PESO (2): triangles and tawny coster

[Subash Jeyan]

two from this morning, a moth called triangles and a butterfly called
tawny coster:

http://something-feathered.in/2018/09/13/triangles-and-tawny-coster/

k-x and fa 100/2.8 macro.

comments, if any, are appreciated.

~subash

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Re: PESO - Shingleback

[Brian Walters]

Thanks for those comments, Igor

That was a great day we had with you, Jane & Rob - can't believe it was 8 years
ago!

We also have turtles that have to be rescued from roads - not often, fortunately
although with the current very dry conditions we're experiencing it could be
more common this year as they try to find new water holes.

Thanks to everyone else who looked and commented.


Cheers, Brian

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> On 13 September 2018 at 03:40 Igor PDML-StR  wrote:
> 
> 
> 
> That's a very interesting creature. It looks like a young, unopened pine 
> cone, or rather that from a "cedar pine" (in which pine nuts are found).
> Thanks for sharing it with us, Brian!
> 
> 
> There are some very interesting animals in your "neck of the woods".
> We still have very fond memories from the visit to your continent, and 
> especially from the tours that you and Rob gave to us and the interaction 
> with all of you (and your wife).
> 
> One of the most vividly remembered encounters was in the stones near 
> the ocean with yet another lizard (was that a monitor?) that was just 
> about a meter away from me when I was trying to photograph it. I believe 
> it was Rob who photographed me photographing that lizard.
> Unfortunately, the photographs I took then are on the older computer. I've 
> shown some of them in my class, but I've never posted them on the web.
> 
> 
> 
> We also have armored creatures in our area, what I call "armored rats": 
> armadillos. Most of the time I see them as a road kill, but I've seen them 
> a few times crossing the road or running through the front yard.
> So, they don't sunbath (or even moonshine) on the road.
> 
> 
> I feel for you and your efforts of removing these creatures from the 
> road.
> We have turtles that frequently cross the road in our subdivision. We have 
> two ponds on two sides of the road, and a lot of time water turtles that 
> live in these ponds cross the road. One of the problems is that often they 
> have hard time climbing onto the curbstone once they cross the road. And 
> then they get stuck. Over the years, I've removed plenty of them from the 
> pavement.
> 
> 
> But on two occasions, I've helped to small land-dwelling, 
> what I'd call "prairie"- (or desert-?) type turtles on 
> the road as well (just within some 100-200 meters from that ponds area).
> They are either "Emydidae":  desert or ornate box turtles (most likely)
> http://www.texasturtles.org/Emydidae.html
>   or Texas tortoise: 
> http://www.texasturtles.org/Gopherus_berlandieri.html
> 
> 
> I've also seen a few places with a massive turtle crossing on a 
> relatively major, high-speed highway. That's where it also becomes a 
> potential road hazard.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Igor
> 
> 
> 
> Brian Walters Wed, 12 Sep 2018 04:51:02 -0700 wrote:
> 
> I haven't PESOed for quite a while...
> 
> Shinglebacks - I love these guys.  They are the most endearing creatures 
> but they have the unfortunate habit of deciding that the warm bitumen of 
> country roads is a great place to soak up heat - with predictable 
> consequences.  I often stop and move them off to a safer location but they 
> don't always appreciate my efforts.  One or two have even peed on me :-)
> 
> 
> Not a great photo but maybe a creature many of you wouldn't have seen 
> before. I
> hope this link works...
> https://www.dropbox.com/s/0zw37k6rf1cshdc/shingleback.jpg
> 
> 
> Cheers
> Brian
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PESO - Autumn colours has arrived

[Jostein]

Well... To some extent...

https://www.flickr.com/photos/alunfoto/43733932115/in/dateposted-public/

Jostein

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Re: PESO - Shingleback

[Bob W-PDML]

They're very good with machine-guns though.

