http://www.amazon.com/Pentax-DA-50mm-f1-8-Cameras/dp/B00861DI4U/ref=pd_rhf_se_s_cp_1_3NBV?ie=UTF8refRID=1D4KM52VGCD22QRMV7E0
At $160.00 it's price is in line with the inexpensive 50s from Nikon and
Canon.
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On 6 Oct 2014, at 02:27, Ken Waller kwal...@peoplepc.com wrote:
I'm not familiar with which model this is. Do you happen to know?
Its an F4 Phantom - a Viet Nam era jet - Its not in active duty.
We still use them over here for door-step milk deliveries in High Wycombe.
It was Dan M.'s
On 10/6/2014 3:07 AM, Bob W-PDML wrote:
On 6 Oct 2014, at 02:27, Ken Waller kwal...@peoplepc.com wrote:
I'm not familiar with which model this is. Do you happen to know?
Its an F4 Phantom - a Viet Nam era jet - Its not in active duty.
We still use them over here for door-step milk deliveries
On 6 Oct 2014, at 08:12, P.J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com wrote:
On 10/6/2014 3:07 AM, Bob W-PDML wrote:
On 6 Oct 2014, at 02:27, Ken Waller kwal...@peoplepc.com wrote:
I'm not familiar with which model this is. Do you happen to know?
Its an F4 Phantom - a Viet Nam era jet - Its not
Lovely kitty, never saw a camera before:)
On Sun, Oct 5, 2014 at 7:06 AM, Mark C pdml-m...@charter.net wrote:
http://www.markcassino.com/b2evolution/index.php/in-the-mudroom
This used to be a true mudroom - buildt onto the exterior of the house, no
electricity except for the over head light,
Interesting presentation. After inhaling some incense, you'll see a
perfectly straight curve g
On Sun, Oct 5, 2014 at 7:32 PM, Mark Roberts postmas...@robertstech.com wrote:
Freaky and distorted. But I like it :)
http://www.robertstech.com/temp/gloucester1.jpg
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Attila Boros attila.p...@gmail.com wrote:
Interesting presentation. After inhaling some incense, you'll see a
perfectly straight curve g
Have you ever read The Name of the Rose? :-)
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On Mon, Oct 6, 2014 at 4:09 PM, Mark Roberts postmas...@robertstech.com wrote:
Attila Boros attila.p...@gmail.com wrote:
Interesting presentation. After inhaling some incense, you'll see a
perfectly straight curve g
Have you ever read The Name of the Rose? :-)
No, but I saw the movie twice.
Thanks, Dave. That's not a bad idea, so I've noted the spot where I
was most likely standing. Might have to take a print along with me
when I go for the next season. :)
I've been documenting this park in all seasons, though admittedly
light on winter. A closeup of the stand of three trees to the
This is a fascinating gallery; the synchronicity theme was a great
idea! Quite enjoyed this snapshot from around the globe.
On Sat, Oct 4, 2014 at 6:19 PM, Brian Walters apathy...@lyons-ryan.org wrote:
G'day all
Twenty submissions this month - it seems the 'Synchronicity' theme was a
popular
Feels like a familiar image, if somewhat further away. IOW, it was a scene to
remember.
Jack
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From: Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com
To: PDML pdml@pdml.net
Sent: Monday, October 6, 2014 7:03:30 AM
Subject: Re: October PUG - Synchronicity - is up!!
Thanks, Dave.
BRuck that black and white shot is gorgeous!
I think you did show it to us before... or is there yet another
shot at a distance, of those.. maybe in color?
ann
On 10/6/2014 10:03, Bruce Walker wrote:
Thanks, Dave. That's not a bad idea, so I've noted the spot where I
was most likely standing.
I checked out a local wildlife preserve and found the flooding well under way.
No geese yet, but
it's receiving a covering of migrating ducks.
Liked the lighting and the setting in general, so am posting.
Comments invited, of course.
Jack
Attila Boros attila.p...@gmail.com wrote:
On Mon, Oct 6, 2014 at 4:09 PM, Mark Roberts postmas...@robertstech.com
wrote:
Attila Boros attila.p...@gmail.com wrote:
Interesting presentation. After inhaling some incense, you'll see a
perfectly straight curve g
Have you ever read The Name of
Jack,
I like wild ducks (in many different ways).
However, I've always struggled getting a good photo of them: I couldn't
find a composition that works for me.
I like what you've got.
If this photo were mine, I probably would try to play with sharpening
with masking (on unsharp filter), to
Your ducks are uniquely sharp, Igor. G
Are those bubbles in the air in the single duck shot?
Thanks for commenting.
You'll be receiving a bill for using some of my space. ;-)
Jack
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To: PDML PDML@pdml.net
Sent: Monday, October 6,
Jack, yep, those are regular soap bubbles.
