Book on Trick Photography - have your eye bleach handy.

2012-03-22 Thread Bipin Gupta
I have been "TRICKED" into buying such books before. But after going through them you find they are either so basic or you already know most of the things contained therein. Instead a Google search for any topic under the sun would be much cheaper, fun and probably interactive with a lot of sharing

Re: K-5 on sale at B&H ($999 body only)

2012-03-22 Thread P. J. Alling
That's just it, the K-3 will most likely have the same effect on the K-5 that the K-7 had on the K20D, at least as far as price is concerned. The K-5 will be last years news and this weeks fish wrap. It will never not be a great camera, but it won't be a new or current great camera, and retai

Re: Book on trick photography, have your eye bleach handy

2012-03-22 Thread P. J. Alling
Perhaps someone should notify them that use of a Disney character without permission can be very hazardous to your corporate health. On 3/23/2012 12:12 AM, knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: You may think this is the worst web site, but you would be wrong. Mark Roberts brought this gem to our att

Re: K-5 on sale at B&H ($999 body only)

2012-03-22 Thread Christine Aguila
I agree the K20 was a great camera, but the K-5 blows both the K20 & K7 out of the water in my humble opinion. The greatly improved ISO on the K5, to my mind, is a real gamer changer for the Pentax line. I also agree if Pentax improved its auto focus, wow, what a camera Pentax would have. Are

Re: The PUG - Nagging Again....

2012-03-22 Thread Christine Aguila
I shall post one, Brian. You'll probably get a last minute rush to the April PUG seeing the deadline is March 31st. Cheers, Christine On Mar 22, 2012, at 4:06 PM, Brian Walters wrote: > G'day all > > Following up from my post of a week or so ago, the April PUG is the 15th > Anniversary o

Re: OT: 30 seconds of your life you will never get back

2012-03-22 Thread knarftheria...@gmail.com
I hope you meant "ironic". Can't imagine anything of mine other than my Marinoni bike and my Spotmatics being iconic. Oh, and my Leica too. ;-) Cheers, frank "What can be asserted without proof can be dismissed without proof." -- Christopher Hitchens --- Original Message --- From: Larry Co

RE: Book on trick photography, have your eye bleach handy

2012-03-22 Thread knarftheria...@gmail.com
You may think this is the worst web site, but you would be wrong. Mark Roberts brought this gem to our attention about three years ago: http://www.photographertoronto.com/ The photo trick guy may make you want throw bleach in your eyes, this wedding photog will make you want to gouge them out

Re: Ned Bunnell blogs the K-01

2012-03-22 Thread steve harley
on 2012-03-22 17:15 P. J. Alling wrote Marketing fluff, Ned likes his job more than his integrity, but very few don't feel that way. the quotes weren't from Ned, but one could question his ethics in linking to such a vapid article -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.ne

Re: PESO 2012 - 043 - GDG

2012-03-22 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
Thanks frank! Needless to say, I'm delighted with this lens. It's doing 'just the right thing' so far. Made a few more photos with it today and it just freekin' sings. Something about how a good, fast normal lens is really all you should need ... ! G On Thu, Mar 22, 2012 at 3:29 PM, knarftheria

Re: PESO Mee Pad

2012-03-22 Thread David Mann
On Mar 23, 2012, at 7:09 AM, Larry Colen wrote: > I did get a second glass of Thai iced tea. It was spicy enough to give me > hiccups. > > I prefer to have a meal with a mixture of very spicy, and not very spicy > dishes. But Zab is a bit of a spice wimp (at least by geek standards), so > she

Re: Ned Bunnell blogs the K-01

2012-03-22 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
Didn't see much of value in Ned's blog post. On Thu, Mar 22, 2012 at 1:14 PM, Miserere wrote: > ... I like the way the focus peaking is implemented in > the K-01. Maybe Godfrey can tell us if it works well in real life as I > believe it's the same method used in the Ricoh GXR. ... Presume you're

GESO: Front Porch Photography - 3/22/12

2012-03-22 Thread Walt Gilbert
Hi all, Well, it was a rainy most of the day, so I didn't stray too far from the front porch. I did manage to get in a few shots during the breaks, and took advantage of the alcove I used to sit in for my bird photos until a storm blew down the tree that I used for the backdrop. Seems there's

Re: OT: Craigslist

2012-03-22 Thread Darren Addy
On Thu, Mar 22, 2012 at 9:57 PM, Darren Addy wrote: > On Thu, Mar 22, 2012 at 6:50 PM, Bob W wrote: >>> From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of >>> Darren Addy >>> >>> I've always wanted to try a Camra. >>> >> >> http://www.camra.org.uk/ I'll drink to THAT. : ) -

