Re: PESO: One more sign

2013-08-11 Thread David Mann
On Aug 10, 2013, at 5:25 PM, Alan C c...@lantic.net wrote: I have, however, seen collectors taking specimens from the radiators of cars at filling stations on highways. I often see sparrows in car parks cleaning bugs out the grilles of cars. I don't think they'd touch the butterflies

Re: How often do you back up your hard drive?

2013-08-11 Thread David Mann
On Aug 9, 2013, at 1:54 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi godd...@me.com wrote: It's very little time to do this stuff since everything is automated. I worked out the policy and mechanisms five or six years back, it's been running the same ever since although I've upgraded drives and computers since

Re: How often do you back up your hard drive?

2013-08-11 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
On Aug 10, 2013, at 11:15 PM, David Mann dmann...@gmail.com wrote: On Aug 9, 2013, at 1:54 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi godd...@me.com wrote: It's very little time to do this stuff since everything is automated. I worked out the policy and mechanisms five or six years back, it's been running the

Re: PESO - Fallen

2013-08-11 Thread David Mann
Yes a nice photo, I like the colours. I agree with Bob about the border. One of our camellias has started to burst into flower but the waxeyes have been knocking some of the flowers off as they come in for nectar. Cheers, Dave On Aug 11, 2013, at 2:11 AM, Bob Sullivan rf.sulli...@gmail.com

PESO x2 from my weekend

2013-08-11 Thread David Mann
We went up to visit my father-in-law this weekend and the region managed to turn on some unexpected weather on Saturday, so we made the most of it. Nice Day For A Paddle: http://gallery.multi.net.nz/photo/642/#peso Kaiteriteri Beach: http://gallery.multi.net.nz/photo/643/#peso Both are

Re: PESO - Eastbound

2013-08-11 Thread Brian Walters
Quoting Rob Studdert distudio.p...@gmail.com: Love it Brian, you certainly came back with a load of keepers from this last trip, too many! :) Lots of duds, too Thanks for the comment. One of my sons is a rail enthusiast and does excellent rail photography. As he was the main

Re: PESO - At the Beach for the Apocalypse

2013-08-11 Thread Brian Walters
Quoting Marco Alpert ma...@alpert.com: http://www.alpert.com/marco/photo13/peso13.html Comments, as always, welcomed. Striking image and an interesting out-of focus background. Looks a bit like a wave breaking but I guess it's a distant shoreline. -- Cheers Brian

Re: PESO - Fallen

2013-08-11 Thread Brian Walters
Quoting Peter McIntosh peter...@gmail.com: Strong winds here yesterday blew the first camelia off its stalk. http://www.pbase.com/petergly/image/151750666 Pentax K5, DA 21 f/3.2. Converted in PWP 7.0 64-bit. Comments most welcome. Really effective contrast between the flower and the old

Re: couple more PESOs with the K-5

2013-08-11 Thread Brian Walters
Quoting Ann Sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com: All with the 28mm M http://annsan.smugmug.com/On-the-Road-or-On-Foot/Learning-the-K-5/30564911_mcsJ8s#!i=2690413570k=bDcbN3flb=1s=A http://annsan.smugmug.com/On-the-Road-or-On-Foot/Learning-the-K-5/30564911_mcsJ8s#!i=2690412947k=pVFNcL2lb=1s=A For

RE: PESO - Eastbound

2013-08-11 Thread Bob W
From: PDML [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Brian Walters [...] Thanks for the comment. One of my sons is a rail enthusiast and does excellent rail photography. As he was the main organiser for our trip, it's not surprising that we seemed to find ourselves in areas where

Re: PESO - Eastbound

2013-08-11 Thread Brian Walters
Quoting Bob W p...@web-options.com: Bob W - not sure about the Alec Guinness reference; what am I missing? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tRHVMi3LxZE Ah, yes. Been decades since I saw that film. -- Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western Sydney

Re: More Italy!

2013-08-11 Thread Brian Walters
Quoting Mark Roberts postmas...@robertstech.com: Getting a little bit abstract here: http://www.robertstech.com/temp/wall1.jpg Wonderful contrasting colours but the shadows from the window bars make it a bit special. -- Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters

RE: A thought-provoking conversation on the death of snapshots

2013-08-11 Thread Bob W
From: PDML [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Bill Sent: 11 August 2013 04:58 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: A thought-provoking conversation on the death of snapshots On 10/08/2013 12:44 PM, John wrote: I don't think snapshots have anything to do with best work.

Re: Carrying a camera on a long walk

2013-08-11 Thread Eric Weir
On Aug 10, 2013, at 6:46 PM, John johnsess...@yahoo.com wrote: Just don't put anything in the pockets you don't want to get beat all to shit. Oh, I've got that. -- Eric Weir Decatur, GA USA

Re: Carrying a camera on a long walk

2013-08-11 Thread Eric Weir
On Aug 9, 2013, at 3:18 PM, steve harley p...@paper-ape.com wrote: on 2013-08-09 1:46 Eric Weir wrote Thanks, Steve. Experiment with the 50 yesterday convinced me that I at least need to take the 28, maybe just the 28. 50mm seems to work differently for different people; i don't use it

Re: GESO - Ladies Zeppelin

2013-08-11 Thread Derby Chang
Love the set, Dario, especially Jemima Page on K5S17486x I think they need a Johanna Paulina Jones on flute On 8/08/2013 2:37 AM, Dario Bonazza wrote: Hi all, Her you'll find a gallery of pics shot by me at a Summer concert (beer festival) of a Led Zeppelin all-female cover band. This is

Re: PESO - Fallen

2013-08-11 Thread Peter McIntosh
Thanks Brian, as well as Bob, Jack, Ann, Dan, Kenneth and Dave for your feedback, and to everyone else who had a peek :-) Regards, Pete Mac in Melbourne On 11 August 2013 17:41, Brian Walters apathy...@lyons-ryan.org wrote: Quoting Peter McIntosh peter...@gmail.com: Strong winds here

Re: PESO - At the Beach for the Apocalypse

2013-08-11 Thread Derby Chang
Not normally a fan of tele street shots, but this one is superb. So dreamlike with that painterly bokeh. On 11/08/2013 5:06 AM, Marco Alpert wrote: http://www.alpert.com/marco/photo13/peso13.html Comments, as always, welcomed. -Marco --- http://www.alpert.com/marco --

Re: PESO - Anna, pronounced Ahna

2013-08-11 Thread Derby Chang
You sold me. I love the magenta tone. Sleek skirt; are there more to show off the fashion? On 6/08/2013 4:43 AM, Doug Brewer wrote: https://plus.google.com/115347824062413314605/posts/46sU316B2da -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: August PUG -Sign of the Times - is up

2013-08-11 Thread Jan van Wijk
On Fri, 9 Aug 2013 16:24:46 +0200 Alan C wrote: Fine shots, interesting interpretations. Photographer's licence? I like The house that once was. Still seems to have CCTV surveillance! Thanks Alan, Looking at the full-size image, it seems to be a fixture for an electric lightbulb :-)

GESOs - G.A.S.

2013-08-11 Thread Derby Chang
While it's always fun going out with new gear, I definitely notice a productivity hit when I do. Not that I'm complaining, trying new things is fun. I just come back with less bang per click. The Aussie Dollar is on a slippery slope back to its natural place in the world, but there are

Re: First experiments with IR adapted K-5

2013-08-11 Thread Derby Chang
Larry, the dance shots are great, your camera and no-light settings are perfect. The sushi shots, on the other hand, not so appertising IR block filters are easy to come by, just ask your friendly Leica pusher. Not cheap, but easy. Ahem On 11/08/2013 8:22 AM, Larry Colen wrote: Cutting

OT Back up silly question of the week.

2013-08-11 Thread David J Brooks
So, after marks back up question last week, i have decided to add one more external HD to my machine and do a full back up, currently i use two externals to back up photos and some doc's. I looked at Time Machione links on Gogle and i noticed this quote from Apple: :Time Machine can’t back up to

Re: First experiments with IR adapted K-5

2013-08-11 Thread David J Brooks
On Sat, Aug 10, 2013 at 6:22 PM, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote: Some observations and notes: 1) In camera exposure metering is very unpredictable. I suspect that the metering also has IR filters over it, which weren't removed, so there is a strong disconnect between what the metering

Re: How often do you back up your hard drive?

