Re: PESO - Self Portrait of a Confused Photographer

I really like it as an abstract play with lines, forms and texture, Bulent. And kudos to you for going hardcore with the 67 and film! On Tue, Nov 10, 2015 at 10:29 AM, Bulent Celasun wrote: > I may call it a figurative abstract, to make it still more confusing! > >

Re: Boris Peso #03 - Etude

Hi Boris! I like that shot - lots going on so did the guy trip on the chair? ann On 11/8/2015 2:10 PM, Boris Liberman wrote: Hi! After very long hiatus, I am back posting to my photo blog. Please, have a look: http://pentax-ways.blogspot.co.il/2015/11/2015-03-etude.html Also, I posted a

Re: OT - PESO - Waiting - Redux

Like it - great light ann On 11/8/2015 11:34 AM, knarf wrote: Based on a suggested crop sent to me off-list. I accidentally deleted the original post. But here's a fresh post : http://knarfinthecity.blogspot.ca/2015/11/waiting_99.html?m=0 Hope you enjoy. Comments welcome. Cheers, frank

Re: PESO - Self Portrait of a Confused Photographer

I call it Godfrey inspired :-) I like it ann On 11/10/2015 10:29 AM, Bulent Celasun wrote: I may call it a figurative abstract, to make it still more confusing! Anyway, consider it untitled, if you like! Pentax 67, 165mm f/2.8 (at f/8), Fomapan ISO 100 film (on tripod).

Re: PESO - Self Portrait of a Confused Photographer

Bulent, It looks like you are having lots of fun! Judging from your self-portrait, I'd say "you've been thinking outside the box". :-) And don't listen to your enemies: you are not square! ;-) Cheers! Igor On Tue, Nov 10, 2015 at 10:29 AM, Bulent Celasun wrote: I may call it a

Re: PESO ~ A portrait in window light

Thank you, Paul. It certainly wasn't my intention to force it into view, and the subject was fairly naturally deshabille in that posture. I'm mulling over your observation and considering what it means to my composition, framing, etc. Maybe if there was a bit more space around? I appreciate your

Re: PESO ~ figure study #1

Thank you, Dan. She's also a very down to earth gal, and was a joy to work with. On Mon, Nov 9, 2015 at 9:30 PM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: > Very nice, Bruce. She is a fine model indeed. > > Dan Matyola > http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola > > > On Mon, Nov 9,

Re: Deleting folders from Lightroom navigator

> On Nov 9, 2015, at 8:08 AM, Eric Weir wrote: > > I am uncertain at this point which of the folders in LR points to the actual > files, i.e., the files on the reformatted and renamed drive from which they > were imported. There are indications in favor of both. > >

PESO - Self Portrait of a Confused Photographer

I may call it a figurative abstract, to make it still more confusing! Anyway, consider it untitled, if you like! Pentax 67, 165mm f/2.8 (at f/8), Fomapan ISO 100 film (on tripod). http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=18125484 Comments appreciated. Bulent

Re: OT -- Web Rant; because I won't join anywhere where it's appropriate...

I don't use ad blocker software as such, but I do have a hosts file that redirects the likes of ad.doubleclick.net to 127.0.0.1 (aka perdition). That along with NoScript have kept me insulated from worst of the advertising abuses on the "free" internet without creating an undue burden on my

Re: Boris Peso #03 - Etude

Nah - I disagree with Frank (oddly) - ruins the aspect ratio for meand that womanm is so interesting I wouldn't want her so far off to the left a On 11/8/2015 4:20 PM, knarf wrote: Welcome back! (yes, I owe you an email). I think this is a wonderful photo, a vibrant street (sidewalk?)

