Re: Peso-First Light

2017-10-25 Thread Bob W-PDML
Its pretending to be a cormorant. Nice backlight. > On 25 Oct 2017, at 22:15, ann sanfedele wrote: > > Huh - I like it for the same reason, but I'd do a bit of a Waller crop here > to get rid of the raggedy stuff on the far right at the bottom expected > jsut to be

Re: More thoughts on slide scanning: Hamrick VueScan

2017-10-25 Thread Bob W-PDML
On 25 Oct 2017, at 21:46, mike wilson <m.9.wil...@ntlworld.com> wrote: >> On 25 October 2017 at 21:39 Bob W-PDML <p...@web-options.com> wrote: >> >> >> >>> On 25 Oct 2017, at 21:21, Steve Cottrell <co...@seeingeye.tv> wrote: >>&

Re: More thoughts on slide scanning: Hamrick VueScan

2017-10-25 Thread Bob W-PDML
> On 25 Oct 2017, at 21:21, Steve Cottrell <co...@seeingeye.tv> wrote: > > On 25/10/17, Bob W-PDML, discombobulated, unleashed: > >> My negs and slides are in the loft, next to the scanner. Someday they >> will learn to love each other and have little digital bab

Re: More thoughts on slide scanning: Hamrick VueScan

2017-10-25 Thread Bob W-PDML
My negs and slides are in the loft, next to the scanner. Someday they will learn to love each other and have little digital babies without me having to do anything. > On 25 Oct 2017, at 21:03, Steve Cottrell <co...@seeingeye.tv> wrote: > > On 25/10/17, Bob W-PDML, discombobul

Re: More thoughts on slide scanning: Hamrick VueScan

2017-10-25 Thread Bob W-PDML
I have a LS1000 gathering dust in the loft. Vuescan worked with that way back whenever I last used it. B > On 25 Oct 2017, at 20:55, Steve Cottrell wrote: > > On 25/10/17, Godfrey DiGiorgi, discombobulated, unleashed: > >> I bought VueScan when I bought the Minolta Dimage

Re: Bart's

2017-10-23 Thread Bob W-PDML
> On 23 Oct 2017, at 16:31, Eric Weir <eew...@bellsouth.net> wrote: > > >> On Oct 22, 2017, at 5:00 PM, Bob W-PDML <p...@web-options.com> wrote: >> >> The golden (actually gilt bronze) statue is Bart himself, showing off his >> skin, by Damien

Bart's

2017-10-22 Thread Bob W-PDML
Had a pleasant day today pottering about in autumnal Bloomsbury with Chris M, including a visit to Saint Bartholomew's church, which reeked of incense. Here are some shots. The golden (actually gilt bronze) statue is Bart himself, showing off his skin, by Damien Hirst.

Re: Yorkshire Dales

2017-10-22 Thread Bob W-PDML
On 22 Oct 2017, at 07:48, mike wilson wrote: >> On 22 October 2017 at 02:46 ann sanfedele wrote: >> >> >> Liked the travelogue - even the drone shots :-) a particular fave is >> Bob's bike. What's the story behind it? > > A couple of years a go,

Re: Kiss me, Hardy

2017-10-21 Thread Bob W-PDML
ese flags represent the letters JKWS, referencing the > owner’s name JocK WilliS. > > Alan C > > -Original Message- From: Bob W-PDML > Sent: 21 October, 2017 7:28 PM > To: Mail List Pentax-Discuss > Subject: Kiss me, Hardy > > A vexillological quiz for naval gazers

Kiss me, Hardy

2017-10-21 Thread Bob W-PDML
A vexillological quiz for naval gazers: https://web-options.com/2017/10/21/put-out-fewer-flags/ B -- 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: guillotine or rolling cutter for paper?

2017-10-21 Thread Bob W-PDML
On 21 Oct 2017, at 15:37, mike wilson wrote: >> On 21 October 2017 at 00:10 Steve Cottrell wrote: >> >> >> On 20/10/17, mike wilson, discombobulated, unleashed: >> >>> Lard's a bit refined. Hairy chested hipster paper-cutters use beef >>>

Re: GESO: Yorkshire Dales

2017-10-21 Thread Bob W-PDML
A very nice set of some very familiar places. I like the Turner view from Hackfall. I've shot that, but not as nicely. Glad to see you found not-Stonehenge too. B > On 21 Oct 2017, at 09:50, Alan C wrote: > > As promised, my travelogue of the Yorkshire Dales (62 deep, sorry

Re: My sad spelling!

