Re: GFM Pic storage

2009-04-05 Thread John Francis
Nowadays it's cheap enough to back up to portable hard drives, rather than to CDs. If you pay $10 for a 50-pack of CDs that's around $0.30/GB. At that price 250GB would cost you $75, which is about what you pay for a 320GB 2.5 drive in a USB enclosure. And, of course, it's a heck of a lot

I need a flashtube

2009-04-05 Thread Larry Colen
It turns out that the reason one of the studio strobes I bought off a friend a while back doesn't work is that the flashtube is dead. I swapped flash tubes and the problem followed the tube. The strobe is a Paul C Buff white lighting 10,000 and it seems to have a WFT36R tube:

Re: OT - Video testing

2009-04-05 Thread Cotty
On 4/4/09, Graydon, discombobulated, unleashed: With firefox-3.0.8-1.fc10.x86_64 and the beta 64 bit linux flash plugin (libflashplayer-10.0.22.87.linux-x86_64), it works, but I also get the option of a second video involving singing in what I presume is a school of some kind. Thanks mate, I

RE: RAW software

2009-04-05 Thread Bob W
Your canoe is in the mail. I have no idea what that means, but it's funny, so I'm going to steal it. The original line was Give that man a canoe. I have no idea what it means either. Paddle off to Buffalo? I thought that was supposed to be shuffle. Can you shuffle

Re: WTF?

2009-04-05 Thread mike wilson
Paul Ewins wrote: Ok, it looks like I got hold of the wrong end of the stick. The green button mode should just stop it down to the aperture set on the lens, take the reading and then calculate appropriately. I'm sure I have had errors when using this method in the past but when I went to

Re: PESO: 'nother stump(s)

2009-04-05 Thread Brian Walters
On Sat, 04 Apr 2009 16:07 -0700, Jack Davis jdavi...@yahoo.com wrote: Continuing my stump series..not, does anyone think either of these is worth pursuing? I may make another trip to this spot ('prox 45 miles away) depending opon your answers. It might help if I were to wait 'til later in

Re: OT PESO - By the power of Greyskull....

2009-04-05 Thread Brian Walters
Spectacular, but the horizon's not level Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://members.westnet.com.au/brianwal/SL/ On Sun, 05 Apr 2009 11:23 +0800, David Savage ozsav...@gmail.com wrote: G'day all, Here is another from last

Re: OT PESO - By the power of Greyskull....

2009-04-05 Thread Brian Walters
Seriously though. That's a pretty sinister looking image and thanks for the explanation. I took a look at the Tesla Downunder site - remind me never to lend that guy my car! He must keep his neighbours endlessly entertained... Cheers Brian ++ Brian

Re: Lightroom vs Bridge (or bridge vs lightroom if you prefer)

2009-04-05 Thread Bruce Walker
Joseph McAllister wrote: Tried to eject the card, and am told I can't because the card is still in use, to quit the applications using it. Well, I've quit everything except mail, and it still thinks it's in use. Joseph, did you re-launch the Finder? (Ctrl-Option click on the Finder icon

Re: WTF?

2009-04-05 Thread Toralf Lund
Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: On Apr 4, 2009, at 2:37 PM, Cotty wrote: The very first time I ever used a legacy K mount manual focus lens on a modern Pentax DSLR, it worked perfectly. The lens had no aperture lever. Simplicity is best. Your modified K mount lens works as if it were an M42

Re: WTF?

2009-04-05 Thread Toralf Lund
Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: The issue could [ ... ] Lenses like the FA77/1.8 work fine in manual metering mode when used normally (lens locked on the A setting, aperture set by the body controls) but show the same metering issues as K and M series lenses when the aperture ring is used to set the

Re: WTF?

2009-04-05 Thread Adam Maas
On Sun, Apr 5, 2009 at 6:43 AM, Toralf Lund tor...@toralf.net wrote: Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: The issue could [ ... ] Lenses like the FA77/1.8 work fine in manual metering mode when used normally (lens locked on the A setting, aperture set by the body controls) but show the same metering

Re: PESO: Triangulation Four

2009-04-05 Thread Brian Walters
I somehow missed earlier pictures in this series. I've now had a quick reprise and I think this one works best, particularly the triangle within a triangle aspect. I like No. 1 also. Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia

Re: PESO - #012, A source of honey

2009-04-05 Thread Brian Walters
Ah, a little bit of Oz in Israel.. I agree with others that the centre is a bit soft but pretty good for f4. Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://members.westnet.com.au/brianwal/SL/ On Sat, 04 Apr 2009 19:13 +0300, Boris Liberman

Re: PESO - Hurley's Sky

2009-04-05 Thread Brian Walters
Thanks Paul and Dave and all who looked and commented. Much appreciated. Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://members.westnet.com.au/brianwal/SL/ On Sat, 04 Apr 2009 11:32 -0400, Paul Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote:

Re: PESO: 'nother stump(s)

2009-04-05 Thread Jack Davis
There will be a revisit..at some point. My looking for barns, while driving, has my wife on the edge of her seat ready to grab the steering wheel to keep us out of the ditch. 8-() Thanks for comments. Jack --- On Sat, 4/4/09, eactiv...@aol.com eactiv...@aol.com wrote: From:

PESO - No title

2009-04-05 Thread Tim Øsleby
http://www.diskusjon.no/index.php?act=attachtype=postid=292439 I'm having some difficulties with color profiles I'm afraid. The picture has more punch in Lightroom than it does here. It is to light. Can see I have changed my workflow (aRGB in camera sRGB in LR). I don't understand this. But

Re: PESO: 'nother stump(s)

2009-04-05 Thread Jack Davis
Thanks, Brian. Actually went looking for wildflowers, based on enthusiastic comments from a friend. Checked the area they recommended, but found nothing that would justify climbing a barbed wire fence. This stump is well back from such a fence. I used my well worn 18% gray bean bag camera rest

Re: I need a flashtube

2009-04-05 Thread Paul Stenquist
You'll almost certainly have to buy it on line. Paul On Apr 5, 2009, at 3:26 AM, Larry Colen wrote: It turns out that the reason one of the studio strobes I bought off a friend a while back doesn't work is that the flashtube is dead. I swapped flash tubes and the problem followed the tube. The

Re: PESO: Triangulation Four

2009-04-05 Thread Paul Stenquist
Thanks Brian. I may delete some as I go. Not sure I can expand this in the direction suggested by the triangular image area on the pic of the kids sliding down hill. But I'm still thinking about it. Paul On Apr 5, 2009, at 7:57 AM, Brian Walters wrote: I somehow missed earlier pictures in

Re: I need a flashtube

2009-04-05 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Larry Colen Subject: I need a flashtube It turns out that the reason one of the studio strobes I bought off a friend a while back doesn't work is that the flashtube is dead. I swapped flash tubes and the problem followed the tube. The strobe is a Paul C

Re: I need a flashtube

2009-04-05 Thread David Savage
2009/4/5 William Robb war...@gmail.com: - Original Message - From: Larry Colen Subject: I need a flashtube It turns out that the reason one of the studio strobes I bought off a friend a while back doesn't work is that the flashtube is dead. I swapped flash tubes and the problem

Re: More RAW software

2009-04-05 Thread David J Brooks
Afew years ago, some one here supplied a link to a plug in type of thing, that would let you do curves in PS Elements 3. I downloaded it and it worked fine. I think i have the email around still, i'll look for the links. Dave On Sat, Apr 4, 2009 at 9:59 PM, John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com

Re: GFM Pic storage

2009-04-05 Thread David J Brooks
I took my ibook in 2006 and 2007 and downloaded daily to the laptop. I did not have an external drive then, and usually waited until we got back to Marks friends cabin to do a DVD back up. I had three 2 gig cards and filled them up quickly, you'll be surprised at how many pictures you take.:-) I

Re: More RAW software

2009-04-05 Thread Nick Wright
I found a set of software called Grant's Tools. But the instructions on how to install it don't match up with the file structures that were installed on my computer so I have no idea how to get them in there. On Sun, Apr 5, 2009 at 8:21 AM, David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com wrote: Afew years

Re: OT PESO - By the power of Greyskull....

2009-04-05 Thread David J Brooks
On Sat, Apr 4, 2009 at 11:23 PM, David Savage ozsav...@gmail.com wrote: G'day all, Here is another from last weekend: http://www.flickr.com/photos/disavage/3400865997/ Direct link (~120kb): http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3617/3400865997_f065a98701_o.jpg Cool. Looks like he stood pretty

Re: WTF?

