Re: Up periscope! (for a question)

I have gone through two 16-45s and the floppy lens barrel kills them every time and causes misalignment. I think it has awful build quality, but that's me. The 17-70 in either pentax or sigma flavor would be worth looking at if you have to go the precision route. You could replace a 16-45 I think

Re: Help! More Bird Confusion

Paul, the closest bird to yours, in my 'Birds of Michigan Book', is a Pine Siskin Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: "Paul Stenquist" Subject: Help! More Bird Confusion This may be Thrush week in Michigan,

Re: Help! More Bird Confusion

Thanks Ken. I have that book but I've been working, soI didn't really look but will now. That's two votes for Pine Siskin. A landslide! Paul via phone > On Apr 25, 2017, at 7:59 PM, Ken Waller wrote: > > Paul, the closest bird to yours, in my 'Birds of Michigan Book', is

PESO - Dogwood Flower

Another studio botanical - http://www.markcassino.com/b2evolution/index.php/dogwood-blossom or on flickr - https://www.flickr.com/photos/markcassino/33462209803/in/dateposted-public/ Comments appreciated. I'm finally getting a workflow together for making focus stacks with the K1 in pixel

Re: Help! More Bird Confusion

Both this and the thrush photos are really nice, Paul. No idea what any of them are, but great photos! Mark On 4/25/2017 6:12 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote: This may be Thrush week in Michigan, which makes sense, since it’s time for migration and we’re just off the fly route for birds that

Help! More Bird Confusion

This may be Thrush week in Michigan, which makes sense, since it’s time for migration and we’re just off the fly route for birds that crossed the lower great lakes. In any case, this appears to e another Thrush, but a different species from yesterday’s. Maybe a Song Thrush or a Mistle Thrush? T

Re: Help! More Bird Confusion

Thanks Mark. Much appreciated. Paul > On Apr 25, 2017, at 8:57 PM, Mark C wrote: > > Both this and the thrush photos are really nice, Paul. No idea what any of > them are, but great photos! > > Mark > > On 4/25/2017 6:12 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote: >> This may be Thrush

Re: Help! More Bird Confusion

Female Rosebreasted Grosbeak. Maybe. Beak doesn't seem quite gross enough... Also maybe Thrasher? But too many stripes on the back... Sent from my iPad > On Apr 25, 2017, at 6:26 PM, Matthew Hunt wrote: > > I think it may be a female Red-winged Blackbird. The thrushes you

Re: Help! More Bird Confusion

Or female Pine Siskin? (Not a finch.) (All I have mentioned are on the Audubon list of recent sightings in the Midland MI area.) Sent from my iPad > On Apr 25, 2017, at 6:26 PM, Matthew Hunt wrote: > > I think it may be a female Red-winged Blackbird. The thrushes you named

Re: Help! More Bird Confusion

I think it may be a female Red-winged Blackbird. The thrushes you named are not North American. On Tue, Apr 25, 2017 at 6:12 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote: > This may be Thrush week in Michigan, which makes sense, since it’s time > for migration and we’re just off the fly route

Re: PESO - Dogwood Flower

Oh, nice! Great tones. Looks very much like a vintage botanical study. Definitely wall hanging potential. On Tue, Apr 25, 2017 at 8:38 PM, Mark C wrote: > Another studio botanical - > > http://www.markcassino.com/b2evolution/index.php/dogwood-blossom > > or on flickr - >

Re: Help! More Bird Confusion

I found my copy of “Birds of Michigan” and checked to the Pine Siskin photo. Maybe. But my bird ha a longer beak and bigger eyes with goggles like a Thrush. The wing markings are correct, but my bird has much longer legs. Still not sure about this one. I’m leaning more toward the female

Re: August Solar Eclipse

John Sessoms wrote: >The lens is a Sigma AF 300mm f/2.8. I have a matching Sigma 1.4x >tele-converter for it. > >https://www.pentaxforums.com/userreviews/sigma-300mm-f2-8-apo-ex-dg.html > >The Astrozap filters come in various diameters. They're actually for >small telescopes. Do they make them

Re: PESO: Cemetery Path

> On 25 April 2017 at 20:08 Bob W-PDML wrote: > > > > On 25 Apr 2017, at 19:44, mike wilson > > wrote: > > On 25 April 2017 at 19:36 Bob W-PDML > > wrote: > > > >

