Re: PESO: Beach Critter

Nice set Nicole! Interesting subjects. Cheers, Christine Sent from my iPad > On Apr 25, 2016, at 6:08 PM, Mark C wrote: > > Excellent macro. The subject is really interesting. > >> On 4/24/2016 6:15 PM, Nicole Jacque wrote: >> Last week, a friend of mine visited from

Re: OT GESO Ford open house

That's a sweet set Dave. Love the BW rendering. The kids are really cute. Cheers, Christine Sent from my iPad > On Apr 25, 2016, at 6:12 PM, David J Brooks wrote: > >> On Mon, Apr 25, 2016 at 6:55 PM, Mark C wrote: >> Nice collection - I like the

Re: SMC Pentax M 100/4 Macro

That would be more than fair. It's a very good lens. Last time I saw one for sale at KEH.com they were asking more than $100.00. On 4/22/2016 4:25 AM, Alan C wrote: Any comments on this lens? Would $40 be a fair price? Alan C --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus

Re: iCrap

On 2016-04-23 12:07 , John wrote: If you're setting it up to recognize fingerprints, register as many of them as it will let you - from both hands. i use one main thumbprint, give it a couple of rounds, then wait and give it a round with my finger just after a shower, or after a

Re: PESO - Market Stall

Great fun! Cheers, Christine > On Apr 24, 2016, at 1:17 PM, Steve Cottrell wrote: > > In Oxford today, cold and a bit wet. Art market stalls in Broad Street. > This caught my eye and I really like it. I love symmetry in a photograph. > >

Re: PESO: Spring Dogwood

Very pretty! Cheers, Christine > On Apr 24, 2016, at 3:14 PM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: > > http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=18223330=lg > K-5 IIs, FA 100 mm Macro F2.8 > Comments are invited. > > Dan Matyola > http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola >

Re: PESO - The Penitent

Thanks, Mark. m On Apr 25, 2016, at 4:06 PM, Mark C wrote: > The kid was a surprise - took a second to notice him. Well composed and > executed. > > On 4/23/2016 2:25 PM, Marco Alpert wrote: >> http://www.alpert.com/marco/photo16/peso2.html >> >> Comments, as always, welcomed. >> >> -Marco

Re: OT: Monitor Specs

Thanks, Igor. I think you summarize the situation very well. My leaning right now is to go with a wide gamut monitor first and then maximize the resolution within the limits of what I have decided to spend. I might need to up the size I am considering to 27 inch diagonal - more options at the

Re: OT: Monitor Specs

On 4/25/2016 4:05 PM, Larry Colen wrote: At some point you mentioned some iSomething software. If you have a mac, this website can be useful: http://www.everymac.com/systems/by_capability/macs-with-secondary-display-support-dual-mirroring.html Do note that there are bandwidth limitations

Re: OT GESO Ford open house

On Mon, Apr 25, 2016 at 6:55 PM, Mark C wrote: > Nice collection - I like the B treatment. It has a great classic old > school high contrast look. Thanks Mark. The camera is set on a suggested filter i found on th enet. Red filter with high contrast, plus with the EF i can

Re: PESO: Beach Critter

Excellent macro. The subject is really interesting. On 4/24/2016 6:15 PM, Nicole Jacque wrote: Last week, a friend of mine visited from Wisconsin, and Larry and I gave her a tour of some places in the area, including a few beaches. I saw a little critter (perhaps an anemone of some sort) in

Re: PESO - The Penitent

The kid was a surprise - took a second to notice him. Well composed and executed. On 4/23/2016 2:25 PM, Marco Alpert wrote: http://www.alpert.com/marco/photo16/peso2.html Comments, as always, welcomed. -Marco --- http://www.alpert.com/marco --- This email has been checked

Re: PESO - The Arrival

Nicely done - great tonality and subject. On 4/20/2016 12:33 PM, Marco Alpert wrote: http://www.alpert.com/marco/photo16/peso1.html Comments, as always, welcomed. -Marco (back from the shadows again) --- http://www.alpert.com/marco --- This email has been checked for viruses

Re: PESO - Market Stall

Great capture! On 4/24/2016 2:17 PM, Steve Cottrell wrote: In Oxford today, cold and a bit wet. Art market stalls in Broad Street. This caught my eye and I really like it. I love symmetry in a photograph. --- This email has been checked for

Re: PESO - Art Market

I like it... It makes me wonder why she is holding the umbrella so high - afraid of breaking something on the table? On 4/24/2016 2:15 PM, Steve Cottrell wrote: Out for a stroll in Oxford today. Rain on and off. Actually I don't really like this but I'll PESO it anyway.

