Re: GESO - Interviewing Al Pacino!
Thank you, Christine. On Wed, Feb 19, 2014 at 10:55 PM, Christine Aguila christ...@caguila.com wrote: Very nice, Bruce! Cheers, Christine On Feb 17, 2014, at 1:23 PM, Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com wrote: ... almost. My wife Louise was interviewing a veteran Canadian filmmaker (actor, director, producer, photographer, acting coach) Frank Caruso in our home on Saturday, and the topic of difficult interview subjects came up. So Frank demonstrated what it might be like to interview Al Pacino who apparently is notoriously reticent. He had us in stitches ... http://goo.gl/xCgq8J K-3, DA* 55/1.4 @ f/2.2, 1/160th, ISO 800 Lr + Ps Westcott 28 Apollo softbox with 65W CFL. Comments will be passed along to Mr. Pacino. -- -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. -- -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.
OT: Shche ne vmerla Ukraina (Ukraine Has Not Yet Died)
Shche ne vmerla Ukraina (Ukraine Has Not Yet Died) Ukraine has not yet died, nor her glory, nor her freedom, Upon us, fellow Ukrainians, fate shall smile once more. Our enemies will vanish like dew in the sun, And we too shall rule, brothers, in a free land of our own. CHORUS(×2) Souls and bodies we'll lay down, all for our freedom, And we'll show that we, brothers, are of the Cossack nation! We'll stand, brothers, in bloody battle, from the Syan to the Don, We will not allow others to rule in our motherland. The Black Sea will smile and grandfather Dnieper will rejoice, For in our own Ukraine fortune shall shine again. CHORUS(×2) Our persistence and our sincere toils will be rewarded, And freedom's song will throughout all of Ukraine resound. Echoing off the Carpathians, and across the steppes rumbling, Ukraine's fame and glory will be known among all nations. CHORUS(×2) 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 - Ghost Train
I feel it needs something more -- perhaps a focus of interest? Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Thu, Feb 20, 2014 at 1:00 AM, Marco Alpert ma...@alpert.com wrote: http://www.alpert.com/marco/photo14/peso4.html Comments, as always, welcomed. -Marco --- http://www.alpert.com/marco -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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 Pool Hall Portrait/K-3 low-light work
Finally had a chance to shoot with the K-3 in the dim light of the pool hall. Very pleased. The camera was able to lock focus in dark corners and noise level looks good at ISO 12,800. Just started processing, but I was immediately drawn to this host of a woman shooter sizing up her shot. She’s a forty-something mother of teenagers and quite attractive. K-3, DA* 50-135/2.8, f4 @ 1/50th, ISO 12,800, 135mm focal length. http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17689333size=lg -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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 Pool Hall Portrait/K-3 low-light work
She faintly reminds me of Gracie. I know, 'tis odd, but was my first impression. Nice clean image. I'd consider it a pleasing K-3 performance. Jack From: Paul Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Thursday, February 20, 2014 7:02 AM Subject: PESO Pool Hall Portrait/K-3 low-light work Finally had a chance to shoot with the K-3 in the dim light of the pool hall. Very pleased. The camera was able to lock focus in dark corners and noise level looks good at ISO 12,800. Just started processing, but I was immediately drawn to this host of a woman shooter sizing up her shot. She’s a forty-something mother of teenagers and quite attractive. K-3, DA* 50-135/2.8, f4 @ 1/50th, ISO 12,800, 135mm focal length. http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17689333size=lg -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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 Pool Hall Portrait/K-3 low-light work
Excellent candid portrait, Paul! I really like the look of cool focus on her task. You've managed to get her in very good light there, in a place where unflattering hard uplight is common. The K-3 really shines in this kind of work. On Thu, Feb 20, 2014 at 10:02 AM, Paul Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote: Finally had a chance to shoot with the K-3 in the dim light of the pool hall. Very pleased. The camera was able to lock focus in dark corners and noise level looks good at ISO 12,800. Just started processing, but I was immediately drawn to this host of a woman shooter sizing up her shot. She’s a forty-something mother of teenagers and quite attractive. K-3, DA* 50-135/2.8, f4 @ 1/50th, ISO 12,800, 135mm focal length. http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17689333size=lg -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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've got the world on a string
I really like the second one, her amazement comes through well. It's a very nice moment caught, and the light is not so bad. On Wed, Feb 19, 2014 at 7:31 PM, Igor Roshchin s...@komkon.org wrote: Bruce's PESO reminded me of a recent shot at Alexander Camp House at Dallas Arboretum. Busy reading: http://42graphy.org/misc/ru-2013/_IR09403.html And from the same location, the namesake for this message: http://42graphy.org/misc/ru-2013/_IR09407.html ... or She's got the whole world in her hands? ;-) I'm not happy about the highlight from the flash light, but it's the situation where you don't get a do over (or to set the lighting up for that matter). Comments and suggestions are welcome. Igor -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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 Pool Hall Portrait/K-3 low-light work
Wonderful portrait and, for someone still shooting with an *istDs, a pretty stunning example of quality at 12,800. (I believe there's a K-3 in my future.) Marco On Feb 20, 2014, at 7:33 AM, Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com wrote: Excellent candid portrait, Paul! I really like the look of cool focus on her task. You've managed to get her in very good light there, in a place where unflattering hard uplight is common. The K-3 really shines in this kind of work. On Thu, Feb 20, 2014 at 10:02 AM, Paul Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote: Finally had a chance to shoot with the K-3 in the dim light of the pool hall. Very pleased. The camera was able to lock focus in dark corners and noise level looks good at ISO 12,800. Just started processing, but I was immediately drawn to this host of a woman shooter sizing up her shot. She’s a forty-something mother of teenagers and quite attractive. K-3, DA* 50-135/2.8, f4 @ 1/50th, ISO 12,800, 135mm focal length. http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17689333size=lg -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: PESO - Read!
It's very nice and brings back a lot of memories from my childhood when we had many such bookshops in the city. Nowadays only a few manage to survive. On Wed, Feb 19, 2014 at 12:18 PM, Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com wrote: Another one dug out of my unposted archive ... http://flic.kr/p/keBNv9 Seen in Dencan Books and Magazines, The Junction, Toronto. K20D, DA* 16-50/2.8 @ 16mm/f:16, 6 tenths sec shutter, ISO 200; tripod Lr Comments filed alphabetically. -- -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: PESO - Elle (one for Derby)
You made a very good start! And I can understand Derby:) On Thu, Feb 20, 2014 at 12:30 AM, Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com wrote: A shot from my very first studio workshop session back in 2012 with model Elle Bunny. I filed a whole bunch like this until my retouching skills matured. I know that Elle's a big fave of Derby, so if you're out there, this one's for you buddy ... :-) http://flic.kr/p/kgddsJ K20D, DA* 55/1.4 @ f/8, 125th, ISO 200; Lr + Ps Bowens strobes in 3x4' softboxes left and right -- you can't miss 'em :-) Comments exuberantly received. -- -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.
