Re: GESO: Rockets Red Glare
On Wed, 06 Jul 2011 23:42 -0400, "John Sessoms" wrote: > Technically it's a blog post. Whatever. > > http://twolanephotography.blogspot.com/ > Nice work there. The fireworks shot is spectacular but that pano is something else. Really well done (and the sunset didn't hurt) Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://lyons-ryan.org/southernlight/ -- -- http://www.fastmail.fm - A fast, anti-spam email service. -- 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 follow the directions.
PESO -- On the lighter side.
Various organizations spend a lot of money to build stands in marsh environments for Osprey to nest in, this one had other ideas... http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1604247/PESO/PESO%20--%20ontheligherside.html Notes: My major peeve about the K20D is it's tendency to seriously underexpose when photographing almost anything against a bright background. In this case I dialed in 1 1/3 stops of extra exposure and I still had to really push to get any detail at all in the bird it's nest and the field lights. As usual comments are welcome but may be totally ignored. -- Where's the Kaboom? There was supposed to be an Earth-shattering Kaboom! --Marvin the Martian. -- 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 follow the directions.
Re: Peso - just peso
Thanks Jack and Philip. --S On Wed, Jul 6, 2011 at 5:08 AM, Jack Davis wrote: > Sasha, I like the overall exposure generally, but would lighten the areas of > deepest shadows somewhat. Wave action is a nice inclusion and the background > trees add to the depth and interest. > > Jack > > --- On Tue, 7/5/11, Sasha Sobol wrote: > >> From: Sasha Sobol >> Subject: Peso - just peso >> To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" >> Date: Tuesday, July 5, 2011, 11:48 PM >> http://www.flickr.com/photos/sobol/5905943460/in/photostream >> >> Comments and critique are very welcome. >> >> --Sasha >> >> -- >> 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 follow the directions. >> > > -- > 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 follow > the directions. > -- 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 follow the directions.
Re: Happy Birthday
To leagally work in the US you /must/ have an SS number or equivelent. If the illegal employee has presented a valid SS number that's identity theft to start. As far as I know the employers aren't required to do any more than report that they saw the proper ID and make copies of the documents for the employee file. The problem isn't unrestricted immigration, it's unrestricted immigration and a welfare state, You can have one, or the other, You cannot have both, at least not for long. On 7/6/2011 11:09 PM, John Sessoms wrote: From: Larry Colen On Jul 6, 2011, at 8:27 AM, John Sessoms wrote: Ever notice when anyone complains about "illegals" coming into the country and "taking *OUR* jobs!!!", they never complain about the employers who hire them. Make it a felony to employ illegals and actually put some employers in jail. And don't give me that crap about "Illegals do the jobs Americans don't want." Bullshit! Illegals take the jobs where employers won't pay fair wages. And illegals have no recourse if you screw them on their pay. I hired someone to do some repairs on the property. Over the course of the project he had several laborers working for him. I noticed that the ones of latin descent worked a lot harder than the ones who appeared to have been born and raised here. I don't know about the immigration status of any of them. I say again, if you're going to go after "illegals" for trying to work, you better go after the employers as well. I got nothing against immigrants. I'm only saying the answer to the "problem" won't come from persecuting them while letting the employers walk away without so much as a slap on the wrist. Make the boss liable for his actions. If the worker is going to be deported for working here illegally, deport the boss who gave him the job too. And if he's working for a corporation, deport the CEO & the board of directors. - No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 10.0.1388 / Virus Database: 1516/3746 - Release Date: 07/05/11 -- Where's the Kaboom? There was supposed to be an Earth-shattering Kaboom! --Marvin the Martian. -- 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 follow the directions.
GESO: Rockets Red Glare
Technically it's a blog post. Whatever. http://twolanephotography.blogspot.com/ - No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 10.0.1388 / Virus Database: 1516/3746 - Release Date: 07/05/11 -- 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 follow the directions.
RE: PESO - Approval of Seal
From: Ann Sanfedele http://annsan.smugmug.com/Works-in-Print/Works-In-Progress/More-Critters/15842756_6QmYN/1/1371117045_Z9bHtH4/Large this is one of 3 - I think I like this one best, but the curious will follow the << or >>'s to see the others. [You guys will be so sorry you talked me into Thunderbird - making it so much easier to post ] ann Not if you keep posting PESOs like this one we won't. - No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 10.0.1388 / Virus Database: 1516/3746 - Release Date: 07/05/11 -- 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 follow the directions.
RE: google + and photography
From: Larry Colen http://photofocus.com/2011/07/06/google-plus-read-the-fine-print-before-you-sign-up/ Makes the good point about "read the fine print before you sign up, or post anything". The short form is that if you post something to google+, they get to do what they want with it, without paying you. I haven't looked into the google+ photo sharing at any depth yet. I've got an account and have poked around a bit. The biggest advantages seem to be the user interface for sorting friends into groups (or circles) so that you can select who to share with, and that it isn't facebook. Didn't we just go through this same scare story about Flickr's TOS a couple of months ago and determine it's bullshit from someone who doesn't know what he's talking about? - No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 10.0.1388 / Virus Database: 1516/3746 - Release Date: 07/05/11 -- 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 follow the directions.
Re: Scharpenberg Gallery photo returns home, saga ends happily
Stepping out of my silence to thank Christine publicly -and Mark for the print- it looks beautiful decorating my place -it was worth the wait (including some extra strike delay thanks to our fine postal service). Bruce, my first thought was the same, the glass is awesome -specially for matte photos. Different topic, I made the mistake of starting a photography club at work (I figured the whole exercise could sparkle some inspiration). Anyone has some tips on running a photo club? never been in one -sorta a lone wolf myself. On Wed, Jul 6, 2011 at 1:16 PM, Christine Aguila wrote: > Most excellent. Fernando emailed me yesterday to say his arrived as well. > The glass is non-reflective glass--pretty cool stuff. > > I'm hoping the European ship-backs arrive soon. I'm just sorry this all > took so long. I should have stepped in sooner--and I will next time--but > next time, if there is a next time--we're going to get ship-back dates > written into the contract! Cheers, Christine > > > > - Original Message - From: "Bruce Walker" > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" > Sent: Wednesday, July 06, 2011 12:03 PM > Subject: Scharpenberg Gallery photo returns home, saga ends happily > > >> My photo [*] that was exhibited in the 2010 PDML Augenblick exhibit in the >> Scharpenberg gallery at DankHaus finally landed on my doorstep -- intact! -- >> this morning, putting an end to a year and a bit saga. >> >> It's beautifully printed and framed. I really like the subtly matte glass >> over it, a type which I've never seen before. I'll have to find out where I >> can get some of that stuff. >> >> Big *huge* thanks go out to Saint Christine for arranging the exhibit in >> the first place then stepping in to help get my work shipped back when it >> appeared to be forever lost in some unhappy limbo. >> >> -bmw >> >> * http://blog.brucemwalker.com/2009/10/dusk.html >> >> -- >> "Photography is about finding out what can happen in the frame. When you >> put 4 edges around some facts, you change those facts." >> -- Gary Winogrand >> >> -- >> 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 >> follow the directions. >> > > > -- > 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 > follow the directions. > -- http://www.flickr.com/photos/ferand/ -- 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 follow the directions.
RE: Scharpenberg Gallery photo returns home, saga ends happily
From: Bruce Walker My photo [*] that was exhibited in the 2010 PDML Augenblick exhibit in the Scharpenberg gallery at DankHaus finally landed on my doorstep -- intact! -- this morning, putting an end to a year and a bit saga. It's beautifully printed and framed. I really like the subtly matte glass over it, a type which I've never seen before. I'll have to find out where I can get some of that stuff. Big *huge* thanks go out to Saint Christine for arranging the exhibit in the first place then stepping in to help get my work shipped back when it appeared to be forever lost in some unhappy limbo. -bmw Probably "museum glass". http://www.tru-vue.com/Tru-Vue/Products/33/ Around here, it's available from any framing shop & most artist supply stores. Their distributor in Australia is: http://www.larsonjuhl.com.au/ - No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 10.0.1388 / Virus Database: 1516/3746 - Release Date: 07/05/11 -- 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 follow the directions.
Re: Happy Birthday
On Jul 6, 2011, at 11:00 PM, John Sessoms wrote: > From: Bob Sullivan >> John, >> The legal threat of stiff fines is happening at Chipotle, the Mexican >> restaurant. >> You can read about it in the newspaper, but my local restaurant has >> had 100% turnover. >> There were no Hispanics working there the last time we visited. >> The sad commentary is that these folks were probably better employees >> than the gringos who replaced them. >> Regards, Bob S. > > Still, if you want to halt immigration by making it illegal for them to work, > the only fair way to do that is by putting the employers in jail, rather than > the employees. > > You of course meant to say if you want to halt illegal immigration. No one wants to halt immigration when it's done by the book. But wide-open flood gates don't work when all factors are taken into account. Yes, some benefit from the low=cost labor that illegal immigrants provide, but the country suffers long term. Paul > - > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 10.0.1388 / Virus Database: 1516/3746 - Release Date: 07/05/11 > > > -- > 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 follow > the directions. -- 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 follow the directions.
Re: Happy Birthday
From: Larry Colen On Jul 6, 2011, at 8:27 AM, John Sessoms wrote: Ever notice when anyone complains about "illegals" coming into the country and "taking *OUR* jobs!!!", they never complain about the employers who hire them. Make it a felony to employ illegals and actually put some employers in jail. And don't give me that crap about "Illegals do the jobs Americans don't want." Bullshit! Illegals take the jobs where employers won't pay fair wages. And illegals have no recourse if you screw them on their pay. I hired someone to do some repairs on the property. Over the course of the project he had several laborers working for him. I noticed that the ones of latin descent worked a lot harder than the ones who appeared to have been born and raised here. I don't know about the immigration status of any of them. I say again, if you're going to go after "illegals" for trying to work, you better go after the employers as well. I got nothing against immigrants. I'm only saying the answer to the "problem" won't come from persecuting them while letting the employers walk away without so much as a slap on the wrist. Make the boss liable for his actions. If the worker is going to be deported for working here illegally, deport the boss who gave him the job too. And if he's working for a corporation, deport the CEO & the board of directors. - No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 10.0.1388 / Virus Database: 1516/3746 - Release Date: 07/05/11 -- 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 follow the directions.
Re: Happy Birthday
From: Bob Sullivan John, The legal threat of stiff fines is happening at Chipotle, the Mexican restaurant. You can read about it in the newspaper, but my local restaurant has had 100% turnover. There were no Hispanics working there the last time we visited. The sad commentary is that these folks were probably better employees than the gringos who replaced them. Regards, Bob S. Still, if you want to halt immigration by making it illegal for them to work, the only fair way to do that is by putting the employers in jail, rather than the employees. - No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 10.0.1388 / Virus Database: 1516/3746 - Release Date: 07/05/11 -- 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 follow the directions.
Re: PAW--Week 26--Grand Staircase (and a night in emergency)
From: "Christine Aguila" Thanks, Steve! Photography does get you out walking. And sometimes running too. - No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 10.0.1388 / Virus Database: 1516/3746 - Release Date: 07/05/11 -- 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 follow the directions.
Re: old lenses "feel"
I agree - but autofocus needs loose mechanism to move the lens elements quickly. I love my MF lens but as I teeter into my dotage and my eyes go milky, I'm learning to appreciate AF as well. - MCC - Original Message From: J.C. O'Connell To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Sent: Wed, July 6, 2011 12:52:11 PM Subject: old lenses "feel" I have yet to handle an autofocus lens that has the precision manual focus feel of the S-M-C taks. That's just one of the things lost with autofocus technology. -- J.C. O'Connell (mailto:hifis...@gate.net) Join the CD PLAYER & DISC Discussions : http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/cdplayers/ http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/cdsound/ -- 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 follow the directions. -- 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 follow the directions.
Re: google + and photography
It ain't so bad - I'm surprised there isn't an indemnification clause that makes the photographer liable to reimburse google for any expenses or liabilities associated with using the photographer's photos. MCC - Original Message From: Larry Colen To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Sent: Wed, July 6, 2011 3:23:17 PM Subject: google + and photography http://photofocus.com/2011/07/06/google-plus-read-the-fine-print-before-you-sign-up/ Makes the good point about "read the fine print before you sign up, or post anything". The short form is that if you post something to google+, they get to do what they want with it, without paying you. I haven't looked into the google+ photo sharing at any depth yet. I've got an account and have poked around a bit. The biggest advantages seem to be the user interface for sorting friends into groups (or circles) so that you can select who to share with, and that it isn't facebook. -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com sent from i4est -- 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 follow the directions. -- 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 follow the directions.
