Re: OT: Photoshop Memory Management

2012-01-18 Thread David Mann
On Jan 18, 2012, at 2:00 AM, Bruce Walker wrote: Heh. If I could expand the RAM in my 2008 iMac to 8 or 16 Gig RAM I would. I wish I could get 8Gb into this Macbook Pro but it's apparently not possible. I have 4Gb in it at the moment. I run a few memory-intensive apps (the web browsers are

Re: PS macro for fluorescent interference

2012-01-18 Thread Larry Colen
On 1/17/2012 6:06 PM, Mat Maessen wrote: On Tue, Jan 17, 2012 at 8:05 PM, Larry Colenl...@red4est.com wrote: If he's shooting at slower than flash sync speed, it shouldn't be an issue. should it? In the US, any shutter speed 1/120th or faster is going to be an issue. It's the flicker of

Re: The Stone

2012-01-18 Thread Larry Colen
Congratulations. I hope the wedding the only occasion this year that this song is appropriate: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hoHuxpa4h48 On 1/17/2012 4:34 PM, kwal...@peoplepc.com wrote: Congratulations ! Start to get your arms around the fact that the wedding festivities are more for

Re: PESO - The Fedora on Queen West

2012-01-18 Thread Bulent Celasun
In addition what has already been said, I liked the background in both. Well done! Bulent - http://www.flickr.com/photos/bc_the_path/ http://photo.net/photodb/user?user_id=2226822

Re: PESO: The Stone

2012-01-18 Thread Bulent Celasun
Congratulations to you both :) Perhaps, you should not bother to shoot during the ceremeony... ... or, perhaps you MUST! Bulent - http://www.flickr.com/photos/bc_the_path/ http://photo.net/photodb/user?user_id=2226822

Re: Testing...Testing... (again)

2012-01-18 Thread Brian Walters
Quoting steve harley p...@paper-ape.com: on 2012-01-17 21:59 Brian Walters wrote Quoting steve harley: i suspect an intermediate server is delaying the emails; check the raw headers ? there should be a time stamp at each server; do you notice any big gaps in the timestamps (on the messages

Re: PESO - Pano in Black and White

2012-01-18 Thread Brian Walters
On Sun, Jan 15, 2012, at 06:58 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote: Well done. Beautiful tonality, nice composiion. Thanks, Paul. Much appreciated. (sorry for the delayed response - my email is a mess right now) Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia

2012 PDML Annual URL

2012-01-18 Thread Pete McIntosh
Serves me right for cleaning up my emails... Would someone be so kind as to post the URL for contributions to the 2012 PDML annual please? Many thanks! Regards, Pete Mac in Melbourne -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to

Re: 2012 PDML Annual URL

2012-01-18 Thread Brian Walters
Quoting Pete McIntosh peter...@gmail.com: Serves me right for cleaning up my emails... Would someone be so kind as to post the URL for contributions to the 2012 PDML annual please? An ordered inbox is the sign of an obsessive mind :-) Here you go:

Re: 2012 PDML Annual URL

2012-01-18 Thread Pete McIntosh
On 18/01/2012 22:56, Brian Walters wrote: Quoting Pete McIntosh peter...@gmail.com: Serves me right for cleaning up my emails... Would someone be so kind as to post the URL for contributions to the 2012 PDML annual please? An ordered inbox is the sign of an obsessive mind :-) Here

PESO - perfect end to a wonderful day

2012-01-18 Thread Pete McIntosh
Geez - I better watch myself... 2 PESO's in a week! Anyway, following on from the previous one, this was the sunset that signaled an end to a wonderful wedding day last Friday. http://www.pbase.com/petergly/image/140988091 Comments most welcome. Regards, Pete Mac in Melbourne -- PDML

Re: PESO - Gate Shadows

2012-01-18 Thread Rick Womer
Errr, Tim... The ad window has a big X on it and is easy to close.   Paul and I have bitched to photo.net but they don't care.  Someday I'll have time to move everything elsewhere, but not in the foreseeable future. Rick   http://photo.net/photos/RickW - Original Message - From: Tim

Re: PESO: Blowing Bobbles

2012-01-18 Thread Jack Davis
Thanks much, Dan!   Jack - Original Message - From: Daniel J. Matyola danmaty...@gmail.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Cc: Sent: Tuesday, January 17, 2012 8:28 PM Subject: Re: PESO: Blowing Bobbles Great capture, lovely reflection. Dan Matyola

