Re: Bird Girl of Delhi

2006-07-07 Thread David Mann
On Jul 6, 2006, at 11:59 PM, Kostas Kavoussanakis wrote: Good lord, how can any competent software designer in 2006 write a web page generator that requires JavaScript simply to display images??? Are you sure they wrote it in 2006? IMO it shouldn't matter which year they wrote it in... -

Re: Bird Girl of Delhi - site comments

2006-07-07 Thread David Mann
On Jul 7, 2006, at 6:06 AM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: I'm not a fan of the vertical or horizontal scrolling thumbnail list next to individual image display concept, however. FWIW I don't mind it, as long as it's not too distracting and doesn't contain too many thumbnails. I struggled a lot

Re: Bird Girl of Delhi - site comments

2006-07-07 Thread David Mann
On Jul 7, 2006, at 7:50 AM, John Francis wrote: I guess this just goes to show that it's hard to come up with a display presentation that satisfies everybody. I think you're underestimating a bit... * It needs to look presentable, obviously. * It shouldn't distract from the photos as they are

Re: Color Cast Question

2006-07-07 Thread David Mann
On Jul 7, 2006, at 7:32 AM, Bob W wrote: It's a very interesting process - you don't even need a calibrated monitor, or a colour monitor even. Just by picking the brightest white where you want to hold detail, and the darkest black ditto, then setting them to some combination of CMYK (in the

Re: web page building software

2006-07-07 Thread Lucas Rijnders
Op Fri, 07 Jul 2006 05:34:38 +0200 schreef j [EMAIL PROTECTED]: What would be the best program for building a web page of photos to put online ? Could either be mac or pc. I know I asked this before but I had lost some emails...Ann asked me once before if I had a link to share with my photos,

Re: web page building software

2006-07-07 Thread Cotty
On 6/7/06, j, discombobulated, unleashed: What would be the best program for building a web page of photos to put online ? Could either be mac or pc. I know I asked this before but I had lost some emails...Ann asked me once before if I had a link to share with my photos, which I did not and do

Re: web page building software

2006-07-07 Thread Don Williams
I have JAlbum and to start with was satisfied. But some of the slides end up with nasty jaggies and others with noise that looks like film grain. For example I did some shop interiors with fluorescent light fitting hanging from the ceiling. The straight edges of the fittings look like

PEOW: Great Blue Heron Portrait

2006-07-07 Thread Jay Taylor
Here's a shot taken a couple months back with the *istDS with the FA*300 f4.5 stacked with the F1.7X Adapter. This combo gives me a 510mm focal length and is not too shabby provided there is some decent light. I tried some Noise Ninja reduction in the BibbleLite Raw processing, but didn't

Re: Bird Girl of Delhi - site comments

2006-07-07 Thread Kostas Kavoussanakis
On Fri, 7 Jul 2006, David Mann wrote: I decided in the end to keep the thumbnails entirely hidden until the viewer clicks a link to make them visible. I also added Next and Previous links so the gallery can be viewed in the intended order, without even looking at thumbnails (it's a pity I

Re: OT Netscape help

2006-07-07 Thread mike wilson
From: Lou Billing [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2006/07/06 Thu PM 03:11:37 GMT To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Subject: RE: Re: OT Netscape help -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of mike wilson Sent: Thursday, July 06,

RE: Color Cast Question

2006-07-07 Thread Kostas Kavoussanakis
On Thu, 6 Jul 2006, Shel Belinkoff wrote: whatsoever to those who noted a blue, green or even yellow cast. More interesting were the number of ways to eliminate the cast that others said didn't exist. I'm sure there will be more comments waiting for me when I check my mail further ;-))

Re: web page building software

2006-07-07 Thread Lucas Rijnders
Op Fri, 07 Jul 2006 09:14:17 +0200 schreef Don Williams [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Hi Don, I can't say I've noticed these problems. Most of the galleries I made with jalbum are for quickly sharing snapshots with friends and family. I can't say I've been overly critical of them. The ones I have

