Re: OT: since my blog is such a resounding success...

2010-05-14 Thread Christian Skofteland
On Fri, May 14, 2010 at 03:11:33PM -0400, Doug Brewer wrote: Christian Skofteland wrote: On Fri, May 14, 2010 at 08:46:46PM +1000, Rob Studdert wrote: On 14/05/2010, Doug Brewer d...@alphoto.com wrote: I thought I'd start another one. Actually, I just wanted a place to post PESO's and

Re: WEBCAM Video of Chicago Exhibition

2010-05-14 Thread frank theriault
On Sat, May 8, 2010 at 6:26 PM, Cotty cotty...@mac.com wrote: Here's a little offering from the HOUR of webcam video I recorded last night. Included the exhibition photographs and some music to pad it out to 7 and a half minutes. Two places to see - Flash video on my website:

Re: PESO: Chicago - Central Camera

2010-05-14 Thread Doug Brewer
taylorjohn...@cablespeed.com wrote: I had an absolute blast last week in Chicago! Huge thanks to Mark and Christine for all their hard work and dedication to make the exhibit a reality. So good to meet you PDML'ers that were there. You all are an awesome group of very talented folks. I

Re: I'll collect the Chicago GESOs PESOs (Christine Aguila)

2010-05-14 Thread taylorjohn541
On Thu May 13 15:23 , Christine Aguila wrote: I haven't deleted anything, so I'll collect the links and include in one posting to the list. I'll wait for more folks to post stuff, then over the weekend I'll get it together for folks. Cheers, Christine -- Hi

Re: FS Friday: Assorted Lenses

2010-05-14 Thread Charles Robinson
So clearly nobody's jumping on these (sigh) but I guess it wouldn't hurt to ask: Do my prices seem out of line? On May 14, 2010, at 6:34, Charles Robinson wrote: I've got stuff here I never use, and a short way to go to top off my K7 Fund so let's try this: Vivitar Series 1 70-210

Re: Anyone in the SF Bay Area got an ultrawide in K-mount?

2010-05-14 Thread taylorjohn541
On Fri May 14 4:05 , John Francis wrote: I'm about to have my kitchen remodelled, and I'd like to get a before shot. I've got the DA* 16-45 (and the 10-17 fisheye zoom), but I'd really prefer to use a rectilinear ultrawide. Does anyone in the area have anything like the Pentax 12-24 or the

Re: Win some pentax glass

2010-05-14 Thread Bob Sullivan
I thought about that combo... On Fri, May 14, 2010 at 12:41 PM, Sasha Sobol sa...@asobol.com wrote: I would guess 15/21/31 On Fri, May 14, 2010 at 10:16 AM, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote: On 5/14/2010 10:04 AM, CheekyGeek wrote: *I* would have the 35mm macro in, but I think HE'LL be

Re: Chicago

2010-05-14 Thread Doug Franklin
On 2010-05-14 5:28, Rob Studdert wrote: This had quite some bearing on the images that I selected and finally submitted. 2009 wasn't the best year for me photographically, I took a lot of memorable snap shots and some assignments that I was pleased with but nothing that I was really overly keen

Re: OT: since my blog is such a resounding success...

2010-05-14 Thread Bob Sullivan
Doug, Nice to see you posting those, sharing your view so to speak. Regards, Bob S. On Fri, May 14, 2010 at 2:16 PM, Doug Brewer d...@alphoto.com wrote: Doug Brewer wrote: Christian Skofteland wrote: On Fri, May 14, 2010 at 08:46:46PM +1000, Rob Studdert wrote: On 14/05/2010, Doug Brewer

Re: PESO: Chicago - Central Camera

2010-05-14 Thread Doug Franklin
On 2010-05-14 15:29, Doug Brewer wrote: It's a little blue for me, but if you're going to do HDR, this is the way to do it; It still looks like a photograph. That's my problem with so much HDR. I haven't done any myself, so I don't know if it's just part of the deal, but the colors on HDR

Re: PESO: Chicago - Central Camera

2010-05-14 Thread Jack Davis
All good stuff, Jay! Have eaten at Original Joe's many times, but in San Jose, CA. If you didn't try it, it's a shame. I'll bet Central Camera Has been broken into a time or two..ya' think? Nice set! Jack --- On Fri, 5/14/10, taylorjohn...@cablespeed.com taylorjohn...@cablespeed.com wrote:

Re: FS Friday: Assorted Lenses

2010-05-14 Thread Larry Colen
On 5/14/2010 12:39 PM, Charles Robinson wrote: So clearly nobody's jumping on these (sigh) but I guess it wouldn't hurt to ask: Do my prices seem out of line? I'm more than a little interested in the Viv Series 1. Unfortunately, my finances are stretched a bit to thin right now, and I'm not

