Re: History rhymes, happy Dan Day

[Bob Pdml]

Hell is other people, according to Sartre. 

He’d have enjoyed covid...

> On 21 Dec 2020, at 15:32, Alan C  wrote:
> 
> I thought hell was supposed to be hot?
> 
> Alan C
> 
>> On 21-Dec-20 04:37 PM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote:
>> I(t was cold as hell here!  I survive because I am too stubborn to do
>> anything else.
>> 
>> Dan Matyola
>> *https://tinyurl.com/DJM-Pentax-Gallery
>> *
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>> On Sun, Dec 20, 2020 at 7:20 PM Rick Womer  wrote:
>>> 
>>> There’s only one way to permanently avoid birthdays. Better to celebrate!
>>> 
>>> Hope it was a good one!
>>> 
>>> Rick
>>> 
>>> On Fri, Dec 18, 2020 at 15:34 Daniel J. Matyola 
>>> wrote:
>>> 
 Thanks, guys!  At my age, I do my best to avoid birthdays.
 
 Dan Matyola
 *https://tinyurl.com/DJM-Pentax-Gallery
 *
 
 
 
 On Fri, Dec 18, 2020 at 1:35 PM Larry Colen  wrote:
 
> They say that history doesn’t repeat itself, but it rhymes.
> We just had Ann Day
> 
> The face monster tells me that it’s Dan Day. I hope you have the best
> possible day you can in the middle of a global apocalypse.
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Re: A little better luck tonight

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Very impressive. I looked for it yesterday but there was too much cloud low on 
the horizon. I’ll look again today, but right at the moment it’s raining 
heavily and looks set to continue all day. I’ve never seen the rings of Saturn 
but hopefully with binoculars I may be able to. I won’t try and photograph it 
as that is doomed from the start.


> On 21 Dec 2020, at 09:06, Larry Colen  wrote:
> 
> I had a little better luck with the planets tonight, this is my best, you 
> can actually see Saturn’s rings without squinting too hard
> https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/50743174936/in/album-72157717440959336/
> 
> Pentax K-1 with adaptall 300/2.8 + 2x teleconverter ISO 400 1/100 second
> 
> full album here
> https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/albums/72157717440959336
> 
> After the conjunction was too deep in the haze, I decided to see whether the 
> Tamron worked better with or without the 2x using my lunar test subject.  
> When cropped to about the same size the shots with the 2x did seem a bit 
> sharper
> 
> https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/albums/72157717452588397
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Re: PESO 2020 - 276 - GDG

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> On 19 Dec 2020, at 23:40, mike wilson  wrote:
> 
> 
>> On 19 December 2020 at 23:11 Bob Pdml  wrote:
>> 
>> 
>> Very interesting and atmospheric. By coincidence I have just watched Chris 
>> Marker’s ‘movie’ La Jetée* - your photo is very much in the same 
>> post-apocalyptic spirit.
>> 
>> *Pentax content: apart from a brief few seconds shot with a Bolex, the 
>> entire movie was shot with a Spotmatic.
> 
> Bolex is primarily a 16mm and smaller format marque.  It's the same aspect 
> ratio as 35mm but I would have thought the makers would have wanted to use 
> the same film stock and therefore used a 35mm camera.
> 

No, absolutely not. Continuity means nothing to these people. The difference in 
film stock is quite evident, and no doubt quite deliberate since it it is the 
only moving sequence in the, er, movie.

Many people consider it be the best sci-if film ever made. I haven’t seen 
enough sci-if to make a judgement, but it’s a damned good film and it’s kept 
the intellos busy for 58 years, and that can’t be bad.

>> 
>> 
>> 
>>>> On 19 Dec 2020, at 21:56, Godfrey DiGiorgi  wrote:
>>> 
>>> A walk at Byxbee Park with the Hasselblad 500CM, shooting a roll of 
>>> Washi-120 W (orthochromatic emulsion on washi rice paper backing). 
>>> 
>>> Pole Farm - Byxbee Park, Palo Alto 2020 :: https://flic.kr/p/2kivXmB
>>> 
>>> Comments always appreciated. 
>>> 
>>> Enjoy! 
>>> G
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Re: PESO 2020 - 276 - GDG

[Bob Pdml]

Very interesting and atmospheric. By coincidence I have just watched Chris 
Marker’s ‘movie’ La Jetée* - your photo is very much in the same 
post-apocalyptic spirit.

*Pentax content: apart from a brief few seconds shot with a Bolex, the entire 
movie was shot with a Spotmatic.



> On 19 Dec 2020, at 21:56, Godfrey DiGiorgi  wrote:
> 
> A walk at Byxbee Park with the Hasselblad 500CM, shooting a roll of 
> Washi-120 W (orthochromatic emulsion on washi rice paper backing). 
> 
>  Pole Farm - Byxbee Park, Palo Alto 2020 :: https://flic.kr/p/2kivXmB
> 
> Comments always appreciated. 
> 
> Enjoy! 
> G
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Re: PESO: Brrrrr

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Love that shot. Fantastic.

> On 18 Dec 2020, at 22:41, Ralf R Radermacher  wrote:
> 
> The original German wordplay from the title in fotocommunity.de doesn't
> work in English. An 'Eisbahn' is an ice rink, while an 'Eisenbahn' is a
> railway.
> 
> It was bl..dy cold in the North of France on New Year's Eve 2008.
> 
> https://www.fotocommunity.de/photo/eisenbahn-fotoralfbe/44655595
> 
> Enjoy
> Ralf
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Re: PESO -- Nautical Christmas

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I hope that’s being pulled by Rudolf the Red-nosed Dugong.


> On 11 Dec 2020, at 20:28, P. J. Alling  wrote:
> 
> http://webster26.epizy.com/peso/PESO--nauticalChristmas.html
> 
> Equipment: Pentax K-3 w/smc Pentax F 70-210 f4.0~5.6
> 
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Re: PESO: Bumblebee Hotel

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That’s a great idea. One of my friends built one - looks much better than the 
commercial ones:

https://www.instagram.com/p/CHdU7U7hqnT/?igshid=1sj6z5ebhb7yc



> On 11 Dec 2020, at 07:47, David Mann  wrote:
> 
> We have a hanging planter which has about a dozen holes around it.  I've 
> recently noticed that bumblebees have been landing in the holes to rest at 
> night.
> 
> I had to use my phone for this because the K10D doesn't have enough 
> sensitivity.  It's quite a heavy crop so it's not too good technically.
> 
> http://gallery.multi.net.nz/photo/1091/#peso
> 
> I'm giving some thought to building or buying them a purpose-made bumblebee 
> house / nesting box.
> 
> Cheers,
> Dave
> 
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Re: Happy Ann day

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And Ultima Thule!

> On 10 Dec 2020, at 18:20, Godfrey DiGiorgi  wrote:
> 
> And from the Uttermost West!!
> 
> G
> 
> 
>> On Dec 10, 2020, at 10:18 AM, Dale H. Cook  
>> wrote:
>> 
>> Happy birthday, Ann, from the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia.
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Re: PESO European robin

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You’ve ruined my childhood now, you bastard.

> On 9 Dec 2020, at 23:39, mike wilson  wrote:
> 
> Fictitious Victorian schmaltz.  So is the Robin story.
> 
>> On 09 December 2020 at 23:07 Bob Pdml  wrote:
>> 
>> 
>> I thought the red breast was because of the robin who pulled out its 
>> feathers, making its chest bleed, so the baby Jesus would have somewhere 
>> soft to lay his head...
>> 
>>>> On 9 Dec 2020, at 22:32, mike wilson  wrote:
>>> 
>>> Unfortunately, Robins are not nice little birds.  The males fight to the 
>>> death over territory and will also attack other birds smaller than 
>>> themselves.  It's very apt that they have red chests.
>>> 
>>>> On 09 December 2020 at 22:11 "Daniel J. Matyola"  
>>>> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> Nice little bird portrait!
>>>> 
>>>>> https://www.repiuk.nl/albums/new/#=1=006-002-img3996

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Re: PESO European robin

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I thought the red breast was because of the robin who pulled out its feathers, 
making its chest bleed, so the baby Jesus would have somewhere soft to lay his 
head...

> On 9 Dec 2020, at 22:32, mike wilson  wrote:
> 
> Unfortunately, Robins are not nice little birds.  The males fight to the 
> death over territory and will also attack other birds smaller than 
> themselves.  It's very apt that they have red chests.
> 
>> On 09 December 2020 at 22:11 "Daniel J. Matyola"  
>> wrote:
>> 
>> 
>> Nice little bird portrait!
>> 
>> Dan Matyola
>> *https://tinyurl.com/DJM-Pentax-Gallery
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>> 
>> 
>> 
>>> On Wed, Dec 9, 2020 at 1:56 PM Toine  wrote:
>>> 
>>> Birding isn't easy. The usual camera settings, keeping the contraption
>>> steady, focussing and composing the shot results in this:
>>> 
>>> https://www.repiuk.nl/albums/new/#=1=006-002-img3996
>>> 
>>> I could swear I peaked through all the twigs and branches. I had fun
>>> shooting the little bird.
>>> 
>>> Toine
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Re: OT - where there's fire there is smoke :-(

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On 8 Dec 2020, at 08:07, David Mann  wrote:
> 
> On Dec 7, 2020, at 11:07 PM, Bob Pdml  wrote:
> 
>> The facade of the church looks as if it might be rescue-able. There is a lot 
>> of ‘facadism’ going on over here where they demolish everything but the 
>> front of the building and put something modern behind it.
> 
> There's quite a bit of that going on here after the earthquakes.
> 
> Prior to that the Clarendon Hotel was demolished and a tower block was built 
> behind the old facade.  It looked absolutely terrible.  It was all damaged 
> beyond repair by the quakes and is currently an empty site being used as a 
> car park.
> 
> https://canterburystories.nz/exhibitions/places-christchurch-buildings/clarendon-hotel

That’s really barbaric isn’t it? 

There was talk a few years ago of doing something similar to Greenwich Market, 
building a glass and steel tower inside the old market building. Luckily for 
once good taste prevailed and they carried out a sympathetic restoration and 
improvement of the way space is used. 

There’s still a lot of talk about doing something nasty at Smithfield Market 
though.
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Re: PESO 2020 - 273 - GDG

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Groovy, man.

> On 7 Dec 2020, at 14:54, Godfrey DiGiorgi  wrote:
> 
> I usually go for long tonal scales and subdued color palettes, but I made 
> this exposure — it just called to me for a harder-edged, more explosive 
> rendering technique. So I remembered the Kodalith images done in the 1970s 
> and thought, I wonder if it might work... 
> 
>  Full Moon at Scott & El Camino Real - Santa Clara 2020 :: 
> https://flic.kr/p/2kepod3
> 
> Comments always appreciated! :)
> 
> Enjoy! 
> 
> G
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>  - Thoreau 
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Re: OT - where there's fire there is smoke :-(

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> On 7 Dec 2020, at 11:20, Alan C  wrote:
> 
> Remember this one?
> 
> Facade preservation | Alan Cole | Flickr 
> 

Indeed I do. I looked for one of my own photos but couldn’t find it.
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Re: OT - where there's fire there is smoke :-(

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I hope you get the smokiness out of your apartment quickly. Will it require 
cleaning? if so is there a way for you to get help with that?

