Re: EPson ink usage for color prints
Pat White wrote: Have you checked the prices at Costco? They have 2-packs of certain ink cartridges for a little less. Pat White Pat - I bet, however those who live in the middle of Manhattan (before you guys think Im rich, I'm under rent control) consider Costco some odd store in the boonies... not easily accessable, alas - And you are reminding me I haven't gotton to the Am Photo shot of yours yet - what page again? :) Best, ann
Re: EPson ink usage for color prints
Kenneth Waller wrote: Ann, I've been using an Epson Stylus Photo for about 4+ years and run the printer till it will no longer print before I change cartridges. It has never quit in the middle of printing due to lack of ink. I've been getting about 50 4X6 prints out of one color cartridge. As for buying supplies, in my area (Detroit), the best prices seem to be at Compusa, but they typically run short of what I need. I ran across this source http://www.atlex.com/Epson/inkjet_printer/photo_820.htm but haven't yet purchased from them. They arrange their supplies by printer which I find very helpful. The color cartridge for your printer they list for $16.33 and the black @ $20.05. They indicate a substantial savings on the stuff I need for my Stylus Photo and 2000P. I will try them next time I need supplies. Ken Waller oooh - much cheaper by far! Thanks so much for the info Ken, I'll check it out.. ann - Original Message - From: Ann Sanfedele [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, December 11, 2002 4:52 AM Subject: EPson ink usage for color prints Boy, the matte heavyweight paper gobbles up ink fast - Is there any evidence that glassy papers abosorb less ink? DO you epsonites milk the cartridge right down to the very end? I seem to be getting ok stuff after it has told me it is almost out - and NEw York guys - anywhere I can get these cartridges for less than $20.00 each? night night annsan
Re: EPson ink usage for color prints
Paul Stenquist wrote: Good paper is expensive. In fact, the best paper (for many subjects) produces wonderful results, is quite expensive, and sucks up the ink as well :-). It's Ilford Fine Art Paper. It's a textured watercolor-type paper with a wonderful feel and look, and it prints beautifully on the Epson six color printers. It sells for over two dollars a sheet in letter size, but it's worth every penny. Were I doing exhibit stuff or framed stuff I'd be there in a flash - I used Ilford papers, including Cibachromes, from my first days in the darkroom. And my old cronies down and Soho Photo Gallery mentioned those also. Other than that one paper, the Epson professional papers are superior to everything out there -- at least when used in an Epson printer. You'll also find that the color cast of papers can vary widely. I frequently have to go back to my original scan and rework it in PhotoShop before I can print it on a different paper. But that's all part of the fun of inkjet printing. Oh, a belated happy birthday as well. Paul Yeah, I hade that discover pretty quick too ... sigh... One wishes one had unlimited funds to play around with the stuff in unconventional manner - well, not too unconventionalg --- Printing with Premier glossy setting on normal glossy paper or vice versa for different looks. annsan
Re: EPson ink usage for color prints
Keith Whaley wrote: Aha! That explains what some have said about how to get around that little 'feature.' To squeeze a few more pages out of the cartridge. Thanks! Another aspect of not totally emptying the cartridge is, if you have empty feed lines, the ink in them can (and will eventually) dry, flake off and particles of dry ink might well end up clogging the head orifices... Something to think about... keith whaley Well when I get right down to the end I have the new one in hand already to replace it. I'm doing a lot of printing - but I copy that comment.. ann Herb Chong wrote: Message text written by INTERNET:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Please explain 'chipped cartridges.' keith whaley the newer Epson cartridges have chips in them that report ink levels. when they report the cartridge is out of ink, the printer refuses to print. as many have pointed out here, that doesn't mean that the cartridge is completely out. Herb...
Re: EPson ink usage for color prints
Pat White wrote: Ann, the picture is on page 72, in the Glamour and Beauty section. Thanks for asking, and let me know what you think. Pat White Will do, Pat! Hope to check it out tomorrow. ann
Re: EPson ink usage for color prints
Mark D. wrote: --- Pat White [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Have you checked the prices at Costco? They have 2-packs of certain ink cartridges for a little less. For the Epson 820, Costco sells a 3 pack with 2 color cartridges and and one black cartridge. It's approximately $50. Mark woo woo - good price! but it is very difficult to get to one from where I am. and dont you ahve to be a memeber or something? ann __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com
Re: EPson ink usage for color prints
Paul Stenquist wrote: I read an article in the New York Times about a Costco going up on the lower east side. Yikes... that's a bit of good news/bad news... doubt if the prices would be as good here though. ann Ann Sanfedele wrote: Pat White wrote: Have you checked the prices at Costco? They have 2-packs of certain ink cartridges for a little less. Pat White Pat - I bet, however those who live in the middle of Manhattan (before you guys think Im rich, I'm under rent control) consider Costco some odd store in the boonies... not easily accessable, alas - And you are reminding me I haven't gotton to the Am Photo shot of yours yet - what page again? :) Best, ann
Re: A brief harrumph a new PUG theme???
Herb Chong wrote: Message text written by INTERNET:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sorry, Herb - I disagree about beauty, too f8 and be there is fine, but people have made beautiful photographs of less than beautiful places and things. i've never disagreed with that. what i have disagreed with is whether one can sell very many photographs of a limited genre. 4000 superb artistic images from inside Lon's computer room certainly could be done, but is it something that will sell? the point of departure was of talent and inspiration. does a pro have more talent and inspiration? Tom indicated that a pro turning out wedding photos doesn't need to be inspired to be successful. a pro landscape and nature photographer needs more personal reasons for doing it to be successful. being in a beautiful place makes that happen. landscapes, by definition, have to be where there is some scape. Herb Ok _ I got in on the end of the discussion - I was responding only to your comment - didnt see the beginning... stayed away from the pro v amateur debate -- I'm too sleepy to get into this discussion too deeply night night annsan
would you guys take a look at .... plus epson prices comment
http://users.rcn.com/annsan/ my home page and follow link to America Naturally Calendar? One of the Scrabble guys has 8 points on guesses of where things are - I'm keeping the contest open until Christmas eve - Ya gotta beat this guy ! :) rules: read across and then down for numbers 1-12 2 points for each exact location (e.g., Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming - which of course, isnt on the calendar) 1 point for correct state without further info. all are in the USA. None are in Hawaii, tho. There are some that could only be one spot, but on the others you really do have to guess. on another topic - a few of my things are on the www.birthydaycards.com site - both for cards (postcards) and skins - which was fun to do... The guys running the site is,again, someone I know from my wordgame connections... He aint paying me much, but supposed to link back to my page and I'm hoping for some hits to eventually work in my favor. Much of his greeting card stuff is rather aimed at the kids on the web and some of his photos are really awful, but difficult to tell him that. At least it is a little bit of cash coming in. And, of course, I'm selling the calendars that I'm making to order Pentax content? You bet - all but one image on my calendar taken with either KX or LX . AND - re the cartridges Staples guy told me he would match price I got from altex if I bring in receipt from same within 14 days of having purchased the ones from my Staples! Cant miss with that, right? annsan
Re: April 2003 PUG
Joseph Tainter wrote: This is the PUG with the theme Cliché. In my opinion, it is one of Bill's most brilliant ideas. I suggest that we set up a vote for the best cliché photo that month. (And I'm suggesting it for that month only, unless we want to make it an annual.) Unless folks find this objectionable, I'll volunteer to handle the e-mails and keep the tally. Joe P.S. I suspect that Cotty is the real annual winner of the Bulwer-Lytton award, writing under various noms-de-plume. Sounds like fun to me, Joe :) annsan
Re: April 2003 PUG and conrect attri
Although quoted in reply to Treena... annsan wrote the puppies and children thing... It kinda looked in your quote below that I was quoting treena telling a story about someone named Ann anyway... T Rittenhouse wrote: I don't know, I don't think people pictures can be cliches unless they are very over posed as every person is an individual. Children and puppies are kind of a universal make me smile thing. Now, the typical tourist postcard, on the other hand... Aside from sunsets, I think cutseypie pictures of children with goo on their face, are about as cliched as you can get... or how about grandma with a toddler grandchild? They don't have to be poorly shot pictures to be a cliche - but they probably should have a Norman Rockwell look to them :) Ciao, Graywolf http://pages.prodigy.net/graywolfphoto - Original Message - From: Ann Sanfedele [EMAIL PROTECTED] Treena wrote: quoting annsan who wrote unable to resist a tele lens shot of a pensive little kid clutching a flower AND a puppy. He taunted me with Puppies and children, Ann Maybe I can find that slide... :) annsan quoting all that stuff above
Re: Hypothetical Question
