Re: May PUG is up!!

2014-05-06 Thread Bob W-PDML
Beautiful shot by Dario Botticelli... http://www.google.com/culturalinstitute/asset-viewer/the-birth-of-venus/MQEeq50LABEBVg?utm_source=googleutm_medium=kphl=enprojectId=art-project B On 6 May 2014, at 07:10, Brian Walters apathy...@lyons-ryan.org wrote: G'day all After a slow start, a

Re: PESO: 1st Cigar Box Diddley Bow

2014-05-06 Thread Bob W-PDML
On 6 May 2014, at 17:35, Darren Addy pixelsmi...@gmail.com wrote: I dunno where I've been, but I only became aware of the Cigar Box Nation in the past few days, but WoW is this a fun world to dive into! I've been lost in performance videos, how-tos, and blog pages these past few days.

Re: The correct use for a piano

2014-05-06 Thread Bob W-PDML
On 6 May 2014, at 08:04, Chris Mitchell chris.mitch...@which.net wrote: Good stuff. When I was young I did a bit of cyclo cross racing. I just put knobbly tyres and a gear set with a much lower ratio on my road bike. That's what everyone did then - there was no such thing as a mountain bike

Re: The correct use for a piano

2014-05-06 Thread Bob W-PDML
On 6 May 2014, at 19:21, Steve Cottrell co...@seeingeye.tv wrote: On 6/5/14, Bob W-PDML, discombobulated, unleashed: changed the brake blokes Takes a few stout chaps to stop this thing eh ;-) Sorry - I meant the brack blokes. B -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http

Re: PESO -- When life gives you lemons.

2014-05-07 Thread Bob W-PDML
I like that - very excellent. B On 7 May 2014, at 22:51, P.J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com wrote: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1604247/PESO/PESO%20--%20lemonclams.html Equipment: Pentax K-5II w/smc Pentax FA 43mm Limited. Notes: I hadn't used the DXOMark film pack

Re: When does the Amazon royalty bill come?

2014-05-09 Thread Bob W-PDML
They should consult someone with legal experience, as well as experience of this type of photography: http://tinyurl.com/Diamondgeezas B On 9 May 2014, at 20:25, John jsessoms...@nc.rr.com wrote: On 5/9/2014 11:36 AM, P.J. Alling wrote: On 5/9/2014 11:25 AM, Bill wrote: On 09/05/2014

Re: OT - Couple of Pics from Heathrow Today

2014-05-12 Thread Bob W-PDML
I'm surprised they didn't make make you wear flashing red lights on your heads. Stood up there you must have posed a danger to aircraft and low-orbit satellites. B On 12 May 2014, at 17:23, Steve Cottrell co...@seeingeye.tv wrote: I filmed airside at London's Heathrow airport today, and

Re: PESOs / GESOs - Biking and Barns

2014-05-12 Thread Bob W-PDML
On 12 May 2014, at 17:05, Steve Cottrell co...@seeingeye.tv wrote: On 12/5/14, Chris Mitchell, discombobulated, unleashed: Bob W visited us for the weekend and we cycled around a bit: http://www.mitch.myzen.co.uk/BikingMK On the Sunday we visited Enstone where my mate Stephen is

Re: For Doug

2014-05-14 Thread Bob W-PDML
On 14 May 2014, at 15:43, mike wilson m.9.wil...@ntlworld.com wrote: http://youtu.be/sroqmHVueiI Over at the Wilsonstein place. 8 -) It's all true! B -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit

Re: Perhaps The List can help with this?

2014-05-15 Thread Bob W-PDML
On 15 May 2014, at 15:29, Mark Roberts postmas...@robertstech.com wrote: Stanley Halpin wrote: I agree with Bob. The student’s work is clearly derivative if not a copy. I did a Yahoo search for Burton boards since the designer’s site Jostein pointed to seems to indicate that his design

Re: OT: iPad Play

2014-05-15 Thread Bob W-PDML
Apple should sell an accessory for the iPad which helps you keep it steady, like this http://heritagephotoarchive.co.uk/img/s4/v63/p1131846004-3.jpg and something to keep the sun off the screen, like this:

Re: OT: iPad Play

2014-05-15 Thread Bob W-PDML
You should plant plane trees. We have them here and I haven't seen a giraffe in South London since the Ice age. B On 15 May 2014, at 20:56, Christine Aguila christ...@caguila.com wrote: Yep, our neighborhood has always had a problem with giraffes. Hard to keep a tree around here. :-).

