Re: PESO: What is This?

2011-01-11 Thread Christian Skofteland
It's an immature Bald Eagle. -- Christian - http://404notfound.blogspot.com http://birdofthemoment.blogspot.com On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 06:26:23PM -0600, Elizabeth Masoner wrote: Hey Jack, I'm thinking that's an immature Golden Eagle based on his booted

Re: GESO: birds, bees and bucks...

2011-01-11 Thread Christian Skofteland
On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 10:48:15AM +0530, Subash wrote: hi, had gone to a sanctuary called kodiakkarai (point calimere) in southern india, over the weekend. apart from a rather unique combination of dry evergreen forests (home to lots of endemic birds and the black buck) and coastal

Re: PESO - It Snowed in New Toronto

2011-01-11 Thread Christian Skofteland
On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 11:34:28PM -0500, frank theriault wrote: Not much, actually, but for a few minutes on the weekend, it looked quite wintry: http://knarfinthecity.blogspot.com/2011/01/it-snowed-in-new-toronto.html Hope you enjoy. Comments welcome. cheers, frank It does indeed

Re: PESO - You lookin' at me...and a retreat.

2010-12-30 Thread Christian Skofteland
I like the first one! Nice, frame-filling, sharp and cute. -- Christian - http://404notfound.blogspot.com http://birdofthemoment.blogspot.com On Thu, Dec 30, 2010 at 10:24:32AM -0500, Paul Stenquist wrote: Having a url problem lately. Creeping senility,

Re: COMPLETELY OT! Roll Call...

2010-12-29 Thread Christian Skofteland
I joined the list at age 32 in 2000. -- Christian - http://404notfound.blogspot.com http://birdofthemoment.blogspot.com On Wed, Dec 29, 2010 at 12:42:32PM +1000, Tanya Love wrote: So, it occurred to me after all these years on the list, that I may actually

Re: COMPLETELY OT! Roll Call...

2010-12-29 Thread Christian Skofteland
Welcome back, Don; I remember having some heated discussions with you about gear and macro photography. Good to see you back! -- Christian - http://404notfound.blogspot.com http://birdofthemoment.blogspot.com On Wed, Dec 29, 2010 at 05:48:12PM +0200,

Re: New here (plus a PESO)

2010-12-28 Thread Christian Skofteland
On Tue, Dec 28, 2010 at 04:11:50PM +0100, AlunFoto wrote: Hi Liz, Welcome to the list. To some of us it's a bit like Hotel California in here, but sans the beast. :-) Fun PESO. :-) Cheers, Jostein Hotel California is a good way of describing it... I traded Pentax for the dark side

Re: I'm no Birder, and . . .

2010-12-27 Thread Christian Skofteland
The brownish colored ones are females. The males are the brilliant red color. As for size, they are typically smaler than American Robins but larger than your basic house sparrow. -- Christian - http://404notfound.blogspot.com

Re: 2010 Quotations list is live!

2010-12-27 Thread Christian Skofteland
On Fri, Dec 24, 2010 at 07:05:05PM -0500, m...@robertstech.com wrote: Greetings and holiday happiness to you all from sunny (today) California! I've been here since Monday, getting by quite happily without 'net access. But I had to pop in to a local Starbucks to upload the new quote page so

Re: I'm no Birder, and . . .

2010-12-27 Thread Christian Skofteland
The brownish colored ones are females. The males are the brilliant red color. As for size, they are typically smaler than American Robins but larger than your basic house sparrow. -- Christian - http://404notfound.blogspot.com

Re: 2010 Quotations list is live!

2010-12-27 Thread Christian Skofteland
On Fri, Dec 24, 2010 at 07:05:05PM -0500, m...@robertstech.com wrote: Greetings and holiday happiness to you all from sunny (today) California! I've been here since Monday, getting by quite happily without 'net access. But I had to pop in to a local Starbucks to upload the new quote page so

Re: Sorry Aussies, it's ours!

2010-12-03 Thread Christian Skofteland
On Fri, Dec 03, 2010 at 04:09:21AM -0500, Igor Roshchin wrote: When we were in Sydney, - we were unable to find pavlova to taste. (despite Rob's rigorous attempts to find a place that sells/serves it) I should mention that we couldn't taste kangaroo meet either... ... so I might conclude

Re: Private - Northern Indiana

2010-11-29 Thread Christian Skofteland
Privacy FAIL! On Mon, Nov 29, 2010 at 09:18:04AM -0600, Bob Sullivan wrote: M, Just teasing you. Northern Indiana, even Southbend, is kind of rural compared to Boston. And the weather really isn't much colder than Boston (5F at most). But SNOW off of the lake replaces rain from the ocean!

