Re: PESO: Monarch Chrysalises

2022-06-11 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
Thanks for looking and commenting, Ann. I like your description that they look like tiny Christmas ornaments. I never thought of that, but it sure works! Dan Matyola *https://tinyurl.com/DJM-Pentax-Gallery * On Sat, Jun 11, 2022 at 8:21 PM ann

Re: PESO: Monarch Chrysalises

2022-06-11 Thread ann sanfedele
They look like little Christmas tree ornaments.. the clay pot sets them off nicely.. hope they grow up healthy and strong. ann On 6/11/2022 1:23 PM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: All of my current crop of Monarch larvae have entered their chrysalises, and are developing for the next stage of

PESO: Monarch Chrysalises

2022-06-11 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
All of my current crop of Monarch larvae have entered their chrysalises, and are developing for the next stage of complete metamorphosis, when they will emerge as adult butterflies. Six of the chrysalises are hanging from the top of the net breeding cage, making them difficult to photograph. One

PESO: Monarch Condo

2021-07-09 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
My most recent endeavor in raising Monarch butterflies was a group of larvae from Monarch Watch. Since the previous brood had devoured the smaller potted Milkweed plants, I used my largest net cage for the new fellows, who were very tiny upon arrival. In addition to some smaller potted plants

Re: PESO: Monarch on Milkweed

2019-07-17 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
Thanks, Joe, Larry and Alan! Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Tue, Jul 16, 2019 at 6:17 PM jtainter wrote: > Lovely photo, Dan. I hope you take many more. > > Joe > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net >

Re: PESO: Monarch on Milkweed

2019-07-16 Thread Alan C
Great stuff, Dan. I'm going to follow your lead by finding some milkweed plants this year. Alan On 16-Jul-19 11:21 PM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: I have planted a number of Common Milkweed, Hairy Balls Milkweed and Swamp Milkweed throughout our yard, hoping they will establish themselves and

Re: PESO: Monarch on Milkweed

2019-07-16 Thread lrc
Very nice On July 16, 2019 2:21:31 PM PDT, "Daniel J. Matyola" wrote: >I have planted a number of Common Milkweed, Hairy Balls Milkweed and >Swamp >Milkweed throughout our yard, hoping they will establish themselves and >become permanent parts of our landscaping plan. They grow a bit >slowly,

Re: PESO: Monarch on Milkweed

2019-07-16 Thread jtainter
Lovely photo, Dan. I hope you take many more. Joe -- 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: Monarch on Milkweed

2019-07-16 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
I have planted a number of Common Milkweed, Hairy Balls Milkweed and Swamp Milkweed throughout our yard, hoping they will establish themselves and become permanent parts of our landscaping plan. They grow a bit slowly, however, so I planted a number of Tropical Milkweed plants in pots on our rear

PESO: Monarch of the Sky

2017-08-21 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
http://dan-matyola.squarespace.com/danmatyolas-pesos/2017/8/22/sky-monarch K-5 IIs, GA 100 mm Macro F 2.8 Comments are invited. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to

Re: PESO: Monarch

2017-07-15 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
Thanks a lor, Rick! Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Sat, Jul 15, 2017 at 4:33 PM, Rick Womer wrote: > Dan, that’s a lovely photo. The composition, colors, sharpness of the > butterfly, and DOF all work together beautifully. > > Rick > > >

Re: PESO: Monarch

2017-07-15 Thread Rick Womer
Dan, that’s a lovely photo. The composition, colors, sharpness of the butterfly, and DOF all work together beautifully. Rick > On Jul 15, 2017, at 4:24 PM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: > > Thanks, Paul! > > I din't need to crop this one at all, and almost no adjustments in

Re: PESO: Monarch

2017-07-15 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
Thanks, Paul! I din't need to crop this one at all, and almost no adjustments in processing. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Sat, Jul 15, 2017 at 4:14 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote: > Truly excellent! You nailed it. > Paul > > On Jul 15, 2017,

Re: PESO: Monarch

2017-07-15 Thread Paul Stenquist
Truly excellent! You nailed it. Paul > On Jul 15, 2017, at 3:27 PM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: > > Thanks, Jeffery and Marnie! > > Dan Matyola > http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola > > On Sat, Jul 15, 2017 at 2:55 PM, Marnie (aka Doe) >

Re: PESO: Monarch

2017-07-15 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
Thanks, Jeffery and Marnie! Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Sat, Jul 15, 2017 at 2:55 PM, Marnie (aka Doe) wrote: > Pretty, Dan. > > Marnie aka Doe :-) > > > On 7/15/2017 9:45 AM, PhotoCapturesbyJeffery.com wrote: > >> Very nice and very

Re: PESO: Monarch

2017-07-15 Thread Marnie (aka Doe)
Pretty, Dan. Marnie aka Doe :-) On 7/15/2017 9:45 AM, PhotoCapturesbyJeffery.com wrote: Very nice and very colorful. Jeffery Johnson | Photo Captures by Jeffery http://www.PhotoCapturesbyJeffery.com /Diverse range of photography Artistic - Animals - Events/Festivals - Transportation - Pets -

Re: PESO: Monarch

2017-07-15 Thread PhotoCapturesbyJeffery.com
Very nice and very colorful. Jeffery Johnson | Photo Captures by Jeffery http://www.PhotoCapturesbyJeffery.com /Diverse range of photography Artistic - Animals - Events/Festivals - Transportation - Pets - Nature - Scenic - Cityscape. That you can purchase as framed or unframed prints, with

PESO: Monarch

2017-07-15 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
On one of my butterfly bushes this morning: https://dan-matyola.squarespace.com/danmatyolas-pesos/2017/7/15/monarch K-5IIs, FA 100mm F2.8 macro Comments are invited and appreciated. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Peso- Monarch Pass Fall

2014-10-31 Thread Jack Davis
Attaching a fall scene found just west of the crest of Colorado's 10,000ft Monarch Pass summit. Appears the constant wind up the pass has influenced the tree growth and was, probably, what eventually caused this cabin to settle back against the up slope. The sky was especially dark due to

Re: Peso- Monarch Pass Fall

2014-10-31 Thread Bruce
l like the composition and the setting. The time of day causes just a little too harsh shadows on the building. I think I would do a light amount of HDR to tone down the contrast a little and maybe bring out the shadows a little more. It might be a very powerful image. -- Bruce Sent from

Re: Peso- Monarch Pass Fall

2014-10-31 Thread Jack Davis
- From: Bruce bkday...@daytonphoto.com To: PDML pdml@pdml.net Sent: Friday, October 31, 2014 1:37:43 PM Subject: Re: Peso- Monarch Pass Fall l like the composition and the setting. The time of day causes just a little too harsh shadows on the building. I think I would do a light amount of HDR

Re: PESO -- Monarch III

2014-09-24 Thread Igor PDML-StR
PJ, I like it, and I like II, but for that one, I would have preferred a square crop, cutting off the bottom. Igor P.J. Alling Mon, 22 Sep 2014 18:51:06 -0700 Same as the last two more or less, slightly different crop.

Re: PESO -- Monarch III

2014-09-23 Thread Attila Boros
Very nice, this is my favourite. On Tue, Sep 23, 2014 at 4:43 AM, P.J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com wrote: Same as the last two more or less, slightly different crop. https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1604247/PESO/PESO%20---%20monarchiii.html Equipment: Pentax K-5II w/vmc Vivitar

Re: PESO -- Monarch III

2014-09-23 Thread Bob Sullivan
The light background, almost overexposed, does a nice job highlighting the butterfly. Regards, Bob S. On Mon, Sep 22, 2014 at 8:43 PM, P.J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com wrote: Same as the last two more or less, slightly different crop.

PESO -- Monarch I

2014-09-22 Thread P.J. Alling
This was in the running to be my Synchronicity entry, but while it and Monarch II which I'm also going to post in a few minutes, were technically better, the image I've actually chosen, seems to fit the theme better, well at least it does to me. This is a pretty deep crop from the K-5II file,

PESO -- Monarch II

2014-09-22 Thread P.J. Alling
6MP crop from 16mp image. https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1604247/PESO/PESO%20---%20monarchii.html Equipment: Pentax K-5II w/vmc Vivitar 70-210mm f2.8~4.0 (Komine) As usual comments are welcome but may be totally ignored. -- I don't want to achieve immortality through my work; I want to

PESO -- Monarch III

2014-09-22 Thread P.J. Alling
Same as the last two more or less, slightly different crop. https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1604247/PESO/PESO%20---%20monarchiii.html Equipment: Pentax K-5II w/vmc Vivitar Series 1 70-210mm f2.8~4.0 (Komine) As usual comments are welcome but may be totally ignored. -- I don't want to

Re: PESO -- Monarch I

2014-09-22 Thread Jack Davis
Good Monarch image. Botanically somewhat busy. Jack - Original Message - From: P.J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com To: PDML pdml@pdml.net Sent: Monday, September 22, 2014 5:53:46 PM Subject: PESO -- Monarch I This was in the running to be my Synchronicity entry, but while

Re: PESO -- Monarch II

2014-09-22 Thread Jack Davis
Also nice, but believe I like Monarch I somewhat better. Jack - Original Message - From: P.J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com To: PDML pdml@pdml.net Sent: Monday, September 22, 2014 5:55:52 PM Subject: PESO -- Monarch II 6MP crop from 16mp image. https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u

Re: PESO -- Monarch III

2014-09-22 Thread Jack Davis
Believe I still prefer #I. Background too dominant. Jack - Original Message - From: P.J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com To: PDML pdml@pdml.net Sent: Monday, September 22, 2014 6:43:52 PM Subject: PESO -- Monarch III Same as the last two more or less, slightly different crop

Re: PESO -- Monarch II

2014-09-22 Thread Ken Waller
Much preferred over the previous post. Isolated and simplified. Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: P.J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com Subject: PESO -- Monarch II 6MP crop from 16mp image. https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com

Re: PESO -- Monarch II

2014-09-22 Thread Ann Sanfedele
...@gmail.com Subject: PESO -- Monarch II 6MP crop from 16mp image. https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1604247/PESO/PESO%20---%20monarchii.html Equipment: Pentax K-5II w/vmc Vivitar 70-210mm f2.8~4.0 (Komine) As usual comments are welcome but may be totally ignored. -- I don't want to achieve

Re: PESO -- Monarch III

2014-09-22 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
Great series of portraits on the wing. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Mon, Sep 22, 2014 at 9:43 PM, P.J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com wrote: Same as the last two more or less, slightly different crop.

Re: PESO -- Monarch III

2014-09-22 Thread Ciprian Dorin Craciun
On Tue, Sep 23, 2014 at 4:43 AM, P.J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com wrote: Same as the last two more or less, slightly different crop. https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1604247/PESO/PESO%20---%20monarchiii.html Equipment: Pentax K-5II w/vmc Vivitar Series 1 70-210mm f2.8~4.0 (Komine)

Re: PESO - Monarch Cluster

2013-11-16 Thread knarf
Yeah, it was a quick and dirty rendering on uncalibrated work computers. Thanks for the kind words! Cheers, frank Richard Womer rwomer1...@yahoo.com wrote: Central America comes to Canada! Impressive, but you could do a lot with that pic with Lightroom or similar. Rick On Nov 14, 2013, at

Re: SV: PESO - Monarch Cluster

2013-11-16 Thread knarf
: That's cool Frank! I came upon a bunch of monarchs along the Big Sur a couple of days ago. Amazing butterflies. Jostein -Opprinnelig melding- Fra: knarf Dato: 15. november 2013 04:30 Til: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Emne: PESO - Monarch Cluster Was looking through some old stuff and came

Re: PESO - Monarch Cluster

2013-11-15 Thread Attila Boros
Very nice! On Fri, Nov 15, 2013 at 5:37 AM, Richard Womer rwomer1...@yahoo.com wrote: Central America comes to Canada! Impressive, but you could do a lot with that pic with Lightroom or similar. Rick On Nov 14, 2013, at 22:30 , knarf wrote: Was looking through some old stuff and came

Re: PESO - Monarch Cluster

2013-11-15 Thread Jack Davis
Nice array, Frank. Jack   - Original Message - From: knarf knarftheria...@gmail.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Cc: Sent: Thursday, November 14, 2013 7:30 PM Subject: PESO - Monarch Cluster Was looking through some old stuff and came across the photos I took

SV: PESO - Monarch Cluster

2013-11-15 Thread Alunfoto - Jostein Øksne
That's cool Frank! I came upon a bunch of monarchs along the Big Sur a couple of days ago. Amazing butterflies. Jostein -Opprinnelig melding- Fra: knarf Dato: 15. november 2013 04:30 Til: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Emne: PESO - Monarch Cluster Was looking through some old stuff

PESO - Monarch Cluster

2013-11-14 Thread knarf
Was looking through some old stuff and came across the photos I took of the monarch migration some three years ago. I never did process this one: http://knarfdummyblog.blogspot.ca/2013/11/monarch-cluster.html?m=1 Other than the dull sky I rather like it. Hope you do too. Comments welcome.

Re: PESO - Monarch Cluster

2013-11-14 Thread Richard Womer
Central America comes to Canada! Impressive, but you could do a lot with that pic with Lightroom or similar. Rick On Nov 14, 2013, at 22:30 , knarf wrote: Was looking through some old stuff and came across the photos I took of the monarch migration some three years ago. I never did process

RE: PESO - Monarch

2006-10-30 Thread Tim Øsleby
Same here. Have you removed it Bill? Tim Mostly harmless (just plain Norwegian) -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of ann sanfedele Sent: 29. oktober 2006 23:45 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: PESO - Monarch came up blank here

RE: PESO - Monarch

2006-10-30 Thread Bill Owens
: PESO - Monarch Same here. Have you removed it Bill? Tim Mostly harmless (just plain Norwegian) -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of ann sanfedele Sent: 29. oktober 2006 23:45 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: PESO - Monarch came up

Re: PESO - Monarch

2006-10-30 Thread ann sanfedele
Sent: Monday, October 30, 2006 11:33 AM To: 'Pentax-Discuss Mail List' Subject: RE: PESO - Monarch Same here. Have you removed it Bill? Tim Mostly harmless (just plain Norwegian) -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of ann sanfedele

Re: PESO - Monarch

2006-10-29 Thread ann sanfedele
came up blank here, bill no matter which browser I used ann Bill Owens wrote: Subject line says it all. http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=5121929 Bill -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail

RE: PESO - Monarch

2006-10-26 Thread Bill Owens
: Wednesday, October 25, 2006 8:00 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: PESO - Monarch Nice one. Background looks okay to me in regard to sharpeness. No edge brightness or highlight blooming. However, it would be even better if the background was more out of focus. On Oct 25, 2006, at 7:27 PM

Re: PESO - Monarch

2006-10-26 Thread David J Brooks
Bill Just an FTI, i can't open up any of your recent Peso's Dave Quoting Bill Owens [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Subject line says it all. http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=5121929 Bill -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

RE: PESO - Monarch

2006-10-26 Thread Bill Owens
Nor can I. I think it's a photonet problem. Bill -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of David J Brooks Sent: Thursday, October 26, 2006 6:44 PM To: pdml@pdml.net Subject: Re: PESO - Monarch Bill Just an FTI, i can't open up any of your recent

Re: PESO - Monarch

2006-10-26 Thread Adam Maas
, October 26, 2006 6:44 PM To: pdml@pdml.net Subject: Re: PESO - Monarch Bill Just an FTI, i can't open up any of your recent Peso's Dave Quoting Bill Owens [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Subject line says it all. http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=5121929 Bill -- PDML Pentax

PESO - Monarch

2006-10-25 Thread Bill Owens
Subject line says it all. http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=5121929 Bill -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Re: PESO - Monarch

2006-10-25 Thread P. J. Alling
Nice. Bill Owens wrote: Subject line says it all. http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=5121929 Bill -- Things should be made as simple as possible -- but no simpler. --Albert Einstein -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: PESO - Monarch

2006-10-25 Thread Mark Roberts
Bill Owens wrote: Subject line says it all. http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=5121929 Hey, what's going on? I was expecting a picture of the queen! ;-) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Re: PESO - Monarch

2006-10-25 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Bill Owens Subject: PESO - Monarch Subject line says it all. http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=5121929 Nice shot Bill. The background appears to be suffering from sharpening William Robb -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: PESO - Monarch

2006-10-25 Thread Paul Stenquist
Nice one. Background looks okay to me in regard to sharpeness. No edge brightness or highlight blooming. However, it would be even better if the background was more out of focus. On Oct 25, 2006, at 7:27 PM, William Robb wrote: - Original Message - From: Bill Owens Subject: PESO

RE: PESO - Monarch

2006-10-25 Thread Bill Owens
Thanks -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of P. J. Alling Sent: Wednesday, October 25, 2006 4:27 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: PESO - Monarch Nice. Bill Owens wrote: Subject line says it all. http://www.photo.net/photodb

RE: PESO - Monarch

2006-10-25 Thread Bill Owens
Proving you're still a Brit. Bill -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mark Roberts Sent: Wednesday, October 25, 2006 5:13 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: PESO - Monarch Bill Owens wrote: Subject line says it all. http

RE: PESO - Monarch

2006-10-25 Thread Bill Owens
: PESO - Monarch - Original Message - From: Bill Owens Subject: PESO - Monarch Subject line says it all. http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=5121929 Nice shot Bill. The background appears to be suffering from sharpening William Robb -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List