Re: PESO: my son reading

2007-06-18 Thread Tom Ivar Helbekkmo
Godfrey DiGiorgi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Nice. A bit on the dark side for my display, but nothing that could > not be improved with a little image processing work. Thanks, Godfrey! Yeah, I need to learn to use the scanner better, and probably post-process in something Photoshop-like. It

Re: Lightroom and organizing files

2007-06-18 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
On Jun 18, 2007, at 5:24 PM, Digital Image Studio wrote: >> according to Google's findings there's no correlation between drive >> temperature and drive mortality >> >> http://storagemojo.com/?p=378 > > Indeed, I found this particularly interesting as it is contrary to the > vast majority of spec

Re: Thinking about getting a K10D

2007-06-18 Thread David Savage
On 6/15/07, Steve Desjardins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hey folks, > > I*m thinking of buying a K10D. (I have a DS now.) I have eagerly > read many PDML threads on this transition, including the now famous *I > regret upgrading* or whatever it was called and the new *Canon is > better than Pent

Re: Meta-GFM: Are there any *bad* microbreweries in NC?

2007-06-18 Thread P. J. Alling
What was it about Coors, being in great demand until it was generally available, (I never really liked the stuff). David Savage wrote: >>> From: "P. J. Alling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> I can understand it's popularity in China, I've tasted Chinese beer, at >>> least that's what I was told it was.

Re: Meta-GFM: Are there any *bad* microbreweries in NC?

2007-06-18 Thread David Savage
> > From: "P. J. Alling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > I can understand it's popularity in China, I've tasted Chinese beer, at > > least that's what I was told it was. I had Tsingtao beer in China & it went down really well at the end of the day. It was better than any Bud I've ever had. Cheers, Dave

Re: PESO 2007 - 27c - GDG

2007-06-18 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
Raspberries... :-) My favorites.. ;-) thanks! G On Jun 18, 2007, at 5:12 PM, Walter Hamler wrote: > Yum! > What variety of berry are they? > > Walt > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PD

A couple more photos

2007-06-18 Thread J
I uploaded a few more photos, thoughts please...Thanks Joe www.photo.net/photos/pjjdxn P.S. here is one you might like to look at http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=6102225 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Re: Meta-GFM: Are there any *bad* microbreweries in NC?

2007-06-18 Thread Doug Franklin
John Sessoms wrote: > But all you gotta do is ask at any Mason's Lodge to find out where to > get it anyway. But, of course. Or look up "Private Club" in the Yellow Pages. BTW, I don't know if it's still true, but Lincoln County (near Lake Norman, outside Charlotte) was dry well into the 1990'

Re: Meta-GFM: Are there any *bad* microbreweries in NC?

2007-06-18 Thread John Sessoms
> > From: > "P. J. Alling" > I believe that the County where Jack Daniel's is distilled is dry. > They like it that way, the apocryphal reason being that none of it > would make it out of the county otherwise. Yep. Except it's in Tennessee, rather than North Carolina. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss

Re: Meta-GFM: Are there any *bad* microbreweries in NC?

2007-06-18 Thread John Sessoms
> > From: > mike wilson > So there are places where you can only buy beer, wine, neat spirits to drink? Most places in NC you can buy beer and wine. Most restaurants serve at least wine, many can serve cocktails, known locally as "mixed beverages". Sale of "spirituous liquors" is controlled by st

Re: PESO - R G B

2007-06-18 Thread Brendan MacRae
Wowsers. Good one, Kenneth. Looks like you lucked out with a good sky. -Brendan --- Kenneth Waller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > As in Red rocks, Green brush & Blue sky. > > Taken in Valley of Fire State Park, Nevada > > http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=6100667 > > Comments appreci

Re: Meta-GFM: Are there any *bad* microbreweries in NC?

2007-06-18 Thread John Sessoms
> > From: > Doug Franklin > mike wilson wrote: > >> > So there are places where you can only buy beer, wine, neat spirits to >> > drink? >> > > Actually there are typically three different sorts of places: > > * no alcohol at all > * beer and wine only > * beer and wine plus "hard liquor"

PESO -- Imperfect Mirror

2007-06-18 Thread P. J. Alling
One last peso from the dance exhibition. http://home.earthlink.net/~morephotos/PESO_--_imperfectmirror.html Equipment: Pentax *ist-Ds/smc Pentax M 85mm f2.0 As usual comments are welcome but may be totally ignored. -- All dogs have four legs; my cat has four legs. Therefore, my cat is a dog.

