Re: OT: Legalese, Canadian Style

2007-12-11 Thread P. J. Alling
You're an evil man, now I need a quart of scotch... Bob Blakely wrote: You thought that disturbing? Thongs, the kind that don't cover your butt, come in sizes up to ... 22! Regards, Bob... - Note: No trees were killed in the

Re: OT: Legalese, Canadian Style

2007-12-11 Thread David Savage
At 08:10 AM 12/12/2007, P. J. Alling wrote: The fact that Bob knows this raises a few even more disturbing questions: 1. Why does he know that? 2. What size is he? shudder Cheers, Dave You're an evil man, now I need a quart of scotch... Bob Blakely wrote: You thought that disturbing?

OT - Meteorite Fragments in Tusks

2007-12-11 Thread Cotty
As there's quite a few photogs interested in nature and the animal world on the list, you might find this as fascinating as I did... http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7130014.stm -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|http://www.cottysnaps.com

OT: Earth From Above and photos of the planet

2007-12-11 Thread Igor Roshchin
I thought that people on the list may enjoy this... http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2007/12/earth-from-above.html and a link from there: http://www.goodplanet.org/ I particularly liked the photo gallery: http://www.yannarthusbertrand.com/goodplanet/en/vivants/visite_virtuelle_accueil.php Igor

Re: A suggestion

2007-12-11 Thread ann sanfedele
mike wilson wrote: Whilst pondering the thought that, today, I have spent the last 30 years of my life in the same job I had a thought. Not of suicide but a constructive one. How about making one of those self-published books (as Anne and others have done) of PDML quotes, illustrated with

Re: A suggestion

2007-12-11 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: ann sanfedele Subject: Re: A suggestion How about making one of those self-published books (as Anne and others have done) of PDML quotes, illustrated with listers' photographs. Not portraits of listers but photographs they deem worthy of publication.

Re: OT - Meteorite Fragments in Tusks

2007-12-11 Thread Paul Stenquist
Thanks for that. It will be interesting to see if they can find a corresponding layer of meteoric dust in the sedimentary rock. I imagine that's like looking for a needle in a haystack. But it's obvious that some calamitous event or events led to the extinction of various beasties. Paul On

Re: A suggestion

2007-12-11 Thread ann sanfedele
William Robb wrote: - Original Message - From: ann sanfedele Subject: Re: A suggestion How about making one of those self-published books (as Anne and others have done) of PDML quotes, illustrated with listers' photographs. Not portraits of listers but photographs they deem

PESO - T-Baller

2007-12-11 Thread Bruce Dayton
Taken during the past little league season. I would appreciate any thoughts on cropping. Pentax K10D, Sigma 100-300/4 EX, Handheld ISO 200, 1/350 sec @ f/4 http://www.daytonphoto.com/PAW/rivercats_0004.htm -- Bruce -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: A suggestion

2007-12-11 Thread Cesar Matamoros II
William Robb wrote: - Original Message - From: mike wilson Subject: A suggestion Whilst pondering the thought that, today, I have spent the last 30 years of my life in the same job I had a thought. Not of suicide but a constructive one. How about making one of those

Re: A suggestion

2007-12-11 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: ann sanfedele Subject: Re: A suggestion ack! I'm out Spoilsport. HAR!! William Robb -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above

Re: A suggestion

2007-12-11 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Cesar Matamoros II Subject: Re: A suggestion If we all sent Doug a quarter he would think of himself as a two-bit whore ;-P Mustn't type... WW -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to

PESO: Pike Place Market 3

2007-12-11 Thread Rick Womer
A run of very long days at work has kept me from posting PESOs and commenting on others' recently. Here's another from my Seattle trip, of the Pike Place Market. In this section of the market, there are no fixed vendors--people line up at the beginning of the day for a stall, and pack everything

