Re: OT avian photo booth

2019-03-10 Thread ann sanfedele
thanks for that link, LArry -- I loverher blue bird video and the still closeups too! ann On 3/10/2019 7:59 PM, Larry Colen wrote: A woman set up a feeder and camera in her yard to photograph birds. Her tumblr feed: https://ostdrossel.tumblr.com/ A bored panda page with more description and

Re: PESO: pallid harrier

2019-03-10 Thread Subash Jeyan
On Sun, 10 Mar 2019 16:31:58 -0700 Larry Colen wrote: > It's getting to be nearly tedious, all these excellent bird photos > that you keep posting. thank you Larry. i think... :) > Subash Jeyan wrote on 3/10/19 3:09 AM: > > http://something-feathered.in/2019/03/10/pallid-harrier/ -- PDML

Re: PESO: pallid harrier

2019-03-10 Thread Subash Jeyan
thanks Alan. it is commonly seen flying overhead but this is the first time i am photographing it "perched". On Sun, 10 Mar 2019 19:50:09 +0200 Alan C wrote: > Excellent captures as usual, Subash. They are rare migrants to SA too > but I have never seen one. > On 10-Mar-19 12:09 PM, Subash

Re: PESO: pallid harrier

2019-03-10 Thread Subash Jeyan
i am glad too because you see it more often flying overhead and rarely find it sitting on the ground or perched. about the cropping, that photo was already extremely cropped, i am wary of cropping it further though i was aware thatt the geometry doesn't quite work. On Sun, 10 Mar 2019 11:11:59

Re: PESO: pallid harrier

2019-03-10 Thread Subash Jeyan
On Sun, 10 Mar 2019 18:55:04 + Bob Pdml wrote: > Very nice shot. It looks like a wood pigeon with fascist tendencies. thanks Bob. i had to look up what a wood pigeon looked like. but, what a simile :) > On Mar 10, 2019, at 3:09 AM, Subash Jeyan > wrote: >

PESO - Wall Art

2019-03-10 Thread Rick Womer
I took a walk last Sunday morning in western Center City in Philly. https://rickwomer.smugmug.com/organize/PESOs-2017/2019-3/i-TdMcnK7 (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

Re: OT avian photo booth

2019-03-10 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
Very interesting. Thanks. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Sun, Mar 10, 2019 at 8:00 PM Larry Colen wrote: > A woman set up a feeder and camera in her yard to photograph birds. > > Her tumblr feed: > https://ostdrossel.tumblr.com/ > > A bored panda page with

Re: Swingin at the Savoy 2019

2019-03-10 Thread lrc
Thanks Dan On March 10, 2019 5:28:26 PM PDT, "Daniel J. Matyola" wrote: >Exce;;ent portraits! > >Dan Matyola >http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola > > >On Sun, Mar 10, 2019 at 7:16 PM Larry Colen wrote: > >> I was a photographer at Swingin’ at the Savoy, an annual dance >workshop,

Re: Swingin at the Savoy 2019

2019-03-10 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
Exce;;ent portraits! Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Sun, Mar 10, 2019 at 7:16 PM Larry Colen wrote: > I was a photographer at Swingin’ at the Savoy, an annual dance workshop, > again this year. I did get a few photos that I particularly like. > > Norma Miller

Re: OT avian photo booth

2019-03-10 Thread Larry Colen
I stumbled across another interesting bored panda post, 116 century old color photos https://www.boredpanda.com/first-color-photos-vintage-old-autochrome-lumiere-auguste-louis/ > On Mar 10, 2019, at 4:59 PM, Larry Colen wrote: > > A woman set up a feeder and camera in her yard to photograph

OT avian photo booth

2019-03-10 Thread Larry Colen
A woman set up a feeder and camera in her yard to photograph birds. Her tumblr feed: https://ostdrossel.tumblr.com/ A bored panda page with more description and a curated collection:

Re: PESO: pallid harrier

2019-03-10 Thread Larry Colen
It's getting to be nearly tedious, all these excellent bird photos that you keep posting. Subash Jeyan wrote on 3/10/19 3:09 AM: the pallid harrier, a near threatened species, is a winter migrant from europe and central asia. i was lucky to get a good photograph today though we have been

Swingin at the Savoy 2019

2019-03-10 Thread Larry Colen
I was a photographer at Swingin’ at the Savoy, an annual dance workshop, again this year. I did get a few photos that I particularly like. Norma Miller was a dancer at the Savoy Ballroom back in the day, and was a member of Whitey’s Lindy Hoppers. She’ll turn 100 at the end of the year and

Re: OT: Another stupid question ...

2019-03-10 Thread mike wilson
Indeed. It's becoming far too common with me recently. I've just reread the paper and it's made explicitly clear that no link was found between MMR and autism but mentions a planned virological study. I need to find that now. > On 10 March 2019 at 15:06 ann sanfedele wrote: > > > lol! 

Re: PESO: pallid harrier

2019-03-10 Thread Bob Pdml
Very nice shot. It looks like a wood pigeon with fascist tendencies. > On 10 Mar 2019, at 12:33, Subash Jeyan wrote: > > thanks Paul. yes, it is a raptor. > > On Sun, 10 Mar 2019 08:28:20 -0400 > Paul Stenquist wrote: > >> Nice pics. A raptor? > On Mar 10, 2019, at 3:09 AM, Subash

Re: PESO: pallid harrier

2019-03-10 Thread Alan C
Excellent captures as usual, Subash. They are rare migrants to SA too but I have never seen one. Alan C On 10-Mar-19 12:09 PM, Subash Jeyan wrote: the pallid harrier, a near threatened species, is a winter migrant from europe and central asia. i was lucky to get a good photograph today though

Re: PESO: pallid harrier

2019-03-10 Thread ann sanfedele
Glad you finally got him :-) great expression on the right.. and good field guide shot on the left.. I'd suggest, though , that since his expression is so strong you crop the photo on the right quite tightly around his face.. since you haven't included his whole body - the geometry there

PESO: Lebombo Mountain Range

2019-03-10 Thread Alan C
A typical scene in The Kruger Park at this time of the year. A Mopane lined gravel road heading E near Letaba Camp with a view of the Lebombo Mountains about 15km distant. The 800km long Lebombo range runs all the way from the Zimbabwe border at the N to Zululand in the S and mostly forms the

Re: OT: Another stupid question ...

2019-03-10 Thread ann sanfedele
lol!  MIke - that happens to me sooo often!    as with when Ken told me about skunk's hind paws. note to self and to you... SAVE THE LINK :-) ann On 3/10/2019 4:35 AM, mike wilson wrote: Now I'll have to go and find whatever it was that I read. On 09 March 2019 at 22:50 Rick Womer wrote:

Re: PESO: pallid harrier

2019-03-10 Thread Subash Jeyan
it is a he. the she is more drab-looking. i don't think it hada prey on the ground. because immediately after this was shot it flew off... On Sun, 10 Mar 2019 09:39:18 -0300 Stan Halpin wrote: > Agree with all. The eyes the eyes the eyes! > He/she in the first shot seems to have some prey on

Re: PESO: pallid harrier

2019-03-10 Thread Stan Halpin
Agree with all. The eyes the eyes the eyes! He/she in the first shot seems to have some prey on the ground? Nice shots. stan Sent from my iPad > On Mar 10, 2019, at 9:32 AM, Subash Jeyan wrote: > > thank you Jack > > On Sun, 10 Mar 2019 05:12:29 -0700 > Jack Davis wrote: > >> Nice,

Re: PESO: pallid harrier

2019-03-10 Thread Subash Jeyan
thanks Paul. yes, it is a raptor. On Sun, 10 Mar 2019 08:28:20 -0400 Paul Stenquist wrote: > Nice pics. A raptor? > >> On Mar 10, 2019, at 3:09 AM, Subash Jeyan > >> wrote: > >> > >> the pallid harrier, a near threatened species, is a winter migrant > >> from europe and central asia. i was

Re: PESO: pallid harrier

2019-03-10 Thread Subash Jeyan
thank you Jack On Sun, 10 Mar 2019 05:12:29 -0700 Jack Davis wrote: > Nice, Subash! > Eye detail makes it. > > On Mar 10, 2019, at 3:09 AM, Subash Jeyan > > wrote: > > http://something-feathered.in/2019/03/10/pallid-harrier/ > > > > kp, sigma 150-500 OS HSM @500mm, cropped. -- PDML

Re: PESO: pallid harrier

2019-03-10 Thread Paul Stenquist
Nice pics. A raptor? Paul > On Mar 10, 2019, at 8:12 AM, Jack Davis wrote: > > Nice, Subash! > Eye detail makes it. > > J > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Mar 10, 2019, at 3:09 AM, Subash Jeyan wrote: >> >> the pallid harrier, a near threatened species, is a winter migrant from >> europe

Re: PESO: pallid harrier

2019-03-10 Thread Jack Davis
Nice, Subash! Eye detail makes it. J Sent from my iPhone > On Mar 10, 2019, at 3:09 AM, Subash Jeyan wrote: > > the pallid harrier, a near threatened species, is a winter migrant from > europe and central asia. i was lucky to get a good photograph today > though we have been sighting

Re: PESO: pallid harrier

2019-03-10 Thread Subash Jeyan
thank you Dan. On Sun, 10 Mar 2019 07:29:17 -0400 "Daniel J. Matyola" wrote: > Nicely done, ispecially the second, where the bird is staring at the > camera, challenging the vieer. > > On Sun, Mar 10, 2019 at 6:10 AM Subash Jeyan > wrote: > > > the pallid harrier, a near threatened species,

Re: PESO: pallid harrier

2019-03-10 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
Nicely done, ispecially the second, where the bird is staring at the camera, challenging the vieer. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Sun, Mar 10, 2019 at 6:10 AM Subash Jeyan wrote: > the pallid harrier, a near threatened species, is a winter migrant from >

PESO: pallid harrier

2019-03-10 Thread Subash Jeyan
the pallid harrier, a near threatened species, is a winter migrant from europe and central asia. i was lucky to get a good photograph today though we have been sighting intermittently over the past few months: http://something-feathered.in/2019/03/10/pallid-harrier/ kp, sigma 150-500 OS HSM

Re: OT: Another stupid question ...

2019-03-10 Thread mike wilson
Now I'll have to go and find whatever it was that I read. > On 09 March 2019 at 22:50 Rick Womer wrote: > > > Mike, > > I just re-read the 1998 paper and his 1999 follow-up letter. The point of > both was a putative link between MMR vaccine and autism. There were signs of > inflammation in