Re: March PUG

2004-03-01 Thread dagt
Fra: Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED] Dag, that is so cool. Thanks :-) I wish I could do shots like that. Why can't you? DagT

Re: March PUG

2004-03-01 Thread dagt
Now I'm blushing. Thanks a lot Frank! I agree that there are some very good photographers here, so it is nice to be on that list :-) DagT Fra: frank theriault [EMAIL PROTECTED] Dag's photo reminds me of the portrait by (was it?) Eve Arnold, of the infant's had wrapped around the

PAW - a nice flock of shoats

2004-03-01 Thread keller.schaefer
... no artistic value and the focus is not quite where it should be and it wasn't even dangerous (because of the fence) but still: www.mynetcologne.de/~nc-kellersv2/546.jpg Sven

RE: Possible Australian mini-PDML gathering(s)? - Melbourne

2004-03-01 Thread Paul Ewins
OK, it's in the diary Paul -Original Message- From: Leon Altoff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] I would ask that we avoid the casino, but we should be able to manage a Melbourne get together with the two Pauls and the other Melbourne PDMLers.

DA 16-45/4 - Where are the kits?

2004-03-01 Thread Greg Lovern
I'd like to buy an *ist D and a DA 16-45/4 as a kit, and get the $200 rebate from Pentax. But the only place I see selling them as a kit is Adorama, which is over $200 more expensive than some other sellers I see at Pricegrabber.com. Are the less expensive sellers likely to start offering them as

Re: OT: Damn Windows!

2004-03-01 Thread Lon Williamson
Using View-Refresh from WinExplorer's pull-down menus will put everything back in alpha order for the moment. -Lon Dario Bonazza wrote: Dear friends, I've got a silly problem with Windows 98, and I hope someboby will be able to suggest me a solution. In case, please reply me off-list. When I

Color-cast viewing *ISTD RAW images in BreezeBrowser

2004-03-01 Thread Jan van Wijk
Hi all, I remember there has been a discussion on image browsers a while ago, but I can't find any reference to this subject ... The problem is, I started to use Photoshop CS plus the Adobe RAW 2 plugin to work with my *ISTD RAW images, and that works just great! However, on trips I just take

RE: Color-cast viewing *ISTD RAW images in BreezeBrowser

2004-03-01 Thread Rob Brigham
CS comes with a 2 machine license as standard apparently. Check your docs - totally legal. I don't know how the authorisation stuff works though. You have to have an internet conncection don't you? I assume you only need this for initial registration and once that has been done you can

Re: PAW: London Eye

2004-03-01 Thread Steve Jolly
Thanks, Frank. The foreground trees were lit (apart from the leftmost one) - either by floodlights or just by light from the adjacent car park, I can't remember which now. :-) S frank theriault wrote: I think it's striking. I understand that the wheel is illuminated, but the foreground is

March PUG Row 9: Mostly adult women, color

2004-03-01 Thread Lon Williamson
Left to right we have: Peter Alling's Winter- Don't Forget your Scarf: Read what he says about it. The title really helps support the shot, which makes me think about spending a little more effort on my own titles. Kevin Waterson Portrait looks like it was shot for a model's portfolio. I don't

PAW

2004-03-01 Thread Chris
Two different shots.I don't think the homeless man got up before so once more.I cropped any reference spots because I was trying to focus on face and body language.He was asleep in front of a local hotel. The young girl was posing for her mother and I took the bit between the teeth and

Re:OT:shipping to Canada

2004-03-01 Thread Chris
Hi All,Australia is one ex Colony(Thanks to the Americans winning the war of Independance)that does not have taxes on photographic gear.If you ship any thing by USMail i.e.parcel post (Air included)there is no problem up to a value of $A1000.00.If you ship it UPS after $A260.00 you get slugged GST

Re: OT:shipping to Canada

2004-03-01 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: David Madsen Subject: RE: OT:shipping to Canada I just wanted to thank everyone again for their comments. I have not done much shipping and the information given here has taught me much. When all of my stuff is sold I will be having a *istD shipped to me.

Re: PAW: Big Bird

2004-03-01 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Paul Stenquist Subject: Re: PAW: Big Bird Thanks Mark. The Canadian Geese are rather cooperative photo subjects . They're not easily frightened. Thats an understatement. They can be quite aggressive. We have quite a flock of them here, perhaps as many as a

Re: March Pug: Row 7, duets in color

2004-03-01 Thread ernreed2
Lon said: ERN Reed's Siblings looks like a studio shot, but it's so refreshing and spontaneous. Just like they didn't hate each other most of the time, right? Good shot. I'd fork over as a parent for this one, too. Oddly enough, these don't hate each other most of the time! They seem to

Going OT: Re: First Brisbane PDML a huge success!

2004-03-01 Thread Ryan Lee
Jos, you forgot Bulgaria- the world cup soccer team which (2 cups ago perhaps?) celebrated a certain goal with a mound of athletic bodies piled up on the pitch, during which one of them thought it was a good idea to shove his hand up another player's pants to grab, hmm, another 'B' place- which

PUG?

2004-03-01 Thread mapson
May someone, please, provide the address of PUG. Thanks (*)o(*) Robert [EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: PUG?

2004-03-01 Thread zoomshot
http://www.pug.komkon.org/ -Original Message- From: mapson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 01 March 2004 15:26 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: PUG? May someone, please, provide the address of PUG. Thanks (*)o(*) Robert [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: March PUG

2004-03-01 Thread Dag T
På 1. mar. 2004 kl. 11.51 skrev Cotty: Fra: Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED] Dag, that is so cool. Thanks :-) I wish I could do shots like that. Why can't you? DagT You know what I mean. I suppose I possibly could, but I think that most photographers settle into making pics they feel most

Re: March PUG is open

2004-03-01 Thread Jostein
David, Sorry to hear that. The service has been stable for a good while now. My ISP moved the whole thing onto new servers around christmas, and that helped a lot. Jostein - Original Message - From: David Madsen [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, February 29, 2004

Re: PAW beacuse I missed the PUG

2004-03-01 Thread Shel Belinkoff
Hi Mark ... Since you told us that Dr. Kwasi is a percussionist, I can't help wondering if he played those drums while you were there with your camera. It might have made a much more interesting photo to see him in action. As it is, without your description, it's just some guy standing alongside

Re: DA 16-45/4 - Where are the kits?

2004-03-01 Thread alex wetmore
On Mon, 1 Mar 2004, Greg Lovern wrote: I'd like to buy an *ist D and a DA 16-45/4 as a kit, and get the $200 rebate from Pentax. But the only place I see selling them as a kit is Adorama, which is over $200 more expensive than some other sellers I see at Pricegrabber.com. Are the less

Re: European PDML Meeting 2004

2004-03-01 Thread Kristian-H. Schuessler
Hallo Heiko, Are there any more of you interested? Yes, I am: Kristian-Heinrich Schüssler Haslach near Offenburg, Mittlerer Schwarzwald, Mittleres Kinzigtal Concerning the place to meet we have the following propositions: Germany (7)

Re: PAW - Grey Day

2004-03-01 Thread wendy beard
At 05:35 AM 01/03/2004, you wrote: The color version has more impact. The muted colors and the hint of red make this pic far more interesting than the BW photo. Looking at it I thought that a slightly different crop might make it a stronger image, albeit a different one. What do you think?

Re: March PUG

2004-03-01 Thread Gianfranco Irlanda
Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Crikey Gianfranco - you been looking at Arnold Newman books?? EXCELLENT. And Jostein [EMAIL PROTECTED] added: Yeah. That's what struck me too. Newman's portrait of Stravinsky by the grand piano. It's a great shot, Gianco. Hi Cotty and Jostein, Gosh! I

Re: March Pug, Row 4: BW males

2004-03-01 Thread Gianfranco Irlanda
Lon Williamson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Gianfranco has one of the best on this month's PUG, as usual. Excellent. Hi Lon, Thanks a lot for the kind words! Ciao, Gianfranco = “To read is to travel without all the hassles of luggage.” ---Emilio Salgari (1863-1911)

