PESO 2018 - 124 - GDG

2018-12-02 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
Another ... https://flic.kr/p/2bW2M2i enjoy! G — No matter where you go, there you are. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.

Re: Rome Walk 1

2018-12-02 Thread ann sanfedele
Rick - I use L or M for most comfortable viewing on my screen  and when I send a link to the list. ... from the drop down  "fit" isn't a choice that is shown but "FILL" is...  We may have different levels of subscription - or you typoed fit :-) I'm guessing fill or fit has to be in the

RE: GESO - Rome Walk 2

2018-12-02 Thread jcoyle
I guess you get the mob scene at the Trevi fountain because everyone wants to see where Anita Ekberg took a dip, or wants to throw in a coin with the hope of returning to Rome (worked for me!). At the Spanish Steps, I'd guess because to get there is inevitably a long walk from anywhere else!

RE: GESO - Rome Walk 2

2018-12-02 Thread jcoyle
Nice gallery, Rick. John in Brisbane > -Original Message- > From: PDML On Behalf Of Rick Womer > Sent: Sunday, 2 December 2018 5:18 AM > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: GESO - Rome Walk 2 > > Part 2 of 2 of our walk through central Rome is illustrated here: > >

Re: Rome Walk 1

2018-12-02 Thread Rick Womer
Ann, lately I've been clicking "size" and then "fit" for each pic (forgot to do so for Rome Walk 2, though). If you know a way for "fit" to be the default, please share it! Rick On Sun, Dec 2, 2018 at 5:06 PM ann sanfedele wrote: > > More nice stuff, Rick -- I like the long shot of the Plaza

Re: GESO - Rome Walk 2

2018-12-02 Thread Rick Womer
We encountered two mob scenes, one at the Trevi Fountain (where the one man band was), and a smaller one at the Spanish steps. There seemed not to be a rational reason for either of them. Rick On Sun, Dec 2, 2018 at 7:01 PM Daniel J. Matyola wrote: > > I believe the "mob scene" is the Spanish

PESO 2018 - 122-123 - GDG

2018-12-02 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
I carried the Light L16 for a couple of outings this week. https://flic.kr/p/RbB7iN It's a very interesting and fun camera to use. :-) https://flic.kr/p/2deU7Jw enjoy! G — "Simplify, simplify, simplify.” ~ Henry David Thoreau "One 'simplify' would have sufficed." ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

Re: GESO - Rome Walk 2

2018-12-02 Thread Rick Womer
Thanks much, Dan. Rick On Sun, Dec 2, 2018 at 9:19 AM Daniel J. Matyola wrote: > > Great images of scenes I find quite familiar. This gallery is even better > than the first, IMO. > > Dan Matyola > http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola > > > On Sat, Dec 1, 2018 at 2:18 PM Rick Womer

Re: GESO - Rome Walk 2

2018-12-02 Thread Rick Womer
Thanks, Bob. I considered a tight crop, but decided that I liked the variety of reactions (and non-reactions) from the surrounding crowd. Rick On Sat, Dec 1, 2018 at 5:48 PM Bob W-PDML wrote: > > Beautiful! Love the shot of the one-man band. That tight crop in the header > picture is better

Re: OT - Un Film Pour Bob

2018-12-02 Thread Bob W-PDML
Thanks. I saw it a special screening a few months ago :0). Probably the best film of the year for me. I love Agnes Varda's work, and it was while we were studying her film Sans Toit ni loi (Vagabond in English) that the scales fell from my eyes about how to read French films. I watched one of

Re: GESO - Rome Walk 2

2018-12-02 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
I believe the "mob scene" is the Spanish Steps. A tourist mecca always packed with people, mostly young folks. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Sun, Dec 2, 2018 at 5:09 PM ann sanfedele wrote: > another nice group... look forward to captions -- wonder what the

Re: OT - Un Film Pour Bob

2018-12-02 Thread Paul Sorenson
Looks like it's available on Netflix... -p On 12/2/2018 4:34 PM, Steve Cottrell wrote: I was going to email Bob directly, but then I thought that this might be of some interest to PDMLers. Alma and I watched a fascinating film tonight called 'Face Places' - a 2017 French documentary about a

OT - Un Film Pour Bob

2018-12-02 Thread Steve Cottrell
I was going to email Bob directly, but then I thought that this might be of some interest to PDMLers. Alma and I watched a fascinating film tonight called 'Face Places' - a 2017 French documentary about a pair of photographer/artists - one in his 30s and the other in her 80s - traveling

Re: GESO - Rome Walk 2

2018-12-02 Thread ann sanfedele
another nice group... look forward to captions -- wonder what the mob scene was about... ann On 12/1/2018 2:18 PM, Rick Womer wrote: Part 2 of 2 of our walk through central Rome is illustrated here: https://rickwomer.smugmug.com/Italy-11-2018/Rome-Walk-2/ No time for captioning for the next

