Re: OT: More EVIL behavior from Google

2012-03-12 Thread Larry Colen
I wonder how much money in ads Google earns on each user. Or, phrased differently, I wonder how much I'd have to pay google each year to make it worth their while to treat me as the customer, rather than the product that they are selling? If it's on the order of $36/year, or a dime a day,

Re: frank's sunrise photo

2012-03-12 Thread Steven Desjardins
Very nice. Few are sentimental about winter as it goes away, yet it does have its beauty and it's not always snow. On Sun, Mar 11, 2012 at 10:56 PM, Subash pdml.l...@gmail.com wrote: On Sun, 11 Mar 2012 19:29:15 -0700 Godfrey DiGiorgi gdigio...@gmail.com wrote: That's quite lovely, frank.

A little guessing game (was PESO: Study in light and shadow)

2012-03-12 Thread Collin Brendemuehl
I love that shot. And after reading Charles Abel's Professional Portrait Lightings, I've been tempted to do some of the types of shots. But time does not allow, at least not yet. And I'd love to do them in both film and digital, for a variety of reasons. So this is just for the exercise. I

Re: Anybody still shooting film?

2012-03-12 Thread Cotty
On 11/3/12, Bob W, discombobulated, unleashed: I hate to be a Linguistics Nazi, but Semantics is a part of Grammar, not separate from it. I hate to be a Nazi Nazi but you will be killed until you are dead dead dead. -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche

RE: PESO 2012 - 040 - GDG

2012-03-12 Thread knarftheria...@gmail.com
Exquisite. Cheers, frank What can be asserted without proof can be dismissed without proof. -- Christopher Hitchens --- Original Message --- From: Godfrey DiGiorgi ramar...@mac.com Sent: March 11, 2012 3/11/12 To: SeePhoto Talk seeph...@micapeak.com, PAW Picture-A-Week project

RE: PAW114 - Island

2012-03-12 Thread knarftheria...@gmail.com
Beautiful. And so very Dag. cheers, frank What can be asserted without proof can be dismissed without proof. -- Christopher Hitchens --- Original Message --- From: DagT li...@thrane.name Sent: March 11, 2012 3/11/12 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Subject: PAW114 - Island

Re: PESO - Night Work

2012-03-12 Thread knarftheria...@gmail.com
That's a really cool shot. Cheers, frank What can be asserted without proof can be dismissed without proof. -- Christopher Hitchens --- Original Message --- From: Rick Womer rwomer1...@yahoo.com Sent: March 11, 2012 3/11/12 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Subject: Re: PESO - Night

RE: PESOs: Building (old) and bird (dead)

2012-03-12 Thread knarftheria...@gmail.com
Really like that old building. Beautiful textures, great feel. I have to say though that the now infamous bird leaves me a bit cold. Not because it's gross or crude, not because of the subject matter, for some reason it just doesn't grab me. Cheers, frank What can be asserted without proof

Re: PAW114 - Island

2012-03-12 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
On Sun, Mar 11, 2012 at 2:10 PM, DagT li...@thrane.name wrote: http://www.thrane.name/Pictures/PAW/files/page7-1000-full.html K-5, DA15mm, 1/13, f/4.0, ISO100. Very lovely. -- Godfrey   godfreydigiorgi.posterous.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

RE: OT: Trike Drifting

2012-03-12 Thread knarftheria...@gmail.com
Those guys are idiots. I won't get into all the reasons why due to space and time considerations, but it starts with no protective clothing or footwear (at least a couple of helmets are seen). So much more wrong with what they're doing. I just hope some kid doesn't kill themselves emulating

Re: Anybody still shooting film?