Re: PESO: Cool Cox

I'll have to google coxswain No idea what is going on here, butthe geometry is nice ann On 11/10/2015 12:28 AM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: A Coxswain at the Gardner Cup Regatta at Dartmouth College: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=18125332=lg K-5 II S, DA 18-135 zoom Comments are

Re: November PUG - On Two Wheels - is now up

Really wonderful gallery! Can't pick faves, they all stand out ... Because I didn't submit with the form(I changed my mind about what to submit and Brian let meemail) I will tell you that the photo was taken almost to the day, a year before Katrina hit N O. with my LX and fuji film. The

Re: OT - PESO - Waiting - Redux

Has a very Norman Rockwell feel to it. On 11/8/2015 11:34 AM, knarf wrote: Based on a suggested crop sent to me off-list. I accidentally deleted the original post. But here's a fresh post : http://knarfinthecity.blogspot.ca/2015/11/waiting_99.html?m=0 Hope you enjoy. Comments welcome.

Re: PESO ~ cafe chair

That could be a fashion mag shot - Not my sort of thing, but so nicely done (I hate fashion) ann On 11/7/2015 3:51 PM, Bruce Walker wrote: A noir-ish shot for the b fans ... https://www.flickr.com/photos/bruce_m_walker/22824553196/lightbox/ 645Z, DFA645 90mm/2.8, f:11, 1/125th sec, 100 ISO

Re: Boris Peso #03 - Etude

Wonderful tonality and texture, too! On Sun, Nov 8, 2015 at 1:10 PM, Boris Liberman wrote: > Hi! > > After very long hiatus, I am back posting to my photo blog. Please, have a > look: > > http://pentax-ways.blogspot.co.il/2015/11/2015-03-etude.html > > Also, I posted a short

Re: OT: Digital black & white

On 11/8/2015 5:25 PM, Bob W-PDML wrote: I went with some friends to the Lee Miller exhibition at the Imperial War Museum today - it's a superb exhibition and I recommend it very highly. I took my Fuji X20 with me because one of my friends has one on my recommendation but couldn't figure out

Re: peso soup du jour

me too ann On 11/7/2015 4:05 AM, Larry Colen wrote: This gave me a chuckle https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/22817939306/in/album-72157660557640441/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please

Re: PESO ~ figure study #1

On Tue, Nov 10, 2015 at 5:18 AM, Steve Cottrell wrote: > On 9/11/15, Bruce Walker, discombobulated, unleashed: > >>Kristina Jovanovic has been pigeonholed as a glamour/swimsuit model >>because she's as curvy as a mountain road. I booked her for a shoot >>and to her surprise

Re: PESO ~ figure study #1

Thanks, Frank! On Mon, Nov 9, 2015 at 10:13 PM, knarf wrote: > Stunning! > > Cheers, > > frank > > On November 9, 2015 7:55:37 PM EST, Bruce Walker > wrote: >>Kristina Jovanovic has been pigeonholed as a glamour/swimsuit model >>because she's

Re: PESO - Self Portrait of a Confused Photographer

Ann, Thank you :) I am one of his fans, actually! Bulent - http://patoloji.gen.tr http://celasun.wordpress.com/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/bc_the_path/ http://photo.net/photodb/user?user_id=2226822

PESO - Housekeeping

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Re: PESO: Cool Cox

The coxswain is the one who keeps the oarsmen in time and steers racing shell. (There hope that helps). On 11/10/2015 11:43 AM, ann sanfedele wrote: I'll have to google coxswain No idea what is going on here, butthe geometry is nice ann On 11/10/2015 12:28 AM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: A

Re: PESO - Self Portrait of a Confused Photographer

Bruce, Thank you for your comment. This view has intrigued me for quite some time. I had tried to photograph it before, more than once. The results were unappealing for some reason. This time, the scene was singing! And the image just worked! The 67 simply rocks... every time! Bulent

RE: On Two Wheels

Collin B wrote: > Somehow my submission got lost. Probably in the server pre-failure > stages. > Things happen. No big deal. This *would have been* my submission. > K5, F50/1.7 > > https://www.flickr.com/photos/55001392@N08/22912036302/in/album- > 721576587219 > 11284/ Glad we got to see it

Re: November PUG - On Two Wheels - is now up

Almost all the submissions are good in one aspect or another. How very nice! My favorite: Criterium by Mark Roberts Runners up: Misty Morning Ride by Malcolm Smith Baa-cycle by Brian Walters Thumbs Up by Frank Theriault Bulent

On Two Wheels

Somehow my submission got lost. Probably in the server pre-failure stages. Things happen. No big deal. This *would have been* my submission. K5, F50/1.7 https://www.flickr.com/photos/55001392@N08/22912036302/in/album-721576587219 11284/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: PESO - Self Portrait of a Confused Photographer

Igor, Many thanks for your comment. >"...thinking outside the box" Wow! Looks like a better title! Cheers :) Bulent - http://patoloji.gen.tr http://celasun.wordpress.com/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/bc_the_path/

Re: PESO - Housekeeping

I like the geometry of the shadows, and I like the 'Rear Window' idea of people's lives going on independently and publicly, so I would love to see this as 2 separate photos rather than one. B > On 10 Nov 2015, at 18:41, Marco Alpert wrote: > >

Re: PESO ~ Portrait of a self-portrait

I REALLY like this one. Great pose, strong concept, interesting and compelling composition. I usually dislike purple hair, but it works well here and is quite attractive, and the tattoos also add interest. The camera is also elegant and well positioned, and the way she is gazing down at it

PESO ~ Portrait of a self-portrait

Molly Fassbender has a fascination with self-portraits, so I brought my little collection of vintage cameras along to our shoot last Thursday. https://www.flickr.com/photos/bruce_m_walker/22923705145/lightbox/ 645Z, DFA645 90mm f:2.8 Macro, f:11, 1/125th sec, 100 ISO, handheld. One light: Buff

Re: November PUG - On Two Wheels - is now up

On 11/10/2015 2:22 PM, Toralf Lund wrote: I particularly like Bill's photo, because it's "less obvious", to put it that way. Thank you. There are little scenes like that dotting the landscape where I live. There are literally tens of thousands of old vehicles sitting in the middle of

Re: PESO ~ cafe chair

Thanks, Ann! Fashion isn't really my thing either, but the visual aesthetic that it has is. When a body is stylishly draped, my primitive shutter brain lights up like a pinball machine. _This_ model inspired me like crazy. On Tue, Nov 10, 2015 at 11:31 AM, ann sanfedele

Re: PESO - Housekeeping

On 10/11/15, Marco Alpert, discombobulated, unleashed: >http://www.alpert.com/marco/photo15/peso24.html > >Comments, as always, welcomed. That's very good! -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__Broadcast, Corporate, || (O) |Web Video Production -- _

Re: Deleting folders from Lightroom navigator

> On Nov 10, 2015, at 7:26 AM, Eric Weir wrote: > >> On Nov 9, 2015, at 8:08 AM, Eric Weir wrote: >> >> I am uncertain at this point which of the folders in LR points to the actual >> files, i.e., the files on the reformatted and renamed drive from

Re: On Two Wheels

Very nice...glad to get a chance to see it -p On 11/10/2015 12:49 PM, Collin B wrote: Somehow my submission got lost. Probably in the server pre-failure stages. Things happen. No big deal. This *would have been* my submission. K5, F50/1.7

Re: [baphotoshooters] Housekeeping - MMA

Thanks, Godfrey! m On Nov 10, 2015, at 11:45 AM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: > Like this one a lot. It lead me on a pleasant detail hunt looking for all the > details across the balconies. > Great work! > > G > > >> On Nov 10, 2015, at 10:40 AM, Marco Alpert

Re: November PUG - On Two Wheels - is now up

On 08/11/15 22:35, Brian Walters wrote: 'morning all. As expected, quite a few cycles this month (both pedal & motor). Mark's dramatic 'Criterium' is my pick but I also like Dave's 'The Attack', Frank's 'Thumbs Up' and Pat's 'High Flyer'. Good to see Subash back, too. There's lots to enjoy