> On 12 Sep 2018, at 20:43, John  wrote:
> 
> Appears to be one of the few native Australian species that is neither 
> poisonous nor venomous.
> 
>> On 9/12/2018 07:49, Brian Walters wrote:
>> I haven't PESOed for quite a while...
>> Shinglebacks - I love these guys.  They are the most endearing creatures but
>> they have the unfortunate habit of deciding that the warm bitumen of country
>> roads is a great place to soak up heat - with predictable consequences.  I 
>> often
>> stop and move them off to a safer location but they don't always appreciate 
>> my
>> efforts.  One or two have even peed on me :-)
>> Not a great photo but maybe a creature many of you wouldn't have seen 
>> before. I
>> hope this link works...
>> https://www.dropbox.com/s/0zw37k6rf1cshdc/shingleback.jpg
>> Cheers
>> Brian
> 
> 

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Re: PESO - Shingleback

[John]

Appears to be one of the few native Australian species that is neither poisonous 
nor venomous.


On 9/12/2018 07:49, Brian Walters wrote:

I haven't PESOed for quite a while...

Shinglebacks - I love these guys.  They are the most endearing creatures but
they have the unfortunate habit of deciding that the warm bitumen of country
roads is a great place to soak up heat - with predictable consequences.  I often
stop and move them off to a safer location but they don't always appreciate my
efforts.  One or two have even peed on me :-)

Not a great photo but maybe a creature many of you wouldn't have seen before. I
hope this link works...
https://www.dropbox.com/s/0zw37k6rf1cshdc/shingleback.jpg


Cheers
Brian




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Re: OT: Florence

[John]

I'm expecting it to be more like the Big Bad Wolf and the little piggy living in 
the "house of sticks".


Looks like the mandatory evacuations are starting to affect some inland 
counties. If I-40 hasn't been switched to all westbound traffic already, it will 
be soon.


This is the first major hurricane to hit North Carolina since I retired from the 
National Guard. Feels kind of weird to not be on standby, waiting for the call 
to report for duty.



On 9/12/2018 14:55, Igor PDML-StR wrote:



Good luck, John!
Those hurricanes ain't fun.

We've lived through a few major ones here, in TX, but we are some 100 miles 
inland.
  My cousin lives NE of Wilmington, along US-17.
He is out of town, and he is scheduled to fly back on Sunday, coming back from a 
long trip. At this point, he is not sure if he'd be able to, and what he'd find 
at his house.



Speaking of "loosing [your] roof", - in several Eastern European cultures, when 
someone's "roof was blown off" or "roof slid off" that means he/she lost his 
mind/head, went cuckoo.
  Also, "[my] roof is sliding off" often means that I am overwhelmed with all 
the problems I am dealing with.


So, stay safe cool and keep your roof intact! :)

Cheers,

Igor






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Re: PESO - Shingleback

[Igor PDML-StR]

That's what I thought too.
That's the pushmi-pullyu.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Doctor_Dolittle_characters#The_Pushmi-pullyu 
:-)


Igor



Daniel J. Matyola Wed, 12 Sep 2018 12:09:13 -0700 wrote:

Hard to tell which end is the head and which the tail.  
Excellent image.


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


On Wed, Sep 12, 2018 at 7:50 AM Brian Walters 
wrote:


I haven't PESOed for quite a while...

Shinglebacks - I love these guys.  They are the most endearing creatures 
but they have the unfortunate habit of deciding that the warm bitumen of 
country roads is a great place to soak up heat - with predictable 
consequences.  I often stop and move them off to a safer location but 
they don't always appreciate my efforts.  One or two have even peed on 
me :-)


Not a great photo but maybe a creature many of you wouldn't have seen 
before. I hope this link works... 
https://www.dropbox.com/s/0zw37k6rf1cshdc/shingleback.jpg



Cheers
Brian


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Re: OT: Florence

[John]

My intent is to hunker down here unless there is an urgent need to go help 
family/friends.


I've been through this a few times before. I have a pretty good idea where the 
flooding will be & I have routes planned out to avoid it if I do have to go out.


I've been in this house through five hurricanes* that affected the Triangle 
area. Only Fran did any major damage. I'm expecting wind & rain damage to my 
roof similar to what Fran did, and I expect the power to go out and not be 
restored for several days.



