Re: PESO: Nice tail !

2015-01-19 Thread Darren Addy
Thank you, Steve Mark. I assure you, there are many MUCH better images, but I'm pretty happy with the result, considering my current state of extreme-newbieosity. Here's an example of one that really tripped my trigger: http://enchantedskies.net/Lovejoy_and_Pleiades2.jpg It is by Rich Richins

Re: New Photo Gallery Layout / 100 Snowflakes

2015-01-19 Thread Stanley Halpin
I went to take a quick look at the UI. Became mesmerized by the images as I tried out the left/right commands. . . It has been said before in many ways, but damn you do good work! I like the thumbnail quiver movement on-mouseover. I like that I can use the keyboard L/R arrows to move through

Re: New Photo Gallery Layout / 100 Snowflakes

2015-01-19 Thread Mark C
Thanks, Stan - glad you enjoyed the gallery layout and the photos! I am getting started on putting some other archive galleries into this format and hope to delete some very old sections of my site soon. On 1/19/2015 7:11 PM, Stanley Halpin wrote: I went to take a quick look at the UI. Became

Re: PESO: Nice tail !

2015-01-19 Thread Steve Sharpe
On Mon, 19 Jan 2015 17:07:06 -0600, Darren Addy wrote: Thank you, Steve Mark. I assure you, there are many MUCH better images, but I'm pretty happy with the result, considering my current state of extreme-newbieosity. Here's an example of one that really tripped my trigger:

another astro-PESO and an OT astro-enablement

2015-01-19 Thread Steve Sharpe
The Double Cluster in the constellation of Perseus... http://earth.delith.com/double_cluster.htm Last week I received a new telescope: a Celestron C80ED refractor. While I haven't given it a full workout yet, it seems like a gorgeous instrument for the price and it gets very good reviews. I

Re: PESO: Nice tail !

2015-01-19 Thread Darren Addy
I think they did a song for people like us Steve: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N9qYF9DZPdw :) Seriously, that photometry with a DSLR is some hardcore geekiness right there, (at ANY temperature). With a 7F windchill, I'd say it borders on something straight out of the DSM-5. ;) On Mon, Jan

Re: PESO: Nice tail !

2015-01-19 Thread Steve Sharpe
On Mon, 19 Jan 2015 18:13:32 -0600, Darren Addy wrote: I think they did a song for people like us Steve: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N9qYF9DZPdw :) Ha! I think a lot of people on this list would qualify! Seriously, that photometry with a DSLR is some hardcore geekiness right there,

Re: New Photo Gallery Layout / 100 Snowflakes

2015-01-19 Thread Boris Liberman
Works perfectly for me. Latest Chrome Portable under Win 7 64bit. I should show some snow flakes to my girls... Especially to 6 years old one :-). Thanks! Boris On 1/19/2015 1:37, Mark C wrote: After experiencing problems upgrading my blog, including some site down time, last fall I wound

Re: PESO: Nice tail !

2015-01-19 Thread Larry Colen
Darren Addy wrote: Thank you, Steve Mark. I assure you, there are many MUCH better images, but I'm pretty happy with the result, considering my current state of extreme-newbieosity. Very good job. Did you just use a tripod? Equatorial mount? Astrotracer? Between the moon, clouds and my

Re: $@#! I'm going to miss this

2015-01-19 Thread Mark Roberts
Rick Womer wrote: We'll be heading over about the time you come back--visiting a few archives from Taunton to Canterbury for Joy's current project, with some country walking and poking around London on the way. Mike Stevens's do is too early for Joy's schedule. If you're in London on the

Re: PESO: Nice tail !

2015-01-19 Thread Mark C
Looks great! Mark On 1/18/2015 10:59 PM, Darren Addy wrote: Clouds cooperated and stayed down in Kansas this evening, making for almost ideal conditions to take another crack at Comet Lovejoy C/2014 Q2 this evening. Strategy this go-round was to dial up the exposure times and dial down the ISO

Re: PESO: Nice tail !

2015-01-19 Thread Bruce Walker
Your efforts are paying off. That's becoming interesting even to me. :) On Sun, Jan 18, 2015 at 10:59 PM, Darren Addy pixelsmi...@gmail.com wrote: Clouds cooperated and stayed down in Kansas this evening, making for almost ideal conditions to take another crack at Comet Lovejoy C/2014 Q2 this

Re: New Photo Gallery Layout / 100 Snowflakes

2015-01-19 Thread Donald Guthrie
Everything come up very quickly and looks great on Safari. Only suggestion would be a click here to enter on the cover photo for the noobs. On 1/18/15 10:34 PM, pdml-requ...@pdml.net wrote: Message: 3 Date: Sun, 18 Jan 2015 18:37:24 -0500 From: Mark Cpdml-m...@charter.net To:PDML@pdml.net

Re: PESO bw edit of Gothic Geisha

2015-01-19 Thread Attila Boros
I like them both, BW goes well with the theme. On Sun, Jan 18, 2015 at 1:02 AM, Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com wrote: I think I like this BW edit of my Gothic Geisha better than the colour original: https://500px.com/photo/95981993/gothic-geisha-(bw)-by-bruce-walker How about you?

Re: New Photo Gallery Layout / 100 Snowflakes

2015-01-19 Thread Paul Stenquist
On my iPhone 6 I get Safari cannot open the page because the server cannot be found. Paul via phone On Jan 18, 2015, at 11:44 PM, Ken Waller kwal...@peoplepc.com wrote: Loaded very quickly - no issues for me. Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller -

Re: New Photo Gallery Layout / 100 Snowflakes

2015-01-19 Thread Paul Stenquist
On a subsequent try with my phone it worked fine. Paul via phone On Jan 18, 2015, at 11:44 PM, Ken Waller kwal...@peoplepc.com wrote: Loaded very quickly - no issues for me. Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: Mark C

Re: New Photo Gallery Layout / 100 Snowflakes

2015-01-19 Thread David J Brooks
Mark. Not loading for me. OSX 10.6.8 latest Firefox Dave On Sun, Jan 18, 2015 at 6:37 PM, Mark C pdml-m...@charter.net wrote: After experiencing problems upgrading my blog, including some site down time, last fall I wound up getting professional help (in the form of a programmer) who

Re: PESO: There Is Green In Australia

2015-01-19 Thread Attila Boros
Nicely done, looks like a huge field. On Sun, Jan 18, 2015 at 7:59 AM, David Mann dmann...@gmail.com wrote: Right, enough of Melbourne. Here's one from the Overland train which took us from Melbourne to Adelaide. We passed by quite a lot of farm land, some of which was actually green.

Re: $@#! I'm going to miss this

2015-01-19 Thread Rick Womer
We'll be heading over about the time you come back--visiting a few archives from Taunton to Canterbury for Joy's current project, with some country walking and poking around London on the way. Mike Stevens's do is too early for Joy's schedule. On Jan 19, 2015, at 2:01 PM, Mark Roberts wrote:

Re: Late 1950s documentary video about Ansel Adams

2015-01-19 Thread Brian Walters
Quoting Godfrey DiGiorgi godfreydigio...@me.com: I happened across a blog post on The Online Photographer (Mike Johnston for those who don't know the site) that mentioned a documentary from an age ago about Ansel Adams. It's a charming piece, so 1950s, I thought I'd share it around. TOP

$@#! I'm going to miss this

2015-01-19 Thread Mark Roberts
Drawn By Light: The Royal Photographic Society Collection review http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2015/jan/11/drawn-by-light-review-royal-photographic-society-collection-science-museum-stupendous-selection It's showing in London only until March. I'll be there in May, by which time it will

PESO - Another from the cheapo photo booth

2015-01-19 Thread Rick Womer
http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17927210size=lg And, as a bonus, Photo-Bomber in Training: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17927192size=lg Comments appreciated! Rick -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to

Re: $@#! I'm going to miss this

2015-01-19 Thread Steve Cottrell
On 19/1/15, Mark Roberts, discombobulated, unleashed: Drawn By Light: The Royal Photographic Society Collection review http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2015/jan/11/drawn-by-light- review-royal-photographic-society-collection-science-museum-stupendous- selection It's showing in London only

Re: PESO: Nice tail !

2015-01-19 Thread Darren Addy
Thanks Alan Bruce for looking commenting. I've only posted one other image to AstroBin before these, but I'm getting likes from the astrophotographers there. Very encouraging! On Mon, Jan 19, 2015 at 6:59 AM, Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com wrote: Your efforts are paying off. That's

Re: PESO: Nice tail !

