Jostling made me laugh. :-)
I've never figured out the magic combination that nets a Flickr Explore rating.
Never bothered to try either, it's simply unimportant.
Godfrey
On Aug 12, 2015, at 8:07 AM, Jostein Øksne p...@alunfoto.no wrote:
Darn, with that thread title I thought this was
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/aug/12/why-dont-people-smile-old-photographs-google-answer
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Darn, with that thread title I thought this was about a pretty girl on a
sidewalk.
Jostein
Den 11. august 2015 15.43.02 CEST, skrev Darren Addy pixelsmi...@gmail.com:
If one thing is certain it is that I don't understand how Flickr
chooses images for Explore. I think my Alien Jellyfish
On Wed, Aug 12, 2015 at 10:17 AM, Steve Cottrell co...@seeingeye.tv wrote:
On 12/8/15, David J Brooks, discombobulated, unleashed:
Yes i am.:-)
At 2.8 or even 3.2 i'll have to play around with a pre focus point, as
they come in from a bit of an angle to my right, thus the higher ap
values like
Bob W-PDML Mon, 10 Aug 2015 15:41:05 -0700 wrote:
You're all arguing about the wrong thing. Question is, is the boat the iTanic
or the less well-known Samsunk?
B
Amusing as always!
However, I don't know that I was arguing about anything, Bob. Just responding
to the usual meaningless,
Because they had to stay perfectly still for quite a period of time,
and it is impossible to smile naturally for that length.
Dan Matyola
http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola
On Wed, Aug 12, 2015 at 11:27 AM, Mark Roberts
postmas...@robertstech.com wrote:
Actually the cartoon got it wrong. Everyone would be facing ~away~ from the
floundering vessel, taking selfies with the bobbing boat in the background.
Cheers,
frank
On 10 August, 2015 6:40:30 PM EDT, Bob W-PDML p...@web-options.com wrote:
You're all arguing about the wrong thing. Question is,
They're actually talking about photos that aren't quite *that* old.
On 8/12/2015 11:51 AM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote:
Because they had to stay perfectly still for quite a period of time,
and it is impossible to smile naturally for that length.
Dan Matyola
On 12 Aug 2015, at 21:42, mike wilson m.9.wil...@ntlworld.com wrote:
On 12 August 2015 at 20:26, Bob W-PDML p...@web-options.com wrote:
On 12 Aug 2015, at 20:20, John sesso...@earthlink.net wrote:
On 8/12/2015 11:27 AM, Mark Roberts wrote:
Jack Davis wrote:
Interesting double star on the right
prox one third of the way down from
the upper frame edge.
How long was the exposure?
The individual exposures were 14S with astrotracer.
http://www.fluidr.com/photos/ellarsee/sets/72157657118069972/
fluidr shows the exposure info
So cool!
ann
On 8/12/2015 6:53 AM, Knarf wrote:
Cool!
Cheers,
frank
On 12 August, 2015 3:29:01 AM EDT, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote:
I caught one meteor:
http://www.fluidr.com/photos/ellarsee/sets/72157657118069972/
Larry Colen wrote:
It seems as if the Perseids will be in full
On 12/8/15, John, discombobulated, unleashed:
Just in case there was something I was missing, I searched. The fastest
600 prime I found was F/4.
I told him this was gonna be expensive
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On 2015-08-11 19:16 , Igor PDML-StR wrote:
Godfrey DiGiorgi Tue, 11 Aug 2015 14:03:07 -0700 wrote:
The Flickr app is free - I don't pay for it, it takes no input or
information from or about me that the website doesn't already have or
acquire from use.
That's true only if you keep your
On 2015-08-11 15:19 , Bob W-PDML wrote:
It's part of a general trend towards the Compuserve/AOL model of trying to lock
people into proprietary access to stuff so that the vendors can get their
sweaty hands on your teats and milk you.
i understand the feeling, and i sympathize with Knarf's
On 12 August 2015 at 20:26, Bob W-PDML p...@web-options.com wrote:
On 12 Aug 2015, at 20:20, John sesso...@earthlink.net wrote:
On 8/12/2015 11:27 AM, Mark Roberts wrote:
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/aug/12/why-dont-people-smile-old-photographs-google-answer
I wonder how
At some time in your life you didn't know this, but many other people did. Then
you learnt it, and it was a new discovery for you.
Since then the world has circled the sun a few times. You and I have increased
our store of wisdom as we have increased our store of wrinkles and incontinence
I've had stars and Im and atheist and a Sagittarious... soo.. msut be
something else
ann
On 8/12/2015 3:01 PM, Bob W-PDML wrote:
That's very impressive. We don't have stars in Britain. I think it's because
we're all atheists or Sagittarius or something.