2012-03-12 Thread Collin Brendemuehl
Just LF. Only the occasional 35, and only rarely. Sincerely, Collin Brendemuehl He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose -- Jim Elliott -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the

Re: lightroom 4 - free videos

2012-03-12 Thread David J Brooks
On Sun, Mar 11, 2012 at 10:01 AM, Godfrey DiGiorgi gdigio...@gmail.com wrote: People learn in a lot of different ways. Adobe's chosen the video approach as it seems the fastest bootstrap means for the majority of their customer base with a highly interactive application like Lightroom. And

Re: PAW114 - Island

2012-03-12 Thread David J Brooks
Lovely Dave On Sun, Mar 11, 2012 at 5:10 PM, DagT li...@thrane.name wrote: http://www.thrane.name/Pictures/PAW/files/page7-1000-full.html K-5, DA15mm, 1/13, f/4.0, ISO100. DagT http://www.thrane.name/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: PESO 2012 - 040 - GDG

2012-03-12 Thread David J Brooks
Beautiful shot. Dave On Sun, Mar 11, 2012 at 1:05 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi ramar...@mac.com wrote: A new photo, returning to my blog:  http://godfreydigiorgi.posterous.com/blossom enjoy Godfrey - flickr stream: http://www.flickr.com/photos/gdgphoto/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List

Re: GESO: Maple Sugar Days

2012-03-12 Thread David J Brooks
Nice work. I lioke this one:http://www.flickr.com/photos/alohadave/6828260354/in/set-72157629565074589 Dave On Sun, Mar 11, 2012 at 8:55 PM, David Parsons parsons.da...@gmail.com wrote: The Blue Hills is a nature preserve outside of Boston.  This weekend, the state department that runs the

Re: PESO - Shadowy Figure

2012-03-12 Thread David J Brooks
Nice, works well in the composition of the shot Dave On Sun, Mar 11, 2012 at 11:36 AM, frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: Probably would have been good for this month's PUG.  Except that I don't think I took it until last week:

Re: Anybody still shooting film?

2012-03-12 Thread Gasha
Agree. My last 35mm roll was shot back in 2006. Right before digitak K100d. But i shoot medium format 6x4.5 and 6x7 often. Mostly BW, but sometimes also color negs and slides. Gasha On 03/10/2012 10:08 PM, DagT wrote: No, just medium format. But on the other hand I´m building a darkroom for

Re: OT: More EVIL behavior from Google

2012-03-12 Thread John Sessoms
From: Larry Colen I wonder how much money in ads Google earns on each user. Or, phrased differently, I wonder how much I'd have to pay google each year to make it worth their while to treat me as the customer, rather than the product that they are selling? If it's on the order of $36/year, or

Re: OT: More EVIL behavior from Google

2012-03-12 Thread Tim Bray
On Mon, Mar 12, 2012 at 2:11 AM, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote: Unfortunately, I suspect that the amount that the vast majority of users would be willing to pay for this would be very close to zero. It depends what “this” is. You need to come up with a compelling list of what they get

Geso Stouffville downtown walk part II

2012-03-12 Thread David J Brooks
http://www.caughtinmotion.com/2012-cameraclub2/album/index.html Did our second camera club walk about Sunday. Great day, nice and sunny and warm. I forgot Stouffvillicious is running this month, which explains the larger than normal crowds. Also took the Nikon F90X out with the K-5 and D FA 50mm

Re: Geso Stouffville downtown walk part II

2012-03-12 Thread Bob Sullivan
Dave, I love the flower with the cat. Unusual pairing. Regards, Bob S. On Mon, Mar 12, 2012 at 10:38 AM, David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com wrote: http://www.caughtinmotion.com/2012-cameraclub2/album/index.html Did our second camera club walk about Sunday. Great day, nice and sunny and

Re: PESO -- Turning over an old leaf

2012-03-12 Thread kwaller
Not enough OOF. Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: P. J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com Subject: PESO -- Turning over an old leaf I really like this in spite of the blown highlights that didn't even register blinkies on the

Re: PESO -- The Tower I.

