Re: Baxter

[Jay Taylor]

John, I offer my heartfelt condolences. Yo did the right thing. It’s rarely on 
our terms that our pets have to leave us. It seems unfair that their lives as 
intertwined with ours, can be so short comparatively. It’s special that you 
loved and cared for Baxter. I’m praying that you will be comforted in grieving 
the loss of your loved one.
JayT

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On Monday, March 11, 2019, 4:57 PM, John  wrote:

https://flic.kr/p/xtqGRY

https://flic.kr/p/HPPRDh

I had to take Baxter to the vet tonight. She was 21 years old and was barely 
eating. I managed to coax a bit of food into her the last week by puréeing 
chicken breast & chicken broth in a blender.

But today she wouldn't even eat that.

Then when she jumped out of my lap this evening she couldn't walk, couldn't 
stand up.

The vet said she had severe kidney failure and could probably live another week 
with three days of IV fluids and if I'd learn how to give her subcutaneous 
fluids at home. But even with that massive intervention, she wasn't going to 
last much longer.

I was afraid she was going to suffer too much so I had her euthanized. It was 
time. I wasn't ready & I didn't want to, but it was the best thing for Baxter.


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Re: Baxter

[Jay Taylor]

John,I offer my heartfelt condolences. Yo did the right thing. It’s rarely on 
our terms that our pets have to leave us. It seems unfair that their lives as 
intertwined with ours, can be so short comparatively. It’s special that you 
loved and cared for Baxter. I’m praying that you will be comforted in grieving 
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On Wednesday, March 13, 2019, 6:48 PM, John  wrote:

Thank you all for your care, concern and kind words.



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Re: Baxter

[Jay Taylor]

Sorry Mark,I offer my heartfelt condolences. Yo did the right thing. It’s 
rarely on our terms that our pets have to leave us. It seems unfair that their 
lives as intertwined with ours, can be so short comparatively. It’s special 
that you loved and cared for Baxter. I’m praying that you will be comforted in 
grieving the loss of your loved one.
JayT

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On Wednesday, March 13, 2019, 6:52 PM, Mark C  wrote:

I'm really sorry to hear that - its sad to lose a long time companion.

Mark

On 3/11/2019 7:57 PM, John wrote:
> https://flic.kr/p/xtqGRY
>
> https://flic.kr/p/HPPRDh
>
> I had to take Baxter to the vet tonight. She was 21 years old and was 
> barely eating. I managed to coax a bit of food into her the last week 
> by puréeing chicken breast & chicken broth in a blender.
>
> But today she wouldn't even eat that.
>
> Then when she jumped out of my lap this evening she couldn't walk, 
> couldn't stand up.
>
> The vet said she had severe kidney failure and could probably live 
> another week with three days of IV fluids and if I'd learn how to give 
> her subcutaneous fluids at home. But even with that massive 
> intervention, she wasn't going to last much longer.
>
> I was afraid she was going to suffer too much so I had her euthanized. 
> It was time. I wasn't ready & I didn't want to, but it was the best 
> thing for Baxter.
>
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Re: PESO Happy Holidays

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Lovely shot Paul!Happy Holidays to you and yours.
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On Monday, December 3, 2018, 9:14 AM, Paul Stenquist  
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I didn’t decorate very much for the holidays after my wife died, but now the 
lady I’m seeing is really into it, so we did it up pretty big inside and out. 
She found some laser projection lamps at a hardware store, so we stuck them in 
the ground and aimed them at the house. The dots move constantly, so I had to 
compromise on the shutter speed to get a decent shot. The is f4 at 1/66h, about 
ISO 6400, K-w and D FA  24/70/2.8

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Re: OT: Florence

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!important; }  John,I’m keeping you and the rest of the folks in the region in 
prayer. I,ve been visiting Myrtle Beach for the past four days and flying out 
(hopefully)this afternoon 
Take care.
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Re: Sony A7II

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!important; }  You’re in trouble now Christine!The A7III is even better and SMC 
glass can be used with these cameras too.
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Hi All:

I had the chance to hold the Sony A7 II—the mirrorless full frame.  Wow!  It 
felt really nice in-hand.  I thought the auto-focus had some zip to it as well. 
 

Just sayin  :-)

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Re: Lens Rentals and the eclipse

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!important; }  Ouch, I feel sorry (somewhat) for the person that rented that 
Canon 600/f4. That's going to be a super expensive lesson learned.
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Yeah, I saw that.  What a tragedy.


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Re: PESO - Wasp beetle

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Very nice job Jostein!With the program do you still have to manually focus each 
shot?
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Den 18.07.2017 16:23, skrev Rick Womer:
> I agree with all of the plaudits.
> 
> I am wondering what "slabbing" is. A stack of thick slices?

Thanks Rick.
A stack of thick slices is actually a good description.
Instead of instructing the software to stack all the single exposures in 
one go, it is instructed to stack them in groups of say, 15. Then when 
it's done, the groups (slabs) are stacked again to produce the final result.
It's a technique to get better results from deep stacks.
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Re: PESO Hummer

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!important; }  Nice one Paul, especially on the Bee Balm!
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On Tuesday, July 18, 2017, 2:00 PM, Paul Stenquist  wrote:

I’ve been waiting for this one all summer.

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Re: July PUG is up

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!important; }  Very nice images everyone!Ken's is my favorite with Ricks close. 
Color, form , and composition is spot on. It's tough picking after that as all 
of them are very well done. I wish I would have submitted, though I haven't 
really shot much lately with SMC glass. Probably have some stuff in the 
archives. Maybe I can remember to mark August PUG to submit something. 
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On Tuesday, July 4, 2017, 1:15 PM, Mark Roberts  
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Brian Walters wrote:

>G'day all,
>
>A smaller gallery this month but lots to like.
>
>As usual you'll find the gallery here:
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>http://pug.komkon.org/

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Re: PESO - Dandelion

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!important; }  That's really nice Mark!What is your lighting setup for 
something like this and does it really require that many images in the stack?
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On Saturday, May 6, 2017, 3:37 PM, Mark C  wrote:

Seems a little silly to photograph a lowly dandelion flower, but why not?

http://www.markcassino.com/b2evolution/index.php/dandelion

or on flickr:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/markcassino/34356796401/in/dateposted-public/

58 stacked images. K-1 and DFA 100 macro. Pixel shift mode with raw 
files converted in Silkypix. Comments welcome!

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Re: Peso-Blue Heron

[Jay Taylor]

Nice image Jack!The only thing you might consider would be to crop the upper 
portion of shoreline peeking through the grass which is slightly distracting.  
BTW, the Great Blue Heron is fairly easy to sneak up on if you find one 
actively feeding.
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On Monday, May 1, 2017, 3:51 PM, Jack Davis  wrote:



Blue Heron on an absolutely gorgeous day in May.

C?

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Re: May PUG is up

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!important; } Nice work everyone!My top four are: Ken's - Bentonite HillsBrians 
- Welcoming LightAnn's - Going UpWill's - If You Look Closely
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On Monday, May 1, 2017, 5:51 AM, Brian Walters  wrote:

G'day all,

Some really nice work.  My favourites (not in any particular order):

Pat's 'Marker at Irvine Beach'
Bill's 'If You Look Closely, There Are Lines'
Luiz' 'Steel'
Ann's 'Going Up'
and, and, and...

As usual you'll find the gallery here:

http://pug.komkon.org/

(you may need to refresh your browser if you see the previous gallery
there).

Note: The automated submission process usually works well but it's not
infallible.  So, if you made a submission and you don't see it in the
gallery, let me know.

+

Next up: 'Mountains'.

Full Submissions Guidelines here:

http://pug.komkon.org/general/autosubmit.html

You can submit here:

http://pug.komkon.org/submit/


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Re: PESO - Church Yard 1, Alvescot, 2017

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!important; }  Very captivating scene Cotty, nice work!
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On Saturday, April 29, 2017, 11:17 AM, Steve Cottrell  
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Out for a walk up tot he church and back.


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Re: Up Close and Personal

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!important; } Stellar image Paul!
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On Tuesday, April 25, 2017, 11:52 AM, Paul Stenquist  
wrote:

I was sitting on my backyard bench yesterday shooting some handhelds with the 
K-1 and 150-450 when a chickadee landed on a branch about 6 feet away. He was 
so close I had to lean back a bit to get in focus range, and I only got one 
shot in before he realized he had perched next to a monster of some sort. But a 
full frame pic of an itty bitty bird yields some nice detail.

https://www.photo.net/photo/18379086/chikadee
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Re: PESO: Bird ID Help

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!important; } My pleasure Paul. I recognized it was the thrush right away as 
the varied thrush one of my favorite birds.
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On Monday, April 24, 2017, 6:20 PM, Paul Stenquist <pnstenqu...@mac.com> wrote:

Thanks Jay! Good call. Based on your work and some subsequent lookipd, I'd 
guess it's either Bicknell's Thrush or a Gray-cheeked Thrush. Neither is native 
to this area but could pass through when migrating. 

