Re: Cropping

This is the best response to Eri'c question I could imagine. I am impressed with Cotty's epistolary talent. And I am happy to undersign the last statement. When I was giving workshops "Photography and Dancers", one of the aspects discussed was how some photos could be improved by cropping

Re: Pauls photos in the news

Arguing with Bill? ... I stopped that long time ago... a drink, on the other hand... might be a good idea :-) Just kidding... Cool indeed (the photo and the article)! @Gonz: nice catch! Igor Paul Stenquist Fri, 20 Jan 2017 17:05:48 -0800 wrote: I have to do something other than drink

Re: OT - DSLR cameras for video at a formal event...

unny to me... "Big suits" running around with DSLRs... :) Igor Paul Stenquist Fri, 20 Jan 2017 14:29:03 -0800 wrote: A lot of the press shooters in the D use DSLRs with monitors mounted atop. Paul via phone On Jan 20, 2017, at 4:21 PM, Steve Cottrell <co...@seeingeye.tv> wrote:

OT - DSLR cameras for video at a formal event...

I just caught a glimpse of the live broadcast of the inauguration. In front of what I think was the family walking through the halls, there was a guy with a hand-held DSLR-shaped camera (without any bracket), who was definitely taking a video. It's interesting what was the point... Actually,

Re: Tips for photographing Australia/New Zealand?

In my opinion, Sydney is a nice and unusual combination of NYC and San Diego: there is a city life of a large financial and cultural center (or rather, centre! ;-) ) surrounded by beach communities with surfers. While we were in Sydney (I had a research conference there, so we spend a week

Re: Things just keep getting more interesting

Larry, I thought it was spelled "dike"... but what can you expect from this pun-net of Pentplorables?! ;-) There is a funny comment written below the entry for "dyke" on Merriam-Webster online page: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dyke And it mentions "the story of the little

Re: An opinion: How much better can things get?

Mark, I trusted you... and you... I took some inexpensive lenses out of the closet, and tried them... Their quality didn't go up. You mislead /me! ;-) Igor Mark Roberts Mon, 09 Jan 2017 07:44:18 -0800 wrote: Collin B wrote: The only rough point is the price of good lenses. They've gone up

Happy (still fairly) New Year, and other things

Dear PDMLers, The year is (still) young, so, Happy New Year! (And it is rather late for "Happy Hanukkah!", and "Merry Christmas!", but better later than never.) Best wishes to all y'all and y'all's y'all! ;-) The year end was very busy for me, so, I was reading PDML only briefly, on the

Re: Hacked again

Bill, I am going to bite the bait: What's EDSP? Exchange Delivery Settlement Price? Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program? Endoscopic Double-Snare Polypectomy? Education and Social Policy? Electronic Digital Signal Processing? Engineering Design Support to Production? Education for Development

Re: PT LR 4.4 and Epson 2400 printing

I've never used LR on Mac, so, I am not familiar with possible peculiarities. On Windows, it works this way: There are some LR print templates that set the page size, and some others that don't. So, it is a combination of choosing the template and "page setup" that is needed to be done in a

Re: OT: printer question - which would you do?

I ended up doing something similar to what Paul is doing: printing only on the papers that are suitable for Photo Black. Prior to that, for most purposes, I've preferred Matte papers at photo labs. With my Epson (R2880), - I am using either pearl/luster or, occasionally glossy (when needed or

OT - good deals for Portable USB-3.0 HDDs (2 and 3 GB)

A few people were asking about USB-3.0 HDDs recently. So, - I see two fresh rather good deals for a 2GB and 3GB portable USB 3.0 HDDs. I bought this type of 3GB portable WD HDD in Septemmber and I am very happy with it. (It appears considerably faster than my previous two Seagate portable

RE: And an annual happy birthday to everyone

I found the list, yet hosted and supported by Pentax while either while choosing my first AF SLR (which also happened to be my first K-mount SLR), or shortly after buying one in 1997. (After choosing between Nikon N50, N70, and N90, and not liking the ergonomics of N50 (and not being able

Re: OT? Transfers

Regarding WD vs Seagate vs HGST vs Toshiba, ... My opinion is that there is no big difference between reliability of HDDs from the major brands WD, Seagate, and HGST. (Actually HGST is now a part of WD.) I am not talking about the "bleeding edge" models. There are models (lines) in each

Re: OT? Transfers

Phone? For uploading RAW photo files? That's out of question (unless you are talking about 1-2...) I don't know about your phone data plan, but most are not unlimited these days. Mine is only 2GB per month. Even for the landline, using Cloud storage for backup can be complicated, depending

Re: OT? Transfers

Zos said what I was going to say. You will not feel a difference between 7200 and 5400 rpm drives in the transfer rate when you are backing up photos. The main situation when you feel the difference is in the "random access", when the system/program accesses many small files. (E.g. in case

OT - anti-gravitational lens

Astronomers/astrophysicists have been talking about a gravitational lens. In rough terms, that curves the space (AFAIK) toward a large massive object. In this photo, it looks like there is an "anti-gravitational" lens, as the space is curved in the opposite direction, away from an massive

Re: OT - "optical illusion" in the photo

ous, to me at least, when I looked at it, that the photo was turned 90° to get the effect. So the fact that there was no water was no surprise. It's clever, but not brilliant. On 12/6/2016 12:10 PM, Igor PDML-StR wrote: This is a very interesting photo. https://goo.gl/i3HY1H There i

OT - "optical illusion" in the photo

This is a very interesting photo. https://goo.gl/i3HY1H There is no water in this photo. Igor -- 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: Please pass this to Scott Loveless

Thank you, Boris! Scott has responded to me via e-mail. Igor Boris Liberman Mon, 05 Dec 2016 08:30:18 -0800 wrote: Done via Google+ On Mon, 5 Dec 2016, Igor PDML-StR wrote: Hi Scott, Just in case Google might place those messages into a SPAM box (based on the content), - look for 3

Please pass this to Scott Loveless

I remember that some people mentioned being in contact with Scott Loveless (via FB, or some other social media site). Could you please pass to him this info: His e-mail account seems to be hacked again, with the hacker spamming all the addresses found in the mailbox. I just received such a

K-1 quirks

Larry, Despite doing the software upgrade a few weeks ago, my metz 58 is still not working with the K-1. Maybe you should not have let your flash doing the software upgrade and do it yourself instead! ;-) (Those Dang[!]Ling participles ... ) I haven't had K-1 in my hands, but AF-C

Re: Tonight I got a little Messier

Larry, I haven't done much of astro-photography, so, I am just curious: why focusing at infinity wouldn't work in this case (i.e. turning the focusing ring to the end of the range)? Is it just because the particular lens(es) are not designed or manufactured well for infinity focus? (E.g. they

Re: Nice shot

Which app lied? Bob W-PDML Thu, 01 Dec 2016 15:35:49 -0800 wrote: It was the only one that applied On 1 Dec 2016, at 18:08, Gonz wrote: How did the cormorant end up as the PDML bird anyhow? On Thu, Dec 1, 2016 at 11:35 AM, Jack Davis wrote:

OT - BEAUTIFUL food for your CATS

I think some PDMLers might enjoy nice photos in this collection: http://www.duskyswondersite.com/animals/birds-5/ (not mine). Cheers, Igor -- 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: Coyles in USA

John, Beautiful gallery! In the great California There was a bay And a bridge And the ocean breeze And a bunch of galleries And a tram And BART train And a beautiful moonrise And an island with Alcatraz That was made famous by escapees And a diner with a car from 60s And a sweet lady with a

Re: 20 minutes left on Fastpack 350 for $60

It looks like that timer is per an individual IP address... (or just a random number under 20 minutes) So, when I looked at it this morning, - it started counting down from just below 20 minutes. Just looked at it in the middle of the day, - it shows 12 minutes and some seconds... :-) So,

Re: 150-450 on Amazon for $2207

Paul is correct, the price for this lens jumped up some time in spring. Here is the plot of price history for 150-450 on Amazon: http://camelcamelcamel.com/Pentax-150-450mm-f4-5-5-6ED-Super-Telephoto-Cameras/product/B00TGVI4Y8?context=browse And PF deals page shows that the last price during

Re: PESO: The Duntov Mule

... and it looks like not much space if you need to do anywhat serious grocery shopping... :-) Very nice shots, as usually, Paul! Igor Rick Womer Tue, 22 Nov 2016 17:01:38 -0800 wrote: Neat car, and two gorgeous shots. Looks like cramped seating for the passenger... Rick

Re: K-1 First Photo

Joe, It is an awful[lynice] image. And I see that the camera is giving you all type of troubles and headaches (Auto ISO, etc.). I cannot watch while a nice person like you is suffering. I am ready to do an ultimate sacrifice and take off your hand this culprit of your enormous suffering. I

Unusual PUGgle in the news.

