Re: OT: Strange bug

[William Robb]

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Subject: Re: OT: Strange bug



>
> I remember I once got dust mites inside the mirror housing of my first
> camera (Pentax P50). It was pretty weird to see those small,
> half-transparent bugs wander across the matte screen. At first I
> didn't know what it  was, and made the mistake of asking about it in a
> camera shop... -You should have seen those faces...

I remember.
A lady came into my camera store with a lens that she insisted was falling 
apart. It had a couple of largish black specks in it.
That was looking through the lens one way.
The other way revealed a couple of very dead insects on one of the lens 
elements.

William Robb 


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Re: OT: Strange bug

[AlunFoto]

2008/8/18 John Francis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> And, of course, there is amazing Grace's remark about the
> first example of an actual bug being found.  It might not
> be the world's best joke, but it was definitely a joke.

I remember I once got dust mites inside the mirror housing of my first
camera (Pentax P50). It was pretty weird to see those small,
half-transparent bugs wander across the matte screen. At first I
didn't know what it  was, and made the mistake of asking about it in a
camera shop... -You should have seen those faces...

Jostein

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Re: OT: Strange bug

[John Francis]

That shouldn't be a surprise - it's well documented.
Nowadays it's expected that there will be so-called
"Easter eggs" in any video game.  There have always
been in-jokes in animated movies (not to mention the
idea of a 'blooper reel' for animated characters).

Probably the earliest example of humo(u)r of which I have
personal experience was with TECO (the text editor used on
many early DEC systems).  The command to create a new file
(rather than edit an existing one) was "MAKE filename".
If you typed "MAKE LOVE", it would create a file called
LOVE, as told.  But it would also respond with "NOT WAR?".

And, of course, there is amazing Grace's remark about the
first example of an actual bug being found.  It might not
be the world's best joke, but it was definitely a joke.

On Mon, Aug 18, 2008 at 09:40:07AM +1000, Brian Walters wrote:
> Nice to see that even programmers can have a sense of humour.
> 
> 
> Cheers
> 
> Brian
> 
> ++
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> 
> 
> On Sun, 17 Aug 2008 23:45:34 +0100, "Bob W" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
> > Have a look at this webpage:
> > 
> > http://www.nordicgroup.us/s78/flashlights.html
> > 
> > Scroll down to the section headed 'Commercial Flashlight Holders' and
> > take a look at the frame on the right hand side. There's a teensy
> > little flea wandering around inside it.
> > 
> > How strange.
> > 
> > It's an animated gif. Presumably the programmer who wrote the page was
> > a bit bored at the time.
> > 
> > Bob
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Re: GESO - Norway 2008 - the Pentax version

[Subash]

On Sun, 17 Aug 2008 23:28:55 +0200
AlunFoto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Cotty's done the Canon version. :-)
> 
> http://www.alunfoto.no/galleri/thumbnails.php?album=9

hi Jostein, enjoyed going through the pentax version as well...:-)

regards, subash

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Re: Norway 2008

[Boris Liberman]

Cotty, you rock!

Boris

Cotty wrote:
> Nearly a hundred pics! Fear not - easy to see thumbs for avoiding duds.
> 
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Re: Norway 2008

[Subash]

On Sun, 17 Aug 2008 19:59:09 +0100
Cotty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Nearly a hundred pics! Fear not - easy to see thumbs for avoiding
> duds.
> 
> 

hi cotty,

really enjoyed going through the collection, liked quite a few but by
the time i came out of seeing 90+ pics, one forgets the names (of the
pics). :-) 'grand view', 'fjord' 'horses galore' and 'bored walk' are a
few that still stand out.. thanks for sharing.

regards, subash

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Re: PESO 2008 - something different - GDG

[Godfrey DiGiorgi]

LOL!

Thanks ... but I'll not tell him that.

G

On Aug 17, 2008, at 5:20 PM, Ken Waller wrote:

> Cute!
> The only thing missing are the numbers below the images as in mug  
> shots.
>
>
>> Something different from other photos I've been posting lately ...
>>
>>  http://homepage.mac.com/godders/smcc-haircut.jpg
>>

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Re: 540 flash damage.

[Rick Womer]

Ouch!  I assume you used it on second-curtain synch for that excellent series 
of car pix.

Buy a new one, fix the old one, then either have two or sell one of them?

Rick


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> From: Paul Stenquist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: 540 flash damage.
> To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" 
> Date: Sunday, August 17, 2008, 9:23 PM
> While trying to attach it to the camera, I dropped my FA 540
> flash.  
> It landed square on the nose, and now th auto zoom
> doesn't work. Not  
> surprised. I plan on sending it to Pentax tomorrow unless
> someone  
> here has a better idea.
> 
> BTW, this flash has been great for me in shooting all
> manner of  
> events. Gotta rix it or replace it. And I have a wedding
> 9-14. Too  
> soon perhaps.
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RE: When is a little Photoshoppery too much Photoshoppery?

[Steve Desjardins]

I deleted my original comments and just left yours to give a context to
the reply.

>The key thing about photography that differentiates it from other
>media is that the image is formed mechanically from the direct action
>of light on a surface - it's not mediated by anyone's brain, so you
>can, in principle, show a causal link between the subject matter and
>the image. This is why photographs are so inherently believable, and
>is why people feel a sense of betrayal when they learn that a>
>photograph has been manipulated (ie elements added or removed -
>certain activities in post-processing, such as contrast adjustment,
>dodging and burning are just working with what's already there to
>improve the presentation).

>Adding or removing elements breaks the causal relation between the
>picture and the subject and adds an entirely different dimension to
>the truth-value of the picture, taking into the realm of painting and
>writing. These activities may be based in the real world, but they
are
>mitigated by the writer's or painter's brain. 

Typical expectations are changing and will continue to change. 
Photography can produce more "realistic" images than painting, but as
manipulation methods become better and more commonly used, reality will
have to reside with documentation of the process rather then the final
product.

>I think that's a category error - it's not the medium that determines
>whether something is fiction or not. Our expectations of photography
>and painting are different. We know that a painting is the product of
>someone's brain. That doesn't mean that it's necessarily fiction, any
>more than a piece of journalism is fiction. There are plenty of
>historical paintings based on the artist's sketches made from the
>scene which are as accurate and reliable as a reporter's article
based
>on his eye-witness notes. These are not fiction, they're reporting. 

I agree with your first point but I do think my analogy has some use. 
Writing can be either fiction or nonfiction and sensible people look for
documentation to tell the difference.  Most people considered
photography to be closer to the visual image generated by the eye than
painting.  Their were always manipulated photos and very realistic
paintings, but most of the time people expected photos to be the more
realistic of the two media.  Digital photography has made photography
more like writing, and people's expectations will change.  It's not a
right or wrong issue;  sensible people will become more suspicious.

> Reader of Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Tolkien.  
> P.S. I went to the Jethro Tull 40th anniversary tour last week at
> Wolftrap National Park near DC.  Ian can still caper with he best of
> them ;-)

>There's no hope for you.

You're not the first to suggest that ;-)

Steve 

(Hopefully this makes sense.  It's the end of a long day at the
chemistry meeting in Philadelphia.  13,000 type A nerds and one really
busy Dunkin' Donuts)

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Re: When is a little Photoshoppery too much Photoshoppery?

[Brian Walters]

Hi Ann

We call them McMansions here too.  In fact I almost called the PUG image
"McMansions", but I wasn't sure whether it was a universally understood
term.  Glad you liked the image.

I can remember singing along to "Little Boxes".  It's interesting the
influence that Pete Seeger has had on music.  I recently saw a DVD of
Bruce Springsteen performing a host of songs that Seeger either wrote or
performed.  It was great stuff and I'm not really a Springsteen fan.



Cheers

Brian

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On Sun, 17 Aug 2008 19:53:47 -0400, "ann sanfedele" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
said:
> 
> 
> Brian Walters wrote:
> 
> >Hi Ann
> >
> >On Sun, 17 Aug 2008 10:18:21 -0400, "ann sanfedele" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >said:
> >  
> >
> >>Brian - why did you stay for 3 hours???
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >
> >My wife had the car keys.
> >
> >  
> >
> Good answer :)
> BTW - I like very much your PUG this month -- over here we call those 
> "mcMansions" a bit bigger than
> the "little boxes made of Ticky-tacky" we sang about in the 60's
> 
> ann
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540 flash damage.

[Paul Stenquist]

While trying to attach it to the camera, I dropped my FA 540 flash.  
It landed square on the nose, and now th auto zoom doesn't work. Not  
surprised. I plan on sending it to Pentax tomorrow unless someone  
here has a better idea.

BTW, this flash has been great for me in shooting all manner of  
events. Gotta rix it or replace it. And I have a wedding 9-14. Too  
soon perhaps.