Re: Curious views on HCB

2014-05-16 Thread Bob W-PDML
Some of those comments appear to be reviews of the exhibition rather than of HCB's work. As far as critical and popular opinions of his work are concerned, most great artists under reappraisal and a dip in popularity after their death, so it shouldn't be a surprise if this happens to HCB. Part

Re: Yet another ridiculous copyright lawsuit (David vs. Goliath)

2014-05-16 Thread Bob W-PDML
I remember that episode, when Johnboy and Grampaw tried to git Zeke the daguerrotyper to hand over them fotees he dun tooken o' grammaw's shameful ankles on the Lawd's day, but Maw she dun save the day wi' her uncommon good sense 'n ev'thin' turned out fine again here on Walton's Mall, 'n it'll

Re: Yet another ridiculous copyright lawsuit (David vs. Goliath)

2014-05-16 Thread Bob W-PDML
On 16 May 2014, at 22:49, Mark Roberts postmas...@robertstech.com wrote: Bob W-PDML wrote: I remember that episode, when Johnboy and Grampaw tried to git Zeke the daguerrotyper to hand over them fotees he dun tooken o' grammaw's shameful ankles on the Lawd's day, but Maw she dun save

Re: Yet another ridiculous copyright lawsuit (David vs. Goliath)

2014-05-16 Thread Bob W-PDML
On 16 May 2014, at 22:58, mike wilson m.9.wil...@ntlworld.com wrote: On 16/05/2014, Mark Roberts postmas...@robertstech.com wrote: Bob W-PDML wrote: I remember that episode, when Johnboy and Grampaw tried to git Zeke the daguerrotyper to hand over them fotees he dun tooken o' grammaw's

Re: Yet another ridiculous copyright lawsuit (David vs. Goliath)

2014-05-16 Thread Bob W-PDML
On 16 May 2014, at 23:12, Mark Roberts postmas...@robertstech.com wrote: mike wilson wrote: On 16/05/2014, Mark Roberts postmas...@robertstech.com wrote: Bob W-PDML wrote: I remember that episode, when Johnboy and Grampaw tried to git Zeke the daguerrotyper to hand over them fotees he

Re: OT - WSJ video on Photo/video-droning

2014-05-19 Thread Bob W-PDML
On 19 May 2014, at 19:46, mike wilson m.9.wil...@ntlworld.com wrote: I wonder if any PDMLers have already used any quadcopter+camera combination, and if so, - what do you think about it. [...]. That said, the footage off these things - in the right hands - is breathtaking. And in

Re: PESO - Bull... up close and personal

2014-05-19 Thread Bob W-PDML
It's got a buggy in its nose On 19 May 2014, at 21:34, Igor Roshchin s...@komkon.org wrote: http://42graphy.org/misc/_IR07731.jpg (Shot with the 8mm fisheye mounted on K5-IIs) Unfortunately, in this photo the perspective of the fisheye lens hides the massive horns. And even in this

Re: `OT: An observation.

2014-05-20 Thread Bob W-PDML
I have an account like that where they address me as 'Dear asdfg'. In a world where somebody might genuinely be called Chardonné Gaylord Ng it's not good policy to question a name. B On 21 May 2014, at 00:05, P.J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com wrote: I have an e-mail account especially

Re: 2nd test--can you open this link?

2014-05-21 Thread Bob W-PDML
Yes On 21 May 2014, at 01:37, Christine Aguila christ...@caguila.com wrote: Can someone test this link? Big thanks, Cheers, Christine https://www.dropbox.com/s/ira4wwqrxk7q37h/Photo%20May%2016%2C%203%2010%2057%20AM.jpg Sent from my iPad -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List

Re: PESO: Ellie Family

2014-05-22 Thread Bob W-PDML
Nice. Lovely light. B On 22 May 2014, at 09:58, Alan C c...@lantic.net wrote: Sorry, here's the link: https://www.flickr.com/photos/wisselstroom/14056689637/in/photostream -Original Message- From: Alan C Sent: Thursday, May 22, 2014 10:56 AM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List

Re: PESO: Meridian Barn BW

2014-05-22 Thread Bob W-PDML
From: Steve Cottrell co...@seeingeye.tv To: PDML PDML@pdml.net Sent: Thursday, May 22, 2014 10:55:27 AM Subject: Re: PESO: Meridian Barn BW On 22/5/14, Jack Davis, discombobulated, unleashed: BW: http://photolightimages.com/aspupload/detail.asp?ID=767 Love that pic Jack. I like the

Re: OT - Twitter

2014-05-22 Thread Bob W-PDML
On 22 May 2014, at 18:48, Mark Roberts postmas...@robertstech.com wrote: P.J. Alling wrote: See, this is what passes for discourse on twitter, and I believe that you've both proved my point, so thank you for your support. That's like saying books are stupid: You can prove the statement

