MBOI find a stolen camera

2011-07-21 Thread Eckehard Wegner
http://www.stolencamerafinder.com/ Cheers Ecke -- 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: OT How do you pronounce your name?

2011-07-21 Thread Tim Bray
My last name is pronounced hee-haw. -T On Wed, Jul 20, 2011 at 9:20 PM, Stan Halpin s...@stans-photography.info wrote: On Jul 20, 2011, at 11:33 PM, Christine Aguila wrote: On Jul 20, 2011, at 9:41 PM, steve harley p...@paper-ape.com wrote: har as in bar, ley is in tree, emphasis on the

Re: OT How do you pronounce your name?

2011-07-21 Thread Larry Colen
On Jul 20, 2011, at 3:09 PM, Matthew Hunt wrote: On Wed, Jul 20, 2011 at 5:57 PM, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote: We've got people from a wide range of cultures on this list, and there are a lot of folks with names that I can only guess at the pronunciation. Hunt Thanks, but how do

Re: OT How do you pronounce your name?

2011-07-21 Thread Larry Colen
On Jul 20, 2011, at 8:53 PM, Ken Waller wrote: Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: Steven Desjardins drd1...@gmail.com Subject: Re: OT How do you pronounce your name? Here's where someone makes a crack about endoscopes.

Re: OT How do you pronounce your name?

2011-07-21 Thread Toine
Simple question difficult answer, if you know how to pronounce Antoinette, Toine should be easy. Twone maybe. My last name Kuiper is difficult. Sometimes I hear my name on Discovery and such if they have something about astronomy and the Kuiper belt, the place where comets come from. It's always

Re: OT How do you pronounce your name?

2011-07-21 Thread Larry Colen
On Jul 20, 2011, at 9:13 PM, Subash wrote: On Wed, 20 Jul 2011 20:41:22 -0600 steve harley p...@paper-ape.com wrote: har as in bar, ley is in tree, emphasis on the first syllable (it's irritatingly easy to say like the motorcycle, but that might not ring a bell for everyone) su as

Re: Today's score of things Pentax and questions..

2011-07-21 Thread Larry Colen
On Jul 20, 2011, at 2:06 PM, Ann Sanfedele wrote: Despite the scorching heat , I -had- to get out.. so I slowly crawled over to my favorite boutique the Salvation Army store across from the post office where I go to mail my ebay sales... This is what I got, for a total of $40. list

RE: OT How do you pronounce your name?

2011-07-21 Thread Bob W
We've got people from a wide range of cultures on this list, and there are a lot of folks with names that I can only guess at the pronunciation. Names which may be common in one culture are pretty rare in Central California. I haven't heard much variation in the pronunciation of Larry, but

RE: OT How do you pronounce your name?

2011-07-21 Thread Bob W
We've got people from a wide range of cultures on this list, and there are a lot of folks with names that I can only guess at the pronunciation. Names which may be common in one culture are pretty rare in Central California. I haven't heard much variation in the pronunciation of

Re: OT How do you pronounce your name?

2011-07-21 Thread Larry Colen
On Jul 21, 2011, at 1:27 AM, Bob W wrote: We've got people from a wide range of cultures on this list, and there are a lot of folks with names that I can only guess at the pronunciation. Names which may be common in one culture are pretty rare in Central California. I haven't heard much

RE: OT How do you pronounce your name?

2011-07-21 Thread Bob W
We've got people from a wide range of cultures on this list, and there are a lot of folks with names that I can only guess at the pronunciation. Names which may be common in one culture are pretty rare in Central California. I haven't heard much variation in the pronunciation of

Re: OT How do you pronounce your name?

2011-07-21 Thread Tim Øsleby
Maritim is not pronounced, Tim should be easy. My last name on the other hand. Don't even try it. You will probably say something very dirty ;-) -- MaritimTim My private photo blog: http://maritimtim.blogspot.com/ My photo class blog: http://z-fotokurs.blogspot.com/

Re: OT How do you pronounce your name?

2011-07-21 Thread Toralf Lund
Larry Colen wrote: We've got people from a wide range of cultures on this list, and there are a lot of folks with names that I can only guess at the pronunciation. Names which may be common in one culture are pretty rare in Central California. I find that people in most European/Western

Re: OT How do you pronounce your name?

