Re: Central Camera in Chicago and PDMLs Year End Quote List

2020-06-05 Thread P. J. Alling 

I don't know if anyone has but I want to believe...

On 6/1/2020 3:58 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote:



On Jun 1, 2020, at 3:43 PM, Larry Colen  wrote:




On Jun 1, 2020, at 12:38 PM, Paul Stenquist  wrote:





On Jun 1, 2020, at 3:28 PM, Larry Colen  wrote:




On Jun 1, 2020, at 11:54 AM, Paul Stenquist  wrote:

Thanks Christine. I bought quite a bit of gear at Central in the ‘70s. Lots of 
good memories there.

I too am angry — horrified in fact — over the killing of the black man at the 
hands of a lunatic cop. I hope he’s eventually charged with murder 1 and spends 
the rest of his life in prison. But I don’t share Don’s lack of anger at the 
looters and arsonists. Destroying other people's property and lives 
accomplishes nothing positive. It only paints the protesters as insincere and a 
danger to society.

What’s worse is there seems to be a lot of evidence that a lot of the 
destruction is caused not by people protesting the murder of George Floyd but 
by people whose goal is to sow discord and make things worse.
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Of course. And that’s almost always the case. With chaos come flat screen TVs 
and Ait Jordan’s. And the anarchists love it as well.


Particularly when times are as tough as they are right now.

Considering how perilously close we are to some terribly hazardous topics of 
discussion, this might be a good time to all agree that things really suck and 
move on to something we can all agree on, like slamming Kenny boy or something.


Yep. Didn’t someone say they saw Kenny boy coming out of Central with a new 
Nikon?

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Re: Central Camera in Chicago and PDMLs Year End Quote List

2020-06-05 Thread P. J. Alling 
That and a lot of opportunists who see this as an chance to steal stuff, 
and hell not to mention some young men just like the sound of breaking 
glass and the sight of flames...  I remember having those tendencies.


On 6/1/2020 3:27 PM, Larry Colen wrote:



On Jun 1, 2020, at 11:54 AM, Paul Stenquist  wrote:

Thanks Christine. I bought quite a bit of gear at Central in the ‘70s. Lots of 
good memories there.

I too am angry — horrified in fact — over the killing of the black man at the 
hands of a lunatic cop. I hope he’s eventually charged with murder 1 and spends 
the rest of his life in prison. But I don’t share Don’s lack of anger at the 
looters and arsonists. Destroying other people's property and lives 
accomplishes nothing positive. It only paints the protesters as insincere and a 
danger to society.

What’s worse is there seems to be a lot of evidence that a lot of the 
destruction is caused not by people protesting the murder of George Floyd but 
by people whose goal is to sow discord and make things worse.


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Re: Central Camera in Chicago and PDMLs Year End Quote List

2020-06-05 Thread P. J. Alling 
Apparently you missed it, he's already been charged with murder, he and 
the three other cops involved have been fired, and they have been 
charged as accessories.


On 6/1/2020 2:37 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote:

I bought quite a bit of gear at Central in the ‘70s. I too am angry — horrified 
in fact — over the killing of the black man at the hands of a lunatic cop. I 
hope he’s eventually charged with murder 1 and spends the rest of his life in 
prison. But I don’t share Don’s lack of anger at the looters and arsonists. 
Destroying other people's property and lives accomplishes nothing positive. It 
only paints the protesters as insincere and a danger to society.

Paul


On Jun 1, 2020, at 2:01 PM, Christine Aguila  wrote:

Hi Everyone!

I hope you and your families are well and safe during these very difficult 
times.

I thought I’d share a photography related story.  Many of you probably know of 
Central Camera store located downtown Chicago.  It’s a quirky but fun camera 
store, which has been in business for 121 years, founded 1899.  Don Flesh is 
the 3rd generation owner; his grand-father started the business; Flesh is aged 
72.

Sadly, Central Camera suffered looting and was burned out.  Flesh is confident 
he can get the store back up and running, which is good.  He is also not angry 
and stands “with the African American community in solidarity.”

On the one hand I share this story because, well, this is a photography list 
and this is a photography story  and I thought photographers on the list would 
be interested.

But on the other hand I thought I’d highlight two Flesh quotes that would have 
definitely made our PDML Quote List that Mark Roberts puts together every year 
had Flesh been a PDMLer.

Quote #1:  “I wanted to go in, but the looters, there were so many people 
walking by and I was a little bit shy and fearful and all I had was an umbrella 
that was closed, and I didn’t think I could knock out everybody.  No Rambo 
here,”  he said.

Quote #2:  “Flesh started the live interview by noting that he had run out of 
film and his phone had died so he was unable to photograph the scene.  Asked 
for his parting thoughts, he said, ‘I hope everybody is safe.  Everybody should 
learn a lesson.  What is the lesson?  Be prepared.  Have more film in your 
pocket.’”

I’ve included the link to the article below.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-central-camera-chicago-protests-20200531-edkmqfinz5eitfjbmutzssl6tu-story.html
 


Cheers, Christine

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Re: PESO: robber fly

2020-06-05 Thread Paul Stenquist 
Excellent! And fascinating.