Re: OT - Twitter

2014-05-22 Thread Bob W-PDML
On 22 May 2014, at 18:56, David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, May 22, 2014 at 1:49 PM, Mark Roberts postmas...@robertstech.com wrote: P.J. Alling wrote: I've read twitter My mother was an English professor. When she mentioned the Oxford English Dictionary to one of her

100 years of Leica

2014-05-23 Thread Bob W-PDML
A nice slideshow here with commentary by Tom Stoddart. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-27516384 I met him at the outdoor exhibition where he is pictured. I was wandering around and happened to have my M3 with me so he said hi and we chatted for a while. Very nice chap. B -- PDML

Re: 1st K-3 Shots

2014-05-25 Thread Bob W-PDML
I enjoyed those too - some nice slices of city life. B On 25 May 2014, at 04:55, Christine Aguila christ...@caguila.com wrote: Thanks, Mark! Still getting to know the camera. Did focus testing today. Not too much adjustment needed--a bit of back focusing on the DA* 50-135mm, but

Re: PESOs for Frank -- Never Too Old!

2014-05-25 Thread Bob W-PDML
I intend to cycle 100 miles on my 100th birthday. B On 25 May 2014, at 23:11, Christine Aguila christ...@caguila.com wrote: Who has been giving Frank static about riding a bike? Hard to believe anyone would object to this? Cheers, Christine Sent from my iPad On May 25, 2014, at

Re: PESOs for Frank -- Never Too Old!

2014-05-26 Thread Bob W-PDML
That's bad to hear, but when you recover you must keep on riding - it'll help you get your fitness back, and keep it. B On 26 May 2014, at 00:29, knarf knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: I haven't told this list because I feel kind of sheepish (don't know why, I just do) but I've suffered

Re: A thing for pigeons to stand on

2014-05-27 Thread Bob W-PDML
On 27 May 2014, at 01:27, Brian Walters apathy...@lyons-ryan.org wrote: Quoting Bob W p...@web-options.com: This is one: http://www.web-options.com/PigeonStand.jpg It keeps them safe from attack from both sides of the river bank, and the grey colour provides camouflage against most

Re: A thing for pigeons to stand on

2014-05-27 Thread Bob W-PDML
On 27 May 2014, at 05:00, Ken Waller kwal...@peoplepc.com wrote: More likely its a thang to keep homo sapiens from crawling across the pipe. If you believe Bob W you're in trouble ! Fresh water crocodiles in England? Mirabile dictu the pigeons have no idea whatsoever that they're in

Re: Chelsea

2014-05-27 Thread Bob W-PDML
Thanks y'all. The blue splodge is a passing dandy cavalier on his draisienne. B On 27 May 2014, at 17:18, John jsessoms...@nc.rr.com wrote: Very Henry Fox Talbot On 5/26/2014 6:18 PM, Marco Alpert wrote: Lovely. (Are you sure it wasn’t the Seurat collection?) - Marco On May 26,

Re: A thing for pigeons to stand on

2014-05-27 Thread Bob W-PDML
Such a rush of questions! I will take them one at a time. 1. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Not only that, but form follows function. 2. If there were nothing for the pigeons to stand on they'd have to fly everywhere, in which case they'd be albatrosses. 3. Stupidity would be not

Re: PESOs for Frank -- Never Too Old!

2014-05-27 Thread Bob W-PDML
You'd get to see a two-wheeled hearse, or a corpse in a messenger bag. Either way, worth the trip. There's an article here which confirms once again some of the benefits of cycling: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-27146342 B On 27 May 2014, at 20:58, P.J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com

Re: A thing for pigeons to stand on

2014-05-27 Thread Bob W-PDML
On 27 May 2014, at 23:25, Brian Walters apathy...@lyons-ryan.org wrote: Quoting Bob W-PDML p...@web-options.com: On 27 May 2014, at 01:27, Brian Walters apathy...@lyons-ryan.org wrote: Quoting Bob W p...@web-options.com: Prince Albert's Bearded Pigeon, Pics or it doesn't exist

Re: Who remembesr Scott Loveless?

2014-05-28 Thread Bob W-PDML
On 28 May 2014, at 13:13, Mark Roberts postmas...@robertstech.com wrote: Bob Sullivan rf.sulli...@gmail.com wrote: Scott is on Google+ and bike riding to work on a daily basis. He posts about the booze he is drinking all the time. My assassment is that he's currently placing more

Re: Who remembesr Scott Loveless?

