Re: False news

2017-10-12 Thread mike wilson
> On 13 October 2017 at 01:33 ann sanfedele wrote: > > > Yeah - kinda what I said... but there is another reason... The planes > _usually_ take off to the west, because of the prevailing winds ... > > Mike - where is the article that these photos were in? It was on the BBC

Re: False news

2017-10-12 Thread mike wilson
> On 13 October 2017 at 00:07 Larry Colen wrote: > > John Francis wrote: > > On Thu, Oct 12, 2017 at 05:29:03PM -0400, Paul Stenquist wrote: > >> Google maps shows the hotel within a quarter mile or so of the hotel, so > >> the photo is obviously possible. Take off runways and

Re: False news

2017-10-12 Thread mike wilson
> On 12 October 2017 at 23:27 Steve Cottrell wrote: > > > On 12/10/17, mike wilson, discombobulated, unleashed: > > >On the nail. The runway is on the same side as the photo was taken so > >the plane > >should be much larger. > > Did you not know that a half-scale

Re: PESO: Looking for Dale

2017-10-12 Thread Paul Stenquist
No peanuts. There are so many I always get a few good chimp looks when I'm shooting birds. Paul via phone > On Oct 12, 2017, at 11:23 PM, Ken Waller wrote: > > Nice capture Paul, did you pay him to pose with peanuts ? > > > -Original Message- >> From: Paul

Re: PESO: Looking for Dale

2017-10-12 Thread Ken Waller
Nice capture Paul, did you pay him to pose with peanuts ? -Original Message- >From: Paul Stenquist >Subject: PESO: Looking for Dale > >https://www.photo.net/photo/18429784/Looking-for-Dale -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: False news

2017-10-12 Thread Paul Stenquist
Yep. Still broken when the photo was taken. Paul via phone > On Oct 12, 2017, at 9:08 PM, Larry Colen wrote: > > > > Paul Stenquist wrote: >> The windows have already been replaced, according to news reports. > > Ann asked about the article: >

Re: PESO: Spotted Bug

2017-10-12 Thread Larry Colen
Bob W-PDML wrote: On 13 Oct 2017, at 00:08, Steve Cottrell wrote: On 12/10/17, Jostein, discombobulated, unleashed: Not entirely sure what happened, but what seemed like shortly after watching the video in the link, I found myself having spent more than an hour

Re: False news

2017-10-12 Thread Larry Colen
Paul Stenquist wrote: The windows have already been replaced, according to news reports. Ann asked about the article: https://www.reuters.com/news/picture/trump-visits-las-vegas-idUSRTS1F5J0 The caption for the photo says: Air Force One departs Las Vegas past the broken windows on the

Re: False news

2017-10-12 Thread ann sanfedele
Yeah - kinda what I said... but there is another reason... The planes _usually_ take off to the west, because of the prevailing winds ... Mike - where is the article that these photos were in? ann On 10/12/2017 6:54 PM, John Francis wrote: On Thu, Oct 12, 2017 at 05:29:03PM -0400, Paul

Re: False news

2017-10-12 Thread ann sanfedele
John and I came to same conclusion from slightly  different , um, angles... OTOH..  couldn't it be that Reuter's never intended the photos to be viewed as one? ann On 10/12/2017 6:54 PM, John Francis wrote: On Thu, Oct 12, 2017 at 05:29:03PM -0400, Paul Stenquist wrote: Google maps shows

Re: PESO: Spotted Bug

2017-10-12 Thread Bob W-PDML
On 13 Oct 2017, at 00:08, Steve Cottrell wrote: > > >>> On 12/10/17, Jostein, discombobulated, unleashed: >>> Not entirely sure what happened, but what seemed like shortly after watching the video in the link, I found myself having spent more than an hour

Re: False news

2017-10-12 Thread Paul Stenquist
The windows have already been replaced, according to news reports. Paul via phone > On Oct 12, 2017, at 6:54 PM, John Francis wrote: > >> On Thu, Oct 12, 2017 at 05:29:03PM -0400, Paul Stenquist wrote: >> Google maps shows the hotel within a quarter mile or so of the hotel, so

Re: PESO: Looking for Dale

2017-10-12 Thread Paul Stenquist
Thanks, Cotty. Paul via phone > On Oct 12, 2017, at 6:28 PM, Steve Cottrell wrote: > > On 12/10/17, Paul Stenquist, discombobulated, unleashed: > >> https://www.photo.net/photo/18429784/Looking-for-Dale > > Haha - lovely shot. > > -- > > > Cheers, > Cotty > > >

