RE: OT: Landscapes by Yiming Hu
They're a shoo-in for being sold world-wide reproduced on black velvet... John Coyle Brisbane, Australia -Original Message- From: PDML [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Bob W Sent: Monday, 12 August 2013 8:25 AM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: OT: Landscapes by Yiming Hu Saturation's made my eyeballs bleed. It looks as though he's gone to all the places everyone else goes to, taken the same photos, and cranked the saturation up to 11. Painful, dull, no personal vision (he stole Ken Rockwell's). B On 11 Aug 2013, at 22:56, Daniel J. Matyola danmaty...@gmail.com wrote: http://www.yiminghuphoto.com/portfolio/landscape.php 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. -- 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: A thought-provoking conversation on the death of snapshots
On Aug 11, 2013, at 10:55 , Paul Sorenson wrote: I think I've posted this link before, but it's no less valid... http://www.shutterbug.com/content/point-view-prints-are-precious-or-praise-shoebox And...after you've made a print of family members, note on the back who they are. I have prints from early in the 20th century that I know are family members, but have no idea who they are or where they fit into the family. -p Put together all snaps that contain that or those people and you may discover from the photos context who they are or where they belong in the genealogy. Fortunately for me, the cousin who was the major source of family photos and documents, Claudia Jane, had already identified many of the subjects on the back, in pencil lightly, if they had not already been done by her grandmother, Lou Edna. When her grandmother, my aunt, was fading over time my cousin asked, and was told she could have it all. It now takes up a whole bedroom in her house. I'm afraid quite a bit was left out of any order she had then in when we started. I could have copied several hundred more of people I did not know, my aunt's girlfriends from school in the 20s and 30s, and their families including visits to various SW geologic shrines. Some of the images I have are from the incredibly small (1x 1.5) prints, some folded into sleeves or booklets. Hard to copy well. Others are just amazing images well over 100 years old, sharp, posed well. Keeping the eyes still for 30 secs to 30 minutes posed a real problem back then. Great explorations! Joseph McAllister pentax...@mac.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: PAW
Great shot Christine, I would hazard a guess that he didn't mind having his picture taken :) Cheers, On 4 August 2013 00:25, Christine Aguila christ...@caguila.com wrote: Hi Everyone: Just got back from a conference in Portland, Oregon. Snuck in some photography, but nothing great, though did catch this food truck vendor, which is probably the strongest of the small bunch. If you want to see a pretty standard shot of the famous Multnomah Falls, click next in the gallery. Had dinner at the lodge--very good food and pretty atmosphere. If you're in the area, highly recommend it. Cheers, Christine http://www.caguila.com/paw2013/content/_IGP6615_large.html -- 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. -- Rob Studdert (Digital Image Studio) Tel: +61-418-166-870 UTC +10 Hours Gmail, eBay, Skype, Twitter, Facebook, Picasa: distudio -- 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: GESOs - G.A.S.
Thanks Bruce On #9, I do think I missed the Decisive Moment. Dude got a call on his mobile a moment after I took the shot =:0 On 12/08/2013 1:19 AM, Bruce Walker wrote: Image #2 in your 35/1.4 set: wonderful! But image #9: my eyes! my eyes! ;-) On Sun, Aug 11, 2013 at 7:48 AM, Derby Chang der...@iinet.net.au wrote: While it's always fun going out with new gear, I definitely notice a productivity hit when I do. Not that I'm complaining, trying new things is fun. I just come back with less bang per click. The Aussie Dollar is on a slippery slope back to its natural place in the world, but there are still some local stockists holding inventory at bargain prices. The Sigma 35mm 1.4 is a very attractive looking lens. It has this odd thing where the focusing scale goes from 0.3m to 1m for most of the focus throw, and then a tiny movement from 1m to infinity. It isn't a macro, so I wonder why they did that. The Voigtlander 17.5 0.95 does the same thing. Still, the HSM is really S, quieter than the Pentax SDM, I think. Very well damped manual focusing feel. I like it much more than the just-ok 30mm 1.4. The next lenses in the Art series should prove interesting. http://members.iinet.net.au/~derbyc/13/08/sig35/index.html And for a bit of retro, I picked up a pristine Minolta CLE. The wee bugger is beautiful, no wonder they didn't let it last long. It is a shame the shutter sound is rather loud; I was definitely clocked more than I normally am. On the last few rolls of Neopan too. Should do one more last time buy. http://members.iinet.net.au/~derbyc/13/08/cle/index.html -- der...@iinet.net.au http://members.iinet.net.au/~derbyc -- 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
Funny how kebab and gyro trucks have the same design aesthetic all around the world. I would have thought I'd had a late night snack from just the same gentleman. Excellent comic shot On 4/08/2013 12:25 AM, Christine Aguila wrote: Hi Everyone: Just got back from a conference in Portland, Oregon. Snuck in some photography, but nothing great, though did catch this food truck vendor, which is probably the strongest of the small bunch. If you want to see a pretty standard shot of the famous Multnomah Falls, click next in the gallery. Had dinner at the lodge--very good food and pretty atmosphere. If you're in the area, highly recommend it. Cheers, Christine http://www.caguila.com/paw2013/content/_IGP6615_large.html -- 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 - Anna, pronounced Ahna
Lovely. Long-back skirts look terrific on a someone with the legs to show them off. Confidence goes a long way On 12/08/2013 9:52 AM, Doug Brewer wrote: On 8/11/13 7:26 AM, Derby Chang wrote: You sold me. I love the magenta tone. Sleek skirt; are there more to show off the fashion? On 6/08/2013 4:43 AM, Doug Brewer wrote: https://plus.google.com/115347824062413314605/posts/46sU316B2da Thanks, Derby. Yes, I have more of the outfit: https://plus.google.com/u/0/115347824062413314605/posts/eJkDbGpCwKp https://plus.google.com/u/0/115347824062413314605/posts/WsDtHJ9eKs9 and one other hair shot in b/w: https://plus.google.com/u/0/115347824062413314605/posts/anmuVufYBcR there are a few lurking in the archives that I'm not sure about yet. -- 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.
First experiments with IR adapted K-5
Quote Larry sahib: I think we can conclude that IR is not suitable for taking appetizing pictures of food. Who says that? Bring him to me, I shall give him (5) of my best - thus said my Padre in our Catholic Boarding School, waving his well oiled malacca cane. Those were the days when the cane fell on your bottom for any mischief. So Larry, you have already demonstrated that BW is ok for food photos. Provided of course your food photo customers salivate only on seeing colorful food - food turns dark cooked anyway. Now you have an exciting Project on hand with your IR K-5 - will keep you busy till the next year experimenting and learning. Hint: check how a Sony camcorder handles IR night shot both in BW and color. Regards. Bipin - photography is the only tool that will stop time itself -- 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
Quoting Rob Studdert distudio.p...@gmail.com: Great shot Christine, I would hazard a guess that he didn't mind having his picture taken :) I somehow missed this post originally. I agree with Rob - that's a great shot. The vendor looks friendly and I'd certainly buy a gyro from him. In fact I may well have! Portland's food carts were a highlight of our short stay there - an amazing variety of food styles and cultures. I wish Sydney had something similar. Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://lyons-ryan.org/southernlight/ On 4 August 2013 00:25, Christine Aguila christ...@caguila.com wrote: Hi Everyone: Just got back from a conference in Portland, Oregon. Snuck in some photography, but nothing great, though did catch this food truck vendor, which is probably the strongest of the small bunch. If you want to see a pretty standard shot of the famous Multnomah Falls, click next in the gallery. Had dinner at the lodge--very good food and pretty atmosphere. If you're in the area, highly recommend it. Cheers, Christine http://www.caguila.com/paw2013/content/_IGP6615_large.html -- 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: Dianthus
Nice detail, Dan. Believe I'd have tried either including none of the secondary flower or all of it. Maybe tilting the camera diagonally to include both would work. (?) Jack - Original Message - From: Daniel J. Matyola danmaty...@gmail.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Cc: Sent: Sunday, August 11, 2013 10:14 PM Subject: PESO: Dianthus http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17491773 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. -- 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: Dianthus
A beautiful specimen, Dan. Great colour! I'd give it some additional sharpening, selectively to just the flower. On Mon, Aug 12, 2013 at 1:14 AM, Daniel J. Matyola danmaty...@gmail.com wrote: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17491773 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. -- -bmw -- 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: Landscapes by Yiming Hu
I just knew you guys would enjoy these! Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Mon, Aug 12, 2013 at 3:51 AM, John Coyle jco...@iinet.net.au wrote: They're a shoo-in for being sold world-wide reproduced on black velvet... John Coyle Brisbane, Australia -Original Message- From: PDML [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Bob W Sent: Monday, 12 August 2013 8:25 AM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: OT: Landscapes by Yiming Hu Saturation's made my eyeballs bleed. It looks as though he's gone to all the places everyone else goes to, taken the same photos, and cranked the saturation up to 11. Painful, dull, no personal vision (he stole Ken Rockwell's). B On 11 Aug 2013, at 22:56, Daniel J. Matyola danmaty...@gmail.com wrote: http://www.yiminghuphoto.com/portfolio/landscape.php 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. -- 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: Dianthus
Thanks, Jack and Bruce! Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Mon, Aug 12, 2013 at 8:26 AM, Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com wrote: A beautiful specimen, Dan. Great colour! I'd give it some additional sharpening, selectively to just the flower. On Mon, Aug 12, 2013 at 1:14 AM, Daniel J. Matyola danmaty...@gmail.com wrote: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17491773 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. -- -bmw -- 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: Landscapes by Yiming Hu
John Coyle wrote: They're a shoo-in for being sold world-wide reproduced on black velvet... Perfect. -- 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: PESO - Anna, pronounced Ahna
On 8/12/13 5:57 AM, Derby Chang wrote: Lovely. Long-back skirts look terrific on a someone with the legs to show them off. Confidence goes a long way It was my first exposure to such a skirt, but I don't get out much. She definitely has the legs for it. Pretty stunning, considering she's only 13. -- 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: Landscapes by Yiming Hu
On 8/12/2013 09:16, Mark Roberts wrote: John Coyle wrote: They're a shoo-in for being sold world-wide reproduced on black velvet... Perfect. Ditto 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.
Re: How often do you back up your hard drive?
I wonder where I can find a used IBM1402? On 8/12/2013 1:18 AM, David Mann wrote: On Aug 12, 2013, at 7:46 AM, steve harley p...@paper-ape.com wrote: a few years ago i contracted at a large corpse where another department (on which my department relied for file services) managed to obliterate a RAID array (RAID is safe, right?) and in the process discovered their (untested) backups were also faulty … heads rolled; the situation i had been brought in to clean up (i am a software janitor) was even more tenuous, but from the start i had advocated protective measures, so i was made to seem very wise I know a guy who used to work at Telecom. He once told me about a telephone exchange that crapped itself and lost its data, so they went to restore from backup. The trouble is, they'd had a software update a couple of years previously that had a bug which caused it to write corrupt data to the backup. So they had to re-enter everything from paper records. quite recently i took a retainer for improving a website and said one of the first things i needed to do was confirm the site was properly backed up; i soon got word from the previous contractor that he didn't think the backups were working; the clients, while failing to give me any way to check the backups, and thus making it impossible to set up a staging server, nonetheless insisted i rush a major reconfiguration of the site; when the clients clearly didn't understood nor accept the liability of this approach, i told them it wasn't going to work and said goodbye Very wise move. You have a good CYA plan :) Cheers, 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: Landscapes by Yiming Hu
I think I'd be quite happy with Fuji Lustre. On 8/12/2013 3:51 AM, John Coyle wrote: They're a shoo-in for being sold world-wide reproduced on black velvet... John Coyle Brisbane, Australia -Original Message- From: PDML [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Bob W Sent: Monday, 12 August 2013 8:25 AM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: OT: Landscapes by Yiming Hu Saturation's made my eyeballs bleed. It looks as though he's gone to all the places everyone else goes to, taken the same photos, and cranked the saturation up to 11. Painful, dull, no personal vision (he stole Ken Rockwell's). B On 11 Aug 2013, at 22:56, Daniel J. Matyola danmaty...@gmail.com wrote: http://www.yiminghuphoto.com/portfolio/landscape.php 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: How often do you back up your hard drive?
There is a simulator: ftp://ftp.df.lth.se/pub/bitsavers.org/1401/simh_v2.9-10/I1401-supnik/i1401_d oc.txt Gerrit -Original Message- From: PDML [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of John Sent: Monday, August 12, 2013 10:09 AM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: How often do you back up your hard drive? I wonder where I can find a used IBM1402? On 8/12/2013 1:18 AM, David Mann wrote: On Aug 12, 2013, at 7:46 AM, steve harley p...@paper-ape.com wrote: a few years ago i contracted at a large corpse where another department (on which my department relied for file services) managed to obliterate a RAID array (RAID is safe, right?) and in the process discovered their (untested) backups were also faulty . heads rolled; the situation i had been brought in to clean up (i am a software janitor) was even more tenuous, but from the start i had advocated protective measures, so i was made to seem very wise I know a guy who used to work at Telecom. He once told me about a telephone exchange that crapped itself and lost its data, so they went to restore from backup. The trouble is, they'd had a software update a couple of years previously that had a bug which caused it to write corrupt data to the backup. So they had to re-enter everything from paper records. quite recently i took a retainer for improving a website and said one of the first things i needed to do was confirm the site was properly backed up; i soon got word from the previous contractor that he didn't think the backups were working; the clients, while failing to give me any way to check the backups, and thus making it impossible to set up a staging server, nonetheless insisted i rush a major reconfiguration of the site; when the clients clearly didn't understood nor accept the liability of this approach, i told them it wasn't going to work and said goodbye Very wise move. You have a good CYA plan :) Cheers, 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. -- 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.
More on snapshots (NPR)
http://www.npr.org/blogs/pictureshow/2013/08/08/210153158/photography-phone-call-are-snapshots-dead -- 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.
Experimenting with focus stacking (truck, dragonfly, and beach content)
Last month Mark C. shared his first experiments with focus stacking, using dragonflies as his subjects: http://www.markcassino.com/b2evolution/blog6.php/2013/07/06/stack-focusing-dragonflies-in-the-field So I was in a photo workshop this last week, the instructor kept encouraging us to try focus stacking. I tend to be skeptical of manipulation techniques (e.g., HDR) but given Mark's results, I did shoot several series of images with focus stacking in mind. On arriving back home I purchased/downloaded Helicon Focus to process the images and see what I had captured. When I get time I will work on my other insect shots and re-do these two - at first glance they seem to have potential. Below is a link to the first quick attempts. Being a contrarian, I did not restrict myself to macros of insects for the experiments, and I think that the truck cab interior is the best of the bunch. With the beach shots, the variation in wave pattern from shot to shot caused some funny looking patterns when the images were merged, so I did not use all of the images I had in those series. Note that the original RAW images were dumped into Helicon as they came out of the camera - no color balancing, sharpening, etc. (There is a Lightroom plug-in that makes this process quite simple.) The images shown here are as they emerged from Helicon - I have not yet done any additional work on color-balance, etc. with the merged images. All of these shot on a tripod, all with natural light. http://photos.stanhalpin.com/p684646393 Comments welcome. 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: More on snapshots (NPR)
Ummm. That's the same video/conversation that started the thread. :) On Mon, Aug 12, 2013 at 9:27 AM, Mark Roberts postmas...@robertstech.com wrote: http://www.npr.org/blogs/pictureshow/2013/08/08/210153158/photography-phone-call-are-snapshots-dead -- 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. -- Photography is a Bastard left by Science on the Doorstep of Art - Peter Galassi -- 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.
2 PANOS
A couple of Panos from last weekend in Kruger. Right click to chose a larger size then pan L R. Olifants Camp is situated high on a ridge on the E bank of the Olifants river. From here you can see for miles. There used to be a pay telescope at the point from which I took these 5 stitched photos but it was vandalised removed. This is a favourite spot for tourists, especially those sporting big white lenses. My humble K110D was the rose among the thorns. The Pano is roughly 180deg, looking W. http://www.flickr.com/photos/wisselstroom/9490052257/lightbox/ Buffaloes live in matriarchal herds comprising several hundred individuals. The mature bulls graze alone or in small groups to build up strength for periodical sex orgies. This herd of about 300 was basking in the mid-day sun south of Satara camp. http://www.flickr.com/photos/wisselstroom/9492846800/lightbox/ Alan C -- 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 - I'm Tired of This Game...
Little Kids are unpredictable on the soccer field. Here's a picture of my granddaughter in a 2001 game. I guess she decided she need a break. http://georgesinos.com/blog/2013/8/11/im-tired-of-this-game Scanned from a 2001 Kodak Portra negative shot with a ZX-5n and a Tamron 70-300mm lens. They are only a few years old, but these negatives have help up well and are pretty easy to scan. Vuescan does a good job with color negative film. GS George Sinos www.GeorgesPhotos.net www.GeorgeSinos.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: Experimenting with focus stacking (truck, dragonfly, and beach content)
No's 5 6 clearly show the clean solid benefits of stacking. ! thru 4, not so much. Interesting process, thanks for showing, Stan. Jack - Original Message - From: Stan Halpin s...@stans-photography.info To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net Cc: Sent: Monday, August 12, 2013 7:34 AM Subject: Experimenting with focus stacking (truck, dragonfly,and beach content) Last month Mark C. shared his first experiments with focus stacking, using dragonflies as his subjects: http://www.markcassino.com/b2evolution/blog6.php/2013/07/06/stack-focusing-dragonflies-in-the-field So I was in a photo workshop this last week, the instructor kept encouraging us to try focus stacking. I tend to be skeptical of manipulation techniques (e.g., HDR) but given Mark's results, I did shoot several series of images with focus stacking in mind. On arriving back home I purchased/downloaded Helicon Focus to process the images and see what I had captured. When I get time I will work on my other insect shots and re-do these two - at first glance they seem to have potential. Below is a link to the first quick attempts. Being a contrarian, I did not restrict myself to macros of insects for the experiments, and I think that the truck cab interior is the best of the bunch. With the beach shots, the variation in wave pattern from shot to shot caused some funny looking patterns when the images were merged, so I did not use all of the images I had in those series. Note that the original RAW images were dumped into Helicon as they came out of the camera - no color balancing, sharpening, etc. (There is a Lightroom plug-in that makes this process quite simple.) The images shown here are as they emerged from Helicon - I have not yet done any additional work on color-balance, etc. with the merged images. All of these shot on a tripod, all with natural light. http://photos.stanhalpin.com/p684646393 Comments welcome. 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. -- 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: Experimenting with focus stacking (truck, dragonfly, and beach content)
I love those blueberries! That's a very attractive image, Stan. On Mon, Aug 12, 2013 at 10:34 AM, Stan Halpin s...@stans-photography.info wrote: Last month Mark C. shared his first experiments with focus stacking, using dragonflies as his subjects: http://www.markcassino.com/b2evolution/blog6.php/2013/07/06/stack-focusing-dragonflies-in-the-field So I was in a photo workshop this last week, the instructor kept encouraging us to try focus stacking. I tend to be skeptical of manipulation techniques (e.g., HDR) but given Mark's results, I did shoot several series of images with focus stacking in mind. On arriving back home I purchased/downloaded Helicon Focus to process the images and see what I had captured. When I get time I will work on my other insect shots and re-do these two - at first glance they seem to have potential. Below is a link to the first quick attempts. Being a contrarian, I did not restrict myself to macros of insects for the experiments, and I think that the truck cab interior is the best of the bunch. With the beach shots, the variation in wave pattern from shot to shot caused some funny looking patterns when the images were merged, so I did not use all of the images I had in those series. Note that the original RAW images were dumped into Helicon as they came out of the camera - no color balancing, sharpening, etc. (There is a Lightroom plug-in that makes this process quite simple.) The images shown here are as they emerged from Helicon - I have not yet done any additional work on color-balance, etc. with the merged images. All of these shot on a tripod, all with natural light. http://photos.stanhalpin.com/p684646393 Comments welcome. 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. -- -bmw -- 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 - I'm Tired of This Game...