2009-04-05 Thread Mark Roberts
William Robb wrote: Oh NOOO!!! Something's wrong on the internet. Leading candidate for quotation of the year... -- 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 follow

Re: PESO: 'nother stump(s)

2009-04-05 Thread David J Brooks
Hi Jack. Not as dramatic as the first one from the other day, but i think there is something there to use. The darken inards look fine, but it would be interesting to see what they look like in better light. Dave On Sat, Apr 4, 2009 at 7:07 PM, Jack Davis jdavi...@yahoo.com wrote: Continuing

Re: GFM Pic storage

2009-04-05 Thread Mark Roberts
Christine Aguila wrote: Hi Everyone: On our last vacation (a 7 day road trip), every night in the hotel I downloaded my pics onto my laptop backed them up on cds. In anticipation of GFM, does anybody have any alternative suggestions? As recommended, I will be bringing my laptop, but we'll

Re: I need a flashtube

2009-04-05 Thread Paul Stenquist
Yeah, that's a miniscule price. The tubes for my lowbuck SP monolights are $90. Paul On Apr 5, 2009, at 9:20 AM, David Savage wrote: 2009/4/5 William Robb war...@gmail.com: - Original Message - From: Larry Colen Subject: I need a flashtube It turns out that the reason one of

Re: OT PESO - By the power of Greyskull....

2009-04-05 Thread Paul Stenquist
Well done. Paul On Apr 5, 2009, at 9:32 AM, David J Brooks wrote: On Sat, Apr 4, 2009 at 11:23 PM, David Savage ozsav...@gmail.com wrote: G'day all, Here is another from last weekend: http://www.flickr.com/photos/disavage/3400865997/ Direct link (~120kb):

Re: GFM Pic storage

2009-04-05 Thread Scott Loveless
On Sat, Apr 4, 2009 at 11:55 PM, Christine Aguila cagu...@earthlink.net wrote: In anticipation of GFM, does anybody have any alternative suggestions?  As recommended, I will be bringing my laptop, but we'll be camping, and I just wondered what other folks do about pic storage.  GFM recommends

Re: GFM Pic storage

2009-04-05 Thread David J Brooks
On Sun, Apr 5, 2009 at 9:45 AM, Mark Roberts msrobert...@ysu.edu wrote:  Cheers, Christine Within a few days I'm going to post a kind of GFM Nature Photography Weekend FAQ. I'll let you know when it's on line. Good idea Mark. In the meantime: Bringing your own laptop is advisable. You can

Re: GFM Pic storage

2009-04-05 Thread David J Brooks
On Sun, Apr 5, 2009 at 9:53 AM, Scott Loveless sdlovel...@gmail.com wrote: On Sat, Apr 4, 2009 at 11:55 PM, Christine  Aguila cagu...@earthlink.net wrote: In anticipation of GFM, does anybody have any alternative suggestions?  As recommended, I will be bringing my laptop, but we'll be camping,

Re: GFM Pic storage

2009-04-05 Thread Christine Aguila
- Original Message - From: Mark Roberts msrobert...@ysu.edu Within a fwe days I'm going to post a kind of GFM Nature Photography Weekend FAQ. I'll let you know when it's on line. Great idea, Mark! and very much appreciated. Thanks everyone else--much appreciated. Cheers,

Re: More RAW software

2009-04-05 Thread David J Brooks
Found the old email and link. http://www.earthboundlight.com/phototips/photoshop-elements-curves.html Site is still active, but it looks like it supports up to version 5 only. Dave B On Sun, Apr 5, 2009 at 9:27 AM, Nick Wright nickwright1...@gmail.com wrote: I found a set of software called

Re: GFM Pic storage

2009-04-05 Thread Scott Loveless
On Sun, Apr 5, 2009 at 9:45 AM, Mark Roberts msrobert...@ysu.edu wrote: Within a fwe days I'm going to post a kind of GFM Nature Photography Weekend FAQ. I'll let you know when it's on line. Don't forget the cleft sticks! -- Scott Loveless Cigarette-free since December 14th, 2008

Re: Arg, one more LR ??

