PESO: The Stone

2012-01-17 Thread David Mann
Time for some good news from me, for once. We got engaged on new years day :) We went ring shopping together a couple of days later and it's finally just come back from being resized to fit her finger. http://www.multi.net.nz/rock/ We've been together for probably almost 15 years by now so

Re: PESO: The Stone

2012-01-17 Thread apathyman
Quoting David Mann d...@multisport.net.nz: Time for some good news from me, for once. We got engaged on new years day :) We went ring shopping together a couple of days later and it's finally just come back from being resized to fit her finger. http://www.multi.net.nz/rock/ We've been

Re: PESO: The Stone

2012-01-17 Thread Paul Stenquist
Congratulations David. Much happiness to you and the lucky lady. Paul On Jan 17, 2012, at 3:11 AM, David Mann wrote: Time for some good news from me, for once. We got engaged on new years day :) We went ring shopping together a couple of days later and it's finally just come back from

Re: PESO - to the altar, girl!

2012-01-17 Thread Christine Nielsen
Thanks for sharing that! Their happiness is infectious, and a welcome image on a miserably gray, cold, back-to-the-grind morning here on the other side of the world. Congrats to them! :) -c On Mon, Jan 16, 2012 at 6:54 AM, Pete McIntosh peter...@gmail.com wrote: Hi guys, A rare PESO from

Re: OT: Canon DSLR vs Rolleicord

2012-01-17 Thread Steven Desjardins
These guys always insist on capture images. Both media always involve some PP, minimally the JPEG engine or photolab's chemical development. For absolute quality comparison you should allow both files to be optimized in LR. The problem with all of these comparisons is that they are typically

Re: OT: Photoshop Memory Management

2012-01-17 Thread Bruce Walker
On Mon, Jan 16, 2012 at 9:21 PM, Mark C pdml-m...@charter.net wrote:  But really, while a 600 mb file is larger than many, it is not large on a absolute scale. If I was ony processing K5 raw files I would have stuck with 6 gigs of ram. Mark Heh. If I could expand the RAM in my 2008 iMac to

Re: OT: Canon DSLR vs Rolleicord

2012-01-17 Thread Matthew Hunt
On Tue, Jan 17, 2012 at 2:27 AM, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote: The funny thing is that for me, I've been getting far better image quality with my DSLRs than I have ever gotten with film. The first 11x14 I had printed from my K10D (taken the first weekend I had it, with the kit lens) was

Re: PESO: Blowing Bubbles

2012-01-17 Thread Jack Davis
Thanks, Frank!   Jack - Original Message - From: knarftheria...@gmail.com knarftheria...@gmail.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Cc: Sent: Monday, January 16, 2012 8:50 PM Subject: Re: PESO: Blowing Bubbles Terrific photo, Jack! cheers, frank --- Original Message ---

Re: PESO: Blowing Bubbles

2012-01-17 Thread Jack Davis
Thank you, Bob! No, just a couple OK shots showing the beak. One reason being I had the focus point set at 5 sensor points and a couple times the darker background got accidentally involved blowing out the egret. Jack - Original Message - From: Bob Sullivan rf.sulli...@gmail.com To:

Re: PESO: The Stone

2012-01-17 Thread Jack Davis
Congratulations, to you both!   Jack - Original Message - From: David Mann d...@multisport.net.nz To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Cc: Sent: Tuesday, January 17, 2012 12:11 AM Subject: PESO: The Stone Time for some good news from me, for once. We got engaged on new years day

Re: Eve Arnold

2012-01-17 Thread Dario Bonazza
For the few that could be interested, the camera is an Asahi Pentax model K (1958) featuring 42x1 screw mount, while the lens is a Takumar 83mm f/1.9. Cheers, Dario - Original Message - From: Dario Bonazza dario.bona...@virgilio.it To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent:

Re: OT: Canon DSLR vs Rolleicord

2012-01-17 Thread Cotty
On 17/1/12, Steven Desjardins, discombobulated, unleashed: The real advantage of digital for me is that i can take so many pictures of the same scene, chanage settings, and just I'll second that ! -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche --

Re: OT: Canon DSLR vs Rolleicord

2012-01-17 Thread Steven Desjardins
LOL. I'd just like to finish it. Damn students interrupting me with career issues. On Tue, Jan 17, 2012 at 8:51 AM, Cotty cotty...@mac.com wrote: On 17/1/12, Steven Desjardins, discombobulated, unleashed: The real advantage of digital for me is that i can take so many pictures of the same

LR 3 mystery.