Re: Win some pentax glass

2010-05-14 Thread CheekyGeek
I'm guessing whichever ones will fit on his Leica. William Robb William, Have you, by chance, corresponded with Ansel Adams and Fred Picker while they were alive? http://nedbunnell.blogspot.com/2009/02/see-thru-pentaz-pz1.html?showComment=1233607896367#c7574892250697390281 :) Darren Addy

Re: FS Friday: Assorted Lenses

2010-05-14 Thread CheekyGeek
I don't know anything about the fisheye, but your other prices seem to be in the ballpark or even less than I might think. Frankly I think there are other venues that are better places to advertise than this list. :) Darren Addy Kearney, NE -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: FS Friday: Assorted Lenses

2010-05-14 Thread Charles Robinson
On May 14, 2010, at 15:41, CheekyGeek wrote: I don't know anything about the fisheye, but your other prices seem to be in the ballpark or even less than I might think. Frankly I think there are other venues that are better places to advertise than this list. :) I was going to do the

Re: PESO: Chicago - Central Camera

2010-05-14 Thread Jay Taylor
On Fri May 14 13:41 , frank theriault wrote: I don't know that I'm pro- or anti-HDR, but that's just too saturated for my tastes. I guess that makes me anti? ;-) Other than that (and I guess it's a matter of taste, no?), I think it's a terrific photo! I might go in the other direction

Re: Win some pentax glass

2010-05-14 Thread John Sessoms
How about a different tack - since the 31 77 ARE his favorites, he chooses based on what will allow him to broaden his horizons on this trip. And, because it is Hawaii, I think some kind of macro is in order. Given that it's limited to DA Limited lenses and FA limited lenses, is there any

Chicago GESO

2010-05-14 Thread Mark Roberts
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PESO: Chicago - Central Camera

2010-05-14 Thread John Sessoms
From: taylorjohn...@cablespeed.com I had an absolute blast last week in Chicago! Huge thanks to Mark and Christine for all their hard work and dedication to make the exhibit a reality. So good to meet you PDML'ers that were there. You all are an awesome group of very talented folks. I haven't

Re: OT: since my blog is such a resounding success...

2010-05-14 Thread pdml
so: http://dougbrewer.posterous.com/ yep, the posterous collective. Now that is an interesting/provicative image, apart from the ambiguity I love the look of the hair/neck ;-) Pretty much EXACTLY what I was gonna write. Really nice image, Doug. thanks, y'all. Ran up another one this

Re: OT: since my blog is such a resounding success...

2010-05-14 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
Well, that certainly is a horse of a different color. I like the lighting and the mystery very much. Dan On Fri, May 14, 2010 at 5:16 PM, p...@web-options.com wrote: so: http://dougbrewer.posterous.com/ yep, the posterous collective. Now that is an interesting/provicative image, apart

Re: Chicago GESO

2010-05-14 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
That is a very nice collection of images, Mark. I can't for the life of me figure out what that strange device in # 7da01862 is. Perhaps an abstract sculpture? Or a hammer on a chain of sorts? Dan On Fri, May 14, 2010 at 5:10 PM, Mark Roberts m...@robertstech.com wrote:

Re: Chicago GESO

2010-05-14 Thread Mark Roberts
Daniel J. Matyola wrote: On Fri, May 14, 2010 at 5:10 PM, Mark Roberts m...@robertstech.com wrote: http://www.robertstech.com/galleries/chicago2010/index.html That is a very nice collection of images, Mark. I can't for the life of me figure out what that strange device in # 7da01862 is.

Re: PESO: Chicago - Central Camera

2010-05-14 Thread Tim Øsleby
I hope for your speedy recovery Jay. Besides that, it's a very good shot. -- MaritimTim http://maritimtim.blogspot.com/ Hope too many aren't anti-HDR because that is what I'm into these days. http://www.jaytaylorphotography.com/Architecture/1D-Mark-II-Images/Central-Camera-

PESO - Free as a Bird (Chicago)

2010-05-14 Thread Tom C
I've long wanted to create a Beatles-themed photo tribute gallery and have a lot of unimplemented ideas, each image representing a single song. The trip to Chicago last weekend, in addition to being a ton of fun, unexpectedly yielded my first shot for the collection. We were at the 'The Bean'. I

Re: PESO: Chicago - Central Camera

2010-05-14 Thread Mark Roberts
taylorjohn...@cablespeed.com wrote: I had an absolute blast last week in Chicago! Huge thanks to Mark and Christine for all their hard work and dedication to make the exhibit a reality. So good to meet you PDML'ers that were there. You all are an awesome group of very talented folks. I

Re: PESO - Free as a Bird (Chicago)

2010-05-14 Thread Mark Roberts
Tom C wrote: I've long wanted to create a Beatles-themed photo tribute gallery and have a lot of unimplemented ideas, each image representing a single song. The trip to Chicago last weekend, in addition to being a ton of fun, unexpectedly yielded my first shot for the collection. We were at the

Re: Chicago GESO

2010-05-14 Thread Bruce Dayton
Thanks for sharing - several nice shots and more showing the evening event is great. -- Best regards, Bruce Friday, May 14, 2010, 2:10:41 PM, you wrote: MR http://www.robertstech.com/galleries/chicago2010/index.html -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: PESO - Free as a Bird (Chicago)

2010-05-14 Thread Bruce Dayton
And come together they did! I'm guessing that seeing disparate elements got the mind working - or had you conceived of just this shot some time ago. In either case, totally cool idea and execution. -- Best regards, Bruce Friday, May 14, 2010, 3:44:31 PM, you wrote: TC I've long wanted to

Re: Chicago GESO

2010-05-14 Thread Tom C
A number of those I really like Mark. Especially: Saturday photowalk in Chicago 999: The number of the dyslexic beast (inventive title too) Still hanging around O'Hare Airport chic Tom C. On Fri, May 14, 2010 at 3:10 PM, Mark Roberts m...@robertstech.com wrote:

Re: PESO - Free as a Bird (Chicago)

2010-05-14 Thread Tom C
Thanks Mark Bruce... This was one that I did not have a preconceived idea for until I saw the potential... a bird flying past the bean in the viewfinder. I then just stood around waiting for a bird to get in the right spot... :-) Tom C. On Fri, May 14, 2010 at 4:51 PM, Bruce Dayton

Re: PESO - Free as a Bird (Chicago)

2010-05-14 Thread Jack Davis
Exactly as I had imagined. I could guess that you saw the potential in The Bean(?), were aware of the gulls, and just waited and hoped. Great! Been there and it's a triumphant feeling! Jack --- On Fri, 5/14/10, Tom C caka...@gmail.com wrote: From: Tom C caka...@gmail.com Subject: Re: PESO

Re: PESO - Free as a Bird (Chicago)

2010-05-14 Thread Sasha Sobol
Nice one. On Fri, May 14, 2010 at 4:05 PM, Jack Davis jdavi...@yahoo.com wrote: Exactly as I had imagined. I could guess that you saw the potential in The Bean(?), were aware of the gulls, and just waited and hoped. Great! Been there and it's a triumphant feeling! Jack --- On Fri,

Re: Win some pentax glass

2010-05-14 Thread John Sessoms
From: CheekyGeek I'm guessing whichever ones will fit on his Leica. William Robb William, Have you, by chance, corresponded with Ansel Adams and Fred Picker while they were alive? http://nedbunnell.blogspot.com/2009/02/see-thru-pentaz-pz1.html?showComment=1233607896367#c7574892250697390281

Re: PESO - Free as a Bird (Chicago)

2010-05-14 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
Incredible! it was certainly worth the wait. Wonderful concept, perfectly executed. Dan On Fri, May 14, 2010 at 6:44 PM, Tom C caka...@gmail.com wrote: I've long wanted to create a Beatles-themed photo tribute gallery and have a lot of unimplemented ideas, each image representing a single

OTThe Bones of Wat:

2010-05-14 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
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Re: PESO - Free as a Bird (Chicago)

2010-05-14 Thread Jay Taylor
On Fri May 14 18:25 ,Tom C wrote: I've long wanted to create a Beatles-themed photo tribute gallery and have a lot of unimplemented ideas, each image representing a single song. The trip to Chicago last weekend, in addition to being a ton of fun, unexpectedly yielded my first shot for the

Re: PESO - Free as a Bird (Chicago)

2010-05-14 Thread Doug Brewer
Tom C wrote: I've long wanted to create a Beatles-themed photo tribute gallery and have a lot of unimplemented ideas, each image representing a single song. The trip to Chicago last weekend, in addition to being a ton of fun, unexpectedly yielded my first shot for the collection. We were at

Re: Chicago GESO

2010-05-14 Thread Doug Brewer
Mark Roberts wrote: http://www.robertstech.com/galleries/chicago2010/index.html I remember you taking that minivan and first photowalk shots. Didn't notice you getting the wildlife is abundant shot in that little museum. Overall, fun gallery. Favorites are still hanging around O'Hare and