2009-04-05 Thread David J Brooks
On Sat, Apr 4, 2009 at 10:11 AM, Cotty cotty...@mac.com wrote: As a matter of interest, when was the last time you repaired Disk Permissions? Just ran disk repair. Quite a few things repaired. Maybe that will help. Dave -- Cheers,  Cotty ___/\__ ||   (O)  |     People, Places,

Re: Peso water the grass

2009-04-05 Thread Christine Aguila
- Original Message - From: David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com On Sat, Apr 4, 2009 at 1:17 PM, Christine Aguila cagu...@earthlink.net wrote: So, are you still drying out? ;-) Cheers, Christine Yup. Hopefully Sunday i can find my grass seed.:-) Good thing you don't live in

Re: GFM Pic storage

2009-04-05 Thread David J Brooks
On Sun, Apr 5, 2009 at 10:02 AM, Scott Loveless sdlovel...@gmail.com wrote: On Sun, Apr 5, 2009 at 9:45 AM, Mark Roberts msrobert...@ysu.edu wrote: Within a fwe days I'm going to post a kind of GFM Nature Photography Weekend FAQ. I'll let you know when it's on line. Don't forget the cleft

Re: Peso water the grass

2009-04-05 Thread David J Brooks
On Sun, Apr 5, 2009 at 9:58 AM, Christine Aguila cagu...@earthlink.net wrote: - Original Message - From: David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com On Sat, Apr 4, 2009 at 1:17 PM, Christine  Aguila cagu...@earthlink.net wrote: So, are you still drying out? ;-) Cheers, Christine Yup.

Re: Peso water the grass

2009-04-05 Thread Christine Aguila
- Original Message - From: David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com On Sun, Apr 5, 2009 at 9:58 AM, Christine Aguila cagu...@earthlink.net wrote: - Original Message - From: David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com On Sat, Apr 4, 2009 at 1:17 PM, Christine Aguila

Re: PESO: 'nother stump(s)

2009-04-05 Thread Jack Davis
Thanks, David. My luck in finding the first stump is what got me on the hunt again. As I consider it further, 90 miles isn't that far. Especially since I have a car. ;) Jack --- On Sun, 4/5/09, David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com wrote: From: David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com Subject: Re:

Re: I need a flashtube

2009-04-05 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: David Savage Subject: Re: I need a flashtube I'm staggered at how cheap those tubes are. A mate of mine just had to replace one in one of his monoblocks and it cost him ~AU$250. Tubes for my Photogenics are ~US100.00. The Paul Buff ones are very

Re: Arg, one more LR ??

2009-04-05 Thread Cotty
On 5/4/09, David J Brooks, discombobulated, unleashed: Just ran disk repair. Did you run Permissions Repair or Disk Repair? You can only run Disk Repair if you boot from the OS DVD or a different boot disk. I suspect you ran Permissions Repair which will repair from the boot disk. Good start -

Re: GFM Pic storage

2009-04-05 Thread Cotty
On 5/4/09, Mark Roberts, discombobulated, unleashed: Don't believe anything Cotty tells you. There was once a studio set up in the woods with a half-man-half-rabbit as a model - full strobe lighting, the works. -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|

Re: GFM Pic storage

2009-04-05 Thread Mark Roberts
Cotty wrote: On 5/4/09, Mark Roberts, discombobulated, unleashed: Don't believe anything Cotty tells you. There was once a studio set up in the woods with a half-man-half-rabbit as a model - full strobe lighting, the works. All right. Don't believe *most* of the things Cotty tells you.

Re: GFM Pic storage

2009-04-05 Thread Bob Sullivan
Yah, that was positively mythological... Regards, Bob S. On Sun, Apr 5, 2009 at 9:19 AM, Cotty cotty...@mac.com wrote: On 5/4/09, Mark Roberts, discombobulated, unleashed: Don't believe anything Cotty tells you. There was once a studio set up in the woods with a half-man-half-rabbit as a

Re: WTF?

2009-04-05 Thread Bob Sullivan
Thanks Godfrey, that's new information to me. I'll have to think about what that means. The green button has some mystery behind it. Regards, Bob S. On Sat, Apr 4, 2009 at 8:43 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi godd...@mac.com wrote: Lenses like the FA77/1.8 work fine in manual metering mode when used

Re: UK Media Guardian Portraits of Radio Personalities

2009-04-05 Thread Bong Manayon
Interesting! Thanks for posting. Bong On Sun, Apr 5, 2009 at 6:39 AM, Cotty cotty...@mac.com wrote: If you like portraiture, you might be fascinated by this gallery of amazing faces (NOT feces or even faeces ;-) http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/gallery/2009/apr/04/radio-presenters-

Re: WTF?