2014-05-28 Thread Bob W-PDML
, 2014 at 1:56 PM, Bob W-PDML p...@web-options.com wrote: On 28 May 2014, at 13:13, Mark Roberts postmas...@robertstech.com wrote: Bob Sullivan rf.sulli...@gmail.com wrote: Scott is on Google+ and bike riding to work on a daily basis. He posts about the booze he is drinking all the time. My

Re: PESO - 'Caribou'

2014-05-28 Thread Bob W-PDML
Superb! B On 28 May 2014, at 20:26, Ken Waller kwal...@peoplepc.com wrote: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17775876 Taken in Denali National Park, Alaska ist*D, 600mm f4.0 FA, 200 ISO Comments solicited appreciated. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: OT - Stefan's end of year show exhibition

2014-05-30 Thread Bob W-PDML
That's very impressive - an original idea well executed. Congrats to Stef. B On 30 May 2014, at 19:39, Steve Cottrell co...@seeingeye.tv wrote: For those who might be interested. Last night we popped up to town to see an exhibition of work produced by my son's (1st year) class at London

Re: First day at the mountain (with video!)

2014-05-31 Thread Bob W-PDML
On 31 May 2014, at 10:46, Steve Cottrell co...@seeingeye.tv wrote: On 30/5/14, Mark Roberts, discombobulated, unleashed: This morning I settled in and did some logistical work in preparation for the Nature Photography Weekend. Then I shot a short video of the ride up to the top of the

Re: OT - linguistic pet peeve in a snapshot

2014-06-02 Thread Bob W-PDML
I'm of the fewer persuasion too. That sign is doubly guilty in that 'up to X items' already means 'X items or fewer'. They should only say it once. Or fewer than once. B On 2 Jun 2014, at 18:40, Daniel J. Matyola danmaty...@gmail.com wrote: I agree with you on the linguistic point, but

Re: PESO: Street Artist

2014-06-02 Thread Bob W-PDML
We have a lot of street artists like that here. It amazes me that Angelina Jolie has time to sit for so many of them, and that so many artists sought out by so many stars for so long (Marilyn Monroe seems to have sat for a lot of them too) are still humble enough to bestow their talents for so

Re: OT - linguistic pet peeve in a snapshot

2014-06-02 Thread Bob W-PDML
Control yourself, Chris. There's no room on the internet for pedantry. B On 2 Jun 2014, at 21:45, Chris Mitchell chris.mitch...@which.net wrote: Tautological and grammatically wrong (to be precise (and possibly pedantic)). Chris On 2 June 2014 17:59, Igor Roshchin s...@komkon.org wrote:

Re: PESO - Out of the Subway

2014-06-02 Thread Bob W-PDML
Nice. http://real-photographs.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/250202.jpg B On 2 Jun 2014, at 21:30, Richard Womer rickpic...@gmail.com wrote: At the 37th St. station of Philly's subway-surface Green Line: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17755874 or

Re: OT - linguistic pet peeve in a snapshot

2014-06-03 Thread Bob W-PDML
It should be 'const M = 14+1; for each basket b, ~(#items[b] M)' On 3 Jun 2014, at 16:20, John jsessoms...@nc.rr.com wrote: A simple No more than 15 items could avoid controversy. On 6/2/2014 12:59 PM, Igor Roshchin wrote: It has been discussed many times in many venues that the

Re: PESO - A Patch of Green

2014-06-04 Thread Bob W-PDML
I can't think of a single picture, photograph or otherwise, where that isn't true! On 4 Jun 2014, at 19:45, Alan C c...@lantic.net wrote: Would have hit the jackpot with a couple of baboons at the top right! Alan C -Original Message- From: Brian Walters Sent: Wednesday, June

Re: Pentax/Ricoh web forum

2014-06-06 Thread Bob W-PDML
On 6 Jun 2014, at 19:03, Richard Womer rickpic...@gmail.com wrote: What good is that? It's hard to even maintain a pun thread with 100 characters or less. Fewer... B Rick http://photo.net/photos/RickW On Fri, Jun 6, 2014 at 1:43 PM, Daniel J. Matyola danmaty...@gmail.com wrote:

Re: Pentax/Ricoh web forum

2014-06-06 Thread Bob W-PDML
On 6 Jun 2014, at 22:03, Mark Roberts postmas...@robertstech.com wrote: Ann Sanfedele wrote: Just for the record - I won't be there - hard enough to keep up here Hope you joiners don't like it better than PDML and flee It's very unlikely to offer any competition to the PDML. It's a very

Re: Pentax/Ricoh web forum

2014-06-07 Thread Bob W-PDML
On 7 Jun 2014, at 14:12, Bill anotherdrunken...@gmail.com wrote: On 06/06/2014 8:49 PM, Ann Sanfedele wrote: ...Night has fallen and the barbarians have not come, And now what will become of us without barbarians? They were some sort of a solution.. K. Kavafy ann I'm

Re: June PUG - now available for your viewing pleasure

2014-06-07 Thread Bob W-PDML
Dario's photo is superb, and a lovely car too. Ann's sardonic humour... Bruce's best-looking of his models so far, and the best composed. B On 7 Jun 2014, at 23:24, Brian Walters apathy...@lyons-ryan.org wrote: G'day all A very diverse collection, as to be expected in an Open Gallery.

