Re: Public Photo Preferences

Bread knife? Muriatic acid should be much more thorough. On Sat, Dec 10, 2011 at 1:48 AM, Bob W wrote: >> On 12/9/2011 4:02 PM, Christine Aguila wrote: >> > There is NO WAY I would put tape on the sensor!  Cheers, Christine >> >> That was a joke folks, I apologize for once again being too subtle

RE: Public Photo Preferences

> On 12/9/2011 4:02 PM, Christine Aguila wrote: > > There is NO WAY I would put tape on the sensor! Cheers, Christine > > That was a joke folks, I apologize for once again being too subtle. > Maybe I should have suggested using whiteout or a sharpie so that it > was > a bit more obvious. > I tr

RE: Peso: Wanted

> From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of > Darren Addy > > So MANY possibilities. > : ) > http://www.antiqueauto.org/assets/kittycrops.html > B -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http:/

RE: Peso: Wanted

Close John Coyle Brisbane, Australia -Original Message- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Steven Desjardins Sent: Saturday, 10 December 2011 8:50 AM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Peso: Wanted Here's a shot, no PP except for resizing. How

Re: PESO -- A foggy day at the flats.

Yep, you were correct. Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: "P. J. Alling" Subject: PESO -- A foggy day at the flats. A photo of no particular artistic merit. http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1604247/PESO/PESO%20--%20afoggydayattheflats.

PESO -- A foggy day at the flats.

A photo of no particular artistic merit. http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1604247/PESO/PESO%20--%20afoggydayattheflats.html Equipment: Pentax K20D w/smc Pentax 17mm fisheye f4.0 -- Don't lose heart! They might want to cut it out, and they'll want to avoid a lengthily search. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss M

Re: PAW--Week 48--Mom turns 72

Thanks, Chris. Not sure what their secret is. They are a feisty couple and have had their share of stress in their lives. They have lots of kids living with them: my sister and her son as well as my brother and his son, so maybe that's what keeps them young. My mom still works; she has a par

Re: Peso: Wanted

Think I'd do the same, but be prepared to crop an amount from the bottom to balance the aspect ratio. Believe I'd, also, darken the remaining right side background. I suggest this without downloading the image and trying it. (?)   Jack - Original Message - From: Christine Aguila To: Pent

Re: PESO - At the Outlet Mall

on 2011-12-08 20:30 frank theriault wrote I was so bored I started taking photos of myself at the shoe store: http://knarfinthecity.blogspot.com/2011/12/at-outlet-mall.html when i saw this i was in the middle of ripping some Truffaut films to my server, for each of which i scanned through an

RE: Peso: Wanted

I dunno. Maybe a bit off the top and the left? Not too much, mind you. That's a very good (but very sad) shot. Hope the little guy is found. Cheers, frank --- Original Message --- From: Steven Desjardins Sent: December 9, 2011 12/9/11 To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" Subject: Peso: Wanted Her

Re: Peso: Wanted

I refer brilliantly banal. On Fri, Dec 9, 2011 at 6:16 PM, Larry Colen wrote: > > > On 12/9/2011 2:50 PM, Steven Desjardins wrote: >> >> Here's a shot, no PP except for resizing.  How would you crop this? >> >> >> http://drd1135.smugmug.com/Photography/pdml/15174580_3zgwM8#1624351191_zwC8qsh-L-LB

Re: Public Photo Preferences

on 2011-12-09 16:48 Larry Colen wrote If you want to shoot in square format with your K-5, there's always 1:1 crop in lightroom. I suppose you could also put the camera in "clean sensor" mode to get the mirror and shutter out of the way and put some electrical tape on the edges of the sensor, and

Re: Wanted

The tree doesn't add anything IMO. I'd crop it tight to the sign, with a bit of bark to frame it. On Fri, Dec 9, 2011 at 7:58 PM, wrote: > Any crop that would eliminate the blown out section \tno the RH side. > > Kenneth Waller > http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller > > - Origina

Re: Wanted

Any crop that would eliminate the blown out section \tno the RH side. Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: "Steven Desjardins" Subject: Peso: Wanted Here's a shot, no PP except for resizing. How would you crop this? http://drd1