2011-07-21 Thread Bong Manayon
Oh, I should have mentioned Bong (my spiel on Pedro is boring; you don't know me by that name anyway). It is pronounce bong and it doesn't really mean anything. I come from a country with door-bell names. Bang (usually a girl), Bong (usually a boy--a junior...more on that later), Bing (girl)

Re: OT How do you pronounce your name?

2011-07-21 Thread Joseph McAllister
On Jul 21, 2011, at 02:17 , Tim Øsleby wrote: Maritim is not pronounced, Tim should be easy. My last name on the other hand. Don't even try it. You will probably say something very dirty ;-) -- MaritimTim Oh! The old silent Maritim before the Tim. Joseph McAllister pentax...@mac.com

Re: OT How do you pronounce your name?

2011-07-21 Thread Subash
On Thu, Jul 21, 2011 at 3:15 PM, Bong Manayon bongmana...@gmail.com wrote: We also follow popular trends and personalities, so I know quite a number of ladies (my age) born in the early 1960s named Marilyn or for that matter Diana in the early 1980s.  I wonder why?  :-) i was born in 1963 and

Re: MBOI find a stolen camera

2011-07-21 Thread SV Hovland
If I enter my old K-7 serial number, I got a message that my Nikon D90 is stolen :-) Stig Vidar Hovland Fra: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [pdml-boun...@pdml.net] p#229; vegne av Eckehard Wegner [overpenta...@googlemail.com] Sendt: 21. juli 2011 08:34 Til:

GESO - The Boys of Summer

2011-07-21 Thread frank theriault
A few photos from a Little League game from the other night: http://knarfdummyblog.blogspot.com/2011/07/boys-of-summer.html Hope you enjoy. Comments always welcome. cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept.  -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: MBOI find a stolen camera

2011-07-21 Thread Eckehard Wegner
That is because you're the Stig and when you order a K-5 from Nikon you'll actually get one =) 2011/7/21 SV Hovland pdml...@heime.org: If I enter my old K-7 serial number, I got a message that my Nikon D90 is stolen :-) Stig Vidar Hovland Fra:

Re: GESO - The Boys of Summer

2011-07-21 Thread Paul Stenquist
Excellent. Paul On Jul 21, 2011, at 8:15 AM, frank theriault wrote: A few photos from a Little League game from the other night: http://knarfdummyblog.blogspot.com/2011/07/boys-of-summer.html Hope you enjoy. Comments always welcome. cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois

Re: GESO - The Boys of Summer

2011-07-21 Thread Bruce Walker
On 11-07-21 8:15 AM, frank theriault wrote: A few photos from a Little League game from the other night: http://knarfdummyblog.blogspot.com/2011/07/boys-of-summer.html Hope you enjoy. Comments always welcome. cheers, frank You caught some great moments there, Frank. My faves: #2, #3, #4.

Re: OT How do you pronounce your name?

2011-07-21 Thread Fernando
I'll delurk te-rra-'zzi-no 'te' like in 'ten' 'rra' the 'rr' sound like in 'wrong', 'a' sound like in 'ash' 'zzi' i sound like in 'hit' 'no' 'o' sound like in 'on' Italians usually get it right ;-) 'Fernando', like in the Abba song -I know most of you are old enough to know that one. On

Re: OT How do you pronounce your name?

2011-07-21 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
Dan rhymes with Ann. g Matyola is a Rusyn (Ruthenian) name, originally written in Cyrillic, and it is pronounced pretty much like it is spelled: Mat-ee-o-luh. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Wed, Jul 20, 2011 at 5:57 PM, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote:

Re: OT How do you pronounce your name?

2011-07-21 Thread Mat Maessen
On Wed, Jul 20, 2011 at 5:57 PM, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote: We've got people from a wide range of cultures on this list, and there are a lot of folks with names that I can only guess at the pronunciation.  Names which may be common in one culture are pretty rare in Central

Re: PPG news...

2011-07-21 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
I have had no images either accepted or declined in the past two weeks, although a couple have been under review for about a month. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Wed, Jul 20, 2011 at 7:34 PM, Bong Manayon bongmana...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Jul 21, 2011 at

Re: OT How do you pronounce your name?