Re: OT DVD RAM

2007-06-18 Thread J
I have a Panasonic DVD RAM drive in my computer which will also burn DVD-R or DVD+R and also CDR and CDRW..The RAM disc is just like a 5 1/4 optical drive, meaning you can erase it over and overJoe At 06:20 PM 6/18/07, you wrote: >On 18/06/07, mike wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I b

Re: PESO: fuel

2007-06-18 Thread J
VW Bug, year in the late 80's early 90's. Joe At 09:45 PM 6/18/07, you wrote: >ann sanfedele wrote: > > http://tinyurl.com/ysm7z6 > > > > make,model and year to be revealed by one of you... > > I only know part of it > > > > ann > > > > > > >If any of you are interested, that car is for sale. I

Re: PESO: fuel

2007-06-18 Thread Scott Loveless
ann sanfedele wrote: > http://tinyurl.com/ysm7z6 > > make,model and year to be revealed by one of you... > I only know part of it > > ann > > > If any of you are interested, that car is for sale. I rode by it the other day and according to the sticker it's all original. It looks really nice,

Re: OT - YAY! More #*&$ing bike stuff

2007-06-18 Thread Steve Desjardins
I remember seeing that on some history channel/Discovery channel/some damn channel/ special. Schwinn wanted to build motorcycles and bought Henderson Excelsior to eliminate some of the competition. Of course, Scwhinn eventually decided to go the pedal route and that was the end of of EH. Steven

Re: Thinking about getting a K10D

2007-06-18 Thread Scott Loveless
I've been playing around with LightZone. It has a nifty little tool called the zone mapper. Very nice. So far, LightZone has been more intuitive for me than photoshop. They have a 30 day trial for Mac and Windows, and there are some demo videos on the web site. Runs about $250 for the full

Re: Lightroom and organizing files

2007-06-18 Thread Digital Image Studio
On 19/06/07, Peter Lacus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > according to Google's findings there's no correlation between drive > temperature and drive mortality > > http://storagemojo.com/?p=378 Indeed, I found this particularly interesting as it is contrary to the vast majority of speculative informa

Re: Lightroom and organizing files

2007-06-18 Thread Eactivist
In a message dated 6/18/2007 1:57:48 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: according to Google's findings there's no correlation between drive temperature and drive mortality http://storagemojo.com/?p=378 Nevertheless you really should have your pictures stored on at least t

PESO 2007 - 27c - GDG

2007-06-18 Thread Walter Hamler
Yum! What variety of berry are they? Walt -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Re: GESO: My Little Photo Show

2007-06-18 Thread Eactivist
In a message dated 6/18/2007 2:01:37 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On 6/17/07, Bob W <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > That's an effective and very coherent show. When you were showing us > the pictures piecemeal over the last few weeks I didn't realise how > well they would

Re: Histograms

2007-06-18 Thread Stan Halpin
The manual that came with my wife's D-Lux3 explicitly stated that one should not expect the on-camera histogram to agree with a histogram in any post-processing software. To ease the processing load, I would guess that the on-camera histogram is a rough approximation taken by extrapolation fr

Re: PESO spider eyes

2007-06-18 Thread Kenneth Waller
ette is visible in the eyes > of the beast. > > If you have a some form of arachnophobia please don't look! > > http://leende.net/peso/20070618 > > -- > Toine > http://leende.net/peso -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Re: OT - YAY! More #*&$ing bike stuff

2007-06-18 Thread Kenneth Waller
Never knew they made motor bikes/cycles. Any idea as to year of the bike? The first image gave it away to me as I saw the braided hose on the RH side. Kenneth Waller - Original Message - From: "Mark Roberts" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: OT - YAY! More #*&$ing bike stuff > frank the