Re: OT Netscape help

2006-07-07 Thread mike wilson
From: Mark Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2006/07/06 Thu PM 05:30:36 GMT To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Subject: Re: OT Netscape help mike wilson wrote: snip It's almost as if an invisible firewall suddenly starts to function. Zone Alarm is uninstalled at the moment,

RE: PESO-- Lady Evelyn Falls, Northwest Territories

2006-07-07 Thread mike wilson
From: Bob W [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2006/07/06 Thu PM 08:25:11 GMT To: 'Pentax-Discuss Mail List' pdml@pdml.net Subject: RE: PESO-- Lady Evelyn Falls, Northwest Territories -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Russell Kerstetter

Re: PESO: Moon Over Bluff Mountain

2006-07-07 Thread mike wilson
From: Mark Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2006/07/06 Thu PM 08:05:26 GMT To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Subject: Re: PESO: Moon Over Bluff Mountain frank theriault wrote: On 7/1/06, Mark Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://www.robertstech.com/peso.htm Taken three

RE: web page building software

2006-07-07 Thread Henk Terhell
I don't seem to have this problem with Jalbum. Have you ticked that slides are linked to originals? And are the size limitations wider than originals? Henk -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Don Williams Sent: 07 July, 2006 9:14 AM To:

Re: The film world

2006-07-07 Thread mike wilson
From: Bruce Dayton [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2006/07/06 Thu PM 09:03:18 GMT To: pdml@pdml.net Subject: The film world I just got back from my lab picking up some wedding proofs. This is a lab that has done most of it's work with professionals - team sports, weddings, portraits, etc.

Re: Looking for Pentax 1.4X-S or 1.7X Teleconverter

2006-07-07 Thread mike wilson
From: Bryan Vyhmeister [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2006/07/07 Fri AM 05:17:27 GMT To: PDML pdml@pdml.net Subject: Looking for Pentax 1.4X-S or 1.7X Teleconverter I am now looking for a Pentax A 1.4X-S teleconverter. I would be possibly interested in a Pentax F 1.7X AF teleconverter although

Safe saving

2006-07-07 Thread David Mann
A note of caution when saving your files in Photoshop... be careful if you use the save as a copy option when you're used to just saving your file under a different name. Yesterday I saved a file after preparing it for printing, and I'd used save as a copy to save it to another location.

Re: web page building software

2006-07-07 Thread Don Williams
That sounds like a good idea. I make the galleries directly from TIFFs from the RSE converted directory. The galleries are not an end, but merely serve to show progress, or something I'm busy with, to other microscopy people. I haven't noticed either of the problems with photomicrographs. Don

Re: Grace on the Fourth of July

2006-07-07 Thread Paul Stenquist
Thanks Marnie. On Jul 6, 2006, at 11:16 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In a message dated 7/4/2006 8:28:52 PM Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: These days I spend much of my time with my granddaughter Grace. She calls me papa. When I walk in the door she says, go by by papa. That

Re: Color Cast Question

2006-07-07 Thread Paul Stenquist
I think your getting a variety of responses because the color cast of the shot is fairly close to what one might call neutral. As Godfrey demonstrated scientifically, there's a bit of blue in the whites, but the overall look is certainly within the range of acceptable color. So the aesthetic

Re: web page building software

2006-07-07 Thread Mark Roberts
j wrote: What would be the best program for building a web page of photos to put online ? Could either be mac or pc. I know I asked this before but I had lost some emails...Ann asked me once before if I had a link to share with my photos, which I did not and do not at this time. I think it is

RE: PEOW: Great Blue Heron Portrait

2006-07-07 Thread Shel Belinkoff
Hello, Jay ... I almost stopped the download of your file, but I was into it quite a bit and decided to wait until it loaded completely. There's no reason or need to post an 825K file fore a web image. Many viewers are on slow, dial-up connections, and the wait to see a file of so great a size

RE: PEOW: Great Blue Heron Portrait

2006-07-07 Thread Don Sanderson
I agree that the photo would have greater impact if the DOF was a bit deeper, however I like it very much as is. This only took me a few seconds to dowload and I really like to see this quality of photo posted. Might I suggest posting two versions, one for those with slower connections. You would