2017-10-21 Thread Bob W-PDML
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-41666320 On 21 Oct 2017, at 01:32, Igor PDML-StR > wrote: “My spelling is Wobbly. It's good spelling but it Wobbles, and the letters get in the wrong places.” ― A.A. Milne, Winnie-the-Pooh ;-) On 10/20/2017

Re: UPS Stupidy

2017-10-19 Thread Bob W-PDML
I've been enjoying the full customer failed-delivery journey experience with a couple of carriers over the last two weeks. With one of them today I logged a query on their system. In response I received three emails over the space of an hour to tell me they'd logged my case. Each of the

Re: Wrap up: Ribblehead, Fountains, Waverley, Autumn shades & Wings.

2017-10-18 Thread Bob W-PDML
> On 17 Oct 2017, at 05:29, Alan C wrote: > > Many thanks to those who looked & commented. Also for the UK "get-togethers". > Clearly the K5 is a step up from the K7. I now need to try it with longer > lenses & hopefully not bore you with game shots. Mind you, I still have a

Re: On another note

2017-10-17 Thread Bob W-PDML
The Lightroom app also shoots manual and RAW. https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/adobe-lightroom-for-ipad/id804177739?mt=8 B > On 17 Oct 2017, at 17:38, Eric Weir wrote: > > >> On Oct 17, 2017, at 12:28 PM, Steffen Zahn wrote: >> >> "I use an app that lets

Re: OT - for those who suffered from the "Reply-To" issue in Thunderbird

2017-10-16 Thread Bob W-PDML
> On 16 Oct 2017, at 20:35, Mark Roberts <postmas...@robertstech.com> wrote: > > Bob W-PDML <p...@web-options.com> wrote: > >> >>> On 16 Oct 2017, at 20:12, Igor PDML-StR <pdml...@komkon.org> wrote: >>> >>> Acknowledge

Re: OT - for those who suffered from the "Reply-To" issue in Thunderbird

2017-10-16 Thread Bob W-PDML
> On 16 Oct 2017, at 20:12, Igor PDML-StR wrote: > > > > Acknowledge the threat of destroying the universe by creating a black hole. > Then type/paste this into the entry field: > > mail.override_list_reply_to > > Click on it to change the value to "false". > > You may

Re: Samyang 14/2.8 on K-1, good?

2017-10-15 Thread Bob W-PDML
On 15 Oct 2017, at 15:54, Jostein wrote: > > > > Den 10.10.2017 22:17, skrev P. J. Alling: >> On an APS-C sensor it's moderate but correctable barrel distortion, but on >> FF it's mustache distortion. > > Interesting expression. Would that be akin to Hitler's, Stalin's or

Re: GESO: Portsmouth

2017-10-15 Thread Bob W-PDML
Never heard of that poem before! > On 15 Oct 2017, at 13:59, ann sanfedele <ann...@nyc.rr.com> wrote: > > >> On 10/15/2017 3:19 AM, Bob W-PDML wrote: >> Nice shots, especially the one with all the cannons. The mess shot reminds >> me of school somehow. >

Re: GESO: Portsmouth

2017-10-15 Thread Bob W-PDML
On 15 Oct 2017, at 10:12, mike wilson wrote: >> On 15 October 2017 at 05:36 Alan C wrote: >> >> >> We were able to visit Portsmouth on our UK trip. Without trying to bore >> anyone, here are some shots. HMS Warrior is an Ironclad warship of the 19th

Re: GESO: Portsmouth

2017-10-15 Thread Bob W-PDML
Nice shots, especially the one with all the cannons. The mess shot reminds me of school somehow. > On 15 Oct 2017, at 05:37, Alan C wrote: > > We were able to visit Portsmouth on our UK trip. Without trying to bore > anyone, here are some shots. HMS Warrior is an Ironclad

Re: PESO: Spotted Bug

2017-10-12 Thread Bob W-PDML
On 13 Oct 2017, at 00:08, Steve Cottrell wrote: > > >>> On 12/10/17, Jostein, discombobulated, unleashed: >>> Not entirely sure what happened, but what seemed like shortly after watching the video in the link, I found myself having spent more than an hour

