Re: Good place for lens repair

2024-04-29 Thread Larry Colen
> On Apr 28, 2024, at 7:56 PM, Larry Colen wrote: > > My 18-270 seems like it won't lock focus at infinity. Is there a good place > to send it for repair etc. that won't cost more than just buying a used one? The good news is that the focusing trouble might have just been my finger

Re: PESOs: Backyard Birds

2024-04-29 Thread John Sessoms
Those are quite nice. On 4/29/2024 12:09 PM, paul stenquist wrote: Finally getting back to shooting a few birds. A nice morning here, so I sat outside for a bit. The pair of Cardinals are either expecting or doing amazing ritual, but the male has a seed that he will give to the female. The

Re: PESOs: Backyard Birds

2024-04-29 Thread Henk Terhell
Beautiful these birds and well captured. Over here we only have these cardinals in cages. Henk Op 2024-04-29 om 18:09 schreef paul stenquist: Finally getting back to shooting a few birds. A nice morning here, so I sat outside for a bit. The pair of Cardinals are either expecting or doing

Re: GESO: Some spring flowers

2024-04-29 Thread Steve Cottrell
Not to mention a little sanity…. > On 24 Apr 2024, at 18:26, l...@red4est.com wrote: > > Talk to Cotty, he can fit any lens to any camera. Granted, you might lose a > little functionality. -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to

Re: GESO: Spiders and Snake

2024-04-29 Thread Paul Sorenson
Since you brought up rattlers... https://1drv.ms/i/s!AssotQKjvn53rgLjwGl0UwzysNj4?e=qYLsxt -p On 4/29/2024 2:05 AM, Larry Colen wrote: Mediocre photos of cute spiders with fuzzy red butts, and better photos of a rattlesnake. I've never seen one like this before, very different colors and

Re: PESOs: Backyard Birds

2024-04-29 Thread Alan C
Very nice text book images, Paul. Summer should bring plenty more. We are slowly moving into the cooler part of the year (thank goodness!). The Swallows & others have already left. Alan C On 29-Apr-24 06:09 PM, paul stenquist wrote: Finally getting back to shooting a few birds. A nice

PESOs: Backyard Birds

2024-04-29 Thread paul stenquist
Finally getting back to shooting a few birds. A nice morning here, so I sat outside for a bit. The pair of Cardinals are either expecting or doing amazing ritual, but the male has a seed that he will give to the female. The last one is a white throated sparrow. I only see these in spring. I

Re: GESO: Spiders and Snake

2024-04-29 Thread Larry Colen
It seems that those are red velvet ants. I was definitely a safe distance, fortunately the 18-270 will still focus at distances shorter than infinity. > On Apr 29, 2024, at 6:16 AM, ann sanfedele wrote: > > Not a spider as MIke pointed out.. so interesting.. > I take it you were not as

Re: GESO: Spiders and Snake

2024-04-29 Thread Ralf R Radermacher
Am 29.04.24 um 15:16 schrieb ann sanfedele: I take it you were not as close to the rattler as it looks like since you didnt get bit Nice rattler shots "Er wuergte eine Klapperschlang, bis ihre Klapper schlapper klang." A popular German spoonerism. (He throttled a rattlesnake until its

Re: GESO: Spiders and Snake

2024-04-29 Thread ann sanfedele
Not a spider  as MIke pointed out..  so interesting.. I take it you were not as close to the rattler as it looks like since you didnt get bit Nice rattler shots ann On 4/29/2024 3:39 AM, mike wilson wrote: Spiders don't have antennae, which yours clearly does. Also, I can't make out more

Re: Veso: T-bone and the Kalispell Fair - 1988

2024-04-29 Thread lists
> On 27 Apr 2024, at 02:50, ann sanfedele wrote: > > All the photos were taken with my trusty Pentax LX - Kodachrome's scanned on > Epson flatbed v500 > I made the vid in Windows Movie maker .. dropped in the music from an MP3 . > Original guitar music > by my friend Bob Zaidman - music

