Re: Yeux Fatale -- Not competing with McCurry (PESO)

2015-03-15 Thread Jack Davis
A treasure! Jack - Original Message - From: Igor PDML-StR pdml...@komkon.org To: PDML PDML@pdml.net Sent: Saturday, March 14, 2015 10:57:28 PM Subject: Yeux Fatale -- Not competing with McCurry (PESO) http://42graphy.org/misc/ru-2013/_IR40218.html [... albeit not dark] No, not sad

Re: CF cards?

2015-03-15 Thread Ann Sanfedele
Rick I have a 2gb Sandisk that is blank and languishing - send me your snail mail addy and it will be in the mail tomorrow morning ann On 3/14/2015 10:48, Rick Womer wrote: I've dusted off my istD for my daughter, who is interested in moving beyond her phone for photography. For some reason

PESO x 2: Secretary Bird (Wrap Up)

2015-03-15 Thread Alan C
Thanks to all who looked, especially for the kind comments. I feel greatly encouraged. The 55-300 is helping a lot too. Jack, the location is in the Kruger Park about 10km from the Mozambique border 60km from Phalaborwa, just south of the tropic. Eric, they soar in a similar attitude to

Re: Yeux Fatale -- Not competing with McCurry (PESO)

2015-03-15 Thread Ann Sanfedele
Igor - that's a wonderful shot... and I don't tend to fancy baby pix - but this is above coochie-coochie-cooish ann On 3/15/2015 01:57, Igor PDML-StR wrote: http://42graphy.org/misc/ru-2013/_IR40218.html [... albeit not dark] No, not sad am I, nor so mad am I; All my comforts lie in my

Re: Yeux Fatale -- Not competing with McCurry (PESO)

2015-03-15 Thread Bulent Celasun
Lovely eyes and a memorable image overall :) 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: OT - in anticipation

2015-03-15 Thread Jack Davis
I think the term of your subordinate period is a factor. ;-)) Jack - Original Message - From: Jostein Øksne p...@alunfoto.no To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Sunday, March 15, 2015 4:41:16 AM Subject: Re: OT - in anticipation Can't say I got active endorsement when I

Re: So Q close

2015-03-15 Thread Bruce Walker
Very cool, Don. Some fine compositions and the colours and tones are wonderful. Especially like 439. On Sat, Mar 14, 2015 at 12:51 PM, Donald Guthrie shark50...@gmail.com wrote: Recently I felt I needed a small camera to to have at hand. In a fit of madness loyalty I bought Pentax Q7, the toy

Re: Yeux Fatale -- Not competing with McCurry (PESO)

2015-03-15 Thread Marco Alpert
Wonderful! - Marco On Mar 14, 2015, at 10:57 PM, Igor PDML-StR pdml...@komkon.org wrote: http://42graphy.org/misc/ru-2013/_IR40218.html [... albeit not dark] No, not sad am I, nor so mad am I; All my comforts lie in my destiny. Just to realise my life's worthiest prize Did I

Re: PESO x 2: Secretary Bird (Wrap Up)

2015-03-15 Thread Darren Addy
That is an amazing looking bird, Alan and really nice shots. I appreciate your taking the time to share them with the group. Our local annual Sandhill Crane migration is just beginning and the tourists have already begun arriving too. I saw word that a satellite tagged Common Crane left the

Re: So Q close

2015-03-15 Thread Darren Addy
Congrats on the Q7 purchase Don! A nice set and I'll agree with Bruce on 439, although I think it is most pleasing if looked at as a horizontal composition. On Sun, Mar 15, 2015 at 10:15 AM, Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com wrote: Very cool, Don. Some fine compositions and the colours and

Re: No words recipe, fish head curry

2015-03-15 Thread Jostein Øksne
Where would we be without it. Jostein Den 14. mars 2015 07:27:06 CET, skrev Larry Colen l...@red4est.com: One thing that the pdml never runs short on is pedantry. On March 13, 2015 10:48:20 AM PDT, Bipin Gupta bip...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Ken, that no words recipe is pretty complicated and an

Re: OT - in anticipation

2015-03-15 Thread Jostein Øksne
Can't say I got active endorsement when I bought mine, but we're still married too. I assume the trick must be to get married first. :-) Jostein Den 10. mars 2015 04:38:28 CET, skrev Ken Waller kwal...@peoplepc.com: You can't be married if you have a lens that big. G I guess I'm an exception

Re: Katzeye Optics out of production.

