Re: A chance to play with my new toys

2023-03-22 Thread Bob W PDML
> On 22 Mar 2023, at 06:50, Larry Colen wrote: > > […] > > I also learned that if you put on a hard hat and a high visibility vest > people are a lot more likely to assume that you’re supposed to be where they > chewed you out for being a couple of hours previously. Hi-viz jackets make you

Re: UK PDML meet-up in May, anyone?

2023-03-19 Thread Bob W PDML
on the whiteboard. I was looking forward to that, but sadly none of the nurses stroked me. Bloody NHS! > On 18 Mar 2023, at 21:06, Steve Cottrell wrote: > > Sheesh! Waht happened? You’re in hospital?? > > C > > > On 17 Mar 2023, at 15:27, Bob W PDML wrote: > >

Re: PESO: European brook lamprey

2023-03-18 Thread Bob W PDML
Fascinating. One of our medieval kings is said to have died ‘of a surfeit of lampreys’, though presumably not brook lampreys as they seem to small to eat. > On 18 Mar 2023, at 20:29, Toine wrote: > > This fish is very rare and if present an indication of water quality. I had > the opportunity

Re: UK PDML meet-up in May, anyone?

2023-03-18 Thread Bob W PDML
r commitment. We will be in Dorset first > week of July, if you are healed and fancy meeting up. >> On 17/03/2023 19:02 Bob W PDML wrote: >> That sounds very unpleasant and disabling, I hope you make a quick and >> complete recovery. >> It was a motorbike mishap

Re: UK PDML meet-up in May, anyone?

2023-03-17 Thread Bob W PDML
ballsed it up and came off. Concussion, bruising and a broken collarbone were my reward, but I’ve decided that motorbikes and I are not meant for each other. > On 17 Mar 2023, at 18:27, Mark Roberts wrote: > > Bob W PDML wrote: > >> I’ll be in Paris from 18-21 May. &g

Re: UK PDML meet-up in May, anyone?

2023-03-17 Thread Bob W PDML
I’ll be in Paris from 18-21 May. 10th and 11th are possibilities but I’m trying to arrange a trip to Amsterdam and the NL for May sometime, so it’s a bit uncertain. It also depends to some extent how well my fractured collarbone has healed. I expect to be discharged at the end of April, and

Re: March PUG is Up

2023-03-08 Thread Bob W PDML
> On 8 Mar 2023, at 14:15, Ralf R Radermacher wrote: > > Am 08.03.23 um 09:42 schrieb Brian W: >> G'day all >> >> Enjoy the new gallery here: >> >> http://pug.komkon.org/ > > What a beautiful gallery of our loved companions. My favourite is Bob > Walkden's cat on the wall of *her* front

Re: OT Laptops and photo editing

2023-03-08 Thread Bob W PDML
i need to download form the app store, I have an > icloud account should figure that out soon then > > Dave > >> On Wed, Mar 8, 2023 at 8:32 AM Bob W PDML wrote: >> >> Yes, the Files app works more or less the same across all three platforms. >> You can also u

Re: OT Laptops and photo editing

2023-03-08 Thread Bob W PDML
Yes, the Files app works more or less the same across all three platforms. You can also use it to access other storage providers, such as MS OneDrive. I keep everything in my iCloud Drive so everything is accessible from all three. > On 8 Mar 2023, at 13:20, David J Brooks wrote: > > Doug ,

Re: OT Laptops and photo editing

2023-03-06 Thread Bob W PDML
I do more or less everything on my iPad and iPhone, including banking, email, Lightroom photo editing, walking and cycle route planning etc etc. I have a M1 Mac mini with a trackpad and Magic Keyboard, but rarely use it and I just connect it my TV when I do use it. However, I’m not as heavily

Re: Two PESOs: GM Diesels with sound

2023-03-04 Thread Bob W PDML
> On 4 Mar 2023, at 19:15, Ralf R Radermacher wrote: > > Am 04.03.23 um 20:00 schrieb Bob W PDML: >> There’s a link to an MP3 further down the page. The sound quality is amazing >> and the sounds themselves are very musical and interesting, in a Stockhausen >> ki

Re: Two PESOs: GM Diesels with sound

2023-03-04 Thread Bob W PDML
There’s a link to an MP3 further down the page. The sound quality is amazing and the sounds themselves are very musical and interesting, in a Stockhausen kind of way. Diesel trains don’t have whistles. > On 4 Mar 2023, at 18:53, ann sanfedele wrote: > > I usually don't like sounds with

Re: PESO - SNOW!

