A delayed smile picture. I like it a whole lot, Jack.
-- Walt
On 12/1/2011 9:04 AM, Jack Davis wrote:
More animal antics from the past.
Comments?
Jack
LX, A* 300 f/2.8, 1.4L T/C
http://photolightimages.com/aspupload/detail.asp?ID=619
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On 12/1/2011 11:55 PM, Larry Colen wrote:
On Nov 29, 2011, at 7:03 PM, Larry Colen wrote:
On my way home from what I'll euphemistically call lunch, it was lunch, perhaps
food is the euphemism, I noticed an old trailer parked in the back of what used
to be an RV lot in Scotts Valley. It may
Fascinating. Just the right shutter speed and timing. Well done.
Paul
On Dec 1, 2011, at 8:52 PM, Mark C wrote:
That's a great photo! Nice work!
On 12/1/2011 10:04 AM, Jack Davis wrote:
More animal antics from the past.
Comments?
Jack
LX, A* 300 f/2.8, 1.4L T/C
Most (over 90% I'm sure) of the swans around our area are muted swans,
but once in a while we see trumpeters, which this fellow is:
http://knarfdummyblog.blogspot.com/2011/11/trumpeter.html
Every trumpeter I've seen has been tagged, as this one is, just below
his right wing. Doesn't look like
For those who enjoy looking for vintage camera lenses at the local
sales and thrift stores...
http://www.kehblog.com/2011/12/lens-mount-guide-part-1.html
Looks like nice clear pictures and explanations.
Darren Addy
Kearney, Nebraska
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Yes, of course. Thanks, Chicago! ;)
Jack
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Cc:
Sent: Thursday, December 1, 2011 8:35 PM
Subject: Re: PESO: Polar Pivot
Jack: Don't you mean Christines? :-) Cheers,
First, very much appreciated comments, Frank! Thanks.
This is one of those shoot-and-hope accidents which was blessed with blind
luck..literally.
The LX was my friend. :)
Jack
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Pleasing remarks, Walt.
Thanks!
Jack
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Sent: Friday, December 2, 2011 12:21 AM
Subject: Re: PESO: Polar Pivot
A delayed smile picture. I like it a whole lot, Jack.
-- Walt
On
I like it a lot, Frank. This is one of those compositions that I feel might
benefit from being symmetrical. IOW, I'd have to try a left side crop
sufficient to take a look at a centered swan.
Congratulations on your restraint in rendering the whites.
Jack
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I also like this image a lot Frank. Have we seen it (or something
similar) before?
In any event, I like the composition very much; especially the erect
neck, with the head almost, but not quite, in line with the neck, and
the shadow of the neck leading the bird. What really makes the shot
for
On 12/1/2011 9:16 PM, William Robb wrote:
On 30/11/2011 8:19 PM, P. J. Alling wrote:
Bill you are a sadist, I wouldn't recommend Pentax Forums to my worst
enemy.
Masochist actually. I post there regularly.
They are a better source of obscure technical information than the
PDML though.
On 02/12/2011 9:58 AM, P. J. Alling wrote:
They are a better source of obscure technical information than the
PDML though.
They do talk gear a lot. But I wonder how much of that obscure technical
information is correct and how much is simply made up. Sometimes it's
hard to tell the
Nice shot, i like the wave motion here.
dave
On Fri, Dec 2, 2011 at 8:04 AM, frank theriault
knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote:
Most (over 90% I'm sure) of the swans around our area are muted swans,
but once in a while we see trumpeters, which this fellow is:
From: Paul Stenquist
It's typical of a lot of U.S. vans from the late seventies, when vans
with airbrushed murals and shag rug interiors were the hot rods of
the day. I shot a few of them for mags like Custom Vans back in the
day. Most made little sense from an artistic or conceptual point of
From: William Robb
On 30/11/2011 10:12 PM, Christine Aguila wrote:
On Nov 30, 2011, at 6:11 PM, Philip
Northeastrnort...@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.
Getting this out there a little early, but I know that PDML-ers may
have connections...
If you know anyone that has an Imacon film scanner that they are
willing to part with, I am looking. Ideally, I will not be purchasing
it until next summer, but since these don't come on the market just
every
From: Larry Colen
I realized that I was driving past the trailer this evening right
about dusk, and had another go at it, keeping some of the suggestions
in mind. The first few were shot with the DA40, the others with the
DFA 50 macro. I was amused to think that I was photographing a
thirty
I have drawers full of 35 mm cameras that could be described like that.
William Robb anotherdrunken...@gmail.com wrote:
On 01/12/2011 8:27 PM, Steven Desjardins wrote:
A page from the Pentax Forums review of the Pentax Q. This page
shows
a comparison of images from the K7 and the Q. The K7
The key thing to note here is that the Q had perfectly acceptable IQ.
Maybe not under all conditions, but certainly good enough to make it a
real photographic tool.
On Thu, Dec 1, 2011 at 9:39 PM, William Robb
anotherdrunken...@gmail.com wrote:
On 01/12/2011 8:27 PM, Steven Desjardins wrote:
A
Maybe in the past tense? ;-)
On Fri, Dec 2, 2011 at 4:57 AM, Larry Colen, l...@red4est.com (From
Droid) l...@red4est.com wrote:
I have drawers full of 35 mm cameras that could be described like that.
William Robb anotherdrunken...@gmail.com wrote:
On 01/12/2011 8:27 PM, Steven Desjardins
From: P. J. Alling
On 12/1/2011 9:16 PM, William Robb wrote:
On 30/11/2011 8:19 PM, P. J. Alling wrote:
Bill you are a sadist, I wouldn't recommend Pentax Forums to my worst
enemy.
Masochist actually. I post there regularly.
They are a better source of obscure technical information than the
Stony Creek, Connecticut, again, just a few minutes after sunset. I had
to jump out of the car and grab a few hand held shots with the lens that
happened to be mounted on the camera, the light was changing fast.
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1604247/PESO/PESO%20--%20andyetanotherstupidsunset.html
Much better than pink shiny tassles:
http://www.photoweeklyonline.com/awesome-bicycle-animation/
B
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On 12/2/2011 12:07 PM, John Sessoms wrote:
From: William Robb
On 30/11/2011 10:12 PM, Christine Aguila wrote:
On Nov 30, 2011, at 6:11 PM, Philip
Northeastrnort...@bigpond.net.au wrote:
It seems strange for a country that gave us Henri Cartier-Bresson
- the master of candid street
On 12/2/2011 12:22 PM, John Sessoms wrote:
From: P. J. Alling
On 12/1/2011 9:16 PM, William Robb wrote:
On 30/11/2011 8:19 PM, P. J. Alling wrote:
Bill you are a sadist, I wouldn't recommend Pentax Forums to my worst
enemy.
Masochist actually. I post there regularly.
They are a better
Here in Iceland the laws are similar to most of Northern Europe (I
think). In general, you can take pictures in public spaces wherever you
want, but displaying them is another matter. You'll need consent from
all people that are prominent in your photographs with few exceptions,
most notably
Those were pretty cool optical illusions.
On 12/2/2011 12:27 PM, Bob W wrote:
Much better than pink shiny tassles:
http://www.photoweeklyonline.com/awesome-bicycle-animation/
B
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John,
Did you just make that up...
Regards, Bob S.
On Fri, Dec 2, 2011 at 11:22 AM, John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com wrote:
Well, 60% of statistical information on the internet is made up on the spot.
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I had a good time watching my granddaughter's middle school play last
night. It was fun watching their version of the Hunchback of
Notre-Dame. The Hunchback's nose fell off in the middle of the second
act and they had to take a short break before the next scene to do a
bit of rhinoplasty.
I was
I posted a similar photo some time ago, but I don't have a copy
currently on line, nor do I have a processed file that I can just put up
for comparison. Pretty much all swans look alike with that I'm a
badass expression.
On 12/2/2011 10:44 AM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote:
I also like this image
Othger than a little dark on my monitor, I like it, the ripples really help
the image of the swan.
The histogram for this image shows considerable room to the right - when I
set the white point it improved considerably.
Kenneth Waller
http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller
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on 2011-12-02 07:04 Darren Addy wrote
For those who enjoy looking for vintage camera lenses at the local
sales and thrift stores...
http://www.kehblog.com/2011/12/lens-mount-guide-part-1.html
Looks like nice clear pictures and explanations.
hmmm, i'm not sold on this reference
it says
Ford actually did a run of factory 'custom painted' vans in the late
70's/early 80's - not terribly artistic, moe geometric IIRC.
