On Wed, Nov 20, 2013 at 11:23 PM, Alunfoto - Jostein Øksne
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http://alunfoto.blogspot.no/2013/11/old-root.html
Very nice composition and DOF.
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On Thu, Nov 21, 2013 at 1:26 AM, Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com wrote:
A very inviting scene, Attila. Especially so since the temp is stuck
at about zero C here. :-)
Thanks Bruce! That was in August, and indeed very pleasant.
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On Thu, Nov 21, 2013 at 3:58 AM, Richard Womer rwomer1...@yahoo.com wrote:
A shot from the window of my NYC hotel room:
http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17597038size=lg
Nice street scene, well seen! I like that you included part of the building.
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Terrific shot. And the couple in the background makes it. Hand-stands
have my attention at the moment.
On 19/11/2013 12:45 PM, knarf wrote:
I was shooting this fellow doing gymnastics at a bench in Trinity-Bellwoods Park here in
Toronto. I didn't notice the intruder at all during the
On Thu, Nov 21, 2013 at 4:53 AM, knarf knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote:
Silly title. Kind of an inside joke. But a cute little guy:
http://knarfinthecity.blogspot.ca/2013/11/wizard-pup.html?m=1
Very nice dog:)
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I would have loved the shot regardless, but the model commentary is
perfect. Thanks for including that.
On 21/11/2013 7:41 AM, Bruce Walker wrote:
I mean it about nsfw.
At the risk of completely reversing all of the tolerant goodwill I
have builtup with my recent nude shots, I present,
Very interesting - the symmetry, the architecture, the colours the
lighting. A few people busy texting too.
Alan C
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A shot from the window of
Not everyone's cup of tea, but I just have to vent.
The ongoing events in Chennai are distracting me. :-)
Seriously. :-(
Jostein
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You have very strong contender...
On Thu, Nov 21, 2013 at 1:22 PM, Alunfoto - Jostein Øksne
p...@alunfoto.no wrote:
Not everyone's cup of tea, but I just have to vent.
The ongoing events in Chennai are distracting me. :-)
Seriously. :-(
Jostein
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I think, Jostein just managed to Check our up to datedness...
On Thu, Nov 21, 2013 at 1:44 PM, Alan C c...@lantic.net wrote:
Relax, Mate!
Alan C
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Subject: OT -
on 2013-11-20 16:51 Brian Walters wrote
...for a limited time. $9.99/month on a 12 month commitment.
or $30/month for the whole suite (same as the intro price that expired for me
in May); not sure if that is available to all — i got an email offer from
Adobe; i had canceled after my first
Pretty cool shot. I like the perspective.
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Richard Womer rwomer1...@yahoo.com wrote:
A shot from the window of my NYC hotel room:
http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17597038size=lg
(K-5, DA 50-200)
Comments?
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On 11/20/2013 7:09 PM, Stan Halpin wrote:
On Nov 20, 2013, at 6:27 PM, Steve Cottrell wrote:
On 21/11/13, Derby Chang, discombobulated, unleashed:
Promotional models were discussing promoting.
Ahh, that's okay then.
I thought the model-on-the-left was playing with the model-on-the-
The first one is the truth :-) like the use of pano here,
Badwater shot is GORGEOUS!
The golf course is a bogey for me, because the mid and far sections
are out of focus but not enough out of focus... your discomfort shows
sorry, J, rare to say one of your shots doesn't work for me -
maybe you
On 20/11/2013 9:51 PM, knarf wrote:
Cool!
Thanks Frank
bill
cheers,
frank
Bill anotherdrunken...@gmail.com wrote:
This stuff is fun.
I put the bellows and the hundred macro onto the K3, and mounted the
whole thing to a Chinese focusing stage. I then shot 16 images (I don't
know where 36
Alan,
It was a comment partly in jest. :-)
As a teacher, I find most of my students preoccupied in the lessons. In the
teachers' study room there is an eerie atmosphere while the games are on.
While it has not yet happened where I work, some schools have had to shut
out certain streaming
Jostein,
I find the unevenness of the Salt Plain 'horizon' distracting, otherwise an
interesting capture.
Kenneth Waller
http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller
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Subject: PESO - Badwater Basin
On Thu, Nov 21, 2013 at 4:08 PM, Alunfoto - Jostein Øksne
p...@alunfoto.no wrote:
http://alunfoto.blogspot.no/2013/11/badwater-basin.html
Salt Plain is excellent, lots of detail, it's like I'm standing there.