Mike Johnston wrote: quoting someone else If Pentax...would have applied advances in autofocus, image stabilization...how many of you would be still shooting with Pentax (a majority brand)? Or would you be shooting Canon FD and poking jealous fun at Pentax snobs G? Then MIke J wrote (I snipped stuff from above) So let me ask a hypothetical question here. Asked of everyone. IF you have to choose between EITHER the older, metal bodied, manual focus Pentax family (Spotmatics, M series, A series, up to LX) ***OR*** the polycarbonate-bodied, AF Pentax family (P series, ZX series, up to MZ-S)--and you couldn't mix and match and you couldn't use both--which would it be? I guess since my main Pentax is an ESII you know which way I lean. --Mike annsan comments: Well, I would if I knew what an ESII was g I love my LX I love my LX I hated my Zx-5 I hated my Z-5 EXCEPT - if they made an LX that was a little lighter weight I'd be happier... -ann
Re: April 2003 PUG and conrect attri i MEANT correct attribution :)
Glen O'Neal wrote: Perhaps an interesting twist on the Cliché theme. Imagine producing an image that illustrates a common cliché. For instance: A fork in the road You can pick any cliché and illustrate it in visual and literal terms. Here's another: Put up your Dukes Several pictures of John Wayne hanging on drying clips in a darkroom. Egg on your face This ones obvious All of that and a bag of chips ... Some of these aren't cliches, exactly - they are just expressions that are recognized and definable. Your idea about illustrating sayings in this way could really be fun but I don't call a fork in the road a cliche. put up your dukes in dialogue in a film, sure, cliche. But we are photographers, and I think the idea was to do photgraphic cliches um no, I think it was just Robb's impishness, actually.. to make us writhe a bit before April fool time. That being said - I think your idea much more fun than doing photo cliches... especially, if we each did one without specifying what it was... Then I don't have to find the puppy and kid one :) And, oh yeah, all that and a bag if chips is, as the reviews say, new to us - Sounds teddibly British to me - as in fish and Snowballs chance in Hell This could be an interesting challenge ... So this is the idea anyway. What do you think? Glen ANd you thought of that because of all this complaining about its too hot or too cold where ever here is for may of us, yes??? g annsan I
Re: April 2003 PUG and conrect attri
Jostein wrote: Glen, great ideas. Maybe more of a challenge to us who have English as second or third language, but still,... -Time to sit down and think, then. :-) Jostein Well, do a cliche from your own language :) But the photo cliches are universal, non? annsan - Original Message - From: Glen O'Neal [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, December 17, 2002 8:03 PM Subject: RE: April 2003 PUG and conrect attri Perhaps an interesting twist on the Cliché theme. Imagine producing an image that illustrates a common cliché. For instance: A fork in the road Imagine a long hilly road stretching off into the distance. Image take at ground level in the middle of the road. Long yellow double lines stretching off into the distance and telephone poles lining one side of the road. Fields of grass (or corn or wheat or whatever) on either side. And stuck into the road about 15 feet in front of the camera is a pitch fork. Now many will get technical and ask how this could be done. This could be done digitally, or by sawing off the ends of the tines to make it look like it was actually stuck in the road, or by finding an asphalt road that is soft enough from the hot summer sun to actually stick the fork in. Anyway the technique is not so important. The idea is just the literal interpretation of the cliché into an image. You can pick any cliché and illustrate it in visual and literal terms. Here's another: Put up your Dukes Several pictures of John Wayne hanging on drying clips in a darkroom. Egg on your face This ones obvious All of that and a bag of chips Think of a table filled with all kinds of non-related items; razor blades, comb, cassette tape, pencils, old photos, forks, envelopes, etc (you get the idea) and off to the side by itself is a bag of chips (any brand you like) ... Snowballs chance in Hell This could be an interesting challenge ... So this is the idea anyway. What do you think? Glen -Original Message- From: Ann Sanfedele [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, December 17, 2002 12:35 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: April 2003 PUG and conrect attri Although quoted in reply to Treena... annsan wrote the puppies and children thing... It kinda looked in your quote below that I was quoting treena telling a story about someone named Ann anyway... T Rittenhouse wrote: I don't know, I don't think people pictures can be cliches unless they are very over posed as every person is an individual. Children and puppies are kind of a universal make me smile thing. Now, the typical tourist postcard, on the other hand... Aside from sunsets, I think cutseypie pictures of children with goo on their face, are about as cliched as you can get... or how about grandma with a toddler grandchild? They don't have to be poorly shot pictures to be a cliche - but they probably should have a Norman Rockwell look to them :) Ciao, Graywolf http://pages.prodigy.net/graywolfphoto - Original Message - From: Ann Sanfedele [EMAIL PROTECTED] Treena wrote: quoting annsan who wrote unable to resist a tele lens shot of a pensive little kid clutching a flower AND a puppy. He taunted me with Puppies and children, Ann Maybe I can find that slide... :) annsan quoting all that stuff above
Re: In praise of vuescan and other digital meanderings
Wend - it is late and I'm lazy about snipping -- I'm glad I was some inspiration that ultimately turned out good :) I'm selling a few of mine at $25.00, which , after I got Staples to go down to the price I paid through altex for paper and cartridges, gives me about a $10.00 profit... of course,that doesnt count the work I put in but I like doing it. The best compliment I got (aside from two of the guys here ordering them) was that the manager of the Staples where I have the binding done saw them and ordered one. That was sweet. From all the discussions here it sure seems that making them oneself is the way to go - unless you can sell your project to someone or get an angel I left all of Wendy's story in cause i like it and I'm too sleepy to snip anyway... annsan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'd sort of half been following Ann's thread about making calendars, not really paying attention. Suddenly, this weekend, the light went on in my brain and I thought wouldn't it be a great idea to make a calendar for my friends. Remembered that Staples had been mentioned, so went along to check the price and turnaround. $19.95 (CDN) printed on white cardstock and bound and it would take a couple of days. Told me to bring the prints in and they'd make it up. Great I thought and trotted off home to sort out some nice photos. Picked up a couple of packets of HP everyday semi-gloss photo paper and a new cartridge so I could do a trial to see how it would look. Back home, I picked out the photos I wanted to use. Discovered that I'd given away all the prints to my friends so I had to scan all the negatives. No big deal, I thought. Staples will only be scanning the prints and I had to scan anyway to make up my trial calendar. All went well until I hit a strip of 160VC negatives. I just couldn't get a decent scan from the Minolta Scan dual at all. Another lightbulb went on. Hmm, Bruce had mentioned vuescan with the minolta (I think). Downloaded a trial version and re-scanned. Apart from the $40 watermark on the image, it was perfect! Purchased it straight away. (already this calendar is becoming expensive!) Brilliant! I wish I'd bought this software earlier. Scanned away happily, nice and large to fit letter sized paper, put the images in order, named them january, february etc. and wrote them all to CD ready to deliver to Staples. Meanwhile, I printed off the calendar using a standard template from Word on the HP semi-gloss. It looked good. I was pretty damn pleased with myself, I can tell you! Then the dog came in from outside, wet paws and all, ran upstairs and bounced off the bed where I had placed the completed sheets. I now had a dented and smudged calendar. Never mind I thought to myself, This is only for practice and I'm keeping it for myself anyway. Off I went to Staples with my CD of 13 images - one for each month plus the front cover. Lady at Staples takes the details and informs me that they charge $3 for opening EACH image on the CD whereas if I'd brought the print it would cost nothing. HUH? I've done all the work and they want to charge me for it? An extra $39 on top of a calendar that costs $19?? Insanity! Quick mental calculation tells me that it's probably still cheaper for me to have them print up three calendars than do it myself bearing in mind that a colour cartridge costs $60CDN (ex tax) and paper is about $20-30 a box so I leave it with them and sulk off. One of the reasons I wasn't going to do it myself was because the printer I have is not particularly new and I was worried about fading. Then Paul (hubby) pointed out that each page only has to last a month! Well, that convinced me to do it myself. Found a nice double sided semi-gloss/matte paper from HP and off I went. Rankled by the charge for pulling my files off a CD I went back to Staples and cancelled the order. I reckon mine are nicer anyway (though I say so myself...) And that's my story. --- Wendy Beard Mosaid Technologies Inc 11 Hines Rd, Kanata, Ontario K2K 2X1, Canada
Re: scanning
Lon Williamson wrote: Maybe more to the point: Printing BW scans using a Black-only cart yields, in my hands, dismal results. I actually print such scans using color carts. More tonality. It also helps a bunch to scan at more than an 8-bit setting for BW (using my stuff, anyway). -Lon Since the first time the bw flopped on me I've been using full color to scan the bw then adusting colors in photoshop... sometimes using the color to black and white quick button - and when I black and white I use the color settings too... but I've never really done very high resolution stuff. annsan Herb Chong wrote: Message text written by INTERNET:[EMAIL PROTECTED] I cannot seem to make good silver halide film (tri-x, HP-5, you name it) negatives (or positives!) scan well. I've tried Vuescan, the Minolta software, and I've tried scanning in RGB as well as in BW. Nothing seems to work. I can get good results with color neg or color slide but never with BW. does the printer have Digital ICE? if it does, you have to disable it for BW. Herb
Just Merry Christmas to those who celebrate it :)
see above - annsan
Re: Question about manual Petaxes.