The facade of the church looks as if it might be rescue-able. There is a lot of 
‘facadism’ going on over here where they demolish everything but the front of 
the building and put something modern behind it.

> On 6 Dec 2020, at 22:37, ann sanfedele  wrote:
> IN brief the fire that burned down the historic church and two other 
> buildings that you MAY have read about or seen on line is less than a block 
> from my apt.
> 
> these vids and snaps from the Gothamist tell the story.  my apartment is 
> smokey now and is the worst in my office  .. it wasn't yesterday..
> 
> a mini-taste of what you west coasters have been dealing with... fire dept 
> guys sure ours was arson..the official word being "still investigating"
> 
> 
> https://gothamist.com/news/five-alarm-fire-destroys-128-year-east-village-church
> 
> No one was died, a few injuries.. the bell and the congregation are older 
> than the church building by a lot..
> 
> well it is 2020

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Re: PESO: The Last Farewell

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> On 5 Dec 2020, at 18:53, Ralf R Radermacher  wrote:
> 
> Am 05.12.20 um 19:01 schrieb John:
>> Did they have to tow it all the way?
> 
> No, they just towed her into and out of the lock. This is mandatory for
> vessels of this size. She got to India under her own power.
> 
> Others have indeed been towed all the way, some even using tugs which
> were also destined for scrapping.
> 
> The French branch of Robin Wood issue a quarterly document about all
> vessels that have been scrapped in the last months. Makes for some
> interesting reading.
> 
> https://robindesbois.org/en/category/balisage/demolition-des-navires

Small technical point: Robin des Bois is Robin Hood in English. He’s been in 
the news recently:
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/robin-hood-beheaded-nottingham-robert-wetherby-b1763946.html



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Re: PESO Painted bird

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On 5 Dec 2020, at 18:51, Toine  wrote:
> 
> That would require capture and manual handling of the birds. A
> permanent marking is ringing. Birds of prey are ringed in the nest if
> I remember correctly.
> A paint ball would be very strange, why would a sane person shoot
> paint balls at a kestrel?
> Kestrels like to sit on top of poles etc.

So do tin cans. It’s just cruelty. And lack of empathy.


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Another mysterious monolith?

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https://adobe.ly/3os58Na
... or could it be something more mundane?

Learn the shocking truth by clicking on this link, where all will be revealed:
https://adobe.ly/2BXDULF


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Re: OT Song for Ashley

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What were you searching for that came up with that result?

> On 5 Dec 2020, at 08:13, mike wilson  wrote:
> 
> Sorry; I couldn't resist...
> 
> https://youtu.be/WIfcKy-VcXo
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Re: Cold and foggy

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> On 3 Dec 2020, at 17:39, Ralf R Radermacher  wrote:
> 
> Am 30.11.20 um 22:17 schrieb Bob Pdml:
>> Went for a walk up to Cissbury Ring today
> 
> Just had another look at the whole series and they're all so beautiful
> but my favourite is still number 4, the row of houses, because it is so
> quintessentially English. Reminds me of a particular spot in Canterbury.
> 
> Ralf
> 

Thanks. That is a place called Broadwater which was the main town in the area 
for most of the last thousand years. Worthing was a small fishing hamlet in the 
parish of Broadwater, not even on the maps, but has now swallowed the village.
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Re: Cold and foggy

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Thank you. What is even more English is that the four people in the picture 
were speaking an East European language, and were certainly not dressed for the 
conditions. If the conditions had worsened they would have had a very miserable 
time.


> On 3 Dec 2020, at 17:20, Stanley Halpin  wrote:
> 
> #11 looks like England to me. I look at it and can just so vividly feel 
> myself there. Nice!
> 
> stan
> 
>> On Nov 30, 2020, at 4:39 PM, ann sanfedele  wrote:
>> 
>> Really enjoyed the whole set - but of course I especially like #14 for some 
>> reason :-)
>> 
>> #11 my favorite scenic of the lot. and that portrait of the cow is a 
>> standout for me too.. I think she's in love.
>> 
>> ann
>> 
>>> https://adobe.ly/2BXDULF
>>> 
>>> https://strava.app.link/Eb92N2crQbb
>>> 
>>> https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/cissbury-ring
>>> 


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Re: PESO Birding with 1.4x converter

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James Smith & Sons, the umbrella shop in Holborn, London, still show 
swordsticks on their shopfront, although I think it’s highly unlikely that 
they’d make or sell you one. 

Unless you’re John Steed, of course.

> On 3 Dec 2020, at 14:21, P. J. Alling  wrote:
> 
> You can own a lot of different firearms legally in the US but disguised 
> weapons are one frowned by most states and localities. You can buy a license 
> from the Feds for a gun cane and wait about a year for them to decide that 
> you're not a felon or particularly dangerous, but the locals will still 
> probably take a dim view. Bashing someones skull in is preferable I 
> guess.  I don't know of anyplace where a sword cane is legal, except 
> as a curio, though I'm sure some one will tell me.
> 
>> On 12/3/2020 7:13 AM, Alan C wrote:
>> Surprised you didn't mention the "cane gun" adaptation widely used by spies 
>> & thugs.
>> 
>> Alan C
>> 
>>> On 03-Dec-20 09:37 AM, mike wilson wrote:
>>> I prefer a two-piece for self-defence. Collapsed, you have effectively a 
>>> weighted walking stick, à la Sherlock Holmes.  One adjustment and you have 
>>> a quarterstaff, of little John fame.  I recommend the Benbo Traveller.
>>> 
>>>> On 03 December 2020 at 01:41 "P. J. Alling"  
>>>> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> That looks enough like the one I use, that I can opine that it also
>>>> makes a decent club, for self defense.
>>>> 
>>>> On 11/25/2020 1:31 PM, Larry Colen wrote:
>>>>>> On Nov 25, 2020, at 7:24 AM, Bob Pdml  wrote:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Use a bean bag…
>>>>> I use a monopod with a ball head and hang it from my belt using a 
>>>>> maglight holster
>>>>> 
>>>>> https://photos.app.goo.gl/Bfko83dh4sFfu5Lg7
>>>>> 
>>>>> It doubles as a nice walking stick.
>> 
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Re: PESO Birding with 1.4x converter

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Capt. Sir Richard Francis Burton, one of my great heroes of the Ripping Yarns 
variety, was the finest swordsman in Europe, literally as well as 
metaphorically, and always used a heavy metal walking stick to keep his sword 
arm strong.

In the good old days you could have your walking stick made with kind of 
knobbles or large knurls along the length so that if you were approached by a 
ruffian, a member of the working classes or a foreigner it was a simple matter 
to run the knobbly bits swiftly and forcefully across their shins or their 
skull and they would think twice in future about breaking the social distancing 
code.

https://youtu.be/HtRGeyznv7k



> On 3 Dec 2020, at 07:37, mike wilson  wrote:
> 
> I prefer a two-piece for self-defence.  Collapsed, you have effectively a 
> weighted walking stick, à la Sherlock Holmes.  One adjustment and you have a 
> quarterstaff, of little John fame.  I recommend the Benbo Traveller. 
> 
>> On 03 December 2020 at 01:41 "P. J. Alling"  
>> wrote:
>> 
>> 
>> That looks enough like the one I use, that I can opine that it also 
>> makes a decent club, for self defense.
>> 
>>> On 11/25/2020 1:31 PM, Larry Colen wrote:
>>> 
>>>> On Nov 25, 2020, at 7:24 AM, Bob Pdml  wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> Use a bean bag…
>>> I use a monopod with a ball head and hang it from my belt using a maglight 
>>> holster
>>> 
>>> https://photos.app.goo.gl/Bfko83dh4sFfu5Lg7
>>> 
>>> It doubles as a nice walking stick.

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Re: OT steak and potatoes

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That’s very similar to pommes Macaire, which uses chives rather than onion, and 
sometime a mashed baked potato (without the skin) rather than a boiled or 
steamed potato.

Mashed potato with caramelised onions piled on top is classic, and of course if 
you have boiled cabbage or similar greens lying around then bubble and squeak 
must be on the menu.


> On 3 Dec 2020, at 12:04, Alan C  wrote:
> 
> Larry, my wife, Ann, makes what we call "mashed & bashed" potatoes. Boil & 
> mash the potatoes, then mix in some chopped onion & "bash" into cakes. Coat 
> in flour & fry until crisp. Yummy!
> 
> Alan C
> 
>> On 03-Dec-20 07:34 AM, Larry Colen wrote:
>> Got into a discussion about dinner tonight. I kind of like how this phone 
>> snap turned out
>> 
>> https://photos.app.goo.gl/Chb2BGtm8iVzE3mU6
>> 
>> I’ve been experimenting with my own version of hash browns.  Tonight I ran 
>> two potatoes and an onion through the grater on the food processor, mixed 
>> with olive oil then precooked them in the microwave for 15 minutes or so. I 
>> browned them in a skillet, and when I had carmelized a sufficient percentage 
>> melted some extra sharp cheddar (coastal from costco) over them.  I figure 
>> that they’re mental health food.
>> FWIW, the salad is out of the frame to camera left, and the fruit I had with 
>> dinner is in the background.
>> 
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>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
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Re: Cold and foggy

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On 1 Dec 2020, at 20:01, Larry Colen  wrote:
> 
> 
> 
>> On Dec 1, 2020, at 11:20 AM, Daniel J. Matyola  wrote:
>> 
>> You like Fires, smoke, mudslides and earthquakes?
> 
> I like that it is sunny and 59F and that I’m about to go out for a bicycle 
> ride.

The south coast area I’m living in now is apparently the sunniest part of 
England, and Worthing one of the sunniest towns. Today it’s been crystal clear 
sunlight, not a cloud in the sky, with a high of about 8C I think, and flat 
calm. 

There’s a lot of pleasure to be had from the changing of the seasons though, 
and from long walks and bike rides on days like yesterday. 




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Re: OT - Jolie Brise

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Nah, he just walks v quickly on the water next to the boat...

> On 1 Dec 2020, at 20:38, Larry Colen  wrote:
> 
> I was wondering how you got all the shots from off the boat then I noticed 
> that the motorboat in tow you see in the onboard shots isn’t visible in the 
> offboard shots.
> 
> 
>> On Dec 1, 2020, at 12:22 PM, Steve Cottrell  wrote:
>> 
>> On 1/12/20, Larry Colen, discombobulated, unleashed:
>> 
>>> I suspect this is one of those jobs that if it came down to it, you
>>> would have paid them to do it.
>> 
>> Effectively, I did.
>> 
>> The films I make with Tom are mostly for fun. Or as he puts it - 'for Queen 
>> and country' !!
>> 
>> It does lead to paid work though from various nautical businesses...
>> 
>> 
>> 
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>>   Cotty
>> 
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Re: Cold and foggy

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There is a way to view them but you’ve chosen not to use it.

> On 1 Dec 2020, at 17:19, John  wrote:
> 
> Sixteen thumbnails, but no way to view individual photos.
> 
> I refuse to allow scripts from doubleclick.net or ads-twitter.com
> 
>> On 11/30/2020 16:17:56, Bob Pdml wrote:
>> Went for a walk up to Cissbury Ring today, out through a rather beautiful 
>> and empty valley, up to the hill fort and back by an unusual straight track 
>> which leads from the hill fort to the sea and was probably a drove way at 
>> some point in the pre-Roman times. The track is apparently the baseline of 
>> the local Roman centuriation, which was their grid system for marking field 
>> boundaries. This is all still reflected in the town’s road layout.
>> https://adobe.ly/2BXDULF
>> https://strava.app.link/Eb92N2crQbb
>> https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/cissbury-ring


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Re: Cold and foggy

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On 30 Nov 2020, at 21:59, Ralf R Radermacher  wrote:
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> Am 30.11.20 um 22:17 schrieb Bob Pdml:
>> Went for a walk up to Cissbury Ring today...
> 
> What a beautiful and heart-warming set of photos. In a 'normal' year, it
> would have been a mere three weeks until our return to Dunkirk with one
> or two last daytrips to Kent and East Sussex just before the new Iron
> Curtain will come down for us.
> 
> After Jan 1st, we certainly won't be queing for hours at Dunkirk and
> Dover just for a day on the other side. *sigh*

Thanks.

It’s our loss as well as yours for probably the most stupid political decision 
this country has ever taken. I can’t call it an Iron Curtain because it is made 
of 100% pure, highest-grade stupidIty, which is probably even more 
impenetrable. I hope we can quickly find a way of taking it down again so that 
we can easily enjoy each other’s countries once more.

One of the few benefits of the virus (and the Brexit process) is that it has 
exposed the fundamental incompetence of the demagogues and populists, so 
perhaps it will hasten their demise.



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Re: Cold and foggy

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On 30 Nov 2020, at 23:12, ann sanfedele  wrote:
> 
> 
> 
>>and that portrait of the cow is a standout for me too.. I think she's in 
>> love.
>> I hope not. She’s a boy.
>I was steered wrong

I udderstand.

>> https://adobe.ly/2BXDULF
 
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Re: Cold and foggy

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On 30 Nov 2020, at 21:43, ann sanfedele  wrote:
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> Really enjoyed the whole set - but of course I especially like #14 for some 
> reason :-)

Thanks - thought you might :0) 

I like that they’ve taken the time and expense to bend the street sign to fit 
the wall rather than put it a few feet along where they could have used a 
cheaper straight one.
> 
> #11 my favorite scenic of the lot.

Mine too

> and that portrait of the cow is a standout for me too.. I think she's in love.

I hope not. She’s a boy.

> 
> ann
> 
>> https://adobe.ly/2BXDULF
>> 
>> https://strava.app.link/Eb92N2crQbb
>> 
>> https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/cissbury-ring

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Re: Cold and foggy

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Er, no. I use hand sanitizer when it is on offer at the entrance to a shop. 

I tried to keep my distance when I was walking, but there was no-one around to 
keep my distance from. 

One of the ‘wild’ ponies did get rather too close for my comfort though, and it 
wasn’t wearing a mask. Perhaps it was curious to know why I wasn’t wearing my 
nose bag.

> On 30 Nov 2020, at 21:30, Toine  wrote:
> 
> The sign on the gate is fascinating. Do you carry and use the
> mentioned hand sanitizer before opening the gate? In the Netherlands
> many people have a very relaxed (and silly) attitude on covid. If I
> would use hand sanitizer during my walks I would be laughed at.
> 
> Cissbury ring is now on my list for a post covid visit.
> 

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Cold and foggy

[Bob Pdml]

Went for a walk up to Cissbury Ring today, out through a rather beautiful and 
empty valley, up to the hill fort and back by an unusual straight track which 
leads from the hill fort to the sea and was probably a drove way at some point 
in the pre-Roman times. The track is apparently the baseline of the local Roman 
centuriation, which was their grid system for marking field boundaries. This is 
all still reflected in the town’s road layout.

https://adobe.ly/2BXDULF

https://strava.app.link/Eb92N2crQbb

https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/cissbury-ring




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Re: OT: how the mushroom got its name

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On 30 Nov 2020, at 17:16, Toine  wrote:
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> Interesting article. The mushroom is called "puntig kaalkopje" in
> dutch, something like "pointed bald head". No idea why (except it does
> resemble a pointed bald head)
> 

That’s probably just coincidence



>>> 
>>> https://theconversation.com/liberty-cap-the-surprising-tale-of-how-europes-magic-mushroom-got-its-name-130668



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OT: how the mushroom got its name

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Recent mushroom photos shown on PDML suggest to me that you may find this 
article interesting. It’s the sort of article I love which takes some small 
little unconsidered thing and uses it to weave a great path through history and 
culture:

https://theconversation.com/liberty-cap-the-surprising-tale-of-how-europes-magic-mushroom-got-its-name-130668






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Re: PESO: A drop of oil

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> On 27 Nov 2020, at 17:53, Alan C  wrote:
> 
> They actually had mini-armoured trains on that line during WWii.

In case the country was invaded by Munchkins


> 
> romney hythe and dymchurch railway ww2 - Google Search 
> 
> 
> Alan C

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Re: PESO Birding with 1.4x converter

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Use a bean bag...

> On 25 Nov 2020, at 14:14, Toine  wrote:
> 
> That's what I was afraid of :) maybe I need to sit on my hands. My
> only escape is the idea of 630 mm handheld is too long and heavy to
> shoot without a serious tripod.
> 
>> On Wed, 25 Nov 2020 at 14:58, Paul Stenquist  wrote:
>> 
>> I use the DA 1.4x regularly  with my 150-450. It’s superb.
>> 
>> Paul
>> 
 On Nov 25, 2020, at 8:45 AM, Toine  wrote:
>>> 
>>> Found a DA 1.4x converter. Tried converters before including the
>>> famous 1.7 AF version and never satisfied until this DA version.
>>> Combined with the DA300 I can't complain about anything. Tripod test
>>> shots as sharp as can be, no additional CA or purple fringing. Let's
>>> give it a try in the field, handheld...
>>> 
>>> cropped
>>> https://www.repiuk.nl/albums/new/#=1=005-964-20201125-img3752
>>> 
>>> full frame for pixel peeping
>>> https://www.repiuk.nl/albums/new/#=1=005-965-20201125-img3715
>>> 
>>> I'm impressed and saved 2k on a future 150-450. Maybe someday some
>>> serious birding...
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Re: OT: Also sprach Zarathustra

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> On 24 Nov 2020, at 16:35, Steve Cottrell  wrote:
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> On 24/11/20, Bob Pdml, discombobulated, unleashed:
> 
> https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/nov/23/helicopter-pilot-finds-strange-monolith-in-remote-part-of-utah
> 
> Brilliant! Extra-terrestrial Toblerone :-D

It must be nice to have enough money to make a secret little joke like that 
that could have gone undiscovered for centuries.

I’m assuming here that it wasn’t the product of little green men but of bundles 
of green folding stuff.



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Re: Cameras on bike

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> On 24 Nov 2020, at 06:39, Godfrey DiGiorgi  wrote:
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>> When it comes to carrying *anything* on a bicycle, of course, "less is 
>> always more." Much better to only carry exactly what you are going to use 
>> and no extras. 

Amen to that.


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Re: 'Why I still shoot with Pentax'

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On 24 Nov 2020, at 03:57, David Mann  wrote:
> 
> 
> Actually I should pull out one of my film cameras to show my daughter how 
> cameras used to work.  I still think of film when we share photos to her 
> grandparents within seconds of taking them.
> 

A few years ago I was showing one of my nephews, then 16, my Leica M3. He 
turned it round in his hands for a while before asking “how do you switch it 
on?”.

 
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OT: Also sprach Zarathustra

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https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/nov/23/helicopter-pilot-finds-strange-monolith-in-remote-part-of-utah


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Re: Cameras on bike

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> On 23 Nov 2020, at 20:38, Larry Colen  wrote:
> 
> […]
> 
> I can see the options for various solutions from  carrying  lenses in a trunk 
> bag on the rear rack, to one of the chest harnesses that in theory keeps the 
> camera more accessible, to given unlimited budget hard luggage on a 
> motorcycle. I’m curious what solutions (advantages and tradeoffs) other 
> people have come up with and how much money it has set them back?

I think it’s going to depend on how far you want to transport the stuff, what 
the terrain is like, and what you expect to photograph when you get there.

I would never carry anything like that on my body for any distance, but you 
could put a camera insert into a robust musette for s short distance. The best 
solution of you’ll be stopping and shooting periodically rather than just 
transporting stuff is to put the camera and a lens in the bar bag.

At the moment I am thinking about the logistics of bird photography on RSPB 
reserves. There is one fairly close to me called Pulborough Brooks which I 
could cycle to in about an hour:
https://www.rspb.org.uk/reserves-and-events/reserves-a-z/pulborough-brooks/

I would need to transport a tripod, 50-200mm 4/3rds lens, camera, a couple of 
other lenses and all the other paraphernalia of photography, plus bike repair 
kit, lunch, hot water, tea bags, binoculars and so on. Most of the stuff would 
fit in my Carradice Camper Longflap saddlebag with plenty of spare space, and I 
think I could fairly easily strap the tripod across the top of it, as it is 
designed to carry a tent that way.

Assuming there is somewhere safe to lock the bike when I get there, the next 
question is shoes. Nobody wants to walk in cycling shoes across a nature 
reserve carrying all that crap, and nobody wants to cycle for any length of 
time in walking boots.

In short, a handlebar bag and a saddle bag should be enough for most needs, I 
think.
Something like this would probably do it. That’s a Carradice Super C saddlebag 
at the back and my Domke F5 on the front, as mentioned in a previous thread.
https://adobe.ly/2UR6fck


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Re: OT u4/3

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On 22 Nov 2020, at 02:34, Larry Colen  wrote:
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> […]
> I know that there are a few folks on this list that also have u4/3 systems 
> I’m curious about the most cost effective u4/3 body that handles like a real 
> camera, and how much it would set me back.  I expect that it would be 
> something used to keep an eye out for in the usual places.  It’s not that I 
> have the money for one, but it’s generally better to start looking sooner 
> rather than later.
> 
> My impression is that the OMDs are some of the nicer ones to use.

I have an OMD E-M1 MkII and several lenses. The whole system is very good 
indeed and I like the cameras and lenses a lot. 

I haven’t taken the E-M1 on a multi-day bike tour yet, but I did make my E3 
(4/3rds but not micro 4/3rds) on a couple of trips to France a few years ago in 
a Domke F5 strapped to the handlebars. That worked quite well but the camera 
and lens were a bit bulky, and the bag is not meant to be strapped to a bike 
and I wore a hole in it.

I’ve been carrying the E-M1 on day trips in a Crumpler insert inside a proper 
handlebar bag 
(https://www.sjscycles.co.uk/luggage/gilles-berthoud-handlebar-bag-gb905-black-53-litre/)
 which also fits other bits and pieces such as my wallet, phone, glasses, map 
and compass, sandwich and so on. This works well. This set-up will take the 
body and my 12-40/2.8 lens, but that combo is quite bulky so I bought a pancake 
zoom 
(https://www.olympus.co.uk/site/en/c/lenses/om_d_pen_lenses/m_zuiko/m_zuiko_digital_14_42mm_13556_ez/index.html),
 which is not too bad for on-the-bike use, but on a long multi-day trip I’d 
pack a proper lens as well.

To reduce bulk further, and to get to your question, I’ve been thinking of 
getting one of the less SLR-like bodies and the choice seems to me to between 
the rangefinder-like Olympus Pen-F and the Panasonic GX8 or GX9, which all have 
viewfinders rather just squint at the screen on the back. 

However, the Pen-F is discontinued and still rather pricey; the others are also 
quite pricey, even used, so I’m not sure I want to go there now that I’ve 
stopped working.

If I pursue this idea of bulking down I might look at something else 
altogether. I have used my Fuji X20 a lot, but the viewfinder is too small and 
picture quality could be better; it has also found its way apparently 
irretrievably into somebody’s handbag. 

But something small, robust with a decent VF, good picture quality, manual 
settings, RAW, and a zoom range of about 25-100mm 35mm-equivalent would be a 
winner.


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Re: PESO: harrier portrait

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Superb!

> On 21 Nov 2020, at 09:26, Subash Jeyan  wrote:
> 
> all i've got to show for a saturday morning's birding:
> 
> http://something-feathered.in/2020/11/21/harrier-portrait/
> 
> montagu's harrier (female)...
> 
> k3ii and sigma 150-500 OS HSM @500 mm, handheld. cropped image.
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Re: dos PESOS - Covid life in the east village

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Even without the pestilence patio heaters are popping up everywhere because 
people can’t smoke indoors. So winter outdoor dining is here to stay.

> On 20 Nov 2020, at 21:02, ann sanfedele  wrote:
> 
> I have a better idea - stay home and cook your own meals.. really - it is 
> time for another lockdown here
> 
> ann
> 
> On 11/20/2020 3:48 PM, Bob Pdml wrote:
>>>> On 20 Nov 2020, at 20:43, ann sanfedele  wrote:
>>> 
>>> Yes we saw the same news and I see it all the time.. these things are open 
>>> on the other side.. but now they are introducing even more stupid ideas
>>> like using propane heaters outside.. ugh.
>> It’s happening everywhere unfortunately. Here’s what to do:
>> 
>> https://theconversation.com/outdoor-heaters-are-very-inefficient-heres-how-to-keep-warm-outdoors-more-sustainably-149423
>> 
>> Executive summary: wrap up warm, keep your feet warm, if unavoidable use 
>> infrared heaters under the tables.
>> 

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Re: dos PESOS - Covid life in the east village

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> On 20 Nov 2020, at 20:43, ann sanfedele  wrote:
> 
> Yes we saw the same news and I see it all the time.. these things are open 
> on the other side.. but now they are introducing even more stupid ideas
> like using propane heaters outside.. ugh.

It’s happening everywhere unfortunately. Here’s what to do:

https://theconversation.com/outdoor-heaters-are-very-inefficient-heres-how-to-keep-warm-outdoors-more-sustainably-149423

Executive summary: wrap up warm, keep your feet warm, if unavoidable use 
infrared heaters under the tables.



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Re: Peso: School Picture

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On 20 Nov 2020, at 19:59, Bruce Walker  wrote:
> 
> Igor, you needn't let lacking a "suitable backdrop" stop you. Just use
> a wide aperture with a decent distance from behind your kid to the
> background and let blur create a nice randomly mottled background.
> 
> And, I don't know about you, but in these stuck-at-home pandemic days
> I *relish* finding an involved project!  Presently I am pursuing the
> perfect pour-over coffee (using spreadsheets, weigh scales,
> thermometers, and timers)

SwissGold coffee filter, Hario coffee scoop, mug, nice coffee, boiling water.

> and just today I have added learning how to
> make decent protein smoothies to my task list.

Banana, fat-free Greek yogurt, fat-free milk, bit of honey. Stick blender, pint 
jug. Peel the banana first, and discard the peel. Or not, it’s up to you.

There now, I’ve spoiled your lockdown.


> 
> I can safely state that shooting portraits is a breeze compared to
> consistently making good pour overs. :-)
> 
> 
>> On Fri, Nov 20, 2020 at 1:06 PM Igor PDML-StR  wrote:
>> 
>> 
>> Cool photo, and a nice kid!
>> 
>> Just on Tuesday, I took our daughter (who is in the "virtual mode") to the
>> school, for the school photo. I was entertaining the thought of doing one
>> myself, - but I lack any suitable backdrop. Besides, not doing this type
>> of shots routinely would make it a rather involved project.
>> So, I let it to be done by the people who are better set up than I am.
>> I wish some PDMLers were closer. :)
>> 
>> Cheers,
>> Igor
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Bill Fri, 20 Nov 2020 09:40:26 -0800 wrote:
>> 
>> On 11/20/2020 11:35 AM, ann sanfedele wrote:
>> 
>> Ok, so a sweet looking kid nicely photo-ed but what is with the silver
>> hair?  If she were living down here it would have to be purple or green
>> highlights to fit in :-)
>> 
>> Or is that just the lighting?
>> 
>> 
>> ann
>> 
>> 
>> She had her hair dyed bright blue a couple of months ago, the colour has
>> faded to a kind of silvery blue
>> 
>> 
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Re: What happened to instagram?

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I don’t think it was ever meant for serious photographers, but most of the 
worlds best photographers seem to use it. Not all of them are serious though. 
I’m looking at you, Elliott Erwitt. :0)

I don’t have a PC at the moment, maybe never again, so I can’t test what you’re 
asking for. I use just my iPhone and my iPad. I might dig out my Linux laptop 
sometime in the next year or two, but not right now.


> On 17 Nov 2020, at 18:59, Henk Terhell  wrote:
> 
> Bob, are you able to upload a pic from the camera through your PC storage?
> I used to upload from a onedrive map but that no longer works, whereas 
> looking in the browser on the PC the + widget is missing.
> Along with the new buttons for adds and tiktok type videos, instagram wants 
> to get rid of serious photographers (like me:)).
> 
> Henk
> 
> Op 2020-11-17 om 18:40 schreef Bob Pdml:
>> Looking at it from the iOS app on my iPhone the + widget is on the top row 
>> of the screen now. Sami on the iPad.
>> 
>>>> On 17 Nov 2020, at 15:45, Henk Terhell  wrote:
>>> 
>>> We discussed earlier the best way to upload photo's from the PC to 
>>> instagram.
>>> There is now a new layout of instagram on my mobile from where I see no 
>>> possibility to upload.
>>> From the browser in developer mode (Chrome) also it doesn't work, so 
>>> probably they want to limit the content only to phone pics.
>>> 
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Re: What happened to instagram?

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Looking at it from the iOS app on my iPhone the + widget is on the top row of 
the screen now. Sami on the iPad.

> On 17 Nov 2020, at 15:45, Henk Terhell  wrote:
> 
> We discussed earlier the best way to upload photo's from the PC to instagram.
> There is now a new layout of instagram on my mobile from where I see no 
> possibility to upload.
> From the browser in developer mode (Chrome) also it doesn't work, so probably 
> they want to limit the content only to phone pics.
> 
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Re: PESO 2020 - 251 - GDG

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More interested in the contents of your library, to be honest :0)

> On 12 Nov 2020, at 21:45, Godfrey DiGiorgi  wrote:
> 
> I fitted my Voigtländer Color Skopar 28mm to the Hasselblad 907x with a 
> Fotodiox Pro M to X adapter and snapped a few frames as an experiment. As 
> expected, this lens design isn't particularly compatible with the 907x 
> sensor, showing a good bit of color shifting across the frame as well as 
> significant fall-off towards the edges and corners of the frame. However, 
> that doesn't mean it can't be used for some kinds of photos with a B 
> rendering intent: 
> 
>  Bicycle Wheels - Santa Clara 2020 :: https://flic.kr/p/2k5UtsD
>  Hasselblad 907x + Voigtländer Color Skopar 28mm f/3.5
> 
> enjoy! 
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> --Mark Twain
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Re: Also on this day...Was...Re: PUG Themes for 2020 - revised list

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> On 10 Nov 2020, at 21:44, Paul Sorenson  wrote:
> 
> Most people didn't know that a rotary dial was nothing but an on-off switch. 
>  
> 

Like mine (it’s Belgian):

https://www.instagram.com/p/B-RcgFWgL-X/?igshid=ikzb4uqdd8m0




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Re: Also on this day...Was...Re: PUG Themes for 2020 - revised list

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Luxury! When I were a lad if I wanted to talk to me mam we ‘ad to ‘ire a relay 
team of Swiss yodellers to yodel a message from one side o’ t’valley to 
t’other. ‘Appen she wuz wuckin’ dahn t’pit that day, it bein’ in Lancashire 
like, we ‘ad t’ire a team of Ethiopian runners too, and a scribe, cuz 
t’yodellers wouldn’t yodel into Lancashire on a Sunday. An’ we had to cleave uz 
sticks uz sells for t’message, we couldn’t ‘ave ‘em cloven for us.

But we were ‘appy. aye. 

> On 10 Nov 2020, at 19:21, Ralf R Radermacher  wrote:
> 
> Am 10.11.20 um 16:52 schrieb Paul Sorenson:
> 
>> On November 10, 1951 the first customer-dialed long distance phone call
>> was made.  Prior to that, you had to contact a long distance operator to
>> place those calls.
> 
> Around 1968, we were on holiday in Yugoslavia and my uncle sent a
> telegram that he had found a better flat for us (something you had to
> wait years for). My father spent 3 whole days at the post office before
> the call to my uncle in Cologne was put through.
> 
> By 1970 you still had to go through the German "Fernamt" for a call to
> the South of France. Not to mention that it cost the skin off your
> buttocks, as the French say.
> 
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Re: Dungeness - was: Re: November PUG is up

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I think Derek Jarman made people here aware of the strange beauty of Dungeness 
so it’s good to know that his cottage was saved for the nation (by me, among 
many others) earlier this year.

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2020/jul/21/derek-jarman-prospect-cottage-dungeness-kent-garden-museum-london

That whole area has the remote bleak beauty of flat coastal landscapes. Very 
appealing.

I found this article yesterday about the railway tracks:

http://www.urban75.org/photos/kent/dungeness-railway-01.html



> On 7 Nov 2020, at 15:42, Ralf R Radermacher  wrote:
> 
> Am 07.11.20 um 02:39 schrieb ann sanfedele:
> 
>> would like the back story on Ralf's - what caused the rails to become
>> "wrinkled"?  frost and heave? floods? quake?
> 
> Quite frankly no idea. This isn't a real railway. The rails were used by
> the local fishermen to move their boats across the beach. Everything is
> a lot smaller than it looks and I gather they have the same gauge as the
> neighbouring Romney Hythe & Dymchurch Railway, i.e. 15 inch.
> 
> They look as if they haven't been used for a long time and, much like
> the huts in the background, have been left there to contribute to the
> picturesque impression of the whole place.
> 
> Dungeness is indeed a very peculiar place, with it's half-desert-like
> nature, simple fisher huts and this enormous eyesore of a nuclear power
> station.
> 
> Here's a photo I've taken on another visit there:
> 
> https://www.fotocommunity.com/photo/in-englands-green-and-pleasant-land-fotoralfbe/23396586
> 
> The big concrete monster in the background is the reactor building. The
> only other solid buildings are those victorian houses on the right for
> the lighthouse wardens.
> 
> Wikipedia has this about Dungeness:
> 
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dungeness
> 
> ...and the Internet has lots of other articles about the unique nature
> and geology of the place.
> 
> It has indeed some strange kind of attraction and we've often returned
> there on our many daytrips over from Dunkirk.
> 
> Ralf
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Re: PESO: Sea of Sheep

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It won’t be a crop, it will be a shearing...

> On 4 Nov 2020, at 18:27, Toine  wrote:
> 
> Yes I haven't decided on a final crop of the sheep.
> The gras is gras with spiderwebbing.
> 
>> On Wed, 4 Nov 2020, 18:41 ann sanfedele,  wrote:
>> 
>> I like the sea of sheep shot that I see when I scroll back one frame a
>> tad better.. that is, less water showing..
>> and the photo of (wheat? grasses?)  just before the lovely leaves shot..
>> 
>> glad you needed to lose the weight if it gets you out to gather these.
>> 
>> ann
>> 
>>  11/4/2020 10:59 AM, Toine wrote:
>>> I need to lose some corona pounds. A daily photowalk should work. This
>>> what I saw today:
>>> https://www.repiuk.nl/albums/new/#=1=005-938-20201104-img3404
>>> 
>>> And yesterday:
>>> https://www.repiuk.nl/albums/new/#=1=005-935-20201103-img3387
>>> 
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Re: PESO: Pointillism

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That’s nice too. I’m usually fairly immune to autumn foliage shots, but I like 
silver birch trees and today I’ve spent about 4 hours on slow and delayed 
trains, but moving through really beautiful countryside in stunning sunlight, 
including stands of large silver birch trees glowing In the sun and have marked 
where I was so I can at some point go back with time and a camera.


> On 4 Nov 2020, at 16:44, Toine  wrote:
> 
> I'll throw in another one. I really like this one. Not exactly sure
> why, it's a everyday scene but the colours and light pop, maybe
> because I like points...
> https://www.repiuk.nl/albums/new/#=1=005-940-20201104-img3393
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Re: PESO: Sea of Sheep

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Superb! 

> On 4 Nov 2020, at 16:00, Toine  wrote:
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> I need to lose some corona pounds. A daily photowalk should work. This
> what I saw today:
> https://www.repiuk.nl/albums/new/#=1=005-938-20201104-img3404
> 
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Re: Use of GPS in cameras?

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> On 27 Oct 2020, at 17:16, Godfrey DiGiorgi  wrote:

> [...]. I don't find it generally all that useful for my photography [...]
> 
> G
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> No matter where you go, there you are.

How can you tell without GPS?



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Re: The 2021 PUG - Themes & High Res

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Do you like green eggs and ham?

> On 27 Oct 2020, at 17:06, Henk Terhell  wrote:
> 
> English breakfast you mean?
> 
> Henk
> 
> Op 2020-10-27 om 16:13 schreef David J Brooks:
>> Food and Eggs for me
>> 
>> Dave
>> 
>> 
> 
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Re: PESO - Jailed

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He looks as though he’s planning a fast getaway. Or she.

> On 26 Oct 2020, at 18:16, Daniel J. Matyola  wrote:
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> Nice image, but the poor fellow looks unhappy!
> 
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> 
> 
>> On Mon, Oct 26, 2020 at 2:08 PM Igor PDML-StR  wrote:
>> 
>> 
>> To help breaking the silence, yet another portrait:
>> http://42graphy.org/misc/2020-10-12-safari/Jailed_IR05870.jpg

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Re: OT Instagram

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I use Instagram. I post from my iPhone or iPad. When I shoot stuff on a proper 
camera I import into Lightroom on one of the devices, edit it a bit and save to 
the camera roll on the device, then I post from there into Instagram. Never 
tried it from a ‘proper’ computer. 

https://www.instagram.com/p/CGNtew_gssp/?igshid=zoa59hxdxkds





> On 11 Oct 2020, at 22:14, Toine  wrote:
> 
> Anybody using instagram? It's very popular so I heard. I remember Instagram
> as a lomography retro vintage style app with a very silly and ugly icon
> (they changed that). Since it is focused on photography I started using it.
> To my surprise and an hour or so wasted: you can't upload from a desktop pc
> or mac!
> Thats nuts! Or they think a real camera is something of the past
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Re: OT: Smartphone Telephoto Lenses

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On 9 Oct 2020, at 17:54, John  wrote:
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> 
> 
> The Pentax 110 had a 70mm telephoto & a tele-extender. I don't know what the 
> equivalent 35mm lenses would be.

110 is about the same size as 4/3rds so the equivalent would be 140mm, give or 
take.


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Re: Photo of Nobel prize (2020) winner

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An interesting story about the Penrose pattern:

https://collection.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk/objects/co439558/pack-of-four-rolls-quilted-toilet-paper-with-penrose-tiling-packaging-toilet-paper

https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www.independent.co.uk/news/kleenex-art-that-ended-in-tears-1266536.html%3famp

B

> On 8 Oct 2020, at 16:16, Daniel J. Matyola  wrote:
> 
> What an honor to be in his presence.
> 
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> 
>> On Thu, Oct 8, 2020 at 11:06 AM Igor PDML-StR  wrote:
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>> 
>> 
>> As some of you have heard, the Nobel Prize was given this year
>> for discoveries in astrophysics. Among the winners is Sir Roger Penrose -
>> for black holes (here is the summary:
>> https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/2020/summary/ )
>> 
>> 
>> Here is a photo of him (on the right) that I took 10 years ago, in the
>> newly built physics institute building with the foyer that has so-called
>> "Penrose tile" on the floor:
>> http://42graphy.org/~igor/PHOTOS/Mixed-2010/Penrose_and_Tile_IR_5500.jpg
>> 
>> (More about the Penrose tiling:
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penrose_tiling )
>> 
>> 
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Re: PESO: Emerging Monarch

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On 5 Oct 2020, at 14:31, Daniel J. Matyola  wrote:
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> No accounting for the French!

It’s a great film, directed by Bunuel, who was not French, but the script was 
by Jean-Claude Carrière one of the greats of cinema, who is indeed French and 
I’d say it’s more his film than Bunuel’s. That scene, in fact the whole film, 
is a coded reference to and critique of France’s role in their former colonies 
and in particular to the Algerian war.

https://mubi.com/notebook/posts/surviving-desire-the-films-of-jean-claude-carriere



> Thankfully, those are NOT Monarchs.  It is to be hoped they are not
> endangered.
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>> there were several people netting & tagging Monarchs ... then releasing
>> them again to continue on their journey.
>> 
>> ...until they get to France...
>> 
>> https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2cad1f?start=488


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Re: short veso : Ashley's ordeal

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Great vid! She knows where the food is!

> On 5 Oct 2020, at 13:08, ann sanfedele  wrote:
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> Now that she is much better and has gained back some weight I feel I can 
> share this mini vid I took before I took her to get an Ultra Sound two weeks 
> ago. She had to
> do without any food after midnight the night before this was shot and she was 
> NOT pleased.. as she let me know here..
> 
> She had had a concerning pattern of weight loss recently , vet visit a couple 
> of months ago indicated some kind of IBD  - she got steroids and B vitamin 
> shot and
> improved a bit then declined again.. so the Ultra Sound proved necessary.. 
> she came home with pills to take  1/2 of twice a day for two weeks then once 
> a week "forever"
> It took some creativity to get the pill into her - the solution after some 
> experimenting turned out to be burying the tiny thing in a small wad of 
> cheddar cheese - actually, English Double Glouster . she gets that into her 
> tummy quickly and therefore is spared the bitter taste of the pill (mashing 
> up the pill in her food was NOT a good solution
> "fool me once... ")  the pills are Prednisolone . 5mg pills cut in half.   I 
> didn't want to tell people anything aobut her trials until I was able to say 
> she is responding nicely
> to the meds and is up to many of her old naughty tricks , is displaying good 
> bathroom behaviour and hasn't barfed  at all in two weeks.
> 
> so here is the short vid I took early in the morning of Sept 22 before we 
> went to the vet..  video verite - took with my darkside little camera - no 
> editing.
> 
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GdOt3PlmZOY
> 
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Re: PESO: Emerging Monarch

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On 4 Oct 2020, at 21:18, John  wrote:
> 
> There's a particular "gap" on the Blue Ridge Parkway where the Monarchs 
> usually pass through on their migration south.
> 
> https://www.virtualblueridge.com/parkway-place/view-cherry-cove/
> 
> I remember stopping there on one of my visits several years ago and there 
> were several people netting & tagging Monarchs ... then releasing them again 
> to continue on their journey.

...until they get to France...

https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2cad1f?start=488


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Re: OT: How Different Insects Achieve Flight

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On 29 Sep 2020, at 21:25, mike wilson  wrote:
> 
> 
>> On 29 September 2020 at 19:47 "Daniel J. Matyola"  
>> wrote:
>> 
>> 
>> https://twistedsifter.com/videos/using-slow-motion-to-see-how-different-insects-achieve-flight/
> 
> Excellent.  I once witnessed a mass rise of plume moths - it was just like a 
> Hollywood/Hammer fog effect.  Spooky.
> 

I get the same thing when I open my wallet





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Re: Lucky shot

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On 24 Sep 2020, at 16:23, Larry Colen  wrote:
> 
> 
> 
>> On Sep 24, 2020, at 5:27 AM, Alan C  wrote:
>> 
>> Well, I suppose it was lucky in a way yet, the more you shoot, the luckier 
>> you get! Presumably you went out & bought a Lotto ticket?
>> 
> 
> With catching photos of meteors that’s true, the lottery however is just a 
> tax on people who can’t do math.
> 

That rather depends on what happens to the profits. In the UK the National 
Lottery funds a large number of causes that I consider to be good ones, so I 
buy a ticket every week by direct debit, not in the expectation of winning many 
tons of money that I wouldn’t know what to do with, but because it’s another 
way to support these things, and I get the occasional thrill of winning a small 
amount of money - £60- being the most so far, although I do know some who has 
won tens of thousands, and deserved it.
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Re: GESO: Shaheen falcon

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> On 24 Sep 2020, at 16:42, mike wilson  wrote:
> 
> 
>> On 24 September 2020 at 13:31 Bob Pdml  wrote:
>> 
>> 
>>> On 24 Sep 2020, at 13:24, Ralf R Radermacher  wrote:
>>> 
>>> Am 24.09.20 um 13:58 schrieb Subash Jeyan:
>>>> the shaheen falcon (also called the black shaheen and the indian
>>>> peregrine falcon) is a non-migratory subspecies of the peregrine falcon.
>>> 
>>> Great shots. What's his unfortunate prey?
>> 
>> Dead.
> 
> Not at first and often not for quite some time, which is where the misfortune 
> comes in.  As raptors don't like vegetables but still need the nutrition that 
> vegetarians and omnivores obtain from them, they have to eat meat as fresh as 
> possible.  Preferably still living.

I watched a kestrel tear apart a starling once. Very unpleasant for the 
starling.


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Re: GESO: Shaheen falcon

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On 24 Sep 2020, at 13:24, Ralf R Radermacher  wrote:
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> Am 24.09.20 um 13:58 schrieb Subash Jeyan:
>> the shaheen falcon (also called the black shaheen and the indian
>> peregrine falcon) is a non-migratory subspecies of the peregrine falcon.
> 
> Great shots. What's his unfortunate prey?

Dead.

> 

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Re: GESO: Shaheen falcon

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Fantastic - what a great thing to witness.

B

> On 24 Sep 2020, at 13:00, Subash Jeyan  wrote:
> 
> the shaheen falcon (also called the black shaheen and the indian
> peregrine falcon) is a non-migratory subspecies of the peregrine falcon.
> we had an encounter near chennai with it today and it even put up a
> performance for us:
> 
> https://something-feathered.in/2020/09/24/shaheen-falcon/
> 
> 
> shot with the k3ii and the sigma 150-500 OS HSM.
> 
> comments appreciated...
> 
> subash
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Music maestro, please!

[Bob Pdml]

Don’t know if this photo works or not (which probably means it doesn’t). I’m 
preparing my Leica M8 for sale and found this which I took the day I bought it 
- in 2008, which came as a surprise.

https://adobe.ly/3cvu15B

https://lightroom.adobe.com/shares/47c8d6369f8c4ec784cb1388e95fe3ef/albums/d1cb52454600492182266e0cc3d79ff1/assets/0c5a3a55e78c41d7b2d5f0d96e9fb149


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Re: Peter Turnley - the human face of COVID-19

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I’ve been following him and his brother Peter on Instagram as they’ve posted 
from Paris and New York. Peter has had a number of exhibitions of his lockdown 
work, including Les Rencontres d’Arles. It has been fascinating to see how they 
develop the pictures posted on Instagram into a coherent body, and how much 
time and effort goes into their work, not the least of which is how they 
interact so successfully with strangers on the street as well as professionals 
in the front line.

> On 22 Sep 2020, at 18:30, Henk Terhell  wrote:
> 
> In one of the Dutch papers is today an article about the New York 
> photographer Peter Turnley who wandered through the city during the lockdown.
> Some pictures of his work are on his website https://www.peterturnley.com/
> 
> 
> Henk
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Re: Does anyone know about Lightzone?

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>> 
>> Interesting, thanks. I’m in a no man’s land operating-systems-wise at the 
>> moment since early this year when windows finally outbloated my laptop and I 
>> replaced it with Linux, so it will be interesting to see how that plays in 
>> Linux.
> 
> I’m very interested in hearing how it works for you.  The one that I’ve been 
> looking at that runs on Linux is darktable
> https://www.darktable.org/install/

Hmm. Not sure if I’ll be able to help. My laptop seems to have unexpectedly 
entered brick mode. 







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Re: Does anyone know about Lightzone?

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Interesting, thanks. I’m in a no man’s land operating-systems-wise at the 
moment since early this year when windows finally outbloated my laptop and I 
replaced it with Linux, so it will be interesting to see how that plays in 
Linux.

At some point I’ll probably bite the bullet and buy a mac or windows box, but 
there’s no hurry.

> On 22 Sep 2020, at 09:19, Larry Colen  wrote:
> 
> I just ran across a reference to Lightzone, it seems like an interesting bit 
> of software
> 
> http://lightzoneproject.org/content/about
> 
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Re: Mother goose in the ashes, another afterburn

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That Mother Goose shot is excellent.

> On 20 Sep 2020, at 18:00, Larry Colen  wrote:
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> I went for a bike ride yesterday, I took the K-1, ended up going through 
> some other burned out areas on hwy 236 aka Big Basin Way.
> 
> I stopped to take a photos of something else in the “fallen leaf” 
> neighborhood and this caught my eye
> https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/50362939082/in/album-72157716043467568/
> 
> About a block further up at the corner of Jamison Creek and big Basin Way I 
> saw this next to a burned out house.  It’s funny, I realized that in the 
> moment, the loss of a child’s toy affected me as much as the loss of the house
> https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/50362830461/in/album-72157716043467568/
> 
> This intersection was in the news back in June.  Someone saw a white parked 
> here with guns in it. To make a long story short it belonged to a right wing 
> extremist (boogaloo) who shortly thereafter murdered a deputy, nearly killing 
> his partner, and who it was later discovered had killed a cop two weeks 
> before in Oakland.  It’s been an overly interesting summer for our sleepy 
> little community.
> https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/50362826386/in/album-72157716043467568/
> 
> A few weeks ago, someone posted a photo of a James Dean mural.  Years, and a 
> couple owners back, the owners of the Brookdale lodge had a similar mural 
> painted on a wall facing hwy 9.  Someone else bought the place, worked on 
> cleaning it up, and painted over the mural.  There was an incredible uproar 
> from all of the locals, so they hired someone else to paint a new one, which 
> sucked.  Another renovation cycle later, they were very close to reopening, 
> and Covid hit.  They do, now, have a much better mural than the last:
> https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/50362836591/in/album-72157716043467568/
> 
> If you go down towards Salinas, you will see a lot of John Cerney’s work:
> https://www.johncerneymurals.com/
> 
> I just liked the title of this article I found about him
> https://carmelmagazine.com/archive/outstanding-in-his-field
> 
> Anybody who has driven South to Monterey on the coast has seen the whimisical 
> painting of someone loading a giant artichoke into a Nash metropolitan, 
> itself even larger than a real one which is at the bottom of this page
> https://www.roadarch.com/signs/cerney.html
> 
> Full set from yesterday.  Again, it’s a bit large as it’s a lot of 
> documentation:
> https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/albums/72157716043467568
> 
> I have come to the conclusion that of the natural disasters I’ve experienced 
> so far, wildfires are my least favorite.
> 
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Re: Pentax gadget

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Ghosts


> On 18 Sep 2020, at 19:54, Igor PDML-StR  wrote:
> 
> 
> That's an interesting device!
> 
> However, there is one puzzling moment in the diagram caption in this image:
> https://us.ricoh-imaging.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/AVM6x21WP_features-1-830x414.png
> "The phase coating applied to the prism, suppressed flare and goose, ..."
> 
> I am unable to figure out what word they meant instead of "goose".
> Are they on a wild goose chase? ;-)
> (or is that me?)
> 
> 
> BTW, it is listed for pre-orders on Ricoh website, but it is available on 
> Amazon since August 3, 2020: $139 for the monocular alone, and $199 for the 
> complete kit:
> https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08DXTZ1RD/
> 
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Igor
> 
> 
> 
> Alan C Fri, 18 Sep 2020 02:27:37 -0700 wrote:
> 
> Make your SmartPhone Pentax "street legal". (Probably old news?)
> 
> 
> https://us.ricoh-imaging.com/product/vm-6x21-wp-monocular/ 
> 
> 
> 
> Alan C
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Re: OT Naked Truth about Masks

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Good stuff. Nothing like a bit of wobbly flesh for scaring the viruses away.

During the strictest lockdown in London my regular weekend bike ride took me up 
to Muswell Hill then downhill past Ally Pally where those photos were shot. 
With no traffic around at the time I could hit 40mph going down the hill, but 
you have to be careful because there are trafic lights at the bottom, and you 
never know, even in lockdown...

> On 18 Sep 2020, at 19:14, Daniel J. Matyola  wrote:
> 
> An "art installation" in London features hundreds of people posing wearing
> nothing but face masks.  The New (Almost) Normal?
> 
> NSFW
> 
> https://www.cnn.com/style/article/naked-art-london-facemask-intl-scli-gbr/index.html
> 
> Dan Matyola
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Re: Feature request/wish

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> On 18 Sep 2020, at 17:44, Godfrey DiGiorgi  wrote:
> 
> Ah, different location in the menu system on typ 262 models with an LCD:
> In the English section of the German/English manual, p128 describes the main 
> menu and the 'picture parameters' menu. The latter includes the lens profiles 
> and user profiles settings. Page 162 describes the User Profiles submenu, 
> with all of the Management submenu functions as described above. 
> 

That was a struggle to find, being referred elsewhere in the manual then having 
to go to the next page before they tell you it’s the ‘Set’ button, not ‘Menu’.

> If I were to buy another M body, I'd likely pick one of either the M10-D or 
> M10-M. I'd be looking for more of a niche use camera, and both of these have 
> enough different about their features that they would satisfy that criteria. 
> 
> But I'm unlikely to buy anything more for a while yet. I'm pretty happy with 
> the gear I'm using now and don't feel motivated to spend much money on more 
> for the present. :)

You’ll need all your money for smoke masks and plague masks. It’s London 1666 
all over again.




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Re: PESO: Selfie (NSFW)

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You coulda put some lipstick on at least...

> On 18 Sep 2020, at 18:01, Toine  wrote:
> 
> https://www.repiuk.nl/albums/new/#=1=005-876-20200918-imgp2781
> 
> Toine

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Re: Feature request/wish

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>> I do intend to buy one of the LCD-less Ms at some point within the next
>> few months, one that has the same dimensions as my M3 rather than the
>> thicker body. But first I have to sell my M8, and my typ2x2, and the
>> 21/2.8 Elmarit-M, and the Voigtlander 75/1.8. And whatever remains of
>> my soul. 
> 
> I didn't realize that you were allowed to have both a soul and a Leica.

Only on a short-term lease

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Re: Feature request/wish

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> On 17 Sep 2020, at 14:44, Godfrey DiGiorgi  wrote:
> 
> 
>> I’ve just had a quick look through the menu of my typ242 and I can’t see the 
>> export option - enlighten me, please!
>> Mind you, the M menus and settings are so simple it’s no big deal rebuilding 
>> them, unlike the Olympus and Fuji, which are a UI nightmare.
>> I guess on the Leicas which don’t have a TV on the back it’s fairly crucial 
>> to be able to set things up with your smartphone.
> 
> Hi BobW,
> 
> I presume you mean typ 262 or typ 240 … :)

Typ262. 

> 
> MENU > User Profile > Manage Profiles > Export Profiles
> MENU > User Profile > Manage Profiles > Import Profiles
> 
> There is also Save as Profile and Rename Profile in the same submenu.

Nope. No User Profile on mine. Perhaps it’s one of those typ260s they sell 
cheap on eBay.

> 
> Regards the LCD-less digital Ms:
> 
> - The Leica M-D 262 does not have any user profiles … It has virtually no 
> settings at all, beyond the focus/exposure/drive mode/self timer discrete 
> settings and the clock. 
> 
> - The Leica M10-D does have user profiles, but you set them up and manage 
> them using the smartphone app. 
> 
> It's true that the menus on Leica cameras tend to be very straightforward and 
> easy to set up, but it's notable that Leica recognized early that this 
> customization business is something that users should be able to store and 
> reload easily.


I do intend to buy one of the LCD-less Ms at some point within the next few 
months, one that has the same dimensions as my M3 rather than the thicker body. 
But first I have to sell my M8, and my typ2x2, and the 21/2.8 Elmarit-M, and 
the Voigtlander 75/1.8. And whatever remains of my soul. 

Less is more. Nevermore. Elsinore. Excelsior!





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Re: Feature request/wish

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> On 17 Sep 2020, at 09:10, Godfrey DiGiorgi  wrote:
> 
> Leica has supported exporting user settings to the SD card and reloading 
> them since the first Leica M digital camera was released. The M models, the 
> T/TL/TL2/CL/SL/SL2 all have this functionality, some of the others too. My 
> current CL model allows me to define five or six user profiles (plus the 
> factory default profile) and export/import them as desired, transfer them to 
> another CL, etc. You can't have multiple sets of user profiles without doing 
> some manual naming/renaming of the export settings file outside of the camera 
> with your computer, but what's there covers what I need very well anyway. 

I’ve just had a quick look through the menu of my typ242 and I can’t see the 
export option - enlighten me, please!

Mind you, the M menus and settings are so simple it’s no big deal rebuilding 
them, unlike the Olympus and Fuji, which are a UI nightmare.

I guess on the Leicas which don’t have a TV on the back it’s fairly crucial to 
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Re: My new Pentax

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I hope nobody else leaves...

> On 14 Sep 2020, at 17:54, Juan Buhler  wrote:
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> I'm stumped by all these puns. You guys are forcing me to log off now.
> 
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> 
>> On Mon, Sep 14, 2020 at 9:40 AM Daniel J. Matyola 
>> wrote:
>> 
>> But yew think yew are?
>> 
>> Dan Matyola
>> *https://tinyurl.com/DJM-Pentax-Gallery
>> *
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>> On Mon, Sep 14, 2020 at 12:31 PM  wrote:
>>> 
>>> You guys are knot funny
>>> 
>>> On September 14, 2020 9:22:31 AM PDT, Ken Waller 
>>> wrote:
 He better or someone will beech about it.
 
 
 -Original Message-
> From: Steve Cottrell 
> Subject: Re: My new Pentax
> 
> 
>>> I maple all my savings out for an offer.
>>> 
>> 
>> Well OK. I would feel better if you let me spruce it up a bit first
 though.
> 
> Bring alder goodness out
 
 
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Re: My new Pentax

[Bob Pdml]

> On 13 Sep 2020, at 19:07, Juan Buhler  wrote:
> 
> My first real camera was an ME super with the M50/1.7. It was the silver
> model, just like probably 99%+ of them, at least thatś what the proportion
> of silver vs black ones seems to be.
> 
> I […]
> So while I've moved to a Fuji X-T30 for my main photography (this is the
> closest you can get in digital to the feel of an MX, btw!), today I am
> going out with the ME-Super and a roll of Fujicolor 200. Plus the MX-1 just
> to shoot some DNGs as well and keep it Pentax.
> 
> Just look at this beauty:
> 
> https://photos.app.goo.gl/dgkvs93HrFCpjkNP7

Lovely - and I think you may be right about that Fuji!

Here’s the MX I bought new in 1979, gave up smoking for a year to pay for it. I 
don’t have the 50/1.7 lens it came with - that was among a ton of stuff that 
was stolen in 2000. That’s the 40mm pancake lens. I also have a 24-35/3.5 Lens 
and a Winder MX. When I got the stuff out just now to take the picture the 
wonder started whirring at me, which was a surprise as I didn’t realise it had 
batteries in. I took them out - they are dated Mar 2002... now in the battery 
recycling jar. The strap is an LX strap, the tripod an original Marchioni.

https://adobe.ly/3iqT1gI

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Re: OT: Questions for PDML members from the UK

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Cornwall is a duchy. Owned by Prince Charles. It has never been an independent 
country, but the people are essentially descended from the pre-Anglo-Saxon 
population and related to other populations from the so-called Celtic fringe - 
the Atlantic seaboard. One of my brothers lives in Cornwall. Some of his 
Cornish friends are fiercely anti-English, but apparently not enough to learn 
the Cornish language, which seems to be dying out. A part of Brittany is called 
Cornouaille and was settled by people from Cornwall - many of the place names 
are very obviously from the same language. The Cornish and Breton flags are 
very similar, if not identical.

Boris is playing brinkmanship with the EU. I’d say the chances of him still 
being PM this time next year are pretty slim.

> On 7 Sep 2020, at 15:07, Daniel J. Matyola  wrote:
> 
> These are serious questions, not meant to be political, solely to satisfy
> my own curiosity:
> 
> 1.  What the heck is Cornwall?  Is it just a region of England, or are the
> Cornish a separate ethnic group, like, for example, the Welsh?
> 
> 2.  Whatever happened to Brexit?  Has it just faded into insignificance
> because of the pandemic, or will the government sit down and really try to
> work something out with the Germans and the French?

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Re: PESO: Autumn Crocus

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The autumn crocus is the source of the drug colchicine, used to treat acute 
gout since the time of the ancient Egyptians. 

I have some in my medicine cabinet from my last series of gout attacks about 3 
years ago. It is highly toxic and there is a limit to how many tablets you can 
take in a week before you have to have several weeks of not taking any, so 
you’d better hope for some relief from the pain before you reach the limit. 

Eating the plant can cause multiple organ failure quite quickly and there is no 
antidote.

> On 6 Sep 2020, at 07:46, Toine  wrote:
> 
> Just wait until I visit the drug store to get something for my cough:
> OSCILLOCOCCINUM
> 
>> On Sun, 6 Sep 2020 at 08:40, Larry Colen  wrote:
>> 
>> 
>> 
 On Sep 5, 2020, at 11:27 PM, Toine  wrote:
>>> 
>>> Or Colchicum autumnale and thus no crocus!
>> 
>> If you said that out loud I’d think you were having a coughing fit.
>> 
>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> https://www.repiuk.nl/albums/new/#=1=005-863-imgp2272-2
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Re: OT: Seducing Ingrid Bergman

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I’ve read that Capa and Bergman are the models for the two main characters in 
Hitchcock’s Rear Window.

> On 5 Sep 2020, at 14:56, Daniel J. Matyola  wrote:
> 
> For those interested in the private lives of great photographers, I
> understand this book is being made into a movie (once the pandemic permits):
> 
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seducing_Ingrid_Bergman



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Re: story 3 of the new APS-C flagship

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> On 5 Sep 2020, at 01:19, Rick Womer  wrote:
> 
> Also, if you want to know just how bright Pentax marketing is, just ask 
> yourself: Why would any company take a product series and count DOWN rather 
> than UP in naming the models? Sheesh.
> 
> Dyspeptically,

A certain German company whose name begins with L springs to mind.

M3, MP, M2, M1, M4, M5, ..., and now it’s got itself stuck at M10 this, M10 
that, sometimes with a hyphen, sometimes without. Rational Germans, eh?



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Re: PESO: Going To The Moon

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It’s excellent - like something in Life magazine.

> On 2 Sep 2020, at 09:52, David Mann  wrote:
> 
> A phone pic of my daughter enjoying a swing today.
> 
> http://gallery.multi.net.nz/photo/1088/#peso
> 
> There was a fire engine coming along the street and I was wanting to get it 
> in the photo (which I did on the next shot).  Maybe I'm being sentimental but 
> I really liked this one.
> 
> Cheers,
> Dave
> 
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Re: OT: 30 Landscapes You Won't Believe Are in the U.S.

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That sounds like a good way of spending your time.

B

> On 1 Sep 2020, at 15:38, ann sanfedele  wrote:
> 
> I cant resist giving you guys my numbers now.. with relatively brief 
> explaination of how I managed it.
> Printed out the list of 62 NP's and checked off 45 for sure and a couple of 
> more with question marks
> because I was likely there as a child before they were designated as National 
> Parks. all 45 are those that
> can be reached by car and are either in the contiguous 48 or in Alaska.  Been 
> in every state but HAwaii.
> 
> My father was old enough to be my grandfather when I wsa born.. he was, 
> unfortuantely, something of a boozer
> and had some problems with heart - in  January 1945 he was "retired" from a 
> sales management job
> when he though he was going to be promoted and given only a few months 
> severance.. something I didn't know
> until recently (that is, the reasons).  A lot of what contributed to my 
> having seen 44 of the 48 states before I was
> 12 was our trips were , post war, partly business trips as Pop's old cronies 
> from the salad days gave him sales jobs
> and he took my mother and me with him.  Traveling before 1945 was for 
> pleasure and visiting family, but parents
> were always interested in the parks. Mammoth Cave was a strong memory from 
> childhood.
> 
> I lived in Maine in the 60's - so there was Acacia..  took geology in college 
> which got me to Yellowstone on a field trip.
> 
> Then I met Richard in 1980 , who had travelled widely in Europe and Asia but 
> didn't know the USA - so road trips began..
> and most of the parks on the list were visited with him, sometimes for the 
> second time, many for the first.
> I kept taking them on my own after I lost him in 1993..  Because Richard hit 
> senior landmark when we were
> together I got my Golden Age Passport card and I still have it, hoping to be 
> able to use it again one day.  I think
> it is supposed to be good for the National Monuments as well.
> 
> ann
> 
>> On 9/1/2020 1:29 AM, John Francis wrote:
>>> On Mon, Aug 31, 2020 at 11:04:25AM -0400, John wrote:
>>> I've been to 5 of them as an adult; 7 if you count Yosemite that my parents
>>> took the kids to see back during one of the two California trips that
>>> included me.
>> Hmm.  I'm pretty sure I've been to more than that.  Let's see:
>> 
>> Acadia, Bryce Canyon, Death Valley, Grand Canyon, King's Canyon, Sequoia, 
>> Yosemite, Zion.
>> (It certainly helps living in California; all but one of those we've visited 
>> by driving
>> from home since we moved here 25 years ago.  Acadia we visited when we lived 
>> back east,
>> and took our local Girl Scout troop camping in Acadia one year).
>> 
>> I've been to Yosemite more than once.  Larry and I took a quick trip out 
>> there when I had
>> just purchased my K5.  One of these years I'll get out there during the 
>> spring snowmelt.
>> 
>> My bucket list includes Joshua Tree and the parks in Oregon and Washington 
>> (state).
>> I suppose I should visit my closest one, too - Pinnacles - it's visible from 
>> around here.
>> 
>> 
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Re: OT: 30 Landscapes You Won't Believe Are in the U.S.

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You won’t really cry, ann, it’s a click bait trick: “this man took 1,000 
pictures of his pet snail every day for a thousand years - don’t cry when you 
see the last one”

> On 27 Aug 2020, at 17:44, ann sanfedele  wrote:
> 
> Now I have to look... (ok, look again - I should recount my hits anyway)
> 
> ann
> 
> On 8/27/2020 12:05 PM, Bob Pdml wrote:
>>>> On 27 Aug 2020, at 16:33, mike wilson  wrote:
>>> 
>>> 
>>>>> On 27 August 2020 at 15:51 Mark Roberts  
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> Bob Pdml wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> A strange article really because it seems to me that most of the US places
>>>>> are better known than the places they’re compared to. Anyone who is aware
>>>>> of the foreign places is probably also aware of the US places, so they
>>>>> certainly will believe they are in the US.
>>>> National Geographic has been dumbed down considerably since Rupert
>>>> Murdoch bought it.
>>> What I don't believe is how many grizzled sceptics fell for a clickbait 
>>> title.
>> You’ll cry when you see the last one
>> 
>> 
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Re: OT: 30 Landscapes You Won't Believe Are in the U.S.

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> On 27 Aug 2020, at 16:33, mike wilson  wrote:
> 
> 
>>> On 27 August 2020 at 15:51 Mark Roberts  wrote:
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Bob Pdml wrote:
>>> 
>>> A strange article really because it seems to me that most of the US places 
>>> are better known than the places they’re compared to. Anyone who is aware 
>>> of the foreign places is probably also aware of the US places, so they 
>>> certainly will believe they are in the US.
>> 
>> National Geographic has been dumbed down considerably since Rupert
>> Murdoch bought it.
> 
> What I don't believe is how many grizzled sceptics fell for a clickbait title.

You’ll cry when you see the last one



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Re: OT: 30 Landscapes You Won't Believe Are in the U.S.

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A strange article really because it seems to me that most of the US places are 
better known than the places they’re compared to. Anyone who is aware of the 
foreign places is probably also aware of the US places, so they certainly will 
believe they are in the US.

> On 27 Aug 2020, at 01:54, ann sanfedele  wrote:
> 
> That's my line too, John - at least 80% of em
> 
> ann
> 
>> On 8/26/2020 4:52 PM, John wrote:
>> Hard *NOT* to believe in some of 'em since I've been there to see 'em with 
>> my own eyes.
>> 
>>> On 8/24/2020 11:03:49, Daniel J. Matyola wrote:
>>> https://www.cntraveler.com/gallery/landscapes-you-wont-believe-are-in-the-us
>>>  
>>> 

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Re: PESO 2020 - 193 to 198 - GDG

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Love the shot of the flag.

You’ve been having a tough time, I hope it all resolves soon and you can get 
back on your bike.

B

> On 25 Aug 2020, at 16:22, Godfrey DiGiorgi  wrote:
> 
> I've not been posting much, and been off the bicycle, for the past few 
> weeks... various reasons, but I've continued my daily walks/photo sessions 
> around the neighborhood as time and energy permit. And I've been 
> processing/rendering a lot of exposures as well. 
> 
> Even walks the past week or two have been limited due to heat and (now) 
> wildfire smoke. Sheesh, what a year! 
> 
> Here are six from Sunday's short walk around the neighborhood. 
> 
> https://flic.kr/p/2jzNzPt – Blossoms
> https://flic.kr/p/2jzRXA1 – Leaf
> https://flic.kr/p/2jzNzQa – Japanese Maple
> https://flic.kr/p/2jzNzQF – Crashed Fruit
> https://flic.kr/p/2jzRXAM – Window and Rose
> https://flic.kr/p/2jzRXBd – Flag
> 
> More to come soon... :)
> Enjoy! 
> 
> G
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>  – Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory
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Re: PESO - from my dirty office window last Sunday..

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Wow, great shot! 

> On 24 Aug 2020, at 01:57, ann sanfedele  wrote:
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> New York University has been gobbling up our neighborhood.. and some of the 
> apartments inthe older buildings on our street have become student housing.
> The students have returned from across the country two weeks early to 
> quarantine themselves before classes start if they have come from states with 
> a dangerously high
> Covid infection rate.   I haven't been looking for things to photo at all 
> these days.. except for stuff I want to sell on ebay, but I happened to look 
> out my office window
> last Sunday in the afternoon because I heard a commontion around the corner 
> on 1st ave.  That turned out to be a cyclist protest ride that I wasn't quick 
> enough ti get my
> camera off the tripod and get some shots having gotten to see only the last 
> of the crowd going by.. then I looked across the street and found this.
> 
> As my downstairs neighbor put it "prancing and posing" with no pretense of 
> social distacing.  The students are out and about in the neighborhood already 
> mostly
> maskless .. not really quarantining themselves.   We ( folks in the 'hood) 
> are guessing  it won't be too long before NYU will have to shut down the in 
> person classes.
> 
> 
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Re: I am safe at friends

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Glad to hear you’re ok.

> On 20 Aug 2020, at 18:38, Larry Colen  wrote:
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> We bugged out last night. We are safe at the home of friends in Santa Cruz.
> 
> https://www.latimes.com/wildfires-map/?fire=czu-august-lightning-complex
> 
> seems to be the most detailed fire map
> 
> If you zoom in between Felton and Ben Lomond, my house is near Brackney, 
> close to where the river crosses hwy 9 twice.  
> 
> As of about 8am we are now under mandatory evacuation
> https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/f0121f7f2f0941afb3ed70529b2cee75?
> 
> I had hoped that we'd be able to go back and retrieve a couple things we had 
> forgotten last night,  Oh well
> 
> another fire map
> https://firms2.modaps.eosdis.nasa.gov/map/#d:2020-08-19..2020-08-20;l:street;@-122.1,37.1,13z
> 
>> On Aug 20, 2020, at 7:56 AM, John  wrote:
>> 
>> I note your two posts are about 4 hours apart and in that time the fire has 
>> halved the distance to your location.
>> 
>> Pack the car now & get ready so there's no urgency when the evacuation order 
>> does reach you.
>> 
>> Hell, your last post was five hours ago. By this time you should already be 
>> gone.
>> 
>>> On 8/19/2020 04:48:42, Larry Colen wrote:
>>> Here’s a map of the fires, I’m about halfway between Felton and Ben Lomond
>>> https://firms.modaps.eosdis.nasa.gov/map/?fbclid=IwAR2KjXriCGfRbUQeEixiannqV3ERliJpsDZk4uSe6pJV0TsCbzH8bGsA4Ec#d:2020-08-18..2020-08-19;l:street;@-122.1,37.2,11z
>>> The nearest one is about 10 miles away, the evacuation zone is now about 4 
>>> miles away.
 On Aug 18, 2020, at 9:36 PM, Larry Colen  wrote:
 
 There are a bunch of wildfires from the lightning in my general area.  
 Since people will often ask about excitement that’s 100 miles away, folks 
 are being evacuated about 10 miles north of me:
 
 https://www.fire.ca.gov/incidents/2020/8/17/czu-august-lightning-complex/
 
 I’ve been hearing fire trucks going past my house for a couple hours, but 
 apart from smoke that’s about all the effect it has on me right now.
 
 So, at the moment, there’s nothing major to worry about.
 
 
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Re: Quiet List

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I wrote that, not John. It was intended to be light-hearted, not nasty.

Bob

> On 20 Aug 2020, at 14:14, Daniel J. Matyola  wrote:
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> No need to get nasty.
> 
> Dan Matyola
> *https://tinyurl.com/DJM-Pentax-Gallery
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>> On Wed, Aug 19, 2020 at 7:51 PM  wrote:
>> 
>> 
>> Take the yacht out...
>> 
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Re: Quiet List

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> On 19 Aug 2020, at 14:54, Steve Cottrell  wrote:
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> On 19/8/20, Bob Pdml, discombobulated, unleashed:
> 
>> That's why the world's going to hell in a handbasket. 
>> 
>> Everyone's an exception and it's everyone else who has to make sacrifices.
>> 
>> Tragedy of the commons.
> 
> The thing about being cold is, it's easy to stay warm - put on more clothes. 
> If you're too hot, how do you cool down? I had the fan on, water spraying, 
> everything. I felt ill and couldn't function.
> 
> So the answer is to simply feel ill for a week and do nothing?
> 

Maybe. It’s only a week. 

There are all sorts of strategies for coping, many of which Ralf has outlined, 
and most of the world copes without AC. We lived in hot and humid countries for 
years without AC. If it’s your normal climate you, er, acclimatise... 

It’s not our normal climate here and right-thinking people should be horrified 
at the idea of using AC in this country. If that seems like the solution then 
something is going very wrong indeed and rather than adding to the problem we 
need to be looking at other ways to cope with it until we have reversed the 
problem. That means adapting our homes and the way we live by taking lessons 
from the people whose normal climate this is and who have developed techniques 
over millennia for dealing with it.

But in the short term yes, maybe you just have to put up with it for a week. 

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Re: Quiet List

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> On 19 Aug 2020, at 13:17, Steve Cottrell  wrote:
> 
> 
>> ...

>> The AC was essential for us. Global warming or not.
> 

That’s why the world’s going to hell in a handbasket. 

Everyone’s an exception and it’s everyone else who has to make sacrifices.

Tragedy of the commons.



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Re: An Audubon Cover

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Congratulations! Great cover 

> On 18 Aug 2020, at 17:32, Paul Stenquist  wrote:
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> “Flyway” magazine. I donated it of course, but they noticed my membership was 
> up and renewed it free of charge. They’re a worthy organization.
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Re: Beach geometry

[Bob Pdml]

Thanks!

> On 18 Aug 2020, at 16:53, Daniel J. Matyola  wrote:
> 
> Very nicely done!
> 
> I like them all, but especially 6of10, the paddleboarders.  Minimalism at
> its best!
> 
> Dan Matyola
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> 
> 
>> On Mon, Aug 17, 2020 at 4:08 PM Igor PDML-StR  wrote:
>> 
>> 
>> Those are so beautiful!
>> Well seen views!
>> I am a bit more neutral on #4, but love the rest, especiall #1 and #5.
>> 
>> I am not an "aqueous" person (even though we are all at least 60% made of
>> water), but I love views with water.
>> (#1 is great despite very little water in it! :-) )
>> 
>> 
>> Igor
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Bob Pdml Sun, 02 Aug 2020 06:29:26 -0700 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: Beach geometry

[Bob Pdml]

> On 18 Aug 2020, at 11:04, Ralf R Radermacher  wrote:
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> Am 18.08.20 um 01:58 schrieb Bob Pdml:
> 
>> Thank you! I’ve just added some more, which I hope you enjoy.
> 
> Great stuff. Pity that we won't be able to cross the Channel in the
> foreseeable future.

Thanks. I think we all feel the same way on both sides. Some of my Francophile 
friends are over there now and are prepared to put up with the quarantine when 
they return.


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