Paul via phone

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> capture!
> JayT
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> I think this is some kind of warbler. Can’t find an exact match on the web, 
> but some Warblers are close. Shot these handheld, sitting on my bench with 
> the K-1 and 150-450. Never saw one that I can recall. Could be migratory. 
> Didn’t hang around long. Any opinions?
> 
> https://www.photo.net/photo/18379082/warbler
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> https://www.photo.net/photo/18379080/warbler
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!important; } Paul, It kind of looks like a Bicknells Thrush.Very nice capture!
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wrote:

I think this is some kind of warbler. Can’t find an exact match on the web, but 
some Warblers are close. Shot these handheld, sitting on my bench with the K-1 
and 150-450. Never saw one that I can recall. Could be migratory. Didn’t hang 
around long. Any opinions?

https://www.photo.net/photo/18379082/warbler

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Re: New member

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!important; }  Welcome all the way from Seattle, Washington Michael!I just 
recently came back to the list after a long hiatus, but I can tell you there 
are a great buch of foks here (not sure I can vouch for Bill though ) , I've 
actually had the chance to meet and hang out with quite a few of them.  I'm 
sure they'll treat ÿou right.
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I would like to introduce myself to the forum.  My name is Michael Costello and 
I am from Saskatchewan Canada.  I shoot a K3 and am looking forward to learning 
from you fellow members
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Re: Everything Old is New Again

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!important; } Igor,Thanks, now that you mention it I thought the focus point 
was on the trunk, but it's not looking all that sharp to me. I'll have to run 
the lens through some tests to check it, but I did pick it up for a song so 
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Jay,
When I looked at the photo, "wow!", I was impressed with the colors and 
the composition.

But then I realized that something was bothering my eyes.
At first I thought that the photo was oversharpened. But when I looked 
closely, I realized that the tree flowers are not sharp.
Actually, I am having hard time finding where the focus is. Either it is 
back-focused, or you have a motion blur... (or something is out of whack 
with the lens).
There is also a possibility that it is overcompressed with JPEG 
processing.

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On Apr 18, 2017, at 11:27 PM, Jay Taylor wrote:
>
> A couple weekends back I made my annual visit to our local  historical camera
> collectors swap meet in hopes of finding a K version of the SMC 28/3.5. I
> wasn't that lucky (I usually find a gem there), but I did find an M 28/2.8
> and a K 50/4 Macro. I shot a few images with the 50 on my Sony A7II and was
> pleasantly surprised at the quality of this 1970's era lens. Here's one of
> the shots taken at Seattle's Washington Park Arboretum.
> JayT
> 
https://photos.smugmug.com/Nature/Wildlife/i-85mHthv/0/XL/IMG_5310-XL.jpg
>
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Everything Old is New Again

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A couple weekends back I made my annual visit to our local  historical camera 
collectors swap meet in hopes of finding a K version of the SMC 28/3.5. I 
wasn't that lucky (I usually find a gem there), but I did find an M 28/2.8 and 
a K 50/4 Macro. I shot a few images with the 50 on my Sony A7II and was 
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shots taken at Seattle's Washington Park Arboretum.
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Re: Sea-to-Sea

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 blockquote, div.yahoo_quoted { margin-left: 0 !important; border-left:1px 
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!important; } Excellent  Bob!One of those images  that  make you wish you were 
there to see in technicolor.
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On Tuesday, April 18, 2017, 1:48 PM, Bob W-PDML  wrote:

Here are a few shots from the sea-to-sea velocipede ride I did over Easter with 
a friend.

Precious few pictures - it was too cold mostly, and those hills weren't going 
to cycle themselves. It's a good trip, worth doing.

https://sway.com/EV8d7EHbmt6f8jRa

I have a couple more pictures in the Fuji camera - these were taken with the 
phone, and my co-rider has the obligatory shots of us at each coast. I'll post 
them anon.

Mike Wilson and family were magnificent in providing support at the start and 
end of the ride. In particular, arriving in Sunderland brutally cold, wet and 
tired to their warm welcome was miraculous. Apparently Mike's dad, aged 90, 
found it very entertaining. He had to give up cycling a couple of years ago. 
May we all last that long and still be cycling and keeping fit!

http://www.sustrans.org.uk/ncn/map/route/sea-to-sea-c2c

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Re: PESO: Pruned Apple Tree

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 blockquote, div.yahoo_quoted { margin-left: 0 !important; border-left:1px 
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!important; } Nice color and detail in this shot Daniel!
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On Tuesday, April 18, 2017, 7:41 AM, Daniel J. Matyola  
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Another from my trip to Monet's garden in Giverny.
This is one of many highly pruned and trained apple trees in the garden.
I believe this technique is called espalier.

https://www.photo.net/photo/18376135/
K-5 IIs, DA 18-135 zoom
Comments are invited and appreciated.

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Re: PESO - Woodland, Leafield, 2017

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On Tuesday, April 18, 2017, 12:53 AM, Steve Cottrell  wrote:

On 18/4/17, Subash Jeyan, discombobulated, unleashed:

>really like that Cotty. very atmospheric.

Cheers Subers

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Re: PESO - Stone Wall, Leafield 2017

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!important; }  Nice one Cotty! I had to take a couple more looks to appreciate 
it. 
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Re: PESO: Rayna-The Look Pt. 2

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!important; }  She's adorable Bill! Love the expression captured.
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After killing her ball toy

http://users.accesscomm.ca/wrphoto/addons/play1.html

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Re: PESO Akia

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!important; }  I like the shot Larry. It's a little different though seeing 
what might normally be the shadow side of her illuminated and the color there 
adds interest.
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On Friday, April 14, 2017, 1:35 PM, Larry Colen  wrote:

My friend Akia (I posted photos of her with Past Forward a few weeks 
ago) sang with the Yachats big band last week.  I rather like this one 
of her during one of the instrumental portions of a song she was the 
vocalist for:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/33868582082/in/album-72157679348987683/


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Back in the Mix

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!important; }  Although I've sold off the majority of my Pentax gear and have 
been shooting Sony and  Canon over the past several years, I always knew I had 
to keep at least one or two SMC lenses. I have some regrets about not being 
patient enough to wait on the eventual arrival of full frame for Pentax as I 
had a pretty nice collection of FA* and Limited lenses. I was thrilled that 
Stan Halprin contacted me about the 20th Anniversary PUG gallery. It brought 
back the many pleasant memories I have of getting together with quite a few of 
you folks in Chicago in 2006 for the DankHaus exhibit. I see several of the 
groups individual posting on FB and was so cool to see and read the 
descriptions of everyone's images up on the gallery.  I'm hoping I can find 
time to get a little bit active on the list again.  I just picked up a few used 
 older SMC primes to use on my Sony A7ll so I'm stoked to be able to share a 
few PESO's again. Hope everyone will be having an awesome spring.
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Re:Artist Bios CVs from Exhibit (Christine Aguila

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On Mon May 24  9:55 , Christine  Aguila wrote:

Hi Everyone:

Are folks interested in reading the artist bios  cvs from the exhibit?  If 
so, Sue is willing to send me that information, and I could post it to the 
list--somehow.  Are there any photogs on the list who do not want their 
information posted?  We wouldn't post addresses etc, just the text from the 
bios and cvs.

If you have objections to this idea, post to the list to let me know.
If you have NO objections to this idea, post to the list to let me know.


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Thanks,

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Re:GESO - Yet another Chicago view (Ann Sanfedele)

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On Tue May 18 14:11 , Ann Sanfedele wrote:


http://annsan.smugmug.com/On-the-Road-or-On-Foot/Bus-Trip-to-Chicago-May-2010/12194964_YYtFD

And getting there and comping back...

I'm better at editing after waiting a year but these kinda tell the 
story - although on longer reflection I'm sure I'll dump some of these and
replace with others..

Have to get back to retrieving funds now I'm home.  IT always costs more 
than you think it is going to to go away but , boy, am I glad I did.

Adding to the cheers of the crowd for the perps of the splendid event 
at Dankhaus  -- rah rah Mark, Christine, Sue, Doug et al...!

ann







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Ann,
Very nice series of images. My two favorites are The Red Line Station and the 
Early Morning cathedral view.
I'm glad I had the chance to meet and hang out with you in Chicago. Glad you 
found your way back home, quite the 
adventure.

JayT

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PEOW: Mallard Youngun's

[Jay Taylor]

Pictures Every Once in a While.
Here are a couple captures of a Mallard family I recently observed.
Taken with the K-7 and DA*300/4.

http://www.jaytaylorphotography.com/Nature/1D3/Ducklings-Kubota/861296397_6TSLx-
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http://www.jaytaylorphotography.com/Nature/1D3/IGP0965/845229260_DtKC5-L.jpg

Thanks for looking/commenting,
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GESO: Augenblick Chicago 2010

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Here are a few images from my short visit to Chicago last week.
The gallery opening was fantastic as was the company of the PDML'ers  
there. I'm so very glad to have met you guys and it was a pleasure  
hanging out with you.
Special thanks again to Mark and Christine for their huge part in  
making the exhibition a reality. I really wish I could have stayed  
past Saturday afternoon, but I needed to be home for Mother's Day.  I  
really need to spend about a week in Chicago to see everything.