Kenneth Waller
http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller
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From: John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com
Subject: Re: PESO - Why I'm
on 2011-12-02 11:04 they whom i call myself wrote:
more important to me in thrifting etc. is recognizing which lenses are special
— anyone know of a quick reference of that sort?
i should mention that i know i can trawl the lens database at pentaxforums.com
— it's useful, though it needs
From: Bob W p...@web-options.com
Much better than pink shiny tassles:
http://www.photoweeklyonline.com/awesome-bicycle-animation/
B
That's pretty neat! More after my seizure subsides...
Tom C.
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On 12/2/2011 1:04 PM, steve harley wrote:
on 2011-12-02 07:04 Darren Addy wrote
For those who enjoy looking for vintage camera lenses at the local
sales and thrift stores...
http://www.kehblog.com/2011/12/lens-mount-guide-part-1.html
Looks like nice clear pictures and explanations.
hmmm,
On 12/2/2011 1:09 PM, steve harley wrote:
on 2011-12-02 11:04 they whom i call myself wrote:
more important to me in thrifting etc. is recognizing which lenses
are special
— anyone know of a quick reference of that sort?
i should mention that i know i can trawl the lens database at
thanks to all who commented.
Things have been far too fun around here lately, we had a bit of wind that has
had power knocked out for about 24 hours now. I'm running the dsl and
computers off battery. Mind you the battery is a deepcycle marine battery, but
that's only good for a few hours of
On 02/12/2011 11:18 AM, Steven Desjardins wrote:
The key thing to note here is that the Q had perfectly acceptable IQ.
Maybe not under all conditions, but certainly good enough to make it a
real photographic tool.
And with the K-Q lens adapter, there are some pretty sweet super
telephoto
on 2011-12-02 10:09 Darren Addy wrote
If you know anyone that has an Imacon film scanner that they are
willing to part with, I am looking.
i have never noticed one on the casual market; i used to work in prepress shops
where the drum scanners were very large machines; i didn't run them, but
on 2011-12-02 11:34 P. J. Alling wrote
I also did a somewhat in depth comparison of the Second and Third
versions of VIvitar S1 70-210mm lenses, that I think is available in the
archives. Both are well worth having. The third version since it was never
released in an A version is often available
On 12/2/2011 2:13 PM, steve harley wrote:
on 2011-12-02 11:34 P. J. Alling wrote
I also did a somewhat in depth comparison of the Second and Third
versions of VIvitar S1 70-210mm lenses, that I think is available in the
archives. Both are well worth having. The -third- /second/ version
since
The pictures aren't very good. You can barely distinguish many of the
details on the mounts.
I was also hoping for descriptive text to go with the pictures.
On Fri, Dec 2, 2011 at 1:04 PM, steve harley p...@paper-ape.com wrote:
on 2011-12-02 07:04 Darren Addy wrote
For those who enjoy
I took everyone's comments on my Behind the green window at face
value. I would like to thank everyone for their time and their honesty.
Today's effort is just a simple landscape of Midwest before the 1st
storm of winter and after the last leaf has fallen.
A nice capture as is but it could be improved, IMO, by positioning the
camera so that the foreground post was more to the LRH corner and using the
rest of the posts to lead you into the scene - if possible.
Nice light and colors.
Kenneth Waller
http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller
A photographer friend of mine just sold one. I believe he said it went for
$4000. Too rich for my blood.
Paul
On Dec 2, 2011, at 12:09 PM, Darren Addy wrote:
Getting this out there a little early, but I know that PDML-ers may
have connections...
If you know anyone that has an Imacon film
There's one on ebay right now. Buy it now at $4380:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Nice-Solid-Imacon-Precision-III-Virtual-Drum-Film-Scanner-Complete-Exc-/300631869884?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0hash=item45ff0e49bc#ht_618wt_1398
On Dec 2, 2011, at 12:09 PM, Darren Addy wrote:
Getting this out there a little
My perspective on this is: If you use one brand of camera as we do, unless you
are a total newbie, you already know the Pentax system, and either have or know
where you can find out. The PDML is where you would go to find out that you
should go to http://www.bdimitrov.de/kmp/ for descriptions
Here is an interesting development that may reflect on how the voting
in PPG is or not done; I tried submitting a duplicate of an earlier
photo which has now suffered from artifacts since the resize and it
has been accepted!
old:
On Dec 2, 2011, at 13:19 , Don Guthrie wrote:
Today's effort is just a simple landscape of Midwest before the 1st storm of
winter and after the last leaf has fallen.
http://donspix.posterous.com/too-late-for-fall-but-not-quite-winter-photo#!/
CC fire away.
