Re: PESO - Kalenderdamer 2012 Outtake #4963

2011-10-26 Thread mike wilson
On 25/10/2011 02:41, Tim Øsleby wrote: ;-) Ok. I can live withthat. My life is about brewaking rules. I'm the man who make the line boats sink. Wonder if that was an art project, I have a lot of time for those who brewak. You are clearly an artist. -- No fixed Adobe -- PDML Pentax-Discuss

Re: Egg, bacon, Dobo and Spam

2011-10-26 Thread mike wilson
On 25/10/2011 15:22, Bob W wrote: I received a junk email earlier with a link to some crap (didn't try it) purportedly from Frank and copied to some other current and former PDMLers, including the famed Dobo. Somebody's address book seems to have been plundered, so beware all. My version was

Re: Language Question

2011-10-26 Thread mike wilson
On 26/10/2011 02:04, Walt Gilbert wrote: In Birmingham (not 'Bama) it's pronounced Kuey Foive. In Kentuckese, it's Kaeeyfaahv -- Walt On 10/23/2011 7:15 PM, Larry Colen wrote: I was wondering how K-5 is pronounced in other languages. In English it's Kay-five. Japanese, I'm guessing is

Re: Language Question

2011-10-26 Thread mike wilson
On 26/10/2011 02:04, Walt Gilbert wrote: In Birmingham (not 'Bama) it's pronounced Kuey Foive. In Kentuckese, it's Kaeeyfaahv -- Walt On 10/23/2011 7:15 PM, Larry Colen wrote: I was wondering how K-5 is pronounced in other languages. In English it's Kay-five. Japanese, I'm guessing is

Re: Challenge: Photos of your bikes

2011-10-26 Thread David Mann
On Oct 25, 2011, at 8:21 PM, Bob W wrote: that's quite interesting. He brings up the Tour de France thing about the riders not using steel any more, but doesn't counter the 'therefore carbon must be better' claim. Whenever I hear that claim I point out that the TdF riders' bike only have to

Re: PESO - Morning Calm Part II (a tale of two photos)

2011-10-26 Thread David Mann
Love the kayak one. The one with ducks is also a nice photo, but I don't particularly like ducks... Cheers, Dave On Oct 26, 2011, at 1:15 AM, frank theriault wrote: Taken about 15 minutes earlier than Morning Calm, from a slightly different vantage point, this was the one I thought would be

Re: Well, nobody's perfect.

2011-10-26 Thread P. J. Alling
I think you may be expecting too much. On 10/25/2011 4:55 PM, Brian Walters wrote: On Tuesday, October 25, 2011 12:27 PM, Ann Sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com wrote: Guess they are still in Beta, eh? I think that's right. If the gallery was 'official', I would have expected an email

Re: PESO - Morning Calm Part II (a tale of two photos)

2011-10-26 Thread P. J. Alling
Damn, Frank, That's just lovely. On 10/25/2011 8:15 AM, frank theriault wrote: Taken about 15 minutes earlier than Morning Calm, from a slightly different vantage point, this was the one I thought would be the keeper at the time I took it. I thought the kayak made for a much more interesting

Re: PESO - Kalenderdamer 2012 Outtake #4963

2011-10-26 Thread Tim Øsleby
It is all about brewaking the right rules. Thats art. You are just making a fool of yourself if your brewaking the wrong one. -- MaritimTim My private photo blog: http://maritimtim.blogspot.com/ My photo class blog: http://z-fotokurs.blogspot.com/

Re: PPG relaunched...

2011-10-26 Thread Jack Davis
Nor does it work for me. Will try it on another IE computer. Jack - Original Message - From: Bran Everseeking bran.everseek...@sasktel.net To: pdml@pdml.net Cc: Sent: Tuesday, October 25, 2011 10:55 PM Subject: Re: PPG relaunched... On Tue, 25 Oct 2011 15:34:59 -0700 Larry Colen

Re: PPG relaunched...