2011-07-21 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
My sen? [My rhymes with high]? Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Thu, Jul 21, 2011 at 9:47 AM, Mat Maessen tomatoe...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Jul 20, 2011 at 5:57 PM, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote: We've got people from a wide range of cultures on this

Re: GESO - The Boys of Summer

2011-07-21 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
Very nice set. I especially like the one of the kid sliding into the base. Dan Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Thu, Jul 21, 2011 at 8:15 AM, frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: A few photos from a Little League game from the other night:

Re: OT How do you pronounce your name?

2011-07-21 Thread Jaume Lahuerta
De: Bong Manayon bongmana...@gmail.com Para: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Enviado: jueves 21 de julio de 2011 1:23 Asunto: Re: OT How do you pronounce your name? On Thu, Jul 21, 2011 at 6:22 AM, Igor Roshchin s...@komkon.org wrote: - No, it's

Re: GESO - The Boys of Summer

2011-07-21 Thread Ann Sanfedele
How fun! lovely little series, Frank I think I like the Pitcher picture the best (or maybe I just wnated to say that :-) ann On 7/21/2011 08:15, frank theriault wrote: A few photos from a Little League game from the other night: http://knarfdummyblog.blogspot.com/2011/07/boys-of-summer.html

Re: Today's score of things Pentax and questions..

2011-07-21 Thread John Sessoms
From: P. J. Alling On 7/20/2011 5:56 PM, Ann Sanfedele wrote: 3 Lenses: (In apparently fine shape and I tried it on my ist d ) SMC PENTAX FA 28-105 zoom f4-5.6. Auto focus works on my ist-d. BLACK There were three different versions of this lens in FA livery all available in bleak, a Power

Re: OT How do you pronounce your name?

2011-07-21 Thread Mat Maessen
On Thu, Jul 21, 2011 at 9:49 AM, Daniel J. Matyola danmaty...@gmail.com wrote: My sen?  [My rhymes with high]? Dan Matyola Nope. -- 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

Re: OT How do you pronounce your name?

2011-07-21 Thread Jaume Lahuerta
Since I already tried to explain this to Boris prior to my visit to Israel, I'll just past what I told him at that time: Jaume is a Catalan name, that in Spanish is Jaime, James in English, Jacques in French, Giacomo in Italian...Actually, my offical name (as in Passport and Spanish ID) is

Re: OT How do you pronounce your name?

2011-07-21 Thread Ralf R. Radermacher
It's Liza, with a Zee... SCNR, Ralf -- Ralf R. Radermacher - DL9KCG - Köln/Cologne, Germany Blog : http://the-real-fotoralf.blogspot.com Audio : http://aporee.org/maps/projects/fotoralf Web : http://www.fotoralf.de -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: OT How do you pronounce your name?

2011-07-21 Thread John Sessoms
Pronounced John ... except by my Latino friends who pronounce it Hwan. And then there was that cute little French exchange student who sat behind me in English class my last year in High School. I can't even begin to reproduce the way she pronounced it, but it was MUSIC! Last name is

Re: Distance [was Re: V. Maier exhibition in London]

2011-07-21 Thread Darren Addy
I think it is worth mentioning that photojournalism can be SIMULTANEOUSLY exploitation and exposé. Seeing it only as one or the other is not seeing the whole picture. I think of the famous photo of the people falling from the collapsing fire escape of the burning building (one to their death).

Re: OT How do you pronounce your name?

2011-07-21 Thread John Sessoms
From: Toine Simple question difficult answer, if you know how to pronounce Antoinette, Toine should be easy. Twone maybe. My last name Kuiper is difficult. Sometimes I hear my name on Discovery and such if they have something about astronomy and the Kuiper belt, the place where comets come from.

Re: OT How do you pronounce your name?

2011-07-21 Thread Matthew Hunt
On Thu, Jul 21, 2011 at 11:04 AM, John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com wrote: Q-per. ? I loved that old video game, with the orange guy with the big nose who hopped up and down the pyramid. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to

Re: Distance [was Re: V. Maier exhibition in London]

2011-07-21 Thread Bruce Walker
On 11-07-20 12:36 PM, Bob W wrote: The greatest artists know how to create a distance from their subjects. I read his statement as being about street photographers, not about artists in general, although I may be wrong. Any given statement about what art is or what artists do will receive an

Re: OT How do you pronounce your name?

2011-07-21 Thread John Sessoms
From: Bong Manayon Usually we are given really formal sounding names in our birth certificate (my name is Miguel Edward Z. Rodriguez, but you can call me 'Boy' for short...) but its rare that we move through life with it except to sign some formal or legal documents. We usually are known here

Re: OT How do you pronounce your name?