Re: Peso: After the rain

An intriguing image. Well done. Paul On Dec 9, 2011, at 10:01 AM, David J Brooks wrote: > Nice patterns > > Dave > > On Thu, Dec 8, 2011 at 10:26 PM, Steven Desjardins wrote: >> After two days of solid rain it was nice to see the sky: >> >> http://drd1135.smugmug.com/Photography/pdml/15174580_

Re: OT: Perfect Timing

From: Larry Colen On 12/9/2011 5:39 AM, Walter Hamler wrote: Dan, do you remember the cover photo in Pop Photo many years ago that depicted the same sort of shot but much closer to the model? It is one of my most memorable shots that makes me smile. This one did the same and I like that it was

Re: Public Photo Preferences

On 12/9/2011 4:02 PM, Christine Aguila wrote: There is NO WAY I would put tape on the sensor! Cheers, Christine That was a joke folks, I apologize for once again being too subtle. Maybe I should have suggested using whiteout or a sharpie so that it was a bit more obvious. On Dec 9,

Re: Public Photo Preferences

There is NO WAY I would put tape on the sensor! Cheers, Christine On Dec 9, 2011, at 5:57 PM, David Parsons wrote: > If you don't want to apply tape to your sensor (yikes!), you can > simply create an import preset that automatically crops 1:1. > > On Fri, Dec 9, 2011 at 6:48 PM, Larry Cole

Re: Value of a used stormtrooper K-x?

On Fri, Dec 9, 2011, at 02:51 PM, Larry Colen wrote: > I stumbled across a couple of interesting deals on K-rs on the local > craigslist. I'm more than a little tempted to pick one up and sell my > K-x. Now that I've got the shutter button cleaned and lubed it's > working just fine. > Any ideas

Re: Public Photo Preferences

If you don't want to apply tape to your sensor (yikes!), you can simply create an import preset that automatically crops 1:1. On Fri, Dec 9, 2011 at 6:48 PM, Larry Colen wrote: > > > On 12/9/2011 3:38 PM, Christine Aguila wrote: >> >> I hope to get a Diana Mini soon.  It shoots a square format.  

Re: Public Photo Preferences

On 12/9/2011 3:38 PM, Christine Aguila wrote: I hope to get a Diana Mini soon. It shoots a square format. And I think they are fun. And I like fun. You know, it would be really cool if we had that option in the K5--some shooting option of some sort. I have no idea how the camera might be

Re: Peso: Wanted

So MANY possibilities. : ) http://www.antiqueauto.org/assets/kittycrops.html Darren Addy Kearney, Nebraska -- 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: Public Photo Preferences

I hope to get a Diana Mini soon. It shoots a square format. And I think they are fun. And I like fun. You know, it would be really cool if we had that option in the K5--some shooting option of some sort. I have no idea how the camera might be technically configured to do such a thing, but I'

Re: Peso: Wanted

I might start at the lower right hand side and crop up past the hump and over to the right edge of the tree. Cheers, Christine On Dec 9, 2011, at 4:50 PM, Steven Desjardins wrote: > Here's a shot, no PP except for resizing. How would you crop this? > > http://drd1135.smugmug.com/Photograp

Re: PESO - At the Outlet Mall

That's a fantastic shot, Frank. Love it! And as for you, Bob W. . . . :p. Cheers, Christine On Dec 9, 2011, at 1:36 AM, "Bob W" wrote: >> From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of >> frank theriault > [...] >> I was so bored I started taking photos of myself

Re: Peso: Wanted

On 12/9/2011 2:50 PM, Steven Desjardins wrote: Here's a shot, no PP except for resizing. How would you crop this? http://drd1135.smugmug.com/Photography/pdml/15174580_3zgwM8#1624351191_zwC8qsh-L-LB I can't think of a crop that would improve that picture. I'm also having a hard time decidin

Value of a used stormtrooper K-x?

