Re: mac slideshow software recommendations?

2012-08-02 Thread Peter Jordan
There may be other reasons not to like iPhoto, but it can be configured not to import all photos into the iPhoto folder and play them from their existing location. The option is in the advanced tab of preferences. Peter On 2 Aug 2012, at 06:20, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote: On Aug

Re: PESOs: Butterfly shots (2 photos)

2012-08-02 Thread Walt Gilbert
Ah-ha! That is a great suggestion I hadn't even considered, Bob. I'll most definitely look into that option and can't believe I hadn't considered it before. Again, thank you for the suggestion! -- Walt On 8/1/2012 8:57 PM, Bob Sullivan wrote: Walt, It is a nice start, especially the 1st.

RE: PESO -How many of you remember this

2012-08-02 Thread John Coyle
Certainly do remember those! Noisy, but cheap and pretty reliable: I don't know whether they ever did wear through the tyre wall, never happened to me. John Coyle Brisbane, Australia -Original Message- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of jn289

Re: July's best of set

2012-08-02 Thread Larry Colen
On Aug 1, 2012, at 7:14 PM, jn289 wrote: Larry, that's a nice collection of photos, Joe Thanks Joe. Here are my best from July: http://www.flickriver.com/photos/ellarsee/sets/72157630616628954/ -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com sent from i4est -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail

Re: OT: London Olympics 2012

2012-08-02 Thread David Mann
On Aug 2, 2012, at 9:37 AM, Steven Desjardins wrote: Since John brought it up, I'll use the original hijacked thread to note today's Google Doodle. I think they're doing a new Olympic-themed doodle every day at the moment. I'm getting a table tennis one right now. Dave -- PDML

Re: OT: Are all men predisposed to be car junkies?

2012-08-02 Thread David Mann
On Aug 2, 2012, at 9:02 AM, John Sessoms wrote: One of them lived two blocks away around the corner from my house, and that's where they started their spree from. Mine was the first vehicle they attacked. Idiots, I thought the first rule of crime is that you don't shit in your own back yard.

Re: OT: ebooks

2012-08-02 Thread mike wilson
On 02/08/2012 03:02, Mark Roberts wrote: odd to say, but I created my first book before I ever read an book. Having acquired an Android tablet six months ago, I only recently tried downloading an book to read on it. Now I'm hooked. project Gutenberg is great: thus far I've downloaded books by

OT Rusyn/Lemk ancestry

2012-08-02 Thread mike wilson
I know a few folks here are of this background. A friend of mine (excellent English, dry sense of humour) in Central Europe is thinking of starting a company to help people research and provide guidance to visit ancestral homes. If anyone would be interested in such a service, please contact

Re: PESO -How many of you remember this

2012-08-02 Thread Rick Womer
Not only do I remember them, there's still one on my bike, and it works well. I don't ride at night often anymore, so I haven't replaced it; but it's occasionally useful so I haven't taken it off. Nice evocative pic, Joe. Rick   http://photo.net/photos/RickW - Original Message -

Re: mac slideshow software recommendations?

2012-08-02 Thread Paul Stenquist
IPhoto will do all of that, and it's easy to work with. On Aug 2, 2012, at 12:05 AM, Larry Colen wrote: On Aug 1, 2012, at 8:54 PM, Stan Halpin wrote: LR? But lightroom would mean reading in a bunch of jpegs into a special catalog in lightroom. Preview almost does what I want,

Re: PESO - Bloody flesh-ripping claws!

2012-08-02 Thread Rick Womer
Thanks, Frank! For some reason it got only 27 views in 24 hours, so I tried bumping up the traffic.  It's now had 75 views, which is in the normal range. I guess I need to work on my titles! Cheers, Rick   http://photo.net/photos/RickW - Original Message - From:

Re: PESOS Cats

2012-08-02 Thread Rick Womer
I like the composition and rendering of the second one, Joe.  The first one doesn't do much for me. Rick   http://photo.net/photos/RickW - Original Message - From: jn289 jn...@verizon.net To: pdml@pdml.net Cc: Sent: Wednesday, August 1, 2012 10:28 PM Subject: PESOS Cats Ann, these

Gotcha!!!