2012-01-17 Thread David J Brooks
I started to go through my pictures last night to see what i might submit to the PDML 2012 photo book. I found one i liked, opened LR3 to check the settings and export to my folder. Lo and behold, it gave me a message that file IGP_X was missing. It did it on the next picture in another folder

RE: PESO: The Stone

2012-01-17 Thread knarftheria...@gmail.com
Congratulations! Nice rock. :-) cheers, frank --- Original Message --- From: David Mann d...@multisport.net.nz Sent: January 17, 2012 1/17/12 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Subject: PESO: The Stone Time for some good news from me, for once. We got engaged on new years day :) We

OT: An Upbeat Article about Rochester

2012-01-17 Thread Rick Womer
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/17/nyregion/despite-long-slide-by-kodak-rochester-avoids-decay.html?_r=1hp I spent eight years there, and still have a soft spot for the place. Rick   http://photo.net/photos/RickW -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: PESO: The Stone

2012-01-17 Thread Paul Sorenson
Congratulations, Dave. All the best to you and your bride to be. We'll be looking for wedding pix, you know. ;] -p On 1/17/2012 2:11 AM, David Mann wrote: Time for some good news from me, for once. We got engaged on new years day :) We went ring shopping together a couple of days later

Re: PESO - The Fedora on Queen West

2012-01-17 Thread David J Brooks
Great look there, Wears it well Dave On Mon, Jan 16, 2012 at 10:20 PM, frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: A new installment on Real Canadians Wearing Real Hats.  Scroll down to see today's photo: http://realcanadianhats.blogspot.com/2012/01/blog-post.html Hope you enjoy as much

Re: PPG - Uploading of High Resolution Old Images

2012-01-17 Thread Ann Sanfedele
Good news indeed! thanks, Brian ann On 1/17/2012 01:08, apathy...@lyons-ryan.org wrote: G'day all Just browsing my PPG account and I see a notification which states: For a limited time only, Photo Gallery users will be able to update images uploaded before the new redesign to a higher

Re: OT: Canon DSLR vs Rolleicord

2012-01-17 Thread Larry Colen
On Jan 17, 2012, at 5:12 AM, Matthew Hunt wrote: On Tue, Jan 17, 2012 at 2:27 AM, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote: The funny thing is that for me, I've been getting far better image quality with my DSLRs than I have ever gotten with film. The first 11x14 I had printed from my K10D

Re: LR 3 mystery.

2012-01-17 Thread Christine Nielsen
I have no idea, of course.  But that happens to me sometimes, too, if that makes you feel any better? I don't think I have ever encountered it on export, but I will notice a ? in the upper right of the image thumbnail (or next to the folder) every now then, indicating LR has lost track of it.

Re: LR 3 mystery.

2012-01-17 Thread David J Brooks
On Tue, Jan 17, 2012 at 10:21 AM, Christine Nielsen ch...@inielsen.net wrote: I have no idea, of course.  But that happens to me sometimes, too, if that makes you feel any better?  I don't think I have ever encountered it on export, but I will notice a ? in the upper right of the image

Re: OT: Photoshop Memory Management

2012-01-17 Thread William Robb
On 16/01/2012 6:52 PM, Mark C wrote: This weekend I finally downloaded Photoshop CS5 and installed it (I've been making do with CS4 up till now). I also bumped up the RAM in my PC from 6 gigs to 16. Anticipating blazing fast performance, I scanned some 6x7 negs and started processing them. The

Re: OT: Canon DSLR vs Rolleicord

2012-01-17 Thread Darren Addy
If you prefer film, shoot where film has more strengths and quit whining. Who is it, exactly, that is whining here? The guy who shot the video does not strike me as some Luddite who is railing against digital. He is the owner of both cameras. I agree that there are a lot of questions regarding

Re: which operations are commutative in LR?

