I like the night scene.
Dave
On Sat, Jun 25, 2011 at 6:39 PM, Rick Womer rwomer1...@yahoo.com wrote:
A month ago we were in Toronto, and I'm just getting around to sorting
through the photos.
The main drag is Yonge St., which often seems a bit of a mob scene.
Daytime:
On Sat, Jun 25, 2011 at 9:38 PM, drd1...@gmail.com wrote:
what can I say? Another adorable shot of Grace.
Exactly
Dave
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Very nice. The first and last ones are my fav's
Dave
On Sat, Jun 25, 2011 at 12:36 PM, Charles Robinson charl...@visi.com wrote:
To launch Pride Weekend here in Minneapolis, our normally-light-blue
led-lit 35W bridge (recently reconstructed after that disaster a few years
ago) had its
Thanks eryone for watching.
Joseph: Move slowly and hide your face behind a big camera. A
ringflash also helps. I set the output power to 1/16 and the camera on
drive mode. It takes app 20 shots for one sharp shot. The difficult
part is getting a background properly exposed with a ringflash.
Hi Everyone: Here's my paw for the week--
http://aguilapaw.posterous.com/
The light turned quite dreadful on me, so I won't use these for the beach
project. The aged photo filter saved this small gallery.
http://www.caguila.com/caguila/agedbeach
Comments welcome. Cheers, Christine
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G'day all
My son and I spent an hour or so today at the PMA Australia 2011 Imaging
Entertainment Expo. This is held in Sydney and Melbourne in alternate
years.
I wasn't looking seriously for any equipment but Black Rapid was there
so I got a chance to look at the R Strap in the flesh so to
On Jun 26, 2011, at 3:36 AM, Igor Roshchin wrote:
I didn't quite understand what did the guy with his shoes in the pedals
do and how he got back into his shoes... Did he jump out of his running
shoes and then put his feet into the riding ones that were attached?
Yes, pretty much. He came
http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=13549552
The horse we sold in 2008 has wound up at CARD, http://www.card.ca/,
and my daughter volunteered to be a walker at the Saturday fund
raiser. Great way to see Calyn again. it made Erin happy to.
K10D D FA 50-200 converted in LR3
Dave
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Hi Everyone: Here's my paw for the week--
http://aguilapaw.posterous.com/
The light turned quite dreadful on me, so I won't use these for the
beach
project. The aged photo filter saved this small gallery.
http://www.caguila.com/caguila/agedbeach
Comments welcome. Cheers,
Rick,
Daytime shot portrays a visual mess of a street. Everybody has to post
signage.
Having the light-posts labled DOWNTOWN just pushed it over the top for
me.
I like the night shot better as it conceals all this visual pollution.
Regards, Bob S.
A very interesting shot, though.
On 6/25/2011 01:57, Ann Sanfedele wrote:
my right arm is kinda incapacitated due to a little annoyance called
bursitis. that's my lens arm.
Sorry to hear that, Ann. As someone who had suffered from tennis elbow
and still suffering from RMS (touch typer's type), I can relate...
Wishing you
On 6/25/2011 06:25, Mark Cassino wrote:
Great shots - that 'aged photo' filter does a nice job, but the the essential
composition and lighting really comes through in the photos.
I am with Mark on this one.
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Some nice pics. The filter effect works well here.
Paul
On Jun 26, 2011, at 3:27 AM, Christine Aguila wrote:
Hi Everyone: Here's my paw for the week--
http://aguilapaw.posterous.com/
The light turned quite dreadful on me, so I won't use these for the beach
project. The aged photo
Your PAW and the second-to-last shot in the gallery are my favorites.
Rick
http://photo.net/photos/RickW
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Subject: PAW--Week 25--Beach Feet!
To: pdml@pdml.net
Date: Sunday, June
I like the shot. What it doesn't convey (fortunately) is the smell.
Rick
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Subject: Peso Wheelbarrow
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From: steve harley
On 2011-06-24 05:36 , frank theriault wrote:
She was just standing there, playing her guitar. She wasn't busking
or asking for money (no hat or cup on the ground in front of her), she
was just leaning against that pole, playing. Not singing, just
playing her guitar.
I've been looking over the view counts that photo.net provides on my photos.