Ann, Tom C, Will Robb and I went out for pizza at Pizzaria Uno after  
the opening which was fantastic!


The Eggelston exhibit on Saturday was interesting. Much of  it had me  
scratching my head, but there were a handful of prints that I thought  
were really superb.
I had a great time and was very glad to have been able to make the  
trip. Thanks everyone!


http://www.jaytaylorphotography.com/Travel/Chicago-PDML-2010/12194534_MBhoP#868042130_je84c

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Re: PESO: Chicago - Central Camera (Bob Sullivan)

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On Tue May 18  1:25 , Bob Sullivan wrote:

Jay,
That's the Central Camera I know and love.
Did you catch it at open or close?
It is such a funky location under the 'EL' tracks,
and your colors compliment that uniqueness.
I hope you went inside as well.
Regards,  Bob S.


Thanks Bob,
Unfortunately I didn't have time to step inside. They were near closing and I 
was trying to find my 
way to the Brown line to head up for the exhibition. Next time I'm in town I'll 
have to go check it 
out.

JayT

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Re: Geso - Jostein's Chicago batch (AlunFoto)

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On May 15, 2010, at 4:38 PM, Jostein wrote:



I probably take too few pics of people. :-)

This is the lot that passed the first sifting:

http://www.alunfoto.no/galleri/thumbnails.php?album=21page=1

Jostein

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That's a superb gallery Jostein,
Some really nice images in there. The one with the folks huddled under  
the bean is freakish, reminds me of something out of  the film Alien

The tulips are just luscious and I really like your Chicago street view.

JayT

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Re: PESO: Chicago - Central Camera

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On Fri May 14 13:41 , frank theriault wrote:

I don't know that I'm pro- or anti-HDR, but that's just too saturated
for my tastes.  I guess that makes me anti?

;-)

Other than that (and I guess it's a matter of taste, no?), I think
it's a terrific photo!  I might go in the other direction
(desaturate);  IMHO it would look terrific in a gritty, high-contrast
TriX-ish BW rendering.

cheers,
frank

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I don't think it make you anti as there is a wide range of processing 
techiniques 
in the HDR genre. 
I agree it is is a bit oversaturated as I also ran it through Topaz Adjust, but 
that was kind of the 
effect I was after with this one. I like your idea of the TriX-ish rendering 
and 
will definitely take 
you up on it.
Thanks for the feedback.

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Re: PESO - Free as a Bird (Chicago)

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On Fri May 14 18:25 ,Tom C wrote:


I've long wanted to create a Beatles-themed photo tribute gallery and
have a lot of unimplemented ideas, each image representing a single
song.

The trip to Chicago last weekend, in addition to being a ton of fun,
unexpectedly yielded my first shot for the collection.

We were at the 'The Bean'. I saw it happen in the viewfinder, though
imperfect, and waited for what seemed like an eternity for the
elements to come together as I imagined.

But finally:  Free as a Bird

http://photo.net/photodb/photo\?photo_id=11011691size=lg

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I had to go find that song on YouTube. One of the few Beatles song I don't 
recall hearing 
before. Are we trapped in the bubble?

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Re: Group Shot at Sharpenberg Gallery

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On May 9, 2010, at 12:05 PM, Christine  Aguila  
cagu...@earthlink.net wrote:


Hi Cotty and Everyone on the List:  I'm so sorry I didn't get this  
up in
time for you. I got home around 1 a.m Friday, crashed, got up Sat   
met
everyone at 10:30 a.m. at the Art Institute  I didn't get home Sat  
until
after midnight  I've started the download of pics from the weekend  
and got

this up for you, but obviously it's late.  Please forgive.

It's the best of the lot.  We had problems getting a good shot--flash
problems, but Larry came to the rescue with the Pentax 540.

http://tiny.cc/14nud
http://www.caguila.com/caguila/pdmlgroup/content/pdmlchiexhibit_23_large.html

Cheers, Christine



Christine,
First of all I want to send out a huge thank you for everything you've  
done to help put the event together!
Thanks also for being a great host to the all of the PDML'ers  in your  
wonderful city. My only regret is that I wasn't able to spend more  
time with the group and enjoy seeing more of Chicago. I'm really glad  
I was able to make it even if it was just for the one night. It was  
really nice to finally meet some of the folks whom I've only heard  
from online.
I'm very impressed with the level of talent displayed in the  
exhibition and very humbly honored to have some of my work displayed  
amongst them.
The frames were just great and you did an awesome job coordinating  
that as well. Loved your print also. It was superbly executed and  
presented and one of my favorites of the show.


Take care,
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Re: Brought to you by Tom C

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On May 9, 2010, at 8:51 PM, William Robb war...@gmail.comwrote:


Well, that was fun.
Even the plane rides were bearable.
Thanks to the generosity of Tom, I was given the very pleasurable
opportunity to visit Chicago this past weekend.
It happened that this weekend also coincided with the Chicago Celtic
Festival, so there was entertainment.
But especially, there was the gallery opening for the PDML Show.

So, I got to Chicago latish Thursday evening.
The escape from Canada flight was on was on a scale model of a very  
small

cattle car that had jet powered wings.
And, the buggers busted me for having too much toothpaste.
But, I had no seatmate, so it was all good.
The flight to Chicago was on a somewhat larger version of the same  
thing,
but my seatmate was a relatively small woman who was quite  
decorative and
friendly, and I had bought some 10 cent per ml Crest, so that was  
fine as

well.
When I debarked, Tom phoned and told me he was right outside.
The seatmate led me through the terminal and off she went, and a few  
moments

later I was in the passenger seat of Tom's Renta-A-Toyota.
After checking out our room on the 27th floor of the downtown  
Sheraton Posh

Hotel, we found a little bar and had a nice meal and drinks.
I believe we closed the place.
And then sat up until 4:00 catching up on stuff.
The very next morning after too few hours sleep, we went for a walk.
We found a very busy but efficient breakfast place called the West  
Egg Cafe

where we had a very nice breakfast.
And Tom, I think you have to admit it was the best breakfast we had,  
no

matter what you thought at the time.
And we found a very big lake.
And we found Navy Pier.
We found all sorts of cool stuff, and then we found Harry Carey's,  
and we

stopped for lunch.
I think we both had the Blackened Tenderloin.
It was quite wonderful, and washed down nicely with a nice ale.
And we walked some more, and then went back to the hotel.
It was a good day, and I would have been quite satisfied to call it a
success on many levels, but there was still more to come.
For this was the noght of the PDML SHow opening.
And off we went.
Finding a liquor vendor along the way was a good thing to do, so we  
laid in

a supply od whiskey and wine for laters, and to the gallery we went.
It was quite fun. I met a whole bunch of PDML members who also came  
to the

show, and I also got to meet Sue, the curator of the gallery.
The show is well worth seeing. I had seen all of the pictures on the  
web,
but nothing prepared me for the splendour that was hung ont he walls  
of the

Scharpenberg Gallery.


Will,
It was a pleasure to meet and hang out with you, Tom and Ann after the  
opening. The pizza was well worth the wait and the company wasn't too  
shabby either :)
I'm glad you were able to make the trip down from the great northern  
plains.  Hope you had an enjoyable trip and look forward to seeing you  
again.


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Re:GESO: My Chicago (Tim Bray)

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On May 10, 2010, at 12:57 AM, Tim Bray tb...@textuality.com wrote:


My trip to Chicago was relatively unsuccessful aside from the couple
of hours I got to spend with the PDMLers, but I did manage to take a
couple of snaps that avoided the quick cull.  The slide-show is at
http://www.tbray.org/pdml/Chicago-May-2010/ (only 8) but since I can't
figure out how to make Lightroom put individual labels on its
slideshow output, here are the ones that deserve a little more
comment:


From the restaurant on the 95th floor of the Hancock - instead of

paying $15 and up to look at the view from the observatory, you can
buy a very decent lunch for about the same unless you drink which I
did of course and the view is really extraordinary:
http://www.tbray.org/pdml/Chicago-May-2010/content/PS089239_large.html

I'm pretty sure this is a Banksy, the first live one I've ever seen:
http://www.tbray.org/pdml/Chicago-May-2010/content/PS089241_large.html

The big Picasso downtown, dressed for the hockey playoffs:
http://www.tbray.org/pdml/Chicago-May-2010/content/PS089257_large.html

-Tim


Tim,
It was a pleasure to meet you and your wife in Chicago.
I hear you on the time limitation to shoot there, I need to go back  
for about five more days.
Very nice images presented in this gallery. My two top picks  are the  
Hancock Tower view down and the scene underneath the L.


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Re: GESO - Quality Human Hair

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On May 9, 2010, at 8:51 PM, Doug Brewer d...@alphoto.comwrote:


Most of these will not survive a more serious cull, but right now they
don't make me spew.

All taken over the too little time I had for shooting in Chicago,  
just a
random collection with no thought to flow or chronological order.  
Friday
night is missing until I move them from the laptop to my working  
computer.