2012-01-17 Thread Igor Roshchin
Thank you, Godfrey! It makes sense. As for experimenting, - yes, it is possible (and I've been noticing certain things along the way) and I am not afraid, but I wish I had time for that and many other things. So, your information is helpful. Igor Tue Jan 17 01:17:30 EST 2012 Godfrey DiGiorgi

Re: PDML Photo Annual - Week 2

2012-01-17 Thread John Sessoms
From: Cory Waters I'm sad to say that I did not take near enough pictures in 2011 to stumble upon anything I'd submit to the annual. This really does put me in mind of the old saying that nobody on their death bed ever said I wish I spent more time at work. Cory On 1/16/2012 12:43 PM, Mark

Re: OT: Canon DSLR vs Rolleicord

2012-01-17 Thread Christine Aguila
On Jan 17, 2012, at 10:08 AM, Darren Addy pixelsmi...@gmail.com wrote: The appeal and various advantages of digital is undeniable. But I think it is good to be reminded that shooting film is still valid for many people for MANY different reasons. Related:

Re: OT: Canon DSLR vs Rolleicord

2012-01-17 Thread Darren Addy
Related: You may also find this short booklet inspirational (read entirely online): http://www.issuu.com/nitsa/docs/notartistpreview 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

Re: OT: Canon DSLR vs Rolleicord

2012-01-17 Thread Darren Addy
Correction. Looks like first 19 pages of a 115 page book are available on Issuu. Full book here: http://www.amazon.com/Am-Not-Artist-Unconventional-Photography/dp/143822267X/ Darren Addy Kearney, Nebraska -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: OT: Canon DSLR vs Rolleicord

2012-01-17 Thread Mark Roberts
Matthew Hunt wrote: On Tue, Jan 17, 2012 at 2:27 AM, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote: The funny thing is that for me, I've been getting far better image quality with my DSLRs than I have ever gotten with film. The first 11x14 I had printed from my K10D (taken the first weekend I had it,

RE: OT: Photoshop Memory Management

2012-01-17 Thread John Sessoms
From: Mark C This weekend I finally downloaded Photoshop CS5 and installed it (I've been making do with CS4 up till now). I also bumped up the RAM in my PC from 6 gigs to 16. Anticipating blazing fast performance, I scanned some 6x7 negs and started processing them. The images themselves take

OT - techy question - windoze users

2012-01-17 Thread Ann Sanfedele
anyone know why a folder named 48states , or 905683, etc... comes up in explorer, or on My computer in front of all the folders that start with 2002, for instance. The 48states was created by me, the 2002, etc ones, were created when uploading files. yet alphanamed folders come correctly

Re: PESO: The Stone

2012-01-17 Thread Bob Sullivan
Dave, Congratulations to both of you! It's good to make it official, and you selected a pretty ring. Don't let the wedding details bog you down, sooner is better... Regards, Bob S. On Tue, Jan 17, 2012 at 2:11 AM, David Mann d...@multisport.net.nz wrote: Time for some good news from me, for

Re: OT - techy question - windoze users

2012-01-17 Thread Dario Bonazza
Ann Sanfedele wrote: anyone know why a folder named 48states , or 905683, etc... comes up in explorer, or on My computer in front of all the folders that start with 2002, for instance. The 48states was created by me, the 2002, etc ones, were created when uploading files. yet alphanamed

re :Blowing Bobbles

2012-01-17 Thread Don Guthrie
I can only echo others on the use of light and the reflections in this photo. A work with beauty and elegance. No bobbles evident. Message: 8 Date: Mon, 16 Jan 2012 14:23:39 -0800 (PST) From: Jack Davis jdavi...@yahoo.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Subject: PESO: Blowing

Re: OT: Photoshop Memory Management

2012-01-17 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
Processing 500+ Mbyte image files takes serious compute power, and fast IO. You're waiting 90 seconds or so? For a 105 Mpixel image file? My gosh, when I worked for NASA doing a 1024x1024 pixel, 8bit per component rendering from 600 Mbytes of raw data took about 12 hours. I think the adjustment

Re: OT: Canon DSLR vs Rolleicord

2012-01-17 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
Stupid. G On Mon, Jan 16, 2012 at 11:05 AM, Darren Addy pixelsmi...@gmail.com wrote: Purchased my first Rolleicord this morning, a model V (mainly because I thought it was too cheap). Whilst Googling around I came across this interesting video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X8lWLEtC8wY

Re: which operations are commutative in LR?

2012-01-17 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
LOL It takes more time to formulate, ask questions, get responses, and discuss them than it does to experiment in Lightroom. ;-) G On Tue, Jan 17, 2012 at 8:14 AM, Igor Roshchin s...@komkon.org wrote: Thank you, Godfrey! It makes sense. As for experimenting, - yes, it is possible (and I've

Re: re :Blowing Bubbles

2012-01-17 Thread Jack Davis
LoL..Don. Thanks very much! Jack From: Don Guthrie shark50...@gmail.com To: pdml@pdml.net Sent: Tuesday, January 17, 2012 9:20 AM Subject: re :Blowing Bobbles I can only echo others on the use of light and the reflections in this photo. A work with beauty and

Re: OT - techy question - windoze users

2012-01-17 Thread Ann Sanfedele
Dario thanks! Now I can change the folder to 4800states so I can find it more easily :-) bu hmm. doesnt explain why the folders with a long string of numbers starting with 9 are in front of them tho hmmm ann On 1/17/2012 12:13, Dario Bonazza wrote: Ann Sanfedele wrote: I noticed it

Re: OT - techy question - windoze users

2012-01-17 Thread Ann Sanfedele
On 1/17/2012 13:21, Ann Sanfedele wrote: Dario thanks! Now I can change the folder to 4800states so I can find it more easily :-) but hmm. doesnt explain why the folders with a long string of numbers starting with 9 are in front of them tho hmmm ann Oh wait - yes it does, the 9 series

Re: OT: Canon DSLR vs Rolleicord

2012-01-17 Thread Darren Addy
On Tue, Jan 17, 2012 at 11:35 AM, Godfrey DiGiorgi gdigio...@gmail.com wrote: Stupid. Care to expand on that scintillating thought, Godfrey? Or did you just need a bran muffin this morning? :) Darren Addy Kearney, Nebraska -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

PS macro for fluorescent interference

2012-01-17 Thread Collin Brendemuehl
First time I've run into this one. K7 under warehouse fluorescent lights creates an interference line about 20% in from the left side, adding a purplish tinge to the image. So ... has anyone here run into this and ... Anyone have a Photoshop macro for dealing with it by adjusting the color of

Re: OT: Canon DSLR vs Rolleicord

2012-01-17 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
No need to expand, really, but ok: No information on which Rolleiflex, film, or how the image was processed, scanned, or rendered. No information on what Canon, what lens, etc etc. No information on what skill the guy doing this inane comparison has to offer. Presentation of the surprising

Re: OT: Canon DSLR vs Rolleicord

2012-01-17 Thread Paul Stenquist
On Jan 17, 2012, at 1:47 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: No need to expand, really, but ok: No information on which Rolleiflex, film, or how the image was processed, scanned, or rendered. No information on what Canon, what lens, etc etc. No information on what skill the guy doing this inane

Re: LR 3 mystery.

2012-01-17 Thread Tim Bray
This happens to me all the time since I migrate my Lr setup back and forth between two computers using rsync and even though the folder layout *should* be the same, Lr doesn't respect symbolic links, g (If you're not a unix/linux weenie, don't worry about the jargon, it's not important). '

RE: OT - techy question - windoze users

2012-01-17 Thread Bob W
Ann Sanfedele wrote: anyone know why a folder named 48states , or 905683, etc... comes up jsut curious why this should happen -desn't seem right ann Latest windows incarnations have the ability to discriminate between numbers and letters, hence they recognize that 48 is a lower

RE: PESO: The Stone

2012-01-17 Thread Bob W
Hooray! Congratulations. -Original Message- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of David Mann Sent: 17 January 2012 08:11 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: PESO: The Stone Time for some good news from me, for once. We got engaged on new

Re: OT - techy question - windoze users

2012-01-17 Thread Ann Sanfedele
On 1/17/2012 14:24, Bob W wrote: Ann Sanfedele wrote: anyone know why a folder named 48states , or 905683, etc... comes up jsut curious why this should happen -desn't seem right ann Latest windows incarnations have the ability to discriminate between numbers and letters, hence they

Re: PESO: Blowing Bobbles

2012-01-17 Thread Ann Sanfedele
On 1/16/2012 17:32, Jack Davis wrote: Thanks, Paul. Also, thanks for not correcting the bobbled spelling of bubbles. ;) Jack Well he just thought you were Dave so what was the use? JAck - were the stripes of light on the bird made from the ripples (as Paul surmised) or are they from

RE: PESO: Blowing Bobbles

2012-01-17 Thread Bob W
On 1/16/2012 17:32, Jack Davis wrote: Thanks, Paul. Also, thanks for not correcting the bobbled spelling of bubbles. ;) One of my girlfriends used to call me Bobbles. I was a bit disappointed when I actually read the email. Bob -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: OT: Canon DSLR vs Rolleicord

2012-01-17 Thread Steven Desjardins
You know, G, I think Stupid, G qualifies as a Mark!. On Tue, Jan 17, 2012 at 12:35 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi gdigio...@gmail.com wrote: Stupid. G On Mon, Jan 16, 2012 at 11:05 AM, Darren Addy pixelsmi...@gmail.com wrote: Purchased my first Rolleicord this morning, a model V (mainly because I

Preaching to the choir (using an M42 lens on a program plus)

2012-01-17 Thread Sam L
I have been using my M42 lenses on my K-x for a couple years now, but over the weekend was the first time I tried putting one (1.9 / 85) on a program plus that I had picked up and never used. Wow. What a dream. So big and bright and easy to focus. I left the shutter on auto and pretty much

The OTHER flash - on ebay

2012-01-17 Thread Ann Sanfedele
I listed the Konika - starting real cheap and BIN cheap (for what I paid for the Pentax flash at the Sal Army yesterday. Anyone need one cheap grab it. I jsut don't know for sure ALL the cameras it will work on but you will One annoyance - it wan't in ebay's catalogue and they nagged me about

Re: OT: Canon DSLR vs Rolleicord

2012-01-17 Thread Mark Roberts
Paul Stenquist wrote: On Jan 17, 2012, at 1:47 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: No need to expand, really, but ok: No information on which Rolleiflex, film, or how the image was processed, scanned, or rendered. No information on what Canon, what lens, etc etc. No information on what skill the

Re: OT: Canon DSLR vs Rolleicord

2012-01-17 Thread Sam L
On Tue, Jan 17, 2012 at 4:17 PM, Steven Desjardins drd1...@gmail.com wrote: He did leave a lot of info out of his video. What he did mention, though, was that the resulting digital file was 485 mb. I sure as heck am not about to load up my drive with a bunch of those!

Re: Testing...Testing... (again)

2012-01-17 Thread Philip Northeast
sounds more like slow mail Philip Northeast www.aviewfinderdarkly.com.au On 17/01/12 8:55 AM, Brian Walters wrote: On Mon, Jan 16, 2012, at 12:55 PM, John Francis wrote: On Mon, Jan 16, 2012 at 10:56:17PM +1100, Brian Walters wrote: Hmmm Well this is getting odder and odder. Just for

Re: PS macro for fluorescent interference

2012-01-17 Thread Charles Robinson
On Jan 17, 2012, at 12:42, Collin Brendemuehl wrote: First time I've run into this one. K7 under warehouse fluorescent lights creates an interference line about 20% in from the left side, adding a purplish tinge to the image. So ... has anyone here run into this and ... Anyone have a

Re: Preaching to the choir (using an M42 lens on a program plus)

2012-01-17 Thread Charles Robinson
On Jan 17, 2012, at 15:25, Sam L wrote: I have been using my M42 lenses on my K-x for a couple years now, but over the weekend was the first time I tried putting one (1.9 / 85) on a program plus that I had picked up and never used. Wow. What a dream. So big and bright and easy to focus.

Re: Testing...Testing... (again)

2012-01-17 Thread Brian Walters
Quoting Philip Northeast rnort...@bigpond.net.au: sounds more like slow mail According to Fastmail support I'm hitting their new daily bandwidth limits. I'm not convinced so I'm still discussing it with them. Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western

Re: PESO: Blowing Bubbles

2012-01-17 Thread Jack Davis
Thanks, Ann! Yes, I'm convinced the shadows are from the sun's reflecting off the ripples. Had I not metered off the body of the egret I can't imagine they would have been visible. They're presence is a big reason I posted the image. I've been correcting the bobbled spelling with every reply,

Re: PESO: Blowing Bobbles

2012-01-17 Thread Jack Davis
Yeah..well..I can see why.  8\   Jack - Original Message - From: Bob W p...@web-options.com To: 'Pentax-Discuss Mail List' pdml@pdml.net Cc: Sent: Tuesday, January 17, 2012 1:04 PM Subject: RE: PESO: Blowing Bobbles On 1/16/2012 17:32, Jack Davis wrote: Thanks, Paul. Also, thanks for

