Re: What are you cooking?

2006-12-22 Thread Keith McGuinness
David Savage wrote: Morton Bay Bug, from Queensland. Not necessarily! It could have been a Balmain Bug: http://www.sea-ex.com/fishphotos/bug,.htm Depends whether Paul was in northern or southern Australia, at the time he got his bug. Keith McG On 12/23/06, Paul Stenquist [EMAIL

Re: Please everyone set up an email filter

2006-12-19 Thread Keith McGuinness
J. C. O'Connell wrote: Because I dont belive it, that's why. Why wouldnt they care? Are they legally blind or something? I have never heard of anyone who didnt care whether their TV picture sucks or is good in my life. And that is what this is, good vs sucks TV picture. For me, the

Re: Please everyone set up an email filter

2006-12-19 Thread Keith McGuinness
:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Keith McGuinness Sent: Tuesday, December 19, 2006 8:30 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: Please everyone set up an email filter J. C. O'Connell wrote: Because I dont belive it, that's why. Why wouldnt they care? Are they legally blind or something

Re: January 2007 PUG

2006-12-16 Thread Keith McGuinness
Bob Sullivan wrote: Dave, Maybe October (November?) could be Nature's Colors? It would be interesting to contrast the two seasons from different hemispheres. Regards, Bob S. On 12/17/06, Rick Womer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Might you swap October and November? There aren't any fall

Re: PDML and Thunderbird

2006-11-23 Thread Keith McGuinness
Mark Cassino wrote: I configured Thunderbird to send plain text to the list, and the messages show up in the sent folder as plain text, so I can't figure out what the problem is. Is anyone here using Thunderbird to post to the PDML? If so - any tips on settings? I'm using Thunderbird BUT

Re: Using a Super Tak w/ istDS- A challange to sanity?

2006-11-15 Thread Keith McGuinness
Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: I vote roswell. There's surely more solid information about than than about the K1D. Finally, something I can agree with, without sounding stupid or misinformed! Keith McG -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Re: Luminence Smoothing and Color Noise Reduction

2006-11-06 Thread Keith McGuinness
Mat Maessen wrote: On 11/6/06, Godfrey DiGiorgi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If you're talking about these controls in Camera Raw, the adjustments are made on the entire image. Thank you for that tidbit of information, Godfrey. This one's going in the useful information file. I agree! What a

Re: November PUG is open

2006-11-03 Thread Keith McGuinness
A truly excellent PUG (imo). My personal favourites... H Rust: River's End - Because I'm a sucker for sunsets; but very nicely shot. G Cain: Little Lost Bucket at the Beach - Kind of whimsical. T Vigfussen: Abandoned half-built house - Very moody. T Reese: Mesa Verde NP - Because those

Re: The JCO survey

2006-10-21 Thread Keith McGuinness
Shel Belinkoff wrote: It's not an either/or proposition. I can shoot any way I please, and get pleasure of varying degrees from whatever my choice is. Of course, you're so blinded by what you perceive as being the one and only way of doing things, you can't understand that. Of course! And

Re: The JCO survey

2006-10-21 Thread Keith McGuinness
: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Keith McGuinness Sent: Saturday, October 21, 2006 8:26 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: The JCO survey Shel Belinkoff wrote: It's not an either/or proposition. I can shoot any way I please, and get pleasure of varying

Re: Thoughs on lenses for K100D

2006-10-17 Thread Keith McGuinness
I'm thinking of a kit with the 18-125 as a general use lens, FA50/f1.4 for portraits and low light and Sigma 105/f2.8 EX macro for close up and quality longer shots. Any opinions? Most pictures at the site below taken with the 18-125:

Re: The JCO survey

2006-10-13 Thread Keith McGuinness
Shel Belinkoff wrote: I'm rubber and you're glue Whatever you say Bounces off me And sticks to you LOL I think this is probably the most valuable thing I've learned from this thread. 8-) Keith McG -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: PUG reminder