Re: OT Peso Surprise, surprise

2014-06-08 Thread Bob W-PDML
Congratulations! On 8 Jun 2014, at 15:57, David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com wrote: We knew 2 weeks ago but they wanted to keep it hush hush till week 12, and made the announcement to their friends and other family members at her birthday bash last night. We had to pretend to be

Re: PESO. Kalanchoe.

2014-06-08 Thread Bob W-PDML
I like the lighting in that but I think there's too much of the greenery and it would have benefitted from concentrating on the blooms. It is a bit like a shot I took a few weeks ago, through someone's window. Same kind of deep shadow behind which really brings the colours forward:

Re: Peso: Mystery Canyon

2014-06-08 Thread Bob W-PDML
That looks like something from a 1960s National Geographic. B On 8 Jun 2014, at 16:11, Jack Davis jdavi...@comcast.net wrote: I've been to the Grand Canyon with a camera, but this attachment doesn't exactly fit my recollections. Low res drug store scan done years ago. Am finished

Re: Peso: Lonely Bull

2014-06-08 Thread Bob W-PDML
When I were a lad we lived in Gibraltar and when the Spanish border was open we'd drive around Andalucia - very primitive still, under Franco - think W E Smith's Spanish Village essay (although that's not Andalucia). One of my prominent memories from that time is this sherry advert everywhere

Re: OT: Journey to the centre of the universe

2014-06-11 Thread Bob W-PDML
I'm not sure that anyone has defined the width of the meridian, so I have plenty of latitude with the longitude. (Actually, the people to whom I have to submit my brevets for homologation, if I choose to do so, have some rules about it). B On 11 Jun 2014, at 13:52, Stanley Halpin

Re: OT: Journey to the centre of the universe

2014-06-11 Thread Bob W-PDML
On 11 Jun 2014, at 10:35, Steve Cottrell co...@seeingeye.tv wrote: On 11/6/14, Bob W, discombobulated, unleashed: I'm planning to cycle to the centre of the universe then get the train back. Here is my intended route, for those who are interested in such things:

Re: OT: Journey to the centre of the universe

2014-06-11 Thread Bob W-PDML
If I want to get myself bien homologué then I have to write a compte rendu for l'union des randonneurs Picards, so naturally I will post it online. B On 11 Jun 2014, at 20:24, Chris Mitchell chris.mitch...@which.net wrote: Go well. We expect a comprehensive travelogue from you. Chris

Re: OT: Journey to the centre of the universe

2014-06-11 Thread Bob W-PDML
Thanks. The alternative is being held prisoner by surviving Camisards somewhere deep in the maquis, and having to eat my tyres to survive. Cooked in a nice buttery sauce, évidement. B On 11 Jun 2014, at 21:54, Christine Aguila christ...@caguila.com wrote: Have a great trip, Bob, and happy

Re: OT: Journey to the centre of the universe

2014-06-11 Thread Bob W-PDML
:04 PM, Bob W-PDML p...@web-options.com wrote: Thanks. The alternative is being held prisoner by surviving Camisards somewhere deep in the maquis, and having to eat my tyres to survive. Cooked in a nice buttery sauce, évidement. B On 11 Jun 2014, at 21:54, Christine Aguila christ

Re: OT: Journey to the centre of the universe

2014-06-11 Thread Bob W-PDML
That's two people, you and Bill, who think Toronto is the centre of the universe and only one, Dali, his anteater and his lobster, who think it's Perpignan railway station. So I guess Toronto gets it. i'll see you both on the station forecourt on the morning of 6th July, and I hope there's a

Re: OT: Journey to the centre of the universe

2014-06-11 Thread Bob W-PDML
On 11 Jun 2014, at 08:21, David Mann dmann...@gmail.com wrote: That's a damn good effort, hope it goes well. And I hope you remember to stop or you'll end up like Sir Ranulph Fiennes and circumnavigate the world the hard way. I hadn't thought of it that way, but in case of frostbite I