2012-03-12 Thread kwaller
I like the subject matter, but I just not sure you've done the most with it. Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: P. J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com Subject: PESO -- The Tower I. Not really exciting, kind of an abstract

A little guessing game (was PESO: Study in light and shadow)

2012-03-12 Thread John Sessoms
From: Collin Brendemuehl I love that shot. And after reading Charles Abel's Professional Portrait Lightings, I've been tempted to do some of the types of shots. But time does not allow, at least not yet. And I'd love to do them in both film and digital, for a variety of reasons. So this is

Re: PESO: Sand Crab

2012-03-12 Thread Don Guthrie
Ordinarily I like my crab with pasta but this picture is pretty tasty just as it is. On Sun, Mar 11, 2012 at 6:35 PM, Daniel J. Matyola danmaty...@gmail.com wrote: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=15335614 Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola -- PDML

PESO: On the rocks

2012-03-12 Thread Paul Stenquist
At the park yesterday. K-5, DA* 60-250, f4, 1/320th, ISO 320, flash fill at -1 stop with the 540 http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=15339534 -- 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

Re: PESO: On the rocks

2012-03-12 Thread Bob Sullivan
Paul, Smiling again on my end of this connection. You are giving some real lessions on fill flash too. Regards, Bob S. On Mon, Mar 12, 2012 at 11:27 AM, Paul Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote: At the park yesterday. K-5, DA* 60-250, f4, 1/320th, ISO 320, flash fill at -1 stop with the

Re: Geso Stouffville downtown walk part II

2012-03-12 Thread Don Guthrie
Some nice shots in there. Photo walks look like fun. http://www.caughtinmotion.com/2012-cameraclub2/album/index.html Did our second camera club walk about Sunday. Great day, nice and sunny and warm. I forgot ?Stouffvillicious is running this month, which explains the larger than normal

RE: OT: Trike Drifting

2012-03-12 Thread John Sessoms
From: knarftheriault Those guys are idiots. I won't get into all the reasons why due to space and time considerations, but it starts with no protective clothing or footwear (at least a couple of helmets are seen). So much more wrong with what they're doing. I just hope some kid doesn't kill

135mm F1.8 for K-R

2012-03-12 Thread Don Guthrie
Needing a lens for some low light work, I went into my collection of Pentax screw mount lenses and I found a 135mm f1.8 JC Penny made by Mittake. Mounted to K-R with adapter and shooting aperture priority I snapped off this collection yesterday. I can't get anything in focus after 50' but

Re: Geso Stouffville downtown walk part II

2012-03-12 Thread Paul Stenquist
Cat and flower, butcher shop and that big hunk of wood strapped to a building are my favorites. Some nice shots on what appears to have been an excellent day. Hope you picked up some of those pork chops! Paul On Mar 12, 2012, at 11:38 AM, David J Brooks wrote:

Blogspot blogger steals my work

2012-03-12 Thread Mark Roberts
Have a look at this: http://dhileep-annai-illam.blogspot.com/2009/07/computer-lcd-monitors-for-photography.html Stolen entirely from my web site at http://www.robertstech.com/blog/?p=31 Sent a complaint to blogger.com last week but no response so far... -- Mark Roberts - Photography

Aesthetic dilemma: inverted bird

2012-03-12 Thread luiz felipe
Larry´s words to Tim, regarding an aestheticall dilemma: So it comes down to, are you taking photos for your wife and kids, or for yourself? -- Larry Colen LRC at red4est.com (from dos4est) Now, as long as I agree with Larry´s ideas about the dilemma - no, I´m not replaying them all here -

Re: 135mm F1.8 for K-R

2012-03-12 Thread Bruce Walker
Very good results, Don. Fine lens for such work. Too bad about the distant focusing fail, or it'd be great for concert work too. On Mon, Mar 12, 2012 at 1:22 PM, Don Guthrie shark50...@gmail.com wrote: Needing a lens for some low light work, I went into my collection of Pentax screw mount

Re: Blogspot blogger steals my work

2012-03-12 Thread Tim Bray
I assume you used http://support.google.com/bin/request.py?product=bloggercontact_type=lr_dmca ? On Mon, Mar 12, 2012 at 10:33 AM, Mark Roberts postmas...@robertstech.com wrote: Have a look at this: http://dhileep-annai-illam.blogspot.com/2009/07/computer-lcd-monitors-for-photography.html

Re: Blogspot blogger steals my work

2012-03-12 Thread Christine Nielsen
Well, I give him credit for swiping good content, at least. I'd bet every single blog entry of his has been lifted from somewhere else... How'd you find it? -c On Mon, Mar 12, 2012 at 1:33 PM, Mark Roberts postmas...@robertstech.com wrote: Have a look at this:

Re: Blogspot blogger steals my work

2012-03-12 Thread Mark Roberts
Tim Bray wrote: I assume you used http://support.google.com/bin/request.py?product=bloggercontact_type=lr_dmca ? I used ab...@blogger.com which is the abuse contact address listed at abuse.net. -- Mark Roberts - Photography Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail

GESO - Hausermann's

2012-03-12 Thread Bob Sullivan
Every February, the world class orchid grower here in Chicago has an open house sale. It was a single weekend but has expanded to two weekends now. We go and buy some every year...thought I'd share some here. https://picasaweb.google.com/115638976374047590388/HausermannSOpenHouse# Regards, Bob

Re: GESO - Hausermann's

2012-03-12 Thread Paul Stenquist
Some beautiful blooms, well captured. Paul On Mar 12, 2012, at 1:51 PM, Bob Sullivan wrote: Every February, the world class orchid grower here in Chicago has an open house sale. It was a single weekend but has expanded to two weekends now. We go and buy some every year...thought I'd share

Re: GESO - Hausermann's

2012-03-12 Thread Bob Sullivan
Thanks Paul, Regards, Bob S. On Mon, Mar 12, 2012 at 1:07 PM, Paul Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote: Some beautiful blooms, well captured. Paul On Mar 12, 2012, at 1:51 PM, Bob Sullivan wrote: Every February, the world class orchid grower here in Chicago has an open house sale. It

Re: Blogspot blogger steals my work

2012-03-12 Thread Mark Roberts
Christine Nielsen wrote: Well, I give him credit for swiping good content, at least. I'd bet every single blog entry of his has been lifted from somewhere else... How'd you find it? Yep, it looks as if he does nothing but appropriate other people's work. His Blogspot blog has been set up as

Re: Blogspot blogger steals my work

2012-03-12 Thread Stan Halpin
Meanwhile we are helping to drive up his page count. I didn't look around at his other stuff; I did note that his (your!) monitor article was about 3 years old. Is he even still active? stan On Mar 12, 2012, at 2:09 PM, Mark Roberts wrote: Christine Nielsen wrote: Well, I give him credit

Re: PESO: On the rocks

2012-03-12 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
I love the expression, and the rock surface details. Grace never looks bad or even ordinary in a photography, does she? What a charming young lady. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Mon, Mar 12, 2012 at 12:27 PM, Paul Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote: At

Re: Blogspot blogger steals my work

2012-03-12 Thread steve harley
on 2012-12-03 11:43 Tim Bray wrote I assume you used http://support.google.com/bin/request.py?product=bloggercontact_type=lr_dmca ? there is also an abuse link at the top of the page which will load the same URL but with arguments pointing to the specific page -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail

Re: lightroom 4 - free videos

2012-03-12 Thread steve harley
on 2012-11-03 12:30 Larry Colen wrote I hear that there's this standard called HTML, that allows you to embed links to video in written text. first of all the output Apple's iBooks Author is based on HTML, and i hope this approach catches on (in a general way, not just in Apple-land) since

Re: Blogspot blogger steals my work

2012-03-12 Thread Tom C
Have a look at this: http://dhileep-annai-illam.blogspot.com/2009/07/computer-lcd-monitors-for-photography.html Stolen entirely from my web site at http://www.robertstech.com/blog/?p=31 Sent a complaint to blogger.com last week but no response so far... -- Mark Roberts - Photography

Re: GESO - Hausermann's

2012-03-12 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
Those of lovely image of simply gorgeous flowers! I have never before seen an orchid in a shade of blue like that in number 4. Quite fascinating. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Mon, Mar 12, 2012 at 2:07 PM, Paul Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote: Some

Re: GESO - Hausermann's

2012-03-12 Thread Walt Gilbert
Some wonderful shots in there, Bob! I especially like the ones titled Unusual Blue and White. -- Walt On 3/12/2012 12:51 PM, Bob Sullivan wrote: Every February, the world class orchid grower here in Chicago has an open house sale. It was a single weekend but has expanded to two weekends now.

135mm F1.8 for K-R

2012-03-12 Thread Don Guthrie
Thanks for looking Bruce. Those are all hand held and out of the camera jpgs. Two other things: I swear it weighs 5 lbs and the focus is very smooth and slow -no jumping in out of focus. I hope to use it for a local boxing match but I will need the right spot to work. Too far and I can't

RE: OT: More EVIL behavior from Google

2012-03-12 Thread Bob W
From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of John Sessoms If I understand it, Google doesn't get ad revenue per user, but per click. They don't get any revenue until you click on an ad. Actually, Google's ads don't bother me. I've never found them that

Re: PESO: On the rocks

2012-03-12 Thread Paul Stenquist
Thanks Bob and Dan. It was good to get out and do a bit of shooting yesterday. Given the unpredictable sun angles when shooting playground action, fill is pretty much a necessity. I tend to vary it between -1 and - 1/2 flash comp for the most part, at the kind of distances I shoot with a longer

RE: Anybody still shooting film?

2012-03-12 Thread Bob W
From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Cotty I hate to be a Linguistics Nazi, but Semantics is a part of Grammar, not separate from it. I hate to be a Nazi Nazi No you don't, you love it. You're Adolf Clarkson's far-right twin. B but you will be killed

Re: Blogspot blogger steals my work

2012-03-12 Thread Paul Stenquist
The fellow who reproduced Mark's pages isn't an aggregator, he's a thief, but the line is confused. Saw this piece just this orning. http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/12/business/media/guidelines-proposed-for-content-aggregation-online.html?pagewanted=1nl=businessemc=edit_at_20120312 On Mar 12,

Re: Geso Stouffville downtown walk part II

2012-03-12 Thread David J Brooks
On Mon, Mar 12, 2012 at 1:32 PM, Paul Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote: Cat and flower, butcher shop and that big hunk of wood strapped to a building are my favorites. Some nice shots on what appears to have been an excellent day. Hope you picked up some of those pork chops! They are

Re: GESO - Hausermann's

2012-03-12 Thread Bob Sullivan
Thanks Dan and Walt, I was stunned to see that blue orchid as well. I've never seen one in a blue before. Regards, Bob S. On Mon, Mar 12, 2012 at 1:25 PM, Daniel J. Matyola danmaty...@gmail.com wrote: Those of lovely image of simply gorgeous flowers! I have never before seen an orchid in a

Re: Blogspot blogger steals my work

2012-03-12 Thread Mark Roberts
Stan Halpin wrote: Meanwhile we are helping to drive up his page count. I didn't look around at his other stuff; I did note that his (your!) monitor article was about 3 years old. Is he even still active? He won't notice or care about the hit count on the Blogspot page: the whole objective is

Re: PESO: On the rocks

2012-03-12 Thread David J Brooks
Another GGP (great grace picture) Dave On Mon, Mar 12, 2012 at 12:27 PM, Paul Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote: At the park yesterday. K-5, DA* 60-250, f4, 1/320th, ISO 320, flash fill at -1 stop with the 540 http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=15339534 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss

Re: GESO - Hausermann's

2012-03-12 Thread David J Brooks
Some nice ones there. Like the blue one Dave On Mon, Mar 12, 2012 at 1:51 PM, Bob Sullivan rf.sulli...@gmail.com wrote: Every February, the world class orchid grower here in Chicago has an open house sale. It was a single weekend but has expanded to two weekends now. We go and buy some

RE: Blogspot blogger steals my work

2012-03-12 Thread Bob W
I don't see what they're confused about. The laws / rules / codes for copyright and plagiarism should cover this medium just as it's covered print, india ink, hieroglyphics, cuneiform and chiseled bits of rock. The people who are stealing stuff know they're stealing just as the victims know

Re: PESO: Sand Crab

2012-03-12 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
Thanks, Don! Ordinarily, I like my crab sauteed in butter, but this fellow was amusing some young children, so I let him go on his way. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Mon, Mar 12, 2012 at 12:22 PM, Don Guthrie shark50...@gmail.com wrote: Ordinarily I like my

Re: lightroom 4 - free videos

2012-03-12 Thread P. J. Alling
Godfrey, I was being ironic, that's what the web's supposed to be all about. On 3/11/2012 10:01 AM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: On Sun, Mar 11, 2012 at 5:54 AM, P. J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com wrote: Maybe they should invent a method of publishing where text and video can be seamlessly

Re: lightroom 4 - free videos

2012-03-12 Thread P. J. Alling
Now that I read that I realize I was ambiguous. Appropriate either way. On 3/12/2012 4:34 PM, P. J. Alling wrote: Godfrey, I was being ironic, that's what the web's supposed to be all about. On 3/11/2012 10:01 AM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: On Sun, Mar 11, 2012 at 5:54 AM, P. J. Alling

Re: Blogspot blogger steals my work

2012-03-12 Thread steve harley
on 2012-12-03 14:14 Bob W wrote I don't see what they're confused about. the NYT article is about how bloggers use references to other articles, often with short quotations; it's not the same as wholesale copying, and it's generally assumed to fall under fair use but as the article

Re: lightroom 4 - free videos

2012-03-12 Thread Larry Colen
On Mar 12, 2012, at 1:34 PM, P. J. Alling wrote: Godfrey, I was being ironic, that's what the web's supposed to be all about. In that case, you misspelled porn. -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com sent from i4est -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: Anybody still shooting film?

2012-03-12 Thread Derby Chang
On 11/03/2012 7:08 AM, DagT wrote: No, just medium format. But on the other hand I´m building a darkroom for that use these days. 35mm is too small, digital is better. I just made a small museum for the film stuff. http://i106.photobucket.com/albums/m265/dagthrane/_DT20614-gammalt-utstyr.jpg

Re: Blogspot blogger steals my work

2012-03-12 Thread Paul Stenquist
I agree. It seems that mining the web has become fair game. I think tat some are confused about the difference between an open unregulated internet and intellectual property rights. Unfortunately, there's no easy way to enforce the latter. A respected automotive industry pub, rewrote one of my

Re: Blogspot blogger steals my work

2012-03-12 Thread Paul Stenquist
The Times article isn't only about linking or using references. It's about wholesale lifting of content as well. In discussing what some call aggregation, the Times piece talks talk about plucking and replication elsewhere, others kidnapped their work,' and where is the line between promoting

Mini-GESO: Front Porch Photography -- 3/12/2012

2012-03-12 Thread Walt Gilbert
Hi all, Here's today's Front Porch Photography shots, all taken with the A 50/1.7 mounted on the K-x. http://www.flickriver.com/photos/walt_gilbert/sets/72157629572514913/ I'm thinking about putting together a photo book from this theme at some point in the future, when I feel I have enough

Re: Blogspot blogger steals my work

2012-03-12 Thread steve harley
on 2012-12-03 15:53 Paul Stenquist wrote The Times article isn't only about linking or using references. It's about wholesale lifting of content as well. In discussing what some call aggregation, the Times piece talks talk about plucking and replication elsewhere, others kidnapped their work,'

Re: OT: Trike Drifting

2012-03-12 Thread Doug Franklin
On 2012-03-11 21:28, Larry Colen wrote: Back in high school we just used big wheels. My understanding is that's where the whole thing started, but Big Wheels were just too fragile for what they wanted to do/were doing. -- Doug Lefty Franklin NutDriver Racing http://NutDriver.org Facebook

Re: OT: More EVIL behavior from Google

2012-03-12 Thread Doug Franklin
On 2012-03-11 23:01, steve harley wrote: just allow all scripts, but then when is see a site where i don't like, i can tell it to turn scripts off on that site Poor practice. A lot of the scripts that you most want to block, like the ones that execute drive by attacks on your computer, do

PESO -- The Tower III

2012-03-12 Thread P. J. Alling
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1604247/PESO/PESO%20--%20thetoweriii.html Equipment: Pentax K20D w/smc Pentax FA 20-35mm f4.0 As usual comments are welcome but may be totally ignored. -- Don't lose heart! They might want to cut it out, and they'll want to avoid a lengthily search. -- PDML

Re: PESO: On the rocks

2012-03-12 Thread Paul Stenquist
Thanks David. On Mar 12, 2012, at 3:53 PM, David J Brooks wrote: Another GGP (great grace picture) Dave On Mon, Mar 12, 2012 at 12:27 PM, Paul Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote: At the park yesterday. K-5, DA* 60-250, f4, 1/320th, ISO 320, flash fill at -1 stop with the 540

Re: Blogspot blogger steals my work

2012-03-12 Thread Brian Walters
Quoting Paul Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net: I agree. It seems that mining the web has become fair game. I came across a curation/aggregation service recently. 'Scoop-it' mines the web looking for references to a defined set of keywords set up by the user. Scoop-it then returns a

Re: PESO - Peonies in the Morning Sun

2012-03-12 Thread Brian Walters
Quoting George Sinos gsi...@gmail.com: This is another photo from a few years ago. It was taken in the morning while the sun was still low in the sky. The flowers are long gone, removed when the landscape changed. It's another old photo reprocessed with Photomatix Pro in an attempt to coax

Re: PESO: Niño's Quarry

2012-03-12 Thread Brian Walters
Quoting Walt Gilbert ldott...@gmail.com: So, I let the Oaxacan Hell Hound out the door a little while ago, at which point he immediately spotted a hapless feline to torment. http://www.flickriver.com/photos/walt_gilbert/6970026825/ K100D, Promaster 70-300 AF LD, f/5.6, 1/800, ISO 200 I

Re: PESO 2012 - 040 - GDG

2012-03-12 Thread Brian Walters
Quoting Godfrey DiGiorgi ramar...@mac.com: A new photo, returning to my blog: http://godfreydigiorgi.posterous.com/blossom Beautifully rendered and a very respectful tribute to a tragic event. -- Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia

PESO - Frosty

2012-03-12 Thread frank theriault
The title refers to the frosty window I was shooting through (three of my fingers are to be seen reflected in the glass on her dark coat, but I was too lazy to remove them in PS). I haven't decided if I like this photo or not but I'll post it anyway:

Re: PESO: Niño's Quarry

2012-03-12 Thread Walt Gilbert
On 3/12/2012 8:38 PM, Brian Walters wrote: Quoting Walt Gilbert ldott...@gmail.com: So, I let the Oaxacan Hell Hound out the door a little while ago, at which point he immediately spotted a hapless feline to torment. http://www.flickriver.com/photos/walt_gilbert/6970026825/ K100D, Promaster

4x% Kodachromes from WWII

2012-03-12 Thread Steven Desjardins
A site I got form another forum: http://pavel-kosenko.livejournal.com/303194.html?thread=22669914 Give them a minute to load. Well worth the look. -- Steve Desjardins -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML,

Re: Anybody still shooting film?

2012-03-12 Thread Darren Addy
All of you Grammar Nazis, Semantic Nazis, and Linguistic Nazis are going to give Nazis a bad name. Darren Addy Kearney, Nebraska On Sun, Mar 11, 2012 at 4:09 AM, Bob W p...@web-options.com wrote: BTW, I hate to play the Grammar Nazi, but slide films and reversal films aren't opposites, they

Re: Anybody still shooting film?

2012-03-12 Thread David Savage
MAARR! On 13/03/2012, Darren Addy pixelsmi...@gmail.com wrote: All of you Grammar Nazis, Semantic Nazis, and Linguistic Nazis are going to give Nazis a bad name. Darren Addy Kearney, Nebraska On Sun, Mar 11, 2012 at 4:09 AM, Bob W

RE: 4x% Kodachromes from WWII

2012-03-12 Thread JC O'Connell
stunning quality. imagine how good the originals must look on a light table. proves even 70 years ago top photo image quality was there for the initiated. - J.C.O'Connell hifis...@gate.net - -Original Message- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net

Re: 4x% Kodachromes from WWII

2012-03-12 Thread David Parsons
Most of these are also on Flickr in the Library of Congress' stream. Alfred Palmer is one of my favorites. http://www.flickr.com/search/?ss=2w=allq=library+of+congress+alfred+palmerm=text On Mon, Mar 12, 2012 at 10:04 PM, Steven Desjardins drd1...@gmail.com wrote: A site I got form another

Re: PESO: Sand Crab

2012-03-12 Thread Mark C
On 3/11/2012 9:35 PM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=15335614 Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola Nice - I like the shadow. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE

Re: PESO: Sand Crab

2012-03-12 Thread Paul Stenquist
What Mark said. The shadow adds a lot of interest. Paul On Mar 12, 2012, at 10:27 PM, Mark C wrote: On 3/11/2012 9:35 PM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=15335614 Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola Nice - I like the shadow. --

PESO: Effluence

2012-03-12 Thread Mark C
A shot from spring, 2010, that I just figured out how to process last weekend: http://www.markcassino.com/b2evolution/ or http://www.markcassino.com/b2evolution/index.php/effluence Pentax LX, FA 20-35 f4, Kodak HIE in Rodinal 1:50. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: 4x% Kodachromes from WWII

2012-03-12 Thread Mark C
On 3/12/2012 10:04 PM, Steven Desjardins wrote: A site I got form another forum: http://pavel-kosenko.livejournal.com/303194.html?thread=22669914 Give them a minute to load. Well worth the look. Wow - thanks for posting that link. Remarkable images. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List

Re: 4x% Kodachromes from WWII

2012-03-12 Thread Paul Stenquist
Superb. On Mar 12, 2012, at 11:07 PM, Mark C wrote: On 3/12/2012 10:04 PM, Steven Desjardins wrote: A site I got form another forum: http://pavel-kosenko.livejournal.com/303194.html?thread=22669914 Give them a minute to load. Well worth the look. Wow - thanks for posting that link.

Re: OT: More EVIL behavior from Google

2012-03-12 Thread John Sessoms
From: Doug Franklin On 2012-03-11 23:01, steve harley wrote: just allow all scripts, but then when is see a site where i don't like, i can tell it to turn scripts off on that site Poor practice. A lot of the scripts that you most want to block, like the ones that execute drive by attacks on

Re: OT: More EVIL behavior from Google

2012-03-12 Thread Doug Franklin
On 2012-03-13 0:32, John Sessoms wrote: I'm still trying to figure out what default setting to use for when the page wants to open a .PDF file. Best practice is prevent all, allow specific ones, in general. With PDFs, it's best to use a non-Adobe reader or stay absolutely up to date with

RE: Anybody still shooting film?

2012-03-12 Thread John Coyle
Yep, I've basically gone back to film for family stuff, as my wife complains that she never gets to see any prints from digital - mainly because my work involves being on the computer all day, and so I seldom feel like spending time on it again processing images. In addition, I have a small