I stumbled across a couple of interesting deals on K-rs on the local craigslist. I'm more than a little tempted to pick one up and sell my K-x. Now that I've got the shutter button cleaned and lubed it's working just fine. Any ideas of what would be a fair price for it? Would there be any int

Peso: Wanted

Here's a shot, no PP except for resizing. How would you crop this? http://drd1135.smugmug.com/Photography/pdml/15174580_3zgwM8#1624351191_zwC8qsh-L-LB -- Steve Desjardins -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML,

RE: PESO - At the Outlet Mall

There were at least two possible scenarios: 1) I say, "you don't need another bag, we're drowning in bags at home, we came here to buy shoes, dammit!" result: she buys the bag anyway and is really pissed off with me and I pay for it for the rest of the weekend. 2) I say, "That's a really nice

Re: OT: The myth of KEH "bargain" lenses

I'm probably biased because KEH is local and I've always come out ahead on my dealings with them but yeah, they try and low ball you a bit on the purchases but none of the bargain stuff I've ever got from them has been anything but great. Evan -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http:

Re: PPG

From: Darren Addy The weird thing is, I can't seem my photo beyond the thumbnail. Whenever I clicked on the "eye" icon I got no image. Now when I click on the thumbnail on my profile page, I get no image. Curious. Can anyone ELSE see it? Darren Addy Kearney, Nebraska I get a grey vertical ba

Re: OT: The myth of KEH "bargain" lenses

On Fri, Dec 9, 2011 at 1:49 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: > But yes: it's a business. To offer great equipment at low prices means > they have to obtain it at a low price. To get the best prices on your > unwanted equipment as a private seller, swap meets and private sales > to other enthusiasts ar

Re: PPG

I see my images normally in the gallery. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Fri, Dec 9, 2011 at 12:39 PM, Jack Davis wrote: > No. Nor can I see an image on Daniel's thumbnail page that just came up. > > Jack > > - Original Message - > From: Darren Addy > To

Re: OT: Perfect Timing

On 12/9/2011 5:39 AM, Walter Hamler wrote: Dan, do you remember the cover photo in Pop Photo many years ago that depicted the same sort of shot but much closer to the model? It is one of my most memorable shots that makes me smile. This one did the same and I like that it was from a longer dis

Re: PPG

On Fri, Dec 9, 2011, at 11:22 AM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: > I was pleasantly surprised this morning to note that the Pentax Photo > Gallery has acted on all the images I submitted on Nov 27. That is > quite prompt! While they rejected a couple of images I really liked, > they did accept the one

Re: PPG

On Fri, Dec 9, 2011, at 11:16 AM, Darren Addy wrote: > The weird thing is, I can't seem my photo beyond the thumbnail. > Whenever I clicked on the "eye" icon I got no image. > Now when I click on the thumbnail on my profile page, I get no image. > > Curious. Can anyone ELSE see it? There definit

Re: PPG

I see what you see, an icon but no photo. Contact the PPG help desk. They had to reload one of mine. 'Course so far there's only one. k Darren Addy wrote: >Fri, 09 Dec 2011 09:16:55 -0800 >The weird thing is, I can't seem my photo beyond the thumbnail. >Whenever I clicked on the "eye" icon I go

Re: The myth of KEH "bargain" lenses

I've sold to KEH in person and their offering prices for several Pentax film slrs were almost an insult. All cameras were in good to excellent condition with some add ons included - gridded screen, optional data backs where available - etc. I still sold the bodies to them, just to get them out o

Re: OT: The myth of KEH "bargain" lenses

There was a time when it was not a myth. They would mark down imperfections but charge a premium for the like-new. And when you bought EX or EX+ -- it might as well have been new. But times have changed. The current economy doesn't help. Film stuff is so cheap now ... At an auction here I saw a Bro

Re: Re: Re: Pentax 67II - lenses

Thanks Darren I am starting to get nervous... I just emailed and talket to thu guy on the phone. He seemed to be a very straight foreward guy. HE did aerial photography with it ( he a amateur pilot him self. But haven't used it since 2001. I had him put in new batteries and his photo dealer said

Re: Peso: Moondiculous

Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: "mike wilson" Subject: Re: Peso: Moondiculous On 08/12/2011 04:07, William Robb wrote: The Q on the 600/5.6. I couldn't find my radio remote, so it goes. http://users.accesscomm.ca/wrphoto/p

Re: OT: The myth of KEH "bargain" lenses

Most of the equipment KEH purchases comes in wholesale lots from camera equipment dealers who took it on trade in at the retail counter. Only a very minor percentage of it comes in from private individuals. I know this because I asked the question of the owners at both of the local pro-oriented lar

