Re: Birds in Northern California (so far)

2018-06-23 Thread Larry Colen
A friend on facebook sent me this note about that set: Here's what you have in order of appearance - Western kingbird, mourning dove, male house finch, male Anna's hummingbird, female Anna's hummingbird, female house sparrow, male northern red shafted flicker, female brewers blackbird and

Re: Birds in Northern California (so far)

2018-06-23 Thread Alan C
I was curious so I looked at the proof set. There are quite a few good shots there, especially the humming birds (which I'm never likely to see) & the woodpeckers. Happy processing. Bird photography isn't as easy as some people think. Alan C On 22-Jun-18 08:14 PM, Larry Colen wrote: I'm on

Re: Found another odd Pentax

2018-06-23 Thread Brian Walters
:-) Cheers Brian > On 23 June 2018 at 10:58 Rick Womer wrote: > > > ...or if you’re taking pix in the Southern Hemisphere. > > On Fri, Jun 22, 2018 at 19:01 Brian Walters > wrote: > > > > On 23 June 2018 at 00:14 coll...@brendemuehl.net wrote: > > > > > > > > > It's a nEd. > > > >

Re: OT: Finally some GOOD news from the internet

2018-06-23 Thread Alan C
Bladder torture. Alan C On 23-Jun-18 03:03 AM, Rick Womer wrote: 2 large mugs of coffee on the morning. A large mug of strong tea (PG Tips) in the afternoon. Wine or beer with dinner. A cup of decaf after dinner 2-3 times a week. Keeping all of the bases covered... Rick On Fri, Jun 22,

Re: PESO 2018 - 045 - GDG

2018-06-23 Thread Alan C
I'd hate to sit on one of those. Alan C On 23-Jun-18 03:15 AM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: I'm always impressed when I buy new furniture from IKEA at how compact, rational, and utilitarian the Swedish style is ... https://flic.kr/p/27mFMSL :D enjoy! G — A bigger hammer has a limit.

Re: PESO 2018 - 045 - GDG

2018-06-23 Thread mike wilson
I think you're taking this diet and health thing a bit too far. > On 23 June 2018 at 02:15 Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: > > > I'm always impressed when I buy new furniture from IKEA at how compact, > rational, and utilitarian the Swedish style is ... > > https://flic.kr/p/27mFMSL > -- PDML

Re: PESO 2018 - 045 - GDG

2018-06-23 Thread Jack Davis
OUCH!!! J Sent from my iPhone > On Jun 23, 2018, at 12:17 AM, Alan C wrote: > > I'd hate to sit on one of those. > > Alan C > > >> On 23-Jun-18 03:15 AM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: >> I'm always impressed when I buy new furniture from IKEA at how compact, >> rational, and utilitarian the

Re: PESO 2018 - 045 - GDG

2018-06-23 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
That could be painful and even dangerous. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Fri, Jun 22, 2018 at 9:15 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: > I'm always impressed when I buy new furniture from IKEA at how compact, > rational, and utilitarian the Swedish style is ... > >

Re: PESO 2018 - 045 - GDG

2018-06-23 Thread Mark Roberts
Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: >I'm always impressed when I buy new furniture from IKEA at how compact, >rational, and utilitarian the Swedish style is ... > > https://flic.kr/p/27mFMSL You trying to tell us you've lost some weight? ;-) -- Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia

Ibis?

2018-06-23 Thread Jack Davis
I'm having a discussion with my pro friend as to what these birds are. Their beaks look far too heavy for them to belong to any Ibis I've seen, yet he insists. I just can't match them to the narrow, dark, sweeping Ibis beak. Would like your opinion please. Thanks! C? J

Re: Birds in Northern California (so far)

2018-06-23 Thread ann sanfedele
MARK!* On 6/23/2018 3:12 AM, Alan C wrote: I was curious so I looked at the proof set. There are quite a few good shots there, especially the humming birds (which I'm never likely to see) & the woodpeckers. Happy processing. *** Bird photography isn't as easy as some people think. ***

Re: PDML Annual

2018-06-23 Thread Jack Davis
Congratulations, Doug! J Sent from my iPhone > On Jun 23, 2018, at 7:10 AM, Doug Brewer wrote: > > Thank you, Rick. > > In other news, I don't know if you remember her, but my niece April just > graduated from her fellowship at M. D. Anderson and is now a pediatric >

Re: Ibis?

2018-06-23 Thread mike wilson
I can't think of another bird that has a curved beak and flies with its neck outstretched like that. The beaks do look a bit heavy but that might be an artefact of the image. Whitefaces seem to have heavier beaks than other species. > On 23 June 2018 at 14:55 Jack Davis wrote: > > > > >

Re: Ibis?

