Re: is this guy one of us ? help needed please

2018-10-22 Thread ann sanfedele
...not me.. not me... not... On 10/22/2018 10:40 PM, Larry Colen wrote: ann sanfedele wrote on 10/22/18 7:11 PM: :-)  I'll ask the piano Don't bother, it's been drinking again. On 10/22/2018 9:46 PM, Larry Colen wrote: ann sanfedele wrote on 10/22/18 6:41 PM: If you mean he may well

Re: is this guy one of us ? help needed please

2018-10-22 Thread Larry Colen
ann sanfedele wrote on 10/22/18 7:11 PM: :-)  I'll ask the piano Don't bother, it's been drinking again. On 10/22/2018 9:46 PM, Larry Colen wrote: ann sanfedele wrote on 10/22/18 6:41 PM: If you mean he may well be here and will let me know that (off ebay) it would indeedsimplify :-)

Re: PESO: brown shrike

2018-10-22 Thread ann sanfedele
Subash -- didnt see your original post... I don't agree with Ken on the crop, but Iwould like to see that upper right hand foliage to go..  that would shift the bird a bit more off center too - I'm guessing you were just being a tad lazy- The expanse ofblurry background is a positive - minus my

Re: is this guy one of us ? help needed please

2018-10-22 Thread ann sanfedele
:-)  I'll ask the piano On 10/22/2018 9:46 PM, Larry Colen wrote: ann sanfedele wrote on 10/22/18 6:41 PM: If you mean he may well be here and will let me know that (off ebay) it would indeedsimplify :-) ann waits any relation to Tom? -- ann sanfedele photography

Re: November PUG countdown

2018-10-22 Thread ann sanfedele
ya think? ann On 10/22/2018 4:25 AM, Steve Cottrell wrote: On 22/10/18, Brian Walters, discombobulated, unleashed: Theme: "Upon closer examination". Submit here: http://pug.komkon.org/submit/ Jostein's got this ;-) -- ann sanfedele photography https://annsan.smugmug.com

Re: is this guy one of us ? help needed please

2018-10-22 Thread ann sanfedele
sweet of you, thanks, Jeff -- seems I can't escape getting at least one in the fall or early winter.. It's the 4th day.. starting to feel almost human again... but will lay low for another few days annchoo! On 10/22/2018 8:57 PM, PhotoCapturesbyJeffery.com wrote: Not sure about your quest

Re: One for Bill Robb: Photographer from Saskatchewan

2018-10-22 Thread ann sanfedele
At least one of us did... Made me feel young, too :-) ann On 10/22/2018 12:44 PM, Mark Roberts wrote: Of course, the rest of you might like it, too:

Re: is this guy one of us ? help needed please

2018-10-22 Thread Larry Colen
ann sanfedele wrote on 10/22/18 6:41 PM: If you mean he may well be here and will let me know that (off ebay) it would indeedsimplify :-) ann waits any relation to Tom? -- Larry Colen       l...@red4est.com  http://red4est.com/lrc

Re: is this guy one of us ? help needed please

2018-10-22 Thread ann sanfedele
If you mean he may well be here and will let me know that (off ebay) it would indeedsimplify :-) ann waits On 10/22/2018 9:11 PM, Jack Davis wrote: Your hesitation may insight another contact and simplify your decision. J Sent from my iPhone On Oct 22, 2018, at 5:06 PM, ann sanfedele

Re: is this guy one of us ? help needed please

2018-10-22 Thread Jack Davis
Your hesitation may insight another contact and simplify your decision. J Sent from my iPhone > On Oct 22, 2018, at 5:06 PM, ann sanfedele wrote: > > I just got an offer on my k-1000 and star D lenses - this person just got on > ebay yesterday so has no feedback.. > > person lives in