Re: PESO - Dogwood Flower

Great capture Mark. How long did it take to make the images to make up this image - apparently it was very still out there -Original Message- >From: Mark C >Subject: PESO - Dogwood Flower > >Another studio botanical - >

Re: PESO - Dogwood Flower

Like a memory from years past. A dramatic photograph. Paul via phone > On Apr 25, 2017, at 11:17 PM, Ken Waller wrote: > > > Great capture Mark. > > How long did it take to make the images to make up this image - apparently it > was very still out there > >

Re: Help! More Bird Confusion

That beak makes me think it might be a finch, and a quick search online reveals something called a Purple Finch, which looks similar. But plenty of other people know far more about these things than I do. B > On 25 Apr 2017, at 23:13, Paul Stenquist wrote: > > This may be

Re: Traveller, if you come to Ashford, Kent...

On 25/4/17, Ralf R Radermacher, discombobulated, unleashed: >then stay away from the local ASDA Superstore and its car park, located >on a hill where it's always rather windy. The parking tickets from the >vending machine are particularly flimsy and have a 86 percent chance of >flipping over

Re: Traveller, if you come to Ashford, Kent...

The meters here print out a ticket that you can put on your dash, inside, so not subject to the wind/rain/theft/etc. Must the ticket be put on the window there? On Tue, Apr 25, 2017 at 1:00 PM, Steve Cottrell wrote: > On 25/4/17, Ralf R Radermacher, discombobulated,

Re: Traveller, if you come to Ashford, Kent...

>From BBC News: Short link: -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__Broadcast, Corporate, || (O) |Web Video Production --

Re: Traveller, if you come to Ashford, Kent...

And now the bad news. You can safely ignore it. It's an invoice, not a fine, and the legally agreed limit is recompense for any time you used filling the space which could have been sold to another user. As you actually had a ticket for the time used, it's doubly irrelevant. The only ones you

Re: Up periscope! (for a question)

Mark, The body is fine. There's a lot of fore-and-aft play in the inner barrel. Eric of pentaxs.com says it cannot be repaired economically. Sigh. Considering my alternatives... Gonz, Still coming across knob-and-tube wiring in our 1876 house from time to time, including during our recent

Re: PESOs: Need Bird ID help

http://www.birds-of-north-america.net/Ovenbird.html > On 25 April 2017 at 01:38 Paul Stenquist wrote: > > > I can’t find this guy (or gal) anywhere. He resembles some Warblers but > doesn’t have all the right colors. That might mean that he is a she. Never saw > one in my

Re: PESOs: Need Bird ID help

Pauls bird does not have that colorful top of the head as the ovenbird does. On Tue, Apr 25, 2017 at 12:37 PM, mike wilson wrote: > http://www.birds-of-north-america.net/Ovenbird.html > >> On 25 April 2017 at 01:38 Paul Stenquist wrote: >> >> >> I

Re: PESO: Cemetery Path

Everything leads nicely into the cemetery, Chris... c'est la vie > On 25 Apr 2017, at 09:20, Chris Mitchell wrote: > > Nice shot Dan. You've got the trees and the people in the foreground > just right, and it leads nicely into the cemetery. > > Chris > >> On 25 April

Re: PESO: Cemetery Path

> On 25 Apr 2017, at 14:14, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: > > Thanks, Bob and Chris. > > I found this particular part of the cemetery quite peaceful and conducive > to contemplation, and I loved the cylindrical trees. The trees pictured in > my image are actually quite

Re: PESO: Cemetery Path

> On 25 April 2017 at 19:36 Bob W-PDML wrote: > > > > > On 25 Apr 2017, at 14:14, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: > > > > Thanks, Bob and Chris. > > > > I found this particular part of the cemetery quite peaceful and conducive > > to contemplation, and I

Up Close and Personal

I was sitting on my backyard bench yesterday shooting some handhelds with the K-1 and 150-450 when a chickadee landed on a branch about 6 feet away. He was so close I had to lean back a bit to get in focus range, and I only got one shot in before he realized he had perched next to a monster of

Re: Traveller, if you come to Ashford, Kent...

Am 25.04.17 um 20:00 schrieb Steve Cottrell: If it had gone to court, I don't see how the parking company could have won - you had a ticket and as far as you were concerned, an act of God prevented it from being displayed properly ! Their terms of use, which you accept by buying the ticket

Re: Traveller, if you come to Ashford, Kent...