Re: PESO: Snow Geese

2010-11-23 Thread Christian Skofteland
On Mon, Nov 22, 2010 at 12:55:59PM -0800, Jack Davis wrote: Visited Gray Lodge again this AM. The Snow Geese are finally in and in staggering numbers. Did the typical flock shooting and am offering three Representative grabs. I have a lot of editing yet to do and may offer a couple

Re: PESO: Not a cormorant

2010-11-23 Thread Christian Skofteland
On Sun, Nov 21, 2010 at 04:06:21PM +0530, Subash wrote: hi, something new for me. went birding with my new old a*300/4. the monsoons are here, dark, cloudy and not very good light. but managed a few good ones. this one's of a spot-billed pelican. it posed for a while before flying away.

Re: PESO - birdy

2010-11-23 Thread Christian Skofteland
On Sat, Nov 20, 2010 at 08:47:17PM -0500, paul stenquist wrote: That much I'm sure of. I think it's some kind of sparrow. It was only a wee bit bigger than the chickadees. In any case, I'm pleased in that the A400/5.6 doesn't seem to fringe as much with the K5 as it did with the other Pentax

Re: PESO: Little Guy

2010-11-23 Thread Christian Skofteland
On Sat, Nov 20, 2010 at 05:29:10PM -0500, paul stenquist wrote: Did some shooting at the Johnson Nature Center today. This guy is a tiny squirrel, probably less than a year old and fast as lightening. Got him while he paused on this tree. K5, A 400/5.6 with AF 560 flash and Xtender. ISO

Re: It's a great lens, but not what I bought it for

2010-11-23 Thread Christian Skofteland
On Fri, Nov 19, 2010 at 03:24:50PM -0800, Larry Colen wrote: When I bought my sigma 20/1.8, the intention was to use it for indoor, low light, dance photography. For various reasons, mostly involving manual focus, it hasn't proven to be as good for that as I had hoped. On the other hand,

Re: off-camera flash

2010-11-23 Thread Christian Skofteland
On Fri, Nov 19, 2010 at 11:04:50PM +0100, eckinator wrote: quick question for those who have tried both - to use a p-ttl flash off camera would you advise using a) pentax F (male / female hotshoe adaptor plus sync cable) b) 3rd party cheapo cable solution c) wireless, if so, which one?

Re: PESO: Little Guy

2010-11-23 Thread Christian Skofteland
On Tue, Nov 23, 2010 at 10:31:07AM -0500, paul stenquist wrote: On Nov 23, 2010, at 10:16 AM, Christian Skofteland wrote: On Sat, Nov 20, 2010 at 05:29:10PM -0500, paul stenquist wrote: Did some shooting at the Johnson Nature Center today. This guy is a tiny squirrel, probably less

Re: Way, way OT - crowds and events

2010-11-09 Thread Christian Skofteland
On Mon, Nov 08, 2010 at 11:54:02PM -0500, Scott Loveless wrote: On Mon, Nov 8, 2010 at 11:30 PM, Bob Sullivan rf.sulli...@gmail.com wrote: Need for Achievement.  Absolutely!  'I can do this!'  Set goals then achieve them. Right. But why is an organized event with a gazillion other

Re: Apropos of nothing really

2010-11-04 Thread Christian Skofteland
On Wed, Nov 03, 2010 at 10:16:23PM -0500, P. J. Alling wrote: When /will/ we stop referring to post processing as Digital Darkroom work... About the same time we stop using architect as a verb... -- Christian - http://404notfound.blogspot.com

Re: VOT: Which bikey are you?

2010-11-01 Thread Christian Skofteland
On Sat, Oct 30, 2010 at 12:25:07AM +0100, Cotty wrote: On 29/10/10, Bob W, discombobulated, unleashed: From the NY Bike Snob: http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2010/oct/24/bike-snobs-guide- cycling-tribes VERY funny - thanks for posting. Frank, you must read. -- I read his

Re: PESO - American Goldfinch

2010-08-12 Thread Christian Skofteland
Not a bad try frank. Soon you'll be selling your soul for a 500/4 or 600/4 :-) Those little bastards move so fast it's like trying to photograph electrons. The best advice I can give you is to watch them for a while. Birds are creatures of habit and will return to the same perch over and over

Re: PESO - Left behind

2010-08-12 Thread Christian Skofteland
On Wed, Aug 11, 2010 at 10:48:22PM +0200, Tim Øsleby wrote: http://maritimtim.blogspot.com/2010/08/left-behind.html Fire away, or simply enjoy. Your choice. -- MaritimTim http://maritimtim.blogspot.com/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: OT Tunick strikes again

2010-08-06 Thread Christian Skofteland
All your base are belong to us. -- Christian - http://404notfound.blogspot.com http://birdofthemoment.blogspot.com On Mon, Aug 02, 2010 at 05:43:30PM +0200, eckinator wrote: Yeah. And no idea either why it is called the base. Did he perhaps mean to say:

Re: PESO - A Touch of...