Re: OT: Journey to the centre of the universe

2014-06-12 Thread Bob W-PDML
Thanks ann and everyone else your best wishes. I will do my very best! B On 12 Jun 2014, at 04:51, Ann Sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com wrote: but more importantly - have fun! ann On 6/11/2014 17:02, Bob W-PDML wrote: If I want to get myself bien homologué then I have to write a compte

Re: OT: Journey to the centre of the universe

2014-07-07 Thread Bob W-PDML
Arrived home safely yesterday, back to work today. I finished the trip a few days ahead of schedule and spent them lazily in Perpignan and Collioure. No bike problems until yesterday when, about 200 yards from home, the rear derailleur cable snapped. More reports later in the week, with pics,

Re: PESO 2014 - 155 - GDG

2014-07-07 Thread Bob W-PDML
I want one! On 7 Jul 2014, at 14:47, Godfrey DiGiorgi godfreydigio...@me.com wrote: Thank you all for the comments! On Jul 7, 2014, at 4:33 AM, Richard Womer rickpic...@gmail.com wrote: Remind me… Pinhole body cap on a digital camera? You can implement pinhole lenses using a body

Re: For Ann-deer in color

2014-07-07 Thread Bob W-PDML
That's really nice. I saw a lot of wildlife, not all of it roadkill, on my ride through France, including a couple of occasions when I was exploring little lanes and spooked the deer. Lovely to watch them bounding off down the lane. I expect they jumped in front of someone's car shortly

Re: PESO - Strekkode

2014-07-07 Thread Bob W-PDML
Superb! On 7 Jul 2014, at 18:45, Toralf Lund tor...@toralf.net wrote: Hi, I haven't posted a photo here for ages. Here's one: http://se.toralf.net/post/91061723678/strekkode Hope you like it :-) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: OT: Journey to the centre of the universe

2014-07-07 Thread Bob W-PDML
the Grand Depart when it was in Greenwich a few years ago. B stan On Jul 7, 2014, at 2:55 AM, Bob W-PDML p...@web-options.com wrote: Arrived home safely yesterday, back to work today. I finished the trip a few days ahead of schedule and spent them lazily in Perpignan and Collioure. No bike

Re: OT: Journey to the centre of the universe

2014-07-07 Thread Bob W-PDML
similarly. B On 12 Jun 2014, at 04:51, Ann Sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com wrote: but more importantly - have fun! ann On 6/11/2014 17:02, Bob W-PDML wrote: If I want to get myself bien homologué then I have to write a compte rendu for l'union des randonneurs Picards, so naturally I will post

Re: OT: Journey to the centre of the universe

2014-07-08 Thread Bob W-PDML
described your trip, wondering if you might cross paths with Le Tour while in France. Come to find out that Le Tour came to you! I’ll look for you in the crowds at the finish of today’s TDF Stage 3. stan On Jul 7, 2014, at 2:55 AM, Bob W-PDML p...@web-options.com wrote: Arrived home

Re: OT: Journey to the centre of the universe

2014-07-08 Thread Bob W-PDML
://photo.net/photos/RickW On Tue, Jul 8, 2014 at 12:35 AM, Christine Aguila christ...@caguila.com wrote: Big congrats on a successful run! Knew you could do it! Cheers, Christine Sent from my iPad On Jul 7, 2014, at 1:55 AM, Bob W-PDML p...@web-options.com wrote: Arrived home safely

Re: OT: Journey to the centre of the universe

2014-07-09 Thread Bob W-PDML
to the photos... On Tue, 8 Jul 2014 23:11:27 +0100 Bob W-PDML p...@web-options.com wrote: Hi Rick, Thanks! My goal was to cycle the Diagonale from Dunkerque to Perpignan (http://fr.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diagonales_de_France). While planning the route I discovered La Meridienne

Re: OT: Journey to the centre of the universe

2014-07-09 Thread Bob W-PDML
On 9 Jul 2014, at 17:51, Mark Roberts postmas...@robertstech.com wrote: Ann Sanfedele wrote: well I'm glad I wasn't alone in that thought There is no finer practitioner of the art of innuendo than Bob Walkden. How's this then: Luckily I found my banana quite quickly. It was a bit

Re: OT: Journey to the centre of the universe

2014-07-09 Thread Bob W-PDML
On 9 Jul 2014, at 08:29, Chris Mitchell chris.mitch...@which.net wrote: I had it repaired by a cordwainer in Versailles... Now that's a phrase you don't hear too often. Welcome back Bob, and well done on the epic trip. Ta. The posh rivets are copper by the way. None of your common

Re: Need opinions on photo choice for contest entry

2014-07-09 Thread Bob W-PDML
1 On 9 Jul 2014, at 18:19, Darren Addy pixelsmi...@gmail.com wrote: I'd appreciate everyone's input on which of the following images (pick only ONE) that YOU think has the most impact as a contest entry. I need some objective help here. :) I guess another way to put it is: These 5 images