2011-10-26 Thread Jack Davis
Glad to say that I tried the relaunch on a my windows t IE laptop and it looks and acts as it should. Will reinstall long standing W7 on desktop.   Jack. - Original Message - From: Jack Davis jdavi...@yahoo.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Cc: Sent: Wednesday, October 26,

Re: GESO: Wildwood/Cape May 2011

2011-10-26 Thread Matthew Hunt
Thanks, Brian, Bob, and David for your thoughts and comments! Brian, unfortunately 31590010 is not eligible for the PUG as that one was not made with Pentax gear. On Mon, Oct 24, 2011 at 3:24 AM, Brian Walters supera1...@fastmail.fm wrote: On Wednesday, October 19, 2011 6:16 PM, Matthew Hunt

PESOs - Cauldron - Getting Rid of a Magenta Colour Cast

2011-10-26 Thread Brian Walters
G'day all First, thanks for the comments on Cauldron - Jack, Mark, Walt, Bob, Paul, Ken. Much appreciated. As I mentioned in that post, I took a number of similar shots, some of which showed a strong magenta colour cast due to the use of a cheap ND filter. Here's a fairly dramatic example (30

Re: PESOs - Cauldron - Getting Rid of a Magenta Colour Cast

2011-10-26 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
Actually, the color cast gives the image a strong otherworldly feel. All in all, however, the corrected version is better, and quite an effective image. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Wed, Oct 26, 2011 at 8:13 AM, Brian Walters supera1...@fastmail.fm wrote:

Shameless plug

2011-10-26 Thread AlunFoto
Hi gang, Dario did an interview with me in April, for an article on cold weather photography. IIRC, I'm the third PDML'er to be interviewed, the others being Tanya Love and Paul Stenquist. The other day I received a few copies of the magazine in the mail, and have posted images of the article

Re: Shameless plug

2011-10-26 Thread David J Brooks
Great news. When he is ready to do back yard jays, let me know.:-) Dave On Wed, Oct 26, 2011 at 9:33 AM, AlunFoto alunf...@gmail.com wrote: Hi gang, Dario did an interview with me in April, for an article on cold weather photography. IIRC, I'm the third PDML'er to be interviewed, the others

Re: PESOs - Cauldron - Getting Rid of a Magenta Colour Cast

2011-10-26 Thread David J Brooks
Yes i agree with Brian, the corrected version has a nice feel to it. Dave On Wed, Oct 26, 2011 at 9:15 AM, Daniel J. Matyola danmaty...@gmail.com wrote: Actually, the color cast gives the image a strong otherworldly feel. All in all, however, the corrected version is better, and quite an

Re: GESO: Wildwood/Cape May 2011

2011-10-26 Thread David J Brooks
On Wed, Oct 19, 2011 at 6:16 PM, Matthew Hunt m...@pobox.com wrote: I've put up this year's gallery from our annual vacation to Cape May Wildwood, New Jersey. It was not the most photographically productive year for the trip, but I do like these: Palm Warbler: http://stdw.us/pCLiKC Great

You may get crap from me

2011-10-26 Thread frank theriault
I didn't want to put the word spam in the SL, but that's what some of you may have gotten from me in recent days. It seems that my old Hotmail account (which has lay dormant for years) has been hacked into and is being used to send spam to my contacts. I know of at least one person on this list

PESO - Two Cormorants (and a Duck)

2011-10-26 Thread frank theriault
There is absolutely no artistic merit in this photo. There is a great deal of guano. A duck. And two cormorants. What more do you want? http://knarfdummyblog.blogspot.com/2011/10/two-cormorants-and-duck.html cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept.  -Henri Cartier-Bresson --

Re: PESO - Two Cormorants (and a Duck)

2011-10-26 Thread Matthew Hunt
On Wed, Oct 26, 2011 at 9:58 AM, frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: There is absolutely no artistic merit in this photo.  There is a great deal of guano.  A duck.  And two cormorants. It's amazing how you can capture so many aspects of the PDML in a single photograph. What

Re: PESO - Two Cormorants (and a Duck)

2011-10-26 Thread David J Brooks
Everything rolled into one. Dave On Wed, Oct 26, 2011 at 9:58 AM, frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: There is absolutely no artistic merit in this photo.  There is a great deal of guano.  A duck.  And two cormorants. What more do you want?

Re: PESO - Two Cormorants (and a Duck)

2011-10-26 Thread Bob Sullivan
The tall cormorant in the middle looks a bit like Cotty. On Wed, Oct 26, 2011 at 8:59 AM, Matthew Hunt m...@pobox.com wrote: On Wed, Oct 26, 2011 at 9:58 AM, frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: There is absolutely no artistic merit in this photo.  There is a great deal of guano.  