Re: Rome Walk 1

2018-12-02 Thread ann sanfedele
More nice stuff, Rick -- I like the long shot of the Plaza and the closeup of all those bottles the best . Viewing this album of yours on smugmug was a "kaching"  regarding viewing everyone work here now.  smugmug now also gives me a problem using the + or - keyboard commands - same thing

Re: Landing Snows ll

2018-12-02 Thread Jack Davis
Thanks, Ann! J Sent from my iPhone > On Dec 2, 2018, at 1:49 PM, ann sanfedele wrote: > > Gorgeous shot , Jack! > > what i have to do to view it without extraneous photo net tabs covering it > partly is to sign in to photo.net in chrome and then copy and paste the link > while in chrome. I

Re: Landing Snows ll

2018-12-02 Thread ann sanfedele
Gorgeous shot , Jack! what i have to do to view it without extraneous photo net tabs covering it partly is to sign in to photo.net in chrome and then copy and paste the link while in chrome.  I don't know if it is a Firefox problem or caused by thunderbird upgrades but I have a problem with

Re: PESO -- Rainy Day Sunday.

2018-12-02 Thread ann sanfedele
LIke it a lot... if it looked like that on 7th street I might have gone out today :-) However, I had to reduce it to 67%, after copied the link to view in chrome.   I dont know what Firefox is doing to me, but if I just click the hotlink from Thunderbird I can't change the image size using the

PESO -- Rainy Day Sunday.

2018-12-02 Thread P. J. Alling
Just because I haven't posted a Peso in a while. https://pdml.updog.co/webster26/PESO%20--%20Rainy%20Day%20Sunday.html Equipment: Pentax K-5II w/Sigma DC 17-70mm f2.8~4.5 As usual comments are welcome but may be totally ignored. -- America wasn't founded so that we could all be better.

Re: Mini review of Sigma 17-70mm f2.8~4.5 on the Pentax K-5II mostly.

2018-12-02 Thread P. J. Alling
Oh, yes, when I first mentioned I had this lens, someone, I forget who, and sorry, I'm just too lazy to look it up, expressed an interest in seeing what the combination with the K-5 looked like.  I forgot to add the link.  Nothing fancy, just a record shot using the pop up flash, but here it

Mini review of Sigma 17-70mm f2.8~4.5 on the Pentax K-5II mostly.

2018-12-02 Thread P. J. Alling
So what can I say about this lens that hasn't been said before. Not much really, except that it works, nicely.  It's a good complement to the F 70-210 as a two lens kit. Mechanically it's an older lens, so no fancy SDM style motor, and focus is a bit noisy using the camera's motor, but not

Re: GESO - Rome Walk 2

2018-12-02 Thread Paul Stenquist
Nice set. Most enjoyable. Paul > On Dec 2, 2018, at 9:17 AM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: > > Great images of scenes I find quite familiar. This gallery is even better > than the first, IMO. > > Dan Matyola > http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola > > >> On Sat, Dec 1, 2018 at 2:18

PESO 2018 - 121 - GDG

2018-12-02 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
Reveling in texture … Construction sites are good for that. https://flic.kr/p/PxHns2 enjoy! G — "We all get to be young and foolish in our lives. If we survive that, we get to be old and foolish." -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: GESO - Rome Walk 2

2018-12-02 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
Great images of scenes I find quite familiar. This gallery is even better than the first, IMO. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Sat, Dec 1, 2018 at 2:18 PM Rick Womer wrote: > Part 2 of 2 of our walk through central Rome is illustrated here: > >

Re: GESO: namik trek birds

2018-12-02 Thread Subash Jeyan
thanks Alan, Jack and Paul, for the nice words... On Sat, 1 Dec 2018 18:18:05 +0200 Alan C wrote: > Fantastic gallery. You wouldn't think there were so many species up > there. They were obviously waiting for you & you took full advantage! > > Alan C > > On 01-Dec-18 03:50 PM, Subash Jeyan

Re: Condolences to our American Friends

2018-12-02 Thread Bob Sullivan
Thanks Bill. What a contrast he is to our current fool. He had me from his being shot down on a torpedo run on a Japanese carrier(?) Truly a hero from my father's generation. Something we will never say about DJT. Regards, Bob S On 12/1/18, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: > Thanks, Bill. He was a

Re: GESO - Rome Walk 2

2018-12-02 Thread Bob W-PDML
Indeed! He has the emperor Vespasian's nose. Vespasian, whose nose was matched only by his chin, is the likely model for Mr Punch. > On 2 Dec 2018, at 04:27, Alan C wrote: > > You'd struggle to find a bigger Roman nose! > > Alan C > >> On 02-Dec-18 12:47 AM, Bob W-PDML wrote: >> Beautiful!