Re: PESO - Train Not Included

2009-03-30 Thread frank theriault
On Fri, Mar 27, 2009 at 11:48 PM, eactiv...@aol.com wrote: I obviously I like this fence  post. Anyway, this is part of the Duck Club. When I wondered about the  multiple listing for it, I mentioned it probably said, duck club, own hill,  duck pond, clubhouse, trains not  included...

Re: OT PESO - video installation

2009-03-30 Thread frank theriault
On Sat, Mar 28, 2009 at 7:57 PM, Derby Chang der...@iinet.net.au wrote: Every year, the best of the previous Higher School Certificate art students are selected to show their work in the Art Gallery of NSW. I tend to find these shows more interesting than the professional portrait prize

Re: PESO - Attentive

2009-03-30 Thread frank theriault
On Sat, Mar 28, 2009 at 6:05 PM, Rick Womer rwomer1...@yahoo.com wrote: In Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford. http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=8851079size=lg (K10D and DA 50-200) The light's amazing! I think you had supernatural assistance with that shot, Rick. ;-) cheers, frank

Re: PESO/GESO #011 - Trying DA* zooms

2009-03-30 Thread frank theriault
On Sat, Mar 28, 2009 at 11:00 AM, Boris Liberman bori...@gmail.com wrote: Hi! I realize I am posting two PESOs at once, but I seem to be on some kind of a stride lately. http://pentax-ways.blogspot.com/2009/03/peso-2009-011.html Wonderful lenses, these DA* zooms, wonderful. Boris P.S.

Re: PESO, mystery subject

2009-03-30 Thread frank theriault
On Sat, Mar 28, 2009 at 4:14 AM, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote: Can you guess what this is a picture of? http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/3391120183/sizes/l/in/set-72157615924735969/ No. cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML

Re: PESO, mystery subject

2009-03-30 Thread Larry Colen
On Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 05:58:37PM -0400, frank theriault wrote: On Sat, Mar 28, 2009 at 4:14 AM, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote: Can you guess what this is a picture of? http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/3391120183/sizes/l/in/set-72157615924735969/ No. It's frogspawn coral shot

Re: Anyone using Silver Efex Pro?

2009-03-30 Thread Cotty
On 30/3/09, Godfrey DiGiorgi, discombobulated, unleashed: Why is it worth every penny? I do my own BW rendering. I see no point to wasting money using someone else's notions of how to render BW. I got one great reason [for using Power Retouche, a PS plugin] and that's because I'm lazy. Freely

Re: PESO - Cherry Blossom Exuberance

2009-03-30 Thread Jack Davis
I, also, prefer the artified version. Beautiful rendering. Very, very nice image, Marnie! Jack --- On Mon, 3/30/09, eactiv...@aol.com eactiv...@aol.com wrote: From: eactiv...@aol.com eactiv...@aol.com Subject: PESO - Cherry Blossom Exuberance To: pdml@pdml.net Date: Monday, March 30,

Re: OT: Write-off

2009-03-30 Thread Doug Franklin
frank theriault wrote: Think about it: race cars have seatbelts, not airbags. There must be a reason for that... Yeah, seatbelts (harnesses) hold you in place against G forces ... airbags don't. Let's you drive harder without flying over into the passenger side of the car. :-) --

Re: OT: Write-off

2009-03-30 Thread Doug Franklin
frank theriault wrote: Shoulder belts will keep your head from hitting the top of the windshield. In fact I'd advocate 5 point belts for consumer use. Or at least 4 point belts. Only if the roof is strong enough that it essentially won't crush without the car landing upside down from fifty

Re: OT: Write-off

2009-03-30 Thread Doug Franklin
John Mullan wrote: Race car drivers wear a multipoint harness including an anti-submarine strap, and are strapped down tight. You would never put up with their harness in a street car, let alone being strapped down as tight as they are. In addition they are in a helmet, and many now are using

Re: Anyone using Silver Efex Pro?

