Re: peso - plane

2010-04-26 Thread Sasha Sobol
Thanks for everyone for looking and commenting. Bruce, the tilt was intentional. --S On Mon, Apr 26, 2010 at 12:15 PM, Bob W wrote: > >> >> I have just never been able to get my head around the heavy >> tilted shots - [...] >> > > Stand on a slope. > > >> SS> http://www.flickr.com/photos/sobol/

The Book Arrives Downunder

2010-04-26 Thread Brian Walters
G'day all Well the tracking this morning said that it was on the truck but it was after 3:30 this afternoon (Tuesday) before the FedEx man knocked on the door, book in hand. Just over a week from placing the order to receipt of the printed work. That's pretty amazing! I'm looking forward to sit

RE: The bad news is that John Carlson from Pentax won't be at GFM this year

2010-04-26 Thread Chris Mitchell
Don't suppose he lives anywhere near Chicago? Chris > -Original Message- > From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of > Mark Roberts > Sent: 26 April 2010 23:15 > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: The bad news is that John Carlson from Pentax won't be at

Re: GESO - Egypt day 1

2010-04-26 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
A lovely tour. Thanks for posting these for all of us to enjoy. Dan On Mon, Apr 26, 2010 at 7:07 PM, David Parsons wrote: > I don't normally shoot sunsets, but the smog made them pretty impressive. > > On Mon, Apr 26, 2010 at 6:22 PM, Bob W wrote: >>> >>> http://www.flickr.com/photos/alohadave

Re: PESO - Springing forth

2010-04-26 Thread Bob Sullivan
Lovely image, if somewhat unbalanced... Regards, Bob S. On Mon, Apr 26, 2010 at 6:04 PM, Bruce Dayton wrote: > Taken on the same walk with the duck shot. > > Pentax K20D, Tamron 90/2.8 Macro > ISO 200, 1/125 sec @ f/5.6, Handheld > > http://www.daytonphoto.com/PAW/bkdphoto_00202.htm > > Comments

Re: PESO - Glow

2010-04-26 Thread Bob Sullivan
It's beautiful Bruce, lots of detail in the pedals! I want to unwrap it at the center. And those brown spots/edges detract some, but still beautiful. Regards, Bob S. On Mon, Apr 26, 2010 at 5:58 PM, Bruce Dayton wrote: > I have mixed feelings about this one.  Thoughts anyone? > > Pentax K-x, Tam

Re: Books on the way

2010-04-26 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
She was well prepared before we got to the Red Light district. With the coffee shop, she had forgotten what we had heard about the Amsterdam coffee shops, so when she barged right in, she was taken by surprise -- and by the smoke. Dan On Mon, Apr 26, 2010 at 7:42 PM, Larry Colen wrote: > On 4/2

Re: PESO - Springing forth

2010-04-26 Thread Jack Davis
The growing branch will shortly turn against gravity and, of course, row upward. I had no intention of sending anything other than a friendly light message. as a response to the photo. Did I somehow fail to do that? If so, sorry! Jack --- On Mon, 4/26/10, Bruce Dayton wrote: > From: Bruce Dayt

RE: The bad news is that John Carlson from Pentax won't be at GFM this year

2010-04-26 Thread Rick Womer
Tanya, Sorry, but John of Pentax USA won't be interested in an Aussie's project. Pentax USA really has no connection to the Australian importer/distributor of Pentax (CR Kennedy, IIRC); and Hoya Pentax in Japan doesn't dirty its hands with consumers in either place. Pentax Australia is whom yo

Re: an AP story on our exhibit

2010-04-26 Thread Miserere
On 26 April 2010 17:39, Christine Aguila wrote: > FYI > http://tinyurl.com/3x7xw6g > http://www.nj.com/newsflash/index.ssf?/base/entertainment-19/1271958762140750.xml&storylist=entertainment > > Cheers, Christine According to this news report, you might have a drinking problem, Christine: http:

Re: RE Tilted shots: was Re: peso - plane

2010-04-26 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: "John Sessoms" Subject: RE Tilted shots: was Re: peso - plane We just had a discussion about this very thing over on ForumsNeurotica. SOmeone got called on crooked shots by a bride who wasn't very happy with her album. It's like any other "style". In smal

Re: PESO - Glow

2010-04-26 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: "Bruce Dayton" Subject: PESO - Glow I have mixed feelings about this one. Thoughts anyone? It seems very dim William Robb -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML,

