Re: Salon des Refusés for the PDML book

2010-02-09 Thread Larry Colen
On Feb 8, 2010, at 11:56 PM, Boris Liberman wrote: On 1/27/2010 12:37 PM, Derby Chang wrote: Just thinking, and I don't want to cause any controversy. After the PDML book comes out, since we will have a surplus of shots, would anyone be interested in seeing an internet gallery salon of the

Re: peso

2010-02-09 Thread Sasha Sobol
Thanks to everyone for your suggestions. I do not think that this particular shot is improved with crops, but I will try to shoot it differently next time. Thanks, --Sasha On Sun, Feb 7, 2010 at 7:52 PM, frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: On Sun, Feb 7, 2010 at 7:20 PM, Sasha Sobol

What about model releases?

2010-02-09 Thread Larry Colen
One of the pictures that I'm thinking of submitting was taken at the San Francisco Lindy Exchange: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/4331501815/in/set-72157623355877348/ I don't know either of the dancers, much less the people in the background. Therefore model releases are not

peso - pair

2010-02-09 Thread Sasha Sobol
http://www.flickr.com/photos/sobol/4342024309/ Comments and critique are welcome! --Sasha -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.

Re: OT - Snowmageddon Counterpoint

2010-02-09 Thread David Mann
On Feb 9, 2010, at 3:54 PM, Mark Roberts wrote: One of my friends in Rochester, NY told me how his brother was trying to persuade him to move to Phoenix, Arizona. My friend said No point - the weather is exactly the same there. His brother was baffled until my friend explained, Six months out

Re: OT - Snowmageddon Counterpoint

2010-02-09 Thread David Mann
On Feb 9, 2010, at 2:36 PM, David Savage wrote: 14. While walking back barefoot to your car from the beach, you do a tightrope act on the white lines in the carpark. Truth is stranger than fiction. http://www.barbadamski.com/badwater.htm The event is run on asphalt, and runners stick to the

Re: PESO - Three Trees

2010-02-09 Thread Brian Walters
Jack, Frank, Ann, Bob, Rick Thanks for the comments. Much appreciated. Cheers Brian Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia --- On Sun, 2/7/10, Brian Walters supera1...@fastmail.fm wrote: From: Brian Walters supera1...@fastmail.fm

Re: GESO - Hirshhorn Juncture

2010-02-09 Thread Boris Liberman
Tom, this is very Eschersque... The first one is clear winner. On 1/19/2010 5:58 PM, Tom C wrote: I was at the Hirshhorn Museum Sculpture garden in DC yesterday. I took some derivate photos of art, but then decided to give myself an exercise by using elements of the building itself. I don't

Re: Boris PESO 2010 #01

2010-02-09 Thread Boris Liberman
Well, the whole purpose of that shoot was to use A 50/1.2 at exactly f1.2... But I hear your words, gentlemen... On 1/19/2010 12:48 AM, frank theriault wrote: On Sat, Jan 16, 2010 at 12:24 PM, Boris Libermanbori...@gmail.com wrote: Hi! I am about 1,300 messages behind. Duh! Here is another

Re: What about model releases?

2010-02-09 Thread paul stenquist
You only need a model release if you use the photo in a promotional manner, such as in an ad. You can publish it in any manner you wish, as long as its presented as news or artistic material. Paul On Feb 9, 2010, at 3:17 AM, Larry Colen wrote: One of the pictures that I'm thinking of

Re: OT - Snowmageddon Counterpoint

2010-02-09 Thread David Savage
On 9 February 2010 16:31, David Mann dm...@bluemoon.net.nz wrote: On Feb 9, 2010, at 2:36 PM, David Savage wrote: 14. While walking back barefoot to your car from the beach, you do a tightrope act on the white lines in the carpark. Truth is stranger than fiction.

Re: OT - Snowmageddon Counterpoint

2010-02-09 Thread David Savage
On 9 February 2010 15:50, Rob Studdert distudio.p...@gmail.com wrote: On 09/02/2010, paul stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote: HAR! The same list has been used to describe Arizona, USA, where summer daytime temps frequently exceed 50* C. The difference is that Perth is literally on the

Re: OT - Snowmageddon Counterpoint

2010-02-09 Thread David Savage
On 9 February 2010 10:54, Mark Roberts m...@robertstech.com wrote: paul stenquist wrote: HAR! The same list has been used to describe Arizona, USA, where summer daytime temps frequently exceed 50* C. One of my friends in Rochester, NY told me how his brother was trying to persuade him to

RE: PAW5 - Dolls

2010-02-09 Thread Tanya Love
Lol, true! Very cool shot though! -Original Message- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Derby Chang Sent: Tuesday, 9 February 2010 7:18 AM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: PAW5 - Dolls DagT wrote: Another shot from Munich just before

RE: PESO - Comfortable As...

