OT: Non-PESO

2012-02-17 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
Not taken with a Pentax, but with my underwater camera: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=15186704 Comments are welcome. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to

Peso: Wall

2012-02-17 Thread Tim Bray
Yes, the lights really were that yellow: http://goo.gl/fdYHw -- 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.

FS Friday Whole lot of lenses

2012-02-17 Thread Perry Pellechia
Hello group, While you can never have too many lenses, I am guilty of maybe collecting more than I can use in my limited time for photography. Many of these are pretty good or hard to find so it is a shame to have them just sitting around. It is time to thin out the group and instead of just

Re: FS Friday Whole lot of lenses

2012-02-17 Thread Darren Addy
I would like your F 1.4x converter please. Darren Addy Kearney, Nebraska On Fri, Feb 17, 2012 at 6:57 AM, Perry Pellechia snagglepus...@gmail.com wrote: Hello group, While you can never have too many lenses, I am guilty of maybe collecting more than I can use in my limited time for

Re: FS Friday Whole lot of lenses

2012-02-17 Thread Darren Addy
Oops. I mean F 1.7x converter. Thanks. Darren Addy Kearney, Nebraska -- 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.

FT: Pentax-A 2x-S

2012-02-17 Thread Collin Brendemuehl
I've got one of the nice Pentax teleconverters. If you're interested, let me know what you've got to trade. 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

Something I would like on the K-r

2012-02-17 Thread Collin Brendemuehl
I have to re-pick the WB every time I turn the camera off/on. That's a frustration. But I see no way to lock it in place. But I did bring a gray card and have a perfect WB set. Could have done it w/o the gray card as I'm shooting a lot of aluminum items. But, hey. Whatever works. Sincerely,

Re: FS Friday Whole lot of lenses

2012-02-17 Thread Collin Brendemuehl
If I were in the market, that 1.4x Sigma TC would be nice ... But what I'm looking for now is a good price on one FA35/2. I've had the A and like the image, but not the cool cast of the blue coatings. The amber cast of the FA is much nicer, imo. Sincerely, Collin Brendemuehl He is no fool who

Re: Something I would like on the K-r

2012-02-17 Thread Dario Bonazza
Collin Brendemuehl wrote: I have to re-pick the WB every time I turn the camera off/on. That's a frustration. But I see no way to lock it in place. Rec. Mode 4 menu Select [Memory] item and press arrow key right Check the third checkbox (White Balance). Go! Dario -- PDML Pentax-Discuss

Re: The Modern Midwest Lanscape

2012-02-17 Thread John Sessoms
From: Larry Colen On 2/16/2012 12:21 PM, Don Guthrie wrote: Thanks Jack! Point taken about both photos. The rock picture was in part a demonstration how easy it was for me to take waist level or even knee level pictures with a wide angle lens and K-5 using electronic level. Saving the old back

Non-PESO - Underwater Nature Shot

2012-02-17 Thread Bipin Gupta
Vow Dan, enthralling capture of of this huge beauty. Did you crop some of this amphibian out? If yes, can you post the full shot. I guess you couldn't have been so close. I have played with these enormous creatures on the beaches of Oman near Sur. They come inland at night in hordes for laying

re:OT: Non-PESO

2012-02-17 Thread Don Guthrie
Lots of people have underwater mortgages but an underwater camera cool! Seriously decent picture and exciting subject, Message: 12 Date: Fri, 17 Feb 2012 03:02:47 -0500 From: Daniel J. Matyola danmaty...@gmail.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Subject: OT: Non-PESO Message-ID:

Re: OT: Non-PESO

2012-02-17 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
Thanks, Don. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Fri, Feb 17, 2012 at 12:05 PM, Don Guthrie shark50...@gmail.com wrote: Lots of people have underwater mortgages but an underwater camera cool! Seriously decent picture and exciting subject, Message: 12 Date:

Re: Non-PESO - Underwater Nature Shot

2012-02-17 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
Thanks, Bipin. No, I did not crop this image. This large green sea turtle rose up from underneath me while I was snorkeling, and really was that close. Here is one of the image showing an entire turtle: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=15186694 After snorkeling on Molokini, a tiny

Re: Non-PESO - Underwater Nature Shot

2012-02-17 Thread Bob Sullivan
Dan, Great pictures! What a wonderful adventure... Regards, Bob S. On Fri, Feb 17, 2012 at 11:26 AM, Daniel J. Matyola danmaty...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks, Bipin. No, I did not crop this image.  This large green sea turtle rose up from underneath me while I was snorkeling, and really was

Re: Non-PESO - Underwater Nature Shot

2012-02-17 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
Thanks, Bob. Shooting with a compact camera without a viewfinder is always tricky for me, but doing it underwater, with big clunky buttons that don't always click as quickly as you want them to was a challenge for me. Basically, I held the camera out at arm's length, pointed it at the turtles,

