Re: GESO - waiting for my car to be serviced

2012-11-18 Thread Derby Chang
Thanks Boris, and thanks to everyone who had a peek. Actually, I'm quite slow-witted, but in a zen way. So if I don't get one shot timed perfectly, no sweat, move on and look for the next one. Makes for a very pleasant stress-free afternoon. On 18/11/2012 3:44 PM, Boris Liberman wrote: Gee

Re: Sigma 20/1.8, and a PESO

2012-11-18 Thread Larry Colen
On Nov 17, 2012, at 8:42 PM, Bob Sullivan wrote: Larry, Yes, that is nice. Thanks Bob. Regards, Bob S. On Sat, Nov 17, 2012 at 9:30 PM, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote: Recently, someone mentioned the Sigma 20/1.8. I've had a very rocky relationship with mine. It's an utter

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Re: Nov Snow Geese

2012-11-18 Thread Jack Davis
Appreciated comments, Chris.   Thanks! Jack From: Chris Mitchell chris.mitch...@which.net To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Saturday, November 17, 2012 10:15 PM Subject: Re: Nov Snow Geese On 15 November 2012 15:38, Jack Davis jdavi...@yahoo.com wrote: As in past years, I made

Re: PESO - Wet Tracks

2012-11-18 Thread David J Brooks
Portrays a dreary night for sue Dave On Wed, Nov 14, 2012 at 10:27 PM, knarftheria...@gmail.com knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: Please excuse the banal title. Taken one night last week, a dreary, wet week: http://knarfdummyblog.blogspot.ca/2012/11/blog-post.html?m=0 Hope you enjoy.

Re: Another example of PDML Anglo-American Collaboration-a blurb book!

2012-11-18 Thread Christine Aguila
Thanks, Boris! Cheers, Christine On Nov 17, 2012, at 10:37 PM, Boris Liberman bori...@gmail.com wrote: Wonderful book, Christine. The only suggestion I may humbly make is that you could've exported the book as a PDF file from the LightRoom so that you needn't have to take a screenshot

Re: Nov Snow Geese

2012-11-18 Thread Christine Aguila
Yep, that's real nice, Jack! Cheers, Christine On Nov 18, 2012, at 12:15 AM, Chris Mitchell chris.mitch...@which.net wrote: On 15 November 2012 15:38, Jack Davis jdavi...@yahoo.com wrote: As in past years, I made a fall visited to a local northern CA State Wildlife Area. Will be trying

Re: Nov Snow Geese

2012-11-18 Thread Jack Davis
Thanks, Christine! Jack   - Original Message - From: Christine Aguila christ...@caguila.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Cc: Sent: Sunday, November 18, 2012 6:55 AM Subject: Re: Nov Snow Geese Yep, that's real nice, Jack!  Cheers, Christine On Nov 18, 2012, at 12:15 AM,

OT: NYT Slideshow on Storm-Tossed Photos

2012-11-18 Thread Christine Aguila
Just thought some might be interested. Cheers, Christine http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2012/11/18/nyregion/storm-tossed-memories.html?nl=todaysheadlinesemc=edit_th_20121118 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the

Re: PESO 2012 - SilverShade Snappies - GDG

2012-11-18 Thread Christine Aguila
Very playful, Godfrey! Cheers, Christine On Nov 18, 2012, at 12:28 AM, Godfrey DiGiorgi ramar...@mac.com wrote: And now for something a little different ... Took out the SX-70 with a couple of packs of Impossible Project SilverShade film today. Love the feel of this stuff ... it's the

PESO - The Flying Aussie (messenger photo)

2012-11-18 Thread knarftheria...@gmail.com
I will continue to show lots of bike messenger photos over the next several weeks. In fairness to those of you who might find this stuff repetitive or boring I will warn you in the SL. This way you needn't waste your time opening it if you're not interested. Here is Lewis, from Sydney, who

Re: PESO - The Flying Aussie (messenger photo)

2012-11-18 Thread Christine Aguila
Are you working on a project, Frank? Cheers, Christine On Nov 18, 2012, at 9:15 AM, knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: I will continue to show lots of bike messenger photos over the next several weeks. In fairness to those of you who might find this stuff repetitive or boring I will warn you