2009-03-30 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Cotty Subject: Re: Anyone using Silver Efex Pro? I got one great reason [for using Power Retouche, a PS plugin] and that's because I'm lazy. Freely admitted :-) I use a number of plugins because I either don't have the time or knowledge to write an

Re: OT: Write-off

2009-03-30 Thread Cotty
On 30/3/09, Bob Sullivan, discombobulated, unleashed: Your forehead can survive lots, but not an 80g crash into the bar at the top of the windshield. Race car drivers wear helmets and that's why I'm happy with my side airbags. Seatbelts will keep your butt in place, but not your head. When my

Re: PESO - Cherry Blossom Exuberance

2009-03-30 Thread Eactivist
In a message dated 3/30/2009 3:17:37 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, jdavi...@yahoo.com writes: I, also, prefer the artified version. Beautiful rendering. Very, very nice image, Marnie! Jack === Thanks, Jack! Sometimes artifying improves a photo, i.e. it makes a better graphic than a

Re: PESO - Cherry Blossom Exuberance

2009-03-30 Thread Eactivist
In a message dated 3/30/2009 2:43:40 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, knarftheria...@gmail.com writes: On Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 4:52 PM, eactiv...@aol.com wrote: As stated previously, when I shot Cherry Blossoms last week it was too sunny and too windy. Now my tree has very few blossoms left,

Re: PESO: The Portrait

2009-03-30 Thread Paul Stenquist
Thanks Frank. On Mar 30, 2009, at 4:26 PM, frank theriault wrote: 2009/3/28 Paul Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=8850893 Terrific shot! cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail

Re: OT: Write-off

2009-03-30 Thread Cotty
On 30/3/09, Paul Stenquist, discombobulated, unleashed: The next Defender, BTW, is equipped with air bags. The lack of them in the current models wasn't a matter of intelligent choice, it was simply a matter of inadequate resources. The next Defender, if indeed there is such a machine, will not

Re: OT: Write-off

2009-03-30 Thread Cotty
On 30/3/09, Manuel Magalhães, discombobulated, unleashed: The other thing, I am sure, is the way other drivers get out of your way. A nice little car with a nice little guy in it. :)) Yesterday I was giving my lad a lift and he pondered on the results of a head-on smash with a Smart car. He

Re: OT: Write-off

2009-03-30 Thread Cotty
On 30/3/09, Cotty, discombobulated, unleashed: The next Defender, if indeed there is such a machine, will not be based on current design. The latest revision (last year) I meant 2007 -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|http://www.cottysnaps.com

Re: point and shoot

2009-03-30 Thread Luiz Felipe
Well, P50 it is. Remember reading about it on PopPhoto. I wouldn't challenge your statement about avoiding it, but since the order is about some compact (not really, but still smaller than a DSLR) and not so expensive (one bill, $100) camera with an optic viewfinder, I tried to increase the

Re: PESO - Jess (one for the lads)

2009-03-30 Thread Cotty
On 30/3/09, David Savage, discombobulated, unleashed: G'day All, Last one for now this one is on topic because I actually used a Pentax camera lens: http://www.flickr.com/photos/disavage/3399052492/ Direct link (~135kb) http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3570/3399052492_fffd1462ec_o.jpg K20D,

RE: OT: Write-off

2009-03-30 Thread Bob W
[...] If I drove with my head, I'd be in an Audi or something. Luckily I drive with my heart !! My brother had a Discovery which he drove to extinction before he bought the Audi. He and his wife drive from Harrogate to their house in the Alps on a fairly regular basis, with all the ski

Re: OT: Write-off

2009-03-30 Thread Paul Stenquist
My Defender information is based on nothing more than web research I did when writing an article about Land Rover for amazon.com. A number of resources suggest that a new Defender/Land Rover is on the way. That may have changed. I'm not knocking Defender or Land Rover, BTW. I'd love to

Re: PESO - Subway Smiles

2009-03-30 Thread Christine Aguila
- Original Message - From: Cotty cotty...@mac.com On 30/3/09, frank theriault, discombobulated, unleashed: http://knarf-underground.blogspot.com/2009/03/subway-smiles.html Smiles for a Monday morning. Comments are always welcome. Really like that grab Frank. Love the sense of

Re: PESO - The Bond

2009-03-30 Thread Christine Aguila
I agree with Paul Jack. Very nice, Frank! cheers, Christine - Original Message - From: Paul Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Monday, March 30, 2009 3:45 PM Subject: Re: PESO - The Bond A great moment. Well done. Paul On Mar 30,

