RE: Starbeque

2007-07-17 Thread Bob W
This baby's going back to Pentax for repair and refurbishment. I'll let you know what they charge when I get it back. what a bummer. I hope you can claim for it on your insurance. -- Bob -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Re: Maxtor Mini III 160 gig external question

2007-07-17 Thread mike wilson
From: graywolf [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2007/07/17 Tue AM 12:56:07 GMT To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Subject: Re: Maxtor Mini III 160 gig external question Oops! This was supposed to be private. Forget you saw it. mystic gesture Works it barely. A Jedi Knight yet you are

Has voting increased turnover at Pentax Gallery?

2007-07-17 Thread AlunFoto
Just a yes/no question, really, but if you have particular experiences, I'm curious. Thanks, 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

Re: Maxtor Mini III 160 gig external question

2007-07-17 Thread graywolf
Oops! This was supposed to be private. Forget you saw it. mystic gesture graywolf http://www.graywolfphoto.com http://webpages.charter.net/graywolf Idiot Proof == Expert Proof --- graywolf wrote: Ahah! Pushing Mac's again are we? grin The lens is up on ebay,

Re: PESO Crab spider

2007-07-17 Thread Alastair Robertson
Mike is right about the ocelli - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ocellus. Toine this last shot is an amazingly high magnification with great detail - I am curious about macro set-up. Was this a live specimen? Alastair On 7/17/07, Toine [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks, this list is amazing!

Re: PESO - Trinidad Light

2007-07-17 Thread Paul Stenquist
What Ken said. Good work, but the bisected boats must go :-). Paul On Jul 16, 2007, at 8:13 PM, Kenneth Waller wrote: Nice capture. Has a calming feel to it. My only nit - I'd get rid of the boats on the LH edge. Kenneth Waller - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject:

Re: PESO: Chihuly at Phipps

2007-07-17 Thread Paul Stenquist
Nice shot. Great color and well composed. Didn't he do the lobby sculpture for that Vegas hotel with all the fountains out in front? Paul On Jul 16, 2007, at 5:49 PM, Mark Roberts wrote: http://www.robertstech.com/peso.htm Glass artist Dale Chihuly has a major exhibit going on in

Re: PESO Crab spider

2007-07-17 Thread mike wilson
From: Alastair Robertson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2007/07/17 Tue AM 09:08:55 GMT To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Subject: Re: PESO Crab spider Mike is right about the ocelli - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ocellus. Toine this last shot is an amazingly high magnification with

Re: PESO Crab spider

2007-07-17 Thread Alastair Robertson
Ah yes, quite! didn't realise it was a crop of the original - even more amzed at the detail in the crop - would like to get the same quality in my own shots. Alastair On 7/17/07, mike wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: Alastair Robertson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2007/07/17 Tue AM

Re: Has voting increased turnover at Pentax Gallery?

2007-07-17 Thread Jack Davis
No evidence of it yet. Jack --- AlunFoto [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Just a yes/no question, really, but if you have particular experiences, I'm curious. Thanks, Jostein -- http://www.alunfoto.no/galleri/ http://alunfoto.blogspot.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List

Re: PESO Crab spider

2007-07-17 Thread mike wilson
Apparently, laying off the caffiene is a good start. From: Alastair Robertson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2007/07/17 Tue AM 11:13:08 GMT To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Subject: Re: PESO Crab spider Ah yes, quite! didn't realise it was a crop of the original - even more amzed at

Maxtor Mini III

2007-07-17 Thread Walter Hamler
Re: the thread on the Maxtor. Several folks indicated that they wanted the WD version. I bought one from Amazon just before GFM for a little over 100.00. They had one listed that I did not see til later that also included a case, but I don't see it now. I have been using it as the drive for my

Re: Has voting increased turnover at Pentax Gallery?

2007-07-17 Thread Bruce Dayton
It seems to have sped up rejections, but has had no effect on some of my images. I'm guessing that there is some number of negatives that will eventually throw it out of consideration. As there is some number of positives that keeps in under consideration. Once those numbers have been met, the

Re: Maxtor Mini III 160 gig external question

2007-07-17 Thread graywolf
Ah hell,I can not even control my own mind. LOL graywolf http://www.graywolfphoto.com http://webpages.charter.net/graywolf Idiot Proof == Expert Proof --- mike wilson wrote: From: graywolf [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2007/07/17 Tue AM 12:56:07 GMT To:

Re: PESO - Trinidad Light

2007-07-17 Thread Christian
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sun's was almost down. It may not be the best of the bunch, but I think the way the light the light hit may be close to the best of the bunch. http://members.aol.com/eactivist/PAWS/pages/trinidad.htm Love the soft light and composition. I think it's a great

Re: PESO: Chihuly at Phipps

2007-07-17 Thread Christian
Mark Roberts wrote: http://www.robertstech.com/peso.htm Glass artist Dale Chihuly has a major exhibit going on in Pittsburgh at the moment. And what's really interesting is that it's being held at the Phipps Conservatory, with his glass sculptures in amongst the plants. Very cool stuff.

Re: PESO Crab spider

2007-07-17 Thread David Savage
Those are 2 of the best bug shots I've seen in quite a while. Good work. Cheers, Dave On 7/15/07, Toine [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I was stalking this crab spider to get a good shot. I don't think the shot is stellar (a beautiful white spider with a single red marking on ugly purple buddleja

Re: PESO: Chihuly at Phipps

2007-07-17 Thread pnstenquist
I mentioned this morning that I thought I had seen some of his work in Vegas. I googled Chilhully/Las Vegas and came upon this: http://www.chihuly.com/installations/bellagio/. It's in the lobby of the Bellagio Hotel. The style is unmistakable, and I recalled seeing this work when I saw Mark's

Re: PESO: Chihuly at Phipps

2007-07-17 Thread David Savage
Wow! Love that glass work. Nicely caught. Cheers, Dave On 7/17/07, Mark Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://www.robertstech.com/peso.htm Glass artist Dale Chihuly has a major exhibit going on in Pittsburgh at the moment. And what's really interesting is that it's being held at the

Re: Has voting increased turnover at Pentax Gallery?

2007-07-17 Thread AlunFoto
That's my impression too, Bruce. I haven't submitted anything since before the voting started, but I had images in for evaluation at that time. Some declined, some still awaits final judgement. If our guess is right, it means that the judges restrict their material to what's been approved by

Re: Maxtor Mini III 160 gig external question

2007-07-17 Thread AlunFoto
Good thing if you can create the FAT32 on MAC. For anyone who need to do this on a windows (XP or older) machine, I'd recommend the freeware application CompuApps SwissKnife v3.x http://www.compuapps.com/download/swissknife/Swissknife.htm Jostein 2007/7/16, Godfrey DiGiorgi [EMAIL PROTECTED]:

PESO -- LIghthouse Point Sunset Beach

2007-07-17 Thread P. J. Alling
One last shot from Lighthouse point. http://www.mindspring.com/~happydogsoftware/PESO%20--%20lighthousepointbeach.html Equipment: Pentax *ist-Ds/smc Pentax M 85mm f2.0 As usual comments are welcome but may be totally ignored. -- All dogs have four legs; my cat has four legs. Therefore, my

PESO -- Shadows

2007-07-17 Thread P. J. Alling
Something a little different, a set piece. http://www.mindspring.com/~happydogsoftware/PESO%20--%20shadows.html Equipment: Pentax *ist-Ds/smc Pentax M 85mm f2.0 Note: This was intentionally shot out of focus, I was looking for almost exactly this effect. As usual comments are welcome but

Re: Has voting increased turnover at Pentax Gallery?

2007-07-17 Thread Bruce Dayton
If they wanted to do it properly, they should monitor the popular vote of each individual to see if they tend to vote in a similar manner to the judges. If they see enough consistency with specific individuals, then they could rely on the rejection of the popular vote. But that would take much

PESO -- Shadows

2007-07-17 Thread P. J. Alling
This didn't seem to make it to the list. So I'm sending it again. Apologies if it gets there twice. Something a little different, a set piece. http://www.mindspring.com/~happydogsoftware/PESO%20--%20shadows.html Equipment: Pentax *ist-Ds/smc Pentax M 85mm f2.0 Note: This was intentionally

Re: PESO -- Shadows

2007-07-17 Thread Bruce Dayton
It may be the effect you were looking for, but as a stand alone image, it makes me squint and finally look away. -- Bruce Tuesday, July 17, 2007, 9:15:57 AM, you wrote: PJA Something a little different, a set piece. PJA http://www.mindspring.com/~happydogsoftware/PESO%20--%20shadows.html

Re: PESO Crab spider

2007-07-17 Thread Eactivist
In a message dated 7/14/2007 2:24:10 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I was stalking this crab spider to get a good shot. I don't think the shot is stellar (a beautiful white spider with a single red marking on ugly purple buddleja flowers). The interesting part is she

Re: PESO - Trinidad Light

2007-07-17 Thread Eactivist
In a message dated 7/17/2007 7:37:58 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Love the soft light and composition. I think it's a great image, Marnie. -- Christian === Thanks, Christian. Marnie :-) - Warning: I am now

OT - Will it blend?

2007-07-17 Thread Cotty
A lister who shall remain nameless but is in fact a Nutty Norwegian sent me this link. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qg1ckCkm8YI LOL -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|http://www.cottysnaps.com _ -- PDML

Re: PESO -- LIghthouse Point Sunset Beach

2007-07-17 Thread Bruce Dayton
Issues for me are: lighthouse and silhouette trees are not sharp - looks like focus point more on infinity or something very little color - just not enough showing to have much mood - needs a better night or some more work I rather like the composition - worth some further effort,

Re: PESO - Trinidad Light

2007-07-17 Thread Eactivist
In a message dated 7/17/2007 3:23:09 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: What Ken said. Good work, but the bisected boats must go :-). Paul === Hehehehehe. Okay. Thanks. Marnie - Warning: I am now filtering my email,

Re: PESO green bug

2007-07-17 Thread Eactivist
In a message dated 7/14/2007 3:05:05 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: No idea what species this is. I like this shot and the little green bug. http://leende.net/peso/20070714/greenbug.htm F100 2.8 macro, 1/125, f/8, iso 800 Does the square crop work? -- Toine

Re: PESO: I'm back at the surface :-)

2007-07-17 Thread Eactivist
In a message dated 7/16/2007 10:11:20 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Here's a few shots for you... One from the I can also do some real colourful stuff department: http://www.fotocommunity.de/pc/pc/mypics/770012/display/8863397 Along my more usual lines, a nice

Re: PESO: Evening watch.

2007-07-17 Thread Eactivist
In a message dated 7/16/2007 8:22:46 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Drew, let me add that due to the balance of the elements, this composition is exactly right. The never center rule doesn't apply in such cases. The open, strongly colored sky provides a feeling of

Re: PESO: Chihuly at Phipps

2007-07-17 Thread Eactivist
In a message dated 7/16/2007 2:52:11 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: http://www.robertstech.com/peso.htm Glass artist Dale Chihuly has a major exhibit going on in Pittsburgh at the moment. And what's really interesting is that it's being held at the Phipps

Re: PESO: Cowboy Lesson

2007-07-17 Thread Eactivist
In a message dated 7/13/2007 9:20:40 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: G'day All, Another one from my travels (~140kb): http://www.arach.net.au/~savage/Misc/Images/K10D/_IGP5228.jpg K10D, FA 77mm Ltd., f4 @ 1/500, ISO 400 Apparently he likes to give all the young

Re: PESO - The Curse of the Mummy

2007-07-17 Thread Eactivist
In a message dated 7/11/2007 6:58:03 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: http://tinyurl.com/yptee7 Having a bit of fun with two of my daughters on a recent trip to the Museum... Here's the full url, for those of you who may prefer it:

Re: PESO - Feeding the Pigeons at Carrot Common

2007-07-17 Thread Eactivist
In a message dated 7/10/2007 10:59:31 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Yet another one that looks much better on my laptop at home than at my (uncalibrated) work computer. Hope you like. Let me know: http://www.tiny.cc/JCYtx Comments always welcome. Thanks in

Re: Has voting increased turnover at Pentax Gallery?

2007-07-17 Thread AlunFoto
I had a couple of re-instated pics too, so I asked them. Their reply (in just a couple of hours, good response time) explained an early bug that mistakenly declined photos that got lots of thumbs-up from the voters. As you say, they got back in the Waiting For Review category the day after. So

Re: OT - Will it blend?

2007-07-17 Thread David J Brooks
Don't breath in the ismoke, love it.:-) Pretty expensive smothy i'd say. Dave On 7/17/07, Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: A lister who shall remain nameless but is in fact a Nutty Norwegian sent me this link. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qg1ckCkm8YI LOL -- Cheers, Cotty

Re: Maxtor Mini III 160 gig external question

2007-07-17 Thread David J Brooks
Thanksa for that link Jostein. So do you think i'll be ok if i don't install the supplied software and just run Swissknife and format. Its an external HD if i forgot to mention that, usb2. Dave On 7/17/07, AlunFoto [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Good thing if you can create the FAT32 on MAC. For

Re: Maxtor Mini III

2007-07-17 Thread David J Brooks
Are you running a single OS or mac and Pc like moi. Dave On 7/17/07, Walter Hamler [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Re: the thread on the Maxtor. Several folks indicated that they wanted the WD version. I bought one from Amazon just before GFM for a little over 100.00. They had one listed that I did

Re: PESO -- Shadows

2007-07-17 Thread Kenneth Waller
Perhaps a bit less out of focus? Especially on the LH side. Kenneth Waller - Original Message - From: P. J. Alling [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: PESO -- Shadows Something a little different, a set piece. http://www.mindspring.com/~happydogsoftware/PESO%20--%20shadows.html Equipment:

Re: Maxtor Mini III 160 gig external question

2007-07-17 Thread AlunFoto
Swissknife can format any drive it can detect, including memory cards, so USB shouldn't be a problem. Be careful, though. This is an application that performs what you ask it to do without asking are you sure?. As Godfrey said, the obstacle on Windows is to create the FAT32 partition and format

Re: OT - Will it blend?

2007-07-17 Thread Charles Robinson
On Jul 17, 2007, at 12:01, Cotty wrote: A lister who shall remain nameless but is in fact a Nutty Norwegian sent me this link. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qg1ckCkm8YI Many more can be found at http://www.willitblend.com -Charles -- Charles Robinson - [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: OT - Will it blend?

2007-07-17 Thread P. J. Alling
Wryly humorous with just a touch of burned insulation flavor... Cotty wrote: A lister who shall remain nameless but is in fact a Nutty Norwegian sent me this link. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qg1ckCkm8YI LOL -- All dogs have four legs; my cat has four legs. Therefore, my cat is a

RE: OT - Will it blend?

2007-07-17 Thread Bob W
iLike -- Bob -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Cotty Sent: 17 July 2007 18:01 To: pentax list Subject: OT - Will it blend? A lister who shall remain nameless but is in fact a Nutty Norwegian sent me this link.

Re: Maxtor Mini III 160 gig external question

2007-07-17 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
On Jul 17, 2007, at 11:39 AM, AlunFoto wrote: As Godfrey said, the obstacle on Windows is to create the FAT32 partition and format it. If this is straightforward on a Mac it might be easier and perhaps safer than SwissKnife. It's exactly as I said: Run Mac OS X's Disk Utility. Pick the drive

pentax sighting? you be the judge...

2007-07-17 Thread Brendan MacRae
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19791376/displaymode/1107/s/2/framenumber/13/ Is that a Pentax? I can't tell. -Brendan Be a better Globetrotter. Get better travel answers from someone who knows. Yahoo!

Re: pentax sighting? you be the judge...

2007-07-17 Thread Brian Walters
The one on the left is probably the K1D. :-) Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://members.westnet.com.au/brianwal/SL/ Quoting Brendan MacRae [EMAIL PROTECTED]:

Re: PESO - Long Beach, Vancouver Island

2007-07-17 Thread Kenneth Waller
Great captures both ! Kenneth Waller - Original Message - From: Mike Hamilton [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: PESO - Long Beach, Vancouver Island Two perspectives on the skies over Long Beach on the Pacific Rim - one in black and white, the other in colour. I spend a week in this

PESO - Long Beach, Vancouver Island

2007-07-17 Thread Mike Hamilton
Two perspectives on the skies over Long Beach on the Pacific Rim - one in black and white, the other in colour. I spend a week in this incredible place, and it's amazing. http://www.michaelhamilton.ca/2007/07/17/the-beach/ http://www.michaelhamilton.ca/2007/07/16/long-beach/ Comments

Re: PESO - Long Beach, Vancouver Island

2007-07-17 Thread P. J. Alling
These are very nice, especially the BW. Have I told you that I hate you? Mike Hamilton wrote: Two perspectives on the skies over Long Beach on the Pacific Rim - one in black and white, the other in colour. I spend a week in this incredible place, and it's amazing.

Re: PESO - Long Beach, Vancouver Island

2007-07-17 Thread Cotty
On 17/7/07, Mike Hamilton, discombobulated, unleashed: http://www.michaelhamilton.ca/2007/07/16/long-beach/ Beautiful. -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|http://www.cottysnaps.com _ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail