Re: Even more macro enablement?

2013-07-11 Thread P.J. Alling
Blasphemer. On 7/10/2013 6:26 PM, Darren Addy wrote: After much whacking with a screwdriver and hammer, the glass elements shattered one by one. I blew out all the glass dust and voila! instant 25mm extension tube. I find it works best with lenses that have good close focusing ability. Hey,

Re: OT Computer conundrum for those who care.

2013-07-11 Thread P.J. Alling
Well it was the drive, I plugged it into an external power supply and it doesn't spin up. The electronics are still recognized so it seems it motor was failing. I have a second near identical drive that has a live copy of my previous OS on it, that I was keeping, just in case, that I don't

Re: How do you photograph dark skinned people?

2013-07-11 Thread Paul Stenquist
On Jul 10, 2013, at 10:47 PM, J.C. O'Connell hifis...@gate.net wrote: On 7/10/2013 10:31 PM, P.J. Alling wrote: I have nothing to share except that a mix of skin colors is nothing compared to a black bride in a white dress. On 4/20/2013 12:15 PM, Bipin Gupta wrote: Request please share

Re: soon to be enabled

2013-07-11 Thread Ann Sanfedele
Christine - wel think a lot alike on these things... I would be unlikely to shoot more than 200 either and would, like you probably rather have more 8 gb cards than one 32 normally. Though in the situation I'll be in, with not a lot of time to chimp - and being all thumbs .. what I might do

Re: soon to be enabled

2013-07-11 Thread Ann Sanfedele
On 7/11/2013 00:48, Aahz Maruch wrote: On Wed, Jul 10, 2013, Ann Sanfedele wrote: How many angels fit on the head of a 32gb card? I can't imagine shooting more than 300 to 400 frames - if that. The Pentax K-5 II was getting 900 DNGs per 32GB card. I couldn't imagine taking more than

Re: soon to be enabled

2013-07-11 Thread Ann Sanfedele
full disclosure time, I only have ELEMENTS 5.0 and it happily allows me to open PEF's and it does pretty much all I've asked it to do so I don't plan on changing what I'll be processing with. Many of you know I'm running Windoze XP on a dell dimension that is about 7 years old. All my

Re: soon to be enabled

2013-07-11 Thread John
On 7/11/2013 12:21 AM, Boris Liberman wrote: Great news, Ann. You're going to enjoy your new camera. The only thing I can suggest is that you shoot extensively with K-5 before you do any serious work (such as your friend's wedding) with it. It has very different rhythm than *istD (or K10D for

RE: soon to be enabled

2013-07-11 Thread Gerrit Visser
As long as Elements 5.0 can read DNG you will be fine. K5 doesn't output PEF's Gerrit -Original Message- From: PDML [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Ann Sanfedele Sent: Thursday, July 11, 2013 8:45 AM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: soon to be enabled full

PESO Rosie

2013-07-11 Thread Bruce Walker
I'm a sucker for sun backlighting ... http://flic.kr/p/f7fhTE - Rosie Comments welcome. -- -bmw -- 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: soon to be enabled

2013-07-11 Thread Gerrit Visser
Please ignore, just found that setting -Original Message- From: Gerrit Visser [mailto:gerrit...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, July 11, 2013 8:54 AM To: 'Pentax-Discuss Mail List' Subject: RE: soon to be enabled As long as Elements 5.0 can read DNG you will be fine. K5 doesn't output

Re: OT Computer conundrum for those who care.

2013-07-11 Thread John
Well, that kind of sucks. I know you can still find IDE drives so you could get another one to use that enclosure with, but I wonder if it would be worth doing? On 7/11/2013 2:40 AM, P.J. Alling wrote: Well it was the drive, I plugged it into an external power supply and it doesn't spin up.