Re: OT: Journey to the centre of the universe

2014-07-09 Thread Bob W-PDML
On 9 Jul 2014, at 07:50, Bob W-PDML p...@web-options.com wrote: Of course, you have to look after your banana while cycling. I kept mine strapped to the front bag and adjusted it regularly to cope with slippage. I stopped for a break at the bottom of a gorge one day and was horrified

Re: OT: Journey to the centre of the universe

2014-07-10 Thread Bob W-PDML
On 10 Jul 2014, at 03:38, Ann Sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com wrote: Here's my saddle: http://www.web-options.com/Saddle.jpg made in Canada,eh? It's taken me all day to understand that! Here are some shots from the half-day I spent in Carcassonne:

Re: Synchronicity PUG - Unforeseen Problem

2014-07-10 Thread Bob W-PDML
We originally wanted a gallery where we had all taken a picture at the same time, hence synchronicity. The equinoxes and solstices were just a convenient time to choose. It works quite nicely with the Jungian sense of 'coincidence of events that appear to be connected but are not' in that the

Re: PESO - Nature Photography 101

2014-07-11 Thread Bob W-PDML
Excellent! On 11 Jul 2014, at 04:39, knarf knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: Lesson 1: Travelling in groups or clusters enhances invisibility and stealth: http://knarfinthecity.blogspot.ca/2014/07/nature-photography-101.html?m=1 Cheers, frank “Analysis kills spontaneity.” --

The Decisive Moment...

2014-07-11 Thread Bob W-PDML
...is being republished: http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/3869307889/ref=ox_ya_os_product_refresh_T1 The only edition since 1952. B -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly

Re: PESO -- Old Fashioned

2014-07-12 Thread Bob W-PDML
They've missed a good opportunity there to present him as the most unsuitable person imaginable (or perhaps not - I don't know what her father hopes for). I'd have dressed him up as an already-married crack-dealing pimp of a motor-biking rebel who runs guns as a sideline and farts in

Re: The Decisive Moment...

2014-07-12 Thread Bob W-PDML
On 12 Jul 2014, at 07:23, Bill anotherdrunken...@gmail.com wrote: On 11/07/2014 3:51 PM, Bob W-PDML wrote: ...is being republished: http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/3869307889/ref=ox_ya_os_product_refresh_T1 The only edition since 1952. B Damn you, you son of a sergeant major

Re: The Decisive Moment...

2014-07-12 Thread Bob W-PDML
. Cheers, frank On 11 July, 2014 5:51:25 PM EDT, Bob W-PDML p...@web-options.com wrote: ...is being republished: http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/3869307889/ref=ox_ya_os_product_refresh_T1 The only edition since 1952. B -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http

Re: PESO - A Patch of Blue

2014-07-12 Thread Bob W-PDML
Very nice. I might be inclined to crop the base and the left side a little, for balance. B On 12 Jul 2014, at 23:18, Brian Walters apathy...@lyons-ryan.org wrote: G'day all I came across this image while searching for something else. Decided I like it. What do you think?

Re: K5 II vs K5 IIs vs K5 vs K3

2014-07-13 Thread Bob W-PDML
On 13 Jul 2014, at 01:47, P.J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com wrote: Actually it seems that Human's haven't evolved in about 10,000 years. Actual evolution requires death before reproduction, and even the most primitive societies can keep all but the most sickly of their members alive

Re: PESO: Spot the difference

2014-07-13 Thread Bob W-PDML
You'll get a 3rd stamp when you join the Euro-zone. B On 13 Jul 2014, at 06:22, David Mann dmann...@gmail.com wrote: I was going to post these separately but I guess I this heading can apply to both. Each one has more detailed comments under the photo.

Re: Perpignan Collioure

2014-07-13 Thread Bob W-PDML
Thanks ann. I visited Collioure not for the beach, but for its importance in art history. Perpignan's a really nice place. B On 13 Jul 2014, at 14:56, Ann Sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com wrote: Wow, Bob - the Perpigan photos are all fabulous! who cares what you were shooting with.