2010-02-09 Thread Tanya Love
Cool pic, knarf! I like the shallow DOF too! For what it's worth though, I'm glad we don't have smellovision! Hehe. t.x. -Original Message- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of frank theriault Sent: Tuesday, 9 February 2010 7:41 AM To: Pentax-Discuss

RE: Somewhat OT : So who knows how to do this? I.e. help

2010-02-09 Thread Tanya Love
Ann, have you tried using Window's Movie Maker? It is free with windows from XP onwards I think. It is a really easy to use program and would probably be more than enough for what you need... HTH! Tan. :) -Original Message- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On

RE: Vanessa Winship

2010-02-09 Thread Tanya Love
Lol! That's pretty funny John! I tend to agree in part with John (especially about the copy and the capitals used in it, and I gave up trying to read it after a few lines too), but I do see that she is sticking to a theme with these shots and I think that they are pretty interesting really. It

RE: GESO - 25

2010-02-09 Thread Tanya Love
Nice! Numbers 2, 6, 11, 19, 24 and 25 are my picks! Btw, as an aside, you have a little musician in your house? We have a French horn and a viola player! Such a joyful mix of sounds they are when they are rehearsing - think of a cross between skinning a cat and an elephant with bad

RE: Boris PESO 2010 #07

2010-02-09 Thread Tanya Love
I love this shot. On my screen I don't have any burnt highlights, but the 4th rock from the left is close. I can still see detail in it though. To me, the whole scene has a soft, subdued feel (colour-wise, I mean), and as I tend to always favour over-saturated, high contrast shots (for my own

Re: New photo book - Music For Your Eyes

2010-02-09 Thread Dario Bonazza
New link to a refined book, since the original gray background was showing color fringes: http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/detail/1179566 Cheers, Dario - Original Message - From: Dario Bonazza dario.bona...@virgilio.it To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Friday, January

RE: pef or dng why?

2010-02-09 Thread John Sessoms
From: Tanya Love So to all you tecchie-heads, who can answer this question?? Now that I have the option (with my new K-7) of choosing between .pef and .dng, I am wondering why there is such an option and which file format is better, or are they both a much of a muchness? Can anyone help me

Re: Laptop computers with good displays?

2010-02-09 Thread John Sessoms
From: Bob Sullivan Mickey D's introduced free WiFi in the USA in mid January. I look forward to trying it the next time I travel. :-) What's absurd here is that every motel on the interstate will have free WiFi, but the expensive hotels in downtown Boston or Chicago will charge for it.

Blurb quality issues

2010-02-09 Thread Dario Bonazza
Hi all, Someone is aware that I've published one book or three with Blurb. While the first proof was overall good, the additional copies I've ordered show two well-visible problems: - Broad halftone screen on pages, so that you can spot a screen on midtone parts of pictures and gray

Re: Peso: Boris in NYC (aka Ann's revenge:-)

2010-02-09 Thread John Sessoms
From: Tom C Why does yer shirt read Fun males great photography? Chippendales have a camera club? -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.

Re: Blurb quality issues

2010-02-09 Thread Dario Bonazza
I have to add I've just ordered three more books (one copy for each book I've published so far) to see how they will turn out. I'm going to keep you posted on how this will develop. Dario - Original Message - From: Dario Bonazza dario.bona...@virgilio.it To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List

Re: Boris PESO 2010 #07

2010-02-09 Thread Tom C
Really? Thanks I'll have to check those buttons out someday. :-) On Mon, Feb 8, 2010 at 1:31 PM, Jack Davis jdavi...@yahoo.com wrote: Unless you have the two monitors side by side, it's difficult to tell if one is brighter than the other. There are normally brightness (and other screen

PESO: Sometimes

2010-02-09 Thread John Sessoms
The Carolinas Nature Photographers Association annual meeting was last weekend. Enjoyed it quite a lot. George Lepp was our main presenter. George's Sunday morning presentation on his favorite places for nature photography ran from 9:00 to 11:00 am to finish up the program for the weekend.

