Re: GESO: bike build

I think a long weekend in France is called for at the next PBP. We can be standing by with cups of tea, bowls of soup and lashings of warm ginger cake when Team India whizzes through. > On 21 Nov 2017, at 10:56, Chris Mitchell wrote: > > What a nice bike! Will be good to see the finished art

Re: GESO: bike build

That's a fantastic set. Can't wait to see it in the wild. > On 20 Nov 2017, at 12:05, Subash Jeyan wrote: > > hi everyone, > > since i spend quite a bit of my time sitting myself on a bike and doing > long rides, i thought it was time i got myself a custom-built bike. > started the process, bik

Re: OT Cloud storage

I use OneDrive as my working storage* and offsite backup. Microsoft are unlikely to go bust overnight - people will have time to sort out an alternative. I also backup periodically (using Synctoy) to a USB drive which I then disconnect, to reduce the risk of infection from the laptop, if the ha

Re: OT as requested link to our book

It's a nice book, nicely done. The cover shot, though, is so good it unbalances the book. It should have a book all to itself. > On 17 Nov 2017, at 12:45, David J Brooks wrote: > > Our working committee got together last night and made ThePassingShow > book public after much discussion on the w

Re: PESO: Thirsty

> On 14 Nov 2017, at 19:55, P. J. Alling wrote: > > So did the monkey eat the Bull Elephant and Warthog, and if so how? > Pan-fried with morel mushrooms > >> On 11/12/2017 10:54 PM, Alan C wrote: >> A young Bull Elephant & a Warthog sharing a mini solar powered water trough. >> Virtually al

Re: OT the book i have been involved in

Congratulations! Mary McIntyre ( the Mark Roberts of Stouffville) That's gotta be better than being the Mark Roberts of Elsewhere. On 14 Nov 2017, at 13:22, David J Brooks mailto:pentko...@gmail.com>> wrote: Good day all Just a quick email to say that the book i have helped put together with

Re: November PUG is up

Gets top scores from me too. Great stuff. I don't think ever seen so much minimalism. Is it better to have more minimalism, or less? On 6 Nov 2017, at 21:40, Ken Waller wrote: >> "At White Sands" by Ken Waller is also outstanding, to my eye and my taste. > > Thanks Dan, glad you liked it. >

Re: PESO: A blast from the past

Great shot > On 30 Oct 2017, at 18:25, David J Brooks wrote: > > well captured motion photo > > Dave > > On Mon, Oct 30, 2017 at 2:11 PM, Mark Roberts > wrote: >> Taken when I was 16 years old: >> http://www.robertstech.com/temp/ >> >> Park of my "going through my old slides and seeing which

Re: OT - Amazon listened to Bill

I use that all the time here; picked something up just this evening on the way home. There's a bunch of lockers at the local library/gym. Very convenient, but increasingly popular so sometimes they can't use them because they're already full. > On 30 Oct 2017, at 19:16, Matthew Hunt wrote: >

Re: Link to Paul's excellent NY times article on an important safety subject

I haven't read Paul's article, but I have read George Orwell's Politics and the English Language, and one should always pay attention to his rule vi. > On 28 Oct 2017, at 17:11, Igor PDML-StR wrote: > > > > Paul, > > Thank you for the detailed response. I've learned some interesting things

Re: More thoughts on slide scanning: Hamrick VueScan

On 26 Oct 2017, at 06:58, mike wilson wrote: >> On 25 October 2017 at 23:53 Steve Cottrell wrote: >> >> >> On 25/10/17, mike wilson, discombobulated, unleashed: >> >>> You have a jusk closet, too? >> >> I thought that was a typo. >> >> Go on then, what the actual blazes is a jusk closet?