Re: The Stone

2012-01-17 Thread kwaller
Congratulations ! Start to get your arms around the fact that the wedding festivities are more for other people than you and your lady. Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: David Mann d...@multisport.net.nz Subject: PESO: The

Re: OT: Canon DSLR vs Rolleicord

2012-01-17 Thread kwaller
Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: Mark Roberts postmas...@robertstech.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Tuesday, January 17, 2012 4:58 PM Subject: Re: OT: Canon DSLR vs Rolleicord Paul Stenquist wrote: On

Re: PESO: The Stone

2012-01-17 Thread David Mann
On Jan 18, 2012, at 6:09 AM, Bob Sullivan wrote: Dave, Congratulations to both of you! It's good to make it official, and you selected a pretty ring. Don't let the wedding details bog you down, sooner is better... We're being quite relaxed about the planning. Our intention is just to have

Re: Testing...Testing... (again)

2012-01-17 Thread steve harley
on 2012-01-17 16:02 Brian Walters wrote According to Fastmail support I'm hitting their new daily bandwidth limits. I'm not convinced so I'm still discussing it with them. hmm, those limits are pretty high, and it's odd that they would cause a delay in just one email source ... i suspect an

Re: PS macro for fluorescent interference

2012-01-17 Thread Larry Colen
On Jan 17, 2012, at 2:50 PM, Charles Robinson wrote: On Jan 17, 2012, at 12:42, Collin Brendemuehl wrote: First time I've run into this one. K7 under warehouse fluorescent lights creates an interference line about 20% in from the left side, adding a purplish tinge to the image. So ... has

Re: PS macro for fluorescent interference

2012-01-17 Thread Mat Maessen
On Tue, Jan 17, 2012 at 8:05 PM, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote: If he's shooting at slower than flash sync speed, it shouldn't be an issue. should it? In the US, any shutter speed 1/120th or faster is going to be an issue. It's the flicker of the lights, not the shutter, that matter.

Re: PESO - to the altar, girl!

2012-01-17 Thread Pete McIntosh
On 16/01/2012 11:01 PM, Brian Walters wrote: G'day Pete It's nice to be receiving PDML mail again. An informal wedding is the way to go in my view. Your son and his new wife certainly look happy. Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia

Re: PESO - to the altar, girl!

2012-01-17 Thread Pete McIntosh
On 17/01/2012 2:02 AM, Darren Addy wrote: Congratulations to the happy couple! I love BW for wedding shots. Please make the PESOs a little less rare, Pete. :) Darren Addy Kearney, Nebraska Thanks Darren. Will do my best. Regards, Pete Mac in Melbourne -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List

Re: PESO - to the altar, girl!

2012-01-17 Thread Pete McIntosh
On 17/01/2012 2:15 AM, Bob Sullivan wrote: Pete, They sure look happy. Congratulations to them. A nice PESO by you - good catch! Regards, Bob S. On Mon, Jan 16, 2012 at 5:54 AM, Pete McIntoshpeter...@gmail.com wrote: Hi guys, A rare PESO from me, but couldn't resist...

Re: PESO - to the altar, girl!

2012-01-17 Thread Pete McIntosh
On 17/01/2012 11:54 PM, Christine Nielsen wrote: Thanks for sharing that! Their happiness is infectious, and a welcome image on a miserably gray, cold, back-to-the-grind morning here on the other side of the world. Congrats to them! :) -c On Mon, Jan 16, 2012 at 6:54 AM, Pete

PESO - Gate Shadows

2012-01-17 Thread Rick Womer
In the vestibule of our church, on Sunday morning: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=14993316size=lg (K-7, FA 24-90)   Comments welcome! Rick -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the

Re: Preaching to the choir (using an M42 lens on a program plus)

2012-01-17 Thread Sam L
On Tue, Jan 17, 2012 at 5:51 PM, Charles Robinson charl...@visi.com wrote: On Jan 17, 2012, at 15:25, Sam L wrote: I have been using my M42 lenses on my K-x for a couple years now, but over the weekend was the first time I tried putting one (1.9 / 85) on a program plus that I had picked up