Re: PESO - Train Not Included

2009-03-30 Thread Eactivist
In a message dated 3/30/2009 2:47:40 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, knarftheria...@gmail.com writes: On Fri, Mar 27, 2009 at 11:48 PM, eactiv...@aol.com wrote: I obviously I like this fence post. Anyway, this is part of the Duck Club. When I wondered about the multiple listing for it, I

PESO - Spring Rain

2009-03-30 Thread Graydon
Sunday was a rather rainy day in Toronto, and I wound up with my bedroom window open trying to take advantage of this for photographic purposes. http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_3wj7AowTcVM/SdFriCWCMGI/BbI/tLBNyTxzLws/s1600-h/mapleblossoms_rain2.jpgg Hopefully this one is not too dark. :) --

Re: PESO: Early Flower - Late Storm

2009-03-30 Thread Stan Halpin
The daffodils recovered nicely in today's 60°+ (F) temperatures. [Crazy weather.] As did the hyacinths. The magnolia blossoms, on the other hand, are now brown and ugly. No surprise there, it has happened 20 times or so in the 25 years we've lived here. Stan On Mar 30, 2009, at 12:00 PM,

Re: PESO - The Bond

2009-03-30 Thread Stan Halpin
Also good, but doesn't have the moment captured the way you did with the first. I find this poignant in a way. Assuming the young girl is daughter/ sister, she seems to be left out of the conversation with the boy... stan stan On Mar 30, 2009, at 2:11 PM, frank theriault wrote: This is

Re: PESO - Subway Smiles

2009-03-30 Thread Brendan MacRae
Good one, Frank. I like the sense of motion and their expressions. -Brendan - Original Message From: frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net Sent: Monday, March 30, 2009 7:26:22 AM Subject: PESO - Subway Smiles

Re: PESO - Subway Smiles

2009-03-30 Thread frank theriault
On Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 10:47 AM, Jack Davis jdavi...@yahoo.com wrote: A real 'feel good' shot. Such delightfully warm relationships are rare and it takes a keen photog to catch one. You know, Jack, I watched this pair for about 5 subway stops before they rushed to get off. They were

RE: OT: Write-off

2009-03-30 Thread Anthony Farr
Smart vs. Mercedes S class http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=02eghIfyHP0 Better than I imagined, although the reversal of direction could be a tad harsh on the occupants. Regards, Anthony -Original Message- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Cotty

Re: OT PESO - Figure (one for the ladies)

2009-03-30 Thread Christine Aguila
Very dishy, Dave. Nice lighting composition as well. Nice shot. Cheers, Christine - Original Message - From: David Savage ozsav...@gmail.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net Sent: Monday, March 30, 2009 8:04 AM Subject: OT PESO - Figure (one for the ladies) G'day

Re: PESO - Jess (one for the lads)

2009-03-30 Thread Christine Aguila
Very pretty. Nice job. Cheers, Christine - Original Message - From: David Savage ozsav...@gmail.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net Sent: Monday, March 30, 2009 10:31 AM Subject: PESO - Jess (one for the lads) G'day All, Last one for now this one is on topic because

Re: PESO - Spring Rain

2009-03-30 Thread Brendan MacRae
This reminds me of a class I took in film school. The instructor was telling us about diffferent tricks and this and that. He said, You have to light for rain. There must be some backlight or it won't register on film. You've got it in this shot. Good one. Nice moody pic. -Brendan -

Re: PESO: Bird Watcher (w/ DA55/1.4)

2009-03-30 Thread Stan Halpin
And you call yourself a bird watcher! Or are you just too involved to notice lowly chickens? So maybe my monitor is still too bright, meaning shots viewed on normal monitors show up as too dim. I really should try this calibration thing I have heard about... stan On Mar 30, 2009, at 8:02

Re: PESO: Early Flower - Late Storm

2009-03-30 Thread Stan Halpin
Thanks Bruce! On Mar 29, 2009, at 11:24 PM, Bruce Dayton wrote: Cool shot, Stan. Really tells a story. -- Best regards, Bruce Sunday, March 29, 2009, 7:33:59 PM, you wrote: SH One more from this weekend. The cat photo was a chance shot as I was SH passing through to process several

Re: PESO - Product shot

2009-03-30 Thread Christian
frank theriault wrote: On Sat, Mar 28, 2009 at 3:16 PM, Christian christ...@skofteland.net wrote: Just playing around with a 55/1.8 SMC Takumar on the 20D. I was going for a commercial or product kind of shot. http://404mohawknotfound.blogspot.com/2009/03/classic-cosmo.html Light was from a

