Re: OT: Chilly PESO
Hi! Last night I updated my version of PTGui http://www.ptgui.com I ended up spending the next 3 hours stitching everything and anything I could find putting it through it's paces. This is a very cool GUI for the Panorama Tools program. The auto control points feature is surprisingly accurate, and the blending is very good (It managed to make a decent pano of some shots where the exposure's were all over the place). Anyway, I stitched together 2 shots I took over 10 years ago when my Dad I were holidaying in Canada. It's nothing special, but II thought I'd share the results (~130k): http://www.arach.net.au/~savage/PESO/peso_011.htm Taken around the Athabasca Falls area of Jasper National Park in Alberta. As a young bloke who had only ever seen ice from the freezer, this spun me right out. (Truth be told, it still spins me out :-). To drag this back on topic, it was on that holiday when I got my first Pentax SLR. And the forest freezes over... Nicely done. Boris
Re: OT: Chilly PESO
Thanks Boris. Dave On 10/8/05, Boris Liberman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi! Last night I updated my version of PTGui http://www.ptgui.com I ended up spending the next 3 hours stitching everything and anything I could find putting it through it's paces. This is a very cool GUI for the Panorama Tools program. The auto control points feature is surprisingly accurate, and the blending is very good (It managed to make a decent pano of some shots where the exposure's were all over the place). Anyway, I stitched together 2 shots I took over 10 years ago when my Dad I were holidaying in Canada. It's nothing special, but II thought I'd share the results (~130k): http://www.arach.net.au/~savage/PESO/peso_011.htm Taken around the Athabasca Falls area of Jasper National Park in Alberta. As a young bloke who had only ever seen ice from the freezer, this spun me right out. (Truth be told, it still spins me out :-). To drag this back on topic, it was on that holiday when I got my first Pentax SLR. And the forest freezes over... Nicely done. Boris
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Thanks for that Herb. I didn't know it's name (if there was a sign, it was well truly buried in snow :-). I also didn't realise that it was so far from from the falls. We did a lot of driving that day, so my memory of distances between different places is a bit muddled. I didn't take any pictures at the falls, but my dad did (3 shots stitched): http://tinyurl.com/79r4v Dave On 10/6/05, Herb Chong [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: that's a picture of Tangle Falls and actually farther from Athabaska Falls than you might remember. they are about 65km apart. Herb
OT: Chilly PESO
G'day trendsetters, Last night I updated my version of PTGui http://www.ptgui.com I ended up spending the next 3 hours stitching everything and anything I could find putting it through it's paces. This is a very cool GUI for the Panorama Tools program. The auto control points feature is surprisingly accurate, and the blending is very good (It managed to make a decent pano of some shots where the exposure's were all over the place). Anyway, I stitched together 2 shots I took over 10 years ago when my Dad I were holidaying in Canada. It's nothing special, but II thought I'd share the results (~130k): http://www.arach.net.au/~savage/PESO/peso_011.htm Taken around the Athabasca Falls area of Jasper National Park in Alberta. As a young bloke who had only ever seen ice from the freezer, this spun me right out. (Truth be told, it still spins me out :-). To drag this back on topic, it was on that holiday when I got my first Pentax SLR. Enjoy. Dave
Re: OT: Chilly PESO
On 10/5/05, David Savage [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: G'day trendsetters, snip Anyway, I stitched together 2 shots I took over 10 years ago when my Dad I were holidaying in Canada. It's nothing special EVERYTHING about Canada is special... LOL , but II thought I'd share the results (~130k): http://www.arach.net.au/~savage/PESO/peso_011.htm Taken around the Athabasca Falls area of Jasper National Park in Alberta. As a young bloke who had only ever seen ice from the freezer, this spun me right out. (Truth be told, it still spins me out :-). Have you ever seen ice-climbing? These crazy guys are just like rock-climbers - you know, climbing up shear cliffs - except the do it up ~ice~! Frozen waterfalls, glaciers, stuff like that. Darwinism takes care of a couple of them each year. To drag this back on topic, it was on that holiday when I got my first Pentax SLR. Very cool pic, BTW. I've never seen Canada's West, and beautiful photos like yours serve to remind me that such a trip should be on my horizon. thanks, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson
Re: OT: Chilly PESO
On 10/5/05, frank theriault [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 10/5/05, David Savage [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: G'day trendsetters, snip Anyway, I stitched together 2 shots I took over 10 years ago when my Dad I were holidaying in Canada. It's nothing special EVERYTHING about Canada is special... LOL Ha! So my old man keeps telling me. I found it very easy to fit in. It's just like hereonly colder :-) snip Have you ever seen ice-climbing? These crazy guys are just like rock-climbers - you know, climbing up shear cliffs - except the do it up ~ice~! Frozen waterfalls, glaciers, stuff like that. Darwinism takes care of a couple of them each year. Hey Dude, I've got an idea What's that Let's climb up a shear wall of slippery ice Sweet, I'm in I have seen it. Some people are truly nut's. To drag this back on topic, it was on that holiday when I got my first Pentax SLR. Very cool pic, BTW. I've never seen Canada's West, and beautiful photos like yours serve to remind me that such a trip should be on my horizon. Thanks Frank. The Rockies are pretty special. thanks, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson
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On 10/5/05, David Savage [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip Ha! So my old man keeps telling me. I found [Canada] very easy to fit in. It's just like hereonly colder :-) snip Just like Oz, but we talk normal... LOL -frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson
Re: OT: Chilly PESO
I did notice while checking the TSA's list of things one isn't allowed to carry onto an aircraft that they listed the Ice Axe. Now, having seen some nice examples of climbers ice axes, I just can't see why... (Always wondered about falling a little ways down the hill as these climbers are known to do in the movies with such a deadly looking pointy thing teathered to one's body...) CW where's the elevator? - Original Message - From: frank theriault Have you ever seen ice-climbing? These crazy guys are just like rock-climbers - you know, climbing up shear cliffs - except the do it up ~ice~! Frozen waterfalls, glaciers, stuff like that. Darwinism takes care of a couple of them each year.
Re: OT: Chilly PESO
On 10/5/05, cbwaters [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I did notice while checking the TSA's list of things one isn't allowed to carry onto an aircraft that they listed the Ice Axe. Now, having seen some nice examples of climbers ice axes, I just can't see why... (Always wondered about falling a little ways down the hill as these climbers are known to do in the movies with such a deadly looking pointy thing teathered to one's body...) Does this TSA thingie say anything about freaking bicycle locks? I brought mine down to New York this summer in my carry-on. No problems from Toronto down to NYC (although they did inquire about it), but they confiscated it at Laguardia. They said I could check it, but my checked luggage was already checked. They said whoever drove me to the airport could take it from me and mail it (but I took a bus). But, they wouldn't let me take it on with me, as I could use it as a bludgeon. I said that a pen could be a weapon, too, but that didn't sway them (and indeed, it ~was~ a fallacious argument on my part g). It was only a $40 bottom of the line Kryptonite, so it wasn't the end of the world, but it did kind of piss me off. The happy ending to this story (which is likely of no interest to anyone but me) is that the replacement lock I bought when I got back to Toronto was a New York style lock - that is a 36 inch chain of two-inch hardened steel links with a padlock. Two days after I bought it, someone used a lighter to burn a hole in the nylon covering and tried to break through the chain (one could see tool-marks on one of the links). All they managed to do was scratch the metal. So, in fact, had security not confiscated my u-lock in NY, my bike would likely have been stolen three days later. All's well that ends well, I guess. g cheers, frank (in a rambling OT mood today - sorry) -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson
Re: Chilly PESO
i tried PTGui and gave it up. it stitched such that a line on the horizon ended up being irregularly wavy. neither PhotoVista nor Stitcher Express do this, and Panorama Maker usually doesn't do it. each of these three usually get the horizon line straight. that's a picture of Tangle Falls and actually farther from Athabaska Falls than you might remember. they are about 65km apart. Herb - Original Message - From: David Savage [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: PDML pentax-discuss@pdml.net Sent: Wednesday, October 05, 2005 9:08 AM Subject: OT: Chilly PESO Last night I updated my version of PTGui http://www.ptgui.com I ended up spending the next 3 hours stitching everything and anything I could find putting it through it's paces. This is a very cool GUI for the Panorama Tools program. The auto control points feature is surprisingly accurate, and the blending is very good (It managed to make a decent pano of some shots where the exposure's were all over the place). Anyway, I stitched together 2 shots I took over 10 years ago when my Dad I were holidaying in Canada. It's nothing special, but II thought I'd share the results (~130k): http://www.arach.net.au/~savage/PESO/peso_011.htm Taken around the Athabasca Falls area of Jasper National Park in Alberta. As a young bloke who had only ever seen ice from the freezer, this spun me right out. (Truth be told, it still spins me out :-). To drag this back on topic, it was on that holiday when I got my first Pentax SLR.
Re: Chilly PESO
I need to scan some of my Tangle Falls and Athabaska Falls shots taken summer fours years ago. Tom C. From: Herb Chong [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: Re: Chilly PESO Date: Wed, 5 Oct 2005 20:16:45 -0400 that's a picture of Tangle Falls and actually farther from Athabaska Falls than you might remember. they are about 65km apart. Herb
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i don't have a picture of Tangle Falls that i really like. here is my shot of Athabaska Falls. http://users.bestweb.net/~hchong/Random/07-33.jpg Herb - Original Message - From: Tom C [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Sent: Wednesday, October 05, 2005 8:28 PM Subject: Re: Chilly PESO I need to scan some of my Tangle Falls and Athabaska Falls shots taken summer fours years ago.
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That is a lovely view... may be heading to the area this winter!!! Tom C. From: Herb Chong [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: Re: Chilly PESO Date: Wed, 5 Oct 2005 21:04:08 -0400 i don't have a picture of Tangle Falls that i really like. here is my shot of Athabaska Falls. http://users.bestweb.net/~hchong/Random/07-33.jpg Herb - Original Message - From: Tom C [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Sent: Wednesday, October 05, 2005 8:28 PM Subject: Re: Chilly PESO I need to scan some of my Tangle Falls and Athabaska Falls shots taken summer fours years ago.
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it was a bit sad to be there that day. they were holding a memorial service for a guy that had fallen in about a week earlier. he apparently wanted to get a better view and went over the fence and didn't stop. they hadn't found the body yet. i don't know if they ever did. several dozen people were just out of the framed picture. i have some shots of the people there, and some of the flowers and such they were leaving. Herb - Original Message - From: Tom C [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Sent: Wednesday, October 05, 2005 10:20 PM Subject: Re: Chilly PESO That is a lovely view... may be heading to the area this winter!!! http://users.bestweb.net/~hchong/Random/07-33.jpg
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When we were there we walked down below the falls and there was a huge display of inukshuks that had been built... must have covered 30 - 40 square yards. Very eerrie as we didn't know what they were at the time... Tom C. From: Herb Chong [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: Re: Chilly PESO Date: Wed, 5 Oct 2005 22:27:27 -0400 it was a bit sad to be there that day. they were holding a memorial service for a guy that had fallen in about a week earlier. he apparently wanted to get a better view and went over the fence and didn't stop. they hadn't found the body yet. i don't know if they ever did. several dozen people were just out of the framed picture. i have some shots of the people there, and some of the flowers and such they were leaving. Herb - Original Message - From: Tom C [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Sent: Wednesday, October 05, 2005 10:20 PM Subject: Re: Chilly PESO That is a lovely view... may be heading to the area this winter!!! http://users.bestweb.net/~hchong/Random/07-33.jpg
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frank theriault wrote: On 10/5/05, David Savage [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip Taken around the Athabasca Falls area of Jasper National Park in Alberta. As a young bloke who had only ever seen ice from the freezer, this spun me right out. (Truth be told, it still spins me out :-). Have you ever seen ice-climbing? These crazy guys are just like rock-climbers - you know, climbing up shear cliffs - except the do it up ~ice~! Frozen waterfalls, glaciers, stuff like that. Giant, icicles, (kid you not). Darwinism takes care of a couple of them each year. -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- When you're worried or in doubt, Run in circles, (scream and shout).
Re: Chilly PESO
Tom C. Herb, I'll tell ya. I was at Mt. Rainier NP last week... I was on a rock/stone bridge at a waterfall. The shot necessitated that I get up on the side of the bridge so I could shoot down. So I hoisted the Bogen tripod-mounted *ist D up on to the side of it and stepped up about 2 1/2 - 3 feet all in one motion. When I did, I came to a standing position on the wall of the bridge, but felt my upper body and head go several inches further toward the precipice than I would have liked. It was 50ft or so down to the rocks and pool at the bottom. My wife would have screamed her head off if she had seen it. It wasn't a good shot after all because of the harsh lighting. Tom C. From: Herb Chong [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: Re: Chilly PESO Date: Wed, 5 Oct 2005 22:27:27 -0400 it was a bit sad to be there that day. they were holding a memorial service for a guy that had fallen in about a week earlier. he apparently wanted to get a better view and went over the fence and didn't stop. they hadn't found the body yet. i don't know if they ever did. several dozen people were just out of the framed picture. i have some shots of the people there, and some of the flowers and such they were leaving. Herb - Original Message - From: Tom C [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Sent: Wednesday, October 05, 2005 10:20 PM Subject: Re: Chilly PESO That is a lovely view... may be heading to the area this winter!!! http://users.bestweb.net/~hchong/Random/07-33.jpg
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there is a place above Kaaterskill Falls that is about 180ft above the rock. about one person a year dies falling over the edge. i have taken a few pictures from just a few feet back of the ledge. there isn't any kind of rail. the best view, luckily, is from well off to the side, but it's still easy to fall a few tens of feet. i have friends who ice climb and i do rock climbing. there are reasonable risks and there are unreasonable ones. ice climbing of the form practiced at the Weeping Wall not far from Tangle Falls is what i call unreasonable. ice climbing near Kaaterskill Falls is much closer to reasonable risks, but i still feel no urge to do it. i do want to photograph it though. Herb. - Original Message - From: Tom C [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Sent: Wednesday, October 05, 2005 11:12 PM Subject: Re: Chilly PESO I'll tell ya. I was at Mt. Rainier NP last week... I was on a rock/stone bridge at a waterfall. The shot necessitated that I get up on the side of the bridge so I could shoot down. So I hoisted the Bogen tripod-mounted *ist D up on to the side of it and stepped up about 2 1/2 - 3 feet all in one motion. When I did, I came to a standing position on the wall of the bridge, but felt my upper body and head go several inches further toward the precipice than I would have liked. It was 50ft or so down to the rocks and pool at the bottom. My wife would have screamed her head off if she had seen it. It wasn't a good shot after all because of the harsh lighting.
Re: OT: Chilly PESO
On Oct 6, 2005, at 5:13 AM, frank theriault wrote: But, they wouldn't let me take it on with me, as I could use it as a bludgeon. I said that a pen could be a weapon, too, but that didn't sway them (and indeed, it ~was~ a fallacious argument on my part g). Pretty soon we'll all be transported Hannibal Lecter style. - Dave