Am 25.04.17 um 20:03 schrieb Gonz: The meters here print out a ticket that you can put on your dash, inside, so not subject to the wind/rain/theft/etc. Must the ticket be put on the window there? The ticket has to be displayed inside on the dashboard. But it is so light and flimsy that it

Re: Traveller, if you come to Ashford, Kent...

Bloody little crooks, the lot of them. I bet they all voted Leave. Shysters. B > On 25 Apr 2017, at 19:55, Ralf R Radermacher wrote: > >> Am 25.04.17 um 20:00 schrieb Steve Cottrell: >> >> If it had gone to court, I don't see how the parking company could have >> won - you

Re: August Solar Eclipse

Is the lens the A* 300 2.8? I have the same lens and need a solar filter like this. On Wed, Apr 19, 2017 at 3:12 PM, John Sessoms wrote: > Update on my preparations (if anyone is interested). > > Stopped by my local Pentax dealer here in Raleigh. > > I got a Manfrotto

Re: New member

On 24/04/17 21:14, Steve Cottrell wrote: On 24/4/17, John, discombobulated, unleashed: He ate something that looked like a hat. But tasted much better ;-) Are you sure? You should probably try eating a hat, just to check. :-) - T -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: New member

On 25/4/17, Toralf Lund, discombobulated, unleashed: >You should probably try eating a hat, just to check. :-) That's what I like about Norwegian - the sense of humour !! -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__Broadcast, Corporate, || (O) |Web Video Production --

Re: PESO: Cemetery Path

On 25/4/17, Bob W-PDML, discombobulated, unleashed: >When I was 18 I had a summer job trimming the bushes in a girls' school. One more like that and I'm sending you my next computers cover insurance premium. -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__Broadcast, Corporate, || (O) |Web Video

Re: Up Close and Personal

Very nice Paul. With a little patience you can get them to land on your hand and pick seeds out of it. -Original Message- >From: Paul Stenquist >Subject: Up Close and Personal > >I was sitting on my backyard bench yesterday shooting some handhelds with the >K-1

Re: Traveller, if you come to Ashford, Kent...

On 25/4/17, Ralf R Radermacher, discombobulated, unleashed: >The ticket has to be displayed inside on the dashboard. But it is so >light and flimsy that it will be flipped over be the little draft >created by closing the door. It's meant to. Yes yes, I get that all the time. And believe me a

Re: Up Close and Personal

On 25/4/17, Paul Stenquist, discombobulated, unleashed: >I was sitting on my backyard bench yesterday shooting some handhelds >with the K-1 and 150-450 when a chickadee landed on a branch about 6 >feet away. He was so close I had to lean back a bit to get in focus >range, and I only got one shot

Re: Up Close and Personal

Thanks Ken. I remember seeing the eating out of hand thing when we went to Kensington. I think my birds are too skittish for that, but they’re definitely getting better as they become accustomed to my frightening presence. :-) > On Apr 25, 2017, at 4:16 PM, Ken Waller

Re: Up periscope! (for a question)

On 25/4/17, Rick Womer, discombobulated, unleashed: >The body is fine. There's a lot of fore-and-aft play in the inner >barrel. I have this problem. -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__Broadcast, Corporate, || (O) |Web Video Production -- _ --

Re: Up Close and Personal

blockquote, div.yahoo_quoted { margin-left: 0 !important; border-left:1px #715FFA solid !important; padding-left:1ex !important; background-color:white !important; } Stellar image Paul! JayT  Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone On Tuesday, April 25, 2017, 11:52 AM, Paul Stenquist

Re: August Solar Eclipse

The lens is a Sigma AF 300mm f/2.8. I have a matching Sigma 1.4x tele-converter for it. https://www.pentaxforums.com/userreviews/sigma-300mm-f2-8-apo-ex-dg.html The Astrozap filters come in various diameters. They're actually for small telescopes. My local Pentax dealer also sells telescopes,

Re: PESOs: Need Bird ID help

Possibly a Wood Thrush https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Wood_Thrush/id On 4/25/2017 02:03, Bob W-PDML wrote: Looks like a thrush to me On 25 Apr 2017, at 01:39, Paul Stenquist wrote: I can’t find this guy (or gal) anywhere. He resembles some Warblers but doesn’t

Re: PESO - Stone Wall, Leafield 2017

On 4/24/2017 15:58, Bob W-PDML wrote: On 24 Apr 2017, at 20:20, Steve Cottrell wrote: On 24/4/17, John Sessoms, discombobulated, unleashed: How is the 'i' in Cirecester pronounced? Rhymes with "eye" or "seen"? eye These things are quite straightforward really.

