Re: Dont miss my Bokina so much now

2018-08-10 Thread Alan C
The lens is great, so is your music! Alan C On 11-Aug-18 07:28 AM, J.C. O'Connell wrote: Already bought a replacement for my defunct Bokina macro lens. So far, I'm very satisfied with the performance, spec, and build quality. Its branded ELICAR V-HQ MACRO MC 90mm F2.5 but supposedly its made

Dont miss my Bokina so much now

2018-08-10 Thread J.C. O'Connell
Already bought a replacement for my defunct Bokina macro lens. So far, I'm very satisfied with the performance, spec, and build quality. Its branded ELICAR V-HQ MACRO MC 90mm F2.5 but supposedly its made in Japan by Komine. Its a KA mount, has nice multicoatings, and seems to be as sharp as the

Re: PESO: On Milkweed

2018-08-10 Thread Alan C
That's a fine image , Dan. Pristine Monarch & colourful flowers. I'm waiting for your first shot of "natural" eggs. Alan On 11-Aug-18 06:01 AM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: I've been receiving Monarch Butterfly eggs on small milkweed plants, raising the through the Larval and Pupal stages, and

PESO: On Milkweed

2018-08-10 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
I've been receiving Monarch Butterfly eggs on small milkweed plants, raising the through the Larval and Pupal stages, and releasing them into my yard. They head right for the butterfly bushes, and have been hanging around our pool patio on sunny afternoons. The desired end, of course, is to have

PESOs (2) - Antwerp Guildhalls

2018-08-10 Thread Rick Womer
The Guildhalls were built in the 16th century, and give some idea how powerful their owners were. I don’t know which is which, but there is a Coopers’ House, a Carpenters' House, a Tailors’ House, and an Archers’ House.

Re: PESO - Red

2018-08-10 Thread Rick Womer
Ken, I shot a series. Voila: https://rickwomer.smugmug.com/AMS-to-CDG/Antwerp/Antwerp/i-vNDMFPC/A I prefer the first one, but to each his own. Rick > On Aug 9, 2018, at 11:56 PM, Ken Waller wrote: > > It would be a striking image if it included only the row of bikes. > > Kenneth Waller >

RE: Automotive fun

2018-08-10 Thread John Coyle
I guess I was lucky, John - the car kept going for some years after that: it wasn't a lucky car though, it was stolen twice, once just after I had it resprayed British Racing Green! Suckers must have thought it was a fast car! John in Brisbane -Original Message- From: PDML On

Coyle's are off again

2018-08-10 Thread John Coyle
Jan and I are leaving tomorrow for a holiday in Europe, and will be back in Australia on 17/9/18: I will have email access, so I can keep up with all the PDML stuff!. We are visiting Berlin, Prague, Vienna, Rome and Salerno this time - Rome is the only place we have been to before, so it's

Re: Lightroom Question

2018-08-10 Thread lrc
It would be awesome if there was a collection of these lens profiles someplace. Lr 6 doesn't even have one for the fa50/1.4 On August 10, 2018 2:14:02 PM PDT, Jostein wrote: >Bill, >I'm still on Lightoom 5, and anyways use a number of unconventional >optical setups. I use a plugin called

Re: Lightroom Question

2018-08-10 Thread Jostein
Bill, I'm still on Lightoom 5, and anyways use a number of unconventional optical setups. I use a plugin called LensTagger that allows me to write specific lens designations into the XMP tags. It's donationware, and well worth the dollars you can spare, IMHO. https://www.lenstagger.com/

Re: Photo of the Day by WWF

2018-08-10 Thread Mark C
Congrats, Ken! That's an amazing shot. Mark On 8/7/2018 1:25 AM, Ken Waller wrote: Haven't been very active photographically lately but was recently advised my photo "Blue Butt" was chosen as Photo of the Day by the World Wildlife Fund.

More Lake Wissota State Park

2018-08-10 Thread collinb
All modestly modified for brightness. The bird is cropped. Old Tamron 70-200. Another variation on the rock in the morning water. Lots of trail shots. And gooseberries. Also cropped. A staple of my childhood. https://www.flickr.com/photos/55001392@N08/albums/72157699511762764 -- PDML

Re: Automotive fun

2018-08-10 Thread John Francis
On Fri, Aug 10, 2018 at 10:51:27AM -0700, Larry Colen wrote: > > > John Sessoms wrote on 8/10/18 10:22 AM: > > The Escort was a great economy car, but if it ever overheated enough to > > pin the gauge, you were looking at a new engine. Aluminum cylinder block > > warped. The dealer advised me it

Re: GESO -- Connecticut's Ghost Town

2018-08-10 Thread P. J. Alling
The lease holders didn't want more help from Bridgeport, they had solutions for fire, police, and medical emergencies. The issue was more I think that they made Bridgeport's services look bad.  They paid their taxes and took almost nothing from the City. None of the people there were really

Re: Jinxed my Bokina, can it be repaired?

2018-08-10 Thread P. J. Alling
If Eric will fix the Tokina, he'll be doing you a special favor. He doesn't have manuals on anything but Pentax, so he'll just go deep enough to fix the immediate problem, he doesn't want to be responsible for destroying your lens, and I don't blame him. On 8/10/2018 1:14 PM, John Sessoms

Re: OT: Life's little aggravations

2018-08-10 Thread P. J. Alling
If you've got a dumb phone I can't help you, but if you have a smart phone, you can download a call blocker, there are free versions which aren't too intrusive, which will restore your peace. In fact depending on your carrier, they may offer a call blocker, it might even be a free service,

Re: Life's little aggravations

2018-08-10 Thread Ken Waller
Do not respond - simply delete. Responding lets the robo caller know there is a real person at your number. Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: "John Sessoms" Subject: OT: Life's little aggravations *NOW* I've started receiving

RE: Lightroom Question

2018-08-10 Thread Igor PDML-StR
Hi Bill, I suspect someone on the list probably has a more detailed knowledge of this question. But maybe a small tidbit that I know could be helpful. I am not sure what you meant by the "wrong platform": Mac vs. Windows or LR CC vs earlier versions. There is a tool "Adobe Lens Profile

Re: Automotive fun

2018-08-10 Thread Larry Colen
John Sessoms wrote on 8/10/18 10:22 AM: The Escort was a great economy car, but if it ever overheated enough to pin the gauge, you were looking at a new engine. Aluminum cylinder block warped. The dealer advised me it would be cheaper to replace the engine than to try to repair it. I

Re: photo bombed

2018-08-10 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
Nice sharp image with a pleasing background. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Fri, Aug 10, 2018 at 9:45 AM, David J Brooks wrote: > Lucked out on this birdie shot. I wasfocusing on the gladiola to see > if it was ifar enough away from it and as i did this fella

Re: Automotive fun

2018-08-10 Thread John Sessoms
The Escort was a great economy car, but if it ever overheated enough to pin the gauge, you were looking at a new engine. Aluminum cylinder block warped. The dealer advised me it would be cheaper to replace the engine than to try to repair it. Plus that Escort had a plastic radiator that could

Re: Jinxed my Bokina, can it be repaired?

2018-08-10 Thread John Sessoms
I think several on the list have had good results from Eric Hendrickson in Knoxville, TN. https://www.pentaxforums.com/articles/columns/twenty-questions-eric-hendrickson-interview.html On 8/9/2018 20:38, J.C. O'Connell wrote: last week I was extolling the virtues of my mint Tokina manual

Re: Disassembly/repair

2018-08-10 Thread John Sessoms
Gives me hope for my beloved *DEAD* Tokina 28-70. It's failure is due to similar irreplaceable information brushes having worn out. Although, thinking about it, I might just look for the same lens in any other mount. If I can buy it cheap enough, I can steal the brushes from that lens to put

Re: Two for Paul and Bill

2018-08-10 Thread John Sessoms
One of the places I intend to pass through if I ever get to make another trip out west. On 8/8/2018 17:29, jtainter wrote: And for anyone else who enjoys cars or the U.S. Southwest. https://www.dpreview.com/forums/post/61476555 Thanks for looking. Joe -- Science - Questions we may

OT: Life's little aggravations

2018-08-10 Thread John Sessoms
*NOW* I've started receiving robo-calls on my cellphone from someone who wants to help me with my "delinquent federal student loans". Press 1 to speak to a representative, Press 9 to decline and be removed. I've never had any student loans, delinquent or otherwise. And I ain't pressing no

Lightroom Question

2018-08-10 Thread Bill
I am using an old enough version of Lightroom that I cannot expect any more updates (camera raw 7), and my new D FA* 50mm lens is listed as "unknown". I found a profile writer on the Adobe website, but unfortunately, it is the wrong platform. My question is, how do I get Lightroom to identify

Re: photo bombed

2018-08-10 Thread Alan C
What a stroke of luck. It worked out very well. I'm not surprised at all - my 55-300 gives me tack sharp images. Alan C On 10-Aug-18 04:09 PM, David J Brooks wrote: Thanks Paul. I'm quite suprised of the quality of the 55-300, i was using a monopod for this one though. On Fri, Aug 10, 2018

Re: photo bombed

2018-08-10 Thread Jack Davis
What Paul said. J Sent from my iPhone > On Aug 10, 2018, at 6:56 AM, Paul Stenquist wrote: > > NIce. He has a seed in his beak. Good detail. > >> On Aug 10, 2018, at 9:45 AM, David J Brooks wrote: >> >> Lucked out on this birdie shot. I wasfocusing on the gladiola to see >> if it was ifar

Re: photo bombed

2018-08-10 Thread David J Brooks
Thanks Paul. I'm quite suprised of the quality of the 55-300, i was using a monopod for this one though. On Fri, Aug 10, 2018 at 9:56 AM, Paul Stenquist wrote: > NIce. He has a seed in his beak. Good detail. > >> On Aug 10, 2018, at 9:45 AM, David J Brooks wrote: >> >> Lucked out on this

Re: photo bombed

2018-08-10 Thread Paul Stenquist
NIce. He has a seed in his beak. Good detail. > On Aug 10, 2018, at 9:45 AM, David J Brooks wrote: > > Lucked out on this birdie shot. I wasfocusing on the gladiola to see > if it was ifar enough away from it and as i did this fella landed on > the stem. One shot only and gone > >

photo bombed

2018-08-10 Thread David J Brooks
Lucked out on this birdie shot. I wasfocusing on the gladiola to see if it was ifar enough away from it and as i did this fella landed on the stem. One shot only and gone https://www.flickr.com/photos/djbrooks/30094596718/ K-5 and 55-300, square cropped. Dave -- Documenting Life in Rural

Re: Automotive fun

2018-08-10 Thread mike wilson
Not advanced enough? > On 10 August 2018 at 01:06 Rick Womer wrote: > > > Ah, but it didn’t inject any spark into his life. > > > On Aug 9, 2018, at 2:05 PM, Ken Waller wrote: > > > >>> Monday night I had the heads off, found evidence of blowby > >> You dirty bugger. > > > > It was