Re: OT: Write-off

2009-03-30 Thread Christian
frank theriault wrote: Think about it: race cars have seatbelts, not airbags. There must be a reason for that... cheers, frank Race cars also shed energy by disintegrating on impact. Most single seaters have carbon fiber survival capsules surrounding the driver and saloon cars or stock

Re: PESO: Old Blue Eyes

2009-03-30 Thread frank theriault
On Sun, Mar 29, 2009 at 6:56 PM, Dan Matyola danmaty...@verizon.net wrote: I ran into this lovely creature on my recent trip to New Orleans, at the Audubon Aquarium of the Americas: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=8856654 Dan M My ex-wife? Cool shot, especially (as has already been

PESO: Waiting for Mardi Gras

2009-03-30 Thread Dan Matyola
From a store on Bourbon Street, New Orleans: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=8856823 Dan M -- 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 the directions.

Re: PESO #009 - Yellow Galaxy

2009-03-30 Thread frank theriault
On Sat, Mar 28, 2009 at 10:47 AM, Boris Liberman bori...@gmail.com wrote: Mimosas... http://pentax-ways.blogspot.com/2009/03/peso-2009-010.html Be brutal and honest, as usual. I think it's beautiful. cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML

*ist-D troubleshooting.. is it dying?

2009-03-30 Thread Thibouille
Ist-D of a friend (the one I sold him in fact) behaves strangely: * Goes off when witing to card * Very slow write to the card, even more so since he bought a 8GB CF card. Firmware is 1.12 (latest one). Any suggestion? I fear it would cost quite a lot to repair it. -- Thibault Massart aka

Re: PESO - Inside the greenhouse

2009-03-30 Thread frank theriault
On Sun, Mar 29, 2009 at 10:19 PM, Brendan MacRae brendanmacrae1...@yahoo.com wrote: This is the reason I bought the DA 10-17mm last year, so I could capture these sorts of shots. Another possible for a magazine article for sometime this year...or maybe next.

Re: *ist-D troubleshooting.. is it dying?

2009-03-30 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Thibouille Subject: *ist-D troubleshooting.. is it dying? Ist-D of a friend (the one I sold him in fact) behaves strangely: * Goes off when witing to card * Very slow write to the card, even more so since he bought a 8GB CF card. Firmware is 1.12 (latest

Re: OT: Write-off

2009-03-30 Thread frank theriault
On Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 12:09 PM, Christian christ...@skofteland.net wrote: Race cars also shed energy by disintegrating on impact.  Most single seaters have carbon fiber survival capsules surrounding the driver and  saloon cars or stock cars have full roll cages.  Also the seatbelts in a race

Re: point and shoot

2009-03-30 Thread Pasvorn Boonmark
Frank, The CL is nice, but it is not exactly inexpensive, at least to me. :) May be Olympus Stylus Epic is a good choice for a film guy? -Pasvorn On Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 9:07 AM, frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: On Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 9:51 AM, Scott Loveless

Re: *ist-D troubleshooting.. is it dying?

2009-03-30 Thread frank theriault
On Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 12:23 PM, William Robb war...@gmail.com wrote: Try a smaller card. I know that in theory the latest firmware supports big cards, but this doesn't necessarily mean full support. I've recently been using a 4 gb card in my *istD, with no deleterious effects. It gives me

Re: PESO - Subway Smiles

2009-03-30 Thread Pasvorn Boonmark
Frank, I agree with Cotty. He has a very good point about the subway collection. -Pasvorn On Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 7:37 AM, Cotty cotty...@mac.com wrote: On 30/3/09, frank theriault, discombobulated, unleashed: http://knarf-underground.blogspot.com/2009/03/subway-smiles.html Smiles for a

Re: PESO - Subway Smiles

2009-03-30 Thread Jack Davis
Well, I'll bet you were still warm on the inside well after getting off the subway. Enjoyed your remarks. Jack --- On Mon, 3/30/09, frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: From: frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com Subject: Re: PESO - Subway Smiles To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List

Re: OT PESO - Figure (one for the ladies)

2009-03-30 Thread frank theriault
On Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 9:04 AM, David Savage ozsav...@gmail.com wrote: G'day All, Here is another from this weekends workshop: http://www.flickr.com/photos/disavage/3395993054/ Direct link (~80kb) http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3571/3395993054_677724689a_o.jpg We were lucky to have an

Re: GESO - Dame Helen

2009-03-30 Thread frank theriault
On Sun, Mar 29, 2009 at 5:53 PM, Cotty cotty...@mac.com wrote: Bit late but hey, busy weekend. A friend and colleague is leaving to set up her own production company and I did her a set of publicity stills from her commercial TV days. Good brownie points as she will hopefully be giving me

Re: *ist-D troubleshooting.. is it dying?

2009-03-30 Thread David J Brooks
Try a smaller card, i think thats the problem. Dave On Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 12:15 PM, Thibouille pentaxl...@gmail.com wrote: Ist-D of a friend (the one I sold him in fact) behaves strangely: * Goes off when witing to card * Very slow write to the card, even more so since he bought a 8GB CF

Re: point and shoot

2009-03-30 Thread David J Brooks
Scott. I bought my daughter the A540, i think it is, for xmas a while back, and it does a good job, and has a VF. My G3 has a VF, so maybe look into a G series. Dave On Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 9:51 AM, Scott Loveless sdlovel...@gmail.com wrote: Hi there. The 750z I've been using the last few

Re: point and shoot

2009-03-30 Thread frank theriault
On Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 12:30 PM, Pasvorn Boonmark pasv...@boonmark.net wrote: Frank, The CL is nice, but it is not exactly inexpensive, at least to me. :) May be Olympus Stylus Epic is a good choice for a film guy? I was just jerkin' Scott's chain. cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a

Re: PESO: Another over processed picture of Lyndsaye

2009-03-30 Thread frank theriault
On Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 10:22 AM, William Robb war...@gmail.com wrote: Again, brought to you by the letters D and A, and the number 55. http://users.accesscomm.ca/wrobb/pictures/monolynds1.html Techy stuff: K20D @ ISO 100, f/4, 160 second. Four lights spread around the set with seeming

Re: *ist-D troubleshooting.. is it dying?

2009-03-30 Thread Luiz Felipe
Looks like the problems started before the supercard arrived... I'd try other cards and monitor the batt condition. Any coincidence between the firmware update and the problem?? Hope it's repairable... LF Thibouille escreveu: Ist-D of a friend (the one I sold him in fact) behaves strangely:

Re: PESO: Early Flower - Late Storm

2009-03-30 Thread frank theriault
On Sun, Mar 29, 2009 at 10:33 PM, Stan Halpin s...@stans-photography.info wrote: One more from this weekend. The cat photo was a chance shot as I was passing through to process several dozen attempts to record the impact of our usual late-March snow-and-ice storm on our usual mid-March flowers.

Re: point and shoot

2009-03-30 Thread Luiz Felipe
...about to attacked... Scott, the Nikon D50 - I think that's the model - offers a compact with wide angle zoom and optical viewfinder, around $100. Optical finders are getting hard to find indeed... LF (well, if Pentax offered any I'd suggest it) Scott Loveless escreveu: On Mon, Mar 30,

Re: point and shoot

2009-03-30 Thread Scott Loveless
On Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 12:49 PM, frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: On Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 12:30 PM, Pasvorn Boonmark pasv...@boonmark.net wrote: Frank, The CL is nice, but it is not exactly inexpensive, at least to me. :) May be Olympus Stylus Epic is a good choice for a

Re: point and shoot

2009-03-30 Thread Mark Roberts
Jaume Lahuerta wrote: - Mensaje original De: Scott Loveless sdlovel...@gmail.com No optical VF is a deal breaker, unfortunately. Didn't someone offer a small digital camera with a prime lens not too long ago? This must be either Sigma DP1/DP2 or Ricoh GR Digital. Not sure about

Re: PESO - Jess (one for the lads)

2009-03-30 Thread Paul Stenquist
Nice shot. But like Christian, I'd like to see more fill on the shadow side of her face. Just a close in reflector would have picked up a lot of light from the background. Paul On Mar 30, 2009, at 11:57 AM, Christian wrote: David Savage wrote: G'day All, Last one for now this one is on

Re: point and shoot

2009-03-30 Thread Scott Loveless
On Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 1:03 PM, Mark Roberts msrobert...@ysu.edu wrote: The Sigma DP2 has a 24mm f/2.8 prime (roughly the angle of view of 50mm on FF) and you can get an accessory optical viewfinder. The camera is about $650.00, though. Not available yet, but should be very soon. Amazon is

Re: PESO: Another over processed picture of Lyndsaye

2009-03-30 Thread Scott Loveless
On Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 10:22 AM, William Robb war...@gmail.com wrote: Again, brought to you by the letters D and A, and the number 55. http://users.accesscomm.ca/wrobb/pictures/monolynds1.html That's very, very nice. I tried, but I can't really find anything to complain about. So when are

Re: *ist-D troubleshooting.. is it dying?

