RE: LONDON PDML - final update

2005-05-02 Thread Adelheid v. K.
Hi Cotty, since i am still a bit confused about all the trains, tubes and such, I'll give you a call on thursday and we work out how to meet. Then i'll have a better understanding about the possibilities to come to London. Bourogh Market is ok with me. I am still debating about the tripot. I

Re: PESO and enablement

2005-05-02 Thread mike wilson
Scott Loveless wrote: Howdy, gang! I finally aquired the necessary tools to process my own film. I also bought a Canon 8400F scanner - mostly, because it comes with carriers for 35mm slide and print film, and for 120 film. Basically, I've the means to process, proof and print my own

Re: Apples and Oranges (was Re: Why and How I switched to Canon (for those who care) long)

2005-05-02 Thread mike wilson
John Francis wrote: On Sun, May 01, 2005 at 10:49:22PM -0400, Scott Loveless wrote: On 4/30/05, Paul Stenquist [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It's not bogus. Its a comparison of what is accessible to most photographers working with a normal budget. I'm going to slightly agree with Paul here. As am I.

PAW - Sunrise in Dunedin

2005-05-02 Thread David Mann
Hi all, This is a couple of days later than I'd hoped, but here it is. I still think the scan could use a little improvement but I haven't had much of a chance to really come to grips with my scanner yet. It may look a little dark but I liked the way the light zig-zags down the hill. I

Re: May PUG is open

2005-05-02 Thread Kostas Kavoussanakis
On Sat, 30 Apr 2005, Cotty wrote: All the open gallery shots are fab as well. Gotta give it to Dag tho for this month - that's a beauty. My thoughts too. Alin's shot also caught my eye, but on my monitor the corner is a bit too dark and the detail is not visible to me. Well done folks.

My Pic in New York Times

2005-05-02 Thread Paul Stenquist
I have my first New York Times photo this morning. It's a shot I took at Detroit's Dream Cruise in 2003. It appears on page D9 in the National Edition. It might be on a different page in the New York tri-county edition. And it's from film! I shot it with the LX and the 135/2.5 on Portra 400. I

Re: PESO and enablement

2005-05-02 Thread Paul Stenquist
Interesting pose and composition. I like it. However the shadow detail is all blocked up, and the image is a bit dark overall. It may have been overdeveloped, but it's hard to say without seeing the neg. However, if there's detail in the neg, you can bring it back with an appropriate scan and

Re: PAW: People Portraits #18 - GDG

2005-05-02 Thread Paul Stenquist
This one is a winner. I love the light modeling. The faces of the two subjects are beautifully described by the tonal ranges you've captured therein. I also like the unique framing. It's as though the pic ramps up to the main subjects. Good work. Very good. Paul On May 2, 2005, at 1:08 AM,

Re: Reporting in

2005-05-02 Thread Herb Chong
Windows XP is supposed to enable Large LBA support automatically. that's what that little program does. did you install Service Pack 2 version of XP or older. Herb - Original Message - From: jtainter [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Sent: Sunday, May 01, 2005 11:54 PM

Re: My Pic in New York Times

2005-05-02 Thread Kostas Kavoussanakis
On Mon, 2 May 2005, Paul Stenquist wrote: I have my first New York Times photo this morning. Well done Paul! Is it available from somewhere? I hope they pay well, but the kudos noone can take away from you. Kostas

Re: My Pic in New York Times

2005-05-02 Thread cbwaters
Damn Paul, That's Da Bizom! Fricken Cool... Cory - Original Message - From: Paul Stenquist [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Sent: Monday, May 02, 2005 5:58 AM Subject: My Pic in New York Times I have my first New York Times photo this morning. It's a shot I took at

Re: OT: Journey of Man

2005-05-02 Thread Keith Whaley
Boris Liberman wrote: Hi! [...] Keith, I did not think of this in terms of population percentage left after the disaster. I was thinking more in terms of how little people came to give life to all this multitude of races, skin colors, characters, appearances, and so on... This is what amazes

RE: People Portraits #18 - GDG

2005-05-02 Thread Markus Maurer
Hi Godfrey I seem to notice a pattern with most of your photos you show as PAW or PESO: mostly, I like the idea and the moments you take and I really like b/w photography. But, I often disagree strongly with the framing and/or cropping of the pictures and sometimes, *for me* important parts have

RE: Apples and Oranges

2005-05-02 Thread Markus Maurer
Hi Mike My Canon 9900F has a strong magenta cast when not warmed up on the first scans. Simply warming up the lamps once does not cure that, after a few preview scans, the results are getting better and are quite color neutral. Sometimes I use the scanner calibration in Scan gear too if the casts

RE: PAW - Sunrise in Dunedin

2005-05-02 Thread Markus Maurer
Hi David I can't see enough details of the landscape here to judge it. That may be related to the unnecessary small size of the photo, I would *much* prefer to see more of it than a lot of frames ;-) Would you like to present it a bit brighter and bigger? greetings Markus Oh and for once this

OT: It's Show Time - The Sequel

2005-05-02 Thread frank theriault
Got back from Kingston last night, and the show's up. Had to give it a title (they wanted one of those silly Artist's Statements to go up on the wall. I didn't want to argue with them that I'm not an artist...), so I settled on A Second of Spontaneity. Thirty photos at maybe 1/30th of a second

Re: Apples and Oranges (was Re: Why and How I switched to Canon (for those who care) long)

2005-05-02 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: John Francis Subject: Re: Apples and Oranges (was Re: Why and How I switched to Canon (for those who care) long) What is bogus is to lay the blame for the lowering of photographic standards at the feet of digital. Even before digital cameras showed up, it

GESO: BVH redux (Re: FA*85 and 77mm LTD autofocus)

2005-05-02 Thread Derby Chang
Popped up some pics. Didn't like the green/red lights, so I converted most of the pics to quadtones. http://members.iinet.net.au/~derbyc/BVH2/01.htm Still puzzles me. Why would the AF on the 85mm be slower than the 77mm? I'll have to continue the experiment. D Derby Chang wrote: Hi all, Has

Re: OT: It's Show Time - The Sequel

2005-05-02 Thread Bob Sullivan
That's great Frank. You deserve some enjoyment of the moment. Regards, Bob S. On 5/2/05, frank theriault [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Got back from Kingston last night, and the show's up. Had to give it a title (they wanted one of those silly Artist's Statements to go up on the wall. I didn't

Re: PAW: Some more Cliche

2005-05-02 Thread frank theriault
On 5/1/05, Keith Whaley [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It may be cliche, but it's not a 'tired' one! I like it a lot. Very good balance in contrast, by the way. Even the deeper shadows have some detail and the bokeh is excellent (meaning not noticeable...) And if it has been processed as you

Re: OT: It's Show Time - The Sequel

2005-05-02 Thread Kostas Kavoussanakis
On Mon, 2 May 2005, frank theriault wrote: I don't know how many I'll sell; I don't really have high expectations, but I must say it's really a charge to see stuff up in a public space, and see total strangers who seem to get something out of just looking. Fantastique. Well done Frank.

Re: My Pic in New York Times

2005-05-02 Thread pnstenquist
Thanks Kostas. I have a color version of it on my photo.net page. It's here: http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=2556636 The Times photo editor asked for a 500k jpeg and did his own BW conversion. I was surprised that they didn't want a larger file. I went with medium compression,

Acronyms, Acronyms Everywhere!

2005-05-02 Thread Mitchell Conant
I've been a computer professional for 20+ years, so I relate to acronyms...as long as I know what they stand for. So...what do the following acronyms denote??? *ist, as in *ist D/DS? PESO PAW (Picture a week?) WTB GESO FS OT ...and any others of interest. Thanks, Mitch BTW, if the

Re: My Pic in New York Times

2005-05-02 Thread Kostas Kavoussanakis
On Mon, 2 May 2005 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks Kostas. I have a color version of it on my photo.net page. It's here: http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=2556636 Thanks. I may have seen it before, actually. all their photo parameters. When you look through the paper, every shot

May PUG - Cameras Lenses

2005-05-02 Thread Kenneth Waller
My post for this month's PUG was submitted a bit prematurely. I hit the enter key before I typed in the back up. For those interested: Cameras Lenses ( http://pug.komkon.org/05may/imgp0402.html ) taken of me others by my wife (from inside our photo bus) with an Optio S in August on THE

Re: Acronyms, Acronyms Everywhere!

