Re: Peso - Ol' No. 2

2009-04-18 Thread Adam Maas
Yep, Like this version best. The punchy colour I expect of the Fire Engine along with the excellent composition of the crop/rotated version. -Adam On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 11:46 AM, Paul Sorenson allarou...@earthlink.net wrote: Adam, Frank, Marnie, Charles - by popular request...;} Cropped,

Re: Battery pack for flash - help needed.

2009-04-18 Thread Bruce Dayton
A couple of things to note. First of all, the 500FTZ and 540FGZ do NOT use the same battery stuff, so if you get something for the 500 you will not be able to use it for the 540. Recently I shot a gymnastic meet where 22 teams participated. 1640 shots all done with flash - I used the 540FGZ and

RE: Bad Week and a PESO

2009-04-18 Thread Bob W
[...] Some light bulbs under some scaffolding caught my eye, and I was trying to do something fancy with it (but it was all silly stuff), when out of my left eye I noticed this lovely woman sitting down having a smoke. She just kept staring at me, so I spun'round and took her

RE: Photographing / Filming in Public Places - UK Primer

2009-04-18 Thread Bob W
Written by a cameraman I met who does lots of reviews and testing kit, and is no stranger to the written word. Here, Phil Bloom sets out a basic guide for photographing and filming in public spaces in the UK, London in particular. You may find it interesting

RE: Photographing / Filming in Public Places - UK Primer

2009-04-18 Thread Bob W
I really don't think you can equate occasional picture-talking at arbitrary locations with systematic filming of large areas. Those acts are really very different in nature. How so? I think what you're asking there is, how is knowing one thing different from knowing

Re: OT: Graphics cards

2009-04-18 Thread mike wilson
Graydon wrote: On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 09:53:08AM +0100, mike wilson scripsit: [snip] Asking around, it seems that these sort of faults are quite common in self build projects so it makes me think that the big box creators are getting the 100% good stuff and all the rest goes to the retail

Re: Another camera problem

2009-04-18 Thread David J Brooks
On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 5:04 AM, mike wilson m.9.wil...@ntlworld.com wrote:  What have I missed, that it is trying to tell me? That counting to 4, is right out. Dave -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the

Re: PESO: Last Version

2009-04-18 Thread David J Brooks
That bit of tree branches at the top of the stump is a bit of a distraction, but i like the stump it self. Dave On Thu, Apr 16, 2009 at 9:24 PM, Jack Davis jdavi...@yahoo.com wrote: Too bad about the background. Jack http://photolightimages.com/aspupload/detail.asp?ID=410 -- PDML

OT Opinions needed

2009-04-18 Thread David J Brooks
Hi all. Some time over the next month or so, i'm going to change my Gif on my home page, to reflect less equine and more rural photography.(Guess what i have decided to stop doing now.:-)) Any way, my mane area of interest is rural landscapes on Ontario. Not excluding the rest of Canada, but i

Re: Bad Week and a PESO

2009-04-18 Thread David J Brooks
Great shot. All of the elements work well here. Did she just sit there or did you get asked why you took her picture. Dave On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 8:32 PM, Christine Aguila cagu...@earthlink.net wrote: Hi Everyone:  Not such a good week:  I got ill, hurt my knee, work's insane, and a friend

Re: PESO 2009 - 054 - GDG

2009-04-18 Thread David J Brooks
Oh, that i like. Dave On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 7:40 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi ramar...@mac.com wrote: Was in SF yesterday to meet with a colleague from the Foto Nova 19 show and do a little shooting, a little gallery visiting. Saw this and had to capture it.

Re: OT PESO - Technicolor CBH

2009-04-18 Thread David J Brooks
On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 2:24 PM, Cotty cotty...@mac.com wrote: On 17/4/09, David Savage, discombobulated, unleashed: Here's a shot from last weekends trip out to the wheat belt town of York: http://www.flickr.com/photos/disavage/3438287210/ I looked for 20 minutes but I give up. Where is the

Re: Bad Week and a PESO

2009-04-18 Thread Cotty
On 17/4/09, Christine Aguila, discombobulated, unleashed: Hi Everyone: Not such a good week: I got ill, hurt my knee, work's insane, and a friend of ours has died unexpectedly--so I haven't been PDMLing much. But today I ignored all responsibility went downtown for a bit of a walkabout--as a