Re: Color-cast viewing *ISTD RAW images in BreezeBrowser

2004-03-01 Thread Juey Chong Ong
On Monday, Mar 1, 2004, at 05:31 America/New_York, Rob Brigham wrote: CS comes with a 2 machine license as standard apparently. Check your docs - totally legal. I've not seen the CS licensing scheme, but the traditional Photoshop license allows you to install a licensed copy on two machines as

Re: March PUG

2004-03-01 Thread Gianfranco Irlanda
frank theriault [EMAIL PROTECTED] All I can say about Gianfranco's photo, is that it surpasses the already high expectations I have for his monthly contribution. Hi Frank, Thanks very much!! (blushing...) I try to keep my sumbissions to a high standard, but I'm not always sure whether my new

Re: PAW - Grey Day

2004-03-01 Thread Eactivist
In a message dated 3/1/2004 9:00:33 AM Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Wendy http://www.beard-redfern.com/greyday.html http://www.beard-redfern.com/greyday2.html Wendy Beard The touch of red makes the pic. The contrast. So I like the color one better. But I think that's

RE: Color-cast viewing *ISTD RAW images in BreezeBrowser

2004-03-01 Thread Rob Brigham
Whoa! Surely if you have a personal firewall on the PCs they wont be able to do that? I don't like the security implications of broadcasting from a PC like that... -Original Message- From: Juey Chong Ong [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 01 March 2004 17:12 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: PAW

2004-03-01 Thread Eactivist
In a message dated 3/1/2004 6:20:13 AM Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Two different shots.I don't think the homeless man got up before so once more.I cropped any reference spots because I was trying to focus on face and body language.He was asleep in front of a local hotel. The

Re: Color-cast viewing *ISTD RAW images in BreezeBrowser

2004-03-01 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Rob Brigham Subject: RE: Color-cast viewing *ISTD RAW images in BreezeBrowser Whoa! Surely if you have a personal firewall on the PCs they wont be able to do that? I don't like the security implications of broadcasting from a PC like that... You have to

Re: PAW beacuse I missed the PUG

2004-03-01 Thread Eactivist
In a message dated 3/1/2004 5:37:29 AM Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I didn't get my portrait shot in to the PUG by deadline so I'll present it as a PAW image. http://www.robertstech.com/temp/7d302729.jpg The subject is Dr Kwasi, a local percussionist, photographed in Highland

RE: PAW - Hershey's Rapids

2004-03-01 Thread brooksdj
Superb shot Larry. Dave From: Larry Hodgson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: PAW - Hershey's Rapids Date: Sun, 29 Feb 2004 09:12:32 -0700 Here's one of the last images I made with my 4x5 view camera.

RE: Color-cast viewing *ISTD RAW images in BreezeBrowser

2004-03-01 Thread Rob Brigham
Nah, mine blocks everything unless or until it is configured it to let it through. -Original Message- From: William Robb [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 01 March 2004 17:30 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Color-cast viewing *ISTD RAW images in BreezeBrowser - Original

Re: PAW Arizona Landscape

2004-03-01 Thread Gianfranco Irlanda
Larry Hodgson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Here's one I shot last summer. Again this was done with a Nikon Coolpix 5700 before I had my *istD. Going back in the spring to shoot this area again with the D. Comments welcome. http://tripodman.smugmug.com/gallery/65384/1/2589664/Original Larry,

Re: 6x7

2004-03-01 Thread brooksdj
At 07:58 AM 2/28/2004 +, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The 55 is next on my list.I have the 90 LS and the SMC200 F4 now.The 200 is very sharp,i find. I bought a set of tubes too and cannot wait to try them out. Then Mark said Ironically, though I

Re: PAW: London Eye

2004-03-01 Thread Eactivist
In a message dated 3/1/2004 2:42:47 AM Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: From: Steve Jolly [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.elvum.net/gallery/paw/33_london_eye I find this very interesting. Not totally sure I LIKE it. It bothers me that the ferris wheel is leaning (bothers the