2023-02-28 Thread Bob W PDML
You’re not trying hard enough - I broke my collar bone last week! > On 28 Feb 2023, at 19:22, ann sanfedele wrote: > > Bob, Hey, I said I was going to the doc not to the stage door .. > fortunately I did not break anything :-) > > ann > >> On 2/28/2023 11:39 AM,

Re: PESO - SNOW!

2023-02-28 Thread Bob W PDML
Break a leg! > On 28 Feb 2023, at 13:42, ann sanfedele wrote: > > Thanks Ralf, Dan and Bob - it didn't last long :-( > I'm headed out shortly - may bring tiny Canon with me but my destination is > my doc for a basic check up. > > ann > >> On 2/28/2023 3:52 AM, Ralf R Radermacher wrote: >>>

Re: PESO - SNOW!

2023-02-27 Thread Bob W PDML
That’s a lovely shot > On 28 Feb 2023, at 02:37, ann sanfedele wrote: > > at last... from my window at :9:00 PM ET (camera time info in the metadata > is on daylight time) with a non-Pentax , because it was available.. > grab shot on auto with flash on.. > > It's real.. > >

Re: Kind of like the PDML

2023-02-26 Thread Bob W PDML
Reminds me of downtown Ulan Bator. > On 27 Feb 2023, at 06:14, Larry Colen wrote: > > A pentax camera and a bunch of asses > https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/52714421905/in/album-72177720306301096/ > > -- > -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to

Re: PESO 2023 - 049 - GDG

2023-02-23 Thread Bob W PDML
Nicely done > On 23 Feb 2023, at 20:36, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: > > Time for a change of pace, which usually (for me) means taking the Polaroid > out instead of a digital camera. I put a pack of B 600 in and took it on my > walk. Only made one exposure (because it was freekin' cold out!) but

Re: PESO 2023 - 046 - GDG

2023-02-19 Thread Bob W PDML
Good lens that. It can photograph inside the mind of a senior Tory politician. > On 18 Feb 2023, at 15:34, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: > > The secondhand Summicron-M 28mm f/2 ASPH I ordered arrived a week or so ago, > I only just had a moment to go test it. > > Unicorn & Crocodillians - Santa

Re: Flamingos in the Park

2023-02-09 Thread Bob W PDML
Those are Arctic Flamingos (Pinkus birdus brassbollocus). They hibernate at latitudes below the Arctic Circle. > On 9 Feb 2023, at 21:55, Rick Womer wrote: > > It’s been an unusually warm winter in Philadelphia, but it was still > surprising to find flamingos in the park across the street. >

Re: First time birding

2023-01-19 Thread Bob W PDML
> On 18 Jan 2023, at 07:07, mike wilson wrote: > >  >> On 18/01/2023 04:45 Alan C wrote: >> Common all over South Africa too, even in remote camps of the Kruger >> Park. The ones here escaped from a sailing sip en-route to Aus. Can't >> imagine why they were being taken there. > > They were

Re: First time birding

2023-01-16 Thread Bob W PDML
I’m happy to say there are quite a lot of them here. They have plenty of bushes to hide in. > On 16 Jan 2023, at 06:35, mike wilson wrote: > > It's a male British House Sparrow, Passer domesticus. Generally regarded as > a pest in the USA. Was once one of the most common birds here but it

Re: First time birding

2023-01-16 Thread Bob W PDML
In French it is called a moineau, from the word moine, meaning monk, whose garments the sparrow’s feathers supposedly resemble. It’s also commonly called a pierrot or a piaf, which is onomatopoeic. > On 17 Jan 2023, at 00:04, ann sanfedele wrote: > > I learned the name -English- Sparrow

Re: Apple iCloud -- Arrgh

2023-01-08 Thread Bob W PDML
> On 8 Jan 2023, at 02:05, Larry Colen wrote: > >  > >>> The symlink worked for many years, through many generations of MacOS, I >>> don't understand why it broke. > > -- > If it’s any consolation, Larry, I had a symlink go bad on me in Windows about 10 years ago. -- %(real_name)s

Re: OT Mail

2023-01-06 Thread Bob W PDML
If you want to reach out to Dobo and Mafud you should probably wait until 31 October and do it from the safety of a pentagram drawn on the floor, with a fistful of candlesticks and a large bucket of holy water at the ready. > On 6 Jan 2023, at 17:29, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: > > You had to

Re: OT Mail

2023-01-06 Thread Bob W PDML
> On 6 Jan 2023, at 17:09, Bill wrote: > > On 1/4/2023 8:03 AM, David J Brooks wrote: >> It's been cloudy and rainy for the past 3-4 days, what a great time to sit >> down and go through 37K of gmail's and delete. >> Some of my pdml ones date back to dec 2010 >> >> Dave(tired mouse finger)

