I considered one of my photos of this for the upcoming PUG. It's in a rather
out-of-the-way graveyard on the West Coast that we had a quick look at last
weekend.
I can't figure out what it is or what it was used for. Given its shape and
surroundings I assume it has something to do with
From last weekend back yard romp.
http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=14683533
Jay in tree, waiting
http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=14683534
Jay rewarded for waiting
http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=14683553
Pumpkin
K10D, D FA 50-200 AF 360 for fill.
Dave
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On 11/25/2011 01:25, Christine Aguila wrote:
Too funny, Brian! Thanks for the heads up.
For this theme--ravages of time--I keep thinking of doing a self portrait!
Cheers, Christine
Christine - not only did I also want a deadline but had the same
thought about a self-portrait. Or perhaps
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$99 for Lightroom, plus $49 for Elements 10 if you buy them together.
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Dave,
I don't really get the title on the last one. ??
I like the photos of the jays. We've been feeding them too.
They beat the squirrels to the peanuts.
Regards, Bob S.
On Fri, Nov 25, 2011 at 8:31 AM, David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com wrote:
From last weekend back yard romp.
http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=14683715
(K7, DA 50-200)
Rick
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Is a puzzlement.
Jack
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From: David Mann d...@multisport.net.nz
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Sent: Friday, November 25, 2011 12:55 AM
Subject: OT: Can anyone work out what this is?
I considered one of my photos of this for the upcoming PUG. It's in
From: Mark Roberts
We're spending the weekend hiking in New Hampshire from one of the
Appalachian Mountain Club's lodges. Here's a photo from the short walk
we took today (I'm not sure how it'll look on line - I find BW photos
really need a better-than-laptop conversion and post-processing):
From: David Mann
I considered one of my photos of this for the upcoming PUG. It's in
a rather out-of-the-way graveyard on the West Coast that we had a
quick look at last weekend.
I can't figure out what it is or what it was used for. Given its
shape and surroundings I assume it has something
On Fri, Nov 25, 2011 at 10:03 AM, Bob Sullivan rf.sulli...@gmail.com wrote:
Dave,
I don't really get the title on the last one. ??
Its the pumpkin i grew this summer sitting on an old rotten stump out back./;-)
I like the photos of the jays. We've been feeding them too.
They beat the
It looks great.
Dave
On Thu, Nov 24, 2011 at 9:15 PM, Mark Roberts m...@robertstech.com wrote:
We're spending the weekend hiking in New Hampshire from one of the
Appalachian Mountain Club's lodges. Here's a photo from the short walk
we took today (I'm not sure how it'll look on line - I find
Wow, that's beautiful, Mark!
Cheers,
frank
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From: Mark Roberts m...@robertstech.com
Sent: November 24, 2011 11/24/11
To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net
Subject: Thanksgiving in the White Mountains
We're spending the weekend hiking in New Hampshire from one of
Awesome photos, Mark. I especially like #2, that huge wave crashing into the
lighthouse.
Cheers,
frank
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From: Christine Aguila christ...@caguila.com
Sent: November 25, 2011 11/25/11
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Subject: Re: GESO - High Seas at South Haven
on 2011-11-24 15:33 John Sessoms wrote
Quick check just now shows you can order either the K-5 with kit lens for
$1449.95 or K-5 body only for $1449.95 (that ain't a typo on my part).
whereas K-5 body is currently $1200 at pentaxwebstore.com (kit is $1350) ...
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On 11/25/2011 2:42 PM, steve harley wrote:
on 2011-11-24 15:33 John Sessoms wrote
Quick check just now shows you can order either the K-5 with kit lens
for
$1449.95 or K-5 body only for $1449.95 (that ain't a typo on my part).
whereas K-5 body is currently $1200 at pentaxwebstore.com (kit is
I had this dream where it was all very complicated and busy and
crowded with lots of people, I think we were organizing a conference
or something (something I often help with), and I grabbed my camera
off the crowded table and ran, and then later I realized I’d grabbed
someone else’s K-R instead
http://www.dxomark.com/index.php/News/DxOMark-news/A-quality-review-of-the-Pentax-Q
This would be so much fun at $400-500.