2005-05-02 Thread John Whittingham
*ist, as in *ist D/DS? Pentax camera model. PESO Picture every so often. PAW (Picture a week?) Yes. WTB Want to buy. GESO Gallery every so often. FS For sale OT Off topic. John -- Original Message --- From: Mitchell Conant [EMAIL PROTECTED] To:

Re: My Pic in New York Times

2005-05-02 Thread Kenneth Waller
Way to go Paul. How fortunate to have the bus marque displaying Dream Cruise. Was this image for use in an article? Kenneth Waller -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: May 2, 2005 9:39 AM To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: Re: My Pic in New York Times Thanks Kostas. I

Re: Acronyms, Acronyms Everywhere!

2005-05-02 Thread Boros Attila
Hello Mitchell, Monday, May 2, 2005, 4:48:49 PM, you wrote: MC I've been a computer professional for 20+ years, so I relate MC to acronyms...as long as I know what they stand for. So...what do MC the following acronyms denote??? MC *ist, as in *ist D/DS? yes MC PESO Picture Every So Often (for

Re: May PUG - Cameras Lenses

2005-05-02 Thread Fred
One of the largest natural occurances of 600mm lenses occurs in this park! Har! Fred

Re: Acronyms, Acronyms Everywhere!

2005-05-02 Thread Doug Brewer
BTW, if the maintainers of this list are looking in; has the digest option always been there? When I first signed up I was receiving individual messages. Maybe I missed something when I signed up the first time; if this is something new, thanks. Yep, we've always had the digest option. It's

Re: BVH redux (Re: FA*85 and 77mm LTD autofocus)

2005-05-02 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Derby Chang Subject: GESO: BVH redux (Re: FA*85 and 77mm LTD autofocus) Still puzzles me. Why would the AF on the 85mm be slower than the 77mm? I'll have to continue the experiment. How much more mass does the camera have to shift with the 85? William Robb

Re: Acronyms, Acronyms Everywhere!

2005-05-02 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Mitchell Conant Subject: Acronyms, Acronyms Everywhere! I've been a computer professional for 20+ years, so I relate to acronyms...as long as I know what they stand for. So...what do the following acronyms denote??? *ist, as in *ist D/DS? Incredibly Stupid

Re: My Pic in New York Times

2005-05-02 Thread John Forbes
Congratulations, Paul! John On Mon, 02 May 2005 10:58:50 +0100, Paul Stenquist [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have my first New York Times photo this morning. It's a shot I took at Detroit's Dream Cruise in 2003. It appears on page D9 in the National Edition. It might be on a different page in

Re: My Pic in New York Times

2005-05-02 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
Congrats! Godfrey On May 2, 2005, at 2:58 AM, Paul Stenquist wrote: I have my first New York Times photo this morning. It's a shot I took at Detroit's Dream Cruise in 2003. It appears on page D9 in the National Edition. It might be on a different page in the New York tri-county edition. And

PESO - birds from this weekend - resend

2005-05-02 Thread Christian
Hi; Didn't see this reach the list, but if it has, I appologize for the duplication. Three shots of birds I made this weekend at the Delaware shore. It was a crummy, windy, misty, overcast day so the colors are extremely muted. I tried to punch it up a bit and I'm not sure the outcome worked.