On Aug 12, 2015, at 10:01 AM, Larry
On 8/12/2015 3:37 PM, P.J. Alling wrote:
I knew this already, and I'll bet a lot of people on this list did
too. However when one has to fill inches, (in the old days of
newspapers, column inches), of space to keep one's blog or web site
fresh, one must write things like this, which are almost
On 8/12/2015 11:21 PM, Bill wrote:
On 12/08/2015 8:53 PM, P.J. Alling wrote:
On 8/12/2015 10:30 PM, Mark Roberts wrote:
On 8/12/2015 3:37 PM, P.J. Alling wrote:
I knew this already, and I'll bet a lot of people on this list did
too. However when one has to fill inches, (in the old days of
On Wed, Aug 12, 2015 at 5:03 PM, Steve Cottrell co...@seeingeye.tv wrote:
On 12/8/15, John, discombobulated, unleashed:
Just in case there was something I was missing, I searched. The fastest
600 prime I found was F/4.
I told him this was gonna be expensive
Truck, lens, truck lens Oy
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On 8/12/2015 10:30 PM, Mark Roberts wrote:
On 8/12/2015 3:37 PM, P.J. Alling wrote:
I knew this already, and I'll bet a lot of people on this list did
too. However when one has to fill inches, (in the old days of
newspapers, column inches), of space to keep one's blog or web site
fresh, one
On Aug 12, 2015, at 1:41 PM, steve harley p...@paper-ape.com wrote:
On 2015-08-11 19:16 , Igor PDML-StR wrote:
Godfrey DiGiorgi Tue, 11 Aug 2015 14:03:07 -0700 wrote:
The Flickr app is free - I don't pay for it, it takes no input or
information from or about me that the website doesn't
I love their wild look as well, Mark. Tabbies I've known are a bit
rambunctious, and Zoë sometimes seems not to far removed from the forest.
Thanks for the kind words.
Cheers,
frank
On 12 August, 2015 3:19:11 PM EDT, Mark C pdml-m...@charter.net wrote:
Nice portrait! I love the wild look of
On 12/08/2015 8:53 PM, P.J. Alling wrote:
On 8/12/2015 10:30 PM, Mark Roberts wrote:
On 8/12/2015 3:37 PM, P.J. Alling wrote:
I knew this already, and I'll bet a lot of people on this list did
too. However when one has to fill inches, (in the old days of
newspapers, column inches), of space to
False dichotomy.
For $6000 you've got the 560mm:
http://m.henrys.com/74968-PENTAX-DA-560MM-F5-6-ED-AW-LENS.aspx
For $14,000 you've got the Marinoni Genius with Campy Super Record EPS and Bora
wheelset.
http://www.marinoni.qc.ca/html/Genius.html
That's like 1/2 the price of one truck.
Think
steve harley Wed, 12 Aug 2015 13:42:07 -0700 wrote:
On 2015-08-11 19:16 , Igor PDML-StR wrote:
Godfrey DiGiorgi Tue, 11 Aug 2015 14:03:07 -0700 wrote:
The Flickr app is free - I don't pay for it, it takes no input or
information from or about me that the website doesn't already have or
She's been with us for 3 years and she was an adult pregnant with 4 kittens
(all lost, sadly) when our friend found her abandonned and locked in a cat
carrier in an alley, one cold, rainy night.
The Vet who removed the already-dead kittens was pretty sure it wasn't her
first pregancy.
So
On Aug 12, 2015, at 12:25 PM, Bob W-PDML p...@web-options.com wrote:
Argue, schmargue! Where would we be sans snark, avec meaning, et sans amusing
wryth?
Well, we'd certainly be lost without knarf ...
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One more of Sami singer Elle Marja Eira. I discovered that the Sami
are often referred to as Laplanders, however the Sami consider that to
be a derogatory moniker.
My problem with Elle Marja was getting one with her eyes open (she
mostly sings with closed eyes) and one without the mike covering
Ware wolf? Do they live in warehouses?
Cheers,
Dave
On Aug 12, 2015, at 6:34 am, Daniel J. Matyola danmaty...@gmail.com wrote:
On Tue, Aug 11, 2015 at 2:33 PM, Jack Davis jdavi...@comcast.net wrote:
Ya' wanta' be a cool dude, ware shades at nigh
Ware Shades?
Ware Wolf?
Their Wolf!
I caught one meteor:
http://www.fluidr.com/photos/ellarsee/sets/72157657118069972/
Larry Colen wrote:
It seems as if the Perseids will be in full swing this week. Does anyone
have any advice borne of experience for photographing them?
