Re: What Makes a Pentax a Pentax?
Well said, Cotty! (I suspect, BTW, that this post is longer than all of your other 2006 posts combined!) Merry (or Happy, in British!) Christmas! Rick --- Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote, with uncharacteristic volubility: I don't so much find it as confusing, just that I do not want plastic lenses. I don't own any. It means more weight, but I don't associate more weight with being detrimental. All my Pentax and Canon lenses (and cameras) are metal and heavy and will last longer than I will. Just the way i like to shoot - with a bit of heft to the gear. As for the merger, it doesn't really effect me, although we do have an *ist Ds in the house. I am sad to see Pentax as a small underdog being merged with another company if for nothing other than it eventually moulds itself into something else, no matter how much reassurance is given that it won't. Sure, I have no doubt the Pentax brand will continue - in a worst-case scenario for at least a few years, probably much much longer. But after the honeymoon is over, the core people who made Pentax what it is today (Ken will know of the names) will slowly and surely be edged or bought out. Hoya will appoint people to take the company in the direction it wants to go (I have personal experience with such a merger) and that may or may not coincide with what the fans want. It may mean much better things in terms of research and development of new products [from the Imaging section] and so you will probably see better and greater DSLRs coming on the scene - probably even 'full frame' 35mm DSLRs - but they won't have the karma that current Pentax cameras have. Then again, I have always said that the Pentax of today is a far cry from the Pentax of 30 years ago. Now comes the next generation. On the whole I think it is a sad day. But Godders will be pleased - the gear will still be there and future incarnations will doubtless outweigh expectations. There's a lot to be pleased about for anyone that likes good quality photographic equipment decently priced with excellent pedigree. Pentax is dead. Long live Pentax! -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|http://www.cottysnaps.com _ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net http://www.photo.net/photos/RickW __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: List greetings for the 22nd of December!
Well, if things are tight, the word comes out HOOYA... --- Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I believe Hoya is the word shouted when the endoscope enters. Mark!! Getting a bit tight for this year -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|http://www.cottysnaps.com _ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net http://www.photo.net/photos/RickW __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: PAW 2006 - 44 - GDG
Godfrey, Nice, but it's either a bit too straight or a bit too crooked. Happy Holidays, Rick --- Godfrey DiGiorgi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: A classic sunset scene in Green River, Wyoming ... http://homepage.mac.com/ramarren/photo/PAW6/44.htm Comments, critique appreciated; flames would have been nice as it was about 26 F degrees when I took this one! enjoy Godfrey -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net http://www.photo.net/photos/RickW __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: OT - query for the NYC crowd
Scott, Inexpensive hotels that lack bedbugs, thugs, or practitioners of the world's oldest profession do not exist in Manhattan. We have stayed at The Milburn, which is in the 80s near Broadway, in a pleasant neighborhood about a 5 minute walk to Central Park and a 10 min walk to the Natural History Museum. Heck, we walked to Times Square from there, but we do a lot of walking (remember the Philly PDML?). IIRC we paid $160 a night a couple of years ago. Rick --- Scott Loveless [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The wife and I are planning a weekend getaway to NYC sometime within the next couple months. The tentative plans include hitching a ride on the Amtrak to Penn Station. Most likely we'll be arriving around lunch time on a Saturday and departing the following afternoon. Would anyone have recommendations for accommodations in the vicinity? Plus, a pilgrimage to BH is, of course, a requisite. The maps I've looked at seem to indicate that their store is very close to the train station. Can anyone confirm this for me? Our time in NYC will be far too short to take in more than one or two sites, so we'd prefer to keep travel within the city to a minimum. Any art museums, restaurants, etc. come to mind? What's it going to take to convince one or two of you to lead us around on a photo tour? -- Scott Loveless http://www.twosixteen.com Shoot more film! -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net http://www.photo.net/photos/RickW __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: So, with only a few days left, who's GFMing
As will I. Rick --- Tom Reese [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Tom Reese and Susan Wilson will be there again -- Original message -- From: Walter Hamler [EMAIL PROTECTED] Count me in. Now my wife says she will go. Also looks like her sister has found us a place to stay with friends who actually live there on GFM. I'm getting excited! Walt -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net http://www.photo.net/photos/RickW __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: 28-70 F4 quiry
That's the one. I bought one and a 24-90 at the same time a few years ago, and shot one roll of slides with each (remember slides???). The 24-90 was clearly better in contrast, sharpness, and light fall-off (not to mention the extra 4mm at the wide end), so I returned the 28-70. Rick --- David J Brooks [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is this the lens that seemed to fall apart. There was talk last year here, about a lens in this more or less focal lenght, that was a good performer, but the elements tended to seperate. Was it this one.?? Or another. Actually, comments on this lens would be appreciated. Still trying to determine my Christmas presents to my self. Three primes or a couple o' zooms. Dave Equine Photography in York Region -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net http://www.photo.net/photos/RickW __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: OT: Occupations?
I haven't chimed in yet, largely because my chosen occupation has kept me really busy lately (there are 570-odd unread PDML messages in my mailbox, too!). I'm a physician, specifically a pediatrician, and still more specifically a pediatric oncologist. Yeah, I know, what a drag--a friend and colleague said that when she told people her specialty at cocktail parties it was like dropping a turd in the punchbowl. I really like what I do, though. I -never- have a boring day, we can cure most of our patients, and even when cure is out of reach we can make things better for them and their families. And, the thrill of getting Christmas cards and baby pictures from grown-up kids I treated 5 or 10 or 20 years ago is wonderful. From the time I was in high school, I wanted to be an academic physician--patient care, teaching, and research--and that is exactly what I'm doing. So I consider myself very, very fortunate, in that way and many others. Cheers, Rick http://www.photo.net/photos/RickW __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Fisheye 10-17 question
Well, I disagree with Dave. The lens is still quite fishy at 17mm, and if you look at the curvature in the buildings, trees, and road in the second pic, you can see it easily. It's a great lens. I enjoyed the 17-28 so much on my (P)Z-1p that I asked for the 10-17 for my birthday, and got it. Much fun. Rick --- David Savage [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: By 17mm the distortion is pretty much non-existent. Here are a couple of examples of mine (taken in the exact same position): 10mm http://www.arach.net.au/~savage/Misc/Images/IMGP5146_1.jpg 17mm http://www.arach.net.au/~savage/Misc/Images/IMGP5149.jpg HTH Dave On 1/6/07, Gonz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've seen some nice pics from this lens. W. Hamler's recent Hot Dog Heaven is a prime, err... zoom example. My question is related to its fishiness. I've heard that the lens is a fisheye at 10mm, but loses its fishiness as you head towards 17mm, so that it looks like a rectilinear at 17mm. Anyone have any experience that could confirm/disprove this? Thanks, Gonz -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net http://www.photo.net/photos/RickW __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: PESO: Dunkirk
Me too, and I don't know why either. Rick --- David Savage [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I like it. Can't say why exactly, but I do. Cheers, Dave On 1/5/07, Ralf R. Radermacher [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://www.fotocommunity.de/pc/pc/mypics/770012 As always, your comments and suggestions are welcome. Ralf -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net http://www.photo.net/photos/RickW __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
PESO: Wind Turbines
Ordinarily, I would be taking (and posting) winter-type photos now. However, it reached 72F/ 22C in Philadelphia today, the rosebush next door is in bloom, and it's not wintry at all. So, I've returned to my collection of pix from our trip to Germany this fall, for this shot taken on a cold, wet, blustery morning: http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=5420852 These wind turbines are all over the place in central Germany. They are enormous (if you look closely, you can see steps and a door at the base of the closest one), and turn slowly in a strangely fascinating way. Tech stuff: ist D, FA 16-45, ISO 400, f/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/250, RAW file converted to DNG with Adobe DNG Converter, thence to JPG via ACR and PE4. Plaudits, brickbats, and mere comments all welcomed. Rick http://www.photo.net/photos/RickW __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: PESO: Wind Turbines--Response
Thanks for the comments. Yes, these are hard to shoot, and I deliberately chose a dark day to eliminate the problem of white turbine blades against a bright sky. I hoped that the tracks through the field in the foreground would lead the eye into the photo. The problems are that these things are widely scattered, and rather static at the shutter speed necessary on a blustery morning (too windy for anything less than a 10kg tripod; maybe the K10D would have managed at 1/20 or so had it been available!). Re wind power: I found these devices very intriguing, and did a good deal of reading about them. The main problem is that the wind blows least when the power is needed most (a hot, humid summer day), and blows the most when power is needed least (a wet 4C November morning). So, power companies have to keep lots of capital tied up in fossil-fuel-burning reserve capacity, and that's not attractive. Rick --- Rick Womer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ordinarily, I would be taking (and posting) winter-type photos now. However, it reached 72F/ 22C in Philadelphia today, the rosebush next door is in bloom, and it's not wintry at all. So, I've returned to my collection of pix from our trip to Germany this fall, for this shot taken on a cold, wet, blustery morning: http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=5420852 These wind turbines are all over the place in central Germany. They are enormous (if you look closely, you can see steps and a door at the base of the closest one), and turn slowly in a strangely fascinating way. Tech stuff: ist D, FA 16-45, ISO 400, f/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/250, RAW file converted to DNG with Adobe DNG Converter, thence to JPG via ACR and PE4. Plaudits, brickbats, and mere comments all welcomed. Rick http://www.photo.net/photos/RickW __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net http://www.photo.net/photos/RickW __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: PESO: pastoral light
Subash, It's a very nice pic, and surprising. One doesn't think of rounded hills in the Himalayas, but there they are, amid the jagged peaks. Rick --- SJ [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: hi, on a ride through the himalayas/ladakh in india on our motorcycles last july, after a particularly hard day's ride, we reached a small settlement called phobrang in the evening at around six. it was an overcast day, it was cold (the place is at a height of just above 16000 feet) and as we were walking around looking for a place to stay or a place to pitch our tents, the sun broke through and these two hills caught the light. i had my ps of course, so here goes. yet another peso: http://picasaweb.google.com/nsjeyan/Road/photo#5017196578040392290 again, appreciate comments, suggestions and critique. regards, subash -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net http://www.photo.net/photos/RickW __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
PESO: Wernigerode Castle Gate
Another from the fall trip to Germany. A large castle, beautifully restored, looms over the small central German town of Wernigerode. This is a shot of one of the gates one passes through (going steeply uphill) to enter the castle grounds. http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=5425089 Technical: ist D, FA 16-45, ISO 400, f/8 @ 1/90, RAW file processed with ACR, cropped and converted in PE4. Comments invited. Rick http://www.photo.net/photos/RickW __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: PESO - Man's Intrusion
Why do I like this shot? Hmmm...Maybe it's the irony of finding concrete pillars standing where one expects trees to be standing. Compositonally, the pillar 2/3 of the way to the right is a bit of a problem. Rick --- Bruce Dayton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Taken on a morning walk yesterday. Pentax K10D, A 70-210/4, Handheld ISO 400, f/8 http://www.daytonphoto.com/PAW/bkd_4227.htm Comments welcome -- Bruce -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net http://www.photo.net/photos/RickW __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: PESO: Crying won't get what you want...