Re: March Pug, row 8, girls in color

2004-03-01 Thread Christian
- Original Message - From: Lon Williamson [EMAIL PROTECTED] The two keepers here, are, in my opinion, Olivia by Christian Skofteland, and Zoopportunity by Frits J. Wüthrich. Olivia's shot is how I spent my summer vacation and Zooportunity, though shot at a zoo, looks like And

Camera shake (was The A-2XS and A 400/5.6)

2004-03-01 Thread Nick Clark
I'm still not sure about this. While I agree that on the first image i.e. the sensor or film the effect will be the same as for the 800mm lens, as the enlargement to a same sized print is greater for the *istD compared to the 35mm film camera, you are also enlarging the shake which will then be

Re: Color-cast viewing *ISTD RAW images in BreezeBrowser

2004-03-01 Thread John Francis
2) only Adobe reads the RAW image and interpolates to the monitor with the correct color normalization. the Pentax software reads the preview JPEG. everyone else seems to not apply the camera-specific normalization. I'm not sure even Adobe is doing that. I believe the photoshop code is

Re: PAW: Southern Comfort

2004-03-01 Thread Robert Gonzalez
Wow, sounds like a lot more food than we had! Gotta love the southern tradition of using the smallest excuse for having a feast huh? This is especially true for barb-e-ques down in south Texas. We always make enough to feed the whole town, despite the fact that we have leftovers for the

Re: March PUG Row 5: BW

2004-03-01 Thread Steve Jolly
When I was in India a couple of years ago we did the tourist thing for a day and went to the Taj Mahal. Most of the other visitors were Indian families, and *every single father* was taking forced-perspective shots of his kids picking up the Taj. So this was my homage to cheesy tourist

PAW: PUG mistake

2004-03-01 Thread Steve Desjardins
I guess I messed up with my PUG submission. It was this http://home.wlu.edu/~desjardi/ This image was actually not heavily manipulated. It is sharpened a bit and solarized using the filter in Picture Publisher, but this effect can be done in a darkroom as well. It was the picture in the

Re: PAW

2004-03-01 Thread graywolf
Yep, its photos like that which have people up in arms. These days here in the US both the mom, and Chris could wind up in jail for taking pictures like that. Heck you can almost get arrested for carrying a camera around in a park where kids are these days. Sure it is stupid, but that is the

Re: OT:shipping to Canada

2004-03-01 Thread Lawrence Kwan
On Sun, 29 Feb 2004, William Robb wrote: Actually, all the UPS horror stories only applies for UPS GROUND shipping. If you ship by UPS Express or Expedited, there is NO brokerage fees, it is included. Well, no. It doesn't. At least not in my experience. It DOES include brokerage fees for

Re: PAW: PUG mistake

2004-03-01 Thread William M Kane
Steve, Interesting portrait . . . what's that halo thingie to the right of her head? What alumni magazine was this, the subject sounds interesting to me. IL Bill On Monday, March 1, 2004, at 12:39 PM, Steve Desjardins wrote: I guess I messed up with my PUG submission. It was this

Re: PAW - joining in the fun

2004-03-01 Thread Shel Belinkoff
Hi Dave ... Fire hydrants are nice, but y'know, some close-up or macro work on the details may have more impact than a hydrant just standing there. Have you though about getting real close, or maybe staking out a hydrant waiting for the local pup to make his rounds? shel David Madsen wrote:

Re: OT:shipping to Canada

2004-03-01 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Lawrence Kwan Subject: Re: OT:shipping to Canada On Sun, 29 Feb 2004, William Robb wrote: Actually, all the UPS horror stories only applies for UPS GROUND shipping. If you ship by UPS Express or Expedited, there is NO brokerage fees, it is included.