2012-08-02 Thread Roman Melihhov
http://roman.blakout.net/picture.php?/364/category/46 ^^^ Speaking of that peeping photographer... -- roman.blakout.net K-5 × DA 16-45 × DA* 50-135 × FA 50 × FA 35-70 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML,

Re: mac slideshow software recommendations?

2012-08-02 Thread Bruce Walker
How about just using a custom screen-saver? In Preferences Desktop Screensaver, click + and choose Add folder of pictures. You can't configure the transition rate, but other options are under Options... . If you set a Hot Corner, you can start the screen saver immediately by sweeping the mouse

OT - shooting from tricopters

2012-08-02 Thread Igor Roshchin
Here is an interesting way of shooting videos: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hU0_tGHlR7gplaynext=1list=PL752B3230A0D43C28 (and an interesting video) It's funny, when I was a kid I was fantasizing about having remote-controlled flying object that could be used for shooting videos, shooting my

OT - saga of fotki.com - beginning of the end?

2012-08-02 Thread Igor Roshchin
If you haven't heard about what fotki.com did about two months ago: http://clickglide.com/?p=844 I heard about some people who had bought life memebership and now were requested to pay additional fees, and were denied easy access to the originals. I wonder if independent photohosting sites

Real 'Merican wearing a real hat

2012-08-02 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
My humble homage to Frank's great series on Canadians and their hats: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=16195084 Comments are always appreciated. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: OT - shooting from tricopters

2012-08-02 Thread Bruce Walker
Cool! On Thu, Aug 2, 2012 at 9:16 AM, Igor Roshchin s...@komkon.org wrote: Here is an interesting way of shooting videos: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hU0_tGHlR7gplaynext=1list=PL752B3230A0D43C28 (and an interesting video) It's funny, when I was a kid I was fantasizing about having

RE: OT: Are all men predisposed to be car junkies?

2012-08-02 Thread John Sessoms
From: Bob W the last car I actually owned was an MGB Roadster. Driving it on the open road on a summer's evening was a wonderful joy, but a joy so rare, and so costly. Most of my time was spent sitting in traffic jams while the rain dripped through the so-called roof and even I, Deaf Bob, could

Re: OT: Are all men predisposed to be car junkies?

2012-08-02 Thread John Sessoms
From: Darren Addy Darn, that's a sad story John! Why must senseless violence be so senseless (not to mention so violent)? My MGB Convertible was given to me by my brother-in-law who seemed to accumulate cars as barter for doing roofing jobs above and beyond the original quote. Whoever had it

RE: PESO -How many of you remember this

2012-08-02 Thread Kenneth Waller
I had at least one.If it is set up properly there's no reason it should have any negative effect on the sidewall. -Original Message- From: John Coyle jco...@iinet.net.au Subject: RE: PESO -How many of you remember this Certainly do remember those! Noisy, but cheap and pretty reliable:

Re: OT: Are all men predisposed to be car junkies?

2012-08-02 Thread John Sessoms
From: Anthony Farr On 1 August 2012 20:01, John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com wrote: I have a MGB Tourer in the basement. I can't remember if it's half assembled or half disassembled. Does that count? I'd suggest it's half assembled. Presumably it got into the basement in pieces, not as an

Re: OT Rusyn/Lemk ancestry

2012-08-02 Thread Igor Roshchin
Some 20 years ago, I visited the area of where Rusyns (Carpatho-Rusyns, Ruthenes) live near Uzhgorod (Transcarpathian Region of Ukraine), - in one of the valleys away from big cities. They were affected by many major European wars (that territory was changing hands many times and _practically_

Re: PESOS Cats

2012-08-02 Thread Ann Sanfedele
ditto - nice shots ann On 8/2/2012 00:00, jn289 wrote: Frank, thanks for looking, but what I mean are the fangs so long that they show when the cat's mouth is closed. This cat was a stray..Joe I especially like the first one. So fierce! And yeah, all cats have those fangs. I read