Re: OT - Hard Disk Oddity
I had 5 of these 500 gb My Books drives and they generally worked well. One drive failed and took it to a local shop and they pulled the drive and put it in a generic enclosure - worked fine with no problems. The generic enclosure didn't cost more than $25 IIRC. So - you might want to just back up the flaky drive and have it put in a new enclosure. If it still has problems then the drive itself is flaky and you may as well just get rid of it or relegate it to just data transfers or something. Otherwise, like mine, it may work fine. I have since upgraded to a couple of 3TB drives and 2 of the 500 GB drives to have two copies of everything - and I drop off one set of thethe drives at a local computer shop that has their own data center every few months to archive everything remotely. The remaining My Books are not getting much use - they join the 200 gb drives etc that are big enough to be useful to too small to be valuable... Good luck- -- MCC - Original Message From: John Sessoms To: pdml@pdml.net Sent: Tue, July 5, 2011 8:56:56 PM Subject: RE: OT - Hard Disk Oddity From: "Brian Walters" > G'day all > > For several months one of my external hard drives has been acting a bit > 'flaky'. > > The drive is permanently attached to the PC but when the computer boots > there is no sign of the drive in Windows Explorer. However, after about > 10-15 minutes, the autoplay window magically appears and the operating > system reads the drive, which then becomes available. The drive > continues to work properly thereafter - until the next boot when the > process starts over again. > > My question is whether the hard disk itself is on the way to hard disk > hell or whether the drive controller is likely to be the culprit. Or > could it be a faulty USB cable? Would it be worth extracting the drive > from its case and try installing it in a new case? The drive is about > three and a half years old. > > Note that I'm not relying on this drive as a primary back up any more, > but it is convenient if it keeps working. And I'm just curious as to > why the drive would be behaving like this. > -- 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 follow the directions.
Re: Like Derby, I've Been Blurbed Again
On Wed, 06 Jul 2011 20:53 -0400, "Bruce Walker" wrote: > > Terrific job, Brian. As Ann said, great pairings and layout. Little > touches like your short ruled line between image and caption; simple, > clean design. I like your image index at the back, eg rather than > cluttering up the images with extra text. > > Of course there's the images. Well, I'd have to shoot 24x7 for the next > decade to start coming up with work like this. Damn, I don't think I > like you anymore. ;-) You are being far too kind. I wasn't blowing air when I said there are far more innovative photographers on this list than me. Thanks for the comment on the layout. The idea for the index at the back was stolen from a book I have by Charlie Waite. I thought it was an effective way to index the images. Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://lyons-ryan.org/southernlight/ -- -- http://www.fastmail.fm - Send your email first class -- 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 follow the directions.
Re: Like Derby, I've Been Blurbed Again
On Wed, 06 Jul 2011 20:53 -0400, "Stan Halpin" wrote: > A noteworthy accomplishment and the book is a fine way to commemorate it. > Nicely done. (I also enjoyed going through your cross-country book.) > I do have one complaint though. Meg put together a scrapbook of sorts of > photos of her and her five roommates from college and the many reunions > they have had in the last 40+ years. We submitted it to Blurb on Tuesday > a.m., June 28, and didn't receive our FedEx delivery from Seattle until > today, Wednesday July 6. How is it that you got faster service? Well, getting here is all downhill. :-)> Thanks for looking, Stan. > > A more serious comment on Blurb: Meg has another roommate reunion coming > up next week, she wants to take the book with her, and it took us longer > to get the book together than originally planned. So we ordered six > copies at once rather than just the recommended first proof copy. No > problems. Good binding, good printing. Yes - there are local operations that do Photo Books and I probably should try them. But the ones I've looked at are just not competitive with Blurb on price and the they even cost more for postage. Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://lyons-ryan.org/southernlight/ > > stan > > On Jul 6, 2011, at 7:01 PM, Brian Walters wrote: > > > G'day all > > > > As I mentioned in my reply to Derby's recent post, Blurbing can be > > addictive! > > > > Having recently turned over 100 acceptances to the PPG, I thought it > > would be nice to have those in print. Hence "One Hundred Photos": > > > > http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/detail/2284776 > > > > I'm under no illusions about the quality of the photos - there are > > plenty of others on this list who are far more innovative than I. In > > fact, I'm no longer all that fond of some of the accepted photos but, > > damn it, they might be cliches but they're my cliches. > > > > Anyway, the printing quality and colour accuracy is spot for all but a > > couple of the images. Blurb's Book Smart software is a bit clunky but > > you can work around its limitations. It might not be possible to > > produce the professional layout that Mark achieved with the 2011 PDML > > Annual using In Design, but Book Smart can still produce an attractive > > looking product. > > > > I continue to be impressed by Blurb, not just for the printing but the > > overall speed and efficiency of the operation. I uploaded on Tuesday > > night June 28 and FedEx arrived on my doorstep with the finished product > > on Tuesday morning 5 July - six and a half days and that included a > > public holiday in the US. The delivery started in Seattle and proceeded > > via Oakland and Honolulu on it's way downunder. > > > > Now - what can I get printed next > > > > > > > > Cheers > > > > Brian > > > > ++ > > Brian Walters > > Western Sydney Australia > > http://lyons-ryan.org/southernlight/ > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > -- > > http://www.fastmail.fm - Same, same, but different... > > > > > > -- > > 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 > > follow the directions. > > > -- > 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 > follow the directions. > -- -- http://www.fastmail.fm - One of many happy users: http://www.fastmail.fm/docs/quotes.html -- 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 follow the directions.
Re: PESO -- Dueling Cameras; A Diptych.
On 11-07-06 8:56 PM, Brian Walters wrote: On Wed, 06 Jul 2011 20:32 -0400, "Bruce Walker" wrote: Gah! I feel so much better now. :-) Is is 'Rant Day' again? I'll have to check my calendar. :-)> That's what WR actually stands for: Wednesday Rant. -bmw -- 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 follow the directions.
Re: The Long Blue Line
Thanks, Christine and Brian! I have never seen that Britcom, although I like Atkins' work. He is so subtle. These cars are the NYPD police cars I remember from when I was young. There were also some of the more iconic black police cruisers at thes classic car night as well. And Red, and white and even green. Thanks for your kind comments as well, Brian and Christine. Dan On Wed, Jul 6, 2011 at 6:49 PM, Brian Walters wrote: > On Wed, 06 Jul 2011 13:11 -0500, "Christine Aguila" > wrote: >> Fun shot, Dan, and the cars are interesting. You know, there's a very >> funny >> British police sit-com called A Thin Blue Line with Rowan Atkins. > > > Yes - typical Atkinson blend of sarcastic and sardonic humour. Just the > sort of thing I like! > > The series lasted only 2 series, I think. I have the DVD somewhere - > about time I dug it out and watched again. > > Good shot, by the way, Dan. Brings back memories of the old 'Highway > Patrol" series starring Broderick Crawford, although that was in black > and white so the cars could have been painted in maroon for all I know. > > > > Cheers > > Brian > > ++ > Brian Walters > Western Sydney Australia > http://lyons-ryan.org/southernlight/ > > > >> >> - Original Message - >> From: "Daniel J. Matyola" >> To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" >> Sent: Wednesday, July 06, 2011 12:37 PM >> Subject: PESO: The Long Blue Line >> >> >> > http://blogs.delphiforums.com/n/blogs/blog.aspx?nav=main&webtag=djm1963&entry=109 >> > >> > Comments are welcome. >> > >> > -- >> > Dan Matyola >> > http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola >> > >> > -- >> > 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 >> > follow the directions. >> > >> >> >> -- >> 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 >> follow the directions. >> > -- > > > -- > http://www.fastmail.fm - A no graphics, no pop-ups email service > > > -- > 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 follow > the directions. > -- Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola -- 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 follow the directions.
Re: PESO -- Dueling Cameras; A Diptych.
On Wed, 06 Jul 2011 20:32 -0400, "Bruce Walker" wrote: > On 11-07-06 8:12 PM, P. J. Alling wrote: > > I went to the usual fireworks displays celebrating the Glorious > > Fourth, to take a batch of fireworks photos. > > > > I decided to try out a new technique, well old technique actually, the > > one recommended in just about every photography book I've ever read > > from the days of film... > > Seriously overexposed every one. Maybe I can salvage some of them. > > > > Still I brought along some equipment to do some crowd photography, > > usually there will be a few people who take the occasion just a little > > too far. Even that was sort of a bust. However in the fine PDML > > tradition of taking things completely out of context, well the > > tradition of the annual quotes list anyway. Let me present: > > > > http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1604247/PESO/PESO%20--%20duelingcamerasdiptych.html > > > > > > Equipment: Pentax K20D w/smc Pentax A*300mm f4.0 and smc Pentax F > > 1.7x AF adapter. > > > > > > As usual comments are welcome but may be totally ignored. > > > > I like 'em! Creative pairing, PJ. > > But I just have to remark on the RH shot. I *cannot* believe just how > many people I see doing what that woman is doing: shooting with the lens > hood mounted backwards. This is just so completely wrong, useless and > pointless. Do they think it's some kind of decoration? It impairs using > either the focus or the zoom ring (depending on the lens). It's *worse* > than just leaving the stupid thing at home, or tossing it in the garbage. > > I don't think there's a clearer sign of Total Cluelessness in a photog > than that one maneuver. (Maybe shooting with the price tags still > dangling off the camera body?) Might as well be wearing a sign that > says, "I shoulda bought a point'n'shoot." > > Gah! > > I feel so much better now. :-) > Is is 'Rant Day' again? I'll have to check my calendar. :-)> Nicely innovative pairing, Peter. Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://lyons-ryan.org/southernlight/ -- -- http://www.fastmail.fm - The professional email service -- 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 follow the directions.
Re: PESO: The Long Blue Line
Very blue, and there were two others that were identical. There were also white, red and green vintage police cars displayed at Classic Car Night that evening. This was not my favorite image from that night, but it is the one that became #66 in my Pentax Gallery, Thanks for looking, Jeffery. Dan On Wed, Jul 6, 2011 at 6:49 PM, Jeffery Johnson wrote: > It sure is blue... > > ___ > You can see my latest captures by visiting my Flickr page: > http://www.flickr.com/photos/jt-johnson/ > > > -Original Message- > From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of > Daniel J. Matyola > Sent: Wednesday, July 06, 2011 12:38 PM > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: PESO: The Long Blue Line > > http://blogs.delphiforums.com/n/blogs/blog.aspx?nav=main&webtag=djm1963&entr > y=109 > > Comments are welcome. > > -- > Dan Matyola > http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola > > -- > 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 > follow the directions. > > > -- > 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 follow > the directions. > -- Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola -- 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 follow the directions.
Re: PESO - Approval of Seal
Who wants cupcakes? me, me! On Wed, Jul 6, 2011 at 8:33 PM, Stan Halpin wrote: > > On Jul 6, 2011, at 6:57 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: > >> On Wed, Jul 6, 2011 at 3:32 PM, Ann Sanfedele wrote: >>> >>> >>> On 7/6/2011 18:29, Bruce Walker wrote: On 11-07-06 6:02 PM, Larry Colen wrote: > > On Jul 6, 2011, at 1:34 PM, Bruce Walker wrote: > >> I give this shot my own seal of approval. Good stuff! > > The flip response seems to be very popular, and no fluke. I can be even Flipper. I started this on porpoise. >>> >>> but you sea, it was my lion to begin with >> >> That's a whale of a tail, but I can't sea how it would be otterwise. >> > Looks like a casual wave to me. > > stan > > -- > 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 follow > the directions. > -- Steve Desjardins -- 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 follow the directions.
Re: Like Derby, I've Been Blurbed Again
A noteworthy accomplishment and the book is a fine way to commemorate it. Nicely done. (I also enjoyed going through your cross-country book.) I do have one complaint though. Meg put together a scrapbook of sorts of photos of her and her five roommates from college and the many reunions they have had in the last 40+ years. We submitted it to Blurb on Tuesday a.m., June 28, and didn't receive our FedEx delivery from Seattle until today, Wednesday July 6. How is it that you got faster service? A more serious comment on Blurb: Meg has another roommate reunion coming up next week, she wants to take the book with her, and it took us longer to get the book together than originally planned. So we ordered six copies at once rather than just the recommended first proof copy. No problems. Good binding, good printing. stan On Jul 6, 2011, at 7:01 PM, Brian Walters wrote: > G'day all > > As I mentioned in my reply to Derby's recent post, Blurbing can be > addictive! > > Having recently turned over 100 acceptances to the PPG, I thought it > would be nice to have those in print. Hence "One Hundred Photos": > > http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/detail/2284776 > > I'm under no illusions about the quality of the photos - there are > plenty of others on this list who are far more innovative than I. In > fact, I'm no longer all that fond of some of the accepted photos but, > damn it, they might be cliches but they're my cliches. > > Anyway, the printing quality and colour accuracy is spot for all but a > couple of the images. Blurb's Book Smart software is a bit clunky but > you can work around its limitations. It might not be possible to > produce the professional layout that Mark achieved with the 2011 PDML > Annual using In Design, but Book Smart can still produce an attractive > looking product. > > I continue to be impressed by Blurb, not just for the printing but the > overall speed and efficiency of the operation. I uploaded on Tuesday > night June 28 and FedEx arrived on my doorstep with the finished product > on Tuesday morning 5 July - six and a half days and that included a > public holiday in the US. The delivery started in Seattle and proceeded > via Oakland and Honolulu on it's way downunder. > > Now - what can I get printed next > > > > Cheers > > Brian > > ++ > Brian Walters > Western Sydney Australia > http://lyons-ryan.org/southernlight/ > > > > > > -- > > > -- > http://www.fastmail.fm - Same, same, but different... > > > -- > 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 follow > the directions. -- 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 follow the directions.