2011-07-21 Thread John Sessoms
From: Mat Maessen On Thu, Jul 21, 2011 at 9:49 AM, Daniel J. Matyola danmaty...@gmail.com wrote: My sen? ?[My rhymes with high]? Dan Matyola Nope. Mason ... rhymes with the jar you drink moonshine out of. - No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 10.0.1390

Re: OT How do you pronounce your name?

2011-07-21 Thread Cotty
On 21/7/11, Bob W, discombobulated, unleashed: but my friends call me Tápiószentmárton Äteritsiputeritsipuolilautatsijänkä. Yeah well, you were always a bit of a jänkä. -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche -- http://www.cottysnaps.com

Re: OT How do you pronounce your name?

2011-07-21 Thread P. J. Alling
Ok, I'll play and I'll give the derivation the at the same time. All as in Albert or Allen, ing as the word ending. It is a made up name, but much older that Ellis Island. I've heard two different derivations. Either a modification of the name Allen, or a shortening of the name Allingworth.

Re: GESO - The Boys of Summer

2011-07-21 Thread Jack Davis
WOW! Nice action, Frank. Timing and composition well done. Jack --- On Thu, 7/21/11, frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: From: frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com Subject: GESO - The Boys of Summer To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net Date: Thursday, July 21, 2011,

Re: OT How do you pronounce your name?

2011-07-21 Thread Mat Maessen
On Thu, Jul 21, 2011 at 11:22 AM, John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com wrote: My sen? ?[My rhymes with high]? Dan Matyola Nope. Mason ... rhymes with the jar you drink moonshine out of. Nope. Though since enough people pronounce it that way, I don't bother to correct them. -Mat -- PDML

Re: GESO - The Boys of Summer

2011-07-21 Thread P. J. Alling
Those are some nice action shots. On 7/21/2011 8:15 AM, frank theriault wrote: A few photos from a Little League game from the other night: http://knarfdummyblog.blogspot.com/2011/07/boys-of-summer.html Hope you enjoy. Comments always welcome. cheers, frank -- Where's the Kaboom?

Re: OT How do you pronounce your name?

2011-07-21 Thread Toine
No Qper isn,t it. The K is pronounced like something like Qa more difficult is the UI part. No idea. Per is pronounced as per in english. Maybe Qper with the start of Q pronounced as Qa. Dutch must be a difficult language. Not to mentions the dialects which vary widely, in the past people had

Re: GESO - The Boys of Summer

2011-07-21 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
Thumbs up! G On Thursday, July 21, 2011, frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: A few photos from a Little League game from the other night: http://knarfdummyblog.blogspot.com/2011/07/boys-of-summer.html Hope you enjoy.  Comments always welcome. cheers, frank -- Sharpness is

Re: Distance [was Re: V. Maier exhibition in London]

2011-07-21 Thread Christine Aguila
- Original Message - From: Ann Sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Wednesday, July 20, 2011 3:24 PM Subject: Re: Distance [was Re: V. Maier exhibition in London] On 7/20/2011 11:57, Christine Aguila wrote: Writers establish what's

Peso: Garden of Blur

2011-07-21 Thread Steven Desjardins
I took this shot with the Pentax A50 1.7 on a Lumix G2 body. I like the sharpness and contrast of the flower but the background was too busy. It was easy to select the flower and then gaussian blur the background? I'm not big on heavy manipulation but I kind of like this. Any suggestions of my

Re: Kiss/truck

2011-07-21 Thread William Robb
On 19/07/2011 7:52 AM, Darren Addy wrote: William's shot is a nice image, but it appears to me that it was taken in a museum, under fluorescent lights with a wallpaper background. It that IS where it is taken (or something similar), then this is understandable and a nice representation of what

Re: OT How do you pronounce your name?

2011-07-21 Thread Steven Desjardins
Don't make an ass of yourself, Tim. On Thu, Jul 21, 2011 at 2:37 AM, Tim Bray tb...@textuality.com wrote: My last name is pronounced hee-haw. -T On Wed, Jul 20, 2011 at 9:20 PM, Stan Halpin s...@stans-photography.info wrote: On Jul 20, 2011, at 11:33 PM, Christine Aguila wrote: On Jul 20,

Re: OT How do you pronounce your name?