2009-04-05 Thread Bob Sullivan
Mike, That's along the same lines as I've been thinking... Regards, Bob S. On Sun, Apr 5, 2009 at 3:03 AM, mike wilson m.9.wil...@ntlworld.com wrote: Another possibility (idle speculation, if you will) is that, when measuring with the green button/ael system on a legacy lens, the camera

Re: Arg, one more LR ??

2009-04-05 Thread David J Brooks
Permissions repair. D'oh. Dave On Sun, Apr 5, 2009 at 10:16 AM, Cotty cotty...@mac.com wrote: On 5/4/09, David J Brooks, discombobulated, unleashed: Just ran disk repair. Did you run Permissions Repair or Disk Repair? You can only run Disk Repair if you boot from the OS DVD or a different

Re: PESO - No title

2009-04-05 Thread Bob Sullivan
Tim, Distant background is pretty colorless. Regards, Bob S. On Sun, Apr 5, 2009 at 7:40 AM, Tim Øsleby maritim...@gmail.com wrote: http://www.diskusjon.no/index.php?act=attachtype=postid=292439 I'm having some difficulties with color profiles I'm afraid. The picture has more punch in

Re: PESO: 'nother stump(s)

2009-04-05 Thread David J Brooks
On Sun, Apr 5, 2009 at 10:10 AM, Jack Davis jdavi...@yahoo.com wrote: Thanks, David. My luck in finding the first stump is what got me on the hunt again. As I consider it further, 90 miles isn't that far. Especially since I have a car. ;) I've pretty much shot everything close to home,

Re: WTF?

2009-04-05 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
Shouldn't make any difference when a non-electronic interface lens is fitted. The iris actuator should be simply pushing the lens' actuating lever to the limit of its travel allowing the lens to achieve the correct aperture, which it demonstrates it does properly when making exposures

Re: Arg, one more LR ??

2009-04-05 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
David, How much RAM is installed in your computer? How much free disk space is available on your startup disk? Adobe's done some memory management cleanup in LR2 v2.3, but there still seem to be some issues. On Mac OS X, the majority of these issues are due to running in too little RAM and

Re: Ritz Photo closing over 300 stores

2009-04-05 Thread Bob Sullivan
John, Our drug stores, Walgreens and Osco have mini labs. They are taking what was once the basis of the Ritz/Wolf profit model. And Walgreens has more outlets and convenience than Ritz. And this still doesn't count all the competing drug stores doing the same. Ritz is dead, stick a fork in 'em.

Re: More RAW software

2009-04-05 Thread Bob Sullivan
Thanks Dave, I'll give it a try. It's the feature I miss most from the old Paint Shop Pro. Regards, Bob S. On Sun, Apr 5, 2009 at 9:01 AM, David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com wrote: Found the old email and link. http://www.earthboundlight.com/phototips/photoshop-elements-curves.html Site is

RE: GFM Pic storage

2009-04-05 Thread Bob W
There are a couple electrical outlets where we camp.  [...] There is power at the Nature Centre if you need to recharge a battery. Both of these statements seem somehow very wrong to me. Bob -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Re: PESO: 'nother stump(s)

2009-04-05 Thread Jack Davis
Initially there was a period, which I'm sure is/was the shooting practice of many of we more obsessional shooters, that I just had to go to the post card places to shoot my own version of those iconic scenes. Over the years and miles I've found that image search circle growing ever smaller

Re: OT PESO - By the power of Greyskull....

2009-04-05 Thread Bob Sullivan
Dave, Neat gallery, two my son's favorites - sharp things and fire! Tesla was a genius. Regards, Bob S. On Sat, Apr 4, 2009 at 10:23 PM, David Savage ozsav...@gmail.com wrote: G'day all, Here is another from last weekend: http://www.flickr.com/photos/disavage/3400865997/ Direct link

RE: PESO - No title

2009-04-05 Thread Bob W
http://www.diskusjon.no/index.php?act=attachtype=postid=292439 I'm having some difficulties with color profiles I'm afraid. The picture has more punch in Lightroom than it does here. It is to light. Can see I have changed my workflow (aRGB in camera sRGB in LR). I don't understand this.

