Re: ACR Enhanced Noise Reduction Photos

[Alastair Robertson]

Very impressive. I guess the DNG files are much bigger than a jpg, but with
noise recovery like this on offer it would be tempting to keep the output
set to DNG. I read somewhere that jpgs may be supported by lightroom's
denoise function in the future.

Alastair

On Wed, 26 Apr 2023, 8:00 am Godfrey DiGiorgi, 
wrote:

> There's a thread on the RangeFinder Forum in which the topic of Nikon F
> and F2 cameras is being discussed. It made me nostalgic for my old Nikon F
> Photomic FTn, which I owned and lived with constantly from 1969 to about
> 1976 or so. Which drew me to thinking about the early Nikon F plain prism
> that I got from Charles on this list, after it had been sitting sans lens
> in a box in his basement for an unknown period of time, somewhere about a
> decade or so ago.
>
> Well, I had it overhauled and adjusted to spec, and found a lovely old
> Nikkor 28mm f/2 lens for it, somewhere around 2012. And I've occasionally
> run a roll of film through it ... it performs just as beautifully as my
> first one did all those eons ago.
>
> So I thought to myself: "Hmm, I've never posted a beauty shot of the
> resurrected camera..." and figured I'd do one for the RFF folks. Of course,
> I usually do such beauty shots nowadays with the iPhone since they're not
> intended to be printed to any size, just have to look nice in a small JPEG:
>
> Early Nikon F "Plain Prism" - Santa Clara 2023 ::
> https://flic.kr/p/2ovSe27
> iPhone 11 Pro
> Moment Camera - DNG output
> ISO 250 @ f/2 @ 1/70 @ 6mm lens
>
> Now that wee little sensor in the iPhone 11 Pro is kinda stressed at
> anything over ISO 50 (ISO 100 being the limit for a clean rendering IMO) so
> I figured, "Here's an opportunity to see how good the new AI Enhanced
> DeNoise in the latest version of Lightroom Classic might be!"
>
> So here's an "after/before" comparison detail clip of the image, screen
> captured out of LR Classic…
>
> Enhanced DeNoise AI after/before ::
> https://www.flickr.com/gp/gdgphoto/2191Gsz2ab
>
> Have to say, I think the denoise algorithm does a pretty nice job. :)
>
> enjoy!
> G
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Re: How large is too large...

[Alastair Robertson]

do you store files as dng files with the lightroom settings built into the
files?

If so, almost nothing can go wrong, since if you somehow corrupted the
catalog so that it lost files or had metadata conflicts,  a fresh import of
those dng files into a new catalog will reconstruct all the edits and
keywords etc that you have given each image.  Your previews will be gone,
but they will be reconstructed too.  That's the reason I embed the metadata
into DNG  - you are not reliant on the catalog being right.

Alastair



On Thu, 12 Jan 2023 at 11:50, Rick Womer  wrote:

> …for a Lightroom catalog?
>
> Mine has 54,590 images on it today. It seems to work fine (knocking wood);
> the only problem is that the list of folders along the left side is getting
> rather long (one folder per year, since 2005). It is backed up to external
> drives and the cloud.
>
> Am I tempting fate in some way, or should I just roll along happily?
>
> Rick
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Re: PESO Hovering

[Alastair Robertson]

It's a drone fly  -  a honeybee mimic but definitely a fly a type of hover
fly as Toine says

Alastair

On Fri, 2 Apr 2021, 1:03 pm Rick Womer,  wrote:

> That is a very intriguing photo! Nice colors, great bokeh, and beautiful
> composition!
>
> The thorax looks hairy. Are you sure it’s not some sort of bee?
>
> Rick
>
> > On Apr 1, 2021, at 5:28 PM, Toine  wrote:
> >
> > A hovering hover fly
> >
> > https://www.repiuk.nl/albums/new/#=1=006-085-img5115-edit
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Re: Scanning old negs

[Alastair Robertson]

reversing the colours is a single click in Photoshop if you have that Bob

Alastair

On Sun, 19 Apr 2020 at 09:49, Ralf R Radermacher  wrote:

> Am 18.04.20 um 23:14 schrieb Bob Pdml:
> > That’s interesting because the light panel I bought is a Kaiser. It was
> shipped from Muenster on Tuesday, spent two nights in different towns in
> Germany, arrived in the UK yesterday, and was delivered to me today.
>
> Most Germans could write books about the mess the whole German parcel
> business has been in for years. Things went from bad to worse when
> Amazon started their Prime scheme and their parcels now have to be given
> priority. Whenever the driver sees that things are getting a little
> tight on the day, he simply stops delivering all the other parcels and
> takes them back to his depot at the end of his shift. This way, the
> online tracking may show that your non Amazon Prime parcel  passes in
> front of your door for several days before it's finally delivered. Or
> things simply don't move somewhere along the way for a week and then
> magically reappear.
>
> Our supermarket chains also offer home delivery. You can chose on their
> websites when you want your stuff to arrive. The earliest available
> dates are currently in two to three weeks.
>
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Re: PESO: Spider Family

[Alastair Robertson]

Anne's right.  Dave's photo is of the cellar spider https://en.m.wikipedia.
org/wiki/Pholcus_phalangioides

It is a true spider but does look a bit like some of the harvestmen with
long legs.

This illustrates the problems of common names like daddy-long-legs - the
same name can be applied to a bunch of different things.  Around here, we
also call these daddy-long-legs -
https://www.google.co.nz/search?q=crane+flies=isch=u=univ=X=0ahUKEwjitenfsOPYAhVNv5QKHcTdDoEQiR4IsgE=1366=647


and they are a group of flies

Alastair

On 19/01/2018 17:19, "ann sanfedele"  wrote:

> I thought that,  then looked on web and saw article saying they were.. and
> believed it because I
> always think, these days,that it is my brain that is going...
> went back again and found more evidence to to split them out --
> the other name I had forgotten was "harvestmen" and refering to them I
> found this:
>
>
> Scorpions are in the Order Scorpiones,*spiders*are in the Order Araneae,
> ticks and mites are in the Order Acari. The creatures most correctly
> called*daddy*-*longlegs*are in their own separate Order which is Opiliones.
> Common names for this Order are 1)*daddy*-*longlegs*, 2) harvestmen and 3)
> opilionids.
>
> But there is something called a Cellar spider.. which is sometimes called
> a "daddy long legs spider"  I guess because they resemble the harvestmen
>
> much confusion
>
> ann
>
> On 1/18/2018 10:36 PM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote:
>
>> They are not spiders;  they’re arachnids, but they’re actually more
>> closely
>> related to scorpions than they are to spiders.
>>
>> http://mentalfloss.com/article/59455/15-fascinating-facts-ab
>> out-daddy-longlegs
>>
>> Dan Matyola
>> http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola
>>
>> On Thu, Jan 18, 2018 at 10:08 AM, Igor PDML-StR 
>> wrote:
>>
>> David,
>>>
>>> Wow, I've never seen anything like that!
>>> So many spiders, and especially little ones!
>>>
>>> Personally, I don't like this type of spiders. In my childhood we didn't
>>> even considered them as spiders.
>>> (In the US they are called "Daddy longlegs", and I saw a reference but
>>> have never heard from anybody personally, "harvestmen/harvesters".
>>> The latter is interesting, because in Russia they are called very
>>> similarly (if translated), "hay-scyther" or "scythe-legs")
>>>
>>> I prefer what I would call more "traditional" spiders, with shorter legs,
>>> especially those that make nice looking webs in the forest [*]  (as long
>>> as
>>> it is not in my face ;-) ).
>>> Or, house ones, like this:
>>> http://42graphy.org/galleries/spider/bin/images/large/IMGP4079_Edit.jpg
>>>
>>> My favorite so far, is this UFO (I posted it here some 2.5 years ago):
>>> http://42graphy.org/misc/2015-06-10-spider/
>>>
>>>
>>> -
>>> [*] You might call it a "bush", what we call a "forest" here.
>>> At least that's how it is in Australia. :-)
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>>
>>> Igor
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> David Mann Mon, 15 Jan 2018 19:18:37 -0800 wrote:
>>>
>>> Arachnophobes, avert your eyes :)
>>>
>>> We found a spider with her little hatchlings on our kitchen ceiling
>>> today.
>>> This is the first time I've used my DSLR since last April, and I don't
>>> know how
>>> long it'd been since I last used a tripod.
>>>
>>>
>>> http://gallery.multi.net.nz/photo/1054/#peso
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>> Dave
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Re: OT - Wisdom of the (PDML) crowd..

[Alastair Robertson]

If you reply to that email most email programmes will show the text of the
original email under your reply.  If your does that you can delete the
original email and the text will be preserved but the attachment won't.

No doubt there are other ways of achieving that outcome - but the above is
the strategy I used when  space is an issue

Alastair

On 24 November 2017 at 10:27, ann sanfedele  wrote:

> I keep ALL my emails, except for junk, of course, but sometimes friends
> send me attachments that eat up a lot of space or are things I don't
> want... but I want to keep the email part of the email...  is there a way
> to preserve
> the mail in my inbox in thunderbird but delete the attachments?
>
> someone sent me mp3's of music I can't stand anyway and eat up 8 mgs - but
> the person who sent them
> is dear to me so I want to keep that mail
>
> T I A
>
> ann
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Re: a tiny LR discovery

[Alastair Robertson]

actually this one is useful - ctrl + / or cmd + / gives you a list of
shortcuts for the module you are currently using

On 11 November 2016 at 09:41, Alastair Robertson
<kiwibiolog...@gmail.com> wrote:
> there are a looot of keyboard shortcuts for lightroom if only you
> can remember them!  See here
> https://makeawebsitehub.com/adobe-lightroom-keyboard-shortcuts-cheat-sheet/
>
> Alastair
>
> On 11 November 2016 at 09:33, Igor PDML-StR <pdml...@komkon.org> wrote:
>>
>> After having been working with LR for many years, I keep discovering certain
>> functionalities in it.
>> Today I discovered that when you are resizing a photo, pressing Alt while
>> grabbing a corner of the image will resize proportionally in ALL 4
>> directions.
>> (If I remember correctly,"Option" is the equivalent of "Alt" key on Mac.)
>>
>> Probably many people knew that, - but if you didn't, - it could be useful.
>>
>> In general, this makes me thinking how many other "hidden" capabilities are
>> there in LR that I will never discover ;-)
>>
>>
>> Igor
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Re: a tiny LR discovery

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there are a looot of keyboard shortcuts for lightroom if only you
can remember them!  See here
https://makeawebsitehub.com/adobe-lightroom-keyboard-shortcuts-cheat-sheet/

Alastair

On 11 November 2016 at 09:33, Igor PDML-StR  wrote:
>
> After having been working with LR for many years, I keep discovering certain
> functionalities in it.
> Today I discovered that when you are resizing a photo, pressing Alt while
> grabbing a corner of the image will resize proportionally in ALL 4
> directions.
> (If I remember correctly,"Option" is the equivalent of "Alt" key on Mac.)
>
> Probably many people knew that, - but if you didn't, - it could be useful.
>
> In general, this makes me thinking how many other "hidden" capabilities are
> there in LR that I will never discover ;-)
>
>
> Igor
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Re: PESO: Lisianthus

[Alastair Robertson]

thanks to all who commented.  Bulent - I agree a little more on top
would have been good.  Content aware fill in Photoshop might fix that!
 The background is uniform-enough for that I think.

Amazing what a 30+ year old lens (A*200/2.8) can do - Ken Rockwell
will never appreciate that I guess!