Re: OT - Backups Cockups, Netbooks MyBooks, Hard Drives, , Dryers

2012-08-02 Thread John Sessoms
Quoting John Coyle jco...@iinet.net.au: My Maxtor also played up last month, and I too bought a WD MyBook replacement! Fortunately, I don't use any backup software that was mangled by the WD software, so the transfer of data was only painful in that about 10% of the image files were showing bad

Re: OT - Rue Brittania

2012-08-02 Thread steve harley
on 2012-08-01 19:55 John Francis wrote On Wed, Aug 01, 2012 at 03:40:43PM -0600, steve harley wrote: on 2012-08-01 10:55 John Francis wrote Why, why, WHY will people insist on posting spoilers to unrelated groups? most of the world, including Canada iirc, is in real-time, and may not be

Re: PESOs: Butterfly shots (2 photos)

2012-08-02 Thread Walt Gilbert
Thank you, Frank! The mimosa tree is in a really good location and has lots of low-hanging branches, which helps a lot. -- Walt On 8/1/2012 10:49 PM, knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: Terrific shots, but the light in the first one is amazing! cheers, frank What can be asserted without proof

OT - for Cotty - HoryzonHD camera

2012-08-02 Thread Igor Roshchin
I just came across this camera: http://www.foxtechfpv.com/horyzonhd-1080p-cam-c-121.html Cotty, since you are playing with the GoPro camera, you might be interested in looking at this one (and it might be of interest to other PDMLers-enthusiasts). Here is a review and comparison to GoPro

Re: mac slideshow software recommendations?

2012-08-02 Thread John Sessoms
If you've got one of those Macs that will allow you to also boot into Windoze, you could copy all the photos you want for your slide show into My Pictures and set your screensaver to a slide show. Add a password to the screen saver your guests won't easily disrupt it. From: Larry Colen On

Re: PESO - Harebell

2012-08-02 Thread steve harley
on 2012-08-01 8:13 AlunFoto - Jostein Øksne wrote http://alunfoto.blogspot.no/2012/08/blaklokke-harebell.html i noticed that in your feed and definitely enjoyed it; i too, know the dance of the flower in the wind -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

RE: PESOS Cats

2012-08-02 Thread John Sessoms
From: jn289 Frank, thanks for looking, but what I mean are the fangs so long that they show when the cat's mouth is closed. This cat was a stray..Joe I see it occasionally. It's a cat's version of a weak chin. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: OT: London Olympics 2012

2012-08-02 Thread John Sessoms
From: David Mann On Aug 2, 2012, at 9:37 AM, Steven Desjardins wrote: Since John brought it up, I'll use the original hijacked thread to note today's Google Doodle. I think they're doing a new Olympic-themed doodle every day at the moment. I'm getting a table tennis one right now. Dave

Re: OT: Are all men predisposed to be car junkies?

2012-08-02 Thread John Sessoms
From: David Mann On Aug 2, 2012, at 9:02 AM, John Sessoms wrote: One of them lived two blocks away around the corner from my house, and that's where they started their spree from. Mine was the first vehicle they attacked. Idiots, I thought the first rule of crime is that you don't shit in

Re: mac slideshow software recommendations?

2012-08-02 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
On Thu, Aug 2, 2012 at 9:55 AM, Godfrey DiGiorgi gdigio...@gmail.com wrote: If you have your photos in LR already, - create a collection of the ones you want to show - in the collection, select all and generate 100% previews - export the collection with previews, without negatives Now you

Re: PESO - Bloody flesh-ripping claws!

2012-08-02 Thread John Sessoms
From the title in the subject line, I thought it might be another cat photo. From: Rick Womer hanks, Frank! For some reason it got only 27 views in 24 hours, so I tried bumping up the traffic. ?It's now had 75 views, which is in the normal range. I guess I need to work on my titles!

Re: mac slideshow software recommendations?