Re: OT: Craigslist

2012-03-22 Thread Darren Addy
On Thu, Mar 22, 2012 at 6:50 PM, Bob W wrote: >> From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of >> Darren Addy >> >> I've always wanted to try a Camra. >> > > http://www.camra.org.uk/ I'm afraid to even click the link. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http

PESO - Proper Use of Language 101

2012-03-22 Thread frank theriault
http://knarfinthecity.blogspot.ca/2012/03/proper-use-of-language-101.html Okay, so if there's no authorized parking, is unauthorized parking allowed? I don't get it. I doubt they do either. ;-) Taken with the Android. Hope you enjoy. Comments welcome. cheers, frank -- "Sharpness is a bou

Re: Book on trick photography, have your eye bleach handy

2012-03-22 Thread Stan Halpin
On Mar 22, 2012, at 2:06 PM, Larry Colen wrote: > > On Mar 22, 2012, at 11:00 AM, Miserere wrote: > >> His photography isn't bad (it's just "trick" photography) but I have a >> rule: Never buy anything from a webpage that makes me scroll for 5 >> minutes to get to the end. I don't care what you

RE: OT: Craigslist

2012-03-22 Thread Bob W
> From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of > Darren Addy > > I've always wanted to try a Camra. > http://www.camra.org.uk/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit

RE: Book on trick photography, have your eye bleach handy

2012-03-22 Thread Bob W
> I saw an ad on facebook for a book on trick photography with a > lightsphere in the picture. Being curious, I took a look. > > This is perhaps the worst designed website that I've seen in recent > memory. > > http://trickphotographybook.com/?hop=ranti77 > > There are such gems on this page as

Re: Table Top Studios

2012-03-22 Thread Bruce Walker
*Very* useful, Larry. Thanks! On Thu, Mar 22, 2012 at 6:15 PM, Larry Colen wrote: > I ran across this site, some of you may find it interesting: > http://www.tabletopstudio.com/HowTo_page.html > > -- > Larry Colen l...@red4est.com sent from i4est > > > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > P

Re: OT: 30 seconds of your life you will never get back

2012-03-22 Thread Larry Colen
On Mar 22, 2012, at 4:03 PM, Darren Addy wrote: > Encouraged by, not one, but TWO comments on Flickr... I am delighted > to give you a sneak preview of my latest creation entitled > "Serendipity" > http://www.flickr.com/photos/pixelsmithy/7006998397/in/photostream/lightbox/ Almost sharp and desa

Re: Ned Bunnell blogs the K-01

2012-03-22 Thread P. J. Alling
Marketing fluff, Ned likes his job more than his integrity, but very few don't feel that way. On 3/22/2012 6:32 PM, Larry Colen wrote: On Mar 22, 2012, at 1:14 PM, Miserere wrote: Apologies if this was already posted, but I didn't see it mentioned. Our long-lost president, Ned Bunnell, has r

Re: OT: 30 seconds of your life you will never get back

2012-03-22 Thread knarftheria...@gmail.com
Think big. Pull a Lik. Sell it for a cool million. A limited edition of one. Surely there's someone out there... ;-) Btw I like the second one much more than the first. Don't know why, just do. Cheers, frank "What can be asserted without proof can be dismissed without proof." -- Christopher

Re: The PUG - Nagging Again....

2012-03-22 Thread P. J. Alling
I'm trying but nothings coming out. On 3/22/2012 5:06 PM, Brian Walters wrote: G'day all Following up from my post of a week or so ago, the April PUG is the 15th Anniversary of the first PUG in April 1997 so let's make this the biggest and best PUG ever! So far, submissions have been, shall

Re: PESO Mee Pad

2012-03-22 Thread P. J. Alling
I'm not a creationist, but that's easy it's God's will that you have a runny nose. Thanks for visitin'.. On 3/22/2012 4:05 PM, Miserere wrote: I get a runny nose when I eat spicy food (riddle me THAT, creationists!) so I tend to stick with medium hot. Enough tasty burn without the need for the

RE: Ned Bunnell blogs the K-01

2012-03-22 Thread knarftheria...@gmail.com
Holy hyperbole, Batman! I started reading the paragraph that started with how "shockingly easy" it is to use, but really couldn't get past that. Just a bit OTT for me. And here I thought that photographers took pictures and the camera was just a tool... Cheers, frank "What can be asserted wi

Re: OT: 30 seconds of your life you will never get back

2012-03-22 Thread Darren Addy
Encouraged by, not one, but TWO comments on Flickr... I am delighted to give you a sneak preview of my latest creation entitled "Serendipity" http://www.flickr.com/photos/pixelsmithy/7006998397/in/photostream/lightbox/ Signed, Limited Edition prints are available for preorder in the low 5 figures.