2011-07-21 Thread Matthew Hunt
On Thu, Jul 21, 2011 at 12:03 PM, Toine to...@repiuk.nl wrote: No Qper isn,t it. The K is pronounced like something like Qa more difficult is the UI part. No idea. Per is pronounced as per in english. Maybe Qper with the start of Q pronounced as Qa. Dutch must be a difficult language. Not to

Re: Distance [was Re: V. Maier exhibition in London]

2011-07-21 Thread William Robb
On 20/07/2011 8:27 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote: I paid the guy five bucks to take his photo. He wasn't being taken advantage of. He earned some money. That you paid him, and that perhaps Shel didn't pay his subject (though it's entirely possible that Shel bought him that coffee, and

Re: OT How do you pronounce your name?

2011-07-21 Thread Toralf Lund
Toralf Lund wrote: Larry Colen wrote: We've got people from a wide range of cultures on this list, and there are a lot of folks with names that I can only guess at the pronunciation. Names which may be common in one culture are pretty rare in Central California. I find that people in most

Re: OT How do you pronounce your name?

2011-07-21 Thread Toine
ROFL On 21 July 2011 18:58, Matthew Hunt m...@pobox.com wrote: On Thu, Jul 21, 2011 at 12:03 PM, Toine to...@repiuk.nl wrote: No Qper isn,t it. The K is pronounced like something like Qa more difficult is the UI part. No idea. Per is pronounced as per in english. Maybe Qper with the start of

Re: Distance [was Re: V. Maier exhibition in London]

2011-07-21 Thread Ann Sanfedele
On 7/21/2011 12:45, Christine Aguila wrote: - Original Message - From: Ann Sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Wednesday, July 20, 2011 3:24 PM Subject: Re: Distance [was Re: V. Maier exhibition in London] On 7/20/2011 11:57, Christine

Re: Distance [was Re: V. Maier exhibition in London]

2011-07-21 Thread Ann Sanfedele
On 7/21/2011 12:59, William Robb wrote: On 20/07/2011 8:27 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote: I paid the guy five bucks to take his photo. He wasn't being taken advantage of. He earned some money. That you paid him, and that perhaps Shel didn't pay his subject (though it's entirely possible

Re: GESO - The Boys of Summer

2011-07-21 Thread David J Brooks
A couple of really good ones in there. Dave On Thu, Jul 21, 2011 at 8:15 AM, frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: A few photos from a Little League game from the other night: http://knarfdummyblog.blogspot.com/2011/07/boys-of-summer.html Hope you enjoy.  Comments always welcome.

Re: Distance [was Re: V. Maier exhibition in London]

2011-07-21 Thread William Robb
On 21/07/2011 11:36 AM, Ann Sanfedele wrote: On 7/21/2011 12:59, William Robb wrote: On 20/07/2011 8:27 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote: I paid the guy five bucks to take his photo. He wasn't being taken advantage of. He earned some money. That you paid him, and that perhaps Shel didn't pay

Re: PESO Natalie

2011-07-21 Thread David J Brooks
Thats a great shot Dave On Mon, Jul 18, 2011 at 8:52 PM, Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com wrote: Natalie was roped-in by her younger sister Iryna to assist with reflectors and such while we did Iryna's portrait, but we couldn't resist shooting Natalie too ... Flickr Fancy:

Re: Peso: Garden of Blur

2011-07-21 Thread Ann Sanfedele
Looking at the thumbnails in the vicinity.. I love the yellow bike and like the clouds.. I'm afraid I'n not so crazy about the gauzy attempt - it kinda looks like what it is.. photoshop. I've never been pleased with my attempts at it either... ann On 7/21/2011 12:45, Steven Desjardins wrote:

Re: Distance [was Re: V. Maier exhibition in London]

2011-07-21 Thread Ann Sanfedele
On 7/21/2011 14:05, William Robb wrote: On 21/07/2011 11:36 AM, Ann Sanfedele wrote: On 7/21/2011 12:59, William Robb wrote: On 20/07/2011 8:27 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote: I paid the guy five bucks to take his photo. He wasn't being taken advantage of. He earned some money. That you

re: Peso: Garden of Blur

2011-07-21 Thread John Sessoms
From: Steven Desjardins I took this shot with the Pentax A50 1.7 on a Lumix G2 body. I like the sharpness and contrast of the flower but the background was too busy. It was easy to select the flower and then gaussian blur the background? I'm not big on heavy manipulation but I kind of like

