Re: OT - PESO - A Canadian Selfie

2014-01-06 Thread Bob W
You belong on Mount Rushmore. Sounds like a lot of weather over there. Wrap up warm everyone! B On 6 Jan 2014, at 01:20, knarf knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: I'm not much for selfies but hey, all the kids are doing it nowadays:

Re: OT - PESO - A Canadian Selfie

2014-01-06 Thread P.J. Alling
Your point? On 1/5/2014 9:28 PM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: Those who went with Scott are still there. Only Amundsen provided round-trip tickets. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Sun, Jan 5, 2014 at 9:14 PM, P.J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com wrote: You

Re: PESO: Stained Glass

2014-01-06 Thread Attila Boros
Going back is not an issue since it's in my home town. However I didn't see any light at night. Don't know if it's actually closed or the lights are too dim to reach the windows, which are placed very high. On Mon, Jan 6, 2014 at 1:09 AM, John johnsess...@yahoo.com wrote: Any chance of going

Re: DPReview readers love the K-3

2014-01-06 Thread Attila Boros
On Mon, Jan 6, 2014 at 7:08 AM, Boris Liberman bori...@gmail.com wrote: My understanding is that Attila is from Romania and me, as you know - the Israel is very small country as far as Pentax corporate is concerned. In fact, I'm yet to see any Pentax lens (beside the kit or double kit) to be

Re: OT - PESO - A Canadian Selfie

2014-01-06 Thread Attila Boros
Arctic explorer in action:) Take care in that weather. On Mon, Jan 6, 2014 at 3:20 AM, knarf knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: I'm not much for selfies but hey, all the kids are doing it nowadays: http://knarfdummyblog.blogspot.ca/2014/01/a-canadian-selfie.html?m=1 Taken, processed and posted

Re: OT - PESO - A Canadian Selfie

2014-01-06 Thread Miserere
knarf knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: I'm not much for selfies but hey, all the kids are doing it nowadays: http://knarfdummyblog.blogspot.ca/2014/01/a-canadian-selfie.html?m=1 Taken, processed and posted by phone. We're having a snow event tonight. ;-) Hope you enjoy. Comments welcome.

Re: Goodbye, Cameras

2014-01-06 Thread Rob Studdert
The RX100II is Wifi enabled and has a companion app for smart phones :) On 6 January 2014 16:16, Boris Liberman bori...@gmail.com wrote: That's right. Especially that nowadays being connected (aka being able to upload your next selfie to facebook or whatever) matters more than being

Re: Honorable Mention

2014-01-06 Thread Jeffery Johnson
Thank you Ken. On 1/5/2014 11:15 PM, Ken Waller wrote: Congrats - very nice image! Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: Jeffery Johnson jefferytjohn...@bellsouth.net Subject: OT: Honorable Mention I received good news Friday

Re: OT: Honorable Mention

2014-01-06 Thread Jeffery Johnson
Ann bless your heart. That means a great deal coming from you. On 1/5/2014 10:47 PM, Ann Sanfedele wrote: Jeff - I liked your photo a _lot_ better than the first place winner or the second place in your category... Also liked it the best of the night shots from your personal gallery so glad

Re: OT: Honorable Mention

2014-01-06 Thread Paul Stenquist
Great photo, Jeffery. If I have one nit it would be that the horizon is not quite aligned. If it were mine, I’d rotate the image a degree or two counterclockwise. When the horizon is straight, the lean in of the verticals on each side of the frame should be equal. Best, Paul Stenquist On Jan

Re: OT - PESO - A Canadian Selfie

2014-01-06 Thread Paul Stenquist
Powerful image. A bit frightening, in fact:-). Well done. Paul On Jan 6, 2014, at 5:12 AM, Miserere miser...@gmail.com wrote: knarf knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: I'm not much for selfies but hey, all the kids are doing it nowadays:

Re: OT - PESO - A Canadian Selfie

2014-01-06 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
On Mon, Jan 6, 2014 at 3:33 AM, P.J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com wrote: Your point? On 1/5/2014 9:28 PM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: Those who went with Scott are still there. Only Amundsen provided round-trip tickets. My point was that I like having Frank around, and wouldn't want to