Anyway:

http://www.alphoto.com/images/chicago2010/

enjoy



Doug,
I had a great time meeting and spending time with you and the other  
PDML'ers !
Great gallery presented here with some very nice compositions with  
tons of interest. A few standouts for me are:
#7 - brilliantly executed with the transparency and framing of the  
statues. Very mysterious.
#8 - love the framing in this one and the crop of the painting on the  
left is perfect!
#14 - very cool view of the L. Almost like its disintegrating into the  
light.

#20 - great play of forms, reflections and colors
#17 - this one is my favorite; shapes, colors, textures and light are  
all working together very nicely!


I'm really looking forward to some more of your images from this great  
town.

Take care buddy.

JayT



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Re: PESO: Chicago (Cory Waters)

[Jay Taylor]

On May 9, 2010, at 10:00 AM, Cory Waters cbwat...@bellsouth.netwrote:


There will be a gallery here soon but here's one image.  It was a dark
and stormy night ;)

CW


Hey Cory,
Great to finally put a face to the name. Enjoyed meeting you and the  
Mrs. in the Windy City.
I was really impressed with your print in the exhibition.  I like this  
rendition of the skyline, the monochrome treatment gives a nice mood  
and there's plenty of detail in there too.


JayT

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Re: Working List of Folks coming to Chicago (including, maybes)

[Jay Taylor]

Hey Christine,
Please put me down as a maybe. I'm really hoping I can make it.
Thanks,

Jay Taylor  - Washington


On Mar 26, 2010, at 8:15 AM, pdml-requ...@pdml.net wrote:


Message: 8
Date: Fri, 26 Mar 2010 09:40:51 -0500
From: Christine  Aguila cagu...@earthlink.net
To: pdml@pdml.net
Subject: Working List of Folks coming to Chicago (including maybes)
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FYI:  If you want to be added to the list, let me know.  No prob.   
I'll put

you on it.  Cheers, Christine  P.S.  I don't think name tags will be
necessary :-).



*From the US*



Ann Sanfedele-New York

Bob Sullivan-Illinois

Bruce Dayton-California (maybe)

Christine Aguila-Illinois

Doug Brewer-Kentucky

Larry Colen-California

Mark Roberts-Massachusetts

Miserere-Massachusetts (maybe)

Paul Sorenson-Wisconsin

Paul Stenquist-Michigan

Sandra Herman-Missouri

Stan Halpin-Kansas

Ted Beilby- Arkansas (maybe)

Walt Hamler-California (maybe)





*From Abroad*



Boris Liberman-Israel

Chris  Karin Mitchell-England

Fernando-Canada (maybe)

Jostein-Norway

Tim Bray-Canada

Tim Osleby  SO-Norway (maybe)







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Re: PESO 2010 - 020 - GDG (Godfrey DiGiorgi)

[Jay Taylor]

A short hiatus but now I'm back on the blog ...

  http://godfreydigiorgi.posterous.com/fog-at-dawn

Comments always appreciated, thanks for looking!

Godfrey
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Godfrey,
Great image!  I really like your treatment of the lights and their  
play against the deep backdrop adds quite a lot of drama  to the scene.


JayT

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Re:Boris PESO 2010 #01

[Jay Taylor]

On Jan 16, 2010, Boris Lieberman  wrote:



Hi!

I am about 1,300 messages behind. Duh!

Here is another interpretation of Butterfly for Frank, this time at  
f1.2...


http://pentax-ways.blogspot.com/2010/01/peso-2010-01.html

Be brutal and honest.

Boris



Boris,
I like the composition and the complimentary colors of the frame work  
well with the shallow DOF.
Did you also take any other angles or rotate the camera from this  
vantage point?


JayT

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PEOW: Superstar Darius

[Jay Taylor]

Hi folks,
Been a while since I've posted here, but I've been without a Pentax  
body for a while. Hopefully that will be changing real soon.

Here is an image of my grandson Darius (6) in his second year of soccer:

http://www.jaytaylorphotography.com/Sports/Canon-Sports-Images/D32546/759297325_kZPKt-X2-1.jpg

(captured with that other brand)

JayT

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WTB:Pentax Wide Angle

[Jay Taylor]

Greetings Pentaxians,
I'm looking for one of the following  wide angle lenses:

DA* 16-50/f2.8
DA 12-24/4
DA 14/2.8

Please let me know if you have one that you are wanting to sell and  
how much you're asking for it.

Much appreciated,

Jay Taylor

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FS Friday: 43 77 Limiteds Tamy 28-75

[Jay Taylor]

Up for sale are a couple of my high end Pentax  FA lenses as well as  
my Tamron 28-75 zoom. I baby all of my equipment so these are all in  
(LN-) condition.  I have some feedbacks on Pentax Forums, Fred  
Miranda  and 100% feedback on eBay under username Sirfishalotz.
I'm only selling these to cover costs of a recently purchased super  
telephoto lens.


I accept Paypal, eCheck  or Money Order and will ship most places  
worldwide.


 Hi-res image of each lens described below can be seen at:

www.pbase.com/sirfishalot/pentax_super_lens_sale]Pentax Glass For  
Sale Photo Gallery by sirfishalot at pbase.com



SMC FA 43mm/1.9 Limited Black. -the third Amigo This lens has  
superb bokeh, excellent IQ and awesome build quality. I bought this  
new in 2006 and haven't even taken more than 100 shots with it.  
Includes front  rear caps  leather pouch. I can't find the box  
right now for the life of me.

Price: $370.00

SMC FA77mm/1.8 Limited Black. Next to the FA*85/1.4 this is the  
portrait lens in smc glass. I purchased at the same time as the 43  
above and it has seen equal little use sorry to say, but my loss is  
your gain. You won't be disappointed  in any way with this lens.  
Again original caps  leather pouch, sorry box is hiding somewhere in  
the house.

Price: $567.00

Tamron 28-75/2.8 XR-di LD. Awesome fast zoom. Folks often look to  
this one when they can't have the FA*28-70/2.8. Quality of this fine  
lens is well documented on the web forums. I'm the original owner.  
Includes hood, original front  rear caps.

Price: $257.00


Shipping via UPS, Fedex is additional to the prices above and will  
vary per buyer location.
Paypal fees(should buyers opt for this payment type) are included to  
the prices above.  Payment by  eCheck via Paypal can be used with a  
slight discount to the buyer and shipping will occur once funds have  
cleared. USPS mail will be slightly more than usual if I have to go  
to the post office during my working hours, but I'm off next week so  
hurry up and buy these!


Thanks for looking,
JayT

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Re: PDML Digest, Vol 32, Issue 202

[Jay Taylor]

On Dec 19, 2008, at 7:50 AM, Marc Roberts wrote:



Short version: I tried it and I like it.

Long version: I'm accustomed to printing from Photoshop, so I don't  
know

why I decided to have a go from Lightroom yesterday, but I did. What's
more, I left the image in ProPhoto RGB color space and it came out
looking great. In the past I've always has problems printing images in
ProPhoto RGB color space from Photoshop and ended up converting  
them to

Adobe RGB or sRGB for printing. I have no idea why this should be: I
always turn off color management in the printer driver and turn it  
on in
Photoshop and select the proper paper/ink profile, but I never get  
good
looking prints that way from Photoshop if the original image is  
ProPhoto

RGB. Perhaps the algorithms for re-mapping between color spaces are
better in Lightroom because I followed the same procedure and got a
great looking print on the first try.

The only down side is that I can't use Focus Magic on images in
Lightroom - I have to export a PSD or JPEG, apply Focus Magic, re- 
import

into Lightroom and then print. Fortunately the sharpening capabilities
of Lightroom are good enough that this will only be an issue for large
fine art prints or a few select photos.


Marc,
If you select Edit in Photoshop and then in PS save your changes the  
edited file is linked back to Lightroom.
Now if you can use Focus Magic while still retaining the .psd format  
your sharpening edit will also be retained in Lightroom as long as  
you don't  break the link by saving the file as another name.  In  
Lightroom you'll see OrignalFile.img (for example) and OriginalFile- 
Edit.psd. You can print directly from the later.
Lightroom printing is awesome especially using the profiles for your  
particular printer  paper.


Jay

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Re:PDML Book Project is go!

[Jay Taylor]

Wow, sounds pretty exciting. Thanks Mark, Bill and Scott.
I feel a little guilty for not participating in the PDML very much  
and for using my other gear more than Pentax.
But I guess I might have a couple images that I could submit. I'll  
have to start spending a little more time around here.

I'm looking forward to seeing everyones images.

JayT

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FS Friday: 1.7X Adapter

[Jay Taylor]

I selling  my used but good condition (7 of 10) Pentax A F1.7x  
adapter. This highly sought after lens accessory doesn't see much use  
from me any longer since I have obtained my super telephoto lens. I  
works wondors on the manual focus lenses giving them AF capability in  
additon to the 1.7x magnification. Matched with the sharp primes and  
zooms like the FA*300/4.5 or the FA* 80-200/2.8, it provides  
excellent image quality unexpected from that of a normal teleconverter.
The front element has a small mark in the SMC coating that does not  
affect image quality.


