Bird Books (was: Re: Unknown..)

2011-02-16 Thread Christian
I used to be a big fan of Peterson's but I find Sibley's better since it has more varieties of each species. Book with photographs are almost impossible to use; drawings/paintings are much better for identification. -- Christian http://404mohawknotfound.blogspot.com http

Re: Quite Excited - PESOs

2011-02-16 Thread Christian
You've still got it, Cot. -- Christian http://404mohawknotfound.blogspot.com http://birdofthemoment.blogspot.com On 2/14/2011 7:20 PM, Cotty wrote: 4 pics from a stroll in Oxford today. First shots from these hands in a long time. Girl on bike heavily cropped. This from a 4 megapixel camera

Re: OT: The Myth of the Unmanipulated Image

2011-02-16 Thread Christian
On 2/16/2011 3:34 PM, Darren Addy wrote: Good article: http://www.bhinsights.com/content/myth-unmanipulated-image.html Most of the comments are ridiculous and miss the point of the article. No surprise there... -- Christian http://404mohawknotfound.blogspot.com http

Re: PESO: Unknown..

2011-02-13 Thread Christian
Sibley's is telling me it's a juvenile red-tail. gasp_the_horror! Clone out the branches in the background and it's an excellent portrait /gasp_the_horror! -- Christian http://404mohawknotfound.blogspot.com http://birdofthemoment.blogspot.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http

Re: PESO - Neither Rain, nor Sleet, nor Snow...

2011-02-13 Thread Christian
Another winner frank. Love your bicycling shots -- Christian http://404mohawknotfound.blogspot.com http://birdofthemoment.blogspot.com On 2/13/2011 3:17 PM, frank theriault wrote: I present this as something of a counterpoint to Jack's sunny garden fence shot. I know that the titular

Re: HAR!!! Banned from PentaxForums

2011-02-12 Thread Christian
: MARK! -- Christian http://404mohawknotfound.blogspot.com http://birdofthemoment.blogspot.com -- 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 follow the directions.

Re: PESO: Red Tail Portrait

2011-02-12 Thread Christian
in the flight feathers. -- Christian http://404mohawknotfound.blogspot.com http://birdofthemoment.blogspot.com -- 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 follow the directions.

Re: PESO: Wing Shot

2011-02-12 Thread Christian
meant: http://photolightimages.com/aspupload/detail.asp?ID=571 which is much better than the 404 i got on the original link. ;-) -- Christian http://404mohawknotfound.blogspot.com http://birdofthemoment.blogspot.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo

Re: OT - Enablement of the fluffy kind

2011-02-10 Thread Christian
competition is German Shorthair Pointers, which was the last dog I had. Based on his pedigree which is world-class and if I have the time, I might look at conformation but I really hate the politics and absurdity of dog shows. Christian -Original Message- From: Kenneth Waller kwal

Re: OT - Enablement of the fluffy kind

2011-02-07 Thread Christian
winters. Males get to about 23in tall and weigh up to 60lbs (that's like 1.5m tall and 234kg according to my web-based real-measurements-to-fancy-euro-scale converter. The whole family is very excited to bring him home in a few weeks. Christian -Original Message- From: Ken Waller kwal

OT - Enablement of the fluffy kind

2011-02-06 Thread Christian
He's only 4 weeks old so we don't get to bring him home until February 27th. We're naming him MaX in keeping with naming things after favorite cameras and to keep things on-topic (my daughter's name is aLeX). http://404mohawknotfound.blogspot.com/2011/02/new-puppy-part-i.html -- Christian

Re: PESO: What is This?

2011-01-11 Thread Christian Skofteland
It's an immature Bald Eagle. -- Christian - http://404notfound.blogspot.com http://birdofthemoment.blogspot.com On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 06:26:23PM -0600, Elizabeth Masoner wrote: Hey Jack, I'm thinking that's an immature Golden Eagle based on his booted

Re: GESO: birds, bees and bucks...

2011-01-11 Thread Christian Skofteland
nice. I also like the crow. Very scrawny looking compared to American crows. :-) -- Christian - http://404notfound.blogspot.com http://birdofthemoment.blogspot.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo

Re: PESO - It Snowed in New Toronto

2011-01-11 Thread Christian Skofteland
look quite wintery. Nicely done, frank. -- Christian - http://404notfound.blogspot.com http://birdofthemoment.blogspot.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please

Re: Eclips of rising sun

2011-01-04 Thread Christian
On 1/4/2011 8:13 AM, Toine wrote: I was lucky: http://www.repiuk.nl/index.php/blog-mainmenu-97/155-eclipse Toine Nicely done! -- Christian http://404mohawknotfound.blogspot.com http://birdofthemoment.blogspot.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman

Re: Eclips of rising sun

2011-01-04 Thread Christian
On 1/4/2011 2:12 PM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: Not to take anything away from your awesome shot, Toine, but his image has a little something extra: http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2011/01/04/insanely-awesome-solar-eclipse-picture/ yeah... A TIE Fighter! -- Christian http

Re: OT Cute

2011-01-04 Thread Christian
On 1/3/2011 4:33 PM, Rob Studdert wrote: http://vimeo.com/18350278 A really nice little film. I love NY. I think I hit the same spots they did while there over Thanksgiving. -- Christian http://404mohawknotfound.blogspot.com http://birdofthemoment.blogspot.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss

Re: Old Dog

2011-01-02 Thread Christian
I actually like the tight crop. Nice portrait. -- Christian http://404mohawknotfound.blogspot.com http://birdofthemoment.blogspot.com On 1/1/2011 5:44 PM, Ken Waller wrote: A little too tightly cropped for me, otherwise nice. Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller

Re: PESO - 400 mm portrait

2011-01-01 Thread Christian
?photo_id=12173039size=lg Nice! Sometimes a gun in a knife fight is what's called for! -- Christian http://404mohawknotfound.blogspot.com http://birdofthemoment.blogspot.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML

Re: PESO - Australian tree frog

2011-01-01 Thread Christian
Thanks, Peter and Brian. I'm pretty confident that it is a pretty common tree frog called a Desert tree frog, AKA red frog, AKA red tree frog and not poisonous. -- Christian http://404mohawknotfound.blogspot.com http://birdofthemoment.blogspot.com On 12/31/2010 9:41 PM, Brian Walters wrote

Re: PESO - Australian tree frog

2011-01-01 Thread Christian
On 1/1/2011 8:06 AM, Cotty wrote: On 31/12/10, Christian, discombobulated, unleashed: I was going through un-edited images today and found this one from last December when I was down under. I thought it was kinda cute the way he was hanging out on the bubbler of the fountain. http

Re: PESO My Favorite Hawk

2010-12-31 Thread Christian
image. -- Christian http://404mohawknotfound.blogspot.com http://birdofthemoment.blogspot.com -- 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 follow the directions.

Re: PESO: Bald Eagle -attempt

2010-12-31 Thread Christian
* closer ;-) -- Christian http://404mohawknotfound.blogspot.com http://birdofthemoment.blogspot.com -- 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 follow the directions.

PESO - Australian tree frog

2010-12-31 Thread Christian
. I just recently put together my own gallery website and have been testing it out for a few days. Thanks. -- Christian http://404mohawknotfound.blogspot.com http://birdofthemoment.blogspot.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Re: PESO - Australian tree frog

2010-12-31 Thread Christian
Thanks, Jack! -- Christian http://404mohawknotfound.blogspot.com http://birdofthemoment.blogspot.com On 12/31/2010 5:38 PM, Jack Davis wrote: ..that's cute and beautifully done, Christian! Jack --- On Fri, 12/31/10, Christianpterali...@aim.com wrote: From: Christianpterali...@aim.com

Re: GESO - Another Week of Hats

2010-12-31 Thread Christian
with the week's images: http://realcanadianhats.blogspot.com/ Hope you enjoy. Comments welcome. cheers, frank Love the che hat too, Frank. Almost looks like Che is wearing it -- Christian http://404mohawknotfound.blogspot.com http://birdofthemoment.blogspot.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail

Re: PESO - Australian tree frog

2010-12-31 Thread Christian
thanks, Steven, but I prefer Christian ;-) -- Christian http://404mohawknotfound.blogspot.com http://birdofthemoment.blogspot.com On 12/31/2010 5:54 PM, Steven Desjardins wrote: That's a wild image, Christine. Very nice. On Fri, Dec 31, 2010 at 5:34 PM, Christianpterali...@aim.com wrote

Re: PESO - You lookin' at me...and a retreat.

