Re: GESO - The Usual Suspects (Chicago)

ROTFL. Great stuff, Tom. Jostein 2010/5/12 Tom C caka...@gmail.com: After pizza Saturday evening we fell out of the joint and took up a huge amount of sidewalk space blocking egress into the restaurant momentarily. It was time to get out the DA 14/2.8. The ladies always remember me, first

Re: The evolution of a photographer

2010/5/13 Fernando fer.p...@gmail.com: Some humor: http://www.f1point0.com/2010/04/19/the-evolution-of-a-photographer/ It's been circulated before, iirc, but it's still just as good. Except it's a bit too close to home for comfort... :-) Jostein -- http://www.alunfoto.no/galleri/

Re: Geso: Rogues gallery

I think you did very well, Larry. Great also that you had the presence to shoot this series. Great idea. I too would very much like to have a hires copy when you get around to it. Best, Jostein 2010/5/12 Larry Colen l...@red4est.com: I do not do well at quick photos of people.  At some point I

Re: GESO - Quality Human Hair

2010/5/10 Doug Brewer d...@alphoto.com: http://www.alphoto.com/images/chicago2010/ Most of these will not survive a more serious cull, but right now they don't make me spew. Me neither, Doug. The gallery as a whole made me smile. Some of them are really nice too. Admire your eye for

Re: Jetlagged babble

Guys, I begin to think you are a bunch of Eplekjekke Små Nappetasser. Jostein 2010/5/13 Boris Liberman bori...@gmail.com: I think the right term is forbudt. On 5/13/2010 3:35 PM, mike wilson wrote: Miserere wrote: On 12 May 2010 00:50, mike wilson m.9.wil...@ntlworld.com wrote:

Re: In Praise of the Augenblick Gallery and Christine

I would like to subscribe to every one of Bob's words. A big round for Christine! Jostein 2010/5/13 Bob Sullivan rf.sulli...@gmail.com: I'm finally recovering from the weekend and starting to be able to walk and chew gum at the same time.  Boris and Jostein arrived Thursday and stayed with us

Re: I'll collect the Chicago GESOs PESOs

I'll give you some starting help: Karen Mitchell: http://www.mitch.myzen.co.uk/GalleryNight/ Sasha: http://flickriver.com/photos/sobol/tags/chicago/ Tom C: http://photo.net/photodb/folder?folder_id=967136 Bill Robb: http://users.accesscomm.ca/wrobb/pictures/gesos/chicago/index.html Cotty's

The Chicago Event

Dear gang, The Chicago Event was fantastic. I too have some shots I'd like to share, but that will have to wait until I have time to process the images. Hopefully tomorrow; ascension day is public holiday in Norway. Bob and Lynn Sullivan took very good care of both Boris and me throughout. I'm

Re: JetLag 0, Boris 1

My flight out of Chicago was 16:25. Losing seven hours on the way, it meant I landed in Oslo around 9:30 in the morning, and hit home one hour later. Didn't sleep much on the plane this time; partly due to good company in the neighbour seat. I too forced myself to stay active all day and had a

Re: JetLag 0, Boris 1

2010/5/12 Miserere miser...@gmail.com: On 12 May 2010 10:15, AlunFoto alunf...@gmail.com wrote: Wow, what did I miss? Oh, this was Sunday, not Saturday. Poor Larry, did someone tell him not to post? C'mon Larry! Post the hell out of the PDML! A bad case of foot in mouth disease on my part

Re: My Chicago photos (slide show with music, pre alpha)

Boris, how big is the file? Jostein 2010/5/12 Boris Liberman bori...@gmail.com: Hi! Presently it contains 54 photos and music Paintings by Space. I still need to work on it make it fit the length of a sound track, however if you want to get a sense of what the final version will contain

Jetlagged babble

Hi gang, just popping my head up to say I'm home, tired, and full of nice memories. Thanks to all of you who made the exhibition happen, and to Bob and Lynn Sullivan in particular for taking me in. My task for today will be to stay awake as long as possible towards normal bedtime, so I'll use the

Re: Lucky devils...