RE: OT Opinions needed

2009-04-18 Thread Bob W
[...] I plan on having a collage type gif with a catch phrase probably written underneast the gif. I'm looking at these so far.: Focused on rural Ontario Focusing on images of rural Ontario. Focusing on rural Ontario What say they. Any one of these appeal to you all.?? Dave Say

Re: OT Opinions needed

2009-04-18 Thread Cotty
On 18/4/09, David J Brooks, discombobulated, unleashed: Focusing on rural Ontario That one. -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|http://www.cottysnaps.com _ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: OT Opinions needed

2009-04-18 Thread Cotty
Any way, my mane area of interest is rural landscapes on Ontario. Tacky. -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|http://www.cottysnaps.com _ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: PESO 2009 - 054 - GDG

2009-04-18 Thread Cotty
On 17/4/09, Godfrey DiGiorgi, discombobulated, unleashed: Was in SF yesterday to meet with a colleague from the Foto Nova 19 show and do a little shooting, a little gallery visiting. Saw this and had to capture it. http://homepage.mac.com/godders/054-mirrormirror.jpg Mirror Mirror - San

Re: Photographing / Filming in Public Places - UK Primer

2009-04-18 Thread David J Brooks
Thanks for the link, very interesting. So he uses bits from Family Guy to fool security. Cool. Dave On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 2:38 PM, Cotty cotty...@mac.com wrote: Haven't marked this OT as it is perhaps more of interest to listers than not. Written by a cameraman I met who does lots of

Re: OT Opinions needed

2009-04-18 Thread David Savage
2009/4/18 Cotty cotty...@mac.com: Any way, my mane area of interest is rural landscapes on Ontario. Tacky. Cotty nailed it. -- 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: OT Opinions needed

2009-04-18 Thread Cotty
Any way, my mane area of interest is rural landscapes on Ontario. Tacky. Cotty nailed it. Just thinking on the hoof. -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|http://www.cottysnaps.com _ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail

Re: OT Opinions needed

2009-04-18 Thread paul stenquist
Focusing on rural Ontario On Apr 18, 2009, at 6:52 AM, David J Brooks wrote: Hi all. Some time over the next month or so, i'm going to change my Gif on my home page, to reflect less equine and more rural photography.(Guess what i have decided to stop doing now.:-)) Any way, my mane area of

GESO - Surry Hills Festival

2009-04-18 Thread Derby Chang
Haven't been shooting much lately, but today was too pleasant to miss. Perfect autumn day, inclement weather held off, and I did the right thing and took public transport into town for the Surry Hills Festival. Not high art, but still good to shake the rust off once in a while

Re: Photographing / Filming in Public Places - UK Primer

2009-04-18 Thread Graydon
On Sat, Apr 18, 2009 at 09:27:26AM +0100, Bob W scripsit: I really don't think you can equate occasional picture-talking at arbitrary locations with systematic filming of large areas. Those acts are really very different in nature. How so? I think what you're asking there

Re: OT: Graphics cards

2009-04-18 Thread Graydon
On Sat, Apr 18, 2009 at 10:19:12AM +0100, mike wilson scripsit: [snip] Bill and I aren't really having intermittent problems. My own feeling (and it's nothing more than that) is that it's a luck-of-the-draw thing. Some, yes, but that's typically got a lot to do with what happened to the

RE: OT Opinions needed

2009-04-18 Thread Brian Walters
On Sat, 18 Apr 2009 12:19 +0100, Bob W p...@web-options.com wrote: [...] Why not just tell it like it is, without being cutesy? Photographs of rural Ontario sounds perfectly reasonable to me. Cheers, Bob Dumping on other people's lawns What Bob said. Cheers Brian

Re: Tentative: Whisky tasting June 6th, Santa Cruz CA

2009-04-18 Thread Luiz Felipe
Forget that Seattle - San Jose air fare... I'm booking from BR - FOR/ ATL/ MCO/ a little earlier, MCO/ ATL/ .../ SJC, those promised, occasional drams, some time to see the Pacific and sober up (no time for scuba diving or kayaking this time around) then SJC/ ATL/ FOR... and you really don't

Re: PESO: Last Version

2009-04-18 Thread Jack Davis
I agree, Dave and appreciate your commenting. Jack --- On Sat, 4/18/09, David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com wrote: From: David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com Subject: Re: PESO: Last Version To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Date: Saturday, April 18, 2009, 3:46 AM That bit of tree

