Re: PESO - SNOW!

2023-02-28 Thread Ralf R Radermacher
Am 28.02.23 um 03:37 schrieb ann sanfedele: at last... from my window at :9:00 PM ET Really beautiful. It's colder again, over here, but dry. The last real snow was years ago. Ralf -- Ralf R. Radermacher - Köln/Cologne, Germany Blog : http://the-real-fotoralf.blogspot.com Audio :

Re: PESO - SNOW!

2023-02-28 Thread ann sanfedele
Thanks Ralf, Dan and Bob - it didn't last long :-( I'm headed out shortly - may bring tiny Canon with me but my destination is my doc for a basic check up. ann On 2/28/2023 3:52 AM, Ralf R Radermacher wrote: Am 28.02.23 um 03:37 schrieb ann sanfedele: at last... from my window at :9:00 PM

OT malwarebytes

2023-02-28 Thread David J Brooks
I follow a Mac site on FB and often when someone has an issue they suggest running the free malwarebytes program. Does anyone have any thoughts on this program or use it. I'm running an 11 year old machine on OS10.11.6 and can't upgrade the OS anymore nor can I upgrade my FF browser, nor Safari,

Re: PESO - SNOW!

2023-02-28 Thread Bob W PDML
Break a leg! > On 28 Feb 2023, at 13:42, ann sanfedele wrote: > > Thanks Ralf, Dan and Bob - it didn't last long :-( > I'm headed out shortly - may bring tiny Canon with me but my destination is > my doc for a basic check up. > > ann > >> On 2/28/2023 3:52 AM, Ralf R Radermacher wrote: >>>

Re: PESO 2023 - 051a diptych - GDG

2023-02-28 Thread Rick Womer
I really like the juxtaposition here. The pair is much greater than the sum of its parts. Rick > On Feb 25, 2023, at 11:50 AM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: > > I agree with Ralf. The lighting and shadows on the first show are quite > effective. > > Dan Matyola >

Re: PESO - SNOW!

2023-02-28 Thread Rick Womer
As others have said, this is a great shot! The facades across the street are an unusual and very effective background. Did you use flash? Way down south here in Philly, we had a small enough number of snowflakes that one could have counted them. Rick > On Feb 27, 2023, at 9:37 PM, ann

Re: OT malwarebytes

2023-02-28 Thread Rick Womer
I have been using Malwarebytes on my photo computer for years. It has not caused any problems, but also has not detected anything, even though I have it set to scan my system daily. Rick > On Feb 28, 2023, at 11:57 AM, David J Brooks wrote: > > I follow a Mac site on FB and often when

Re: PESO - SNOW!

2023-02-28 Thread ann sanfedele
Bob, Hey, I said I was going to the doc not to the stage door  .. fortunately I did not break anything :-) ann On 2/28/2023 11:39 AM, Bob W PDML wrote: Break a leg! On 28 Feb 2023, at 13:42, ann sanfedele wrote: Thanks Ralf, Dan and Bob - it didn't last long :-( I'm headed out shortly -

Re: PESO - SNOW!

2023-02-28 Thread Bob W PDML
You’re not trying hard enough - I broke my collar bone last week! > On 28 Feb 2023, at 19:22, ann sanfedele wrote: > > Bob, Hey, I said I was going to the doc not to the stage door .. > fortunately I did not break anything :-) > > ann > >> On 2/28/2023 11:39 AM, Bob W PDML wrote: >> Break

Re: OT malwarebytes

2023-02-28 Thread Bill
I've been using Malwarebytes for years, both on my computer and my phone. It's caught a few things before they slip through. What I like about it as an anti-virus is it looks for virus like activity, so it isn't necessarily playing the whack a mole game that a lot of them play. Bill On Tue.,

Re: OT malwarebytes

2023-02-28 Thread David J Brooks
Thanks Rick, for my own piece of mind I want to download the free trial and run a scan, as I say I have older is and browsers so security may not be up to snuff Dave On Tue, Feb 28, 2023 at 12:23 PM Rick Womer wrote: > I have been using Malwarebytes on my photo computer for years. It has not >

Re: PESO - SNOW!

2023-02-28 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
OUCH! Hope you are doing better. Dan Matyola *https://tinyurl.com/DJM-Pentax-Gallery * On Tue, Feb 28, 2023 at 2:33 PM Bob W PDML wrote: > You’re not trying hard enough - I broke my collar bone last week! > > > On 28 Feb 2023, at 19:22, ann sanfedele

PESO - Gas Leak

2023-02-28 Thread Rick Womer
A couple of blocks away. It seemed colorful. https://rickwomer.smugmug.com/2023/February-2023/Feb-miscellany/i-DWgTb2c/A Comments always appreciated. Rick -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the

PESO - Flowers' Shadow

2023-02-28 Thread Rick Womer
Sunlight came through our living room window at just the right time. https://rickwomer.smugmug.com/2023/February-2023/Feb-miscellany/i-F8Mft6Q/A (K-5, DA 17-70) Comments always appreciated. Rick -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to

Re: PESO - SNOW!