Alastair

On 22 February 2016 at 06:47, ann sanfedele <ann...@nyc.rr.com> wrote:
> Charming.. nice arrangement and beautifully lit
>
> ann
>
>
> On 2/21/2016 5:19 AM, Alastair Robertson wrote:
>>
>> Supermarket flowers in a vase - natural window light only, minimal
>> processing in Lightroom, painted wall as a backdrop
>>
>> https://goo.gl/photos/npJnnT2tXUHncXDm7
>>
>> K3II, A*200, stabilised on bench. mirror up, F13, 1.3 s, ISO 100
>>
>> Comments welcome
>>
>> Alastair
>>
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Re: Peso - Ashley's new Favorite spot - NSFMJ :-)

[Alastair Robertson]

Ann

lovely mood.   I feel it would be a stronger composition if you
cropped some from the left - the hat and coat? and a little more.  You
want the viewer to concentrate on the outstretched paw and face - and
making them a little more central would help do this.

Alastair

On 22 February 2016 at 09:19, Jack Davis  wrote:
> Sweet,! Her personality just radiates.
> Nicely shot, Ann!
>
> J
>
> - Original Message -
> From: "ann sanfedele" 
> To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" 
> Sent: Sunday, February 21, 2016 9:40:28 AM
> Subject: Peso - Ashley's new Favorite spot - NSFMJ :-)
>
> https://annsan.smugmug.com/The-KItty-Corner/Ashley-ultimate-alpha-tabby/i-D8SwvbB/A
>
> I was using flash fill and in TAV mode ... left arrow once to see
> another shot just before.
>
> backstory - this is in my bedroom, where there is an AC that takes up a
> lot of space on the
> window sill (had a smaller one before with a "window" next to it) the
> newer AC was messing up what used to be her favorite view.. so I
> rearranged a fewstorage pieces and made her a little shelf.. the
> flowered fabric is covering the AC...
>
> ann
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PESO: Lisianthus

[Alastair Robertson]

Supermarket flowers in a vase - natural window light only, minimal
processing in Lightroom, painted wall as a backdrop

https://goo.gl/photos/npJnnT2tXUHncXDm7

K3II, A*200, stabilised on bench. mirror up, F13, 1.3 s, ISO 100

Comments welcome

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Re: OT - help identifying this insect

[Alastair Robertson]

actually it's an ensign wasp aka hatchet wasp and it's supposed to
look like that https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evaniidae

supposedly they eat cockroach eggs so useful to have around if you are
cockroach averse

Alastair


On 10 July 2015 at 17:24, Igor PDML-StR pdml...@komkon.org wrote:

 Dan and Mark,

 Thank you for your responses.
 I knew that PDML has that collective intellect!
 (Is that an A.I.?) ;-)

 Mark, I think you were correct.
 I think it is mud dauber:
 https://goo.gl/PI7Fnx
 And it might be even an organ-pipe mud dauber:
 http://www.fcps.edu/islandcreekes/ecology/organ-pipe_mud_dauber.htm

 Those photos show the same type of shape, - with a very thin waist, and
 thus it looks like a part of the abdomen is missing.

 Igor



  Mark C Wed, 08 Jul 2015 20:18:12 -0700 wrote:

 That's odd looking - I am pretty sure it is a wasp - order hymenoptera (same
 order as ants and bees). It looks to me like its abdomen is missing and it
 bears the hind half of another individual's abdomen sticking into it's
 thorax via a stinger - was it thrashing about as if it was wounded? Maybe it
 lost a fight.



 On Wed, 8 Jul 2015, Igor PDML-StR wrote:


 I was trying to photograph this visitor, but it was tricky for a
 combination of reasons, and after a few attempts (64 trigger actuations), I
 gave up and returned to what I had to do.
 However, I am still curious what this insect (I assume it is an insect)
 is. So, I choose to Ask the Audience.

 Is it some type of a queen ant? http://42graphy.org/misc/_IR27045.jpg


 Igor




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Re: Any comments on Sigma 10-20 f3.5 or Pentax 15mm?

[Alastair Robertson]

Ralf
I don't see much flare in the night pictures I have taken with the 15

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/gnjd82fijffi9lt/AACBX9s4oEpWajDqKbM-MYjta?dl=0

You do get a starburst effect - perhaps that's what you mean?
Admittedly most of these are at dusk rather than night and there does
seem to a little flare in second last one from the moon and that was
the one shot in here that really was at night.

Alastair

On 3 November 2014 11:00, Ralf R Radermacher fotor...@gmx.de wrote:
 Am 30.10.14 16:48, schrieb Sandy Harris:

 I am trying to put together a lightweight kit for travel. Looking at
 web reviews, I'm inclined to think the Sigma 10-20 f3.5 is a lens I
 want. However, the Pentax 15mm is considerably lighter and reportedly
 very good.


 I have the Sigma and it's quite decent although rather bulky and heavy.

 I had also considered the Pentax 15 mm, not lastly because I prefer primes
 to zooms in general, but a look at the night photos available in the Pentax
 Gallery showed a strong flare tendency which makes it unusable for my
 purposes, just as bad as the old SMC-A 15 mm lens I had years ago. Pity
 really.

 If you don'rt do night photography with strong light sources inside or
 immediately outside of the frame, the 15 might be fine for you.

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Re: Brecon Beacons

[Alastair Robertson]

in case you needed an explanation - here's how ewes  get those extra
colour brands http://www.infovets.com/demo/demo/smrm/B538.HTM

Alastair

On 4 September 2014 02:35, Ann Sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com wrote:


 On 9/3/2014 19:37, Bob W-PDML wrote:

 Thanks ann.

 That goat is a sheep. City folk!

 growl... lucky I could see it was a critter at that distance


 I think it's a brand, but you also see colour on the back of lady


  sheep around this time of year when they've been tupped.


 B


 turquoise? ... I think I favor the branding interpretation..

 A


 On 3 Sep 2014, at 23:44, Ann Sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com wrote:

 Nice stuff - and agree with Ken on the fast loading.

 I particulalry like the greenery and that vertical shot of the canal with
 the tall trees and the boat in the background looks so inviting.
 Would be fun to take than kind of boat ride.. along a tranquil trail.

 Now what is the blue stuff on the goat's ass in photo 26?

 ann


 On 9/3/2014 17:22, Ken Waller wrote:
 Beautiful scenery well captured.

 BTW I like how fast the images load on your web page!

 Kenneth Waller
 http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller

 - Original Message - From: Bob W p...@web-options.com
 Subject: Brecon Beacons


 Last weekend I went to a family wedding that took place near Brecon, in
 Wales. It's in a national park and I'd never been there before so I
 took
 advantage of the situation and stayed for 5 nights, cycling round the
 beautiful local countryside.

 I intend to go back as soon as I can on a walking trip. It's
 magnificent
 country, and the tops of the Beacons are spectacular, but dangerous
 (it's
 where they run the selection tests for the SAS), so you need to be well
 equipped to go up there - lycra and poncy little cycling shoes won't
 cut it.

 Here are some photos, taken by a man in lycra and poncy little cycling
 shoes:

 http://www.web-options.com/Beacons/

 This is the route of the main ride I did over the top of one of the
 smaller
 hills:

 http://www.bikely.com/maps/bike-path/brecon-to-ystradfellte-and-back

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Re: GESO - NDSM Amsterdam

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There's captions on the pictures when you view them full size - but
briefly it is the Shipping Yards at Amsterdam - once Europe's most
modern and largest, now being developed as a cultural centre

Alastair

On 31 August 2014 22:41, Bob W p...@web-options.com wrote:
 Nice shots - what is it? It reminds me of being lost somewhere between
 Dunkirk ferry port and the town.

 B

 -Original Message-
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 Robertson

 An evening jaunt to the amazing NDSM in north Amsterdam.  Well worth a
 visit.

 https://plus.google.com/photos/101251999616543812992/albums/605234579
 3637601105

 The 15mm ltd was put to good use for this shoot

 Comments welcome

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GESO - NDSM Amsterdam

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An evening jaunt to the amazing NDSM in north Amsterdam.  Well worth a visit.

https://plus.google.com/photos/101251999616543812992/albums/6052345793637601105

The 15mm ltd was put to good use for this shoot

Comments welcome

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Re: Brecon Beacons

[Alastair Robertson]

great shots Bob - did a similar cycling trip more than 20 years ago
with a friend.  We cheated though as there were four of us - two on
bicycles and two in a car with the luggage.  The motorists had a
lovely time and saw a lot of shops and galleries and teashops and the
cyclists had an equally lovely time but I remember cursing the road-
builders for not knowing that a road doesn't have to be built going
straight up the hills and wishing that my 10-speed was a 21-speed and
wondering whether it was possible to break pedals if you stand up on
hard enough while climbing 30 degree gradients.

This is my favourite and matches my memory of the ride the best
http://www.web-options.com/Beacons/content/DSCF1669_large.html

Alastair

On 31 August 2014 22:28, Darren Addy pixelsmi...@gmail.com wrote:
 A lovely set of images of some very lovely country.

 I do admire you bicyclists. Never seen one with a weight problem.
 My son-in-law recently got a Specialized Crosstrail Sport Disc.

 My wife asked me if I'd like to go to Leeds in July. There is a
 conference there that she might like to attend. (The answer was yes,
 naturally. I'm the only one in my family who has never been the UK.)

 On Sun, Aug 31, 2014 at 3:19 PM, Bob W p...@web-options.com wrote:
 Last weekend I went to a family wedding that took place near Brecon, in
 Wales. It's in a national park and I'd never been there before so I took
 advantage of the situation and stayed for 5 nights, cycling round the
 beautiful local countryside.

 I intend to go back as soon as I can on a walking trip. It's magnificent
 country, and the tops of the Beacons are spectacular, but dangerous (it's
 where they run the selection tests for the SAS), so you need to be well
 equipped to go up there - lycra and poncy little cycling shoes won't cut it.

 Here are some photos, taken by a man in lycra and poncy little cycling
 shoes:

 http://www.web-options.com/Beacons/

 This is the route of the main ride I did over the top of one of the smaller
 hills:

 http://www.bikely.com/maps/bike-path/brecon-to-ystradfellte-and-back

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Re: PESO - 'A Trio of Forget Me Nots'

[Alastair Robertson]

oh dear - just as long as you don't ask me to diagnose what is wrong
with your pot-plants!
Alastair

On 25 August 2014 19:30, Ann Sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com wrote:
 I want to thank him, too
 Now that he has revealed his speciality , however, he may regret it..
 I'll be pestering him for specifics I've forgotten (hehe) or never knew
 when I get to my next horticultural calendar :-)  Alastair, be warned!

 Ann


 On 8/25/2014 12:28, Ken Waller wrote:

 Thanks so much for commenting and pointing out the correct name Alastair.

 I went back to my 'Wildflowers of Michigan' book and looked up Geranium
 maculatum - the leaf is a dead give away.

 Kenneth Waller
 http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller

 - Original Message - From: Alastair Robertson
 kiwibiolog...@gmail.com
 Subject: Re: PESO - 'A Trio of Forget Me Nots'


 Lovely shot and I really like the even lighting across the image.
 Being a plant ecologist, I need to point out that these aren't
 forget-me-not - they are some sort of cranesbill - probably Geranium
 maculatum

 Alastair

 On 25 August 2014 09:54, Attila Boros attila.p...@gmail.com wrote:

 Nice trio. At first I had the same reaction as Bruce, but liked it
 after viewing the larger version:
 http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17844093size=lg
 Is it just me, or the greens are really darker in the large version?

 On Mon, Aug 25, 2014 at 12:47 AM, Ken Waller kwal...@peoplepc.com
 wrote:

 Taken last June in the U P of Michigan with a K3, 200mmf4.0 ED
 Macro, 1/25 @
 f8, 800 ISO.

 Your thoughts ?

 http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17844093

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Re: PESO - 'A Trio of Forget Me Nots'

[Alastair Robertson]

Lovely shot and I really like the even lighting across the image.
Being a plant ecologist, I need to point out that these aren't
forget-me-not - they are some sort of cranesbill - probably Geranium
maculatum

Alastair

On 25 August 2014 09:54, Attila Boros attila.p...@gmail.com wrote:
 Nice trio. At first I had the same reaction as Bruce, but liked it
 after viewing the larger version:
 http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17844093size=lg
 Is it just me, or the greens are really darker in the large version?

 On Mon, Aug 25, 2014 at 12:47 AM, Ken Waller kwal...@peoplepc.com wrote:
 Taken last June in the U P of Michigan with a K3, 200mmf4.0 ED Macro, 1/25 @
 f8, 800 ISO.

 Your thoughts ?

 http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17844093

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[Alastair Robertson]

Hi all

Any PDML members in Amsterdam? I'm in town for another 5 weeks and would
enjoy meeting if anybody is local.

Alastair

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Re: Lunar Eclipse

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Good views here in NZ - cloudless following a southerly straight from
antarctica to clean the air yesterday. Unfortunately camera was at
work!

Alastair

On 15 April 2014 21:25, Brian Walters apathy...@lyons-ryan.org wrote:
 Quoting Joseph McAllister pentax...@mac.com:

 Though I started setting up the telescope, and readied the K5 on a tripod,
 as predicted yesterday by the evil weather forecasters, Puget Sound's skies
 filled with medium to thick clouds tonight. The moon, shining brilliantly
 with it's accompanying stars the past three nights, could only present a
 faint and fuzzy version of itself beginning shortly after sunset.

 Begrudgingly packed it all away tonight after realizing there would be no
 skyjoy in my land tonight.



 Sadly, the same here.

 I didn't even bother setting up - the cloud was present from mid afternoon.


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Re: PESO Flying Rat, European Version

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correct me if I am wrong, but it is the maximum aperture of the lens
TC that matters on an automatic lens, not what you have stopped it
down to, since the AF is done with the lens wide open just before the
lens is stopped down and the shutter opens.  So a setting of F22 on an
F5.6 setup will make no difference to the AF capability compared with
say F8.  Putting a TC on a slow lens is a problem because even wide
open, the light levels are already too low for accurate AF.  I doubt
whether Alan's F9-11 combination will allow AF because this is as open
as the lens can go

Alastair

On 24 March 2014 09:25, Paul Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote:
 I've tried autofocus at up to f22 with the 1.5X and the DA8 60-250, and it 
 worked fine, although that was with a high contrast scene.

 On Mar 23, 2014, at 2:32 PM, Alan C c...@lantic.net wrote:

 Very nice. What was the range, Paul? You've inspired me to dig out my old 
 Vivitar MC 2x teleconverter which I used to use with a Vivitar (A) 75-200 
 f4.5. I'll try that combination  also with the FA100-300 f4.5-5.6 on a 
 distant subject with the K7  see what happens. MF, of course. It will be 
 interesting to see if the AF confirm still works at f9 - f11.

 Alan C

 -Original Message- From: Paul Stenquist
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 Subject: PESO Flying Rat, European Version

 Shot on a lake this afternoon. K-3 DA* 60-250/4 with the 1.4X converter, 
 f5.6, 1/2500, 350mm, ISO 400

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Re: Pentax 1.4x converter

[Alastair Robertson]

wouldn't the lack of a 1.54 crop factor that APC-S sensor cameras have
over 35mm frame more-or-less cancel out the 1.4x converter effect so
that a DA14mm + 1.4TC on a 35mm frame would end up being a 14/1.54 x
1.4 = 12.7mm FOV on full frame?

Alastair

On 28 January 2014 08:42, Darren Addy pixelsmi...@gmail.com wrote:
 On Sun, Jan 26, 2014 at 10:07 AM, Mark Roberts
 postmas...@robertstech.com wrote:
 (which he says Pentax is calling a Full Frame Converter)

 WUTT

 If this is true, is it possible that the converter will allow DA
 lenses (that don't quite cover full frame) to cover them adequately
 (albeit at 1.4x the focal length). This would be most beneficial to
 the faster DA lenses that don't cover full frame:
 DA 14mm f/2.8 (21mm equiv. FOV on APS-C) would become a 21mm f/4 on full 
 frame.
 DA* 16-50mm f2.8 (with 24-75mm equiv. FOV) would become a 24-70mm f/4
 on full frame
 DA* 50-135mm f2.8 (with 75-197mm equiv FOV) would become a 70-190mm f4
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Re: Happy Isaac Newton's birthday... and herre's the 2013 PDML Quotations List!

[Alastair Robertson]

as normal for Mark's stuff - visitors from New Zealand banned - I
don't get this bizarre policy of excluding antipodeans on the grounds
of excess hacking - there's not enough  of us to pose worry anyone

Alastair



On 27 December 2013 08:30, John johnsess...@yahoo.com wrote:
 On 12/26/2013 12:26 PM, Bob W wrote:

 On 26 Dec 2013, at 18:22, John johnsess...@yahoo.com wrote:


 On 12/25/2013 11:08 AM, Mark Roberts wrote:
 Good work, everybody!

 http://www.robertstech.com/quote.htm


 I just wish I could remember what we were talking about that elicited
 the snake  naked woman comment.

 Sounds like we were having fun, whatever the topic was.


 I imagine we were discussing the doctrine of original sin.

 B


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Re: PESO - Iced Purple Sand Cherry

[Alastair Robertson]

cool shot!

I was looking for the purple in the shot - I guess the purple sand
cherry is the name of the plant.

shorts and t-shirt weather over here - hope the weather in Toronto
doesn't get any worse

Alastair

On 23 December 2013 09:26, Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com wrote:
 It's all about the light, as they say ...

 http://www.flickriver.com/photos/bruce_m_walker/11501510184/

 Terrible freezing drizzle preceded this. And continued while I was out
 shooting this morning. And still continues now. Yucko.

 I missed shooting any other stuff because I had to go rescue my 90-yo
 father whose house had gone dark and was getting _very_ cold. Falling
 tree limbs have killed power to 250,000 Torontonians and the power
 company has no idea when it will be restored. Looks like I'll have a
 few days to entertain dear old Dad with my latest photos. ;-)

 K-3, DA* 50-135/2.8 @ 95mm/f:16, 1/4 sec, ISO 400. Post in Lightroom.

 Comments welcome.

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Re: Decent telephoto for not an arm and a leg

[Alastair Robertson]

the Pentax-DA 55-300mm F4-5.8 ED is rated quite highly if you want to
buy new and should be in your budget - note the new WR version would
be more pricey than this.

The 50-200 is even cheaper but apparently optically not that great.

I haven't used either but I can second Darren's suggestion for an
F70-210 - very sharp and good contrast but is quite heavy for what it
is.  Mine suffered a fall and is now stiff to zoom but otherwise still
works well, but I suspect will not get a lot of use now that I have
the DA* 60-250

Alastair

On 10 December 2013 11:29, Charles Robinson charl...@visi.com wrote:
 Is there anything out there that is even remotely close to the 50-135 f/2.8 
 that costs less than $350, or am I just dreaming?

 I don't shoot concerts often enough (and it's just for fun) to justify even 
 the used 50-135 at KEH for $500, even though I know that's a bargain for that 
 lens.

 But I can see that my used $35 smc PENTAX-F 80-200mm F4.7-5.6 is really 
 what's holding my image quality back these days.

 Any ideas/suggestions for something good but not GREAT?  I have the feeling 
 what I have right now is, at best, OK, but not awful.  :-(

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Re: PESO - Last Stop Lodi

[Alastair Robertson]

beautiful work!  I like the incoming blurs - took a moment to spot
them. Is there some fill flash in that one?  I am looking at the
double exposure effect of the two most prominent incoming birds  What
lens(es) did you use for these?

Alastair

On 10 December 2013 12:26, Alunfoto - Jostein Øksne p...@alunfoto.no wrote:
 Lodi was the last stop I made on this trip, so this is the last travelogue
 blog post.

 http://alunfoto.blogspot.no/2013/12/last-stop-lodi.html

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Re: K3 PEF to DNG conversion.

[Alastair Robertson]

did you try the latest version of Adobe's DNG converter (8.2)
http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/detail.jsp?ftpID=5646

I am not sure it will cope with K3's PEF format but worth a try?

Alastair

On 26 November 2013 10:00, Jan van Wijk pen...@dfsee.com wrote:
 Hi all,

 Picked up my K3 from the shop today, but had to use it almost right away 
 without much time
 to get everything perfect. Did most of the required settings, but blundered 
 with the RAW.

 It was set to PEF instead of my prefered DNG ...

 So I ended up with about 40 PEF's that my LR 4.4 or CS 6 probably do not know 
 about.

 What are my options to convert to DNG?

 Does the supplied software support that (the manual does not say anything 
 about it AFAICT).

 Other option could be to upgrade to LR 5.x, and use the PEF's as is, but I 
 would rather stick with DNG.

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Re: K3 PEF to DNG conversion.

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this thread suggests that the Camera Utility from silkypix that came
with the K3 can do the conversion
http://feedback.photoshop.com/photoshop_family/topics/lightroom_5_3_rc_can_you_add_camera_support_for_new_pentax_k_3_to_this_update

Alastair

On 26 November 2013 10:24, Dario Bonazza dario.bona...@virgilio.it wrote:
 I can se two options:

 1) Install Pentax Camera Utility 5.0 and see if it has such PEF-DNG
 conversion feature.
 2) Wait for next Adobe DNG converter including K-3 PEF's as recognizable
 files and do the conversion.

 Dario

 -Messaggio originale- From: Jan van Wijk
 Sent: Monday, November 25, 2013 10:00 PM
 To: Pentax discussion forum
 Subject: K3 PEF to DNG conversion.


 Hi all,

 Picked up my K3 from the shop today, but had to use it almost right away
 without much time
 to get everything perfect. Did most of the required settings, but blundered
 with the RAW.

 It was set to PEF instead of my prefered DNG ...

 So I ended up with about 40 PEF's that my LR 4.4 or CS 6 probably do not
 know about.

 What are my options to convert to DNG?

 Does the supplied software support that (the manual does not say anything
 about it AFAICT).

 Other option could be to upgrade to LR 5.x, and use the PEF's as is, but I
 would rather stick with DNG.

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Re: LR question... Exporting catalog for rating, etc...

[Alastair Robertson]

smart previews are only on version 5 - worth the upgrade for this
feature alone in your case, but there are some other nice features in
version 5 too

Alastair

On 25 October 2013 13:53, Christine Nielsen ch...@inielsen.net wrote:
 Excellent... easier than I thought.   Thanks, David  Godfrey!

 On Oct 24, 2013, at 7:53 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi godd...@me.com wrote:

 Picked the groups of files you want to work with.
 Export as catalog and include previews and Smart Previews, no negatives.
 Carry that catalog anywhere you like and create collections, metadata, 
 whatever.

 When back to your main system, import the edited catalog. All your edits, 
 collections, etc will move into the main catalog.

 Godfrey


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 Hi all,

 I have been gathering together onto a single drive all of the various
 family (digital) photos we have taken over the years... And now they
 are all organized by year, and imported into LR 4.  That was the easy
 part... Now I'd like to be able to go through them, select favorites,
 rate them, make some collections, etc.  Eventually, the goal is
 prints, probably in blurb book format.

 It feels like a big job.  My workspace is not in the house.  I'd like
 to be able to export a catalog of files onto my laptop, and while I
 sit on the sofa in the evenings, go through the rating,
 collection-izing, etc.  Then, sync this organization back with the
 main catalog.  I wouldn't really do any image editing, just
 organizing.

 I think I can do this... Maybe one of resident LR gurus can
 confirm...?  An initial search for info didn't turn up a quick answer,
 but I'm probably not searching the right thing... If anyone knows of a
 link to more info, that would be helpful...

 Thanks!
 -c

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Re: GESO - Jordan

[Alastair Robertson]

they are all gorgeous as my 4 year old would say! I have always
thought Petra looked fascinating


Alastair


On 23 October 2013 09:41, Bob W p...@web-options.com wrote:
 Some very attractive scenery there.