Re: Cybersecurity Act would give president power to 'shut down' Internet

2009-04-18 Thread Luiz Felipe
Bob, the listeners would find those conversations very suspect. Why would be they listening if there was no threat? If there IS a threat and of course there IS a threat because everybody knows there IS a threat, and they can't find the damned threat it could only mean the threat is so carefull

Re: Cybersecurity Act would give president power to 'shut down' Internet

2009-04-18 Thread Eactivist
In a message dated 4/17/2009 1:50:02 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, pentax...@mac.com writes: Having spent 12 years in and around those we pay to guard our gates through the use of intel gathering and parsing may be one of the reasons I don't spend much time worrying about what might be.

WTB and a macro flash question

2009-04-18 Thread Boris Liberman
Hi! Before I forget (though it is not Friday, but nonetheless) - if you have matching macro adapter (I think it is two elements apo design) that came with Cosina 100/3.5 macro lenses, I'd like to buy it. I've FA 100/3.5 macro and I'd like to complete it with this adapter. And the question.

Re: PESO - Courting PDML birds

2009-04-18 Thread Boris Liberman
AlunFoto wrote: http://turl.no/39x :-) Jostein Well done, though I think I already told you that ;-). Boris -- 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

Re: OT Opinions needed

2009-04-18 Thread Bran Everseeking
On Sat, 18 Apr 2009 06:52:17 -0400 David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com wrote: Focused on rural Ontario Focusing on images of rural Ontario. Focusing on rural Ontario What say they. Any one of these appeal to you all.?? The focus seems really cliche to me. though so does Rural Ontario as

Re: PESO - Lines and Circles

2009-04-18 Thread Boris Liberman
Brian, if a new Robot novel will be written, this could be excellent front page image. Well done, even with a bit of trickery as you said yourself. Boris (who's reading some Robot novels right now) Brian Walters wrote: G'day all The light on these roof panels at the Australian Museum in

Re: Bad Week and a PESO

2009-04-18 Thread Boris Liberman
It strikes me that the photograph matches the story really well. I am sorry to hear of your friend passing away... :-( Boris Christine Aguila wrote: Hi Everyone: Not such a good week: I got ill, hurt my knee, work's insane, and a friend of ours has died unexpectedly--so I haven't been

Re: PESO 2009 - 054 - GDG

2009-04-18 Thread Boris Liberman
Interestingly enough, Godfrey, the immediate reaction of mine was twofold: 1. Where's your reflection? 2. This is not your style and strikingly so. The above is a statement of the fact, and should be understood as such - I pass no judgment here. Boris Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: Was in SF

Re: WTB and a macro flash question

2009-04-18 Thread Toine
Probably yes like this http://www.fotokonijnenberg.be/product/1408978/fk_ringflash_adapter_voor_canon_580exii.html These things are very large. Any diffusor on the Metz would also work nicely. A ring flash is not always the best option. Toine 2009/4/18 Boris Liberman bori...@gmail.com: Thus, I

Re: PESO: reading

2009-04-18 Thread Boris Liberman
Luka, you're definitely has one of the freshest eyes around here. Quite lovely indeed, and unusual too. Boris Luka Knezevic-Strika wrote: the book is photography of the XX - museum ludwig, cologne http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3589/3443181822_73c4894222.jpg

Re: PESO: Cathedral Ruins and Tower

2009-04-18 Thread Boris Liberman
Reminds me of Abbey of Cluny. I visited it some 10 years ago way before I was into any serious photography, which admittedly is unfortunate. Solemn image. Boris Daniel J. Matyola, Esq wrote: From the Rock of Cashel, Cashel, Ireland. http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=7841469 Dan M

Re: WTB and a macro flash question

2009-04-18 Thread Boris Liberman
Oh, I see. I just tried to search the eBay and found really plethora of such devices, none of which, sadly, seems to match my Metz flash. I should keep looking or try to make one of these myself, even if it will be crude. Boris Toine wrote: Probably yes like this

Re: WTB and a macro flash question

2009-04-18 Thread Peter Loveday
There's the RayFlash (http://www.ray-flash.com), which requires a certain flash-lens distance based on various canon/nikon flashes, or the Orbis (http://www.orbisflash.com), which requires you to hand-hold the flash. Neither of which are really designed for macro photography, but more for

Re: OT Opinions needed

2009-04-18 Thread Paul Sorenson
Here's my shot at it... Rural Ontario Images Images of Rural Ontario Documenting Life in Rural Ontario -p Bran Everseeking wrote: On Sat, 18 Apr 2009 06:52:17 -0400 David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com wrote: Focused on rural Ontario Focusing on images of rural Ontario. Focusing on rural

Re: OT Opinions needed

2009-04-18 Thread David Savage
Or how about: Pix of Hicksville Ontario :-) Dave the helpful. 2009/4/18 Paul Sorenson allarou...@earthlink.net: Here's my shot at it... Rural Ontario Images Images of Rural Ontario Documenting Life in Rural Ontario -p Bran Everseeking wrote: On Sat, 18 Apr 2009 06:52:17 -0400 David

Re: Bad Week and a PESO

2009-04-18 Thread Christine Aguila
Thanks to Paul, Charles, Marnie, Bob W., Dave B., Cotty, Boris. Comments very much appreciated. Feeling better this morning--I think yesterday's walkabout helped--as did a stiff snorkel of Glenfiddich! Big cheers, Christine P.S. Dave B: She never asked me to take the picture after I did

Re: WTB and a macro flash question

2009-04-18 Thread David Savage
2009/4/18 Peter Loveday pe...@loveday.org: There's the RayFlash (http://www.ray-flash.com), which requires a certain flash-lens distance based on various canon/nikon flashes, or the Orbis (http://www.orbisflash.com), which requires you to hand-hold the flash. Neither of which are really

Re: OT Opinions needed

2009-04-18 Thread David J Brooks
On Sat, Apr 18, 2009 at 10:50 AM, David Savage ozsav...@gmail.com wrote: Or how about: Pix of Hicksville Ontario :-) Dave the helpful. Since you have D700, I'll let that go.:-) Its Hooterville, BTW Dave 2009/4/18 Paul Sorenson allarou...@earthlink.net: Here's my shot at it... Rural

Re: OT Opinions needed

2009-04-18 Thread David J Brooks
On Sat, Apr 18, 2009 at 10:46 AM, Paul Sorenson allarou...@earthlink.net wrote: Here's my shot at it... Rural Ontario Images Images of Rural Ontario Documenting Life in Rural Ontario -p Humm. That third once's not to bad. Dave -- Equine Photography www.caughtinmotion.com

Re: GESO Liu shoot

2009-04-18 Thread Christine Aguila
Thanks Bruce, Joe, Frank, and Fernando for comments on my two GESOs last week. Much appreciated. Cheers, Christine - Original Message - From: Bruce Dayton bkday...@daytonphoto.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Sunday, April 12, 2009 1:47 PM Subject: Re: GESO Liu

Re: OT Opinions needed

2009-04-18 Thread David Savage
2009/4/18 David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com: On Sat, Apr 18, 2009 at 10:50 AM, David Savage ozsav...@gmail.com wrote: Or how about: Pix of Hicksville Ontario :-) Dave the helpful. Since you have  D700, I'll let that go.:-) Its Hooterville, BTW Hehehe! DS -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail

Re: Bad Week and a PESO

2009-04-18 Thread David Savage
Cracking shot that. Here's hoping this week is better for you. Cheers, Dave 2009/4/18 Christine Aguila cagu...@earthlink.net: Hi Everyone:  Not such a good week:  I got ill, hurt my knee, work's insane, and a friend of ours has died unexpectedly--so I haven't been PDMLing much. But today

Re: OT Opinions needed

2009-04-18 Thread Graydon
On Sat, Apr 18, 2009 at 11:40:41AM -0400, David J Brooks scripsit: On Sat, Apr 18, 2009 at 10:50 AM, David Savage ozsav...@gmail.com wrote: Or how about: Pix of Hicksville Ontario :-) Dave the helpful. Since you have D700, I'll let that go.:-) Its Hooterville, BTW Outside of

Re: OT Opinions needed

2009-04-18 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Cotty Subject: Re: OT Opinions needed Any way, my mane area of interest is rural landscapes on Ontario. Tacky. Cotty nailed it. Just thinking on the hoof. Or just being a horse's ass. :-) VW -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: GESO - Surry Hills Festival

