Re: PESO: Vacated

2017-11-15 Thread Alan C
Dan, I think you documented the Painted Lady saga very well. This species, Vanessa Cardui, is one of the few completely international butterflies, certainly the best known. Perhaps you are on the verge of a focus stacking adventure? Alan C -Original Message- From: Daniel J. Matyola

PESO: Vacated

2017-11-15 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
An empty chrysalis after the butterfly has emerged: http://dan-matyola.squarespace.com/danmatyolas-pesos/2017/11/14/vacant K-5 IIs, FA 100 mm Macro F 2.8 Comments are appreciated. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: PESO: Painted Lady

2017-11-15 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
Thanks, Larry. Yes, that is a limit of SquareSpace. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Wed, Nov 15, 2017 at 1:56 PM, Larry Colen wrote: > > > On Nov 15, 2017, at 6:16 AM, Daniel J. Matyola > wrote: > > > > Thank you, Jack

Re: People's thoughts on Adobe CC photoshop

2017-11-15 Thread John
On 11/15/2017 16:47, Larry Colen wrote: My friend Candice ccmo...@pacbell.net asked me about photoshop cc, and when I asked why she said: I'm looking for reviews from people I know, because Brett wants to upgrade and just about everyone I know is still using CS5/CS6 and have pretty much

Re: peso-Green Heron

2017-11-15 Thread John
On 11/15/2017 09:11, Jack Davis wrote: Attempted to post this yesterday, but fumbled the URL. Posted a shot of one of these sometime ago, but like this scene and the red eye. C? Thanks, J https://www.photo.net/photo/18436241 I saw your post yesterday, and had no problem with the URL. --

Re: PESOx2: Egyptian Goose

2017-11-15 Thread Jack Davis
Yes, it sure does look better. Well done, Alan! J - Original Message - From: "Alan C" To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" Sent: Wednesday, November 15, 2017 7:02:30 PM Subject: Re: PESOx2: Egyptian Goose Jack, I re-worked it. Looks better.

Re: PESOx2: Egyptian Goose

2017-11-15 Thread Alan C
Jack, I re-worked it. Looks better. https://www.flickr.com/photos/wisselstroom/26671595419/ Alan C -Original Message- From: Jack Davis Sent: 15 November, 2017 7:48 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: PESOx2: Egyptian Goose Looks sharp enough to me, Alan. Seems somewhat

Re: People's thoughts on Adobe CC photoshop

2017-11-15 Thread Zos Xavius
Frankly its obvious that new development is only going to be on CC from this point forward. Lightroom 6 was constantly behind the CC version too, so that should say a lot about how much they care about it. Adobe wanted to pull this move to subscription all along. It makes sense if you regularly

Re: People's thoughts on Adobe CC photoshop

2017-11-15 Thread Zos Xavius
Didn't mean to quote John there btw either. Just a general reply. :) On Wed, Nov 15, 2017 at 7:35 PM, Zos Xavius wrote: > CC has come quite a ways since version 5. Just being able to do > panoramas and hdr in lightroom alone is pretty huge. For $10 a month > with photoshop

Re: People's thoughts on Adobe CC photoshop

2017-11-15 Thread Zos Xavius
CC has come quite a ways since version 5. Just being able to do panoramas and hdr in lightroom alone is pretty huge. For $10 a month with photoshop its really not a bad deal at all considering what you get. Photoshop CC is pretty nice too. The new CC Classic has a lot of performance improvements

RE: People's thoughts on Adobe CC photoshop

2017-11-15 Thread John Coyle
I've had the CC version since it was launched, and have had absolutely no issues with it. I moved up to it from PS Elements, and before then had CS3, so there was a significant improvement in functionality. The advantage of having new features and improvements available immediately at no

Re: People's thoughts on Adobe CC photoshop

2017-11-15 Thread DagT
I use PS CC (now 2018). It works OK, and especially after I got the K-1 and the kamera and lens profiles were updated pretty fast. Too often a camera upgrade earlier meant an updated PS too, so if you change cameras (too) often the price of the CC is not that much. On the other hand I´m not

People's thoughts on Adobe CC photoshop

2017-11-15 Thread Larry Colen
My friend Candice ccmo...@pacbell.net asked me about photoshop cc, and when I asked why she said: I'm looking for reviews from people I know, because Brett wants to upgrade and just about everyone I know is still using CS5/CS6 and have pretty much refused to upgrade to Creative Cloud Would

Re: PESO: Painted Lady

2017-11-15 Thread Larry Colen
> On Nov 15, 2017, at 6:16 AM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: > > Thank you, Jack and Larry. > > Yes, I realize the DoF is shallow. It was worse on most of the other > shots.The light was not great, and the damn little guy was squirming > around a bit, so even on a tripod,

Re: PESOx2: Egyptian Goose

2017-11-15 Thread Jack Davis
Looks sharp enough to me, Alan. Seems somewhat contrasty. J Sent from my iPhone > On Nov 15, 2017, at 9:21 AM, Alan C wrote: > > I was reluctant to post these after seeing those fine shots of Herons & > Shovellers, so what's the verdict? Scroll R for the other. Range about

PESOx2: Egyptian Goose

2017-11-15 Thread Alan C
I was reluctant to post these after seeing those fine shots of Herons & Shovellers, so what's the verdict? Scroll R for the other. Range about 30m & cropped. I tried some noise reduction but lost too much detail. https://www.flickr.com/photos/wisselstroom/38384040176/ K5 with the HD 55-300

Re: peso-Green Heron

2017-11-15 Thread Jack Davis
Not that surprised, Dan. I couldn't open it on my phone, but could on the desk top. I'd guess there are those who often don't often go beyond their phone. J Sent from my iPhone > On Nov 15, 2017, at 6:36 AM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: > > I did see it yesterday. > > > Dan

Re: peso-Green Heron

2017-11-15 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
I did see it yesterday. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Wed, Nov 15, 2017 at 9:11 AM, Jack Davis wrote: > > > Attempted to post this yesterday, but fumbled the URL. > Posted a shot of one of these sometime ago, but like this > scene and

Modifiying my old flashgun P36TLS for Pentax DSLR

2017-11-15 Thread Jos de Fotograaf
Introduction: My Metz 58AF-1 got defective zooming mechanism than I bought a Metz 58AF-2 after 3 years the flash tube blew into peaces, I opened it to try to replace the tube and found out that the tube is too small and can be overloaded too easy. I reworked the head to fit a bigger tube, but

Re: PESO: Painted Lady

2017-11-15 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
Thank you, Jack and Larry. Yes, I realize the DoF is shallow. It was worse on most of the other shots.The light was not great, and the damn little guy was squirming around a bit, so even on a tripod, I was afraid to slow the shutter speed down too much. Dan Dan Matyola

peso-Green Heron

2017-11-15 Thread Jack Davis
Attempted to post this yesterday, but fumbled the URL. Posted a shot of one of these sometime ago, but like this scene and the red eye. C? Thanks, J https://www.photo.net/photo/18436241 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to

Re: OT the book i have been involved in

2017-11-15 Thread David J Brooks
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