2010-12-30 Thread Christian Skofteland
I like the first one! Nice, frame-filling, sharp and cute. -- Christian - http://404notfound.blogspot.com http://birdofthemoment.blogspot.com On Thu, Dec 30, 2010 at 10:24:32AM -0500, Paul Stenquist wrote: Having a url problem lately. Creeping senility

Re: COMPLETELY OT! Roll Call...

2010-12-29 Thread Christian Skofteland
I joined the list at age 32 in 2000. -- Christian - http://404notfound.blogspot.com http://birdofthemoment.blogspot.com On Wed, Dec 29, 2010 at 12:42:32PM +1000, Tanya Love wrote: So, it occurred to me after all these years on the list, that I may actually

Re: COMPLETELY OT! Roll Call...

2010-12-29 Thread Christian Skofteland
Welcome back, Don; I remember having some heated discussions with you about gear and macro photography. Good to see you back! -- Christian - http://404notfound.blogspot.com http://birdofthemoment.blogspot.com On Wed, Dec 29, 2010 at 05:48:12PM +0200

Re: New here (plus a PESO)

2010-12-28 Thread Christian Skofteland
and STILL can't get out of here! Enjoy the list, Liz. -- Christian - http://404notfound.blogspot.com http://birdofthemoment.blogspot.com 2010/12/28 Elizabeth Masoner lizmaso...@bellsouth.net: Ok, I¹ll dive right in.  Found this list through a FB posting

Re: I'm no Birder, and . . .

2010-12-27 Thread Christian Skofteland
The brownish colored ones are females. The males are the brilliant red color. As for size, they are typically smaler than American Robins but larger than your basic house sparrow. -- Christian - http://404notfound.blogspot.com http

Re: 2010 Quotations list is live!

2010-12-27 Thread Christian Skofteland
another keyboard -- Christian - http://404notfound.blogspot.com http://birdofthemoment.blogspot.com -- 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

Re: I'm no Birder, and . . .

2010-12-27 Thread Christian Skofteland
The brownish colored ones are females. The males are the brilliant red color. As for size, they are typically smaler than American Robins but larger than your basic house sparrow. -- Christian - http://404notfound.blogspot.com http

Re: 2010 Quotations list is live!

2010-12-27 Thread Christian Skofteland
another keyboard -- Christian - http://404notfound.blogspot.com http://birdofthemoment.blogspot.com -- 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

Re: Sorry Aussies, it's ours!

2010-12-03 Thread Christian Skofteland
it would have been delicious. -- Christian - http://404notfound.blogspot.com http://birdofthemoment.blogspot.com -- 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: GESO - Conowingo Dam

2010-12-01 Thread Christian
Thanks, Steve. My lens is the third lens down (second camo lens) :-) My wife calls the cover a lens cozy -- Christian http://404mohawknotfound.blogspot.com http://birdofthemoment.blogspot.com On 11/30/2010 11:56 AM, Steven Desjardins wrote: Some nice shots. You need one of them camo lenses

Re: GESO - Conowingo Dam

2010-12-01 Thread Christian
Thanks, Dan. I'd be happier if it wasn't such a severe crop (it's maybe 25% of the original frame). And, YES, it is my duty as the original cormorant ambassador to the PDML to include a cormorant in as many posts as possible. -- Christian http://404mohawknotfound.blogspot.com http

Re: GESO - Conowingo Dam

2010-12-01 Thread Christian
Thanks, Paul. Funny, even birds like vultures are beautiful to me! -- Christian http://404mohawknotfound.blogspot.com http://birdofthemoment.blogspot.com On 11/30/2010 11:43 AM, P N Stenquist wrote: Excellent pics, nevertheless. The vulture is fascinating. Ugly beast. And while I know you

Re: GESO - Conowingo Dam

2010-12-01 Thread Christian
activity but, sadly, that was the show for the day. -- Christian http://404mohawknotfound.blogspot.com http://birdofthemoment.blogspot.com On 11/30/2010 11:34 AM, Bob Sullivan wrote: Christian, A good effort. Next time you've got to pay the eagles a sitting fee to get them to cooperate. I'm about

GESO - Conowingo Dam

2010-11-30 Thread Christian
put my thoughts about the trip along with some photos on my blog. Not my best work but enjoy it nonetheless. http://birdofthemoment.blogspot.com/2010/11/conowingo-dam-november-2010.html -- Christian http://404mohawknotfound.blogspot.com http://birdofthemoment.blogspot.com -- PDML Pentax