Photos I post in a gallery (GESO) get only 1/5 to 1/10 as many views as photos
posted singly (PESO). There are several shots that languished in GESOs for
weeks with 20 views; posting them as PESOs zoomed the views to
I agree. I don't have any answers.
There are some subjects that I don't generally look at at all: flowers,
motor bikes, cars, cats, etc. but there are people who seem perfectly happy
to look through each one of a large number of samey pictures, so I guess
it's different strolks for different
I think Jenkins originally wrote that piece for the DeBeers company.
He's kind of a classical music version of Barry Manilow.
From: P. J. Alling
The DeBeers commercial has really ruined that particular song, for me
and the damned dancers in that clip were annoyingly distracting, what
are
From: Rick Womer
Superb timing and choice of shutter speed. Pity about the netting.
If you got a 200 or 300mm f/1.8 lens, it probably wouldn't be a
problem!
How much you want for that 300 f/1.8 lenses?
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And Jean-Luc Ponty beat them all.
I was commenting on where the sexy girls w/electric violins playing
classical music thingy came from; a limited subset.
From: Boris Liberman
In my ears, Vanessa Mae is far better violin player than Bond. I should
also mention that Mik Kaminski of ELO
As I mentioned earlier, apart from the electricity bit it started with
Vivaldi, teaching foundling girls in Venice:
http://www.users.cloud9.net/~recross/why-not/Vivaldi.html
The young ladies for whom Vivaldi composed and directed music were known as
the putte or maidens. [...]
The reputation of
Nice report, Brian, but bypass the K-r and go straight to the K-5 :-))
Cheers, Christine
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G'day all
My son and
Very pretty, Charles--lines, colors, all very pretty. Quite a striking
light display! The gay parade has just begun today here in Chicago, but
I'll have to miss it this year--family obligation--maybe next year. Cheers,
Christine
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Both very nice, Rick. Looks like a fun street. Cheers, Christine
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Subject: PESOs - Yonge St, Toronto
A month ago we were in Toronto, and I'm just getting
Rick,
I think you are right.
I prefer galleries that come with thumbnail overviews.
Editing is hard work and we all don't do enough of it.
Sometimes you want a gallery to show a concept or effect,
but showing the number of photos in the header is a good idea.
Regards, Bob S.
On Sun, Jun 26, 2011
Wow!!! Combo definitely yielded great results. That fly--Wow! Cheers,
Christine
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Inspired by Mark Cassino's idea of
I agree with John! Cheers, Christine
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From: steve harley
On 2011-06-24 05:36 , frank theriault wrote:
She was
Cute, cute, Cute!!! Cheers, Christine
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http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=13547237size=lg
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Hi Everyone: Here's my paw for the week--
http://aguilapaw.posterous.com/
The light turned quite dreadful
Thanks Rick and Paul. Much appreciated. Cheers, Christine
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Your PAW and the second-to-last shot in the
From: Bob W
A very interesting shot, though. Reminds me of one by Ernst Haas
http://www.ernst-haas.com/colorGallery/america/albuquerque.jpg
http://www.ernst-haas.com/colorGallery05.html
Paris has recently strengthened its already quite strict laws against
advertising signs by reducing the
On Jun 25, 2011, at 7:07 PM, Igor Roshchin wrote:
Sat Jun 25 12:24:05 EDT 2011
Larry Colen wrote:
On Jun 25, 2011, at 9:01 AM, Igor Roshchin wrote:
Larry,
It looks to me that the lights in the room were colored, weren't they?
If yes, you are fighting windmills.
There is only
Thanks Christine. And thanks to all who commented or had a look.
Paul
On Jun 26, 2011, at 1:39 PM, Christine Aguila wrote:
Cute, cute, Cute!!! Cheers, Christine
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On 11-06-26 2:21 PM, Larry Colen wrote:
On Jun 25, 2011, at 7:07 PM, Igor Roshchin wrote:
The camera correction menu? I tried that and wasn't able to get
anything that worked. Perhaps I wasn't using it correctly.
No, I was talking about the LR, when you work with the RAW file.
I believe
http://www.thrane.name/Pictures/PAW/files/page7-1000-full.html
K-5, DA*16-50@28mm, 1/50s, f/4-0, ISO400 (at 9pm June 17).
