Re: Three Portraits - PDML Salisbury

2014-11-04 Thread Attila Boros
Nice work! On Tue, Nov 4, 2014 at 1:34 AM, Steve Cottrell co...@seeingeye.tv wrote: Three quick portraits with my favourite lens. http://pdml.posthaven.com/three-portraits-in-salisbury -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__Broadcast, Corporate, || (O) |Web Video Production

Re: Three Portraits - PDML Salisbury

2014-11-04 Thread Bob W-PDML
Excellent! B On 3 Nov 2014, at 23:34, Steve Cottrell co...@seeingeye.tv wrote: Three quick portraits with my favourite lens. http://pdml.posthaven.com/three-portraits-in-salisbury -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__Broadcast, Corporate, || (O) |Web Video

Re: Has anyone been using the yongnuo 560-III and the TX controller?

2014-11-04 Thread Peter Loveday
Yep. I have these. They work as advertised really, well worth their ridiculously cheap price. The 560TX isn't my favourite form-factor for on camera. I tend to use a 603ii on camera and a 560tx handheld to set power levels. Anything specific you'd like to know? - Peter -Original

Re: Three Portraits - PDML Salisbury

2014-11-04 Thread Mark Roberts
Igor PDML-StR wrote: ... and just more hair on the second one? ;-) Nice portraits, Cotty! ... and if I correctly understand who is pictured, - some of the letters is the last name are upside-down ( d - p ), and some - moved around. ;-) That's a way of saying Stan Harding should be Stan

Re: Three Portraits - PDML Salisbury

2014-11-04 Thread Stan Halpin
Those are exceedingly fantastic shots! Particularly given the unruly mob presented to you as portrait subjects. Thanks. stan On Nov 3, 2014, at 11:34 PM, Steve Cottrell co...@seeingeye.tv wrote: Three quick portraits with my favourite lens.

Re: PESO: Stone Bridge

2014-11-04 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
On Tue, Nov 4, 2014 at 2:31 AM, Chris Mitchell chris.mitch...@which.net wrote: A quick jump into the creek, kneel down and you'd have been there. A bit wet, but sometimes you have to suffer for your art... Good plan! With 35,000 people coming on site, the thousands of law enforcement officers

Re: PESO - peekaboo

2014-11-04 Thread Mark C
Excellent shot, Paul. Razor sharp with excellent depth of field and composition, which is aptly described by the title! Mark On 11/3/2014 11:01 AM, Paul Stenquist wrote: A doe looks out from behind a tree in Troy, Michigan this morning. K-3 plus DA8 60-250 with DA 1.4X converter, f5.6,

PESO: Thoughtful Dude

2014-11-04 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
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Re: Three Portraits - PDML Salisbury

2014-11-04 Thread Bob Sullivan
Cotty, Well done! Are they all the A85/1.4 on the Fuji camera? Regards, Bob S. On Tue, Nov 4, 2014 at 1:27 AM, Chris Mitchell chris.mitch...@which.net wrote: Nicely done Cotters. Thanks. Chris On 3 November 2014 23:34, Steve Cottrell co...@seeingeye.tv wrote: Three quick portraits with my

Re: Using studio soft boxes etc with speedlights?

2014-11-04 Thread Bruce Walker
On Tue, Nov 4, 2014 at 2:36 AM, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote: I've got a few softboxes that are compatible with various studio strobes. It would be really nifty if I could use them with speedlights. I was wondering if anyone knew of handy gadgets that would support both a speedlight and

Re: PESO: Thoughtful Dude

2014-11-04 Thread Jack Davis
Certainly well shot, Dan. Background is good. If the tree trunk were gone, it would probably be graded EXCELLENT! :) Jack - Original Message - From: Daniel J. Matyola danmaty...@gmail.com To: PDML pdml@pdml.net Sent: Tuesday, November 4, 2014 6:54:02 AM Subject: PESO: Thoughtful Dude

OT: Famous National Geographic Covers

2014-11-04 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
http://twistedsifter.com/2014/11/famous-national-geographic-covers/ Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola -- 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