I really like the first one. Our kids are 18 and 22, both in college. Rick --- Charles Robinson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Found this gem while scanning an old roll of film. Rather than cherry-picking the good shots, I'm scanning every frame when I pull out an old roll. Takes a while, but... In any case - this is my now-19-year-old college-age daughter... she found a wagon in a bookstore and was determined to leave the store with it. Mommy and Daddy didn't have any money to support that concept! But daddy had his camera out and was ready http://charles.robinsontwins.org/1988_july/pages/page_14.html and http://charles.robinsontwins.org/1988_july/pages/page_15.html Is it cruel of me that these pictures make me smile?? -Charles -- Charles Robinson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Minneapolis, MN http://charles.robinsontwins.org -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net http://www.photo.net/photos/RickW __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: PESO - January
Sorry, Ken, it doesn't do anything for me. Apart from there not being leaves on the trees, it doesn't look particularly wintry. Rick --- Kenneth Waller [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Check out http://mypeoplepc.com/members/kwaller/offwallphoto/id2.html Seney NWP, Upper Peninsula of Michigan Comments solicited Thanks in advance Kenneth Waller -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net http://www.photo.net/photos/RickW Want to start your own business? Learn how on Yahoo! Small Business. http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/r-index -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: PAW 2007 - 01 - GDG
I'm ignoring the apparently endless American Fence thread, too. And, I really like the pic. The wide variety of colors of light are fascinating, and the composition and mood are great. Rick --- Godfrey DiGiorgi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am still behind getting the rest of the 2006 weeks posted, but I'm almost recovered from my trip to Nashville TN and thought I should *start* 2007. Frankly, I was sick with a stomach flu most of the time I was there and took only a few photos. I like this street scene but didn't have the energy or chance to try to do it better. The Pentax K10D's water proofing did come in handy ... http://homepage.mac.com/ramarren/photo/PAW7/01.htm The contrast range was extreme so I expected noise in sky and shadows at ISO 800 ... In the full resolution version going to a print, it's quite nice with a deep, grainy appeal, and I think it's ok on the small one. The half-rez scaling did a bit of ugliness to it. Anyway, although it's not the only picture I have from the week to post, it's the one that's most appealing to me in a pictorial way right now. I will likely do some more renderings ... there are some rather more 'processed' versions that I am beginning to like. ;-) Comments, critique, tomatoslinging all happily appreciated. enjoy Godfrey -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net http://www.photo.net/photos/RickW Have a burning question? Go to www.Answers.yahoo.com and get answers from real people who know. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
RE: PESO: Wernigerode Castle Gate
Thanks, Tim. I appreciate your comments (and the others'). Rick --- Tim Øsleby [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Well done Rick. I like that you have kept so much of the surroundings and the lights near the ground, adds mood and atmosphere. Tim Mostly harmless (just plain Norwegian) -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rick Womer Sent: 8. januar 2007 04:31 To: pdml@pdml.net Subject: PESO: Wernigerode Castle Gate Another from the fall trip to Germany. A large castle, beautifully restored, looms over the small central German town of Wernigerode. This is a shot of one of the gates one passes through (going steeply uphill) to enter the castle grounds. http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=5425089 Technical: ist D, FA 16-45, ISO 400, f/8 @ 1/90, RAW file processed with ACR, cropped and converted in PE4. Comments invited. Rick http://www.photo.net/photos/RickW __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net http://www.photo.net/photos/RickW Want to start your own business? Learn how on Yahoo! Small Business. http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/r-index -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: PESO - Circles of Man
I like it--but what is it?? Rick --- Tom C [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=5435439 Tom C. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net http://www.photo.net/photos/RickW Want to start your own business? Learn how on Yahoo! Small Business. http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/r-index -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: PESO-- Reworking an old image
Nice, but not lovely, as the original image is. The color adds a lot to this shot. Rick --- Mike Hamilton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've been lacking inspiration or motivation these days, and so I am trying to re-work older images. Also trying to improve my BW conversions. Tell me what you think. http://www.michaelhamilton.ca/?p=162 (original image located at http://www.michaelhamilton.ca/?p=62) Enjoy. -- -- Cheers, [EMAIL PROTECTED] MichaelHamilton.ca -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net http://www.photo.net/photos/RickW Do you Yahoo!? Everyone is raving about the all-new Yahoo! Mail beta. http://new.mail.yahoo.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: What's in a Pentax image file (2007 edition) ?
John, Showtags.exe isn't as easy as you describe, at least for me. I downloaded the file (HP computer running XP), usede run from the start menu to enter the program's location and the photo's location, and a black rectangle flashed on my screen with scrolling text for about 1/5second--that was all. How do I capture that fast-moving text? Redirect the output to a file doesn't tell me anything. Could you please provide more comprehensive instructions? Rick --- John Francis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: A summary of what I've discovered about the Pentax tags can be found here: http://panix.com/~johnf/raw/index.html A (Windows executable) version of the program I use to dump the tags can be found here: http://panix.com/~johnf/raw/ShowTags.exe It's fairly easy to use - just type ShowTags filespec1 filespec2 ... at a command prompt (wildcards can be used). There's quite a bit of output (100 or more lines per image), so you might want to redirect the output to a file. Unfortunately it appears that the FrameCount tag (tag 41) is no longer written out - it shows up in files from the D and the DS, but has vanished from the DL. If anybody spots a discrepancy between the output from ShowTags and the data in the table I'd appreciate email (sent to mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]) detailing the difference. I'm particularly interested in information about the DS2/DL2, and about the K100D/K110D, and how these differ from the DS. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net http://www.photo.net/photos/RickW Need Mail bonding? Go to the Yahoo! Mail QA for great tips from Yahoo! Answers users. http://answers.yahoo.com/dir/?link=listsid=396546091 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: What's in a Pentax image file (2007 edition) ?
Thanks for the replies. However, I know nothing of DOS commands, and have no desire to learn them. I also do not know what the Windows root directory is. Is that the C drive? Assuming so, I put showtags.exe and the image file there, and used run from the Start menu, with filename.out added to the string. It produced a file called filename.out, but it contains nothing at all. Gawd, I hate Windoze! Godders, when will you have a user-friendly Mac version of this? Rick --- mike wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: Boris Liberman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2007/01/13 Sat PM 05:22:38 GMT To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Subject: Re: What's in a Pentax image file (2007 edition) ? Rick, you simply open a command prompt by clicking start-run and typing cmd in the window that opens. A black window will appear. From there, using command prompt DOS-style commands you can also run the showtags.exe. HTH. If you are not familiar with DOS commands, in Windows tranfser the showtags.exe and a .pef file to the directory that the DOS window opens in (probably the windows root directory) so that you just need to write showtags yourfilename.pef filename.out without the quotes but with the spaces for it to work. Exit the DOS window by typing exit. You will find a file called filename.out in the same directory as the programme. Open it in notepad and edit it as you need to before copy/pasting to your email programme. HTHEM. - Email sent from www.ntlworld.com Virus-checked using McAfee(R) Software Visit www.ntlworld.com/security for more information -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net http://www.photo.net/photos/RickW Looking for earth-friendly autos? Browse Top Cars by Green Rating at Yahoo! Autos' Green Center. http://autos.yahoo.com/green_center/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: K10D RAW and DNG image size
Oddly, the K10D compresses the PEF files but not the DNG files. My ist D produces ~13 MB PEFs. My workflow is to put the card in a card reader, and import pix onto the home Mac as (losslessly) compressed DNGs using Adobe DNG Convertor. Those DNGs are 5-6 MB. Rick --- Mike Hamilton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 1/15/07, Dario Bonazza [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: PEF = 10 GB DNG = 16 GB Yikes!!! I'd better get a new hard drive! And a few more SD cards! -- -- Cheers, [EMAIL PROTECTED] MichaelHamilton.ca -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net http://www.photo.net/photos/RickW Be a PS3 game guru. Get your game face on with the latest PS3 news and previews at Yahoo! Games. http://videogames.yahoo.com/platform?platform=120121 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
PESO: Last Apples
The last apples of the season, at the local farmer's market in mid-December. http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=5458065 ist D, FA 16-45, ISO 200, 1/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/8, RAW, minor adjustments in PE4. Comments most welcome. Rick http://www.photo.net/photos/RickW Food fight? Enjoy some healthy debate in the Yahoo! Answers Food Drink QA. http://answers.yahoo.com/dir/?link=listsid=396545367 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: K10D RAW and DNG image size
It's easy--I don't have a K10D yet! --- David J Brooks [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: How are you opening PEF files. My dng converter on the ibook is the newest, but won't recognise them. Dave Quoting Rick Womer [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Oddly, the K10D compresses the PEF files but not the DNG files. My ist D produces ~13 MB PEFs. My workflow is to put the card in a card reader, and import pix onto the home Mac as (losslessly) compressed DNGs using Adobe DNG Convertor. Those DNGs are 5-6 MB. Rick --- Mike Hamilton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 1/15/07, Dario Bonazza [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: PEF = 10 GB DNG = 16 GB Yikes!!! I'd better get a new hard drive! And a few more SD cards! -- -- Cheers, [EMAIL PROTECTED] MichaelHamilton.ca -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net http://www.photo.net/photos/RickW Be a PS3 game guru. Get your game face on with the latest PS3 news and previews at Yahoo! Games. http://videogames.yahoo.com/platform?platform=120121 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net Equine Photography in York Region -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net http://www.photo.net/photos/RickW Sucker-punch spam with award-winning protection. Try the free Yahoo! Mail Beta. http://advision.webevents.yahoo.com/mailbeta/features_spam.html -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: PESO: Ice Storm
One and four are my favorites. Ice storms are beautiful to photograph but a pain to live with! Apparently you have power, though... Rick --- Paul Stenquist [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: We had an ice storm in Michigan today. Shot some pics this morning and again this afternoon. The first is with the K85/1.8, the second is with the Vivitar Series 1 90/2.5 macro, and the last two are with the DA 50-200. All on the K10D. http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=5458250size=lg http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=5458281size=lg http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=5458304size=lg http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=5458320size=lg Paul -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net http://www.photo.net/photos/RickW Finding fabulous fares is fun. Let Yahoo! FareChase search your favorite travel sites to find flight and hotel bargains. http://farechase.yahoo.com/promo-generic-14795097 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: PESO: Ice Storm
