date:20180220

A local guy (Estate agent & part-time photographer) has the monopoly in 
Phalaborwa. He just takes the shots (individual & group) & has them 
processed to order by a Photo Lab. The quality of his work is good. His 
prices are not outrageous but he must still make a handsome profit.


The rip-off artists are those taking sporting shots like road running.

Alan C

-Original Message- 
From: Igor PDML-StR

Sent: 21 February, 2018 7:24 AM
To: PDML@pdml.net
Subject: Re: Your opinion about school (group) photographs



I thought the company was some sort of a franchise with a few local
outlets, but upon digging, I've found that it is a well-established outlet
with one office and a studio in Austin, and just contact phones (look
like cell phones) in 5 more Texas cities, including Houston (covering
Eastern, Central and a portion of Western Texas, but not North Texas), and
seemingly no studios/offices in those cities.


So, I suspect there are local photographers who are employed by the "head
office" to take photographs at school-age organizations, and probably
some regional home-office-based coordinators who are answering calls and
providing some customer service.

The ordering is done via standardized printed forms (and some reordering
can be done online). I suspect that printing and order handling is done
from the central office.
So, I don't know what the photographer gets.

The company seem to have established relations to schools in many ISDs
throughout large portion of Texas, as well as children sport clubs
and outlets. (From my experience, schools and kid-sport outlets are very
conservative and do not tend to shop around.)


They have a few standard scenarios with schools.
With our school it works as follows:
They require parents to preorder the group photo.
(Actually they push "packages", including mugs, magnets, etc. with
the option of 8x10 for $13 buried deep.)
On the Picture Day, they take group photos and individual photos.
Then they send an order form with two individual photo thumbnails (2x3)
on it.
With some other schools they require pre-orders of the individual photos.


The prints aren't cheap (and I understand that the "session fee" is
built-in into the packages price).
For these individual photos, the cheapest "package" that includes
a 5"x7" (two of them, and then a few smaller ones) is $31. A package that
includes an 8"x10" (one) and a bunch of smaller ones is $46.
The individual photos (as far as I can tell from the crappy 2x3
"proof"/thumbnail), a head shot, and a 2/3 of a body shot, seem to be
of a reasonable quality in our case.


Here is a more generic order from for a different school that I've found
online that gives an impression of their package pricing:
https://www.fortbendisd.com/cms/lib/TX01917858/Centricity/Domain/7977/Photo%20Texas%20Fall%20Order%20Form.pdf
http://www.santaannaisd.net/userfiles/19/my%20files/picture%20forms/doc080116-08012016124701.pdf?id=167

Most of Yelp reviews are negative:
https://www.yelp.com/biz/photo-texas-photography-austin-3
They seem to over-promise and under-deliver. But the quality of service
varies, most likely depending on the local photographer and his/her
skills and ethics.

Ghm.. I see that, indeed the photographers aren't paid much (at
least one of them: $15/hr), - according to Glassdoor:
https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Photo-Texas-Photography-Reviews-E886139.htm

Well... Paul, your question was helpful in finding the answer to mine.


Igor


Tue Feb 20 19:58:00 EST 2018 Paul Stenquist wrote:

Depends on what the photographer was paid. Probably next to nothing, so
the results are proportionate.

Paul


On Feb 20, 2018, at 7:01 PM, Igor PDML-StR  wrote:



Dear PDMLers,

I'd like to hear your opinion on this, especially from the point of view 
of those who did/does "seating session" photography (if anybody).


We just received the annual class photograph for my child. (We usually do 
not purchase individual ones, but buy group photographs, as a memory for 
the kid.)


We've had some photographs from the previous years, and the quality 
varies. Most of the time all these photographs are ... ghm ... at the

"OK" level. But it is expected, so, I am sort of content with that.
It was only once that the quality was above my expectation.

And I think it is typical for different times and places:
I remember that most most of my formal class photos were mediocre. One was 
so bad that the parents rebelled and made the photographer to redo the 
shooting properly (or maybe they got a different photographer, and forced 
the first one to refund the money, I don't remember).



So, here comes my question: On this year photograph, I see two kids with
their eyes closed, and three with their eyes not visible at all because
their glasses were totally covered by the flash reflection.
So, 5 out of 19 kids (and 3 teachers) have their eyes not visible.
Do you think this is normal?

My thinking is as follows:
Seating-session photographs (i.e. posed) is a

Re: Your opinion about school (group) photographs

2018-02-20 Thread Larry Colen





Igor PDML-StR wrote:



So, here comes my question: On this year photograph, I see two kids with
their eyes closed, and three with their eyes not visible at all because
their glasses were totally covered by the flash reflection.
So, 5 out of 19 kids (and 3 teachers) have their eyes not visible.
Do you think this is normal?


I suspect that their low paid photographers don't know their craft, and 
possibly even have to supply their own equipment. That sounds to me like 
someone who uses an on camera flash with a pre-strobe which causes a lot 
of kids to blink just in time for the photo.


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Re: Mac help needed!

2018-02-20 Thread Paul Sorenson

Do you know what file system your New and Photo drives are using? If
they're formatted either FAT or exFAT they should be compatible with
both MAC and Windows machines. Then you could plug the Photo drive into
a Windows machine and see if it's readable.

https://support.apple.com/guide/disk-utility/file-system-formats-available-in-disk-utility-dsku19ed921c/mac

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On 2/20/2018 9:06 PM, Rick Womer wrote:

Cotty,

Sorry this isn't clear. There are 3 external drives in our little
drama: Backup (Time Machine), New, and Photo.

The Mac Mini isn't showing the icons for =any= drives. (The System
Report knows they're there, though).

My venerable MacBook Pro recognizes all three, opens Backup and New,
but can't open Photo.

Rick

On Tue, Feb 20, 2018 at 2:33 PM, Steve Cottrell wrote:

On 20/2/18, Rick Womer, discombobulated, unleashed:

Two external drives are now connected to my MBP, and are working
normally. The photo drive shows up on my MBP, but won't open, and Disk
Utility tells me (in red) that it can't be un-mounted in order to be
repaired.

In the above para, you mention that the two ext droves are connected to you
MBP, and 'are working normally'.

Yet the photo drive won't open. You don't mention the status of your other
drive (presumable the drive you use for Time Machine?).

Is this second drive working normally? Define 'normal' please :-)

The thing that needs to be ascertained is if the failure is hardware or
software. Points towards a failure of some kind on your photo drive, but can
you confirm that your other drive operates as intended when connected to your
MBP please?

Cheers,
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Re: Your opinion about school (group) photographs

2018-02-20 Thread mike wilson

> On 21 February 2018 at 00:01 Igor PDML-StR  wrote:
>  
> My thinking is as follows:
> Seating-session photographs (i.e. posed) is a separate area where one 
> needs to have a skill to have it right (setting, light, poses, people
> management), plus some when it concerns kids. And that's what 
> the photographer gets her/his money for. I do not expect
> a masterpiece, but I'd like to see no trivial problems.
> Is my expectation unreasonable?

No it is not.  For example, the most recent group attempt on my own spawn was 
made by getting five or so at a time to pose in line.  Numerous shots were made 
of each of those groups.  Then the best versions were composited into a 
panorama of the class.  Although the resultant output was not cheap it worked 
really well, allowing each child some spontaneity.  Your merchants seem to be 
engaged in the classic race to the bottom that we all know and love so much.  I 
would (and have in the past) refuse their product.

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Re: GESO: Cheetahs

2018-02-20 Thread Larry Colen


Very very cool.


Alan C wrote:

Today, a grey day, we went to Letaba for brunch. About 15km before the
camp we came across an adult female Cheetah sitting at the side of the
road, totally unfazed by the car (1st Image). Then 3 large cubs, at
least 1 a male, slowly appeared out of the Mopane scrub behind her
(scroll R for 2 images of these). Unfortunately, a car approaching from
the other side spooked them & they all run off into the bush. This was a
very unusual sighting as Cheetahs are mostly solitary. The cubs are
obviously big enough to go off on their own. There has been some rain
but the grass hasn't grown much yet.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/wisselstroom/40380343181/

K5 with the Sigma 170-500 DG

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Very good as usual, Jack. The pheasant's colours are amazing.