Re: web page building software

2006-07-07 Thread Paul Sorenson
Porta Web Album Generator - easy to use interface, works fast, freeware, generates album in javascript http://www.stegmann.dk/mikkel/porta/ BreezeBrowser - downloadable trial version, costs about 90USD, lots of other features, image management, batch file renaming, IPTC editing, album

PESO - Watching the city below

2006-07-07 Thread Boris Liberman
Hi! I've got great back log of things to do, including some few hundred messages from the list :-(. http://not.contaxg.com/document.php?id=14278 I would specifically ask you to let me know what do you think of the tones here. And of course brutal and honest comments are to be appreciated

GESO: Austin, TX, July 4th weekend

2006-07-07 Thread Amita Guha
As you guys know, Nate and I went to Austin last weekend. Sadly, we didn't get to meet Gonz, but we did spend a very pleasant couple of hours with John Munro and his wife over breakfast. They are great people and we really enjoyed spending time with them. As a bonus, I got to test drive the Sigma

Re: GESO: Austin, TX, July 4th weekend

2006-07-07 Thread Cotty
On 7/7/06, Amita Guha, discombobulated, unleashed: As you guys know, Nate and I went to Austin last weekend. Sadly, we didn't get to meet Gonz, but we did spend a very pleasant couple of hours with John Munro and his wife over breakfast. They are great people and we really enjoyed spending time

Re: GESO: Austin, TX, July 4th weekend

2006-07-07 Thread mike wilson
From: Amita Guha [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2006/07/07 Fri PM 12:44:58 GMT To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Subject: GESO: Austin, TX, July 4th weekend As you guys know, Nate and I went to Austin last weekend. Sadly, we didn't get to meet Gonz, but we did spend a very pleasant

Re: PESO - Watching the city below

2006-07-07 Thread pnstenquist
A striking image. Made me sit up and take notice. I like the balance between the interior and exterior exposures. You could burn in the mid tones and shadows on the exterior portions, but I like it as presented. The overexposed outdoors and underexposed indoors provide an interesting

Re: PESO - Watching the city below

2006-07-07 Thread Jack Davis
Boris, Obviously this try of shot needs balance. I feel it would benefit from the symmetry that would be gained by a slight crop of the left side. Jack --- Boris Liberman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi! I've got great back log of things to do, including some few hundred messages from the

Re: Safe saving

2006-07-07 Thread Patrick Genovese
You may still be able to recover it. Try looking for a deleted file with the original file name. Many apps don't actually overwrite the file when you save instead what they do is they write a new file to a temp filename, and when the temp file is completely written, delete the original file and

Re: GESO: Austin, TX, July 4th weekend

2006-07-07 Thread Kostas Kavoussanakis
On Fri, 7 Jul 2006, Cotty wrote: On 7/7/06, Amita Guha, discombobulated, unleashed: Anyway, here is my gallery from last weekend, primarily featuring Austin's bat colony, with some flowers and other things thrown in for fun. http://sunny16.smugmug.com/gallery/1639468 Thanks for sharing

Re: PESO - Watching the city below

2006-07-07 Thread frank theriault
On 7/7/06, Boris Liberman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi! I've got great back log of things to do, including some few hundred messages from the list :-(. http://not.contaxg.com/document.php?id=14278 I would specifically ask you to let me know what do you think of the tones here. And of

Re: web page building software

2006-07-07 Thread Ann Sanfedele
j wrote: What would be the best program for building a web page of photos to put online ? Could either be mac or pc. I know I asked this before but I had lost some emails...Ann asked me once before if I had a link to share with my photos, which I did not and do not at this time. I think it

RE: OT Netscape help

2006-07-07 Thread Lou Billing
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of mike wilson Sent: Friday, July 07, 2006 4:13 AM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: OT Netscape help This has happened occasionally with my DSL service, and usually indicates that the modem