2013-08-11 Thread George Sinos
Quite a few years ago I used two external drives. One held all of my photos. The other was synchronized with SecondCopy software to be a daily backup. I don't know if I had a power problem, drives were less reliable back then or there was a mystical spell cast on my computer setup; but over a

Re: Carrying a camera on a long walk

2013-08-11 Thread Steve Cottrell
On 7/8/13, Eric Weir, discombobulated, unleashed: At this point I'm being sorely temped by the Fujifilm X10. Would feel a little guilty about sticking with Pentax, though. Deffo go for the X20 if you can - unless price is crucial. Not just saying this as some sort of defence, but the current

Re: Carrying a camera on a long walk

2013-08-11 Thread Aahz Maruch
On Sun, Aug 11, 2013, Steve Cottrell wrote: On 7/8/13, Eric Weir, discombobulated, unleashed: At this point I'm being sorely temped by the Fujifilm X10. Would feel a little guilty about sticking with Pentax, though. Deffo go for the X20 if you can - unless price is crucial. Not just

Re: OT Back up silly question of the week.

2013-08-11 Thread Bruce Walker
Dave, if you buy a drive from the Apple store or an Apple 3rd party supplier it will almost certainly come pre-formatted for Mac OS X. Otherwise just run Disk Utilities.app when you get a new backup drive and reformat it. Takes all of a minute or two to do. It's no big deal at all. On Sun, Aug

Re: OT Back up silly question of the week.

2013-08-11 Thread David J Brooks
Bruce, i guess my main question would be this. When i set up my computer the first time, as i plugged in my existing back up drives, a pop up screen asked if i wanted to make it the time machine drive, which i said no to. I can then say yes to the new one, before formatting it, i'm assuming yes.

Re: OT Back up silly question of the week.

2013-08-11 Thread Bruce Walker
If you plugin the drive and it's _not_ OS X formatted, I'm not sure that you'll even get that helpful popup question at all. If it does it will probably prompt you to reformat at that time. In any event, you can easily add any compatible drive as the TM backup drive from TM preferences later on.

Re: How often do you back up your hard drive?

2013-08-11 Thread Rob Studdert
It depends on the data type and the frequency that I am editing or updating though I do have automated incremental system/data back-ups from by server to a WS which I use WOL to back up to early morning. Otherwise most of the written work that I do I save in Dropbox which is set up as a service on

Re: GESO - Ladies Zeppelin

2013-08-11 Thread Christine Aguila
Hi Dario: I really like the shots below. Must of been a fun photo shoot. Great work throughout the gallery! Cheers, Christine http://www.flickr.com/photos/dariobon/9460202616/in/photostream/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/dariobon/9457427049/in/photostream/

Re: PESO: Frond

2013-08-11 Thread Aahz Maruch
On Mon, Jul 22, 2013, Bruce Walker wrote: On Sun, Jul 21, 2013 at 11:06 PM, Daniel J. Matyola danmaty...@gmail.com wrote: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17468790 Comments are invited. Looks great to me! Seems to be missing something, though [...] I know, it needs a rubber ducky.

Re: GESOs - G.A.S.

2013-08-11 Thread Bruce Walker
Image #2 in your 35/1.4 set: wonderful! But image #9: my eyes! my eyes! ;-) On Sun, Aug 11, 2013 at 7:48 AM, Derby Chang der...@iinet.net.au wrote: While it's always fun going out with new gear, I definitely notice a productivity hit when I do. Not that I'm complaining, trying new things is

Re: OT: (Non-pentax) PESO: Aerial Pano

2013-08-11 Thread Christine Aguila
Very nice, Charles! Cheers, Christine On Aug 7, 2013, at 12:13 PM, Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com wrote: Very impressive indeed, especially so for built-in software. No wonder smartphones are shifting the casual photographers from ps and SLRs. On Wed, Aug 7, 2013 at 11:45 AM, Charles

Re: Best Buds

2013-08-11 Thread Aahz Maruch
On Mon, Jul 22, 2013, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17468795 Thanks, Ken and Ann. Actually, I took another image without the leaf: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17468794 Somehow, I like the composition of the image with the leaf better,

Re: couple more PESOs with the K-5

2013-08-11 Thread Christine Aguila
Wow, bottles is fantastic. Delightful colors and mix of packaging imagery etc. Well seen, Ann! Cheers, Christine On Aug 10, 2013, at 9:45 AM, Ann Sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com wrote: All with the 28mm M

Re: PESO - Fallen

2013-08-11 Thread Bruce Walker
Great tones and deep colours in this, Peter. I prefer underexposure for shots with flowers and this hits it just right. On Sat, Aug 10, 2013 at 9:39 AM, Peter McIntosh peter...@gmail.com wrote: Strong winds here yesterday blew the first camelia off its stalk.

