Re: GESO: Pysanki

As I said, the fancy eggs were uncooked and not for eating, only for display. Dan Matyola *https://tinyurl.com/DJM-Pentax-Gallery * On Mon, Apr 5, 2021 at 3:44 PM Stanley Halpin wrote: > Very nice. > > I vaguely recall egg-coloring, but mine were more

Re: Y'a plus de saisons

There’s Le Manoir aux Quatre Saisons near Oxford > On 5 Apr 2021, at 14:48, Alan C wrote: > > Presumably there is a "Four Season's Hotel" somewhere? > > Alan C > > On 05-Apr-21 03:25 PM, Ralf R Radermacher wrote: >>> Ce qui veut dire qu’il y a davantage de saisons! >> >> Ah oui, ou comme

Re: DP initial review of K-3 III

Am 05.04.21 um 14:35 schrieb John: I have the LX & K1000 out & I need to use them to clear all of the film out of my refrigerator, but I don't currently have a local lab to process the film & I have yet to establish a relationship with an on-line lab. Just posted a photo of my lab in 2001.

Re: GESO: Pysanki

Fabergé Eggs are jewelry. They are more French than Russian, just as the emperors for whom they were created were more German and English than Russian. These are real eggs, and the decorations are a peasant craft, something that would never be found in an aristocratic household. The eggs are

Re: PESO: cormorants will rule the world

Ann, I can tell you that the cormorant was swimming very fast in a straight line to the swan and I feared what would happen next. However the swan blowed and turned around and made some movements after which the cormorant decided to disappear. So any conversation they had may not have been

Re: GESO: Pysanki

Very nice. I vaguely recall egg-coloring, but mine were more likely to look like a pattern from a tie-died shirt, not nearly as elegant as these. I did always find it strange that parents would encourage this sort of art and yet they would say “don’t play with your food…” Stan > On Apr 4,

Re: Geso, swans and stuff

Swans can propagate rapidly and overrun a pond. There is a park in our area that was famous for its pair of swans, but soon they became a large and aggressive flock that prevented childre4n from using the park. They had to remove and relocate most of them. Dan Matyola

Re: PESO - Fence Shadow

I am usually a champion of cropping. When I clicked through to your image I had already seen the others’ suggestions about maybe going more minimal by cropping some elements. I toyed with the idea of a square crop of just the foreground bricks and the main brick walkway. And also with a crop

Re: GESO: Pysanki

Fabergé Eggs Dan Matyola *https://tinyurl.com/DJM-Pentax-Gallery * On Mon, Apr 5, 2021 at 9:09 AM John wrote: > On 4/5/2021 03:28:54, Bob Pdml wrote: > > On 5 Apr 2021, at 05:17, mike wilson wrote: > >> > >>  > >>> On 05 April 2021 at 04:50 "Daniel J.

Re: And now for something different

There was something about "NFT" in the news recently. On 4/3/2021 18:14:29, ann sanfedele wrote: er. bad time for me to typo.. I meant NFT..  :-) We will soon know who has to ask what I'm talking about... Meanwhile - it is a handsome image by itself - rather Escheresque ann On 4/3/2021

Re: GESO: Pysanki

On 4/5/2021 03:28:54, Bob Pdml wrote: On 5 Apr 2021, at 05:17, mike wilson wrote:  On 05 April 2021 at 04:50 "Daniel J. Matyola" wrote: There are many ways to celebrate the Easter season. In Eastern Europe (and among Amerians of Eastern European heritage), coloring Easter eggs in

Re: PESO: cormorants will rule the world

It looks like they are just having a conversation... ann On 4/4/2021 4:16 PM, Henk Terhell wrote: Yes, the signs are there! Yesterday I saw a cormorant attacking a swan. Of course, a swan is an enemy too large to handle, so the cormorant had to change course. But nevertheless...

Re: GESO: Pysanki

my mother gave me and my friends an Easter party.. more than once.   We always decorated hard boiled eggs with vegetable coloring and an easter egg hunt around our small apartment was part of the party.  But she did more.  She made little favors at table of eggs sitting on "collars" with faces

Re: PESO Primula

Very pretty flower - ugly insect.. though useful for scale. I guess. I like the shot of the same blossom without insect -  (just before it on your page ) a lot https://www.repiuk.nl/albums/new/#=1=006-097-img5188 ann On 4/4/2021 3:02 PM, Toine wrote: Primula elatior probably.