2015-03-15 Thread Ralf R Radermacher
Am 15.03.15 um 00:53 schrieb Darren Addy: No, it is not too late forever. I purchased from these guys back when I got one for my K-x. http://www.focusingscreen.com/index.php?cPath=25_113 Got one of theirs for the K10 and later for the K-5. Focussing is fine but metering is totally off the

Re: Not too pleasant thought's on new Pentax lens releases...

2015-03-15 Thread Jostein Øksne
Since we're in the realms of speculation, what's the odds that the lens retracts when you turn the camera off, rather rhan the other way around? Jostein Den 11. mars 2015 14:45:33 CET, skrev P.J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com: On 3/11/2015 9:38 AM, Eric Weir wrote: On Mar 10, 2015, at

Re: Yeux Fatale -- Not competing with McCurry (PESO)

2015-03-15 Thread Bob W-PDML
Very nice indeed. Prekrasnaya, in fact. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=halU3k6VHoIlist=PLdrvsNlzn9svlET5E7EsssiZTFTTYjCZl B On 15 Mar 2015, at 05:58, Igor PDML-StR pdml...@komkon.org wrote: http://42graphy.org/misc/ru-2013/_IR40218.html [... albeit not dark] No, not sad am I, nor

Re: OT - in anticipation

2015-03-15 Thread Jostein Øksne
Hey! Jostein Den 10. mars 2015 01:11:35 CET, skrev Mark Roberts postmas...@robertstech.com: Jack Davis wrote: You can't be married if you have a lens that big. G Not for long, anyway... -- Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail

Re: So Q close

2015-03-15 Thread Don Guthrie
Nice of you to say Bob, but I will not let my wife see your comment about needs. Thanks for the view. On 3/14/15 4:17 PM, pdml-requ...@pdml.net wrote: Message: 5 Date: Sat, 14 Mar 2015 11:59:32 -0500 From: Bob Sullivan rf.sulli...@gmail.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Subject:

Re:So Q close

2015-03-15 Thread Don Guthrie
Thanks, Bruce I will be posting another set Monday - landscapes mostly and I will have more to say about the camera handling then. On 3/14/15 4:17 PM, pdml-requ...@pdml.net wrote: Message: 8 Date: Sat, 14 Mar 2015 10:32:47 -0700 From: Bruce bkday...@daytonphoto.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List

Re:So Q close

2015-03-15 Thread Don Guthrie
Paul you really hit upon my problem. I just don't like phones for taking photos. They don't feel right in my hands and I feel silly using it that way. I also don't look for or see pictures if I don't have a camera with me. And yes I have missed photos because I did not take out my phone. I

PESO Winter's Last Stand

2015-03-15 Thread paul stenquist
A goose stands on a shelf of ice. K-3 with DA* 60-250 plus D 1.4X converter, f5.6, ISO 800: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17986280size=lg -- 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

PESO Empty Nesters

2015-03-15 Thread paul stenquist
Pentax K-3 with DA* 60-250 and D 1.4X converter, 350 mm, f5.6, ISO 800. http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17986280size=lg -- 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 - in anticipation

2015-03-15 Thread Jostein Øksne
Could very well be, Jack. :-) Den 15. mars 2015 13:15:51 CET, skrev Jack Davis jdavi...@comcast.net: I think the term of your subordinate period is a factor. ;-)) Jack - Original Message - From: Jostein Øksne p...@alunfoto.no To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Sunday,

Re: So Q close

2015-03-15 Thread Bruce Walker
I agree: taking pictures with a phone is like eating dinner with a hair brush. Pretty well every time I try to get a shot with my smart phone, I manage to exit the app while attempting to press the shutter, the fixed wide angle is useful for almost nothing, and the noise, JPEG distortion and low

Re: Yeux Fatale -- Not competing with McCurry (PESO)

2015-03-15 Thread Mark C
Cool shot - cute but a little mysterious too. On 3/15/2015 1:57 AM, Igor PDML-StR wrote: http://42graphy.org/misc/ru-2013/_IR40218.html [... albeit not dark] No, not sad am I, nor so mad am I; All my comforts lie in my destiny. Just to realise my life's worthiest prize Did I sacrifice for

Re:So Q close

2015-03-15 Thread Don Guthrie
Thanks for the comments, Jack. Rotating right in LR you have a point but I think I would have to cut a little of the left side for balance. May post it elsewhere that way and see what comments it gets. Appreciate you thoughts. On 3/14/15 4:17 PM, pdml-requ...@pdml.net wrote: Message: 7

Re: So Q close

2015-03-15 Thread Larry Colen
A friend just asked me on my facebook page about the Q, mind if I point him to your set? Donald Guthrie wrote: Recently I felt I needed a small camera to to have at hand. In a fit of madness loyalty I bought Pentax Q7, the toy that is a little more. Here is a small group of closeups on the

Re: Yeux Fatale -- Not competing with McCurry (PESO)

2015-03-15 Thread Igor PDML-StR
Thank you, Bob, Jack, Ann, Bulent, and Marco for your kind comments! Some followup responses are interspersed below. Igor Ann Sanfedele Sun, 15 Mar 2015 06:34:22 -0700 wrote: Igor - that's a wonderful shot... and I don't tend to fancy baby pix - but this is above coochie-coochie-cooish

Re: PESO - John and Evaline

2015-03-15 Thread Bob W-PDML
It's interesting too that there's a 21st century Wiler right behind them, so 200 years of presumably the same family. B On 15 Mar 2015, at 18:12, Rick Womer rickpic...@gmail.com wrote: I'm not sure why I found this pair of headstones so appealing:

Re: PESO Empty Nesters

2015-03-15 Thread Paul Stenquist
I intentionally left the goose in shadow. More a mood piece IMO than yet another study of a flying rat:-) Paul via phone On Mar 15, 2015, at 3:50 PM, Paul pentax1...@gmail.com wrote: Like the mallards; the goose, not so much. Would like to see more detail with the goose. Calibrated the

Re: PESO Empty Nesters

2015-03-15 Thread Jack Davis
Paul, same link for both, Empty Nesters and Winter's Last Stand. (?) Jack - Original Message - From: paul stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Sunday, March 15, 2015 11:56:50 AM Subject: PESO Empty Nesters Pentax K-3 with DA* 60-250 and D

Re: So Q close

2015-03-15 Thread Paul Stenquist
Phone cameras take some getting used to, but my iPhone 6 plus is better than many PS cameras, probably almost as good as a Q for wide to normal focal lengths. Paul via phone On Mar 15, 2015, at 3:11 PM, Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com wrote: I agree: taking pictures with a phone is

Re: So Q close

2015-03-15 Thread Don Guthrie
I' d be honored. Point away. On 3/15/15 2:12 PM, pdml-requ...@pdml.net wrote: Message: 4 Date: Sun, 15 Mar 2015 10:34:04 -0700 From: Larry Colenl...@red4est.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail Listpdml@pdml.net Subject: Re: So Q close Message-ID:5505c28c.6070...@red4est.com Content-Type: text/plain;

Re: PESO Empty Nesters

2015-03-15 Thread Jack Davis
Never mind, Paul. Found the Arrow Point. (grin) Of the two, prefer Empty Nesters. Jack - Original Message - From: Jack Davis jdavi...@comcast.net To: PDML pdml@pdml.net Sent: Sunday, March 15, 2015 1:06:20 PM Subject: Re: PESO Empty Nesters Paul, same link for both, Empty Nesters and

Re: So Q close

2015-03-15 Thread Don Guthrie
From: Mark C pdml-m...@charter.net To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Subject: Re: So Q close Message-ID: 5504b447.5080...@charter.net Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed Excellent set, Don. Sweet light, great compositions. My Q has seen little use - your

PESO - John and Evaline

2015-03-15 Thread Rick Womer
I'm not sure why I found this pair of headstones so appealing: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17982921size=lg (K-5, DA 50-200) Maybe it's the way they tilt toward each other. I'm also intrigued that in the 19th century this woman kept her own name; something that raised eyebrows when

Re: PESO Empty Nesters

2015-03-15 Thread Paul
Like the mallards; the goose, not so much. Would like to see more detail with the goose. Calibrated the monitor yesterday, so that shouldn't be the difference, but maybe our calibration is different. -p On 3/15/2015 1:56 PM, paul stenquist wrote: Pentax K-3 with DA* 60-250 and D 1.4X

Re: PESO - John and Evaline

2015-03-15 Thread Ken Waller
Interesting capture. ... this woman kept her own name; Maybe they never officially married. Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: Rick Womer rickpic...@gmail.com Subject: PESO - John and Evaline I'm not sure why I found this

Re: Yeux Fatale -- Not competing with McCurry (PESO)

2015-03-15 Thread Ken Waller
A great capture Igor. Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: Igor PDML-StR pdml...@komkon.org Subject: Yeux Fatale -- Not competing with McCurry (PESO) http://42graphy.org/misc/ru-2013/_IR40218.html [... albeit not dark] No,

Re: OT - in anticipation

2015-03-15 Thread Ken Waller
I assume the trick must be to get married first. :-) I normally would have assumed just the opposite - bring the lens into the marrage otherwise she might never forgive you !. But I didn't have the money nor the need for that lens then. Kenneth Waller

Re: PESO - John and Evaline

2015-03-15 Thread Don Guthrie
Artful capture. On 3/15/15 2:12 PM, pdml-requ...@pdml.net wrote: Message: 8 Date: Sun, 15 Mar 2015 14:12:37 -0400 From: Rick Womerrickpic...@gmail.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail Listpdml@pdml.net Subject: PESO - John and Evaline Message-ID:f5fd65c6-da23-4cc1-885f-5479eedda...@gmail.com

Re: Very Foggy Morning

2015-03-15 Thread Mark C
Nice shot, Bob - great sense of depth as the further trees are fading in the fog... it is great to see the snow melt! Mark On 3/13/2015 2:57 PM, Ken Waller wrote: Nice capture Bob. I find foggy images are the hardest for me to render, after capture. If it were mine I'd have positioned the

Re: PESO - John and Evaline

2015-03-15 Thread Mark C
I like the how the stones lean into each other - like they are still huddling. Interesting that she kept her own name (at least on her tombstone.) Nice capture! Mark On 3/15/2015 2:12 PM, Rick Womer wrote: I'm not sure why I found this pair of headstones so appealing:

Re: PESO: Very Foggy Morning

2015-03-15 Thread Christine Aguila
Love it, Bob! Cheers, Christine Sent from my iPad On Mar 13, 2015, at 12:27 PM, Bob Sullivan rf.sulli...@gmail.com wrote: Here's an image taken at the Arboretum after sunrise, but very blue until I corrected with the eyedropper in Lightroom.

Re: Yeux Fatale -- Not competing with McCurry (PESO)

2015-03-15 Thread Knarf
Great shot! Cheers, frank On 15 March, 2015 1:57:28 AM EDT, Igor PDML-StR pdml...@komkon.org wrote: http://42graphy.org/misc/ru-2013/_IR40218.html [... albeit not dark] No, not sad am I, nor so mad am I; All my comforts lie in my destiny. Just to realise my life's worthiest prize Did I

Re: Yeux Fatale -- Not competing with McCurry (PESO)

2015-03-15 Thread Christine Aguila
Excellent! Cheers, Christine Sent from my iPad On Mar 15, 2015, at 12:57 AM, Igor PDML-StR pdml...@komkon.org wrote: http://42graphy.org/misc/ru-2013/_IR40218.html [... albeit not dark] No, not sad am I, nor so mad am I; All my comforts lie in my destiny. Just to realise my

Re: PESO - John and Evaline

2015-03-15 Thread Christine Aguila
What Mark said. Interesting photo, Rick. Cheers, Christine Sent from my iPad On Mar 15, 2015, at 8:51 PM, Mark C pdml-m...@charter.net wrote: I like the how the stones lean into each other - like they are still huddling. Interesting that she kept her own name (at least on her tombstone.)