Re: Apples and Oranges

2005-05-02 Thread mike wilson
Markus Maurer wrote: Hi Mike My Canon 9900F has a strong magenta cast when not warmed up on the first scans. Simply warming up the lamps once does not cure that, after a few preview scans, the results are getting better and are quite color neutral. Sometimes I use the scanner calibration in Scan

Re: PESO - birds from this weekend - resend

2005-05-02 Thread Kenneth Waller
Christian, I really like the composition simplicity of the two willets reflections on the beach. Well seen captured. Best of the three. Kenneth Waller -Original Message- From: Christian [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: May 2, 2005 10:32 AM To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: PESO - birds

Re: OT: It's Show Time - The Sequel

2005-05-02 Thread mike wilson
frank theriault wrote: Got back from Kingston last night, and the show's up. Had to give it a title (they wanted one of those silly Artist's Statements to go up on the wall. I didn't want to argue with them that I'm not an artist...), so I settled on A Second of Spontaneity. Thirty photos at

Re: PESO - birds from this weekend - resend

2005-05-02 Thread pnstenquist
I like these a lot, particularly the two shots of the wading birds. I think the subtle contrast coupled with the warm tonality works very well. Excellent. Paul Hi; Didn't see this reach the list, but if it has, I appologize for the duplication. Three shots of birds I made this weekend

Re: PESO - birds from this weekend - resend

2005-05-02 Thread Christian
- Original Message - From: Kenneth Waller [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Sent: Monday, May 02, 2005 10:43 AM Subject: Re: PESO - birds from this weekend - resend Christian, I really like the composition simplicity of the two willets reflections on the beach. Well

Re: My Pic in New York Times

2005-05-02 Thread Jack Davis
When Skill meets opertunity. Terrific! Jack --- Kenneth Waller [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Way to go Paul. How fortunate to have the bus marque displaying Dream Cruise. Was this image for use in an article? Kenneth Waller -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: May 2,

Re: My Pic in New York Times

2005-05-02 Thread Cotty
On 2/5/05, Paul Stenquist, discombobulated, unleashed: I have my first New York Times photo this morning. It's a shot I took at Detroit's Dream Cruise in 2003. It appears on page D9 in the National Edition. It might be on a different page in the New York tri-county edition. And it's from film!

Re: Acronyms, Acronyms Everywhere!

2005-05-02 Thread John Forbes
On Mon, 02 May 2005 15:08:47 +0100, William Robb [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: *ist, as in *ist D/DS? Incredibly Stupid Title. The * is put there to confuse people. Even more so, it confuses computers. Searching for *ist is a recipe for apoplexy. John -- Using Opera's revolutionary e-mail

Re: PESO - birds from this weekend - resend

2005-05-02 Thread Cotty
On 2/5/05, Christian, discombobulated, unleashed: Three shots of birds I made this weekend at the Delaware shore. It was a crummy, windy, misty, overcast day so the colors are extremely muted. I tried to punch it up a bit and I'm not sure the outcome worked. I also thought about a BW

Re: Apples and Oranges (was Re: Why and How I switched to Canon (for those who care) long)

2005-05-02 Thread Bruce Dayton
Bill, If I hear you correctly, you are saying that consumers wanted a much larger quantity of inferior photos rather than a smaller quantity of superior photos. And that is just what they got. -- Best regards, Bruce Monday, May 2, 2005, 5:46:44 AM, you wrote: WR - Original Message

Re: My Pic in New York Times

2005-05-02 Thread Kostas Kavoussanakis
On Mon, 2 May 2005 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I once saw the car and owner that is prominent in this pic behind me at a stoplight on Woodward. I got out of my car and walked back to him. I asked him if he had ever seen his car in the magazine. I told him I'd give him a print if he wanted one,

Re: Artist's Statement (was RE: It's Show Time - The Sequel

2005-05-02 Thread Kostas Kavoussanakis
On Mon, 2 May 2005, Bob W wrote: It's easy when you know how... snip http://www.playdamage.org/market%2Do%2Dmatic/ Excellent, and only 1.30/10 on the Wonderful W4nk0meter

RE: OT: Journey of Man

2005-05-02 Thread Bob W
For anybody who's interested, and can get British TV Channel 4, there is a programme on tonight at 9pm about Homo Floresiensis, the so-called Hobbit they found on Flores Island last year. http://www.channel4.com/science/microsites/S/science/body/hobbit.html Not everyone is convinced that it's a

Re: My Pic in New York Times

2005-05-02 Thread Kenneth Waller
Sometimes called Luck - when preparation meets opportunity. Kenneth Waller -Original Message- From: Jack Davis [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: May 2, 2005 10:53 AM To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: Re: My Pic in New York Times When Skill meets opertunity. Terrific! Jack --- Kenneth Waller

Re: Apples and Oranges (was Re: Why and How I switched to Canon (for those who care) long)

2005-05-02 Thread David Oswald
That's always what consumers as an aggregate group want and get. Consumer car stereos produce thumping bass, and lousy overall sound. Computers have measurably blazingly fast processors, and immesurably sluggish operating systems. 8MP digital cameras exist for their high pixel counts, but the

Re: May PUG - Cameras Lenses

2005-05-02 Thread Bruce Dayton
Thanks for the additional info. I was very curious about seeing that load of big lenses in bad weather. The extra clarification makes viewing the picture even more enjoyable. -- Best regards, Bruce Monday, May 2, 2005, 6:51:33 AM, you wrote: KW My post for this month's PUG was submitted a

Re: OT: It's Show Time - The Sequel

2005-05-02 Thread wendy beard
Congrats on the show, Frank! Did you manage to take any pics of the prints in situ? Sounds like it's been well received already. Hope it nets you lots of sales. Wendy --- frank theriault [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Got back from Kingston last night, and the show's up. Had to give it a title

Re: OT: It's Show Time - The Sequel

2005-05-02 Thread Mark Cassino
That's great, Frank - it's nice to be able to savor the moment. Your title and the underlying concept are excellent! - MCC - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Mark Cassino Photography Kalamazoo, MI www.markcassino.com - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - On 5/2/05, frank theriault [EMAIL

Re: My Pic in New York Times

2005-05-02 Thread Mark Cassino
Awesome, Paul! Congrats! - MCC - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Mark Cassino Photography Kalamazoo, MI www.markcassino.com - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Original Message - From: Paul Stenquist [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Sent: Monday, May 02, 2005

Re: PESO: Spore capsule

2005-05-02 Thread Mark Cassino
Nice composition - not a subject one sees everyday either. - MCC - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Mark Cassino Photography Kalamazoo, MI www.markcassino.com - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Jostein wrote: All comments appreciated. http://oksne.net/paw/IMGP6258-sporehus.html Thanks

Re: My Pic in New York Times

2005-05-02 Thread Shel Belinkoff
How very nice for you, Paul. I think it's great that the NY Times would publish one of your photos. Next stop, the cover of the National Review ;-))

Re: PESO and enablement

2005-05-02 Thread Shel Belinkoff
Hi Scott ... Well, you asked, so here goes: First, it's great to see someone else moving into the darkroom and exploring the possibilities of BW photography. Good for you. The lack of detail in your wife's hair, the blouse, and the shadow under her wrist, probably the result of an under

Re: OT: Journey of Man

2005-05-02 Thread Keith Whaley
I'm much impressed with the ideas set forth in the Guardian article. Given that I read it first, when I went back and read the 'channel 4' description, I was less inclined to believe what they set forth.. I will be following the story, as time goes on. Thanks, keith Bob W wrote: For anybody

Re: My Pic in New York Times

2005-05-02 Thread Kenneth Waller
Next stop, the cover of the National Review ;-)) or the Enquirer VBG Kenneth Waller -Original Message- From: Shel Belinkoff [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: May 2, 2005 12:04 PM To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: Re: My Pic in New York Times How very nice for you, Paul. I think it's great

Re: Apples and Oranges (was Re: Why and How I switched to Canon (for those who care) long)

2005-05-02 Thread John Francis
On Mon, May 02, 2005 at 06:46:44AM -0600, William Robb wrote: - Original Message - From: John Francis What is bogus is to lay the blame for the lowering of photographic standards at the feet of digital. Even before digital cameras showed up, it was getting increasingly difficult

Re: Apples and Oranges (was Re: Why and How I switched to Canon (for those who care) long)

2005-05-02 Thread Shel Belinkoff
LOL ... you sometimes have a way with words, John. Shel [Original Message] From: John Francis the well-established march to mediocrity.