 The landscapes are quite nice, too.

 B

 On 22 Oct 2013, at 20:58, Alunfoto - Jostein Øksne p...@alunfoto.no wrote:

 Okay, since I have this catching up to do, I might as well inundate you guys 
 straight.
 This will be the last before I go West, and concludes just about all I’ve 
 been up to this year, photographically.

 I thought it prudent to present them, since they triggered my lust to go and 
 see the Sierras and hopefully some of the Nevada desert.

 The first eight are from the City of Petra. The next three are from the 
 slopes between the Jordanian highland and the Dead Sea Valley. The rest are 
 from Wadi Rum; a place in the desert highlands with lots of sandstone mesas 
 and of some importance to the feeling of national identity to Jordanians.

 http://www.alunfoto.no/temp/Jordan/index.html

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Re: FSF: Cult Classic Vivitar Series-1 90-180mm f4.5 Flat Field (macro)

[Alastair Robertson]

Darren

can you comment on this post
http://www.photography-forums.com/vivitar-series-one-90-180-4-5-flat-field-macro-and-pentax-k10d-t83670.html
Does it mount on a K10 or K5?

Alastair

On 18 October 2013 07:13, Darren Addy pixelsmi...@gmail.com wrote:
 I appreciate the feedback, Bob.
 Alright, I'll start the price at $450 and come down to $399 if I need
 to, in time.
 :)

 On Thu, Oct 17, 2013 at 1:05 PM, Bob Sullivan rf.sulli...@gmail.com wrote:
 Darren,
 That's too low a price!
 I'd snap it up if I didn't already have a copy here somewhere.
 The quality is legendary for a Macro and the zoom makes it outstanding.
 It was one of the first lenses I lusted after some 20 years ago.
 Regards,  Bob S.

 On Thu, Oct 17, 2013 at 9:17 AM, Darren Addy pixelsmi...@gmail.com wrote:
 I will be on the road tomorrow, so I hope you will permit me to post
 this a day earlier than normal. The astrophotography bug is biting and
 so I'm looking to purchase a lens that will perform on the other end
 of the spectrum from this one and to pay for it I need to move a
 couple of my better lenses, but this is a beauty. You already know
 that LOOONG focal length macros are desirable for working distances.
 (See the prices for the Pentax-A* 200mm macro, as an example). Here is
 a macro that gives you 1:2 at 180mm (and the freedom to use other
 focal lengths as well). The Flat Field means higher quality in the
 corners than you are probably used to in ordinary macro lenses.

 This is one of the cult classic lenses that you rarely find in a
 Pentax mount. This is a gorgeous copy of this lens and it it ready to
 use on your Pentax DSLR. My only reason for selling this beauty (and
 another scarce lens) is to pay for a high-dollar lens that I really
 need more for astrophotography.

 The Cult Classics page has this to say about the Vivitar Series 1
 90-180mm Flat Field:

 - - - beginning of quote - - -

 Vivitar 90-180mm f/4.5 Flat-Field Macro Lens

 Vivitar also made a number of high quality zooms under the Series I
 label. The 90mm to 180mm
 f4.5 flat-field VMC lens from 1978 is an optic that has also achieved
 cult status
 .
 This Vivitar 90-180mm f/4.5 lens was really designed for medical
 photography needs. A ring-light flash unit was designed to mount on
 the front of this lens too. But as far as I know, it was never
 released. This original medical market niche explainssome of the
 design features and range of this high quality zoom lens.

 This lens is over 6 inches long, and pretty heavy at 2.3 pounds. At a
 constant f/4.5, you aren't going to value it for its speed either. But
 it produces excellent results in macro-work down to 1:4 at 90mm and to
 1:2 at its 180mm setting. On most modern zoom lenses, macro
 photography settings are a lower quality setup. Achieving macro
 capabilities means shifting some elements and so sacrificing some of
 the zoom's control over spherical and other aberrations.

 Most current zooms only offer macro settings at either one end or the
 other of their range. Generally, you would prefer macrophotography at
 the longer end of the range, but most zooms opt for the easier macro
 settings at the shorter end of the zoom's range. Only a few zooms
 offer continuous macro-settings over their full range. Even the better
 current zooms generally only get to 1:4 to 1:6 reproduction ratios
 (.e., the object is one-fourt
 h lifesize on film). The Vivitar 90-180mm f/4.5 Series I macro zoom is
 designed to provide the highest possible
 quality continuously down to its closest macro settings. The Vivitar
 90-180mm f/4.5 flat-field lens provides high quality macrophotography
 continuously from 90mm (to 1:4) to 180mm (to 1:2). That's unique, and
 useful, so you should expect to pay quite a price premium for such a
 cult status lens! 

 - - - end of quote - - -

 Here is a set of images produced by this same model of lens:
 http://www.flickr.com/photos/odderikgarcia/sets/72157606482781081/
  and here is another thread with images from the Vivitar Series 1
 90-180mm Flat Field
 http://forum.mflenses.com/viewtopic.php?t=17707

 This lens is in excellent cosmetic, optical and mechanical condition.
 I will be happy to ship this lens WORLDWIDE to PDML members.

 This lens is virtually never seen in a PK mount, so here is your
 chance to get a Pentaxian's rarity. Priced to sell at $399 plus actual
 shipping. (See eBay for much higher prices in a much more common
 mount, and you don't often find eBay sellers willing to ship
 worldwide).
 http://www.ebay.com/itm/like/280905685736?lpid=82
 Contact me for a shipping quote to your location (serious only, please).

 (Apologies for the wordiness, but I figured I would just copy and
 paste what I plan on saying in my Pentax Forums Marketplace ad, to be
 placed later today. Email me for photos, if interested.)

 Respectfully,

 Darren Addy
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Re: The kind of HDR I hate

[Alastair Robertson]

I would look except that you rather isolationist policy of blocking
foreign IP addresses prevents from me from doing so - do you really
have to be so paranoid?

Alastair

On 7 October 2013 16:57, Bruce bkday...@daytonphoto.com wrote:
 You may hate it but you have done an effective job with it.   Very 
 interesting scene.

 --
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 Sent from Sony Tablet S

 Mark Roberts postmas...@robertstech.com wrote:
...but it sells, so I need to be able to teach it to my students.
Hence this experiment.

http://www.robertstech.com/temp/7dd06804-hdr.htm

Pseudo-HDR treatment (it's tone mapped from a single exposure). Lots
of tweaking with masks, selective noise reduction and other tricks to
make look more like an illustration than a photograph.

Notes:

1/2-second exposure obtained without a tripod by bracing camera
against lamp post.

I love the sneakers hanging over the phone lines in the upper
left-hand corner.

Gelateria Yogurteria Venexia (in the center of the photo) makes the
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Re: PESO: Great Blue Heron

[Alastair Robertson]

both are nice but I would clone those OOF brown leaves at top third of
way from left - content aware fill should do this nicely.  I would be
tempted to do the same for the other brown leaves centre right.  The
green ones don't bother me.

Alastair

On 7 October 2013 13:59,  eactiv...@aol.com wrote:
 The second is a very nice shot. Like the way  there is no background to
 speak of and it is isolated.

 Marnie aka Doe  :-)

 In a message dated 10/6/2013 8:41:13 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time,
 pnstenqu...@comcast.net writes:
 In the Rouge River this morning:
 http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17549556size=lg

 And  departing the Rouge River:
 http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17549555size=lg


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Re: GESO - Autumn Impressions

[Alastair Robertson]

i like the drops on leaves but in this instance prefer the image with
the shallow dof and oblique angle most
Alastair

On 7 October 2013 05:43, Godfrey DiGiorgi godd...@me.com wrote:
 Nice set of pictures!

 Godfrey


 On Oct 6, 2013, at 9:39 AM, Mark C pdml-m...@charter.net wrote:

 Thanks, Cotty! I should have mentioned that the first Raindrops of Leaves 
 image is a stack focused shot - three images combined. Not intentional since 
 I was hand holding the camera - but the three consecutive shots were good 
 for stacking...

 Mark

 On 10/6/2013 3:31 AM, Steve Cottrell wrote:
 On 6/10/13, Mark C, discombobulated, unleashed:

 www.markcassino.com/b2evolution/index.php/autumn-impressions

 K-01, D-FA 100mm f2.8

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Re: price breaks on k-5ll... figures!

[Alastair Robertson]

you guys are spoiled - best price from a reputable dealer in New
Zealand for a K5II at the moment (no lens included) is NZ$2000 -
that's getting close to US$1600 on today's exchange rate.

Alastair

On 3 September 2013 03:03, Christine Nielsen ch...@inielsen.net wrote:
 Yes, I bought from Adorama... I have already sent an email asking for
 a price adjustment.  I think they'll play ball, especially since I'm
 still within the 30 day return window... Worst case scenario, I
 purchase again, and return the first camera. Not my first choice, but
 for $300...

 -c

 On Mon, Sep 2, 2013 at 10:55 AM, George Sinos gsi...@gmail.com wrote:
 Christine - Did you purchase from a store with a return policy?  Call
 them, ask them if you can send it back for a refund.  Maybe they'll
 just reprocess the transaction with the new price and credit you the
 difference.

 gs


 George Sinos
 
 www.GeorgesPhotos.net
 www.GeorgeSinos.com


 On Mon, Sep 2, 2013 at 9:31 AM, Christine Nielsen ch...@inielsen.net wrote:
 This just arrived in my inbox:
 http://www.pentaxforums.com/news/big-savings-on-the-k-5-ii-and-iis.html

 Up to $300 off the k-5ll or k-5iis, bringing the price down below
 $1000 at BH   Adorama.  Which makes perfect sense, since I purchased
 2 weeks ago...

 :(
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Re: PAW185 - UP

[Alastair Robertson]

superb!

slightly disturbing but brilliant

Alastair

On 23 July 2013 15:18, Ann Sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com wrote:
 It works :-)  light is perfect

 ann



 On 7/22/2013 16:16, DagT wrote:

 I´m not sure if this works, but the PAW is moved to google+ this week, at
 least until I get home to update the website:

 https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-wSJFa08S9tE/Ue2RuaqO1_I/BGA/mzK5KmyLfW0/w811-h543-no/_DT36524-up.jpg

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Re: Focus Stacking Software

[Alastair Robertson]

helicon focus is excellent http://www.heliconsoft.com/heliconfocus.html

Alastair

On 2 May 2013 17:15, mike wilson m.9.wil...@ntlworld.com wrote:
 On 02/05/2013 00:45, Mark C wrote:

 Is anyone here using focus stacking software? Any suggestions regarding
 what works well... or not?

 I gave Zerene Stacker a test drive a few weeks ago and it worked OK.
 Yesterday I tried Combine ZP which also seemed ot work pretty well./ But
 I only did a couple of test shots with each.


 Don Williams was using something for ultramacro (in fact microphtotgraphy)
 work that produced excellent images.  Might be worth searching the archives.


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Re: OT - Coffee terminology in the USA

[Alastair Robertson]

don't get a americano - it'll be one shot with half a litre of
scalding hot water on top.  Better to ask for two double espressos
plus one cup 1/4 filled with hot water and another with steamed milk.
Then pour the espressos carefully into each cup- it will be a little
bit like a long black and a flat white.  Or you could print this out
http://primocaffe.com.au/preparation  and take it with you to show to
the barista!

As David says - good luck

Alastair

On 21 April 2013 11:43, Brian Walters apathy...@lyons-ryan.org wrote:
 G'day all

 On my forthcoming trip to the USA I'm just going to *have* to find good
 coffee.

 In Australia, when my wife and I go to a coffee shop, I order a 'long black'
 and she has a 'flat white'.  I'm fairly sure that I would get odd (possibly
 even unfriendly) looks if I ask for these in the US.

 Does anyone know the US equivalents?