Re: OT: The myth of KEH "bargain" lenses

On Dec 9, 2011, at 12:19, Darren Addy wrote: > > The flip side of this is that if they were selling it for $45, some > poor fellow probably got very little for it on the selling end. The > other lesson may be that if you are selling something to KEH and you > put in a particular grade (according t

Re: Re: Pentax 67II - lenses

That is a crazy good price for a **67II**. Congratulations! Darren Addy Kearney, Nebraska On Fri, Dec 9, 2011 at 11:32 AM, Jens wrote: > I got (ordered) it Pentax 67II w. AE-prism and 55mm F4 for 899 USD. > In great condition. > I believe that in Europe this is a very fair price - don't you? > >

OT: The myth of KEH "bargain" lenses

The background: Wife and I were at my photographer son-in-law (and No. 1 daughter's) place earlier this week for the evening. He's the one who bought my (after falling in love with it) Pentax 6x7 kit. It included a 105mm f2.4 and a 55mm f3.5. For whatever reason, he chose to pass on the 135mm Macro

Re: GESO (27): Cathedral Square

From: David Mann On Dec 9, 2011, at 10:50 AM, John Sessoms wrote: Set the preview method to "Digital" in the custom menu; page 169 in the manual. Thanks, I'll consider myself educated on that point. I just tried it and it's not quite what I'd think of "live view" but as long as I can see the

RE: OT: Perfect Timing

From: "Daniel J. Matyola" http://themetapicture.com/taken-at-the-right-time/ A fine example of the delight to be found in the realms of higher mathematics. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visi

Re: PPG

No. Nor can I see an image on Daniel's thumbnail page that just came up. Jack - Original Message - From: Darren Addy To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Cc: Sent: Friday, December 9, 2011 9:16 AM Subject: Re: PPG The weird thing is, I can't seem my photo beyond the thumbnail. Whenever I clic

RE: PESO - At the Outlet Mall

From: frank theriault I went shoe shopping with the missus last weekend. For her shoes, not mine. We went to an outlet mall. I'd never been to an outlet mall. I was so bored I started taking photos of myself at the shoe store: http://knarfinthecity.blogspot.com/2011/12/at-outlet-mall.html

Re: Re: Pentax 67II - lenses

I got (ordered) it Pentax 67II w. AE-prism and 55mm F4 for 899 USD. In great condition. I believe that in Europe this is a very fair price - don't you? Regards Jens On Dec 7, 2011 09:45 "Dario Bonazza" wrote: > Jens wrote: > > Hello list > > I am in the market for a bargain offer on a Pentax 67

Re: PPG

I do remember it from your post. Also, IF I saw it while PPG voting, I must have given it a thunbs up. Jack - Original Message - From: Darren Addy To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Cc: Sent: Friday, December 9, 2011 9:10 AM Subject: Re: PPG I posted a question to this list a week or two ag

Re: PESO -- Mike Johnston Repellent

From: Darren Addy On Thu, Dec 8, 2011 at 4:13 PM, John Sessoms wrote: Yeah? When do they NOT want to be? Related NewYorker cartoon: http://imgc.allpostersimages.com/images/P-473-488-90/60/6000/NQPQG00Z/posters/paul-noth-the-kid-s-good--new-yorker-cartoon.jpg Darren Addy Complete and utter

Re: PPG

The weird thing is, I can't seem my photo beyond the thumbnail. Whenever I clicked on the "eye" icon I got no image. Now when I click on the thumbnail on my profile page, I get no image. Curious. Can anyone ELSE see it? Darren Addy Kearney, Nebraska -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.ne

Re: PPG

I posted a question to this list a week or two ago about "how long" it takes to get approved/rejected on PPG. I submitted two on 11/21 and one on 11/22. Hadn't checked my status for a while, but after seeing Daniel's post I checked and found that my first image was approved (the one submitted on th

Re: PPG

How long it would take "Artist Voting" to meet the accept/reject criteria is difficult to say. Early on, I would occasionally get a notice that an image had been set aside for review. Don't know if that is still a practice. I gather there is no absolute time limit for an image to satisfy either