PESO - Sadie's in the Market

2012-01-18 Thread frank theriault
Sadie's Vegan Ice Cream Parlour in Kensington Market (Toronto) is a small take-out joint, with but one table for eating in: http://knarfdummyblog.blogspot.com/2012/01/sadies-in-market.html I kind of like the retro look. It (IMHO) makes the softness of the photo work. Hope you like. Comments

Re: PESO - Sadie's in the Market

2012-01-18 Thread Jack Davis
Totally agree, Frank. It works! I would suggest cloning off the small white tag on the lower right of the window. It's just enough contrast to keep drawing my eye to it. Jack - Original Message - From: frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: PS macro for fluorescent interference

2012-01-18 Thread Collin Brendemuehl
Here is an example (full, so have bandwidth before clicking) http://www.brendemuehl.net/images/IMG16533.JPG Just a couple of pixels wide, but affecting some parts of the image. and here is just the upper left corner where you can see the band (without having to load a monster image)

Re: PEso - Symmetry

2012-01-18 Thread Ann Sanfedele
On 1/18/2012 00:06, Brian Walters wrote: Quoting Ann Sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com: http://annsan.smugmug.com/Works-in-Print/Works-In-Progress/More-Critters/15842756_C2Dvws/1/1676309644_4xGRtnc/Large I was browsing some files to find one for the next month's PUG and looking for some items

Re: PEso - Symmetry

2012-01-18 Thread Ann Sanfedele
On 1/18/2012 01:56, Bob W wrote: http://annsan.smugmug.com/Works-in-Print/Works-In-Progress/More- Critters/15842756_C2Dvws/1/1676309644_4xGRtnc/Large I was browsing some files to find one for the next month's PUG and looking for some items for ebay and came across these guys comment as you

Re: PESO: The Stone

2012-01-18 Thread Ann Sanfedele
Congrats, Dave if I missed saying so earlier... Not the rock I expected to see in the photo going right to the PESO. I have a history of aversion to those :-) ann On 1/18/2012 05:11, Bulent Celasun wrote: Congratulations to you both :) Perhaps, you should not bother to shoot during the

Re: PEso - Symmetry

2012-01-18 Thread P. J. Alling
Mongeese? On 1/17/2012 10:57 PM, knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: Cool shot. It's as if they were posing for you. Btw, the plural for mongoose is mongooses, strange though it may sound to our ear. :-) cheers, frank --- Original Message --- From: Ann Sanfedeleann...@nyc.rr.com Sent: January

Re: PESO - perfect end to a wonderful day

2012-01-18 Thread Ann Sanfedele
That is an amazing sky! The happy couple shot was cute, too - I liked the casualness of it. ann On 1/18/2012 07:17, Pete McIntosh wrote: Geez - I better watch myself... 2 PESO's in a week! Anyway, following on from the previous one, this was the sunset that signaled an end to a wonderful

Re: LR 3 mystery.

2012-01-18 Thread David J Brooks
On Tue, Jan 17, 2012 at 2:15 PM, Tim Bray tb...@textuality.com wrote: Anyhow, what I wanted to say is, Lr is awfully good about not getting too upset when it can't find a file, and usually doesn't need too much help to get back in sync. -T True, but i am very curious as to why my entire 2011

Re: PESO - perfect end to a wonderful day

2012-01-18 Thread David J Brooks
Great shot Dave On Wed, Jan 18, 2012 at 7:17 AM, Pete McIntosh peter...@gmail.com wrote: Geez - I better watch myself... 2 PESO's in a week! Anyway, following on from the previous one, this was the sunset that signaled an end to a wonderful wedding day last Friday.

Re: PESO - Sadie's in the Market

2012-01-18 Thread David J Brooks
How 1950 ish. I like the angle here, good colours Dave On Wed, Jan 18, 2012 at 8:21 AM, frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: Sadie's Vegan Ice Cream Parlour in Kensington Market (Toronto) is a small take-out joint, with but one table for eating in:

Re: PS macro for fluorescent interference

2012-01-18 Thread Bruce Walker
Wow, that was hard to find. I scanned the big image for quite a while before I spotted that slight intensity change, about 1-2 pixels wide, running vertically through the whole frame. I think it supremely unlikely that that's from an optical source (like florescent flicker), but I could well