2006-08-17 Thread Keith McGuinness
David Savage wrote: You've got 3 days (4 in some places) to get your Juxtaposition entry in. I have to admit I'm struggling with this one. I'm struggling too, big time! I hereby submit a disclaimer in advance and direct all blame for the quality (or lack of) in my entry (assuming I have

Re: GESO: McKenzie Country

2006-08-04 Thread Keith McGuinness
Stunning. Keith McG David Mann wrote: Hi all, I've recently finished a long-overdue update to my gallery viewer. On the surface not a lot has changed except a little prettifying, but I've made some significant changes under-the-hood. With all the work I've put into it I really

Re: Problem with DL USB cable

2006-08-04 Thread Keith McGuinness
John Forbes wrote: He should simply throw away the cable and DL using a card reader. Far more reliable, and less hassle. Not for me. I prefer using the cable to a card reader (which I have also). Keith McG -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: Problem with DL USB cable

2006-08-04 Thread Keith McGuinness
Adam Maas wrote: Keith McGuinness wrote: Not for me. I prefer using the cable to a card reader (which I have also). Keith McG A good card reader is significantly faster and doesn't drain your camera batteries. Why use the cable? The difference in transfer between 3 minutes and 1 minute

Re: PUG is dying?

2006-08-02 Thread Keith McGuinness
Mark Roberts wrote: John Forbes wrote: The high (and high quality) turnout does suggest that a simple theme can be more inspirational than a quirky one designed to challenge the photographer. This was a straightforward subject, but it didn't produce banal images. Or perhaps it is

Re: August PUG is open

2006-08-02 Thread Keith McGuinness
Tom C wrote: I've long thought that the light yellow background was, how do I say it PC, an unusual color choice. I know it wasn't chosen by Adelheid or even yourself, but I do think we could consider a change. I think a gray backgroud is more neutral and a may improve the overall look of

Re: August PUG is open

2006-08-01 Thread Keith McGuinness
The August PUG is open. A bit late due to last minute adjustments. Thanks Adelheid! I looked at this gallery and had three quick thoughts: a lot of really good photographs here; a LOT of photographs here; and, I won't be commenting on ALL of them this time...at least my first two thoughts

Re: PESO - Award winning Image !

2006-07-29 Thread Keith McGuinness
Ann Sanfedele wrote: Kenneth Waller wrote: Check out http://mypeoplepc.com/members/kwaller/offwallphoto/id2.html Ken! that's fabulous - it is a lovely image - way to go! I don't know anything about the prize you won, though - Hope it is worthwhile Sometimes you just have to say: Me

Re: PESO: well - 3 PESOS NYC stuff

2006-07-29 Thread Keith McGuinness
The first one is fun and I agree with the comment on the light for the third. Keith McG Ann Sanfedele wrote: I just added these three to my single photo -misc gallery on photo.net http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=4740660 http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=4739367

Re: PESO: Winter's Grace

2006-07-29 Thread Keith McGuinness
Wow! Really like this one. Keith McG Jack Davis wrote: Hope I've not put this up in the past. Taken at a city park lake in Dec. several years back. I first noticed the tree, parked and made my way toward it. The unseen Canada geese launched themselves from the bank below as I blindly

Re: Talk about crap

2006-07-28 Thread Keith McGuinness
Aaron Reynolds wrote: On Jul 26, 2006, at 5:27 PM, Keith McGuinness wrote: I don't feel that my academic freedom would be infringed in the least if he got the boot. Keith, you wouldn't feel that your academic freedom would be infringed if a professor were booted without an examination

Re: PESO: rare visitor!

2006-07-28 Thread Keith McGuinness
John Coyle wrote: No Keith, it's in fact the top of the cliffs above the north bank of the Brisbane River, literally across the road from my unit block! It really is inner-city, so to see a snake of this size is quite something. John Coyle Brisbane, Australia Amazing. I know wildlife can

Re: Lightroom

2006-07-28 Thread Keith McGuinness
William Robb wrote: I installed Lightroom on my machine, but for some reason, it won't run. When I try to start it, the computer looks like it is trying, but then seems to forget about it. Is anyone else having this problem? Runs but very, very slowly. Way too slowly for me to use, even as

Re: Talk about crap

2006-07-27 Thread Keith McGuinness
William Robb wrote: Sad, but true. My son quit school and got a job driving an ice cream truck, for money he couldn't have made for another 5 or 6 *YEARS* following his chosen line of education and work. Why is it sad? Universities have done an excellent job of brainwashing the masses into

Re: PESO: rare visitor!

