It was done some many years ago - but, time having marched on, it might be an
idea to update!
John in Brisbane
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That's beautiful, Dan. The black background really makes it pop.
Cheers,
frank
On 25 April, 2015 12:16:04 PM EDT, Daniel J. Matyola danmaty...@gmail.com
wrote:
http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=18011983size=lg
K-5 II S, FA 100 Macro 2.8
Comments, suggestions, criticisms and abuse are all
Gosh, takes me back to 2001.
I was in the area there for a work event that lasted ten days. Had a lot of
time on my hands between sessions, and they'd given me a room overlooking Manly
Beach. My cheap entertainment was to ride the ferries around the harbor and
wander the nearby streets in my
Generous remark, Frank.
Thanks!
Jack
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On Apr 25, 2015, at 5:54 PM, Knarf knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote:
The egret is especially beautiful. Wonderful composition with the tall
grasses.
Surprising detail given the crops.
Cheers,
frank
On 25 April, 2015
Don,
Nice collection and captures spring very well.
Regards, Bob S.
On Sat, Apr 25, 2015 at 10:57 PM, Ann Sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com wrote:
Nice group - but I have three favorites...
The fallen petals on the ground, the fallen magnolia blossoms on the bench
and the two blue flowers whose
Dave,
Your travel photos have all been enjoyable.
Kookaburra in a gum tree brings back memories of the childhood song.
Regards, Bob S.
On Sun, Apr 26, 2015 at 12:39 AM, David Mann dmann...@gmail.com wrote:
A kookaburra in a gum tree. I was just a few moments too late to get the
Manly ferry
When I was in grade school, Crayola might have called that red-orange,
but I guess names have changed since 1948. ; }
-p
On 4/26/2015 9:33 AM, Ann Sanfedele wrote:
Salmon I think is best. but coral might work as well
because even though coral need not be salmon colored it often is.
ann
A square crop would lose RED spot on the wall, leaving only the yellow
blue.
On 4/26/2015 7:57 AM, Bulent Celasun wrote:
I see a potentially better image there.
A different time of the day.
The yellow thing's shadow is diagonal and
pointing towards the graffiti on the wall.
And a square
Exactly, Mr. Harley.
My boss's father, the former CEO of his family of companies, often
says that he would rather have $1 from 1 million people, than he would
$1 million dollars from one person. It doesn't take a lot of deep
reflection to figure out which is the better business model. Add to
that
Can't help with the colour but it's a stunning bloom, and well captured.
Cheers,
frank
On 26 April, 2015 9:24:33 AM EDT, Daniel J. Matyola danmaty...@gmail.com
wrote:
This is one of my favorites of the daffodil varieties I planted in my
yard. It is a double daffodil, with an unusual color
Yeah, that would be just like them!
Jack
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On Apr 25, 2015, at 9:24 PM, Ann Sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com wrote:
That's always a response I like :-)
ann
On 4/20/2015 18:25, Mark C wrote:
That literally made me laugh out loud
Mark
On 4/20/2015 1:17 PM, Ann
Salmon I think is best. but coral might work as well
because even though coral need not be salmon colored it often is.
ann
On 4/26/2015 09:24, Daniel J. Matyola wrote:
This is one of my favorites of the daffodil varieties I planted in my
yard. It is a double daffodil, with an unusual color
travel postcard :-) doesn't need the boat
ann
On 4/26/2015 09:46, Knarf wrote:
Its wonderful without the ferry.
Cheers,
frank
On 26 April, 2015 1:39:33 AM EDT, David Mann dmann...@gmail.com wrote:
A kookaburra in a gum tree. I was just a few moments too late to get
the Manly ferry
Coral is a much better description than salmon.
It doesn't smell as fishy.
Regards, Bob S.
On Sun, Apr 26, 2015 at 10:33 AM, Paul pentax1...@gmail.com wrote:
When I was in grade school, Crayola might have called that red-orange, but I
guess names have changed since 1948. ; }
-p
On
Its wonderful without the ferry.
Cheers,
frank
On 26 April, 2015 1:39:33 AM EDT, David Mann dmann...@gmail.com wrote:
A kookaburra in a gum tree. I was just a few moments too late to get
the Manly ferry between the trees n the background.
http://gallery.multi.net.nz/photo/905/#peso
Cheers,
Very nice photo but the title makes it.