One and four are my favorites. Ice storms are beautiful to photograph but a pain to live with! Apparently you have power, though... Rick --- Paul Stenquist [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: We had an ice storm in Michigan today. Shot some pics this morning and again this afternoon. The first is with the K85/1.8, the second is with the Vivitar Series 1 90/2.5 macro, and the last two are with the DA 50-200. All on the K10D. http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=5458250size=lg http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=5458281size=lg http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=5458304size=lg http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=5458320size=lg Paul -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net http://www.photo.net/photos/RickW Expecting? Get great news right away with email Auto-Check. Try the Yahoo! Mail Beta. http://advision.webevents.yahoo.com/mailbeta/newmail_tools.html -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: PESO: Last Apples
Thanks for all the comments! This was a difficult shot, because the market was crowded, there weren't many apples (what you see is what there was), and the apples were surrounded by clutter. I played with the shot a while, and tried the fisheye, but other shots worked less well than this one. What attracted me was the low, warm December light on the apples, and the deep shadows. I like what Mark did with the shot, except that it makes it look too much like September rather than December. Something in between would probably be ideal. Rick --- Mark Cassino [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: There is a nice luminous feel to the light and the apples are well presented, but the contrast is too great and the shadows too deep to my eye. It's a matter of taste, but if you pull it into Photoshop and give the shadows a healthy whack in adjustments-shadows and highlights you can make the light really sing. It's probably bad manners to adjust someone else's photo, but just to illustrate the point: http://www.markcassino.com/temp/apples.jpg Probably be a good idea to burn in the upper right corner if lightening it so much. Good eye to see the shot! - MCC Rick Womer wrote: The last apples of the season, at the local farmer's market in mid-December. http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=5458065 ist D, FA 16-45, ISO 200, 1/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/8, RAW, minor adjustments in PE4. Comments most welcome. Rick http://www.photo.net/photos/RickW Food fight? Enjoy some healthy debate in the Yahoo! Answers Food Drink QA. http://answers.yahoo.com/dir/?link=listsid=396545367 -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Mark Cassino Photography Kalamazoo, Michigan www.markcassino.com - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net http://www.photo.net/photos/RickW 8:00? 8:25? 8:40? Find a flick in no time with the Yahoo! Search movie showtime shortcut. http://tools.search.yahoo.com/shortcuts/#news -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: PESO - Old Paramus Church Cemetery
Lovely, moody shot. It might work a little better if the plane of focus was at the bent fence spike, though. Rick --- Ed Keeney [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://picasaweb.google.com/ewkphoto/PentaxK100DPicturesAlmostDailyJanuary2007/photo#502047314964050 Could be my best with the K100d so far - still trying. Converted to BW in PS Elements 5. Comments appreciated -- Thanks! Ed http://picasaweb.google.com/ewkphoto -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net http://www.photo.net/photos/RickW Finding fabulous fares is fun. Let Yahoo! FareChase search your favorite travel sites to find flight and hotel bargains. http://farechase.yahoo.com/promo-generic-14795097 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
PUG Submission Form Problems
I emailed Jostein off-list (he's inundated at work, and not reading the list lately). He replied that he expects to have the submission form working again later today (Tuesday). Rick http://www.photo.net/photos/RickW Finding fabulous fares is fun. Let Yahoo! FareChase search your favorite travel sites to find flight and hotel bargains. http://farechase.yahoo.com/promo-generic-14795097 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
PESO: Downtown LA
I'm just getting around to looking at photos I took last fall. I went to Los Angeles on business, and had a Saturday afternoon to walk around downtown and shoot. Downtown LA has =lots= of public art, and on a Saturday afternoon it is utterly empty. Weird for northeastern US (or European) types, whose cities are always busy. Hence this shot, with the art unobstructed by humans: http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=5465563 ist D, FA 10-17 fisheye, ISO 400, f/8 @ 1/1000, RAW, minor adjustments in ACR and PE4. Comments invited! Rick http://www.photo.net/photos/RickW Don't get soaked. Take a quick peak at the forecast with the Yahoo! Search weather shortcut. http://tools.search.yahoo.com/shortcuts/#loc_weather -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Airport X-ray Advice
If you check film, it's dead. Not just fogged--big exposed stripes from the scanning Xray. Make room in your carry-on! Rick --- Norm Baugher [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm taking a vacation to Italy next week. I'm taking a lot of film (before it dies completely) and am actually checking baggage which I really haven't done in the past. Do the baggage x-ray machines really fog film? Film is medium format Plus-X. Norm -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net http://www.photo.net/photos/RickW TV dinner still cooling? Check out Tonight's Picks on Yahoo! TV. http://tv.yahoo.com/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: I toot just toot won toot toot !?
Congratulations! The photo is very nice, too. My son has an Optio W20, and likes it a lot. Very sharp, remarkably flare-resistant lens, build quality just shy of a hockey puck. The LCD could be easier to see in sunlight, though, and there is no viewfinder. Overall, he's -very- happy with it. Rick --- F Mckenty [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Horn blowers anomalous would like to introduce it's new member: sir Francis Pentaxshooter Proudfoot Mckenty! I just received a call from the assistant editor of Pacific Yachting magazine informing me that I had just won first place in their annual photo contest. I completely lost it when I was on the phone and started yelling I Won! I Won! at my office mates (which the lady from Pacific Yachting found rather amusing). The photo ( http://www.islandlight.ca/showphoto.php?image_id=211 ) was, in my opinion, the worst of the three that I entered, but hey, the prize is a pentax content Optio W20 /pentax content so I'm not going to complain. Our decks don't always stay as dry as it is in that photo so having a water proof camera will make for many more and better photo opportunities. Sorry to bother you with my little bragging session but I'm a little excited (this is the first photo contest I've won and also the largest one I've ever entered). Any one on the list have one of these things? Are they good? By buy bye, Francis www.islandlight.ca PS. That photo was one of the first (meaning in the fist two hundred) shots taken with my DS. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net http://www.photo.net/photos/RickW Finding fabulous fares is fun. Let Yahoo! FareChase search your favorite travel sites to find flight and hotel bargains. http://farechase.yahoo.com/promo-generic-14795097 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: PESO: Downtown LA
Thanks, Boris and Bruce, for your comments! Boris, I see what you mean. I gave this scene a thorough photo-massage, and the shots that included the left leg of the structure had excessive distortion in the building. I thought this was the best of the lot. If they'd just built the plaza about 10m bigger, I could have had the perfect composition! Rick --- Boris Liberman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Rick, Rick Womer wrote: Hence this shot, with the art unobstructed by humans: http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=5465563 ist D, FA 10-17 fisheye, ISO 400, f/8 @ 1/1000, RAW, minor adjustments in ACR and PE4. Comments invited! Rick This is really good though somewhat incomplete to my eye. I think that if you included the leftmost leg of this red construction, it would more to my taste ;-). But then again it was you and not me shooting. Well done. Boris -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net http://www.photo.net/photos/RickW We won't tell. Get more on shows you hate to love (and love to hate): Yahoo! TV's Guilty Pleasures list. http://tv.yahoo.com/collections/265 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Unemployed
Scott, Wow! I was actually planning to email you this weekend and ask if all was well, because you haven't posted many photos lately. I'm looking forward to your new shooting. The kind of public-contact job you had is very wearing (I've had them, too). Have fun with your new job! I sure hope you're still coming to GFM! Rick --- Scott Loveless [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Christie asked me yesterday if I was going to tell you guys about this. Since I spend more time reading the list than actually talking to my real family I figured I would. I quit my job. Christie is going to start working full-time and I'm going to stay home with the girls. After crunching the numbers a bit, we found that we'd be better off financially, plus I'll be home every evening (first time in four years). So yeah, I'm gonna be a stay-at-home-dad. I've read that Mr. Mom isn't received well by most stay-at-home-dads, but I don't care if anyone calls me that. I've been called worse and gotten over it rather quickly. Brace yourselves. I'm sure there are lots and lots of photos of my kids coming to the list very, very soon. And if you're anything like me, there's nothing you like better than looking at photos of other people's kids. :) -- Scott (Mr. Mom) Loveless http://www.twosixteen.com Shoot more film! -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net http://www.photo.net/photos/RickW Now that's room service! Choose from over 150,000 hotels in 45,000 destinations on Yahoo! Travel to find your fit. http://farechase.yahoo.com/promo-generic-14795097 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Another PESO from Florida
Mark, Methinks it needs a wider tonal range. Rick --- Mark Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've tried color and b/w versions of this one. Not completely happy with either yet... http://www.robertstech.com/temp/oldtree.jpg K10D, 77 Ltd, ISO 400 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net http://www.photo.net/photos/RickW Sucker-punch spam with award-winning protection. Try the free Yahoo! Mail Beta. http://advision.webevents.yahoo.com/mailbeta/features_spam.html -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
PESO--Christmas lights
A bit late, perhaps, but anyway: http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=5458277 This is a photo of the same picturesque porch in Westchester NY that was the subject of an autumn PESO: http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=5242404 ist D, DA 16-45, ISO 3200, f/4 @ 1/20, RAW via ACR and PE4. Comments appreciated. Rick http://www.photo.net/photos/RickW Any questions? Get answers on any topic at www.Answers.yahoo.com. Try it now. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: OT: Help! R2400 printing problem persists
It's no accident that equipment failures occur when the equipment is needed most. Most modern devices incorporate a USD (User Stress Detector) chip. These sophisticated devices use the day of the week, hour, and secret biometric measurements (such as how hard one hits the buttons) to detect the user's stress level. They then randomly generate failures with a frequency proportional to the cube of the user's stress times the inverse square of the availability of service. You could look it up! bg Rick --- Paul Sorenson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Seems like it frequently happens that way. I was in the middle of printing Christmas gifts the morning of Friday, Dec. 22 when my R800 refused to feed paper. Fortunately, there's an Epson service center about 15 minutes from home. They had it repaired and back in my hands by 3:00 PM. -P Paul Stenquist wrote: Bad timing for an equipment failure. Paul -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net http://www.photo.net/photos/RickW We won't tell. Get more on shows you hate to love (and love to hate): Yahoo! TV's Guilty Pleasures list. http://tv.yahoo.com/collections/265 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: PESO - Flower Faery
Very cute girl, beautiful lighting, nicely defocused background. I like it! Rick --- Scott Loveless [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Taken over the weekend. K100D, 18-55 at 43mm, ISO800, f4.5. Auto contrast, levels, color correction, a little unsharp mask, and save for web. Any feedback is appreciated, especially technical gripes. http://picasaweb.google.com/sdloveless/PDMLPESO/photo#5022892507949108034 -- Scott Loveless http://www.twosixteen.com Shoot more film! -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net http://www.photo.net/photos/RickW Finding fabulous fares is fun. Let Yahoo! FareChase search your favorite travel sites to find flight and hotel bargains. http://farechase.yahoo.com/promo-generic-14795097 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: PESO - Norwegian Door