Paul

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Re: Runnin' 'Shine on the Avenue

[Paul Stenquist]

Thanks Ken.
Another cruise is history. Great weekend here in Motown.
Paul
On Aug 17, 2008, at 8:22 PM, Ken Waller wrote:

> Great capture Paul.
>
> Kenneth Waller
> http://www.tinyurl.com/272u2f
>
> - Original Message -
> From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: PESO: Runnin' 'Shine on the Avenue
>
>
>> http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=7676095&size=lg
>>
>> Another shot that went in the gallery.
>>
>> Paul
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Re: OT: Strange bug

[Rick Womer]

It's a bug in the code.



--- On Sun, 8/17/08, Bob W <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> From: Bob W <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: OT: Strange bug
> To: "'Pentax-Discuss Mail List'" 
> Date: Sunday, August 17, 2008, 6:45 PM
> Have a look at this webpage:
> 
> http://www.nordicgroup.us/s78/flashlights.html
> 
> Scroll down to the section headed 'Commercial
> Flashlight Holders' and
> take a look at the frame on the right hand side.
> There's a teensy
> little flea wandering around inside it.
> 
> How strange.
> 
> It's an animated gif. Presumably the programmer who
> wrote the page was
> a bit bored at the time.
> 
> Bob
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Re: Runnin' 'Shine on the Avenue

[Ken Waller]

Great capture Paul.

Kenneth Waller
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Subject: PESO: Runnin' 'Shine on the Avenue


> http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=7676095&size=lg
> 
> Another shot that went in the gallery. 
> 
> Paul


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Re: PESO 2008 - something different - GDG

[Ken Waller]

Cute!
The only thing missing are the numbers below the images as in mug shots.

Kenneth Waller
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From: "Godfrey DiGiorgi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: PESO 2008 - something different - GDG


> Something different from other photos I've been posting lately ...
> 
>   http://homepage.mac.com/godders/smcc-haircut.jpg
>   Haircut - San Jose 2008
>   Panasonic L1 + Olympus ZD 25mm f/2.8
>   ISO 100 @ f/2.8 @ 1/250 (five exposures)
> 
> Comments and critique always appreciated.
> 
> enjoy
> Godfrey
.

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Re: When is a little Photoshoppery too much Photoshoppery?

[ann sanfedele]

Brian Walters wrote:

>Hi Ann
>
>On Sun, 17 Aug 2008 10:18:21 -0400, "ann sanfedele" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>said:
>  
>
>>Brian - why did you stay for 3 hours???
>>
>>
>>
>
>My wife had the car keys.
>
>  
>
Good answer :)
BTW - I like very much your PUG this month -- over here we call those 
"mcMansions" a bit bigger than
the "little boxes made of Ticky-tacky" we sang about in the 60's

ann


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Re: When is a little Photoshrubbery too much Photoshrubbery?

[William Robb]

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Subject: Re: When is a little Photoshrubbery too much Photoshrubbery?



> "Expectation" would probably have been better..

Nobody expects



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Re: OT: Strange bug

[Brian Walters]

Nice to see that even programmers can have a sense of humour.


Cheers

Brian

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On Sun, 17 Aug 2008 23:45:34 +0100, "Bob W" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
> Have a look at this webpage:
> 
> http://www.nordicgroup.us/s78/flashlights.html
> 
> Scroll down to the section headed 'Commercial Flashlight Holders' and
> take a look at the frame on the right hand side. There's a teensy
> little flea wandering around inside it.
> 
> How strange.
> 
> It's an animated gif. Presumably the programmer who wrote the page was
> a bit bored at the time.
> 
> Bob
> 
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Re: PESO: Spicy Pennsic Pic

[D. Glenn Arthur Jr.]

Sorry to take so long to respond to replies.  Busy week.

John Celio <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> asked:
> > Here's that salt-and-pepper macro shot I mentioned:
> > Big:  http://www.flickr.com/photos/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/2757459631/sizes/o/
> > Main Flickr Entry:  http://www.flickr.com/photos/[EMAIL 
> > PROTECTED]/2757459631/
> > Reactions on LJ:  http://dglenn.livejournal.com/1175061.html
>
> Hot damn, how did you manage such high magnification?  They look like a 
> cheese puff and ice cube!  It's really cool to see such tiny objects blown 
> up so large they're torn from their normal context and become other things 
> entirely.

The general consensus in camp was that the salt looked like
an ice cube.  :-)

I shot this with the *istD, an M42->K adaptor, a Vivitar 2x 
teleconverter, a Diramic 200mm f/3.5, and a reversed SMC
Takumar 55mm f/1.8.  I lit it from the side with a Vivitar
5200 on a hotshoe extension cable (the one from the Super
Program era), and used the screen of my PDA as the stage.

I didn't have a reversing ring, but I noticed that the clip-on
hood for an 85/2.8 was the same size at the wide end as the
built-in hood on the 200/3.5 and the same filter-size as the
55.1/8, so I used that to make it easier to stick on the
reversed lens with gaffer's tape.  I figured the air space
between the 200 and the 55 wouldn't matter much one way or
the other, since the rays ought to be parallel at that point,
right?  

Er ... and I hand-held the camera (braced the business end
of that lens combination on my fist which was against the
table.  Adjusted the lighting by trial and error ^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H
... I mean 'successive approximation'  ;-)  ... sliding it 
a smidgen closer or farther after each shot.

A picture of the camera and the PDA just after I finished
is here:  http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3066/2762601219_1dc4284b86_m.jpg
and I blogged it at http://dglenn.livejournal.com/1176441.html

It's scaled down to fit the 1000-pixel limit for free Flickr
users, but that also hides some of the colour fringing seen
in the full soze version (the original is a smidgen over twice
the size of what I posted).

I want to see whether I can manage an even sharper version
sometime.  I'm not sure whether the color fringing is all
the fault of the teleconverter, or aberration in each part 
of the chain all multiplied together.  Though come to think 
of it, out-of-focus points wouldn't generate parallel rays
coming out of the reversed 55mm, so maybe the colour fringing
was the cost of sticking that lens hoos in for the convenience
of taping things together?

I _really_like_ doing macro.  :->

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Re: PESO 2008 - something different - GDG

[Godfrey DiGiorgi]

Thanks Cotty! (and Bob W!).

Godfrey

On Aug 17, 2008, at 4:01 PM, Cotty wrote:

>> Something different from other photos I've been posting lately ...
>>  http://homepage.mac.com/godders/smcc-haircut.jpg
>>
> Nice idea, very well executed. The last shot makes it.


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Re: PESO: Runnin' 'Shine on the Avenue

[pnstenquist]

The General Lee of the television series was a 1969 Charger. I think this car 
matches that criteria. I suppose it's a clone in terms of being an oriinal hemi 
Charger. It would be worth much, much more in factory colors if it were not a 
clone. More than 100K to be sure. But a couple of General Lee's always show up 
at the Dream Cruise. I assume they're created from cars that originally had the 
bas 318 cid, two bbl engine. A numbers matching hemi Charger is a very valuable 
piece of iron. (Some have sold at auction for a quarter million in U.S. 
dollars).
Paul
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> On 17/8/08, [EMAIL PROTECTED], discombobulated, unleashed:
> 
> >http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=7676095&size=lg
> >
> >Another shot that went in the gallery.
> 
> Charger! Yeah. 67?
> 
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> 
> Cheers,
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Re: OT Four those heading to GFM this wekend

[Doug]

On Aug 17, 2008, at 5:07 PM, Mark Roberts wrote:

>
> Fewer than four and it's now over.
>
> I think I'm the only non-lurker PDML'er who showed up. We can no  
> longer
> taunt Cesar for oversleeping gate-boy duty a couple of years ago  
> because
> Doug Brewer "overslept" the entire weekend: He thought is was *next*
> weekend and didn't find out otherwise until Grandfather Mountain PR
> Director Landis phoned him up on Friday.
>
> Had four presentations, varying from very, very good to quite poor.  
> The
> second was the better of the two presented each day.
>
> I came down a few days early and did some hiking/photography/research
> for the book I'm working on. Then helping with logistics for the  
> camera
> clinic. Finished up around noon today and I'm feeling well and truly
> "shagged out after a long squawk".
>
> Time to edit photos and relax.

in my defense, I'm a moron.

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Re: PESO: Runnin' 'Shine on the Avenue

[Cotty]

On 17/8/08, [EMAIL PROTECTED], discombobulated, unleashed:

>http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=7676095&size=lg
>
>Another shot that went in the gallery.

Charger! Yeah. 67?

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PESO: Runnin' 'Shine on the Avenue

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http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=7676095&size=lg

Another shot that went in the gallery. 

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Re: PESO 2008 - something different - GDG

[Cotty]

On 17/8/08, Godfrey DiGiorgi, discombobulated, unleashed:

>Something different from other photos I've been posting lately ...
>
>   http://homepage.mac.com/godders/smcc-haircut.jpg
>   Haircut - San Jose 2008
>   Panasonic L1 + Olympus ZD 25mm f/2.8
>   ISO 100 @ f/2.8 @ 1/250 (five exposures)
>
>Comments and critique always appreciated.

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RE: PESO 2008 - something different - GDG

[Bob W]

...and all the people that come and go
stop and say Hello!

