Re: Beach geometry

[David Mann]

On Aug 4, 2020, at 8:54 AM, Bob Pdml  wrote:

> As far as LR goes, I think the way I’m using it for PDML is very convenient 
> for me. I hope it works for people who look at the photos.

It works nicely for me apart from one little annoyance.  I often drag links 
from emails into the browser to open them in the current tab.  The LR pages 
somehow stop this from working if I have one open and drag a new link in.

> I prefer to give people a gallery rather than a list of individual links in 
> the email, and this is convenient.

Much more convenient to view as well.

Congratulations on the retirement, it looks like you've found a nice spot.  
I've been through Worthing on my way to Brighton...

Cheers,
Dave


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GESO: Buffalos

[Alan C]

A few shots of Buffalos we encountered last Thursday. It is impossible 
to capture a herd of 500+ Buffalos but perhaps these images give some 
idea. It takes about half an hour for such a large herd to cross the road.


https://www.flickr.com/photos/wisselstroom/albums/72157715353181296 



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Re: Beach geometry

[Ralf R Radermacher]

Am 03.08.20 um 22:54 schrieb Bob Pdml:


https://adobe.ly/2BXDULF


That's a nice one. Do I spot the former Brighton Pier in the background?


Ralph, when I know the area a little better I hope to take some photos
that will be at least as interesting as those from Greenwich.


To quote Marty Feldman: I've been to Brighton.

Never to Greenwich, however. Still, I love the South coast so I'm
looking forward to all those Martello towers and holiday camps. :-)

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Re: Beach geometry

[Bob Pdml]

On 2 Aug 2020, at 23:41, jco...@iinet.net.au wrote:
> 
> As we say in Oz, sounds like a plan!
> Seriously, that's a very pretty part of the south coast.  Any firm idea of 
> where in France?

Currently thinking of Avignon. With a bit of luck and a favourable exchange 
rate I could possibly get somewhere within the walls. I may rent somewhere 
there for a few months in spring next year, insh’allah, so I have time to look 
around.


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Re: Beach geometry

[Bob Pdml]

Thanks Christine, and everyone else.

As far as LR goes, I think the way I’m using it for PDML is very convenient for 
me. I hope it works for people who look at the photos. I prefer to give people 
a gallery rather than a list of individual links in the email, and this is 
convenient. I’ve added another picture, taken at the end of today’s evening 
ride. Here is an individual link:

https://adobe.ly/2EQ0pmZ

Ralph, when I know the area a little better I hope to take some photos that 
will be at least as interesting as those from Greenwich. First I have to do all 
the obvious ones.

> On 3 Aug 2020, at 19:34, Christine Aguila  wrote:
> 
> Hi Bob!
> Big congrats on the retirement plans, which sound wonderful!  The landscape 
> of the area looks beautiful!
> I saw a few of the pics on Instagram—very nice—well seen!
> Very happy for you!
> Big cheers, Christine
> P.S. How do you like the adobe Lightroom cloud feature for sharing?  
> Recommend to others?  
> 
> 
>> On Aug 2, 2020, at 8:28 AM, Bob Pdml  wrote:
>> 
>> Just under two weeks ago I sold the house in Greenwich I’d lived in for 
>> nearly 26 years, left London, where I’ve spent nearly forty years, and came 
>> to live in a flat I’ve bought in Worthing, on the south coast of England. 
>> I’m 300 yards from the beach, about the same distance I was from the Thames, 
>> and 3 miles from the South Downs National Park.
>> 
>> Here are some snaps from a ride up into the Downs earlier this week, and 
>> from a stroll along the prom earlier today.
>> 
>> https://adobe.ly/2BXDULF
>> 
>> I’ve also resigned from my job and will retire when I have worked out my 
>> notice period. I plan to buy a property in France next year and split my 
>> time between the two places.
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Re: See Below (for Dan)

[John]

Scroll left from the termite mound to see the exposed pool.

On 8/2/2020 12:48:58, Alan C wrote:

I thought my descriptions said it all.

The anthill is built around a large tree which the termites are no doubt 
consuming.

There is a sub-ground level pool exposed in the sand river bed.

Alan C

On 02-Aug-20 06:36 PM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote:

Not sure what I am supposed to be looking at.

Dan Matyola
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On Sat, Aug 1, 2020 at 12:10 PM Alan C  wrote:


PESO x 2: Sand & Sand

Trying it like this. The e-mail won't go throgh.

A large anthill with a built in timber supply & a typical sand river.
All the tributaries around here look like this in the dry season. The
sand beds can be several metres deep on top of the bedrock. The rivers
still flow below the surface through the sand. Elephants dig wells &
extract the exposed water with their trunks. The pool in this shot is
occupied by a solitary hippo.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/wisselstroom/50176786881/in/datetaken-public/
<
https://www.flickr.com/photos/wisselstroom/50176786881/in/datetaken-public/
Scroll L for the other.

K5 & HD 55-300

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Re: QUESTION

[John]

I have more than one email account. If I use the wrong one to send to PDML they 
just disappear into the aether. Look like they've been sent, but never arrive at 
PDML.


On 8/2/2020 11:18:45, Alan C wrote:
Quite often, although my posts appear to be sent, they never reach the PDML. It 
seems to be a problem with the subject line. If I fiddle around it eventually 
goes. Does anyone else have a problem like this?


Alan C




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Re: PESO - Farmers' Market 2

[John]

Here, they're actually markets where farmers can sell direct to the public. 
Sometimes they're boutique farms, but farms none-the-less.


On 8/2/2020 11:15:00, Alan C wrote:
Excellent images. I don't suppose it is actually farmers who are selling? We 
don't really have anything like that in town and have to rely on Supermarkets & 
Farm Stalls on the main roads.


Alan C

On 02-Aug-20 04:38 PM, Rick Womer wrote:

https://rickwomer.smugmug.com/PESOs-2017/Farmers-Market/i-fBJnSWs/A

(K-5, DA 17-70)

Comments always appreciated.

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Re: Beach geometry

[Christine Aguila]

Hi Bob!
Big congrats on the retirement plans, which sound wonderful!  The landscape of 
the area looks beautiful!
I saw a few of the pics on Instagram—very nice—well seen!
Very happy for you!
Big cheers, Christine
P.S. How do you like the adobe Lightroom cloud feature for sharing?  Recommend 
to others?  


> On Aug 2, 2020, at 8:28 AM, Bob Pdml  wrote:
> 
> Just under two weeks ago I sold the house in Greenwich I’d lived in for 
> nearly 26 years, left London, where I’ve spent nearly forty years, and came 
> to live in a flat I’ve bought in Worthing, on the south coast of England. I’m 
> 300 yards from the beach, about the same distance I was from the Thames, and 
> 3 miles from the South Downs National Park.
> 
> Here are some snaps from a ride up into the Downs earlier this week, and from 
> a stroll along the prom earlier today.
> 
> https://adobe.ly/2BXDULF
> 
> I’ve also resigned from my job and will retire when I have worked out my 
> notice period. I plan to buy a property in France next year and split my time 
> between the two places.
> 
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Re: Time to feed the kitty, gang.

[Ralf R Radermacher]

Am 03.08.20 um 17:05 schrieb Doug Brewer:

Throw some coins in, please.


Done.

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Re: Time to feed the kitty, gang.

[Doug Brewer]

Thanks, Paul. Glad to do it.

On 8/3/20 11:14 AM, Paul Stenquist wrote:

Done. Thanks for keeping the ship afloat!
Paul



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Re: Time to feed the kitty, gang.

[Paul Stenquist]

Done. Thanks for keeping the ship afloat!
Paul

> On Aug 3, 2020, at 11:05 AM, Doug Brewer  wrote:
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> Throw some coins in, please.
> 
> Link is on the splash page, www.pdml.net
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Time to feed the kitty, gang.

[Doug Brewer]

Throw some coins in, please.

Link is on the splash page, www.pdml.net

Thank you.

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Re: Beach geometry

[Steve Cottrell]

On 2/8/20, Bob Pdml, discombobulated, unleashed:

>Here are some snaps from a ride up into the Downs earlier this week, and
>from a stroll along the prom earlier today.
>
> https://adobe.ly/2BXDULF

Congrats on getting everything organised during the pandemic!

Love the pics especially through the window of the shelter.  (Can just make out 
the wind farm.)




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Re: See Below

[Alan C]

Thanks, Larry. The advice from your experience will no doubt help a lot. 
The Southern Cross will be a good starting point. Just need to get rid 
of the bright moon.


Alan C

On 02-Aug-20 08:22 PM, Larry Colen wrote:



On Aug 2, 2020, at 11:06 AM, Alan C  wrote:

Larry, that's an excellent suggestion. Only problem is that the Kruger Park is 
off limits at night unless you are a Rhino Poacher or a member of an armed 
response team. I'll look around for a similar anthill outside the park.

If you do it with astrotracer, one advantage of light painting (with a strobe?) is that most of the 
terrestrial image will be "frozen" and just "motion blurred" at the edges. You 
can see that if you look carefully at the edges of the building in this photo I did with the 
astrotracer and K-5.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/11770425926/


In the meantime I've ordered a cable shutter release for the K5 so I can use 
the Astrotracer without standing there with my finger on the button!

Did you order one of the dumb ones, or one with a built in intervelometer?  If 
you are using the intervelometer, you need to set the interval to 1 second, 
unless you want to add somethign like 5 seconds to the photo time with 
astrotracer.

Also, there's the question of doing the darkfield noise settings.  The best 
results are probably to do some manual darkfield frames and do the processing 
in post.

BTW, you shouldn't need to hold the shutter in astrotracer, you set the period 
in multilples of 10 seconds, press the shutter with a 2 second delay, and it 
does A/T for the set period.


Perhaps you have suggestion for dealing with the harsh light besides waiting 
for a rainy day? Maybe some kind of filter?

In processing I'd bring up the shadow slider and bring down the highlights.  
I'd try to do my most important landscape images at golden/blue hour time 
periods.  If I was shooting something small, close and stationary I'd try a bit 
of fill, either a reflector or as big of a flash as I could get (don't know if 
the flash would have enough to soften shadows beyond a couple feet).

Alternatively, rather than fighting it, I might try and use the harsh lighting 
to set the mood.  It really does make the area look like  desert.


Alan C

On 02-Aug-20 07:11 PM, Larry Colen wrote:

your photos really reflect the harsh lighing there.

If your nights are clear, I think that the anthill would be an awesome subject 
at night, put the milky way behind it, and if moonlight isn't enough  to 
illuminate it, maybe do a little bit of light painting.  However, I suspect 
that for a variety of reasons that'd be a no-go in Kruger.


On Aug 1, 2020, at 9:09 AM, Alan C  wrote:

PESO x 2: Sand & Sand

Trying it like this. The e-mail won't go throgh.

A large anthill with a built in timber supply & a typical sand river. All the 
tributaries around here look like this in the dry season. The sand beds can be several 
metres deep on top of the bedrock. The rivers still flow below the surface through the 
sand. Elephants dig wells & extract the exposed water with their trunks. The pool 
in this shot is occupied by a solitary hippo.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/wisselstroom/50176786881/in/datetaken-public/ 


Scroll L for the other.

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