Re: OT - YAY! More #*&$ing bike stuff

2007-06-18 Thread graywolf
Humm..? That is interesting, apparently I had things backward. Oh well, I twirn't even born yet, I guess I can be excused for not remembering correctly. graywolf http://www.graywolfphoto.com http://webpages.charter.net/graywolf "Idiot Proof" <==> "Expert Proof" --

PESO 2007 - 27c - GDG

2007-06-18 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
Meandering a farmers market early Sunday morning .. http://homepage.mac.com/ramarren/photo/PAW7/27c.htm Comments, critique and chocolate topping always appreciated. enjoy Godfrey www.gdgphoto.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.ne

PESO

2007-06-18 Thread J
Here is a older Black &White sports photo if anyone wants have a look...Joe http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=6028060 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Re: OT - YAY! More #*&$ing bike stuff

2007-06-18 Thread graywolf
It looks like an Excellser to me. They, to the best of my knowledge were not made by Schwinn; they were made by Henderson, I think. graywolf http://www.graywolfphoto.com http://webpages.charter.net/graywolf "Idiot Proof" <==> "Expert Proof" --- frank theriault wr

Re: OT - YAY! More #*&$ing bike stuff

2007-06-18 Thread Mark Roberts
mike wilson wrote: >frank theriault wrote: > >> On 6/18/07, Mark Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> >>>See if you can identify *this* Schwinn: >>>http://www.robertstech.com/temp/schwinn1.jpg >>> >>>Than look at an image of the whole bike: >>>http://www.robertstech.com/temp/schwinn2.jpg >>>

Re: OT DVD RAM

2007-06-18 Thread Eric Featherstone
On 18/06/07, mike wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I bought a DVD recorder which came with some DVD RAM discs, which I > understand are re-recordable. > > Having used some of them once I now want to re-use them. They will not > automatically record over what is on them but I can't see any way o

Re: OT - YAY! More #*&$ing bike stuff

2007-06-18 Thread mike wilson
frank theriault wrote: > On 6/18/07, Mark Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >>See if you can identify *this* Schwinn: >>http://www.robertstech.com/temp/schwinn1.jpg >> >>Than look at an image of the whole bike: >>http://www.robertstech.com/temp/schwinn2.jpg >> >>;-) > > > I didn't know Sc

Re: OT DVD RAM

2007-06-18 Thread P. J. Alling
There are many artificial restrictions built into the DVD specification. I don't know them all, but I wouldn't be surprised if the spec. included a prohibition on using a dvd that had been recorded in a dedicated video device, from being recognized by a DVD recorder in a computer, to "protect"

Re: OT - YAY! More #*&$ing bike stuff

2007-06-18 Thread mike wilson
frank theriault wrote: > On 6/18/07, Mark Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >>See if you can identify *this* Schwinn: >>http://www.robertstech.com/temp/schwinn1.jpg >> >>Than look at an image of the whole bike: >>http://www.robertstech.com/temp/schwinn2.jpg >> >>;-) > > > I didn't know Sc

OT DVD RAM

2007-06-18 Thread mike wilson
I bought a DVD recorder which came with some DVD RAM discs, which I understand are re-recordable. Having used some of them once I now want to re-use them. They will not automatically record over what is on them but I can't see any way of formatting them in the DVD recorder. My computer DVD dr

Re: PAW 2007 - 27 - GDG

2007-06-18 Thread frank theriault
On 6/18/07, Godfrey DiGiorgi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Taken with long lens I wanted for many years and finally managed to > get a good example of at a price I could afford > >http://homepage.mac.com/ramarren/photo/PAW7/27.htm > > Comments, critique, and the occasional raspberry always a

Re: PAW 2007 - 27 - GDG

2007-06-18 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
Thanks Ken. I have several alternate framings, although I do happen to like this extremely centered framing a lot. If I find the time I'll post a couple more. best, Godfrey On Jun 18, 2007, at 9:49 AM, Kenneth Waller wrote: > Godfrey, I can certainly see why you went back! > > I believe it

PESO 2007 - 27a, 27b - GDG

2007-06-18 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
While I was out there shooting the trees and masts three quarters of a mile away, there was someone fishing off the shore nearby. I snapped a few exposures of him with the fishing rod ... these two came out pretty nice, I thought. http://homepage.mac.com/ramarren/photo/PAW7/27a.htm htt

Re: OT - YAY! More #*&$ing bike stuff

2007-06-18 Thread frank theriault
On 6/18/07, Mark Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > See if you can identify *this* Schwinn: > http://www.robertstech.com/temp/schwinn1.jpg > > Than look at an image of the whole bike: > http://www.robertstech.com/temp/schwinn2.jpg > > ;-) I didn't know Schwinn made motorcycles! Cool! Is tha

Re: PESO: my son reading

2007-06-18 Thread frank theriault
On 6/18/07, Tom Ivar Helbekkmo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I wrote: > > > Taken at our cabin. Sebastian was reading a magazine, and didn't notice > > I got my camera out. Pentax LX, K85/1.8, wide open at 1/30. It's nice > > when that works. :-) > > ...and gee, wouldn't it have been nice if I'd

Re: OT - YAY! More #*&$ing bike stuff

2007-06-18 Thread Mark Roberts
frank theriault wrote: > > I've always wanted to own a Schwinn. Not one like yours, but an > old 1950's cruiser. I remember seeing ads for Schwinns on > Captain Kangaroo when I was a kid, and I wanted one - they were > so exotic (we couldn't get them in Canada). > > I remember the Captain, into

Re: PESO: Connecting

2007-06-18 Thread pnstenquist
Thanks Frank. I was struck by the look of this poodle. I originally thought that the woman with him was a trainer, because she didn't appear to be blind. I was surprised to discover that the poodle was her lead dog. Paul -- Original message -- From: "frank theriau

PESO spider eyes

2007-06-18 Thread Toine
Some sort of common jumping spider. The eyes of the little creature are really big and shiny. In fact my silhouette is visible in the eyes of the beast. If you have a some form of arachnophobia please don't look! http://leende.net/peso/20070618 -- Toine http://leende.net/peso -- PDML P

Re: PESO: Connecting

2007-06-18 Thread frank theriault
On 6/17/07, Paul Stenquist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > A vision-impaired lady and her poodle. We had a nice conversation. > Great gal. > http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=6094352 > Paul Lovely! cheers, frank -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pe

Re: GESO: My Little Photo Show

2007-06-18 Thread frank theriault
On 6/17/07, Bob W <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > That's an effective and very coherent show. When you were showing us > the pictures piecemeal over the last few weeks I didn't realise how > well they would work together. I think you have put your message > across very well indeed. Agreed! Congrats

Re: Lightroom and organizing files

2007-06-18 Thread Peter Lacus
Marnie, > I have one external drive for all my photos. The thing I worry about is it > is in a external drive case, slim. No fan that I can see or hear and I think > it gets hot. This is worrying me more and more. But it was the typical type > of > external HD case that Fry's sold. There mu

Re: PESO - R G B

2007-06-18 Thread pnstenquist
Excellent shot. Held my interest. Paul > > On 6/18/07, Kenneth Waller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > As in Red rocks, Green brush & Blue sky. > > > > Taken in Valley of Fire State Park, Nevada > > > > http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=6100667 > > > > Comments appreciated. > > > > Kenneth

Re: OT - YAY! More #*&$ing bike stuff

2007-06-18 Thread Scott Loveless
frank theriault wrote: > On 6/17/07, Scott Loveless <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Picked up a Schwinn World yesterday at the local Salvation Army store. >> It's made in Taiwan and looks to have been manufactured by Giant in >> '87. She's in really good shape for her age, but needs a little TL

Re: PESO - R G B

2007-06-18 Thread P. J. Alling
I like it. It does look like the blues and greens have faded like an old calendar shot. Kenneth Waller wrote: > As in Red rocks, Green brush & Blue sky. > > Taken in Valley of Fire State Park, Nevada > > http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=6100667 > > Comments appreciated. > > Kenneth Wa

Re: PESO - R G B

2007-06-18 Thread Bruce Dayton
I think you put your finger on it - partly it is the color of the sky. It is a rather nice shot. -- Bruce Monday, June 18, 2007, 12:50:54 PM, you wrote: C> Looks like an old-style Kodachrome that you'd find in National C> Geographic from the '50s. Nice shot. C> -- C> Christian C> http://ph

Re: PESO -- A cat of a different err type.

2007-06-18 Thread P. J. Alling
Avast, matey. You be opposed to sailor talk? Mark Roberts wrote: > P. J. Alling wrote: > > >> A cat style hull, with a Gaff Sloop rig. >> > > Watch your language! This is a family list! > > > -- All dogs have four legs; my cat has four legs. Therefore, my cat is a dog. -- PDML P

Re: PESO - R G B

2007-06-18 Thread Christian
Kenneth Waller wrote: > As in Red rocks, Green brush & Blue sky. > > Taken in Valley of Fire State Park, Nevada > > http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=6100667 > > Comments appreciated. > > Kenneth Waller > Looks like an old-style Kodachrome that you'd find in National Geographic fro

Re: OT - YAY! More #*&$ing bike stuff

2007-06-18 Thread graywolf
Next time I see a Phantom for $10 I will buy it for you. Note: don't hold breath, last one I saw for sale the guy wanted $3500. graywolf http://www.graywolfphoto.com http://webpages.charter.net/graywolf "Idiot Proof" <==> "Expert Proof" --- frank theriault wrote

Re: The world according to best Buy

2007-06-18 Thread frank theriault
On 6/18/07, Bob Blakely <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > One of the characteristics of the ignorant, whether it's from youth or > stupidity, is that they are always ignorant of the fact that they are > ignorant and therefore often quite sure of themselves. Fortunately, there is > a cure for the ignoran

Re: PESO - R G B

2007-06-18 Thread David J Brooks
Great shot. I'll have to go back and have a look at mine again. LOL Dave On 6/18/07, Kenneth Waller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > As in Red rocks, Green brush & Blue sky. > > Taken in Valley of Fire State Park, Nevada > > http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=6100667 > > Comments appreciate

PESO - R G B

2007-06-18 Thread Walter Hamler
Nice one Ken. I love that part of the country and would live there if I could. The wife hates the deserts so it ain't gonna happen! Walt -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Re: Peso Swans

2007-06-18 Thread David J Brooks
Thanks Rick. I really like what i get from digital and water. Very rich blues. Dave On 6/17/07, Rick Womer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I like, Dave. The colors are rich and the subject is > appealing. > > Rick > > --- David J Brooks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > http://www.photo.net/photodb

Re: Lightroom and organizing files

2007-06-18 Thread Eactivist
In a message dated 6/18/2007 12:44:58 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Marnie, I got my current pair of Seagate 500s from Fry's for about $190 apiece. Good enclosures: Dual interface USB 2.0 and FireWire 400, fan cooled, auto power switching, etc. In the heat we had l

Re: PESOs: Grandfather shots from the archives

2007-06-18 Thread David J Brooks
Oh, i thought that was called somethimg else. And you wonder why i get lost around there.:-) Dave On 6/18/07, Mark Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > David J Brooks wrote: > > >Which is the Linville parking lot, the one part way up the road to the > bridge? > > The topmost parking lot. You kno

Re: Thinking about getting a K10D

2007-06-18 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
On Jun 18, 2007, at 12:19 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Lightroom, now that I have used it, seems especially good for > doing B&W > conversions and organizing one's photos. It can also reset tonal > values for B&W > and color. But serious editing, involving cloning and other > things, n

Re: PESO -- Just another day at the beach.

2007-06-18 Thread Eactivist
In a message dated 6/18/2007 9:32:42 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: My original thought for a title for this was, "Does this Cell Phone make me look unattractive?", but I decided to be more generic. http://home.earthlink.net/~morephotos/PESO_--_justanotherdayatthebeach

Re: Lightroom and organizing files

2007-06-18 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
On Jun 18, 2007, at 12:14 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I have one external drive for all my photos. The thing I worry > about is it > is in a external drive case, slim. No fan that I can see or hear > and I think > it gets hot. This is worrying me more and more. But it was the > typica

Re: Lightroom and organizing files

2007-06-18 Thread Eactivist
In a message dated 6/18/2007 9:58:01 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: None that I'm aware of. I use two Maxtor External drives, one is my primary storage & the other is my backup. Frees up my PC Harddrive. Kenneth Waller == I have one external drive for all

Re: Thinking about getting a K10D

2007-06-18 Thread pnstenquist
The latest version of PhotoShop Elements has a good RAW converter, which is a slightly watered down version of the ACR that comes with PhotoShop. Adobe Lightroom is a dedicated digital photography workshop. I haven't used it yet, but those who have seem to like it very much. Godders is quite hig

Re: GESO: My Little Photo Show

2007-06-18 Thread Eactivist
In a message dated 6/18/2007 12:46:27 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Well done Marnie - an excellent presentation. -- Cheers, Cotty == Thanks, Cotty! Marnie aka Doe :-) - Warning: I am now filtering my email, so

Re: Thinking about getting a K10D

2007-06-18 Thread Eactivist
In a message dated 6/18/2007 12:02:37 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: The latest version of PhotoShop Elements has a good RAW converter, which is a slightly watered down version of the ACR that comes with PhotoShop. Adobe Lightroom is a dedicated digital photography wor

Re: GESO: My Little Photo Show

2007-06-18 Thread Eactivist
In a message dated 6/18/2007 9:23:04 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I think my favorite is the tree "in a cage" - but love the irony in others, as well... Looks great -- blue window (from Santa Fe??) filled in with scenes is nicely done... I missed several of these the

Re: OT - YAY! More #*&$ing bike stuff

2007-06-18 Thread frank theriault
On 6/17/07, Scott Loveless <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Picked up a Schwinn World yesterday at the local Salvation Army store. > It's made in Taiwan and looks to have been manufactured by Giant in > '87. She's in really good shape for her age, but needs a little TLC. > The headset is too tight, wh

Re: PESO -- Just another day at the beach.

2007-06-18 Thread frank theriault
On 6/18/07, P. J. Alling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > My original thought for a title for this was, "Does this Cell Phone make > me look unattractive?", but I decided to be more generic. > > http://home.earthlink.net/~morephotos/PESO_--_justanotherdayatthebeach.html > > Equipment: Pentax *ist-Ds/s

Re: GESO: My Little Photo Show

2007-06-18 Thread Eactivist
In a message dated 6/18/2007 9:58:26 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I would say it was well worth the effort you put into it. Kudos, Marnie. graywolf === Hey, thanks, graywolf. Marnie aka Doe :-) - Warning: I am no

PESO - R G B

2007-06-18 Thread Kenneth Waller
As in Red rocks, Green brush & Blue sky. Taken in Valley of Fire State Park, Nevada http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=6100667 Comments appreciated. Kenneth Waller -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Re: Thinking about getting a K10D

2007-06-18 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
On Jun 18, 2007, at 11:08 AM, Steve Desjardins wrote: > OK. I ordered the K10D. My DS is whimpering on the shelf. > > I also downloaded the manual for some light reading. That's a lotta > buttons for someone that still has his SP500. I can also see I > really have to start using RAW more oft

Re: The world according to best Buy

2007-06-18 Thread Bob Blakely
One of the characteristics of the ignorant, whether it's from youth or stupidity, is that they are always ignorant of the fact that they are ignorant and therefore often quite sure of themselves. Fortunately, there is a cure for the ignorance of youth. Unfortunately, there is no cure for stupid

Re: PESO -- The Dance

2007-06-18 Thread frank theriault
On 6/15/07, P. J. Alling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Another shot from the dance exhibition. I didn't like this one that > much when I first viewed it, but it grew on me. Subtitled "What do > professional swing dancers do when on a break?" Dance with each other > of course. > > http://home.eart

Re: Histograms

2007-06-18 Thread frank theriault
On 6/17/07, Bob W <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Architectural note: you can see the dome of St. Paul's towards the > bottom right I'd always imagined it to be much bigger... cheers, frank -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pd

Re: Thinking about getting a K10D

2007-06-18 Thread Steve Desjardins
Oops. Scratch that " free standing" comment. How about "any software besides Camera Raw"? Steven Desjardins Department of Chemistry Washington and Lee University Lexington, VA 24450 (540) 458-8873 FAX: (540) 458-8878 [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> "Steve Desjardins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 6/18/2007 2:08 PM

Re: Thinking about getting a K10D

2007-06-18 Thread Steve Desjardins
OK. I ordered the K10D. My DS is whimpering on the shelf. I also downloaded the manual for some light reading. That's a lotta buttons for someone that still has his SP500. I can also see I really have to start using RAW more often. Is the free standing Adobe Raw any good, or the Pentax soft

Re: PESO -- Just another day at the beach.

2007-06-18 Thread Jack Davis
How about "Dirty Beach"? ;) Jack --- "P. J. Alling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > My original thought for a title for this was, "Does this Cell Phone > make > me look unattractive?", but I decided to be more generic. > > http://home.earthlink.net/~morephotos/PESO_--_justanotherdayatthebeach.htm

Re: Meta-GFM: Are there any *bad* microbreweries in NC?

2007-06-18 Thread graywolf
Blowing Rock is the only town in the county where you can buy liquor by-the-drink. Most of Watauga County allows beer and wine to be sold by-the-drink. Some other counties up here do not allow alcoholic beverages to be sold at all. Hard liquor here can only be bought in the County owned ABC (Al

Re: PESO -- Just another day at the beach.

2007-06-18 Thread graywolf
She is an attorney and is hard at work earning her $500/hr. graywolf http://www.graywolfphoto.com http://webpages.charter.net/graywolf "Idiot Proof" <==> "Expert Proof" --- P. J. Alling wrote: > My original thought for a title for this was, "Does this Cell Phone m

Re: OT SD the future?

2007-06-18 Thread Cotty
On 18/6/07, wendy beard, discombobulated, unleashed: > >CF is the pro format? >My 1Dmk2 takes CF and SD. Does that mean it's only a semi-pro camera ;-) > >W The SD card slot in your 1D is so you can help out Pentax users by reformatting their cards -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O)

Re: Meta-GFM: Are there any *bad* microbreweries in NC?

2007-06-18 Thread Kenneth Waller
I visited the Jack Daniel's distillery years ago. Quite a tour. No samples but be sure to sniff the vat. Kenneth Waller - Original Message - From: "P. J. Alling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Meta-GFM: Are there any *bad* microbreweries in NC? >I believe that the County where Jack

Re: Lightroom and organizing files

2007-06-18 Thread graywolf
My own experience over the years is that one can never tell. My two current drives (40gig WD's) are old indeed (in personal computer years), but seem to be fine, other than somehow having shrunk they were ridiculously large when I bought them. A decade or more ago I had a small server running 24

Re: PESO -- A cat of a different err type.

2007-06-18 Thread Mark Roberts
P. J. Alling wrote: >A cat style hull, with a Gaff Sloop rig. Watch your language! This is a family list! -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Re: PAW 2007 - 27 - GDG

2007-06-18 Thread Kenneth Waller
Godfrey, I can certainly see why you went back! I believe it would be a stronger image with about half as much foreground water. But still nice as is, Kenneth Waller - Original Message - From: "Godfrey DiGiorgi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: PAW 2007 - 27 - GDG > Taken with long lens

Re: Lightroom and organizing files

2007-06-18 Thread Kenneth Waller
> Any reason not to use the external hard drive as my > primary photo location, and maybe use the internal > drive for backups (on their way to DVDs)? None that I'm aware of. I use two Maxtor External drives, one is my primary storage & the other is my backup. Frees up my PC Harddrive. Kenneth W

Re: GESO: My Little Photo Show

2007-06-18 Thread graywolf
I would say it was well worth the effort you put into it. Kudos, Marnie. graywolf http://www.graywolfphoto.com http://webpages.charter.net/graywolf "Idiot Proof" <==> "Expert Proof" --- -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinf

PESO -- Just another day at the beach.