Now that I have the Sigma 170-500 DG, I hope I can come up to your 
standards.


Alan C


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Nicely captured.


Dan Matyola
http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola

On Tue, Feb 20, 2018 at 5:08 PM, Jack Davis  wrote:


A couple citizens of the Sacramento National Refuge,

Shot this AM


Season is winding down, but found conditions, while a bit quieter, still
actively holding birds and water.

Not all are doing so at this date.


Hope you feel a look worth taking.


Comments appreciated.


Thanks!


J


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Re: Your opinion about school (group) photographs

I thought the company was some sort of a franchise with a few local
outlets, but upon digging, I've found that it is a well-established outlet
with one office and a studio in Austin, and just contact phones (look
like cell phones) in 5 more Texas cities, including Houston (covering
Eastern, Central and a portion of Western Texas, but not North Texas), and
seemingly no studios/offices in those cities.

So, I suspect there are local photographers who are employed by the "head
office" to take photographs at school-age organizations, and probably
some regional home-office-based coordinators who are answering calls and
providing some customer service.

The ordering is done via standardized printed forms (and some reordering
can be done online). I suspect that printing and order handling is done
from the central office.

So, I don't know what the photographer gets.

The company seem to have established relations to schools in many ISDs
throughout large portion of Texas, as well as children sport clubs
and outlets. (From my experience, schools and kid-sport outlets are very
conservative and do not tend to shop around.)

They have a few standard scenarios with schools.
With our school it works as follows:
They require parents to preorder the group photo.
(Actually they push "packages", including mugs, magnets, etc. with
the option of 8x10 for $13 buried deep.)
On the Picture Day, they take group photos and individual photos.
Then they send an order form with two individual photo thumbnails (2x3)
on it.
With some other schools they require pre-orders of the individual photos.

The prints aren't cheap (and I understand that the "session fee" is
built-in into the packages price).
For these individual photos, the cheapest "package" that includes
a 5"x7" (two of them, and then a few smaller ones) is $31. A package that
includes an 8"x10" (one) and a bunch of smaller ones is $46.
The individual photos (as far as I can tell from the crappy 2x3
"proof"/thumbnail), a head shot, and a 2/3 of a body shot, seem to be
of a reasonable quality in our case.

Here is a more generic order from for a different school that I've found
online that gives an impression of their package pricing:
https://www.fortbendisd.com/cms/lib/TX01917858/Centricity/Domain/7977/Photo%20Texas%20Fall%20Order%20Form.pdf
http://www.santaannaisd.net/userfiles/19/my%20files/picture%20forms/doc080116-08012016124701.pdf?id=167

Most of Yelp reviews are negative:
https://www.yelp.com/biz/photo-texas-photography-austin-3
They seem to over-promise and under-deliver. But the quality of service
varies, most likely depending on the local photographer and his/her
skills and ethics.

Ghm.. I see that, indeed the photographers aren't paid much (at
least one of them: $15/hr), - according to Glassdoor:

https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Photo-Texas-Photography-Reviews-E886139.htm

Well... Paul, your question was helpful in finding the answer to mine.

Igor

Tue Feb 20 19:58:00 EST 2018 Paul Stenquist wrote:

Depends on what the photographer was paid. Probably next to nothing, so
the results are proportionate.

Paul

On Feb 20, 2018, at 7:01 PM, Igor PDML-StR wrote:

Dear PDMLers,

I'd like to hear your opinion on this, especially from the point of view of
those who did/does "seating session" photography (if anybody).

We just received the annual class photograph for my child. (We usually do not
purchase individual ones, but buy group photographs, as a memory for the
kid.)

We've had some photographs from the previous years, and the quality varies.
Most of the time all these photographs are ... ghm ... at the

"OK" level. But it is expected, so, I am sort of content with that.
It was only once that the quality was above my expectation.

And I think it is typical for different times and places:
I remember that most most of my formal class photos were mediocre. One was so
bad that the parents rebelled and made the photographer to redo the shooting
properly (or maybe they got a different photographer, and forced the first
one to refund the money, I don't remember).

So, here comes my question: On this year photograph, I see two kids with
their eyes closed, and three with their eyes not visible at all because
their glasses were totally covered by the flash reflection.
So, 5 out of 19 kids (and 3 teachers) have their eyes not visible.
Do you think this is normal?

My thinking is as follows:
Seating-session photographs (i.e. posed) is a separate area where one needs
to have a skill to have it right (setting, light, poses, people
management), plus some when it concerns kids. And that's what the
photographer gets her/his money for. I do not expect

a masterpiece, but I'd like to see no trivial problems.
Is my expectation unreasonable?

Thank you in advance,

Igor

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Re; Cheetahs (Wrap up)


Thanks to all who looked & commented.

I took about 20 shots but may were spoiled by shrubbery, heads turned away 
and approaching cars in the background.


I had been using an old Sigma 170-500 APO but found it wanting in sharpness. 
Last week I bought a newer DG version which is rated much better. These were 
my first serious shots with this lens & I am very satisfied  (the poor man's 
D-FA 150-450?). I used it HH with the Jack Davis TAV, 1/2000, f8 formula. 
The reviews suggest it may be bit soft at f5.6 but I will give it a try next 
time. Now for some bird shots!


By the way, we have had 100mm rain overnight. A big relief.

Alan C 



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Re: Mac help needed!

2018-02-20 Thread John

Sounds like a failed drive.

Here's an article I found that has the sounds different kinds of HDD
failures make:

https://tierradatarecovery.co.uk/the-sounds-made-by-failed-hard-drives-and-what-they-mean-for-hard-drive-recovery/

If the drive still spins but can't be read, it could be failed
electronics in the case or a failed circuit board on the drive itself.
I have heard of drives being "restored" by replacing the circuit boards.
I wouldn't trust it for continued use, but it "might" work for long
enough to let you rescue your photos.

The info I find on the internet is mixed. Some sites suggest it can work.
Some sites suggest it can work if you swap the BIOS from your existing
drive to the new PCB, and some sites suggest it won't work at all.

A data recovery site might be your only hope.

On 2/20/2018 22:06, Rick Womer wrote:

Cotty,

Sorry this isn't clear. There are 3 external drives in our little
drama: Backup (Time Machine), New, and Photo.

The Mac Mini isn't showing the icons for =any= drives. (The System
Report knows they're there, though).

My venerable MacBook Pro recognizes all three, opens Backup and New,
but can't open Photo.

Rick

On Tue, Feb 20, 2018 at 2:33 PM, Steve Cottrell wrote:

On 20/2/18, Rick Womer, discombobulated, unleashed:

Two external drives are now connected to my MBP, and are working
normally. The photo drive shows up on my MBP, but won't open, and

Disk Utility tells me (in red) that it can't be un-mounted in
order to be repaired.

In the above para, you mention that the two ext droves are
connected to you MBP, and 'are working normally'.

Yet the photo drive won't open. You don't mention the status of
your other drive (presumable the drive you use for Time Machine?).

Is this second drive working normally? Define 'normal' please :-)

The thing that needs to be ascertained is if the failure is
hardware or software. Points towards a failure of some kind on your
photo drive, but can you confirm that your other drive operates as
intended when connected to your MBP please?
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Re: Your opinion about school (group) photographs

2018-02-20 Thread John

It's an assembly line process. The photographer maybe has 15 minutes to 
get the group in, seated & settled down. He'll be lucky if he gets time 
to shoot 3 frames, so approx 23% of the students with their eyes closed 
ain't bad.


Probably gets better with high school students and worse with elementary 
school students.


On 2/20/2018 19:01, Igor PDML-StR wrote:



Dear PDMLers,

I'd like to hear your opinion on this, especially from the point of view
of those who did/does "seating session" photography (if anybody).