Re: False news

2017-10-12 Thread Paul Stenquist
I see some leaping to conclusions here, but it's not important. I know I wouldn't risk faking a photo for the Times. They would pull my credentials permanently if I were caught. Don't know what Reuters policy is, but I would think it's similar. Of course that doesn't mean someone wouldn't make

Re: PESO: Spotted Bug

2017-10-12 Thread Steve Cottrell
>> On 12/10/17, Jostein, discombobulated, unleashed: >> >>> Not entirely sure what happened, but what seemed like shortly after >>> watching the video in the link, I found myself having spent more than an >>> hour watching videos about mathematical topology, and in particular >>> about Klein

Re: False news

2017-10-12 Thread Larry Colen
John Francis wrote: On Thu, Oct 12, 2017 at 05:29:03PM -0400, Paul Stenquist wrote: Google maps shows the hotel within a quarter mile or so of the hotel, so the photo is obviously possible. Take off runways and direction vary from day to day and even hour to hour depending on wind direction

Re: PESO: Spotted Bug

2017-10-12 Thread Bob W-PDML
> On 12 Oct 2017, at 23:31, Steve Cottrell wrote: > > On 12/10/17, Jostein, discombobulated, unleashed: > >> Not entirely sure what happened, but what seemed like shortly after >> watching the video in the link, I found myself having spent more than an >> hour watching

Re: False news

2017-10-12 Thread John Francis
On Thu, Oct 12, 2017 at 05:29:03PM -0400, Paul Stenquist wrote: > Google maps shows the hotel within a quarter mile or so of the hotel, so the > photo is obviously possible. Take off runways and direction vary from day to > day and even hour to hour depending on wind direction and velocity. The

Re: False news

2017-10-12 Thread Mark Roberts
mike wilson wrote: >On the nail. The runway is on the same side as the photo was taken so the >plane >should be much larger. Naughty Reuters. Oh, and Reuters is the agency that banned their photographers from shooting raw in the name of photographic integrity. That makes it a double LOL. >>

Re: K-1 grumbles

2017-10-12 Thread Zos Xavius
I believe the D810 has a larger buffer. Does it not? The buffer on the k-1 is pretty anemic. On Wed, Oct 11, 2017 at 1:53 AM, P. J. Alling wrote: > I've been looking into that and it seems that all Pentax cameras that have > been tested recently have about a 36 mb/s

Re: PESO: Looking for Dale

2017-10-12 Thread ann sanfedele
took me a minuute to get that one... :-) ann On 10/12/2017 3:51 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote: https://www.photo.net/photo/18429784/Looking-for-Dale -- 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

Re: PESO: Spotted Bug

2017-10-12 Thread Steve Cottrell
On 12/10/17, Jostein, discombobulated, unleashed: >Not entirely sure what happened, but what seemed like shortly after >watching the video in the link, I found myself having spent more than an >hour watching videos about mathematical topology, and in particular >about Klein bottles. Norwegian

Re: False news

2017-10-12 Thread ann sanfedele
Yes - that is how I viewed it - a picture puzzle. ann On 10/12/2017 5:29 PM, Larry Colen wrote: Paul Stenquist wrote: Okay. So the debate is in regard to whether or not it's photoshopped. Why do we care? There is some aspect of "can we trust the news?", but for me it's mostly interesting

Re: PESO: Looking for Dale

2017-10-12 Thread Steve Cottrell
On 12/10/17, Paul Stenquist, discombobulated, unleashed: >https://www.photo.net/photo/18429784/Looking-for-Dale Haha - lovely shot. -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__UK Shoot / Edit and || (O) |Live Broadcast News -- _ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss

Re: False news

2017-10-12 Thread Steve Cottrell
On 12/10/17, mike wilson, discombobulated, unleashed: >On the nail. The runway is on the same side as the photo was taken so >the plane >should be much larger. Did you not know that a half-scale replica model of Air Force One always flies 30 seconds in front of the real Air Force one to act

Re: False news

2017-10-12 Thread ann sanfedele
Well I did kinda live there for a while so had some advantage ann On 10/12/2017 6:14 PM, mike wilson wrote: On the nail. The runway is on the same side as the photo was taken so the plane should be much larger. Naughty Reuters. On 12 October 2017 at 21:59 ann sanfedele

Re: False news

2017-10-12 Thread ann sanfedele
Paul - the side of the building with the broken pieces are facing the runways on Mccaren..  the plane would not be going up from where there was not airport I didn't know it was air force one - can only see it is a plane... On 10/12/2017 5:29 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote: Google maps shows the

Re: PESO: Spotted Bug

2017-10-12 Thread Bob W-PDML
Easy to get lost in Klein bottles > On 12 Oct 2017, at 20:46, Jostein wrote: > > Not entirely sure what happened, but what seemed like shortly after watching > the video in the link, I found myself having spent more than an hour watching > videos about mathematical topology,

Re: False news

2017-10-12 Thread mike wilson
On the nail. The runway is on the same side as the photo was taken so the plane should be much larger. Naughty Reuters. > On 12 October 2017 at 21:59 ann sanfedele wrote: > > > The plane could not be at that altitude and going -up- in that direction > given where the

Re: False news

2017-10-12 Thread Paul Stenquist
I think it could have been taken, given the location of the airport and the three tower architecture of the hotel. The DOF seems about right for a lens of 300 to 400 mm. Paul via phone > On Oct 12, 2017, at 5:29 PM, Larry Colen wrote: > > > > Paul Stenquist wrote: >>

Re: False news

2017-10-12 Thread Larry Colen
Paul Stenquist wrote: Okay. So the debate is in regard to whether or not it's photoshopped. Why do we care? There is some aspect of "can we trust the news?", but for me it's mostly interesting as a puzzle. Could that picture have been taken? -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com

Re: False news

2017-10-12 Thread Paul Stenquist
Google maps shows the hotel within a quarter mile or so of the hotel, so the photo is obviously possible. Take off runways and direction vary from day to day and even hour to hour depending on wind direction and velocity. Paul via phone > On Oct 12, 2017, at 5:19 PM, Larry Colen

Re: False news

2017-10-12 Thread Paul Stenquist
Okay. So the debate is in regard to whether or not it's photoshopped. Why do we care? Paul via phone > On Oct 12, 2017, at 5:19 PM, Larry Colen wrote: > > > > Paul Stenquist wrote: >> Photoshopped or not, I don't get the point other than it's Air Force One and >> the

Re: False news

2017-10-12 Thread Larry Colen
Paul Stenquist wrote: Photoshopped or not, I don't get the point other than it's Air Force One and the hotel. Is it meant to imply that Trump dropped this guy off and told him to kill 58 country music fans, most of whom I would guess are Trump voters? The article it's from was about Trump

Re: False news

2017-10-12 Thread Paul Stenquist
Photoshopped or not, I don't get the point other than it's Air Force One and the hotel. Is it meant to imply that Trump dropped this guy off and told him to kill 58 country music fans, most of whom I would guess are Trump voters? Paul via phone > On Oct 12, 2017, at 4:59 PM, ann sanfedele

Re: PESO: Spotted Bug

2017-10-12 Thread ann sanfedele
looks like they crossed the border from PA to NJ - ugh ann On 10/12/2017 3:39 PM, mike wilson wrote: https://entomologytoday.org/2014/12/04/the-spotted-lanternfly-an-invasive-insect-that-is-beautiful-but-threatening/ 8-( On 12 October 2017 at 03:38 "Daniel J. Matyola"

Re: False news

2017-10-12 Thread ann sanfedele
The plane could not be at that altitude and going -up- in that direction given where the hotel is and the airport is.. may be more wrong than that..  but it is surely a photoshop paste job. ann On 10/12/2017 4:18 PM, mike wilson wrote: What's wrong with this Reuter's pic?

Re: False news

2017-10-12 Thread Richard Klein
There's no convenient line of sight that includes the flight path of Air Force One and Mandalay Bay? On Thu, Oct 12, 2017 at 4:18 PM, mike wilson wrote: > What's wrong with this Reuter's pic? > > https://ichef-1.bbci.co.uk/news/624/cpsprodpb/8A4C/production/_98140453_ >

False news

2017-10-12 Thread mike wilson
What's wrong with this Reuter's pic? https://ichef-1.bbci.co.uk/news/624/cpsprodpb/8A4C/production/_98140453_hi042190292.jpg -- 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

Re: PESO: Spotted Bug

2017-10-12 Thread mike wilson
Bob has that effect on people. > On 12 October 2017 at 20:45 Jostein wrote: > > > Not entirely sure what happened, but what seemed like shortly after > watching the video in the link, I found myself having spent more than an > hour watching videos about mathematical

PESO: Looking for Dale

2017-10-12 Thread Paul Stenquist
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Re: PESO: Spotted Bug

2017-10-12 Thread Jostein
Not entirely sure what happened, but what seemed like shortly after watching the video in the link, I found myself having spent more than an hour watching videos about mathematical topology, and in particular about Klein bottles. Discombombulating... Jostein :-) Den 12.10.2017 11:06, skrev

Re: PESO: Spotted Bug

2017-10-12 Thread mike wilson
https://entomologytoday.org/2014/12/04/the-spotted-lanternfly-an-invasive-insect-that-is-beautiful-but-threatening/ 8-( > On 12 October 2017 at 03:38 "Daniel J. Matyola" wrote: > > > This critter landed on my shoulder Saturday, and then flew to the pavement. >

Re: PESO: Spotted Bug

2017-10-12 Thread ann sanfedele
How big?  not that I know who he is, but the size would be of some help in searching try a google image search and see what you get  - I'm curious too.. wondering if it is something that is only around here now because of the very unusual weather we have been having ann On 10/11/2017 10:38

Re: PESO: Spotted Bug

2017-10-12 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
Thanks, Jeffery. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Wed, Oct 11, 2017 at 10:49 PM, PhotoCapturesbyJeffery.com < jefferyjohn...@photocapturesbyjeffery.com> wrote: > Good capture of it and I haven't a clue what it might be. > > Jeffery Johnson | Photo Captures by

Re: Ribblehead Viaduct - Settle & Carlisle Railway

2017-10-12 Thread John
I'm pretty sure they do. http://www.settle-carlisle.co.uk/steam-trains-on-the-settle-carlisle-line/ On 10/12/2017 11:00, Alan C wrote: They should have a steam engine with a few coaches at a nearby siding. It could chuff up & down all day to keep the tourists happy. Alan C -Original

Re: GESO: Ribblehead Viaduct - Settle & Carlisle Railway

2017-10-12 Thread Rick Womer
Not sure what line the local viaduct was on. On Thu, Oct 12, 2017 at 11:44 Mark Roberts wrote: > Rick Womer wrote: > > >Most of the trains are freights, which don't have timetables that I know > >of, and are more interesting photographically. > > I didn't think they

Re: GESO: Ribblehead Viaduct - Settle & Carlisle Railway

2017-10-12 Thread Mark Roberts
Rick Womer wrote: >Most of the trains are freights, which don't have timetables that I know >of, and are more interesting photographically. I didn't think they ran freight trains on the Settle & Carlisle Railway at all? >On Thu, Oct 12, 2017 at 05:09 Bob W-PDML wrote: >

Re: Ribblehead Viaduct - Settle & Carlisle Railway

2017-10-12 Thread Alan C
They should have a steam engine with a few coaches at a nearby siding. It could chuff up & down all day to keep the tourists happy. Alan C -Original Message- From: Rick Womer Sent: 12 October, 2017 4:24 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: GESO: Ribblehead Viaduct - Settle &

Re: GESO: Ribblehead Viaduct - Settle & Carlisle Railway

2017-10-12 Thread Rick Womer
Most of the trains are freights, which don't have timetables that I know of, and are more interesting photographically. On Thu, Oct 12, 2017 at 05:09 Bob W-PDML wrote: > Somebody ought to invent railway timetables so people don't have to suffer > like that. > > > On 12 Oct

Re: GESO: Ribblehead Viaduct - Settle & Carlisle Railway

2017-10-12 Thread Bob W-PDML
Somebody ought to invent railway timetables so people don't have to suffer like that. > On 12 Oct 2017, at 02:38, Rick Womer wrote: > > Beautiful shot—I like the curve that the pano gives; it makes it considerably > more interesting. > > On our trip to Yorkshire a few

Re: PESO: Spotted Bug

2017-10-12 Thread Bob W-PDML
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=8lcUHQYhPTE On 12 Oct 2017, at 03:39, Daniel J. Matyola > wrote: This critter landed on my shoulder Saturday, and then flew to the pavement. Interesting, but I have no idea what kind of insect it is.

Re: Silly GESO handrails

2017-10-12 Thread Larry Colen
Paul Sorenson wrote: Nice job bending the conduit. Thanks, a friend loaned me his harbor freight hydraulic tubing bender and by the time I was done I had sort of figured out how to use it. I'm wondering why you chose to triple-nut the bolts instead of using safety nuts with nylon