Though the colors may be
On Saturday, December 03, 2011 6:52 AM, Bong Manayon
bongmana...@gmail.com wrote:
Here is an interesting development that may reflect on how the voting
in PPG is or not done; I tried submitting a duplicate of an earlier
photo which has now suffered from artifacts since the resize and it
has
What am I working on to improve my photography?
One or more of these 11 things:
http://craftandvision.com/books/craft-and-vision/
Darren Addy
Kearney, Nebraska
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On Dec 2, 2011, at 11:35 AM, Þráinn Vigfússon wrote:
. . . the market for photos of grim-faced pedestrians trying to hurry out of
the wind and rain (or snow) is rather limited.
Thrainn
Mark!!
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In the old PPG, you could update the image through the edit function,
even after it had been accepted in the gallery. I did that with one
image when I notice a bit of noise that I had taken out in one
version, but not in the one I first submitted. The revised image did
not replace the original
A friend sent me this link, and I got sucked in to watching the whole video
full of toys that half an hour ago I didn't know I needed:
http://www.history.com/shows/modern-marvels/videos/modern-marvels-weird-machines
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I tried sending an email with links to photos of some amusing warning signs,
but don't see any evidence of them having gone out,
So I'm trying this test message.
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The test went out fine. Let's try this one more time.
Anyone who has driven Hwy 17 to Santa Cruz from San Jose has probably noticed
Casa Del 17 just past the summit.On my way to buy a generator I got a call
(that power was back on at the house and I could postpone an $800 expenditure)
and
Those things look so silly when used as a camera.
Fun pix of the play. The Hunchback's nose looks fine in the one you posted.
;-)
cheers,
frank
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From: George Sinos gsi...@gmail.com
Sent: December 2, 2011 12/2/11
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Subject: PESO
Kenneth Waller
http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller
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From: Joseph McAllister pentax...@mac.com
Subject: Re: Not Quite Winter
On Dec 2, 2011, at 13:19 , Don Guthrie wrote:
Today's effort is just a simple landscape of Midwest before the 1st storm
of
Oooo, that's pretty! Love the colours and that single bright star (or is it a
planet?).
Beautiful photo!
cheers,
frank
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From: P. J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com
Sent: December 2, 2011 12/2/11
To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net
Subject: PESO -- ...and yet
What's a SESO?
That looks like a fun place. Those photos are quite humorous.
I'd like to think, though, that God has better things to do than visit wrath
upon those who dirty their toilet. Perhaps He could stop the European economy
from melting down, dragging the rest of the world economy into
Saw your signs and this test.
;-)
cheers,
frank
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Sent: December 2, 2011 12/2/11
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Subject: Testing ... message eaten by the link monster?
I tried sending an email with links to photos of some
I believe that it's Venus.
On 12/3/2011 12:04 AM, knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote:
Oooo, that's pretty! Love the colours and that single bright star (or is it a
planet?).
Beautiful photo!
cheers,
frank
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Sent: December 2,
I,ve been having fun with the Google Skies app on my phone. Tonight I saw
Uranus when I took out the garbage. That app couldn't help with the celestial
orb in your photo, though...
:-D
Cheers,
frank
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From: P. J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com
Sent: December 3,
G'day all
If Larry can introduce a new acronym, I guess I can too.
FESO = Freebie Every So Often
Until 5 Dec, the German magazine CHIP.de has a free download of Nik
Color Efex Pro (Version 3 Standard Edition). This is the stand alone
version (not the Photoshop plug-in) and it's somewhat
On 12/2/2011 9:28 PM, knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote:
What's a SESO?
A) Brains
B) Snapshot Every So Often
That looks like a fun place. Those photos are quite humorous.
I'd like to think, though, that God has better things to do than visit wrath
upon those who dirty their toilet.
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