Re: Ot Peso - can you guys help with this?

2018-02-01 Thread mike wilson
It's a real, albeit somewhat facetious answer. There's nothing really distinctive in the style, colour or construction. It could be copied pretty much anywhere in the world. It does look to be handmade, so you could take your pick of places from Azerbaijan to Zambia. Unless there's a maker's

Re: Ot Peso - can you guys help with this?

2018-02-01 Thread John
I'd guess Pier One Imports (or the like), which means anywhere from Africa to China. On 2/1/2018 15:41, ann sanfedele wrote: Friend acquired this chest from the street... trying to id where it may have been made.. (ie country of origin)

Re: Ot Peso - can you guys help with this?

2018-02-01 Thread ann sanfedele
P.s.  Don't think it is Central American... if it were, my friend would have surely known that.. On 2/1/2018 11:20 PM, Gonz wrote: Mexican is a possibility too, though I don't recall seeing such elaborate carvings in chests in all my visits there. Seeing the hinges and clasp would help I

Re: Ot Peso - can you guys help with this?

2018-02-01 Thread ann sanfedele
my friend Chris is supposed to post a photo of the hinges and the top tomorrow thanks for your input guys ann On 2/1/2018 11:20 PM, Gonz wrote: Mexican is a possibility too, though I don't recall seeing such elaborate carvings in chests in all my visits there. Seeing the hinges and clasp

Re: Ot Peso - can you guys help with this?

2018-02-01 Thread Gonz
Mexican is a possibility too, though I don't recall seeing such elaborate carvings in chests in all my visits there. Seeing the hinges and clasp would help I agree. On Thu, Feb 1, 2018 at 10:13 PM, Stan Halpin wrote: > Looks quite Mexican to me. Could also be

Re: Ot Peso - can you guys help with this?

2018-02-01 Thread Stan Halpin
Looks quite Mexican to me. Could also be Panama or Ecuador. Also, I think it is quite contemporary. Need a close view of the hinges and any other hardware... Sent from my iPad > On Feb 1, 2018, at 11:01 PM, ann sanfedele wrote: > > Thanks Gonz I'll try some more google

Re: Ot Peso - can you guys help with this?

2018-02-01 Thread ann sanfedele
Thanks Gonz I'll try some more google with that in mind ann On 2/1/2018 9:21 PM, Gonz wrote: I would venture the Caribbean, like PR or DR/Haiti. On Thu, Feb 1, 2018 at 4:48 PM, ann sanfedele wrote: watch NCIS do you? I need a real answer here -- geez ann On 2/1/2018

OT: Pentax Forum Contest

2018-02-01 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
We have several on this forum who are very adept at photographing backyard animals. We should be able to do well in this contest. Special Memorial Photo Contest *Dear danmatyola,* Last month, the PF community lost a beloved forum member— James Williams, also known as Rupert. Rupert had a

Re: Ot Peso - can you guys help with this?

2018-02-01 Thread Gonz
I would venture the Caribbean, like PR or DR/Haiti. On Thu, Feb 1, 2018 at 4:48 PM, ann sanfedele wrote: > watch NCIS do you? > > I need a real answer here -- geez > > ann > > > On 2/1/2018 5:13 PM, mike wilson wrote: >> >> Looks like the work of a Mr L.J.Gibbs. American

PESO: Moon Abstract

2018-02-01 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
I was just fooling around with the "Super Moon," and quite was surprised -- and somewhat pleased -- to see this rather unusual result: http://dan-matyola.squarespace.com/danmatyolas-pesos/2018/2/1/moon-abstract K-5 IIs, Tamron 75-300 1;4-5.6 TELEMACRO Comments are invited. Dan Matyola

Re: February PUG - Last Call

2018-02-01 Thread ann sanfedele
so nothing new then? oh you meant... ann On 2/1/2018 9:06 PM, Brian Walters wrote: On 01 February 2018 at 11:40 ann sanfedele wrote: Hmmm.. how about Feb 3rd? :-) Forgive me. I'm sick :-) Cheers Brian ann On 1/31/2018 3:27 PM, Brian Walters wrote: G'day all

Re: February PUG - Last Call

2018-02-01 Thread Brian Walters
> On 01 February 2018 at 13:04 "P. J. Alling" > wrote: > > > Are you going to enable retroactive submissions? My deliberate ploy to see who's paying attention... Cheers Brian > > > On 1/31/2018 3:27 PM, Brian Walters wrote: > > G'day all > > > > I'll be

