Displaying images, fun, games and reviews

TLDR: my adventures spending money I don't have on some nice and relatively inexpensive pieces of kit. If you're looking for a tablet, 4k tv or IPS monitor, these are the ones I chose. A couple of weeks ago, I mentioned picking up a $150 tablet from Best Buy for displaying my photos. A few

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Can't get this to go. Trying with no subject. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/may/13/sam-nzima-south-african-photographer-dies-aged-83-soweto Alan C --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail

Re: Cheese, Gromit!

It will be interesting to read & see your progress. You will likely visit many of the places we did last year. The finalè at Wensleydale is the tasting where you can have your fill for a mere £2 (I think). The chilli cheese is quite an experience! Alan c -Original Message- From:

Re: PESO: Delurking for a moment

:) I tried very hard to find my focus. On 14 May 2018 at 00:14, John wrote: > Doesn't look out of focus to me. > > > On 5/13/2018 09:52, Toine wrote: > >> For some reason (work, what else) grabbing photo's snapped out of my >> focus, >> in my defence I do try to follow

Re: PESO A Hummer

Apologies. I need to get my brain in gear. Actually a tree! I thought you were referring to the liquid feeder. Alan C -Original Message- From: Alan C Sent: 14 May, 2018 9:54 AM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: PESO A Hummer "Arborvitae" - now there's a new work for me. I

Re: Displaying images, fun, games and reviews

$90 - that's about R1100. We could eat for a week on that. Alan C -Original Message- From: Larry Colen Sent: 14 May, 2018 8:13 AM To: Pentax-Discuss List Subject: Displaying images, fun, games and reviews TLDR: my adventures spending money I don't have on some nice and relatively

Re: PESO A Hummer

"Arborvitae" - now there's a new work for me. I must try something like that for the Sunbirds but it will need perches because they don't hover. Alan C -Original Message- From: Paul Stenquist Sent: 13 May, 2018 9:27 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: PESO A Hummer At the

Re: PESO: Kwanzan

Dan, the Spring renewal in temperate climes is always very spectacular as you shots clearly show. We don't really get that sort of thing in the Lowveld. Alan C -Original Message- From: Daniel J. Matyola Sent: 13 May, 2018 8:28 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: PESO: Kwanzan

Re: Any Photo Annuals arrived yet?

Scheduled for delivery her any moment now ... On Sun, 13 May 2018 13:31:48 -0400 Daniel J. Matyola wrote: > >I don't think the numbering issue is worth making the change. I agree, is it just the page-numbers or is the index (photo reference) also wrong? >I have not yet received y copy of the

Re: Any Photo Annuals arrived yet?

Well, am the first one to have received it (in the Netherlands)? Looks great! Henk Op 2018-05-13 om 19:06 schreef Mark Roberts: I apologise in advance for getting pages 10 and 11 swapped - totally my fault and not Blurb's. I may correct it in the future but Blurb's policies require that I

Re: Any Photo Annuals arrived yet?

On Mon, 14 May 2018 15:39:28 +0200 Henk Terhell wrote: > >Well, am the first one to have received it (in the Netherlands)? Perhaps, mine was delivered just past two o'clock today :) >Looks great! +1 And I would not have noticed the swapped pagenumbers 10/11 I think ... Regards, JvW

Re: Any Photo Annuals arrived yet?

You won. Op 2018-05-14 om 16:23 schreef Jan van Wijk: On Mon, 14 May 2018 15:39:28 +0200 Henk Terhell wrote: Well, am the first one to have received it (in the Netherlands)? Perhaps, mine was delivered just past two o'clock today :) Looks great! +1 And I would not have noticed the

Re: Any Photo Annuals arrived yet?

only the page numbers swapped? no biggie  -  I thought he was apologizing for misattribution or captions being switched. That might have gotten him inreal trouble :-) ann - who did worse in her book .. some of you have the collectable version where two photos were taken in PALIS. :-( On

Re: PESO A Hummer

Here is a list of the hummingbird species that are found in each state: http://www.hummingbirds.net/states.html Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Sun, May 13, 2018 at 3:27 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote: > At the feeder. I haven’t been able to nail

Re: OT:

I rarely enter a Subject and am always asked; "Do you want to send it anyway?" To which I always answer "yes" and it goes. J Sent from my iPhone > On May 14, 2018, at 12:19 AM, Alan C wrote: > > Can't get this to go. Trying with no subject. > >

PESO: White Dogwood

http://dan-matyola.squarespace.com/danmatyolas-pesos/2018/5/13/white-dogwood K-5 IIs, FA 100 Macro F 2.8 Comments are invited and appreciated. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: OT:

You really should put -something- in the subject line , a blank subject line is often the indicator of fake mail , possibly holding a dangerous link in the body - although "HI" is even more so.  I often delete without opening any mail that comes in with no subject to avoid danger.  On PDML I

Re: Any Photo Annuals arrived yet?

Palis is not very far from Paris. Op 2018-05-14 om 16:45 schreef ann sanfedele: only the page numbers swapped? no biggie  -  I thought he was apologizing for misattribution or captions being switched. That might have gotten him inreal trouble :-) ann - who did worse in her book .. some of

Re: Slideshow (every so often)

Enjoyed it very much!  nice travalogue ... (I need to learn how to make a slide show that will play on youtube) Nice to see you, Boris ann On 5/11/2018 4:01 AM, Boris Liberman wrote: Hi there. After short pause of mere 26 years I visited my home town couple of weeks ago. Here is 2.5 min long

Re: The Dog & Pony Show

Thanks for the insightful commentary. Sounds bleak for the most part. I've been slowly coming to the conclusion that the Pentax ship is sinking and its time to board a new one. Don't know which one however, but it seems that mirrorless is taking over to some degree. I would like to keep my best

Re: Any Photo Annuals arrived yet?

Mine arrived about an hour ago. Great work, Mark! Paul > On May 14, 2018, at 3:02 PM, Jostein wrote: > > I think you won, Jan. > Found it in my mailbox when I got home from work at 17:30. > > Very fine work by Mark Roberts and the rest of the Annual team. > > Jostein > >

Re: Any Photo Annuals arrived yet?

Mine arrived about an hour ago and I've had a most enjoyable read. You know, our images really seem to sing when seen printed in this format. I do believe some major kudos are due to Mark for preparing the image files for printed reproduction -- Mark, clearly you really know what you're doing. :)

Re: Yorkshire, ayup!

Har!  MARK! ann On 5/13/2018 3:10 PM, Mark Roberts wrote: mike wilson wrote: It won't last. That's an appropriate response. To virtually anything. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit

Re: Any Photo Annuals arrived yet?

I think you won, Jan. Found it in my mailbox when I got home from work at 17:30. Very fine work by Mark Roberts and the rest of the Annual team. Jostein Den 14.05.2018 16:23, skrev Jan van Wijk: On Mon, 14 May 2018 15:39:28 +0200 Henk Terhell wrote: Well, am the first one to have received

Re: Any Photo Annuals arrived yet?

far enough that I was never there :-) a On 5/14/2018 11:19 AM, Henk Terhell wrote: Palis is not very far from Paris. Op 2018-05-14 om 16:45 schreef ann sanfedele: only the page numbers swapped? no biggie -  I thought he was apologizing for misattribution or captions being switched. That might

Re: Slideshow (every so often)

Curious, I was thinking that it was mostly a feature of operating system, not specific phone. But then again, Note 4 is rather old. I think that Android 5.0 was actually an upgrade and that it came with Android 4.4.x by default. Hence maybe your situation. I must say that I rather recently (less

GESO: My Kitchen

I've been working on my kitchen for a couple of years now. Progress has been slow, but in the last week or so I've gotten a bit of work done. I took these with the K-1 and my new smc PENTAX-D FA MACRO 100mmF2.8 WR https://www.flickr.com/photos/jb_sessoms/albums/72157668977944438 The house was

Re: OT: [Sam Nzima]

On 2018-05-14 01:19, Alan C wrote: Can't get this to go. Trying with no subject. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/may/13/sam-nzima-south-african-photographer-dies-aged-83-soweto not completely OT — i noticed in another article i saw before your message that his apocryphal shot was

FS MOnday - DA 55-300, near mint with case before I list this on ebay..

Guys ... I can  barely lift the camera withthis lens on I bought it new at B haven't even used it in the last year or so... and I'm living on a few ebay sales and my social security check - don't see how I can' justify keeping it. write me off list of course - make me an offer I can't refuse

Did not make the photo annual cut ...

Let's see what shots of yours did not make it into the 2018 PDML Annual. Eg: submitted but not selected; withheld for a better choice; missed the deadline ... :-) I submitted three shots to the annual. Mark chose two, undoubtedly the strongest. Here's the one of mine that didn't make the cut:

Re: Did not make the photo annual cut ...

Ain't see the book (yet) but I know one of mine is in because it is in the blurb preview.  You might carefully check some of the collages he does though - to see if he used it on one of those.  He is sneaky that way. ann On 5/14/2018 7:30 PM, Bruce Walker wrote: Let's see what shots of yours

Re: Did not make the photo annual cut ...

Daniel J. Matyola wrote: Is there a list of the images that did make the book, for those of us who have not yet seen the book? I was recently wishing I had a list of all of the photos that I've submitted over the years. That would make a decent sized (27) set of images that I think are

Re: Did not make the photo annual cut ...

Larry, as you age and and your memory becomes more fallible, one adopts strategies for coping. I speak from experience. Case in point: when I post a PESO or submit to PUG or to the Annual, my export from LR first goes to a PESO or PUG or PDML Annual folder. Saves me from sending dupes, allows

Re: Did not make the photo annual cut ...

On 5/14/2018 5:30 PM, Bruce Walker wrote: Let's see what shots of yours did not make it into the 2018 PDML Annual. Eg: submitted but not selected; withheld for a better choice; missed the deadline ... :-) I submitted three shots to the annual. Mark chose two, undoubtedly the strongest. Not

Re: Any Photo Annuals arrived yet?

On 5/13/2018 13:06, Mark Roberts wrote: I apologise in advance for getting pages 10 and 11 swapped - totally my fault and not Blurb's. I may correct it in the future but Blurb's policies require that I re-order a copy of each book (both paperback and hardcover) after re-uploading the entire file

Re: Did not make the photo annual cut ...

Yeah, but you have a high percentage of good shots. Some of us struggle to find anything worth submitting. On 5/14/2018 22:12, Paul Stenquist wrote: I’m old and never remember what I might have posted, but I don’t care! I spend about five minutes choosing annual submissions. Whatever strikes

Re: [Sam Nzima]

You're right. (Scroll down quite a way). https://web.archive.org/web/20061113233705/http://www.mg.co.za/articlepage.aspx?area=%2Fbreaking_news%2Fbreaking_news__national%2F=274559 Alan C -Original Message- From: steve harley Sent: 15 May, 2018 12:07 AM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List

PESLO: Pink Rhody

My newest rhododendron plant had some nice blooms this spring: http://dan-matyola.squarespace.com/danmatyolas-pesos/2018/5/14/pink-rhody K-5 IIs, FA 100 mm Macro F 2.8 Comments are invited and appreciated. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail

Re: OT: [Sam Nzima]

On 2018-05-14 16:07, steve harley wrote: On 2018-05-14 01:19, Alan C wrote: Can't get this to go. Trying with no subject. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/may/13/sam-nzima-south-african-photographer-dies-aged-83-soweto not completely OT — i noticed in another article i saw before

Re: The Dog & Pony Show

On 5/14/2018 3:22 PM, Gonz wrote: Thanks for the insightful commentary. Sounds bleak for the most part. I've been slowly coming to the conclusion that the Pentax ship is sinking and its time to board a new one. That's not the message I got. The message I got is that Ricoh is in it for the

Re: PESO: White Dogwood

Thanks, Ann. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Mon, May 14, 2018 at 10:53 PM, ann sanfedele wrote: > That's nice -- better, I think, than the closeup of the rhody... > all about geometry > ann > > > > On 5/14/2018 10:51 AM, Daniel J. Matyola

Re: PESO: Red Dogwood

Thanks, Jack. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Sun, May 13, 2018 at 10:14 PM, Jack Davis wrote: > Nice, and I like how you included a > small section of the tree branch. > J > Sent from my iPhone > > > On May 13, 2018, at 6:11 PM, Daniel J.

Re: PESO: Kwanzan

Thanks for looking, Alan. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Mon, May 14, 2018 at 3:53 AM, Alan C wrote: > Dan, the Spring renewal in temperate climes is always very spectacular as > you shots clearly show. We don't really get that sort of thing

Re: Did not make the photo annual cut ...

Two. Paul > On May 14, 2018, at 7:50 PM, ann sanfedele wrote: > > Ain't see the book (yet) but I know one of mine is in because it is in the > blurb preview. You might carefully check some of the collages he does though > - > to see if he used it on one of those. He is

Re: Did not make the photo annual cut ...

That would be useful. I know I do not have good records of my submissions over the years. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Mon, May 14, 2018 at 9:56 PM, Larry Colen wrote: > > > Daniel J. Matyola wrote: > >> Is there a list of the images that

Re: Did not make the photo annual cut ...

I’m old and never remember what I might have posted, but I don’t care! I spend about five minutes choosing annual submissions. Whatever strikes my fancy at the moment. It’s liberating. Paul > On May 14, 2018, at 10:07 PM, Stan Halpin wrote: > > Larry, as you age

Re: Did not make the photo annual cut ...

Stan - that is exactly what I do! ann On 5/14/2018 10:07 PM, Stan Halpin wrote: Larry, as you age and and your memory becomes more fallible, one adopts strategies for coping. I speak from experience. Case in point: when I post a PESO or submit to PUG or to the Annual, my export from LR first

Re: PESO: White Dogwood

That's nice -- better, I think, than the closeup of the rhody... all about geometry ann On 5/14/2018 10:51 AM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: http://dan-matyola.squarespace.com/danmatyolas-pesos/2018/5/13/white-dogwood K-5 IIs, FA 100 Macro F 2.8 Comments are invited and appreciated. Dan Matyola

Re: My Kitchen

Keep to it John, looks like you're making progress. Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: "John" Subject: GESO: My Kitchen I've been working on my kitchen for a couple of years now. Progress has been

Re: Did not make the photo annual cut ...

Is there a list of the images that did make the book, for those of us who have not yet seen the book? Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Mon, May 14, 2018 at 7:30 PM, Bruce Walker wrote: > Let's see what shots of yours did not make it into

Re: [Sam Nzima] & here it is

https://twitter.com/mwelimasilela/status/875582078686969856 -Original Message- From: steve harley Sent: 15 May, 2018 12:07 AM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: OT: [Sam Nzima] On 2018-05-14 01:19, Alan C wrote: Can't get this to go. Trying with no subject.