On 9/11/2018 20:24, Stan Halpin wrote:

If you venture out, avoid flooded roads! From the sound of things, you’ll be
without power and internet for a while. Let us know when you have
connectivity again. Stan

Sent from my iPad




*Diana, Hugo, Fran, Dennis & Floyd ... and maybe two more (Isabel & Frances) 
that came while I was mobilized for Iraq. Didn't notice any damage when I got 
home, but I think they did pass through the area while I was gone.


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send my reply.


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Re: PESO - Shingleback

[Daniel J. Matyola]

Hard to tell which end is the head and which the tail.  
Excellent image.

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


On Wed, Sep 12, 2018 at 7:50 AM Brian Walters 
wrote:

> I haven't PESOed for quite a while...
>
> Shinglebacks - I love these guys.  They are the most endearing creatures
> but
> they have the unfortunate habit of deciding that the warm bitumen of
> country
> roads is a great place to soak up heat - with predictable consequences.  I
> often
> stop and move them off to a safer location but they don't always
> appreciate my
> efforts.  One or two have even peed on me :-)
>
> Not a great photo but maybe a creature many of you wouldn't have seen
> before. I
> hope this link works...
> https://www.dropbox.com/s/0zw37k6rf1cshdc/shingleback.jpg
>
>
> Cheers
> Brian
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Re: OT: Florence

[Igor PDML-StR]

Good luck, John!
Those hurricanes ain't fun.

We've lived through a few major ones here, in TX, but we are some 100 
miles inland.

 My cousin lives NE of Wilmington, along US-17.
He is out of town, and he is scheduled to fly back on Sunday, coming back 
from a long trip. At this point, he is not sure if he'd be able to, and 
what he'd find at his house.



Speaking of "loosing [your] roof", - in several Eastern European cultures, 
when someone's "roof was blown off" or "roof slid off" that means he/she 
lost his mind/head, went cuckoo.
 Also, "[my] roof is sliding off" often means that I am overwhelmed with 
all the problems I am dealing with.


So, stay safe cool and keep your roof intact! :)

Cheers,

Igor




John Mon, 10 Sep 2018 20:24:01 -0700 wrote:

Up to Category 4 this afternoon. Current predicted track is straight up 
I-40 from Wilmington. AFAIK, the only Cat 4 storm to hit NC was Hazel in 
1954.



Florence is more or less on the same predicted track as Fran back in 1996 
(and Hazel in 1954 although there was no I-40 back then).



Hugo was Cat 4 when it made landfall at Charleston, SC. I've seen some 
reports Florence may reach Cat 5 before it hits. We've never had a Cat 5 
here AFAIK. Hurricane Floyd was Cat 2 when it hit (September 16), but it 
stalled and dropped 19 inches of rain on top of the 15 inches of rain from 
Dennis (September 4)



I have my generator gassed up, so I should be able to keep my refrigerator 
going. I've got 5 gallons of water and my chain-saw is gassed up. I've got 
my camp stove with 3 bottles of gas so I think I'll be able to feed 
myself.



If the power goes out I won't have internet, so if you don't hear from me 
for a while you'll know why.



It ain't lookin' good. I hope I don't lose my roof again.

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Re: A Yankee in the Court of Queen Elizabeth

[Chris Mitchell]

Lovely set. Sorry I couldn't make it this time.

Chris

On Mon, 10 Sep 2018, 18:17 Bob W-PDML,  wrote:

> ...or, Godfrey Does Greenwich
>
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Re: PESO - Shingleback

[Igor PDML-StR]

That's a very interesting creature. It looks like a young, unopened pine 
cone, or rather that from a "cedar pine" (in which pine nuts are found).

Thanks for sharing it with us, Brian!


There are some very interesting animals in your "neck of the woods".
We still have very fond memories from the visit to your continent, and 
especially from the tours that you and Rob gave to us and the interaction 
with all of you (and your wife).


One of the most vividly remembered encounters was in the stones near 
the ocean with yet another lizard (was that a monitor?) that was just 
about a meter away from me when I was trying to photograph it. I believe 
it was Rob who photographed me photographing that lizard.
Unfortunately, the photographs I took then are on the older computer. I've 
shown some of them in my class, but I've never posted them on the web.