Re: GESO: Jazz on the Green

2007-12-11 Thread Rick Womer
Nice gallery! I really like the close-up bass viol pic, #7. Rick --- Derby Chang [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Great idea. Sunny sunday, lawn bowls, cold beer, and jazz http://members.iinet.net.au/~derbyc/07_12/07_12_jazzgreen/index.htm D -- [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: PESO - T-Baller

2007-12-11 Thread Paul Stenquist
Hmmm. Good shot, but some tough choices here. If you had more of the guy on the left, I'd say crop less. But I'm guessing you don't, or you would have:-). As presented, he's not enough of a presence. So I would crop just tight enough to exclude the guy on the left, leaving the main

Re: Peso: Glamour puss

2007-12-11 Thread Rick Womer
Great pic, Ann--the red ladder makes it. Rick P.S. A belated Happy Birthday! --- ann sanfedele [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I don't usually like to do studio shots but http://annsan.smugmug.com/gallery/2526444/1/229197378/Medium ann -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List

Re: PESO: My Wallpaper

2007-12-11 Thread Rick Womer
Very nice. Whadya think about cropping about 15% off the left and bottom? Rick --- Jack Davis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://photolightimages.com/aspupload/detail.asp?ID=272 Comments happily received! Jack

Re: OT: Legalese, Canadian Style

2007-12-11 Thread Bob Sullivan
My thoughts exactly Dave! Why would he be looking for size 22 thongs? Regards, Bob S. On Dec 11, 2007 6:09 PM, David Savage [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: At 08:10 AM 12/12/2007, P. J. Alling wrote: The fact that Bob knows this raises a few even more disturbing questions: 1. Why does he know

Re: PESO: Holiday Films

2007-12-11 Thread Rick Womer
Wow! Great shot, Paul! (Wish I could see the whole thing at once on my monitor, though.) Rick --- Paul Stenquist [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: K10D, FA 50/1.4, f3.2 @ 1/125th, ISO 640. http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=6719554 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: OT: Legalese, Canadian Style

2007-12-11 Thread John Francis
On Tue, Dec 11, 2007 at 08:28:23PM -0600, Bob Sullivan wrote: My thoughts exactly Dave! Why would he be looking for size 22 thongs? Regards, Bob S. May I remind people of this image I shared with you a while back? http://panix.com/~johnf/temp/scary.jpg -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List

Re: PESO - T-Baller

2007-12-11 Thread Rick Womer
I'd say no crop--the other two figures give a lot of context without being distracting. Nice shot. Rick --- Bruce Dayton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Taken during the past little league season. I would appreciate any thoughts on cropping. Pentax K10D, Sigma 100-300/4 EX, Handheld ISO 200,

Re: PESO -- Lighthouse and Pavilion

2007-12-11 Thread Rick Womer
It's almost two pictures, really--one of the breakwater and lighthouse, and another of the breakwater and pavilion. The problem is that the brightly lit pavilion gives the lighthouse too much competition. Rick --- P. J. Alling [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I took this as it was getting dark, the

Re: OT: Legalese, Canadian Style

2007-12-11 Thread P. J. Alling
I either missed that or forgot about it. Excuse me, I have to go gouge my eyes out... John Francis wrote: On Tue, Dec 11, 2007 at 08:28:23PM -0600, Bob Sullivan wrote: My thoughts exactly Dave! Why would he be looking for size 22 thongs? Regards, Bob S. May I remind people of

Re: Peso: Glamour puss

2007-12-11 Thread ann sanfedele
Rick Womer wrote: Great pic, Ann--the red ladder makes it. Rick P.S. A belated Happy Birthday! Thanks, Rick on both counts :) ann --- ann sanfedele [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I don't usually like to do studio shots but

DS problems

2007-12-11 Thread P. J. Alling
The Jog wheel on my Ds seems to be getting flaky. When attempting to stop down the aperture or increase shutter speed, (in other words turning the wheel to the right), it doesn't always stop down, sometimes it even opens up. Anyone else have this problem and know of a fix other than sending

