Re: PESO - one of my first with the 35

2008-01-13 Thread mike wilson
From: Mark Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2008/01/12 Sat PM 11:43:21 GMT To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Subject: Re: PESO - one of my first with the 35 Scott Loveless wrote: I don't either. I'm not particularly fond of them myself, though I do wear one more often than

RE: PESO - one of my first with the 35

2008-01-12 Thread Bob W
02:50 To: pdml@pdml.net Subject: Re: PESO - one of my first with the 35 god how i hate children. Well the shot evokes a reaction... makes me want to stomp that crotch dropling till its eyes shoot out. This is an early (for me) shot with the 35mm lens on the 645. It's apparent

Re: PESO - one of my first with the 35

2008-01-12 Thread Bob Sullivan
Scott, I understand about helmets. Never was too successful at getting the kids to wear them... Your picture is very appealing - the little girl, the bike, the training wheels and the schoolyard. I remember taking my kids over to the schoolyard to practice riding. Regards, Bob S. On Jan 11,

Re: PESO - one of my first with the 35

2008-01-12 Thread David J Brooks
Nice Scott. I have some photos of Erin in similar poses. Good one for the photo album. Dave On Jan 11, 2008 8:27 PM, Scott Loveless [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This is an early (for me) shot with the 35mm lens on the 645. It's apparent that this lens likes to be level, which it wasn't in this

Re: PESO - one of my first with the 35

2008-01-12 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
On Jan 11, 2008, at 5:27 PM, Scott Loveless wrote: This is an early (for me) shot with the 35mm lens on the 645. It's apparent that this lens likes to be level, which it wasn't in this photograph. Anyway, P645, 35/3.5, E400X. I don't have a clue what the exposure was.

Re: PESO - one of my first with the 35

2008-01-12 Thread Rick Womer
Scott, Don't obsess about the slight curves--they're not apparent unless one looks for them. Nice shot. I'm wondering about the color--it has an antique Kodachrome look to it. Is that intentional or a scanning bug? Rick --- Scott Loveless [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This is an early (for

Re: PESO - one of my first with the 35

2008-01-12 Thread Scott Loveless
David J Brooks wrote: Nice Scott. I have some photos of Erin in similar poses. Good one for the photo album. Thanks, Dave. Much appreciated. http://picasaweb.google.com/sdloveless/MeganSNewBike/photo#5154394198121539746 -- Scott Loveless http://www.twosixteen.com/fivetoedsloth/ -- PDML

Re: PESO - one of my first with the 35

2008-01-12 Thread Scott Loveless
Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: http://picasaweb.google.com/sdloveless/MeganSNewBike/ photo#5154394198121539746 I like this a lot ... a great photo. Thanks, Godfrey. Who cares about a little bit of rectilinear distortion like that? That lens was about all I used on the 645 while I had it on

Re: PESO - one of my first with the 35

2008-01-12 Thread Scott Loveless
Rick Womer wrote: Scott, Don't obsess about the slight curves--they're not apparent unless one looks for them. Nice shot. Thanks, Rick. I'm wondering about the color--it has an antique Kodachrome look to it. Is that intentional or a scanning bug? Yes! Correcting for the red

Re: PESO - one of my first with the 35

2008-01-12 Thread Christine Aguila
Scott: I love the coloring, prefer the curve. Enjoyed seeing this. She's a sweetie. Cheers, Christine - Original Message - From: Scott Loveless [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Friday, January 11, 2008 7:27 PM Subject: PESO - one of my first

Re: PESO - one of my first with the 35

2008-01-12 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
On Jan 12, 2008, at 7:48 AM, Scott Loveless wrote: http://picasaweb.google.com/sdloveless/MeganSNewBike/ photo#5154394198121539746 Who cares about a little bit of rectilinear distortion like that?... I don't really mind the curvature. I guess if I was doing architectural photography

Re: PESO - one of my first with the 35

2008-01-12 Thread Eactivist
In a message dated 1/11/2008 5:29:08 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: This is an early (for me) shot with the 35mm lens on the 645. It's apparent that this lens likes to be level, which it wasn't in this photograph. Anyway, P645, 35/3.5, E400X. I don't have a clue

Re: PESO - one of my first with the 35

2008-01-12 Thread Cotty
On 11/01/08, Scott Loveless, discombobulated, unleashed: This is an early (for me) shot with the 35mm lens on the 645. It's apparent that this lens likes to be level, which it wasn't in this photograph. Anyway, P645, 35/3.5, E400X. I don't have a clue what the exposure was.

Re: PESO - one of my first with the 35

2008-01-12 Thread graywolf
I do not understand about helmets. About the only good thing that I see about them is that they make some retailers a lot of money. About the only real study as opposed to Emotional Crap done on bicycle helments was in Britain, it basically said when you need a helmet (car bike crash) the

Re: PESO - one of my first with the 35

2008-01-12 Thread mike wilson
From: Scott Loveless [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2008/01/12 Sat AM 01:27:02 GMT To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Subject: PESO - one of my first with the 35 This is an early (for me) shot with the 35mm lens on the 645. It's apparent that this lens likes to be level, which

Re: PESO - one of my first with the 35

2008-01-12 Thread Bob Sullivan
Graywold, You and I made it thru childhood without helmets. We experienced only moderate damage. ;-) I can remember some cracks on the concrete that had the adults sending me inside to lay down. There's nothing wrong with some protection. Regards, Bob S. On Jan 12, 2008 12:48 PM, graywolf

Re: PESO - one of my first with the 35

2008-01-12 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
On Jan 12, 2008, at 10:48 AM, graywolf wrote: I do not understand about helmets. ... Obviously. A helmet is designed to reduce acceleration and distribute point impact loads on your skull and brain. That they work to reduce head injuries has been well documented by every credible

Re: PESO - one of my first with the 35

2008-01-12 Thread P. J. Alling
- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Polyhead Sent: 12 January 2008 02:50 To: pdml@pdml.net Subject: Re: PESO - one of my first with the 35 god how i hate children. Well the shot evokes a reaction... makes me want to stomp that crotch dropling till its eyes shoot

Re: PESO - one of my first with the 35

2008-01-12 Thread Doug Brewer
On Jan 11, 2008, at 8:27 PM, Scott Loveless wrote: This is an early (for me) shot with the 35mm lens on the 645. It's apparent that this lens likes to be level, which it wasn't in this photograph. Anyway, P645, 35/3.5, E400X. I don't have a clue what the exposure was.

Re: PESO - one of my first with the 35

2008-01-12 Thread Cotty
On 12/01/08, Godfrey DiGiorgi, discombobulated, unleashed: A helmet is designed to reduce acceleration and distribute point impact loads on your skull and brain. To be honest Godfrey, there is rather a large supposition in this sentence. -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) |

Re: PESO - one of my first with the 35

2008-01-12 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
On Jan 12, 2008, at 2:15 PM, Cotty wrote: A helmet is designed to reduce acceleration and distribute point impact loads on your skull and brain. To be honest Godfrey, there is rather a large supposition in this sentence. Articulating that is left as an exercise for the reader. ;-)

Re: PESO - one of my first with the 35

2008-01-12 Thread Cotty
On 12/01/08, Godfrey DiGiorgi, discombobulated, unleashed: Articulating that is left as an exercise for the reader. ;-) LOL! Touché! -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|http://www.cottysnaps.com _ -- PDML

Re: PESO - one of my first with the 35

2008-01-12 Thread Scott Loveless
: Friday, January 11, 2008 7:27 PM Subject: PESO - one of my first with the 35 This is an early (for me) shot with the 35mm lens on the 645. It's apparent that this lens likes to be level, which it wasn't in this photograph. Anyway, P645, 35/3.5, E400X. I don't have a clue what

Re: PESO - one of my first with the 35

2008-01-12 Thread Scott Loveless
Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: I remember that one. Very nice. Didn't you have another at a gas station? Thanks. :-) Yes, Skull Valley Station in Utah. I posted that one in the PAW 2006 set: http://homepage.mac.com/ramarren/photo/PAW6/39.htm That trip was in November/December 2006

Re: PESO - one of my first with the 35

2008-01-12 Thread Scott Loveless
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://picasaweb.google.com/sdloveless/MeganSNewBike/photo#5154394198121539746 I like this. The apparent vignetting helps here. Pink, young girl in front of darkish school background -- has a special poignancy. Marnie aka Doe Thanks, Marnie. Several people have

Re: PESO - one of my first with the 35

2008-01-12 Thread Scott Loveless
graywolf wrote: I do not understand about helmets. I don't either. I'm not particularly fond of them myself, though I do wear one more often than not these days. It's hard to tell the kiddos to put one on if Dad isn't wearing his. I don't wear one when it's really hot, because even with

Re: PESO - one of my first with the 35

2008-01-12 Thread Scott Loveless
mike wilson wrote: http://picasaweb.google.com/sdloveless/MeganSNewBike/photo#5154394198121539746 I was going to ask if you intended the Holga effect but I see from later response that you manipulated it in the correct way to do that. So I assume you did. Whether intentional or not, I

Re: PESO - one of my first with the 35

2008-01-12 Thread Scott Loveless
Doug Brewer wrote: http://picasaweb.google.com/sdloveless/MeganSNewBike/ photo#5154394198121539746 Excellent shot, Scottie. You've outdone yourself here. Thank you, Doug. That means a lot to me. -- Scott Loveless http://www.twosixteen.com/fivetoedsloth/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail

Re: PESO - one of my first with the 35

2008-01-12 Thread pnstenquist
. Cheers, Christine Thanks, Christine! Much appreciated. - Original Message - From: Scott Loveless [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Friday, January 11, 2008 7:27 PM Subject: PESO - one of my first with the 35 This is an early

Re: PESO - one of my first with the 35

2008-01-12 Thread Mark Roberts
Scott Loveless wrote: I don't either. I'm not particularly fond of them myself, though I do wear one more often than not these days. It's hard to tell the kiddos to put one on if Dad isn't wearing his. I don't wear one when it's really hot, because even with the ventilation I find them

Re: PESO - one of my first with the 35

2008-01-12 Thread Adam Maas
Note also that the ducted helmets actually improve cooling. They're cooler at speed than helmetless. -Adam Who doesn't ride without a helmet. On 1/12/08, Mark Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Scott Loveless wrote: I don't either. I'm not particularly fond of them myself, though I do wear

Re: PESO - one of my first with the 35

2008-01-12 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
On Jan 12, 2008, at 3:43 PM, Mark Roberts wrote: ... I do think their effectiveness is debatable Not me. Not since July 26 last year. Went down hard. 9 stitches next to left eye (just below where helmet ends). The helmet was crushed in just above where I needed stitches. I shudder to think

Re: PESO - one of my first with the 35

2008-01-12 Thread Charles Robinson
On Jan 12, 2008, at 17:21, Scott Loveless wrote: graywolf wrote: I do not understand about helmets. I don't either. I'm not particularly fond of them myself, though I do wear one more often than not these days. It's hard to tell the kiddos to put one on if Dad isn't wearing his. I don't

Re: PESO - one of my first with the 35

2008-01-12 Thread Boris Liberman
I think this is really good shot. Even with wide lens the 645 works to make it look real and 3D. Boris Scott Loveless wrote: This is an early (for me) shot with the 35mm lens on the 645. It's apparent that this lens likes to be level, which it wasn't in this photograph. Anyway, P645,

Re: PESO - one of my first with the 35

2008-01-11 Thread Walter Hamler
Gee Scott, looks pretty good to me as far as composition. I don't see any distortions that jump out at me making the lens choice obvious. I had a 35mm for mine as well and it was my favorite lens for other than weddings/portraits. It really is a great lens for wide coverage when you need it, and a

PESO - one of my first with the 35

2008-01-11 Thread Scott Loveless
This is an early (for me) shot with the 35mm lens on the 645. It's apparent that this lens likes to be level, which it wasn't in this photograph. Anyway, P645, 35/3.5, E400X. I don't have a clue what the exposure was.

Re: PESO - one of my first with the 35

2008-01-11 Thread Scott Loveless
Thanks, Walt. Much appreciated. If you look at the roof of the building in the background, it's got a curve to it. Walter Hamler wrote: Gee Scott, looks pretty good to me as far as composition. I don't see any distortions that jump out at me making the lens choice obvious. I had a 35mm for

Re: PESO - one of my first with the 35

2008-01-11 Thread Polyhead
god how i hate children. Well the shot evokes a reaction... makes me want to stomp that crotch dropling till its eyes shoot out. This is an early (for me) shot with the 35mm lens on the 645. It's apparent that this lens likes to be level, which it wasn't in this photograph. Anyway, P645,

Re: PESO - one of my first with the 35

2008-01-11 Thread Walter Hamler
Yeah, I can see it, but it doesn't bother me. It is the sort of distortion that could quickly and easily be corrected in PS. :-) Walt On 1/11/08, Scott Loveless [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks, Walt. Much appreciated. If you look at the roof of the building in the background, it's got a

Re: PESO - one of my first with the 35

2008-01-11 Thread Scott Loveless
Thanks, Bob. The whole building has a curve to it. I'm actually starting to like it. PA requires anyone under 12 to wear a helmet and I really don't remember ever letting her ride without one, but apparently I did. Were it not for you mentioning it I never would have noticed. Bob Sullivan