> -Original Message-
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On 
> Behalf Of Godfrey DiGiorgi
> Sent: 17 August 2008 23:44
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> Subject: PESO 2008 - something different - GDG
> 
> Something different from other photos I've been posting lately ...
> 
>http://homepage.mac.com/godders/smcc-haircut.jpg
>Haircut - San Jose 2008
>Panasonic L1 + Olympus ZD 25mm f/2.8
>ISO 100 @ f/2.8 @ 1/250 (five exposures)
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> Comments and critique always appreciated.
> 
> enjoy
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Re: GESO - Norway 2008 - the Pentax version

[pnstenquist]

Wonderful. Love it all. 
Paul
 -- Original message --
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> On 17/8/08, AlunFoto, discombobulated, unleashed:
> 
> >
> >http://www.alunfoto.no/galleri/thumbnails.php?album=9
> >
> >Pics sized to within 1024x768 px.
> 
> Tremendous.
> 
> I need to work on my processing - my jpegs are washed out and lifeless.
> I'll get onto it in due course.
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OT: Strange bug

[Bob W]

Have a look at this webpage:

http://www.nordicgroup.us/s78/flashlights.html

Scroll down to the section headed 'Commercial Flashlight Holders' and
take a look at the frame on the right hand side. There's a teensy
little flea wandering around inside it.

How strange.

It's an animated gif. Presumably the programmer who wrote the page was
a bit bored at the time.

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PESO 2008 - something different - GDG

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Something different from other photos I've been posting lately ...

   http://homepage.mac.com/godders/smcc-haircut.jpg
   Haircut - San Jose 2008
   Panasonic L1 + Olympus ZD 25mm f/2.8
   ISO 100 @ f/2.8 @ 1/250 (five exposures)

Comments and critique always appreciated.

enjoy
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Re: Norway 2008

[Cotty]

On 17/8/08, Christine Aguila, discombobulated, unleashed:

>Cotty:  So, where were the duds?  :-)  I didn't see any.  Lysefjorden, Elin
>& new Friend & that 1800 Vertical Drop are fantastic, but the group of
>pictures is delightful.  It's so clear everyone was enjoying themselves, &
>family affection really comes through in your pictures.  Just Lovely.  I
>really enjoyed those.  Thanks for sharing.  Cheers, Christine

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Re: Norway 2008

[Christine Aguila]

Cotty:  So, where were the duds?  :-)  I didn't see any.  Lysefjorden, Elin 
& new Friend & that 1800 Vertical Drop are fantastic, but the group of 
pictures is delightful.  It's so clear everyone was enjoying themselves, & 
family affection really comes through in your pictures.  Just Lovely.  I 
really enjoyed those.  Thanks for sharing.  Cheers, Christine


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> Nearly a hundred pics! Fear not - easy to see thumbs for avoiding duds.
>
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Re: Norway 2008

[Cotty]

On 17/8/08, [EMAIL PROTECTED], discombobulated, unleashed:

>Many fabulous images. The first is certainly among my favorites. I only
>wish I could make them larger. (Perhaps I could but don't know how:-).

Thanks Paul and to everyone.

I shot about 1000 pics on the trip (nothing to some of you machine-
gunners!) but plenty for me. I was brutal and lost 2/3rds of them on the
first edit, the rest all survived but the 90-odd that made it through to
the gallery were all done in a hurry at 700 pixels max. Sorry about
that. I need to work on presentation a lot more. I'll try and bump it up
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Re: GESO - Norway 2008 - the Pentax version

[Cotty]

On 17/8/08, AlunFoto, discombobulated, unleashed:

>
>http://www.alunfoto.no/galleri/thumbnails.php?album=9
>
>Pics sized to within 1024x768 px.

Tremendous.

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Re: GESO - Norway 2008 - the Pentax version

[Christine Aguila]

Jostein:  That's a beautiful GESO & you have a beautiful family as well.  I 
think Ferry Ride & The Horseride are my favs, but there are really too many 
great shots to pick true favorites.  Really enjoyed seeing that.  Thanks so 
much for sharing.  Cheers, Christine


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> Cotty's done the Canon version. :-)
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Re: GESO - Norway 2008 - the Pentax version

[Brian Walters]

On Mon, 18 Aug 2008 07:45:57 +1000, "Derby Chang" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
said:
> Cotty wrote:
> > Nearly a hundred pics! Fear not - easy to see thumbs for avoiding duds.
> >
> > 
> >
> >   
> 
> and
> 
> 
> AlunFoto wrote:
> > Cotty's done the Canon version. :-)
> >
> > http://www.alunfoto.no/galleri/thumbnails.php?album=9
> >
> > Pics sized to within 1024x768 px.
> >
> > cheers,
> > Jostein
> >
> >   
> 
> Very enjoyable both of them. I love how the Norwegian light is like one 
> huge softbox. Gorgeous.
> 


Interesting observation, Derby.  I was about to post the same comment! 
Much different to what I'm used to.

Two great sets of pics.


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Re: OT Four those heading to GFM this wekend

[David J Brooks]

On Sun, Aug 17, 2008 at 5:07 PM, Mark Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Ken Waller wrote:
>>>
>>> David J Brooks wrote:
>>>
 I think its this weekend.

 Any way have a good time at the PJ show, whom ever i going.

>>> Only four going?
>>>
>>> (ann ducks)
>>>
>> At this point its probably four gone.
>
> Fewer than four and it's now over.
>
> I think I'm the only non-lurker PDML'er who showed up. We can no longer
> taunt Cesar for oversleeping gate-boy duty a couple of years ago because
> Doug Brewer "overslept" the entire weekend: He thought is was *next*
> weekend and didn't find out otherwise until Grandfather Mountain PR
> Director Landis phoned him up on Friday.
>
> Had four presentations, varying from very, very good to quite poor. The
> second was the better of the two presented each day.

Careful, remember what happend the last time you complained.

LOL

Looking forward to the photos.

I'd like to make the PJ weekend one time. We'll see how well the horse
season goes, and decide new venues from there.

:-)

Dave

Dave
>
> I came down a few days early and did some hiking/photography/research
> for the book I'm working on. Then helping with logistics for the camera
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> "shagged out after a long squawk".
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Re: When is a little Photoshrubbery too much Photoshrubbery?

[Brian Walters]

On Sun, 17 Aug 2008 06:38:04 -0700, "Godfrey DiGiorgi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
said:
> Anticipation?
> 
> Godfrey - www.gdgphoto.com



"Expectation" would probably have been better..



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> 
> On Aug 17, 2008, at 6:23 AM, mike wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>  
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> > Brian Walters wrote:
> >
> >> Heretic??
> >>
> >> Hmmm Perhaps I'd better be on the look out for the Spanish
> >> Inquisition..
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Re: When is a little Photoshoppery too much Photoshoppery?

[Brian Walters]

Hi Ann



On Sun, 17 Aug 2008 10:18:21 -0400, "ann sanfedele" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
said:
> 
> . ann adds 2 cents ..
> (1) LOL , Mike...  
> (2) Although when I was "young and easy under the apple boughs" - that 
> is, in the late 60's, my then lover and I
> and other friends of ours enjoyed the Lord of the Rings trilogy,  odd, 
> since we were pretty much all pacifist-athiestic-lefties.
> But we poked fun at it,too.  that being said, I found the film to be 
> unwatchable... tried a couple of times when it was on TV...
> In fact, I find most high-techy fantasy type films unwatchable, so I 
> align with Bob W there... too much noise, too much
> visual puff.  I can't abide Cirque de Soleil , either.  
> 
> Brian - why did you stay for 3 hours???
> 



My wife had the car keys.



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Re: When is a little Photoshoppery too much Photoshoppery?

[Brian Walters]

Hi Bob
On Sun, 17 Aug 2008 14:43:20 +0100, "mike wilson"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
> Brian Walters wrote:

> >Couldn't agree more.  I managed to avoid reading 'Lord of the Rings' and
> >seeing the first two parts of the film trilogy but I was dragged along
> >to "The Two Towers".  It was three of the most excruciating hours in a
> >darkened room that I can recall.
> >
> >  
> >
> They released "Return of the King" before "The Two Towers" in 
> Australia?  No wonder you were confused.



Shows how little attention I was paying.



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Re: Norway 2008

[pnstenquist]

Many fabulous images. The first is certainly among my favorites. I only wish I 
could make them larger. (Perhaps I could but don't know how:-).
Paul
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> 
> On Aug 17, 2008, at 11:59 AM, Cotty wrote:
> 
> > Nearly a hundred pics! Fear not - easy to see thumbs for avoiding  
> > duds.
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> > 
> 
> lots of great stuff in there, Cotty! Looks like you had a fantastic  
> trip!
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Re: GESO - Norway 2008 - the Pentax version

[Derby Chang]

Cotty wrote:
> Nearly a hundred pics! Fear not - easy to see thumbs for avoiding duds.
>
> 
>
>   

and


AlunFoto wrote:
> Cotty's done the Canon version. :-)
>
> http://www.alunfoto.no/galleri/thumbnails.php?album=9
>
> Pics sized to within 1024x768 px.
>
> cheers,
> Jostein
>
>   

Very enjoyable both of them. I love how the Norwegian light is like one 
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Cotty's done the Canon version. :-)

http://www.alunfoto.no/galleri/thumbnails.php?album=9

Pics sized to within 1024x768 px.