Re: Meet frank
Berry Nice (someone had to say it) On Wed, Jul 6, 2011 at 7:00 PM, Brian Walters wrote: > On Wed, 06 Jul 2011 19:28 +, "Collin Brendemuehl" > wrote: >> Here he is. >> http://brendemuehl.net/images/frank/frank1.jpg >> > > > > Interesting work. > > That reminds me that I once fitted a Konica Hexanon 55 mm macro lens to > K mount. The interesting thing was that I didn't need to modify > anything. For some reason, the lens attached directly to a no-name > K-mount extension tube, probably because of slack manufacturing > tolerances on the tube. The lens wouldn't mount directly to the Pentax > body. > > No infinity focus, of course, but that's not all that important with a > macro lens. Here's a photo: > > http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1370864/Hexanon-Pentax.jpg > > I don't use this combination much because my 90 mm Tamron macro is more > convenient . > > > > Cheers > > Brian > > ++ > Brian Walters > Western Sydney Australia > http://lyons-ryan.org/southernlight/ > > > >> A shot taken with Frank. f2, perhaps slightly overexposed. >> http://brendemuehl.net/images/frank/berry.jpg >> >> The center. >> http://brendemuehl.net/images/frank/center.jpg >> >> This was pretty simple because the Minolta mount on this lens was in 2 >> pieces. Behind the camera mount is another support ring. >> Both the ring and the K mount had a rib which had to be milled off. >> Even so, the ring does need to be another 1mm thinner for infinity focus. >> >> Minolta used 8 screws on the lens mount. 4 attached the mount to the >> support ring and 4 went through the support ring to the lens body. >> I left out the holes for the 4 into the ring and just used the 4 longer >> ones that went through to the lens body. That's enough for this weight >> of lens. It might be easier to have a pro with a mill do the actual >> work on the mount and ring. Perhaps I will hire an engineer to finish >> it. >> >> Also, put a hold for the mounting screw near the red dot. That allowed >> me to attach to the lens body close to the center of the aperture scale >> for near-proper alignment. >> >> Still, it "works" for close stuff. >> >> >> Sincerely, >> >> Collin Brendemuehl >> http://kerygmainstitute.org >> >> "He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose" >> -- Jim Elliott >> >> > -- > > > -- > http://www.fastmail.fm - Email service worth paying for. Try it for free > > > -- > 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 follow > the directions. > -- Steve Desjardins -- 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 follow the directions.
Re: Like Derby, I've Been Blurbed Again
On 11-07-06 7:01 PM, Brian Walters wrote: G'day all As I mentioned in my reply to Derby's recent post, Blurbing can be addictive! Having recently turned over 100 acceptances to the PPG, I thought it would be nice to have those in print. Hence "One Hundred Photos": http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/detail/2284776 I'm under no illusions about the quality of the photos - there are plenty of others on this list who are far more innovative than I. In fact, I'm no longer all that fond of some of the accepted photos but, damn it, they might be cliches but they're my cliches. Anyway, the printing quality and colour accuracy is spot for all but a couple of the images. Blurb's Book Smart software is a bit clunky but you can work around its limitations. It might not be possible to produce the professional layout that Mark achieved with the 2011 PDML Annual using In Design, but Book Smart can still produce an attractive looking product. I continue to be impressed by Blurb, not just for the printing but the overall speed and efficiency of the operation. I uploaded on Tuesday night June 28 and FedEx arrived on my doorstep with the finished product on Tuesday morning 5 July - six and a half days and that included a public holiday in the US. The delivery started in Seattle and proceeded via Oakland and Honolulu on it's way downunder. Now - what can I get printed next Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://lyons-ryan.org/southernlight/ Terrific job, Brian. As Ann said, great pairings and layout. Little touches like your short ruled line between image and caption; simple, clean design. I like your image index at the back, eg rather than cluttering up the images with extra text. Of course there's the images. Well, I'd have to shoot 24x7 for the next decade to start coming up with work like this. Damn, I don't think I like you anymore. ;-) -bmw -- 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 follow the directions.
Re: PESO -- Dueling Cameras; A Diptych.
It's not the equipment; it's the photographer. (Snicker) On Wed, Jul 6, 2011 at 8:40 PM, Christine Aguila wrote: > I didn't realize that many people make the lens hood mistake. I'm trying not > to giggle here. Cheers, Christine > > > > On Jul 6, 2011, at 7:36 PM, Stan Halpin wrote: > >> >> On Jul 6, 2011, at 8:32 PM, Bruce Walker wrote: >> >>> On 11-07-06 8:12 PM, P. J. Alling wrote: I went to the usual fireworks displays celebrating the Glorious Fourth, to take a batch of fireworks photos. I decided to try out a new technique, well old technique actually, the one recommended in just about every photography book I've ever read from the days of film... Seriously overexposed every one. Maybe I can salvage some of them. Still I brought along some equipment to do some crowd photography, usually there will be a few people who take the occasion just a little too far. Even that was sort of a bust. However in the fine PDML tradition of taking things completely out of context, well the tradition of the annual quotes list anyway. Let me present: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1604247/PESO/PESO%20--%20duelingcamerasdiptych.html Equipment: Pentax K20D w/smc Pentax A*300mm f4.0 and smc Pentax F 1.7x AF adapter. As usual comments are welcome but may be totally ignored. >>> >>> I like 'em! Creative pairing, PJ. >>> >>> But I just have to remark on the RH shot. I *cannot* believe just how many >>> people I see doing what that woman is doing: shooting with the lens hood >>> mounted backwards. This is just so completely wrong, useless and pointless. >>> Do they think it's some kind of decoration? It impairs using either the >>> focus or the zoom ring (depending on the lens). It's *worse* than just >>> leaving the stupid thing at home, or tossing it in the garbage. >>> >>> I don't think there's a clearer sign of Total Cluelessness in a photog than >>> that one maneuver. (Maybe shooting with the price tags still dangling off >>> the camera body?) Might as well be wearing a sign that says, "I shoulda >>> bought a point'n'shoot." >>> >>> Gah! >>> >>> I feel so much better now. :-) >>> >>> -bmw >>> >> >> Thank you Bruce! Well said. Double gah! >> >> stan >> >> >> -- >> 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 >> follow the directions. >> > > -- > 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 follow > the directions. > -- Steve Desjardins -- 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 follow the directions.
Re: Like Derby, I've Been Blurbed Again
On Wed, 06 Jul 2011 20:11 -0400, "Ann Sanfedele" wrote: > I think it is pretty damn stunning - beautifully paired and laid out... > Some very handsome shots I haven't seen before and others that I've seen > quite often. (Having all three annuals , of course!) > > As we discussed off list, one gets tired of ones favorites sometimes and > look at some with a jaundiced eye, but what is particularly nice was > that your "theme" allows for variety. Much like one limited by the > amount of time spent on one place.. as opposed to subject matter such as > beaches, dogs, planes or plains, trains, autos, etc. > > I like it. > Thanks for looking, Ann. Yes, it was good to be able to include some variety in the layout to break up the predominance of landscape images. I appreciate the comments. Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://lyons-ryan.org/southernlight/ > > On 7/6/2011 19:01, Brian Walters wrote: > > G'day all > > > > As I mentioned in my reply to Derby's recent post, Blurbing can be > > addictive! > > > > Having recently turned over 100 acceptances to the PPG, I thought it > > would be nice to have those in print. Hence "One Hundred Photos": > > > > http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/detail/2284776 > > > > I'm under no illusions about the quality of the photos - there are > > plenty of others on this list who are far more innovative than I. In > > fact, I'm no longer all that fond of some of the accepted photos but, > > damn it, they might be cliches but they're my cliches. > > > > > Anyway, the printing quality and colour accuracy is spot for all but a > > couple of the images. Blurb's Book Smart software is a bit clunky but > > you can work around its limitations. It might not be possible to > > produce the professional layout that Mark achieved with the 2011 PDML > > Annual using In Design, but Book Smart can still produce an attractive > > looking product. > > > > I continue to be impressed by Blurb, not just for the printing but the > > overall speed and efficiency of the operation. I uploaded on Tuesday > > night June 28 and FedEx arrived on my doorstep with the finished product > > on Tuesday morning 5 July - six and a half days and that included a > > public holiday in the US. The delivery started in Seattle and proceeded > > via Oakland and Honolulu on it's way downunder. > > > > Now - what can I get printed next > > > > > > -- -- http://www.fastmail.fm - Does exactly what it says on the tin -- 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 follow the directions.
Re: PESO -- Dueling Cameras; A Diptych.
I didn't realize that many people make the lens hood mistake. I'm trying not to giggle here. Cheers, Christine On Jul 6, 2011, at 7:36 PM, Stan Halpin wrote: > > On Jul 6, 2011, at 8:32 PM, Bruce Walker wrote: > >> On 11-07-06 8:12 PM, P. J. Alling wrote: >>> I went to the usual fireworks displays celebrating the Glorious Fourth, to >>> take a batch of fireworks photos. >>> >>> I decided to try out a new technique, well old technique actually, the one >>> recommended in just about every photography book I've ever read from the >>> days of film... >>> Seriously overexposed every one. Maybe I can salvage some of them. >>> >>> Still I brought along some equipment to do some crowd photography, usually >>> there will be a few people who take the occasion just a little too far. >>> Even that was sort of a bust. However in the fine PDML tradition of taking >>> things completely out of context, well the tradition of the annual quotes >>> list anyway. Let me present: >>> >>> http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1604247/PESO/PESO%20--%20duelingcamerasdiptych.html >>> >>> Equipment: Pentax K20D w/smc Pentax A*300mm f4.0 and smc Pentax F 1.7x AF >>> adapter. >>> >>> >>> As usual comments are welcome but may be totally ignored. >>> >> >> I like 'em! Creative pairing, PJ. >> >> But I just have to remark on the RH shot. I *cannot* believe just how many >> people I see doing what that woman is doing: shooting with the lens hood >> mounted backwards. This is just so completely wrong, useless and pointless. >> Do they think it's some kind of decoration? It impairs using either the >> focus or the zoom ring (depending on the lens). It's *worse* than just >> leaving the stupid thing at home, or tossing it in the garbage. >> >> I don't think there's a clearer sign of Total Cluelessness in a photog than >> that one maneuver. (Maybe shooting with the price tags still dangling off >> the camera body?) Might as well be wearing a sign that says, "I shoulda >> bought a point'n'shoot." >> >> Gah! >> >> I feel so much better now. :-) >> >> -bmw >> > > Thank you Bruce! Well said. Double gah! > > stan > > > -- > 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 follow > the directions. > -- 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 follow the directions.
Re: PESO - Moth
On Wed, 06 Jul 2011 11:38 -0400, "frank theriault" wrote: > There were thousands upon thousands of these all over the park by the > lake this past weekend. From afar they just look like purple-winged > moths, about and inch or two long. It's only when you get closer up > that you see their orange heads and iridescent abdomens (I think > that's the abdomen - below the head). They spend most of their time > in the air, and if they're perched they will flit off once you get > closer than about 2 or 3 feet, so I didn't get as many good shots as > I'd have liked. This one was one of the better ones: > > http://knarfdummyblog.blogspot.com/2011/07/moth.html > > Hope you enjoy. The insect-catching birds certainly enjoyed; they > were having a field day! Excellent - I like the detail in the 'feelers' (if that's what they're called) Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://lyons-ryan.org/southernlight/ -- -- http://www.fastmail.fm - Choose from over 50 domains or use your own -- 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 follow the directions.
Re: PESO 2011 - 109 - GDG
On Wed, 06 Jul 2011 10:19 -0500, "Christine Aguila" wrote: > You know, I've never taken one of these shots. Might try it after my mid > summer manicure! Cheers, Christine > Me neither, but it seems to be one of Mike Johnston's favourite shots (at least with film) if this post is anything to go on: http://theonlinephotographer.typepad.com/the_online_photographer/2011/07/the-major-difference-between-digital-and-film.html? Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://lyons-ryan.org/southernlight/ > > - Original Message - > From: "Godfrey DiGiorgi" > To: "DUG" ; "PAW Picture-A-Week > project" > ; "SeePhoto Talk" ; "PDML List" > ; "BAPhotoShooters" > Sent: Wednesday, July 06, 2011 8:34 AM > Subject: PESO 2011 - 109 - GDG > > > > Had to laugh when I saw this, seems to be many photographers' most > > photographed subject ... > > > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/gdgphoto/5906738889/lightbox/ > > or > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/gdgphoto/5906738889/ > > > > Thanks for looking. Comments always appreciated. > > > > enjoy! > > Godfrey > > -- -- http://www.fastmail.fm - Access your email from home and the web -- 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 follow the directions.
Re: PESO -- Dueling Cameras; A Diptych.