It was a family walk in the park during my short trip to Moscow this past
summer, and we were blowing bubbles with the kids.
The condition (probably because of the relatively high humidity and
moderate temperature) was such that some of those bubbles
Thank you, Tim, Ann, and Dave for your response.
Special thanks to Ann for encouraging me to edit this photo.
Actually, I had tried to darken that lit part, but it was requiring a more
careful work to be done, so, I didn't go all the way with its processing.
So, the photo is updated:
I have my people ready to prepare a billing just as soon as I decide how many
zeros should follow the numbers.
Jack
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To: PDML PDML@pdml.net
Sent: Monday, October 6, 2014 11:46:37 AM
Subject: Re: Peso: Dawn Ducks
Jack, yep,
P.J. Alling wrote:
and wonder of wonders it's got some interesting information for free.
http://www.luminous-landscape.com/techniques/pentax_645z_astrophotography.shtml
Excellent link, though I'm afraid that if I were to spend $10K on a
645Z, I wouldn't have any money left over for the
Some good stuff here:
http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2014/oct/06/american-nightmares-the-photography-of-william-mortensen
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Quoting Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com:
This is a fascinating gallery; the synchronicity theme was a great
idea! Quite enjoyed this snapshot from around the globe.
Agreed!
One of the good things about the Synchronicity theme is that it forces
us to go out a take a photo - rather than
Mondegreen:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/15439868146/
Palimpsest:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/15276089439
Walking down to photograph palimpsest, my camera slipped around, the
lens hit my elbow and I heard something hit the ground. Now, I can't
find the lens cap to my
Ann Sanfedele wrote:
I like all of them this time... even though the musicians are not my
kinda thing usually, it is well done within that context. I started to
comment yesterday but I got distracted looking for my bird book to look
up photo 5... couldn't find it, but googled Godwit , that
Very cool, but I suspect Photoshopping.
:)
Thanks for that article, Bob. My kind of stuff.
On Mon, Oct 6, 2014 at 4:56 PM, Bob W-PDML p...@web-options.com wrote:
Some good stuff here:
Thank you, Ann.
I'm pretty sure that the only two shots of those trees I've shown
anywhere are these. I have taken hundreds of shots of that stand
alone, but no matter what distance or angle they always disappointed
me until the fog rolled in a couple of mornings in a row. A few days
later --
I really like this shot, Jack.
The only thing that I would change were it mine is to crop about half
of the distance from the bottom to the spit (preserving the reflected
duck heads).
Were you tempted to caption this: Cluster Duck? ducks
On Mon, Oct 6, 2014 at 11:17 AM, Jack Davis
Bruce is being tongue-in-cheek with his Photoshopping comment, but
there was lots of photo manipulation being done in film days (and
before) both at the negative and in the printing (as with the work of
one of my photographic hero's Jerry Uelsmann.) I wouldn't be surprised
if
Hi Guys,
As much as I don't like Matt this video where he interviews Dr Hubert
Nasse from Zeiss contains some interesting info (and displays Matt's
ignorance of even basic optics) particularly at around 29 mins where
there is an explanation of the reason that purple fringing occurs when
using old
http://hyperallergic.com/58916/dreaming-in-argentina-when-juan-peron-was-president/
Quote from the above link: Before discussing Stern’s work, I want to
say something about William Mortensen (1897–1965), who was both a
photographer and the author of numerous manuals and books, including
Madonnas
A bit more on some of Mortensen's photoshopping techniques:
Figure 1.16 In his essay Fallacies of ‘Pure Photography',” Mortensen
challenged the hypothesis of Group f/64 by stating, Purists and
puritans alike have been marked by a crusading devotion to
self-defined fundamentals, by a tendency to
Great video, thanks!
On 3 October 2014 23:32, Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com wrote:
This is the link with all the tech info. Great read!
http://www.mpkelley.com/pan-am-flies-again
On Fri, Oct 3, 2014 at 3:36 AM, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote:
It also occurs to me that Bruce (and everybody else in this room)
already knew about Mortensen's techniques and history and his
Photoshopping comment was not tongue-in-cheek at all. Oh well,
wouldn't be the first time the joke was on me.
:)
That forthcoming book American Grotesque has an entire
The first time I tried watching that video (a week or so ago) it
literally put me to sleep, in the middle.
I'll have to give it another try in the morning when I am full of caffeine.