Re: OT: Famous National Geographic Covers

2014-11-04 Thread Jack Davis
Was stirred once again by seeing these iconic NG covers. Jack - Original Message - From: Daniel J. Matyola danmaty...@gmail.com To: PDML pdml@pdml.net Sent: Tuesday, November 4, 2014 7:12:07 AM Subject: OT: Famous National Geographic Covers

Re: PESO - peekaboo

2014-11-04 Thread Paul Stenquist
Thanks Mark. And thanks to all who commented or had a look. Paul via phone On Nov 4, 2014, at 9:47 AM, Mark C pdml-m...@charter.net wrote: Excellent shot, Paul. Razor sharp with excellent depth of field and composition, which is aptly described by the title! Mark On 11/3/2014 11:01

Re: PESO: Thoughtful Dude

2014-11-04 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
Thanks, Jack. I agree about the tree trunk, but all the other angle were worse. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Tue, Nov 4, 2014 at 10:10 AM, Jack Davis jdavi...@comcast.net wrote: Certainly well shot, Dan. Background is good. If the tree trunk were gone, it

Re: Three Portraits - PDML Salisbury

2014-11-04 Thread Stan Halpin
On Nov 4, 2014, at 3:18 AM, Igor PDML-StR pdml...@komkon.org wrote: ... and just more hair on the second one? ;-) I'll work on that Igor. Nice portraits, Cotty! ... and if I correctly understand who is pictured, - some of the letters is the last name are upside-down ( d - p ), and

Re: Three Portraits - PDML Salisbury

2014-11-04 Thread Bob W-PDML
On 4 Nov 2014, at 16:38, Stan Halpin s...@stans-photography.info wrote: ... and if I correctly understand who is pictured, - some of the letters is the last name are upside-down ( d - p ), and some - moved around. ;-) Sometimes I am labeled with Meg's last name, sometimes she is labeled

Re:PESO - Apfel, alle sorten

2014-11-04 Thread Don Guthrie
Nice Fall street shot. Well framed. I guess farmer's markets are the same all over the world. On 11/3/14, 6:47 PM, pdml-requ...@pdml.net wrote: From: Rick Womerrickpic...@gmail.com To: PDMLpdml@pdml.net Cc: Ellen Womerellens.not.h...@gmail.com, Carla Wiltenburgchwiltenb...@gmail.com,

Re: Three Portraits - PDML Salisbury

2014-11-04 Thread Don Guthrie
Excellent head shots with lot of character captured. On 11/3/14, 6:47 PM, pdml-requ...@pdml.net wrote: Message: 8 Date: Mon, 3 Nov 2014 23:34:27 + From: Steve Cottrellco...@seeingeye.tv To: pentax listPDML@pdml.net Subject: Three Portraits - PDML Salisbury

Re: PESO: Thoughtful Dude

2014-11-04 Thread Don Guthrie
Or he has cramps. On 11/4/14, 10:57 AM, pdml-requ...@pdml.net wrote: Message: 5 Date: Tue, 4 Nov 2014 09:54:02 -0500 From: Daniel J. Matyoladanmaty...@gmail.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail Listpdml@pdml.net Subject: PESO: Thoughtful Dude Message-ID:

Re: Has anyone been using the yongnuo 560-III and the TX controller?

2014-11-04 Thread Larry Colen
Peter Loveday wrote: Yep. I have these. They work as advertised really, well worth their ridiculously cheap price. The 560TX isn't my favourite form-factor for on camera. I tend to use a 603ii on camera and a 560tx handheld to set power levels. Anything specific you'd like to know? Can

Re: Using studio soft boxes etc with speedlights?