2009-04-18 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Derby Chang Subject: GESO - Surry Hills Festival Haven't been shooting much lately, but today was too pleasant to miss. Perfect autumn day, inclement weather held off, and I did the right thing and took public transport into town for the Surry Hills

Re: OT Opinions needed

2009-04-18 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: David J Brooks Subject: OT Opinions needed Focused on rural Ontario Focusing on images of rural Ontario. Focusing on rural Ontario What say they. Any one of these appeal to you all.?? Ontario: There's more to us than Toronto William Robb -- PDML

k 300mm f4

2009-04-18 Thread Barry Rice
Hey Folks, I just noticed a K 300/F4 lens in excellent condition in a local store. My wife does bird photography and this lens might be a nice lens to bridge the 200mm and 500 mm lenses I have that she uses. Yes, it is very manual, etc., but does $350 seem to be a reasonable price for this lens?

Re: PESO: Epiphany

2009-04-18 Thread Eactivist
In a message dated 4/17/2009 4:54:31 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, nickwright1...@gmail.com writes: I was drawn to the architecture, trees and general light of this scene. http://is.gd/t2Zw But I'm not sure I'm happy with the way it came out. Comments, suggestions? === I like

Re: OT Opinions needed

2009-04-18 Thread David J Brooks
On Sat, Apr 18, 2009 at 12:10 PM, William Robb war...@gmail.com wrote: - Original Message - From: David J Brooks Subject: OT Opinions needed Focused on rural Ontario Focusing on images of rural Ontario. Focusing on rural Ontario What say they. Any one of these appeal to you

Re: GESO - Surry Hills Festival

2009-04-18 Thread David J Brooks
Some good one's in there Derby. I like the lines and colours to this one. http://members.iinet.net.au/~derbyc/09/09_04/09_04_surryhills/52.htm Dave On Sat, Apr 18, 2009 at 8:04 AM, Derby Chang der...@iinet.net.au wrote: Haven't been shooting much lately, but today was too pleasant to miss.

Re: Bad Week and a PESO

2009-04-18 Thread David J Brooks
On Sat, Apr 18, 2009 at 11:32 AM, Christine Aguila cagu...@earthlink.net wrote: Thanks to Paul, Charles, Marnie, Bob W., Dave B., Cotty, Boris.  Comments very much appreciated.  Feeling better this morning--I think yesterday's walkabout helped--as did a stiff snorkel of Glenfiddich!  Big

Re: Cybersecurity Act would give president power to 'shut down' Internet

2009-04-18 Thread Luiz Felipe
...sleep well, Caesar... your faithful Brutus is watching your back... LF ;-) eactiv...@aol.com escreveu: In a message dated 4/17/2009 1:50:02 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, pentax...@mac.com writes: Having spent 12 years in and around those we pay to guard our gates through the use of

Re: OT Opinions needed

2009-04-18 Thread Joseph McAllister
Drop the ing - Focus on Rural Ontario On Apr 18, 2009, at 04:29 , paul stenquist wrote: Focusing on rural Ontario On Apr 18, 2009, at 6:52 AM, David J Brooks wrote: Hi all. Some time over the next month or so, i'm going to change my Gif on my home page, to reflect less equine and more

Re: Bad Week and a PESO

2009-04-18 Thread Luiz Felipe
Sorry to read that, Christine. Sad about that friend, and really hope you get well soon, no issues. Knee injures need to be closely watched so you don't get side problems later. Take care. will you? The photo is very interesting indeed, but I can't feel at ease with her expression. Not a

Re: Cybersecurity Act would give president power to 'shut down' Internet

2009-04-18 Thread Joseph McAllister
On Apr 18, 2009, at 06:16 , Luiz Felipe wrote: Bob, the listeners would find those conversations very suspect. Why would be they listening if there was no threat? If there IS a threat and of course there IS a threat because everybody knows there IS a threat, and they can't find the damned

RE: k 300mm f4

2009-04-18 Thread John Whittingham
The K300/4 worked very well on film, I've not tried it on digital, it's a big lens to hand hold and has no tripod collar. Regards, John From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Barry Rice [bamr...@ucdavis.edu] Sent: 18 April 2009