I don't get it (the photo, I mean. But it's been a long day. Rick --- DagT [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Tired of fencing, close the door please .-) http://foto.no/cgi-bin/bildekritikk/vis_bilde.cgi?id=283279 DagT http://www.thrane.cc -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net http://www.photo.net/photos/RickW Yahoo! Music Unlimited Access over 1 million songs. http://music.yahoo.com/unlimited -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: PESO - Garbage Day
Very nice. I've always been a sucker for photos with lines of objects in them! Also, you must live in a very orderly place--all the bins are the same! Finally, a quibble--garbage is food waste. It must have been trash day! Rick --- Bruce Dayton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Taken on my walk today. Pentax K10D, Tokina AT-X 400/5.6, handheld ISO 200, 1/500 sec @ f/8 http://www.daytonphoto.com/PAW/bkd_4267a.htm Comments welcome -- Bruce -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net http://www.photo.net/photos/RickW Never miss an email again! Yahoo! Toolbar alerts you the instant new Mail arrives. http://tools.search.yahoo.com/toolbar/features/mail/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: GESO - Dead Heads
I find the backgrounds of nos. 2 and 3 a bit distracting. Otherwise, nice! Rick --- Adam Maas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://www.mawz.ca/sets/deadheads/index.html Trying out the Autoviewer software that Godfrey used for his recent GESO, and quite liking it. -Adam -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net http://www.photo.net/photos/RickW The fish are biting. Get more visitors on your site using Yahoo! Search Marketing. http://searchmarketing.yahoo.com/arp/sponsoredsearch_v2.php -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: PESO - Garbage Day
Here in Philly, until the mid-70's, there were separate collection days for garbage and trash. The garbage was collected under contract by pig farmers; the trash was collected by city sanitation trucks. Now they're all collected together by the city, and the elimination of garbage from pig diets has made trichinosis disappear. Rick --- Bruce Dayton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hmmm...Never heard of the difference between garbage and trash before - for your sake, it was trash day. Thanks for looking. -- Bruce Monday, January 22, 2007, 6:35:30 PM, you wrote: RW Very nice. I've always been a sucker for photos with RW lines of objects in them! RW Also, you must live in a very orderly place--all the RW bins are the same! RW Finally, a quibble--garbage is food waste. It must RW have been trash day! RW Rick RW --- Bruce Dayton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Taken on my walk today. Pentax K10D, Tokina AT-X 400/5.6, handheld ISO 200, 1/500 sec @ f/8 http://www.daytonphoto.com/PAW/bkd_4267a.htm Comments welcome -- Bruce -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net RW http://www.photo.net/photos/RickW RW RW Never miss an email again! RW Yahoo! Toolbar alerts you the instant new Mail arrives. RW http://tools.search.yahoo.com/toolbar/features/mail/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net http://www.photo.net/photos/RickW Cheap talk? Check out Yahoo! Messenger's low PC-to-Phone call rates. http://voice.yahoo.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: PESO - Snowblind
Beautiful! Rick --- Tom C [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Skiing last Saturday at Bogus Basin, it was snowy up top. http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=5503907 Tom C. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net http://www.photo.net/photos/RickW Now that's room service! Choose from over 150,000 hotels in 45,000 destinations on Yahoo! Travel to find your fit. http://farechase.yahoo.com/promo-generic-14795097 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: PAW 2007 - 4 - GDG
Godfrey, For me, the stone wall divides the picture too much. Could you please go back and re-shoot the pic with the wall more in the foreground? And please have a pint of real ale for me, while you're at it! Rick --- Godfrey DiGiorgi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: A chill, damp morning on the Isle of Man, photographing the ruined farm at Montpelier ... This particular view is the only one I'm doing as a color photo (and there will be a BW rendering too). http://homepage.mac.com/ramarren/photo/PAW7/04.htm Comments, critique, and a toss of kippers all appreciated. enjoy Godfrey -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net http://www.photo.net/photos/RickW No need to miss a message. Get email on-the-go with Yahoo! Mail for Mobile. Get started. http://mobile.yahoo.com/mail -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
RE: Rollovers: need your help
Roman, I agree with Tim. I find the rollovers a pain: the expanded pic goes beyond the bottom of the screen on my laptop, and when I try to scroll the cursor leaves the thumbnail and the large pic disappears. Rick --- Tim Øsleby [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: As many has said. You really need to simplify your homepage. It has a ton of distracters making it hard to see your photography. The menu system looks messy, I don't think it is displayed right (Firefox 1.5.0.9). I used to use explorer, same thing there. IMO the rollovers helps. It makes it worse not better. Pardon my bluntness. Tim Mostly harmless (just plain Norwegian) -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Roman Sent: 26. januar 2007 22:52 To: pdml@pdml.net Subject: Rollovers: need your help http://roman.blakout.net/?year=2007 I'd recently changed design of my website, adding image rollovers to show large previews when visitor moves mouse over the thumbnails. I hope I didn't create a mess for Internet Explorer users. Please take a click on above link and tell me if my idea works. It may take few seconds to download larger image preview. Thank you for your help. Roman. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net http://www.photo.net/photos/RickW Do you Yahoo!? Everyone is raving about the all-new Yahoo! Mail beta. http://new.mail.yahoo.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: ist D Problem
Evan, If you have a USB 2 connection on your computer and a USB 2 card reader, there is no reason to use the cable from the camera--unless you like s-l-o-o-o-w transfers (45 min to 1 h for a 2 gig card full of pix) and running the camera's battery down. Rick --- Evan Hanson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Recently I picked up a used ist D, usually I use my card reader to transfer pics but recently when I connected it with the USB cable I discovered a problem. There seems to be connection problem. Unless I hold the cable in it won't connect. I don't know if the faults in the cable or in the camera. Otherwise I really love the camera but I can how this could be a problem. So does anyone know where I can pick up a USB cable for a D? Since I have 30 days to return it, if the faults in the camera I'm leaning toward sending it back. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net http://www.photo.net/photos/RickW Do you Yahoo!? Everyone is raving about the all-new Yahoo! Mail beta. http://new.mail.yahoo.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: New to List and PESO -- Night in the Park and A Question
Welcome, Corey, and very nice pic! A scary cautionary question to other list members for your benefit: Didn't Tanya have a Sears lens that had to be cut off her ist D a couple of years ago? Or was it a Ricoh lens? Rick --- Corey Leopold [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello everyone, I'm new to the list, and new to Digital SLR Photography. I had been craving a Cannon 30d for about a year, but when I finally got really serious and read reviews, etc... I decided on the K10d. I had the added (dubious) benefit of some old Sears k-mount lenses floating around my house that were my fathers. Probably not the best lenses, but they work and I have that attachment with my father that way. Anyway I was out and about in Hemisfair Park near the Tower of the Americas and took this photo last night. Taken with the 18-55 kit lense. http://farm1.static.flickr.com/82/371597300_1513d87f9b_b.jpg Converted to BW in the beta of Lightroom. Thanks Corey -- Check out my Photo Stream at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/cleopold73 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net http://www.photo.net/photos/RickW Have a burning question? Go to www.Answers.yahoo.com and get answers from real people who know. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Wide angle backfocus
Brian, In the autofocus era, I doubt that many (if any) zooms are true ol'-fashun focus-preserving zooms--they all seem to be variable focal length lenses. That's certainly true of the lenses I can afford, anyway (including the fairly pricey 24-90, 16-45, and 10-17). Don't know about the high-class glass like the 70-210/2.8. Rick --- Brian Dunn [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I received a 21 Limited. Center only autofocus always greatly back focuses on both ist-DS cameras, more on one than on the other. The 45 degree focus chart showed the 21 Limited back focusing almost off the far end of the paper. I tested other lenses and found that they all back focus when set to wide angles. The amount seems to be proportional to the angle. For example, you could set a 16-45 on a tripod, aim at something 7 feet away, zoom in to 45mm, focus, then zoom out and focus again. The more you zoom out, the more the autofocus changes. All this time I have been zooming in, focusing, zooming out, then taking the picture. It works fine until you get a wide prime like the 21 where there is nothing to zoom. When aimed at something across the street it tries to focus past infinity and hits the stops. Research on the Internet finds discussion about adjusting three screws under the base plate of the DS. These hold the auto focus sensors and you can adjust for front or back focus. So I'm wondering if anyone here would care to take a 16-45 or 18-55 or the like, zoom in and aim at something across the room, see on the focus scale what distance it chose, then zoom wide and focus again to see if it changed. Do all Pentax digital cameras back focus at wide angle? Has anyone here tried the adjustments under the base plate? Has anyone had a Pentax repair center successfully fix this issue? Brian -- Brian Dunn Photographic http://www.bdphotographic.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net http://www.photo.net/photos/RickW Looking for earth-friendly autos? Browse Top Cars by Green Rating at Yahoo! Autos' Green Center. http://autos.yahoo.com/green_center/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
PESO--Ball
A bit of a departure for me, this shot. A week or so ago, on another Sunday afternoon with dim, utterly flat light outside, I felt desperate to click the shutter on my ist D. This superball was lying around, so I played with it (photographically) for a while. This shot was taken on the dining room table, illuminated from above by an incandescent fixture and from the left by a tiny LED flashlight. http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=5529796 For some reason, I can't get the saturation to match what it is in the unposted jpg, but that's the internet for you. ist D, DA 16-45, ISO 800, 1/20 @ f/4.5, RAW via ACR and PE4. I focused on a cat hair on the ball's surface, which I removed with PE4. Comments, rave reviews, scathing criticism all welcome. Rick http://www.photo.net/photos/RickW Finding fabulous fares is fun. Let Yahoo! FareChase search your favorite travel sites to find flight and hotel bargains. http://farechase.yahoo.com/promo-generic-14795097 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Like a cinnamon crust
I like the second one; the first one doesn't excite me. Rick --- Roman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://roman.blakout.net/?blog=20070128164314 -- new photos ever so often... http://roman.blakout.net/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net http://www.photo.net/photos/RickW Need a quick answer? Get one in minutes from people who know. Ask your question on www.Answers.yahoo.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Pentax users in Phila area
I live a mile from Penn. Where are you? Rick --- J [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Are there any Pentax users in the Philadelphia area that have a K10d or an Ist D that I could talk with and maybe see the cameras...As list members know from my last posts, that I have a lot of high end Pentax glass and I am still not sure which way to go.I also have Nikon glass and bodies..Thanks Jay -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net http://www.photo.net/photos/RickW Want to start your own business? Learn how on Yahoo! Small Business. http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/r-index -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
PESO--Lobby
This is another shot from my Los Angeles trip last fall, taken on a Saturday afternoon in the lobby of the Hyatt in downtown LA. All the shops were closed (there and downtown), and though I waited for perhaps 15 minutes, nobody walked into the frame to enliven the composition. I still like it. http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=5533752 ist D, DA 16-45, 1/20 @ f/4, ISO 800, RAW mode, via ACR and PE4. Cheers and catcalls both welcomed. Rick http://www.photo.net/photos/RickW Yahoo! Music Unlimited Access over 1 million songs. http://music.yahoo.com/unlimited -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: OT: Cycle couriers--Where's Knarf?