Re: Peso-First Light

Its pretending to be a cormorant. Nice backlight. > On 25 Oct 2017, at 22:15, ann sanfedele wrote: > > Huh - I like it for the same reason, but I'd do a bit of a Waller crop here > to get rid of the raggedy stuff on the far right at the bottom expected > jsut to be saying "I agree with Ke

Re: More thoughts on slide scanning: Hamrick VueScan

On 25 Oct 2017, at 21:46, mike wilson wrote: >> On 25 October 2017 at 21:39 Bob W-PDML wrote: >> >> >> >>> On 25 Oct 2017, at 21:21, Steve Cottrell wrote: >>> >>> On 25/10/17, Bob W-PDML, discombobulated, unleashed: >>> >>&

Re: More thoughts on slide scanning: Hamrick VueScan

> On 25 Oct 2017, at 21:21, Steve Cottrell wrote: > > On 25/10/17, Bob W-PDML, discombobulated, unleashed: > >> My negs and slides are in the loft, next to the scanner. Someday they >> will learn to love each other and have little digital babies without me >> havi

Re: More thoughts on slide scanning: Hamrick VueScan

My negs and slides are in the loft, next to the scanner. Someday they will learn to love each other and have little digital babies without me having to do anything. > On 25 Oct 2017, at 21:03, Steve Cottrell wrote: > > On 25/10/17, Bob W-PDML, discombobulated, unleashed: > >&g

Re: More thoughts on slide scanning: Hamrick VueScan

I have a LS1000 gathering dust in the loft. Vuescan worked with that way back whenever I last used it. B > On 25 Oct 2017, at 20:55, Steve Cottrell wrote: > > On 25/10/17, Godfrey DiGiorgi, discombobulated, unleashed: > >> I bought VueScan when I bought the Minolta Dimage scanner back in 2002

Re: Bart's

> On 23 Oct 2017, at 16:31, Eric Weir wrote: > > >> On Oct 22, 2017, at 5:00 PM, Bob W-PDML wrote: >> >> The golden (actually gilt bronze) statue is Bart himself, showing off his >> skin, by Damien Hirst. > > Perhaps you should have mentioned that

Bart's

Had a pleasant day today pottering about in autumnal Bloomsbury with Chris M, including a visit to Saint Bartholomew's church, which reeked of incense. Here are some shots. The golden (actually gilt bronze) statue is Bart himself, showing off his skin, by Damien Hirst. https://1drv.ms/a/s!AtRNY

Re: Yorkshire Dales

On 22 Oct 2017, at 07:48, mike wilson wrote: >> On 22 October 2017 at 02:46 ann sanfedele wrote: >> >> >> Liked the travelogue - even the drone shots :-) a particular fave is >> Bob's bike. What's the story behind it? > > A couple of years a go, the Tour de France started in Yorkshire. Ye

Re: Kiss me, Hardy

resent the letters JKWS, referencing the > owner’s name JocK WilliS. > > Alan C > > -Original Message- From: Bob W-PDML > Sent: 21 October, 2017 7:28 PM > To: Mail List Pentax-Discuss > Subject: Kiss me, Hardy > > A vexillological quiz for naval gazers: > https://w

Kiss me, Hardy

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Re: guillotine or rolling cutter for paper?

On 21 Oct 2017, at 15:37, mike wilson wrote: >> On 21 October 2017 at 00:10 Steve Cottrell wrote: >> >> >> On 20/10/17, mike wilson, discombobulated, unleashed: >> >>> Lard's a bit refined. Hairy chested hipster paper-cutters use beef >>> dripping. >> >> Mike needs no rotary trimmer to sli

Re: GESO: Yorkshire Dales

A very nice set of some very familiar places. I like the Turner view from Hackfall. I've shot that, but not as nicely. Glad to see you found not-Stonehenge too. B > On 21 Oct 2017, at 09:50, Alan C wrote: > > As promised, my travelogue of the Yorkshire Dales (62 deep, sorry Cotty). The > wea

Re: My sad spelling!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-41666320 On 21 Oct 2017, at 01:32, Igor PDML-StR mailto:pdml...@komkon.org>> wrote: “My spelling is Wobbly. It's good spelling but it Wobbles, and the letters get in the wrong places.” ― A.A. Milne, Winnie-the-Pooh ;-) On 10/20/2017 7:45 AM, Jack Davis wr

Re: UPS Stupidy

I've been enjoying the full customer failed-delivery journey experience with a couple of carriers over the last two weeks. With one of them today I logged a query on their system. In response I received three emails over the space of an hour to tell me they'd logged my case. Each of the emails

Re: Wrap up: Ribblehead, Fountains, Waverley, Autumn shades & Wings.

