, here is a color rendering. http://flic.kr/p/9syhb1 From: Ann Sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Subject: Re: Even Spring can be gloomy in Iowa Message-ID: 4df7d623.4050...@nyc.rr.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed I like skies like that! nicely done Bw, I think -- but I's like to see your color original as well - just to see how much you are exagerating on the lack of color :_) ann -- Bob, posting here is such a valuable experience. I am worried about the BW and I should have looked closer at the crop. Thanks for the insight. From: Bob Sullivan rf.sulli...@gmail.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Subject: Re: Even Spring can be gloomy in Iowa Message-ID: BANLkTikudAw=wKftu8zwvpa4YAxduD=w...@mail.gmail.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Don, Yes, more of the tree on the right. And straighten the left edge of the house vs the frame. Overall a nice B+W rendering of Iowa! Regards, Bob S. ___ Jack Thanks for the comment. I have a wider lens and if I can remember where I took the photo I shall revisit it. Message: 5 Date: Tue, 14 Jun 2011 17:09:53 -0700 (PDT) From: Jack Davis jdavi...@yahoo.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Subject: Re: Even Spring can be gloomy in Iowa Message-ID: 742230.90109...@web130123.mail.mud.yahoo.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii I think the Spring conditions were ideally suited to this scene. Only problem is the lack of enough frame area to include the far right tree. Too bad! It just doesn't work for me as displayed here. Wider lens or two separate shots along with some perspective changes. Jack Mark I am so glad you made a connection to this photo. It may be among the last of its type. As Iowa was trying to ban such pictures. Eventually they moved on to the budget but they are still in session so it may be July 1st before any new law goes into effect. I may become the purveyor of farm porn. Message: 16 Date: Wed, 15 Jun 2011 05:00:46 -0700 (PDT) From: Mark Cassino markcass...@ymail.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Subject: Re: Even Spring can be gloomy in Iowa Message-ID: 918724.64408...@web65901.mail.ac4.yahoo.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii That's nice - I really like the feel to this image. _ Brian Thanks for the nice words. I will scout up the original and see if there is anything left t work with. But you know the sky is full of white puffy clouds today and if I can remember where this farm was Anyone who has been to Iowa in Springtime knows it not all sunshine fresh flowers. Even the sunset was colorless this day. I am not fluent in Black White so fire away. ... Don http://donspix.posterous.com/farmyard-in-the-gloom-of-early-spring-photo Nothing at all wrong with the rendering - well done. Like others, I think the composition is let down a bit by the right hand side. If it were mine I'd crop it at the left hand edge of the barn on the right and maybe take a bit off the bottom. There's lots of photo opportunities in that location. Well worth another trip back in any weather! Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://lyons-ryan.org/southernlight/ __ Christine glad you liked it. considering all the times I snap the shutter and 98% are trash, I can only hope for uncontentious competence at best. Message: 3 Date: Wed, 15 Jun 2011 11:06:39 -0500 From: Christine Aguila christ...@caguila.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Subject: Re: Even Spring can be gloomy in Iowa Message-ID: 006401cc2b76$369dac60$0a0110ac@Aguila Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset=iso-8859-1; reply-type=response lovely bw rendering, Don. I think you're more fluent than you realize. Cheers, Christine _ And why did I push a photo on the same day as Mark Roberts. I showed Marks pictures to my biggest fan (my wife) after she heard me gushing and she said Oh they can't be that much better than yours followed by OH! Wow! WOW OOOH! When I said she was killing me here she went through them a second time and finally found one ONE! she said she might have left out. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO: Table for Two, Broadway View
On Jun 14, 2011, at 20:21, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: http://blogs.delphiforums.com/n/blogs/blog.aspx?nav=mainwebtag=djm1963entry=100 Super-ultra fuzzy... was that what you were going for? -Charles -- Charles Robinson - charl...@visi.com Minneapolis, MN http://charles.robinsontwins.org http://www.facebook.com/charles.robinson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Back in Boston! (Now with photos)