2018-06-23 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
They look like ibis to me Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Sat, Jun 23, 2018 at 9:55 AM, Jack Davis wrote: > > > I'm having a discussion with my pro friend as to what these birds are. > Their beaks look far too heavy for > > them to belong to any Ibis I've seen,

Re: Birds in Northern California (so far)

2018-06-23 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
Nice collection with many interesting birds. I really enjoyed it. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Fri, Jun 22, 2018 at 2:14 PM, Larry Colen wrote: > I'm on a trip to Oregon to deal with parental issues. On my way up I went > to a tango event in McCloud (Mt

Re: PESO 2018 - 045 - GDG

2018-06-23 Thread Paul Sorenson
Ha!! -p On 6/22/2018 8:15 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: I'm always impressed when I buy new furniture from IKEA at how compact, rational, and utilitarian the Swedish style is ... https://flic.kr/p/27mFMSL :D enjoy! G — A bigger hammer has a limit. -- Paul Sorenson Studio1941 Sooner

Re: Ibis?

2018-06-23 Thread ann sanfedele
Ibis in the morning? hehe  -  I can't tell ann On 6/23/2018 10:00 AM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: They look like ibis to me Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Sat, Jun 23, 2018 at 9:55 AM, Jack Davis wrote: I'm having a discussion with my pro friend as to what

Re: Ibis?

2018-06-23 Thread Jack Davis
I've always admired your honesty, Ann. Especially when we agree. HA! Thanks! J Sent from my iPhone > On Jun 23, 2018, at 7:56 AM, ann sanfedele wrote: > > Ibis in the morning? hehe - I can't tell > ann > >> On 6/23/2018 10:00 AM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: >> They look like ibis to me >> >>

Re: Ibis?

2018-06-23 Thread Alan C
Yeah, it seems to be the sun reflecting off the beak which gives that impression. They certainly look like Ibises otherwise. Alan C On 23-Jun-18 04:32 PM, mike wilson wrote: I can't think of another bird that has a curved beak and flies with its neck outstretched like that. The beaks do

Re: PESO 2018 - 045 - GDG

2018-06-23 Thread Bulent Celasun
Painfully funny : )) Bulent - http://patoloji.gen.tr http://celasun.wordpress.com/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/bc_the_path/ http://photo.net/photodb/user?user_id=2226822 http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/artists/bulentcelasun

Re: Shasta at night, rough cuts

2018-06-23 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
Simply Awesome! Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Fri, Jun 22, 2018 at 4:05 PM, Larry Colen wrote: > Friday night we had a nice clear view of Mt Shasta from up the road from > where we were staying. I'll need to do final polish on these when I get > home, but I

Re: Birds in Northern California (so far)

2018-06-23 Thread ann sanfedele
Thanking your friend... as I was uncertain about _which- hummer (anna or Costas).. and while I recognized kingbird I forgot his name.  Flicker and Mourning doveswallows, house Finch and house sparrow (which we call English sparrow too) and Brewers blackbird.. all very familiar birds tome.  But

Re: PDML Annual

2018-06-23 Thread Doug Brewer
Thank you, Rick. In other news, I don't know if you remember her, but my niece April just graduated from her fellowship at M. D. Anderson and is now a pediatric hematologist-oncologist. On 6/22/18 9:09 PM, Rick Womer wrote: Permit me to second Ken. I’ve only been to of the Grandfather Mtn

OT Geso Newfoundland trip

2018-06-23 Thread David J Brooks
http://www.caughtinmotion.com/2018-nfld1/album/index.html# I'm back from a trip to our east coast specifically the west coast of Newfoundland. I have this small gallery of telephoto shots using the Nikon D7200 and 70-200 f2.8. I took about 200 using this camera and about 800 using the K-5. I'm

Re: OT: Finally some GOOD news from the internet

2018-06-23 Thread John Sessoms
One of the questions that is hard to answer is "How much coffee is a cup?" I think it's loosely based on the French "Tasse à café". Looking it up on-line, I found a claim that the "standard" was 5fl oz of liquid in a 6fl oz cup leaving 1 fl oz of head-room to allow the customer to add cream &

Re: OT Geso Newfoundland trip

2018-06-23 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
That is an engaging and evocative gallery. I especially enjoy 232, 272 and 374. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Sat, Jun 23, 2018 at 11:55 AM, David J Brooks wrote: > http://www.caughtinmotion.com/2018-nfld1/album/index.html# > > I'm back from a trip to our

Re: OT: Finally some GOOD news from the internet

2018-06-23 Thread mike wilson
That's fluid ounces. And American ones are smaller than Imperial ones. So we still don't know. > On 23 June 2018 at 20:39 ann sanfedele wrote: > > > > properly, 1 cup = 8 oz , 2 cups = one pint, 4 cups = 1 quart... > > guess you guys don't bake much :-) > > ann > > > > On 6/23/2018