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Re: OT Four those heading to GFM this wekend

[Mark Roberts]

Ken Waller wrote:
>>
>> David J Brooks wrote:
>>
>>> I think its this weekend.
>>>
>>> Any way have a good time at the PJ show, whom ever i going.
>>>
>> Only four going?
>>
>> (ann ducks)
>>
> At this point its probably four gone.

Fewer than four and it's now over.

I think I'm the only non-lurker PDML'er who showed up. We can no longer 
taunt Cesar for oversleeping gate-boy duty a couple of years ago because 
Doug Brewer "overslept" the entire weekend: He thought is was *next* 
weekend and didn't find out otherwise until Grandfather Mountain PR 
Director Landis phoned him up on Friday.

Had four presentations, varying from very, very good to quite poor. The 
second was the better of the two presented each day.

I came down a few days early and did some hiking/photography/research 
for the book I'm working on. Then helping with logistics for the camera 
clinic. Finished up around noon today and I'm feeling well and truly 
"shagged out after a long squawk".

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Re: Norway 2008

[Adam Maas]

Oh, the images scale fine, they just scale well beyond the native
resolution of the files, which is not terribly flattering to the more
detailed images which appear soft & fuzzy on a high-res display. This
is one reason why auto-resizing galleries are not a great idea.

-Adam

On Sun, Aug 17, 2008 at 3:41 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Sounds like a browser problem to me. It scales nicely at all
> resolutions on the 23" Cinema Display, and looks good even on my
> PowerBook G4 15" and my partner's MacBook screens (both internal and
> 21" Samsung), in both Firefox and Safari.
>
> Godfrey
>
> On Aug 17, 2008, at 12:30 PM, Adam Maas wrote:
>
>> Nice stuff, unfortunately the Auto-resizing that MobileMe does to make
>> the images fit the screen doesn't play well with high-res screens like
>> my 21" 1856x1394 display.
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Re: OT: GPS tracks and google maps

[Doug Franklin]

Subash wrote:

> how do you sync your photos with the gps device? i never used the
> garmin to geotag my photos...

I used a program called GPicSync.  You load the tracks from the GPS 
device and the photos from the camera both onto your hard drive.  The 
program then matches up the times in the track to the times stamped into 
the photos, and it updates the EXIF data to include lat/log/alt 
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Re: Norway 2008

[ann sanfedele]

Not so many duds, mate

I particularly love the overview of Bergen and the "Moody Views" and all 
the other puns in your captions :):)

Looks like you had a terrific time

ann



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Re: PESO: Old Boathouse

[AlunFoto]

love the colour version, Rick.

And thanks for the encouragement. We're going on a canoe trip next week-end.

Jostein

2008/8/16 Rick Womer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> I daringly took my camera and a few lenses out in the canoe yesterday.  Not 
> far from where we are staying is this old boathouse:
>
> http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=7680612&size=lg
>
> Those are not "Velvia greens"; it has rained so much in New England that 
> things are very lush.
>
> Just for jollies I tried a B&W conversion:
>
> http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=7680613&size=lg
>
> Those two rocks in the foreground are a problem; they are granite, and even 
> in overcast they almost glow.  No amount of diddling with curves and whatnot 
> would tame them.
>
> K10D, DA 50-200, ISO 280, f/4.5 @ 1/125, RAW via LR.
>
> Rick
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Re: Apollo archive

[AlunFoto]

2008/8/17 Toine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> You do need a polarizer:

Interesting. But surely, it's not for reducing haze, is it? :-)

Jostein


> Hasselblad EDC (Electric Data Camera)
> This is a specially designed version of the motorized 500EL intended
> for use on the surface of the moon, where the first lunar pictures
> were taken on 20 July 1969 by Neil Armstrong. The camera is equipped
> with a specially designed Biogon lens with a focal length of 60 mm,
> with a polarization filter mounted on the lens. A glass plate
> (Reseau-Plate), provided with reference crosses which are recorded on
> the film during exposure, is in contact with the film, and these
> crosses can be seen on all the pictures taken on the moon from 1969 to
> 1972. The 12 HEDC cameras used on the surface of the moon were left
> there. Only the film magazines were brought back.
>
> On Sun, Aug 17, 2008 at 9:05 PM, AlunFoto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> Thanks for posting that link Derby.
>>
>> Now there's one place you won't need a polarizer... :-)
>>
>> Jostein
>>
>> 2008/8/17 Derby Chang <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>>>
>>>
>>> Boring featureless skies. Expanses of dull grey foreground. Lens flare.
>>> Ignoring rule of thirds. Plenty of inadvertent shutter releases. But
>>> darn I love this stuff. Click on "Full Hasselblad Magazines"
>>> http://www.apolloarchive.com/apollo_gallery.html
>>>
>>> Coincidentally, I also saw this page for the first time today
>>> http://www.hasselblad.com/about-hasselblad/hasselblad-in-space/space-cameras.aspx
>>>
>>> Only"We then apply the knowledge and expertise we gain in space and
>>> bring it back to earth, further improving the Hasselblad line." Gag
>>>
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Re: Apollo archive

[Mark Erickson]

Derby Chang wrote:
>Boring featureless skies. Expanses of dull grey foreground. Lens flare. 
>Ignoring rule of thirds. Plenty of inadvertent shutter releases. But 
>darn I love this stuff. Click on "Full Hasselblad Magazines"
>http://www.apolloarchive.com/apollo_gallery.html

The full magazines are definitely the way to go.  What I like best about
them is the way the convey the "space tourist" feel.  When I look at the
Apollo 11 archive and click through the first post-landing roll, I get the
feel that these two guys were like super-excited kids on safari or
something--"look at that!  look over there!  oooh, there's the Earth!
Cool!"  It's a very different feeling compared to the polished, professional
test-pilot publicity that the space program sold to the public.  I like the
excited tourist perspective a lot better.

Must have been one heck of a ride

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Re: Norway 2008

[Godfrey DiGiorgi]

Sounds like a browser problem to me. It scales nicely at all  
resolutions on the 23" Cinema Display, and looks good even on my  
PowerBook G4 15" and my partner's MacBook screens (both internal and  
21" Samsung), in both Firefox and Safari.

Godfrey

On Aug 17, 2008, at 12:30 PM, Adam Maas wrote:

> Nice stuff, unfortunately the Auto-resizing that MobileMe does to make
> the images fit the screen doesn't play well with high-res screens like
> my 21" 1856x1394 display.
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Re: Norway 2008

[Godfrey DiGiorgi]

On Aug 17, 2008, at 11:59 AM, Cotty wrote:

> Nearly a hundred pics! Fear not - easy to see thumbs for avoiding  
> duds.
>
> 

lots of great stuff in there, Cotty! Looks like you had a fantastic  
trip!

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Re: Norway 2008

[P. J. Alling]

Don't feel bad, he's a professional...

AlunFoto wrote:
> Bloody hell, mate! You've been working those pics fast. Better get my
> version up too, but dunno if I can do that tonight.
>
> Lots of nice ones there. Vera had a LOL from the series with the
> "viking" helmets.
>
> Jostein
>
>
> 2008/8/17 Cotty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>   
>> Nearly a hundred pics! Fear not - easy to see thumbs for avoiding duds.
>>
>> 
>>
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Re: Apollo archive

[Toine]

You do need a polarizer:

Hasselblad EDC (Electric Data Camera)
This is a specially designed version of the motorized 500EL intended
for use on the surface of the moon, where the first lunar pictures
were taken on 20 July 1969 by Neil Armstrong. The camera is equipped
with a specially designed Biogon lens with a focal length of 60 mm,
with a polarization filter mounted on the lens. A glass plate
(Reseau-Plate), provided with reference crosses which are recorded on
the film during exposure, is in contact with the film, and these
crosses can be seen on all the pictures taken on the moon from 1969 to
1972. The 12 HEDC cameras used on the surface of the moon were left
there. Only the film magazines were brought back.

On Sun, Aug 17, 2008 at 9:05 PM, AlunFoto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Thanks for posting that link Derby.
>
> Now there's one place you won't need a polarizer... :-)
>
> Jostein
>
> 2008/8/17 Derby Chang <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>>
>>
>> Boring featureless skies. Expanses of dull grey foreground. Lens flare.
>> Ignoring rule of thirds. Plenty of inadvertent shutter releases. But
>> darn I love this stuff. Click on "Full Hasselblad Magazines"
>> http://www.apolloarchive.com/apollo_gallery.html
>>
>> Coincidentally, I also saw this page for the first time today
>> http://www.hasselblad.com/about-hasselblad/hasselblad-in-space/space-cameras.aspx
>>
>> Only"We then apply the knowledge and expertise we gain in space and
>> bring it back to earth, further improving the Hasselblad line." Gag
>>
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Re: Norway 2008

[AlunFoto]

Bloody hell, mate! You've been working those pics fast. Better get my
version up too, but dunno if I can do that tonight.

Lots of nice ones there. Vera had a LOL from the series with the
"viking" helmets.

Jostein


2008/8/17 Cotty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> Nearly a hundred pics! Fear not - easy to see thumbs for avoiding duds.
>
> 
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Re: Norway 2008

[Adam Maas]

Nice stuff, unfortunately the Auto-resizing that MobileMe does to make
the images fit the screen doesn't play well with high-res screens like
my 21" 1856x1394 display.

-Adam

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Re: Apollo archive

[AlunFoto]

Thanks for posting that link Derby.

Now there's one place you won't need a polarizer... :-)

Jostein

2008/8/17 Derby Chang <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>
>
> Boring featureless skies. Expanses of dull grey foreground. Lens flare.
> Ignoring rule of thirds. Plenty of inadvertent shutter releases. But
> darn I love this stuff. Click on "Full Hasselblad Magazines"
> http://www.apolloarchive.com/apollo_gallery.html
>
> Coincidentally, I also saw this page for the first time today
> http://www.hasselblad.com/about-hasselblad/hasselblad-in-space/space-cameras.aspx
>
> Only"We then apply the knowledge and expertise we gain in space and
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Norway 2008

[Cotty]

Nearly a hundred pics! Fear not - easy to see thumbs for avoiding duds.





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Re: PESO: Old Boathouse

[Ken Waller]

Nicely executed.

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- Original Message - 
From: "Jack Davis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: PESO: Old Boathouse


> Very well composed, Rick. You make a good point about the rocks sort of 
> imposing themselves on the scene. Maybe a bit of burning tool treatment..?
> Conversion lacks the contrast I would be looking for and it may be my 
> eyes/monitor, but I seems to see a slight purple tone.(?)
>
> Jack
>
>
> --- On Fri, 8/15/08, Rick Womer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>> From: Rick Womer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> Subject: PESO: Old Boathouse
>> To: pdml@pdml.net
>> Date: Friday, August 15, 2008, 7:04 PM
>> I daringly took my camera and a few lenses out in the canoe
>> yesterday.  Not far from where we are staying is this old
>> boathouse:
>>
>> http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=7680612&size=lg
>>
>> Those are not "Velvia greens"; it has rained so
>> much in New England that things are very lush.
>>
>> Just for jollies I tried a B&W conversion:
>>
>> http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=7680613&size=lg
>>
>> Those two rocks in the foreground are a problem; they are
>> granite, and even in overcast they almost glow.  No amount
>> of diddling with curves and whatnot would tame them.
>>
>> K10D, DA 50-200, ISO 280, f/4.5 @ 1/125, RAW via LR.
>>
>> Rick


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Parting with some lenses

[Jerome]

Anyone in the market for a FA 300mm f2.8? If so, please let me know
off-list (send me a price). I've watched it sit long enough, and finally
can't justify keeping it (I just don't get to use it often enough). My DA
50-135mm lens will be on the market soon as well. I just have to use it
for one more event soon. Again, contact me off-list if interested. Thanks.

P.S.
The 400mm f2.8 is also on the verge of being sold also... but I'm still
too emotionally attached to it at the moment. Check back in a month or two
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Re: Any one else doing less personal photography this summer

[Ken Waller]

Not here.
Shooting about the same. I just spent 7 days in the Upper Peninsula of 
Michigan shooting in Seney Wildlife Refuge. Probably a thousand or so 
images.

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- Original Message - 
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Subject: Any one else doing less personal photography this summer


> Just a lets throw this question out there.
>
> I used to do quite a bit of driving, looking for photo ops regarding
> rural landscapes etc., and
> i thought having 9 weeks off for school break would give me more
> opportunities, but, i'm finding
> i have done less this summer than in the past. My shows do keep me
> busy, but i still have some time to my self during the regular work
> week.
>
> Wonder if  subconcesly i reguired a break, or i really do care about
> high fuel prices.
>
> Any one else like this
>
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Re: Back Breaker

[Paul Stenquist]

Much appreciated, sir.

On Aug 17, 2008, at 1:28 PM, Ken Waller wrote:

> Well done.
>
> Kenneth Waller
> http://www.tinyurl.com/272u2f
>
> - Original Message -
> From: "Paul Stenquist" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> Subject: PESO: Back Breaker
>
>
>> I did a shoot for a limo company yesterday. It was a ball buster and
>> a back breaker. To maneuver in a stretch limo you have to walk bent
>> over with your nose to the ground. I shot four stretch interiors and
>> a bunch of buses. I used the K20D and the DA 12-24 at 12 mm for all
>> shots. I mounted the camera on my small Slik graphite tripod, which
>> made things somewhat manageable. I figured the only good way to light
>> these things was with their own interior lights, but it had to be
>> done in the dark. Luckily, the company has a huge garage, so I had
>> them pull each vehicle inside. I shot manual focus at a hyperfocal
>> setting -- about three feet for the stretch limos and seven feet for
>> the buses.  The exposure on this shot is f7.1, 4 seconds, ISO 500.
>> It's a stretch Lincoln limo. The passenger cabin is about 12 feet
>> long. I also shot a stretch Hummer that's 25 feet long, nose to tail.
>>
>>
>> http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=7672877&size=lg
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Re: Tudor Sedan

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Thanks for commenting on both pics.
Paul
On Aug 17, 2008, at 1:13 PM, Ken Waller wrote:

> Yowser, Yowser, Yowser !
>
> Kenneth Waller
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> - Original Message -
> From: "Paul Stenquist" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: PESO: Tudor Sedan
>
>
>> As a follow up to the three-window coupe. allow me to offer a Tudor
>> Sedan. This is a model A Ford, I believe. Late twenties or early
>> thirties. Some minor modifications by the owner who appears to have a
>> knack with things mechanical.
>>
>> http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=7669720&size=lg
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Re: PESO: Deuce Coupe (corrected URL)

[Paul Stenquist]

I'm not sure, but it could be. If it's not glass, it's been leaded,  
manicured and massaged.
Paul
On Aug 17, 2008, at 12:57 PM, Ken Waller wrote:

> Well done, as usual, Paul.
> For some reason, makes me think its a glass body. Any idea?
>
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>
> - Original Message -
> From: "David J Brooks" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: Re: PESO: Deuce Coupe (corrected URL)
>
>
>> That one is very good. Love the light trails.
>>
>> Just enough blur to the main car.
>>
>> We have had a few classic car shows around here, but they all fall on
>> horse show weekends.
>>
>> One day i'll get a life.:-)
>>
>> Dave
>>
>> On Tue, Aug 12, 2008 at 11:30 PM, Paul Stenquist
>> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>>
>>> On Aug 12, 2008, at 11:13 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote:
>>>
 The Woodward Dream Cruise is up and running here in Motor City.  
 Many
 thousands of hot rods, classics and muscle cars on the street
 tonight. Here's a hot rod three window coupe, probably a '32  
 Ford or
 "deuce coupe".
 Shot just after dark with the K20D and DA* 16-50, f2.8, 1/8th  
 second,
 ISO 400, 540 flash.

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Re: K20D question for those that have one

[Ken Waller]

> Just curious as to how many of our current K20D owners felt it
> necessary to do adjusts

Not here, but then I don't have any of the DA lenses.

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Subject: K20D question for those that have one


>I know Paul had checked his lenses and adjust for most, if not all of them.
>
> Just curious as to how many of our current K20D owners felt it
> necessary to do adjusts.
>
> And if you did adjust, did you just use the D70 test page at 30 or the
> "made for Pentax" sheet on the other forum.
>
> I'v narrowed down, my, VERY LAST CAMERA PURCHASE EVER, to a K20D or
> D700(but only when i get some real user feed back on this one)
>
> Dave


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Re: Back Breaker

[Ken Waller]

Well done.

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From: "Paul Stenquist" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Subject: PESO: Back Breaker


>I did a shoot for a limo company yesterday. It was a ball buster and
> a back breaker. To maneuver in a stretch limo you have to walk bent
> over with your nose to the ground. I shot four stretch interiors and
> a bunch of buses. I used the K20D and the DA 12-24 at 12 mm for all
> shots. I mounted the camera on my small Slik graphite tripod, which
> made things somewhat manageable. I figured the only good way to light
> these things was with their own interior lights, but it had to be
> done in the dark. Luckily, the company has a huge garage, so I had
> them pull each vehicle inside. I shot manual focus at a hyperfocal
> setting -- about three feet for the stretch limos and seven feet for
> the buses.  The exposure on this shot is f7.1, 4 seconds, ISO 500.
> It's a stretch Lincoln limo. The passenger cabin is about 12 feet
> long. I also shot a stretch Hummer that's 25 feet long, nose to tail.
>
>
> http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=7672877&size=lg
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Re: PESO - Stumped

[Ken Waller]

Nice as is. But I'd either go for more detail on the shadow side or make 
them silhouettes.
The brightness in the LLH corner is somewhat distracting to me.