Re: PESO: 'nother stump(s)

2009-04-05 Thread Bob Sullivan
Jack, An interesting comment... I still like traveling and shooting, but have found some nearby spots that I like to revisit, and re-photograph. Regards, Bob S. On Sun, Apr 5, 2009 at 11:47 AM, Jack Davis jdavi...@yahoo.com wrote: Initially there was a period, which I'm sure is/was the

Re: I need a flashtube

2009-04-05 Thread Paul Sorenson
Give them a call at their 800 number and they'll make sure you get the right one. Their customer service is some of the best around - as are their products. -p Larry Colen wrote: It turns out that the reason one of the studio strobes I bought off a friend a while back doesn't work is that

Re: Ritz Photo closing over 300 stores

2009-04-05 Thread Mark Roberts
Bob Sullivan wrote: John, Our drug stores, Walgreens and Osco have mini labs. They are taking what was once the basis of the Ritz/Wolf profit model. And Walgreens has more outlets and convenience than Ritz. And this still doesn't count all the competing drug stores doing the same. Ritz is dead,

Re: More RAW software

2009-04-05 Thread Paul Sorenson
Bob Nick - Take a look at Elements Plus http://simplephotoshop.com/elementsplus/ The demo allows you to download a small series of actions which includes curves with, I believe, unrestricted use. You can buy all 150 or so for a measly 12 bucks. -p Bob Sullivan wrote: Thanks Dave, I'll

Re: More RAW software

2009-04-05 Thread Nick Wright
Ooo... now that's nice. On Sun, Apr 5, 2009 at 12:42 PM, Paul Sorenson allarou...@earthlink.net wrote: Bob Nick - Take a look at Elements Plus http://simplephotoshop.com/elementsplus/ The demo allows you to download a small series of actions which includes curves with, I believe,

Re: GFM Pic storage

2009-04-05 Thread Joseph McAllister
On Apr 4, 2009, at 23:46 , John Francis wrote: Nowadays it's cheap enough to back up to portable hard drives, rather than to CDs. If you pay $10 for a 50-pack of CDs that's around $0.30/GB. At that price 250GB would cost you $75, which is about what you pay for a 320GB 2.5 drive in a USB

Re: PESO - No title

2009-04-05 Thread Tim Øsleby
No, the monitor I'm using at the monent is unfortunately not calibrated. But that does not explain the differenses I see at my end of the system. Yes I'm shooting raw. 'm exporting them to sRGB jpg just as I've done for more than a year. So I cant see why they are coming out much lighter than

Re: Peso water the grass

2009-04-05 Thread Joseph McAllister
Northwest weather report.. For the first time since last summer, starting yesterday, and lasting through wednesday, we are getting warm weather and sunshine - 5 days in a row! 60s and 70s. Let's see. Yard work or camera time? On Apr 5, 2009, at 07:05 , David J Brooks wrote: On Sun, Apr

Re: Ritz Photo closing over 300 stores

2009-04-05 Thread Joseph McAllister
On Apr 5, 2009, at 09:26 , Bob Sullivan wrote: John, Our drug stores, Walgreens and Osco have mini labs. They are taking what was once the basis of the Ritz/Wolf profit model. And Walgreens has more outlets and convenience than Ritz. And this still doesn't count all the competing drug stores

Re: PESO: 'nother stump(s)

2009-04-05 Thread Jack Davis
Yeah, me too. I get cranky if I go too long without setting off a shutter. No, that's not the only thing that has that effect on me, but we're talking photography here. ;-)) Jack Jack --- On Sun, 4/5/09, Bob Sullivan rf.sulli...@gmail.com wrote: From: Bob Sullivan rf.sulli...@gmail.com

Re: GFM Pic storage

2009-04-05 Thread Joseph McAllister
On Apr 5, 2009, at 09:44 , Bob W wrote: There are a couple electrical outlets where we camp. [...] There is power at the Nature Centre if you need to recharge a battery. Both of these statements seem somehow very wrong to me. Bob This is America, where the drone of generators, the

Re: Ritz Photo closing over 300 stores

2009-04-05 Thread Nick Wright
Walgreens no longer has a send out service. On Sun, Apr 5, 2009 at 1:26 PM, Joseph McAllister pentax...@mac.com wrote: On Apr 5, 2009, at 09:26 , Bob Sullivan wrote: John, Our drug stores, Walgreens and Osco have mini labs. They are taking what was once the basis of the Ritz/Wolf profit