Re: Somewhat OT : So who knows how to do this? I.e. help

2010-02-09 Thread Cotty
On 9/2/10, ann sanfedele, discombobulated, unleashed: Just for fun, I decided to use my darkside PS (Canon A80 from 2004) to make a little movie of Ashley drinking out of her tall pitcher. what the camera produces is something called an AVI In movie/video mode that camera makes only tiny low res

Re: PESO: Sometimes

2010-02-09 Thread Cotty
On 9/2/10, John Sessoms, discombobulated, unleashed: 4:15am Eastern Standard Time, Monday 8 February 2010. K10D, Sigma 300f2.8 @ 2.8 w/1.4x converter, 1/50 at ISO 800 http://www.flickr.com/photos/jb_sessoms/4343626108/sizes/o/ Excellent! You've accomplished something I've always wanted to see

Re: PESO: Sometimes

2010-02-09 Thread Bob Sullivan
John, That's an admirable shot. I wish I was there. I guess I missed the last chance. Regards, Bob S. On Tue, Feb 9, 2010 at 8:16 AM, John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com wrote: The Carolinas Nature Photographers Association annual meeting was last weekend. Enjoyed it quite a lot. George Lepp

Re: OT- Another freaking Winter Storm Warning....

2010-02-09 Thread Tom C
Don't St. Bernards carry a barrel of brandy around their necks for medicinal purposes. Definitely don't forget the St. Bernards. On Mon, Feb 8, 2010 at 6:17 PM, Bob W p...@web-options.com wrote: [...] A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THE

Lightroom 2...

2010-02-09 Thread Tanya Love
Ok, so I am very new to Lightroom, and it is confusing the CRAPOLA out of me! I was so used to using the Adobe Raw Converter in PS, and simply highlighting all of the shots that I wanted to apply settings to and hitting synchronise. But with Lightroom, unless I am missing something (which is

Re: Lightroom 2...

2010-02-09 Thread David Savage
On 9 February 2010 22:29, Tanya Love tanyal...@bigpond.com wrote: Ok, so I am very new to Lightroom, and it is confusing the CRAPOLA out of me! I was so used to using the Adobe Raw Converter in PS, and simply highlighting all of the shots that I wanted to apply settings to and hitting

Re: Boris PESO 2010 #07

2010-02-09 Thread Jack Davis
Great! Glad to have been of assistance. =) Jack --- On Tue, 2/9/10, Tom C caka...@gmail.com wrote: From: Tom C caka...@gmail.com Subject: Re: Boris PESO 2010 #07 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Date: Tuesday, February 9, 2010, 5:47 AM Really?  Thanks I'll have to check those

RE: OT: example of product photography (fine wood working)

2010-02-09 Thread John Sessoms
From: Stan Halpin I happened across a magazine called Fine Homebuilding. Interesting because the tips they give on how to do stuff (e.g., build wood countertops) are geared to the expert rather than the usual first you buy a hammer and screwdriver advice in many woodworking magazines. (I

Re: Blurb quality issues

2010-02-09 Thread AlunFoto
2010/2/9 Dario Bonazza dario.bona...@virgilio.it: See here: www.dariobonazza.com/public/QualityIssues.jpg Blurb offered to reprint them, but I'm afraid to get more badly printed books. Has anyone experienced such problems? Is there another, reliable, book sourcing company you can suggest

RE: laptops again...

2010-02-09 Thread John Sessoms
From: Tanya Love What do you guys think of this? I have seen the stats about Sony vs Asus, vs HP vs Dell, etc and it seems to come out near the top wrt stability and overall failures, so thought that this new model Vaio looks pretty good, AND I can afford it too, which is always nice!

Re: Lightroom 2...

2010-02-09 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
I teach Lightroom workshops. You're simply unused to a different way of working so far; I've heard all this before from other people. I strongly recommend going through at least one of the on-line video tutorials. I have a couple of pages of Lightroom Learning Resources that I hand out to my

Re: my K-7 maiden shoot...

2010-02-09 Thread David J Brooks
On Mon, Feb 8, 2010 at 7:24 PM, Tanya Love tanyal...@bigpond.com wrote: Har! Not true!  They were pretty much all underexposed by at least a stop to try and keep detail in the highlights of the white tallboy due to the window light.  The Lightroom raw converter did the rest. Thats what its

Re: my K-7 maiden shoot...