> On 17 Oct 2017, at 05:29, Alan C wrote: > > Many thanks to those who looked & commented. Also for the UK "get-togethers". > Clearly the K5 is a step up from the K7. I now need to try it with longer > lenses & hopefully not bore you with game shots. Mind you, I still have a lot > of images f

Re: On another note

The Lightroom app also shoots manual and RAW. https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/adobe-lightroom-for-ipad/id804177739?mt=8 B > On 17 Oct 2017, at 17:38, Eric Weir wrote: > > >> On Oct 17, 2017, at 12:28 PM, Steffen Zahn wrote: >> >> "I use an app that lets me manually control settings and reco

Re: OT - for those who suffered from the "Reply-To" issue in Thunderbird

> On 16 Oct 2017, at 20:35, Mark Roberts wrote: > > Bob W-PDML wrote: > >> >>> On 16 Oct 2017, at 20:12, Igor PDML-StR wrote: >>> >>> Acknowledge the threat of destroying the universe by creating a black hole.

Re: OT - for those who suffered from the "Reply-To" issue in Thunderbird

> On 16 Oct 2017, at 20:12, Igor PDML-StR wrote: > > > > Acknowledge the threat of destroying the universe by creating a black hole. > Then type/paste this into the entry field: > > mail.override_list_reply_to > > Click on it to change the value to "false". > > You may need to restart the

Re: Samyang 14/2.8 on K-1, good?

On 15 Oct 2017, at 15:54, Jostein wrote: > > > > Den 10.10.2017 22:17, skrev P. J. Alling: >> On an APS-C sensor it's moderate but correctable barrel distortion, but on >> FF it's mustache distortion. > > Interesting expression. Would that be akin to Hitler's, Stalin's or Dali's > moustache?

Re: GESO: Portsmouth

Never heard of that poem before! > On 15 Oct 2017, at 13:59, ann sanfedele wrote: > > >> On 10/15/2017 3:19 AM, Bob W-PDML wrote: >> Nice shots, especially the one with all the cannons. The mess shot reminds >> me of school somehow. >> >>> https:/

Re: GESO: Portsmouth

On 15 Oct 2017, at 10:12, mike wilson wrote: >> On 15 October 2017 at 05:36 Alan C wrote: >> >> >> We were able to visit Portsmouth on our UK trip. Without trying to bore >> anyone, here are some shots. HMS Warrior is an Ironclad warship of the 19th >> century with supplementary steam power.

Re: GESO: Portsmouth

Nice shots, especially the one with all the cannons. The mess shot reminds me of school somehow. > On 15 Oct 2017, at 05:37, Alan C wrote: > > We were able to visit Portsmouth on our UK trip. Without trying to bore > anyone, here are some shots. HMS Warrior is an Ironclad warship of the 19th

Re: PESO: Spotted Bug

On 13 Oct 2017, at 00:08, Steve Cottrell wrote: > > >>> On 12/10/17, Jostein, discombobulated, unleashed: >>> Not entirely sure what happened, but what seemed like shortly after watching the video in the link, I found myself having spent more than an hour watching videos about

Re: PESO: Spotted Bug

> On 12 Oct 2017, at 23:31, Steve Cottrell wrote: > > On 12/10/17, Jostein, discombobulated, unleashed: > >> Not entirely sure what happened, but what seemed like shortly after >> watching the video in the link, I found myself having spent more than an >> hour watching videos about mathematic

Re: PESO: Spotted Bug

d in particular about Klein bottles. > > Discombombulating... > > Jostein :-) > > Den 12.10.2017 11:06, skrev Bob W-PDML: >> https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=8lcUHQYhPTE >> On 12 Oct 2017, at 03:39, Daniel J. Matyola >> mailto:danmaty...@gmail.com>> wrote:

Re: GESO: Ribblehead Viaduct - Settle & Carlisle Railway

Somebody ought to invent railway timetables so people don't have to suffer like that. > On 12 Oct 2017, at 02:38, Rick Womer wrote: > > Beautiful shot—I like the curve that the pano gives; it makes it considerably > more interesting. > > On our trip to Yorkshire a few years ago I spent lots o

Re: PESO: Spotted Bug

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=8lcUHQYhPTE On 12 Oct 2017, at 03:39, Daniel J. Matyola mailto:danmaty...@gmail.com>> wrote: This critter landed on my shoulder Saturday, and then flew to the pavement. Interesting, but I have no idea what kind of insect it is. http://dan-matyola.squarespace.com/da

Re: PESO: Throws Like a Girl

Nice action shot. Love the way her left hand echoes the handprint on her leg, which itself recalls mouth-spray-painted hand impressions on cave walls, from a time when throwing ability was life or death. > On 8 Oct 2017, at 19:26, Paul Stenquist wrote: > > I’m being facetious of course in titl

Re: PDML at Fountains Abbey, Yorkshire

I laugh in the face of death. Yes, nice set. It took me a while to figure out where we were in the shot outside the pub. Pateley Bridge is a nice place - we had a couple of camping holidays there when I was a kid. Your stray apostrophe has been written into The Book of Greengrocer's, with a

Re: Ann's Paris Book

So do I > On 6 Oct 2017, at 04:37, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: > > I agree with Paul! > > > Dan Matyola > http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola > >> On Thu, Oct 5, 2017 at 10:23 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote: >> >> Wow! It's simply gorgeous. And so much more so in the. 12-inch version. >

Re: PDML at Fountains Abbey, Yorkshire

Nice to see everybody lined up in the traditional way. Are you back home now, Alan? It was great to meet you, maintaining the 100% record of good people I've met from the PDML. The most fun to be had at Fountains Abbey is scattering your parents' ashes without the authorities finding out. Smug

Re: GESO: Waverley Abbey

I particularly like the first photo of the bridge. It all looks like a nice spot, but who on earth thought it was a good idea to put that hideous staircase on the side of the house? > On 3 Oct 2017, at 14:42, Alan C wrote: > > Waverley Abbey is situated on the River Wey near Farnham, Surrey. I

Re: PESO - cuckoo wasp

On 25 Sep 2017, at 21:57, Jostein wrote: > > https://www.flickr.com/photos/alunfoto/37060788530/in/album-72157651227461041/ > > This wasp looks like a yellowjacket, and will parasitise them in the > Americas. Other species are targeted in the Eastern hemisphere. > > Its strategy is to take ove

Re: PESO - Matchie, matchie

Perfect. > On 24 Sep 2017, at 18:09, ann sanfedele wrote: > > taken with my darkside Powershot sx120 this morning while I was walking to > Chinatown.. I only had a moment to > get the camera out of the bag as I passed them as they were coming toward > me.. I spun around and grabbed it. > > h

Re: PESO: Another lost and found pano

It's a cathedral of science! http://www.nhm.ac.uk/ B On 22 Sep 2017, at 22:16, Daniel J. Matyola mailto:danmaty...@gmail.com>> wrote: I really like that one, Mark; clear and balanced, with great color. The patterns of the clouds accentuates the patterns in the cathedral. Dan Matyola http://

Re: OT Photo dot net email about accounts.

Curious - did you write photo dot net so that the spammers wouldn't find out there's a photo.net? > On 21 Sep 2017, at 13:08, David J Brooks wrote: > > anyone get an email from the above stating new terms and conditions. > It also acknowledge a subscription payment and receipt made back in > Ju

Re: A good photography gig if you can get it

> On 16 Sep 2017, at 10:02, Steve Cottrell wrote: > > On 15/9/17, Mark Roberts, discombobulated, unleashed: > >> A guy who photographs the super-luxury planes of the super rich. > > > > [