I'm also pondering selling several other FA* lenses including the  
FA*24/2, FA*300/4.5, FA 77/1.8 Ltd.  FA 43/1.9 -please drop me a  
note if interested in any of these.


Price is $269 plus shipped and Paypal'd to verified CONUS addresses.
Will ship to other locations at buyers expense.
Please send me email if interested.

[IMG]http://www.pbase.com/sirfishalot/image/106424589.jpg[/IMG]

[IMG]http://www.pbase.com/sirfishalot/image/106424592.jpg[/IMG]

[IMG]http://www.pbase.com/sirfishalot/image/106424593.jpg[/IMG]

[IMG]http://www.pbase.com/sirfishalot/image/106424595.jpg[/IMG]

Sample performance of the adapter on the FA*80-200/2.8:
http://i.pbase.com/o4/87/63987/1/56584721.Widgeon2.jpg

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Re: Published!

[Jay Taylor]

Frank,
Congratulations!
I especially like the second one. The way you've composed the image  
and framed the subject is very strong.
Keep up the good work and go for some more.

JayT




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Re: PESO - Portrait

[Jay Taylor]

Bruce,
All of them are nice portraits, but I keep going back to the first  
one for some reason. She's just seems to look more natural in that one.
The other two while technically very good do not seem to have quite a  
genuine feeling. Just my 2 cents, but then again I don't really know  
that much about portrait photography.
I just think  the first has more emotion than the other two.

Jay


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PEOW: Darius @ 4 1/2

[Jay Taylor]

Greetings PDMLers,
Been awhile since I've posted, but I still check in from time to time.
Thought I would post a recent shot of my grandson Darius now that  
he's such a big boy. This was from a recent family vacation  (our  
first together) in Oahu, Hawaii.
http://i.pbase.com/o6/87/63987/1/94669414.1vVExfb9.IGP0214.jpg
Captured with the K20D  FA*300/4.5/Aperture priority mode.

Thanks for looking,
JayT

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Re: In Memory of My Mom

[Jay Taylor]

Paul,
Please also accept my condolences. I lost my mom about this time last  
year and I can relate to your loss.
It's good though that she was able to share last part of her life  
with those she loved most.
My prayer goes out to you and your family.

Sincerely,
Jay Taylor



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K20D PEF Files On a Mac?

[Jay Taylor]

Does anyone know how to convert PEF files to DNG's? I can't get the  
freakin' Pentax software to install on my Mac.
Lightroom can't read em, nor can PS3/Bridge or Bibble.

Thanks,
Jay

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Re:PESO 2007 - 52c - GDG

[Jay Taylor]

On Dec 20, 2007, at 8:05 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote:

 On a walk today ...

http://homepage.mac.com/ramarren/photo/PAW7/52c.htm

 Comments, critique, etc always appreciated.

 enjoy
 Godfrey


Godfrey,
You really have a great eye for these. The image if very rich in  
composition, texture. The asymmetry is balanced by the color of the  
fall leaves in the cracks.  Nice work!

Jay

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Re: PESO: Seattle Public Library

[Jay Taylor]

On Dec 15, 2007, at 4:48 PM, Rick Womer wrote:

 Courageously, I risk bawdy commentary again with
 another set of PESOs.

 The Seattle Public Library building is a remarkable
 and (to me) beautiful piece of architecture.  It has
 so many angles and facets, and is in such a crowded
 part of the city, that it is difficult to photograph.


Rick,
I like the first shot especially with the fisheye, it accentuates the  
architecture and the way you've framed the entry over to the right  
that creates a dynamic with the folks coming from the background. The  
only distraction is the heavy diagonal line of the sidewalk expansion  
joint.
  #2 has some interesting patterns, but something about the image is  
just not doing it for me. Perhaps if it were sharper or taken under  
different lighting .
I like # 3 also with the strong geometric patterns and the way it  
draws you in. I took a similar shot last year from a slightly  
different angle from the opposite direction with a single person  
seated, but I think I like yours more with the group of folks
http://i.pbase.com/o3/87/63987/1/90362063.UizVuPsU.IMGP3646.jpg
Good work, I wish I could have hooked up with you when you were in town.

JayT

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Re: PDML Digest, Vol 19, Issue 198

[Jay Taylor]

On Nov 24, 2007, at 9:01 AM, Paul Stenquist wrote:



 I worked on the background a bit. The offending elbow is history.
 http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=6669938size=lg


Paul,
I like this image. There's a nice dynamic going on in the frame  
between father  son's gaze and the chess pieces. And you've done a  
great job also with the exposure. With the window as bright as it's  
not blown out and there still significant detail in the dad's sweater.

JayT

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PEOW: Cormorant II

[Jay Taylor]

Some of you may have seen the head shot of my Cormorant that Mark  
pointed out (posted on DPreview). Godfrey was correct in that I don't  
usually exclude much of the context in my bird images, but I guess I  
was just emulating the Canon and Nikon guys with the major crop just  
for something different for a change. I had no idea that the  
Cormorant was the official bird of the PDML, else I would have posted  
this shot here first.
http://i.pbase.com/o3/87/63987/1/89186854.QZHGjhYT.IMGP4695.jpg
I had shot some different ones at this same location last year when I  
had the K500/4, but when I was driving  by recently and this time  
noticed the colored buildings in the background I had to turn around  
and go back for a few frames. I'm glad I did. Comments and critique  
welcome as always. (K10D/FA*250-600/5.6/Benro 1325/Markins M10   
Wimberley Sidekick)

Thanks for looking,
JayT

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Re: PEOW: Cormorant II

[Jay Taylor]

On Nov 21, 2007, at 11:23 AM, Rick Wormer wrote:



 Very nice, especially the background.

 Two comments:

 First, when one clicks on the link to one of your
 photos, one gets a Forbidden message.  One has to
 copy and paste the link into a new browser window.  Is
 there something you can do to make the links work?

 Second, the official bird of the PDML may be the
 cormorant, but it ought to be the loon.

 Rick



All,
First thank you for the compliments. Second, sorry for all the  
trouble with the link. Not sure if its a Mac/PC thing. I notice on my  
PC at work I run into the same problem with the Forbidden message.  
While on my Mac at home I have no issue. Can you all test this out  
for me? I think the problem might be related to my hosting site  
PBase.com. I usually open the image by itself in a new window and  
then cut and paste the link to that in my message. Perhaps it would  
be better to just post the link to the web page in my gallery rather  
than the image by itself?
Here is a test. Please let me know if this link poses any similar  
problem or is successful.

http://www.pbase.com/sirfishalot/image/89186854

Thanks,
JayT



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Re:PESO 2007 - 47d, 47e - GDG

[Jay Taylor]

  On Nov 15, 2007, at 5:10 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote:

 PESO 2007 - 47d, 47e - GDG

 Continuing to process ...

http://homepage.mac.com/ramarren/photo/PAW7/47d.htm
http://homepage.mac.com/ramarren/photo/PAW7/47e.htm

 Comments and critique always appreciated.

 enjoy
 Godfrey


Godfrey,
I find 47d to be quite an interesting composition, especially the not  
so obvious mysterious texture of the concrete .
I'm not sure how you manage to find these sorts of gems, but they  
really are visually compelling.  I guess it come with a developing  
sense of really learning to see. Great stuff.

JayT

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PEOW:Grandson New Shiba Pup

[Jay Taylor]

It's been a while since I've posted any pictures of my grandson  
Darius. He's such a big boy now (4 yrs). We went to have a look at  
our soon to be newest family member, a male Black  Tan Shiba Inu  
puppy that is 4 weeks  old. We'll be bringing him home in a couple  
more weeks. Now we'll have quite a challenge ahead of us - 3 dogs  
makes a pack, hopefully they will  all get along with each other.  
Were hiring a trainer to help us with the new pup and incorporating  
him in with the other female Shiba (Sachiko) and Rotweiller/Lab/Chow/ 
Pit Bull mix (Boo). Wish us luck, we'll need it.
Not a great image, but one of the better few I managed to capture  
with the K10D pop-up flash using the 43 Ltd. I need to invest in one  
of those 540 AFZ's
Comments appreciated as always,

JayT
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Re: Question for FA* 300mm f4.5 owners ( Canon 70-200 f4 users

[Jay Taylor]

On 11/3/07, David Savage [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 G'day All,

 As we all know one of the minor bad points of this lens, compared to
 the F* version, is it's lack of tripod mounting collar .

 I'm a bit of a tinkerer, and I've roughly sketched up a collar design
 with a thought to making one when I have some time. However, I was
 recently doing some wandering around eBay when I noticed several cheap
 tripod mount collars for use with various Canon lenses:

 http://cgi.ebay.com.au/Tripod-Mount-Ring-for- 
 Canon-70-200mm-300-400mm-Lens- 
 L7G_W0QQitemZ130167704305QQihZ003QQcategoryZ29982QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrd 
 Z1QQcmdZViewItem
 http://preview.tinyurl.com/2bueks

 These units seem to lack the ability to rotate the lens from portrait
 to landscape within the ring. Not really what I wanted.