We just received the annual class photograph for my child. (We usually do
not purchase individual ones, but buy group photographs, as a memory for
the kid.)

We've had some photographs from the previous years, and the quality
varies. Most of the time all these photographs are ... ghm ... at the
"OK" level. But it is expected, so, I am sort of content with that.
It was only once that the quality was above my expectation.

And I think it is typical for different times and places:
I remember that most most of my formal class photos were mediocre. One was
so bad that the parents rebelled and made the photographer to redo the
shooting properly (or maybe they got a different photographer, and forced
the first one to refund the money, I don't remember).


So, here comes my question: On this year photograph, I see two kids with
their eyes closed, and three with their eyes not visible at all because
their glasses were totally covered by the flash reflection.
So, 5 out of 19 kids (and 3 teachers) have their eyes not visible.
Do you think this is normal?

My thinking is as follows:
Seating-session photographs (i.e. posed) is a separate area where one
needs to have a skill to have it right (setting, light, poses, people
management), plus some when it concerns kids. And that's what
the photographer gets her/his money for. I do not expect
a masterpiece, but I'd like to see no trivial problems.
Is my expectation unreasonable?

Thank you in advance,

Igor





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Re: Mac help needed!

2018-02-20 Thread Paul Stenquist

Does your MacBook Pro have a backup of photo? You might try reinstalling OSX on 
the Mac mini.

Paul

> On Feb 20, 2018, at 10:06 PM, Rick Womer  wrote:
> 
> Cotty,
> 
> Sorry this isn't clear. There are 3 external drives in our little
> drama: Backup (Time Machine), New, and Photo.
> 
> The Mac Mini isn't showing the icons for =any= drives. (The System
> Report knows they're there, though).
> 
> My venerable MacBook Pro recognizes all three, opens Backup and New,
> but can't open Photo.
> 
> Rick
> 
> 
> 
>> On Tue, Feb 20, 2018 at 2:33 PM, Steve Cottrell  wrote:
>> On 20/2/18, Rick Womer, discombobulated, unleashed:
>> 
>>> Two external drives are now connected to my MBP, and are working
>>> normally. The photo drive shows up on my MBP, but won't open, and Disk
>>> Utility tells me (in red) that it can't be un-mounted in order to be
>>> repaired.
>> 
>> In the above para, you mention that the two ext droves are connected to you 
>> MBP, and 'are working normally'.
>> 
>> Yet the photo drive won't open. You don't mention the status of your other 
>> drive (presumable the drive you use for Time Machine?).
>> 
>> Is this second drive working normally? Define 'normal' please :-)
>> 
>> The thing that needs to be ascertained is if the failure is hardware or 
>> software. Points towards a failure of some kind on your photo drive, but can 
>> you confirm that your other drive operates as intended when connected to 
>> your MBP please?
>> 
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>> 
>> Cheers,
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>> 
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Re: Mac help needed!

2018-02-20 Thread Rick Womer

Cotty,

Sorry this isn't clear. There are 3 external drives in our little
drama: Backup (Time Machine), New, and Photo.

The Mac Mini isn't showing the icons for =any= drives. (The System
Report knows they're there, though).

My venerable MacBook Pro recognizes all three, opens Backup and New,
but can't open Photo.

Rick



On Tue, Feb 20, 2018 at 2:33 PM, Steve Cottrell  wrote:
> On 20/2/18, Rick Womer, discombobulated, unleashed:
>
>>Two external drives are now connected to my MBP, and are working
>>normally. The photo drive shows up on my MBP, but won't open, and Disk
>>Utility tells me (in red) that it can't be un-mounted in order to be
>>repaired.
>
> In the above para, you mention that the two ext droves are connected to you 
> MBP, and 'are working normally'.
>
> Yet the photo drive won't open. You don't mention the status of your other 
> drive (presumable the drive you use for Time Machine?).
>
> Is this second drive working normally? Define 'normal' please :-)
>
> The thing that needs to be ascertained is if the failure is hardware or 
> software. Points towards a failure of some kind on your photo drive, but can 
> you confirm that your other drive operates as intended when connected to your 
> MBP please?
>
> --
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>
> Cheers,
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Re: [No Subject]

2018-02-20 Thread Daniel J. Matyola

Nicely captured.


Dan Matyola
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On Tue, Feb 20, 2018 at 5:08 PM, Jack Davis  wrote:

> A couple citizens of the Sacramento National Refuge,
>
> Shot this AM
>
>
> Season is winding down, but found conditions, while a bit quieter, still
> actively holding birds and water.
>
> Not all are doing so at this date.
>
>
> Hope you feel a look worth taking.
>
>
> Comments appreciated.
>
>
> Thanks!
>
>
> J
>
>
> https://www.photo.net/photo/18458016
>
>
> https://www.photo.net/photo/18458017
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Re: Your opinion about school (group) photographs

2018-02-20 Thread Paul Stenquist

Depends on what the photographer was paid. Probably next to nothing, so the 
results are proportionate.

Paul

> On Feb 20, 2018, at 7:01 PM, Igor PDML-StR  wrote:
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> 
> 
> Dear PDMLers,
> 
> I'd like to hear your opinion on this, especially from the point of view of 
> those who did/does "seating session" photography (if anybody).
> 
> We just received the annual class photograph for my child. (We usually do not 
> purchase individual ones, but buy group photographs, as a memory for the kid.)
> 
> We've had some photographs from the previous years, and the quality varies. 
> Most of the time all these photographs are ... ghm ... at the
> "OK" level. But it is expected, so, I am sort of content with that.
> It was only once that the quality was above my expectation.
> 
> And I think it is typical for different times and places:
> I remember that most most of my formal class photos were mediocre. One was so 
> bad that the parents rebelled and made the photographer to redo the shooting 
> properly (or maybe they got a different photographer, and forced the first 
> one to refund the money, I don't remember).
> 
> 
> So, here comes my question: On this year photograph, I see two kids with
> their eyes closed, and three with their eyes not visible at all because
> their glasses were totally covered by the flash reflection.
> So, 5 out of 19 kids (and 3 teachers) have their eyes not visible.
> Do you think this is normal?
> 
> My thinking is as follows:
> Seating-session photographs (i.e. posed) is a separate area where one needs 
> to have a skill to have it right (setting, light, poses, people
> management), plus some when it concerns kids. And that's what the 
> photographer gets her/his money for. I do not expect
> a masterpiece, but I'd like to see no trivial problems.
> Is my expectation unreasonable?
> 
> Thank you in advance,
> 
> Igor
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Re: Cheetahs




Ken, Flickr actually shows the exposure information below the photo.
It is f/8 for all three photos.

I hadn't thought about the DOF earlier, - but I agree, a bit
narrower DOF, especially on the first shot, could've been better.
But, then, I understand that when you have some opportunistic shots,
you want to have some "safety net": it's better to err on the side
of too much in focus than not enough.

Igor


Ken Waller Tue, 20 Feb 2018 13:35:42 -0800 wrote:

A very regal captures - they all look like a prime examples of their 
species..



The background should be more OOF in my opinion - do you recall what the f 
stop was?



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Your opinion about school (group) photographs




Dear PDMLers,

I'd like to hear your opinion on this, especially from the point of view 
of those who did/does "seating session" photography (if anybody).


We just received the annual class photograph for my child. (We usually do 
not purchase individual ones, but buy group photographs, as a memory for 
the kid.)


We've had some photographs from the previous years, and the quality 
varies. Most of the time all these photographs are ... ghm ... at the

"OK" level. But it is expected, so, I am sort of content with that.
It was only once that the quality was above my expectation.

And I think it is typical for different times and places:
I remember that most most of my formal class photos were mediocre. One was 
so bad that the parents rebelled and made the photographer to redo the 
shooting properly (or maybe they got a different photographer, and forced 
the first one to refund the money, I don't remember).