Re: GESO: Pysanki

Great story. As young children my siblings and Ialways colored eggs. Food coloring dye, hot water and vinegar produced vibrant color. My kids and my granddaughter did the same. A nice tradition. Paul > On Apr 5, 2021, at 9:22 AM, ann sanfedele wrote: > > my mother gave me and my friends an

Re: April PUG is up

Love the variety... glad we had lots of pics .. good stuff ann On 4/4/2021 1:43 AM, Brian W wrote: G'day all Some interesting and unusual interpretations of "Still Life" - some you might not expect. Enjoy the new gallery here: http://pug.komkon.org/ (you may need to refresh your browser if

Re: Y'a plus de saisons

Presumably there is a "Four Season's Hotel" somewhere? Alan C On 05-Apr-21 03:25 PM, Ralf R Radermacher wrote: Ce qui veut dire qu’il y a davantage de saisons! Ah oui, ou comme ils disent ici, toutes les quatre en une seule journée. En avril, ne te découvre pas d'un fil... -- %(real_name)s

Re: Y'a plus de saisons

On 5 Apr 2021, at 14:25, Ralf R Radermacher wrote: > > Am 05.04.21 um 14:27 schrieb Bob Pdml: >> Ce qui veut dire qu’il y a davantage de saisons! > > Ah oui, ou comme ils disent ici, toutes les quatre en une seule journée. > En avril, ne te découvre pas d'un fil... Or, ne’er cast a clout til

Re: GESO: Pysanki

Am 05.04.21 um 15:57 schrieb Paul Stenquist: Great story. As young children my siblings and Ialways colored eggs. Food coloring dye, hot water and vinegar produced vibrant color. My kids and my granddaughter did the same. A nice tradition. We did as well. Afterwards we were at least as

Re: And now for something different

Indeed.. $63,000,000 worth. but I have to say I thought it was very beautiful ann On 4/5/2021 8:45 AM, John wrote: There was something about "NFT" in the news recently. On 4/3/2021 18:14:29, ann sanfedele wrote: er. bad time for me to typo.. I meant NFT..  :-) We will soon know who has to

Re: GESO: Pysanki

The first one looks almost like one of those Fabergé Eggs. Did you do them yourself? How long will they last after being decorated that way? On 4/4/2021 23:50:30, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: There are many ways to celebrate the Easter season. In Eastern Europe (and among Amerians of Eastern

Geso, swans and stuff

Took a quick trip to Pause Awhile EC yesterday. This is where we had our horses and my daughter did most of her riding, working and teaching so far. They have 3 pons and a boat load of water fowl mainly trumpeter swans. They wer in the breeding program but as their numbers are now good they are

Re: DP initial review of K-3 III

Stupid old me wrote: Just posted a photo of my lab in 2001. Should have incuded the link... https://www.fotocommunity.com/photo/das-labor-2001-fotoralfbe/45049685 Ralf -- Ralf R. Radermacher - Köln/Cologne, Germany Blog : http://the-real-fotoralf.blogspot.com Audio :

Re: PESO: cormorants will rule the world

Worked for me too. I wonder if it might have something to do with we're in the U.S. and Mike is not? On 4/5/2021 00:06:04, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: Interesting. The link worked for me. Dan Matyola *https://tinyurl.com/DJM-Pentax-Gallery * On Sun,

Re: And now for something different

Depends on how they stack the bundles. On 4/5/2021 08:58:36, ann sanfedele wrote: Indeed.. $63,000,000 worth. but I have to say I thought it was very beautiful ann On 4/5/2021 8:45 AM, John wrote: There was something about "NFT" in the news recently. On 4/3/2021 18:14:29, ann sanfedele

Re: PESO: cormorants will rule the world

On 5 Apr 2021, at 14:25, ann sanfedele wrote: > > It looks like they are just having a conversation... > > ann The cormorant’s making the swan an offer he can’t refuse. They always seem so reasonable at first, but have you ever noticed how cormorants always talk out of the side of their

Re: Y'a plus de saisons

Am 05.04.21 um 14:27 schrieb Bob Pdml: Ce qui veut dire qu’il y a davantage de saisons! Ah oui, ou comme ils disent ici, toutes les quatre en une seule journée. En avril, ne te découvre pas d'un fil... Ralf -- Ralf R. Radermacher - Köln/Cologne, Germany Blog :

Re: PESO: cormorants will rule the world

truly glorious :-) ann On 4/4/2021 6:35 PM, Larry Colen wrote: Elsenet today we’ve been discussing the glory hole at the head of Putah creek and I stumbled across this video of a cormorant going into the glory hole.

