Re: My Spring Ritual
On Sat, 11 Mar 2006, Paul Stenquist wrote: Thanks Ken. It's as shot.. The painterly effect in the background is just the nice boken of that classic Vivitar lens. It is indeed a good shot. But I see something like grain. Is it grain? Kostas On Mar 11, 2006, at 7:14 PM, Kenneth Waller wrote: Nice capture Paul. Was the painterly effect (which I reallyt' like) something you achieved in the initial capture or was it obtained from PS? Kenneth Waller - Original Message - From: Paul Stenquist [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: PESO: My Spring Ritual Every year I watch for the first bloom in my yard. It's always a snowdrop, and it usually comes in mid March. The temperature reached 60 F today, and the sun was out, so my snowdrops bloomed a little early. It will be another week or two before we have daffodils, but spring is here. This year I shot the snowdrop with the *istD, the Vivitar 90/2.5 macro and the A2XS converter, ISO 400, 1/125, f5.6. http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=4210286
RE: PESO: My Spring Ritual
Hi Paul lovely, but the green is much too noisy on my crt monitor. It does inspire me to have a closer look outside today to get some flowers but on the other side I want to test the Tamron SP 500 mirror lens, maybe I can combine that ;-) greetings Markus Paul Stenquist [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This year I shot the snowdrop with the *istD Really well done, Paul. I've seen this year's first snowdrops ten days ago in Nothern France. Wouldn't have expected them that early especially after temps had been (and still are) well below average for weeks on end. Ralf -- Ralf R. Radermacher - DL9KCG - Köln/Cologne, Germany private homepage: http://www.fotoralf.de manual cameras and photo galleries - updated Jan. 10, 2005 Contarex - Kiev 60 - Horizon 202 - P6 mount lenses
FA* 200/4 macro opinions
Hi! I have an opportunioty to buy one of the last new FA *200/4 macro lenses. And here are some questions - I would use it also as normal 200/4 telephoto. How good it is at infinity (I guess it is first rate at macro range - and ED glass should ensure low CAs)? What about its build quality and handling? I hope someone will dissuade me from this quite expensive idea and tell me it's a crap, don't buy it :-P -- Best regards Sylwek
RE: FA* 200/4 macro opinions
I have never used this lens. I don't recall seeing anything taken with this lens. I don't know anybody who has told me anything significant about it. It is crap, don't by it ;-) Tim Mostly harmless (just plain Norwegian) Never underestimate the power of stupidity in large crowds (Very freely after Arthur C. Clarke, or some other clever guy) -Original Message- From: Sylwester Pietrzyk [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 12. mars 2006 12:24 To: PDML Subject: FA* 200/4 macro opinions Hi! I have an opportunioty to buy one of the last new FA *200/4 macro lenses. And here are some questions - I would use it also as normal 200/4 telephoto. How good it is at infinity (I guess it is first rate at macro range - and ED glass should ensure low CAs)? What about its build quality and handling? I hope someone will dissuade me from this quite expensive idea and tell me it's a crap, don't buy it :-P -- Best regards Sylwek
Re: FA* 200/4 macro opinions
On Mar 12, 2006, at 12:46 PM, Tim Øsleby wrote: I have never used this lens. I don't recall seeing anything taken with this lens. I don't know anybody who has told me anything significant about it. It is crap, don't by it ;-) Yeah, so it must be real crap :-P Thanks Tim, I appreciate your help ;-) -- Best regards Sylwek
RE: FA* 200/4 macro opinions
Always glad to help a fellow LBA'er ;-) Tim Mostly harmless (just plain Norwegian) Never underestimate the power of stupidity in large crowds (Very freely after Arthur C. Clarke, or some other clever guy) -Original Message- From: Sylwester Pietrzyk [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 12. mars 2006 12:58 To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: Re: FA* 200/4 macro opinions On Mar 12, 2006, at 12:46 PM, Tim Øsleby wrote: I have never used this lens. I don't recall seeing anything taken with this lens. I don't know anybody who has told me anything significant about it. It is crap, don't by it ;-) Yeah, so it must be real crap :-P Thanks Tim, I appreciate your help ;-) -- Best regards Sylwek
Re: My Spring Ritual
No grain. It's digital. Some digital noise in the shadows, which is to be expected. It's at ISO 400 and exposed to preserve texture in the bright white of the blossom petals. It could be cleaned up, but I like the texturing that a bit of noise contributes. It's more of a film look:-). Paul On Mar 12, 2006, at 3:32 AM, Kostas Kavoussanakis wrote: On Sat, 11 Mar 2006, Paul Stenquist wrote: Thanks Ken. It's as shot.. The painterly effect in the background is just the nice boken of that classic Vivitar lens. It is indeed a good shot. But I see something like grain. Is it grain? Kostas On Mar 11, 2006, at 7:14 PM, Kenneth Waller wrote: Nice capture Paul. Was the painterly effect (which I reallyt' like) something you achieved in the initial capture or was it obtained from PS? Kenneth Waller - Original Message - From: Paul Stenquist [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: PESO: My Spring Ritual Every year I watch for the first bloom in my yard. It's always a snowdrop, and it usually comes in mid March. The temperature reached 60 F today, and the sun was out, so my snowdrops bloomed a little early. It will be another week or two before we have daffodils, but spring is here. This year I shot the snowdrop with the *istD, the Vivitar 90/2.5 macro and the A2XS converter, ISO 400, 1/125, f5.6. http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=4210286
Re: FA* 200/4 macro opinions
I have often wondered about this lens, too. Specifically, I used to have an A* 200/4 Macro, and I'd often wondered how the two optically different 200/4's compared. OTOH, it probably just a crappy piece of glass, worth no more than a paperweight, so don't buy it. vbg Fred
Re: FA* 200/4 macro opinions
LOL. Mark!? Dave On 3/12/06, Tim Øsleby [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have never used this lens. I don't recall seeing anything taken with this lens. I don't know anybody who has told me anything significant about it. It is crap, don't by it ;-) Tim Mostly harmless (just plain Norwegian) Never underestimate the power of stupidity in large crowds (Very freely after Arthur C. Clarke, or some other clever guy) -Original Message- Wrom: GMEPYOQKEDOTWFAOBUZXUWLSZLKBRNVWWCUFPEGAUTF Sent: 12. mars 2006 12:24 To: PDML Subject: FA* 200/4 macro opinions Hi! I have an opportunioty to buy one of the last new FA *200/4 macro lenses. And here are some questions - I would use it also as normal 200/4 telephoto. How good it is at infinity (I guess it is first rate at macro range - and ED glass should ensure low CAs)? What about its build quality and handling? I hope someone will dissuade me from this quite expensive idea and tell me it's a crap, don't buy it :-P -- Best regards Sylwek
Re: FA* 200/4 macro opinions
On Mar 12, 2006, at 1:10 PM, Fred wrote: I have often wondered about this lens, too. Specifically, I used to have an A* 200/4 Macro, and I'd often wondered how the two optically different 200/4's compared. Optical diagrams are different and FA* is IF lens. OTOH, it probably just a crappy piece of glass, worth no more than a paperweight, so don't buy it. vbg No that would be waste! Actually one leg of my small table was broken and I wanted to replace it with something nice looking :-) -- Best regards Sylwek
OT :Enablemanet 6.9 200-500mm
It seems I won a 6.9/200-500mm Tamron, but it's NOT the SP. I'll let you know how it is, when I get it, hopefully in less than one week. I would have loved to have the 5.6 SP version, but this is much more expensive - 4-5 times, what I must pay for the 6.9 lens. I do remember someone on this list say it's decent at F8-11. I can't find that mail. It would be nice to actaully see some shots made with this huge lens - please! Anyway, If it's no good, even 160 USD is too much ;-) Jens Bladt http://www.jensbladt. -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.375 / Virus Database: 268.2.1/279 - Release Date: 03/10/2006
Re: Hoya IR Filter Question
Dave Brooks wrote on 11 Mar 2006 16:24:15 -0800: Hi Gang. I found a place to get 2 of the filters i'm interested in. The 62 and 67, so i ordered them both. Then i had a bad feeling with the 67. I was thinking of using it on the 16-45 F4, but won't that cause problems at the wide end. Any one using it on the 16-45.?? I'm using the Hoya HMC-Super UV filter (standard ring depth) on my DA16-45 and have never noticed any vignetting from it over its entire zoom range. In fact, I use the same filter on my DA14 without problems either. Regards, Jim Thanks Jim. I'll keep it then. Dave
Re: Attention Yahoo Email account holders
Yup. Keeping something like this list going cannot be fun. Altruist definition: Doug Brewer. Shel Belinkoff wrote: Thanks for your attention to this and for running the list, Doug. I know a lot of us, myself included, have come to depend upon and appreciate the work that you do for the PDML. Thanks so much. Shel
Re: My Spring Ritual