Re: PESO: Spotted Bug

2017-10-12 Thread Bob W-PDML
> On 12 Oct 2017, at 23:31, Steve Cottrell wrote: > > On 12/10/17, Jostein, discombobulated, unleashed: > >> Not entirely sure what happened, but what seemed like shortly after >> watching the video in the link, I found myself having spent more than an >> hour watching

Re: PESO: Spotted Bug

2017-10-12 Thread Bob W-PDML
mathematical topology, and in particular about Klein bottles. > > Discombombulating... > > Jostein :-) > > Den 12.10.2017 11:06, skrev Bob W-PDML: >> https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=8lcUHQYhPTE >> On 12 Oct 2017, at 03:39, Daniel J. Matyola >> <danmaty...@gm

Re: GESO: Ribblehead Viaduct - Settle & Carlisle Railway

2017-10-12 Thread Bob W-PDML
Somebody ought to invent railway timetables so people don't have to suffer like that. > On 12 Oct 2017, at 02:38, Rick Womer wrote: > > Beautiful shot—I like the curve that the pano gives; it makes it considerably > more interesting. > > On our trip to Yorkshire a few

Re: PESO: Spotted Bug

2017-10-12 Thread Bob W-PDML
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=8lcUHQYhPTE On 12 Oct 2017, at 03:39, Daniel J. Matyola > wrote: This critter landed on my shoulder Saturday, and then flew to the pavement. Interesting, but I have no idea what kind of insect it is.

Re: PESO: Throws Like a Girl

2017-10-08 Thread Bob W-PDML
Nice action shot. Love the way her left hand echoes the handprint on her leg, which itself recalls mouth-spray-painted hand impressions on cave walls, from a time when throwing ability was life or death. > On 8 Oct 2017, at 19:26, Paul Stenquist wrote: > > I’m being

Re: PDML at Fountains Abbey, Yorkshire

2017-10-07 Thread Bob W-PDML
I laugh in the face of death. Yes, nice set. It took me a while to figure out where we were in the shot outside the pub. Pateley Bridge is a nice place - we had a couple of camping holidays there when I was a kid. Your stray apostrophe has been written into The Book of Greengrocer's, with a

Re: Ann's Paris Book

2017-10-06 Thread Bob W-PDML
So do I > On 6 Oct 2017, at 04:37, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: > > I agree with Paul! > > > Dan Matyola > http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola > >> On Thu, Oct 5, 2017 at 10:23 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote: >> >> Wow! It's simply gorgeous.

Re: PDML at Fountains Abbey, Yorkshire

2017-10-04 Thread Bob W-PDML
Nice to see everybody lined up in the traditional way. Are you back home now, Alan? It was great to meet you, maintaining the 100% record of good people I've met from the PDML. The most fun to be had at Fountains Abbey is scattering your parents' ashes without the authorities finding out.

Re: GESO: Waverley Abbey

2017-10-04 Thread Bob W-PDML
I particularly like the first photo of the bridge. It all looks like a nice spot, but who on earth thought it was a good idea to put that hideous staircase on the side of the house? > On 3 Oct 2017, at 14:42, Alan C wrote: > > Waverley Abbey is situated on the River Wey near

Re: PESO - cuckoo wasp

2017-09-25 Thread Bob W-PDML
On 25 Sep 2017, at 21:57, Jostein wrote: > > https://www.flickr.com/photos/alunfoto/37060788530/in/album-72157651227461041/ > > This wasp looks like a yellowjacket, and will parasitise them in the > Americas. Other species are targeted in the Eastern hemisphere. > > Its

Re: PESO - Matchie, matchie

2017-09-24 Thread Bob W-PDML
Perfect. > On 24 Sep 2017, at 18:09, ann sanfedele wrote: > > taken with my darkside Powershot sx120 this morning while I was walking to > Chinatown.. I only had a moment to > get the camera out of the bag as I passed them as they were coming toward > me.. I spun around

Re: PESO: Another lost and found pano

2017-09-22 Thread Bob W-PDML
It's a cathedral of science! http://www.nhm.ac.uk/ B On 22 Sep 2017, at 22:16, Daniel J. Matyola > wrote: I really like that one, Mark; clear and balanced, with great color. The patterns of the clouds accentuates the patterns in the

Re: OT Photo dot net email about accounts.