Having been to the mountain, it reminds me that being up on the mountain at sunset and sunrise helps provide good photo ops. I must try that on my next trip . . . stan On Jun 14, 2011, at 10:24 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote: Excellent gallery. It makes me realize what I've missed by not having made it to the mountain. Paul On Jun 14, 2011, at 9:38 PM, Steven Desjardins wrote: Great Gallery. The sunset (?) behind the cloud is a nice touch. On Tue, Jun 14, 2011 at 6:22 PM, David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, Jun 14, 2011 at 5:33 PM, Mark Roberts m...@robertstech.com wrote: A couple of these have Photoshop tweaks, but most are straight out of Lightroom: http://www.robertstech.com/galleries/gfm2011/ Excellent mark. To many favorites to list. Dave -- Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ York Region, Ontario, Canada -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Steve Desjardins -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
peso: Blackberries beginning to ripen
http://www.flickr.com/photos/55001392@N08/5837476068/in/photostream/lightbox/ Had to take the 24-90 out if only for 5 min. in the back yard. I may use my FA28/2.8 and FA50/1.4 much less. Though still sharper, their advantage is now, in practical terms, mostly a matter of of size. Sincerely, Collin Brendemuehl http://kerygmainstitute.org He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose -- Jim Elliott -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
OT: Lunar Eclipse down-under
Not visible from the U.S. Hope the weather is good for PDMLers in Africa, Middle East, Indian Sub-Continent, S.E. Asia, Indonesia, Malaysia Western Australia. - No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 10.0.1382 / Virus Database: 1513/3704 - Release Date: 06/14/11 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
PESO Moon eclipse
I had planned a shot of the full eclipse with some rural cows in front. Only grey clouds. When I returned the moon showed itself between the clouds. In a hurry I decided to change my plans: http://flic.kr/p/9TQXuG Toine -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT: Cycling in New York
On 15/6/11, Bob W, discombobulated, unleashed: I'd have stolen a line from Martin Amis: if you wanted to be on that side of the road you should have been born there. I would have borrowed a line from Colonel Sanders: 'If you wanted to be on that side of the road you should have been a chicken...' -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche -- http://www.cottysnaps.com _ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT: Lunar Eclipse down-under
On Wed, 15 Jun 2011 17:25 -0400, John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com wrote: Not visible from the U.S. Hope the weather is good for PDMLers in Africa, Middle East, Indian Sub-Continent, S.E. Asia, Indonesia, Malaysia Western Australia. Geez - they kept that one quiet. I didn't know it was happening until it was over! It wouldn't have mattered - it's been cloudy and rainy here for several days. Fortunately, I managed to get this one in 2007. http://members.westnet.com.au/brianwal/SL/images/moon-x.jpg Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://lyons-ryan.org/southernlight/ - No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 10.0.1382 / Virus Database: 1513/3704 - Release Date: 06/14/11 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- -- http://www.fastmail.fm - Faster than the air-speed velocity of an unladen european swallow -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Interesting effect: drastic change of color on photograph
Two other considerations - the color of the ceiling you're bouncing the flash off of and the color temperature of the ambient light. A white ceiling may not be the same color as other white ceilings and it may not even be a white ceiling. The bounced flash is going to pick up some color. Even if you use flash to over-power the ambient light, the color temperature of that ambient light will still have some effect. FWIW, the forks plate look kind of a purplish blue on my monitor; blue with a hint of indigo. The plate more so than the forks. From: Igor Roshchin Hi All! After taking photos at a party, I discovered an interesting effect. It was indoors, with uneven and not very bright light, so, I used a flash bounced from the ceiling, which made the light rather uniform. There were some party items in two colors: green and purple. In all shots, the purple came out as blue. All other colors are close to the original. I tried to play with the color temperature and tint in LR, but I cannot make it without skewing the rest of the colors. http://42graphy.org/snapshots/misc/_IR31001.jpg I suspect, that this particular color (dye) fluoresces from the flush, or something like that. This brought up an interesting discussion question: Imagine a well organized party with color matching of various elements (e.g. wedding, with bride's maids' dresses matching the plates, or whatever). In that case, the flash can change the way colors appear. By itself, it is nothing new - the same color on different surfices can appear differently in different light. But, - it would be a nightmare for the photographer (and the wedding organizer, if that person was in charge for the photographs). This opens up many interesting questions that I've never heard discussed. On one hand the event organizer should be aware of such potential problems, - but I am curious, - how many of them try to see how things look under the flash light? I know that, say, stage directors for theaters/ballet are aware of such issues, - I had a chance of talking with one from a famous Russian ballet troup touring the US some 12 years ago. They had to deal with the variation of the light temperature/color in different cities. Otherwise, slightly blueish tutus (Swan Lake) in a yellowish main stage white light look green. If you have worked with the wedding/event organizers who had dealt with such situations, - I'd be very curious to hear about it. And if you were the photographer, - how did you deal with it? Cheers, Igor - No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 10.0.1382 / Virus Database: 1513/3704 - Release Date: 06/14/11 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO Moon eclipse
On Wed, 15 Jun 2011 23:43 +0200, Toine to...@repiuk.nl wrote: I had planned a shot of the full eclipse with some rural cows in front. Only grey clouds. When I returned the moon showed itself between the clouds. In a hurry I decided to change my plans: http://flic.kr/p/9TQXuG And a good change of plans it turned out to be! Very well done. Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://lyons-ryan.org/southernlight/ -- -- http://www.fastmail.fm - Accessible with your email software or over the web -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Peso: Here it comes
On Wed, 15 Jun 2011 15:04 -0400, Steven Desjardins drd1...@gmail.com wrote: http://s857.photobucket.com/albums/ab138/drd1135/PDML/?action=viewcurrent=hereitcomes.jpg Same game. I did like the cat in the advertisment along the wall. -- Good shot but I think I'm with Ken on this. A portrait crop would tighten the composition and eliminate much of the blank area on the right. (I like the cat advert too!) Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://lyons-ryan.org/southernlight/ -- -- http://www.fastmail.fm - A no graphics, no pop-ups email service -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
It's official, PDML Central II is gone
I just watched the new owner of our camper (formerly known as PDML Central) tow it off into a nasty looking thunderstorm. With work obligations and the kids getting older and more active on weekends, we just weren't using it. This way, we get a little cash, and hopefully the camper gets used. It looked so sad there in the driveway. Happy Trails, second home. http://cwaters.smugmug.com/Photography/GFM-NPW-2009/IGP4946/552189741_KzsHt-L-2.jpg Cory is sad -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT - tech question about turning off cable modem from keyboard
On Wed, 15 Jun 2011 12:24 -0400, Igor Roshchin s...@komkon.org wrote: Tue Jun 14 23:46:25 EDT 2011 Brian Walters wrote: It seems more and more PC peripherals are lacking an on/off switch. Both my scanner and wireless router require the plug-pull method to turn them off. Some time ago I went looking for a small on/off switch that could be inserted between the peripheral and the power cord. Maybe they exist but I could find such a beast. Brian, The simplest and the most abundant is a power-strip. IKEA and some dollar stores in the US have them for $1-3. But I am sure you know about that option. Also, home-improvement stores like Home Depot and Lowes in the US have some sort of smart switches that plug in between a power plug and the outlet; those allow one or more fancy functions: time programming, remote control (with a remote control device or even clapping), etc) I don't remember, but I think I saw one that was just a simple switch. And just in case, - GFCI power outlets can be used for the same functionality, - as they have the switch button. None of those really do what I'd like. I have a whole bank of power strips but they, and the wall sockets, are down behind my desk behind all the various cables that seem to be mandatory for any sort of computer system. What I'd like is a switch that could connect between (say) my wireless router and its power cable so that I can turn the router off and on via the switch instead of having to pull out and reconnect the cable at the back of the router. Same with the scanner. Why can't these things come with built in on/off switches? Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://lyons-ryan.org/southernlight/ -- -- http://www.fastmail.fm - Does exactly what it says on the tin -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: It's official, PDML Central II is gone
