Re: GESO: New Orleans photos

2013-12-07 Thread Larry Colen
On Sat, Dec 07, 2013 at 12:47:34AM -0600, Walt wrote: Thank you, Bob. At the moment, my personal favorite is dancing Lolita in bw, Interesting, I can't find any names other than _IGP In retrospect, I think that taking a white balance on white table in the last sandwich shot would

Re: GESO: New Orleans photos

2013-12-07 Thread Walt
Thanks, Larry! See if you like this a little better: http://is.gd/WUloTW And, yep -- we were talking about 4946. I figure Bob felt it would be easier to just describe the shots than go back and scroll through the shots. On 12/7/2013 2:41 AM, Larry Colen wrote: On Sat, Dec 07, 2013 at

Re: PESO - Big Sur

2013-12-07 Thread Attila Boros
On Sat, Dec 7, 2013 at 1:21 AM, Alunfoto - Jostein Øksne p...@alunfoto.no wrote: Some watery images this time: http://alunfoto.blogspot.no/2013/12/big-sur.html All very good! I specially like Pfeiffer Beach II, the light and dark areas together make it very nice. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss

Re: GESO: New Orleans photos

2013-12-07 Thread Steve Cottrell
On 6/12/13, Walt, discombobulated, unleashed: http://www.flickriver.com/photos/walt_gilbert/sets/72157638404066285/ I was pretty happy with the number of what I consider keepers -- a total of 36. Walt, I don't know what it is you do to your images (aside from shooting great shots in the first

Re: PESO - Big Sur

2013-12-07 Thread Steve Cottrell
On 7/12/13, Alunfoto - Jostein Øksne, discombobulated, unleashed: Some watery images this time: http://alunfoto.blogspot.no/2013/12/big-sur.html Like all three but Pfeiffer Beach II is the one for me here. -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__Broadcast, Corporate, || (O) |Web Video

Re: PESO - Big Sur

2013-12-07 Thread Steve Cottrell
On 7/12/13, Alunfoto - Jostein Øksne, discombobulated, unleashed: Some watery images this time: http://alunfoto.blogspot.no/2013/12/big-sur.html St. Jostein strikes again! -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__Broadcast, Corporate, || (O) |Web Video Production --www.seeingeye.tv

Re: PESO - Racing the Train

2013-12-07 Thread Attila Boros
On Sat, Dec 7, 2013 at 5:53 AM, Rick Womer rwomer1...@yahoo.com wrote: At the San Diego railroad station: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17618717size=lg (K-5, FA 24-90) Comments? Rick Wow that guy runs fast! g Good catch. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: PESO - The Way Through the Woods

2013-12-07 Thread Attila Boros
On Fri, Dec 6, 2013 at 11:21 PM, Brian Walters apathy...@lyons-ryan.org wrote: Playing around with some B W in Photoshop CC. http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1370864/PESO/slides/_IGP4639-K5-1peso.html http://tinyurl.com/p9m58xf (click on the image to see a larger version) Taken on the

Re: PESO - The Way Through the Woods

2013-12-07 Thread Rick Womer
That's beautiful, Brian--nice composition and your rendering is lovely. It would (will?) make a great large print. Rick On Dec 6, 2013, at 16:21 , Brian Walters wrote: Playing around with some B W in Photoshop CC.

Re: New lens to from Samyang: 10mm F2.8 ED AS NCS SC

2013-12-07 Thread Zos Xavius
I'm not a big fan of the sigma WA zooms. The edges on the 10-20 aren't great IMO. On Fri, Dec 6, 2013 at 11:39 PM, Rob Studdert distudio.p...@gmail.com wrote: It looks mildly interesting, unless you have a Sigma 10-20/3.5 which is no optical slouch, is less than a stop slower, provides a more

Re: PESO - The Way Through the Woods

2013-12-07 Thread Jack Davis
Brian, you chose ideal 3-D lighting. Very nice! Jack   - Original Message - From: Brian Walters apathy...@lyons-ryan.org To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Cc: Sent: Friday, December 6, 2013 1:21 PM Subject: PESO - The Way Through the Woods Playing around with some B W in