Re: PESO: Boulder Dasies

2012-03-22 Thread Jack Davis
Thanks for kind comments, Frank.   Jack - Original Message - From: "knarftheria...@gmail.com" To: ""Pentax-Discuss Mail List"" Cc: Sent: Thursday, March 22, 2012 3:22 PM Subject: RE: PESO: Boulder Dasies That's really beautiful, Jack! The light makes it. Cheers, frank "What can be

Re: PESO Mee Pad

2012-03-22 Thread Larry Colen
On Mar 22, 2012, at 3:31 PM, knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: > Apparently it was excited to see you. Isn't everyone? > > ;-) > > Fun shot! Thanks > -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com sent from i4est -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pd

Re: Ned Bunnell blogs the K-01

2012-03-22 Thread Larry Colen
On Mar 22, 2012, at 1:14 PM, Miserere wrote: > Apologies if this was already posted, but I didn't see it mentioned. > > Our long-lost president, Ned Bunnell, has resurfaced. He is well, > healthy, and turns out he'd been hiding out in his California home > taking photos of his dog using the K-01

RE: PESO Mee Pad

2012-03-22 Thread knarftheria...@gmail.com
Apparently it was excited to see you. ;-) Fun shot! Cheers, frank "What can be asserted without proof can be dismissed without proof." -- Christopher Hitchens --- Original Message --- From: Larry Colen Sent: March 22, 2012 3/22/12 To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" Subject: PESO Mee Pad Went

RE: PESO 2012 - 043 - GDG

2012-03-22 Thread knarftheria...@gmail.com
Lovely! And my goodness isn't that the butteriest bokeh? Nicest I've seen in a long time. Nicely composed, too. Overall a real winner! cheers, frank "What can be asserted without proof can be dismissed without proof." -- Christopher Hitchens --- Original Message --- From: Godfrey DiGiorgi

RE: PESO: Mama's Watchin'

2012-03-22 Thread knarftheria...@gmail.com
Nice one. I really like the oof pickup and trailers in the background. They really give the photo a sense of place. And that bovine has attitude! ;-) cheers, frank "What can be asserted without proof can be dismissed without proof." -- Christopher Hitchens --- Original Message --- From: Walt

RE: PESO: Boulder Dasies

2012-03-22 Thread knarftheria...@gmail.com
That's really beautiful, Jack! The light makes it. Cheers, frank "What can be asserted without proof can be dismissed without proof." -- Christopher Hitchens --- Original Message --- From: Jack Davis Sent: March 21, 2012 3/21/12 To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" Subject: PESO: Boulder Dasies

Table Top Studios

2012-03-22 Thread Larry Colen
I ran across this site, some of you may find it interesting: http://www.tabletopstudio.com/HowTo_page.html -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com sent from i4est -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit

Photoshop CS6 Beta

2012-03-22 Thread Brian Walters
Not sure if this has been posted previously, but in case anyone is interested in playing with the next Photoshop: http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/photoshopcs6/ At a 1.7 GB downlaod, I think I'll pass. -- Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Austr

Re: PESO: Boulder Dasies - with apologies

2012-03-22 Thread Bob Sullivan
Jack, You have so many winners that you can afford a so-so shot or two. ;-) Regards, Bob S. On Thu, Mar 22, 2012 at 4:12 PM, Jack Davis wrote: > Yes, I'm disappointed with the moss. It actually had an overall soft green > tone..as I now recall. I bumped the green, but the greenery around the

Re: PESO - Gaping Jaws of Death!

2012-03-22 Thread Rick Womer
You bet!  It's actually 6 feet across, and those are bone fragments inside, not pollen grains!   - Original Message - From: Doug Brewer To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Cc: Sent: Thursday, March 22, 2012 11:26 AM Subject: Re: PESO - Gaping Jaws of Death! I tell ya, that daffodil has a mean

Re: PESO: Boulder Dasies - with apologies

2012-03-22 Thread Jack Davis
Yes, I'm disappointed with the moss. It actually had an overall soft green tone..as I now recall. I bumped the green, but the greenery around the boulder tended to take on an artificial look. The shot will be nothing other than a so so Peso and quickly thereafter, delivered to the trash bin. Th

The PUG - Nagging Again....

2012-03-22 Thread Brian Walters
G'day all Following up from my post of a week or so ago, the April PUG is the 15th Anniversary of the first PUG in April 1997 so let's make this the biggest and best PUG ever! So far, submissions have been, shall we say, minimal. Three submissions. Three!! There's no theme this month

re: Book on trick photography, have your eye bleach handy

2012-03-22 Thread John Sessoms
From: Larry Colen I saw an ad on facebook for a book on trick photography with a lightsphere in the picture. Being curious, I took a look. This is perhaps the worst designed website that I've seen in recent memory. http://trickphotographybook.com/?hop=ranti77 There are such gems on this page

Re: PESO: Boulder Dasies - with apologies

2012-03-22 Thread Bob Sullivan
Jack, I didn't have trouble seeing it the first time. Mainly it's a picture of the boulder. The sunshine is so bright that the moss is rather dissipated. Regards, Bob S. On Thu, Mar 22, 2012 at 8:54 AM, Jack Davis wrote: > I had so much trouble sending this, I thought maybe you all had, > under

Re: K-5 on sale at B&H ($999 body only)

2012-03-22 Thread Miserere
On 22 March 2012 16:13, Bruce Walker wrote: > On Thu, Mar 22, 2012 at 4:03 PM, Miserere wrote: >> On 22 March 2012 14:28, Bryan Jacoby wrote: >>> I wouldn't be surprised if the K-5's price doesn't drop quite as much >>> as has historically been the case.  It seems to me that the K-5 is the >>> f

Ned Bunnell blogs the K-01

2012-03-22 Thread Miserere
Apologies if this was already posted, but I didn't see it mentioned. Our long-lost president, Ned Bunnell, has resurfaced. He is well, healthy, and turns out he'd been hiding out in his California home taking photos of his dog using the K-01 + 31 Ltd. I could think of many worse fates that could h

Re: K-5 on sale at B&H ($999 body only)

2012-03-22 Thread Bruce Walker
On Thu, Mar 22, 2012 at 4:03 PM, Miserere wrote: > On 22 March 2012 14:28, Bryan Jacoby wrote: >> I wouldn't be surprised if the K-5's price doesn't drop quite as much >> as has historically been the case.  It seems to me that the K-5 is the >> first Pentax DSLR without any significant deficienci

Re: PESO Mee Pad

2012-03-22 Thread Miserere
I get a runny nose when I eat spicy food (riddle me THAT, creationists!) so I tend to stick with medium hot. Enough tasty burn without the need for the fire extinguisher :-)    —M.     \/\/o/\/\ --> http://WorldOfMiserere.com     http://EnticingTheLight.com     A Quest for Photographic Enlighte

Re: K-5 on sale at B&H ($999 body only)

2012-03-22 Thread Miserere
On 22 March 2012 14:28, Bryan Jacoby wrote: > I wouldn't be surprised if the K-5's price doesn't drop quite as much > as has historically been the case.  It seems to me that the K-5 is the > first Pentax DSLR without any significant deficiencies, so it's > unlikely that the K-3 or whatever will be

Re: Pentax gear for classroom

2012-03-22 Thread Paul Sorenson
Your recommendations look good, Larry. I highly recommend looking into Alien Bees strobes. I have a set of three and they work great. Alien Bees will give a student discount to anyone who sends them a copy of their current/valid student ID, so I wouldn't be surprised if they would work a dec

Re: OT: 30 seconds of your life you will never get back

2012-03-22 Thread Doug Brewer
On 3/22/12 2:46 PM, Darren Addy wrote: http://www.flickr.com/photos/pixelsmithy/6860286844/in/photostream Good News: SX-70 seems to work (i think) Bad News: I put the lo in Lomo Starting to understand the "impossible" in the Impossible Project. I do not recommend clicking the following link unl

Re: OT: Craigslist

2012-03-22 Thread Darren Addy
I've always wanted to try a Camra. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.

Re: OT: 30 seconds of your life you will never get back

2012-03-22 Thread P. J. Alling
I don't think your link goes where you think it goes. On 3/22/2012 2:46 PM, Darren Addy wrote: http://www.flickr.com/photos/pixelsmithy/6860286844/in/photostream Good News: SX-70 seems to work (i think) Bad News: I put the lo in Lomo Starting to understand the "impossible" in the Impossible Pr

Re: OT: Craigslist

2012-03-22 Thread P. J. Alling
Sound good to me, just like the 99¢ combs at Walmart that sell for $1.99 in a two pack, only better! On 3/22/2012 2:44 PM, Collin Brendemuehl wrote: http://columbus.craigslist.org/pho/2916267756.html Check the math. Sincerely, Collin Brendemuehl "He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep t

Re: Lightroom 4 and hierarchical keywords

2012-03-22 Thread Matthew Hunt
On Thu, Mar 22, 2012 at 2:25 PM, AlunFoto wrote: > Matthew Hunt wrote: >> I have a mix of exporting and non-exporting keywords and have not >> noticed any difference in handling in LR4, or in the export options >> for new keywords. Can you be more specific about what has >> changed? > > When one k

Re: PESO 2012 - 043 - GDG

2012-03-22 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
On Thu, Mar 22, 2012 at 10:44 AM, Miserere wrote: > You need pet face recognition in your camera. Maybe a possible > firmware update in the future? I think that's "wetware" ... ;-) > Nice shot anyway, Godfrey. Not everything has to be in focus, right? > Just ask Knarf. Tomiko's smile is what mak

OT: 30 seconds of your life you will never get back

2012-03-22 Thread Darren Addy
http://www.flickr.com/photos/pixelsmithy/6860286844/in/photostream Good News: SX-70 seems to work (i think) Bad News: I put the lo in Lomo Starting to understand the "impossible" in the Impossible Project. I do not recommend clicking the following link unless you do not care about wasting the pre

OT: Craigslist

2012-03-22 Thread Collin Brendemuehl
http://columbus.craigslist.org/pho/2916267756.html Check the math. Sincerely, Collin Brendemuehl "He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose" -- Jim Elliott -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UN

Re: Book on trick photography, have your eye bleach handy

2012-03-22 Thread P. J. Alling
I looked at the first Over the top webpage for 2011 and I was wrong your guy isn't a shoe in. On 3/22/2012 2:25 PM, Larry Colen wrote: On Mar 22, 2012, at 11:22 AM, P. J. Alling wrote: On 3/22/2012 2:06 PM, Larry Colen wrote: On Mar 22, 2012, at 11:00 AM, Miserere wrote: His photography is

Re: K-5 on sale at B&H ($999 body only)

2012-03-22 Thread Bryan Jacoby
I wouldn't be surprised if the K-5's price doesn't drop quite as much as has historically been the case. It seems to me that the K-5 is the first Pentax DSLR without any significant deficiencies, so it's unlikely that the K-3 or whatever will be as big an improvement over the K-5 as the K-5 was ov

Re: Book on trick photography, have your eye bleach handy

2012-03-22 Thread Larry Colen
On Mar 22, 2012, at 11:22 AM, P. J. Alling wrote: > On 3/22/2012 2:06 PM, Larry Colen wrote: >> On Mar 22, 2012, at 11:00 AM, Miserere wrote: >> >>> His photography isn't bad (it's just "trick" photography) but I have a >>> rule: Never buy anything from a webpage that makes me scroll for 5 >>> m

Re: Lightroom 4 and hierarchical keywords

2012-03-22 Thread AlunFoto
Matthew Hunt wrote: > I have a mix of exporting and non-exporting keywords and have not > noticed any difference in handling in LR4, or in the export options > for new keywords. Can you be more specific about what has > changed? When one keyword in a hierarchy is excluded from export, it also excl

Re: Book on trick photography, have your eye bleach handy

2012-03-22 Thread P. J. Alling
On 3/22/2012 2:06 PM, Larry Colen wrote: On Mar 22, 2012, at 11:00 AM, Miserere wrote: His photography isn't bad (it's just "trick" photography) but I have a rule: Never buy anything from a webpage that makes me scroll for 5 minutes to get to the end. I don't care what you're product is, there

Re: K-5 on sale at B&H ($999 body only)

2012-03-22 Thread P. J. Alling
Just remember the K20D was a great camera too, and it dropped to ~$600 not long after the K-7 began to ship. I expect that the K-3 will have the new Sony APS-c 24mp sensor, which is a fairly big jump in resolution and gives a 20"x13" print to those who want to use the 300dpi rule of thumb for

Re: Lightroom 4 and hierarchical keywords

2012-03-22 Thread Matthew Hunt
On Thu, Mar 22, 2012 at 2:08 PM, AlunFoto wrote: > It appears that Adobe has done something odd or even stupid to the > support for hierarchical keywords in LR 4. In earlier versions, one > could mix and match various options to tailor which keywords got > exported with an image file. In v4, some

Re: PESO Mee Pad

2012-03-22 Thread Larry Colen
On Mar 22, 2012, at 11:01 AM, Miserere wrote: > On 22 March 2012 03:47, Larry Colen wrote: >> Went to dinner at a local Thai restaurant. I've finally convinced them that >> yes, I do like it spicy. I ordered my dish at a heat level of 8, and they >> actually got it that hot. I was amused by

Lightroom 4 and hierarchical keywords

2012-03-22 Thread AlunFoto
It appears that Adobe has done something odd or even stupid to the support for hierarchical keywords in LR 4. In earlier versions, one could mix and match various options to tailor which keywords got exported with an image file. In v4, some of these have been switched off. Alledgedly for "privacy r

Re: Book on trick photography, have your eye bleach handy

2012-03-22 Thread Larry Colen
On Mar 22, 2012, at 11:00 AM, Miserere wrote: > His photography isn't bad (it's just "trick" photography) but I have a > rule: Never buy anything from a webpage that makes me scroll for 5 > minutes to get to the end. I don't care what you're product is, there > is no need to inflict shitty sellin

Re: Color or Black and White?

2012-03-22 Thread Larry Colen
On Mar 22, 2012, at 10:40 AM, P. J. Alling wrote: > Sorry Larry, neither do much for me, I've taken a lot of photos that look > like that and they always disappoint. Yup, if it was easy, I'd have posted it as "check this great photo out". It may be yet another one of those walls that I could

Re: PESO Mee Pad

2012-03-22 Thread Miserere
On 22 March 2012 03:47, Larry Colen wrote: > Went to dinner at a local Thai restaurant.  I've finally convinced them that > yes, I do like it spicy.  I ordered my dish at a heat level of 8, and they > actually got it that hot.  I was amused by the way it was served: > http://www.flickr.com/photo

Re: Book on trick photography, have your eye bleach handy

2012-03-22 Thread Miserere
His photography isn't bad (it's just "trick" photography) but I have a rule: Never buy anything from a webpage that makes me scroll for 5 minutes to get to the end. I don't care what you're product is, there is no need to inflict shitty selling tactics and SEO gimmicks on me.    —M.     \/\/o/\/

Re: Book on trick photography, have your eye bleach handy

2012-03-22 Thread P. J. Alling
That's quite a testimonial, winning a follower from Peter Lik. On 3/22/2012 1:12 PM, Larry Colen wrote: I saw an ad on facebook for a book on trick photography with a lightsphere in the picture. Being curious, I took a look. This is perhaps the worst designed website that I've seen in recent

Re: Pancake lens disassembly

2012-03-22 Thread P. J. Alling
Is it just me or do some of the plastic parts inside the Sony lens look roughly finished as if carved out of sheet plastic with an X-acto(TM) knife? On 3/22/2012 4:02 AM, Larry Colen wrote: A friend sent me this, thought some of you would like it too. http://www.petapixel.com/2012/03/21/what-p

Re: Book on trick photography, have your eye bleach handy

2012-03-22 Thread Larry Colen
On Mar 22, 2012, at 10:40 AM, Larry Colen wrote: > > On Mar 22, 2012, at 10:25 AM, Walt Gilbert wrote: > >> Kill it with fire!!!11!1 > > When I first got into photography I would have absolutely loved the stuff he > was doing, then again when I first got into photography, I was 12 or 13 years

Re: PESO 2012 - 043 - GDG

2012-03-22 Thread Miserere
You need pet face recognition in your camera. Maybe a possible firmware update in the future? Nice shot anyway, Godfrey. Not everything has to be in focus, right? Just ask Knarf. Tomiko's smile is what makes the shot, bird or no bird. Cheers,    —M.     \/\/o/\/\ --> http://WorldOfMiserere.com

Re: Book on trick photography, have your eye bleach handy

2012-03-22 Thread Larry Colen
On Mar 22, 2012, at 10:25 AM, Walt Gilbert wrote: > Kill it with fire!!!11!1 When I first got into photography I would have absolutely loved the stuff he was doing, then again when I first got into photography, I was 12 or 13 years old. -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com sent from i4est --

Re: Color or Black and White?

2012-03-22 Thread P. J. Alling
Sorry Larry, neither do much for me, I've taken a lot of photos that look like that and they always disappoint. On 3/22/2012 3:05 AM, Larry Colen wrote: A couple days ago, I had a few minutes to kill after lunch so the Insurance agent's office would be open on my way past, and I played with my

Re: Pancake lens disassembly

2012-03-22 Thread Miserere
I'd seen the Oly disassembled before and was surprised at how little glass was in there. It almost seemed like the glass was an afterthought. I imagined this conversation taking place around the water cooler at Olympus Engineering HQ: Engineer #1: We've finished designing all the electronics for t

Re: K-r successor coming soon?

2012-03-22 Thread P. J. Alling
Or not... I wish I could claim that was part of the joke, but I don't have a context aware spell checker. On 3/22/2012 1:13 PM, Miserere wrote: On 22 March 2012 12:57, Doug Brewer wrote: On 3/22/12 12:54 PM, P. J. Alling wrote: You should never complement a man for owning a thesaurus, it o

Re: Photo Rumors: K-r successor

2012-03-22 Thread Miserere
On 21 March 2012 22:57, P. J. Alling wrote: > On 3/21/2012 10:02 PM, Paul Ewins wrote: >> >> On 22/03/2012, at 6:27 AM, Miserere wrote: >>> >>> Paul, >>> >>> The problem I see with your sales pitch is that is fails to account >>> for those users who are growing *into* mirrorless, not *out* of it..

Re: Photo Rumors: K-r successor

2012-03-22 Thread P. J. Alling
One could hope. On the other hand I think that maybe they hired an outside consultant to put lipstick on this pig. http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_EO9piAKCkcU/TO25dQE6NSI/GdA/Nzro6wDF7S8/s400/prototype.jpg Which looks like a 1980's portable radio in design aesthetic. On 3/22/2012 9:43 AM,

Re: Book on trick photography, have your eye bleach handy

2012-03-22 Thread Walt Gilbert
Kill it with fire!!!11!1 On 3/22/2012 12:12 PM, Larry Colen wrote: I saw an ad on facebook for a book on trick photography with a lightsphere in the picture. Being curious, I took a look. This is perhaps the worst designed website that I've seen in recent memory. http://trickphotographybook.

Re: Color or Black and White?

2012-03-22 Thread Miserere
This B&W version does work (the black sky didn't). As for how to improve it, you'd need to shoot with a medium format camera. Really, if you're going to shoot trees, weeds and shit like that you have to do it with a medium format in order for anyone to take it seriously. Cheers,    —M.     \/\

Re: K-r successor coming soon?

2012-03-22 Thread Miserere
On 22 March 2012 12:57, Doug Brewer wrote: > On 3/22/12 12:54 PM, P. J. Alling wrote: >> >> You should never complement a man for owning a thesaurus, it only >> encourages him. > > > well, you could complement him by owning a dictionary. Or a context-aware spell-checker. —M. \/\/o/\/\ -

Book on trick photography, have your eye bleach handy

2012-03-22 Thread Larry Colen
I saw an ad on facebook for a book on trick photography with a lightsphere in the picture. Being curious, I took a look. This is perhaps the worst designed website that I've seen in recent memory. http://trickphotographybook.com/?hop=ranti77 There are such gems on this page as: Until 2 p.m. th

Re: K-5 on sale at B&H ($999 body only)

2012-03-22 Thread Miserere
On 21 March 2012 17:05, P. J. Alling wrote: > I could be wrong, but I expect it to hit the $600-$700 mark by fall.  I > expect this because I think the K-3, (or whatever the hell it will be > called),  will be announced a month or two after the K-r replacement is > common knowledge.  That will be

Re: K-r successor coming soon?

2012-03-22 Thread Mark Roberts
Doug Brewer wrote: >On 3/22/12 12:54 PM, P. J. Alling wrote: >> You should never complement a man for owning a thesaurus, it only >> encourages him. > >well, you could complement him by owning a dictionary. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_p

Re: K-r successor coming soon?

2012-03-22 Thread Doug Brewer
On 3/22/12 12:54 PM, P. J. Alling wrote: You should never complement a man for owning a thesaurus, it only encourages him. well, you could complement him by owning a dictionary. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from th

Re: K-r successor coming soon?

2012-03-22 Thread P. J. Alling
You should never complement a man for owning a thesaurus, it only encourages him. On 3/22/2012 9:45 AM, Steven Desjardins wrote: "Agglutinative"? That give the wordsmith in me tumescence. On Wed, Mar 21, 2012 at 4:12 PM, Bob W wrote: Nicknames at my school were agglutinative. We had one lad

Re: PESO Mee Pad

2012-03-22 Thread Larry Colen
On Mar 22, 2012, at 6:08 AM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: > Is that "the fickle finger of fate" rising out of the food? Nope, it's the proud pepper of pain. > Dan Matyola > http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola > > > > On Thu, Mar 22, 2012 at 3:47 AM, Larry Colen wrote: >> Went to d

Re: Color or Black and White?

2012-03-22 Thread Larry Colen
On Mar 22, 2012, at 8:12 AM, Matthew Hunt wrote: > I think my ranking, best first, goes like this: > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/6859115960/in/set-72157629275228340 > Walt's crop. I like this composition of this...it's not too busy, and > shows the form of the tree with less clutter.

Re: PESO: Boulder Dasies - with apologies

2012-03-22 Thread Jack Davis
True, John..that's why I said; "sadly." ;-) About an hour ago I sent my "geek" an email with the same link typed twice. One accesses the image and the other does not. Haven't herd back yet. Seems this happened a couple year back, but not certain. Jack - Original Message - From: John

RE: PESO: Boulder Dasies - with apologies

2012-03-22 Thread John Sessoms
From: Jack Davis I had so much trouble sending this, I thought maybe you all?had, understandingly. given up in discust...Sorry! Reasons for my problems were varied, but sadly, they didn't involve Scotch. Jack http://photolightimages.com/aspupload/detail.asp?ID=637?? If it involves Scotch,

RE: Superficial equipment rant

2012-03-22 Thread John Sessoms
From: "P. J. Alling" This is a small thing, but has anyone else noticed that the A design, rear lens caps don't hold up as well over time as the old K versions. I have a number of both, and just about all of the A versions have become so loose that they fall off in a photo bag, sometimes they f

Re: PESO - Gaping Jaws of Death!

2012-03-22 Thread Doug Brewer
I tell ya, that daffodil has a mean streak a mile wide! On 3/21/12 10:00 PM, Rick Womer wrote: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=15392295&size=lg Ummm, yeah, it's yesterday's "Fishy Daffy". Thank you for participating in this little experiment to see what influence the

PESO - Gaping Jaws of Death!

2012-03-22 Thread John Sessoms
From: Rick Womer http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=15392295&size=lg Ummm, yeah, it's yesterday's "Fishy Daffy". ?Thank you for participating in this little experiment to see what influence the title has on the number of views. If you'd like to comment on the picture, I'd be most obli

Re: Color or Black and White?

2012-03-22 Thread Matthew Hunt
I think my ranking, best first, goes like this: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/6859115960/in/set-72157629275228340 Walt's crop. I like this composition of this...it's not too busy, and shows the form of the tree with less clutter. http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/6859016230/in/set-721

Re: Color or Black and White?

2012-03-22 Thread Walt Gilbert
You're more than welcome, Larry. Anytime I'm able to make a useful contribution, I consider it a small down-payment toward what I've learned from the list. -- Walt On 3/22/2012 3:27 AM, Larry Colen wrote: Walt sent me a version off list that inspired this different B&W rendering and crop, w

Re: K-r successor coming soon?

2012-03-22 Thread Mark Roberts
Steven Desjardins wrote: >"Agglutinative"? That give the wordsmith in me tumescence. Eschew obfuscation. -- Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the

Re: PESO - Gaping Jaws of Death!

2012-03-22 Thread Rick Womer
Thanks, Bob! The tonal separation of the cup and collar seems to vary between monitors, I find. Rick   http://photo.net/photos/RickW - Original Message - From: Bob Sullivan To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Cc: Sent: Wednesday, March 21, 2012 11:01 PM Subject: Re: PESO - Gaping Jaws of D

Re: PESO - A Scooter Named Desire

2012-03-22 Thread knarftheria...@gmail.com
Thank you for the accolade however I with the greatest of humility I must disagree with you. Given the proliferation of puns on this list I simply cannot accept that this is the worst play on words ever perpetrated on this little forum. But thanks for thinking of me. ;-) And thanks for the co

Re: PESO: Boulder Dasies - with apologies

2012-03-22 Thread Jack Davis
Okay, I officially give up! - Original Message - From: Jack Davis To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Cc: Sent: Thursday, March 22, 2012 6:54 AM Subject: PESO: Boulder Dasies - with apologies I had so much trouble sending this, I thought maybe you all had, understandingly. given up in discu

Fw: PESO: Boulder Dasies - with apologies

2012-03-22 Thread Jack Davis
- Forwarded Message - From: Jack Davis To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Cc: Sent: Thursday, March 22, 2012 6:54 AM Subject: PESO: Boulder Dasies - with apologies I had so much trouble sending this, I thought maybe you all had, understandingly. given up in discust...Sorry! Reasons for my

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