Re: PESO - Glow

2010-04-26 Thread P. J. Alling
On 4/26/2010 7:01 PM, Bruce Dayton wrote: Ok, I walked right into this one...sheesh! http://www.daytonphoto.com/PAW/bkdphoto-00021.htm Nicely done, but it's a flower, they're all pretty so, you're cheating. -- {\rtf1\ansi\ansicpg1252\deff0\deflang1033{\fonttbl{\f0\fnil\fcharset0 Courier

Re: an AP story on our exhibit

2010-04-26 Thread P. J. Alling
Must be a slow news day. On 4/26/2010 5:39 PM, Christine Aguila wrote: FYI http://tinyurl.com/3x7xw6g http://www.nj.com/newsflash/index.ssf?/base/entertainment-19/1271958762140750.xml&storylist=entertainment Cheers, Christine -- {\rtf1\ansi\ansicpg1252\deff0\deflang1033{\fonttbl{\f0\fni

Re: PESO - Some people have the nicest toys ...

2010-04-26 Thread P. J. Alling
If you homogenize them into a slurry, they may fit, but they'll be difficult to get out of the upholstery. On 4/26/2010 1:57 PM, Larry Colen wrote: On 4/26/2010 10:42 AM, John Francis wrote: I'm not sure that you could fit five kids in all of them combined. Sure you could: http://tinyurl.co

Re: Any ideas on how to get Pentax's attention??

2010-04-26 Thread Miserere
On 26 April 2010 19:10, Tanya Love wrote: > Thanks so much Miserere!!  I think you might be pushing it a bit to make the > 2 year deadline, but you never know! Stranger things have happened!  Winning > people's confidence is probably my main priority, as this > will give me the credibility that I

Re: PDML book and Blurb link

2010-04-26 Thread Miserere
On 26 April 2010 17:34, Mark Roberts wrote: > > As a measure of how much their business has declined, consider that > the time between ordering a book and the printing of that book was > about two weeks last year. The batch I ordered this year were shipped > six days after I placed the order. My

RE: The bad news is that John Carlson from Pentax won't be at GFM this year

2010-04-26 Thread Tanya Love
Hey Mark, I wonder if John could get Pentax to "listen" to my pleas of sponsorship?!? Tan. -Original Message- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Mark Roberts Sent: Tuesday, 27 April 2010 8:15 AM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: The bad news is

Re: Books on the way

2010-04-26 Thread Larry Colen
On 4/26/2010 6:01 AM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: Glad to see someone's awake. When we were in Amsterdam, we did a lot of walking. One afternoon, my wife was tired and wanted to stop for a cup of tea. (Yah, I know) She spotted a place called the Grasshopper Coffee Shop, and headed right for it.

RE: PESO - Springing forth

2010-04-26 Thread Bob W
I predict a struggle between gravity and heliotropism. > > Well, it is not coming out of the ground - just sprouting out > the side of the tree - so not sure just what gravity is going > to do to it. > > -- > Best regards, > Bruce > > > Monday, April 26, 2010, 4:25:46 PM, you wrote: > > JD

Re: PESO - Springing forth

2010-04-26 Thread Bruce Dayton
Well, it is not coming out of the ground - just sprouting out the side of the tree - so not sure just what gravity is going to do to it. -- Best regards, Bruce Monday, April 26, 2010, 4:25:46 PM, you wrote: JD> I guess gravity hasn't noticed it yet. =) JD> Jack JD> --- On Mon, 4/26/10, Bruce

Re: PESO - Springing forth

2010-04-26 Thread Jack Davis
I guess gravity hasn't noticed it yet. =) Jack --- On Mon, 4/26/10, Bruce Dayton wrote: > From: Bruce Dayton > Subject: PESO - Springing forth > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" > Date: Monday, April 26, 2010, 4:04 PM > Taken on the same walk with the duck > shot. > > Pentax K20D, Tamron 90/2.

Re: PESO: Red Wing BBird

2010-04-26 Thread Jack Davis
Exactly right, Brian. The light was behind and to my right. Really just a silhouette with the faintest dark red tint on the wings. Had to pull the red up out of the black. I worked with shadow color curves and finally, the dodge tool to get anything. I plan to check it out in a couple days (afte

Re: PESO: One more storm shot

2010-04-26 Thread Brian Walters
On Mon, 26 Apr 2010 12:41 -0500, "CheekyGeek" wrote: > This was from my first real outing with the Sigma 10-20mm on my K200D: > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/pixelsmithy/4554704087/sizes/l/ > That's an impressive looking storm! I agree with most other comments. If you could get darken the s

Re: PESO - Glow

2010-04-26 Thread Jack Davis
Like your crop and subject. Tiny nit; a little too light in some areas. So close, however you may not have seen any clipping indicated. Certainly within "monitor" tolerance. =) Jack --- On Mon, 4/26/10, Bruce Dayton wrote: > From: Bruce Dayton > Subject: Re: PESO - Glow > To: "Pentax-Discuss

Re: PESO: Red Wing BBird

2010-04-26 Thread Brian Walters
On Mon, 26 Apr 2010 12:32 -0700, "Jack Davis" wrote: > This AM I was driving along a country road lined with wild mustard and > blooming thistles, when I noticed it was almost infested with Red Wing > Black Birds. > Lucky to run across it, but they are very skittish and the wind wasn't > making it

RE: Any ideas on how to get Pentax's attention??

