Re: A break in the weather

2018-01-19 Thread lrc
Yeah, I blew it off after I saw these On January 19, 2018 8:34:37 AM PST, "P. J. Alling" wrote: >Larry, clean your sensor. > > >On 1/7/2018 4:15 AM, Larry Colen wrote: >> Today was a short break in the chilly wet weather and I got a few >> shots down in Santa Cruz

Re: A break in the weather

2018-01-19 Thread P. J. Alling
Larry, clean your sensor. On 1/7/2018 4:15 AM, Larry Colen wrote: Today was a short break in the chilly wet weather and I got a few shots down in Santa Cruz this afternoon A kid and his father (?) on a run/walk down the beach:

Re: A break in the weather

2018-01-08 Thread Larry Colen
ann sanfedele wrote: OF course I looked at the full set... and the one I really love is the last photo - Is that a beach plum? beautiful shot, nice geometry and bokeh 20180106-LRC73750.jpg It's a pomegranate. Thank you. and next- the pigeons on those weird looking pieces of equipment

Re: A break in the weather

2018-01-08 Thread ann sanfedele
OF course I looked at the full set... and the one I  really love is the last photo  - Is that a beach plum?  beautiful shot, nice geometry and bokeh 20180106-LRC73750.jpg and next-  the pigeons on those weird looking pieces of equipment 20180106-LRC73557.jpg ann the contrarian On 1/8/2018

Re: A break in the weather

2018-01-08 Thread Larry Colen
Paul Stenquist wrote: See if your highlights make it to the end of the histogram. If not, using the upper slider, move the white point to the spot where the histogram hits baseline. Then, using the lower slider, clip the white point to about 248 to 250. Use your eye and judgement. Next,

Re: A break in the weather

2018-01-08 Thread Paul Stenquist
See if your highlights make it to the end of the histogram. If not, using the upper slider, move the white point to the spot where the histogram hits baseline. Then, using the lower slider, clip the white point to about 248 to 250. Use your eye and judgement. Next, using the upper slider, set

Re: A break in the weather

2018-01-08 Thread Larry Colen
Paul Stenquist wrote: Great pano, but I would tweak the levels adjustment to give it more pop. I will give that a try, which adjustments would you make in particular, at least to start? Paul On Jan 8, 2018, at 5:53 PM, Marnie (aka Doe) wrote: Whatcha trying to

Re: A break in the weather

2018-01-08 Thread Paul Stenquist
Great pano, but I would tweak the levels adjustment to give it more pop. Paul > On Jan 8, 2018, at 5:53 PM, Marnie (aka Doe) wrote: > > Whatcha trying to do Larry, make people in snowy areas envious??? Heh. > > Nice pano of Santa Cruz. Although I think it would have

Re: A break in the weather

2018-01-08 Thread Marnie (aka Doe)
Whatcha trying to do Larry, make people in snowy areas envious??? Heh. Nice pano of Santa Cruz. Although I think it would have been better (in spots) with a tripod. So it's surprising how well it turned out. One thing puzzles me. Where were you standing? (Been a while since I was there, and

Re: A break in the weather

2018-01-07 Thread Larry Colen
Alan C wrote: OK. I just tried uploading directly from Elements (rather that from Windows) & found that the image size is larger but I don't know why. If I upload from Windows I get the option of Default (medium?) or small. No Large seems to be available like Flickr had some time ago. I

Re: A break in the weather

2018-01-07 Thread Alan C
inal Message- From: l...@red4est.com Sent: 8 January, 2018 7:47 AM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: A break in the weather On January 7, 2018 8:07:08 PM PST, Alan C <c...@lantic.net> wrote: I saw it exactly as you described. I take my Panos the same manner - no tripod. I

Re: A break in the weather

2018-01-07 Thread lrc
- >From: Larry Colen >Sent: 7 January, 2018 9:41 PM >To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List >Subject: Re: A break in the weather > > > >Alan C wrote: >> A great set, Larry, esp. the giant Pano. Plenty of activity there. I >> must figure out how to do that. > >Thanks Al

Re: A break in the weather

2018-01-07 Thread Alan C
I saw it exactly as you described. I take my Panos the same manner - no tripod. I meant how to post it on Flickr like you did (size options?). -Original Message- From: Larry Colen Sent: 7 January, 2018 9:41 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: A break in the weather Alan C

Re: A break in the weather

2018-01-07 Thread Paul Sorenson
Absolutely true!  Mt Washington is hands down winner for wintery extremes...but the population density is somewhat lower and daily activities are much different. :-) -p On 1/7/2018 5:04 PM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: Actually, New Hampshire can match anything in the midwest when it come to

Re: A break in the weather

2018-01-07 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
Actually, New Hampshire can match anything in the midwest when it come to frigid weather: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/mount-washington-wind-chill-new-hampshire/ http://nhpr.org/post/mt-washington-tied-second-coldest-earth#stream/0 Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola

Re: A break in the weather

2018-01-07 Thread Larry Colen
Paul Sorenson wrote: With all due respect for both the left and right coast... https://app.box.com/s/gm25hyen5q0r1a4ovzhw1rxetta0s4vo And that, my friend, is why I live on the left coast where people in shorts on the beach in January is a fairly common occurrence. -- Larry Colen

Re: A break in the weather

2018-01-07 Thread Paul Sorenson
With all due respect for both the left and right coast... https://app.box.com/s/gm25hyen5q0r1a4ovzhw1rxetta0s4vo -p On 1/7/2018 12:32 PM, Larry Colen wrote: Daniel J. Matyola wrote: A break in the Weather? Is is 3 F  (-16 C) here this morning.  My dog enjoyed the romp in the frozen snow

Re: A break in the weather

2018-01-07 Thread Larry Colen
Alan C wrote: A great set, Larry, esp. the giant Pano. Plenty of activity there. I must figure out how to do that. Thanks Alan. I didn't do it "right" with the proper nodal tripod mount, I just took a series of shots, with a fair bit of overlap, and used the lightroom "panorama" function

Re: A break in the weather

2018-01-07 Thread Alan C
A great set, Larry, esp. the giant Pano. Plenty of activity there. I must figure out how to do that. Alan C -Original Message- From: Larry Colen Sent: 7 January, 2018 11:15 AM To: Pentax-Discuss List Subject: A break in the weather Today was a short break in the chilly wet weather

Re: A break in the weather

2018-01-07 Thread Larry Colen
Daniel J. Matyola wrote: There is an incredible amount of detail in the panorama -- it took me a loong time to scroll slowly through it, on four or five horizontal levels -- to fully appreciate it. Today's photo technology is pretty amazing. That was also with the "kit lens" too, the

Re: A break in the weather

2018-01-07 Thread Larry Colen
Daniel J. Matyola wrote: A break in the Weather? Is is 3 F (-16 C) here this morning. My dog enjoyed the romp in the frozen snow and ice, but my face hurts! I guess we aren't going to get a lot of sympathy with having had weather down near 3C. Dan Matyola

Re: A break in the weather

2018-01-07 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
There is an incredible amount of detail in the panorama -- it took me a loong time to scroll slowly through it, on four or five horizontal levels -- to fully appreciate it. I took the liberty of clicking on all the images on the "180106 Santa Cruz" page, and there are some very good ones there.

Re: A break in the weather

2018-01-07 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
A break in the Weather? Is is 3 F (-16 C) here this morning. My dog enjoyed the romp in the frozen snow and ice, but my face hurts! Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Sun, Jan 7, 2018 at 4:15 AM, Larry Colen wrote: > Today was a short break in