On Mon, Oct 6, 2014 at 6:42 PM, Rob Studdert distudio.p...@gmail.com wrote:
Hi Guys,
As much as I don't like
Nice, I bet it would look fine on a cylindrical monitor ;)
On 6 October 2014 03:32, Mark Roberts postmas...@robertstech.com wrote:
Freaky and distorted. But I like it :)
http://www.robertstech.com/temp/gloucester1.jpg
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Well, I zoomed to the 29 minute mark. I don't think his explanation
really applies in the case of P.J.s photo because I don't think the
fringing is in front of the plane of focus. It is just around the
transition area of white (to darker). I'm sure that if Zeiss would
send P.J. an Otus 85mm for
PJ has a purple fringing problem? How unfortunate :(
On 7 October 2014 11:19, Darren Addy pixelsmi...@gmail.com wrote:
Well, I zoomed to the 29 minute mark. I don't think his explanation
really applies in the case of P.J.s photo because I don't think the
fringing is in front of the plane of
Hi Team,
I did shoot on the day but not with Pentax so I didn't feel that I
should contribute any shots. I've been a bit busy managing a new
(surprise) addition to the family:
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/9304908/temp/DSC03102.JPG
Shot with my always handy Sony RX100M2
Cheers,
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G'day all
Here the list for 2015, based mainly on suggestions received.
January: Abstract
February: On the Beach
March: Curved
April: Panorama
May: Celebrating Autumn/Spring
June: The Lake
July: Open Gallery
August: Simplicity
September: Synchronicity - World Photography Day
October: Wind
On 7/10/2014 11:26, Rob Studdert wrote:
Hi Team,
I did shoot on the day but not with Pentax so I didn't feel that I
should contribute any shots. I've been a bit busy managing a new
(surprise) addition to the family:
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/9304908/temp/DSC03102.JPG
Shot with my
Future model is born? :)
Congratulations, Rob!
On Mon, Oct 6, 2014 at 8:26 PM, Rob Studdert distudio.p...@gmail.com wrote:
Hi Team,
I did shoot on the day but not with Pentax so I didn't feel that I
should contribute any shots. I've been a bit busy managing a new
(surprise) addition to the
On Oct 6, 2014, at 4:26 PM, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote:
P.J. Alling wrote:
and wonder of wonders it's got some interesting information for free.
http://www.luminous-landscape.com/techniques/pentax_645z_astrophotography.shtml
Excellent link, though I'm afraid that if I were to
I know about many darkroom processing techniques and how much was or
was not done back in the day, but, although I could see clearly that
he'd manipulated those images, I wasn't specifically aware of
Mortensen's work and his attempts to gain general acceptance of his
heavy post processing.
I find
On Mon, Oct 6, 2014 at 9:23 PM, Stanley Halpin
s...@stans-photography.info wrote:
On Oct 6, 2014, at 4:26 PM, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote:
P.J. Alling wrote:
and wonder of wonders it's got some interesting information for free.
Ah, I assumed you were referring to our earlier thread. Apologies.
On Mon, Oct 6, 2014 at 7:23 PM, Rob Studdert distudio.p...@gmail.com wrote:
PJ has a purple fringing problem? How unfortunate :(
On 7 October 2014 11:19, Darren Addy pixelsmi...@gmail.com wrote:
Well, I zoomed to the 29 minute
I find it fascinating that Ansel Adams and Weston (and the f/64 group)
continued attacking Mortensen even after he was dead. (!) Sort of
modifies my view of them. They were purists in most senses of the
word, apparently. Good for them, but I don't think that gives them the
right to dictateset
Using the term astrophotography is sort of like using the term Dr.
or PhD. It implies something that can be rather broad without
revealing the particulars. Frankly, I think that calling Milky Way
shots, (particularly with landscape sillouettes or light painting
)astrophotography is a stretch. But
Not off-base at all Bruce.
Scale it up and look at the fastest lenses for 4x5 or 5x7 film
cameras. Same reasoning.
On Mon, Oct 6, 2014 at 8:33 PM, Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com wrote:
On Mon, Oct 6, 2014 at 9:23 PM, Stanley Halpin
s...@stans-photography.info wrote:
On Oct 6, 2014, at
Very cute, Rob and big congrats on the new lovely addition. Cheers, Christine
Sent from my iPad
On Oct 6, 2014, at 7:26 PM, Rob Studdert distudio.p...@gmail.com wrote:
Hi Team,
I did shoot on the day but not with Pentax so I didn't feel that I
should contribute any shots. I've been a
Oops, I like that a lot. Love the light, colors, texture and the freaky
shape! Cheers, Christine
Sent from my iPad
On Oct 5, 2014, at 11:32 AM, Mark Roberts postmas...@robertstech.com wrote:
Freaky and distorted. But I like it :)
http://www.robertstech.com/temp/gloucester1.jpg
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Cheers, Christine
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On Oct 6, 2014, at 10:17 AM, Jack Davis jdavi...@comcast.net wrote:
I checked out a local wildlife preserve and found the flooding well under
way. No geese yet, but
it's
I agree about Rick's photo as well. Cheers, Christine
Sent from my iPad
On Oct 4, 2014, at 8:42 PM, Ann Sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com wrote:
Cotty - absolutely agree about Rick's wonderful shot and also
favor John's (Herzog?? in North Carolina? - hmmm)
Glad you liked mine, too
And
Thanks Tim, Mark, and Dave. Cheers, Christine
Sent from my iPad
On Oct 4, 2014, at 9:09 PM, Tim Bray tb...@textuality.com wrote:
There's a great picture lurking inside IMG3831; so much detail. Might
benefit from heavy-handed over-processing.
