G'day all
After a slow start, a rush of submissions resulted in one of the
largest recent galleries.
Like last month, Bruce has my favourite with Anemone pulsatilla but
I like Dario's 'Lisa'and Paul's 'Halo, too. Not quite sure what to
make of Larry W's 'but Shapley'
Certainly a
Beautiful shot by Dario Botticelli...
http://www.google.com/culturalinstitute/asset-viewer/the-birth-of-venus/MQEeq50LABEBVg?utm_source=googleutm_medium=kphl=enprojectId=art-project
B
On 6 May 2014, at 07:10, Brian Walters apathy...@lyons-ryan.org wrote:
G'day all
After a slow start, a
Good stuff. When I was young I did a bit of cyclo cross racing. I just
put knobbly tyres and a gear set with a much lower ratio on my road
bike. That's what everyone did then - there was no such thing as a
mountain bike in the early 70s.
Hope the Roberts is a bit cleaner next time I see it!
On May 5, 2014, at 11:09 PM, Brian Walters apathy...@lyons-ryan.org wrote:
G'day all
After a slow start, a rush of submissions resulted in one of the largest
recent galleries.
Like last month, Bruce has my favourite with Anemone pulsatilla but I like
Dario's 'Lisa'and Paul's 'Halo,
Palabora Mining Company (PMC), formerly a Rio Tinto company, mined copper
from this open pit until about 12 years ago when the underground phase
began. Rio Tinto sold out to a Chinese company last year. The headgear can
be seen to the right behind the pit. To the left of the headgear can also
A very dramatic image!
Dan Matyola
http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola
On Tue, May 6, 2014 at 8:23 AM, Alan C c...@lantic.net wrote:
Palabora Mining Company (PMC), formerly a Rio Tinto company, mined copper
from this open pit until about 12 years ago when the underground phase
Three from my Saturday morning walk in Guadalupe River Park...
https://flic.kr/p/nxHgqg
https://flic.kr/p/nvETTy
https://flic.kr/p/nvWo4p
Thanks for looking. Comments always appreciated.
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Agreed. The haze softens a stronger impact that it might have though.
Looks like a very fascinating subject to explore further.
On Tue, May 6, 2014 at 8:34 AM, Daniel J. Matyola danmaty...@gmail.com wrote:
A very dramatic image!
Dan Matyola
http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola
Thank you, Brian. Much appreciated!
My picks from the gallery ...
Dario's portrait is excellent, and I agree with Bob's Birth of Venus parallels.
I love Hank's shot. I guess I have a soft spot for puppies on a horse. :-)
Rob's Fun Guys is both fascinating and yucky.
Larry takes the double
I dig the effective vintage look you get.
The shovel pun was unintended, but I'll let it stand. :-)
On Tue, May 6, 2014 at 9:16 AM, Godfrey DiGiorgi godfreydigio...@me.com wrote:
Three from my Saturday morning walk in Guadalupe River Park...
https://flic.kr/p/nxHgqg
One of the several reasons i wanted to get the Pentax 17-70 was its
filter size. I have a number of 67mm filters and did not have to add
to the lot. Although the Sigma is a much nicer lens IMO even with the
reverse zoom, buit its a 72 mm filter. The salesman asked if i needed
protection, and i
Skylight 1a, 1b etc are warming filters designed to reduce the influence of
open, blue sky light on skin tones with color slide film. UV or Haze filters
absorb ultraviolet light which contributes to haze from atmospheric scatter
when using older BW films that are overly UV-blue sensitive.
Thanks, Larry. After I submitted that, I did a monochrome conversion
that (IMHO) is even better:
https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5239/14040372551_dcd163f89f_h.jpg
The image above was invited to Flickr EXPLORE from my photostream
(only my 2nd image to be given such an honor).
I also think that
I dunno where I've been, but I only became aware of the Cigar Box
Nation in the past few days, but WoW is this a fun world to dive into!
I've been lost in performance videos, how-tos, and blog pages these
past few days.