We also have armored creatures in our area, what I call "armored rats": 
armadillos. Most of the time I see them as a road kill, but I've seen them 
a few times crossing the road or running through the front yard.

So, they don't sunbath (or even moonshine) on the road.


I feel for you and your efforts of removing these creatures from the 
road.
We have turtles that frequently cross the road in our subdivision. We have 
two ponds on two sides of the road, and a lot of time water turtles that 
live in these ponds cross the road. One of the problems is that often they 
have hard time climbing onto the curbstone once they cross the road. And 
then they get stuck. Over the years, I've removed plenty of them from the 
pavement.



But on two occasions, I've helped to small land-dwelling, 
what I'd call "prairie"- (or desert-?) type turtles on 
the road as well (just within some 100-200 meters from that ponds area).

They are either "Emydidae":  desert or ornate box turtles (most likely)
http://www.texasturtles.org/Emydidae.html
 or Texas tortoise: 
http://www.texasturtles.org/Gopherus_berlandieri.html



I've also seen a few places with a massive turtle crossing on a 
relatively major, high-speed highway. That's where it also becomes a 
potential road hazard.


Cheers,

Igor



Brian Walters Wed, 12 Sep 2018 04:51:02 -0700 wrote:

I haven't PESOed for quite a while...

Shinglebacks - I love these guys.  They are the most endearing creatures 
but they have the unfortunate habit of deciding that the warm bitumen of 
country roads is a great place to soak up heat - with predictable 
consequences.  I often stop and move them off to a safer location but they 
don't always appreciate my efforts.  One or two have even peed on me :-)



Not a great photo but maybe a creature many of you wouldn't have seen 
before. I

hope this link works...
https://www.dropbox.com/s/0zw37k6rf1cshdc/shingleback.jpg


Cheers
Brian

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Re: It seems that metal prints sell

[Ken Waller]

I agree their software is clunky but I'v had very good experiences with their 
customer service people.

-Original Message-
>From: Larry Colen Subject: Re: It seems that metal prints sell
>
>
>
>Ken Waller wrote on 9/11/18 5:09 PM:
>> I've had a number of my images done by Bay Photo put on metal plates and 
>> I think that medium has a lot going for it.
>
>There is also the nice detail that they can be more easily cleaned than 
>many other surfaces.
>
>> On the wall they float about 1/2" from the wall and have a modern feel 
>> to them. With the conventional print in a frame you have the added task 
>> of picking a mat, frame and glass which must add to the image or you 
>> stand the chance of a potential buyer liking the image but not the 
>> frame, mat etc.
>> 
>> Plus I think your profit margin can be higher since you're not paying 
>> for those frames, mats etc.
>
>Metal prints are not only a lot cheaper than frames and mounting, when 
>photos are sold in the frames both the photo and the frame need to work 
>with where the potential customer wants to hang them. When conventional 
>prints are sold without a frame, then the customer doesn't want to deal 
>with the cost and bother of getting them framed.
>
>> 
>> I normally wait for Bay Photo's special sales on the metal prints for 
>> added savings.
>
>The Bay Roes software is impressively bad.  Not as bad as Apple 
>"photos", but it has a tremendous amount of suck.  I ended up spacing 
>out and forgetting to make sure that two of my prints were ordered in 
>vertical format. I was able to make them work for my party. I saw two 
>possibilities to fix them. I could drill a new hole in the back plate, 
>or I could cut the old one off and remount it.  As it turns out, on 
>Monday I was working at Bay (vendor, not employee, installing some 
>network cable). At one point I took my prints up to the metal prints 
>section to ask them how hard it would be to remove and remount the 
>backing, and they just reprinted them for me.
>
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Re: PESO - Shingleback

[Alan C]

Sad but true. Man of our lizards do the same. I've seen the Shinglebacks 
on those Aus. Border Control programmes.


Alan C

On 12-Sep-18 01:49 PM, Brian Walters wrote:

I haven't PESOed for quite a while...