What Christine said. Excellent. Paul On Jul 6, 2011, at 8:34 PM, Christine Aguila wrote: > That's great, Peter. Really got a chuckle out of that one! Cheers, Christine > > > > On Jul 6, 2011, at 7:12 PM, "P. J. Alling" wrote: > >> I went to the usual fireworks displays celebrating the Glorious Fourth, to >> take a batch of fireworks photos. >> >> I decided to try out a new technique, well old technique actually, the one >> recommended in just about every photography book I've ever read from the >> days of film... >> Seriously overexposed every one. Maybe I can salvage some of them. >> >> Still I brought along some equipment to do some crowd photography, usually >> there will be a few people who take the occasion just a little too far. >> Even that was sort of a bust. However in the fine PDML tradition of taking >> things completely out of context, well the tradition of the annual quotes >> list anyway. Let me present: >> >> http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1604247/PESO/PESO%20--%20duelingcamerasdiptych.html >> >> Equipment: Pentax K20D w/smc Pentax A*300mm f4.0 and smc Pentax F 1.7x AF >> adapter. >> >> >> As usual comments are welcome but may be totally ignored. >> >> -- >> Where's the Kaboom? There was supposed to be an Earth-shattering Kaboom! >> >> --Marvin the Martian. >> >> >> -- >> 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 >> follow the directions. >> > > -- > 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 follow > the directions. -- 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 follow the directions.
Re: PESO -- Dueling Cameras; A Diptych.
On Jul 6, 2011, at 8:32 PM, Bruce Walker wrote: > On 11-07-06 8:12 PM, P. J. Alling wrote: >> I went to the usual fireworks displays celebrating the Glorious Fourth, to >> take a batch of fireworks photos. >> >> I decided to try out a new technique, well old technique actually, the one >> recommended in just about every photography book I've ever read from the >> days of film... >> Seriously overexposed every one. Maybe I can salvage some of them. >> >> Still I brought along some equipment to do some crowd photography, usually >> there will be a few people who take the occasion just a little too far. >> Even that was sort of a bust. However in the fine PDML tradition of taking >> things completely out of context, well the tradition of the annual quotes >> list anyway. Let me present: >> >> http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1604247/PESO/PESO%20--%20duelingcamerasdiptych.html >> >> Equipment: Pentax K20D w/smc Pentax A*300mm f4.0 and smc Pentax F 1.7x AF >> adapter. >> >> >> As usual comments are welcome but may be totally ignored. >> > > I like 'em! Creative pairing, PJ. > > But I just have to remark on the RH shot. I *cannot* believe just how many > people I see doing what that woman is doing: shooting with the lens hood > mounted backwards. This is just so completely wrong, useless and pointless. > Do they think it's some kind of decoration? It impairs using either the focus > or the zoom ring (depending on the lens). It's *worse* than just leaving the > stupid thing at home, or tossing it in the garbage. > > I don't think there's a clearer sign of Total Cluelessness in a photog than > that one maneuver. (Maybe shooting with the price tags still dangling off the > camera body?) Might as well be wearing a sign that says, "I shoulda bought a > point'n'shoot." > > Gah! > > I feel so much better now. :-) > > -bmw > Thank you Bruce! Well said. Double gah! stan -- 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 follow the directions.
Re: PESO -- Dueling Cameras; A Diptych.
That's great, Peter. Really got a chuckle out of that one! Cheers, Christine On Jul 6, 2011, at 7:12 PM, "P. J. Alling" wrote: > I went to the usual fireworks displays celebrating the Glorious Fourth, to > take a batch of fireworks photos. > > I decided to try out a new technique, well old technique actually, the one > recommended in just about every photography book I've ever read from the days > of film... > Seriously overexposed every one. Maybe I can salvage some of them. > > Still I brought along some equipment to do some crowd photography, usually > there will be a few people who take the occasion just a little too far. Even > that was sort of a bust. However in the fine PDML tradition of taking things > completely out of context, well the tradition of the annual quotes list > anyway. Let me present: > > http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1604247/PESO/PESO%20--%20duelingcamerasdiptych.html > > Equipment: Pentax K20D w/smc Pentax A*300mm f4.0 and smc Pentax F 1.7x AF > adapter. > > > As usual comments are welcome but may be totally ignored. > > -- > Where's the Kaboom? There was supposed to be an Earth-shattering Kaboom! > >--Marvin the Martian. > > > -- > 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 follow > the directions. > -- 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 follow the directions.
Re: PESO - Approval of Seal
On Jul 6, 2011, at 6:57 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: > On Wed, Jul 6, 2011 at 3:32 PM, Ann Sanfedele wrote: >> >> >> On 7/6/2011 18:29, Bruce Walker wrote: >>> >>> On 11-07-06 6:02 PM, Larry Colen wrote: On Jul 6, 2011, at 1:34 PM, Bruce Walker wrote: > I give this shot my own seal of approval. Good stuff! The flip response seems to be very popular, and no fluke. >>> >>> I can be even Flipper. I started this on porpoise. >> >> but you sea, it was my lion to begin with > > That's a whale of a tail, but I can't sea how it would be otterwise. > Looks like a casual wave to me. stan -- 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 follow the directions.
Re: PESO - Cedar Waxwings?
On Sun, 03 Jul 2011 17:15 -0400, "frank theriault" wrote: > I ~think~ that's what these beautiful birds are - except that I don't > see the red wingtips that Cedar Waxwings are supposed to have. > Otherwise, they look exactly like photos I've seen of that species: > > http://knarfdummyblog.blogspot.com/2011/07/cedar-waxwings.html > > Whatever they are, they're quite beautiful. If you can confirm or > tell me what they are I'd be most appreciative. That's just great. I don't think the slight overexposure on the foreground foliage detracts - it just helps focus on the birds, which are quite beautiful. Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://lyons-ryan.org/southernlight/ > > Hope you enjoy. Comments welcome. > > cheers, > frank > > -- > "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson > > -- -- -- http://www.fastmail.fm - Accessible with your email software or over the web -- 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 follow the directions.
Re: PESO -- Dueling Cameras; A Diptych.
On 11-07-06 8:12 PM, P. J. Alling wrote: I went to the usual fireworks displays celebrating the Glorious Fourth, to take a batch of fireworks photos. I decided to try out a new technique, well old technique actually, the one recommended in just about every photography book I've ever read from the days of film... Seriously overexposed every one. Maybe I can salvage some of them. Still I brought along some equipment to do some crowd photography, usually there will be a few people who take the occasion just a little too far. Even that was sort of a bust. However in the fine PDML tradition of taking things completely out of context, well the tradition of the annual quotes list anyway. Let me present: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1604247/PESO/PESO%20--%20duelingcamerasdiptych.html Equipment: Pentax K20D w/smc Pentax A*300mm f4.0 and smc Pentax F 1.7x AF adapter. As usual comments are welcome but may be totally ignored. I like 'em! Creative pairing, PJ. But I just have to remark on the RH shot. I *cannot* believe just how many people I see doing what that woman is doing: shooting with the lens hood mounted backwards. This is just so completely wrong, useless and pointless. Do they think it's some kind of decoration? It impairs using either the focus or the zoom ring (depending on the lens). It's *worse* than just leaving the stupid thing at home, or tossing it in the garbage. I don't think there's a clearer sign of Total Cluelessness in a photog than that one maneuver. (Maybe shooting with the price tags still dangling off the camera body?) Might as well be wearing a sign that says, "I shoulda bought a point'n'shoot." Gah! I feel so much better now. :-) -bmw -- 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 follow the directions.
Re: PESO -- Dueling Cameras; A Diptych.
On Jul 6, 2011, at 8:12 PM, P. J. Alling wrote: > I went to the usual fireworks displays celebrating the Glorious Fourth, to > take a batch of fireworks photos. > > I decided to try out a new technique, well old technique actually, the one > recommended in just about every photography book I've ever read from the days > of film... > Seriously overexposed every one. Maybe I can salvage some of them. > > Still I brought along some equipment to do some crowd photography, usually > there will be a few people who take the occasion just a little too far. Even > that was sort of a bust. However in the fine PDML tradition of taking things > completely out of context, well the tradition of the annual quotes list > anyway. Let me present: > > http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1604247/PESO/PESO%20--%20duelingcamerasdiptych.html > > Equipment: Pentax K20D w/smc Pentax A*300mm f4.0 and smc Pentax F 1.7x AF > adapter. > > > As usual comments are welcome but may be totally ignored. > It is clear who the winner will be! If Canon has taught us anything, it is that White is the color of Professional image-making devices. stan -- 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 follow the directions.
Re: PESO -- Dueling Cameras; A Diptych.
Cute:-) ann On 7/6/2011 20:12, P. J. Alling wrote: I went to the usual fireworks displays celebrating the Glorious Fourth, to take a batch of fireworks photos. I decided to try out a new technique, well old technique actually, the one recommended in just about every photography book I've ever read from the days of film... Seriously overexposed every one. Maybe I can salvage some of them. Still I brought along some equipment to do some crowd photography, usually there will be a few people who take the occasion just a little too far. Even that was sort of a bust. However in the fine PDML tradition of taking things completely out of context, well the tradition of the annual quotes list anyway. Let me present: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1604247/PESO/PESO%20--%20duelingcamerasdiptych.html Equipment: Pentax K20D w/smc Pentax A*300mm f4.0 and smc Pentax F 1.7x AF adapter. As usual comments are welcome but may be totally ignored. -- 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 follow the directions.
Re: Like Derby, I've Been Blurbed Again
I think it is pretty damn stunning - beautifully paired and laid out... Some very handsome shots I haven't seen before and others that I've seen quite often. (Having all three annuals , of course!) As we discussed off list, one gets tired of ones favorites sometimes and look at some with a jaundiced eye, but what is particularly nice was that your "theme" allows for variety. Much like one limited by the amount of time spent on one place.. as opposed to subject matter such as beaches, dogs, planes or plains, trains, autos, etc. I like it. ann On 7/6/2011 19:01, Brian Walters wrote: G'day all As I mentioned in my reply to Derby's recent post, Blurbing can be addictive! Having recently turned over 100 acceptances to the PPG, I thought it would be nice to have those in print. Hence "One Hundred Photos": http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/detail/2284776 I'm under no illusions about the quality of the photos - there are plenty of others on this list who are far more innovative than I. In fact, I'm no longer all that fond of some of the accepted photos but, damn it, they might be cliches but they're my cliches. Anyway, the printing quality and colour accuracy is spot for all but a couple of the images. Blurb's Book Smart software is a bit clunky but you can work around its limitations. It might not be possible to produce the professional layout that Mark achieved with the 2011 PDML Annual using In Design, but Book Smart can still produce an attractive looking product. I continue to be impressed by Blurb, not just for the printing but the overall speed and efficiency of the operation. I uploaded on Tuesday night June 28 and FedEx arrived on my doorstep with the finished product on Tuesday morning 5 July - six and a half days and that included a public holiday in the US. The delivery started in Seattle and proceeded via Oakland and Honolulu on it's way downunder. Now - what can I get printed next Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://lyons-ryan.org/southernlight/ -- 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 follow the directions.
PESO -- Dueling Cameras; A Diptych.
I went to the usual fireworks displays celebrating the Glorious Fourth, to take a batch of fireworks photos. I decided to try out a new technique, well old technique actually, the one recommended in just about every photography book I've ever read from the days of film... Seriously overexposed every one. Maybe I can salvage some of them. Still I brought along some equipment to do some crowd photography, usually there will be a few people who take the occasion just a little too far. Even that was sort of a bust. However in the fine PDML tradition of taking things completely out of context, well the tradition of the annual quotes list anyway. Let me present: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1604247/PESO/PESO%20--%20duelingcamerasdiptych.html Equipment: Pentax K20D w/smc Pentax A*300mm f4.0 and smc Pentax F 1.7x AF adapter. As usual comments are welcome but may be totally ignored. -- Where's the Kaboom? There was supposed to be an Earth-shattering Kaboom! --Marvin the Martian. -- 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 follow the directions.
Re: Happy Birthday
On 05/07/2011 9:19 PM, Bob Sullivan wrote: I fit in too many of those categories to want to make an issue of it. I suspect he is talking about the floods of Mexican migrant farm labourers who are taking jobs from Americans. Except that a few states have passed laws making hiring migrants illegal and it turns out that Americans don't want to do farm labour, and so crops are rotting in the fields of states like Florida, Georgia, Arizona. And we'll all pay more for food because of it. -- William Robb -- 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 follow the directions.
Re: OT - Hard Disk Oddity
On Wed, 06 Jul 2011 11:30 -0400, "Bruce Walker" wrote: > Brian, while you are doing the other suggested things to try, make sure > the firmware in your WD MyBook is up-to-date. Older MyBooks had a > number of bizarre failure modes like quietly going offline and needing a > power cycle to "wake up". All symptoms fixed after the 2010 vintage > firmware update. I have 4 WD MyBooks and all needed the firmware to > work properly with my Macs. > > BTW, they are all fine now, no snooziness. (Quickly finds wood to touch > ...) > That's interesting. I never even considered a firmware upgrade. I'll check out the WD website. I'll also follow up John's suggestion re the power supply. WD seems to have problems with power supplies that aren't restricted to 'My Book'. I had a WD 'Essentials' drive (the one that died suddenly a few weeks back). I went through two powers supplies on that one, one of which was replaced under warranty. Checking on line I found that the problem was anything but uncommon. Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://lyons-ryan.org/southernlight/ -- -- http://www.fastmail.fm - A no graphics, no pop-ups email service -- 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 follow the directions.