Paul

> On Jun 5, 2020, at 6:37 PM, l...@red4est.com wrote:
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> Very cool, and a great shot
> 
>> On June 5, 2020 2:47:03 PM PDT, Henk Terhell  wrote:
>> Since I once saw a robber fly attacking a damselfy I'm fascinated by 
>> these killing machines.
>> There aren't many around that I can see, but today - a cold and wet day
>> 
>> - one was hiding on a leaf in the bushes.
>> Since this fly was not afraid of me I could get pretty close with the 
>> macro lens.
>> https://flic.kr/p/2j8ZJ7J
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Re: PESO: robber fly

2020-06-05 Thread lrc 
Very cool, and a great shot

On June 5, 2020 2:47:03 PM PDT, Henk Terhell  wrote:
>Since I once saw a robber fly attacking a damselfy I'm fascinated by 
>these killing machines.
>There aren't many around that I can see, but today - a cold and wet day
>
>- one was hiding on a leaf in the bushes.
>Since this fly was not afraid of me I could get pretty close with the 
>macro lens.
>https://flic.kr/p/2j8ZJ7J
>
>Henk
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PESO: robber fly

2020-06-05 Thread Henk Terhell 
Since I once saw a robber fly attacking a damselfy I'm fascinated by 
these killing machines.
There aren't many around that I can see, but today - a cold and wet day 
- one was hiding on a leaf in the bushes.
Since this fly was not afraid of me I could get pretty close with the 
macro lens.

https://flic.kr/p/2j8ZJ7J

Henk


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Re: PESO feeding Mombird

2020-06-05 Thread Larry Colen 
Thanks Dan and Paul.



> On Jun 5, 2020, at 11:28 AM, Daniel J. Matyola  wrote:
> 
> Lovely family scene!
> I also like the headshots;  they display a great level of detail.
> 
> Dan Matyola
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> *
> 
> 
> 
> On Thu, Jun 4, 2020 at 5:25 PM Larry Colen  wrote:
> 
>> 
>> 
>>> On Jun 4, 2020, at 2:05 PM, Larry Colen  wrote:
>>> 
>>> It’s late enough in the year I thought they weren’t going to nest this
>> year, but I just noticed Mombird in her nest.  While I was photographing
>> her, from my living room, Dadbird stopped by with food for her.
>>> 
>>> 
>> https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/49971541661/in/album-72157714580135292/
>> 
>> 
>> On the subject of mombirds, I was riding my bike a few days ago,
>> consciously made the decision to only bring the 18-55 rather than the
>> 55-300, and of course that’s the ride where I saw a turkey mombird and her
>> kids.  These aren’t great, they’re the best I could get at 55mm
>> https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/albums/72157714580301567
>> 
>> and if you’re interested in the rest of the steller’s jay mombird photos
>> from today
>> https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/albums/72157714580135292
>> 

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Re: PESO feeding Mombird

2020-06-05 Thread Daniel J. Matyola 
Lovely family scene!
I also like the headshots;  they display a great level of detail.

Dan Matyola
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On Thu, Jun 4, 2020 at 5:25 PM Larry Colen  wrote:

>
>
> > On Jun 4, 2020, at 2:05 PM, Larry Colen  wrote:
> >
> > It’s late enough in the year I thought they weren’t going to nest this
> year, but I just noticed Mombird in her nest.  While I was photographing
> her, from my living room, Dadbird stopped by with food for her.
> >
> >
> https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/49971541661/in/album-72157714580135292/
>
>
> On the subject of mombirds, I was riding my bike a few days ago,
> consciously made the decision to only bring the 18-55 rather than the
> 55-300, and of course that’s the ride where I saw a turkey mombird and her
> kids.  These aren’t great, they’re the best I could get at 55mm
> https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/albums/72157714580301567
>
> and if you’re interested in the rest of the steller’s jay mombird photos
> from today
> https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/albums/72157714580135292
>
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Re: D FA* 85mm f/1.4

2020-06-05 Thread Igor PDML-StR 



With that debt, he will be so thin that he will have more room to grow 
(in width).

:-)


Bruce Walker Tue, 02 Jun 2020 05:34:59 -0700 wrote:

On Tue, Jun 2, 2020 at 1:06 AM Bill  wrote:



Well Larry, this lens will give you a lot of room to grow. :)



With the first blunder being going deeper into debt to buy it. ;)

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Re: D FA* 85mm f/1.4

2020-06-05 Thread Igor PDML-StR 



Bill, there is a special deal: "Buy one for $3799.90, send one to a 
friend for free"!

;-)

That's only 90 cents, not 95! ;-)

Cheers!

Igor



Bill Mon, 01 Jun 2020 21:56:07 -0700 wrote:

Amazon.com has it available for preorder for you. As I said in a 
previous post, it is US$1899.95. I was off by ninety five cents. B&H and 
Adorama may sell it for a bit less, but I can't see it going for 
$1700.00.



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