Re: web page building software

2006-07-07 Thread Scott Loveless
On 7/6/06, j [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What would be the best program for building a web page of photos to put online ? Could either be mac or pc. I know I asked this before but I had lost some emails...Ann asked me once before if I had a link to share with my photos, which I did not and do

Re: PESO - Watching the city below

2006-07-07 Thread Lucas Rijnders
Op Fri, 07 Jul 2006 15:48:25 +0200 schreef Boris Liberman [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Hi! I've got great back log of things to do, including some few hundred messages from the list :-(. http://not.contaxg.com/document.php?id=14278 I would specifically ask you to let me know what do you think of

Re: PESO - Watching the city below

2006-07-07 Thread Lucas Rijnders
Op Fri, 07 Jul 2006 16:48:46 +0200 schreef frank theriault [EMAIL PROTECTED]: On 7/7/06, Lucas Rijnders [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip The photo is almost, but not exactly symmetrical in several ways, which could be corrected by cropping, or at shooting time. snip

Re: GESO: Austin, TX, July 4th weekend

2006-07-07 Thread David Savage
On 7/7/06, Kostas Kavoussanakis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Fri, 7 Jul 2006, Cotty wrote: On 7/7/06, Amita Guha, discombobulated, unleashed: Anyway, here is my gallery from last weekend, primarily featuring Austin's bat colony, with some flowers and other things thrown in for fun.

Re: PESO - Watching the city below

2006-07-07 Thread pnstenquist
I agree with Frank on this one. I think the symmetry would be too obvious a dhoice here. The photo feels more organic as presented. It's real life. I'm even going to replace the URL that Frank deleted:-) http://not.contaxg.com/document.php?id=14278 -- Original message

Re: PESO - Watching the city below

2006-07-07 Thread frank theriault
On 7/7/06, Lucas Rijnders [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip The photo is almost, but not exactly symmetrical in several ways, which could be corrected by cropping, or at shooting time. snip ** In a similar vein, Jack Davis opined: Obviously this try of shot needs balance. I

Re: PESO - Portrait

2006-07-07 Thread Ann Sanfedele
Shel Belinkoff wrote: Well, that's good, since the pic tells you enough about her that you know you'd have no interest in meeting her. LOL! I don't know what a window has to do with anything - care to elaborate? Shel Well a room without windows is like a cell to me, for one thing...

RE: PEOW: Great Blue Heron Portrait - Smaller Version Re-posted

2006-07-07 Thread Jay Taylor
Sorry, I forget that everyone is not on broadband everywhere. Here is the smaller version: http://i.pbase.com/o4/87/63987/1/63102287.xVSnM975.GBHPortraitSmall.jpg I hear you guys on the DOF, but I wonder if one can still maintain a nice background bokeh while increasing the depth of field?

Re: PESO - Watching the city below

2006-07-07 Thread frank theriault
On 7/7/06, Lucas Rijnders [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Maybe you should read my whole post... I thought I did. But apparently I did not. red face Sorry about that... g cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List

Re: GESO: Austin, TX, July 4th weekend

2006-07-07 Thread Amita Guha
On 7/7/06, Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks for sharing Amita, nice gallery. The shots of the bats against the buildings are nice, particulary No. 10 which is excellent. Well done! -- Cheers, Cotty Thanks, Cotty! -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: PESO - Watching the city below

2006-07-07 Thread Jack Davis
In my effort to justify the worth of a static routine image, I look for the reasons I might I'm distracted by I feeling of discomfort or, in this case, tension. I now understand. TEHO. LOL Jack --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I agree with Frank on this one. I think the symmetry would be too

OT: Tent camping

2006-07-07 Thread Eactivist
I plan to move in 6-8 months out of California. Probably. Most likely. Finances and all that, plus the humongous amount this condo will now sell for. CA housing prices are outrageous, but I might as well benefit from it. :-) Being a third generation Californian, this will be a wrench. And

Re: GESO -- Fireworks

2006-07-07 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
Now, that's a great shot! Dan On 7/5/06, David Savage [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: G'day Dan, My only comment/critique is that they seem to not be slightly OOF. Aside from that they look fine. I've only shot fireworks once out of the 5 frames I took 1 was halfway decent:

Re: GESO: Austin, TX, July 4th weekend

2006-07-07 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
#s 1, 7, 10 are great! I'd love to see #10 rendered in BW with a bit more drama too. #2 is a sad commentary. Godfrey On Jul 7, 2006, at 5:44 AM, Amita Guha wrote: http://sunny16.smugmug.com/gallery/1639468 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: Safe saving

2006-07-07 Thread John Francis
On Fri, Jul 07, 2006 at 09:20:31PM +1200, David Mann wrote: Now excuse me while I reminisce about the versioning filesystem of VMS... One or other of the Smart Undelete utilities is your friend. Even now, after the fact, you may be lucky enough to be able to recover the deleted file, but

RE: PESO - Watching the city below

2006-07-07 Thread Shel Belinkoff
Very nice, Boris! Shel [Original Message] From: Boris Liberman I've got great back log of things to do, including some few hundred messages from the list :-(. http://not.contaxg.com/document.php?id=14278 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: PESO - Watching the city below

2006-07-07 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
1) It's an excellent photograph. 2) While there are other ways to push the tonality around, overall I think you hit a good balance. It's a high-detail shot that would work better rendered to a large print, at which point the tonalities you go for in areas that are too small to see clearly

Re: PESO Football

2006-07-07 Thread frank theriault
On 7/1/06, mike wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: A game of one half. http://www.fotocommunity.com/pc/pc/cat/3341/display/6051533 That's not football, it's soccer. cheers, frank (who actually thinks the photo's hilarious) -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson --

Re: Otter Pic

2006-07-07 Thread Boris Liberman
Hi! From the GFM weekend. http://www.caughtinmotion.com/paw/otter1.jpg No sharpening done, but to me looks way over sharpened for some reason. Nikon D200, 70-200 F2.8 VR, 1.7 Tele Dave, I see no over-sharpness on my screen... *shrug* Boris -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List

Re: Safe saving

2006-07-07 Thread Lucas Rijnders
On Fri, 07 Jul 2006 18:23:26 +0200, John Francis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Fri, Jul 07, 2006 at 09:20:31PM +1200, David Mann wrote: Now excuse me while I reminisce about the versioning filesystem of VMS... One or other of the Smart Undelete utilities is your friend. Even now, after the

Re: PESO - Portrait

2006-07-07 Thread Shel Belinkoff
The light in the room is natural light ... Lately I feel that I'm not much of a photographer. I've not come up with a single photo in several months that I really like or would want to print large and hang on a wall. Shel [Original Message] From: Ann Sanfedele Well a room without

Re: Two pics

2006-07-07 Thread Boris Liberman
Hi! Cotty wrote: On 30/6/06, Vic MacBournie, discombobulated, unleashed: Here are two very different images. The fox was taken a few years ago with an LX and my 200 f2.5 scanned to digital. The grass was taken this week with the istD and the Kiron 105 2.5 macro. Interesting to see what

Re: Gotta show someone

2006-07-07 Thread Boris Liberman
Hi! All, Shot this a year ago last spring and only the pilot and the Duster Service owner have seen it. The pilot (you can see the bill of his cap) bought an 8x12. A tragic aside; a week or so after this shot, the owner was killed when his helicopter broke in two while dusting. LX with

Re: July PUG is open

2006-07-07 Thread Boris Liberman
Hi! * Boris Liberman: Common Language. BW makes it a bit more mysterious. I think Mike's got it. I am *afraid* you're *right* ;-). Boris -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Re: Irreverent review of PUG

2006-07-07 Thread Boris Liberman
Hi! Feeling a little giddy before a long planned vacation, I took a quick tour thru this months PUG. With no malice intended the following are my initial thoughts, not necessarily photographic. ... Common language - A great French kisser ... Enjoyed them all! Kenneth Waller