Re: Peso: Garden of Blur

2011-07-21 Thread Bruce Walker
On 11-07-21 12:45 PM, Steven Desjardins wrote: I took this shot with the Pentax A50 1.7 on a Lumix G2 body. I like the sharpness and contrast of the flower but the background was too busy. It was easy to select the flower and then gaussian blur the background? I'm not big on heavy

Re: PESO Natalie

2011-07-21 Thread Bruce Walker
Thank you, Dave. -bmw On 11-07-21 2:05 PM, David J Brooks wrote: Thats a great shot Dave On Mon, Jul 18, 2011 at 8:52 PM, Bruce Walkerbruce.wal...@gmail.com wrote: Natalie was roped-in by her younger sister Iryna to assist with reflectors and such while we did Iryna's portrait, but we

Re: Peso: Garden of Blur

2011-07-21 Thread Steven Desjardins
I'll try that. On Thu, Jul 21, 2011 at 2:39 PM, Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com wrote: On 11-07-21 12:45 PM, Steven Desjardins wrote: I took this shot with the Pentax A50 1.7 on a Lumix G2 body.  I like the sharpness and contrast of the flower but the background was too busy.  It was

Re: GESO - The Boys of Summer

2011-07-21 Thread Steven Desjardins
A nice set. How about 'The Little Boys of Summer as an alternate title? ;-) On Thu, Jul 21, 2011 at 8:15 AM, frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: A few photos from a Little League game from the other night: http://knarfdummyblog.blogspot.com/2011/07/boys-of-summer.html Hope you

Re: Distance [was Re: V. Maier exhibition in London]

2011-07-21 Thread Paul Stenquist
I have no problem with your referencing my photo, and I don't think Shel's photo is particularly cruel. Although I'm not fond of homeless pics in general. They're easy. Like shooting fish in a barrel -- or shooting cats curled up on a chair. No value judgement, but I've come to see pics of

Re: Garden of Blur

2011-07-21 Thread Ken Waller
Any suggestions of my primitive blurring technique? Very nice for most of the background, but the white 'ghosting' outlining the flower could use help IMO. Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: Steven Desjardins drd1...@gmail.com

Re: Today's score of things Pentax and questions..

2011-07-21 Thread Bob Sullivan
Yes, the power zoom FA28-105 is a great quality lens. I almost gave up shooting with the PZ-1 and FA29-80 power zoom, it was so bad. I reverted to the Super Program instead of the PZ-1. Years later, I got my hands on the 28-105 and it was as good as the other was bad. Not well recognized, but an

Re: Kiss/truck

2011-07-21 Thread Bob Sullivan
Bill, I like it the way it is. Nice image! Regards, Bob S. On Thu, Jul 21, 2011 at 11:48 AM, William Robb anotherdrunken...@gmail.com wrote: On 19/07/2011 7:52 AM, Darren Addy wrote: William's shot is a nice image, but it appears to me that it was taken in a museum, under fluorescent lights

Re: OT How do you pronounce your name?

2011-07-21 Thread Toralf Lund
Mat Maessen wrote: On Thu, Jul 21, 2011 at 11:22 AM, John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com wrote: My sen? ?[My rhymes with high]? Dan Matyola Nope. Mason ... rhymes with the jar you drink moonshine out of. Nope. Though since enough people pronounce it that way, I don't

Re: OT How do you pronounce your name?

2011-07-21 Thread Joseph McAllister
May see en On Jul 21, 2011, at 07:23 , Mat Maessen wrote: On Thu, Jul 21, 2011 at 9:49 AM, Daniel J. Matyola danmaty...@gmail.com wrote: My sen? [My rhymes with high]? Dan Matyola Nope. It's not that life is too short, it's that you're dead for so long.. — Anon Joseph McAllister

PESO - Florid Fred

2011-07-21 Thread Paul Stenquist
Everyone who knows Fred says that while he's a bit flamboyant, his florid personality is pleasing. http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=13816532 -- 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

Re: OT How do you pronounce your name?

2011-07-21 Thread Mat Maessen
On Thu, Jul 21, 2011 at 3:49 PM, Toralf Lund tor...@toralf.net wrote: Hmmm... Perhaps the ae is pronounced almost like the e, but leaning somewhat toward the Norwegian æ... (That would be the same e as in Sessoms, I guess.) Oh, and perhaps you swallow that e at least partly. That's about as

PESO: How hot IS it?