Re: A couple of trees in Big Basin and a bit of sophomoric humor

On 14 Sep 2017, at 08:53, Larry Colen mailto:l...@red4est.com>> wrote: I was in Big Basin the other day and was childishly amused by The Father of the Forest https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/37028640386/in/album-72157686548074203/ A short way down the trail was the Mother of the Forest: h

Re: In London with AlanC

Chris is teasing you, ann. I will make it over there sometime, don't worry. > On 14 Sep 2017, at 15:34, ann sanfedele wrote: > > Definitely a shame I haven't met Bob... I keep telling him he must visit this > side of the big pond. > that lottery ticket I'm planning on winning just hasn't come

Re: Edinburgh and Portobello

l B&W shots, - with a kid eating, with a guy reading, ...) > > There is a chance it might be my monitor. > It's been a while since I calibrated it (some time in the spring?), but if > anything, it usually is too bright than the other way around. > > Cheers, > > I

Re: In London with AlanC

Alan Cole, who posts pictures of elephants and lions and so on from Phalaborwa in South Africa. He's the guy in the middle: http://gog2953.jalbum.net/PDML%20AlanC/#img=XP2S4844.jpg B On 12 Sep 2017, at 23:20, Jack Davis mailto:jdavi...@comcast.net>> wrote: Would someone please identify Alan C

Re: Focus Stacking

That's an interesting and unusual shot. When I read John's question my first reaction was 'that would be pointless', but then I thought about it and decided that people should experiment - this is a good example of why. > On 11 Sep 2017, at 15:00, Mark C wrote: > > I use focus stack with lands

Re: In London with AlanC

ob, 72, 76, and “Gilbert or George” are my favorites in this set. I will now display my ignorance (or one small facet of it): Who are Gilbert and George? Cheers, Rick On Sep 9, 2017, at 6:46 PM, Bob W-PDML mailto:p...@web-options.com>> wrote: As threatened: https://web-options.com/2

Edinburgh and Portobello

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Re: In London with AlanC

As threatened: https://web-options.com/2017/09/09/spitalfields/ https://web-options.com/2017/09/09/gilbert-or-george-opens-their-door/ B On 9 Sep 2017, at 19:42, Bob W-PDML mailto:p...@web-options.com>> wrote: That's a really nice set. I especially like the person dressed in b

Re: In London with AlanC

That's a really nice set. I especially like the person dressed in black in the shop doorway. I like that gallery style too. I'll try and post mine later, including G&G. Or was it A&D? I get so confused with these slebs. B > On 9 Sep 2017, at 19:26, Chris Mitchell wrote: > > Alan's visiting t

Re: GESO: Kids Football

These, and the ones you take of baseball, are always very enjoyable to see. > On 8 Sep 2017, at 20:28, Paul Stenquist wrote: > > Always enjoy shooting the kids! > > https://www.photo.net/gallery/1107590#//Sort-Newest/All-Categories/All-Time/Page-1 > -- > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List

Re: Peso - WEST Winslow (cf chris's corner shot)

I pointed out the Nightingale thing because Karin is a Nightingale isn't she? As is my sister, in fact. That is, trained at St. Thomas's Hospital. > On 4 Sep 2017, at 07:17, Chris Mitchell wrote: > > Excellent set Ann. Winslow Bucks is very different, as you can imagine. > It's recorded in th

Re: OT: Standing on a corner...

The Nightingale connection hasn't gone unnoticed either! > On 2 Sep 2017, at 19:57, Chris Mitchell wrote: > > ...Winslow Buckinghamshire. Shame it doesn't quite scan. Could have > been a good line in a song. > https://www.dropbox.com/s/vf798dbrzqeu19o/XE2S0760.jpg?dl=0 > > Chris > > -- > --

Re: OT: Standing on a corner...