It is not what you might have thought. But I thought there was some (very distant) relation to PUG. http://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-38027485 Please, return now to the regular programming. Igor -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: PESO - DozerKorner

John, That's a good guess about "G", not "E". I actually found one other graffiti "Kongr Dozer": https://www.flickr.com/photos/ziggin_breaf1/15117785781 So, it does have some sense. I also wonder now if "Kongr" is somehow related to Kongregate (games website) Igor John Thu, 17 Nov 2016

Re: PESO - DozerKorner

Bob, Yep, it is a graffiti, but I was curious what meaning (if any) it carried. Igor Bob W-PDML Thu, 17 Nov 2016 08:30:03 -0800 wrote: It's a graffiti tag. Interesting area. B On 17 Nov 2016, at 15:58, Igor PDML-StR <pdml...@komkon.org> wrote: I stayed briefly at a very

PESO - DozerKorner

I stayed briefly at a very budget Super 8 motel in New Orleans recently. The neighborhood was a bit sketchy. The adjacent building was... ghm.. vacant... The front of it, as seen on Google Maps doesn't have anything special:

Re: Spookvoël (Wrap Igor)

of the adjuastments right there, in Camera Raw, to take the full advantage of the RAW format. On Thu, 17 Nov 2016, Igor PDML-StR wrote: Alan, I am glad that my "persistance" in sharing the knowledge did something better than annoying the recepient. :-) Please excuse me for two more hin

Re: Spookvoël (Wrap Igor)

Alan, I am glad that my "persistance" in sharing the knowledge did something better than annoying the recepient. :-) Please excuse me for two more hints related to sharpening in Camera Raw tool that you might find useful with noisy images: In the same Camera Raw, try playing with

Re: PESO: Spookvoël (Wrap)

Alan, Yep, I know about the noise on K-7. I still have (and occasionally use) one. And the noise was one of the main factors why I bought K-5-IIs. And with K-7 shots what I had/have to do is to do careful noise suppression in LR, -- still on the RAW file. And LR does a very good job with the

Re: OT Computer woes.

Dave, I have never done this with an external HDD, but I have done that many times with internal ones. You can have multiple partitions on a drive. In this case, you'll have two partitions, one with Mac file system, the other one with NTFS. But that will not allow you easy sharing files

Re: PESO: Spookvoël

Alan, Very nice shot, both technically and visually. One little detail: I would consider smoothing out the noise a little bit. K-7 @ ISO 800 is becoming noisy in the shadows. You can see the "digital texture" on the leaves and on the "belly" of the bird. Best, Igor On Nov 16, 2016, at 4:17

Re: a tiny LR discovery

Mark, Thanks, that is useful information. I've used those 4 programs over the past ~15+ years, but had not known it. I must be slow. ;-) Igor Mark Roberts Fri, 11 Nov 2016 10:41:19 -0800 wrote: Igor PDML-StR wrote: After having been working with LR for many years, I keep discovering

Re: PESO: As Big as it Gets

"And I tell to myself: `What a wonderfull ... Moon!' " ;-) Done really well! I wonder if anyone has ever tried the mirror 800 mm lenses for shooting the Moon. They also used to be sold with a 2x TC. (IIRC they were Korean: Samyang/Rokinon ?) Igor Paul Stenquist Sun, 13 Nov 2016 17:54:07

Re: OT Computer woes.

As far as I know, disk defragmenting is not something a user should (or even can) do on a Mac. The same situation is with any Unix machines. Even under Windows, - disk defragmentation should be done on FAT files system, but many argue that it should be done differently on NTFS. It shouldn't

Re: K-1 Price

Oops.. Forgot to post the graph showing the price history on Amazon: http://camelcamelcamel.com/Pentax-K-1-Full-Frame-Camera/product/B01BL6L3G6?context=browse On Mon, 14 Nov 2016, Igor PDML-StR wrote: The jump happened just about a month ago. I am suspecting it could be a pre-pre-Black

K-1 Price

The jump happened just about a month ago. I am suspecting it could be a pre-pre-Black-Friday trick. ;-) If you are interested in buying K-1 or any other Pentax gear at the lowest prices, I'd say, watch Black Friday sales (and Cyber-Monday) at B and Adorama. The past 2-3 (if not 4?), the

Re: Wheee

Glad to hear you are safe, David! (Read your message on Sunday, but was on the road, couldn't respond.) Stay safe! I guess you are "shaken not stirred". :-) Two large earthquakes on the sort-of opposite side of the Earth, NZ and Argentina. All those after Italy, ... Gee... what's happening. I

Re: PESO - NOLA at night

ote: The context where I have (often) heard this usage is in "he is a smart dresser..." meaning "...looking very sharp...". None of this makes any literal sense. Stan Sent from my iPad On Fri, 11 Nov 2016, Igor PDML-StR wrote: Thank you, Bob! And thanks for sh

RE: Well this bloody well sux.

Stan, wait, - not far from now phones (or whatever those devices will be called once they will have "phone" app optional) will be surgically _implanted_ in the hand. And if someone thinks it's a Sci-Fi, - there are already people who voluntarily implant chips into themselves (some do

RE: Well this bloody well sux.

Malcolm: In that case, the opposite should be done: you need to cut the "umbilical cord". Him doing well as a junior student at a university is an indication of him being capable of everything (mostly). So, he just needs to realize that, and take a full control of things in his own hands.

RE: Well this bloody well sux.

P.J.: Yep, sometimes there are "unlucky streaks". Just relax and don't handle anything critical this week. Malcolm: I don't know how old your eldest, but tethering (what can be tethered) can be a [partial] solution. I am impressed by the simlicity of the solution for tethering kids' gloves

Re: a tiny LR discovery

. All sorts of amazing things can be discovered. James On Thu, 10 Nov 2016, Igor PDML-StR wrote: After having been working with LR for many years, I keep discovering certain functionalities in it. Today I discovered that when you are resizing a photo, pressing Alt while grabbing a c

Re: PESO - NOLA at night

way of saying a very nice, well crafted image. And it is. Regards, Bob S. On Tue, 8 Nov 2016, Igor PDML-StR wrote: Thank you, Alan, Dan, Malcolm and Jack for your comments. Yep, indeed. I have yet another photo, but slightly to the left, so it didn't include the Moon. Even though that

a tiny LR discovery

After having been working with LR for many years, I keep discovering certain functionalities in it. Today I discovered that when you are resizing a photo, pressing Alt while grabbing a corner of the image will resize proportionally in ALL 4 directions. (If I remember correctly,"Option" is

Re: PESO - Meanwhile, in Norway

The car that was parked in the garage? (not pictured) ;-) Please, send some snow to us... It's just chilled off on the weekend here, - down to low 70s F (~ +21-22 C) Igor On Tue, Nov 8, 2016 at 1:52 PM, Jostein wrote:

Re: PESO - NOLA at night

, I am still puzzled why you called this "very smart", but thanks anyway... Alan C Mon, 07 Nov 2016 20:55:58 -0800 wrote: Very smart. I see you caught Venus & the moon too. Venus ha been quite spectacular in the night sky of late. Alan C On Mon, 7 Nov 2016, Igor PDML-StR wr

Re: PESOs: Phone vs. Camera

"Such a great photo, you must have a great phone!" ;-) On a serious note, - it looks like the phone is more prone to flare and it may have lower dynamic range. Colors from K-1 seem to be reacher. Both a very nice images. That's the Golden Fall that I love. Thanks for sharing, Paul! Igor

PESO - NOLA at night

I just came back from a conference trip to New Orleans, LA. It could've been an "iconic" shot, but it was taken only last week: http://42graphy.org/misc/nola-37814.jpg . Taken handheld from a boat with K5-iiS and 31/1.8. All comments and suggestions are welcome. Igor -- PDML Pentax-Discuss

Re: PESO - "2x2 = 4to" (plus some curious engineering facts)

rn off the winch that was at the ground end, but the tower remained intact and did not need any repairs. The plane crashed into the nearby house's yard. Cheers, Igor On Thu, 3 Nov 2016, Igor PDML-StR wrote: "Oops, I did it again!" ;-) Thank you, Larry. For you others who stil

Re: PESO - "2x2 = 4to"

"Oops, I did it again!" ;-) Thank you, Larry. For you others who still cannot read URLs through the brain-wave channel: http://42graphy.org/galleries/2016-08-05-RedSquare/_IR34357.html Cheers, Igor On Thu, 3 Nov 2016, Igor PDML-StR wrote: "2x2 = 4to" Just a f