2014-11-04 Thread Larry Colen
Bruce Walker wrote: On Tue, Nov 4, 2014 at 2:36 AM, Larry Colenl...@red4est.com wrote: I've got a few softboxes that are compatible with various studio strobes. It would be really nifty if I could use them with speedlights. I was wondering if anyone knew of handy gadgets that would support

PESO: Bag Man

2014-11-04 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
Country Gentleman heading for a party at the Far Hills Race Meeting: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17898269 Comments are invited. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Re: GESO: My pictures of the PDML visit to Salisbury

2014-11-04 Thread Steve Cottrell
On 3/11/14, Chris Mitchell, discombobulated, unleashed: A really nice day in and around the cathedral. If was great catching up with Stan, Meg and Jostein (and Cotty came too). http://www.mitch.myzen.co.uk/PDMLSalisbury Nice interior shots with the latticework Chris. -- Cheers, Cotty

Re: Three Portraits - PDML Salisbury

2014-11-04 Thread Steve Cottrell
On 3/11/14, Mark C, discombobulated, unleashed: Most excellent, all three! Cheers Mark -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__Broadcast, Corporate, || (O) |Web Video Production --www.seeingeye.tv _ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: Three Portraits - PDML Salisbury

2014-11-04 Thread Steve Cottrell
On 3/11/14, Igor PDML-StR, discombobulated, unleashed: Nice portraits, Cotty! Thanks Iggy baby -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__Broadcast, Corporate, || (O) |Web Video Production --www.seeingeye.tv _ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List

Re: Three Portraits - PDML Salisbury

2014-11-04 Thread Steve Cottrell
On 3/11/14, Bruce Walker, discombobulated, unleashed: Excellent shots! Thanks Bruce :) -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__Broadcast, Corporate, || (O) |Web Video Production --www.seeingeye.tv _ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: Three Portraits - PDML Salisbury

2014-11-04 Thread Steve Cottrell
On 3/11/14, Godfrey DiGiorgi, discombobulated, unleashed: Nicely done, Cotty! I think I'd want to see just a hair more dof on the first shot, but the others are right there. f/1.4 and pray ;-) Thanks buddy -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__Broadcast, Corporate, || (O) |Web Video

Re: Three Portraits - PDML Salisbury

2014-11-04 Thread Steve Cottrell
On 3/11/14, Paul Stenquist, discombobulated, unleashed: Excellent. The limited DOF works well for you here. Thanks Paul :) -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__Broadcast, Corporate, || (O) |Web Video Production --www.seeingeye.tv _ -- PDML

Re: Three Portraits - PDML Salisbury

2014-11-04 Thread Steve Cottrell
On 4/11/14, Attila Boros, discombobulated, unleashed: Nice work! Thankee kindly -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__Broadcast, Corporate, || (O) |Web Video Production --www.seeingeye.tv _ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: Three Portraits - PDML Salisbury

2014-11-04 Thread Steve Cottrell
On 4/11/14, Chris Mitchell, discombobulated, unleashed: Nicely done Cotters. Thanks. Pleasure :) -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__Broadcast, Corporate, || (O) |Web Video Production --www.seeingeye.tv _ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List

Re: Three Portraits - PDML Salisbury

2014-11-04 Thread Steve Cottrell
On 4/11/14, Bob W-PDML, discombobulated, unleashed: Excellent! I am gifted er I mean honoured sir -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__Broadcast, Corporate, || (O) |Web Video Production --www.seeingeye.tv _ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List

Re: Three Portraits - PDML Salisbury

2014-11-04 Thread Steve Cottrell
On 4/11/14, Mark Roberts, discombobulated, unleashed: That's a way of saying Stan Harding should be Stan Halpin :) Oh god my marbles are jumping ship. Kids this is serious, you are in your 20s and 30s and you're loving the wine and the beer. SLOW DOWN it catches up with you and muddles your

Re: Three Portraits - PDML Salisbury

2014-11-04 Thread Steve Cottrell
On 4/11/14, Stan Halpin, discombobulated, unleashed: Those are exceedingly fantastic shots! Particularly given the unruly mob presented to you as portrait subjects. Thanks. Thanks kindly Mr Harding ;-) (apologies for the incorrect surname - changed it just now) -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__