Like Derby, I've Been Blurbed Again
G'day all As I mentioned in my reply to Derby's recent post, Blurbing can be addictive! Having recently turned over 100 acceptances to the PPG, I thought it would be nice to have those in print. Hence "One Hundred Photos": http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/detail/2284776 I'm under no illusions about the quality of the photos - there are plenty of others on this list who are far more innovative than I. In fact, I'm no longer all that fond of some of the accepted photos but, damn it, they might be cliches but they're my cliches. Anyway, the printing quality and colour accuracy is spot for all but a couple of the images. Blurb's Book Smart software is a bit clunky but you can work around its limitations. It might not be possible to produce the professional layout that Mark achieved with the 2011 PDML Annual using In Design, but Book Smart can still produce an attractive looking product. I continue to be impressed by Blurb, not just for the printing but the overall speed and efficiency of the operation. I uploaded on Tuesday night June 28 and FedEx arrived on my doorstep with the finished product on Tuesday morning 5 July - six and a half days and that included a public holiday in the US. The delivery started in Seattle and proceeded via Oakland and Honolulu on it's way downunder. Now - what can I get printed next Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://lyons-ryan.org/southernlight/ -- -- http://www.fastmail.fm - Same, same, but different... -- 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 follow the directions.
Re: Meet frank
On Wed, 06 Jul 2011 19:28 +, "Collin Brendemuehl" wrote: > Here he is. > http://brendemuehl.net/images/frank/frank1.jpg > Interesting work. That reminds me that I once fitted a Konica Hexanon 55 mm macro lens to K mount. The interesting thing was that I didn't need to modify anything. For some reason, the lens attached directly to a no-name K-mount extension tube, probably because of slack manufacturing tolerances on the tube. The lens wouldn't mount directly to the Pentax body. No infinity focus, of course, but that's not all that important with a macro lens. Here's a photo: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1370864/Hexanon-Pentax.jpg I don't use this combination much because my 90 mm Tamron macro is more convenient . Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://lyons-ryan.org/southernlight/ > A shot taken with Frank. f2, perhaps slightly overexposed. > http://brendemuehl.net/images/frank/berry.jpg > > The center. > http://brendemuehl.net/images/frank/center.jpg > > This was pretty simple because the Minolta mount on this lens was in 2 > pieces. Behind the camera mount is another support ring. > Both the ring and the K mount had a rib which had to be milled off. > Even so, the ring does need to be another 1mm thinner for infinity focus. > > Minolta used 8 screws on the lens mount. 4 attached the mount to the > support ring and 4 went through the support ring to the lens body. > I left out the holes for the 4 into the ring and just used the 4 longer > ones that went through to the lens body. That's enough for this weight > of lens. It might be easier to have a pro with a mill do the actual > work on the mount and ring. Perhaps I will hire an engineer to finish > it. > > Also, put a hold for the mounting screw near the red dot. That allowed > me to attach to the lens body close to the center of the aperture scale > for near-proper alignment. > > Still, it "works" for close stuff. > > > Sincerely, > > Collin Brendemuehl > http://kerygmainstitute.org > > "He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose" > -- Jim Elliott > > -- -- http://www.fastmail.fm - Email service worth paying for. Try it for free -- 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 follow the directions.
Re: PESO - Approval of Seal
On Wed, Jul 6, 2011 at 3:32 PM, Ann Sanfedele wrote: > > > On 7/6/2011 18:29, Bruce Walker wrote: >> >> On 11-07-06 6:02 PM, Larry Colen wrote: >>> >>> On Jul 6, 2011, at 1:34 PM, Bruce Walker wrote: >>> I give this shot my own seal of approval. Good stuff! >>> >>> The flip response seems to be very popular, and no fluke. >> >> I can be even Flipper. I started this on porpoise. > > but you sea, it was my lion to begin with That's a whale of a tail, but I can't sea how it would be otterwise. -- Godfrey godfreydigiorgi.posterous.com -- 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 follow the directions.
Re: The Long Blue Line
Atkins was brilliant but that supporting cast was just as brilliant! Cheers, Christine On Jul 6, 2011, at 5:49 PM, "Brian Walters" wrote: > On Wed, 06 Jul 2011 13:11 -0500, "Christine Aguila" > wrote: >> Fun shot, Dan, and the cars are interesting. You know, there's a very >> funny >> British police sit-com called A Thin Blue Line with Rowan Atkins. > > > Yes - typical Atkinson blend of sarcastic and sardonic humour. Just the > sort of thing I like! > > The series lasted only 2 series, I think. I have the DVD somewhere - > about time I dug it out and watched again. > > Good shot, by the way, Dan. Brings back memories of the old 'Highway > Patrol" series starring Broderick Crawford, although that was in black > and white so the cars could have been painted in maroon for all I know. > > > > Cheers > > Brian > > ++ > Brian Walters > Western Sydney Australia > http://lyons-ryan.org/southernlight/ > > > >> >> - Original Message - >> From: "Daniel J. Matyola" >> To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" >> Sent: Wednesday, July 06, 2011 12:37 PM >> Subject: PESO: The Long Blue Line >> >> >>> http://blogs.delphiforums.com/n/blogs/blog.aspx?nav=main&webtag=djm1963&entry=109 >>> >>> Comments are welcome. >>> >>> -- >>> Dan Matyola >>> http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola >>> >>> -- >>> 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 >>> follow the directions. >>> >> >> >> -- >> 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 >> follow the directions. >> > -- > > > -- > http://www.fastmail.fm - A no graphics, no pop-ups email service > > > -- > 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 follow > the directions. > -- 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 follow the directions.
RE: PESO - Moth
Neat moth capture I would have had a field day attempting to get a capture of these moths. ___ You can see my latest captures by visiting my Flickr page: http://www.flickr.com/photos/jt-johnson/ -Original Message- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of frank theriault Sent: Wednesday, July 06, 2011 10:39 AM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: PESO - Moth There were thousands upon thousands of these all over the park by the lake this past weekend. From afar they just look like purple-winged moths, about and inch or two long. It's only when you get closer up that you see their orange heads and iridescent abdomens (I think that's the abdomen - below the head). They spend most of their time in the air, and if they're perched they will flit off once you get closer than about 2 or 3 feet, so I didn't get as many good shots as I'd have liked. This one was one of the better ones: http://knarfdummyblog.blogspot.com/2011/07/moth.html Hope you enjoy. The insect-catching birds certainly enjoyed; they were having a field day! Comments welcome. cheers, frank -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- 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 follow the directions. -- 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 follow the directions.
RE: PESO: The Long Blue Line
It sure is blue... ___ You can see my latest captures by visiting my Flickr page: http://www.flickr.com/photos/jt-johnson/ -Original Message- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Daniel J. Matyola Sent: Wednesday, July 06, 2011 12:38 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: PESO: The Long Blue Line http://blogs.delphiforums.com/n/blogs/blog.aspx?nav=main&webtag=djm1963&entr y=109 Comments are welcome. -- Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola -- 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 follow the directions. -- 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 follow the directions.
RE: Meet frank
Looks more like a George... ___ You can see my latest captures by visiting my Flickr page: http://www.flickr.com/photos/jt-johnson/ -Original Message- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Collin Brendemuehl Sent: Wednesday, July 06, 2011 2:28 PM To: pdml Subject: Meet frank Here he is. http://brendemuehl.net/images/frank/frank1.jpg A shot taken with Frank. f2, perhaps slightly overexposed. http://brendemuehl.net/images/frank/berry.jpg The center. http://brendemuehl.net/images/frank/center.jpg This was pretty simple because the Minolta mount on this lens was in 2 pieces. Behind the camera mount is another support ring. Both the ring and the K mount had a rib which had to be milled off. Even so, the ring does need to be another 1mm thinner for infinity focus. Minolta used 8 screws on the lens mount. 4 attached the mount to the support ring and 4 went through the support ring to the lens body. I left out the holes for the 4 into the ring and just used the 4 longer ones that went through to the lens body. That's enough for this weight of lens. It might be easier to have a pro with a mill do the actual work on the mount and ring. Perhaps I will hire an engineer to finish it. Also, put a hold for the mounting screw near the red dot. That allowed me to attach to the lens body close to the center of the aperture scale for near-proper alignment. Still, it "works" for close stuff. Sincerely, Collin Brendemuehl http://kerygmainstitute.org "He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose" -- Jim Elliott -- 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 follow the directions. -- 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 follow the directions.
Re: The Long Blue Line
On Wed, 06 Jul 2011 13:11 -0500, "Christine Aguila" wrote: > Fun shot, Dan, and the cars are interesting. You know, there's a very > funny > British police sit-com called A Thin Blue Line with Rowan Atkins. Yes - typical Atkinson blend of sarcastic and sardonic humour. Just the sort of thing I like! The series lasted only 2 series, I think. I have the DVD somewhere - about time I dug it out and watched again. Good shot, by the way, Dan. Brings back memories of the old 'Highway Patrol" series starring Broderick Crawford, although that was in black and white so the cars could have been painted in maroon for all I know. Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://lyons-ryan.org/southernlight/ > > - Original Message - > From: "Daniel J. Matyola" > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" > Sent: Wednesday, July 06, 2011 12:37 PM > Subject: PESO: The Long Blue Line > > > > http://blogs.delphiforums.com/n/blogs/blog.aspx?nav=main&webtag=djm1963&entry=109 > > > > Comments are welcome. > > > > -- > > Dan Matyola > > http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola > > > > -- > > 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 > > follow the directions. > > > > > -- > 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 > follow the directions. > -- -- http://www.fastmail.fm - A no graphics, no pop-ups email service -- 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 follow the directions.
Re: Strangeness Abounds (July PUG is up!)
Love your tree, Brian. What a hoot! I found a bunch of trees painted yellow, gold, and blue once-took a pic--Marne I'll post. Cheers, Christine On Jul 6, 2011, at 5:41 PM, "Brian Walters" wrote: > On Wed, 06 Jul 2011 09:52 -0400, "Ann Sanfedele" > wrote: >> >> I agree! No cliches here.. From the ominous to the hilarious. >> even though Brian had to beg for submissions. >> > > > Well, I don't know about 'beg'. > > Maybe grovel, beseech, implore, kowtow... > > Anyway - well done to all. Nice to keep the PUG afloat. > > > Cheers > > Brian > > ++ > Brian Walters > Western Sydney Australia > http://lyons-ryan.org/southernlight/ > -- > > > -- > http://www.fastmail.fm - A no graphics, no pop-ups email service > > > -- > 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 follow > the directions. > -- 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 follow the directions.
Re: Strangeness Abounds (July PUG is up!)
On Wed, 06 Jul 2011 09:52 -0400, "Ann Sanfedele" wrote: > > I agree! No cliches here.. From the ominous to the hilarious. > even though Brian had to beg for submissions. > Well, I don't know about 'beg'. Maybe grovel, beseech, implore, kowtow... Anyway - well done to all. Nice to keep the PUG afloat. Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://lyons-ryan.org/southernlight/ -- -- http://www.fastmail.fm - A no graphics, no pop-ups email service -- 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 follow the directions.
Re: PESO - Approval of Seal
On 7/6/2011 18:29, Bruce Walker wrote: On 11-07-06 6:02 PM, Larry Colen wrote: On Jul 6, 2011, at 1:34 PM, Bruce Walker wrote: I give this shot my own seal of approval. Good stuff! The flip response seems to be very popular, and no fluke. I can be even Flipper. I started this on porpoise. but you sea, it was my lion to begin with -- 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 follow the directions.
Re: PESO - Approval of Seal
On 11-07-06 6:02 PM, Larry Colen wrote: On Jul 6, 2011, at 1:34 PM, Bruce Walker wrote: I give this shot my own seal of approval. Good stuff! The flip response seems to be very popular, and no fluke. I can be even Flipper. I started this on porpoise. -- 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 follow the directions.
Re: PESO - Approval of Seal
On Jul 6, 2011, at 1:34 PM, Bruce Walker wrote: > On 11-07-06 4:29 PM, Ann Sanfedele wrote: >> >> http://annsan.smugmug.com/Works-in-Print/Works-In-Progress/More-Critters/15842756_6QmYN/1/1371117045_Z9bHtH4/Large >> ] Fun shot. >> >> this is one of 3 - I think I like this one best, but the curious will >> follow the << or >>'s to see the others. >> >> >> [You guys will be so sorry you talked me into Thunderbird - making it so >> much easier to post ;-) ] >> >> ann > > I give this shot my own seal of approval. Good stuff! The flip response seems to be very popular, and no fluke. -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com sent from i4est -- 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 follow the directions.
Re: PESO - Captain Canada Waits for the Streetcar
When's the movie coming out? On Wed, Jul 6, 2011 at 11:49 AM, frank theriault wrote: > On Mon, Jul 4, 2011 at 8:30 PM, Christine Aguila > wrote: >> Love it, Frank! Body position on the 4 subjects here just perfect! Cheers, > > Dave, Godfrey, Christine (and everyone else): Thanks! > > cheers, > frank > > > -- > "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson > > -- > 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 follow > the directions. > -- Steve Desjardins -- 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 follow the directions.
Re: A few words about the love of Good Equipment...
On Wed, Jul 6, 2011 at 12:04 PM, Norm Baugher wrote: > I usually just carry the old 6x7 (2,718 dings and still going strong) with > two lenses and Super as a backup... > Norm Norm! Where'd you come from? Great to see you post! Yes, I remember that gorgeous 6x7, I think I even held it and took a shot with it. I think I owe you a phone call - from like a year ago... ;-) cheers, frank -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- 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 follow the directions.
