PESO 2014 - 082-086 - GDG

2014-03-25 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
A few sea lions were lazing about in the water off the pier yesterday too. https://www.flickr.com/photos/gdgphoto/13397588204/ https://www.flickr.com/photos/gdgphoto/13397226135/ https://www.flickr.com/photos/gdgphoto/13397223735/ https://www.flickr.com/photos/gdgphoto/13397357483/ Thanks for

PESO - Working Airstream

2014-03-25 Thread John Coyle
Taken yesterday - this SUV and trailer combination has been parked locally for several days. Decided to get the shot even though the light was poor and the location cluttered. http://www.members.iinet.net.au/~jcoyle/PESO_012.html Comments welcome John Coyle Brisbane, Australia -- PDML

Re: PESOs: At the London Velodrome

2014-03-25 Thread Chris Mitchell
Thanks Frank. The Chris Hoy Velodrome is in Glasgow. This is the London Olympic one. And well deduced; yes it's Keirin - here's the run-up with the little motorbike pacer: http://www.mitch.myzen.co.uk/LondonVelodrome/slides/DSCF5747.html Chris On 25 March 2014 02:53, knarf

Re: PESO Flying Rat, European Version

2014-03-25 Thread Chris Mitchell
On 24 March 2014 13:41, Paul Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote: Mute swans are much prettier than geese, but in some parts of the U.S., including Michigan, they're just as much a problem. They are not a native species but were introduced from Europe many years ago and are considered

Re: OT, photos of low level flying

2014-03-25 Thread Chris Mitchell
Thanks Larry. Your confidence is rewarded. I remember seeing the legendary (and quite mad) Don Bullock flying a B17 at zero feet at an airshow in the 70s. He demolished a B25 and 6 people's lives at Biggin Hill, after which very low flying was banned for ever... Chris On 21 March 2014 07:19,

Re: PESO - Working Airstream

2014-03-25 Thread Alan C
I get an error 404 on that link. Alan C -Original Message- From: John Coyle Sent: Tuesday, March 25, 2014 8:13 AM To: 'Pentax-Discuss Mail List' Subject: PESO - Working Airstream Taken yesterday - this SUV and trailer combination has been parked locally for several days. Decided to

Re: PESO 2014 - 082-086 - GDG

2014-03-25 Thread Alan C
Great stuff, Godfrey. I love their blissful facial expressions. Alan C -Original Message- From: Godfrey DiGiorgi Sent: Tuesday, March 25, 2014 7:42 AM To: PAW Picture-A-Week project ; PDML List ; SeePhoto Talk ; BAPhotoShooters BAPA Subject: PESO 2014 - 082-086 - GDG A few sea

Re: PESO - Domestic Wild Cat

2014-03-25 Thread Alan C
Purrr! The domestic tabby markings have become more refined over the centuries. Selection, I suppose. The African wild cat markings, while resembling tabby markings, tend to be more haphazard blotchy. Also brownish rather that grey. A lot of domestic cats around here are half African wild cat

RE: PESO - Working Airstream

2014-03-25 Thread John Coyle
Hi Alan - make sure that if you copy the URL, you don't copy the angle brackets. I just clicked the link from your email and it was fine. John Coyle Brisbane, Australia -Original Message- From: PDML [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Alan C Sent: Tuesday, 25 March 2014 6:19

Re: PESO - Domestic Wild Cat

2014-03-25 Thread Bob W-PDML
On 25 Mar 2014, at 02:47, knarf knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: Zoë continually reminds us that tabbies are the proto-cat, the original domesticated feline and likely the closest breed to the wild: http://knarfdummyblog.blogspot.ca/2014/03/domestic-wild-cat.html?m=1 Actually the

Re: PESO - Working Airstream

2014-03-25 Thread Alan C
Thanks John. It's fine now. The original one too. Must have been a temporary web glitch. That's a very impressive, well loved, rig. The modern caravans around here are all super-lightweight glass fibre jobs, even the specially reinforced off-road ones used by the real adventurers. Long

PESO - origami swan

2014-03-25 Thread Bruce Walker
I met this artisan who creates jewelry by folding very small squares of fine Japanese paper into tiny figures. He later treats them with a lacquer of some sort before attaching the studs. http://www.flickriver.com/photos/bruce_m_walker/13394626985/ Gavin Canning of FoldIT Creations as seen at

Re: Keep the PEFs?

2014-03-25 Thread Mark C
Not to mention that RAW conversion tools are continually improving - the 2012 ACR engine in Photoshop CS6 being one example. On 3/24/2014 3:57 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote: I figure my rendering skills are always improving, so I hang onto the RAWs. Just the other day I wanted to print a picture

Re: PESO - Domestic Wild Cat

2014-03-25 Thread Mark C
Nice shot, Frank... love the expression in her eyes. On 3/24/2014 10:46 PM, knarf wrote: Zoë continually reminds us that tabbies are the proto-cat, the original domesticated feline and likely the closest breed to the wild: http://knarfdummyblog.blogspot.ca/2014/03/domestic-wild-cat.html?m=1

Re: OT PESO: A New Leaf

2014-03-25 Thread Steve Cottrell
On 23/3/14, Bill, discombobulated, unleashed: http://users.accesscomm.ca/wrphoto/pictures/newleaf.html Fuji X-T1, 52mm f/1.2 at f/1.2 for 1/250. ISO 200. Nice work - bokeh to die for. -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__Broadcast, Corporate, || (O) |Web Video Production --

Re: PESO - Bales at Dusk

2014-03-25 Thread Steve Cottrell
On 23/3/14, Gerrit Visser, discombobulated, unleashed: Good tones, did the bales swell after soaking up the torrential rains? There are only some puddles left of the flooding :-) The flooding has receded now in the Thames Valley. We had a couple of weeks of dry weather to give the ground a good

RE: PESO - Domestic Wild Cat

2014-03-25 Thread Gerrit Visser
A lovely 'why are you taking my picture' look Gerrit -Original Message- From: PDML [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of knarf Sent: Monday, March 24, 2014 10:46 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: PESO - Domestic Wild Cat Zoë continually reminds us that tabbies are the

RE: GESO- School workshop (non-Pentax photos)

2014-03-25 Thread Gerrit Visser
Love the effect of the strings and grain in String theory. Gerrit -Original Message- From: PDML [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Bong Manayon Sent: Friday, March 21, 2014 9:27 PM To: pdml@pdml.net Subject: GESO- School workshop (non-Pentax photos) The school organized a photo

Re: GESO- School workshop (non-Pentax photos)

2014-03-25 Thread Rick Womer
What I was trying to say (obviously badly) is that you have a great talent for getting excellent pics under difficult circumstances. Rick On Mar 24, 2014, at 9:48 PM, Bong Manayon wrote: Uh...thanks? Although the only thing I can guarantee is a clean can :) Bong Bong Manayon

RE: PESO - origami swan

2014-03-25 Thread Gerrit Visser
The depth of field works really well to make you look only at the earing. At first I thought the Visa/MC sign was a distraction but it actually makes my eyes centre on the in-focus swan. Looking forward to visiting there this summer. Gerrit -Original Message- From: PDML

Re: PESO: The Olde Towne Blacksmith Shop

2014-03-25 Thread Bob Sullivan
Darren, Best old time look I've seen in a long while. Square that building up a little bit (it's leaning back), and crop out the metal door frame on the left, then we won't know if it's a 2014 or a 1860's photo. Regards, Bob S. On Mon, Mar 24, 2014 at 4:59 PM, Darren Addy pixelsmi...@gmail.com

Re: Happy Used Enablement Day... To me that is.

2014-03-25 Thread Bob Sullivan
DonutsYUM! (Dieting here) On Mon, Mar 24, 2014 at 6:41 PM, P.J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks to a kind list member who's upgrading I too have been able to upgrade from the K20D to a lightly used K-5II. Listen folks I'm not easy on my equipment, the K20D suffered from a

Re: PESO Flying Rat, European Version

2014-03-25 Thread John
On 3/25/2014 3:26 AM, Chris Mitchell wrote: The swans in the UK mostly belong to the Queen, or so it's said. In the past people caught with a swan supper have been incarcerated in the Tower or, even worse, been transported to Australia... Chris https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swan_Upping --

Re: Keep the PEFs?

2014-03-25 Thread John
I've gotten to where I never delete photos from the camera, because if I do, it confuses me when I try to rename photos after I get them on the computer. On 3/25/2014 12:56 AM, P.J. Alling wrote: Someday someone will be looking at you hard drive find those photos and wonder; What the hell was

Re: Keep the PEFs?

2014-03-25 Thread John
What about the stand alone DNG converter from Adobe? Is there a qualitative difference between the output of the earlier DNG converters the current version? On 3/25/2014 8:10 AM, Mark C wrote: Not to mention that RAW conversion tools are continually improving - the 2012 ACR engine in

Re: Keep the PEFs?

2014-03-25 Thread John
... and another thing I should have asked: I have XMP sidecar files for many of my PEF files. Does either ACR in Photoshop CS6 or the stand-alone DNG converter incorporate the information in those sidecar files into the DNG when converting? On 3/25/2014 8:10 AM, Mark C wrote: Not to mention

Re: PESO: The Olde Towne Blacksmith Shop

2014-03-25 Thread Don Guthrie
Darren, I would be interested in more about your technique for these renderings. Some plates passed through my hands last year and I might get them back for more work using your process. Thanks. pdml-requ...@pdml.net wrote: Message: 3 Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2014 16:59:35 -0500 From: Darren

Re: Keep the PEFs?

2014-03-25 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
I believe that both DNG Converter and LR will incorporate information in existing .xmp sidecar files when converting to DNG, but you should do a test to be sure. Godfrey On Mar 25, 2014, at 8:52 AM, John johnsess...@yahoo.com wrote: ... and another thing I should have asked: I have

Re: PESO Flying Rat, European Version

2014-03-25 Thread Paul Stenquist
On Mar 25, 2014, at 3:26 AM, Chris Mitchell chris.mitch...@which.net wrote: On 24 March 2014 13:41, Paul Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote: Mute swans are much prettier than geese, but in some parts of the U.S., including Michigan, they're just as much a problem. They are not a native

Re: Keep the PEFs?

2014-03-25 Thread steve harley
on 2014-03-24 22:56 P.J. Alling wrote Someday someone will be looking at you hard drive find those photos and wonder; What the hell was he thinking? chances are, no one will ever look again at *all* the photos on any of our hard drives -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: PESO - Working Airstream

2014-03-25 Thread Charles Robinson
On Mar 25, 2014, at 01:13 , John Coyle jco...@iinet.net.au wrote: Taken yesterday - this SUV and trailer combination has been parked locally for several days. Decided to get the shot even though the light was poor and the location cluttered.

Re: PESO - Working Airstream

2014-03-25 Thread steve harley
on 2014-03-25 24:13 John Coyle wrote Taken yesterday - this SUV and trailer combination has been parked locally for several days. Decided to get the shot even though the light was poor and the location cluttered. http://www.members.iinet.net.au/~jcoyle/PESO_012.html link working fine from

Re: PESO - Bales at Dusk

2014-03-25 Thread mike wilson
On 23/03/2014, Steve Cottrell co...@seeingeye.tv wrote: Not posted anything for a while, so a brisk early evening walk produced this snap. http://cottycam.posthaven.com/bales-at-dusk-alvescot-2014 Hope everyone is well! Shouldn't they be floating? -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List

Re: PESO: The Olde Towne Blacksmith Shop

2014-03-25 Thread Darren Addy
Thanks for the comments. This wasn't really Glass Plates, the rendering just suggested them (to me). The image started as a fairly normal K-5 II JPEG: http://www.flickr.com/photos/pixelsmithy/13390377924/ Then I opened up the Silver Efex Pro 2 in the Photoshop Filters I just used one of the

Re: OT: Eagle Cam

2014-03-25 Thread Brian Walters
Quoting Daniel J. Matyola danmaty...@gmail.com: A very popular pastime here in the most heavily populated state of the US is watching our new eagles being born each year. Thanks for the link, Dan. When we were in Glacier NP last year we had the great pleasure of seeing a Bald Eagle swoop

PESO: Real Irish American Wearing a Real Irish Hat

2014-03-25 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
Well, maybe not so real. G Especially for Frank, from our local St Patrick's Day parade: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17718497 Comments are invited. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Peso Vandorf barn, a 17-70 test

2014-03-25 Thread David J Brooks
Took the new Pentax 17-70 out for a test Sunday, not to far from home. This is one barn i have shot before http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17718519 First impression, i like it. Quiet and on par with the 16-45 for snap and IQ. Time will tell Dave -- Documenting Life in Rural Ontario.

Peso Eggs

2014-03-25 Thread David J Brooks
Anoter from the 17-70. I focused on the big white egg sign thats why iit looks in focus not the red barn http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17718525 -- Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ York Region, Ontario, Canada -- PDML

Peso dealership

2014-03-25 Thread David J Brooks
Just a snap shot more than a test http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17718523 You can see our old farm house in the background. In the foreground is a new Chrysler dealership were once my circular drive way and barn stood. To the left of the dealership is a Toyota, nissan and Hyundai

Re: Peso Vandorf barn, a 17-70 test

2014-03-25 Thread Paul Stenquist
Looks great. Well done. Paul via phone On Mar 25, 2014, at 6:33 PM, David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com wrote: Took the new Pentax 17-70 out for a test Sunday, not to far from home. This is one barn i have shot before http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17718519 First impression, i

Re: Keep the PEFs?

2014-03-25 Thread Mark C
On 3/25/2014 11:45 AM, John wrote: What about the stand alone DNG converter from Adobe? Is there a qualitative difference between the output of the earlier DNG converters the current version? I'm not sure, but I don't think there is a difference in quality between different version of the

Re: Keep the PEFs?

2014-03-25 Thread Mark C
On 3/25/2014 11:52 AM, John wrote: ... and another thing I should have asked: I have XMP sidecar files for many of my PEF files. Does either ACR in Photoshop CS6 or the stand-alone DNG converter incorporate the information in those sidecar files into the DNG when converting? I tested this in

Re: Keep the PEFs?

2014-03-25 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
On Mar 25, 2014, at 5:27 PM, Mark C pdml-m...@charter.net wrote: On 3/25/2014 11:45 AM, John wrote: What about the stand alone DNG converter from Adobe? Is there a qualitative difference between the output of the earlier DNG converters the current version? I'm not sure, but I don't

OT: new #@%$* Mac Mini problem

2014-03-25 Thread John
I've been so busy I haven't had time to do anything with the Mac mini I acquired recently. And because I didn't write it down, I forgot the [BLEEPIN'] password. I was able to to reset the password using my Apple ID (which I did have written down fortunately the paper was still in the box

Re: OT: new #@%$* Mac Mini problem

2014-03-25 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
Of course it's possible to blow away the whole OS but it would be dumb to do that, unnecessary. Just call Apple Support and have them walk you through overriding and resetting the keychain password. I know I've had to do it at some time or another, but I can't remember the details just at the

Re: OT: new #@%$* Mac Mini problem

2014-03-25 Thread Stanley Halpin
Have you tried just hitting Enter? If you don’t recall setting a Keychain password, maybe you didn’t set a keychain password. Which may mean that the Password is an empty field. My Keychain password is the same as my LogIn password. I don’t know if I set it up that way in a weak moment when I

Re: PESO - Working Airstream

2014-03-25 Thread John
On 3/25/2014 2:39 PM, steve harley wrote: on 2014-03-25 24:13 John Coyle wrote Taken yesterday - this SUV and trailer combination has been parked locally for several days. Decided to get the shot even though the light was poor and the location cluttered.

Re: OT: new #@%$* Mac Mini problem

2014-03-25 Thread steve harley
on 2014-03-25 20:26 John wrote But *NOW* every time I try to login I get a prompt: Mac OS X wants to use the Local Items Keychain. Please enter the keychain password. http://support.apple.com/kb/TS5362 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: OT: new #@%$* Mac Mini problem

2014-03-25 Thread steve harley
on 2014-03-25 21:46 Stanley Halpin wrote Have you tried just hitting Enter? If you don’t recall setting a Keychain password, maybe you didn’t set a keychain password. most keychain passwords are the same as your login password by default, and the keychains unlock automatically; when the

Re: PESO - Working Airstream

2014-03-25 Thread David Mann
I had trouble too. Managed to get it to work by getting rid of the 'www': http://members.iinet.net.au/~jcoyle/PESO_012.html Cheers, Dave On Mar 26, 2014, at 6:26 am, Charles Robinson charl...@visi.com wrote: On Mar 25, 2014, at 01:13 , John Coyle jco...@iinet.net.au wrote: Taken yesterday