2010/5/7 Bertil Holmberg bertilholmb...@telia.com: I know many of you would like to be in their shoes ;-) http://en.akihabaranews.com/45646/in-da-house-3/in-da-house-pentax-645d-medium-format Congratulations to them! :-) Now let the Japanese users smoke out the worst bugs, then have them

Re: Leaving for Chicago

thanks for all the good wishes, folks. Had a pleasant flight across the Atlantic; I slept most of the way. Bob and Boris picked me up at the airport, and we are well installed at Bob's house. Cheers, Jostein -- http://www.alunfoto.no/galleri/ http://alunfoto.blogspot.com -- PDML

Re: Leaving for Chicago

thanks for all the good wishes, folks. Had a pleasant flight across the Atlantic; I slept most of the way. Bob and Boris picked me up at the airport, and we are well installed at Bob's house. Cheers, Jostein -- http://www.alunfoto.no/galleri/ http://alunfoto.blogspot.com -- PDML

Re: Chicago Double Whammy

2010/5/7 frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com: On Thu, May 6, 2010 at 9:01 AM, Cotty cotty...@mac.com wrote: Party at Pauls! Party at Pauls! :) Will Norm be there? He can dial in, can't he? :-) -- http://www.alunfoto.no/galleri/ http://alunfoto.blogspot.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss

Re: Tripods that fit in carry on

Wow, that's impressing. But still, it's a little over 29 hours straight, with 7 transfers; one of them including different train stations, and some transfer windows less than half an hour. With due respect for German punctuality, the probability of missing a departure is pretty high. Flight time

Re: Something of interest from his Thomishness

Falk Lumo has posted an article about it on his blog too: http://falklumo.blogspot.com/2010/04/pentax-shake-reduction-revisited.html It's a bit tough on the braincells, but quite interesting. For the math challenged like myself, here's the conclusion: Pentax delivers a capable shake reduction

Re: Exhibit Question - Dress

2010/5/5 David Parsons parsons.da...@gmail.com: That's not really surprising if you understand how camo works.  It's not really designed to hide you, it's designed to break up your pattern while you are moving so it's harder to determine your shape. You see a moving form, but not a distinct

Re: Tripods that fit in carry on

2010/5/5 mike wilson m.9.wil...@ntlworld.com: AlunFoto alunf...@gmail.com wrote: Btw, it goes without saying that the FA* 600/4 will stay at home this time. :-) Cotty reckons to have it fully converted by the time you get back. Only if he can get here by train. :-) Jostein -- http

Re: Tripods that fit in carry on

2010/5/5 mike wilson m.9.wil...@ntlworld.com: I never took you for the jaundiced type. 8-) Well I've been known to unload bile in this forum. :-) Have you tried the Deutche Bahn site? Not in the current incarnation, no. What BobW posted was quite impressive, especially since they seem to know

Re: Tripods that fit in carry on

2010/5/5 John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com: From: AlunFoto I thought the Germans were famous ... or was it notorious ... for getting the trains to run on time? There is apparently some global rule concerning train schedules that Germany is the proverbial exception to. Jostein -- http

Leaving for Chicago

Guys and gals, It's well past midnight here, and I'm just about to hit the pillow. My flight leaves Oslo tomorrow at 8:30 Central European DST (zone GMT+1), so I'll be up early to reach the airport and won't have time to check my email, I think. Tonight I held a talk at the local branch of

Re: Tripods that fit in carry on

2010/5/6 Cotty cotty...@mac.com: Stewardess to Cotty: Is that a dirigible in your pocket, sir...? It could be a Good Year for blimps... Mr. Blimps, isn't that the Michelin man? Jostein -- http://www.alunfoto.no/galleri/ http://alunfoto.blogspot.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List

Re: I've been Blurbed....

2010/5/4 mike wilson m.9.wil...@ntlworld.com: Doug Brewer d...@alphoto.com wrote: David J Brooks wrote: which is a lot better than being slimmed, i know. Had a quick look at the book, no obvious printing problems that i can see. There was some incoherent ramblings from some

Re: Tripods that fit in carry on

2010/5/3 Rob Studdert distudio.p...@gmail.com: Can I ask a silly question? I will anyway, why exactly does it need to fit in your carry on? Is that all you intend to take? Why I ask is that I always pack my tripod (carbon Manfrotto) in at the bottom of my check-in luggage and have never had a

Re: Tripods that fit in carry on

2010/5/4 Godfrey DiGiorgi gdigio...@gmail.com: I've been on here since 2004ish, Jeffery. It's just ridiculous enough that I'm loathe to unsubscribe... A. Love you too, Godfrey! :-) Jostein -- http://www.alunfoto.no/galleri/ http://alunfoto.blogspot.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List

Re: Tripods that fit in carry on

2010/5/4 Rob Studdert distudio.p...@gmail.com: You have to excuse Aussies, we don't go anywhere o/s for a couple of days, it's an event. I wouldn't exit Oz for under 3 weeks, it's just not worth the travel time of expense ;-( See your point. One could just as well regard Europe to be the

Re: GESO - First Chicago shots

So you're there already, lucky you! :-) Thanks for sharing! Nice preview. Hope we get that kind of weather for the week-end too. I know the forecast looks bleak, but fingers crossed... :-) Jostein 2010/5/4 Chris Mitchell chris.mitch...@which.net: From a walk round Millennium park and an evening

Re: Tripods that fit in carry on

2010/5/4 John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com: If I was in Europe, I don't think I'd ever fly. Trains are a lot more fun, and in Europe you can actually get somewhere on 'em. Let's see... Oslo - London by train... Route will go through: Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Germany, The Netherlands,

Re: Tripods that fit in carry on

2010/5/4 Jerry in Arizona glewis4...@yahoo.com: Last year we spent 3 weeks in Italy and travelled entirely by train.  Enjoyed it immensely.  Even more remarkable in that I am an amputee (left leg below the knee) and wheelchair bound.  The Italtrain has a service called Salablue which put me

Re: Book arrived...ouch

Is it just me, or has there been a considerable number of books with quality issues this year? Jostein 2010/5/3 Jaume Lahuerta jlah...@yahoo.com: Just opened and several pictures show some white vertical dotted lines... I am afraid I will have to return it...aghh Jaume -- PDML

Re: GESO - Desperately Seeking Inspiration

2010/5/3 Brian Walters supera1...@fastmail.fm: G'day all I've been into a photographic black hole recently.  Either I can't 'see' potential subjects or, if I do, my composition is crap. So, I've been going back through the archives to see if there's anything there that I might have

Re: Pentax K-x - What say you?

2010/5/1 William Robb war...@gmail.com: Pentax knocked one out of the hockey court with this one. The what? Stick with ballparks. There's a par for every course, isn't there? :-) I have only played with a K-x for a couple of hours, but it seems like a very nice little camera. I got a

Re: This looks like a must have for folks going to GFM

2010/5/1 eckinator eckina...@gmail.com: 2010/5/1 Larry Colen l...@red4est.com: http://xa.yimg.com/kq/groups/2639451/294218458/name/RedGreensHolder%2Ewmv And it will even fit into your http://www.zbattery.com/Maglite-Plain-Leather-Belt-Holster-for-D-Size-Flashlights Go get two!!! hehe. For

Re: PESO from today's photo workshop

2010/5/2 mike wilson m.9.wil...@ntlworld.com: Mark Roberts wrote: Today I did an informal photo workshop for the Hingham Land Conservation Trust, courtesy of a recommendation from local PDMLer Christine and her husband Anton. We started at 10:00 this morning and it was bright and sunny, so

Re: PESO and ... Effectively off list for a bit... see some of you in Chicago

Sorry to hear about your loss, Ann. See you in Chicago. Jostein 2010/4/30 ann sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com: I say effectively, because I won't actually unsub.. but I have 0 time to look at it.. I'm not leaving NY until Monday, but the gods have conspired to make sure I have no time at all

Re: OT - Samsung Jumping in on the Stormtrooper Look

2010/4/30 Larry Colen l...@red4est.com: I wonder if they'll release it next Tuesday, which I just found out is Star Wars day: May the fourth. Initiated by programmers fond of parentheses? Jostein the cryptic punster -- http://www.alunfoto.no/galleri/ http://alunfoto.blogspot.com -- PDML

Re: OT - Samsung Jumping in on the Stormtrooper Look

2010/4/30 John Mullan k...@hotmail.com: Are you perhaps thinking of LISP? FORTH is RPN. Could hardly be thee-tharp, though, could it? -- http://www.alunfoto.no/galleri/ http://alunfoto.blogspot.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Re: Pentax Photo Gallery

Been a long time since last time I voted, but I remember that happening fairly often when the voting system was just installed. I think it's a system glitch. Jostein 2010/4/28 Jack Davis jdavi...@yahoo.com: I still idol away some otherwise unusable time voting on PPG submissions. I swear I'm

Re: GESO from a Norwegian Pentaxian Gathering

2010/4/28 Rick Womer rwomer1...@yahoo.com: Is the first pic a trifle rotated? Likely, considering my state of intoxication at the time. :-) It is particularly good. Humble thanks. -- http://www.alunfoto.no/galleri/ http://alunfoto.blogspot.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List

Re: GESO from a Norwegian Pentaxian Gathering

2010/4/27 AlunFoto alunf...@gmail.com: http://www.alunfoto.no/galleri/thumbnails.php?album=20 Glad you liked it folks. Sorry to precipitate so much hatred. Some consolation for David M. and Graydon; The gulls are not fighting over a single fish, but getting away with a piece each. We placed

Re: We'll be streaming the opening live from Chicago

2010/4/29 mike wilson m.9.wil...@ntlworld.com: Not to mention: How many beans make five? Where, oh where, has my little dog gone? How does your garden grow? Can we fix it? Can you swing them to and fro? Wassap? And for PDML in particular, such a list would not be complete without:

Re: We'll be streaming the opening live from Chicago

2010/4/29 mike wilson m.9.wil...@ntlworld.com: Not to mention: How many beans make five? Where, oh where, has my little dog gone? How does your garden grow? Can we fix it? Can you swing them to and fro? Wassap? And for PDML in particular, such a list would not be

Re: Exhibit Question - Dress

Before anyone get ideas; no, I will not dress to match my photo subject. Thanks Jostein 2010/4/29 m...@robertstech.com: Tom C caka...@gmail.com wrote: I'm assuming that the unofficial dress code for this type of thing, if any, on the opening day may be casual to dressy casual? A kilt would be

Re: Introduction

Welcome Jeffrey! I find the K-7 a real joy to use. With the 31mm you're very well shod for digital indeed! :-) Hope the spill gets collected before hitting the shore. Bob W. is generally inclined to slick comments, btw. :-) Jostein 2010/4/29 Bob W p...@web-options.com: Greetings, I'm a

Re: Introduction

2010/4/29 Bob W p...@web-options.com: Welcome Jeffrey! I find the K-7 a real joy to use. With the 31mm you're very well shod for digital indeed! :-) Hope the spill gets collected before hitting the shore. Bob W. is generally inclined to slick comments, btw. :-) Et tu, Brute! Mea culpa

Re: OT: Free, as in time

Soap opera or virtual village... Anyhow, Bob; fingers crossed you'll find new occupation soon. Jostein 2010/4/29 Bob W p...@web-options.com: One of the fascinating aspects of long-term participation in the PDML is the soap opera aspect - reading and hearing about the changes in everyone's

Re: 645DII

2010/4/28 Warren Kato wkk...@gmail.com: It will same the same size sensor as the present camera but will be mirrorless with live view and a very short lens flange to sensor design allowing the use of any camera lens, and, yes, full frame Pentax 35mm lens. That may be the oddest,

Re: 645D for everybody

2010/4/28 Bob W p...@web-options.com: I'd probably even end up with a beard. Not that there's anything wrong with that. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n1O715TI3Wgfeature=related And the music to match: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_EFdod4YDo -- http://www.alunfoto.no/galleri/

Re: OT congratulations to Norway

I can contain my satisfaction over the rights to petroleum reserves; it'll be very costly and extremely technically difficult to mine it. OTOH, for management of the fishing resources it's really great news. Jostein 2010/4/28 SV Hovland p...@heime.org: This is really, really great news for

Re: OT: DSLR Video

Informed sources have told me that many of the recordings for the upcoming Eurovision Song Contest (finals in Oslo in May) will be done with DSLRs. The stated reason is a certain fashion for shallow depth of field in videos. The rumor also told about complications from codec- and file format

Re: Maybe my favorite image in the book

2010/4/28 Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com: OK, next year's theme, or meme: *really* long non-literal titles.  Who can create the longest?  (I'm guessing Bob W if he manages to find a suitable Pentax to shoot with.) Let's see if we can force Mark to resort to 6-point type. :-) People in

Re: Maybe my favorite image in the book

Duh. That was literal titles. Sorry. 2010/4/28 AlunFoto alunf...@gmail.com: 2010/4/28 Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com: OK, next year's theme, or meme: *really* long non-literal titles.  Who can create the longest?  (I'm guessing Bob W if he manages to find a suitable Pentax to shoot

GESO from a Norwegian Pentaxian Gathering

http://www.alunfoto.no/galleri/thumbnails.php?album=20 Specials for me: The aurora pic was taken with a borrowed K-x at ISO 6400. The Rock-and-puddle landscapes were results of playing around with the DA 10-17 fisheye. In the people shot, the guy on the left is Amund, who hosted the whole thing

Re: GESO from a Norwegian Pentaxian Gathering

That was odd. I've tried to reset the access rights now. Please try again. :-) Jostein 2010/4/27 Daniel J. Matyola danmaty...@gmail.com: I get Enter Album Password Dan On Tue, Apr 27, 2010 at 3:18 PM, AlunFoto alunf...@gmail.com wrote: http://www.alunfoto.no/galleri/thumbnails.php?album=20

Re: 645D for everybody

Some rumors of European distribution come fall have reached my outpost too. Jostein 2010/4/26 Jaume Lahuerta jlah...@yahoo.com: At leas that's is what Reflecta, the Spanish Pentax distributor, told to quesabesde, a normally well informed site:

Offline gathering

Just a quick hello from Stig Vidar, Tim Ø. and myself. We're on a Pentax gathering out on an island off the West coast, and have a very fragile connection to the mainland cellphone network to surf by. We're having a great time, and through a Fovi representative we have the entire lens lineup

Re: Just got my WP site hacked!!!!!!

2010/4/22 Doug Brewer d...@alphoto.com: Yeah, looking at your source, what Matthew pointed out is still there. It's below the footer and end page, just above the /body tag. I'll d/l the theme and see where it is in the files. It might also be the result of an SQL injection. If you can,

Re: OT Bug hits XP machines - of interest to network managers

2010/4/22 mike wilson m.9.wil...@ntlworld.com: http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/21/mcafee-update--shutting-down-xp-machines/ It was the hottest subject of conversation at work today. Half schadenfreude, half gallows humor... Jostein -- http://www.alunfoto.no/galleri/

Re: Exhibit opening now an event on facebook

Without consulting anyone, I've promoted the book and exhibition on LinkedIn. :-) Jostein 2010/4/21 Larry Colen l...@red4est.com: After consulting with Mark, I set up a facebook event for the gallery opening. It should make it easier to invite people and spread the word. I took the liberty of

Re: Archived Becky Carter horrors?

2010/4/20 Doug Brewer d...@alphoto.com: http://photographybykarensonnier.com/karen_003.htm be warned; it isn't pretty. Apparently that niche is large enough for several photographers... :-( http://highglitz.com/gallery/index.html Jostein -- http://www.alunfoto.no/galleri/

Re: Archived Becky Carter horrors?

2010/4/20 Bob W p...@web-options.com: I don't think it's all PhotoShop. Looks like they're taking these kids and applying extreme makeup before photographing them and THEN doing extreme PhotoShop makeovers. You know, I'd like to make a living at photography, but I just couldn't do that to

Re: Archived Becky Carter horrors?

2010/4/20 eckinator eckina...@gmail.com: Now if only we could get Marvel to release plug-ins for guys... The Batman look is easier to achieve by styling. Cheers, Joker -- http://www.alunfoto.no/galleri/ http://alunfoto.blogspot.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: PDML Exhibit Update

2010/4/20 Cotty cotty...@mac.com: On 20/4/10, Chris Mitchell, discombobulated, unleashed: Having said that, Christine - why haven't you personally stopped the volcanic dust cloud in its tracks? (BIG GRIN!) I firmly predict British airspace will open up completely on Friday into Saturday.

Re: Book orders for Chicago

Okay, just to pump the numbers; make it a two-book order. Jostein 2010/4/20 Mark Roberts m...@robertstech.com: Mark Roberts wrote: Bob W wrote: I'll order an image-wrap book from you for Chris to get signed and bring back here. If you don't get enough orders I'll order from the website and

OT - Photos of Iceland volcano from the ground

Stunning pic of lightning inside volcano plume: http://naturogfoto.blogspot.com/2010/04/vulkanutbruddet-pa-island.html A pair of Norwegian nature photographers were in the area when the eruption began, and have sticked around to get the shots. Kinda cool. :-) Jostein --

Re: Volcano information

2010/4/19 David Mann dm...@bluemoon.net.nz: Today's APOD was a fantastic shot. http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap100419.html Just posted a link to another shot too, but that one was awesome! Thanks for the link. Jostein -- http://www.alunfoto.no/galleri/ http://alunfoto.blogspot.com --

Re: PDML Photo Annual on line now

2010/4/19 P. J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com: I suppose, but ostrich plumes are so much more plume like. May I suggest using ink based on volcanic ash, just to top of the plumishness? J. -- http://www.alunfoto.no/galleri/ http://alunfoto.blogspot.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List

Re: Liking Myself

2010/4/19 Larry Colen l...@red4est.com: A friend asked me to photograph his gig last night. There was something about the combination of elements here that struck my fancy: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/4534047834/ I'm struck by your friend's fancy footwear. :-) Jostein --

Volcano information

Gang, I thought this link might be of interest. At least to anyone traveling to or from Europe in the weeks to come, whether to Chicago or elsewhere. http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/corporate/pressoffice/2010/volcano.html Norwegian Airspace authority, Avinor, states on their webpages that decisions

Re: Volcano information

... And I just discovered NASA's photostream on Flickr, with a gallery dedicated to satellite photos of the ash plume: Quite cool, even for a non-Pentax camera. :-) http://www.flickr.com/photos/gsfc/sets/72157623862023918/with/4524065788/ Jostein 2010/4/18 AlunFoto alunf...@gmail.com: Gang

Re: PDML Exhibit Postcard JPegs

Have one for me too, guys! Jostein 2010/4/18 Bob W p...@web-options.com: [...] As it happens I'm hoping to meet Bob tomorrow - our son Pete has just moved into a house share in Greenwich, just round the corner from Bob, and we're going down so we may have lunch... And a pint... Or 2...

Re: Goddamn Micro$oft

2010/4/18 Sandy Harris sandyinch...@gmail.com: Not that it would solve all problems, but why not switch to Open Source? That would at least avoid the license nonsenses. I believe OpenSource DTP software would create more problems than it solved. :-( -Based on experience with Scribus...

Re: Air Travel Disruption Due to Volcano

2010/4/17 John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com: I'm just dubious about most civilian aviation. Mostly because I *KNOW* the shortcomings of military aircraft and how they're operated, but I'm never quite sure what corners might get cut in the pursuit of profit. On that reasoning I concur. :-)

Re: Goddamn Micro$oft

2010/4/17 John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com: ... and fuck Adobe too. Stupid ASSHOLES! Yeah I figured it out too. The incident at Iceland is actually their attempt at cloud computing. Sheesh. Jostein -- http://www.alunfoto.no/galleri/ http://alunfoto.blogspot.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss

Re: SDM in Cold Weather

2010/4/14 Jack Davis jdavi...@yahoo.com: Thanks..I guess, Jostine. ;-)) I'll check it again when like conditions exist. Not much of a contribution, I guess. But it sounds like something that isn't supposed to be so. -- http://www.alunfoto.no/galleri/ http://alunfoto.blogspot.com -- PDML

Re: Air Travel Disruption Due to Volcano

2010/4/15 Þráinn Vigfússon t...@vortex.is: Yes we did. So there! Thrainn LOL! It'll remind those brits to be careful with the norse allright. :-) Jostein -- http://www.alunfoto.no/galleri/ http://alunfoto.blogspot.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: Air Travel Disruption Due to Volcano

2010/4/15 David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com: If you can't control your volcano, you should'nt have one. All I ever did with mine was to squeeze them. Mine only extended far enough into the atmosphere to stick on the bathroom mirror, though. -- http://www.alunfoto.no/galleri/

Re: Air Travel Disruption Due to Volcano

2010/4/15 John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com: I'd rather be stuck on the ground in Norway than halfway across when the engines decided to pack it in. Pack it in, eh? You either suffer from aerophobia or watch Discovery Channel too much. :-) By the time the cloud hits Europe it's too dispersed

Re: Air Travel Disruption Due to Volcano

2010/4/16 ann sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com: AlunFoto wrote: 2010/4/15 David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com: All I ever did with mine was to squeeze them. Mine only extended far enough into the atmosphere to stick on the bathroom mirror, though. ewewew  - T M I Really? I felt it fit

Re: GESO - Runde at wintertime

2010/4/15 Boris Liberman bori...@gmail.com: Tim, I believe that lack of food does not affect one's height, it rather affects one's diameter ;-). Ah, but on a scheme like that even your voice grows thin. J. -- http://www.alunfoto.no/galleri/ http://alunfoto.blogspot.com -- PDML

Re: Air Travel Disruption Due to Volcano

More than 10,000 passengers in Norway are already affected. Looks like all regular airline traffic is suspended. 2010/4/15 Cotty cotty...@mac.com: An erupting volcano in Iceland is causing severe air travel disruption to UK and transatlantic European flights. Normal weather patterns here in

Re: PESO - Chaffinch

2010/4/15 David Mann dm...@bluemoon.net.nz: On Apr 14, 2010, at 9:09 PM, AlunFoto wrote: Roses from me, it's a nice photo.  The song of the chaffinch is one of the great sounds of a hot summers day. That statement, coming from NZ, sort of troubles me... In my part of the country we tend

On entering the PoD caste

Okay, silly pun... but you guys know me well enough to ignore this streak in my character I hope. :-) A while back I asked what you perceived as a reasonable price for a Print on Demand (PoD) photo book of a certain size (30cm square, 58 pages). Your answers were all over the scale, really;

Re: PESO - Chaffinch

2010/4/14 David Mann dm...@bluemoon.net.nz: On Apr 14, 2010, at 4:26 AM, Tim Øsleby wrote: http://maritimtim.blogspot.com/2010/04/chaffinch.html Throw it at me, bricks, yawns or roses. Roses from me, it's a nice photo.  The song of the chaffinch is one of the great sounds of a hot summers

Re: PESO - Chaffinch

2010/4/14 Tim Øsleby maritim...@gmail.com: So my screen may be a bit off, or I may be in a pink phase. Just got a chance to look at your PESO from a Lenovo T400 screen, and a Lenovo X61 screen. The greys look neutral on both of those, as well as on my ViewSonic desktop monitor at work. All of

Re: Kayaking the Thumb | Ubersuper

I think there's something fishy about the code in that site. I get the root page, but in any subpage the content disappears after loading, leaving only the backdrop graphic and a couple of links to other pages. CSS bug, maybe? Observed with IE 7 on Win XP with Flash and Java enabled. 2010/4/14

Re: SDM in Cold Weather

2010/4/14 Jack Davis jdavi...@yahoo.com: Any such experiences? None here, iirc. Not with the mentioned lens, though. Jostein -- http://www.alunfoto.no/galleri/ http://alunfoto.blogspot.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to

Re: OT Ouch

2010/4/14 David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com: Recruiter has us on stand by for Stouffville runs and she seems fairly confident something should come up in our area, which is preferred as then i don't have to spend 1/2 a weeks pay on gas to work.. Fingers crossed something turns up, Dave! For

Re: PESO - Chaffinch

I like it. It's a rather messy background, but the lines of the trunks and twigs do somehow come together anyway. Great sharpness and pleasant pose. I find the beak against the darker background a more happy coincidence than do other commenteers. :-) But are you sure about the white balance? It

Re: Completeness

Completeness with gaps is proof you're human. :-) 2010/4/13 John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com: Sort of. Finally finished organizing my 2004 photography from Iraq. There's a gap from Aug 8 to Aug 18 with no images the count jumps by 36. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: The Wacky K-x tester is at it again!

2010/4/13 Miserere miser...@gmail.com: I use wacky with no intention to insult those who truly are wacky. I just can't use the word I'd like to use. I'll stick with wacky and inept. [...] Catch all the action here:

Re: Exhibit details

2010/4/12 Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com: I did the same.  And even more amazingly, Ann, the doc was openable in the freeware OpenOffice.app on my Mac.  Kudos to the gallery for apparently using ancient s/w. You could also have opened it in GoogleDocs. -Just mention it since you post

Re: Exhibit details

2010/4/12 paul stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net: Showoff:-) hehehe. -- http://www.alunfoto.no/galleri/ http://alunfoto.blogspot.com -- 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

Re: OT - iPad: Will It Blend?

2010/4/10 Bertil Holmberg bertilholmb...@telia.com: This is an act of vandalism, probably the lowest possible form of human activity. It also shows gross contempt for the underpaid Chinese girls that works long hours to produce all the nice things that we in the western world can buy for

Re: OT - iPad: Will It Blend?

2010/4/10 Bob W p...@web-options.com: And on a recursive note: can one Blendtec blend another? Or is there an implosion causing a black hole? well I'd say put one in the Large Hadron Collider but they actually use those blenders to make them pesky Hadrons... They can turn large hadrons

Re: Attention PDML Exhibit Participants

Agh! COA will be in the mail today. that artist statement is a true PITA, though. And the bio too. I hate writing such stuff about myself. Will two sentences on each do? Jostien 2010/4/10 Christine Aguila cagu...@earthlink.net: By now all exhibit participants should have received 2 emails with

Re: PDML Photo Annual 2010: Uploading now

2010/4/10 ann sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com: m...@robertstech.com wrote: But I would never Photoshop moustaches into anyone's photo. I did put a cormorant into every shot, though... And I just ordered an 80-Gig SSD from New Egg. So you are using a waterbird for a watermark??? LOL. --

Re: Attention PDML Exhibit Participants

2010/4/10 Bob W p...@web-options.com: Here's a freeby for anyone who's stuck: Neo-Parnassian in outlook, retro-futurist by temperament the artist X strives to maintain a consistent balance in his published ouvrage between a déclassé sub-elitism and a suprawhelming critique of the

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