Re: is this guy one of us ? help needed please

2018-10-22 Thread PhotoCapturesbyJeffery.com
Not sure about your quest Ann but wanted to write to say sorry to read that you have a cold. Hope you get to feeling better soon. Jeffery Johnson | Photo Captures by Jeffery https://www.PhotoCapturesbyJeffery.com /Diverse range of photography Artistic - Animals - Events/Festivals -

is this guy one of us ? help needed please

2018-10-22 Thread ann sanfedele
I just got an offer  on my k-1000 and star D lenses - this person just got on ebay yesterday so has no feedback.. person lives in Rockville MD, zip 20850   - handle he chose for ebay is morprud-34 I feel uneasy selling to someone with no feedback at all, but if it is a Pentax user who found

Re: PESO - Saverne

2018-10-22 Thread Ken Waller
A very photogenic area nicely captured Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: "Rick Womer" Subject: PESO - Saverne Saverne is a pleasant town of about 11,000 souls, just south of the Voges and 75 km from the eastern tip of France.

Re: OT - spotted on Google street view

2018-10-22 Thread P. J. Alling
I'm pretty sure that there are two different teams working on this. The first did the face recognition.  This was an amazing success.  I remember the early days of AI a computer would take hours looking an object, say a black cube from various different angles, spend even more time computing

RE: OT - spotted on Google street view

2018-10-22 Thread lrc
Artificial intelligence is naturally stupid. On October 22, 2018 2:23:20 PM PDT, John Coyle wrote: >I guess that's a manifestation of AI being not so bright? > > >John in Brisbane > > > >-Original Message- >From: PDML On Behalf Of John Francis >Sent: Tuesday, 23 October 2018 3:40 AM

Re: PESO -- Dull Day of Egret.

2018-10-22 Thread Ken Waller
Nicely done, it just needs some better quality light. -Original Message- >From: "P. J. Alling" >Subject: PESO -- Dull Day of Egret. > >Yes, it's another pretty good shot of a Great Egret. > >I'm always amazed at how good the Kalamar is for a cheap lens. Even the >Bokeh isn't too

RE: OT - spotted on Google street view

2018-10-22 Thread John Coyle
I guess that's a manifestation of AI being not so bright? John in Brisbane -Original Message- From: PDML On Behalf Of John Francis Sent: Tuesday, 23 October 2018 3:40 AM To: Pentax List Subject: OT - spotted on Google street view It's no good, Google - I can still recognise her

Re: PESO: brown shrike

2018-10-22 Thread Ken Waller
Good looking subject. If it were mine I'd crop it in a portrait mode excluding all outside the ULH and LRH portion of the branch, those portions excluded don't add anything to the image. -Original Message- >From: Subash Jeyan Subject: PESO: brown shrike > >the brown shrike, a winter

Re: OT - spotted on Google street view

2018-10-22 Thread P. J. Alling
Maybe they actually do use an automatic face recognition algorithm to blur faces after all, or it's a cunning plot to make us /think/ they do... On 10/22/2018 1:39 PM, John Francis wrote: It's no good, Google - I can still recognise her ...

OT - spotted on Google street view

2018-10-22 Thread John Francis
It's no good, Google - I can still recognise her ... https://www.google.com/maps/@40.6887541,-74.0437946,2a,37.5y,317.28h,121.18t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sWCjUEJjYRdtjBsM8tei04Q!2e0!7i13312!8i6656?hl=en=0 (Just in case it doesn't look the same for you as it does for me, I see facial blurring) --

One for Bill Robb: Photographer from Saskatchewan

2018-10-22 Thread Mark Roberts
Of course, the rest of you might like it, too: https://www.cbc.ca/radio/thesundayedition/the-sunday-edition-october-21-2018-1.4866236/how-98-year-old-photographer-thelma-pepper-captured-the-extraordinary-in-the-ordinary-women-of-saskatchewan-1.4866237 -- Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia

Re: November PUG countdown

2018-10-22 Thread David J Brooks
Brian I sent a wrong photo can i just resend the correct one ?? Dave On Sun, Oct 21, 2018 at 10:01 PM Brian Walters wrote: > > G'day all > > A bit slow on the close ups... > > Theme: "Upon closer examination". > > Submit here: http://pug.komkon.org/submit/ > > Submission Guidelines here:

Re: November PUG countdown

2018-10-22 Thread Mark Roberts
Brian Walters wrote: >G'day all > >A bit slow on the close ups... > >Theme: "Upon closer examination". Cool. I'm having my Thursday night class (Digital Photography II) do macro this week. I'll try to get in a few shots of my own. -- Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com

Re: The Horror! The Horror!