2006-07-27 Thread Keith McGuinness
Astonishing! Is the area a park or something? Keith McG John Coyle wrote: Taken less than 100 metres from where I live, this is the first of this genera I have ever seen so close. Glad I wasn't capable of being lunch! http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=4735921 Comments

Re: Talk about crap

2006-07-26 Thread Keith McGuinness
frank theriault wrote: On 7/25/06, graywolf [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I will defend the guys right to get up on a soap box, or write on the Internet, but I do not think he should be given official sanction or tax payer dollars to do so. Are we required to support every crackpot who wishes to

Re: PESO: Attitude Sky

2006-07-26 Thread Keith McGuinness
Love the sky. Find the whatever it is running up from the bottom a bit distracting. But...wow! Keith McG Jack Davis wrote: A reward for taking another drive around a local landmark range of hills. Again, taken a few year back. Rice field with winter catch rain. The bronze tone was not my

Re: PESO: Storm front

2006-07-26 Thread Keith McGuinness
David Savage wrote: I like it. Spooky. But I think it needs to have the earth accentuated the trees lightened up. Something like this (I hope you don't mind): http://www.arach.net.au/~savage/Misc/photo9_DSV.jpg Of course I don't mind! This is just what I was looking for! Goes along with

Re: PESO: Storm front

2006-07-26 Thread Keith McGuinness
Brian Walters wrote: Very dramatic sky but I agree it lacks something - possibly a bit too much darkness on the left hand side. I prefer it cropped to remove about 25 % on the left and a bit off the top. Thanks! I think this is the right track. Certainly not the sort of environment where

Re: PESO - Jump

2006-07-26 Thread Keith McGuinness
Tim Øsleby wrote: Pardon me saying this Tom: but the run about like naked animals part sounds very ethnocentric in my ears. To be totally strait with you, I find it rather offensive. ...like naked animals... I don't find it offensive, just incomprehensible. Humans originally took to wearing

Re: Talk about crap

2006-07-26 Thread Keith McGuinness
Mark Roberts wrote: You should go to a college/university to learn about something if the goal of your learning is *learning*. If the goal of your learning is getting a job, go to trade school because it's a situation in which everyone wins: Your future employer wins, the trade school you go

Re: New telephoto lenses?

2006-07-25 Thread Keith McGuinness
graywolf wrote: As far as I know the US government defines Median income as the middle of the population, not the middle of the dollar amount. So in this case Keith is correct. I hope I'm right! I'll be in a room in about 4 hours with my introductory stats class. It would be a bit of a

Re: Talk about crap

2006-07-25 Thread Keith McGuinness
Bob Shell wrote: On Jul 25, 2006, at 3:49 AM, Don Williams wrote: Someone posted a bit about the 'moon landing was filmed in Death Valley lunatics' the other day. Try this one for /real /bullshit: http://email.latimes.com/cgi-bin1/DM/y/e5td0LgybQ0G2B0HjO40EF Which part do you consider

PESO: Storm front

2006-07-25 Thread Keith McGuinness
Warning: Office friendly but don't get caught in one. This is from earlier in the year: http://www.users.bigpond.com/keith.mcguinness/ph/peso/photos/photo9.html Confession: for some reason, it doesn't quite work for me but I don't know why. All and any comments appreciated. (I admit that I

Re: PESO: Sunrise over Mt. Brocoflower

2006-07-25 Thread Keith McGuinness
I like it too -- interesting. Keith McG [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In a message dated 7/25/2006 7:50:57 AM Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: http://www.arach.net.au/~savage/PESO/peso_020.htm I've always meant to photograph this rather interesting vegi, but it's usually eaten

Re: New telephoto lenses?

2006-07-24 Thread Keith McGuinness
mike wilson wrote: From: Keith McGuinness [EMAIL PROTECTED] graywolf wrote: Well, I like the idea of killing everyone who has an income above the median, they are resource hogs having more than their fair share of everything. You want to kill half the population on the planet? Seems

Re: OT: credentials

2006-07-24 Thread Keith McGuinness
Bob Shell wrote: On Jul 23, 2006, at 8:51 PM, Keith McGuinness wrote: Can I play too? I get 80 hits for KA McGuinness and 1,000 for Keith McGuinness. Do I win? Yep, you get a free listing in the McGuinness Book of World Records. Ha! That'll be a very thin book. Keith McG -- PDML

Re: [OT] Carrying capacity (was New telephoto lenses?)

2006-07-24 Thread Keith McGuinness
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In a message dated 7/23/2006 5:47:44 PM Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: You want us all to go back to a hunter-gatherer life-style? How could we use or Pentax's then? I meant a scientific formula based on nature, re animals, re carrying

Re: [OT] Carrying capacity (was New telephoto lenses?)

2006-07-24 Thread Keith McGuinness
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In a message dated 7/24/2006 8:08:55 PM Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: It is difficult to argue that the hunter-gathering lifestyle, probably the earliest human lifestyle, is not natural. Then some societies developed agriculture. At what point do

Re: [OT] Carrying capacity (was New telephoto lenses?)

2006-07-23 Thread Keith McGuinness
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Defining overpopulation strictly in terms of the whole world ignores actual facts. Carrying capacity for animals may be done that way, but human food and other resources are not distributed by some world government. If carrying capacity is defined as ration of

Re: New telephoto lenses?

2006-07-23 Thread Keith McGuinness
Bob Shell wrote: On Jul 23, 2006, at 4:05 PM, DagT wrote: I´ve never understood why the west does not use it´s technology and wealth to become independent of oil. You don't understand that the President is a Texas oil man. So long as he is in the White House nothing much will be done

Re: New telephoto lenses?

2006-07-23 Thread Keith McGuinness
graywolf wrote: Well, I like the idea of killing everyone who has an income above the median, they are resource hogs having more than their fair share of everything. You want to kill half the population on the planet? Seems a little drastic! Keith McG -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List

Re: New telephoto lenses?

2006-07-23 Thread Keith McGuinness
graywolf wrote: Most ethanol is synthesized from petroleum these days, except for the stuff we drink. So is a large amounts of the hydrocarbon chemicals used in industry. Much of our clothing is made from petroleum. And of course most of the plastics we use. Fuel is actually far from the

Re: OT: credentials

2006-07-23 Thread Keith McGuinness
Tim Øsleby wrote: I get no hits for P. J. Ailing at all. G How about trying P. J. Alling? ;-) I like PJ Ailing! Hi, who are you? Hi, I'm PJ, ailing. Oh, sorry to hear that. Keith McG -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Re: OT: credentials

2006-07-23 Thread Keith McGuinness
that Godfrey is more than three times as famous as P.J.? And does it mean I am nearly 12 times as famous? Can I play too? I get 80 hits for KA McGuinness and 1,000 for Keith McGuinness. Do I win? Keith McG -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo

Re: New telephoto lenses?

2006-07-23 Thread Keith McGuinness
graywolf wrote: No, everone on the planet. As you continue executing them, the median income goes down until one person has it all. Then you have to get rid of him. LOL! Wouldn't you have to get rid of half of him? Then a quarter? Then... Logic does not seem to be the forte of most of the

Re: OT: global warming

2006-07-23 Thread Keith McGuinness
Ed Maruyama wrote: hi folks.. haven't seen (yet) the movie... but just wanted to share my thoughts... I've been here in Iqaluit for the past 3 years or so... honestly... in this tiny time frame, I *think* things are changing for real... It is normal for things to change. When you stop

Re: PESO - Jump

2006-07-22 Thread Keith McGuinness
DagT wrote: The opinion of the IWC is on the move, and one of the reasons is that some smaller countries are tired of being used by the people who are against whaling. If anybody has been bought it has happened on both sides. Exactly: it has been both sides, getting in countries which