Re: On Two Wheels

Better late than never! Thanks for posting it anyway. I also like the image. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Tue, Nov 10, 2015 at 1:49 PM, Collin B wrote: > Somehow my submission got lost. Probably in the server pre-failure stages. >

Re: PESO - Housekeeping

Marco Alpert wrote: http://www.alpert.com/marco/photo15/peso24.html Comments, as always, welcomed. I love the composition, the interplay of light and shadow, and the combination of people and abstract shapes. I can't help but think that there might be a better way of processing the

Re: [baphotoshooters] Housekeeping - MMA

Like this one a lot. It lead me on a pleasant detail hunt looking for all the details across the balconies. Great work! G > On Nov 10, 2015, at 10:40 AM, Marco Alpert ma...@alpert.com [baphotoshooters] > wrote: > >

Re: [baphotoshooters] Housekeeping - MMA

Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: >> On Nov 10, 2015, at 10:40 AM, Marco Alpert ma...@alpert.com >> [baphotoshooters] wrote: >> >> http://www.alpert.com/marco/photo15/peso24.html >> >Like this one a lot. It lead me on a pleasant detail hunt looking for all the >details

Re: November PUG - On Two Wheels - is now up

On 11/10/2015 3:53 PM, Bill wrote: On 11/10/2015 2:22 PM, Toralf Lund wrote: I particularly like Bill's photo, because it's "less obvious", to put it that way. Thank you. There are little scenes like that dotting the landscape where I live. There are literally tens of thousands of old

Re: PESO ~ Portrait of a self-portrait

Bruce, That's a nice shot... This point of view creates some suspense: The the way she is positioned, what she is looking at... Being pictured against the white cold-looking floor (table?) creates the contrast with how hot she looks. The extended black bellows just sprung into the action

Re: PESO ~ figure study #1

Cotty and I are SNAGs. We're like kindred spirits. When we were at GFM well nigh a decade ago we co-chaired men's sensitivity sessions and held several all-night vigils featuring lots of wailing and beating of drums. Either that or we drank our faces off. It's all a bit hazy right now...

November PUG Updated

Somehow Collin's submission got lost in cyberspace so the PUG has now been updated to include it. http://pug.komkon.org/index.html Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://lyons-ryan.org/southernlight/ -- -- -- http://www.fastmail.com

Re: PESO ~ Portrait of a self-portrait

I really appreciate that, Dan. Thank you! On Tue, Nov 10, 2015 at 4:10 PM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: > I REALLY like this one. Great pose, strong concept, interesting and > compelling composition. I usually dislike purple hair, but it works > well here and is quite

Re: PESO ~ figure study #1

On 9/11/15, Bruce Walker, discombobulated, unleashed: >Kristina Jovanovic has been pigeonholed as a glamour/swimsuit model >because she's as curvy as a mountain road. I booked her for a shoot >and to her surprise and delight I said I wanted to do some black and >white figure studies. When she

Re: PESO - Housekeeping

Damn you. Cheers, frank On November 10, 2015 1:40:11 PM EST, Marco Alpert wrote: >http://www.alpert.com/marco/photo15/peso24.html > >Comments, as always, welcomed. > >-Marco > >--- >http://www.alpert.com/marco -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -- Henri

Re: PESO - Housekeeping

A Hyatt Regency someplace. I like it. Rick On Nov 10, 2015, at 1:40 PM, Marco Alpert wrote: > http://www.alpert.com/marco/photo15/peso24.html > > Comments, as always, welcomed. > > -Marco > > --- > http://www.alpert.com/marco > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >

Re: PESO - Diabolique

Those rich earthtone colours against the cooler background make this shot for me, Frank. Love nature shots like this. On Tue, Nov 10, 2015 at 8:48 PM, frank theriault wrote: > I know, it's a moribund plant, and the hooked spikes aren't there to > hurt anyone, they're

