Re: Test

Thanks! Cheers, Christine On Nov 3, 2011, at 1:00 AM, "Brian Walters" wrote: > Pass > > > On Thursday, November 03, 2011 12:51 AM, "Christine Aguila" > wrote: >> Test >> >> -- > > -- > > > -- > http://www.fastmail.fm - Choose from over 50 domains or use your own > > > -- > PDML

Re: Test

Pass On Thursday, November 03, 2011 12:51 AM, "Christine Aguila" wrote: > Test > > -- -- -- http://www.fastmail.fm - Choose from over 50 domains or use your own -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, p

Test

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Re: PESO: inferno

sorry for not replying earlier - for some reason my GMail accounts labels all your posts as SPAM not sure why. No, no human figures - trees and cliffs only Thanks for the kind comments Alastair On 3 November 2011 16:05, Jack Davis wrote: > Array of vents composed very well. Is that a human fig

Re: PESO: inferno

On 11/2/2011 8:44 PM, Alastair Robertson wrote: thanks for the comments Bob and Larry. I deliberately rendered it on the dark side to capture the mood I was trying to portray - hence the midtones are intended to be a shade above black, the mist close to white, and areas of black with black silh

Re: PESO: A Real Sports Car

On 02/11/2011 08:59, Larry Colen wrote: On 11/1/2011 11:39 PM, mike wilson wrote: On 02/11/2011 02:12, John Francis wrote: On Tue, Nov 01, 2011 at 05:37:11AM +0100, mike wilson wrote: On 31/10/2011 23:25, Paul Stenquist wrote: There must be something about Mercedes that makes them obvious

Re: PESO: inferno

thanks for the comments Bob and Larry. I deliberately rendered it on the dark side to capture the mood I was trying to portray - hence the midtones are intended to be a shade above black, the mist close to white, and areas of black with black silhouettes for individual trees and bits of the cliff a

Re: PESO: inferno

Array of vents composed very well. Is that a human figure that appears in silhouette near the middle? Would show well as a large print. Like the B&W choice. Jack - Original Message - From: Alastair Robertson To: PDML@pdml.net Cc: Sent: Wednesday, November 2, 2011 7:28 PM Subject: PESO

Re: PESO: inferno

On 11/2/2011 7:36 PM, Bob Sullivan wrote: Alastair, It's pretty dark to see what's happening. Looking magnified, I believe I see conifers. Regards, Bob S. I really like it, but it could use a little boost in the midtones and darker midtones to get a bit more shadow detail. On Wed, Nov 2

Re: PESO: inferno

Alastair, It's pretty dark to see what's happening. Looking magnified, I believe I see conifers. Regards, Bob S. On Wed, Nov 2, 2011 at 9:28 PM, Alastair Robertson wrote: > https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/vmqC1uGo6XxogK4zXBBbzQ?feat=directlink > > This is taken at Waimangu Valley - a geoth

PESO: inferno

https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/vmqC1uGo6XxogK4zXBBbzQ?feat=directlink This is taken at Waimangu Valley - a geothermal rift valley in the central North Island, New Zealand. The mist is in fact steam from two crater lakes. A very interesting place to visit. Tech Details: K10D, F70-210 @170

Re: OT Sidewiki?

On 11/2/2011 3:24 PM, John Sessoms wrote: From: "P. J. Alling" (because I just want to rant to someone and who else?) Did you know Google was shutting down Sidewiki? Well, yes they are. This surprises me since I don't even know what it does and yet I've recieved notification that I should ex

Re: Published in Metal Hammer Norway

Congratulations! It is nice to be able to get your work out there. On Nov 2, 2011, at 11:12 AM, Tim Øsleby wrote: > http://maritimtim.blogspot.com/2011/11/tripod-metal-hammer-norway.html > I don't know how many copies that are made of this publication, but > according to my contact in the band it

Re: Published in Metal Hammer Norway

Gee, it sure looks as though they're having fun with their music. Rick http://photo.net/photos/RickW --- On Wed, 11/2/11, Tim Øsleby wrote: > From: Tim Øsleby > Subject: Published in Metal Hammer Norway > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" > Date: Wednesday, November 2, 2011, 11:12 AM > http://