Re: Help Fill the Gap: 12-24mm and 77mm

2011-10-26 Thread Darren Addy
I agree with Steve on the A 50/1.7 being the best buy. I can't tell you how many F and FA 50mm f1.7s I have had and sold because of the price they bring. Meanwhile, I can live without the AF and happily use a mint Pentax-A 50mm f1.7. The only bad part with the A 50mm f1.7 is that they commonly

Re: PESO - Morning Calm Part II (a tale of two photos)

2011-10-26 Thread Paul Sorenson
I like the kayak, too, because of the human element, but looking at the patterns in the water, as Bob S mentioned, I'd vote for the ducks over the kayak. I *do* keep wondering how it would look if you PSed the kayak in place of the ducks - best of both worlds or another PS disaster? -p On

Re: PESOs - Cauldron - Getting Rid of a Magenta Colour Cast

2011-10-26 Thread Jack Davis
I do not, at all, like the redo's green cast. Much prefer the orig. Sky glow allows the very slight magenta. Jack - Original Message - From: Brian Walters supera1...@fastmail.fm To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Cc: Sent: Wednesday, October 26, 2011 5:13 AM Subject: PESOs -

Re: PESOs - Cauldron - Getting Rid of a Magenta Colour Cast

2011-10-26 Thread Jack Davis
To be clear, I didn't see the wildly magenta version included in this post. UGH! I prefer the version depicted on the last URL on this post. Jack - Original Message - From: David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Cc: Sent: Wednesday, October 26, 2011

OT: Lytro...STUNNING technology

2011-10-26 Thread Darren Addy
...at a surprisingly affordable price. Mark my words: This company is going to be purchased for a LOT of money by one of the Big Boys just to own the patents on this technology.

Re: The New PPG - A Couple More Oddities and a Couple of Observations

2011-10-26 Thread Ann Sanfedele
On 10/26/2011 00:49, Brian Walters wrote: G'day all While I generally like the new PPG, there are one or two confusing things: If you update your profile, you will see under the heading Your Gear three boxes labelled Camera, Lens and Other. You can use the first two boxes to select your

Re: PPG relaunched...

2011-10-26 Thread Ann Sanfedele
On 10/26/2011 01:55, Bran Everseeking wrote: On Tue, 25 Oct 2011 15:34:59 -0700 Larry Colenl...@red4est.com wrote: artists under A, B, Cetc. They sort of did, Type 'C' and you get the names that start with C, then 'o', and you get Co Hrmm that didnt work when i tried it the

Re: PESOs - Cauldron - Getting Rid of a Magenta Colour Cast

2011-10-26 Thread Ken Waller
Both are more than 'acceptable' to me, but I do prefer 'unmanipulated' outdoor scenes. So I would prefer the latest version, without the magenta cast. But having said that, without knowing the issue with the filters, I could easily assume the magenta cast, was what you saw as you tripped the

Re: Shameless plug

2011-10-26 Thread Ann Sanfedele
On 10/26/2011 09:33, AlunFoto wrote: Hi gang, Dario did an interview with me in April, for an article on cold weather photography. IIRC, I'm the third PDML'er to be interviewed, the others being Tanya Love and Paul Stenquist. The other day I received a few copies of the magazine in the mail,

Re: OT: Lytro...STUNNING technology

2011-10-26 Thread Charles Robinson
On Oct 26, 2011, at 10:03, Darren Addy wrote: ...at a surprisingly affordable price. Mark my words: This company is going to be purchased for a LOT of money by one of the Big Boys just to own the patents on this technology.

Re: Shameless plug

2011-10-26 Thread Ken Waller
Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com Subject: Re: Shameless plug Great news. When he is ready to do back yard jays, let me know.:-) ...or sheds. Dave On Wed, Oct 26, 2011 at 9:33 AM,

Re: OT: Lytro...STUNNING technology

2011-10-26 Thread Steven Desjardins
It's very impressive and clearly not crazy expensive. It will be interesting to see how it evolves. On Wed, Oct 26, 2011 at 11:03 AM, Darren Addy pixelsmi...@gmail.com wrote: ...at a surprisingly affordable price. Mark my words: This company is going to be purchased for a LOT of money by one

Here's an Asahi for ya ...