The Nightingale connection hasn't gone unnoticed either! > On 2 Sep 2017, at 19:57, Chris Mitchell wrote: > > ...Winslow Buckinghamshire. Shame it doesn't quite scan. Could have > been a good line in a song. > https://www.dropbox.com/s/vf798dbrzqeu19o/XE2S0760.jpg?dl=0 > > Chris > > -- > --

Re: GESO eclipse progress

Extremely very most excellent indeed. Particularly nice to have captured those solar flare. Are you sure those sensor spots are not sun spots? > On 26 Aug 2017, at 14:12, Larry Colen wrote: > > Some of these will be cleaned up later, but here are 35 frames showing the > progress of the eclipse

Re: OT Hopper's lost photos

I saw that exhibition when it was in London last year. In fact, I saw it twice, so it must have been good. They were also playing scenes from Easy Rider. > On 25 Aug 2017, at 13:47, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: > > He did fine work. I especially like his "fenced in" portrait of Paul > Newman. >

Re: Different Moons

You're overcomplicating it. It's quite straightforward really. After he took the first picture he turned round and photographed it again, from the other side. > On 25 Aug 2017, at 00:54, Ken Waller wrote: > > Ok I'll play > > One was an actual capture of the eclipse while the other, (B+W) was

Re: OT: Water your wiskey

ter? >> >>> On 23 August 2017 at 19:32 Bob W-PDML wrote: >>> >>> >>> I have mine distilled from the pee of unicorn fillies, filtered through >>> freshly-crushed diamond powder. >>> >>>> On 23 Aug 2017, at 18:07, Daniel J

Re: OT: Water your wiskey

I have mine distilled from the pee of unicorn fillies, filtered through freshly-crushed diamond powder. > On 23 Aug 2017, at 18:07, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: > > That's one of several reasons that I recommend freshly filtered tap water > for coffee and for whisky. > > > Dan Matyola > http://ww

Re: OT - Stefan Shooting Edinburgh

Fantastic - congrats all round! > On 23 Aug 2017, at 17:46, Steve Cottrell wrote: > > Apparently I'm not allowed to post this in Facebook! But he didn't say > anything about me posting it on my web site and telling the PDML ;-) > > Stefan's first solo job with Associated Press and he gets whis

Re: OT: Water your wiskey

"You and I need fresh, pure water to replenish our precious bodily fluids". https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=qPyL3dtG2iU On 22 Aug 2017, at 18:32, Daniel J. Matyola mailto:danmaty...@gmail.com>> wrote: Can't you filter it? Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Tue, Aug

Re: OT: Water your wiskey

That's all very well, but how do they overcome WC Fields' objection to drinking water? > On 20 Aug 2017, at 13:51, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: > > http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/08/17/543902701/chemists-say-you-should-add-a-little-water-to-your-whisky-here-s-why?utm_source=npr_newslet

Re: PESO - Rainy Day Abstract

Very nice > On 18 Aug 2017, at 22:08, Rick Womer wrote: > > Through the skylight of the cottage, this morning: > > https://rickwomer.smugmug.com/organize/PESOs-2017/Sabbaday-Falls/i-D5rrQcZ > > (K-5, DA 17-70) > > Comments appreciated. > > Rick > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@p

Re: OT - "FedEx is closely monitoring ... solar eclipse ..."

They should just stay at home and close their eyes for 2.5 minutes. > On 18 Aug 2017, at 21:15, Darren Addy wrote: > > You guys can laugh, but the extra traffic is already causing problems > in Oregon. A person who works at a gas station on the interstate in SW > Idaho posted "SO MANY PEOPLE."

Re: OT - "FedEx is closely monitoring ... solar eclipse ..."

Well, it's Apocalypse Week on the BBC: http://www.bbc.com/future/columns/apocalypse-week And that makes me suspect that the real reason for Steve Bannon's leaving the White House at this precise moment is that he's been summoned back down to Hell to help Satan and the other demons toss souls int

Re: OT: Weird e-mail behavior

It's the holiday period. My guess is that the people who read all the emails to see whether or not they're junk are sitting in deck chairs on a beach somewhere, reading 19th-century Russian novels in translation. > On 16 Aug 2017, at 18:49, Jostein wrote: > > More likely it's traffic diversion

Re: PESO - Anthurium flower

Well, now that you've said that, you have to send us a selfie... > On 13 Aug 2017, at 18:11, Jostein wrote: > > > > Den 12.08.2017 20:06, skrev Larry Colen: >>> http://www.alunfoto.no/innhold/flamingoblomst/ >> Pleasing shape and colors. With that lens you could make even members of >> the p

Re: Skyfall

Indeed. Thanks everyone for your compliments. B > On 11 Aug 2017, at 00:01, John Coyle wrote: > > Great shot, but - leaping straddle-legged over the groin - what could go > wrong?! > > > John in Brisbane > > > This is one of the shots I took when I spent Tuesday morning on a nearby > be

Skyfall

Returned yesterday from a few days at the festival in Edinburgh - highly recommended. This is one of the shots I took when I spent Tuesday morning on a nearby beach: http://web-options.com/2017/08/10/skyfall/ B -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pd

Re: PESO - Bottle Wall construction

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2011/dec/23/sunlight-bulbs-plastic-bottles-light On 25 Jul 2017, at 11:36, Alan C mailto:c...@lantic.net>> wrote: I've seen bottles used double sided in walls to transmit light in much the same way as glass bricks. Alan C -Original Message- Fro

Re: PESO: Roof

It's quite interesting, it looks like mossy stone tiles to me. Too messy to be the roof of the Van Gogh house. Travelling south through France it's very interesting to see how the styles of rooves and tiles changes with the climate. I cycled through Auvers /Oise 3 or 4 years ago just after sitti

Refugees' guide to Europe

Almost worth becoming a refugee for this great effort: https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2017/jul/17/guidebook-refugees-magnum-photographers-introduce-europe Digital version: http://www.arabculturefund.org/projects/project.php?id=1 B -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: are we down?

Beautiful plumage! https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicken_gun I'm wondering if they could be adapted for cormorants. On 21 Jul 2017, at 18:35, Doug Brewer mailto:d...@dougbrewerphoto.com>> wrote: Just checking before firing up the chickens -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net htt

Re: Photographing a baptism

Most of the christenings I've been to have been something along these lines: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=kHbQr6Xsy8U B On 17 Jul 2017, at 23:47, Larry Colen mailto:l...@red4est.com>> wrote: A friend asked me to photograph her child's baptism in a few weeks. I've never been to one, so I've g

Re: PESO - Doohinkus

It's a horse-drawn plough. > On 16 Jul 2017, at 17:11, Marnie (aka Doe) wrote: > > 2012. Old Borges Ranch. A formerly working range near me that is now a local > historical site. > > I have visited it twice in recent years and tried to take some good shots of > the rusting old farm equipment

Re: OT: Before CGI, they used Mirrors

That's clever. I thought they were tiny little people. B > On 16 Jul 2017, at 16:44, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: > > http://imgur.com/a/pYCEv > > Dan Matyola > http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola > -- > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listin

Re: PESO - Vines

That's a lovely shot. Mustard protects against disease-causing nematodes, and enriches the soil. B > On 14 Jul 2017, at 20:33, Marnie (aka Doe) wrote: > > Starting to process 2012 photos. For some odd reason, didn't take many that > year. > > Nothing great, but I liked the patterns (and color

Re: PESO: Oxford Gargoyle

On 14 Jul 2017, at 02:39, Mark C mailto:pdml-m...@charter.net>> wrote: Nice shot and good use of a controlled bokeh. Did you scale the wall to get to eye level with the gargoyle? I have a shot of them getting up there: http://tinyurl.com/Marklisagargoyle B Mark Roberts wrote: View from the

Re: eso-Battery Point Light

That's a very impressive shot. http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/works-of-art/62.95/ B On 28 Jun 2017, at 16:41, Jack Davis mailto:jdavi...@comcast.net>> wrote: Actually it was due to the wall hanging that I thought of it. Shot awhile back, but in the current century. Thanks much, Paul! J -

Re: Stupid car question

> On 27 Jun 2017, at 12:16, Steve Cottrell wrote: > > On 27/6/17, Ralf R Radermacher, discombobulated, unleashed: > >> A punctured tyre can usually be >> vulcanised in a workshop and will be as good as new. > > "Fascinating" ;-) > One of many fascinating things you can pick up if you hang o

