Re: Workin on the RR

2012-02-29 Thread Matthew Hunt
I like this. Good textures and choice of camera position. I don't think the flare detracts at all. On Tue, Feb 28, 2012 at 3:54 PM, Don Guthrie shark50...@gmail.com wrote: This was a photo I was going to submit for last months PUG. The lens flare caused by the zoom with no lens hood bothered

9th - (almost March 2012) | Roman Melihhov Photography

2012-02-29 Thread Roman Melihhov
http://roman.blakout.net/index.php?/category/27 ^^^ Last days of the winter. -- roman.blakout.net DA 10-17mm × DA 16-45mm × DA 18-55mm × DA 35mm × DA 50-135mm × K-5 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML,

Re: OT: Something hard to do with a digital camera

2012-02-29 Thread Steven Desjardins
It's a really cool idea, too bad the pictures look like crap. Mark. On Wed, Feb 29, 2012 at 2:37 AM, John Coyle jco...@iinet.net.au wrote: Hated it - what was the point? John Coyle Brisbane, Australia -Original Message- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net]

Re: OT: Something hard to do with a digital camera

2012-02-29 Thread Mark Roberts
David Mann wrote: On Feb 29, 2012, at 2:25 PM, Darren Addy wrote: Here they are presented as a Flickr slideshow: http://www.flickr.com/photos/seriykotik/sets/72157625753792973/show/ And for those who hate Flickr slideshows, a link to the set itself:

Re: What's my day rate?

2012-02-29 Thread Christine Nielsen
Thanks, Paul! On Tue, Feb 28, 2012 at 9:32 PM, Paul Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote: You have to judge what the market will bear. Your hourly rate times 10 -- for an 8 hour shoot day -- should be a fair price that won't send them running to someone else. That's a 25 percent increase

Re: What's my day rate?

2012-02-29 Thread Christine Nielsen
On Tue, Feb 28, 2012 at 10:10 PM, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote: Do you want to encourage them? Or discourage them?  Are you underemployed, so that it would be worth your while to drive out there and spend more time shooting than you might if they just sent the stuff to you?  Or, are

Re: OT: Something hard to do with a digital camera

2012-02-29 Thread Toine
I kinda like it. Maybe I'll try this digitally. Toine On 29 February 2012 02:25, Darren Addy pixelsmi...@gmail.com wrote: In otherwords, something cool to do with a film camera. These may not be everyone's cup 'o tea but I think they are fantastic. I discovered them in a Flickr contact's

Re: OT: Something hard to do with a digital camera

2012-02-29 Thread David J Brooks
On Wed, Feb 29, 2012 at 8:42 AM, Toine to...@repiuk.nl wrote: I kinda like it. Maybe I'll try this digitally. Toine Don't for get, you will need to advance your card only a fraction for each shot. Dave On 29 February 2012 02:25, Darren Addy pixelsmi...@gmail.com wrote: In otherwords,

Re: Millions of Pics

2012-02-29 Thread David J Brooks
Thanks Dave On Tue, Feb 28, 2012 at 7:56 PM, Paul Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote: The NY Times has more than 10 million frames stored in their photo archive -- or morgue as the paper calls it. A few will be puclished on Tumblr every day: http://livelymorgue.tumblr.com/ -- PDML

Re: OT: Something hard to do with a digital camera

2012-02-29 Thread Darren Addy
On Wed, Feb 29, 2012 at 9:01 AM, David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Feb 29, 2012 at 8:42 AM, Toine to...@repiuk.nl wrote: I kinda like it. Maybe I'll try this digitally. Toine Don't for get, you will need to advance your card only a fraction for each shot. Dave Dave, that

Re: Millions of Pics

2012-02-29 Thread Charles Robinson
On Feb 28, 2012, at 18:56, Paul Stenquist wrote: The NY Times has more than 10 million frames stored in their photo archive -- or morgue as the paper calls it. A few will be puclished on Tumblr every day: http://livelymorgue.tumblr.com/ THERE's one for the bookmarked photo-related folder I

Re: 9th - (almost March 2012) | Roman Melihhov Photography

2012-02-29 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
BR. I can feel the cold looking at those image. I especially like the sparkles on the snow in the first one. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Wed, Feb 29, 2012 at 7:15 AM, Roman Melihhov ro...@blakout.net wrote:

Re: OT: Something hard to do with a digital camera

2012-02-29 Thread Don Guthrie
Hmmm? taking one picture like this is a mistake two or three like this is a project but after that it becomes a style and and not an attractive one for me. I think there might be one or more good pictures in there but I don't think the viewer should have to suss them out. YMMV Thanks for the

Re: 9th - (almost March 2012) | Roman Melihhov Photography

2012-02-29 Thread Don Guthrie
Ah come July we will long for crisp days of late Winter. Good pictures representing that cold cold feeling. On Wed, Feb 29, 2012 at 7:15 AM, Roman Melihhov ro...@blakout.net wrote: http://roman.blakout.net/index.php?/category/27 ^^^ Last days of the winter. -- roman.blakout.net DA 10-17mm

Re: Workin on the RR

2012-02-29 Thread Don Guthrie
Much thanks to David Mann, Ann, Mathew Hunt, Walt, Bob S, Brian, Bruce, Dan, Frank and Steve for your generous comments. You have validated my taking this photo from the rejects and scrapheap folder. Much appreciated. Don -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Photography-related legalese and pinterest/copyright issue

2012-02-29 Thread Igor Roshchin
Hello! I thought some PDMLers might be interested reading this story about copyright related issues at Pinterest: http://www.businessinsider.com/pinterest-copyright-issues-lawyer-2012-2 http://ddkportraits.com/2012/02/why-i-tearfully-deleted-my-pinterest-inspiration-boards/ Igor -- PDML

Re: Workin on the RR

2012-02-29 Thread Don Guthrie
Thanks Dan, This trestle runs maybe 1.5 miles with oh a 100' drop into the river valley. The track runs down the middle with the walkway created by the RR ties on both sides for the repair crews to stand on. However there is only a hand rail on the one side so they could not pay me enough to

Re: Photography-related legalese and pinterest/copyright issue

2012-02-29 Thread Bruce Walker
Thanks for that, Igor. There's a rising chorus of complaints about Pinterest now. Wonder if it'll survive them? On Wed, Feb 29, 2012 at 12:24 PM, Igor Roshchin s...@komkon.org wrote: Hello! I thought some PDMLers might be interested reading this story about copyright related issues at

lighting and exposure, cont

2012-02-29 Thread Collin Brendemuehl
With the modest amount of work and expense in my booth, the results have proven respectable. Image #1: http://www.brendemuehl.net/images/lighting/40677-1.jpg This is a very shiny object. Though displayed horizontally here, it was shot vertically. Though I am shooting through a slot between my

Re: Millions of Pics

2012-02-29 Thread Bruce Walker
Terrific link. Thanks, Paul. On Tue, Feb 28, 2012 at 7:56 PM, Paul Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote: The NY Times has more than 10 million frames stored in their photo archive -- or morgue as the paper calls it. A few will be puclished on Tumblr every day:

Re: A Little Bit of Thievery

2012-02-29 Thread mike wilson
On 28/02/2012 22:31, Brian Walters wrote: Somehow I came across this article while Googling: http://www.reidandfriends.com.au/2012/02/23/bush-tucker-babe/ It's not of much interest to anyone here (unless, like me, you're interested in Australian flora), but the second image caught my eye -

Re: lighting and exposure, cont

2012-02-29 Thread Bruce Walker
Great stuff, Collin. These look excellent. I noticed a surprising amount of colour noise in #2 though, easily seen in the darks and even the darker mid-tones. Are you employing any NR at all? It looks like what I see when shooting RAW at ISO 400 without enabling any colour NR in Lightroom. On

Re: lighting and exposure, cont

2012-02-29 Thread Collin Brendemuehl
Great stuff, Collin. These look excellent. I noticed a surprising amount of colour noise in #2 though, easily seen in the darks and even the darker mid-tones. Are you employing any NR at all? It looks like what I see when shooting RAW at ISO 400 without enabling any colour NR in Lightroom.

GESO: Leap Day Storm

2012-02-29 Thread Walt Gilbert
So . . . this happened this morning, just a few miles down the road from my house around 5:00 AM. I never heard a thing. http://www.flickriver.com/photos/walt_gilbert/sets/72157629118984308/ All shots were taken with the K-x fitted with my A 50/1.7 and the K100D Super with my Promaster

RE: K-5 Has poor high ISO performance...