PEso - Symmetry

2012-01-17 Thread Ann Sanfedele
http://annsan.smugmug.com/Works-in-Print/Works-In-Progress/More-Critters/15842756_C2Dvws/1/1676309644_4xGRtnc/Large I was browsing some files to find one for the next month's PUG and looking for some items for ebay and came across these guys comment as you see fit as one of our local

Re: PESO - The Fedora on Queen West

2012-01-17 Thread knarftheria...@gmail.com
Dave, Larry, Paul, thanks for your comments. It helps when the model is as pretty as her. She was a good sport about the whole thing as one can tell by that fetching smile. Thanks as well to everyone who looked. I've got to make a point of getting more posts on Real Canadians Wearing Real Hats

Re: OT: Photoshop Memory Management

2012-01-17 Thread Mark C
On 1/17/2012 12:03 PM, John Sessoms wrote: Where do you have Photoshop's scratch disk? If I understand correctly Photoshop's scratch disk is not the same as your system swap file. I was told that it should not be on the same physical disk as the OS and applications because it can materially

Re: OT: Photoshop Memory Management

2012-01-17 Thread Mark C
On 1/17/2012 12:33 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: Processing 500+ Mbyte image files takes serious compute power, and fast IO. You're waiting 90 seconds or so? For a 105 Mpixel image file? My gosh, when I worked for NASA doing a 1024x1024 pixel, 8bit per component rendering from 600 Mbytes of raw

RE: PEso - Symmetry

2012-01-17 Thread Jeffery Johnson
Me like Ann... As you already know I have a fondness for animals and of course good captures of said animals. Photo Captures by Jeffery http://www.photocapturesbyjeffery.com -Original Message- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On

RE: PESO - Gate Shadows

2012-01-17 Thread Jeffery Johnson
Like the shadows cast by the gates. Photo Captures by Jeffery http://www.photocapturesbyjeffery.com -Original Message- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Rick Womer Sent: Tuesday, January 17, 2012 8:44 PM To: Pentax

Re: OT: Photoshop Memory Management

2012-01-17 Thread Mark C
On 1/17/2012 8:00 AM, Bruce Walker wrote: Heh. If I could expand the RAM in my 2008 iMac to 8 or 16 Gig RAM I would. I regularly fill 4 Gig with just Lightroom and Photoshop on a single K20D RAW image. You do some adjustments in Lr, then edit in Ps and wham! the swapping starts. Granted I do

Re: OT: Photoshop Memory Management

2012-01-17 Thread Mark C
On 1/17/2012 10:52 AM, William Robb wrote: Mark, how much memory have you allocated to Photoshop (you do this within Photoshop)? With that much ram, you should be able to set a very high allocation, probably 12-14 gigs. Also, if you really need speed, set a couple of drives up as a striped

Re: PEso - Symmetry

2012-01-17 Thread Ann Sanfedele
thanks , Jeff! yes , I do believe I've noticed you like critters too ann On 1/17/2012 22:29, Jeffery Johnson wrote: Me like Ann... As you already know I have a fondness for animals and of course good captures of said animals. Photo Captures by Jeffery

RE: PEso - Symmetry

2012-01-17 Thread knarftheria...@gmail.com
Cool shot. It's as if they were posing for you. Btw, the plural for mongoose is mongooses, strange though it may sound to our ear. :-) cheers, frank --- Original Message --- From: Ann Sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com Sent: January 17, 2012 1/17/12 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net

Re: PEso - Symmetry

2012-01-17 Thread Ann Sanfedele
On 1/17/2012 22:57, knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: Cool shot. It's as if they were posing for you. Damn lucky timing it was - they scurry a lot. Btw, the plural for mongoose is mongooses, strange though it may sound to our ear. :-) cheers, frank Sorry my dear, it's both ways - at

Re: PEso - Symmetry

2012-01-17 Thread Jack Davis
The crisp detail is appealing. Unique content works especially well due to the symmetry. Jack - Original Message - From: Ann Sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Cc: Sent: Tuesday, January 17, 2012 6:56 PM Subject: PEso - Symmetry

Re: PEso - Symmetry

2012-01-17 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
Nice image Ann, and I love the title as well. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Tue, Jan 17, 2012 at 9:56 PM, Ann Sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com wrote:

Re: PEso - Symmetry

2012-01-17 Thread knarftheria...@gmail.com
The Oxford English Dictionary would beg to differ (they say mongooses), but if it's in the Official Scrabble Players Dictionary who am I to argue? :-) cheers, frank --- Original Message --- From: Ann Sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com Sent: January 17, 2012 1/17/12 snip Btw, the plural for

Re: PESO - The Fedora on Queen West

2012-01-17 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
Great hat, great portrait, and I like the reflections you caught in the shades. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Mon, Jan 16, 2012 at 10:20 PM, frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: A new installment on Real Canadians Wearing Real Hats.  Scroll down to

Re: PEso - Symmetry

2012-01-17 Thread Ann Sanfedele
You say potato and I say potahto a On 1/17/2012 23:19, knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: The Oxford English Dictionary would beg to differ (they say mongooses), but if it's in the Official Scrabble Players Dictionary who am I to argue? :-) cheers, frank --- Original Message --- From:

Re: PEso - Symmetry

2012-01-17 Thread Paul Stenquist
Well done. An apt title and a fun pic. Paul On Jan 17, 2012, at 9:56 PM, Ann Sanfedele wrote: http://annsan.smugmug.com/Works-in-Print/Works-In-Progress/More-Critters/15842756_C2Dvws/1/1676309644_4xGRtnc/Large I was browsing some files to find one for the next month's PUG and looking for

Re: PESO: Blowing Bobbles

2012-01-17 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
Great capture, lovely reflection. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Mon, Jan 16, 2012 at 5:23 PM, Jack Davis jdavi...@yahoo.com wrote: Young Egret this AM at the reserve. http://photolightimages.com/aspupload/detail.asp?ID=626 K-5, DA 55~300(300mm), f/8 

Re: PEso - Symmetry

2012-01-17 Thread Ann Sanfedele
thanks Paul, Jack, Jeff, Frank and future commenters tomorrow is see the eye doc day I may not be around much ann On 1/17/2012 23:24, Paul Stenquist wrote: Well done. An apt title and a fun pic. Paul On Jan 17, 2012, at 9:56 PM, Ann Sanfedele wrote:

Re: Testing...Testing... (again)

2012-01-17 Thread Brian Walters
Quoting steve harley p...@paper-ape.com: on 2012-01-17 16:02 Brian Walters wrote According to Fastmail support I'm hitting their new daily bandwidth limits. I'm not convinced so I'm still discussing it with them. hmm, those limits are pretty high, and it's odd that they would cause a

RE: PESO: The Stone

2012-01-17 Thread John Coyle
Congratulations Dave. John Coyle Brisbane, Australia -Original Message- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of David Mann Sent: Tuesday, 17 January 2012 6:11 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: PESO: The Stone Time for some good news from me, for

Re: PEso - Symmetry

2012-01-17 Thread knarftheria...@gmail.com
I say we ask the critters what they want to be called. I'm not going to argue with anyone or anything that can beat up a cobra. Whatever they want is fine with me. Hey, all the best at the doc's tomorrow, Ann. We're all pulling for you. Cheers, frank --- Original Message --- From: Ann

Re: PEso - Symmetry

2012-01-17 Thread Brian Walters
Quoting Ann Sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com: http://annsan.smugmug.com/Works-in-Print/Works-In-Progress/More-Critters/15842756_C2Dvws/1/1676309644_4xGRtnc/Large I was browsing some files to find one for the next month's PUG and looking for some items for ebay and came across these guys

Re: PESO - Gate Shadows

2012-01-17 Thread Brian Walters
Quoting Rick Womer rwomer1...@yahoo.com: In the vestibule of our church, on Sunday morning: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=14993316size=lg (K-7, FA 24-90) nbsp; Well seen. The gate has produced interesting shapes in the shadows. I'm not sure that the red door on the right

Re: OT: Photoshop Memory Management

2012-01-17 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
I simply think you are expecting too much. 104Mpixel image files take a tremendous amount of processing operations. I don't know anything about the system you're using, but you describe it as Not a hot rod system but it should be competent. Well, it sounds like it *is* competent, it's just not

PPG - What size do you use to upload?

2012-01-17 Thread Brian Walters
G'day all The PPG states that the minimum size for uploading is 900 pixels high and this is what I've been using. This size seems to be large enough to avoid images being enlarged for viewing, except when viewed on very large monitors (for example, on my 22 widescreen at 1680 x 1050

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