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Re: April PUG - 'Precipitation' now on line

[Alastair Robertson]

Paul Sorenson's Cold spring rain is the standout for me - love the composition
Ken's bud also very nice
Alastair

On 11 April 2013 20:46, Alastair Robertson kiwibiolog...@gmail.com wrote:
 Paul Sorenson's Cold spring rain is the standout for me - love the
 composition
 Ken's bud also very nice

 Alastair



 On 11 April 2013 17:02, Brian Walters apathy...@lyons-ryan.org wrote:

 Quoting Bob Sullivan rf.sulli...@gmail.com:

 With so many other pictures being presented here, the PUG has gotten
 lost.
 This is a sad situation because the quality of the monthly offerings is
 a cut above the everyday PESO's and GESO's.  I would hate to lose it.
 Regards,  Bob S.




 I know people look at the gallery when it's uploaded because I put a hit
 counter on the page last year and plotted the hits on a graph (well,
 everyone needs a hobby).  This showed a distinct spike in views on the
 day it is uploaded.

 https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1370864/PUG-hits.JPG

 (the reason for low hits in April is because I forgot to add the counter)

 It would be nice if there were a few more comments on the submissions -
 even just mentioning a couple of favourites - but I guess the main thing is
 that people look at the gallery.



 Cheers

 Brian

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 On Wed, Apr 10, 2013 at 6:40 PM, Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com
 wrote:

 Yeah, the response has been pretty muted lately. But that in no way
 diminishes my respect for the maintainer (thanks, Brian!) and the many
 talented contributors.


 On Wed, Apr 10, 2013 at 6:35 PM, knarftheria...@gmail.com
 knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote:

 I remember when the monthly release of PUG was a major event on this
 list.

 How times have changed...

 Terrific gallery as always. Not a dud in the bunch. So hard to pick a
 favourite but if pressed I think Steve's railroad tracks in the snow would
 be the one. Used to live in Kitchener. That's about what it looks like.  
 ;-)

 Great shot, Steve!

 cheers,
 frank

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 From: Brian Walters apathy...@lyons-ryan.org
 Sent: April 10, 2013 4/10/13
 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net
 Subject: April PUG - 'Precipitation' now on line

 G'day all

 Varied interpretations of the theme make this a very enjoyable gallery.

 I really like Matthew's 'Thunderstorm, Badlands National Park' and in
 a similar vein Darren's 'Sunset Through Rain Shaft'. Steve's 'Tracks
 In The Snow' has an appealing vintage feel to it - very nice.

 As usual, you'll find the gallery here:

 http://pug.komkon.org/

 (you may need to refresh your browser if you see the previous Gallery
 there)

 Note: The automated submission process usually works well but it's not
 infallible.  So, if you made a submission and you don't see it in the
 gallery, let me know.

 +

 Next up is something different - 'Bookmarks'.  Pick a book title and
 present an appropriate image - classic or pulp fiction, it matters not!

 Submit here:

 http://pug.komkon.org/submit/

 Submission Guidelines here:

 http://pug.komkon.org/general/autosubmit.html

 The main requirements are:
 * Max. pixel dimensions: 800 x 800 pixels
 * Max file size: 300k
 * Third party equipment is acceptable provided either the camera body
 or lens used is Pentax.
 * If you embed a colour space in the image, it should be sRGB to
 ensure that the image is displayed correctly on line.
 * Nominal closing date for submissions: 30 April.


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 Brian

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Re: I think LR changed the way flagging works back to how it was

[Alastair Robertson]

now that's a double negative if ever I heard one!  not oddly
inconsistent so  I guess that means oddly consistent? will have a
look at mine LR later

Alastair

On 25 December 2012 21:18, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote:
 LR recently changed the behavior of flagging so that rather than flagging 
 being local to a collection, it followed the photo everyplace, so a photo 
 couldn't be tagged in one collection and untagged in another.

 Now, it's weird.  I Tagged a bunch of photos, published them to facebook, 
 untagged some of them. And when I went to the collection, all of the photos 
 were still tagged.  But when I untagged one in one collection, it untagged 
 the same photo in another collection.

 I'm puzzled, the behavior is not oddly inconsistent.

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Re: Advice on Use of Macro Lens

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the clamp is for Manual Focus mode to stop focus creep when you are
eg, holding the camera lens down.  The limit is for AF mode to stop
the lens hunting all the way through the focal length to try and
focus.  I think the AF/MF setting overrides the camera's control but I
am awy from home so can't look at the lens.  I almost always have the
lens in MF mode, since I almost never using AF for macro shots.

This is by far my favourite lens - great for macro of course and also
for portraits but it will show all the wrinkles and spots on your
subject!

If you want some example shots see for example
https://picasaweb.google.com/101251999616543812992/WoolCarderBee#5430979153996617218

Alastair


On 5 December 2012 16:00, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote:

 On Dec 4, 2012, at 6:48 PM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote:
 From the reviews, I understand that the lens hunts a lot in
 autofocus mode.  The focus range control apparently alleviates that
 problem, by limiting the rage of focus.  I am not clear, however, how
 to use the control.  Also, why does this control have an MF setting,
 when manual focus is usually selected on the camera.  Is there a
 difference between selecting manual focus on the lens rather than on
 the camera?

 Maybe the old cameras didn't have the easy selection between AF and MF?

 Maybe it just disables the drive altogether from the lens side.


 Even more mysterious -- to me -- is the clamp dial.  What does this
 do, and how?

 When you get the focus dialed on on the subject, assuming you are using a 
 tripod, you clamp the focus so that it doesn't change if you touch the lens.


 Any information or advice will be greatly appreciated.

 TIA, Dan

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Re: GESO: Partial Eclipse

[Alastair Robertson]

i was doing job interviews so missed it all!

Alastair

On 14 November 2012 17:40, Bob Sullivan rf.sulli...@gmail.com wrote:
 Dave,
 Your photos of the eclipse reminded me of one I saw as a child of 8 or 10.
 The crescent shaped highlights of light thru the trees was the same here.
 Regards,  Bob S.


 On Tue, Nov 13, 2012 at 9:48 PM, David Mann dmann...@gmail.com wrote:
 On Nov 14, 2012, at 1:07 PM, Rob Studdert distudio.p...@gmail.com wrote:

 Nice work Dave, it was very overcast in Sydney so we missed the event
 basically. PS those binoculars have some pretty severe lateral CA ;)

 They're doing alright considering they were given to me for Xmas when I was 
 9.  Plus the paper was flat against the ground so it wasn't even in the 
 right plane...

 I'm wondering if Alastair or Tanya got anything.  I wasn't really taking the 
 photos seriously but was enjoying the general spectacle instead.

 Some of the photos featured on the news sites were of a huge blown-out area 
 around the sun, with a pretty bit of eclipse-shaped flare.  Interesting 
 effect but it might be hard to do well with a Pentax lens.

 Cheers,
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Re: Convert PEF to DNG or not?

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I routinely convert my PEF's into DNG's on import into lightroom (and
throw away the PEF at that time) and have the lightroom catalog set to
write the metadata into the DNG.  That way, if the files are moved
from one catalog to another, the keywords, develop settings etc go
with them without the need to import from catalog.  I have no worries
about the DNG format continued to being supported - there must be a
lot more people using DNG than PEF in the world!

Alastair

On 26 October 2012 18:08, Boris Liberman bori...@gmail.com wrote:
 Hi!

 I've been thinking about this for a long time now. I have few tens of
 thousands of photos that were taken by *istD (PEF) or K10D (also PEF, shame
 on me). I could convert them to DNG and discard (is it smart?) the
 originals.

 Do you think it is a good idea? Do I need to worry about compatibility with
 various version of DNG format/Adobe DNG support?

 Thanks.

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PESO - mother and child

[Alastair Robertson]

Hi All

My 3 month daughter Lilli shot through a rather grimy window

https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/E4HvAnMpZ9KkR8wuCXfpINMTjNZETYmyPJy0liipFm0?feat=directlink

I would like to say I took the shot, but I cropped it from a frame my
other daughter who is 3 took!

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Re: PESO - Stairway to... ?

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the stair must be older than the tree at least - brings back memories
of my time in the UK - the Abbey I read is 12th Century - which is
about the time New Zealand was colonised by Maori - the last large
landmass on planet to be so.

Great shot

Alastair

On 22 October 2012 13:50, Bob Sullivan rf.sulli...@gmail.com wrote:
 I wonder how old that stairway is Rick.
 Wonderful mood and thought provoking.
 You really did well with the old Abbey.
 Regards,  Bob S.

 On Sun, Oct 21, 2012 at 6:52 PM, Rick Womer rwomer1...@yahoo.com wrote:
 On the grounds of Fountains Abbey:

 http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=16519778size=lg


 (K-5, DA 16-45)

 Comments always appreciated.

 Rick

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Re: PAW146 - Autumn

[Alastair Robertson]

I like it  - because of the umbrella - it's a discordant note that
wakes up the viewer the same way they do when played in a modern piano
piece

Alastair

On 23 October 2012 10:05, Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com wrote:
 I guess I'm the contrarian here: it's not working for me. The oof
 hand/umbrella seems too much like an error to me. It looks a little
 like an Andreas Gursky that somebody photo-bombed. :-)

 But that Andreas Gursky aspect rawks.


 On Sun, Oct 21, 2012 at 11:26 AM, DagT li...@thrane.name wrote:
 http://www.thrane.name/Pictures/PAW/files/page7-1000-full.html
 OT equipment: Fujifilm x100, 23mm, 1/125s, f/2,5, ISO200.

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Re: PESO - mother and child

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thanks Bob - she was about 8 months when we were with you in France -
and yes it only seems like yesterday.  This is a recent shot of her -
grown hasn't she? https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/JhhY

Alastair

On 24 October 2012 10:14, Bob W p...@web-options.com wrote:
 From: PDML [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Alastair
 Robertson

 Hi All

 My 3 month daughter Lilli shot through a rather grimy window

 https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/E4HvAnMpZ9KkR8wuCXfpINMTjNZETYmyP
 Jy0liipFm0?feat=directlink

 Fantastic! Congratulations to you and Masha, and Neave of course!

 I would like to say I took the shot, but I cropped it from a frame my
 other daughter who is 3 took!


 3 years already? Neave can't have been much more than 3 months when we met
 in France, although the dates in this gallery say it wan't much more than 2:
 http://www.web-options.com/AR/

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Re: PESO - mother and child

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oops that link to the photo of Neve was incomplete - try this one
https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/JhhYJ_ObVcRSkHgmmm7EIv92qHjC2OdOdPvO3bzCafI?feat=directlink

Alastair

On 24 October 2012 10:18, Alastair Robertson kiwibiolog...@gmail.com wrote:
 thanks Bob - she was about 8 months when we were with you in France -
 and yes it only seems like yesterday.  This is a recent shot of her -
 grown hasn't she? https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/JhhY

 Alastair

 On 24 October 2012 10:14, Bob W p...@web-options.com wrote:
 From: PDML [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Alastair
 Robertson

 Hi All

 My 3 month daughter Lilli shot through a rather grimy window

 https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/E4HvAnMpZ9KkR8wuCXfpINMTjNZETYmyP
 Jy0liipFm0?feat=directlink

 Fantastic! Congratulations to you and Masha, and Neave of course!

 I would like to say I took the shot, but I cropped it from a frame my
 other daughter who is 3 took!


 3 years already? Neave can't have been much more than 3 months when we met
 in France, although the dates in this gallery say it wan't much more than 2:
 http://www.web-options.com/AR/

 B


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Re: PESO - mother and child

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Ann you are right -I should change it - it's my Lightroom PESO preset
which automatically adds my watermark.  I'll put a new version up this
afternoon.

Alastair

On 24 October 2012 12:41, Ann Sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com wrote:


 On 10/23/2012 16:29, Alastair Robertson wrote:

 Hi All

 My 3 month daughter Lilli shot through a rather grimy window


 https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/E4HvAnMpZ9KkR8wuCXfpINMTjNZETYmyPJy0liipFm0?feat=directlink

 I would like to say I took the shot, but I cropped it from a frame my
 other daughter who is 3 took!

 Alastair

 ah ha - slapping your copyright on the work of an innocent.. tsktsk...

 Seriously, its a lovely and intriguing image - nice editing job.


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Re: PESO: inferno

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thanks Bob W and Anne.  I like the reference to Satan's Inferno.  My
inferno came from the name of the one of the craters.  Ann the colour
version is not very inspiring - lots of dark green and not much else

Alastair

On 4 November 2011 02:28, Ann Sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com wrote:
 Like it - curious about the color version but the bw certainly works well.
 The figure is just right.

 ann

 On 11/2/2011 22:28, Alastair Robertson wrote:


 https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/vmqC1uGo6XxogK4zXBBbzQ?feat=directlink

 This is taken at Waimangu Valley - a geothermal rift valley in the
 central North Island, New Zealand.  The mist is in fact steam from two
 crater lakes.  A very interesting place to visit.

 Tech Details: K10D, F70-210 @170mm, F8.0, 1/90, ISO100

 RAW file converted to BW and processed in Lightroom 3.5

 Comments welcome

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PESO: inferno

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https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/vmqC1uGo6XxogK4zXBBbzQ?feat=directlink

This is taken at Waimangu Valley - a geothermal rift valley in the
central North Island, New Zealand.  The mist is in fact steam from two
crater lakes.  A very interesting place to visit.

Tech Details: K10D, F70-210 @170mm, F8.0, 1/90, ISO100

RAW file converted to BW and processed in Lightroom 3.5

Comments welcome

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Re: PESO: inferno

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thanks for the comments Bob and Larry. I deliberately rendered it on
the dark side to capture the mood I was trying to portray - hence the
midtones are intended to be a shade above black, the mist close to
white, and areas of black with black silhouettes for individual trees
and bits of the cliff above the nearer crater.  I suspect the
appearance will depend very much on your monitor settings. It looks
how I intended it to look on my recently calibrated monitor here, but
I can imagine results will vary on other people's monitors.  Am
interested in how others find it - perhaps I've gone too far with
lowering the tones in the mid-range?

Alastair

On 3 November 2011 15:40, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote:


 On 11/2/2011 7:36 PM, Bob Sullivan wrote:

 Alastair,
 It's pretty dark to see what's happening.
 Looking magnified, I believe I see conifers.
 Regards,  Bob S.

 I really like it, but it could use a little boost in the midtones and darker
 midtones to get a bit more shadow detail.


 On Wed, Nov 2, 2011 at 9:28 PM, Alastair Robertson
 kiwibiolog...@gmail.com  wrote:


 https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/vmqC1uGo6XxogK4zXBBbzQ?feat=directlink

 This is taken at Waimangu Valley - a geothermal rift valley in the
 central North Island, New Zealand.  The mist is in fact steam from two
 crater lakes.  A very interesting place to visit.

 Tech Details: K10D, F70-210 @170mm, F8.0, 1/90, ISO100

 RAW file converted to BW and processed in Lightroom 3.5

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Re: PESO: inferno

[Alastair Robertson]

sorry for not replying earlier - for some reason my GMail accounts
labels all your posts as SPAM not sure why.

No, no human figures - trees and cliffs only

Thanks for the kind comments

Alastair

On 3 November 2011 16:05, Jack Davis jdavi...@yahoo.com wrote:
 Array of vents composed very well. Is that a human figure that appears in 
 silhouette near the middle?
 Would show well as a large print.
 Like the BW choice.

 Jack


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 From: Alastair Robertson kiwibiolog...@gmail.com
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 Sent: Wednesday, November 2, 2011 7:28 PM
 Subject: PESO: inferno

 https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/vmqC1uGo6XxogK4zXBBbzQ?feat=directlink

 This is taken at Waimangu Valley - a geothermal rift valley in the
 central North Island, New Zealand.  The mist is in fact steam from two
 crater lakes.  A very interesting place to visit.

 Tech Details: K10D, F70-210 @170mm, F8.0, 1/90, ISO100

 RAW file converted to BW and processed in Lightroom 3.5

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Re: Tete a Tate

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absolutely love the first frame - an out-and-out winner!
Alastair

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 Had a very enjoyable lunch and stroll around Tate Modern today with Godfrey,
 David and Mary. Here are some of the snaps:
 http://www.web-options.com/GDG/

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Re: PESO - Concentrating on the job in hand

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the red and blue spades add a lot to this and the angle of the shot
from close to the ground - must do that more often - too lazy to bend
over I guess

Alastair

On 23 August 2011 03:27, Rick Womer rwomer1...@yahoo.com wrote:
 I like it.  Nice, classical, uncluttered composition and a good subject.

 Rick

 http://photo.net/photos/RickW


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 Subject: PESO - Concentrating on the job in hand
 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net
 Date: Sunday, August 21, 2011, 2:33 PM
 At Vazon Bay in Guernsey.
 http://www.mitch.myzen.co.uk/GueCandieBeach_/slides/_IGP8171.html

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Re: Finally, almost useable DNG codec from Adobe

[Alastair Robertson]

Picasa has a nice viewer that works in windows explorer instead of the
default viewer, can display dng and pef and the whole thing is free

why wait for a codec?

Alastair

On 20 August 2011 06:06, Thibouille pentaxl...@gmail.com wrote:
 I agree Darren, it's just that it is IMO unacceptable that Adobe does
 not provide this for free.
 Just because they want M$ to support it is no justification and their
 stupid game is pissing me off.

 2011/8/19 Darren Addy pixelsmi...@gmail.com:
 Looks like the current version has been there since May 3rd of this year.

 Still, with the metadata issue, the performance issue, and the
 additional functionality, I'm not sure why THIS wouldn't be worth the
 $15 measly bucks:
 http://www.fastpictureviewer.com/codecs/

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OT: terrible taxidermy

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some things are best left to the experts!

http://www.slightlywarped.com/crapfactory/curiosities/2011/may/terrible_taxidermy.htm

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Re: PESO: Robin

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actually it's a tomtit - same genus as the NZ robin - Petroica - it's
an Australasian endemic family whose members somewhat resemble the
european robin

Nice shot!

Alastair

On Sun, Jul 10, 2011 at 2:06 PM, Brian Walters supera1...@fastmail.fm wrote:
 On Fri, 08 Jul 2011 20:04 +1200, David Mann d...@multisport.net.nz
 wrote:
 I have more photos to post from our trip last weekend if I ever get the
 time to work on them.  But for now here's a little birdie who came to
 greet us when we stopped to take in some scenery on the way home.

 http://www.multi.net.nz/robin/

 I think he works as a chimney inspector.



 Very nice.  Like Ken, I like the catchlight in the eye.

 It seems to be related to some of our Australian 'robins', although as
 far as I know they're only called robins because superficially they look
 a bit similar to northern hemisphere robins.



 Cheers

 Brian

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 http://lyons-ryan.org/southernlight/


 K10D, FA 200mm f/2.8.  It's cropped a bit... to probably about 1/3rd of
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Re: OT: Ten Photographs of Extinct Animals.

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yes and the web design assumes widescreen - I have to scroll
horizontally to see the text on my 1024x768 notebook


On Mon, Jun 6, 2011 at 8:50 AM, John Francis jo...@panix.com wrote:


 Hmm.  One of the photographs appears to have become extinct - I only
 see nine images in the gallery (and three of those are of Thylacines).

 On Sun, Jun 05, 2011 at 03:31:53PM -0500, Jeffery Johnson wrote:
 Environmental Graffiti is running ten photographs of animals that have
 become extinct.

 http://www.environmentalgraffiti.com/featured/rare-photographs-now-extinct-b
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PESO: paua slug

[Alastair Robertson]

We don't see these very often - it's called a paua slug but really
it's a snail - somehow evolution forgot to scale up the shell
appropriately!

http://flic.kr/p/9PAhd7

K10D, FA100/2.8, AF360FGZ  Metz mecablitz 58 AF-1 triggered
wirelessly, F22, IS0100, on a monopod

Comments welcome
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OT - some people have too much money

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http://www.photographyblog.com/news/88-year-old_leica_goes_under_hammer_sets_new_record/

share this with your significant other - makes any purchases we do
look like real bargains

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Re: PDML Flickr Group goes live to much fanfare

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works fine for me in gmail

Alastair

On Fri, May 27, 2011 at 6:21 PM, steve harley p...@paper-ape.com wrote:
 On 2011-05-26 20:25 , Rob Studdert wrote:

 That's easy to solve since you're using gmail. Go to gmail settings,
 labs and enable the app Flickr previews in mail the Flickr pics will
 then show inline at the bottom of the message.

 that would be great, but the feature is broken -- first of all it doesn't
 recognize Flickr previews when gmail doesn't recognize the full URL in the
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Re: Read this if you've requested to join the Flickr Group (of Doom)

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kiwibiologist = Alastair Robertson New Zealand

On Sat, May 28, 2011 at 4:22 PM, Miserere miser...@gmail.com wrote:
 OK Guys,

 A lot of you are requesting to join and I have no idea who you are.
 Below is a list of Flickr usernames; if one of them is yours, please
 identify yourself!

 Thanks.


 mxer

 Shark50501

 Douglas J O'Brien

 garbanzito11

 SamTheEagle

 obfuscator

 kiwibiologist

 mikserfestival

 edkeeney

 nmsbaeta



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Re: whose day starts first? last?

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It's meee!  Palmerston North is further east than Christchurch and
sunrise here was 14 minutes earlier todayhere  than it was in
Christchurch!  In summer, it probably reverses as the days become
longer the further south you go

Alastair

On Mon, Apr 4, 2011 at 7:31 PM, Joseph McAllister pentax...@mac.com wrote:

 On Apr 4, 2011, at 00:26 , David Mann wrote:

 On Apr 4, 2011, at 6:15 PM, Brian Walters wrote:

 Here's a screen grab from Crave World Clock showing the dateline.

 http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1370864/world%20map.JPG

 I think Dave Mann in Christchurch would be the furthest east.

 Yes I probably am.  That would look good on my resume.

 Come to think of it, am I the furthest south as well?


 Unless one of our gang is hanging out with the penguins in Antarctica as is 
 sometimes the case, yes.



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Re: PESO Mr Ms Finch

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oh it's Mr Chaffinch and Mrs something else - may well be a chiffchaff
as Toine suggests

Alastair

On Wed, Mar 30, 2011 at 2:55 PM, Ann Sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com wrote:


 Toine wrote:

 Yes very nice. Warm and very dry. Amazing to see all those snow pictures.

 Actually mrs Finch isn't who I think she was. In real live it's a
 Tjiftjaf.In the UK Chiffchaff.

 ah  - well I didn't recognize that partciular male finch either I took
 your word for it about mrs. finch being his lady.
 Who is Mr Finch?
 ann

 I don't think it's available in the US.

 On 28 March 2011 22:35, Ann Sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com wrote:


 Nice weather?!  - brave of you to post here now :-)

 I like Mrs Finch just as she is... would like to see that very sharp shot
 of
 Mr Finch cropped to a non-square.

 ann


 Toine wrote:



 A sunny sunday and nice weather. A400/5.6 playtime:

 http://www.repiuk.nl/index.php/blog-mainmenu-97/176

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Re: PESO Mr Ms Finch

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looks more like a chaffinch to me (Fringilla coelebs) - beautiful
birds - boring song, one of the most common intoroduced birds in NZ

nice` pics

Alastair


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 Yes very nice. Warm and very dry. Amazing to see all those snow pictures.

 Actually mrs Finch isn't who I think she was. In real live it's a
 Tjiftjaf.In the UK Chiffchaff. I don't think it's available in the US.

 On 28 March 2011 22:35, Ann Sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com wrote:
 Nice weather?!  - brave of you to post here now :-)

 I like Mrs Finch just as she is... would like to see that very sharp shot of
 Mr Finch cropped to a non-square.

 ann


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 A sunny sunday and nice weather. A400/5.6 playtime:

 http://www.repiuk.nl/index.php/blog-mainmenu-97/176

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OT: Christchurch Buildings, Before and After Earthquake

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http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/christchurch-earthquake/4705106/Photos-Before-and-after-the-Christchurch-earthquake

Pretty dramatic before and after shots of Christchurch iconic buildings

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Re: OT -Christchurch hit again

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here's an image from the port hills shortly after the quake struck -
the damage to the CBD is all too apparent here
http://i.imgur.com/0vZbD.jpg


 Alastair


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 News here is that Christchurch was hit by another earthquake (6.3) a
 couple of hours ago with lots of new damage.

 Dave - let us know how you're getting on when you get the chance.




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Re: 645D to be marketed Worldwide in December

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I bet he meant list

Alastair

On Fri, Sep 24, 2010 at 8:30 AM, Steven Desjardins drd1...@gmail.com wrote:
 OK, I'll ask.  What the hell is the Lisa?

 On Thu, Sep 23, 2010 at 3:30 PM, Mark Roberts m...@robertstech.com wrote:
 Miserere wrote:

I'm surprised nobody's posted this yet:

http://www.dpreview.com/news/1009/10092318pentax645davailbility.asp

Prices are (body only)...

$10k for the US.
£9k for the UK.

Seems the Brits are getting the expensive end of the stick again--£9k
today is a little over $14k. Anyone who wants to spend a night on the
couch on their way to pick up a US 645D can do so  :-)

Mark, when are you placing your preorder?

Jostein, what about you?

 The amount of fuss we're seeing on the Lisa (IOW, none at all) is
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Re: K-7 and astrophotography

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2010/9/20 Ralf R. Radermacher fotor...@gmx.de:
 Thibouille pentaxl...@gmail.com wrote:

 Well some manufacturers allow disabling the DFS.
 In the K7 anything more than 30s will have DFS (whatever your NR settings).
 K10D was 1 or 2 minutes I think.

 Ralf? I'm sure he knows.

 K10D: completely defeatable
 K20D: everything over 6 secs, not defeatable
 K-7: everything over 30 s, not defeatable
 K-5: ???

 Ralf

The pentax press release (as shown here
http://www.photographyblog.com/news/pentax_k-5/) includes the
following

In addition it has…
• Electronic level function, with a newly added tilt confirmation tool
• Extended-exposure NR (Noise Reduction) function, with a choice of
Auto, On and Off modes

I take it from this that you can turn the post-capture NR on long
exposures on or off or have it decide when it should do it?

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Re: Geso: Flower Calendar Pix complete

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beautiful images - the lighting and composition are great for most of
them.  I would be tempted to boost the exposure a little in the
Hollyhocks image - seems a bit dull

Alastair

On Wed, Sep 22, 2010 at 8:15 AM,  pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote:
 It's an excellent calendar, Ann. Well done!
 Paul
 - Ann Sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com wrote:

 Jack Davis wrote:

 All highly professional shots extremely well presented, Ann.
 2011 in Bloom
 
 
 Jack
 
 
 
 
 oooh, Thanks Jack !

 my frisky side thinks of   Just another bloomin' calendar

 ann

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 Subject: Geso:  Flower Calendar Pix complete
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 http://annsan.smugmug.com/Works-in-Print/Works-In-Progress/Flora-for-Calendar/13821296_i9dWt#1012572838_sVBSa
 
 
 I am pretty sure I'm just going to use the Red lilies for
 the cover shot - instead of doing the  style with
 all 12 I've done with others.
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Re: Geso: Flower Calendar Pix complete

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a definiteimprovement in my opinion!

Alastair

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 Alastair Robertson wrote:

 beautiful images - the lighting and composition are great for most of
 them.  I would be tempted to boost the exposure a little in the
 Hollyhocks image - seems a bit dull

 Alastair



 I punched it up just a bit - I think you were right... I just increased the
 contrast a few notches...
 (but I'm not going to mess with the thumbnail on the cover :-) )

 thanks fo rpointing it out

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Re: Re: OT: Sigma 170-500mm APO for Pentax AF

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from what I have read the Bigma 50-500 is a much better piece of glass
despite the longer range

They sell for about $1000 US new I think

Alastair

On Tue, Sep 14, 2010 at 10:21 AM, David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com wrote:
 Here is the only one i could find on ther net.

 http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=10901470

 D200 with the 170-500 at 500. No tripod, but resting camera and lens
 on the truck door, some shake though.

 To me its soft.

 I have some of ducks at the farm, i just need to find them

 Dave

 On Mon, Sep 13, 2010 at 5:57 PM, Adam Maas a...@mawz.ca wrote:
 Here's a couple (on flickr)

 http://www.flickr.com/photos/mawz/2769227796/

 http://www.flickr.com/photos/mawz/2816747552/

 http://www.flickr.com/photos/mawz/2820590948/

 -Adam

 On Mon, Sep 13, 2010 at 2:29 PM, Jens p...@planfoto.dk wrote:
 Thans David and Adam. I'd apreciate samples to look at :-)
 I might just get me one - they are quite affordable at the moment.
 I alrady have a Sigma 135-400mm, which is NOT sharp enough for my needs. 
 And it's gone take a while before a can afford a real Pentax long tele 
 photo lens.

 Regards
 Jens

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 On Sep 12, 2010 14:11 David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com wrote:
 On Sat, Sep 11, 2010 at 6:57 PM, Adam Maas a...@mawz.ca wrote:
  Had one in Nikon mount, shot one airshow with it and the D300. It's
  long, cheap and not too crappy.

 I still have mine in Nikon mount. I find the long end a little to
 soft
 on the long end but yes not to bad.

 I have some shots on photo dot nre with it. I'll see if i can
 remember
 which ones and post

 Dave
 
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  Does anyone have experiences with this lens, Please.
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Re: Peso: That's Amore!

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If that's amore - what's this then?

Alastair

http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/ZzvS8GykpzzkI7EEXcrp9A?feat=directlink

On Mon, Sep 13, 2010 at 1:32 PM, frank theriault
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 On Sun, Sep 12, 2010 at 8:37 PM, Steven Desjardins drd1...@gmail.com wrote:
 Sorry, I messed up the original Photobucket image:

 http://s857.photobucket.com/albums/ab138/drd1135/PDML/?action=viewcurrent=Amore.jpg

 Dean Martin must be turning over in his grave.

 When the moon hits your eye
 Like a big pizza pie...

 Terrific image, though.

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first look review of 645D at luminous landscape

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http://www.luminous-landscape.com/reviews/cameras/pentax-645d-first.shtml

Here's a hands-on first look report and video about a pre-production
645D from Nick Devlin for the online magazine Luminous Landscapes
which is usually a pretty reliable source for sensible reviews.

I, of course want one, but almost certainly will never actually do so!
 Still if it's as good as the review suggests it's going to be and
keeps getting order the rate it is going in Japan - it must gbe good
for sales and reputation for Pentax.

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Re: Fairly large earthquake

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 Bloody hell! That's wake you up. Or perhaps not.

 How are other parts of New Zealand? Is it just the South Island that's
 affected? Any news of Alastair Robertson and family - on the North Island, I
 think?

 Bob

 we are fine - Palmerston North is a long way from Christchurch.
Masha felt the quake mildly - I slept through

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Re: Leica's done with film

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excelllent!

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Re: GESO: a cycle ride in the himalayas

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wow fantastic - loved the gallery - looked like an epic trip!  Lots of
highlights - will have to try and pick my top 6 and post later
Alastair

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 hi,

 it's been a long time (a couple of months?) :) got back from my cycle
 ride in the himalayas last month but been kind of busy with other
 things that needed my time. hope things are getting along as usual
 here. (has cotty got himself a gmail account yet?) :)

  i had planned to do about 800 km in about 17 days but a couple or
  three days into the ride realised that the plan was a bit optimistic.
  so contented myself doing just about half the original distance in two
  weeks and had a nice time doing it slowly and leisurely. enjoyed it
  immensely too. :) three of us had planned this ride but finally
  i had to do it alone so couldn't take my pentax, had to make do with a
  ps. and here is a collection of photos, fwiw, take with  the fuji
  f70exr...

 http://picasaweb.google.com/pdml.live/spiti#

 hope you enjoy the photos and would love to hear what you think..

 Hi Subash
 very happy to hear you completed your trip in one piece and had a good
 time to boot. I'm still busy going through your gallery but I do have
 a quick question:
 http://picasaweb.google.com/pdml.live/spiti#5510744149263855042 Are
 you sure this shows the M62? It looks a bit rough. =P

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Re: PESO: street lamp

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thanks for the kind comments people - Montpellier is very nice indeed
- I could imagine living there and enjoying it very much

Alastair

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 On Sun, Aug 22, 2010 at 6:16 AM, Alastair Robertson
 kiwibiolog...@gmail.com wrote:
 http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/9uNibZ82kkXV4kXcK21E7A?feat=directlink

 Excellent shots. Well lit, and nice composition

 Dave

 This one is from Montpellier from the Balcony of the apartment we
 stayed in in the old part of town, just after dark.  There's something
 very mediterranean about pastel-coloured walls and the yellow glow
 from sodium street lamps

 K10D DA16-45 @ 31mm F8 1/20 ISO1600

 Noise reduction done in Lightroom 3 which has had a major upgrade in
 this area compared to Ver 2.

 This is one image of a gallery that includes the shot of Bob posted
 earlier.  Feel free to browse
 http://picasaweb.google.com/kiwibiologist/LanguedocProvence2010?feat=directlink

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Re: PESO: Squire

[Alastair Robertson]

thanks for the comments everyone.  Hadn't really thought about the
length of the ropes but now that you point them out I can see what you
mean.

Nice place to hang out actually

Alastair

On Mon, Aug 23, 2010 at 10:43 AM, Cotty cotty...@mac.com wrote:
 On 22/8/10, Daniel J. Matyola, discombobulated, unleashed:

http://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/highesttide.html

 That page is inaccurate. Bristol channel in UK is about 49 feet max.

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Re: PESO: Dining on Broadway

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nice - you've captured the business of the place perfectly - makes me
feel exhausted just looking at it somehow. I might be tempted to add a
little more fill light to give a bit more attention to the people on
the street

Alastair

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 Comments. Criticisms, Suggestions and Abuse are All Welcome.

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PESO: Squire

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http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/cN6p1JRAzy9wflDZDk3myA?feat=directlink

A shot from our Cornwall part of our holiday - this one a padock on a
boatshed at Port Isaac.  Do you think it needs a bit more space at the
bottom of the frame?  Not sure whether this is cropped there or is the
edge of the frame

K10D DA16-45 @45mm, ISO100, F8, 1/90

Feel free to browse the gallery

Comments welcome

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PESO: street lamp

[Alastair Robertson]

http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/9uNibZ82kkXV4kXcK21E7A?feat=directlink

This one is from Montpellier from the Balcony of the apartment we
stayed in in the old part of town, just after dark.  There's something
very mediterranean about pastel-coloured walls and the yellow glow
from sodium street lamps

K10D DA16-45 @ 31mm F8 1/20 ISO1600

Noise reduction done in Lightroom 3 which has had a major upgrade in
this area compared to Ver 2.

This is one image of a gallery that includes the shot of Bob posted
earlier.  Feel free to browse
http://picasaweb.google.com/kiwibiologist/LanguedocProvence2010?feat=directlink

Alastair

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Re: PESO: Squire

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Thanks Bob

had another look at the shot - it was landscape (should probably have
been portrait as you suggest) and alas no more than a smidgeon left at
the botttom. When you say either side of the bolt - do you mean the
hasp of the padlock or the sliding horizontal part? I thought it was
pretty equal space on each side of the latter?

