Re: September PUG Countdown
Stan Halpin wrote: >Salisbury/Shaftesbury 4-7 October. When you're in Shaftesbury be sure to cycle up Gold Hill with a loaf of Hovis. (Have Ridley Scott film it if possible.) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO x4: Spring Flowers
I really like the lighting, which worked especially well on the rhododendron bud. Very nice series! Rick > On Aug 27, 2019, at 1:06 AM, David Mann wrote: > > It's been several months since I picked up the dslr but our magnolia tree is > going bonkers this year so I wanted to get a couple of pics. While I was out > there I saw a few other opportunities so went back in to get the macro lens. > > Magnolia flower: > http://gallery.multi.net.nz/photo/1066/#peso > > Rhododendron bud: > http://gallery.multi.net.nz/photo/1067/#peso > > Rose Hips (technically not a spring one): > http://gallery.multi.net.nz/photo/1068/#peso > > Helleborus: > http://gallery.multi.net.nz/photo/1069/#peso > I spent a few minutes waiting for a bumblebee to visit this flower, which it > did, but the photos didn't really come out well. > > This time I made a bit more use of the tools in Camera Raw while opening the > files in Photoshop... very pleased with what it could do. > > Cheers, > Dave > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: GESO (6) - Grounds for Sculpture
Thanks, Bob and Dan! > On Aug 28, 2019, at 2:56 PM, Bob Pdml wrote: > > Some lovely photos there > >> On 28 Aug 2019, at 01:53, Rick Womer wrote: >> >> Grounds for Sculpture is a combination outdoor gallery and park in central >> New Jersey, established by Seward Johnson II, of the Johnson & Johnson >> family. We joined our daughter, son, and daughter-in-law there for lunch >> and a walk about the grounds last weekend. >> >> https://rickwomer.smugmug.com/Grounds-for-Sculpture-819/ >> >> All taken with K-5 and DA 17-70. >> >> Comments always appreciated. >> >> rick >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> PDML@pdml.net >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: September PUG Countdown
Salisbury/Shaftesbury 4-7 October. Arriving London on the train from Paris mid-morning on the 4th, making our way to LHR to pick up a rental car, then on down to Dorset. Back to LHR late(?) Monday 7th for an overnight prior to our flight home on the 8th. Sent from my iPad > On Aug 30, 2019, at 7:46 PM, Steve Cottrell wrote: > > On 30/8/19, Stanley Halpin, discombobulated, unleashed: > >> Headed for Europe on Tuesday > > Remind me. London at some point? > > -- > > > Cheers, > Cotty > > > ___/\__UK Shoot / Edit and > || (O) |Live Broadcast News > -- > _ > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: September PUG Countdown
On 30/8/19, Stanley Halpin, discombobulated, unleashed: >Headed for Europe on Tuesday Remind me. London at some point? -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__UK Shoot / Edit and || (O) |Live Broadcast News -- _ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: September PUG Countdown
I "think" I submitted early this month. Not one of my all time favorite shots, but I happened across it as I was reviewing shots from our trip this spring thought it might be interesting. While it had my attention I decided to use the image for my first ever trial of a commercial printed metal print. I got the print yesterday, it looks quite nice! I may try that process again with another image or two. Headed for Europe on Tuesday, planning to try out some different camera & lens combinations. I bought the GRiii and will use that for most of my “wide” shots rather than the 24-70/2.8 on the K-1. Stan > On Aug 30, 2019, at 11:04 AM, ann sanfedele wrote: > > Ok, I'm in. This was a tough one I had to dig through files originally taken > with film. Haven't been to any seashore since 2002. Lazy me, though, I > subnitted one I had already scanned for another purpose :-) > > ann > > On 8/26/2019 6:54 PM, Brian W wrote: >> G'day all >> >> Another slow start this month. One submission so far... >> >> Theme: "Seascapes". >> >> Submit here: http://pug.komkon.org/submit/ >> >> Submission Guidelines here: http://pug.komkon.org/general/autosubmit.html >> >> Cheers >> Brian >> >> ++ >> Brian Walters >> Western Sydney Australia >> http://lyons-ryan.org/southernlight/ >> https://500px.com/supera1000/galleries >> > > -- > ann sanfedele photography > https://annsan.smugmug.com > https://www.cafepress.com/annsanstuff > https://www.lulu.com/spotlight/annsan > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT: What is happening to British Universities?
American universities face many of the same issues. Our biggest problems are the excessive cost of a college education and the amount of debt many students incur via student loans. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Fri, Aug 30, 2019 at 1:00 PM mike wilson wrote: > > > On 25 August 2019 at 11:27 Steve Cottrell wrote: > > > > > > On 25/8/19, mike wilson, discombobulated, unleashed: > > > > >No subscription - no read. Very liberal. > > > > Strange, I had no problem reading it. > > > > Reproduced below... > > > > The UK's reputedly world-class higher education sector has long been a > source of pride and consolation for a diminished power. At first glance, > universities have relentlessly expanded without any reduction in standards. > Since 1990, the number of undergraduate degrees awarded has increased > fivefold, while the proportion of Firsts granted has quadrupled. But this > facade of success masks profound and long-standing problems. In this week's > cover story, Harry Lambert exposes what we call "the great university con". > For decades, successive governments have systematically undermined the > value and prestige of a British degree as education has been forced to > operate under market conditions. > > > > In a 2016 OECD study, which assessed basic skill levels among recent > graduates from 23 countries, England ranked in the bottom third. In spite > of spending about £21,000 per student (more than any country except the > United States), England's skill levels are around three times worse than > the top eight countries (which spend around £15,000 per student). One in > two recent British graduates is not in graduate work, a rate that has > consistently risen since 2001. > > > > > > The purpose of university expansion, pursued by both Conservative and > Labour governments, was once a noble one. Lionel Robbins, a professor at > the London School of Economics, and the author of the 1963 report on higher > education, emphasised that "the standard traditionally attached to the term > 'degree' in this country will be fully maintained". > > > > But it has not been. On 12 July, faced with the number of students > achieving "good honours" - a First or 2:1 - rising from 47 per cent in 1994 > to 79 per cent, Damian Hinds, the former education secretary, emphasised > that "artificial grade inflation is not in anyone's interests". And yet, as > Harry Lambert writes, the "perverse incentives" imposed by the state have > made this a logical outcome. > > > > In common with so many current issues, the origins of today's problems > go back to the market turn of the 1980s. The 1985 Jarratt Report declared > that "universities are first and foremost corporate enterprises" and > inaugurated a trend of continual marketisation. As students were rebranded > as "customers", institutions sought less to test them than to appease them. > Grade inflation - designed to boost universities' league table standing - > has followed. > > > > Subsequent reforms have merely compounded the problem. The decision by > the 2010-15 coalition government largely to abolish direct state funding > for university teaching (replaced by tuition fees of £9,000) introduced a > system in which money "followed the student", creating an additional > incentive to manipulate standards and results. > > > > The British higher education system retains some formidable strengths > and the benefits of a university experience extend far beyond the awarding > of a degree. The stereotype of students as indolent hedonists is undeserved > (indeed, data suggests they have seldom been more abstemious). But grade > inflation and the unqualified expansion of universities should end. For too > long, the higher education sector has allowed its reputation to obscure a > mediocre reality. British students - who now pay the developed world's > highest public university fees - deserve much better. > > > > Nothing to argue with there. In fact, it sums up British education from > nursery upwards. > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT: What is happening to British Universities?
> On 25 August 2019 at 11:27 Steve Cottrell wrote: > > > On 25/8/19, mike wilson, discombobulated, unleashed: > > >No subscription - no read. Very liberal. > > Strange, I had no problem reading it. > > Reproduced below... > > The UK's reputedly world-class higher education sector has long been a source > of pride and consolation for a diminished power. At first glance, > universities have relentlessly expanded without any reduction in standards. > Since 1990, the number of undergraduate degrees awarded has increased > fivefold, while the proportion of Firsts granted has quadrupled. But this > facade of success masks profound and long-standing problems. In this week's > cover story, Harry Lambert exposes what we call "the great university con". > For decades, successive governments have systematically undermined the value > and prestige of a British degree as education has been forced to operate > under market conditions. > > In a 2016 OECD study, which assessed basic skill levels among recent > graduates from 23 countries, England ranked in the bottom third. In spite of > spending about £21,000 per student (more than any country except the United > States), England's skill levels are around three times worse than the top > eight countries (which spend around £15,000 per student). One in two recent > British graduates is not in graduate work, a rate that has consistently risen > since 2001. > > > The purpose of