Re: For Annsan and others

2011-05-19 Thread Igor Roshchin
Ann, You didn't have to like them. They are not the greatest photos, but together they are conveying the atmosphere of NYC. Brian felt that as well. The photos are taken by the author of the blog. One can see it easily by clicking on any photo: that brings that photo on Flickr with the same

Re: For Annsan and others

2011-05-19 Thread Brian Walters
On Thu, 19 May 2011 02:10 -0400, Igor Roshchin s...@komkon.org wrote: Ann, You didn't have to like them. They are not the greatest photos, but together they are conveying the atmosphere of NYC. Brian felt that as well. Yes - but never having been to NY, I may be getting entirely the

Re: Battle at F-Stop Ridge

2011-05-19 Thread Larry Colen
Quite fun. On May 18, 2011, at 9:00 PM, Tim Bray wrote: With a couple of Pentax sightings: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=awq90APEVgw -- 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

Re: Battle at F-Stop Ridge

2011-05-19 Thread Bruce Walker
On 11-05-19 12:00 AM, Tim Bray wrote: With a couple of Pentax sightings: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=awq90APEVgw Cute. I've mail-ordered a few things from them. They're fine to deal with. -bmw -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

PESO - The Red Umbrella

2011-05-19 Thread frank theriault
More wet weather photography: http://knarfdummyblog.blogspot.com/2011/05/red-umbrella.html Hope you enjoy. Comments always welcome. cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept.  -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: PESO - The Red Umbrella

2011-05-19 Thread Boris Liberman
On 5/19/2011 14:11, frank theriault wrote: More wet weather photography: http://knarfdummyblog.blogspot.com/2011/05/red-umbrella.html Hope you enjoy. Comments always welcome. cheers, frank Too much dark/black on the right hand side of the image, Frank. May be some of this black may be

Re: PESO 2011 - 080 - GDG

2011-05-19 Thread frank theriault
On Wed, May 18, 2011 at 2:19 AM, Godfrey DiGiorgi ramar...@mac.com wrote: Was in New York City today ... These caught my eye as I walked to visit a fine little camera shop called The Photo Village ...  http://www.flickr.com/photos/gdgphoto/5732317583/lightbox/ or  

Re: PESO - The Red Umbrella

2011-05-19 Thread frank theriault
On Thu, May 19, 2011 at 7:12 AM, Boris Liberman bori...@gmail.com wrote: On 5/19/2011 14:11, frank theriault wrote: More wet weather photography: http://knarfdummyblog.blogspot.com/2011/05/red-umbrella.html Hope you enjoy.  Comments always welcome. Thanks, Boris. Your comment made me

PESO - The Red Umbrella - another look

2011-05-19 Thread frank theriault
I initially thought more street environment would add to it, but now (thanks to Boris' comment) I'm thinking not so much. Here's a quick and dirty re-crop http://knarfdummyblog.blogspot.com/2011/05/red-umbrella-another-look.html Any thoughts? Thanks! cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a

Re: PESO - The Red Umbrella

2011-05-19 Thread Boris Liberman
On 5/19/2011 14:41, frank theriault wrote: Thanks, Boris. Your comment made me think of a completely different way to crop this: http://knarfdummyblog.blogspot.com/2011/05/red-umbrella-another-look.html Any thoughts with this one? That's the problem with all such surgical suggestions. It is

Re: PESO - The Red Umbrella - another look

2011-05-19 Thread Bill Owens
Much better, Frank On Thu, May 19, 2011 at 7:42 AM, frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: I initially thought more street environment would add to it, but now (thanks to Boris' comment) I'm thinking not so much.  Here's a quick and dirty re-crop

Re: PESO: Spring Iris

2011-05-19 Thread Jack Davis
I like how you've included the tall grass blades on the left and set the iris somewhat off center to the right. The background water reflection is nice, but the very dark upper area is a little distracting. Maybe it can be lightened a bit.(?) Jack --- On Wed, 5/18/11, Daniel J. Matyola

Re: PESO: Spring Iris

2011-05-19 Thread Boris Liberman
Dan, I am thinking that central composition does not contribute here. You see, there is very nice balance between the reflection of the sky on the right and the iris itself. The LHS of the image does not seem to belong. Of course it was there when you took the shot but it does not seem to add

