Re: PESO: Mass ascension

2017-08-10 Thread John
Sometimes you gotta' take what you can get. On 8/9/2017 22:51, Larry Colen wrote: P. J. Alling wrote: Now that you cut it out of context that's going to end up on the quotes list. Only if Mark were the sort to go for the easy cheap shot. On 8/9/2017 10:02 PM, Larry Colen wrote: P.

Re: PESO - Lower End

2017-08-10 Thread John
FWIW, I think they appear to be doves rather than pigeons. On 8/9/2017 22:21, P. J. Alling wrote: I can't decide if the pigeons make the shot or are just a distraction. On 8/8/2017 1:39 PM, Steve Cottrell wrote: Not one of my best, just a snap while going for a quick walk before dinner last

Re: Skyfall

2017-08-10 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
Nice image, skillfully caught and framed. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Thu, Aug 10, 2017 at 2:28 AM, Bob W-PDML wrote: > Returned yesterday from a few days at the festival in Edinburgh - highly > recommended. > > This is one of the

Re: PESO: August Monarch

2017-08-10 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
Thanks, Larry and Paul! Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Thu, Aug 10, 2017 at 12:52 AM, Larry Colen wrote: > > > Daniel J. Matyola wrote: > >> There seem to be fewer butterflies in our yard this year, but this >> beautiful Monarch really

Skyfall

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

Re: Skyfall

2017-08-10 Thread Larry Colen
Bob W-PDML wrote: Returned yesterday from a few days at the festival in Edinburgh - highly recommended. This is one of the shots I took when I spent Tuesday morning on a nearby beach: http://web-options.com/2017/08/10/skyfall/ Very cool B -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com (postbox on

Re: Skyfall

2017-08-10 Thread Alan C
Boy, he looks athletic! Must be Zulu refugees. Alan C -Original Message- From: Bob W-PDML Sent: Thursday, August 10, 2017 8:28 AM To: Mail List Pentax-Discuss Subject: Skyfall Returned yesterday from a few days at the festival in Edinburgh - highly recommended. This is one of the

Re: Inexpensive Pentax AC adapter

2017-08-10 Thread John
There's an old cliché, "You get what you pay for". Which I think doesn't mean that literally; so much as it means cheap stuff doesn't last. I wouldn't expect the Pentax AC adapter to fail and need replacing, and I wouldn't worry about the Pentax adapter damaging my camera if it did fail. On

OT: Speaking of nits to be picked - Thunderbird

2017-08-10 Thread John
Someone used the expression in a recent post & it triggered a thought. Every message I receive using Thunderbird has a "Junk" button I can click ... EXCEPT for those messages Thunderbird thinks ARE junk. They have a "Not Junk" button I can click, but nothing that lets me confirm "Yes, this *IS*

Re: OT: Speaking of nits to be picked - Thunderbird

2017-08-10 Thread steve harley
On 2017-08-10 10:23 , John wrote: Someone used the expression in a recent post & it triggered a thought. Every message I receive using Thunderbird has a "Junk" button I can click ... EXCEPT for those messages Thunderbird thinks ARE junk. They have a "Not Junk" button I can click, but nothing

GESO - A trip through time at GFM

2017-08-10 Thread Mark Roberts
Here's an unusually large gallery (of unusually small photos — 800px maximum width) from the Grandfather Mountain Nature Photography Weekend through the years. I've managed to include at least one photo from every year from 2001 (my first year at the event) through 2017. Lots of familiar faces

Re: GESO - A trip through time at GFM

2017-08-10 Thread mike wilson
That's a stunning mix of magnificent scenery and scary monsters. > On 10 August 2017 at 21:18 Mark Roberts wrote: > > > Here's an unusually large gallery (of unusually small photos — 800px > maximum width) from the Grandfather Mountain Nature Photography > Weekend

Re: OT: Speaking of nits to be picked - Thunderbird

2017-08-10 Thread Larry Colen
steve harley wrote: On 2017-08-10 10:23 , John wrote: Someone used the expression in a recent post & it triggered a thought. Every message I receive using Thunderbird has a "Junk" button I can click ... EXCEPT for those messages Thunderbird thinks ARE junk. They have a "Not Junk" button I

RE: Skyfall

2017-08-10 Thread John Coyle
Great shot, but - leaping straddle-legged over the groin - what could go wrong?! John in Brisbane -Original Message- From: PDML [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Bob W-PDML Sent: Thursday, 10 August 2017 4:29 PM To: Mail List Pentax-Discuss Subject: Skyfall

Re: OT: Speaking of nits to be picked - Thunderbird

2017-08-10 Thread Matthew Hunt
On Thu, Aug 10, 2017 at 5:13 PM, Larry Colen wrote: > How much time are we going to spend talking about John's junk? Especially when nits are concerned. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the

Re: PESO A photographer in the eyes of a child

2017-08-10 Thread Ken Waller
Rumor has it that even I was cute at that age. Fake News. Looks like he's in training with that cap and the sunglasses. Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - Subject: PESO A photographer in the eyes of a child A friend asked me to

Re: Brooks Falls Webcam

2017-08-10 Thread Ken Waller
I've been watching it for several weeks and am surprised at how long the salmon run has been. Its quite an experience as you say Dan, I've been there twice, got numerous good to great shots, but never got the 'Mangelson' shot of the salmon leaping into the bear's mouth. Kenneth Waller

Re: PESO - Sneakin'

2017-08-10 Thread Rick Womer
I like the colors and composition. What is the beast? Rick On Tue, Jul 25, 2017 at 10:28 AM, Jostein wrote: > http://www.alunfoto.no/innhold/tetragnatha-sp/ > > K-3ii & FA* 200/4 macro. > > Jostein > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net >