LoL.. Jack - Original Message - From: George Sinos gsi...@gmail.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Cc: Sent: Monday, August 12, 2013 8:16 AM Subject: PESO - I'm Tired of This Game... Little Kids are unpredictable on the soccer field. Here's a picture of my granddaughter in a 2001 game. I guess she decided she need a break. http://georgesinos.com/blog/2013/8/11/im-tired-of-this-game Scanned from a 2001 Kodak Portra negative shot with a ZX-5n and a Tamron 70-300mm lens. They are only a few years old, but these negatives have help up well and are pretty easy to scan. Vuescan does a good job with color negative film. GS George Sinos www.GeorgesPhotos.net www.GeorgeSinos.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: 2 PANOS
Beautiful images, Alan. Jack - Original Message - From: Alan C c...@lantic.net To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Cc: Sent: Monday, August 12, 2013 8:01 AM Subject: 2 PANOS A couple of Panos from last weekend in Kruger. Right click to chose a larger size then pan L R. Olifants Camp is situated high on a ridge on the E bank of the Olifants river. From here you can see for miles. There used to be a pay telescope at the point from which I took these 5 stitched photos but it was vandalised removed. This is a favourite spot for tourists, especially those sporting big white lenses. My humble K110D was the rose among the thorns. The Pano is roughly 180deg, looking W. http://www.flickr.com/photos/wisselstroom/9490052257/lightbox/ Buffaloes live in matriarchal herds comprising several hundred individuals. The mature bulls graze alone or in small groups to build up strength for periodical sex orgies. This herd of about 300 was basking in the mid-day sun south of Satara camp. http://www.flickr.com/photos/wisselstroom/9492846800/lightbox/ Alan C -- 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: Experimenting with focus stacking (truck, dragonfly, and beach content)
on 2013-08-12 8:34 Stan Halpin wrote http://photos.stanhalpin.com/p684646393 i like the truck interior, though consider cropping the right slightly; it's not obvious how stacked it is blueberries are scrumptious -- 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: 'On the web - part deux'
Thanks to Bob, Dan Jack for commenting and all who viewed the image. Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: Bob Sullivan rf.sulli...@gmail.com Subject: Re: PESO: 'On the web - part deux' Ken, I do like this one better. The fly is still really small, but the spider and web are very sharp and the finer strands of the wweb are more visible. Excellent composition and details. Regards, Bob S. On Fri, Aug 9, 2013 at 3:01 PM, kwal...@peoplepc.com wrote: A redo of a previous PESO. K20D, 200mm f4.0 ED Macro Your thoughts? http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17490150 Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller -- 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: Need for Speed
Lt Dan - thank you for your sacrifice, service dedication ! I know you flew F4s, is that your ride in the background? Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: Daniel J. Matyola danmaty...@gmail.com Subject: Re: PESO: Need for Speed http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=13939813 Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Sun, Aug 11, 2013 at 12:17 AM, Bob Sullivan rf.sulli...@gmail.com wrote: And Dan, I always thought of you in that movie role... On Sat, Aug 10, 2013 at 11:14 PM, Daniel J. Matyola danmaty...@gmail.com wrote: I HATE that movie. Cruise is always heavy-handed, but there more than usual. His character is about the worse pilot one can imagine. Val Kilmer was much closer to what a pilot should be. The entire movie was rife with cliches and misinformation about what it takes to make a good fighter pilot. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Sat, Aug 10, 2013 at 5:41 PM, Bob Sullivan rf.sulli...@gmail.com wrote: Dan, When I read 'Need for Speed' from a former fighter pilot, I expect to see a scene from the movie 'Top Gun'. ;-) Regards, Bob S. On Sat, Aug 10, 2013 at 1:44 PM, Daniel J. Matyola danmaty...@gmail.com wrote: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17484084 Comments, Criticisms and Suggestions 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.
Re: PESO - I'm Tired of This Game...
lol! I guess so! either that or she jsut didnt wnat you to take her photo :-) ann On 8/12/2013 11:16, George Sinos wrote: Little Kids are unpredictable on the soccer field. Here's a picture of my granddaughter in a 2001 game. I guess she decided she need a break. http://georgesinos.com/blog/2013/8/11/im-tired-of-this-game Scanned from a 2001 Kodak Portra negative shot with a ZX-5n and a Tamron 70-300mm lens. They are only a few years old, but these negatives have help up well and are pretty easy to scan. Vuescan does a good job with color negative film. GS George Sinos www.GeorgesPhotos.net www.GeorgeSinos.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: Dianthus
Well focused image but I'd definitely eliminate the partial bloom along the top edge. A square crop would minimize the blank LRH corner Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: Daniel J. Matyola danmaty...@gmail.com Subject: PESO: Dianthus http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17491773 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.
Re: How often do you back up your hard drive?
On Mon, Aug 12, 2013 at 10:08:55AM -0400, John wrote: I wonder where I can find a used IBM1402? Try here: http://ibm-1401.info/ -- 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:Re: Peso A view from the flatlands
Thanks for looking comments, Christine. I processed this in LR 5 so I went back looked at the settings. I used basic defaults including auto white balance. The clarity was set at 10 no other adjustments made. I just now did it in Aperture and got pretty much the same results. Thanks to all who looked. pdml-requ...@pdml.net wrote: Message: 14 Date: Sun, 11 Aug 2013 10:35:19 -0500 From: Christine Aguilachrist...@caguila.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail Listpdml@pdml.net Subject: Re: Peso A view from the flatlands Message-ID:428733aa-3b51-40a8-b5d7-24f8df72c...@caguila.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii I might agree with Steve. Maybe saturation is a tad strong. Composition is excellent. Cheers, Christine On Aug 10, 2013, at 1:05 PM, steve harleyp...@paper-ape.com wrote: on 2013-08-10 11:55 John wrote Flickr sez: ! This is not the page you're looking for. This one maybe?http://www.flickr.com/photos/valdon/9474838174/ yes, he edited the dust and reposted the saturation seems a bit strong but it is very nice in the abstract -- 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: Need for Speed
He was a handsome devil, wasn't he! Alan C -Original Message- From: kwal...@peoplepc.com Sent: Monday, August 12, 2013 5:50 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: PESO: Need for Speed Lt Dan - thank you for your sacrifice, service dedication ! I know you flew F4s, is that your ride in the background? Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: Daniel J. Matyola danmaty...@gmail.com Subject: Re: PESO: Need for Speed http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=13939813 Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Sun, Aug 11, 2013 at 12:17 AM, Bob Sullivan rf.sulli...@gmail.com wrote: And Dan, I always thought of you in that movie role... On Sat, Aug 10, 2013 at 11:14 PM, Daniel J. Matyola danmaty...@gmail.com wrote: I HATE that movie. Cruise is always heavy-handed, but there more than usual. His character is about the worse pilot one can imagine. Val Kilmer was much closer to what a pilot should be. The entire movie was rife with cliches and misinformation about what it takes to make a good fighter pilot. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Sat, Aug 10, 2013 at 5:41 PM, Bob Sullivan rf.sulli...@gmail.com wrote: Dan, When I read 'Need for Speed' from a former fighter pilot, I expect to see a scene from the movie 'Top Gun'. ;-) Regards, Bob S. On Sat, Aug 10, 2013 at 1:44 PM, Daniel J. Matyola danmaty...@gmail.com wrote: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17484084 Comments, Criticisms and Suggestions 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. -- 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: Landscapes by Yiming Hu
Obviously beautiful pictures. To take beautiful pictures one must stand in front of beautiful things. And then have a good eye like this fellow. Thanks for the link. pdml-requ...@pdml.net wrote: Message: 5 Date: Sun, 11 Aug 2013 17:56:42 -0400 From: Daniel J. Matyoladanmaty...@gmail.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail Listpdml@pdml.net Subject: OT: Landscapes by Yiming Hu Message-ID: CAOmwt1zUef=m5ugodavwsal0paedmw24zjzpj+exzggadpa...@mail.gmail.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 http://www.yiminghuphoto.com/portfolio/landscape.php 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: PESO: Dianthus
Currently my wife's favorite flower she has them in pots all over the yard. I find it hard to get the color perfect. pdml-requ...@pdml.net wrote: Message: 8 Date: Mon, 12 Aug 2013 01:14:22 -0400 From: Daniel J. Matyoladanmaty...@gmail.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail Listpdml@pdml.net Subject: PESO: Dianthus Message-ID: caomwt1xcgbgctebhyrfeqij8oxphtsgo_huajj6ajbglpae...@mail.gmail.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17491773 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.
Re: PESO - I'm Tired of This Game...