2010-04-26 Thread Tanya Love
Thanks so much Miserere!! I think you might be pushing it a bit to make the 2 year deadline, but you never know! Stranger things have happened! Winning people's confidence is probably my main priority, as this will give me the credibility that I need to approach the big names. Anyways, you *are*

Re: PESO - Late Easter

2010-04-26 Thread Jack Davis
Great exposure and upload, Bruce. Jack --- On Mon, 4/26/10, Bruce Dayton wrote: > From: Bruce Dayton > Subject: PESO - Late Easter > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" > Date: Monday, April 26, 2010, 4:01 PM > I feel like I am just a little late - > they seem like what would be > tucked in an eas

Re: PESO - Glow

2010-04-26 Thread Larry Colen
On 4/26/2010 4:01 PM, Bruce Dayton wrote: Ok, I walked right into this one...sheesh! http://www.daytonphoto.com/PAW/bkdphoto-00021.htm Very well done. It's exactly the sort of flower picture that my girlfriend loves. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mail

Re: GESO - Egypt day 1

2010-04-26 Thread David Parsons
I don't normally shoot sunsets, but the smog made them pretty impressive. On Mon, Apr 26, 2010 at 6:22 PM, Bob W wrote: >> >> http://www.flickr.com/photos/alohadave/sets/72157623937952158/ >> >> We had a great time in Egypt with several of my wife's >> coworkers.  The first day was in Luxor with

Re: PESO - Late Easter

2010-04-26 Thread Larry Colen
On 4/26/2010 4:01 PM, Bruce Dayton wrote: I feel like I am just a little late - they seem like what would be tucked in an easter basket. I was tipped off from someone along a walk about some ducklings hidden in the reeds. Pentax K20D, Sigma 100-300/4 EX @ 250mm ISO 800, 1/800 sec @ f/8, handhel

PESO - Springing forth

2010-04-26 Thread Bruce Dayton
Taken on the same walk with the duck shot. Pentax K20D, Tamron 90/2.8 Macro ISO 200, 1/125 sec @ f/5.6, Handheld http://www.daytonphoto.com/PAW/bkdphoto_00202.htm Comments welcome -- Best regards, Bruce -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pd

OT - PhotographyBB - Online Magazine

2010-04-26 Thread Brian Walters
G'day all Some may be interested in this. PhotographyBB is a free online photography magazine now up to issue 27. It's issued monthly in PDF format and it's not the worst photo mag I've even read. Certainly worth a look if you haven't seen it before. http://www.photographybb.com/site-news/photo

Re: PESO - Glow

2010-04-26 Thread Larry Colen
On 4/26/2010 3:58 PM, Bruce Dayton wrote: I have mixed feelings about this one. Thoughts anyone? Pentax K-x, Tamron 90/2.8 Macro ISO 800, 1/250 sec @ F/14 I don't see any problems with it. Or anything else, for that matter. Perhaps a link might help? -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@p

Re: PESO: Red Wing BBird

2010-04-26 Thread Jack Davis
I actually see a deep red partially in a faint shadow. Light was coming from from behind and to the right. Get back to work! =) I Huey my monitor with some regularity. Thanks, Larry. Jack --- On Mon, 4/26/10, Larry Colen wrote: > From: Larry Colen > Subject: Re: PESO: Red Wing BBird > To: "P

Re: PESO - Glow

2010-04-26 Thread Bruce Dayton
Ok, I walked right into this one...sheesh! http://www.daytonphoto.com/PAW/bkdphoto-00021.htm -- Best regards, Bruce Monday, April 26, 2010, 3:58:30 PM, you wrote: BD> I have mixed feelings about this one. Thoughts anyone? BD> Pentax K-x, Tamron 90/2.8 Macro BD> ISO 800, 1/250 sec @ F/14 B

PESO - Late Easter

2010-04-26 Thread Bruce Dayton
I feel like I am just a little late - they seem like what would be tucked in an easter basket. I was tipped off from someone along a walk about some ducklings hidden in the reeds. Pentax K20D, Sigma 100-300/4 EX @ 250mm ISO 800, 1/800 sec @ f/8, handheld http://www.daytonphoto.com/PAW/bkdphoto_0