Re: Camera shake (was The A-2XS and A 400/5.6)

2004-03-01 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Nick Clark Subject: Camera shake (was The A-2XS and A 400/5.6) I'm still not sure about this. While I agree that on the first image i.e. the sensor or film the effect will be the same as for the 800mm lens, as the enlargement to a same sized print is greater

Re: PAW

2004-03-01 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: graywolf Subject: Re: PAW Yep, its photos like that which have people up in arms. These days here in the US both the mom, and Chris could wind up in jail for taking pictures like that. Heck you can almost get arrested for carrying a camera around in a park

Re: PAW - joining in the fun

2004-03-01 Thread Shel Belinkoff
http://www.icp.org/weegee/images/wg1-7.jpg David Madsen wrote: I loved the idea of PAW, so after two weeks I have finally added a PAW page to my site. Direct link is http://davidmadsen.com/paw.htm. This week is a fire hydrant that I photographed thinking that I would do a series of

Re: Camera shake (was The A-2XS and A 400/5.6)

2004-03-01 Thread Bob Blakely
Perspective (foreshortening, etc.) is determined entirely by the camera's position in relation to the subject matter and is independent of format or lens choice. How much shake you can take is entirely determined by the geometry involved. The geometry that's important is the ratio of the focal

Re: March Pug, row 8, girls in color

2004-03-01 Thread Frits Wüthrich
Thanks Lon. I don't think the cheeks got boosted to be honest, they look nice, don't they? On Mon, 2004-03-01 at 14:21, Lon Williamson wrote: The two keepers here, are, in my opinion, Olivia by Christian Skofteland, and Zoopportunity by Frits J. Wüthrich. Olivia's shot is how I spent my

Re: March PUG

2004-03-01 Thread Cotty
On 1/3/04, [EMAIL PROTECTED] disgorged: Anyway: what I mean is that we should try to free ourselves from conventions and that we shouldn´t sit back and say I can´t do this. Most of us can. I agree. Let me rephrase my original message from: I wish I could do shots like that. to: I wish I

Re: March PUG

2004-03-01 Thread Cotty
On 1/3/04, [EMAIL PROTECTED] disgorged: Well my friends, thank you both very much for the appreciation! Hope to meet you again in London (or anywhere else we'll be able to have the PDML meeting) in Spring. Hang on now mate - this one's going to be a Beer Meeting. PDML comes a close second on

Re: secondhand *-istD for sale in Germany

2004-03-01 Thread Kostas Kavoussanakis
On Mon, 1 Mar 2004, mike wilson wrote: There are plenty of sale options for those who wish to purchase. I was merely letting people know of another. No need for contempt. Sorry, no contempt at you, just shocked about the low price already. It is a low price, despite the issues you mentioned

PAW Following in Marks footsteps

2004-03-01 Thread Rob Studdert
http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=2176214size=lg Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel +61-2-9554-4110 UTC(GMT) +10 Hours [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://members.ozemail.com.au/~distudio/publications/ Pentax user since 1986, PDMLer since 1998

Re: PAW - Hershey's Rapids

2004-03-01 Thread Cotty
I suppose Cotty would scoff C Whenever I can. Pardon me, but what is scoff? Boris Two meanings that I know of without looking in the dictionary, Boris. 1. Scoff as in eat a lot of food: 'he scoffed it all down like a greedy pig.' and 2. Scoff as in turn your nose up: 'he scoffed at the

Re: March PUG

2004-03-01 Thread Cotty
Well my friends, thank you both very much for the appreciation! Hope to meet you again in London (or anywhere else we'll be able to have the PDML meeting) in Spring. Hang on now mate - this one's going to be a Beer Meeting. PDML comes a close second on this occasion ;-) That wasn't clear

Re: what is scoff?

2004-03-01 Thread Bob W
Hi, I suppose Cotty would scoff C Whenever I can. Pardon me, but what is scoff? if you scoff your food it means you eat it quickly and greedily. Cheers, Bob oh, and also, if you scoff at something it means you think it's ridiculous or inadequate.

Re: PAW

2004-03-01 Thread Rob Studdert
On 1 Mar 2004 at 13:20, William Robb wrote: I was thinking that as well when I looked. That picture may well be kiddie porn under Canada's laws. Talk about anal, a similar thread scared my baby sister off the list a few years back. You may recall the discussion Bill, something about

RE: First Brisbane PDML a huge success!

2004-03-01 Thread frank theriault
Oh yeah. Well, Pat, I said I knew I was missing a couple of people. Evidently, you were one of them. vbg Sorry about that. Pat is not Chopped Liver. Just to set the record straight. Hey, you haven't seen my LX yet, have you Pat? Ooo. Aaaahh. vbg cheers, frank The optimist

Re: PAW - Hershey's Rapids

2004-03-01 Thread Cotty
I suppose Cotty would scoff C Whenever I can. Pardon me, but what is scoff? It has two meanings: 1. to eat greedily 2. to mock Now, which one do you think Cotty was meaning?? mike I would just like to grasp this opportunity to thank the honourable gentleman from Sunderland for very

Re: PAW

2004-03-01 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Rob Studdert Subject: Re: PAW On 1 Mar 2004 at 13:20, William Robb wrote: I was thinking that as well when I looked. That picture may well be kiddie porn under Canada's laws. Talk about anal, a similar thread scared my baby sister off the list a few

Re: PAW - Hershey's Rapids

2004-03-01 Thread William Robb
I think Cotty is spending too much time at the Scoff and Quaff. WW - Original Message - From: Cotty Subject: Re: PAW - Hershey's Rapids I suppose Cotty would scoff C Whenever I can. Pardon me, but what is scoff? Boris Two meanings that I know of without looking in the

RE: PAW

2004-03-01 Thread frank theriault
I more or less agree with Marnie WRT Homeless at Rose Bay. He could any old guy sleeping at any place. Or, he could just have shut his eyes when you snapped. To me there's no context here. I'm not necessarily saying (as I think Marnie did) that there should be more visual cues of his

Re: PUG

2004-03-01 Thread frank theriault
Me too. Thanks, guys. As always, a job well done. I'll buy you both drinks @ GFM... -frank The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears it is true. -J. Robert Oppenheimer From: Lon Williamson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Again, thank the two of you for

Re: PAW

2004-03-01 Thread Eactivist
In a message dated 3/1/2004 2:44:39 PM Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: So, about the photo. I think you did a great job of capturing her beautiful smile! The lifting of the dress is clearly an impish gesture, probably designed to get a reaction from the nearby parent. Every

Re: PAW - Grey Day

2004-03-01 Thread frank theriault
Hey, that's Union Station! I see that every day. Cool! I agree with Shel, the colour one has more impact. Maybe it's all psychological, but once I know that a colour photo has been desaturated to bw, it just doesn't work. If I'm not told? I probably wouldn't notice. But, that being said,

RE: PAW - Orchid

2004-03-01 Thread frank theriault
Terrific comp, beautiful colours, I like the bokeh. Lovely shot. Thanks, Bob. Hope you can hold a real camera soon... cheers, frank The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears it is true. -J. Robert Oppenheimer From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To:

RE: Testing the QuikSnap® Page

2004-03-01 Thread Nick Clark
Works fine on Pocket IE on PPC. Nick -Original Message- From: Shel Belinkoff[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 29/02/04 02:46:49 To: PDML[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Testing the QuikSnap® Page I've just put up the start of the QuikSnap® web page and I'd like some

RE: PAW: more BA streets and old cars...

2004-03-01 Thread frank theriault
Always pushing the envelope, eh Albano? I like it. I don't know what one might do with it, but there are many possibilities. I do know that I like it. Looks like an old Ford Falcon. The colours look just about right. I know you were leaning against the wall, but that's still amazing for

RE: March PUG, row 2

2004-03-01 Thread frank theriault
Thanks for the comment, Lon. And, I agree with you. Boris has an unfair advantage, shooting such a beautiful child!! vbg cheers, frank The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears it is true. -J. Robert Oppenheimer From: Lon Williamson [EMAIL

RE: PAW and introduction

2004-03-01 Thread frank theriault
Hi, David, Don't know what everyone else said. I'm at the point where I'm trying to catch up on PAWs that are a few days old, and I'm just deleting the responses unread. So, first, lovely shot. If you've been lurking here for a bit, you'll know that there are several amazing bug and bird

Re: PAW

2004-03-01 Thread Shel Belinkoff
Nice to see your critical pixels here, Frank ;-)) I was about to post a similar comment ... Although it's not ~necessary~ to see the eyes, the eyes often complete, if not tell, the story. That's something of a generalization, but it's also something to consider each time one presses the

RE: PAW Snow flower

2004-03-01 Thread frank theriault
There is hope that this winter will end... Beautiful shot, Bill. thanks, frank The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears it is true. -J. Robert Oppenheimer From: Bill Owens [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: PDML [EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: PAW: Above the clouds.