2017-09-22 Thread Bob W-PDML
Curious - did you write photo dot net so that the spammers wouldn't find out there's a photo.net? > On 21 Sep 2017, at 13:08, David J Brooks wrote: > > anyone get an email from the above stating new terms and conditions. > It also acknowledge a subscription payment and

Re: A good photography gig if you can get it

2017-09-17 Thread Bob W-PDML
> On 16 Sep 2017, at 10:02, Steve Cottrell wrote: > > On 15/9/17, Mark Roberts, discombobulated, unleashed: > >> A guy who photographs the super-luxury planes of the super rich. > >

Re: A couple of trees in Big Basin and a bit of sophomoric humor

2017-09-14 Thread Bob W-PDML
On 14 Sep 2017, at 08:53, Larry Colen > wrote: I was in Big Basin the other day and was childishly amused by The Father of the Forest https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/37028640386/in/album-72157686548074203/ A short way down the trail was the

Re: In London with AlanC

2017-09-14 Thread Bob W-PDML
Chris is teasing you, ann. I will make it over there sometime, don't worry. > On 14 Sep 2017, at 15:34, ann sanfedele wrote: > > Definitely a shame I haven't met Bob... I keep telling him he must visit this > side of the big pond. > that lottery ticket I'm planning on

Re: Edinburgh and Portobello

2017-09-12 Thread Bob W-PDML
> dog, and several B shots, - with a kid eating, with a guy reading, ...) > > There is a chance it might be my monitor. > It's been a while since I calibrated it (some time in the spring?), but if > anything, it usually is too bright than the other way around. > > Cheers, > >

Re: In London with AlanC

2017-09-12 Thread Bob W-PDML
Alan Cole, who posts pictures of elephants and lions and so on from Phalaborwa in South Africa. He's the guy in the middle: http://gog2953.jalbum.net/PDML%20AlanC/#img=XP2S4844.jpg B On 12 Sep 2017, at 23:20, Jack Davis > wrote: Would someone

Re: Focus Stacking

2017-09-11 Thread Bob W-PDML
That's an interesting and unusual shot. When I read John's question my first reaction was 'that would be pointless', but then I thought about it and decided that people should experiment - this is a good example of why. > On 11 Sep 2017, at 15:00, Mark C wrote: > > I

Re: In London with AlanC

2017-09-10 Thread Bob W-PDML
pic...@gmail.com>> wrote: Bob, 72, 76, and “Gilbert or George” are my favorites in this set. I will now display my ignorance (or one small facet of it): Who are Gilbert and George? Cheers, Rick On Sep 9, 2017, at 6:46 PM, Bob W-PDML <p...@web-options.com<mailto:p...@web-options.com>

Edinburgh and Portobello

2017-09-09 Thread Bob W-PDML
A few shots from my visit to the Edinburgh Festival last month. I've posted one of them before. https://web-options.com/2017/09/09/edinburgh-and-portobello/ B -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please

Re: In London with AlanC

2017-09-09 Thread Bob W-PDML
As threatened: https://web-options.com/2017/09/09/spitalfields/ https://web-options.com/2017/09/09/gilbert-or-george-opens-their-door/ B On 9 Sep 2017, at 19:42, Bob W-PDML <p...@web-options.com<mailto:p...@web-options.com>> wrote: That's a really nice set. I especially lik

Re: In London with AlanC

2017-09-09 Thread Bob W-PDML
That's a really nice set. I especially like the person dressed in black in the shop doorway. I like that gallery style too. I'll try and post mine later, including G Or was it A? I get so confused with these slebs. B > On 9 Sep 2017, at 19:26, Chris Mitchell wrote:

Re: GESO: Kids Football

2017-09-08 Thread Bob W-PDML
These, and the ones you take of baseball, are always very enjoyable to see. > On 8 Sep 2017, at 20:28, Paul Stenquist wrote: > > Always enjoy shooting the kids! > > https://www.photo.net/gallery/1107590#//Sort-Newest/All-Categories/All-Time/Page-1 > -- > -- PDML

Re: Peso - WEST Winslow (cf chris's corner shot)

2017-09-04 Thread Bob W-PDML
I pointed out the Nightingale thing because Karin is a Nightingale isn't she? As is my sister, in fact. That is, trained at St. Thomas's Hospital. > On 4 Sep 2017, at 07:17, Chris Mitchell wrote: > > Excellent set Ann. Winslow Bucks is very different, as you can

Re: OT: Standing on a corner...

2017-09-02 Thread Bob W-PDML
The Nightingale connection hasn't gone unnoticed either! > On 2 Sep 2017, at 19:57, Chris Mitchell wrote: > > ...Winslow Buckinghamshire. Shame it doesn't quite scan. Could have > been a good line in a song. > https://www.dropbox.com/s/vf798dbrzqeu19o/XE2S0760.jpg?dl=0

Re: OT: Standing on a corner...

