RE: question for the brits American to English translation
TRAITOR!! t. :) -Original Message- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of David Mann Sent: Sunday, 14 March 2010 4:07 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: question for the brits American to English translation On Mar 14, 2010, at 2:16 PM, David Savage wrote: I love the reaction of people from outside of Oz trying Vegemite for the first (and usually last) time :-) Everyone knows Marmite is superior :)) Dave -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. __ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 4942 (20100313) __ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Useful resource: Pentax P-TTL flash comparison
On Mar 13, 2010, at 5:27 PM, Tanya Love wrote: Bob W said: However, take a look at this: http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=50625id=1022455271ref=nf#!/ album.php ?page=6aid=161316id=547536217 These were shot by a girl I know (in my home town), who is calling herself a professional and who purchased her FIRST slr camera less than a year ago! Grr. They are FAR from professional! The link isn't working. I know how to use it AND I hate it. Anyone who thinks the mark of a professional is knowing how to use artificial light knows nothing about photography. I totally agree! The best shots I have done are the most uncontrived, candid shots without invasive use of flash/strobes. It takes special skill to be able to read the light and know when natural light will make or break the shot, and/or when flash is needed. There is as much to learn about using strobes as there is about using a camera. Most of the photography I've done has been in situations where strobes aren't an option, so I worked at getting good at photographs without a strobe. Now, I really need to improve my skills with lighting. I've read light, science and magic twice, and am working my way through the strobist DVDs. One of the reasons I dislike my 540 so much is that I seem to have to put more energy into outsmarting it than I do in where to aim it, and how to diffuse it. It may very well be the fault of the camera that the p-ttl metering isn't worth shite, but on average I get better results putting the flash on manual, and setting my f-stop by guaging the distance, taking a SCWAG at the exposure and occasionally chimping to double check. This is why I get so annoyed at the flash deciding that I really want p-ttl rather than whatever power I set it at. -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com sent from i4est -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: [Bulk] Re: Look Who Woke Up Salivating
On Mar 13, 2010, at 4:39 PM, Paul Ewins wrote: Come to think of it, my Speed Graphics don't have dials or buttons. Lots of levers though. Paul How do you release a 'cocked' lever without a button? keith whaley Another lever. One lever to cock the shutter, another one to fire it, a third to select the aperture and on some shutters two more levers for preview and flash sync (i.e. choosing v, m or x). On mosts shutters the speed is set with a ring around the outside of the shutter. True, there are also a few knobs here and there but I stand by the no buttons or dials. Which is not to say that I think that this was what KR meant, just that monkeys with keyboards will occasionally write Shakespeare. Or, for that matter, photography websites. -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com sent from i4est -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: K7 Manual Mode Problem (PDML Digest, Vol 47, Issue 132)
Gaëtan, Try to remove the grip and check if the situation prevails. Sometimes, if one of the Tv control wheels end up positioned slightly between clicks, the other Tv wheel can act up. Same goes for Av wheels of course, but under my fingertips it seems to happen more often with the Tv wheel. Usually it's enough to rub both the grip and the camera wheels back and forth a couple of times, but on the rare occasion I've had to detach and re-attach the grip. Hasn't happened yet with the K-7, but did with all my previous DSLRs. Jostein 2010/3/13 Gaëtan Beauchamp li...@gaetanbeauchamp.ca: Hello everyone. Does anybody had problems with manual mode in K7? I am experiencing some and I think that I'll have to send it to Pentax Canada. It is impossible to trigger Tv with the front dial, it's going up but not down. I have to use the green button to come down to the fastest exposition. The rear dial seems to works OK. I discoverthough that a grip give me access to all Tv and Av settings that I want. Is someone experienced something similar and how to fix it if possible? Thanks. Gaetan B. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- http://www.alunfoto.no/galleri/ http://alunfoto.blogspot.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Video
A friend asked me to help him video his band tonight. He's a pro, has the full rig, but since he's in the band, there's only so much he can do. He set up the main camera taping the whole band and gave me a small handheld and monopod to get the detail shots. He even suggested that I could do stuff with the main camera, zoom and pan and stuff, but I figured I'd leave it alone as a safe backup and just play with the one handheld camera. It was fun, especially with the camcorder on the monopod and shooting at fun angles, like directly above the musicians, or from floor level. On the other hand, it was a LOT of work. Even without dealing with exposure and focus, it was more work than shooting stills. With still you only have to be reasonably still for, maybe, 1/5 Second, not for tens of seconds, or a minute or two at a shot. Mr. Cottrell has nothing to worry about my wanting to steal his job. I also played a little bit with the video on the K-x. Most of the clips were basically crap, however two of them turned out impressively well. One was a 15 second clip with the FA77 that really impressed me with the image quality. The other is a 40 second clip with the 18-250 which sort of pushes the limits of the sensor. Also, with video, I can see the advantages of motorized zoom. I can play the files fine on my Mac. In VLC I need to let it correct the avi file, but it works. Unfortunately, my version of iMovie won't import them, and my version of quicktime won't save them. I guess that it's time to try installing the Pentax software and see how well it handles things. -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com sent from i4est -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO - Goksøyr
On 13/3/10, AlunFoto, discombobulated, unleashed: In Blog: http://alunfoto.blogspot.com/2010/03/goksyr-runde.html Pic only: http://turl.no/8e2 WOW. stunning! -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche -- http://www.cottysnaps.com _ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: question for the brits American to English translation
On 13/3/10, John Sessoms, discombobulated, unleashed: And I only had to explain what I wanted one time before someone told me all I had to do was to ask for drip coffee. I've never heard it called that here! -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche -- http://www.cottysnaps.com _ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Video
On Mar 14, 2010, at 1:59 AM, Larry Colen wrote: I can play the files fine on my Mac. In VLC I need to let it correct the avi file, but it works. Unfortunately, my version of iMovie won't import them, and my version of quicktime won't save them. I guess that it's time to try installing the Pentax software and see how well it handles things. It'll play the video, that's all. Oh well, one video is going up to flickr, the other to facebook. -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com sent from i4est -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: question for the brits American to English translation
On 13/3/10, Tanya Love, discombobulated, unleashed: I think the strangest thing of all though, was the fact that Cotty was really the only one who I could understand 100% of the time! Sad, but true! Very disconcerting as I only ever understand a maximum of about 80% -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche -- http://www.cottysnaps.com _ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
RE: question for the brits American to English translation
And I only had to explain what I wanted one time before someone told me all I had to do was to ask for drip coffee. I've never heard it called that here! Me neither. The hotelier must have learnt the American name for whatever it is. I assume it's filter coffee. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Video
On 14/3/10, Larry Colen, discombobulated, unleashed: It was fun, especially with the camcorder on the monopod and shooting at fun angles, like directly above the musicians, or from floor level. On the other hand, it was a LOT of work. Even without dealing with exposure and focus, it was more work than shooting stills. With still you only have to be reasonably still for, maybe, 1/5 Second, not for tens of seconds, or a minute or two at a shot. Mr. Cottrell has nothing to worry about my wanting to steal his job. lol sounds great - please post the results when finished - love to see them :) -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche -- http://www.cottysnaps.com _ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: question for the brits American to English translation
On 14/3/10, Bob W, discombobulated, unleashed: Me neither. The hotelier must have learnt the American name for whatever it is. I assume it's filter coffee. I was assuming the hotelier was referring to the customer. -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche -- http://www.cottysnaps.com _ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO - Waiting
The red hat on the chair is very nice as well. Steve Desjardins -Original Message- From: Rick Womer rwomer1...@yahoo.com Date: Sat, 13 Mar 2010 19:45:41 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail Listpdml@pdml.net Subject: Re: PESO - Waiting Thanks, Dave. I kinda liked it too. Hasn't gotten much notice here, though. Rick http://photo.net/photos/RickW --- On Sat, 3/13/10, David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com wrote: Nice geometry and lighting on this shot. Good eye Dave On Fri, Mar 12, 2010 at 11:12 PM, Rick Womer rwomer1...@yahoo.com wrote: Wednesday I took my camera to work, and did some shooting on the way to and from (about a mile's walk in each direction). On the way home, at about 7pm, I came upon this lonely bicycle on the Penn campus--it's spring break. http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=10799360 (K10D, FA 50/1.7, ISO 1600, f/6.7 @ 1/6) Rick -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ York Region, Ontario, Canada -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: question for the brits American to English translation