Boris Liberman wrote: Hi! Yesterday I saw KX and was amazed by rather dim screen. Pardon my age and hence lack of knowledge, but what is the reason for putting the rather dark circle around the microprism center of the screen? JUst to annoy people ;) You can change the focusing screen - I've forgotten who makes the wonderfully bright one.. I love the KX, the K-1000 doesn't have mirror lock up, but it is very good and reliable. I've always found the ciricles that are meant to help you focus troublesome and distracting, as having your main subject dead center is often poor composition, too. Sorry I cant remember who makes the extra bright focusing screens. Someone here will know. ann
Re: A Mamiya Pentax
Paul Stenquist wrote: Okay guys, I'm gonna break the rules and point out an ebay auction. But this one is special, very special. It's a Mamiya Pentax camera :-). Hey, I started with one of these. Everyone should have one. Paul Paul, so did I - it was my ex husband's back in 1966 - mama mia! :) ann
Re: Ad
tom wrote: My first magazine ad is in Modern Bride Washington and is hitting newstands now: http://www.bigdayphoto.com/mbad.jpg A better view: http://www.bigdayphoto.com/mbad.gif Rejected: http://www.bigdayphoto.com/mb-ad.gif Woo Hoo! I'm excited. tv Your accepted ad looks terrific, tom -- good luck with it! The reject is nice, but not nearly as strong as the one that made it. annsan
Re: Best results photographing art
gfen wrote: FWIW: I've seen (well, read) about using a polarizer on your lens and a polarizer on your lights to cross polarize the lighting.. Supposedly this takes care of any glare.. I, however, have no clue beyond that. -- annsan writes: I read this as well, but never got around to buying the polarizers for the light sources. I think this is the method - look through your lens at the light source overed with the polarizing gel -rotate the one on your camera until what you see is blackness (Crossed Nichols). Do that for the light sources on the left and right at angles to the artwork. Then write me and tell me that it worked :) This was the very first thing I asked the group a couple of years ago - ( if anyone had tried it.) I think Edmonds Scientific was a source for the gels... I hope I got this bit of info right this time! annsan http://www.infotainment.org - more fun than a poke in your eye. http://www.eighteenpercent.com- photography and portfolio.
Re: PUG down?
Paul Stenquist wrote: Thanks Keith, I'm back up now, perhaps it was a caching problem or something. Who knows what gremlins lurk in the internet. Um sort of a case of cache me if you can ??? annsan ducks...
Re: 2003 PUG Calendary
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Part 1.1Type: Plain Text (text/plain) Encoding: 7bit I picked one picture from each Gallery during this year, and now I have my 2003 PUG Calendary. Has anyone else tried to do this? It's a hard task, there are too many wonderful pics to choose from. May: Gulf Light by Ann Sanfedele, http://pug.komkon.org/02may/annmaypg.html annsan replies -- I'm honored, Flavio... I have a shot on my real calendar taken about 30 minutes later :) but I used it for July. I spent many hours selecting, scanning, printing the calendar of my work I'm selling, I think my profit margin is not so great but I love doing it. there is a link to stuff about it on my homepage (which is a very modest thing compared to some of the stuff you guys have) http://users.rcn.com/annsan/ Click on America Naturally thumbnail right up front. My page is best viewed (that is, looks the way I like it) on a monitor 800 x600 setting. AOL browser seems to smudge a couple of pictures. I ran a little contest for a free calendar which one of my Scrabble playing friends won (I was sure it would be a photog!) by identifying where things were taken - which was really more for my amusement than anything else - and oh yea, Happy New Year! annsan aside to Ceasar - I saw the Avedon show - will discuss later :)
Re: Favorite f/stop?
Paul Franklin Stregevsky wrote: I've read that we see at f/5.6. Has anyone ever heard of photographers who will shoot only at f/5.6 because they want to be truthful? [EMAIL PROTECTED] f8 and be there for me, most of the time. When I want a blurred background, it is usually when I I'm shooting a close-up of a person or a beastie and a flower. I'm not sure if people see at f5.6 - I feel I see at f 1.7 these days :) But somewhere there is something written about lens performance that claims various aspects of it come together best at the apature that is 3 or 4 stops (forgot which) down from the particular lens' widest apertature - which on a good many 50mm lenses would get you to f 5.6 annsan
Re: PUG down?
Gary L. Murphy wrote: On Tue, 31 Dec 2002 20:50:15 -0500, Altaf Shaikh wrote: What is a PUG? A type of dog Sorry, couldn't resist :-) Later, Gary I'm tempted to tease you about ducks and geese Gary but :) I have to say I almost wrote the same thing... annpunfedele
Re: we don't need no stinkin' rules was -Chicken****
Mike Johnston wrote: quoting Mark (Roberts? yes?) More rules to follow and to deliberately break: http://website.lineone.net/~peter.saw/ctutor/cmpsitn.htm Mark, Much as I respect you and like your work, I think we'll just have to agree to disagree (which, by the bye, I really don't mind doing). I think that site is just dreadful, its suggestions possibly among the worst things I could imagine for a photographer to clutter his or her mind with. annsan writes: I'm jumping into this late - forgive me if what I am going to say has been said multiple times recently in some fashion or another - I've been overly and crazily busy for a few weeks and you guys are really getting especially chatty these days! anyway. Mike, didn't Mark say right up front they were rules to (perhaps) be broken? I never took a photography class myself, but I did take art classes back in the 60's and then read and read and read more about photography, and looked and looked more at works of accomplished photographers. My 2 cents on the subject follows: No one is even going to teach someone who has no vision at all to produce photos that are much beyond a document, I certainly agree with that opinion, Mike. But I think photography is way beyond the process of recognition and reaction when it is at its best. Photography can do a lot of things a painting cannot do. It can put a brush in the hands of someone that does not have the mechanical aptitude (dare I say digital?:)) to make a statement, point out something beautiful, recreate a moment, etc. And, of course, to capture instantly that decisive moment. But you can't break the rules (if you need to) without learning them first. There are some who follow many of them without having learned them from someone else or even from books. But there are few accomplished photographers, I wager, who do not understand things like leading the eye. I think to learn the craft aspects of photography and art it would be a good exercise to examine side by side a truly terrible photo and a great one and break it down using those rules as a check list. One might also select a wonderful image (yeah, it is subjective, of course) and find where it breaks the composition rules and why it works anyway. The thing about the rules is that they are elements of composition, not really rules. bad word, rules. I hate rules. They have, I believe, been developed from observations of art and a bit of science. The leading the eye thing is a phenomenon of nature. MIke J wrote... It may work--may work--for watercolor paintings, but photographing is a process of recognition and reaction, isn't it? Ann got into that above... One might build or plan paintings, but I can't imagine having the time and control to tick off item after item on the composition checklist. You never planned a photograph? Ever? Didn't ever wait somewhere for the light to change, or a person to appear, or a baby to smile or whatever? Never previsualized? Like the if you have to ask, you don't know comment regarding jazz, if you had to consciously go through the check list you might not be a photographer. Or an artist. That site makes me want to go spend an hour at a Mark Rothko exhibit. s --Mike The only thing that scares me about the site is that there are undoubtedly people who think they can learn to be an artist from it, rather than breaking down what it is in art they see and like that makes it work. Rothko is not to my taste, but like Morris Louis and Kenneth Noland others who explored color in the 50's and later, I bet he knew how to draw :) Am I gonna regret getting into this??? annsan
Re: Digital PUG theme
Joseph Tainter wrote: Cliché may have been Wheatfield Willie's finest moment (in re: PUG themes, anyway). Digital may have been his worst. It's essentially an extra open month. Joe Nah - pretty challenging I'd say. Um - are you giving Wheatfield the finger? (but remember, use your PENTAX :) ) annsan
Re: Question on shooting kids
CBWaters wrote: Wait to shoot her for a couple more years. The desire to shoot them gets much much greater. Kidding, of course. And mine are just 34 so the desire hasn't matured to the teenage level yet ;) I saw that header and was afraid we had gotten back to the gun discussiong Also, see Jonathan Swift's recommendations It's been a rough day - i need to be silly annsan
Re: Now HERE'S a scumbag
T Rittenhouse wrote: Post feedback on the guy pointing out that he got them from your website where they are fee downloads. Anyone who wants to see if he is an honest dealer will get the message, and others deserve to get ripped anyway. Ciao, Graywolf http://pages.prodigy.net/graywolfphoto tom - unfortunately you can't post feedback unless you avhe completed a deal to buy.sell with that person. It didn't used to be true, but it is now. But Mark, your idea sounds good to me! annsan
Re: Now HERE'S a scumbag
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Mark, I would make sure ebay knows he is selling your material, violating your rights. The other thing I have seen done is making another eBay listing. Use an identical title, identical wording, and a $0.01 price. Then ask the bidders not to bid, but to just go to your site, and download for free. Regards, Bob S. Unfortunately if Mark did that he would also be pilfering (that is using identical wording and title - well - titles can't be copyrighted so I guess that wouldn't be. But ebay should definitely be notified directly. annsan [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=1950124573ssPageName=ADME:B:SS:US:1 This guy's downloaded the PDF service manuals I have on my web page and is SELLING them on eBay! (He's even got photos of the front of each manual - this is how I know they're the ones from my web site because I used different photos from the Pentax originals.)