Re: Private - Northern Indiana

2010-11-29 Thread Christian Skofteland
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Re: PESO: Snow Geese

2010-11-23 Thread Christian Skofteland
?ID=553 http://photolightimages.com/aspupload/detail.asp?ID=554 http://photolightimages.com/aspupload/detail.asp?ID=555 Great shots, Jack. -- Christian - http://404notfound.blogspot.com http://birdofthemoment.blogspot.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss

Re: PESO: Not a cormorant

2010-11-23 Thread Christian Skofteland
. -- Christian - http://404notfound.blogspot.com http://birdofthemoment.blogspot.com -- 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 follow

Re: PESO - birdy

2010-11-23 Thread Christian Skofteland
a catchlight in the bird's eye as expected. If I were you, I'd stop down to f8 and drop the ISO to something a bit less noisy. I think it's a chipping sparrow, but i don't have a field guide next to me to confirm. -- Christian - http://404notfound.blogspot.com

Re: PESO: Little Guy

2010-11-23 Thread Christian Skofteland
1250, f6.6, 1/800th. Handheld of course. Nice to have a couple extra stops for this lens. http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=11979750size=lg Cute little guy. Nice grab. This one seems less noisy than the bird, yet it's the same ISO. Weird. -- Christian

Re: It's a great lens, but not what I bought it for

2010-11-23 Thread Christian Skofteland
have lenses that they bought for one use, that they later found are much better for something else entirely? -- A 500/4 makes a nice portrait lens. -- Christian - http://404notfound.blogspot.com http://birdofthemoment.blogspot.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss

Re: off-camera flash

2010-11-23 Thread Christian Skofteland
? thanks Ecke I always used the Pentax hotshoe adapter and sync cords with my macro/tele off-camera flash rigs. -- Christian - http://404notfound.blogspot.com http://birdofthemoment.blogspot.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net

Re: PESO: Little Guy

2010-11-23 Thread Christian Skofteland
On Tue, Nov 23, 2010 at 10:31:07AM -0500, paul stenquist wrote: On Nov 23, 2010, at 10:16 AM, Christian Skofteland wrote: On Sat, Nov 20, 2010 at 05:29:10PM -0500, paul stenquist wrote: Did some shooting at the Johnson Nature Center today. This guy is a tiny squirrel, probably less

Re: Way, way OT - crowds and events

2010-11-09 Thread Christian Skofteland
sore because, you know, i'm training for a marathon. Ouch, i tweaked my knee training for a marathon. The marathon was sooo hard, but i finished in less time than my goal! blah blah blah. Christian - http://404notfound.blogspot.com http

Re: Apropos of nothing really

2010-11-04 Thread Christian Skofteland
On Wed, Nov 03, 2010 at 10:16:23PM -0500, P. J. Alling wrote: When /will/ we stop referring to post processing as Digital Darkroom work... About the same time we stop using architect as a verb... -- Christian - http://404notfound.blogspot.com http

Re: VOT: Which bikey are you?

2010-11-01 Thread Christian Skofteland
blog every day. it's like a little bright spot on my otherwise dull day at the office... much like the PDML. :-) -- Christian - http://404notfound.blogspot.com http://birdofthemoment.blogspot.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net

Re: PESO - American Goldfinch

2010-08-12 Thread Christian Skofteland
other perches. Then as soon as one hits the perch, fire off as many frames as you can. That's how i got some of my favorite shots like this one: http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_bNuA-oAASYY/SXZe0S7BO8I/AB4/8FtMwrSKfss/s1600-h/black-crested_titmouse_IMG_1866.jpg Christian

Re: PESO - Left behind

2010-08-12 Thread Christian Skofteland
/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. Saw on facebook and liked it there. Still like it. nice image. I like how the digger was stopped in what apears to be mid-scoop. -- Christian

Pentax users are attractive

2010-08-10 Thread Christian
http://blog.okcupid.com/ Better than Nikon but apparently Panasonic 4/3 users are hotter. ;-) Christian -- 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 follow the directions.

Re: OT Tunick strikes again

2010-08-06 Thread Christian Skofteland
All your base are belong to us. -- Christian - http://404notfound.blogspot.com http://birdofthemoment.blogspot.com On Mon, Aug 02, 2010 at 05:43:30PM +0200, eckinator wrote: Yeah. And no idea either why it is called the base. Did he perhaps mean to say

Re: PESO - A Touch of...

2010-08-06 Thread Christian Skofteland
. -- Christian - http://404notfound.blogspot.com http://birdofthemoment.blogspot.com -- 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 follow

Re: PESO Noisy Miner

2010-07-21 Thread Christian Skofteland
Hope you enjoy. Nicely caught and the detail is great. -- Christian - http://404notfound.blogspot.com http://birdofthemoment.blogspot.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from

Re: Manually focusing on the wrong sharp edge?

2010-07-19 Thread Christian Skofteland
More reason to hate split-image and micro-prism focusing aids. I use the plain matte screen when manually focusing. -- Christian - http://404notfound.blogspot.com http://birdofthemoment.blogspot.com On Mon, Jul 19, 2010 at 12:24:11PM -0700, Larry Colen

Re: Manually focusing on the wrong sharp edge?

2010-07-19 Thread Christian Skofteland
understand and have observed, the split-image thingies tend to black out at anything above f4. Really, a plain matte screen is the best tool for manually focusing in my opinion especially in low-light situations. -- Christian - http://404notfound.blogspot.com http

Re: Finally got a gallery of GFM photos on line

2010-06-30 Thread Christian Skofteland
get there one of these years... Christian - http://404notfound.blogspot.com http://birdofthemoment.blogspot.com -- 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: OT: Big Bird II

2010-06-30 Thread Christian Skofteland
, but I didn't have a camera with me. Today, almost all the meat and viscera are gone. Dan mmm... viscera.. -- Christian - http://404notfound.blogspot.com http://birdofthemoment.blogspot.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML

Re: PESO - Turbofan

2010-06-30 Thread Christian Skofteland
://www.bong.uni.cc Really cool. -- Christian - http://404notfound.blogspot.com http://birdofthemoment.blogspot.com -- 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 - Three Speed

2010-06-28 Thread Christian Skofteland
post pics of it when it's complete. -- Christian - http://404notfound.blogspot.com http://birdofthemoment.blogspot.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit

Re: PESO: Big Bird

2010-06-28 Thread Christian Skofteland
with hardly a wing beat. Then you see them on the ground for what they are and they seem much less elegant. Beautiful birds nonetheless. Well to me all birds are beautiful. Except house sparrows! -- Christian - http://404notfound.blogspot.com http

Re: PESO: Big Bird

2010-06-28 Thread Christian Skofteland
Christian In-Reply-To: aanlktilcosxbwa5oq_dx7qjoyp4ail0pntz6ow5dl...@mail.gmail.com On Mon, Jun 28, 2010 at 11:01:10AM -0400, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: Thanks, Christian. Yes, house sparrows can be annoying little guys. It's amazing how they have become adapted to urban environments. I don't

Re: PESO: Big Bird

2010-06-28 Thread Christian Skofteland
populations have been in decline for a very long time. Christian. On Mon, Jun 28, 2010 at 08:16:58PM +0200, Toine wrote: In my part of the world house sparrows populations are declining. The reasons is not enough nesting places. Our house sparrows like to build nest under old roof tiles and other

PESO - For Dave Brooks

2010-06-22 Thread Christian Skofteland
-horse-and.html Comments always apprciated -- Christian - http://404notfound.blogspot.com http://birdofthemoment.blogspot.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please

Re: PESO - For Dave Brooks

2010-06-22 Thread Christian Skofteland
. I certainly hope i take better shots! :) (I know what you mean, and thanks). -- Christian - http://404notfound.blogspot.com http://birdofthemoment.blogspot.com On Tue, Jun 22, 2010 at 01:48:30PM -0500, Bob Sullivan wrote: Christian, That's a wonderful shot

Re: PESO - For Dave Brooks

2010-06-22 Thread Christian Skofteland
Thanks, Dave and Bruce for looking and commenting. -- Christian - http://404notfound.blogspot.com http://birdofthemoment.blogspot.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML

Re: First GFM report

2010-06-07 Thread Christian Skofteland
say me too. me too! -- Christian - http://404notfound.blogspot.com http://birdofthemoment.blogspot.com -- 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: OT A nice set of aminal pics