On Sat, Oct 4, 2014 at 1:16 PM, Christine
Freaky and distorted. But I LOVE it!
On Mon, Oct 6, 2014 at 9:23 PM, Christine Aguila christ...@caguila.com wrote:
Oops, I like that a lot. Love the light, colors, texture and the freaky
shape! Cheers, Christine
Sent from my iPad
On Oct 5, 2014, at 11:32 AM, Mark Roberts
I think that image is just ducky!
On Mon, Oct 6, 2014 at 9:25 PM, Christine Aguila christ...@caguila.com wrote:
I like the subject, Jack, but I think the composition is a bit cluttered.
Cheers, Christine
Sent from my iPad
On Oct 6, 2014, at 10:17 AM, Jack Davis jdavi...@comcast.net wrote:
On 10/6/2014 9:33 PM, Bruce Walker wrote:
On Mon, Oct 6, 2014 at 9:23 PM, Stanley Halpin
s...@stans-photography.info wrote:
On Oct 6, 2014, at 4:26 PM, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote:
P.J. Alling wrote:
and wonder of wonders it's got some interesting information for free.
Surprise? Don't you usually get at least several months warning?
On 10/6/2014 8:26 PM, Rob Studdert wrote:
Hi Team,
I did shoot on the day but not with Pentax so I didn't feel that I
should contribute any shots. I've been a bit busy managing a new
(surprise) addition to the family:
The fringing is in the sample Jpeg imbedded in the file, and in the
images rendered by both Adobe Bridge and PDCU, so if it was in the
processing it's also in the processing in the cameras Jpeg engine.
I read a reason for it being purple having to do with the fact that the
color demosaicing
It's nothing that a couple of aspirin and a shot of whiskey won't cure...
Really not a problem at all...
On 10/6/2014 8:23 PM, Rob Studdert wrote:
PJ has a purple fringing problem? How unfortunate :(
On 7 October 2014 11:19, Darren Addy pixelsmi...@gmail.com wrote:
Well, I zoomed to the 29
Thanks for comments including your crop suggestion.
Perhaps oddly, I like the intervening tules.
Jack
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From: Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com
To: PDML pdml@pdml.net
Sent: Monday, October 6, 2014 4:34:35 PM
Subject: Re: Peso: Dawn Ducks
I really like this shot,
Yeah, I see why that would trouble some.
Thanks for commenting, Christine.
Jack
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From: Christine Aguila christ...@caguila.com
To: PDML pdml@pdml.net
Sent: Monday, October 6, 2014 7:25:33 PM
Subject: Re: Peso: Dawn Ducks
I like the subject, Jack, but I think the
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From: Davis, Jack jdavi...@comcast.net
To: PDML pdml@pdml.net
Sent: Monday, October 6, 2014 8:12:20 PM
Subject: Re: Peso: Dawn Ducks
Glad you do, Darren. Thanks!
Jack
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From: Darren Addy pixelsmi...@gmail.com
To: PDML pdml@pdml.net
Sent:
Me and a friend had a nice outing down the Natchez Trace to Highway 7 on
our way to locate Fly General Store in Fly TN. If you ever find yourself
in Middle TN visit with mister Wilson Fly and his general store. His
family has been running the general store for several generations. There
is
cute surprise :-)
ann
On 10/6/2014 20:26, Rob Studdert wrote:
Hi Team,
I did shoot on the day but not with Pentax so I didn't feel that I
should contribute any shots. I've been a bit busy managing a new
(surprise) addition to the family:
On Oct 6, 2014, at 10:38 PM, P.J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com wrote:
On 10/6/2014 9:33 PM, Bruce Walker wrote:
On Mon, Oct 6, 2014 at 9:23 PM, Stanley Halpin
s...@stans-photography.info wrote:
On Oct 6, 2014, at 4:26 PM, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote:
P.J. Alling wrote:
and
Sorry Bruce, P.J. - I misattributed your post, P.J., to Bruce.
stan
On Oct 7, 2014, at 12:32 AM, Stanley Halpin s...@stans-photography.info wrote:
On Oct 6, 2014, at 10:38 PM, P.J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com wrote:
On 10/6/2014 9:33 PM, Bruce Walker wrote:
On Mon, Oct 6, 2014 at
I know that several people on PDML have extensive expertise with LR.
So, I would like to ask a few questions about the information I cannot find.
In the context of LR:
1. Is there any difference of how the editing information (and not just the
end result, but also the editing steps) and
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