Re: OT GESO Ford open house

Nice collection - I like the B treatment. It has a great classic old school high contrast look. On 4/23/2016 7:14 PM, David J Brooks wrote: The local Ford dealer recently expanded and today was the open house. Some food trucks and the local fire department put on a demo led by the son in law

Re: Miserere's A 50/1.2

Nice! Cheers, Christine > On Apr 25, 2016, at 2:55 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote: > > It’s a beauty. Like new to my eyes, and in the original box with the packing > stuff. > > The lens, which is much more compact than i expected: >

Re: PESO living room B/W

Thanks, Rick! Cheers, Christine > On Apr 23, 2016, at 1:11 PM, Rick Womer wrote: > > I really like the shot--lots of interesting detail, and the lighting is > dramatic. > > When my wife was doing research at the Bodleian Library in Oxford in 1995, > the books she

Re: PESO living room B/W

> On Apr 23, 2016, at 1:27 PM, John wrote: > > On 4/22/2016 11:32 PM, Christine Aguila wrote: >> Just a little photo-fun earlier this evening. Darrel & I are going >> to do some serious house cleaning this coming spring and summer. >> Just taking some photos before we

Re: GESO -- The Old Barn.

> > On 4/24/2016 4:49 PM, P.J. Alling wrote: >> Been off line for a while. Wanted to take photos of this for a long time >> and yesterday I got the chance. Gallery produced by photoshop, I got >> lazy. Over 500 messages in my PDML folder. Sheash. >> >>

Re: PESO - Art Market

> > On 4/24/2016 2:15 PM, Steve Cottrell wrote: >> Out for a stroll in Oxford today. Rain on and off. Actually I don't >> really like this but I'll PESO it anyway. >> >> That’s really nice, Cotty! Cheers, Christine -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List

Re: GESO - Chalk work

>> On 24/4/16, Bruce Walker, discombobulated, unleashed: >> >>> http://www.embossmag.com/#!SPOTLIGHT-BRUCE-WALKER/cozyt/ >>> 571cc4d60cf269c350ee2297 Well, I think I like the first one best. I agree with Ann; the dog walking one is my least favorite. Interesting concept. Cheers, Christine --

Re: OT: Monitor Specs

Mark: I'd say that for being able to evaluate your colors better for printing on your Epson 3880, you'd want a wide gamut monitor (with Adobe RGB), even though that might occasionally create some artifacts with some products, as I mentioned. Basically, it comes to the fact that using a

Re: OT: Monitor Specs

Mark: Billions of colors and the gamut can be "orthogonal". Number of colors, - is the bit-ness, as you've already noted. That's essentially the number of gradations. The gamut determines the breadth (and height) of coverage. Think about some huge staircases, covering some large area, both

Re: Miserere's A 50/1.2

Somewhat soft, but a bit better than might be expected at F1.2. J - Original Message - From: "Paul Stenquist" To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" Sent: Monday, April 25, 2016 12:55:58 PM Subject: Miserere's A 50/1.2 It’s a beauty. Like new to my eyes,

Re: OT: Monitor Specs

My first thought was that the 1 billion color monitors were wide gamut, but I've run into some 4k monitors that claim that color depth but also stated that they are sRGB. The Dell P2415Q for instance. It may be sloppy ad copy but even the Dell site only list 99% of sRGB as the spec. I think

On the subject of prodigal lenses

My 18-250 returned home from Tamron repair. Three days turnaround at the shop, three days shipping. They did a CLA, repaired any broken pieces, and returned it in much better shape than it was even before I busted the UV filter. All of the wobble when the barrel is extended is gone, it is

Re: GESO - Chalk work

Bruce Walker wrote: A boutique art magazine called Emboss is featuring the colourful project that started my almost year-long series involving a humongous chalkboard that I created in the studio. http://www.embossmag.com/#!SPOTLIGHT-BRUCE-WALKER/cozyt/571cc4d60cf269c350ee2297 Wonderful

Re: OT: Monitor Specs

Mark Roberts wrote: >Internet Explorer 11 and later support color profiles. This page claims to be keeping track: http://blog.kasson.com/?p=2020 According to that page: Chrome for Windows is now color managed. Version 22.0.1229.79 is. Firefox 15.0.1 for Windows is. Internet Explorer

Re: OT: Monitor Specs

Rick Womer wrote: >I can't provide a sophisticated answer to your questions, just ones >based on my own observations. > >The billion-color (i.e. wide gamut) monitor is going to be Adobe RGB, not sRGB. > >A wide-gamut (Adobe RGB) monitor will display, for example, different >shades of red that an

Re: OT: Monitor Specs

Mark C wrote: Thanks Larry, you raise some interesting questions. Is there anyway to figure out the maximum resolution that a video card can drive? I have a 2gig geforce GTX 980 card. The documents give the max resolution / frame rate for each of the output types, but no indication of the

Re: PDML book 2016 printing now in process

I don't know about CERN, but we'll certainly find out about it here: http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/map/ Rick http://photo.net/photos/RickW On Mon, Apr 25, 2016 at 1:30 PM, John wrote: > Maybe send a note to the scientists at CERN so they have someone >

Miserere's A 50/1.2

It’s a beauty. Like new to my eyes, and in the original box with the packing stuff. The lens, which is much more compact than i expected: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=18223762=lg And a lilac bush branch in my yard, shot wide open, focusing on the foreground leaf at right:

Re: OT: Monitor Specs

I can't provide a sophisticated answer to your questions, just ones based on my own observations. The billion-color (i.e. wide gamut) monitor is going to be Adobe RGB, not sRGB. A wide-gamut (Adobe RGB) monitor will display, for example, different shades of red that an sRGB monitor will show as

Re: PESO - Art Market

On 25/4/16, Bruce Walker, discombobulated, unleashed: >Bob's right. NIcely b'ed too. Cheers -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__Broadcast, Corporate, || (O) |Web Video Production -- _ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: OT: Monitor Specs

Thanks, Igor, your comments are useful as always. I was not aware of the issue with wide gamut monitors.I did notice that several models allow emulation of difference color spaces though - so that explains the purpose of that feature. I'll spend some time on the website that you mention and

Re: Exposure mystery

Rick Womer wrote: Some might think Larry is over exposed ! ;-)<< He certainly would be if Bruce W ever shot his portrait. Why not, everyone else is asking photographers to work for exposure. -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com (postbox on min4est) http://red4est.com/lrc -- PDML

Re: GESO - Chalk work

Toto, I don't think we're in Kansas anymore ann On 4/24/2016 2:36 PM, Steve Cottrell wrote: On 24/4/16, Bruce Walker, discombobulated, unleashed: http://www.embossmag.com/#!SPOTLIGHT-BRUCE-WALKER/cozyt/ 571cc4d60cf269c350ee2297 BTW: NSFW. YMMV. OMG! All shots taken with the 645Z, DFA645

Re: Exposure mystery

Steve Cottrell wrote: http://i2.mirror.co.uk/incoming/article2051183.ece/ALTERNATES/s1227b/ PEOPLE-ONLY-Michael-OBrien.jpg Are you volunteering to be the one holding it? Any culinary references are left as an exercise for the student. -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com (postbox on min4est)

Re: GESO - Chalk work

On 25/4/16, Bob W-PDML, discombobulated, unleashed: >Let us know when she gets on the plane and I'll have a bath before she >arrives. Cotty can use the water after me. Bob we usually bath together mate -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__Broadcast, Corporate, || (O) |Web Video Production

Re: GESO - Chalk work

On 25 Apr 2016, at 18:07, Bruce Walker wrote: > >> On Sun, Apr 24, 2016 at 2:36 PM, Steve Cottrell wrote: >> On 24/4/16, Bruce Walker, discombobulated, unleashed: >> >>> http://www.embossmag.com/#!SPOTLIGHT-BRUCE-WALKER/cozyt/ >>>

Re: OT: Monitor Specs

Hi Mark - Sorry for your loss with your wife's mother passing - obviously that takes priority over setting up a new monitor. I am sure there is a difference between professional grade and consumer monitors... but I'm not sure what I really need. I'm not trying to do professional work these

Re: GESO -- The Old Barn.

Old barns are my photo porn. J - Original Message - From: "John" To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" Sent: Monday, April 25, 2016 10:54:58 AM Subject: Re: GESO -- The Old Barn. Looks like you got there just in time. On 4/24/2016 4:49 PM, P.J. Alling

Re: PESO - Art Market

Bob's right. NIcely b'ed too. On Sun, Apr 24, 2016 at 3:35 PM, Bob W-PDML wrote: > What don't you like about it? A nice example of everyday poetry. > > B > >> On 24 Apr 2016, at 19:17, Steve Cottrell wrote: >> >> Out for a stroll in Oxford today. Rain

Re: PESO - Art Market

On Mon, Apr 25, 2016 at 2:22 PM, Ken Waller wrote: >>> I guess photography is about observation rather than wishful thinking ;-) > > I see alot of wishful thinking on the photo sites I visit on the net. Two Mark!s for the price of one. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List

Re: PESO - Art Market

I guess photography is about observation rather than wishful thinking ;-) I see alot of wishful thinking on the photo sites I visit on the net. Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: "John" Subject: Re: PESO

Re: PESO - Art Market

You could have stalked her & improved your odds of getting the exact shot you wanted before the gendarmes hauled you off to assist with their investigation. On 4/24/2016 3:51 PM, Steve Cottrell wrote: On 24/4/16, Bob W-PDML, discombobulated, unleashed: What don't you like about it? A nice

Re: PESO - Art Market

The people have some interesting expressions. On 4/24/2016 2:15 PM, Steve Cottrell wrote: Out for a stroll in Oxford today. Rain on and off. Actually I don't really like this but I'll PESO it anyway. -- Science - Questions we may never find answers

Re: GESO -- The Old Barn.

Looks like you got there just in time. On 4/24/2016 4:49 PM, P.J. Alling wrote: Been off line for a while. Wanted to take photos of this for a long time and yesterday I got the chance. Gallery produced by photoshop, I got lazy. Over 500 messages in my PDML folder. Sheash.

Re: OT: A photographer's Motto

Meta Picture ... another day shot to hell. On 4/24/2016 4:33 PM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: http://themetapicture.com/photographer-humor/ Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola -- Science - Questions we may never find answers for. Religion - Answers we must never

Re: PESO living room B/W

On 4/24/2016 8:03 AM, mike wilson wrote: On 23 April 2016 at 19:11 Rick Womer wrote: I really like the shot--lots of interesting detail, and the lighting is dramatic. When my wife was doing research at the Bodleian Library in Oxford in 1995, the books she requested

Re: PESO backlit wave

On 4/24/2016 1:35 PM, Larry Colen wrote: Paul Stenquist wrote: Very nice. Love the sea-green color the light creates in the wave.. i might crop a bit off the left and top but that’s a purely subjective thing. The bird perched on the rock is a nice little extra. Thanks, good point on the

Re: PDML book 2016 printing now in process

Maybe send a note to the scientists at CERN so they have someone standing by in case the collapse creates something of interest? On 4/23/2016 4:07 PM, Christine Aguila wrote: My photography bookshelves are getting full too. Cheers, Christine Sent from my iPad On Apr 23, 2016, at 2:46 PM,

Re: Exposure mystery

That exposure is a mystery? J Sent from my iPhone > On Apr 25, 2016, at 9:34 AM, Steve Cottrell wrote: > > On 25/4/16, Bruce Walker, discombobulated, unleashed: > >> I'd make him wear a hat. > > > Like this > > >

Re: GESO - Chalk work

Thank you very much, Bob. On Sun, Apr 24, 2016 at 3:38 PM, Bob W-PDML wrote: > Congratulations - well done. > > B > >> On 24 Apr 2016, at 19:23, Bruce Walker wrote: >> >> A boutique art magazine called Emboss is featuring the colourful >> project

Re: GESO - Chalk work

Thank you, Dave! On Sun, Apr 24, 2016 at 5:08 PM, David J Brooks wrote: > Like the rainbows and the clothes line pin up. > > Dave > > On Sun, Apr 24, 2016 at 2:22 PM, Bruce Walker wrote: >> A boutique art magazine called Emboss is featuring the

Re: GESO - Chalk work

On Sun, Apr 24, 2016 at 2:36 PM, Steve Cottrell wrote: > On 24/4/16, Bruce Walker, discombobulated, unleashed: > >>http://www.embossmag.com/#!SPOTLIGHT-BRUCE-WALKER/cozyt/ >>571cc4d60cf269c350ee2297 >> >>BTW: NSFW. YMMV. OMG! >> >>All shots taken with the 645Z, DFA645

Re: PESO - Straw hat b

On Sun, Apr 24, 2016 at 12:45 PM, Larry Colen wrote: > > Bruce Walker wrote: >> >> A study I took last July, but only caught my eye yesterday. Too many >> shots in my Lightroom catalog! > > There are worse problems to have. > > >>

Re: GESO - Chalk work

Thanks, Dan! On Sun, Apr 24, 2016 at 4:00 PM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: > A nice article and a very clever and interesting project! > Dan Matyola > http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola > > > On Sun, Apr 24, 2016 at 2:22 PM, Bruce Walker

Re: Exposure mystery

On Mon, Apr 25, 2016 at 12:16 PM, Ken Waller wrote: > >> On Mon, Apr 25, 2016 at 10:46 AM, Bruce Walker >> wrote: >>> >>> On Mon, Apr 25, 2016 at 10:36 AM, Rick Womer >>> wrote: >> >> Some might think Larry is over

Re: OT: Monitor Specs

Mark, Here are a few followup thoughts: Monitors that support (99% or 100%) of Adobe RGB are called "wide-gamut". (You probably figured that out, I am just mentioning it as that helps if you are searching for reviews of different models.) While they are great, there is a caveat with them:

Re: OT: Monitor Specs

Thanks Larry, you raise some interesting questions. Is there anyway to figure out the maximum resolution that a video card can drive? I have a 2gig geforce GTX 980 card. The documents give the max resolution / frame rate for each of the output types, but no indication of the total combined

Re: OT: Monitor Specs

Thanks, Rick, and everyone else who replied. It looks like I should be aiming higher that I have been. Looking for Adobe RGB there is the Dell UP2516D 25 inch monitor. Resolution is 2550x1440 and it is spec'd as covering 100% of Adobe RGB. That might be what I go for. Mark On 4/24/2016

Re: Exposure mystery

On 25/4/16, Bruce Walker, discombobulated, unleashed: >I'd make him wear a hat. Like this -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__Broadcast, Corporate, || (O) |Web Video Production

Re: Exposure mystery

Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: "Zos Xavius" Subject: Re: Exposure mystery i can't believe i missed that joke. not enough coffee yet. please accept my apologies. it finally hit me lol. On Mon, Apr 25,

Re: Exposure mystery

i can't believe i missed that joke. not enough coffee yet. please accept my apologies. it finally hit me lol. On Mon, Apr 25, 2016 at 10:46 AM, Bruce Walker wrote: > On Mon, Apr 25, 2016 at 10:36 AM, Rick Womer wrote: Some might think Larry is

Re: Exposure mystery

On Mon, Apr 25, 2016 at 10:36 AM, Rick Womer wrote: >>>Some might think Larry is over exposed ! ;-) << > > He certainly would be if Bruce W ever shot his portrait. I'd make him wear a hat. -- -bmw -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: Exposure mystery

>>Some might think Larry is over exposed ! ;-) << He certainly would be if Bruce W ever shot his portrait. http://photo.net/photos/RickW On Sun, Apr 24, 2016 at 5:26 PM, Ken Waller wrote: > Some might think Larry is over exposed ! ;-) > > > -Original Message-

Re: GESO Back in the woods

Very nice set of images, Paul. For some reason the delicacy of the flowers and the arrangement of the wood in 2056 really appeal to me. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola >> On Apr 24, 2016, at 12:08 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote: >> >> Shot some pics

Re: PESO - Market Stall

Very nice! Cheers, Christine > On Apr 24, 2016, at 1:17 PM, Steve Cottrell wrote: > > In Oxford today, cold and a bit wet. Art market stalls in Broad Street. > This caught my eye and I really like it. I love symmetry in a photograph. > >

Re: GESO Back in the woods

Wonderful! The color in the Blue Jay is beautiful! Love the Woodpeckers as well! Cheers, Christine > On Apr 24, 2016, at 12:08 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote: > > Shot some pics at the Stage Nature Center in Troy, Mich. this morning. I > would guess this woodland is several

Re: Exposure mystery

On 25/4/16, mike wilson, discombobulated, unleashed: >> >But as to the actual question ... seems to me I had something like that >> >happen - though my feeble memory is saying it was only when I was using >> >flash fill >> >> Ahhh - a flash fill Larry. I think Wheatfield Willie will know, so

Re: Peso - First IR

Yes. Kind of "other worldly". On 4/23/2016 9:27 PM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: It has an eerie feeling, for some reason. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Sat, Apr 23, 2016 at 10:14 PM, Mark Stringer wrote: https://flic.kr/p/G7Sv2w I like

Re: PESO - Art Market

I think the lady behind the table also has a question about the umbrella. On 4/24/2016 5:34 PM, ann sanfedele wrote: So if I say I like it, where doesthat put me ? :-) It's kinda fun - one wonders if holding that umbrella so high is of any use at kepping the lady dry ann On 4/24/2016 2:15

Re: Exposure mystery

Is there a "best practices" on initial settings? I saw a youtube video and some settings were done to eliminate random unsharp photos. Nothing about random exposure problems. If anyone knows of such and article or other videos I'd like to review them as the K3II is still somewhat new to me.

Re: OT: Monitor Specs

Mark I recently bought an Asus PA248Q from B I can't elaborate as to why except that I think is was a good low price choice. I got into specs but quickly tired as I think my recent camera decisions (i.e., K3-II in lieu of the K-1) were at the forefront. I also quickly realized that