2010-06-04 Thread Christian Skofteland
/_bNuA-oAASYY/SzlkoQxQW3I/AWU/6m3WUedlptI/s1600-h/peacock_IMG_5000.jpg The others are pretty good but there are a lot of studio shots and some serious color enhancement going on. -- Christian - http://404notfound.blogspot.com http

Re: PESO - Phones Underground

2010-06-04 Thread Christian Skofteland
/phones-underground.html Hope you like. Comments always welcome. cheers, frank I like the symmetry too. Did you open the phone books or were they like that when you found them? -- Christian - http://404notfound.blogspot.com http

Re: OT A nice set of aminal pics

2010-06-04 Thread Christian Skofteland
On Fri, Jun 04, 2010 at 03:33:30PM +0200, eckinator wrote: 2010/6/4 Christian Skofteland pterali...@aim.com: HA! some a-hole stole my peacock photo: Did not. Compare for yourself how the heads are turned: theirs: http://photography.nationalgeographic.com/photography/photos/life-color

Re: Macro bellows: fifty bucks!

2010-06-04 Thread Christian Skofteland
! -- Christian - http://404notfound.blogspot.com http://birdofthemoment.blogspot.com -- 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 follow

Re: Macro bellows: fifty bucks!

2010-06-04 Thread Christian Skofteland
for 2x macro. -- Christian - http://404notfound.blogspot.com http://birdofthemoment.blogspot.com -- 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: Macro bellows: fifty bucks!

2010-06-04 Thread Christian Skofteland
On Fri, Jun 04, 2010 at 01:26:42PM -0400, Adam Maas wrote: On Fri, Jun 4, 2010 at 1:17 PM, Christian Skofteland pterali...@aim.com wrote: F0 eh?  wow! I want a 50mm F0 lens too! -- Christian f0 is what EOS bodies read out with no lens communication. -- H, I'll have

Re: OT GPS Devices

2010-06-02 Thread Christian Skofteland
free lifetime traffic subscription) and my parents just bought a Magellan (also with the traffic feature included) that they are very happy with. I think those two brands have the better reputations in the industry which is why we ended up buying the units. -- Christian

Re: Artist Bios CVs from Exhibit

2010-05-27 Thread Christian Skofteland
-- Christian - http://404notfound.blogspot.com http://birdofthemoment.blogspot.com -- 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 follow

Re: PESO: Rice Duster

2010-05-24 Thread Christian Skofteland
'.?       OH, BROTHER!         Don't get in a flap. -- -- Christian - http://404notfound.blogspot.com http://birdofthemoment.blogspot.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE

Re: VeryOT: no anti-bike bias here at all, oh no, absolutely, not

2010-05-22 Thread Christian Skofteland
On Fri, May 21, 2010 at 01:38:51PM -0400, John Sessoms wrote: From: Christian Skofteland It's Bike to work Week in the US (Bike to work day was today). The Washington Post had an article about the conflicts between cars and bikes that was slanted against bikes. The writer kept going back

Re: PESO Dodge

2010-05-22 Thread Christian Skofteland
On Fri, May 21, 2010 at 08:05:11PM -0400, P N Stenquist wrote: From yesterday's work stuff: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=11034957size=lg Wow! That's quite a shot. And quite a car! -- Christian - http://404notfound.blogspot.com http

Re: PESO - Renewal

2010-05-22 Thread Christian Skofteland
On Fri, May 21, 2010 at 04:09:38PM -0600, Tom C wrote: From home yesterday morning about 30 minutes after sunrise. http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=11027413size=lg Beautiful shot. Beautiful light. -- Christian - http://404notfound.blogspot.com

Re: VeryOT: no anti-bike bias here at all, oh no, absolutely not

2010-05-21 Thread Christian Skofteland
going back to the bikers blowing through red lights and stop signs argument but only briefly touched on the drivers that go out of their way to intimidated and assault bicyclists. -- Christian - http://404notfound.blogspot.com http

Re: Leica M9

2010-05-20 Thread Christian Skofteland
On Wed, May 19, 2010 at 08:13:43PM +0200, eckinator wrote: 2010/5/19 Christian Skofteland pterali...@aim.com: I bought my G11 a few weeks ago at BestBuy in Virginia.  While in New York on business I accidentally spilled a collegues cocktail all over it.  Needless to say it stopped

Re: Leica M9

2010-05-19 Thread Christian Skofteland
the return clerk that the camera stopped working after a week. He appologized and replaced the camera without asking any further questions. -- Christian - http://404notfound.blogspot.com http://birdofthemoment.blogspot.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List

Re: PESO Dusk Harbour Pano

2010-05-18 Thread Christian Skofteland
time. -- Christian - http://404notfound.blogspot.com http://birdofthemoment.blogspot.com -- 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: Cameras in a Crowd, an Observation

2010-05-18 Thread Christian Skofteland
I look for Pentax DSLRen. Without trying too hard I spotted a few in Paris my first day here. I don't have confirmation but I think I saw an MX as well. -- Christian - http://404notfound.blogspot.com http://birdofthemoment.blogspot.com On Tue, May 18, 2010

Re: Go away for a week and get 1700+ messages

2010-05-17 Thread Christian Skofteland
On Sun, May 16, 2010 at 05:22:34PM -0400, P. J. Alling wrote: A new PDML motto. Yeah well it was a slow week. Sorry we didn't have the normal load but nothing interesting has ben happening lately. -- Christian - http://404notfound.blogspot.com http

Re: GESO - Saturday Evening at the Pond - this time with a url!

2010-05-17 Thread Christian Skofteland
don't shoot birds and mamals. It's just the way the world is supposed to work! :-) Nice grabs, frank. -- Christian - http://404notfound.blogspot.com http://birdofthemoment.blogspot.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman

Re: PESO-Clementine Rainbow

2010-05-17 Thread Christian Skofteland
Comments welcome -- Bruce Very pretty. Nicely captured. -- Christian - http://404notfound.blogspot.com http://birdofthemoment.blogspot.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from

Re: PESO - Free as a Bird (Chicago)

2010-05-16 Thread Christian Skofteland
Tom C. Very, VERY COOL! -- Christian - http://404notfound.blogspot.com http://birdofthemoment.blogspot.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit

Re: OT: since my blog is such a resounding success...

2010-05-14 Thread Christian Skofteland
://dougbrewer.posterous.com/ yep, the posterous collective. Now that is an interesting/provicative image, apart from the ambiguity I love the look of the hair/neck ;-) Pretty much EXACTLY what I was gonna write. Really nice image, Doug. -- Christian - http

Re: PESO - After the Storm - Part III

2010-05-14 Thread Christian Skofteland
! :-) Lovely image, knarf. -- Christian - http://404notfound.blogspot.com http://birdofthemoment.blogspot.com -- 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

Re: OT: since my blog is such a resounding success...

2010-05-14 Thread Christian Skofteland
On Fri, May 14, 2010 at 03:11:33PM -0400, Doug Brewer wrote: Christian Skofteland wrote: On Fri, May 14, 2010 at 08:46:46PM +1000, Rob Studdert wrote: On 14/05/2010, Doug Brewer d...@alphoto.com wrote: I thought I'd start another one. Actually, I just wanted a place to post PESO's

Re: PESO - After the Storm

2010-05-13 Thread Christian Skofteland
On Wed, May 12, 2010 at 11:23:31PM +0100, Cotty wrote: Wow! I leica. 'Sony a wave. Rolleing onto shore. Scary, makes me want my mamiya. I canon take this any more You've had a nikon the head boy. Puns Praktika-ly take over every thread. -- Christian

Re: Canon S90 Remarks

2010-05-13 Thread Christian Skofteland
it. -- Christian - http://404notfound.blogspot.com http://birdofthemoment.blogspot.com -- 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 follow

Re: Mini PDML Paris

2010-05-13 Thread Christian Skofteland
On Wed, May 12, 2010 at 10:56:59PM +0100, Cotty wrote: On 12/5/10, Christian Skofteland, discombobulated, unleashed: Speaking of Paris... I'll actually be in Paris for two weeks (for work) starting May 16th. Send me an off-list email if you want to try to get together for a few hours some

Re: WEBCAM Video of Chicago Exhibition

2010-05-12 Thread Christian Skofteland
email if you want to try to get together for a few hours some afternoon. Cotty is actually trying to show up for a day next week. -- Christian - http://404notfound.blogspot.com http://birdofthemoment.blogspot.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: PESO - After the Storm

2010-05-12 Thread Christian Skofteland
the skyline in the background which gives it a sense of place. -- Christian - http://404notfound.blogspot.com http://birdofthemoment.blogspot.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from

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