Re: OT Combining shadows and drawing

Quite clever indeed! Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Thu, Dec 1, 2016 at 12:19 AM, Larry Colen wrote: > I thought these were not only a clever idea, but well executed > > http://petapixel.com/2016/11/30/clever-photos-combine-object >

Re: Buzzard Pair/Hint of Fall

On Thu, Dec 1, 2016 at 7:50 AM, Alan C wrote: > I've heard several US visitors to Kruger refer to our similar looking > Ground Hornbills as Turkey Buzzards so the term must be in common usage > over there. Not among those who know birds. Every country has its share of the

Re: Buzzard Pair/Hint of Fall (Dan)

On Thu, Dec 1, 2016 at 10:07 AM, Alan C wrote: > Nevertheless, there are many references to "Turkey Buzzard" on the web. Well then, I stand corrected. If it's on the web, it must be correct. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola -- PDML

RE: PESO - Relaxed in La Jolla

Bob W wrote: Judge for yourself: http://www.obsev.com/galleries/celebs-and-after-plastic-surgery +++ OK. Same standards do apply. Malcolm -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML,

Re: GESO My November set of favorites

Nice set, Larry. The bunny is still my favorite. I seldom see them in my yard any more, and my dog tends to go after them when the are present, and they have more trouble avoiding him than do the chipmunks. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Thu, Dec 1, 2016 at

Re: PESO - Relaxed in La Jolla

Hey, they worked cheap and there's paint on it. Job Done! On 12/1/2016 6:54 AM, Malcolm Smith wrote: Rick Womer wrote: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=18316410=lg Interesting angle Rick. I wouldn't employ the painters who did the railings though... Malcolm

Re: Buzzard Pair/Hint of Fall (Dan)

Nevertheless, there are many references to "Turkey Buzzard" on the web. Alan C -Original Message- From: Daniel J. Matyola Sent: Thursday, December 01, 2016 4:17 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: Buzzard Pair/Hint of Fall On Thu, Dec 1, 2016 at 7:50 AM, Alan C

Re: OT Combining shadows and drawing

Love it! On Thu, Dec 1, 2016 at 12:19 AM, Larry Colen wrote: > I thought these were not only a clever idea, but well executed > > http://petapixel.com/2016/11/30/clever-photos-combine-objects-shadows-drawings/ > > -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com (postbox on min4est)

Re: PESO - Relaxed in La Jolla

Hey, Dude, it's SoCal. That is considered a precision job. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Thu, Dec 1, 2016 at 6:54 AM, Malcolm Smith wrote: > Rick Womer wrote: > > http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=18316410=lg >

RE: PESO - Relaxed in La Jolla

Daniel J. Matyola wrote: Hey, Dude, it's SoCal. That is considered a precision job. +++ I hope surgeons don't feel the same standards apply! Malcolm -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from

RE: PESO - Relaxed in La Jolla

P.J. Alling wrote: Hey, they worked cheap and there's paint on it. Job Done! + They did my front gates! Malcolm -- 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

Re: GESO My November set of favorites

Nice set! (Can’t really pick a favorite.) - Marco > On Nov 30, 2016, at 9:19 PM, Larry Colen wrote: > > Seven photos this month. Warning for the arachnophobes, there are a couple > of macros of an orb spider, but to make up for them there's also a bunny > rabbit. > >

Re: Buzzard Pair/Hint of Fall

On Thu, Dec 1, 2016 at 9:52 AM, Jack Davis wrote: > Turkey Vulture it seems, is also a New World buzzard.(?) A turkey vulture is a vulture, not a buzzard. "Buzzard" is a term fro various hawk species, especial of the genus Buteo. There are parts of the US where the

Re: Buzzard Pair/Hint of Fall

Dan, Turkey Vulture it seems, is also a New World buzzard.(?) J - Original Message - From: "Daniel J. Matyola" To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" Sent: Thursday, December 1, 2016 6:17:06 AM Subject: Re: Buzzard Pair/Hint of Fall On Thu, Dec 1, 2016

Re: PESO - Relaxed in La Jolla

On 1 Dec 2016, at 15:23, Malcolm Smith > wrote: Daniel J. Matyola wrote: Hey, Dude, it's SoCal. That is considered a precision job. +++ I hope surgeons don't feel the same standards apply! Judge for yourself:

Nice shot

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Re: Nice shot

Could be any of many choice words! J Sent from my iPhone > On Dec 1, 2016, at 9:22 AM, Alan C wrote: > > Perhaps its telling the photographer to p*ss off? > > Alan C > > -Original Message- From: Gonz > Sent: Thursday, December 01, 2016 6:48 PM > To: Pentax-Discuss

Re: PESO - The Offering

That's a fascinating and complex scene, Marco! Lots of juxtaposition and interaction. I'll be looking at it a while yet. :-) G — The trouble with being punctual is that nobody's there to appreciate it. > On Dec 1, 2016, at 7:53 AM, Marco Alpert wrote: > >

RE: PESO - The Offering

Marco Alpert wrote: http://www.alpert.com/marco/photo16/peso36.html ++ Another interesting scene. I'm left wondering on this occasion how a colour version would look like? Malcolm -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: Nice shot

How did the cormorant end up as the PDML bird anyhow? On Thu, Dec 1, 2016 at 11:35 AM, Jack Davis wrote: > Could be any of many choice words! > > J > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Dec 1, 2016, at 9:22 AM, Alan C wrote: >> >> Perhaps its telling the

Re: Nice shot

Pics pls Bob. On Thu, Dec 1, 2016 at 10:51 AM, Bob W-PDML wrote: > I've tried to impress females by doing that, and it just doesn't work. No > wonder there are only 8,000 of them left. > > B > >> On 1 Dec 2016, at 16:49, Gonz wrote: >> >>

Re: Buzzard Pair/Hint of Fall (Dan)

Well said, Alan! J Sent from my iPhone > On Dec 1, 2016, at 9:21 AM, Alan C wrote: > > Dan, I'm not trying to raise your BP. There is plenty cr*p on the web. I > agree that Vulture is the correct terminology, Buzzard seems to be used > colloquially as a sort of common name.

Re: Buzzard Pair/Hint of Fall (Dan)

Dan, I'm not trying to raise your BP. There is plenty cr*p on the web. I agree that Vulture is the correct terminology, Buzzard seems to be used colloquially as a sort of common name. There is a lot of that in SA too. The "real" birders get quite hot under the collar when the "uninformed" use

I just made a Blurb book that no one is going to buy except me!

OK, seriously, it's intended more as a portfolio piece than a book for people to buy. I thought about making a portfolio in the standard way, doing my own prints and everything and getting some kind of album or box to put them in. But it just seemed like a hell of a lot of work (and expense). So I

Re: Semi OT - vote for ann sanfedele's Budding crocus design please.. today Nov 30

I noticed the messages saying "too late" were after 5:00 pm Eastern time. On 11/30/2016 6:50 PM, ann sanfedele wrote: Guys - sorry I thought it was on eastern time damn! maby it was at 00:00 on the 30th - oh well thansk for your efforts a On 11/30/2016 5:08 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote: The

Re: Nice shot

It was just lucky. And Bill could pronounce Phalocracorax after more than a few stiff ones. > On 01 December 2016 at 18:07 Gonz wrote: > > > How did the cormorant end up as the PDML bird anyhow? > > > On Thu, Dec 1, 2016 at 11:35 AM, Jack Davis

Re: PESO - Relaxed in La Jolla

On 12/1/2016 10:22 AM, Malcolm Smith wrote: Daniel J. Matyola wrote: Hey, Dude, it's SoCal. That is considered a precision job. +++ I hope surgeons don't feel the same standards apply! Malcolm Dan's a lawyer, not a doctor. -- Science - Questions we may never

Re: PESO - Relaxed in La Jolla

On 12/1/2016 10:38 AM, Malcolm Smith wrote: Bob W wrote: Judge for yourself: http://www.obsev.com/galleries/celebs-and-after-plastic-surgery +++ OK. Same standards do apply. Malcolm It's an ocean front commercial property. With all the salt in the air, it's a

Re: Nice shot

Gonz wrote: >How did the cormorant end up as the PDML bird anyhow? The Story of the Cormorant: Way back in the mists of time, probably early in the first decade of this century, a PDML member named Christian Skofteland was known for some pretty damned good bird photography. One day he posted a

Re: Nice shot

Lol! I vaguely remember that. On Thu, Dec 1, 2016 at 1:24 PM, Mark Roberts wrote: > Gonz wrote: > >>How did the cormorant end up as the PDML bird anyhow? > > The Story of the Cormorant: > Way back in the mists of time, probably early in the first decade of > this