Re: PESO ~ Portrait of a self-portrait

I love the way you put that. :) Thank you very, very much, Igor! On Tue, Nov 10, 2015 at 7:14 PM, Igor PDML-StR wrote: > > Bruce, > > That's a nice shot... This point of view creates some suspense: > The the way she is positioned, what she is looking at... > Being pictured

PESO - Diabolique

I know, it's a moribund plant, and the hooked spikes aren't there to hurt anyone, they're there to become inextricably entwined with our sweaters and other woollies, so we spread the seeds. Looks evil to me though, especially with the webs and dead insects:

Re: On Two Wheels

It's no big deal to add that image to the PUG - now done. http://pug.komkon.org/15nov/slides/CB-2wheels.html Not sure what happened to the original submission. Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://lyons-ryan.org/southernlight/ On

Re: PESO - Diabolique

Nice snack for an omnivore! Alan C -Original Message- From: frank theriault Sent: Wednesday, November 11, 2015 3:48 AM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: PESO - Diabolique I know, it's a moribund plant, and the hooked spikes aren't there to hurt anyone, they're there to become

Re: PESO - Housekeeping

Thanks, Bob. But pardon my denseness, how exactly would you like to see it as two photos? - Marco On Nov 10, 2015, at 11:48 AM, Bob W-PDML wrote: > I like the geometry of the shadows, and I like the 'Rear Window' idea of > people's lives going on independently and

Re: PESO - Housekeeping

Thanks, Cotty! - Marco On Nov 10, 2015, at 12:49 PM, Steve Cottrell wrote: > On 10/11/15, Marco Alpert, discombobulated, unleashed: > >> http://www.alpert.com/marco/photo15/peso24.html >> >> Comments, as always, welcomed. > > That's very good! > > -- > > > Cheers, >

Re: [baphotoshooters] Housekeeping - MMA

Thanks, Mark. Much apprecitaed. - Marco On Nov 10, 2015, at 3:06 PM, Mark Roberts wrote: > Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: > >>> On Nov 10, 2015, at 10:40 AM, Marco Alpert ma...@alpert.com >>> [baphotoshooters] wrote: >>> >>>

Re: PESO - Housekeeping

Thanks, Larry. That was specifically one of the challenges of the shot. It went through quite a few iterations to arrive at this one. - Marco On Nov 10, 2015, at 1:19 PM, Larry Colen wrote: > > > Marco Alpert wrote: >> http://www.alpert.com/marco/photo15/peso24.html >>

Re: PESO - Housekeeping

Thanks, Rick. (Outside Chicago.) - Marco On Nov 10, 2015, at 5:53 PM, Rick Womer wrote: > A Hyatt Regency someplace. I like it. > > Rick > > On Nov 10, 2015, at 1:40 PM, Marco Alpert wrote: > >> http://www.alpert.com/marco/photo15/peso24.html >> >> Comments, as

Re: PESO - Housekeeping

Thanks, Frank. I’ll take that in the most positive of possible interpretations. - Marco On Nov 10, 2015, at 6:29 PM, knarf wrote: > Damn you. > > Cheers, > > frank > > On November 10, 2015 1:40:11 PM EST, Marco Alpert wrote: >>

PESO: Confidence

http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=18125904=lg K-5 II S, FA 18-135 zoom Comments are invited. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please

Re: PESO: Cool Cox

On Tue, Nov 10, 2015 at 11:43 AM, ann sanfedele wrote: > No idea what is going on here, butthe geometry is nice Thanks, Ann. This is at a regatta -- a rowing race. Each shell (boat( has eight rowers, plus a coxswain, who sits in the rear of the shell, steers the boat and

Re: PESO - Housekeeping

Great geometry and light ... Marco - where is that? It reminds me of a hotel I once stayed in ..all the entrances to rooms are going arond the edges of a rectangle and face inwardwith an atrium in the middle - . ann On 11/11/2015 12:11 AM, Marco Alpert wrote: Thanks, Frank. I’ll take that