Re: PESO - At the Beach for the Apocalypse

2013-08-11 Thread Christine Aguila
Very nice! Cheers, Christine On Aug 10, 2013, at 2:06 PM, Marco Alpert ma...@alpert.com wrote: http://www.alpert.com/marco/photo13/peso13.html Comments, as always, welcomed. -Marco --- http://www.alpert.com/marco -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: PESO - Eastbound

2013-08-11 Thread Christine Aguila
Wonderful! You make our landscapes look beautiful! Cheers, Christine On Aug 9, 2013, at 7:06 AM, Brian Walters apathy...@lyons-ryan.org wrote: Another railway shot - but with spectacular scenery in Glacier National Park:

Re: PESO - Fallen

2013-08-11 Thread Christine Aguila
That's nice, Peter! Cheers, Christine On Aug 10, 2013, at 8:39 AM, Peter McIntosh peter...@gmail.com wrote: Strong winds here yesterday blew the first camelia off its stalk. http://www.pbase.com/petergly/image/151750666 Pentax K5, DA 21 f/3.2. Converted in PWP 7.0 64-bit. Comments

Re: PESO - Halloween Candy

2013-08-11 Thread Christine Aguila
George, I think you should have arranged all the eyes on the left to look out from the package at the camera. Or you could arrange the eyes so that they were looking in all different directions. Granted it might have taken some doing while still in the package, but it could have yielded some

Re: PESO - Soul

2013-08-11 Thread Christine Aguila
Pretty close! Cheers, christine On Aug 7, 2013, at 7:08 PM, knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: Is it me or does this guy look like Smokey Robinson? Taken at a local fair on the weekend, this is local RB guy Jarvis Church (ex of the Philosopher Kings):

Re: Peso A view from the flatlands

2013-08-11 Thread Christine Aguila
I might agree with Steve. Maybe saturation is a tad strong. Composition is excellent. Cheers, Christine On Aug 10, 2013, at 1:05 PM, steve harley p...@paper-ape.com wrote: on 2013-08-10 11:55 John wrote Flickr sez: ! This is not the page you're looking for. This one maybe?

Re: Peso Sun's house

2013-08-11 Thread Christine Aguila
I like this, Dave. Angle works, has a kind of gentle wind-swept feel to it. Original perspective to the flower shot. Cheers, Christine On Aug 8, 2013, at 1:54 PM, David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com wrote: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17489171 Dave -- Documenting Life in

Re: Peso The look

2013-08-11 Thread Christine Aguila
What Ken said. Cheers, Christine On Aug 8, 2013, at 3:55 PM, kwal...@peoplepc.com wrote: Good subject composition - anytime you can get two of the same in an image, its generally a plus. Seems a bit soft to me. Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller -

Re: PESOs: Not sepia

2013-08-11 Thread Christine Aguila
Hi Ken: Well, I checked out the P7100 and it does look like a mighty little camera--and affordable. Thanks for the heads up. Cheers, Christine On Aug 7, 2013, at 3:03 PM, kwal...@peoplepc.com wrote: I wished I had a smaller high quality camera just for snaps when traveling for work.

SF Street Art

2013-08-11 Thread Bipin Gupta
Some Street Art photos of San Francisco. Taken at high noon with the K20D + Sigma 10-20mm f4-5.6 EX DC lens. Exif data is intact. https://www.dropbox.com/sh/nem0h4umlml76po/xx4mJlnw4U https://www.dropbox.com/home/Photos/SF%20Street%20Art Regards. Bipin - photography is the only tool that will

Re: PESO: Echinacea

2013-08-11 Thread Aahz Maruch
On Wed, Jul 24, 2013, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17468791 Ken, Bob and Bruce, thanks for looking and thanks for your comments. I liked the shape of the group in my original PESO, despite the OoF flowers at the top. I decided to take your advice, and

Re: SF Street Art

2013-08-11 Thread Aahz Maruch
On Sun, Aug 11, 2013, Bipin Gupta wrote: Some Street Art photos of San Francisco. Taken at high noon with the K20D + Sigma 10-20mm f4-5.6 EX DC lens. Exif data is intact. https://www.dropbox.com/sh/nem0h4umlml76po/xx4mJlnw4U https://www.dropbox.com/home/Photos/SF%20Street%20Art Nice!

Re: OT Back up silly question of the week.