Re: Buzzard Pair/Hint of Fall

I don't think they have vultures in the UK. We don't have Common Buzzards in the U.S. The use of "Buzzard" for New World Vultures came from English colonization in North America. Seen from a distance, when they're soaring, the Black Vulture has a similar appearance to the Common Buzzard English

Re: Nice shot

I can't even write Phalacrocorax when sober. Time to be drunk. > On 01 December 2016 at 18:37 mike wilson wrote: > > > It was just lucky. > > And Bill could pronounce Phalocracorax after more than a few stiff ones. > > > On 01 December 2016 at 18:07 Gonz

Re: PESO - The Offering

Interesting juxtaposition of cultures Philip Northeast www.aviewfinderdarkly.com.au On 2/12/16 2:53 am, Marco Alpert wrote: http://www.alpert.com/marco/photo16/peso36.html Comments, as always, welcomed. -Marco --- http://www.alpert.com/marco -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List

Re: Buzzard Pair/Hint of Fall (Dan)

We're using common names, while Dan is referring to Taxonomic classification. Dedicated bird watchers know the scientific classification down to the sub-species, and can't understand why common names are good enough for the rest of us. Most people wouldn't know a Cathartes aura meridionalis

OT: No Pentax content, but it does have a Pentatonix

I was following up on some on the news about the fires around Gatlinburg, TN & the Great Smokey Mountains NP when I ran across this. It has nothing to do with the fires, but it does have Dolly Parton. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BZ0e-JFXJMg_comment_id=z124it04kljijjgay04cjpzgzpzogpkham40k

Re: OT: No Pentax content, but it does have a Pentatonix

On 12/1/2016 4:34 PM, Larry Colen wrote: John wrote: I was following up on some on the news about the fires around Gatlinburg, TN & the Great Smokey Mountains NP when I ran across this. It has nothing to do with the fires, but it does have Dolly Parton.

Re: Nice shot

Burn, baby, burn! On 12/1/2016 1:24 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: That just means you haven't found the right female yet. Some of those 8,000 out there will respond: try the ones with a tattoo and five-o'clock shadow for better luck. ]'-) G On Dec 1, 2016, at 8:51 AM, Bob W-PDML

Re: GESO My November set of favorites

Thanks Marco, Malcolm, Dan and all who looked. Marco Alpert wrote: Nice set! (Can’t really pick a favorite.) We haven't met up for lunch in a while. We should plan something soon, Auntie Mame's or the new Indian Buffet. - Marco On Nov 30, 2016, at 9:19 PM, Larry Colen

Re: OT: No Pentax content, but it does have a Pentatonix

John wrote: I was following up on some on the news about the fires around Gatlinburg, TN & the Great Smokey Mountains NP when I ran across this. It has nothing to do with the fires, but it does have Dolly Parton.

Re: Nice shot

It was the only one that applied > On 1 Dec 2016, at 18:08, Gonz wrote: > > How did the cormorant end up as the PDML bird anyhow? > > >> On Thu, Dec 1, 2016 at 11:35 AM, Jack Davis wrote: >> Could be any of many choice words! >> >> J >> >> Sent

Re: Nice shot

Like this one? http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Rvf9pxSORSA/UwENBC1UcgI/CW0/QH578WzUGjw/s1600/3+Selfportrait+as+a+drag.jpg ... On 1 Dec 2016, at 18:25, Godfrey DiGiorgi > wrote: That just means you haven't found the right female yet. Some

PESO - The Offering

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Re: Nice shot

I've tried to impress females by doing that, and it just doesn't work. No wonder there are only 8,000 of them left. B > On 1 Dec 2016, at 16:49, Gonz wrote: > > https://www.instagram.com/p/BNbvse5DSoW/?taken-by=natgeo=en > > -- > -- Reduce your Government Footprint >

Re: Nice shot

Perhaps its telling the photographer to p*ss off? Alan C -Original Message- From: Gonz Sent: Thursday, December 01, 2016 6:48 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Nice shot https://www.instagram.com/p/BNbvse5DSoW/?taken-by=natgeo=en -- -- Reduce your Government Footprint --

Re: Nice shot

That just means you haven't found the right female yet. Some of those 8,000 out there will respond: try the ones with a tattoo and five-o'clock shadow for better luck. ]'-) G > On Dec 1, 2016, at 8:51 AM, Bob W-PDML wrote: > > I've tried to impress females by doing

Re: I just made a Blurb book that no one is going to buy except me!