2004-03-01 Thread frank theriault
Again, playing catch-up with PAWs. Love this one, Fred. Those old Spotties and Taks are capable of taking wonderful shots. Of course, they have to be in the hands of skilled photographers, at opportune moments like this to do their stuff. Just beautiful. thanks, frank The optimist thinks

Re: PAW - Hershey's Rapids

2004-03-01 Thread graywolf
A word in a two-bit dictionary. Sorry, hard to pass up a good straight line. -- Boris Liberman wrote: Hi! I suppose Cotty would scoff C Whenever I can. Pardon me, but what is scoff? Boris -- graywolf http://graywolfphoto.com You might as well accept people as they are, you are not

Re: Camera shake (was The A-2XS and A 400/5.6)

2004-03-01 Thread graywolf
Ah yes, my M50/1.7 is a 200mm effective focal length. My Vivitar 24/2.0 is a 100mm effective, and my 100 is a 400 effective. I especially like my 80-200 which is a 320-800 effective. Your 50mm on your *ist is a 300mm efective. Wow! Hey if we use 8x10 we can double them. Then my 80-200 is a 640

Re: PAW

2004-03-01 Thread Peter J. Alling
Sounds about the way US law can be interpreted. Some states are harsher than Federal. William Robb wrote: - Original Message - From: Rob Studdert Subject: Re: PAW On 1 Mar 2004 at 13:20, William Robb wrote: I was thinking that as well when I looked. That picture may well be

Re: Hershey's Rapids

2004-03-01 Thread Larry Hodgson
Boris said: Why is it so customary to shot a flowing water at very slow shutter speed as if to get this kind of effect? Here for example this works brilliantly. But I've seen quite many images where going to medium fast g shutter speed getting (almost) sharp, frozen water would be way better. At

PUG: Cotty's Vixen

2004-03-01 Thread Paul Stenquist
I really like this shot. I love the framing and the composition. The minimal depth of field with the focus perfectly placed makes it very special. And of course a beautiful woman doesn't hurt :-). Nice work. Paul

Re: PAW - Hershey's Rapids

2004-03-01 Thread graywolf
I think for 1. you mean scarfed, not scoffed. Always wanted to scoff at your scarfing, Cotty (grin). Of course in Britain, words are often twisted into strange meanings. -- Cotty wrote: I suppose Cotty would scoff C Whenever I can. Pardon me, but what is scoff? Boris Two meanings that I

Re: PAW

2004-03-01 Thread Peter J. Alling
Sadly you don't need lurid content for it to be construed as kiddy porn. frank theriault wrote: I more or less agree with Marnie WRT Homeless at Rose Bay. He could any old guy sleeping at any place. Or, he could just have shut his eyes when you snapped. To me there's no context here. I'm

RE: PAW: Big Bird

2004-03-01 Thread frank theriault
I hate these critters. They poop all over our parks and green spaces. They're cranky and hiss at you and chase you if you get too close. If you're having a picnic, and they discover you have food, they become very aggressive and literally chase you away from your picnic table. Not only

Re: PAW: Big Bird

2004-03-01 Thread frank theriault
Not easily frightened? Au contraire! Those suckers will snap off your fingers if you get too close. But, I think I've said enough about these vicious vermin, who are not Canadian (did I mention that?). He's right, though, Paul. You nailed the exposure. cheers, frank The optimist thinks

re: March PUG by row, Row 1

2004-03-01 Thread Fred Widall
Lon, Thanks for the kind comment, I glad you liked 'Kelly'. -- Fred Widall Email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] URL: http://www.ist.uwaterloo.ca/~fwwidall --

Re: Camera shake (was The A-2XS and A 400/5.6)