university expansion, pursued by both Conservative and Labour > governments, was once a noble one. Lionel Robbins, a professor at the London > School of Economics, and the author of the 1963 report on higher education, > emphasised that "the standard traditionally attached to the term 'degree' in > this country will be fully maintained". > > But it has not been. On 12 July, faced with the number of students achieving > "good honours" - a First or 2:1 - rising from 47 per cent in 1994 to 79 per > cent, Damian Hinds, the former education secretary, emphasised that > "artificial grade inflation is not in anyone's interests". And yet, as Harry > Lambert writes, the "perverse incentives" imposed by the state have made this > a logical outcome. > > In common with so many current issues, the origins of today's problems go > back to the market turn of the 1980s. The 1985 Jarratt Report declared that > "universities are first and foremost corporate enterprises" and inaugurated a > trend of continual marketisation. As students were rebranded as "customers", > institutions sought less to test them than to appease them. Grade inflation - > designed to boost universities' league table standing - has followed. > > Subsequent reforms have merely compounded the problem. The decision by the > 2010-15 coalition government largely to abolish direct state funding for > university teaching (replaced by tuition fees of £9,000) introduced a system > in which money "followed the student", creating an additional incentive to > manipulate standards and results. > > The British higher education system retains some formidable strengths and the > benefits of a university experience extend far beyond the awarding of a > degree. The stereotype of students as indolent hedonists is undeserved > (indeed, data suggests they have seldom been more abstemious). But grade > inflation and the unqualified expansion of universities should end. For too > long, the higher education sector has allowed its reputation to obscure a > mediocre reality. British students - who now pay the developed world's > highest public university fees - deserve much better. > Nothing to argue with there. In fact, it sums up British education from nursery upwards. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: September PUG Countdown
Ok, I'm in. This was a tough one I had to dig through files originally taken with film. Haven't been to any seashore since 2002. Lazy me, though, I subnitted one I had already scanned for another purpose :-) ann On 8/26/2019 6:54 PM, Brian W wrote: G'day all Another slow start this month. One submission so far... Theme: "Seascapes". Submit here: http://pug.komkon.org/submit/ Submission Guidelines here: http://pug.komkon.org/general/autosubmit.html Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://lyons-ryan.org/southernlight/ https://500px.com/supera1000/galleries -- ann sanfedele photography https://annsan.smugmug.com https://www.cafepress.com/annsanstuff https://www.lulu.com/spotlight/annsan -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT: The Life of Riley
On 8/18/2019 17:24:38, John wrote: ... or to quote William Bendix, "What a revolting development this is!" MY second hard-drive (Drive 'D:') just crashed with no warning. BIOS doesn't recognize it. Dead as a door-nail. Update: I thought I had pretty much recovered everything of importance ... I have an OLD, OLD (1979?) Troy-Bilt SuperTomahawk Chipper/Shredder that I use to chop up tree limbs & other yard waste for composting. It's getting into the time of year I use it the most. Yesterday one of the shaft bearings shredded itself. NO BIGGIE! The bearings were a standard size & design and they're still used today. I've already rebuilt the thing twice, so I won't have any problems replacing the bearing. I've got a whole file full of parts diagrams, manuals and a list of suppliers. I can get the part number & order a new one. Guess where the file with all the part numbers was located. Oh the irony ... and it's not even Monday. -- Science - Questions we may never find answers for. Religion - Answers we must never question. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO: Shaky Bridge
Thanks, John. The bridge was build when the tracks below belonged to the New Jersey Central Railroad Co. When that entity went bankrupt, the tracks were given to NJ Transit, but the latter never took ownership of the bridge. As a result, maintenance has been neglected for decades, as the state, the township, NJ Transit and the Department of transportation argue over who should pay for replacing the bridge. Every day, two commuter trains pass under the bridge is each direction, in addition to occasional freight trains. Most trains on the Raritan Valley line no longer come this far, but turn around in Raritan Borough, a few miles to the east. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Fri, Aug 30, 2019 at 9:27 AM John wrote: > I believe New Jersey has a certain history regarding bridge closures 8^) > > This one looks like it maybe predates the New Jersey Department of > Transportation. I suspect it was built back before the automobile replaced > the > horse & carriage; perfectly adequate in its day, but no match for modern > road > behemoths. > > Nicely documented. Probably end up in the local library's historical > (hysterical?) photos file a hundred years from now. > > On 8/30/2019 04:21:47, Ralf R Radermacher wrote: > > Am 30.08.19 um 06:23 schrieb Daniel J. Matyola: > > > >> I went out look at the closure, and decided it was a bit interesting. > > > > Looks like some makeshift solution after the last one came down... > > > > Ralf > > > > > > -- > Science - Questions we may never find answers for. > Religion - Answers we must never question. > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO: Shaky Bridge