Re: Layers in Photoshop
Keith Whaley wrote: Paul Stenquist wrote: The PhotoShop tutorials are quite adequate. You just have to see them through from start to finish. Paul All facetiousness aside, I do believe you. My single objection to PhotoShop is it's massiveness complexity, similar to latest versions of Microsoft Word (or Office, if that pertains...) In a word ~ Bloated! So very much more than almost any normal person would or could ever use! I snipped a bit from Keith's post but I sure agree with his sentiments. Even Photoshop LE is sufficiently more complex and more of a RAM hog than what I use now which is Photo Deluxe 4.0 - which it seems is just a paired down more user friendly version that appear to follow the same rules as the full blown versions. Ive been able to just tinker with it for the most part to get it to work for me. I've never been good at reading tech manuals and, heaven forfend, any type of Video Professor or audio tape would drive me nuts. I've been able to learn stuff about it from the discussions here about Photoshop, too. Photodeluxe 4.0 and Photoshop LE were included with my Epson 1640 SU Photo scanner - That is, free. the best of all possible reason for using it :) annsan the thrifty
Re: OT: HTML Editors
Shaun Canning wrote: What HTML editors or web page creation software are PDMLer's using for their web sites? I am still using Frontpage 2000, which does the job, but is an idiosyncratic little bugger... I just write straight code and crib a lot from previously written stuff - occasionally viewing what others have written to steal stuff: ) I may not write the most elegant code but when I'm not lazy, it gets the job done. The canned stuff seems to need a lot of tweaking - at least MSWORD version is hideous. annsan
Re: PENTAX DEBUTS HIGH-QUALITY SCRAPPLE IN PARTNERSHIP WITH HORMEL
tom wrote: -Original Message- From: Cesar Matamoros II [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Having worked out of the Baltimore area for a while, I was aware of scrapple. Yet, I have never tried it. Maybe it is time to correct that. I may have to take a business trip that way the end of this month. DC PDML I will keep you informed... Woo hoo! Scrapple party at my house! Ok you guys are you realling talking about SCRAPPLE? or did some one typo and you mean SCRABBLE? :) I love both - but I'd rather eat Scrapple , though I've often had to eat the Q in the word game. Cesar, do try it - tell them to make it extra crispy. I'm on the Atkins diet so it will be some time before i get to eat Scrapple again! annsan
Re: OT: HTML Editors
tom wrote: -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Arachnophilia -- http://www.arachnoid.com/arachnophilia/ Freeware which the author has been supporting/updating for years. This is what I use, though I like the older version more than the new java version. I used to use VI back in the day... tv VI Yuck! I used Kedit. yum. but neither of them are code, we might point out to youngsters.. just a way of getting your code on virtual paper. They are just line editors. annsan the old spec writer
Re: Photo Greeting Cards
tom wrote: I could have sworn someone posted a link to a lab (besides Ofoto) that will take a scan and print it on a greeting card, but I can't find the link. Any suggestions? Thanks. tv Yep - order cards from CAPE CADS - 1-800-848-7671 (maybe by now they have a web address) they are a variety of cards that have a window to insert your photo in. THe outside boundaries of the ones I have are 5 x 7 and the inside is 3 1/2 x 5 1/2 - allowing you to slip 4 x 6 inch prints in to the frame. Photo stores sell these for a lot but ordering direct they are reasonable. They can be framed easily as they work like a mat. THen you can keep better control over your image, too. Best, ann
Re: Photo Greeting Cards - here is a link
tom wrote: I could have sworn someone posted a link to a lab (besides Ofoto) that will take a scan and print it on a greeting card, but I can't find the link. Any suggestions? Thanks. tv Tom - here is the link to the one I was talking about - http://www.capecads.com/ ann
Re: if microsoft made cameras
adphoto wrote: Let's imagine for a moment that Microsoft buys out C and N and made cameras (snip, snip) Didn't need to read any more than that to gasp in horror :) But I'm glad I did - I've hardly read any mail for a few days cause im down with a nasty cold in the frigid NYC area and even typing seems incredibly difficult - but just had to applaud your comic turn. annsan (oh mygod it is the 20th! I have to find some digits for the PUG!)
Re: Meaning of HAR!
T Rittenhouse wrote: Think of a pirate laughing Har, har, har It has become a PDML term that means. I am pulling your leg. When I came on the list Weathfield Willie (Bill Robb) was using it a lot, but he says he picked it up from another list member. Ciao, Graywolf http://pages.prodigy.net/graywolfphoto OH no - and all the time I thought it was pure WHEATFIELD (aka, SNOWFIELD in the winter, I believe). Unfortunately they have not hadded to the Scrabble dictionary. :( annsan
Re: Meaning of HAR!
Paul Franklin Stregevsky wrote: Har is Hebrew for mountain. In English, it means, basically, Ha! or Ha-ha! The long version is hardee-har-har! I have no idea why, any more than Spock could understand why humans say to babies, Kootchie-kootchie-koo! AH! hardee-har-har is something Jackie Gleason's character, Ralph , used to say on THE HONEYMOONERS - as a kind of you think that is funny but it really isn't retort. annsan
Re: OT: Obnoxious Sonofabitch Copyeditor
Mike Johnston wrote: My pet peeve is people who use the phrase begs the question when they don't know what it means (they think it means raises the question). A couple of pet peeves: one of the only (it's either the only or one of the few) (snp) Anybody got any other favorites? --Mike Well the less fewer thing always annoys me. Especially so when I see it on a questionnaire asking your income or how many miles you have traveled...etc., etc., where the flaw is compounded by the writer using over and less than together. Recently I received an email from someone on ebay who hope I could find a particular item for her. She wrote the entire email in CAPS. She was - um - about my age and on AOL. So I try to help by saying it is considered shouting to type in CAPS. She then quoted her son-in-law to me who considered that anyone who would be concerned about such stuff was living in the 70's (never mind that I didn't learn about it until getting on the internet in 1994.) Her son-in-law wrote to her and she shared this with me - not at all in a petulant manner, but because she thought she had gathered interesting information. Anyway Son-in-law wrote to her: IRC got started, where people could type to each other live, just like a conversation, so the geeks started describing typing in caps as shouting, and a lot of bull about being rude. it used to matter (before there were translators), now it doesn't, and no one gets to make the rules. frankly anyone that has this concern is living in the seventies. there is no correct format for anything anymore---that's what universal communication is all about... Scary, eh? annsan
Re: OT: Obnoxious Sonofabitch Copyeditor
Peter Alling wrote: I always prefer As if I cared, it's short and to the point. Regardsing caring - I just remembered a gaff a friend told me about. Someone in the business of, I believe, loan brokering, had this line on imprinted on the bottom of their stationery: Tell someone who cares. annsan
A non-Pentax photo thingy for sale
I have a Minolta auto winder. I have no minolta. the serial number is 2164651. Japan. It comes with a case and I see no noticeable dings but have no way of checking it out for sure. I'll be happy to send it to someone who could use such a thing for whatever you think it is worth, rather than sell it on ebay. You can check it out and pay me only if it works. I trust you guys :) Certainly would want to send this only in USA. If you are happy, send me a suitable amount plus $4.50 to reimburse my shipping costs. (I send everything priority mail, the thing in the case weighs 10 oz.) Do write me off list. Don't know if this is the kind of thing that could be gerry-rigged to work with another camera or not. I paid $10 for this so want at least that back. If it doesnt work, I would think kindly of you if you sent me the postage instead of sending the winder back. annsan
Re: Actually on-topic: writers ain't rich
Boris Liberman wrote: Here's a story. Well, we did drive to Beer Sheva last weekend. Among other things I've taken my FA 50/1.7 with me to shoot some kids. So I've been shooting. One moment I've noticed kids were giving a certain dog something to drink. Hopefully the shot I managed would come out reasonable. Anyway, the same moment I've tried pointing my camera at the kids, their moms asked the kids to pose. You know - look at this young man with the camera, will you, dear They've ruined the shot, naturally. Another version is the Get out of the way, Johnny, the lady is taking a picture... - which has happened to me more times than I can count. annsan (who hardly every photos people anymore)
Re: ebay bargains
Doug Franklin wrote: On Sat, 25 Jan 2003 11:48:17 -0600, Mike Johnston wrote: with half the internet DDoS'ed with Microsofts SQL server What in the world does this mean? Apparently a worm or virus out on the Internet went active last night. It is carrying out a Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack, perhaps inadvertently as part of its growth pattern. It seems to be attacking a vulnerability in Microsoft's SQL Server software. TTYL, DougF KG4LMZ Is that why ebay is saying I have nothing to sell while I know I still have 3 items up today??? My normal links from my homepage to my auctions haven't worked for the last few hours. annsan
Re: On topic?!
Boris Liberman wrote: Hi! Something unusual happened to my latest submission to PhotoSIG. During two days more than 150 people saw the picture (which is a lot to my level) but only one of them said a word. Here is the link: http://www.photosig.com/viewphoto.php?id=660866 I'd like to know what do you think of it. Please, do criticize. I really hope there is no rule on PDML that every single photo that is posted to PDML should be just praised and applauded to... Thanks in advance. Well, ok - Boris, it is pretty enough, but doesn't really grab one. A nice stock photo shot. It has neither serious flaws or anything that makes one go oh, wow! - that is probably why you got few comments. But there is a problem - at least with the browser I was using just now _ The page is extremely distracting. the photo overlaps some of the text. I'll take a look at it later from aol and from explorer to see if it does the same thing. I have my preferences set for a somewhat larger type than usual but that really should not matter. I understand you didnt design this (Well, at least I think not!) presentation style but it sure hurts your photo. I'm writing to the list instead of your sight as I don't like to have to SIGN IN to anything on the web that I don't need to. Regards, annsan critique at large --- Boris Liberman www.geocities.com/dunno57 www.photosig.com/viewuser.php?id=38625
Re: LX Questions
Dan Scott wrote: On Wednesday, January 29, 2003, at 11:16 PM, Peter Alling wrote: Forced? 'e's well known as a horribly incorrigible bully. Just as likely to give you a wedgie up to your ears as the time o'day. I wouldn't mess with 'im. Dan Scott Yeah I still have fingernail marks on my ankle! So rude! annsan
Re: On topic?!
frank theriault wrote: Hi, Ann, Thanks for mentioning the distraction of the image overlapping the text - I'd meant to mention that, as it does the same for me, but I forgot. I've only gone to PhotoSIG a few times, and it's done that every time for me. I use Netscrape, FWIW. It really bugs me, because I'd like to be able to read all the text, but can't. regards, frank So PhotoSIG doesn't care about us lowly Netscapers, it seems: ann
Re: On topic?! shifting to semi-off Netscape and photos on the web
Otis Wright, Jr. wrote: Ditto. Communicator 4.79 and it is beginning to have trouble with a lot of sites where Explorer works OK. I'm putting in a new system next week and will move on to 6.x and if it has problems Netscrape is done at this office. Otis Wright I have Netscape 4.6 - my images that are more than just straight scans from photos look as I intended when I look at them in Netscape. When I look at them in Explorer, there are, um, issues. When I look at them on other people's monitors who have AOL, they deteriorate. Not all, but some. I thought originally that this might be happening because I had mixed stuff that was 300 dpi with 96 dpi. on a background created in photoshop... this may be totally irrelevant - a wild guess, but there are other images where that would not have happened. I photoed some product for a mkt. research study - scanning each container and then turning the background to black, etc.. I can't show you _that_ image, but the jpgs looked gorgeous in Netscape and in whatever browser my client's client was using (my direct client has NEtscape) - but when I looked at them in explorer they were not quite as sharp. I did to into explorer to look at Boris's image and it came up in the right place, but what an unattractive display! The gray mat did the picture no good and half the screen was taken up with the text. annsan
Re: On topic?!
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In [EMAIL PROTECTED], on 01/30/03 at 12:36 AM, Otis Wright, Jr. rusty.@worldnet.att.net said: |Ditto. Communicator 4.79 and it is beginning to have trouble with a |lot of sites where Explorer works OK. I'm putting in a new system |next week and will move on to 6.x and if it has problems Netscrape |is done at this office. |Otis Wright |Keith Whaley wrote: | Me, too. Netscape Communicator 4.79. | Sad. I'd like to know what lies behind the photo! | I had not been paying attention to this thread so I am not exactly sure if this is about what I think it is about. If you are talking about the display of text when mousing over an image then the problem is that exploader handles alt tags wrongly rather than netscape not working. this is also the case in how ms handles missing and other incorect tags. Nope , that wasn't what we meant - nothing to do with alt tags at all. Read a couple of posts back :) annsan
Re: OT: Epson ink use printing issues
Doug Franklin wrote: On Sun, 02 Feb 2003 03:12:02 -0500, Ann Sanfedele wrote: Well he is using a different printer, Doug. MIght matter. That's why I mentioned which printer I have. :-) ann sez O? :) I mentioned that for the benefit of others,actually, I knew you knew but I think it was not reiterated which one he had in your post. ann, quoted by Doug also said and the paper certainly matters as we have discussed here. Doug replies Well, I'm not so sure of that. The printer doesn't know what paper you have in it. What it knows is which paper selection you've made in the printer setup. _That_ will change the ink consumption. Ann muses.. Ummm but it won't print nicely.. I have had it happen by accident. If you are using glossy paper and you have the setting on matte it makes a mess, for instance. And I'm guessing that if you tell it glossy and your theory is correct, you wont get enough ink to make a good print on matte. Ann wrote earlier: Cory, the 820 is very inexpensive but it has a feature that warns you when your cartridge is running low - Doug sez I ignore it until one of the colors obviously runs out and haven't had problems yet. ann sez she does too. But her printer finally does stop dead at the point where a little red X covers the printer. If one can go beyond that, I haven't found a way. Doug, I'm not at all meaning to be contentious, just trying to rehash to get Cory the best info. I sure was helped in selecting the 820 by all of you here. ann
Re: NYC PDML: 2/22/03?
gfen wrote: On Mon, 3 Feb 2003, Cesar Matamoros II wrote: I will let those 24/7 locals select the where and when. annsan sez Would all of you who are planning to do this CC me when you chat about this - I could then make a little list that includes all of us in my address book - also I toss the PDML stuff regularly and keep every shred of email that isn't from strangers in my inbox forever... gfen wrote: As a non-local, I should have no problems coming in and meeting up. I just ask that people consider that I'll have to come into the PA and once you leave Manhatten I couldn't find my way around... We have friendly native guides. g But Manhattan sounds good to me as I live in the east village. Ceasar wrote: Let's see, what gear should I cart along? MZ-S, LXen (normal and snaked), my usual 24/2, 31/1.8, 77/1.8 combo, ... any inputs greatly appreciated. Gfen wrote Well, I'd sure like to see the MZ-S... And should I bring a real snake to match your skinned LXes? ;) annsan requests: Only if it is alive! tree-hugger on board. Gfen worried: Just remember, last time we tried this it fell apart. ann replies: well, not totally - 3 of us made it. :) lets try to be optimistic. not an easy thing these days, I'll admit. annsan -- http://www.infotainment.org - more fun than a poke in your eye. http://www.eighteenpercent.com- photography and portfolio.
Re: OT Pentax wife (Was: Shit, Crap Politics, Was:Re: Vs: car shit, not politics, not Pentax, but about as valid as any of the crap that is allowed without rancor. WAS: bRe: PMA and Pentax DSLR
Lasse Karlsson wrote: John M. wrote: On Sun, 02 Feb 2003 09:41:09 -0500, you wrote: If I wanted to have an aggravating, pointless discussion, I would go talk to my wife. BR I refrained from replying to Bruce to ask him if I could supply the name of a good divorce lawyer because I really found his comments were offensive and didn't want to make too much of a joke of it. However, I was more disturbed not just by by Lasse's comments but even more by those who _only_ considered the suggestiveness of his comments to be offensive, not the entire demeaning ramble. Please remember there are a number of women on this list, too. annsan
Re: OT: Epson ink use printing issues
CBWaters wrote: T I also bought a box of Epson heavyweight Matte (forgive me, I like matte finish better) today so we'll see if these look better than the Kodak stuff I just finished. The glossy stuf is so much mroe expensive anyway. One thing I noticed, this Epson paper is one-sided, as oposed to the Kodak so I'll use more paper in my testing (read: screw-ups). day... Cory Waters Cory - Epson does have a double-sided matte paper - good prices at: http://www.atlex.com Someone posted good prices at Costco, too - Could you repost the prices for the cartridges for the 820? Thanks, annsan
Re: OT Pentax wife
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Amita wrote, in response to Ann: Please remember there are a number of women on this list, too. Yeah, there are, what, four of us? g We lost that nice lady from New Zealand, right? You two, Wendy, me ... Doe aka Marnie wandered away recently ... WHO am I forgetting? I'm sure I'm forgetting somebody; I usually do. I have my own ideas as to which of the gentlemen can tell us, definitively, how many women are here. What a tantalizing remark THAT is :) What happened to Jody? Did she dissappear? And jeepgirl? annsan
Re: PDML Sisterhood gear
To get even more firmly on topic, what Pentaxes are the sisterhood shooting with? K1000 KM Optio 230 Ann replies: This sister shoots LX and KX - 28mm, 50mm, 100 mac f4.0 most often. Needing to replace a third party 70 210 zoom someday with some better glass. Sorry I sold my 300 prime.