Re: PESO - Self Portrait of a Confused Photographer

Thanks, Frank. "All photographs are self portraits"! Bulent - http://patoloji.gen.tr http://celasun.wordpress.com/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/bc_the_path/ http://photo.net/photodb/user?user_id=2226822

Re: PESO: Cool Cox

“Physiologists, in fact, have calculated that rowing a two-thousand-meter race—the Olympic standard—takes the same physiological toll as playing two basketball games back-to-back. And it exacts that toll in about six minutes.” ― Daniel James Brown, The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their

Re: PESO: Cool Cox

Thanks, Frank. Yes, rowing has changed a LOT since I rowed on the Dartmouth Lights 50 years ago. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Tue, Nov 10, 2015 at 10:29 PM, knarf wrote: > He is cool. So is the shot. > > Rowing has clearly changed

Re: PESO - Housekeeping

It’s the Westin Chicago Northwest in Itasca. And yes, all four inner sides are like that, with one broken by an exposed elevator. - Marco On Nov 10, 2015, at 9:25 PM, ann sanfedele wrote: > Great geometry and light ... > > Marco - where is that? It reminds me of a hotel I

Re: PESO: Confidence

“Rowing is perhaps the toughest of sports. Once the race starts, there are no time-outs, no substitutions. It calls upon the limits of human endurance. The coach must therefore impart the secrets of the special kind of endurance that comes from mind, heart, and body. —George Yeoman Pocock” ―

Re: PESO - Housekeeping

I would like one photo to show the shadows without the people, and another to show the people without the shadows. In one photo they divide my attention. B > On 11 Nov 2015, at 05:08, Marco Alpert wrote: > > Thanks, Bob. But pardon my denseness, how exactly would you like to

Re: PESO - Housekeeping

Ah... Got it. Thanks. m On Nov 10, 2015, at 9:43 PM, Bob W-PDML wrote: > I would like one photo to show the shadows without the people, and another to > show the people without the shadows. In one photo they divide my attention. > > B > >> On 11 Nov 2015, at 05:08,

Re: PESO ~ figure study #1

On Tue, Nov 10, 2015 at 5:18 AM, Steve Cottrell wrote: > How about some males to balance the books! Not needed. Continue on the present course. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

PESO - Sinuous Garden

Last week found me in Salt Lake City for five days of meetings. It's not an easy place to shoot, because the gorgeous scenery is obscured by modern clap-trap. I also had very little time. I managed to squeeze in a little photography, though: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=18125865

Re: PESO ~ Portrait of a self-portrait

Like. Cheers, frank On November 10, 2015 7:33:36 PM EST, Bruce Walker wrote: >I love the way you put that. :) Thank you very, very much, Igor! > >On Tue, Nov 10, 2015 at 7:14 PM, Igor PDML-StR >wrote: >> >> Bruce, >> >> That's a nice shot... This

Re: PESO - Self Portrait of a Confused Photographer

I don't get the title. Unless there's a mirror behind that white door... Cool geometry and composition. Cheers, frank On November 10, 2015 10:29:54 AM EST, Bulent Celasun wrote: >I may call it a figurative abstract, to make it still more confusing! > >Anyway,

Re: PESO - Sinuous Garden

Creative and very unique flower garden. Tough shooting, well handled, Rick! J - Original Message - From: "Rick Womer" To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" Sent: Tuesday, November 10, 2015 6:57:21 PM Subject: PESO - Sinuous Garden Last week found me in

Re: PESO: Cool Cox

He is cool. So is the shot. Rowing has clearly changed with the times. :-) Cheers, frank On November 10, 2015 12:28:26 AM EST, "Daniel J. Matyola" wrote: >A Coxswain at the Gardner Cup Regatta at Dartmouth College: >

Re: PESO - Diabolique

Looks pretty evil to me. Nice shot! - Marco On Nov 10, 2015, at 5:48 PM, frank theriault wrote: > I know, it's a moribund plant, and the hooked spikes aren't there to > hurt anyone, they're there to become inextricably entwined with our > sweaters and other woollies,