2017-09-02 Thread Bob W-PDML
The Nightingale connection hasn't gone unnoticed either! > On 2 Sep 2017, at 19:57, Chris Mitchell wrote: > > ...Winslow Buckinghamshire. Shame it doesn't quite scan. Could have > been a good line in a song. > https://www.dropbox.com/s/vf798dbrzqeu19o/XE2S0760.jpg?dl=0

Re: GESO eclipse progress

2017-08-26 Thread Bob W-PDML
Extremely very most excellent indeed. Particularly nice to have captured those solar flare. Are you sure those sensor spots are not sun spots? > On 26 Aug 2017, at 14:12, Larry Colen wrote: > > Some of these will be cleaned up later, but here are 35 frames showing the >

Re: OT Hopper's lost photos

2017-08-25 Thread Bob W-PDML
I saw that exhibition when it was in London last year. In fact, I saw it twice, so it must have been good. They were also playing scenes from Easy Rider. > On 25 Aug 2017, at 13:47, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: > > He did fine work. I especially like his "fenced in"

Re: Different Moons

2017-08-24 Thread Bob W-PDML
You're overcomplicating it. It's quite straightforward really. After he took the first picture he turned round and photographed it again, from the other side. > On 25 Aug 2017, at 00:54, Ken Waller wrote: > > Ok I'll play > > One was an actual capture of the eclipse

Re: OT: Water your wiskey

2017-08-24 Thread Bob W-PDML
>>> On 23 August 2017 at 19:32 Bob W-PDML <p...@web-options.com> wrote: >>> >>> >>> I have mine distilled from the pee of unicorn fillies, filtered through >>> freshly-crushed diamond powder. >>> >>>> On 23 Aug 2017, at 18

Re: OT: Water your wiskey

2017-08-23 Thread Bob W-PDML
I have mine distilled from the pee of unicorn fillies, filtered through freshly-crushed diamond powder. > On 23 Aug 2017, at 18:07, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: > > That's one of several reasons that I recommend freshly filtered tap water > for coffee and for whisky. > > >

Re: OT - Stefan Shooting Edinburgh

2017-08-23 Thread Bob W-PDML
Fantastic - congrats all round! > On 23 Aug 2017, at 17:46, Steve Cottrell wrote: > > Apparently I'm not allowed to post this in Facebook! But he didn't say > anything about me posting it on my web site and telling the PDML ;-) > > Stefan's first solo job with Associated

Re: OT: Water your wiskey

2017-08-22 Thread Bob W-PDML
"You and I need fresh, pure water to replenish our precious bodily fluids". https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=qPyL3dtG2iU On 22 Aug 2017, at 18:32, Daniel J. Matyola > wrote: Can't you filter it? Dan Matyola

Re: OT: Water your wiskey

2017-08-20 Thread Bob W-PDML
That's all very well, but how do they overcome WC Fields' objection to drinking water? > On 20 Aug 2017, at 13:51, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: > >

Re: PESO - Rainy Day Abstract

2017-08-18 Thread Bob W-PDML
Very nice > On 18 Aug 2017, at 22:08, Rick Womer wrote: > > Through the skylight of the cottage, this morning: > > https://rickwomer.smugmug.com/organize/PESOs-2017/Sabbaday-Falls/i-D5rrQcZ > > (K-5, DA 17-70) > > Comments appreciated. > > Rick > > -- PDML

Re: OT - "FedEx is closely monitoring ... solar eclipse ..."

2017-08-18 Thread Bob W-PDML
They should just stay at home and close their eyes for 2.5 minutes. > On 18 Aug 2017, at 21:15, Darren Addy wrote: > > You guys can laugh, but the extra traffic is already causing problems > in Oregon. A person who works at a gas station on the interstate in SW > Idaho

Re: OT - "FedEx is closely monitoring ... solar eclipse ..."

