Re: PESO: Grab a Drop

2011-06-20 Thread Boris Liberman
On 6/16/2011 14:34, Walt Gilbert wrote: I do think I'm holding up pretty well, all things considered. And my parents are much improved over where they were just a week or two ago. It's just easy to lose perspective when you're immersed in the situation. It'll probably seem a whole lot better if I

RE: PESO: Grab a Drop

2011-06-18 Thread Jeffery Johnson
jt-johnson/ -Original Message- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Walt Gilbert Sent: Saturday, June 18, 2011 7:13 AM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: PESO: Grab a Drop On 06/17/2011 06:04 PM, Jeffery Johnson wrote: > I am always fond of in

Re: PESO: Grab a Drop

2011-06-18 Thread Walt Gilbert
they were. Thanks again! -- Walt ___ Pictures that I have taken on Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/jt-johnson/ -Original Message- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Walt Gilbert Sent: Tuesday, June 14, 2011 11:33 AM To: PDML@pdml.net

Re: PESO: Grab a Drop

2011-06-18 Thread Walt Gilbert
On 06/17/2011 01:18 PM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: Excellent job; it looks even better now. Well worth framing; let us know how you do in the contest. Dan Many thanks, Dan! I'm going to do a wee bit of re-cropping to see if I can improve on it a little bit more. This will be my first compe

Re: PESO: Grab a Drop

2011-06-18 Thread Walt Gilbert
On 06/17/2011 02:43 AM, Larry Colen wrote: On Jun 15, 2011, at 7:02 PM, Walt Gilbert wrote: On 06/15/2011 08:34 AM, Brian Walters wrote: Hi Walt Sorry to hear about your parents' health problems. I hope life becomes a little easier soon. That's an excellent shot. Perhaps I'd crop a little o

RE: PESO: Grab a Drop

2011-06-17 Thread Jeffery Johnson
Message- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Walt Gilbert Sent: Tuesday, June 14, 2011 11:33 AM To: PDML@pdml.net Subject: PESO: Grab a Drop Hi all, Stepping briefly back out of obscurity to share a photo I took this morning. Sorry I haven't been arou

Re: PESO: Grab a Drop

2011-06-17 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
Excellent job; it looks even better now. Well worth framing; let us know how you do in the contest. Dan > On Jun 15, 2011, at 7:02 PM, Walt Gilbert wrote: > >> I went ahead and did that crop you suggested, and I ordered an 8 X 10 for >> the local photo contest. >> >> http://www.flickr.com/ph

Re: PESO: Grab a Drop

2011-06-17 Thread Larry Colen
On Jun 15, 2011, at 7:02 PM, Walt Gilbert wrote: > On 06/15/2011 08:34 AM, Brian Walters wrote: >> Hi Walt >> >> Sorry to hear about your parents' health problems. I hope life becomes >> a little easier soon. >> >> That's an excellent shot. Perhaps I'd crop a little off the top and >> right to

Re: PESO: Grab a Drop

2011-06-16 Thread Walt Gilbert
On 06/16/2011 06:13 AM, Boris Liberman wrote: On 6/14/2011 19:33, Walt Gilbert wrote: Stepping briefly back out of obscurity to share a photo I took this morning. Sorry I haven't been around to participate. Ever since I got home from my visit to California with Larry and John, my mother's health

Re: PESO: Grab a Drop

2011-06-16 Thread Boris Liberman
On 6/14/2011 19:33, Walt Gilbert wrote: Stepping briefly back out of obscurity to share a photo I took this morning. Sorry I haven't been around to participate. Ever since I got home from my visit to California with Larry and John, my mother's health has taken a turn for the worse. She's currentl

Re: PESO: Grab a Drop

2011-06-15 Thread Brian Walters
Hi Walt On Wed, 15 Jun 2011 21:02 -0500, "Walt Gilbert" wrote: > > I went ahead and did that crop you suggested, and I ordered an 8 X 10 > for the local photo contest. > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/walt_gilbert/5838153066/ > > Any thoughts from you or anyone else would be appreciated. I