Feb PUG (Mark)
Mark, Been admiring your beautifully processed Hyde Park robin. I agree that the 55-300 is capable of stunningly sharp images. Am, also, constantly pleased with the lens' generosity in allowing cropping. Even though I invariably have the SR on, I do wish it were a bit heavier to further help me control my 300mm shakes when hand holding. Jack -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Shche ne vmerla Ukraina (Ukraine Has Not Yet Died)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hvds2AIiWLA On Thu, Feb 20, 2014 at 4:36 PM, Daniel J. Matyola danmaty...@gmail.com wrote: Shche ne vmerla Ukraina (Ukraine Has Not Yet Died) Ukraine has not yet died, nor her glory, nor her freedom, Upon us, fellow Ukrainians, fate shall smile once more. Our enemies will vanish like dew in the sun, And we too shall rule, brothers, in a free land of our own. CHORUS(×2) Souls and bodies we'll lay down, all for our freedom, And we'll show that we, brothers, are of the Cossack nation! We'll stand, brothers, in bloody battle, from the Syan to the Don, We will not allow others to rule in our motherland. The Black Sea will smile and grandfather Dnieper will rejoice, For in our own Ukraine fortune shall shine again. CHORUS(×2) Our persistence and our sincere toils will be rewarded, And freedom's song will throughout all of Ukraine resound. Echoing off the Carpathians, and across the steppes rumbling, Ukraine's fame and glory will be known among all nations. CHORUS(×2) 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 Pool Hall Portrait/K-3 low-light work
That's a lovely portrait, Paul. I find that fluorescent light to be very harsh and distracting. Any way it could be burned? Maybe you want it in there as part of the story but I might want to crop it out all together. Definitely a photo worth saving imho. Cheers, frank On 20 February, 2014 10:02:56 AM EST, Paul Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote: Finally had a chance to shoot with the K-3 in the dim light of the pool hall. Very pleased. The camera was able to lock focus in dark corners and noise level looks good at ISO 12,800. Just started processing, but I was immediately drawn to this host of a woman shooter sizing up her shot. She’s a forty-something mother of teenagers and quite attractive. K-3, DA* 50-135/2.8, f4 @ 1/50th, ISO 12,800, 135mm focal length. http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17689333size=lg “Analysis kills spontaneity.” -- Henri-Frederic Amiel -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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 - Read!
You are correct, Bruce. I meant there's nothing like a good bookshop; it was a positive statement. The small independent bookshop is dying around here as a result of Amazon and other online retailers, but places like Canada's Indigo are a huge part of the problem. They are predatory and they undercut the little guy. Their selection is not better, in fact it's worse: all mainstream crap - just lots more of it. I love nothing more than going to one of our Book City stores (a small independent chain) and spending hours poring over the remainder tables. Some of the best books have been discontinued... Cheers, frank On 19 February, 2014 2:32:48 PM EST, Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Feb 19, 2014 at 12:47 PM, Igor Roshchin s...@komkon.org wrote: Bruce, it's a fun shot. Thanks, Igor. A few thoughts/comments: 1. It insipred me to post a PESO (see the message I sent a few minutes ago. On my way to check it out ... 2. The same way as in my photos (in that PESO), you have reflections, which are, I guess from the ceiling lights. Actually they are from the large floor to ceiling, wall to wall shop windows. It was rainy outside that day so it's very diffuse light, angled in at about 30 degrees I imagine. This bookcase faces the windows about 6 feet from them. I should have had my polarizer on. Wed Feb 19 06:41:28 EST 2014 knarf wrote: Nothing like a real bookshop. 3. Why? I've seen plenty of bookstores like this. Frank short-formed There is nothing like a real bookshop. Around these parts they are becoming scarce quite fast. Pressure from ebooks, largely. The book biz is changing radically and the owner of this one is fed up. He's in his early seventies and is planning to one day soon sell off all the stock in a fire sale, then close the store and go home. And he is one of the last of the big used book stores in Toronto. Even the big chains are struggling. The Heather Reisman empire (she's the CEO of Indigo which swallowed up Chapters, Coles, WH Smith, etc.) is in some trouble and trying to quickly reinvent themselves as a retailer of baby clothing and other non-book goods. (She missed the boat: Amazon did that years ago.) So enjoy your old fashioned book stores while you can. Of course, the books on the side shelves do not look like what you see in the big chain stores (BN). But you frequently see that in the independent stores. One that I remember is St. Mark's Bookshop near Astor Place on 3rd Ave in New York. This is close to Ann, I am sure she knows this store. http://goo.gl/NBqpFM Another one that comes to mind is the one that we visited with Rob in Sydney. (I have photos somewhere, but not on the web.) Igor On 19 February, 2014 5:18:10 AM EST, Bruce Walker bruce.walker at gmail.com wrote: Another one dug out of my unposted archive ... http://flic.kr/p/keBNv9 Seen in Dencan Books and Magazines, The Junction, Toronto. K20D, DA* 16-50/2.8 @ 16mm/f:16, 6 tenths sec shutter, ISO 200; tripod Lr -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. “Analysis kills spontaneity.” -- Henri-Frederic Amiel -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Shche ne vmerla Ukraina (Ukraine Has Not Yet Died)
Dan and Attila, Thanks for sharing. I feel my grandparent's hand and the Polish Eagle standing behind you. Regards, Bob S. On Thu, Feb 20, 2014 at 11:04 AM, Attila Boros attila.p...@gmail.com wrote: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hvds2AIiWLA On Thu, Feb 20, 2014 at 4:36 PM, Daniel J. Matyola danmaty...@gmail.com wrote: Shche ne vmerla Ukraina (Ukraine Has Not Yet Died) Ukraine has not yet died, nor her glory, nor her freedom, Upon us, fellow Ukrainians, fate shall smile once more. Our enemies will vanish like dew in the sun, And we too shall rule, brothers, in a free land of our own. CHORUS(×2) Souls and bodies we'll lay down, all for our freedom, And we'll show that we, brothers, are of the Cossack nation! We'll stand, brothers, in bloody battle, from the Syan to the Don, We will not allow others to rule in our motherland. The Black Sea will smile and grandfather Dnieper will rejoice, For in our own Ukraine fortune shall shine again. CHORUS(×2) Our persistence and our sincere toils will be rewarded, And freedom's song will throughout all of Ukraine resound. Echoing off the Carpathians, and across the steppes rumbling, Ukraine's fame and glory will be known among all nations. CHORUS(×2) 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 - Read!
No worries. I wasn't clear. Now you are. Thanks! Cheers, frank On 19 February, 2014 3:33:18 PM EST, Igor Roshchin s...@komkon.org wrote: Date: Wed, 19 Feb 2014 12:47:30 -0500 (EST) From: Igor Roshchin Wed Feb 19 06:41:28 EST 2014 knarf wrote: Nothing like a real bookshop. 3. Why? I've seen plenty of bookstores like this. From Bruce's and Bob's comments, I see that I misunderstood Frank's comment. Mea culpa! Igor “Analysis kills spontaneity.” -- Henri-Frederic Amiel -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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 - Read!
Correct. I was inadvertently ambiguous. I meant there's nothing like a good bookstore. It was intended to be a positive statement. Time does fly like an arrow. Cheers, frank On 19 February, 2014 2:34:22 PM EST, Bob W-PDML p...@web-options.com wrote: On 19 Feb 2014, at 17:48, Igor Roshchin s...@komkon.org wrote: Bruce, it's a fun shot. A few thoughts/comments: 1. It insipred me to post a PESO (see the message I sent a few minutes ago. 2. The same way as in my photos (in that PESO), you have reflections, which are, I guess from the ceiling lights. Wed Feb 19 06:41:28 EST 2014 knarf wrote: Nothing like a real bookshop. 3. Why? I've seen plenty of bookstores like this. Frank's comment is ambiguous. I think he means 'there is nothing like a good bookshop' - a positive reaction. It could also be read as 'that is nothing like a good bookshop' - a negative reaction. Time flies like an arrow. B Of course, the books on the side shelves do not look like what you see in the big chain stores (BN). But you frequently see that in the independent stores. One that I remember is St. Mark's Bookshop near Astor Place on 3rd Ave in New York. This is close to Ann, I am sure she knows this store. http://goo.gl/NBqpFM Another one that comes to mind is the one that we visited with Rob in Sydney. (I have photos somewhere, but not on the web.) Igor On 19 February, 2014 5:18:10 AM EST, Bruce Walker bruce.walker at gmail.com wrote: Another one dug out of my unposted archive ... http://flic.kr/p/keBNv9 Seen in Dencan Books and Magazines, The Junction, Toronto. K20D, DA* 16-50/2.8 @ 16mm/f:16, 6 tenths sec shutter, ISO 200; tripod Lr -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. “Analysis kills spontaneity.” -- Henri-Frederic Amiel -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: GESO A Few Snow Pics (with link)!!!