RE: PESO Rosie

2013-07-11 Thread Gerrit Visser
A golden moment. Gerrit -Original Message- From: PDML [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Bruce Walker Sent: Thursday, July 11, 2013 8:55 AM To: Pentax Discuss Mailing List Subject: PESO Rosie I'm a sucker for sun backlighting ... http://flic.kr/p/f7fhTE - Rosie Comments

Re: soon to be enabled

2013-07-11 Thread Aahz Maruch
On Thu, Jul 11, 2013, Ann Sanfedele wrote: On 7/11/2013 00:48, Aahz Maruch wrote: On Wed, Jul 10, 2013, Ann Sanfedele wrote: How many angels fit on the head of a 32gb card? I can't imagine shooting more than 300 to 400 frames - if that. The Pentax K-5 II was getting 900 DNGs per 32GB card. I

Re: soon to be enabled

2013-07-11 Thread Aahz Maruch
On Thu, Jul 11, 2013, Walt wrote: On 7/10/2013 11:48 PM, Aahz Maruch wrote: On Wed, Jul 10, 2013, Ann Sanfedele wrote: How many angels fit on the head of a 32gb card? I can't imagine shooting more than 300 to 400 frames - if that. The Pentax K-5 II was getting 900 DNGs per 32GB card. I

Re: soon to be enabled

2013-07-11 Thread Brian Walters
Quoting Ann Sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com: full disclosure time, I only have ELEMENTS 5.0 and it happily allows me to open PEF's and it does pretty much all I've asked it to do so I don't plan on changing what I'll be processing with. Many of you know I'm running Windoze XP on a dell

Re: soon to be enabled

2013-07-11 Thread Ann Sanfedele
On 7/11/2013 09:12, Aahz Maruch wrote: On Thu, Jul 11, 2013, Ann Sanfedele wrote: On 7/11/2013 00:48, Aahz Maruch wrote: Aahz I'm not bringing a card reader to the wedding - its 30 minutes from my apartment by train, 10 by cab. :-) If I were going back to Alaska, you bet I'd bring lots

Re: soon to be enabled

2013-07-11 Thread Ann Sanfedele
so from a practical aspect, what is the difference if when I output from elements I'd be making are 300 ppi jpgs ? or pngs? I have no experience at all with DNGS... anyone want to school me briefly? ann On 7/11/2013 09:19, Brian Walters wrote: Quoting Ann Sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com: full

Re: soon to be enabled

2013-07-11 Thread Bruce Walker
Walt, check for a tiny sliver of plastic broken off from an SD card during an earlier insertion. Some SD card brands have thin plastic ridges around the SD card's contacts. These are fragile and break off, usually in your SD slot or a card reader. Very poor design! I've experienced this in both

Re: soon to be enabled

2013-07-11 Thread John
For the K5's raw file size, 16 GB cards might offer the best compromise between capacity, cost redundancy (eggs/baskets). On 7/11/2013 8:14 AM, Ann Sanfedele wrote: Christine - wel think a lot alike on these things... I would be unlikely to shoot more than 200 either and would, like you

Re: soon to be enabled

2013-07-11 Thread Bruce Walker
Ann, for the quality of your final image: no practical difference. RAW is RAW. No lossy compression is used. One practical difference is how well compressed the RAW files are, and that affects your long-term file storage. Makes a difference when you have fifty thousand of them. Pentax created

Re: soon to be enabled

2013-07-11 Thread Aahz Maruch
On Thu, Jul 11, 2013, Ann Sanfedele wrote: so from a practical aspect, what is the difference if when I output from elements I'd be making are 300 ppi jpgs ? or pngs? That doesn't matter much. I have no experience at all with DNGS... anyone want to school me briefly? The difference is

Re: soon to be enabled

2013-07-11 Thread Jack Davis
Ann, include me in that manner of thinking as well. It's my nature to do all to protect against my rampant forgetful accidents. If I collect an image that I'm heart racing excited about, I protect it by switching cards and putting the treasure work in safe bag storage. I, also, prefer a supply