PESO - Glow

2010-04-26 Thread Bruce Dayton
I have mixed feelings about this one. Thoughts anyone? Pentax K-x, Tamron 90/2.8 Macro ISO 800, 1/250 sec @ F/14 -- Bruce -- 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 above and foll

Re: an AP story on our exhibit

2010-04-26 Thread Christine Aguila
- Original Message - From: "Brian Walters" That's a good story and the Blurb link even works correctly. I assume your hand was in there somewhere Christine so... well done! Nope, I have no doubt it was the hand of Sue at Dank. It's their press release materials getting bing-bonge

Re: PESO: Red Wing BBird

2010-04-26 Thread Larry Colen
On 4/26/2010 3:36 PM, Jack Davis wrote: Thanks, Dave! I'll take it as a compliment. (ooF always distracts me slightly, as well). I don't want to influence your thinking, but I had an off list person state the his monitor reproduces the red as less than a true blood red. How do you see it? Than

Re: PESO: Red Wing BBird

2010-04-26 Thread Jack Davis
Thanks, Dave! I'll take it as a compliment. (ooF always distracts me slightly, as well). I don't want to influence your thinking, but I had an off list person state the his monitor reproduces the red as less than a true blood red. How do you see it? Thanks much! Jack --- On Mon, 4/26/10, David

RE: GESO - Egypt day 1

2010-04-26 Thread Bob W
> > http://www.flickr.com/photos/alohadave/sets/72157623937952158/ > > We had a great time in Egypt with several of my wife's > coworkers. The first day was in Luxor with a dawn balloon > ride, followed by the Vally of the Kings, then Karnak and > Lusor temples. > > More to come each day. >

Re: PESO: Red Wing BBird

2010-04-26 Thread David J Brooks
Nice. I'm always impressed with your 55-300 shots. Lens seems very nice. Not sure if those fore ground OOF yellow bits as a bother or not. Can't decide so i guess thats a good thing, yes.:-) Dave On Mon, Apr 26, 2010 at 3:32 PM, Jack Davis wrote: > This AM I was driving along a country road lin

Re: OT PESO - A couple from NYC

2010-04-26 Thread David J Brooks
I like the second shot. Third shot i agree with.:-) Dave On Mon, Apr 26, 2010 at 5:54 PM, Christian Skofteland wrote: > Shot with the new G11 during my trip to NYC.  All at ISO 1600 Av f2.8. > > After the bottom shot of the sign in the bar the G11 decided not to work > anymore... > sigh, back

Re: PESO: One more storm shot

2010-04-26 Thread David J Brooks
Nice rich colours and a cool storm shot Dave On Mon, Apr 26, 2010 at 1:41 PM, CheekyGeek wrote: > This was from my first real outing with the Sigma 10-20mm on my K200D: > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/pixelsmithy/4554704087/sizes/l/ > > Darren Addy > Kearney, NE > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mai

Re: PESO: Some Early Work circa 1979

2010-04-26 Thread David J Brooks
Welcome. Lets see more IR. Dave On Mon, Apr 26, 2010 at 10:57 AM, Mitchell Conant wrote: > I'm working on scanning in some of my work from a 1979 Photography course at > Ohio State. Taken on my first Pentax... > > http://www.mme-ia.net/cgi/pdml/photo-viewer.php?urlfilename=2011&urlcat=peso&u

Re: PESO: Second IR Photo From OSU Days...

2010-04-26 Thread David J Brooks
Seeing as you and I, and maybe Cotty are into IR, i'll comment.:-) Other than the dust/water spots and the bit of spruce tree on the LHS its pretty good. Personally i would crop out those bits of spruce. Maybe a bit more contrast. Dave On Mon, Apr 26, 2010 at 1:37 PM, Mitchell Conant wrote: > I

The bad news is that John Carlson from Pentax won't be at GFM this year

2010-04-26 Thread Mark Roberts
...seems he's expecting his second child to be entering the world at almost exactly that time. I explained that he could bring his wife because we'll have at least one doctor in attendance who could handle the delivery, but he's staying home anyway. Go figure. Those of you who came to GFM last yea

Re: an AP story on our exhibit

2010-04-26 Thread Brian Walters
On Mon, 26 Apr 2010 16:39 -0500, "Christine Aguila" wrote: > FYI > http://tinyurl.com/3x7xw6g > http://www.nj.com/newsflash/index.ssf?/base/entertainment-19/1271958762140750.xml&storylist=entertainment > > Cheers, Christine All of this talk about the exhibit is just killing me! Next time it