One would think so, but until three weeks ago, this one-lane wooden bridge was used daily by commuters as a link between two US highways. The biggest problem was the fact that trucks would come to the bridge based on their GPS directions, and them have difficulty turning around when they realized they could not cross the bridge. This could cause huge back-ups. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Fri, Aug 30, 2019 at 7:23 AM Paul Stenquist wrote: > A pretty scene, but obviously of another era. > > Paul > > > On Aug 30, 2019, at 1:11 AM, Alan C wrote: > > > > The sides don't look to bad. I suppose the real problem lies in the load > bearing surface? Municipalities can't afford to take risks. > > > > Alan C > > > >> On 30-Aug-19 06:23 AM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: > >> For years there has been an old wooden one-lane bridge in our town over > the > >> NJ TRANSIT tracks. A few weeks ago, the New Jersey Department of > >> Transportation suddenly announced the bridge is in poor condition, > >> requiring an emergency closure. NJT, the state and other entities are > >> arguing over who has the responsibility for repairing or replacing the > >> crossing. In the meantime, traffic is routed through the adjoining > >> neighborhoods. > >> I went out look at the closure, and decided it was a bit interesting. > >> > >> > http://dan-matyola.squarespace.com/danmatyolas-pesos/2019/8/30/shaky-bridge > >> K-5 IIs, DA 18-135 zoom > >> Comments are vid and appreciated. > >> > >> Dan Matyola > >> http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola > > > > > > -- > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > PDML@pdml.net > > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO: Shaky Bridge
I believe New Jersey has a certain history regarding bridge closures 8^) This one looks like it maybe predates the New Jersey Department of Transportation. I suspect it was built back before the automobile replaced the horse & carriage; perfectly adequate in its day, but no match for modern road behemoths. Nicely documented. Probably end up in the local library's historical (hysterical?) photos file a hundred years from now. On 8/30/2019 04:21:47, Ralf R Radermacher wrote: Am 30.08.19 um 06:23 schrieb Daniel J. Matyola: I went out look at the closure, and decided it was a bit interesting. Looks like some makeshift solution after the last one came down... Ralf -- Science - Questions we may never find answers for. Religion - Answers we must never question. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: A party in the the salt marshes of Norfolk
Glad to see you're back! On 8/28/2019 10:16:27, ann sanfedele wrote: Like it. ann On 8/28/2019 3:22 AM, Bob Pdml wrote: Your wish is my command (I think). This should be full size, or as large as LR will render: https://www.icloud.com/sharedalbum/#B0I532ODWGrCKVN The appeal of the scene to me, in addition to the intrinsic weirdness, is the compositional similarity to Dutch landscape paintings, so detail is of lesser importance, but a large-scale painting would of course reveal detail, though not in photographic resolution. I shot it with my Fuji X20, handheld, so it's not of plate-camera quality... On 28 Aug 2019, at 01:56, Rick Womer wrote: I like it, but wish that it was considerably larger so that detail was clearer. Rick On Aug 27, 2019, at 6:47 AM, Bob Pdml wrote: I've been cycle-touring in the east of England this week. Here's a scene we came across on Sunday, in Norfolk: https://www.instagram.com/p/B1qRymSAYA0/?igshid=155gygutf6ijf -- Science - Questions we may never find answers for. Religion - Answers we must never question. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO: Shaky Bridge
A pretty scene, but obviously of another era. Paul > On Aug 30, 2019, at 1:11 AM, Alan C wrote: > > The sides don't look to bad. I suppose the real problem lies in the load > bearing surface? Municipalities can't afford to take risks. > > Alan C > >> On 30-Aug-19 06:23 AM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: >> For years there has been an old wooden one-lane bridge in our town over the >> NJ TRANSIT tracks. A few weeks ago, the New Jersey Department of >> Transportation suddenly announced the bridge is in poor condition, >> requiring an emergency closure. NJT, the state and other entities are >> arguing over who has the responsibility for repairing or replacing the >> crossing. In the meantime, traffic is routed through the adjoining >> neighborhoods. >> I went out look at the closure, and decided it was a bit interesting. >> >> http://dan-matyola.squarespace.com/danmatyolas-pesos/2019/8/30/shaky-bridge >> K-5 IIs, DA 18-135 zoom >> Comments are vid and appreciated. >> >> Dan Matyola >> http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO: Shaky Bridge
Am 30.08.19 um 06:23 schrieb Daniel J. Matyola: I went out look at the closure, and decided it was a bit interesting. Looks like some makeshift solution after the last one came down... Ralf -- Ralf R. Radermacher - Köln/Cologne, Germany Blog : http://the-real-fotoralf.blogspot.com Audio : http://aporee.org/maps/projects/fotoralf Web : http://www.fotoralf.de -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