Re: Cybersecurity Act would give president power to 'shut down' Internet

2009-04-18 Thread Joseph McAllister
On Apr 18, 2009, at 06:49 , eactiv...@aol.com wrote: It's not perfect, but it the paid for paranoia of these folks works pretty damn well to allow me to sleep and enjoy life. ... Joseph McAllister Pentaxian = You put a high level of trust in government. Not a high level, but

RE: k 300mm f4

2009-04-18 Thread JC OConnell
Id say $350 is a little too high, these never peaked at much more than $250-$300 on ebay and prices are still kinda weak now. BUT, if you keep an eye on new lens prices, they are getting way up there, so $350 may not be too high. The lens is excellent from what I recall but not as good or

Re: OT: Graphics cards

2009-04-18 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: eactiv...@aol.com === I think this was the same problem you had months ago, just cropping up in a slightly different way this time. There is something wrong with your video card or the configuration for your video card. MarnieActually, I

Re: WTB and a macro flash question

2009-04-18 Thread Joseph McAllister
On Apr 18, 2009, at 07:13 , Boris Liberman wrote: And the question. I've truly excellent Metz 40MZ-2 flash with SCA 3701 adapter that works really well. I would like to try to get somewhat more serious about my nature macro photography. To that end I am thinking of a macro flash. However

Re: OT: Graphics cards

2009-04-18 Thread Eactivist
In a message dated 4/18/2009 12:04:59 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, war...@gmail.com writes: It hasn't actually changed it's problem, I'm just getting increasingly fed up with it happening. You might be remembering the original issue I had with this machine, which was caused by the Matrox

Re: Who wants to see a clue as to next Pentax DSLRs ?

2009-04-18 Thread Thibouille
Indeed, just figure out what the new can be... really it's easy :) On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 11:53 PM, Graydon o...@uniserve.com wrote: On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 11:36:04PM +0200, Toine scripsit: more blurry pictures http://ricehigh.blogspot.com/2009/04/more-blurry-photos-of-new-pentax.html Do I

Re: GESO - Surry Hills Festival

2009-04-18 Thread Cotty
Derby, Haven't been shooting much lately, but today was too pleasant to miss. Perfect autumn day, inclement weather held off, and I did the right thing and took public transport into town for the Surry Hills Festival. Not high art, but still good to shake the rust off once in a while

Re: Epiphany

2009-04-18 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Nick Wright nickwright1...@gmail.com To: pdml@pdml.net Sent: Friday, April 17, 2009 5:54 PM Subject: PESO: Epiphany I was drawn to the architecture, trees and general light of this scene. http://is.gd/t2Zw But I'm not sure I'm happy with the way it came

Re: OT Opinions needed

2009-04-18 Thread Cotty
On 18/4/09, William Robb, discombobulated, unleashed: VW I see ze saurkraut is vorking vell for you. -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|http://www.cottysnaps.com _ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

PESO: A very ugly fly

2009-04-18 Thread Toine
http://tinyurl.com/dcsmx2 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 the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.

Re: GESO - Surry Hills Festival

2009-04-18 Thread Bob Sullivan
Cotty, Many pretty girls in Derby's pix, but your choice is udderly ridiculous! Regards, Bob S. On Sat, Apr 18, 2009 at 4:05 PM, Cotty cotty...@mac.com wrote: Derby, Haven't been shooting much lately, but today was too pleasant to miss. Perfect autumn day, inclement weather held off, and I

Re: GESO - Surry Hills Festival

2009-04-18 Thread David J Brooks
On Sat, Apr 18, 2009 at 5:38 PM, Bob Sullivan rf.sulli...@gmail.com wrote: Cotty, Many pretty girls in Derby's pix, but your choice is udderly ridiculous!  Regards,  Bob S. Moo n over Madonna. (sorry best i could come up with while on a steak out.) Dave On Sat, Apr 18, 2009 at 4:05 PM,

Re: PESO: A very ugly fly

2009-04-18 Thread David J Brooks
Ugly yes, but a nice macro. Very crisp and well lit. Dave On Sat, Apr 18, 2009 at 5:19 PM, Toine to...@repiuk.nl wrote: http://tinyurl.com/dcsmx2 Click on the image for a fullscreen version. Toine -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: Who wants to see a clue as to next Pentax DSLRs ?

