Re: Australia - Brisbane and Perth

[David Mann]

Be very careful of the phrase "just down the road" in that country!

Cheers,
Dave

> On Aug 14, 2023, at 10:53 PM, mike wilson  wrote:
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> I made enquiries amonst those I know in the antipodes and this is the sole 
> response so far:
> "I'm in BrisVegas, outer suburb, but cannot think of one place i would tell a 
> visitor "you must go see".  He could have a Miami-ish experience if he wants 
> to go to the Gold Coast, just down the road"
> 
>> On 12/08/2023 08:15 pkn291...@gmail.com wrote:
>> 
>> 
>> I am planning a trip to Australia end of October. It is a family visit trip
>> so not much photography time other than family photo's. Any suggestions of
>> places to visit in two area's and surroundings if I get a chance? Any places
>> where I can buy black and white film or should I take enough with me. Will
>> probably take the K3 and a mz5n.
>> 
>> Thanks for any input
>> 
>> Patrick
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Re: Curious ...

[David Mann]

Pretty sure the K2 could do it too.  I remember using it once.

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Dave

> On Jun 29, 2023, at 1:29 AM, coll...@brendemuehl.net wrote:
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> Anyone here EVER use the double-exposure capacity of the LX?
> 
> I always thought it was cool, but never needed it so never got one.
> 
> (The only other PK body I’ve seen with double-exposure is that Promaster 2500 
> PK)
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OT: Interesting collectors item

[David Mann]

My local camera shop has had a Red Flag camera kit come in for sale. Going by 
the number of zeroes in the price they must be quite collectible.

https://www.photo.co.nz/2nd-hand/second-hand-products/collectables/red-flag-camera-kit-s-h-3p3wem/

Here's some more info about how these kits came to be:

https://kimon.hosting.nyu.edu/physical-electrical-digital/items/show/1241

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PESO: Balloon

[David Mann]

A NASA research balloon was released in Wānaka today and it floated NE towards 
our city. This photo was taken when it was over Ashburton (80km south of here). 
I don't know its altitude - the flight tracker didn't say.

Pentax K5ii with FA*400mm f/5.6 and 2x TC. Quite heavily cropped. A telescope 
would have been more appropriate.

http://gallery.multi.net.nz/photo/1203/#peso

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Re: PESO x3: Mushrooms

[David Mann]

I think somebody else thought along similar lines.  I took my daughter there to 
see it this afternoon but it was gone.  We found other mushrooms to check out 
and she did a bit of exploring so the trip wasn't a total loss.

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Dave

> On Mar 10, 2023, at 10:33 AM, ann sanfedele  wrote:
> 
> Wow that puffball looks like a few meals worth!  It doesn't make the 
> prettiest picture but likeley very yummy :-)
> Would chance the others, wich make more interesting photos
> 
> ann
> 
> On 3/9/2023 4:28 AM, David Mann wrote:
>> There's been some excellent mushroom weather here lately.  These are all 
>> phone photos while I've been out and about this week.
>> 
>> http://gallery.multi.net.nz/photo/1200/#peso
>> http://gallery.multi.net.nz/photo/1201/#peso
>> http://gallery.multi.net.nz/photo/1202/#peso
>> 
>> Cheers,
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PESO x3: Mushrooms

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There's been some excellent mushroom weather here lately.  These are all phone 
photos while I've been out and about this week.

http://gallery.multi.net.nz/photo/1200/#peso
http://gallery.multi.net.nz/photo/1201/#peso
http://gallery.multi.net.nz/photo/1202/#peso

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Re: PESO: Lunch Time

[David Mann]

Sorry I have no idea what kind of spider it is.

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Dave

> On Feb 21, 2023, at 7:56 AM, Toine  wrote:
> 
> Very nice capture. Any idea what kind of spider?
> 
> On Mon, 20 Feb 2023 at 08:18, David Mann  wrote:
> 
>> *** Arachnophobe warning, contains spider. ***
>> 
>> http://gallery.multi.net.nz/photo/1199/#peso
>> 
>> K5ii, FA 100mm f/2.8 Macro
>> 
>> I tried shooting from a couple of different angles but my surroundings
>> didn't give me a lot of choice.
>> 
>> Cheers,
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Re: PESO: Lunch Time

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The amber-coloured creature is a bee, the other one is the spider.

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Dave

> On Feb 21, 2023, at 6:42 AM, Rick Womer  wrote:
> 
> Oh, yum!
> 
> Is the grey-and-tan creature closest to us the spider, or the amber-colored 
> creature below it?
> 
> Rick
> 
>> On Feb 20, 2023, at 2:17 AM, David Mann  wrote:
>> 
>> *** Arachnophobe warning, contains spider. ***
>> 
>> http://gallery.multi.net.nz/photo/1199/#peso
>> 
>> K5ii, FA 100mm f/2.8 Macro
>> 
>> I tried shooting from a couple of different angles but my surroundings 
>> didn't give me a lot of choice.
>> 
>> Cheers,
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PESO: Lunch Time

[David Mann]

*** Arachnophobe warning, contains spider. ***

http://gallery.multi.net.nz/photo/1199/#peso

K5ii, FA 100mm f/2.8 Macro

I tried shooting from a couple of different angles but my surroundings didn't 
give me a lot of choice.

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PESO: Crane Fly

[David Mann]

A crane fly emerging from its pupa in an old tree stump in our back yard.

My wife saw some of these a few evenings ago and seems to have managed to 
identify them.  Today she spotted one emerging while there was still enough 
light to get a photo.  I had to turn up the ISO to 6400 and also set -1  
exposure compensation as the camera was blowing out the highlights a bit.  That 
got me all the way to 1/180 at f/8.

http://gallery.multi.net.nz/photo/1198/#peso

Pentax K5ii, FA 100mm f/2.8 macro

I'd have got much better results with a tripod but I wasn't about to hang 
around setting one up with mosquitoes biting.  I snapped a whole lot of frames 
handheld while hoping to get at least one in reasonable focus, while contorting 
myself to try and get the plane of focus along the insect's body (as much as 
the foreground would allow).

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Re: PESO x2 (insects)

[David Mann]

Thanks, Henk.  Cicadas are usually quite hard to spot but that one started 
chirping at about my head height while I was taking photos of the stick insect 
(which are also quite adept at hiding).

I'm further south than the cyclone so we'll be unaffected.  Up north they've 
had an extremely wet summer and this certainly won't help after the damage 
they've already suffered.

Cheers,
Dave

> On Feb 11, 2023, at 11:50 PM, Henk Terhell  wrote:
> 
> Very nice pictures, Never seen these insects in reality.
> Hope you are safe for the cyclone.
> 
> Henk
> 
> Op za 11 feb. 2023 om 10:00 schreef David Mann :
> 
>> It's cicada season here at the moment...
>> http://gallery.multi.net.nz/photo/1196/#peso
>> 
>> And here's a stick insect that's resident in our front garden.
>> http://gallery.multi.net.nz/photo/1197/#peso
>> 
>> Both photos taken using K5ii and FA 100mm f/2.8 macro.
>> 
>> Cheers,
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PESO x2 (insects)

[David Mann]

It's cicada season here at the moment...
http://gallery.multi.net.nz/photo/1196/#peso

And here's a stick insect that's resident in our front garden.
http://gallery.multi.net.nz/photo/1197/#peso

Both photos taken using K5ii and FA 100mm f/2.8 macro.

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PESO: Kaikoura Beach #2

[David Mann]

Another pic taken just after the one I posted yesterday.

http://gallery.multi.net.nz/photo/1195/#peso

Pentax K5ii, DA16-45 F/4

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Re: PESO: Kaikoura Beach

[David Mann]

Thanks for the comments, everyone.  Ralf, adding a touch of yellow did cross my 
mind but it was getting late and adjusting colours is something I sometimes 
struggle with.  I might have a look at trying some other time.

The ominous-looking sky was nowhere near as bad as that in real life.  It was 
more broken up over the ocean and the sun was in and out during our time there.

Cheers,
Dave

> On Jan 16, 2023, at 5:37 AM, Daniel J. Matyola  wrote:
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> Nice rendering of that ominous sky!
> 
> Dan Matyola
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> 
> 
> 
> On Sun, Jan 15, 2023 at 4:28 AM David Mann  wrote:
> 
>> We went for a day trip to Kaikoura the other day.  Here's a photo I took
>> on the beach.
>> 
>> http://gallery.multi.net.nz/photo/1194/#peso
>> 
>> I'm not 100% happy with the rendering but it's a tricky exposure and I
>> haven't had a lot of time to work on it.
>> 
>> Pentax K5ii, DA 16-45mm F4
>> 
>> Cheers,
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PESO: Kaikoura Beach

[David Mann]

We went for a day trip to Kaikoura the other day.  Here's a photo I took on the 
beach.

http://gallery.multi.net.nz/photo/1194/#peso

I'm not 100% happy with the rendering but it's a tricky exposure and I haven't 
had a lot of time to work on it.

Pentax K5ii, DA 16-45mm F4

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Re: PESO: mushrooms on chestnut tree

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On Jan 11, 2023, at 12:03 PM, Bill  wrote:

>> 
>> On 1/10/2023 6:12 AM, Henk Terhell wrote:
>>> There is a huge horse chestnut tree standing in the lane in front of our
>>> house, more than 4 m diameter and almost a century old. A few weeks ago I
>>> noticed the arrival of tiny mushrooms in splits of the bark at both sides
>>> of the tree. Though these mushrooms (velvet shank or Flammulina velutipes)
>>> are getting beautiful, I'm concerned about the fate of this tree. I've
>>> asked the community services for an expert to inspect the tree before it is
>>> too late and parts will tumble in the wrong direction during a storm.
>>> https://flic.kr/p/2oavVJ3
>>> Henk
> I hate to just come out and say nice picture, but that really is a lovely 
> image. The colour palette of the mushrooms is sublime, and is set off well by 
> the darker tones and texture of the wood.

That's basically what I was thinking.  The lighting is just perfect.  My 
daughter liked it too (she's interested in mushrooms).

We have a tree in our back yard which has a large bracket fungus growing out 
near its base.  We'll be having it removed fairly soon.

Cheers,
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Re: OT: Interesting Story

[David Mann]

And we just have a kleptomaniac cat in our neighbourhood.  Haven't seen any 
leopards here yet.

Cheers,
Dave

> On Nov 13, 2022, at 4:16 AM, Alan C  wrote:
> 
> Very early this morning my next-door neighbour disturbed two juvenile 
> Leopards sleeping on his front stoep. They quickly slunk off in the half 
> darkness. I can't say I am surprised because we have seen Leopard spoor at 
> the Church & there have been other sightings of Leopards in town. No attacks 
> yet. Alan C
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Re: Heat wave

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On Sep 7, 2022, at 9:35 AM, John Francis  wrote:

> Update: It's now 110 outside according to the local weather station.
> I had to go out for a couple of reasons; it's not nice. Makes the 90+ in the 
> house seem almost comfortable!

We had a dusting of snow yesterday morning.  First we've seen in a few years.

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Re: PESO x3 from my run today

[David Mann]

There are lots of nice tracks up on those hills. The Harry Ell Track is one of 
the most popular as it's a nice easy grade and good in all weather.  I really 
enjoy running it but it gets a bit busy at weekends.  I haven't run on it for a 
while as I've been aiming for steeper gradients lately.

I used to ride that mountain bike track a lot.  My only complaint is that it's 
too narrow for two-way traffic.

Thanks for looking and commenting, everyone.

Cheers,
Dave

> On Aug 22, 2022, at 9:12 PM, Bob Pdml  wrote:
> 
> Amazing running trail!
> 
>> On 22 Aug 2022, at 10:05, David Mann  wrote:
>> 
>> It was foggy at home this morning.  The fog cleared but I managed to find 
>> some more up on the hills.
>> 
>> Harry Ell Track:
>> http://gallery.multi.net.nz/photo/1189/#peso
>> 
>> Bowenvale Valley:
>> http://gallery.multi.net.nz/photo/1190/#peso
>> 
>> Obscured Transmitter:
>> http://gallery.multi.net.nz/photo/1191/#peso
>> 
>> All taken with my phone.  The last two were taken quite close to each other, 
>> facing in different directions.
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PESO x3 from my run today

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It was foggy at home this morning.  The fog cleared but I managed to find some 
more up on the hills.

Harry Ell Track:
http://gallery.multi.net.nz/photo/1189/#peso

Bowenvale Valley:
http://gallery.multi.net.nz/photo/1190/#peso

Obscured Transmitter:
http://gallery.multi.net.nz/photo/1191/#peso

All taken with my phone.  The last two were taken quite close to each other, 
facing in different directions.

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Re: PESO: Bellbird

[David Mann]

It comes from their song, they can sound like a bell.  Their Maori name is 
Korimako.

Cheers,
Dave

> On Aug 11, 2022, at 6:04 AM, Daniel J. Matyola  wrote:
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> Why are they called bellbirds?
> 
> Dan Matyola
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> 
> 
> On Wed, Aug 10, 2022 at 12:59 AM David Mann  wrote:
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>> It's a banksia which is part of the protea family.
>> 
>> That tree's quite misshapen and leaning badly due to being grown over by
>> larger trees so we're likely to remove it at some stage. I'm wanting to
>> plant another in its place because it's nice having bellbirds around.
>> 
>> Cheers,
>> Dave
>> 
>>> On Aug 10, 2022, at 4:12 PM, Daniel J. Matyola 
>> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Nice!  Is that a Bottlebrush Protea?
>>> 
>>> Dan Matyola
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>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On Tue, Aug 9, 2022 at 10:36 PM David Mann  wrote:
>>> 
>>>> I've had too much else on to be taking photos lately, but here's a
>>>> bellbird who visited our garden this morning.
>>>> 
>>>> It was about -4°C this morning.
>>>> 
>>>> http://gallery.multi.net.nz/photo/1188/#peso
>>>> 
>>>> Pentax K5ii, FA*400mm f/5.6
>>>> 
>>>> Cheers,
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Re: PESO: Bellbird

[David Mann]

It's a banksia which is part of the protea family.

That tree's quite misshapen and leaning badly due to being grown over by larger 
trees so we're likely to remove it at some stage. I'm wanting to plant another 
in its place because it's nice having bellbirds around.

Cheers,
Dave

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> Nice!  Is that a Bottlebrush Protea?
> 
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> 
> 
> On Tue, Aug 9, 2022 at 10:36 PM David Mann  wrote:
> 
>> I've had too much else on to be taking photos lately, but here's a
>> bellbird who visited our garden this morning.
>> 
>> It was about -4°C this morning.
>> 
>> http://gallery.multi.net.nz/photo/1188/#peso
>> 
>> Pentax K5ii, FA*400mm f/5.6
>> 
>> Cheers,
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PESO: Bellbird

[David Mann]

I've had too much else on to be taking photos lately, but here's a bellbird who 
visited our garden this morning.

It was about -4°C this morning.

http://gallery.multi.net.nz/photo/1188/#peso

Pentax K5ii, FA*400mm f/5.6

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Re: July PUG is up

[David Mann]

I agree, I loved that one

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Dave

> On Jul 9, 2022, at 5:21 PM, jco...@iinet.net.au wrote:
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> Don't often comment, but Rick's foggy view stands out this time.
> 
> John in Brisbane
> 
> 
> 
> -Original Message-
> From: Brian W  
> Sent: Friday, 8 July 2022 11:24 AM
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> Subject: July PUG is up
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> G'day all
> 
> Enjoy the new gallery here:
> 
> http://pug.komkon.org/
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> (you may need to refresh your browser if you see the previous gallery there).
> 
> Note: The automated submission process usually works well but it's not 
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> in the gallery, let me know.
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> +
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> The theme for August is 'On the Road'
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> Cheers
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PESO: Frost

[David Mann]

I saw some nice patterns in the frost on a car windscreen this morning. I'd 
like to have been a bit taller so I could shoot from a better angle; the dof is 
a bit shallow for my liking.

http://gallery.multi.net.nz/photo/1187/#peso

Pentax K5ii, FA 100mm f/2.8 Macro

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Re: Anybody home?

[David Mann]

Much the same here. I got my camera out last weekend hoping that the SOFIA 
plane would come past, but the wind was blowing from the south so they didn't 
need to circle over the city.  Sadly they didn't do a loop over the city anyway 
as the US Antarctic Program often do with a C17 when they arrive for summer.

We could definitely use some of the hotter weather that the US and Europe have 
had lately. We've had a few frosty mornings lately and are barely scraping into 
double-digits C.

Today is the first time Matariki (Maori new year) is being celebrated as a 
public holiday. It's quite a big thing for our country.
https://www.stuff.co.nz/pou-tiaki/300612585/matariki-101-what-is-it-why-does-it-matter

Cheers,
Dave

> On Jun 23, 2022, at 2:01 PM, jco...@iinet.net.au wrote:
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> Here but very quiet - not doing much photography nowadays
> 
> 
> John in Brisbane
> 
> 
> On 6/22/2022 6:16 PM, John Sessoms wrote:
> Not seeing any traffic for the last few days, and wondering where 
> everyone is?
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Re: PESO Home Enterprise

[David Mann]

That seems to be doing well. We had a whole lot last season growing from seeds 
that had self-sowed. We don't use it much though.

The thought has crossed my mind before about digging up the lawn and growing 
either flowers or vegetables instead. But I think I'd hate the weeding more 
than the mowing.

Cheers,
Dave

> On Jun 16, 2022, at 5:39 AM, Alan C  wrote:
> 
> An innovative Home Enterprise. A black housewife around the corner is 
> supplementing family income by selling fresh Spinach over the gate. The whole 
> garden, behind the house too, has been transformed into a micro-spray 
> irrigated Spinach Plantation. The black population are very partial to eating 
> Spinach with their meals. She tells me there is a constant stream of 
> customers throughout the day & she is just able to keep up with the demand.
> 
> https://www.flickr.com/photos/wisselstroom/52149017293/
> 
> K5 & DA 18-55 WR in the late afternoon.
> 
> Alan C
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Re: PESO: Mushroom From Below

[David Mann]

It's growing through leaf litter.  The top had a fair bit of dirt on it so 
wasn't particularly photogenic.

I don't even like edible mushrooms so I just treat all mushrooms as poisonous. 
A while ago I read about a species that's edible but becomes poisonous if you 
eat it with alcohol.

Speaking of fairies, on her birthday my daughter was given a nice little 
stuffed fabric mushroom (fly agaric, of course) with a pouch to hold teeth for 
the tooth fairy. She got to use it for the first time last week.

Dan, the nice thing about the phone camera is that it's easy to take a low 
photo without crawling in the dirt myself!

Cheers,
Dave

> On Jun 11, 2022, at 5:28 PM, Alan C  wrote:
> 
> Looks like you scared off the fairy! Nice shot. Looks like it's growing on a 
> pile of rubbish. I understand that the species white underneath are likely to 
> be poisonous.
> 
> Alan C
> 
> On 11-Jun-22 03:20 AM, David Mann wrote:
>> I found this next to a track while running on the hill. I stopped to take a 
>> couple of pics for my daughter but I liked this one enough to share it here. 
>> It's just from my phone. I don't know which variety it is.
>> 
>> http://gallery.multi.net.nz/photo/1186/#peso
>> 
>> Cheers,
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Re: PESO: Metamorphosis

[David Mann]

Pretty cool to see them next to each other in different stages.

There's a spot not far from my place where a small number of Monarchs spend 
winter but I haven't seen many there yet. I'll have to keep an eye out.

Cheers,
Dave

> On Jun 11, 2022, at 4:39 PM, Daniel J. Matyola  wrote:
> 
> Each Monarch larva goes through five stages of growth, called instars,
> between the time it hatches from the egg until it enters the pupal stage.
> The larva molts at the end of each instar, so that it can grow into the
> next stage. During this process, it eats only milkweed foliage, and grows
> to almost 2,000 times its original mass.
> 
> A late fifth instar Monarch will then crawl away from the milkweed plant it
> was feeding on to find a secure location, where it forms a silk pad and
> hangs upside down in a J shape, before shedding its skin one last time to
> expose the bright green chrysalis.
> 
> In this image, the larva on the right has attached its pad to the edge of a
> clay flower pot, and has drawn itself up into the classic "J" shape.  On
> the left is one that has completed the final molt to expose its bejewelled
> green chrysalis.
> 
> http://dan-matyola.squarespace.com/danmatyolas-pesos/2022/6/11/metamorphosis
> 
> K-5 IIs, smc DA 35 mm F 2.8 Macro Limited
> Comments, criticisms, questions, and suggestions are invited and
> appreciated.
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PESO: Mushroom From Below

[David Mann]

I found this next to a track while running on the hill. I stopped to take a 
couple of pics for my daughter but I liked this one enough to share it here. 
It's just from my phone. I don't know which variety it is.

http://gallery.multi.net.nz/photo/1186/#peso

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Re: PESO: Shitstorm

[David Mann]

The stripped plants are a familiar sight here. We usually put them under 
netting which we can close up to prevent too many eggs being laid on them. Our 
plants survived last season in pretty good shape.

As ours are in the garden we don't need to worry about the excrement :)

Cheers,
Dave

> On Jun 7, 2022, at 5:19 PM, Daniel J. Matyola  wrote:
> 
> When I am raising my Monarch larvae, they get to a point where they
> devour large amounts of milkweed leaves every day.  Monarchs are milkweed
> eating machines, and they are also pooping machines! This poop, called
> frass, is expelled as little dark green blobs.  To keep the larvae healthy,
> one must clean out the cage daily.
> 
> This is the devastation they cause:
> 
> http://dan-matyola.squarespace.com/danmatyolas-pesos/2022/6/7/storm
> 
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Re: April PUG is up

[David Mann]

Thanks, Ann. I almost didn't participate until I had a spare moment to have a 
deeper look in my photos drive.

I wish I'd taken a photo many years ago of a blue Ferrari I saw with the custom 
plate "Y B RED".  If I had, I'd have used it just to be contrary.

Cheers,
Dave

> On Apr 6, 2022, at 6:17 AM, ann sanfedele  wrote:
> 
> a very skillful set - (just wish the color chosen had been different ) ... 
> and new guy Ken's photo has really nice geography.  Great to see Bulent back.
> 
> My personal favorite s David's Lunar Eclipse..  (lovely to look at, not just 
> because it is not very red)
> 
> It is clear that you guys really like the color red...
> 
> I just don't like red  that very intense bright red  .. and a couple of the 
> photos include some very ugly red artwork... which, I presume, you who
> 
> took photos of them were pointing out the homeliness with a wry wink.. (Brian 
> and Filip, of course) .
> 
> ann the grouch
> 
> 
> 
> On 4/4/2022 6:10 AM, Brian W wrote:
>> G'day all
>> 
>> The biggest gallery this year with one new contributor (welcome Ken!) and 
>> good
>> to see Bulent back.
>> 
>> Enjoy the new gallery here:
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Re: OT: Immersive Van Gogh Exhibit

[David Mann]

We went to one last year but there was no 3D add-on for us.  Well worth going, 
I enjoyed it a lot.

Cheers,
Dave

> On Apr 6, 2022, at 2:47 PM, Richard Dell  wrote:
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> I went to the exhibit in Atlanta last year.
> 
> It was well worth attending, I wished I had more time (spouse was not as 
> fascinated).
> Being surrounded by the images, with computerized animations and transitions 
> was fair overwhelming, I though. An example of the animation as farm fields 
> with the tractors actually moving across the field,
> 
> One thing, if you go to one, is to be sure to do the add-on 3D goggle 
> session, very interesting feeling like you are alive (with being able to look 
> around, swiveling your head) in a fictional village where Van Gogh might have 
> painted over a half dozen of his paintings.
> 
> The whole exhibit was not timed, so no rush.
> 
> On April 5, 2022 3:04:28 PM EDT, "Daniel J. Matyola"  
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>> Has anyone seen one of the Immersive Van Gogh exhibits?  Any comments,
>> personal or second hand?
>> 
>> TIA, Dan
>> 
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PESO x2: Petrified Forest

[David Mann]

A couple of views of the petrified forest at Curio Bay on the Catlins Coast. 
These are old 6x7 scans that I've just processed (in one case, re-processed).

http://gallery.multi.net.nz/photo/42/#peso

http://gallery.multi.net.nz/photo/1185/#peso

Both taken with Pentax 6x7 and 45mm f/4.

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PESO: Mitre Peak

[David Mann]

A bit of a postcard cliché from Milford Sound.  The peak at centre is called 
Mitre Peak.

http://gallery.multi.net.nz/photo/1170/#peso

Pentax 6x7, 45mm f/4

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PESO: Lunch

[David Mann]

If you were wondering if anything eats bees, here's your answer... we found 
this guy (or gal) sitting in a rose in our garden, happily devouring a bee.

http://gallery.multi.net.nz/photo/1171/#peso

K5ii, FA100mm f/2.8 macro

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PESO x2: A couple more landscapes

[David Mann]

I've been going through some more 6x7 scans...

Milford Sound at Dusk:
http://gallery.multi.net.nz/photo/1056/#peso

A River in Fiordland:
http://gallery.multi.net.nz/photo/1163/#peso
(The equipment specified for this one is a guess)

Cheers,
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PESO: Metamorphosis

[David Mann]

My wife took these photos of a Monarch caterpillar transforming into a 
chrysalis today.

http://gallery.multi.net.nz/photo/1157/

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Re: PESO: Lake Manapouri

[David Mann]

The lockdowns have been lifted now since our vaccination rate reached its 
target.  We're now on a red/orange/green system to manage the load on the 
hospitals.  We're currently in "orange" so there are some restrictions on the 
size of gatherings and some places require a vaccine pass to enter.  Our region 
is currently 98.8% double-vaccinated, 74.7% boosted (over-12).  The rollout for 
5-12s is ongoing.

The virus has been affecting families at our daughter's school so we'll 
probably get it before long.  There have been a few general sniffles lately as 
well which is not exactly helping.

Cheers,
Dave

> On Mar 5, 2022, at 7:35 AM, ann sanfedele  wrote:
> 
> ooh I love this one! scenic minimalism.
> 
> are you on lockdown again now? or just being extra careful -I saw some news 
> that omicron got to you
> 
> ann
> 
> On 3/4/2022 4:28 AM, David Mann wrote:
>> Here's another old film scan.
>> 
>> This is Lake Manapouri.  There's a hydroelectric power station at the 
>> western end of the lake.  The turbine hall was excavated underground and the 
>> water discharges into Doubtful Sound on the other side of the hill.  We'd 
>> just been on a tour down into the power station (it was too dim down there 
>> to take photos) and were on our way back across the lake.
>> 
>> http://gallery.multi.net.nz/photo/1155/#peso
>> 
>> Pentax 6x7, 45mm f/4
>> 
>> More about the power station:
>> https://www.meridianenergy.co.nz/who-we-are/our-power-stations/hydro/manapouri
>> 
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PESO: Lake Manapouri

[David Mann]

Here's another old film scan.

This is Lake Manapouri.  There's a hydroelectric power station at the western 
end of the lake.  The turbine hall was excavated underground and the water 
discharges into Doubtful Sound on the other side of the hill.  We'd just been 
on a tour down into the power station (it was too dim down there to take 
photos) and were on our way back across the lake.

http://gallery.multi.net.nz/photo/1155/#peso

Pentax 6x7, 45mm f/4

More about the power station:
https://www.meridianenergy.co.nz/who-we-are/our-power-stations/hydro/manapouri

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Re: PESO: Lake Hayes

[David Mann]

Thanks for the comments, you probably missed the first version as I overwrote 
both files when I "fixed" it.

I just dug out the film... it was Fuji Provia 100F.  I'd love to use my 6x7 
again but the film & processing are getting expensive.  And I really don't miss 
the hassle of film scanning.  Getting rid of the dust from these scans is not 
the most exciting of jobs.

Cheers,
Dave

> On Mar 4, 2022, at 4:40 PM, Mark C  wrote:
> 
> Nice shot. I like both crops but lean towards the first one - the dangling 
> line is interesting. I'm not sure why but I see no difference between the two 
> color profiles. In both cases the sky looks great, which just a small area 
> approaching pure white.
> 
> What film did you use?
> 
> I was out with my 6x7 and 75mm f4.5 a couple days ago, though I got nothing 
> as nice as your shot here.
> 
> Mark
> 
> 
> 
> On 2/25/2022 4:25 AM, David Mann wrote:
>> Here's another 6x7 scan that I've just processed.
>> 
>> http://gallery.multi.net.nz/photo/1140/#peso
>> 
>> After I uploaded it I wondered if it'd look better with the foreground 
>> reflections cropped out:
>> 
>> http://gallery.multi.net.nz/photo/1141/#peso
>> 
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PESO x2: Fly Agarics

[David Mann]

While I was running up on the hill I encountered a few patches of fly agaric 
mushrooms. I don't see that type often so it was nice to see so many in one 
outing. Sadly they're a sign of our wettest February on record. Most were quite 
small but the biggest one I found would have been around 6 or 7 inches in 
diameter.

These are just phone pics which I took to show my daughter.

http://gallery.multi.net.nz/photo/1142/#peso

http://gallery.multi.net.nz/photo/1143/#peso

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Re: PESO: Lake Hayes

[David Mann]

I had an idea about why I may have been having trouble with the colours in the 
sky.  I had assigned the Adobe RGB profile to the image when it may have 
actually been scanned to sRGB.

I've reassigned the profile and also applied the highlights & shadows tool 
which has allowed me to keep a lot more detail in the sky.  I brought out the 
shadows a little but there's very little detail to be had there.  Isn't slide 
film wonderful.

I just overwrote the image and discarded the original.  The updated version is 
at the same url:
http://gallery.multi.net.nz/photo/1140/#peso

Cheers,
Dave

> On Feb 26, 2022, at 2:46 PM, ann sanfedele  wrote:
> 
> Dave, the only thing that bothers me here is that thing hanging from the 
> tree...and on my monitor the white in teh sky is really burned out . but I
> may be overstating it because  of my problem with glare.
> 
> without the skinny line I'd love them both
> 
> ann
> 
> 
> On 2/25/2022 4:25 AM, David Mann wrote:
>> Here's another 6x7 scan that I've just processed.
>> 
>> http://gallery.multi.net.nz/photo/1140/#peso
>> 
>> After I uploaded it I wondered if it'd look better with the foreground 
>> reflections cropped out:
>> 
>> http://gallery.multi.net.nz/photo/1141/#peso
>> 
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Re: PESO: Lake Hayes

[David Mann]

There is a bit more detail in the sky but I was having trouble with some slight 
colour shifts so I let it blow out a bit. Haven't checked the tree but I 
intended it to be a silhouette anyway.

Cheers,
Dave

> On Feb 26, 2022, at 4:44 AM, Rick Womer  wrote:
> 
> No preference here.
> 
> Is there some detail in the tree or sky that is on the negative, but didn’t 
> come out in the scan?
> 
> Rick
> 
>> On Feb 25, 2022, at 4:25 AM, David Mann  wrote:
>> 
>> Here's another 6x7 scan that I've just processed.
>> 
>> http://gallery.multi.net.nz/photo/1140/#peso
>> 
>> After I uploaded it I wondered if it'd look better with the foreground 
>> reflections cropped out:
>> 
>> http://gallery.multi.net.nz/photo/1141/#peso
>> 
>> Cheers,
>> Dave
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PESO: Lake Hayes

[David Mann]

Here's another 6x7 scan that I've just processed.

http://gallery.multi.net.nz/photo/1140/#peso

After I uploaded it I wondered if it'd look better with the foreground 
reflections cropped out:

http://gallery.multi.net.nz/photo/1141/#peso

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Re: PESO: The Deans' House

[David Mann]

It wasn't shot at f/4 but it's an f/4 lens :)

Thanks for the feedback, everyone. This was one of those situations where I 
thought I had it looking right but looked at it again the next day.  I've set 
up my small light box but the slide does look a bit different. I might drag my 
bigger lightbox out to see whether that makes any difference.

Cheers,
Dave

> On Feb 24, 2022, at 10:50 PM, mike wilson  wrote:
> 
> Difficult to be definitive from a tiny web image but that looks like huge DOF 
> for f4.
>> On 24 February 2022 at 09:20 David Mann  wrote:
>> 
>> 
>> Hi all,
>> 
>> Recently I've been going through some old medium format film scans and 
>> processing the files to get them into my database.
>> 
>> Here's one from 2001, I think it's from the first roll I put through the 
>> Pentax 6x7.  It's a local landmark which I used to ride past on my way 
>> to/from university.
>> 
>> http://gallery.multi.net.nz/photo/1136/#peso
>> 
>> Pentax 6x7 with 45mm f/4
>> 
>> The process is a bit painful; dust-spotting a 350+Mb file is not a lot of 
>> fun and I suspect the colours of the slides may have shifted a little over 
>> the past 20 years. I'm not great with colour-correction, and it doesn't help 
>> that I haven't calibrated my screen.
>> 
>> It's just as well storage is plentiful... the image I used for the previous 
>> PUG was 1.45Gb as a PSD :)
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PESO: The Deans' House

[David Mann]

Hi all,

Recently I've been going through some old medium format film scans and 
processing the files to get them into my database.

Here's one from 2001, I think it's from the first roll I put through the Pentax 
6x7.  It's a local landmark which I used to ride past on my way to/from 
university.

http://gallery.multi.net.nz/photo/1136/#peso

Pentax 6x7 with 45mm f/4

The process is a bit painful; dust-spotting a 350+Mb file is not a lot of fun 
and I suspect the colours of the slides may have shifted a little over the past 
20 years. I'm not great with colour-correction, and it doesn't help that I 
haven't calibrated my screen.

It's just as well storage is plentiful... the image I used for the previous PUG 
was 1.45Gb as a PSD :)

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Re: PESO: My Winter Hobby

[David Mann]

They look really nice.  Wish I had a heated workshop.  We don't get winters 
like yours but it still gets far too cold to work in the garage.

I designed and built a mud kitchen for my daughter during the holiday.  The 
sink came from our old kitchen.  I'd had it propped up on some bricks for her 
for a couple of years before I finally decided to make something a bit better.

http://gallery.multi.net.nz/photo/1132/

I am considering adding some cupboard doors at the bottom, or perhaps a junked 
toaster oven or microwave like they had at her preschool. I definitely intend 
to rearrange those bits of concrete underneath in the near future as they're a 
bit hazardous.

Cheers,
Dave


> On Feb 22, 2022, at 8:12 AM, Bill  wrote:
> 
> I don't do much photography in the winter. No studio access these days, too 
> cold to want to be outside, that sort of thing.
> So, I found a new hobby. I make stuff out of wood.
> 
> Anyway, this is the most recent piece:
> 
> https://flic.kr/p/2n4Qfn7
> https://flic.kr/p/2n4TyLp
> https://flic.kr/p/2n4KjCh
> https://flic.kr/p/2n4QFrc
> 
> Technical: K1, D FA*50/1.4. Whatever the camera gave me for settings.
> 
> And for an added bonus, this is what I made the granddaughter for Christmas:
> 
> https://flic.kr/p/2mU4mmk
> 
> Technical: Cell phone.
> 
> enjoy
> 
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Re: GESO: Maui blog 18: Maui Butterfly Farm

[David Mann]

Looks like a good place to visit. At first look I thought that swallowtail was 
a sculpture.

We have a number of monarch caterpillars in the garden at the moment. The 
plants are caged off to prevent further eggs so they'll have enough to eat.

> On Feb 17, 2022, at 1:15 PM, Daniel J. Matyola  wrote:
> 
> As if Maui isn't already perfect, they have added a new attraction since
> our last visit:  a butterfly farm.  As most of you know, I am really
> interested in butterflies, particularly Monarchs.  Here are a few images
> from our recent visit:
> 
> http://dan-matyola.squarespace.com/danmatyolas-pesos/2022/2/16/mbf
> 
> K-5 IIs, smc DA 18-135hour mm F 3.5-5.6 ED AL [IF] DC WR
> Comments, criticisms, and suggestions are invited and appreciated.
> 
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Re: PESO: Sandbathing Speckled Mousebirds

[David Mann]

Monkeys! And I feel hard done by with the neighbour's cats digging up our vege 
garden. Nevermind the cat from down the road who stole all of our gardening 
gloves.

Cheers,
Dave

> On Feb 2, 2022, at 3:08 AM, Alan Cole  wrote:
> 
> I am posting this tale because I have been having severe e-mail
> difficulties of late. Hopefully it will reach the list. If it fails from my
> Vox account I will try my g-mail account.
> 
> This photo is not of much merit & is merely intended as part of the story.
> A heavy crop of a shot with the K5 & Sigma 170-500 @ 500mm. About 10 of
> them in that hole. They shot off as soon as they heard the shutter. They
> know I hate them & hurriedly fly off whenever they see me!
> 
> Growing veg. & fruit in Phalaborwa is problematic because of the Mousebirds
> & Monkeys. The Mousebirds go for anything soft, even the hearts of small
> Pawpaw trees. The locusts of the Lowveld! Aluminium foil plates hung from
> poles helps a bit. The local "swarm" is about 40 strong. The Monkeys love
> Avos & Mangoes & even dig out carrots! I grow all the susceptible veg.
> behind wire now.
> 
> https://www.flickr.com/photos/wisselstroom/51856437149/
> 
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Re: PESO: Stuck

[David Mann]

Well I've learned something. I just went out to check, thinking it'd still be 
there. There's an empty shell but no sign of the cicada. I'll have to do some 
reading...

Cheers,
Dave

> On Jan 22, 2022, at 10:20 PM, Henk Terhell  wrote:
> 
> Fascinating picture. With dragonflies this metamorphose takes considerable
> time so maybe it was not dead?
> 
> Henk
> 
> Op za 22 jan. 2022 om 09:10 schreef David Mann :
> 
>> The cicadas have been coming out recently. This one somehow died while
>> shedding its skin so it stayed nice and still for a photo. It's been ages
>> since I used my tripod but the light and dof required it.
>> 
>> Apologies for the awkward orientation but that's the way it was.
>> 
>> http://gallery.multi.net.nz/photo/1126/#peso
>> 
>> Pentax K5ii, FA100mm f/2.8 Macro
>> 
>> Cheers,
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PESO: Stuck

[David Mann]

The cicadas have been coming out recently. This one somehow died while shedding 
its skin so it stayed nice and still for a photo. It's been ages since I used 
my tripod but the light and dof required it.

Apologies for the awkward orientation but that's the way it was.

http://gallery.multi.net.nz/photo/1126/#peso

Pentax K5ii, FA100mm f/2.8 Macro

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Re: PDML image sharing

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On Jan 2, 2022, at 4:45 PM, John Francis  wrote:

> I haven't had the opportunity to play with a 5K monitor, so I don't know if
> I'd be able to spot any differences.

I noticed a while ago that photos presented on the web for hidpi monitors 
looked much sharper than normal-sized images that are automatically rescaled 
(look up the "srcset" attribute if you're interested).  I eventually ran some 
tests then modified my own site to support them.  The file sizes are much 
larger but it's well worth it... speaking as someone on an unlimited-data fibre 
plan.

Text also looks so much better. YMMV of course, depending on your eyes. I'm 
overdue for another test.

I doubt I'd see much difference with a 4K TV (which we have, but haven't fed it 
any 4K content as yet), because I sit a lot further away from it.

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Re: PESO x2: Mushrooms

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On Dec 28, 2021, at 11:39 PM, Henk Terhell  wrote:

> For me it is not unusual to see clusters of mushrooms on dead and
> almost dead trees.Seeing fungi on the trunk of a living tree is
> usually a bad sign.
> My own record is this picture of honey fungi:
> https://flic.kr/p/2hvrRRR

Wow, that's impressive. My daughter liked it too.

The fungus on our tree is quite large and it's right down at the base. We had a 
smaller tree down by the river which split and fell in a storm a few months 
ago. That one was rotten inside with fungus on its trunk that we hadn't 
noticed. We've been thinking about getting some arborists in at some stage 
anyway, sadly the two trees with fungus were ones I'd been wanting to keep.

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Re: PESO x2: Mushrooms

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On Dec 28, 2021, at 5:53 AM, Rick Womer  wrote:

> I don’t think I’ve seen a cluster of mushroom growing out of a tree trunk 
> such as those in the first pic. Is the tree alive or dead?

I'm not sure whether the tree was still alive. Seeing mushrooms like that on a 
trunk was a surprise to me as well. There were several clusters at different 
heights. The one I photographed was at about my head height.

I've seen very small mushrooms growing from crevices of tree trunks before but 
nothing this big.  We have some impressive bracket fungi on our property, one 
on an old stump and another on a living tree, which is probably going to have 
to be cut down as a result as it'll be weakening the wood.

Cheers,
Dave

> 
> Rick
> 
>> On Dec 26, 2021, at 4:49 AM, David Mann  wrote:
>> 
>> I went running on some trails up the hill today and a couple of mushrooms 
>> caught my eye. My daughter is really interested in mushrooms so I stopped 
>> each time to take photos with my phone.
>> 
>> I don't know what type this one is...
>> http://gallery.multi.net.nz/photo/1124/#peso
>> 
>> But I do know a fly agaric when I see one. I had seen the broken-off head of 
>> a small one on the side of the trail so I looked up the bank to see if there 
>> were more, and found this.
>> http://gallery.multi.net.nz/photo/1125/#peso
>> 
>> Cheers,
>> Dave
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Re: PESO x2: Mushrooms

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On Dec 26, 2021, at 11:09 PM, Ralf R Radermacher  wrote:
> 
> Am 26.12.21 um 10:49 schrieb David Mann:
>> I went running on some trails up the hill today and a couple of mushrooms 
>> caught my eye. My daughter is really interested in mushrooms so I stopped 
>> each time to take photos with my phone.
> 
> Great shots. But beware, the second one is extremely poisonous.

Yes, I'm aware of that. There's no chance of me trying to eat one as I don't 
like mushrooms anyway. I've also mentioned to my daughter many times that many 
poisonous mushrooms look like edible ones so she knows not to handle them.

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PESO x2: Mushrooms

[David Mann]

I went running on some trails up the hill today and a couple of mushrooms 
caught my eye. My daughter is really interested in mushrooms so I stopped each 
time to take photos with my phone.

I don't know what type this one is...
http://gallery.multi.net.nz/photo/1124/#peso

But I do know a fly agaric when I see one. I had seen the broken-off head of a 
small one on the side of the trail so I looked up the bank to see if there were 
more, and found this.
http://gallery.multi.net.nz/photo/1125/#peso

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PESO: Rest Easy

[David Mann]

Once each week I do a long run up the hill, which takes me past the site of a 
car crash which claimed the life of two teenage sisters two years ago.  One 
died instantly at the scene and the other passed away in hospital a couple of 
weeks later, on her 16th birthday.  Today (December 13th) would have been her 
18th birthday.  I never knew them but I always think of them when I pass.

http://gallery.multi.net.nz/photo/1123/#peso

In the background you can see some tracks; those are mountain-bike tracks in 
the adventure park on the other side of the valley. That area was devastated by 
a wildfire about five years ago.  This spot was under threat but the 
firefighters managed to get it under control a short distance away.

Cheers,
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Re: GESO: Mushrooms

[David Mann]

My daughter was impressed.  She's quite interested in mushrooms.  She likes to 
help check for them in the grounds of her preschool in the mornings as part of 
the "health and mushroom check" (really the health and safety check).  We're 
also amazed at how quickly they spring up, and the amount of places where we've 
seen them hiding.

Cheers,
Dave

> On Sep 22, 2021, at 4:33 AM, Stanley Halpin  
> wrote:
> 
> Really looking forward to a trip next week to Mackinac Island and then on to 
> Michigan's Upper Peninsula! Meanwhile, here are some mushrooms from around 
> our yard.
> Note that #5, 3 days later became #6 & #7. And #8 three days later became #9. 
> I am always amazed at how quickly these growths appear, and then how quickly 
> they grow and transform.
> 
>   https://lightroom.adobe.com/shares/40ce3eb962954978b0009604d3b8c346
> 
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Re: Dumb Photoshop Question

[David Mann]

That seems a bit strange.  I've been processing some photos today and the only 
times it's added anything to the filename is if I've reopened a raw file 
through Bridge that I've already processed and saved previously.  For the 
record, my workflow is to use Bridge to organise / select my raw files then 
edit in Adobe Camera Raw, finally opening in Photoshop to convert the profile 
and save.  I found Photoshop produced better jpg files than ACR for some reason.

I think this is a recently-added feature as today is the first time I've 
noticed this behaviour.  I only discovered it when it didn't ask me to replace 
the existing file when I saved the newer version - instead it saved a filename 
with "-2" appended.

I've just tried opening a couple of jpg and psd files and this behaviour didn't 
occur.  FWIW I'm using an iMac.

Sorry for not being helpful :)

Cheers,
Dave

> On Sep 10, 2021, at 1:50 PM, Bill  wrote:
> 
> I've been using the subscription version of Photoshop for a short while, and 
> have run into a decidedly odd and irritating behaviour.
> Photoshop insists on changing the filename to "untitled-xxx.xxx rather than 
> using the original filename.
> The only explanation I've been able to find involves Apple changing something 
> in their operating system, but I'm not using an Apple machine.
> Anyone know how to fix it?
> 
> thanks
> 
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Re: PESO: emperor dragonfly

[David Mann]

The first two are fascinating because that's something I've never seen before.

Cheers,
Dave

> On Jul 19, 2021, at 8:07 PM, Henk Terhell  wrote:
> 
> In the coast area we didn't get the heavy rain with flooding as in Germany, 
> Belgium and southern part of the Netherlands.
> However, it has been a wet spring and early summer.
> Butterflies are very late, whereas dragonflies are abundantly present.
> I catched some female emperor dragonflies laying eggs:
> https://flic.kr/p/2mbAD9S
> https://flic.kr/p/2mbxYKa
> And to complete one in flight, as I can never resist trying to catch, always 
> resulting in dozens of unuseful images:
> https://flic.kr/p/2mb5bm7
> 
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Re: PESO: Bellbird

[David Mann]

That's likely due to me bringing up the shadows a bit in the raw conversion.  I 
may have overdone it a touch as the room was fairly bright at the time.

On Jul 9, 2021, at 6:41 PM, Larry Colen  wrote:

> That almost looks like you’ve got some sort of fill light on it.
> 
>> 
>> http://gallery.multi.net.nz/photo/1122/#peso
>> 
>> Pentax K5ii, FA*400mm f/5.6
>> 
>> Cheers,
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PESO: Bellbird

[David Mann]

I'm still working on these bellbirds :)  We have a couple that are spending 
winter in our area and they're quite fond of our banksia.

http://gallery.multi.net.nz/photo/1122/#peso

Pentax K5ii, FA*400mm f/5.6

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Re: Beach sauna

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I agree with Dan.  Love both photos but prefer that one.

Cheers,
Dave

> On Jun 28, 2021, at 4:36 AM, Daniel J. Matyola  wrote:
> 
> Now I'm seeing two images.  I think the version with only one human figure
> is more effective, at least to my eye.
> 
> Dan Matyola
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> 
> 
> 
> On Sun, Jun 27, 2021 at 10:29 AM Alan C  wrote:
> 
>> Well spotted. There is even a rose on the can.
>> 
>> Alan C
>> 
>> On 27-Jun-21 02:32 PM, Bob Pdml wrote:
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>>> 
>>> https://adobe.ly/2BXDULF
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On 27 Jun 2021, at 13:05, Alan C  wrote:
>>> 
>>> Only for Instagram subscribers?
>>> 
>>> Alan C
>>> 
>>> On 27-Jun-21 11:36 AM, Bob Pdml wrote:
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Re: PESO: With the Bee Balm...

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That's fantastic.  I might show it to my daughter tomorrow as I don't think she 
knows about hummingbirds.

I saw a bellbird in a tree in our back yard yesterday.  The light was pretty 
good so I decided to get the camera out.  As soon as I raised the camera to my 
eye the little so-and-so flew off.

Cheers,
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> Come the Hummers.
> 
> https://www.photo.net/photo/18654744/Bee-Balm-Breakfast
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Re: A* 600/5.6 question

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On Jun 28, 2021, at 5:22 PM, jtainter  wrote:

> Bill wrote:
> 
> "Does anyone know if the above mentioned lens needs a filter in the  filter 
> drawer to achieve it's maximum magic?
> "Thanks"
> 
> Bill, the F* and FA* 600 F4 lenses do require a filter as part of the optical 
> system. I would therefore suspect that the A* 600 does also.

I just had a look at the optical diagrams on the K-Mount Page.  The F / FA 
optical diagram shows the filter as part of the optics but the A* 600/5.6 
doesn't.  I certainly wouldn't take that as gospel as I don't know where those 
diagrams come from.  I'd tend to assume that any lens with a filter drawer 
would need the filter.  Clear as mud :D

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Re: PESO: Opportunists

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That's a cool photo.

I'm going to have to show this one to my daughter tomorrow.  She's really 
interested in mushrooms, they're growing all over the place here.  She really 
enjoys helping the adults do a "health and mushroom check" at her preschool.

Due to the weather we walked home yesterday and in addition to a few good 
patches of mushrooms we saw a few instances of hairy fungus growing out of 
dung, most likely cat but possibly dog.  We certainly don't have any elephants 
around here.

Cheers,
Dave

> On Jun 18, 2021, at 5:10 AM, Alan C  wrote:
> 
> Opportunist mushrooms on Elephant dung. Masorini, Kruger Park, this morning.
> 
> https://www.flickr.com/photos/wisselstroom/51254117844/
> 
> K5 & Sigma 170-500 DG @ 170mm.
> 
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Re: GESO (6) - Wet Weekend

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On May 31, 2021, at 6:01 AM, Ralf R Radermacher  wrote:

> Am 30.05.21 um 19:04 schrieb Rick Womer:
>> After a very dry several weeks, we’ve had about 2in / 5cm of rain this 
>> weekend. When it let up a bit, the camera and I took a walk;
> 
> I'll say it with Ella:
> "Isn't this a lovely day to be out in the rain..."

We've had a ton of rain here in the past few days.  26mm on Saturday, 68mm 
yesterday and another 40mm today.  The rivers across our whole region are well 
and truly in flood.

I went out with my daughter this morning with our wet-weather gear on, to jump 
in puddles.  What great fun.

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Re: PESO: Supermoon Lunar Eclipse

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Thanks for the feedback, everyone.

We didn't quite get totality here.  I think the photo I posted was about the 
maximum.

I realised partway through the eclipse that having the stars in there was a bit 
more interesting. I didn't quite go this far though...
https://xkcd.com/2463/

Exposure was done through trial and error.  The histogram was of no use.  I 
found that exposures of several seconds caused a bit of blur so I settled on 
1/2s at ISO800.

Getting it reasonably in focus was largely luck.  Infinity focus is pretty hard 
to get manually with that lens.  At first I used AF, then when the moon became 
too dark I switched to manual and used Live View zoomed in, which wasn't 
amazing in such dark conditions but it did the job well enough.  Once it was 
set I left it there.  I was taking my chances a bit as I had the lens wide open 
to shorten the exposure.

I was also quite lucky with the weather.  For most of the evening we had a lot 
of patchy fast-moving cloud at low altitude.  It mostly cleared away about 15 
mins before the eclipse started.  Before the eclipse I could see the moon 
through the cloud but it would have made things difficult as the moon darkened.

Cheers,
Dave

> On May 27, 2021, at 7:57 AM, Toine  wrote:
> 
> Nice! and a clear sky. We have to wait a year or so to see one.
> 
> On Wed, 26 May 2021 at 14:07, David Mann  wrote:
>> 
>> Just a quick upload before I go to bed far too late.  I need a darker 
>> template on my website but it'll have to do.
>> 
>> http://gallery.multi.net.nz/photo/1121/#peso
>> 
>> Cheers,
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PESO: Supermoon Lunar Eclipse

[David Mann]

Just a quick upload before I go to bed far too late.  I need a darker template 
on my website but it'll have to do.

http://gallery.multi.net.nz/photo/1121/#peso

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PESO: Bee

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We had some nice warm weather yesterday and we had a couple of monarch 
butterflies emerge.

I was keeping an eye on the two remaining chrysalises (that I'm aware of) and 
noticed a nearby plant was attracting lots of bees.

I spent quite a while chasing the bees around the flowers with my macro lens.  
My hit rate was quite low (I took just over 100 photos), trying to follow the 
things with a handheld macro lens, manually focussed.

http://gallery.multi.net.nz/photo/1120/#peso

Pentax K5ii, FA100mm f/2.8 Macro.

I do have a few more that came out reasonably well but that's the one I decided 
to show.

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PESO x2: Newly Hatched Monarch

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We had a couple of monarchs hatch today.  One of them was in good light so I 
took a few photos while its wings were drying.

http://gallery.multi.net.nz/photo/1119/#peso

This one shows the empty chrysalis as well.
http://gallery.multi.net.nz/photo/1118/#peso

My daughter found a few more that are close to hatching so we may have some 
more come out in the next few days, depending on the weather.

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Re: PESO: Bellbird

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Something I didn't mention was that those red flowers were the reason the bird 
was there, which is why I wanted to keep them.  I'll have another look at the 
other photos later and may post one of it feeding on them.

That is one of two trees it visits in our garden; the other is a banksia which 
is in much better light.  I think this tree is a bottlebrush.

That bird has been taunting me for ages but they move about so quickly and 
often announce their presence just before leaving.

Cheers,
Dave

> On Apr 25, 2021, at 2:50 PM, ann sanfedele  wrote:
> 
> you certainly did! - and the background is an important part of it..  nice 
> one, Dave!
> 
> ann
> 
> On 4/24/2021 9:12 PM, David Mann wrote:
>> I finally got a good photo of one.  I'd like to have cropped it a little 
>> tighter but I'd have had to crop out the red flowers.
>> 
>> http://gallery.multi.net.nz/photo/1117/#peso
>> 
>> Pentax K5ii, FA*200mm f/2.8
>> 
>> Cheers,
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PESO: Bellbird

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I finally got a good photo of one.  I'd like to have cropped it a little 
tighter but I'd have had to crop out the red flowers.

http://gallery.multi.net.nz/photo/1117/#peso

Pentax K5ii, FA*200mm f/2.8

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Re: PESO: More fantails

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A fantail came inside at my daughter's preschool today and fluttered around the 
building for a few minutes before finding its way back out.

According to Maori legend, if a fantail comes indoors it's a harbinger of 
death.  But she found two four-leaf clovers in the lawn beforehand so maybe 
it'll cancel out.

Cheers,
Dave

> On Apr 13, 2021, at 8:57 PM, Toine  wrote:
> 
> great capture. and a beautiful bird
> 
> Toine
> 
> On Tue, 13 Apr 2021 at 10:47, David Mann  wrote:
>> 
>> Yeah, sorry, it's fantails again (I'm very fond of them).  We had three of 
>> them in our garden this morning.  One of them came to check me out.  They're 
>> quite tame as people often disturb the insects they feed on.  I had to keep 
>> stepping back because it'd come within the minimum focus distance of my lens 
>> (2m, about 6').
>> 
>> http://gallery.multi.net.nz/photo/1115/#peso
>> http://gallery.multi.net.nz/photo/1116/#peso
>> 
>> Once again I was fighting for light so I had to bring up the exposure in ACR.
>> 
>> Pentax K5ii, FA*400mm f/5.6, 1/750 at f/5.6, ISO3200
>> 
>> Cheers,
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PESO: More fantails

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Yeah, sorry, it's fantails again (I'm very fond of them).  We had three of them 
in our garden this morning.  One of them came to check me out.  They're quite 
tame as people often disturb the insects they feed on.  I had to keep stepping 
back because it'd come within the minimum focus distance of my lens (2m, about 
6').

http://gallery.multi.net.nz/photo/1115/#peso
http://gallery.multi.net.nz/photo/1116/#peso

Once again I was fighting for light so I had to bring up the exposure in ACR.

Pentax K5ii, FA*400mm f/5.6, 1/750 at f/5.6, ISO3200

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PESO: Bellbird

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We've had at least one bellbird in the area visiting our garden but they're 
very difficult to photograph.  They're quite skittish and don't stop moving.  
They'd be a similar size to a starling.

I saw one feeding at the bottom of our garden this morning and rushed to get 
the camera.  This is about all I could get before he flew off.  I'll keep 
trying...

http://gallery.multi.net.nz/photo/1114/#peso

Pentax K5ii, FA*400mm f/5.6, 1/500 at f/8, ISO 3200

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Re: FA35mm video review

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On Apr 13, 2021, at 3:04 AM, Steve Cottrell  wrote:

> On 11/4/21, Juan Buhler, discombobulated, unleashed:
> 
>> Cotty--my new challenge now will be to build a lens with a Coke bottle and
>> test that theory :D
> 
> Maybe a beer bottle would be better - more benefits :-D

On the subject of photographic fringe benefits, I used to use M Minis 
containers to hold exposed rolls of 120.  I still have them (used one a couple 
of weeks ago for an old film).

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Re: PESO x2: Fantail

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OK I decided to have another look at the rendering and I've been learning a lot 
more about Adobe Camera Raw in the process.

I've boosted the exposure a bit, tweaked the colour and applied some (well, a 
lot of) noise reduction, masking out the areas where I wanted to keep fine 
detail.  I've also toned down the white background highlights a little.  I am 
absolutely loving the adjustment brush tool.  It would be nice to have 
Photoshop-style selection tools but I think I can cope.

New:
http://gallery.multi.net.nz/photo/1113/#peso

Previous:
http://gallery.multi.net.nz/photo//#peso

I wasn't planning to spend my whole evening doing photo editing but it's nice 
to learn some new tricks.

Cheers,
Dave


> On Apr 4, 2021, at 9:13 AM, David Mann  wrote:
> 
> Thanks everyone for the feedback.  Due to shooting wide-open and having the 
> exposure wrong I wasn't expecting much so I was pleasantly surprised to have 
> them come out so well.  I might revisit the rendering if I get some time 
> later.
> 
> Cheers,
> Dave
> 
>> On Apr 4, 2021, at 12:56 AM, ann sanfedele  wrote:
>> 
>> oh Dave that second one is terrific!  first one a nice little shot  but it 
>> disappears from memory once you see the second..  nice timing! nice 
>> everything
>> 
>> ann
>> 
>> On 4/3/2021 6:01 AM, David Mann wrote:
>>> While chasing the warbler this morning we had a couple of fantails visit.  
>>> These are another one that rarely sits still, but they're quite a bit 
>>> tamer.  They eat insects, mostly caught on-the-wing.
>>> 
>>> http://gallery.multi.net.nz/photo/1112/#peso
>>> 
>>> http://gallery.multi.net.nz/photo//#peso
>>> 
>>> These were both shot with the K5ii and FA*400mm f/5.6, handheld.  I didn't 
>>> have enough light so the photos were underexposed by 1 stop or so.  The 
>>> lens was wide open and I'm surprised (amazed, actually) at how well the 
>>> body hit the focus in such low light.  And that it chose the right thing to 
>>> focus on.
>>> 
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Re: PESO x2: Fantail

[David Mann]

Thanks everyone for the feedback.  Due to shooting wide-open and having the 
exposure wrong I wasn't expecting much so I was pleasantly surprised to have 
them come out so well.  I might revisit the rendering if I get some time later.

Cheers,
Dave

> On Apr 4, 2021, at 12:56 AM, ann sanfedele  wrote:
> 
> oh Dave that second one is terrific!  first one a nice little shot  but it 
> disappears from memory once you see the second..  nice timing! nice everything
> 
> ann
> 
> On 4/3/2021 6:01 AM, David Mann wrote:
>> While chasing the warbler this morning we had a couple of fantails visit.  
>> These are another one that rarely sits still, but they're quite a bit tamer. 
>>  They eat insects, mostly caught on-the-wing.
>> 
>> http://gallery.multi.net.nz/photo/1112/#peso
>> 
>> http://gallery.multi.net.nz/photo//#peso
>> 
>> These were both shot with the K5ii and FA*400mm f/5.6, handheld.  I didn't 
>> have enough light so the photos were underexposed by 1 stop or so.  The lens 
>> was wide open and I'm surprised (amazed, actually) at how well the body hit 
>> the focus in such low light.  And that it chose the right thing to focus on.
>> 
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Re: PESO: Another Grey Warbler

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Yes, I did boost the shadow detail a fair bit but I didn't want to overdo it.  
I also pulled the highlights down a bit.  The light was very contrasty.

Cheers,
Dave

> On Apr 4, 2021, at 12:56 AM, Paul Stenquist  wrote:
> 
> Nice framing and focus. You can boost the shadow detail when rendering.
> 
> Paul
> 
>> On Apr 3, 2021, at 4:11 AM, David Mann  wrote:
>> 
>> My little feathered friend came back this morning so here's yet another 
>> bird photo.
>> 
>> http://gallery.multi.net.nz/photo/1110/#peso
>> 
>> Pentax K5ii, FA*400mm f/5.6, ISO3200, 1/750 at f/11 handheld
>> 
>> On a technical note, I've tweaked my gallery to support hidpi images (at 
>> least on individual photo pages).  Please let me know if you encounter any 
>> problems.  I've updated the two pics I posted yesterday with hidpi images, 
>> links below if you really want to see them again.
>> http://gallery.multi.net.nz/photo/1109/#peso
>> http://gallery.multi.net.nz/photo/1108/#peso
>> 
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PESO x2: Fantail

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While chasing the warbler this morning we had a couple of fantails visit.  
These are another one that rarely sits still, but they're quite a bit tamer.  
They eat insects, mostly caught on-the-wing.

http://gallery.multi.net.nz/photo/1112/#peso

http://gallery.multi.net.nz/photo//#peso

These were both shot with the K5ii and FA*400mm f/5.6, handheld.  I didn't have 
enough light so the photos were underexposed by 1 stop or so.  The lens was 
wide open and I'm surprised (amazed, actually) at how well the body hit the 
focus in such low light.  And that it chose the right thing to focus on.

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PESO: Another Grey Warbler

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My little feathered friend came back this morning so here's yet another bird 
photo.

http://gallery.multi.net.nz/photo/1110/#peso

Pentax K5ii, FA*400mm f/5.6, ISO3200, 1/750 at f/11 handheld

On a technical note, I've tweaked my gallery to support hidpi images (at least 
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Re: PESO: Grey Warbler

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I did a bit of testing with the AF this morning, with fairly mixed results.  In 
my frustration I had thought the K10D had been better with that lens so I tried 
it with both cameras.  The K5ii is better but both cameras seemed to get 
confused at times.

I can't quite put my finger on it just yet - strongly backlit subjects seem to 
cause some issues.  They'd both focus just fine on darker / lower-contrast 
areas of the garden but sometimes they just wouldn't lock, often on bushy trees 
with small leaves.  It may just be the 3D nature of the subject making things 
difficult.

I tested both cameras with just the central point.

The K5ii is definitely better at knowing which direction to move the focus.  My 
K10D nearly found itself at the bottom of a cliff at Norfolk Island because of 
that.

I still wish there was a focus limiter on these long lenses so when they do 
hunt it wouldn't take so long.

Cheers,
Dave

> On Apr 2, 2021, at 2:08 AM, ann sanfedele  wrote:
> 
> Looks like you did just fine! cute little guy   If I were out shooting 
> I'd try your auto-select trick - or maybe inside in low light when Ashley 
> does something cute. the autor focus on the K-5 is pretty awful
> 
> ann
> 
> 
> On 4/1/2021 3:47 AM, David Mann wrote:
>> A grey warbler came to visit our garden this evening.  They're a very small 
>> bird, smaller than a sparrow.  And they don't really stop moving.  You 
>> usually hear them instead of seeing them (they have a wonderful song).
>> 
>> These aren't amazing but they're the best I managed to get from 22 photos.  
>> Both are very heavy crops, shot at 3200ISO so there's also a bit of noise.
>> 
>> http://gallery.multi.net.nz/photo/1108/#peso
>> 
>> http://gallery.multi.net.nz/photo/1109/#peso
>> 
>> Pentax K5ii, FA*400mm f/5.6, both 1/500 at f/9.5 handheld.
>> 
>> This AF with this camera/lens combination is terrible for little birds.  The 
>> only way I can get it to lock on anything but the most obvious targets is to 
>> let it auto-select its AF point.  In that case it'll focus on any old thing 
>> and it's a lottery as to whether your subject is actually in focus.  But at 
>> least it mostly stops hunting.
>> 
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PESO: Grey Warbler

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A grey warbler came to visit our garden this evening.  They're a very small 
bird, smaller than a sparrow.  And they don't really stop moving.  You usually 
hear them instead of seeing them (they have a wonderful song).

These aren't amazing but they're the best I managed to get from 22 photos.  
Both are very heavy crops, shot at 3200ISO so there's also a bit of noise.

http://gallery.multi.net.nz/photo/1108/#peso

http://gallery.multi.net.nz/photo/1109/#peso

Pentax K5ii, FA*400mm f/5.6, both 1/500 at f/9.5 handheld.

This AF with this camera/lens combination is terrible for little birds.  The 
only way I can get it to lock on anything but the most obvious targets is to 
let it auto-select its AF point.  In that case it'll focus on any old thing and 
it's a lottery as to whether your subject is actually in focus.  But at least 
it mostly stops hunting.

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Re: GESO: Pilgrim's Rest

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On Mar 29, 2021, at 5:30 PM, Alan C  wrote:

> The herd had broken through the fence to get at the grass on the verges. The 
> elderly Herdsman with his two dogs seemed totally unperturbed & waved with a 
> big smile at the passing motorists.

That cow photo reminded me of Norfolk Island.  The cows roam free and if you 
hit one with your car you have to pay to have it butchered.  And no, you don't 
get the meat.  This may have changed since we were there as the Australian 
mainland now has more control over the island (they were largely independent 
before but the finances weren't going so well).

In NZ if stock gets loose the farmer is liable for any damage to vehicles.

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Re: for discussion

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On Mar 24, 2021, at 4:19 PM, Alan C  wrote:

> Mobile 'phones (the modern equivalent of the Brownie Box camera) can save the 
> day when the camera is languishing at home. Now there's an opportuniy for 
> Ricoh-Pentax!

I found it interesting that my DSLR largely sat on the shelf since my daughter 
was born, because my phone camera is good enough and always at-hand.  It's 
quite common for people to buy a nice camera to photograph their kids but I 
went in the opposite direction.

I read earlier today that a mobile phone has been released which features 
Hasselblad branding on its camera.

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Re: GESO: Monarch Caterpillars

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On Mar 22, 2021, at 5:25 AM, Daniel J. Matyola  wrote:

> As you may recall, I am a butterfly not, and am particularly fond of
> Monarchs. I raise them from eggs and then tag and release them.  I take
> many images of them in all stages of development, using the asme camera and
> lens that you used here.  So, I can admire your work and envy the
> remarkable results you achieved here.

Yes, I was thinking of you when I took the photos.  Our swan plants are 
absolutely inundated with caterpillars so it wasn't too hard to find a few 
well-placed ones.

> A few questions:
> Where exactly did you find these larvae?

We bought some swan plants and put them in a planter box in the garden.  We 
initially had them under a cage of netting with the side left open to let 
butterflies in.  The netting is useful to keep butterflies out once you have 
enough larvae, to prevent them stripping the plants and starving.

We had to remove the cage as we weren't getting any eggs but now we've ended up 
with too many and will have to get some more plants very soon.  We'll also be 
putting the cage back on.  When they pupate we'll open it again so the new 
butterflies can get out.

> Are they wild or were they raised by you or someone else?

They're wild.  Monarchs are very common here.  A lot of families grow them as 
it's a good opportunity to educate kids about their life cycle.  I'm hoping 
that my daughter gets to watch one hatch this year.  We just missed one last 
year.

> What is the Monarch season in your area?

I don't actually know... I'm hoping this crop of caterpillars have time to 
pupate before it gets too cold but I think they should be OK.  We won't be 
getting frosts for a while yet.

> Do they migrate down there? If so, from where and to where?

I don't think so, but I'm definitely not an expert.  They usually spend winter 
in parks as far as I know.  One such park is close to me but that one doesn't 
see great numbers.  Some people tag them so they can be tracked through winter.

> Do you have an organization like Monarch watch own under?

Not that I'm aware of, but we've never thought of looking.  This is the closest 
I could find with a quick search:
https://www.nzbutterflies.org.nz/species/monarchs/

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GESO: Monarch Caterpillars

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Just four photos: I decided to make them into a small gallery instead of 
multiple photo links.

I've had a few attempts at getting some photos of our monarch caterpillars 
lately but either the caterpillars or the light wasn't quite cooperating.  
Today I managed to get a handful that I liked, although I could have used a 
touch more DOF.

http://gallery.multi.net.nz/gallery/62/

All photos taken with K5ii and FA100mm f/2.8 macro.

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Re: online photo storage platforms reviewed

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On Mar 20, 2021, at 9:59 PM, Toine  wrote:

> Amazon Photos is perfect for backups with unlimited storage of RAW
> files. You need at least two copies, with one copy off-site, to call
> it a safe backup.

I'd add that you need at least one copy which is normally disconnected from the 
computer so you can't accidentally delete anything, nor have it encrypted by 
ransomware etc.

I'm about to change my backups slightly because my Time Machine backup doubles 
as my working drive for photos (the SSD in my computer is too small to hold my 
photos).  Not only is it a bit slow to transfer files over USB2, it's even 
worse if the computer starts a backup while I'm working.  So I have a USB3 SSD 
on the way which will become my working drive for photos, with the old HDDs 
still serving as backups.

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Re: PESO: European Goldfinch

[David Mann]

Thanks to everyone for the feedback.  It's nice to rediscover a bit of 
photographic mojo.  New equipment does that, I suppose.

At the risk of sounding like Pierre de Fermat, last week I took a wonderful 
photo of my daughter and her best friend running towards me, using the K5ii and 
FA200mm lens, but I can't show it here.  I was pleasantly surprised at how well 
the AF tracked them.  And the sensor in this camera is made of pixie dust.

I'm also slowly coming to grips with Adobe Camera Raw; I'm getting far better 
results now than I was with Photoshop alone.

Cheers,
Dave

> On Mar 20, 2021, at 5:55 AM, Daniel J. Matyola  wrote:
> 
> Very fine images, David.  Keep up the good work, and keep sharing the
> results.
> 
> Dan Matyola
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> 
> 
> 
> On Fri, Mar 19, 2021 at 5:05 AM David Mann  wrote:
> 
>> I've been itching to photograph some birds with the K5ii but they haven't
>> been cooperating.  This morning we found a greenfinch making a meal of the
>> seeds from our sunflowers so I grabbed a couple of quick shots.  I'm not
>> happy with the background of these but I had no control over that.
>> 
>> The focus on the first one is a little bit off.  It doesn't help that I
>> was in a hurry and probably should have set the ISO a bit higher so I could
>> stop down further (they're both at f/6.7)
>> 
>> http://gallery.multi.net.nz/photo/1102/#peso
>> 
>> This one's been cropped a bit more, into a portrait orientation.
>> 
>> http://gallery.multi.net.nz/photo/1103/#peso
>> 
>> Both photos taken with the K5ii and FA*400mm f/5.6.
>> 
>> Cheers,
>> Dave
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Re: PESOs: Two Flies

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Careful, you might give me ideas :)

Cheers,
Dave

> On Mar 20, 2021, at 10:38 AM, Rick Womer  wrote:
> 
> What Dan said; and thanks for not using dog poo as a background!
> 
> Rick
> 
>> On Mar 19, 2021, at 12:57 PM, Daniel J. Matyola  wrote:
>> 
>> I'm not fond of looking at flies, but they are well photographed.
>> 
>> Dan Matyola
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>> 
>> 
>> 
>> On Fri, Mar 19, 2021 at 4:09 AM David Mann  wrote:
>> 
>>> The last of my series from the garden on Tuesday.
>>> 
>>> This one's on a dried-up snow pea leaf (which reminds me I ought to plant
>>> some more):
>>> http://gallery.multi.net.nz/photo/1100/#peso
>>> 
>>> And this one is on a strawberry leaf.
>>> http://gallery.multi.net.nz/photo/1101/#peso
>>> 
>>> Both taken with the "new" K5ii and FA 100mm f/2.8 Macro lens.  This lens
>>> is incredibly sharp at macro distances.
>>> 
>>> Cheers,
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PESO: European Goldfinch

[David Mann]

I've been itching to photograph some birds with the K5ii but they haven't been 
cooperating.  This morning we found a greenfinch making a meal of the seeds 
from our sunflowers so I grabbed a couple of quick shots.  I'm not happy with 
the background of these but I had no control over that.

The focus on the first one is a little bit off.  It doesn't help that I was in 
a hurry and probably should have set the ISO a bit higher so I could stop down 
further (they're both at f/6.7)

http://gallery.multi.net.nz/photo/1102/#peso

This one's been cropped a bit more, into a portrait orientation.

http://gallery.multi.net.nz/photo/1103/#peso

Both photos taken with the K5ii and FA*400mm f/5.6.

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PESOs: Two Flies

[David Mann]

The last of my series from the garden on Tuesday.

This one's on a dried-up snow pea leaf (which reminds me I ought to plant some 
more):
http://gallery.multi.net.nz/photo/1100/#peso

And this one is on a strawberry leaf.
http://gallery.multi.net.nz/photo/1101/#peso

Both taken with the "new" K5ii and FA 100mm f/2.8 Macro lens.  This lens is 
incredibly sharp at macro distances.

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PESOs: Another couple from the garden

[David Mann]

Here are a couple more from my look around the garden on Tuesday.

First, a flower... I don't know which variety it is.  I probably need to 
brighten this a bit.

http://gallery.multi.net.nz/photo/1098/#peso

And an unfurling frond of a tree fern.  The light was terrible so I needed 
ISO6400 which has made it a bit noisy.  I'd like to have given it a bit more 
space at the bottom but there was something in the foreground I needed to avoid.

http://gallery.multi.net.nz/photo/1099/#peso

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Re: Cool Photoshop feature

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And I saw this article about it linked from a news site this morning.
https://petapixel.com/2021/03/13/adobe-photoshops-super-resolution-made-my-jaw-hit-the-floor/

Cheers,
Dave

> On Mar 16, 2021, at 10:42 AM, Brian W  wrote:
> 
> A DP Review user did some testing of the feature - seems impressive:
> 
> https://www.dpreview.com/forums/post/64944772
> 
> 
> Cheers
> Brian
> 
> 
>> On 16 March 2021 at 02:29 Bill  wrote:
>> 
>> 
>> This was just released a few days ago, so should be on your next update.
>> Camera raw now has a feature called "enhance", which uses artificial 
>> intelligence to increase the resolution of files.
>> I just tried it on a couple of old *istD files, and it seems to work 
>> very well indeed, it turned my 6mp file into a 24mp one with no 
>> upscaling artifacts that I could see.
>> It might be something to consider for people who shoot BIFs.
>> 
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PESO: Rose

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I put a long lens on the K5ii this morning to try out the AF.  Of course, no 
birds bothered to show up so I had to make do.  This is straight from the 
camera, no adjustments except for cropping a bit off the top.

http://gallery.multi.net.nz/photo/1097/#peso

Pentax K5ii with FA*400mm f/5.6, 1/500 at f/8 handheld, 400 ISO.  I ended up 
using manual exposure for this one as I just couldn't hold it still enough to 
lock the exposure.

I've uploaded this one at 950px high (as per PUG guidelines) but I'm not sure 
about that size as it doesn't fully fit in my browser window (which, 
admittedly, I could enlarge quite easily).

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Enablement (and PESO)

[David Mann]

It's been a long time since I bought anything photographic but I recently found 
a used K5ii at a reasonable price, and it arrived today.  This is a big upgrade 
from my K10D.

I went outside and took a couple of photos just after my daughter went to bed 
but the light was getting a bit low.  No problem, I can crank up the ISO :)

This was taken with the FA*200mm f/2.8 at 6400ISO, 1/125 at f/5.0 handheld, 
very much reliant on shake reduction.

http://gallery.multi.net.nz/photo/1096/#peso

I'll check whether it's on the latest firmware soon.  To their credit, Ricoh's 
website made the manual and firmware very easy to find.

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I shot some film today

[David Mann]

I decided it's about time I used up the film that's been sitting in my old film 
cameras since about 2007 when I bought my K10D.

I had one frame left on my Pentax 6x7.  I'll be interested to see what was on 
that film but the second-last frame (at least) is going to be toast as I seem 
to recall the body has a light leak.

I used that last frame with the 165mm f/2.8 lens to take a photo of my daughter 
and she ran over asking to see the photo :D  So I loaded my dummy roll of 120 
to show her how film works.

After that I got the LX and fitted my 135mm f/2.5 lens... that combination felt 
glorious to use.  The LX somehow hadn't developed sticky mirror, it just needed 
a bit of fiddling with the film-speed dial to get the meter to work properly.  
That camera is such a pleasure to use.  I don't think I got any good photos but 
I'll have to wait and see.  I'm not used to manually focusing on a moving 
subject.

I still have film in the K2 but I'll get onto that another day.

I'm actually amazed that I remembered how to work those cameras.  The battery 
on the 6x7 is flat and I don't remember if it had an electronic shutter or just 
used the battery for the metered prism (which I have misplaced, along with the 
wooden grip).

I still have a few rolls of film in both formats (expired long ago) so maybe 
I'll do some more shooting at a later date, while I can still get it processed.

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Re: PESOs: 10 year anniversary

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On Feb 23, 2021, at 5:52 AM, Alan C  wrote:

> A terrible tragedy but great to see the resilience of the human spirit. 
> Waiting to see the Cathedral rebuilt.

We went past it on our way to the central library before the service.  Its 
rebuild is expected to take between 7 and 10 years.

https://reinstate.org.nz/

There are some good photos of it in this article:

https://apnews.com/article/world-news-earthquakes-christchurch-new-zealand-10711b47a4b90b03a6bb21d80f48af17

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