Re: PESO - 'Falls Bounty'

Seems to me I've liked this before :-) ann On 10/29/2016 7:58 PM, Ken Waller wrote: Thanks for commenting Malcolm. The black background was the result of the exposure I used and the location of the leaves on the tree. Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller -

Re: PUG Themes for 2017

ooops - my bad.. re August and the Antipodes... re the streetcar, subway, transportation ideasbeing edited a bit - I like the idea of public transport in a commuter or local senseas an interesting topic.. How do people get around close to home ? excluding bikes and cars - just group

Re: PUG Themes for 2017

Brian, it seems like we just suggested themes for 2016 ! I suggest for your consideration - 'f8 and be there' 'slower than 1/15 sec' 'transportation' Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: "Brian Walters"

Re: PESO - 'Falls Bounty'

Thanks for commenting Malcolm. The black background was the result of the exposure I used and the location of the leaves on the tree. Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: "Malcolm Smith" Subject: RE:

Re: PUG Themes for 2017

On Sun, Oct 30, 2016, at 10:38 AM, ann sanfedele wrote: > Igor - > > I said August should be open because summer so many people are probably > away somewhere in mid-summer... so open gallery requres less thought Oi! Down here it's winter :-)> Ordinarily, I'd be happy to have the Open Gallery

Re: PUG Themes for 2017

Igor - I said August should be open because summer so many people are probably away somewhere in mid-summer... so open gallery requres less thought and can be plugged in way ahead of time.. using a PUG submission from thepast for that month might be an idea too. OF course I like National

Re: PUG Themes for 2017

Horrors! ann On 10/29/2016 12:21 PM, Bruce Walker wrote: On Sat, Oct 29, 2016 at 12:15 PM, P.J. Alling wrote: On this list Nude frightens me inordinately... That reminds me: wasn't Self-Portrait mentioned as a theme possibility? -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail

Re: PUG Themes for 2017

My first thought when I read your Nude suggestion was traditional figure study. OK, that is your genre, but I could find a nude tree or a denuded hillside… stan > On Oct 29, 2016, at 11:53 AM, Bruce Walker wrote: > > On Sat, Oct 29, 2016 at 10:40 AM, Bill

Re: Really mini review comparing the F 70-210 to Sigma Zoom 70-210.

Probably my favorite longish lens for many years was a Pentax A 70-210. Had it been an F, I. might still have it. J Sent from my iPhone > On Oct 29, 2016, at 2:36 PM, Ken Waller wrote: > > I've had and heavily use a brand new F 70- 210 for 28 years and have only one >

Re: Fast Normal Zoom. (for APS-C)

Either one stumped the spell checker, so I was at a loss. The actual name of the lens is "VMC Vivitar Series 1 35-85mm 1:2.8 Auto Variable Focusing" so I suppose I should have known how to spell it, but I'm lazy. On 10/29/2016 4:26 PM, Igor PDML-StR wrote: Hi P.J. Let me just link my

Re: Really mini review comparing the F 70-210 to Sigma Zoom 70-210.

I've had and heavily use a brand new F 70- 210 for 28 years and have only one real issue with it - the focus barrel, to which filters screw into, rotates when it tries to attain focus, and subsequently I have to remember to reset the polarizer filter - it obviously not a biggie, which is to say

Re: Peso: Christmas Cactus

Bill, A very nice image (with the caveats pointed out by Bruce)! I probably wouldn't have recognized the plant by the flour: it is so threatenly big! (The leaves fragments could've been a giveaway). BTW, in Russia, this very popular plant is called "Decembrist", - for the same reason why it

Re: Peso: Christmas Cactus

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Re: Peso: Christmas Cactus

On 10/29/2016 12:38 PM, Bruce Walker wrote: Oh yeah. Can reach out and touch that. Nice, Bill. Thanks Bruce. The Fuji is a really nice lens for this sort of thing. The 90 is the longest Fuji lens I have, but I also have a crap load of El-Nikkors, I'm pretty sure I have a 150mm floating

Re: PUG Themes for 2017

Well, there is still time to decide whether to take a holiday to the alpes or make a picture of the pile on my desk. I got an excuse now for both. Henk Op 2016-10-29 om 17:56 schreef ann sanfedele: HEnk _ ha.. I was going to say something about that too- but mountains are often visited on

Re: Fast Normal Zoom. (for APS-C)

Hi P.J. Let me just link my previous response to a very similar question earlier this year: https://www.mail-archive.com/pdml@pdml.net/msg731281.html You may want to read my yet earlier response linked within that message. I hope this helps. Igor P.S. It is "varifocal", not "Varafocal".

Really mini review comparing the F 70-210 to Sigma Zoom 70-210.

Most people don't care. However I recently acquired, a "new", at least to me F 70-210 from KEH.com. So I thought I'd post the salient points of the pros and cons of the two lenses. First off I think I'll say I don't hate the Sigma, I just don't love it either and life is too short to put up

Re: Peso: Christmas Cactus

Ideal exposure! J Sent from my iPhone > On Oct 29, 2016, at 12:28 PM, Ken Waller wrote: > > Very nice capture. Well composed and healthy looking subject. > Color seems a little flat to me. > > > -Original Message- >> From: Bill >>

Re: Peso: Christmas Cactus

Very nice capture. Well composed and healthy looking subject. Color seems a little flat to me. -Original Message- >From: Bill >Subject: Peso: Christmas Cactus > >Our Christmas Cactus runs a few months fast as a rule. > >Shot with the K1 using a Bellows K and

Re: Peso: Christmas Cactus

Great close-up of one of y favorite indoor flowering plants. A really strong image, to my eye. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Sat, Oct 29, 2016 at 2:30 PM, Bill wrote: > Our Christmas Cactus runs a few months fast as a rule. > >

Re: PUG Themes for 2017

Brian, 1. I would expand on Ann's suggestion: Instead of streetcar and subway, - may be "transportation" or "public transport"? 2. I think "A Car I've owned" could have a limited response, even though some car enthusiasts on the list would produce very interesting photos. I am not too keen

Re: Peso: Christmas Cactus

Oh yeah. Can reach out and touch that. Nice, Bill. fyi: focus stack glitch on petal at bottom center. A few other places near petal edges, too. But aside from that, fabulous looking. On Sat, Oct 29, 2016 at 2:30 PM, Bill wrote: > Our Christmas Cactus runs a few

Peso: Christmas Cactus

Our Christmas Cactus runs a few months fast as a rule. Shot with the K1 using a Bellows K and a Fujinon EX 90mm f/5.6 enlarging lens at f/11. This is a 24 shot focus stack using pixel shift. http://users.accesscomm.ca/wrphoto/new_photos/cacti1.html Enjoy bill -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail

Re: Fast Normal Zoom. (for APS-C)

I've had the Sigma 17-50/2.8 for about three months now and am happy with the results. I might have gotten the 17-70 but the additional $100 wasn't in my budget at the time. It's still nicely discounted at Adorama and B and H, although B and H says the offer ends on 10/31. I do wish it

Re: Fast Normal Zoom. (for APS-C)

Shipping from Israel (EMS, with proper insurance and tracking) is about USD 25... But let it not be the obstacle. On Sat, Oct 29, 2016 at 8:14 PM, P.J. Alling wrote: > Boris, let me think about what I might need for samples. Much as I'd like > to take you up on the

Re: Fast Normal Zoom. (for APS-C)

Boris, let me think about what I might need for samples. Much as I'd like to take you up on the 17-70, the shipping from Israel would probably negate the great price. The 24-60 looks like a very good lens, but I'm already using an A 24mm f2.8 as an e-35mm equivalent. I was really looking for

Re: Fast Normal Zoom. (for APS-C)

In my experience, Pentax (which by the way is 16-50/2.8, not 16-55/2.8, as you put it) fast lens is the best in terms of color, convenience (weather sealing may come in handy) and it is just 1 mm wider than others. It has distortion and it is not very sharp towards the borders at wide zoom

Fast Normal Zoom. (for APS-C)

So I've been getting along using a combination of a Manual focus Varafocal, (Vivitar 35-85mm f2.8), and a FA 20-35mm which satisfies most of my needs, but they can be damnably inconvenient, the varafocal makes me think that sometimes I need extra fingers and more inertial processing for my

Re: PUG Themes for 2017

On Sat, Oct 29, 2016 at 12:15 PM, P.J. Alling wrote: > > On this list Nude frightens me inordinately... That reminds me: wasn't Self-Portrait mentioned as a theme possibility? -- -bmw -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: PUG Themes for 2017

Some of us could take pictures of clothed models while we were nude, to capture the look of revulsion on their faces... On 10/29/2016 11:53 AM, Bruce Walker wrote: On Sat, Oct 29, 2016 at 10:40 AM, Bill wrote: On 10/29/2016 8:29 AM, Bruce Walker wrote: I'd

Re: PUG Themes for 2017

A car I owned doesn't have to be the specific car, but the idea of that car, or the same model in a different setting. Streetcar and Subway can also be an idea. I don't have a problem with any of these, any more than I have with the more general ones where I have a dearth of ideas. On this

Re: PUG Themes for 2017

HEnk _ ha.. I was going to say something about that too- but mountains are often visited on vacationby some of us lowlanders, yes? or some not such nice mountains... mountains of paperwork, eg ann On 10/29/2016 9:06 AM, Henk Terhell wrote: .. And in my area/country there are no mountains.