Re: PESO: Bird Watcher (w/ DA55/1.4)

2009-03-30 Thread Stan Halpin
Thanks Frank and Jack and Christine. I put a printed version of the original in my office - I love the lighting, and I think the attentive pose of the cat shows up better when he is centered. [Besides, as with most cats, he thinks he should be in the center all of the time.] But I do feel

Re: Geso Back yard photos

2009-03-30 Thread Christine Aguila
Hi Dave: I like the 1st one--the garden statue of the dragon. Nice shot, and why not go for a study of just the dragon--maybe some black white renderings. I like the floral too. As to the leaves, I prefer the 2nd one. The fungi didn't do much for me, but that's just me. Cheers, Christine

Re: PESO Egyptian on the Rocks

2009-03-30 Thread Christine Aguila
Thanks, Frank! Cheers, Christine - Original Message - From: frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Monday, March 30, 2009 2:31 PM Subject: Re: PESO Egyptian on the Rocks On Sat, Mar 28, 2009 at 12:48 AM, Christine Aguila

Re: GESO - That 70's Thang

2009-03-30 Thread Christine Aguila
- Original Message - From: mike wilson m.9.wil...@ntlworld.com Christine Aguila cagu...@earthlink.net wrote: That was fun, Derby: Gosh, those white platform boots are something-- those fish-nets. You know, I don't think I every wore fish-nets. Anyway, fun set. Cheers,

Re: PESO: Another over processed picture of Lyndsaye

2009-03-30 Thread Doug Franklin
William Robb wrote: http://users.accesscomm.ca/wrobb/pictures/monolynds1.html That's a very nice portrait. I'm a little bothered by the softness of the hair on her right side, when contrasted with the sharpness of the rest of the shot, but that's a nit. -- Thanks, DougF (KG4LMZ) -- PDML

Re: PESO - Jess (one for the lads)

2009-03-30 Thread Doug Franklin
David Savage wrote: http://www.flickr.com/photos/disavage/3399052492/ She's beautiful, and it's a nice shot, but the lighting really accentuates some imperfections on her brow. I think the same shot with a little more light from the model's left front quarter would be better. -- Thanks,

Re: PESO - Jess (one for the lads)

2009-03-30 Thread Bong Manayon
I find the shadows too deep for something against a white background; I would have either filled in the shadows or use a dark background. Cheers! Bong On Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 11:31 PM, David Savage ozsav...@gmail.com wrote: G'day All, Last one for now this one is on topic because I actually

Re: OT: Write-off

2009-03-30 Thread Boris Liberman
Oh :-(. Just saw this message. Bob, please pass your brother our best wishes of speedy and complete recovery. Let's hope that the hit wasn't strong enough to cause your brother any serious or permanent damage... Boris Bob W wrote: My younger brother spent Thursday night in hospital after

Re: OT: sorta Way behind

2009-03-30 Thread Boris Liberman
You say you have 100 postings... How about 1000? That would be a backlog of mine... ;-) Joseph McAllister wrote: I have through my own sloth allowed over 100 postings with images I'd like to comment on slip by the immediate response mode. They currently clog my PDML folder. Rather than

Re: PESO: Another over processed picture of Lyndsaye

2009-03-30 Thread Scott Loveless
On Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 11:27 PM, Doug Franklin jehosep...@mindspring.com wrote: William Robb wrote: http://users.accesscomm.ca/wrobb/pictures/monolynds1.html That's a very nice portrait.  I'm a little bothered by the softness of the hair on her right side, when contrasted with the sharpness

Re: Resistance is fertile

2009-03-30 Thread Boris Liberman
Bob, some truly remarkable photographs in this set... Seeing now that you shot this on film and on Pentax makes it doubly so ;-). It seems spring is at fool power in London... I am sorry, but I won't say a thing about the summit and the welcoming committee. Such a talk would belong to the

Re: PESO: Another over processed picture of Lyndsaye

2009-03-30 Thread Doug Franklin
Scott Loveless wrote: Stop picking on Bill. Yeah, like Valuation needs someone to defend him. :-) -- Thanks, DougF (KG4LMZ) -- 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 and

Re: Tele-zooms

2009-03-30 Thread Larry Colen
Until I got the DA40, the daily driver lens that lived on my K100Ds was the 18-250. I find it to be astonishingly sharp for such a versatile lens. If I knew what I was going to be shooting, I'd put on a prime, or my bigma, but the lens that lived on the camera so it would be ready for almost

Re: PESO #011.1 two shots from DA 50-135

2009-03-30 Thread Christine Aguila
Looks like you're having lots of fun with the lens, Boris. Good to see hear. The 2nd really is quite fun. Cheers, Christine - Original Message - From: Boris Liberman bori...@gmail.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Sunday, March 29, 2009 10:59 PM Subject: PESO

Re: PESO - Seedlings

2009-03-30 Thread Brendan MacRae
There may be a better one in there, but nothing that jumped out at me other than this one. Maybe I should take another look. -Brendan - Original Message From: Bruce Dayton bkday...@daytonphoto.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Sunday, March 29, 2009 9:26:39 PM

Re: Peso: Saturday hike

2009-03-30 Thread Sasha Sobol
Hi Stan, I think you are right (you and all others) and #2 is not working. Thanks, --Sasha On Sun, Mar 29, 2009 at 5:27 PM, Stan Halpin s...@stans-photography.info wrote: Coming in late on this - after noticing others' comments I had to take a look. #2 does nothing for me, but the other three

Re: OT: Write-off

2009-03-30 Thread mike wilson
Bob W p...@web-options.com wrote: My younger brother spent Thursday night in hospital after someone drove into his car at 45 mph (~72kph). The car rolled and my brother was trapped inside, and had to be cut free by the fire brigade. They strapped him to a stretcher (like Hannibal

RE: OT: Write-off

2009-03-30 Thread Bob W
Looks to me like the Fiat clipped the Audi in the left rear hard enough to spin the car around rapidly enough so it rolled up onto it's right side and slid down the road and off into some foliage. The cutting out the rescue workers did was probably to bust out the rear window, go

Re: Compliment for Jostein

2009-03-30 Thread AlunFoto
2009/3/30 Bong Manayon bongmana...@gmail.com: I wanted to say I wanted to grow up and be like Jostein but then again maybe not :-D Lol... Good decision, Bong. Wow... got my name on a thread! That's a great honor, Derby. Thanks for the cheer, folks. Much appreciated. Jostein --

Re: GESO - Dame Helen

2009-03-30 Thread Cotty
On 30/3/09, mike wilson, discombobulated, unleashed: The Pentax's coatings were put on with a trowel? Ooooh - that's below the belt! Go sit in a TV studio without makeup on and view the results ;-) -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|

Re: OT: Write-off

2009-03-30 Thread Cotty
On 30/3/09, Bob W, discombobulated, unleashed: Yea, well, that's in the States. Over here the dealers charge £10,000 just to change the wipers. Er just a minute - you want rubber with those? -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|

Re: PESO - Seedlings

2009-03-30 Thread Cotty
On 29/3/09, Brendan MacRae, discombobulated, unleashed: One more from the greenhouse. Can't decide if I'm OK with cutting off the pot in the foreground or not. That's what I get for wearing glasses and not being able to see the entire frame in the viewfinder (renewing contact lens prescription

Re: PESO: Owl

2009-03-30 Thread Cotty
On 29/3/09, John Sessoms, discombobulated, unleashed: I've been looking for the owl I heard earlier this month, trying to get some idea of its habits. Yesterday, I spotted it on the nest I thought it might use, and came back today with my camera:

Re: PESO Egyptian on the Rocks

2009-03-30 Thread mike wilson
- Original Message - From: John Coyle jco...@powerup.com.au To: 'Pentax-Discuss Mail List' pdml@pdml.net Sent: Saturday, March 28, 2009 6:58 PM Subject: RE: PESO Egyptian on the Rocks I prefer #2 - it reminds me of the colours in original Egyptian art. The picture appears

Re: GESO - That 70's Thang

2009-03-30 Thread mike wilson
Christine Aguila cagu...@earthlink.net wrote: That was fun, Derby: Gosh, those white platform boots are something-- those fish-nets. You know, I don't think I every wore fish-nets. Anyway, fun set. Cheers, Christine It's never too late for fishnets. Ask Cotty. -

Re: OT: Write-off

2009-03-30 Thread Cotty
On 29/3/09, eactiv...@aol.com, discombobulated, unleashed: Makes me feel less unprotected by my airbags now. One of the unfortunate things about Land Rover Defenders and their 50- year old design is the lack of any airbags. One of the interesting things is that in the 70,000 miles I have done

Re: Such is the fate of a film camera..

2009-03-30 Thread Nick Wright
I would like an ME Super very much. How much would you like for it? On Sun, Mar 29, 2009 at 11:12 PM, Charles Robinson charl...@visi.com wrote: I bought (off of Craigslist) today a Pentax ME Super in absolutely pristine condition.  It came in a camera bag, with a Vivitar Auto-Thyristor flash

Re: OT: Write-off

2009-03-30 Thread Subash
On Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 2:33 PM, Cotty cotty...@mac.com wrote: One of the interesting things is that in the 70,000 miles I have done in 2 years in it, I have learned respect for defensive driving. sounds like me talking about my royal enfield.. ;-)) -- regards, subash -- PDML Pentax-Discuss

Re: GESO - Dame Helen

2009-03-30 Thread Cotty
On 29/3/09, Brendan MacRae, discombobulated, unleashed: And nice to have those terrific studio lights to shoot under, no? Interesting point - the lighting set they use for the programme was too dark for me! They have a live background shot playing on the large screen behind throughout the

Re: OT PESO - Translucent

2009-03-30 Thread Luiz Felipe
Sorry David, this didn't work for me. I like the backlit grapes, but would try a very different approach. LF David Savage escreveu: G'day All, One from the weekend. Spur of the moment idea that worked better than I had expected.: http://www.flickr.com/photos/disavage/3395121961/ Direct

Re: GESO - Dame Helen

2009-03-30 Thread mike wilson
Cotty cotty...@mac.com wrote: On 30/3/09, mike wilson, discombobulated, unleashed: The Pentax's coatings were put on with a trowel? Ooooh - that's below the belt! Go sit in a TV studio without makeup on and view the results ;-) Monday = abberant humour day. I give up. Helen

Re: PESO - Inside the greenhouse

2009-03-30 Thread Cotty
On 29/3/09, Brendan MacRae, discombobulated, unleashed: This is the reason I bought the DA 10-17mm last year, so I could capture these sorts of shots. Another possible for a magazine article for sometime this year...or maybe next. http://www.primelensphoto.com/IMGP9554.jpg K20D, DA 10-17mm @

Re: PESO - Inside the greenhouse

2009-03-30 Thread Christian
Brendan MacRae wrote: This is the reason I bought the DA 10-17mm last year, so I could capture these sorts of shots. Another possible for a magazine article for sometime this year...or maybe next. http://www.primelensphoto.com/IMGP9554.jpg K20D, DA 10-17mm @ 10mm, f5.6, 1/180, ISO 100,

Re: GESO - Dame Helen

2009-03-30 Thread mike wilson
Cotty cotty...@mac.com wrote: On 29/3/09, Bob W, discombobulated, unleashed: That 85/1.4's very nice and smooth. Match the lens to the face I always say ;-) The Pentax's coatings were put on with a trowel? -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: PESO - portrait of our cat

2009-03-30 Thread Bruce Walker
Pawel Hottowy wrote: I am quite new to this list, so - hello everyone! And here is my first PESO here - a portrait of Dunia celebrating lazy morning in our kitchen: http://www.pbase.com/pawelh/image/109689755/original k10d + FA 50/1.4 cheers, Pawel Really nice shot, Pawel. Good to have

Re: PESO #011.1 two shots from DA 50-135

2009-03-30 Thread Luiz Felipe
Boris, the lens is interesting enough, the camera is interesting enough... I'll draw the line here. ;-) Serious now, liked the second shot somewhat more. The first would require just a bit more focus depth for me, and I'd try the lens in focus too, not just the Nikon name. Very interesting

Re: OT PESO - Translucent

2009-03-30 Thread David Savage
OK, it seem's this one is a little too abstract/random. I'll post something a little more conventional :-) Cheers, Dave 2009/3/30 Luiz Felipe luiz.fel...@techmit.com.br: Sorry David, this didn't work for me. I like the backlit grapes, but would try a very different approach. LF David