2004-03-01 Thread Cotty
I think, just to ensure absolute clarity, I will refer to all focal lengths as they work on the 4x5 format, since that is as good a reference standard as anything. At least me, Rittenhouse and Hodgson will have a clue. Don't know about the rest of you lot though. Cheeky git. We'll send

Re: Color-cast viewing *ISTD RAW images in BreezeBrowser

2004-03-01 Thread Herb Chong
they aren't using the code unmodified. for one thing, they have access to the Pentax proprietary information by working with Pentax. those fields that you couldn't decode would have been disclosed to Adobe. Herb - Original Message - From: John Francis [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL

Re: PAW - Hershey's Rapids

2004-03-01 Thread Cotty
On 1/3/04, [EMAIL PROTECTED] disgorged: I think Cotty is spending too much time at the Scoff and Quaff. WW Thanks Bill - there's tears rolling down my cheeks. best laugh I've had in days... Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|

Re: PAW - Hershey's Rapids

2004-03-01 Thread Herb Chong
not to mention that some of the most interesting waterfalls are shaded most of the time. Herb - Original Message - From: William Robb [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, March 01, 2004 2:58 PM Subject: Re: PAW - Hershey's Rapids It's an effect borne from

Re: #1 Rule in Photography-was: PAW: Above the clouds

2004-03-01 Thread Shel Belinkoff
Hi Frank ... I guess that's a version of F8 and be there ;-)) But what might the second rule be? shel frank theriault wrote: A couple of months ago, someone asked what our first and best piece of advice would be for tyros. I think I said, shoot lots. I would like to change it to, have

RE: My Pug favoritos...

2004-03-01 Thread frank theriault
Thanks for the comment, Albano. I'm glad you liked it. At the risk of being immodest, it was one of those shots that once I took it, I couldn't wait to get it developed, to see if it turned out the way I hoped; I was pleased that it did! Since it was a one shot deal, I knew I couldn't go

Re: #1 Rule in Photography-was: PAW: Above the clouds

2004-03-01 Thread Peter J. Alling
Be your own editor. Shel Belinkoff wrote: Hi Frank ... I guess that's a version of F8 and be there ;-)) But what might the second rule be? shel frank theriault wrote: A couple of months ago, someone asked what our first and best piece of advice would be for tyros. I think I said, shoot

RE: PAW: more BA streets and old cars...

2004-03-01 Thread frank theriault
Albano, Sorry, I forgot you have only been back with us for a few weeks. I guess you missed the long discussion we had about shooting moving cars at night using fill flash with trailing curtain sync. I was just trying to make a joke. I didn't really mean your shot needed it. Sorry for the

Re: PAW: Bonnie's Piano (Homage to Mark LOL

2004-03-01 Thread Shel Belinkoff
Hi Frank ... Thanks ... it was a fun afternoon making a number of shots of the workings of the piano, trying to find more than what was obvious. At least it's not sharp all over, eh LOL But I have to admit, while I think this ~might~ have been a stronger image had it been sharper, there are

Re: #1 Rule in Photography-was: PAW: Above the clouds

2004-03-01 Thread Shel Belinkoff
Totally disagree ... most photographers are not good editors of their own work. Often they have too much emotion involved in their photographs. shel Peter J. Alling wrote: Be your own editor. Shel Belinkoff wrote: Hi Frank ... I guess that's a version of F8 and be there ;-)) But

Re: OT:shipping to Canada

2004-03-01 Thread John Mustarde
On Sun, 29 Feb 2004 23:37:21 -0500 (EST), you wrote: On Sun, 29 Feb 2004, William Robb wrote: Don't be afraid to ship to Canada, just don't ship UPS. Actually, all the UPS horror stories only applies for UPS GROUND shipping. If you ship by UPS Express or Expedited, there is NO brokerage fees,

Re: PAW: Bonnie's Piano (Homage to Mark LOL

2004-03-01 Thread Shel Belinkoff
I was looking for a quote that came to me from a friend that says it better than I ever could. She wrote: I like it when photography can zero in on shapes and forms and reintroduce us to ordinary things. Not focus so much on what it is but on it's qualities, character, and

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