RE: PESO - A Dame on the Throne

2011-11-30 Thread Brian Walters
On Wednesday, November 30, 2011 10:50 PM, knarftheria...@gmail.com knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: Brilliant! Both the photo and the subject of same. Love the vertical car behind it. Notice what type it is? Thanks Frank - and thanks to all who looked/commented. The car is a Holden

Re: OT: For the Cat lovers on the list

2011-11-30 Thread Jim King
Daniel J. Matyola wrote on Wed, 30 Nov 2011 13:59:28 -0800 A French designer cat carrier:

Re: Question for those who have had submissions accepted to PPG...

2011-11-30 Thread Mark Roberts
Brian Walters wrote: As others have mentioned, the time varies. Currently I've got 20 'Pending', five of which have been pending since 8 Nov. On the other hand, several that I submitted when the new PPG came on line on 24 Oct were processed within a couple of weeks. With the PPG, patience is a

Re: PESO: Sleeping Kitty

2011-11-30 Thread Paul Stenquist
Good point. I agree that it's a bit harsh, but i think a stop less would have left it underexposed. However, a diffuser would have helped soften it. But when shooting Grace outside on the playground, I've found that for most shots, a diffuser kills too much of the fill light, so I don't use

Re: Giving and taking criticism

2011-11-30 Thread Joseph McAllister
What happened to the good old days, before I got old, and it was just you and me. We knew everything too. On Nov 30, 2011, at 06:12 , Dario Bonazza wrote: Doug Franklin wrote: On 2011-11-29 13:18, Dario Bonazza wrote: (I'm not sure I succeeded in expressing my thought so well, but

Re: [All countries ] Street shooting and Image use (legal/rights) influence

2011-11-30 Thread Stan Halpin
On Nov 30, 2011, at 12:59 AM, Brian Walters wrote: On Tuesday, November 29, 2011 9:43 PM, Stan Halpin s...@stans-photography.info wrote: In Australia someplace (Sydney maybe, or was it Melbourne?) I recall coming across a street art fair. One painter had a handwritten sign on his booth:

Re: Back After a Long Absence

2011-11-30 Thread P. J. Alling
You were gone? On 11/30/2011 2:35 PM, Evan Hanson wrote: I've been away a couple of years but I'm trying to get my life back in balance and photography is a big part of that. I can't think of anyplace that I've learned more and wasted more time, than the PDML. :) I've missed you guys. Evan

Re: Radio trigger synch speed

2011-11-30 Thread P. J. Alling
On 11/30/2011 10:54 AM, William Robb wrote: On 30/11/2011 8:56 AM, Bulent Celasun wrote: Mine (Aputure brand) synchs only at (and below) 1/60th of a second. The Company web site was saying that they support Pentax (as well as Canon on the same unit) up to a synch speed of 1/250th. Pocket

Re: PESO -- Swimming Basen

2011-11-30 Thread Joseph McAllister
To give Mike a little room for his statement, I had no way of knowing that, given the number of languages in the world. In this case, I have no way of knowing it's meaning in the example shown. Is this an indoor swimming pool? Rarely called a basin in this part of the world, but a pool. In my

Re: [All countries ] Street shooting and Image use, (legal/rights) influence

2011-11-30 Thread Mark C
I caught a bit of an interview on NPR's Fresh AIr show today about privacy rights. Two random thoughts: 1. The interviewee commented that Europe was much more aggressive about protecting the rights of the person to their own image, where the US is more laissez-faire. (Ironic that it takes a

OT: No Pentax value, just Britain.

2011-11-30 Thread Joseph McAllister
More like forgetting to place OT: No Pentax value. as the subject line. I was hoping a rousing discussion would ensue about the CIA, MI-6, and Perestroika. :-) On Nov 30, 2011, at 13:56 , Paul Stenquist wrote: Apparently sent to the wrong list. Joseph McAllister Lots of gear, not much time

OT: Healthy Living

2011-11-30 Thread John Sessoms
My doctor has been ragging me to eat more vegetables, cut down on sweets, get more exercise ... generally improve my lifestyle to improve my health. I finally got started on the exercise part last week. I've been going out every day and walking around a nearby lake. It has a 2 mile paved

Fwd: News Alert: Britain Downgrades Diplomatic Ties With, Iran; Orders London Embassy Shut

2011-11-30 Thread John Sessoms
Subject: News Alert: Britain Downgrades Diplomatic Ties With Iran; Orders London Embassy Shut Seems to me, another of those situations where both sides deserve to lose. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML,

Re: OT: Healthy Living

2011-11-30 Thread Doug Franklin
On 2011-11-30 22:01, John Sessoms wrote: I'm afraid healthy living is going to be the death of me yet. Back in the early or so 1970s, there was one of those pen-and-ink cartoons in Playboy. A guy is sitting on the examining table in a doctor's office, talking to the doctor. Doctor:

Re: OT: Healthy Living

2011-11-30 Thread Ann Sanfedele
HEre is some virtual chicken soup... for a cramp in foot, I know this sounds weird but it works for me, squeeze your upper lip... also, step on a cold floor, or rub with ice... I get calf cramps and arch cramps in the middle of the night... wearing socks to bed helps somewhat though that sounds

Re: Different Bryce Canyon

2011-11-30 Thread Christine Aguila
That's great! Cheers, Christine On Nov 30, 2011, at 3:54 PM, kwal...@peoplepc.com wrote: Cute capture. Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: Evan Hanson e.r.hanso...@gmail.com Subject: Re: Different Bryce Canyon On

Re: OT: Cult Film Restoration

2011-11-30 Thread Joseph McAllister
Cool! I'll watch it later. Thanks, guys! On Nov 30, 2011 14:33, Charles Robinson wrote: For those of you who might have ever watched one of Minnesota's best exports: Mystery Science Theater 3000 - here's the story of a man who is restoring (!!!) the cult film Manos: Hands of Fate (a truly

Re: GESO: Little River Rail Trail

2011-11-30 Thread Christine Aguila
How did I get that confused. Well, I got the Birdlings Flat right, right? Cheers, Christine On Nov 30, 2011, at 3:44 PM, Ann Sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com wrote: actually I was , indeed, commenting on Brians stuff... Now I'll have to look at Dave's stuff But all you antipodeans look alike

Re: PESO - A Dame on the Throne

2011-11-30 Thread Christine Aguila
That's great! I saw Dame Edna live here in Chicago years ago at the Schubert Theater. I laughed so hard, my cheeks ached for the whole second half of the show. What great fun the show was. I'll never forget it. Cheers, Christine On Nov 30, 2011, at 9:39 AM, Daniel J. Matyola

Re: Back After a Long Absence

2011-11-30 Thread Christine Aguila
Welcome back. I'm Christine from Chicago, and there is a Christine from Boston as well. Cheers, Christine On Nov 30, 2011, at 1:35 PM, Evan Hanson e.r.hanso...@gmail.com wrote: I've been away a couple of years but I'm trying to get my life back in balance and photography is a big part of

Re: Different Bryce Canyon

2011-11-30 Thread Jack Davis
I wish it were a bigger file so I could do a deeper crop. In this case,t he posted image is as much of a crop as I'm comfortable with.   Jack   - Original Message - From: Ann Sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Cc: Sent: Wednesday, November 30, 2011

Re: [All countries ] Street shooting and Image use, (legal/rights) influence

2011-11-30 Thread Christine Aguila
On Nov 30, 2011, at 6:11 PM, Philip Northeast rnort...@bigpond.net.au wrote: It seems strange for a country that gave us Henri Cartier-Bresson - the master of candid street photography I've always thought the same thing. Cheers, Christine -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List

Re: OT: Healthy Living

2011-11-30 Thread Christine Aguila
Sorry to hear of your bad luck here, but feel better soon. Cheers, Christine On Nov 30, 2011, at 9:01 PM, John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com wrote: My doctor has been ragging me to eat more vegetables, cut down on sweets, get more exercise ... generally improve my lifestyle to improve my

PESO -- Potato Leek Soup garnished with Creme Fraiche, Smoked Salmon, and Fennel.

2011-11-30 Thread P. J. Alling
An excursion into Derby Chen's foodie territory. http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1604247/PESO/PESO%20--%20plswcfssafg.html It was delicious. Equipment: Pentax K20D w/smc Pentax FA 43mm f1.9 Limited As usual comments are welcome but may be totally ignored. -- Don't lose heart! They might want to cut

OT -- To other Dropbox users. New share option breaks HTML galleries.

2011-11-30 Thread P. J. Alling
The dropbox boys have removed Get Public Link and replaced it with a new and improved Get Shareable Link command. This does two things, it gives a Tiny URL like address, but when you click on that link it displays the HTML code of your web page, and asks if you want to download it, rather

OT: Back from Italy

2011-11-30 Thread John Coyle
For those who even noticed - I'm back! Had a fantastic time in Italy, only three days of rain out of 26 there. Met up with Dario, who went out of his way to rendezvous with me when I was utterly unable to find the arranged meeting-point, then very kindly took us meet with his family at their

Re: OT: Back from Italy

2011-11-30 Thread P. J. Alling
If you don't post photos we won't believe any of your stories. On 11/30/2011 11:31 PM, John Coyle wrote: For those who even noticed - I'm back! Had a fantastic time in Italy, only three days of rain out of 26 there. Met up with Dario, who went out of his way to rendezvous with me when I was

Re: PESO -- Potato Leek Soup garnished with Creme Fraiche, Smoked Salmon, and Fennel.

2011-11-30 Thread P. J. Alling
I just noticed someone wasn't exactly clear on the proper arrangement of the silverware. On 11/30/2011 11:17 PM, P. J. Alling wrote: An excursion into Derby Chen's foodie territory. http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1604247/PESO/PESO%20--%20plswcfssafg.html It was delicious. Equipment: Pentax K20D

Re: OT: Healthy Living

2011-11-30 Thread Bob Sullivan
John, Sometimes old people carry cains (or monopods or walking sticks), just to stick in the spokes of inconsiderate bicyclists. Regards, Bob S. On Wed, Nov 30, 2011 at 9:01 PM, John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com wrote: My doctor has been ragging me to eat more vegetables, cut down on sweets,

Re: PESO: Watching TV

2011-11-30 Thread Christine Aguila
Hi Dan: I love it! You caught your dog just at the right moment--well, actually, you caught both dogs just at the right moment. The only comment I would make is that the cropping looks a bit tight to my eye especially on the right--that is, the lines of the edge of the tv on the far

Re: PESO - Neighborhood Walk

2011-11-30 Thread Christine Aguila
I agree with Ken. Cheers, Christine On Nov 27, 2011, at 3:11 PM, kwal...@peoplepc.com kwal...@peoplepc.com wrote: I think its a bit busy and un-focused in a subject sort of way - like what do you want me to look at. Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller

Re: Question for those who have had submissions accepted to PPG...

2011-11-30 Thread Brian Walters
On Wednesday, November 30, 2011 7:39 PM, Mark Roberts m...@robertstech.com wrote: Brian Walters wrote: As others have mentioned, the time varies. Currently I've got 20 'Pending', five of which have been pending since 8 Nov. On the other hand, several that I submitted when the new PPG came

Re: [All countries ] Street shooting and Image use (legal/rights) influence

2011-11-30 Thread Brian Walters
On Wednesday, November 30, 2011 9:13 PM, Stan Halpin s...@stans-photography.info wrote: On Nov 30, 2011, at 12:59 AM, Brian Walters wrote: On Tuesday, November 29, 2011 9:43 PM, Stan Halpin s...@stans-photography.info wrote: In Australia someplace (Sydney maybe, or was it Melbourne?) I

Re: OT: Healthy Living

2011-11-30 Thread Bran Everseeking
On Wed, 30 Nov 2011 22:01:41 -0500 John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com wrote: I'm afraid healthy living is going to be the death of me yet. I quit smoking a decade before my heart attack and started eating right years earlier because of being diabetic; it might have saved my life. I will walk,

Re: OT: Healthy Living

2011-11-30 Thread Joseph McAllister
On Nov 30, 2011, at 21:20 , Bob Sullivan wrote: John, Sometimes old people carry canes (or monopods or walking sticks), just to stick in the spokes of inconsiderate bicyclists. Regards, Bob S. grin Joseph McAllister Lots of gear, not much time http://gallery.me.com/jomac -- PDML

Tamron Adaptall PK/A adapters...

2011-11-30 Thread Darren Addy
I dislike people linking to live auctions, but I am more tolerant of links to Buy It Now items, particularly when more than ONE of the items is available. These are getting harder to find and the prices are not out of line. (UK seller, but shipping not bad to the U.S. and presumably elsewhere).

Re: Tamron Adaptall PK/A adapters...

2011-11-30 Thread Brian Walters
On Thursday, December 01, 2011 12:05 AM, Darren Addy pixelsmi...@gmail.com wrote: I dislike people linking to live auctions, but I am more tolerant of links to Buy It Now items, particularly when more than ONE of the items is available. These are getting harder to find and the prices are not

Re: Tamron Adaptall PK/A adapters...

2011-11-30 Thread P. J. Alling
I've paid less for classic lenses than that... On 12/1/2011 1:05 AM, Darren Addy wrote: I dislike people linking to live auctions, but I am more tolerant of links to Buy It Now items, particularly when more than ONE of the items is available. These are getting harder to find and the prices are

Re: OT -- To other Dropbox users. New share option breaks HTML galleries.

2011-11-30 Thread Brian Walters
On Wednesday, November 30, 2011 11:24 PM, P. J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com wrote: The dropbox boys have removed Get Public Link and replaced it with a new and improved Get Shareable Link command. This does two things, it gives a Tiny URL like address, but when you click on that link

Re: PESO -- Potato Leek Soup garnished with Creme Fraiche, Smoked Salmon, and Fennel.

2011-11-30 Thread Brian Walters
On Wednesday, November 30, 2011 11:17 PM, P. J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com wrote: An excursion into Derby Chen's foodie territory. http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1604247/PESO/PESO%20--%20plswcfssafg.html It was delicious. It certainly looks delicious but the wine glass looks empty.

Re: PESO - A Dame on the Throne

2011-11-30 Thread Brian Walters
On Wednesday, November 30, 2011 9:54 PM, Christine Aguila christ...@caguila.com wrote: That's great! I saw Dame Edna live here in Chicago years ago at the Schubert Theater. I laughed so hard, my cheeks ached for the whole second half of the show. What great fun the show was. I'll never

Re: PESO -- Potato Leek Soup garnished with Creme Fraiche, Smoked Salmon, and Fennel.

2011-11-30 Thread P. J. Alling
On 12/1/2011 1:25 AM, Brian Walters wrote: On Wednesday, November 30, 2011 11:17 PM, P. J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com wrote: An excursion into Derby Chen's foodie territory. http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1604247/PESO/PESO%20--%20plswcfssafg.html It was delicious. It certainly looks

Re: OT -- To other Dropbox users. New share option breaks HTML galleries.

2011-11-30 Thread P. J. Alling
From what I can gather it's only a problem when using a web browser, (which is unfortunately what I use from my laptop), or the latest version. Which you may not have downloaded. The version I have running on my desktop has problems with context menus on that machine, but I attribute that to

Re: Question for those who have had submissions accepted to PPG...

2011-11-30 Thread Bong Manayon
On Thu, Dec 1, 2011 at 1:56 PM, Brian Walters supera1...@fastmail.fm wrote: Well - I'm not sure. I've been following PPG's 'Recently Added' gallery regularly for the past week or so (I know - I need a life) and it seems that new images are being added daily, even on weekends and holidays.

RE: PESO - A Dame on the Throne

2011-11-30 Thread Bob W
From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Brian Walters On Wednesday, November 30, 2011 9:54 PM, Christine Aguila christ...@caguila.com wrote: That's great! I saw Dame Edna live here in Chicago years ago at the Schubert Theater. I laughed so hard, my cheeks

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