Re: soon to be enabled

2013-07-11 Thread Ann Sanfedele
On 7/11/2013 09:40, Bruce Walker wrote: Ann, for the quality of your final image: no practical difference. RAW is RAW. No lossy compression is used. good. One practical difference is how well compressed the RAW files are, and that affects your long-term file storage. Makes a difference when

Re: soon to be enabled

2013-07-11 Thread John
On 7/11/2013 8:20 AM, Ann Sanfedele wrote: On 7/11/2013 00:48, Aahz Maruch wrote: On Wed, Jul 10, 2013, Ann Sanfedele wrote: How many angels fit on the head of a 32gb card? I can't imagine shooting more than 300 to 400 frames - if that. The Pentax K-5 II was getting 900 DNGs per 32GB

Re: PESO - Mist

2013-07-11 Thread Kenneth Waller
Nice capture knarF! The birds aren't a concern for me one way or the other. -Original Message- From: David Mann dmann...@gmail.com Subject: Re: PESO - Mist On Jul 11, 2013, at 12:39 AM, knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: Haven't had much sun lately so ya gotta go with what ya get:

Re: soon to be enabled

2013-07-11 Thread John
On 7/11/2013 9:53 AM, Ann Sanfedele wrote: Pentax created PEF is not as well compressed as Pentax created DNG which is not as well compressed as Adobe created DNG. So for best compression, create PEFs in camera then convert to DNG when importing into Lightroom or ACR. what is ACR? just

OT webinar today: off-camera flash; TTL vs full manual

2013-07-11 Thread Bruce Walker
Rick Sammon compares using TTL with Joe Brady's no-TTL fully manual approach to off-camera environmental portraits in an hour long webinar today at 1:00 PM EDT. No pre-registration, just tune in 5 mins before or so. http://www.pocketwizard.com/webinar START TIMES: 1 PM EASTERN, 12 PM CENTRAL, 11

Re: PESO Rosie

2013-07-11 Thread Bruce Walker
That's a much better caption than mine. :-) Thanks, Gerrit! On Thu, Jul 11, 2013 at 9:00 AM, Gerrit Visser gerrit...@gmail.com wrote: A golden moment. Gerrit -Original Message- From: PDML [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Bruce Walker Sent: Thursday, July 11, 2013 8:55

Re: Rolling down the track

2013-07-11 Thread Don Guthrie
Thanks Darren, I think you will enjoy the rest of the set when I get them posted. pdml-requ...@pdml.net wrote: Message: 2 Date: Wed, 10 Jul 2013 16:35:05 -0500 From: Darren Addypixelsmi...@gmail.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail Listpdml@pdml.net Subject: Re: Rolling down the track Message-ID:

Re:Rolling down the track

2013-07-11 Thread Don Guthrie
Thanks Cotty, yes I played with cropping the left side but then it looked like the train was crashing into the tree. In any event I will post some other views you might like as well. pdml-requ...@pdml.net wrote: Message: 5 Date: Wed, 10 Jul 2013 22:50:22 +0100 From: Steve Cottrell

Re:Rolling down the track

2013-07-11 Thread Don Guthrie
Steal away everyone seems to like train pix. If you were like me you only had about 30 secs as it whooshed by to snap away. I was happy to get anything passable. I thought your pix were great. pdml-requ...@pdml.net wrote: Message: 9 Date: Wed, 10 Jul 2013 18:04:46 -0400 From: David J

Re: PESO - Silver Bean Cafe

2013-07-11 Thread Don Guthrie
Loved the colors contrasted with the stark metal box. pdml-requ...@pdml.net wrote: On Wed, Jul 10, 2013 at 6:08 PM, Brian Waltersapathy...@lyons-ryan.org wrote: Something of an icon in Cortez, Colorado and excellent use of an old Airstream trailer. Good coffee, too:-)

Re: Rolling down the track

2013-07-11 Thread Don Guthrie
John, the train is owned operated by Iowa Interstate Railroad primarily used at fundraisers for small town Fire Depts. The train was built in China was the last long distance steam train in China when they switched to diesel. It is manned by a rew of 15 volunteers when out on exhibit. When

OT: Online Photography Certification Courses

2013-07-11 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
I received this coupon offer today from Groupon. I have no ideal whether these programs have any value or not, but I thought someone might know a young photographer (or an ancient one like me) who might be interested in looking at such a course.