LOL. Can I just ask if we can still call this a portrait? Bulent - http://patoloji.gen.tr http://celasun.wordpress.com/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/bc_the_path/ http://photo.net/photodb/user?user_id=2226822 http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/artists/bulentcelasun -- 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: Need for Speed
Thank you, Ken. Yes indeed, that is my ride behind me. To clarify, I was a Naval Flight Officer in the Marine Corps, not a pilot. I served as a Radar Intercept Officer (RIO) in F-4B Phantom jets and a Bombardier/Navigator (B/N) in A-6A Intruders. The image you saw was from one of the first rolls of film (probably slide film) through my then brand new Asahi Pentax Spotmatic. I had just taken a photo of my pilot, then we changed places and I handed him the camera to take one of me. That would have been taken in Danang, in the summer of 1966. Some other scans from my far eastern tour are located here: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=13939813 Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Mon, Aug 12, 2013 at 11:50 AM, kwal...@peoplepc.com wrote: Lt Dan - thank you for your sacrifice, service dedication ! I know you flew F4s, is that your ride in the background? Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: Daniel J. Matyola danmaty...@gmail.com Subject: Re: PESO: Need for Speed http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=13939813 Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Sun, Aug 11, 2013 at 12:17 AM, Bob Sullivan rf.sulli...@gmail.com wrote: And Dan, I always thought of you in that movie role... On Sat, Aug 10, 2013 at 11:14 PM, Daniel J. Matyola danmaty...@gmail.com wrote: I HATE that movie. Cruise is always heavy-handed, but there more than usual. His character is about the worse pilot one can imagine. Val Kilmer was much closer to what a pilot should be. The entire movie was rife with cliches and misinformation about what it takes to make a good fighter pilot. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Sat, Aug 10, 2013 at 5:41 PM, Bob Sullivan rf.sulli...@gmail.com wrote: Dan, When I read 'Need for Speed' from a former fighter pilot, I expect to see a scene from the movie 'Top Gun'. ;-) Regards, Bob S. On Sat, Aug 10, 2013 at 1:44 PM, Daniel J. Matyola danmaty...@gmail.com wrote: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17484084 Comments, Criticisms and Suggestions 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. -- 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: Need for Speed
Sorry; I screwed up the link to the folder. The other far eastern images are here: http://photo.net/photodb/folder?folder_id=398541 Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Mon, Aug 12, 2013 at 3:18 PM, Daniel J. Matyola danmaty...@gmail.com wrote: Thank you, Ken. Yes indeed, that is my ride behind me. To clarify, I was a Naval Flight Officer in the Marine Corps, not a pilot. I served as a Radar Intercept Officer (RIO) in F-4B Phantom jets and a Bombardier/Navigator (B/N) in A-6A Intruders. The image you saw was from one of the first rolls of film (probably slide film) through my then brand new Asahi Pentax Spotmatic. I had just taken a photo of my pilot, then we changed places and I handed him the camera to take one of me. That would have been taken in Danang, in the summer of 1966. Some other scans from my far eastern tour are located here: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=13939813 Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Mon, Aug 12, 2013 at 11:50 AM, kwal...@peoplepc.com wrote: Lt Dan - thank you for your sacrifice, service dedication ! I know you flew F4s, is that your ride in the background? Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: Daniel J. Matyola danmaty...@gmail.com Subject: Re: PESO: Need for Speed http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=13939813 Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Sun, Aug 11, 2013 at 12:17 AM, Bob Sullivan rf.sulli...@gmail.com wrote: And Dan, I always thought of you in that movie role... On Sat, Aug 10, 2013 at 11:14 PM, Daniel J. Matyola danmaty...@gmail.com wrote: I HATE that movie. Cruise is always heavy-handed, but there more than usual. His character is about the worse pilot one can imagine. Val Kilmer was much closer to what a pilot should be. The entire movie was rife with cliches and misinformation about what it takes to make a good fighter pilot. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Sat, Aug 10, 2013 at 5:41 PM, Bob Sullivan rf.sulli...@gmail.com wrote: Dan, When I read 'Need for Speed' from a former fighter pilot, I expect to see a scene from the movie 'Top Gun'. ;-) Regards, Bob S. On Sat, Aug 10, 2013 at 1:44 PM, Daniel J. Matyola danmaty...@gmail.com wrote: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17484084 Comments, Criticisms and Suggestions 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. -- 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: 2 PANOS
Very nice! Two comments about the presentation of the panos in fliker: First, I somehow clicked something that threw the image (buffalos) into full screen, and then started into a Ken Burns style animation of the image, sweeping back and forth across the pano. Unexpected (!) but effective in giving a good feel for the scope and breadth of the landscape, particularly with the river shot. And clicking near the bottom uncovered buttons to Stop the action or to move forward/backword to another image. OK, all good so far. (Though I would rather the Ken-Burns sweep was slower.) Second, I could not get out of that full-screen mode. I could find no button to return to Home, I couldn't dismiss the Flash (?) player, and I couldn't even close my browser window. Eventually I did a forced-quit on the browser (Safari, appropriately enough). stan On Aug 12, 2013, at 11:01 AM, Alan C wrote: A couple of Panos from last weekend in Kruger. Right click to chose a larger size then pan L R. Olifants Camp is situated high on a ridge on the E bank of the Olifants river. From here you can see for miles. There used to be a pay telescope at the point from which I took these 5 stitched photos but it was vandalised removed. This is a favourite spot for tourists, especially those sporting big white lenses. My humble K110D was the rose among the thorns. The Pano is roughly 180deg, looking W. http://www.flickr.com/photos/wisselstroom/9490052257/lightbox/ Buffaloes live in matriarchal herds comprising several hundred individuals. The mature bulls graze alone or in small groups to build up strength for periodical sex orgies. This herd of about 300 was basking in the mid-day sun south of Satara camp. http://www.flickr.com/photos/wisselstroom/9492846800/lightbox/ Alan C -- 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: 2 PANOS
Very Impressive, Alan! I was able to pan on the large sizes, but when I went to the original size, I could pan up and down, but not left and right. Beautiful images. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Mon, Aug 12, 2013 at 11:01 AM, Alan C c...@lantic.net wrote: A couple of Panos from last weekend in Kruger. Right click to chose a larger size then pan L R. Olifants Camp is situated high on a ridge on the E bank of the Olifants river. From here you can see for miles. There used to be a pay telescope at the point from which I took these 5 stitched photos but it was vandalised removed. This is a favourite spot for tourists, especially those sporting big white lenses. My humble K110D was the rose among the thorns. The Pano is roughly 180deg, looking W. http://www.flickr.com/photos/wisselstroom/9490052257/lightbox/ Buffaloes live in matriarchal herds comprising several hundred individuals. The mature bulls graze alone or in small groups to build up strength for periodical sex orgies. This herd of about 300 was basking in the mid-day sun south of Satara camp. http://www.flickr.com/photos/wisselstroom/9492846800/lightbox/ Alan C -- 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: Experimenting with focus stacking (truck, dragonfly, and beach content)
Thanks Steve. I'll play with the truck cropping when I go back to the image(s). I think what I liked about the truck is how subtle it was; I can think of no other way to get the near edge of the seat and the gear shift knob and the far door handle all in focus, but this still looks natural to me. And the blueberries did come out well didn't they! Thanks for commenting. stan On Aug 12, 2013, at 11:41 AM, steve harley wrote: on 2013-08-12 8:34 Stan Halpin wrote http://photos.stanhalpin.com/p684646393 i like the truck interior, though consider cropping the right slightly; it's not obvious how stacked it is blueberries are scrumptious -- 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: Experimenting with focus stacking (truck, dragonfly, and beach content)
Thanks Bruce! stan On Aug 12, 2013, at 11:31 AM, Bruce Walker wrote: I love those blueberries! That's a very attractive image, Stan. On Mon, Aug 12, 2013 at 10:34 AM, Stan Halpin s...@stans-photography.info wrote: Last month Mark C. shared his first experiments with focus stacking, using dragonflies as his subjects: http://www.markcassino.com/b2evolution/blog6.php/2013/07/06/stack-focusing-dragonflies-in-the-field So I was in a photo workshop this last week, the instructor kept encouraging us to try focus stacking. I tend to be skeptical of manipulation techniques (e.g., HDR) but given Mark's results, I did shoot several series of images with focus stacking in mind. On arriving back home I purchased/downloaded Helicon Focus to process the images and see what I had captured. When I get time I will work on my other insect shots and re-do these two - at first glance they seem to have potential. Below is a link to the first quick attempts. Being a contrarian, I did not restrict myself to macros of insects for the experiments, and I think that the truck cab interior is the best of the bunch. With the beach shots, the variation in wave pattern from shot to shot caused some funny looking patterns when the images were merged, so I did not use all of the images I had in those series. Note that the original RAW images were dumped into Helicon as they came out of the camera - no color balancing, sharpening, etc. (There is a Lightroom plug-in that makes this process quite simple.) The images shown here are as they emerged from Helicon - I have not yet done any additional work on color-balance, etc. with the merged images. All of these shot on a tripod, all with natural light. http://photos.stanhalpin.com/p684646393 Comments welcome. 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. -- -bmw -- 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: Experimenting with focus stacking (truck, dragonfly, and beach content)
Thanks for looking Jack. I think this process has some potential, and I happen to have an old focus rail in the closet . . . stan On Aug 12, 2013, at 11:28 AM, Jack Davis wrote: No's 5 6 clearly show the clean solid benefits of stacking. ! thru 4, not so much. Interesting process, thanks for showing, Stan. Jack - Original Message - From: Stan Halpin s...@stans-photography.info To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net Cc: Sent: Monday, August 12, 2013 7:34 AM Subject: Experimenting with focus stacking (truck, dragonfly,and beach content) Last month Mark C. shared his first experiments with focus stacking, using dragonflies as his subjects: http://www.markcassino.com/b2evolution/blog6.php/2013/07/06/stack-focusing-dragonflies-in-the-field So I was in a photo workshop this last week, the instructor kept encouraging us to try focus stacking. I tend to be skeptical of manipulation techniques (e.g., HDR) but given Mark's results, I did shoot several series of images with focus stacking in mind. On arriving back home I purchased/downloaded Helicon Focus to process the images and see what I had captured. When I get time I will work on my other insect shots and re-do these two - at first glance they seem to have potential. Below is a link to the first quick attempts. Being a contrarian, I did not restrict myself to macros of insects for the experiments, and I think that the truck cab interior is the best of the bunch. With the beach shots, the variation in wave pattern from shot to shot caused some funny looking patterns when the images were merged, so I did not use all of the images I had in those series. Note that the original RAW images were dumped into Helicon as they came out of the camera - no color balancing, sharpening, etc. (There is a Lightroom plug-in that makes this process quite simple.) The images shown here are as they emerged from Helicon - I have not yet done any additional work on color-balance, etc. with the merged images. All of these shot on a tripod, all with natural light. http://photos.stanhalpin.com/p684646393 Comments welcome. 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. -- 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: 'On the web - part deux'
I like the lighting and composition - particularly the fact that you didn't let the background go completely black. I don't see the lunch though. It might also be interesting in a square format, tighter on the central web. Would make an interesting screen saver . . . stan On Aug 9, 2013, at 11:33 PM, kwal...@peoplepc.com kwal...@peoplepc.com wrote: Interesting comment Jack. To me centered is sort of a default composition. Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: Jack Davis jdavi...@yahoo.com Subject: Re: PESO: 'On the web - part deux' This is an example of one of those compositions wherein the principal element is usually more comfortable if centered. To me, the image is a bit soft. Jack - Original Message - From: kwal...@peoplepc.com kwal...@peoplepc.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Cc: Sent: Friday, August 9, 2013 1:01 PM Subject: PESO: 'On the web - part deux' A redo of a previous PESO. K20D, 200mm f4.0 ED Macro Your thoughts? http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17490150 Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller -- 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: I actually saw ...