Re: Something I would like on the K-r

2012-02-17 Thread Larry Colen
On Feb 17, 2012, at 5:23 AM, Collin Brendemuehl wrote: I have to re-pick the WB every time I turn the camera off/on. That's a frustration. But I see no way to lock it in place. But I did bring a gray card and have a perfect WB set. Could have done it w/o the gray card as I'm shooting a

Re: Boris PESO #2 - Sourthern Israel (on film)

2012-02-17 Thread kwaller
Nice subject matter, but the harsh light is a big minus for me. Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: Bob Sullivan rf.sulli...@gmail.com Subject: Re: Boris PESO #2 - Sourthern Israel (on film) Boris, Excellent use of an MX and

FS: Original Pentax leather camera strap

2012-02-17 Thread kwaller
For those that have to have the original narrow (7/16in) leather strap that came with the early Pentax cameras - I have one from an early Pentax I use to own. Don't remember which but I'm guessing it was an ES - the rubber portion has 'Honeywell Pentax cast into the pad. In very good

Re: Boris PESO #2 - Sourthern Israel (on film)

2012-02-17 Thread Bulent Celasun
Thanks for visiting again and reminding me to shoot even more film :) The film look in your photos is really pleasing. Bulent - http://www.flickr.com/photos/bc_the_path/ http://photo.net/photodb/user?user_id=2226822

Re: Non-PESO - Underwater Nature Shot

2012-02-17 Thread Bob Sullivan
Dan, It sounds like you're training for the use of a K-01. :-) Regards, Bob S. On Fri, Feb 17, 2012 at 1:11 PM, Daniel J. Matyola danmaty...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks, Bob. Shooting with a compact camera without a viewfinder is always tricky for me, but doing it underwater, with big clunky

RE: OT: Non-PESO

2012-02-17 Thread knarftheria...@gmail.com
Wow, that's a terrific shot! cheers, frank What can be asserted without proof can be dismissed without proof. -- Christopher Hitchens --- Original Message --- From: Daniel J. Matyola danmaty...@gmail.com Sent: February 17, 2012 2/17/12 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Subject: OT:

Re: The Modern Midwest Lanscape

2012-02-17 Thread P. J. Alling
Depends on your definition of counter productive, I suppose. On 2/16/2012 3:15 PM, Don Guthrie wrote: Thanks for looking Bob! The wind machines start about two miles north of this plant. You can smell the alcohol/ethanol maybe a large spark nearby would be counter productive. Someone asked

Re: Non-PESO - Underwater Nature Shot

2012-02-17 Thread knarftheria...@gmail.com
That's a wonderful gallery, all the more impressive given the technical limitations of your equipment. So glad you shared it with us. Quite the adventure! cheers, frank What can be asserted without proof can be dismissed without proof. -- Christopher Hitchens --- Original Message --- From:

Re: Non-PESO - Underwater Nature Shot

2012-02-17 Thread Ann Sanfedele
Dan Fliker has been giving me a bit of trouble -- I saw the first one.. the close-up but not the others... just came back to this now.. this is the turtle shot I think I like best.. but for some reason it was difficult to get from one to the other

2012 PDML Annual

2012-02-17 Thread John Sessoms
I finally got around to going through my work from 2011 to see if anything was worth uploading. Most of what I did last year is portraiture done for school and I didn't think to get model releases. From the rest, I had about 4 images I liked well enough I'd want them to represent me to the

PESO - Rocket's Red Glare

2012-02-17 Thread John Sessoms
This is one of the few halfway decent photographs I *made* in 2011. I went back to the ball park in Asheboro on the 4th of July to photograph fireworks. While I was waiting to see if the rain was going to cancel the show, I spent some time goofing around. The result is this stitched,

Re: PESO - Rocket's Red Glare

2012-02-17 Thread Larry Colen
On 2/17/2012 3:05 PM, John Sessoms wrote: This is one of the few halfway decent photographs I *made* in 2011. I went back to the ball park in Asheboro on the 4th of July to photograph fireworks. While I was waiting to see if the rain was going to cancel the show, I spent some time goofing

Re: PESO - Rocket's Red Glare

2012-02-17 Thread Walt Gilbert
On 2/17/2012 5:05 PM, John Sessoms wrote: This is one of the few halfway decent photographs I *made* in 2011. I went back to the ball park in Asheboro on the 4th of July to photograph fireworks. While I was waiting to see if the rain was going to cancel the show, I spent some time goofing

Re: PESO - Rocket's Red Glare

2012-02-17 Thread Larry Colen
On 2/17/2012 3:36 PM, Walt Gilbert wrote: On 2/17/2012 5:05 PM, John Sessoms wrote: A very pleasant scene that makes me long for warmer weather. I can practically smell the hot dogs and popcorn, and taste the beer. I don't know about the hot dogs and popcorn, but the reason you can

Re: PESO - Rocket's Red Glare

2012-02-17 Thread Walt Gilbert
On 2/17/2012 5:45 PM, Larry Colen wrote: On 2/17/2012 3:36 PM, Walt Gilbert wrote: On 2/17/2012 5:05 PM, John Sessoms wrote: A very pleasant scene that makes me long for warmer weather. I can practically smell the hot dogs and popcorn, and taste the beer. I don't know about the hot dogs