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Those of you who travel a lot: How do you store your photos while on long
trips?
Next May I'll be spending some time in Australia with my company
(specifically, in Melbourne for roughly a week and a half), and then I'm
hoping to be able to take another week or two off for a bit of a vacation
I've realized that one reason the PDML has helped me improve my photography is
not only feedback on my photos, but looking at other people's photos and
reading the feedback on them. It has exposed me to different styles of
photography, given me a feel what other people like, or dislike, and
On 11/24/2011 9:15 PM, Mark Roberts wrote:
We're spending the weekend hiking in New Hampshire from one of the
Appalachian Mountain Club's lodges. Here's a photo from the short walk
we took today (I'm not sure how it'll look on line - I find BW photos
really need a better-than-laptop conversion
If it had provision for a decent evf, it would be a much better match
for it's price, I wonder if that rumored large sensor EVIL camera from
Pentax will ever see the light of day or is it the new 645D, the Flying
Dutchman of digital photography.
On 11/25/2011 3:01 PM, Steven Desjardins wrote:
I have a 500G-or-so USB disk that I plug in and duplicate everything
onto. Light, sticks in an internal pocket of my knapsack -T
On Fri, Nov 25, 2011 at 12:08 PM, John Celio n...@neovenator.com wrote:
Those of you who travel a lot: How do you store your photos while on long
trips?
Next May
What medications are you taking at this time?
;-)
cheers,
frank
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From: Tim Bray tb...@textuality.com
Sent: November 25, 2011 11/25/11
To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net
Subject: Dream camera
I had this dream where it was all very complicated and busy and
Get yourself a used Dell D410, and upgrade the harddrive to 250-320gb,
(those are the largest capacity PATA drives available for laptops
AFAIK). The drive will probably cost you under $80, a refurbished
laptop should be well under $200. A good battery will give you 3 to 3
1/2 hours of
On Nov 25, 2011, at 12:08 PM, John Celio wrote:
Those of you who travel a lot: How do you store your photos while on long
trips?
Next May I'll be spending some time in Australia with my company
(specifically, in Melbourne for roughly a week and a half), and then I'm
hoping to be able
On Nov 25, 2011, at 8:37 AM, John Sessoms wrote:
From: David Mann
I considered one of my photos of this for the upcoming PUG. It's in
a rather out-of-the-way graveyard on the West Coast that we had a
quick look at last weekend.
I can't figure out what it is or what it was used for.
It does take nearly 24 hours to get your voucher (and mine also went
to Gmail spam folder).
I got PC Magazine as my trial magazine and then with my $25 gift card opted for:
Outdoor Photographer ($7.50)
Popular Photography ($7.50)
and the book
50 Photo Projects (7.98)
Thanks again to Brian for
Just a bit of what's happened with the Occupy Toronto thing, not
because you're interested, just because it'll put the gallery in
perspective.
On Monday a judge ordered that the city could proceed with it's
eviction, meaning that they could serve the occupiers with notices
under the Trespass Act
John,
Generally I have my laptop along (320 gig hard drive), and download the pix to
it, then back up to a portable external HD. When I travel, the laptop is in my
backpack (carry-on) and the portable HD is in my checked luggage.
When I've had a long flight ahead in a standard coach seat (no
John Celio n...@neovenator.com wrote:
Those of you who travel a lot: How do you store your photos while on long
trips?
I use a Dell 10v Mini (netbook). Small enough to be easily
transportable, about 6 hours battery life (I got the optional ouble
battery) and powerful enough (barely) to run
On Nov 23, 2011, at 15:23 , Paul Stenquist wrote:
I have to shoot a car in a studio next week. Of course that requires a very
big studio -- 4000 square feet. Since there is an overabundance of big
studios in the Detroit metro area, the daily rental is reasonable: about six
hundred U.S. But
FSF
Hi, all,
I’m rationalising my photo gear, and have some Pentax bits to go. I have not
sold through this forum before, but I have 100% feedback (122 items) at Ebay:
http://myworld.ebay.co.uk/dundertech (and I’m sure Godfrey will vouch for me).