On Sun, 12 Mar 2006, Paul Stenquist wrote: No grain. It's digital. Some digital noise in the shadows, which is to be expected. It's at ISO 400 and exposed to preserve texture in the bright white of the blossom petals. It could be cleaned up, but I like the texturing that a bit of noise contributes. It's more of a film look:-). Thanks, I knew it was digital, just wondered if the medium is prone to such noise. Is this underexposure then, so as to get the nice texture on the petals? Sorry I am focusing on the technical bits; I find the noise appealing on the picture. Kostas Paul On Mar 12, 2006, at 3:32 AM, Kostas Kavoussanakis wrote: On Sat, 11 Mar 2006, Paul Stenquist wrote: Thanks Ken. It's as shot.. The painterly effect in the background is just the nice boken of that classic Vivitar lens. It is indeed a good shot. But I see something like grain. Is it grain? Kostas On Mar 11, 2006, at 7:14 PM, Kenneth Waller wrote: Nice capture Paul. Was the painterly effect (which I reallyt' like) something you achieved in the initial capture or was it obtained from PS? Kenneth Waller - Original Message - From: Paul Stenquist [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: PESO: My Spring Ritual Every year I watch for the first bloom in my yard. It's always a snowdrop, and it usually comes in mid March. The temperature reached 60 F today, and the sun was out, so my snowdrops bloomed a little early. It will be another week or two before we have daffodils, but spring is here. This year I shot the snowdrop with the *istD, the Vivitar 90/2.5 macro and the A2XS converter, ISO 400, 1/125, f5.6. http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=4210286
re:PESO-Air Show Weekend
Sorry guys for not including data. I was using my ist DL with a SMC 200mm f/4 K mount lens. ISO was 400 and I was generally shooting at 1/500 @ f/11 or 13. For you aviation buffs there was also a CF-104 there as well. The only flying 104 in the world now according to the announcers. I remember my very first air show in 1958 where a 104 went supersonic during the flyby. Yesterday this one came VERY close at around 680 K. However, it was obvious when the F-15 made its high speed passes that it was quicker and noisier! http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v699/newtmaker/F104slowpass.jpg Walt
Re: My Spring Ritual
Yes, I underexposed to preserve the texture of the petals. i overdid it a bit, although to handhold and preserve DOF, I needed every stop I could get. This really should have been shot on a mini tripod. But it was more or less a grab, and I didn't have time to fool around. The grain here is more typical of ISO 800, and I might have been better off shooting at ISO 800 with the same stop and shutter speed. Paul On Mar 12, 2006, at 9:00 AM, Kostas Kavoussanakis wrote: On Sun, 12 Mar 2006, Paul Stenquist wrote: No grain. It's digital. Some digital noise in the shadows, which is to be expected. It's at ISO 400 and exposed to preserve texture in the bright white of the blossom petals. It could be cleaned up, but I like the texturing that a bit of noise contributes. It's more of a film look:-). Thanks, I knew it was digital, just wondered if the medium is prone to such noise. Is this underexposure then, so as to get the nice texture on the petals? Sorry I am focusing on the technical bits; I find the noise appealing on the picture. Kostas Paul On Mar 12, 2006, at 3:32 AM, Kostas Kavoussanakis wrote: On Sat, 11 Mar 2006, Paul Stenquist wrote: Thanks Ken. It's as shot.. The painterly effect in the background is just the nice boken of that classic Vivitar lens. It is indeed a good shot. But I see something like grain. Is it grain? Kostas On Mar 11, 2006, at 7:14 PM, Kenneth Waller wrote: Nice capture Paul. Was the painterly effect (which I reallyt' like) something you achieved in the initial capture or was it obtained from PS? Kenneth Waller - Original Message - From: Paul Stenquist [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: PESO: My Spring Ritual Every year I watch for the first bloom in my yard. It's always a snowdrop, and it usually comes in mid March. The temperature reached 60 F today, and the sun was out, so my snowdrops bloomed a little early. It will be another week or two before we have daffodils, but spring is here. This year I shot the snowdrop with the *istD, the Vivitar 90/2.5 macro and the A2XS converter, ISO 400, 1/125, f5.6. http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=4210286
PAW - No Parking
http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=4212438size=lg Hope you get a chuckle out of this one, too. g Thanks or looking. cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson
RE: PAW - No Parking
A BIG chuckle! Good one Frank. Don -Original Message- From: frank theriault [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, March 12, 2006 8:44 AM To: PDML Subject: PAW - No Parking http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=4212438size=lg Hope you get a chuckle out of this one, too. g Thanks or looking. cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson
Re: PAW - No Parking
Heh. -Adam frank theriault wrote: http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=4212438size=lg Hope you get a chuckle out of this one, too. g Thanks or looking. cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson
Re: PAW - No Parking
Frank, would LOL qualify? http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=4212438size=lg Hope you get a chuckle out of this one, too. g -- Boris
Re: FA* 200/4 macro opinions
- Original Message - From: Sylwester Pietrzyk Subject: FA* 200/4 macro opinions Hi! I have an opportunioty to buy one of the last new FA *200/4 macro lenses. And here are some questions - I would use it also as normal 200/4 telephoto. How good it is at infinity (I guess it is first rate at macro range - and ED glass should ensure low CAs)? What about its build quality and handling? I hope someone will dissuade me from this quite expensive idea and tell me it's a crap, don't buy it :-P I snagged on last year. Excellent lens, right from infinity to 1:1, and the build seems quite good as well. If you can afford it, I don't think you will be sorry. William Robb
Re: FA* 200/4 macro opinions
Sorry to hear it Bill. = g = Dave On 3/12/06, William Robb [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snp I snagged on last year. snip William Robb
re:PESO-Air Show Weekend
Walter, Thanks for details and terrific images. Let me know if it's OK with you if I forward the F104 image link to one time Sled Driver, pro photog, lecturer and friend, Brian Shul. If you care to take a look, his site is at: http://www.galleryone.com; You can, also, 'google' his name and get a bunch of info prior to my doing so. I'll not forward it unless I hear from you. Thanks, Jack Davis http://www.photolightimages.com --- Walter Hamler [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sorry guys for not including data. I was using my ist DL with a SMC 200mm f/4 K mount lens. ISO was 400 and I was generally shooting at 1/500 @ f/11 or 13. For you aviation buffs there was also a CF-104 there as well. The only flying 104 in the world now according to the announcers. I remember my very first air show in 1958 where a 104 went supersonic during the flyby. Yesterday this one came VERY close at around 680 K. However, it was obvious when the F-15 made its high speed passes that it was quicker and noisier! http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v699/newtmaker/F104slowpass.jpg Walt __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
Re: FA* 200/4 macro opinions
- Original Message - From: David Savage Subject: Re: FA* 200/4 macro opinions Sorry to hear it Bill. Thanks. The pain of not having a concept checker is almost more than I can bare William Robb
Snowboard jump
Hi, I had my films from the skiing trip processed and copied to CD today. I'm still evaluating them, but I'm fairly pleased with the results considering it was my first attempt at ski photography. Here is the most dramatic. It shows my nephew Rob (16), who is an awesome boarding dude: http://www.web-options.com/Robjump.jpg In the background is his father (my younger brother) and his step-mother. 21mm lens, face in snow. Cheers, Bob
Re: Snowboard jump
Excelent shot Bob. Dave On 3/12/06, Bob W [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I had my films from the skiing trip processed and copied to CD today. I'm still evaluating them, but I'm fairly pleased with the results considering it was my first attempt at ski photography. Here is the most dramatic. It shows my nephew Rob (16), who is an awesome boarding dude: http://www.web-options.com/Robjump.jpg In the background is his father (my younger brother) and his step-mother. 21mm lens, face in snow. Cheers, Bob
RE: Snowboard jump
Thanks. This is the aftermath: http://www.web-options.com/Aftermath.jpg g -- Cheers, Bob -Original Message- From: David Savage [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 12 March 2006 15:30 To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: Re: Snowboard jump Excelent shot Bob. Dave On 3/12/06, Bob W [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I had my films from the skiing trip processed and copied to CD today. I'm still evaluating them, but I'm fairly pleased with the results considering it was my first attempt at ski photography. Here is the most dramatic. It shows my nephew Rob (16), who is an awesome boarding dude: http://www.web-options.com/Robjump.jpg In the background is his father (my younger brother) and his step-mother. 21mm lens, face in snow. Cheers, Bob
Re: Snowboard jump