Re: PDML Annual

2018-06-23 Thread Doug Brewer
Thanks, Jack, though I had little to do with it other than offering cheers from the sidelines. On 6/23/18 10:17 AM, Jack Davis wrote: Congratulations, Doug! J Sent from my iPhone On Jun 23, 2018, at 7:10 AM, Doug Brewer wrote: Thank you, Rick. In other news, I don't know if you remember

Re: OT: Finally some GOOD news from the internet

2018-06-23 Thread ann sanfedele
p.s.  one does use liquids when baking  - but I should have said "cook" much . Interestingly - or not, one uses the same vessels measuring solids and liquids following recipes. ann On 6/23/2018 4:48 PM, mike wilson wrote: That's fluid ounces. And American ones are smaller than Imperial

Re: Ibis?

2018-06-23 Thread Jack Davis
Thanks, Alan! I pretty much feel the same explanation is the answer. J Sent from my iPhone > On Jun 23, 2018, at 9:41 AM, Alan C wrote: > > Yeah, it seems to be the sun reflecting off the beak which gives that > impression. They certainly look like Ibises otherwise. > > Alan C > > >> On

Re: PESO 2018 - 045 - GDG

2018-06-23 Thread John
That made me laugh. On 6/22/2018 21:15, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: I'm always impressed when I buy new furniture from IKEA at how compact, rational, and utilitarian the Swedish style is ... https://flic.kr/p/27mFMSL :D enjoy! G — A bigger hammer has a limit. -- Science - Questions we may

Re: OT Geso Newfoundland trip

2018-06-23 Thread Paul Sorenson
Great gallery.  Looks like you made it to L'Anse aux Meadows. On1 RAW 2018 is pretty good post-processing software; especially once one gets over trying to compare it to LightRoom.  If you're not using the trial version, the upgrade to the latest 2018.5 iteration offers some decent

Re: OT: Finally some GOOD news from the internet

2018-06-23 Thread ann sanfedele
properly, 1 cup = 8 oz , 2 cups = one pint, 4 cups = 1 quart... guess you guys don't bake much :-) ann On 6/23/2018 1:30 PM, John Sessoms wrote: One of the questions that is hard to answer is "How much coffee is a cup?" I think it's loosely based on the French "Tasse à café". Looking it

Re: OT: Finally some GOOD news from the internet

2018-06-23 Thread ann sanfedele
On 6/23/2018 4:48 PM, mike wilson wrote: That's fluid ounces. Yes - Coffee is fluid when you drink it , I believe :-) And American ones are smaller than Imperial ones. So we still don't know.   I actually did not know that a liquid ounce was different on one side of the pond or the

GESO: back on the road again

2018-06-23 Thread Stan Halpin
We are on a short cruise to Bermuda & New England Coast. These are six images from Bermuda, pretty much out-of-the-camera unprocessed jpegs, some cropping though. I was muttering recently about no Pentax 1.4x extender for the K-1, Paul told me (in not quite these words) to suck it up and use

Re: GESO: back on the road again

2018-06-23 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
Very nice Stan. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Sat, Jun 23, 2018 at 5:10 PM, Stan Halpin wrote: > We are on a short cruise to Bermuda & New England Coast. These are six > images from Bermuda, pretty much out-of-the-camera unprocessed jpegs, some > cropping

Re: OT: Finally some GOOD news from the internet

2018-06-23 Thread David Mann
On Jun 24, 2018, at 7:39 AM, ann sanfedele wrote: > properly, 1 cup = 8 oz , 2 cups = one pint, 4 cups = 1 quart... > > guess you guys don't bake much :-) We have to be careful if we make any Australian recipes as their tablespoon is 20ml while ours is 15ml. And 1 cup is 250ml ;) Cheers,

Re: Shasta at night, rough cuts

2018-06-23 Thread Subash Jeyan
very nice. i bought a samyang 14/2.8 to precisely try out something like this on my trek to roopkund in the himalayas last year, only to find out the nights all clouded over On Fri, 22 Jun 2018 13:05:35 -0700 Larry Colen wrote: > Friday night we had a nice clear view of Mt Shasta from up

Re: GESO: back on the road again

2018-06-23 Thread Darren Addy
I especially like the door knocker. I’m a sucker for interesting textures. On Sat, Jun 23, 2018 at 4:11 PM Stan Halpin wrote: > We are on a short cruise to Bermuda & New England Coast. These are six > images from Bermuda, pretty much out-of-the-camera unprocessed jpegs, some > cropping though.

Re: GESO: back on the road again

2018-06-23 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
I imagine there are lots of fans of knockers on this list. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Sat, Jun 23, 2018 at 8:24 PM, Darren Addy wrote: > I especially like the door knocker. I’m a sucker for interesting textures. > > On Sat, Jun 23, 2018 at 4:11 PM Stan