2017-08-18 Thread Bob W-PDML
Well, it's Apocalypse Week on the BBC: http://www.bbc.com/future/columns/apocalypse-week And that makes me suspect that the real reason for Steve Bannon's leaving the White House at this precise moment is that he's been summoned back down to Hell to help Satan and the other demons toss souls

Re: OT: Weird e-mail behavior

2017-08-16 Thread Bob W-PDML
It's the holiday period. My guess is that the people who read all the emails to see whether or not they're junk are sitting in deck chairs on a beach somewhere, reading 19th-century Russian novels in translation. > On 16 Aug 2017, at 18:49, Jostein wrote: > > More likely

Re: PESO - Anthurium flower

2017-08-13 Thread Bob W-PDML
Well, now that you've said that, you have to send us a selfie... > On 13 Aug 2017, at 18:11, Jostein wrote: > > > > Den 12.08.2017 20:06, skrev Larry Colen: >>> http://www.alunfoto.no/innhold/flamingoblomst/ >> Pleasing shape and colors. With that lens you could make even

Re: Skyfall

2017-08-11 Thread Bob W-PDML
Indeed. Thanks everyone for your compliments. B > On 11 Aug 2017, at 00:01, John Coyle wrote: > > Great shot, but - leaping straddle-legged over the groin - what could go > wrong?! > > > John in Brisbane > > > This is one of the shots I took when I spent Tuesday

Skyfall

2017-08-10 Thread Bob W-PDML
Returned yesterday from a few days at the festival in Edinburgh - highly recommended. This is one of the shots I took when I spent Tuesday morning on a nearby beach: http://web-options.com/2017/08/10/skyfall/ B -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: PESO - Bottle Wall construction

2017-07-25 Thread Bob W-PDML
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2011/dec/23/sunlight-bulbs-plastic-bottles-light On 25 Jul 2017, at 11:36, Alan C > wrote: I've seen bottles used double sided in walls to transmit light in much the same way as glass bricks. Alan C

Re: PESO: Roof

2017-07-24 Thread Bob W-PDML
It's quite interesting, it looks like mossy stone tiles to me. Too messy to be the roof of the Van Gogh house. Travelling south through France it's very interesting to see how the styles of rooves and tiles changes with the climate. I cycled through Auvers /Oise 3 or 4 years ago just after

Refugees' guide to Europe

2017-07-22 Thread Bob W-PDML
Almost worth becoming a refugee for this great effort: https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2017/jul/17/guidebook-refugees-magnum-photographers-introduce-europe Digital version: http://www.arabculturefund.org/projects/project.php?id=1 B -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List

Re: are we down?

2017-07-21 Thread Bob W-PDML
Beautiful plumage! https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicken_gun I'm wondering if they could be adapted for cormorants. On 21 Jul 2017, at 18:35, Doug Brewer > wrote: Just checking before firing up the chickens -- PDML Pentax-Discuss

Re: Photographing a baptism

2017-07-17 Thread Bob W-PDML
Most of the christenings I've been to have been something along these lines: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=kHbQr6Xsy8U B On 17 Jul 2017, at 23:47, Larry Colen > wrote: A friend asked me to photograph her child's baptism in a few weeks. I've never

Re: PESO - Doohinkus

2017-07-16 Thread Bob W-PDML
It's a horse-drawn plough. > On 16 Jul 2017, at 17:11, Marnie (aka Doe) wrote: > > 2012. Old Borges Ranch. A formerly working range near me that is now a local > historical site. > > I have visited it twice in recent years and tried to take some good shots of > the

Re: OT: Before CGI, they used Mirrors

2017-07-16 Thread Bob W-PDML
That's clever. I thought they were tiny little people. B > On 16 Jul 2017, at 16:44, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: > > http://imgur.com/a/pYCEv > > Dan Matyola > http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola > -- > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: PESO - Vines

2017-07-14 Thread Bob W-PDML
That's a lovely shot. Mustard protects against disease-causing nematodes, and enriches the soil. B > On 14 Jul 2017, at 20:33, Marnie (aka Doe) wrote: > > Starting to process 2012 photos. For some odd reason, didn't take many that > year. > > Nothing great, but I liked

Re: PESO: Oxford Gargoyle

2017-07-14 Thread Bob W-PDML
On 14 Jul 2017, at 02:39, Mark C > wrote: Nice shot and good use of a controlled bokeh. Did you scale the wall to get to eye level with the gargoyle? I have a shot of them getting up there: http://tinyurl.com/Marklisagargoyle B Mark

Re: eso-Battery Point Light

2017-06-28 Thread Bob W-PDML
That's a very impressive shot. http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/works-of-art/62.95/ B On 28 Jun 2017, at 16:41, Jack Davis > wrote: Actually it was due to the wall hanging that I thought of it. Shot awhile back, but in the current century.