2013-08-11 Thread David J Brooks
Yes i see that now, missed it on my original read through. The other drives were formated to win/mac before this new machine, on the iBook G4 i believe Dave On Sun, Aug 11, 2013 at 11:13 AM, Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com wrote: If you plugin the drive and it's _not_ OS X formatted, I'm

Re: couple more PESOs with the K-5

2013-08-11 Thread Ann Sanfedele
Thanks Christine, Ken, Brian and all .. it was a fun find. The whole place is intersting - gotta find it again. Company coming over shortly to watch PGA - we had planned to get together for this earlier, but now Im the one with the extra TV with Rabbit ears and we can watch TNT until 2 pm

Re: A thought-provoking conversation on the death of snapshots

2013-08-11 Thread Christine Aguila
On Aug 10, 2013, at 2:22 PM, George Sinos gsi...@gmail.com wrote: That is the viewpoint from a collector, of course. If we don't produce any artifacts now, there won't be anything to collect later. The basic concept has been brought up several times over the last many years. Not only do

Re: A thought-provoking conversation on the death of snapshots

2013-08-11 Thread Paul Sorenson
I think I've posted this link before, but it's no less valid... http://www.shutterbug.com/content/point-view-prints-are-precious-or-praise-shoebox And...after you've made a print of family members, note on the back who they are. I have prints from early in the 20th century that I know are

Re: PESO x2 from my weekend

2013-08-11 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
I really like the PoV on the first shot. Nice image. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Sun, Aug 11, 2013 at 2:58 AM, David Mann dmann...@gmail.com wrote: We went up to visit my father-in-law this weekend and the region managed to turn on some unexpected weather

PAW188 - Antenna

2013-08-11 Thread DagT
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Re: How often do you back up your hard drive?

2013-08-11 Thread steve harley
on 2013-08-11 24:15 David Mann wrote On Aug 9, 2013, at 1:54 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi godd...@me.com wrote: It's very little time to do this stuff since everything is automated. I worked out the policy and mechanisms five or six years back, it's been running the same ever since although I've

Re: Carrying a Camera on a Long Walk

2013-08-11 Thread steve harley
on 2013-08-08 13:19 Bipin Gupta wrote As one gets older camera sling bags, back packs or even the neck strap become a pain in the neck - literally. one of my pet peeves is backpacks with useless (or missing) waist straps; a good, countoured hip belt (and using it properly) takes the load off

OT -- DiMage Scanner with Windows XP

2013-08-11 Thread P.J. Alling
Well it's kind of OT but not really. A friend of mine is trying to get his DiMage (I believe it's a Scan Multi), working with WinXP. It was last used with a Windows 98 box, and has been in storage for the last few years. I tried to diagnose his problems on the phone, but that didn't work out

It continues ...

2013-08-11 Thread John
I've already mentioned that my K20D has a great big (about 150 pixels) defect clump right in the middle of the sensor. Yesterday I took my K10D out for some exercise. Ended up out at the airport on the observation deck just as a thunderstorm was sweeping over the active runway. One of the images

Re: OT -- DiMage Scanner with Windows XP

2013-08-11 Thread Mark Roberts
P.J. Alling wrote: Well it's kind of OT but not really. A friend of mine is trying to get his DiMage (I believe it's a Scan Multi), working with WinXP. It was last used with a Windows 98 box, and has been in storage for the last few years. I tried to diagnose his problems on the phone, but

Re: OT -- DiMage Scanner with Windows XP

2013-08-11 Thread steve harley
on 2013-08-11 15:26 P.J. Alling wrote Well it's kind of OT but not really. A friend of mine is trying to get his DiMage (I believe it's a Scan Multi), working with WinXP. [...] I suggested that he download Hamrick VueScan, which caused a bluescreen when first started, and after rebooting it

OT: Landscapes by Yiming Hu

2013-08-11 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
http://www.yiminghuphoto.com/portfolio/landscape.php 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 directly above and follow the

PESO skin in IR, rope in UV

2013-08-11 Thread Larry Colen
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/9489462930/ I was hoping that nylon rope and webbing would not reflect IR, and would just appear black, so that fluorescent rope in IR and black light would only show the fluorescent colors, rather than the colors mixed with the IR baseline. That didnt'