2010-02-09 Thread David Savage
On 9 February 2010 23:04, David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com wrote: On Mon, Feb 8, 2010 at 7:24 PM, Tanya Love tanyal...@bigpond.com wrote:   Now though, I need to perfect and eradicate the noise! See Savage for that. LOL -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: lightroom configuration for costco prints

2010-02-09 Thread David J Brooks
Larry. I use LR for all my wal mart, shoppers drug mart etc prints. I adjust and size in LR and save as full jpeg ie at 100, in sRGB. If 8x10 and under i set it at 240 dpi and if doing an 11x14 i use 300. Seems to work as i amm rarley unhappy with the results. Dave On Mon, Feb 8, 2010 at 8:23

Re: Boris PESO 2010 #01

2010-02-09 Thread frank theriault
On Tue, Feb 9, 2010 at 6:07 AM, Boris Liberman bori...@gmail.com wrote: Well, the whole purpose of that shoot was to use A 50/1.2 at exactly f1.2... But I hear your words, gentlemen... Well, you didn't tell us that, did you? You merely presented a photo and asked us to be brutal and honest,

Re: OT- Another freaking Winter Storm Warning....

2010-02-09 Thread frank theriault
On Mon, Feb 8, 2010 at 6:38 PM, David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com wrote: When life gives you snow, go sit in it, have a beer and relax http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=5643143 I say winter is to be enjoyed and embraced. Nice Canadian shot, Dave! cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a

Re: PESO - Snowmageddon the digout

2010-02-09 Thread frank theriault
On Mon, Feb 8, 2010 at 7:45 PM, Christian pterali...@aim.com wrote: Another QD pano of the neighborhood.  Also included the original pano for comparison. http://404mohawknotfound.blogspot.com/2010/02/snomageddon-2-days-later.html Here are snapshots of Bob helping dig out the mailboxes and a

Re: Lightroom 2...

2010-02-09 Thread David J Brooks
On Tue, Feb 9, 2010 at 9:34 AM, David Savage ozsav...@gmail.com wrote: On 9 February 2010 22:29, Tanya Love tanyal...@bigpond.com wrote: Ok, so I am very new to Lightroom, and it is confusing the CRAPOLA out of me! I was so used to using the Adobe Raw Converter in PS, and simply highlighting

Re: PESO - Comfortable As...

2010-02-09 Thread frank theriault
On Tue, Feb 9, 2010 at 7:08 AM, Tanya Love tanyal...@bigpond.com wrote: Cool pic, knarf!  I like the shallow DOF too! For what it's worth though, I'm glad we don't have smellovision! Hehe. Thanks, Tanya! cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML

Re: Somewhat OT : So who knows how to do this? I.e. help

2010-02-09 Thread David J Brooks
On Tue, Feb 9, 2010 at 9:18 AM, Cotty cotty...@mac.com wrote: On 9/2/10, ann sanfedele, discombobulated, unleashed: If you get stuck, email me the file and I'll sort it for you Ann. You say that to all the girls. Dave -- Cheers,  Cotty ___/\__ ||   (O)  |     People, Places,

Re: OT - Snowmageddon Counterpoint

2010-02-09 Thread frank theriault
On Mon, Feb 8, 2010 at 8:36 PM, David Savage ozsav...@gmail.com wrote: G'day All, Here's something funny I thought I'd spam the list with. I think all the Aussies here will be able to relate to most of it.snip Great list! I have to say: I love winter. I also love that we have summers that

Re: PESO: Sometimes

2010-02-09 Thread frank theriault
On Tue, Feb 9, 2010 at 9:16 AM, John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com wrote: The Carolinas Nature Photographers Association annual meeting was last weekend. Enjoyed it quite a lot. George Lepp was our main presenter. George's Sunday morning presentation on his favorite places for nature

Re: PESO: Sometimes

2010-02-09 Thread David J Brooks
I would love to see that in person, and the shot looks great to me. One for the album Dave On Tue, Feb 9, 2010 at 9:16 AM, John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com wrote: The Carolinas Nature Photographers Association annual meeting was last weekend. Enjoyed it quite a lot. George Lepp was our main

GFM-NPW in 2011

2010-02-09 Thread David J Brooks
It has just occurred to me, and this hinges on getting hired by the carrier that has won all of our school routes, that since they do not offer incentive bonuses for not missing any work, and going accident free for the yerar, there is no point in missing GFM NPW 2011. So far so good.;-) Dave --

Re: peso - pair

2010-02-09 Thread frank theriault
On Tue, Feb 9, 2010 at 3:17 AM, Sasha Sobol sa...@asobol.com wrote: http://www.flickr.com/photos/sobol/4342024309/ Comments and critique are welcome! Well, I told you guys yesterday that I wouldn't be online today, but clearly I lied. I only mention this as a preface to explaining that I'm

Re: OT- Another freaking Winter Storm Warning....

2010-02-09 Thread David Savage
On 9 February 2010 07:38, David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com wrote: On Mon, Feb 8, 2010 at 5:42 PM, Cotty cotty...@mac.com wrote: On 8/2/10, Christian, discombobulated, unleashed: Ha!  Yeah BTDT during the first one... But we made our flight to Oz! Batten down the hatches and stay warm and

Re: OT- Another freaking Winter Storm Warning....

2010-02-09 Thread John Sessoms
From: Christian On 2/8/2010 4:50 PM, frank theriault wrote: On Mon, Feb 8, 2010 at 4:41 PM, Christianpterali...@aim.com wrote: This is crazy. From the national weather service (which has been freakily accurate with snow totals these past couple of months): ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN

Re: Paris Match fakes win prize

2010-02-09 Thread frank theriault
On Mon, Feb 8, 2010 at 6:39 PM, Mark Roberts m...@robertstech.com wrote: I recall reading a lot of discussion about it a few months ago. perhaps not on PDML, but somewhere. It really just goes to show how difficult real photojournalism is. These students who faked their entry were able to

Re: OT- Another freaking Winter Storm Warning....

2010-02-09 Thread frank theriault
On Tue, Feb 9, 2010 at 10:36 AM, John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com wrote: The way I understand it, global warming causes greater variability in weather patterns ... you get the same kinds of weather you always got, but going more towards the extremes. We got worse drought in the southeast

Re: lightroom configuration for costco prints

2010-02-09 Thread John Sessoms
From: paul stenquist On Feb 8, 2010, at 10:34 PM, William Robb wrote: - Original Message - From: paul stenquist Subject: Re: lightroom configuration for costco prints But you should have a file that's at least large enough for the print size you want, a minimum of 240 ppi at the

Re: Salon des Refus?s for the PDML book

2010-02-09 Thread John Sessoms
On 1/27/2010 12:37 PM, Derby Chang wrote: Just thinking, and I don't want to cause any controversy. After the PDML book comes out, since we will have a surplus of shots, would anyone be interested in seeing an internet gallery salon of the submitted photos that didn't make it into the book?

Re: PESO: Sometimes

2010-02-09 Thread John Sessoms
From: Bob Sullivan John, That's an admirable shot. I wish I was there. I guess I missed the last chance. Regards, Bob S. I believe there are four more scheduled before the end of the program, but this was the last night time launch. It had actually been scheduled for Sunday morning, but

OT: GIMP Next Stable Release

2010-02-09 Thread Ed Keeney
Here's a review of the next stable release (2.8) of GIMP. From the article, it's tentatively slated for a December 2010 release. The big new feature in this version will be single window mode. I always found it difficult to work with when I tested it, various windows for each part. Maybe with

Re: Somewhat OT : So who knows how to do this? I.e. help

2010-02-09 Thread ann sanfedele
Rob, Tan, Cotty thanks! Eureka! I found Movie maker... (I DO have XP)Looked like fun ... thought I was getting it.. but couldnt find any controls for things like brighten or color changes etc.. and I did look at the help menu. Any clues about that? If I make the movie, does it

Re: Somewhat OT : So who knows how to do this? I.e. help

2010-02-09 Thread ann sanfedele
David J Brooks wrote: On Tue, Feb 9, 2010 at 9:18 AM, Cotty cotty...@mac.com wrote: On 9/2/10, ann sanfedele, discombobulated, unleashed: If you get stuck, email me the file and I'll sort it for you Ann. You say that to all the girls. Dave I find it hard to resist saying but

Re: Blurb quality issues

2010-02-09 Thread ann sanfedele
Dario -- I use lulu but I haven't used their photo Wizard I will say that both times they printed something that was messed up they quickly reprinted ... one time it was just a hanging chad , as it were, paper corner. I'd say let them reprint and see what happens. But it is scary with all

Re: peso - pair

2010-02-09 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
It is dark on my screen as well. The other photos in the group are not unusually dark. Dan On Tue, Feb 9, 2010 at 10:28 AM, frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, Feb 9, 2010 at 3:17 AM, Sasha Sobol sa...@asobol.com wrote: http://www.flickr.com/photos/sobol/4342024309/

Re: GESO - 25

2010-02-09 Thread Doug Brewer
Bob W wrote: 2009 in 25 Photographs http://www.alphoto.com/images/25/ enjoy How have I managed to miss so many of these? You didn't miss them; Many of them were shown for the first time. That's a superb sequence of photos. It's like an American version of the stuff that Luka posts, and

Re: lightroom configuration for costco prints

2010-02-09 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
On Mon, Feb 8, 2010 at 5:23 PM, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote: I am going to try getting some shots printed at the local costco at 12x18. I've learned just enough to think I'd want to tune Lightroom's export to their printer, but don't know what that would be. What settings should I tell

Where else...

2010-02-09 Thread Margus Männik
...in the world you get your prints from the largest retailer in the paper bag like this? Even if you are a C*n*n shooter... http://home.uninet.ee/~margus02/peso/ BR, Margus -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the

Re: lightroom configuration for costco prints

2010-02-09 Thread Ken Waller
I thought sRGB was mainly used for web viewing. Shouldn't you be using RGB for printing? Kenneth Waller http://www.tinyurl.com/272u2f - Original Message - From: Chris Mitchell chris.mitch...@which.net Subject: RE: lightroom configuration for costco prints From: William Robb To:

Re: peso - pair

2010-02-09 Thread Ken Waller
Too bad there isn't more separation in the colors of the coats and the black background. Kenneth Waller http://www.tinyurl.com/272u2f - Original Message - From: Sasha Sobol sa...@asobol.com Subject: peso - pair http://www.flickr.com/photos/sobol/4342024309/ Comments and critique

Re: GFM-NPW in 2011

2010-02-09 Thread Cotty
On 9/2/10, David J Brooks, discombobulated, unleashed: It has just occurred to me, and this hinges on getting hired by the carrier that has won all of our school routes, that since they do not offer incentive bonuses for not missing any work, and going accident free for the yerar, there is no

Re: GESO - Hirshhorn Juncture

2010-02-09 Thread Ken Waller
I especially like Juncture I - due to the inclusion of the curve with the straight lines. Kenneth Waller http://www.tinyurl.com/272u2f - Original Message - From: Boris Liberman bori...@gmail.com Subject: Re: GESO - Hirshhorn Juncture Tom, this is very Eschersque... The first one

Re: PESO: Sometimes

2010-02-09 Thread Cotty
On 9/2/10, Bob Sullivan, discombobulated, unleashed: That's an admirable shot. I wish I was there. I guess I missed the last chance. Nh. Four moor shots mate - just wear v dark shades to get that day- for-night effect ;-) -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places,

Re: Somewhat OT : So who knows how to do this? I.e. help

2010-02-09 Thread Cotty
On 9/2/10, ann sanfedele, discombobulated, unleashed: Now what I hope someone will say is that I can make a clip, save it and the file extension will be one that is compatible with Adobe Elements 5.0 ... or my darkside file editor that I never use. See if you can 'save as' a Windows Media file

Re: OT- Another freaking Winter Storm Warning....

2010-02-09 Thread John Sessoms
From: frank theriault On Tue, Feb 9, 2010 at 10:36 AM, John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com wrote: The way I understand it, global warming causes greater variability in weather patterns ... you get the same kinds of weather you always got, but going more towards the extremes. We got worse

Re: Blurb quality issues

2010-02-09 Thread AlunFoto
2010/2/9 AlunFoto alunf...@gmail.com: I recently received a small book produced by the Swedish tour operator on the Antarctica trip which also was quite decent. It was produced by a Swedish small-scale prublisher. Will look up the name and website when I get home tonight. The site is at

Re: On CD media longevity

2010-02-09 Thread Margus Männik
Hi Boris, It's actually a very good result for those non-archival CD-blanks. I burned my first CDs at 1994 and all of 'em are in very good shape. It seems that we had the very first CD-burner here in Estonia - an external 1x speed Pinnacle SCSI device. That time there was no blue media, the

Re: Somewhat OT : So who knows how to do this? I.e. help

2010-02-09 Thread John Sessoms
From: ann sanfedele Rob, Tan, Cotty thanks! Eureka! I found Movie maker... (I DO have XP)Looked like fun ... thought I was getting it.. but couldnt find any controls for things like brighten or color changes etc.. and I did look at the help menu. Any clues about that? If I make

Re: OT- Another freaking Winter Storm Warning....

2010-02-09 Thread P. J. Alling
On 2/9/2010 10:10 AM, frank theriault wrote: On Mon, Feb 8, 2010 at 6:38 PM, David J Brookspentko...@gmail.com wrote: When life gives you snow, go sit in it, have a beer and relax http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=5643143 I say winter is to be enjoyed and embraced. Nice

Re: OT- Another freaking Winter Storm Warning....

2010-02-09 Thread P. J. Alling
That's just an old wive's tail, and a damned disappointment to boot On 2/9/2010 9:26 AM, Tom C wrote: Don't St. Bernards carry a barrel of brandy around their necks for medicinal purposes. Definitely don't forget the St. Bernards. On Mon, Feb 8, 2010 at 6:17 PM, Bob Wp...@web-options.com

Re: PAW5 - Dolls

2010-02-09 Thread P. J. Alling
This is very cool. On 2/7/2010 5:07 PM, DagT wrote: Another shot from Munich just before Christmas http://www.thrane.name/page3/page7/files/page7-1000-full.html K20D, DA*55, 1/60s, f/4.0, ISO200. DagT http://www.thrane.name --

Re: PESO Two Dogs, 1987 pano

2010-02-09 Thread Margus Männik
BTW, you boys and girls should find out what a word pano means in finnish (informal) language :) Hint 1: those dogs... Hint 2: http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/pano BR, Margus Toine wrote: 1987? Did you shoot with a pano in mind? I remember seeing panoramas in those years and allways wondered

Re: OT - Snowmageddon Counterpoint

2010-02-09 Thread P. J. Alling
On 2/9/2010 3:26 AM, David Mann wrote: On Feb 9, 2010, at 3:54 PM, Mark Roberts wrote: One of my friends in Rochester, NY told me how his brother was trying to persuade him to move to Phoenix, Arizona. My friend said No point - the weather is exactly the same there. His brother was baffled

Re: OT - Snowmageddon Counterpoint

2010-02-09 Thread P. J. Alling
On 2/9/2010 6:33 AM, David Savage wrote: On 9 February 2010 10:54, Mark Robertsm...@robertstech.com wrote: paul stenquist wrote: HAR! The same list has been used to describe Arizona, USA, where summer daytime temps frequently exceed 50* C. One of my friends in Rochester,

Re: PESO: Sometimes

2010-02-09 Thread P. J. Alling
I was in the Holliday Inn Beachside in Melbourne Florida, a few miles down.the coast from Canaveral, room facing north, a few years ago, at the time of a launch. It was supposed to be a wonderful place to view a Shuttle Launce from, if it weren't socked in... On 2/9/2010 9:22 AM, Cotty

Re: Somewhat OT : So who knows how to do this? I.e. help

2010-02-09 Thread ann sanfedele
I'm running out the door in a min - but just to say all I care about is doing little clips of Ashley for Youtube or the like. You'd think if I could shoot AVI things there would be a way of converting it to some other for where I could adjust brightness and such. feh. I have quick-time

Re: OT- Another freaking Winter Storm Warning....

2010-02-09 Thread P. J. Alling
On 2/9/2010 10:36 AM, John Sessoms wrote: From: Christian On 2/8/2010 4:50 PM, frank theriault wrote: On Mon, Feb 8, 2010 at 4:41 PM, Christianpterali...@aim.com wrote: This is crazy. From the national weather service (which has been freakily accurate with snow totals these past

Reports of New Gear

2010-02-09 Thread jtainter
From Dpreview: http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1036message=34485521 645D K-m2 DA*10-16 f/4 DA*20 f/2 DA*28 f/2 Maybe more than the usual rumor. There seem to be photos of the gear: http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1036message=34485615 which points to:

Re: Somewhat OT : So who knows how to do this? I.e. help

2010-02-09 Thread P. J. Alling
On 2/9/2010 12:11 PM, John Sessoms wrote: From: ann sanfedele Rob, Tan, Cotty thanks! Eureka! I found Movie maker... (I DO have XP)Looked like fun ... thought I was getting it.. but couldnt find any controls for things like brighten or color changes etc.. and I did look at the

Re: peso - pair

2010-02-09 Thread P. J. Alling
I like the repetition of the two figures with the two suits, it's very clever. On 2/9/2010 3:17 AM, Sasha Sobol wrote: http://www.flickr.com/photos/sobol/4342024309/ Comments and critique are welcome! --Sasha -- {\rtf1\ansi\ansicpg1252\deff0\deflang1033{\fonttbl{\f0\fnil\fcharset0

Re: peso - pair

2010-02-09 Thread P. J. Alling
On 2/9/2010 10:28 AM, frank theriault wrote: On Tue, Feb 9, 2010 at 3:17 AM, Sasha Sobolsa...@asobol.com wrote: http://www.flickr.com/photos/sobol/4342024309/ Comments and critique are welcome! Well, I told you guys yesterday that I wouldn't be online today, but clearly I lied. I

Re: GFM-NPW in 2011

2010-02-09 Thread David J Brooks
On Tue, Feb 9, 2010 at 11:56 AM, Cotty cotty...@mac.com wrote: On 9/2/10, David J Brooks, discombobulated, unleashed: It has just occurred to me, and this hinges on getting hired by the carrier that has won all of our school routes, that since they do not offer incentive bonuses for not missing

Re: Lightroom 2...

2010-02-09 Thread P. J. Alling
On 2/9/2010 9:29 AM, Tanya Love wrote: Ok, so I am very new to Lightroom, and it is confusing the CRAPOLA out of me! I was so used to using the Adobe Raw Converter in PS, and simply highlighting all of the shots that I wanted to apply settings to and hitting synchronise. But with Lightroom,

Re: Reports of New Gear

2010-02-09 Thread P. J. Alling
The Km2 looks like a cross between a K-7 and a K10/20d well sort of anyway. Looks fishy to me. Then again it seems to be an advertisement based on rumors. On 2/9/2010 12:56 PM, jtainter wrote: From Dpreview: http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1036message=34485521 645D K-m2

Re: Somewhat OT : So who knows how to do this? I.e. help

2010-02-09 Thread Cotty
On 9/2/10, ann sanfedele, discombobulated, unleashed: I can view it on my machine it is just terribly underexposed. Even in Final Cut, you can't rescue what's not there - we could bring it up a bit but don't expect much! -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche

RE: PESO - M3 and ME reskinned

2010-02-09 Thread Bob W
That's nice but pretty full on, I'm not sure I could live with it but the Slate Blue Kid Skin looks toned down enough for me. Was your Vulcanite pretty trashed? My old chrome M4 has a few chips in the cover but its got a fair bit of paint missing too, not sure if I would be better off

RE: Paris Match fakes win prize

2010-02-09 Thread Bob W
Along similar lines, a number of years ago a friend of mine and I were discussing that International Poetry Contest that is pretty much something to be avoided... and is still around , I think. ... this was pre internet... . As a lark, he entered a poem he wrote... and ended up

Re: lightroom configuration for costco prints

2010-02-09 Thread Mark Roberts
Ken Waller wrote: I thought sRGB was mainly used for web viewing. Shouldn't you be using RGB for printing? sRGB *is* a flavor of RGB. To be specific, it's an RGB gamut defined exactly within specified limits. It was designed for CRT viewing originally, but is still very good for the vast

RE: PESO - M3 and ME reskinned

2010-02-09 Thread Chris Mitchell
From: Bob W Subject: RE: PESO - M3 and ME reskinned That's nice but pretty full on, I'm not sure I could live with it but the Slate Blue Kid Skin looks toned down enough for me. Was your Vulcanite pretty trashed? My old chrome M4 has a few chips in the cover but its got a fair bit of

Re: lightroom configuration for costco prints

2010-02-09 Thread Charles Robinson
On Feb 8, 2010, at 19:44, P. J. Alling wrote: On 2/8/2010 8:23 PM, Larry Colen wrote: I am going to try getting some shots printed at the local costco at 12x18. I've learned just enough to think I'd want to tune Lightroom's export to their printer, but don't know what that would be. What

Re: lightroom configuration for costco prints

2010-02-09 Thread Charles Robinson
On Feb 8, 2010, at 21:34, William Robb wrote: Send a full res file. The printer will handle resampling at least as well as Photoshop, and probably better. Colour controls allow you to control the colour. Any icc profile that the printer undeerstands will be fine. Dry Creek Photo is pretty

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