2012-08-02 Thread Paul Sorenson
If you can live without it being configurable, try this... In LR and, if you want to just show all the pix in one folder, bring up that folder in the library and hit Ctrl-Enter (or whatever that combo is on a Mac. LR will generate previews, then start a slideshow that will loop until you

Re: OT - Rue Brittania

2012-08-02 Thread John Francis
On Thu, Aug 02, 2012 at 10:36:58AM -0600, steve harley wrote: this is my fourth Olympics with TiVo; we got TiVo and cable for the 2000 games, and soon realized cable wasn't worth it but TiVo was ? so for 12 years just about all the TV i've watched has been on time delay, Olympics included.

Re: OT - shooting from tricopters

2012-08-02 Thread John Francis
On Thu, Aug 02, 2012 at 09:16:29AM -0400, Igor Roshchin wrote: I don't think any RC planes or copters existed at that point (at least they were not available where I grew up). Igor A friend of mine was flying RC scale model aircraft in the mid 60s, and they weren't a new idea then. What

One of the advantages of optical viewfinders

2012-08-02 Thread Mark Roberts
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g-l14RCW4UA -- Mark Roberts - Photography Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- 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

Re: PESO: New cedar table

2012-08-02 Thread Chris Mitchell
On 31 July 2012 17:16, Tim Bray tb...@textuality.com wrote: I am sort of ham-handed and physically unskilled; the only things I normally create are software, prose, and photographs. But in an unaccustomed fit of carpenterial energy, I built a table for our cabin, and it’s kind of pretty.

Re: mac slideshow software recommendations?

2012-08-02 Thread steve harley
on 2012-08-01 21:16 Larry Colen wrote There's going to be a party at my house this weekend, and I'd like to run a slideshow of some of my better photos on my macbook pro. I'm not particularly enamored of preview, though it sort of works, and I despise iPhoto. if all you need is to change the

Re: One of the advantages of optical viewfinders

2012-08-02 Thread Kenton Brede
On Thu, Aug 2, 2012 at 1:40 PM, Mark Roberts postmas...@robertstech.com wrote: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g-l14RCW4UA I just got a Zeiss Ikon ZM. I haven't done it yet, but I'm just waiting for the day that I leave the lens cap on. -- Kent Brede http://kentonbrede.com/ -- PDML

RE: One of the advantages of optical viewfinders

2012-08-02 Thread Bob W
From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Mark Roberts http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g-l14RCW4UA let him who is without sin cast the first stone... O:( B -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to

Re: OT Rusyn/Lemk ancestry

2012-08-02 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
My father's father was a Rusyn, from a village near Mukachevo, just southwest of Uzhgorod. Our heritage is very complicated, because we never had our own country, and were constantly dominated by larger, more aggressive, neighbors. I grew up not really knowing what we were, and mostly told

RE: OT - saga of fotki.com - beginning of the end?

2012-08-02 Thread Bob W
This sort of thing is not restricted to the online world. When the predecessor of Zipcar started up over here I joined as a 'founder member' by paying about £125 up front which reduced the overall cost of membership, and which they promised I could have back in full if I left. I barely ever hired

RE: OT Rusyn/Lemk ancestry

2012-08-02 Thread Bob W
I travelled in that general area a few years ago, when I visited Romania. I spent a week or so in Sighetu Marmatiei, in Maramures County, and from there went walking in the hills around the border with the Ukraine. The people in the valleys and hills were wonderfully friendly - I posted a photo

OT: Astronomy Picture of the Day

2012-08-02 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
The Milky Way as seen from Mars: http://themetapicture.com/astronomy-picture-of-the-day/ Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola -- 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

Re: One of the advantages of optical viewfinders

2012-08-02 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
Hate it when that happens. I worried about it using the X2, but fixed the problem with a little accessory: https://dl.dropbox.com/u/25268645/leica-X2-auto-cap.jpg On Thu, Aug 2, 2012 at 11:40 AM, Mark Roberts postmas...@robertstech.com wrote: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g-l14RCW4UA --

RE: OT: Astronomy Picture of the Day

2012-08-02 Thread Collin Brendemuehl
Probably shot with a Nikon, the only company stupid enough to hire cougar prey. -Original Message- Message: 12 Date: Thu, 2 Aug 2012 17:02:20 -0400 From: Daniel J. Matyola danmaty...@gmail.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Subject: OT: Astronomy Picture of the Day Message-ID:

RE: One of the advantages of optical viewfinders

2012-08-02 Thread Bob W
I've got one of those on my trousers. B Hate it when that happens. I worried about it using the X2, but fixed the problem with a little accessory: https://dl.dropbox.com/u/25268645/leica-X2-auto-cap.jpg On Thu, Aug 2, 2012 at 11:40 AM, Mark Roberts postmas...@robertstech.com wrote:

Re: OT Rusyn/Lemk ancestry

2012-08-02 Thread mike wilson
My friend is well aware of the political background, his grandparents (or maybe further back) being forcibly moved from (what is now) Ukraine to Poland. He is less interested in the politics of the situation than in the possibility to both help people and earn a living. On 02/08/2012 18:17,

Re: PESOs: Ghost Signs

2012-08-02 Thread Chris Mitchell
On 30 July 2012 16:41, Darren Addy pixelsmi...@gmail.com wrote: These images are purely documentary, but for those of you who enjoy Ghost Signs here are two examples from the same building in my home town. Ghost signs painted on chalk brick (like these) tend to show up best when the brick gets

Re: PESOs: Ghost Signs

2012-08-02 Thread Darren Addy
Both very cool, Chris! Thanks for sharing. That multi-layered one... the yellow seems to say BULL DURHAM. (I'll need to have a pint and work on the rest). : ) Bull Durham (tobacco) did a LOT of building signage apparently: http://signs.lawrenceotoole.com/2012/04/bull-durham-smoking-tobacco.html

Re: OT - Rue Brittania

2012-08-02 Thread Brian Walters
Quoting steve harley p...@paper-ape.com: this is my fourth Olympics with TiVo; we got TiVo and cable for the 2000 games, and soon realized cable wasn't worth it but TiVo was … so for 12 years just about all the TV i've watched has been on time delay, Olympics included, and i've given up

Re: One of the advantages of optical viewfinders

2012-08-02 Thread Kenneth Waller
You can tell he is a pro, he never showed a look of surprise when he took off the cap. -Original Message- From: Mark Roberts postmas...@robertstech.com Subject: One of the advantages of optical viewfinders http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g-l14RCW4UA -- Mark Roberts - Photography

Re: Feeding the kitty (Keeping PDML Solvent)

2012-08-02 Thread Brian Walters
Quoting Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com: Duly tipped. Good investment. Ditto - but I changed the subject line in case anyone thought that this thread was just about cat photos.. Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia

Re: PESOs: Ghost Signs

2012-08-02 Thread Chris Mitchell
Darren Addy pixelsmi...@gmail.com wrote: Both very cool, Chris! Thanks for sharing. That multi-layered one... the yellow seems to say BULL DURHAM. (I'll need to have a pint and work on the rest). : ) Bull Durham (tobacco) did a LOT of building signage apparently:

August PUG - Closing the Floodgates

2012-08-02 Thread Brian Walters
G'day all I'll be closing submissions on Sunday so get 'em in while you still can. So far we have 26 themed submissions. The details: Theme: Water Submit here: http://pug.komkon.org/submit/ Submission Guidelines here: http://pug.komkon.org/general/autosubmit.html The main requirements

OT 10 types of street photographers

2012-08-02 Thread Bruce Walker
All present and accounted-for, I think. http://www.yanidel.net/2011/12/09/10-types-of-street-photographers/ -- -bmw -- 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

Re: PESOs: Ghost Signs

2012-08-02 Thread Mark Roberts
Chris Mitchell wrote: And here's a fun one in Cockermouth in the English Lake District, not quite as faded, but disappearing fast. It should be listed by English Heritage to preserve it: http://www.mitch.myzen.co.uk/LakeDistrict2011_/slides/_IGP8938.html I don't know what fearless clothing is

RE: One of the advantages of optical viewfinders

2012-08-02 Thread James King
Bob W wrote on Thu, 02 Aug 2012 14:45:50 -0700: I've got one of those on my trousers. What? You mean you have one one that divides into three pieces and extends less than one inch??? You probably shouldn't make a public announcement... Regards, Jim -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List

Re: Feeding the kitty (Keeping PDML Solvent)

2012-08-02 Thread Stan Halpin
Greetings from rainy Costa Rica! The (PayPal) check is in the mail Doug. For reasons I don't understand they say it will take 3-5 days to get to you . . . stan Sent from my iPad On Aug 2, 2012, at 4:48 PM, Brian Walters apathy...@lyons-ryan.org wrote: Quoting Bruce Walker

PESO Keep Moving

2012-08-02 Thread Paul Stenquist
After adjusting fine focus for my autofocus lenses, I wanted to exercise the new K5 a bit. Drove into Birmingham to add a pic or two to my It Happens on Woodward set, which has been neglected lately. I'm liking this one. K5, DA* 60-250, f5.6, 1/640, ISO 400, 250mm.

Re: Feeding the kitty (Keeping PDML Solvent)

2012-08-02 Thread Bruce Walker
Electrons are poor swimmers. On Thu, Aug 2, 2012 at 8:42 PM, Stan Halpin s...@stans-photography.info wrote: Greetings from rainy Costa Rica! The (PayPal) check is in the mail Doug. For reasons I don't understand they say it will take 3-5 days to get to you . . . stan Sent from my iPad

Re: PESOs: Butterfly shots (2 photos)

2012-08-02 Thread Rick Womer
Marvelous lighting on the first one, Walt--it's a lovely shot. Rick   http://photo.net/photos/RickW - Original Message - From: Walt Gilbert ldott...@gmail.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Cc: Sent: Wednesday, August 1, 2012 2:34 PM Subject: PESOs: Butterfly shots (2

PESO - Arches

2012-08-02 Thread Rick Womer
Outside the chapter house at Chester Cathedral: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=16162878size=lg (K5, DA 16-45)   http://photo.net/photos/RickW -- 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: One of the advantages of optical viewfinders

2012-08-02 Thread Bob Sullivan
TMI... On Thu, Aug 2, 2012 at 6:37 PM, James King jamesk8...@mac.com wrote: Bob W wrote on Thu, 02 Aug 2012 14:45:50 -0700: I've got one of those on my trousers. What? You mean you have one one that divides into three pieces and extends less than one inch??? You probably shouldn't make

Re: PESOs: Butterfly shots (2 photos)

2012-08-02 Thread Paul Stenquist
What Rick said. Both nice, but the first is a cut above. Paul On Aug 2, 2012, at 9:14 PM, Rick Womer wrote: Marvelous lighting on the first one, Walt--it's a lovely shot. Rick http://photo.net/photos/RickW - Original Message - From: Walt Gilbert ldott...@gmail.com To:

Re: PESO - Arches

2012-08-02 Thread Ann Sanfedele
I like the geometry, think I'd like this shot more in black and white - color here unnecessary ... though perhaps unfair without seeing a print. ann On 8/2/2012 21:17, Rick Womer wrote: Outside the chapter house at Chester Cathedral: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=16162878size=lg

Re: PESO Keep Moving

2012-08-02 Thread Ann Sanfedele
she's got her handsful - I can't tell where the sign is.. maybe that's part of what you found interesting, aside from the obvious of what the sign said in juxtaposition with people. ann On 8/2/2012 21:00, Paul Stenquist wrote: After adjusting fine focus for my autofocus lenses, I wanted to

Re: PESO - Arches

2012-08-02 Thread Rick Womer
Thanks, Ann.  I tried BW, but missed the warm color of the sandstone. Rick   http://photo.net/photos/RickW - Original Message - From: Ann Sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Cc: Sent: Thursday, August 2, 2012 10:15 PM Subject: Re: PESO - Arches I

Re: PESOs: Ghost Signs

2012-08-02 Thread Ann Sanfedele
On 8/2/2012 19:28, Mark Roberts wrote: Chris Mitchell wrote: And here's a fun one in Cockermouth in the English Lake District, not quite as faded, but disappearing fast. It should be listed by English Heritage to preserve it:

Re: PESO: New cedar table

2012-08-02 Thread Ann Sanfedele
On 8/2/2012 15:30, Chris Mitchell wrote: On 31 July 2012 17:16, Tim Bray tb...@textuality.com wrote: I am sort of ham-handed and physically unskilled; the only things I normally create are software, prose, and photographs. But in an unaccustomed fit of carpenterial energy, I built a table

PESO - Outside Konrad Bar

2012-08-02 Thread frank theriault
I was out for a late walk last night and this couple standing in front of a local dive, the Konrad Bar, asked me to take their photo. Of course, I obliged: http://knarfinthecity.blogspot.ca/2012/08/outside-konrad-bar.html Hope you enjoy. Comments welcome. cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a

Re: View camera and big wooden box

2012-08-02 Thread William Robb
On 01/08/2012 12:28 AM, Larry Colen wrote: I've had a couple of inquiries about the view camera. With the box it came in, it weighs 38 pounds. I just took some quick photos of the kit: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/sets/72157630849527104/ or on flickriver:

Re: PESO - Outside Konrad Bar

2012-08-02 Thread Jack Davis
He looks like a Guys Dolls cast member. She looks completely his. Jack Davis http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/artists/jackdavis http://www.photolightimages.com/ From: frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net Sent:

Re: PESO Keep Moving

2012-08-02 Thread Paul Stenquist
The guy approaching her is carrying the sign on his back. Paul On Aug 2, 2012, at 10:17 PM, Ann Sanfedele wrote: she's got her handsful - I can't tell where the sign is.. maybe that's part of what you found interesting, aside from the obvious of what the sign said in juxtaposition with

Re: View camera and big wooden box

2012-08-02 Thread lrc
No lenses came with it. I've got no idea what one would cost. The people who expressed interest balked when faced with the weight of the rig. I also suspect that I need some sort of carrier for the film. Thn there is the whole processing the film to deal witj. William Robb

Re: mac slideshow software recommendations?

2012-08-02 Thread Tim Bray
Damn, who new... Thanks! -T On Thu, Aug 2, 2012 at 10:51 AM, Paul Sorenson pentax1...@gmail.com wrote: If you can live without it being configurable, try this... In LR and, if you want to just show all the pix in one folder, bring up that folder in the library and hit Ctrl-Enter (or

Re: PESOs: Butterfly shots (2 photos)

2012-08-02 Thread Walt Gilbert
Thank you, Rick! I guess I've come to terms with the motion blur. The light does make up for it, now that I've had a day or two of distance. -- Walt On 8/2/2012 8:14 PM, Rick Womer wrote: Marvelous lighting on the first one, Walt--it's a lovely shot. Rick http://photo.net/photos/RickW

Re: PESOs: Butterfly shots (2 photos)

2012-08-02 Thread Walt Gilbert
Many thanks, Paul! I had really high hopes for the second one when I shot it -- just knew it was going to be the one keeper of the bunch. But, I agree; the first one is much better. -- Walt On 8/2/2012 9:09 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote: What Rick said. Both nice, but the first is a cut above.

Re: OT - for Cotty - HoryzonHD camera

2012-08-02 Thread David Mann
On Aug 3, 2012, at 1:31 AM, Igor Roshchin wrote: I just came across this camera: http://www.foxtechfpv.com/horyzonhd-1080p-cam-c-121.html Cotty, since you are playing with the GoPro camera, you might be interested in looking at this one (and it might be of interest to other

Re: mac slideshow software recommendations?

2012-08-02 Thread David Mann
On Aug 3, 2012, at 5:00 AM, John Sessoms wrote: If you've got one of those Macs that will allow you to also boot into Windoze, you could copy all the photos you want for your slide show into My Pictures and set your screensaver to a slide show. Add a password to the screen saver your

Re: OT: London Olympics 2012

2012-08-02 Thread David Mann
On Aug 3, 2012, at 5:13 AM, John Sessoms wrote: From: David Mann I think they're doing a new Olympic-themed doodle every day at the moment. I'm getting a table tennis one right now. Dave I only meant to point out that by coincidence, hockey happened to be that day's doodle. Yes I