This is an image of the bottom end of my Cigar Box Diddley Bow, being
played
A skylight or other warming filter is going to mess up all of the
white balance presets and waste a tiny bit of light. These are color
correction and they make no sense on a digital camera with adjustable
white balance; they were designed to be used with daylight film under
non-daylight (shade,
I use skylight filters on a few lenses with no issues. I think plain
glass is probably best, but I bought skylight and UV filters back in the
film days and see no need to replace them. I wound up with some skylight
filters because I stumbled onto some Pentax SMC skylights at a good
price and I
On 6 May 2014, at 17:35, Darren Addy pixelsmi...@gmail.com wrote:
I dunno where I've been, but I only became aware of the Cigar Box
Nation in the past few days, but WoW is this a fun world to dive into!
I've been lost in performance videos, how-tos, and blog pages these
past few days.
On 6 May 2014, at 08:04, Chris Mitchell chris.mitch...@which.net wrote:
Good stuff. When I was young I did a bit of cyclo cross racing. I just
put knobbly tyres and a gear set with a much lower ratio on my road
bike. That's what everyone did then - there was no such thing as a
mountain bike
Very cool, Darren! There's a guy among my Facebook friends who's been
working on a cigar box guitar and it's been fascinating to watch as it
progresses.
I'm not sure I'll ever tackle it myself, but it does look like a fun,
gratifying pursuit. Enjoy!
-- Walt
On 5/6/2014 11:34 AM, Darren
I just saw Darren's image of his cigar box guitar and figured I'd
parachute in from a long hiatus from the PDML to share a shot of my
latest enablement.
http://www.flickriver.com/photos/walt_gilbert/13889997650/#large
It's a 2013 Stratocaster Standard Plus-Top (aged cherry burst) -- made
in
Dang, that's a BEAUT. Sproingerific even.
On Tue, May 6, 2014 at 12:32 PM, Walt ldott...@gmail.com wrote:
I just saw Darren's image of his cigar box guitar and figured I'd parachute
in from a long hiatus from the PDML to share a shot of my latest enablement.
I basically use a skylight with any of my lenses used for equine
photos just to help with dust,. I am thinking of getting one or the
other for the Sigma as i will use it now for some equine and farm
work.
Dave
On Tue, May 6, 2014 at 1:11 PM, Mark C pdml-m...@charter.net wrote:
I use skylight
On 6/5/14, Bob W-PDML, discombobulated, unleashed:
changed the brake blokes
Takes a few stout chaps to stop this thing eh ;-)
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I've replaced a number of filters over the years. They did what I wanted
them to do, provide a relatively inexpensive insurance against f**
up and damaging an expensive to replace front lens element.
After they took the hit, I said goodbye bought new filters to replace
them.
On 5/6/2014
Sure, if you already have skylight filters you can always fix the
white balance or shoot AWB. But it makes no sense to buy new skylight
filters for digital.
I'm guessing that a lot of older skylight filters would have no AR
coatings, in which case I would expect flare to be a bigger problem
than
Thanks, Darren.
I tortured myself for a couple of hours deciding which Strat to buy, but
this one just kept calling me back. :)
-- Walt
On 5/6/2014 12:44 PM, Darren Addy wrote:
Dang, that's a BEAUT. Sproingerific even.
On Tue, May 6, 2014 at 12:32 PM, Walt ldott...@gmail.com wrote:
I
Hi!
We've been celebrating 66th birthday of State of Israel yesterday and
today... The general idea is to have huge public gathering in the
evening and then do some leisurely traveling on the next day... At least
this is what we've been up to:
25 photos after this link:
On 5/4/2014 9:24 PM, Tim Bray wrote:
Thinking about the differences between an F1.4 and an F5.6 tulip:
https://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/201x/2014/05/04/Bokeh-or-not
Horses for courses, but I prefer the F1.4 shot... May be, F2.0 would be
optimal here...
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Both the color and the BW are superb, but I like the BW more. The sky is
angrier and more dramatic in that version.
