Re: Discouraged.

2014-05-16 Thread P.J. Alling
What's wrong with it? Well it was supposed to replace the jpeg and gif standards in web pages, (when it looked like jpeg might have been patented and of gif always had always been owned by CompuServe IIRC and there were threats of lawsuits over licensing), both of which ware relatively

Re: Curious views on HCB

2014-05-16 Thread Bob W-PDML
Some of those comments appear to be reviews of the exhibition rather than of HCB's work. As far as critical and popular opinions of his work are concerned, most great artists under reappraisal and a dip in popularity after their death, so it shouldn't be a surprise if this happens to HCB. Part

California PDMLers

2014-05-16 Thread Christine Aguila
Just saw a clip on the fires in the San Diego area. Stay safe everyone out west. Christine Sent from my iPad -- 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

Re: PDML book 2014 - Let me know when you get your copy

2014-05-16 Thread mike wilson
On 15/05/2014, Mark Roberts postmas...@robertstech.com wrote: I've got a few coming (thanks to the generous donors) but they won't arrive until next week. For some reason Blurb has my orders printed in Washington state and then shipped all the way to the east coast here in Boston. Go figure.

Re: OT: iPad Play

2014-05-16 Thread mike wilson
On 15/05/2014, Christine Aguila christ...@caguila.com wrote: http://www.caguila.com/park/ Just had a chance to look at these. What's with the ringed trees? Park people usually like things nice and tidy, so unwanted trees are cut down. Ringed trees (I'm assuming the other trees in the

Re: Perhaps The List can help with this?

2014-05-16 Thread Larry Colen
On May 15, 2014, at 6:54 AM, Mark Roberts postmas...@robertstech.com wrote: Bob Sullivan wrote: Looking at the snowboard on the site Jostein uncovered, I'd give him an F. Obvious copy of elements if not in total. The student got an F in the course long before I even suspected

Re: PDML book 2014 - Let me know when you get your copy

2014-05-16 Thread John
Mine are due here in Raleigh on 28 May. On 5/15/2014 2:46 PM, Mark Roberts wrote: I've got a few coming (thanks to the generous donors) but they won't arrive until next week. For some reason Blurb has my orders printed in Washington state and then shipped all the way to the east coast here in

Re: PDML book 2014 - Let me know when you get your copy

2014-05-16 Thread Bill
On 16/05/2014 2:39 AM, mike wilson wrote: You're lucky. Mine are printed (or have been up to now) in a different _country_. Shipped yesterday. From somewhere. Might be here Monday. Move to a country with electricity. bill -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: OT - Adobe CC is down, rendering apps and chat support unusable

2014-05-16 Thread John
Found an article on-line that offers the best FREE alternatives to Adobe's cloud: http://www.itproportal.com/2014/05/15/the-best-free-alternatives-to-adobe-creative-cloud/ FWIW, I'm stuck with Photoshop CS6. Since Adobe says there won't ever be another shrink-wrap upgrade that's it for me. I

Re: Discouraged.

2014-05-16 Thread Mark Roberts
P.J. Alling wrote: What's wrong with it? Well it was supposed to replace the jpeg and gif standards in web pages, (when it looked like jpeg might have been patented and of gif always had always been owned by CompuServe IIRC and there were threats of lawsuits over licensing), both of which

Re: PDML book 2014 - Let me know when you get your copy

2014-05-16 Thread mike wilson
N. I prefer my gravel cold. On 16 May 2014 12:16, Bill anotherdrunken...@gmail.com wrote: On 16/05/2014 2:39 AM, mike wilson wrote: You're lucky. Mine are printed (or have been up to now) in a different _country_. Shipped yesterday. From somewhere. Might be here Monday. Move to a

Re: PDML book 2014 - Let me know when you get your copy

2014-05-16 Thread David J Brooks
i have a tracking number as of this morning, so its on its way, from parts unknown, or Regina not sure. On Fri, May 16, 2014 at 7:56 AM, mike wilson m.9.wil...@ntlworld.com wrote: N. I prefer my gravel cold. On 16 May 2014 12:16, Bill anotherdrunken...@gmail.com wrote: On 16/05/2014 2:39

Re: Steven Colbert's take on Amazon's patent

2014-05-16 Thread Kenneth Waller
Another gubment run outfit! What do you expect? -Original Message- From: Christine Aguila christ...@caguila.com Subject: Re: Steven Colbert's take on Amazon's patent Yea, read about this the other day. What a f#?king joke! A work colleague also gave me an earful about what a joke the

Re: Discouraged.

2014-05-16 Thread John
Thinking in terms of my workflow where I save all my layers, intermediate steps stuff in PSD files; when I have the image ready to print or upload, I convert to a profile (sRGB) which also flattens the image. Would that be the same as an embedded profile? I re-size it to appropriate dimensions

Re: OT - Adobe CC is down, rendering apps and chat support unusable

2014-05-16 Thread John
Here's why I think it's a BIG problem for Adobe: http://www.digitalartsonline.co.uk/news/creative-software/creative-cloud-outage-adobe-id-login-failures-mean-daily-mails-digital-edition-couldnt-be-published/ Major newspapers who rely on the product for their online editions couldn't publish

Re: Discouraged.

2014-05-16 Thread Mark Roberts
John wrote: Thinking in terms of my workflow where I save all my layers, intermediate steps stuff in PSD files; when I have the image ready to print or upload, I convert to a profile (sRGB) which also flattens the image. Would that be the same as an embedded profile? Nope. Converting to another

Re: GESO 2014 - 126-130 - GDG

2014-05-16 Thread Christine Aguila
On May 15, 2014, at 9:40 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi godfreydigio...@me.com wrote: Thank you Christine! And I must say, I enjoyed seeing your iPad photos. Amazing what can be done with these devices. :-) Thanks, Godfrey! Cheers, Christine -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: OT: iPad Play

2014-05-16 Thread Christine Aguila
Thanks, Don! Much Appreciated! Cheers, Christine On May 15, 2014, at 3:51 PM, Don Guthrie shark50...@gmail.com wrote: Obviously the PP negates any interest in the camera used in this case. But I admire your picture taking as i have never taken anything to like with any I-device. I think

Re: Discouraged.

2014-05-16 Thread Bruce Walker
On Fri, May 16, 2014 at 12:13 PM, Mark Roberts postmas...@robertstech.com wrote: No file format will protect against image quality loss through resizing. Vector. Muttley laugh / -- -bmw -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to

Re: Discouraged.

2014-05-16 Thread Mark Roberts
Bruce Walker wrote: On Fri, May 16, 2014 at 12:13 PM, Mark Roberts postmas...@robertstech.com wrote: No file format will protect against image quality loss through resizing. Vector. Muttley laugh / Shoulda been Dick Dastardly. -- Mark Roberts - Photography Multimedia www.robertstech.com

Yet another ridiculous copyright lawsuit (David vs. Goliath)

2014-05-16 Thread Igor Roshchin
Yet another seemingly ridiculous lawsuit over photo copyright: Walmart wants to take over the photos from the photographer who took them long ago: http://www.ppa.com/ppa-today-blog/inspiration/walmart-files-suit-against-pho.php It the essence of the case is as described, I hope the judge will

Re: Discouraged.

2014-05-16 Thread John Francis
On Fri, May 16, 2014 at 02:37:45PM -0400, Mark Roberts wrote: Bruce Walker wrote: On Fri, May 16, 2014 at 12:13 PM, Mark Roberts postmas...@robertstech.com wrote: No file format will protect against image quality loss through resizing. Vector. Muttley laugh / Shoulda been Dick

PESO: At the feeder today

2014-05-16 Thread Stanley Halpin
We have had 5-6 of these Orioles hanging around, drawn to the neighborhood no doubt by the fact that Meg and our neighbours on both sides put out an ample supply of grape jelly for them. http://photos.stanhalpin.com/p155717848/e29afe54b An addition this year to our list of sightings are a

Re: Yet another ridiculous copyright lawsuit (David vs. Goliath)

2014-05-16 Thread Bob W-PDML
I remember that episode, when Johnboy and Grampaw tried to git Zeke the daguerrotyper to hand over them fotees he dun tooken o' grammaw's shameful ankles on the Lawd's day, but Maw she dun save the day wi' her uncommon good sense 'n ev'thin' turned out fine again here on Walton's Mall, 'n it'll

Re: OT: iPad Play

2014-05-16 Thread Paul Stenquist
Excellent! Love the look. Paul On May 16, 2014, at 12:39 PM, Christine Aguila christ...@caguila.com wrote: Thanks, Don! Much Appreciated! Cheers, Christine On May 15, 2014, at 3:51 PM, Don Guthrie shark50...@gmail.com wrote: Obviously the PP negates any interest in the camera used in

Re: Yet another ridiculous copyright lawsuit (David vs. Goliath)

2014-05-16 Thread Mark Roberts
Bob W-PDML wrote: I remember that episode, when Johnboy and Grampaw tried to git Zeke the daguerrotyper to hand over them fotees he dun tooken o' grammaw's shameful ankles on the Lawd's day, but Maw she dun save the day wi' her uncommon good sense 'n ev'thin' turned out fine again here on

Re: Yet another ridiculous copyright lawsuit (David vs. Goliath)

2014-05-16 Thread Bob W-PDML
On 16 May 2014, at 22:49, Mark Roberts postmas...@robertstech.com wrote: Bob W-PDML wrote: I remember that episode, when Johnboy and Grampaw tried to git Zeke the daguerrotyper to hand over them fotees he dun tooken o' grammaw's shameful ankles on the Lawd's day, but Maw she dun save the

Re: Yet another ridiculous copyright lawsuit (David vs. Goliath)

2014-05-16 Thread mike wilson
On 16/05/2014, Mark Roberts postmas...@robertstech.com wrote: Bob W-PDML wrote: I remember that episode, when Johnboy and Grampaw tried to git Zeke the daguerrotyper to hand over them fotees he dun tooken o' grammaw's shameful ankles on the Lawd's day, but Maw she dun save the day wi' her

Re: Yet another ridiculous copyright lawsuit (David vs. Goliath)

2014-05-16 Thread Bob W-PDML
On 16 May 2014, at 22:58, mike wilson m.9.wil...@ntlworld.com wrote: On 16/05/2014, Mark Roberts postmas...@robertstech.com wrote: Bob W-PDML wrote: I remember that episode, when Johnboy and Grampaw tried to git Zeke the daguerrotyper to hand over them fotees he dun tooken o' grammaw's

Re: Yet another ridiculous copyright lawsuit (David vs. Goliath)

2014-05-16 Thread Mark Roberts
mike wilson wrote: On 16/05/2014, Mark Roberts postmas...@robertstech.com wrote: Bob W-PDML wrote: I remember that episode, when Johnboy and Grampaw tried to git Zeke the daguerrotyper to hand over them fotees he dun tooken o' grammaw's shameful ankles on the Lawd's day, but Maw she dun save

Re: Yet another ridiculous copyright lawsuit (David vs. Goliath)

2014-05-16 Thread Bob W-PDML
On 16 May 2014, at 23:12, Mark Roberts postmas...@robertstech.com wrote: mike wilson wrote: On 16/05/2014, Mark Roberts postmas...@robertstech.com wrote: Bob W-PDML wrote: I remember that episode, when Johnboy and Grampaw tried to git Zeke the daguerrotyper to hand over them fotees he

Re: PESO: At the feeder today

2014-05-16 Thread Christine Aguila
That's nice, Stan--a good look from the bird, great bokeh, and a nice composition. Cheers, Christine Sent from my iPad On May 16, 2014, at 3:36 PM, Stanley Halpin s...@stans-photography.info wrote: We have had 5-6 of these Orioles hanging around, drawn to the neighborhood no doubt by

Re: OT: iPad Play

2014-05-16 Thread Christine Aguila
I'm not sure what the plans are for those trees. This area of the park has been relandscaped to minimize flooding in the area. It looks quite pretty, though admittedly the trees look odd. Cheers, Christine Sent from my iPad On May 16, 2014, at 3:56 AM, mike wilson m.9.wil...@ntlworld.com

Re: OT: iPad Play

2014-05-16 Thread Christine Aguila
Thanks, Paul. Cheers, Christine Sent from my iPad On May 16, 2014, at 4:26 PM, Paul Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote: Excellent! Love the look. Paul On May 16, 2014, at 12:39 PM, Christine Aguila christ...@caguila.com wrote: Thanks, Don! Much Appreciated! Cheers, Christine

Re: PESO - Sinokray

2014-05-16 Thread Bruce Walker
A gorgeous portrait, Bong. Your lighting is excellent, especially for the subject matter. Fascinating story on the tattoos. On Wed, May 14, 2014 at 9:50 PM, Bong Manayon bongmana...@ymail.com wrote: Forget about moire, had a chance to use the K-3 on a project...

Re: PESO - Sinokray

2014-05-16 Thread Jack Davis
Love the technical artistry of this, Bong. Bit of left side lighting completes the image. Jack - Original Message - From: Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com To: PDML pdml@pdml.net Sent: Friday, May 16, 2014 5:58:16 PM Subject: Re: PESO - Sinokray A gorgeous portrait, Bong. Your

Re: PESO: At the feeder today

2014-05-16 Thread Jack Davis
Nice composition, Stan. In fact I agree with everything said by Christine, but...looks like the focus was caught by the near edge of the feeder. Jack - Original Message - From: Christine Aguila christ...@caguila.com To: PDML pdml@pdml.net Sent: Friday, May 16, 2014 5:03:53 PM Subject:

Re: PESO: At the feeder today

2014-05-16 Thread Stanley Halpin
Thanks Jack. I think you are right about the focus. I prefocused, but on the wrong target given the narrow DOF at 25 foot range with a 300mm. Re-selected the focus point once I had a bird on the feeder, but I was working without tripod, braced sortta against a wall, he had set the feeder

Re: PESO: At the feeder today

2014-05-16 Thread Walt
I've never seen an oriole in my area. They are beautiful birds, though. We do get lots of indigo buntings. Unfortunately, the tree I used for most of my bird shots blew over in a storm a couple of years ago. Nevertheless -- love the shot, Stan! -- Walt On 5/16/2014 3:36 PM, Stanley Halpin