Re: Peso-Blowing Bubbles

Superb. Exhibition / book material. > On 26 Jun 2017, at 23:57, Jack Davis wrote: > > > > Shot at Gray Lodge Wildlife Area a few years ago. > > https://www.photo.net/photo/18402568/ > > J > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml

Re: PESO 2017 - 075 - GDG

It's the internet's way of telling you to emigrate. > On 26 Jun 2017, at 21:53, P. J. Alling wrote: > > The uploader hasn't made this video available in you're country. > > > On 6/26/2017 4:39 PM, mike wilson wrote: >>> On 26 June 2017 at 20:09

Re: PESO 2017 - 075 - GDG

If Maupassant ever drops in for a cup of tea and a Custard Cream, make sure you hide all of those. > On 26 Jun 2017, at 19:39, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: > > Thank you Rick, Ann, and Bob! > > G > >>> Felipe returned from his travels to London and Paris. He brought back >>> souvenirs... >>>

Re: PESO 2017 - 075 - GDG

You can't have too many Eiffel Towers > On 25 Jun 2017, at 20:30, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: > > Felipe returned from his travels to London and Paris. He brought back > souvenirs... > > https://flic.kr/p/Vxxz4y > > enjoy! > G > — > The trouble with being punctual is that nobody's there to appr

Re: OT - "as if" physics question

> On 25 Jun 2017, at 17:16, Steve Cottrell wrote: > > On 25/6/17, Jostein, discombobulated, unleashed: > >> So if you just stand still there's no energy spent? > > Steve's Law: > > A body at rest tends to fall asleep. > > True. > I think we are now straying into the realm of metabolics.

Re: OT - "as if" physics question

se B On 24 Jun 2017, at 18:32, Bob W-PDML mailto:p...@web-options.com>> wrote: The mass of the pack doesn't change, but as you step up you are having to lift with each leg in turn your own mass plus the mass of the pack, which you are not having to do, to the same extent, when y

Re: OT - "as if" physics question

The mass of the pack doesn't change, but as you step up you are having to lift with each leg in turn your own mass plus the mass of the pack, which you are not having to do, to the same extent, when you walk on level ground, so you are using more energy. To convert it to additional weight I sup

Re: Peso-Grimes Church

HTTP404 on that one. The others are just a big ball of mud, perhaps a sardonic comment from photo.net itself. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_ball_of_mud B On 24 Jun 2017, at 15:37, Jack Davis mailto:jdavi...@comcast.net>> wrote: Another check of the Photo.net

Re: More recent PESO - from Lower Manhattan

> On 23 Jun 2017, at 16:17, ann sanfedele wrote: > > I just did my thank you to Paul and then hit "reply" ugh... > But my response is the same to you both > > The Oculus is like a cat - you can't take a bad photo of it. What is The Oculus? Is it like Carrousel, where people go when they're 3

Re: Eroica and drone

> On 21 Jun 2017, at 14:19, Chris Mitchell wrote: > > On 20 Jun 2017 21:48, "Bob W-PDML" wrote: > > Having just reviewed the video I feel obliged for Health & Safety reasons > to point out to Chris that he did not look behind before pulling out to > pass t

Re: Eroica and drone

Having just reviewed the video I feel obliged for Health & Safety reasons to point out to Chris that he did not look behind before pulling out to pass the jogger. It's called a Life-Saver for a reason! You can tell which of us is the London commuter > On 20 Jun 2017, at 21:43

Re: Eroica and drone

s the cyclists. > >> On 6/19/2017 11:41, Chris Mitchell wrote: >> Bob W and I took part in Eroica Britannia - a 55 mile cycle ride where >> you have to ride a bike that's at least 30 years old, and dress up in >> period gear. A friend of mine met us on the route and

Re: French trip

I will make a note in my diary for when I start planning the year's escapes just after Christmas > On 20 Jun 2017, at 01:14, mike wilson wrote: > > Next year, then. You can see the DaVinci if it's back from restoration. > >> On 19 June 2017 at 19:14 Bob W-PDML

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