2018-10-22 Thread Jack Davis
A chuckler! J Sent from my iPhone > On Oct 22, 2018, at 12:05 AM, Bob W-PDML wrote: > > When I was a teenager I scandalised my mother by sticking a poster of that on > my bedroom wall. She covered the word 'shit' with Blu-tac! > >> On 22 Oct 2018, at 05:23, Alan Cole wrote: >> >>

Re: Pentax Spotted

2018-10-22 Thread Jack Davis
A bit arty, but well spotted. J Sent from my iPhone > On Oct 22, 2018, at 12:38 AM, Alan C wrote: > > A local TV show, Carte Blanche, ran an item on DNA & Facial recognition > profiling last night. This image appeared in a snippet from an American Lab. > >

Re: PESO -- Dull Day of Egret.

2018-10-22 Thread Jack Davis
Very nice, P. J. White well controlled. J Sent from my iPhone > On Oct 22, 2018, at 12:37 AM, P. J. Alling wrote: > > Yes, it's another pretty good shot of a Great Egret. > > I'm always amazed at how good the Kalamar is for a cheap lens. Even the Bokeh > isn't too distracting. > >

Re: PESO -- Dull Day of Egret.

2018-10-22 Thread Paul Stenquist
Excellent! No points of light in the background, so no bubble bokeh. Paul > On Oct 22, 2018, at 3:37 AM, P. J. Alling wrote: > > Yes, it's another pretty good shot of a Great Egret. > > I'm always amazed at how good the Kalamar is for a cheap lens. Even the Bokeh > isn't too distracting. >

Re: November PUG countdown

2018-10-22 Thread Steve Cottrell
On 22/10/18, Brian Walters, discombobulated, unleashed: >Theme: "Upon closer examination". > >Submit here: http://pug.komkon.org/submit/ Jostein's got this ;-) -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__UK Shoot / Edit and || (O) |Live Broadcast News -- _

Pentax Spotted

2018-10-22 Thread Alan C
A local TV show, Carte Blanche, ran an item on DNA & Facial recognition profiling last night. This image appeared in a snippet from an American Lab. https://www.flickr.com/photos/wisselstroom/45488710581/ Taken by a pal with his K500 & Super Tak 55mm Alan C --- This email has been checked

PESO -- Dull Day of Egret.

2018-10-22 Thread P. J. Alling
Yes, it's another pretty good shot of a Great Egret. I'm always amazed at how good the Kalamar is for a cheap lens. Even the Bokeh isn't too distracting. https://pdml.updog.co/webster26/PESO%20--%20Dull%20Day%20of%20Egret.html Equipment: Pentax K-5II w/w/Kalamar MC 500mm Mirror f8.0. As

Re: The Horror! The Horror!

2018-10-22 Thread Bob W-PDML
When I was a teenager I scandalised my mother by sticking a poster of that on my bedroom wall. She covered the word 'shit' with Blu-tac! > On 22 Oct 2018, at 05:23, Alan Cole wrote: > > Something like this? > > https://thelollydiaries.files.wordpress.com/2015/11/oh-shit.jpg?w=714 > > Alan C

Re: The Horror! The Horror!

2018-10-22 Thread mike wilson
> On 21 October 2018 at 20:56 Bob W-PDML wrote: > > > > > On 21 Oct 2018, at 20:19, mike wilson wrote: > > > > > >> On 21 October 2018 at 19:36 Bob W-PDML wrote: > >> > >> > >> When it gets to Germany a crack [1] team of boffins will discuss it and > >> let me know. > >> > >>