Re: Another afterburn set

2020-10-31 Thread Olga Iona Custer
> On Oct 27, 2020, at 11:33 PM, Larry Colen wrote: > > I went for a bike ride yesterday on about 7 miles of Swanton road. If you’re > in the area and want to do a little sightseeing that can really humble you, > ride or drive on Swanton Road. If you want to park at the South end, park on

Re: Bike rides

2020-04-16 Thread Olga Iona Custer
> On Apr 15, 2020, at 10:43 PM, Larry Colen wrote: > > It’s funny how what would be a nice warm up before the serious part of a > ride, when you’re in shape, can kind of kick your butt on your fourth ride of > the year (or fifth ride in too many years). I am rather fortunate that there >

Re: Redbud

2020-04-09 Thread Olga Iona Custer
> On Apr 9, 2020, at 7:11 AM, Dale H. Cook wrote: > > Sunday I was headed to a job site and stopped for a quick shot of some > redbud. It was slightly past its peak but still attractive. When I see that > wash of color along the roadsides I know that it is well and truly spring. > >

Re: PESO Heart Shaped Rock

2020-04-08 Thread Olga Iona Custer
> On Apr 7, 2020, at 11:36 PM, Larry Colen wrote: > > A couple miles south of my house, at toll house curve, there is a heart > shaped rock on the side of the road. Somebody, I presume the owner of the > property that it’s on, paints it intermittently. It often has something cute > like

Re: PESO: Magnolia Blossom

2020-04-07 Thread Olga Iona Custer
> On Apr 7, 2020, at 7:45 AM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: > > My two larger and older Magnolia trees are now in full blossom. I love the > many colorful flowers they produce. This year the weather is cooperating, > and they are staying on the trees longer than when we have windy and rainy >

Re: April PUG is up

2020-04-05 Thread Olga Iona Custer
> On Apr 5, 2020, at 6:23 AM, Steve Cottrell wrote: > > On 5/4/20, Brian W, discombobulated, unleashed: > >> >> View the April gallery here: >> >> http://pug.komkon.org/ > > Great gallery - well done all. > > Two standouts for me - Flour Mill by Henk Terhell and Ancient Bath by Mark >

Re: Take the long way home

2020-04-05 Thread Olga Iona Custer
> On Apr 5, 2020, at 12:36 AM, Larry Colen wrote: > > On Friday I worked in Modesto. For those of you who aren’t familiar with > Central California geography, it’s about 115 miles (180 klicks) and a two > hour drive away. > > In short, I drove two hours there, it took us 4.5 hours to

Re: April PUG is up

2020-04-05 Thread Olga Iona Custer
> On Apr 4, 2020, at 9:36 PM, Brian W wrote: > > G'day all > > Hope everyone is well and maintaining social distancing. Fortunately, due to a > bad case of procrastination over recent months, I'm having no problems in > filling up my time at home :-) > > View the April gallery here: > >

Re: GESO 2020 - 046-056 - GDG

2020-04-05 Thread Olga Iona Custer
> On Apr 5, 2020, at 1:53 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: > > Out for yesterday's exercise walk: Few others anywhere other than the > shopping center for Target. > > Click for a gallery of eleven photos on Flickr.com: > Day Nineteen Walk - https://flic.kr/s/aHsmMpoWFd >

Re: Q1 faves

2020-03-31 Thread Olga Iona Custer
> On Mar 31, 2020, at 12:54 AM, Larry Colen wrote: > > >> On Mar 31, 2020, at 12:01 AM, Bulent Celasun >> wrote: >> >> My favorite is the second one >> (https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/49406468697/in/album-72157712741596942/). > > Thanks Bulent. > > >> It can also work as a B, I

Re: OT: Stay Home, Stay Safe, Stop the Spread

2020-03-26 Thread Olga Iona Custer
> On Mar 26, 2020, at 5:26 PM, Mark Roberts wrote: > > Olga Iona Custer wrote: > >> Mark and Christine, what is your area? I teach sociology. > > This semester I'm teaching Photography I, Adobe Photoshop and Adobe > Illustrator. Plus I'm doing Photography

Re: OT: Stay Home, Stay Safe, Stop the Spread

2020-03-26 Thread Olga Iona Custer
> On Mar 26, 2020, at 4:11 PM, Larry Colen wrote: > > >> On Mar 26, 2020, at 3:52 PM, Christine Aguila wrote: >> >> We just got an emergency alert via our mobile phones that the City of >> Chicago is closing down the lakefront, beaches etc, which I think is a good >> idea. >> >> I’ve

Re: Back up your CD-R's and DVD-R's

2020-03-26 Thread Olga Iona Custer
> On Mar 25, 2020, at 8:52 AM, Igor PDML-StR wrote: > > Hi all! > > Reading this prompted me to stick my (not-sneezing-yet) head in here... > https://www.theverge.com/2019/6/16/18678447/9-11-ground-zero-world-trade-center-pictures-recovered > > I realized that the time flies so fast, and my

Re: OT Peso's Holden hotel

2020-03-24 Thread Olga Iona Custer
I love the way the shadows work in the second one! These are some gorgeous lines! > On Mar 23, 2020, at 7:16 AM, David J Brooks wrote: > > One of our local landmarks a 150 plus year old hotel, has been bought and > is now under going restoration. > > After removing some gawd awful stucco they

Re: PESO - Cyclamen

2020-03-22 Thread Olga Iona Custer
> On Mar 18, 2020, at 11:39 PM, Bulent Celasun wrote: > > Just as a deep breath in Corona Days. Thank you for that. It’s gorgeous. Is it blooming in your home? > > https://www.flickr.com/photos/bc_the_path/49668608601/in/dateposted-public/ > > Bulent. >

Re: PESO: Eucalyptus

2020-03-22 Thread Olga Iona Custer
> On Mar 22, 2020, at 5:54 AM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: > > I found this Rainbow Eucalyptus tree in a wayside park on the Road to Hana. > > http://dan-matyola.squarespace.com/danmatyolas-pesos/2020/3/21/rainbow-eucalyptus > >

Re: PESO: First Daffodil of Spring

2020-03-22 Thread Olga Iona Custer
> On Mar 22, 2020, at 11:35 AM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: > > Friday was the fi rst full day of spring, and the temps were in the 70s. > That moved up the spring bulbs in my yards. Even though the last two days > have been rather cold, Some of the daffodils finally burst into bloom > today.

Re: PESO: Securities

2020-03-22 Thread Olga Iona Custer
> On Mar 21, 2020, at 6:52 AM, Ralf R Radermacher wrote: > > One of those ideas you get when you're sitting in front of something... > > Just for the heck of it, without any artistic pretension. > > http://www.fotoralf.be/temp/D-20-00017.jpg >

Re: Social distancing

2020-03-22 Thread Olga Iona Custer
> On Mar 21, 2020, at 2:31 PM, Bob Pdml wrote: > > It’s difficult to photograph emptiness But you managed to photograph emptiness, sadness and desolation (I saw desolation in a beach shot, not the market shot). These are fantastic. > >> On 21 Mar 2020, at 21:29, ann sanfedele wrote: >>

Re: PESOs - Quicne x3

2020-03-22 Thread Olga Iona Custer
I like the second one best. Didn’t realize that there was ornamental quince. I grew up eating quince preserves. > On Mar 21, 2020, at 11:31 AM, Rick Womer wrote: > > Our next-door neighbors have a lovely quince bush in front of their house. I > couldn’t decide which of these I liked the best,

Re: PESO: Maui Style Fence

2020-03-22 Thread Olga Iona Custer
Very cool. > On Mar 20, 2020, at 7:36 PM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: > > This interesting fence lines the parking lot of the Jaws Country store in > Pe'ahi, on the North Shore of Maui, where the huge "tow-in" waves come > ashore. > >

Re: PESO -- The infamous Shore Building. and a Test!

2020-03-15 Thread Olga Iona Custer
> On Mar 15, 2020, at 1:20 PM, P. J. Alling wrote: > > Hello all. I finally decided to do something about Google deciding that my > website was dangerous. I decided to go with a different web host. I'm still > going to use dropbox to backup my pesos but I'm not going to use it to >

Re: New member's intro - photographing photographers

2020-03-15 Thread Olga Iona Custer
> On Mar 14, 2020, at 3:56 AM, Steve Cottrell wrote: > > On 13/3/20, Olga Iona Custer, discombobulated, unleashed: > >> Picture of Larry was more intentional. Picture of Kate was more >> opportunistic - I just saw nice light on her face. Larry and I also >> crop

Re: New member's intro - photographing photographers

2020-03-15 Thread Olga Iona Custer
gt; - >> http://patoloji.gen.tr >> http://celasun.wordpress.com/ >> http://www.flickr.com/photos/bc_the_path/ >> http://photo.net/photodb/user?user_id=2226822 >> http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/artists/

Re: New member's intro - photographing photographers

2020-03-15 Thread Olga Iona Custer
d=2226822 > http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/artists/bulentcelasun > > Olga Iona Custer , 13 Mar 2020 Cum, 07:59 > tarihinde şunu yazdı: >> >> Hello! >> I am new to the list, new to Pentax, new to digital photography, and new to >> photography. >> >

Re: New member's intro - photographing photographers

2020-03-15 Thread Olga Iona Custer
sure’s on :-) > > On Fri, Mar 13, 2020 at 6:59 AM Olga Iona Custer > wrote: > >> Hello! >> I am new to the list, new to Pentax, new to digital photography, and new >> to photography. >> >> I am still discovering the features of my newly acquired K-5 (

Re: GESO: Maui Waterfalls

2020-03-15 Thread Olga Iona Custer
> On Mar 14, 2020, at 3:33 PM, Rick Womer wrote: > > Dan, > > I really like the effect of the faster shutter speeds, especially in the > fourth one. Same here. > > I also like the set overall! The people add scale rather than being a > distraction. Yes, third and fourth are my two

Re: New member's intro - photographing photographers

2020-03-13 Thread Olga Iona Custer
> On Mar 13, 2020, at 1:45 AM, Steve Cottrell wrote: > > On 12/3/20, Olga Iona Custer, discombobulated, unleashed: > >> I am new to the list, new to Pentax, new to digital photography, and new >> to photography. > > Welcome Olga. There re some wise voices

New member's intro - photographing photographers

2020-03-12 Thread Olga Iona Custer
Hello! I am new to the list, new to Pentax, new to digital photography, and new to photography. I am still discovering the features of my newly acquired K-5 (thanks so much, Boris!) after playing with Larry’s K-3 (thanks, Larry, for your gear, your time, and your nearly endless patience). I am