Thanks. On 2/19/2014 10:50 PM, Christine Aguila wrote: Your posts are coming through, John! Cheers, Christine On Feb 19, 2014, at 12:52 PM, John johnsess...@yahoo.com wrote: Generic reply to see if Yahoo is still EFFED UP! Someone please reply if you see this message since I can't see my own, I can't get any help from Yahoo have no other way to know whether this is going through or hitting the bit bucket. On 2/19/2014 1:01 PM, Igor Roshchin wrote: Cristine, I like #2. As a few others expressed already, the falling snow is presented well here. I remember the place (and almost the same framing of the shot) depicted in #1 from a photo you posted 1-2 years ago. IIRC, somebody was cleaning the walk way in that one. I envy you, - you've got such a great snow! This year, just about 2 weeks ago, we had snow going 2 or 3 times during the night, and saw traces of it in the morning, but, of course nothing like this, and the colors were dominated by the yelowish grass. Cheers, Igor Mon Feb 17 23:35:48 EST 2014 Christine Aguila wrote: Yikes! Sorry about that! Cheers, Christine http://www.caguila.com/snow2014/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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 - Read!
Thanks you, Attila. On Thu, Feb 20, 2014 at 10:38 AM, Attila Boros attila.p...@gmail.com wrote: It's very nice and brings back a lot of memories from my childhood when we had many such bookshops in the city. Nowadays only a few manage to survive. On Wed, Feb 19, 2014 at 12:18 PM, Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com wrote: Another one dug out of my unposted archive ... http://flic.kr/p/keBNv9 Seen in Dencan Books and Magazines, The Junction, Toronto. K20D, DA* 16-50/2.8 @ 16mm/f:16, 6 tenths sec shutter, ISO 200; tripod Lr Comments filed alphabetically. -- -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. -- -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: Yahoo is EFFED UP
On 2/19/2014 6:36 PM, steve harley wrote: on 2014-02-19 16:14 John wrote I don't use Yahoo for much of anything besides PDML. that would make it easy to switch ... Yes no, since I switched *TO* Yahoo (and pay for it) to get PDML to work after the fiasco with SpamCop Roadrunner. I wasn't able to get PDML to accept posts coming from my main Roadrunner account. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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 - Elle (one for Derby)
Thanks, Attila! BTW, I mentioned on my FB but neglected to here: Elle is a talented singer/songwriter and amateur model, now studying law in Ottawa. I had invited her out to this, her first studio shoot. On Thu, Feb 20, 2014 at 10:41 AM, Attila Boros attila.p...@gmail.com wrote: You made a very good start! And I can understand Derby:) On Thu, Feb 20, 2014 at 12:30 AM, Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com wrote: A shot from my very first studio workshop session back in 2012 with model Elle Bunny. I filed a whole bunch like this until my retouching skills matured. I know that Elle's a big fave of Derby, so if you're out there, this one's for you buddy ... :-) http://flic.kr/p/kgddsJ K20D, DA* 55/1.4 @ f/8, 125th, ISO 200; Lr + Ps Bowens strobes in 3x4' softboxes left and right -- you can't miss 'em :-) Comments exuberantly received. -- -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. -- -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 Pool Hall Portrait/K-3 low-light work
Thanks Frank. It’s not a fluorescent light. It’s the incandescent pool table light, but it’s out of range and burned out. I could easily clone it out, but I like it. I think it keeps this from being just another portrait. Paul On Feb 20, 2014, at 12:20 PM, knarf knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: That's a lovely portrait, Paul. I find that fluorescent light to be very harsh and distracting. Any way it could be burned? Maybe you want it in there as part of the story but I might want to crop it out all together. Definitely a photo worth saving imho. Cheers, frank On 20 February, 2014 10:02:56 AM EST, Paul Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote: Finally had a chance to shoot with the K-3 in the dim light of the pool hall. Very pleased. The camera was able to lock focus in dark corners and noise level looks good at ISO 12,800. Just started processing, but I was immediately drawn to this host of a woman shooter sizing up her shot. She’s a forty-something mother of teenagers and quite attractive. K-3, DA* 50-135/2.8, f4 @ 1/50th, ISO 12,800, 135mm focal length. http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17689333size=lg “Analysis kills spontaneity.” -- Henri-Frederic Amiel -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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 Pool Hall Portrait/K-3 low-light work
Very good capture Paul. What was done after capture regarding noise, if anything? Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: Paul Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net Subject: PESO Pool Hall Portrait/K-3 low-light work Finally had a chance to shoot with the K-3 in the dim light of the pool hall. Very pleased. The camera was able to lock focus in dark corners and noise level looks good at ISO 12,800. Just started processing, but I was immediately drawn to this host of a woman shooter sizing up her shot. She’s a forty-something mother of teenagers and quite attractive. K-3, DA* 50-135/2.8, f4 @ 1/50th, ISO 12,800, 135mm focal length. http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17689333size=lg -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Shche ne vmerla Ukraina (Ukraine Has Not Yet Died)
I'm very uneasy when politics are brought on to this list; I recognize in saying so that I have been guilty from time to time. It's certainly hard to ignore certain things though. This is one of them. I don't pretend to know the answers. Cheers, frank On 20 February, 2014 12:04:34 PM EST, Attila Boros attila.p...@gmail.com wrote: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hvds2AIiWLA On Thu, Feb 20, 2014 at 4:36 PM, Daniel J. Matyola danmaty...@gmail.com wrote: Shche ne vmerla Ukraina (Ukraine Has Not Yet Died) Ukraine has not yet died, nor her glory, nor her freedom, Upon us, fellow Ukrainians, fate shall smile once more. Our enemies will vanish like dew in the sun, And we too shall rule, brothers, in a free land of our own. CHORUS(×2) Souls and bodies we'll lay down, all for our freedom, And we'll show that we, brothers, are of the Cossack nation! We'll stand, brothers, in bloody battle, from the Syan to the Don, We will not allow others to rule in our motherland. The Black Sea will smile and grandfather Dnieper will rejoice, For in our own Ukraine fortune shall shine again. CHORUS(×2) Our persistence and our sincere toils will be rewarded, And freedom's song will throughout all of Ukraine resound. Echoing off the Carpathians, and across the steppes rumbling, Ukraine's fame and glory will be known among all nations. CHORUS(×2) 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. “Analysis kills spontaneity.” -- Henri-Frederic Amiel -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: K-100D vs K-30 -- Noise at high ISO?
