Re: Problem with gmail.

2018-05-05 Thread Henk Terhell
A good question. I remember having problems with pop which disappeared after changing to imap on my mail accounts. Henk Op 2018-05-05 om 20:35 schreef Larry Colen: On May 5, 2018, at 12:36 AM, P. J. Alling wrote: This is decidedly strange. I'm suddenly no longer

Re: PESOS two pretties

2018-05-05 Thread Alan C
Yes. Almost impossible to get the "perfect" background. The white throated sparrow is a fine looking bird. Alan C -Original Message- From: Paul Stenquist Sent: 5 May, 2018 11:07 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: PESOS two pretties I shoot ‘em where they be! On May 5,

Re: Ol' Red Eye

2018-05-05 Thread Alan C
The African Terrapins all have smooth shells, unlike your fresh water Turtles. Only the marine species are referred to as Turtles. Alan C -Original Message- From: Daniel J. Matyola Sent: 5 May, 2018 8:07 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: Ol' Red Eye I believe that is

Re: PESO: Portrait of Hoot Barred Owl perched

2018-05-05 Thread Alan C
You were fortunate to encounter such an accommodating owl, especially in broad daylight. Alan C -Original Message- From: PhotoCapturesbyJeffery.com Sent: 6 May, 2018 4:12 AM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: PESO: Portrait of Hoot Barred Owl perched While at Radnor Lake I took

PESO: Portrait of Hoot Barred Owl perched

2018-05-05 Thread PhotoCapturesbyJeffery.com
While at Radnor Lake I took the road trail close to the lake first off early morning on a mission to hopefully get the privilege of seeing either the otters or the beavers. Well I didn't get that privilege but I did get to see one of the Barred Owls. Later in the visit and before I was going

OT Costco single malt

2018-05-05 Thread lrc
Lagavulin 16 $56 Oban 14 $50 Frog 10 $38 Kirkland speyside 18 $54 Bowmore 18 $100 -- Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the

Re: PESOS two pretties

2018-05-05 Thread Paul Stenquist
I shoot ‘em where they be! > On May 5, 2018, at 5:05 PM, Ken Waller wrote: > > Excellent captures of the subject birds but the backgrounds are distracting - > too bright with the Siskin and too cluttered with the sparrow. > > > -Original Message- >> From: Paul

Re: PESOS two pretties

2018-05-05 Thread Ken Waller
Excellent captures of the subject birds but the backgrounds are distracting - too bright with the Siskin and too cluttered with the sparrow. -Original Message- >From: Paul Stenquist >Subject: PESOS two pretties > >A pine siskin against a background of forsythia

Re: Printing question

2018-05-05 Thread Bob W-PDML
On 5 May 2018, at 20:47, Larry Colen wrote: > > >> On May 5, 2018, at 12:11 PM, Mark C wrote: >> >> Relative colorimetirc maps out of gamut colors to the nearest in gamut color >> in the desintation color space. Perceptual maps out of gamut colors

Re: Printing question

2018-05-05 Thread Larry Colen
> On May 5, 2018, at 12:11 PM, Mark C wrote: > > Relative colorimetirc maps out of gamut colors to the nearest in gamut color > in the desintation color space. Perceptual maps out of gamut colors into the > destination color space and also shifts other colors to

Re: From Strobe to Stage Prop

2018-05-05 Thread Paul Sorenson
Never underestimate how poorly some theoretical minds cannot understand practical things.  I worked with a guy working on his Masters in EE that couldn't understand how to wire a 3-way switch and make it work. -p On 5/5/2018 2:25 PM, Larry Colen wrote: On May 5, 2018, at 12:03 PM, Dale H.

Re: From Strobe to Stage Prop

2018-05-05 Thread Larry Colen
> On May 5, 2018, at 12:03 PM, Dale H. Cook > wrote: > > At 12:49 PM 5/5/2018, Larry Colen wrote: > >> Just out of curiosity, do you also happen to be a ham? > > No - I have been a commercial operator for nearly 50 years but never an > amateur operator.

Re: Printing question

2018-05-05 Thread Paul Stenquist
Thanks for the clear explanation, Mark! I tried printing the same file twice in Relative Colorimetric. Once with Black Point Compensation on and once with it off. Hard to see a difference, but with it turned on the print seemed to pick up a bit more contrast. I’m leaving it on for now. Paul >

Re: Problem with gmail.

