Re: Geso Fireworks

2013-07-06 Thread Chris Mitchell
Ha! Good for them I say... On 5 July 2013 17:12, John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com wrote: From: Chris Mitchell Good firework shots Don. Is July 4th special for some reason? Yours Britishly, Chris http://imgur.com/p73eGQN -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: Geso Fireworks

2013-07-05 Thread J.C. O'Connell
On 7/5/2013 1:19 AM, Don Guthrie wrote: I sent this July 4th but from a different machine. I suspect it was not sent as plain text as it did not show up on pdml. Hence this attempt: Our town had fireworks last night (July 3rd) so I get the jump on posting. I hope everyone has a favorite. KR

Re: Geso Fireworks

2013-07-05 Thread Chris Mitchell
Good firework shots Don. Is July 4th special for some reason? Yours Britishly, Chris On 5 July 2013 06:19, Don Guthrie shark50...@gmail.com wrote: I sent this July 4th but from a different machine. I suspect it was not sent as plain text as it did not show up on pdml. Hence this attempt: Our

RE: Geso Fireworks

2013-07-05 Thread Gerrit Visser
Happy Independence Day, Love the colours, not easy to capture by my limited experience Gerrit -Original Message- From: PDML [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Don Guthrie Sent: Friday, July 5, 2013 1:19 AM To: pdml@pdml.net Subject: Geso Fireworks I sent this July 4th but from

RE: Geso Fireworks

2013-07-05 Thread knarftheria...@gmail.com
One of the best set of fireworks photos I've ever seen. Absolutely spectacular! cheers, frank --- Original Message --- From: Don Guthrie shark50...@gmail.com Sent: July 5, 2013 7/5/13 To: pdml@pdml.net Subject: Geso Fireworks I sent this July 4th but from a different machine. I suspect

Re: Geso Fireworks

2013-07-05 Thread Paul Stenquist
Sent: Friday, July 5, 2013 1:19 AM To: pdml@pdml.net Subject: Geso Fireworks I sent this July 4th but from a different machine. I suspect it was not sent as plain text as it did not show up on pdml. Hence this attempt: Our town had fireworks last night (July 3rd) so I get the jump

Re: Geso Fireworks

2013-07-05 Thread Bruce Walker
Really gorgeous, Don. Perfect exposure and timing. I think my fave is 29073 -- palm tree? On Fri, Jul 5, 2013 at 1:19 AM, Don Guthrie shark50...@gmail.com wrote: I sent this July 4th but from a different machine. I suspect it was not sent as plain text as it did not show up on pdml. Hence this

Re: Geso Fireworks

2013-07-05 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
wow! Nice and sharp, with great color. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Fri, Jul 5, 2013 at 1:19 AM, Don Guthrie shark50...@gmail.com wrote: I sent this July 4th but from a different machine. I suspect it was not sent as plain text as it did not show up on

RE: Geso Fireworks

2013-07-05 Thread John Sessoms
From: Don Guthrie I sent this July 4th but from a different machine. I suspect it was not sent as plain text as it did not show up on pdml. Hence this attempt: Our town had fireworks last night (July 3rd) so I get the jump on posting. I hope everyone has a favorite. KR with 18-135. Happy 4th

Re: Geso Fireworks

2013-07-05 Thread John Sessoms
From: Chris Mitchell Good firework shots Don. Is July 4th special for some reason? Yours Britishly, Chris http://imgur.com/p73eGQN -- 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: Geso Fireworks

2013-07-05 Thread Don Guthrie
Jul 2013 08:54:08 +0100 From: Chris Mitchellchris.mitch...@which.net To: Pentax-Discuss Mail Listpdml@pdml.net Subject: Re: Geso Fireworks Message-ID: capxfea7b9x8of8n-ik6adbsttvoju_s3qnm5vcnfaxvpm6+...@mail.gmail.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Good firework shots Don

Geso Fireworks

2013-07-05 Thread Don Guthrie
Thanks to everyone who looked commented on the fireworks. So glad you enjoyed them. They were almost canceled this year for lack of funds. A local business man put up 15 grand and made a lot of people happy. I think it worked out to $1000.00 a minute. The campaign to raise money for next year

Geso Fireworks

2013-07-04 Thread Don Guthrie
I sent this July 4th but from a different machine. I suspect it was not sent as plain text as it did not show up on pdml. Hence this attempt: Our town had fireworks last night (July 3rd) so I get the jump on posting. I hope everyone has a favorite. KR with 18-135. Happy 4th to all.

RE: GESO fireworks

2012-07-18 Thread J.C. O'Connell
I like #6710, nice. - J.C.O'Connell hifis...@gate.net - -Original Message- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Toine Sent: Wednesday, July 18, 2012 1:59 AM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: GESO fireworks Great

Re: GESO fireworks

2012-07-18 Thread Paul Stenquist
-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Toine Sent: Wednesday, July 18, 2012 1:59 AM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: GESO fireworks Great shots. The shots with the moon are very sweet (candy). On 17 July 2012 02:22, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote: I've

Re: GESO fireworks

2012-07-17 Thread Larry Colen
On Jul 16, 2012, at 9:31 PM, Christine Aguila wrote: I think my two favorites are 56676 and 56679--nice moon and all there, Larry. Cheers, Christine Thank you. Sometimes it seems as if the 18-250 performs way better than it has any reason to. On Jul 16, 2012, at 10:13 PM, Ann

Re: GESO fireworks

2012-07-17 Thread Larry Colen
On Jul 16, 2012, at 6:15 PM, David Parsons wrote: They are a bit like junk food, but I still enjoy shooting them. Having framing elements or foreground helps to tell the story a bit, and is nicer to look at than streaks of light against a black background. I think you did a good job

Re: GESO fireworks

2012-07-17 Thread Larry Colen
On Jul 16, 2012, at 8:56 PM, Bob Sullivan wrote: Larry, Nice to see the moon in the shots, but you get an 'F' for editing. Yeah, I suck at editing. It would be a real tragedy if every photograph I took wasn't an incredible work of art. -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com sent from i4est

Re: GESO fireworks

2012-07-17 Thread David Parsons
Well, I tend to shoot fireworks at 2-8 seconds, and most of the time, that would blow out the moon, no matter what aperture setting used. On Tue, Jul 17, 2012 at 2:56 AM, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote: On Jul 16, 2012, at 6:15 PM, David Parsons wrote: They are a bit like junk food, but I

Re: GESO fireworks

2012-07-17 Thread David J Brooks
Nice, oh ah. I like how you included the moon in some of them. What were your shutter speeds on these Dave On Mon, Jul 16, 2012 at 8:22 PM, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote: I've decided that fireworks, like flowers, are the photographic equivalent of candy. Pleasant now and then, but

Re: GESO fireworks

2012-07-17 Thread Larry Colen
On Jul 17, 2012, at 6:47 AM, David J Brooks wrote: Nice, oh ah. I like how you included the moon in some of them. What were your shutter speeds on these They look like they were about 1/13 second at first. The fluidr interface gives you that data for each shot:

Re: GESO fireworks

2012-07-17 Thread Boris Liberman
Candy or not, but I certainly enjoying going through the set. Don't let the moon burst in flames next time, Larry ;-). On 7/17/2012 3:22 AM, Larry Colen wrote: I've decided that fireworks, like flowers, are the photographic equivalent of candy. Pleasant now and then, but pretty much empty

Re: GESO fireworks

2012-07-17 Thread Toine
Great shots. The shots with the moon are very sweet (candy). On 17 July 2012 02:22, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote: I've decided that fireworks, like flowers, are the photographic equivalent of candy. Pleasant now and then, but pretty much empty calories. There isn't a lot to do with

GESO fireworks

2012-07-16 Thread Larry Colen
I've decided that fireworks, like flowers, are the photographic equivalent of candy. Pleasant now and then, but pretty much empty calories. There isn't a lot to do with them creatively, though I did try a few things, framing them with the moon, zooming during the exposure and such like. So,

Re: GESO fireworks

2012-07-16 Thread Mark C
Very nice - 20120704-LRC56729.jpg http://www.flickriver.com/photos/ellarsee/7586720748/ in particular is really interesting in it abstraction. Mark On 7/16/2012 8:22 PM, Larry Colen wrote: I've decided that fireworks, like flowers, are the photographic equivalent of candy. Pleasant now and

Re: GESO fireworks

2012-07-16 Thread David Parsons
They are a bit like junk food, but I still enjoy shooting them. Having framing elements or foreground helps to tell the story a bit, and is nicer to look at than streaks of light against a black background. I think you did a good job with framing them, and having the moon in fireworks shots that

Re: GESO fireworks

2012-07-16 Thread Ann Sanfedele
love 56621 - and if i typed the numbers wrong, then the white things with the nice orange moon. Not crazy about fireworks in general - anymore - but would have liked looking at them with that moon in there ! The auroras are rather candy like too... f8 and be there and all that ann On

Re: GESO fireworks

2012-07-16 Thread Bob Sullivan
Larry, Nice to see the moon in the shots, but you get an 'F' for editing. Regards, Bob S. On Mon, Jul 16, 2012 at 7:22 PM, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote: I've decided that fireworks, like flowers, are the photographic equivalent of candy. Pleasant now and then, but pretty much empty

Re: GESO fireworks

2012-07-16 Thread Christine Aguila
I think my two favorites are 56676 and 56679--nice moon and all there, Larry. Cheers, Christine On Jul 16, 2012, at 10:13 PM, Ann Sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com wrote: love 56621 - and if i typed the numbers wrong, then the white things with the nice orange moon. Not crazy about

Re: GESO: Fireworks

2010-07-30 Thread Christine Aguila
- Original Message - From: Brian Walters supera1...@fastmail.fm To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Tuesday, July 27, 2010 8:40 AM Subject: Re: GESO: Fireworks On Mon, 26 Jul 2010 11:38 -0500, Charles Robinson charl...@visi.com wrote: I had a few minutes downtown

Re: GESO: Fireworks

2010-07-27 Thread Brian Walters
On Mon, 26 Jul 2010 11:38 -0500, Charles Robinson charl...@visi.com wrote: I had a few minutes downtown on Saturday night to watch a little bit of a fireworks display. I always take a camera to fireworks and I always hate the results. This time I figured out how to retain the color in the

GESO: Fireworks

2010-07-26 Thread Charles Robinson
I had a few minutes downtown on Saturday night to watch a little bit of a fireworks display. I always take a camera to fireworks and I always hate the results. This time I figured out how to retain the color in the bursts (low ISO, small aperture) so I got a few more interesting shots than I

Re: GESO: Fireworks

2010-07-26 Thread Toralf Lund
Charles Robinson wrote: I had a few minutes downtown on Saturday night to watch a little bit of a fireworks display I always take a camera to fireworks and I always hate the results. This time I figured out how to retain the color in the bursts (low ISO, small aperture) so I got a few

Re: GESO -- Fireworks, July 4, 2010

2010-07-09 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
Excellent gallery! Dan On Thu, Jul 8, 2010 at 1:47 PM, P. J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com wrote: I finally got around to processing a few files of the actual fireworks. A small GESO generated automagicly by Photoshop, (I got a bit lazy). Equipment: Pentax *ist-Ds w/ smc Pentax FA

Re: GESO -- Fireworks, July 4, 2010

2010-07-09 Thread Christine Aguila
I really like the 1st one P.J. Very nice. Cheers, Christine - Original Message - From: P. J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Thursday, July 08, 2010 12:52 PM Subject: Re: GESO -- Fireworks, July 4, 2010 On 7/8/2010 1:47 PM, P. J

GESO -- Fireworks, July 4, 2010

2010-07-08 Thread P. J. Alling
I finally got around to processing a few files of the actual fireworks. A small GESO generated automagicly by Photoshop, (I got a bit lazy). Equipment: Pentax *ist-Ds w/ smc Pentax FA 28-70mm f4.0 or smc Pentax FA 20-35mm f4.0 All the earlier talk about Raw Shooter made me a bit nostalgic,

Re: GESO -- Fireworks, July 4, 2010

2010-07-08 Thread P. J. Alling
On 7/8/2010 1:47 PM, P. J. Alling wrote: I finally got around to processing a few files of the actual fireworks. A small GESO generated automagicly by Photoshop, (I got a bit lazy). A link, a link, my kingdom for a link...

RE: GESO -- Fireworks, July 4, 2010

2010-07-08 Thread Bob W
On 7/8/2010 1:47 PM, P. J. Alling wrote: I finally got around to processing a few files of the actual fireworks. A small GESO generated automagicly by Photoshop, (I got a bit lazy). A link, a link, my kingdom for a link...

Re: GESO -- Fireworks, July 4, 2010

2010-07-08 Thread paul stenquist
Excellent. Well done. On Jul 8, 2010, at 1:52 PM, P. J. Alling wrote: On 7/8/2010 1:47 PM, P. J. Alling wrote: I finally got around to processing a few files of the actual fireworks. A small GESO generated automagicly by Photoshop, (I got a bit lazy). A link, a link, my kingdom for a

Re: GESO -- Fireworks, July 4, 2010

2010-07-08 Thread Jack Davis
Nicely presented, Peter! Jack --- On Thu, 7/8/10, P. J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com wrote: From: P. J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com Subject: Re: GESO -- Fireworks, July 4, 2010 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Date: Thursday, July 8, 2010, 10:52 AM On 7/8/2010 1:47 PM

Re: PESO/GESO Fireworks

2007-05-16 Thread David J Brooks
Very nice. 3 and 5 are my fav's Dave On 5/15/07, P. J. Alling [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I filled up a entire 2gb card and amazingly enough I came away with at least 75% that I would have at one time considered keepers. So now it's a GESO it starts with the original URL but has nifty

Re: PESO/GESO Fireworks

2007-05-16 Thread Christian
P. J. Alling wrote: I filled up a entire 2gb card and amazingly enough I came away with at least 75% that I would have at one time considered keepers. So now it's a GESO it starts with the original URL but has nifty navigation aids at the top of the page. Just a small gallery, six shots,

Re: PESO/GESO Fireworks

2007-05-16 Thread Tom C
I like them all. Tom C. From: Christian [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Subject: Re: PESO/GESO Fireworks Date: Wed, 16 May 2007 10:11:17 -0400 P. J. Alling wrote: I filled up a entire 2gb card and amazingly

Re: PESO/GESO Fireworks

2007-05-16 Thread frank theriault
On 5/16/07, Tom C [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I like them all. Me too. cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Re: PESO/GESO Fireworks

2007-05-16 Thread Tom C
On 5/16/07, Tom C [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I like them all. Me too. cheers, frank Yes, but why? ;-) Tom C. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Re: PESO/GESO Fireworks

2007-05-16 Thread frank theriault
On 5/16/07, Tom C [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yes, but why? ;-) Because they're pretty... ;-) cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

PESO/GESO Fireworks

2007-05-15 Thread P. J. Alling
I filled up a entire 2gb card and amazingly enough I came away with at least 75% that I would have at one time considered keepers. So now it's a GESO it starts with the original URL but has nifty navigation aids at the top of the page. Just a small gallery, six shots, not all are

Re: PESO/GESO Fireworks

2007-05-15 Thread Fernando
Nice series, the ones that I like the most is the one that you posted as PESO and the last one of this gallery. au revoir Fernando On 5/15/07, P. J. Alling [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I filled up a entire 2gb card and amazingly enough I came away with at least 75% that I would have at one time

Re: GESO -- Fireworks

2006-07-07 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
Now, that's a great shot! Dan On 7/5/06, David Savage [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: G'day Dan, My only comment/critique is that they seem to not be slightly OOF. Aside from that they look fine. I've only shot fireworks once out of the 5 frames I took 1 was halfway decent:

Re: GESO -- Fireworks

2006-07-05 Thread David Savage
G'day Dan, My only comment/critique is that they seem to not be slightly OOF. Aside from that they look fine. I've only shot fireworks once out of the 5 frames I took 1 was halfway decent: http://www.arach.net.au/~savage/PESO/peso_009_2.htm The rest were below or at tree level. Dave On

Re: GESO -- Fireworks

2006-07-05 Thread Jack Davis
Difficult to focus on such a temporary and wispy subject. Ya' did good. Did you try some multiple exposures? Thanks for the peek. Jack --- Daniel J. Matyola [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Our county runs a nice little fireworks display every year on the Fourth of July. The fairgrounds is crowded,

GESO -- Fireworks

2006-07-04 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
Our county runs a nice little fireworks display every year on the Fourth of July. The fairgrounds is crowded, and traffic is very heavy, but fortunately I can see many of them from my front yard: http://www.photo.net/photodb/folder?folder_id=618354 I've always had trouble photographing