Re: DS problems

2007-12-11 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
Sounds like the commutator in the jog wheel is getting dirty or worn. That's repair time. G On Dec 11, 2007, at 8:09 PM, P. J. Alling wrote: The Jog wheel on my Ds seems to be getting flaky. When attempting to stop down the aperture or increase shutter speed, (in other words turning the

Re: PAW 2007 - 51 - GDG

2007-12-11 Thread John Celio
Another from the New York trip: http://homepage.mac.com/ramarren/photo/PAW7/51.htm Nice slice-of-life photo. Did you compose that through the viewfinder, or point your camera in their general direction so they wouldn't notice? John -- http://www.neovenator.com

Re: PESO - Bowlers

2007-12-11 Thread Boris Liberman
Oh! Cotty wrote: Yes but not sure for how long. It's a fabulous little (!) camera but I have two issues with it - the viewfinder and frame rate. It is painfully slow to me, although this really shouldn't matter as I wanted a camera that wasn't fast - eg I wanted to concentrate on the

Re: PESO - Sparking One Up

2007-12-11 Thread Boris Liberman
Well, this is really strange to me. Both in a sense that tobacco smoking can be illegal and also because it is not entirely illegal but only half so... Weird... Boris William Robb wrote: In Canada, tobacco smoking is a semi illegal past time. A reformed smoker is one who has stopped

Re: OT: Legalese, Canadian Style

2007-12-11 Thread Brian Walters
Well, you may . but I wish you hadn't. :-) Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://members.westnet.com.au/brianwal/SL/ Quoting John Francis [EMAIL PROTECTED]: May I remind people of this image I shared with you a while back?

Re: A suggestion

2007-12-11 Thread David Savage
At 03:06 PM 12/12/2007, Doug Brewer wrote: On Dec 11, 2007, at 9:07 PM, Cesar Matamoros II wrote: If we all sent Doug a quarter he would think of himself as a two-bit whore ;-P I'm already a two-bit whore, thank you very much. That revelation certainly surprises me. Who'd pay 2 bits?

Re: PESO: Pike Place Market 3

2007-12-11 Thread Bruce Dayton
I dunno, I think the slight movement of the people kind of spoil the shot - just enough movement to be slightly blurred but not really enough to show motion - makes me feel like they are in the way. -- Bruce Tuesday, December 11, 2007, 6:25:37 PM, you wrote: RW A run of very long days at work

Re: OT: Legalese, Canadian Style

2007-12-11 Thread Bruce Dayton
I think this is one that we have been trying to forget - it pretty much is burned into the retinas - now doubly so - maybe that makes it a 44? -- Bruce Tuesday, December 11, 2007, 7:06:21 PM, you wrote: JF On Tue, Dec 11, 2007 at 08:28:23PM -0600, Bob Sullivan wrote: My thoughts exactly

Re: PAW 2007 - 51 - GDG

2007-12-11 Thread Bruce Dayton
Some of your shots, just grab me and others just don't do anything. This is one of those 'grab' shots - love it! -- Bruce Tuesday, December 11, 2007, 2:18:00 PM, you wrote: GD Another from the New York trip: GDhttp://homepage.mac.com/ramarren/photo/PAW7/51.htm GD Comments and critique

Re: A suggestion

2007-12-11 Thread Doug Brewer
On Dec 11, 2007, at 9:07 PM, Cesar Matamoros II wrote: If we all sent Doug a quarter he would think of himself as a two-bit whore ;-P I'm already a two-bit whore, thank you very much. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to

Re: PAW 2007 - 51 - GDG

2007-12-11 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
On Dec 11, 2007, at 8:32 PM, John Celio wrote: Another from the New York trip: http://homepage.mac.com/ramarren/photo/PAW7/51.htm Nice slice-of-life photo. Did you compose that through the viewfinder, or point your camera in their general direction so they wouldn't notice? Thanks!

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