Re: RE; PDML NY SATURDAY FEB 22
HErb's address was wrong - I wondered what kept bouncing... Herb are you getting this one??? annsan
Re: Women of PDML
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I think there were about 12 (women of PDML) (I lost count, though) -- however, let's hold off on the calendar until we see how well the Men of PDML calendar sells. better to skip it, then :) ann
failed mail for NYPDML
Mike P [EMAIL PROTECTED] THis bounces - he is one of the NYPDMLERS - Mike, if you are yout there, send me an email ? this looks like I got the wrong one :) annsan
Re: Photo Contest
Al Shaikh wrote: I thought you guys might like a little contest. Usefilm.com is sponsoring one with flowers as the theme. If you feel like entering feel free. First and only prize is a set of 5 calendars of your own images. Photographer retains all rights blah, you know the deal. Enjoy Good luck al http://www.usefilm.com I took a look - 5 images are required. 12 months. 5 calendars. So what you win is one different image on each of 5 calendars, not an image a page, it appears. And you have to join and a $25 donation is suggested to be a member. Not so appealing to me, at least. Just my 2 cents annsan
Re: OT: employment levels-was: Superior Pentax
frank theriault wrote: I continue to be amazed at how many on this list are unemployed/underemployed, yet are still able to pursue this pastime, which, let's face it, isn't the cheapest around. Good luck finding a job, Boris. g cheers, frank Because we all bought our cameras when wer WERE gainfully employed and because they are super cameras they still work ;) ann
Re: slow 35mm film - was Megapixels required for 8X10 print
Bruce Dayton wrote: Matt, While making a 16X20 may be a snap for 35mm film, I would submit that it is painfully obvious when compared to MF or LF. I personally don't think 35mm generally looks that good beyond 11X14 - even there the difference is obvious. Bruce Looks great when the 35mm image was shot with Kodachrome 25. Is there any really slow fine grained film around anymore??? anything, that is, of the superiour quality of K24? annsan
Re: Top 10 Worst Clichés
Mike Johnston wrote: Mark, How about cats playing in the flower bed? Hmm...I know I have some cat photos around here somewhere... AAUUUG! ...Which brings up another interesting question. What are the worst photographic clichés of all time? --Mike DIdn't we just do this a couple of weeks ago?? ann
Re: Slow list. How 'bout some flower photos to liven things up?;-)
Mike Johnston wrote: Another flower for mike http://www.usefilm.com/showphoto.php?id=72 I find flowers disturbing. Especially in color. I think it was the French painter Edgar Degas who wrote that he was disturbed by the visual cacaphony of bouquets of flowers. He seldom painted them, with one famous exception, a painting that showed a vase of flowers on a table and a woman off to the right. But he said he found this painting distressing rather than pretty. Ancient memories here, I could be wrong. --Mike And how do you fell about undulating bell peppers ? ann
Re: Hands up who crops?
I crop, I'd say , only about 15% of what I print. Usually because of not having time to focus in on what I want in the picture, shooting out of car windows, etc. I'm not counting trimming the very edges of the frame just a tad to eliminate vignetting or a stray hair, branch , etc that I really couldn't see when I was shooting. I'm happiest when I don't need to crop at all. And I sure have never found that cropping saves a poor photo, though it can improve one that was good to begin with. If I'm photo'ing people or animals where what I am after is a portrait of same, then I might well crop more because of my style of shooting these. annsan
of flower contest and short hiatus from the list
Re the photo contest - after seeing Karen Johnson's spectacularly beautiful Dahlia on usenet I think I had better just put my flowers back in my drawer. Can't compete. I've gotta get off list for a few days, though may not actually leave until late tonight. Be nice to each other while I'm gone kids. annsan
Re: FW: INCREDIBLE NEWS
I also pointed out this was false about 3 hours ago.. boy -- sequence of mail here must be really screwed up. But you gave more details tomorrow I lunch with Cesar - barring the unforseen. night night ann Robert Harris wrote: Peifer, William [OCDUS] wrote: Hi all, Thought I'd share this bit of good news with the list. I and many of my co-workers just received word from one of our senior adminstrative assistants about the recovery of five firefighters -- alive -- from under the rubble at WTC. Not sure of the veracity of this report, but this is certainly good news if true. Perhaps there are others? Just heard on the news that it was not the case, it was a miscommunication. A bunch of rescue workers were on top of a pile of rubble. Five of them slipped off and fell to the bottom. Their colleagues got them put of wherever they had fallen and were seen by others who thought they had rescued guys who had been down there for several days, it spread to the media, etc. Fire department has clarified it. Bob - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: OT. WTC - Why no helicopters?
The Helicopters would blow stuff all around, and there isn't enough room for them down there, Lasse. It would be very dangerous - that is my guess. ann Lasse Karlsson wrote: Those of you who might know more than me. When the towers were hit, I never saw any helicopters even trying to make any rescue efforts. From the beginning it was obvious that people were trapped. And it was not altogether obvious that the towers would collapse. Would such an operation be deemed impossible already from the start? Or is it not part of any emergency plans? Also, now as the rescue workers have so much time consuming trouble with getting rid of the heavy metal rubbles, why do we not see helicopters trying to lift off part of this? Some helicopter have incredible lifting capacities. What aspects have I missed? Lasse - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Visiting PDML'er - a little ray of sunshine
FOr 4 hours this afternoon I dined, laughed, photoed and walked (and walked and walked and walked) around Manhattan with another list member who was here mainly to visit his parent's and sister who live in Queens. - I speak of Cesar, and I come to praise him. :) I brought him to my favorite little Polish restaurant on 1st ave, a stones throw from my apartment where he sampled pirogies, bigos and kilbasa... we walked to the west village and then down to Canal Street. Until today, the part of Manhattan I live in was cordoned off from the rest of the island. I live on 7th st, everything below 14th street (all the way to the tip of Manhattan) from river to river was off limits to anyone who wasn't involved in essential goods and services, rescue work or who lived here. But today the border was moved about a mile downtown to Canal street, and the streets in my 'hood were alive again, although cars and busses were scarce. It seemed almost normal, except that everyone seemed to be particularly friendly and sweet to each other. I took him to the K-Mart at Astor Place to show him the view from the windows there. Cesar lives in FLorida but, in fact, grew up in the Bronx and so it wasn't quite like being a tour guide to someone who didn't know my island at all, but he certainly didn't expect to get taken to a K-mart for a view! At Canal street we heard news folk speak of Bush being on the West side hwy - we didnt wait. Cesar needed to be midtown to meet his sister at 4.. I was toting my trusty KX with a 50mm SMC 1.4 and my 100 smc f4 macro. Cesar had his LX and the - MS-50 (?) that one you have all be jawing about... and, gasp, the 77! I handed over my 100 mac for him to try and mounted the 77 on my KX. Wow! what a lens. you can actually see what you are doing with it, and what a nice focal length. wahwahwah - I want one - where is a sugar daddy when you need one?? But I digress We both shot a few frames and pretty soon I'll post a couple so you can see what he looks like. In this very sad world, it was nice to get out and just breathe again (thanks to the heavy rains of last night, the dust and ash settled - although I fear it made things even more difficult for relief workers.) On Prince street I took him to a famous little bakery called Vesuvio where we chatted with the owner and praised Guilliani - not something I every expected to do, but our Mayor has been quite impressive in dealing with all this stuff, I'll have to admit. Cesar had treated me to lunch, so I bought pepper biscuits at the bakery to introduce him to another taste treat. We walked back up to my neighborhood on the Bowery which becomes 3rd ave and he continued walking to midtown. I shared a story from a friend with him that is one of the happy ones of the week. A friend told me of a friend of hers who worked in Tower 1 - the usual calls were made to find out if anyone had heard from him - he was found after a few hours and was safe - he had never gone to work on Tuesday as he had been fired the previous Friday! night all, annsan - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: Picture of the Week
Shel Belinkoff wrote: Hi Paul ... This is a pretty picture ... and a pretty humdrum picture. Often breaking the rule of thirds can contribute to something pretty interesting, but running the horizon right through the middle of this scene reduces any interest here. Shel, I think it is more than that. It reminds me of the colorists of the 60's - Kenneth Noland, for one. The horizon is a bit above center to my eyes, too. I think it is a nice straightforward wouldn't you like to be here shot on one level and a study of color on another. just my 2 cents.. I liked it. annsan - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Photos to show you incl one of a list member
I live about a 30 minute walk from the WTC. I have before pictures, many, I plan to use one of those for the November PUG, but here are 12 pictures from the last week. None of them are of the disaster site itself except in the distance. Doing this small page helped me keep myself together. I'm going to make a link that is right on the first page of my home page but have not done it yet. Here is the direct link to the 12 photos. http://users.rcn.com/annsan/recentdevelopmentshtml.html annsan - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: images of the WTC
Pulling TX is common, actually. Doesn't look like you used the red filter, I would have guessed yellow. My before pictures are months if not years old. Very sad to look at it. Looks like you didn't use a polarizer on the color one - true? After shots from that spot would be stirring... and heartbreaking. ann Amita Guha wrote: I can't remember but I think I used an orange filter on that one. Or maybe it was the red one. I should have taken notes. I also had the ISO set on 200 when I was shooting 400 and I forgot to have the lab push it, so I darkened it in Photoshop. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Kevin Thornsberry Sent: Saturday, September 15, 2001 8:46 PM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: RE: images of the WTC That made for an interesting study. I pulled the two pictures into Picture Window Pro and then converted the color picture to bw using different color filters. A magenta filter gave the closes results to the bw picture. -Original Message- From: Amita Guha [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Saturday, September 15, 2001 4:35 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: images of the WTC A while ago I went out shooting in Brooklyn and took two cameras, one with bw film and one with color. I took a picture of the WTC with the Brooklyn Bridge in the foreground. The color one was taken with a K1000 and the bw one was taken with a Minolta Hi-Matic. http://www.dirtybackroad.com/photos/dumbo/bw1.html - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . [demime 0.98e removed an attachment of type application/ms-tnef] - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: Visiting PDML'er - a little ray of sunshine
Jody wrote: snip You have a K-mart? I am so jealous. I have to drive 7hrs to get to my favourite department store, which is in danger of closing soon, due to immense competition from the cheap, junky Warehouse. ANn replies: Jody, The K-Mart in my neighborhood was considered an insult when it opened- thank goodness the company respected the original architecture. The view from the windows and the structure of the windows on the second floor is the reason I took Cesar there. But I will confess, that having been used to going to them out on the road in the USA, I have lost my resentment and am grateful for the low prices. Right now I'd be very happy to be somewhere where you have to drive hours to get to a department store :) K-mart, btw, _is_ a cheap junky department store... but they have good prices on necessary paper products :) Jody quotes ann more MORE SNIP I was toting my trusty KX with a 50mm SMC 1.4 and my 100 smc f4 macro. Cesar had his LX and the - MS-50 (?) that one you have all be jawing about... and, gasp, the 77! JOdy quips Gasp, you don't remember the MZ-S? I am shocked and stunned as a mullet. ann writes on the virtual blackboard, MZ-S, MZ-S - I can't afford one so why should I read about? What's a mullet? (snip snip) more ann stuff and what a nice focal length. wahwahwah - I want one - where is a sugar daddy when you need one?? Jody replied: I think you have to be a famous supermodel to get a crusty old sugar-daddy. ann wisecracks: Who said anything about crusty and old? JOdy continues - And then you need a toy-boy on the side when you can't stand to look at him. Or so I have heard, anyway :) Ann informs: Well someday I'll write my memoirs and give you the real story :) ann originally But I digress JOdy too Yeah, same here. ann snips more stuff and signs off - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: Visiting PDML'er - a little ray of sunshine
Aaron Reynolds wrote: Ann Sanfedele wrote: What's a mullet? Aaron replied 'round here, a mullet is a bad haircut sported by '80s rockers and hockey players of all eras: short on top, long in the back. Often confused with hockey hair, which is hair that is just long enough to curl up out of the back and sides of your helmet. annsan sez thanks - I was a bit lazy not looking it up in my dictionary. but it sounded more like some kind of large fish. I have just realized now that we have spoiled that word for some who play FIctionary :) annsan - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: Visiting PDML'er - a little ray of sunshine
Brendan wrote: --- Aaron Reynolds [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ann Sanfedele wrote: What's a mullet? It's a bad tasting fish that everyone should be fortunate they won't have to eat . Brendon, I _swear_ I posted my response to Aaron saying a fish was my guess before I read the above! annsan - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: Visiting PDML'er - a little ray of sunshine
Matamoros, Cesar A. wrote: (a lot of stuff annsan snipping so Mike Johnson won't have a cow...) [Cesar writes ] I am so glad she did not decide to bury me :-) ann replies: I'll consider whether that will be necessary after seeing any pic he took of me. [Cesar writes ] To be honest, I was so busy enjoying our walking that it took me a minute to notice that I was in a K-mart. Talk about surprised! Especially on the East Side. Also when Ann was taking a few shots of me and then we were talking in front of one of these mnagnificent windows (and the view is beautiful) I noticed the people looking me up and down trying to figure out why my photo was taken. Loved it! annsan replies - yeah, but I didn't like any of the shots I took there - the one of you was on the street before we reached Canal [Cesar writes ] As isolated as I am in Florida it was a treat to try ethnic foods again. And Ann the bubble drink was fantastic. annsan for the deprived multitudes, bubble drinks are confections sold in a Hong Kong style Tea parlor - my favorite is one madew with green tea and taro and non-dairy creamer that has pearl tapioca in it. The place is near my house which is near NYU and the Asian students flock there in droves. I frequent the place so that everyone working there knows me. Cesar said Ann was a wonderful friend to have with me that afternoon. I knew from here and her site that she is into bw and I was really interested in how we would view our surroundings. I had bw in the LX and color slide in the MZ-S. Ann again... Thanks for the kind words - now those who have offered me shelter on my journey will be less apprehensive :) I shot only color, alas. should mention that the ones taken that day were all KOdak gold 100. The ones (for those of you who have ventured to the page ) that I took form my roof were all the pro fuji 800 the name of which escapes me. annsan http://users.rcn.com/annsan// - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: Slide Mounts
William D. Sawyer wrote: Hi All, I just got some slides back from Kodak, and there was a note in the box that Kodak is moving to plastic mounts. If requested, cardboard mounts are still available but plastic will now be the standard. My question is, what are people's opinions of the pros and cons of each? annsan replies: I'd certainly still be asking for cardboard - I find it awfully difficult to keep a firm grasp on a plastic mount, for one, and it is difficult both to secure labels to them and/or to write on them. As long as they can be made with recycled paper I see no harm to the environment in cardboard ones - I'm not really knowledgeable enough to get into the details of that, but it is a mildly educated guess. annsan - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: Slide Mounts
Paul Jones wrote: Just get a fine permanent felt tip pen. thats how i write on my plastic mounted slides. You havent seen my handwriting :) I've found that the labels I used that have lots of typing on them stick better to cardboard. Is there any reason to think this is being changed by Kodak for any other than an economic benefit to them, btw? Just wondering annsan - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: Slide Mounts
PAUL STENQUIST wrote: Hi Bill, Detroit Autographic (I think that's the name. I keep getting it wrong, but you know who I mean: the old Meteor lab) uses plastic mounts. They seem to keep the film relatively flat and are nice and clean. My only gripe is that, in the case of this lab, they don't number the holders. Yikes - I knew there was something else - the numbers are very important... at least if you are trying to keep notes in order and identify stuff. I would have liked roll numbers on the mounts, as well. The only time I had plastic mounts was when I had to do stuff fast from a local lab when traveling. ann - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: There, this is for your souvenir, Maybe you have a virus ?
I saw that subject line and the sender and deleted immediately! annsan Paul Jones wrote: Maybe you have a virus :) - Original Message - From: Rapture [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, September 18, 2001 2:58 PM Subject: There, this is for your souvenir,. I blankly received the thing . it was a brownish round patch. Selina stood up and whispered into my ears. I stick this on my nipples so that they are not as revealing . I don't like to wear bra ... (me either!) . and as if she could read my mind, by the way, they are 39CC. and she bit my ear lope before whooshing away and out of the door. I stood there totally stunned. [demime 0.98e removed an attachment of type application/octet-stream which had a name of withdrew.exe] - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
they won't fix my LX
Photo-tech held it for 3 weeks and have now said it cant be fixed, they cant get the parts, etc. the meter is busted. I asked them would they please just clean it then and they refused! they won't do a partial repair. Anyone know where I can get it fixed??? in USA It all seems pretty trivial right now, but that camera is like a good friend. annsan - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
got stiffed by ebay buyer.. 2 filters for sale
Hoya red 52mm mint Hoya light yellow 52m mint $10.00 each - I'm off to Scrabble club - haven't seen my buddies since the event - it raineth here in the city but I'm walking uptown nonetheless. annsn - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: they won't fix my LX -thanks guys for suggestions
Paul, Shel, Bob, et. al - thanks - Pentax Colorado seems a reasonable place to try -- I'll get the camera back tomorrow or Saturday. My feeling was they jsut didnt want to do it. - They had given me an estimate and a diagnosis before,then said they couldn't do it. I may have to send it somewhere and pick it up on the road. October 2 is my departure date. I'll probably get off an email with my itinerary to those of you who anticipate a visit from me off the PDML list. annsan PAUL STENQUIST wrote: Hi Ann, Pentax Colorado will do it. They might not get it right the first time, and you might have to send it back, but they will eventually get it in good working order. Their number is on the Pentax USA web site. Don't worry, your good friend can be healed. Paul Ann Sanfedele wrote: Photo-tech held it for 3 weeks and have now said it cant be fixed, they cant get the parts, etc. the meter is busted. I asked them would they please just clean it then and they refused! they won't do a partial repair. Anyone know where I can get it fixed??? in USA It all seems pretty trivial right now, but that camera is like a good friend. annsan - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: Equinox PUG
William Robb wrote: From the US Naval Laboratory: Autumnal Equinox Sep 22 2001 7:05 PM EDT I have no idea what this translates into according to Greenwich Mean Time (is that what is called Universal Time now?) William Robb no clue - but as I live in EDT - I'm glad you posted that so I could avoid doing the math :) My KX is loaded and ready to go. The one i _DIDNT_ take to Photo tech to have fixed. annsan - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: Who recommended Ilford inkjet paper
I have an HP Deskjet 722c - and oldy but I think not a baddie, but would it be a waste printing on Ilford Classic Pearl? That is, how much of the stability and quality are in the paper as opposed to the ink? annsan Aaron Reynolds wrote: On Tuesday, December 18, 2001, at 08:38 AM, David Brooks wrote: Aaron:Is this paper(s)available in Canada in the 8.5x11 size?? We've got the Classic Pearl, but the other ones have not been made available to me yet. Anyone who wants to drop by the store can score a couple of pieces of that stuff from the ends of rolls or trimmed edges of big prints, if y'all wanna try the stuff out. -Aaron - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: Bye, Bye
Albano - keep taking lovely photos - the mountains will help the spirit, I know, and focusing on them, literally, will too. annsan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, gang. I'm leaving for vacation this afternoon. I'm going to Patagonia zone. I hope to forget a bit about the horrible situation here in Buenos Aires, and recover some peace in the beautifull Andes, Off course I'll take some pictures with my lovely gear wich I hope to still own when I come back in two weeks (the situation here is harsh). Have a nice and sweet Christmas and a great and prosperous New Year. I'm glad to be in this great bounch of people, also known as PDML. Clear skies Albano, heading south - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: Professions and the PUG
frank theriault wrote: 'Round about these parts, one's likely to have a pimp slit your throat if you're seen pointing a camera at one of his girls. Or, if she's an independant (as many crack-whores are - and lately there seems to be a lot of them around), the streetwalker herself is likely to produce the slicing implement. Not quite the same as the smiling girls in the windows (that I hear are) over in Europe. cheers, frank Where's your sense of adventure, Frank? ;) (ann ducks) The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears it is true. -J. Robert Oppenheimer From: Ann Sanfedele [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Professions and the PUG Date: Fri, 03 Oct 2003 09:35:01 -0400 Was kinda surprised there were no shots of world's oldest... Nobody live in Vegas or Amsterdam?? :) annsan - feeling silly this morning _ Add photos to your messages with MSN 8. Get 2 months FREE*. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/featuredemail
Re: Professions and the PUG
Peter Alling wrote: Please Ann, this is a family list. (Not that I didn't consider it). now you tell me... annsan At 09:35 AM 10/3/03 -0400, you wrote: Was kinda surprised there were no shots of world's oldest... Nobody live in Vegas or Amsterdam?? :) annsan - feeling silly this morning I drink to make other people interesting. -- George Jean Nathan
Re: OT: backdrop ?
