Re: PESO: Leap of Faith

2005-08-13 Thread frank theriault
On 8/13/05, P. J. Alling [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Nicely captured. You do realize the main subject is in focus... ' Sorry. I'll try to jiggle the camera, or focus on a tree or something next time. LOL Thanks for your comments, Peter. cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept.

RE: PESO: Leap of Faith

2005-08-13 Thread Don Sanderson
Beautiful place, and my favorite part, not too crowded. Don -Original Message- From: frank theriault [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, August 13, 2005 6:36 PM To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: Re: PESO: Leap of Faith snip Yeah, it was a fun day. Here's a shot from the

Re: PESO: Leap of Faith

2005-08-13 Thread Paul Stenquist
Good grab, Frank. I like the way you framed it with the leaper at the far right. You must have cropped it!! Did you take it off the top or the bottom. I wouldn't mind seeing more at the bottom. Paul On Aug 13, 2005, at 6:54 PM, frank theriault wrote: I had planned a proper PAW for today, but

Re: PESO playground

2005-08-13 Thread frank theriault
On 8/11/05, Scott Loveless [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Crap. Sorry. It's late and I haven't had any beer. http://twosixteen.com/gallery/index.php?id=151 snip I like this one. She just seems to be suspended between earth and sky - and a lovely sky it is, too! Love the hills in the background,

Re: PESO: A Ford for Ken

2005-08-13 Thread Paul Stenquist
Well thanks, Frank. I'm blushing. I hate to be a PESO pig, but I was thinking of posting another :-). You're encouragement makes it a virtual lock :-)). Oink! Paul On Aug 13, 2005, at 7:01 PM, frank theriault wrote: On 8/13/05, Paul Stenquist [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Shot a few more pics on

Re: PESO: Leap of Faith

2005-08-13 Thread frank theriault
On 8/13/05, Paul Stenquist [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Good grab, Frank. I like the way you framed it with the leaper at the far right. You must have cropped it!! Did you take it off the top or the bottom. I wouldn't mind seeing more at the bottom. Paul Full frame, baby!! See, that's what comes

Re: PESO: Leap of Faith

2005-08-13 Thread frank theriault
On 8/13/05, Don Sanderson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Beautiful place, and my favorite part, not too crowded. Yeah, it's a huge place (you don't get a sense of that in my photo). The beach curves around to the left, and goes on for quite a distance. There were people walking past us all day, with

Re: The Photographer's Rights

2005-08-13 Thread Bob Shell
On Saturday, August 13, 2005, at 06:37 PM, Cotty wrote: This reminds me about something i read when I was a kid - Moose Juice? I'm sure it was Dr Seuss. Mason Williams, who wrote that perverse piece I quoted is best known for his hit song Classical Gas. He was also the genius behind

Re: PESO: A Ford for Ken

2005-08-13 Thread frank theriault
On 8/13/05, Paul Stenquist [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Well thanks, Frank. I'm blushing. I hate to be a PESO pig, but I was thinking of posting another :-). You're encouragement makes it a virtual lock :-)). Oink! Well, oink back at ya, PESO Pig! LOL I rather like that term, Paul. BTW,

Re: PESO: Leap of Faith

2005-08-13 Thread Paul Stenquist
Very nice. Well composed and framed. And a beautiful location. Aesthetically, I tend to like this more thean the other, although the leaper is, of course, a high interest subject. Good work. On Aug 13, 2005, at 7:35 PM, frank theriault wrote: On 8/13/05, Don Sanderson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

Re: PESO: Leap of Faith

2005-08-13 Thread Paul Stenquist
Ah, you didn't crop! . I didn't realize that my laptop had lost its internet connection when your pic was half loaded. (DOH). So I got a panorama with only the top half. Now, I like this even more. The trampoline at the bottom ties it all together. Excellent shot. On Aug 13, 2005, at 7:58 PM,

Re: PESO: Leap of Faith

2005-08-13 Thread Paul Stenquist
Here I am replying to my own messages again:-). Now that I've seen the whole pic, I prefer the leaper, but they're both good pics. Paul On Aug 13, 2005, at 8:14 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote: Very nice. Well composed and framed. And a beautiful location. Aesthetically, I tend to like this more

RE: PESO: Leap of Faith

2005-08-13 Thread Don Sanderson
So, we have; In Camera Crop In PS Crop In Enlarger Crop and now... In Ternet Crop! ;-) Don -Original Message- From: Paul Stenquist [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, August 13, 2005 7:18 PM To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: Re: PESO: Leap of Faith Ah, you didn't crop!

Re: PESO: Great Expectations

2005-08-13 Thread E.R.N. Reed
frank theriault wrote: On 8/10/05, E.R.N. Reed [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip I make no claims about my actual knowledge, but I have a Bachelor of Science -- and will stipulate without comment that the abbreviation for same, here in the USA, is B.S. In these parts of the world, a

Re: My visit with Ann

2005-08-13 Thread Joseph Tainter
Nice pix, Bill. I haven't been farther north than Calgary. That really is flatland you live in. Joe

Re: PESO: A Ford for Ken

2005-08-13 Thread David Savage
Cool shot of a beautiful old ute (that's pickup, for the rest of you :-) Must be somewhat liberating to take photos where the end result isn't dependent on razor sharp focus. g Dave On 8/14/05, Paul Stenquist [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Shot a few more pics on Woodward last night. I tried an

Re: The Photographer's Rights

2005-08-13 Thread David Savage
LOL Now that's my kind of poetry. g Dave On 8/14/05, Bob Shell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Saturday, August 13, 2005, at 12:48 PM, Cotty wrote: If you stalk a moose with illicit photographic intentions, expect to be arrested ;-) And if you're a moose gooser, man you better watch

Re: PESO: A Ford for Ken

2005-08-13 Thread Paul Stenquist
Although the results aren't sharp in the way a conventional pic should be, the focus has to be accurate to get a nice effect. When it's not, there are no edges, and the dynamic feeling is lost. I focus manually on a spot on the street and try to time the exposure so that the center of the car

Re: PESO: Leap of Faith

2005-08-13 Thread David Savage
G'day Frank, An absolutely stunning shot. You've caught the action at the perfect moment, composition, focus DOF are all spot on. I also really like the expressions of the people watching in the background. What really blows me away is that you have beaches. When I think Canada, I see prairies,

Re: The Photographer's Rights

2005-08-13 Thread Juan Buhler
On 8/13/05, William Robb [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The only real restriction that I have heard about involves taking pictures of children, which has gotten offensively restrictive. A guy in Winnipeg got kicked out of a sports complex for taking pictures of his kids in a swimming pool.

Re: The Photographer's Rights

2005-08-13 Thread E.R.N. Reed
Juan Buhler wrote: On 8/13/05, William Robb [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The only real restriction that I have heard about involves taking pictures of children, which has gotten offensively restrictive. A guy in Winnipeg got kicked out of a sports complex for taking pictures of his kids in a

Re: PAW - Leafy Garden

2005-08-13 Thread David Mann
On Aug 14, 2005, at 9:50 AM, Jens Bladt wrote: I too use a mask in the viewfinder of my 6x6 Pentacon. A golden section one. I never really liked the square format. The exposed frames, however, are of course unaffected. That's right - one benefit of only masking the viewfinder and not the

Re: Leaving for London

2005-08-13 Thread David Mann
On Aug 14, 2005, at 4:58 AM, Scott Loveless wrote: Criminy! The over-priced-burnt-coffee plague has spread to England. On behalf of Americans who appreciate decent coffee, I'm really sorry. It's spread much further than you think... I know of at least two in this city. Cheers, - Dave

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