Re: PESO - Stone Wall, Leafield 2017

There's a "town" in North Carolina spelled "Conetoe" ... pronounced "Caneeta". OTOH, "Lizard Lick" is pronounced just like it's spelled. On 4/24/2017 19:42, ann sanfedele wrote: same kinda stuff goes on this side of the pond... Calais, Maine = CAL-ass Juanita, Kansas = Jew-a-nee-tah Boston=

Re: PESO - Stone Wall, Leafield 2017

On 4/25/2017 01:22, mike wilson wrote: And just when you think you have cracked it, we drop Cholmondeley and Featherstonhaugh on you. I actually know those two - "Chumley" and "Fanshaw". -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to

Re: PESO: Cemetery Path

On 25 Apr 2017, at 19:44, mike wilson > wrote: On 25 April 2017 at 19:36 Bob W-PDML > wrote: On 25 Apr 2017, at 14:14, Daniel J. Matyola

Re: PESO 2017 - 047, 048, 049 - GDG

On 4/24/2017 20:15, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: On Apr 24, 2017, at 9:33 AM, John wrote: On 4/23/2017 18:40, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: From yesterday's 'Earth Day' Saturday morning ride: https://flic.kr/p/TyC9nj https://flic.kr/p/TyC8ZL https://flic.kr/p/SSbqEf Polaroid

Re: Up Close and Personal

Thanks to Cotty and Jay. Too many bird pics. Gotta get out more:-). Paul > On Apr 25, 2017, at 4:25 PM, Jay Taylor wrote: > > blockquote, div.yahoo_quoted { margin-left: 0 !important; border-left:1px > #715FFA solid !important; padding-left:1ex !important;

Re: PESOs: Need Bird ID help

Looks like a thrush to me > On 25 Apr 2017, at 01:39, Paul Stenquist wrote: > > I can’t find this guy (or gal) anywhere. He resembles some Warblers but > doesn’t have all the right colors. That might mean that he is a she. Never > saw one in my yard before. Might be

Re: PESO: Cemetery Path

Nice shot > On 25 Apr 2017, at 05:53, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: > > A path through the Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial: > https://dan-matyola.squarespace.com/danmatyolas-pesos/2017/4/25/cemetery-path > K5 IIs, DA 18-135 zoom > Comments are invited. > > Dan Matyola

Re: PESO: Cemetery Path

Nice shot Dan. You've got the trees and the people in the foreground just right, and it leads nicely into the cemetery. Chris On 25 April 2017 at 05:46, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: > A path through the Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial: >

Re: PESO - Stone Wall, Leafield 2017

On 25 April 2017 at 06:22, mike wilson wrote: > > And just when you think you have cracked it, we drop Cholmondeley and > Featherstonhaugh on you. > ...and of course, Wymondham (wind em) and Happisburgh (hays borough) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: PESO: Bird ID Help

Agree with the thrush ID. Resembles our Ground Scraper Thrush. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Groundscraper_thrush Alan C -Original Message- From: Paul Stenquist Sent: Tuesday, April 25, 2017 2:22 AM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: PESO: Bird ID Help I think this is some kind

Traveller, if you come to Ashford, Kent...

then stay away from the local ASDA Superstore and its car park, located on a hill where it's always rather windy. The parking tickets from the vending machine are particularly flimsy and have a 86 percent chance of flipping over when you close the car's door. 40 quid!!! The note you'll find

Re: PESO - Stone Wall, Leafield 2017

On 25/4/17, Chris Mitchell, discombobulated, unleashed: >> And just when you think you have cracked it, we drop Cholmondeley and >> Featherstonhaugh on you. >> >...and of course, Wymondham (wind em) and Happisburgh (hays borough) Not to mention Ardingleysidelyferklebuttergerl which is known as

Re: PESO - Stone Wall, Leafield 2017

Am 25.04.17 um 07:22 schrieb mike wilson: And just when you think you have cracked it, we drop Cholmondeley and Featherstonhaugh on you. Just listen how Clare Teal struggles with Herstmonceux on her Sunday night show on BBC R2. Ralf -- Ralf R. Radermacher - Dunkerque/Dunkirk, France

Re: PESO: Cemetery Path

Thanks, Bob and Chris. I found this particular part of the cemetery quite peaceful and conducive to contemplation, and I loved the cylindrical trees. The trees pictured in my image are actually quite unruly, compared to the others. They were actually trimming them while we were there, but