Re: London PDML

2020-01-06 Thread Bob Pdml
> On 6 Jan 2020, at 14:16, Steve Cottrell wrote: > > On 6/1/20, Mark Roberts, discombobulated, unleashed: > >> Dr. Lisa and I are coming to London for a short between-semester break >> (sorry Cotty, no Oxford trip this time). Any lurking UK PDMLers give >> me a shout if you'd like to meet up.

Re: Therapeutic OT peso's for me

2020-01-05 Thread Bob Pdml
If you can't rant on the PDML then what's it for? Lovely pictures, and best wishes to all your family. B > On 5 Jan 2020, at 16:45, David J Brooks wrote: > > Sorry for the online rant, but i felt the need to share this story and > these two photos taken by my daughters iPhone 11 something >

Re: PESO - Give in

2020-01-05 Thread Bob Pdml
I suspect that was written by a Brexiteer given that they haven't entirely mastered the alphabet yet. > On 5 Jan 2020, at 10:30, Bulent Celasun wrote: > > This is from Windermere in the Lake District region of Britain. > Early morning. > >

Re: Semi-OT: New Years Resolutions

2019-12-31 Thread Bob Pdml
> On 31 Dec 2019, at 18:58, John wrote: > > [...] > Resolution 2. I'm going to get my cookbooks out and at least once a month > find a recipe and cook it. > > I've already started on that one, cooking "Morrocan Chicken" from Betty > Crocker's Slow Cooker Cookbook (P 118 if you have that

Re: OT - Just when I thought 2019 couldn't get any worse: RIP Neil Innes

2019-12-30 Thread Bob Pdml
Yes, he was great. Watching The Rutles when it first appeared on TV was almost as exciting as listening to the Beatles' singles when they were first released. Perfect pastiche. > On 30 Dec 2019, at 21:49, Postmaster wrote: > > https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/dec/30/neil-innes-obituary

Re: One last Thunderbird Test

2019-12-30 Thread Bob Pdml
> On 30 Dec 2019, at 17:11, Donald Guthrie wrote: > > No reply needed > > F.A.B. https://youtu.be/vjGtkz-Ma0U -- 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

Re: Free at last!

2019-12-28 Thread Bob Pdml
> On 28 Dec 2019, at 09:56, Ralf R Radermacher wrote: > >> > > To quote a famous German soccer player: sometimes you lose, sometimes > the others win. > > We have a similar quote from a famous English player: football's a simple game - 22 men chase a ball around for 90 minutes and at the

Re: If you're into this sort of thing...

2019-12-26 Thread Bob Pdml
> On 26 Dec 2019, at 11:29, Steve Cottrell wrote: > > On 26/12/19, Ralf R Radermacher, discombobulated, unleashed: > >> we're stuck in dreary old Cologne and trying to make the best of it. > > You'd think it would at least smell nice. Compared to Dunkirk and all that lovely Maroilles?

Re: GESO Holiday decorations

2019-12-22 Thread Bob Pdml
This is how to do it: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-50881270 ...but perhaps best not to mention the extreme right in the context... > On 22 Dec 2019, at 13:17, Alan C wrote: > > Gross. I see there is a small Nativity scene at extreme right. > > Alan C > >> On 22-Dec-19 09:10

Re: Happy Ann day

2019-12-15 Thread Bob Pdml
Ditto. Although birth weeks can drag on a bit - a friend of mine recently had one for his 70th, and by the end of it I was sick of the sight of him, and fed up with saying Happy Birthday. > On 14 Dec 2019, at 08:32, mike wilson wrote: > > I'm somewhat out of the loop with many things at the

Re: PESO: FurFace re-do

2019-12-08 Thread Bob Pdml
Interesting test of emotional intelligence, trying to interpret its look! I think it's "get off my lawn!" > On 8 Dec 2019, at 00:27, ann sanfedele wrote: > > I think it is disapproval in those eyes.. like "who ar you and why are you > pointing that thing at me?" > yes Stan, this link worked

Re: how afraid should I be? (windoze 10)

2019-12-07 Thread Bob Pdml
> On 7 Dec 2019, at 18:00, Steve Cottrell wrote: > > On 7/12/19, Jan van Wijk, discombobulated, unleashed: > >> Same here, allthough we simply spell it 'kak' :-) > > Actually I think that's right here as well - my smell checker was on. Silly > bunt. I think we spell it 'cack', as in