Tanya Love wrote: Oh, no, I'm not talking real cheese here! I definitely mean the sliced, square type that you find at Subway, Maccas (McDonalds) etc. aka Plastic Cheese. I am very well aware of the thousands of types of delicious cheeses available world wide, me being a Fetta girl myself! Cheese is one of my favourite things in the whole world! I just thought of another thing too... Cordial! No-one, and I mean NO one in the US had any idea what I was talking about when I asked if anyone had cordial! We always have at least 2 bottles of different flavours in our house! It is a concentrated water syrup stuff that you add about a cm of to the bottom of a glass and fill the remainder with water. It is always a fruity flavour - raspberry, fruit cup, orange, lime, lemon etc. The closest American equivalent I could find was Kool Aid, but it is powder?! I was SO excited to come home and have a nice big glass of raspberry cordial! I guess we drink it like you guys drink Iced Tea - and it's just not the same without a ton of ice cubes clinking around the glass! As usual, this word has several meanings depending on where it's used. In the U.S. I've always thought of a cordial as a liqueur but see it's definition varies all over the place! See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cordial Interesting... keith whaley -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
RE: PESO: Robin [Scanned] [Spam score:8%]
Thanks David, they can get quite familiar with people at times, especially where there's food involved. I've had one at home take meal worms from my hand last springtime, fiesty little fellows though. Regards, John From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of David Mann [dm...@bluemoon.net.nz] Sent: 14 March 2010 05:38 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: PESO: Robin [Scanned] [Spam score:8%] On Mar 13, 2010, at 11:24 AM, John Whittingham wrote: Taken locally: K20D DA*300/4, comment and critique welcome: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=10798410 Lovely photo. Our little fantail friend came and helped us in the garden again today but I was too busy with the pruning to go inside and get the camera. He was behaving a bit like a cat, getting in the way all the time. I realised that my pruning was shaking the plant enough to scare insects out of the foliage which he'd eat in flight. Then he'd perch again and watch. Very chatty too, I think he was quite enjoying himself. Dave -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO - Goksøyr
Beautiful. Good timing on that wave, really adds to the mood Dave On Sat, Mar 13, 2010 at 5:31 PM, AlunFoto alunf...@gmail.com wrote: Another pic from this week-end's foray. In Blog: http://alunfoto.blogspot.com/2010/03/goksyr-runde.html Pic only: http://turl.no/8e2 Tim and I are having a great time. :-) Jostein -- http://www.alunfoto.no/galleri/ http://alunfoto.blogspot.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ York Region, Ontario, Canada -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO: Bogue Barn
As one barnie to another, well done Dave On Sat, Mar 13, 2010 at 2:06 PM, Jack Davis jdavi...@yahoo.com wrote: On my way home from taking care of an errand, I took a street (Bogue Rd) I hadn't been on for some years. I recorded this east facing barn and, early this AM, returned with some gear. It's sits on an island of property surrounded by apartments and other commercial structures. Had to shoot through what we call a cyclone fence which resulted in my needing to heavily crop. Wanted to include the entire barn, but wasn't possible. Without a lot of enthusiasm, am offering a portion. Love the detail in the orig file. I have a bit of a problem with the barn peak/large tree weight so near the center, but WTH, I had a brief moment with a camera. Jack Comments always welcome. K20, DA 16~45, hand held http://photolightimages.com/aspupload/detail.asp?ID=462 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ York Region, Ontario, Canada -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Peso Red River
Hi all. Saturday was a damp heavy overcast, rainy day, so what better to do than go shot pictures. Found myself at the bottom end of the Holland marsh, and stopped at took a series of shots of this part of the river, heavy with spring run off. http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=10804810 K10D, 16-45 iso 100 f22 1/6 shutter. Some adjusting in LR2 but nothing special. Hand held as some one forgot to take the quick release off of the D200 and put it back on the Slik pro 700. Comments welcome Dave -- Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ York Region, Ontario, Canada -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
RE: Useful resource: Pentax P-TTL flash comparison
However, take a look at this: http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=50625id=1022455271ref= nf#!/album.php ?page=6aid=161316id=547536217 These were shot by a girl I know (in my home town), who is calling herself a professional and who purchased her FIRST slr camera less than a year ago! Grr. They are FAR from professional! I don't have a Facebook account, so I can't see them. Nevertheless, it doesn't matter. If her target clients don't like them she won't get any business; if they do, she will. Whether she describes herself as professional or not is irrelevant - what matters from the professional point of view is income. If you're generating regular income you're a professional; otherwise you're not. It doesn't matter what you write on your Facebook page. Bob -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Useful resource: Pentax P-TTL flash comparison
On Sun, Mar 14, 2010 at 7:40 AM, Bob W p...@web-options.com wrote: I don't have a Facebook account, so I can't see them. Nevertheless, it doesn't matter. If her target clients don't like them she won't get any business; if they do, she will. Whether she describes herself as professional or not is irrelevant - what matters from the professional point of view is income. If you're generating regular income you're a professional; otherwise you're not. It doesn't matter what you write on your Facebook page. Bob I don't watch these TV judge shows, the SO does, but she called me into the TV room last week for a Joe Brown segment , someone suing a wedding photographer for blurry and soft photos. Banter, banter, blah blah etc, then he asked the girl what camera she used and how long she has been doing this. Her reply was a Canon rebel and about 1 year. His response was, a Canon rebel is not a pro camera, proceded to ask if tripod was used etc.(he apparently used to be a photographer) Nothing to do with this thread, I just remembered that segment and thought his response was funny. Dave -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ York Region, Ontario, Canada -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: peso - portrait
Great job on the face sharpness, but, the blur of the sweater seems to much, and i agree with Derby, back ground to cluttered. Photo also looks a bit to dark. Dave On Sat, Mar 13, 2010 at 4:22 PM, Sasha Sobol sa...@asobol.com wrote: http://www.flickr.com/photos/sobol/4430214904/ I am not sure about this one, need your comments and critique. --Sasha -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ York Region, Ontario, Canada -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Light houses
Some neat shots. http://www.canoe.ca/Travel/Microgalleries/lighthouse/home.html?pic=0 Dave -- Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ York Region, Ontario, Canada -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO: Bogue Barn
I carry the title proudly! ;) Thanks, Dave. Jack --- On Sun, 3/14/10, David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com wrote: From: David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com Subject: Re: PESO: Bogue Barn To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Date: Sunday, March 14, 2010, 4:25 AM As one barnie to another, well done Dave On Sat, Mar 13, 2010 at 2:06 PM, Jack Davis jdavi...@yahoo.com wrote: On my way home from taking care of an errand, I took a street (Bogue Rd) I hadn't been on for some years. I recorded this east facing barn and, early this AM, returned with some gear. It's sits on an island of property surrounded by apartments and other commercial structures. Had to shoot through what we call a cyclone fence which resulted in my needing to heavily crop. Wanted to include the entire barn, but wasn't possible. Without a lot of enthusiasm, am offering a portion. Love the detail in the orig file. I have a bit of a problem with the barn peak/large tree weight so near the center, but WTH, I had a brief moment with a camera. Jack Comments always welcome. K20, DA 16~45, hand held http://photolightimages.com/aspupload/detail.asp?ID=462 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ York Region, Ontario, Canada -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Peso Red River
Makes you wonder how it all happened. Well composed, David! Jack --- On Sun, 3/14/10, David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com wrote: From: David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com Subject: Peso Red River To: Pentax Discuss pdml@pdml.net, Barbara Brooks bbaro...@gmail.com Cc: Home Sarah sarah.h...@firstgroup.com, Conley Leah leah.con...@firstgroup.com, Smillie Dale dale.smil...@firstgroup.com Date: Sunday, March 14, 2010, 4:41 AM Hi all. Saturday was a damp heavy overcast, rainy day, so what better to do than go shot pictures. Found myself at the bottom end of the Holland marsh, and stopped at took a series of shots of this part of the river, heavy with spring run off. http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=10804810 K10D, 16-45 iso 100 f22 1/6 shutter. Some adjusting in LR2 but nothing special. Hand held as some one forgot to take the quick release off of the D200 and put it back on the Slik pro 700. Comments welcome Dave -- Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ York Region, Ontario, Canada -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO - Waiting
Rick, I've looked at the picture several times without comment so here goes... I like the repeated forms of the bike posts and the perspective they create. For me, the bike is too much in the dark. I wish the wall and bike were lighter. Regards, Bob S. On Sat, Mar 13, 2010 at 10:45 PM, Rick Womer rwomer1...@yahoo.com wrote: Thanks, Dave. I kinda liked it too. Hasn't gotten much notice here, though. Rick http://photo.net/photos/RickW --- On Sat, 3/13/10, David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com wrote: Nice geometry and lighting on this shot. Good eye Dave On Fri, Mar 12, 2010 at 11:12 PM, Rick Womer rwomer1...@yahoo.com wrote: Wednesday I took my camera to work, and did some shooting on the way to and from (about a mile's walk in each direction). On the way home, at about 7pm, I came upon this lonely bicycle on the Penn campus--it's spring break. http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=10799360 (K10D, FA 50/1.7, ISO 1600, f/6.7 @ 1/6) Rick -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ York Region, Ontario, Canada -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Peso Retaining wall
Taken on the other side of the road from the Red river shot. http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=10805351 My guess is its part of the flood retention system. K10D 16-45 overcast and rainy Dave -- Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ York Region, Ontario, Canada -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Peso Red River
Looks kind of dangerous Dave!Regards, Bob S. On Sun, Mar 14, 2010 at 6:41 AM, David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com wrote: Hi all. Saturday was a damp heavy overcast, rainy day, so what better to do than go shot pictures. Found myself at the bottom end of the Holland marsh, and stopped at took a series of shots of this part of the river, heavy with spring run off. http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=10804810 K10D, 16-45 iso 100 f22 1/6 shutter. Some adjusting in LR2 but nothing special. Hand held as some one forgot to take the quick release off of the D200 and put it back on the Slik pro 700. Comments welcome Dave -- Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ York Region, Ontario, Canada -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: question for the brits American to English translation
From: Miserere I was once at a petrol station (why would you call it gas if it's liquid!?!?!?) Gas is short-hand for gasoline. First there was kerosene, which you call paraffin for some odd reason, then came gasoline. But saying the whole word takes too long, and Americans are in a hurry to get things done. I think the only reason kerosene didn't get shortened to kero was people were afraid they'd get confused put it on pancakes by mistake. What do you lot call pancakes? -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: question for the brits American to English translation
No, no Tan: KIWI !! On 14 March 2010 16:15, Tanya Love tanyal...@bigpond.com wrote: TRAITOR!! t. :) -Original Message- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of David Mann Sent: Sunday, 14 March 2010 4:07 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: question for the brits American to English translation On Mar 14, 2010, at 2:16 PM, David Savage wrote: I love the reaction of people from outside of Oz trying Vegemite for the first (and usually last) time :-) Everyone knows Marmite is superior :)) Dave -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: question for the brits American to English translation
On 14 March 2010 22:31, John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com wrote: From: Miserere I was once at a petrol station (why would you call it gas if it's liquid!?!?!?) Gas is short-hand for gasoline. First there was kerosene, which you call paraffin for some odd reason, then came gasoline. But saying the whole word takes too long, and Americans are in a hurry to get things done. I think the only reason kerosene didn't get shortened to kero was people were afraid they'd get confused put it on pancakes by mistake. It's shortened to kero here in .au. DS -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
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RE: question for the brits American to English translation
From: Tanya Love I just thought of another thing too... Cordial! No-one, and I mean NO one in the US had any idea what I was talking about when I asked if anyone had cordial! We always have at least 2 bottles of different flavours in our house! It is a concentrated water syrup stuff that you add about a cm of to the bottom of a glass and fill the remainder with water. It is always a fruity flavour - raspberry, fruit cup, orange, lime, lemon etc. The closest American equivalent I could find was Kool Aid, but it is powder?! I was SO excited to come home and have a nice big glass of raspberry cordial! I guess we drink it like you guys drink Iced Tea - and it's just not the same without a ton of ice cubes clinking around the glass! You could have asked for raspberry syrup. That's what it would be called in North Carolina. You could have found it in a specialty grocery ... possibly in Boone, NC was the closest place to Grandfather Mountain. In North Carolina, a cordial is a spirituous liquor, an alcoholic beverage, and is also only available in specialty shops, i.e. state controlled ABC stores. Blame it all on the Southern Baptist Convention. We have to constantly fight them for the right to consume any alcohol at all. Anyway, I think the cordial sold in ABC stores is fruit syrup + water + grain alcohol to a certain percentage ... don't really know since I mostly drink gin. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Peso Red River
I thought it was going to be a picture of the river, but it's just a shot of your truck:-)) Seriously, it's sad that an attractive waterway is defaced like that. But you have done a good job of recording said defacement. Paul On Mar 14, 2010, at 7:41 AM, David J Brooks wrote: Hi all. Saturday was a damp heavy overcast, rainy day, so what better to do than go shot pictures. Found myself at the bottom end of the Holland marsh, and stopped at took a series of shots of this part of the river, heavy with spring run off. http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=10804810 K10D, 16-45 iso 100 f22 1/6 shutter. Some adjusting in LR2 but nothing special. Hand held as some one forgot to take the quick release off of the D200 and put it back on the Slik pro 700. Comments welcome Dave -- Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ York Region, Ontario, Canada -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
RE: question for the brits American to English translation
From: Tanya Love Oh, another cultural difference there - we TAKE our lunch to school with us here - we don't have cafeterias that serve Hot meals to our kids. We do have tuckshops where the kids can place an order in a brown paper bag (or online now!), and have it delivered to their classrooms, but most kids only do that like once per week, as a special treat, or when, like me, their mums haven't been to buy groceries and can't work out what to send them for lunch! Lol. The dirty little secret behind American school cafeterias is they're part of the socialist agenda. See, reformers somehow got the idea in the early 20th century that sometimes poor families might not have money to feed their kids, but they didn't want charity. If the school served a nutritious lunch every day to EVERY child, the charity of feeding the poor kids could be disguised, and at least they wouldn't starve to death. It's linked in with such communistic ideas as mandatory school attendance and the abolition of child labor. It served a couple of other purposes as well. The schools bought most of the food locally putting a little money into the hands of local farmers. The rest of the food came out of USDA surplus, reducing that surplus, saving the USDA warehousing costs and making room for them to buy more food to keep up the price supports to agri-business. And the school cafeterias gave a fair number of women jobs. Workfare, not welfare. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO - Goks?yr
On 13/3/10, AlunFoto, discombobulated, unleashed: In Blog: http://alunfoto.blogspot.com/2010/03/goksyr-runde.html Pic only: http://turl.no/8e2 Nice stormy looming mood. There's definitely some original posts that are not making it into the digests. I do try to look at everyones PESOs even if I don't comment on all of them. Didn't see this one until someone replied to it. I don't think I could have missed this one originally. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
GESO - Runde at wintertime
Four picks and some text from a winter journey to Runde. BWT: I have a complaint to make about Jostein. His silhouette creates a lot of CA. http://maritimtim.blogspot.com/2010/03/runde-at-wintertime.html -- MaritimTim http://maritimtim.blogspot.com/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: question for the brits American to English translation
From: Cotty On 13/3/10, John Sessoms, discombobulated, unleashed: And I only had to explain what I wanted one time before someone told me all I had to do was to ask for drip coffee. I've never heard it called that here! It was someone at the counter at a sandwich shop in the Queen Street Railway Station in Glasgow if it makes any difference. I described the Bunn-o-matic coffee maker and he was familiar with them and said to just ask for drip coffee in the future. And it worked. I asked for drip coffee from then on and got something that tasted like I'm familiar with and could drink. Before that, someone had recommended asking for an Americano, which is the most GAWD-AWFUL tasting crap, worse than Starbucks. Funny thing is, after the first night I stayed in bed 'n breakfast type lodgings, and every one of them had a genuine Bunn-o-matic commercial drip coffee maker in the dining room for that breakfast. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
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John,
We came home for lunch in my day ('50's)
Only the kids who rode the bus had to stay in for lunch.
I can see the grade school from my house, but my kids took lunch in bags.
There are fewer stay at home moms to fix lunch for kids,
and it's easier to control the day if you keep the kids in school.
I always thought of the school lunch program as a conspiracy between
the USDA and the Wisconsin Dairy farmers to get rid of surplus cheese.
I changed my mind when I learned about school breakfast programs.
It's a sad state of affairs when the kids come to school to hungry to learn,
and when the parents are so negligent. At least this feeds them...
Regards, Bob S.
On Sun, Mar 14, 2010 at 10:20 AM, John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com wrote:
From: Tanya Love
Oh, another cultural difference there - we TAKE our lunch to school with
us
here - we don't have cafeterias that serve
Hot meals to our kids. We do have tuckshops where the kids can place an
order in a brown paper bag (or online now!),
and have it delivered to their classrooms, but most kids only do that like
once per week, as a special treat, or when,
like me, their mums haven't been to buy groceries and can't work out what
to
send them for lunch! Lol.
The dirty little secret behind American school cafeterias is they're part of
the socialist agenda.
See, reformers somehow got the idea in the early 20th century that sometimes
poor families might not have money to feed their kids, but they didn't want
charity.
If the school served a nutritious lunch every day to EVERY child, the
charity of feeding the poor kids could be disguised, and at least they
wouldn't starve to death. It's linked in with such communistic ideas as
mandatory school attendance and the abolition of child labor.
It served a couple of other purposes as well. The schools bought most of the
food locally putting a little money into the hands of local farmers. The
rest of the food came out of USDA surplus, reducing that surplus, saving
the USDA warehousing costs and making room for them to buy more food to keep
up the price supports to agri-business.
And the school cafeterias gave a fair number of women jobs. Workfare, not
welfare.
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Re: PESO - Goksøyr
You sure caught a better wave than I did. (I need to work on my timing on waves). I'm not sure if I like what you did to the sky. I think I'll work a bit more on mine, and see if it's a candidate for the winter topic in the photo club competition. -- MaritimTim http://maritimtim.blogspot.com/ 2010/3/13 AlunFoto alunf...@gmail.com: Another pic from this week-end's foray. In Blog: http://alunfoto.blogspot.com/2010/03/goksyr-runde.html Pic only: http://turl.no/8e2 Tim and I are having a great time. :-) Jostein -- http://www.alunfoto.no/galleri/ http://alunfoto.blogspot.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: question for the brits American to English translation
- Original Message - From: John Sessoms Subject: RE: question for the brits American to English translation Blame it all on the Southern Baptist Convention. We have to constantly fight them for the right to consume any alcohol at all. Tell them that if it wasn't for the discovery of alcohol we would all still be cave dwelling hunter gatherers eating whatever we could find on the forest floor. William Robb -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
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From: Bob W And I only had to explain what I wanted one time before someone told me all I had to do was to ask for drip coffee. I've never heard it called that here! Me neither. The hotelier must have learnt the American name for whatever it is. I assume it's filter coffee. Possibly I mis-remember. The guy I was talking to knew what I was talking about when I described it and he told me what word to say to get what I wanted. It's been five years, could be that it was filter coffee he told me to ask for. Funny how memory works. Some things stay and some things fade away. It was at a food vendor inside Queen Street Railway Station in Glasgow. I remember it was to the right as you came in the main entrance off George Square, and it had a little fenced off seating area. It was very similar to the kind of establishment you find in an American shopping mall food court. I got some sort of sweet pastry a cup of coffee in a paper cup that was too hot to hold at first, even after I wrapped it in several paper napkins. I know it was not the Burger King, and it was not the COSTA (been googling like mad trying to find a photo on-line). -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: question for the brits American to English translation
From: Cotty On 14/3/10, Bob W, discombobulated, unleashed: Me neither. The hotelier must have learnt the American name for whatever it is. I assume it's filter coffee. I was assuming the hotelier was referring to the customer. Cotty, you'll be back at Grandfather Mountain again someday, and you're going to have to sleep some time. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Peso Red River
Thanks Jack, Bob and Paul. My truck is black Paul, must be some one elses.;-) My original intent on the drive was to get a few rapids shots from the bridge(i used to drive over this bridge on my bus training) but never saw the truck part until i went down by the edge. The bridge is covered in wall art but was difficult to get at. Dave On Sun, Mar 14, 2010 at 10:48 AM, P N Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote: I thought it was going to be a picture of the river, but it's just a shot of your truck:-)) Seriously, it's sad that an attractive waterway is defaced like that. But you have done a good job of recording said defacement. Paul On Mar 14, 2010, at 7:41 AM, David J Brooks wrote: Hi all. Saturday was a damp heavy overcast, rainy day, so what better to do than go shot pictures. Found myself at the bottom end of the Holland marsh, and stopped at took a series of shots of this part of the river, heavy with spring run off. http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=10804810 K10D, 16-45 iso 100 f22 1/6 shutter. Some adjusting in LR2 but nothing special. Hand held as some one forgot to take the quick release off of the D200 and put it back on the Slik pro 700. Comments welcome Dave -- Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ York Region, Ontario, Canada -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ York Region, Ontario, Canada -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: GESO - Runde at wintertime
The first two are really good. Dave On Sun, Mar 14, 2010 at 11:35 AM, Tim Øsleby maritim...@gmail.com wrote: Four picks and some text from a winter journey to Runde. BWT: I have a complaint to make about Jostein. His silhouette creates a lot of CA. http://maritimtim.blogspot.com/2010/03/runde-at-wintertime.html -- MaritimTim http://maritimtim.blogspot.com/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ York Region, Ontario, Canada -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Video
On Mar 14, 2010, at 3:32 AM, Cotty wrote: On 14/3/10, Larry Colen, discombobulated, unleashed: It was fun, especially with the camcorder on the monopod and shooting at fun angles, like directly above the musicians, or from floor level. On the other hand, it was a LOT of work. Even without dealing with exposure and focus, it was more work than shooting stills. With still you only have to be reasonably still for, maybe, 1/5 Second, not for tens of seconds, or a minute or two at a shot. Mr. Cottrell has nothing to worry about my wanting to steal his job. lol sounds great - please post the results when finished - love to see them :) Dan is doing all of the editing, I'll post links to what gets processed. Here's a short clip from the K-x: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/4431824502/ And for those with facebook, a somewhat longer one: http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=407244229672 -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche -- http://www.cottysnaps.com _ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com sent from i4est -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
RE: question for the brits American to English translation
Blame it all on the Southern Baptist Convention. We have to constantly fight them for the right to consume any alcohol at all. Tell them that if it wasn't for the discovery of alcohol we would all still be cave dwelling hunter gatherers eating whatever we could find on the forest floor. Alcohol is what makes us think we're civilised. Bob -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
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Luxury! We wuz so poor we had to eat us own feet for school dinner. And in
t'evening our Mam spread jam made from our Nan's doin's on bread she'd
wrestled from t'ducks ni t'park.
John,
We came home for lunch in my day ('50's) Only the kids who
rode the bus had to stay in for lunch.
I can see the grade school from my house, but my kids took
lunch in bags.
There are fewer stay at home moms to fix lunch for kids, and
it's easier to control the day if you keep the kids in school.
I always thought of the school lunch program as a conspiracy
between the USDA and the Wisconsin Dairy farmers to get rid
of surplus cheese.
I changed my mind when I learned about school breakfast programs.
It's a sad state of affairs when the kids come to school to
hungry to learn, and when the parents are so negligent. At
least this feeds them...
Regards, Bob S.
On Sun, Mar 14, 2010 at 10:20 AM, John Sessoms
jsessoms...@nc.rr.com wrote:
From: Tanya Love
Oh, another cultural difference there - we TAKE our lunch
to school
with us here - we don't have cafeterias that serve Hot
meals to our
kids. We do have tuckshops where the kids can place an
order in a
brown paper bag (or online now!), and have it delivered to their
classrooms, but most kids only do that like once per week, as a
special treat, or when, like me, their mums haven't been to buy
groceries and can't work out what to send them for lunch! Lol.
The dirty little secret behind American school cafeterias
is they're
part of the socialist agenda.
See, reformers somehow got the idea in the early 20th century that
sometimes poor families might not have money to feed their
kids, but
they didn't want charity.
If the school served a nutritious lunch every day to EVERY
child, the
charity of feeding the poor kids could be disguised, and at least
they wouldn't starve to death. It's linked in with such communistic
ideas as mandatory school attendance and the abolition of
child labor.
It served a couple of other purposes as well. The schools
bought most
of the food locally putting a little money into the hands of local
farmers. The rest of the food came out of USDA surplus, reducing
that surplus, saving the USDA warehousing costs and making room for
them to buy more food to keep up the price supports to
agri-business.
And the school cafeterias gave a fair number of women jobs.
Workfare,
not welfare.
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Re: question for the brits American to English translation
On Mar 14, 2010, at 3:38 AM, Keith Whaley wrote: Tanya Love wrote: Oh, no, I'm not talking real cheese here! I definitely mean the sliced, square type that you find at Subway, Maccas (McDonalds) etc. aka Plastic Cheese. I am very well aware of the thousands of types of delicious cheeses available world wide, me being a Fetta girl myself! Cheese is one of my favourite things in the whole world! I just thought of another thing too... Cordial! No-one, and I mean NO one in the US had any idea what I was talking about when I asked if anyone had cordial! We always have at least 2 bottles of different flavours in our house! It is a concentrated water syrup stuff that you add about a cm of to the bottom of a glass and fill the remainder with water. It is always a fruity flavour - raspberry, fruit cup, orange, lime, lemon etc. The closest American equivalent I could find was Kool Aid, but it is powder?! It sounds like what we call Italian Syrup, sold as Torani (sp?) and poured either into club soda (seltzer water) or over shaved Ice. It comes in a wide variety of flavors. If you want serious regional differences, it seems that every part of the US has a different name for carbonated sugar water: soda pop soda pop coke (not Coke, but coke. What sort of coke would you like? Pepsi) -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com sent from i4est -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
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[...] In North Carolina, a cordial is a spirituous liquor, an alcoholic beverage, and is also only available in specialty shops, i.e. state controlled ABC stores. Blame it all on the Southern Baptist Convention. We have to constantly fight them for the right to consume any alcohol at all. When I spent a weekend in NC a few years ago we had to drive about 35 miles each way from the town we were in to find somewhere that would serve us with a drink. When we got there it was like one those bars you see in Burt Reynolds films. Most educational. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
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On Mar 14, 2010, at 11:03 AM, Bob W wrote: Blame it all on the Southern Baptist Convention. We have to constantly fight them for the right to consume any alcohol at all. Tell them that if it wasn't for the discovery of alcohol we would all still be cave dwelling hunter gatherers eating whatever we could find on the forest floor. Alcohol is what makes us think we're civilised. Not to mention attractive. -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com sent from i4est -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
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[...] It was at a food vendor inside Queen Street Railway Station in Glasgow. I remember it was to the right as you came in the main entrance off George Square, and it had a little fenced off seating area. It was very similar to the kind of establishment you find in an American shopping mall food court. I got some sort of sweet pastry a cup of coffee in a paper cup that was too hot to hold at first, even after I wrapped it in several paper napkins. I know it was not the Burger King, and it was not the COSTA (been googling like mad trying to find a photo on-line). Café Nero, AMT, Starbucks, Coffee Republic, Puccino, Pret a Manger, Café Ritazza, Upper Crust, Greggs, Dunkin Donuts, Macdo, ... On the other hand, if it was Glasgow, it could have been anything but it was so hot because it was deep fried. http://www.christian.org.uk/news/bible-deep-fried-in-batter-sold-in-public- art-gallery/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: GESO - Runde at wintertime
Thanks Dave. -- MaritimTim http://maritimtim.blogspot.com/ 2010/3/14 David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com: The first two are really good. Dave On Sun, Mar 14, 2010 at 11:35 AM, Tim Øsleby maritim...@gmail.com wrote: Four picks and some text from a winter journey to Runde. BWT: I have a complaint to make about Jostein. His silhouette creates a lot of CA. http://maritimtim.blogspot.com/2010/03/runde-at-wintertime.html -- MaritimTim http://maritimtim.blogspot.com/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ York Region, Ontario, Canada -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
RE: question for the brits American to English translation
It was someone at the counter at a sandwich shop in the Queen Street Railway Station in Glasgow if it makes any difference. I described the Bunn-o-matic coffee maker and he was familiar with them and said to just ask for drip coffee in the future. And it worked. I asked for drip coffee from then on and got something that tasted like I'm familiar with and could drink. Before that, someone had recommended asking for an Americano, which is the most GAWD-AWFUL tasting crap, worse than Starbucks. The clue's in the name... Americano is espresso with hot water added because, according to legend, American tourists couldn't stomach espresso and had to have it weakened. Similarly in France you can have your steak cooked a l'americain, which means burnt. Funny thing is, after the first night I stayed in bed 'n breakfast type lodgings, and every one of them had a genuine Bunn-o-matic commercial drip coffee maker in the dining room for that breakfast. One of these? http://www.caffesociety.co.uk/bunn-pour-and-serve-37800-0102.html They're the sort of thing that British Rail used back in the worst days of British food history. Typically they would sit on a hot plate for days at a time and would serve coffee that tasted like the scrapings from a locomotive boiler. I've never had a decent cup of coffee from one of these - they leave the jug stewing for too long. Filter coffee is only worth drinking if it's absolutely fresh (which is how I make it in the morning, with one of these: http://www.swissgold.com/e/c_produkt06.php. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: question for the brits American to English translation
- Original Message - From: Larry Colen Subject: Re: question for the brits American to English translation Alcohol is what makes us think we're civilised. Not to mention attractive. Keep drinking, lad. William Robb -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: question for the brits American to English translation
- Original Message - From: Bob W Subject: RE: question for the brits American to English translation Alcohol is what makes us think we're civilised. Actually, it was the realization that if fruit was left sitting long enough it got better by fermenting. By forming stationary communities, we were able to reap the benefits of fermentation. William Robb -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: question for the brits American to English translation
David Savage wrote: On 14 March 2010 22:31, John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com wrote: What do you lot call pancakes? Pancakes. Depending on who you lot really ARE, in the U.S. we frequently call them flap-jacks, which is slang... No idea where THAT came from, either, but Google says that name started about 1600! Think that's a while ago? Pancake, the original word for them started in the 1400's, according to the Wikipedia Dictionary! I grew up just south of Lake Erie in Ohio, and there was a variation called jonnycake which was a corn meal based pancake, cooked the same way. Just south of my tiny hometown, we even had an East-West side of the hills (aka 'mountains) road called Jonnycake Ridge Route! :-D Ain't history fun? keith whaley (Owns a number of older Pentax 35mm cameras, to keep this post on topic! :-) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: question for the brits American to English translation
From: Bob Sullivan
We came home for lunch in my day ('50's)
Only the kids who rode the bus had to stay in for lunch.
I can see the grade school from my house, but my kids took lunch in bags.
There are fewer stay at home moms to fix lunch for kids,
and it's easier to control the day if you keep the kids in school.
I always thought of the school lunch program as a conspiracy between
the USDA and the Wisconsin Dairy farmers to get rid of surplus cheese.
I changed my mind when I learned about school breakfast programs.
It's a sad state of affairs when the kids come to school to hungry to learn,
and when the parents are so negligent. At least this feeds them...
Different school systems - different rules - different reasons.
Thinking back on my elementary school days, I think there were a few
kids there who lived close enough to the school to go home for lunch.
Not many did, because even then a lot of mothers got jobs outside the
home once the kids were old enough to go to school.
I grew up in a lower middle class part of town, and I think I was the
only kid in my grade whose mother didn't work in one of the cigarette
factories.
The school breakfast is a much later addition. Early to mid-70s if I
remember, although it WAS driven in part by concern that the USDA was
having so much surplus food to warehouse.
It was actually originally proposed as a cost cutting measure, because
distributing surplus food to the schools cost less than destroying it.
I don't know that I blame parental neglect for kids going to shcool
hungry as much as I see parental ignorance poverty. Parents who don't
know any better, or don't have the resources, rather than parents who
don't care.
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Re: question for the brits American to English translation
From: William Robb From: John Sessoms Blame it all on the Southern Baptist Convention. We have to constantly fight them for the right to consume any alcohol at all. Tell them that if it wasn't for the discovery of alcohol we would all still be cave dwelling hunter gatherers eating whatever we could find on the forest floor. Right. Like they listen to anything I got to say. They don't care about possible benefits of alcohol. The only thing they care about is consumption of alcohol might lead to dancing. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
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- Original Message - From: John Sessoms Subject: Re: question for the brits American to English translation They don't care about possible benefits of alcohol. The only thing they care about is consumption of alcohol might lead to dancing. It's amazing that they breed, isn't it? William Robb -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
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[...] Depending on who you lot really ARE, in the U.S. we frequently call them flap-jacks, which is slang... No idea where THAT came from, either, but Google says that name started about 1600! In the UK flapjacks are a different thing from pancakes. Pancakes are normally made from a think liquid of milk, eggs and flour then fried in butter. In other words, they are what the French call crepes. Flapjacks are made from rolled oats, honey and butter, mixed into a tin to a depth of about one inch and cooked in the oven. There are also numerous pan-type things made from different variations of similar ingredients, such as oatcakes, popular in Derbyshire - oats, flour, milk, salt, sugar. Mix, fry in animal fat. Think that's a while ago? Pancake, the original word for them started in the 1400's, according to the Wikipedia Dictionary! All that type of food has a very ancient history and is spread around the world. You can see people everywhere mixing their staple with liquid, and frying it one way or another. http://www.web-options.com/Pick2008/content/_9299359_large.html I grew up just south of Lake Erie in Ohio, and there was a variation called jonnycake which was a corn meal based pancake, cooked the same way. Just south of my tiny hometown, we even had an East-West side of the hills (aka 'mountains) road called Jonnycake Ridge Route! :-D Johnny Cakes are also well known in the Caribbean, and from there they have journeyed to the UK. On a bus ride in Ethiopia once I sat next to a Rastafarian who was making the journey to Jamaica - a part of Ethiopia that Haile Selassie (Ras Tafari) gave to the Rastas. When the bus stopped in Nazret (Nazareth!) for a break we bought some dumplings which a local woman was frying at the roadside - according to the rasta they were exactly the same as johnny cakes. He said they were called johnny cakes because you took them with you on a journey ( 'johnny'). Ain't history fun? It's everywhere! keith whaley (Owns a number of older Pentax 35mm cameras, to keep this post on topic! :-) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
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They don't care about possible benefits of alcohol. The only thing they care about is consumption of alcohol might lead to dancing. It's amazing that they breed, isn't it? They have to get drunk first... -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: GESO - Runde at wintertime
Hi Tim: I like your GESO very much--especially 1, 2, 4--and I like 4 the best. Sounds like you guys had a great time. You know, I really like four, but I wonder what a hint of crop on the bottom and on the left might do. It might bring in the bird on the pole into the picture more, which is a pretty cool picture. Anyway, just a thought--ignore if it doesn't suit you :-). Cheers, Christine - Original Message - From: Tim Øsleby maritim...@gmail.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Sunday, March 14, 2010 10:35 AM Subject: GESO - Runde at wintertime Four picks and some text from a winter journey to Runde. BWT: I have a complaint to make about Jostein. His silhouette creates a lot of CA. http://maritimtim.blogspot.com/2010/03/runde-at-wintertime.html -- MaritimTim http://maritimtim.blogspot.com/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: GESO -- After the Fall (a subset)
This is an intriguing set of pictures--very gloomy sad. Cheers, Christine
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So by popular demand... Well Ok not so popular demand, Rick Wormer wanted
to see more of these* so you can blame him.
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1604247/PESO/Connecticut%27s%20Ghost%20Town/GESO%20--%20afterthefall.html
As usual comments are welcome but may be totally ignored.
Equipment: Pentax K20D w/various Pentax Lenses. (It you want to know the
lens hover the mouse over the picture, an information tooltip will appear.
It works in Firefox, I assume later versions of IE as well).
*He also wanted to know the story, which I'm still working on and I have
high hopes that it'll be done some day real soon now..
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Re: question for the brits American to English translation
On 3/14/2010 2:08 PM, John Sessoms wrote: From: William Robb From: John Sessoms Blame it all on the Southern Baptist Convention. We have to constantly fight them for the right to consume any alcohol at all. Tell them that if it wasn't for the discovery of alcohol we would all still be cave dwelling hunter gatherers eating whatever we could find on the forest floor. Right. Like they listen to anything I got to say. They don't care about possible benefits of alcohol. The only thing they care about is consumption of alcohol might lead to dancing. That's why they never have sex standing up...someone might think they're dancing. -p No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 9.0.733 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/2746 - Release Date: 03/14/10 02:33:00 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
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On Sun, Mar 14, 2010 at 06:35:05PM -, Bob W wrote: I've never had a decent cup of coffee from one of these - they leave the jug stewing for too long. Filter coffee is only worth drinking if it's absolutely fresh (which is how I make it in the morning, with one of these: http://www.swissgold.com/e/c_produkt06.php. I don't see the point, personally. I don't think filter coffee tastes as good as coffee made in a French Press (such as a Bodum), and it's no easier to make. The biggest contribution to coffee taste is freshness. Whole beans will keep for a while in an airtight container, especially in the freezer (right next to the box of film :-), although the less time between roasting and brewing the better the coffee can be. Ground coffee doesn't keep anywhwere near as well, so I try to grind beans only as needed. If you make more coffee than you can drink at one time, keep it warm in a vacuum pot, not on a hotplate. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
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From: Bob W [...] In North Carolina, a cordial is a spirituous liquor, an alcoholic beverage, and is also only available in specialty shops, i.e. state controlled ABC stores. Blame it all on the Southern Baptist Convention. We have to constantly fight them for the right to consume any alcohol at all. When I spent a weekend in NC a few years ago we had to drive about 35 miles each way from the town we were in to find somewhere that would serve us with a drink. When we got there it was like one those bars you see in Burt Reynolds films. Most educational. It's called local option - each polity gets to hold a referendum on what forms of alcohol sales are allowed within their boundaries. Can lead to some strange combinations sometimes. Dry counties with wet towns inside them, and more rarely wet counties with dry towns. When I was going to school in Asheboro, NC - Asheboro Randolph County are DRY, but the town of Ramseur has a state ABC store, and the town of Randleman allows grocery stores (including 7/11 type stores) to sell beer and wine. North Carolina didn't allow liquor to be sold by-the-drink prior to 1975 or so. The Baptist State Convention dominated the legislature and wouldn't allow them to change the law. There was finally a big campaign by the hotel and restaurant lobby because it was hurting the tourism industry, and they finally forced the legislature to put a state-wide referendum on the ballot to let the voters decide whether to allow liquor-by-the-drink sales. It passed by an overwhelming majority. I mean like 90% yes votes. After that came the local referendums to determine whether to permit liquor-by-the-drink ... I think Randolph County has another referendum about every five years, and so far it's been barely defeated county-wide - 50.5% NO vote. Before liquor-by-the-drink passed, we had what was called brown bagging - you brought your own bottle in a brown paper bag, and the establishment provided setups - essentially all the ingredients for the mixed drink except for the alcohol - and you mixed your own drink out of your own bottle. What eventually sold liquor-by-the-drink in North Carolina was the simple argument that under brown bagging too many people didn't stop drinking until the bottle was empty, and that under liquor-by-the-drink, people might drink less. Which, as it turned out, was true. Although more liquor gets sold now, individuals drink less. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Useful resource: Pentax P-TTL flash comparison
On 14 March 2010 09:03, David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com wrote: I don't watch these TV judge shows, the SO does, but she called me into the TV room last week for a Joe Brown segment , someone suing a wedding photographer for blurry and soft photos. Banter, banter, blah blah etc, then he asked the girl what camera she used and how long she has been doing this. Her reply was a Canon rebel and about 1 year. His response was, a Canon rebel is not a pro camera, proceded to ask if tripod was used etc.(he apparently used to be a photographer) Nothing to do with this thread, I just remembered that segment and thought his response was funny. Dave Funny, just yesterday I was writing a post for my blog about photographers on court TV--this case is most definitely in my post. To add some details, the photographer showed up at to the church ceremony (where strobes weren't allowed, according to her) with a digital rebel and kit lens. When the judge asked her what apertures the lens had, she didn't know. Of course, the photos were rubbish. Here's the post: http://enticingthelight.com/2010/03/14/when-photographers-go-to-court/ Cheers, --M. -- http://EnticingTheLight.com A Quest for Photographic Enlightenment -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
RE: question for the brits American to English translation
From: Bob W Funny thing is, after the first night I stayed in bed 'n breakfast type lodgings, and every one of them had a genuine Bunn-o-matic commercial drip coffee maker in the dining room for that breakfast. One of these? http://www.caffesociety.co.uk/bunn-pour-and-serve-37800-0102.html Yeah, one of those - although that's a newer sleeker design designed for small volume brewing using glass 3 pint jugs. They're the sort of thing that British Rail used back in the worst days of British food history. Typically they would sit on a hot plate for days at a time and would serve coffee that tasted like the scrapings from a locomotive boiler. If you let it sit on the burner for days at a time it's no wonder it tastes awful. Most places I'm aware of in the U.S. hold the coffee for 45 minutes or less. If it hasn't sold by then, they dump it and make a fresh pot if they serve coffee all day or they turn it off until they're ready to make more. I don't know how long the bed 'n breakfast places in Scotland held their coffee, but I doubt it was even that long. You can find stale coffee at convenience stores in the U.S. if you go in there in the afternoon, but even there they'll dump it and make fresh coffee if you only ask. I've never had a decent cup of coffee from one of these - they leave the jug stewing for too long. Filter coffee is only worth drinking if it's absolutely fresh (which is how I make it in the morning, with one of these: http://www.swissgold.com/e/c_produkt06.php. You're blaming the machinery for the operator's failings. At home I have an old (ca 1975) 4 cup Mr. Coffee that I use most of the time, makes about 20 oz (liquid measure) of coffee, which is 2 servings for me. Unless I only want a single serving, in which case I use a single serving Melita #2 cone filter holder. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: peso - portrait
Thanks to everyone, espetially to John - now I am confident thatit is not landscape. --S On Sun, Mar 14, 2010 at 6:15 AM, David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com wrote: Great job on the face sharpness, but, the blur of the sweater seems to much, and i agree with Derby, back ground to cluttered. Photo also looks a bit to dark. Dave On Sat, Mar 13, 2010 at 4:22 PM, Sasha Sobol sa...@asobol.com wrote: http://www.flickr.com/photos/sobol/4430214904/ I am not sure about this one, need your comments and critique. --Sasha -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ York Region, Ontario, Canada -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
PAW10 - shadows
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Re: PAW10 - shadows
Looks a little like an art work... - Original Message - From: DagT li...@thrane.name To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Sunday, March 14, 2010 4:45:44 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: PAW10 - shadows http://thrane.name/page3/page7/files/page7-1000-full.html K20D, DA21, 1/90, f/9.5, ISO800. DagT http://www.thrane.name -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
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http://thrane.name/page3/page7/files/page7-1000-full.html K20D, DA21, 1/90, f/9.5, ISO800. DagT http://www.thrane.name Excellent photo - well seen and executed. Bob -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
RE: question for the brits American to English translation
Lol, we call it soft drink! -Original Message- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Larry Colen Sent: Monday, 15 March 2010 4:13 AM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: question for the brits American to English translation If you want serious regional differences, it seems that every part of the US has a different name for carbonated sugar water: soda pop soda pop coke (not Coke, but coke. What sort of coke would you like? Pepsi) -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com sent from i4est -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO - Waiting
In general, I like this but I'd be more decisive with a crop to either include all of the bike's wheel on the RH side more of the bike rack on the LH side or cut both off more - as posted these items make the image look like a quick grab when it could be seen as soo much more. Kenneth Waller http://www.tinyurl.com/272u2f - Original Message - From: Rick Womer rwomer1...@yahoo.com Subject: PESO - Waiting Wednesday I took my camera to work, and did some shooting on the way to and from (about a mile's walk in each direction). On the way home, at about 7pm, I came upon this lonely bicycle on the Penn campus--it's spring break. http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=10799360 (K10D, FA 50/1.7, ISO 1600, f/6.7 @ 1/6) Rick -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
RE: question for the brits American to English translation
Ok, so you know what? Our backyard fence IS my kids school fence. We live
literally 30m from our school, and my kids are NOT allowed to come home for
lunch! Once they cross that fence line, if I want them home before they are
dismissed at the end of the day, I have to go to the school myself, sign
them out at the office, and then collect them personally from their
classrooms.
Doesn't make an ounce of difference to the teachers though who regularly
send them home to get their hat, or their drink bottle or their homework
book, or whatever else they have forgotten to take with them on any given
day!
I regularly take their lunches over to them too - if I've been up late
working and am too lazy to drag myself up early enough to make their
lunches, I'll make it later on and take it over to them. It's great in
winter when I turn up at the classroom doors with fresh hot, pumpkin soup
and warm bread rolls. My kids become the toast of the classroom!
Funny about the reasoning behind the canteens in the US - I am actually
studying a Bachelor of Human Services in Child Protection right now, and I
just wrote a program last Semester to run in Aussie schools providing them
with a hot breakfast and nutritional education each day, for that exact
reason! I see it in all 3 of my kids classes (only 3 of my kids are old
enough for school) - other kids turning up hungry and then with nothing but
a cup cake or a mars bar for lunch. The program I wrote is designed to give
them a hearty, healthy breakfast, low GI and high on brain foods to help
them to get through the day and actually be able to learn rather then listen
to their tummies grumbling all morning, and having no attention span because
of it!
Oh, and btw, I am a huge advocate for forced sterilisation of women until
they attain a certain level of parental education and a certain age and are
able to prove their ability to provide for their kids. Sure, it breaches
about every single human right in the book - but what about the rights of
the poor neglected and abused kids that did not ask to be born and who are
delivered square into the middle of the poverty cycle with few prospects for
their lives except to continue the cycle themselves through lack of
education and resources.
-Original Message-
From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of John
Sessoms
Sent: Monday, 15 March 2010 5:02 AM
To: pdml@pdml.net
Subject: Re: question for the brits American to English translation
From: Bob Sullivan
We came home for lunch in my day ('50's) Only the kids who rode the
bus had to stay in for lunch.
I can see the grade school from my house, but my kids took lunch in bags.
There are fewer stay at home moms to fix lunch for kids, and it's
easier to control the day if you keep the kids in school.
I always thought of the school lunch program as a conspiracy between
the USDA and the Wisconsin Dairy farmers to get rid of surplus cheese.
I changed my mind when I learned about school breakfast programs.
It's a sad state of affairs when the kids come to school to hungry to
learn, and when the parents are so negligent. At least this feeds them...
Different school systems - different rules - different reasons.
Thinking back on my elementary school days, I think there were a few kids
there who lived close enough to the school to go home for lunch.
Not many did, because even then a lot of mothers got jobs outside the home
once the kids were old enough to go to school.
I grew up in a lower middle class part of town, and I think I was the only
kid in my grade whose mother didn't work in one of the cigarette factories.
The school breakfast is a much later addition. Early to mid-70s if I
remember, although it WAS driven in part by concern that the USDA was having
so much surplus food to warehouse.
It was actually originally proposed as a cost cutting measure, because
distributing surplus food to the schools cost less than destroying it.
I don't know that I blame parental neglect for kids going to shcool hungry
as much as I see parental ignorance poverty. Parents who don't know any
better, or don't have the resources, rather than parents who don't care.
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Re: PAW10 - shadows
On Mar 14, 2010, at 1:58 PM, 27...@comcast.net wrote: Looks a little like an art work... Now that's what I call damning with faint praise. I'd say that it's definitely art. - Original Message - From: DagT li...@thrane.name To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Sunday, March 14, 2010 4:45:44 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: PAW10 - shadows http://thrane.name/page3/page7/files/page7-1000-full.html K20D, DA21, 1/90, f/9.5, ISO800. DagT http://www.thrane.name -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com sent from i4est -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO: Bogue Barn
Great subject decent light, but the space between the LH tree and the LH edge is bothersome to me. Given the confines you had to put up with I'd probably crop out that space include what ever remains of the tree. For me the interest in this shot is mostly the shape of the barn the brightly lit barn wood features. Good eye ! Kenneth Waller http://www.tinyurl.com/272u2f - Original Message - From: P N Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net Subject: Re: PESO: Bogue Barn I like it cropped like this. Definitely a worthy subject, nicely rendered. My first instinct was to say that you ought to crop into the barn a bit on the left as well, but then you'd lose that tree. So I think you handled it just right. Paul On Mar 13, 2010, at 1:06 PM, Jack Davis wrote: On my way home from taking care of an errand, I took a street (Bogue Rd) I hadn't been on for some years. I recorded this east facing barn and, early this AM, returned with some gear. It's sits on an island of property surrounded by apartments and other commercial structures. Had to shoot through what we call a cyclone fence which resulted in my needing to heavily crop. Wanted to include the entire barn, but wasn't possible. Without a lot of enthusiasm, am offering a portion. Love the detail in the orig file. I have a bit of a problem with the barn peak/large tree weight so near the center, but WTH, I had a brief moment with a camera. Jack Comments always welcome. K20, DA 16~45, hand held http://photolightimages.com/aspupload/detail.asp?ID=462 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
GESO - choppy surf
Have two GESOs this morn The beaches were closed on Saturday because of some pretty choppy conditions, but few hardy souls still braved the surf. http://members.iinet.net.au/~derbyc/10/10_03/10_03_choppysurf/index.htm -- der...@iinet.net.au http://members.iinet.net.au/~derbyc -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: question for the brits American to English translation
Kenneth Waller http://www.tinyurl.com/272u2f - Original Message - From: Bob W p...@web-options.com Subject: RE: question for the brits American to English translation [...] In North Carolina, a cordial is a spirituous liquor, an alcoholic beverage, and is also only available in specialty shops, i.e. state controlled ABC stores. Blame it all on the Southern Baptist Convention. We have to constantly fight them for the right to consume any alcohol at all. When I spent a weekend in NC a few years ago we had to drive about 35 miles each way from the town we were in to find somewhere that would serve us with a drink. When we got there it was like one those bars you see in Burt Reynolds films. Most educational. Did you hear banjos? plinka plink plink plink think Deliverance -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: question for the brits American to English translation
On 14/3/10, John Sessoms, discombobulated, unleashed: Cotty, you'll be back at Grandfather Mountain again someday, and you're going to have to sleep some time. -- ;-)) -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche -- http://www.cottysnaps.com _ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: peso - portrait
I'd like it more if the background was a little less pronounced. Kenneth Waller http://www.tinyurl.com/272u2f - Original Message - From: Sasha Sobol sa...@asobol.com Subject: peso - portrait http://www.flickr.com/photos/sobol/4430214904/ I am not sure about this one, need your comments and critique. --Sasha -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PAW10 - shadows
Yummy, Dag ann DagT wrote: http://thrane.name/page3/page7/files/page7-1000-full.html K20D, DA21, 1/90, f/9.5, ISO800. DagT http://www.thrane.name -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PAW10 - shadows
Intriguing. A fascinating photograph. Paul On Mar 14, 2010, at 4:45 PM, DagT wrote: http://thrane.name/page3/page7/files/page7-1000-full.html K20D, DA21, 1/90, f/9.5, ISO800. DagT http://www.thrane.name -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: GESO - choppy surf
Derby, Some nice catches! My favorites are with the surfer two-thirds of the way into the frame and coming at us. I've never seen a guy surfing with a hat on. If I didn't know better I'd say it was Frank. :-) Regards, Bob S. On Sun, Mar 14, 2010 at 4:34 PM, Derby Chang der...@iinet.net.au wrote: Have two GESOs this morn The beaches were closed on Saturday because of some pretty choppy conditions, but few hardy souls still braved the surf. http://members.iinet.net.au/~derbyc/10/10_03/10_03_choppysurf/index.htm -- der...@iinet.net.au http://members.iinet.net.au/~derbyc -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
GESO - PoleCandy Amateur Pole Competition
You can't deny this stuff takes some amazing physical dexterity. I find it mesmerising to watch http://members.iinet.net.au/~derbyc/10/10_03/10_03_polecandy/index.htm -- der...@iinet.net.au http://members.iinet.net.au/~derbyc -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Peso Red River
Probably a Chevy. Kenneth Waller http://www.tinyurl.com/272u2f - Original Message - From: David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com Subject: Peso Red River Hi all. Saturday was a damp heavy overcast, rainy day, so what better to do than go shot pictures. Found myself at the bottom end of the Holland marsh, and stopped at took a series of shots of this part of the river, heavy with spring run off. http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=10804810 K10D, 16-45 iso 100 f22 1/6 shutter. Some adjusting in LR2 but nothing special. Hand held as some one forgot to take the quick release off of the D200 and put it back on the Slik pro 700. Comments welcome Dave -- Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ York Region, Ontario, Canada -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO: Bogue Barn
Thanks, Ken. Inclusion of the far tree is a must! The crop is a bit for my comfort as it is. If I were to change anything it would be to push back the right edge a little. Jack --- On Sun, 3/14/10, Ken Waller kwal...@peoplepc.com wrote: From: Ken Waller kwal...@peoplepc.com Subject: Re: PESO: Bogue Barn To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Date: Sunday, March 14, 2010, 2:25 PM Great subject decent light, but the space between the LH tree and the LH edge is bothersome to me. Given the confines you had to put up with I'd probably crop out that space include what ever remains of the tree. For me the interest in this shot is mostly the shape of the barn the brightly lit barn wood features. Good eye ! Kenneth Waller http://www.tinyurl.com/272u2f - Original Message - From: P N Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net Subject: Re: PESO: Bogue Barn I like it cropped like this. Definitely a worthy subject, nicely rendered. My first instinct was to say that you ought to crop into the barn a bit on the left as well, but then you'd lose that tree. So I think you handled it just right. Paul On Mar 13, 2010, at 1:06 PM, Jack Davis wrote: On my way home from taking care of an errand, I took a street (Bogue Rd) I hadn't been on for some years. I recorded this east facing barn and, early this AM, returned with some gear. It's sits on an island of property surrounded by apartments and other commercial structures. Had to shoot through what we call a cyclone fence which resulted in my needing to heavily crop. Wanted to include the entire barn, but wasn't possible. Without a lot of enthusiasm, am offering a portion. Love the detail in the orig file. I have a bit of a problem with the barn peak/large tree weight so near the center, but WTH, I had a brief moment with a camera. Jack Comments always welcome. K20, DA 16~45, hand held http://photolightimages.com/aspupload/detail.asp?ID=462 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
RE: GESO - PoleCandy Amateur Pole Competition
You can't deny this stuff takes some amazing physical dexterity. I find it mesmerising to watch http://members.iinet.net.au/~derbyc/10/10_03/10_03_polecandy/index.htm Maybe Cotty'll post some of the footage he shot last week of me and Chris Mitchell pole-dancing for Alma. Bob -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
RE: GESO - choppy surf
Have two GESOs this morn The beaches were closed on Saturday because of some pretty choppy conditions, but few hardy souls still braved the surf. http://members.iinet.net.au/~derbyc/10/10_03/10_03_choppysurf/ index.htm Nice stuff -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO: Bogue Barn
Jack, I was suggesting eliminating the space between the tree and the LH edge, not the tree. Kenneth Waller http://www.tinyurl.com/272u2f - Original Message - From: Jack Davis jdavi...@yahoo.com Subject: Re: PESO: Bogue Barn Thanks, Ken. Inclusion of the far tree is a must! The crop is a bit for my comfort as it is. If I were to change anything it would be to push back the right edge a little. Jack --- On Sun, 3/14/10, Ken Waller kwal...@peoplepc.com wrote: From: Ken Waller kwal...@peoplepc.com Subject: Re: PESO: Bogue Barn To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Date: Sunday, March 14, 2010, 2:25 PM Great subject decent light, but the space between the LH tree and the LH edge is bothersome to me. Given the confines you had to put up with I'd probably crop out that space include what ever remains of the tree. For me the interest in this shot is mostly the shape of the barn the brightly lit barn wood features. Good eye ! Kenneth Waller http://www.tinyurl.com/272u2f - Original Message - From: P N Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net Subject: Re: PESO: Bogue Barn I like it cropped like this. Definitely a worthy subject, nicely rendered. My first instinct was to say that you ought to crop into the barn a bit on the left as well, but then you'd lose that tree. So I think you handled it just right. Paul On Mar 13, 2010, at 1:06 PM, Jack Davis wrote: On my way home from taking care of an errand, I took a street (Bogue Rd) I hadn't been on for some years. I recorded this east facing barn and, early this AM, returned with some gear. It's sits on an island of property surrounded by apartments and other commercial structures. Had to shoot through what we call a cyclone fence which resulted in my needing to heavily crop. Wanted to include the entire barn, but wasn't possible. Without a lot of enthusiasm, am offering a portion. Love the detail in the orig file. I have a bit of a problem with the barn peak/large tree weight so near the center, but WTH, I had a brief moment with a camera. Jack Comments always welcome. K20, DA 16~45, hand held http://photolightimages.com/aspupload/detail.asp?ID=462 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
PESO - LP, Jr.