PESO - "2x2 = 4to"

"2x2 = 4to" Just a fun shot. This photo is taken at an iconic place... The photo in the PUG will be the clue of where this happened. All comments and suggestions are welcome. Igor PS. I am aware of the boy and his leg. There was no opportunity/time to move to the side and "hide" him

Re: Fast Normal Zoom. (for APS-C)

to Variable Focusing" so I suppose I should have known how to spell it, but I'm lazy. On 10/29/2016 4:26 PM, Igor PDML-StR wrote: Hi P.J. Let me just link my previous response to a very similar question earlier this year: https://www.mail-archive.com/pdml@pdml.net/msg731281.html

Re: Peso: Christmas Cactus

Bill, A very nice image (with the caveats pointed out by Bruce)! I probably wouldn't have recognized the plant by the flour: it is so threatenly big! (The leaves fragments could've been a giveaway). BTW, in Russia, this very popular plant is called "Decembrist", - for the same reason why it

Re: Fast Normal Zoom. (for APS-C)

Hi P.J. Let me just link my previous response to a very similar question earlier this year: https://www.mail-archive.com/pdml@pdml.net/msg731281.html You may want to read my yet earlier response linked within that message. I hope this helps. Igor P.S. It is "varifocal", not "Varafocal".

Re: PUG Themes for 2017

Brian, 1. I would expand on Ann's suggestion: Instead of streetcar and subway, - may be "transportation" or "public transport"? 2. I think "A Car I've owned" could have a limited response, even though some car enthusiasts on the list would produce very interesting photos. I am not too keen

Re: Could a K-3 II video for two hours continuously?

Hi Larry, I am not sure about K-3, I have never used it. Just in case, - let me tell you what I know about K5 (and K7) K5-IIs has a length/time limit that depends on the resolution. At Full-HD, it was less than 10 minutes, I believe. At 720p, it is close to 10 minutes, and it is in high teens

Re: PESO - autumn fly

Naturally frozen? So, it was "posed"? Ghm... I guess staged is a more correct word. :-) Igor Jostein Wed, 26 Oct 2016 09:57:13 -0700 wrote: Ha. Check your local met pusher (met, not meth) for data on ambient temperature in my parts. :-) Jostein Den 26.10.2016 15.42, skrev

Re: PESO - The local sky show

Wow! I am jealous: I've never seen such beautiful shows as you've been photographing... Igor Jostein Wed, 26 Oct 2016 10:00:42 -0700 wrote: From last night, about 400 meters from our house. http://www.alunfoto.no/innhold/nordlys-over-huflatten/ Kp index is equally high tonight, but

Re: PESO - autumn fly

Jostein, Great level of detail: nice DoF and its "placement". The most intriguing part for me is how you managed to "freeze" it on that leaf. Hairspray? ;-) Igor Jostein Øksne Wed, 26 Oct 2016 05:09:13 -0700 wrote: Høst means autumn. But I think you are right about the fly. :-) Jostein

Re: OT - 40%-millipede discovered (nice macro images)

Mark, I am not sure if you were just teasing us, but this is actually a perfectly correct use of "milli". You are thinking about the unit prefixes (kilo, mega, and milli, micro,...). Here, it's a separate root "milli" from Latin "mille" - thousand. Cf. Permille:

PESO - Selfie Also

That's a fun shot, Marco! And a very nicely done one. I particularly like the crispiness of the B conversion. Igor Marco Alpert Tue, 25 Oct 2016 22:48:11 -0700 wrote: So, I didn’t actual mean to make a series of these, but I seem to have gotten a few more than I remembered.

Re: OT - 40%-millipede discovered (nice macro images)

Did you know that reading between the lines you can read one line less? ;-) Igor Jostein Tue, 25 Oct 2016 16:23:51 -0700 wrote: For a side order of tidbits, a millipede needs to have at least 252 body segments to have a thousand legs. :-) Jostein Den 25.10.2016 15.57, skrev Igor PDML

Re: Headsup - auroras tonight

Thanks, but I am so much south that I could almost see Crux. :-) Good luck with the weather! Igor Jostein Tue, 25 Oct 2016 16:15:06 -0700 wrote: Title says it all, really. Get out there. Jostein -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: Happy Birthday, Ann!