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- Original Message - 
From: "Brian Walters" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Subject: PESO - Stumped


Hi all

A shot from a recent walk along the Nepean River near Penrith.  I liked
the light and shade on these stumps but I'm not quite sure if the photo
has "worked".


http://www.blognow.com.au/PESO/95749/Stumped.html


Comments, yeys, nays, all welcome.



Cheers

Brian

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Re: Tudor Sedan

[Ken Waller]

Yowser, Yowser, Yowser !

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- Original Message - 
From: "Paul Stenquist" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: PESO: Tudor Sedan


> As a follow up to the three-window coupe. allow me to offer a Tudor  
> Sedan. This is a model A Ford, I believe. Late twenties or early  
> thirties. Some minor modifications by the owner who appears to have a  
> knack with things mechanical.
> 
> http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=7669720&size=lg


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Re: PESO - Cinelli Vigorelli (more bike porn)

[Ken Waller]

I like !

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- Original Message - 
From: "frank theriault" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: PESO - Cinelli Vigorelli (more bike porn)


> http://tinyurl.com/6rlj9k
>
> http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_EaTEtfR4WJw/SKA7ajAnitI/C0c/en9rrk8scA4/s1600-h/aug_11_08+002.jpg
>
> A major blasphemy was committed by the owner of this trackbike.  Can
> anyone notice?  You'll have to look very closely...
>
> Comments always welcome.
>
> cheers,
> frank


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Re: PESO: Deuce Coupe (corrected URL)

[Ken Waller]

Well done, as usual, Paul.
For some reason, makes me think its a glass body. Any idea?

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- Original Message - 
From: "David J Brooks" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: PESO: Deuce Coupe (corrected URL)


> That one is very good. Love the light trails.
> 
> Just enough blur to the main car.
> 
> We have had a few classic car shows around here, but they all fall on
> horse show weekends.
> 
> One day i'll get a life.:-)
> 
> Dave
> 
> On Tue, Aug 12, 2008 at 11:30 PM, Paul Stenquist
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>
>> On Aug 12, 2008, at 11:13 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote:
>>
>>> The Woodward Dream Cruise is up and running here in Motor City. Many
>>> thousands of hot rods, classics and muscle cars on the street
>>> tonight. Here's a hot rod three window coupe, probably a '32 Ford or
>>> "deuce coupe".
>>> Shot just after dark with the K20D and DA* 16-50, f2.8, 1/8th second,
>>> ISO 400, 540 flash.
>>>
>>> http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=7665704&size=lg
>>>


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Re: OT: Ahem.......

[Ken Waller]

I wouldn't pooh pooh it if I were you.

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- Original Message - 
From: "Cotty" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Subject: Re: OT: Ahem...


> On 12/8/08, Brian Walters, discombobulated, unleashed:
> 
>>Hi all
>>
>>Complex is right.
>>
>>http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/08/12/2332079.htm
> 
> 
> Can it.
> 
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> 
> Cheers,
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> 
> 
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Re: "Look at my macro photography", he bellows!

[Ken Waller]

Nice creative work Mark.

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- Original Message - 
From: "Mark Roberts" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: "Look at my macro photography", he bellows!


> Macro fun in the garden:
> 
> http://www.robertstech.com/obedient.jpg
> Obedient Plant (Physostegia virginiana)
> 
> http://www.robertstech.com/ironweed.jpg
> Ironweed (Vernonia altissima)
> 
> K20D, SMC-M 50/1.7 (reversed) on bellows
> Both shot at f/22, approx 1/20 second
> About 2:1 magnification on the Obedient Plant, probably 3:1 or more on 
> the Ironweed.


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Re: Where IS Mr. Robb, anyhow? [WAS: Re: For William Robb]

[Ken Waller]

> He's plowing the south 4000

I thought he was pinning for the fjords!

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Subject: Re: Where IS Mr. Robb, anyhow? [WAS: Re: For William Robb]


> On Mon, Aug 11, 2008 at 6:31 PM, keith_w <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>
>> Just occurred to me, it's been a while since I've heard his dulcet tones!
>
> He's plowing the south 4000
> Dave
>>
>> keith whaley


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Re: For William Robb

[Ken Waller]

> We confuse easily here.

MARK !

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Subject: Re: For William Robb


> On Mon, Aug 11, 2008 at 10:19 PM, Christine  Aguila
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> Thanks, Dave S., Brian, Dave B., Paul, Doug, Rick, Mark, Frank, Peter,
>> Steve, and, of course, William.  Sorry for the confusion.  Big cheers,
>> Christine
> 
> We confuse easily here.
> 
> Dave
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> From: "Brian Walters" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>> Anyway - lots of energy in that shot.  I like it.


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Re: OT Four those heading to GFM this wekend

[Ken Waller]

At this point its probably four gone.

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Subject: Re: OT Four those heading to GFM this wekend


> Only four going?
> 
> (ann ducks)
> 
> 
> 
> David J Brooks wrote:
> 
>>I think its this weekend.
>>
>>Any way have a good time at the PJ show, whom ever i going.
>>
>>Dave


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Re: PESO 2008 - 127 - GDG

[Ken Waller]

I like it Godfrey.

BTW it looks like a good place for a drag race!

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- Original Message - 
From: "Bob W" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: RE: PESO 2008 - 127 - GDG


>> 
>> One from the road, 2006:
>> 
>> http://homepage.mac.com/godders/127-northbound.jpg
>> Heading to Roswell - New Mexico 2006
>> Pentax *ist DS + DA21mm f/3.2 Limited
>> ISO 200 @ f/8 @ 1/40 sec
>> 
>>   ::
>> The photo is perhaps a little common, 
> 
> A very good example of its type.
> 
>> but the moment was just as  
>> sunset closed over the land as I crossed the Texas/New Mexico border
> 
>> on my driving trip around the USA in 2006. The wide road converging
> 
>> into the north and the long way yet to go under that light and sky  
>> made me stop and record the moment. I'd been on the road for 6000  
>> miles at that point, stopping little and thinking lots.
>> 
>> A somewhat larger rendering is on flickr.com:
>>http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3054/2754135632_9ab180b9b3_o.jpg
>> 
> 
> Looks like a good place to land a space ship.
> 
> Bob


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Re: Melissa

[Ken Waller]

Nice work Mr Robb!
I especially like the simplicity in bothe the surroubdings & colors.

I'm on dial up so I really appreciate the small image file size - thanks.
A minor nit would be the lack of arrow to click on for the next or previous 
image.

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- Original Message - 
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Subject: GESO: Melissa


> Also, my first attempt at creating a Flash gallery, sorry.
> http://users.accesscomm.ca/wrobb/pictures/melissa/index.html
> Pictures are pretty work friendly.
>
> Comments welcome, hints regarding how to make the flash thingie work 
> better
> would be nice too.
>
> Thanks
>
> William Robb
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Re: PESO - Summertime Treat

[Ken Waller]

Been gone for a week shooting UP north, so this will seem out of sequence -

Looks good to me !

So how did you get the exposure you wound up with (in camera)?

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- Original Message - 
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Subject: PESO - Summertime Treat


> Taken about a month ago, back when we actually had a summer (it's been
> cool and rainy weeks now).  I have no idea who she is, she was just in
> a park with her dad enjoying herself.
>
> Let me know what you think of the rendering, 'cause I gotta tell ya, I
> had huge problems with this.  She was standing under a tree and the
> background is in bright sunlight, and I had all sorts of trouble
> getting it "right".  In fact, I'm still not happy with the rendering,
> but this is the best I could do.  Thanks.
>
> http://tinyurl.com/6of9pn
>
> http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_EaTEtfR4WJw/SKA64gYRcxI/C0U/fVpuuqiFZT0/s1600-h/aug_11_08+008.jpg
>
> cheers,
> frank
>
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Re: When is a little Photoshoppery too much Photoshoppery?

[Christine Aguila]

Nope, not Chuck Close.  Can't remember his name actually.  Cheers, Christine


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> He wouldn't be Chuck Close, would he?
> 
> I recall Chuck Close won a WPP prize this year with a daguerreotype, 
> bless his socks.
> 
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Re: OT - help regarding a speaker cord

[ann sanfedele]

Hi Joseph
Actually -  I was offered litttle speakers from another list member...

There used to be a flea market near me that would have been the best 
place to hunt but it is gone..