Re: [OT] Whales for lunch (was PESO - Jump)

2006-07-22 Thread Keith McGuinness
No chance of you being lost in the crowd, DagT, I would have thought! 8-) Keith McG DagT wrote: Den 22. jul. 2006 kl. 03.24 skrev Keith McGuinness: DagT wrote: The Norwegian name is Vågehval, and in latin Balaenoptera acutorostrata. I´m not sure what it is called in English

Re: [OT] Whales for lunch (was PESO - Jump)

2006-07-22 Thread Keith McGuinness
Norman Baugher wrote: ROTFLMAO... From: DagT snip So, the natural balance has been shifted by us long ago and now we have to control all parts to providesnip But DagT is right (for at least some environments). For instance, it is known that indigenous Australians, in northern

Re: PESO - Jump

2006-07-22 Thread Keith McGuinness
Bob W wrote: [...] Norway has a traditional history of whale hunting. Australian aborigines have a traditional history of hunting dugong (which may be threatened). The former is condemned but the latter is allowed. Go figure. It's quite easy to figure, actually. One of them is

Re: now *this* is hysterical ...

2006-07-22 Thread Keith McGuinness
Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: I wouldn't characterize the message as a 'state of panic'. creditable srcs have verified the science conclusively... Including my contacts at DRI and NASA,JPL. Its simply a wake up call... Not a piece of fiction. The science has certainly NOT been verified anywhere

Re: PESO: Architecture shot that didn't make it into the PUG

2006-07-22 Thread Keith McGuinness
Don Sanderson wrote: Gorgeous! I would like to withdraw my entry. ;-( Mark Roberts Although I first wondered where I was going to get an architecture shot for this month's PUG, I ended up finding several that I liked. My current PESO is one of the ones I decided not to use for the PUG,

Re: [OT] Whales for lunch (was PESO - Jump)

2006-07-22 Thread Keith McGuinness
Norman Baugher wrote: They used fires to modify the landscape to produce a given resultnot balance nature (which is impossible for humans to do). That was part of the point. Is the indigenous burning natural? If it is not, why not? And it is impossible for humans to balance for the

Re: Dry Season Sunrise

2006-07-22 Thread Keith McGuinness
David Savage wrote: Considering Keith is in Darwin it's more likely to be a beach at low tide. Darwin is in the tropical north of Australia and during our summer months experiences monsoonal weather patterns. So winter is the dryer part of the year. On 7/22/06, Kenneth Waller [EMAIL

Re: PESO: Dry Season Sunrise

2006-07-22 Thread Keith McGuinness
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Maybe cliched, but nice. Well done. I suppose since sunrises occur over and over again that they might technically match the definition of the word cliche, but they are never cliche as far as I'm concerned. Tom C. I agree, actually. But some sunsets

Re: Dry Season Sunrise

2006-07-22 Thread Keith McGuinness
Kenneth Waller wrote: Good capture Keith. Nice composition - it moves my eyes thru it nicely. Great exposure, but perhaps the background is a tad soft in the focus department? Yep, it is a bit soft in the focus department. Excuse (long winded)... 1) I was using my Coolpix snapshot camera,

Re: PESO: Slightly Weird

2006-07-22 Thread Keith McGuinness
Paul Stenquist wrote: I shot a car show today. Among the slightly strange things you see at these shows are dolls. Classic car folks position dolls looking through the grilles of their cars. Why? I don't know. Dolls on lawn chairs are popular as well. Here's an example:

Re: OT: global warming

2006-07-22 Thread Keith McGuinness
Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: All I'm after is that you start thinking and studying the issues for yourselves and don't let the fiction writers and the popular press, driven by an anti-knowledge, anti-science, good-old-boy administration of oil-rich and weapons-happy thieves, keep you

Re: Dry Season Sunrise

2006-07-22 Thread Keith McGuinness
Kenneth Waller wrote: Good capture Keith. Nice composition - it moves my eyes thru it nicely. Great exposure, but perhaps the background is a tad soft in the focus department? Also just realised that some of the softness is probably due to the smoke haze, which was quite considerable

Re: [OT] Whales for lunch (was PESO - Jump)

2006-07-21 Thread Keith McGuinness
DagT wrote: The Norwegian name is Vågehval, and in latinBalaenoptera acutorostrata. I´m not sure what it is called in English but according to the International Whaling Commission there were about 18 of them in 2004. Not exactly extinct, and this is the type that

Re: The camera for cat (or dog) haters?