Re: PESO - perfect end to a wonderful day

2012-01-18 Thread Bob Sullivan
Pete, Love those clouds. On the horizon looks good contrasted with the trees, but the clouds way above the horizon are great. Regards, Bob S. On Wed, Jan 18, 2012 at 6:17 AM, Pete McIntosh peter...@gmail.com wrote: Geez - I better watch myself... 2 PESO's in a week! Anyway, following on from

Re: OT: Photoshop Memory Management

2012-01-18 Thread Bruce Walker
Thanks for that link, Steve. According to everymac my iMac actually supports 6Gig RAM. So far, unhappily, I've discovered that 1x4GB DDR2 SODIMMs are about as plentiful as hen's teeth, but I'm still Googling, so I will remain optimistic. Otherwise, my K-5 piggy bank will have to be busted open to

Re: PS macro for fluorescent interference

2012-01-18 Thread Darren Addy
I agree with Bruce regarding it likely being RFI interference of some kind. While you obviously can't completely cover a camera, I'd be interested in creating some kind of RFI shielding wrap that would leave the lens exposed and see if that helps. (Obviously, this would work best with the camera

Re: PEso - Symmetry

2012-01-18 Thread Ann Sanfedele
On 1/18/2012 09:43, P. J. Alling wrote: Mongeese? Et Tu, PJ? My dictionary has it both ways... sheesh ann On 1/17/2012 10:57 PM, knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: Cool shot. It's as if they were posing for you. Btw, the plural for mongoose is mongooses, strange though it may sound to our

Re: Mongeese or Mongoose PEso - Symmetry

2012-01-18 Thread Ann Sanfedele
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mongoose so there! ann On 1/18/2012 09:43, P. J. Alling wrote: Mongeese? On 1/17/2012 10:57 PM, knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: Cool shot. It's as if they were posing for you. Btw, the plural for mongoose is mongooses, strange though it may sound

Re: PESO - Sadie's in the Market

2012-01-18 Thread Ann Sanfedele
Looks like my kind of place.. well, except for the food :-) ann On 1/18/2012 08:21, frank theriault wrote: Sadie's Vegan Ice Cream Parlour in Kensington Market (Toronto) is a small take-out joint, with but one table for eating in:

OT: Costa Concordia image from space

2012-01-18 Thread David Parsons
I'm sure by now that most of us have seen pictures of the capsized Costa Concordia, but this image from space is the first overhead view that I've seen. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-16615145 -- David Parsons Photography http://www.davidparsonsphoto.com Aloha Photographer Photoblog

Re: PS macro for fluorescent interference

2012-01-18 Thread Collin Brendemuehl
BTW, what happens to it if you use a noise reduction filter on that image? An artifact like that should be perceived as noise and greatly reduced. It is electrical, but I was told that it was a fluorescent artifact -- albeit an electrical one. I've not attempted any noise reduction. Are you

Re: PS macro for fluorescent interference

2012-01-18 Thread Bruce Walker
I was thinking in either Ps (Ninja or Noiseware) or Lightroom (Lr's NR is superb). On Wed, Jan 18, 2012 at 11:33 AM, Collin Brendemuehl coll...@brendemuehl.net wrote: BTW, what happens to it if you use a noise reduction filter on that image? An artifact like that should be perceived as noise

Re: K-5 for $999, free ship in US

2012-01-18 Thread Bruce Walker
On Tue, Jan 17, 2012 at 9:26 PM, P. J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com wrote:  That doesn't mean I won't buy one, I just can't afford it. Mark! -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link

Re: PESO: Blowing Bobbles

2012-01-18 Thread knarftheria...@gmail.com
Thanks Dan and Bulent for your kind words. Cheers, frank --- Original Message --- From: Daniel J. Matyola danmaty...@gmail.com Sent: January 17, 2012 1/17/12 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Subject: Re: PESO: Blowing Bobbles Great capture, lovely reflection. Dan Matyola

Re: PESO: Blowing Bubbles(Frank)

2012-01-18 Thread Jack Davis
scuse me? Did I forget to thank Dan and Bulent?   Jack ;) - Original Message - From: knarftheria...@gmail.com knarftheria...@gmail.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Cc: Sent: Wednesday, January 18, 2012 8:41 AM Subject: Re: PESO: Blowing Bobbles Thanks Dan and Bulent for

re: Sadie's in the Market

2012-01-18 Thread Don Guthrie
There is something of a 1950's clean look about this style of cafe decor that you have captured nicely. How's the food. Message: 9 Date: Wed, 18 Jan 2012 08:21:26 -0500 From: frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net Subject: PESO - Sadie's in the