Re: Skyfall

2017-08-10 Thread Jack Davis
Skillful timing, Bob. J Sent from my iPhone > On Aug 9, 2017, at 11:31 PM, Larry Colen wrote: > > > > Bob W-PDML wrote: >> Returned yesterday from a few days at the festival in Edinburgh - highly >> recommended. >> >> This is one of the shots I took when I spent Tuesday

Re: PESO: August Monarch

2017-08-10 Thread Paul Stenquist
Very nice! Paul via phone > On Aug 10, 2017, at 12:41 AM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: > > There seem to be fewer butterflies in our yard this year, but this > beautiful Monarch really brightened up a lovely summer afternoon: > >

Re: PESO - Sneakin'

2017-08-10 Thread ann sanfedele
Nice spider.. I didn't see your original PESO come up , J... Really lovely shot.. and such an interesting model ann On 8/10/2017 2:34 PM, Rick Womer wrote: I like the colors and composition. What is the beast? Rick On Tue, Jul 25, 2017 at 10:28 AM, Jostein wrote:

PESO: Still Floating

2017-08-10 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
Another in the Series https://dan-matyola.squarespace.com/danmatyolas-pesos/2017/8/10/floating-white FA 100 mm F 2.8 zoom Comments are invited. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: PESO: Still Floating

2017-08-10 Thread Larry Colen
Daniel J. Matyola wrote: Another in the Series https://dan-matyola.squarespace.com/danmatyolas-pesos/2017/8/10/floating-white FA 100 mm F 2.8 zoom Comments are invited. Very nice. This one seems to show a bit more 3-d shape too. Dan Matyola

Re: PESO - Sneakin'

2017-08-10 Thread Larry Colen
Rick Womer wrote: I like the colors and composition. What is the beast? Judging by the caption, I'd guess it's: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetragnatha Rick On Tue, Jul 25, 2017 at 10:28 AM, Jostein wrote: http://www.alunfoto.no/innhold/tetragnatha-sp/ K-3ii& FA*

Re: PESO - Sneakin'

2017-08-10 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
The lines and colors are quite pleasing. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Thu, Aug 10, 2017 at 2:34 PM, Rick Womer wrote: > I like the colors and composition. What is the beast? > > Rick > > On Tue, Jul 25, 2017 at 10:28 AM, Jostein

Re: PESO - Lower End

2017-08-10 Thread P. J. Alling
The difference between a Pigeons and Doves is the finishing school they attended. On 8/10/2017 12:05 PM, John wrote: FWIW, I think they appear to be doves rather than pigeons. On 8/9/2017 22:21, P. J. Alling wrote: I can't decide if the pigeons make the shot or are just a distraction. On

Re: PESO - Lower End

2017-08-10 Thread ann sanfedele
I agree, John - mourning doves I felt they made the shot, P.J. but I already said that ann On 8/10/2017 12:05 PM, John wrote: FWIW, I think they appear to be doves rather than pigeons. On 8/9/2017 22:21, P. J. Alling wrote: I can't decide if the pigeons make the shot or are just a

Re: OT: Speaking of nits to be picked - Thunderbird

2017-08-10 Thread ann sanfedele
My Thunderbird does have both Junk and Not Junk buttons hmmm ann On 8/10/2017 12:23 PM, John wrote: Someone used the expression in a recent post & it triggered a thought. Every message I receive using Thunderbird has a "Junk" button I can click ... EXCEPT for those messages Thunderbird thinks

Re: OT: Speaking of nits to be picked - Thunderbird

2017-08-10 Thread ann sanfedele
I love it when you talk dirty, Larry ann On 8/10/2017 5:13 PM, Larry Colen wrote: steve harley wrote: On 2017-08-10 10:23 , John wrote: Someone used the expression in a recent post & it triggered a thought. Every message I receive using Thunderbird has a "Junk" button I can click ...

Re: PESO - Sneakin'

2017-08-10 Thread Rick Womer
If these occur primarily in the tropics or subtropics, and Jostein is shooting one in Norway, climate change must be farther along than we think! Rick On Thu, Aug 10, 2017 at 3:26 PM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: > The lines and colors are quite pleasing. > > Dan Matyola >

Re: OT: Speaking of nits to be picked - Thunderbird

2017-08-10 Thread John
On 8/10/2017 16:13, steve harley wrote: On 2017-08-10 10:23 , John wrote: Someone used the expression in a recent post & it triggered a thought. Every message I receive using Thunderbird has a "Junk" button I can click ... EXCEPT for those messages Thunderbird thinks ARE junk. They have a

Re: Peso: Happy, Spoiled furry friend

2017-08-10 Thread ann sanfedele
On 8/9/2017 10:06 PM, Paul in MKE wrote: But she can't get any work done in that position. :-) -p Neither of us can! :-) She does let me sit there now and then. Thanks Paul, Rick, Dan . ann On 8/9/2017 7:38 PM, ann sanfedele wrote: Ashley approves of the new office chair I got a couple

Re: Skyfall

2017-08-10 Thread ann sanfedele
The angle makes it look like he might land on the pillars - ouch! Nice shot! ann On 8/10/2017 2:28 AM, Bob W-PDML wrote: Returned yesterday from a few days at the festival in Edinburgh - highly recommended. This is one of the shots I took when I spent Tuesday morning on a nearby beach:

Subject: Re: Inexpensive Pentax AC adapter

2017-08-10 Thread Bipin Gupta
One hears these adages quite often like "You pay what you get for", "Cheap" etc. Is it true?? NOT for the smart guy - or call him frugal, Mr. Scrooge if you wish. Cheap need not mean it will damage your camera or fail. So here is what I did. Bought a German Hama SMPS Multi Volt Adapter for $12 on