Prague mini PDML. Was: going off

2005-05-02 Thread John Forbes
I've just spent a few days in Prague, an absolutely wonderful city, during which Frantisek (despite being a little tired from a party the night before) very kindly showed me where to find a bar without tourists. No easy task. He then took me to a restaurant near Prague Castle where we

Re: Reporting in

2005-05-02 Thread jtainter
Windows XP is supposed to enable Large LBA support automatically. that's what that little program does. did you install Service Pack 2 version of XP or older. Yes, Herb, SP2. I am finding that XP does not do a lot of things it is supposed to. As long as it is working I am not going to wonder

PESO: Lynx mother

2005-05-02 Thread Jostein
Something from last summer. http://www.oksne.net/paw/lynx.html All comments appreciated, and thanks for looking. Jostein

Re: PESO: Spore capsule

2005-05-02 Thread Jostein
Thanks Mark, It's certainly one of those subjects that are easy to overlook. :-) Cheers, Jostein - Original Message - From: Mark Cassino [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Sent: Monday, May 02, 2005 5:59 PM Subject: Re: PESO: Spore capsule Nice composition - not a subject one

*istD Image Count Question

2005-05-02 Thread Bruce Dayton
It has been mentioned here before that there is an internal counter that would indicate the actual number of shutter cycles/images taken with the *istD. Seeing how I have two bodies and both have cycled past the 10K mark, I am quite curious to know the exact count on each. I found shortly after

Re: PESO: Lynx mother

2005-05-02 Thread pnstenquist
Good capture. Looks like you grabbed this one at just the right moment. Wonderful color and detail. I like it. Paul Something from last summer. http://www.oksne.net/paw/lynx.html All comments appreciated, and thanks for looking. Jostein

RE: PESO: Lynx mother

2005-05-02 Thread Shel Belinkoff
Well done! Shel [Original Message] From: Jostein http://www.oksne.net/paw/lynx.html All comments appreciated, and thanks for looking. Jostein

Re: PESO: Lynx mother

2005-05-02 Thread Kenneth Waller
Well seen captured. Wouldn't change a thing. What really makes this is the mom's look. Kenneth Waller -Original Message- From: Jostein [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: May 2, 2005 1:53 PM To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: PESO: Lynx mother Something from last summer.

Re: Lynx mother

2005-05-02 Thread Christian
- Original Message - From: Jostein [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Sent: Monday, May 02, 2005 1:53 PM Subject: PESO: Lynx mother Something from last summer. http://www.oksne.net/paw/lynx.html Awesome! Very well captured. Did you have to shoot through glass?

Re: Back from Nevada:Paw's

2005-05-02 Thread Cotty
On 2/5/05, John Forbes, discombobulated, unleashed: Love the tiger. You've seen the light! 10.4 ;-) Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|http://www.cottysnaps.com _

Re: PESO: Lynx mother

2005-05-02 Thread Cotty
On 2/5/05, Jostein, discombobulated, unleashed: Something from last summer. http://www.oksne.net/paw/lynx.html All comments appreciated, and thanks for looking. Jostein Stunning work mate. Those eyes are unbelievable. Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche

Re: Prague mini PDML. Was: going off

2005-05-02 Thread Cotty
On 2/5/05, John Forbes, discombobulated, unleashed: , here is Fra looking slightly glazed in the restaurant. It was late. Low light, SMCP-K 1:1.2 wide open at 1/4 sec. Who needs flash, when they've got hands like Steady Stenquist? Or it could be rigor mortis.