Re: GESO - waiting for my car to be serviced

2012-11-18 Thread Christine Aguila
On Nov 18, 2012, at 5:53 AM, Derby Chang der...@iinet.net.au wrote: Thanks Boris, and thanks to everyone who had a peek. Actually, I'm quite slow-witted, but in a zen way. So if I don't get one shot timed perfectly, no sweat, move on and look for the next one. Makes for a very pleasant

Re: PESO - The Flying Aussie (messenger photo)

2012-11-18 Thread David J Brooks
Just the right amount of the famous blur Dave On Sun, Nov 18, 2012 at 10:15 AM, knarftheria...@gmail.com knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: I will continue to show lots of bike messenger photos over the next several weeks. In fairness to those of you who might find this stuff repetitive or

Re: Hardly a Pentax in sight ...

2012-11-18 Thread John Sessoms
From: Joseph McAllister Back when Pentax was Pentax, according to some folk at a Pro camera store in Seattle, they shot themselves in the foot with a few bad decisions on how companies who sold Pentax for years would have to stock the whole line, or bye bye. All but the true camera stores either

RE: NYT Slideshow on Storm-Tossed Photos

2012-11-18 Thread Bob W
they're great. I wonder who gets the royalties. B -Original Message- From: PDML [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Christine Aguila Sent: 18 November 2012 15:12 To: PDML List Subject: OT: NYT Slideshow on Storm-Tossed Photos Just thought some might be interested.

Re: Peso 9th line barn

2012-11-18 Thread Christine Aguila
That's really nice, Dave. I may want to see a bit more pop to the blacks, but i'm not sure. The silvery rendering is pleasing. I think the composition is excellent too. My eye sees nice texture too. Cheers, Christine On Nov 18, 2012, at 9:35 AM, David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com wrote:

Re: Peso 9th line barn

2012-11-18 Thread Jack Davis
I, also, love running across older barns. I get your choice of shooting angle due to the large tree partially covering the side of the barn. It appears to me that the foliage doesn't hold much, if any, fall colors. BW thus being a good choice. Can't identify what's growing beyond the

Re: Peso 9th line barn

2012-11-18 Thread David J Brooks
On Sun, Nov 18, 2012 at 11:17 AM, Jack Davis jdavi...@yahoo.com wrote: I, also, love running across older barns. I get your choice of shooting angle due to the large tree partially covering the side of the barn. It appears to me that the foliage doesn't hold much, if any, fall colors. BW

Re: Peso 9th line barn

2012-11-18 Thread Bob Sullivan
Dave, Very nice catch. That is mighty short corn. Not a UV photo, but reminds me of them. Regards, Bob S. On Sun, Nov 18, 2012 at 9:35 AM, David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com wrote: From Saturdays drive: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=16605493 Dave -- Documenting Life in Rural

Re: Peso 9th line barn

2012-11-18 Thread David J Brooks
On Sun, Nov 18, 2012 at 11:54 AM, Bob Sullivan rf.sulli...@gmail.com wrote: Dave, Very nice catch. That is mighty short corn. Not a UV photo, but reminds me of them. Regards, Bob S. Thanks Bob. Not a ot of rain here this summer and some stunted corn crops. Dave On Sun, Nov 18, 2012 at

Re: Hardly a Pentax in sight ...

2012-11-18 Thread Kenneth Waller
Lucky dog, being in Austin, that is, for the F 1 Race. From what I on Speed the track looks truly outstanding. Are you just spectating or do you have any special passes? I expect to from you about the experience. -Original Message- From: John Francis jo...@panix.com Subject: Hardly a

Re: Hardly a Pentax in sight ...

2012-11-18 Thread Igor Roshchin
I was planning to be in Austin this weekend for a dance festival, but because of Formula 1 happening this weekeng in Austin, all hotels were sold out except a few that had unreasonable prices. So, we cancelled our trip. Hence, my Pentax K-7 is being used at home, about 100 miles away from Austin.