Bummer dude. Lovely place to sit watch the mountains though :-) Dave On 3/12/06, Bob W [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks. This is the aftermath: http://www.web-options.com/Aftermath.jpg g -- Cheers, Bob -Original Message- Wrom: TFJMVRESKPNKMBIPBARHDMNNSKVFVWRKJVZCMHVI Sent: 12 March 2006 15:30 To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: Re: Snowboard jump Excelent shot Bob. Dave On 3/12/06, Bob W [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I had my films from the skiing trip processed and copied to CD today. I'm still evaluating them, but I'm fairly pleased with the results considering it was my first attempt at ski photography. Here is the most dramatic. It shows my nephew Rob (16), who is an awesome boarding dude: http://www.web-options.com/Robjump.jpg In the background is his father (my younger brother) and his step-mother. 21mm lens, face in snow. Cheers, Bob
Re: FA* 200/4 macro opinions
On Mar 12, 2006, at 4:07 PM, William Robb wrote: I snagged on last year. Excellent lens, right from infinity to 1:1, and the build seems quite good as well. If you can afford it, I don't think you will be sorry. Thanks William! Oh no, it seems more and more likely that I'll have to buy it. Damn :-) -- Best regards Sylwek
RE: Snowboard jump
Well done! Framing, timing and exposure are all outstanding. Don -Original Message- From: Bob W [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, March 12, 2006 9:33 AM To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: Snowboard jump Hi, I had my films from the skiing trip processed and copied to CD today. I'm still evaluating them, but I'm fairly pleased with the results considering it was my first attempt at ski photography. Here is the most dramatic. It shows my nephew Rob (16), who is an awesome boarding dude: http://www.web-options.com/Robjump.jpg In the background is his father (my younger brother) and his step-mother. 21mm lens, face in snow. Cheers, Bob
Re: Snowboard jump
Bob, On 3/12/06, Bob W [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This is the aftermath: http://www.web-options.com/Aftermath.jpg On 3/12/06, Bob W [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Here is the most dramatic. It shows my nephew Rob (16), who is an awesome boarding dude: http://www.web-options.com/Robjump.jpg Way cool... May I humbly suggest that you combine those two images together... I think it would make a hillarious diptich (spelling)... -- Boris
Re: Snowboard jump
On Mar 12, 2006, at 7:33 AM, Bob W wrote: Here is the most dramatic. It shows my nephew Rob (16), who is an awesome boarding dude: http://www.web-options.com/Robjump.jpg Excellent, you caught just the right timing. The aftermath ... well, sh*t happens! To fly for an instant, to see the expression of that joy that the first embodies, is worth the occasional aftermath... Godfrey ... celebrate the victories, they are few; and mourn the losses: they are many. ...
RE: Snowboard jump
I haven't photographed snowboarding, but I have tried a bit with skating. So I know this is hard. It is much about the right moment. I think you did right here. And framing, exposure composition is pretty good to. The electric wires in the background correspond perfectly with the speed direction. This adds something to the speed, IMO. Believe your nephew thinks this is way cool (to put it in a Frankish way). Tim Mostly harmless (just plain Norwegian) Never underestimate the power of stupidity in large crowds (Very freely after Arthur C. Clarke, or some other clever guy) -Original Message- From: Bob W [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 12. mars 2006 16:33 To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: Snowboard jump Hi, I had my films from the skiing trip processed and copied to CD today. I'm still evaluating them, but I'm fairly pleased with the results considering it was my first attempt at ski photography. Here is the most dramatic. It shows my nephew Rob (16), who is an awesome boarding dude: http://www.web-options.com/Robjump.jpg In the background is his father (my younger brother) and his step-mother. 21mm lens, face in snow. Cheers, Bob
Re: PESO: one more from Boulogne
Hi Ralf, I really like this picture. The composition is great and the choice of using BW makes it really work. Color probably would have destoryed the mood?? A minor remark is that the top of the roof of playhouses merges into the factory background. If you could have changed your viewpoint by going up a few inches, probably that would reduced. Great picture. Thanks for sharing. Gaurav On 3/10/06, Ralf R. Radermacher [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Last chance to take this shot. Next month, blast furnace no. 6 will be gone. They're already drilling the holes for the dynamite. http://www.photosight.ru/photo.php?photoid=1315833 Comments and suggestions, as always, most welcome. Ralf -- Ralf R. Radermacher - DL9KCG - Köln/Cologne, Germany private homepage: http://www.fotoralf.de manual cameras and photo galleries - updated Jan. 10, 2005 Contarex - Kiev 60 - Horizon 202 - P6 mount lenses
Re: PAW - The Earnslaw
David, I loved this shot! Thanks for sharing. The extra blue in the picture sets the mood. Just a remark -- the boat seems to merge with the trees behind it and since there aren't any clouds, do you think it might have been more powerful if you reduced the amount of sky and added more of the water in the foreground since it has great texture. Gaurav On 3/10/06, David Mann [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Here's a nice summery photo to drag you northerners out of the depths of winter, and to help me forget about the impending cold. http://www.bluemoon.net.nz/photo/printsdb/view.php?p=301t=1 The pier where the boat docks, right in the middle of Queenstown, is a few minutes walk to the left. The boat is shown departing on one of its regular tourist trips across the lake. I may have shown this pic a couple of years ago (probably on PUG), but I just came across it again as part of my big scanning project. Cheers, - Dave http://www.bluemoon.net.nz/ http://www.digistar.com/~dmann/
Re: PESO - Outcast
Just as others have said -- Great composition. Loved the way the birds and wave pattern is in the picture (though I personally wouldn't have noticed the one-legged bird story if you didn't mention it). It does seem flat on my monitor but then I have never calibrated it. Thanks for sharing, Gaurav On 3/9/06, Bruce Dayton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The poor little one legged guy standing in the water facing back at the group gave me a feeling of someone who is longing to be part of the group, but has to stay on the outside. Pentax *istD, A 70-210/4, handheld ISO 200, 1/180 sec @ f/16 Converted from Raw using Capture One LE http://www.daytonphoto.com/PAW/bkd_2886.htm Comments welcome -- Bruce
Re: PESO - Choices
I like this though not quite as much as the other one with the one-legged bird. Again it appears quite flat on my monitor. I really like the way you give technical details of the shots since I am a beginner and sometimes these details help me a lot. This one might look even better if you crop the top 1/4 of the shot and make it more like a panoramic. Gaurav On 3/10/06, Bruce Dayton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This pair really made me stop and think about decisions - I can choose the left path or the right one. Hope it works for you. Pentax *istD, A 70-210/4, Handheld ISO 200, 1/350 sec @ f/16 Converted from Raw using Capture One LE http://www.daytonphoto.com/PAW/bkd_2893.htm Comments welcome -- Bruce
Re: PAW - No Parking
HAR! Good grab. Well done. Paul On Mar 12, 2006, at 9:44 AM, frank theriault wrote: http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=4212438size=lg Hope you get a chuckle out of this one, too. g Thanks or looking. cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson
Re: PAW - No Parking
frank theriault wrote: http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=4212438size=lg Hope you get a chuckle out of this one, too. g Thanks or looking. cheers, frank That one is a genuine perplexer, Frank! Good catch! Question: How come no-one in any of your street pictures ever looks at you? keith
Re: PAW - No Parking
- Original Message - From: keith_w Subject: Re: PAW - No Parking Question: How come no-one in any of your street pictures ever looks at you? It that don't look at the gimps, they make us uncomfortable thing. WW
Re: PAW - No Parking
On 3/12/06, keith_w [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Question: How come no-one in any of your street pictures ever looks at you? They do look at him. But then Frank comes out from behind his camera and says with a snarl What the hell are YOU lookin' at? Everyone goes back to their business, or just looks away, and Frank gets his shot. BTW, wonderful photo Frank. Made me laugh. -- Scott Loveless http://www.twosixteen.com -- You have to hold the button down -Arnold Newman
Re: PAW - No Parking
Great shot! Godfrey On Mar 12, 2006, at 6:44 AM, frank theriault wrote: http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=4212438size=lg Hope you get a chuckle out of this one, too. g Thanks or looking. cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson
Re: PAW - No Parking