2018-05-05 Thread Dale H. Cook
At 01:30 PM 5/5/2018, P. J. Alling wrote: >Which port are you using. I'm using the suggested port of 995. I am as well. >What version of Eudora are you using? 7.0.1.0. >What platform? Win 7 Pro 64-bit. Dale H. Cook, 50+ years as an SLR photographer, Pentax K-70 w/ Pentax-DA 18-270mm lens,

PESOS two pretties

2018-05-05 Thread Paul Stenquist
A pine siskin against a background of forsythia https://www.photo.net/photo/18471628/Pine-Siskin A white throated sparrow foraging on the ground https://www.photo.net/photo/18471627/White-Throated-Sparrow -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: Printing question

2018-05-05 Thread Mark C
Relative colorimetirc maps out of gamut colors to the nearest in gamut color in the desintation color space. Perceptual maps out of gamut colors into the destination color space and also shifts other colors to preserve the relative differences between them. Relative Colorimetiric could result

Re: From Strobe to Stage Prop

2018-05-05 Thread Dale H. Cook
At 12:49 PM 5/5/2018, Larry Colen wrote: >Just out of curiosity, do you also happen to be a ham? No - I have been a commercial operator for nearly 50 years but never an amateur operator. Dale H. Cook, 50+ years as an SLR photographer, Pentax K-70 w/ Pentax-DA 18-270mm lens, using colored

Re: From Strobe to Stage Prop

2018-05-05 Thread mike wilson
> On 05 May 2018 at 17:25 "Dale H. Cook" wrote: > > > At 09:48 AM 5/5/2018, Mike Wilson wrote: > > >How are you protecting the operator from (at least) a nasty burn on the > >thumb? > > Mike - > > The electronics is in a 2-gang plastic electrical box at the top

Re: Problem with gmail.

2018-05-05 Thread Larry Colen
> On May 5, 2018, at 12:36 AM, P. J. Alling wrote: > > This is decidedly strange. I'm suddenly no longer able to retrieve my > messages from the gmail pop server using Thunderbird. I can still send them > using the smpt server, but I have to read them on the gmail

Re: New Member

2018-05-05 Thread DagT
I learned from a taxfree shop in an airport (I think it was Heathrow) that Lagavulin distillery had had a fire, and lost some of it´s production. It caused some frustration and higher prices. DagT > 4. mai 2018 kl. 19:28 skrev Daniel J. Matyola : > > I like Laphroig as

Re: Ol' Red Eye

2018-05-05 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
I believe that is the case. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Sat, May 5, 2018 at 9:14 AM, John wrote: > If I understand how it works, all Terrapins are Turtles, but not all > Turtles are Terrapins. > > Are you a Turtle? > > > On 5/5/2018

Re: New Member

2018-05-05 Thread DagT
> 5. mai 2018 kl. 19:58 skrev Christine Aguila : > > > >> On May 5, 2018, at 11:16 AM, Dale H. Cook >> wrote: >> >> At 09:46 AM 5/5/2018, Christine Aguila wrote: >> >>> ... but the more important question is what is your view of

Re: New Member

2018-05-05 Thread Christine Aguila
> On May 5, 2018, at 11:16 AM, Dale H. Cook > wrote: > > At 09:46 AM 5/5/2018, Christine Aguila wrote: > >> ... but the more important question is what is your view of cormorants? > > Christine - > > My view of then is best from a distance. The closest I want

Re: Problem with gmail.

2018-05-05 Thread p. j. alling
Dale, I already have my gmail accounts set to allow less secure apps to connect. Which port are you using. I'm using the suggested port of 995. Still getting "failed to connect to server pop.gmail.com" when attempting to download messages. I haven't used Eudora in years but since you seem to

Re: New Member

2018-05-05 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
My favorite guitarist is Leadbelly. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dk6Y9uIwiMI Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Sat, May 5, 2018 at 12:28 PM, Dale H. Cook wrote: > At 11:55 AM 5/5/2018, John Francis wrote: > > >I'm boringly old

Advice at various stages

2018-05-05 Thread Larry Colen
On that other timesuck, someone once asked what advice you’d give to dancers that have 1-3 years of experience. People could most benefit from different advice at different stages of their learning process.What advice would you give to people at different stages of learning photography?

Re: From Strobe to Stage Prop

2018-05-05 Thread Larry Colen
> On May 5, 2018, at 9:25 AM, Dale H. Cook wrote: > > At 09:48 AM 5/5/2018, Mike Wilson wrote: > >> How are you protecting the operator from (at least) a nasty burn on the >> thumb? > > Mike - > > The electronics is in a 2-gang plastic electrical box at the top

Re: New Member

2018-05-05 Thread Dale H. Cook
At 11:55 AM 5/5/2018, John Francis wrote: >I'm boringly old school - I like Eric Clapton. I listen to guitarists from many periods. I have both of the Chet Atkins-Les Paul "Chester and Lester" albums. Dale H. Cook, 50+ years as an SLR photographer, Pentax K-70 w/ Pentax-DA 18-270mm lens, using

