looking forward to seeing your new offerings, Ann.
Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Sat, Aug 26, 2017 at 3:11 PM, ann sanfedele <[email protected]> wrote: > changed subject after I veered off Dan's moons. I have to say "different > moons" as a subject line gave me > some apprehension, knowing the friskiness of some of our members here - > was relieved it was about the eclipse! lol > > I got no photo I want to share ... but I did kinda use the same idea as > Dan.. > I held a colander in my hand above a piece of cardboard on the floor in my > livingroom where the > sun comes in at a convenient angle at the time of day of the greatest > cover we got in NYC (about 72% I think it was) > then I held the camera up with outstretched arm and lined it up with the > pinhole shots with the camera on live view.. > but I had no filter on the lens -- I kinda wasn't planning to do anything > at all. putting the shots of the sun in photoshop I fiddled with > adjustments until I could see the shadow > > had planned on trying it with the point and shoot canon sx120 but when I > took it off the shelf it ws on the strap got caught on something and the > camera ended up flying across the room landing with a thud... never to be > used again. > at least I Could open the battery/card chamber to get my flash card out. > > The good news is that i was able to replace it for $45 on ebay and already > have it. That camera is my "emergency" walkabout camera that is light > enough for me carry when I got out to do chores... > > The dead camera won't turn on at all.. I'm sure it would cost more to get > it fixed tahn I paid for the replacement. > > I was pretty upset on Monday - but more upset than I should have been for > what happened to the camera... > I found out on Wed morning that one of my closest friends mother died on > Tuesday.. she was quite elderly > and I knew she had been taken to intensive care, but she had hoped to > live, she had said a while back, to see > a certain person out of office... no luck there. She was 94, having > turned that age in mid August. > > Still don't have a landline phone! The latest is a major cable was messed > up and the latest date for > returned service is Sept 14th. at least it saved me a bit of money > > I'm furiously working on some stuff on the create photo calendars site > that Jeffrey just said thank you to me for > on the list. Will reveal if I get it done in the next few days... > > ann > > > > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