Badwater has a nice composition, the reflection of the mountains holds
my interest.
On Wed, Nov 20, 2013 at 10:56 PM, knarf knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote:
I haven't been commenting on your other nsfw shots for a very specific reason.
I may elucidate one day.
I can guess, but I'm probably wrong. :) I'd like to hear; feel free to
msg me off-list if you'd rather.
But I like
It's nowhere near as funny as Atilla's Rhabarberbarbara video.
YouTube is going down the tubes as far as I'm concerned. I can't make a
comment anymore because it wants me to make my Google+ ID my YouTube ID,
and if I wanted to do that I wouldn't have a YouTube ID in the first place.
On
After reading your comments I went back and looked again. Yes, the second pic
is excellent. I agree tat the DOF on the third is somewhat unhappy.
Paul
On Nov 21, 2013, at 1:28 PM, Ann Sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com wrote:
Looks like Paul and Ken only looked at the first photo..
which is a shame
War Stories?
The one on the left is telling the other one, No Shit! This's a true
story ... there I was ...
On 11/20/2013 11:36 AM, Steve Cottrell wrote:
http://members.iinet.net.au/~derbyc/13/11/twilight/index.html
If you would just like to explain what's going on in number 5, I would
and here it is in the words of the great Bruce Fraser:
http://www.peachpit.com/articles/article.aspx?p=608637
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An unexpected bonus for me of working in creative studio settings is
getting to know really interesting people, like this young woman who I
can now call a friend. Models have an undeserved reputation as
shallow, dull people, but that hasn't been my experience so far --
maybe I've just been
It's my system, but it won't be mine much longer GR!!
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Collin, here are my two totally uneducated cents:
1. The difference between the coatings will probably be all but
insignificant. I think it is more a marketing exercise that true
technology. That is not to say that they've just renamed the SMC. They
did change the coatings, but SMC is extremely
On Thu, Nov 21, 2013 at 3:51 AM, Derby Chang der...@iinet.net.au wrote:
Terrific shot. And the couple in the background makes it. Hand-stands have
my attention at the moment.
LOL! ;-)
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On 21/11/2013 8:12 AM, CollinB wrote:
I'm curious ...
Is Pentax/Ricoh upgrading the whole line, over time, to the new HD coatings?
I wonder how long this might take.
Probably, who knows.
Any thoughts on the new in-lens DC AF solution?Might be quieter than the
standard and more reliable
The perfect Adopt me pic
ann
On 11/21/2013 01:25, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote:
Great looking pup! I like the ears. :-)
Godfrey
On Nov 20, 2013, at 6:53 PM, knarf knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote:
Silly title. Kind of an inside joke. But a cute little guy:
Got a few grab shots of Grace in the kitchen when she came home tonight. All
with the K-3 and DA* 16-50. All at ISO 6400, f4.5, 1/1506h, 50 mm. Some
cropping, minimal sharpening. Shot in AWB mode. I have it set to retain some
warmth in tungsten light. Looked a bit warm to me, so I set white
Another fascinating photo.
Paul
On Nov 21, 2013, at 9:08 AM, Alunfoto - Jostein Øksne p...@alunfoto.no wrote:
http://alunfoto.blogspot.no/2013/11/badwater-basin.html
Three images.
The pano is stitched from five or six exposures, and covers an angle
somewhere between 120 and 150 degrees
On Wed, Nov 20, 2013 at 6:44 PM, Steve Cottrell co...@seeingeye.tv wrote:
On 20/11/13, Bruce Walker, discombobulated, unleashed:
I really liked this shot from the start, for its not-quite-there
playful slightly off not quite elegant not quite proper not quite
anything childishness. Like raw
I got that offer as well. But I'm okay with PS6 for now. Don't see any real
advantage to sending them more money.
Paul
On Nov 21, 2013, at 5:05 PM, steve harley p...@paper-ape.com wrote:
on 2013-11-20 16:51 Brian Walters wrote
...for a limited time. $9.99/month on a 12 month commitment.
On Thu, Nov 21, 2013 at 1:22 PM, Alunfoto - Jostein Øksne
p...@alunfoto.no wrote:
Not everyone's cup of tea, but I just have to vent.
The ongoing events in Chennai are distracting me. :-)
Seriously. :-(
Wow that's happening now? You've got me totally not up to date here. I
have too many
Paul, it's a Lightroom feature.
On Thu, Nov 21, 2013 at 7:56 PM, Paul Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote:
Some nice theory here but no practical info. Have to buy the book for that I
guess. Not that it wouldn't be a good investment.
I can't get that radius adjustment mask to work on my
Thanks David. So is there a way to see the radius change in PhotoShop?
Paul
On Nov 21, 2013, at 7:59 PM, David Parsons parsons.da...@gmail.com wrote:
Pressing the Alt key is a Lightroom thing. It works differently in Photoshop.
On Thu, Nov 21, 2013 at 7:56 PM, Paul Stenquist
Well, well, well. He only needs a ½ now!
Alan C
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Not sure about that. Black could counter with Q7.
Jostein
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Other than trying it out, not that I know of. I usually left it at
1.1-1.3 for most sharpening when I was using PS.
On Thu, Nov 21, 2013 at 8:05 PM, Paul Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote:
Thanks David. So is there a way to see the radius change in PhotoShop?
Paul
On Nov 21, 2013, at
I'm curious ...
Is Pentax/Ricoh upgrading the whole line, over time, to the new HD coatings?
I wonder how long this might take.
Any thoughts on the new in-lens DC AF solution?Might be quieter than the
standard and more reliable than SDM.
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That's about what I did with the k-5, sometimes 1.5 for hard edge subjects like
cars. Using much less with k-3. More like 0.5 at 40 percent.
Paul via phone
On Nov 21, 2013, at 8:17 PM, David Parsons parsons.da...@gmail.com wrote:
Other than trying it out, not that I know of. I usually left
I had a feeling :-)
ann
On 11/21/2013 14:51, Paul Stenquist wrote:
After reading your comments I went back and looked again. Yes, the second pic
is excellent. I agree tat the DOF on the third is somewhat unhappy.
Paul
On Nov 21, 2013, at 1:28 PM, Ann Sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com wrote:
Looks pretty cool.It would be nice to see a before/after to compare.
Before would be a single shot with focus somewhere. Just to clearly show the
capability.
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Bill anotherdrunken...@gmail.com wrote:
This stuff is fun.
I put the bellows and the
on 2013-11-19 14:48 Steve Cottrell wrote
Sad cat news
Our VERY old silver tabby, Minnie, passed away last night, peacefully
and in no pain after an amazingly long life -
ah, sorry to hear it … sweet photo of an experienced cat
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OK, but how can we know? My guess is as good as yours.
Dario
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From: CollinB
Sent: Thursday, November 21, 2013 3:12 PM
To: pdml@pdml.net
Subject: Two Upgrade Questions
I'm curious ...
Is Pentax/Ricoh upgrading the whole line, over time, to the new HD coatings?
I
On 20/11/2013 2:41 PM, Bruce Walker wrote:
I mean it about nsfw.
At the risk of completely reversing all of the tolerant goodwill I
have builtup with my recent nude shots, I present, well ... this.
Wait! Before I give you the link, I'd just like to explain how this
happened. I was about to
on 2013-11-21 17:56 Paul Stenquist wrote
Some nice theory here but no practical info. Have to buy the book for that I
guess. Not that it wouldn't be a good investment.
there was specific practical info, even a calculator, in my prior link
Bruce Fraser's books, particularly Real World
On 11/19/2013 4:48 PM, Steve Cottrell wrote:
Sad cat news
Our VERY old silver tabby, Minnie, passed away last night, peacefully
and in no pain after an amazingly long life - seeing in both the berth
of our son, Stefan, and his departure for university. Will be rifling
the archives for the Mrs
On Thu, Nov 21, 2013 at 5:56 AM, Jan van Wijk pen...@dfsee.com wrote:
On Wed, 20 Nov 2013 19:25:22 -0600 Bill wrote:
This stuff is fun.
I put the bellows and the hundred macro onto the K3, and mounted the whole
thing to a Chinese focusing stage.
I then shot 16 images (I don't know where 36 came
On Nov 21, 2013, at 4:56 PM, Paul Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote:
I can't get that radius adjustment mask to work on my Mac. Any clues? The alt
key would seem to e option or command, but neither produces any kind of
change in radius adjustment on either Smart Sharpen or Unsharp
Thanks Godfrey. I've been sharpening in PS after conversion but I'll give this
a try.
Paul via phone
On Nov 21, 2013, at 9:10 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi godfreydigio...@me.com wrote:
On Nov 21, 2013, at 4:56 PM, Paul Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote:
I can't get that radius adjustment
The arteries, veins, and nerves of Manhattan:
http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17597045size=lg
(K-5, DA 16-45; 1/20 and ISO 9000. Love that high-iso and anti-shake.)
Comments?
Rick
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You've seen Bill's lovely flower; from me you get dead leaves.
Bill did adjustments to his 16 images in Camera Raw and then sent them to
Photoshop to merge layers.
I sent my 10 images to Helicon Focus, then did adjustments on the output merged
image. (Using LR4)
Bill used a bellows and 100mm
The technique doesn't work with the post-raw-conversion RGB composite tools,
only in the raw conversion plug-in.
Doing overall input sharpening is generally better performed on the raw data as
there is more overhead and more data to work with then. The RGB tools are best
used for creative and
On Wed, Nov 20, 2013 at 3:46 PM, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote:
On Wed, Nov 20, 2013 at 03:41:43PM -0500, Bruce Walker wrote:
I mean it about nsfw.
At the risk of completely reversing all of the tolerant goodwill I
have builtup with my recent nude shots, I present, well ... this.
Wait!
delightful. I sent it to a bunch of folks. thanks.
G
On Nov 20, 2013, at 3:00 PM, Attila Boros attila.p...@gmail.com wrote:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gG62zay3kck
I don't actually speak German, but this is hilarious:)
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On 20/11/2013 10:06 PM, Jack Davis wrote:
I did enjoy, Bill.
Strong image.
Thanks Jack. It needs a bit of work, unfortunately, I think the flower
display is past it's best before date. I'll need to find another subject.
bill
Jack
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Yeah. been there. A (sarcastic) lovely place.
Jack
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Sent: Thursday, November 21, 2013 6:08 AM
Subject: PESO - Badwater Basin
On 21/11/2013 4:56 AM, Jan van Wijk wrote:
On Wed, 20 Nov 2013 19:25:22 -0600 Bill wrote:
This stuff is fun.
I put the bellows and the hundred macro onto the K3, and mounted the whole
thing to a Chinese focusing stage.
I then shot 16 images (I don't know where 36 came from) and loaded them as
http://alunfoto.blogspot.no/2013/11/badwater-basin.html
Three images.
The pano is stitched from five or six exposures, and covers an angle
somewhere between 120 and 150 degrees horizontally.
The Devil's Golf Course is perhaps the most uninviting environment I've ever
tried to photograph in.
On Thu, Nov 21, 2013 at 5:54 PM, Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com wrote:
K-3 holdouts, maybe cover your eyes now.
Well I'm just waiting for it to become available around here. Might
have to wait a little bit longer.
I picked up my K-3 on Monday morning and I've been carrying it around
That's why I've bought the Pentax to Leica adapter and shooting
happily with 50/1.2... /evil wink/
On Thu, Nov 21, 2013 at 5:54 PM, Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com wrote:
K-3 holdouts, maybe cover your eyes now.
I picked up my K-3 on Monday morning and I've been carrying it around
since,
Very attractive, Stan. Turned out beautifully with great detail.
On Thu, Nov 21, 2013 at 9:20 PM, Stan Halpin
s...@stans-photography.info wrote:
You've seen Bill's lovely flower; from me you get dead leaves.
Bill did adjustments to his 16 images in Camera Raw and then sent them to
Photoshop
On 21/11/2013 8:20 PM, Stan Halpin wrote:
You've seen Bill's lovely flower; from me you get dead leaves.
Bill did adjustments to his 16 images in Camera Raw and then sent
them to Photoshop to merge layers. I sent my 10 images to Helicon
Focus, then did adjustments on the output merged image.
Don't look now, Paul, but she's growing up fast! (How is that possible when
we're not getting any older?)
Methinks a bit of noise reduction might benefit these.
Cheers,
Rick
On Nov 21, 2013, at 19:45 , Paul Stenquist wrote:
Got a few grab shots of Grace in the kitchen when she came home
On 21/11/2013 9:54 AM, Bruce Walker wrote:
K-3 holdouts, maybe cover your eyes now.
I picked up my K-3 on Monday morning and I've been carrying it around
since, shooting the usual suspects like my cats, teasels, leaves and
trees, some hip-mounted street. Which is to say, nothing to show yet.
Pressing the Alt key is a Lightroom thing. It works differently in Photoshop.
On Thu, Nov 21, 2013 at 7:56 PM, Paul Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote:
Some nice theory here but no practical info. Have to buy the book for that I
guess. Not that it wouldn't be a good investment.
I can't
K-3 holdouts, maybe cover your eyes now.
I picked up my K-3 on Monday morning and I've been carrying it around
since, shooting the usual suspects like my cats, teasels, leaves and
trees, some hip-mounted street. Which is to say, nothing to show yet.
Maybe a cat.
But, each outing I try another
And it looks like 2 engines pulling a load of full coal hoppers.
That could be a long walk around that train.
Regards, Bob S.
On Wed, Nov 20, 2013 at 11:28 AM, CollinB coll...@brendemuehl.net wrote:
Col, just put that into english that I can understand there pal ;-)
Sorry for the lack of
Some nice theory here but no practical info. Have to buy the book for that I
guess. Not that it wouldn't be a good investment.
I can't get that radius adjustment mask to work on my Mac. Any clues? The alt
key would seem to e option or command, but neither produces any kind of change
in radius
We could have a chess tournament of PDML. The chess by e-mail seems
like a very interesting past time.
On Thu, Nov 21, 2013 at 6:19 PM, Alan C c...@lantic.net wrote:
Now that's what I call national support. He only needs 1½ points from the
last 4 games.
I also ran a club years ago when I
Now that's what I call national support. He only needs 1½ points from the
last 4 games.
I also ran a club years ago when I taught. We played regularly in a league
various tournaments. Then I discovered there are only 24hrs in a day.
Alan C
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From: Alunfoto -
Oh, look now … keep looking! Grace is growing up. She will be a young woman in
the blink of an eye. You don't want to miss the girl. :-)
Amazing how fast it happens. My partner's niece turns eight at the beginning of
December. Already she is a different girl than the one I photographed at
Looks like Paul and Ken only looked at the first photo..
which is a shame because the second one is gorgeous
Nope - I looked at all three, but only commented on the one.
Kenneth Waller
http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller
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From: Ann Sanfedele
on 2013-11-18 16:40 Igor Roshchin wrote
I thought I would ask the gurus of digital processing here on PDML about
this first. When you sharpen images, how do you choose the Radius?
the principle is to sharpen the details you actually want to output
these days i usually do it seat of the pants
It handled the ISO 6400 very well. These don't look too warm on my screen.
Exceptionally cute Grace is becoming a lovely girl.
Jack
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Sent: Thursday, November 21, 2013 4:45 PM
Subject: PESOs Grace Tonight
Pentax products have always been available in SA through the efforts of a
couple of maverick importers but at almost twice the US price. A K3 body
will set you back the equiv. of $2000. Nevertheless, there are still buyers!
Now, New Teltron, the franchisor of the Foto First labs around the
Thanks Bruce Bill. I appreciate the comments!
stan
On Nov 21, 2013, at 9:52 PM, Bill wrote:
On 21/11/2013 8:20 PM, Stan Halpin wrote:
...
I uploaded 4 images:
First, a 6016x4000 image downsized to 2400xwhatever. This is the full
stack of 10 images. Full Stack:
Would make for some neat photos if they'd resolved it by butting heads
like bull elk in rut.
On 11/20/2013 11:09 AM, CollinB wrote:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/55001392@N08/10963509956/
Some dispatcher set two trains facing each other onto one track.
Unfortunately our work are is bisected by
I'm also getting some bounces. Message says Mail server for pdml.net
unreachable for too long
At least it's not SpamCop blacklisting my email provider.
On 11/20/2013 9:12 PM, Richard Womer wrote:
Doubtlessly. Or, he's proofreading the manual for the K-3 FF.
On Nov 20, 2013, at 6:23 PM,
it's not my cup of tea either though the venue of the matches are just
about 10 minutes' drive from both where i live and from where i work.
Carlsen is pretty popular here too and has generated a lot of positive
press. looks like all that distraction will be worth it... :)
regards, subash
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