I suspect that a lot of short exposures will have the
Cool!
Cheers,
frank
On 12 August, 2015 3:29:01 AM EDT, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote:
I caught one meteor:
http://www.fluidr.com/photos/ellarsee/sets/72157657118069972/
Larry Colen wrote:
It seems as if the Perseids will be in full swing this week. Does
anyone
have any advice borne of
Darren Addy wrote:
High ISO does not really help you that much... I wouldn't recommend
over 800 ISO. You can leave your shutter open as long as you like
(well, until you start recording the sky fog/background light). Then
you aren't gaining anything by exposing longer because as the stars
get
Since it didn't terribly matter exactly where I was aiming my lens, I
used lightroom's panorama feature to string a bunch together including
my one meteor, which gave me 16291x2704:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/20320189520/sizes/o
It seems as if my FA31 and FA77 focus at infinity
Right on the money, frank! :-)
Godfrey
On Aug 12, 2015, at 8:53 AM, Knarf knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote:
Actually the cartoon got it wrong. Everyone would be facing ~away~ from the
floundering vessel, taking selfies with the bobbing boat in the background.
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Good selection. Thanks Dan. The guy testing the football helmet cracks me up.
Chris
On 12 August 2015 at 13:59, Daniel J. Matyola danmaty...@gmail.com wrote:
http://www.earthlymission.com/rarely-seen-enchanted-moments-of-us-history-megapost/
Dan Matyola
On 11/8/15, Ken Waller, discombobulated, unleashed:
And WD = ?
War Department.
The Mrs !!
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On 11/8/15, Ken Waller, discombobulated, unleashed:
A 600mm should solve the lens issue !
f/2.8 should do it. At a pinch an f/4. You getting this Dave
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On Wed, Aug 12, 2015 at 8:10 AM, Steve Cottrell co...@seeingeye.tv wrote:
On 11/8/15, Ken Waller, discombobulated, unleashed:
A 600mm should solve the lens issue !
Yup
f/2.8 should do it. At a pinch an f/4. You getting this Dave
Yes i am.:-)
At 2.8 or even 3.2 i'll have to play around with
Joke.
Did you ever see Mel Brook's Young Frankenstein?
Dan Matyola
http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola
On Wed, Aug 12, 2015 at 2:58 AM, David Mann dmann...@gmail.com wrote:
Ware wolf? Do they live in warehouses?
Cheers,
Dave
On Aug 12, 2015, at 6:34 am, Daniel J. Matyola
On 8/11/2015 4:15 PM, Bob W-PDML wrote:
On 11 Aug 2015, at 21:07, mike wilson m.9.wil...@ntlworld.com wrote:
On 11 August 2015 at 19:59, Bob W-PDML p...@web-options.com wrote:
On 11 Aug 2015, at 17:43, Knarf knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote:
No. In fact I had no idea that Frank N. Furter was a
On 12/8/15, David J Brooks, discombobulated, unleashed:
Yes i am.:-)
At 2.8 or even 3.2 i'll have to play around with a pre focus point, as
they come in from a bit of an angle to my right, thus the higher ap
values like 5.6 and 6.3 to give my more in focus area but a poor back
drop. Practice, we
On 8/12/2015 8:27 AM, David J Brooks wrote:
On Wed, Aug 12, 2015 at 8:10 AM, Steve Cottrell co...@seeingeye.tv wrote:
On 11/8/15, Ken Waller, discombobulated, unleashed:
A 600mm should solve the lens issue !
Yup
f/2.8 should do it. At a pinch an f/4. You getting this Dave
Yes i am.:-)
The 3rd Corollary of Murphy's Law for Meteor Photography states that,
If you switch your camera postitoning to capture a more active
portion of the sky, the field of view you just left will become active
and your new field of view will become inactive.
On Wed, Aug 12, 2015 at 8:36 AM, Darren Addy
High ISO does not really help you that much... I wouldn't recommend
over 800 ISO. You can leave your shutter open as long as you like
(well, until you start recording the sky fog/background light). Then
you aren't gaining anything by exposing longer because as the stars
get more exposure, so does
And money - you've got to buy a 600mm f/2.8 lens (or at a pinch we'll
let you off the hook with an f/4 version)
FWIW - I'm not aware of any f2.8 600mm prime lens, by any manufacturer. My
600mm f4.0 already weighs too much - would need a small truck to cart around
something like that.
That's very impressive. We don't have stars in Britain. I think it's because
we're all atheists or Sagittarius or something.
On Aug 12, 2015, at 10:01 AM, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote:
Since it didn't terribly matter exactly where I was aiming my lens, I used
lightroom's
Yes, that is M31, the Andromeda galaxy. Also, you've captured the
Double Cluster in Perseus, which is just over trees.
On Wed, Aug 12, 2015 at 12:01 PM, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote:
Since it didn't terribly matter exactly where I was aiming my lens, I used
lightroom's panorama feature
That one of Nancy Reagan and Mr. T has put my therapy back at least six years.
And the one of Ronald in his sweatpants must have added at least another year.
B
On 12 Aug 2015, at 18:00, Chris Mitchell chris.mitch...@which.net wrote:
Good selection. Thanks Dan. The guy testing the football
Thanks, Rick! And also Paul, Jack, Frank, Marco and everyone else who
had a look.
Mark
On 8/11/2015 10:26 PM, Rick Womer wrote:
Excellent, Mark! I really like the framing and the use of IR. Congratulations!
Rick
http://photo.net/photos/RickW
On Tue, Aug 11, 2015 at 8:57 PM, ann sanfedele
Thanks, Ann!
On 8/11/2015 8:57 PM, ann sanfedele wrote:
Ditto!
ann
On 8/11/2015 6:51 PM, Marco Alpert wrote:
Lovely! Congratulations.
- Marco
On Aug 11, 2015, at 3:39 PM, Mark C pdml-m...@charter.net wrote:
Just to share - I have a piece in this years American Landscapes
exhibit sponsored
On 8/12/2015 11:27 AM, Mark Roberts wrote:
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/aug/12/why-dont-people-smile-old-photographs-google-answer
I wonder how much of a role Victorian era dentistry played?
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Nice portrait! I love the wild look of tabby's.
Mark
On 8/11/2015 9:59 PM, frank theriault wrote:
Okay, she's not that young, maybe 4 (she's a rescue so who really
knows?). But Zoe acts young:
http://knarfdummyblog.blogspot.ca/2015/08/portrait-of-tabby-as-young-cat.html
I showed our Korat,
Argue, schmargue! Where would we be sans snark, avec meaning, et sans amusing
wryth?
On 12 Aug 2015, at 15:43, Godfrey DiGiorgi godfreydigio...@me.com wrote:
Bob W-PDML Mon, 10 Aug 2015 15:41:05 -0700 wrote:
You're all arguing about the wrong thing. Question is, is the boat the
On 12 Aug 2015, at 20:20, John sesso...@earthlink.net wrote:
On 8/12/2015 11:27 AM, Mark Roberts wrote:
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/aug/12/why-dont-people-smile-old-photographs-google-answer
I wonder how much of a role Victorian era dentistry played?
Victorian ear
Oh yeah - Caffenol. I played with it a little a few years ago and it
seemed like an interesting developer. I blogged on my initial
experiment in 2011 here:
http://www.markcassino.com/b2evolution/index.php/caffenol
My main concern was consistency - not having a precise scale I wondered
how
Interesting double star on the right
prox one third of the way down from
the upper frame edge.
How long was the exposure?
J
Sent from my iPhone
On Aug 12, 2015, at 10:01 AM, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote:
Since it didn't terribly matter exactly where I was aiming my lens, I used
Thanks, Alan. The whole exhibit is featured here:
http://mdfedart.com/mfaentry/sales/salesgallery.php?exhibit=48
Mark
On 8/12/2015 12:32 AM, Alan C wrote:
Well done, Mark. Is the the whole exhibit posted somewhere?
Alan C
-Original Message- From: Mark C
Sent: Wednesday, August 12,
I knew this already, and I'll bet a lot of people on this list did too.
However when one has to fill inches, (in the old days of newspapers,
column inches), of space to keep one's blog or web site fresh, one must
write things like this, which are almost common knowledge, up as if it
was a new
Just in case there was something I was missing, I searched. The fastest
600 prime I found was F/4.
Sigma makes a 200-500mm f/2.8 EX DG zoom lens, but it doesn't appear to
be available in Pentax mount.
On 8/12/2015 1:56 PM, Ken Waller wrote:
And money - you've got to buy a 600mm f/2.8 lens (or
Probably shooting Canon or Nikon.
On 8/12/2015 3:25 PM, Bob W-PDML wrote:
Argue, schmargue! Where would we be sans snark, avec meaning, et sans
amusing wryth?
On 12 Aug 2015, at 15:43, Godfrey DiGiorgi godfreydigio...@me.com
wrote:
Bob W-PDML Mon, 10 Aug 2015 15:41:05 -0700 wrote:
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