Re: From Strobe to Stage Prop

2018-05-05 Thread Dale H. Cook
At 09:48 AM 5/5/2018, Mike Wilson wrote: >How are you protecting the operator from (at least) a nasty burn on the thumb? Mike - The electronics is in a 2-gang plastic electrical box at the top of the (~ 3 foot) pole under the reflector. A triac trigger has been added to the electronics in

Re: New Member

2018-05-05 Thread Dale H. Cook
At 09:46 AM 5/5/2018, Christine Aguila wrote: >... but the more important question is what is your view of cormorants? Christine - My view of then is best from a distance. The closest I want to get to a cormorant is one pictured on a Packard hood ornament. The Packard brothers who founded the

Re: Estúpido

2018-05-05 Thread Larry Colen
> On May 5, 2018, at 9:08 AM, Eric Weir wrote: > > > A lesson you would think I had learned long before this. Hopefully I have > been sufficiently reminded. It’s a lesson that you’d think that we all would have been able to learn after the first dozen times we made

Estúpido

2018-05-05 Thread Eric Weir
A while back I raved about the images i was getting with my iPhone. So I was disappointed when I started reviewing images from one of my longest hikes in Big Bend Bend National Park, through landscape that is distinctive even for Big Bend. The focus on almost all 265 of the images is uniformly

Re: New Member

2018-05-05 Thread John Francis
On Sat, May 05, 2018 at 04:34:48AM -0400, Dale H. Cook wrote: > At 10:30 PM 5/4/2018, Mark Roberts wrote: > > >Up next, motorcycles and then guitars. > > I'm waiting for favorite guitarists. Anyone for Annie Clark? I'm boringly old school - I like Eric Clapton. Mind you, Mark Knopfler is worth

Re: New Member

2018-05-05 Thread John Francis
On Fri, May 04, 2018 at 08:47:17PM -0400, Paul Stenquist wrote: > When I discovered Lagavulin, about 25 years ago, it was about $40 a fifth > here. Never less than $80 now. Bought Laphroig 10 for $50 today. Enjoying it > now. I like it at least as much as Lagavulin. > > Paul Personally, I'm

Re: Printing question

2018-05-05 Thread Paul Stenquist
I use Relative Colorimetric without black point compensation. Haven’t really thought about it for years. My prints are nice. I don’t know if they could be better. I print on Epson Premium Luster or Exhibition Fiber and use the ICC profiles. Perhaps I should experiment with other settings? Paul

Re: Printing question

2018-05-05 Thread Mark C
Paul Sorenson wrote: Kind of looking for a consensus...when printing using ICC profiles what is your preferred rendering intent? Perceptual or relative colorimetric? Does your choice vary by paper surface? -p I start with perceptual with black point compensation enabled. I don't change

Re: New Member

2018-05-05 Thread John
I like Gin. Add a little water, a little quinine, some sugar and a twist of lime (for the vitamin C) and you can treat malaria. I think I mentioned earlier, I rarely consume alcohol for anything other than medicinal purposes. On 5/5/2018 09:27, mike wilson wrote: Who was talking about

Re: PESO Let's call it an abstract

2018-05-05 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
LOL! Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Sat, May 5, 2018 at 9:43 AM, ann sanfedele wrote: > Your abstract is like a Jurassic park nightmare...scary > > ann\ > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: New Member

2018-05-05 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
Insolvency! Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Sat, May 5, 2018 at 9:41 AM, mike wilson wrote: > Just as long as we don't get started on photography. You know where that will lead to -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: From Strobe to Stage Prop

2018-05-05 Thread mike wilson
How are you protecting the operator from (at least) a nasty burn on the thumb? > On 05 May 2018 at 02:13 "Dale H. Cook" wrote: > > > This group seems free-wheeling enough that you might enjoy hearing what I > have been working on for two days (although I will

Re: New Member

2018-05-05 Thread Christine Aguila
Hi Dale: Welcome aboard! Declaring your favorite scotch is all well and good, but the more important question is what is your view of cormorants? Cheers, Christine > On May 2, 2018, at 12:25 PM, Dale H. Cook > wrote: > > I am a recently retired broadcast

Re: PESO Let's call it an abstract

2018-05-05 Thread ann sanfedele
For a baby bird photo I definitely prefer the first one in the set - it isn't that unsharp and chick looks cute. Your abstract is like a Jurassic park nightmare...scary ann On 5/4/2018 9:15 PM, Larry Colen wrote: In other words, too many technical flaws, but I still kind of like it:

Re: New Member

2018-05-05 Thread mike wilson
> On 05 May 2018 at 03:30 Mark Roberts wrote: > > > Larry Colen wrote: > > >If anyone wants to find out just how pedantic I an get about whisky, > >show up here sometime for whiskymas, or talk me into giving a tour of > >the isles. > > See what you've done, Dale.