 This got me Googling though,  I found some info on the genuine Canon
 Tripod Mount Ring A II, for use with the EF 70-200 IS f4L , which has
 this function:

 http://www.the-digital-picture.com/Reviews/Canon-Tripod-Mount-Ring- 
 A-II-Review.aspx
 http://preview.tinyurl.com/2gbbyx

 Now from what I've managed to find, the inside diameter of this ring
 is ~66mm. As luck would have it, the outside diameter of the FA* 300mm
 f4.5 barrel is 66mm (Although the lens name plate does project out a
 couple of millimetres)

 So my question: Has anyone here ever tried to use these two pieces of
 kit together? Can any of our Canon owners confirm that it actually
 works as described.

 Cheers  TIA,

 Dave


I have the Canon 400/5.6 prime with similar foot and it is a very  
tight fit around the FA*300/4.5 and can only go on slipped over the  
end of the lens which they are not designed to do. They have a  
latching clasp clamp ring that is supposed to fit around the lens,  
clasp shut and then secured with a locking knob. Maybe the tripod  
rings for the 70-200/4's are a bit bigger than this one on my  
400/5.6, if so they probably work.
I might venture down to my local Canon dealer to see for myself.   
That is if they'll let me remove one to see if it fits the Pentax.

JayT

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Re: PESO: A splash of colour -- and a bit of bragging ;-)

[Jay Taylor]

Patrick,
Congrats! That is indeed one very special image. Outstanding  
composition.

JayT

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Re: PEOW: Pie-Billed Grebe

[Jay Taylor]

I'll try to post the link to this image again as it appears to have  
been truncated making it unusable:

http://i.pbase.com/ 
o6/87/63987/1/81261177.gmwcxIHL.PieBilledGrebe1062407.jpg

Perhaps the filename was too long to fit on a single line. Sorry for  
the inconvenience.

JayT


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PEOW: Pie-Billed Grebe

[Jay Taylor]

I haven't been very active on the PDML lately, but I do try to browse  
the archive and half way keep up with you all.
Here is a recent shot I thought was a nice capture

http://i.pbase.com/ 
o6/87/63987/1/81261177.gmwcxIHL.PieBilledGrebe1062407.jpg

Even with the long zoom (FA*250-600/5.6) I found I had to be pretty  
stealthy to get into a position to make a few capture of these  
skittish birds.
Since it was an overcast day I figured I'd better take Joe's advice  
and use the tripod. Seems like the results are quite a bit better  
than hand holding the huge lens; at least in less than optimal  
lighting conditions. Captured with the K10D, processed in Lightroom  
and CS3. Comments  critique welcome as always.

Thanks,
JayT

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Re: PESO - Rail Bird

[Jay Taylor]

Ken,
Nice shot, you might try cropping out the the bottom of the frame  
with the crack in the rail (somewhat distracting). But that might  
make the frame quite a bit tighter than you liking since you'd need  
to crop the right side as well.
I did a quickie resize of my window to see what it would look like.  
It does push the bird perhaps too far to the right.

JayT

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[no subject]

[Jay Taylor]

I've been trying to see just how difficult it would be to handhold  
the big bling lens (FA 250-600/5.6) and it actually isn't as  
difficult as I had imagined.
I managed to capture this GBH in flight with it and the K10D. SR  
seems to help quite a bit (as does decent light):

http://i.pbase.com/o6/87/63987/1/77722546.D073MrKz.GBHFlight1.jpg

I am surprised though with the amount of noise at ISO 400. I'm still  
using the original firmware so I 'm not sure if that makes any   
difference.
Comments  critique welcome as always.

Thanks,
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Re: In Flight Great Blue Heron (was No Subject)

[Jay Taylor]

Sorry for forgetting to add the subject prior to sending.
Paul,
I like the idea of completing the wing (although cheating a bit) for  
a nicer composition. Yes, I believe I did have my settings on a half  
stop under and the noise is pretty much visible only on the full size  
image. I process my RAW files with Bibblelite, but hate to use the  
noise reduction for fear of losing detail. But I guess I could play  
with the lesser settings on it.
Thanks for the comments.

JayT


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 Nice shot. I would draw in the tip of that left wing and add some
 background water above it. You could clone the feather ends from
 other places on the bird. If an ISO 400 shot is underexposed by a
 stop or so, you'll get noise. Otherwise, they always look pretty
 clean to me. Can't tell if this shot is noisy. It looks good at web
 size.
 Paul
 On Apr 25, 2007, at 3:52 AM, Jay Taylor wrote:

 I've been trying to see just how difficult it would be to handhold
 the big bling lens (FA 250-600/5.6) and it actually isn't as
 difficult as I had imagined.
 I managed to capture this GBH in flight with it and the K10D. SR
 seems to help quite a bit (as does decent light):

 http://i.pbase.com/o6/87/63987/1/77722546.D073MrKz.GBHFlight1.jpg

 I am surprised though with the amount of noise at ISO 400. I'm still
 using the original firmware so I 'm not sure if that makes any
 difference.
 Comments  critique welcome as always.

 Thanks,
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Re: PESO 2007 - 20b - GDG

[Jay Taylor]

Godfrey,
I like the shot also. It has quite an anthropomorphic quality about  
it. My only qualm would be the slight dark spot in the upper right of  
the image which draws my eye away from he subject. Not sure if it  
could be dodged out or not. Regardless the images works well.

JayT

 Tuesday, April 24, 2007, 8:07:44 PM, Godfrey wrote:

  Another from the upcoming Tree collection...

 http://homepage.mac.com/ramarren/photo/PAW7/20b.htm

 Comments, critique and good fertilizer all welcomed.


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Re: End Part II

[Jay Taylor]

Bruce,
I also think the original image stands on its own the  best for  
conveying your original idea.
The BW works also, but it leaves me wanting to see more tonal range.

JayT

 Bruce Dayton wrote:

 Based on comments by the list, I thought I would try a few more things
 and show you what I had to work with.  The story I told is basically
 how the shot came to be - whether you agree with my thought process or
 not, that is why I took the shot.  The issue I had was harsher
 lighting than I wanted - time of day was a big factor and couldn't be
 helped.

 Anyway, here is the shot I had to work with and some variations on
 what I showed you.  Any thoughts would be appreciated.


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Web Hosting: PBase or Photo.net?

[Jay Taylor]

My annual subscription is coming up on PBase and I'm considering a  
possible change of service. For those of you who have used Photo.net,  
how do you like it ?
I'm overall somewhat satisfied with PBase, but sometimes find it gets  
bogged down with slow uploading and some folks don't seem to be able  
to view links back to my photos.
The upload feature of selecting a single .zip files of multiple  
pictures is nice as well as the Style Sheets and galleries functions.
I'd like to find out more about Photo.net though. I have a limited  
account already, but wonder how the paid service compares to PBase  
and some of the others.

Thanks,
JayT

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Re: PESO - Bird - cropping advice

[Jay Taylor]

 Date: Sat, 7 Apr 2007
 Bruce Dayton wrote:

 I'd like some advice on how to crop this shot most effectively.  Some
 of the surroundings are probably nice to have and some not.

Bruce,
I like the overall image especially the colors, but agree it could be  
cropped some. Initially I thought  just a small amount for the  
distracting out of focus elements on the left and right.
And as someone else hinted a vertical orientation, I thought I'd try  
my take. Tried to remove some of the distracting branch which could  
be done sucsessfully if one were to spend more time. That is unless  
you are opposed to some degree of cheating. I think as artists we  
should be allowed that liberty to remove distracting element through  
digital manipulation. After all isn't it basically the same as cropping?

JayT

http://i.pbase.com/o6/87/63987/1/76809583.xhAovABH.DaytonRetouch.jpg

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Re: PEOW:Tribute/Farwell to Mom ([EMAIL PROTECTED])

[Jay Taylor]

David, Paul, Kenneth, Boris, Godfrey, Bruce, Walter and Marnie,
Thanks so much for your prayers and words of encouragement. It means  
alot. Even though we've only met through conversation I can feel the  
love.

My mom passed very peacefully early yesterday morning as I laid near  
her side. She was very comfortable, having been in the loving arms of  
family and friends during the final days of her life. She knew she is  
loved by everyone who had the pleasure of meeting her.
I'm so glad we brought her home.

