Re: PESO - Famous Foto: 1972

2006-10-04 Thread Stan Halpin
Proof of the ancient adage: People who drive 4-wheel-drive vehicles can get further into the woods before they get stuck. Stan "There are 10 kinds of people in the world - those who understand binary and those who don't." On Oct 4, 2006, at 12:35 AM, Boris Liberman wrote: > Hi! > >> In the ea

Re: PESO - Famous Foto: 1972

2006-10-04 Thread mike wilson
09:49:58 GMT > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" > Subject: Re: PESO - Famous Foto: 1972 > > Dunno, Mike ... > > Shel > > > > > [Original Message] > > From: mike wilson > > > > http://home.earthlink.net/~ebay-pics/famo

Re: PESO - Famous Foto: 1972

2006-10-03 Thread Boris Liberman
Hi! > In the early spring of 1972 I bought my first 4x4, a Dodge Rancharger. > Within a few days, and with a couple of friends, I headed for the woods. I > was brash and foolish, and this was the result. > > But, to compound the situation, the "friends" who took the pic made some > posters of i

Re: PESO - Famous Foto: 1972

2006-10-03 Thread Doug Franklin
mike wilson wrote: > Shel Belinkoff wrote: > > >> http://home.earthlink.net/~ebay-pics/famousfoto.html > > What's the brown thing that looks like it has been spat out of the exhaust? It looks like it's a leaf hanging from a branch that's much closer to the camera than Shel and his 4x4. -- Tha

Re: PESO - Famous Foto: 1972

2006-10-03 Thread Paul Sorenson
It's harder to get 'em stuck and a *lot* harder to get 'em unstuck. It's one of those things that is irritating at the time and brings a smile 30 years later. :>) -P Shel Belinkoff wrote: > In the early spring of 1972 I bought my first 4x4, a Dodge Rancharger. > Within a few days, and with a

Re: PESO - Famous Foto: 1972

2006-10-03 Thread Cotty
On 3/10/06, mike wilson, discombobulated, unleashed: >What's the brown thing that looks like it has been spat out of the exhaust? Out of focus leaf on a branch in the foreground. -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|http://www.cottysnaps.com _

Re: PESO - Famous Foto: 1972

2006-10-03 Thread Shel Belinkoff
Yes Shel > [Original Message] > From: Ann Sanfedele > Shel Belinkoff wrote: > It looks like my friend sent the pic reversed. > What's odd is that the letters on the hood look correct to > me...Did you flip it after you first put it up? > fun shot, regardless of um how you look at i

Re: PESO - Famous Foto: 1972

2006-10-03 Thread Shel Belinkoff
By Golly, Scott, you're right. Give this man a Kewpie Doll ... Shel > [Original Message] > From: Scott Loveless > Looks like a dead leaf on a twig in the foreground. > > [Original Message] > > From: mike wilson > > http://home.earthlink.net/~ebay-pics/famousfoto.html > > What's the brown t

Re: PESO - Famous Foto: 1972

2006-10-03 Thread Ann Sanfedele
Shel Belinkoff wrote: > > Dunno, Mike ... > > Shel > > > [Original Message] > > From: mike wilson > > > > http://home.earthlink.net/~ebay-pics/famousfoto.html > > > > What's the brown thing that looks like it has been spat out of the > exhaust? > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pd

Re: PESO - Famous Foto: 1972

2006-10-03 Thread Ann Sanfedele
Shel Belinkoff wrote: > > It looks like my friend sent the pic reversed. I'll have to ask for > the negative and do a good scan. Now that I think about it, the spare > tire, seen in the bed of the truck, was actually on the "other" side. > > Shel What's odd is that the letters on the hood lo

Re: PESO - Famous Foto: 1972

2006-10-03 Thread Scott Loveless
Looks like a dead leaf on a twig in the foreground. On 10/3/06, Shel Belinkoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dunno, Mike ... > > Shel > > > > > [Original Message] > > From: mike wilson > > > > http://home.earthlink.net/~ebay-pics/famousfoto.html > > > > What's the brown thing that looks like it ha

Re: PESO - Famous Foto: 1972

2006-10-03 Thread Shel Belinkoff
Dunno, Mike ... Shel > [Original Message] > From: mike wilson > > http://home.earthlink.net/~ebay-pics/famousfoto.html > > What's the brown thing that looks like it has been spat out of the exhaust? -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdm

Re: PESO - Famous Foto: 1972

2006-10-03 Thread Shel Belinkoff
I just did - actually, did it in Irfanview using their lossless JPEG plug-in. But I'd like to make a good scan anyway, and make a nice, quality print for my personal use. Shel > [Original Message] > From: Perry Pellechia > You could always do a horizontal flip is PS. > > On 10/3/06, Shel Beli

Re: PESO - Famous Foto: 1972

2006-10-03 Thread Shel Belinkoff
It looks like my friend sent the pic reversed. I'll have to ask for the negative and do a good scan. Now that I think about it, the spare tire, seen in the bed of the truck, was actually on the "other" side. Shel > [Original Message] > From: Perry Pellechia > Hmmm, mirror image? Look at

Re: PESO - Famous Foto: 1972

2006-10-03 Thread Shel Belinkoff
I now notice that the pic had been flipped. I also know a lot more about going off road. Shel > [Original Message] > From: Scott Loveless > > http://home.earthlink.net/~ebay-pics/famousfoto.html > > Wonderful photo, Shel. I always look forward to seeing how you (or > your friends) have docu

Re: PESO - Famous Foto: 1972

2006-10-03 Thread Perry Pellechia
You could always do a horizontal flip is PS. On 10/3/06, Shel Belinkoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > It looks like my friend sent the pic reversed. I'll have to ask for > the negative and do a good scan. Now that I think about it, the spare > tire, seen in the bed of the truck, was actually on

Re: PESO - Famous Foto: 1972

2006-10-03 Thread Shel Belinkoff
Hi Paul, No I couldn't dig out. There was a spring under the road, and the more I dug, the deeper the truck sank. However this was a tributary off a dirt road that can be seen behind the truck, and a walk of a couple of miles got me to a small cabin that had a phone. I called a towing service and

Re: PESO - Famous Foto: 1972

2006-10-03 Thread pnstenquist
In truth, it's not all that bad a shot:-). So were you able to dig out? I would consider that a victory rather than a defeat. Paul -- Original message -- From: "Shel Belinkoff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > In the early spring of 1972 I bought my first 4x4, a Dodge Ranchar

Re: PESO - Famous Foto: 1972

2006-10-03 Thread Scott Loveless
On 10/3/06, Shel Belinkoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > In the early spring of 1972 I bought my first 4x4, a Dodge Rancharger. > Within a few days, and with a couple of friends, I headed for the woods. I > was brash and foolish, and this was the result. > > But, to compound the situation, the "fri

RE: PESO - Famous Foto: 1972

2006-10-03 Thread Bob W
That reminds me of my younger brother when he first bought a 4x4. He took his 3 boys out for a drive in it. When he saw a huge pile of road grit in a layby he yelled "Let's go off-road, boys" and promptly grounded himself on the apex of the grit pile, with all 4 wheels spinning in the air. He had t

Re: PESO - Famous Foto: 1972

2006-10-03 Thread Perry Pellechia
Hmmm, mirror image? Look at Dodge on the hood and the steering wheel. Fun story. On 10/3/06, Shel Belinkoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > In the early spring of 1972 I bought my first 4x4, a Dodge Rancharger. > Within a few days, and with a couple of friends, I headed for the woods. I > was br

Re: PESO - Famous Foto: 1972

2006-10-03 Thread mike wilson
Shel Belinkoff wrote: > > http://home.earthlink.net/~ebay-pics/famousfoto.html What's the brown thing that looks like it has been spat out of the exhaust? If you can remember that far back -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Re: PESO - Famous Foto: 1972

2006-10-03 Thread frank theriault
On 10/3/06, Shel Belinkoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > In the early spring of 1972 I bought my first 4x4, a Dodge Rancharger. > Within a few days, and with a couple of friends, I headed for the woods. I > was brash and foolish, and this was the result. > > But, to compound the situation, the "fri

Re: PESO - Famous Foto: 1972

2006-10-03 Thread jtainter
http://home.earthlink.net/~ebay-pics/famousfoto.html Shel - Been there, done that. More than once. Will probably do it again. Joe -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net