Re: PESO - Big Sur

2013-12-07 Thread Alunfoto - Jostein Øksne
Whatever you're drinking, mate, save some for me... :-) Jostein -Opprinnelig melding- From: Steve Cottrell Sent: Saturday, December 07, 2013 10:51 AM To: pentax list Subject: Re: PESO - Big Sur On 7/12/13, Alunfoto - Jostein Øksne, discombobulated, unleashed: Some watery images

Re: New lens to from Samyang: 10mm F2.8 ED AS NCS SC

2013-12-07 Thread Rob Studdert
The edges aren't that bad on the Sigma 10-20/3.5, they are better than the Sigma 14/2.8 and the old Pentax A15/3.5. At 10mm wide open it's a soft right at the extremes but generally if it needs to be used wide open then light is poor anyhow and the image doesn't suffer for the lack of edge

Re: New lens to from Samyang: 10mm F2.8 ED AS NCS SC

2013-12-07 Thread Jos from Holland
Hm, maybe I had a bad copy, but my Sigma 10-20 gave me so many just not sharp pictures. Now I have the 8-16mm, and it is so nice, sharp, and 8mm is so much more than 10mm when looking for extremes... Greetz, Jos On 7-12-2013 16:24, Rob Studdert wrote: The edges aren't that bad on the Sigma

Re: New lens to from Samyang: 10mm F2.8 ED AS NCS SC

2013-12-07 Thread Zos Xavius
Its possible the copy I used was bad. The edges looks awful. My Pentax 12-24 is razor sharp across the frame at f11. I have no need to go wider or faster. On Sat, Dec 7, 2013 at 10:32 AM, Jos from Holland jos_from_holl...@onsnet.nu wrote: Hm, maybe I had a bad copy, but my Sigma 10-20 gave me so

Re: PESO - Chaotic branching

2013-12-07 Thread Bruce Walker
Thank you, Paul, Attila and Don, and all who looked. On Thu, Dec 5, 2013 at 9:03 PM, Paul Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote: A good fit for the theme and an interesting photo. Paul via phone On Dec 5, 2013, at 8:42 PM, Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com wrote: I was really busy the

Re: PESO - Little red berries

2013-12-07 Thread Bruce Walker
Thank you, Ann. Yeah, I knew there was a Chaos extension and I raced to get my entry up there but when I loaded the form the December choice was gone -- I see all the 2014 choices are there -- so I missed it by just a few hours I think. On Thu, Dec 5, 2013 at 10:52 PM, Ann Sanfedele

Re: PESO - Little red berries

2013-12-07 Thread Bruce Walker
Thank you very much, Jostein. On Fri, Dec 6, 2013 at 5:15 AM, Alunfoto - Jostein Øksne p...@alunfoto.no wrote: Looks like you are getting the hang of it just fine, Bruce! :-) Well isolated from the background and nicely rendered. Jostein -Opprinnelig melding- Fra: Bruce Walker

Re: PESO - Little red berries

2013-12-07 Thread Bruce Walker
Thanks, Attila. Indeed the place is crawling with squirrels. It was hard for me to focus and control my dog whose attention was riveted on the hairy rodents. :-) On Fri, Dec 6, 2013 at 2:43 AM, Attila Boros attila.p...@gmail.com wrote: On Fri, Dec 6, 2013 at 3:49 AM, Bruce Walker

Re: PESO - Little red berries

2013-12-07 Thread Bruce Walker
Thank you, Ken. I rather like that disembodied look, but I agree that there's a bit too much of the oof there and I'll reconsider the crop. On Fri, Dec 6, 2013 at 1:19 PM, Ken Waller kwal...@peoplepc.com wrote: Nice subject, well captured - I'd probably crop it into a portrait orientation,

Re: PESO - Big Sur

2013-12-07 Thread Bruce Walker
I echo Ann's sentiment. And add another vote for Pfeiffer Beach II. On Fri, Dec 6, 2013 at 6:49 PM, Ann Sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com wrote: Drum roll! These are exquisite - wow! ann On 12/6/2013 18:21, Alunfoto - Jostein Øksne wrote: Some watery images this time:

Re: PESO - Auntie Em!