Re: PESO: Lynx mother

2005-05-02 Thread Keith Whaley
Oww, OWWW! The NECK, okay?! Sheesh! Love it! Great catch, sir! Keith Cotty wrote: On 2/5/05, Jostein, discombobulated, unleashed: Something from last summer. http://www.oksne.net/paw/lynx.html All comments appreciated, and thanks for looking. Jostein Stunning work mate. Those eyes are

Re: May PUG is open

2005-05-02 Thread John Forbes
Thanks, Paul. Frank and I were inspired by the same muse, but at least mine had a pretty girl in it. :-) John PS: Thanks to the Pugging crew. On Sat, 30 Apr 2005 21:12:26 +0100, Paul Stenquist [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Some very nice pics here. I love John Forbes' entry. Fun shot, nicely

Re: New IrfanView Update Available

2005-05-02 Thread John Forbes
Thank you, Shel, My incompetence with PS is at least in part attributable to the speed with which simple adjustments can be made in Irfanview. John On Thu, 28 Apr 2005 10:02:48 +0100, Shel Belinkoff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: For those who use the program, and for those who may want to try it,

Re: OT: Journey of Man

2005-05-02 Thread John Forbes
The Wa Tutsi, the Wa Ndorobo, the Congo pygmy and the Hottentot are all examples of homo sapiens, despite being very different from each other. And they are all from one continent. John On Mon, 02 May 2005 16:29:25 +0100, Bob W [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: For anybody who's interested, and can

OT: Trip to Belgium

2005-05-02 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
My trip to Belgium last week was very enjoyable. Thanks to everyone for their tips and advice! Thanks sepecially to Thibouille, who met me at my hotel, showed me the infamous Manneken Pis: http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=3328096 showed me his favorite local pub:

HELP! I need a good mountain photo!

2005-05-02 Thread Albano Garcia
Hi gang, For an university excercise, I need a photo of a mountain landscape (than can pass as a patagonian landscape), with a road, or a fence or both. Somebody has one I can use? Thanks in advance Albano Garcia Photography Graphic Design http://www.albanogarcia.com.ar

Re: PAW PESO - Kids Playing in the Sand

2005-05-02 Thread John Forbes
This is another great colour picture from the man who doesn't understand colour. :-) John On Wed, 27 Apr 2005 03:05:54 +0100, Shel Belinkoff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I spent a few minutes with these kids, got quite a few shots, and liked this one the best. However, even though the color of

Re: *istD Image Count Question

2005-05-02 Thread Bill Owens
My understanding is that one of the PF functions maintains the number of exposures until the lithium battery on the bottom needs replacing. Bill - Original Message - From: Bruce Dayton [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Sent: Monday, May 02, 2005 1:59 PM Subject: *istD Image

Re: PAW: Some more Cliche

2005-05-02 Thread John Forbes
Echo John On Mon, 02 May 2005 14:04:46 +0100, frank theriault [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 5/1/05, Keith Whaley [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It may be cliche, but it's not a 'tired' one! I like it a lot. Very good balance in contrast, by the way. Even the deeper shadows have some detail and the

Re: My Pic in New York Times

2005-05-02 Thread Mark Roberts
Congrats, Paul! The New York Times has a very bad reputation for trying to do copyright grabs from freelancers. Did they try anything like this on you? -- Mark Roberts Photography and writing www.robertstech.com

Re: OT: Journey of Man

2005-05-02 Thread Keith Whaley
Interestingly, in Boris' first site reference, we see several branches go out from the origin in East Central Africa and come to a stop. While all the other branches were doing their thing, these particular end points were just sitting there, cooking! And making variations on a theme, as you

OT: Logging / Record Keeping

2005-05-02 Thread D. Glenn Arthur Jr.
For the past several years I've been keeping photo-related records in a crude database made of linked Excel spreadsheets. Despite performance issues and the nagging feeling that I really, really ought to replace so crufty a kludge with something that uses a mSQL, MySQL, Postgress, or 4th

Re: *istD Image Count Question

2005-05-02 Thread Bruce Dayton
Hello Bill, The only thing I have seen is a setting to reset the counter or serialize. That one is not the internal counter - it starts over when it hits 10,000 (I know from experience). I have mine set to Reset, which starts the numbering over at 1 on an empty card. Do you know of something

Re: OT: Journey of Man

2005-05-02 Thread John Forbes
Indeed. They were adapting. The forests dwellers became small, the plains dwellers became tall, and the desert dwellers developed buttocks that can only be likened to the humps on a camel. They didn't need chairs. John On Mon, 02 May 2005 20:57:39 +0100, Keith Whaley [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: PESO: Lynx mother