Re: PESO - Approval of Seal
On Wed, Jul 6, 2011 at 4:29 PM, Ann Sanfedele wrote: > > http://annsan.smugmug.com/Works-in-Print/Works-In-Progress/More-Critters/15842756_6QmYN/1/1371117045_Z9bHtH4/Large > > this is one of 3 - I think I like this one best, but the curious will > follow the << or >>'s to see the others. > > > [You guys will be so sorry you talked me into Thunderbird - making it so > much easier to post ;-) ] Hah! Fun shot, very well executed! cheers, frank -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- 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 follow the directions.
Re: PESO - Approval of Seal
Fun stuff, nice framing and rich color. I like it. (And I won't add a seal pun:-). Paul On Jul 6, 2011, at 4:29 PM, Ann Sanfedele wrote: > > http://annsan.smugmug.com/Works-in-Print/Works-In-Progress/More-Critters/15842756_6QmYN/1/1371117045_Z9bHtH4/Large > > this is one of 3 - I think I like this one best, but the curious will > follow the << or >>'s to see the others. > > > [You guys will be so sorry you talked me into Thunderbird - making it so much > easier to post ;-) ] > > ann > > -- > 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 follow > the directions. -- 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 follow the directions.
Re: PESO - Approval of Seal
On 7/6/2011 16:50, Jack Davis wrote: Let me be the first to cleverly quip; this is mt seal of approval. hehe Jack So sorry, Jack - you got beaten on that score by about 15 minutes by Bruce Glad you like it though ann --- On Wed, 7/6/11, Ann Sanfedele wrote: From: Ann Sanfedele Subject: PESO - Approval of Seal To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" Date: Wednesday, July 6, 2011, 1:29 PM http://annsan.smugmug.com/Works-in-Print/Works-In-Progress/More-Critters/15842756_6QmYN/1/1371117045_Z9bHtH4/Large this is one of 3 - I think I like this one best, but the curious will follow the<< or>>'s to see the others. [You guys will be so sorry you talked me into Thunderbird - making it so much easier to post ;-) ] ann -- 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 follow the directions. -- 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 follow the directions.
Re: PESO - Approval of Seal
On 7/6/2011 16:34, Bruce Walker wrote: On 11-07-06 4:29 PM, Ann Sanfedele wrote: http://annsan.smugmug.com/Works-in-Print/Works-In-Progress/More-Critters/15842756_6QmYN/1/1371117045_Z9bHtH4/Large this is one of 3 - I think I like this one best, but the curious will follow the << or >>'s to see the others. [You guys will be so sorry you talked me into Thunderbird - making it so much easier to post ;-) ] ann I give this shot my own seal of approval. Good stuff! Thanks! I'm glad you were talked into T-bird, Ann. Should result in fewer support calls in future. :-) -bmw Hehe... vested interest, eh? ann -- 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 follow the directions.
Re: PESO - Approval of Seal
Let me be the first to cleverly quip; this is mt seal of approval. hehe Jack --- On Wed, 7/6/11, Ann Sanfedele wrote: > From: Ann Sanfedele > Subject: PESO - Approval of Seal > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" > Date: Wednesday, July 6, 2011, 1:29 PM > > http://annsan.smugmug.com/Works-in-Print/Works-In-Progress/More-Critters/15842756_6QmYN/1/1371117045_Z9bHtH4/Large > > this is one of 3 - I think I like this one best, but the > curious will > follow the << or >>'s to see the others. > > > [You guys will be so sorry you talked me into Thunderbird - > making it so much easier to post ;-) ] > > ann > > -- 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 follow the directions. > -- 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 follow the directions.
Re: PESO - Approval of Seal
On 11-07-06 4:29 PM, Ann Sanfedele wrote: http://annsan.smugmug.com/Works-in-Print/Works-In-Progress/More-Critters/15842756_6QmYN/1/1371117045_Z9bHtH4/Large this is one of 3 - I think I like this one best, but the curious will follow the << or >>'s to see the others. [You guys will be so sorry you talked me into Thunderbird - making it so much easier to post ;-) ] ann I give this shot my own seal of approval. Good stuff! I'm glad you were talked into T-bird, Ann. Should result in fewer support calls in future. :-) -bmw -- 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 follow the directions.
PESO - Approval of Seal
http://annsan.smugmug.com/Works-in-Print/Works-In-Progress/More-Critters/15842756_6QmYN/1/1371117045_Z9bHtH4/Large this is one of 3 - I think I like this one best, but the curious will follow the << or >>'s to see the others. [You guys will be so sorry you talked me into Thunderbird - making it so much easier to post ;-) ] ann -- 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 follow the directions.
Re: google + and photography
On Jul 6, 2011, at 1:01 PM, Bruce Walker wrote: > On 11-07-06 3:23 PM, Larry Colen wrote: >> http://photofocus.com/2011/07/06/google-plus-read-the-fine-print-before-you-sign-up/ >> >> Makes the good point about "read the fine print before you sign up, or post >> anything". >> >> The short form is that if you post something to google+, they get to do what >> they want with it, without paying you. >> >> I haven't looked into the google+ photo sharing at any depth yet. I've got >> an account and have poked around a bit. The biggest advantages seem to be >> the user interface for sorting friends into groups (or circles) so that you >> can select who to share with, and that it isn't facebook. >> >> -- >> Larry Colen l...@red4est.com sent from i4est > > To be fair (for a few milliseconds) a large part of that ToS is, of course, > to enable them to store your uploaded images and to enable them to be seen by > whoever you intended to share them with. Clearly they need to be able to > "transmit" the data to accomplish this and "modify" would typically be to > resize them for thumbnails and recompress them like Facebook does now. And they pretty much say as much. > > However, the lack of a phrase like "we will give up any of these rights when > you remove the content" (like Flickr has) means they are doing the Facebook > thing and are therefore just as useless for a photographer to use in any > professional capacity. And, to be fair, their goal is not to become a professional photography site. Their goal, I assume, is to set up a social networking site that makes money, and/or supports other services that enhances their ability to make money. Of course anything any lawyer writes is going to do the best job that they can to say "we get everything, you keep nothing". Also, there is undoubtably a huge bookkeeping nightmare to keeping track of the source of any images that they might want to use for any other purpose, or that anyone else clips or copies. > > So maybe this will become Facebook 2.0 with all its present limitations and > intellectual property rights and privacy concerns. I don't think so. It does seem that the employees at Google do have some adult supervision, though perhaps someone like Tim may disagree. > > -bmw > > -- > 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 follow > the directions. -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com sent from i4est -- 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 follow the directions.
Re: google + and photography
I love when bloggers put up these scare tactic articles then wash their hands by saying that they are not lawyers and to seek professional guidance. They get the hits from people who are scared of any corporation taking their stuff, and they don't even need to be right. On Wed, Jul 6, 2011 at 3:23 PM, Larry Colen wrote: > > http://photofocus.com/2011/07/06/google-plus-read-the-fine-print-before-you-sign-up/ > > Makes the good point about "read the fine print before you sign up, or post > anything". > > The short form is that if you post something to google+, they get to do what > they want with it, without paying you. > > I haven't looked into the google+ photo sharing at any depth yet. I've got > an account and have poked around a bit. The biggest advantages seem to be > the user interface for sorting friends into groups (or circles) so that you > can select who to share with, and that it isn't facebook. > > -- > Larry Colen l...@red4est.com sent from i4est > > > > > > -- > 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 follow > the directions. > -- David Parsons Photography http://www.davidparsonsphoto.com Aloha Photographer Photoblog http://alohaphotog.blogspot.com/ -- 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 follow the directions.
Re: google + and photography
On 11-07-06 3:23 PM, Larry Colen wrote: http://photofocus.com/2011/07/06/google-plus-read-the-fine-print-before-you-sign-up/ Makes the good point about "read the fine print before you sign up, or post anything". The short form is that if you post something to google+, they get to do what they want with it, without paying you. I haven't looked into the google+ photo sharing at any depth yet. I've got an account and have poked around a bit. The biggest advantages seem to be the user interface for sorting friends into groups (or circles) so that you can select who to share with, and that it isn't facebook. -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com sent from i4est To be fair (for a few milliseconds) a large part of that ToS is, of course, to enable them to store your uploaded images and to enable them to be seen by whoever you intended to share them with. Clearly they need to be able to "transmit" the data to accomplish this and "modify" would typically be to resize them for thumbnails and recompress them like Facebook does now. However, the lack of a phrase like "we will give up any of these rights when you remove the content" (like Flickr has) means they are doing the Facebook thing and are therefore just as useless for a photographer to use in any professional capacity. So maybe this will become Facebook 2.0 with all its present limitations and intellectual property rights and privacy concerns. -bmw -- 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 follow the directions.
Re: PAW--Week 26--Grand Staircase (and a night in emergency)
Thanks! On Jul 6, 2011, at 2:26 PM, Bulent Celasun wrote: > Root Beer Eyes > ... and cigarette > Doesn't rhyme. > Does it? > > Hope you do better and feel better Christine :) > > Bulent > - > http://www.flickr.com/photos/bc_the_path/ > http://photo.net/photodb/user?user_id=2226822 > http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/bulentcelasun > > > > > 2011/7/6 Christine Aguila : >> >> - Original Message - From: "Ann Sanfedele" >> To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" >> Sent: Monday, July 04, 2011 10:35 PM >> Subject: Re: PAW--Week 26--Grand Staircase (and a night in emergency) >> >> >>> >>> >>> On 7/4/2011 20:46, Christine Aguila wrote: Big thanks, Everyone! Felt good today; feel my old self; I think I'll be just fine! Cheers, Christine >>> Um no excuses please for not improving the diet and giving up the cigs... >> >> Not making any excuses, Ann. Just reporting out. 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 the link directly above and >> follow the directions. >> > > -- > 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 follow > the directions. > -- 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 follow the directions.
Meet frank
Here he is. http://brendemuehl.net/images/frank/frank1.jpg A shot taken with Frank. f2, perhaps slightly overexposed. http://brendemuehl.net/images/frank/berry.jpg The center. http://brendemuehl.net/images/frank/center.jpg This was pretty simple because the Minolta mount on this lens was in 2 pieces. Behind the camera mount is another support ring. Both the ring and the K mount had a rib which had to be milled off. Even so, the ring does need to be another 1mm thinner for infinity focus. Minolta used 8 screws on the lens mount. 4 attached the mount to the support ring and 4 went through the support ring to the lens body. I left out the holes for the 4 into the ring and just used the 4 longer ones that went through to the lens body. That's enough for this weight of lens. It might be easier to have a pro with a mill do the actual work on the mount and ring. Perhaps I will hire an engineer to finish it. Also, put a hold for the mounting screw near the red dot. That allowed me to attach to the lens body close to the center of the aperture scale for near-proper alignment. Still, it "works" for close stuff. Sincerely, Collin Brendemuehl http://kerygmainstitute.org "He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose" -- Jim Elliott -- 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 follow the directions.
Re: PAW--Week 26--Grand Staircase (and a night in emergency)
Root Beer Eyes ... and cigarette Doesn't rhyme. Does it? Hope you do better and feel better Christine :) Bulent - http://www.flickr.com/photos/bc_the_path/ http://photo.net/photodb/user?user_id=2226822 http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/bulentcelasun 2011/7/6 Christine Aguila : > > - Original Message - From: "Ann Sanfedele" > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" > Sent: Monday, July 04, 2011 10:35 PM > Subject: Re: PAW--Week 26--Grand Staircase (and a night in emergency) > > >> >> >> On 7/4/2011 20:46, Christine Aguila wrote: >>> >>> Big thanks, Everyone! Felt good today; feel my old self; I think I'll be >>> just fine! Cheers, Christine >>> >> Um no excuses please for not improving the diet and giving up the cigs... > > Not making any excuses, Ann. Just reporting out. 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 the link directly above and > follow the directions. > -- 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 follow the directions.
google + and photography
http://photofocus.com/2011/07/06/google-plus-read-the-fine-print-before-you-sign-up/ Makes the good point about "read the fine print before you sign up, or post anything". The short form is that if you post something to google+, they get to do what they want with it, without paying you. I haven't looked into the google+ photo sharing at any depth yet. I've got an account and have poked around a bit. The biggest advantages seem to be the user interface for sorting friends into groups (or circles) so that you can select who to share with, and that it isn't facebook. -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com sent from i4est -- 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 follow the directions.
Re: The Long Blue Line
Fun shot, Dan, and the cars are interesting. You know, there's a very funny British police sit-com called A Thin Blue Line with Rowan Atkins. Cheers, Christine - Original Message - From: "Daniel J. Matyola" To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" Sent: Wednesday, July 06, 2011 12:37 PM Subject: PESO: The Long Blue Line http://blogs.delphiforums.com/n/blogs/blog.aspx?nav=main&webtag=djm1963&entry=109 Comments are welcome. -- Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola -- 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 follow the directions. -- 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 follow the directions.