2013-12-07 Thread Bruce Walker
It's a great little off the cuff portrait, Frank. On Tue, Dec 3, 2013 at 10:45 PM, knarf knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: Former bike messenger Emily, proving that funky fashion and bike riding are not incompatible: http://knarfdummyblog.blogspot.ca/2013/12/auntie-em.html?m=1 Hope you

Re: GESO: New Orleans photos

2013-12-07 Thread Bruce Walker
A fine gallery, Walt. As others have said, makes me want to visit. Well done. On Fri, Dec 6, 2013 at 5:57 AM, Walt ldott...@gmail.com wrote: Hi all! Got back last night and decided to go ahead and get started on the photos from my little trip to New Orleans. I didn't take as many as I'd

Milkweed pods on the morning after the snow

2013-12-07 Thread Collin Brendemuehl
http://www.flickr.com/photos/55001392@N08/11253765815/in/set-721576384429077 26/ They look much better on the 24 display than reduced in flikr such. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the

Re: PESO - Big Sur

2013-12-07 Thread Bob Sullivan
St. Jostein it is! Right next to St. Ansel. I'm waiting for some copies of these photos to go up on sale. You need to do a bit of marketing to make travel expenses. Regards, Bob S. On Sat, Dec 7, 2013 at 3:51 AM, Steve Cottrell co...@seeingeye.tv wrote: On 7/12/13, Alunfoto - Jostein Øksne,

Re: Milkweed pods on the morning after the snow

2013-12-07 Thread Bob Sullivan
I hate the moving presentation that Flicker does, but I like the increased image size. Nice sharp photos. Regards, Bob S. On Sat, Dec 7, 2013 at 10:22 AM, Collin Brendemuehl coll...@brendemuehl.net wrote: http://www.flickr.com/photos/55001392@N08/11253765815/in/set-721576384429077 26/ They

Re: PESO - Big Sur

2013-12-07 Thread David J Brooks
beautiful Dave On Fri, Dec 6, 2013 at 6:21 PM, Alunfoto - Jostein Øksne p...@alunfoto.no wrote: Some watery images this time: http://alunfoto.blogspot.no/2013/12/big-sur.html -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE

Re: Milkweed pods on the morning after the snow

2013-12-07 Thread Collin Brendemuehl
I hate the moving presentation that Flicker does, but I like the increased image size. Nice sharp photos. Regards, Bob S Thanks. DA70/2.4. Plus a little removal of coolness in PSE11. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE

Re: complex simple

2013-12-07 Thread Don Guthrie
Thanks Bruce for here comment there as well. pdml-requ...@pdml.net wrote: Message: 1 Date: Fri, 6 Dec 2013 16:46:32 -0500 From: Bruce Walkerbruce.wal...@gmail.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail Listpdml@pdml.net Subject: Re: complex simple Message-ID:

Re: complex simple

2013-12-07 Thread Don Guthrie
Thanks, Attila. It just makes you want to start it up and watch those gauges pin the needle. pdml-requ...@pdml.net wrote: Message: 6 Date: Sat, 7 Dec 2013 01:09:43 +0200 From: Attila Borosattila.p...@gmail.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail Listpdml@pdml.net Subject: Re: complex simple Message-ID:

Re: GESO: New Orleans photos

2013-12-07 Thread Larry Colen
Yes much better. Walt ldott...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks, Larry! See if you like this a little better: http://is.gd/WUloTW And, yep -- we were talking about 4946. I figure Bob felt it would be easier to just describe the shots than go back and scroll through the shots. On 12/7/2013 2:41 AM,