Re: PPG

Daniel J. Matyola wrote: >This is what I see on your Camera Bag entry: > >Camera Bag > >Pentax K20D Pentax K10-D Pentax DA*16-50mm f/2.8 Pentax 21mm f/3.2 >Limited Pentax 31mm f/1.8 Limited Pentax 43mm f/1.9 Limited Pentax >77mm f/1.8 Limited Pentax FA*24mm f/2.0 Pentax FA*300mm f/2.8 Pentax >FA*8

Re: PPG

On checking just now, I find that one of the two photos that were pending since July, has been approved. It will be interesting to see what happens with the same photo that I uploaded last week and which is still pending Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western

Re: PPG

On Wednesday, November 02, 2011 5:53 PM, "Mark Roberts" wrote: > Daniel J. Matyola wrote: > > >It is working for me. > > Not only can I not log in to my artist's account, now my bio and > "camera bag" information on my public page have reverted *back* to > what they were before I updated them a

Re: Need a little help from my friends

"Ask the PDML and thou shall be answered." Thanks, Bob S., Stan, Cotty, Bong, Larry and Joe McAllister for offering great suggestions off-list. I passed one of Larry's and one of Bong's pics to the editor, along with the one from Dario's article of me looking like a severely green-mould infested p

Re: PPG

This is what I see on your Camera Bag entry: Camera Bag Pentax K20D Pentax K10-D Pentax DA*16-50mm f/2.8 Pentax 21mm f/3.2 Limited Pentax 31mm f/1.8 Limited Pentax 43mm f/1.9 Limited Pentax 77mm f/1.8 Limited Pentax FA*24mm f/2.0 Pentax FA*300mm f/2.8 Pentax FA*80-200 f/2.8 Dan Matyola http://www

Re: PPG

Daniel J. Matyola wrote: >It is working for me. Not only can I not log in to my artist's account, now my bio and "camera bag" information on my public page have reverted *back* to what they were before I updated them a few days ago! (And the updates were properly visible for a while.) -- Mar

Re: A man at work.

Well done and a great theme Dave On Tue, Nov 1, 2011 at 5:09 PM, Don Guthrie wrote: > This is a part of a project I started this year about working. > > http://donspix.posterous.com/manual-labor-part-of-series-called-people-at#!/ > > > C&C always appreciated. > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail Li

Re: PPG

Lion? Jack From: Daniel J. Matyola To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Sent: Wednesday, November 2, 2011 1:34 PM Subject: Re: PPG It is working for me. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Wed, Nov 2, 2011 at 4:00 PM, John Sessoms wro

Re: PPG

It is working for me. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Wed, Nov 2, 2011 at 4:00 PM, John Sessoms wrote: > From: Jack Davis >> >> Am unable to access my gallery through PPG Artist's listing. "GO" icon >> inactive. (?) >> >> Jack > > Maybe they're upgrading to Lion?

RE: OT Sidewiki?

From: "P. J. Alling" (because I just want to rant to someone and who else?) Did you know Google was shutting down Sidewiki? Well, yes they are. This surprises me since I don't even know what it does and yet I've recieved notification that I should export my contributions so they're not /lost

Re: PPG

From: Jack Davis Am unable to access my gallery through PPG Artist's listing. "GO" icon inactive. (?) Jack Maybe they're upgrading to Lion? -- 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 direct

Re: PAW--Week 43--Halloween Maid

From: Stan Halpin On Oct 31, 2011, at 7:02 PM, Brian Walters wrote: I hope your experience with Lion is better than this: http://photofocus.com/2011/10/27/my-mini-review-on-mac-osx-lion-version-10-7-2-a-photographers-pov/ Much discussion on the Apple forums. A quick look would indicate a m

RE: PESO: A Real Sports Car

From: "Bob W" http://blogs.delphiforums.com/n/blogs/blog.aspx?nav=main&webtag=djm1963 &entry=158 Comments, Suggestions, and Criticisms are Welcome. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola Nice car. There was an interesting documentary on TV here about Tin Tin in Russia, an

Re: A man at work

Thank you Jack for your comments. The back round was very busy with a pick-up truck and several lawn chairs. I might play wit it a bit more in post. I took this theme from the shot and to add more I am trying to think of situations to create. But they all seemed forced. So it may be a slow pr

Re: A man at work

Thanks Dan! I took several pictures obviously but I like the way hands look here and the motion of the hammer. He was dressed-up because this was a demonstration at a fair. Date: Tue, 1 Nov 2011 17:47:16 -0400 From: "Daniel J. Matyola" To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: A man at work.