Re: PESO: Bird Watcher (w/ DA55/1.4)

2009-03-30 Thread Christian
Variation 3 is my favorite, but I'm a totally in the box thinker... I never even noticed the chicken in the original post :-( maybe because it was so dark or because I have no artistic vision... Stop listening to me... -- Christian http://404mohawknotfound.blogspot.com/ Stan Halpin

OT PESO - Figure (one for the ladies)

2009-03-30 Thread David Savage
G'day All, Here is another from this weekends workshop: http://www.flickr.com/photos/disavage/3395993054/ Direct link (~80kb) http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3571/3395993054_677724689a_o.jpg We were lucky to have an amateur body builder in our group who gave our model some pointers on

Re: PESO - Seedlings

2009-03-30 Thread Luiz Felipe
Brendan, this shot didn't work for me. I'm not worried about the pot, wich I'd like to include if possible or just cut heavily - the floor (shape and blur), the vertical lines in the window and the bottom layer of pots just showing (they could perhaps cover the floor so we would feel really

Re: OT PESO - Figure (one for the ladies)

2009-03-30 Thread Christian
David Savage wrote: G'day All, Here is another from this weekends workshop: http://www.flickr.com/photos/disavage/3395993054/ Direct link (~80kb) http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3571/3395993054_677724689a_o.jpg We were lucky to have an amateur body builder in our group who gave our model some

Re: GESO - Dame Helen

2009-03-30 Thread Cotty
On 30/3/09, mike wilson, discombobulated, unleashed: I give up. Helen who? She looks a little like Jill Dando but I don't think I've seen her before. nay nay nay, she's a southern girl - known south of the M4 only. -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche

Re: PESO 2009 - 034 - GDG

2009-03-30 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
On Mar 29, 2009, at 9:50 AM, eactiv...@aol.com wrote: http://homepage.mac.com/godders/034-fenceofwood.jpg Very nice, Godfrey. I am intrigued with the rendering you do on BW. It's always so gritty is the best word I can come up with. Anything to share on that? I love old wood, this

Re: PESO 2009 - 034 - GDG

2009-03-30 Thread Charles Robinson
On Mar 30, 2009, at 8:33, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: I basically tweak until the image looks like what I had in mind. Can't really describe it any better. :-) That's not *quite* as specific as some of the Ansel Adams stuff I've read ! -Charles -- Charles Robinson - charl...@visi.com

point and shoot

2009-03-30 Thread Scott Loveless
Hi there. The 750z I've been using the last few years for snapshots is just about shot. Besides losing the charger, I've also managed to break the articulating LCD again (Pentax fixed it under warranty the first time). So I'm shopping for an inexpensive pocket camera with an optical viewfinder

Re: GESO - Dame Helen

2009-03-30 Thread Bob Sullivan
Good shots Cotty! She should be very pleased. 1173 is gorgeous, she looks so warm and friendly, but productive. And she does favor her right side, it seems to me (1130). I presume the head shoulders and group portraits are the A*85/1.4. Not bad for an old lens and obsolete camera. Thanks for

Re: point and shoot

2009-03-30 Thread Jaume Lahuerta
The Canon A series used to be a great compromise between features and price...at a cost, that in this case was its size. The latest models are smaller that previous A models but have lost some of the manual controls that they used to have. The A1100 stilll has optical viewfinder though:

Re: PESO - Inside the greenhouse

2009-03-30 Thread Bob Sullivan
Brendan, That photo makes me want a greenhouse, especially this time of year. The wood 'bones' to the sructure are a terrific element to the image. The distortion with the wide angle is not as bad as most small space photos. I think this is because it resolves at the back of the structure. Most of

Re: GESO - Dame Helen

2009-03-30 Thread Cotty
On 30/3/09, Bob Sullivan, discombobulated, unleashed: 1173 is gorgeous, she looks so warm and friendly, but productive. thanks Bob - indeed she is - she's pregnant!! ;-) And she does favor her right side, it seems to me (1130). I presume the head shoulders and group portraits are the A*85/1.4.