Re: New lens to from Samyang: 10mm F2.8 ED AS NCS SC

2013-12-07 Thread Boris Liberman
I think my 15 mm is wide enough for me, though this lens is impressive. On 12/6/2013 7:13 AM, Igor Roshchin wrote: A new fast wide-angle rectilinear lens will be available soon for Pentax cameras: 10/2.8 from Samyang. Unfortunately, it will have only manual focus. It's also relatively

Re:PESO - Racing the Train

2013-12-07 Thread Don Guthrie
Wow pretty agile for a white haired guy. Great timing by you for sure. pdml-requ...@pdml.net wrote: Message: 15 Date: Fri, 6 Dec 2013 19:53:59 -0800 (PST) From: Rick Womerrwomer1...@yahoo.com To: Pentax Listpdml@pdml.net Subject: PESO - Racing the Train Message-ID:

Re: GESO: New Orleans photos

2013-12-07 Thread Walt
On 12/7/2013 3:46 AM, Steve Cottrell wrote: On 6/12/13, Walt, discombobulated, unleashed: http://www.flickriver.com/photos/walt_gilbert/sets/72157638404066285/ I was pretty happy with the number of what I consider keepers -- a total of 36. Walt, I don't know what it is you do to your images

Re: GESO: New Orleans photos

2013-12-07 Thread Walt
Many thanks, Bruce! If you should ever get the opportunity, I certainly hope you'll jump on it. I really, really want to take a full-week trip into the city sometime soon. One of the locals said there's something about the place that just calls people back to it. I think I'm hearing that

Re: New lens to from Samyang: 10mm F2.8 ED AS NCS SC

2013-12-07 Thread Larry Colen
On Sun, Dec 08, 2013 at 02:24:16AM +1100, Rob Studdert wrote: The edges aren't that bad on the Sigma 10-20/3.5, they are better than the Sigma 14/2.8 and the old Pentax A15/3.5. At 10mm wide open it's a soft right at the extremes but generally if it needs to be used wide open then light is

PAWs and other stuff

2013-12-07 Thread Christine Aguila
Hi Everyone: Just some fun tidbits to show. 1) I took a photo of the Burberry building on Michigan Ave in Chicago. The first photo in the two-frame gallery below is said photo. During post-processing in Lightroom 5, I used the Enable Profile Correction, Constrain Crop, Vertical, and

Re: PAWs and other stuff

2013-12-07 Thread Christine Aguila
Actually, that should read “there are only 3 weeks left in #4. On Dec 7, 2013, at 12:51 PM, Christine Aguila christ...@caguila.com wrote: Hi Everyone: Just some fun tidbits to show. 1) I took a photo of the Burberry building on Michigan Ave in Chicago. The first photo in the

Re: GESO: New Orleans photos

2013-12-07 Thread Christine Aguila
Hi Walt! Nicely playful and well rendered. I think the musicians are my faves, especially the horn players. Cheers, Christine On Dec 6, 2013, at 4:57 AM, Walt ldott...@gmail.com wrote: Hi all! Got back last night and decided to go ahead and get started on the photos from my little

Re: Geso: The dracaena's progress

2013-12-07 Thread Christine Aguila
Hi Ann: Very nice. #s 3 4 make me giggle. The towering plant trying to blend in the room. Cheers, Christine On Dec 5, 2013, at 10:33 PM, Ann Sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com wrote: Mostly of interest to the horticultural set, probably. I made a little gallery for last year's and this years

Re: GESO - Lighthouse Wave Splashes

2013-12-07 Thread Christine Aguila
Hi Mark: Wow! Very dramatic wave splashes! Nicely composed. Cheers, Christine On Dec 5, 2013, at 7:28 PM, Mark C pdml-m...@charter.net wrote: Been more or less off list due to work for the last few weeks, but I took today off and finally got to use the K-3 again! Some waves on Lake

Re: GESO 2013 - 166-191 - GDG

2013-12-07 Thread Christine Aguila
Hi Godfrey: Really like Victoria Hair Salon and Chalk. The Space series is also very intriguing. I like the light in those, and you did a great job of making some ordinary scenes and subjects artful. Really nice work. Cheers, Christine On Dec 2, 2013, at 8:47 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi

Re: PESO: The kids

2013-12-07 Thread Christine Aguila
Hi DagT: All wonderful and on their way to being all grown up. Cheers, Christine On Dec 3, 2013, at 12:54 PM, DagT li...@thrane.name wrote: At last I got around to update the gallery: http://www.thrane.name/Pictures/kids/kids.html Maybe I´ll have a look at some other pictures as well.

Re: PESO - Racing the Train

2013-12-07 Thread Christine Aguila
From: Rick Womerrwomer1...@yahoo.com To: Pentax Listpdml@pdml.net Subject: PESO - Racing the Train Message-ID: 1386388439.89730.yahoomail...@web121805.mail.ne1.yahoo.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii At the San Diego railroad station:

Re: PESO - Big Sur

2013-12-07 Thread Christine Aguila
Hi Jostein: I can’t remember if I commented on this, but doesn’t matter, great fun to see again! Cheers, Christine On Dec 6, 2013, at 5:21 PM, Alunfoto - Jostein Øksne p...@alunfoto.no wrote: Some watery images this time: http://alunfoto.blogspot.no/2013/12/big-sur.html -- PDML

Re: PESO - Little red berries

2013-12-07 Thread Christine Aguila
Wow! that’s pretty, Bruce. Cheers, Christine On Dec 7, 2013, at 9:42 AM, Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com wrote: Thank you, Ann. Yeah, I knew there was a Chaos extension and I raced to get my entry up there but when I loaded the form the December choice was gone -- I see all the 2014

Re: PESO - The Way Through the Woods

2013-12-07 Thread Christine Aguila
Yep, like everyone said, Brian, pretty light and rendering. Cheers, Christine On Dec 6, 2013, at 3:21 PM, Brian Walters apathy...@lyons-ryan.org wrote: Playing around with some B W in Photoshop CC. http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1370864/PESO/slides/_IGP4639-K5-1peso.html

Re: PESO 2013 - 193 - GDG

2013-12-07 Thread Christine Aguila
Very dramatic geometry and light, Godfrey! Like it! Cheers, Christine On Dec 6, 2013, at 10:20 AM, Godfrey DiGiorgi godfreydigio...@me.com wrote: I visited SF last evening for a gallery reception. Of course I took the camera along, just in case. SF in the evening is always a fine

Re: New lens to from Samyang: 10mm F2.8 ED AS NCS SC

2013-12-07 Thread Zos Xavius
The problem with their lenses is really build quality. They have really good optics, no doubt about that (especially for the cost), but if you look at lensrentals repair list they are all at the top. If they started making nice metal bodied primes, a lot more people would take them more seriously.

Re: PESO - Lock Picker

2013-12-07 Thread Christine Aguila
Love it! Brian. Well seen and the color is lovely! Cheers, Christine On Dec 4, 2013, at 2:53 PM, Brian Walters apathy...@lyons-ryan.org wrote: Seen during our rail journey across Australia in 2009: http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1370864/PESO/slides/_IGP2880peso.html

Re: Chaos Reigns - December PUG is up!

2013-12-07 Thread Christine Aguila
Very strong gallery! Circle of leaves and It’s a Mess are my faves. Way to go Don and Dario, but enjoyed all the work. Cheers, Christine On Dec 5, 2013, at 9:37 PM, Brian Walters apathy...@lyons-ryan.org wrote: G'day all Lots of different interpretations of Chaos. Jack and Stan had

fanning the flames

2013-12-07 Thread Larry Colen
On the subject of some people finding any nudity to be sexual: http://thefeministbreeder.com/why-subscribe/tfb-banned-facebook/ -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com http://red4est.com/lrc -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: fanning the flames

2013-12-07 Thread Bruce Walker
An epic head-shaker. Thanks, Larry; I shared that link -- on FB of course. ;-) On Sat, Dec 7, 2013 at 3:15 PM, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote: On the subject of some people finding any nudity to be sexual: http://thefeministbreeder.com/why-subscribe/tfb-banned-facebook/ -- Larry Colen

Re: PESO: The kids

2013-12-07 Thread DagT
Thank you Christine, and Boris, Rick, Bulent, Bob, Alan and Dan og course. It is very nice seeing them grow up. Still children, starting to be men. Life is still a mystery and it is getting even more difficult to understand what is going on. Taking the pictures is also getting more difficult,

Re: PESO: The kids

2013-12-07 Thread DagT
Thanks Rick. The work continues. For the fifth year I have bee invited to a project where each picture is supposed to be solved as a Theme of the week. We will see how that evolves. DagT 4. des. 2013 kl. 02:22 skrev Rick Womer rwomer1...@yahoo.com: That's a really nice gallery; and what a

New Firmware for Q-series

2013-12-07 Thread Brian Walters
Adds support for the new 08 wide zoom to the Q, Q10 Q7. http://www.ricoh-imaging.co.jp/english/support/download_digital.html -- Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://lyons-ryan.org/southernlight/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List

Re: PESO - Lock Picker

2013-12-07 Thread Brian Walters
Quoting Christine Aguila christ...@caguila.com: Love it! Brian. Well seen and the color is lovely! Cheers, Christine Thanks, Christine. Looking through the archives occasionally is good fun! Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia

Re: PESO - The Way Through the Woods

2013-12-07 Thread Brian Walters
Quoting Rick Womer rwomer1...@yahoo.com: That's beautiful, Brian--nice composition and your rendering is lovely. It would (will?) make a great large print. Not yet. I don't do my own printing, I've found a professional lab in Melbourne that does pretty good work. This one is on the

Re: GESO: New Orleans photos

2013-12-07 Thread Brian Walters
Walt, that's a wonderful collection. An excellent example of travel photography. The first and last stimulated my appetite! Can't pick any favourites - not a dud amongst them. Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia

Re: PESO - Big Sur

2013-12-07 Thread Brian Walters
Quoting Alunfoto - Jostein Øksne p...@alunfoto.no: Some watery images this time: http://alunfoto.blogspot.no/2013/12/big-sur.html Gee they're good. Absolutely love Pfeiffer Beach II. Superb light. -- Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western Sydney

Re: New Firmware for Q-series

2013-12-07 Thread Bill
On 07/12/2013 3:11 PM, Brian Walters wrote: Adds support for the new 08 wide zoom to the Q, Q10 Q7. http://www.ricoh-imaging.co.jp/english/support/download_digital.html Thanks Brian bill -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to

Re: PESO - Big Sur

2013-12-07 Thread Bulent Celasun
Pfeiffer Beach III is my favorite. Simply loved that one. Bulent - http://patoloji.gen.tr http://celasun.wordpress.com/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/bc_the_path/ http://photo.net/photodb/user?user_id=2226822

RE: GESO - Lighthouse Wave Splashes

2013-12-07 Thread John Coyle
I may have shown these before, but this link goes to a small gallery of breaking wave photos taken with a Pentax SV and 55/1.8 in 1969 - it's the timing that counts! http://www.members.iinet.net.au/~jco...@iinet.net.au/Rollers/index.html John Coyle Brisbane, Australia -Original

Re: Today's snow

2013-12-07 Thread John
On 12/6/2013 3:33 PM, Collin Brendemuehl wrote: http://www.flickr.com/photos/55001392@N08/11241574094/ I did lighten up the darkness just a tad and lowered the contrast just slightly. I don't think we're going to get any snow around here, but they are calling for the possibility of freezing

Re: New lens to from Samyang: 10mm F2.8 ED AS NCS SC

2013-12-07 Thread John
Might depend on which Sigma 10-20 you had. There are two versions. I think the f/4-f/5.6 version is supposed to be a (teeny-tiny) little bit sharper than the constant aperture f/3.5 version. On 12/7/2013 10:32 AM, Jos from Holland wrote: Hm, maybe I had a bad copy, but my Sigma 10-20 gave me so