Re: PESO: Spring Iris

2011-05-19 Thread Jack Davis
Dan, I did a virtually square version that I'm offering as another idea. Hope you don't mind. Reduced the size and density of the dark background area as well. Jack http://photolightimages.com/aspupload/detail.asp?ID=600 --- On Wed, 5/18/11, Daniel J. Matyola danmaty...@gmail.com wrote:

Re: Essential Kit

2011-05-19 Thread Doug Franklin
On 2011-05-19 0:38, steve harley wrote: On 2011-05-18 21:49 , Doug Franklin wrote: On 2011-05-18 17:54, John Sessoms wrote: I'm trying to think how to streamline my operation in case opportunity should knock again. Most bulk storage mechanisms are going to cost you in power and mass more

Re: For Annsan and others

2011-05-19 Thread Ann Sanfedele
Thanks for the info on the shooter -- and how you find it out. two things bothered me -- one is the concentration on NY crap :-) and the other is... most of the time anyone points to photos here either they are saying look at these great photos or look at how funny this awful stuff is. I

Re: For Annsan and others

2011-05-19 Thread Ann Sanfedele
Brian Walters wrote: On Thu, 19 May 2011 02:10 -0400, Igor Roshchin s...@komkon.org wrote: Ann, You didn't have to like them. They are not the greatest photos, but together they are conveying the atmosphere of NYC. Brian felt that as well. Yes - but never having been to NY, I may

Re: PESO - The Red Umbrella

2011-05-19 Thread Ann Sanfedele
nice -- it's that other bit of red in the background that makes thsi work particularly well I think ann frank theriault wrote: More wet weather photography: http://knarfdummyblog.blogspot.com/2011/05/red-umbrella.html Hope you enjoy. Comments always welcome. cheers, frank -- PDML

Re: PESO - The Red Umbrella

2011-05-19 Thread Ann Sanfedele
Boris Liberman wrote: On 5/19/2011 14:11, frank theriault wrote: More wet weather photography: http://knarfdummyblog.blogspot.com/2011/05/red-umbrella.html Hope you enjoy. Comments always welcome. cheers, frank Too much dark/black on the right hand side of the image, Frank. May be

Re: PESO - The Red Umbrella

2011-05-19 Thread Ann Sanfedele
I like em both... it works like this as well , while having a more structured and less street shot kind a feel. - but interesting that you added back stuff on the left that you had trimmed before. If the photo you showed first had been the whole frame then losing the right hand stuff

Re: PESO - The Red Umbrella - another look

2011-05-19 Thread Ann Sanfedele
frank theriault wrote: I initially thought more street environment would add to it, but now (thanks to Boris' comment) I'm thinking not so much. Here's a quick and dirty re-crop http://knarfdummyblog.blogspot.com/2011/05/red-umbrella-another-look.html Any thoughts? Thanks! cheers, frank

Re: PESO - The Red Umbrella

2011-05-19 Thread Boris Liberman
On 5/19/2011 16:23, Ann Sanfedele wrote: I disagree .. the parade of black posts point at the red thingy in the background and are very much a part of careful composition in teh midst of grabbing the shot ann Let me try to clarify what I meant here. You see, Ann, in the original image, the

Re: PESO - The Red Umbrella

2011-05-19 Thread Paul Stenquist
I prefer this version. A more pleasing composition in general. Paul On May 19, 2011, at 7:41 AM, frank theriault wrote: On Thu, May 19, 2011 at 7:12 AM, Boris Liberman bori...@gmail.com wrote: On 5/19/2011 14:11, frank theriault wrote: More wet weather photography:

Re: Essential Kit

2011-05-19 Thread John Sessoms
From: steve harley On 2011-05-18 21:49 , Doug Franklin wrote: On 2011-05-18 17:54, John Sessoms wrote: I'm trying to think how to streamline my operation in case opportunity should knock again. Most bulk storage mechanisms are going to cost you in power and mass more than a few dozen

Re: Vivian Maier, a street photographer discovered (with, workinglink; sorry about that)

2011-05-19 Thread John Sessoms
Some of the things I've read about her indicates she was a grumpy, reclusive old lady. I like her more already. - No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 10.0.1375 / Virus Database: 1509/3646 - Release Date: 05/18/11 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List