2011-10-26 Thread Collin Brendemuehl
http://camerapedia.wikia.com/wiki/Olympic Scroll down to the 1937 ad on the right side. Sincerely, Collin Brendemuehl He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose -- Jim Elliott -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: Egg, bacon, Dobo and Spam

2011-10-26 Thread John Francis
On Wed, Oct 26, 2011 at 07:50:28AM +0200, mike wilson wrote: On 25/10/2011 15:22, Bob W wrote: I received a junk email earlier with a link to some crap (didn't try it) purportedly from Frank and copied to some other current and former PDMLers, including the famed Dobo. Somebody's address book

Re: OT: Query for the cyclists

2011-10-26 Thread Sam L
On Oct 22, 2011, at 3:03, Bob W wrote: think about getting a saddle bag rather than a rack panniers. Saddle bags are well out of fashion but they are far more practical than a rack panniers, and much better than using a backpack. I am mystified as to the difference saddle bags and rack

Re: Shameless plug

2011-10-26 Thread Cotty
On 26/10/11, AlunFoto, discombobulated, unleashed: http://alunfoto.blogspot.com/2011/10/published-in-italy.html What a huge bear on the last page!!! I always thought they were white up there in the frozen wastes ;-) Great work to both Jostein and Dario? Bella! -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ ||

Re: PESO - Two Cormorants (and a Duck)

2011-10-26 Thread David J Brooks
On Wed, Oct 26, 2011 at 10:07 AM, Bob Sullivan rf.sulli...@gmail.com wrote: The tall cormorant in the middle looks a bit like Cotty. I agree. https://picasaweb.google.com/106773593359324596776/GFM07#5072645156893622786 Dave On Wed, Oct 26, 2011 at 8:59 AM, Matthew Hunt m...@pobox.com wrote:

Re: PESO - Two Cormorants (and a Duck)

2011-10-26 Thread Cotty
On 26/10/11, David J Brooks, discombobulated, unleashed: On Wed, Oct 26, 2011 at 10:07 AM, Bob Sullivan rf.sulli...@gmail.com wrote: The tall cormorant in the middle looks a bit like Cotty. I agree. https://picasaweb.google.com/106773593359324596776/GFM07#5072645156893622786 Savage is

Re: Shameless plug

2011-10-26 Thread Paul Stenquist
Excellent. And well deserved. Paul On Oct 26, 2011, at 9:33 AM, AlunFoto wrote: Hi gang, Dario did an interview with me in April, for an article on cold weather photography. IIRC, I'm the third PDML'er to be interviewed, the others being Tanya Love and Paul Stenquist. The other day I

Re: OT: Query for the cyclists

2011-10-26 Thread Scott Loveless
On Wed, Oct 26, 2011 at 1:39 PM, Sam L samthegr...@gmail.com wrote: On Oct 22, 2011, at 3:03, Bob W wrote: think about getting a saddle bag rather than a rack panniers. Saddle bags are well out of fashion but they are far more practical than a rack panniers, and much better than using a

Re: OT: Query for the cyclists

2011-10-26 Thread John Francis
On Wed, Oct 26, 2011 at 01:39:14PM -0400, Sam L wrote: On Oct 22, 2011, at 3:03, Bob W wrote: think about getting a saddle bag rather than a rack panniers. Saddle bags are well out of fashion but they are far more practical than a rack panniers, and much better than using a backpack.

A Question About a New Business

2011-10-26 Thread frank theriault
I'm in the process of starting a part time photography business. Here's the idea: You've got a kid in Little League baseball, minor league hockey, high school football, soccer, whatever. For a fee, I show up with cameras in hand and take hundreds of game photos, concentrating on your kid. It

RE: PESO - Two Cormorants (and a Duck)

2011-10-26 Thread Bob W
There is absolutely no artistic merit in this photo. There is a great deal of guano. A duck. And two cormorants. What more do you want? http://knarfdummyblog.blogspot.com/2011/10/two-cormorants-and-duck.html cheers, frank They're trying to pretend the duck isn't there, like people

Re: OT: Query for the cyclists

2011-10-26 Thread Sam L
On Wed, Oct 26, 2011 at 3:08 PM, Scott Loveless sdlovel...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Oct 26, 2011 at 1:39 PM, Sam L samthegr...@gmail.com wrote: I am mystified as to the difference saddle bags and rack panniers. I even googled around a little bit but everything seemed to be lumped in together

Re: A Question About a New Business

2011-10-26 Thread Larry Colen
On 10/26/2011 12:46 PM, frank theriault wrote: I'm in the process of starting a part time photography business. Here's the idea: You've got a kid in Little League baseball, minor league hockey, high school football, soccer, whatever. For a fee, I show up with cameras in hand and take