Re: GESO: New Orleans photos

2013-12-07 Thread Steve Cottrell
On 7/12/13, Walt, discombobulated, unleashed: To be honest, I'm not sure what it is I do, either. The most consistent adjustments I make in LR are the Medium contrast curve, bending the shadows down just a smidge, and bumping up the clarity slider a tad. I figure we just both have a penchant

Put some of my Italy photos into a calendar

2013-12-07 Thread Mark Roberts
Most PDML members will make calendars with their own photos if they want a calendar! But this link to Lulu.com will let you preview mine and see a few of the shots I took in Italy this summer: http://tinyurl.com/lk99joe -- Mark Roberts - Photography Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- PDML

Re: fanning the flames

2013-12-07 Thread Rob Studdert
Wow, community standards rule :( On 8 December 2013 07:54, Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com wrote: An epic head-shaker. Thanks, Larry; I shared that link -- on FB of course. ;-) On Sat, Dec 7, 2013 at 3:15 PM, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote: On the subject of some people finding any

Re: PAWs and other stuff

2013-12-07 Thread Ann Sanfedele
HA - another that would have fit the chaos category :-) (the first two, I mean) I like the unlatered Board of Trade the best - and then the very colorful window ... in the last set. The first shot makes me sad -- because despite what it says on the building, it isn't Marshall Field's anymore.

Re: New lens to from Samyang: 10mm F2.8 ED AS NCS SC

2013-12-07 Thread Rob Studdert
I have their 8mm, it's actually a nice optic, it's not strictly fish-eye either. It's has a stereographic projection which translates to less objectionable distortion in the corners than a regular fish-eye and when used to shoot multi-image panos a better stitch. On 8 December 2013 06:27, Zos

LR5 upgrade question

2013-12-07 Thread Larry Colen
When they were having the big sale on LR5, I ordered a copy, which hasn't arrived yet. My assumption is that if I down;oad it on the free trial, then I can use that until my activation code arrives. Does upgrading from 4 to 5 involve a non-reversible upgrade to the catalog? -- Larry Colen

Re: FS Friday: SMC-FA 35mm f/2, Super A and SMC-A 35mm f/2, Tamron SP 24-135mm

2013-12-07 Thread Joe J. Wilensky
The SMC-FA 35mm f/2 lens has sold. Joe On Dec 6, 2013, at 8:53 AM, Joe Wilensky jj...@cornell.edu wrote: Several items for sale: Pentax SMC-FA 35mm f/2 lens, EX+ condition with hood, caps, soft case, original box papers. $250. Black Pentax Super A, EX+ condition with caps and strap,

Re: LR5 upgrade question

2013-12-07 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
On Dec 7, 2013, at 6:27 PM, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote: When they were having the big sale on LR5, I ordered a copy, which hasn't arrived yet. My assumption is that if I down;oad it on the free trial, then I can use that until my activation code arrives. Yes Does upgrading from

Re: Today's snow

2013-12-07 Thread Kenneth Waller
Or frozen buds. -Original Message- From: John johnsess...@yahoo.com Subject: Re: Today's snow On 12/6/2013 3:33 PM, Collin Brendemuehl wrote: http://www.flickr.com/photos/55001392@N08/11241574094/ I did lighten up the darkness just a tad and lowered the contrast just slightly.

PESO: Dracaena (for Ann)

2013-12-07 Thread Alan C
A trans-Atlanic cousin. The florets began opening last night. This is one of the many flowers. http://www.flickr.com/photos/wisselstroom/11263693405/in/photostream/lightbox/ Alan C --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active.

Re: PESO: Dracaena (for Ann)

2013-12-07 Thread Ann Sanfedele
ah thanks, Alan! - nice.. looks quite similar to mine, but I note it doesn't bend down. My living room is still heavy with fragrance.. in fact, it is now permeating the entire apartment. I trust you saw, or will look at the Dracaena GESO .. I finally set up tri-pod and used a verilux floor lamp