Re: GESO: Spiders and Snake

2024-04-29 Thread Bob W PDML
> On 29 Apr 2024, at 09:00, Ralf R Radermacher wrote: > > Am 29.04.24 um 09:24 schrieb Larry Colen: >> Oh, and I think the snake might be a red diamond rattlesnake. > > Does it make a difference? Better taste in art and beer. http://www.burton-on-trent.org.uk/category/miscellany/bass-logo >

Re: GESO: Spiders and Snake

2024-04-29 Thread Ralf R Radermacher
Am 29.04.24 um 09:24 schrieb Larry Colen: Oh, and I think the snake might be a red diamond rattlesnake. Does it make a difference? Ralf -- Ralf R. Radermacher - Köln/Cologne, Germany Blog :http://the-real-fotoralf.blogspot.com Audio :http://aporee.org/maps/projects/fotoralf Fotos

Re: GESO: Spiders and Snake, apologies

2024-04-29 Thread Alan C
I think that Rattler is getting to you! Not in your garden I hope. Alan C On 29-Apr-24 09:36 AM, Larry Colen wrote: I'd click send, nothing would happen, so I'd try again. I just looked at my email folder and it went out each time without making the window go away On Apr 29, 2024, at 12:24

Re: GESO: Spiders and Snake

2024-04-29 Thread mike wilson
Spiders don't have antennae, which yours clearly does. Also, I can't make out more than six legs. Some ant species are hairy and the queens chew off their wings after fertilisation. I wonder if the same happens with some species of bumble bees? There is a scarlet tailed bumblebee, Bombus

Re: GESO: Spiders and Snake, apologies

2024-04-29 Thread Larry Colen
I'd click send, nothing would happen, so I'd try again. I just looked at my email folder and it went out each time without making the window go away > On Apr 29, 2024, at 12:24 AM, Larry Colen wrote: > > I looked up "Red fuzzy butt spider" and was pointed to the Johnson Jumper: >

Re: GESO: Spiders and Snake

2024-04-29 Thread Larry Colen
I looked up "Red fuzzy butt spider" and was pointed to the Johnson Jumper: https://www.inaturalist.org/guide_taxa/682651 Mind you, my inner 12 year old goes a very different place with the phrase "Johnson Jumper". Oh, and I think the snake might be a red diamond rattlesnake. > On Apr 29,

Re: GESO: Spiders and Snake

2024-04-29 Thread Larry Colen
I looked up "Red fuzzy butt spider" and was pointed to the Johnson Jumper: https://www.inaturalist.org/guide_taxa/682651 Mind you, my inner 12 year old goes a very different place with the phrase "Johnson Jumper". Oh, and I think the snake might be a red diamond rattlesnake. > On Apr 29,

Re: GESO: Spiders and Snake

2024-04-29 Thread Larry Colen
I looked up "Red fuzzy butt spider" and was pointed to the Johnson Jumper: https://www.inaturalist.org/guide_taxa/682651 Mind you, my inner 12 year old goes a very different place with the phrase "Johnson Jumper". Oh, and I think the snake might be a red diamond rattlesnake. > On Apr 29,

Re: GESO: Spiders and Snake

2024-04-29 Thread Larry Colen
I looked up "Red fuzzy butt spider" and was pointed to the Johnson Jumper: https://www.inaturalist.org/guide_taxa/682651 Mind you, my inner 12 year old goes a very different place with the phrase "Johnson Jumper". Oh, and I think the snake might be a red diamond rattlesnake. > On Apr 29,

Re: GESO: Spiders and Snake

2024-04-29 Thread mike wilson
Not spiders. Some form of wingless bee? > On 29/04/2024 08:05 BST Larry Colen wrote: > > > Mediocre photos of cute spiders with fuzzy red butts, and better photos of a > rattlesnake. I've never seen one like this before, very different colors and > markings than I'm used to. > > > Yeah,

GESO: Spiders and Snake

2024-04-29 Thread Larry Colen
Mediocre photos of cute spiders with fuzzy red butts, and better photos of a rattlesnake. I've never seen one like this before, very different colors and markings than I'm used to. Yeah, the album starts out with some flowers because some people are funny about the weirdest things.