PESO: Family

2013-07-11 Thread Gerrit Visser
My photoblog is finally ready (enough) to start using http://photo.psgv.ca/family/ Is a photo taken of the grebe family in the same location as Frank's recent series but on June 20. Even at 250mm this is a significant crop from the original image. Someone has tied several nesting floats to

Re: GESO - Bessaflex

2013-07-11 Thread Aahz Maruch
On Sun, Jun 30, 2013, knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: Same thing's happened in other industries. Everyone wants you to buy their products exclusively, not mix-and-match. Everything's proprietary these days, by design. No, no, no, you misunderstand. Everything is standardized. It's just

RE: GESO - Bessaflex

2013-07-11 Thread Gerrit Visser
S100 rulez http://www.s100computers.com/My%20System%20Index%20Page.htm John is part of a group re-issuing old boards and also designing new ones. The S100 is definitely alive along with CP/M, MP/M etc. I sold my stuff for over $500 as individual boards, manuals are about to go next. Gerrit

Re: soon to be enabled

2013-07-11 Thread Paul Sorenson
Ann - See my off-list message. -p On 7/11/2013 8:29 AM, Ann Sanfedele wrote: so from a practical aspect, what is the difference if when I output from elements I'd be making are 300 ppi jpgs ? or pngs? I have no experience at all with DNGS... anyone want to school me briefly? ann On

Re: soon to be enabled

2013-07-11 Thread Walt
Hmm. I hadn't thought of that. It just always feels like the rubber gasket is snug and kind of impedes the ejection. I sort of came to view it as a feature rather than a bug (good sealing vs. ease of removal), and that my stubby fingers and nails were more the source of the problem than the

Re: soon to be enabled

2013-07-11 Thread steve harley
on 2013-07-11 6:44 Ann Sanfedele wrote Many of you know I'm running Windoze XP on a dell dimension that is about 7 years old. All my photos go on the 1 terrabit external drive. Just an fyi if that affects anything, changes any advice - etc. just a thought, this gig might be worth ensuring the

Re: soon to be enabled

2013-07-11 Thread P.J. Alling
I don't think that your version of Elements supports or can be made to support the K-5 version of the PEF format. You will probably need to shoot DNG or get the latest version of Adobe DNG converter and do it on your computer. I don't think there's any real advantage for you to be shooting PEF

Re: soon to be enabled

2013-07-11 Thread P.J. Alling
The only difference between DNG and PEF from your perspective is the file extension, and the fact that your version of ELEMENTS can open the K-5 version, other than that nothing. The K20D and earlier cameras exported DNG files that were 30-40% larger than PEF files, that's the only reason

Re: GESO - Bessaflex

2013-07-11 Thread P.J. Alling
Ah, yes. The S100 bus. I was writing software for a communications company, (no longer in existence AFAIK), latest hire on the team, when my desk phone rings... It's a salesdrone. He want's to have my assurance that the SSC, (a PC based product), can have a module written to support a four

Re: PESO: Family

2013-07-11 Thread Bruce Walker
Gotta love those little chicks. I really like the bird silhouetted on the buoy. And you're off to a great start posting a cat pic in your gallery too. Might as well let everyone know here you stand on the cats-vs-no-cats issue early. :-) (I just noticed your About page is a 404.) On Thu, Jul

RE: PESO: Family

2013-07-11 Thread Gerrit Visser
Mmn, well yes cats are a vital part of our family. Prior it was a malamute for 17 years so perhaps we redeem ourselves with that? :-) But I didnt post the cat photo here, you did so. The About is in draft, did that to manipulate the header. It works for me, becuase I am logged in :-(