I figured I could justify  up to $10 for this project but stopped 
there.. ain't the end of the world, but would have been nice.
Got lots of stuff I could swap

ann


Joseph McAllister wrote:

>On Aug 15, 2008, at 01:35 , ann wrote:
>
>  
>
>>May be -  but too much money
>>alas.
>>thanks Paul  - anyway
>>also, note the guy's relatively low feedback.
>>
>>ann
>>
>>
>
>
>Out here (Seattle area) we have a place where you can go to donate  
>your old computer equipment, or buy donated equipment. It's called RE- 
>PC. They have box after box of wall warts like you need, and they're  
>$1.00 each. Sometimes the sorting through can be exasperating, what  
>with tangled cords, etc. But I've purchased many a wart for projects  
>of various needs.
>
>I even have the one you need, but it powers my HK speaker system on my  
>Mac.
>
>Sorry!
>
>Joseph McAllister
>Pentaxian
>
>
>  
>



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Re: OT: GPS tracks and google maps

[Subash]

On Sun, 17 Aug 2008 10:18:07 -0400
Doug Franklin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Subash wrote:
> 
> > during my recent ride in the himalayas i had taken a garmin gps
> > with me (the vista hcx) and almost every day's ride was saved as
> > tracks. had taken eight eneloop batteries to power the device (had
> > also fixed a DC 12V cigarette lighter socket to the motorcycle
> > battery to charge the eneloops through a DC charger). managed to
> > keep the device powered through the 21 days of the ride...
> 
> I also used an eTrex Vista HCx on my trip to Bulgaria back in
> February. I did the same thing you did, leaving it running and
> recording my track all of the time I was out and about.  I used
> Lithium AA batteries and got about 50 hours of use per pair of
> batteries with essentially zero backlight usage, and not one heck of
> a lot of looking at the screen at all.

hi Doug,

the eneloops were pretty decent too since i did leave the backlight on
at moderate levels because i was stopping and entering waypoints every
once in a while. the vista hcx was pretty good. the only time it lost
the signal was when we were inside a 3-km long tunnel (of course)

how do you sync your photos with the gps device? i never used the
garmin to geotag my photos...

regards, subash

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Re: A question for the list

[Bob Sullivan]

Oh that's a scary picture!  And Frank told us he had lost the bunny
ears...   Regards,  Bob S.

On Sat, Aug 16, 2008 at 9:15 PM, Paul Stenquist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I've been looking for a photo assistant to help me with shoots that
> call for a lot of gear. I'm getting old. Can't carry it all. I ran
> into this fellow the other day, and he claims to have worked with
> another Pentax photographer and seems to be quite familiar with the
> range of Pentax equipment. He says the guy he worked with did a lot
> of street photography in BW and that some of it was posted to the
> PDML. Does anyone recognize this guy?
>
> http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=7685343
>
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Re: PESO - An Old Man, a Framed Print and a Bike

[Doug Franklin]

frank theriault wrote:

> Funny (or maybe not so funny!), Toronto used to be called "Toronto the
> Good".  Compared to many American cities, even compared to Montreal,
> Toronto was staid, quiet, and (most of all) ~clean~.  Every so often
> some American tourist would send a letter to the editor to one of our
> newspapers waxing rhapsodic about how much cleaner our city was than
> theirs.

That's really just about the only thing that really bugged me in 
Bulgaria ... there's a lot of trash on the ground, basically everywhere 
outdoors.  Part of the problem may have been that I was there before the 
leaves started coming out, so the trash was much more visible.  But it 
was definitely a bit of a downer and it messed up some gorgeous locales 
and scenes.  I sure hope they get a handle on it.  Other that that, the 
Plovdiv area is visually delightful, between several thousand years of 
history and being nestled in between about three or four mountain ranges 
but lying on the banks of the Maritsa river in the central plain.  I 
hope to visit the Black Sea coast area next March or April and it'll be 
interesting to see if there's a difference in the heavily touristy areas 
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Re: OT: GPS tracks and google maps

[Doug Franklin]

Hi Subash,

Subash wrote:

> during my recent ride in the himalayas i had taken a garmin gps with me
> (the vista hcx) and almost every day's ride was saved as tracks. had
> taken eight eneloop batteries to power the device (had also fixed 
> a DC 12V cigarette lighter socket to the motorcycle battery to charge
> the eneloops through a DC charger). managed to keep the device powered
> through the 21 days of the ride...

I also used an eTrex Vista HCx on my trip to Bulgaria back in February. 
  I did the same thing you did, leaving it running and recording my 
track all of the time I was out and about.  I used Lithium AA batteries 
and got about 50 hours of use per pair of batteries with essentially 
zero backlight usage, and not one heck of a lot of looking at the screen 
at all.

I learned a valuable lesson when I got home and tried to sync the photos 
with the tracks: don't change anything about your clock setup on either 
device while you're doing this.  One night, I was reviewing my shots for 
the day, and realized that the K10D thought it was still in Atlanta, 
time-zone wise.  I changed a setting that I thought would only change 
the displayed time zone when on the screen without affecting anything 
else.  Unfortunately, it changed the times burned into the photos, so I 
could only "geolocate" about half of the photos automatically.

Before I mangled the time settings, it worked a treat, though.  Most of 
the time my eTrex Vista was getting about 6-10m of accuracy, since we 
were in a city in hilly terrain.  Out in the suburbs it was typically 
running at about 3m accuracy.  It was really quite interesting to see my 
own shots' positions located on the Google Earth imagery.

The GPS was really handy when exploring the city, too.  I could always 
see all the tracks since we arrived, so it was easy to tell where we 
hadn't been and what we hadn't seen.  "Hey, the map is pretty clear of 
tracks over there, let's go there!".

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Re: When is a little Photoshoppery too much Photoshoppery?

[ann sanfedele]

mike wilson wrote:

>Brian Walters wrote:
>
>>Hi Bob
>>
>>On Sat, 16 Aug 2008 10:11:05 +0100, "Bob W" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
>>
>>>*although personally I would imprison all writers of fantasy & science
>>>fiction, and if he were still alive I would have Tolkien cut into
>>>small pieces and fed to dwarves.
>>>
>>Couldn't agree more.  I managed to avoid reading 'Lord of the Rings' and
>>seeing the first two parts of the film trilogy but I was dragged along
>>to "The Two Towers".  It was three of the most excruciating hours in a
>>darkened room that I can recall.
>>
>>
>They released "Return of the King" before "The Two Towers" in  Australia?  No 
>wonder you were confused.
>
. ann adds 2 cents ..
(1) LOL , Mike...  
(2) Although when I was "young and easy under the apple boughs" - that 
is, in the late 60's, my then lover and I
and other friends of ours enjoyed the Lord of the Rings trilogy,  odd, 
since we were pretty much all pacifist-athiestic-lefties.
But we poked fun at it,too.  that being said, I found the film to be 
unwatchable... tried a couple of times when it was on TV...
In fact, I find most high-techy fantasy type films unwatchable, so I 
align with Bob W there... too much noise, too much
visual puff.  I can't abide Cirque de Soleil , either.  

Brian - why did you stay for 3 hours???

ann

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Re: When is a little Photoshoppery too much Photoshoppery?

[Paul Stenquist]

I agree. Journalism's role is to report factual information. Fine art  
photography is another matter altogether.
Paul
On Aug 16, 2008, at 10:49 PM, William Robb wrote:

>
> - Original Message -
> From: "Paul Stenquist"
> Subject: Re: When is a little Photoshoppery too much Photoshoppery?
>
>
>> Every once in a while -- like once in a blue moon -- I get a call
>> from the New York Times to shoot something in the Detroit metro area.
>> Their policy is that I can't touch it. I can convert the RAW file
>> but  no alterations are allowed. If any additional work is considered
>> acceptable, it will be done by their photo editors. Thus far, all of
>> my photos have appeared in the paper exactly as I shot them.
>
> And that, my friend, is as it should be.
>
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Re: When is a little Photoshoppery too much Photoshoppery?

[mike wilson]

Brian Walters wrote:

>Hi Bob
>
>On Sat, 16 Aug 2008 10:11:05 +0100, "Bob W" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
>  
>
>>*although personally I would imprison all writers of fantasy & science
>>fiction, and if he were still alive I would have Tolkien cut into
>>small pieces and fed to dwarves.
>>
>>
>>
>
>
>Couldn't agree more.  I managed to avoid reading 'Lord of the Rings' and
>seeing the first two parts of the film trilogy but I was dragged along
>to "The Two Towers".  It was three of the most excruciating hours in a
>darkened room that I can recall.
>
>  
>
They released "Return of the King" before "The Two Towers" in 
Australia?  No wonder you were confused.

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Re: When is a little Photoshrubbery too much Photoshrubbery?

[Godfrey DiGiorgi]

Anticipation?

Godfrey - www.gdgphoto.com

On Aug 17, 2008, at 6:23 AM, mike wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>  
wrote:

> Brian Walters wrote:
>
>> Heretic??
>>
>> Hmmm Perhaps I'd better be on the look out for the Spanish
>> Inquisition..
>>
>>
>>
>
> Subject changed in anticipation of a seriously off-topic swerve.
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Re: When is a little Photoshrubbery too much Photoshrubbery?

[mike wilson]

Brian Walters wrote:

>Heretic??
>
>Hmmm Perhaps I'd better be on the look out for the Spanish
>Inquisition..
>
>  
>

Subject changed in anticipation of a seriously off-topic swerve.

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Re: A question for the list

[mike wilson]

Paul Stenquist wrote:

>I've been looking for a photo assistant to help me with shoots that  
>call for a lot of gear. I'm getting old. Can't carry it all. I ran  
>into this fellow the other day, and he claims to have worked with  
>another Pentax photographer and seems to be quite familiar with the  
>range of Pentax equipment. He says the guy he worked with did a lot  
>of street photography in BW and that some of it was posted to the  
>PDML. Does anyone recognize this guy?
>
>http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=7685343
>
>
>  
>
I don't believe him.  Frank would never be able to get that guy on the 
crossbar.

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Apollo archive

[Derby Chang]

Boring featureless skies. Expanses of dull grey foreground. Lens flare. 
Ignoring rule of thirds. Plenty of inadvertent shutter releases. But 
darn I love this stuff. Click on "Full Hasselblad Magazines"
http://www.apolloarchive.com/apollo_gallery.html

Coincidentally, I also saw this page for the first time today
http://www.hasselblad.com/about-hasselblad/hasselblad-in-space/space-cameras.aspx

Only"We then apply the knowledge and expertise we gain in space and 
bring it back to earth, further improving the Hasselblad line." Gag

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Re: GPS tracks and google maps

[Subash]

On Sun, 17 Aug 2008 13:04:44 +0200
AlunFoto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> just had a look at the gpsvisualizer.com site. Nice thingy... :-)
> -Thanks for posting the link.
> 
> What happens if you choose GoogleEarth as output format? Will that
> generate .kml files?

yes, it generates compressed kml files (.kmz)...

regards, subash

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Re: GPS tracks and Google maps

[AlunFoto]

Garmin's Forerunner series will do the same. Got the 305, and
batteries last no more than apprx. 7 hours. Great for training, but
not for motorcycle trips...:-)

Jostein

2008/8/17 Trevor Bailey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> G'day.
> Ebay Australia sell Kogan GPS trackers that link your trip into Google
> earth. They are a wristwatch type thing that has rechargeable batteries.
>
> A mate has one and its very good.
>
> Hooroo.
> Regards, Trevor.
> OZ
>
> -Original Message-
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bob
> W
> Sent: Sunday, 17 August 2008 7:38 PM
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> Subject: RE: GPS tracks and google maps
>
>>
>> if you want i can send you the individual tracks off-list so that
> you
>> can use it to view the tracks/terrain live on gpsvisualizer.com..
>>
>> regards, subash
>>
>
> Thanks, but no thanks - that sounds too complicated for me. You'll
> just have to go back there with a GPS that's compatible with Google!
>
> Bob
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Re: GPS tracks and google maps

[AlunFoto]

just had a look at the gpsvisualizer.com site. Nice thingy... :-)
-Thanks for posting the link.

What happens if you choose GoogleEarth as output format? Will that
generate .kml files?

Jostein


2008/8/17 Subash <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> On Sun, 17 Aug 2008 10:37:36 +0100
> "Bob W" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>> Thanks, but no thanks - that sounds too complicated for me. You'll
>> just have to go back there with a GPS that's compatible with Google!
>
> the (static) maps i have posted are quite detailed and will give you a
> good idea of the terrain (uses google's satellite imagery)...
>
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RE: GPS tracks and Google maps

[Trevor Bailey]

G'day.
Ebay Australia sell Kogan GPS trackers that link your trip into Google
earth. They are a wristwatch type thing that has rechargeable batteries.

A mate has one and its very good.

Hooroo.
Regards, Trevor.
OZ

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> 
> if you want i can send you the individual tracks off-list so that
you
> can use it to view the tracks/terrain live on gpsvisualizer.com..
> 
> regards, subash
> 

Thanks, but no thanks - that sounds too complicated for me. You'll
just have to go back there with a GPS that's compatible with Google!

Bob


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Re: GPS tracks and google maps

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On Sun, 17 Aug 2008 10:37:36 +0100
"Bob W" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Thanks, but no thanks - that sounds too complicated for me. You'll
> just have to go back there with a GPS that's compatible with Google!

the (static) maps i have posted are quite detailed and will give you a
good idea of the terrain (uses google's satellite imagery)...

regards, subash

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RE: GPS tracks and google maps

[Bob W]

> 
> if you want i can send you the individual tracks off-list so that
you
> can use it to view the tracks/terrain live on gpsvisualizer.com..
> 
> regards, subash
> 

Thanks, but no thanks - that sounds too complicated for me. You'll
just have to go back there with a GPS that's compatible with Google!

Bob


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Re: GPS tracks and google maps

[Subash]

On Sun, 17 Aug 2008 09:57:09 +0100
"Bob W" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Can you let us know where on Google Maps it is? I like following
> people's routes on G maps, looking at the terrain, photos etc. It's
> something I do sometimes for cycle touring routes, and would be very
> interesting for your motorbike trip.

Bob, moreover, most of the himalayas draw a blank on google maps. i
mean you do get the terrain and stuff but none of the villages roads,
tracks or even medium-sized towns are marked, except leh...

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Re: GPS tracks and google maps

[Subash]

On Sun, 17 Aug 2008 09:57:09 +0100
"Bob W" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Can you let us know where on Google Maps it is? I like following
> people's routes on G maps, looking at the terrain, photos etc. It's
> something I do sometimes for cycle touring routes, and would be very
> interesting for your motorbike trip.

Bob, AFAIK google maps doesn't support garmin gpx files/tracks. one can
feed the tracks to this online utility (gpsvisualizer.com) which in
turn will project them onto google maps which i saved as a static map...

the site also can convert gpx files into google earth kmz/kml format...

the site also limits the size of the tracks to 3 mb so i have to break
up the ride track into four or more sub-tracks...

if you want i can send you the individual tracks off-list so that you
can use it to view the tracks/terrain live on gpsvisualizer.com..

regards, subash

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RE: GPS tracks and google maps

[Bob W]

Can you let us know where on Google Maps it is? I like following
people's routes on G maps, looking at the terrain, photos etc. It's
something I do sometimes for cycle touring routes, and would be very
interesting for your motorbike trip.

Bob

> -Original Message-
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On 
> Behalf Of Subash
> Sent: 17 August 2008 10:05
> To: PDML
> Subject: OT: GPS tracks and google maps
> 
> hi,
> 
> posting this (definitely OT) subject here in the hope that it 
> may be of
> interest to those who tinker around with gps devices/google maps and
> the like...
> 
> during my recent ride in the himalayas i had taken a garmin 
> gps with me
> (the vista hcx) and almost every day's ride was saved as tracks. had
> taken eight eneloop batteries to power the device (had also fixed 
> a DC 12V cigarette lighter socket to the motorcycle battery to
charge
> the eneloops through a DC charger). managed to keep the device
powered
> through the 21 days of the ride...
> 
> since i am on slackware, i use the following programme to put
> together/combine the waypoints/tracks into one single track. 
> http://qlandkarte.sourceforge.net/. once i had a single track with
> the waypoints, for the first 10 days (from new delhi through
> lahaul and spiti to leh, the capital of ladakh district, 
> about 1550 km,
> maximum altitude attained on the way, 16600 ft), i used an online
> facility (www.gpsvisualizer.com) to project the track on to google
> maps. 
> 
> a lot of cut & paste later, i have a rough-cut google map of the
first
> 10 days' ride. i have a png file (about 7.7 mb) and a jpg version
(1.4
> mb) for those of who might want to take a peek:-))
> 
> jpg version (1.4 mb!!):
> http://picasaweb.google.com/pdml.live/Etc/photo#5235403121982680194
> 
> png version (7.7 mb!!):
> http://picasaweb.google.com/pdml.live/Etc/photo#5235405345629675218
> 
> i am keeping the next 11 days' ride map for another lazy weekend.
:-))
> 
> regards, subash
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OT: GPS tracks and google maps

[Subash]

hi,

posting this (definitely OT) subject here in the hope that it may be of
interest to those who tinker around with gps devices/google maps and
the like...

during my recent ride in the himalayas i had taken a garmin gps with me
(the vista hcx) and almost every day's ride was saved as tracks. had
taken eight eneloop batteries to power the device (had also fixed 
a DC 12V cigarette lighter socket to the motorcycle battery to charge
the eneloops through a DC charger). managed to keep the device powered
through the 21 days of the ride...

since i am on slackware, i use the following programme to put
together/combine the waypoints/tracks into one single track. 
http://qlandkarte.sourceforge.net/. once i had a single track with
the waypoints, for the first 10 days (from new delhi through
lahaul and spiti to leh, the capital of ladakh district, about 1550 km,
maximum altitude attained on the way, 16600 ft), i used an online
facility (www.gpsvisualizer.com) to project the track on to google
maps. 

a lot of cut & paste later, i have a rough-cut google map of the first
10 days' ride. i have a png file (about 7.7 mb) and a jpg version (1.4
mb) for those of who might want to take a peek:-))

jpg version (1.4 mb!!):
http://picasaweb.google.com/pdml.live/Etc/photo#5235403121982680194

png version (7.7 mb!!):
http://picasaweb.google.com/pdml.live/Etc/photo#5235405345629675218

i am keeping the next 11 days' ride map for another lazy weekend. :-))

regards, subash

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