Shinglebacks - I love these guys.  They are the most endearing creatures but
they have the unfortunate habit of deciding that the warm bitumen of country
roads is a great place to soak up heat - with predictable consequences.  I often
stop and move them off to a safer location but they don't always appreciate my
efforts.  One or two have even peed on me :-)

Not a great photo but maybe a creature many of you wouldn't have seen before. I
hope this link works...
https://www.dropbox.com/s/0zw37k6rf1cshdc/shingleback.jpg


Cheers
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Re: PESO 2018 - Wood - GDG

[Godfrey DiGiorgi]

Thank you both for the compliments! 

Sorry to hear about the cold, Bob! I hope you're feeling better today. The 
parakeets would be fun ... In one of the neighborhoods I lived in, there was a 
flock of midget parrots that did the "fly around and sqawk a lot" thing: it was 
great! 

Jack: It is a hand held shot, just holding the camera steady. There's not much 
from where I was shooting to use as a support. 

G




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> On Sep 12, 2018, at 9:07 AM, Jack Davis  wrote:
> 
> Excellent depth, Godfrey!
> Tripod or random support?
> J
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
>> On Sep 12, 2018, at 5:39 AM, Bob W-PDML  wrote:
>> 
>> That's very nice indeed. 
>> 
>> Yesterday (and today) I took the day off work because my cold got so much 
>> worse. I went for a walk around the perimeter of the park, then up and down 
>> each of the hills and through the centre, including that area. It really is 
>> a wonderful place on an early autumn day without too many tourists. In the 
>> Observatory garden there was a flock of maybe twenty parakeets flying round 
>> in raucous circles.
>> 
>>> On 11 Sep 2018, at 11:13, Godfrey DiGiorgi  wrote:
>>> 
>>> Below the observatory and behind the Maritime Museum in Greenwich, there's 
>>> a big green parkland with tree lined paths along it until you get into the 
>>> climb up the hill...
>>> 
>>> https://flic.kr/p/2aYkXak
>> 

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Re: PESO 2018 - Wood - GDG

[Jack Davis]

Excellent depth, Godfrey!
Tripod or random support?
J
Sent from my iPhone

> On Sep 12, 2018, at 5:39 AM, Bob W-PDML  wrote:
> 
> That's very nice indeed. 
> 
> Yesterday (and today) I took the day off work because my cold got so much 
> worse. I went for a walk around the perimeter of the park, then up and down 
> each of the hills and through the centre, including that area. It really is a 
> wonderful place on an early autumn day without too many tourists. In the 
> Observatory garden there was a flock of maybe twenty parakeets flying round 
> in raucous circles.
> 
>> On 11 Sep 2018, at 11:13, Godfrey DiGiorgi  wrote:
>> 
>> Below the observatory and behind the Maritime Museum in Greenwich, there's a 
>> big green parkland with tree lined paths along it until you get into the 
>> climb up the hill...
>> 
>> https://flic.kr/p/2aYkXak
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Re: PESO 2018 - Wood - GDG

[Bob W-PDML]

That's very nice indeed. 

Yesterday (and today) I took the day off work because my cold got so much 
worse. I went for a walk around the perimeter of the park, then up and down 
each of the hills and through the centre, including that area. It really is a 
wonderful place on an early autumn day without too many tourists. In the 
Observatory garden there was a flock of maybe twenty parakeets flying round in 
raucous circles.

> On 11 Sep 2018, at 11:13, Godfrey DiGiorgi  wrote:
> 
> Below the observatory and behind the Maritime Museum in Greenwich, there's a 
> big green parkland with tree lined paths along it until you get into the 
> climb up the hill...
> 
> https://flic.kr/p/2aYkXak
> 
> 

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Re: PESO - River Thames

[Igor PDML-StR]

What I am talking about would reduce the white space and actually 
might make the photo appear larger on the phone screen.

Although that might depend on how the mobile browser deals with that.

But if you have one of the phones with a humongous screen and 
incomprehensible screen resolution (iPhone X has 2436x1125), then
the situation could be different... But even in that case this much white 
space around the photo is not needed, IMHO.


Igor


Re: PESO - River Thames

Paul Stenquist Wed, 12 Sep 2018 03:43:57 -0700 wrote:

The shot is centered on my phone and looks good. Fits the screen with room 
to spare. Any smaller and it would be a postage stamp,



Paul

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Re: PESO - Shingleback

[Jack Davis]

Dropbox image finally appeared
after several attempts.
Not a familiar critter.
Your efforts on their behalf are
more than generous!
J
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> On Sep 12, 2018, at 4:49 AM, Brian Walters  wrote:
> 
> I haven't PESOed for quite a while...
> 
> Shinglebacks - I love these guys.  They are the most endearing creatures but
> they have the unfortunate habit of deciding that the warm bitumen of country
> roads is a great place to soak up heat - with predictable consequences.  I 
> often
> stop and move them off to a safer location but they don't always appreciate my
> efforts.  One or two have even peed on me :-) 
> 
> Not a great photo but maybe a creature many of you wouldn't have seen before. 
> I
> hope this link works...
> https://www.dropbox.com/s/0zw37k6rf1cshdc/shingleback.jpg
> 
> 
> Cheers
> Brian
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PESO - Shingleback

[Brian Walters]

I haven't PESOed for quite a while...

Shinglebacks - I love these guys.  They are the most endearing creatures but
they have the unfortunate habit of deciding that the warm bitumen of country
roads is a great place to soak up heat - with predictable consequences.  I often
stop and move them off to a safer location but they don't always appreciate my
efforts.  One or two have even peed on me :-) 

Not a great photo but maybe a creature many of you wouldn't have seen before. I
hope this link works...
https://www.dropbox.com/s/0zw37k6rf1cshdc/shingleback.jpg


Cheers
Brian

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Re: PESO: 8 butterflies & 2 moths

[Jack Davis]

Thanks for "clarification" Henk.
"Monarch" still seams an appropriate
reference.(?)

J

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> On Sep 11, 2018, at 10:45 PM, Henk Terhell  wrote:
> 
> Reading from wikipedia:
> 
> Danaus genutia, the common tiger, is one of the common butterflies of India. 
> It belongs to the "crows and tigers", that is, the Danainae group of the 
> brush-footed butterflies family. The butterfly is also called striped tiger 
> in India to differentiate it from the equally common plain tiger, Danaus 
> chrysippus_._
> 
> Henk
> 
> Op 2018-09-12 om 06:41 schreef Alan C:
>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danaus_(genus)
>> 
>> Alan C
>> 
>>> On 12-Sep-18 04:14 AM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote:
>>> Subash identifies it in his image caption as a "striped tiger."
>>> 
>>> https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/sp/699/Danaus-genutia
>>> 
>>> Like the Monarch, it belongs to the genus Danaus.
>>> 
>>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monarch_butterfly
>>> 
>>> Dan Matyola
>>> http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola
>>> 
>>> 
 On Tue, Sep 11, 2018 at 9:25 PM Jack Davis  wrote:
 
 I agree with my wife, of course, but
 we're both open to your further considered opinion.
 J
 
 Sent from my iPhone
 
>> On Sep 11, 2018, at 4:52 PM, Daniel J. Matyola 
> wrote:
> I believe it is not a Monarch, but a related species, perhaps yellow
 tiger
> stripe.
> 
> Dan Matyola
> http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola
> 
> 
>> On Tue, Sep 11, 2018 at 12:20 PM Jack Davis 
 wrote:
>> My choice, strictly from the standpoint of years of familiarity,
>> the Monarch.
>> J
>> Sent from my iPhone
>> 
>>> On Sep 10, 2018, at 4:17 AM, Jack Davis  wrote:
>>> 
>>> Well caught collection, Subash!
>>> 
>>> J
>>> 
>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>> 
 On Sep 9, 2018, at 9:52 PM, Subash Jeyan  wrote:
 
 three of us had gone to veedur dam near chennai in the hopes of seeing
 raptors. we just managed to sight one short-towed snake eagle flying
 high above. but had plenty of luck with butterflies though :)
 http://something-feathered.in/2018/09/10/8-butterflies-and-2-of-moths/
 gear: k5iis and the da 50-200 WR. a couple of them with the sigma
 150-500...
 
 comments welcome.
 
