Re: Book announcement

2010-11-12 Thread frank theriault
On Wed, Nov 10, 2010 at 6:15 PM, Mark Roberts m...@robertstech.com wrote: Not at all. The mere satisfaction of being morally upright is reward enough for me. :-P MARK! I mean, YOU! Well, you know what I mean... ;-) Congrats on the book, BTW. The images are stunning. I guess it's because

Re: Book announcement

2010-11-12 Thread Bruce Walker
On 10-11-10 2:02 PM, Larry Colen wrote: what is involved in putting together one of these books once you have the photos? The various tasks that need to be done. The length of time to do each task. Any cash up front to blurb to do one of these books. I assume that there's an economically

Re: Book announcement

2010-11-12 Thread Bob Sullivan
Damn! Your raising the bar again Bruce! A picture book of the wife's garden for her birthday?!! Wow! Now I've got something to shoot for... Regards, Bob S. On Fri, Nov 12, 2010 at 9:46 AM, Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com wrote: On 10-11-10 2:02 PM, Larry Colen wrote: what is involved in

Re: Book announcement

2010-11-12 Thread Miserere
On 12 November 2010 10:59, Bob Sullivan rf.sulli...@gmail.com wrote: Damn!  Your raising the bar again Bruce! A picture book of the wife's garden for her birthday?!!  Wow! Now I've got something to shoot for... Regards,  Bob S. I'm so pleased we don't have a garden! There, Bruce can't raise

Re: Book announcement

2010-11-12 Thread mark
Just finished putting together an ebook version of Loire Valley Travels. It's in epub format, so it's compatible with all ebook readers except the Amazon Kindle (they had to make their ebook reader *not* compatible with the open standard) but that's not a big deal because it doesn't make much

Re: Book announcement

2010-11-11 Thread Tim Øsleby
Cool. Very cool :-) -- MaritimTim http://maritimtim.blogspot.com/ 2010/11/10 Mark Roberts m...@robertstech.com: OK, following hot on the heels of Doug Brewer's How to Milk a Wooden Cow comes my own venture into Blurb book land. Yes, I did the Blue Ridge High Country book earlier this year,

Re: Book announcement

2010-11-11 Thread Tim Øsleby
Mark arent real. -- MaritimTim http://maritimtim.blogspot.com/ 2010/11/11 Steven Desjardins drd1...@gmail.com: That's nice work, Mark. Real men use the D, primes, and 512 Mb cards. On Wed, Nov 10, 2010 at 6:12 PM, Miserere miser...@gmail.com wrote: On 10 November 2010 15:57, Mark

Book announcement

2010-11-10 Thread Mark Roberts
OK, following hot on the heels of Doug Brewer's How to Milk a Wooden Cow comes my own venture into Blurb book land. Yes, I did the Blue Ridge High Country book earlier this year, but that was thrown together quickly for as a benefit for a non-profit. This one is much more painstakingly crafted and

Re: Book announcement

2010-11-10 Thread Ralf R. Radermacher
Mark Roberts m...@robertstech.com wrote: http://www.robertstech.com/loire.htm Forbidden You don't have permission to access /loire.htm on this server. Ralf -- Ralf R. Radermacher - DL9KCG - Köln/Cologne, Germany Blog : http://the-real-fotoralf.blogspot.com Audio :

Re: Book announcement

2010-11-10 Thread Cotty
On 10/11/10, Ralf R. Radermacher, discombobulated, unleashed: Forbidden You don't have permission to access /loire.htm on this server. That's because you're over the border ;-) -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche -- http://www.cottysnaps.com

Re: Book announcement

2010-11-10 Thread Mark Roberts
Cotty wrote: On 10/11/10, Ralf R. Radermacher, discombobulated, unleashed: Forbidden You don't have permission to access /loire.htm on this server. That's because you're over the border ;-) That's because he's in Germany, major hacking attempts on my web site from there constantly. Ralf:

Re: Book announcement

2010-11-10 Thread Larry Colen
On Nov 10, 2010, at 7:25 AM, Mark Roberts wrote: OK, following hot on the heels of Doug Brewer's How to Milk a Wooden Cow comes my own venture into Blurb book land. Yes, I did the Blue Ridge High Country book earlier this year, but that was thrown together quickly for as a benefit for a

Re: Book announcement

2010-11-10 Thread eckinator
2010/11/10 Mark Roberts m...@robertstech.com: That's because he's in Germany, major hacking attempts on my web site from there constantly. Ralf: I'll look at today's logs when they're available and open a hole in the .htaccess file so you can have a look. can you permanently allow

Re: Book announcement

2010-11-10 Thread Miserere
On 10 November 2010 10:25, Mark Roberts m...@robertstech.com wrote: OK, following hot on the heels of Doug Brewer's How to Milk a Wooden Cow comes my own venture into Blurb book land. Yes, I did the Blue Ridge High Country book earlier this year, but that was thrown together quickly for as a

Re: Book announcement

2010-11-10 Thread Mark Roberts
Larry Colen wrote: On a slightly less frivolous note, what is involved in putting together one of these books once you have the photos? The various tasks that need to be done. The length of time to do each task. Any cash up front to blurb to do one of these books. I assume that there's an

Re: Book announcement

2010-11-10 Thread Mark Roberts
Miserere wrote: http://www.robertstech.com/loire.htm Good job with the design and layout, I like it a lot; nice backgrounds. Photos are cool too ;-) I'm not sure about that double truck--how does it look? Does the book open up flat enough? Thanks. Doing a special background for every page

Re: Book announcement

2010-11-10 Thread Miserere
On 10 November 2010 15:57, Mark Roberts m...@robertstech.com wrote: Oh by the way: This project was shot entirely with an ist-D using only prime lenses. No zooms. Are you expecting a medal for that? It's how it *should* be done! ;-) --M. --     \/\/o/\/\ -- http://WorldOfMiserere.com  

Re: Book announcement

2010-11-10 Thread Mark Roberts
Miserere wrote: On 10 November 2010 15:57, Mark Roberts m...@robertstech.com wrote: Oh by the way: This project was shot entirely with an ist-D using only prime lenses. No zooms. Are you expecting a medal for that? It's how it *should* be done! Not at all. The mere satisfaction of being

Re: Book announcement

2010-11-10 Thread Steven Desjardins
That's nice work, Mark. Real men use the D, primes, and 512 Mb cards. On Wed, Nov 10, 2010 at 6:12 PM, Miserere miser...@gmail.com wrote: On 10 November 2010 15:57, Mark Roberts m...@robertstech.com wrote: Oh by the way: This project was shot entirely with an ist-D using only prime lenses.

Re: Book announcement

2010-11-10 Thread Larry Colen
On Nov 10, 2010, at 3:16 PM, Steven Desjardins wrote: That's nice work, Mark. Real men use the D, primes, and 512 Mb cards. I think you mean a K1000, a 50/1.7 and Tri-X. -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com sent from i4est -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

RE: Book announcement

2010-11-10 Thread John Coyle
How about an SV with a Super-Takumar 55/1.8, and FP4? John Coyle Brisbane, Australia -Original Message- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Larry Colen Sent: Thursday, 11 November 2010 9:20 AM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: Book

Re: Book announcement

2010-11-10 Thread Larry Colen
On Nov 10, 2010, at 3:29 PM, John Coyle wrote: How about an SV with a Super-Takumar 55/1.8, and FP4? That goes beyond manliness into masochism. -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com sent from i4est -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Re: Book announcement

2010-11-10 Thread paul stenquist
Looks great! Congratulations. Paul On Nov 10, 2010, at 3:57 PM, Mark Roberts wrote: Miserere wrote: http://www.robertstech.com/loire.htm Good job with the design and layout, I like it a lot; nice backgrounds. Photos are cool too ;-) I'm not sure about that double truck--how does it

Re: Book announcement

2010-11-10 Thread P. J. Alling
Yet I have all of those things. On 11/10/2010 6:33 PM, Larry Colen wrote: On Nov 10, 2010, at 3:29 PM, John Coyle wrote: How about an SV with a Super-Takumar 55/1.8, and FP4? That goes beyond manliness into masochism. -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com sent from i4est -- His lack of

Re: Book announcement

2010-11-10 Thread Scott Loveless
On Wed, Nov 10, 2010 at 6:29 PM, John Coyle jco...@iinet.net.au wrote: How about an SV with a Super-Takumar 55/1.8, and FP4? Ooh. The 55/1.8 is my favorite 50. -- Scott Loveless http://www.twosixteen.com/fivetoedsloth/     __o   _'\,_  (*)/  (*) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List

Re: Book announcement

2010-11-10 Thread Scott Loveless
On Wed, Nov 10, 2010 at 12:20 PM, Mark Roberts m...@robertstech.com wrote: Cotty wrote: On 10/11/10, Ralf R. Radermacher, discombobulated, unleashed: Forbidden You don't have permission to access /loire.htm on this server. That's because you're over the border ;-) That's because he's in

Re: Book announcement

2010-11-10 Thread Mark Roberts
John Coyle wrote: On Nov 10, 2010, at 3:16 PM, Steven Desjardins wrote: That's nice work, Mark. Real men use the D, primes, and 512 Mb cards. I think you mean a K1000, a 50/1.7 and Tri-X. How about an SV with a Super-Takumar 55/1.8, and FP4? How about a 67 (with meterless prism) and a

Re: Book announcement

2010-11-10 Thread Steven Desjardins
Real digital men the D, primes, and 512 Mb cards. On Wed, Nov 10, 2010 at 6:19 PM, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote: On Nov 10, 2010, at 3:16 PM, Steven Desjardins wrote: That's nice work, Mark. Real men use the D, primes, and 512 Mb cards. I think you mean a K1000, a 50/1.7 and Tri-X.

RE: Book announcement

2010-11-10 Thread John Coyle
Subject: Re: Book announcement John Coyle wrote: On Nov 10, 2010, at 3:16 PM, Steven Desjardins wrote: That's nice work, Mark. Real men use the D, primes, and 512 Mb cards. I think you mean a K1000, a 50/1.7 and Tri-X. How about an SV with a Super-Takumar 55/1.8, and FP4? How about a 67

Re: Book announcement

2010-11-10 Thread Boris Liberman
On 11/10/2010 5:25 PM, Mark Roberts wrote: The book is called Loire Valley Travels and it consists of photographs from my bicycle trip in France a few years ago. Based on comments I received about the Blue Ridge book I've included quite a bit more text to go with the photography. It's 80 pages