2006-07-21 Thread Keith McGuinness
John Francis wrote: I note, with some amusement, that not only does the K100D have a scene mode specifically for taking photographs of your pets, but that in addition the icon for this selection can be set to a representation of either a cat or a dog. Suddenly I feel very ill... Keith McG

Re: PESO - Jump

2006-07-21 Thread Keith McGuinness
DagT wrote: I have acknowledges a couple of times that I probably should have warned you, but I do see little understanding from some that these things may occur. Also I as a foreigner find that I´m held responsible for the effects of stupid laws in other countries. I think you are just

Re: PESO - Jump

2006-07-21 Thread Keith McGuinness
DagT wrote: If you can be prosecuted for finding something by accident on an internet link you should stay off the internet. Either that, or you are being more than a little bit paranoid. They are not being paranoid. It CAN happen. It DOES happen. It IS stupid but, as Aaron's story

PESO: Dry Season Sunrise

2006-07-21 Thread Keith McGuinness
Warning: Office friendly but probably cliche! Note: Not a Pentax shot; only had my Nikon CP4500 (alas). The dry season (the equivalent of winter in more temperate regions) has really set in here. Hardly a hint of rain and the temperature plunging to 16 Celsius (61 F). 8-) It's also the time

Re: PESO - Jump

2006-07-20 Thread Keith McGuinness
William Robb wrote: Since the law itself is very open to individual interpretation, it is a bit dangerous to have a picture of a naked child on a computer hard drive, even if it is in a residual cache, rather than formally saved. I really wish some of these Europeans would get it through

Re: PESO - Owl

2006-07-20 Thread Keith McGuinness
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In a message dated 7/19/2006 5:54:31 AM Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: istDL, 200mm f/4 SMC, iso 800. The image is cropped about 50%. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v699/newtmaker/IMGP24115x7cropweb.jpg Walt == Very, very nice shot of

Re: PESO - Jump

2006-07-20 Thread Keith McGuinness
David Mann wrote: That kind of thing is starting to happen here: http://www.starcanterbury.co.nz/localnews/storydisplay.cfm? storyid=3692452thesection=localnewsthesubsection=thesecondsubsection= The link is incomplete but I found the story you were referring to and it is the sort of thing

Re: PESO: Summer Sunset

2006-07-20 Thread Keith McGuinness
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In a message dated 7/19/2006 3:06:11 PM Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I colleaque of mine lives very near the sea (most Danes do ;-). When I visited him earlier this evening, I did this sunset image: http://www.flickr.com/photos/bladt/193652447/

Re: PEOW: Another GBH Portrait

2006-07-20 Thread Keith McGuinness
Christian wrote: Jay Taylor wrote: I have not been able to get out and do much shooting as of late since I'm busy trying to move into a new home my wife and I are purchasing. That coupled with the start of Salmon fishing season has kept me away from my camera. This is another of my

Re: PESO - Jump

2006-07-20 Thread Keith McGuinness
DagT wrote: Den 20. jul. 2006 kl. 06.05 skrev Keith McGuinness: I am NOT saying that what you did is in anyway wrong but you've got to remember that the LAWS in other countries might be different, not only the customs. Well, that only brings a new problem. How much do we have to know

Re: PESO - Jump

2006-07-20 Thread Keith McGuinness
Kenneth Waller wrote: This is really no different than respecting the wishes of a friend when you visit them. ie if you smoke he didn't like smoking in his house, you would refrain from smoking when visiting him. It's quite a bit different, actually. Presumably you have some idea of your

Re: PESO - Jump

2006-07-19 Thread Keith McGuinness
DagT wrote: In my view this is just an innocent child and if someone manages to thinks anything perverted in relation to it the problem is in their minds. The trouble is that the laws in some places are such that you could get charged with an offense just for looking at such a photo,

Re: PESO: magic hour

2006-07-13 Thread Keith McGuinness
Doug Franklin wrote: Paul Stenquist wrote: Interesting, I like it. Paul On Jul 13, 2006, at 4:53 AM, jim kerslake wrote: Some evening colours for you... Just a small illustration of Magic Hour light - falling on some otherwise quite dull vegetation. There's something terribly

Re: Seriously Off Topic: War is starting in Israel

2006-07-13 Thread Keith McGuinness
keith_w wrote: frank theriault wrote: On 7/12/06, Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'd just like to apologise for the war. I'd like to apologize for Cotty's apology. cheers, frank I'm sorry you said that... Given the circumstances, I think that these apologies are in poor taste.

Re: More Fungus!

2006-07-13 Thread Keith McGuinness
Kostas Kavoussanakis wrote: On Wed, 12 Jul 2006, Mark Roberts wrote: After yesterday's discovery of that old fungus shot, I decided to revamp my fungus photo gallery. (And yes, I am a sad git to actually have a gallery of fungus photos, aren't I? g) http://www.robertstech.com/fungus.htm

Re: PEOW: Great Blue Heron Portrait

2006-07-08 Thread Keith McGuinness
I like the photo a lot but, alas, I don't think that the bird is very attractive! Keith McG Jay Taylor wrote: Here's a shot taken a couple months back with the *istDS with the FA*300 f4.5 stacked with the F1.7X Adapter. This combo gives me a 510mm focal length and is not too shabby

Re: PESO - Brothers

2006-07-08 Thread Keith McGuinness
I didn't look at the photo, so I can't comment on it. But I do get bothered by people telling me what they think I need to know. Keith McG Cotty wrote: On 7/7/06, Shel Belinkoff, discombobulated, unleashed: What you can see tells you what you need to know. Arrogant bollocks!!! --

Re: PESO - Brothers

2006-07-08 Thread Keith McGuinness
It was a cat photo; that's enough for me! I think all pet photos should carry a warning in the subject line: [pet]. That way I could bin them more easily! I have no doubt that some of them are excellent photos but they simply do not interest me. Keith McG Cotty wrote: On 7/7/06, Shel

Re: exposure evaluation ... digital and film

2006-07-06 Thread Keith McGuinness
Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: Extending ISO by manipulating the RAW data alone will not do as well as exposing properly at a higher ISO setting. Is *that* what this thread is about? I would have thought that this should be obvious! (I've been reading the thread but not always following it.)

Re: Coming Soon - A new K-mount Film Camera

2006-07-02 Thread Keith McGuinness
__ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- Regards Keith McGuinness School of Science Primary

Re: July PUG is open

2006-07-01 Thread Keith McGuinness
AvK wrote: The July PUG is open. It can be viewed at http://pug.komkon.org Thanks Adelheid! My personal picks for the month: Photo - Jostein; mystery - Wendy; interpretation - Sridhar. Comments... * Jostein: Curves in... I don't usually go for abstract but I like this one. Curtains blown by

Re: GESO: 6 book covers

2006-06-23 Thread Keith McGuinness
Ann Sanfedele wrote: Keith McGuinness wrote: As covers... Desert solitaire Word freak Roswell In that order. Those are the ones that I might pick up and look at. Thanks, Keith - that's what I want to know -- of course, it says something about your taste in lit too :) Oh

Re: PUG Challenge!

2006-06-23 Thread Keith McGuinness
Tom C wrote: I'll just say it again. If the PUG is simply a photo sharing site where participants submit, look, test out their images, then there probably are better mechanisms for doing so than a static webpage that must be manually maintained once a month. If it's an artistic showcase,

Re: PUG Challenge!

2006-06-22 Thread Keith McGuinness
Bob W wrote: Architecture is difficult subject to photograph well because often you're just making a record shot of someone else's work, which can be rather dull. One of my favourite examples of making a clichéd subject come alive again is this photo of the Taj Mahal by Steve McCurry:

Re: PUG Challenge!