Re: Three Portraits - PDML Salisbury

2014-11-04 Thread Steve Cottrell
On 4/11/14, Bob Sullivan, discombobulated, unleashed: Well done! Are they all the A85/1.4 on the Fuji camera? Yessir. The X-E1 is really a stop-gap until I plop some wedge for an X-T1 which Bill has - it looks a perfect match for the 85 mil. With a little luck I'll be able to get one in the

Re: Three Portraits - PDML Salisbury

2014-11-04 Thread Steve Cottrell
On 4/11/14, Stan Halpin, discombobulated, unleashed: Sometimes I am labeled with Meg's last name, sometimes she is labeled with mine. Neither of us pays it much attention either way. Oh you're kidding me. Meg's a Harding?? No wonder I was confused. Ah. I have a solution to avoid confusion.

Re: Three Portraits - PDML Salisbury

2014-11-04 Thread Steve Cottrell
On 4/11/14, Don Guthrie, discombobulated, unleashed: Excellent head shots with lot of character captured. Cheers Don -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__Broadcast, Corporate, || (O) |Web Video Production --www.seeingeye.tv _ -- PDML

Re: PESO: Thoughtful Dude

2014-11-04 Thread Jack Davis
I just must add an aside to Thinker. Best caption I've seen; let's see, where did I put that locker key. Jack - Original Message - From: Daniel J. Matyola danmaty...@gmail.com To: PDML pdml@pdml.net Sent: Tuesday, November 4, 2014 8:37:44 AM Subject: Re: PESO: Thoughtful Dude Thanks,

Re: Has anyone been using the yongnuo 560-III and the TX controller?

2014-11-04 Thread Larry Colen
Also, which versions work best with Pentax? On November 4, 2014 12:11:24 AM PST, Peter Loveday pe...@loveday.org wrote: Yep. I have these. They work as advertised really, well worth their ridiculously cheap price. The 560TX isn't my favourite form-factor for on camera. I tend to use a 603ii

Re: Three Portraits - PDML Salisbury

2014-11-04 Thread P.J. Alling
On 11/4/2014 12:40 PM, Steve Cottrell wrote: On 4/11/14, Mark Roberts, discombobulated, unleashed: That's a way of saying Stan Harding should be Stan Halpin :) Oh god my marbles are jumping ship. Kids this is serious, you are in your 20s and 30s and you're loving the wine and the beer. SLOW

Re: PESO - peekaboo

2014-11-04 Thread Bulent Celasun
Clearly shows why you have to be a vegetarian!!! Bulent - http://patoloji.gen.tr http://celasun.wordpress.com/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/bc_the_path/ http://photo.net/photodb/user?user_id=2226822

Re: PESO - peekaboo

2014-11-04 Thread Chris Mitchell
That's very good Paul. A fine portrait. Chris On 3 November 2014 16:01, Paul Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote: A doe looks out from behind a tree in Troy, Michigan this morning. K-3 plus DA8 60-250 with DA 1.4X converter, f5.6, 1/400th, ISO 1600, 350mm:

Re: PESO - peekaboo

2014-11-04 Thread Paul Stenquist
I like venison, particularly the farm-raised variety I had in New Zealand. I have no qualms about eating animals. Paul On Nov 4, 2014, at 3:00 PM, Bulent Celasun bulent.cela...@gmail.com wrote: Clearly shows why you have to be a vegetarian!!! Bulent

Re: Three Portraits - PDML Salisbury

2014-11-04 Thread Igor PDML-StR
Tue Nov 4 12:46:31 EST 2014 Steve Cottrell wrote: On 4/11/14, Stan Halpin, discombobulated, unleashed: Sometimes I am labeled with Meg's last name, sometimes she is labeled with mine. Neither of us pays it much attention either way. Oh you're kidding me. Meg's a Harding?? No wonder I was

Pink Autofocus Pattern?

2014-11-04 Thread Jack Davis
Probably don't really need to know I suppose, but I can't find the answer in the limited Operating Manual. Why the choice of either white a pink(?) AF display points? Thanks! Jack -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE

Re: PESO: Thoughtful Dude

2014-11-04 Thread Igor PDML-StR
Dan, I know where the sculptor must have stolen that idea... http://42graphy.org/misc/IMGP5119w-Thinker.jpg Cheers, Igor - Original Message - From: Daniel J. Matyola danmatyola at gmail.com Sent: Tuesday, November 4, 2014 6:54:02 AM

Fwd: Pink Autofocus Pattern?

2014-11-04 Thread Jack Davis
I imagine it was quickly assumed, but I was talking about the K-3. Is it possible that the pink tracks the subject and the white does not? Jack..again. - Forwarded Message - From: Davis, Jack jdavi...@comcast.net To: PDML pdml@pdml.net Sent: Tuesday, November 4, 2014 2:08:26 PM

Pentax SMC F x1.7 AF going on the fringe

2014-11-04 Thread Igor PDML-StR
I thought this would be of interest to some PDMLers. Today, I was trying to shoot (with a camera) a couple of (I think) vultures sitting on the top of an dry old tree. Because the rest of the frame was filled with the sky, the background was very bright, despite the fact that it was cloudy.

Re: PESO: Bag Man

2014-11-04 Thread Igor PDML-StR
Dan, Looking just at the subject of the message, before even opening it, I was expecting something like this: https://c1.staticflickr.com/7/6191/6023131824_536b3c7e8b_z.jpg Cheers, Igor PS. The image looks soft (camera shake?) and grainy on my screen. Daniel J. Matyola Tue, 04 Nov 2014

Re: PESO - Apfel, alle sorten

2014-11-04 Thread Rick Womer
Thanks, Don. I disagree with you about farmers' markets, though. Many of the European ones are spectacular, with amazing selections of meats, fish, cheeses, produce, and dry goods. This pic was only the produce corner of the Potsdam market. American farmers' markets emphasize the veggies

PESO - Berlin Side Street

2014-11-04 Thread Rick Womer
Just a block from my hotel. I don't know why it caught my eye, but that's how photography often is. http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17897688size=lg (K-5 and DA 16-45, as usual) Comments? Rick -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: Pink Autofocus Pattern?

2014-11-04 Thread Bruce Walker
You must have the coloured edition AF points. Mine are all red like my K20D and K100Ds. On Tue, Nov 4, 2014 at 5:21 PM, Jack Davis jdavi...@comcast.net wrote: I imagine it was quickly assumed, but I was talking about the K-3. Is it possible that the pink tracks the subject and the white does

Re: Pink Autofocus Pattern?

2014-11-04 Thread Jack Davis
I'm referring to the pattern display not the lit indicators. If that is what I misled you to believe. Not a biggie, I'll eventually find an answer. Thanks! Jack - Original Message - From: Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com To: PDML pdml@pdml.net Sent: Tuesday, November 4, 2014 6:39:27

PESO: Not The Melbourne Cup

2014-11-04 Thread David Mann
While I was on a tram going up Swanston St in Melbourne I saw some horses... I barely had time to get the camera up to my eye. http://gallery.multi.net.nz/photo/823/#peso Cheers, Dave -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE

PESO: Giraffe

2014-11-04 Thread David Mann
I may as well make you all endure my crappy photo just because I saw one at the zoo. http://gallery.multi.net.nz/photo/824/#peso I liked the pose but had to crop pretty tight on the left to avoid distractions. Wishing I'd stopped down more but I didn't want to be fiddling with camera

Re: PESO: Giraffe

2014-11-04 Thread Joseph McAllister
A rarely seen angle of a giraffe, looking coyly back at you. I like it… JJMcA On Nov 4, 2014, at 8:38 PM, David Mann wrote: I may as well make you all endure my crappy photo just because I saw one at the zoo. http://gallery.multi.net.nz/photo/824/#peso I liked the pose but had to

Re: GESO: My pictures of the PDML visit to Salisbury

2014-11-04 Thread Chris Mitchell
On 3 November 2014 14:56, Jack Davis jdavi...@comcast.net wrote: All wonderful exposures! Fun!! Thanks Jack - yes it was a fun day out. Chris -- 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