Re: GFM Pic storage

2009-04-05 Thread Eactivist
In a message dated 4/5/2009 7:26:05 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, msrobert...@ysu.edu writes: Cotty wrote: On 5/4/09, Mark Roberts, discombobulated, unleashed: Don't believe anything Cotty tells you. There was once a studio set up in the woods with a half-man-half-rabbit as a model -

RE: GFM Pic storage

2009-04-05 Thread Bob W
There are a couple electrical outlets where we camp. [...] There is power at the Nature Centre if you need to recharge a battery. Both of these statements seem somehow very wrong to me. Bob This is America, where the drone of generators, the beep of microwaves, the

Re: More RAW software

2009-04-05 Thread Eactivist
In a message dated 4/5/2009 7:01:54 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, pentko...@gmail.com writes: Found the old email and link. http://www.earthboundlight.com/phototips/photoshop-elements-curves.html Site is still active, but it looks like it supports up to version 5 only. Dave B

Re: OT PESO - By the power of Greyskull....

2009-04-05 Thread Eactivist
In a message dated 4/4/2009 8:23:42 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, ozsav...@gmail.com writes: G'day all, Here is another from last weekend: http://www.flickr.com/photos/disavage/3400865997/ Direct link (~120kb): http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3617/3400865997_f065a98701_o.jpg There was no

Re: GFM Pic storage

2009-04-05 Thread John Francis
On Sun, Apr 05, 2009 at 10:57:40AM -0700, Joseph McAllister wrote: On Apr 4, 2009, at 23:46 , John Francis wrote: Nowadays it's cheap enough to back up to portable hard drives, rather than to CDs. If you pay $10 for a 50-pack of CDs that's around $0.30/GB. At that price 250GB would cost you

Re: Ritz Photo closing over 300 stores

2009-04-05 Thread Scott Loveless
On Sat, Apr 4, 2009 at 10:32 PM, John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com wrote: We have Costco, Walmart, CVS pharmacy, Walgreens, Rite-Aid and Ritz. All of them are Fuji minilabs. I run a Kodak lab in a major department store chain that's not listed above. None of them have send out, except for

PESO First green

2009-04-05 Thread Toine
Spring is accelerating since last week: http://www.repiuk.nl/index.php?option=com_contenttask=viewid=64Itemid=83 K20D DA35 macro click on the image for a fullscreen version Toine -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from

Re: Peso water the grass

2009-04-05 Thread Christine Aguila
I hope you chose camera time! :-) Cheers, Christine - Original Message - From: Joseph McAllister pentax...@mac.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Sunday, April 05, 2009 1:17 PM Subject: Re: Peso water the grass Northwest weather report.. For the first time

Re: PESO First green

2009-04-05 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
Lovely! That's a beautiful photo. Godfrey -- www.gdgphoto.com www.flickr.com/photos/gdgphoto/sets twitter.com/godfreydigiorgi On Apr 5, 2009, at 1:17 PM, Toine wrote: Spring is accelerating since last week: http://www.repiuk.nl/index.php?option=com_contenttask=viewid=64Itemid=83 K20D DA35

Re: OT PESO - By the power of Greyskull....

2009-04-05 Thread Larry Colen
On Sun, Apr 05, 2009 at 11:23:19AM +0800, David Savage wrote: G'day all, Here is another from last weekend: http://www.flickr.com/photos/disavage/3400865997/ Very fun. Looking at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/disavage/3398530748/in/set-72157615995917477/ It's a lot bigger than the tesla

Re: PESO First green

2009-04-05 Thread Toine
Thanks! 2009/4/5 Godfrey DiGiorgi godd...@mac.com: Lovely! That's a beautiful photo. Godfrey -- 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 follow the directions.

Re: PESO First green

2009-04-05 Thread Brian Walters
Hi Toine At first I thought the image was nice but nothing particularly exciting and then it opened in full screen mode! Wonderful! The light green against that dark background works fantastically well. Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western Sydney

Re: GFM Pic storage

2009-04-05 Thread Ken Waller
I'd suggest taking one though. So you can use the programs you are used to. I'll second that. In 07 I came w/o alap top but was able to borrow one from a kind pdml soul. I was not familar with elements, which was the program on the borrowed laptop. Of course I got the laptop after the owner