Re: Chicago GESO

2010-05-14 Thread Doug Franklin
On 2010-05-14 18:53, Tom C wrote: 999: The number of the dyslexic beast (inventive title too) 667: The neighbor of the beast. -- 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

Re: PESO : skies and clouds

2010-05-14 Thread frank theriault
On Fri, May 14, 2010 at 9:41 AM, Madame RD romd...@orange.fr wrote: one of my favourite subjects .. clouds over Paris are puffy and very white .. worth admiring from a bridge over the Seine.. the last photo  was taken from my office and the others during a trip to Brittany from the hotel

Solid State Hard Drives

2010-05-14 Thread William Robb
I'm wondering what the consensus on these new beasties is? I am planning on an upgrade to Win7 and adding some ram, and am wondering if I should get one of these as a C drive as well. I am thinking of one of the 40 or so gb ones, since I don't use my C drive for anything other than OS and

I'm baaaaakkk! a few travel notes from the great bus trip to Chicago and back

2010-05-14 Thread Ann Sanfedele
from my wanderings... with yet again Netscape problems... I think it is solved for now EXCEPT I lost a shitload of mail -- including every thing from may 3rd through last night... Would someone send me the links to the Chicago stuff of other folk? Actually, if everyone who had posted pesos

Re: PESO - After the Storm - Part III

2010-05-14 Thread frank theriault
On Fri, May 14, 2010 at 7:37 AM, paul stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote: A nice, moody pic. How does it look in color? Paul Pretty much the same in colour as in BW. It was a very grey day. Thanks to everyone who commented. Glad you enjoyed. cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois

Re: PESO - After the Storm - Part III

2010-05-14 Thread frank theriault
On Fri, May 14, 2010 at 8:49 AM, Christian Skofteland pterali...@aim.com wrote: Another moody, cold, image.  Makes me shiver just to look at it.  I really like this one.  A gritty cold skyline to contrast all those perfect skyline shots you tend to see.   However, I think the birds

Re: Solid State Hard Drives

2010-05-14 Thread Sandy Harris
On 5/15/10, William Robb war...@gmail.com wrote: I am thinking of one of the 40 or so gb ones, since I don't use my C drive for anything other than OS and programs. I have almost exactly that setup, though on a Linux machine. 40 gig SSD for root with swap /var and /home on rotating media.

Re: PESO - Free as a Bird (Chicago)

2010-05-14 Thread frank theriault
On Fri, May 14, 2010 at 6:44 PM, Tom C caka...@gmail.com wrote: I've long wanted to create a Beatles-themed photo tribute gallery and have a lot of unimplemented ideas, each image representing a single song. The trip to Chicago last weekend, in addition to being a ton of fun, unexpectedly

Re: PESO - Free as a Bird (Chicago)

2010-05-14 Thread William Robb
Tom C wrote: I've long wanted to create a Beatles-themed photo tribute gallery and have a lot of unimplemented ideas, each image representing a single song. The trip to Chicago last weekend, in addition to being a ton of fun, unexpectedly yielded my first shot for the collection. We were

Re: PESO - Free as a Bird (Chicago)

2010-05-14 Thread Ann Sanfedele
frank theriault wrote: On Fri, May 14, 2010 at 6:44 PM, Tom C caka...@gmail.com wrote: I've long wanted to create a Beatles-themed photo tribute gallery and have a lot of unimplemented ideas, each image representing a single song. The trip to Chicago last weekend, in addition to being a

Re: PESO - Free as a Bird (Chicago)

2010-05-14 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Ann Sanfedele Subject: Re: PESO - Free as a Bird (Chicago) Sure is... nice one, Tom -- though I loathe the Bean Oh stop that negativity :-} . The bean was a neat place to watch people. William Robb -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: PESO - Free as a Bird (Chicago)

2010-05-14 Thread Bob Sullivan
The bean is great and that's a neat picture Tom. It was well worth waiting for. Regards, Bob S. On Fri, May 14, 2010 at 11:09 PM, William Robb war...@gmail.com wrote: - Original Message - From: Ann Sanfedele Subject: Re: PESO - Free as a Bird (Chicago) Sure is... nice one, Tom --

Re: PESO - Free as a Bird (Chicago)

2010-05-14 Thread Ann Sanfedele
William Robb wrote: - Original Message - From: Ann Sanfedele Subject: Re: PESO - Free as a Bird (Chicago) Sure is... nice one, Tom -- though I loathe the Bean Oh stop that negativity :-} . The bean was a neat place to watch people. William Robb The _park_ is a neat

Re: Chicago Slide Show with Music, this time proper video file

2010-05-14 Thread Boris Liberman
On 5/14/2010 2:53 PM, paul stenquist wrote: Well done Boris! Many truly excellent images, and I enjoyed being able to just sit back and watch.Galleries are great, but this was a nice change. And thanks for shooting my photo on the wall. And someone shooting my photo on the wall. Got a kick out

Re: Chicago Slide Show with Music, this time proper video file

2010-05-14 Thread Boris Liberman
On 5/14/2010 3:28 PM, Madame RD wrote: Le 14/05/10 12:49, Boris Liberman a écrit : could watch it on my Mac without any problems ... cool ! .. really liked it . I turned the music off though .. thanks everyone who posted their photos . I really enjoyed the different versions of the Chicago

Re: Chicago Slide Show with Music, this time proper video file

2010-05-14 Thread Boris Liberman
On 5/14/2010 5:49 PM, Christine Aguila wrote: Wow! that's terrific, Boris. Loved it! Cheers, Christine It is all thanks to you, Mark, Bob and Susan. Boris -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please

Re: Chicago Slide Show with Music, this time proper video file

2010-05-14 Thread Boris Liberman
On 5/14/2010 6:27 PM, Bob Sullivan wrote: Wow Boris, that is a wonderful show! It plays thru so fast, I had to watch it twice. You have a great way of photographing those window walls! And you made great use of Millenium Park, the skyline, and pdml'ers in your photos. At breakfast in the diner

Re: Chicago Slide Show with Music, this time proper video file

2010-05-14 Thread Boris Liberman
On 5/14/2010 7:43 PM, Larry Colen wrote: On 5/14/2010 3:49 AM, Boris Liberman wrote: Very nice. Was this when you were shooting the candelabras? http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/4605320757/in/set-72157623932899255/ *Trying to mimic some western movie accent and way of speaking:* You got

peso Death Defying

2010-05-14 Thread Larry Colen
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/4608248172/ -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com sent from i4est -- 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 Death Defying

2010-05-14 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Larry Colen Subject: peso Death Defying http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/4608248172/ Wow. You caught him not flipping you off. William Robb -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to

Re: Solid State Hard Drives

2010-05-14 Thread David Mann
On May 15, 2010, at 2:53 PM, William Robb wrote: I'm wondering what the consensus on these new beasties is? There are good ones and crap ones. I seem to recall that Intel ones are pretty good but someone else is bound to know more than me. I've decided that my next laptop will have an SSD.

Re: peso Death Defying

2010-05-14 Thread Larry Colen
On May 14, 2010, at 9:52 PM, William Robb wrote: - Original Message - From: Larry Colen Subject: peso Death Defying http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/4608248172/ Wow. You caught him not flipping you off. if you look at the next one in the series, you'll see where his

Re: GESO - Quality Human Hair

2010-05-14 Thread Doug Brewer
eactiv...@aol.com wrote: Very nice gallery -- lots of interesting juxtapositions, snippets of things, and angles. I especially like the tattoo and leaves juxtaposition. (Also the Buddha, photographer and mirror.) Marnie :-) Thanks, Marnie. That tattoo is part of our own Jay Taylor, who

Re: GESO - Quality Human Hair

2010-05-14 Thread Doug Brewer
Northeast Media wrote: I liked the red umbrella in the trash can. Isn't Chicago the windy city ? Phil Northeast www.northeastmedia.biz northeastme...@bigpond.com Thank you, Phil. Looking through this gallery and some other shots, I seemed to have been on a red kick.

Re: GESO - Quality Human Hair

2010-05-14 Thread Doug Brewer
Fernando wrote: I really liked 4, 7, 5, 9 the most -in that order-. I appreciate the look and the comment. I wish I could have joined you guys -would love to see that exhibit. I still remember my first time in the MOMA, looking at some classic photos -not from Eggleston but from other

Re: GESO - Quality Human Hair

2010-05-14 Thread Doug Brewer
AlunFoto wrote: Me neither, Doug. The gallery as a whole made me smile. Some of them are really nice too. Admire your eye for situations and symbolics. Jostein And I admire your eye for frozen continents. Thank you for looking, and for the nice words. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List

Re: GESO - Quality Human Hair

2010-05-14 Thread Larry Colen
That is an annoyingly good collection of photos. On May 14, 2010, at 10:07 PM, Doug Brewer wrote: eactiv...@aol.com wrote: Very nice gallery -- lots of interesting juxtapositions, snippets of things, and angles. I especially like the tattoo and leaves juxtaposition. (Also the Buddha,

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