Like the title: Time Exposure J Sent from my iPhone > On Dec 1, 2016, at 11:08 AM, Mark Roberts wrote: > > OK, seriously, it's intended more as a portfolio piece than a book for > people to buy. I thought about making a portfolio in the standard way, > doing my own

RE: PESO - Relaxed in La Jolla

Rick Womer wrote: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=18316410=lg Interesting angle Rick. I wouldn't employ the painters who did the railings though... Malcolm -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to

Re: Buzzard Pair/Hint of Fall

Yeah, but it seams the US has been allowed the exception of a distinction between buzzards and Turkey Vultures. Free country! J Sent from my iPhone > On Nov 30, 2016, at 2:45 PM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: > > These birds are actually vultures, not buzzards. > Buzzards

RE: GESO My November set of favorites

Larry Colen wrote: https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/sets/72157674986985121/ +++ 27926 does it for me, but another excellent gallery Larry. Malcolm -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from

Re: Buzzard Pair/Hint of Fall

You know, I've heard several US visitors to Kruger refer to our similar looking Ground Hornbills as Turkey Buzzards so the term must be in common usage over there. I think we discussed this before. Alan C -Original Message- From: Jack Davis Sent: Thursday, December 01, 2016 1:57 PM

Re: Buzzard Pair/Hint of Fall

We certainly may have.(?) J Sent from my iPhone > On Dec 1, 2016, at 4:50 AM, Alan C wrote: > > You know, I've heard several US visitors to Kruger refer to our similar > looking Ground Hornbills as Turkey Buzzards so the term must be in common > usage over there. I think we

Re: OT: No Pentax content, but it does have a Pentatonix

> On 01 December 2016 at 21:11 John wrote: > > > I was following up on some on the news about the fires around > Gatlinburg, TN & the Great Smokey Mountains NP when I ran across this. > It has nothing to do with the fires, but it does have Dolly Parton. > >

Re: I just made a Blurb book that no one is going to buy except me!

There are muc, much worse things to spend the money on. > On 01 December 2016 at 19:08 Mark Roberts wrote: > > > OK, seriously, it's intended more as a portfolio piece than a book for > people to buy. I thought about making a portfolio in the standard way, > doing

RE: I just made a Blurb book that no one is going to buy except me!

Mark Roberts wrote: OK, seriously, it's intended more as a portfolio piece than a book for people to buy. I thought about making a portfolio in the standard way, doing my own prints and everything and getting some kind of album or box to put them in. But it just seemed like a hell of a lot of

Re: OT: No Pentax content, but it does have a Pentatonix

Jinx! On December 1, 2016 10:24:18 PM PST, mike wilson wrote: >> On 01 December 2016 at 21:11 John wrote: >> >> >> I was following up on some on the news about the fires around >> Gatlinburg, TN & the Great Smokey Mountains NP when I ran

RE: PESO: Heavenly Cross

Daniel J. Matyola wrote: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=18317220 + This is one where the clear blue sky is a great backdrop. Nice. Malcolm -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the

RE: PESO - Relaxed in La Jolla

John wrote: Dan's a lawyer, not a doctor. I know...for the avoidance of doubt, my comment wasn't a go at him Malcolm -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the

RE: PESO - Relaxed in La Jolla

John wrote: It's an ocean front commercial property. With all the salt in the air, it's a wonder there's any railing left to paint. Salt ain't good for concrete either. ++ I quite agree. I'd have taken the railings to get powder coated to give them some sort of chance in the

Re: PESO - The Offering

Thanks Godfrey, Philip and Malcolm for the comments. Always appreciated. - Marco > On Dec 1, 2016, at 10:21 AM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: > > That's a fascinating and complex scene, Marco! Lots of juxtaposition and > interaction. > I'll be looking at it a while yet.

Re: Buzzard Pair/Hint of Fall (Dan)

On Thu, Dec 1, 2016 at 3:31 PM, John wrote: > We're using common names, while Dan is referring to Taxonomic > classification. > Not to be argumentative, but no, I'm also using a common name, just the correct one. Dan Matyola

PESO: Heavenly Cross

Another from Chimayo: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=18317220 Comments are invited. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the