PESO: 'Seney Sunrise'

2013-07-11 Thread kwaller
Taken in Seney National Wildlife Refuge in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan several summers ago. Your thoughts appreciated. http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17459149 Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: PESO: Family

2013-07-11 Thread kwaller
Prior it was a malamute for 17 years.. Pretty long lived for a dog the size of a Malamute! I had one named bear (around 125 lbs) that lived for a little over 13 years before succumbing - one day after a nice walk he just wouldn't get up again, Vet thought it was best for all involved to put

Re: PESO: Raindrops keep falling on my head

2013-07-11 Thread Aahz Maruch
On Sun, Jun 30, 2013, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17445131 K-r with FA 100 F2.8 macro and monopod Weird, the EXIF on photo.net claims it's 115mm... Nice work! -- Hugs and backrubs -- I break Rule 6http://rule6.info/

Re: PESO: 'Seney Sunrise'

2013-07-11 Thread Bruce Walker
That's a beauty, Ken. Great reflections, composition. Love the light. Can't find fault with it. On Thu, Jul 11, 2013 at 3:53 PM, kwal...@peoplepc.com wrote: Taken in Seney National Wildlife Refuge in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan several summers ago. Your thoughts appreciated.

Re: PESO: 'Seney Sunrise'

2013-07-11 Thread Jack Davis
It's a nice clean image, Ken. Beautiful lighting and complimentary tones. Mirror like water was fortunate. Even though the reflection is all very complimentary to the total scene, I'd have to crop some of the bottom.   Jack - Original Message - From: kwal...@peoplepc.com

Re: PESO -- Boxes

2013-07-11 Thread Aahz Maruch
On Sun, Jun 30, 2013, P.J. Alling wrote: Which is what they are really. Two different aesthetics, 75 years and no improvement really. https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1604247/PESO/PESO%20--%20%20boxes.html Were you singing while you worked on that? -- Hugs and backrubs -- I break Rule

Re: GESO - Bessaflex

2013-07-11 Thread John Mullan
Well remember, it is never his fault for selling the wrong bits, it's you fault for not making them compatible. jm -- From: P.J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com Sent: Thursday, July 11, 2013 2:58 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net

Re: PESO: A small set taken with the K85 f1.8 wide open

2013-07-11 Thread Chris Mitchell
Excellent use of DOF Darrren. I too love the machine shop pictures - brings back memories of my first career as a toolroom machinist. Chris On 8 July 2013 21:57, Darren Addy pixelsmi...@gmail.com wrote: This lens is capable of really shallow DOF (and on an APS-C sized sensor). I don't need no

Re: PESO - Mist

2013-07-11 Thread Chris Mitchell
Nice and moody. I'm in John's camp regarding the birds. They don't look sufficiently bird-like to me so I would think about losing them. Chris On 10 July 2013 13:39, knarftheria...@gmail.com knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: Haven't had much sun lately so ya gotta go with what ya get:

Re: Seney Sunrise'

2013-07-11 Thread Don Guthrie
The speed reader in me saw serenity in the title. I think that works also for this well seen well captured photo. pdml-requ...@pdml.net wrote: Message: 5 Date: Thu, 11 Jul 2013 15:53:29 -0400 From:kwal...@peoplepc.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail Listpdml@pdml.net Subject: PESO: 'Seney Sunrise'

RE: PESO: 'Seney Sunrise'

2013-07-11 Thread Gerrit Visser
Wonderful deep colours Gerrit -Original Message- From: PDML [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of kwal...@peoplepc.com Sent: Thursday, July 11, 2013 3:53 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: PESO: 'Seney Sunrise' Taken in Seney National Wildlife Refuge in the Upper Peninsula

Re: PESO - Silver Bean Cafe

2013-07-11 Thread Brian Walters
Quoting Philip Northeast rnort...@bigpond.net.au: Was the coffee as good as the picture? The coffee was excellent. The picture? Thanks for the comment and thanks to everyone who looked and/or commented. Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western Sydney

Re: PESO: 'Seney Sunrise'

2013-07-11 Thread Darren Addy
WOW. That is publication worthy. Superb! On Thu, Jul 11, 2013 at 5:16 PM, Gerrit Visser gerrit...@gmail.com wrote: Wonderful deep colours Gerrit -Original Message- From: PDML [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of kwal...@peoplepc.com Sent: Thursday, July 11, 2013 3:53 PM To:

Re: OT: Online Photography Certification Courses

2013-07-11 Thread John
Likely NOT. Looks like a meaningless certification from some no name diploma mill. The paper it's printed on would be far too coarse brittle to use for the only thing it would really be worth; not squeezably soft enough. Each course includes a full trial version of the software for each class.

Re: PESO - Mist

2013-07-11 Thread Darren Addy
This is lovely. If you click through to the larger image, it is clear that they are birds. I put my thumb over them to block them out and thought that the image definitely lost something. The implied movement and life of the birds injects (for me) some dynamics into what would have otherwise been

Re: PESO - Spider Rock

2013-07-11 Thread Brian Walters
Quoting David Mann dmann...@gmail.com: On Jul 10, 2013, at 2:12 PM, Brian Walters apathy...@lyons-ryan.org wrote: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1370864/PESO/slides/_IGP1754-K5-1peso.html That rock must be very popular with the climbers. Looks like a very impressive place, the scale

Re: PESO: 'Seney Sunrise'

2013-07-11 Thread John
I like the light the color. A bit of the foreground reflection could be cropped away without losing the effect. The implied reflection would work just as well for me as the actual one. That would move the horizon off of dead center. The bright patch behind the trees on the left appears a bit

Re: soon to be enabled

2013-07-11 Thread Ann Sanfedele
Steve they will be on the card and my harddrive - then on a memory stick for the groom AND on smugmug... I have unlimited storage space on Smugmgu, pretty much But of course you are right :-) ann On 7/11/2013 14:30, steve harley wrote: on 2013-07-11 6:44 Ann Sanfedele wrote Many of you know

Re: soon to be enabled

2013-07-11 Thread Ann Sanfedele
Thanks PJ for this, and the other mail about pefs and dngs important info - will do DNGS for sure then YOu guys are much too worried about how much space I have, I think. ann On 7/11/2013 14:39, P.J. Alling wrote: The only difference between DNG and PEF from your perspective is the file

Re: PESO: 'Seney Sunrise'

2013-07-11 Thread Ann Sanfedele
Going back into ar archives, are we??? ;-) Gorgeous shot, Ken ann On 7/11/2013 15:53, kwal...@peoplepc.com wrote: Taken in Seney National Wildlife Refuge in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan several summers ago. Your thoughts appreciated. http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17459149

Re: PESO - Mist

2013-07-11 Thread Ann Sanfedele
It just occured to me that I thought this was a BW conversion and it isnt! ... just a really grey day. Yeah, lose the birds, they didn't come off when I wiped the monitor ann On 7/11/2013 17:38, Chris Mitchell wrote: Nice and moody. I'm in John's camp regarding the birds. They don't look

Re: PESO: Family

2013-07-11 Thread Ann Sanfedele
what's interesting about this one is the stability of the nest in contrast with the wavey water... doesn't look like it could be. ann On 7/11/2013 13:33, Gerrit Visser wrote: My photoblog is finally ready (enough) to start using http://photo.psgv.ca/family/ Is a photo taken of the

Re: Rolling down the track

2013-07-11 Thread Brian Walters
Quoting Don Guthrie shark50...@gmail.com: Recently had an opportunity to photograph a genuine steam engine on the tracks. I took many pictures and will post some galleries when I get them up on flicker. Meantime for those who have no moral objections to Google plus please look at this link

saved someone from Nigerian Paypal scam…

2013-07-11 Thread steve harley
yesterday i responded to a craigslist ad ($1000 for K10D, grip, AF360 flash, 16-50/2.8, 50-135/2.8) and got a call back saying i would be the backup buyer in case the first buyer didn't cover the full FedEx postage to Nigeria … i was so surprised at what he said that i wondered if he were

Re: PESO: 'Seney Sunrise'

2013-07-11 Thread Brian Walters
Quoting kwal...@peoplepc.com: Taken in Seney National Wildlife Refuge in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan several summers ago. Your thoughts appreciated. http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17459149 Absolutely wonderful - the light, the reflections, the silhouettes. Wish it was

Re: Rolling down the track

2013-07-11 Thread Ann Sanfedele
Is that the Rock island line? I like that - might want the tree a bit to the left.. that is , more room between engine and tree but overall effect very nice ann On 7/11/2013 19:53, Brian Walters wrote: Quoting Don Guthrie shark50...@gmail.com: Recently had an opportunity to photograph a

Re: PESO - Mist

2013-07-11 Thread Walt
Love the mood in this one, Frank. -- Walt On 7/10/2013 7:39 AM, knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: Haven't had much sun lately so ya gotta go with what ya get: http://knarfinthecity.blogspot.ca/2013/07/mist.html?m=1 Hope you enjoy. Comments welcome. Cheers, frank For me, the camera is a

Re: saved someone from Nigerian Paypal scam…

2013-07-11 Thread Bruce Walker
A very humanitarian act, Steve. On Thu, Jul 11, 2013 at 8:01 PM, steve harley p...@paper-ape.com wrote: long story short, i saved his bacon and got a sweet deal; 50-135 is fantastic lens, but a bit of a workout for my shoulder; i will probably resell the rest I find the 50-135 to be a work

Re: PESO Rosie

2013-07-11 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
It works well here. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Thu, Jul 11, 2013 at 8:55 AM, Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com wrote: I'm a sucker for sun backlighting ... http://flic.kr/p/f7fhTE - Rosie Comments welcome. -- -bmw -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List

PESO Dogwood

2013-07-11 Thread Bruce Walker
http://flic.kr/p/f7BHhH Dogwood berries Tried my new 30 octa umbrella softbox for macro work; I like it. Reversed the flash to increase specularity and create more of a spotlight effect. K20D, DA 35mm/2.8 Macro Ltd, F16, 1/160th sec, ISO 100. AF540FGZ in no-name 30 octa umbrella softbox, radio

Re: saved someone from Nigerian Paypal scam…

2013-07-11 Thread Zos Xavius
Wow. That is one hell of a deal! I'm jealous! On Thu, Jul 11, 2013 at 8:55 PM, Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com wrote: A very humanitarian act, Steve. On Thu, Jul 11, 2013 at 8:01 PM, steve harley p...@paper-ape.com wrote: long story short, i saved his bacon and got a sweet deal; 50-135

Re: PESO Rosie

2013-07-11 Thread Bruce Walker
Thank you, Dan. On Thu, Jul 11, 2013 at 8:58 PM, Daniel J. Matyola danmaty...@gmail.com wrote: It works well here. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Thu, Jul 11, 2013 at 8:55 AM, Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com wrote: I'm a sucker for sun backlighting ...

Re: Rolling down the track

2013-07-11 Thread Bob Sullivan
Brian, I believe the last steam engines manufactured in the USA were pre-1950. That's a 63+ year old rusting teapot to deal with. New is easier. Regards, Bob S. On Thu, Jul 11, 2013 at 6:53 PM, Brian Walters apathy...@lyons-ryan.org wrote: Quoting Don Guthrie shark50...@gmail.com: Recently

Re: Rolling down the track

2013-07-11 Thread kwaller
Is that the Rock island line? I hear it's a mighty good road, a good road to ride - had to cash in on this. Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: Ann Sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com Subject: Re: Rolling down the track Is that