2007-06-18 Thread P. J. Alling
My original thought for a title for this was, "Does this Cell Phone make me look unattractive?", but I decided to be more generic. http://home.earthlink.net/~morephotos/PESO_--_justanotherdayatthebeach.html Equipment: Pentax *ist-Ds/smc Pentax FA 28-200mm f3.8~5.6 [IF]AL As usual comments are

Re: Lightroom and organizing files

2007-06-18 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
Rick, I'll layout my Mac OS X working system for you. I've spent a lot of time developing this setup and it works flawlessly. The internal drive will offer better performance unless your external drive is connected with FireWire 800. I would do the following: - Replace the current 75G intern

Re: GESO: My Little Photo Show

2007-06-18 Thread ann sanfedele
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >In a message dated 6/17/2007 5:44:22 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, >[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: >[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > >>http://members.aol.com/eactivist/PHOTOSHOW2/index.htm >> >> > >Great stuff, Marnie! Those photos work well together. You did a great >j

Re: PESOs: Grandfather shots from the archives

2007-06-18 Thread Mark Roberts
David J Brooks wrote: >Which is the Linville parking lot, the one part way up the road to the bridge? The topmost parking lot. You know, the one where I make you wait for m,e to return from my overnight trek every year ;-) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailma

Re: PESO -- A cat of a different err type.

2007-06-18 Thread P. J. Alling
I can't explain exactly why I think she has more in common with a catboat than a sloop, she seems to have a typical Catboat hull with sloop elements and although it doesn't show in this image she's quite broad in the beam. Christian wrote: > P. J. Alling wrote: > >> This is an interesting li

Re: Meta-GFM: Are there any *bad* microbreweries in NC?

2007-06-18 Thread P. J. Alling
I believe that the County where Jack Daniel's is distilled is dry. They like it that way, the apocryphal reason being that none of it would make it out of the county otherwise. Doug Franklin wrote: > mike wilson wrote: > >> So there are places where you can only buy beer, wine, neat spirits

Re: Lightroom and organizing files

2007-06-18 Thread Tim Øsleby
I'm runing Lightroom with the pictures at an external disk. Smoothly so far. Using the internal as a temporary backup drive sounds like a good idea. I may adopt it. It will force me to make the DVD when the drive is piling up. I've learned the hard way that Lightroom needs a lot of free space. T

Re: PESO: my son reading

2007-06-18 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
On Jun 17, 2007, at 10:29 PM, Tom Ivar Helbekkmo wrote: > Taken at our cabin. Sebastian was reading a magazine, and didn't > notice > I got my camera out. Pentax LX, K85/1.8, wide open at 1/30. It's > nice > when that works. :-) > > Here it is:

Re: GESO: My Little Photo Show

2007-06-18 Thread Eactivist
In a message dated 6/18/2007 7:50:29 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I agree completely. Very nicely done! Rick Thanks, Rick. Marnie aka Doe :-) - Warning: I am now filtering my email, so you may be censored.

Re: PESO -- A cat of a different err type.

2007-06-18 Thread Christian
P. J. Alling wrote: > This is an interesting little boat. A cat style hull, with a Gaff Sloop > rig. > > http://home.earthlink.net/~morephotos/PESO_--_acatofadifferenterr.html > > Equipment: Pentax *ist-Ds/smc Pentax 28-200mm f3.8~5.6AL[IF] > > As usual comments are welcome but may be totall

Re: PESO: my son reading

2007-06-18 Thread Rick Womer
I like this a lot. Dodging the shadows a bit might improve it, but it's very nice. Rick --- Tom Ivar Helbekkmo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I wrote: > > > Taken at our cabin. Sebastian was reading a > magazine, and didn't notice > > I got my camera out. Pentax LX, K85/1.8, wide > open at 1/3

Re: Thinking about getting a K10D

2007-06-18 Thread David J Brooks
On 6/15/07, Steve Desjardins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hey folks, > > I*m thinking of buying a K10D. (I have a DS now.) I have eagerly > read many PDML threads on this transition, including the now famous *I > regret upgrading* or whatever it was called and the new *Canon is > better than Pent

Re: Lightroom and organizing files

2007-06-18 Thread Digital Image Studio
On 19/06/07, Rick Womer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Any reason not to use the external hard drive as my > primary photo location, and maybe use the internal > drive for backups (on their way to DVDs)? This is what I do (sort of); DL to internal drive, copy to network drive, when internal drive h

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