Re: PESO - The Red Umbrella

2011-05-19 Thread John Sessoms
From: frank theriault On Thu, May 19, 2011 at 7:12 AM, Boris Liberman bori...@gmail.com wrote: On 5/19/2011 14:11, frank theriault wrote: More wet weather photography: http://knarfdummyblog.blogspot.com/2011/05/red-umbrella.html Hope you enjoy. ?Comments always welcome. Thanks,

Re: For Annsan and others

2011-05-19 Thread John Sessoms
From: Ann Sanfedele Brian Walters wrote: On Thu, 19 May 2011 02:10 -0400, Igor Roshchin s...@komkon.org wrote: Ann, You didn't have to like them. They are not the greatest photos, but together they are conveying the atmosphere of NYC. Brian felt that as well. Yes - but never having been

Re: PESO: Spring Iris

2011-05-19 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
Thanks, Jack and Boris. I was so focused on the reflection of the clouds in the water, that I framed the shot more for that than for the flower. As it is, the reflections did not come out as well as I had hoped, but I still kept it a major part of the image, because it was was firmly in my mind

Re: Essential Kit

2011-05-19 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
The Oly E-5 has a CF slot and an SD slot. On the road, it's easy to capture to the SD slot, use that with the built in SD slot in my laptop, or the camera connection kit with the iPad, and the copy it to a CF card in-camera for original backup. It can't write to both simultaneous, but it's good

Re: PESO - The Red Umbrella

2011-05-19 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
Frank: I like the first version very much, and more than the second crop. I like the way the newspaper boxes in the distance on the right pick up the red of the umbrella, and I would leave that in. Dan On Thu, May 19, 2011 at 7:11 AM, frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: More wet

Re: PESO - The Red Umbrella - another look

2011-05-19 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
I like the first version better; I think the red in the right background really made the image for me. Can you crop it to leave that in but still lighten up the rest of the image a bit? Dan On Thu, May 19, 2011 at 7:42 AM, frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: I initially thought

Re: OT jalbum

2011-05-19 Thread David J Brooks
On Wed, May 18, 2011 at 7:24 PM, Paul Sorenson pentax1...@gmail.com wrote: So...if you're left behind you won't feel guilty about using it? I'm hoping they forget about Canada. Dave -p On 5/18/2011 12:48 PM, David J Brooks wrote: Finally got around to donating. Thought i should do that

Re: PESO: Planting Rice

2011-05-19 Thread Jack Davis
I appreciate the suggestion, John!. I realize such is possible and I suppose it would serve me well to learn how to do such things, but this particular image gave me everything I was looking for. Thanks much for commenting. Jack --- On Tue, 5/17/11, John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com wrote:

Re: PESO - The Red Umbrella

2011-05-19 Thread David J Brooks
Frank, i like this version a bit more Dave On Thu, May 19, 2011 at 7:11 AM, frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: More wet weather photography: http://knarfdummyblog.blogspot.com/2011/05/red-umbrella.html Hope you enjoy.  Comments always welcome. cheers, frank -- Sharpness

Re: Vivian Maier, a street photographer discovered (with, workinglink; sorry about that)

2011-05-19 Thread Bob Sullivan
This was taking care of a friend's mom who was eventually hospitalized. The mom was grumpy and Vivian was too - a perfect fit. Regards, Bob S. On Thu, May 19, 2011 at 8:55 AM, John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com wrote: Some of the things I've read about her indicates she was a grumpy, reclusive

PPG

2011-05-19 Thread David J Brooks
I up loaded four of my recent wet tulip photos to the PPG, ending a two year hiatus. If you happen to run across them.:-) Dave -- Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ York Region, Ontario, Canada -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List

CTAGH: case for 28/3.5

2011-05-19 Thread Collin Brendemuehl
I've acquired a small round hard case for the SMC Pentax 3.5/28. Cheap to a good home. $8 shipped (US). Sincerely, Collin Brendemuehl http://kerygmainstitute.org He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose -- Jim Elliott -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List

Re: Essential Kit

2011-05-19 Thread John Francis
On Thu, May 19, 2011 at 09:52:50AM -0400, John Sessoms wrote: One drawback of that is the camera will probably not display the images written to the card by the computer. During my internship, I tried something similar with the K10D. I had no thumb drive with me when I needed to transfer a

Re: Essential Kit

2011-05-19 Thread steve harley
On 2011-05-19 07:10 , Doug Franklin wrote: On 2011-05-19 0:38, steve harley wrote: to me the key would be backups -- is there a small device available that will duplicate SD cards? alternatively a sat-data link to cloud storage, but i bet that would cost more I have a dohickey that I found a