2010-08-06 Thread Christian Skofteland
On Mon, Aug 02, 2010 at 11:46:42AM -0400, frank theriault wrote: ...Mink! Spotted down by the Lake (or did he spot me?) early this morning: http://knarfdummyblog.blogspot.com/2010/08/touch-of.html Today's a long weekend Monday here in Ontario (as it is in many places in North America) so

Re: PESO Noisy Miner

2010-07-21 Thread Christian Skofteland
On Wed, Jul 21, 2010 at 01:12:14AM +1000, Rob Studdert wrote: Hi Team, I haven't posted a bird pic for years but this one amused me, it's a rather agitated native Noisy Miner. They are ferociously territorial and I obviously stepped over the line, I was being dive bombed and generally

Re: Manually focusing on the wrong sharp edge?

2010-07-19 Thread Christian Skofteland
More reason to hate split-image and micro-prism focusing aids. I use the plain matte screen when manually focusing. -- Christian - http://404notfound.blogspot.com http://birdofthemoment.blogspot.com On Mon, Jul 19, 2010 at 12:24:11PM -0700, Larry Colen

Re: Manually focusing on the wrong sharp edge?

2010-07-19 Thread Christian Skofteland
On Mon, Jul 19, 2010 at 12:43:44PM -0700, Larry Colen wrote: On Jul 19, 2010, at 12:41 PM, Bob W wrote: [...] I'm curious if other people have this problem when manually focusing, and what they do to fix it. I always found it easier to use a plain matte screen, depending on

Re: Finally got a gallery of GFM photos on line

2010-06-30 Thread Christian Skofteland
On Tue, Jun 29, 2010 at 06:58:42PM -0400, Mark Roberts wrote: FINALLY - a month after the event - I got around to uploading photos from the 2010 Nature Photography Weekend at Grandfather Mouintain: http://www.robertstech.com/galleries/gfm2010/index.html Really nice gallery, Mark. I gotta

Re: OT: Big Bird II

2010-06-30 Thread Christian Skofteland
On Tue, Jun 29, 2010 at 10:09:57PM -0400, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: Here is another image of the Turkey Vulture and the deer, showing how close it is to my neighbor's house: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=11192174size=md Yesterday, there were 11 vultures on the carcass as I passed,

Re: PESO - Turbofan

2010-06-30 Thread Christian Skofteland
On Wed, Jun 30, 2010 at 11:34:15AM +0800, Bong Manayon wrote: Okay, I remembered to post something... :-) http://bongmanayon.posterous.com/reverse-gestalt# I got a dream assignment documenting an airline service provider (catering and aircraft maintenance)... -- Bong Manayon

Re: PESO - Three Speed

2010-06-28 Thread Christian Skofteland
On Sun, Jun 27, 2010 at 05:48:44AM -0400, frank theriault wrote: The classic: http://mondociclismo.blogspot.com/2010/06/three-speed.html Hope you enjoy. Comments welcome. cheers, frank Beautiful detail, frank. My old Trek is in pieces in the garage getting a full rebuild. I'll

Re: PESO: Big Bird

2010-06-28 Thread Christian Skofteland
On Mon, Jun 28, 2010 at 09:31:13AM -0400, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: Although we have a few pairs of nesting eagles in my area, they are rather shy, and their nesting areas are well protected. We also have a flock of wild turkeys, but this is the largest bird that we ordinarily see up close and

Re: PESO: Big Bird

2010-06-28 Thread Christian Skofteland
think I have been anywhere that I haven't seen a few. Still, they are prettier than turkey vultures. Dan On Mon, Jun 28, 2010 at 10:40 AM, Christian Skofteland pterali...@aim.com wrote: On Mon, Jun 28, 2010 at 09:31:13AM -0400, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: Although we have a few pairs

Re: PESO: Big Bird

2010-06-28 Thread Christian Skofteland
parts of old building. New buildings don't offer any nesting opportunities and now you can buy special roof tiles for house sparrow nests. The dutch people love their house sparrows! Toine On 28 June 2010 19:49, Christian Skofteland pterali...@aim.com wrote: Check out this thread i

PESO - For Dave Brooks

2010-06-22 Thread Christian Skofteland
Last weekend I took my daughters to the Upperville (Virginia) Horse and Colt Show. This is my favorite shot of the day: http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_bNuA-oAASYY/TB7OH8WeYMI/Af4/PO3rXli31GA/s1600/jumper_IMG_5647web.jpg From this set:

Re: PESO - For Dave Brooks

2010-06-22 Thread Christian Skofteland
shot, hope it's your daughter! Regards, Bob S. On Tue, Jun 22, 2010 at 11:28 AM, Christian Skofteland pterali...@aim.com wrote: Last weekend I took my daughters to the Upperville (Virginia) Horse and Colt Show.  This is my favorite shot of the day: http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_bNuA-oAASYY

Re: PESO - For Dave Brooks

2010-06-22 Thread Christian Skofteland
Thanks, Dave and Bruce for looking and commenting. -- Christian - http://404notfound.blogspot.com http://birdofthemoment.blogspot.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the

Re: First GFM report

2010-06-07 Thread Christian Skofteland
On Mon, Jun 07, 2010 at 07:19:57PM +1000, Rob Studdert wrote: On 07/06/2010, AlunFoto alunf...@gmail.com wrote: Every year since 2004, I read the reports from GFM, tag the week-end in next year's calendar and swear to go again. One of these years I've got to make it happen. Hmmm, can I

Re: OT A nice set of aminal pics

2010-06-04 Thread Christian Skofteland
On Fri, Jun 04, 2010 at 01:34:20PM +1000, Rob Studdert wrote: http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2009/02/15/35-beautiful-examples-of-animals-photography/ -- HA! some a-hole stole my peacock photo: http://birdofthemoment.blogspot.com/2009/12/peacock.html or full size:

Re: PESO - Phones Underground

2010-06-04 Thread Christian Skofteland
On Thu, Jun 03, 2010 at 10:02:28PM -0400, frank theriault wrote: I doubt I'll get many comments on this, but I kind of like it anyway. Perhaps it's the 1950's bathroom tile decor of the Bloor/Yonge subway station in the background. So kitschy:

Re: OT A nice set of aminal pics

2010-06-04 Thread Christian Skofteland
On Fri, Jun 04, 2010 at 03:33:30PM +0200, eckinator wrote: 2010/6/4 Christian Skofteland pterali...@aim.com: HA! some a-hole stole my peacock photo: Did not. Compare for yourself how the heads are turned: theirs: http://photography.nationalgeographic.com/photography/photos/life-color

Re: Macro bellows: fifty bucks!

2010-06-04 Thread Christian Skofteland
On Fri, Jun 04, 2010 at 11:34:45AM -0400, Bruce Walker wrote: Just had to share this apparent gem. Kirk Tuck in his blog points out a great macro bellows deal, a Fotodiox for $49.95 US at Amazon. He has tested it (on Canon) and found it to be as advertised, tough and accurate. Kirk's

Re: Macro bellows: fifty bucks!

2010-06-04 Thread Christian Skofteland
On Fri, Jun 04, 2010 at 01:31:10PM -0400, Ken Waller wrote: What you really want is a lens optimized to have a flat depth of field. Pentax made one - a 100mm for a screw mount. I had the 100/4 bellows lens in K mount. sweet lens on the auto Bellows and also worked well reversed on a 200/4

Re: Macro bellows: fifty bucks!

2010-06-04 Thread Christian Skofteland
On Fri, Jun 04, 2010 at 01:26:42PM -0400, Adam Maas wrote: On Fri, Jun 4, 2010 at 1:17 PM, Christian Skofteland pterali...@aim.com wrote: F0 eh?  wow! I want a 50mm F0 lens too! -- Christian f0 is what EOS bodies read out with no lens communication. -- H, I'll have

Re: OT GPS Devices

2010-06-02 Thread Christian Skofteland
On Tue, Jun 01, 2010 at 06:29:53PM -0600, William Robb wrote: So, I decided to update my less than 1 year old TomTom and the bastards want me to pay for the pleasure. Now, there is nothing wrong with the unit, it just kinda irks me. So, what's a good GPS unit? I'm interested in either a

Re: Artist Bios CVs from Exhibit

2010-05-27 Thread Christian Skofteland
On Mon, May 24, 2010 at 10:45:51AM -0500, Christine Aguila wrote: Hi Everyone: Are folks interested in reading the artist bios cvs from the exhibit? If so, Sue is willing to send me that information, and I could post it to the list--somehow. Are there any photogs on the list who do not

Re: PESO: Rice Duster

2010-05-24 Thread Christian Skofteland
I'll pitch in. On Sun, May 23, 2010 at 05:38:18PM -0700, Jack Davis wrote: I'd drop a fin only under a fuselage of protests. Jack --- On Sun, 5/23/10, Paul Sorenson allarou...@earthlink.net wrote: From: Paul Sorenson allarou...@earthlink.net Subject: Re: PESO: Rice Duster To:

Re: VeryOT: no anti-bike bias here at all, oh no, absolutely, not

2010-05-22 Thread Christian Skofteland
On Fri, May 21, 2010 at 01:38:51PM -0400, John Sessoms wrote: From: Christian Skofteland It's Bike to work Week in the US (Bike to work day was today). The Washington Post had an article about the conflicts between cars and bikes that was slanted against bikes. The writer kept going back

Re: PESO Dodge

2010-05-22 Thread Christian Skofteland
On Fri, May 21, 2010 at 08:05:11PM -0400, P N Stenquist wrote: From yesterday's work stuff: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=11034957size=lg Wow! That's quite a shot. And quite a car! -- Christian - http://404notfound.blogspot.com

Re: PESO - Renewal

2010-05-22 Thread Christian Skofteland
On Fri, May 21, 2010 at 04:09:38PM -0600, Tom C wrote: From home yesterday morning about 30 minutes after sunrise. http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=11027413size=lg Beautiful shot. Beautiful light. -- Christian - http://404notfound.blogspot.com

Re: VeryOT: no anti-bike bias here at all, oh no, absolutely not

2010-05-21 Thread Christian Skofteland
On Fri, May 21, 2010 at 04:02:08PM +0100, Bob W wrote: Drivers in the UK are generally fairly considerate towards cyclists. Not as good as the French, but not bad. And the BBC is normally fairly even-handed in its treatment of most subjects. But have a look at this video for an extreme

Re: Leica M9

2010-05-20 Thread Christian Skofteland
On Wed, May 19, 2010 at 08:13:43PM +0200, eckinator wrote: 2010/5/19 Christian Skofteland pterali...@aim.com: I bought my G11 a few weeks ago at BestBuy in Virginia.  While in New York on business I accidentally spilled a collegues cocktail all over it.  Needless to say it stopped

Re: Leica M9

2010-05-19 Thread Christian Skofteland
On Tue, May 18, 2010 at 11:30:05PM +0100, Bob W wrote: Don't you have any kind of consumer protection over there? I mean, for a retailer to be allowed to turn away a faulty product after a week or so is disgraceful. Last August - 10 months ago - I bought a netbook from

Re: PESO Dusk Harbour Pano

2010-05-18 Thread Christian Skofteland
On Tue, May 18, 2010 at 08:05:34PM +1000, Rob Studdert wrote: Hi Team, snip boring crap about Rob's pano Nice pano (as usual), Rob. The exposure is perfect (as usual). You can clearly see the Harbour View Hotel where The wife, Alex and I stayed in 2003 when we met you for dinner the first

Re: Cameras in a Crowd, an Observation

2010-05-18 Thread Christian Skofteland
I look for Pentax DSLRen. Without trying too hard I spotted a few in Paris my first day here. I don't have confirmation but I think I saw an MX as well. -- Christian - http://404notfound.blogspot.com http://birdofthemoment.blogspot.com On Tue, May 18, 2010

Re: Go away for a week and get 1700+ messages

2010-05-17 Thread Christian Skofteland
On Sun, May 16, 2010 at 05:22:34PM -0400, P. J. Alling wrote: A new PDML motto. Yeah well it was a slow week. Sorry we didn't have the normal load but nothing interesting has ben happening lately. -- Christian - http://404notfound.blogspot.com

Re: GESO - Saturday Evening at the Pond - this time with a url!

2010-05-17 Thread Christian Skofteland
On Sat, May 15, 2010 at 09:14:14PM -0400, frank theriault wrote: http://knarfdummyblog.blogspot.com/2010/05/saturday-evening-at-pond.html Oops... cheers, frank You are NOT allowed to shoot nature or in color. got it? GOOD. That's my genre. I don't shoot BW street scenes, so you

Re: PESO-Clementine Rainbow

2010-05-17 Thread Christian Skofteland
On Sat, May 15, 2010 at 11:14:58PM -0700, Bruce Dayton wrote: Lake Clementine just above the city of Auburn California. Spring runoff makes for a nice scene. Pentax K20D, DA* 16-50/2.8 @ 26mm ISO 100, 1/160 sec @ f/16, Tripod http://www.daytonphoto.com/PAW/bkdphoto_00373-1.htm

Re: PESO - Free as a Bird (Chicago)

2010-05-16 Thread Christian Skofteland
On Fri, May 14, 2010 at 04:44:31PM -0600, Tom C wrote: I've long wanted to create a Beatles-themed photo tribute gallery and have a lot of unimplemented ideas, each image representing a single song. The trip to Chicago last weekend, in addition to being a ton of fun, unexpectedly yielded my

Re: OT: since my blog is such a resounding success...