2009-04-18 Thread David J Brooks
On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 5:36 PM, Toine to...@repiuk.nl wrote: more blurry pictures http://ricehigh.blogspot.com/2009/04/more-blurry-photos-of-new-pentax.html Mr Ricehigh would make a shitty spy. Dave Do I see a retro camera strap connector? Toine -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List

Re: Who wants to see a clue as to next Pentax DSLRs ?

2009-04-18 Thread David J Brooks
On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 5:40 PM, frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 5:36 PM, Toine to...@repiuk.nl wrote: more blurry pictures http://ricehigh.blogspot.com/2009/04/more-blurry-photos-of-new-pentax.html Do I see a retro camera strap connector? That thing

Re: Bad Week and a PESO

2009-04-18 Thread Toine
That's sad news. Good to read taking pictures helps. The look in the eyes you captured in the photo is striking (if thats the correct english word). 2009/4/18 Christine Aguila cagu...@earthlink.net: Hi Everyone:  Not such a good week:  I got ill, hurt my knee, work's insane, and a friend of

Re: k 300mm f4

2009-04-18 Thread David J Brooks
I know this is not what your looking for, but, I have the K400, its not great, its ok, on the K10D. Dave On Sat, Apr 18, 2009 at 2:46 PM, John Whittingham jo...@carmel.ac.uk wrote: The K300/4 worked very well on film, I've not tried it on digital, it's a big lens to hand hold and has no

Re: GESO - Surry Hills Festival

2009-04-18 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Cotty Subject: Re: GESO - Surry Hills Festival She's my favourite; http://members.iinet.net.au/~derbyc/09/09_04/09_04_surryhills/30.htm Sort of reminds you of loves that are lost, eh? WW -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: PESO: A very ugly fly

2009-04-18 Thread Jack Davis
Very SHARP ugly fly. ;) Jack --- On Sat, 4/18/09, Toine to...@repiuk.nl wrote: From: Toine to...@repiuk.nl Subject: PESO: A very ugly fly To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Date: Saturday, April 18, 2009, 2:19 PM http://tinyurl.com/dcsmx2 Click on the image for a fullscreen

Re: PESO - Lines and Circles

2009-04-18 Thread Brian Walters
On Sat, 18 Apr 2009 17:16 +0300, Boris Liberman bori...@gmail.com wrote: Brian, if a new Robot novel will be written, this could be excellent front page image. Well done, even with a bit of trickery as you said yourself. Boris (who's reading some Robot novels right now) Thanks Boris.

RE: k 300mm f4

2009-04-18 Thread JC OConnell
the K400/5.6 is not the same (scaled up) design as he K300/4 JC O'Connell hifis...@gate.net -Original Message- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of David J Brooks Sent: Saturday, April 18, 2009 5:54 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: k

Re: PESO: A very ugly fly

2009-04-18 Thread Timbah!
It's a cyborg! :) Poor fly... he is so thin... probably the recession... :) Great macro... May I ask what lens you used? .t Toine wrote: http://tinyurl.com/dcsmx2 Click on the image for a fullscreen version. Toine -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: Who wants to see a clue as to next Pentax DSLRs ?

2009-04-18 Thread John Celio
more blurry pictures http://ricehigh.blogspot.com/2009/04/more-blurry-photos-of-new-pentax.html Do I see a retro camera strap connector? That thing (what we can see of it) looks clunky, bulky and awkward... Keeping in mind that the photos were taken with a wide-angle cell phone camera, it

Re: PESO: A very ugly fly

2009-04-18 Thread Eactivist
In a message dated 4/18/2009 2:19:44 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, to...@repiuk.nl writes: http://tinyurl.com/dcsmx2 Click on the image for a fullscreen version. Toine He is, for sure. But it's a very good shot. Marnie aka Doe :-) -

Re: Who wants to see a clue as to next Pentax DSLRs ?

2009-04-18 Thread David J Brooks
On Sat, Apr 18, 2009 at 6:17 PM, John Celio n...@neovenator.com wrote:  Whatever it actually is, I find it to be incredibly intriguing. I wiped my glasses off several times, and it still looks like a bunch of blurry photos to me. But then again I like the Flintstones so take it from there.

Re: WTB and a macro flash question

2009-04-18 Thread Brian Walters
G'day Boris On Sat, 18 Apr 2009 17:13 +0300, Boris Liberman bori...@gmail.com wrote: Hi! Before I forget (though it is not Friday, but nonetheless) - if you have matching macro adapter (I think it is two elements apo design) that came with Cosina 100/3.5 macro lenses, I'd like to buy it.