DagT
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Fun picture!
DagT
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Den 26. juni 2011 kl. 09.27 skrev Christine Aguila:
Hi Everyone: Here's my paw for the week--
http://aguilapaw.posterous.com/
The light turned quite dreadful on me, so I won't use these for the beach
project. The aged photo filter saved this
nice, moody and quiet. thumbs up. :-)
On Sun, Jun 26, 2011 at 12:49 PM, DagT li...@thrane.name wrote:
http://www.thrane.name/Pictures/PAW/files/page7-1000-full.html
K-5, DA*16-50@28mm, 1/50s, f/4-0, ISO400 (at 9pm June 17).
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Not a very productive week photographically. The first three are the best I
can muster:
http://www.web-options.com/Recent/
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Nice job, Tione! That fly in particular is really great.
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Inspired by Mark Cassino's idea of combining the 1.7x and a 100m macro
I
On 11-06-26 4:40 PM, Bob W wrote:
Not a very productive week photographically. The first three are the best I
can muster:
http://www.web-options.com/Recent/
B
For some reason I really like the motley of stools, chairs and tables.
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Actually Bob I like the abstract nature of this one:
http://www.web-options.com/Recent/content/_DSF1137_large.html
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On Jun 26, 2011, at 12:34, Christine Aguila wrote:
Very pretty, Charles--lines, colors, all very pretty. Quite a striking light
display! The gay parade has just begun today here in Chicago, but I'll have
to miss it this year--family obligation--maybe next year. Cheers, Christine
BTW,
Nice composition but IMO it would be a touch stronger with about half the
space from the RH side of the barrow to the RH edge.
Kenneth Waller
http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller
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Subject: Peso Wheelbarrow
I sat on the bench behind my garden tonight. There's a finch feeder in the
garden, and finches both house and gold darted in and out, along with the
occasional chickadee. A hummingbird hovered in front of me as he studied the
various blooms that he might tap. I just enjoyed the show.
No
That is pretty. Nice work.
The Empire State Building wore the rainbow hues last night as well in
celebration of the NY legislature passing a gay marriage act. Rainbows are a
good thing.
Paul
On Jun 26, 2011, at 1:34 PM, Christine Aguila wrote:
Very pretty, Charles--lines, colors, all very
And sometimes it's nice to read one's post before hitting send:-). That should
have been: I find that sometimes it's nice not to get caught up in the effort
to record everything...
Paul
On Jun 26, 2011, at 8:09 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote:
I sat on the bench behind my garden tonight. There's a
Paul Stenquist wrote on Sun, 26 Jun 2011 17:10:11 -0700
I sat on the bench behind my garden tonight. There's a finch feeder in the
garden, and finches both house and gold darted in and out, along with the
occasional chickadee. A hummingbird hovered in front of me as he studied the
various
Thanks Paul... I did the same earlier today while out on the front porch I
saw our first woodpecker in the neighborhood. I will confess I was tempted
to get up and get my camera but decided I would just let the moment be what
it was and not attempt to record it.
Just so; and well said.
It's a funny thing about photography and me: Often it makes me slow down, so
that I notice and appreciate the world around me more. Sometimes, though, it's
a distraction.
Rick
http://photo.net/photos/RickW
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While I was sitting on the bench, I did snap a pic of Grace with my phone:
http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=13557912
On Jun 26, 2011, at 8:14 PM, Jim King wrote:
Paul Stenquist wrote on Sun, 26 Jun 2011 17:10:11 -0700
I sat on the bench behind my garden tonight. There's a finch feeder
Same here Paul. Its one of the reasons I like outdoor photography so much.
Kenneth Waller
http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller
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Subject: Re: summer evening
And sometimes it's nice to read one's post before
Last Sunday after the rains cleared up I decided to get out and go to the
Richland Creek Greenway. The following is two of the captures from that
walk:
I stood on the walkway bridge watching two different Herons fishing:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jt-johnson/5873557054/in/set-72157626927265933/
Now shame on you she is wondering why you are fooling with your phone
camera and don't your usual camera.
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Grainy but nice. Phones aren't that far away . . .