Re: Rolling down the track

2013-07-11 Thread Ann Sanfedele
On 7/11/2013 21:39, kwal...@peoplepc.com wrote: Is that the Rock island line? I hear it's a mighty good road, a good road to ride - had to cash in on this. Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller Get your ticket at the station... ann - Original Message

Re: PESO: 'Seney Sunrise'

2013-07-11 Thread kwaller
That is publication worthy! Well since you mention it, its from a number of years ago and it recently made it into the finals for a local contest and I thought I'd repost it for some of the newbies oldies here, Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original

Re: PESO: 'Seney Sunrise'

2013-07-11 Thread kwaller
Going back into ar archives, are we??? ;-) Yup! I thought I'd post since it recently made it to the finals in a local contest. Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: Ann Sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com Subject: Re: PESO: 'Seney

Re: saved someone from Nigerian Paypal scam?

2013-07-11 Thread Aahz Maruch
On Thu, Jul 11, 2013, steve harley wrote: long story short, i saved his bacon and got a sweet deal; 50-135 is fantastic lens, but a bit of a workout for my shoulder; i will probably resell the rest Congrats! Why not keep the 16-50? -- Hugs and backrubs -- I break Rule 6

RE: PESO: Family

2013-07-11 Thread Gerrit Visser
It is an effective illusion, the nest was bobbing about quite a bit. The only really solid thing nearby was the mooring bouy that the nest is attached to. The little one occasionally would swim off quite a distance from the nest, and dad would chase after him/her. Gerrit -Original

RE: PESO Dogwood

2013-07-11 Thread Gerrit Visser
That really pops out at you! Gerrit -Original Message- From: PDML [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Bruce Walker Sent: Thursday, July 11, 2013 9:05 PM To: Pentax Discuss Mailing List Subject: PESO Dogwood http://flic.kr/p/f7BHhH Dogwood berries Tried my new 30 octa umbrella

PESO: Yella Flahrs

2013-07-11 Thread Walt
That's what they're called in western Kentucky parlance, anyway. I figured I ought to get a few shots of them as I've been kind of quiet on the list of late -- at least in terms of sharing photos. Yeah, it's just flowers. But, I felt like I ought to contribute something more than questions.

Re: PESO: 'Seney Sunrise'

2013-07-11 Thread Paul Stenquist
Superb. Love it. Makes me want to go up the U.P., eh? Paul On Jul 11, 2013, at 9:45 PM, kwal...@peoplepc.com wrote: Going back into ar archives, are we??? ;-) Yup! I thought I'd post since it recently made it to the finals in a local contest. Kenneth Waller

Re: PESO -- Boxes

2013-07-11 Thread Ann Sanfedele
On 7/11/2013 16:40, Aahz Maruch wrote: On Sun, Jun 30, 2013, P.J. Alling wrote: Which is what they are really. Two different aesthetics, 75 years and no improvement really. https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1604247/PESO/PESO%20--%20%20boxes.html Were you singing while you worked on

DSLR Cinematic Guide

2013-07-11 Thread Bipin Gupta
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Re: PESO - The new tree

2013-07-11 Thread Aahz Maruch
On Mon, Jul 01, 2013, George Sinos wrote: http://georgesinos.com/blog/2013/6/27/how-big-is-my-front-yard I took a few pictures with different lenses to change the apparent size of my yard. I figure if I ever want to sell the house I'll use a photo like the one at the top of the post.

Re: PESO: 'Seney Sunrise'

2013-07-11 Thread Darren Addy
The bright patch behind the trees on the left appears a bit blown out. I'd want it toned down just enough that it doesn't appear paper white. It's not like there is significant detail there that is going to be brought out if it is less than paper white. I don't personally have a problem with the

Re: How do you photograph dark skinned people?

2013-07-11 Thread Larry Colen
It is discussed briefly in Light, Science an Magic. In short, either increase exposure, or take advantage of reflections. On Wed, Jul 10, 2013 at 10:31:14PM -0400, P.J. Alling wrote: I have nothing to share except that a mix of skin colors is nothing compared to a black bride in a white