So, here comes my question: On this year photograph, I see two kids with
their eyes closed, and three with their eyes not visible at all because
their glasses were totally covered by the flash reflection.
So, 5 out of 19 kids (and 3 teachers) have their eyes not visible.
Do you think this is normal?

My thinking is as follows:
Seating-session photographs (i.e. posed) is a separate area where one 
needs to have a skill to have it right (setting, light, poses, people
management), plus some when it concerns kids. And that's what 
the photographer gets her/his money for. I do not expect

a masterpiece, but I'd like to see no trivial problems.
Is my expectation unreasonable?

Thank you in advance,

Igor


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Re: [No Subject]


Indeed

On 2/20/2018 6:21 PM, Jack Davis wrote:

Yes, guessed you were referring
to the one served under glass...(?)

J


Sent from my iPhone


On Feb 20, 2018, at 3:10 PM, ann sanfedele  wrote:

I was thinking of the other feathered friend in teh second photo :-)  but I bet 
you knew that

a


On 2/20/2018 5:36 PM, Jack Davis wrote:
Yeah, the Eagle, even though young,
I suspect would be a bit cheesy.
Thanks for "nice" comment, Ann!

J

Sent from my iPhone


On Feb 20, 2018, at 2:28 PM, ann sanfedele  wrote:

nice ones!
I see you have a young eagle and a nice dinner entree :-)

ann


On 2/20/2018 5:08 PM, Jack Davis wrote:
A couple citizens of the Sacramento National Refuge,

Shot this AM


Season is winding down, but found conditions, while a bit quieter, still 
actively holding birds and water.

Not all are doing so at this date.


Hope you feel a look worth taking.


Comments appreciated.


Thanks!


J


https://www.photo.net/photo/18458016


https://www.photo.net/photo/18458017

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Re: [No Subject]

You've got to love Spell correct.
"Chewy" not cheesy.
J

Sent from my iPhone

> On Feb 20, 2018, at 2:36 PM, Jack Davis  wrote:
> 
> Yeah, the Eagle, even though young,
> I suspect would be a bit cheesy.
> Thanks for "nice" comment, Ann!
> 
> J
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
>> On Feb 20, 2018, at 2:28 PM, ann sanfedele  wrote:
>> 
>> nice ones!
>> I see you have a young eagle and a nice dinner entree :-)
>> 
>> ann
>> 
>>> On 2/20/2018 5:08 PM, Jack Davis wrote:
>>> A couple citizens of the Sacramento National Refuge,
>>> 
>>> Shot this AM
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Season is winding down, but found conditions, while a bit quieter, still 
>>> actively holding birds and water.
>>> 
>>> Not all are doing so at this date.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Hope you feel a look worth taking.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Comments appreciated.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Thanks!
>>> 
>>> 
>>> J
>>> 
>>> 
>>> https://www.photo.net/photo/18458016
>>> 
>>> 
>>> https://www.photo.net/photo/18458017
>> 
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Re: [No Subject]

Yes, guessed you were referring
to the one served under glass...(?)

J


Sent from my iPhone

> On Feb 20, 2018, at 3:10 PM, ann sanfedele  wrote:
> 
> I was thinking of the other feathered friend in teh second photo :-)  but I 
> bet you knew that
> 
> a
> 
>> On 2/20/2018 5:36 PM, Jack Davis wrote:
>> Yeah, the Eagle, even though young,
>> I suspect would be a bit cheesy.
>> Thanks for "nice" comment, Ann!
>> 
>> J
>> 
>> Sent from my iPhone
>> 
>>> On Feb 20, 2018, at 2:28 PM, ann sanfedele  wrote:
>>> 
>>> nice ones!
>>> I see you have a young eagle and a nice dinner entree :-)
>>> 
>>> ann
>>> 
 On 2/20/2018 5:08 PM, Jack Davis wrote:
 A couple citizens of the Sacramento National Refuge,
 
 Shot this AM
 
 
 Season is winding down, but found conditions, while a bit quieter, still 
 actively holding birds and water.
 
 Not all are doing so at this date.
 
 
 Hope you feel a look worth taking.
 
 
 Comments appreciated.
 
 
 Thanks!
 
 
 J
 
 
 https://www.photo.net/photo/18458016
 
 
 https://www.photo.net/photo/18458017
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Re: [No Subject]

I was thinking of the other feathered friend in teh second photo :-)  
but I bet you knew that


a

On 2/20/2018 5:36 PM, Jack Davis wrote:

Yeah, the Eagle, even though young,
I suspect would be a bit cheesy.
Thanks for "nice" comment, Ann!

J

Sent from my iPhone


On Feb 20, 2018, at 2:28 PM, ann sanfedele  wrote:

nice ones!
I see you have a young eagle and a nice dinner entree :-)

ann


On 2/20/2018 5:08 PM, Jack Davis wrote:
A couple citizens of the Sacramento National Refuge,

Shot this AM


Season is winding down, but found conditions, while a bit quieter, still 
actively holding birds and water.

Not all are doing so at this date.


Hope you feel a look worth taking.


Comments appreciated.


Thanks!


J


https://www.photo.net/photo/18458016


https://www.photo.net/photo/18458017


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Re: [No Subject]

Yeah, the Eagle, even though young,
I suspect would be a bit cheesy.
Thanks for "nice" comment, Ann!

J

Sent from my iPhone

> On Feb 20, 2018, at 2:28 PM, ann sanfedele  wrote:
> 
> nice ones!
> I see you have a young eagle and a nice dinner entree :-)
> 
> ann
> 
>> On 2/20/2018 5:08 PM, Jack Davis wrote:
>> A couple citizens of the Sacramento National Refuge,
>> 
>> Shot this AM
>> 
>> 
>> Season is winding down, but found conditions, while a bit quieter, still 
>> actively holding birds and water.
>> 
>> Not all are doing so at this date.
>> 
>> 
>> Hope you feel a look worth taking.
>> 
>> 
>> Comments appreciated.
>> 
>> 
>> Thanks!
>> 
>> 
>> J
>> 
>> 
>> https://www.photo.net/photo/18458016
>> 
>> 
>> https://www.photo.net/photo/18458017
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Re: [No Subject]


nice ones!
I see you have a young eagle and a nice dinner entree :-)

ann

On 2/20/2018 5:08 PM, Jack Davis wrote:

A couple citizens of the Sacramento National Refuge,

Shot this AM


Season is winding down, but found conditions, while a bit quieter, still 
actively holding birds and water.

Not all are doing so at this date.


Hope you feel a look worth taking.


Comments appreciated.


Thanks!


J


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[No Subject]

A couple citizens of the Sacramento National Refuge,

Shot this AM


Season is winding down, but found conditions, while a bit quieter, still 
actively holding birds and water.

Not all are doing so at this date.


Hope you feel a look worth taking.


Comments appreciated.


Thanks!


J


https://www.photo.net/photo/18458016


https://www.photo.net/photo/18458017
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Re: GESO: My favorites - 2017

Note to Bob - that one was one of 4 favorites of mine from the set :-)  
yea terrific shot


ann

On 2/20/2018 3:58 PM, Bob W-PDML wrote:

Indeed. But this one:
http://photos.stanhalpin.com/p432135387/ea4131b7f

= "if HCB did colour"!

http://pro.magnumphotos.com/Asset/-2S5RYDWYHCSM.html

B

On 20 Feb 2018, at 20:28, ann sanfedele 
> wrote:

How about just good "travel photography" ?

ann

On 2/20/2018 1:19 PM, Larry Colen wrote:
That's a nice set of photos, and the gallery showing the whole set is nice 
because it shows how well they all fit together. I can't quite figure out what 
your style is, but there does seem to be some coherency to it. Perhaps calm 
composition (calmposition?) and large areas of the photo being some particular 
pastel color?