2009-03-30 Thread Boris Liberman
IIRC the very latest firmware was actually 1.13. Nonetheless, trying a different card could be useful. Boris Thibouille wrote: Ist-D of a friend (the one I sold him in fact) behaves strangely: * Goes off when witing to card * Very slow write to the card, even more so since he bought a 8GB CF

Re: PESO: Another over processed picture of Lyndsaye

2009-03-30 Thread David J Brooks
On Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 10:34 AM, William Robb war...@gmail.com wrote: - Original Message - From: Bob Sullivan Subject: Re: PESO: Another over processed picture of Lyndsaye Bill, Her face seems so broad in this photo, much more so than before. It makes me wonder about the

Re: PESO - Subway Smiles

2009-03-30 Thread David J Brooks
Nice. I like the bit of motion blur on the lady getting up. I agree with Cotty, make a blurb book. Dave On Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 10:26 AM, frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: http://knarf-underground.blogspot.com/2009/03/subway-smiles.html Smiles for a Monday morning. Comments

Re: OT PESO - Translucent

2009-03-30 Thread frank theriault
On Sun, Mar 29, 2009 at 7:39 PM, David Savage ozsav...@gmail.com wrote: G'day All, One from the weekend. Spur of the moment idea that worked better than I had expected.: http://www.flickr.com/photos/disavage/3395121961/ Direct link (~135kb):

Re: point and shoot

2009-03-30 Thread frank theriault
On Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 1:23 PM, Scott Loveless sdlovel...@gmail.com wrote: snip Am I the only person in the whole wide world that doesn't want a zillion worthless features at the expense of something functional? Apparently you are... cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept.

Re: point and shoot

2009-03-30 Thread Adam Maas
Optical viewfinder yes, compact no. The D50 is an older Nikon DSLR. I suspect you're referring to the P50, which should be avoided. Nikon's PS production of the last few years start at bad and get rapidly worse. Optical finders are dying off. Mostly because PS finders are typically horrid. -Adam

Re: OT: Write-off

2009-03-30 Thread Bob Sullivan
Your forehead can survive lots, but not an 80g crash into the bar at the top of the windshield. Race car drivers wear helmets and that's why I'm happy with my side airbags. Seatbelts will keep your butt in place, but not your head. When my brain's gone, just send me to the organ harvesters.

Re: point and shoot

2009-03-30 Thread Adam Maas
On Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 12:58 PM, Scott Loveless sdlovel...@gmail.com wrote: On Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 12:49 PM, frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: On Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 12:30 PM, Pasvorn Boonmark pasv...@boonmark.net wrote: Frank, The CL is nice, but it is not exactly

Re: point and shoot

2009-03-30 Thread frank theriault
On Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 1:46 PM, frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: On Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 1:23 PM, Scott Loveless sdlovel...@gmail.com wrote: snip Am I the only person in the whole wide world that doesn't want a zillion worthless features at the expense of something functional?

Re: point and shoot

2009-03-30 Thread Scott Loveless
On Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 1:46 PM, Adam Maas a...@mawz.ca wrote: Optical viewfinder yes, compact no. The D50 is an older Nikon DSLR. I suspect you're referring to the P50, which should be avoided. Nikon's PS production of the last few years start at bad and get rapidly worse. Optical finders

Re: PESO - Subway Smiles

2009-03-30 Thread Bob Sullivan
Actually, find a sponsor in the arts or public transit and mount an exhibition in city hall, or a mall, museum, or gallery. They are a wonderful collection and are so much more powerful when they are there to support one another. You need an agent Frank! Regards, Bob S. On Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at

Re: point and shoot

2009-03-30 Thread Bill Owens
No potical VF and not pocketable, but 10x optical zoom, aperature and shutter priority, super macro and my real dinosaur Optio MX On Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 1:46 PM, frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: On Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 1:23 PM, Scott Loveless sdlovel...@gmail.com wrote: snip Am

Re: OT: Write-off

2009-03-30 Thread frank theriault
On Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 1:46 PM, Bob Sullivan rf.sulli...@gmail.com wrote: Your forehead can survive lots, but not an 80g crash into the bar at the top of the windshield.  Race car drivers wear helmets and that's why I'm happy with my side airbags.  Seatbelts will keep your butt in place, but

Re: point and shoot

2009-03-30 Thread Scott Loveless
On Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 1:52 PM, frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: Okay, I'm the other person (so it's nice to know there are at least two of us, although it scares me that I'm in a group with you...). ;-) Who wouldn't be scared? I mean seriously, that's why I posted like a

Re: point and shoot

2009-03-30 Thread Mark Roberts
Scott Loveless wrote: On Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 1:03 PM, Mark Roberts msrobert...@ysu.edu wrote: The Sigma DP2 has a 24mm f/2.8 prime (roughly the angle of view of 50mm on FF) and you can get an accessory optical viewfinder. The camera is about $650.00, though. Not available yet, but should be

Re: point and shoot

2009-03-30 Thread Adam Maas
On Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 1:52 PM, Scott Loveless sdlovel...@gmail.com wrote: On Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 1:46 PM, Adam Maas a...@mawz.ca wrote: Optical viewfinder yes, compact no. The D50 is an older Nikon DSLR. I suspect you're referring to the P50, which should be avoided. Nikon's PS production

Re: point and shoot

2009-03-30 Thread frank theriault
On Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 1:58 PM, Scott Loveless sdlovel...@gmail.com wrote: snip I'm a curmudgeon at 33. That's okay, you look 45... cheers, frank ;-) -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: point and shoot

2009-03-30 Thread Doug Brewer
Scott Loveless wrote: I have the same problem with mobile phones. I don't want to check my email, surf the web, download music/movies/ringtones, text, take pictures or wipe my butt with it. I want to talk to people on the phone. I want an address book and voice mail. That's about it. No

Re: PESO - Jess (one for the lads)

2009-03-30 Thread Bob Sullivan
Very nice Dave! The expression is a wonderful catch. Regards, Bob S. On Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 10:31 AM, David Savage ozsav...@gmail.com wrote: G'day All, Last one for now this one is on topic because I actually used a Pentax camera lens: http://www.flickr.com/photos/disavage/3399052492/

Re: OT: Write-off

2009-03-30 Thread John Mullan
Race car drivers wear a multipoint harness including an anti-submarine strap, and are strapped down tight. You would never put up with their harness in a street car, let alone being strapped down as tight as they are. In addition they are in a helmet, and many now are using a head and neck

Re: PESO: Owl

2009-03-30 Thread frank theriault
On Sun, Mar 29, 2009 at 10:34 PM, John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com wrote: I've been looking for the owl I heard earlier this month, trying to get some idea of its habits. Yesterday, I spotted it on the nest I thought it might use, and came back today with my camera:

Re: OT: Write-off

2009-03-30 Thread Paul Stenquist
Yes airbags have been proven extremely valuable over and over again. When I worked on Mercedes advertising, I was able to witness some offset and full frontal impact crash testing. the airbags provided far better head protection than seatbelts alone. And side airbags and side curtain

Re: OT: Write-off

2009-03-30 Thread Paul Stenquist
I think all professional racing classes now use a complex head and neck restraint. I know it became mandatory in drag racing after Eric Medlen was killed in a testing accident where he merely bounced off the guardrail. They were introduced to NASCAR after Dale Earnhardt was killed in a

Re: PESO: Bird Watcher (w/ DA55/1.4)

2009-03-30 Thread frank theriault
On Sun, Mar 29, 2009 at 4:34 PM, Stan Halpin s...@stans-photography.info wrote: Warning: feline content! http://photos.stanhalpin.com/p821843095/e80a3dbc I like it just as it is. cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List

Re: point and shoot

2009-03-30 Thread Scott Loveless
On Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 2:12 PM, Doug Brewer d...@alphoto.com wrote: Scott Loveless wrote: I have the same problem with mobile phones.  I don't want to check my email, surf the web, download music/movies/ringtones, text, take pictures or wipe my butt with it.  I want to talk to people on the

Re: OT: Write-off

2009-03-30 Thread frank theriault
On Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 2:25 PM, Paul Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote: Yes airbags have been proven extremely valuable over and over again. When I worked on Mercedes advertising, I was able to witness some offset and full frontal impact crash testing. the airbags provided far better

Re: PESO: Bird Watcher (w/ DA55/1.4)

2009-03-30 Thread Jack Davis
What Frank said. Jack --- On Mon, 3/30/09, frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: From: frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com Subject: Re: PESO: Bird Watcher (w/ DA55/1.4) To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Date: Monday, March 30, 2009, 11:35 AM On Sun, Mar 29, 2009

Re: Anyone using Silver Efex Pro?

2009-03-30 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
Why is it worth every penny? I do my own BW rendering. I see no point to wasting money using someone else's notions of how to render BW. G On Mar 28, 2009, at 4:59 PM, Manuel Magalhães wrote: It's worth every penny. Here you can see an example -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List

Re: OT: Write-off

2009-03-30 Thread Paul Stenquist
On Mar 30, 2009, at 2:37 PM, frank theriault wrote: On Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 2:25 PM, Paul Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote: Yes airbags have been proven extremely valuable over and over again. When I worked on Mercedes advertising, I was able to witness some offset and full

Re: Anyone using Silver Efex Pro?

2009-03-30 Thread Paul Stenquist
I agree. And with all the BW rendering tools available in standard conversion and photo processing software, I can't imagine why a dedicated standalone would be helpful. Paul On Mar 30, 2009, at 2:41 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: Why is it worth every penny? I do my own BW rendering. I see

Re: Such is the fate of a film camera..

2009-03-30 Thread Gonz
Sad. The ME Super was my first SLR. Great little camera. Still have mine, but it has issues from a fall. gonz On Sun, Mar 29, 2009 at 11:12 PM, Charles Robinson charl...@visi.com wrote: I bought (off of Craigslist) today a Pentax ME Super in absolutely pristine condition.  It came in a

RE: PESO - Subway Smiles

2009-03-30 Thread Bob W
http://knarf-underground.blogspot.com/2009/03/subway-smiles.html Smiles for a Monday morning. Comments are always welcome. cheers, frank Nice smiles. They look like Ethiopians or Eritreans. Bob -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

PESO - The Bond

2009-03-30 Thread frank theriault
This is kind of part II to this morning's Subway Smiles PESO. I told Jack that I'd gotten one other of this delightful duo, but that it wasn't a very interesting shot. Another viewing convinced me that maybe it wasn't as bad as I'd earlier thought. It is so obvious that these two love each

Re: OT: Write-off

2009-03-30 Thread Ken Waller
Kenneth Waller http://www.tinyurl.com/272u2f - Original Message - From: frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com Subject: Re: OT: Write-off On Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 5:03 AM, Cotty cotty...@mac.com wrote: On 29/3/09, eactiv...@aol.com, discombobulated, unleashed: Makes me feel

Re: PESO - Jess (one for the lads)

2009-03-30 Thread Ken Waller
Nice. Kenneth Waller http://www.tinyurl.com/272u2f - Original Message - From: David Savage ozsav...@gmail.com Subject: PESO - Jess (one for the lads) G'day All, Last one for now this one is on topic because I actually used a Pentax camera lens:

Re: GESO - That 70's Thang

2009-03-30 Thread frank theriault
On Sun, Mar 29, 2009 at 5:23 AM, Derby Chang der...@iinet.net.au wrote: Warning: Polyvinyl platforms within http://members.iinet.net.au/~derbyc/09/09_03/09_03_70s/index.htm And I thought the 70's were a bad dream... ;-) Seriously fun photos, Derby! cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a

Re: Anyone using Silver Efex Pro?

2009-03-30 Thread Manuel Magalhães
Ok Godfrey. You have a point there, but I don't have the time nor the knowledge to do the things you do with respect to render BW, so I don't mind to waste my money in something that gives me, immediately, so I can choose: - More than 32 levels of BW rendering i.e Pinhole, Holga, Antique

Re: PESO Egyptian on the Rocks

2009-03-30 Thread frank theriault
On Sat, Mar 28, 2009 at 12:48 AM, Christine Aguila cagu...@earthlink.net wrote: Hi Everyone:  I found some painted art on the rocks some playful light along the Lake Michigan shore on a short photowalk last Saturday.  There are 3 different renderings here.  I'd be interested in knowing if you

Re: PESO Egyptian on the Rocks

2009-03-30 Thread frank theriault
On Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 3:31 PM, frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: snip Is that a banana peel, and ankh, or are you just happy to see me? snip I meant to say, Is that a banana peel, ~an~ ankh, or are you just happy to see me? cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept.

Re: OT: Write-off

2009-03-30 Thread Ken Waller
Kenneth Waller http://www.tinyurl.com/272u2f - Original Message - From: Paul Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Monday, March 30, 2009 2:28 PM Subject: Re: OT: Write-off I think all professional racing classes now use a complex head and

Re: OT: Write-off

2009-03-30 Thread Manuel Magalhães
The other thing, I am sure, is the way other drivers get out of your way. A nice little car with a nice little guy in it. :)) Best regards, Manuel On 09/03/30 10:03, Cotty cotty...@mac.com wrote: On 29/3/09, eactiv...@aol.com, discombobulated, unleashed: Makes me feel less unprotected by

Re: PESO - Inside the greenhouse

2009-03-30 Thread Manuel Magalhães
Is because of clever and well done shots like this that I've ordered one of those lens. Wonderful composition and use of fish eye. Best regards, Manuel On 09/03/30 03:19, Brendan MacRae brendanmacrae1...@yahoo.com wrote: This is the reason I bought the DA 10-17mm last year, so I could

Re: PESO - portrait of our cat

2009-03-30 Thread frank theriault
On Sun, Mar 29, 2009 at 12:06 AM, Pawel Hottowy hott...@gmail.com wrote: I am quite new to this list, so - hello everyone! And here is my first PESO here - a portrait of Dunia celebrating lazy morning in our kitchen: http://www.pbase.com/pawelh/image/109689755/original k10d + FA 50/1.4

Re: Compliment for Jostein

2009-03-30 Thread frank theriault
On Sun, Mar 29, 2009 at 6:32 AM, Derby Chang der...@iinet.net.au wrote: Has anyone mentioned the compliment Jostein got on Yvon's blog? I concur http://pentaxdslrs.blogspot.com/2009/03/do-you-know-who-has-most-photos-in.html Very cool! And, no, I'm not the anonymous commenter whining about

Re: Peso: Saturday hike

2009-03-30 Thread frank theriault
On Sun, Mar 29, 2009 at 3:12 AM, Sasha Sobol sa...@asobol.com wrote: http://www.flickriver.com/photos/sobol/sets/72157615970999173/ Comments and critique are very welcome! I'm going to jump on the #1 and #4 bandwagon. And of those two, #1 is particularly stunning. Great work! cheers, frank

Re: PESO: Waiting for Mardi Gras

2009-03-30 Thread frank theriault
On Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 12:12 PM, Dan Matyola danmaty...@verizon.net wrote: From a  store on Bourbon Street, New Orleans: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=8856823 Dan M I really like this one. Seems a tad soft for what it is, but not offensively so. Nice shot. cheers, frank --

Re: PESO #011.1 two shots from DA 50-135

2009-03-30 Thread frank theriault
On Sun, Mar 29, 2009 at 11:59 PM, Boris Liberman bori...@gmail.com wrote: Hi! The permission was granted... http://pentax-ways.blogspot.com/2009/03/peso-2009-0111.html ;-) Both shot wide open. Be brutal and honest. I like the second one best. Dynamic and more stuff going on - it's just

Re: PESO - Iris Awakening

2009-03-30 Thread frank theriault
On Sat, Mar 28, 2009 at 11:10 PM, eactiv...@aol.com wrote: I've shot more in the last week, last week and a  half than I probably have in the previous five months. So feel I've used  a lot of bandwidth. But one more pic before the weekend. I shot Cherry  Blossoms several times (one time

Re: PESO - Product shot

2009-03-30 Thread frank theriault
On Sat, Mar 28, 2009 at 3:16 PM, Christian christ...@skofteland.net wrote: Just playing around with a 55/1.8 SMC Takumar on the 20D.  I was going for a commercial or product kind of shot. http://404mohawknotfound.blogspot.com/2009/03/classic-cosmo.html Light was from a window as well as a

Re: Anyone using Silver Efex Pro?

2009-03-30 Thread Paul Stenquist
Well now that sounds like it might be fun if not necessary. Fun is good. Paul On Mar 30, 2009, at 3:31 PM, Manuel Magalhães wrote: Ok Godfrey. You have a point there, but I don't have the time nor the knowledge to do the things you do with respect to render BW, so I don't mind to waste my

Re: PESO - informal portrait

2009-03-30 Thread frank theriault
On Sun, Mar 29, 2009 at 5:48 PM, Christian christ...@skofteland.net wrote: More fun with the 55 1.8 SMC Takumar.  Kerry (the wife) and Alex (the daughter named after a camera). http://404mohawknotfound.blogspot.com/2009/03/blog-post.html Comments appreciated. Fun! cheers, frank --

Re: Geso Back yard photos

2009-03-30 Thread frank theriault
On Sun, Mar 29, 2009 at 9:14 PM, eactiv...@aol.com wrote: You have a more interesting  backyard than I do. :-) At least you have a back yard... cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: Geso Back yard photos

2009-03-30 Thread frank theriault
On Sun, Mar 29, 2009 at 8:20 AM, David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com wrote: Today is a very dark, windy, rainy day, but yesterday was nice and sunny. Walked around the back yard looking for anything of interest, and these are the results. http://picasaweb.google.ca/pentkon52/BackyardMarch09#

Re: PESO - Early Spring Churchyard

2009-03-30 Thread frank theriault
On Sun, Mar 29, 2009 at 2:11 PM, Rick Womer rwomer1...@yahoo.com wrote: The churchyard at St. Giles, Oxford: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=8851082size=lg (K10D and DA 16-45) Rick Very nice. cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML

Re: PESO: The Portrait

2009-03-30 Thread frank theriault
2009/3/28 Paul Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=8850893 Terrific shot! cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to

Re: GESO Walk the dog

2009-03-30 Thread frank theriault
On Sun, Mar 29, 2009 at 3:22 PM, Toine to...@repiuk.nl wrote: Our latest family expansion, a retired guide dog for the blind called Pepijn: http://www.repiuk.nl/index.php?option=com_contenttask=viewid=64Itemid=83 K20D DA16-45 I like them all, but especially the two dogs interacting (third

Re: Anyone using Silver Efex Pro?

2009-03-30 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Godfrey DiGiorgi Subject: Re: Anyone using Silver Efex Pro? Why is it worth every penny? I do my own BW rendering. I see no point to wasting money using someone else's notions of how to render BW. The one true way has spoken. You ever thought about

Re: PESO - The Bond

2009-03-30 Thread Jack Davis
There are endearing aspects of this image that may even surpass those in the first. The communication glow and obvious unrealized touch. Special! Jack --- On Mon, 3/30/09, frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: From: frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com Subject: PESO - The

Re: PESO - Iris Awakening

2009-03-30 Thread Eactivist
In a message dated 3/30/2009 1:03:43 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, knarftheria...@gmail.com writes: On Sat, Mar 28, 2009 at 11:10 PM, eactiv...@aol.com wrote: I've shot more in the last week, last week and a half than I probably have in the previous five months. So feel I've used a lot

Re: Geso Back yard photos

2009-03-30 Thread David J Brooks
On Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 4:18 PM, frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: On Sun, Mar 29, 2009 at 8:20 AM, David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com wrote: Today is a very dark, windy, rainy day, but yesterday was nice and sunny. Walked around the back yard looking for anything of interest,

Re: PESO - The Bond

2009-03-30 Thread Paul Stenquist
A great moment. Well done. Paul On Mar 30, 2009, at 4:35 PM, Jack Davis wrote: There are endearing aspects of this image that may even surpass those in the first. The communication glow and obvious unrealized touch. Special! Jack --- On Mon, 3/30/09, frank theriault

Re: OT PESO - Translucent

2009-03-30 Thread David J Brooks
Very interesting and nice lo look at. Dave On Sun, Mar 29, 2009 at 7:39 PM, David Savage ozsav...@gmail.com wrote: G'day All, One from the weekend. Spur of the moment idea that worked better than I had expected.: http://www.flickr.com/photos/disavage/3395121961/ Direct link (~135kb):

Re: PESO: Owl

2009-03-30 Thread David J Brooks
On Sun, Mar 29, 2009 at 10:34 PM, John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com wrote: I've been looking for the owl I heard earlier this month, trying to get some idea of its habits. Yesterday, I spotted it on the nest I thought it might use, and came back today with my camera:

Re: PESO: Owl

2009-03-30 Thread David J Brooks
On Sun, Mar 29, 2009 at 10:34 PM, John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com wrote: I've been looking for the owl I heard earlier this month, trying to get some idea of its habits. Yesterday, I spotted it on the nest I thought it might use, and came back today with my camera:

Re: point and shoot

2009-03-30 Thread Rick Womer
Nope. http://photo.net/photos/RickW --- On Mon, 3/30/09, Scott Loveless sdlovel...@gmail.com wrote: Am I the only person in the whole wide world that doesn't want a zillion worthless features at the expense of something functional? -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List

PESO - Cherry Blossom Exuberance

2009-03-30 Thread Eactivist
As stated previously, when I shot Cherry Blossoms last week it was too sunny and too windy. Now my tree has very few blossoms left, they don't last long. Not a great or even that good a shot, but it shows how pretty my tree was in flower. (Looked at close up, some of these blossom are

Re: PESO: Owl

2009-03-30 Thread Rick Womer
John, That is a very nice shot. I don't think I've ever even =seen= an owl in its nest, much less with a chick, and much much less with a camera available. The softness looks to me like motion blur (when I enlarge the photo as much as Flickr allows). Did you use the 2sec timer? Was SR off?

Re: GESO: some sunsets (SMCP M 80-200/4.5: a sleeper!)

2009-03-30 Thread frank theriault
On Sun, Mar 29, 2009 at 12:05 PM, Bong Manayon bongmana...@gmail.com wrote: Just some sunsets; took out a friend's SMCP M 80-200/4.5 which was lying around unused. http://www.flickr.com/photos/bongmanayon/sets/72157616081288138/ Two of those were my latest photos accepted in PPG; this lens

Re: Anyone using Silver Efex Pro?

2009-03-30 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
On Mar 30, 2009, at 1:33 PM, William Robb wrote: Why is it worth every penny? I do my own BW rendering. I see no point to wasting money using someone else's notions of how to render BW. The one true way has spoken. You ever thought about just starting a religion? LOL! I'm founder of

Re: Anyone using Silver Efex Pro?

2009-03-30 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
Whatever floats your boat. I render BW ... I don't emulate film. If I want to shoot with a pinhole camera, I shoot with a pinhole camera. G On Mar 30, 2009, at 12:31 PM, Manuel Magalhães wrote: Ok Godfrey. You have a point there, but I don't have the time nor the knowledge to do the things

RE: Geso Back yard photos

2009-03-30 Thread Bob W
You have a more interesting  backyard than I do. :-) At least you have a back yard... We used to dream about 'avin' a back yard. We 'ad to 'ang our washing on uz grandmother to dry, an' if we ever wanted to plant owt we had to plough our lass wi' a broken stick an' shove potatoes in 'er

Re: Geso Back yard photos

2009-03-30 Thread frank theriault
On Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 5:31 PM, Bob W p...@web-options.com wrote: We used to dream about 'avin' a back yard. We 'ad to 'ang our washing on uz grandmother to dry, an' if we ever wanted to plant owt we had to plough our lass wi' a broken stick an' shove potatoes in 'er furrows. Then at 'arvest

Re: PESO - Cherry Blossom Exuberance

2009-03-30 Thread frank theriault
On Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 4:52 PM, eactiv...@aol.com wrote: As stated previously, when I shot Cherry  Blossoms last week it was too sunny and too windy. Now my tree has very few  blossoms left, they don't last long. Not a great or even that good a  shot, but it shows how pretty my tree was in

RE: Geso Back yard photos

2009-03-30 Thread Bob W
We used to dream about 'avin' a back yard. We 'ad to 'ang our washing on uz grandmother to dry, an' if we ever wanted to plant owt we had to plough our lass wi' a broken stick an' shove potatoes in 'er furrows. Then at 'arvest time a gang 'o gypsies used to lift 'er 'taters for

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