Re: A very ugly fly

2009-04-18 Thread Christine Aguila
Wow! That's a great fly shot! Great work, Toine! Seems to me you can certainly be proud of that one! Cheers, Christine - Original Message - From: Toine to...@repiuk.nl To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Saturday, April 18, 2009 4:19 PM Subject: PESO: A very ugly fly

Re: GESO - Surry Hills Festival

2009-04-18 Thread Christine Aguila
- Original Message - From: David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com On Sat, Apr 18, 2009 at 5:38 PM, Bob Sullivan rf.sulli...@gmail.com wrote: Cotty, Many pretty girls in Derby's pix, but your choice is udderly ridiculous! Regards, Bob S. Moo n over Madonna. (sorry best i could come up

Re: WTB and a macro flash question

2009-04-18 Thread Leon Altoff
Hi Boris, I have 2 flash set ups for macro work. The first is just 2 matching flashes (either AF360 of AF500) held on a bracket to give light at about 45 degrees on either side of the subject (the angles can be adjusted to give the lighting you like). The AF360's can be used completely P-TTL and

Re: GESO - Surry Hills Festival

2009-04-18 Thread Christine Aguila
Wow! Nice one http://members.iinet.net.au/~derbyc/09/09_04/09_04_surryhills/10.htm I see what you mean about the Roman strappy sandals. Looks like everyone was having a good time. I like men more rugged looking though--and a bit older ;-). Cheers, Christine - Original Message -

Re: Bad Week and a PESO

2009-04-18 Thread Christine Aguila
Thanks, Dave S., Luiz, Toine. Luiz--I think you make a valid point, I can see how some might see her eyes that way. Big cheers, Christine - Original Message - From: David Savage ozsav...@gmail.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Saturday, April 18, 2009 10:46 AM

Re: Who wants to see a clue as to next Pentax DSLRs ?

2009-04-18 Thread David Savage
2009/4/18 frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com: On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 5:36 PM, Toine to...@repiuk.nl wrote: more blurry pictures http://ricehigh.blogspot.com/2009/04/more-blurry-photos-of-new-pentax.html Do I see a retro camera strap connector? That thing (what we can see of it)

Re: PESO: A very ugly fly

2009-04-18 Thread Graydon
On Sat, Apr 18, 2009 at 11:19:08PM +0200, Toine scripsit: http://tinyurl.com/dcsmx2 Click on the image for a fullscreen version. Most impressive. Did you chill the fly? If that's a _warm_ fly, you're at some risk of being accused of witchcraft. -- Graydon -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List

Re: PESO: A very ugly fly

2009-04-18 Thread paul stenquist
Excellent. Great shot with a perfect background. Paul On Apr 18, 2009, at 6:16 PM, Timbah! wrote: It's a cyborg! :) Poor fly... he is so thin... probably the recession... :) Great macro... May I ask what lens you used? .t Toine wrote: http://tinyurl.com/dcsmx2 Click on the image for a

A scandinavian photographer I can't seem to find

2009-04-18 Thread Luka Knezevic-Strika
Hi list, someone posted a story on a scandinavian photographer from 100+ years back who shot some interesting photos of people on the streets with a camera hidden in his coat. i would like to find it but couldn't google it and i tried searching the list archives, but also failed miserably. anyone?

Re: A scandinavian photographer I can't seem to find

2009-04-18 Thread David Savage
http://pdml.net/pipermail/pdml_pdml.net/2009-March/165542.html Gmail search facility ftw!!! :-) Cheers, Dave 2009/4/19 Luka Knezevic-Strika lukastr...@gmail.com: Hi list, someone posted a story on a scandinavian photographer from 100+ years back who shot some interesting photos of people

Re: A scandinavian photographer I can't seem to find

2009-04-18 Thread Luka Knezevic-Strika
your wisdom in using it is great. thanks a lot! On Sun, Apr 19, 2009 at 3:09 AM, David Savage ozsav...@gmail.com wrote: http://pdml.net/pipermail/pdml_pdml.net/2009-March/165542.html Gmail search facility ftw!!! :-) Cheers, Dave 2009/4/19 Luka Knezevic-Strika lukastr...@gmail.com: Hi

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