2011-07-21 Thread Christine Nielsen
http://www.flickr.com/photos/23028562@N04/5962115412/in/photostream I trust you know how the punchline goes. Hope everyone beset by the heatwave is keeping cool! :) -c -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML,

Re: OT How do you pronounce your name?

2011-07-21 Thread Bulent Celasun
Bulent is in fact written as Bülent (hope the second letter can appear on your screen with two dots above it) and that is pronounced as below: Bü: Bue ( as in vue) lent : as in land ending with a t. My surname Celasun is counterintuitive for most English speaking persons; perhaps you should just

Re: PESO - Florid Fred

2011-07-21 Thread Christine Nielsen
Ha! I did a spit-take on that one! :) -c On Thu, Jul 21, 2011 at 3:57 PM, Paul Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote: Everyone who knows Fred says that while he's a bit flamboyant, his florid personality is pleasing. http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=13816532 -- PDML

Re: Today's score of things Pentax and questions..

2011-07-21 Thread Toralf Lund
P. J. Alling wrote: On 7/20/2011 5:56 PM, Ann Sanfedele wrote: [ ... ] NExt ... 50mm prime SMC Pentax FA 1.4 BLACK - this works on manual on the istD and kinda worked on auto focus but not properly ... apparently it works on later issues -- or some (a brief check on ebay) With

Re: Peso: Garden of Blur

2011-07-21 Thread Bob Sullivan
On Thu, Jul 21, 2011 at 2:11 PM, Steven Desjardins drd1...@gmail.com wrote: I'll try that. On Thu, Jul 21, 2011 at 2:39 PM, Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com wrote: On 11-07-21 12:45 PM, Steven Desjardins wrote: I took this shot with the Pentax A50 1.7 on a Lumix G2 body.  I like the

Re: PESO: How hot IS it?

2011-07-21 Thread William Robb
On 21/07/2011 2:04 PM, Christine Nielsen wrote: http://www.flickr.com/photos/23028562@N04/5962115412/in/photostream I trust you know how the punchline goes. Hope everyone beset by the heatwave is keeping cool! My dog was doing that in the wet sand beside our house a couple of days ago when

Re: OT How do you pronounce your name?

2011-07-21 Thread William Robb
William is a pretty standard pronunciation, but in typical Scots fashion, the last name gets mispronounced by non Gaelic speakers. It's pronounced MacFarlane. If you want to get closer though, drop the second B and insert an H instead. The H is pronounced slightly breathily as an exhalation.

RE: Today's score of things Pentax and questions..

2011-07-21 Thread J.C. O'Connell
the same lens is $90 less at BH. -- J.C. O'Connell (mailto:hifis...@gate.net) Join the CD PLAYER DISC Discussions : http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/cdplayers/ http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/cdsound/ -Original Message- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net]

Re: Distance [was Re: V. Maier exhibition in London]

2011-07-21 Thread Tom C
How do we alter the human condition for the better if we hide the parts of the condition that can be improved on from the light of day? William Robb Has the human condition improved since the invention of photography or worsened? Not making a correlation at all. Just food for thought. --

Re: PESO - Florid Fred

2011-07-21 Thread Ann Sanfedele
That;s a great street shot, Paul! love it ann On 7/21/2011 15:57, Paul Stenquist wrote: Everyone who knows Fred says that while he's a bit flamboyant, his florid personality is pleasing. http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=13816532 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: Distance [was Re: V. Maier exhibition in London]

2011-07-21 Thread William Robb
On 21/07/2011 2:27 PM, Tom C wrote: Has the human condition improved since the invention of photography or worsened? Not making a correlation at all. Just food for thought. Better, I think. We seem to live longer if allowed the opportunity to do so. Of course, we have also found much more

Re: Today's score of things Pentax and questions..

2011-07-21 Thread Ann Sanfedele
I already have a first dibs on this from a list member to whom I offered mine for less than that . friends price. I haven't even had a chance to do the photos of the equipment yet but that's partly because it is just too hot here even with my ac's full blast. I melt at a lower temperature

Re: PESO: How hot IS it?

2011-07-21 Thread Ann Sanfedele
Oh dear -- the last time I saw a squirrel lying on the ground like that he was, alas, already dead. Hope your little guy survives ann On 7/21/2011 16:04, Christine Nielsen wrote: http://www.flickr.com/photos/23028562@N04/5962115412/in/photostream I trust you know how the punchline goes.

Re: Distance [was Re: V. Maier exhibition in London]

2011-07-21 Thread Ann Sanfedele
On 7/21/2011 16:27, Tom C wrote: How do we alter the human condition for the better if we hide the parts of the condition that can be improved on from the light of day? William Robb Has the human condition improved since the invention of photography or worsened? Not making a correlation at

Re: Distance [was Re: V. Maier exhibition in London]

2011-07-21 Thread Bob Sullivan
Tom, I do think photography has helped with our vision of distant situations. It's easy to see the rung on the ladder just above us, and the one just below us. But it's harder to see many rungs below where things are more desperate. We tend to organize our lives to avoid confronting these

Re: Kiss/truck

2011-07-21 Thread William Robb
On 21/07/2011 1:40 PM, Bob Sullivan wrote: Bill, I like it the way it is. Nice image! Thanks Bob. I appreciate that. -- William Robb -- 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

Re: Distance [was Re: V. Maier exhibition in London]

2011-07-21 Thread P. J. Alling
Are talking on average or in small populations? More importantly is the question weather Photography really had any effect, or if it was just coincidental. On 7/21/2011 4:27 PM, Tom C wrote: How do we alter the human condition for the better if we hide the parts of the condition that can be

Re: PESO: How hot IS it?

2011-07-21 Thread P. J. Alling
I saw a squirrel in a similar pose on a very hot day on a branch about 6 feet up a tree. Unfortunately I didn't have a camera with me at the time. On 7/21/2011 4:04 PM, Christine Nielsen wrote:v http://www.flickr.com/photos/23028562@N04/5962115412/in/photostream I trust you know how the

Re: Kiss/truck

2011-07-21 Thread Eckehard Wegner
Yuck... to me it looks like generic urban acid... effect for effect's sake IMO well at least it seems to polarize... 2011/7/18 Tim Bray tb...@textuality.com: I normally hate HDR, but wow: https://plus.google.com/106289562822644692555/posts/L5Di5wanKvA -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List

Re: OT How do you pronounce your name?

2011-07-21 Thread Joseph McAllister
On Jul 20, 2011, at 17:49 , Joseph McAllister wrote: Joseph J. McAllister Joe Sef Jay Mack Allister I'd like to modify my pronunciation a bit, though I'm sure most all of you have heard the pronunciation in Bobby Gentry's 1967 Ode To Billie Joe and the fateful plunge he took from the

Re: PESO: How hot IS it?

2011-07-21 Thread Jack Davis
AH! That feels goood! Jack --- On Thu, 7/21/11, Christine Nielsen ch...@inielsen.net wrote: From: Christine Nielsen ch...@inielsen.net Subject: PESO: How hot IS it? To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Date: Thursday, July 21, 2011, 1:04 PM

Re: PESO - Florid Fred

2011-07-21 Thread Bruce Walker
On 11-07-21 3:57 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote: Everyone who knows Fred says that while he's a bit flamboyant, his florid personality is pleasing. http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=13816532 Well I hope somebody keeps him well watered for the next few days or he'll totally wilt. Thanks

Re: PESO: How hot IS it?

2011-07-21 Thread Bruce Walker
On 11-07-21 4:13 PM, William Robb wrote: On 21/07/2011 2:04 PM, Christine Nielsen wrote: http://www.flickr.com/photos/23028562@N04/5962115412/in/photostream I trust you know how the punchline goes. Hope everyone beset by the heatwave is keeping cool! My dog was doing that in the wet sand

Re: OT How do you pronounce your name?

2011-07-21 Thread steve harley
On 2011-07-21 15:42 , Joseph McAllister wrote: The typewriter, and now computer keyboards, have taken away the written contraction of MacAllister I grew up using, that my father taught me, and he his. That is M superscript c underscored with a wavy equals sign, or an equals sign turned

RE: PESO - Florid Fred

2011-07-21 Thread Jeffery Johnson
Let Fred know to be careful of the hummingbirds. ___ You can see my latest captures by visiting my Flickr page: http://www.flickr.com/photos/jt-johnson/ -Original Message- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf

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