 ~subash
 
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Re: PESO - River Thames

[Paul Stenquist]

The shot is centered on my phone and looks good. Fits the screen with room to 
spare. Any smaller and it would be a postage stamp,

Paul

> On Sep 11, 2018, at 10:07 AM, Igor PDML-StR  wrote:
> 
> 
> 
> The funny highlight of the shot is the white bird head peeking from its 
> shelter. I am not sure if it was trying to take a peek or to photo-bomb
> your otherwise "classic" tranquil image.
> Did Godfrey work as the "trap" for it?
> 
> 
> BTW, the webpage layout is a bit annoying: it has this empty white space on 
> the left, requiring to scroll the page to the right to see the photograph. 
> There is some weird table structure in the webpage design that forcing that 
> empty space. (I am vaguely remembering that I may have commented on that 
> earlier. If so, - I am sorry for repeating it.)
> 
> 
> As for "Thames", that often brings up this old joke that I remember
> since my childhood:
> (Being lazy to type it up, I've found this, slightly different but very 
> similar version on the Internet)
> 
> The Master of the house is comfortably installed in an armchair in the 
> library, reading a newspaper. Suddenly, John, his butler rips the door open 
> and shouts, "Sir, the Thames is flooding the streets!" The Master looks up 
> calmly from the newspaper and says: "John, please. I have already told you 
> before, if you do have something important to tell me, first knock on the 
> door, then enter and inform me, in a quiet and civilized manner, about the 
> issue. Now please, do so." John apologizes and closes the door behind him. 
> Three seconds later, the Master hears a knock on the door. "Yes?" John 
> partially enters the room and with a gesture one would make when welcoming 
> and ushering in somebody and water flowing over his shoes, he announced, 
> "Sir, the Thames."
> 
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Igor
> 
> 
> Steve Cottrell Mon, 10 Sep 2018 10:39:02 -0700 wrote:
> 
> Had the pleasure of Godfrey's company at the weekend as he arrived for a 
> short visit on his British travels. We managed a little outing on Saturday 
> and enjoyed a walk by the river, here is my offering from the day.
> 
> 
> River Thames, Lechlade 2018
> 
> 
> 
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Re: PESO - River Thames

[Bob W-PDML]

96 is the magic number. Make it so that the long edge is 96 units, eg 960 
pixels, and everything else falls into place. 

> On 12 Sep 2018, at 09:12, Steve Cottrell  wrote:
> 
> Gonna need a bigger screen ;-)
> 
> Thanks mate I will ponder on that and might adjust it accordingly.
> 
> 
> 
> On 11/9/18, Igor PDML-StR, discombobulated, unleashed:
> 
>> 
>> 1600 x 1200 is too large.
>> Even on the screen where I have 1920x1200 resolution, it is very seldom 
>> that I have the browser window open to the full screen, as I usually do 
>> many things in parallel on my computer.
>> My laptop has even smaller screen resolution. So, your 1600 pixels do not 
>> fit in the browser window (and laptop's screen).
>> Instead of the photo being aligned on the left side, there is a huge empty 
>> margin on the left.
>> 
>> Actually, the image itself is 800x800px. So, having that table 1600 px 
>> wide is rather strange.
>> 
>> Here is how your page looks in my browser:
>> http://42graphy.org/cotty/SC-page.jpg
>> 
>> 
>> Overall, my personal opinion is that a photo should be easily visible on 
>> the screen of the targeted audience without scrolling (either vertical or 
>> horizontal).
>> 
>> A lot of people around me are using laptops. Until recently, most laptops 
>> were with XGA screens (1024x768), and then some with the "wide-screen" 
>> aspect 1280x720 or 1280x800.
>> So, I was trying to keep the photos within 900x600 px, to allow for the
>> browser frame, headers, etc.
>> Gradually (and especially since many laptop screens are now 1366x768 or 
>> higher), I've relaxed those to 700x700 for the square format.
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Re: PESO - River Thames

[Steve Cottrell]

Gonna need a bigger screen ;-)

Thanks mate I will ponder on that and might adjust it accordingly.