PPG

I was pleasantly surprised this morning to note that the Pentax Photo Gallery has acted on all the images I submitted on Nov 27. That is quite prompt! While they rejected a couple of images I really liked, they did accept the one I really wanted to get in the gallery. I am getting a bit concerne

Beso

Blog every so often. Had my two large Manitoba maples cut down this week. I can see the other houses in my neighbourhood now.:-) Pic 3 is before, pic 2 is during pic 1 is after. Can't figure out how to move them around in blog spot. Where Liz is standing is were is usually take the bird picture

Re: Peso: After the rain

Nice patterns Dave On Thu, Dec 8, 2011 at 10:26 PM, Steven Desjardins wrote: > After two days of solid rain it was nice to see the sky: > > http://drd1135.smugmug.com/Photography/pdml/15174580_3zgwM8#1622851028_hVwprZD-L-LB > -- > Steve Desjardins > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pd

Re: Peso: Would I?

I like that Dave On Thu, Dec 8, 2011 at 4:38 PM, Steven Desjardins wrote: > Sorry, try this one: > > http://drd1135.smugmug.com/Photography/pdml/15174580_3zgwM8/1622851028_hVwprZD#1622877465_THg8fQz-A-LB > > On Thu, Dec 8, 2011 at 4:34 PM, Steven Desjardins wrote: >> [IMG]http://i857.photobucke

Re: PESO - At the Outlet Mall

Thats a good one Frank Dave On Thu, Dec 8, 2011 at 10:30 PM, frank theriault wrote: > I went shoe shopping with the missus last weekend.  For her shoes, not mine. > > We went to an outlet mall.  I'd never been to an outlet mall. > > I was so bored I started taking photos of myself at the shoe st

RE: PESO - At the Outlet Mall

If I ever said that to my SO, I would be so dead. ;-) cheers, frank --- Original Message --- From: Bob W Sent: December 9, 2011 12/9/11 To: "'Pentax-Discuss Mail List'" Subject: RE: PESO - At the Outlet Mall > From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of > frank th

RE: PESO 2011 - 145 Man Reading - GDG

Although the coffee cups remind us where he is (I like the reversed cappunicino sign on the window!), they obscure the book just a bit too much for me. Still his facial expression mostly makes up for that. Wonderful photo! cheers, frank --- Original Message --- From: Godfrey DiGiorgi Sent: D

Re: OT: Perfect Timing

Dan, do you remember the cover photo in Pop Photo many years ago that depicted the same sort of shot but much closer to the model? It is one of my most memorable shots that makes me smile. This one did the same and I like that it was from a longer distance. Thanks for posting. Walt On Thu, Dec 8

Re: Public Photo Preferences

Also, I think the renewal of this is somewhat related to the lomography movement: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lomography I remember reading when the Q first came out that some thought that the Q was the high end camera for the lomogrpahy types. On Fri, Dec 9, 2011 at 7:27 AM, Steven Desjardins

Re: Public Photo Preferences

It's like impressionism. It's really popular for a while, and then it's still fine as long as everyone doesn't do it. On Fri, Dec 9, 2011 at 2:51 AM, AlunFoto wrote: > I'd blame the smartphones and their cheap "image improvement" apps, if > anything. But not even Fuji Velvia can call dibs on sa

Re: Peso: Would I?

I was wondering if someone would remember that old chestnut. On Thu, Dec 8, 2011 at 6:52 PM, wrote: > Hair lip > > Kenneth Waller > http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller > > > - Original Message - From: "Steven Desjardins" > Subject: Re: Peso: Would I? > > > >> Sorry, try this

Re: Peso: Moondiculous

Wow. That's really good. The detail is excellent. We may need to declare the Order of the Q. On Fri, Dec 9, 2011 at 1:20 AM, mike wilson wrote: > On 08/12/2011 04:07, William Robb wrote: >> >> The Q on the 600/5.6. >> I couldn't find my radio remote, so it goes. >> >> http://users.accesscomm.

PESO 2011 - 145 Man Reading - GDG

In Dublin ... http://www.flickr.com/photos/gdgphoto/6480858727/lightbox/ or http://www.flickr.com/photos/gdgphoto/6480858727/ thanks for looking! comments always appreciated. Godfrey -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE f