Re: Peso: Saturday hike

[Sasha Sobol]

Hi Stan,
I think you are right (you and all others) and #2 is not working.

Thanks,
--Sasha


On Sun, Mar 29, 2009 at 5:27 PM, Stan Halpin
 wrote:
> Coming in late on this - after noticing others' comments I had to take a
> look. #2 does nothing for me, but the other three are very well done! #2
> might be better in B&W but am not sure there is enough there to spend much
> time on.
>
> stan
>
> On Mar 29, 2009, at 2:12 AM, Sasha Sobol wrote:
>
>> http://www.flickriver.com/photos/sobol/sets/72157615970999173/
>> Comments and critique are very welcome!
>>
>> Thanks,
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Re: PESO - Seedlings

[Brendan MacRae]

There may be a better one in there, but nothing that jumped out at me other 
than this one.

Maybe I should take another look.

-Brendan



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Not sure of the shot in general.  Just not very impacting - so the
pot is only part of the issue.

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Sunday, March 29, 2009, 7:50:17 PM, you wrote:


BM> One more from the greenhouse.

BM> Can't decide if I'm OK with cutting off the pot in the foreground
BM> or not. That's what I get for wearing glasses and not being able
BM> to see the entire frame in the viewfinder (renewing contact lens
BM> prescription tomorrow...). Let me know if it bugs any of you.

BM> http://www.primelensphoto.com/IMGP9546.jpg

BM> K20D, DA* 16-50mm @ 16mm, f8, 1/60, ISO 100, custom WB

BM> -Brendan


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Re: PESO: Owl

[John Sessoms]

From: Marnie
In a message dated 3/29/2009 7:34:48 P.M.  Pacific Daylight Time, 
jsessoms...@nc.rr.com writes:
I've been looking for  the owl I heard earlier this month, trying to get 
some idea of its habits.  Yesterday, I spotted it on the nest I thought 
it might use, and came back  today with my  camera:


http://www.flickr.com/photos/jb_sessoms/3396685627/

K10D,  Sigma 300 2.8 + Sigma APO 1.4x tele-converter, on a tripod ...
ISO 400 (I  think)

The image is a bit soft. I've noticed that whenever I use the 1.4x  
converter, even though it's supposed to be matched to the lens.


It  just kills me. Some guy came along with a Nikon D200 & 200 mm Nikon 
IS  lens and chimping what he got looked a whole lot sharper than what I  
got.


But ... it's what I got.

=
Bird are hard and  long glass is very expensive. It's what you got. Try again?

BTW, I really  like  this.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jb_sessoms/3217697139/sizes/l/in/photostream/

Artified,  I do that, I like artified. That's very, very nice.

Marnie aka Doe   :-) 


Thank you. That's my homage to Bob Timberlake.

BTW, that's 1/4 inch of snow that snarled traffic in Raleigh for 12 
hours or more.


It all started when the school system panicked and announced they were 
closing at noon. Everyone left work early to get home before the kids 
got there.


The upshot was that many schools ended up keeping kids over-night 
because the school busses couldn't get through to take them home.


... and I spent the day down at the beach playing with my "new" Bronica 
ETRS. Took this shot the next morning from the side of a back road near 
where my mama lived, up north of Durham NC.


Cracks me up every time I look at that photo.

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RE: GESO - Dame Helen

[John Sessoms]

From: Cotty

Bit late but hey, busy weekend.

A friend and colleague is leaving to set up her own production company
and I did her a set of publicity stills from her commercial TV days.
Good brownie points as she will hopefully be giving me some work, so did
it for expenses. Pleased with the results - here's a gallery of 23 pics
- I shot about a hundred. All with Pentax *ist Ds and 18-55 lens. You
can guess which were shot with the A*85/1.4 !




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Re: PESO - Seedlings

[Bruce Dayton]

Not sure of the shot in general.  Just not very impacting - so the
pot is only part of the issue.

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Sunday, March 29, 2009, 7:50:17 PM, you wrote:


BM> One more from the greenhouse.

BM> Can't decide if I'm OK with cutting off the pot in the foreground
BM> or not. That's what I get for wearing glasses and not being able
BM> to see the entire frame in the viewfinder (renewing contact lens
BM> prescription tomorrow...). Let me know if it bugs any of you.

BM> http://www.primelensphoto.com/IMGP9546.jpg

BM> K20D, DA* 16-50mm @ 16mm, f8, 1/60, ISO 100, custom WB

BM> -Brendan


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Re: PESO: Early Flower - Late Storm

[Bruce Dayton]

Cool shot, Stan.  Really tells a story.

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Sunday, March 29, 2009, 7:33:59 PM, you wrote:

SH> One more from this weekend. The cat photo was a chance shot as I was  
SH> passing through to process several dozen attempts to record the  
SH> impact of our usual late-March snow-and-ice storm on our usual mid- 
SH> March flowers. Again with the new DA 55/1.4

SH> http://photos.stanhalpin.com/p821843095/e21b57ab8

SH> stan

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Re: PESO #009 - Yellow Galaxy

[John Sessoms]

LCD calibrated with spyder within last 6 months. The yellows look 
yellow, but do not appear vibrant to me. Compare it to the yellows in 
"Yellow on stone" from your 2009 PES0 #2.


I would find a brighter image more pleasing.

From: Boris Liberman
John, without disrespect, I have to ask you about the profiling of your 
screen. Mine was recently (2 weeks ago or so) with Spyder. I cannot say 
that yellows look very yellow but they look yellow enough on my screen. 
Though, as a matter of fact, I am generally used to the regular light 
bulb in my room - you know - coming home after long hours at work, so 
perhaps this makes these yellows slightly yellower in my eyes.


Truly fascinating.

Boris



John Sessoms wrote:

> From: Boris Liberman

>> Mimosas...
>>
>> http://pentax-ways.blogspot.com/2009/03/peso-2009-010.html
>>
>> Be brutal and honest, as usual.
>>
>> Boris
> 
> 
> Color comes off a little dull and listless for my taste. Perhaps if the 
> image was a bit brighter.



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Re: PESO - Inside the greenhouse

[Bruce Dayton]

Pretty cool shot.  That fisheye zoom does give opportunity when
nothing else will do.  I had one for film but have never got around
to picking up the digital version.  Shots like this make me think
about it.

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Sunday, March 29, 2009, 7:19:49 PM, you wrote:


BM> This is the reason I bought the DA 10-17mm last year, so I could capture 
these sorts of shots.

BM> Another "possible" for a magazine article for sometime this year...or maybe 
next.

BM> http://www.primelensphoto.com/IMGP9554.jpg

BM> K20D, DA 10-17mm @ 10mm, f5.6, 1/180, ISO 100, custom WB

BM> Oh, and this may or may not qualify as a cat picture.

BM> -Brendan


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Such is the fate of a film camera..

[Charles Robinson]

I bought (off of Craigslist) today a Pentax ME Super in absolutely  
pristine condition.  It came in a camera bag, with a Vivitar Auto- 
Thyristor flash (no tilt or swivel, oh well).  There were two rolls of  
Fuji film in the bag (best when developed before March of 1996!).


Attached to the ME Super was an A-50mm f/1.7 lens.

Total cost?  $10.

I didn't even NEED the lens - but at that price?  Wow.  Had to do it.

Anyone want an ME Super body?  I'll never use it.

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Re: Compliment for Jostein

[Bong Manayon]

On Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 11:30 AM, Christine  Aguila
 wrote:
> Way to go, Jostein!  You're the man--the big Pentaxian Man  :-)  Big
> congrats!  Cheers, Christine
>

I wanted to say I wanted to grow up and be like Jostein but then again
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PESO #011.1 two shots from DA 50-135

[Boris Liberman]

Hi!

The permission was granted...

http://pentax-ways.blogspot.com/2009/03/peso-2009-0111.html

;-)

Both shot wide open. Be brutal and honest.

Boris

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Re: PESO: Owl

[Bob Sullivan]

John,
That's not a bad catch.
Regards,  Bob S.

On Sun, Mar 29, 2009 at 9:34 PM, John Sessoms  wrote:
> I've been looking for the owl I heard earlier this month, trying to get some
> idea of its habits. Yesterday, I spotted it on the nest I thought it might
> use, and came back today with my camera:
>
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/jb_sessoms/3396685627/
>
> K10D, Sigma 300 2.8 + Sigma APO 1.4x tele-converter, on a tripod ...
> ISO 400 (I think)
>
> The image is a bit soft. I've noticed that whenever I use the 1.4x
> converter, even though it's supposed to be matched to the lens.
>
> It just kills me. Some guy came along with a Nikon D200 & 200 mm Nikon IS
> lens and chimping what he got looked a whole lot sharper than what I got.
>
> But ... it's what I got.
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Re: Selling photos...

[Bong Manayon]

On Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 11:45 AM, John Sessoms  wrote:
> From: Bong Manayon
>>
>> Hello all...
>>
>> Am getting request for my photos, can anyone point me to a site which
>> would give a benchmark on how much to price them?
>
> Selling as stock or selling as prints?

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Re: PESO - Seedlings

[Brendan MacRae]

Ok, well, one for, one against.

Thanks.

-Brendan



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Hi Brendan:  I noticed the cut-off-pot in the foreground, but doesn't really 
bug me.  Cheers, Christine


- Original Message - From: "Brendan MacRae" 

To: "pdml" 
Sent: Sunday, March 29, 2009 9:50 PM
Subject: PESO - Seedlings


> 
> One more from the greenhouse.
> 
> Can't decide if I'm OK with cutting off the pot in the foreground or not. 
> That's what I get for wearing glasses and not being able to see the entire 
> frame in the viewfinder (renewing contact lens prescription tomorrow...). Let 
> me know if it bugs any of you.
> 
> http://www.primelensphoto.com/IMGP9546.jpg
> 
> K20D, DA* 16-50mm @ 16mm, f8, 1/60, ISO 100, custom WB
> 
> -Brendan
> 
> 
> 
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RE: Selling photos...

[John Sessoms]

From: Bong Manayon

Hello all...

Am getting request for my photos, can anyone point me to a site which
would give a benchmark on how much to price them?


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Re: PESO - Inside the greenhouse

[Brendan MacRae]

Thanks, Jack.

-Brendan



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Subject: Re: PESO - Inside the greenhouse


Structure details make for an interesting and interesting shot.
Very clever!

Jack


--- On Sun, 3/29/09, Brendan MacRae  wrote:

> From: Brendan MacRae 
> Subject: PESO - Inside the greenhouse
> To: "pdml" 
> Date: Sunday, March 29, 2009, 7:19 PM
> This is the reason I bought the DA 10-17mm last year, so I
> could capture these sorts of shots.
> 
> Another "possible" for a magazine article for
> sometime this year...or maybe next.
> 
> http://www.primelensphoto.com/IMGP9554.jpg
> 
> K20D, DA 10-17mm @ 10mm, f5.6, 1/180, ISO 100, custom WB
> 
> Oh, and this may or may not qualify as a cat picture.
> 
> -Brendan
> 
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Re: PESO - Seedlings

[Brendan MacRae]

Ok, good to know. I hate finding stuff like this later on. Whatcha gonna do?

-Brendan



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Subject: Re: PESO - Seedlings

In a message dated 3/29/2009 7:50:31 P.M.  Pacific Daylight Time, 
brendanmacrae1...@yahoo.com writes:
One more from the  greenhouse.

Can't decide if I'm OK with cutting off the pot in the  foreground or not. 
That's what I get for wearing glasses and not being able to  see the entire 
frame in the viewfinder (renewing contact lens prescription  tomorrow...). Let 
me 
know if it bugs any of  you.

http://www.primelensphoto.com/IMGP9546.jpg

K20D, DA* 16-50mm  @ 16mm, f8, 1/60, ISO 100, custom WB

-Brendan

=
Yeah,  sorry, it does bother me.

Marnie  :-(

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Re: PESO - Inside the greenhouse

[Brendan MacRae]

He must have liked the little extra heat. Thanks...

-Brendan



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Subject: Re: PESO - Inside the greenhouse

Brendan:  I like it--and I think the cat is a good add.  Composition with the 
wide angle very effective.  Cheers, Christine


- Original Message - From: "Brendan MacRae" 

To: "pdml" 
Sent: Sunday, March 29, 2009 9:19 PM
Subject: PESO - Inside the greenhouse


> 
> This is the reason I bought the DA 10-17mm last year, so I could capture 
> these sorts of shots.
> 
> Another "possible" for a magazine article for sometime this year...or maybe 
> next.
> 
> http://www.primelensphoto.com/IMGP9554.jpg
> 
> K20D, DA 10-17mm @ 10mm, f5.6, 1/180, ISO 100, custom WB
> 
> Oh, and this may or may not qualify as a cat picture.
> 
> -Brendan
> 
> 
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Re: GESO - That 70's Thang

[Christine Aguila]

That was fun, Derby:  Gosh, those white platform boots are something--& 
those fish-nets.  You know, I don't think I every wore fish-nets.  Anyway, 
fun set.  Cheers, Christine



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Warning: Polyvinyl platforms within

http://members.iinet.net.au/~derbyc/09/09_03/09_03_70s/index.htm

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Re: PESO - Inside the greenhouse

[Brendan MacRae]

Thanks! The one good thing about a lens this wide is not having to worry about 
DOF.

-Brendan



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In a message dated 3/29/2009 7:20:07 P.M.  Pacific Daylight Time, 
brendanmacrae1...@yahoo.com writes:
This is the reason  I bought the DA 10-17mm last year, so I could capture 
these sorts of  shots.

Another "possible" for a magazine article for sometime this  year...or maybe  
next.

http://www.primelensphoto.com/IMGP9554.jpg

K20D, DA 10-17mm  @ 10mm, f5.6, 1/180, ISO 100, custom WB

Oh, and this may or may not  qualify as a cat picture.

-Brendan

==
Very nice shot.  Good sharpness. Wish I had as wide a wide angle.

Marnie aka Doe  :-)


  

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Re: Compliment for Jostein

[Christine Aguila]

Way to go, Jostein!  You're the man--the big Pentaxian Man  :-)  Big 
congrats!  Cheers, Christine



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Has anyone mentioned the compliment Jostein got on Yvon's blog? I concur

http://pentaxdslrs.blogspot.com/2009/03/do-you-know-who-has-most-photos-in.html

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Re: Owl

[Christine Aguila]

Hi John:  Well, as you say it's a little soft, but it's a nice composition 
and you also got the baby owl, and it's still a memorable documentation of 
the moment.  You'll get it sharp next time.  Cheers, Christine



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From: "John Sessoms" 

To: 
Sent: Sunday, March 29, 2009 9:34 PM
Subject: PESO: Owl


I've been looking for the owl I heard earlier this month, trying to get 
some idea of its habits. Yesterday, I spotted it on the nest I thought it 
might use, and came back today with my camera:


http://www.flickr.com/photos/jb_sessoms/3396685627/

K10D, Sigma 300 2.8 + Sigma APO 1.4x tele-converter, on a tripod ...
ISO 400 (I think)

The image is a bit soft. I've noticed that whenever I use the 1.4x 
converter, even though it's supposed to be matched to the lens.


It just kills me. Some guy came along with a Nikon D200 & 200 mm Nikon IS 
lens and chimping what he got looked a whole lot sharper than what I got.


But ... it's what I got.

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Re: Actors' Headshots

[Larry Colen]

I've got a question.  The lighting on them looked a bit flatter than I
would have considered ideal. Was that a conscious choice, or is that
just another artifact of my crummy monitor at work?

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Re: PESO: Bird Watcher (w/ DA55/1.4)

[Christine Aguila]

Stan:  I actually prefer the original.  Cheers, Christine


- Original Message - 
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Sent: Sunday, March 29, 2009 9:14 PM
Subject: Re: PESO: Bird Watcher (w/ DA55/1.4)


Thanks for your comments. OK, I'll temporarily back off my  experiment. If 
you look at the original, the bulk of the cat may be  uncomfortably 
centered, but the eyes are not. Also, the original crop  provides the pun 
in the title. As with jokes, where if you have to  explain the punch-line, 
you did something wrong, I'll concede. (But,  if you are interested, 
notice the "bird" [chicken] on the left which  is watching the cat who is 
watching birds...)


Three variations without chicken: 1st is actually from another image  in 
the same series, second goes back to a vertical slice of the  original, 
the 3rd is a square-format piece of the original as  syggested by JC.


http://photos.stanhalpin.com/p821843095/e36e64e6f   Variation 1

http://photos.stanhalpin.com/p821843095/e343578e9 Variation 2

http://photos.stanhalpin.com/p821843095/e3dbfc767 Variation 3

stan

On Mar 29, 2009, at 6:27 PM, David J Brooks wrote:

On Sun, Mar 29, 2009 at 5:54 PM, Christian   
wrote:

Stan Halpin wrote:


Warning: feline content!

http://photos.stanhalpin.com/p821843095/e80a3dbc

stan



That cat's a bit to centered for my liking, but the look, pose and 
light are

beautiful.

Christian


What he said.

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Re: Bird Watcher (w/ DA55/1.4)

[Christine Aguila]

I like it, Stan.  I don't mind the centering of the cat.  Cheers, Christine


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Warning: feline content!

http://photos.stanhalpin.com/p821843095/e80a3dbc

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Re: OT: Chicago Lakefront (Was Re: PESO Egyptian on the Rocks)

[Christine Aguila]

HAR!  :-)))



- Original Message - 
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Subject: Re: OT: Chicago Lakefront (Was Re: PESO Egyptian on the Rocks)


I heard they were considering ending it. It's become a drunken brawl I 
guess. I think it was due to the infiltration of too many  northsiders:-)).

Paul
On Mar 29, 2009, at 10:51 AM, Bob Sullivan wrote:


Paul,
You heard about the Southside Irish St.Patrick's Day Parade ending?
Regards,  Bob S.

On Sun, Mar 29, 2009 at 7:35 AM, Paul Stenquist  wrote:
BTW, as a Southeast side boy, I grew up at Rainbow Beach on 77th  and 
South
Shore Drive. As teenagers, my friends and I sat on the wall at the  edge 
of
the sand for most of the summer and flirted with the girls. As we  grew 
older
we would try to have our dates conclude in what was known as the 
overflow
parking lot, an unpaved adjunct to the regular beach parking that 
looked out
on the water. Today I'm a member of two Google groups called "The 
Overflow"
and "The Overflow Pub and Coffee Shop." They're devoted to the  history 
of
Rainbow Beach, South Shore, Avalon Park and surrounding  neighborhoods, 
and
serve as a place for old friends to get reacquainted. The group 
maintains a

list known as "The Wall," where deceased southeast side folks are
memorialized. In typical southside fashion we frequently referred  to 
our
neighborhoods by parish names: Brides, Felicitas, Neri and OLP.  (Short 
for
St. Brides, St. Felicitas, St. Philip Neri, and Our Lady of Peace). 
That was

the way it was down there and back then.
Paul
On Mar 29, 2009, at 1:12 AM, Bob Sullivan wrote:


John and Christine,
That is quarried stone John sees, not cement.
Chicago sits at the southwest corner of a huge lake (75 miles by 500
miles).
Some beaches have quarried stone protecting the shore from erosion  in
storms.
As a hardy Austalian, John sees the drill holes that helped pop  the 
stone

out.
Good catch!
We have no Egyptians in Chicago, only a museum or two at the U of C.
Regards,  Bob S.

On Sat, Mar 28, 2009 at 11:10 PM, Christine  Aguila
 wrote:


Hi John:  The 28 miles of Chicago beach front is a mix of sandy 
beaches

and
cement rock that takes the shape of staggered steps.   Folks  often 
paint
images on the cement rock steps leading down to the water's  edge. 
The

spot
this pic was taken is not a quarry.  On the day this was taken,  my 
nephew

&
I walked from sandy Foster beach to sandy Montrose beach.  We  walked
along
the lower cement rocks to get from Foster to Montrose beach.   I've
posted a
link about the Chicago beaches, which should give you basic 
information.

HTH.  Cheers, Christine

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago_beaches






- Original Message - From: "John Coyle" 
To: "'Pentax-Discuss Mail List'" 
Sent: Saturday, March 28, 2009 6:58 PM
Subject: RE: PESO Egyptian on the Rocks



I prefer #2 - it reminds me of the colours in original Egyptian  art.
 The
picture appears to be of the goddess Bast, as she is cat-faced  and 
wears

the
crown of Lower Egypt only, while carrying an Ankh, the symbol of 
eternal
life.  However, the inclusion of a lotus flower is odd, as this  is 
the

symbol of Upper Egypt!

Any idea why it should be found on the shore of Lake Michigan,  in 
what

appears to be a quarry?


John in Brisbane




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Of

Christine Aguila
Sent: Saturday, 28 March 2009 2:49 PM
To: pdml@pdml.net
Subject: PESO Egyptian on the Rocks

Hi Everyone:  I found some painted art on the rocks & some  playful 
light
along the Lake Michigan shore on a short photowalk last  Saturday. 
There

are

3 different renderings here.  I'd be interested in knowing if  you 
had a
preference.  The 2nd rendering is pretty much as seen--as they  say 
:-).



http://faculty.ccc.edu/caguila/egyptian/index.html

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Re: PESO Egyptian on the Rocks

[Christine Aguila]

Yes, Bob's right, though there's still lots of cement parts along the 28 
miles of beach.  Thanks for pointing that out Bob!  Cheers, Christine




- Original Message - 
From: "Bob Sullivan" 

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Sent: Sunday, March 29, 2009 12:12 AM
Subject: Re: PESO Egyptian on the Rocks


John and Christine,
That is quarried stone John sees, not cement.
Chicago sits at the southwest corner of a huge lake (75 miles by 500 miles).
Some beaches have quarried stone protecting the shore from erosion in 
storms.
As a hardy Austalian, John sees the drill holes that helped pop the stone 
out.

Good catch!
We have no Egyptians in Chicago, only a museum or two at the U of C.
Regards,  Bob S.

On Sat, Mar 28, 2009 at 11:10 PM, Christine  Aguila
 wrote:

Hi John: The 28 miles of Chicago beach front is a mix of sandy beaches and
cement rock that takes the shape of staggered steps. Folks often paint
images on the cement rock steps leading down to the water's edge. The spot
this pic was taken is not a quarry. On the day this was taken, my nephew &
I walked from sandy Foster beach to sandy Montrose beach. We walked along
the lower cement rocks to get from Foster to Montrose beach. I've posted a
link about the Chicago beaches, which should give you basic information.
HTH. Cheers, Christine

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago_beaches






- Original Message - From: "John Coyle" 
To: "'Pentax-Discuss Mail List'" 
Sent: Saturday, March 28, 2009 6:58 PM
Subject: RE: PESO Egyptian on the Rocks



I prefer #2 - it reminds me of the colours in original Egyptian art. The
picture appears to be of the goddess Bast, as she is cat-faced and wears
the
crown of Lower Egypt only, while carrying an Ankh, the symbol of eternal
life. However, the inclusion of a lotus flower is odd, as this is the
symbol of Upper Egypt!

Any idea why it should be found on the shore of Lake Michigan, in what
appears to be a quarry?


John in Brisbane




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To: pdml@pdml.net
Subject: PESO Egyptian on the Rocks

Hi Everyone: I found some painted art on the rocks & some playful light
along the Lake Michigan shore on a short photowalk last Saturday. There
are

3 different renderings here. I'd be interested in knowing if you had a
preference. The 2nd rendering is pretty much as seen--as they say :-).


http://faculty.ccc.edu/caguila/egyptian/index.html

comments welcome, Cheers, Christine



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Re: PESO - Iris Awakening

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In a message dated 3/29/2009 8:11:59 P.M.  Pacific Daylight Time, 
d...@alphoto.com writes:
eactiv...@aol.com  wrote:

>  http://www.mapphotography.com/PAWS/pages/iris.htm

yeah, works for  me.

==
Hey, thanks, Doug.

Marnie aka Doe :-)  :-)

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Re: PESO Egyptian on the Rocks

[Christine Aguila]

Thanks Derby & Bong.  Comments much appreciated.  Cheers, Christine


- Original Message - 
From: "Derby Chang" 

To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" 
Sent: Sunday, March 29, 2009 4:44 AM
Subject: Re: PESO Egyptian on the Rocks



Christine Aguila wrote:
Hi Everyone:  I found some painted art on the rocks & some playful light 
along the Lake Michigan shore on a short photowalk last Saturday.  There 
are 3 different renderings here.  I'd be interested in knowing if you had 
a preference.  The 2nd rendering is pretty much as seen--as they say :-).



http://faculty.ccc.edu/caguila/egyptian/index.html

comments welcome, Cheers, Christine




I love a well-splashed bit of flare, especially when the subject interacts 
with it. Nicely done


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Re: Saturday hike

[Christine Aguila]

Hi Sasha:  All are very pretty, especially the 4th one--that's lovely. 
Cheers, Christine




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Subject: Peso: Saturday hike



http://www.flickriver.com/photos/sobol/sets/72157615970999173/
Comments and critique are very welcome!

Thanks,
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Re: PESO - Seedlings

[Christine Aguila]

Hi Brendan:  I noticed the cut-off-pot in the foreground, but doesn't really 
bug me.  Cheers, Christine



- Original Message - 
From: "Brendan MacRae" 

To: "pdml" 
Sent: Sunday, March 29, 2009 9:50 PM
Subject: PESO - Seedlings




One more from the greenhouse.

Can't decide if I'm OK with cutting off the pot in the foreground or not. 
That's what I get for wearing glasses and not being able to see the entire 
frame in the viewfinder (renewing contact lens prescription tomorrow...). 
Let me know if it bugs any of you.


http://www.primelensphoto.com/IMGP9546.jpg

K20D, DA* 16-50mm @ 16mm, f8, 1/60, ISO 100, custom WB

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Re: PESO - Iris Awakening

[Doug Brewer]

eactiv...@aol.com wrote:


http://www.mapphotography.com/PAWS/pages/iris.htm


yeah, works for me.

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Re: PESO - Product shot

[John Sessoms]

From: Christian

Bruce Walker wrote:

> Christian wrote:
>> Just playing around with a 55/1.8 SMC Takumar on the 20D.  I was going 
>> for a "commercial" or "product" kind of shot.

>>
>> http://404mohawknotfound.blogspot.com/2009/03/classic-cosmo.html
>>
>> Light was from a window as well as a bit of flash bounced off the 
>> ceiling.

>>
>> Enjoy.
>>
>> Comments always appreciated.
>>
>> Christian
>> http://404mohawknotfound.blogspot.com
>> httP://birdofthemoment.blogspot.com
> 
> That's *very* appealing -- I'd buy it!  :-) 
> 
> I do think though, that you'd have to keep the product name in focus for 
> a "true" product shot.
> 
> -bmw


Thanks, Bruce.  I'm not sure I agree with the product name being in 
focus, but it's a fair assessment.  And I WAS having fun with f1.8  :-) 


It's the kind of idea an art director would love, and the marketing 
director would shoot down. The bean counters who ultimately control 
whether a shot gets used or not don't have imagination enough to see the 
product unless the label is tack sharp.


It might get used in some niche "gourmet" food & beverage magazine 
article ... the kind that uses paid product placements.


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Re: PESO - Inside the greenhouse

[Christine Aguila]

Brendan:  I like it--and I think the cat is a good add.  Composition with 
the wide angle very effective.  Cheers, Christine



- Original Message - 
From: "Brendan MacRae" 

To: "pdml" 
Sent: Sunday, March 29, 2009 9:19 PM
Subject: PESO - Inside the greenhouse




This is the reason I bought the DA 10-17mm last year, so I could capture 
these sorts of shots.


Another "possible" for a magazine article for sometime this year...or 
maybe next.


http://www.primelensphoto.com/IMGP9554.jpg

K20D, DA 10-17mm @ 10mm, f5.6, 1/180, ISO 100, custom WB

Oh, and this may or may not qualify as a cat picture.

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Re: PESO - Inside the greenhouse

[Jack Davis]

Structure details make for an interesting and interesting shot.
Very clever!

Jack


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> From: Brendan MacRae 
> Subject: PESO - Inside the greenhouse
> To: "pdml" 
> Date: Sunday, March 29, 2009, 7:19 PM
> This is the reason I bought the DA 10-17mm last year, so I
> could capture these sorts of shots.
> 
> Another "possible" for a magazine article for
> sometime this year...or maybe next.
> 
> http://www.primelensphoto.com/IMGP9554.jpg
> 
> K20D, DA 10-17mm @ 10mm, f5.6, 1/180, ISO 100, custom WB
> 
> Oh, and this may or may not qualify as a cat picture.
> 
> -Brendan
> 
> 
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Re: PESO - Seedlings

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In a message dated 3/29/2009 7:50:31 P.M.  Pacific Daylight Time, 
brendanmacrae1...@yahoo.com writes:
One more from the  greenhouse.

Can't decide if I'm OK with cutting off the pot in the  foreground or not. 
That's what I get for wearing glasses and not being able to  see the entire 
frame in the viewfinder (renewing contact lens prescription  tomorrow...). Let 
me 
know if it bugs any of  you.

http://www.primelensphoto.com/IMGP9546.jpg

K20D, DA* 16-50mm  @ 16mm, f8, 1/60, ISO 100, custom WB

-Brendan

=
Yeah,  sorry, it does bother me.

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Re: PESO: Owl

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In a message dated 3/29/2009 7:34:48 P.M.  Pacific Daylight Time, 
jsessoms...@nc.rr.com writes:
I've been looking for  the owl I heard earlier this month, trying to get 
some idea of its habits.  Yesterday, I spotted it on the nest I thought 
it might use, and came back  today with my  camera:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/jb_sessoms/3396685627/

K10D,  Sigma 300 2.8 + Sigma APO 1.4x tele-converter, on a tripod ...
ISO 400 (I  think)

The image is a bit soft. I've noticed that whenever I use the 1.4x  
converter, even though it's supposed to be matched to the lens.

It  just kills me. Some guy came along with a Nikon D200 & 200 mm Nikon 
IS  lens and chimping what he got looked a whole lot sharper than what I  
got.

But ... it's what I got.

=
Bird are hard and  long glass is very expensive. It's what you got. Try again?

BTW, I really  like  this.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jb_sessoms/3217697139/sizes/l/in/photostream/

Artified,  I do that, I like artified. That's very, very nice.

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Re: PESO: Owl

[Brendan MacRae]

Not too shabby, John. It's tough to ever get an owl, much less with a chick!

-Brendan



- Original Message 
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To: pdml@pdml.net
Sent: Sunday, March 29, 2009 7:34:27 PM
Subject: PESO: Owl

I've been looking for the owl I heard earlier this month, trying to get some 
idea of its habits. Yesterday, I spotted it on the nest I thought it might use, 
and came back today with my camera:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/jb_sessoms/3396685627/

K10D, Sigma 300 2.8 + Sigma APO 1.4x tele-converter, on a tripod ...
ISO 400 (I think)

The image is a bit soft. I've noticed that whenever I use the 1.4x converter, 
even though it's supposed to be matched to the lens.

It just kills me. Some guy came along with a Nikon D200 & 200 mm Nikon IS lens 
and chimping what he got looked a whole lot sharper than what I got.

But ... it's what I got.

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Re: Write-off

[Christine Aguila]

Hi Bob:  Glad your brother's ok--that's the important thing.  Cheers, 
Christine



- Original Message - 
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To: "'Pentax-Discuss Mail List'" 
Sent: Sunday, March 29, 2009 5:37 PM
Subject: OT: Write-off


My younger brother spent Thursday night in hospital after someone drove 
into

his car at 45 mph (~72kph). The car rolled and my brother was trapped
inside, and had to be cut free by the fire brigade. They strapped him to a
stretcher ("like Hannibal Lecter"), took him in for an examination, then 
let

him out a few hours later, more or less intact.

Here are some pictures he took of the car, which is a write-off - it 
doesn't

look at all as though it's been hit at that speed, or rolled. The car has
more airbags than Dolly Parton, yet none of them deployed. When he asked
about it he was told that the car wasn't hit hard enough. Yet it's a
write-off. Amazing how strong these things are these days - it probably
saved his life.
http://www.web-options.com/Audi/

Here's a very uninformative press report about it:
http://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/news/Man-hospitalised-after-Leeds-smas
h.5115560.jp

Bob


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Re: some sunsets (SMCP M 80-200/4.5: a sleeper!)

[Christine Aguila]

Bong:  These are just beautiful.  I love'em.  This one's my favorite: 
http://www.flickr.com/photos/bongmanayon/3386757841/in/set-72157616081288138/

Stunning work!  Cheers, Christine



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Just some sunsets; took out a friend's SMCP M 80-200/4.5 which was
lying around unused.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/bongmanayon/sets/72157616081288138/

Two of those were my latest photos accepted in PPG; this lens is
great.  Bojidar lists its availability as "used, in several years"
...hmmm, to break the bank to keep it?

Bong
PS they were taken with my son's DS & A3D (A3000 Date); the A3D had
Provia loaded in it.
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Re: GESO - Dame Helen

[Christine Aguila]

Hi Cotty:  Excellent set!  She'll be really happy with those pics--and I 
think you'll get some work too!  ;-)  Cheers, Christine




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To: "pentax list" 
Sent: Sunday, March 29, 2009 4:53 PM
Subject: GESO - Dame Helen



Bit late but hey, busy weekend.

A friend and colleague is leaving to set up her own production company
and I did her a set of publicity stills from her commercial TV days.
Good brownie points as she will hopefully be giving me some work, so did
it for expenses. Pleased with the results - here's a gallery of 23 pics
- I shot about a hundred. All with Pentax *ist Ds and 18-55 lens. You
can guess which were shot with the A*85/1.4 !





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PESO - Seedlings

[Brendan MacRae]

One more from the greenhouse.

Can't decide if I'm OK with cutting off the pot in the foreground or not. 
That's what I get for wearing glasses and not being able to see the entire 
frame in the viewfinder (renewing contact lens prescription tomorrow...). Let 
me know if it bugs any of you.

http://www.primelensphoto.com/IMGP9546.jpg

K20D, DA* 16-50mm @ 16mm, f8, 1/60, ISO 100, custom WB

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PESO: Owl

[John Sessoms]

I've been looking for the owl I heard earlier this month, trying to get 
some idea of its habits. Yesterday, I spotted it on the nest I thought 
it might use, and came back today with my camera:


http://www.flickr.com/photos/jb_sessoms/3396685627/

K10D, Sigma 300 2.8 + Sigma APO 1.4x tele-converter, on a tripod ...
ISO 400 (I think)

The image is a bit soft. I've noticed that whenever I use the 1.4x 
converter, even though it's supposed to be matched to the lens.


It just kills me. Some guy came along with a Nikon D200 & 200 mm Nikon 
IS lens and chimping what he got looked a whole lot sharper than what I 
got.


But ... it's what I got.

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PESO: Early Flower - Late Storm

[Stan Halpin]

One more from this weekend. The cat photo was a chance shot as I was  
passing through to process several dozen attempts to record the  
impact of our usual late-March snow-and-ice storm on our usual mid- 
March flowers. Again with the new DA 55/1.4


http://photos.stanhalpin.com/p821843095/e21b57ab8

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Re: PESO - Inside the greenhouse

[Eactivist]

In a message dated 3/29/2009 7:20:07 P.M.  Pacific Daylight Time, 
brendanmacrae1...@yahoo.com writes:
This is the reason  I bought the DA 10-17mm last year, so I could capture 
these sorts of  shots.

Another "possible" for a magazine article for sometime this  year...or maybe  
next.

http://www.primelensphoto.com/IMGP9554.jpg

K20D, DA 10-17mm  @ 10mm, f5.6, 1/180, ISO 100, custom WB

Oh, and this may or may not  qualify as a cat picture.

-Brendan

==
Very nice shot.  Good sharpness. Wish I had as wide a wide angle.

Marnie aka Doe  :-)

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Re: OT: Write-off

[Paul Stenquist]

That car wouldn't be a total write off in the states. It would appear  
that the damage is largely cosmetic. Air bags generally deploy on  
violent side impacts or sever deceleration. You can have a pretty  
serious accident without airbag deployment. Thankfully. Airbags are  
expensive.

Paul
On Mar 29, 2009, at 6:37 PM, Bob W wrote:

My younger brother spent Thursday night in hospital after someone  
drove into

his car at 45 mph (~72kph). The car rolled and my brother was trapped
inside, and had to be cut free by the fire brigade. They strapped  
him to a
stretcher ("like Hannibal Lecter"), took him in for an examination,  
then let

him out a few hours later, more or less intact.

Here are some pictures he took of the car, which is a write-off - it  
doesn't
look at all as though it's been hit at that speed, or rolled. The  
car has
more airbags than Dolly Parton, yet none of them deployed. When he  
asked

about it he was told that the car wasn't hit hard enough. Yet it's a
write-off. Amazing how strong these things are these days - it  
probably

saved his life.
http://www.web-options.com/Audi/

Here's a very uninformative press report about it:
http://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/news/Man-hospitalised-after-Leeds-smas
h.5115560.jp

Bob


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RE: Tele-zooms

[JC OConnell]

The old high end Pentax zooms are excellent
too, the K85-210/4.5, M80-200/4.5 and the A70-210/4.
These sell for less than the DA/50-200 and can do
FF in the future. They are bulkier though. Of course
always avoid the old cheapo pentax zooms like the takumar-A
and variable aperture models.

JC O'Connell
hifis...@gate.net
 


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Sent: Sunday, March 29, 2009 10:03 PM
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Subject: Re: Tele-zooms


On 3/29/09, Nick Wright  wrote:
> I've been browsing through stuff on the DA50-200 and I have to say I'm

> quite impressed with the quality of photographs from a $150 lens.

Both of my shots from the PDML yearbook were made with the DA50-200. One
from the short end, one from the long end. For its size and price, it's
a damn impressive lens.

-Mat

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PESO - Inside the greenhouse

[Brendan MacRae]

This is the reason I bought the DA 10-17mm last year, so I could capture these 
sorts of shots.

Another "possible" for a magazine article for sometime this year...or maybe 
next.

http://www.primelensphoto.com/IMGP9554.jpg

K20D, DA 10-17mm @ 10mm, f5.6, 1/180, ISO 100, custom WB

Oh, and this may or may not qualify as a cat picture.

-Brendan


  

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RE: PESO: Bird Watcher (w/ DA55/1.4)

[JC OConnell]

I meant that "centering" the cat would only
work in square format. You have cropped square
but have not centered the subject, which is not what I meant.
Try that one some time.

JC O'Connell
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Sent: Sunday, March 29, 2009 10:14 PM
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Subject: Re: PESO: Bird Watcher (w/ DA55/1.4)


Thanks for your comments. OK, I'll temporarily back off my  
experiment. If you look at the original, the bulk of the cat may be  
uncomfortably centered, but the eyes are not. Also, the original crop  
provides the pun in the title. As with jokes, where if you have to  
explain the punch-line, you did something wrong, I'll concede. (But,  
if you are interested, notice the "bird" [chicken] on the left which  
is watching the cat who is watching birds...)

Three variations without chicken: 1st is actually from another image  
in the same series, second goes back to a vertical slice of the  
original, the 3rd is a square-format piece of the original as  
syggested by JC.

http://photos.stanhalpin.com/p821843095/e36e64e6f   Variation 1

http://photos.stanhalpin.com/p821843095/e343578e9 Variation 2

http://photos.stanhalpin.com/p821843095/e3dbfc767 Variation 3

stan

On Mar 29, 2009, at 6:27 PM, David J Brooks wrote:

> On Sun, Mar 29, 2009 at 5:54 PM, Christian
>  wrote:
>> Stan Halpin wrote:
>>>
>>> Warning: feline content!
>>>
>>> http://photos.stanhalpin.com/p821843095/e80a3dbc
>>>
>>> stan
>>>
>>
>> That cat's a bit to centered for my liking, but the look, pose and
>> light are
>> beautiful.
>>
>> Christian
>
> What he said.
>
> Dave
>>
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Re: PESO: Bird Watcher (w/ DA55/1.4)

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In a message dated 3/29/2009 7:14:45 P.M.  Pacific Daylight Time, 
s...@stans-photography.info writes:
Thanks for your  comments. OK, I'll temporarily back off my  
experiment. If you look at  the original, the bulk of the cat may be  
uncomfortably centered, but  the eyes are not. Also, the original crop  
provides the pun in the  title. As with jokes, where if you have to  
explain the punch-line, you  did something wrong, I'll concede. (But,  
if you are interested, notice  the "bird" [chicken] on the left which  
is watching the cat who is  watching birds...)

Three variations without chicken: 1st is actually from  another image  
in the same series, second goes back to a vertical slice  of the  
original, the 3rd is a square-format piece of the original  as  
syggested by  JC.

http://photos.stanhalpin.com/p821843095/e36e64e6fVariation 1

http://photos.stanhalpin.com/p821843095/e343578e9 Variation  2

http://photos.stanhalpin.com/p821843095/e3dbfc767 Variation  3

stan


=
I like the first. A lot. In fact, the  second and third might be better 
cropped almost as tight as the first.

My  .02.

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Re: PESO: Bird Watcher (w/ DA55/1.4)

[Stan Halpin]

Thanks for your comments. OK, I'll temporarily back off my  
experiment. If you look at the original, the bulk of the cat may be  
uncomfortably centered, but the eyes are not. Also, the original crop  
provides the pun in the title. As with jokes, where if you have to  
explain the punch-line, you did something wrong, I'll concede. (But,  
if you are interested, notice the "bird" [chicken] on the left which  
is watching the cat who is watching birds...)


Three variations without chicken: 1st is actually from another image  
in the same series, second goes back to a vertical slice of the  
original, the 3rd is a square-format piece of the original as  
syggested by JC.


http://photos.stanhalpin.com/p821843095/e36e64e6f   Variation 1

http://photos.stanhalpin.com/p821843095/e343578e9 Variation 2

http://photos.stanhalpin.com/p821843095/e3dbfc767 Variation 3

stan

On Mar 29, 2009, at 6:27 PM, David J Brooks wrote:

On Sun, Mar 29, 2009 at 5:54 PM, Christian  
 wrote:

Stan Halpin wrote:


Warning: feline content!

http://photos.stanhalpin.com/p821843095/e80a3dbc

stan



That cat's a bit to centered for my liking, but the look, pose and  
light are

beautiful.

Christian


What he said.

Dave





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Re: GESO - Dame Helen

[Brendan MacRae]

Nice series, Cotty. Well done sir!

And nice to have those terrific studio lights to shoot under, no?

-Brendan


- "Cotty"  wrote:

> Bit late but hey, busy weekend.
> 
> A friend and colleague is leaving to set up her own production
> company
> and I did her a set of publicity stills from her commercial TV days.
> Good brownie points as she will hopefully be giving me some work, so
> did
> it for expenses. Pleased with the results - here's a gallery of 23
> pics
> - I shot about a hundred. All with Pentax *ist Ds and 18-55 lens. You
> can guess which were shot with the A*85/1.4 !
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> --
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> 
> Cheers,
>  Cotty
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Re: OT: F1 Fun in the Sun

[Joseph McAllister]

On Mar 29, 2009, at 14:44 , Christian wrote:


Cotty wrote:

On 29/3/09, Joseph McAllister, discombobulated, unleashed:

I hope none of you mates in Australia got sunburns watching the
season's first F1 race in Melbourne!

The race started at 7am local time here and I was up and had to be  
near

London for a half-marathon (working today). Normally record the race
when I'm working but had it on the box as I was getting ready and
pumping coffee into the veins. Finished off by listening to the end  
on

the radio as it happened, the national anthem pumping away as I was
driving over the Lambourn hills to the M4 in lovely light. Go  
Brits :-)


Frigging F1 decided to start the race later this year to pander to  
the freaking Europeans.  It started here at 2-frigging-AM.  I really  
need to get a Tivo...


Christian


Quit your belly aching. The great majority of the season's races are  
in Europe, and while you east-coasters can watch it live while you  
have toast and coffee before work, we on the west coast have to get up  
at 3 or 4 AM to watch. Malyasia will be at 2 AM for us, qualifying and  
the race, China at midnight. Then we get back to what gets me up early  
for Bahrain, 5 AM.


The F1 website this year is full of information.  http://www.formula1.com/ 
   One thing I signed up for (free) is real time timing RSS feed,  
along with atmospheric measurements every 5 minutes. The timing is  
accompanied by real time commentary from some unknown entity that hits  
the highlites every few minutes. Quite a piece of work, the site is.



Joseph McAllister
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Re: PESO - informal portrait

[Christian]

Thanks, Jack and Marnie.

Christian

Jack Davis wrote:

Beautiful people. Well done, Christian. (the photo also) ;-))

Jack


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From: Christian 
Subject: PESO - informal portrait
To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" 
Date: Sunday, March 29, 2009, 2:48 PM
More fun with the 55 1.8 SMC Takumar.  Kerry (the wife) and
Alex (the daughter named after a camera).

http://404mohawknotfound.blogspot.com/2009/03/blog-post.html

Comments appreciated.

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Re: PESO - Product shot

[Christian]

Thanks, Paul, and Marnie and Joe.

Christian

pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote:

Nicely composed. I might prefer a bit more DOF, but it works well as shot.
Paul
- "Christian"  wrote:


Thanks, Christine.

Christian

Christine Aguila wrote:

Neat, Christian.  Love the colors.  Cheers, Christine


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To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" 
Sent: Saturday, March 28, 2009 2:16 PM
Subject: PESO - Product shot



Just playing around with a 55/1.8 SMC Takumar on the 20D.  I was
going 

for a "commercial" or "product" kind of shot.

http://404mohawknotfound.blogspot.com/2009/03/classic-cosmo.html

Light was from a window as well as a bit of flash bounced off the 
ceiling.


Enjoy.

Comments always appreciated.

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Re: Tele-zooms

[Mat Maessen]

On 3/29/09, Nick Wright  wrote:
> I've been browsing through stuff on the DA50-200 and I have to say I'm
>  quite impressed with the quality of photographs from a $150 lens.

Both of my shots from the PDML yearbook were made with the DA50-200.
One from the short end, one from the long end. For its size and price,
it's a damn impressive lens.

-Mat

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55/1.8 vs 55/1.4 (was PESO - informal portrait)

[Stan Halpin]

On Mar 29, 2009, at 4:56 PM, JC OConnell wrote:


 I am still waiting to see a
shootout between that one and the new DA55
lens. The smck55 is a real steal at current market
prices of around $65

JC O'Connell
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I'll get to it, I'll get to it! But not for a week or two. Be patient.

stan

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Re: OT: Write-off

[Joseph McAllister]

On Mar 29, 2009, at 17:29 , eactiv...@aol.com wrote:


In a message dated 3/29/2009 3:38:15 P.M.  Pacific Daylight Time,
p...@web-options.com writes:
My younger brother spent  Thursday night in hospital after someone  
drove into

his car at 45 mph  (~72kph). The car rolled and my brother was trapped
inside, and had to be cut  free by the fire brigade. They strapped  
him to a
stretcher ("like Hannibal  Lecter"), took him in for an examination,  
then let

him out a few hours later,  more or less intact.

Here are some pictures he took of the car, which is  a write-off -  
it doesn't
look at all as though it's been hit at that speed,  or rolled. The  
car has
more airbags than Dolly Parton, yet none of them  deployed. When he  
asked

about it he was told that the car wasn't hit hard  enough. Yet it's a
write-off. Amazing how strong these things are these days  - it  
probably

saved his  life.
http://www.web-options.com/Audi/

Here's a very uninformative  press report about  it:
http://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/news/Man-hospitalised-after-Leeds-smas
h.5115560.jp

Bob


I'm  glad he is okay. You'd think because the car flipped, the  
airbags would

have  deployed. Odd.

Makes me feel less unprotected by my airbags  now



Looks to me like the Fiat clipped the Audi in the left rear hard  
enough to spin the car around rapidly enough so it rolled up onto it's  
right side and slid down the road and off into some foliage. The  
"cutting out" the rescue workers did was probably to bust out the rear  
window, go in and cut his seat belts, board and brace him, and drag  
him out the back. The car being up on it's passenger side left Bob's  
brother hanging by his belts, and perhaps not able to undo them as his  
weight was against their locking pawls and cams, or he might has  
covered the release with his body whilst hanging like that.


Nasty business, and I'm glad he is OK. He'll be sore. Bummer about the  
car. Looks like a nice ride, one of the beefier Audis. The bitch is  
that the Fiat was probably repairable for a lot less.


Joseph McAllister
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Re: OT: F1 Fun in the Sun

[Brian Walters]

On Sun, 29 Mar 2009 01:05 -0700, "Joseph McAllister" 
wrote:
> I hope none of you mates in Australia got sunburns watching the  
> season's first F1 race in Melbourne!
> Anybody put up the around $200 dollars for admission? Or $350 for  
> decent vantage?
> 
> It was quite the show, with multiple new regulations and designs.
> 
> Reports and photos please!
> 


There was a car race in Melbourne last weekend?..


Cheers

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Re: PESO: Dark-morning market lights

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In a message dated 3/29/2009 12:22:05 A.M.  Pacific Daylight Time, 
tb...@textuality.com writes:
Granville Island in  Vancouver, tons of cameras being pointed every
which way, not hard to see  why:
http://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/200x/2009/03/29/Granville-Island

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Re: GESO - Dame Helen

[Jim Apilado]

Reminds me of my Actcess  days
Jim A.
On Mar 29, 2009, at 6:03 PM, Pawel Hottowy wrote:


I like the set, and my favorite shot is 1130 (to me she looks a bit
less 'official' here).

On Sun, Mar 29, 2009 at 5:48 PM, Doug Brewer  wrote:

Cotty wrote:


Bit late but hey, busy weekend.

A friend and colleague is leaving to set up her own production  
company

and I did her a set of publicity stills from her commercial TV days.
Good brownie points as she will hopefully be giving me some work,  
so did
it for expenses. Pleased with the results - here's a gallery of  
23 pics
- I shot about a hundred. All with Pentax *ist Ds and 18-55 lens.  
You

can guess which were shot with the A*85/1.4 !





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nice work, Cots.

She should be very efficient. In IMGP1140 we can see she has that  
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Re: PESO: Old Blue Eyes

[Brian Walters]

Yes, but can it sing "The Lady is a Tramp?".


Cheers

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On Sun, 29 Mar 2009 18:56 -0400, "Dan Matyola" 
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> I ran into this lovely creature on my recent trip to New Orleans, at the 
> Audubon Aquarium of the Americas:
> 
> http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=8856654
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Re: Geso Back yard photos

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In a message dated 3/29/2009 8:42:15 A.M.  Pacific Daylight Time, 
pentko...@gmail.com writes:
> On Sun, Mar 29, 2009  at 7:20 AM, David J Brooks  
wrote:
>> Today  is a very dark, windy, rainy day, but yesterday was nice and  sunny.
>>
>> Walked around the back yard looking for anything  of interest, and
>> these are the results.
>>
>>  http://picasaweb.google.ca/pentkon52/BackyardMarch09#
>>
>>  K10D, FA 100 F2.8 macro, LR 2  conversions.
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You have a more interesting  backyard than I do. :-)

Like the two fungus shots.

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Re: GESO - Dame Helen

[Pawel Hottowy]

I like the set, and my favorite shot is 1130 (to me she looks a bit
less 'official' here).

On Sun, Mar 29, 2009 at 5:48 PM, Doug Brewer  wrote:
> Cotty wrote:
>>
>> Bit late but hey, busy weekend.
>>
>> A friend and colleague is leaving to set up her own production company
>> and I did her a set of publicity stills from her commercial TV days.
>> Good brownie points as she will hopefully be giving me some work, so did
>> it for expenses. Pleased with the results - here's a gallery of 23 pics
>> - I shot about a hundred. All with Pentax *ist Ds and 18-55 lens. You
>> can guess which were shot with the A*85/1.4 !
>>
>> 
>>
>>
>>
>> --
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>>
>> Cheers,
>>  Cotty
>
> nice work, Cots.
>
> She should be very efficient. In IMGP1140 we can see she has that extra
> hand.
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Re: OT: Write-off

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In a message dated 3/29/2009 5:49:59 P.M.  Pacific Daylight Time, 
l...@red4est.com writes:
> Makes me feel less  unprotected by my airbags  now.

Don't worry, on average they are  supposed to protect more people than
they harm, and it's a lot easier than  putting effort into improving
one's driving.

===
You're just a  sun beam of cheer. ;-) 

Actually I am, personally, a very good driver. So  I don't even think about 
airbags most of the time. 

I think I'll be  thinking about thumbs now, though. Heh.

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Re: Tele-zooms

[Pawel Hottowy]

I had the same "problem" a few months ago. I was even considering
seriously the DA* 50-135 - the specs of this lens look just great to
me. But after watching large number of samples I decided that I
actually like the overall look of images from 50-200 more than from
the 50-135 (maybe this is just me). What you loose with 50-200 is of
course speed (the f/5.6 at 200mm is rather optimistic) but the
color/contrast it offers look just great to me, and I do not mean
"considering the price". It is also very compact and the build quality
to me is better than for example DA 16-45.

The lens requires substantial correction for back-focus on my k10d.

cheers,
Pawel

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> in LN condition so I purchased that to supplement my m-50 and m-135.
>
> But now I'm looking at the telezooms and I'm wondering what you all's
> opinions are on the bunch.
>
> I was looking at the F70-200, but it's the same cost as the newer DA50-200.
>
> Also the DA will have the quick shift focus system which I would make
> heavy use of.
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Re: OT PESO - Translucent

[Eactivist]

In a message dated 3/29/2009 4:39:29 P.M.  Pacific Daylight Time, 
ozsav...@gmail.com writes:
G'day All,

One from  the weekend. Spur of the moment idea that worked better than
I had  expected.:



Direct  link  (~135kb):



One  Nikon SB-900 behind the models head pointed towards the  camera.

Enjoy.

Cheers,

Dave



My  reaction was "there's a model in there?" I really, really had to look to 
see  her. If you aren't expecting her, she might be quite hard to find. Looked 
like a  mishmash to me. Sorta still does. 

Good idea, think execution is sort of  lacking and/or this one needs some 
serious cropping to isolate elements and get  rid of dross (like that white 
line 
down the right, edge of fabric? that really  threw me off). Put this one away 
and look at again in a few days and maybe you  can see what I mean about first 
impression might be a mishmash and no  model.

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Re: OT: Write-off

[Larry Colen]

On Sun, Mar 29, 2009 at 08:29:13PM -0400, eactiv...@aol.com wrote:
> 
> 
> I'm  glad he is okay. You'd think because the car flipped, the airbags would 
> have  deployed. Odd.

Not at all, that's not the sort of acceleration that airbags protect
against. Airbags protect you when you drive into a brick wall. Unless,
of course, you're short. If you're under 5'2" or something, then an
airbag deploying is as likely to break your neck as it is to save your
life. 

There is also the detail that if you were driving down a mountain
road, and you were to hit a deer, and it were to cause the airbag to
deploy, you would no longer be able to steer your car and could end up
driving off a cliff because of the airbag deploying. If this were to
happen, the car company would be under a fair amount of financial
liability, so they want to make sure that airbags don't deploy unless
they are really needed.

In short, the car has to hit something very hard in order for the
airbags to deploy.

As to the cars with all of the side airbags, I've heard that having
them deploy can do things like rupturing your eardrums.

You do know that you are not supposed to drive with your thumb wrapped
around the steering wheel if you have airbags? If you hit something
and the airbag deploys, and your thumb is "inside the steering wheel",
the airbag exploding and throwing your arms to the side, will likely
break both of your thumbs.

If your hands are at the top of the steering wheel and the airbag
deploys, it'll slam your arm and hand into your face. Want to know
what it's like to be punched in the face by Jackie Chan?

> 
> Makes me feel less unprotected by my airbags  now.

Don't worry, on average they are supposed to protect more people than
they harm, and it's a lot easier than putting effort into improving
one's driving.


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Re: GESO - Dame Helen

[Doug Brewer]

Cotty wrote:

Bit late but hey, busy weekend.

A friend and colleague is leaving to set up her own production company
and I did her a set of publicity stills from her commercial TV days.
Good brownie points as she will hopefully be giving me some work, so did
it for expenses. Pleased with the results - here's a gallery of 23 pics
- I shot about a hundred. All with Pentax *ist Ds and 18-55 lens. You
can guess which were shot with the A*85/1.4 !





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nice work, Cots.

She should be very efficient. In IMGP1140 we can see she has that extra 
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Re: PESO - Early Spring Churchyard

[Eactivist]

In a message dated 3/29/2009 11:12:18 A.M.  Pacific Daylight Time, 
rwomer1...@yahoo.com writes:
The churchyard at St.  Giles,  Oxford:

http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=8851082&size=lg

(K10D  and DA 16-45)

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Re: OT: Write-off

[Doug Brewer]

Bob W wrote:


you have a brother?



I have 2. And a sister. 


Bob


Well, I hope he's in good shape after the crash. Did they cut him out of 
the underside of the Audi?


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Re: GESO - Dame Helen

[Jack Davis]

Nice, Cotty. I began making notes of my choices, but soon realized they were 
all on my list. As a result, you may make your choices based strictly on your 
own standards. ;)

Jack


--- On Sun, 3/29/09, Cotty  wrote:

> From: Cotty 
> Subject: GESO - Dame Helen
> To: "pentax list" 
> Date: Sunday, March 29, 2009, 2:53 PM
> Bit late but hey, busy weekend.
> 
> A friend and colleague is leaving to set up her own
> production company
> and I did her a set of publicity stills from her commercial
> TV days.
> Good brownie points as she will hopefully be giving me some
> work, so did
> it for expenses. Pleased with the results - here's a
> gallery of 23 pics
> - I shot about a hundred. All with Pentax *ist Ds and 18-55
> lens. You
> can guess which were shot with the A*85/1.4 !
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
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Re: PESO: Old Blue Eyes

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In a message dated 3/29/2009 3:57:36 P.M.  Pacific Daylight Time, 
danmaty...@verizon.net writes:
I ran into this lovely  creature on my recent trip to New Orleans, at the 
Audubon Aquarium of the  Americas:

http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=8856654

Dan  M

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Re: OT: F1 Fun in the Sun

[Ken Waller]

Everyone knows us dim witted Americans only watch Nascar and NHRA.


and college basketball . go MSU !

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- Original Message - 
From: "Scott Loveless" 


Subject: Re: OT: F1 Fun in the Sun


On Sun, Mar 29, 2009 at 5:44 PM, Christian  wrote:

Frigging F1 decided to start the race later this year to pander to the
freaking Europeans. It started here at 2-frigging-AM. I really need to get
a Tivo...


Everyone knows us dim witted Americans only watch Nascar and NHRA.

http://www.bustedtees.com/boringnascar



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Re: Actors' Headshots

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In a message dated 3/29/2009 2:02:22 A.M.  Pacific Daylight Time, 
chris.mitch...@which.net writes:
We did 2 sessions;  outdoor which was done in a wood using only natural light
with a  reflector:
http://www.mitch.myzen.co.uk/Anna/Portfolio/Headshots/Outdoor/index.html
or
http://tinyurl.com/ccdaeh

and  studio which was done with a white sheet backdrop lit by 2 flash units
and a  single unit on the  face:
http://www.mitch.myzen.co.uk/Anna/Portfolio/Headshots/Studio/index.html
or
http://tinyurl.com/d37axd

What  do you think? Which ones would you choose for the headshots? Which ones
work  well as conventional portraits? What do you think of the  b&w
conversion?

K10D mostly shot using a 135 FA2.8 and some with a  16-50 DA*. Conversion
done in  Lightroom.

Cheers

Chris
http://www.fatfreddyscat.com

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Sorry,  really don't have time to go through them all. Second series 8, 12, 
22 for head  shots.

I think the natural light ones are nice, but suspect the studio  ones will 
work better for a portfolio. They're all pretty good, actually. You  get the 
pain of picking them out (or she does). :-)

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Re: OT: F1 Fun in the Sun

[Ken Waller]

Frigging F1 decided to start the race later this year to pander to the 
freaking Europeans.  It started here at 2-frigging-AM.  I really need to 
get a Tivo...


Actually an announcer on Speed TV said the late start was a concession to 
Bernie, who wanted a race under lights. They refused due to the extra cost 
but went with a later start as a concession. Apparently the Australian F1 
race has not been a money maker for the organizers & they weren't going to 
dig a deeper hole for Bernie.



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- Original Message - 
From: "Christian" 

Subject: Re: OT: F1 Fun in the Sun



Cotty wrote:

On 29/3/09, Joseph McAllister, discombobulated, unleashed:


I hope none of you mates in Australia got sunburns watching the
season's first F1 race in Melbourne!
Anybody put up the around $200 dollars for admission? Or $350 for
decent vantage?

It was quite the show, with multiple new regulations and designs.

Reports and photos please!


The race started at 7am local time here and I was up and had to be near
London for a half-marathon (working today). Normally record the race
when I'm working but had it on the box as I was getting ready and
pumping coffee into the veins. Finished off by listening to the end on
the radio as it happened, the national anthem pumping away as I was
driving over the Lambourn hills to the M4 in lovely light. Go Brits :-)




Frigging F1 decided to start the race later this year to pander to the 
freaking Europeans.  It started here at 2-frigging-AM.  I really need to 
get a Tivo...


Christian



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Re: PESO - informal portrait

[Jack Davis]

Beautiful people. Well done, Christian. (the photo also) ;-))

Jack


--- On Sun, 3/29/09, Christian  wrote:

> From: Christian 
> Subject: PESO - informal portrait
> To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" 
> Date: Sunday, March 29, 2009, 2:48 PM
> More fun with the 55 1.8 SMC Takumar.  Kerry (the wife) and
> Alex (the daughter named after a camera).
> 
> http://404mohawknotfound.blogspot.com/2009/03/blog-post.html
> 
> Comments appreciated.
> 
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Re: PESO - informal portrait

[Eactivist]

In a message dated 3/29/2009 2:49:27 P.M.  Pacific Daylight Time, 
christ...@skofteland.net writes:
More fun with the 55  1.8 SMC Takumar.  Kerry (the wife) and Alex (the 
daughter named after a  camera).

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Comments  appreciated.

Christian


==
Very nice (of Kerry  anyway, Alex doesn't look totally cooperative. ;-))

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RE: OT: Write-off

[Bob W]

> 
> Bob W wrote:
> > My younger brother spent Thursday night in hospital after 
> someone drove into
> > his car at 45 mph (~72kph). The car rolled and my brother 
> was trapped
> > inside, and had to be cut free by the fire brigade. They 
> strapped him to a
> > stretcher ("like Hannibal Lecter"), took him in for an 
> examination, then let
> > him out a few hours later, more or less intact. 
> > 
> > Here are some pictures he took of the car, which is a 
> write-off - it doesn't
> > look at all as though it's been hit at that speed, or 
> rolled. The car has
> > more airbags than Dolly Parton, yet none of them deployed. 
> When he asked
> > about it he was told that the car wasn't hit hard enough. Yet it's a
> > write-off. Amazing how strong these things are these days - 
> it probably
> > saved his life.
> > http://www.web-options.com/Audi/
> > 
> > Here's a very uninformative press report about it:
> > 
> http://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/news/Man-hospitalised-af
> ter-Leeds-smas
> > h.5115560.jp
> > 
> > Bob
> 
> you have a brother?
> 

I have 2. And a sister. 

Bob


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Re: OT: Write-off

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In a message dated 3/29/2009 3:38:15 P.M.  Pacific Daylight Time, 
p...@web-options.com writes:
My younger brother spent  Thursday night in hospital after someone drove into
his car at 45 mph  (~72kph). The car rolled and my brother was trapped
inside, and had to be cut  free by the fire brigade. They strapped him to a
stretcher ("like Hannibal  Lecter"), took him in for an examination, then let
him out a few hours later,  more or less intact. 

Here are some pictures he took of the car, which is  a write-off - it doesn't
look at all as though it's been hit at that speed,  or rolled. The car has
more airbags than Dolly Parton, yet none of them  deployed. When he asked
about it he was told that the car wasn't hit hard  enough. Yet it's a
write-off. Amazing how strong these things are these days  - it probably
saved his  life.
http://www.web-options.com/Audi/

Here's a very uninformative  press report about  it:
http://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/news/Man-hospitalised-after-Leeds-smas
h.5115560.jp

Bob


I'm  glad he is okay. You'd think because the car flipped, the airbags would 
have  deployed. Odd.

Makes me feel less unprotected by my airbags  now.

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Re: Peso: Saturday hike

[Stan Halpin]

Coming in late on this - after noticing others' comments I had to  
take a look. #2 does nothing for me, but the other three are very  
well done! #2 might be better in B&W but am not sure there is enough  
there to spend much time on.


stan

On Mar 29, 2009, at 2:12 AM, Sasha Sobol wrote:


http://www.flickriver.com/photos/sobol/sets/72157615970999173/
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Re: OT: Write-off

[Stan Halpin]

Scary situation, good outcome.

I note that he was hit by a Fiat. I don't know the model, assume it  
is smaller than the Audi. If so, validation of the notion that bigger  
is better when it comes to collisions. From the photos it is hard to  
see enough damage to write the car off.


How could the Fiat drive into someone from the right like that? A  
failure to yield when entering a roundabout or merging from the  
right? It looks like a glancing blow, not what you would get if  
someone was crossing from a side road.


stan

On Mar 29, 2009, at 5:37 PM, Bob W wrote:

My younger brother spent Thursday night in hospital after someone  
drove into

his car at 45 mph (~72kph). The car rolled and my brother was trapped
inside, and had to be cut free by the fire brigade. They strapped  
him to a
stretcher ("like Hannibal Lecter"), took him in for an examination,  
then let

him out a few hours later, more or less intact.

Here are some pictures he took of the car, which is a write-off -  
it doesn't
look at all as though it's been hit at that speed, or rolled. The  
car has
more airbags than Dolly Parton, yet none of them deployed. When he  
asked

about it he was told that the car wasn't hit hard enough. Yet it's a
write-off. Amazing how strong these things are these days - it  
probably

saved his life.
http://www.web-options.com/Audi/

Here's a very uninformative press report about it:
http://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/news/Man-hospitalised-after- 
Leeds-smas

h.5115560.jp

Bob


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Re: OT: Write-off

[Doug Brewer]

Bob W wrote:

My younger brother spent Thursday night in hospital after someone drove into
his car at 45 mph (~72kph). The car rolled and my brother was trapped
inside, and had to be cut free by the fire brigade. They strapped him to a
stretcher ("like Hannibal Lecter"), took him in for an examination, then let
him out a few hours later, more or less intact. 


Here are some pictures he took of the car, which is a write-off - it doesn't
look at all as though it's been hit at that speed, or rolled. The car has
more airbags than Dolly Parton, yet none of them deployed. When he asked
about it he was told that the car wasn't hit hard enough. Yet it's a
write-off. Amazing how strong these things are these days - it probably
saved his life.
http://www.web-options.com/Audi/

Here's a very uninformative press report about it:
http://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/news/Man-hospitalised-after-Leeds-smas
h.5115560.jp

Bob


you have a brother?

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Re: Saturday hike

[Ken Waller]

The last two are quite stunning !

Kenneth Waller
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Subject: Peso: Saturday hike



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Re: OT: Write-off

[Adam Maas]

On Sun, Mar 29, 2009 at 6:37 PM, Bob W  wrote:
> My younger brother spent Thursday night in hospital after someone drove into
> his car at 45 mph (~72kph). The car rolled and my brother was trapped
> inside, and had to be cut free by the fire brigade. They strapped him to a
> stretcher ("like Hannibal Lecter"), took him in for an examination, then let
> him out a few hours later, more or less intact.
>
> Here are some pictures he took of the car, which is a write-off - it doesn't
> look at all as though it's been hit at that speed, or rolled. The car has
> more airbags than Dolly Parton, yet none of them deployed. When he asked
> about it he was told that the car wasn't hit hard enough. Yet it's a
> write-off. Amazing how strong these things are these days - it probably
> saved his life.
> http://www.web-options.com/Audi/
>
> Here's a very uninformative press report about it:
> http://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/news/Man-hospitalised-after-Leeds-smas
> h.5115560.jp
>
> Bob
>

I know at least two instances of people writing off cars with no or
almost no cosmetic damage. One was an accident, the other stupidity.
Both involved terminal damage to the driveline. One was cause by black
ice and a rock gutting the transaxle on a Suparu Impreza, the other a
car sliding under a truck and taking out the tranny, driveshaft and
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RE: OT PESO - Translucent

[Bob W]

> 
> G'day All,
> 
> One from the weekend. Spur of the moment idea that worked better than
> I had expected.:
> 
> 
> 
> Direct link (~135kb):
> 
> 
> 
> One Nikon SB-900 behind the models head pointed towards the camera.
> 
> Enjoy.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Dave

That's very good, and vaguely revolting in some way.

Bob


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OT PESO - Translucent

[David Savage]

G'day All,

One from the weekend. Spur of the moment idea that worked better than
I had expected.:



Direct link (~135kb):



One Nikon SB-900 behind the models head pointed towards the camera.

Enjoy.

Cheers,

Dave

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RE: OT: Write-off

[Bob W]

> 
> I'm glad that your brother is not seriously hurt.
> 

Thanks.

> My rule of thumb when estimating the cost of body work repairs is that
> every body panel (fender, door, hood) that gets damaged will cost
> $1,000 to repair/replace. If the body panel is structural, like the
> roof, double that.
> 
> Add to that the cost of frame straightening or any damaged mechanical
> parts. 
> 
> If the airbags deploy, the car will cost more to repair than it would
> to replace.
> 
> Just looking at the pictures, I'm guessing $8,000-12,000 to
> repair. That's not counting the cost of repairng the damage of being
> cut out (which I don't see in those pictures).  If you don't care
> about cosmetics, the car could probably be made driveable for $3,000,
> but I don't know how much damage was done cutting him out, or how much
> was done to the frame.

Yea, well, that's in the States. Over here the dealers charge £10,000 just
to change the wipers.

Bob


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Re: PESO: Bird Watcher (w/ DA55/1.4)

[David J Brooks]

On Sun, Mar 29, 2009 at 5:54 PM, Christian  wrote:
> Stan Halpin wrote:
>>
>> Warning: feline content!
>>
>> http://photos.stanhalpin.com/p821843095/e80a3dbc
>>
>> stan
>>
>
> That cat's a bit to centered for my liking, but the look, pose and light are
> beautiful.
>
> Christian

What he said.

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Re: OT: Write-off

[Larry Colen]

I'm glad that your brother is not seriously hurt.

My rule of thumb when estimating the cost of body work repairs is that
every body panel (fender, door, hood) that gets damaged will cost
$1,000 to repair/replace. If the body panel is structural, like the
roof, double that.

Add to that the cost of frame straightening or any damaged mechanical
parts. 

If the airbags deploy, the car will cost more to repair than it would
to replace.

Just looking at the pictures, I'm guessing $8,000-12,000 to
repair. That's not counting the cost of repairng the damage of being
cut out (which I don't see in those pictures).  If you don't care
about cosmetics, the car could probably be made driveable for $3,000,
but I don't know how much damage was done cutting him out, or how much
was done to the frame.

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Re: PESO: Old Blue Eyes

[David J Brooks]

Nicely posed and pretty clean for a through the glass shot.

Dave

On Sun, Mar 29, 2009 at 6:56 PM, Dan Matyola  wrote:
> I ran into this lovely creature on my recent trip to New Orleans, at the
> Audubon Aquarium of the Americas:
>
> http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=8856654
>
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Re: GESO - Dame Helen

[David J Brooks]

Those head/shoulder shots are very nice.

Dave

On Sun, Mar 29, 2009 at 5:53 PM, Cotty  wrote:
> Bit late but hey, busy weekend.
>
> A friend and colleague is leaving to set up her own production company
> and I did her a set of publicity stills from her commercial TV days.
> Good brownie points as she will hopefully be giving me some work, so did
> it for expenses. Pleased with the results - here's a gallery of 23 pics
> - I shot about a hundred. All with Pentax *ist Ds and 18-55 lens. You
> can guess which were shot with the A*85/1.4 !
>
> 
>
>
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Re: OT: F1 Fun in the Sun

[David Savage]

...that said, a mate of mine went over to see the race.

He's posted a few shots:



Cheers,

Dave

2009/3/30 David Savage :
> 2009/3/29 Joseph McAllister :
>> I hope none of you mates in Australia got sunburns watching the season's
>> first F1 race in Melbourne!
>> Anybody put up the around $200 dollars for admission? Or $350 for decent
>> vantage?
>>
>> It was quite the show, with multiple new regulations and designs.
>>
>> Reports and photos please!
>>
>> Joseph McAllister
>> Lots of gear, not much time
>>
>> http://gallery.me.com/jomac
>> http://web.me.com/jomac/show.me/Blog/Blog.html
>>
>>
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> There was a race?
>
> I spent the whole weekend photographing pretty girls (among other things.)
>
> Cheers,
>
> Dave
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Re: OT: F1 Fun in the Sun

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2009/3/29 Joseph McAllister :
> I hope none of you mates in Australia got sunburns watching the season's
> first F1 race in Melbourne!
> Anybody put up the around $200 dollars for admission? Or $350 for decent
> vantage?
>
> It was quite the show, with multiple new regulations and designs.
>
> Reports and photos please!
>
> Joseph McAllister
> Lots of gear, not much time
>
> http://gallery.me.com/jomac
> http://web.me.com/jomac/show.me/Blog/Blog.html
>
>
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There was a race?

I spent the whole weekend photographing pretty girls (among other things.)

Cheers,

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PESO: Old Blue Eyes

[Dan Matyola]

I ran into this lovely creature on my recent trip to New Orleans, at the 
Audubon Aquarium of the Americas:


http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=8856654

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Re: PESO - informal portrait

[Christian]

Cotty wrote:

On 29/3/09, Christian, discombobulated, unleashed:


It was the test shot for a family pic.  My space was to the left :-)


LOL

I thought, ooh Christian's a bit avant-garde here eh!



me?  Avant garde?  Dude, I live in a box

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Re: PESO - informal portrait

[Cotty]

On 29/3/09, Christian, discombobulated, unleashed:

>It was the test shot for a family pic.  My space was to the left :-)

LOL

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Re: GESO - Dame Helen

[Cotty]

On 29/3/09, Bob W, discombobulated, unleashed:

>That 85/1.4's very nice and smooth.

Match the lens to the face I always say ;-)

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Re: GESO - Dame Helen

[Cotty]

On 29/3/09, eactiv...@aol.com, discombobulated, unleashed:

>Hey, isn't one of those guys the same guy that was on the  train?

Very observant Marnie.

Fred Dinenage (pronounced Dine-ej)





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Re: PESO - informal portrait

[Christian]

Cotty wrote:

On 29/3/09, Christian, discombobulated, unleashed:


More fun with the 55 1.8 SMC Takumar.  Kerry (the wife) and Alex (the
daughter named after a camera).

http://404mohawknotfound.blogspot.com/2009/03/blog-post.html

Comments appreciated.


Both looking great, say hi from me.


Thanks, Cot.  They say hi back.  Alex can't wait to hear you play the 
lute again. :-)




Like the framing as well.


It was the test shot for a family pic.  My space was to the left :-)

Christian

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