Re: PESO - Moth
Nice. I'm not generally an insect photo enthusiast, but I find moths and butterflies truly interesting for their colors and patterns. You did a fine job capturing this one. G On Wed, Jul 6, 2011 at 8:38 AM, frank theriault wrote: > There were thousands upon thousands of these all over the park by the > lake this past weekend. From afar they just look like purple-winged > moths, about and inch or two long. It's only when you get closer up > that you see their orange heads and iridescent abdomens (I think > that's the abdomen - below the head). They spend most of their time > in the air, and if they're perched they will flit off once you get > closer than about 2 or 3 feet, so I didn't get as many good shots as > I'd have liked. This one was one of the better ones: > > http://knarfdummyblog.blogspot.com/2011/07/moth.html > > Hope you enjoy. The insect-catching birds certainly enjoyed; they > were having a field day! > > Comments welcome. > > cheers, > frank > > -- > "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson > > -- > 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 follow > the directions. > -- Godfrey godfreydigiorgi.posterous.com -- 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 follow the directions.
Re: Happy Birthday
On 7/6/2011 12:46 PM, Larry Colen wrote: On Jul 6, 2011, at 8:27 AM, John Sessoms wrote: Ever notice when anyone complains about "illegals" coming into the country and "taking *OUR* jobs!!!", they never complain about the employers who hire them. Make it a felony to employ illegals and actually put some employers in jail. And don't give me that crap about "Illegals do the jobs Americans don't want." Bullshit! Illegals take the jobs where employers won't pay fair wages. And illegals have no recourse if you screw them on their pay. I hired someone to do some repairs on the property. Over the course of the project he had several laborers working for him. I noticed that the ones of latin descent worked a lot harder than the ones who appeared to have been born and raised here. I don't know about the immigration status of any of them. -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com sent from i4est Several similar experiences.. over the last few years. Otis Wright -- 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 follow the directions.
Re: PESO - Moth
what I like most about this is how the back of the moth's head looks like a face, complete with smile, as a point of defense I'd guess... like you wouldn't dare try to grab me when I'm looking at you would you? again, a tad light on my screen... but perhaps elsewhere it isn't. ann On 7/6/2011 11:38, frank theriault wrote: There were thousands upon thousands of these all over the park by the lake this past weekend. From afar they just look like purple-winged moths, about and inch or two long. It's only when you get closer up that you see their orange heads and iridescent abdomens (I think that's the abdomen - below the head). They spend most of their time in the air, and if they're perched they will flit off once you get closer than about 2 or 3 feet, so I didn't get as many good shots as I'd have liked. This one was one of the better ones: http://knarfdummyblog.blogspot.com/2011/07/moth.html Hope you enjoy. The insect-catching birds certainly enjoyed; they were having a field day! Comments welcome. cheers, frank -- 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 follow the directions.
PESO: The Long Blue Line
http://blogs.delphiforums.com/n/blogs/blog.aspx?nav=main&webtag=djm1963&entry=109 Comments are welcome. -- Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola -- 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 follow the directions.
Re: OT: Update
wow... Glad you are feeling sanguine about it. Do you have something akin to our unemployment insurance there? also good you can manage on one income.. at least for a while. And the shaking is pretty much gone? anyway - take care, do photography :_) ann On 7/5/2011 06:22, David Mann wrote: Just a quick update on my situation. I don't really have time to write a lot which is probably a good thing. It was announced last week at work that we're all losing our jobs. The owner of the company is moving to Auckland at his wife's behest. At the same time the company's financial situation hasn't been so good for a while (don't get me started!) so he is changing focus. The company is going to become a loose set of contractors working 2-3 days a week, and they won't be chasing the more interesting projects. They're just going to concentrate on stamping out simple Wordpress sites and supporting our existing client base. I'm not perturbed by this at all; I think I've indicated here previously that I haven't been very happy there for a while and it looks like it's going to become a lot less interesting so I've told him I'll be leaving the company once the 4 week notice period has lapsed. We can get by on one income and this is the kick I've been needing to do something about my career. There are interesting things happening in the local electronics industry at the moment so I may be able to make a return. Aside from that, not a lot has been happening... we had a nice weekend visiting the in-laws in Motueka (near Nelson) and I have some photos to post when I get around to it. Cheers, Dave -- 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 follow the directions.
Re: PESO - Moth
That is a very interesting critter, Frank, and the colors are well done indeed. Dan On Wed, Jul 6, 2011 at 11:38 AM, frank theriault wrote: > There were thousands upon thousands of these all over the park by the > lake this past weekend. From afar they just look like purple-winged > moths, about and inch or two long. It's only when you get closer up > that you see their orange heads and iridescent abdomens (I think > that's the abdomen - below the head). They spend most of their time > in the air, and if they're perched they will flit off once you get > closer than about 2 or 3 feet, so I didn't get as many good shots as > I'd have liked. This one was one of the better ones: > > http://knarfdummyblog.blogspot.com/2011/07/moth.html > > Hope you enjoy. The insect-catching birds certainly enjoyed; they > were having a field day! > > Comments welcome. > > cheers, > frank > > -- > "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson > > -- > 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 follow > the directions. > -- Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola -- 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 follow the directions.
Re: old lenses "feel"
On Wed, Jul 6, 2011 at 10:17 AM, Collin Brendemuehl wrote: > I agree that there is something about a solid construction lacking in most > lenses today. So much wobble or fear of breaking these days. > > I was @ Midwest Photo earlier today. Got to handle a Sony DSLR with the > Zeiss Sonnar T* 16-35/2.8 zoom. That lens as a feel better than any other > modern lens I've touched. But @ $1900ish, it had better. The high-grade and super-high-grade Olympus SLR lenses are like that too. Solid feel, smooth in operation, rugged and precise. Weather-sealed too. The high-grade lenses start at around $500 or so, the super-high-grade around $1300. The all-mechanical helicoid focusing mount in the Zeiss, Voigtländer and Leica manual focus lenses feel even better if you prefer manual focusing. -- Godfrey godfreydigiorgi.posterous.com -- 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 follow the directions.
Re: PESO - Moth
That's nice, Frank. Nice angle on the moth and composed nicely with the background, which really works great here--nice complementary tonality. Cheers, Christine - Original Message - From: "frank theriault" To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" Sent: Wednesday, July 06, 2011 10:38 AM Subject: PESO - Moth There were thousands upon thousands of these all over the park by the lake this past weekend. From afar they just look like purple-winged moths, about and inch or two long. It's only when you get closer up that you see their orange heads and iridescent abdomens (I think that's the abdomen - below the head). They spend most of their time in the air, and if they're perched they will flit off once you get closer than about 2 or 3 feet, so I didn't get as many good shots as I'd have liked. This one was one of the better ones: http://knarfdummyblog.blogspot.com/2011/07/moth.html Hope you enjoy. The insect-catching birds certainly enjoyed; they were having a field day! Comments welcome. cheers, frank -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- 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 follow the directions. -- 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 follow the directions.
Re: old lenses "feel"
JC, I agree that there is something about a solid construction lacking in most lenses today. So much wobble or fear of breaking these days. I was @ Midwest Photo earlier today. Got to handle a Sony DSLR with the Zeiss Sonnar T* 16-35/2.8 zoom. That lens as a feel better than any other modern lens I've touched. But @ $1900ish, it had better. Sincerely, Collin Brendemuehl http://kerygmainstitute.org "He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose" -- Jim Elliott -- 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 follow the directions.
Re: Scharpenberg Gallery photo returns home, saga ends happily
Most excellent. Fernando emailed me yesterday to say his arrived as well. The glass is non-reflective glass--pretty cool stuff. I'm hoping the European ship-backs arrive soon. I'm just sorry this all took so long. I should have stepped in sooner--and I will next time--but next time, if there is a next time--we're going to get ship-back dates written into the contract! Cheers, Christine - Original Message - From: "Bruce Walker" To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" Sent: Wednesday, July 06, 2011 12:03 PM Subject: Scharpenberg Gallery photo returns home, saga ends happily My photo [*] that was exhibited in the 2010 PDML Augenblick exhibit in the Scharpenberg gallery at DankHaus finally landed on my doorstep -- intact! -- this morning, putting an end to a year and a bit saga. It's beautifully printed and framed. I really like the subtly matte glass over it, a type which I've never seen before. I'll have to find out where I can get some of that stuff. Big *huge* thanks go out to Saint Christine for arranging the exhibit in the first place then stepping in to help get my work shipped back when it appeared to be forever lost in some unhappy limbo. -bmw * http://blog.brucemwalker.com/2009/10/dusk.html -- "Photography is about finding out what can happen in the frame. When you put 4 edges around some facts, you change those facts." -- Gary Winogrand -- 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 follow the directions. -- 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 follow the directions.
Re: PAW--Week 26--Grand Staircase (and a night in emergency)
Appreciate reading such good news, Christine. Thanks! Jack --- On Wed, 7/6/11, Christine Aguila wrote: > From: Christine Aguila > Subject: Re: PAW--Week 26--Grand Staircase (and a night in emergency) > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" > Date: Wednesday, July 6, 2011, 8:56 AM > > - Original Message - From: "Ann Sanfedele" > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" > Sent: Monday, July 04, 2011 10:35 PM > Subject: Re: PAW--Week 26--Grand Staircase (and a night in > emergency) > > > > > > > > On 7/4/2011 20:46, Christine Aguila wrote: > >> Big thanks, Everyone! Felt good today; feel my old > self; I think I'll be > >> just fine! Cheers, Christine > >> > > Um no excuses please for not improving the diet and > giving up the cigs... > > Not making any excuses, Ann. Just reporting > out. 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 the link > directly above and follow the directions. > -- 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 follow the directions.
Re: PESO - Moth
This is a fine example of your affinity for placing subjects in complimentary surroundings. Well done! Looks like it has a grinning mouth on the back of its head. ;) Jack --- On Wed, 7/6/11, frank theriault wrote: > From: frank theriault > Subject: PESO - Moth > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" > Date: Wednesday, July 6, 2011, 8:38 AM > There were thousands upon thousands > of these all over the park by the > lake this past weekend. From afar they just look like > purple-winged > moths, about and inch or two long. It's only when you > get closer up > that you see their orange heads and iridescent abdomens (I > think > that's the abdomen - below the head). They spend most > of their time > in the air, and if they're perched they will flit off once > you get > closer than about 2 or 3 feet, so I didn't get as many good > shots as > I'd have liked. This one was one of the better ones: > > http://knarfdummyblog.blogspot.com/2011/07/moth.html > > Hope you enjoy. The insect-catching birds certainly > enjoyed; they > were having a field day! > > Comments welcome. > > cheers, > frank > > -- > "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri > Cartier-Bresson > > -- > 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 follow the directions. > -- 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 follow the directions.
Re: PESO - Moth
Nice colours Dave On Wed, Jul 6, 2011 at 11:38 AM, frank theriault wrote: > There were thousands upon thousands of these all over the park by the > lake this past weekend. From afar they just look like purple-winged > moths, about and inch or two long. It's only when you get closer up > that you see their orange heads and iridescent abdomens (I think > that's the abdomen - below the head). They spend most of their time > in the air, and if they're perched they will flit off once you get > closer than about 2 or 3 feet, so I didn't get as many good shots as > I'd have liked. This one was one of the better ones: > > http://knarfdummyblog.blogspot.com/2011/07/moth.html > > Hope you enjoy. The insect-catching birds certainly enjoyed; they > were having a field day! > > Comments welcome. > > cheers, > frank > > -- > "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson > > -- > 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 follow > the directions. > -- Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ York Region, Ontario, Canada -- 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 follow the directions.
Scharpenberg Gallery photo returns home, saga ends happily
My photo [*] that was exhibited in the 2010 PDML Augenblick exhibit in the Scharpenberg gallery at DankHaus finally landed on my doorstep -- intact! -- this morning, putting an end to a year and a bit saga. It's beautifully printed and framed. I really like the subtly matte glass over it, a type which I've never seen before. I'll have to find out where I can get some of that stuff. Big *huge* thanks go out to Saint Christine for arranging the exhibit in the first place then stepping in to help get my work shipped back when it appeared to be forever lost in some unhappy limbo. -bmw * http://blog.brucemwalker.com/2009/10/dusk.html -- "Photography is about finding out what can happen in the frame. When you put 4 edges around some facts, you change those facts." -- Gary Winogrand -- 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 follow the directions.
Re: PESO - Among Friends
A good story for sure... On Wed, Jul 6, 2011 at 11:54 AM, Christine Aguila wrote: > > - Original Message - From: "Bob Sullivan" > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" > Sent: Wednesday, July 06, 2011 11:26 AM > Subject: Re: PESO - Among Friends > > > Christine, > I thought that was a picture of Darrel as a boy... > Regards, Bob S. > > > Hair too long! Like many young readers, Darrel decided at some young age to > read every book in his neighborhood library. It became an unreached goal > with baseball, basketball, football, and girls getting in the way. > > But my favorite story Darrel tells concerns Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes > stories. In the eighth grade, Darrel read the complete Sherlock Holmes > stories, and told his brother, Randy, he should read them. Randy wasn't > much of a reader, but asked Darrel to read them to him at night, so he did. > They shared a bedroom, and every night for a good long while, Darrel read > Sherlock Holmes to his little brother Randy. > > > 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 the link directly above and > follow the directions. > -- 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 follow the directions.