Re: OT - rebus puzzles I made in 2008

2014-01-06 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
The Spiral Stair Case! I actually do not recall a movie by that name, but I did find it on iMBD. Lots of fun, Ann, you should do them again! Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Sun, Jan 5, 2014 at 6:11 PM, Ann Sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com wrote: Each on a page of a

Re: OT: Honorable Mention

2014-01-06 Thread Jeffery Johnson
Thanks Paul. I may look at it later today as I am pretty much stuck inside do to the very cold weather. On 1/6/2014 8:26 AM, Paul Stenquist wrote: Great photo, Jeffery. If I have one nit it would be that the horizon is not quite aligned. If it were mine, I’d rotate the image a degree or two

Re: Goodbye, Cameras

2014-01-06 Thread Bruce Walker
That's a good question, Boris. Not being a gearhead I don't closely study the fine details of lens construction, but I assumed that only glass was hard and stable enough to be ground or milled into shape with the required tolerances. Does anyone know if plastic, or anything besides glass and

Re: OT - rebus puzzles I made in 2008

2014-01-06 Thread Ann Sanfedele
Thanks , Dan! I think they work sometimes even when you haven't ever heard of something cause people can confirm them, as you did, using the web. I have 2 or 3 more - and I've meant to build more as well - but it is a lot more work than it probably looks like - lining up images with titles

Re: Goodbye, Cameras

2014-01-06 Thread Matthew Hunt
On Mon, Jan 6, 2014 at 10:11 AM, Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com wrote: That's a good question, Boris. Not being a gearhead I don't closely study the fine details of lens construction, but I assumed that only glass was hard and stable enough to be ground or milled into shape with the

So ... who Really wants shallow DOF?

2014-01-06 Thread CollinB
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Re: OT - PESO - A Canadian Selfie

2014-01-06 Thread David J Brooks
Your hat looks like my bus windshield at 5am today. Great selfie Dave On Sun, Jan 5, 2014 at 8:20 PM, knarf knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: I'm not much for selfies but hey, all the kids are doing it nowadays: http://knarfdummyblog.blogspot.ca/2014/01/a-canadian-selfie.html?m=1 Taken,

Re: OT - rebus puzzles I made in 2008

2014-01-06 Thread Alan C
You're stretching me, Ann. I'm not an avid reader or film goer but I'll crack them yet! So far: A Clockwork Orange, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof The Spiral Staircase. Many thanks Alan C -Original Message- From: Ann Sanfedele Sent: Monday, January 06, 2014 1:11 AM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail

Re: PESO Beyond Hope

2014-01-06 Thread Don Guthrie
My father once labeled me as beyond all redemption I think collectively we could fill the PDML book with signs like these. Thanks for providing my Mon AM smile. pdml-requ...@pdml.net wrote: Message: 3 Date: Sat, 4 Jan 2014 23:47:51 -0800 From: Larry Colenl...@red4est.com To: Pentax-Discuss

Re: Photos from Big Sur, the desert and Death Valley

2014-01-06 Thread John
On Jan 6, 2014, at 9:07 am, Paul Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote: Are the airlines still parking out of service planes in the dessert. I don't know if there's a place in California, but they do in Arizona. You can see them from miles away on I-10 at East Pinal Airpark near Marana,

Re: DPReview readers love the K-3

2014-01-06 Thread John
On 1/5/2014 9:33 PM, Larry Colen wrote: On Fri, Jan 03, 2014 at 03:27:07PM +0200, Attila Boros wrote: Seems like Sigma is putting out some nice lenses lately. But this is bigger and heavier than the DA* 16-50mm, and has a smaller zoom range. Would like to see some comparison between the two

Re: PESO: Stained Glass

2014-01-06 Thread John
If it's an active church, they're going to have night services. If it's dark outside at all, the lights should reach the windows. I expect that if you were to stop by there sometime talk to the priest/preacher/clergy in charge tell him what you're trying to do he'd tell you when a night

Re: DPReview readers love the K-3

2014-01-06 Thread John
On 1/6/2014 12:08 AM, Boris Liberman wrote: On 1/5/2014 12:16 AM, Paul Stenquist wrote: Have you compared teh Sigma and the 16-50? The latter, when properly assembled, has very good image quality. Paul Indeed. Paul, the only issue here is to how to come up with 16-50 that is properly

Re: Goodbye, Cameras

2014-01-06 Thread Rick Womer
My recollection is that virtually all modern wide-to-normal camera lenses contain aspherical elements, and that most of those are hybrid--a glass spherical lens with a plastic element cemented on to give it a complex aspheric shape. The most notorious of these in Pentax land is the FA 28-70/4,

Re:OT - PESO - A Canadian Selfie

2014-01-06 Thread Don Guthrie
Frank I want a wall poster of that,. Really. pdml-requ...@pdml.net wrote: Message: 9 Date: Sun, 05 Jan 2014 20:20:10 -0500 From: knarfknarftheria...@gmail.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail Listpdml@pdml.net Subject: OT - PESO - A Canadian Selfie

Re: DPReview readers love the K-3

2014-01-06 Thread Jan van Wijk
On Mon, 06 Jan 2014 12:32:06 -0500 John wrote: I've had my grief with Sigma lenses, but at least Sigma makes an f/1.4 standard prime for APS, they also make the only f/1.8 zoom that I know of. They make an 85/1.4. These are all lenses that I could really use, that Pentax does not make. I have

I have committed a book

2014-01-06 Thread Alunfoto - Jostein Øksne
From the USA roadtrip. Preview available. http://blur.by/1g87VCS Jostein -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.

Re: I have committed a book

2014-01-06 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
Wow, that looks really great, Jostein! Congratulations. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Mon, Jan 6, 2014 at 12:45 PM, Alunfoto - Jostein Øksne p...@alunfoto.no wrote: From the USA roadtrip. Preview available. http://blur.by/1g87VCS Jostein -- PDML

OT: Film Never Dies -- It Just Hibernates

2014-01-06 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
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Re: PESO Beyond Hope

2014-01-06 Thread Larry Colen
On Mon, Jan 06, 2014 at 11:09:39AM -0600, Don Guthrie wrote: My father once labeled me as beyond all redemption I think collectively we could fill the PDML book with signs like these. Thanks for providing my Mon AM smile. I'm glad that you liked it. I will confess that when I saw the

Re: Interesting article on LL 'The Full-Frame Myth'

2014-01-06 Thread steve harley
on 2014-01-04 13:52 Bruce Walker wrote In 1984 when the 645 was released the Internet was a very small network and didn't yet include AOL. Not even the first spam had been mailed by then. just a little reality check - this slightly predates my introduction to the 'net: Earliest documented

Re: I have committed a book

2014-01-06 Thread Steve Cottrell
On 6/1/14, Alunfoto - Jostein Øksne, discombobulated, unleashed: From the USA roadtrip. Preview available. http://blur.by/1g87VCS Is there a soft cover version at all? VERY impressive. -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__Broadcast, Corporate, || (O) |Web Video Production --

Re: OT: Honorable Mention

2014-01-06 Thread Steve Cottrell
On 5/1/14, Jeffery Johnson, discombobulated, unleashed: I received good news Friday about the 'Sky Through My Eye' photo contest that was held by Mayor Karl Dean here in Nashville, TN. I received honorable mention and to share the news I wrote up a press release. I know for some this wouldn't

Re: OT - PESO - A Canadian Selfie

2014-01-06 Thread John
That was my first reaction as well. If he's around to do selfies, it had to be Amundsen. 8-D On 1/5/2014 9:28 PM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: Those who went with Scott are still there. Only Amundsen provided round-trip tickets. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On

OT - Delirious With Joy

2014-01-06 Thread Steve Cottrell
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Re: So ... who Really wants shallow DOF?

2014-01-06 Thread John
On 1/6/2014 11:01 AM, CollinB wrote: http://www.ebay.com/itm/181293811398?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT_trksid=p3984.m1438.l2649 No buy-it-now price? The problem with eBay is the good shit always shows up when it's not in my budget. When I've finally saved up enough, no one is offering what I

Re: Goodbye, Cameras

2014-01-06 Thread John
I don't know about any k-mount lenses, but plastic is used for lenses in some critical applications were high precision and light weight are both desirable. On 1/6/2014 10:11 AM, Bruce Walker wrote: That's a good question, Boris. Not being a gearhead I don't closely study the fine details of

Re: DPReview readers love the K-3

2014-01-06 Thread Paul Stenquist
On Jan 6, 2014, at 12:36 PM, John johnsess...@yahoo.com wrote: On 1/6/2014 12:08 AM, Boris Liberman wrote: On 1/5/2014 12:16 AM, Paul Stenquist wrote: Have you compared teh Sigma and the 16-50? The latter, when properly assembled, has very good image quality. Paul Indeed. Paul, the

Re: I have committed a book

2014-01-06 Thread Paul Stenquist
Good to hear. It’s on my must buy list. Paul On Jan 6, 2014, at 12:45 PM, Alunfoto - Jostein Øksne p...@alunfoto.no wrote: From the USA roadtrip. Preview available. http://blur.by/1g87VCS Jostein -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: DPReview readers love the K-3

2014-01-06 Thread John
On 1/6/2014 12:40 PM, Jan van Wijk wrote: On Mon, 06 Jan 2014 12:32:06 -0500 John wrote: I've had my grief with Sigma lenses, but at least Sigma makes an f/1.4 standard prime for APS, they also make the only f/1.8 zoom that I know of. They make an 85/1.4. These are all lenses that I could

Re: I have committed a book

2014-01-06 Thread Jack Davis
What's the penalty for that? Jack From: Alunfoto - Jostein Øksne p...@alunfoto.no To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Monday, January 6, 2014 9:45 AM Subject: I have committed a book From the USA roadtrip. Preview available.

Re: OT - PESO - A Canadian Selfie

2014-01-06 Thread steve harley
on 2014-01-05 18:20 knarf wrote I'm not much for selfies but hey, all the kids are doing it nowadays: http://knarfdummyblog.blogspot.ca/2014/01/a-canadian-selfie.html?m=1 you are very handsome, Frank backfocus makes for a nice softening effect -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: OT - rebus puzzles I made in 2008

2014-01-06 Thread Ann Sanfedele
Alan - Glad you are working on them but s don't post your solutions to the list - :-) Enjoy! ann On 1/6/2014 11:19, Alan C wrote: You're stretching me, Ann. I'm not an avid reader or film goer but I'll crack them yet! So far: A Clockwork Orange, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof The Spiral

Re: I have committed a book

2014-01-06 Thread Ann Sanfedele
love it! ann On 1/6/2014 12:45, Alunfoto - Jostein Øksne wrote: From the USA roadtrip. Preview available. http://blur.by/1g87VCS Jostein -- 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: I have committed a book

2014-01-06 Thread Ken Waller
Nice images ! Well done book. 'Photography at dusk and dawn' - I love it! Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: Alunfoto - Jostein Øksne p...@alunfoto.no Subject: I have committed a book From the USA roadtrip. Preview

Belgrade Raw Book

2014-01-06 Thread Luka Knezevic-Strika
Hi all, Happy holidays, I wanted to let you know that my collective Belgrade Raw recently had a book published http://www.rostfreipublishing.com/rostfreipublishing_books_belgrade_raw.html I couldn't be more excited about it, a book is really something different There is a few words about it on

Re: I have committed a book

2014-01-06 Thread Alan C
Quite amazing. I enjoyed your shots almost as much as you must have enjoyed the trip. The dawn dusk part intrigues me - what about the rest of the day? Alan C -Original Message- From: Alunfoto - Jostein Øksne Sent: Monday, January 06, 2014 7:45 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List

Re: Pentax Lens profile for Photoshop CS6 - help wanted

2014-01-06 Thread Jens
Thanks Rob. This program Hugin (in old Nordic mythologly Hugin is one of Odins two ravens - the one for thinking) may be usefull for other purposes as well :-) Regards Jens -- Treat others as you would like to be treated yourself. On Jan 6, 2014 01:55 Rob Studdert distudio.p...@gmail.com

Re: Updike

2014-01-06 Thread mike wilson
On 05/01/2014, Bob W p...@web-options.com wrote: Here's a picture of a rabbit I took a couple of years ago: http://www.web-options.com/Rabbit.jpg I quite like it for some reason. I've flipped the picture horizontally. B Clearly a decisive moment but you are hereby disbarred from my

PESO - 'D H DAY BARN'

2014-01-06 Thread Ken Waller
http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17646479 Taken on a snowy, single digit temperature day in Leelenau county, Michigan. Camera performed flawlessly. The barn is in the Sleeping Bear Dune National Seashore. . The first K3 image I've posted. Still have a lot to learn with this camera.

Re: OT - PESO - A Canadian Selfie

2014-01-06 Thread Brian Walters
Quoting knarf knarftheria...@gmail.com: I'm not much for selfies but hey, all the kids are doing it nowadays: http://knarfdummyblog.blogspot.ca/2014/01/a-canadian-selfie.html?m=1 Taken, processed and posted by phone. We're having a snow event tonight. Without doubt the best selfie I've

Re: OT - rebus puzzles I made in 2008

2014-01-06 Thread Brian Walters
Quoting Ann Sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com: Each on a page of a calendar I did in 2008. http://annsan.smugmug.com/Works-in-Print/Calendars-in-Print/Original-Rebus-puzzles-in-a/4658820_fHBzWh#!i=403148131k=ZkMLJ8P a few of you might enjoy this - a lot of you haven't seen it before, I imagine

Re: Interesting article on LL 'The Full-Frame Myth'

2014-01-06 Thread Bruce Walker
On Mon, Jan 6, 2014 at 1:29 PM, steve harley p...@paper-ape.com wrote: on 2014-01-04 13:52 Bruce Walker wrote In 1984 when the 645 was released the Internet was a very small network and didn't yet include AOL. Not even the first spam had been mailed by then. just a little reality check -

Re: PESO - 'D H DAY BARN'

2014-01-06 Thread Bruce Walker
A handsome snow landscape, Ken. Congrats on the K-3 enablement. How long have you had it? Are you finding the fit to your liking? On Mon, Jan 6, 2014 at 3:41 PM, Ken Waller kwal...@peoplepc.com wrote: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17646479 Taken on a snowy, single digit temperature

Re: OT - Delirious With Joy

2014-01-06 Thread Brian Walters
Quoting Steve Cottrell co...@seeingeye.tv: X100S being released in black!!! Come to papa. Medication time -- Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://lyons-ryan.org/southernlight/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List

Re: Interesting article on LL 'The Full-Frame Myth'

2014-01-06 Thread Larry Colen
On Mon, Jan 06, 2014 at 04:17:44PM -0500, Bruce Walker wrote: On Mon, Jan 6, 2014 at 1:29 PM, steve harley p...@paper-ape.com wrote: on 2014-01-04 13:52 Bruce Walker wrote http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spam_(electronic)#History_of_Internet_spam Yeah, I do remember reading that now. I

stitching photos

2014-01-06 Thread Larry Colen
A while back, I mentioned that what I really wanted was software that would take multiple raw files, convert the values into absolute light levels on each of the three channels (I.e. expand the dynamic range of the image data by combining different exposure frames) and then stitch those frames

PESO Cold Day, Hot Chocolate

2014-01-06 Thread Paul Stenquist
K-3 with the 17-70/4, ISO 3200, f5.6, 1/30th http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17646538 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.

Re: PESO - 'D H DAY BARN'

2014-01-06 Thread Jack Davis
Nicely done DOF, Ken. You might have exposed for the snow or at least a stop or so of compensation that direction. Jack - Original Message - From: Ken Waller kwal...@peoplepc.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Cc: Sent: Monday, January 6, 2014 12:41 PM Subject: PESO - 'D

Re:PESO - 'D H DAY BARN'

2014-01-06 Thread Don Guthrie
Quite lovely, Ken and the delicate toning adds to the mood. Prime lens ? pdml-requ...@pdml.net wrote: Message: 8 Date: Mon, 6 Jan 2014 15:41:13 -0500 From: Ken Wallerkwal...@peoplepc.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail Listpdml@pdml.net Subject: PESO - 'D H DAY BARN' Message-ID:

Re: PESO Cold Day, Hot Chocolate

2014-01-06 Thread Don Guthrie
Nothing better than jammies hot chocolate. pdml-requ...@pdml.net wrote: Message: 16 Date: Mon, 6 Jan 2014 16:49:15 -0500 From: Paul Stenquistpnstenqu...@comcast.net To: Pentax-Discuss Mail Listpdml@pdml.net Subject: PESO Cold Day, Hot Chocolate

Re: OT - PESO - A Canadian Selfie

2014-01-06 Thread Kenneth Waller
Ditto! -Original Message- From: Brian Walters apathy...@lyons-ryan.org Subject: Re: OT - PESO - A Canadian Selfie Quoting knarf knarftheria...@gmail.com: I'm not much for selfies but hey, all the kids are doing it nowadays:

Re: Photos from Big Sur, the desert and Death Valley

2014-01-06 Thread Mark C
Looks like a fantastic trip - that's a great collection of photos! Mark On 1/5/2014 3:17 AM, Larry Colen wrote: I just spent slightly less than a week on the road. I took my usual metric shitload of photos, a lot of which were just happy snaps and many were for stitching into panoramas if/when

Re: OT: Film Never Dies -- It Just Hibernates

2014-01-06 Thread Brian Walters
Quoting Daniel J. Matyola danmaty...@gmail.com: http://themetapicture.com/photos-discovered-frozen-in-block-of-ice/ There's a bit more on this here: http://petapixel.com/2013/12/27/100-year-old-box-exposed-negatives-discovered-conservators-antarctica/ and here:

Re: PESO 2013 - 218 - GDG

2014-01-06 Thread Mark C
Great rendering and very effective composition - simple but beautiful. Mark On 12/31/2013 11:23 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: Last post of 2013. From this morning's walk, last exposure I made. http://www.flickr.com/photos/gdgphoto/11679829904/ Happy New Year! See all'y'all next year …

Re: PESO - Pacific Sunset

2014-01-06 Thread Mark C
Nice Bob - great colors, I really like the birds. SIne it was -15 in Chicago this morning you probably enjoy a 90 degree bonus in temperature as well! Mark On 1/2/2014 12:37 AM, Bob Sullivan wrote: Enjoy a warm sunset with me here in San Diego...

Re: Interesting article on LL 'The Full-Frame Myth'

2014-01-06 Thread steve harley
on 2014-01-06 14:17 Bruce Walker wrote Your spam predates my net access too. I was on email (UNIX v6 PWB) in '79, then my company (AES Data) got limited net access in 1982 or so, via UUCP. For some years I was aesat!bmw (anyone else here remember bang-paths?). i do, but i can't recall my

Re: stitching photos

2014-01-06 Thread Alunfoto - Jostein Øksne
May have been AutoPano: http://www.kolor.com/buy/software Jostein -Opprinnelig melding- From: Larry Colen Sent: Monday, January 06, 2014 10:39 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: stitching photos A while back, I mentioned that what I really wanted was software that would take

Re: OT - PESO - A Canadian Selfie

2014-01-06 Thread Mark C
Nice portrait Frank. Looks cold up there Mark On 1/5/2014 8:20 PM, knarf wrote: I'm not much for selfies but hey, all the kids are doing it nowadays: http://knarfdummyblog.blogspot.ca/2014/01/a-canadian-selfie.html?m=1 Taken, processed and posted by phone. We're having a snow event

Re: I have committed a book

2014-01-06 Thread Ann Sanfedele
Usually, the rest of the day the light sucks ann On 1/6/2014 14:44, Alan C wrote: Quite amazing. I enjoyed your shots almost as much as you must have enjoyed the trip. The dawn dusk part intrigues me - what about the rest of the day? Alan C -Original Message- From: Alunfoto -

Re: Photos from Big Sur, the desert and Death Valley

2014-01-06 Thread Larry Colen
On Mon, Jan 06, 2014 at 05:38:29PM -0500, Mark C wrote: Looks like a fantastic trip - that's a great collection of photos! Thanks. It was a lot of fun. I also learned a lot that will be handy for future trips. Zabriskie point is fun for hiking, and it's almost hard to get a photo there that

Re: stitching photos

2014-01-06 Thread Zos Xavius
What I do is take each frame and process it individually with photoshop or photomatix to get the HDR and then take those HDR base files and have photoshop make the pano. On Mon, Jan 6, 2014 at 5:50 PM, Alunfoto - Jostein Øksne p...@alunfoto.no wrote: May have been AutoPano:

A bigger splash

2014-01-06 Thread Bob W
Strange weather brings out good photographs. The first in this BBC gallery is magnificent: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/in-pictures-25620239 B -- 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

Re: I have committed a book

2014-01-06 Thread Joseph McAllister
It's only the 6th of January, but I'm ready to vote you PDML Photographer of the Year Jostein!! Great stuff… On Jan 6, 2014, at 09:45 , Alunfoto - Jostein Øksne wrote: From the USA roadtrip. Preview available. http://blur.by/1g87VCS Jostein Joseph McAllister mc...@mac.com Genealogy -

PESO - Mont St Michel Refectory

2014-01-06 Thread Rick Womer
How about a cozy, frigid dinner in here? http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17641596size=lg or http://gallery.photo.net/photo/17641596-lg.jpg (K-5, DA 16-45) Comments? Rick -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE

Re: A bigger splash

2014-01-06 Thread steve harley
on 2014-01-06 18:03 Bob W wrote Strange weather brings out good photographs. The first in this BBC gallery is magnificent: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/in-pictures-25620239 yeah that is pretty amazing; photographers have also been going nuts over this lighthouse on Lake Michigan:

Re: PESO - Mont St Michel Refectory

2014-01-06 Thread Marco Alpert
On Jan 6, 2014, at 5:53 PM, Rick Womer wrote: How about a cozy, frigid dinner in here? http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17641596size=lg or http://gallery.photo.net/photo/17641596-lg.jpg (K-5, DA 16-45) Comments? Rick Well, at least you wouldn't have to worry about rude

Re: PESO - Mont St Michel Refectory

2014-01-06 Thread Bruce Walker
Wonderful, Rick. An awesome space, beautifully rendered. On Mon, Jan 6, 2014 at 8:53 PM, Rick Womer rwomer1...@yahoo.com wrote: How about a cozy, frigid dinner in here? http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17641596size=lg or http://gallery.photo.net/photo/17641596-lg.jpg (K-5, DA

Re: I have committed a book

2014-01-06 Thread steve harley
on 2014-01-06 10:45 Alunfoto - Jostein Øksne wrote From the USA roadtrip. Preview available. http://blur.by/1g87VCS wonderful photos; i think i like some of the fire bristlecone scenes best, but every shot was worth a second look; also nice to get a little bit of your thoughts mixed in a

PESO - A Girl and her Guitar

2014-01-06 Thread knarf
I showed a picture of Kai on stage a few weeks ago. Here she is just prior to her performance: http://knarfinthecity.blogspot.ca/2014/01/a-girl-and-her-guitar.html?m=1 Hope you enjoy. Comments welcome. Cheers, frank “Analysis kills spontaneity.” -- Henri-Frederic Amiel -- PDML

Re: PESO - 'D H DAY BARN'

2014-01-06 Thread Stanley Halpin
I like the perspective. I’ve never seen the barn up close, just from atop the dunes and from the road driving by. A real challenge with the bright whites and dark wood. I like that you have exposed/rendered for the textured wood in the foreground. But maybe just a touch more exposure to bring

Re: PESO - A Girl and her Guitar

2014-01-06 Thread Paul Stenquist
Nice. Paul via phone On Jan 6, 2014, at 10:23 PM, knarf knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: I showed a picture of Kai on stage a few weeks ago. Here she is just prior to her performance: http://knarfinthecity.blogspot.ca/2014/01/a-girl-and-her-guitar.html?m=1 Hope you enjoy. Comments

Re: PESO Cold Day, Hot Chocolate

2014-01-06 Thread Philip Northeast
I presume did not apply any noise reduction in post processing, there is some noise but for ISO 3200 it is pretty good. Nice photo too - a natural moment Philip Northeast www.aviewfinderdarkly.com.au On 7/01/14 8:49 AM, Paul Stenquist wrote: K-3 with the 17-70/4, ISO 3200, f5.6, 1/30th

Re: PESO - 'D H DAY BARN'

2014-01-06 Thread Paul Stenquist
Classic. Excellent composition. Highlights are where they should be. Paul via phone On Jan 6, 2014, at 10:30 PM, Stanley Halpin s...@stans-photography.info wrote: I like the perspective. I’ve never seen the barn up close, just from atop the dunes and from the road driving by. A real

Re: PESO - Pacific Sunset

2014-01-06 Thread Bob Sullivan
74 here, so only a 85 degree bonus in temps. This was the winter to be out of town! Thanks for the photo comment. Regards, Bob S. On Mon, Jan 6, 2014 at 4:46 PM, Mark C pdml-m...@charter.net wrote: Nice Bob - great colors, I really like the birds. SIne it was -15 in Chicago this morning you

Re: PESO - A Girl and her Guitar

2014-01-06 Thread Jack Davis
Nicely done portrait, Frank. Beautiful exposure. Jack From: knarf knarftheria...@gmail.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Monday, January 6, 2014 7:23 PM Subject: PESO - A Girl and her Guitar I showed a picture of Kai on stage a few

Re: PESO Cold Day, Hot Chocolate

2014-01-06 Thread Paul Stenquist
No noise reduction. It dulls things. I only use it where noise is a problem. Paul via phone On Jan 6, 2014, at 11:00 PM, Philip Northeast rnort...@bigpond.net.au wrote: I presume did not apply any noise reduction in post processing, there is some noise but for ISO 3200 it is pretty

Re: A bigger splash

2014-01-06 Thread Bob Sullivan
That's Mark Casino's territory. On Mon, Jan 6, 2014 at 7:58 PM, steve harley p...@paper-ape.com wrote: on 2014-01-06 18:03 Bob W wrote Strange weather brings out good photographs. The first in this BBC gallery is magnificent: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/in-pictures-25620239 yeah that is

PESO: Memory of Summer

2014-01-06 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17646738 K-r, smc DA 50mm F1.8 Comments are invited. 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

Re: PESO - 'D H DAY BARN'

2014-01-06 Thread Ken Waller
Thanks for commenting Bruce. I've had it for 3 weeks and am slowly figuring it out. I love the fit, although I also like my last body, a K20D. It got way more features than I'll ever use. I was trying to hold of on it, but between some of the comments on the list and the B+H special on it, I

Re: PESO Cold Day, Hot Chocolate

2014-01-06 Thread Ken Waller
Nice capture Paul. Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: Paul Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net Subject: PESO Cold Day, Hot Chocolate K-3 with the 17-70/4, ISO 3200, f5.6, 1/30th http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17646538

Re: PESO - 'D H DAY BARN'

2014-01-06 Thread Ken Waller
Thanks for commenting Jack. As I recall I had +1.7 compensation dialed in to satisfy the histogram. The snow was mostly featureless in the foreground. Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: Jack Davis jdavi...@yahoo.com Subject:

Re: Re:PESO - 'D H DAY BARN'

2014-01-06 Thread Ken Waller
Appreciate the comment Don. The lens is a 28-80 Pentax F. Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: Don Guthrie shark50...@gmail.com Subject: Re:PESO - 'D H DAY BARN' Quite lovely, Ken and the delicate toning adds to the mood. Prime

Re: DPReview readers love the K-3

2014-01-06 Thread Boris Liberman
Well that shop in Tel Aviv that I mentioned - it has mostly Canon and Nikon on display. I've seen some Fuji too. No Pentax though. I doubt that even if they have it, the would be willing to provide display units. Our VAT is 18% so we're not too far behind you, guys. So as far as buying brand

Re: I have committed a book

2014-01-06 Thread Ken Waller
Usually, the rest of the day the light sucks Mark! Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: Ann Sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com Subject: Re: I have committed a book Usually, the rest of the day the light sucks ann On 1/6/2014 14:44,

Re: I have committed a book

2014-01-06 Thread knarf
Dawn and dusk: the golden hours. Or, as Ann said... Cheers, frank Alan C c...@lantic.net wrote: Quite amazing. I enjoyed your shots almost as much as you must have enjoyed the trip. The dawn dusk part intrigues me - what about the rest of the day? Alan C -Original Message- From:

Re: PESO Cold Day, Hot Chocolate

2014-01-06 Thread knarf
Excellent! Real coco or packaged! Cheers, frank Paul Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote: K-3 with the 17-70/4, ISO 3200, f5.6, 1/30th http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17646538 “Analysis kills spontaneity.” -- Henri-Frederic Amiel -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List

Re: PESO - A Girl and her Guitar

2014-01-06 Thread Walt Gilbert
Love it, Frank. Kai is a very photogenic young woman. I hope you're pestering her to do a shoot. I certainly would be. -- Walt On 1/6/2014 9:23 PM, knarf wrote: I showed a picture of Kai on stage a few weeks ago. Here she is just prior to her performance:

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