Re: Stupid car question

2017-06-27 Thread Bob W-PDML
> On 27 Jun 2017, at 12:16, Steve Cottrell wrote: > > On 27/6/17, Ralf R Radermacher, discombobulated, unleashed: > >> A punctured tyre can usually be >> vulcanised in a workshop and will be as good as new. > > "Fascinating" ;-) > One of many fascinating things you can

Re: Peso-Blowing Bubbles

2017-06-26 Thread Bob W-PDML
Superb. Exhibition / book material. > On 26 Jun 2017, at 23:57, Jack Davis wrote: > > > > Shot at Gray Lodge Wildlife Area a few years ago. > > https://www.photo.net/photo/18402568/ > > J > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net >

Re: PESO 2017 - 075 - GDG

2017-06-26 Thread Bob W-PDML
It's the internet's way of telling you to emigrate. > On 26 Jun 2017, at 21:53, P. J. Alling <webstertwenty...@gmail.com> wrote: > > The uploader hasn't made this video available in you're country. > > > On 6/26/2017 4:39 PM, mike wilson wrote: >>> On 26 June 2

Re: PESO 2017 - 075 - GDG

2017-06-26 Thread Bob W-PDML
If Maupassant ever drops in for a cup of tea and a Custard Cream, make sure you hide all of those. > On 26 Jun 2017, at 19:39, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: > > Thank you Rick, Ann, and Bob! > > G > >>> Felipe returned from his travels to London and Paris. He brought back

Re: PESO 2017 - 075 - GDG

2017-06-25 Thread Bob W-PDML
You can't have too many Eiffel Towers > On 25 Jun 2017, at 20:30, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: > > Felipe returned from his travels to London and Paris. He brought back > souvenirs... > > https://flic.kr/p/Vxxz4y > > enjoy! > G > — > The trouble with being punctual is

Re: OT - "as if" physics question

2017-06-25 Thread Bob W-PDML
> On 25 Jun 2017, at 17:16, Steve Cottrell wrote: > > On 25/6/17, Jostein, discombobulated, unleashed: > >> So if you just stand still there's no energy spent? > > Steve's Law: > > A body at rest tends to fall asleep. > > True. > I think we are now straying into the

Re: OT - "as if" physics question

2017-06-24 Thread Bob W-PDML
On 24 Jun 2017, at 18:32, Bob W-PDML <p...@web-options.com<mailto:p...@web-options.com>> wrote: The mass of the pack doesn't change, but as you step up you are having to lift with each leg in turn your own mass plus the mass of the pack, which you are not having to do, to the same

Re: OT - "as if" physics question

2017-06-24 Thread Bob W-PDML
The mass of the pack doesn't change, but as you step up you are having to lift with each leg in turn your own mass plus the mass of the pack, which you are not having to do, to the same extent, when you walk on level ground, so you are using more energy. To convert it to additional weight I

Re: Peso-Grimes Church

2017-06-24 Thread Bob W-PDML
HTTP404 on that one. The others are just a big ball of mud, perhaps a sardonic comment from photo.net itself. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_ball_of_mud B On 24 Jun 2017, at 15:37, Jack Davis > wrote: Another check of

Re: More recent PESO - from Lower Manhattan

2017-06-23 Thread Bob W-PDML
> On 23 Jun 2017, at 16:17, ann sanfedele wrote: > > I just did my thank you to Paul and then hit "reply" ugh... > But my response is the same to you both > > The Oculus is like a cat - you can't take a bad photo of it. What is The Oculus? Is it like Carrousel, where

Re: Eroica and drone

2017-06-21 Thread Bob W-PDML
> On 21 Jun 2017, at 14:19, Chris Mitchell <chris.mitch...@which.net> wrote: > > On 20 Jun 2017 21:48, "Bob W-PDML" <p...@web-options.com> wrote: > > Having just reviewed the video I feel obliged for Health & Safety reasons > to point out to Chris th

Re: Eroica and drone

2017-06-20 Thread Bob W-PDML
Having just reviewed the video I feel obliged for Health & Safety reasons to point out to Chris that he did not look behind before pulling out to pass the jogger. It's called a Life-Saver for a reason! You can tell which of us is the London commuter > On 20 Jun 2017, at 21:43, Bob

Re: Eroica and drone

2017-06-20 Thread Bob W-PDML
Point of order, Mr. Speaker! The riders are, indeed, both pre-1987, I'll grant you that. But the bikes are also both pre-1987, as are their components - including, I suspect, the brake blocks. Chris's jersey is vintage (mine are faux vintage). Chris's MX is pre-1979 I believe; my Leica M3 is

Re: French trip

2017-06-20 Thread Bob W-PDML
I will make a note in my diary for when I start planning the year's escapes just after Christmas > On 20 Jun 2017, at 01:14, mike wilson <m.9.wil...@ntlworld.com> wrote: > > Next year, then. You can see the DaVinci if it's back from restoration. > >> On 19 June 201

Re: French trip

2017-06-19 Thread Bob W-PDML
Bieszczady_National_Park > > >> On 19 June 2017 at 18:12 Bob W-PDML <p...@web-options.com> wrote: >> >> >> I think an on-site investigation is called for to settle this. >> >> B >> >>> On 19 Jun 2017, at 17:46, mike wilson <m.9.wil

Re: French trip

2017-06-19 Thread Bob W-PDML
ubject matter. >> >>> On 16 Jun 2017, at 18:48, Larry Colen <l...@red4est.com> wrote: >>> >>> Nice set, looks like a great time. >>> >>> You seem to have similar problems as Bruce, pretty girls seems to have >>> wandered into sev

Re: Eroica and drone

2017-06-19 Thread Bob W-PDML
On 19 Jun 2017, at 17:24, Bruce Walker wrote: > > That's a gorgeous area to cycle. > > Period gear of 30 years ago, eh? Shouldn't you have been wearing neon > coloured leg warmers? You must be thinking of Erotica Britannia B > > > On Mon, Jun 19, 2017 at 11:41 AM,

Re: Eroica and drone

2017-06-19 Thread Bob W-PDML
That's really nice bit of footage - shows the landscape really beautiful. We were heroic for the whole distance! B > On 19 Jun 2017, at 16:42, Chris Mitchell wrote: > > Bob W and I took part in Eroica Britannia - a 55 mile cycle ride where > you have to ride a bike

Re: PESO - dung moss

2017-06-19 Thread Bob W-PDML
That's a beautiful photograph > On 19 Jun 2017, at 15:50, Steve Cottrell wrote: > > On 17/6/17, Jostein Øksne, discombobulated, unleashed: > >> School year is over. Hope to catch the shutter bug again soon. :-) >> Here's a shot from today, a tiny moss that only grow on the

Re: French trip

2017-06-19 Thread Bob W-PDML
roader context, I can’t tell if this > is an accurate capture of a dreary day, or of a faded building. Or of a > faded building on a dreary day. But I just want to lighten it up! YMMV. > > Stan > >> On Jun 16, 2017, at 1:48 AM, Bob W-PDML <p...@web-options.com> wrote: &g

Re: French trip

2017-06-18 Thread Bob W-PDML
uce Walker <bruce.wal...@gmail.com> wrote: > > A very pleasant browse, Bob. I admire your eye for detail, especially > architectural. > > Nicely modernized look on your site, too. Have you always been using > Wordpress or is that new? > > >> On Fri, Jun 16

Re: French trip

2017-06-18 Thread Bob W-PDML
time. > > You seem to have similar problems as Bruce, pretty girls seems to have > wandered into several of your shots as you were taking them. > > > Bob W-PDML wrote: >> I've been back from my French bike ride since Sunday evening. I didn't do as >> much as I'd pl

French trip

2017-06-15 Thread Bob W-PDML
I've been back from my French bike ride since Sunday evening. I didn't do as much as I'd planned, unfortunately. By the time I'd arrived at Montlucon it was too late to cycle the 400km to Avignon through the Ardeche, so I jumped on a train and had three unplanned and enjoyable days in Avignon,

Re: Peso: a photo from yesterday

2017-06-15 Thread Bob W-PDML
That's great > On 16 Jun 2017, at 02:38, ann sanfedele wrote: > > For the first time in a couple of months I took the K-5 with me ... I had no > groceries to bring home, was meeting a friend for lunch so decided I could > bear the weight. anticpated shooting some stuff

Re: (which photos) I'm going to try to sell this Saturday

2017-06-15 Thread Bob W-PDML
That's a great mix > On 15 Jun 2017, at 23:39, Larry Colen wrote: > > People have made some suggestions for which photos to try to sell. Here is > an album composed of photos that I've already matted and also a bunch of > candidates. As per suggestion, I'm focusing on local

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