You are correct, I re-checked my image bank and found some great high-ISO winter scenes that I thought were shot with K-r, but are really made with K-x. BR, Margus On 20.02.2014 0:26, Larry Colen wrote: On Feb 19, 2014, at 1:35 PM, Margus Männik mar...@eol.ee wrote: Sorry for a late reply, K30 is very un-noisy compared to K100D. I just took a look at my written reviews and sample images of both cameras. K30 images at ISO3200 are quite OK. K100D images do have visible digital noise and (depending on lighting conditions) may even have visible horizontal bands. There are also big differences in color accuracy and dynamic range. I'd say that Pentax K-r was the first to have greatly improved image quality at high ISO values. And K30 is a bit better than K-r. K-x was the one that made the big leap. When I got my K-x I nearly stopped using my K20. When I got my K-5 I kept the K-x and sold the K20. The K-r has some big functional advantages over the K-x, and a lot of small performance advantages. But, anything made after the K-x will be a huge improvement over the K100. BR, Margus On 9.02.2014 4:16, Glen Berry wrote: This is going to be a difficult question to answer without showing comparison images, but can anyone give me some sort of idea how noisy a K-30 is, compared to the much older K-100D? One of the things that bugs me the most about the older cameras like the K-100D, is the very noticeable noise at higher ISO's. With every step above ISO 200, I can notice additional noise in the image. I think ISO 3200 is horrible. I've read comments from folks who had much newer DSLR's of various brands, and some of those folks seem content with ISO 3200 on THEIR camera, and I think I've even read a few mentions of folks being satisfied with ISO 6400 for certain applications. So, how good is the K-30 with regards to high ISO noise, and try to compare it to an older model like the K-100D if you can. I'm hoping the K-30 will let me shoot a few stops higher ISO without sacrificing quality. Would that likely be correct? Thanks, Glen -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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 Pool Hall Portrait/K-3 low-light work
Thanks Ken. Nothing was done to reduce noise. I did avoid sharpening beyond the default settings on ACR,but used a sharpening brush just a wee bit on the eyes. Paul On Feb 20, 2014, at 1:27 PM, Ken Waller kwal...@peoplepc.com wrote: Very good capture Paul. What was done after capture regarding noise, if anything? Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: Paul Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net Subject: PESO Pool Hall Portrait/K-3 low-light work Finally had a chance to shoot with the K-3 in the dim light of the pool hall. Very pleased. The camera was able to lock focus in dark corners and noise level looks good at ISO 12,800. Just started processing, but I was immediately drawn to this host of a woman shooter sizing up her shot. She’s a forty-something mother of teenagers and quite attractive. K-3, DA* 50-135/2.8, f4 @ 1/50th, ISO 12,800, 135mm focal length. http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17689333size=lg -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Shche ne vmerla Ukraina (Ukraine Has Not Yet Died)
On 20/02/2014, Daniel J. Matyola danmaty...@gmail.com wrote: Shche ne vmerla Ukraina (Ukraine Has Not Yet Died) Ukraine has not yet died, nor her glory, nor her freedom, Upon us, fellow Ukrainians, fate shall smile once more. Our enemies will vanish like dew in the sun, And we too shall rule, brothers, in a free land of our own. CHORUS(×2) Souls and bodies we'll lay down, all for our freedom, And we'll show that we, brothers, are of the Cossack nation! We'll stand, brothers, in bloody battle, from the Syan to the Don, We will not allow others to rule in our motherland. The Black Sea will smile and grandfather Dnieper will rejoice, For in our own Ukraine fortune shall shine again. CHORUS(×2) Our persistence and our sincere toils will be rewarded, And freedom's song will throughout all of Ukraine resound. Echoing off the Carpathians, and across the steppes rumbling, Ukraine's fame and glory will be known among all nations. CHORUS(×2) Just in case you need this in a visual form: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=518XP8prwZo; -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Shche ne vmerla Ukraina (Ukraine Has Not Yet Died)
Unfortunately that video is blocked in Canada (or at least on android in Canada). Cheers, frank On 20 February, 2014 1:51:11 PM EST, mike wilson m.9.wil...@ntlworld.com wrote: On 20/02/2014, Daniel J. Matyola danmaty...@gmail.com wrote: Shche ne vmerla Ukraina (Ukraine Has Not Yet Died) Ukraine has not yet died, nor her glory, nor her freedom, Upon us, fellow Ukrainians, fate shall smile once more. Our enemies will vanish like dew in the sun, And we too shall rule, brothers, in a free land of our own. CHORUS(×2) Souls and bodies we'll lay down, all for our freedom, And we'll show that we, brothers, are of the Cossack nation! We'll stand, brothers, in bloody battle, from the Syan to the Don, We will not allow others to rule in our motherland. The Black Sea will smile and grandfather Dnieper will rejoice, For in our own Ukraine fortune shall shine again. CHORUS(×2) Our persistence and our sincere toils will be rewarded, And freedom's song will throughout all of Ukraine resound. Echoing off the Carpathians, and across the steppes rumbling, Ukraine's fame and glory will be known among all nations. CHORUS(×2) Just in case you need this in a visual form: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=518XP8prwZo; -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. “Analysis kills spontaneity.” -- Henri-Frederic Amiel -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Shche ne vmerla Ukraina (Ukraine Has Not Yet Died)
Search for Ukraine has talent and choose the one featuring Kseniya Simonov. On 20/02/2014, knarf knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: Unfortunately that video is blocked in Canada (or at least on android in Canada). -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO Pool Hall Portrait/K-3 low-light work
Very nice work! I like the concentration in her eyes. On Thu, Feb 20, 2014 at 5:02 PM, Paul Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote: Finally had a chance to shoot with the K-3 in the dim light of the pool hall. Very pleased. The camera was able to lock focus in dark corners and noise level looks good at ISO 12,800. Just started processing, but I was immediately drawn to this host of a woman shooter sizing up her shot. She's a forty-something mother of teenagers and quite attractive. K-3, DA* 50-135/2.8, f4 @ 1/50th, ISO 12,800, 135mm focal length. http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17689333size=lg -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Shche ne vmerla Ukraina (Ukraine Has Not Yet Died)
There are a bunch of them. I didn't see any that get into what's going on in the Ukraine. Interesting art form though and she's quite good at it. Cheers, frank On 20 February, 2014 2:06:12 PM EST, mike wilson m.9.wil...@ntlworld.com wrote: Search for Ukraine has talent and choose the one featuring Kseniya Simonov. On 20/02/2014, knarf knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: Unfortunately that video is blocked in Canada (or at least on android in Canada). “Analysis kills spontaneity.” -- Henri-Frederic Amiel -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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 - Elle (one for Derby)
She has the best name ever. Love the pose/expression. Beautiful light. Cheers, frank On 19 February, 2014 5:30:31 PM EST, Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com wrote: A shot from my very first studio workshop session back in 2012 with model Elle Bunny. I filed a whole bunch like this until my retouching skills matured. I know that Elle's a big fave of Derby, so if you're out there, this one's for you buddy ... :-) http://flic.kr/p/kgddsJ K20D, DA* 55/1.4 @ f/8, 125th, ISO 200; Lr + Ps Bowens strobes in 3x4' softboxes left and right -- you can't miss 'em :-) Comments exuberantly received. “Analysis kills spontaneity.” -- Henri-Frederic Amiel -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Shche ne vmerla Ukraina (Ukraine Has Not Yet Died)
On Feb 20, 2014, at 2:31 PM, knarf knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: There are a bunch of them. I didn't see any that get into what's going on in the Ukraine. The protests began when President Yanukovych ruled out an accord with the European Union and instead moved to form a close alliance with Russia and Putin. Many Ukranians, apparently, would rather be part of the union than a Russian puppet state. They’ve been occupying the square for a long time, but the demonstrations have now spread, probably because with the olympics taking place not far from there, they get more exposure. It’s an ugly situation, but most westerners, myself included, tend to come down on the people’s side and favor the Ukraine as an European Union state rather than a Russian ally. It may be politics, but it’s not something that list members are likely to get emotional about, other than lamenting a bad situation. Paul Interesting art form though and she's quite good at it. Cheers, frank On 20 February, 2014 2:06:12 PM EST, mike wilson m.9.wil...@ntlworld.com wrote: Search for Ukraine has talent and choose the one featuring Kseniya Simonov. On 20/02/2014, knarf knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: Unfortunately that video is blocked in Canada (or at least on android in Canada). “Analysis kills spontaneity.” -- Henri-Frederic Amiel -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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 - Elle (one for Derby)
Beautiful girl. Nicely photographed. Paul On Feb 20, 2014, at 2:33 PM, knarf knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: She has the best name ever. Love the pose/expression. Beautiful light. Cheers, frank On 19 February, 2014 5:30:31 PM EST, Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com wrote: A shot from my very first studio workshop session back in 2012 with model Elle Bunny. I filed a whole bunch like this until my retouching skills matured. I know that Elle's a big fave of Derby, so if you're out there, this one's for you buddy ... :-) http://flic.kr/p/kgddsJ K20D, DA* 55/1.4 @ f/8, 125th, ISO 200; Lr + Ps Bowens strobes in 3x4' softboxes left and right -- you can't miss 'em :-) Comments exuberantly received. “Analysis kills spontaneity.” -- Henri-Frederic Amiel -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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.
OT: Events in Ukraine WARNING -- Political Content
For Frank and any others interested in events in the Ukraine, this is my personal and biased perspective. Ukraine is the land of my father's ancestors, although the area from which they came was in Hungary, rather than Ukraine, when they lived there and when they emigrated. The did not consider themselves Ukrainians, by Rusyns, or Carpatho-Ruthenians. The seized by the Soviet Union during WW II, and later incorporated into the Ukrainian SSR. There are large cultural, language, religious and ethnic differences between the Western and Eastern parts of Ukraine. Zakarpattia, Lviv and most of the West had long been part of Europe, and now sees its future in the European community. The eastern and southern parts of Ukraine have large Russian minorities, and historically and culturally have always been linked with Russia. The split goes back several centuries, and will not be easily resolved. There are also religious differences, with the Rusyns being Byzantine Rite Catholics, the Western Ukrainians Ukrainian Orthodox Christians, and the Eastern Ukrainians and Russians live in Ukraine Russian Orthodox. The services of all three churches look and sound very similar, but there are cultural and theological differences. The current situation has deep historical roots. When the Swedish Viking Rurik founded Rus, or Russia, in 864, he ruled from Novgorod, which then and now was the most European part of Russia. His successor, Oleg, moved his capital to Kiev in 882, better to control the trade route to Constantinople. Kiev became one of the largest and most beautiful cities in Europe, and the grand prince ruled most of Russia directly or indirectly from Kiev for four centuries. It was the religious, cultural, artistic and political heart of Russia. In 1223, the Mongols invaded Kievan Rus. Resistance proved futile, but Novgorod and Kiev struggled more than the other cities to keep the Mongols and their Tatar allies at bay. For 250 years, Russia was dominated by the Mongols, and no one could rule as Grand Prince of all the Rus without permission from the Golden Horde. The princes of Moscow proved most adept at placating the Mongols and acting as their tax collectors, resulting in a shift of power away from Kiev and to Yaroslav, and then Moscow. Kiev was attacked and sacked in 1240, first by the Muscovite armies and then by the main Mongol army. The city was burned, and only 2,000 of its 40,000 residents survived. Most of the buildings were leveled, and visitors described what was left as a field of bones. The remnants of the people of Kievan Rus mostly fled west and north to the Carpathian foothills. Their civilization disappeared, replaced by a more autocratic, militaristic and hedonistic Muscovy. The territory around Kiev was mostly empty. The Muscovites, to erase the memory of old Kievan Rus, named it the Ukraine, meaning the frontier or borderland. The area around Kiev was repopulated by Muscovites, Tatars, and free peasants and runaway serfs, later known as Cossacks. The western part of the Kievan territory was too far from Moscow to control, and soon fell under the control of Hungary and Austria. The people there remained Orthodox, although isolated and abandoned by the fall of Constantinople and the move of the Russian patriarch to Moscow. After the 30 Years' War, their Orthodox religion became illegal, but their church was allowed to continue their former liturgy and practices by becoming the Uniate Church directly under Rome (now the Byzantine Rite or Greek Catholic Church). As a result, the people living in what is now the Western part of Ukraine have long been ethnically, religiously and culturally quite different from those in the Eastern and Southern parts, which have always been dominated by Moscow. The Soviet Union restructured the map of Eastern Europe after WW II, creating the present boundaries of Ukraine. As long as the Ukrainian SSR was part of the Soviet Union, all Ukrainians were oppressed and tightly controlled by the government and the Communist Party. Millions of them died of starvation and other causes, and they had a common enemy and therefore common interests. With the fall of Communism, Ukrainian nationalism demanded and received independence for the country. Democracy seemed to flourish for a while, but the economic transition was difficult, and the Russian minority and some Eastern Ukrainians began to long for the good old days of the USSR. Straddling the fence between East and West has always been difficult, and often impossible. That has proven to be the case again. Russia became alarmed at the way Ukraine has been moving closer and closer to the EU, and has long agitated for a reunion of Great Russia and Little Russia. It is difficult to see any middle course. Either Ukraine will be incorporated into the new Europe, or it will again become a client of Mother Russia. If you understand what has happened to Belarus, you can see where this could go.
Re: OT: Shche ne vmerla Ukraina (Ukraine Has Not Yet Died)
Yes, Paul, but Ukrainians are emotional people. G The song I quoted in my original post is now the Ukrainian national anthem. It is 150 years old. The original version contained a verse that makes it quite clear who the enemy is and always has been: Oh Bohdan, Bohdan Our great hetman What for did you give Ukraine To wretched muscovites?! To return her honor, We lay our heads We shall call ourselves Ukraine's Faithful sons! Souls and bodies we'll lay down, all for our freedom, And we'll show that we, brothers, are of the Cossack nation! Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Thu, Feb 20, 2014 at 2:40 PM, Paul Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote: On Feb 20, 2014, at 2:31 PM, knarf knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: There are a bunch of them. I didn't see any that get into what's going on in the Ukraine. The protests began when President Yanukovych ruled out an accord with the European Union and instead moved to form a close alliance with Russia and Putin. Many Ukranians, apparently, would rather be part of the union than a Russian puppet state. They’ve been occupying the square for a long time, but the demonstrations have now spread, probably because with the olympics taking place not far from there, they get more exposure. It’s an ugly situation, but most westerners, myself included, tend to come down on the people’s side and favor the Ukraine as an European Union state rather than a Russian ally. It may be politics, but it’s not something that list members are likely to get emotional about, other than lamenting a bad situation. Paul Interesting art form though and she's quite good at it. Cheers, frank On 20 February, 2014 2:06:12 PM EST, mike wilson m.9.wil...@ntlworld.com wrote: Search for Ukraine has talent and choose the one featuring Kseniya Simonov. On 20/02/2014, knarf knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: Unfortunately that video is blocked in Canada (or at least on android in Canada). “Analysis kills spontaneity.” -- Henri-Frederic Amiel -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: OT: Events in Ukraine WARNING -- Political Content
Thanks Dan, The post was illuminating. It seems that there is more pain ahead... 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 2014-02-20 22:05 GMT+02:00 Daniel J. Matyola danmaty...@gmail.com: For Frank and any others interested in events in the Ukraine, this is my personal and biased perspective. Ukraine is the land of my father's ancestors, although the area from which they came was in Hungary, rather than Ukraine, when they lived there and when they emigrated. The did not consider themselves Ukrainians, by Rusyns, or Carpatho-Ruthenians. The seized by the Soviet Union during WW II, and later incorporated into the Ukrainian SSR. There are large cultural, language, religious and ethnic differences between the Western and Eastern parts of Ukraine. Zakarpattia, Lviv and most of the West had long been part of Europe, and now sees its future in the European community. The eastern and southern parts of Ukraine have large Russian minorities, and historically and culturally have always been linked with Russia. The split goes back several centuries, and will not be easily resolved. There are also religious differences, with the Rusyns being Byzantine Rite Catholics, the Western Ukrainians Ukrainian Orthodox Christians, and the Eastern Ukrainians and Russians live in Ukraine Russian Orthodox. The services of all three churches look and sound very similar, but there are cultural and theological differences. The current situation has deep historical roots. When the Swedish Viking Rurik founded Rus, or Russia, in 864, he ruled from Novgorod, which then and now was the most European part of Russia. His successor, Oleg, moved his capital to Kiev in 882, better to control the trade route to Constantinople. Kiev became one of the largest and most beautiful cities in Europe, and the grand prince ruled most of Russia directly or indirectly from Kiev for four centuries. It was the religious, cultural, artistic and political heart of Russia. In 1223, the Mongols invaded Kievan Rus. Resistance proved futile, but Novgorod and Kiev struggled more than the other cities to keep the Mongols and their Tatar allies at bay. For 250 years, Russia was dominated by the Mongols, and no one could rule as Grand Prince of all the Rus without permission from the Golden Horde. The princes of Moscow proved most adept at placating the Mongols and acting as their tax collectors, resulting in a shift of power away from Kiev and to Yaroslav, and then Moscow. Kiev was attacked and sacked in 1240, first by the Muscovite armies and then by the main Mongol army. The city was burned, and only 2,000 of its 40,000 residents survived. Most of the buildings were leveled, and visitors described what was left as a field of bones. The remnants of the people of Kievan Rus mostly fled west and north to the Carpathian foothills. Their civilization disappeared, replaced by a more autocratic, militaristic and hedonistic Muscovy. The territory around Kiev was mostly empty. The Muscovites, to erase the memory of old Kievan Rus, named it the Ukraine, meaning the frontier or borderland. The area around Kiev was repopulated by Muscovites, Tatars, and free peasants and runaway serfs, later known as Cossacks. The western part of the Kievan territory was too far from Moscow to control, and soon fell under the control of Hungary and Austria. The people there remained Orthodox, although isolated and abandoned by the fall of Constantinople and the move of the Russian patriarch to Moscow. After the 30 Years' War, their Orthodox religion became illegal, but their church was allowed to continue their former liturgy and practices by becoming the Uniate Church directly under Rome (now the Byzantine Rite or Greek Catholic Church). As a result, the people living in what is now the Western part of Ukraine have long been ethnically, religiously and culturally quite different from those in the Eastern and Southern parts, which have always been dominated by Moscow. The Soviet Union restructured the map of Eastern Europe after WW II, creating the present boundaries of Ukraine. As long as the Ukrainian SSR was part of the Soviet Union, all Ukrainians were oppressed and tightly controlled by the government and the Communist Party. Millions of them died of starvation and other causes, and they had a common enemy and therefore common interests. With the fall of Communism, Ukrainian nationalism demanded and received independence for the country. Democracy seemed to flourish for a while, but the economic transition was difficult, and the Russian minority and some Eastern Ukrainians began to long for the good old days of the USSR. Straddling the fence
Re: OT: Shche ne vmerla Ukraina (Ukraine Has Not Yet Died)
I know what the situation is. I merely said that the sand artist video that I found didn't explain anything. I don't really want to get into why things are happening there. That's really beyond the purview of this list. People are dying there and it's disgusting. Cheers, frank On 20 February, 2014 2:40:15 PM EST, Paul Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote: On Feb 20, 2014, at 2:31 PM, knarf knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: There are a bunch of them. I didn't see any that get into what's going on in the Ukraine. The protests began when President Yanukovych ruled out an accord with the European Union and instead moved to form a close alliance with Russia and Putin. Many Ukranians, apparently, would rather be part of the union than a Russian puppet state. They’ve been occupying the square for a long time, but the demonstrations have now spread, probably because with the olympics taking place not far from there, they get more exposure. It’s an ugly situation, but most westerners, myself included, tend to come down on the people’s side and favor the Ukraine as an European Union state rather than a Russian ally. It may be politics, but it’s not something that list members are likely to get emotional about, other than lamenting a bad situation. Paul Interesting art form though and she's quite good at it. Cheers, frank On 20 February, 2014 2:06:12 PM EST, mike wilson m.9.wil...@ntlworld.com wrote: Search for Ukraine has talent and choose the one featuring Kseniya Simonov. On 20/02/2014, knarf knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: Unfortunately that video is blocked in Canada (or at least on android in Canada). “Analysis kills spontaneity.” -- Henri-Frederic Amiel -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. “Analysis kills spontaneity.” -- Henri-Frederic Amiel -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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 - Elle (one for Derby)
Thank you, Frank. She, by the way, waitressed part-time at the Gallery Cafe near you. On Thu, Feb 20, 2014 at 2:33 PM, knarf knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: She has the best name ever. Love the pose/expression. Beautiful light. Cheers, frank On 19 February, 2014 5:30:31 PM EST, Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com wrote: A shot from my very first studio workshop session back in 2012 with model Elle Bunny. I filed a whole bunch like this until my retouching skills matured. I know that Elle's a big fave of Derby, so if you're out there, this one's for you buddy ... :-) http://flic.kr/p/kgddsJ K20D, DA* 55/1.4 @ f/8, 125th, ISO 200; Lr + Ps Bowens strobes in 3x4' softboxes left and right -- you can't miss 'em :-) Comments exuberantly received. “Analysis kills spontaneity.” -- Henri-Frederic Amiel -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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 - Elle (one for Derby)
Thanks, Paul! On Thu, Feb 20, 2014 at 2:45 PM, Paul Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote: Beautiful girl. Nicely photographed. Paul On Feb 20, 2014, at 2:33 PM, knarf knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: She has the best name ever. Love the pose/expression. Beautiful light. Cheers, frank On 19 February, 2014 5:30:31 PM EST, Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com wrote: A shot from my very first studio workshop session back in 2012 with model Elle Bunny. I filed a whole bunch like this until my retouching skills matured. I know that Elle's a big fave of Derby, so if you're out there, this one's for you buddy ... :-) http://flic.kr/p/kgddsJ K20D, DA* 55/1.4 @ f/8, 125th, ISO 200; Lr + Ps Bowens strobes in 3x4' softboxes left and right -- you can't miss 'em :-) Comments exuberantly received. “Analysis kills spontaneity.” -- Henri-Frederic Amiel -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: OT: Events in Ukraine WARNING -- Political Content
Thanks for the illuminating history lesson, Dan. An excellent synopsis. I hope it ends well, but it’s hard to see that happening. On Feb 20, 2014, at 3:05 PM, Daniel J. Matyola danmaty...@gmail.com wrote: For Frank and any others interested in events in the Ukraine, this is my personal and biased perspective. Ukraine is the land of my father's ancestors, although the area from which they came was in Hungary, rather than Ukraine, when they lived there and when they emigrated. The did not consider themselves Ukrainians, by Rusyns, or Carpatho-Ruthenians. The seized by the Soviet Union during WW II, and later incorporated into the Ukrainian SSR. There are large cultural, language, religious and ethnic differences between the Western and Eastern parts of Ukraine. Zakarpattia, Lviv and most of the West had long been part of Europe, and now sees its future in the European community. The eastern and southern parts of Ukraine have large Russian minorities, and historically and culturally have always been linked with Russia. The split goes back several centuries, and will not be easily resolved. There are also religious differences, with the Rusyns being Byzantine Rite Catholics, the Western Ukrainians Ukrainian Orthodox Christians, and the Eastern Ukrainians and Russians live in Ukraine Russian Orthodox. The services of all three churches look and sound very similar, but there are cultural and theological differences. The current situation has deep historical roots. When the Swedish Viking Rurik founded Rus, or Russia, in 864, he ruled from Novgorod, which then and now was the most European part of Russia. His successor, Oleg, moved his capital to Kiev in 882, better to control the trade route to Constantinople. Kiev became one of the largest and most beautiful cities in Europe, and the grand prince ruled most of Russia directly or indirectly from Kiev for four centuries. It was the religious, cultural, artistic and political heart of Russia. In 1223, the Mongols invaded Kievan Rus. Resistance proved futile, but Novgorod and Kiev struggled more than the other cities to keep the Mongols and their Tatar allies at bay. For 250 years, Russia was dominated by the Mongols, and no one could rule as Grand Prince of all the Rus without permission from the Golden Horde. The princes of Moscow proved most adept at placating the Mongols and acting as their tax collectors, resulting in a shift of power away from Kiev and to Yaroslav, and then Moscow. Kiev was attacked and sacked in 1240, first by the Muscovite armies and then by the main Mongol army. The city was burned, and only 2,000 of its 40,000 residents survived. Most of the buildings were leveled, and visitors described what was left as a field of bones. The remnants of the people of Kievan Rus mostly fled west and north to the Carpathian foothills. Their civilization disappeared, replaced by a more autocratic, militaristic and hedonistic Muscovy. The territory around Kiev was mostly empty. The Muscovites, to erase the memory of old Kievan Rus, named it the Ukraine, meaning the frontier or borderland. The area around Kiev was repopulated by Muscovites, Tatars, and free peasants and runaway serfs, later known as Cossacks. The western part of the Kievan territory was too far from Moscow to control, and soon fell under the control of Hungary and Austria. The people there remained Orthodox, although isolated and abandoned by the fall of Constantinople and the move of the Russian patriarch to Moscow. After the 30 Years' War, their Orthodox religion became illegal, but their church was allowed to continue their former liturgy and practices by becoming the Uniate Church directly under Rome (now the Byzantine Rite or Greek Catholic Church). As a result, the people living in what is now the Western part of Ukraine have long been ethnically, religiously and culturally quite different from those in the Eastern and Southern parts, which have always been dominated by Moscow. The Soviet Union restructured the map of Eastern Europe after WW II, creating the present boundaries of Ukraine. As long as the Ukrainian SSR was part of the Soviet Union, all Ukrainians were oppressed and tightly controlled by the government and the Communist Party. Millions of them died of starvation and other causes, and they had a common enemy and therefore common interests. With the fall of Communism, Ukrainian nationalism demanded and received independence for the country. Democracy seemed to flourish for a while, but the economic transition was difficult, and the Russian minority and some Eastern Ukrainians began to long for the good old days of the USSR. Straddling the fence between East and West has always been difficult, and often impossible. That has proven to be the case again. Russia became alarmed at the way Ukraine has been moving closer and closer to the EU, and has long
Re: PESO Pool Hall Portrait/K-3 low-light work
Hi Paul: Excellent results using the K3 at these settings. K3 performs well in your very capable photog hands, Paul! Cheers, Christine On Feb 20, 2014, at 9:02 AM, Paul Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote: Finally had a chance to shoot with the K-3 in the dim light of the pool hall. Very pleased. The camera was able to lock focus in dark corners and noise level looks good at ISO 12,800. Just started processing, but I was immediately drawn to this host of a woman shooter sizing up her shot. She’s a forty-something mother of teenagers and quite attractive. K-3, DA* 50-135/2.8, f4 @ 1/50th, ISO 12,800, 135mm focal length. http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17689333size=lg -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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 - Read!