Re: Perpignan Collioure

2014-07-14 Thread Bob W-PDML
On 14 Jul 2014, at 17:31, Bob Sullivan rf.sulli...@gmail.com wrote: Bob, I'm looking at these pictures again. I can't remember what you shot with (not Pentax or Leica), but you sure take good pictures! Thanks - it was a Fuji X20. You make it look deceptively easy. Elliott Erwitt once

Re: PESOs, Weed at night

2014-07-14 Thread Bob W-PDML
On 14 Jul 2014, at 15:49, Daniel J. Matyola danmaty...@gmail.com wrote: OK, I give up -- what is Weed? https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=F1w0klQYfFI Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Mon, Jul 14, 2014 at 1:19 AM, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote: A couple

Re: Perpignan Collioure

2014-07-14 Thread Bob W-PDML
On 14 Jul 2014, at 12:32, Steve Cottrell co...@seeingeye.tv wrote: On 12/7/14, Bob W, discombobulated, unleashed: Perpignan: http://www.web-options.com/Perpignan/ Collioure: http://www.web-options.com/Collioure/ Always a HUGE pleasure looking at your images Bob Thanks! (although

Re: PESO big yellow cat

2014-07-14 Thread Bob W-PDML
Why is there a suit of armour in the top left corner? On 14 Jul 2014, at 22:36, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote: When you live in the Santa Cruz Mountains, finding a big yellow cat in front of your house is often an interesting and photoworthy experience:

Re: Peso's - WEED in the daylight - esp for Larry and Igor

2014-07-14 Thread Bob W-PDML
On 14 Jul 2014, at 23:00, Ann Sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com wrote: And here is what it was like in 2005 .. Where I stayed ... http://annsan.smugmug.com/On-the-Road-or-On-Foot/On-the-Road-Again/i-B66mCDZ/A Fantastic shot! That's where I'd have stayed. back of -your- sign

Re: Peso's - WEED in the daylight - esp for Larry and Igor

2014-07-15 Thread Bob W-PDML
On 15 Jul 2014, at 20:11, Ann Sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com wrote: Mt Shasta really dominates the horizon from so many vantage points in that general area - Such a handsome volcano. The first time we went there I titled my travel journal 101 views of Mt Shasta I love that style of Japanese

Re: PESO - A Patch of Blue

2014-07-15 Thread Bob W-PDML
That's true of every photograph. B On 15 Jul 2014, at 21:04, P. J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com wrote: So what you're saying, is Brian should include a nude model for scale, then. On 7/15/2014 3:30 PM, Richard Womer wrote: It reaches toward me, but doesn't quite grab me. Mostly, I

Re: Developing old BW film -- need help

2014-07-15 Thread Bob W-PDML
You need to get a strip test done on each roll to establish the correct processing. Pro labs used to do this, but are there any left? On 15 Jul 2014, at 21:30, Igor Roshchin s...@komkon.org wrote: Hi All, I discovered a few rolls of undeveloped BW film that are 20-some years old that I

Re: Peso's - WEED in the daylight - esp for Larry and Igor

2014-07-15 Thread Bob W-PDML
little funny shot of the scene - my yelling 'no' at the perp, etc. ann On 7/15/2014 15:50, Bob W-PDML wrote: On 15 Jul 2014, at 20:11, Ann Sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com wrote: Mt Shasta really dominates the horizon from so many vantage points in that general area - Such a handsome

Re: PESO - A Patch of Blue (revised)

2014-07-16 Thread Bob W-PDML
I think I prefer the original. B On 16 Jul 2014, at 01:33, Brian Walters apathy...@lyons-ryan.org wrote: G'day all A few comments suggested a bit of cropping might improve this image. I've listened, so here's a revised version. Rick also suggested brightening the left hand side a

Re: PESO - Lightning Strike, Polzeath, Cornwall 2014

2014-07-18 Thread Bob W-PDML
Very nice, especially the way the cloud is lit. I went to the Dennis Hopper exhibition after work today, and cycled home at about 9pm, all the time watching the lightning flashing in the dense black clouds in the east. Felt the occasional fat drop of rain, but no downpour. The whole thing was

Re: PESO: Strange object in the countryside...

2014-07-21 Thread Bob W-PDML
That's a very nice shot. It was a really enjoyable ride, and a masterclass in puncture repair. Despite my relaxed look and my experiences in France, and despite me poopooing the 9-10 miles each way between Marylebone and home, I underestimated the ride. I didn't drink enough while we were out,

Re: PESO: Strange object in the countryside...

2014-07-21 Thread Bob W-PDML
It isn't very far from London, but one of the villages we passed through looked as though it didn't see many cars from one decade to the next. So who knows - perhaps there is a surviving band of Catuvellauni building these things around the trees they worship. Don't forget Marlow's first

Re: OT Peso - One for the Museum of Bad Art?

2014-07-21 Thread Bob W-PDML
Magnificent! And there are probably far more people out there who think it's good art than otherwise... Indeed, if Jeff Koons were to point at it, it would be magically transformed into good art. B On 21 Jul 2014, at 17:40, Ann Sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com wrote: I found it in the

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