Re: PESO: Mass ascension

2017-08-10 Thread John
Sometimes you gotta' take what you can get. On 8/9/2017 22:51, Larry Colen wrote: P. J. Alling wrote: Now that you cut it out of context that's going to end up on the quotes list. Only if Mark were the sort to go for the easy cheap shot. On 8/9/2017 10:02 PM, Larry Colen wrote: P.

Re: PESO: Mass ascension

2017-08-09 Thread P. J. Alling
You're right it really is. On 8/9/2017 11:08 PM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: It is a thrilling event, isn't it? Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Wed, Aug 9, 2017 at 9:42 PM, P. J. Alling wrote: I've been in the middle of the field

Re: PESO: Mass ascension

2017-08-09 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
It is a thrilling event, isn't it? Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Wed, Aug 9, 2017 at 9:42 PM, P. J. Alling wrote: > I've been in the middle of the field where one of those took place, a > couple of times. You really can only

Re: PESO: Mass ascension

2017-08-09 Thread Larry Colen
P. J. Alling wrote: Now that you cut it out of context that's going to end up on the quotes list. Only if Mark were the sort to go for the easy cheap shot. On 8/9/2017 10:02 PM, Larry Colen wrote: P. J. Alling wrote: I've never managed to get any decent photos though. I know the

Re: PESO: Mass ascension

2017-08-09 Thread P. J. Alling
Now that you cut it out of context that's going to end up on the quotes list. On 8/9/2017 10:02 PM, Larry Colen wrote: P. J. Alling wrote: I've never managed to get any decent photos though. I know the feeling. -- America wasn't founded so that we could all be better. America was

Re: PESO: Mass ascension

2017-08-09 Thread Larry Colen
P. J. Alling wrote: I've never managed to get any decent photos though. I know the feeling. -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com (postbox on min4est) http://red4est.com/lrc -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the

Re: PESO: Mass ascension

2017-08-09 Thread P. J. Alling
I've been in the middle of the field where one of those took place, a couple of times. You really can only distinguish the noise from the closest balloon. I've never managed to get any decent photos though. On 8/3/2017 10:20 PM, Rick Womer wrote: What a cool(u)rful event! I imagine that

Re: PESO: Mass ascension

2017-08-06 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
Thanks, Ann. I hope things are going better for you now. Dan Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Sun, Aug 6, 2017 at 2:54 PM, ann sanfedele wrote: > I think it was pretty damn successful.. reminds me of the one in > Albuquerque Richard and I

Re: PESO: Mass ascension

2017-08-06 Thread ann sanfedele
I think it was pretty damn successful.. reminds me of the one in Albuquerque Richard and I went to in 1982 - Since it is mostly sky and balloons it could have been there as well as NJ ann On 8/4/2017 12:44 AM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: Thanks, Rick, Paul and Larry! There is not much noise in

Re: PESO: Mass ascension

2017-08-03 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
Thanks, Rick, Paul and Larry! There is not much noise in the spectators' area, but I'm sure it gets a bit noisy in the middle of the pack when they are all starting to inflate. There was a huge crowd, and a lot of balloons almost directly overhead, since the wind was very weak. I was trying to

Re: PESO: Mass ascension

2017-08-03 Thread Larry Colen
Nicely done. Rick Womer wrote: What a cool(u)rful event! I imagine that the roar of all of those propane burners is fairly impressive, too. Cheers, Rick On Aug 2, 2017, at 4:17 PM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: The mass ascension at the New Jersey Festival of

Re: PESO: Mass ascension

2017-08-03 Thread Paul Stenquist
The Rapture! He had risen! Paul via phone > On Aug 3, 2017, at 10:20 PM, Rick Womer wrote: > > What a cool(u)rful event! > > I imagine that the roar of all of those propane burners is fairly impressive, > too. > > Cheers, > > Rick > > >> On Aug 2, 2017, at 4:17 PM,

Re: PESO: Mass ascension

2017-08-03 Thread Rick Womer
What a cool(u)rful event! I imagine that the roar of all of those propane burners is fairly impressive, too. Cheers, Rick > On Aug 2, 2017, at 4:17 PM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: > > The mass ascension at the New Jersey Festival of Ballooning: >

Re: PESO: Mass Ascension

2013-08-07 Thread Christine Aguila
That's a very funny photo, Dan! Good one. Cheers, Christine On Aug 5, 2013, at 10:46 PM, Daniel J. Matyola danmaty...@gmail.com wrote: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17484069 Comments are invited. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola -- PDML

Re: PESO: Mass Ascension

2013-08-07 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
Thanks, Christine. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Wed, Aug 7, 2013 at 11:33 AM, Christine Aguila christ...@caguila.com wrote: That's a very funny photo, Dan! Good one. Cheers, Christine On Aug 5, 2013, at 10:46 PM, Daniel J. Matyola danmaty...@gmail.com

Re: PESO: Mass Ascension

2013-08-06 Thread Bob Sullivan
Dan, Elvis is gonna leave. Excellent timing. Regards, Bob S. On Mon, Aug 5, 2013 at 10:46 PM, Daniel J. Matyola danmaty...@gmail.com wrote: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17484069 Comments are invited. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola -- PDML

Re: PESO: Mass Ascension

2013-08-06 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
Thanks, Bob. I was trying to capture the excitement of the morning sky full of hot air balloons while at the same time having some foreground interest. This is the one that worked best for me. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Tue, Aug 6, 2013 at 11:40 AM, Bob

Re: PESO: Mass Ascension

2013-08-06 Thread John
The people on the ground look a little burnt in, like the saturation/exposure was pushed too far to get the balloons to show up clearly in what is obviously a very unforgiving light. In Photoshop I could mask that off with a layer mask so that the exposure/saturation applied only to the