2015-01-19 Thread Darren Addy
Made you look, Daniel! :) Thanks for the comment. On Mon, Jan 19, 2015 at 12:34 PM, Daniel J. Matyola danmaty...@gmail.com wrote: Very nice image, although I was a bit disappointed, given the title of your post. . . . Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Sun,

Re: New Photo Gallery Layout / 100 Snowflakes

2015-01-19 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
That is a wonderful gallery of fascinating images. The site works fine for me, using Firefox on a Mac Air. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Sun, Jan 18, 2015 at 6:37 PM, Mark C pdml-m...@charter.net wrote: After experiencing problems upgrading my blog, including

Re: PESO: Nice tail !

2015-01-19 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
And I am very glad that I did! Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Mon, Jan 19, 2015 at 1:36 PM, Darren Addy pixelsmi...@gmail.com wrote: Made you look, Daniel! :) Thanks for the comment. On Mon, Jan 19, 2015 at 12:34 PM, Daniel J. Matyola danmaty...@gmail.com

Re: $@#! I'm going to miss this

2015-01-19 Thread Rick Womer
Ditto. When in May will you be there? Rick On Jan 19, 2015, at 1:08 PM, Mark Roberts wrote: Drawn By Light: The Royal Photographic Society Collection review

Re: $@#! I'm going to miss this

2015-01-19 Thread Mark Roberts
Rick Womer wrote: Ditto. When in May will you be there? May 7th through 17th. We'll be in Surrey for a conference (which I believe you may be attending?) and then doing a one-week walk along the South West Coast path, from Plymough to Brixham. -- Mark Roberts - Photography Multimedia

Re: PESO - Another from the cheapo photo booth

2015-01-19 Thread Bruce Walker
I like 'em! On Mon, Jan 19, 2015 at 1:49 PM, Rick Womer rickpic...@gmail.com wrote: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17927210size=lg And, as a bonus, Photo-Bomber in Training: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17927192size=lg Comments appreciated! Rick -- PDML

Re: PESO: Nice tail !

2015-01-19 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
Very nice image, although I was a bit disappointed, given the title of your post. . . . Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Sun, Jan 18, 2015 at 10:59 PM, Darren Addy pixelsmi...@gmail.com wrote: Clouds cooperated and stayed down in Kansas this evening, making for

Re: PESO: Nice tail !

2015-01-19 Thread Steve Sharpe
Excellent photo! The best image I've seen anywhere of the comet. Your astrophotography just keeps getting better and better, Darren. On Mon, 19 Jan 2015 08:11:42 +0200, Alan C wrote: Well done. You're getting good at this. The movement in relation to the Pleiades over the three days is quite

Re: PESO - Photo Booth on the Cheap

2015-01-19 Thread Steve Cottrell
On 18/1/15, Rick Womer, discombobulated, unleashed: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17927205 Comments appreciated! Nice shot Rick. -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__Broadcast, Corporate, || (O) |Web Video Production --www.seeingeye.tv _

Re: PESO bw edit of Gothic Geisha

2015-01-19 Thread Steve Cottrell
https://500px.com/photo/95981993/gothic-geisha-(bw)-by-bruce-walker How about you? YES PLEASE. Fantastic portrait. Love it. -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__Broadcast, Corporate, || (O) |Web Video Production --www.seeingeye.tv _ -- PDML

Re: Peso, blast from the past

2015-01-19 Thread Steve Cottrell
On 18/1/15, David J Brooks, discombobulated, unleashed: Group shot 2006 https://www.flickr.com/photos/djbrooks/15687502814/ Thanks for sharing that Dave - brought back many fond memories. -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__Broadcast, Corporate, || (O) |Web Video Production --

Re: New Photo Gallery Layout / 100 Snowflakes

2015-01-19 Thread Mark C
Thanks to everyone who offered feedback! I am looking into how I could move the navigation buttons to a better location... we'll see. Mark On 1/19/2015 1:41 PM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: That is a wonderful gallery of fascinating images. The site works fine for me, using Firefox on a Mac Air.

Re: New Photo Gallery Layout / 100 Snowflakes

2015-01-19 Thread Mark C
Thanks Dave - Placing the navigation buttons in the middle of the display window would resolve the issue in most cases. I'll see if I can figure out how to do that... I'm not using a microscope but I think that many support simple T-Mount adapters. Working with a microscope would be very