Re: PESO: Japanese Maple Seeds

2020-08-29 Thread Bill
On 8/29/2020 6:38 PM, David Mann wrote: I find the macro lens hard to use but very rewarding. I was using it handheld and at that magnification, with limited usable ISO on the K10D, I had a fairly narrow DOF. It took me a few attempts to get the seeds in good focus. I wouldn't normally use

Re: PESO: Japanese Maple Seeds

2020-08-29 Thread David Mann
I find the macro lens hard to use but very rewarding. I was using it handheld and at that magnification, with limited usable ISO on the K10D, I had a fairly narrow DOF. It took me a few attempts to get the seeds in good focus. I wouldn't normally use the 400 for flowers but those ones are

Re: Home in CA?

2020-08-29 Thread Larry Colen
I just got the updates, I’m in zone FEL-E004, I’m inside the evac zone by maybe 100 yards https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/f0121f7f2f0941afb3ed70529b2cee75 > On Aug 29, 2020, at 2:55 PM, Larry Colen wrote: > > > >> On Aug 29, 2020, at 12:52 PM, Rick Womer wrote: >> >> Larry, are you

Re: Home in CA?

2020-08-29 Thread Larry Colen
> On Aug 29, 2020, at 12:52 PM, Rick Womer wrote: > > Larry, are you back home? Not yet. I hope to have the evacuation order lifted today or tomorrow. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit

Home in CA?

2020-08-29 Thread Rick Womer
Larry, are you back home? Rick > On Aug 26, 2020, at 4:24 PM, Larry Colen wrote: > > > >> On Aug 26, 2020, at 7:25 AM, Igor PDML-StR wrote: >> >> >> HAR! >> >> Fun story! That's funny how people give names to the wild creatures. > > Gertrude is a lot easier to say than "that mother

Re: PESO - from my dirty office window last Sunday..

2020-08-29 Thread Bruce Nagel
On Wed, Aug 26, 2020 at 05:09:11PM -0400, Daniel J. Matyola" wrote: Message: 1 Date: Wed, 26 Aug 2020 15:40:07 -0400 From: "Daniel J. Matyola" To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: PESO - from my dirty office window last Sunday.. Message-ID: Content-Type: text/plain;

Re: PESO: Japanese Maple Seeds

2020-08-29 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
Well seen and expertly rendered! That is a fine image and quite original. Dan Matyola *https://tinyurl.com/DJM-Pentax-Gallery * On Sat, Aug 29, 2020 at 4:25 AM David Mann wrote: > These seeds are still clinging onto the tree from last season. > >

Re: How to present Panoramic photos?

2020-08-29 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
That is quite effective, Alan. Dan Matyola *https://tinyurl.com/DJM-Pentax-Gallery * On Sat, Aug 29, 2020 at 1:47 AM Alan C wrote: > Igor > > I've had considerable success creating Panos in Elements (probably the > same in the full Photoshop) -

Re: PESO: Japanese Maple Seeds

2020-08-29 Thread ann sanfedele
Lovely  again , Dave My old 100 smc f4.0 macro was one of my favorite lenses for portraits or macro stuff..  I believe that one went to Stan some years ago.. I couldn't hold it up anymore.  those lenses from the 70's were heavy. ann On 8/29/2020 4:58 AM, Alan C wrote: Dave This & all those

Re: PESO: Japanese Maple Seeds

2020-08-29 Thread Alan C
Dave This & all those flower shots are very good. Your presentation too! It seems to me that the FA*400 actually does better than the Macro. I haven't really got to grips shooting Macros with the FA100 I bought recently. Focus & DOF always seem to give me trouble shooting macros but as a

PESO: Japanese Maple Seeds

2020-08-29 Thread David Mann
These seeds are still clinging onto the tree from last season. http://gallery.multi.net.nz/photo/1085/#peso K10D, FA 100mm f/2.8 Macro Cheers, Dave -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the