Re: PESO: cormorants will rule the world

Undoubtedly. Probably, as Bob said, to do with data protection. > On 05 April 2021 at 13:57 John wrote: > > > Worked for me too. I wonder if it might have something to do with we're in > the > U.S. and Mike is not? > > On 4/5/2021 00:06:04, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: > > Interesting. The

Re: And now for something different

Here is another version, without overlap between photos: https://twitter.com/juanbuhler/status/1379201237187395584 https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EyPn2IVUYAMv5BO?format=jpg=4096x4096 j -- Juan Buhler - http://www.juanbuhler.com On Sat, Apr 3, 2021 at 2:22 PM Juan Buhler wrote: > > I made a

RE: DP initial review of K-3 III

You and me both Ralf! Just working through selling or giving away the last of my mother's stuff, much of which is fetching zilch or a tenth of what my parents paid for it. Also just sold all my D kit, enough, as the buyer said, to set up a complete darkroom at his school for the kids, so I

Re: PESO: cormorants will rule the world

> On 04 April 2021 at 22:22 Bob Pdml wrote: > > > > On 4 Apr 2021, at 22:08, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: > > > > Interesting image. > > > > I know, from personal experience, that swans can be very ferocious. > > That’s why cormorants use brass knuckles. Phalacrocorax peakyblinderus > >

Re: GESO: Pysanki

On 5 Apr 2021, at 05:17, mike wilson wrote: > >  >> On 05 April 2021 at 04:50 "Daniel J. Matyola" wrote: >> >> >> There are many ways to celebrate the Easter season. In Eastern Europe (and >> among Amerians of Eastern European heritage), coloring Easter eggs in >> intricate patterns is a

Re: PESO: cormorants will rule the world

> On 04 April 2021 at 23:35 Larry Colen wrote: > > > Elsenet today we’ve been discussing the glory hole at the head of Putah creek > and I stumbled across this video of a cormorant going into the glory hole. > >

Re: PESO: cormorants will rule the world

I suspect the developers don’t understand European data protection rules and rather than try to find out they’ve just blocked it. > On 5 Apr 2021, at 05:06, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: > > Interesting. The link worked for me. > > Dan Matyola > *https://tinyurl.com/DJM-Pentax-Gallery >

Re: GESO: Pysanki

Eastern European also use onions, beets and similar natural dyes to make Easter eggs of solid colors, which are boiled and then eaten after being taken to church on Easter morning to be blessed by the priest. Pysanki are dyed raw, with strong non-edible dyes, and are not eaten, but saved for

Y'a plus de saisons

...as the French say - there are no more seasons. Last week +26 deg c, hottest for late March since records began. Now, it's a mere 5 degrees and we've just had a snow shower. Ralf -- Ralf R. Radermacher - Köln/Cologne, Germany Blog : http://the-real-fotoralf.blogspot.com Audio :

Re: Y'a plus de saisons

Ce qui veut dire qu’il y a davantage de saisons! > On 5 Apr 2021, at 13:18, Ralf R Radermacher wrote: > > ...as the French say - there are no more seasons. Last week +26 deg c, > hottest for late March since records began. Now, it's a mere 5 degrees > and we've just had a snow shower. > >

Re: DP initial review of K-3 III

K-1 & K-3; occasionally the K10D & K20D. I have the LX & K1000 out & I need to use them to clear all of the film out of my refrigerator, but I don't currently have a local lab to process the film & I have yet to establish a relationship with an on-line lab. And then of course there was the

Re: gfm npw alternate

On 4/4/21, Scott Loveless, discombobulated, unleashed: >I'd be happy to help with something in the mid-Atlantic. Dammit that's not fair - you *know* my boat won't be ready in time! -- Cheers Cotty -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an

Re: GESO: Pysanki

> On 05 April 2021 at 04:50 "Daniel J. Matyola" wrote: > > > There are many ways to celebrate the Easter season. In Eastern Europe (and > among Amerians of Eastern European heritage), coloring Easter eggs in > intricate patterns is a traditional family activity. Raw eggs > are decorated