JayT

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PEOW:Tribute/Farwell to Mom

[Jay Taylor]

PDML'rs,
Definitely a great deal of sadness here with the Taylor family as we  
prepare to bid farewell to my Mom.
She would be 88 years old on April 20th, but we are all but certain  
that she will not be able to celebrate this years birthday. Unable to  
recover from a colonectomy surgery performed in February coupled with  
Aortic Stenosis, her condition has continued to deteriorate over the  
past several weeks.
She had not been eating and drinking enough to sustain herself and  
was back in the hospital within a couple weeks after surgery for  
dehydration. With her fluids stabilized the hospital had informed us  
that they pretty much had done all they could do for her short of  
inserting a feeding tube which she would not want nor allow. The best  
thing that we could do for her is bring her home to be comfortable  
with hospice care.
Fortunately, we had just bought a new house last summer with a  
Mother-in-Law unit in the downstairs portion where my mom and  
brother were able to move in with us. So, the three of us have been  
caring for her (my wife works from home) since her discharge about  
six weeks ago.
At first we were hopeful that being back at home would give her the  
motivation and comfort to have better chance of recovery. She had  
been eating a little more and drinking Ensure protein drinks regularly.
But she was still not taking in enough nutrients to sustain herself.  
It seemed that she had just lost all interest in food altogether  
except for maybe chocolates and a few select fruits. At first she was  
walking around OK  even by herself with the help of the walker. But  
the last couple weeks she's gotten progressively worse to the point  
where we could no longer even take her to the bathroom via wheelchair  
because she started passing out  from just sitting on the commode.
These past few days have been very difficult for all of us knowing  
that she does not have much time left here with us. Though we do have  
comfort in knowing that as a true disciple and saint of our Lord  
Jesus and that a very special place in heaven awaits her.
She is truly a very special person. Loved by many who know her and  
even those who've only had a chance to meet. You see, she is a very  
loving and humble human being. I can never remember her saying a  
negative or cruel thing about any single person in her life. She is  
one of the most self-less persons I have ever known. Always willing  
to forsake her needs for those of her children and grandchildren and  
even people she didn't know very well at all. She has taught me so  
much about life by the example that she lived each and every day; the  
most important of which is Love. But if it hadn't been for her taking  
me to church as a young boy and teaching me about Jesus  I don't  
think I'd be here to this day. I could have easily ended up  like  
many of my peers in jails, institutions or dead.
It' really hard at the moment to really reflect on just how much she  
really means to me. I remain hopeful of better days ahead. Here is a  
photo I took of us shortly after her surgery:
http://i.pbase.com/o6/87/63987/1/76532119.31qAeDgY.IMGP0707.jpg
If you are so inclined, please pray that her passing will be  
comforted by the Creator and those who love her.

Thank you,
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Mega-Enablement: FA*250-600/5.6

[Jay Taylor]

Well, I finally have been able to secure a nice long Pentax telephoto  
lens. The FA*250-600mm/f5.6 zoom!
I had been dreaming about the FA*600/4 ever since I started shooting  
birds, but a good guy who lives in my region just happened to put  
this fine lens up for sale since he wasn't shooting with it very much  
and was transitioning to Canon gear. Even though a pretty reliable  
source indicated to me that this lens is not exceptional on digital  
bodies I couldn't pass up on the opportunity. I was able to try it  
out for about 10 days while the owner was out of the country, but the  
weather here for the most part was pretty crappy and I was too scared  
to take it anywhere outside of my home to shoot with it since I  
wasn't sure If I was going to purchase it.
I decided that I might as well go for it and if it didn't work out I  
could always sell it. Even though f5.6 is not as fast as I would  
prefer and a zoom would not be as sharp as a prime, I figured the  
flexibility of having the wide zoom range could come in handy and the  
chances of finding a used 600/f4 in my price range would be pretty slim.
Anyhow, here is one of the first few images from it and the K10D when  
we had a little bit of decent light:

http://i.pbase.com/o6/87/63987/1/75415076.oCor9YTy.IMGP0850.jpg

Oh yeah, this puppy is pretty heavy. I'm hoping my tripod (Benro  
1327) is stout enough as well as the Wimberley Sidekick without  
having to go to the full Wimberley head.
I'm really looking forward to getting out in the field with this baby.

JayT

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Re: PDML Digest, Vol 11, Issue 326

[Jay Taylor]

 Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote:

 Just took a look on Boz site to see what that looked like. Quite the
 monster!
 Enjoy it. :-)

 If you don't mind my asking, what does something like that cost these
 days?

 Godfrey

Godfrey,
I actually managed to hang onto both my kidneys for the time being.  
But I did have to sell off my Tokina 400 AT-X, Pentax FA 50/1.4,  
Pentax K 500/4.5 and 645K adapter w/75mm lens so as not to be in  
trouble with my wife and I still owe her big time. The seller was  
asking $4,000 for it.

Jay

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Re: Mega-Enablement: FA*250-600/5.6

[Jay Taylor]

 Walter Hamler wrote:

 Jay, I cannot access the link. All I get is Forbidden. Strange,  
 as others
 seemingly have been able to see it.


Walter,
Not sure why you can't connect to the link, but here is the address  
to my PBase site where you can view it:

http://www.pbase.com/sirfishalot/smc_fa250600mm_f6_ed_if

JayT

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Re:Mega-Enablement: FA*250-600/5.6

[Jay Taylor]

 Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote:

 Just took a look on Boz site to see what that looked like. Quite the
 monster!
 Enjoy it. :-)

 If you don't mind my asking, what does something like that cost these
 days?

 Godfrey

Godfrey,
I actually managed to hang onto both my kidneys for the time being.  
But I did have to sell off my Tokina 400 AT-X, Pentax FA 50/1.4,  
Pentax K 500/4.5 and 645K adapter w/75mm lens so as not to be in  
trouble with my wife and I still owe her big time. The seller was  
asking $4,000 for it.

Jay

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Re: Mega-Enablement: FA*250-600/5.6

[Jay Taylor]

  Rick Wormer wrote:
 That link works!  Very nice.  I wonder--does the shake
 reduction let you shoot hand-held, or is the lens just
 too heavy?

 Rick

Rick,
I'm a pretty big guy with decent size arms. I tried it once, but it  
started wearing on me after just a few shots. I haven't tried it with  
the neck strap yet, but it might be feasible provided there is decent  
enough light that the shutter speeds are too low. I'll try to report  
on this as I get into using it more.

JayT

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PEOW: Another GBH Portrait

[Jay Taylor]

I have not been able to get out and do much shooting as of late since  
I'm busy trying to move into a new home my wife and I are purchasing.  
That coupled with the start of Salmon fishing season has kept me away  
from my camera. This is another of my Great Blue Heron images  
captured with the *istDL and the FA*300 f4.5 + F1.7X adapter.  The  
full res image looked pretty awesome on this shot. For this web  
resized version I experimented with blurring the background more at  
an attempt to create a more pleasing bokeh. As always comments and  
suggestions are helpful.

Thanks,
JayT
http://i.pbase.com/o4/87/63987/1/63808751.VbQd49L0.GBHPortrait3.jpg

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Re: PESO -- Angst on the Rocks (I and II)

[Jay Taylor]

PJ,
I like the first one much better than the second. For me it just has  
more interest throughout the frame. I don't see the girl as the  
subject so much in this one as the setting.
If the distant island wasn't there it would not work as well, but I   
just sense something special about the place and the relationship  
between all the elements seems to work together quite well.

JayT



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Re: PESO - Great Egret

[Jay Taylor]

Bruce,
This is definitely one of the best egret shots I've seen in a while.  
Amazing detail in the perfect exposure as evident in the birds legs  
and feet.
The bokeh is very pleasing also. Makes me want to use my Tokina even  
more now. Were you using a tripod for this shot?

JayT

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Re: PESO -- Threatening Syies, Calm Seas

[Jay Taylor]

PJ,
Very nice. I like the way the layers in the image lead your eye  from  
the fore to mid and background. Each of these zones is interesting  
and makes for a pleasing composition.

JayT

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Beware New eBay Scam

[Jay Taylor]

I just got a fake eBay message from a supposed buyer threatening to  
report me to eBay if I don't answer his question. It looks just like  
the regular eBay messages with a Respond Now button. The item in  
question does not exist. Not sure what would happen if I would have  
bit on it, but it was initially pretty compelling. The message was  
worded like this:

Hey, listen buddy, i don't know what kind of game are you playing  
with me. If you don't answer me i'll be forced to report you at ebay  
and i assure you that you will be suspended from ebay. This is the  
final warning.
cata2000x

I suspect that the link to respond would take you to some fake login  
that would perhaps reveal your real login for use by these losers.  
Anyhow just thought I'd give a heads up to others in the PDML.

JayT

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PEOW: Great Blue Heron Portrait

[Jay Taylor]

Here's a shot taken a couple months back with the *istDS with the  
FA*300 f4.5 stacked with the F1.7X Adapter. This combo gives me a  
510mm focal length and is not too shabby provided there is some  
decent light. I tried some Noise Ninja reduction in the BibbleLite  
Raw processing, but didn't like the way detail was lost on the bird  
even though the background was quite a bit better without the noise.  
I suppose if I took the time, I could combine two images (one with  
noise removed in background), but I'm hard pressed to even get this  
much posted lately.
Comments  critique are always helpful from you folks.

Thanks,
JayT

http://i.pbase.com/o4/87/63987/1/63091875.IxUtTQK6.GBHPortrait.jpg

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

[Jay Taylor]

Sorry,
I forget that everyone is not on broadband everywhere. Here is the  
smaller version:
http://i.pbase.com/o4/87/63987/1/63102287.xVSnM975.GBHPortraitSmall.jpg

I hear you guys on the DOF, but I wonder if one can still maintain a  
nice background bokeh while increasing the depth of field?
What would be nice is if our cameras had an auto bracketing feature  
for DOF. I guess when making these images it might be worth taking  
several shots at different f-stops.