OT - decisions, decisions ... (photo humor)

2012-11-18 Thread Igor Roshchin
I thought you might enjoy this difficulty of choice: http://www.gexxxdesign.ru/pictures/canon2.jpg or for large size: http://www.gexxxdesign.ru/pictures/canon3.jpg It says: (in Russian) I don't know what to choose Each lens has an adjective, which follows the pattern: a bit too _-ish

Re: OT reading Canon 5DII cards

2012-11-18 Thread Larry Colen
I talked to a friend last night with a 5DII, and he said he had no trouble getting his mac to read the cards. I booted up my linux box this morning, plugged the card in, and it just worked. The card is a Super Talent 600x 64GB compact flash

OT, macros of eyes

2012-11-18 Thread Larry Colen
Interesting set of photos of macros of eyes http://www.behance.net/gallery/Your-beautiful-eyes/428809 -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com sent from i4est -- 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: OT, macros of eyes

2012-11-18 Thread Bob Sullivan
Larry, We sure those irises are healthy? Regards, Bob S. On Sun, Nov 18, 2012 at 2:58 PM, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote: Interesting set of photos of macros of eyes http://www.behance.net/gallery/Your-beautiful-eyes/428809 -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com sent from i4est -- PDML

Amazon - no respect for Pentaxoids

2012-11-18 Thread Igor Roshchin
Today, Amazon has one of its pre-Black-Friday lightning deals: Rokinon 85mm/1.4 lens. http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B006C1ILUC/ They offer these lenses at a discounted price ($239-269, depending on the mount), but they offer only 3 mount options: Canon, Nikon (AF-confirm), Nikon DSLR.

Re: OT, macros of eyes

2012-11-18 Thread Igor Roshchin
No dust... Any fungus? B Igor Sun Nov 18 16:13:20 EST 2012 Bob Sullivan wrote: Larry, We sure those irises are healthy? Regards, Bob S. On Sun, Nov 18, 2012 at 2:58 PM, Larry Colen lrc at red4est.com wrote: Interesting set of photos of macros of eyes

Re: PESO - The Flying Aussie (messenger photo)

2012-11-18 Thread knarftheria...@gmail.com
Not really, except that during my eight weeks off the bike, being a walking/metropassing courier with a camera, most of my photos were of messengers. I might at least have the genesis of something, but I don't know just what yet. Show? Book? I have a few shots of messengers off the bike but

Re: PESO - The Flying Aussie (messenger photo)

2012-11-18 Thread knarftheria...@gmail.com
Thanks, Dave! cheers, frank --- Original Message --- From: David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com Sent: November 18, 2012 11/18/12 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Subject: Re: PESO - The Flying Aussie (messenger photo) Just the right amount of the famous blur Dave On Sun, Nov 18, 2012

Re: PESO - Wet Tracks

2012-11-18 Thread knarftheria...@gmail.com
Thanks, Boris. Very kind of you! Thanks to everyone else who commented and looked. It's nice to have a photo turn out the way you envisioned it in your mind when you took it. ;-) cheers, frank --- Original Message --- From: Boris Liberman bori...@gmail.com Sent: November 18, 2012 11/18/12

Re: OT - Back on the Road Again

2012-11-18 Thread knarftheria...@gmail.com
Absolutely, Boris! Went for a light spin today (first time on bike since collision - two months). Felt good in the legs and on the shoulder. My big concern is that should I have another collision or fall that shoulder will be fragile. Taking it easy and being careful is a must. Thanks to

Re: PESO - Wet Tracks

2012-11-18 Thread knarftheria...@gmail.com
I don't mind you asking, Walt, but right now I don't know. It was taken with my *istD which is at home and the image is on my computer at home (where I'm not right now). I'll try to remember to check next time I'm on the home computer; I just didn't want you to think I was ignoring you. I'm

Re: PESO - Wet Tracks

2012-11-18 Thread Paul Stenquist
I like the mood, the colors, the glistening water. An interesting photo. Paul On Nov 18, 2012, at 5:17 PM, knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: I don't mind you asking, Walt, but right now I don't know. It was taken with my *istD which is at home and the image is on my computer at home (where

Re: Peso 9th line barn

2012-11-18 Thread Paul Stenquist
I like it. The composition works and those corn stalks pop. Is this with your IR camera? Paul On Nov 18, 2012, at 10:35 AM, David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com wrote: From Saturdays drive: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=16605493 Dave -- Documenting Life in Rural Ontario.