On Sun, Jun 26, 2011 at 9:06 PM, Jeffery Johnson
jefferytjohn...@bellsouth.net wrote:
Now shame on you she is wondering why you are fooling with your phone
camera and don't your usual camera.
I was not certain of a bird I took a captures of last Sunday at Richland
Creek Greenway and I asked for help identifying the bird on a bird group on
Flickr. It seems to be between a Carolina Wren or a Bewick's Wren. If there
is anyone that can help with this it would be appreciated.
Location is
That was always my philosophy in such cases..when I didn't have a camera. Helps
ease the disappointment sting..for a moment. =)
Actually agree with you, Paul.
Jack
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From: Paul Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net
Subject: summer
Okay I must be getting tired instead of don't I meant to type not
On Sun, Jun 26, 2011 at 9:06 PM, Jeffery Johnson
jefferytjohn...@bellsouth.net wrote:
Now shame on you she is wondering why you are fooling with your
phone camera and don't your usual camera.
Seen on an ostensible dog-walk this evening. Dog was unimpressed.
http://goo.gl/hovrC (Flickr lightbox)
http://goo.gl/fKhhW (Flickr plain vanilla)
K20D, DA* 55mm F1.4 @ F2.0, 125th, ISO 400.
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On Sun, Jun 26, 2011 at 07:16:31PM -0500, Jeffery Johnson wrote:
Thanks Paul... I did the same earlier today while out on the front porch I
saw our first woodpecker in the neighborhood. I will confess I was tempted
to get up and get my camera but decided I would just let the moment be what
it
A thank you to all who took the time to look and also to those who
commented.
Kenneth Waller
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Subject: PESO: 'Presque Isle River Kettles'
A favorite spot of mine in the Upper Peninsula of
FWIW - I'm able to attrach numerous woodpeckers - of the hairy downey
ype - to my back yard by simply hanging a suet cake from a tree.
Kenneth Waller
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Subject: Re: summer evening
You need tick repellent, unfortunately it's not sold everywhere.
On 6/19/2011 8:02 PM, John Sessoms wrote:
Also Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever ...
http://www.cdc.gov/rmsf/
I've had it. It ain't good.
I don't care what it smells like; I go out in the woods, I put on
STRONG insect repellent.
These are fantastically detailed. I've come to the conclusion that the
F 1.7x adapter pretty much goes with any good lens.
On 6/25/2011 4:46 PM, Toine wrote:
Inspired by Mark Cassino's idea of combining the 1.7x and a 100m macro
I put this combo to the test with good results:
They totally ignore our suet cake but we have a pair of downey + a pair of
hairy who daily come to the peanut feeder like this one:
http://www.amazon.com/Perky-Pet-395-10-Inch-Sunflower-Capacity/dp/B0006349LC
The occasional Red-bellied woodpecker and Northern Flicker also enjoy the
peanuts as
Bruce,
You understood me correctly. Thank you for the clarification.
Sorry, I was writing from the road, while being away from my computer
with LR, so I didn't remember how exact tools in LR were called.
Igor
Sun Jun 26 15:17:39 EDT 2011
Bruce Walker wrote:
Forgive for me interceding in a
Oh gosh that's nice; full of peace. -T
On Sun, Jun 26, 2011 at 7:08 PM, Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com wrote:
Seen on an ostensible dog-walk this evening. Dog was unimpressed.
http://goo.gl/hovrC (Flickr lightbox)
http://goo.gl/fKhhW (Flickr plain vanilla)
K20D, DA* 55mm F1.4 @ F2.0,
On 6/25/2011 00:48, Larry Colen wrote:
I ran into this problem at a dance last night:
http://www.flickriver.com/photos/ellarsee/sets/72157626913661877/
The ideal would be if lightroom just let me push the color correction
harder, either by doing a pre-adjustment to one of the color
channels, or
Another vote here for the 50-135. No, I haven't measured, that wind
blowing flapping your undies is my arms waving.
Often perceived sharpness is a function of DoF. The 21mm Limited
isn't all that sharp, but when you're taking pictures of mountains and
skyscrapers and so on...
Someone should
Really, that's all, just an orange circle:
http://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/201x/2011/06/26/-big/RUNE1770.jpg.html
-T
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