JayT

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 Hello, Jay ...

 I almost stopped the download of your file, but I was into it quite  
 a bit
 and decided to wait until it loaded completely.  There's no reason  
 or need
 to post an 825K file fore a web image.  Many viewers are on slow,  
 dial-up
 connections, and the wait to see a file of so great a size can be  
 quite
 long.  Had I tried to download this during a time when Internet  
 traffic was
 heavier, I would have stopped the download.

 When I first saw the bird's eyes I was thinking that this was going  
 to be
 something special, and really worth the wait.  But, alas, it turns  
 out that
 DOF is too shallow, and apart from the eyes and an area around the  
 top of
 the beak, much of the bird is not in sharp focus.  The tip of the  
 beak is
 not sharp, nor is the neck and feathers, both areas which seem  
 important
 (at least to me) in a shot such as this.

 I really like your subtle sig in the lower right corner.

 Jay, for the most part I really like your work, but you continually  
 post
 very large-sized images that sometimes make it too time consuming  
 for me -
 and I know others - to enjoy viewing.

 Shel


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Friday FS: Pentax Lenses

[Jay Taylor]

Must clear out some little used inventory to help fund a new tripod  
purchase.
All prices in US dollars shipping and preferred PayPal extra based on  
location. Will ship outside US, but any international fees will  
apply. Please email me if interested


Pentax FA*80-200mm f4.5-5.6 Zoom - I purchased this lens used last  
year , used it 3-4 times and have since found the f/2.8 zoom. It's in  
excellent condition, but of little use to me anymore $45.


http://i.pbase.com/o4/87/63987/1/53673823.IMGP1785.jpg
sample photo from the *istDS
http://k43.pbase.com/v3/87/63987/1/49033925.Sachi.jpg

M42 Takumar 35mm f3.5 - excellent condition only used for a dozen  
images w/front  rear caps $35

sample photo
http://mk29.image.pbase.com/u26/sirfishalot/upload/ 
43540298.MacroFlyT35.jpg


JayT

PEOW:My Baby and Her Baby

[Jay Taylor]

Been away from posting on the list lately. Still following some  
though.  My youngest daughter came over to cook dinner for her Mom   
on Mothers Day. Here is shot of here and her new puppy Baby .   
Taken with the *istDS and the FA*50 f/1.4. Would have been a better  
shot with maybe a telephoto to blur the background a bit more. But oh  
well, sometimes you just have to settle for what you get.

Comments always helpful. Thanks for looking.

JayT
http://i.pbase.com/o4/87/63987/1/60205137.DanielleBaby.jpg

Re: long lens for birds?

[Jay Taylor]

Russell,
Not that I have any expertise whatsoever on the subject of wildlife  
photography, but I'd say also that primes are definitely the way to  
go. And you will always want more reach than you have. Seems like  
in order to get really close for those frame filling shots that  
shooting from a blind produces the best results. Especially with the  
more skittish species.
At least with the Pentax equipment that doesn't have image  
stabilization built in.


I have been very satisfied with a relatively new enablement in the  
Tokina AT-X 400mm f5.6. This is the same lens that Bruce and a few  
others here also have. It is light and small for a 400mm prime; very  
hand-holdable on bright days. I haven't taken  a lot of time yet to  
see how it works with a 1.4X teleconverter for extra reach.  Here is  
a recent shot grabbed in my front yard:


http://i.pbase.com/o4/87/63987/1/58830040.YardBird.jpg

Too bad they discontinued this lens. I too would be tempted to get  
another if it came up available. I don't think however that the lens  
mentioned by William as going for $40.00 on eBay is the same. There  
is another version (manual) by Tokina; the SL I beleive, but it is  
not the same or even close in quality to the AT-X SD version.


Good luck with your search,

JayT

PEOW: Layered View

[Jay Taylor]

Was looking at some images from last fall and this one for some  
reason stuck with me. It was taken with the cheap version of the  
Pentax 80-200 zoom lens along with the 1.7X Adapter. I think I'll try  
to return this year for a re-shoot, but with nicer glass and  
hopefully better light this time. RAW image processed in BibbleLite  
OSX, resized for web view in Photoshop CS.

Let me know what you think about the image.  Thanks.

http://i.pbase.com/g3/87/63987/2/58368520.UnionView.jpg

JayT

Major Enablement: FA*300 f4.5

[Jay Taylor]

At least to me it is major!
I've bee reading about all over for this great lens.  After losing  
out on one in an eBay auction a few months back by being too cheap to  
bid a decent price for it, I was really wanting very badly to add  
this one to my collection. Finally, I decided that I would pull the  
trigger on an as brand new condition one that I had known of a  
source for some time, but didn't want to pay the big dollars. I ended  
up paying probably too much for it, but considering what some of the  
prices have been lately for fine Pentax glass, I figured that for an  
excellent copy of this lens it would be money well spent. Now I see  
for myself what the hype is all about. The only complaint I have with  
it is the lack of a tripod collar. Here if one of my first images  
with the lens taken with my *istDS:


http://i.pbase.com/o4/87/63987/1/57940041.FA3003.jpg

JayT

Re: PESO: Pano shot for Pentax World Photoshoot

[Jay Taylor]

Mark,
Very nice panorama!  What program did you use for stitching?

Jay Taylor


PESO: Pano shot for Pentax World Photoshoot



Date: Tue, 21 Mar 2006 18:18:57 -0500
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Here's a larger (400 x 1300) version of the photo I shot for the
Pentaxians project on March 19.
http://www.robertstech.com/temp/pghpano2.jpg
5 images stitched and cropped.
ist-D, 31mm Limited, ISO 200, 1/250 sec, f/5

FA Friday: Like New DA 18-55 Kit Lens

[Jay Taylor]

I have a mint condition SMC DA 18-55 Kit lens on eBay. Listing ends  
Friday. It is from the DL that I bought for a second body to my DS.  
The lens had less than 50 images taken with it when I purchased it in  
January of this year:


http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? 
ViewItemitem=7600206799rd=1sspagename=STRK%3AMESE%3AITrd=1


Thanks for looking,
JayT

RE: FA Friday: Like New DA 18-55 Kit Lens

[Jay Taylor]

Oops,
Something was wrong with the link I posted to the auction, it should  
clickable through this link:


http://cgi.ebay.com/Pentax-SMC-DA-18-55mm-f-3-5-5-6-Lens-for-istD- 
MINT_W0QQitemZ7600206799QQcategoryZ48558QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem


Jay

RE: WTB - 18-55mm

[Jay Taylor]

Cotty,
I sent you an email earlier regarding the one I have, but I didn't  
hear back from you yet . Please contact me off list.

Thanks,

Jay

Re: fame awaits ...

[Jay Taylor]

Godfrey,
Way to go; congratulations!  The images look very nice; wish I had a  
chance to see the prints in person.


Jay Taylor

My Grandson Again - Tokina 400 BW Conversion

[Jay Taylor]

Here is another shot of my lil' man Darius on a recent outing. The  
boy seems to take after his grandpa in the sense that he seems to  
love being outdoors. I look foward to future hikes, camping, fishing  
and just being out with him enjoying nature. I'm glad we won't be too  
to enjoy activities with him when he starts to become a young man. He  
is definitely a blessing in our lives.
This is an attempt at a new (for me) monochrome conversion with  
Photoshop CS using multiple layers. The image was initially a RAW  
converted via BibbleLite 4.6 on Mac OSX. I like the range of control  
one has over the process using the layers method. Anyhow, comments   
critique always helpful.  Thanks for looking.


Jay
http://i.pbase.com/o4/87/63987/1/56748139.DariusLocks.jpg

Re:Re: Pentax A*600 F5.6

[Jay Taylor]

 On Sat, 25 Feb 2006  Peter Jordan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

Just to sicken you as much as it sickened me, this appeared on eekBay.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Pentax-A-600mm-f5-6-ED-IF-Professional- 
Telephoto- 
Lens_W0QQitemZ7593539978QQcategoryZ4688QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZVi 
ewItem


I pressed the BIN button to discover someone had beaten me to it by 20
seconds. G.

There is another available in Germany for approx 5 times the price  
at the

moment.


Peter,

I saw that too and had a chance to pull the trigger, but hesitated  
much too long thinking about shipping costs an the internal dust as  
described.
I wonder who the winner (theobserver) is. Seems I've come across his  
eBay handle before.
I am still kicking myself over this one. It even had a 1.4X-S  
included. (COL) cry out loud.


JayT

WTB: Pentax A*600 F5.6

[Jay Taylor]

PDMLer's ,
I am looking for the Pentax A 600 f5.6 telephoto lens. By chance that  
someone here might have one they are willing to part with please  
contact  me off the list.


Thanks,
JayT

Re: PESO - Waiting....

[Jay Taylor]

Bruce,
Can't say much more positively than what's been said already; I  
really like this image. Composition as well as color are very  
apealling.  I do have a couple questions though. What time of day and  
was it overcast?   The birds appear to be resting or maybe even  
napping? Almost appears as if your presence did not bother them at all.

Keep up the great work and thanks for helping us newbies with vision.

Jay T