Re: PESO - perfect end to a wonderful day

2012-01-18 Thread Don Guthrie
Something about looking at sunset pictures makes me sleepy -happy but sleepy. Good shot. On Wed, Jan 18, 2012 at 6:17 AM, Pete McIntosh peter...@gmail.com wrote: Geez - I better watch myself... 2 PESO's in a week! Anyway, following on from the previous one, this was the sunset that

Third day on the job

2012-01-18 Thread Collin Brendemuehl
So far I've taken a few pics, but still setting up the shooting area. Looks like I'll have 2 of them in differing parts of the business campus. Main one will have Interfit CoolLite 6 lighting and the secondary location will use a pair of Britek 650W quarts units. I got to pick my own system, so

Re: Third day on the job

2012-01-18 Thread Darren Addy
Your last post made me think of something that you might wish to consider for your particular set-up: Tethered Shooting. It is especially applicable to product photography. Could save you a lot of time in the long run. http://thedigitalstory.com/2010/02/advantages_of_tether.html

Re: PESO - The Fedora on Queen West

2012-01-18 Thread knarftheria...@gmail.com
Thanks Bulent. And Dan, too. I appreciate the feedback. Cheers, frank --- Original Message --- From: Bulent Celasun bulent.cela...@gmail.com Sent: January 18, 2012 1/18/12 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Subject: Re: PESO - The Fedora on Queen West In addition what has already been

Re: PESO: Blowing Bubbles(Frank)

2012-01-18 Thread knarftheria...@gmail.com
Oops! I guess I hit reply to the wrong e-mail. No hint intended. :-) cheers, frank --- Original Message --- From: Jack Davis jdavi...@yahoo.com Sent: January 18, 2012 1/18/12 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Subject: Re: PESO: Blowing Bubbles(Frank) scuse me? Did I forget to thank

Re: Third day on the job

2012-01-18 Thread Bruce Walker
I can now vouch for wireless tethering of a Pentax body. In my last portrait shoot, I used an Eye-Fi Pro X2 8GB card in my K20D. I displayed the previews of each shot on my old 12 PowerBook (as I don't have an iPad). The secret is to only send the lowest rez JPEGs the camera can be set to,

Re: PESO - Gate Shadows

2012-01-18 Thread knarftheria...@gmail.com
I like thwarting photo a lot, Rick. You should have saved it for February PUG. Unless you javelin something even better... ;-) cheers, frank --- Original Message --- From: Rick Womer rwomer1...@yahoo.com Sent: January 18, 2012 1/18/12 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Subject: Re:

RE: PESO - perfect end to a wonderful day

2012-01-18 Thread knarftheria...@gmail.com
That's gorgeous, Pete. Cheers, frank --- Original Message --- From: Pete McIntosh peter...@gmail.com Sent: January 18, 2012 1/18/12 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Subject: PESO - perfect end to a wonderful day Geez - I better watch myself... 2 PESO's in a week! Anyway, following

re: Sadie's in the Market

2012-01-18 Thread knarftheria...@gmail.com
Thanks, Don, and thanks to the others who commented and to all who looked. The place serves mostly deserts, juices and that sort of thing. That's actually kind of a big deal for us vegans as pastries without such things as eggs and butter can easily end up tasting like science experiments.

Re: PESO: Blowing Bubbles(Frank)

2012-01-18 Thread Jack Davis
Just as I suspected. ;))   Jack - Original Message - From: knarftheria...@gmail.com knarftheria...@gmail.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Cc: Sent: Wednesday, January 18, 2012 9:27 AM Subject: Re: PESO: Blowing Bubbles(Frank) Oops! I guess I hit reply to the wrong e-mail.

Re: PESO: Blowing Bubbles(Frank)

2012-01-18 Thread knarftheria...@gmail.com
Well it's all Dan's fault. He commented on reflections in my hat photo, and did the same for yours. So when I saw his comment on yours I got confused. I'm not old enough to blame it on a senior's moment. Maybe a drug flashback? Geez I didn't do that many drugs. Did I? ;-) cheers, frank ---

Re: Third day on the job

2012-01-18 Thread Collin Brendemuehl
I can now vouch for wireless tethering of a Pentax body. In my last portrait shoot, I used an Eye-Fi Pro X2 8GB card in my K20D. I displayed the previews of each shot on my old 12 PowerBook (as I don't have an iPad). The secret is to only send the lowest rez JPEGs the camera can be set to,