RE: Happy Birthday
Illegal, not legal, immigration does create problems for themselves and others when employers hire them - skewing the playing field, loss of tax revenue and exploitation. (and, hard work is one thing, killing yourself out of desperation is quite another) As far as expatriating money, for example, the vast majority of Mexico's hard currency comes from PEMEX and expats (not in that order) - not all of them "illegals", very important to keep in mind. Norm From: Bob Sullivan Sent: Wednesday, July 06, 2011 12:21 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: Happy Birthday John, The legal threat of stiff fines is happening at Chipotle, the Mexican restaurant. You can read about it in the newspaper, but my local restaurant has had 100% turnover. There were no Hispanics working there the last time we visited. The sad commentary is that these folks were probably better employees than the gringos who replaced them. Regards, Bob S. On Wed, Jul 6, 2011 at 10:27 AM, John Sessoms wrote: > Ever notice when anyone complains about "illegals" coming into the country > and "taking *OUR* jobs!!!", they never complain about the employers who hire > them. > > Make it a felony to employ illegals and actually put some employers in jail. > > And don't give me that crap about "Illegals do the jobs Americans don't > want." Bullshit! Illegals take the jobs where employers won't pay fair > wages. And illegals have no recourse if you screw them on their pay. > > From: Bob Sullivan >> >> Joe, >> We've heard it all before... >> Too many of those damned Micks coming over here and taking the good jobs. >> Too many of those damned Pollacks... >> Too many of those damned Guineas... >> Too many of those damned Jews... >> Too many of those damned Camel Jockey's... >> Too many of those damned Indians... >> I fit in too many of those categories to want to make an issue of it. >> Regards, Bob S. >> >> On Tue, Jul 5, 2011 at 6:23 PM, Joseph McAllister >> wrote: >>> >>> Not immigration barriers, but uncontrolled illegal floods of people, the >>> majority of whom work and earn money to send home to their families, without >>> paying taxes, but availing themselves of all the perks this country provides >>> to it's poor and disenfranchised citizens. >>> >>> ?It's not that they are crossing into the US illegally, but in the >>> incredible quantities of them. They are now beginning to make a perceivable >>> effect on the country's economy. Especially to the economy of the states to >>> which most of them flow in the west and southwest. >>> >>> On Jul 4, 2011, at 06:19 , Bob Sullivan wrote: >>> Dan, A sentiment I never tire of reading... And I am ashamed of our countrymen who are trying to erect immigration barriers. -- 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 follow the directions.
Re: PESO - Among Friends
- Original Message - From: "Bob Sullivan" To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" Sent: Wednesday, July 06, 2011 11:26 AM Subject: Re: PESO - Among Friends Christine, I thought that was a picture of Darrel as a boy... Regards, Bob S. Hair too long! Like many young readers, Darrel decided at some young age to read every book in his neighborhood library. It became an unreached goal with baseball, basketball, football, and girls getting in the way. But my favorite story Darrel tells concerns Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes stories. In the eighth grade, Darrel read the complete Sherlock Holmes stories, and told his brother, Randy, he should read them. Randy wasn't much of a reader, but asked Darrel to read them to him at night, so he did. They shared a bedroom, and every night for a good long while, Darrel read Sherlock Holmes to his little brother Randy. 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 the link directly above and follow the directions.
old lenses "feel"
I have yet to handle an autofocus lens that has the precision manual focus feel of the S-M-C taks. That's just one of the things lost with autofocus technology. -- J.C. O'Connell (mailto:hifis...@gate.net) Join the CD PLAYER & DISC Discussions : http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/cdplayers/ http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/cdsound/ -- 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 follow the directions.
Re: Happy Birthday
On Jul 6, 2011, at 8:27 AM, John Sessoms wrote: > Ever notice when anyone complains about "illegals" coming into the country > and "taking *OUR* jobs!!!", they never complain about the employers who hire > them. > > Make it a felony to employ illegals and actually put some employers in jail. > > And don't give me that crap about "Illegals do the jobs Americans don't > want." Bullshit! Illegals take the jobs where employers won't pay fair wages. > And illegals have no recourse if you screw them on their pay. I hired someone to do some repairs on the property. Over the course of the project he had several laborers working for him. I noticed that the ones of latin descent worked a lot harder than the ones who appeared to have been born and raised here. I don't know about the immigration status of any of them. -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com sent from i4est -- 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 follow the directions.
Re: PESO - Among Friends
Christine, I thought that was a picture of Darrel as a boy... Regards, Bob S. On Wed, Jul 6, 2011 at 10:28 AM, Christine Aguila wrote: > Sweet! I like how his legs are crossed and that mop of hair is great! Nice > one, Frank! Cheers, Christine > > > > - Original Message - From: "frank theriault" > > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" > Sent: Tuesday, July 05, 2011 6:49 AM > Subject: PESO - Among Friends > > > It was so nice to see a young lad ~not~ on a computer or playing a > video game. I hope he carries an appreciation of books throughout his > life: > > http://knarfinthecity.blogspot.com/2011/07/among-friends.html > > I actually took a couple of shots (so engrossed he was in his book he > never noticed). He changed his body language after I took this one, > so this is my favourite (if not the sharpest) shot. I also have a > tighter shot, but it turns out I like the light coming in the door and > windows in the background. > > Hope you enjoy. Comments welcome. > > cheers, > frank > > -- > "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson > > -- > 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 > follow the directions. > > > -- > 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 > follow the directions. > -- 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 follow the directions.
Re: Happy Birthday
John, The legal threat of stiff fines is happening at Chipotle, the Mexican restaurant. You can read about it in the newspaper, but my local restaurant has had 100% turnover. There were no Hispanics working there the last time we visited. The sad commentary is that these folks were probably better employees than the gringos who replaced them. Regards, Bob S. On Wed, Jul 6, 2011 at 10:27 AM, John Sessoms wrote: > Ever notice when anyone complains about "illegals" coming into the country > and "taking *OUR* jobs!!!", they never complain about the employers who hire > them. > > Make it a felony to employ illegals and actually put some employers in jail. > > And don't give me that crap about "Illegals do the jobs Americans don't > want." Bullshit! Illegals take the jobs where employers won't pay fair > wages. And illegals have no recourse if you screw them on their pay. > > From: Bob Sullivan >> >> Joe, >> We've heard it all before... >> Too many of those damned Micks coming over here and taking the good jobs. >> Too many of those damned Pollacks... >> Too many of those damned Guineas... >> Too many of those damned Jews... >> Too many of those damned Camel Jockey's... >> Too many of those damned Indians... >> I fit in too many of those categories to want to make an issue of it. >> Regards, Bob S. >> >> On Tue, Jul 5, 2011 at 6:23 PM, Joseph McAllister >> wrote: >>> >>> Not immigration barriers, but uncontrolled illegal floods of people, the >>> majority of whom work and earn money to send home to their families, without >>> paying taxes, but availing themselves of all the perks this country provides >>> to it's poor and disenfranchised citizens. >>> >>> ?It's not that they are crossing into the US illegally, but in the >>> incredible quantities of them. They are now beginning to make a perceivable >>> effect on the country's economy. Especially to the economy of the states to >>> which most of them flow in the west and southwest. >>> >>> On Jul 4, 2011, at 06:19 , Bob Sullivan wrote: >>> Dan, A sentiment I never tire of reading... And I am ashamed of our countrymen who are trying to erect immigration barriers. >>> >>> Joseph McAllister >>> pentax...@mac.com >>> >>> "Gaudeamus igitur, juvenes dum sumus..." >>> http://tinyurl.com/ndmfhb > > > - > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 10.0.1388 / Virus Database: 1516/3746 - Release Date: 07/05/11 > > > -- > 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 > follow the directions. > -- 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 follow the directions.
RE: A few words about the love of Good Equipment...
I usually just carry the old 6x7 (2,718 dings and still going strong) with two lenses and Super as a backup... Norm -Original Message- From: frank theriault I agree with you. I always travel light, bringing the minimum amount of equipment for the conditions I expect to encounter - usually just one body and a maximum of two (rarely three) lenses. I'm more than happy with my Pentax body - I don't need 8fps. All I really want is a high-quality 400mm auto-focus prime. Is that asking too much? ;-) -- 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 follow the directions.
Re: A few words about the love of Good Equipment...
I'll have to get back to you on this--hoping to shoot some film this week :-) Cheers, Christine - Original Message - From: "Darren Addy" To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" Sent: Tuesday, July 05, 2011 12:02 PM Subject: A few words about the love of Good Equipment... If you will indulge me... With all of the emphasis these days on digital and "Image Quality", it seems that many have forgotten (if they ever even lived at a time when they could KNOW it) what a satisfyingly tactile experience photography was. We have been robbed of much of that tactile experience by our automatic and autofocus digital cameras today. We don't get the satisfying "pop" of the back when we would load or unload film. We've lost the satisfying tactile experience of advancing the film lever and cocking the shutter, or the act of rewinding the 35mm film into it's canister. Now few of us want to "chuck" our plastic-bodied, autofocus lenses and digital cameras and go back to film - at least on a regular basis. But we can recapture some of that feeling by putting some vintage glass on our Pentax DSLRs. In my opinion, a m42 to K-mount adapter (that allows infinity focus) is one of the truly "must have" accessories. My personal preference is for the genuine Pentax brands that require no tools to remove. As most of us know, this opens up the world of m42 Takumar glass to you and your Pentax DSLR. I'm especially thinking of this recently, as I obtained a beautiful black Spotmatic and had it CLA'd by Eric. It feels so great in my hands. I just received an equally gorgeous S-M-C Takumar 135mm f2.5 for it, with caps hood and case. What a beautiful piece of kit that is! Along with it I got a very nice chrome Spotmatic F (my first F) with SMC Takumar 50mm f1.4 and S-M-C 35mm f3.5 - all looking as if they were rarely used. There is a feeling I get when handling this equipment that is missing when I pick up my plastic-bodied Pentax-F autofocus lenses and that I have the feeling would be missing even if I owned the new Pentax Limited lenses. The heft of the lens. The buttery smoothness of the focusing action. The all-metal screw-in lens hood with white lettering imprinted around the end. Certainly that tactile experience has very little to do with producing excellent images - but that feeling is an aspect of photography that I originally fell in love with and that I feel again as I handle them now. The closest I can come to that feeling is shooting my DSLR with those superb Takumar lenses on it, and in keeping a film body along for those occasions when I want to recapture that feeling in total. The ability to use this quality glass (easily) is one of the main reasons that I originally went with Pentax for my first DSLR (even though I owned no Pentax glass at the time). Darren Addy Kearney, Nebraska -- 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 follow the directions. -- 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 follow the directions.
Re: PAW--Week 26--Grand Staircase (and a night in emergency)
- Original Message - From: "Ann Sanfedele" To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" Sent: Monday, July 04, 2011 10:35 PM Subject: Re: PAW--Week 26--Grand Staircase (and a night in emergency) On 7/4/2011 20:46, Christine Aguila wrote: Big thanks, Everyone! Felt good today; feel my old self; I think I'll be just fine! Cheers, Christine Um no excuses please for not improving the diet and giving up the cigs... Not making any excuses, Ann. Just reporting out. 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 the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PAW--Week 26--Grand Staircase (and a night in emergency)
- Original Message - From: "Jack Davis" To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" Sent: Tuesday, July 05, 2011 6:00 AM Subject: Re: PAW--Week 26--Grand Staircase (and a night in emergency) Great to read, Christine! Keep it going. :) Roger that! 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 the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PAW--Week 26--Grand Staircase (and a night in emergency)
- Original Message - From: "Cotty" To: "pentax list" Sent: Tuesday, July 05, 2011 8:12 AM Subject: Re: PAW--Week 26--Grand Staircase (and a night in emergency) On 3/7/11, Christine Aguila, discombobulated, unleashed: I was hoping to replace this shot with something from a planned photowalk for today, but that got cancelled. After last night's dinner & movie with Darrel, I ended up in emergency with chest pains. EKG good with some slight anomalies, but nothing life threatening, though I will have to go for a stress test next week. Arms all black and blue from blood tests all night long. I'm so tired, I'll be off to bed in a minute. Had a good long chat with my regular doctor who came in to see me this morning before he signed my release papers--the gist--probably time to stop taking the body for granted. Cheers, Christine http://aguilapaw.posterous.com/ Nice pic Christine. ER's are most unpleasant places at any time of night or day. Get back on track and get well! Thanks, Cotty! And will do! 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 the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PAW--Week 26--Grand Staircase (and a night in emergency)
- Original Message - From: "Chris Mitchell" To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" Sent: Tuesday, July 05, 2011 10:20 AM Subject: Re: PAW--Week 26--Grand Staircase (and a night in emergency) On 4 July 2011 01:56, Christine Aguila wrote: I was hoping to replace this shot with something from a planned photowalk for today, but that got cancelled. After last night's dinner & movie with Darrel, I ended up in emergency with chest pains. EKG good with some slight anomalies, but nothing life threatening, though I will have to go for a stress test next week. Arms all black and blue from blood tests all night long. I'm so tired, I'll be off to bed in a minute. Had a good long chat with my regular doctor who came in to see me this morning before he signed my release papers--the gist--probably time to stop taking the body for granted. Cheers, Christine http://aguilapaw.posterous.com/ Take care of yourself Christine and make sure you get better properly before dashing around the place again. Also, don't get yourself sent to this place: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=52EEzBNn48g LOL! I want to be a Pythoner when I grow up! Thanks, Chris! 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 the link directly above and follow the directions.