Re: PESO: One more storm shot

2010-04-26 Thread Rick Womer
I don't often disagree with Bob and Bruce, but this time I will. I often advocate cropping, but this time I won't! The shot as it is has a sense of scale that cropping would diminish. OTOH, I think the saturation is a bit overdone, and that the sky would be more foreboding if darkened a bit a

Re: Offline gathering

2010-04-26 Thread Rick Womer
Which means you must still be on top of the water. That's good! --- On Mon, 4/26/10, Tim Øsleby wrote: > I can read you loud and clear Rick. > > -- > MaritimTim > > http://maritimtim.blogspot.com/ > > > > 2010/4/25 Rick Womer : > > You got on a =boat= with =Tim=?!? > > > > > > --- On Sat,

OT PESO - A couple from NYC

2010-04-26 Thread Christian Skofteland
Shot with the new G11 during my trip to NYC. All at ISO 1600 Av f2.8. After the bottom shot of the sign in the bar the G11 decided not to work anymore... sigh, back to the store to exchange it... hopefully... otherwise it's going back to Canon. http://404mohawknotfound.blogspot.com/2010/04/n

Re: The PDML Annual has Landed

2010-04-26 Thread Larry Colen
On 4/26/2010 12:33 PM, Bruce Walker wrote: P N Stenquist wrote: The PDML annual was left on my doorstop this morning. I've just made my way through it once. Just landed in Mississauga and I've been through it twice. So much for my burst of productivity this afternoon. :-) I bribed Zab with t

an AP story on our exhibit

2010-04-26 Thread Christine Aguila
FYI http://tinyurl.com/3x7xw6g http://www.nj.com/newsflash/index.ssf?/base/entertainment-19/1271958762140750.xml&storylist=entertainment Cheers, Christine -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit

Re: PDML book and Blurb link

2010-04-26 Thread Mark Roberts
Miserere wrote: >Why can't you just customise your own URL? Zenfolio let you do that >for galleries and individual photos. Even if you upload different >versions of a photo, you can always give it the same URL. It's not >rocket science to implement that. It's not rocket science, but it is *work*,

Re: GESO - Egypt day 1

2010-04-26 Thread Jack Davis
Thoroughly enjoyed the "trip", Dave. Very nice set! Jack --- On Mon, 4/26/10, David Parsons wrote: > From: David Parsons > Subject: GESO - Egypt day 1 > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" > Date: Monday, April 26, 2010, 1:55 PM > http://www.flickr.com/photos/alohadave/sets/72157623937952158/ > >

Re: Offline gathering

2010-04-26 Thread Tim Øsleby
I can read you loud and clear Rick. -- MaritimTim http://maritimtim.blogspot.com/ 2010/4/25 Rick Womer : > You got on a =boat= with =Tim=?!? > > > --- On Sat, 4/24/10, AlunFoto wrote: > >> Just a quick hello from Stig Vidar, >> Tim Ø. and myself. We're on a >> Pentax gathering out on an islan

GESO - Egypt day 1

2010-04-26 Thread David Parsons
http://www.flickr.com/photos/alohadave/sets/72157623937952158/ We had a great time in Egypt with several of my wife's coworkers. The first day was in Luxor with a dawn balloon ride, followed by the Vally of the Kings, then Karnak and Lusor temples. More to come each day. -- Aloha Photographer

Re: carrying the raynox

2010-04-26 Thread Toine
I keep the adapter or reducing ring attached. I have a little soft pouch with a small piece of sturdy foamed plastic inside. This study plastic functions as a rear cap. The front of the raynox takes any regular lens cap (49 mm if I remember correctly) if the original cap gets lost. Any old 43 or 49

Re: 645D for everybody

2010-04-26 Thread Jaume Lahuerta
- Mensaje original > De: John Sessoms > Para: pdml@pdml.net > Enviado: lun,26 abril, 2010 18:42 > Asunto: RE: 645D for everybody > > From: Jaume Lahuerta > At leas that's is what Reflecta, the Spanish Pentax > distributor, told > to quesabesde, a normally well informed site: > href="h

Re: PESO: One more storm shot

2010-04-26 Thread steve harley
On 2010-04-26 11:41 , CheekyGeek wrote: This was from my first real outing with the Sigma 10-20mm on my K200D: http://www.flickr.com/photos/pixelsmithy/4554704087/sizes/l/ i like the foreground, but i think you could crop the sky somewhere above the tent caterpillars; too bad you couldn't get

Re: The PDML Annual has Landed

2010-04-26 Thread Bruce Walker
P N Stenquist wrote: The PDML annual was left on my doorstop this morning. I've just made my way through it once. Just landed in Mississauga and I've been through it twice. So much for my burst of productivity this afternoon. :-) Just have to agree with Paul. Well done all! I can't single