Re: New Member

2018-05-05 Thread mike wilson
> On 05 May 2018 at 01:36 "Daniel J. Matyola" wrote: > > > Yes, but. > > Blended Scotch can be mixed with any grain whiskey > > Single malt scotch can only be distilled from malted barley from a single > distillery; Blended scotch can use any whiskey from any grain,

Re: New Member

2018-05-05 Thread mike wilson
Who was talking about Gin? > On 05 May 2018 at 11:54 Jostein wrote: > > > Who wants to drink distilled bog water anyway? > > Jostein > (Grins, ducks and runs) > > Den 03.05.2018 23:40, skrev Daniel J. Matyola: > > Lagavulin is the answer. > > > > Or perhaps it's 42 . . .

Re: Ol' Red Eye

2018-05-05 Thread John
If I understand how it works, all Terrapins are Turtles, but not all Turtles are Terrapins. Are you a Turtle? On 5/5/2018 03:03, Alan C wrote: Thanks John. Not easy to see in Dan's photo. Then there are Terrapins too! Alan C -Original Message- From: John Sent: 5 May, 2018 12:06 AM

Re: Ol' Red Eye

2018-05-05 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
The problem is that the box turtle, which is the species in my image, looks and behaves more like a tortoise than a turtle. It is mainly terrestrial. This a more typical tyrtle: http://dan-matyola.squarespace.com/danmatyolas-pesos/2018/2/18/green-turtle Terrapins are turtles that spend time

Re: New Member

2018-05-05 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
If you don't like "distilled bog water" there is Irish whiskey; triple distilled to remove any trace of terroir, but very smooth. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Sat, May 5, 2018 at 6:54 AM, Jostein wrote: > Who wants to drink distilled bog

Re: New Member

2018-05-05 Thread Jostein
Who wants to drink distilled bog water anyway? Jostein (Grins, ducks and runs) Den 03.05.2018 23:40, skrev Daniel J. Matyola: Lagavulin is the answer. Or perhaps it's 42 . . . . Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola Bill wrote: All this is fine, but what is

Re: Problem with gmail.

2018-05-05 Thread Dale H. Cook
Okay, here's the deal. Even though my POP3 settings for all three Gmail accounts are using SSL with the alternate port I still had to sign into Gmail for each account, open the message with the subject "Review blocked sign-in attempt" and choose to allow access to less secure apps. I am now

Re: Problem with gmail.

2018-05-05 Thread J.C. O'Connell
does using another email client other than thunderbird work? jco On Sat, 05 May 2018 05:11:52 -0400, Dale H. Cook wrote: At 03:36 AM 5/5/2018, P. J. Alling wrote: This is decidedly strange. I'm suddenly no longer able to retrieve my messages from the gmail

Re: Problem with gmail.

2018-05-05 Thread Dale H. Cook
At 03:36 AM 5/5/2018, P. J. Alling wrote: >This is decidedly strange. I'm suddenly no longer able to retrieve my >messages from the gmail pop server using Thunderbird. Does Thunderbird have an error log that you can check? I just tried a test send to all three of my Gmail addresses (I have

Re: Problem with gmail.

2018-05-05 Thread Boris Liberman
Having this for prolly half a year... I had reconfigured tbird, but now i have to manually drag and drop mail items, so i got lazy. On Sat, May 5, 2018, 10:38 P. J. Alling wrote: > This is decidedly strange. I'm suddenly no longer able to retrieve my > messages from

Re: New Member

2018-05-05 Thread Dale H. Cook
At 10:30 PM 5/4/2018, Mark Roberts wrote: >Up next, motorcycles and then guitars. I'm waiting for favorite guitarists. Anyone for Annie Clark? Dale H. Cook, 50+ years as an SLR photographer, Pentax K-70 w/ Pentax-DA 18-270mm lens, using colored filters for B gravestone photography -- PDML

Problem with gmail.

2018-05-05 Thread P. J. Alling
This is decidedly strange.  I'm suddenly no longer able to retrieve my messages from the gmail pop server using Thunderbird. I can still send them using the smpt server, but I have to read them on the gmail web page.  Anyone else having this problem? -- America wasn't founded so that we could

Re: Ol' Red Eye

2018-05-05 Thread Alan C
Thanks John. Not easy to see in Dan's photo. Then there are Terrapins too! Alan C -Original Message- From: John Sent: 5 May, 2018 12:06 AM To: pdml@pdml.net Subject: Re: PESO: Ol' Red Eye Difference between turtles and tortoises https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PEPVbcQKGvk On

Re: From Strobe to Stage Prop

2018-05-05 Thread J.C. O'Connell
I have two 285s and one 283. Havent used them much since going digital. jco On Fri, 04 May 2018 23:07:23 -0400, John wrote: FWIW, the Vivitar 285HV has a trigger voltage around 6 volts & is safe to use with Pentax DSLRs (and probably Cannon or Nikon). I currently