Boscastle is cute - we stayed at the Riverside Hotel which I recommend
- expect Boscastle was crowded being August and all?

Alastair

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 http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/cN6p1JRAzy9wflDZDk3myA?feat=dir
 ectlink

 A shot from our Cornwall part of our holiday - this one a padock on a
 boatshed at Port Isaac.  Do you think it needs a bit more space at the
 bottom
 of the frame?  Not sure whether this is cropped there or is the edge of
 the
 frame

 I think it could use more space at the bottom. Nice shot though. I think I
 would prefer it with equal amounts of space each side of the bolt, and a
 portrait aspect ratio, bringing out the cruciform aspect.


 K10D DA16-45 @45mm, ISO100, F8, 1/90

 Feel free to browse the gallery


 That's developing into a nice gallery. The Cornwall shots are lovely - I was
 there last weekend. I particularly like the first shot of Boscastle harbour
 - classic composition.

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Re: Micological GESO

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excellent gallery - would be nice to put some common names on - some
are very distinct and easy to name - there are lots of good books that
help and plenty of online experts who can help out too.  Tree Over
Shanty Branch is my favourite - though I might be tempted to ramp up
the exposure 1/2 a notch.  Thanks for opening the gallery for me to
look at!

Alastair

PS don't see any lichens there

On Sat, Aug 21, 2010 at 12:36 AM, Doug Brewer d...@alphoto.com wrote:
 Cotty wrote:

 On 19/8/10, Bob Sullivan, discombobulated, unleashed:

 I especially enjoyed the colorful fungus, wow!
 And the tiny umbrellas on the green or darker backgrounds are exquisite.
 Never can tell what you'll find out hiking...

 Some say he eats half of his discoveries and this fuels his inhuman
 speed over the crevices and crags...

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Re: Lightroom 2.7 question: how to edit 2 pictures side by side

[Alastair Robertson]

You can sync white settings in jpgs in Lightroom just fine.  Get the
white balance setting right in one photo and while still in the
develop module, select the other pictures that you want to duplicate
the white balance settings in.  You should see your master has a
whiter surround in the filmstrip than the other selected photos - this
indicates that it is the master selection and any sync commands will
use this photo's settings as the blueprint to apply to the others.
Click the Sync button (this only appears when you have more than one
photo selected) and a dialog box will come up.  Check the settings you
want to sync - in this case the white balance, and leave the others
boxes unchecked and then hit 'Synchronise' and it's done! Easy and
saves heaps of time. You can synch any develop settings this way

Alastair

On Sat, Aug 21, 2010 at 8:53 AM, Bob Sullivan rf.sulli...@gmail.com wrote:
 Congratulations on the new family member.
 You'll just have to fool with the white balance.
 I came across 25-30 year old photos from the delivery room yesterday.
 You won't mind the odd colors in 25 years.  :-)
 Regards,  Bob S.

 On Fri, Aug 20, 2010 at 1:36 PM, Sam L samthegr...@gmail.com wrote:
 Hi all,

 I have a set of photos I shot where the WB was set to Tungsten.
 Halfway through the shoot I chimped and fixed this.  Pictures were all
 shot in jpg on my K-x.  What I'd like to do is to copy the color
 settings from the good pictures over to the pictures that have
 tungsten white balance.  I tried selecting the appropriate pictures
 and using the sync feature.  No luck on that.

 How do you recommend I get the colors corrected and consistent?

 It seems like it would be very handy to be able to view 2 images (the
 good one and the bad one) simultaneously so that when I move the
 sliders around I can immediately know if I'm helping or hurting.  I
 was able to view side-by-side images only in the library module, but
 not in the develop module.  Am I missing something here?


 I've been lazy about digging out photos to share with the list.  Here
 is my apology, in the form of a gallery of my new son, who is now 2
 weeks old.  Most of the photos were from a DA40, but the last 4 were
 shot with my Super Tak 85/1.9.
 http://samtheeagle.smugmug.com/Family/2010-Introducing-Winston/13315386_Vk7vn#967866225_fXaL3

 Thanks!
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PESO: Bob W

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http://picasaweb.google.com/kiwibiologist/LanguedocProvence2010#5507395778738022098

a quick snap of Bob when we met up recently in Florac - we spent a
couple of really nice days with Bob - it was a pleasure and hope we
can repeat the idea next time we are in Europe.

K10D DA16-45 @45mm 1/30 F4.5 ISO100

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Re: woot!

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i should have known you'd have been a viz fan Bob - I used to be a
regular reader when I was over there

Alastair

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 On 8/17/2010 9:08 PM, Cotty wrote:

 Thanks Bob - made my day.

 Likewise...

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Re: woot!

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PS somewhere I have a photo of me dressed up a Terry wit == not pretty!


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 i should have known you'd have been a viz fan Bob - I used to be a
 regular reader when I was over there

 Alastair

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 On 8/17/2010 9:08 PM, Cotty wrote:

 Thanks Bob - made my day.

 Likewise...

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Re: Micological GESO

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I get forbidden - are you filtering out antipodeans again?

Alastair

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 Mark,
 I especially enjoyed the colorful fungus, wow!
 And the tiny umbrellas on the green or darker backgrounds are exquisite.
 Never can tell what you'll find out hiking...
 Regards,  Bob S.

 On Thu, Aug 19, 2010 at 12:26 PM, Cotty cotty...@mac.com wrote:
 On 19/8/10, Mark Roberts, discombobulated, unleashed:

I've just updated my gallery of fungus photography!

 Not something you hear very often on this list!

 http://www.robertstech.com/fungus.htm

 Stunning mate - really stunning.

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Re: I think I'll keep the k7 :-)

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should I be able to see more than 4 shots in the gallery?

Alastair

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 - Original Message - From: frank theriault
 knarftheria...@gmail.com


 GREAT shots!  Wonderful gallery.


 Thanks, Frank, for the kind remarks.  Cheers, Christine

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Re: Florac and faunac

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outstanding portfolios Bob and thanks for suggesting the Florac region
- it was great. Feel free to post any pictures of us - I might post
one or two of you too

We've swapped sweltering heat in Europe for bitterly winter back home :-(

Alastair

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 On 5/7/10, Bob W, discombobulated, unleashed:

 http://www.web-options.com/Causse/ 

 It's now official. I hate you.

 I can't tell you how jealous I am.

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Re: peso rooftop

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baseball halfway to mitt bottom left I think

On Sun, May 30, 2010 at 7:03 PM, Toine to...@repiuk.nl wrote:
 Interesting and puzzling shot, didn't spot the orange stuff at first.
 The person and black object on the street makes me wonder what's
 happening?

 Toine

 On 30 May 2010 08:47, Christine  Aguila cagu...@earthlink.net wrote:
 Looks like someone threw up on the roof top.  :-)  I didn't get the lines
 right because high-rise balconies make me very nervous, so I rushed the
 shot.


 http://www.caguila.com/caguila/rooftop/index.html


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Re: OT: Eyeballing Fad

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I suspect that probably passed most people Bob!
Alastair

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 I checked around a bit.  No sign of Gatling-Email on my end.  I sent
 this from the BlackBerry and that's been fine before.  It must be
 Obama's fault.


 Heh.

 I'm on another mail list where one member posts from his blackberry... and
 his replies will come in typically 2-3 times.  Not every time, but often
 enough.


 the Blackberry treats each email as an aggregate consisting of multiple
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Re: Long shadows

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great light on some of these - looks like the UK spring I remember
Alastair

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 On Friday I hadanew PC delivered which I'm dedicating to Lightroom. It's
 wonderful to be running it on something which doesn't creak under the
 strain. To test out the settings etc.

 I've uploaded a little gallery of snaps - nothing special - from a day trip
 to Oxford a couple of weeks ago, to see Peter Marlow's exhibition at the
 Pitt-Rivers. In the picture of Peter Marlow you also see a close Ethiopian
 friend of mine, whose father was the ambassador to Britain, Japan and
 Mexico, and a woman who was married to the British Ambassador to Ethiopia at
 the time of revolution.

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Re: Lightroom workflow Q

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Cory, I am sure that Tim's and Godfrey's approaches would do an
admirable job at keeping two catalogs in synch, but to acheive the
first part of your request to have lightroom remember develop
settings, and keywords etc, shoot or convert into DNG files -
lightroom then writes the metadata into the file itself so when you
import it brings these settings with the images.  Alternately, if you
shoot in jpg or pef, you can write sidecar files and they get imported
along with the image - just make sure you save metadata to files
prior to import, or have lightroom do it automatically by setting this
in your preferences.

The trick with this approach is for keywords to use a consistent set
and hierarchy.  You can either remember these, or better still export
the keywords from the master and import into the clone so they are
there ready for use when you come to keyword a new shoot. You apply
the keywords in your macbook and when they come into your desktop they
will match your existing ones or add any new ones.

As for the collections - I don't think these are stored in the
metadata so you may need to do manual assignment to collections when
you get the images into the desktop

Alastair

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 I have lightroom on my macbook and also on my desktop.  I usually do most of 
 my work on my desktop but occsionally, like when I'm away from home, I'll 
 upload photos to my laptop to clear my flash cards and have a look at what's 
 I've got.  It's no problem then to copy those photos over to my desktop on my 
 home network and import them into my desktop library.  I just go to the 
 folder with the photos from the appropriate dates and plant it in the correct 
 folder on the other box.  When I import them into the library, they get 
 coppied to my NAS for another safety copy.
 The hitch here is:  I'm likely to have made changes to the photo like 
 keywords, developing adjustments, or selection to a collection while I was 
 looking at them on the laptop.  Is there any way to import the photos to my 
 desktop library with the changes?
 I'd also like to mirror my collections from the laptop on the desktop.  I'll 
 be picking photos from my trip to, I duno, lets say u Chicago? that I 
 want to put up on my Smugmug page but when I get home, the only way I know of 
 to get that collection on my desktop is to make a list of file #s in the 
 collection and manually select them again.

 I'm not sure if I've been clear here so poke me if you don't understand what 
 I'm after.  I'll try again.
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Re: any PDML members in the South of France?

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Hi Bob

we will be leaving Montpellier on the 19th and will probably be hiring
a car for a week or so - I'll email you off list

Alastair

On Thu, Apr 29, 2010 at 6:57 AM, Bob W p...@web-options.com wrote:

 My wife and I and baby daughter will be traveling in Provence
 and Languedoc-Roussillon in June and would be interested in
 meeting up with PDML members if there are any there?

 Alastair

 I will be based in the town of Florac, Lozere - a departement in the
 Languedoc-Rousillon region - between 19th June and 1st July. I will be
 without motorised transport. Florac is smack in the middle of the Cevennes
 national park, not far from the Gorge du Tarn, which is among the
 incontournables of the region.

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My wife and I and baby daughter will be traveling in Provence and
Languedoc-Roussillon in June and would be interested in meeting up
with PDML members if there are any there?

Alastair

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Re: PESO: Pretty flower with a silly-sounding name.

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sorry to spoil the fun - it's actually Scilla!

Alastair

On Tue, Apr 6, 2010 at 9:16 AM, mike wilson m.9.wil...@ntlworld.com wrote:
 Jack Davis wrote:

 Beautiful! The name Squill sounds like something discharged from a
 wound. :(

 Jack

 Not so far from the truth...
 http://www.botanical.com/botanical/mgmh/s/squill86.html#med

 --- On Mon, 4/5/10, Charles Robinson charl...@visi.com wrote:


 From: Charles Robinson charl...@visi.com
 Subject: PESO: Pretty flower with a silly-sounding name.
 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net
 Date: Monday, April 5, 2010, 10:07 AM
 The wife tells me it is called
 Squill.

 It is some of the first stuff to pop up out of the ground
 when the weather warms up here in Minnesota.

 Taken with my new to me Tamron 90mm f2.5 macro lens.


 http://charles.robinsontwins.org/photos/2010/easter/content/IMGP9270_large.html


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