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>
>1600 x 1200 is too large.
>Even on the screen where I have 1920x1200 resolution, it is very seldom 
>that I have the browser window open to the full screen, as I usually do 
>many things in parallel on my computer.
>My laptop has even smaller screen resolution. So, your 1600 pixels do not 
>fit in the browser window (and laptop's screen).
>Instead of the photo being aligned on the left side, there is a huge empty 
>margin on the left.
>
>Actually, the image itself is 800x800px. So, having that table 1600 px 
>wide is rather strange.
>
>Here is how your page looks in my browser:
>http://42graphy.org/cotty/SC-page.jpg
>
>
>Overall, my personal opinion is that a photo should be easily visible on 
>the screen of the targeted audience without scrolling (either vertical or 
>horizontal).
>
>A lot of people around me are using laptops. Until recently, most laptops 
>were with XGA screens (1024x768), and then some with the "wide-screen" 
>aspect 1280x720 or 1280x800.
>So, I was trying to keep the photos within 900x600 px, to allow for the
>browser frame, headers, etc.
>Gradually (and especially since many laptop screens are now 1366x768 or 
>higher), I've relaxed those to 700x700 for the square format.

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Re: It seems that metal prints sell

[Larry Colen]

ann sanfedele wrote on 9/11/18 6:55 AM:

and -- which ones?


This one was commissioned in 11x14:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/44342980492/in/album-72157700832934925/

Someone saw this on Friday night and wants to buy a copy from me, but I 
haven't heard back from him:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/43703771664/in/album-72157700832934925/

One person is debating between this one:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/28590277587/in/album-72157698738637974/
and this one:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/28590253617/in/album-72157698738637974/

My first 8x24 print of this didn't turn out the way I had hoped, but my 
boss liked it and bought it off me for what I paid. I then reprinted it 
8x24 in this form:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/30524911188/in/album-72157700832934925/
I was showing it off at Worldcon and someone who grew up in Redding (a 
bit North of where this was taken) bought it off me at the con. I now 
have a 12x36 version ofit.


I wasn't completely pleased with how my 8x24 version of this one turned 
out, but another friend bought it off me at my party.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/30524896538/in/album-72157700832934925/


As an aside, my 11x14s arrived from Costco yesterday, and I really like 
the way this one looks on metal:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/44342869282/in/album-72157672927144178/




ann

On 9/11/2018 9:44 AM, Paul Sorenson wrote:

What size are you selling?
On Sep 11, 2018, 9:38 AM -0400, Larry Colen , wrote:

In the past month or so I've sold five metal prints. Granted, not at a
very high percentage profit, but even so, I think that is more paper
prints bigger than 4x6 that I've sold put together.

The format of not needing a frame, combined with metal works well with
eye catching photos seems to make them very sellable.

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Re: It seems that metal prints sell

[Larry Colen]

Ken Waller wrote on 9/11/18 5:09 PM:
I've had a number of my images done by Bay Photo put on metal plates and 
I think that medium has a lot going for it.


There is also the nice detail that they can be more easily cleaned than 
many other surfaces.


On the wall they float about 1/2" from the wall and have a modern feel 
to them. With the conventional print in a frame you have the added task 
of picking a mat, frame and glass which must add to the image or you 
stand the chance of a potential buyer liking the image but not the 
frame, mat etc.


Plus I think your profit margin can be higher since you're not paying 
for those frames, mats etc.


Metal prints are not only a lot cheaper than frames and mounting, when 
photos are sold in the frames both the photo and the frame need to work 
with where the potential customer wants to hang them. When conventional 
prints are sold without a frame, then the customer doesn't want to deal 
with the cost and bother of getting them framed.




I normally wait for Bay Photo's special sales on the metal prints for 
added savings.


The Bay Roes software is impressively bad.  Not as bad as Apple 
"photos", but it has a tremendous amount of suck.  I ended up spacing 
out and forgetting to make sure that two of my prints were ordered in 
vertical format. I was able to make them work for my party. I saw two 
possibilities to fix them. I could drill a new hole in the back plate, 
or I could cut the old one off and remount it.  As it turns out, on 
Monday I was working at Bay (vendor, not employee, installing some 
network cable). At one point I took my prints up to the metal prints 
section to ask them how hard it would be to remove and remount the 
backing, and they just reprinted them for me.


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