Re: July PUG is open

2006-07-07 Thread Boris Liberman
Hi! AvK wrote: Hi folks, The July PUG is open. It can be viewed at http://pug.komkon.org Have fun. Best Adelheid Once more, grateful thanks, Pugmeisterin 8-) Ditto!!! As to guesses: Boris: Giraffe's tongue You knew!!! You knew!!! ;-) Boris -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail

Re: Newsworthy Photo - Burst Fire Hydrant

2006-07-07 Thread Boris Liberman
Hi! I came across a burst fire hydrant a couple of hours ago - a car ran into it and the driver sped off before I got there - and I took a bunch of pics of the scene. A little while ago I e-mailed four pics to the local fish wrap. Of course, I don't know if they'll be used - you can never

Re: Bird Girl of Delhi

2006-07-07 Thread Boris Liberman
Hi! I won Best of Show ( monochrome prints) at the Marin County Fair Photography Exhibit. 800 pics were submitted, 200 were exhibited. She can be seen at http://www.wvlphotography.com/children/index.html Thanks, Bill Lawlor Congratulations... Your shot *definitely* deserves the praise it

Re: OT: Why do you take pictures?

2006-07-07 Thread Boris Liberman
Hi! Jens Bladt wrote: While doing panoramas earlier today - at the beach - a young woman asked me: Why do you take pictures? Out of nowhere, I came upp with this (rather arrogant) answer: Because I'm a photographer. I expected her to give me problems or to follow up on the question - but

Re: Color Cast Question

2006-07-07 Thread Boris Liberman
Hi! Does this pic have a bluish cast to it? http://home.earthlink.net/~morepix/sunrabrunch.html The highlights are slightly bluish-cyanish on my screen. Although it is not really a cast of all the picture, just some elements of it. Boris -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: Grace on the Fourth of July

2006-07-07 Thread Boris Liberman
Hi! These days I spend much of my time with my granddaughter Grace. She calls me papa. When I walk in the door she says, go by by papa. That means she wants to go out in the garden with me. We throw a ball and a frisbee. We water the flowers ad fill the bird feeder. She looks at me, and

Re: OT: Tent camping

2006-07-07 Thread Ann Sanfedele
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I plan to move in 6-8 months out of California. Probably. Most likely. Finances and all that, plus the humongous amount this condo will now sell for. CA housing prices are outrageous, but I might as well benefit from it. :-) Being a third generation Californian,

PESO - Brothers

2006-07-07 Thread Shel Belinkoff
http://home.earthlink.net/~morepix/brothers.html DS w/K24/2.8 Shel -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Re: PESO - Climbing to the Top

2006-07-07 Thread Boris Liberman
Hi! Hello pdml, Pentax *istD, A 70-210/4, Handheld ISO 200, 1/500 sec @ f/6.7 http://www.daytonphoto.com/PAW/bkd_3175.htm Comments welcome If there were a way to post a picture without attaching an author's name to it, you wouldn't be able to hide for long. You have the S T Y L E,

Re: Newsworthy Photo - Burst Fire Hydrant

2006-07-07 Thread Shel Belinkoff
Hi Boris ... It's fascinating that you're familiar with the term fish wrap. When I was a youngster, fish were often sold wrapped in newspaper. That's not been the case for decades, at least around here. Everything's been so sanitized. The term goes back to long before you were even a glimmer

Re: GESO: Austin, TX, July 4th weekend

2006-07-07 Thread Gonz
Nice pics! You captured the bats quite well, I really like 10 11. Sorry I missed you guys, I had my own weekend away in Houston, I'll see if I can dig up some good pics from the bunch I took. rg Amita Guha wrote: As you guys know, Nate and I went to Austin last weekend. Sadly, we didn't

Re: Gotta show someone

2006-07-07 Thread Jack Davis
Thanks, Boris. I realize I could have cropped the right side a slight amount to make it more symmetrical. ;-] Jack --- Boris Liberman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi! All, Shot this a year ago last spring and only the pilot and the Duster Service owner have seen it. The pilot (you can see

Re: PESO: Breakfast in the Rain.