Re: PESO: FurFace re-do

2019-12-07 Thread Bob Pdml
Lovely shot! > On 7 Dec 2019, at 15:30, Stanley Halpin wrote: > > This time with a proper link… > > https://photos.stanhalpin.com/img/s/v-10/p3744318309-6.jpg > > Back story: I recently updated LR Classic on my desktop as well as LR Mobile > on my iPad, that led me back into my ongoing

Re: OT IG handles

2019-12-02 Thread Bob Pdml
That's the way I do it > On 2 Dec 2019, at 12:52, Doug Brewer wrote: > > I sync with mobile LR, then copy whatever I'm going to put on IG to my phone > photos. When I'm preparing a post I can just scroll through available stuff. > It seems clunky but I've done it so much that I don't have to

Re: Blurry photo

2019-11-27 Thread Bob Pdml
re. > > Bulent > > - > http://patoloji.gen.tr > http://celasun.wordpress.com/ > http://www.flickr.com/photos/bc_the_path/ > http://photo.net/photodb/user?user_id=2226822 > http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/artists/bulentcelasun > > Bob Pdml , 24 Kas 2019 Paz, 01:14 tarihi

Blurry photo

2019-11-23 Thread Bob Pdml
I don’t know if I’ve ever posted this here before. I was browsing through some of my shots in LR and saw it, so posted it to my Instagram. https://www.instagram.com/p/B5GniRsg2B_/?igshid=i359acsqmyes Bob -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo

Re: Dos PESOs - the Arkansas Travler

2019-11-19 Thread Bob Pdml
> On 19 Nov 2019, at 18:59, Ralf R Radermacher wrote: > >> Am 19.11.19 um 18:04 schrieb John: >> >> I'm extremely disappointed that I traveled almost 900 miles and blew the >> shot!: > > Methinks the crowd barrier is far more annoying than the noise. But what > a beautiful machine. > Ditto

Re: Capital Ring

2019-11-18 Thread Bob Pdml
s a > treasure. > > Rick > >> On Nov 17, 2019, at 7:26 PM, Bob Pdml wrote: >> >> The Capital Ring is a circular walk all the way around London. >> https://tfl.gov.uk/modes/walking/capital-ring >> >> It was a beautifully autumnal day today and with

Re: GESO: Basque Region

2019-11-18 Thread Bob Pdml
Beautiful shots. I spent a fair bit of time in San Sebastian in the mid-late 80s. It's a fantastic town and I'd love to go back there. On one trip out I stood waiting for my bags at Bilbao Airport next to Anthony Hopkins, who wasn't then a fava-eating psychopathic cannibal, I'm happy to say.

Re: Capital Ring

2019-11-18 Thread Bob Pdml
sort of thing I would like to do if only I had time. > Beautiful Autumn shades too. We can walk in Kruger with armed rangers at a > price. A possible "solution" is to become an Honorary Ranger which requires a > years' training and a minimum of 50 hours/year. > > Alan C

Re: Capital Ring

2019-11-18 Thread Bob Pdml
;> Those are beautiful, Bob. >>> >>> England’s combination of lovely countryside and public footpaths is a >>> treasure. >>> >>> Rick >>> >>>>> On Nov 17, 2019, at 7:26 PM, Bob Pdml wrote: >>>> >>>> The Capital R

Capital Ring

2019-11-17 Thread Bob Pdml
The Capital Ring is a circular walk all the way around London. https://tfl.gov.uk/modes/walking/capital-ring It was a beautifully autumnal day today and with some friends I walked section 6, from Wimbledon to Richmond, followed by a nice pub lunch.

Re: GESO: Another view of Paris

2019-11-16 Thread Bob Pdml
Somebody once described Paris as 'a museum of museums'. > On 16 Nov 2019, at 07:58, Henk Terhell wrote: > > Stan, nice series bringing nostalgic memories. > With that old Citroen and Montmartre paintings around it looks as if the city > hasn't changed in a lifetime. > > Henk > > Op

Re: GESO: Another view of Paris

2019-11-15 Thread Bob Pdml
Really nice - makes me wish I was there! I'm particularly impressed by that shot of the Arc de Triomphe. B > On 15 Nov 2019, at 22:25, Stanley Halpin wrote: > > https://lightroom.adobe.com/shares/2a36d422c6c34ad1b2cb3eac374c5719 > > We were in Paris for a few days in early October. > Bob’s

Re: Paris

2019-11-13 Thread Bob Pdml
would not be different enough from living in London, and the pollution is worse, although I really like being there and want to spend more time there. Avignon is superb, ticks all my boxes. Heave away! Haul away! > On 13 Nov 2019, at 14:32, Steve Cottrell wrote: > > On 12/11/19,

Re: resend: PESO 2019 - 120 - GDG

2019-11-12 Thread Bob Pdml
Works for me. > On 12 Nov 2019, at 17:54, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: > > Hmm, that was dumb. I left the full BBCODE in for the photo on the first > send. Here's the message corrected: > > The evening before the SF photo walk this past weekend, I had the Minox EC > with me when I met up with

Re: Paris

2019-11-12 Thread Bob Pdml
he touristas. Though a great effort > to find cormy.. in firefox I couldn't enlarge the photo. > > ann > >> On 11/12/2019 2:46 AM, Bob Pdml wrote: >> Spent the weekend in Paris with some friends at a flat in the Gobelins >> district which one of them had borrowed.

Re: Paris

2019-11-12 Thread Bob Pdml
> On 12 Nov 2019, at 20:56, Ralf R Radermacher wrote: > >> Am 12.11.19 um 19:30 schrieb Daniel J. Matyola: >> Those locks seem to plague Paris more than other places I have visited, for >> some reason. > > Other cities get more than their fair share, as well. This is our main > railway bridge

Re: Paris

2019-11-12 Thread Bob Pdml
ures. > > j > -- > Juan Buhler - http://www.jbuhler.com > > >> On Mon, Nov 11, 2019 at 11:47 PM Bob Pdml wrote: >> >> Spent the weekend in Paris with some friends at a flat in the Gobelins >> district which one of them had borrowed. Had a view of part of t

Re: Paris

2019-11-12 Thread Bob Pdml
sculpted figure behind. Hate to see > idiots have defaced a statue with locks. > > Paul > >> On Nov 12, 2019, at 2:47 AM, Bob Pdml wrote: >> >> Spent the weekend in Paris with some friends at a flat in the Gobelins >> district which one of them had borrowe

Re: Paris

2019-11-12 Thread Bob Pdml
ly 11, 13 and 17. 11 is a > particularly interesting object; how did you find it? > > Dan > Dan Matyola > *https://tinyurl.com/DJM-Pentax-Gallery > <https://tinyurl.com/DJM-Pentax-Gallery>* > > > >> On Tue, Nov 12, 2019 at 2:47 AM Bob Pdml wrote: >

Paris

2019-11-11 Thread Bob Pdml
Spent the weekend in Paris with some friends at a flat in the Gobelins district which one of them had borrowed. Had a view of part of the Eiffel Tower and the Pantheon from the stairwell, which was jolly. They're not photography friends, so the pictures were taken in a rush, and in mainly

Re: The story of the greatest rock and roll photo ever taken

2019-11-11 Thread Bob Pdml
Beat me to it... > On 11 Nov 2019, at 16:26, Mark Roberts wrote: > > "She took a step back to get a better focus with her 35mm Pentax – and > then all hell broke loose.' > https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2019/nov/11/the-clash-london-calling-pennie-smith-photography > > -- > Mark

"Rock's greatest photo"

2019-11-11 Thread Bob Pdml
Was shot with a Pentax: https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2019/nov/11/the-clash-london-calling-pennie-smith-photography -- 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

Re: The Dog's Bollards

2019-11-03 Thread Bob Pdml
> On 3 Nov 2019, at 22:45, Steve Cottrell wrote: > > On 3/11/19, Bob Pdml, discombobulated, unleashed: > >> https://lightroom.adobe.com/shares/6fac18712086404f9ecf77dd7efe438d/ >> albums/d5ac99092f6844b98d09c32dfd8d2e73/assets/ >> e971e95c3f4343dba38806837d0eb7e

Re: The Dog’s Bollards

2019-11-03 Thread Bob Pdml
e it in any case. > > j > > -- > Juan Buhler - http://www.jbuhler.com > > >> On Sun, Nov 3, 2019 at 7:42 AM Bob Pdml wrote: >> >> >> https://lightroom.adobe.com/shares/6fac18712086404f9ecf77dd7efe438d/albums/d5ac99092f6844b98d09c32dfd8d2e73/assets/e

Re: PESO: Spaceship Montzeon

2019-11-03 Thread Bob Pdml
> On 3 Nov 2019, at 19:49, Juan Buhler wrote: > > Whoa, interesting scene. > > If you care about opinions: I feel like there are two subjects and they are > competing with each other a little. I'd love to see a frame where for > example one of the sheep is close to the camera, with the tower

The Dog’s Bollards

2019-11-03 Thread Bob Pdml
https://lightroom.adobe.com/shares/6fac18712086404f9ecf77dd7efe438d/albums/d5ac99092f6844b98d09c32dfd8d2e73/assets/e971e95c3f4343dba38806837d0eb7ee -- 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

Re: GESO October favorites

2019-11-03 Thread Bob Pdml
Good stuff. > combining things not normally found together in nature because I think they’d > look good in a photo. Definition of surrealism. > On 2 Nov 2019, at 20:52, Larry Colen wrote: > > A set of three faves from October > https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/albums/72157711612516901

Re: A cat

2019-10-31 Thread Bob Pdml
t; <https://tinyurl.com/DJM-Pentax-Gallery>* > > > >> On Thu, Oct 31, 2019 at 7:52 AM Bob Pdml wrote: >> >> I'm not really a cat photo person, but it is Halloween and this presented >> itself as an opportunity for me to see how my Olympus E-M1 would be wit

Re: Mini-PDML meet in Raleigh NC

2019-10-31 Thread Bob Pdml
Nice portrait! > On 31 Oct 2019, at 12:00, Jan van Wijk wrote: > > Had a very enjoyable meeting with John Sessoms today, in his hometown > Raleigh, North-Carolina. > > We met at his favourite watering hole, the 'Deja Brew Coffee House' where we > spent the best part of the afernoon chatting,

A cat

2019-10-31 Thread Bob Pdml
I'm not really a cat photo person, but it is Halloween and this presented itself as an opportunity for me to see how my Olympus E-M1 would be with the four-thirds converter and the Oly 50-200/3.5 lens. That's the equivalent of 400/3.5 in old money. The shot is handheld, wide open at 1/1000sec.

Re: Brooklyn

2019-10-27 Thread Bob Pdml
Disfruta! > On 27 Oct 2019, at 20:32, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: > > Okay, you've piqued my curiousity and I'll have to look up Alex Webb… :-) > > G > >> On Oct 27, 2019, at 11:17 AM, Bob Pdml wrote: >> >> I follow Alex Webb and Rebecca Norris Webb on Instag

Re: Brooklyn

2019-10-27 Thread Bob Pdml
> On 27 Oct 2019, at 19:49, Juan Buhler wrote: > >> On Sun, Oct 27, 2019 at 12:36 PM Bob Pdml wrote: >> >> Great shot, very Webbian. I have something similar, but less Webbesque, >> less mysterious: >> https://www.instagram.com/p/B4Iizf0Apxo/?igshi

Re: Brooklyn

2019-10-27 Thread Bob Pdml
Great shot, very Webbian. I have something similar, but less Webbesque, less mysterious: https://www.instagram.com/p/B4Iizf0Apxo/?igshid=rpu9bodp21k8 > On 27 Oct 2019, at 18:43, Juan Buhler wrote: > > Thanks Bob for the link, I didn't know about this book. Ordering it now, > I'm a big fan of

Brooklyn

2019-10-27 Thread Bob Pdml
he way he composes - I wish I could do it, which I suppose is why I love his work so much, and love to analyse the compositions. The book is thoroughly recommended, as is their Instagram if you do such modern things. https://www.instagram.com/p/B4AUgszA69z/?igshid=1aqtnsfe8komf Bob -- PDML Pentax-Di

Re: PESO 2019 - 116-119 - GDG

2019-10-26 Thread Bob Pdml
On 26 Oct 2019, at 14:57, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: >> Nice set. That small empty road looks nice! I don't understand the Caltrain >> thing - are those bikes in a train carriage? > > Yes: CalTrain usually includes at least one bicycle carriage per train, > sometimes more. The carriages are two

Re: PESO: Pepe

2019-10-26 Thread Bob Pdml
Brilliant! You haven't lost any of your genius in the lurking years. B > On 26 Oct 2019, at 21:50, Juan Buhler wrote: > > ...and for "every so often" I mean "for the first time in what, 10 years or > so?" > > Long time member, have been lurking for many years now. > > I've been shooting with

Re: PESO 2019 - 116-119 - GDG

2019-10-26 Thread Bob Pdml
> On 26 Oct 2019, at 15:01, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: > > I'd love to do something like that. Perhaps next summer? It's been a thought > for a while to acquire a small van, something like the Ford Transit Connect > series, to use as a base vehicle that I can bring the bike over longer >

Re: PESO 2019 - 116-119 - GDG

2019-10-25 Thread Bob Pdml
Nice set. That small empty road looks nice! I don't understand the Caltrain thing - are those bikes in a train carriage? I may have asked this before, what do you carry the camera in? The calories thing is great. I went cycling for a long weekend in Norfolk in August with a friend and when I

Re: To B, or not to B?

2019-10-20 Thread Bob Pdml
Probably best if you unbait it, this could go on for a lot longer still. Thanks for everyone's comments. B > On 20 Oct 2019, at 15:51, Ralf R Radermacher wrote: > >> Am 19.10.19 um 23:42 schrieb Bob Pdml: >> Some photos from central London today, where the question was on

Re: PESO: layers of blue

2019-10-20 Thread Bob Pdml
me to him > late. > > ann > >> On 10/20/2019 2:47 AM, Bob Pdml wrote: >> I first heard the phrase when I watched Dennis Potter's play of that name on >> TV. My introduction to both Potter and Housman. >> >> https://www.theguardian.com/cultu

Re: PESO: layers of blue

2019-10-20 Thread Bob Pdml
preciated. 'blue remembered hills", i have to use that > phrase somewhere :) seriously, the poem intrigued me with its air of > melancholy, i had to look up ae housman. an interesting life... > > thanks to all those who looked and commented > > > On Sat, 19 Oct 20

To B, or not to B?

2019-10-19 Thread Bob Pdml
Some photos from central London today, where the question was on many people's minds. https://adobe.ly/2Mw2vd1 -- 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

Re: PESO: layers of blue

2019-10-19 Thread Bob Pdml
Very nice indeed. As A E Housman wrote, "Into my heart an air that kills >From yon far country blows: What are those blue remembered hills, What spires, what farms are those? That is the land of lost content, I see it shining plain, The happy highways where I went And cannot come again" > On

Re: Peso: The photographer

2019-10-02 Thread Bob Pdml
He can't be a real photographer with a dinky little toy camera like that. > On 2 Oct 2019, at 13:03, ann sanfedele wrote: > > Thanks Paul and Ken :-) > > ann > >> On 10/1/2019 11:03 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote: >> Very creative.Well done! >> >> Paul >> >>> On Oct 1, 2019, at 9:37 PM, ann

Re: OT: Conversations on Conflict Photography

2019-10-02 Thread Bob Pdml
Can't get to the talk, but the book looks interesting, thanks, particularly as it also covers humanitarian and aid work, which is quite rarely discussed in photography. > On 2 Oct 2019, at 15:43, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: > > This is a program by the NY Times in NYC on Nov 5 > >

Dennis Stock's California Trip

2019-09-21 Thread Bob Pdml
Has recently been re-issued for the first time since 1970, so I bought a copy. I've been familiar with many of the pictures for decades, of course, but had never seen the book. It is a brilliant example of photo book editing. The individual photos are great, some of them classics, but the way

Re: OT: Portraits of women serving life sentences

2019-09-13 Thread Bob Pdml
That's a very powerful piece. > On 13 Sep 2019, at 13:55, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: > > https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/gabrielsanchez/sara-bennett-looking-inside-women-prison-incarceration?utm_source=Sailthru > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: RIP Robert Frank @ 94 - GDG

2019-09-10 Thread Bob Pdml
I'm a big fan of The Americans, and just saw the announcement on Magnum's Instagram feed. People do give a great deal of credit for the success of The Americans as a work in its own right as an object rather than just a collection of photos to Robert Delpire, who did the layout and the first

Re: OT: British House of Cards (a bit political

2019-09-09 Thread Bob Pdml
Here's the link I accidentally prorogued: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/sep/09/prorogue-parliament-brexit-power-boris-johnson-impotence > On 9 Sep 2019, at 20:51, Bob Pdml wrote: > > An interesting article here which no doubt applies equally to the situation >

Re: OT: British House of Cards (a bit political

2019-09-09 Thread Bob Pdml
An interesting article here which no doubt applies equally to the situation in the USA. Populism is about manipulation, not about majorities. Neither Trump nor Johnson represent any kind of majority. > On 9 Sep 2019, at 19:12, Paul Stenquist wrote: > > “Populist” is the most abused word in

Re: OT: British House of Cards (a bit political

2019-09-09 Thread Bob Pdml
They do still have quite a way to go before you can call them the worst. After all, Hitler was elected to office. Nevertheless, one of the few heartening things about all this is that quite a few Tories are able to put the country before their personal ambition, including Boris's own brother,

Re: pentax sighting....

2019-09-09 Thread Bob Pdml
Brilliant - well done to both of you! > On 9 Sep 2019, at 14:29, Subash Jeyan wrote: > > https://www.inaturalist.org/posts/27239-a-young-naturalist-in-india-finds-a-stunning-treehopper-observation-of-the-week-9-8-2019 > > the young 'naturalist' featured, i think, has a ks1 :) > > ~subash > >

Re:

2019-09-06 Thread Bob Pdml
> On 5 Sep 2019, at 23:25, Steve Cottrell wrote: > > On 5/9/19, Bob Pdml, discombobulated, unleashed: > >> Tell you what, you ride it along the Thames in this direction, I'll ride >> my bike in your direction, we meet in the middle and up a swan or two. >

Re:

2019-09-05 Thread Bob Pdml
> On 5 Sep 2019, at 21:57, Steve Cottrell wrote: > > On 5/9/19, Bob Pdml, discombobulated, unleashed: > >>> https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/48625474017_8258d4fa1d_c.jpg >>> >> >> Looking remarkably sylphy there, Godfrey. New bike? > > B

Re:

2019-09-05 Thread Bob Pdml
> > An iPhone 6s image at ISO 25, presuming a good exposure with the camera held > steadily enough, can net a beautiful print to the limits of the number of > pixels. > > For instance, this is made with an iPhone 8 Plus (similar number of pixels) > and prints to a beautiful 13x13 inch print,

Re: OT Geso: York plowmen final year

2019-09-02 Thread Bob Pdml
> On 2 Sep 2019, at 19:08, Steve Cottrell wrote: > > On 2/9/19, David J Brooks, discombobulated, unleashed: > >> and over all wow factor > > Do people really say that at ploughing matches? ;-) > > (mind you this is rural Canada we're talking about !!) > Only in North America. Over here

Re: OT: Micro 4/3rds adapters

2019-09-01 Thread Bob Pdml
t. I use it on the Leica CL quite a lot now, it's a short > portrait tele on that camera (effective about 65mm FF equivalent FoV). > > Enjoy, > G > >> On Aug 31, 2019, at 5:03 PM, Bob Pdml wrote: >> >> Thanks, Godfrey. I like the Olympuses (Olympoi?), and the

Re: September PUG Countdown

2019-08-31 Thread Bob Pdml
It's a beautiful area for cycle touring. I rode up to Shaftesbury a few years ago, but by the main road, not Gold Hill. Shaftesbury's a nice town. I'm not around when you're over here - in fact, I plan to be cycling to a wedding in Hampshire, touring the area for a couple of days, then cycling

Re: OT: Micro 4/3rds adapters

2019-08-31 Thread Bob Pdml
em. The E-M1 bodies are configurable as all heck with over > 190 options in the menus...! Take your time learning the options and you can > dial the camera in to precisely the configuration that works best for you. > AND THEN: Write it down! It makes re-setting everything so m

Re: OT: Micro 4/3rds adapters

2019-08-31 Thread Bob Pdml
Thanks > On 31 Aug 2019, at 20:52, Larry Colen wrote: > > I was recently given an EPL1 and picked up a couple of Fotasy adapters, > probably because they were the least expensive I could find. They seem to > work fine. > > Bob Pdml wrote on 8/31/19 12:32 PM: >>

Re: OT: Micro 4/3rds adapters

2019-08-31 Thread Bob Pdml
the risk. > On 31 Aug 2019, at 23:02, Steve Cottrell wrote: > > On 31/8/19, Bob Pdml, discombobulated, unleashed: > >> There seems to be no end of presumably Chinese-made adapters out there, >> but I have no idea if any of them are any good. So if those of you who

Re: OT: Micro 4/3rds adapters

2019-08-31 Thread Bob Pdml
autofocus > speed and accuracy is terrible at best. Half the times I can’t lock focus, > and the times I get it right it takes so long it’s pointless. > > Not really a big deal for me as I mostly shoot with old manual focus > lenses, but you should take it into account. > >> El

OT: Micro 4/3rds adapters

2019-08-31 Thread Bob Pdml
there, but I have no idea if any of them are any good. So if those of you who engage in body-glass promiscuity of this persuasion could give me some tips I'd be very grateful. Ta, Bob -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from

Re: OT: The Life of Riley

2019-08-31 Thread Bob Pdml
s day out there today. I've already been out a couple of times > to play with the dog, and I *might* even find some time to cut the damn grass > today ... or tomorrow, or Monday, or Mañana ... > >> On 8/31/2019 03:10:39, Bob Pdml wrote: >> You must spend a lot of time sitting

Re: OT: The Life of Riley

2019-08-31 Thread Bob Pdml
You must spend a lot of time sitting with your head in your hands, asking "Why me, oh Lord? Why does it always happen to me?" To quote the great Eric Cantona,"as flies to wanton boys are we to the gods". > On 30 Aug 2019, at 15:02, John wrote: > >> On 8/18/2019 17:24:38, John wrote: >> ...

Re: GESO (6) - Grounds for Sculpture

2019-08-28 Thread Bob Pdml
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

Re: A party in the the salt marshes of Norfolk

2019-08-28 Thread Bob Pdml
ly 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.i

Re: A party in the the salt marshes of Norfolk

2019-08-27 Thread Bob Pdml
It was the hottest late-August holiday weekend ever, so they decided to make it hotter by having a barbecue, or braai, on the beach. > > > Now that's a weird one, Bob. What on earth is that Broad minded bunch up to? > >> On 27-Aug-19 12:47 PM, Bob Pdml wrote: >>

A party in the the salt marshes of Norfolk

2019-08-27 Thread Bob Pdml
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 B -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the

Re: OT: England in the Dark?

2019-08-18 Thread Bob Pdml
> On 18 Aug 2019, at 20:18, John wrote: > > On 8/18/2019 12:44:36, Bob Pdml wrote: >>> On 18 Aug 2019, at 13:39, John wrote: >>> >>>>> On 8/17/2019 11:30:41, Ralf R Radermacher wrote: >>>>> Am 17.08.19 um 16:47 schrieb Igor PDML-StR:

Re: OT: England in the Dark?

2019-08-18 Thread Bob Pdml
> On 18 Aug 2019, at 13:39, John wrote: > >> On 8/17/2019 11:30:41, Ralf R Radermacher wrote: >>> Am 17.08.19 um 16:47 schrieb Igor PDML-StR: >>> >>> Caption under that picture: >>> "Problems with the power due to new winds blowing." >> Shouldn't that read "The wrong type of wind"? >> Ralf >

Re: OT: England in the Dark?

2019-08-10 Thread Bob Pdml
> On 10 Aug 2019, at 14:37, Alan C wrote: > > The Dark Ages were from the departure of the Romans in 410AD to the arrival > of William the Conqueror in 1066AD. There was a heat wave in those times > which enabled grapes to be grown as far north as York. > > Alan c >> The Dark Ages? Isn't

Re: OT: England in the Dark?

2019-08-10 Thread Bob Pdml
> On 10 Aug 2019, at 15:55, mike wilson wrote: > > Bob forgot to put threepence in the meter. We won't need electricity after Brexit, we'll all be burning in Hell. > >> On 10 August 2019 at 13:34 "Daniel J. Matyola" wrote: >> >> >> So, what is going on in the UK? A million people in the

Re: OT: England in the Dark?

2019-08-10 Thread Bob Pdml
> On 10 Aug 2019, at 19:37, Ralf R Radermacher wrote: > > Due to the loss of those two power sources the remaining sources were > put under more load and their generators were consequentially slowed > down. This in turn lead to a drop in mains frequency which is very > tightly controlled

Re: OT: England in the Dark?

2019-08-10 Thread Bob Pdml
> On 10 Aug 2019, at 16:42, Steve Cottrell wrote: > > On 10/8/19, Daniel J. Matyola, discombobulated, unleashed: > >> So, what is going on in the UK? A million people in the dark? >> Is this related to the Great European Heat Wave? >> >> Keep cool over there . . . . > > No power cut

Re: August PUG is up!

2019-08-09 Thread Bob Pdml
The painter Hogarth famously had a pug - it features in a statue in Chiswick, London, where they lived. The pug's name was Trump. > On 9 Aug 2019, at 04:40, P. J. Alling wrote: > > Behold the Pug: > > https://tinyurl.com/y44wonx2 > >> On 8/8/2019 2:55 AM, Henk Terhell wrote: >> Being a

Re: More critters from Moss Landing

2019-08-09 Thread Bob Pdml
the enemy, but it is a heresy. > >> On 8/8/2019 3:39 PM, Bob Pdml wrote: >> This is the enemy: >> https://www.icloud.com/sharedalbum/#B0I532ODWGrCKVN;BCACDDC2-2793-4F67-B945-F11E6B0D9C4F >> >> >> >>> On 8 Aug 2019, at 19:54, Daniel J. Matyola wro

Re: GESO: Snaps from Colorado

2019-08-08 Thread Bob Pdml
A lot of nice stuff, it looks like a great place. B > On 8 Aug 2019, at 20:20, Mark Roberts wrote: > > Here's a gallery of shots from my trip to Colorado last week. This is > a temporary gallery because it includes some personal friends & family > shots that will get deleted when it moves to

Re: More critters from Moss Landing

2019-08-08 Thread Bob Pdml
This is the enemy: https://www.icloud.com/sharedalbum/#B0I532ODWGrCKVN;BCACDDC2-2793-4F67-B945-F11E6B0D9C4F > On 8 Aug 2019, at 19:54, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: > > Don't worry; the British are in the process of dismantling the EU. > > Dan Matyola >

Re: I'm Getting Married...

2019-08-07 Thread Bob Pdml
Congratulations and cent'anni! > On 7 Aug 2019, at 14:58, Paul Stenquist wrote: > > In the morning. Well, it’s actually early afternoon this Saturday, but that > spoils the alliteration. We didn’t hire a wedding photographer. Too expensive > for a couple of septuagenarians. So we’re counting

Re: GESO Bear Creek Redwoods

2019-08-04 Thread Bob Pdml
No bears, no creek and the woods ain't red. Some photographer! > On 4 Aug 2019, at 22:03, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: > > I didn't know redwoods had such colorful flowers. >  > > Dan Matyola > http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola > > >> On Sun, Aug 4, 2019 at 3:29 AM Larry Colen

Re: OT: possibly politics

2019-08-03 Thread Bob Pdml
>> Ok, I’ll call you Cynical. >> So, Cynical, Mike, and Cotty - am I correct to assume that the borders will >> still be open when I travel there on 4 October this year? (Via train from >> Paris.) >> >> And how about next year? Next May we are coming in via Southampton. Any >> crystal ball

Re: OT: possibly politics

2019-08-02 Thread Bob Pdml
> On 2 Aug 2019, at 18:53, Steve Cottrell wrote: > > On 2/8/19, Daniel J. Matyola, discombobulated, unleashed: > >> I fear the UK will now find itself in a similar situation. > > Not so fast buster. > > It could be all change shortly - Bonkers Boris could be one of the shortest > incumbent

Re: OT: How to kill a wasp nest

2019-08-02 Thread Bob Pdml
> On 1 Aug 2019, at 18:35, Steve Cottrell wrote: > > On 1/8/19, John, discombobulated, unleashed: > >> Of course, their definition of "mess with them" is pretty broad > > They cook very well. That's why they come with ready-prepared chargrill stripes > > - -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail

Re: PESO: The Lion Sleeps Tonight

2019-07-29 Thread Bob Pdml
He must have been thinking of Jane Fonda... https://www.gettyimages.co.uk/detail/news-photo/jane-fonda-actress-usaas-cat-ballou-1964-news-photo/541534185 Go for the burn! > On 29 Jul 2019, at 07:08, mike wilson wrote: > > I did wonder > >> On 29 July 2019 at 06:38 Alan C wrote: >> >>

Re: Pushing up daisies

2019-07-24 Thread Bob Pdml
> On 24 Jul 2019, at 12:45, Steve Cottrell wrote: > > On 24/7/19, Bob Pdml, discombobulated, unleashed: > >> ...mortality > > Haha - surely you'll live forever mate ! > That's the plan... not entirely sure that my cardiovascular system is fully on board with it

Re: Pushing up daisies

2019-07-24 Thread Bob Pdml
ng to remedy the situation. Photography was forbidden on > pain of joining some of the most eminent ghosts of Britain. Looks like you > escaped! > > Alan C > >> On 23-Jul-19 10:00 PM, Bob Pdml wrote: >> A shot from Highgate cemetery on Sunday: &g

Lordship Lane

2019-07-23 Thread Bob Pdml
Another one from the weekend. This view: https://lightroom.adobe.com/shares/00f4c7321374431ea848517ce1613814/albums/775e41e7fe91462d820fd3ba97d4cc07/assets/cba2bd58c99947a8991153eca82e0476 was taken from the same spot that this was painted, in 1871:

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