;-)
Cheers,
frank
On 26 April, 2015 1:45:03 AM EDT, David Mann dmann...@gmail.com wrote:
http://gallery.multi.net.nz/photo/906/#peso
Cheers,
Dave
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Dan,
Pretty, sharp focus, great background. Well done.
Regards, Bob S.
On Sat, Apr 25, 2015 at 11:52 PM, Daniel J. Matyola
danmaty...@gmail.com wrote:
Another specimen from my yard:
http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=18011984size=lg
K-5 II S, FA 100 mm f2.8 Macro
Comments are invited.
On 2015-04-24 23:45 , Bob W-PDML wrote:
A better analogy is photocopying a book rather than buying it, and photocopying
it is a lesser crime than stealing it. But still a crime.
right, it's a license violation, not a theft
i proposed a theory many years ago that Adobe purposely tolerated the
Looks like orange to me.
On 4/26/2015 9:24 AM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote:
This is one of my favorites of the daffodil varieties I planted in my
yard. It is a double daffodil, with an unusual color between the
outer and inner white petals. When I purchased the bulbs, several
years ago, they were
A nice scene. I like the contrast between the hard metal and stone of
the fort, showing a past potential for violent action, and the quiet
and softness of the background, showing present day focus on
recreation.
Dan Matyola
http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola
On Sun, Apr 26, 2015
Thanks, Jack.
I'll rethink the positioning of the blossom in the frame a bit in
light of your comment.
Dan Matyola
http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola
On Sun, Apr 26, 2015 at 9:21 AM, Jack Davis jdavi...@comcast.net wrote:
Like the lighting and perspective. Only thing I'd have to
I was just teasing you, Dan. I'm a cat person but I love dogs, too. Didn't
always, but having a roomate for a year with a dog changed all that. Tizzie and
I had some great times together.
Thanks for the nice words about my photo. Much appreciated. Zoë is a pretty
cool cat.
Cheers,
frank
On
Man the canon me hearties, it's those pesky sail boats again.
Fun catch, Dave.
Jack
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Like the lighting and perspective. Only thing I'd have to change
would be to switch the positioning to lower left to upper right.
I know it doesn't matter, but it would satisfy my imaginary eye
channel a little better and stop my thinking about it.
Would that I could help such things.
Nicely done, David! great DoF. Stack exposure?
The kookaburra's near middle position isn't a
problem for me due to it's small relative size.
Catching the ferry between the trees and background
would have, also, been nice.
Jack
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Such a manly fairly... :)
On Sun, Apr 26, 2015 at 1:39 AM, David Mann dmann...@gmail.com wrote:
A kookaburra in a gum tree. I was just a few moments too late to get the
Manly ferry between the trees n the background.
http://gallery.multi.net.nz/photo/905/#peso
Cheers,
Dave
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This is one of my favorites of the daffodil varieties I planted in my
yard. It is a double daffodil, with an unusual color between the
outer and inner white petals. When I purchased the bulbs, several
years ago, they were identified by variety and colors, but I have
forgotten both. I know what
Certainly my fave of your recent flower closeups... composition wise,
sharpmness wise and love the colors... guess the wind died down for ya :-)
ann
On 4/26/2015 00:52, Daniel J. Matyola wrote:
Another specimen from my yard:
http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=18011984size=lg
K-5 II S, FA
Thanks, Ann. I like this flower and this angle, and I was please with
the flower itself. I did a lot of clean-up on the background to make
it stand out more and mosly to eliminate some very distracting junk
around it. I wasn't quite sure how that came out, so I thought I run
it up the flagpole
Quoting Darren Addy pixelsmi...@gmail.com:
The thing I think we all worry about is how high the monthly
subscription rate will go, particularly with a product that has
virtually no competition like Photoshop.
I'm not sure that there's no competition. For the Mac platform
Serif's recent
Thanks, Attila.
Dan Matyola
http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola
On Sun, Apr 26, 2015 at 3:02 PM, Attila Boros attila.p...@gmail.com wrote:
Very nice and colorful.
On Wed, Apr 22, 2015 at 7:26 PM, Daniel J. Matyola danmaty...@gmail.com
wrote:
On Sunday, I planted a few flowers
That is a very modern streetcar. The old-fashioned ones have more
interest and romance, but the newer ones are undoubtedly more
colorful, and probably warmer in winter.
Dan Matyola
http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola
On Sun, Apr 26, 2015 at 4:37 PM, Knarf knarftheria...@gmail.com
On Sun, Apr 26, 2015 at 3:20 PM, Ann Sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com wrote:
But I do find that designer color names get a little silly. Once a friend
complimented me on the blouse I was wearing and asked what the
color was called.. I replied Red :-)
I agree, Ann, but this particular hue doe not
Bob Sullivan wrote:
Well that link is sure full of pop-ups. :-(
Firefox with the NoScript add-on. I didn't see a single pop-up.
On Sun, Apr 26, 2015 at 2:01 PM, Attila Boros attila.p...@gmail.com wrote:
Some nice artwork from good old times.
On 26 Apr 2015, at 22:48, Brian Walters apathy...@lyons-ryan.org wrote:
Quoting Bob Sullivan rf.sulli...@gmail.com:
Dave,
Your travel photos have all been enjoyable.
Kookaburra in a gum tree brings back memories of the childhood song.
That childhood song has caused rockers 'Men at
On Sun, Apr 26, 2015 at 3:20 PM, Ken Waller kwal...@peoplepc.com wrote:
Well captured Dan.
Minimizing the blank space on the left will improve it somewhat IMO.
Thanks, Ken. I will try a tighter crop and see how it looks.
Dan Matyola
http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola
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Of course as a vegan I wouldn't endorse or encourage any place that exploits
animals for our entertainment and titillation.
But since you bring it up... ;-)
I haven't been there for at least 15 years and it was already in decline then.
Funding levels have since dropped and attendance is
They get thru the google pop-up blocker, which screens out most problems for me.
On Sun, Apr 26, 2015 at 6:53 PM, Mark Roberts
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Bob Sullivan wrote:
Well that link is sure full of pop-ups. :-(
Firefox with the NoScript add-on. I didn't see a single pop-up.
Not to much coral in Chicago, or within 1,000 miles.
On Sun, Apr 26, 2015 at 12:16 PM, P.J. Alling
webstertwenty...@gmail.com wrote:
You've never smelled dead coral before the organics have been dispersed,
have you.
On 4/26/2015 11:52 AM, Bob Sullivan wrote:
Coral is a much better
On 26/04/2015 5:55 PM, Bob Sullivan wrote:
They get thru the google pop-up blocker, which screens out most problems for me.
No problems with Chrome. You might want to run a virii scan.
bill
On Sun, Apr 26, 2015 at 6:53 PM, Mark Roberts
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Bob Sullivan wrote:
It's been many,many years but the zoo was well worth the effort.
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And in all seriousness, if you like museums, the Royal Ontario Museum and the
Art Gallery of Ontario are must-sees. I'm not sure
Well that link is sure full of pop-ups. :-(
On Sun, Apr 26, 2015 at 2:01 PM, Attila Boros attila.p...@gmail.com wrote:
Some nice artwork from good old times.
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/art/golden-age-american-car/
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Ann Sanfedele wrote on Sun, 26 Apr 2015 07:32:40:
Salmon I think is best. but coral might work as well
because even though coral need not be salmon colored it often is.
I think that “coral” would be the more appropriate name, at least in the US,
and assuming my monitor calibration is on
...because I just made the annual donation to the Global Health
Initiative for the PDML book!
You lot are going to have to buy a lot more books this year to cover
it :-)
That said, The Book is nearing completion. I hope to upload a test
version tomorrow or Tuesday. I still haven't heard from
Great stuff!
Paul via phone
On Apr 26, 2015, at 7:56 PM, Bill anotherdrunken...@gmail.com wrote:
On 26/04/2015 5:55 PM, Bob Sullivan wrote:
They get thru the google pop-up blocker, which screens out most problems for
me.
No problems with Chrome. You might want to run a virii scan.
Because we have at least one Toronto resident here, I thought I'd ask:
What are some neat things to see or do in Toronto in mid-June?
I'll be there for the first half of the month, first for the big ISMRM
conference at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre, and then a week on
my own. I intend to
No one here lives in Toronto...
Cheers,
frank
On 26 April, 2015 4:25:04 PM EDT, John Celio neo.venator.com+p...@gmail.com
wrote:
Because we have at least one Toronto resident here, I thought I'd ask:
What are some neat things to see or do in Toronto in mid-June?
I'll be there for the first
We're getting new rolling stock for our streetcar lines. Our old Red Rockets
are getting a bit long in the tooth after some forty years in service.
They aren't on my Queen line yet but the Spadina line is well-stocked:
http://knarfdummyblog.blogspot.ca/2015/04/time-marches-on.html?m=1
My one
And in all seriousness, if you like museums, the Royal Ontario Museum and the
Art Gallery of Ontario are must-sees. I'm not sure what special exhibits each
have in June but no matter: their regular collections are well worth the visits.
Both are downtown and easy to get to from anywhere.
The
Stouffeville is the cultural centre of Toronto and home to our annual Spelling
Bee
This is Stouffville:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=12QQV3lyYj0
(At least in my head it is)
B
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Thanks, Frank.
Dan Matyola
http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola
On Sun, Apr 26, 2015 at 9:42 AM, Knarf knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote:
That's beautiful, Dan. The black background really makes it pop.
Cheers,
frank
On 25 April, 2015 12:16:04 PM EDT, Daniel J. Matyola
On Sun, Apr 26, 2015 at 10:41 AM, Bob Sullivan rf.sulli...@gmail.com wrote:
Pretty, sharp focus, great background. Well done.
Thanks, Bob
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Very pretty, Alan --
Did it storm later in the day? (thinking of the little rhyme Red sky
in Morning, sailors take warning)
ann
On 4/26/2015 14:01, frank theriault wrote:
Stunning!
Cheers,
frank
On Sat, Apr 25, 2015 at 10:59 AM, Alan C c...@lantic.net wrote:
Sunrise at 06:18 this
Knarf wrote:
Stouffeville is the cultural centre of Toronto and home to our annual Spelling
Bee
Now wiping tea off my monitor...
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Quoting Bob Sullivan rf.sulli...@gmail.com:
Dave,
Your travel photos have all been enjoyable.
Kookaburra in a gum tree brings back memories of the childhood song.
That childhood song has caused rockers 'Men at Work' a few headaches
and financial problems.
In 2010 the Australian Federal
No stack exposure, just a snapshot at f/11. IIRC it wasn't realistic to get
closer, I think there was a steep bank there so moving towards the bird would
have required growing several feet. It wasn't in good light anyway but it was
the only kookaburra I'd seen during the whole trip so any
I really shouldn't carp about this, considering some of my bird
pictures, but you really need to get closer.
About that Manly Ferry, how do you know does it have hair on it's chest
err back...
On 4/26/2015 1:39 AM, David Mann wrote:
A kookaburra in a gum tree. I was just a few moments too
That's a lovely gallery. The bench under the magnolia tree (that is
magnolia, right?) is my favourite. Reminds me of Wilde's ~The Selfish
Giant~
Cheers,
frank
On Fri, Apr 24, 2015 at 3:27 PM, Donald Guthrie shark50...@gmail.com wrote:
12 photos from a walk around my favorite local mansion.
Some nice artwork from good old times.
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/art/golden-age-american-car/
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Very nice and colorful.
On Wed, Apr 22, 2015 at 7:26 PM, Daniel J. Matyola danmaty...@gmail.com wrote:
On Sunday, I planted a few flowers alon the walkway in my back yard:
http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=18008631
K-5 II S, FA 100 mm macro F2.8
Comments and criticisms are invited.
Excellent detail! I hope you had some fun with it, 110 images sounds
like a lot of work.
On Fri, Apr 24, 2015 at 4:50 AM, Mark C pdml-m...@charter.net wrote:
A macro of a moth - probably a gypsy moth:
http://www.markcassino.com/b2evolution/index.php/moth-macro
K3, DFA macro reverse mounted
Stunning!
Cheers,
frank
On Sat, Apr 25, 2015 at 10:59 AM, Alan C c...@lantic.net wrote:
Sunrise at 06:18 this morning @ 18°C. 32°C by noon.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/wisselstroom/17239511786/in/photostream/lightbox/
K7 with the DA 18-55
Alan C
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On Sun, Apr 26, 2015 at 9:49 AM, Knarf knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote:
Can't help with the colour but it's a stunning bloom, and well captured.
Thanks, Frank!
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Well captured Dan.
Minimizing the blank space on the left will improve it somewhat IMO.
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Subject: PESO: Yellow Daffodil
Another specimen from my yard:
http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=18011984size=lg
K-5 II S, FA 100
Hi Mark,
The wind was howling so loud that I couldn't hear droplets falling.
Also, I standing as far from the edge as I could (and still get the
photo) - it was icy and last thing I wanted was to slip into that
churning, frigid water. I don't think it's an exaggeration to say it
could have been
WOW! Cheers, Christine
Christine Aguila, Asst. Professor
Communications Dept.
Truman College
FC4 President
On Apr 23, 2015, at 8:50 PM, Mark C pdml-m...@charter.net wrote:
A macro of a moth - probably a gypsy moth:
http://www.markcassino.com/b2evolution/index.php/moth-macro
K3, DFA
You've never smelled dead coral before the organics have been dispersed,
have you.
On 4/26/2015 11:52 AM, Bob Sullivan wrote:
Coral is a much better description than salmon.
It doesn't smell as fishy.
Regards, Bob S.
On Sun, Apr 26, 2015 at 10:33 AM, Paul pentax1...@gmail.com wrote:
When I
Isnt Manly Ferry an oxymoron?
jco
On 4/26/2015 1:08 PM, P.J. Alling wrote:
I really shouldn't carp about this, considering some of my bird
pictures, but you really need to get closer.
About that Manly Ferry, how do you know does it have hair on it's
chest err back...
On 4/26/2015 1:39 AM,
A square crop would lose RED spot on the wall,
leaving only the yellow blue.
... and we don't want that.
But, I know some (well,many) photographers
who may find a trick or two to fix it :)
Bulent
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Thanks, Ann, Paul, John, Bob P.J. Bulent, and all who looked and commented.
I had been calling it peach, but I looked at a color chart just
know, and Coral, Salmon or Re-Orange all seen closer to the color in
the bloom.
In any event, it's still one of my favorite daffs.
Dan Matyola
Last week I posted about the waterproofish stackable organizer boxes
that I found at Home Depot. I headed to my local store yesterday to
pick one up for my speedlight gear. Since the local (very small) store
didn't have the DeWalt box, I went with the Rigid. It turns out that
the plastic
http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=18012945
(K-5, DA 16-45)
Comments appreciated!
Rick
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Sounds like a neat job, Jim
The difficult thing I find in describing the color of something I'm
selling is what most people who would buy this that or the other thing
would respond to or see as being most correct - because while I may get
the color spot on on my monitor, and it translates
thanks, Attila - I enjoy the process of setting up and taking these
images - its almost like meditation.
Mark
On 4/26/2015 3:10 PM, Attila Boros wrote:
Excellent detail! I hope you had some fun with it, 110 images sounds
like a lot of work.
On Fri, Apr 24, 2015 at 4:50 AM, Mark C
Dan - I stand by Salmon as the closest thing... thinking of the hue of
a slab of nova scotia :-) and the color of your flower, as you say,
doesn't fall within the basic colors..
The exchange with my friend was just a dig at the fashion industry and
I was teasing my friend a bit too...
ann
Shame about so much of it being destroyed though.
On 4/26/2015 8:17 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote:
Great stuff!
Paul via phone
On Apr 26, 2015, at 7:56 PM, Bill anotherdrunken...@gmail.com wrote:
On 26/04/2015 5:55 PM, Bob Sullivan wrote:
They get thru the google pop-up blocker, which screens
http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=18013021size=md
K-5 II S, FA 100 mm F2.8 Macro
Comments are invited.
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Really, really sorry to hear that knarF.
When I visited it, probably 35 years ago it was a very fine zoo.
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Of course as a vegan I wouldn't endorse or encourage any place that exploits
animals for
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