Re: PESO: Grab a Drop

2011-06-15 Thread Walt Gilbert
On 06/15/2011 08:34 AM, Brian Walters wrote: Hi Walt Sorry to hear about your parents' health problems. I hope life becomes a little easier soon. That's an excellent shot. Perhaps I'd crop a little off the top and right to move the grasshopper a bit off centre. Cheers Brian Thank you, Bri

Re: PESO: Grab a Drop

2011-06-15 Thread Brian Walters
Hi Walt Sorry to hear about your parents' health problems. I hope life becomes a little easier soon. That's an excellent shot. Perhaps I'd crop a little off the top and right to move the grasshopper a bit off centre. Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western Sydn

Re: PESO: Grab a Drop

2011-06-14 Thread Walt Gilbert
On 06/14/2011 03:58 PM, frank theriault wrote: On Tue, Jun 14, 2011 at 12:33 PM, Walt Gilbert wrote: Hi all, Stepping briefly back out of obscurity to share a photo I took this morning. Sorry I haven't been around to participate. Ever since I got home from my visit to California with Larry

Re: PESO: Grab a Drop

2011-06-14 Thread frank theriault
On Tue, Jun 14, 2011 at 12:33 PM, Walt Gilbert wrote: > Hi all, > > Stepping briefly back out of obscurity to share a photo I took this morning. >  Sorry I haven't been around to participate.  Ever since I got home from my > visit to California with Larry and John, my mother's health has taken a t

Re: PESO: Grab a Drop

2011-06-14 Thread Walt Gilbert
On 06/14/2011 02:33 PM, Bran Everseeking wrote: On Tue, 14 Jun 2011 11:33:29 -0500 Walt Gilbert wrote: (It's a grasshopper-like insect, in case anyone is squeamish about those). http://www.flickr.com/photos/walt_gilbert/5832616817/ (Lighbox) http://is.gd/Q6u4ys lovely study in green. I t

Re: PESO: Grab a Drop

2011-06-14 Thread Walt Gilbert
On 06/14/2011 02:03 PM, Larry Colen wrote: http://www.flickr.com/photos/walt_gilbert/5832616817/ (Lighbox) http://is.gd/Q6u4ys I've been following your photos in facebook. I like this one, with the bug and the drop. It might benefit from cropping out a bit of the grass in the background.

Re: PESO: Grab a Drop

2011-06-14 Thread Bran Everseeking
On Tue, 14 Jun 2011 11:33:29 -0500 Walt Gilbert wrote: > (It's a grasshopper-like > insect, in case anyone is squeamish about those). > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/walt_gilbert/5832616817/ > > (Lighbox) http://is.gd/Q6u4ys lovely study in green. I think I would prefer a less centred crop

Re: PESO: Grab a Drop

2011-06-14 Thread Larry Colen
On Jun 14, 2011, at 9:33 AM, Walt Gilbert wrote: > Hi all, > > Stepping briefly back out of obscurity to share a photo I took this morning. > Sorry I haven't been around to participate. Ever since I got home from my > visit to California with Larry and John, my mother's health has taken a tu

Re: PESO: Grab a Drop

2011-06-14 Thread Walt Gilbert
Many thanks, Dan. And, yeah -- it's not the sort of thing one can prepare for in any reasonable sense. Just about all you can do is -- well, I don't know what the hell you can do. You just do. I forgot to include the aperture setting, which was 22. I've managed to get some other decent sh

Re: PESO: Grab a Drop

2011-06-14 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
Nice image, Walt, and a great catch! My heart and my prayers go out to you and to your parents. I went through a similar situation some years back, and I know have it can consume your time, energy and emotions. Dan On Tue, Jun 14, 2011 at 12:33 PM, Walt Gilbert wrote: > Hi all, > > Stepping br

PESO: Grab a Drop

2011-06-14 Thread Walt Gilbert
Hi all, Stepping briefly back out of obscurity to share a photo I took this morning. Sorry I haven't been around to participate. Ever since I got home from my visit to California with Larry and John, my mother's health has taken a turn for the worse. She's currently in hospice care, and it