2006-07-07 Thread Boris Liberman
Hi! Taken a few hours ago, a rather dark, drizzly, morning. http://www.dsanderson.com/Breakfast.htm A very slight increase to contrast and a bit of USM. A little of the left and bottom cropped out. Don, it looks like a painting... Very well done! Boris -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List

Re: PESO: A strong one (maybe)

2006-07-07 Thread Boris Liberman
Hi! Last night, while walking among the shining colorful shop windows of Milano Marittima and its summer night life, I've been hit by this view http://www.dariobonazza.com/misc/misc14i.htm Uncropped. Comments welcome, Dario, I think (in my mind and heart) that proper term to describe

Re: PESO - Cave stuff

2006-07-07 Thread Boris Liberman
Hi! Taken in Black Chasm Caverns - some ribbonlike stalactite formation. Pentax *istD, FA 50/1.4, Handheld ISO 3200, 1/45 sec @ f/5.6 http://www.daytonphoto.com/PAW/blackchasm_0065a.htm Bruce, I have one very minor point to make. The left most element of the formation touches the

Re: PESO - The Race

2006-07-07 Thread Boris Liberman
Hi! Hello pdml, Pentax *istD, Sigma 100-300/4 EX @ 180mm, Monopod ISO 200, 1/500 sec @ f/5.6 http://www.daytonphoto.com/PAW/nationals_0176.htm Comments welcome Bruce, this one made both me and Julia chuckle ever so lightly... Well done! Boris -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List

Re: PESO: Tree Swallows

2006-07-07 Thread Boris Liberman
Hi! Here is another simple gallery on Picasa. It shows some of my first pictures last year from the *Ds. These were taken as jpegs in June, 2005. I smile at the discussions about speeds and buffer sizes. I had no problems capturing these birds in flight.

Re: PESO: Dressing for bicycle racing

2006-07-07 Thread Boris Liberman
Hi! One thing I like about bicycle races is the way people dress. Pentax *ist D, SMC FA* 2.8 80-200mm ED IF. http://www.flickr.com/photos/bladt/179613351/ Jens, are you sure that dress is the right word here? ;-) Boris -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: Paw

2006-07-07 Thread Boris Liberman
Hi! A Curves adjustment layer applied to separate the skin tones... http://homepage.mac.com/godders/db-four/ Godfrey On Jul 4, 2006, at 7:06 AM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: Love the shot, Dave. I'd like to see the skin tones rendered with a bit more snap however. Should be easy to

Re: PESO - Breakfast at Tina's Creekside Cafe

2006-07-07 Thread Boris Liberman
Hi! http://home.earthlink.net/~morepix/bkfast_tina.html This was something of a stealth photo. The camera was aligned and framed without my looking through the viewfinder, and as such, was placed at a low angle. Had to crop some of the lower area because of interference by some

Re: GESO: Flags Fireworks

2006-07-07 Thread Boris Liberman
Hi! Some photos from the 4th: http://neovenator.livejournal.com/106360.html John Celio John, I (boris71) added you to my friend list on LJ... Boris -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Re: PESO Football

2006-07-07 Thread Boris Liberman
Hi! A game of one half. http://www.fotocommunity.com/pc/pc/cat/3341/display/6051533 Mike, in Russian pol (also can be written as Paul) means half... Like Paul McCartney == Half McCartney... Obviously you see why your shot reminded me of this benign joke ;-). Boris -- PDML

Re: PESO - Brothers

2006-07-07 Thread Boris Liberman
Hi! http://home.earthlink.net/~morepix/brothers.html DS w/K24/2.8 I don't know really why but words Arrested Development just popped in my mind... Boris -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Re: GESO: Austin, TX, July 4th weekend

2006-07-07 Thread Boris Liberman
Hi! As you guys know, Nate and I went to Austin last weekend. Sadly, we didn't get to meet Gonz, but we did spend a very pleasant couple of hours with John Munro and his wife over breakfast. They are great people and we really enjoyed spending time with them. As a bonus, I got to test drive

WTB: SMC 200/4 M or A

2006-07-07 Thread Mishka
like new or better condition. contact me off list. best, mishka -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Re: PESO - Portrait