Re: January PUG is up

2023-01-05 Thread Bob W PDML
very interesting to see different approaches. I had a couple of sessions photographing several bridges near me and concluded that they’re quite difficult to photograph. > On 5 Jan 2023, at 11:26, Ralf R Radermacher wrote: > > Am 05.01.23 um 06:21 schrieb Brian W: >> G'day all >> >> Enjoy

Re: GESO: Corn, Oklahoma

2023-01-03 Thread Bob W PDML
It looks like dust bowl pictures from the FSA period. Of Mice and Men. > On 3 Jan 2023, at 22:04, Ralf R Radermacher wrote: > > Am 03.01.23 um 21:09 schrieb coll...@brendemuehl.net: >> Just a selection of shots the last two days. >> >>

Re: Pentax is considering releasing a new film camera

2023-01-01 Thread Bob W PDML
 > On 20 Dec 2022, at 22:55, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: > > […] > My 1978 Leica M4-2 is loaded and ready to go with a fresh roll of Ferrania > P30 in it. :) > > G I’ll be interested to hear about your experience with the film. I bought 5 rolls of P30 back in August but didn’t shoot them until

Re: PESO: January Pug reject #2

2023-01-01 Thread Bob W PDML
There is something similar close to where I live. It’s a wooden toll bridge across the River Adur which replaced a ferry in 1782 and remained open to motor vehicles into the 1970s until a modern bridge, the subject of my PUG entry, was built a little further upstream. There are several other

OT: ping

2022-12-12 Thread Bob W PDML
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pingu

2019-03-02 Thread Bob W-PDML
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Re: OT: What can you do ...?

2019-03-01 Thread Bob W-PDML
I used to work with a very beautiful S African woman. In S Africa they apparently call 3.5 inch disks 'stiffies'. She made a big impression when she first started and walked around the office asking 'have any of you boys got a stiffy for me?'. > On 1 Mar 2019, at 06:08, John wrote: > > A

Re: PESO 2019 - 017 - GDG

2019-02-27 Thread Bob W-PDML
Actually, I think you'll find it rules... B > On 26 Feb 2019, at 01:27, ann sanfedele wrote: > > Like a lot -- geometry reigns > > ann > >> On 2/24/2019 4:06 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: >> Watching folks heading out for excursions while in port at Cozumel from our >> cabin's patio... >> >>

Re: OT: This Day in History

2019-02-23 Thread Bob W-PDML
Here's a sort of English version I first saw quite recently, by the great James Ravilious: https://beafordarchive.org/archive-image/hoisting-the-jubilee-flag-harepath/ B On 23 Feb 2019, at 22:00, Daniel J. Matyola mailto:danmaty...@gmail.com>> wrote: 1945 U.S. flag raised on Iwo Jima

Re: PESO: Life in the slow lane

2019-02-20 Thread Bob W-PDML
It would be better if the snail were on a skateboard. > On 20 Feb 2019, at 16:03, P. J. Alling wrote: > > I'd say it's a handsome snail, except who could tell, it's a handsome > photograph. It needs something, though I'm at a loss at how to make it > better. > >> On 2/20/2019 8:30 AM, Jack

Re: GESO (23) - Sorrento

2019-02-19 Thread Bob W-PDML
Looks like a lovely place, i really must go there sometime and see for myself. B > On 19 Feb 2019, at 01:02, Rick Womer wrote: > > Well, it’s larger than my usual gallery, but it was our base for five days. > > https://rickwomer.smugmug.com/organize/Italy-11-2018/Sorrento-1 > > Comments

Re: L-bracket

2019-02-16 Thread Bob W-PDML
Alternatively you could compare them to two surgeons - Jack the Ripper and Hannibal Lecter. > On 16 Feb 2019, at 16:54, Postmaster wrote: > > Jostein wrote: > >> Steve, >> >> Mark's job can be compared to that of a manicurist. Yours to removing >> the appendix. :-D > > ...with a hacksaw.

Re: OT ? more on the laptop

2019-02-16 Thread Bob W-PDML
If you want to rename them in order to sequence them, why not prefix them with the sequence number? 01_igp 02_dn ... 13_igp is renaming really necessary? I'm sure you can drag'n'drop reorder them in the folder > On 16 Feb 2019, at 14:50, David J Brooks wrote: > > Thanks Paul, i

Re: Back with a GESO (8) - Herculaneum

2019-02-11 Thread Bob W-PDML
Patrick Zachmann (Magnum) is working in Pompeii at the moment, posting some interesting stuff on Instagram. https://www.magnumphotos.com/arts-culture/architecture/patrick-zachmann-uncovering-pompeii/ B On 11 Feb 2019, at 15:04, Alan C mailto:c...@lantic.net>> wrote: Interesting photos, Rick.

Re: GESO: Crystal Springs Weekend

2019-02-11 Thread Bob W-PDML
Some lovely shots there, especially the view from the chalet, the giraffe and the bustard. SA really is a stunning country. > On 11 Feb 2019, at 11:59, Alan C wrote: > > Crystal Springs is a mountain resort about 150km south of Phalaborwa. Ideal > for getting away from the heat! Here is a 5

Re: iPESO: Lounge Lizard

2019-02-09 Thread Bob W-PDML
Good God, that reference is antediluvian! Must be at least 30 years since Leisure Suit Larry in the Land of the Lounge Lizards! > On 9 Feb 2019, at 20:13, P. J. Alling wrote: > > Somehow I expected him to be wearing a leisure suit. I did expect an actual > lizard of some kind but the lack

Re: PESO 2019 - a few more - GDG

2019-02-09 Thread Bob W-PDML
Bit of a Cartier-Bresson moment, that first one! > On 9 Feb 2019, at 12:59, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: > > A few more from the cruise ... > > In Roatàn, Honduras: https://flic.kr/p/2eEpVWB > Mayan ruins in Costa Mesa, MX: https://flic.kr/p/243XD92 > Three men at the bar, at sea:

Re: PESO 2019 - in Roatàn, Honduras - GDG

2019-02-07 Thread Bob W-PDML
Superb. Especially, given the context, the juxtaposition of disfruta! and the young man > On 7 Feb 2019, at 17:24, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: > > In port, Roatàn, Honduras: > > https://flic.kr/p/2df71YH > > Enjoy! > G > — > No matter where you go, there you are. > > -- > -- PDML

Re: PESO 2019 - in Cozumel - GDG

2019-02-06 Thread Bob W-PDML
When I was a teenager I had a summer job in a hardware store. One of the old boys who worked there was Reg, who'd fought Rommel in the desert. A regular customer was a rather stuck-up, posh lady called Mrs Sandicock, which she insisted was pronounced Sandicoe. Whenever she came in Reg made a

Re: Old school PESO - taken with an ist-D

2019-02-06 Thread Bob W-PDML
Nice. That valley deserves a good bicycling. > On 6 Feb 2019, at 20:16, Postmaster wrote: > > Yet another reason to always shoot raw: Some of those old files are > much better than you thought. Here's an oldie from 2005. > > https://www.robertstech.com/temp/7d500929.jpg > Pen-y-pass,

London

2019-02-06 Thread Bob W-PDML
Some superb photos of London here, a real portrait of a city from eyes we don't often see through: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/in-pictures-47090315 B -- 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: PESO 2019 - on travel - GDG

2019-02-05 Thread Bob W-PDML
Both very nice! Enjoy your trip. B > On 5 Feb 2019, at 13:15, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: > > On travel in the Caribbean ... these two from Miami on the way here, Saturday > night and Sunday morning: > > https://flic.kr/p/QQkzYt > https://flic.kr/p/2dbQ51e > > Enjoy! > G > — > No matter where

Re: Boris 2019-07 - Like pencil sketch

2019-02-03 Thread Bob W-PDML
Excellent > On 3 Feb 2019, at 18:29, Boris Liberman wrote: > > It turns out that finding the desired b/w rendering can be real fun... > > Have a click: > https://pentax-ways.blogspot.com/2019/02/2019-07-like-pencil-sketch.html > > Thanks. > > -- > Boris > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List

Re: Posting to Instagram

2019-01-31 Thread Bob W-PDML
Very impressive gallery. > On 31 Jan 2019, at 22:43, Larry Colen wrote: > > A while back I asked about posting to Instagram, particularly from Lightroom. > I was pointed to a plugin called lrinstagram, and a month or two later > finally got it installed and set up. > > I've been working on

Re: Adorama and AdoramaPix - liars with unscrupulous marketing team

2019-01-31 Thread Bob W-PDML
We don't have to put up with that sort of shit over here, we have Europe-wide laws about it. You should apply to join the EU - I hear there's a place going spare. > On 31 Jan 2019, at 18:38, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: > > Never, never "unsubscribe" by clicking the link for doing so contained in