Re: PESO - Rocket's Red Glare

2012-02-17 Thread Jack Davis
Time well spent, John. Very nice ambiance. Jack - Original Message - From: John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com To: pdml@pdml.net Cc: Sent: Friday, February 17, 2012 3:05 PM Subject: PESO - Rocket's Red Glare This is one of the few halfway decent photographs I *made* in 2011. I went

Re: PESO - Rocket's Red Glare

2012-02-17 Thread Steven Desjardins
I like it. On Fri, Feb 17, 2012 at 6:54 PM, Jack Davis jdavi...@yahoo.com wrote: Time well spent, John. Very nice ambiance. Jack - Original Message - From: John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com To: pdml@pdml.net Cc: Sent: Friday, February 17, 2012 3:05 PM Subject: PESO - Rocket's

Re: PESO - Rocket's Red Glare

2012-02-17 Thread Paul Stenquist
I remember this shot. One of the year's best from anyone, IMO. Norman Rockwell with high drama. On Feb 17, 2012, at 6:05 PM, John Sessoms wrote: This is one of the few halfway decent photographs I *made* in 2011. I went back to the ball park in Asheboro on the 4th of July to photograph

Re: PESO - Rocket's Red Glare

2012-02-17 Thread Michael Beacom
I like it too. It has the look of a good exposure under difficult lighting, not an over-processed HDR picture. Cheers Mike On Feb 17, 2012, at 6:05 PM, John Sessoms wrote: This is one of the few halfway decent photographs I *made* in 2011. I went back to the ball park in Asheboro on the

Re: GESO - another batch of low-light stuff

2012-02-17 Thread Joseph McAllister
On Feb 16, 2012, at 15:37 , Larry Colen wrote: I understand this last month has provided exceptional displays of stuff to be photographed. You did a beautiful job capturing them. The only auroras I've seen in my 69 years was from the Washington Canadian border as I was walking back to

Re: PESO - Rocket's Red Glare

2012-02-17 Thread Ann Sanfedele
I like that... glad it wasnt fireworks. woul have titled it Field of Dreams is the team called the Rockets? ann On 2/17/2012 18:05, John Sessoms wrote: This is one of the few halfway decent photographs I *made* in 2011. I went back to the ball park in Asheboro on the 4th of July to

Re: Super-Multi-Coated Takumar 20mm f4.5 - thoughts?

2012-02-17 Thread Joseph McAllister
On Feb 16, 2012, at 16:21 , kwal...@peoplepc.com wrote: I sold it a few years back complete with case, caps hood. I sold it after not having used it since I went digital. Probably sold it too cheap! We all do. It's one of the photographer's curses. Joseph McAllister Lots of gear, not

FS Fri: *Collectors Grade* Spotmatic F, Pentax Travel Kit with SMC Takumars, more...

2012-02-17 Thread Darren Addy
I know there are some collectors lurking on this group, so wanted to make you aware of this sweet bit o' kit. http://www.antiqueauto.org/assets/importedPFpics/Fkit.jpg I've seen a lot of equipment in my day, but never anything as minty as this. If (today) you could step into a Time Machine and go

Re: Non-PESO - Underwater Nature Shot

2012-02-17 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
Thanks, Bob, Frank and Ann. It was indeed an adventure. Too bad I couldn't take one of my Pentax cameras into the water. G Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Fri, Feb 17, 2012 at 5:34 PM, Ann Sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com wrote: Dan Fliker has been giving me a

PESO: Toothy Orchid

2012-02-17 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
Is it me, or does this flower appear to have a vicious set of choppers? http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=15167376size=md Comments, suggestions, and criticisms are appreciated. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: PESO - Rocket's Red Glare

2012-02-17 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
Very Nice. I love the effect you achieved there. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Fri, Feb 17, 2012 at 6:05 PM, John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com wrote: This is one of the few halfway decent photographs I *made* in 2011. I went back to the ball park in

Re: PESO: Toothy Orchid

2012-02-17 Thread Walt Gilbert
On 2/17/2012 11:31 PM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: Is it me, or does this flower appear to have a vicious set of choppers? http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=15167376size=md Comments, suggestions, and criticisms are appreciated. Great shot, Dan! Kind of reminds me of timeless scene from

Re: PESO: Toothy Orchid

2012-02-17 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
Thanks, Walt. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Sat, Feb 18, 2012 at 12:38 AM, Walt Gilbert ldott...@gmail.com wrote: On 2/17/2012 11:31 PM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: Is it me, or does this flower appear to have a vicious set of choppers?

Re: PESO - Rocket's Red Glare

2012-02-17 Thread kwaller
What he said - well done. Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: Michael Beacom mbea...@mac.com Subject: Re: PESO - Rocket's Red Glare I like it too. It has the look of a good exposure under difficult lighting, not an