"Widely known in narrow circles." :-) ann sanfedele Mon, 24 Oct 2016 19:12:12 -0700 wrote: Um - yeah, and I have known them for years... - Emily DIckenson is the best. There is a google thing than gives you a whole slew of people when you punch in your birthday... I stumbled on one that

OT - 40%-millipede discovered (nice macro images)

Or, more exactly, 414 legs and 4 not-legs. Got leg fetish, - see these nice macro images: http://www.livescience.com/56621-photos-weird-millipede.html or as a Youtube video clip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ax6AM_G5xrk For more detail (description):

Re: Happy Birthday, Ann!

Ann, Since there are only 366 "unique" days for a birthday day, it shouldn't be that difficult to find someone famous born that day. Especially when one looks at several centuries back. :-) Igor ann sanfedele Sun, 23 Oct 2016 13:07:13 -0700 wrote: On the upside of my birth date, Emily

PESO - on edge

This is also a flower that was waiting for its time to be a subject of my experiments. http://42graphy.org/misc/Flower_IR32063.jpg You might remember I was asking if this type of procedure was possible in LR. I've finally got to do it in PS. I was using the "edge" filter in PS, which was

Re: phrase

ie-on-the-green" event. Igor Jack Davis Mon, 24 Oct 2016 15:28:08 -0700 wrote: I've found a number of my images to be despeckleable. ann sanfedele Mon, 24 Oct 2016 14:50:51 -0700 wrote: Igor does your offspring have the book? or did you see the film? (Despicable me) On Mon, 24 Oct

Re: PESO - painted on silk (flowers)

6 14:43:43 -0700 wrote: Igor, I've been doing something similar for cafe press designs for a few years , savingoverexposed flower shots. or cartooning things. I can't draw either :-) Yours works nicely ... - it is fun, isn't it? ann On Mon, 24 Oct 2016, Igor PDML-StR wrote: I had a f

Re: phrase

with the technique called "speckle". It's related to X-ray analysis of the system state (dynamics). Sent from mobile phone Brian Walters Mon, 24 Oct 2016 13:58:50 -0700 wrote: On Tue, Oct 25, 2016, at 06:29 AM, Igor PDML-StR wrote: > > Just tried to google it... And it is that ra

Re: phrase

Just tried to google it... And it is that rare occasion when others haven't said it (it is not in Google, so, nobody has written it, right?!). I should've copyrighted it! :-0) ... now it'll be in google by tonight, tomorrow the latest. Igor On Mon, 24 Oct 2016, Igor PDML-StR wrote

phrase

Just a phrase: "Despecklable me". Cheers, Igor -- 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: On the Skyway

What a pleasant image! I like the bokeh, especially from the needles! Is this 150-450? Igor Paul Stenquist Mon, 24 Oct 2016 10:35:15 -0700 wrote: A common great squirrel in the branches of a white pine. I love the way the squirrels race through the trees, sometimes leaping from one to

PESO - painted on silk (flowers)

I had a few minutes while checking a test installation of a computer, so, I played with the idea I've had for a while. http://42graphy.org/misc/PaintedFlowers_IR31789.jpg All comments and critique are welcome. Igor PS. Just in case, for full disclosure- this is not really painted, - I am

Re: Happy Birthday, Ann!

Did you mean that on the day of your birth, Edward VIII signed Instrument of Abdication, giving up British throne to marry Wallis Simpson? ;-) Igor http://www.onthisday.com/events/december/10 ann sanfedele Sat, 22 Oct 2016 16:32:16 -0700 wrote: nonono... DECEMBER 10th is my birthday -

OT - Pseudo-prudence -- Facebook 'removes' breast cancer video

Facebook continues its image policing: Facebook 'removes' breast cancer video http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-37721193 Igor Sent from mobile phone -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please

Re: fall

Thanks! I wish I could... Igor Mark Roberts Wed, 19 Oct 2016 16:16:16 -0700 wrote: Igor PDML-StR wrote: Dave, Some beautiful Fall colors! (Also in the larger gallery). It is these colors that I are reminding me why I was liked using Agfa film. I liked going to New England mid-October

Re: PESO Orb Spider

ed, 19 Oct 2016 10:43:00 -0700 wrote: On Wed, Oct 19, 2016 at 12:56 PM, Larry Colen <l...@red4est.com> wrote: Igor PDML-StR wrote: Not having shot a grey card can make it hard to make sure the colors are accurate, or more difficult to get the rendering your want. But it does not change wh