Re: February PUG - Last Call

2018-02-01 Thread Brian Walters
> On 01 February 2018 at 11:40 ann sanfedele wrote: > > > Hmmm.. how about Feb 3rd? :-) Forgive me. I'm sick :-) Cheers Brian > > ann > On 1/31/2018 3:27 PM, Brian Walters wrote: > > G'day all > > > > I'll be closing submissions on Saturday evening 3 January, Sydney

Re: PESO - side lit

2018-02-01 Thread Bruce Walker
Yeah, bodyscapes and landscapes share that for me too. Both need to be seen printed large. The detail in this one is amazing when blown up. Thanks, Dan. On Thu, Feb 1, 2018 at 6:46 PM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: > Nice, but hard to appreciate at that size. > > Dan Matyola >

Re: PESO - side lit

2018-02-01 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
Nice, but hard to appreciate at that size. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Thu, Feb 1, 2018 at 6:35 PM, Bruce Walker wrote: > This is almost certainly SFW for 99.9% of the audience. > >

PESO - side lit

2018-02-01 Thread Bruce Walker
This is almost certainly SFW for 99.9% of the audience. https://portfolio.brucemwalker.com/index/GYAjkPdbqmCc/IafmIT5kEX5g PP'ed today from a shoot in May 2017. 645z, 55mm/2.8 at f:9, 1/125th sec, 100 ISO. A striplight camera-left. Back belongs to Dorrie Mack. Cheers! -- -bmw --

Re: Ot Peso - can you guys help with this?

2018-02-01 Thread ann sanfedele
watch NCIS do you? I need a real answer here -- geez ann On 2/1/2018 5:13 PM, mike wilson wrote: Looks like the work of a Mr L.J.Gibbs. American basement style. On 01 February 2018 at 20:41 ann sanfedele wrote: Friend acquired this chest from the street... trying to

Re: Ot Peso - can you guys help with this?

2018-02-01 Thread mike wilson
Looks like the work of a Mr L.J.Gibbs. American basement style. > On 01 February 2018 at 20:41 ann sanfedele wrote: > > > Friend acquired this chest from the street... trying to id where it may > have been made.. (ie country of origin) > >

Ot Peso - can you guys help with this?

2018-02-01 Thread ann sanfedele
Friend acquired this chest from the street... trying to id where it may have been made.. (ie country of origin) https://annsan.smugmug.com/Other/Stuff-to-show-PDML-for-various/n-vWHWf/i-ncB7mW5/L she posted it on facebook ... anyone got any ideas? thanks ann -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail

Meter question

2018-02-01 Thread collinb
If a person is using the LX-101 Lux Meter with 800 film, is that a common arrangement for doing astral work? Came across an old SF10 today with 800 film & that meter. Wondering what else it might be useful for. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: [No Subject]

2018-02-01 Thread Jack Davis
Thanks, Ann. Am in my Dr's care. J Sent from my iPhone > On Feb 1, 2018, at 9:55 AM, ann sanfedele wrote: > > Jack - I had to look it up -- that is really gross! . > so sorry.. > > Bill's suggestions sound like good advice.. > > Hope it is short lived > > ann > >> On

Re: HELP! Advice on Lunar Eclipse Photography

2018-02-01 Thread John
Yup. Posted a correction but I drew up the Earthlink server that SPAM Eating Monkey hates, so it bounced. On 1/31/2018 14:12, John Francis wrote: Nope - last night. I happened to wake up at 4:25, so I stepped outside to take a look. We had clear skies in San Jose, and from the deck outside

Re: HELP! Advice on Lunar Eclipse Photography

2018-02-01 Thread John
On 1/31/2018 16:32, Larry Colen wrote: John Coyle wrote: For the first time in weeks, we had 100% cloud cover! I went up on to our roof, 54 metres above sea level, and still could not see a thing. I guess I'm not likely to still be here for the next one, in 2037 :-( Lunar eclipses

Re: [No Subject]

2018-02-01 Thread ann sanfedele
Jack - I had to look it up --  that is really gross!  . so sorry.. Bill's suggestions sound like good advice.. Hope it is short lived ann On 2/1/2018 9:00 AM, Bill wrote: On 1/31/2018 9:43 PM, Jack Davis wrote: Yes, infantigo, and your right, it's way nasty! Impetigo, IIRC, is a variation

Re: [No Subject]

2018-02-01 Thread Bill
On 1/31/2018 9:43 PM, Jack Davis wrote: Yes, infantigo, and your right, it's way nasty! Impetigo, IIRC, is a variation of a staph infection. The Staph bacteria, in all it's mutations, has become a rather nasty one due to the misuse of antibiotics. It is now one of the Super Bugs. Don't skimp