2010-05-14 Thread Christian Skofteland
On Fri, May 14, 2010 at 08:46:46PM +1000, Rob Studdert wrote: On 14/05/2010, Doug Brewer d...@alphoto.com wrote: I thought I'd start another one. Actually, I just wanted a place to post PESO's and blather on about photography and writing, when it strikes me. so:

Re: PESO - After the Storm - Part III

2010-05-14 Thread Christian Skofteland
On Thu, May 13, 2010 at 11:09:53PM -0400, frank theriault wrote: This will be the final one taken last Saturday morning, after Friday night's thunderstorm. I had initially expected to put these together as a GESO, but things didn't work out that way. The winds were high, so the clouds and

Re: OT: since my blog is such a resounding success...

2010-05-14 Thread Christian Skofteland
On Fri, May 14, 2010 at 03:11:33PM -0400, Doug Brewer wrote: Christian Skofteland wrote: On Fri, May 14, 2010 at 08:46:46PM +1000, Rob Studdert wrote: On 14/05/2010, Doug Brewer d...@alphoto.com wrote: I thought I'd start another one. Actually, I just wanted a place to post PESO's

Re: PESO - After the Storm

2010-05-13 Thread Christian Skofteland
On Wed, May 12, 2010 at 11:23:31PM +0100, Cotty wrote: Wow! I leica. 'Sony a wave. Rolleing onto shore. Scary, makes me want my mamiya. I canon take this any more You've had a nikon the head boy. Puns Praktika-ly take over every thread. -- Christian

Re: Canon S90 Remarks

2010-05-13 Thread Christian Skofteland
On Thu, May 13, 2010 at 02:53:19PM +1000, Rob Studdert wrote: On 13/05/2010, George Sinos gsi...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Tim and Miserere The S90 is a great little camera. Just a couple of notes. You guys are just plain bad. I bought one today, got the IXUS S210 IS Touch the other day

Re: Mini PDML Paris

2010-05-13 Thread Christian Skofteland
On Wed, May 12, 2010 at 10:56:59PM +0100, Cotty wrote: On 12/5/10, Christian Skofteland, discombobulated, unleashed: Speaking of Paris... I'll actually be in Paris for two weeks (for work) starting May 16th. Send me an off-list email if you want to try to get together for a few hours some

Re: WEBCAM Video of Chicago Exhibition

2010-05-12 Thread Christian Skofteland
On Wed, May 12, 2010 at 11:03:16AM +0200, Madame RD wrote: May I ask why Florac in Lozere ? .. goodness ! you can't imagine how far it is for a Parisian dominique Speaking of Paris... I'll actually be in Paris for two weeks (for work) starting May 16th. Send me an off-list

Re: PESO - After the Storm

2010-05-12 Thread Christian Skofteland
On Tue, May 11, 2010 at 07:33:29PM -0400, frank theriault wrote: Took this one Saturday morning. I hoped to get together a GESO, but things got crazy on Saturday afternoon and I haven't been on the computer since. So far this and Early Morning Run are the only two I've had a chance to

Re: PESO - After the Storm

2010-05-12 Thread Christian Skofteland
On Wed, May 12, 2010 at 10:52:50AM +0100, mike wilson wrote: Cotty cotty...@mac.com wrote: On 11/5/10, frank theriault, discombobulated, unleashed: http://knarfinthecity.blogspot.com/2010/05/after-storm.html This also gives locals an idea of how far I am from downtown now.

Re: Chigago, This Time with Pictures

2010-05-11 Thread Christian Skofteland
On Tue, May 11, 2010 at 07:44:29AM -0600, William Robb wrote: Second attempt. snip lots of fun rambling As the subject line says, there are pictures. Fifty three of them, in fact. http://users.accesscomm.ca/wrobb/pictures/gesos/chicago/index.html William Robb Great rambling story,

Re: GESO - Quality Human Hair

2010-05-11 Thread Christian Skofteland
On Tue, May 11, 2010 at 08:02:52AM -0600, William Robb wrote: - Original Message - From: Doug Brewer Subject: GESO - Quality Human Hair http://www.alphoto.com/images/chicago2010/ enjoy Some fine pictures in there. William Robb What he said. -- Christian

Re: PESO: Finch Pair

2010-05-10 Thread Christian Skofteland
On Mon, May 10, 2010 at 05:04:55AM -0700, Jack Davis wrote: We have a very well utilized finch feeder. Keeps my wife and I entertained and somewhat occupied refilling and restocking thistle seeds. I attached a couple wild mustard and thistle stalks to the feeder, to give it a more natural

Re: PESO- Gold

2010-05-10 Thread Christian Skofteland
On Sun, May 09, 2010 at 07:27:16PM -0400, P N Stenquist wrote: This isn't much of a bird photo, but it's a very nice bird. Perhaps the brightest colored goldfinch I've seen. Shot on the feeder this afternoon with the DA* 60-20. Cropped to about 1/3 of frame. Have to go back out there with the