Re: PESO: Owl

2009-03-30 Thread Luiz Felipe
Well, I like it, and don't mind said softness. Just as minor question, since you happened to downsize it anyway, what's the difference between some shot with the 1.4 and another without the 1.4 but cropped to the same image? Did that often in the film age, when I realized my vivitar 2x was

PESO: Another over processed picture of Lyndsaye

2009-03-30 Thread William Robb
Again, brought to you by the letters D and A, and the number 55. http://users.accesscomm.ca/wrobb/pictures/monolynds1.html Techy stuff: K20D @ ISO 100, f/4, 160 second. Four lights spread around the set with seeming randomness that worked out fairly well. Also, thank to everyone who looked

Re: OT PESO - Translucent

2009-03-30 Thread Bob Sullivan
Dave, Too much channeling of the '70's psychodelic haze. But an interesting attempt. And I see you're playing with the girls again! Regards, Bob S. On Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 7:59 AM, David Savage ozsav...@gmail.com wrote: OK, it seem's this one is a little too abstract/random. I'll post

Re: PESO: Early Flower - Late Storm

2009-03-30 Thread Luiz Felipe
Very good Stan, #34 in particular. #35 would perhaps improve with still less DOF, and #31 worked better in the cat series. LF Stan Halpin escreveu: One more from this weekend. The cat photo was a chance shot as I was passing through to process several dozen attempts to record the impact of

PESO - Subway Smiles

2009-03-30 Thread frank theriault
http://knarf-underground.blogspot.com/2009/03/subway-smiles.html Smiles for a Monday morning. Comments are always welcome. cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Re: PESO: Another over processed picture of Lyndsaye

2009-03-30 Thread Bob Sullivan
Bill, Her face seems so broad in this photo, much more so than before. It makes me wonder about the perspective. Looks almost like you used a 28 mm on film. Nice textures. Regards, Bob S. On Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 9:22 AM, William Robb war...@gmail.com wrote: Again, brought to you by the letters

Re: PESO: Another over processed picture of Lyndsaye

2009-03-30 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Bob Sullivan Subject: Re: PESO: Another over processed picture of Lyndsaye Bill, Her face seems so broad in this photo, much more so than before. It makes me wonder about the perspective. Looks almost like you used a 28 mm on film. Most of the close work

Re: PESO - Subway Smiles

2009-03-30 Thread Cotty
On 30/3/09, frank theriault, discombobulated, unleashed: http://knarf-underground.blogspot.com/2009/03/subway-smiles.html Smiles for a Monday morning. Comments are always welcome. Really like that grab Frank. Love the sense of movement in the picture, and the smiles are magic. You should do a

Re: point and shoot

2009-03-30 Thread Scott Loveless
On Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 10:07 AM, Jaume Lahuerta jlah...@yahoo.com wrote: The Canon A series used to be a great compromise between features and price...at a cost, that in this case was its size. I've been looking at the A series. I just have to bottle my conscience long enough to actually

Re: PESO: Another over processed picture of Lyndsaye

2009-03-30 Thread Jack Davis
A girl in full bloom! Jack --- On Mon, 3/30/09, William Robb war...@gmail.com wrote: From: William Robb war...@gmail.com Subject: PESO: Another over processed picture of Lyndsaye To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Date: Monday, March 30, 2009, 7:22 AM Again, brought to you by the

Re: PESO - Inside the greenhouse

2009-03-30 Thread Luiz Felipe
Like it Brendan! LF Brendan MacRae escreveu: This is the reason I bought the DA 10-17mm last year, so I could capture these sorts of shots. Another possible for a magazine article for sometime this year...or maybe next. http://www.primelensphoto.com/IMGP9554.jpg K20D, DA 10-17mm @ 10mm,

Re: PESO: Another over processed picture of Lyndsaye

2009-03-30 Thread Cotty
On 30/3/09, William Robb, discombobulated, unleashed: Again, brought to you by the letters D and A, and the number 55. http://users.accesscomm.ca/wrobb/pictures/monolynds1.html Techy stuff: K20D @ ISO 100, f/4, 160 second. Four lights spread around the set with seeming randomness that worked

Re: GESO - Dame Helen

2009-03-30 Thread Brendan MacRae
  - Original Message From: Cotty cotty...@mac.com To: pentax list PDML@pdml.net Sent: Monday, March 30, 2009 1:54:42 AM Subject: Re: GESO - Dame Helen On 29/3/09, Brendan MacRae, discombobulated, unleashed: And nice to have those terrific studio lights to shoot under, no?

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