RE: OT Sidewiki?

> > (because I just want to rant to someone and who else?) Did you > know Google was shutting down Sidewiki? Well, yes they are. This > surprises me since I don't even know what it does and yet I've recieved > notification that I should export my contributions so they're not /lost > to the age

RE: Firmware for LENSES? (Pentax Q firmware v1.01 update announced)

> > Have I just not been paying attention, or is this something new? > Firmware for lenses? They can do your tax returns for you these days. B > > There are three separate firmware updates. One for the Q body and one > for each of the "standard zoom" and "standard prime" lens. > Interesting to

Re: Firmware for LENSES? (Pentax Q firmware v1.01 update announced)

On Wed, Nov 2, 2011 at 8:45 AM, Darren Addy wrote: > Have I just not been paying attention, or is this something new? > Firmware for lenses? > > There are three separate firmware updates. One for the Q body and one > for each of the "standard zoom" and "standard prime" lens. > Interesting too that

Re: GESO: A Rare October Snow Storm

Thanks, Bob. Having a few evergreens split or even downed is one thing. Since the leaves are still on the deciduous trees, this storm caused serious damage to our ornamental trees and bushes, including three flowering dogwoods. That really hurts. Even our big Oaks lost limbs from the top (usual

Re: Published in Metal Hammer Norway

Good deal Tim, you're on your way to a fine unpaid profession. On 11/2/2011 10:12 AM, Tim Øsleby wrote: http://maritimtim.blogspot.com/2011/11/tripod-metal-hammer-norway.html I don't know how many copies that are made of this publication, but according to my contact in the band it is a few thous

Re: PESO: Yet another photographer, or Return of the K-x

LOL! wonderful shot Walt... ann On 11/2/2011 13:10, Walt Gilbert wrote: Thank you, Steven. I thought it was a fun shot, and it turns out she likes it, too. ;-) -- Walt On 11/1/2011 11:11 AM, Steven Desjardins wrote: That shot is funny on so many levels. Technically nice as well. The K-X live

Re: GESO: A Rare October Snow Storm

Thanks Dan, You can tell that dog is made for snow! And I hate when the evergreens split from the snow. Fine pictures and a good insight on what you encountered. Regards, Bob S. On Wed, Nov 2, 2011 at 11:47 AM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: > Thanks, Bob. > > I didn't intend it to work that way, but

OT Bicycle Delivery

I was pointed to this gallery of folks delivering things on their bikes. Interestingly, none of them seem to be riding fixies. http://shanghaiist.com/2011/09/27/gallery_totems_by_alain_delorme.php -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com sent from i4est -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.ne

Re: PUG (and November Submission Form) still offline

on 2011-11-01 23:01 David Mann wrote On Nov 2, 2011, at 9:17 AM, P. J. Alling wrote: The storm in Connecticut was something else. The only reason I still have power is that Irene already knocked down all of the iffy trees in the area I'm in. Wet snow on trees that haven't lost their leaves

Re: PPG

Today I can't sign in to my PPG account at all. I'm using the same address and password I used yesterday (saved in Firefox) but I keep getting "Login Failed. Invalid username or password." -- Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@

Re: Published in Metal Hammer Norway

Congratulations! That is a great image and it makes a great spread in the mag. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Wed, Nov 2, 2011 at 11:12 AM, Tim Øsleby wrote: > http://maritimtim.blogspot.com/2011/11/tripod-metal-hammer-norway.html > I don't know how many copies

Re: PESO: Yet another photographer, or Return of the K-x

Thank you, Steven. I thought it was a fun shot, and it turns out she likes it, too. ;-) -- Walt On 11/1/2011 11:11 AM, Steven Desjardins wrote: That shot is funny on so many levels. Technically nice as well. The K-X lives on. On Mon, Oct 31, 2011 at 2:45 PM, Walt Gilbert wrote: Hi all,

Re: GESO: A Rare October Snow Storm

Thanks, Bob. I didn't intend it to work that way, but if you just click on one of the images on my photo blog, it will take you to the same image on my Phot.net gallery (since I cut and post the images from Photo.net to my blog.) Once in Photo.net, you can see the other images I uploaded to that

Re: PPG

I didn't have to do anything last week to upload a scanned image. After the fact, I went to edit it, selected "manually input EXIF data," and selected the camera and lens types from the list. It got into the review system before I did that, however. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/

Re: Published in Metal Hammer Norway

Nice! Congratulations. Paul On Nov 2, 2011, at 11:12 AM, Tim Øsleby wrote: > http://maritimtim.blogspot.com/2011/11/tripod-metal-hammer-norway.html > I don't know how many copies that are made of this publication, but > according to my contact in the band it is a few thousands. > > Comments, cri

Re: Published in Metal Hammer Norway

Thanks Darren. Except for the credit they have treated the picture well. -- MaritimTim My private photo blog: http://maritimtim.blogspot.com/ My photo class blog: http://z-fotokurs.blogspot.com/ To err is human to arr i

Firmware for LENSES? (Pentax Q firmware v1.01 update announced)

Have I just not been paying attention, or is this something new? Firmware for lenses? There are three separate firmware updates. One for the Q body and one for each of the "standard zoom" and "standard prime" lens. Interesting too that the Q firmware ups the resolution of the "Fine" setting. http:

Re: Published in Metal Hammer Norway

Congrats on the publication, Tim! I like the way they turned it into a two-page spread (each half stands very nicely on its own) and made it look "vintage-y" in color. Darren Addy Kearney, Nebraska On Wed, Nov 2, 2011 at 10:12 AM, Tim Øsleby wrote: > http://maritimtim.blogspot.com/2011/11/tripod

Re: GESO: A Rare October Snow Storm

Dan, How do I get to the larger GESO?? I love Bandit in the snow! - super alert pose. Regards, Bob S. On Wed, Nov 2, 2011 at 9:26 AM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: > Thanks for looking and commenting, Ann. > > In the "mini-GESO," as you called it, the first two shots were an > experiment, and were ta

Published in Metal Hammer Norway

http://maritimtim.blogspot.com/2011/11/tripod-metal-hammer-norway.html I don't know how many copies that are made of this publication, but according to my contact in the band it is a few thousands. Comments, criticque appreciateed. -- MaritimTim My private photo blog: http://maritimtim.blogspot.

Re: PPG

On 11/2/2011 10:34, Bong Manayon wrote: A couple more PPG discoveries... 1. For the lack of the "scanned image" option, I tried putting in a manufacturer (Pentax) and camera (LX) using ExifTool. It works... 2. There is now a 5 photo a week limit! good! :-) too much work to do the old pho

Re: PPG

Yeah I just went there from Bong's link... not really my cup of tea, you will not be surprised to learn, but searching for it got me to browse your whole gallery and i found several shots I had not seen before that i loved and a few golden oldies I remembered as Peso's I havent' checked my stu

Re: PPG

A couple more PPG discoveries... 1. For the lack of the "scanned image" option, I tried putting in a manufacturer (Pentax) and camera (LX) using ExifTool. It works... 2. There is now a 5 photo a week limit! ... On Wed, Nov 2, 2011 at 10:29 PM, Ann Sanfedele wrote: > > > On 11/2/2011 04:51, Bo

Re: PPG

On 11/2/2011 04:51, Bong Manayon wrote: On Wed, Nov 2, 2011 at 10:34 AM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: I don't think I can link to a particular image in the gallery. You can. Click on that "i" thingy and when you see shot specs and comments page there are "Share This" options on the upper right

Re: GESO: A Rare October Snow Storm

Thanks for looking and commenting, Ann. In the "mini-GESO," as you called it, the first two shots were an experiment, and were taken varying the shutter speed to obtain two different way of showing the falling snow. "The Snow begins" was intended to capture the size of the flakes, while "the sno

Pentax Q Diary

http://pentaxqdiary.com/ Begins with a Panasonic Lumix owner walking into a local camera store to get a Panasonic GF2: http://pentaxqdiary.com/page/3/ Figured it might be of interest to some of you. Darren Addy Kearney, Nebraska -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/ma

Re: PPG

Brian's method works, but it is a work-around that circumvents the gallery menus and options. There has got to be an easier and more intuitive way to like to individual images. BTW, I have 4 more images in my "Approved in Gallery" listing than are in my "public" artist's gallery. I assume it tak

Re: PPG

When I go to my artist page, select that image and hit "i", the "Share this" is on the bottom of the page, and it is the only thing on the bottom that I can not highlight and click on. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Wed, Nov 2, 2011 at 4:51 AM, Bong Manayon wrot

OT Sidewiki?

(because I just want to rant to someone and who else?) Did you know Google was shutting down Sidewiki? Well, yes they are. This surprises me since I don't even know what it does and yet I've recieved notification that I should export my contributions so they're not /lost to the ages/, (my w

Re: PAW--Week 43--Halloween Maid

Holy moly... too much sugar, indeed! I'd be keeping the k-5 & the ipad with me at all times, in case of evacuation order! Save the toys!! :) -c On Mon, Oct 31, 2011 at 11:27 PM, Christine Aguila wrote: > Thanks, Christine!  Much appreciated.  We did, in fact, have a lovely day of > weather, bu

Re: PPG

On Wed, Nov 2, 2011 at 10:34 AM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: > I don't think I can link to a particular image in the gallery. You can. Click on that "i" thingy and when you see shot specs and comments page there are "Share This" options on the upper right. Selecting the email icon gives you options

Re: There's no substitute for name-brand quality

On Oct 29, 2011, at 1:16 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: > Since moving to 16G cards, I have stuck with Sandisk Extreme SDHC > Class 10 (30 mbps). I'm completely satisfied with them and they're not > that expensive at $35-40 apiece through Amazon.com. $26 at BandH. My tendency is to use 8G cards, b

Re: PESO: A Real Sports Car

On 11/1/2011 11:39 PM, mike wilson wrote: On 02/11/2011 02:12, John Francis wrote: On Tue, Nov 01, 2011 at 05:37:11AM +0100, mike wilson wrote: On 31/10/2011 23:25, Paul Stenquist wrote: There must be something about Mercedes that makes them obvious targets. Here's a car I spotted three yea

Re: PESO: A Real Sports Car

On 02/11/2011 02:12, John Francis wrote: On Tue, Nov 01, 2011 at 05:37:11AM +0100, mike wilson wrote: On 31/10/2011 23:25, Paul Stenquist wrote: Nope. That's not a real sports car. It's an Excalibur ?? a reproduction of a 1929 Mercedes roadster body on a Pontiac chassis. But it's a nice photo

Re: OT - Cyclists

On 01/11/2011 16:07, Scott Loveless wrote: On Mon, Oct 31, 2011 at 7:01 PM, Larry Colen wrote: On 10/31/2011 3:36 PM, Stan Halpin wrote: On Oct 31, 2011, at 4:40 PM, Mark Roberts wrote: Cotty wrote: Wood you have a bike like this? I've been pining for somethin

Re: PPG

On 01/11/2011 16:03, Mark Roberts wrote: I wish I could get my students to sign up for the PPG. For the voting if nothing else: Viewing, thinking about and critiquing images is a great way to make yourself think about your own photography and photographs. Voting seems like a chore at times but th

Re: PPG

On 01/11/2011 06:53, Brian Walters wrote: On Tuesday, November 01, 2011 1:08 AM, "Daniel J. Matyola" wrote: I just noticed that one of the images I submitted several months ago was just accepted into the gallery -- and a couple of others were "declined." There are a number of other changes, a