Some guitar porn for your Sunday morning. http://www.primelensphoto.com/les_paul/index.html Sold years ago, :-( K1000 and Tri-X, I believe. San Francisco, 1993. -Brendan -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Digital Darkroom
Kenneth Waller http://www.tinyurl.com/272u2f - Original Message - From: Christine Aguila cagu...@earthlink.net Subject: Re: Digital Darkroom Godfrey: Calumet Photo has the Moab Leather binders 12 x 13 for $59.99--and you're right! they look very nice! http://www.calumetphoto.com/item/LR4817/?t=GB01a=CA01CAWELAID=219154526 I just check B H and they have the Moab Chinle Ice Nin Portfolio Kit. It's not leather, but looks interesting. The clam shell Century boxes are just what I need--thanks for the product reco! You should do a how-to article for your web site on how you make those corner and hanging mounts :-). It's Rototrim for me then! :-) And thanks for the advice on choosing a size! The low end printer idea was something I read somewhere, and I included the idea on the list to see if anyone thought it was a good or unnecessary idea. I got my answer! :-). I haven't tried the Moab Summerset Velvet, might do so. I have tried Hahnemühle Bamboo-it was good--yep, I'd consider including that in the mix. Big thanks cheers, Godfrey! Suggestions and tips very much appreciated. Christine - Original Message - From: Godfrey DiGiorgi gdigio...@gmail.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Saturday, March 13, 2010 12:20 AM Subject: Re: Digital Darkroom *Printing* -Exhibit quality printer -3 full sets of ink for above -storage space for above printer parts -good stable printer stand -printer cover -Low-end printer for 4 x 6 proofs - full sets of ink for above -Paper Stash 13 x 19 inch: Ilford Gold Fiber Silk Epson Velvet Fine Art 8 ½ x 11 inch: Ilford Gold Fiber Silk Epson Velvet Fine Art 4 x 6 inch: Epson Ultra Premium Glossy Why buy two printers and stock several different sizes/types of paper and ink, and not have the proofs match the finals? - Epson R3800 or R4880 printer. - Due to the ink tank size, one spare set of ink tanks - High quality paper cutter - 17x22 sheet stock of your favorite three or four papers (I print on Epson Velvet Fine Art, Hahnemühle Bamboo, and Moab Somerset Velvet Enhanced. Very occasionally I print a little on Epson Exhibition Fiber, but I don't like doing so because I have to switch to Photo Black and the surface is more fragile. But it sure looks nice when an air-dried gloss finish is appropriate...) Gang-print many images in small sizes to your proof size on big sheets. Now your proofs will match your finals, and be more economical at the same time. When you need a volume of 4x6 prints, have a print service run them. It's cheaper and the quality is as good as it needs to be. *Print Preparation* -High end paper cutter (*) You want a Rototrim paper cutter, standard of the industry. Pick one size larger than what you think you need. I bought 15 inch, should have gotten 24 inch. -Mounting materials (*) Photomount Spray? Double sided mounting tabs I use Scotch 3M cold-mount positionable mounting adhesive for some things. Otherwise I make corner and hanger mounts of archival paper, taped with archival linen mounting tape. *Portfolio Stuff* -Transport Portfolio (*) -Professional Portfolio (*) Moab makes some beautiful leather portfolio binders, expensive as hell but gorgeous. I use Century Boxes mostly, however, or package a portfolio as a folio style presentation to present to potential clients and gallery people (loose prints in an elegant, fitted heavy paper cover ... I designed my own covers, had a die made to cut them, and have them cut for me at a local volume paper/printing house.) Each folio can handle a presentation up to about 20 prints in size. -- Godfrey godfreydigiorgi.posterous.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
RE: question for the brits American to English translation
[...] Oh, and btw, I am a huge advocate for forced sterilisation of women until they attain a certain level of parental education and a certain age and are able to prove their ability to provide for their kids. Sure, it breaches about every single human right in the book - but what about the rights of the poor neglected and abused kids that did not ask to be born and who are delivered square into the middle of the poverty cycle with few prospects for their lives except to continue the cycle themselves through lack of education and resources. That's a great idea. You could call it the Gesetz zur Verhütung erbkranken Nachwuchses. If that doesn't work out you could grow a toothbrush-shaped moustache somewhere. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
RE: Useful resource: Pentax P-TTL flash comparison
My point exactly! Tan. -Original Message- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Miserere Sent: Monday, 15 March 2010 5:58 AM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: Useful resource: Pentax P-TTL flash comparison On 14 March 2010 09:03, David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com wrote: I don't watch these TV judge shows, the SO does, but she called me into the TV room last week for a Joe Brown segment , someone suing a wedding photographer for blurry and soft photos. Banter, banter, blah blah etc, then he asked the girl what camera she used and how long she has been doing this. Her reply was a Canon rebel and about 1 year. His response was, a Canon rebel is not a pro camera, proceded to ask if tripod was used etc.(he apparently used to be a photographer) Nothing to do with this thread, I just remembered that segment and thought his response was funny. Dave Funny, just yesterday I was writing a post for my blog about photographers on court TV--this case is most definitely in my post. To add some details, the photographer showed up at to the church ceremony (where strobes weren't allowed, according to her) with a digital rebel and kit lens. When the judge asked her what apertures the lens had, she didn't know. Of course, the photos were rubbish. Here's the post: http://enticingthelight.com/2010/03/14/when-photographers-go-to-court/ Cheers, --M. -- http://EnticingTheLight.com A Quest for Photographic Enlightenment -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. __ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 4944 (20100314) __ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
K-x battery report
Just a quick note - I shot the double gymnastics meet yesterday - about 8 hours of shooting. I took a little over 4000 pictures using AF-C most of the time. Almost the entire meet ended up being shot at 6400 ISO. Anyway, I ended up using 4 sets of batteries. 2 sets of Eneloops, 1 set Rayovac (eneloop type of chemistry) and 1 set of Sony 2700mh batteries. I did much better than I thought I was going to do. The battery meter seemed more accurate than previous Pentax models, where it is basically full and then all of the sudden empty. The K-x showed them gradually going down. -- Bruce -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: GESO - PoleCandy Amateur Pole Competition
Excellent gallery! DS On 15 March 2010 05:57, Derby Chang der...@iinet.net.au wrote: You can't deny this stuff takes some amazing physical dexterity. I find it mesmerising to watch http://members.iinet.net.au/~derbyc/10/10_03/10_03_polecandy/index.htm -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
RE: question for the brits American to English translation
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Re: question for the brits American to English translation
On 15/03/2010, Bob W p...@web-options.com wrote: That's a great idea. You could call it the Gesetz zur Verhütung erbkranken Nachwuchses. If that doesn't work out you could grow a toothbrush-shaped moustache somewhere. or Gesetz zur Verhütung von Bogan Eltern -- Rob Studdert (Digital Image Studio) Tel: +61-418-166-870 UTC +10 Hours Gmail, eBay, Skype, Twitter, Facebook, Picasa: distudio -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO: Bogue Barn
I really see no room between the base of the tree and the frame edge. As I read your first post, you suggested I remove the space between the edge and the tree and leave whatever remains of the tree. For me, it's uncomfortably close as is. As I would guess you are aware, if any element of an image is close to the frame edge it tends to connect. Thanks for commenting. Jack --- On Sun, 3/14/10, Ken Waller kwal...@peoplepc.com wrote: From: Ken Waller kwal...@peoplepc.com Subject: Re: PESO: Bogue Barn To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Date: Sunday, March 14, 2010, 3:39 PM Jack, I was suggesting eliminating the space between the tree and the LH edge, not the tree. Kenneth Waller http://www.tinyurl.com/272u2f - Original Message - From: Jack Davis jdavi...@yahoo.com Subject: Re: PESO: Bogue Barn Thanks, Ken. Inclusion of the far tree is a must! The crop is a bit for my comfort as it is. If I were to change anything it would be to push back the right edge a little. Jack --- On Sun, 3/14/10, Ken Waller kwal...@peoplepc.com wrote: From: Ken Waller kwal...@peoplepc.com Subject: Re: PESO: Bogue Barn To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Date: Sunday, March 14, 2010, 2:25 PM Great subject decent light, but the space between the LH tree and the LH edge is bothersome to me. Given the confines you had to put up with I'd probably crop out that space include what ever remains of the tree. For me the interest in this shot is mostly the shape of the barn the brightly lit barn wood features. Good eye ! Kenneth Waller http://www.tinyurl.com/272u2f - Original Message - From: P N Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net Subject: Re: PESO: Bogue Barn I like it cropped like this. Definitely a worthy subject, nicely rendered. My first instinct was to say that you ought to crop into the barn a bit on the left as well, but then you'd lose that tree. So I think you handled it just right. Paul On Mar 13, 2010, at 1:06 PM, Jack Davis wrote: On my way home from taking care of an errand, I took a street (Bogue Rd) I hadn't been on for some years. I recorded this east facing barn and, early this AM, returned with some gear. It's sits on an island of property surrounded by apartments and other commercial structures. Had to shoot through what we call a cyclone fence which resulted in my needing to heavily crop. Wanted to include the entire barn, but wasn't possible. Without a lot of enthusiasm, am offering a portion. Love the detail in the orig file. I have a bit of a problem with the barn peak/large tree weight so near the center, but WTH, I had a brief moment with a camera. Jack Comments always welcome. K20, DA 16~45, hand held http://photolightimages.com/aspupload/detail.asp?ID=462 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: question for the brits American to English translation
On 15 March 2010 02:55, Keith Whaley keit...@dslextreme.com wrote: I grew up just south of Lake Erie in Ohio, and there was a variation called jonnycake which was a corn meal based pancake, cooked the same way. I love johnny cake!!! But our version is different to yours. It's more like a savoury cake than a pancake. DS -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