Re: OT: Landscapes by Yiming Hu

2013-08-11 Thread Bob W
Saturation's made my eyeballs bleed. It looks as though he's gone to all the places everyone else goes to, taken the same photos, and cranked the saturation up to 11. Painful, dull, no personal vision (he stole Ken Rockwell's). B On 11 Aug 2013, at 22:56, Daniel J. Matyola

Re: OT: Landscapes by Yiming Hu

2013-08-11 Thread Darren Addy
Thanks for the link, Daniel. I agree with Bob's saturation complaint. I can't blame him for shooting gorgeous geography, and it certainly takes effort to get to some of those places. I think the window is closing on me ever being able to physically get to some of those places, even if I had the

Re: First experiments with IR adapted K-5

2013-08-11 Thread Bruce Walker
I have to agree with others that the sushi looks revolting. A couple of the shots look like ones that have faded after 15 years in the sun on a cardboard advert in a restaurant window. To me the other shots look like you've documented a Ghoul's Night Out. :-) On Sat, Aug 10, 2013 at 6:22 PM,

Re: PESO skin in IR, rope in UV

2013-08-11 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
I didn't realize you were that into bondage, Larry. It sounds like an interesting experiment. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Sun, Aug 11, 2013 at 6:09 PM, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/9489462930/ I was hoping

Re: First experiments with IR adapted K-5

2013-08-11 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
I'll never eat sushi again! I like sashimi better in any event . . . . Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Sun, Aug 11, 2013 at 7:07 PM, Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com wrote: I have to agree with others that the sushi looks revolting. A couple of the shots

Re: Carrying a camera on a long walk

2013-08-11 Thread John
On 8/8/2013 10:05 PM, steve harley wrote: on 2013-08-08 7:27 Eric Weir wrote I have an an A 50/1.7 and an A 28/2.8. It will be a trade-off between the speed of the 50 and the wider angle of the 28. And John Sessom's suggestion, I think I'll look to Op-Tech for my solution for carrying the

Re: SF Street Art

2013-08-11 Thread Ann Sanfedele
I think the 4th is the most successful of these... the angle and the various strong shadows enhance... and intersting subject to be sure. ann On 8/11/2013 12:05, Bipin Gupta wrote: Some Street Art photos of San Francisco. Taken at high noon with the K20D + Sigma 10-20mm f4-5.6 EX DC lens.

Re: PAW188 - Antenna

2013-08-11 Thread Ann Sanfedele
hehe - cute, Dag ann On 8/11/2013 15:42, DagT wrote: http://www.thrane.name/Pictures/PAW/files/page7-1000-full.html Pentax K-5, FA77mm, 1/125s, f/11, ISO100, DagT http://www.thrane.name/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to

Re: It continues ...

2013-08-11 Thread Bruce Walker
John, how about DigiKey? http://www.digikey.com/ Or Mouser? http://mouser.com Or even Jameco? http://www.jameco.com/ I know, you can't just drive over. On Sun, Aug 11, 2013 at 5:45 PM, John johnsess...@yahoo.com wrote: I'm really angry about it, because I'm pretty sure it could be fixed

Re: PESO - Anna, pronounced Ahna

2013-08-11 Thread Doug Brewer
On 8/7/13 11:39 AM, Christine Aguila wrote: Wonderful! You caught the hair perfectly, Doug. Love it! Cheers, Christine Thank you, Christine. You don't always need the burst, but when you want it, it's good to have. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

(My) Ricoh GR review

2013-08-11 Thread Jaume Lahuerta
Hi, I had the chance to spend some days with the Ricoh GR and I wrote a review in my friend's technology blog. In Spanish but with several example images in case that you are interested in this special fixed-lens-APSC-size-sensor compact camera: http://www.teknofilo.com/ricoh-gr-analisis/ A

Re: PESO - Anna, pronounced Ahna

2013-08-11 Thread Doug Brewer
On 8/11/13 7:26 AM, Derby Chang wrote: You sold me. I love the magenta tone. Sleek skirt; are there more to show off the fashion? On 6/08/2013 4:43 AM, Doug Brewer wrote: https://plus.google.com/115347824062413314605/posts/46sU316B2da Thanks, Derby. Yes, I have more of the outfit:

Re: Question to Google Plusers

2013-08-11 Thread Doug Brewer
On 8/7/13 12:54 PM, Mark Roberts wrote: Google Plus has users? don't tell anyone. We don't want the Facebook crowd to invade. -- 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

Re: It continues ...