2023-02-28 Thread ann sanfedele
thanks Rick..   yes, used flash .. which is not the norm for me but it is the only way to see them when shooting at night. sorry you Phillians were deprived.  and here, it's all gone in my neighborhood now too :-( ann On 2/28/2023 11:42 AM, Rick Womer wrote: As others have said, this is

Re: PESO - SNOW!

2023-02-28 Thread ann sanfedele
Yikes!  oh dear, that's really painful  .  sorry! a On 2/28/2023 2:33 PM, Bob W PDML wrote: You’re not trying hard enough - I broke my collar bone last week! On 28 Feb 2023, at 19:22, ann sanfedele wrote: Bob, Hey, I said I was going to the doc not to the stage door .. fortunately I

Re: PESO - SNOW!

2023-02-28 Thread Bill
If you look at it long enough, you might start seeing patterns in the sin the snow. For example, I just found the Big Dipper. I find it to be quite a mesmerizing image. bill On 2/28/2023 1:33 AM, Bob W PDML wrote: That’s a lovely shot On 28 Feb 2023, at 02:37, ann sanfedele wrote: at

Re: PESO - Flowers' Shadow

2023-02-28 Thread Rick Womer
Thanks, Bill. The odd thing is that I did a series of adjustments to the dng file, increasing contrast and saturation and brightening the flowers. When I converted the dngs to jpgs, the changes were there but subtle. Usually the jpg is much closer to the final dng. Methinks I will try

Re: PESO - SNOW!

2023-02-28 Thread ann sanfedele
don't stare at it too long or you will change into a flake! .. oh wait.. So glad you like it, Wheatfield  but now youve given me an eyeworm ann On 2/28/2023 5:28 PM, Bill wrote: If you look at it long enough, you might start seeing patterns in the sin the snow. For example, I just found the

Re: PESO - Flowers' Shadow

2023-02-28 Thread ann sanfedele
yes it did.. :-)  I think you could lighten the whole thing up a bit though.. peaked at the next photo.. same thing going on on my street.. that is it looks like sink hole or water pipe problem.. ann On 2/28/2023 3:50 PM, Rick Womer wrote: Sunlight came through our living room window at

Re: PESO - Flowers' Shadow

2023-02-28 Thread Bill
Depending on the colour space you edit in, converting to sRGB can kill things like highlights and especially reds, which have a tiny little gamut in sRGB. bill On 2/28/2023 5:19 PM, Rick Womer wrote: Thanks, Bill. The odd thing is that I did a series of adjustments to the dng file,

Re: PESO - Flowers' Shadow

2023-02-28 Thread Bill
On 2/28/2023 2:50 PM, Rick Womer wrote: Sunlight came through our living room window at just the right time. https://rickwomer.smugmug.com/2023/February-2023/Feb-miscellany/i-F8Mft6Q/A (K-5, DA 17-70) Comments always appreciated. That is really quite pretty. If I could make a suggestion, go

Re: PESO - Flowers' Shadow

2023-02-28 Thread Rick Womer
Bill, I shoot DNGs with Adobe RGB color space. Adobe is using ProPhoto RGB. Rick > On Feb 28, 2023, at 6:47 PM, Bill wrote: > > Depending on the colour space you edit in, converting to sRGB can kill things > like highlights and especially reds, which have a tiny little gamut in sRGB. > >

Re: PESO - Flowers' Shadow

2023-02-28 Thread Bill
On 2/28/2023 6:46 PM, Rick Womer wrote: Bill, I shoot DNGs with Adobe RGB color space. Adobe is using ProPhoto RGB. Rick That's pretty much what I do, but I set to sRGB because the raw file doesn't care, but I get one more letter for filename customization. ProPhoto is the widest gamut

Re: Ricoh may have been reading our emails

2023-02-28 Thread Larry Colen
> On Feb 27, 2023, at 3:52 PM, Larry Colen wrote: > > I just received the email about the trade-in offer: > ttps://us.ricoh-imaging.com/trade-in-program/ > > I will note that it doesn’t say that the DSLR has to be working. So I could > get $250 trade-in for my broken K3-ii > towards a K-3

Re: PESO - Flowers' Shadow

2023-02-28 Thread Bill
I like that a lot better. The overall view of it is happier, Ann's comment about lightening it a bit was a good one, and now the red flower has more presence. I like that the white flower is brighter as well. I like this presentation. thanks bill On 2/28/2023 8:38 PM, Rick Womer wrote:

Re: PESO - Flowers' Shadow

2023-02-28 Thread Rick Womer
Bill, this is the best I could do; it -is- an improvement methinks: https://rickwomer.smugmug.com/2023/February-2023/Feb-miscellany/i-wwVgf5Z/A Cheers, Rick > On Feb 28, 2023, at 8:06 PM, Bill wrote: > > On 2/28/2023 6:46 PM, Rick Womer wrote: >> Bill, I shoot DNGs with Adobe RGB color

Re: PESO - Flowers' Shadow

2023-02-28 Thread Larry Colen
I agree that it is indeed better. > On Feb 28, 2023, at 6:38 PM, Rick Womer wrote: > > Bill, this is the best I could do; it -is- an improvement methinks: > > https://rickwomer.smugmug.com/2023/February-2023/Feb-miscellany/i-wwVgf5Z/A > > Cheers, > > Rick > >> On Feb 28, 2023, at 8:06 PM,