Was it actually =labelled= as a Pentax camera? If so, it's the first sign of life from their marketing department since the K10D. Rick http://photo.net/photos/RickW - Original Message - From: John johnsess...@yahoo.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Cc: Sent: Saturday, August 10, 2013 1:19 PM Subject: I actually saw ... I saw a new Pentax camera for sale that was actually ON DISPLAY at a store last night. Pentax X-5 at a Target store. Tethered down by a security link of course, but you could pick it up, turn it on see what it was like ... to a limited extent. Looks like it has an electronic viewfinder, but apparently defaults to Live View on the little TV screen on the back. The viewfinder stayed dark. I didn't try to figure out how to get into the menu to change it so I could test out the viewfinder I don't think there was a memory card in it, so I didn't try to take a photo. I might take a card with me go back to look at it again. But mainly it was like I walked around the corner at the electronics counter and DAMN! Is that really a Pentax camera? And it was. -- 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: Dianthus
That works very well for me - like the geometry, the bit of pink at the top is nice - the best of your recent flowers, I think (at least the recent Peso close-ups... but then I always prefer off center stuff. ann On 8/12/2013 01:14, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17491773 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.
Re: Peso A view from the flatlands
I like it overall, but , like Christine, I find it a bit over saturated - even if that is what the camera told you it did :-) - I'd dial it back a bit... ann On 8/12/2013 13:13, Don Guthrie wrote: Thanks for looking comments, Christine. I processed this in LR 5 so I went back looked at the settings. I used basic defaults including auto white balance. The clarity was set at 10 no other adjustments made. I just now did it in Aperture and got pretty much the same results. Thanks to all who looked. pdml-requ...@pdml.net wrote: Message: 14 Date: Sun, 11 Aug 2013 10:35:19 -0500 From: Christine Aguilachrist...@caguila.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail Listpdml@pdml.net Subject: Re: Peso A view from the flatlands Message-ID:428733aa-3b51-40a8-b5d7-24f8df72c...@caguila.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii I might agree with Steve. Maybe saturation is a tad strong. Composition is excellent. Cheers, Christine On Aug 10, 2013, at 1:05 PM, steve harleyp...@paper-ape.com wrote: on 2013-08-10 11:55 John wrote Flickr sez: ! This is not the page you're looking for. This one maybe?http://www.flickr.com/photos/valdon/9474838174/ yes, he edited the dust and reposted the saturation seems a bit strong but it is very nice in the abstract -- 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: 2 PANOS
good stuff ann On 8/12/2013 11:01, Alan C wrote: A couple of Panos from last weekend in Kruger. Right click to chose a larger size then pan L R. Olifants Camp is situated high on a ridge on the E bank of the Olifants river. From here you can see for miles. There used to be a pay telescope at the point from which I took these 5 stitched photos but it was vandalised removed. This is a favourite spot for tourists, especially those sporting big white lenses. My humble K110D was the rose among the thorns. The Pano is roughly 180deg, looking W. http://www.flickr.com/photos/wisselstroom/9490052257/lightbox/ Buffaloes live in matriarchal herds comprising several hundred individuals. The mature bulls graze alone or in small groups to build up strength for periodical sex orgies. This herd of about 300 was basking in the mid-day sun south of Satara camp. http://www.flickr.com/photos/wisselstroom/9492846800/lightbox/ Alan C -- 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: 2 PANOS
Stan - you in windoze? did you try jsut hitting ESC on the keyboard? that worked for me I was sorry to do full screen - it made me dizzy ann On 8/12/2013 15:27, Stan Halpin wrote: Very nice! Two comments about the presentation of the panos in fliker: First, I somehow clicked something that threw the image (buffalos) into full screen, and then started into a Ken Burns style animation of the image, sweeping back and forth across the pano. Unexpected (!) but effective in giving a good feel for the scope and breadth of the landscape, particularly with the river shot. And clicking near the bottom uncovered buttons to Stop the action or to move forward/backword to another image. OK, all good so far. (Though I would rather the Ken-Burns sweep was slower.) Second, I could not get out of that full-screen mode. I could find no button to return to Home, I couldn't dismiss the Flash (?) player, and I couldn't even close my browser window. Eventually I did a forced-quit on the browser (Safari, appropriately enough). stan On Aug 12, 2013, at 11:01 AM, Alan C wrote: A couple of Panos from last weekend in Kruger. Right click to chose a larger size then pan L R. Olifants Camp is situated high on a ridge on the E bank of the Olifants river. From here you can see for miles. There used to be a pay telescope at the point from which I took these 5 stitched photos but it was vandalised removed. This is a favourite spot for tourists, especially those sporting big white lenses. My humble K110D was the rose among the thorns. The Pano is roughly 180deg, looking W. http://www.flickr.com/photos/wisselstroom/9490052257/lightbox/ Buffaloes live in matriarchal herds comprising several hundred individuals. The mature bulls graze alone or in small groups to build up strength for periodical sex orgies. This herd of about 300 was basking in the mid-day sun south of Satara camp. http://www.flickr.com/photos/wisselstroom/9492846800/lightbox/ Alan C -- 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 - I'm Tired of This Game...
Nice capture, George! Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Mon, Aug 12, 2013 at 11:16 AM, George Sinos gsi...@gmail.com wrote: Little Kids are unpredictable on the soccer field. Here's a picture of my granddaughter in a 2001 game. I guess she decided she need a break. http://georgesinos.com/blog/2013/8/11/im-tired-of-this-game Scanned from a 2001 Kodak Portra negative shot with a ZX-5n and a Tamron 70-300mm lens. They are only a few years old, but these negatives have help up well and are pretty easy to scan. Vuescan does a good job with color negative film. GS George Sinos www.GeorgesPhotos.net www.GeorgeSinos.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: PESO: 'On the web - part deux'
Thanks Stan. It might also be interesting in a square format, tighter on the central web. I previously posted this http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17474202 and a comment from another photonet user suggested the crop you commented on. The original version was too static IMO and was improved greatly by offsetting as you see in the second version. I don't see the lunch though The lunch is the dark object (an ant I believe) Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: Stan Halpin s...@stans-photography.info Subject: Re: PESO: 'On the web - part deux' I like the lighting and composition - particularly the fact that you didn't let the background go completely black. I don't see the lunch though. It might also be interesting in a square format, tighter on the central web. Would make an interesting screen saver . . . stan On Aug 9, 2013, at 11:33 PM, kwal...@peoplepc.com kwal...@peoplepc.com wrote: Interesting comment Jack. To me centered is sort of a default composition. Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: Jack Davis jdavi...@yahoo.com Subject: Re: PESO: 'On the web - part deux' This is an example of one of those compositions wherein the principal element is usually more comfortable if centered. To me, the image is a bit soft. Jack - Original Message - From: kwal...@peoplepc.com kwal...@peoplepc.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Cc: Sent: Friday, August 9, 2013 1:01 PM Subject: PESO: 'On the web - part deux' A redo of a previous PESO. K20D, 200mm f4.0 ED Macro Your thoughts? http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17490150 Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller -- 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: Need for Speed
Dan, I suspected you were a RIO, but don't know my planes well enough. Nice pictures from a difficult and dangerous time. Regards, Bob S. On Mon, Aug 12, 2013 at 2:22 PM, Daniel J. Matyola danmaty...@gmail.com wrote: Sorry; I screwed up the link to the folder. The other far eastern images are here: http://photo.net/photodb/folder?folder_id=398541 Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Mon, Aug 12, 2013 at 3:18 PM, Daniel J. Matyola danmaty...@gmail.com wrote: Thank you, Ken. Yes indeed, that is my ride behind me. To clarify, I was a Naval Flight Officer in the Marine Corps, not a pilot. I served as a Radar Intercept Officer (RIO) in F-4B Phantom jets and a Bombardier/Navigator (B/N) in A-6A Intruders. The image you saw was from one of the first rolls of film (probably slide film) through my then brand new Asahi Pentax Spotmatic. I had just taken a photo of my pilot, then we changed places and I handed him the camera to take one of me. That would have been taken in Danang, in the summer of 1966. Some other scans from my far eastern tour are located here: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=13939813 Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Mon, Aug 12, 2013 at 11:50 AM, kwal...@peoplepc.com wrote: Lt Dan - thank you for your sacrifice, service dedication ! I know you flew F4s, is that your ride in the background? Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: Daniel J. Matyola danmaty...@gmail.com Subject: Re: PESO: Need for Speed http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=13939813 Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Sun, Aug 11, 2013 at 12:17 AM, Bob Sullivan rf.sulli...@gmail.com wrote: And Dan, I always thought of you in that movie role... On Sat, Aug 10, 2013 at 11:14 PM, Daniel J. Matyola danmaty...@gmail.com wrote: I HATE that movie. Cruise is always heavy-handed, but there more than usual. His character is about the worse pilot one can imagine. Val Kilmer was much closer to what a pilot should be. The entire movie was rife with cliches and misinformation about what it takes to make a good fighter pilot. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Sat, Aug 10, 2013 at 5:41 PM, Bob Sullivan rf.sulli...@gmail.com wrote: Dan, When I read 'Need for Speed' from a former fighter pilot, I expect to see a scene from the movie 'Top Gun'. ;-) Regards, Bob S. On Sat, Aug 10, 2013 at 1:44 PM, Daniel J. Matyola danmaty...@gmail.com wrote: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17484084 Comments, Criticisms and Suggestions 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. -- 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: 2 PANOS
No, Safari browser on a Mac. On Aug 12, 2013, at 4:49 PM, Ann Sanfedele wrote: Stan - you in windoze? did you try jsut hitting ESC on the keyboard? that worked for me I was sorry to do full screen - it made me dizzy ann On 8/12/2013 15:27, Stan Halpin wrote: Very nice! Two comments about the presentation of the panos in fliker: First, I somehow clicked something that threw the image (buffalos) into full screen, and then started into a Ken Burns style animation of the image, sweeping back and forth across the pano. Unexpected (!) but effective in giving a good feel for the scope and breadth of the landscape, particularly with the river shot. And clicking near the bottom uncovered buttons to Stop the action or to move forward/backword to another image. OK, all good so far. (Though I would rather the Ken-Burns sweep was slower.) Second, I could not get out of that full-screen mode. I could find no button to return to Home, I couldn't dismiss the Flash (?) player, and I couldn't even close my browser window. Eventually I did a forced-quit on the browser (Safari, appropriately enough). stan On Aug 12, 2013, at 11:01 AM, Alan C wrote: A couple of Panos from last weekend in Kruger. Right click to chose a larger size then pan L R. Olifants Camp is situated high on a ridge on the E bank of the Olifants river. From here you can see for miles. There used to be a pay telescope at the point from which I took these 5 stitched photos but it was vandalised removed. This is a favourite spot for tourists, especially those sporting big white lenses. My humble K110D was the rose among the thorns. The Pano is roughly 180deg, looking W. http://www.flickr.com/photos/wisselstroom/9490052257/lightbox/ Buffaloes live in matriarchal herds comprising several hundred individuals. The mature bulls graze alone or in small groups to build up strength for periodical sex orgies. This herd of about 300 was basking in the mid-day sun south of Satara camp. http://www.flickr.com/photos/wisselstroom/9492846800/lightbox/ Alan C -- 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: 2 PANOS
Esc should work in any browser / OS. I'm a Flickr user and I agree that the new image viewing UI has issues (sucks). You're supposed to click the non-obvious X in the upper-right corner of the viewer when you want to leave view single image mode. If instead you happen to click on the image itself it goes into auto-fullscreen-slideshow mode. This navigation breaks all the user expectations and is confusing. Sigh. On Mon, Aug 12, 2013 at 7:17 PM, Stan Halpin s...@stans-photography.info wrote: No, Safari browser on a Mac. On Aug 12, 2013, at 4:49 PM, Ann Sanfedele wrote: Stan - you in windoze? did you try jsut hitting ESC on the keyboard? that worked for me I was sorry to do full screen - it made me dizzy ann On 8/12/2013 15:27, Stan Halpin wrote: Very nice! Two comments about the presentation of the panos in fliker: First, I somehow clicked something that threw the image (buffalos) into full screen, and then started into a Ken Burns style animation of the image, sweeping back and forth across the pano. Unexpected (!) but effective in giving a good feel for the scope and breadth of the landscape, particularly with the river shot. And clicking near the bottom uncovered buttons to Stop the action or to move forward/backword to another image. OK, all good so far. (Though I would rather the Ken-Burns sweep was slower.) Second, I could not get out of that full-screen mode. I could find no button to return to Home, I couldn't dismiss the Flash (?) player, and I couldn't even close my browser window. Eventually I did a forced-quit on the browser (Safari, appropriately enough). stan On Aug 12, 2013, at 11:01 AM, Alan C wrote: A couple of Panos from last weekend in Kruger. Right click to chose a larger size then pan L R. Olifants Camp is situated high on a ridge on the E bank of the Olifants river. From here you can see for miles. There used to be a pay telescope at the point from which I took these 5 stitched photos but it was vandalised removed. This is a favourite spot for tourists, especially those sporting big white lenses. My humble K110D was the rose among the thorns. The Pano is roughly 180deg, looking W. http://www.flickr.com/photos/wisselstroom/9490052257/lightbox/ Buffaloes live in matriarchal herds comprising several hundred individuals. The mature bulls graze alone or in small groups to build up strength for periodical sex orgies. This herd of about 300 was basking in the mid-day sun south of Satara camp. http://www.flickr.com/photos/wisselstroom/9492846800/lightbox/ Alan C -- 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. -- -bmw -- 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: 'On the web - part deux'
Thanks Ken - I hadn't seen the prior version. Which I prefer. But I clicked on it, zoomed in, and like it (the prior version) even better. The view I wound up with had, outside of the central web and then the openish gap, 3 horizontal strands below and 5-6 above. The sides in proportion. The critter winds up offset right of center. Coming in that tight, the image has a super 3-D feel to it. The web is clearly hanging in space, not flat against the background. However you crop it, a good image: subject, lighting, focus, ... stan On Aug 12, 2013, at 4:57 PM, kwal...@peoplepc.com kwal...@peoplepc.com wrote: Thanks Stan. It might also be interesting in a square format, tighter on the central web. I previously posted this http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17474202 and a comment from another photonet user suggested the crop you commented on. The original version was too static IMO and was improved greatly by offsetting as you see in the second version. I don't see the lunch though The lunch is the dark object (an ant I believe) Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: Stan Halpin s...@stans-photography.info Subject: Re: PESO: 'On the web - part deux' I like the lighting and composition - particularly the fact that you didn't let the background go completely black. I don't see the lunch though. It might also be interesting in a square format, tighter on the central web. Would make an interesting screen saver . . . stan On Aug 9, 2013, at 11:33 PM, kwal...@peoplepc.com kwal...@peoplepc.com wrote: Interesting comment Jack. To me centered is sort of a default composition. Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: Jack Davis jdavi...@yahoo.com Subject: Re: PESO: 'On the web - part deux' This is an example of one of those compositions wherein the principal element is usually more comfortable if centered. To me, the image is a bit soft. Jack - Original Message - From: kwal...@peoplepc.com kwal...@peoplepc.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Cc: Sent: Friday, August 9, 2013 1:01 PM Subject: PESO: 'On the web - part deux' A redo of a previous PESO. K20D, 200mm f4.0 ED Macro Your thoughts? http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17490150 Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller -- 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: Dianthus
Thanks, Ken. Your comments are quite helpful. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Mon, Aug 12, 2013 at 12:00 PM, kwal...@peoplepc.com wrote: Well focused image but I'd definitely eliminate the partial bloom along the top edge. A square crop would minimize the blank LRH corner Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: Daniel J. Matyola danmaty...@gmail.com Subject: PESO: Dianthus http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17491773 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. -- 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.
Pentax name is now gone...
from the domain names and web sites and social media of the formerly Pentax-RIcoh Imaging (as expected). Still kind of a shock to see it for real. http://www.imaging-resource.com/news/2013/08/12/pentax-websites-social-networking-properties-switch-to-ricoh-branding It will remain on the products themselves, future interchangeable-lens cameras and binoculars. -- Photography is a Bastard left by Science on the Doorstep of Art - Peter Galassi -- 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: Dianthus
Thanks, Don and Ann. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Mon, Aug 12, 2013 at 4:41 PM, Ann Sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com wrote: That works very well for me - like the geometry, the bit of pink at the top is nice - the best of your recent flowers, I think (at least the recent Peso close-ups... but then I always prefer off center stuff. ann On 8/12/2013 01:14, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17491773 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. -- 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: Pentax name is now gone...