Stanley Halpin wrote:
Excluding the three images I’ll be submitting to Mark tomorrow, these are my 
favorites of my own photography for the year. Except that, what I think may be the 
very best of the group, an action shot of Gianfranco in Venice last summer, was 
taken not by me but by Meg, not with a Pentax but with a P Leica. Oh well, at 
least the Pentax camera strap is somewhat visible…

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Re: Cheetahs

2018-02-20 Thread Ken Waller

A very regal captures - they all look like a prime examples of their 
species..


The background should be more OOF in my opinion - do you recall what the f 
stop was?


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- Original Message - 
From: "Alan C" 

Subject: GESO: Cheetahs


Today, a grey day, we went to Letaba for brunch. About 15km before the 
camp we came across an adult female Cheetah sitting at the side of the 
road, totally unfazed by the car (1st Image). Then 3 large cubs, at least 
1 a male,  slowly appeared out of the Mopane scrub behind her (scroll R 
for 2 images of these). Unfortunately, a car approaching from the other 
side spooked them & they all run off into the bush. This was a very 
unusual sighting as Cheetahs are mostly solitary. The cubs are obviously 
big enough to go off on their own. There has been some rain but the grass 
hasn't grown much yet.


https://www.flickr.com/photos/wisselstroom/40380343181/

K5 with the Sigma 170-500 DG

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Re: GESO: My favorites - 2017

2018-02-20 Thread Bruce Walker

:-) :-) :-)

On Tue, Feb 20, 2018 at 9:03 AM, ann sanfedele  wrote:
> cf my comments, Bruce :-)
>
> ann
>
>
> On 2/20/2018 8:27 AM, Bruce Walker wrote:
>>
>> You have a fine eye for architecture and cityscapes, Stan. I love the
>> HCB moment from Meg, but my fave is the calico cat and the urn. :)
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Feb 19, 2018 at 11:16 PM, Stanley Halpin
>>  wrote:
>>>
>>> Excluding the three images I’ll be submitting to Mark tomorrow, these are
>>> my favorites of my own photography for the year. Except that, what I think
>>> may be the very best of the group, an action shot of Gianfranco in Venice
>>> last summer, was taken not by me but by Meg, not with a Pentax but with a
>>> P Leica. Oh well, at least the Pentax camera strap is somewhat visible…
>>>
>>> stan
>>>
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Re: GESO: My favorites - 2017

2018-02-20 Thread Mark Roberts

Bob W-PDML  wrote:

>Indeed. But this one:
>http://photos.stanhalpin.com/p432135387/ea4131b7f
>
>= "if HCB did colour"!
>
>http://pro.magnumphotos.com/Asset/-2S5RYDWYHCSM.html

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Re: GESO: My favorites - 2017

2018-02-20 Thread Bob W-PDML

Indeed. But this one:
http://photos.stanhalpin.com/p432135387/ea4131b7f

= "if HCB did colour"!

http://pro.magnumphotos.com/Asset/-2S5RYDWYHCSM.html

B

On 20 Feb 2018, at 20:28, ann sanfedele 
> wrote:

How about just good "travel photography" ?

ann

On 2/20/2018 1:19 PM, Larry Colen wrote:
That's a nice set of photos, and the gallery showing the whole set is nice 
because it shows how well they all fit together. I can't quite figure out what 
your style is, but there does seem to be some coherency to it. Perhaps calm 
composition (calmposition?) and large areas of the photo being some particular 
pastel color?

Stanley Halpin wrote:
Excluding the three images I’ll be submitting to Mark tomorrow, these are my 
favorites of my own photography for the year. Except that, what I think may be 
the very best of the group, an action shot of Gianfranco in Venice last summer, 
was taken not by me but by Meg, not with a Pentax but with a P Leica. Oh 
well, at least the Pentax camera strap is somewhat visible…

stan

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Re: GESO: My favorites - 2017


How about just good "travel photography" ?

ann

On 2/20/2018 1:19 PM, Larry Colen wrote:
That's a nice set of photos, and the gallery showing the whole set is 
nice because it shows how well they all fit together. I can't quite 
figure out what your style is, but there does seem to be some 
coherency to it. Perhaps calm composition (calmposition?) and large 
areas of the photo being some particular pastel color?


Stanley Halpin wrote:
Excluding the three images I’ll be submitting to Mark tomorrow, these 
are my favorites of my own photography for the year. Except that, 
what I think may be the very best of the group, an action shot of 
Gianfranco in Venice last summer, was taken not by me but by Meg, not 
with a Pentax but with a P Leica. Oh well, at least the Pentax 
camera strap is somewhat visible…


stan

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Re: Yesterday At Local Preserve

Thanks Much, Bob! I take that to be "Good." :-)

J

> On February 20, 2018 at 8:39 AM Bob Sullivan  wrote:
> 
> 
> Your best eagle so far Jack!
> 
> On 2/15/18, Jack Davis  wrote:
> >
> >
> > Another Eagle. Somewhat closer with increased color and detail.
> >
> >
> > Maybe my luckiest moment of the day, a Snow goose pair.
> >
> >
> > Comments invited.
> >
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> >
> > J
> >
> >
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Re: Well this sux.

2018-02-20 Thread P. J. Alling

Well, I'm talking about flash, and according to Boz's site, the Super 
Program supported OTF TTL flash exposure control, as did all the auto 
focus film bodies I checked.   So did the *ist-D series of digital 
cameras, but that worked so poorly that I'm not surprised that most 
people don't realize it was available.


Yes the only body that used OTF for both normal metering and flash 
metering was the LX, but once again the discussion was about why the FTZ 
flash series won't work with digital bodies except at full power.



On 2/20/2018 12:34 PM, mike wilson wrote:

On 20 February 2018 at 05:42 "P. J. Alling"  wrote:

(There were a few other manual focus film bodies that used OFT TTL as well I 
think)

My understanding is that only the LX, of all Pentax bodies, had OTF metering.



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Re: GESO: Cheetahs

2018-02-20 Thread Daniel J. Matyola

Amazing beasts, well seen and expertly rendered>

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On Tue, Feb 20, 2018 at 8:51 AM, Alan C  wrote:

> Today, a grey day, we went to Letaba for brunch. About 15km before the
> camp we came across an adult female Cheetah sitting at the side of the
> road, totally unfazed by the car (1st Image). Then 3 large cubs, at least 1
> a male,  slowly appeared out of the Mopane scrub behind her (scroll R for 2
> images of these). Unfortunately, a car approaching from the other side
> spooked them & they all run off into the bush. This was a very unusual
> sighting as Cheetahs are mostly solitary. The cubs are obviously big enough
> to go off on their own. There has been some rain but the grass hasn't grown
> much yet.
>
> https://www.flickr.com/photos/wisselstroom/40380343181/
>
> K5 with the Sigma 170-500 DG
>
> Alan C
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Re: Mac help needed!

2018-02-20 Thread Steve Cottrell

On 20/2/18, Rick Womer, discombobulated, unleashed:

>Two external drives are now connected to my MBP, and are working
>normally. The photo drive shows up on my MBP, but won't open, and Disk
>Utility tells me (in red) that it can't be un-mounted in order to be
>repaired.

In the above para, you mention that the two ext droves are connected to you 
MBP, and 'are working normally'.

Yet the photo drive won't open. You don't mention the status of your other 
drive (presumable the drive you use for Time Machine?).

Is this second drive working normally? Define 'normal' please :-)

The thing that needs to be ascertained is if the failure is hardware or 
software. Points towards a failure of some kind on your photo drive, but can 
you confirm that your other drive operates as intended when connected to your 
MBP please?

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Re: Well this sux.

2018-02-20 Thread postmaster

mike wilson  wrote:

>> On 20 February 2018 at 05:42 "P. J. Alling"  
>> wrote:
>> 
>> (There were a few other manual focus film bodies that used OFT TTL as well I 
>> think)
>
>My understanding is that only the LX, of all Pentax bodies, had OTF metering.

Only the LX had OTF metering for general exposure setting. ALmost all
later bodies had OTF *flash* metering. Early DSLRs had OTF (well, Off
The Sensor) flash metering but it was unreliable due to the
reflectivity of the sensor and subsequently dropped from the K10-D
onwards. (or maybe even with earlier models? I'm not sure because I
went directly from the ist-D to the K10D.)

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Re: GESO: My favorites - 2017

2018-02-20 Thread Larry Colen

That's a nice set of photos, and the gallery showing the whole set is 
nice because it shows how well they all fit together. I can't quite 
figure out what your style is, but there does seem to be some coherency 
to it. Perhaps calm composition (calmposition?) and large areas of the 
photo being some particular pastel color?


Stanley Halpin wrote:

Excluding the three images I’ll be submitting to Mark tomorrow, these are my 
favorites of my own photography for the year. Except that, what I think may be the 
very best of the group, an action shot of Gianfranco in Venice last summer, was 
taken not by me but by Meg, not with a Pentax but with a P Leica. Oh well, at 
least the Pentax camera strap is somewhat visible…

stan

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Re: Well this sux.

2018-02-20 Thread mike wilson

> On 20 February 2018 at 05:42 "P. J. Alling"  
> wrote:
> 
> (There were a few other manual focus film bodies that used OFT TTL as well I 
> think)

My understanding is that only the LX, of all Pentax bodies, had OTF metering.

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Re: GESO: Cheetahs

2018-02-20 Thread Bob W-PDML

Beautiful animals - I wish I'd seen some when I was there.

B

> On 20 Feb 2018, at 13:52, Alan C  wrote:
> 
> Today, a grey day, we went to Letaba for brunch. About 15km before the camp 
> we came across an adult female Cheetah sitting at the side of the road, 
> totally unfazed by the car (1st Image). Then 3 large cubs, at least 1 a male, 
>  slowly appeared out of the Mopane scrub behind her (scroll R for 2 images of 
> these). Unfortunately, a car approaching from the other side spooked them & 
> they all run off into the bush. This was a very unusual sighting as Cheetahs 
> are mostly solitary. The cubs are obviously big enough to go off on their 
> own. There has been some rain but the grass hasn't grown much yet.
> 
> https://www.flickr.com/photos/wisselstroom/40380343181/
> 
> K5 with the Sigma 170-500 DG
> 
> Alan C
> 
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Re: Yesterday At Local Preserve

2018-02-20 Thread Bob Sullivan

Your best eagle so far Jack!

On 2/15/18, Jack Davis  wrote:
>
>
> Another Eagle. Somewhat closer with increased color and detail.
>
>
> Maybe my luckiest moment of the day, a Snow goose pair.
>
>
> Comments invited.
>
>
> Thanks!
>
>
> J
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Re: Well this sux.

2018-02-20 Thread Zos Xavius

Yeah I find the AF280T is only useful in a pinch personally. Not enough power.

On Tue, Feb 20, 2018 at 12:52 AM, P. J. Alling
 wrote:
> Hell I've got a couple of those, what I want is a working AF200T, it fits in
> my little tiny bag with the M85 f2.0 and A 24 f2.8 and is good for a bit of
> extra illumination in a pinch.
>
> The AF280T is relatively big and bulky, pretends to be a professional unit,
> but never seems to have enough light output when I really need it.
>
> But I'll keep that offer in mind.  You never know.
>
>
>
> On 2/19/2018 9:45 AM, Zos Xavius wrote:
>>
>> Hell let's give you a PDML discount. $20. ;)
>>
>> On Mon, Feb 19, 2018 at 9:45 AM, Zos Xavius  wrote:
>>>
>>> I have an AF280T collecting dust. $30+shipping and its yours.
>>>
>>> On Sun, Feb 18, 2018 at 6:26 PM, P. J. Alling
>>>  wrote:

 It seems that when I'm not actually breaking my equipment, it's breaking
 itself.

 I was using the AF200T with my digital cameras, and been pretty happy
 with
 the results.  Sure it's not P-TTL, but as far as it goes, having it's
 own
 sensor, the fact that it actually sets the recommended f stop and
 shutter
 speed when the camera is in program mode with an A class  or later lens,
 was
 convenient.

 It also worked well with K/M lenses though it obviously loses even the
 small
 amount of automation supported with modern digital interface cameras.

 Within it's limited parameters it gave good exposures, is compact, and
 now
 it's broken.  It just stopped firing, either when mounted to the camera
 or
 when the test button is pressed.  Based on that I'm pretty sure that I
 know
 what's wrong, it has a blown secondary capacitor.

 It would probably be an easy fix, if I had a schematic, but finding the
 part
 without one wouldn't be cost effective, let alone the effort involved,
 for a
 flash I could probably replace for $10.   Worse it would probably cost
 more
 than that to order the capacitor.

 Sometimes I miss Radio Shack.

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Re: GESO: My favorites - 2017

2018-02-20 Thread Paul Stenquist

A very nice set of photos. The subjects were obviously chosen carefully, and 
the framing is excellent. Most intriguing to me is the pallet. The colors 
displayed in the set just work together so nice, and their beauty is 
complemented by careful and correct rendering. Well done.
Paul

> On Feb 20, 2018, at 10:16 AM, Stanley Halpin  
> wrote:
> 
> Thanks all! 
> I’ll go back in later and add some more descriptive captions to supplement 
> the uninformative file numbers.
> 
> Igor, yes the grand canal shot is of the Grand Canal in Venice. As is the 
> smaller canal. The blue-topped church is on Santorini, the red topped chapel 
> is on Mykonos. The background for the yacht image is the coast of Santorini, 
> if you look closely you can see the whitewashed buildings in a jumble along 
> the clifftop.
> 
> Jack, the shot you tagged is interesting. I liked the scene well enough to 
> stop walking in the rain long enough to pull out the camera and 
> compose/shoot. And I was pleased with the result. But I very likely would 
> have pressed onward to a warm dry interior just down the way, but I wanted a 
> “for the record” shot of our hotel and hadn’t done one before. (You can see 
> the Hotel Falier sign in the back center.)
> 
> As I went back through I noticed that there is a 2nd one by Meg that I had 
> not acknowledged before, the one just before the Gianfranco shot. Also I 
> should comment that while most of the images are from Venice or the Greek 
> Isles, the first bird shot is from in front of our house in Michigan, the 
> wood stork at the end is from the Everglades. And the structure in #2 across 
> the pond is the A.B. Dow Home and Studio, a local attraction and the center 
> of a major Mid-Century Modern revival in our community. An interesting place 
> to visit. Yesterday we spent the afternoon there with a small group watching 
> home movies shot by A.B. Dow in the mid-1920s.
> 
> stan
> 
>> On Feb 20, 2018, at 9:06 AM, Igor PDML-StR  wrote:
>> 
>> 
>> A very nice collection!
>> My favorite of these is probably the shot of (I am guessing) Venice -
>> with the busy "river/channel"-street and buildings. This one looks like a 
>> classic painting (4659).
>> (The second one, 4474, with the small channel and reflections is also nice)
>> 
>> After that, the blue-dome church hanging over the sea (I am guessing also 
>> from Italy. - Amalfi coast?), the cat, and the yaht.
>> 
>> I thought that 5199 could be used on the election day with the title:
>> "Have you voted?!"
>> 
>> 
>> Igor
>> 
>> 
>> On Mon, Feb 19, 2018 at 11:16 PM, Stanley Halpin wrote:
>> 
>>> Excluding the three images I’ll be submitting to Mark tomorrow, these are
>>> my favorites of my own photography for the year. Except that, what think
>>> may be the very best of the group, an action shot of Gianfranco in Venice
>>> last summer, was taken not by me but by Meg, not with a Pentax but with a
>>> P Leica. Oh well, at least the Pentax camera strap is somewhat visible…
>>> 
>>> stan
>>> 
>>> http://photos.stanhalpin.com/p432135387
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Re: Bicycle sculpture

2018-02-20 Thread Gonz

Yeah, its not very clear about the dates/length.  This website
however, seems to imply that it  will be here about a year, so leaving
around June I'm guessing:

https://www.wallercreek.org/archive/major-works-chinese-artist-political-activist-ai-weiwei-coming-austin/


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>
> Thanks!
> We might take a look at it if we make it to that part of the town before the
> installation is removed (if it would be, as you mentioned).
>
> We've been to that part of the city quite a few times since last summer,
> but I didn't know about it.
>
> As far as I can tell, it started last summer, even though these people
> are bad at specifying the year:
> https://www.wallercreek.org/event/public-opening-ai-weiweis-forever-bicycles/
>  I am guessing they are not thinking about eternity... :-)
>
>
> Igor
>
>
> Gonz Mon, 19 Feb 2018 14:01:52 -0800 wrote:
>
> Thanks Igor.  Its hard to get a good angle that doesn't end up looking
> like a pile of jumbled metal parts.  Its located east a little ways
> from the Congress st. bridge on the downtown side of the river.
>
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Re: GESO: My favorites - 2017

2018-02-20 Thread Stanley Halpin

Thanks all! 
I’ll go back in later and add some more descriptive captions to supplement the 
uninformative file numbers.

Igor, yes the grand canal shot is of the Grand Canal in Venice. As is the 
smaller canal. The blue-topped church is on Santorini, the red topped chapel is 
on Mykonos. The background for the yacht image is the coast of Santorini, if 
you look closely you can see the whitewashed buildings in a jumble along the 
clifftop.

Jack, the shot you tagged is interesting. I liked the scene well enough to stop 
walking in the rain long enough to pull out the camera and compose/shoot. And I 
was pleased with the result. But I very likely would have pressed onward to a 
warm dry interior just down the way, but I wanted a “for the record” shot of 
our hotel and hadn’t done one before. (You can see the Hotel Falier sign in the 
back center.)

As I went back through I noticed that there is a 2nd one by Meg that I had not 
acknowledged before, the one just before the Gianfranco shot. Also I should 
comment that while most of the images are from Venice or the Greek Isles, the 
first bird shot is from in front of our house in Michigan, the wood stork at 
the end is from the Everglades. And the structure in #2 across the pond is the 
A.B. Dow Home and Studio, a local attraction and the center of a major 
Mid-Century Modern revival in our community. An interesting place to visit. 
Yesterday we spent the afternoon there with a small group watching home movies 
shot by A.B. Dow in the mid-1920s.

stan

> On Feb 20, 2018, at 9:06 AM, Igor PDML-StR  wrote:
> 
> 
> A very nice collection!
> My favorite of these is probably the shot of (I am guessing) Venice -
> with the busy "river/channel"-street and buildings. This one looks like a 
> classic painting (4659).
> (The second one, 4474, with the small channel and reflections is also nice)
> 
> After that, the blue-dome church hanging over the sea (I am guessing also 
> from Italy. - Amalfi coast?), the cat, and the yaht.
> 
> I thought that 5199 could be used on the election day with the title:
> "Have you voted?!"
> 
> 
> Igor
> 
> 
> On Mon, Feb 19, 2018 at 11:16 PM, Stanley Halpin wrote:
> 
>> Excluding the three images I’ll be submitting to Mark tomorrow, these are
>> my favorites of my own photography for the year. Except that, what think
>> may be the very best of the group, an action shot of Gianfranco in Venice
>> last summer, was taken not by me but by Meg, not with a Pentax but with a
>> P Leica. Oh well, at least the Pentax camera strap is somewhat visible…
>> 
>> stan
>> 
>> http://photos.stanhalpin.com/p432135387
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Re: Mac help needed!

2018-02-20 Thread Rick Womer

PJ,

When this happened on a PC laptop I had a dozen years ago, I updated
the BIOS to fix it (with our tech support guy at my elbow). I know
that the EFI in Macs works somewhat differently, but wonder if it has
acquired a mutation.

Fortunately, I have a Time Machine backup of the data, which is
intact. I plan to duplicate it tonight (using my MBP), just 'cause I'm
a pessimist.

Rick

On Tue, Feb 20, 2018 at 9:12 AM, P. J. Alling
 wrote:
> Sounds like a hardware failure.  I don't know the answer it depends on
> exactly what part of the hardware failed and when. Recovering the data may
> be expensive, if it's possible at all. It all depends on what failed, when,
> and how.
>
>
>
> On 2/20/2018 8:30 AM, Rick Womer wrote:
>>
>> Herewith the tale of my "AAARG" yesterday:
>>
>> Setup: Mac Mini running Lightroom 6 and Firefox as the only non-Apple
>> software, OS 10.11. Lightroom catalogs are on the internal HD, the
>> photos are on an external HD, and there is a Time Machine backup of
>> the whole thing on a second external HD (all spinny).
>>
>> History: Sunday night I was working on some photos that I hope to
>> submit for The Book, when the system bogged down tremendously—as in
>> running at slide-rule-and-Morse-code speed. Quitting LR and
>> re-launching didn’t help; rebooting was s-l-o-w and didn’t help
>> either. I ran Disk Utility on the photo drive, and got a message
>> saying there was a problem it couldn’t fix. The backup drive icon
>> showed up but wouldn’t open. Many experiments and sleep deprivation
>> ensued. Yesterday morning the drives didn’t even show appear on the
>> desktop.
>>
>> Last evening, I ran Disk Utility from the CDs that came with my Mac
>> Mini (it’s not new!), and it now boots at normal speed. However, it
>> does not react at all to having external drives plugged in—they don’t
>> show up on the desktop, even though About This Mac System
>> Information/Hardware/Firewire shows that they're connected.
>>
>> Two external drives are now connected to my MBP, and are working
>> normally. The photo drive shows up on my MBP, but won't open, and Disk
>> Utility tells me (in red) that it can't be un-mounted in order to be
>> repaired.
>>
>> What’s going on? What can I do about it?
>>
>> Rick
>>
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Re: GESO: Cheetahs

2018-02-20 Thread Paul Sorenson


I like the third one of the two cubs.  Magnificent animals

-p


On 2/20/2018 7:51 AM, Alan C wrote:
Today, a grey day, we went to Letaba for brunch. About 15km before the 
camp we came across an adult female Cheetah sitting at the side of the 
road, totally unfazed by the car (1st Image). Then 3 large cubs, at 
least 1 a male,  slowly appeared out of the Mopane scrub behind her 
(scroll R for 2 images of these). Unfortunately, a car approaching 
from the other side spooked them & they all run off into the bush. 
This was a very unusual sighting as Cheetahs are mostly solitary. The 
cubs are obviously big enough to go off on their own. There has been 
some rain but the grass hasn't grown much yet.


https://www.flickr.com/photos/wisselstroom/40380343181/

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Re: GESO: Cheetahs

This is to compliment your
well done catches, as well as to
ask if you're receiving my posts.

J

Sent from my iPhone

> On Feb 20, 2018, at 5:51 AM, Alan C  wrote:
> 
> Today, a grey day, we went to Letaba for brunch. About 15km before the camp 
> we came across an adult female Cheetah sitting at the side of the road, 
> totally unfazed by the car (1st Image). Then 3 large cubs, at least 1 a male, 
>  slowly appeared out of the Mopane scrub behind her (scroll R for 2 images of 
> these). Unfortunately, a car approaching from the other side spooked them & 
> they all run off into the bush. This was a very unusual sighting as Cheetahs 
> are mostly solitary. The cubs are obviously big enough to go off on their 
> own. There has been some rain but the grass hasn't grown much yet.
> 
> https://www.flickr.com/photos/wisselstroom/40380343181/
> 
> K5 with the Sigma 170-500 DG
> 
> Alan C
> 
> 
> 
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Re: GESO: Cheetahs



It is amazing how well that camouflage hides the cat in the 2nd 
photo. The legs and the tail seem to disappear.

Gorgeous animals!

Wonderful catch!

After looking at your photos and reading your story, I thought that 
"exotic" is very relative.

In our neighborhood we frequently get deers roaming along and across
the road. In my very urban childhood, that would've been rather exotic.


Igor



Alan C Tue, 20 Feb 2018 05:52:42 -0800 wrote:

Today, a grey day, we went to Letaba for brunch. About 15km before the 
camp we came across an adult female Cheetah sitting at the side of the 
road, totally unfazed by the car (1st Image). Then 3 large cubs, at least 
1 a male, slowly appeared out of the Mopane scrub behind her (scroll R for 
2 images of these). Unfortunately, a car approaching from the other side 
spooked them & they all run off into the bush. This was a very unusual 
sighting as Cheetahs are mostly solitary. The cubs are obviously big 
enough to go off on their own. There has been some rain but the grass 
hasn't grown much yet.



https://www.flickr.com/photos/wisselstroom/40380343181/


K5 with the Sigma 170-500 DG

Alan C

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Re: GESO: Cheetahs

Clean sharp images, as usual, Alan!

J

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> On Feb 20, 2018, at 5:51 AM, Alan C  wrote:
> 
> Today, a grey day, we went to Letaba for brunch. About 15km before the camp 
> we came across an adult female Cheetah sitting at the side of the road, 
> totally unfazed by the car (1st Image). Then 3 large cubs, at least 1 a male, 
>  slowly appeared out of the Mopane scrub behind her (scroll R for 2 images of 
> these). Unfortunately, a car approaching from the other side spooked them & 
> they all run off into the bush. This was a very unusual sighting as Cheetahs 
> are mostly solitary. The cubs are obviously big enough to go off on their 
> own. There has been some rain but the grass hasn't grown much yet.
> 
> https://www.flickr.com/photos/wisselstroom/40380343181/
> 
> K5 with the Sigma 170-500 DG
> 
> Alan C
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Re: GESO: My favorites - 2017

#14 is my slight choice due to 
exposure and composition.

J

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> On Feb 20, 2018, at 6:02 AM, ann sanfedele  wrote:
> 
> such a good set!   eager to see what you submitted to the book if you chose 
> something other than three of these!
> 
> particularly like ..
> 
> 20170826-K1A_4659, 20170908-K1A_6859,20170831-K1A_5297,
> 20170910-K1B_5657
> 
> Generally prefer all the structural ones to the nature closeups -  and you're 
> right, Peg's shot of Gianfranco is really a winner
> 
> Had to pick the one with the cat of course
> 
> ann
> 
> 
> 
>> On 2/19/2018 11:16 PM, Stanley Halpin wrote:
>> Excluding the three images I’ll be submitting to Mark tomorrow, these are my 
>> favorites of my own photography for the year. Except that, what I think may 
>> be the very best of the group, an action shot of Gianfranco in Venice last 
>> summer, was taken not by me but by Meg, not with a Pentax but with a P 
>> Leica. Oh well, at least the Pentax camera strap is somewhat visible…
>> 
>> stan
>> 
>> http://photos.stanhalpin.com/p432135387
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Re: Mac help needed!

2018-02-20 Thread P. J. Alling

Sounds like a hardware failure.  I don't know the answer it depends on 
exactly what part of the hardware failed and when. Recovering the data 
may be expensive, if it's possible at all. It all depends on what 
failed, when, and how.



On 2/20/2018 8:30 AM, Rick Womer wrote:

Herewith the tale of my "AAARG" yesterday:

Setup: Mac Mini running Lightroom 6 and Firefox as the only non-Apple
software, OS 10.11. Lightroom catalogs are on the internal HD, the
photos are on an external HD, and there is a Time Machine backup of
the whole thing on a second external HD (all spinny).

History: Sunday night I was working on some photos that I hope to
submit for The Book, when the system bogged down tremendously—as in
running at slide-rule-and-Morse-code speed. Quitting LR and
re-launching didn’t help; rebooting was s-l-o-w and didn’t help
either. I ran Disk Utility on the photo drive, and got a message
saying there was a problem it couldn’t fix. The backup drive icon
showed up but wouldn’t open. Many experiments and sleep deprivation
ensued. Yesterday morning the drives didn’t even show appear on the
desktop.

Last evening, I ran Disk Utility from the CDs that came with my Mac
Mini (it’s not new!), and it now boots at normal speed. However, it
does not react at all to having external drives plugged in—they don’t
show up on the desktop, even though About This Mac System
Information/Hardware/Firewire shows that they're connected.

Two external drives are now connected to my MBP, and are working
normally. The photo drive shows up on my MBP, but won't open, and Disk
Utility tells me (in red) that it can't be un-mounted in order to be
repaired.

What’s going on? What can I do about it?

Rick



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Re: GESO: My favorites - 2017



A very nice collection!
My favorite of these is probably the shot of (I am guessing) Venice -
with the busy "river/channel"-street and buildings. This one looks like a 
classic painting (4659).
(The second one, 4474, with the small channel and reflections is also 
nice)


After that, the blue-dome church hanging over the sea (I am guessing also 
from Italy. - Amalfi coast?), the cat, and the yaht.


I thought that 5199 could be used on the election day with the title:
"Have you voted?!"


Igor


On Mon, Feb 19, 2018 at 11:16 PM, Stanley Halpin wrote:


Excluding the three images I’ll be submitting to Mark tomorrow, these are
my favorites of my own photography for the year. Except that, what think
may be the very best of the group, an action shot of Gianfranco in Venice
last summer, was taken not by me but by Meg, not with a Pentax but with a
P Leica. Oh well, at least the Pentax camera strap is somewhat visible…

stan

http://photos.stanhalpin.com/p432135387


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Re: GESO: Cheetahs


the third one, of the two strolling across the road , I like best.
A tight crop of the first might make a nice portrait shot...

ann

On 2/20/2018 8:51 AM, Alan C wrote:
Today, a grey day, we went to Letaba for brunch. About 15km before the 
camp we came across an adult female Cheetah sitting at the side of the 
road, totally unfazed by the car (1st Image). Then 3 large cubs, at 
least 1 a male,  slowly appeared out of the Mopane scrub behind her 
(scroll R for 2 images of these). Unfortunately, a car approaching 
from the other side spooked them & they all run off into the bush. 
This was a very unusual sighting as Cheetahs are mostly solitary. The 
cubs are obviously big enough to go off on their own. There has been 
some rain but the grass hasn't grown much yet.


https://www.flickr.com/photos/wisselstroom/40380343181/

K5 with the Sigma 170-500 DG

Alan C






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Re: GESO: My favorites - 2017


cf my comments, Bruce :-)

ann

On 2/20/2018 8:27 AM, Bruce Walker wrote:

You have a fine eye for architecture and cityscapes, Stan. I love the
HCB moment from Meg, but my fave is the calico cat and the urn. :)


On Mon, Feb 19, 2018 at 11:16 PM, Stanley Halpin
 wrote:

Excluding the three images I’ll be submitting to Mark tomorrow, these are my 
favorites of my own photography for the year. Except that, what I think may be the 
very best of the group, an action shot of Gianfranco in Venice last summer, was 
taken not by me but by Meg, not with a Pentax but with a P Leica. Oh well, at 
least the Pentax camera strap is somewhat visible…

stan

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Re: GESO: My favorites - 2017

such a good set!   eager to see what you submitted to the book if you 
chose something other than three of these!


particularly like ..

20170826-K1A_4659, 20170908-K1A_6859,20170831-K1A_5297,
20170910-K1B_5657

Generally prefer all the structural ones to the nature closeups -  and 
you're right, Peg's shot of Gianfranco is really a winner


Had to pick the one with the cat of course

ann



On 2/19/2018 11:16 PM, Stanley Halpin wrote:

Excluding the three images I’ll be submitting to Mark tomorrow, these are my 
favorites of my own photography for the year. Except that, what I think may be the 
very best of the group, an action shot of Gianfranco in Venice last summer, was 
taken not by me but by Meg, not with a Pentax but with a P Leica. Oh well, at 
least the Pentax camera strap is somewhat visible…

stan

http://photos.stanhalpin.com/p432135387



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