On 20 Feb 2014, at 17:35, knarf knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: Correct. I was inadvertently ambiguous. I meant there's nothing like a good bookstore. It was intended to be a positive statement. Time does fly like an arrow. Does a deer? B Cheers, frank On 19 February, 2014 2:34:22 PM EST, Bob W-PDML p...@web-options.com wrote: On 19 Feb 2014, at 17:48, Igor Roshchin s...@komkon.org wrote: Bruce, it's a fun shot. A few thoughts/comments: 1. It insipred me to post a PESO (see the message I sent a few minutes ago. 2. The same way as in my photos (in that PESO), you have reflections, which are, I guess from the ceiling lights. Wed Feb 19 06:41:28 EST 2014 knarf wrote: Nothing like a real bookshop. 3. Why? I've seen plenty of bookstores like this. Frank's comment is ambiguous. I think he means 'there is nothing like a good bookshop' - a positive reaction. It could also be read as 'that is nothing like a good bookshop' - a negative reaction. Time flies like an arrow. B Of course, the books on the side shelves do not look like what you see in the big chain stores (BN). But you frequently see that in the independent stores. One that I remember is St. Mark's Bookshop near Astor Place on 3rd Ave in New York. This is close to Ann, I am sure she knows this store. http://goo.gl/NBqpFM Another one that comes to mind is the one that we visited with Rob in Sydney. (I have photos somewhere, but not on the web.) Igor On 19 February, 2014 5:18:10 AM EST, Bruce Walker bruce.walker at gmail.com wrote: Another one dug out of my unposted archive ... http://flic.kr/p/keBNv9 Seen in Dencan Books and Magazines, The Junction, Toronto. K20D, DA* 16-50/2.8 @ 16mm/f:16, 6 tenths sec shutter, ISO 200; tripod Lr -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. “Analysis kills spontaneity.” -- Henri-Frederic Amiel -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Events in Ukraine WARNING -- Political Content
What Paul said. I learned some good stuff there, Dan. I'll have to ask my Ukrainian dancing model and neighbor Iryna what she thinks about it all. On Thu, Feb 20, 2014 at 5:09 PM, Paul Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote: Thanks for the illuminating history lesson, Dan. An excellent synopsis. I hope it ends well, but it’s hard to see that happening. On Feb 20, 2014, at 3:05 PM, Daniel J. Matyola danmaty...@gmail.com wrote: For Frank and any others interested in events in the Ukraine, this is my personal and biased perspective. Ukraine is the land of my father's ancestors, although the area from which they came was in Hungary, rather than Ukraine, when they lived there and when they emigrated. The did not consider themselves Ukrainians, by Rusyns, or Carpatho-Ruthenians. The seized by the Soviet Union during WW II, and later incorporated into the Ukrainian SSR. There are large cultural, language, religious and ethnic differences between the Western and Eastern parts of Ukraine. Zakarpattia, Lviv and most of the West had long been part of Europe, and now sees its future in the European community. The eastern and southern parts of Ukraine have large Russian minorities, and historically and culturally have always been linked with Russia. The split goes back several centuries, and will not be easily resolved. There are also religious differences, with the Rusyns being Byzantine Rite Catholics, the Western Ukrainians Ukrainian Orthodox Christians, and the Eastern Ukrainians and Russians live in Ukraine Russian Orthodox. The services of all three churches look and sound very similar, but there are cultural and theological differences. The current situation has deep historical roots. When the Swedish Viking Rurik founded Rus, or Russia, in 864, he ruled from Novgorod, which then and now was the most European part of Russia. His successor, Oleg, moved his capital to Kiev in 882, better to control the trade route to Constantinople. Kiev became one of the largest and most beautiful cities in Europe, and the grand prince ruled most of Russia directly or indirectly from Kiev for four centuries. It was the religious, cultural, artistic and political heart of Russia. In 1223, the Mongols invaded Kievan Rus. Resistance proved futile, but Novgorod and Kiev struggled more than the other cities to keep the Mongols and their Tatar allies at bay. For 250 years, Russia was dominated by the Mongols, and no one could rule as Grand Prince of all the Rus without permission from the Golden Horde. The princes of Moscow proved most adept at placating the Mongols and acting as their tax collectors, resulting in a shift of power away from Kiev and to Yaroslav, and then Moscow. Kiev was attacked and sacked in 1240, first by the Muscovite armies and then by the main Mongol army. The city was burned, and only 2,000 of its 40,000 residents survived. Most of the buildings were leveled, and visitors described what was left as a field of bones. The remnants of the people of Kievan Rus mostly fled west and north to the Carpathian foothills. Their civilization disappeared, replaced by a more autocratic, militaristic and hedonistic Muscovy. The territory around Kiev was mostly empty. The Muscovites, to erase the memory of old Kievan Rus, named it the Ukraine, meaning the frontier or borderland. The area around Kiev was repopulated by Muscovites, Tatars, and free peasants and runaway serfs, later known as Cossacks. The western part of the Kievan territory was too far from Moscow to control, and soon fell under the control of Hungary and Austria. The people there remained Orthodox, although isolated and abandoned by the fall of Constantinople and the move of the Russian patriarch to Moscow. After the 30 Years' War, their Orthodox religion became illegal, but their church was allowed to continue their former liturgy and practices by becoming the Uniate Church directly under Rome (now the Byzantine Rite or Greek Catholic Church). As a result, the people living in what is now the Western part of Ukraine have long been ethnically, religiously and culturally quite different from those in the Eastern and Southern parts, which have always been dominated by Moscow. The Soviet Union restructured the map of Eastern Europe after WW II, creating the present boundaries of Ukraine. As long as the Ukrainian SSR was part of the Soviet Union, all Ukrainians were oppressed and tightly controlled by the government and the Communist Party. Millions of them died of starvation and other causes, and they had a common enemy and therefore common interests. With the fall of Communism, Ukrainian nationalism demanded and received independence for the country. Democracy seemed to flourish for a while, but the economic transition was difficult, and the Russian minority and some Eastern Ukrainians began to long for the good old days of the USSR. Straddling the
RE: PESO Pool Hall Portrait/K-3 low-light work
Great shot Paul - and she is still a striking-looking woman! John Coyle Brisbane, Australia -Original Message- From: PDML [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Paul Stenquist Sent: Friday, 21 February 2014 1:03 AM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: PESO Pool Hall Portrait/K-3 low-light work Finally had a chance to shoot with the K-3 in the dim light of the pool hall. Very pleased. The camera was able to lock focus in dark corners and noise level looks good at ISO 12,800. Just started processing, but I was immediately drawn to this host of a woman shooter sizing up her shot. She's a forty-something mother of teenagers and quite attractive. K-3, DA* 50-135/2.8, f4 @ 1/50th, ISO 12,800, 135mm focal length. http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17689333size=lg -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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.