FA135/2.8 - asking £250. Photos:
On 25/11/2011 2:18 PM, Larry Colen wrote:
One thing I haven't seen a lot of is discussion on how to give and take
criticism. And a related discussion
of what venues on the net, or off, are good for that sort of discussion.
--
That's because we don't offer criticism here. We had a regular
On 25/11/2011 2:01 PM, Steven Desjardins wrote:
http://www.dxomark.com/index.php/News/DxOMark-news/A-quality-review-of-the-Pentax-Q
This would be so much fun at $400-500.
It's fun at $800.00. What it would be at $400-500 is a plasticky piece
of junk with decent imaging qualities (though
On 25/11/2011 4:00 PM, frank theriault wrote:
Just a bit of what's happened with the Occupy Toronto thing, not
because you're interested, just because it'll put the gallery in
perspective.
On Monday a judge ordered that the city could proceed with it's
eviction, meaning that they could serve
I think it’s a little more nuanced than that. If I think a PESO is
worthless, I say nothing. If I think it’s great, I’ll say so and if I
can, add a word or two about why. If i think a picture is worthwhile
and could be improved by cropping or color adjustments or whatever,
I’ll say that too.
I
So today Lisa and I eschewed the opporunity to get pepper sprayed and
fight mobs of holiday shoppers. Instead we took advantage of beautiful
weather to hike up New Hampshire's Mount Washington. The trail we took
starts right at the lodge where we're staying; it's 4.1 miles to the
top, with about
A 13 inch Macbook laptop. :Light, small, but with plenty of storage and
powerful enough to run PhotoShop quite efficiently.
Paul
On Nov 25, 2011, at 3:08 PM, John Celio wrote:
Those of you who travel a lot: How do you store your photos while on long
trips?
Next May I'll be spending some
There is an Ignatian(?) spiritual exercise where one is to either tell
the truth only at all times OR say only nice things at all times but
never at the same time. Which is why--I guess--the gurus or the truly
wise as they grow...well, wiser..become more silent.
Bong :-)
On Sat, Nov 26, 2011 at
Ann Sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com wrote:
On 11/24/2011 21:15, Mark Roberts wrote:
http://www.robertstech.com/temp/index.htm
It is quite pretty, but it will be more betterer when you get it back
to your big ole 'puter.
What it really needs, I think, is to be a print. Even on a 24 monitor
there's
Wow, talk about capturing a moment. -T
On Fri, Nov 25, 2011 at 4:22 PM, Mark Roberts m...@robertstech.com wrote:
So today Lisa and I eschewed the opporunity to get pepper sprayed and
fight mobs of holiday shoppers. Instead we took advantage of beautiful
weather to hike up New Hampshire's Mount
I've attended critiques of participant images done during outdoor workshops
by professional outdoor photogs.
For most of them it is really hard to offer honest critiques of attendees
images for fear of crushing the spirit of the attendee. The better pros will
give honest comment to an
Hell, they're only images.
Mark!
Kenneth Waller
http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller
- Original Message - From: William Robb
anotherdrunken...@gmail.com
Subject: Re: Giving and taking criticism
On 25/11/2011 2:18 PM, Larry Colen wrote:
One thing I haven't seen a
On 11/25/2011 19:42, Mark Roberts wrote:
Ann Sanfedeleann...@nyc.rr.com wrote:
On 11/24/2011 21:15, Mark Roberts wrote:
http://www.robertstech.com/temp/index.htm
It is quite pretty, but it will be more betterer when you get it back
to your big ole 'puter.
What it really needs, I think,
It's important to note that the regular member didn't just critique the
photo. He told the photographer that he should be ashamed at having posted such
inferior work and generally directed his comments at the person rather than the
phtotograph. He was way out of line and obviously had some
On 11/25/2011 2:18 PM, Larry Colen wrote:
I've realized that one reason the PDML has helped me improve my photography is
not only feedback on my photos, but looking at other people's photos and
reading the feedback on them. It has exposed me to different styles of
photography, given me a feel
I wasn't referring to the PDML per se, but just the skills in general.
Being an engineer, I could spend a lot of time designing an online
photography critique community, but that is an exercise in mental
masturbation that I'll leave for another day.
Here is a disorganized brain dump of some
That is =such= a vintage Robb that it almost has to be a Mark!
Rick
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From: William Robb anotherdrunken...@gmail.com
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Sent: Friday, November 25, 2011 7:06 PM
Subject: Re: Giving and taking criticism
Most people don't
Having nominated Bill for a Mark!, I don't agree with him.
Over the summer I posted a view from a New Hampshire peak. I got lots of
interesting and useful comments, and one list member manipulated the photo in
LR and posted a version much better than mine. I learned a lot from that--it
is
An idea was floated last year that if you wanted, or were okay with
critique to use a different tag than PESO. Nothing ever came of it,
but it's always an option for people who just want to share, and those
who want active feedback.
On Fri, Nov 25, 2011 at 9:45 PM, Rick Womer
Larry,
Let me share what we have done in the local Pentax group here in the
Philippines, I get to be asked to critique photos ever so often and
Filipinos are the worst in either giving or receiving critique (okay,
someone out there might think their culture are worse...). One thing
that I have
~Very~ cool pic. Literally. ;-)
Since you hiked up, does that mean you didn't get the ubiquitous bumper
sticker? ;-)
Look forward to more pix.
Cheers,
frank
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To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List
On 11/25/2011 19:22, Mark Roberts wrote:
.
As expected, the wind got stronger as we climbed higher. At the bluff
called Lion's Head it must have been 60-65 mph. The snow had been
blown clear of many places but where it did remain it wes quite deep
in spots. Occasionally I would place a foot
On Friday, November 25, 2011 6:45 PM, Rick Womer
rwomer1...@yahoo.com wrote:
Having nominated Bill for a Mark!, I don't agree with him.
Over the summer I posted a view from a New Hampshire peak. I got lots of
interesting and useful comments, and one list member manipulated the
photo in LR
on 2011-11-25 17:22 Mark Roberts wrote
In the photo linked below, Lisa is
literally hanging on to the summit marker sign to avoid being blown
away.
http://www.robertstech.com/temp/lisa-1.jpg
heartwarming story, memorable picture, and i'm sure you'll find that beer
helpful
... also a unique
On Friday, November 25, 2011 7:15 AM, Rick Womer
rwomer1...@yahoo.com wrote:
http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=14683715
That works. I like the selective focus and the fact that you've got a
bit of motion blur on one hand while the other is still. Adds some
action interest.
Cheers
On Friday, November 25, 2011 9:31 AM, David J Brooks
pentko...@gmail.com wrote:
From last weekend back yard romp.
http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=14683533
Jay in tree, waiting
http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=14683534
Jay rewarded for waiting
Ken,
Nothing wrong with your criticisms.
I always look forward to them.
Regards, Bob S.
On Fri, Nov 25, 2011 at 6:52 PM, kwal...@peoplepc.com wrote:
I've attended critiques of participant images done during outdoor workshops
by professional outdoor photogs.
For most of them it is really hard
On 11/25/2011 7:13 PM, William Robb wrote:
On 25/11/2011 4:00 PM, frank theriault wrote:
Just a bit of what's happened with the Occupy Toronto thing, not
because you're interested, just because it'll put the gallery in
perspective.
On Monday a judge ordered that the city could proceed with
On Nov 25, 2011, at 3:08 PM, John Celio wrote:
Those of you who travel a lot: How do you store your photos while on long
trips?
Next May I'll be spending some time in Australia with my company
(specifically, in Melbourne for roughly a week and a half), and then I'm
hoping to be able to
On a 3-week's holiday to wesrern Europe, UK and Spain with my family,
I carried 16 GB x 2 + 8 GB x 2 + 4 GB a 3 cards for my Pentax K20D and
my wife's Panasonic PS. We were shooting almost non stop 12 Hrs a
day. That is over 260 high resolution photos per day between the two
of us. We never had to
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