Re: fall

Dave, Some beautiful Fall colors! (Also in the larger gallery). It is these colors that I are reminding me why I was liked using Agfa film. I liked going to New England mid-October for those colors. Haven't done that for some long time... Cheers, Igor David J Brooks Tue, 18 Oct 2016

PESO - Photo Vest

Fully vested. PS. The guy's facial expression is indicating he is suffering. Maybe be he needs a real camera? ;-) Marco Alpert Wed, 19 Oct 2016 07:59:59 -0700 wrote: http://www.alpert.com/marco/photo16/peso23.html Comments, as always, welcomed. -Marco -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List

Re: PESO - An Iconic Place

Brian, I like both versions. Regarding your question about the B one: I see B alright on my screen, but I would have boosted the exposure just a bit. I am not sure which version is better. At first, I saw only the B, and couldn't figure out where the color version was. And I thought B was

Re: PESO Orb Spider

Larry, The first photo is very good. The second one can benefit from some trimming, but I am not sure if even that would help with that bright thing in the left bottom corner. I'd try to spot-treat it to tune down the brightness of that object. Sorry, but I find that logic (quoted below)

Re: 31/1.8 vs Sigma 35/1.4 art

Larry, I perfectly understand your dilemma. But... Selling 31/1.8 to purchase Sigma 35/1.4 is like selling your left kidney to finance the surgery on your right one. IMHO, 31/1.8 is just too good of a lens to let it go. It is almost as good as 77/1.8. The rendering of both of these is so

Re: PESO: My Fox

I haven't seen foxes here, but our diggers are armadillos. I am too lazy to get outside at wee hours to see them. And there are might be someone else who keeps re-digging the same hole in front of the house. (I've sort of given up on closing it back every time.) Other large-scale pests in our

Re: PESO: My Fox

Malcolm, That's a great photo! My first thought when I saw the message subject was it was not literal. As far as I heard, in Chinese folklore, a fox is a magic creature that visits to test a person. If the person does well, the fox rewards one. Otherwise the tested person can be punished

Re: PESO - Colorful

ittle, angular vs. cute. Igor PS. Ann, yes, you guessed right about her. And that's one of the reasons why I am biased. ;-) On Mon, 17 Oct 2016, Igor PDML-StR wrote: http://42graphy.org/misc/Colorful_IR34606.jpg I like the juxtaposition, but I am biased on several levels. I am cur

PESO - Colorful

http://42graphy.org/misc/Colorful_IR34606.jpg I like the juxtaposition, but I am biased on several levels. I am curious if this photo works for others. All comments and critique are welcome! Igor -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Re: OT work flow

Dave, I understand your fear... ;-) This path your are using defeats the purpose of shooting RAW. in that case, as Cotty has suggested, - just shoot JPEGs. If you want to benefit from the RAW while using LR, you might consider using a DNG converter from Adobe. So, your work flow would be:

Re: PESO: On the beach, Encino 1981

this near Ventura county line. Could be up there. Maybe someone can recognize it. Paul via phone On Oct 14, 2016, at 5:24 PM, Igor PDML-StR <pdml...@komkon.org> wrote: Nice, movie-escue image. E.g. it looks like a frame from a movie. While reading you message, I was rather confused wha

Re: OT - totally OT - help identifying?

Wow! Just, wow! I don't stop being impressed with the collective wisdom of PDML and the broad individual knowledge of PDMLers. Thanks a lot, Eric! Igor Eric Featherstone Fri, 14 Oct 2016 14:49:12 -0700 wrote: On 14 October 2016 at 21:52, Igor PDML-StR <pdml...@komkon.org> wrote:

Re: PESO: On the beach, Encino 1981

Nice, movie-escue image. E.g. it looks like a frame from a movie. While reading you message, I was rather confused what was the problem: why the fact that the day was great should have stopped her from heading out with her board... But on the photo, it looks like it may have been not much

OT - totally OT - help identifying?

I know that PDMLers are good at identifying various species. I wonder if someone is knowledgeable about these Japanese creatures: http://42graphy.org/misc/IMG_20150814_223740_957_resized.jpg I am trying to find out what's the name. I tried to do a reverse image search, and that didn't help

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