Scott Loveless wrote: On 3/12/06, keith_w [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Question: How come no-one in any of your street pictures ever looks at you? They do look at him. But then Frank comes out from behind his camera and says with a snarl What the hell are YOU lookin' at? Everyone goes back to their business, or just looks away, and Frank gets his shot. BTW, wonderful photo Frank. Made me laugh. -- Scott Loveless I liked Bill's comment, but yours has merit too! I can see either one of them happening. Prior to these two answers, I figured Frank had just slipped on his bunny ears, and then Bill's idea would come into play. Oooops! Never make eye contact, Mildred! keith
RE: Snowboard jump
Thanks. That lad can't keep his feet on the ground: http://www.web-options.com/Jump2.jpg or his ass off it: http://www.web-options.com/Fall2.jpg g -- Cheers, Bob -Original Message- From: Tim Øsleby [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 12 March 2006 16:15 To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: RE: Snowboard jump I haven't photographed snowboarding, but I have tried a bit with skating. So I know this is hard. It is much about the right moment. I think you did right here. And framing, exposure composition is pretty good to. The electric wires in the background correspond perfectly with the speed direction. This adds something to the speed, IMO. Believe your nephew thinks this is way cool (to put it in a Frankish way). Tim Mostly harmless (just plain Norwegian) Never underestimate the power of stupidity in large crowds (Very freely after Arthur C. Clarke, or some other clever guy) -Original Message- From: Bob W [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 12. mars 2006 16:33 To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: Snowboard jump Hi, I had my films from the skiing trip processed and copied to CD today. I'm still evaluating them, but I'm fairly pleased with the results considering it was my first attempt at ski photography. Here is the most dramatic. It shows my nephew Rob (16), who is an awesome boarding dude: http://www.web-options.com/Robjump.jpg In the background is his father (my younger brother) and his step-mother. 21mm lens, face in snow. Cheers, Bob
Re: Hoya IR Filter Question
I'm using the Hoya HMC-Super UV filter (standard ring depth) on my DA16-45 and have never noticed any vignetting from it over its entire zoom range. In fact, I use the same filter on my DA14 without problems either. Jim, are you saying in the last sentence that you use a 67 mm. filter on the 77 mm. diameter DA 14 and don't get vignetting? (Presumably with a step-up ring.) Have you tried this at F2.8? Thanks, Joe
GESO: vineyard project
All, I'm working on some images of local vineyards areas (Clarksburg, El Dorado, and Shenandoah Valley AVAs). I'm doing a fair bit of digital darkroom work and all of the pics in the gallery are work prints (i.e., I'm not done with them yet). The first three images are were taken last month on a bright sunny-cloudy day in between rainstorms. The vineyards are mostly bare at this time and I'm trying to convey a certain stark, spare feeling. The last image was taken last fall right around harvest time and shows an El Dorado vineyard fully leafed out. http://www.westerickson.net/vineyard/ Please feel free to provide comments and directions you might take the images. Thanks, Mark
Re: GESO: vineyard project
Mark, Dark barren images have a foreboding feeling to me that may mask the intended message. On my monitor, the color images are very flat and pale as well. It's not necessarily an unappealing look and may lend itself to a desired sense of old world or aged. Best of luck with the project. Jack --- Mark Erickson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: All, I'm working on some images of local vineyards areas (Clarksburg, El Dorado, and Shenandoah Valley AVAs). I'm doing a fair bit of digital darkroom work and all of the pics in the gallery are work prints (i.e., I'm not done with them yet). The first three images are were taken last month on a bright sunny-cloudy day in between rainstorms. The vineyards are mostly bare at this time and I'm trying to convey a certain stark, spare feeling. The last image was taken last fall right around harvest time and shows an El Dorado vineyard fully leafed out. http://www.westerickson.net/vineyard/ Please feel free to provide comments and directions you might take the images. Thanks, Mark __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
RE: PAW - No Parking
Good one! Shel [Original Message] From: frank theriault http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=4212438size=lg
Re: My Spring Ritual
On Sun, 12 Mar 2006, Paul Stenquist wrote: Yes, I underexposed to preserve the texture of the petals. i overdid it a bit, although to handhold and preserve DOF, I needed every stop I could get. This really should have been shot on a mini tripod. But it was more or less a grab, and I didn't have time to fool around. The grain here is more typical of ISO 800, and I might have been better off shooting at ISO 800 with the same stop and shutter speed. Thanks, that's a very useful conclusion to me. Kostas
Re: FA* 200/4 macro opinions
On Sun, 12 Mar 2006, Sylwester Pietrzyk wrote: Thanks William! Oh no, it seems more and more likely that I'll have to buy it. Damn :-) Be realistic, Sylwek. Have you heard about a bad macro lens? Especially from Pentax? :-) Kostas
March Pattern PUG Comments
I que es la veritat? by Lucas Rijnders http://pug.komkon.org/06mar/door03lr.html Very very nice. I love it. Truthfully. Hi Tom, Thanks for the kind word. I'm glad you enjoyed it :o) -- Regards, Lucas
Re: PESO-Air Show Weekend
Nice capture! If that's uncropped, I'd say your using a long lens. Kenneth Waller - Original Message - From: Walter Hamler [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: PESO-Air Show Weekend The TICO Warbird Museum Air Show is this weekend in Titusville, FL. Had not been in a long time so my son and I went. Not having to pay for film and processing probably paid for my camera!! Here is one example of the fun. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v699/newtmaker/P51F15F16.jpg Walt
Re: Strasbourg Window
Rick, I like the concept you're posting . It does appear a little soft on my monitor. If it were mine, I'd probably crop out some on the left to eliminate the downspout. Kenneth Waller - Original Message - From: Rick Womer [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: PESO: Strasbourg Window Taken on a hot day in Strasbourg, France last June. http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=4211017 PZ-1p, FA24-90, Elite Chrome 100, exposure not recorded. Comments appreciated. Rick __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
Re: PESO-Air Show Weekend
Kenneth Waller wrote: Nice capture! If that's uncropped, I'd say your using a long lens. Kenneth Waller - Original Message - From: Walter Hamler [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: PESO-Air Show Weekend The TICO Warbird Museum Air Show is this weekend in Titusville, FL. Had not been in a long time so my son and I went. Not having to pay for film and processing probably paid for my camera!! Here is one example of the fun. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v699/newtmaker/P51F15F16.jpg Walt Love it Walt! F-15, Mustang, and what...F-16? Not familiar with the single tail version as I am the F-15! keith whaley
OT: Enablement - Bron IR flash trigger
For what it's worh. This Bron IR trigger (The Cube) is a very good flash trigger. It works better than anything I ever tried before. I have Prolinca (Elincrome) as well, which isn't quite as effecient You must point direvctly at the strobe. The Cube works every time, no matter where (almost) I point it ad. Regards Jens Jens Bladt http://www.jensbladt.dk - -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.375 / Virus Database: 268.2.1/279 - Release Date: 03/10/2006
Re: PESO-Air Show Weekend
keith_w wrote: Kenneth Waller wrote: Nice capture! If that's uncropped, I'd say your using a long lens. Kenneth Waller - Original Message - From: Walter Hamler [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: PESO-Air Show Weekend The TICO Warbird Museum Air Show is this weekend in Titusville, FL. Had not been in a long time so my son and I went. Not having to pay for film and processing probably paid for my camera!! Here is one example of the fun. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v699/newtmaker/P51F15F16.jpg Walt Love it Walt! F-15, Mustang, and what...F-16? Not familiar with the single tail version as I am the F-15! keith whaley Yep, that's an F-16. The only single-tailed fighter currently in US service. -Adam
Re: FA* 200/4 macro opinions
Kostas Kavoussanakis wrote on 12.03.06 19:28: Be realistic, Sylwek. Have you heard about a bad macro lens? Especially from Pentax? :-) Yes, you're right :-) But they are often quite different beasts - compare for instance 100/3.5 and 200/4 ;-) -- Balance is the ultimate good... Best Regards Sylwek
Re: some new pics
Great pictures. I loved almost all. Thanks for warning about the Latex pics or else I wouldn't have seen the link and not clicked it. They are great too. I liked sailors.jpg, axlex and th02_02 a lot. On 3/11/06, Timo Hartikainen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://www.kolumbus.fi/t_ja_s.hartikainen/kuva.htm I have used Pentax KX Ricoh XR-X bodies, Pentax Vivitar lenses for those pics. (but for this one I used my friend's Canon DSLR: http://www.kolumbus.fi/t_ja_s.hartikainen/KF4.JPG) Warning! There's a link to my latex-gallery on that page, so if you don't like latex fetish pics, do not click it. cheers, Timo
Re: PESO: Strasbourg Window
I like it, though like Bruce, I find the shirt and person competing for attention. In addition, I disliked the vertical pipes on the left and the angle from which the photo is taken (bottom left) that gives more roof on the right top side than on the left top side. Minor remarks. A good picture. Thanks for sharing. Gaurav On 3/11/06, Rick Womer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Taken on a hot day in Strasbourg, France last June. http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=4211017 PZ-1p, FA24-90, Elite Chrome 100, exposure not recorded. Comments appreciated. Rick __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
Re: Novoflex any good? (Was:Advice on long glass for, photodoc on beachbirds)
Tim It was my lucky day today and found a Novoflex Pigrif C 600mm. The one in your ebay link is older. The biggest problem is finding a pentax novoflex adapter (it's labeled penta). My first test in the backyard looks very promising. In fact I'm impressed so far. On a istD I don't see any big lens errors during pixelpeeping. I don't have any long pentax glass to compare this oldie against. Now I only need to find time to shoot some wildlife. Toine On 3/4/06, Tim Øsleby [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: John Forbes recommends looking for a Novoflex lens. I know nothing about the system except that it looks like a prototype Russian sniper shotgun. I also have vague memory of seeing some adds in some older magazines. To me they looked like toys then. Is John onto something, or has he lost it? No offence, John, just trying to add some humour to a rather boring post. He is referring to something like this http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Novoflex-5-6-400mm-T-Noflexar-Fast-shot-lens_W0QQitemZ 7595235104QQcategoryZ3340QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem Follow up question. What should I look for? As I read the ad above, it needs an adaptor. Am I right. Tim Mostly harmless (just plain Norwegian) Never underestimate the power of stupidity in large crowds (Very freely after Arthur C. Clarke, or some other clever guy)
FS: Pentax lenses, K M42/SM
Via eBay, that is. http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZdpconsult.comQQhtZ-1 He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose -- Jim Elliott
Re: My Spring Ritual
I envy love and ency your spring. If it's really 2006 then I want to be there. What I'm seeing at my March 2006 is right here: http://roman.blakout.net/?blog=20060305181648 Hope you like snow more than I do. Yours Roman. -- home http://roman.blakout.net/
Your postive feedback is welcome
Please take a look at my visual sequence on: http://roman.blakout.net/?blog=20060310160927 thank you. -- home http://roman.blakout.net/
Re: PESO-Air Show Weekend
Adam Maas wrote: keith_w wrote: Kenneth Waller wrote: Nice capture! If that's uncropped, I'd say your using a long lens. Kenneth Waller - Original Message - From: Walter Hamler [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: PESO-Air Show Weekend The TICO Warbird Museum Air Show is this weekend in Titusville, FL. Had not been in a long time so my son and I went. Not having to pay for film and processing probably paid for my camera!! Here is one example of the fun. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v699/newtmaker/P51F15F16.jpg Walt Love it Walt! F-15, Mustang, and what...F-16? Not familiar with the single tail version as I am the F-15! keith whaley Yep, that's an F-16. The only single-tailed fighter currently in US service. -Adam Nice shot, huh? I spent years putting radars in F-15s, testing them, etc. First with Hughes, then with Raytheon. Great plane! keith
Re: PESO-Air Show Weekend
Understand that the F-15 is about the baddest think in the air. True? Jack --- keith_w [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Adam Maas wrote: keith_w wrote: Kenneth Waller wrote: Nice capture! If that's uncropped, I'd say your using a long lens. Kenneth Waller - Original Message - From: Walter Hamler [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: PESO-Air Show Weekend The TICO Warbird Museum Air Show is this weekend in Titusville, FL. Had not been in a long time so my son and I went. Not having to pay for film and processing probably paid for my camera!! Here is one example of the fun. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v699/newtmaker/P51F15F16.jpg Walt Love it Walt! F-15, Mustang, and what...F-16? Not familiar with the single tail version as I am the F-15! keith whaley Yep, that's an F-16. The only single-tailed fighter currently in US service. -Adam Nice shot, huh? I spent years putting radars in F-15s, testing them, etc. First with Hughes, then with Raytheon. Great plane! keith __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
Re: PESO-Air Show Weekend
Not anymore, the first F-22 squadron stood up a few month ago, and the latest Sukhoi's are better 1v1 as well (But due to the US's better pilots, better missiles and integration between AWACS and the fighters, 1v1 capability means a lot less than it used to). -Adam Jack Davis wrote: Understand that the F-15 is about the baddest think in the air. True? Jack --- keith_w [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Adam Maas wrote: keith_w wrote: Kenneth Waller wrote: Nice capture! If that's uncropped, I'd say your using a long lens. Kenneth Waller - Original Message - From: Walter Hamler [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: PESO-Air Show Weekend The TICO Warbird Museum Air Show is this weekend in Titusville, FL. Had not been in a long time so my son and I went. Not having to pay for film and processing probably paid for my camera!! Here is one example of the fun. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v699/newtmaker/P51F15F16.jpg Walt Love it Walt! F-15, Mustang, and what...F-16? Not familiar with the single tail version as I am the F-15! keith whaley Yep, that's an F-16. The only single-tailed fighter currently in US service. -Adam Nice shot, huh? I spent years putting radars in F-15s, testing them, etc. First with Hughes, then with Raytheon. Great plane! keith __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
PESO: Puppy Love
Or is it just a mop head? I've been converting a lot of my street pics to BW lately, but I like this one in color. Shot with the underapreciated DA 50-200 at 200mm. ISO 800, f8 @ 1/180th. http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=4213558
RE: enabled set
They certainly do! There's nothing like a mechanical camera pulling film across the shutter and lens ;-) Congrats! Jens Jens Bladt http://www.jensbladt.dk -Oprindelig meddelelse- Fra: Collin R Brendemuehl [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sendt: 10. marts 2006 17:26 Til: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Emne: enabled set Already have the KX. Got in a K24/3.5. Don't they make a nice couple? : ) http://www.brendemuehl.net/images/kxk2435.jpg He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose -- Jim Elliott -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.375 / Virus Database: 268.2.1/279 - Release Date: 03/10/2006 -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.375 / Virus Database: 268.2.1/279 - Release Date: 03/10/2006
Re: PESO-Air Show Weekend
Jack Davis wrote: Understand that the F-15 is about the baddest think in the air. True? Jack Knowing what little I know and have heard about it's fire-control computer (I don't know if that's the right term, but you'll know what I mean) it sure seems like it to me! The ability to locate a LOT of *individual* target threats, assess their threat capability, assign the appropriate onboard weapon (!) to each one, keep that info in memory, then in a timely manner, deploy those weapon stores independently and at precisely the right time! Well, that's easily deserving of the term awesome, dude! There may be other more capable weapon systems out there today, but it's almost like, What more do you NEED? Yeah, one hell of a flying weapons platform, and a beautiful, beautiful machine! keith whaley
SV: Bridezilla
Very nice shots - pleasant and with an athmosphere ;-) Jens Jens Bladt http://www.jensbladt.dk -Oprindelig meddelelse- Fra: William Robb [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sendt: 10. marts 2006 23:39 Til: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Emne: Re: Bridezilla - Original Message - From: Derby Chang Subject: GESO: Bridezilla The daughter of my friend Loene goes to the Newtown School of Performing Arts. She and her friends have formed a band, a very accomplished band. Each member seems to play about 20 instruments. Public education in NSW is alive and well. http://members.iinet.net.au/~derbyc/index7/06_03_bridezilla/index.htm Dave, are you looking? This is how it's done. William Robb -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.375 / Virus Database: 268.2.1/279 - Release Date: 03/10/2006 -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.375 / Virus Database: 268.2.1/279 - Release Date: 03/10/2006
Re: PESO-Air Show Weekend
Adam Maas wrote: Not anymore, the first F-22 squadron stood up a few month ago, and the latest Sukhoi's are better 1v1 as well (But due to the US's better pilots, better missiles and integration between AWACS and the fighters, 1v1 capability means a lot less than it used to). -Adam Scuse me, Adam, but this ol' plow horse doesn't recognize what a Sukhoi is... keith Well, except for this site I just found, that is... http://www.aeronautics.ru/t60s01.htm