Speaking of whom, where =is= Frank these days??? --- Christian [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Digital Image Studio wrote: I did catch a pedestrian who was knocked over by a bike courier crossing one of the cities busiest pedestrian light controlled crossing some years back, of course the lights were red for the cyclist :-( I blame frank. :-) -- Christian http://photography.skofteland.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net http://www.photo.net/photos/RickW Now that's room service! Choose from over 150,000 hotels in 45,000 destinations on Yahoo! Travel to find your fit. http://farechase.yahoo.com/promo-generic-14795097 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: PESO - A bit odd
El Capitan on a bad hair day? --- Bruce Dayton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This is a broken off tree stump. The lighting, coloring of the wood and the sky as background cause it to look sort of like a mountain or something. I'm not even sure how appealing it is, but it is rather interesting. Pentax K10D, DA 16-45/4, Handheld ISO 100, 1/125 sec @ f/13 http://www.daytonphoto.com/PAW/bkd_4285.htm Comments welcome -- Bruce -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net http://www.photo.net/photos/RickW Don't pick lemons. See all the new 2007 cars at Yahoo! Autos. http://autos.yahoo.com/new_cars.html -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: OT Looks like gmail is not getting to the pdml, sooooo
Odd--other peoples' gmail posts are going through fine. --- David J Brooks [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Back to Horde Mail i quess. My threads and replies to threads all seem to get to Gmail, but they don't show up on the archives, the digest, or this Horde mail i left open to check. I sent quite a few over the last few days. To bad. I was just getting used to it. Dave Equine Photography in York Region -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net http://www.photo.net/photos/RickW Expecting? Get great news right away with email Auto-Check. Try the Yahoo! Mail Beta. http://advision.webevents.yahoo.com/mailbeta/newmail_tools.html -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: GFM Question: Charlotte to The Mountain [off list]
Dave, I'll be flying in to Charlotte about midday on Friday, and driving up; leaving for Charlotte again early afternoon Sunday. What time is your flight? I'd love to have company for the drive. Rick --- David Savage [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: G'day Trendsetters, A quick question for those in the know. It's looking like I'll be arriving in Charlotte on May 31st, (overnight stay, then head up Friday morning). So I'm wondering, roughly how long it takes to drive from Charlotte to GFM (I-85 West to Gastonia, US 321 North)? 2 - 2.5 hours? I need to know how much time to budget for the journey to, and more importantly from, GFM to make sure I can make my flight on the 4th. TIA, Dave -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net http://www.photo.net/photos/RickW Sucker-punch spam with award-winning protection. Try the free Yahoo! Mail Beta. http://advision.webevents.yahoo.com/mailbeta/features_spam.html -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: K10 Debug Mode
I appear to have missed something. Does the updated firmware lack the calibration mode? --- William Robb [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: - Original Message - From: Tom C Subject: RE: K10 Debug Mode Interesting. Nice that it's adjustable, sad that it comes that way... out of calibration so to speak. Is the focus adjusted at just one distance from the focal plane or is it done at varying distances? I downloaded a chart that some guy with a D70 made. It's printed off on an 8.5x11 sheet of paper. I used the 31mm, at about a 2 or so foot range. I haven't checked focus with any other lenses yet, that will be my project for tomorrow. William Robb -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net Now that's room service! Choose from over 150,000 hotels in 45,000 destinations on Yahoo! Travel to find your fit. http://farechase.yahoo.com/promo-generic-14795097 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: GESO - Oxford On Fire
It looks like a fun occasion, and the pix are great. Wish I'd been there! Rick --- Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: As promised, a short gallery of pics from a street celebration of one thousand years of Oxford. 'Luminox' consisted of a variety of fire sculptures and displays located down one of the busiest thoroughfares of the city, given over for the event. All pics here shot with EOS 1DmarkII and Pentax SMC-A*85mm f1.4 either 400 ISO and wide open, or 1000 ISO and stopped down a bit. http://www.cottysnaps.com/snaps/photoessays/essays/oxfordonfire.html First real pics in a long time, so don't assimilate me all at once. -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|http://www.cottysnaps.com _ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net Food fight? Enjoy some healthy debate in the Yahoo! Answers Food Drink QA. http://answers.yahoo.com/dir/?link=listsid=396545367 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Yet More Bags
I suspect that it made him look too much like a suicide bomber, leading to harrassment by Law Enforcement Professionals. --- Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 19/3/07, Nick Wright, discombobulated, unleashed: I did. Just recently sold it. It's a very very good product. What can I tell you about it? On 3/19/07, Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Anyone have a NewsWear ChestVest? http://www.newswear.com/index.html Hmm, why did you sell it? Was it easy to strap on? What was it like to work out of? TIA. -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|http://www.cottysnaps.com _ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net http://www.photo.net/photos/RickW TV dinner still cooling? Check out Tonight's Picks on Yahoo! TV. http://tv.yahoo.com/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: PESO -- Shad Shack Revisited
Peter, I prefer the original. The new shot contains too many elements (like the shed) that distract from the, ummm, characterful building. Rick --- P. J. Alling [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Not sure it was worth revisiting but I decided to have another go at this image. http://home.earthlink.net/~morephotos/PESO_--_shadshackrevisited.html Equipment: Pentax *ist-Ds/smc Pentax 17mm fisheye f4.0 Defished using PT Tools, converted to BW using fotomatic BW plus Yellow filter applied In case anyone cares here's the previous version. http://www.mindspring.com/~pjalling/PESO_--_shadshack.html -- Entropy Seminar: The results of a five yeer studee ntu the sekend lw uf thurmodynamiks aand itz inevibl fxt hon shewb rt nslpn raq liot. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net http://www.photo.net/photos/RickW We won't tell. Get more on shows you hate to love (and love to hate): Yahoo! TV's Guilty Pleasures list. http://tv.yahoo.com/collections/265 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Mega-Enablement: FA*250-600/5.6
Jay, I'm told I'm forbidden to view the link. Rick --- Jay Taylor [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Well, I finally have been able to secure a nice long Pentax telephoto lens. The FA*250-600mm/f5.6 zoom! I had been dreaming about the FA*600/4 ever since I started shooting birds, but a good guy who lives in my region just happened to put this fine lens up for sale since he wasn't shooting with it very much and was transitioning to Canon gear. Even though a pretty reliable source indicated to me that this lens is not exceptional on digital bodies I couldn't pass up on the opportunity. I was able to try it out for about 10 days while the owner was out of the country, but the weather here for the most part was pretty crappy and I was too scared to take it anywhere outside of my home to shoot with it since I wasn't sure If I was going to purchase it. I decided that I might as well go for it and if it didn't work out I could always sell it. Even though f5.6 is not as fast as I would prefer and a zoom would not be as sharp as a prime, I figured the flexibility of having the wide zoom range could come in handy and the chances of finding a used 600/f4 in my price range would be pretty slim. Anyhow, here is one of the first few images from it and the K10D when we had a little bit of decent light: http://i.pbase.com/o6/87/63987/1/75415076.oCor9YTy.IMGP0850.jpg Oh yeah, this puppy is pretty heavy. I'm hoping my tripod (Benro 1327) is stout enough as well as the Wimberley Sidekick without having to go to the full Wimberley head. I'm really looking forward to getting out in the field with this baby. JayT -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net http://www.photo.net/photos/RickW Now that's room service! Choose from over 150,000 hotels in 45,000 destinations on Yahoo! Travel to find your fit. http://farechase.yahoo.com/promo-generic-14795097 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Mega-Enablement: FA*250-600/5.6
That link works! Very nice. I wonder--does the shake reduction let you shoot hand-held, or is the lens just too heavy? Rick --- Jay Taylor [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Walter Hamler wrote: Jay, I cannot access the link. All I get is Forbidden. Strange, as others seemingly have been able to see it. Walter, Not sure why you can't connect to the link, but here is the address to my PBase site where you can view it: http://www.pbase.com/sirfishalot/smc_fa250600mm_f6_ed_if JayT -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net http://www.photo.net/photos/RickW Don't pick lemons. See all the new 2007 cars at Yahoo! Autos. http://autos.yahoo.com/new_cars.html -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: About to buy a 645N.........
Shoot moreummmelectrons! That's it! Electrons! --- Scott Loveless [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So there I was, shopping cart loaded with a 645N and a couple of primes, credit card number keyed in, taking one more glance at everything just to make sure it was right. All I had to do to take my first small step into Bill Robb's big world of enablement suckiness was to click the link that said yer sleeping on the couch for the next month, buddy. Then it happened. My moment of clarity was rudely dismembered by a streak of temporary insanity, the fruits of which arrived today. Kicking and screaming, folks. Kicking and screaming http://picasaweb.google.com/sdloveless/PDMLPESO/photo#5046677360417974786 -- Scott Loveless www.twosixteen.com/ Shoot more.. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net http://www.photo.net/photos/RickW We won't tell. Get more on shows you hate to love (and love to hate): Yahoo! TV's Guilty Pleasures list. http://tv.yahoo.com/collections/265 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
PESO: Outside Zabar's, New York City
Long time, no PESO; it has been a difficult month. In the middle of said month we took a short trip to New York. A few blocks from our hotel was Zabars, the famous New York gourmet shop. I was wandering about with my camera an hour past closing time. http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=5778869 Details: ist D, DA 16-45, ISO 1600, RAW, 1/60 @ f/4.5, minor adjustments in ACR and PE4. Plaudits and brickbats equally welcome. Rick http://www.photo.net/photos/RickW Get your own web address. Have a HUGE year through Yahoo! Small Business. http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/domains/?p=BESTDEAL -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: PESO: Outside Zabar's, New York City
Thanks, Ann! This was taken about 10; I think Zabar's closes at 9. --- ann sanfedele [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Rick Womer wrote: Long time, no PESO; it has been a difficult month. In the middle of said month we took a short trip to New York. A few blocks from our hotel was Zabars, the famous New York gourmet shop. I was wandering about with my camera an hour past closing time. Only an hour? How late does Zabars stay open these days? I've never seen Broadway so uncrowded -- :) Nice shot, Rick ann (hopping back on list for a bit) http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=5778869 Details: ist D, DA 16-45, ISO 1600, RAW, 1/60 @ f/4.5, minor adjustments in ACR and PE4. Plaudits and brickbats equally welcome. Rick http://www.photo.net/photos/RickW Get your own web address. Have a HUGE year through Yahoo! Small Business. http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/domains/?p=BESTDEAL -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net http://www.photo.net/photos/RickW Bored stiff? Loosen up... Download and play hundreds of games for free on Yahoo! Games. http://games.yahoo.com/games/front -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
RE: PESO: Outside Zabar's, New York City
Beautiful shot, Markus. I hate being up that early, though! Rick --- Markus Maurer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Walt I got a cityscape shot early with some very strange partly banding at ISO 400! but the shot was heavy underexposed. I take most of my night city photos with a -2 exposure correction on the K10D for the highlights. A recent panorama shot made out of 3 photos with the Pentax A24mm (and it's barrel distortions ) can be seen here: Zurich very early in the morning, view from the bellevue at lake Zurich : http://www.mypage.bluewin.ch/solicom/bellevue.jpg Greetings Markus -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Walter Hamler Sent: Wednesday, March 28, 2007 3:15 AM To: pdml@pdml.net Subject: PESO: Outside Zabar's, New York City Looks prett good to me. I don't do much, if any, night street photography. I would imagine the metering can be tricky. I certainly don't see any of the banding issues some have talked/complained about. Walt -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net http://www.photo.net/photos/RickW Be a PS3 game guru. Get your game face on with the latest PS3 news and previews at Yahoo! Games. http://videogames.yahoo.com/platform?platform=120121 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: PESO - More Daffs
Very nice, Cotty, and oh-so-terribly English, don't you know. Rick --- Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Paul's first daff has inspired me to post this pic, hot off the press. Our daffs (UK) have been out for over a couple of weeks now and a good friend of my neighbour's has lived in this house for 50 years. In that time he told me he has not seen decent photographs of either his house or his daffs. I promised him I'd do both, for a couple of bottles of wine. He hasn't seen it yet. EOS 1DmII + SMC-K15mm aboard a Manfrotto 190, 1/60th at f11, ISO 200. This will be pushed to about a 16X12 when I'm done. http://www.cottysnaps.com/snaps/landscapes/images/pic45.html -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|http://www.cottysnaps.com _ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net http://www.photo.net/photos/RickW It's here! Your new message! Get new email alerts with the free Yahoo! Toolbar. http://tools.search.yahoo.com/toolbar/features/mail/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
RE: PESO: Outside Zabar's, New York City
Markus, I had to wait to get home to look up the EXIF data. The lens was at 23mm for this shot. Actually, shooting through the window doesn't make it much clearer that this is a food store, because what one sees is cash registers, shopping bags, and miscellaneous merchandise. I'm quite pleased with the ist D at 1600; if the K10 has less noise I will be thrilled (when I get one). I'll also be thrilled with it because I had to trash a half-dozen otherwise nice shots because of camera shake. Rick --- Markus Maurer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Rick I would have preferred a different angle here to show a bit more of the shops inside and loose the distortion on the left side. Zabar looks more like an electronic shop from the shopping windows, I had expected to see lots of fine and expensive food from your description. Was this photo made at 16mm? I never used my new K10D at a ISO setting higher than 400 so far and will try to make some city street shots tomorrow at ISO 800/1600 as a test if I can stand the noise... :-) Greetings Markus -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rick Womer Sent: Wednesday, March 28, 2007 3:02 AM To: pdml@pdml.net Subject: PESO: Outside Zabar's, New York City Long time, no PESO; it has been a difficult month. In the middle of said month we took a short trip to New York. A few blocks from our hotel was Zabars, the famous New York gourmet shop. I was wandering about with my camera an hour past closing time. http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=5778869 Details: ist D, DA 16-45, ISO 1600, RAW, 1/60 @ f/4.5, minor adjustments in ACR and PE4. Plaudits and brickbats equally welcome. Rick http://www.photo.net/photos/RickW Get your own web address. Have a HUGE year through Yahoo! Small Business. http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/domains/?p=BESTDEAL -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net http://www.photo.net/photos/RickW Now that's room service! Choose from over 150,000 hotels in 45,000 destinations on Yahoo! Travel to find your fit. http://farechase.yahoo.com/promo-generic-14795097 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: PESO: Outside Zabar's, New York City
Ann, March 13 at about 9pm. A very comfortable evening, too. Dunno where the crowds were. Rick --- ann sanfedele [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: that's scary - I wonder what was happening elsewhere that kept That area almost empty for the shot of yours - was it bitter cold? was it Christmas? Rick Womer wrote: Thanks, Ann! This was taken about 10; I think Zabar's closes at 9. ann --- ann sanfedele [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Rick Womer wrote: Long time, no PESO; it has been a difficult month. In the middle of said month we took a short trip to New York. A few blocks from our hotel was Zabars, the famous New York gourmet shop. I was wandering about with my camera an hour past closing time. Only an hour? How late does Zabars stay open these days? I've never seen Broadway so uncrowded -- :) Nice shot, Rick ann (hopping back on list for a bit) http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=5778869 Details: ist D, DA 16-45, ISO 1600, RAW, 1/60 @ f/4.5, minor adjustments in ACR and PE4. Plaudits and brickbats equally welcome. Rick http://www.photo.net/photos/RickW Get your own web address. Have a HUGE year through Yahoo! Small Business. http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/domains/?p=BESTDEAL -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net http://www.photo.net/photos/RickW Bored stiff? Loosen up... Download and play hundreds of games for free on Yahoo! Games. http://games.yahoo.com/games/front -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net http://www.photo.net/photos/RickW Sucker-punch spam with award-winning protection. Try the free Yahoo! Mail Beta. http://advision.webevents.yahoo.com/mailbeta/features_spam.html -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
PESO: Dublin House, New York
Wandering the nocturnal streets of the upper west side of Manhattan, this sign interested me. http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=5782865 ist D, ISO 1600, RAW, DA 16-45, 1/90 @ f/4, via ACR and PE4. Applause, jeers, and constructive criticism all welcome. Rick http://www.photo.net/photos/RickW Expecting? Get great news right away with email Auto-Check. Try the Yahoo! Mail Beta. http://advision.webevents.yahoo.com/mailbeta/newmail_tools.html -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Human bone? 800x533-IMGP8963.jpg (JPEG Image, 800x533 pixels)
Yeah, and with no sense of humerus. --- ann sanfedele [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Gee, I'm gone for a while and I come back and see its the same old thing everyone has a bone to pick ann David J Brooks wrote: I thought more roadrunner, speedious maximus. Beep Beep Dave On 3/28/07, Bob W [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: looks hominin to me, possibly Australopithecus Estonianus. Either the malleus (if the creature is large) or the femur (if the creature is small). Or it could be a sheep (ovis stupidissimus) or cow (bos hoggus). -- Bob -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Roman Sent: 28 March 2007 14:06 To: pdml@pdml.net Subject: Human bone? 800x533-IMGP8963.jpg (JPEG Image, 800x533 pixels) http://roman.blakout.net/r-rated/800x533-IMGP8963.jpg ^^^ Is this the human bone fragment? Ideas appreciated... -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net http://www.photo.net/photos/RickW Now that's room service! Choose from over 150,000 hotels in 45,000 destinations on Yahoo! Travel to find your fit. http://farechase.yahoo.com/promo-generic-14795097 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: What the heck - Another PESO
Oo la la! I can't help wanting to pan down a little bit--to see a little more of that glorious facade and less sky. But it's a really nice shot, and works very well in BW. Rick --- Mark Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Chateau Chambord http://www.robertstech.com/temp/temp.htm -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net http://www.photo.net/photos/RickW Don't pick lemons. See all the new 2007 cars at Yahoo! Autos. http://autos.yahoo.com/new_cars.html -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
PESO: Dublin House, New York (repost)
Posted a few days ago with no feedback at all. Since I sulk when I don't get attention, I'm posting it again: http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=5782865 Taken on a nocturnal stroll in Manhattan's upper west side a few weeks ago. Choose one: A. So boring that I fell asleep before I could comment on it B. So burdened with gross defects that tactful comment was impossible C. So ordinary that I just moved on to the next PESO D. So ravishing that I was paralyzed and couldn't comment on it E. All of the above Rick http://www.photo.net/photos/RickW Get your own web address. Have a HUGE year through Yahoo! Small Business. http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/domains/?p=BESTDEAL -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: PESO: Dublin House, New York (repost)
Yes, I see what you mean. My intention was to have both the sign and the stonework on the building stand out, but obviously that didn't work. Surrounding junk made the framing difficult. I'll have to go back there and try again sometime. Thanks to everyone for their comments. I'm not sulking anymore! Rick --- Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 30/3/07, Rick Womer, discombobulated, unleashed: Posted a few days ago with no feedback at all. Since I sulk when I don't get attention, I'm posting it again: http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=5782865 Taken on a nocturnal stroll in Manhattan's upper west side a few weeks ago. Choose one: A. So boring that I fell asleep before I could comment on it B. So burdened with gross defects that tactful comment was impossible C. So ordinary that I just moved on to the next PESO D. So ravishing that I was paralyzed and couldn't comment on it E. All of the above Rick Didn't see it the first time around. Minimal impact on me mate. I think if you're doing a sign like that, could be one of several ways. Straight on in my book has to be dead straight on with verticals vertical and horizontals horizontal. Further away, longer lens, fill the frame, 90 deg to subject if poss, correct angles if not. Or, maybe a wide angle almost directly underneath and to one side, nice wacky angle. Or maybe with the sign in relation to the building or a person. Framing is everything in a shot like this. Look at the first pic up in this gallery: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_pictures/6510837.stm In itself, the Queen sanding alone with the onlookers above is a nice shot. You can bet your sweet bippy that either side of her there are throngs of body guards, hosts, more onlookers etc etc. Selective framing has given the shot an edge that it would not have had otherwise. This technique is easily applied to the neon sign. The framing you present is neither here nor there to me. Too much empty space top and bottom, not 'straight' enough, a little obscured by building detail. Otherwise (what did the Romans ever do for us) nice shot ;-) -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|http://www.cottysnaps.com _ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net http://www.photo.net/photos/RickW Never miss an email again! Yahoo! Toolbar alerts you the instant new Mail arrives. http://tools.search.yahoo.com/toolbar/features/mail/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: PESO - Field
Bruce, I agree with Jens and Jack. Rick --- Jack Davis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I think it needs an anchor of some sort. Just too homogeneous with no direction for the eye. As composed, I feel the foreground should be in focus. Jack --- Bruce Dayton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm trying to decide what I think of this shot. I would appreciate your opinions on it. Pentax K10D, Sigma 100-300/4 EX @ 110mm, Handheld ISO 280, 1/250 sec @ f/8 http://www.daytonphoto.com/PAW/bkd_4616.htm -- Bruce -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net 8:00? 8:25? 8:40? Find a flick in no time with the Yahoo! Search movie showtime shortcut. http://tools.search.yahoo.com/shortcuts/#news -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net http://www.photo.net/photos/RickW Sucker-punch spam with award-winning protection. Try the free Yahoo! Mail Beta. http://advision.webevents.yahoo.com/mailbeta/features_spam.html -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
PESO: Crowded shop, NYC
Another from our recent trip to New York City. This is a nocturnal shot through the window of a vitamin-supplement shop in the Upper West Side. It amazes me how much merchandise they cram into a small space in that neighborhood. http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=5801682 ist D, DA 16-45, ISO 400, RAW, 1/60 @ f/4.5, cropping and minor adjustments in ACR and PE4. If there are no comments I'll start sulking again... Rick http://www.photo.net/photos/RickW Don't pick lemons. See all the new 2007 cars at Yahoo! Autos. http://autos.yahoo.com/new_cars.html -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: GESO: Photos taken in near total darkness...
Yes. It was a program in the living room of an old Philadelphia mansion. I metered the light beforehand, and found I could use 1/60th at f/1.7 with P3200 in my PZ-1p. Then, the organizer decided to turn the lights down for a better mood... The next time, I brought along a subtle (but very effective) 75W flood on a stand, which allowed me to use my FA 24-90 instead of the 50/1.7 wide open. I should post some of those shots as PESOs someday...but the scanning is a pain! These are very nice indeed, regardless of the circumstances! Rick --- Charles Robinson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Did you ever bring a camera with to a show only to find out that there wasn't ANY LIGHTING on the darned stage? I just saw a band last weekend where the fastest shutter speed I could use (with the DS) was 1/15 of a second, at ISO 1600, with an F2.8 lens cranked wide open. It was so dark that half the time I could not even tell if I had the darned frame in focus. With that in mind, I got some shots that I guess you could call moody if you wanted to be generous. I shot about 418 frames and these 18 shots are all that I was left with after the selection/editing process. RAW would have made more usable images, but 418 images in RAW mode? Not really practical! With that in mind, for some sick reason, I thought I would share the results. The bass player likes 'em, anyways (And it's a fun band) http://charles.robinsontwins.org/photos/2007/NewStandards/index.html -Charles -- Charles Robinson - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Minneapolis, MN http://charles.robinsontwins.org I am riding in the MS-TRAM this summer. Please consider sponsoring me! http://charles.robinsontwins.org/mstram.htm -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net http://www.photo.net/photos/RickW 8:00? 8:25? 8:40? Find a flick in no time with the Yahoo! Search movie showtime shortcut. http://tools.search.yahoo.com/shortcuts/#news -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: PESO - Fairy Bower Falls
Lovely scene, composition, and exposure! I don't understand why you had to do this as a 30-shot stitched pano, though; judging from the trees and grasses, it's not that high a falls. Also, why is your Photobucket name Sherman? Rick P.S. I've read you're having a drought. Did you remember to turn the water off at the end of your shoot? ;-) --- J and K Messervy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This is a 30 (!) shot panorama (5 rows of 6 shots). Each shot was taken at 55mm focal length and the stitched image was a little over 1gb and equivalent to 123 megapixels! This has been heavily resized obviously but I'll be printing this about 60cm by 35cm when I've got the money. These falls are in Morton National Park in the NSW Southern Highlands and last Sunday I had them all to myself. It's a 1.1 km walk one way to the base of the falls and it is very steep...basically steps cut into the cliff. The effort was worth it though, what a beautiful place it is. http://tinyurl.com/2tp8jh Cheers James -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net http://www.photo.net/photos/RickW Looking for earth-friendly autos? Browse Top Cars by Green Rating at Yahoo! Autos' Green Center. http://autos.yahoo.com/green_center/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: PESO: Dublin House, New York (repost)
Not at all, Boris! --- Boris Liberman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hope you don't mind my honest brutality. Boris Rick Womer wrote: Posted a few days ago with no feedback at all. Since I sulk when I don't get attention, I'm posting it again: http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=5782865 Taken on a nocturnal stroll in Manhattan's upper west side a few weeks ago. Choose one: A. So boring that I fell asleep before I could comment on it B. So burdened with gross defects that tactful comment was impossible C. So ordinary that I just moved on to the next PESO D. So ravishing that I was paralyzed and couldn't comment on it E. All of the above Rick http://www.photo.net/photos/RickW Get your own web address. Have a HUGE year through Yahoo! Small Business. http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/domains/?p=BESTDEAL -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net http://www.photo.net/photos/RickW Looking for earth-friendly autos? Browse Top Cars by Green Rating at Yahoo! Autos' Green Center. http://autos.yahoo.com/green_center/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: PESO: Crowded shop, NYC
Maybe I should try going in there with my fisheye... Thanks, Bruce! Rick --- Bruce Dayton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: For me, this one screams out to be shot much wider - get real close and shoot wide to emphasize how crowded it looks. As presented, it doesn't seem to portray what you experienced. -- Bruce Monday, April 2, 2007, 4:55:00 PM, you wrote: RW Another from our recent trip to New York City. This RW is a nocturnal shot through the window of a RW vitamin-supplement shop in the Upper West Side. It RW amazes me how much merchandise they cram into a small RW space in that neighborhood. RW http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=5801682 RW ist D, DA 16-45, ISO 400, RAW, 1/60 @ f/4.5, cropping RW and minor adjustments in ACR and PE4. RW If there are no comments I'll start sulking again... RW Rick RW http://www.photo.net/photos/RickW RW RW Don't pick lemons. RW See all the new 2007 cars at Yahoo! Autos. RW http://autos.yahoo.com/new_cars.html -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net http://www.photo.net/photos/RickW Sucker-punch spam with award-winning protection. Try the free Yahoo! Mail Beta. http://advision.webevents.yahoo.com/mailbeta/features_spam.html -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: PESO - Early Morning Forest
That's a beautiful, peaceful photo. Someday, you'll have to come to GFM and bring along a whole stack of large prints! Rick --- Tom C [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=5804105 Tom C. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net http://www.photo.net/photos/RickW The fish are biting. Get more visitors on your site using Yahoo! Search Marketing. http://searchmarketing.yahoo.com/arp/sponsoredsearch_v2.php -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: PESO: Crowded shop, NYC
Godders, that is great! I played with it similarly before posting it, but could not get the excellent results that you did. I'll have another go at some point... Thanks! Rick --- Godfrey DiGiorgi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Apr 2, 2007, at 4:55 PM, Rick Womer wrote: Another from our recent trip to New York City. This is a nocturnal shot through the window of a vitamin-supplement shop in the Upper West Side. It amazes me how much merchandise they cram into a small space in that neighborhood. http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=5801682 ist D, DA 16-45, ISO 400, RAW, 1/60 @ f/4.5, cropping and minor adjustments in ACR and PE4. If there are no comments I'll start sulking again... Rick, Can't have a man sulk... The issue with this photo, to me, is that you describe the store as a jumble and present a photo that is also pretty much a jumble. Unfortunately, that doesn't do justice to the portrayal of the store's crowded spaces as too much of my attention is drawn upwards to the large open space of the ceiling and lights, which *isn't* a jumble, while the rest tends to fall down into murky and poorly separated shadows below, which I can't really see well enough to call one thing or another other than a mess... The balance of light and shadow here is 'as caught' which isn't the best way to render the scene. Simply toning down the lights and bringing up the values in the lower foreground enhances the sense of space, the sense of a 'store crammed full of stuff', rather than just presenting a jumble under a brightly lit ceiling. Contrast this edit with your original: http://homepage.mac.com/godders/5801682-lg-g.jpg By rebalancing the relationship of light from top to bottom, it refocuses our eyes to notice the important things ... all the merchandise and the area of 'business' in the store, and not give up looking at the ceiling and the dark jumble of bits below it. G -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net Don't pick lemons. See all the new 2007 cars at Yahoo! Autos. http://autos.yahoo.com/new_cars.html -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: PESO: Grace Does the Park
Oh, to have that much energy! Rather soft around the face, Paul. Rick --- Paul Stenquist [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It's been a while since I posted a Gracie pic. Here's one from yesterday. http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=5805477 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net http://www.photo.net/photos/RickW Sucker-punch spam with award-winning protection. Try the free Yahoo! Mail Beta. http://advision.webevents.yahoo.com/mailbeta/features_spam.html -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: POLL - Computer Screen Size Resolution
1) The smallest is on this here 12 in MacBook; there's also a 17 in iMac and a 15 in HP laptop screen (all calibrated). 2) Native resolution, in this case 1280 x 800 (others are about the same). 3) 600 pixels high, 1000 pixels wide. If no title or border, add 100 pixels. 4) 300 high min, 600 high max 5) Yes Rick --- Shel Belinkoff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Since there has been a rather interesting and lively discussion in a couple of other threads discussing computer screen size and resolution, it may be time to poll the topic again. 1) What size screen do you use 2) What resolution do you prefer? 3) What's the largest size image that you can see on your screen without undue scrolling? This would have to take into consideration real estate eaten up by the browser. 4) What minimum/maximum size images do you prefer to look at? 5) If you had to scroll to see an entire image, would you be less inclined to view additional images from that poster? Shel -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net http://www.photo.net/photos/RickW Expecting? Get great news right away with email Auto-Check. Try the Yahoo! Mail Beta. http://advision.webevents.yahoo.com/mailbeta/newmail_tools.html -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Digi-Boy
First Scott (shoot more film!) Loveless with his new K10D, now you with an istD. What's the world coming to?? Rick --- frank theriault [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've just acquired a *istD, along with an f3.5-5.6 18-55mm AL. I'll give you all an hour or two to scrape yourselves up off the floor, and then fill you in with more details... cheers, frank the digitalian ps: Juan, can I borrow some black tape? ;-) -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net http://www.photo.net/photos/RickW It's here! Your new message! Get new email alerts with the free Yahoo! Toolbar. http://tools.search.yahoo.com/toolbar/features/mail/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: GESO - Shfaim Nature Reserve
Those are beautiful, Boris! I wish the vertical ones were smaller, though, because only 2/3 of the photo fits on my screen at one time. Rick --- Boris Liberman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi! To my total amazement (once more, thanks Godfrey ;-) ) working with LightRoom is really like a breeze. My editing became much much much more effective, or better yet - productive. So, here are some more fruits of my productivity and effectiveness: http://boris.isra-shop.com/shfaim/index.html You will notice that you've seen some of the shots in one of the previous galleries, but I will be doing some re-organization. Cheers! Boris -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net http://www.photo.net/photos/RickW Finding fabulous fares is fun. Let Yahoo! FareChase search your favorite travel sites to find flight and hotel bargains. http://farechase.yahoo.com/promo-generic-14795097 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: PESO - Boris Week 14
The pic is beautiful, but I really hate all the scrolling to see the thing! Rick --- Boris Liberman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi! People are starting to post flower pictures. I thought I might as well. After all one may claim that Israel is a sun of eternal summer. http://not.contaxg.com/document.php?id=17222full=1 I was going to this kind of effect having used nearly wide f 2.8 aperture. I wonder if the background is not too busy. As usual, brutal and honest is what I prefer. Thanks. Boris -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net http://www.photo.net/photos/RickW Looking for earth-friendly autos? Browse Top Cars by Green Rating at Yahoo! Autos' Green Center. http://autos.yahoo.com/green_center/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: PESO - Bird - cropping advice
Dave's is good. Another possibility is to crop the left 60% and the right 20% and make it a vertical. Rick --- David Savage [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Here's my take: http://www.arach.net.au/~savage/Misc/bkd_4666_std_BD_DSv.jpg Cheers, Dave On 4/8/07, Bruce Dayton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm sure I'm going to get some heckling for forgetting the URL - probably the best crop of all grin. Here's the URL: http://www.daytonphoto.com/PAW/bkd_4666.htm -- Best regards, Bruce Saturday, April 7, 2007, 10:35:02 AM, you wrote: BD I'd like some advice on how to crop this shot most effectively. Some BD of the surroundings are probably nice to have and some not. BD Pentax K10D, Tokina AT-X SD 400/5.6, Handheld BD ISO 400, 1/750 sec @ f/5.6 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net http://www.photo.net/photos/RickW Expecting? Get great news right away with email Auto-Check. Try the Yahoo! Mail Beta. http://advision.webevents.yahoo.com/mailbeta/newmail_tools.html -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: PESO - Bird - cropping advice
Typo: crop the left 40 percent. Leave the bird! Rick --- David Savage [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Here's my take: http://www.arach.net.au/~savage/Misc/bkd_4666_std_BD_DSv.jpg Cheers, Dave On 4/8/07, Bruce Dayton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm sure I'm going to get some heckling for forgetting the URL - probably the best crop of all grin. Here's the URL: http://www.daytonphoto.com/PAW/bkd_4666.htm -- Best regards, Bruce Saturday, April 7, 2007, 10:35:02 AM, you wrote: BD I'd like some advice on how to crop this shot most effectively. Some BD of the surroundings are probably nice to have and some not. BD Pentax K10D, Tokina AT-X SD 400/5.6, Handheld BD ISO 400, 1/750 sec @ f/5.6 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net http://www.photo.net/photos/RickW No need to miss a message. Get email on-the-go with Yahoo! Mail for Mobile. Get started. http://mobile.yahoo.com/mail -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: PAW 2007 - 17 - GDG
Godfrey, That one crooked tie lifts the shot above cliche. I like it. Rick --- Godfrey DiGiorgi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Needed to get out of the apartment for a bit and actually take some pictures. I was looking for a change, didn't quite know what to look for, so I grabbed the two zooms (20-35 and 50-200), and the teleconverter just in case, and headed out. Perhaps a little cliche, but I'm liking it anyway. http://homepage.mac.com/ramarren/photo/PAW7/17.htm Comments, critique, and the usual flames always appreciated. enjoy Godfrey -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net http://www.photo.net/photos/RickW Looking for earth-friendly autos? Browse Top Cars by Green Rating at Yahoo! Autos' Green Center. http://autos.yahoo.com/green_center/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Reedbed
I like the originals better; they are very nice. Rick --- Bob W [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I don't usually muck about much with photos, just presenting them more or less as they come straight from the camera. However, here are a couple of photos from a reedbed close to my house: http://www.web-options.com/Reedbed/ I have altered the curves on both of these because the originals are very muddy: http://www.web-options.com/_4084933.jpg http://www.web-options.com/_4084944.jpg I'd be interested to hear peoples' opinions about these alterations. Do they look natural? I've done them by eye, but I don't trust my eyes in this sort of thing, being colourblind. Do they look overdone? The more I look at them, the more I think the edited ones are overdone and overdramatic. The unedited ones have a calm about them, despite the muddiness, which I quite like, but I feel as though they could do with something a bit more. Opinions, please? Thanks, Bob -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net http://www.photo.net/photos/RickW Now that's room service! Choose from over 150,000 hotels in 45,000 destinations on Yahoo! Travel to find your fit. http://farechase.yahoo.com/promo-generic-14795097 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: PESO - Offshoot
I like it. Is it just a touch soft? Rick --- Bruce Dayton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This is more of a 'Daytonesque' shot (I think Frank would say that). Pentax K10D, Tokina AT-X SD 400/5.6, Handheld ISO 400, 1/350 sec @ f/8 http://www.daytonphoto.com/PAW/bkd_4690a.htm Comments welcome -- Bruce -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net http://www.photo.net/photos/RickW Bored stiff? Loosen up... Download and play hundreds of games for free on Yahoo! Games. http://games.yahoo.com/games/front -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: PESO - Spider Web
I like this. The tattered web and foreground flowers separate this from the classical backlit-spider-web shot. Rick --- Bruce Dayton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: For Dave - this is a web, the spider is there, but very small. Taken in my yard. Pentax K10D, Tamron 90/2.8 Macro, Tripod ISO 100, 1/30 sec @ f/8 http://www.daytonphoto.com/PAW/bkd_4706.htm Comments welcome -- Bruce -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net http://www.photo.net/photos/RickW No need to miss a message. Get email on-the-go with Yahoo! Mail for Mobile. Get started. http://mobile.yahoo.com/mail -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: PESO: Something different
Okay, Bill, now that you've absorbed the well-deserved compliments, what the heck =is= it? Rick --- William Robb [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks Jack, Dave, Fernando, Bruce, Cotty, Boris,Ann and Mike for looking and commenting. William Robb http://users.accesscomm.ca/wrobb/pictures/peso/before_coffee.html -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net http://www.photo.net/photos/RickW 8:00? 8:25? 8:40? Find a flick in no time with the Yahoo! Search movie showtime shortcut. http://tools.search.yahoo.com/shortcuts/#news -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: PESO: fire spitter
Great shot. I hope those curtains are flame retardant... Rick --- Brendan MacRae [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dramatic shot, Toine. -Brendan --- Toine [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Fire spitter: http://leende.net/peso/20070409 Toine -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net TV dinner still cooling? Check out Tonight's Picks on Yahoo! TV. http://tv.yahoo.com/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net http://www.photo.net/photos/RickW Looking for earth-friendly autos? Browse Top Cars by Green Rating at Yahoo! Autos' Green Center. http://autos.yahoo.com/green_center/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: OT - ouch
It sonata good thing... --- Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Click on the 'In Pictures' link http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/devon/6541457.stm h boy. -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|http://www.cottysnaps.com _ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net http://www.photo.net/photos/RickW Get your own web address. Have a HUGE year through Yahoo! Small Business. http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/domains/?p=BESTDEAL -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: OT - ouch
Indeed. Cross them off the Liszt. Scott Loveless wrote: Clearly, moving heavy objects is not their forte. I bet that pianissimo expensive than they ever imagined. mike wilson wrote: Should've used more chord. From: Norm Baugher [EMAIL PROTECTED] Bet they are all keyed up... Rick Womer wrote: It sonata good thing... --- Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Click on the 'In Pictures' link http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/devon/6541457.stm -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net Get your own web address. Have a HUGE year through Yahoo! Small Business. http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/domains/?p=BESTDEAL -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: PESO - A Chilly Afternoon
--- Russell Kerstetter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://www.avocadohead.com/piclinks/IMGP2959.html There are several types of comments I am looking for: 1) The typical 'good, bad and ugly' comments as well as constructive criticism. Nice in its moody way. 2) Is big enough, or just right? Perfect for this computer's 1280x800 monitor. 3) Is it bright enough? That's an artistic question. If you had a high-key photo in mind, no. If you wanted it misty and moody, yes. If you wanted it dark and dreary and depressing, it's too bright. Thanks for looking. My pleasure. Russ Rick http://www.photo.net/photos/RickW We won't tell. Get more on shows you hate to love (and love to hate): Yahoo! TV's Guilty Pleasures list. http://tv.yahoo.com/collections/265 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
PowerPC G5 iMac and Huey
Does anybody else have a PowerPC-based G5 iMac that they have calibrated with a Huey? What results do you get? I get peculiar discolored posterized shadows; Pantone has no idea why. The Huey works wonderfully on our MacBook. Rick http://www.photo.net/photos/RickW The fish are biting. Get more visitors on your site using Yahoo! Search Marketing. http://searchmarketing.yahoo.com/arp/sponsoredsearch_v2.php -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