2006-07-07 Thread Boris Liberman
Hi! Over the past few years, ever since seeing Elliott Erwitt's famous portrait of the cellist, Cassals, I've been making portraits of people by showing something of their environment, trying to capture a bit of who they are, their interests, personalities, without including the person in the

Re: Grace on the Fourth of July

2006-07-07 Thread pnstenquist
Thanks for the suggestion. I'll do that. And thanks for looking. Paul -- Original message -- From: Boris Liberman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hi! These days I spend much of my time with my granddaughter Grace. She calls me papa. When I walk in the door she says, go

Re: Newsworthy Photo - Burst Fire Hydrant

2006-07-07 Thread Kostas Kavoussanakis
On Fri, 7 Jul 2006, Shel Belinkoff wrote: It's fascinating that you're familiar with the term fish wrap. When I was a youngster, fish were often sold wrapped in newspaper. That's not been the case for decades, at least around here. Everything's been so sanitized. The term goes back to

Re: Safe saving

2006-07-07 Thread P. J. Alling
Unfortunately even a smart undelete doesn't help very much if the program you're using clobbers the file. John Francis wrote: On Fri, Jul 07, 2006 at 09:20:31PM +1200, David Mann wrote: Now excuse me while I reminisce about the versioning filesystem of VMS... One or other of the

Re: Grace on the Fourth of July

2006-07-07 Thread Kostas Kavoussanakis
On Fri, 7 Jul 2006, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: -- Original message -- From: Boris Liberman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Paul, soon she'll start talking without a stop ;-). Be sure you have a pen and a piece of paper ready. We keep funny sentences of Galia in my wife's

Bottom end advertizing

2006-07-07 Thread Powell Hargrave
http://cgi.ebay.ca/pentax-epm-3300-processor-endoscope-endoscopy-olympus_W0Q QitemZ110002657286 gals butt not included Powell -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Re: Paw

2006-07-07 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
What is she disapproving of? Of course it's Dave's photograph. He seemed to like the demonstration of improving the rendering too. G On Jul 7, 2006, at 11:27 AM, Boris Liberman wrote: Godfrey, Julia disapproves of what you've done. I definitely like your rendering better... The important

Serendipity

2006-07-07 Thread Larry Levy
I've been having trouble finding a working FA 80-320mm lens in black. Lenses from National Camera Exchange and KEH both looked great and did not communicate with my *istD. Just on the odd chance that they might have one, I drove over to the Dallas Wolf (Ritz) Camera clearance center. While they

GESO - Red, White and Blue Kites

2006-07-07 Thread George Sinos
On July 1 - the local kite club held their Red, White and Blue Festival. Here's a link to a few photos from the event: http://georgesphotos.net/gallery/1638381 This is a friendly bunch of guys. They had seen the photos I took at last October's event and let me have the run of the field. I got

Re: Paw

2006-07-07 Thread Boris Liberman
Hi! What is she disapproving of? Of course it's Dave's photograph. He seemed to like the demonstration of improving the rendering too. I couldnt' tell, 'cause I like your rendering better too. But she preferred the original. Boris -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: PESO - Portrait

2006-07-07 Thread frank theriault
On 7/7/06, Shel Belinkoff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The light in the room is natural light ... Lately I feel that I'm not much of a photographer. I've not come up with a single photo in several months that I really like or would want to print large and hang on a wall. FWIW, maybe there's a

RE: PESO - Portrait

2006-07-07 Thread Bob W
Lately I feel that I'm not much of a photographer. I've not come up with a single photo in several months that I really like or would want to print large and hang on a wall. FWIW, maybe there's a bad vibe going around because I feel the same way. [...] I have the feeling that

Re: PESO - Brothers

2006-07-07 Thread Adam Maas
Nice shot. I tend to avoid cat pictures, with the exception of Kyle Cassidy's work, but this is a great shot. -Adam Shel Belinkoff wrote: http://home.earthlink.net/~morepix/brothers.html DS w/K24/2.8 Shel -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

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