2005-05-02 Thread Rick Womer
Whenever I shoot animals in zoos, they look like animals in zoos. This, on the other hand, is beautiful. Rick --- Jostein [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Something from last summer. http://www.oksne.net/paw/lynx.html All comments appreciated, and thanks for looking. Jostein

Re: My Pic in New York Times

2005-05-02 Thread pnstenquist
Thanks Mark. No problem with copyright. The Times' standard freelance contract is for non-exclusive use. They retain rights to reproduce the pic only for their own publications, such as NY Times mag and the Herald Tribune. The copyright remains mine. As far as I know, this is the only

Re: May PUG is open

2005-05-02 Thread DagT
Thanks to both of you. I´ve been planning to take this kind of photo for a long time, but this theme made me do it. As one of the responses mail directly to me stated there´s some nostalgic mood in the picture from the worn equipment. I addition, nobody wants to buy my A* 85 after seeing

OT HHGTTG

2005-05-02 Thread mike wilson
Hi, Not to give too much away but: 1. the film bears only a passing resemblance to the radio series, books TV or record. It's actually a more coherent whole... 2. it's worth waiting through the credits, no matter how much of a saddo that makes you appear. I only did it because I wanted to see

old lenses

2005-05-02 Thread Ian Lind
I came across several old Pentax lenses which have probably been in storage for at least 20 years. Nothing fancy. There's an 85 mm, a 35 mm, and a standard 50 mm. They aren't beat up, but when I hold them up and look through them, there appears to be fine bits of dust on inside surfaces, and

RE: OT: Journey of Man

2005-05-02 Thread Bob W
H. Floresiensis is very, very, very different though. The weight of informed opinion evidence seems to suggest it is not a H. Sapiens. It will be an interesting story to follow, whatever the outcome. -- Cheers, Bob -Original Message- From: John Forbes [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: old lenses

2005-05-02 Thread Andre Langevin
Nothing fancy. There's an 85 mm, a 35 mm, and a standard 50 mm. Any 85mm is quite fancy, pricewise at least... Andre

Re: PESO: Lynx mother

2005-05-02 Thread mike wilson
Jostein wrote: Something from last summer. http://www.oksne.net/paw/lynx.html All comments appreciated, and thanks for looking. Well spotted [8-)] especially the background. Was this one of a series? She seems to know you are there and I wondered if it was the shutter noise that made her look

RE: PESO: Lynx mother

2005-05-02 Thread Tom C
Nice shot Jostein. I typically distain zoo photos. but this one is very nice and has much appeal. Tom C. From: Jostein [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: PESO: Lynx mother Date: Mon, 02 May 2005 19:53:35 +0200 Something from last summer.

RE: My Pic in New York Times

2005-05-02 Thread william sawyer
The article is in their online version, but no picture, unfortunately. Congratulations, add Stenquist to the Magnum rolls. Bill Sawyer Livonia, MI -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, May 02, 2005 10:38 AM To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net

Re: old lenses

2005-05-02 Thread mike wilson
Ian Lind wrote: I came across several old Pentax lenses which have probably been in storage for at least 20 years. Nothing fancy. There's an 85 mm, a 35 mm, and a standard 50 mm. They aren't beat up, but when I hold them up and look through them, there appears to be fine bits of dust on inside

RE: PESO - birds from this weekend - resend

2005-05-02 Thread Tom C
I like both Willet pictures. I like the echo of the foreground bird, in the shot with the two birds. The outstretched wing in the other shot was captured beautifuly. Tom C. From: Christian [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: PESO - birds

Re: PESO and enablement

2005-05-02 Thread Scott Loveless
On 5/1/05, William Robb [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Try this http://users.accesscomm.ca/wrobb/stuff/3326184.jpg Thanks, Bill. I appreciate the time you've put into this. I do like the crop. But I also like having a little space to the right. It's a matter of aesthetics and I haven't

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