Re: A Question About a New Business

2011-10-26 Thread Paul Stenquist
i sometimes do jobs like that, or at least I used to -- not much time these days. I charged $100 up front but applied all of that toward the purchase of pictures. In other words, if the customer bought $100 worth of prints, then there was no session fee. I charged $25 for 12 x 18 prints, $15

Re: A Question About a New Business

2011-10-26 Thread Sam L
On Wed, Oct 26, 2011 at 3:46 PM, frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: I'm in the process of starting a part time photography business. Here's the idea: You've got a kid in Little League baseball, minor league hockey, high school football, soccer, whatever.  For a fee, I show up

Re: OT: Query for the cyclists

2011-10-26 Thread Larry Colen
On 10/26/2011 12:51 PM, Sam L wrote: Aa. I get it now, and it even makes sense. It's just that I come from a motorcycling background where saddle bags = panniers. Oddly enough that seems to be the same in the equestrian world. -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com (from dos4est) --

Re: OT: Lytro...STUNNING technology

2011-10-26 Thread Steven Desjardins
Could they have made these devices any uglier and difficult to hold/use though? No problem. Apple will take this technology, make it stylish, and then patent the results. On Wed, Oct 26, 2011 at 11:48 AM, Steven Desjardins drd1...@gmail.com wrote: It's very impressive and clearly not crazy

Re: A Question About a New Business

2011-10-26 Thread P. J. Alling
I have no idea what you should charge for something like that. However if prints are included in the fee you have to make sure that you cover that cost. The biggest problem I see is marketing. You have to let people know that you're available for that kind of work. The second biggest

Re: OT: Lytro...STUNNING technology

2011-10-26 Thread P. J. Alling
Of course they could. But I get the feeling that these guys are technologists, not photographers per se. On 10/26/2011 11:24 AM, Charles Robinson wrote: On Oct 26, 2011, at 10:03, Darren Addy wrote: ...at a surprisingly affordable price. Mark my words: This company is going to be purchased

Re: A Question About a New Business

2011-10-26 Thread frank theriault
On Wed, Oct 26, 2011 at 4:02 PM, Sam L samthegr...@gmail.com wrote: I'm a n00b so I can't comment on the pricing question. I'm a noob (at this) as well, that's why I'm asking the list to share their expertise with me. ;-) But I do have this to ask:  why should a person choose your

PESO: Can anyone help me identify these animals?

2011-10-26 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
I would like anyone familiar with cattle breeds to look at this PESO, and let me know what breed they think the particular animals pictured might be. http://blogs.delphiforums.com/n/blogs/blog.aspx?nav=mainwebtag=djm1963entry=154 I would also appreciate any comments on the image itself. Thanks,

Re: A Question About a New Business

2011-10-26 Thread frank theriault
On Wed, Oct 26, 2011 at 3:59 PM, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote: snip I'd guess that $200 to shoot a game would be a bit closer to beer money than making a living.  You could do something like $200 for the first kid, $100 for the second, $75 for each up to 5 and $1000 for the team. Given

Re: A Question About a New Business

2011-10-26 Thread frank theriault
On Wed, Oct 26, 2011 at 4:01 PM, Paul Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote: i sometimes do jobs like that, or at least I used to -- not much time these days. I charged $100 up front but applied all of that toward the purchase of pictures. In other words, if the customer bought $100 worth

GESO AstroTracer first try

2011-10-26 Thread Toine
Today my O-GPS1 arrived and the sky cleared during sunset. http://www.repiuk.nl/index.php/blog-mainmenu-97/199-astrotracer-first-try It claims it can track star for 3 minutes at 200mm. The tracking at 200 mm isn't spot on maybe it needs more time to find more sats and or I need to redo the

Re: PESO - Boise Aurora

2011-10-26 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
Well seen and very nicely rendered. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Tue, Oct 25, 2011 at 1:11 PM, Tom C caka...@gmail.com wrote: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=14474813 Probably needed to have stepped outside 10 minutes earlier. Tom C. -- PDML

Re: Shameless plug

2011-10-26 Thread frank theriault
On Wed, Oct 26, 2011 at 9:33 AM, AlunFoto alunf...@gmail.com wrote: Hi gang, Dario did an interview with me in April, for an article on cold weather photography. IIRC, I'm the third PDML'er to be interviewed, the others being Tanya Love and Paul Stenquist. The other day I received a few

Re: PESO - Boise Aurora

2011-10-26 Thread frank theriault
On Tue, Oct 25, 2011 at 1:11 PM, Tom C caka...@gmail.com wrote: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=14474813 Gorgeous! cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept.  -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Q Review

2011-10-26 Thread Steven Desjardins
Odd review at http://wouter28mm.wordpress.com/2011/10/16/week-41-2011/ -- Steve Desjardins -- 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: A Question About a New Business

2011-10-26 Thread Paul Stenquist
BTW, a combination of a low fee and modest print prices seemed to be the only method that really produced results when it came to shooting kids. There's a lot of competition out there. And I found that the idea that the first $100 worth of prints were already paid for resulted in a larger total

Re: PESO: Can anyone help me identify these animals?

2011-10-26 Thread frank theriault
On Wed, Oct 26, 2011 at 4:40 PM, Daniel J. Matyola danmaty...@gmail.com wrote: I would like anyone familiar with cattle breeds to look at this PESO, and let me know what breed they think the particular animals pictured might be.

Re: Egg, bacon, Dobo and Spam

2011-10-26 Thread frank theriault
On Tue, Oct 25, 2011 at 9:22 AM, Bob W p...@web-options.com wrote: I received a junk email earlier with a link to some crap (didn't try it) purportedly from Frank and copied to some other current and former PDMLers, including the famed Dobo. Somebody's address book seems to have been

Re: GESO AstroTracer first try

2011-10-26 Thread Larry Colen
On 10/26/2011 1:49 PM, Toine wrote: Today my O-GPS1 arrived and the sky cleared during sunset. http://www.repiuk.nl/index.php/blog-mainmenu-97/199-astrotracer-first-try Excellent! It claims it can track star for 3 minutes at 200mm. The tracking at 200 mm isn't spot on maybe it needs more

OT: Breaking into Victorville

2011-10-26 Thread Larry Colen
These photos are several flavors of cool: http://www.silentuk.com/?p=3374 -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com (from dos4est) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow

Re: GESO AstroTracer first try

2011-10-26 Thread Darren Addy
Thanks for sharing these. It is indeed an amazing and ground-breaking technology. I was taken back, a bit, by the diffraction spikes on the close-up of Jupiter. One doesn't expect diffraction spikes on what is essentially a refractor system. A bit of googling on the subject came up with this

Re: OT: Query for the cyclists

2011-10-26 Thread Charles Robinson
On Oct 26, 2011, at 14:40, John Francis wrote: A saddlebag attaches to the (rear of the) saddle. Panniers attach to a framework, usually on either side of the rear wheel. The attachment frame often (but not always) incorporates a flat rack area above the rear wheel. Or front. You can

Re: PESO: Can anyone help me identify these animals?

2011-10-26 Thread Brian Walters
On Wednesday, October 26, 2011 4:40 PM, Daniel J. Matyola danmaty...@gmail.com wrote: I would like anyone familiar with cattle breeds to look at this PESO, and let me know what breed they think the particular animals pictured might be.

Re: Q Review

2011-10-26 Thread frank theriault
On Wed, Oct 26, 2011 at 4:59 PM, Steven Desjardins drd1...@gmail.com wrote: Odd review at  http://wouter28mm.wordpress.com/2011/10/16/week-41-2011/ Can't find it anywhere. I see a photoblog. He talks about cameras in impressions but I don't see the Q. Help with navigation please? cheers,

Re: PESOs - Cauldron - Getting Rid of a Magenta Colour Cast

2011-10-26 Thread Brian Walters
On Wednesday, October 26, 2011 9:42 AM, David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com wrote: Yes i agree with Brian, the corrected version has a nice feel to it. I think you mean Dan but thanks to you both. :-) When I saw the preview image on the camera's LCD, I thought it could be interesting but the

Re: Q Review

2011-10-26 Thread Steven Desjardins
You found it Frank. This is why I said Odd. ;-) On Wed, Oct 26, 2011 at 5:51 PM, frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Oct 26, 2011 at 4:59 PM, Steven Desjardins drd1...@gmail.com wrote: Odd review at  http://wouter28mm.wordpress.com/2011/10/16/week-41-2011/ Can't find it

Re: PESOs - Cauldron - Getting Rid of a Magenta Colour Cast

2011-10-26 Thread Brian Walters
On Wednesday, October 26, 2011 7:46 AM, Jack Davis jdavi...@yahoo.com wrote: To be clear, I didn't see the wildly magenta version included in this post. UGH! On Wednesday, October 26, 2011 7:39 AM, Jack Davis jdavi...@yahoo.com wrote: I do not, at all, like the redo's green cast. Much prefer

Re: PESOs - Cauldron - Getting Rid of a Magenta Colour Cast

2011-10-26 Thread Brian Walters
On Wednesday, October 26, 2011 11:24 AM, Ken Waller kwal...@peoplepc.com wrote: Both are more than 'acceptable' to me, but I do prefer 'unmanipulated' outdoor scenes. So I would prefer the latest version, without the magenta cast. But having said that, without knowing the issue with the

Re: Q Review

2011-10-26 Thread Brian Walters
On Wednesday, October 26, 2011 5:51 PM, frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Oct 26, 2011 at 4:59 PM, Steven Desjardins drd1...@gmail.com wrote: Odd review at  http://wouter28mm.wordpress.com/2011/10/16/week-41-2011/ Can't find it anywhere. I see a photoblog. He talks

Re: A Question About a New Business

2011-10-26 Thread George Sinos
Hi Frank - I can't give you any advice on price, but there is one thing you might check out. Some leagues have a contract with a photographer that will grant exclusive rights to any photography sales. You'll never see the guy until he hears that you're selling pictures, then he'll pop up from

Re: PESO - Two Cormorants (and a Duck)

2011-10-26 Thread Ann Sanfedele
On 10/26/2011 15:50, Bob W wrote: There is absolutely no artistic merit in this photo. There is a great deal of guano. A duck. And two cormorants. What more do you want? http://knarfdummyblog.blogspot.com/2011/10/two-cormorants-and-duck.html cheers, frank nothing more -- well - I'd

Re: Q Review

2011-10-26 Thread Steven Desjardins
I like the pictures but they are on the exotic side. What a funny little camera. There's just a curiosity about it. On Wed, Oct 26, 2011 at 6:06 PM, Brian Walters supera1...@fastmail.fm wrote: On Wednesday, October 26, 2011 5:51 PM, frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Oct

Re: Q Review

2011-10-26 Thread Steve Sharpe
I played with one in Henry's yesterday. It is a funny little camera. When I went to look through the viewfinder I realized that something was missing. At 7:06 PM -0400 10/26/11, Steven Desjardins wrote: I like the pictures but they are on the exotic side. What a funny little camera. There's

Re: PESO - Two Cormorants (and a Duck)

2011-10-26 Thread Ken Waller
Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: Bob W p...@web-options.com Subject: RE: PESO - Two Cormorants (and a Duck) There is absolutely no artistic merit in this photo. There is a great deal of guano. A duck. And two cormorants.

Re: A Question About a New Business

2011-10-26 Thread Cotty
On 26/10/11, frank theriault, discombobulated, unleashed: Thanks in advance for your input!! I think that the hardest work you will do - and that will demand the most talent - is selling yourself and your abilities to provide what most people think they can do themselves. My advice would be to

Re: A Question About a New Business

2011-10-26 Thread Bran Everseeking
On Wed, 26 Oct 2011 15:46:36 -0400 frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: I won't tell anyone what I'm thinking my fee range is just yet, so as not to skew answers. I'll be most interested to hear what you have to say. Front $75-100 an hour for shooting and doing the basic

Re: A Question About a New Business

2011-10-26 Thread Larry Colen
Frank, I just had one of my crazy ideas. I was thinking about the fact that you are competing against the parents that are there anyways, have DSLRs and take the photos for free. A lot of these parents have never owned a serious camera before, and I bet most of them have never even been

Re: PESO: Can anyone help me identify these animals?

2011-10-26 Thread David J Brooks
On Wed, Oct 26, 2011 at 4:40 PM, Daniel J. Matyola danmaty...@gmail.com wrote: I would like anyone familiar with cattle breeds to look at this PESO, and let me know what breed they think the particular animals pictured might be.

Re: A Question About a New Business

2011-10-26 Thread Christine Nielsen
On Wed, Oct 26, 2011 at 8:09 PM, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote: Frank, I just had one of my crazy ideas. I was thinking about the fact that you are competing against the parents that are there anyways, have DSLRs and take the photos for free.  A lot of these parents have never owned a

Re: A Question About a New Business

2011-10-26 Thread David J Brooks
Frank. The big many is or at least was hockey tournaments. There the big boys show up and shoot all weekend long and sell on site and make a small fortune. Now, that's just the tournament, during regular games, my hockey Dad associates tell me there usually is no one shooting. Try that venue may

Re: PESO: Can anyone help me identify these animals?

2011-10-26 Thread Paul Sorenson
The horns look like an African breed, the coloring is similar to a Texas Longhorn. Could be a cross between the two. -p On 10/26/2011 7:22 PM, David J Brooks wrote: On Wed, Oct 26, 2011 at 4:40 PM, Daniel J. Matyoladanmaty...@gmail.com wrote: I would like anyone familiar with cattle breeds

Re: A Question About a New Business

2011-10-26 Thread Jack Davis
Sounds like a plan, Frank. I was going to suggest what you've already decided to do and that is to put together a portfolio (hard copy) to represent your work. I might suggest you offer to take a full gear portrait or posed action shot as part of the package.(?) When you've gotten to that

PPG - No Comment

2011-10-26 Thread Ann Sanfedele
I took the Allow off. It was sweet to get nice props from Brian, Bong, and Dan, but I think I'd rather the reviews didn't show up if someone wanted to look at the i for tech info or location of shot, etc. My email address is there, my smugmug webpage is there - I don't see the need. Rather

RE: A Question About a New Business

2011-10-26 Thread John Sessoms
From: frank theriault I'm in the process of starting a part time photography business. Here's the idea: You've got a kid in Little League baseball, minor league hockey, high school football, soccer, whatever. For a fee, I show up with cameras in hand and take hundreds of game photos,

Re: A Question About a New Business

2011-10-26 Thread John Sessoms
From: Sam L On Wed, Oct 26, 2011 at 3:46 PM, frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: I'm in the process of starting a part time photography business. Here's the idea: You've got a kid in Little League baseball, minor league hockey, high school football, soccer, whatever. ?For a fee, I

Re: OT: Lytro...STUNNING technology

2011-10-26 Thread John Sessoms
Without making it any less difficult to use. From: Steven Desjardins Could they have made these devices any uglier and difficult to hold/use though? No problem. Apple will take this technology, make it stylish, and then patent the results. On Wed, Oct 26, 2011 at 11:48 AM, Steven Desjardins

PPG voting stuff... ooooops! some bugs still creeping around there.

2011-10-26 Thread Ann Sanfedele
2 things - while the first photo you see is pretty large, the quality doesn't seem as good as when you click on enlarge - I think I may have nayed a couple of things I might have liked enough had I clicked enlrge first. but MOST important - I think can safely say that pending photos seem not

Re: A Question About a New Business

2011-10-26 Thread Paul Stenquist
On Oct 26, 2011, at 10:00 PM, John Sessoms wrote: From: Sam L On Wed, Oct 26, 2011 at 3:46 PM, frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: I'm in the process of starting a part time photography business. Here's the idea: You've got a kid in Little League baseball, minor league

Re: PESO - Morning Calm Part II (a tale of two photos)

2011-10-26 Thread frank theriault
On Tue, Oct 25, 2011 at 1:07 PM, Bob Sullivan rf.sulli...@gmail.com wrote: Frank, Both are nice, but #2 with the ducks is better. It's not the ducks, but the water and skyline. The water has 2 or 3 parts to it and the skyline is more mysterious, shrouded more in fog. Regards,  Bob S. Funny,

Re: PESO - Morning Calm Part II (a tale of two photos)

2011-10-26 Thread Larry Colen
On 10/26/2011 7:27 PM, frank theriault wrote: Anyway, thanks to all for the comments and discussion. I guess art (not that this is art, but you know what I mean) is in the eye of the beholder, eh? Actually, it's just that the artist the the worst judge of their own work. -- Larry Colen

Re: PESO: Can anyone help me identify these animals?

2011-10-26 Thread John Sessoms
From: frank theriault On Wed, Oct 26, 2011 at 4:40 PM, Daniel J. Matyola danmaty...@gmail.com wrote: I would like anyone familiar with cattle breeds to look at this PESO, and let me know what breed they think the particular animals pictured might be.

Re: You may get crap from me

2011-10-26 Thread P. J. Alling
I'm surprised that you can spam from a Hotmail account. Mine was shut down because /I/ was a spammer when I attempted to send all of my contacts an e-mail telling them that it was now my primary account. On 10/26/2011 9:56 AM, frank theriault wrote: I didn't want to put the word spam in the

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