Paul
On May 6, 2014, at 11:35 AM, Darren Addy pixelsmi...@gmail.com wrote:
Thanks, Larry. After I submitted that, I did a monochrome conversion
that (IMHO) is even better:
On 6 May 2014, at 19:21, Steve Cottrell co...@seeingeye.tv wrote:
On 6/5/14, Bob W-PDML, discombobulated, unleashed:
changed the brake blokes
Takes a few stout chaps to stop this thing eh ;-)
Sorry - I meant the brack blokes.
B
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Thanks Paul! I prefer the BW also.
Someday I will learn to post-process my color stuff as well as my BW. :\
On Tue, May 6, 2014 at 2:09 PM, Paul Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote:
Both the color and the BW are superb, but I like the BW more. The sky is
angrier and more dramatic in that
Thanks for sharing this array of really nice shots. Well done, Boris!
Jack
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From: Boris Liberman bori...@gmail.com
To: PDML pdml@pdml.net
Sent: Tuesday, May 6, 2014 11:29:35 AM
Subject: Yestertech, Independence Day and a GESO
Hi!
We've been celebrating 66th birthday
I agree .. I like both, but BW dazzling. We did see that color one
before, no?
Dario's gal is terrific except I want to reach out and brush that one
strand away :-)
And Paul, that picture of Grace is marvelous - one of your best of her-
because she really didn't know you took that one, I
On 6/5/14, Walt, discombobulated, unleashed:
I tortured myself for a couple of hours deciding which Strat to buy, but
this one just kept calling me back. :)
Must be the reverb ;-)
I'm just about to 'upgrade' my cheapy mando. I got a set of KK twin
internal pickups and installed them already -
Thanks Ann. Grace was swinging at the park and her hair was flying all over, so
I saw a chance to grab something for the gallery. She knew I was shooting, but
I kept at it and she ignored me. I had some pics that were more amusing and
“hairier,” but couldn’t pass this one up.
Paul
On May 6,
Hi Bob,
Thank-you very much. I never thought that I could be compared to Mr.
Botticelli, since I'd never break the gal's neck like he used to do ;)
Dario
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From: Bob W-PDML
Sent: Tuesday, May 06, 2014 8:58 AM
To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List
Subject: Re: May PUG is
Thanks Brian, for the PUG work and for liking my pic.
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From: Brian Walters
Sent: Tuesday, May 06, 2014 8:09 AM
To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List
Subject: May PUG is up!!
G'day all
After a slow start, a rush of submissions resulted in one of the
largest recent
Thanks Bruce. Perhaps Lisa will like being compared to Venus.
Dario
-Messaggio originale-
From: Bruce Walker
Sent: Tuesday, May 06, 2014 3:46 PM
To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List
Subject: Re: May PUG is up!!
Thank you, Brian. Much appreciated!
My picks from the gallery ...
Dario's
Hi Darren,
I though about cloning out that out-of-focus stuff in the background, but
didn't want the pic would look like shot in the studio, so I decided to
leave it there.
Opinions, of course.
Dario
-Messaggio originale-
From: Darren Addy
Sent: Tuesday, May 06, 2014 5:35 PM
To:
Hi Ann, thank-you very much.
As I wrote Darren, I left that out-of-focus stuff in the background for not
making the pic look like shot against a white background in the studio.
Cheers,
Dario
-Messaggio originale-
From: Ann Sanfedele
Sent: Tuesday, May 06, 2014 11:02 PM
To:
I use fewer protective filters these days than I did several years ago
and as a result have an ample supply of UV's and Skylights around. The
only camera where I routinely use a protective filter these days is the
A* 200mm macro, mostly because it is expensive, the built in hood offers
little
Boris,
Nice gallery and fun to see the celebration.
Last week they aired the movie 'Cast a Giant Shadow' from 1966(?).
It fictionalized the struggle 66 years ago, in a good way.
The star cast was lead by Kirk Douglas and included John Wayne and Yul Brynner,
and my favorite - Senta Berger just
Very nice gallery, Boris - looks like a festive time!
On 5/6/2014 2:29 PM, Boris Liberman wrote:
Hi!
We've been celebrating 66th birthday of State of Israel yesterday and
today... The general idea is to have huge public gathering in the
evening and then do some leisurely traveling on the
One for walpaper...
http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17758883size=lg
One for amusement...
http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17758880size=lg
My mom always wanted Trilium.
