Re: New Photo Gallery Layout / 100 Snowflakes

2015-01-20 Thread Bulent Celasun
It works beautifully with absolutely no glitches at all. System Summary: Linux Mint. Chrome and Firefox. Bulent - http://patoloji.gen.tr http://celasun.wordpress.com/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/bc_the_path/

Re: PESO bw edit of Gothic Geisha

2015-01-20 Thread Bruce Walker
Thank you very much, Steve. And thank you Alan, Paul, Marco, Larry, Attila, and all who looked. On Mon, Jan 19, 2015 at 4:23 PM, Steve Cottrell co...@seeingeye.tv wrote: https://500px.com/photo/95981993/gothic-geisha-(bw)-by-bruce-walker How about you? YES PLEASE. Fantastic portrait. Love

K-3 video instruction manual...

2015-01-20 Thread Darren Addy
... just about! This goes way beyond your usual review and (if you aren't the kind to want to read the manual that came with your K-3) this guy highlights a lot of the K-3s capabilities (many of which you may not have realized even existed). 37 minutes, but definitely worth watching if you own a

Re: An odd question about copyright and copying old BW pictures.

2015-01-20 Thread P.J. Alling
I'm sure that changes to copyright law have made all of this quite complicated, however, if you own the original slide, you have defacto copyright. If there is no commercial value to the image it won't be in anyone's interest to challenge it. On 1/20/2015 1:18 PM, Malcolm Smith wrote: Odd

Re: PESO: Nice tail !

2015-01-20 Thread Darren Addy
Thanks Larry. Easier to show than tell, so here is a graphic I made of the set-up I used. https://www.flickr.com/photos/pixelsmithy/15706498803/ I now also have a SkyView Pro german equatorial mount with dual DC drives and Intelliscope (push-to) computer, which I hope to get out with and try

An odd question about copyright and copying old BW pictures.

2015-01-20 Thread Malcolm Smith
Odd copyright question first. Some many years ago, my late father was mildly into photography. A friend of his copied a picture of a mutual acquaintance (no idea who he was) which dated from the '30s on slide film, sometime in the early '60s. This friend died about ten years later, and his son

PESO - No. 325

2015-01-20 Thread Rick Womer
From a walk through Center City Philly: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17950352 (K-5, DA 16-45) Comments? -- 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

PESO - Watching the World Go By (cat content)

2015-01-20 Thread Brian Walters
G'day all I haven't posted a cat photo for yonks so here's one I came across in San Francisco in 2013. https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1370864/PESO/slides/_IGP0424-Q-1peso.html http://tinyurl.com/nqrhle6 -- Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western Sydney

Re: An odd question about copyright and copying old BW pictures.

2015-01-20 Thread Paul Stenquist
I just scanned 30 60-year-old BW prints for a magazine article. Used my Epson 500 then fine tuned them in PhotoShop. Excellent results. On Jan 20, 2015, at 2:24 PM, Darren Addy pixelsmi...@gmail.com wrote: Regarding your copying of BW photos (some of which are curling... If you think that

Re: PESO - No. 325

2015-01-20 Thread Ken Waller
Nicely seen but for the inclusion of the tree branch at the top and the proximity of the arch to the top edge. Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: Rick Womer rickpic...@gmail.com Subject: PESO - No. 325 From a walk through

Re: PESO - No. 325

2015-01-20 Thread Bruce Walker
That's an entrance with character. Well observed, Rick. On Tue, Jan 20, 2015 at 7:54 PM, Rick Womer rickpic...@gmail.com wrote: From a walk through Center City Philly: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17950352 (K-5, DA 16-45) Comments? -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List

Re: An odd question about copyright and copying old BW pictures.

2015-01-20 Thread John
On 1/20/2015 2:53 PM, Malcolm Smith wrote: P.J. Alling wrote: I'm sure that changes to copyright law have made all of this quite complicated, however, if you own the original slide, you have defacto copyright. If there is no commercial value to the image it won't be in anyone's interest to

Re: An odd question about copyright and copying old BW pictures.

2015-01-20 Thread Paul
Also - If the prints are small you can place a group of them on a flatbed scanner and scan the bunch as one image. If you have Photoshop Elements there is a function to divide the group and save them as individual images. -p On 1/20/2015 12:18 PM, Malcolm Smith wrote: Odd copyright

PESO: Me and My Shadow

2015-01-20 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17951251size=md 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 to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly

Re: An odd question about copyright and copying old BW pictures.