Re: PESO: Finch Pair II

2010-05-10 Thread Christian Skofteland
On Mon, May 10, 2010 at 07:07:37AM -0700, Jack Davis wrote: Pumped the yellow somewhat. Jack http://photolightimages.com/aspupload/detail.asp?ID=500 Yes, but the female's olvive coloring has now gone orange... :-) The male is just not in full breeding color yet so he is just a little

Re: WEBCAM Video of Chicago Exhibition

2010-05-08 Thread Christian Skofteland
On Sat, May 08, 2010 at 11:26:43PM +0100, Cotty wrote: Here's a little offering from the HOUR of webcam video I recorded last night. Included the exhibition photographs and some music to pad it out to 7 and a half minutes. Two places to see - Flash video on my website:

Re: Opening Reception

2010-05-08 Thread Christian Skofteland
On Sat, May 08, 2010 at 05:13:02PM +0100, mike wilson wrote: Christine Aguila wrote: 3) Non-PDMLers LOVED EVERYONE's work. Folks were really impressed with the quality--of course, folks picked out favorites, but the body of work was greatly admired by all who attended. And that's the

Re: PESO - Early Morning Run

2010-05-08 Thread Christian Skofteland
On Sat, May 08, 2010 at 10:56:39AM -0400, frank theriault wrote: I took my advice, inspired as I was by looking at the Chicago Dankhaus Gallery this morning, and went out to shoot some. Down at the lake, I took tons of shots. While I'm off doing a little gallery of my morning stroll, here's

Re: PESO: Right now in Toronto

2010-05-08 Thread Christian Skofteland
On Fri, May 07, 2010 at 09:54:11PM -0400, Fernando wrote: I got bored of looking at other people's asses at the Chicago exhibition and instead caught this one of the thunderstorm in Toronto: http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4028/4588139332_8b1d2a1320_o.jpg WOW! -- Christian

Re: PESO - Interactions

2010-05-08 Thread Christian Skofteland
On Fri, May 07, 2010 at 09:25:52PM -0400, frank theriault wrote: I've been waffling on this one: I like it, I hate it, there's a good photo in there somewhere, it's only okay, it's genius, it's meaningless. Okay, I never really thought those last two, but I have to admit, even though I

Re: PESO: Stone Mill

2010-05-07 Thread Christian Skofteland
On Fri, May 07, 2010 at 10:46:07AM -0400, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: OK, how about this one? http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=10985953 Dan Perfect! -- Christian - http://404notfound.blogspot.com http://birdofthemoment.blogspot.com -- PDML

Re: PESO - Super Sport

2010-05-07 Thread Christian Skofteland
On Fri, May 07, 2010 at 12:32:31AM -0400, frank theriault wrote: http://knarfinthecity.blogspot.com/2010/05/super-sport.html Thought it looked kinda pretty. Leica CL/40mm Summicron C/TriX. Comments welcome. cheers, frank Nice shot frank. The grainy BW really works. i even like the

Re: PESO: Stone Mill

2010-05-07 Thread Christian Skofteland
On Fri, May 07, 2010 at 09:15:12AM -0400, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: The Old Stone Mill, in Clinton, NJ, now the home of the Hunterdon Art Museum. http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=10970438size=md Comments, Criticisms, Suggestions and Abuse arealways welcome. The colors, light and

Re: PESO: Stone Mill

2010-05-07 Thread Christian Skofteland
On Fri, May 07, 2010 at 10:16:02AM -0400, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: Thanks for your comments Christian Ecke and Jack! Of course there is a way to out the railing. I purposely left it in one shot, and then choose that shot over the ones without the railing. Shows how much I know! In any

Re: Peso Raven and nut

2010-05-06 Thread Christian Skofteland
On Wed, May 05, 2010 at 06:51:22PM -0400, David J Brooks wrote: Another K10D and Sigma 300 f4 outing. These guys started hanging around last year. I don't care for them,. but can offer some entertainment dive bombing the squirrels. http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=10980051 K10D,

Re: SHOW

2010-05-06 Thread Christian Skofteland
On Thu, May 06, 2010 at 01:15:47PM -0400, Tom C wrote: OK everybody, who has a bigger ass? Paul's ass: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=10982480 Tom's ass: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=4147790 Tom C. Tom IS the bigger ass, not sure who HAS the biggest ass... --

Re: For those who can't make it to Chicago...

2010-05-05 Thread Christian Skofteland
On Wed, May 05, 2010 at 02:42:57PM -0400, Mark Roberts wrote: An online gallery (in HTML and Flash versions!) of the images from the Dank Haus exhibit: http://www.robertstech.com/pdmlbook/2010/gallery/ Holy shit! I don't have the book in my hands yet, but let me say that this sample has

Re: PESO: Playing in the fountain

2010-05-04 Thread Christian Skofteland
On Tue, May 04, 2010 at 07:14:40PM +1200, David Mann wrote: On May 4, 2010, at 3:37 AM, Charles Robinson wrote: Taken (thankfully) with the K10D and the Da16-50. I kinda like it. http://charles.robinsontwins.org/photos/2010/china/content/IMGP0638_large.html I more than kinda like it.

Re: PESO: The Diner Breakfast

2010-05-04 Thread Christian Skofteland
And Americans wonder why there is a problem with obesity... Seriously, some of those 1, 2 and 3 pound burgers are meant for just one person but could easily feed 4 or more. I really don't get the fascination with oversized meals. -- Christian -

Re: Printing cost, home vs. Costco ?

2010-05-04 Thread Christian Skofteland
On Tue, May 04, 2010 at 12:25:02PM -0700, Larry Colen wrote: On 5/4/2010 12:12 PM, paul stenquist wrote: Financially, store prints are the best deal. But as a photographer, I find printing to an integral part of the hobby. Mastering the print is the ultimate challenge, and leaving that to

Re: PESO - Late Easter

2010-04-27 Thread Christian Skofteland
On Mon, Apr 26, 2010 at 04:01:09PM -0700, Bruce Dayton wrote: I feel like I am just a little late - they seem like what would be tucked in an easter basket. I was tipped off from someone along a walk about some ducklings hidden in the reeds. Pentax K20D, Sigma 100-300/4 EX @ 250mm ISO 800,

Re: Woot

2010-04-27 Thread Christian Skofteland
On Tue, Apr 27, 2010 at 10:26:41AM +0100, Cotty wrote: Book arrived this morning :) Totally cool and just a bit special. Quick flick-through: stunning. Longer flick through: better. Full sedated meander this afternoon. I'm looking forward to the in-depth review of every shot like

Re: GESO: 2009 Favorites

2010-04-27 Thread Christian Skofteland
On Tue, Apr 27, 2010 at 01:14:40PM -0500, Bob Sullivan wrote: Thanks Larry and Dave too! I always get Egrets and Herons confused, but this one has the green coloring at the eye. And Dave, I thought the fall leaves looked a bit more inviting with the gentleman walking in. Regards, Bob S.

Re: GESO: 2009 Favorites

2010-04-27 Thread Christian Skofteland
On Tue, Apr 27, 2010 at 02:39:11PM -0500, Bob Sullivan wrote: Thanks Christian, I think they are called tri-color egrets. Regards, Bob S. Ah, yes. Even I get confused with egrets too! -- Christian - http://404notfound.blogspot.com

OT PESO - A couple from NYC

2010-04-26 Thread Christian Skofteland
Shot with the new G11 during my trip to NYC. All at ISO 1600 Av f2.8. After the bottom shot of the sign in the bar the G11 decided not to work anymore... sigh, back to the store to exchange it... hopefully... otherwise it's going back to Canon.

Re: PESO New Moon and Venus

2010-04-18 Thread Christian Skofteland
On Fri, Apr 16, 2010 at 10:24:49PM +0200, Toine wrote: The vulcano ash above Europe should produce some spectacular sunsets. It wasn't that spectacular yesterday and this evening I planned another photowalk. To my surprise the Moon and Venus produced a stunning show:

Re: PESO 2010 - 070-078 - GDG

2010-04-18 Thread Christian Skofteland
On Fri, Apr 16, 2010 at 06:24:32PM -0700, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: a new blog post (finally) up ... lots of stuff there ... http://godfreydigiorgi.posterous.com/it-is-now-spring comments always appreciated, thanks for looking! Godfrey Don't much care for the tulips but the black and

Re: PESO - The Negotiation

2010-04-18 Thread Christian Skofteland
On Fri, Apr 16, 2010 at 09:48:35PM -0400, frank theriault wrote: I'd love to go back to your place, but that thing doesn't have a bike rack... http://knarfinthecity.blogspot.com/2010/04/negotiation.html Hope you enjoy. Comments always welcome. cheers, frank Nicely captured, knarf.

Re: PESO - At the Lake

2010-04-18 Thread Christian Skofteland
On Sun, Apr 18, 2010 at 08:25:19AM -0400, frank theriault wrote: I told you I recently moved. The new 'hood is a bit different from the last. This was the view yesterday morning from the bottom of my street: http://knarfinthecity.blogspot.com/2010/04/at-lake.html No graffiti in sight...

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