Re: Amazon - no respect for Pentaxoids

2012-11-18 Thread Larry Colen
On Nov 18, 2012, at 1:35 PM, Igor Roshchin wrote: Today, Amazon has one of its pre-Black-Friday lightning deals: Rokinon 85mm/1.4 lens. http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B006C1ILUC/ They offer these lenses at a discounted price ($239-269, depending on the mount), but they offer only 3

Re: GESO - waiting for my car to be serviced

2012-11-18 Thread knarftheria...@gmail.com
I don't think anyone who does so-called street photography can get ruffled if they miss a shot. Things happen too fast sometimes to catch everything. As you said, Christine, there is just as likely to be a great shot around the next corner, so why sweat it? Mind you I'm that way about all the

Re: Amazon - no respect for Pentaxoids

2012-11-18 Thread Igor Roshchin
Larry, You are looking at the regular price. The Lightning deals are available if you click on Countdown To Black FRiday Deals Week link on the first page. Or, - choose Canon option from the same page, and click on the right hand side- toward the top Gold Box deal.

Re: GESO - waiting for my car to be serviced

2012-11-18 Thread Bruce Walker
On Sun, Nov 18, 2012 at 6:46 PM, knarftheria...@gmail.com knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: I don't think anyone who does so-called street photography can get ruffled if they miss a shot. Things happen too fast sometimes to catch everything. As you said, Christine, there is just as likely to be

Re: GESO - waiting for my car to be serviced

2012-11-18 Thread Bruce Walker
A very enjoyable walk through that gallery, Derby. The girl in #9 looks quite cross that she can't get her chocolate fix until December. :-) On Sat, Nov 17, 2012 at 6:18 AM, Derby Chang der...@iinet.net.au wrote: I've had my new car for 3 months, and it was due for a complimentary service,

RE: PESO 2012 - SilverShade Snappies - GDG

2012-11-18 Thread knarftheria...@gmail.com
Great presentation! Great shots, too. Love it! Cheers, frank --- Original Message --- From: Godfrey DiGiorgi ramar...@mac.com Sent: November 18, 2012 11/18/12 To: SeePhoto Talk seeph...@micapeak.com, PAW Picture-A-Week project p...@micapeak.com, BAPhotoShooters BAPA

Re: PESO - Wet Tracks

2012-11-18 Thread knarftheria...@gmail.com
Thanks, Paul! cheers, frank --- Original Message --- From: Paul Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net Sent: November 18, 2012 11/18/12 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Subject: Re: PESO - Wet Tracks I like the mood, the colors, the glistening water. An interesting photo. Paul On Nov 18,

Re: PESO - Adam

2012-11-18 Thread knarftheria...@gmail.com
Thanks, Dave. Trying to get a bit of a mix between sharp shots and photos with motion blur. Thanks to all who commented. Cheers, frank --- Original Message --- From: David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com Sent: November 17, 2012 11/17/12 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Subject: Re:

RE: Another example of PDML Anglo-American Collaboration-a blurb book!

2012-11-18 Thread knarftheria...@gmail.com
Very cool, and a great idea! Terrific photos make for a wonderful keepsake. Cheers, frank --- Original Message --- From: Christine Aguila christ...@caguila.com Sent: November 17, 2012 11/17/12 To: PDML List pdml@pdml.net Subject: Another example of PDML Anglo-American Collaboration-a blurb

Re: PESO - Dennis

2012-11-18 Thread knarftheria...@gmail.com
Thanks, Bruce! Dennis wears shorts all year 'round. Even when jt gets down below -20C if you can imagine that. He'll wear gloves, ear muffs and a thick jacket (as in this photo taken on a cool day but all he does for his legs is cover his knees (again, see this photo). Don't know how (or why)

RE: OT: NYT Slideshow on Storm-Tossed Photos

2012-11-18 Thread knarftheria...@gmail.com
Rather haunting. Thanks for posting this. Cheers, frank --- Original Message --- From: Christine Aguila christ...@caguila.com Sent: November 18, 2012 11/18/12 To: PDML List pdml@pdml.net Subject: OT: NYT Slideshow on Storm-Tossed Photos Just thought some might be interested. Cheers,

RE: Sigma 20/1.8, and a PESO

2012-11-18 Thread knarftheria...@gmail.com
You should be pleased with that photo. It's pretty cool. Wonderful light! Cheers, frank --- Original Message --- From: Larry Colen l...@red4est.com Sent: November 17, 2012 11/17/12 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Subject: Sigma 20/1.8, and a PESO Recently, someone mentioned the

Re: Sigma 20/1.8, and a PESO

2012-11-18 Thread steve harley
on 2012-11-17 20:30 Larry Colen wrote One thing that it has turned out to be wonderful at though is as a wide angle close-up lens. I was shooting mushrooms in my yard with it today, and am pretty happy with this photo: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/8194078361/ very nice romantic