2015-01-20 Thread Yolanda Rowe
This information applies to the United States. Since the image under discussion was taken in the 1930s, the copyright exists until 50 years after the photographer’s death. Photographs taken after 1989 are copyrighted until 70 years after the photographer dies. Carolyn E. Wright (aka The

RE: An odd question about copyright and copying old BW pictures.

2015-01-20 Thread Malcolm Smith
John wrote: For a definitive answer, you really need a lawyer. But, I'm pretty sure current law is that copyright protection for old photos is life of the author + 70 years. So whoever took the photo owns the copyright and/or his heirs own it for 70 years after his death.

RE: An odd question about copyright and copying old BW pictures.

2015-01-20 Thread Malcolm Smith
Paul Stenquist wrote: I just scanned 30 60-year-old BW prints for a magazine article. Used my Epson 500 then fine tuned them in PhotoShop. Excellent results. Impressive they came up with enough quality for a magazine. OK, I can see which way this is going Malcolm -- PDML Pentax-Discuss

RE: An odd question about copyright and copying old BW pictures.

2015-01-20 Thread Malcolm Smith
Paul wrote: Also - If the prints are small you can place a group of them on a flatbed scanner and scan the bunch as one image. If you have Photoshop Elements there is a function to divide the group and save them as individual images. That may be the winning point. Having seen a review of

RE: An odd question about copyright and copying old BW pictures.

2015-01-20 Thread Malcolm Smith
Yolanda Rowe wrote: This information applies to the United States. Since the image under discussion was taken in the 1930s, the copyright exists until 50 years after the photographer’s death. Photographs taken after 1989 are copyrighted until 70 years after the photographer dies. Carolyn

RE: PESO - Watching the World Go By (cat content)

2015-01-20 Thread Malcolm Smith
Brian Walters wrote: G'day all I haven't posted a cat photo for yonks so here's one I came across in San Francisco in 2013. https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1370864/PESO/slides/_IGP0424-Q- 1peso.html http://tinyurl.com/nqrhle6 I love cat pictures, so I enjoyed this. What I also

Re: PESO 2015 - 010 - GDG

2015-01-20 Thread Mark C
Very engaging image - it has a great sense of depth to it - the foreground in particular gives the sense of walking right into the scene. Mark On 1/18/2015 4:24 AM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: From Saturday morning's walk in the park ... https://flic.kr/p/qQV8do Thanks for looking. Comments

Re: An odd question about copyright and copying old BW pictures.

2015-01-20 Thread Mark Roberts
Published works created before 1923 are automatically in the public domain. For unpublished works created before 1932 and all works created after 1923, copyright expires 50-70 years (depending on the country) after the death of the author. In practical terms, though, no one's going to come after

Re: An odd question about copyright and copying old BW pictures.

2015-01-20 Thread Darren Addy
Regarding your copying of BW photos (some of which are curling... If you think that scanning would be a long job, I assure you that copying them with a camera will be just as long, if not longer. For those that don't lie flat, you will need to position them under glass. That glass will need to be

Re: An odd question about copyright and copying old BW pictures.

2015-01-20 Thread Mark Roberts
Corrected version below (I had to change the middle 1932 to 1923): Published works created before 1923 are automatically in the public domain. For unpublished works created before 1923 and all works created after 1923, copyright expires 50-70 years (depending on the country) after the death of

RE: An odd question about copyright and copying old BW pictures.

2015-01-20 Thread Malcolm Smith
Mark Roberts wrote: Published works created before 1923 are automatically in the public domain. For unpublished works created before 1932 and all works created after 1923, copyright expires 50-70 years (depending on the country) after the death of the author. In practical terms, though, no

RE: An odd question about copyright and copying old BW pictures.

2015-01-20 Thread Malcolm Smith
P.J. Alling wrote: I'm sure that changes to copyright law have made all of this quite complicated, however, if you own the original slide, you have defacto copyright. If there is no commercial value to the image it won't be in anyone's interest to challenge it. Thanks. I've tried to take a

RE: An odd question about copyright and copying old BW pictures.

2015-01-20 Thread Malcolm Smith
Darren Addy wrote: Regarding your copying of BW photos (some of which are curling... If you think that scanning would be a long job, I assure you that copying them with a camera will be just as long, if not longer. For those that don't lie flat, you will need to position them under glass.