PESO: Red Wing BBird

2010-04-26 Thread Jack Davis
This AM I was driving along a country road lined with wild mustard and blooming thistles, when I noticed it was almost infested with Red Wing Black Birds. Lucky to run across it, but they are very skittish and the wind wasn't making it any easier. Caught a couple that will, at least, work for spr

RE: PESO: One more storm shot

2010-04-26 Thread Bob W
> This was from my first real outing with the Sigma 10-20mm on my K200D: > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/pixelsmithy/4554704087/sizes/l/ > > Darren Addy > Kearney, NE Nice cloud - could do without the rest of the clutter - foreground, bush etc. Also needs a bit more foreboding. -- PDML P

Re: Any ideas on how to get Pentax's attention??

2010-04-26 Thread Miserere
Tanya, I have no idea how to get Pentax's attention, but e-mailing the US HQ doesn't seem to work. Not from my address, at least. Maybe Aussie Pentax is more receptive...or maybe you are more persistent than me :-) As for your big project, it seems I have 2 years to become famous and have kids. Y

RE: peso - plane

2010-04-26 Thread Bob W
> > I have just never been able to get my head around the heavy > tilted shots - [...] > Stand on a slope. > SS> http://www.flickr.com/photos/sobol/4553112455/ > > SS> Comments and critique welcome. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_

Re: RE Tilted shots: was Re: peso - plane

2010-04-26 Thread Matthew Hunt
On Mon, Apr 26, 2010 at 3:10 PM, John Sessoms wrote: > One thing I'd question is whether the bride looked at the photographer's > previous work, and whether that work presaged what the album was going to > look like. When we were hiring a wedding photographer (in 2005) about 90% of the online po

RE: PESO - Some people have the nicest toys ...

2010-04-26 Thread Bob W
> > On Saturday I took advantage of a some nice weather to grab a few > > shots of cars belonging to an accquaintance: > > > > http://www.jfwaf.com/PAW/PAW.php?name=PAW1016 > > > > It takes some stable to relegate a Ferrari F430 to third place! > > He likes his primary colours. Just needs

RE Tilted shots: was Re: peso - plane

2010-04-26 Thread John Sessoms
From: "William Robb" From: "Bruce Dayton" >I have just never been able to get my head around the heavy tilted > shots - my daughters shoot them on occasion and I see them in wedding > work quite often. We just had a discussion about this very thing over on ForumsNeurotica. SOmeone got called

Re: PDML book and Blurb link

2010-04-26 Thread Miserere
On 26 April 2010 14:13, Mark Roberts wrote: > So yesterday I made an attempt to see if we could offer the book with > standard and premium paper at the same time. As you probably know, it > didn't work so I switched back to standard paper. I discovered this > morning that the URL for the PDML book

Re: Just got my WP site hacked!!!!!!

2010-04-26 Thread Miserere
On 26 April 2010 13:48, Matthew Hunt wrote: > http://blogcastfm.com/announcements/warning-massive-number-of-godaddy-wordpress-blogs-hacked-this-weekend/ Thanks Matthew. It seems my site was an early adopter of this hack. I feel so special and blessed :-\ I hope GoDaddy figure this thing out, be

Re: PESO - Some people have the nicest toys ...

2010-04-26 Thread John Francis
On Mon, Apr 26, 2010 at 12:21:56PM -0600, steve harley wrote: > On 2010-04-26 00:02 , John Francis wrote: >> >> >> On Saturday I took advantage of a some nice weather to >> grab a few shots of cars belonging to an accquaintance: >> >> http://www.jfwaf.com/PAW/PAW.php?name=PAW1016 > > fascinati

Re: PESO - Some people have the nicest toys ...

2010-04-26 Thread steve harley
On 2010-04-26 00:02 , John Francis wrote: On Saturday I took advantage of a some nice weather to grab a few shots of cars belonging to an accquaintance: http://www.jfwaf.com/PAW/PAW.php?name=PAW1016 fascinating to look at, other than that the nicest thing i can think to say about them

PDML book and Blurb link

2010-04-26 Thread Mark Roberts
So yesterday I made an attempt to see if we could offer the book with standard and premium paper at the same time. As you probably know, it didn't work so I switched back to standard paper. I discovered this morning that the URL for the PDML book on the Blurb site has changed! I'm guessing this is

Re: PESO: One more storm shot

2010-04-26 Thread CheekyGeek
This is my first "real" foray into post-processing (and still starting from JPEG). Made an adjustment layer to play with the foreground levels (blowing out the sky) and gradient mask to the horizon to bring out the the original well-exposed sky. A bit of burning in and bumped the saturation by +15.

Re: PESO: One more storm shot

2010-04-26 Thread Bruce Dayton
The most interesting part is weakened by too much foreground and sky. if you were to crop the bottom almost to the wire fence and a bit off the top I think the image would be much more powerful. -- Best regards, Bruce Monday, April 26, 2010, 10:41:31 AM, you wrote: C> This was from my first re

carrying the raynox

2010-04-26 Thread Larry Colen
My raynox 250 arrived on Friday. My 49-43mm reducing ring had arrived a couple days previously. I did a couple of quick test shots and it seems to work just fine. The problem is that if I want to use the caps that came with it, I can't leave it on the adapter, which means that putting in on th

Re: PESO: One more storm shot

2010-04-26 Thread CheekyGeek
I was pleased to find mine on Craigslist in Denver in Pentax mount for $350. :) I think I'm going to like it! Darren Addy Kearney, NE On Mon, Apr 26, 2010 at 12:55 PM, Larry Colen wrote: > Very nice. > > On 4/26/2010 10:41 AM, CheekyGeek wrote: >> >> This was from my first real outing with the S

Re: PESO - Some people have the nicest toys ...

2010-04-26 Thread Larry Colen
On 4/26/2010 10:42 AM, John Francis wrote: I'm not sure that you could fit five kids in all of them combined. Sure you could: http://tinyurl.com/yamfo7j You probably could - I believe the Mercedes SL has a rear seat - but the other three are all two-seaters. On Tue, Apr 27, 2010 at 02:19:

Re: PESO: One more storm shot

2010-04-26 Thread Larry Colen
Very nice. On 4/26/2010 10:41 AM, CheekyGeek wrote: This was from my first real outing with the Sigma 10-20mm on my K200D: http://www.flickr.com/photos/pixelsmithy/4554704087/sizes/l/ You aren't helping. There's one on craigslist right now for $375 and I can't afford to save that much money

Re: Book is out. Now help us promote it

2010-04-26 Thread Miserere
Hilarious. I can't top that, so I'll just plagiarise it. Maybe include a small link to the original if I'm in a good mood. --M. On 26/04/2010, Doug Brewer wrote: > Mark Roberts wrote: >> Now that the books are reaching the general public, or at least, the >> PDML (as per Bob W's quotation f

Re: PESO: One more storm shot

2010-04-26 Thread Jack Davis
Like it, Darren! Well composed! Colors, juiced a bit? Jack --- On Mon, 4/26/10, CheekyGeek wrote: > From: CheekyGeek > Subject: PESO: One more storm shot > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" > Date: Monday, April 26, 2010, 10:41 AM > This was from my first real outing > with the Sigma 10-20mm on

Re: Just got my WP site hacked!!!!!!

2010-04-26 Thread Matthew Hunt
http://blogcastfm.com/announcements/warning-massive-number-of-godaddy-wordpress-blogs-hacked-this-weekend/ On Wed, Apr 21, 2010 at 9:12 PM, Miserere wrote: > I've got lightning coming out my eyes, ears and other orifices. > F*&%...@#ing hackers > > I think I've managed to get it to the point

Re: PESO - Some people have the nicest toys ...

2010-04-26 Thread John Francis
I'm not sure that you could fit five kids in all of them combined. You probably could - I believe the Mercedes SL has a rear seat - but the other three are all two-seaters. On Tue, Apr 27, 2010 at 02:19:57AM +1000, Tanya Love wrote: > > Hey, but I'll bet he can't fit 5 kids in ANY of them, so

PESO: One more storm shot

2010-04-26 Thread CheekyGeek
This was from my first real outing with the Sigma 10-20mm on my K200D: http://www.flickr.com/photos/pixelsmithy/4554704087/sizes/l/ Darren Addy Kearney, NE -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit th

PESO: Second IR Photo From OSU Days...

2010-04-26 Thread Mitchell Conant
I'm working on scanning in some of my work from a 1979 Photography course at Ohio State. Taken on my first Pentax... http://www.mme-ia.net/cgi/pdml/photo-viewer.php?urlfilename=2012&urlcat=peso&urlyear=2010 Comments/critique please... Mitch -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.

RE: PESO - Some people have the nicest toys ...

2010-04-26 Thread John Sessoms
From: "Tanya Love" Hey, but I'll bet he can't fit 5 kids in ANY of them, so they'd be no use to me! Lol. Tan.x. > On 26/04/2010, John Francis wrote: On Saturday I took advantage of a some nice weather to grab a few shots of cars belonging to an accquaintance: http://www.jfwaf.com/PAW/PAW

Re: PESO - On My Way to Work

2010-04-26 Thread David J Brooks
On Sun, Apr 25, 2010 at 5:31 PM, Bob Sullivan wrote: > Rick, > Good image, puts me in that place. > Lighting works for you. > Regards,  Bob S. Me to Dave > > > On Sun, Apr 25, 2010 at 1:00 PM, Rick Womer wrote: >> Another in the occasional "On My Way to Work" series, from last Monday >> mornin

Re: PESO: Working bird

2010-04-26 Thread John Sessoms
From: Cory Waters I don't remember what sort of bird they were. The aquarium has a little corner with these and a couple other types inside. They sell nectar for you to fed the birds for $1 and rent you a poncho for protection for $2. (!) I was the only one of our group to be anointed. CW L

Re: Trying out the new FA 100mm f2.8 macros

2010-04-26 Thread David J Brooks
Looks good to me. Dave On Sun, Apr 25, 2010 at 10:58 PM, Tanya Love wrote: > Well, it arrived safe and sound, and I needed to get out and give her a test > run!  So here are the results, as shot yesterday for a magazine cover shot > competition.  Model is Molly-Rose, my little 7yo fashionista.

Re: OT: Anybody ever run into this?

2010-04-26 Thread eckinator
2010/4/26 John Sessoms : > > I was told the manufacturer recommended a vendor who were able to read the > card and recover the photos, and once that was done the manufacturer > requested the card be sent to them for "investigation". > > They offered a replacement card, but didn't replace any of the

Re: PESO- Bicycle and Man in Costume

2010-04-26 Thread David J Brooks
Nice colours. My bike and costume is not quite that nice.;-) Dave On Sun, Apr 25, 2010 at 2:48 PM, paul stenquist wrote: > http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=10946388&size=lg > > k7 and DA 60-250 > > I don't know anything about fancy bicycles or what attire is required to ride > one. But

Re: Book is out. Now help us promote it

2010-04-26 Thread Doug Brewer
Mark Roberts wrote: Now that the books are reaching the general public, or at least, the PDML (as per Bob W's quotation from the book) we could use all the help we can get in promoting it. http://www.drivingtheflies.com/2010/04/26/augenblick/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http

RE: Any ideas on how to get Pentax's attention??

2010-04-26 Thread John Sessoms
From: "Tanya Love" 3. How to shoot your kids (pun intended, it will be a tongue-in-cheek guide). Don't know anything about shooting kids (except that you don't have to lead 'em so much) ... but there's already a good online guide to shooting yourself in the foot: http://howto-pages.org/shoo

Re: Trying out the new FA 100mm f2.8 macros

2010-04-26 Thread Bruce Dayton
Looks like that macro lens is working for you. Nice shots, as usual for you! -- Best regards, Bruce Monday, April 26, 2010, 9:17:08 AM, you wrote: TL> Thanks Jack, she has spunk, that's for sure! TL> :) TL> -Original Message- TL> From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml

Re: PESO: Big Sky Country

2010-04-26 Thread Bruce Dayton
I lived in the Kansas City area for about 10 years - boy do I remember those storms coming across the plains - almost eery how quickly they could come in. Nice shot there - look forward to more. -- Best regards, Bruce Monday, April 26, 2010, 8:42:21 AM, you wrote: C> It is Montana's slogan, b

Tilted shots: was Re: peso - plane

2010-04-26 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: "Bruce Dayton" Subject: Re: peso - plane I have just never been able to get my head around the heavy tilted shots - my daughters shoot them on occasion and I see them in wedding work quite often. We just had a discussion about this very thing over on Foru

Re: PESO - The Family Outing

2010-04-26 Thread John Sessoms
From: eckinator 2010/4/26 frank theriault : Definitely a different vibe in this part of town as compared to my old 'hood... poor girl... parents should have taught her better eating habits... not good. Hard to teach what you don't know yourself. OTOH, it ain't my job to judge other people

Re: PESO - Some people have the nicest toys ...

2010-04-26 Thread Bruce Dayton
All I can say is 'Dang!' I could only dream... -- Best regards, Bruce Sunday, April 25, 2010, 11:02:23 PM, you wrote: JF> On Saturday I took advantage of a some nice weather to JF> grab a few shots of cars belonging to an accquaintance: JF> http://www.jfwaf.com/PAW/PAW.php?name=PAW1016

Re: peso - plane

2010-04-26 Thread Bruce Dayton
I have just never been able to get my head around the heavy tilted shots - my daughters shoot them on occasion and I see them in wedding work quite often. Other than that, this is a nice shot. -- Best regards, Bruce Sunday, April 25, 2010, 10:39:14 PM, you wrote: SS> http://www.flickr.com/pho

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