2013-08-11 Thread John
On 8/11/2013 7:39 PM, Bruce Walker wrote: John, how about DigiKey? http://www.digikey.com/ Or Mouser? http://mouser.com Or even Jameco? http://www.jameco.com/ I know, you can't just drive over. I appreciate that. I like doing business locally so I can avoid having to fool with that

Re: Question to Google Plusers

2013-08-11 Thread Doug Brewer
On 8/7/13 1:30 PM, Bruce Walker wrote: Well, it's not _quite_ automatic posting. When you save your Blogger article it automatically pops up the G+ share UI to prompt you to post it. Sure that's useful, but I disabled it a while back because it also pops it up every time you make any small

Re: Question to Google Plusers

2013-08-11 Thread Bruce Walker
On Sun, Aug 11, 2013 at 8:20 PM, Doug Brewer d...@alphoto.com wrote: G+ is the only social network I come close to understanding, and I've been fortunate enough to work out a combination of weirdness and pretty girls that I've been moderately successful there. I've made a number of

Re: (My) Ricoh GR review

2013-08-11 Thread Zos Xavius
I read the google translation and it mirrors many of the other reviews I have read. 28mm is a bit wide for me for full time use, but I'm sure some people love it. Actually the wide angle adapter would give me something more useful. I either want to go ultra wide, normal, or to 100-200mm. Then

Re: (My) Ricoh GR review

2013-08-11 Thread Zos Xavius
PS thanks for sharing. There were some nice photos in your review too. :) On Sun, Aug 11, 2013 at 9:21 PM, Zos Xavius zosxav...@gmail.com wrote: I read the google translation and it mirrors many of the other reviews I have read. 28mm is a bit wide for me for full time use, but I'm sure some

Re: First experiments with IR adapted K-5

2013-08-11 Thread Zos Xavius
Msashimi.. On Sun, Aug 11, 2013 at 7:11 PM, Daniel J. Matyola danmaty...@gmail.com wrote: I'll never eat sushi again! I like sashimi better in any event . . . . Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Sun, Aug 11, 2013 at 7:07 PM, Bruce Walker

Re: PESO skin in IR, rope in UV

2013-08-11 Thread Larry Colen
I'm that into photographing interesting things. There are a lot of pretty things you can with rope. It's not my kink per se but it makes for interesting photos. Daniel J. Matyola danmaty...@gmail.com wrote: I didn't realize you were that into bondage, Larry. It sounds like an interesting

Re: Question to Google Plusers

2013-08-11 Thread Doug Brewer
On 8/11/13 8:51 PM, Bruce Walker wrote: I was just riffing on the popular joke, Doug. I'm quite aware that G+ is a busy place -- over 3100 folks have circled me. That number plateaued only because I haven't been very active lately. I post an image now and then just to fan the embers. yeah, I

Re: OT -- DiMage Scanner with Windows XP

2013-08-11 Thread Mark C
Its been a while but I used a Canon Canonscan FS4000 on an XP box running through a SCSI port. The Adaptec AHA940AU card in the XP machine displays a dialog box when the machine boots - before XP loads. You see the BIOS and then Adaptec message (with the right key strokes you can go in and

Re: First experiments with IR adapted K-5

2013-08-11 Thread Larry Colen
On Sun, Aug 11, 2013 at 07:11:05PM -0400, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: I'll never eat sushi again! Those pictures were chosen to show both the strengths and weaknesses of IR and full spectrum photography. I think we can conclude that IR is not suitable for taking appetizing pictures of food. --

Re: PESO - Eastbound

2013-08-11 Thread Brian Walters
Quoting Christine Aguila christ...@caguila.com: Wonderful! You make our landscapes look beautiful! Cheers, Christine Thanks, Christine. It's not hard to make landscapes look beautiful when they *are* beautiful... Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western

Re: PESO x2 from my weekend

2013-08-11 Thread David Mann
Thanks, Dan. I was wanting to take a photo of the birds lined up along the barrier but the wind tide were not cooperating and I didn't have the patience to try and get closer. It was a nice day though. Each time I go there I find myself being able to paddle for longer so it's nice to see

PESO: Dianthus

2013-08-11 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
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Re: How often do you back up your hard drive?

2013-08-11 Thread David Mann
On Aug 12, 2013, at 7:46 AM, steve harley p...@paper-ape.com wrote: a few years ago i contracted at a large corpse where another department (on which my department relied for file services) managed to obliterate a RAID array (RAID is safe, right?) and in the process discovered their