Well, it's not actually gone, just back to what it was for the majority of its history: a brand. G On Aug 12, 2013, at 4:52 PM, Darren Addy pixelsmi...@gmail.com wrote: from the domain names and web sites and social media of the formerly Pentax-RIcoh Imaging (as expected). Still kind of a shock to see it for real. http://www.imaging-resource.com/news/2013/08/12/pentax-websites-social-networking-properties-switch-to-ricoh-branding It will remain on the products themselves, future interchangeable-lens cameras and binoculars. -- 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 actually saw ...
I'm not sure what is meant by labeled. It said Pentax on the camera (on the brow just under the popup flash). The price tag said it was a Pentax camera. On 8/12/2013 4:23 PM, Rick Womer wrote: Was it actually =labelled= as a Pentax camera? If so, it's the first sign of life from their marketing department since the K10D. Rick http://photo.net/photos/RickW - Original Message - From: John johnsess...@yahoo.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Cc: Sent: Saturday, August 10, 2013 1:19 PM Subject: I actually saw ... I saw a new Pentax camera for sale that was actually ON DISPLAY at a store last night. Pentax X-5 at a Target store. Tethered down by a security link of course, but you could pick it up, turn it on see what it was like ... to a limited extent. Looks like it has an electronic viewfinder, but apparently defaults to Live View on the little TV screen on the back. The viewfinder stayed dark. I didn't try to figure out how to get into the menu to change it so I could test out the viewfinder I don't think there was a memory card in it, so I didn't try to take a photo. I might take a card with me go back to look at it again. But mainly it was like I walked around the corner at the electronics counter and DAMN! Is that really a Pentax camera? And it was. -- 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: Pentax name is now gone...
On 8/12/2013 7:52 PM, Darren Addy wrote: from the domain names and web sites and social media of the formerly Pentax-RIcoh Imaging (as expected). Still kind of a shock to see it for real. http://www.imaging-resource.com/news/2013/08/12/pentax-websites-social-networking-properties-switch-to-ricoh-branding It will remain on the products themselves, future interchangeable-lens cameras and binoculars. I think that sux. -- 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: More Stupidity, but WHY?
Just a short break before I go back outside to find another brick wall to batter with my forehead. I have a Toshiba laptop. Came with Windoze Vista32 2GB of RAM. Photoshop CS3 ran fine. Photoshop CS5 was a dog. Max memory is 4GB, so I installed. Windoze Vista32 would only see 3.5 GB usable. I was told to upgrade to a 64bit OS to get the full use of the 4GB RAM. Spent a good part of today doing just that. Did a clean install with Windows 7 64-bit, and voilà! - 3.00 GB usable. WTF? -- 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: More Stupidity, but WHY?
I feel your pain. I know those kind of days all too well. Leave it until tomorrow, John. Google it. There'll be a solution for sure. Just leave it for today -- better for your sanity and your forehead. On Mon, Aug 12, 2013 at 8:25 PM, John johnsess...@yahoo.com wrote: Just a short break before I go back outside to find another brick wall to batter with my forehead. I have a Toshiba laptop. Came with Windoze Vista32 2GB of RAM. Photoshop CS3 ran fine. Photoshop CS5 was a dog. Max memory is 4GB, so I installed. Windoze Vista32 would only see 3.5 GB usable. I was told to upgrade to a 64bit OS to get the full use of the 4GB RAM. Spent a good part of today doing just that. Did a clean install with Windows 7 64-bit, and voilà! - 3.00 GB usable. WTF? -- 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. -- -bmw -- 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.
PS: Toshiba's so called customer support is useless at tits on a boar!
Just saying! -- 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: More Stupidity, but WHY?
http://www.sevenforums.com/performance-maintenance/15751-how-make-windows-7-x64-use-all-your-memory.html On 13 August 2013 10:25, John johnsess...@yahoo.com wrote: Just a short break before I go back outside to find another brick wall to batter with my forehead. I have a Toshiba laptop. Came with Windoze Vista32 2GB of RAM. Photoshop CS3 ran fine. Photoshop CS5 was a dog. Max memory is 4GB, so I installed. Windoze Vista32 would only see 3.5 GB usable. I was told to upgrade to a 64bit OS to get the full use of the 4GB RAM. Spent a good part of today doing just that. Did a clean install with Windows 7 64-bit, and voilà! - 3.00 GB usable. WTF? -- 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. -- Rob Studdert (Digital Image Studio) Tel: +61-418-166-870 UTC +10 Hours Gmail, eBay, Skype, Twitter, Facebook, Picasa: distudio -- 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: More Stupidity, but WHY?
Been there, done that. Five or six times already. It does NOT work. For some reason Windows 7 has decided that 1 GB of system RAM must be devoted to the video adapter, which has its own 128 MB DDR2 built in. I have a feeling at this point that if there is any solution it's likely to involve FDISK. On 8/12/2013 8:38 PM, Rob Studdert wrote: http://www.sevenforums.com/performance-maintenance/15751-how-make-windows-7-x64-use-all-your-memory.html On 13 August 2013 10:25, John johnsess...@yahoo.com wrote: Just a short break before I go back outside to find another brick wall to batter with my forehead. I have a Toshiba laptop. Came with Windoze Vista32 2GB of RAM. Photoshop CS3 ran fine. Photoshop CS5 was a dog. Max memory is 4GB, so I installed. Windoze Vista32 would only see 3.5 GB usable. I was told to upgrade to a 64bit OS to get the full use of the 4GB RAM. Spent a good part of today doing just that. Did a clean install with Windows 7 64-bit, and voilà! - 3.00 GB usable. WTF? -- 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: More Stupidity, but WHY?
Are you sure that you actually installed 64bit? What you describe is 32bit behaviour. What does System say (in Control Panel) I have Win8-64bit, 8GB, 7.86 usable. Gerrit -Original Message- From: PDML [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of John Sent: Monday, August 12, 2013 9:02 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: OT: More Stupidity, but WHY? Been there, done that. Five or six times already. It does NOT work. For some reason Windows 7 has decided that 1 GB of system RAM must be devoted to the video adapter, which has its own 128 MB DDR2 built in. I have a feeling at this point that if there is any solution it's likely to involve FDISK. On 8/12/2013 8:38 PM, Rob Studdert wrote: http://www.sevenforums.com/performance-maintenance/15751-how-make-wind ows-7-x64-use-all-your-memory.html On 13 August 2013 10:25, John johnsess...@yahoo.com wrote: Just a short break before I go back outside to find another brick wall to batter with my forehead. I have a Toshiba laptop. Came with Windoze Vista32 2GB of RAM. Photoshop CS3 ran fine. Photoshop CS5 was a dog. Max memory is 4GB, so I installed. Windoze Vista32 would only see 3.5 GB usable. I was told to upgrade to a 64bit OS to get the full use of the 4GB RAM. Spent a good part of today doing just that. Did a clean install with Windows 7 64-bit, and voilà! - 3.00 GB usable. WTF? -- 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: Dianthus
Oh dear I hope you don't listen to Ken on this one... He and I may often agree, but for me, the current proportions and the bit of the other flower _add_ to making this a bit more than a flower picture. the two leaves below the blossom that is escaping at the top are interesting forms.. That the pink flower is the same pink as the main bloom is important in this. The leaves are very interestingly arranged and intersting in themselves. just my 2 cents as I procrastinate this evening. ann On 8/12/2013 19:50, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: Thanks, Ken. Your comments are quite helpful. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Mon, Aug 12, 2013 at 12:00 PM, kwal...@peoplepc.com wrote: Well focused image but I'd definitely eliminate the partial bloom along the top edge. A square crop would minimize the blank LRH corner Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: Daniel J. Matyola danmaty...@gmail.com Subject: PESO: Dianthus http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17491773 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. -- 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: More Stupidity, but WHY?
Product description on the package is: WIN PRO 7 SP1 X64 EN 1PK DVD System info: Windows Edition ... Windows 7 Professional Installed memory (RAM): 4.00 GB (3.00 GB usable) System Type: 64-bit Operating System Somewhere I found 1152 MB RAM is devoted to video (1024 MB system RAM + 128 MB DDR2), but I can't find that again. There was no way to change anything when I did find it. On 8/12/2013 9:14 PM, Gerrit Visser wrote: Are you sure that you actually installed 64bit? What you describe is 32bit behaviour. What does System say (in Control Panel) I have Win8-64bit, 8GB, 7.86 usable. Gerrit -Original Message- From: PDML [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of John Sent: Monday, August 12, 2013 9:02 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: OT: More Stupidity, but WHY? Been there, done that. Five or six times already. It does NOT work. For some reason Windows 7 has decided that 1 GB of system RAM must be devoted to the video adapter, which has its own 128 MB DDR2 built in. I have a feeling at this point that if there is any solution it's likely to involve FDISK. On 8/12/2013 8:38 PM, Rob Studdert wrote: http://www.sevenforums.com/performance-maintenance/15751-how-make-wind ows-7-x64-use-all-your-memory.html On 13 August 2013 10:25, John johnsess...@yahoo.com wrote: Just a short break before I go back outside to find another brick wall to batter with my forehead. I have a Toshiba laptop. Came with Windoze Vista32 2GB of RAM. Photoshop CS3 ran fine. Photoshop CS5 was a dog. Max memory is 4GB, so I installed. Windoze Vista32 would only see 3.5 GB usable. I was told to upgrade to a 64bit OS to get the full use of the 4GB RAM. Spent a good part of today doing just that. Did a clean install with Windows 7 64-bit, and voilà! - 3.00 GB usable. WTF? -- 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: More Stupidity, but WHY?
Then it's likely that you will need to be specific in your search re the model. I've had similar issue in the past and they simply required a single byte change in the registry files via regedit to put right. Just the other day I had an xp machine that refused to copy 20+GB files from drive to drive as it once did, again a registry setting put it back right. On 13 August 2013 11:02, John johnsess...@yahoo.com wrote: Been there, done that. Five or six times already. It does NOT work. For some reason Windows 7 has decided that 1 GB of system RAM must be devoted to the video adapter, which has its own 128 MB DDR2 built in. I have a feeling at this point that if there is any solution it's likely to involve FDISK. On 8/12/2013 8:38 PM, Rob Studdert wrote: http://www.sevenforums.com/performance-maintenance/15751-how-make-windows-7-x64-use-all-your-memory.html On 13 August 2013 10:25, John johnsess...@yahoo.com wrote: Just a short break before I go back outside to find another brick wall to batter with my forehead. I have a Toshiba laptop. Came with Windoze Vista32 2GB of RAM. Photoshop CS3 ran fine. Photoshop CS5 was a dog. Max memory is 4GB, so I installed. Windoze Vista32 would only see 3.5 GB usable. I was told to upgrade to a 64bit OS to get the full use of the 4GB RAM. Spent a good part of today doing just that. Did a clean install with Windows 7 64-bit, and voilà! - 3.00 GB usable. WTF? -- 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. -- Rob Studdert (Digital Image Studio) Tel: +61-418-166-870 UTC +10 Hours Gmail, eBay, Skype, Twitter, Facebook, Picasa: distudio -- 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: Pentax name is now gone...
What kills me is that their facebook avatar is now just the ricoh logo. They should have made pentax its own subsidiary like all the smart companies do. Its like ricoh cares nothing about the rich heritage that pentax has. Its just some disposable name now? Its true the Asahi Optical Company ceased to exist when hoya bought them. That was always the real pentax, so that is long gone, but the core of the organization seemed to persist under hoya until they chopped away at their talent. Pentax and Asahi is truly no more now. Hope you all like your future Pentax branded cameras! Who's willing to bet that ricoh comes up with a full frame mirrorless solution with a new mount and sells it as a ricoh camera? Think the 645 has a future? But please ricoh, more colors and new models with last year's technology! They better have some big things to announce soon or the few remaining hopeful will likely just move on. Its pretty obvious they don't want to cater to the pentax fanboys or faithful at all and seem intent in focusing their efforts on toy cameras. Its like the GR. Amazing street camera right? Well, why can't they take that base and make a rangefinder styled unit with an EVF ala XE-1, GX-7, etc? no tilting screen on the GR? really? no waist level shooting? which would be huge for you know, a street camera. my bet is that the 645 is abandoned with the current model or after a sucessor. The K-3 (24mp APS-C) is a warmed over k-5 body redesign with more curves and 11 point AF still (which I am actually fine with, just more accuracy damnit!), No wifi, nothing innovative. Just a new processing engine and sony chip. I also predict a new full frame mirrorless with a new mount that somehow supports k-mount in a legacy mode, through adapters most likely. They bridged the gap before this way with m39-m42-kmount. why not now? Even m42 lenses would be adaptable. If they make the flange difference small enough, you could adapt anything and use all sorts of lenses with their intended image circle. You give up the OVF though... Personally I think it would be suicide for pentax...I mean ricoh.to just release a 24MP full frame DSLR. Maybe if they did so in a disruptive way, like say price it at $1500. But I don't thin thats going to happen. If it does I will eat my hat. There you heard it. With the NEX full frame almost certainly happening, sony has created a product that is suddenly desirable because it will easily adapt nearly any 35mm lens ever made. Landscape shooters will absolutely love it since they work in live view 90% of the time anyways. I'm sad that pentax is gone from what I can tell. I do want ricoh to survive and succeed and continue to produce cameras with pentax DNA and hopefully still call them pentax. I think pentax has great ergonomics and they make very well thought out cameras. Its really hard to find faults with my k-5 and k-7s. Other than autofocus maybe. But hey at least you can adjust that. Sorry for the rant. I really don't know how warm and fuzzy seeing Ricoh plastered all over the facebook page made me feel. It felt more like losing a friend. Too bad Fuji gave up on DSLRs. I would hate to have to chose between Canikon and Sony or just Canikon. On Mon, Aug 12, 2013 at 8:15 PM, John johnsess...@yahoo.com wrote: On 8/12/2013 7:52 PM, Darren Addy wrote: from the domain names and web sites and social media of the formerly Pentax-RIcoh Imaging (as expected). Still kind of a shock to see it for real. http://www.imaging-resource.com/news/2013/08/12/pentax-websites-social-networking-properties-switch-to-ricoh-branding It will remain on the products themselves, future interchangeable-lens cameras and binoculars. I think that sux. -- 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: PS: Toshiba's so called customer support is useless at tits on a boar!
I'm sure if you got really creative you could find a lot of legitimate uses for tits on a boar. (don't go too hard on my attempt at humor, its been a long day) good luck! On Mon, Aug 12, 2013 at 8:37 PM, John johnsess...@yahoo.com wrote: Just saying! -- 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: Pentax name is now gone...
On Aug 12, 2013, at 10:38 PM, Zos Xavius wrote: [A bunch of good comments clipped out.] ... I would hate to have to chose between Canikon and Sony or just Canikon. At the Nature Photography Workshop I attended last week, there were 18 participants. Me with my Pentax gear. One person with a Panasonic Lumix (IIRC). Three with Canons. And 13 with Nikons of various models ranging from low-end APS-C to full frame. Most of us managed to take quite nice pictures whatever the instrument of choice. The financial trauma I would endure if I were to sell all of my Pentax gear would be severe, but then I can't see any reason why I would need to do a one-to-one replacement of all of my lenses etc. There were two former Pentax shooters there that I talked to. Both switched to Nikon because of lack of 3rd party support for Pentax. Which would not be an issue if Richo/Pentax would provide 1st party support with such items as tele-extenders, extension tubes, functional reliable flashes, L-brakets, etc. I have a Leica M-2 and a K-1000 on my nostalgia shelf; I'll keep one of my K-5ii's to sit with them when I have to switch to Nikon in a few years. stan On Mon, Aug 12, 2013 at 8:15 PM, John johnsess...@yahoo.com wrote: On 8/12/2013 7:52 PM, Darren Addy wrote: from the domain names and web sites and social media of the formerly Pentax-RIcoh Imaging (as expected). Still kind of a shock to see it for real. http://www.imaging-resource.com/news/2013/08/12/pentax-websites-social-networking-properties-switch-to-ricoh-branding It will remain on the products themselves, future interchangeable-lens cameras and binoculars. I think that sux. -- 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: Swallowtail
http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17493767 From my garden. Comments and criticisms 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.
Re: Pentax name is now gone...
My first SLR was an Asahi Pentax Spotmatic. Later I acquired a Honeywell Pentax Spotmatic. Much later, I bought a Pentax Spotmatic for my father. There was no real difference in performance as a result of the differences in branding. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Mon, Aug 12, 2013 at 7:52 PM, Darren Addy pixelsmi...@gmail.com wrote: from the domain names and web sites and social media of the formerly Pentax-RIcoh Imaging (as expected). Still kind of a shock to see it for real. http://www.imaging-resource.com/news/2013/08/12/pentax-websites-social-networking-properties-switch-to-ricoh-branding It will remain on the products themselves, future interchangeable-lens cameras and binoculars. -- Photography is a Bastard left by Science on the Doorstep of Art - Peter Galassi -- 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: Dianthus
Thanks, Ann. I tend to agree with what you say; after all, that's the way I originally saw and composed it. Nevertheless, I also processed it according to Ken's comments. I'll keep both and try to look at them in a while with a fresh eye. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Mon, Aug 12, 2013 at 9:22 PM, Ann Sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com wrote: Oh dear I hope you don't listen to Ken on this one... He and I may often agree, but for me, the current proportions and the bit of the other flower _add_ to making this a bit more than a flower picture. the two leaves below the blossom that is escaping at the top are interesting forms.. That the pink flower is the same pink as the main bloom is important in this. The leaves are very interestingly arranged and intersting in themselves. just my 2 cents as I procrastinate this evening. ann On 8/12/2013 19:50, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: Thanks, Ken. Your comments are quite helpful. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Mon, Aug 12, 2013 at 12:00 PM, kwal...@peoplepc.com wrote: Well focused image but I'd definitely eliminate the partial bloom along the top edge. A square crop would minimize the blank LRH corner Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: Daniel J. Matyola danmaty...@gmail.com Subject: PESO: Dianthus http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17491773 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. -- 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.
Pentax is now finally here
:) Pentax is finally, officially here in India. Ricoh is opening sales/service centres in five cities in India (delhi, bombay, calcutta, madras and bangalore) and will start selling pentax cameras, lenses and binoculars from next month. the head of the camera division seems like a driven guy. he has even joined our little indian pentax users googlegroup to get feedback/impressions firsthand. seems like a beginning :) -- 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: Swallowtail
Nice shots, Dan. Difficult subjects. Swallowtails are the kings/queens of the insect world. The chipped wings of Swallowtail 3 shows its age - probably a few weeks. Alan C ---Original Message- From: Daniel J. Matyola Sent: Tuesday, August 13, 2013 6:21 AM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: PESO: Swallowtail http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17493767 From my garden. Comments and criticisms 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. -- 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: Swallowtail
Thanks, Alan. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Tue, Aug 13, 2013 at 12:51 AM, Alan C c...@lantic.net wrote: Nice shots, Dan. Difficult subjects. Swallowtails are the kings/queens of the insect world. The chipped wings of Swallowtail 3 shows its age - probably a few weeks. Alan C ---Original Message- From: Daniel J. Matyola Sent: Tuesday, August 13, 2013 6:21 AM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: PESO: Swallowtail http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17493767 From my garden. Comments and criticisms 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. -- 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.