Re: PUG Themes for 2017

On Sat, Oct 29, 2016 at 10:40 AM, Bill wrote: > > On 10/29/2016 8:29 AM, Bruce Walker wrote: >> >> I'd remove "A Car I've owned", "National Parks" and "Streetcar and >> Subway"as being way too specific. I much prefer themes with more >> latitude for interpretation. >>

Re: PUG Themes for 2017

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Make_a_mountain_out_of_a_molehill On 10/29/2016 9:18 AM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: Well, I guess we will learn how creative you can be with that theme. There is always Keukenhof or Aalsmeer for "mountains of tulips." On Sat, Oct 29, 2016 at 9:06 AM, Henk Terhell

Re: PUG Themes for 2017

On Sat, Oct 29, 2016 at 10:40 AM, Bill wrote: > On 10/29/2016 8:29 AM, Bruce Walker wrote: >> >> I'd remove "A Car I've owned", "National Parks" and "Streetcar and >> Subway"as being way too specific. I much prefer themes with more >> latitude for interpretation. >>

Re: PUG Themes for 2017

On 10/29/2016 8:29 AM, Bruce Walker wrote: I'd remove "A Car I've owned", "National Parks" and "Streetcar and Subway"as being way too specific. I much prefer themes with more latitude for interpretation. For your consideration: Journalistic Calm Underground Nude As much as I like your

Re: PUG Themes for 2017

I'd remove "A Car I've owned", "National Parks" and "Streetcar and Subway"as being way too specific. I much prefer themes with more latitude for interpretation. For your consideration: Journalistic Calm Underground Nude On Fri, Oct 28, 2016 at 11:57 PM, Brian Walters

Re: PUG Themes for 2017

OK, I saw mountains of problems here, but I will find some pile here or there. Henk Op 2016-10-29 om 15:18 schreef Daniel J. Matyola: Well, I guess we will learn how creative you can be with that theme. There is always Keukenhof or Aalsmeer for "mountains of tulips." On Sat, Oct 29, 2016

Re: PESO: Cottonwood and Sagebrush

On Fri, Oct 28, 2016 at 10:50 PM, Brian Walters wrote: > I never knew that cottonwoods turned that colour. Neither did I! Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: PUG Themes for 2017

Well, I guess we will learn how creative you can be with that theme. There is always Keukenhof or Aalsmeer for "mountains of tulips." On Sat, Oct 29, 2016 at 9:06 AM, Henk Terhell wrote: > in my area/country there are no mountains. Dan Matyola

Re: PUG Themes for 2017

.. And in my area/country there are no mountains. Henk Op 2016-10-29 om 14:47 schreef ann sanfedele: LOtsof nice sugggestions - more I could cope with than not..(read _ I could put my hands on something without too muchstress) I'd remove "leading Lines", pollution, cars owned , something red

Re: PESO - Jump!

My least favorite, because jumpers know you are there - or so it appears. Not that it isn't a nice shot- but not as intersting to me as the rest. ann On 10/29/2016 1:39 AM, Marco Alpert wrote: Thanks, Brian! - Marco On Oct 28, 2016, at 7:57 PM, Brian Walters

Re: PUG Themes for 2017

LOtsof nice sugggestions - more I could cope with than not..(read _ I could put my hands on something without too muchstress) I'd remove "leading Lines", pollution, cars owned , something red Is April the official anniversary of the PUG? I think having an open gallery in August would

Re: PESO - The local sky show

Thanks Dan, Marco, Bruce W., Ken, Paul, Alan C, Gonz, Chris, Ann, Malcolm, Godfrey, Cotty, Boris, Jack D, Brian and Igor for commenting. Much appreciated. Thanks to everyone else who bothered to look, too. Jostein Den 26.10.2016 18.59, skrev Jostein: From last night, about 400 meters from

Re: Could a K-3 II video for two hours continuously?

On 27/10/16, Larry Colen, discombobulated, unleashed: >A friend asked me to photograph his daughter's bat mitzvah this weekend. >He'd like to have video of the ceremony, put a camera on a tripod and >let it go.I've got a 15 year old JVC, also a K-3 and a K-3 II. I >know that the early