Re: PAW149 - Hamburger

2012-11-18 Thread Rick Womer
Dandy, Thrane.  Now, would you please tell us what is producing those vertical patterns in this excellent pic? Rick   http://photo.net/photos/RickW - Original Message - From: DagT li...@thrane.name To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Cc: Sent: Monday, November 12, 2012 1:12 AM

Re: PESO - Dennis

2012-11-18 Thread keith_w
What's a Spart (Sparc?) Select? keith == also wears shorts year 'round... On Sun, Nov 18, 2012 at 5:21 PM, knarftheria...@gmail.com knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks, Bruce! Dennis wears shorts all year 'round. Even when jt gets down below -20C if you can imagine that. He'll wear

Re: PAW149 - Hamburger

2012-11-18 Thread Christine Aguila
Yes, I'd like to know what those verticals are too! Cheers, Christine On Nov 18, 2012, at 7:53 PM, Rick Womer rwomer1...@yahoo.com wrote: Dandy, Thrane. Now, would you please tell us what is producing those vertical patterns in this excellent pic? Rick

Re: Another example of PDML Anglo-American Collaboration-a blurb book!

2012-11-18 Thread Christine Aguila
Thanks, Frank! Cheers, Christine On Nov 18, 2012, at 7:11 PM, knarftheria...@gmail.com knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: Very cool, and a great idea! Terrific photos make for a wonderful keepsake. Cheers, frank --- Original Message --- From: Christine Aguila

Need bigger pictures

2012-11-18 Thread Tim Bray
For years, I’ve been sizing the “large” versions of the pictures on my blog to 1024(max) x 720(max). This last week I got my hands on a Nexus 10 (2560x1600) and they look sort of small and dingy.I haven’t had any quality time with an Apple Retina display, but I bet the same issues arise.

Re: PESO - Dennis

2012-11-18 Thread Christine Aguila
On Thu, Nov 15, 2012 at 1:18 PM, knarftheria...@gmail.com knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: Dennis is certainly one of the characters in Toronto's bike messenger community: http://mondociclismo.blogspot.ca/2012/11/dennis.html?m=0 That's a great street portrait Frank! Lots of

Re: Need bigger pictures

2012-11-18 Thread Mark Roberts
Tim Bray wrote: For years, I’ve been sizing the “large” versions of the pictures on my blog to 1024(max) x 720(max). This last week I got my hands on a Nexus 10 (2560x1600) and they look sort of small and dingy.I haven’t had any quality time with an Apple Retina display, but I bet the same

Re: Need bigger pictures

2012-11-18 Thread Tim Bray
Which reminded me, Dunc wrote a piece on the subject back in August: http://duncandavidson.com/blog/2012/08/retina_ready Since my blog software is all hand-crafted, I smell some nasty-ish hacking in my future. But even worse than that is the fact that, over the years, I’ve been exporting all my

RE: Peso 9th line barn

2012-11-18 Thread John Sessoms
From: knarftheriault So photo.net isn't working on my Android in either the default browser or Firefox for Android. And now I'm on wi-fi and it still won't load. Used to be that it wouldn't load in 3g bit would work on wi-fi. I know this is a repetition of what I told Paul a couple of days ago;

Re: Need bigger pictures

2012-11-18 Thread steve harley
on 2012-11-18 19:19 Mark Roberts wrote Tim Bray wrote: For years, I’ve been sizing the “large” versions of the pictures on my blog to 1024(max) x 720(max). This last week I got my hands on a Nexus 10 (2560x1600) and they look sort of small and dingy.I haven’t had any quality time with an

Re: Amazon - no respect for Pentaxoids

2012-11-18 Thread John Sessoms
From: Larry Colen On Nov 18, 2012, at 1:35 PM, Igor Roshchin wrote: Today, Amazon has one of its pre-Black-Friday lightning deals: Rokinon 85mm/1.4 lens. http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B006C1ILUC/ They offer these lenses at a discounted price ($239-269, depending on the mount), but they

PESO: Après Ski

2012-11-18 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
The heated pool and hot tubs at Stowe Mountain Lodge await await skiers and winter adventurers. http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=16607839 Comments are appreciated. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net