2012-02-29 Thread John Sessoms
From: Brian Walters according to PC Magazine: http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2400556,00.asp So, what's all this crap you guys have been feeding me for the past year? Makes Ken Rockwell look knowledgeable. It's been out for how long and the computer geek is just now getting

Re: GESO: Leap Day Storm

2012-02-29 Thread Charles Robinson
On Feb 29, 2012, at 14:08, Walt Gilbert wrote: So . . . this happened this morning, just a few miles down the road from my house around 5:00 AM. I never heard a thing. http://www.flickriver.com/photos/walt_gilbert/sets/72157629118984308/ Oh, OUCH. I hope everyone came out OK! Is it a

Re: lighting and exposure, cont

2012-02-29 Thread Bruce Walker
On Wed, Feb 29, 2012 at 2:53 PM, Collin Brendemuehl coll...@brendemuehl.net wrote: Great stuff, Collin. These look excellent. I noticed a surprising amount of colour noise in #2 though, easily seen in the darks and even the darker mid-tones. Are you employing any NR at all? It looks like what I

Re: GESO: Leap Day Storm

2012-02-29 Thread Walt Gilbert
On 2/29/2012 2:23 PM, Charles Robinson wrote: On Feb 29, 2012, at 14:08, Walt Gilbert wrote: So . . . this happened this morning, just a few miles down the road from my house around 5:00 AM. I never heard a thing. http://www.flickriver.com/photos/walt_gilbert/sets/72157629118984308/ Oh,

RE: Photography-related legalese and pinterest/copyright issue

2012-02-29 Thread Bob W
I don't really understand why people copy other people's pictures onto their own servers when they could link to them perfectly legally: img src=http://www.web-options.com/Snaps/content/images/large/488.jpg; alt=Awesome snap by great genius Walkden height=600 width=400 / I suppose the only risk

PESO: Waikapu Valley

2012-02-29 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
A beautiful valley on the east side of the West Maui Mountains, where the rainfall averages 400 inches per year. http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=15119623 Comments and Criticisms are invited. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List

Re: PESO: Waikapu Valley

2012-02-29 Thread Bruce Walker
Ooooh; nice! That image should sell some airline tickets. On Wed, Feb 29, 2012 at 4:00 PM, Daniel J. Matyola danmaty...@gmail.com wrote: A beautiful valley on the east side of the West Maui Mountains, where the rainfall averages 400 inches per year.

OT Amazon Lightroom Deal

2012-02-29 Thread Adam Montoya
Kind of off topic, but still of interest. The Amazon deal of the day is Lightroom 3 for $89. http://www.amazon.com/gp/goldbox?ref_=pe_36900_22824460 -Adam -- http://www.mountainfort.com/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to

Re: PESO: The Shellists

2012-02-29 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
I didn't ask their names. G This couple is a lot older -- and more colorful -- than most of the shellists who trumpet the arrival of sunset with conch shells. (Most are young men perched high on a lanai overlooking the ocean.) I tried to capture a portrait of the gentleman, but the light was

Re: PESO: Waikapu Valley

2012-02-29 Thread Paul Stenquist
Very pretty. The dramatic clouds are a plus. Paul On Feb 29, 2012, at 4:00 PM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: A beautiful valley on the east side of the West Maui Mountains, where the rainfall averages 400 inches per year. http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=15119623 Comments and Criticisms

Re: Photography-related legalese and pinterest/copyright issue

2012-02-29 Thread Mark Roberts
Bob W p...@web-options.com wrote: I don't really understand why people copy other people's pictures onto their own servers when they could link to them perfectly legally: A lot of sites have their .htaccess file set up to prevent hotlinking this way. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List

Re: OT Amazon Lightroom Deal

2012-02-29 Thread Bruce Walker
This *should* be of great interest to Collin. ;-) On Wed, Feb 29, 2012 at 4:15 PM, Adam Montoya amont...@gmail.com wrote: Kind of off topic, but still of interest. The Amazon deal of the day is Lightroom 3 for $89. http://www.amazon.com/gp/goldbox?ref_=pe_36900_22824460 -Adam --

Re: OT Amazon Lightroom Deal

2012-02-29 Thread steve harley
on 2/29/12 2:15 PMAdam Montoya wrote Kind of off topic, but still of interest. The Amazon deal of the day is Lightroom 3 for $89. it was $70 at BH a few days ago; v4 is right around the corner -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to

RE: What's my day rate?

2012-02-29 Thread John Sessoms
From: Christine Nielsen Hi all, Here's my deal... I have a couple of clients for whom I do product photography -- small businesses who need images for their websites promotional materials. Usually, they send me the items, and I charge an hourly rate for photographing editing. It works

Re: Photography-related legalese and pinterest/copyright issue

2012-02-29 Thread David Parsons
That's my thought. Why upload a picture directly when you could link back to the page where it live and get more info. I do that for the food items that I pin. That way I can bookmark the recipes and see the full details. On Wed, Feb 29, 2012 at 3:56 PM, Bob W p...@web-options.com wrote: I

Re: GESO: Leap Day Storm

2012-02-29 Thread Bob Sullivan
Gotta be pretty much a direct hit to snap the trees like that. Hope all were well. It's a good reminder to stay safe. Regards, Bob S. On Wed, Feb 29, 2012 at 2:08 PM, Walt Gilbert ldott...@gmail.com wrote: So . . . this happened this morning, just a few miles down the road from my house

RE: Photography-related legalese and pinterest/copyright issue

2012-02-29 Thread Bob W
I don't really understand why people copy other people's pictures onto their own servers when they could link to them perfectly legally: A lot of sites have their .htaccess file set up to prevent hotlinking this way. I can't understand that either - what's the internet for if not that?

Re: Photography-related legalese and pinterest/copyright issue

2012-02-29 Thread David Parsons
Porn. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eWEjvCRPrCo On Wed, Feb 29, 2012 at 5:11 PM, Bob W p...@web-options.com wrote: I don't really understand why people copy other people's pictures onto their own servers when they could link to them perfectly legally: A lot of sites have their .htaccess

Re: GESO: Leap Day Storm

2012-02-29 Thread Walt Gilbert
That's what I was thinking while I was taking the shots. I'm still a bit amazed that the house wasn't demolished. The roof even seemed to be in pretty good shape. Windows were blown out and such, but it still looked structurally sound -- though, I wasn't about to try walking into it. -- Walt

Re: Photography-related legalese and pinterest/copyright issue

2012-02-29 Thread Walt Gilbert
And then some. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sxYVBNhJ3pc On 2/29/2012 4:23 PM, David Parsons wrote: Porn. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eWEjvCRPrCo On Wed, Feb 29, 2012 at 5:11 PM, Bob Wp...@web-options.com wrote: I don't really understand why people copy other people's pictures onto

Re: K-5 Has poor high ISO performance...

2012-02-29 Thread David J Brooks
On Wed, Feb 29, 2012 at 3:09 PM, John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com wrote: From: Brian Walters according to PC Magazine: http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2400556,00.asp So, what's all this crap you guys have been feeding me for the past year? Makes Ken Rockwell look

Re: GESO: Leap Day Storm

2012-02-29 Thread Ann Sanfedele
Holy Batman! Glad it was a few miles down the road from you and you didn't hear the freight train... Nice photo essay - might drop a couple that are redundant but well done I'd say - wether channel worthy - No Outlet indeed :=-] Like the tidiness of the church.. think 5384 and 5388 and

Re: Photography-related legalese and pinterest/copyright issue

2012-02-29 Thread Mark Roberts
David Parsons wrote: That's my thought. Why upload a picture directly when you could link back to the page where it live and get more info. I do that for the food items that I pin. That way I can bookmark the recipes and see the full details. My thinking exactly: Just link to the page where

Re: GESO: Leap Day Storm

2012-02-29 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
WOW. That is nasty weather indeed. You have documented it quite well, however, Walt. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Wed, Feb 29, 2012 at 3:08 PM, Walt Gilbert ldott...@gmail.com wrote: So . . . this happened this morning, just a few miles down the road from

Re: Photography-related legalese and pinterest/copyright issue

2012-02-29 Thread Bruce Walker
On Wed, Feb 29, 2012 at 5:11 PM, Bob W p...@web-options.com wrote: I don't really understand why people copy other people's pictures onto their own servers when they could link to them perfectly legally: A lot of sites have their .htaccess file set up to prevent hotlinking this way.

Re: GESO: Leap Day Storm

2012-02-29 Thread Walt Gilbert
Thank you, Ann! I hadn't really thought about it as a photo essay, but I suppose that's essentially what it is. And I do agree it could benefit from a bit of paring. I originally approached it as more or less a collection of glorified snapshots, but I guess therein lies the distinction.

Re: GESO: Leap Day Storm

2012-02-29 Thread Walt Gilbert
Thanks, Dan! I'm glad you enjoyed them. Based on the weather forecast, it looks like I may have another opportunity to do some similar shots before the weekend. Another nasty front is moving in from the west on Friday, if it holds together. Wish me metaphysical, meteorological and

Re: Photography-related legalese and pinterest/copyright issue

2012-02-29 Thread David Parsons
The same thing can happen simply by linking to the site. It the risk you run by making your content available to the entire planet. On Wed, Feb 29, 2012 at 7:12 PM, Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Feb 29, 2012 at 5:11 PM, Bob W p...@web-options.com wrote: I don't really

Re: Photography-related legalese and pinterest/copyright issue

2012-02-29 Thread Bruce Walker
If a bazillion users became interested in reading your articles that's one thing. You can turn pro, upgrade your hosting package and be happy. But articles on a busy site that includes a hotlinked *image* from yours only causes your own bandwidth to be consumed with no returns to you. Why should

Re: Photography-related legalese and pinterest/copyright issue

2012-02-29 Thread David Parsons
Pinterest isn't hotlinking. It is saving a copy of the picture on their CDN and linking back to the original source. On Wed, Feb 29, 2012 at 7:36 PM, Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com wrote: If a bazillion users became interested in reading your articles that's one thing. You can turn pro,

Re: Photography-related legalese and pinterest/copyright issue

2012-02-29 Thread Bob Sullivan
I believe our own Mark Cassino had linking problems. He had a great collection of insect macros on line (still does), and all of a sudden visitors from asia were overwhelming his bandwidth. My concern about hot-linking is porn. All the abused owner needs to do is change his picture. Of course,

Re: Photography-related legalese and pinterest/copyright issue

2012-02-29 Thread Bruce Walker
I know. I was answering the why don't Pinterest just hotlink question, followed by the what's wrong with hotlinking anyway? question. On Wed, Feb 29, 2012 at 7:56 PM, David Parsons parsons.da...@gmail.com wrote: Pinterest isn't hotlinking.  It is saving a copy of the picture on their CDN and

Re: GESO: Leap Day Storm

2012-02-29 Thread Larry Colen
That's a great set of photos. And thanks for making me appreciate California weather. And to think that after last night's rain I was wondering what it would be like to live someplace where you didn't automatically check for leaks after every little storm. On Feb 29, 2012, at 12:08 PM, Walt

Re: lighting and exposure, cont

2012-02-29 Thread Larry Colen
Excellent job. If I didn't know better I'd think you knew what you were doing. For reducing the last bit of slot reflection, could you get a chunk of foam core, cut a circle in it and just hang it on your lens when you need it? On Feb 29, 2012, at 11:53 AM, Collin Brendemuehl wrote:

Re: GESO: Leap Day Storm

2012-02-29 Thread Walt Gilbert
On 2/29/2012 7:36 PM, Larry Colen wrote: That's a great set of photos. And thanks for making me appreciate California weather. And to think that after last night's rain I was wondering what it would be like to live someplace where you didn't automatically check for leaks after every little

Re: Photography-related legalese and pinterest/copyright issue

2012-02-29 Thread Mark C
On 2/29/2012 7:59 PM, Bob Sullivan wrote: I believe our own Mark Cassino had linking problems. He had a great collection of insect macros on line (still does), and all of a sudden visitors from asia were overwhelming his bandwidth. Yeah - a site in South Korea put together these really

Re: PESO: The Shellists

2012-02-29 Thread Joseph McAllister
I smell Melanoma in their future. :-) On Feb 29, 2012, at 13:21 , Daniel J. Matyola wrote: I didn't ask their names. G This couple is a lot older -- and more colorful -- than most of the shellists who trumpet the arrival of sunset with conch shells. (Most are young men perched high

Re: PESO: Waikapu Valley

2012-02-29 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
Thanks, Bruce and Paul. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Wed, Feb 29, 2012 at 4:04 PM, Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com wrote: Ooooh; nice! That image should sell some airline tickets. On Wed, Feb 29, 2012 at 4:00 PM, Daniel J. Matyola danmaty...@gmail.com

Tonight's crazy idea

2012-02-29 Thread Larry Colen, l...@red4est.com (From Droid)
I was thinking about blown out sections of a photo and how it is often just one channel that clips. It seems that it would be possible to do something like content aware fill, using color balance from nearby areas, and the vallues in the non clipped channels to extrapolate in the blown out

Re: PESO: Waikapu Valley

2012-02-29 Thread Walt Gilbert
On 2/29/2012 3:00 PM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: A beautiful valley on the east side of the West Maui Mountains, where the rainfall averages 400 inches per year. http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=15119623 Comments and Criticisms are invited. Dan Matyola

Re: Tonight's crazy idea

2012-02-29 Thread Matthew Hunt
On Wed, Feb 29, 2012 at 9:54 PM, Larry Colen, l...@red4est.com (From Droid) l...@red4est.com wrote: I was thinking about blown out sections of a photo and how it is often just one channel that clips.  It seems that it would be possible to do something like content aware fill, using color

Re: Tonight's crazy idea

2012-02-29 Thread Walt Gilbert
On 2/29/2012 8:57 PM, Matthew Hunt wrote: On Wed, Feb 29, 2012 at 9:54 PM, Larry Colen, l...@red4est.com (From Droid)l...@red4est.com wrote: I was thinking about blown out sections of a photo and how it is often just one channel that clips. It seems that it would be possible to do something

GESO 2012 - Polaroid #2 - GDG

2012-02-29 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
I decided to work with another pack of film in the Polaroid SX-70 this week, trying The Impossible Project PX-70 Silver Shot BW film. Only eight exposures in all for one pack ... makes you think. I decided to play with small scale still life stuff ... just experimenting still. :-) Slide show

Re: PESO: Waikapu Valley

2012-02-29 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
Thank you, Walt. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Wed, Feb 29, 2012 at 9:55 PM, Walt Gilbert ldott...@gmail.com wrote: On 2/29/2012 3:00 PM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: A beautiful valley on the east side of the West Maui Mountains, where the rainfall averages

Re: GESO 2012 - Polaroid #2 - GDG

2012-02-29 Thread Darren Addy
I love the tones and the look of your film camera combination, as well. Am I correct in seeing some newton rings in those scans? Apparently it is a common problem with glossy polaroid scanning: http://www.flickr.com/groups/polaroid_/discuss/72157612531571448/

Re: GESO 2012 - Polaroid #2 - GDG

2012-02-29 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
On Wed, Feb 29, 2012 at 7:31 PM, Darren Addy pixelsmi...@gmail.com wrote: I love the tones and the look of your film camera combination, as well. Am I correct in seeing some newton rings in those scans? Apparently it is a common problem with glossy polaroid scanning:

Re: Tonight's crazy idea

2012-02-29 Thread Larry Colen
On 2/29/2012 6:57 PM, Matthew Hunt wrote: On Wed, Feb 29, 2012 at 9:54 PM, Larry Colen, l...@red4est.com (From Droid)l...@red4est.com wrote: I was thinking about blown out sections of a photo and how it is often just one channel that clips. It seems that it would be possible to do

Re: PESO: Waikapu Valley

2012-02-29 Thread Larry Colen
On 2/29/2012 1:00 PM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: A beautiful valley on the east side of the West Maui Mountains, where the rainfall averages 400 inches per year. http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=15119623 Comments and Criticisms are invited. Wonderful composition. The grass looks

Re: Tonight's crazy idea

2012-02-29 Thread Darren Addy
Convent-aware Phil. Wasn't he that nun stalker who was into bad habits? -D -- 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: GESO 2012 - Polaroid #2 - GDG

2012-02-29 Thread Larry Colen
On 2/29/2012 7:01 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: I decided to work with another pack of film in the Polaroid SX-70 this week, trying The Impossible Project PX-70 Silver Shot BW film. Only eight exposures in all for one pack ... makes you think. I decided to play with small scale still life

Re: K-5 Has poor high ISO performance....

2012-02-29 Thread P. J. Alling
On 2/28/2012 4:10 PM, Brian Walters wrote: according to PC Magazine: http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2400556,00.asp So, what's all this crap you guys have been feeding me for the past year? :-) Obviously an outlier, and comes to the opposite conclusion to just about every other

New firmware: K-x, K-r, K-7, K-5, 645D

2012-02-29 Thread Darren Addy
Pentax 645D firmware version 1.13 Pentax K-5 firmware version 1.13 Pentax K-7 firmware version 1.12 Pentax K-r firmware version 1.12 Pentax K-x firmware version 1.03 The only change according to Pentax is improved reliability when writing to SDXC type memory cards. Links at

Re: GESO 2012 - Polaroid #2 - GDG

2012-02-29 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
On Wed, Feb 29, 2012 at 9:59 PM, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote: On 2/29/2012 7:01 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote:   http://www.flickr.com/photos/gdgphoto/sets/72157629483212697/show/ Very interesting, there are some very nice images in there. The, for want of a better word, softness of