Re: OT: MacBook Air seems to be working unusually hard

2017-07-20 Thread Igor PDML-StR
For the most part, I mentally filter out the ads that are on the page. And I understand that many sites live from advertisements. However, some ads are ridiculously "heavy". At this day and [Internet] age if a serious professional website wants to be supported by ads, they need to make sure th

travel plans - Italy and Greece

2017-07-20 Thread Stanley Halpin
Meg and I will be in Venice 25-28 August, then again 7-14 September. I have already alerted Dario and Gianfranco and we may work out a get-together in Venice and/or Ravenna. Anyone with overlapping travel plans is more than welcome to chime in with time & date & location suggestions for a small

PESO - The Inn

2017-07-20 Thread Rick Womer
Last from Jim Thorpe, PA: https://rickwomer.smugmug.com/PESOs-2017/Jim-Thorpe/i-GW5nwVs/A (K-5, DA 17-70) Comments appreciated. Rick -- 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

Re: PESO - Wasp beetle

2017-07-20 Thread Stanley Halpin
OK, another bug. A really well done bug, but still, another bug. However, the overall photo is wonderful! I agree with others’ comments - the composition and the lighting/shading in the background really transforms this shot into something quite special. stan > On Jul 17, 2017, at 9:04 PM, Jo

Re: PESO Connecticut Zen XX

2017-07-20 Thread Rick Womer
I like it a lot, on its own merits and as one who grew up near New Haven. Rick > On Jul 18, 2017, at 8:16 PM, Larry Colen wrote: > > > > P. J. Alling wrote: >> I had nothing better to do today, so in between doing noting, I decided >> to tweak my PESO HTML template. It being a bit hot though

Re: OT: MacBook Air seems to be working unusually hard

2017-07-20 Thread Eric Weir
Thanks, Zos. I contact the website’s support group. The attributed the difficulty to a “rogue ad,” over which they said they had minimal control. The suggested an ad blocker. I use one, but I had whitelisted the site to support the magazine They offer “ad free access,” which I’m checking into.

Re: PESO - Wasp beetle

2017-07-20 Thread Jostein Øksne
Thanks Jay! I use some hardware automation too. I have a motorised macro rail that moves the camera in tiny steps, trips the shutter and stops after prescribed number of exposures. Jostein Den 19. juli 2017 05.30.31 CEST, skrev Jay Taylor : >Very nice job Jostein!With the program do you still

Re: PESO; Biberbunker

2017-07-20 Thread Jack Davis
Interesting and well recorded, Henk. J Sent from my iPhone > On Jul 20, 2017, at 5:53 AM, Henk Terhell wrote: > > Some shots taken last night at the Biberbunker nearby. This was one the few > radar stations of the Germans during WWII at the coast of Holland. This was a > very secret area run

Re: PESO; Biberbunker

2017-07-20 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
Interesting documentary images. I was not aware of this site. Thanks for posting them. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Thu, Jul 20, 2017 at 8:53 AM, Henk Terhell wrote: > Some shots taken last night at the Biberbunker nearby. This was one the > few radar stati

PESO; Biberbunker

2017-07-20 Thread Henk Terhell
Some shots taken last night at the Biberbunker nearby. This was one the few radar stations of the Germans during WWII at the coast of Holland. This was a very secret area run by the German airforce and was not part of the Atlantic Wall. No shot was fired from here, but many allied airplanes fro

August PUG Countdown

2017-07-20 Thread Brian Walters
G'day all One submission so far. Theme: "City Transportation" Submit here: http://pug.komkon.org/submit/ Submission Guidelines here: http://pug.komkon.org/general/autosubmit.html Nom. closing date 31 July. Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Aus