Comments appreciated.
Regards, Bob S.
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Pretty impressive - looks like a pyramid (upside down) would fit in that
pit...
On 5/6/2014 8:23 AM, Alan C wrote:
Palabora Mining Company (PMC), formerly a Rio Tinto company, mined
copper from this open pit until about 12 years ago when the
underground phase began. Rio Tinto sold out to a
On 5/6/2014 4:13 PM, Steve Cottrell wrote:
On 6/5/14, Walt, discombobulated, unleashed:
I tortured myself for a couple of hours deciding which Strat to buy, but
this one just kept calling me back. :)
Must be the reverb ;-)
I'm just about to 'upgrade' my cheapy mando. I got a set of KK twin
Very Nicely Done!
Dan Matyola
http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola
On Tue, May 6, 2014 at 6:53 PM, Bob Sullivan rf.sulli...@gmail.com wrote:
One for walpaper...
http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17758883size=lg
One for amusement...
The proof copy of the 2014 PDML Photo Annual has been shipped. It
should arrive Saturday (they say). It'll probably take me a day or two
to make image corrections and a few text changes. If everything goes
well the final version should be available on Monday or Tuesday.
I've also been working on
Welcome back, Walt! I was thinking about you the other day and
wondering where the heck you've been.
That's a fine looking instrument, and nicely captured. But where's the
whammy bar? And also, I've got a request: Free Bird!
On Tue, May 6, 2014 at 1:32 PM, Walt ldott...@gmail.com wrote:
I just
http://www.robertstech.com/temp/sprint1.jpg
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Thanks for all the hard work and the update.
On 5/6/2014 7:17 PM, Mark Roberts wrote:
The proof copy of the 2014 PDML Photo Annual has been shipped. It
should arrive Saturday (they say). It'll probably take me a day or two
to make image corrections and a few text changes. If everything goes
Most excellent, Mark.
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The proof copy of the
Bruce Walker wrote:
Most excellent, Mark.
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Hi Bruce!
Thanks for the welcome back. I've been really dedicating myself to
learning to play the guitar for a while now and thoroughly enjoying it.
It's a wonderful new pursuit for me, in that it's something I can study
and do regardless of the weather, or where I happen to be. I've even
F** Windoze 7!!
I track my fuel usage gas mileage on a spreadsheet. It resides on a
Network Attached Storage drive. All I have on the local computer is a
shortcut on the desktop. I did make backup copies of it anyway on another
drive and on a USB memory stick before installing Windoze 7 on
Thanks Dan
On Tue, May 6, 2014 at 7:13 PM, Daniel J. Matyola danmaty...@gmail.com wrote:
Very Nicely Done!
Dan Matyola
http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola
On Tue, May 6, 2014 at 6:53 PM, Bob Sullivan rf.sulli...@gmail.com wrote:
One for walpaper...
Heh - I meant the strand going across her face:-) I imagine she brushed
it aside shortly after you took the photo...
Point understood about the oof background. anyway, lovely work!
ann
On 5/6/2014 17:45, Dario Bonazza wrote:
Hi Ann, thank-you very much.
As I wrote Darren, I left that
Ha!
ann (looking sooo forward to the book, toO!)
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On 5/6/2014 8:18 PM, Bruce Walker wrote:
Welcome back, Walt! I was thinking about you the other day and
wondering where the heck you've been.
That's a fine looking instrument, and nicely captured. But where's the
whammy bar? And also, I've got a request: Free Bird!
Here's your free bird!
Have a look at the graphs in this article. There is virtually no difference
between UV filters and Hoya 1A/B filters. They all absorb most of the light
below about 400nm not much else.
https://ww2.chemistry.gatech.edu/~nmakarov3/INTERESTS/Photo_Filters/index.htm
Alan C
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If you can't find a cigar box, use a tortoise shell. That's what they use in
Morocco. I bought one when I was a kid.
Or make a charango out of an armadillo:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:210_Museu_de_la_M%C3%BAsica,_el_Bosc,_charango.jpg
Nice project by the way Darren
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