Re: first Publish and a party
hello guys, thank you everyone very much for the congrats. Yes Ann, I am a smugmugger, it's a lovely little site although I am sure I don't use it to its full potential (too lazy and no programming skills). Mark, I looked pretty hard for the fans, especially after I recognised one of Jay Taylor's photos, then found his name in the index, then found 3 other photos by him, so my count is 7 pentax photos then, in the book - this is the most I have ever seen in one place ;). I don't recall him saying anything so either I was not paying attention or this is all passe' to him. Paul, thanks and you were right, the printing quality was nothing to fear - I like all my photos except for the grebes which look a little crispy next to a photo of some fluffy ducklings. Brian, seems like everyone else liked lilypads at all - I had one photo at each of three sizes, and that one was the largest. The waterlily with the mating damselflies was the smallest, as befitting - it's also the oldest of the three, taken only in jpg format with the D. thanks again, it was a good night. Very loud, lots of people packed into a small space, half of them running around with a list of book contributors playing Autography Scavenger Hunt. I think I got half the signatures, may have to track down Jay one of these days and make him sign too ;) --skye On Nov 29, 2007 5:39 PM, Mark Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: skye pdml wrote: Just a small announcement - a couple of my photos were recently accepted for a local book. http://www.amazon.com/Wild-Within-Wetlands-Washington-Arboretum/dp/1933245093/ref=sr_1_8?ie=UTF8s=booksqid=1196380772sr=8-8 And, tomorrow night, there will be a party. http://www.arboretumfoundation.org/events_programs/events_programs.cfm Congratulations! Do they know there will be a couple of hundred Pentax fans crashing the party? -- 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 and follow the directions. -- 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 and follow the directions.
first Publish and a party
Just a small announcement - a couple of my photos were recently accepted for a local book. http://www.amazon.com/Wild-Within-Wetlands-Washington-Arboretum/dp/1933245093/ref=sr_1_8?ie=UTF8s=booksqid=1196380772sr=8-8 And, tomorrow night, there will be a party. http://www.arboretumfoundation.org/events_programs/events_programs.cfm For the curious, my photos that got in are here: http://www.photoskye.com/gallery/3289625 Feel free to comment on the photos, also. I'm afraid to see how they will hold up against the others in the book. (I feel like mine are very dark and murky and green, which may be the opposite of most of the others.) --skye -- 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 and follow the directions.
Re: Wildlife Photographer of the Year
that's interesting, there's one there by a *istD. Has that ever happened before? --skye On 10/26/07, Bob W [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibition opens today at the Natural History Museum in London: http://www.nhm.ac.uk/visit-us/whats-on/temporary-exhibitions/wpy/onlin eGallery.do http://www.nhm.ac.uk/visit-us/whats-on/temporary-exhibitions/wpy/ -- 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 and follow the directions.
Re: Seattle suggestions?
both ferries leave from approx the same place (side by side) as can be shown at wsdot.wa.gov/ferries and are timed so that you can often take photos of the one ferry from the other ferry. Bainbridge ferry (35-40min?) takes less time than bremerton ferry (60 min). You might also try one of the argosy cruises. Seattle is a fairly big place not to have a car. You might try http://tripplanner.metrokc.gov/ (sorry - it's a fairly big place not to have a good bus system too) On 10/23/07, Tom C [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The Seattle-Bremerton route will provide lots of opportunities for shots of the Seattle skyline and expansive views of Mt. Rainier over Puget Sound, weather permitting. I may have been on the other route, but can't remember. -- 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 and follow the directions.
2 PESO: pentaxian
http://www.flickr.com/photos/skye/tags/pentaxian/ couple of quick snaps from the show. Some helpful folks set up the latest firmware on my k10d which I was avoiding from sheer laziness, then explained about how I can now use it to control my 540fgz (rather than just being a master). Then they had to answer all my questions and let me test out all the ltd lenses... it was a long hour or so for at least one of us (and it was not me)... --skye -- 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 and follow the directions.
Re: 2 PESO: pentaxian
thanks, Dave. For those interested, I was at Photoplus in NY in a little more depth today. (I was bad and snuck in yesterday afternoon after a failed attempt at visiting BH) BTW, I didn't hear about the pro services mentioned elsewhere on this mailing list, so didn't ask about them. And no info was volunteered at the show to me, although I must admit I didn't look at picking up any brochures. Quick notes about camera manufacturers and trade show booths in general (none of which my hub and I are qualified to speak on). Quick because all I did was briefly pass by most of them. - canon and nikon booths were mobbed. Walking through the nikon booth I did notice that cameras were out on display Best Buy style - tied down with cables. Also in the nikon booth, and the reason I walked through it, was a setup of black mannequins wearing colourful masks. Nikon was holding classes on their image software in part of their booth. I ignored canon not because I hate them or anything, but it was a busy day and I just didn't have the time to give them any attention. I only stopped by nikon because they had sent me a postcard about a free calendar. - the only other camera booths that come to mind - leaf (whose booth consisted of a gorgeous redheaded model sitting in a red armchair), and sony alpha, whose booth was mobbed after some sort of dog model showed up and started posing. This sort of tactic drew photographers with all brands of camera in to photograph, as well as allowing people to use the booth cameras on something other than each other. - compare and contrast - pentax booth. As I mentioned previously, I was quite happy with pentax's booth yesterday. This is because I already own their camera. I went right in and got my questions answered. Pentax's cameras were in display counters and you had to ask a rep if you wanted to touch them. As far as I could tell, there was nothing interesting to photograph except for the reps and other attendees (aside from a basket of flowers on the other end of the booth). Hub also commented that the counters were on the inside edge of the large-sized booth - meaning you would actually have to enter the booth to view the merchandise. The theatre (pictured on my flickr site) today was apparently showing the same exhibit over and over (this is from my husband who walked by 4 or 5 times) - some guy showing his photos which were taken with pentax cameras. There was also no schedule of events so that people could plan their time around showing up to something. Final comment: pentax ads were splashed across quite a lot of the front entry doors into the javits center. The square red sort with the text. On 10/20/07, David J Brooks [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The second shot is interesting. Dave On 10/20/07, skye pdml [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://www.flickr.com/photos/skye/tags/pentaxian/ -- 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 and follow the directions.
Re: Cut or Keep? A Question About Editing
are you asking what to cut and what to keep; or what to cut and what to show? I feel no shame in keeping everything that turned out well, but I would never show everything that I kept. In keeping everything, I am able to set arbitrary rules, such as not showing more than a dozen or so images, without affecting my personal attachment. I can also put off being objective until I run out of space. ;) On 10/15/07, John Celio [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: How do you decide what to cut and what to keep when you've shot more than one good photo of a subject? Assuming you feel like all or most of the photos of said subject are good, how do you distance yourself from your personal attachment to your work or subject, in order to objectively edit it all down to something more manageable than (for instance) the big ol' gallery I posted over the weekend? Objectivity is the goal, I think. How do you achieve it? John (the above is all one question, phrased in different ways) -- 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 and follow the directions.
Re: Cut or Keep? A Question About Editing
well, I guess if we're only talking about how to determine what to show, I find that telling myself folks don't want to see more than a dozen images or so, usually makes the good ones float to the top. Sometimes I also use time as a limiting factor - I once shot for 8 hours so figured I could show 30-40 images with impunity - trying to make each image as different as possible. However, it seems to me that it really depends on the audience and the subject. e.g. I post far more for my photography club field trips because I assume we're all learning and part of that involves showing each other what we saw in the same time and place. Another example would be a fashion shoot I did at a high school earlier this month, I put up everything (gah!) except my worst mistakes assuming that each parent would interested in their specific child. On 10/16/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In a message dated 10/16/2007 5:53:50 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I interpreted his question as keepers equalling showing others, displaying, etc... i feel no shame in keeping almost everything I shot in a drawer - it helps with sequences...I do try to get rid of total garbage on the computer though. ann == Ditto. I keep everything I shoot. Well, I have deleted from my HD every picture that is all black or all white, but other than that, no. It helps me track my progress seeing how I used to blur more, over expose more, under expose more, badly frame more, than I do now. Besides, who cares but me? As long as I have room I keep what I shoot. Marnie aka Doe :-) -- 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 and follow the directions.
Re: Pentax broke my camera
I thought you were joking, but in fact this is exactly what they offered to give me, without my prompting them in this direction at all -- and they emailed me first thing on Monday morning. As I replied back, I am finally feeling taken care of, and no additional snarky comments are necessary on my part. Thanks all, for your sympathy and extra advice - it got me through the weekend. --skye On 9/15/07, Paul Stenquist [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I would try a different, fully charged battery, and if that doesn't work, tell them you want a new camera. Immediately. I'm sure some Pentax folk will see your message here. Paul On Sep 14, 2007, at 9:19 PM, skye pdml wrote: here you go - thought you guys would like to read an email I sent off tonight to Phil Kerswill who's a manager in the Product Support Dept. (BTW I've been giving Phil a hard time for hanging onto my camera for 6 weeks, so you'll have to read around the sarcasm a little bit) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Pentax broke my camera
here you go - thought you guys would like to read an email I sent off tonight to Phil Kerswill who's a manager in the Product Support Dept. (BTW I've been giving Phil a hard time for hanging onto my camera for 6 weeks, so you'll have to read around the sarcasm a little bit) Dear Phil, Please contact me at your earliest convenience and walk me through what I need to do in order to get a working k10D out of Pentax. I hope I do not need to add that I don't wish to wait another 6 weeks for this miracle to happen. My K10D was delivered into my hands today (Friday) and I consider it now to be in worse shape than it was when I mailed it to you 6 weeks ago. When I mailed it to you 6 weeks ago, the body was in perfect working order, except for the flash which was in 100% non-working condition. When I plugged the battery back in tonight, it was in JPG mode so I switched back to DNG mode, turned off the beep, and exited the menu. That's odd, I said to myself, it says RAW+ on the top display. I turned the menu back on but it said raw dng and when I looked at the top display it said RAW. I thought I was imagining things. I took a few photos. I deleted the photos. I switched off the camera. The top display showed the number of frames left. That's weird, it's never done that before. I switched it on. The battery display appeared and the number of frames disappeared. The shutter release would not work. I finally pulled out the battery and put it back in. Everything reset itself back to beeping and JPG mode. I reset the camera to DNG and non-beeping mode. I looked at the top display. It reported RAW+ again and a smaller number of frames number. I shook the camera. It beeped and went back to displaying RAW and a larger number of frames. I turned the camera off, cautiously. The top display went blank (as it's supposed to). Words cannot adequately express to you how I feel - suffice it to say that I actually went and checked my receipt to make sure you had returned the correct camera. Pentax has taken my camera which was reliably working except for the flash which was dependably not working, and it has turned it into a camera which might or might not work at any given moment. That's just... great. --skye -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Pentax broke my camera
I just tried to do a 3-second exposure and something in my camera went whirrr-thunka-thunka-thunka... pretty sure that's never happened before. (both with and without image stabilization) By the way, I have a spare camera, it's just not a k10D is all... poor little *istD, that's not its fault. :( On 9/14/07, Godfrey DiGiorgi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: That's a PITA. Happens with any/everything once in a bit these days. It's why I always have a spare camera ... I hope they sort you out quickly! Godfrey -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
af 540 fgz trailing curtain question
OK, so I did attend a flash class over the weekend but failed to learn anything which might shed some light on my question so here goes. When I set my 540 flash to do trailing curtain, it flashes twice - I think once at the beginning and once at the end. Is that normal? (because that is not what I learned) What's going on there, if it's normal? Thanks, --skye -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: af 540 fgz trailing curtain question
thanks William! I'll have to make some time to play with the settings and I'll return with more questions I'm sure. :) I wish the class would have been more helpful, but at least I have all you guys. On 8/6/07, William Robb [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: - Original Message - From: skye pdml Subject: af 540 fgz trailing curtain question OK, so I did attend a flash class over the weekend but failed to learn anything which might shed some light on my question so here goes. When I set my 540 flash to do trailing curtain, it flashes twice - I think once at the beginning and once at the end. Is that normal? (because that is not what I learned) What's going on there, if it's normal? Your 540 is a P-TTL flash. That means it uses a preflash to set the output rather than quenching the flash when enough light has been output (TTL). The first discharge is a low capacity flash that tells the camera how much output is required for correct exposure. The second discharge is the actual exposure. William Robb -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Icelanders in America
that bottle of stuff has turpentine in it? Isn't that flammable? If so, flammable stuff is not allowed to be mailed. -skye PS: I'm in the seattle area, if you'll be around there. On 5/26/07, Thrainn Vigfusson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Next Tuesday I'll be leaving for a two week trip to the US with my wife. We'll be staying in New York, San Francisco, and Washington State. My first stop will be BH. I would have liked to be able to buy either of the new DA* lenses, but it looks like they won't have arrived. I'm also very keen on the 31mm Limited, so maybe it's a good thing the DA*s aren't available, so I won't blow all my money on the first day. Anyway, I also have a shopping list of all kinds of things BH can't ship, i.e. toners and oil colors for hand-coloring black and white prints. For the record, I've never understood why BH aren't allowed to send retouching pencil sets by mail. See for example this page: http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/34682-REG/ Marshall_Retouching_MSPSET_Deluxe_Pencil_Set_14_Colors_.html Does anyone know why? Thrainn -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
help me with 540 flash?
hi guys, I'm sure this is a quick and easy question for you to answer, but I'm a bit of a flash newbie and apparently even the manual is proving too difficult for me to master. Working with my new flash on Saturday, I managed to get it doing trailing curtain flash on two separate occasions. But I was trying a lot of things, so I don't know what I did, other than sliding the little sync switch back and forth between the 4 sync options. All I know is it stopped working on Saturday night and I haven't been able to get it to start working again. I've switched it off and on, and slid the switch back and forth (the icon on the lcd screen does not change, and the flash certainly doesn't do the right thing). I've even toggled through the different modes. Hopefully someone takes pity on me soon and tells me the secret password :). Thanks, --skye -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: help me with 540 flash?
Thanks! Well, the flash is working again (I went back and read the bit in the manual that says you have to half press the shutter before the lcd screen will change. I really swear I did that, but it was dark and ... well, maybe I did, and maybe I didn't. Obviously I need much more practice to be able to function in the heat of the moment). Good luck on your k10d - I am about to send mine off on Monday so I sympathise. The rest of the flash practice will be carried out in its absence with the D. :) --skye On 7/29/07, Jack Davis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Have you set the flash symbol/slow in the camera's FN menu? If so, next, press the OK button twice. Press the flash symbol/UP button. Flash trailing curtain sync mode appears to be the second stop from the left. Hope helps. My K10D has been sent to Pentax for repair, so can't dbl check it. Jack --- skye pdml [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: hi guys, I'm sure this is a quick and easy question for you to answer, but I'm a bit of a flash newbie and apparently even the manual is proving too difficult for me to master. Working with my new flash on Saturday, I managed to get it doing trailing curtain flash on two separate occasions. But I was trying a lot of things, so I don't know what I did, other than sliding the little sync switch back and forth between the 4 sync options. All I know is it stopped working on Saturday night and I haven't been able to get it to start working again. I've switched it off and on, and slid the switch back and forth (the icon on the lcd screen does not change, and the flash certainly doesn't do the right thing). I've even toggled through the different modes. Hopefully someone takes pity on me soon and tells me the secret password :). Thanks, --skye -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net Choose the right car based on your needs. Check out Yahoo! Autos new Car Finder tool. http://autos.yahoo.com/carfinder/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
k10d/af-540fgz, trailing curtain and pseudo-softbox
It's been difficult to find the time to experiment with the flash in the past few weeks, but last night I took it out to the park and tried taking photos of the lantern festival. I put the few that I took right before the flash stopped working (or before I hit a button and stopped being able to do trailing curtain flash). Unfortunately everything went to hell before I was able to take any photos of lanterns, which was my whole reason for trying this setup out. http://www.photoskye.com/gallery/3228408 Since these are my first few public attempts at flash photography, I'm looking for comments more on the flash part of the photography and less to do with how crappy the composition is (this is why I didn't mark this as a geso :), but hey I'll take all the comments people are willing to deliver. Two notes: 1) not having anything to bounce against, and not wanting to blind folks, I fashioned a stupid-looking softbox (or diffuser?) out of a large piece of stiff felt folded in half and the edges taped over the flash. The flash shooting straight up into the felt produced a lit 8.5x11 inch rectangle, mostly, although there was a brighter spot in the middle. It also made it so I had to be quite close to (within 6ft of) the subject. I do have instructions on abetterbouncecard.com, so I'll be practicing that over the next few weeks or so. 2) since my k10d's onboard camera flash gave out (it's going back for repair next week), and due to the lack of time and resources, I really haven't been able to experiment much. I *think* the softbox worked better than not having it (other than drawing undesirable attention). At the very least, I was able to avoid blinding most of my subjects that night. PS: by the way, if you get to these after Tuesday I will have added many more photos into this directory which will have nothing to do with the flash. Sorry. I'll try and remember to add a flash keyword so you can just search for those. Thanks for the help, --skye -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Blocked by Smart Fitler
I have the same problem at my work (actually, I've pretty much stopped looking at photo.net photos because of this) - I think the workaround might be to just give them the link to the photo. For example, I can't view your page, but I can view this link to your first photo: http://gallery.photo.net/photo/6115807-md.jpg So there you go - your page is categorized as nudity but the individual photos may be fine. --skye On 6/23/07, J [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Listen to this..Where my wife works, she was going to the page were my photos are on photo.net www.photo.net/photos/pjjdxn and she received a ERROR which said: The following error was encountered, Access denied by Smartfilter: Forbidden, this page www.photo.net/photos/pjjdxn is categorized as: Nudity -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
testpost - DS has eco-leaf label
found this while wandering around on the internets... http://www.treehugger.com/files/2007/05/lca_pentax_istds.php third try's the charm hopefully - figured out I wasn't using plain text to mail with. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