Matyolans
Following Dan's history of his ancestors I thought people might be interested to see (again) some of the pictures I took when I visited Romania a few years ago. This small set includes several that I took during a walk in the hills and valleys along the Ukrainian border, in Maramures county - Ruthenia, in fact. I had lost track of these, which were the first slides I ever scanned hence the suboptimal quality and size, but found them recently when consolidating files from several old computers and putting everything in the cloud. https://onedrive.live.com/redir?resid=439D213A93634DD4!11050authkey=!AIJHFd6Pu7HCJvMithint=folder%2c.jpg B -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Matyolans
Those are great, Bob. On Thu, Feb 20, 2014 at 6:53 PM, Bob W p...@web-options.com wrote: Following Dan's history of his ancestors I thought people might be interested to see (again) some of the pictures I took when I visited Romania a few years ago. This small set includes several that I took during a walk in the hills and valleys along the Ukrainian border, in Maramures county - Ruthenia, in fact. I had lost track of these, which were the first slides I ever scanned hence the suboptimal quality and size, but found them recently when consolidating files from several old computers and putting everything in the cloud. https://onedrive.live.com/redir?resid=439D213A93634DD4!11050authkey=!AIJHFd6Pu7HCJvMithint=folder%2c.jpg B -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- -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: Matyolans
All of them are great, but image9 is particularly evocative. - Marco On Feb 20, 2014, at 3:53 PM, Bob W wrote: Following Dan's history of his ancestors I thought people might be interested to see (again) some of the pictures I took when I visited Romania a few years ago. This small set includes several that I took during a walk in the hills and valleys along the Ukrainian border, in Maramures county - Ruthenia, in fact. I had lost track of these, which were the first slides I ever scanned hence the suboptimal quality and size, but found them recently when consolidating files from several old computers and putting everything in the cloud. https://onedrive.live.com/redir?resid=439D213A93634DD4!11050authkey=!AIJHFd6Pu7HCJvMithint=folder%2c.jpg B -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Matyolans
Fascinating. All excellent, but 6 is classic. Paul On Feb 20, 2014, at 6:53 PM, Bob W p...@web-options.com wrote: Following Dan's history of his ancestors I thought people might be interested to see (again) some of the pictures I took when I visited Romania a few years ago. This small set includes several that I took during a walk in the hills and valleys along the Ukrainian border, in Maramures county - Ruthenia, in fact. I had lost track of these, which were the first slides I ever scanned hence the suboptimal quality and size, but found them recently when consolidating files from several old computers and putting everything in the cloud. https://onedrive.live.com/redir?resid=439D213A93634DD4!11050authkey=!AIJHFd6Pu7HCJvMithint=folder%2c.jpg B -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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 - February Meltdown
We have had a great bout of warm weather and rain, which had knocked the snow accumulation back quite a bit. Snapshot of the sidewalk in front of my house this evening, taken while I was clearing way the slush - http://www.markcassino.com/b2evolution/index.php/february-melt-down This is just a temporary lull as we will be back into the cool temps in a couple of days, but I like seeing the snow banks drop by a foot or two in a single day! Mark -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Freddy
Here's another historic one from the Commonwealth tour of Australia. This is apparently Freddy. I'm not sure if he's about to boil the billy for the delegation's tea, or maybe he's getting ready to cook a couple of koalas for lunch. http://gallery.multi.net.nz/photo/768/#peso I thought I'd finished all of the scanning yesterday (there are 72 in total). Now It looks like I'm going to have to re-scan half of them because the scanner software was lying to me about the white point. Never had that issue on the Mac version :( 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: Shche ne vmerla Ukraina (Ukraine Has Not Yet Died)
On 2014-02-20 13:27, knarf wrote: I don't pretend to know the answers. If I had answers, someone would've stoned me to death by now. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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 - Ghost Train
Barbecued on the boiler. Cheers, Dave On Feb 20, 2014, at 8:49 pm, Bob W-PDML p...@web-options.com wrote: Where's the beef? On 20 Feb 2014, at 06:01, Marco Alpert ma...@alpert.com wrote: http://www.alpert.com/marco/photo14/peso4.html Comments, as always, welcomed. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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 - Real Canadians Wearing Real Hats, Feb. 20/14
I met this delightful creature down on Lakeshore Blvd. today. Loved her pig hat and she was happy to have me photograph it: http://realcanadianhats.blogspot.ca/2014/02/blog-post.html?m=1 Haven't had a post to the Real Canadians/Real Hats blog in a while. I think I'll look for Canadian Olympic Hats tomorrow. Hope you enjoy this one. Comments welcome. Cheers, frank “Analysis kills spontaneity.” -- Henri-Frederic Amiel -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Shche ne vmerla Ukraina (Ukraine Has Not Yet Died)
That's really beyond the purview of this list. What knarF said ! Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: knarf knarftheria...@gmail.com Subject: Re: OT: Shche ne vmerla Ukraina (Ukraine Has Not Yet Died) I know what the situation is. I merely said that the sand artist video that I found didn't explain anything. I don't really want to get into why things are happening there. That's really beyond the purview of this list. People are dying there and it's disgusting. Cheers, frank On 20 February, 2014 2:40:15 PM EST, Paul Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote: On Feb 20, 2014, at 2:31 PM, knarf knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: There are a bunch of them. I didn't see any that get into what's going on in the Ukraine. The protests began when President Yanukovych ruled out an accord with the European Union and instead moved to form a close alliance with Russia and Putin. Many Ukranians, apparently, would rather be part of the union than a Russian puppet state. They’ve been occupying the square for a long time, but the demonstrations have now spread, probably because with the olympics taking place not far from there, they get more exposure. It’s an ugly situation, but most westerners, myself included, tend to come down on the people’s side and favor the Ukraine as an European Union state rather than a Russian ally. It may be politics, but it’s not something that list members are likely to get emotional about, other than lamenting a bad situation. Paul Interesting art form though and she's quite good at it. Cheers, frank On 20 February, 2014 2:06:12 PM EST, mike wilson m.9.wil...@ntlworld.com wrote: Search for Ukraine has talent and choose the one featuring Kseniya Simonov. On 20/02/2014, knarf knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: Unfortunately that video is blocked in Canada (or at least on android in Canada). “Analysis kills spontaneity.” -- Henri-Frederic Amiel -- -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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 - Real Canadians Wearing Real Hats, Feb. 20/14
Cute capture Frank. Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: knarf knarftheria...@gmail.com Subject: PESO - Real Canadians Wearing Real Hats, Feb. 20/14 I met this delightful creature down on Lakeshore Blvd. today. Loved her pig hat and she was happy to have me photograph it: http://realcanadianhats.blogspot.ca/2014/02/blog-post.html?m=1 Haven't had a post to the Real Canadians/Real Hats blog in a while. I think I'll look for Canadian Olympic Hats tomorrow. Hope you enjoy this one. Comments welcome. Cheers, frank “Analysis kills spontaneity.” -- Henri-Frederic Amiel -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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 -- University 5-5030
My father's phone number in Junior College in Phoenix in 1929 was 403 as listed in the phone directory. On Feb 14, 2014, at 06:28 , Joseph McAllister wrote: CEdar 5 - 2206 (Wellesley MA 1950s) On Feb 9, 2014, at 19:37 , knarf wrote: Riverside 4-4243 Cheers, frank, dating himself On 9 February, 2014 9:27:49 PM EST, Rick Womer rwomer1...@yahoo.com wrote: Evergreen 2-5548, when I was very young. I like the shot a lot. I think one could crop the lower right a bit more tightly, so as to eliminate the distracting whatever-it-is (phone book? museum label?). Cheers, Rick On Feb 8, 2014, at 18:11 , P.J. Alling wrote: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1604247/PESO/PESO%20--%20University5-5030.html Equipment: Pentax K20D w/smc Pentax FA 43mm f1.9 Limited As usual comments are welcome but may be totally ignored. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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.