RE: OT - techy question - windoze users

2012-01-18 Thread John Sessoms
From: Bob W Ann Sanfedele wrote: anyone know why a folder named 48states , or 905683, etc... comes up jsut curious why this should happen -desn't seem right ann Latest windows incarnations have the ability to discriminate between numbers and letters, hence they recognize that 48 is a lower

Re: PS macro for fluorescent interference

2012-01-18 Thread William Robb
On 17/01/2012 12:42 PM, Collin Brendemuehl wrote: First time I've run into this one. K7 under warehouse fluorescent lights creates an interference line about 20% in from the left side, adding a purplish tinge to the image. So ... has anyone here run into this and ... Anyone have a Photoshop

Re: PESO: Blowing Bubbles(Frank)

2012-01-18 Thread Jack Davis
 Apparently..or..you may have just made an early crossing into geezer land. If so, be it known to all, I'm the official greeter and hold the esteemed title; Grand Relic. Jack  -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the

6 Weeks to upgrade your old PPG Images

2012-01-18 Thread Brian Walters
'morning all... I just noticed that the 'upgrade of old PPG images' is now live. You have until 1 March to upload higher res versions of images that were approved in the 'old' PPG. You should see instructions on how to upgrade when you log in. -- Cheers Brian

RE: OT - techy question - windoze users

2012-01-18 Thread Bob W
-Original Message- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of John Sessoms Sent: 18 January 2012 19:25 To: pdml@pdml.net Subject: RE: OT - techy question - windoze users From: Bob W Ann Sanfedele wrote: anyone know why a folder named 48states ,

Re: PESO - Sadie's in the Market

2012-01-18 Thread Cotty
On 18/1/12, frank theriault, discombobulated, unleashed: Sadie's Vegan Ice Cream Parlour in Kensington Market (Toronto) is a small take-out joint, with but one table for eating in: http://knarfdummyblog.blogspot.com/2012/01/sadies-in-market.html I kind of like the retro look. It (IMHO) makes

One Tree Hill

2012-01-18 Thread Don Guthrie
There is no Winter in Iowa when there is no snow. More of a lingering Fall or an anemic Spring. Today it's just sunshine blue skies and One Tree On A Hill. http://donspix.posterous.com/one-tree-on-a-hill-in-snow-less-iowa-january Tell me anything but it would look better in BW. -- PDML

Re: PESO - perfect end to a wonderful day

2012-01-18 Thread Pete McIntosh
On 19/01/2012 4:06 AM, Don Guthrie wrote: Something about looking at sunset pictures makes me sleepy -happy but sleepy. Good shot. On Wed, Jan 18, 2012 at 6:17 AM, Pete McIntosh peter...@gmail.com wrote: Geez - I better watch myself... 2 PESO's in a week! Anyway, following on from the

Re: PESO - perfect end to a wonderful day

2012-01-18 Thread Pete McIntosh
On 19/01/2012 4:55 AM, knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: That's gorgeous, Pete. Cheers, frank --- Original Message --- From: Pete McIntoshpeter...@gmail.com Sent: January 18, 2012 1/18/12 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail Listpdml@pdml.net Subject: PESO - perfect end to a wonderful day Geez - I better

Re: PESO - perfect end to a wonderful day

2012-01-18 Thread Pete McIntosh
On 19/01/2012 1:42 AM, Ann Sanfedele wrote: That is an amazing sky! The happy couple shot was cute, too - I liked the casualness of it. ann On 1/18/2012 07:17, Pete McIntosh wrote: Geez - I better watch myself... 2 PESO's in a week! Anyway, following on from the previous one, this was the

PESO: Shapely Shades of Green

2012-01-18 Thread Paul Stenquist
An Oldy. Ran across it the other day while looking for something else and the colors caught my eye (not to mention the long blonde hair and shapely shape). Shot it in July of '08 with the K20D and the DA* 50-135, f4, 135 mm. http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=15009292 -- PDML

Re: OT: Canon DSLR vs Rolleicord

2012-01-18 Thread Mark C
On 1/17/2012 2:27 AM, Larry Colen wrote: That's the second film vs digital comparison I've run across in the past couple of days: http://www.twinlenslife.com/2009/05/digital-vs-film-real-deal-nikon-d300-vs.html Which points to this one from last year.

Re: OT: Canon DSLR vs Rolleicord

2012-01-18 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
On Wed, Jan 18, 2012 at 3:26 PM, Mark C pdml-m...@charter.net wrote: Here's a third one, can't vouch for the author: http://www.markcassino.com/b2evolution/index.php?s=film+vs+medium+formatsentence=AND Better comparisons for sure than the first one mentioned by Darren. Is it really worth all

Re: OT: Canon DSLR vs Rolleicord

2012-01-18 Thread Larry Colen
On Jan 18, 2012, at 3:26 PM, Mark C wrote: On 1/17/2012 2:27 AM, Larry Colen wrote: That's the second film vs digital comparison I've run across in the past couple of days: http://www.twinlenslife.com/2009/05/digital-vs-film-real-deal-nikon-d300-vs.html Which points to this one

Re: OT: Canon DSLR vs Rolleicord

2012-01-18 Thread Mark C
On 1/18/2012 6:37 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: Better comparisons for sure than the first one mentioned by Darren. Thanks Is it really worth all the effort though? Examining photographs at this microscopic level is a fascinating technical endeavor, but it's no way to appreciate a photograph.

Re: OT: Canon DSLR vs Rolleicord

2012-01-18 Thread Mark C
On 1/18/2012 7:25 PM, Larry Colen wrote: On Jan 18, 2012, at 3:26 PM, Mark C wrote: On 1/17/2012 2:27 AM, Larry Colen wrote: That's the second film vs digital comparison I've run across in the past couple of days:

Re: PESO: Shapely Shades of Green

2012-01-18 Thread Jack Davis
That wonderful DA* 50~135 sure captured a nice field of view. Thanks, Paul! Jack :) - Original Message - From: Paul Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Cc: Sent: Wednesday, January 18, 2012 3:25 PM Subject: PESO: Shapely Shades of Green An

Re: OT: Canon DSLR vs Rolleicord

2012-01-18 Thread Larry Colen
Arguing whether film is better than digital is like arguing whether a pair of vicegrips is better than a wrench. -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com sent from i4est -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML,

Re: OT: Canon DSLR vs Rolleicord

2012-01-18 Thread Darren Addy
On Wed, Jan 18, 2012 at 6:37 PM, Mark C pdml-m...@charter.net wrote: (snippage of thoughtful and insightful commentary based upon personal experience) I appreciate your post, but you really must learn to paint with a far wider more reactionary brush if you intend to fit-in with this

Re: OT: Canon DSLR vs Rolleicord

2012-01-18 Thread Mark C
On 1/18/2012 8:01 PM, Larry Colen wrote: Arguing whether film is better than digital is like arguing whether a pair of vicegrips is better than a wrench. No argument, I'll take the wench... -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to

Re: OT: Canon DSLR vs Rolleicord

2012-01-18 Thread Bruce Walker
On Wed, Jan 18, 2012 at 8:19 PM, Mark C pdml-m...@charter.net wrote: On 1/18/2012 8:01 PM, Larry Colen wrote: Arguing whether film is better than digital is like arguing whether a pair of vicegrips is better than a wrench. No argument, I'll take the wench... If you pay the wench, you may

Re: One Tree Hill

2012-01-18 Thread Rick Womer
No, it would look worse in BW. I find the white whatsit (fence? hurdle? soccer goal?) in the lower right distracting, though; and you might consider cropping them out. Cheers, Rick   http://photo.net/photos/RickW - Original Message - From: Don Guthrie shark50...@gmail.com To:

Re: PESO - Gate Shadows

2012-01-18 Thread Rick Womer
Thanks, Brian.  I tried cropping out the door, and I thought it made the pic dull.  I have a hard time resisting including red in a pic when it is available, too. Rick   http://photo.net/photos/RickW - Original Message - From: Brian Walters apathy...@lyons-ryan.org To: Pentax-Discuss

Re: 6 Weeks to upgrade your old PPG Images

2012-01-18 Thread Ann Sanfedele
It looks like you can upgrade any of 'em...(loaded before the new system) they have the upgrade button on more of mine than I thought needed it... Glad there is a big window of time ann On 1/18/2012 15:43, Brian Walters wrote: 'morning all... I just noticed that the 'upgrade of old PPG

Re: 6 Weeks to upgrade your old PPG Images

2012-01-18 Thread Paul Stenquist
On Jan 18, 2012, at 8:52 PM, Ann Sanfedele wrote: It looks like you can upgrade any of 'em...(loaded before the new system) they have the upgrade button on more of mine than I thought needed it... Glad there is a big window of time I agree. It's a lot of work. ann On 1/18/2012

Re: PESO - perfect end to a wonderful day

2012-01-18 Thread Tim Bray
Mmmm nice. -T On Wed, Jan 18, 2012 at 4:17 AM, Pete McIntosh peter...@gmail.com wrote: Geez - I better watch myself... 2 PESO's in a week! Anyway, following on from the previous one, this was the sunset that signaled an end to a wonderful wedding day last Friday.

Re: One Tree Hill

2012-01-18 Thread Tim Bray
Great picture. I might dial back the contrast a bit, but still great. -T On Wed, Jan 18, 2012 at 1:46 PM, Don Guthrie shark50...@gmail.com wrote: There is no Winter in Iowa when there is no snow. More of a lingering Fall or an anemic Spring. Today it's just sunshine blue skies and One Tree On

Re: 6 Weeks to upgrade your old PPG Images

2012-01-18 Thread Bong Manayon
On Thu, Jan 19, 2012 at 10:08 AM, Paul Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote: I agree. It's a lot of work. ...yeah Bong -- Bong Manayon http://bong.manayon.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML,

Re: 6 Weeks to upgrade your old PPG Images

2012-01-18 Thread Brian Walters
Quoting Bong Manayon bongmana...@gmail.com: On Thu, Jan 19, 2012 at 10:08 AM, Paul Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote: I agree. It's a lot of work. ...yeah More work for some than others :-) -- Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western Sydney

Re: PS macro for fluorescent interference

2012-01-18 Thread Mark C
That's interesting. The artifact is very much like one I saw on my first K7, which went back under warranty. In my case, the band was light, not dark, and happened in every frame mostly taken out doors. I wonder if there could be a subtle or latent flaw in the sensor that is susceptible to

Re: OT - kinda - back from the exam.. blurry but unbowed

2012-01-18 Thread Ann Sanfedele
On 1/13/2012 15:27, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: I hate that damn test! Dan Matyola I hated it too! Never had it before - having to use the Jeopardy button was not the least of it. But -- the diagnoses overall is that I really don't need a new prescription - cataract surgery probably a year

Re: PESO - Gate Shadows

2012-01-18 Thread Ann Sanfedele
On 1/18/2012 20:38, Rick Womer wrote: Thanks, Brian. I tried cropping out the door, and I thought it made the pic dull. I have a hard time resisting including red in a pic when it is available, too. Rick I think it needs the door. ann http://photo.net/photos/RickW -

PESO - Cold January Morning

2012-01-18 Thread Rick Womer
About 17F / -8C, very clear, 10am: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=14993315size=lg (K-7, FA 24-90)   Comments invited. Rick -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above

Kodak at Death's Door, Meanwhile Fujifilm is Thriving

2012-01-18 Thread Darren Addy
Photographer son-in-law sent me the following post: - - - Pretty interesting article about why Fuji is thriving and Kodak isn't - and it's not the reasons that I'd assumed. http://www.economist.com/node/21542796 - - - Darren Addy Kearney, NE -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: PESO: The Stone

2012-01-18 Thread David Mann
On Jan 18, 2012, at 11:11 PM, Bulent Celasun wrote: Congratulations to you both :) Perhaps, you should not bother to shoot during the ceremeony... ... or, perhaps you MUST! We've booked a photographer so I'm going to be on the wrong side of the camera all afternoon. I don't even take

Re: PESO - Gate Shadows

2012-01-18 Thread knarftheria...@gmail.com
I posted a fairly bizarre response to this photo earlier today. Needless to say it was predictive spelling on my android combined with a failure to proofread (I had just gotten a call and had to move along). What I was trying to say is that I like the photo but wondered if it might have made a

Re: PESO: The Stone

2012-01-18 Thread David Mann
On Jan 19, 2012, at 3:39 AM, Ann Sanfedele wrote: Congrats, Dave if I missed saying so earlier... Not the rock I expected to see in the photo going right to the PESO. I have a history of aversion to those :-) She majored in chemistry so I thought about having a piece of coal mounted. After

Re: OT: Costa Concordia image from space

2012-01-18 Thread David Mann
On Jan 19, 2012, at 5:27 AM, David Parsons wrote: I'm sure by now that most of us have seen pictures of the capsized Costa Concordia, but this image from space is the first overhead view that I've seen. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-16615145 That's an amazing pic from space

Re: PESO: Shapely Shades of Green

2012-01-18 Thread David Mann
On Jan 19, 2012, at 12:25 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote: An Oldy. Ran across it the other day while looking for something else and the colors caught my eye (not to mention the long blonde hair and shapely shape). Shot it in July of '08 with the K20D and the DA* 50-135, f4, 135 mm.

Re: PESO: Shapely Shades of Green

2012-01-18 Thread Paul Stenquist
On Jan 18, 2012, at 11:06 PM, David Mann wrote: On Jan 19, 2012, at 12:25 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote: An Oldy. Ran across it the other day while looking for something else and the colors caught my eye (not to mention the long blonde hair and shapely shape). Shot it in July of '08 with the

Re: 2012 PDML Annual URL

2012-01-18 Thread Larry Colen
Is there a set of optimal (for broad values of optimal) Lightroom settings for processing files for the annual? If so, is there some sort of plug-in or something we could use that would set lightroom up with the defaults that would make Mark's life easier for processing the files? For

Re: Kodak at Death's Door, Meanwhile Fujifilm is Thriving

2012-01-18 Thread Larry Colen
On Jan 18, 2012, at 7:34 PM, Darren Addy wrote: Photographer son-in-law sent me the following post: - - - Pretty interesting article about why Fuji is thriving and Kodak isn't - and it's not the reasons that I'd assumed. http://www.economist.com/node/21542796\ Interesting article. I

Re: OT: Nik Silver Efex Pro film types conversions

2012-01-18 Thread Larry Colen
On Jan 15, 2012, at 11:38 PM, Christine Aguila wrote: Hi Everyone: The link below provides one example of the 18 different *film types filters* in the Nik Silver Efex Pro 2 software. The name of the film type is below the frame. These are straight filter conversions with no tweaking at

Re: PESO - perfect end to a wonderful day

2012-01-18 Thread Larry Colen
You're doing it wrong. Sunset shots are supposed to be boring and formulaic, and that one was rather stunning. On Jan 18, 2012, at 4:17 AM, Pete McIntosh wrote: Geez - I better watch myself... 2 PESO's in a week! Anyway, following on from the previous one, this was the sunset that signaled

K-5 low light test sequence

2012-01-18 Thread Larry Colen
I have a CF or two set up to light my dance floor at night. Tonight the deep shadows in the redwood bark on the trees at the end of the dance floor caught my eye, and I was curious how the scene would photograph. Rather than setting up real lights, I just put the K-5 on the tripod and used

Re: Third day on the job

2012-01-18 Thread Larry Colen
On Jan 18, 2012, at 9:54 AM, Bruce Walker wrote: I can now vouch for wireless tethering of a Pentax body. In my last portrait shoot, I used an Eye-Fi Pro X2 8GB card in my K20D. I displayed the previews of each shot on my old 12 PowerBook (as I don't have an iPad). The secret is to only

Re: 6 Weeks to upgrade your old PPG Images

2012-01-18 Thread Ann Sanfedele
On 1/18/2012 21:25, Brian Walters wrote: Quoting Bong Manayon bongmana...@gmail.com: On Thu, Jan 19, 2012 at 10:08 AM, Paul Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote: I agree. It's a lot of work. ...yeah More work for some than others :-) I was thinking that too! I only have 33

Re: PESO - perfect end to a wonderful day

2012-01-18 Thread Pete McIntosh
On 19/01/2012 3:32 PM, Larry Colen wrote: You're doing it wrong. Sunset shots are supposed to be boring and formulaic, and that one was rather stunning. On Jan 18, 2012, at 4:17 AM, Pete McIntosh wrote: Geez - I better watch myself... 2 PESO's in a week! Anyway, following on from the

Re: OT: Costa Concordia image from space

2012-01-18 Thread Larry Colen
On Jan 18, 2012, at 8:02 PM, David Mann wrote: On Jan 19, 2012, at 5:27 AM, David Parsons wrote: I'm sure by now that most of us have seen pictures of the capsized Costa Concordia, but this image from space is the first overhead view that I've seen.

Re: PESO - Gate Shadows

2012-01-18 Thread Brian Walters
Quoting knarftheria...@gmail.com knarftheria...@gmail.com: I posted a fairly bizarre response to this photo earlier today. Needless to say it was predictive spelling on my android combined with a failure to proofread (I had just gotten a call and had to move along). What I was trying to

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