Re: DPreview Review of Fuji X100

2011-05-19 Thread Miserere
On 18 May 2011 13:26, Godfrey DiGiorgi gdigio...@gmail.com wrote: It's just different to what I was once used to, to me, not unenjoyable. The Olympus focus by wire is excellent and nets a good feel IMO with their better lenses. Agreed! The best focus-by-wire I've used so far (out of Oly,

Re: idea for a pdml photography project

2011-05-19 Thread Miserere
You've given me a lot to think about, Christine. Thanks.    —M.     \/\/o/\/\ -- http://WorldOfMiserere.com     http://EnticingTheLight.com     A Quest for Photographic Enlightenment On 18 May 2011 16:07, Christine Aguila christ...@caguila.com wrote: Hi Everyone: I just finished F.

Re: Essential Kit

2011-05-19 Thread steve harley
On 2011-05-19 11:01 , they whom i call myself wrote: what i was imagining was a much smaller, lower-power device to simply duplicate from one SD card to another, i found a few solutions, none of them confidence-inspiring; this is conceptually exactly what i was thinking of:

Re: Essential Kit

2011-05-19 Thread steve harley
On 2011-05-19 07:52 , John Sessoms wrote: One drawback of that is the camera will probably not display the images written to the card by the computer. During my internship, I tried something similar with the K10D. I had no thumb drive with me when I needed to transfer a JPEG from my laptop to

Re: PESO - The Red Umbrella

2011-05-19 Thread Ken Waller
Much better IMO. Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com Subject: Re: PESO - The Red Umbrella On Thu, May 19, 2011 at 7:12 AM, Boris Liberman bori...@gmail.com wrote: On 5/19/2011 14:11,

Re: PESO - The Red Umbrella

2011-05-19 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
Frank, I still think you should include the red newspaper box, cropping out the orange one and the two dark poles. I thought the two bright red area complemented and balanced each other. Dan On Thu, May 19, 2011 at 2:06 PM, Ken Waller kwal...@peoplepc.com wrote: Much better IMO. -- Dan

RE: Essential Kit

2011-05-19 Thread Bob W
yeah, i've heard of hard drives with card slots that automate copying to the hard drive; what i was imagining was a much smaller, lower-power device to simply duplicate from one SD card to another, thinking this would have several advantages for backups (including the fact that you could

RE: idea for a pdml photography project

2011-05-19 Thread Bob W
From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Christine Aguila I'll start: Does anyone on the list want to work with me on a beach related question? Spring is here and summer is coming--activity along Chicago's lakefront is picking up. If you're interested you

Re: PESO - The Red Umbrella

2011-05-19 Thread Ann Sanfedele
John Sessoms wrote: From: frank theriault On Thu, May 19, 2011 at 7:12 AM, Boris Liberman bori...@gmail.com wrote: On 5/19/2011 14:11, frank theriault wrote: More wet weather photography: http://knarfdummyblog.blogspot.com/2011/05/red-umbrella.html Hope you enjoy. ?Comments

Re: Essential Kit

2011-05-19 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
If I wanted to go very light and still have some computing power for image review, I would use the iPad and camera connection kit as a travel backup device. My 64G iPad normally has over 40G of empty space on it and can read all my Olympus .ORF and Ricoh .DNG raw files. I can even edit them to

Re: Essential Kit

2011-05-19 Thread mike wilson
On 19/05/2011 20:47, Bob W wrote: I keep the cards in Pelican card cases similar to this: http://www.thepelicanstore.com/Pelican-0910-SD-Card-Case-1037.aspx They're expensive, but worth it. Except the words eggs and basket keep floating into my mind. Granted, it is bigger than the card by

Re: DPreview Review of Fuji X100

2011-05-19 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
On Thu, May 19, 2011 at 10:40 AM, Miserere miser...@gmail.com wrote: The Ricoh 28mm isn't quite so, but like with any very wide lens I either zone focus or use spot AF, which eliminates the problem. The 50mm I tried yesterday focuses very smoothly and precisely in manual mode.

Re: Essential Kit

2011-05-19 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
My bag has a built-in card pocket that holds eight cards. 8 times 1000 exposures per 16G card means it holds enough cards to cover two to three years of average shooting need ... and if I lose the bag (which always has my gear in it) I'm gonna be bummed anyway. ;-) -- Godfrey  

Re: Essential Kit

2011-05-19 Thread steve harley
On 2011-05-19 12:47 , Bob W wrote: [steve wrote:] what i was imagining was a much smaller, lower-power device to simply duplicate from one SD card to another [...] that's an interesting idea, but I suspect you're out of luck. Smart devices are becoming small enough and have enough capacity to

Re: Essential Kit

2011-05-19 Thread mike wilson
On 19/05/2011 21:55, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: My bag has a built-in card pocket that holds eight cards. 8 times 1000 exposures per 16G card means it holds enough cards to cover two to three years of average shooting need ... and if I lose the bag (which always has my gear in it) I'm gonna be

Winter Weeds BW

2011-05-19 Thread Don Guthrie
On a rare warm Iowa February day I came upon these common weeds in the park. Behind the weeds was the dark shadowed underside of a bridge. I snapped the photo as I was walking past them to get another angle on the bridge. Accidental competence. http://donspix.posterous.com/#!/ Comments

Re: Battle at F-Stop Ridge

2011-05-19 Thread Cotty
On 18/5/11, Tim Bray, discombobulated, unleashed: With a couple of Pentax sightings: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=awq90APEVgw That is freaking hilarious!! -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche -- http://www.cottysnaps.com

Re: Battle at F-Stop Ridge

2011-05-19 Thread Steven Desjardins
that's just great. On Thu, May 19, 2011 at 5:12 PM, Cotty cotty...@mac.com wrote: On 18/5/11, Tim Bray, discombobulated, unleashed: With a couple of Pentax sightings: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=awq90APEVgw That is freaking hilarious!! -- Cheers,  Cotty ___/\__ ||   (O)  |    

RE: Essential Kit

2011-05-19 Thread Bob W
mike wilson I keep the cards in Pelican card cases similar to this: http://www.thepelicanstore.com/Pelican-0910-SD-Card-Case-1037.aspx They're expensive, but worth it. Except the words eggs and basket keep floating into my mind. you can't avoid that if you're travelling light,

RE: Winter Weeds BW

2011-05-19 Thread Bob W
On a rare warm Iowa February day I came upon these common weeds in the park. Behind the weeds was the dark shadowed underside of a bridge. I snapped the photo as I was walking past them to get another angle on the bridge. Accidental competence. http://donspix.posterous.com/#!/ Comments

Re: Winter Weeds BW

2011-05-19 Thread Brian Walters
On Thu, 19 May 2011 15:44 -0500, Don Guthrie shark50...@gmail.com wrote: On a rare warm Iowa February day I came upon these common weeds in the park. Behind the weeds was the dark shadowed underside of a bridge. I snapped the photo as I was walking past them to get another angle on the

Re: Essential Kit

2011-05-19 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
On Thursday, May 19, 2011, Bob W p...@web-options.com wrote: you can't avoid that if you're travelling light, unless you can find a way of putting the pictures online. The best you can do is minimise it. Exactly. A variant of the iPad strategy would be to roll in the photos and shunt them to

Re: Winter Weeds BW

2011-05-19 Thread Peter Zalabai
Looks sooo infraredish... I love it! :) .t - Original Message - From: Don Guthrie shark50...@gmail.com To: pdml@pdml.net Sent: Thursday, May 19, 2011 11:44 PM Subject: Winter Weeds BW On a rare warm Iowa February day I came upon these common weeds in the park. Behind the weeds was

Re: Winter Weeds BW

2011-05-19 Thread Bruce Walker
On 11-05-19 4:44 PM, Don Guthrie wrote: On a rare warm Iowa February day I came upon these common weeds in the park. Behind the weeds was the dark shadowed underside of a bridge. I snapped the photo as I was walking past them to get another angle on the bridge. Accidental competence.

OT The 15 most expensive photos sold

2011-05-19 Thread Bruce Walker
The presentation's not good (it's a typical sensationalist site), but never mind that ... http://www.buzzfeed.com/daves4/the-15-most-expensive-pictures-ever-taken Clearly the name attached to the shot, not the content, is what sets the price. -bmw -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List

Re: OT The 15 most expensive photos sold

2011-05-19 Thread Steven Desjardins
agreed On Thu, May 19, 2011 at 6:14 PM, Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com wrote: The presentation's not good (it's a typical sensationalist site), but never mind that ... http://www.buzzfeed.com/daves4/the-15-most-expensive-pictures-ever-taken Clearly the name attached to the shot, not

OT: Samsung Prototypes

2011-05-19 Thread Steven Desjardins
http://blog.digitalrev.com/2011/05/18/hasselblad-leica-inspired-samsung-concepts/ The cubes are interesting. FF mirrorless in an MF format? -- Steve Desjardins -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please

Re: Battle at F-Stop Ridge

2011-05-19 Thread David J Brooks
On Thu, May 19, 2011 at 5:12 PM, Cotty cotty...@mac.com wrote: On 18/5/11, Tim Bray, discombobulated, unleashed: With a couple of Pentax sightings: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=awq90APEVgw That is freaking hilarious!! Love the jammed film camera and the guy toosing him a roll. Dave --

Re: Winter Weeds BW

2011-05-19 Thread David J Brooks
Very nice indeed Dave On Thu, May 19, 2011 at 4:44 PM, Don Guthrie shark50...@gmail.com wrote: On a rare warm Iowa February day I came upon these common weeds in the park. Behind the weeds was the dark shadowed underside of a bridge. I snapped the photo as I was walking past them to get

Re: Winter Weeds BW

2011-05-19 Thread Ann Sanfedele
Thats very nice - accident that you happened to be there, but no accident that you (a) saw the potential and (b) decided it was a keeper... something made you grab the shot.. glad it did. ann Don Guthrie wrote: On a rare warm Iowa February day I came upon these common weeds in the park.

Re: Winter Weeds BW

2011-05-19 Thread Paul Stenquist
Well seen. I would crop tight at the top to complement the cut-off crop at the bottom. But a remarkable image. Paul On May 19, 2011, at 7:55 PM, Ann Sanfedele wrote: Thats very nice - accident that you happened to be there, but no accident that you (a) saw the potential and (b) decided it

RE: OT The 15 most expensive photos sold

2011-05-19 Thread John Coyle
I've never quite understood why Steichen's murky pictures are so well-regarded, had I taken them I would never have bothered to waste a sheet of paper or my time and chemicals printing them. Cindy Sherman is another example of someone whose fame is beyond me - the example shown on this site is

Re: Winter Weeds BW

2011-05-19 Thread drd1135
That's really nice. -Original Message- From: Paul Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net Sender: pdml-boun...@pdml.net Date: Thu, 19 May 2011 21:20:57 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail Listpdml@pdml.net Reply-To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Subject: Re: Winter Weeds BW Well seen. I would

Re: Winter Weeds BW

2011-05-19 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
That is a very effective image. I love the simplicity, the delicacy of the stems and the starkness of the black and white rendering. Dan On Thu, May 19, 2011 at 4:44 PM, Don Guthrie shark50...@gmail.com wrote: On a rare warm Iowa February day I came upon these common weeds in the park. Behind

Re: OT: Samsung Prototypes

2011-05-19 Thread Miserere
On 19 May 2011 19:01, Steven Desjardins drd1...@gmail.com wrote: http://blog.digitalrev.com/2011/05/18/hasselblad-leica-inspired-samsung-concepts/ The cubes are interesting.  FF mirrorless in an MF format? -- Steve Desjardins I like the thin one with all the dials :-) Sheesh...I'm such a

Re: Essential Kit

2011-05-19 Thread Boris Liberman
On 5/19/2011 21:47, Bob W wrote: ...If you buy enough SD, CF, whatever cards, you should be able to have 2 copies of each picture and not have to reformat your SD cards. ...I personally prefer not to because you risk losing so many photographs if you lose that one card... That's an

Re: OT: Samsung Prototypes

2011-05-19 Thread Boris Liberman
On 5/20/2011 07:14, Miserere wrote: I like the thin one with all the dials :-) Sheesh...I'm such a vapourware whore... Perchance a different wording is in order. You like to dream, Miserere, even if some (most?) of them don't come true... Boris -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List

Re: Essential Kit

2011-05-19 Thread Sandy Harris
On Fri, May 20, 2011 at 5:27 AM, Bob W p...@web-options.com wrote: mike wilson I keep the cards in Pelican card cases similar to this: http://www.thepelicanstore.com/Pelican-0910-SD-Card-Case-1037.aspx They're expensive, but worth it. Except the words eggs and basket keep floating

Re: idea for a pdml photography project

2011-05-19 Thread Christine Aguila
Are you glad or are you mad? :-) Not sure how to read that! :-) Cheers, Christine - Original Message - From: Miserere miser...@gmail.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Thursday, May 19, 2011 12:45 PM Subject: Re: idea for a pdml photography project You've

Re: idea for a pdml photography project

2011-05-19 Thread Christine Aguila
sent you an email off list. Cheers, Christine - Original Message - From: Bob W p...@web-options.com To: 'Pentax-Discuss Mail List' pdml@pdml.net Sent: Thursday, May 19, 2011 1:52 PM Subject: RE: idea for a pdml photography project From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net

Re: PESO - The Red Umbrella

2011-05-19 Thread Christine Aguila
I think I'm with Ann on this one--but I think the cropped version is too cropped, but my tendency is always for more context, but that may not be a good thing. :-) Cheers, Christine - Original Message - From: Ann Sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List

Re: OT The 15 most expensive photos sold

2011-05-19 Thread Christine Aguila
- Original Message - From: Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Thursday, May 19, 2011 5:14 PM Subject: OT The 15 most expensive photos sold The presentation's not good (it's a typical sensationalist site), but never mind that ...

Re: Winter Weeds BW

2011-05-19 Thread Christine Aguila
Very pretty, Don! Lovely accident! But like Ann says, maybe not such an accident. Cheers, Christine - Original Message - From: Don Guthrie shark50...@gmail.com To: pdml@pdml.net Sent: Thursday, May 19, 2011 3:44 PM Subject: Winter Weeds BW On a rare warm Iowa February day I came

Re: Essential Kit

2011-05-19 Thread Christine Aguila
- Original Message - From: Bob W p...@web-options.com I keep the cards in Pelican card cases similar to this: http://www.thepelicanstore.com/Pelican-0910-SD-Card-Case-1037.aspx hmmm, might look for one of those. Thanks for posting! Cheers, Christine -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail

Re: Battle at F-Stop Ridge

2011-05-19 Thread Christine Aguila
too funny! Cheers, Christine - Original Message - From: Steven Desjardins drd1...@gmail.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Thursday, May 19, 2011 4:23 PM Subject: Re: Battle at F-Stop Ridge that's just great. On Thu, May 19, 2011 at 5:12 PM, Cotty

Re: 645D Camera of the Year in Japan

2011-05-19 Thread Christine Aguila
I'm very happy for Pentax. And like I said, I'm saving up ;-) Cheers, Christine - Original Message - From: Darren Addy pixelsmi...@gmail.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Wednesday, May 18, 2011 12:05 PM Subject: 645D Camera of the Year in Japan The annual

Re: Old Pump

2011-05-19 Thread Christine Aguila
That's great, Steve--love that pumpkin in the window. Looks like a great old place to shoot. I'd go back and work it a bit more. Cheers, Christine - Original Message - From: Steven Desjardins drd1...@gmail.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Sunday, May 15, 2011

Re: PESO 2011 - 077 - GDG

2011-05-19 Thread Christine Aguila
I like the composition here, Godfrey; I like how it all kind of clusters in the center and around the woman reading. In some ways it seems like it shouldn't work but it does, happily. The rendering is very nice as well. cheers, Christine - Original Message - From: Godfrey DiGiorgi

Re: Peso's From the fire hall open house

2011-05-19 Thread Christine Aguila
Sweet! Dave. Very cute. Cheers, Christine - Original Message - From: David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com To: Pentax Discuss pdml@pdml.net; Barbara Brooks bbaro...@gmail.com; Petch Dianne dianne.pe...@yahoo.com; E erin_brook...@hotmail.com; jimwind...@rogers.com Sent: Sunday, May

Re: PESO - Moist

2011-05-19 Thread Christine Aguila
That's an intriguing picture, Frank. On my monitor it almost looks like the tulip is iced--kind of cool, really. Cheers, Christine - Original Message - From: frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net Sent: Tuesday, May 17, 2011 5:49 AM

Re: GESO 2011 - 071-076 - GDG

2011-05-19 Thread Christine Aguila
Out for dinner is wonderful, Godfrey! Rendering, composition, subject--all terrific. My fav of the bunch. Looks like your Rico is working out :-). Cheers, Christine - Original Message - From: Godfrey DiGiorgi ramar...@mac.com To: DUG digitalusersgr...@yahoogroups.com; SeePhoto