Re: GFM Pic storage

2009-04-05 Thread Mark Roberts
Christine Aguila wrote: - Original Message - From: Mark Roberts msrobert...@ysu.edu Within a fwe days I'm going to post a kind of GFM Nature Photography Weekend FAQ. I'll let you know when it's on line. Great idea, Mark! and very much appreciated. Thanks everyone else--much

Re: PESO - No title

2009-04-05 Thread Ken Waller
The blank sky really diminishes this image, although I'm not attracted to it at all - sorry. Kenneth Waller http://www.tinyurl.com/272u2f - Original Message - From: Tim Øsleby maritim...@gmail.com Subject: PESO - No title

Re: PESO First green

2009-04-05 Thread Bob Sullivan
Agreed, the image is magnificent at full screen. The light leaves just dance in the sunlight. Regards, Bob S. On Sun, Apr 5, 2009 at 4:21 PM, Brian Walters supera1...@fastmail.fm wrote: Hi Toine At first I thought the image was nice but nothing particularly exciting and then it opened

Re: GFM Pic storage

2009-04-05 Thread Cotty
On 5/4/09, Joseph McAllister, discombobulated, unleashed: This is America, where the drone of generators, the beep of microwaves, the garbled sounds of multiple TVs, kids playing their Wii and the flushing of toilets are part of the camping experience. Seriously, nothing like that at GFM.

Geso: posters

2009-04-05 Thread Luka Knezevic-Strika
Here are a few posters for my exhibition (first in my town - Belgrade), that opens on April 13. A friend of mine drew the black and white ink version and I've made a few photography-containing ones in photoshop. Hope you find them interesting. cheers, Luka PS if you happen to be in Belgrade on

Re: GFM Pic storage

2009-04-05 Thread Cotty
On 5/4/09, Mark Roberts, discombobulated, unleashed: Here you go: http://www.robertstech.com/blog/?p=58 I'll make updates and additions if anyone suggests anything useful (or useless but entertaining). I'm also looking for a shot of the PDML Blimp to put in there... One thing worth noting re

Re: PESO First green

2009-04-05 Thread Jack Davis
Well composed shot, Toine. Definitely one that is improved by enlarging. Jack --- On Sun, 4/5/09, Toine to...@repiuk.nl wrote: From: Toine to...@repiuk.nl Subject: PESO First green To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Date: Sunday, April 5, 2009, 1:17 PM Spring is accelerating

How is the M 120/2.8?

2009-04-05 Thread Larry Colen
I found on on craigslist. I assume that it's pretty redundant with my 135/2.5, but on the off chance that it's some rare legendary performer, I figured it was worth asking about. -- The fastest way to get your question answered on the net is to post the wrong answer. Larry Colen

RE: Geso: posters

2009-04-05 Thread Bob W
Here are a few posters for my exhibition (first in my town - Belgrade), that opens on April 13. A friend of mine drew the black and white ink version and I've made a few photography-containing ones in photoshop. Hope you find them interesting. cheers, Luka PS if you happen to be in

Re: PESO First green

2009-04-05 Thread Cotty
On 5/4/09, Toine, discombobulated, unleashed: Spring is accelerating since last week: http://www.repiuk.nl/index.php?option=com_contenttask=viewid=64Itemid=83 K20D DA35 macro click on the image for a fullscreen version Lovely photo with a classy presentation too. -- Cheers, Cotty

Re: Geso: posters

2009-04-05 Thread Luka Knezevic-Strika
oh, sorry http://www.flickr.com/photos/tamoneki/sets/72157616308589571/ On Mon, Apr 6, 2009 at 1:02 AM, Bob W p...@web-options.com wrote: Here are a few posters for my exhibition (first in my town - Belgrade), that opens on April 13. A friend of mine drew the black and white ink version and

Re: PESO - No title

2009-04-05 Thread Tim Øsleby
Don't be Ken :-) Your opinion is appreciated. The picture is about the tree against the fainted background. Most likely I should have waited for better light. Probably left out the sky too. I'll probably go back again another day. Maybe the picture is just in my twisted brain. If so, then I have

Re: More RAW software (Elements+)

2009-04-05 Thread Bob Sullivan
Paul, Thanks for the tip. I paid $10 and now have curves back! Wa Hoo!!! Makes pictures like this easier... http://picasaweb.google.com/rf.sullivan/FoggySunrise#5321348176152000642 The foreground was too dark and the sky too light without curves. Regards, Bob S. On Sun, Apr 5, 2009 at 12:42

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