On Wed, 15 Jun 2011 19:06 -0400, Cory Waters cbwat...@bellsouth.net wrote: I just watched the new owner of our camper (formerly known as PDML Central) tow it off into a nasty looking thunderstorm. With work obligations and the kids getting older and more active on weekends, we just weren't using it. This way, we get a little cash, and hopefully the camper gets used. It looked so sad there in the driveway. Happy Trails, second home. http://cwaters.smugmug.com/Photography/GFM-NPW-2009/IGP4946/552189741_KzsHt-L-2.jpg Well, I never saw PDML Central in the flesh, so to speak. More's the pity. I had a similar experience with our old family tent last year. It hadn't been used since the kids were small - and that is more years ago than I want to remember. Anyway, the tent is (hopefully) now being put to good use by another generation. Cory is sad You'll get over it. Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://lyons-ryan.org/southernlight/ -- -- http://www.fastmail.fm - Send your email first class -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO - here they come!
On Wed, 15 Jun 2011 22:54 +1000, Peter McIntosh peter...@gmail.com wrote: My wife and I spent the long weekend tripping about Northern Victoria in a steam train. We left Southern Cross station in Melbourne late Friday night. The locos came in after the cars... https://picasaweb.google.com/petergly/SteamrailNorthernExplorer?authkey=Gv1sRgCKClqYOF7om6XQ#5618423231629131538 I'm jealous! That looks like it was a great trip, visiting lots of my favourite places in Vic, especially Echuca and Bendigo. Love the shot of the Whippet and the close up shots of K190. Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://lyons-ryan.org/southernlight/ -- -- http://www.fastmail.fm - The way an email service should be -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Interesting effect: drastic change of color on photograph
From: Mark Roberts William Robb wrote: Igor, filters aren't all that spectrum specific, and tend to be cut filters, in that they don't pass any spectrum below a particular wavelength (which will vary from filter to filter). UV florescence has been a problem since the dawn of electronic flash. A lot of things reflect a disproportionate amount of UV light. Mr. Robb speaks the truth. And note that fluorescence involves absorbing light of one wavelength (ultraviolet) and re-emitting the energy at *different* wavelengths (in the visible spectrum). Looking at the other photo from the party that Igor posted, I suspect there was a significant amount of blue skylight from the window. The brain has the power to process for that and still detect the colors in the tableware. The camera sensor does not. - No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 10.0.1382 / Virus Database: 1513/3704 - Release Date: 06/14/11 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
RE: PESO - Purple Explosion
From: frank theriault Don't know what this flower is, but I've seen them around lately. Any help with the ID would be appreciated: http://knarfdummyblog.blogspot.com/2011/06/purple-explosion.html Hope you enjoy. Comments welcome. cheers, frank Possibly a Globe Thistle, Echinops ritro. - No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 10.0.1382 / Virus Database: 1513/3704 - Release Date: 06/14/11 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
OT: Wireless G4 as an ISP?
I'd like nothing better than to get rid of comcast and my cable modem. So I've been thinking about buying a 4G wireless hotspot and using Verizon as my ISP. Verizon has said 4G wireless is available in my area. Is anyone doing this? Is the technology ready to replace cable internet? Are the pioneers taking arrows? Paul -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT: Wireless G4 as an ISP?
Wireless is NEVER as good as wired. Ever. . CW On 6/15/2011 8:04 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote: I'd like nothing better than to get rid of comcast and my cable modem. So I've been thinking about buying a 4G wireless hotspot and using Verizon as my ISP. Verizon has said 4G wireless is available in my area. Is anyone doing this? Is the technology ready to replace cable internet? Are the pioneers taking arrows? Paul -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