2006-06-22 Thread Keith McGuinness
Don Sanderson wrote: This whole PUG thing is starting to sound like a bunch of people sitting around watching a man die of thirst. They all have a glass of water in their hand but all they do is sit, and wait, expecting someone else to save the poor guy. Share my water!? Architecture is

Re: PUG POLL?

2006-06-22 Thread Keith McGuinness
the problem. Dave At 12:29 PM 22/06/2006, Keith McGuinness wrote: As a relative newbie here, I suggest this with great trepidation and hesitation... I'm intrigued by the considerable drop in the number of contributions from 2002-2004 to now. I've seen a few people say why they don't

Re: PUG POLL?

2006-06-22 Thread Keith McGuinness
mike wilson wrote: Is it a coincidence that forgot spells DIP? I think not. Dip. Huh? That one's gone right by me! For the record: I just stuck forgot in at a few random places. Keith McG -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Re: GESO: 6 book covers

2006-06-22 Thread Keith McGuinness
As covers... Desert solitaire Word freak Roswell In that order. Those are the ones that I might pick up and look at. Keith McG Ann Sanfedele wrote: http://www.photo.net/photos/annsan I'm working on these hoping to get some graphic design work - all are inspired or suited to (i hope!)

Re: PUG POLL?

2006-06-22 Thread Keith McGuinness
Sandra Hermann wrote: Other I fell asleep and forgot to send the email the picture is sized and everything for this month LOL! I'll put that under forgot and other! Should possibly also be way too busy...to stay awake! Thanks Keith McG -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

PUG POLL -- results to date

2006-06-22 Thread Keith McGuinness
Here are results to date (responses from 16 people): 13 D) Forgot. 8 B) Couldn't come up with anything suitable. 8 E) Just way too busy. 4 A) Couldn't relate to the theme. 4 Q) Hey dude, I DID contribute! 5 R) Other (specify, if you like). 2 G) Don't use

Re: July PUG deadline today

2006-06-21 Thread Keith McGuinness
Shel Belinkoff wrote: I don't want to start a flame war here, and before this escalates further, perhaps you can define what constitutes a long time, Ann. How long does it take for you to DL an image of about 150K? What do you mean when you say it slows your system down? I appreciate the

Re: July PUG deadline today

2006-06-21 Thread Keith McGuinness
Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: On Jun 20, 2006, at 11:10 PM, Keith McGuinness wrote: It is, however, I think important to remember that it is not really the size of a single file that is important: it is the size of ALL the files in the gallery. Say 10 files of 200K each is going to take a while

Re: July PUG deadline today

2006-06-21 Thread Keith McGuinness
Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: On Jun 21, 2006, at 3:12 AM, Keith McGuinness wrote: But if you want to look at ALL the photos in the gallery you do have to download ALL the full resolution files... That's at your option. If the work is compelling enough to be worth the time, you do

Re: PUG

2006-06-21 Thread Keith McGuinness
John Forbes wrote: It is an unfortunate fact that the PUG is slowly dying. Actually, if it is dying, it is a VERY SLOW process. Here are counts for the last year (themed and open): YearMonth Number 2005July21 2005August 19 2005September 17

Re: PUG

2006-06-21 Thread Keith McGuinness
John Forbes wrote: If it is meant to be a showcase, why not have a panel of judges to select the 50 best PAWs and PESOs each month, and then put them into a gallery? Irfanview can produce a suitable gallery with thumnnails at the press of a button, so there is little work involved.

Re: July PUG deadline today

2006-06-21 Thread Keith McGuinness
Tom C wrote: Actually those were some of my favorites... Tom Trite Mine too. Can't say more; have to go or I will be late for kindy and have to stand in the corner until recess. Keith McG -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Re: Managing all these RAW files with Photoshop Elements 4.0

2006-06-21 Thread Keith McGuinness
From: Bob Sullivan [EMAIL PROTECTED] So what do you all do? Convert them all in a batch and just save the converted versions as high quality photoshop files? Do you put the RAW originals away somewhere, out of Elements 4.0? Just an amateur... I convert all and put them in a structured

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