Re: PESO: Super Bloody Wolf Moon

2019-01-22 Thread Bob W-PDML
Very nicely done! > On 22 Jan 2019, at 16:53, John wrote: > > So, I went out and stood in what felt like an Arctic Wind for 3 hours or so > and took pictures of the moon. As usual, the instructions for how to do it > right were at home on my desk waiting so I could find out everything I did

Re: Got 1 half-way decent shot of the eclipse

2019-01-21 Thread Bob W-PDML
> On 21 Jan 2019, at 18:30, John wrote: > >> On 1/21/2019 09:16:26, Postmaster wrote: >> Visiting our friends in North Carolina and staying at their cabin in >> the Blue Ridge. The skies were very clear but I was woefully under >> equipped: K-1 with the DFA 28-105 and NO tripod! Braced the

Re: PESO 2019 - 010 - GDG

2019-01-20 Thread Bob W-PDML
Nice shot, works very well > On 20 Jan 2019, at 20:40, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: > > As good as the simulation apps can be, the original prints from the SX-70 > type cameras are always the best. > > https://flic.kr/p/23HCCxK > > enjoy! > > G > — > If you're afraid to fall down, you'll never

Re: A car park wall

2019-01-17 Thread Bob W-PDML
Like Planet Earth. The problem is not common ownership per se but the fact that people can profit from things without paying the full costs. It's deeply embedded in capitalism, where the motive is to privatise profits and socialise costs. It was at the heart of Thatcherism and Reaganism and

Re: OT, the brits on this list treat us Yanks with the greatest respect

2019-01-17 Thread Bob W-PDML
According to Wikipedia his maternal grandmother is believed to have had some Iroquois ancestry, so his dynamism probably came from Elizabeth Warren's side of the family. > On 17 Jan 2019, at 13:09, Paul Stenquist wrote: > > He was Native American? That’s the only factor that would have made

Re: OT, the brits on this list treat us Yanks with the greatest respect

2019-01-14 Thread Bob W-PDML
> On 14 Jan 2019, at 19:18, mike wilson wrote: > >> >> That cuts both ways. Don't remember who said it, but ... >> >> "The U.K. and the U.S. are two countries separated by a common language." > > If it wasn't Samuel Langhorne Clemens, it was Winston Spencer Churchill. > Probably both.

Re: Peso: I've been cookin'

2019-01-13 Thread Bob W-PDML
Mmmm! Maroilles!! > On 13 Jan 2019, at 23:49, Ralf R Radermacher wrote: > >> Am 13.01.19 um 23:25 schrieb ann sanfedele: >> >> Thanks Ralf - I actually did work on a recipe calendar... if you look at >> that whole gallery you will see other recipes but I didn't like most of my >> photos so

Re: OT, the brits on this list treat us Yanks with the greatest respect

2019-01-13 Thread Bob W-PDML
> On 13 Jan 2019, at 22:19, Larry Colen wrote: > > https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-46846467?ns_mchannel=social_campaign=bbcnews=socialflow_facebook_source=facebook > > Frankly, I don't think I've ever had any difficulty noticing when when > someone on this list is calling me an

Re: Boris 2019-01

2019-01-13 Thread Bob W-PDML
I like it too. The thing that stands out for me, which subtly echoes the dog, and reflects the posture of the woman, is the plastic bag in the doorway. The shape created by the handle and the dark spots look like a stylised Siamese cat with two dark ears and a nose. I also like the

Re: OT: To our British Pentxians

2019-01-13 Thread Bob W-PDML
togallery.com/danieljmatyola >> >> >>> On Sun, Jan 13, 2019 at 12:31 PM Bob W-PDML wrote: >>> >>> Thank you. The whole business is quite fascinating, as a great historical >>> moment, and perhaps not as bad as it may appear from a distance. Peo

Re: Peso: I've been cookin'

2019-01-13 Thread Bob W-PDML
> On 13 Jan 2019, at 18:08, Steve Cottrell wrote: > > On 13/1/19, Bob W-PDML, discombobulated, unleashed: > >> Now all is need is my own flock of sheep and goats, and a Mediterranean >> hillside. > > Sadly lacking in the Belleville-Menilmontant area of Par

Re: Peso: I've been cookin'

2019-01-13 Thread Bob W-PDML
That looks really nice! What it really needs is some delicious home-made Greek yoghurt. As it happens, I made some the other day, for the first time ever. After taking this picture I strained it for 2 hours to make it Greek, and then it was so delicious I ate it all immediately.

Re: OT: To our British Pentxians

2019-01-13 Thread Bob W-PDML
Thank you. The whole business is quite fascinating, as a great historical moment, and perhaps not as bad as it may appear from a distance. People are getting overwrought about it all, and will wake up feeling rather sheepish and embarrassed about it one day. It's full of amusing little

Re: PESO: Tree Dassie

2019-01-12 Thread Bob W-PDML
On 12 Jan 2019, at 10:53, Ralf R Radermacher mailto:fotor...@gmx.de>> wrote: Am 10.01.19 um 14:33 schrieb Alan C: A Tree Dassie (Dendrohyrax arboreus) on my garden wall. Yet another example of the educational value of the PDML. Didn't even know that such an animal exists and had to look

Re: A car park wall

2019-01-11 Thread Bob W-PDML
>> >> If I'd thought a bit more I could have called it "A big, beautiful wall". >> >> Got any pictures of fences? >> >> Will this do? >> >> https://web-options.com/2018/09/08/caravanserai/ > > Excellent. Highlights the paradox (keeping out or keeping in) of fences, > whilst contrasting the

Re: A car park wall

2019-01-11 Thread Bob W-PDML
On 11 Jan 2019, at 21:16, mike wilson mailto:m.9.wil...@ntlworld.com>> wrote: On 11 January 2019 at 19:55 Bob W-PDML mailto:p...@web-options.com>> wrote: Thanks y'all. If I'd thought a bit more I could have called it "A big, beautiful wall". Got any pictures of

Re: A car park wall

2019-01-11 Thread Bob W-PDML
Thanks y'all. If I'd thought a bit more I could have called it "A big, beautiful wall". > On 11 Jan 2019, at 19:43, Ralf R Radermacher wrote: > >> Am 10.01.19 um 23:40 schrieb Bob W-PDML: >> In York. Took this back in November. > > Love it. Reminds me of all

A car park wall

2019-01-10 Thread Bob W-PDML
In York. Took this back in November. https://web-options.com/2019/01/10/a-car-park-in-york/ -- 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: PESO: Tree Dassie

2019-01-10 Thread Bob W-PDML
Nice. They are closely related to elephants, apparently. > -Original Message- > From: PDML On Behalf Of Alan C > Sent: 10 January 2019 13:34 > To: Pentax Discus Mail List > Subject: PESO: Tree Dassie > > A Tree Dassie   (Dendrohyrax arboreus) on my garden wall. It was living in the >

RE: PESO 2019 - 003 - GDG

2019-01-10 Thread Bob W-PDML
better job. > > G > — > No matter where you go, go there on two wheels. > > > > On Jan 9, 2019, at 10:36 AM, Bob W-PDML > wrote: > > > > Always nice to get lost in the riding. Difficult here at the moment because > it's so cold and dark. > >

Re: OT: Nat Geo paying homage to the PDML

2019-01-09 Thread Bob W-PDML
Indeed - forcing the fish to swallow the greasy slimeballs is cruel and unusual punishment. They don't look like PDML cormos though, far too well-behaved and quiet. Admirable plumage! > On 9 Jan 2019, at 18:01, P. J. Alling wrote: > > I personally think using cormorants for bait is

Re: PESO 2019 - 003 - GDG

2019-01-09 Thread Bob W-PDML
Always nice to get lost in the riding. Difficult here at the moment because it's so cold and dark. I never thought of using the iphone as a meter - which app do you use? Bob > On 9 Jan 2019, at 15:23, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: > > Monday's bicycle ride... > > At Hanchett Park - San Jose

Re: Russian cathedral

2019-01-07 Thread Bob W-PDML
This is how it looks in daylight: http://www.russianchurchlondon.org/en/ On 8 Jan 2019, at 02:25, Daniel J. Matyola mailto:danmaty...@gmail.com>> wrote: BTW, today is Russian Chrisrmas. С РОЖДЕСТВОМ Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Mon, Jan 7, 2019 at 8:55

Re: OT: Film scanning fun

2019-01-07 Thread Bob W-PDML
What an excellent idea! > On 8 Jan 2019, at 01:28, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: > > On iOS with an iPad or iPhone, you can use a little app called FilmLab. Just > point it at a bw or color neg and it inverts it on the fly for viewing and > capturing. Make it easy to view a lot of negs quickly and

Russian cathedral

2019-01-07 Thread Bob W-PDML
This is the Russian Orthodox cathedral in London, photographed with my phone on Christmas Eve (not Orthodox Xmas!) after dinner with some friends who live nearby. https://preview.tinyurl.com/yd27mncz

Re: GESO (18) - Pompeii

2019-01-04 Thread Bob W-PDML
Excellent set, Rick, very interesting. You got some nice light as well as low crowds. > On 4 Jan 2019, at 23:06, Rick Womer wrote: > > This and Herculaneum are fascinating places. We arrived at Pompeii fairly > early, and were able to stay just ahead of the crowds from several bus tours. >

Re: 2018 faves and chasing the muse

2019-01-02 Thread Bob W-PDML
> On 3 Jan 2019, at 00:36, Larry Colen wrote: > > > Some years ago I was toying with the idea of going pro and was figuring out > what it would take to make a living at photography. I knew that I wouldn't be > able to go from zero to enough paid gigs to make a living in any sort of >

Re: My Mood Is Changing ... Again

2019-01-01 Thread Bob W-PDML
Some very interesting pictures there, Boris. Did you know that Chengdu is what we now call Xanadu...? > On 1 Jan 2019, at 17:21, Boris Liberman wrote: > > It does not work for me this way, Stan. > > Normally, when I go on a trip abroad, I would take more consistent > pictures, but less

How to get new photographic ideas

2019-01-01 Thread Bob W-PDML
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Re: 2018 faves and chasing the muse

2019-01-01 Thread Bob W-PDML
George Harrison doesn't entirely agree with Larry... https://youtu.be/3WfsdwkOIpI I'm not taking many pictures these days, except occasionally with my phone, but I'm not going to beat myself up about it, and I don't think anyone else should. It's meant to be enjoyable, not a duty. B On 1 Jan

Re: OT: Happy New Year

2019-01-01 Thread Bob W-PDML
Indeed! > On 1 Jan 2019, at 11:58, Steve Cottrell wrote: > > On 31/12/18, Daniel J. Matyola, discombobulated, unleashed: > >> I wish all the Pentaxians around the world a happy, healthy, prosperous and >> rewarding new year. > > Happy new year Dan and to all :-) > > -- > > > Cheers, >

Re: OT: A New Life Partner

2018-12-29 Thread Bob W-PDML
Congratulations! That's very funny with the knee pads! I hope you have a very long and happy life together. Bob > On 29 Dec 2018, at 19:01, Paul Stenquist wrote: > > After about three years without my wife of 44 years, I decided I definitely > didn’t like going it alone. Fortuitously, I met

Re: PESO: Conjugation

2018-12-26 Thread Bob W-PDML
On 26 Dec 2018, at 20:41, Ralf R Radermacher mailto:fotor...@gmx.de>> wrote: Am 26.12.18 um 14:37 schrieb John: "Omnia Gallia in tres partes divisa est" - "All of Gaul is divided into three parts". Not to forget my very personal favourite: "Omnium Gallorum fortissimi sunt Belgae!" - "Of

Re: PESO: Our somewhat odd Xmas tradition

2018-12-25 Thread Bob W-PDML
Thank you. May all your Christmases be a blast! > On 25 Dec 2018, at 21:05, Ralf R Radermacher wrote: > > Yes, I know it's a little odd, but it's become our christmas eve tradition to > drive down to the harbour and listen to the BBC's Nine Lessons and Carols on > the radio in front of the

Re: [OT] Get ready for an onslaught of limericks!

2018-12-25 Thread Bob W-PDML
I thought you wanted a sonnet. Full oft in Melville's lonely hillock I, A quondam player lately rejected, Allowed to roam mine errant lusty eye That by e'en's fall this spirit be erected. Thus I sat one night, my Moby Dick Upon my trouser all limply lying, When came to the bar, full smartly and

Re: GESO - The Three Bears - Plagerization? Accient? synchronicity?

2018-12-23 Thread Bob W-PDML
The Mangelson and the Ward are clearly the same frame. The Leesons' shot is a different frame, you can tell my lining up the foreground with bits and pieces of the background. I would put it down to two cameras side by side, or misattribution, rather than to plagiarism. There is a famous pair

Re: I don't understand...still...

2018-12-23 Thread Bob W-PDML
The original is better, and deserving of Mark!'s attention > On 23 Dec 2018, at 06:04, John wrote: > > Yeah sure. Blame it on autocorrect. > >> On 12/22/2018 23:16:35, Larry Colen wrote: >> Damn! That was an unfortunate autocorrect.. >> It was supposed to be that Rick is as *wise* as he is

Re: PESO: Slack Bay - for Bob

2018-12-22 Thread Bob W-PDML
Beautiful, thank you! You must watch the film. > On 21 Dec 2018, at 20:45, Ralf R Radermacher wrote: > >> Am 20.12.18 um 22:47 schrieb Bob W-PDML: >> >> That is precisely the place! > > Been to Calais, this afternoon, so why not go the extra mile and take a sn

Re: PESO - a framed photo by...?

2018-12-20 Thread Bob W-PDML
i >> to keep at least a quarter mile away from bears, but as I said, people can >> be unbelievably stupid, and there isn't a Ranger behind every tree to >> enforce the rules. Really would you want there to be? >>> On 12/20/2018 1:35 PM, Bob W-PDML wrote: >>>

Re: Lightroom... Darktable... what else?

2018-12-20 Thread Bob W-PDML
.html https://youtu.be/rhNZMXJF3Gg I will certainly let you know when I go there! B On 20 Dec 2018, at 21:33, Ralf R Radermacher mailto:fotor...@gmx.de>> wrote: Am 20.12.18 um 22:11 schrieb Bob W-PDML: We recently watched the wonderful Ma Loute ('Slack Bay') by Bruno Dumont, set an hour

Re: Lightroom... Darktable... what else?

2018-12-20 Thread Bob W-PDML
, and now I have to go there too. Bob >> On 20 Dec 2018, at 20:57, Ralf R Radermacher wrote: >> >> Am 19.12.18 um 20:36 schrieb Bob W-PDML: >> >> Dunkirk is first stop on the way to Bergues! > > It is indeed. Charming little town with its typical belfry

Re: OT - WW2 Historical Ship Interest

2018-12-20 Thread Bob W-PDML
> On 20 Dec 2018, at 18:35, Steve Cottrell wrote: > > On 20/12/18, Paul Sorenson, discombobulated, unleashed: > >> Very interesting. Always great to hear WWII and D-Day history. Thanks >> for sharing this. Interesting info on the Decca nav system on wiki. > > Cheers. Yes I learned a lot

Re: PESO - a framed photo by...?

2018-12-20 Thread Bob W-PDML
I think it's more easily explained by a bunch of photographers on a tour having to stand next to each other inside an anti-polar bear cage or something, than it is by plagiarism. They're not going to be wandering around at will, choosing the best spot, in a place full of hungry polar bears. >

Re: PESO - a framed photo by...?

2018-12-19 Thread Bob W-PDML
th it is my age and starting to look to shedding > > possesions that she was left and doesn't really care about.. she doesn't > > like the photo... long complcated story I dont' need to get into, but when > > she > > was discussing the shedding process she mentioned it..

Re: Lightroom... Darktable... what else?

2018-12-19 Thread Bob W-PDML
Dunkirk is first stop on the way to Bergues! https://youtu.be/X5Ap_ETKoag On 19 Dec 2018, at 18:36, Larry Colen mailto:l...@red4est.com>> wrote: Ralf R Radermacher wrote on 12/19/18 2:46 AM: Am 18.12.18 um 14:10 schrieb Jostein: It's been a while since I looked at the available DAM

Re: PESO - a framed photo by...?

2018-12-19 Thread Bob W-PDML
he was a famous photographer.. > > ann > > > >> On 12/19/2018 1:29 AM, Bob W-PDML wrote: >> I googled 'art wolfe polar bears' and scrolled through the images that came >> back. I have a good memory for images, so when I saw that one, which >> appeared because

Re: PESO - a framed photo by...?

2018-12-18 Thread Bob W-PDML
side by side. B > On 19 Dec 2018, at 03:04, Alan C wrote: > > Amazing. How on earth did you discover that? > > Alan C > > >> On 19-Dec-18 01:18 AM, Bob W-PDML wrote: >> It looks like a reversed print of this one, by someone called Kennan Ward: >> ht

Re: PESO - a framed photo by...?

2018-12-18 Thread Bob W-PDML
It looks like a reversed print of this one, by someone called Kennan Ward: http://www.artsandartists.org/exhibitions/past-endangeredtreasures/ B On 18 Dec 2018, at 23:02, ann sanfedele mailto:ann...@nyc.rr.com>> wrote: Everything about this says Art Wolfe but I haven't found the exact frame

Re: GESO (15) - Ravello

2018-12-18 Thread Bob W-PDML
Really nice little gallery. Looks like a lovely place. Bob > On 18 Dec 2018, at 18:57, Rick Womer wrote: > > Finally posting more pics from our trip to Italy. Ravello is a town atop a > small coastal mountain, with marvelous views. The Villa Rufolo is especially > worth a visit. > >

Re: I think I found out what Bob W. has been up to lately...

2018-12-16 Thread Bob W-PDML
Ha! Can't keep anything secret these days. You've drunk in one or two of those pubs. > On 17 Dec 2018, at 01:03, Postmaster wrote: > > https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2018/dec/16/pantomime-horses-race-from-pub-to-pub-in-greenwich-in-pictures > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail

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