PESO: Panorama Ever So Often
Got this last weekend with my FA 80-200mm. A nice and easy lens to handle. Even though it's heavy - it's handles very easily. I love the way I can shift from AF to MF without touching any buttons on the camera. This lens is actually very true to the Pentax philosophy - which, I believe, something like Performance and User Friendly Features This lens is actually kind of a PUFF - a Magic Dragon(Sorry - I couldn't restist ;-) Warning - JAVA involved) http://www.jensbladt.dk/pano/newfile10.html Regards Jens Bladt http://www.jensbladt.dk -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.375 / Virus Database: 268.2.1/279 - Release Date: 03/10/2006
Re: PAW - No Parking
On 12/3/06, frank theriault, discombobulated, unleashed: http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=4212438size=lg Hope you get a chuckle out of this one, too. g Thanks or looking. Curious! Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|http://www.cottysnaps.com _
Re: PESO-Air Show Weekend
On 12/3/06, Jack Davis, discombobulated, unleashed: Understand that the F-15 is about the baddest think in the air. True? Hm. http://www.raf.mod.uk/downloads/typhoon.html It's a pretty close thing ;-) Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|http://www.cottysnaps.com _
Re: GESO: vineyard project
Jack, Thanks for the comments. The color images still need work, but I am going for more of a hand-colored look with them. I think it's a reaction to Velvia Generation images. With the workflow I use it's bit tricky to balance the coloring with the underlying contrast--Guess I'll keep working on it --Mark Jack Davis Sun, 12 Mar 2006 09:56:58 -0800 Mark, Dark barren images have a foreboding feeling to me that may mask the intended message. On my monitor, the color images are very flat and pale as well. It's not necessarily an unappealing look and may lend itself to a desired sense of old world or aged. Best of luck with the project. Jack --- Mark Erickson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: All, I'm working on some images of local vineyards areas (Clarksburg, El Dorado, and Shenandoah Valley AVAs). I'm doing a fair bit of digital darkroom work and all of the pics in the gallery are work prints (i.e., I'm not done with them yet). The first three images are were taken last month on a bright sunny-cloudy day in between rainstorms. The vineyards are mostly bare at this time and I'm trying to convey a certain stark, spare feeling. The last image was taken last fall right around harvest time and shows an El Dorado vineyard fully leafed out. http://www.westerickson.net/vineyard/ Please feel free to provide comments and directions you might take the images. Thanks, Mark
Re: PESO-Air Show WeekendS
keith_w wrote: Adam Maas wrote: Not anymore, the first F-22 squadron stood up a few month ago, and the latest Sukhoi's are better 1v1 as well (But due to the US's better pilots, better missiles and integration between AWACS and the fighters, 1v1 capability means a lot less than it used to). -Adam Scuse me, Adam, but this ol' plow horse doesn't recognize what a Sukhoi is... keith Well, except for this site I just found, that is... http://www.aeronautics.ru/t60s01.htm Here: http://www.fas.org/nuke/guide/russia/airdef/su-27.htm That's the original version, http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/ac/row/su-30.htm Covers the later variants. It's the Su-35 I was referring to as superior to the F-15 1v1. Interesting note, but the Su-27 stunned the world at the Paris Airshow in the late 1980's when a Russian Pilot named Pugachev pulled a show manoever now called Pugachev's Cobra, by rotating the nose of the Su-27 past 90 degrees vertical while maintaining level controlled flight. It's an imprssive manoever, and the Su-27 remains the only frontline fighter to be that manoeverable without vectored thrust. The weakness of the Sukhoi's is that there isn't an AWACS solution available for them which is capable of datalink. US F-15's almost never actually use their radar to track targets, or engage them, relying on a datalink from a nearby AWACS, which provides them with all of their targetting data. Thus they don't reveal their presence until they've fired. Combined with the AIM-120AMRAAM missile, with a 54 mile engagement range, the F-15 can usually engage and kill its target before it has been localized, the same goes for any US fighter currently in use (The F-16, F-18, F-18E Super Hornet[which is actually almost entirely different from a plain F-18 Hornet and much more capable] and F-22). The only non-US fighter which can engage beyond close range without radar is the MiG-29, which is equipped with a video camera in the nose that can be used for medium range tracking, much like the long-retired F-14A had. And even then, it's only at much shorter ranges. -Adam
Re: PESO-Air Show Weekend
Cotty wrote: On 12/3/06, Jack Davis, discombobulated, unleashed: Understand that the F-15 is about the baddest think in the air. True? Hm. http://www.raf.mod.uk/downloads/typhoon.html It's a pretty close thing ;-) Cheers, Cotty The Typhoon's a nice bird, but it's a light fighter like the F-16, MiG-29 or Rafale. doesn't have the legs or the payload of a heavy fighter like a Su-27/30/35, F-15 or F-22. It's still a killer little plane. -Adam
Re: PESO-Air Show Weekend
On 12/3/06, Adam Maas, discombobulated, unleashed: The Typhoon's a nice bird, but it's a light fighter like the F-16, MiG-29 or Rafale. doesn't have the legs or the payload of a heavy fighter like a Su-27/30/35, F-15 or F-22. It's still a killer little plane. Geek ;-) Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|http://www.cottysnaps.com _
Re: PESO-Air Show Weekend
Cotty wrote: On 12/3/06, Adam Maas, discombobulated, unleashed: The Typhoon's a nice bird, but it's a light fighter like the F-16, MiG-29 or Rafale. doesn't have the legs or the payload of a heavy fighter like a Su-27/30/35, F-15 or F-22. It's still a killer little plane. Geek ;-) Cheers, Cotty And proud of it! -Adam
Re: GESO: vineyard project
On Mar 12, 2006, at 12:36 PM, Mark Erickson wrote: All, I'm working on some images of local vineyards areas (Clarksburg, El Dorado, and Shenandoah Valley AVAs). I'm doing a fair bit of digital darkroom work and all of the pics in the gallery are work prints (i.e., I'm not done with them yet). The first three images are were taken last month on a bright sunny-cloudy day in between rainstorms. The vineyards are mostly bare at this time and I'm trying to convey a certain stark, spare feeling. The last image was taken last fall right around harvest time and shows an El Dorado vineyard fully leafed out. http://www.westerickson.net/vineyard/ Please feel free to provide comments and directions you might take the images. Thanks, Mark
Re: GESO: vineyard project
I like ElDorado and Clarksburg 2 very much, although I wish the web images were larger. I prefer the color for this, as the drab earthy tones communicate much. Paul On Mar 12, 2006, at 12:36 PM, Mark Erickson wrote: All, I'm working on some images of local vineyards areas (Clarksburg, El Dorado, and Shenandoah Valley AVAs). I'm doing a fair bit of digital darkroom work and all of the pics in the gallery are work prints (i.e., I'm not done with them yet). The first three images are were taken last month on a bright sunny-cloudy day in between rainstorms. The vineyards are mostly bare at this time and I'm trying to convey a certain stark, spare feeling. The last image was taken last fall right around harvest time and shows an El Dorado vineyard fully leafed out. http://www.westerickson.net/vineyard/ Please feel free to provide comments and directions you might take the images. Thanks, Mark
Re: PESO-Air Show Weekend
Walter Hamler wrote: Sorry guys for not including data. I was using my ist DL with a SMC 200mm f/4 K mount lens. ISO was 400 and I was generally shooting at 1/500 @ f/11 or 13. For you aviation buffs there was also a CF-104 there as well. The only flying 104 in the world now according to the announcers. I remember my very first air show in 1958 where a 104 went supersonic during the flyby. Yesterday this one came VERY close at around 680 K. However, it was obvious when the F-15 made its high speed passes that it was quicker and noisier! http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v699/newtmaker/F104slowpass.jpg Walt Nice shot! I always thought the F104 was a cool aircraft. The other one with F16, F16 and Mustang is great too. -- Christian http://photography.skofteland.net
Re: some new pics
Timo Hartikainen wrote: http://www.kolumbus.fi/t_ja_s.hartikainen/kuva.htm I have used Pentax KX Ricoh XR-X bodies, Pentax Vivitar lenses for those pics. (but for this one I used my friend's Canon DSLR: http://www.kolumbus.fi/t_ja_s.hartikainen/KF4.JPG) Warning! There's a link to my latex-gallery on that page, so if you don't like latex fetish pics, do not click it. Next time, just post the link directly to the latex gallery :-) Great shots! -- Christian http://photography.skofteland.net
Re: PUG comments, part 1
Thanks Tim, and Tom C earlier. Yes, I agree that something is missing. I was just too lazy to make a new picture this time .-( DagT Den 11. mar. 2006 kl. 19.20 skrev Tim Øsleby: Dew by Dag Thrane. The idea is good, but something is missing. Something about the composition makes it fall apart.
Re: PUG comments, part 1
Tim Øsleby wrote: Marshal St, Scottsdale, Az by Ann Sanfedele. One more time Ann show us a very good eye for lines. The moon (or whatever it is) makes this little extra. Think I'll stop here, I feel a bit negative. More to come, I hope. Tim Mostly harmless (just plain Norwegian) Hmmm ... Tim did you mean you thought the moon added a little extra or didn't? add anything? oh and yes, that is the moon. I think I took the shot with a tripod and very slow - the moon actually moved during it. OTOH, I may be making that up. Anyway, glad you liked it ann
Re: PESO-Air Show WeekendS
Adam Maas wrote: [...] Here: http://www.fas.org/nuke/guide/russia/airdef/su-27.htm That's the original version, http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/ac/row/su-30.htm Covers the later variants. It's the Su-35 I was referring to as superior to the F-15 1v1. Good stuff! Thanks! That's quite a plane! keith Interesting note, but the Su-27 stunned the world at the Paris Airshow in the late 1980's when a Russian Pilot named Pugachev pulled a show manoever now called Pugachev's Cobra, by rotating the nose of the Su-27 past 90 degrees vertical while maintaining level controlled flight. It's an imprssive manoever, and the Su-27 remains the only frontline fighter to be that manoeverable without vectored thrust. The weakness of the Sukhoi's is that there isn't an AWACS solution available for them which is capable of datalink. US F-15's almost never actually use their radar to track targets, or engage them, relying on a datalink from a nearby AWACS, which provides them with all of their targetting data. Thus they don't reveal their presence until they've fired. Combined with the AIM-120AMRAAM missile, with a 54 mile engagement range, the F-15 can usually engage and kill its target before it has been localized, the same goes for any US fighter currently in use (The F-16, F-18, F-18E Super Hornet[which is actually almost entirely different from a plain F-18 Hornet and much more capable] and F-22). The only non-US fighter which can engage beyond close range without radar is the MiG-29, which is equipped with a video camera in the nose that can be used for medium range tracking, much like the long-retired F-14A had. And even then, it's only at much shorter ranges. -Adam
Re: PESO-Air Show Weekend
On Sun, Mar 12, 2006 at 09:05:22AM -0500, Walter Hamler wrote: Sorry guys for not including data. I was using my ist DL with a SMC 200mm f/4 K mount lens. ISO was 400 and I was generally shooting at 1/500 @ f/11 or 13. You got those shots with a 200mm? Those aircraft fly close to the crowd!
Re: PESO: Noisy Miner
Hi all Thanks for all of the comments. Much appreciated. Toine commented: I looks like the right 5-10 mm is photoshopped, if so why? Well spotted! I'll have to practise my image editing - there are obvious repeating patterns on the extreme right. Basically it was a balance issue. I didn't think there was quite enough space on the right hand side for a 600 x 400 pixel crop, which is what I standardise on for PESO contributions, so I expanded the canvas slightly and cloned in the extra. + Ann asked about tech info. I should have mentioned it in the original post that details can be seen by clicking on the i icon at the top of the page. However. Pentax *istDS ISO 200 Aperture preferred exposure Pentax AF280T Flash SMC Pentax 80-320 zoom at 240mm f 6.5 1/180 sec For those interested in the bird itself Noisy Miner (Manorina melanocephala) - The noisy miner is a medium-sized honeyeater which is well known throughout most of eastern Australia. It is an aggressive, fearless bird that will actively discourage other (often larger) birds from its territory. This particular bird is a juvenile, not long out of the nest and still retaining some downy feathers. +++ Tom commented: Usually the problem I have with bird images is not being close enough. Me too - this little bloke was more cooperative than most. +++ Frank commented: terrific composition. Well - composition was helped by Photoshop! - see above..and, as has been discussed, it would have been improved by more space top and bottom. However, with wildlife luck plays a big role in the outcome of the image, in my experience. +++ Ken and Paul are yet to resolve their disagreement :) Cheers, Brian + Brian Walters Western Sydney, Australia
Re: PESO-Air Show Weekend
Well, if the F-22 is using the same in-cockpit avionics as was in the YF-22, some of my software is up there with them. Lockheed used code I wrote (at a former company, albeit with many of the same people I'm working with today) for the in-flight map display. On Sun, Mar 12, 2006 at 03:56:13PM -0500, Adam Maas wrote: Not anymore, the first F-22 squadron stood up a few month ago, and the latest Sukhoi's are better 1v1 as well (But due to the US's better pilots, better missiles and integration between AWACS and the fighters, 1v1 capability means a lot less than it used to). -Adam Jack Davis wrote: Understand that the F-15 is about the baddest think in the air. True? Jack --- keith_w [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Adam Maas wrote: keith_w wrote: Kenneth Waller wrote: Nice capture! If that's uncropped, I'd say your using a long lens. Kenneth Waller - Original Message - From: Walter Hamler [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: PESO-Air Show Weekend The TICO Warbird Museum Air Show is this weekend in Titusville, FL. Had not been in a long time so my son and I went. Not having to pay for film and processing probably paid for my camera!! Here is one example of the fun. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v699/newtmaker/P51F15F16.jpg Walt Love it Walt! F-15, Mustang, and what...F-16? Not familiar with the single tail version as I am the F-15! keith whaley Yep, that's an F-16. The only single-tailed fighter currently in US service. -Adam Nice shot, huh? I spent years putting radars in F-15s, testing them, etc. First with Hughes, then with Raytheon. Great plane! keith __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
Re: Hoya IR Filter Question
Joseph Tainter wrote on Sun, 12 Mar 2006 09:29:55: I'm using the Hoya HMC-Super UV filter (standard ring depth) on my DA16-45 and have never noticed any vignetting from it over its entire zoom range. In fact, I use the same filter on my DA14 without problems either. Jim, are you saying in the last sentence that you use a 67 mm. filter on the 77 mm. diameter DA 14 and don't get vignetting? (Presumably with a step-up ring.) Have you tried this at F2.8? Uh-oh, I spoke from (faulty) memory. I do use the Hoya HMC-Super UV filter (standard ring depth) on my DA16-45, but (obviously) not on the DA14 with its 77mm filter size. I thought that the two lenses used the same filter size; I suspect I was thinking of my DA14 and DA12-24, which both *do* use the same 77mm Hoya HMC-Super UV filter in the regular length mount without vignetting. Thanks for catching this, Joe. Sorry for the mistake, gang - I can only plead advancing age and failing memory...
Re: PESO: Noisy Miner
On Sun, Mar 12, 2006 at 04:59:05PM -0600, Brian Walters wrote: Noisy Miner (Manorina melanocephala) - The noisy miner is a medium-sized honeyeater which is well known throughout most of eastern Australia. It is an aggressive, fearless bird that will actively discourage other (often larger) birds from its territory. This particular bird is a juvenile, not long out of the nest and still retaining some downy feathers. Ahh. I'ts a minor miner. Not a Mynah, though.
Re: PESO-Air Show Weekend
On Sun, Mar 12, 2006 at 04:54:02PM -0500, Adam Maas wrote: The Typhoon's a nice bird, but it's a light fighter like the F-16, MiG-29 or Rafale. doesn't have the legs or the payload of a heavy fighter like a Su-27/30/35, F-15 or F-22. I'll say. Those fighters carry more payload than WWII bombers.
Re: Snowboard jump
Bob W wrote: Here is the most dramatic. It shows my nephew Rob (16), who is an awesome boarding dude: http://www.web-options.com/Robjump.jpg The shot's perfect, but whatever you used to resize it for the web has messed it up a bit - the diagonals (especially the edge of the snowboard) are very jagged. S
Re: GESO: vineyard project
Mark, I appreciate your color sense and think you're close to succeeding. An anti-Velvia, hand coloring look is a good thing. Would suit a wine bottle label. Ya there Tom? Jack --- Mark Erickson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Jack, Thanks for the comments. The color images still need work, but I am going for more of a hand-colored look with them. I think it's a reaction to Velvia Generation images. With the workflow I use it's bit tricky to balance the coloring with the underlying contrast--Guess I'll keep working on it --Mark Jack Davis Sun, 12 Mar 2006 09:56:58 -0800 Mark, Dark barren images have a foreboding feeling to me that may mask the intended message. On my monitor, the color images are very flat and pale as well. It's not necessarily an unappealing look and may lend itself to a desired sense of old world or aged. Best of luck with the project. Jack --- Mark Erickson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: All, I'm working on some images of local vineyards areas (Clarksburg, El Dorado, and Shenandoah Valley AVAs). I'm doing a fair bit of digital darkroom work and all of the pics in the gallery are work prints (i.e., I'm not done with them yet). The first three images are were taken last month on a bright sunny-cloudy day in between rainstorms. The vineyards are mostly bare at this time and I'm trying to convey a certain stark, spare feeling. The last image was taken last fall right around harvest time and shows an El Dorado vineyard fully leafed out. http://www.westerickson.net/vineyard/ Please feel free to provide comments and directions you might take the images. Thanks, Mark __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
Re: GESO: vineyard project
Paul, Ahhh, image size. Now there's a conundrum. I also prefer larger, but I get yelled at (or the online equivalent) if I don't go for the lowest common denominator (apparently even the Javascript in the gallery webpages are not appreciated by some). I suppose I should do three sizes instead of just two. --Mark Paul Stenquist wrote: I like ElDorado and Clarksburg 2 very much, although I wish the web images were larger. I prefer the color for this, as the drab earthy tones communicate much. Paul
Re: GESO: vineyard project
+1 for larger images. Love the stark, hand-colored thing you're doing here... CW - Original Message - From: Paul Stenquist [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Sent: Sunday, March 12, 2006 5:12 PM Subject: Re: GESO: vineyard project I like ElDorado and Clarksburg 2 very much, although I wish the web images were larger. I prefer the color for this, as the drab earthy tones communicate much. Paul On Mar 12, 2006, at 12:36 PM, Mark Erickson wrote: All, I'm working on some images of local vineyards areas (Clarksburg, El Dorado, and Shenandoah Valley AVAs). I'm doing a fair bit of digital darkroom work and all of the pics in the gallery are work prints (i.e., I'm not done with them yet). The first three images are were taken last month on a bright sunny-cloudy day in between rainstorms. The vineyards are mostly bare at this time and I'm trying to convey a certain stark, spare feeling. The last image was taken last fall right around harvest time and shows an El Dorado vineyard fully leafed out. http://www.westerickson.net/vineyard/ Please feel free to provide comments and directions you might take the images. Thanks, Mark -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.375 / Virus Database: 268.2.1/279 - Release Date: 3/10/2006
Re: PESO: Noisy Miner
Not a myna either :) Cheers, Brian + Brian Walters Western Sydney, Australia -- Quoting John Francis [EMAIL PROTECTED]: On Sun, Mar 12, 2006 at 04:59:05PM -0600, Brian Walters wrote: Noisy Miner (Manorina melanocephala) - The noisy miner is a medium-sized honeyeater which is well known throughout most of eastern Australia. It is an aggressive, fearless bird that will actively discourage other (often larger) birds from its territory. This particular bird is a juvenile, not long out of the nest and still retaining some downy feathers. Ahh. I'ts a minor miner. Not a Mynah, though.
Re: PAW - No Parking
CHUCKLE I got mine! Kenneth Waller - Original Message - From: frank theriault [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: PAW - No Parking http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=4212438size=lg Hope you get a chuckle out of this one, too. g Thanks or looking. cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson
Re: vineyard project
For me, none of what you've posted convey stark. I would try zeroing in on the empty vines. Kenneth Waller - Original Message - From: Mark Erickson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: GESO: vineyard project All, I'm working on some images of local vineyards areas (Clarksburg, El Dorado, and Shenandoah Valley AVAs). I'm doing a fair bit of digital darkroom work and all of the pics in the gallery are work prints (i.e., I'm not done with them yet). The first three images are were taken last month on a bright sunny-cloudy day in between rainstorms. The vineyards are mostly bare at this time and I'm trying to convey a certain stark, spare feeling. The last image was taken last fall right around harvest time and shows an El Dorado vineyard fully leafed out. http://www.westerickson.net/vineyard/ Please feel free to provide comments and directions you might take the images. Thanks, Mark
RE: Novoflex any good? (Was:Advice on long glass for, photodoc on beachbirds)
I decided not to go for Novoflex. Not because I think they are bad, but because of the problems with adapters. But on my way to this conclusion I read a bit. If I'm not mistaken Novoflex had a rather odd, but sensible designing philosophy. They are mainly designed for shooting wildlife. Wildlife photographers wanted better focusing. A focus system that made the photographer able to follow a fast moving subject. (That's an enablement;-)) They also wanted to make high quality glass. High quality glass is expensive. To prevent prising themselves completely out of the marked they based the design on the idea that wildlife shooters most of the time cropped the frame. And this is where it gets odd. Based on this Novoflex decided didn't have to think about edge performance. The result is, state of the art centre performance, and crappy edges. Does this sound familiar? Yeah, it does to me. Now digital lenses are designed after the same criteria. If this is true, this is most likely the reason why the lenses have very good reputation among some old-timers, and other will not touch them with gloves. Anyway. The elders on list know a lot more about this than I do. I have decided against Novoflex for the moment. But I am curious about how they perform, both optically and focuscally. Please drop a line, and show some results. Tim Mostly harmless (just plain Norwegian) Never underestimate the power of stupidity in large crowds (Very freely after Arthur C. Clarke, or some other clever guy) -Original Message- From: Toine [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 12. mars 2006 20:43 To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: Re: Novoflex any good? (Was:Advice on long glass for, photodoc on beachbirds) Tim It was my lucky day today and found a Novoflex Pigrif C 600mm. The one in your ebay link is older. The biggest problem is finding a pentax novoflex adapter (it's labeled penta). My first test in the backyard looks very promising. In fact I'm impressed so far. On a istD I don't see any big lens errors during pixelpeeping. I don't have any long pentax glass to compare this oldie against. Now I only need to find time to shoot some wildlife. Toine On 3/4/06, Tim Øsleby [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: John Forbes recommends looking for a Novoflex lens. I know nothing about the system except that it looks like a prototype Russian sniper shotgun. I also have vague memory of seeing some adds in some older magazines. To me they looked like toys then. Is John onto something, or has he lost it? No offence, John, just trying to add some humour to a rather boring post. He is referring to something like this http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Novoflex-5-6-400mm-T-Noflexar-Fast-shot- lens_W0QQitemZ 7595235104QQcategoryZ3340QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem Follow up question. What should I look for? As I read the ad above, it needs an adaptor. Am I right. Tim Mostly harmless (just plain Norwegian) Never underestimate the power of stupidity in large crowds (Very freely after Arthur C. Clarke, or some other clever guy)