I bought white foamcore and made a folding screen of sorts... 8 feet high and 3 feet side and back. Taped the corners and stashed it away folding it like a fan. Didn't cost much and makes a nice even light box... IF you have a place to stash the foam core it has the advantage of not getting wrinkled and an work as a changing both too. But you can hang fabric over it quickly for making a different color background. Another possibility - an old fashioned window shade... Good luck with it! ann [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all, Would anyone offer me some recommendation of good sources of backdrops ? (Canada or US) When I was trying to build a home studio I was sticker-shocked. If anyone would guide me in the right direction I would be greatly appreciated. I would need those big enough only for 1 or 2 people, in white, black, and one other color (e.g. red). -- Bo-Ming Tong
to fellow Cubbies fans - YAYAYAYAYAY!
see above annsan, Chicago born, saw them cubbies in 1945
Re: to fellow Cubbies fans - YAYAYAYAYAY!
Paul Stenquist wrote: Ann... You were a South Sider. Shame on you :-) Paul Ann Sanfedele wrote: No, only for a couple of years. I lived MOSTLY on the north side... a little north of Wrigley field, just a couple of EL stops :) so there. :) ann see above annsan, Chicago born, saw them cubbies in 1945
Re: Free Photoshop Elements 2.0
Paul wrote: Hi, I have 2 copies of Photoshop Elements 2.0 to give away, they both came free with some gear i bought and i dont need them. If any one needs and wants a copy then just email me off list, first in best dressed. One rule, you have to actualy need the copy :) Regards, Paul Ack! and I just shelled out dough for it a couple of weeks ago :( (Haven't used it yet but did open, etc..) At least it didn't cost me both arms. annsan
Re: OT: eBay Plagiarism
Chris Brogden wrote: The internet encourages plagiarism, so the seller may not know or care that it was wrong to do so. I checked out the page, http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=2563924879 and he definitely claims that he had you describe it for him. I'd send him an email explaining why you want him to either credit you, rewrite the info himself, or end the auction. If he doesn't reply ASAP, file a complaint with eBay. Or... since he put in writing that you performed a service for him as a professional, send him a bill for your services, and let him know that you intend to pursue it in a court of law if he refuses to pay, since the evidence is right there on the auction page. :) chris Some may remember the guy who stole pictures from someone here (was it your listing, Chris?) a while back and the colorful way in which he was punished for same - For those of you who are more recent or were off list then, the ebay person just used hrefs to show our guy's photo of a pentax. Someone with more gray cells could retell the story - which I thought worth repeating for the entertainment value. Following that, I read an article in the NY times where a reporter who was writing about ebay actually boasted about how clever she was in borrowing a picture from another ebayer. The next week a letter to the editor appeared that pointed out the error of her ways. I've taken to signing my displays although the stuff I sell is not so often something that there are many of. It is definitely against the rules at ebay, though writing the guy before contatcting ebay seems like a good idea. annsan
Re: OT: eBay Plagiarism
Not at all different - join the masses :( ann Keith Whaley wrote: Then my experiences are NOT all that different! Thanks, keith Chris Brogden wrote: No, no... email would be too easy. Then people might actually be able to contact eBay without needing to book a day off work just to navigate their maze-like support pages. chris On Thu, 9 Oct 2003, Keith Whaley wrote: eBay has an email address? I didn't know one existed! keith Robert Gonzalez wrote: Send a note to ebay. There are rules against this. Dr E D F Williams wrote: I wrote a careful description for a Leitz Heine Phase Contrast condenser and put it on eBay with a couple of pictures. I gathered all the information I could find and did a good job of the text. But I withdrew the item very fast when I saw there was another listed. I had missed it somehow. I decided to wait a week or so and then put it on again. These things are worth a lot of money (maybe $600) and so I didn't want competition. [. . .]
Re: OT: eBay Plagiarism
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Don. If you hosted the pix off eBay, the easiest way to do something is change the original pix to something a little different, and change your URL in the auction (possible as long as you have no bids currently). I thought it was just his text that was lifted, i.e., copied not pointed to. ann
Re: Boston photo experiences
Amita Guha wrote: snip, snip, snip I did have one advantage over Nate - I had two bodies, so I had to switch lenses less often than he did. ;) I thought the advantage of having two bodies was that you could be in more than one place at once :) We had an interesting altercation with a camera store owner in Cambridge. This guy wanted to charge Nate $57 for a 58mm circular polarizer. We casually commented that we could get it for a lot cheaper in NY, and the proprieter threw a hissyfit. Seems he gets a lot of people complaining about his prices and comparing them to BH. The next day, we found Ritz Camera selling the polarizer for $31. The guy who helped us at Ritz was very nice and asked to look at Nate's camera. We are tempted to call the Cambridge guy to tell him he's being vastly undercut by folks just across the river. VBG The hissyfit may have been especially hissy at this time with the Boston/NY rivalry heightened by the baseball scene.. We had a terrific time overall. Seems we missed the foliage, but I found plenty of other things to shoot! Amita Can't wait to see them, Amita -- Hope Merrill's book was helpful as well as amusing :) Best, ann
OT photoshop elements question
Ok now I got it installed - Much more similar to other photoshop versions than to photo deluxe which I've been sailing through for months - couple of things I can't find after a few tries in the help menu - (1) can't find the tool for adding a boarder. In photo deluxe it was under the effects menu. to solve that, I opened the file in photo deluxe after having scanned it into elements and added the border. Saved that file as jpg and tif and it is still there as pdd (2) Is there no text window? (3) I used the neat file info tool - that was easy to do, but it appears one has to put it in for each type of file one saves to. and it wasn't immediately apparent how one reads it later. (4) I took the tif and loaded into publisher for a page on my calendar - it printed beautifully, but when I am viewing the image in publisher it looked the way a file on the web looks when it is dithered and not fully clear - or how it looks when one zooms in in an image editing program. This didn't happen with files I created in Deluxe 4.0 - annsan feeling technologically challenged
Re: Puzzled over lack of comments
Vic, Ive tried to go there twice and with my browser (or maybe just the time of day I tried) it just wouldn't load. I love cats of all sizes and shapes, too. Maybe others had difficulties as well and then time passed and it is forgotten - we have had a lot of traffic here lately annsan
Re: OT photoshop elements question
I've answered two of my questions --- Ann Sanfedele wrote: (1) can't find the tool for adding a boarder. In photo deluxe it was under the effects menu. answer (just to share with others -- use the marquee tool then use, of all things, STROKE in the edit menu, now why in the world couldn't the help menu point you to that if you asked about borders (2) Is there no text window? didnt find that- anyone (4) I took the tif and loaded into publisher for a page on my calendar - it printed beautifully, but when I am viewing the image in publisher it looked the way a file on the web looks when it is dithered and not fully clear - or how it looks when one zooms in in an image editing program. This didn't happen with files I created in Deluxe 4.0 - ahah! found something in publisher that gives you the option to view the image in a kind of abbreviated form to save loading time. that explains the above look back to baseball... annsan (go sox)
Re: correct exposure (how to shoot weddings, etc.)
The trouble with the every wedding photog I know does this argument is that everyone's wedding pictures end up looking everyone else's. (From what I've seen of Tom V's, however, his are clearly above the cut.) Fortunately, I've only shot weddings when the people involved wanted to avoid the stilted plastic look that so many posed wedding photos have and who want the photographer to be inconspicuous for most of the day. I have to disagree that the most important thing in the wedding is the wedding dress... what sort of shallow clients do you guys have? The most important thing is to capture the loving expressions on the bride and groom and the joy of the event reflected in those who have come to the event. That being said, I'll lend my full support to one stop over for neg film most of the time :) I'm a bit scrappy this morning annsan
Re: correct exposure (how to shoot weddings, etc.)
William Robb wrote: - Original Message - From: Ann Sanfedele Subject: Re: correct exposure (how to shoot weddings, etc.) I have to disagree that the most important thing in the wedding is the wedding dress... Loving expressions are all very well and good, but if you don't get detail in the brides usually expensive (or worse, heirloom) dress, you never hear the end of it from the brides mother. William Robb I'm sure that is true, Bill... alas ann
