Re: PESO - First quacker of the year

2009-04-21 Thread Tim Øsleby
I read in your blog that you strugled. But this you did fine Jostein. One definite keeper is not bad for a practice. That's what this is. -- MaritimTim AlunFoto wrote: http://turl.no/3cc Practicing at Østensjøvannet. Jostein -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: PESO - First quacker of the year

2009-04-20 Thread Bruce Dayton
I generally like duck shots just about as much as I like cat shots (not much), but this one is most excellent. You have done something beyond the normal with this. The strong water background and almost silhouette of the duck, but keeping the eye visible just makes this shot a cut above the

Re: PESO - First quacker of the year

2009-04-20 Thread David J Brooks
Nice quacker Jostein. Dave On Sun, Apr 19, 2009 at 3:17 PM, AlunFoto alunf...@gmail.com wrote: http://turl.no/3cc Practicing at Østensjøvannet. Jostein -- http://www.alunfoto.no/galleri/ http://alunfoto.blogspot.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: PESO - First quacker of the year

2009-04-20 Thread frank theriault
On Sun, Apr 19, 2009 at 3:17 PM, AlunFoto alunf...@gmail.com wrote: http://turl.no/3cc Practicing at Østensjøvannet. About one in ten Picassa shots won't open for me, and this can be counted as one of the one in ten. :-( Can't see either the thumb or the photo... cheers, frank --

Re: PESO - First quacker of the year

2009-04-20 Thread Bob Sullivan
First time I open Picassa, it gives me the whole series. 2nd time I connect to the link, it gives me the quacker. (Beautiful bird, great shot with the waves and water on it's back!) Regards, Bob S. On Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 4:32 PM, frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: On Sun, Apr 19,

Re: PESO - First quacker of the year

2009-04-20 Thread Derby Chang
AlunFoto wrote: http://turl.no/3cc Practicing at Østensjøvannet. Jostein Cool, a mallard with a mullet. -- der...@iinet.net.au http://members.iinet.net.au/~derbyc -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the

Re: PESO - First quacker of the year

2009-04-20 Thread AlunFoto
Frank, maybe you could try through the blog: http://alunfoto.blogspot.com/2009/04/practice-practice_20.html Jostein 2009/4/20 frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com: On Sun, Apr 19, 2009 at 3:17 PM, AlunFoto alunf...@gmail.com wrote: http://turl.no/3cc Practicing at Østensjøvannet. About

Re: PESO - First quacker of the year

2009-04-20 Thread AlunFoto
THanks Brian, I placed myself so as to face the setting sun across the lake. :-) Jostein 2009/4/20 Brian Walters supera1...@fastmail.fm: On Sun, 19 Apr 2009 21:17 +0200, AlunFoto alunf...@gmail.com wrote: http://turl.no/3cc Practicing at Østensjøvannet. Jostein And a very nice quacker

Re: PESO - First quacker of the year

2009-04-20 Thread AlunFoto
2009/4/20 Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com: OK, Jostein, you can stop practicing now.  That's perfect!  :-) Kind of you, Bruce. :-) It's just the first lesson for the year. Jostein -- http://www.alunfoto.no/galleri/ http://alunfoto.blogspot.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List

Re: PESO - First quacker of the year

2009-04-20 Thread AlunFoto
2009/4/20 eactiv...@aol.com: Very nice. I think a lot of  duck shots are boring, because, yeah, it's a duck. But the light in this one  (plus the coloration of the duck) raises it above the ordinary. It's all about the light, innit... :-) Thanks Marnie. Jostein --

Re: PESO - First quacker of the year

2009-04-20 Thread AlunFoto
2009/4/20 Derby Chang der...@iinet.net.au: Cool, a mallard with a mullet. Nearly. :-) Cheers, Jostein -- http://www.alunfoto.no/galleri/ http://alunfoto.blogspot.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML,

Re: PESO - First quacker of the year

2009-04-20 Thread AlunFoto
Thanks Dave. Jostein 2009/4/20 David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com: Nice quacker Jostein. Dave On Sun, Apr 19, 2009 at 3:17 PM, AlunFoto alunf...@gmail.com wrote: http://turl.no/3cc Practicing at Østensjøvannet. Jostein -- http://www.alunfoto.no/galleri/ http://alunfoto.blogspot.com

Re: PESO - First quacker of the year

2009-04-20 Thread AlunFoto
Hmm... maybe I should stop using links to Picasa if people are having trouble with them. Thanks Bob. Jostein 2009/4/20 Bob Sullivan rf.sulli...@gmail.com: First time I open Picassa, it gives me the whole series. 2nd time I connect to the link, it gives me the quacker. (Beautiful bird, great

Re: PESO - First quacker of the year

2009-04-20 Thread AlunFoto
Thanks Bruce D. I was planning for silhouettes. Then this guy came along with much lighter plumage than the mallards and with such nice irises to boot. Had to fiddle a bit with the contrast/curves in PS, Would have loved to lighten the shadows a tad with a flash, but I didn't have one with me.

Re: PESO - First quacker of the year

2009-04-20 Thread Brian Walters
I've sometimes had problems with friends not being able to access my Picasa web albums. I've never worked out why. Usually when they try again, it works OK. With single images it may be better to link directly to the image. For example, this link goes direct to your First Quacker without

PESO - First quacker of the year

2009-04-19 Thread AlunFoto
http://turl.no/3cc Practicing at Østensjøvannet. Jostein -- http://www.alunfoto.no/galleri/ http://alunfoto.blogspot.com -- 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

Re: PESO - First quacker of the year

2009-04-19 Thread Brian Walters
On Sun, 19 Apr 2009 21:17 +0200, AlunFoto alunf...@gmail.com wrote: http://turl.no/3cc Practicing at Østensjøvannet. Jostein And a very nice quacker it is too.. There's lots to like in this, particularly the patterns on the water which really frame the bird well. I like it that you

Re: PESO - First quacker of the year

2009-04-19 Thread Bruce Walker
AlunFoto wrote: http://turl.no/3cc Practicing at Østensjøvannet. Jostein OK, Jostein, you can stop practicing now. That's perfect! :-) -bmw -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the

Re: PESO - First quacker of the year

2009-04-19 Thread Timbah!
AlunFoto wrote: http://turl.no/3cc Practicing at Østensjøvannet. Jostein I really like the color of the reflections on the water. Very nice photo! .t -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit

Re: PESO - First quacker of the year

2009-04-19 Thread Eactivist
In a message dated 4/19/2009 12:18:06 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, alunf...@gmail.com writes: http://turl.no/3cc Practicing at Østensjøvannet. Jostein = Very nice. I think a lot of duck shots are boring, because, yeah, it's a duck. But the light in this one (plus the coloration of