Re: Special ping
Whoops - too quick on the send button. I was just going to say that Boris should change his name to Vasili. Cheers Brian Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia On Wed, 06 Oct 2010 07:48 -0400, Matthew Hunt m...@pobox.com wrote: On Wed, Oct 6, 2010 at 1:12 AM, Boris Liberman bori...@gmail.com wrote: If you receive this message more than once please reply. Otherwise, you don't /really/ have to bother. Give me a ping, Boris. One ping only, please. -- Marko Ramius -- -- -- http://www.fastmail.fm - The professional email service -- 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: Special ping
On Oct 6, 2010, at 10:59 PM, Brian Walters wrote: On Wed, 06 Oct 2010 07:48 -0400, Matthew Hunt m...@pobox.com wrote: On Wed, Oct 6, 2010 at 1:12 AM, Boris Liberman bori...@gmail.com wrote: If you receive this message more than once please reply. Otherwise, you don't /really/ have to bother. Give me a ping, Boris. One ping only, please. -- Marko Ramius One ping over the line, sweet Jesus, one ping over the line Posting to PDML on my home workstation, one ping over the line Waiting for the thread that's about photos, sweet Mary Puns and cormorants are out of line Posting to PDML on my home workstation, one ping over the line -- 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: Another Dog Picture
Seriously though, this seems to be the common wisdom, I don't know if it's intelligence though, or just the ability to learn things, which dogs are actually very good at, though their thinking tends to be much more linear than humans. My old Rottie (Leica) was regarded among the dog people I hung out with as one of the smartest dogs any of them had run into, and I would have put her equally as smart as any 3 year old. William Robb My walrus has a degree in entomology. Only a 2nd though - he's not that smart. 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.
RE: Resolution Anecdote
[...] But the point of all this is that it's amazing how much sharper some photos look at 1920 x 1200 on 15.4 as compared to the same image at 1920 x 1200 on 24. you can achieve the same resolution by taking a couple of steps backward... -- 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.
A couple of backlogged PESOs
From the North end of the golden gate bridge, shot with the Bigma on the K-x Tres Amigos: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/5059452614/in/set-72157624987857505/ Everybody's a critic: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/5059453050/in/set-72157624987857505/ -- 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: GESO - Mister C. Goes to Washington
On 10/6/2010 10:16 PM, Tom C wrote: I had to stay the weekend in D.C. for a work seminar several weeks ago and had a free day to stroll around the National Mall. Taken with the Sony NEX5. http://photo.net/photodb/presentation?presentation_id=514298 Tom, I don't think I am as happy/ecstatic about these pubic (wink wink, Bob S) places or actually the pictures thereof. The colors seem to be generally on the cold side. Could be it is true to life representation, but I visited DC at least twice and I don't remember it so cold in color. Also it feels that you're almost apprehensive about taking these pictures. It is hard to put in words, but your previous work, Tom, seems to show much more of your character while here it is simpler, more common, less individualistic if you know what I mean. It is a solid effort nonetheless, but without disrespect it seems to me that you and your Sony NEX5 have much to learn about each other. Boris -- 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: Special ping
On 10/7/2010 8:44 AM, Larry Colen wrote: One ping over the line, sweet Jesus, one ping over the line Posting to PDML on my home workstation, one ping over the line Waiting for the thread that's about photos, sweet Mary Puns and cormorants are out of line Posting to PDML on my home workstation, one ping over the line Larry has lost it... :-) Boris -- 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 - Two shots of Ted
On 10/7/2010 7:08 AM, Doug Brewer wrote: http://dougbrewer.posterous.com/two-shots-of-ted i'm outta control here; two peso's in a couple days stop me before I post again enjoy Doug, I think that the second picture would have been more successful if both Ted's eyes were in sharp focus. Ted is cool! Boris -- 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: Another Dog Picture
On Oct 6, 2010, at 07:40 , Boris Liberman wrote: Bill, is it then right that a dog has an intelligence of average two- three years old child then? Dogs have a society amongst themselves. Any other dog who knows the rules and how to play is a smart dog. Dogs that bite other dogs or people for any reason except defense of their alpha master, or bark for long minutes or hours at nothing, or chase a ball and bring it back time after time after time, or run in circles without stopping for an hour with a wild look in their eye, are all insane. Dogs that eat your shoes are just trying to bond with you. Dogs that poop on your floor or bed are just establishing territoriality. A trained dog will sit when asked if you give it a treat afterwards. A smart dog will sit without being asked, which trains you to give it a treat. It's called symbiosis. If it doesn’t excite you, This thing that you see, Why in the world, Would it excite me? —Jay Maisel Joseph McAllister pentax...@mac.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: PAW39 - Sunset
Tanks again for all of the comments, and thanks for looking :-) DagT http://www.thrane.name Den 7. okt. 2010 kl. 07.11 skrev Chris Mitchell: DagT wrote: http://www.thrane.name/page3/page7/files/page7-1000-full.html K20D, da*16-5...@16mm, 1/90s, f/8, ISO200 DagT http://www.thrane.name/ That is terrific! Chris -- 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: Special ping
2010/10/7 Boris Liberman bori...@gmail.com: On 10/7/2010 8:44 AM, Larry Colen wrote: One ping over the line, sweet Jesus, one ping over the line Posting to PDML on my home workstation, one ping over the line Waiting for the thread that's about photos, sweet Mary Puns and cormorants are out of line Posting to PDML on my home workstation, one ping over the line Larry has lost it... ok the PDML poetry slam and haiku contest is now officially opened -- 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: pesos - a discovery
I hereby officially spite and hate you, sir Paul :-). Mostly because of the weather. Although we are to have some rain towards weekend, we had yet another +40C spike just last week. Amongst these three, the second one is my favorite. Simply put, all ingredients of the delicious visual dish are present in exactly right quantities. Boris On 10/6/2010 6:27 PM, P N Stenquist wrote: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=11755272size=lg http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=11755273 http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=11755274 K-7, DA* 60-250 -- 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: SDM / parts availability
On 7 October 2010 00:31, William Robb war...@gmail.com wrote: I'm gonna call that for what I see it as, which is a load of hot steamy pile of dung. I bet he chuckled later. -- 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: PAW39 - Sunset
On Sun, Oct 3, 2010 at 3:07 PM, DagT li...@thrane.name wrote: http://www.thrane.name/page3/page7/files/page7-1000-full.html K20D, da*16-5...@16mm, 1/90s, f/8, ISO200 Spectacular! cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- 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: pesos - a discovery
Thanks Boris. It's good to be hated:-). Paul On Oct 7, 2010, at 4:21 AM, Boris Liberman wrote: I hereby officially spite and hate you, sir Paul :-). Mostly because of the weather. Although we are to have some rain towards weekend, we had yet another +40C spike just last week. Amongst these three, the second one is my favorite. Simply put, all ingredients of the delicious visual dish are present in exactly right quantities. Boris On 10/6/2010 6:27 PM, P N Stenquist wrote: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=11755272size=lg http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=11755273 http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=11755274 K-7, DA* 60-250 -- 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 - Race Prep
On Thu, Oct 7, 2010 at 1:57 AM, Boris Liberman bori...@gmail.com wrote: What about your lungs? /ducks for cover/ For the record, I quit smoking about 7 or 8 years ago. When I stopped smoking, I noticed that I breathed easier on my bike - not as big a difference as I expected, but it was noticeable. I'm not a zealot about it: if one wishes to smoke, that's up to them. I'm glad for myself that I quit. cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- 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 - Race Prep
On 10/7/2010 12:58 PM, frank theriault wrote: For the record, I quit smoking about 7 or 8 years ago. When I stopped smoking, I noticed that I breathed easier on my bike - not as big a difference as I expected, but it was noticeable. I'm not a zealot about it: if one wishes to smoke, that's up to them. I'm glad for myself that I quit. I am glad for you that you quit ;-). Boris -- 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: Another Dog Picture
On 10/7/2010 9:52 AM, Joseph McAllister wrote: A smart dog will sit without being asked, which *trains you* to give it a treat. It's called symbiosis. This reminds me of a certain scene from Start Trek TNG between Cmdr Data and his /cat/ Spot... :-) Boris -- 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: Resolution Anecdote
On 2010-10-07 2:55, Bob W wrote: [...] But the point of all this is that it's amazing how much sharper some photos look at 1920 x 1200 on 15.4 as compared to the same image at 1920 x 1200 on 24. you can achieve the same resolution by taking a couple of steps backward... True, but one typically doesn't. Your display is where and what it is. Until some disrupting element arrives, you typically live with the setup you have, rather than messing about with it. It really makes me wonder about some of the too fuzzy versus sharp enough judgments I've made about my photos over the years. -- Thanks, DougF (KG4LMZ) -- 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 - Mister C. Goes to Washington
Boris, Your opinions are appreciated, well maybe. :-) Compositions are intended, and to my memory colors are fairly accurate. Many shots taken several hours before noon. I deliberately isolated the architectural elements, in most cases providing little context. because to me it often looked very classical Greco-Roman in style, and that is what I intended to show. I was not apprehensive, why would I be? I think you reading far too much between the pixels. As far as my camera and I learning about one another, I don't understand how you arrive at that judgement. I shoot with the NEX5 just like any other camera, and if I found there was a large learning curve where I had to adjust for the performance of the camera in some way other than I already do, I'd chuck it Tom On Thu, Oct 7, 2010 at 3:49 AM, Boris Liberman bori...@gmail.com wrote: On 10/6/2010 10:16 PM, Tom C wrote: I had to stay the weekend in D.C. for a work seminar several weeks ago and had a free day to stroll around the National Mall. Taken with the Sony NEX5. http://photo.net/photodb/presentation?presentation_id=514298 Tom, I don't think I am as happy/ecstatic about these pubic (wink wink, Bob S) places or actually the pictures thereof. The colors seem to be generally on the cold side. Could be it is true to life representation, but I visited DC at least twice and I don't remember it so cold in color. Also it feels that you're almost apprehensive about taking these pictures. It is hard to put in words, but your previous work, Tom, seems to show much more of your character while here it is simpler, more common, less individualistic if you know what I mean. It is a solid effort nonetheless, but without disrespect it seems to me that you and your Sony NEX5 have much to learn about each other. Boris -- 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 - Two shots of Ted
On 10/7/2010 7:08 AM, Doug Brewer wrote: http://dougbrewer.posterous.com/two-shots-of-ted i'm outta control here; two peso's in a couple days stop me before I post again enjoy Doug, I think that the second picture would have been more successful if both Ted's eyes were in sharp focus. Ted is cool! Boris Boris, that is because II wear a contact in my left eye for close-up and one in my right eye for far away vision. If Doug had been further away, the right eye would have been in focus and the left not so much. By the way Doug, Diane liked both shots but wondered how you got me to smile. Ted -- 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 - Mister C. Goes to Washington
On 10/7/2010 2:30 PM, Tom C wrote: Boris, Your opinions are appreciated, well maybe. :-) Compositions are intended, and to my memory colors are fairly accurate. Many shots taken several hours before noon. I deliberately isolated the architectural elements, in most cases providing little context. because to me it often looked very classical Greco-Roman in style, and that is what I intended to show. I was not apprehensive, why would I be? I think you reading far too much between the pixels. As far as my camera and I learning about one another, I don't understand how you arrive at that judgement. I shoot with the NEX5 just like any other camera, and if I found there was a large learning curve where I had to adjust for the performance of the camera in some way other than I already do, I'd chuck it Tom Absolutely, Tom. It was my /impression/ that I made by looking at web size pictures on my (uncalibrated) monitor at work. It is therefore only logical that I might have made a mistake. Your Greco-Roman intent did not come through to me and I went out trying to read between the pixels. Like I said, I am offering you my impression, not my judgment. Boris -- 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 - Two shots of Ted
On 10/7/2010 3:16 PM, Theodore Beilby wrote: Boris, that is because II wear a contact in my left eye for close-up and one in my right eye for far away vision. If Doug had been further away, the right eye would have been in focus and the left not so much. By the way Doug, Diane liked both shots but wondered how you got me to smile. Ted You trickster, you ;-). Boris -- 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 - Dragonfly
I've wanted to catch one of these fellows for a while now. Sadly, I was unprepared, having only a (not-so-sharp) zoom and no monopod with me. If only I'd have had my macro... Still, I'm satisfied enough with it to post it: http://knarfdummyblog.blogspot.com/2010/10/dragonfly.html Hope you enjoy. Comments always welcome. *istD, Sigma 50-200 f3.5 zoom, handheld. cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- 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 - Two shots of Ted
On Thu, Oct 7, 2010 at 1:08 AM, Doug Brewer d...@alphoto.com wrote: http://dougbrewer.posterous.com/two-shots-of-ted i'm outta control here; two peso's in a couple days stop me before I post again They're both terrific, but the second shot is especially noteworthy. Broke the rules and won, eh? ;-) Hating you more with each passing day, -frank ;-) -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- 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 - Dragonfly
Ah, a living fossil, looking pretty much the same as they did 300 million years ago. Nice catch. I like the stony background. Jeffery On Oct 7, 2010, at 8:56 AM, frank theriault wrote: I've wanted to catch one of these fellows for a while now. Sadly, I was unprepared, having only a (not-so-sharp) zoom and no monopod with me. If only I'd have had my macro... Still, I'm satisfied enough with it to post it: http://knarfdummyblog.blogspot.com/2010/10/dragonfly.html Hope you enjoy. Comments always welcome. *istD, Sigma 50-200 f3.5 zoom, handheld. cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- 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 - Mister C. Goes to Washington
Thanks Bob. Despite Boris' opinions. :-) On Wed, Oct 6, 2010 at 9:28 PM, Bob Sullivan rf.sulli...@gmail.com wrote: Tom, Very pubic and recognizable places, but still a nice collection. Your pictures make the place look very charming and powerful. Regards, Bob S. On Wed, Oct 6, 2010 at 3:16 PM, Tom C caka...@gmail.com wrote: I had to stay the weekend in D.C. for a work seminar several weeks ago and had a free day to stroll around the National Mall. Taken with the Sony NEX5. http://photo.net/photodb/presentation?presentation_id=514298 -- 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: A couple of backlogged PESOs
On 10/7/2010 3:31 AM, Larry Colen wrote: From the North end of the golden gate bridge, shot with the Bigma on the K-x Tres Amigos: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/5059452614/in/set-72157624987857505/ Cormorant row? Everybody's a critic: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/5059453050/in/set-72157624987857505/ This falls under the heading of to much information. -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com sent from i4est -- His lack of education is more than compensated for by his keenly developed moral bankruptcy. -Woody Allen -- 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: Special ping
On 10/7/2010 3:22 AM, Boris Liberman wrote: On 10/7/2010 8:44 AM, Larry Colen wrote: One ping over the line, sweet Jesus, one ping over the line Posting to PDML on my home workstation, one ping over the line Waiting for the thread that's about photos, sweet Mary Puns and cormorants are out of line Posting to PDML on my home workstation, one ping over the line Larry has lost it... Sad isn't it. :-) Boris -- His lack of education is more than compensated for by his keenly developed moral bankruptcy. -Woody Allen -- 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: Special ping
On 10/7/2010 5:04 PM, P. J. Alling wrote: Sad isn't it. Hmmm, isn't it supposed to be (grammar police mode): Sad*,* isn't it*?* Boris -- 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 - Mister C. Goes to Washington
Funny, youI wouldn't think that taking photos of national monuments would lead be a /hairy/ situation. On 10/6/2010 9:28 PM, Bob Sullivan wrote: Tom, Very pubic and recognizable places, but still a nice collection. Your pictures make the place look very charming and powerful. Regards, Bob S. On Wed, Oct 6, 2010 at 3:16 PM, Tom Ccaka...@gmail.com wrote: I had to stay the weekend in D.C. for a work seminar several weeks ago and had a free day to stroll around the National Mall. Taken with the Sony NEX5. http://photo.net/photodb/presentation?presentation_id=514298 -- 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. -- His lack of education is more than compensated for by his keenly developed moral bankruptcy. -Woody Allen -- 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: Special ping
On 10/7/2010 11:09 AM, Boris Liberman wrote: On 10/7/2010 5:04 PM, P. J. Alling wrote: Sad isn't it. Hmmm, isn't it supposed to be (grammar police mode): Sad*,* isn't it*?* Boris Everybody's an editor -- His lack of education is more than compensated for by his keenly developed moral bankruptcy. -Woody Allen -- 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: Special ping
On 10/7/2010 5:13 PM, P. J. Alling wrote: Everybody's an editor Right, just like everybody's suggesting their own crop :-). Boris -- 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: Special ping
Say, that reminds me; someone needs to update the style manuals to include a chapter on the placement of emoticons in relation to punctuation marks. On 10/7/2010 10:20 AM, Boris Liberman wrote: On 10/7/2010 5:13 PM, P. J. Alling wrote: Everybody's an editor Right, just like everybody's suggesting their own crop :-). Boris -- 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: Resolution Anecdote
On Wed, Oct 6, 2010 at 11:22 PM, Doug Franklin jehosep...@mindspring.com wrote: I don't know what panel technology it uses, but the gamut looks pretty good. i love that show, Wallace and Gamut. Dave -- Thanks, DougF (KG4LMZ) -- 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 - Two shots of Ted
I like the first one. Dave On Thu, Oct 7, 2010 at 1:08 AM, Doug Brewer d...@alphoto.com wrote: http://dougbrewer.posterous.com/two-shots-of-ted i'm outta control here; two peso's in a couple days stop me before I post again enjoy -- 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: A couple of backlogged PESOs
The Bigma looks pretty good. Dave On Thu, Oct 7, 2010 at 3:31 AM, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote: From the North end of the golden gate bridge, shot with the Bigma on the K-x Tres Amigos: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/5059452614/in/set-72157624987857505/ Everybody's a critic: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/5059453050/in/set-72157624987857505/ -- 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. -- 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: A couple of backlogged PESOs
Actually the pictures look pretty good, the Bigma just looks humongous. On 10/7/2010 12:05 PM, David J Brooks wrote: The Bigma looks pretty good. Dave On Thu, Oct 7, 2010 at 3:31 AM, Larry Colenl...@red4est.com wrote: From the North end of the golden gate bridge, shot with the Bigma on the K-x Tres Amigos: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/5059452614/in/set-72157624987857505/ Everybody's a critic: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/5059453050/in/set-72157624987857505/ -- 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. -- His lack of education is more than compensated for by his keenly developed moral bankruptcy. -Woody Allen -- 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.
A brain-picking request
Hi all, I've just received my first press pass -- as a freelance photographer for a couple of upcoming campaign events in a US Senate election. Having never done this sort of shooting before, I assume I'll get a pretty decent vantage point for the stump speeches and maybe some access behind the scenes. Given the collective years of experience on the list, I thought I'd ask if anyone has any tips on the best way to capture dramatic, compelling images at events of this nature -- what to look for, technical and compositional advice, etc. Also, any advice on the best mental approach to take in shooting events of this nature in terms of establishing oneself as a credible photographer would be greatly appreciated. As a matter of background, I was granted this press pass by a person who had seen my work on Facebook and Flickr and really enjoyed it -- or at least she told me as much. So, I have a bit of a dilemma. Should I approach this as an ostensibly hard-nosed photojournalist trying to capture the reality of the campaign trail in a consequential election? Or, given the very early stage of my development as a photographer, should I approach it as a potential connection for future job opportunities by taking shots geared toward making the subject look as good as I can? As a matter of pure, career-minded practicality with an eye toward getting the proverbial foot in the door to future work as a photographer, I'd appreciate any guidance anyone can offer me. -- Walt -- 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: A brain-picking request
My opinion is to make sure photos don't look like they were posed (as you see on the society page), and to be unobtrusive when possible. Blend in without drawing attention to yourself when possible. Jeffery On Oct 7, 2010, at 11:19 AM, Walter Gilbert wrote: Hi all, I've just received my first press pass -- as a freelance photographer for a couple of upcoming campaign events in a US Senate election. Having never done this sort of shooting before, I assume I'll get a pretty decent vantage point for the stump speeches and maybe some access behind the scenes. Given the collective years of experience on the list, I thought I'd ask if anyone has any tips on the best way to capture dramatic, compelling images at events of this nature -- what to look for, technical and compositional advice, etc. Also, any advice on the best mental approach to take in shooting events of this nature in terms of establishing oneself as a credible photographer would be greatly appreciated. As a matter of background, I was granted this press pass by a person who had seen my work on Facebook and Flickr and really enjoyed it -- or at least she told me as much. So, I have a bit of a dilemma. Should I approach this as an ostensibly hard-nosed photojournalist trying to capture the reality of the campaign trail in a consequential election? Or, given the very early stage of my development as a photographer, should I approach it as a potential connection for future job opportunities by taking shots geared toward making the subject look as good as I can? As a matter of pure, career-minded practicality with an eye toward getting the proverbial foot in the door to future work as a photographer, I'd appreciate any guidance anyone can offer me. -- Walt -- 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 - Dragonfly
frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: I've wanted to catch one of these fellows for a while now. Dragonflies will pose for you. Really. Just get close to their perch and pop your flash at them once, maybe twice. They may fly away, but not far, and will soon return to the same perch, so keep focused on it. They, being predators of smaller flying insects, will for a time stay close to a new light source which might attract smaller insects and provide them an easy meal. Or maybe they just think the flash is cool. Works 66.66 percent of the time, the failures I attribute to anti-social dragonfly disorder, or a full bug tummy. JM -- 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: Resolution Anecdote
Thu Oct 7 07:28:34 CDT 2010 Doug Franklin wrote: On 2010-10-07 2:55, Bob W wrote: [...] But the point of all this is that it's amazing how much sharper some photos look at 1920 x 1200 on 15.4 as compared to the same image at 1920 x 1200 on 24. That's why what looks ok on 4x6 prints might not be blown up to 8x12. you can achieve the same resolution by taking a couple of steps backward... True, but one typically doesn't. Your display is where and what it is. Until some disrupting element arrives, you typically live with the setup you have, rather than messing about with it. It really makes me wonder about some of the too fuzzy versus sharp enough judgments I've made about my photos over the years. Well, if you want to make a more precise judgement, you should do pixel-peeping at the level when each pixel is almost discernible by the eye. :-) Igor -- 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: Special ping
On Oct 7, 2010, at 12:22 AM, Boris Liberman wrote: On 10/7/2010 8:44 AM, Larry Colen wrote: One ping over the line, sweet Jesus, one ping over the line Posting to PDML on my home workstation, one ping over the line Waiting for the thread that's about photos, sweet Mary Puns and cormorants are out of line Posting to PDML on my home workstation, one ping over the line Larry has lost it... That's the best news I've had all day. I didn't know that I ever had it. :-) Boris -- 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: Special ping
There is no one answer - the Atlantic divides style as well as substance. (Or, as Larry Wall would have it, There's more than one way to do it). (Or, as the alternative suggests, There's more than one way to do it.) On Thu, Oct 07, 2010 at 10:32:13AM -0500, Walter Gilbert wrote: Say, that reminds me; someone needs to update the style manuals to include a chapter on the placement of emoticons in relation to punctuation marks. On 10/7/2010 10:20 AM, Boris Liberman wrote: On 10/7/2010 5:13 PM, P. J. Alling wrote: Everybody's an editor Right, just like everybody's suggesting their own crop :-). Boris -- 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: Resolution Anecdote
On Thu, Oct 07, 2010 at 07:55:56AM +0100, Bob W wrote: [...] But the point of all this is that it's amazing how much sharper some photos look at 1920 x 1200 on 15.4 as compared to the same image at 1920 x 1200 on 24. you can achieve the same resolution by taking a couple of steps backward... Why stop there? It's amazing how much better some images look when viewed from a couple of rooms away. -- 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: Resolution Anecdote
I prefer drinking. It works on live subjects as well as digital renderings, and doesn't change with proximity. On 10/7/2010 12:08 PM, John Francis wrote: On Thu, Oct 07, 2010 at 07:55:56AM +0100, Bob W wrote: [...] But the point of all this is that it's amazing how much sharper some photos look at 1920 x 1200 on 15.4 as compared to the same image at 1920 x 1200 on 24. you can achieve the same resolution by taking a couple of steps backward... Why stop there? It's amazing how much better some images look when viewed from a couple of rooms away. -- 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: SDM / parts availability
On Thu, Oct 07, 2010 at 03:24:12AM +0200, eckinator wrote: 2010/10/6 John Celio n...@neovenator.com: I think what Pentax needs to do now is put some sort of notice flyer in the box with their SDM lenses. ?It would say that prolonged non-use depletes the lens' stored charge, and to do what the service manager described above if the lens' drive won't respond. ?They should also send this flyer to all registered SDM lens owners. ?Some people would be glad to know this info, I'm sure, even though it might create some minor bad PR for Pentax for a short time. It wasn't marked as off record. I think we're free to suggest that to them. Ecke It still sounds like snake oil to me. If the camera body is capable of delivering enough current to move a fairly heavy mechanical assembly fast enough to auto-focus, it should be able to charge up any purely electronic circuitry in milliseconds, not in minutes. -- 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: Off list for a while - and why
Hi Barbarann! Only just saw this message. My most sincere condolences to you on this painful loss. My oldest friendship is from the age of 12, and even though we're thousands of miles apart, I'd be distraught if I lost him. It was fun to flip through your photos together (but I will confess to a moment of geekiness when I said Ann's got an LX around her neck!); I bet Barb's daughter and son will really appreciate this pictures of you and their mum. All the best, --M. On 5 October 2010 12:06, Ann Sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com wrote: My oldest (in terms of years known) and one of two of my very dearest closest long term friends passed away on Friday ... so I'm off to Chicago to her home and family One of the reasons I could talk myself into the expense of the photo show at the Dank last spring was my concern that there would no be many more opportunities to be with her in person... the show became a reason to go to Chicago so Barb wouldn't think I was just hurrying to get there before she passed on... one had hoped things were not as dire as they sounded from her daughter -- Barb always minimalized her troubles and was a real trooper ... She appreciated our lists penchant for puns and herself invented a few wonderful shaggy-dog groaners. No, not the big C - but enough other stuff to cause her to be in and out of hospital for a few months and cause her a lot of discomfort. While I was biting my nails waiting to see if my photo got in she said But you are coming anyway arent you? naturally, I was. How many of us can claim to still be friends and in touch with someone from childhood at my age? (gonna be 74 in December) Particularly sad for me not just for the loss of her friendship but to think of her only being two years my senior ... Her son Johnny took our photo in May and said I should make a grouping of photos of the two of us - so I did that for him on my web page... he took the one of us last May. I've spent the last couple of days gathering more snaps from the past at her daughter's request to be displayed at the wake... it seems that is something of a fashion these days... I won't really be _in_ Chicago ... except to get to the communter rail to take me to the far burbs - I'll be taking the long way around returning (bus and trains) so if I can manage it at all I'll get to see a couple of you . Happily, my young roomie will take care of Ashley . The gallery on my web page with vintage photos is called Barb and Barb Yeah, I was _nee_ Barbara Ann... and is in the Friends and Family section - if you are curious... Sometimes my direct off-list mail doesnt get to people (something to do with my server) so Frank and Paul Stenquist - write me off list will ya? you both should have had email from me. I hope to at least get a cuppa with Christine and I'm going to pick up my photo and the one I traded for from Dank House I'll stay on list long enough to answer stuff - but you can see why I've been quiet for a bit ann http://annsan.smugmug.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: SDM / parts availability
2010/10/7 John Francis jo...@panix.com: It still sounds like snake oil to me. If the camera body is capable of delivering enough current to move a fairly heavy mechanical assembly fast enough to auto-focus, it should be able to charge up any purely electronic circuitry in milliseconds, not in minutes. I believe him. Gut feeling. Plus he is a tech and not a salesperson. -- 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 Paris?
Hi team, I've tacked a couple of days onto a business trip to Paris next month to be a tourist and do some shooting. Is anyone free Tues 9 Nov or Wed 10 Nov? Contact me on or off list. Cheers, Rick http://photo.net/photos/RickW -- 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 - Two shots of Ted
On Oct 7, 2010, at 9:02 AM, David J Brooks wrote: I like the first one. I favor the first one too. good use of desaturation, it lends a nice effect. Dave On Thu, Oct 7, 2010 at 1:08 AM, Doug Brewer d...@alphoto.com wrote: http://dougbrewer.posterous.com/two-shots-of-ted i'm outta control here; two peso's in a couple days stop me before I post again enjoy -- 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. -- 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: Resolution Anecdote
On Oct 7, 2010, at 10:13 , Walter Gilbert wrote: I prefer drinking. It works on live subjects as well as digital renderings, and doesn't change with proximity. MARK! Joseph McAllister pentax...@mac.com There is no off position to the genius switch. Genius can, however, be observed as insanity. -- 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: Out of curiosity: A question for the pros
Mark Roberts wrote: Whenever I can't think of a better reason for keeping a shot than how cheap and easy it is to do so, I know that's a photograph that isn't worth keeping. Needs keeping. In next year's book. That was easy. -- 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 - Mister C. Goes to Washington
DC is regularly waxed poetic by the lobbyists. :-) On Oct 7, 2010, at 08:12 , P. J. Alling wrote: Funny, youI wouldn't think that taking photos of national monuments would lead be a /hairy/ situation. On 10/6/2010 9:28 PM, Bob Sullivan wrote: Tom, Very pubic and recognizable places, but still a nice collection. Your pictures make the place look very charming and powerful. Regards, Bob S. On Wed, Oct 6, 2010 at 3:16 PM, Tom Ccaka...@gmail.com wrote: I had to stay the weekend in D.C. for a work seminar several weeks ago and had a free day to stroll around the National Mall. Taken with the Sony NEX5. http://photo.net/photodb/presentation?presentation_id=514298 Joseph McAllister Pentaxian http://gallery.me.com/jomac -- 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: PAW39 - Sunset
On Oct 3, 2010, at 12:07 , DagT wrote: http://www.thrane.name/page3/page7/files/page7-1000-full.html K20D, da*16-5...@16mm, 1/90s, f/8, ISO200 Better than Stonehenge! For some reason makes me think of 2001: A Space Odyssey. Joseph McAllister pentax...@mac.com THE SENILITY PRAYER : Grant me the senility to forget the people I never liked anyway, The good fortune to run into the ones I do, and The eyesight to tell the difference. -- 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 - Dragonfly
This one did some SERIOUS posing. http://tinyurl.com/2fef2fz Jeffery On Oct 7, 2010, at 11:51 AM, John wrote: frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: I've wanted to catch one of these fellows for a while now. Dragonflies will pose for you. Really. Just get close to their perch and pop your flash at them once, maybe twice. They may fly away, but not far, and will soon return to the same perch, so keep focused on it. They, being predators of smaller flying insects, will for a time stay close to a new light source which might attract smaller insects and provide them an easy meal. Or maybe they just think the flash is cool. Works 66.66 percent of the time, the failures I attribute to anti-social dragonfly disorder, or a full bug tummy. JM -- 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: Saahwing, battah!
It's a great shot. And not just the ball coming at you at 90 mph. Lining up the players from catcher to center field! Just droolin' a bit. And I thought my timing in catching the ball right after they were hit and were still be in the frame was a triumph. You got me beat. Seats too! On Oct 3, 2010, at 15:14 , Charles Robinson wrote: Well, I tried it over 3 pitches... but I was shooting with my finger poised on the shutter button and pressing it manually at the rate I thought was appropriate. I find that when I machine-gun the shots using the rapid-fire mode of the camera, I lose track of focus and also start moving the camera, which makes only 1-2 of 7 shots even be sharp. So, out of 10-12 shots, I got two which had the ball in the middle like this - and this was just the better of the two shots. -Charles Joseph McAllister pentax...@mac.com The Big Bang was silent, and invisible in it's beginning moments. — from the Pentaxian's thoughts on particle physics, so far. -- 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 - Dragonfly
Catch them on a cold morning and you can fill a card with them. Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: John jmusta...@suddenlink.net Subject: Re: PESO - Dragonfly frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: I've wanted to catch one of these fellows for a while now. Dragonflies will pose for you. Really. Just get close to their perch and pop your flash at them once, maybe twice. They may fly away, but not far, and will soon return to the same perch, so keep focused on it. They, being predators of smaller flying insects, will for a time stay close to a new light source which might attract smaller insects and provide them an easy meal. Or maybe they just think the flash is cool. Works 66.66 percent of the time, the failures I attribute to anti-social dragonfly disorder, or a full bug tummy. JM -- 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: Resolution Anecdote
Well, if you want to make a more precise judgement, you should do pixel-peeping at the level when each pixel is almost discernible by the eye. :-) !00% is my normal check for focus confirmation. Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: Igor Roshchin s...@komkon.org Subject: Re: Resolution Anecdote Thu Oct 7 07:28:34 CDT 2010 Doug Franklin wrote: On 2010-10-07 2:55, Bob W wrote: [...] But the point of all this is that it's amazing how much sharper some photos look at 1920 x 1200 on 15.4 as compared to the same image at 1920 x 1200 on 24. That's why what looks ok on 4x6 prints might not be blown up to 8x12. you can achieve the same resolution by taking a couple of steps backward... True, but one typically doesn't. Your display is where and what it is. Until some disrupting element arrives, you typically live with the setup you have, rather than messing about with it. It really makes me wonder about some of the too fuzzy versus sharp enough judgments I've made about my photos over the years. Well, if you want to make a more precise judgement, you should do pixel-peeping at the level when each pixel is almost discernible by the eye. :-) Igor -- 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: Resolution Anecdote
It's amazing how much better some images look when viewed from a couple of rooms away. Mark ! Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: John Francis jo...@panix.com Subject: Re: Resolution Anecdote On Thu, Oct 07, 2010 at 07:55:56AM +0100, Bob W wrote: [...] But the point of all this is that it's amazing how much sharper some photos look at 1920 x 1200 on 15.4 as compared to the same image at 1920 x 1200 on 24. you can achieve the same resolution by taking a couple of steps backward... Why stop there? It's amazing how much better some images look when viewed from a couple of rooms away. -- 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: Resolution Anecdote
I prefer drinking. It works on live subjects as well as digital renderings, and doesn't change with proximity. But it does depend somewhat on the size of the bottle. Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: Walter Gilbert ldott...@gmail.com Subject: Re: Resolution Anecdote I prefer drinking. It works on live subjects as well as digital renderings, and doesn't change with proximity. On 10/7/2010 12:08 PM, John Francis wrote: On Thu, Oct 07, 2010 at 07:55:56AM +0100, Bob W wrote: [...] But the point of all this is that it's amazing how much sharper some photos look at 1920 x 1200 on 15.4 as compared to the same image at 1920 x 1200 on 24. you can achieve the same resolution by taking a couple of steps backward... Why stop there? It's amazing how much better some images look when viewed from a couple of rooms away. -- 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 - Mister C. Goes to Washington
Fair enough. My general intent was to show it, hopefully, for the most part, in a different light. If I'd come away with images, that evoked the response, I've seen that before, boring, (yawn) yadayadayada, I'd be disappointed. :-) Thank you for taking the time to look and comment, Tom On Thu, Oct 7, 2010 at 9:19 AM, Boris Liberman bori...@gmail.com wrote: On 10/7/2010 2:30 PM, Tom C wrote: Boris, Your opinions are appreciated, well maybe. :-) Compositions are intended, and to my memory colors are fairly accurate. Many shots taken several hours before noon. I deliberately isolated the architectural elements, in most cases providing little context. because to me it often looked very classical Greco-Roman in style, and that is what I intended to show. I was not apprehensive, why would I be? I think you reading far too much between the pixels. As far as my camera and I learning about one another, I don't understand how you arrive at that judgement. I shoot with the NEX5 just like any other camera, and if I found there was a large learning curve where I had to adjust for the performance of the camera in some way other than I already do, I'd chuck it Tom Absolutely, Tom. It was my /impression/ that I made by looking at web size pictures on my (uncalibrated) monitor at work. It is therefore only logical that I might have made a mistake. Your Greco-Roman intent did not come through to me and I went out trying to read between the pixels. Like I said, I am offering you my impression, not my judgment. Boris -- 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 - Two shots of Ted
From: Boris Liberman On 10/7/2010 7:08 AM, Doug Brewer wrote: http://dougbrewer.posterous.com/two-shots-of-ted i'm outta control here; two peso's in a couple days stop me before I post again enjoy Doug, I think that the second picture would have been more successful if both Ted's eyes were in sharp focus. Ted would be more successful if both his eyes were in sharp focus. hee, hee ... runs hides ;-D -- 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: SDM / parts availability
On 8 October 2010 04:18, eckinator eckina...@gmail.com wrote: I believe him. Gut feeling. Plus he is a tech and not a salesperson. From an engineering perspective it really does sound like utter BS, you're free to believe him and he might believe it himself but that doesn't mean that it's true or accurate. -- 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: A brain-picking request
So, I have a bit of a dilemma. Should I approach this as an ostensibly hard-nosed photojournalist trying to capture the reality of the campaign trail in a consequential election? Or, given the very early stage of my development as a photographer, should I approach it as a potential connection for future job opportunities by taking shots geared toward making the subject look as good as I can? It will depend on what your viewpoint is. What would you want to have in your portfolio? On Thu, Oct 7, 2010 at 12:19 PM, Walter Gilbert ldott...@gmail.com wrote: Hi all, I've just received my first press pass -- as a freelance photographer for a couple of upcoming campaign events in a US Senate election. Having never done this sort of shooting before, I assume I'll get a pretty decent vantage point for the stump speeches and maybe some access behind the scenes. Given the collective years of experience on the list, I thought I'd ask if anyone has any tips on the best way to capture dramatic, compelling images at events of this nature -- what to look for, technical and compositional advice, etc. Also, any advice on the best mental approach to take in shooting events of this nature in terms of establishing oneself as a credible photographer would be greatly appreciated. As a matter of background, I was granted this press pass by a person who had seen my work on Facebook and Flickr and really enjoyed it -- or at least she told me as much. So, I have a bit of a dilemma. Should I approach this as an ostensibly hard-nosed photojournalist trying to capture the reality of the campaign trail in a consequential election? Or, given the very early stage of my development as a photographer, should I approach it as a potential connection for future job opportunities by taking shots geared toward making the subject look as good as I can? As a matter of pure, career-minded practicality with an eye toward getting the proverbial foot in the door to future work as a photographer, I'd appreciate any guidance anyone can offer me. -- Walt -- 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. -- David Parsons Photography http://www.davidparsonsphoto.com Aloha Photographer Photoblog http://alohaphotog.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: PESO - Dragonfly
Ya' nailed him! Lack of color contrast between the rock and Dragonfly allow them to sort of mesh. I'm with you, the macro would have come in handy. Been away for the past 10 days and just began to skim through 469 emails. Jack --- On Thu, 10/7/10, frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: From: frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com Subject: PESO - Dragonfly To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net Date: Thursday, October 7, 2010, 6:56 AM I've wanted to catch one of these fellows for a while now. Sadly, I was unprepared, having only a (not-so-sharp) zoom and no monopod with me. If only I'd have had my macro... Still, I'm satisfied enough with it to post it: http://knarfdummyblog.blogspot.com/2010/10/dragonfly.html Hope you enjoy. Comments always welcome. *istD, Sigma 50-200 f3.5 zoom, handheld. cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- 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.
OT: Tripod Info
I'm in the market for a simple/basic tripod (read: used, cheap). It will probably only get used 1 time per year (unless I can get myself motivated). I found one at an online auction site but don't know much about the brand (seems like it might be an Australian company?). Does anyone know anything about this... Velbon CX 540 PH-656Q Thanks!!! Ed http://picasaweb.google.com/ewkphoto -- 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: SDM / parts availability
Techs? More honest than sales? Hell, I'm a software engineer, I learned early on that if you can't blind them with brilliance, you've got to baffle them with bullshit. Truth is for when all else fails... On 10/7/2010 1:18 PM, eckinator wrote: 2010/10/7 John Francisjo...@panix.com: It still sounds like snake oil to me. If the camera body is capable of delivering enough current to move a fairly heavy mechanical assembly fast enough to auto-focus, it should be able to charge up any purely electronic circuitry in milliseconds, not in minutes. I believe him. Gut feeling. Plus he is a tech and not a salesperson. -- His lack of education is more than compensated for by his keenly developed moral bankruptcy. -Woody Allen -- 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: A brain-picking request
It's important to know what you're trying to accomplish. Do you want to show candidates interacting with whatever crowd might be there, and tell an actual story of the campaign or cover a debate? Each of those requires a different approach. If you're trying to tell the whole story, then crowd shots might be important, so finding a spot to camp out isn't the best strategy, if you just want to show the candidates then you find a perch with an unobstructed view, and choose the proper focal length to get the image you want, and shoot away. If you're going to cover a debate, you'll need to find a place where you can catch both candidates, (or more if there are more), in the same frame. On 10/7/2010 12:19 PM, Walter Gilbert wrote: Hi all, I've just received my first press pass -- as a freelance photographer for a couple of upcoming campaign events in a US Senate election. Having never done this sort of shooting before, I assume I'll get a pretty decent vantage point for the stump speeches and maybe some access behind the scenes. Given the collective years of experience on the list, I thought I'd ask if anyone has any tips on the best way to capture dramatic, compelling images at events of this nature -- what to look for, technical and compositional advice, etc. Also, any advice on the best mental approach to take in shooting events of this nature in terms of establishing oneself as a credible photographer would be greatly appreciated. As a matter of background, I was granted this press pass by a person who had seen my work on Facebook and Flickr and really enjoyed it -- or at least she told me as much. So, I have a bit of a dilemma. Should I approach this as an ostensibly hard-nosed photojournalist trying to capture the reality of the campaign trail in a consequential election? Or, given the very early stage of my development as a photographer, should I approach it as a potential connection for future job opportunities by taking shots geared toward making the subject look as good as I can? As a matter of pure, career-minded practicality with an eye toward getting the proverbial foot in the door to future work as a photographer, I'd appreciate any guidance anyone can offer me. -- Walt -- His lack of education is more than compensated for by his keenly developed moral bankruptcy. -Woody Allen -- 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.
In these shoes...
http://roman.blakout.net/?blog=20101007234507 ^^^ K20D + DA 16-45mm again. Amazing how junk becomes habitat for some other living forms. -- 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: OT: Tripod Info
From: Ed Keeney I'm in the market for a simple/basic tripod (read: used, cheap). It will probably only get used 1 time per year (unless I can get myself motivated). I found one at an online auction site but don't know much about the brand (seems like it might be an Australian company?). Does anyone know anything about this... Velbon CX 540 PH-656Q Not sturdy enough. You'll end up spending more later to get a GOOD tripod. Better to apply your limited funds to that task the first time around. -- 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: SDM / parts availability
On 7 October 2010 16:36, P. J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com wrote: Truth is for when all else fails... MARK! --M. -- \/\/o/\/\ -- http://WorldOfMiserere.com 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: OT: Tripod Info
John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com wrote: Not sturdy enough. You'll end up spending more later to get a GOOD tripod. Better to apply your limited funds to that task the first time around. Is there anyone around here who is still using his first tripod? How many times have we all been told that there is no such thing as a cheap *and* decent tripod? Has it ever kept anyone of us from buying all this worthless crap? Let me try this: get a second-hand cheap tripod. You'll want to get rid of it soon enough anyhow and you'll cut your losses. One more tip: there's also lots of expensive crap, e.g. stay away from everything with tubular legs and the name Manfrotto written on it. Ra-Berlebach-lf -- Ralf R. Radermacher - DL9KCG - Köln/Cologne, Germany Blog : http://the-real-fotoralf.blogspot.com Audio : http://aporee.org/maps/projects/fotoralf Web : http://www.fotoralf.de -- 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: SDM / parts availability
I'd better let this go as I am out of my depth on the technical part of it. All I know is there are things slower and faster to charge than two minutes and that I am a tech myself and bullshit has never been more than a last resort for me. But I'm not much of a faith discusser. Ecke -- 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: A brain-picking request
Thanks, Jeffery. I shouldn't have too much trouble blending in, as I don't plan on packing a giant piece of glass with me. Most likely, I'll take my 70-300 f/4-5.6, my 18-55 f/3.5-5.6 and my 2X TC as a just in case for anything else that might be going on that I don't have the reach for. -- Walt On 10/7/2010 11:38 AM, Jeffery Smith wrote: My opinion is to make sure photos don't look like they were posed (as you see on the society page), and to be unobtrusive when possible. Blend in without drawing attention to yourself when possible. Jeffery On Oct 7, 2010, at 11:19 AM, Walter Gilbert wrote: Hi all, I've just received my first press pass -- as a freelance photographer for a couple of upcoming campaign events in a US Senate election. Having never done this sort of shooting before, I assume I'll get a pretty decent vantage point for the stump speeches and maybe some access behind the scenes. Given the collective years of experience on the list, I thought I'd ask if anyone has any tips on the best way to capture dramatic, compelling images at events of this nature -- what to look for, technical and compositional advice, etc. Also, any advice on the best mental approach to take in shooting events of this nature in terms of establishing oneself as a credible photographer would be greatly appreciated. As a matter of background, I was granted this press pass by a person who had seen my work on Facebook and Flickr and really enjoyed it -- or at least she told me as much. So, I have a bit of a dilemma. Should I approach this as an ostensibly hard-nosed photojournalist trying to capture the reality of the campaign trail in a consequential election? Or, given the very early stage of my development as a photographer, should I approach it as a potential connection for future job opportunities by taking shots geared toward making the subject look as good as I can? As a matter of pure, career-minded practicality with an eye toward getting the proverbial foot in the door to future work as a photographer, I'd appreciate any guidance anyone can offer me. -- Walt -- 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: OT: Tripod Info
On 10/07/2010 02:11 PM, Ralf R. Radermacher wrote: John Sessomsjsessoms...@nc.rr.com wrote: Not sturdy enough. You'll end up spending more later to get a GOOD tripod. Better to apply your limited funds to that task the first time around. Is there anyone around here who is still using his first tripod? How many times have we all been told that there is no such thing as a cheap *and* decent tripod? Has it ever kept anyone of us from buying all this worthless crap? I made a very sturdy tripod base with about $50 worth of plumbing supplies. It's not very portable, and weighs a lot though. Let me try this: get a second-hand cheap tripod. You'll want to get rid of it soon enough anyhow and you'll cut your losses. A lot of it depends on what you want the tripod for. If you just want something to hold the camera while you snap a group portrait on auto timer it doesn't matter a lot what you use. If you're doing 30 second night exposures through a 300mm lens, then you need something a lot sturdier. I've got a Velbon ultra lux i sf, which isn't nearly as sturdy as my bigger tripods, but I can take the head off and carry it in my camera bag, and an OK tripod that is with you can do a lot more good than the full size expensive tripod that is sitting in your trunk at the trail head, or in your closet at home. I've found that what I use most of all is my benro mc66 m8 carbon fiber monopod. It was about $85 through link delight, fits in my backpack (with the head removed) and does wonders when I'm shooting down to about 1/4 second. http://cgi.ebay.com/Professional-BENRO-Carbon-Monopod-MC-66-M8-New-/310258664533 One more tip: there's also lots of expensive crap, e.g. stay away from everything with tubular legs and the name Manfrotto written on it. Meaning manfrotto gear without tubular legs is OK? Ra-Berlebach-lf -- 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: A brain-picking request
One suggestion is not to get all bent out of shape when the Nikon and Canon shooters giggle at your Pentax. They will, i've been there. However i can still get photos from my Pentax gear published so i just smile at them.;-) Dave On Thu, Oct 7, 2010 at 5:22 PM, Walter Gilbert ldott...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks, Jeffery. I shouldn't have too much trouble blending in, as I don't plan on packing a giant piece of glass with me. Most likely, I'll take my 70-300 f/4-5.6, my 18-55 f/3.5-5.6 and my 2X TC as a just in case for anything else that might be going on that I don't have the reach for. -- Walt On 10/7/2010 11:38 AM, Jeffery Smith wrote: My opinion is to make sure photos don't look like they were posed (as you see on the society page), and to be unobtrusive when possible. Blend in without drawing attention to yourself when possible. Jeffery On Oct 7, 2010, at 11:19 AM, Walter Gilbert wrote: Hi all, I've just received my first press pass -- as a freelance photographer for a couple of upcoming campaign events in a US Senate election. Having never done this sort of shooting before, I assume I'll get a pretty decent vantage point for the stump speeches and maybe some access behind the scenes. Given the collective years of experience on the list, I thought I'd ask if anyone has any tips on the best way to capture dramatic, compelling images at events of this nature -- what to look for, technical and compositional advice, etc. Also, any advice on the best mental approach to take in shooting events of this nature in terms of establishing oneself as a credible photographer would be greatly appreciated. As a matter of background, I was granted this press pass by a person who had seen my work on Facebook and Flickr and really enjoyed it -- or at least she told me as much. So, I have a bit of a dilemma. Should I approach this as an ostensibly hard-nosed photojournalist trying to capture the reality of the campaign trail in a consequential election? Or, given the very early stage of my development as a photographer, should I approach it as a potential connection for future job opportunities by taking shots geared toward making the subject look as good as I can? As a matter of pure, career-minded practicality with an eye toward getting the proverbial foot in the door to future work as a photographer, I'd appreciate any guidance anyone can offer me. -- Walt -- 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: A brain-picking request
Having just returned from a press conference with the governor, senator and president of GM, I'm moved to tell you that you'll probably be one in a pool of fifty or more photographers if the event your shooting is significant. Most will have two cameras, one with a lens in the neighborhood of 80-200, the other with a 24-70 -- in full frame numbers. For me that would translate to the 60-250 or 50-135 and the 16-50. Most photogs will have a flash mounted on the camera with the shorter lens. The vast majority of them will gather in one spot and shoot with their long lens camera during the speeches, because there will probably not be many good vantage points from which to shoot the. At the end of the press conference, when the reporters are trying to get one on one interviews with the politicians, the photographers will all gather around with their short lenses and flashes. Many will shoot with live view from over their heads. Do what everyone else does, then try a few different things. A fun pic can sometimes be had by getting behind the pol during the interview sessions and shooting the back of his head and all the cameras aimed at him. However, you have to try to squeeze a frame in between the flashes going off. If you can get a high vantage point, shoot the pol in the middle of the cluster from a distance with your longer lens. Be prepared to be somewhat frustrated. Paul On Oct 7, 2010, at 12:19 PM, Walter Gilbert wrote: Hi all, I've just received my first press pass -- as a freelance photographer for a couple of upcoming campaign events in a US Senate election. Having never done this sort of shooting before, I assume I'll get a pretty decent vantage point for the stump speeches and maybe some access behind the scenes. Given the collective years of experience on the list, I thought I'd ask if anyone has any tips on the best way to capture dramatic, compelling images at events of this nature -- what to look for, technical and compositional advice, etc. Also, any advice on the best mental approach to take in shooting events of this nature in terms of establishing oneself as a credible photographer would be greatly appreciated. As a matter of background, I was granted this press pass by a person who had seen my work on Facebook and Flickr and really enjoyed it -- or at least she told me as much. So, I have a bit of a dilemma. Should I approach this as an ostensibly hard-nosed photojournalist trying to capture the reality of the campaign trail in a consequential election? Or, given the very early stage of my development as a photographer, should I approach it as a potential connection for future job opportunities by taking shots geared toward making the subject look as good as I can? As a matter of pure, career-minded practicality with an eye toward getting the proverbial foot in the door to future work as a photographer, I'd appreciate any guidance anyone can offer me. -- Walt -- 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: A brain-picking request
True enough, David. I can see the benefit to having both types, really. And I suppose it's possible to get whatever you're looking for if you're lucky. But, given my lack of experience, I hate to shoot myself out of a future opportunity by producing the wrong material. I mean, when it all shakes out, the guy I'm taking pictures of is most likely going to be a US senator. My thinking at this point is that my main focus ought to be creating more opportunities to take more shots at events of this sort, thus building a more substantial portfolio. That'll require doing what I can to ingratiate myself to the people who gave me the press pass. And they're obviously going to want candidate-friendly shots. They're also going to want copies of the shots when I'm finished. Where I'm conflicted, though, is the idea of establishing myself as a fluff peddler and creating expectations along those lines for the future when similar opportunities arise. Thanks for the input. I'm going to have to do a lot more noodling on this for the next six days. -- Walt On 10/7/2010 3:28 PM, David Parsons wrote: So, I have a bit of a dilemma. Should I approach this as an ostensibly hard-nosed photojournalist trying to capture the reality of the campaign trail in a consequential election? Or, given the very early stage of my development as a photographer, should I approach it as a potential connection for future job opportunities by taking shots geared toward making the subject look as good as I can? It will depend on what your viewpoint is. What would you want to have in your portfolio? On Thu, Oct 7, 2010 at 12:19 PM, Walter Gilbertldott...@gmail.com wrote: Hi all, I've just received my first press pass -- as a freelance photographer for a couple of upcoming campaign events in a US Senate election. Having never done this sort of shooting before, I assume I'll get a pretty decent vantage point for the stump speeches and maybe some access behind the scenes. Given the collective years of experience on the list, I thought I'd ask if anyone has any tips on the best way to capture dramatic, compelling images at events of this nature -- what to look for, technical and compositional advice, etc. Also, any advice on the best mental approach to take in shooting events of this nature in terms of establishing oneself as a credible photographer would be greatly appreciated. As a matter of background, I was granted this press pass by a person who had seen my work on Facebook and Flickr and really enjoyed it -- or at least she told me as much. So, I have a bit of a dilemma. Should I approach this as an ostensibly hard-nosed photojournalist trying to capture the reality of the campaign trail in a consequential election? Or, given the very early stage of my development as a photographer, should I approach it as a potential connection for future job opportunities by taking shots geared toward making the subject look as good as I can? As a matter of pure, career-minded practicality with an eye toward getting the proverbial foot in the door to future work as a photographer, I'd appreciate any guidance anyone can offer me. -- Walt -- 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.
FS FT WTB
Well, I got the desired 17/3.5 Tokina from a PDML member. Tx. Will be giving it a workout this weekend. I've been shooting some with the old 35-200 Tokina. If only it focused close. Like within 5 feet. It's sharp, but frustrating. Now I'm wanting just one more thing for the DSLR. A type extension tubes. Haven't seen any on eBay. If anyone is interested, I have available: Cosmicar A 28/2.8 ($25) SMC Pentax-A 50/2 ($30) Sigma 100-300 DL zoom Pentax AF 4.5-6.7 ($75) Minolta Auto Meter III ($75) Takumar (Bayonet) 135/2.5. Needs aperture cleaned. ($20) Tamron Adaptall-2 PK mount. ($25) and probably more stuff as I slowly and steadily clean out my basement. Sincerely, Collin Brendemuehl He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose -- Jim Elliott -- 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: OT: Tripod Info
When I was 16 years old, my Grandmother knew I was into photography and gave me a Tripod for my Birthday or Christmas, I can't remember which really. It was/is very light, made with aluminum tubing, but real cast metal fittings and camera stage, (not the best, metal, the crank to raise and lower the center post broke somewhere i don't remember exactly how, but there was obviously a flaw the casting). I still use it when I need a light tripod. It's a lot sturdier than any modern tripod in the same weight class, and while I wouldn't expect it to hold a 600mm lens, even the Vivitar Solid Cat is too much for it. It does a creditable job with a lightweight, (and with Pentax is there any other kind), camera and lens combo, (up to the A*300mm f4.0).. Now true I use it partly because of the sentimental attachment, but I really haven't found anything else that would really replace it. On 10/7/2010 5:11 PM, Ralf R. Radermacher wrote: John Sessomsjsessoms...@nc.rr.com wrote: Not sturdy enough. You'll end up spending more later to get a GOOD tripod. Better to apply your limited funds to that task the first time around. Is there anyone around here who is still using his first tripod? How many times have we all been told that there is no such thing as a cheap *and* decent tripod? Has it ever kept anyone of us from buying all this worthless crap? Let me try this: get a second-hand cheap tripod. You'll want to get rid of it soon enough anyhow and you'll cut your losses. One more tip: there's also lots of expensive crap, e.g. stay away from everything with tubular legs and the name Manfrotto written on it. Ra-Berlebach-lf -- His lack of education is more than compensated for by his keenly developed moral bankruptcy. -Woody Allen -- 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: A brain-picking request
Thanks, P.J. I do plan on getting shots of the candidate interacting with the crowd. It won't be a debate, but there will be other pols there. Just about every jack-leg politician running in this cycle will be somewhere in the vicinity, I'm sure. I'd like to capture more impromptu shots of their interactions, if possible. I don't particularly enjoy looking at fundraiser-type photo ops with someone shaking the hand of a politician while staring straight at the camera, so I can't imagine I'd enjoy taking those kinds of shots. As things stand, my plan is to do quite a bit of moving around rather than staying tangled up with the gaggle of other photographers there. I never quite understood why photographers do that, by the way, unless they're kept contained to a certain area. It always struck me as the equivalent of taking school pictures with a telephoto lens. I don't quite see the point. Hopefully, I won't have those kinds of constraints. I'll just have to wait and see, and do the best with what I've got, I guess. -- Walt On 10/7/2010 3:46 PM, P. J. Alling wrote: It's important to know what you're trying to accomplish. Do you want to show candidates interacting with whatever crowd might be there, and tell an actual story of the campaign or cover a debate? Each of those requires a different approach. If you're trying to tell the whole story, then crowd shots might be important, so finding a spot to camp out isn't the best strategy, if you just want to show the candidates then you find a perch with an unobstructed view, and choose the proper focal length to get the image you want, and shoot away. If you're going to cover a debate, you'll need to find a place where you can catch both candidates, (or more if there are more), in the same frame. On 10/7/2010 12:19 PM, Walter Gilbert wrote: Hi all, I've just received my first press pass -- as a freelance photographer for a couple of upcoming campaign events in a US Senate election. Having never done this sort of shooting before, I assume I'll get a pretty decent vantage point for the stump speeches and maybe some access behind the scenes. Given the collective years of experience on the list, I thought I'd ask if anyone has any tips on the best way to capture dramatic, compelling images at events of this nature -- what to look for, technical and compositional advice, etc. Also, any advice on the best mental approach to take in shooting events of this nature in terms of establishing oneself as a credible photographer would be greatly appreciated. As a matter of background, I was granted this press pass by a person who had seen my work on Facebook and Flickr and really enjoyed it -- or at least she told me as much. So, I have a bit of a dilemma. Should I approach this as an ostensibly hard-nosed photojournalist trying to capture the reality of the campaign trail in a consequential election? Or, given the very early stage of my development as a photographer, should I approach it as a potential connection for future job opportunities by taking shots geared toward making the subject look as good as I can? As a matter of pure, career-minded practicality with an eye toward getting the proverbial foot in the door to future work as a photographer, I'd appreciate any guidance anyone can offer me. -- Walt -- 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: PDML Paris?
Hi team, I've tacked a couple of days onto a business trip to Paris next month to be a tourist and do some shooting. Is anyone free Tues 9 Nov or Wed 10 Nov? Contact me on or off list. Cheers, Rick wish I could. I'll see what the appetite at work is for me taking days off work - still at an early stage in the new job. 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.
Re: OT: Tripod Info
On Thu, Oct 07, 2010 at 11:11:15PM +0200, Ralf R. Radermacher wrote: Is there anyone around here who is still using his first tripod? How many times have we all been told that there is no such thing as a cheap *and* decent tripod? Has it ever kept anyone of us from buying all this worthless crap? First? Maybe not. But I'm still using a (fairly cheap) Slik tripod that I bought something like thirty (or more) years ago. I keep promising myself that I'll get a better tripod one of these days, but I never get round to it. But as I probably only use it once every couple of years there are always better things to spend the photography budget allowance on. It depends on the sort of photography you do. If I used a tripod more, I'd probably have a nicer one by now. -- 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: A brain-picking request
If they give me too much grief, I'll just look at their gear and ask them, So ... what's with the flash? I've never had to use one of those with my K-x. What's it like? -- Walt On 10/7/2010 4:38 PM, David J Brooks wrote: One suggestion is not to get all bent out of shape when the Nikon and Canon shooters giggle at your Pentax. They will, i've been there. However i can still get photos from my Pentax gear published so i just smile at them.;-) Dave On Thu, Oct 7, 2010 at 5:22 PM, Walter Gilbertldott...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks, Jeffery. I shouldn't have too much trouble blending in, as I don't plan on packing a giant piece of glass with me. Most likely, I'll take my 70-300 f/4-5.6, my 18-55 f/3.5-5.6 and my 2X TC as a just in case for anything else that might be going on that I don't have the reach for. -- Walt On 10/7/2010 11:38 AM, Jeffery Smith wrote: My opinion is to make sure photos don't look like they were posed (as you see on the society page), and to be unobtrusive when possible. Blend in without drawing attention to yourself when possible. Jeffery On Oct 7, 2010, at 11:19 AM, Walter Gilbert wrote: Hi all, I've just received my first press pass -- as a freelance photographer for a couple of upcoming campaign events in a US Senate election. Having never done this sort of shooting before, I assume I'll get a pretty decent vantage point for the stump speeches and maybe some access behind the scenes. Given the collective years of experience on the list, I thought I'd ask if anyone has any tips on the best way to capture dramatic, compelling images at events of this nature -- what to look for, technical and compositional advice, etc. Also, any advice on the best mental approach to take in shooting events of this nature in terms of establishing oneself as a credible photographer would be greatly appreciated. As a matter of background, I was granted this press pass by a person who had seen my work on Facebook and Flickr and really enjoyed it -- or at least she told me as much. So, I have a bit of a dilemma. Should I approach this as an ostensibly hard-nosed photojournalist trying to capture the reality of the campaign trail in a consequential election? Or, given the very early stage of my development as a photographer, should I approach it as a potential connection for future job opportunities by taking shots geared toward making the subject look as good as I can? As a matter of pure, career-minded practicality with an eye toward getting the proverbial foot in the door to future work as a photographer, I'd appreciate any guidance anyone can offer me. -- Walt -- 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: SDM / parts availability
On 8 October 2010 08:14, eckinator eckina...@gmail.com wrote: I'd better let this go as I am out of my depth on the technical part of it. All I know is there are things slower and faster to charge than two minutes and that I am a tech myself and bullshit has never been more than a last resort for me. But I'm not much of a faith discusser. There are very few things that would require minutes to charge that aren't part of a time constant in a circuit, in other words any circuit that is power or control related will generally have negligible if any delay related to the electrical charging of components other than in the case of rechargeable battery devices. I would be extremely surprised if there was any kind of battery or supercap integrated in the SDM circuitry of any Pentax lens (and from what I've seem of the occasional one broken down on the web they contain nothing of the sort). I wonder if the techs comments are due to some kind of gross language translation error? Cheers, -- 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: OT: Tripod Info
2010/10/8 Ralf R. Radermacher fotor...@gmx.de: Is there anyone around here who is still using his first tripod? How many times have we all been told that there is no such thing as a cheap *and* decent tripod? Has it ever kept anyone of us from buying all this worthless crap? My first real tripod (bought in the late 80's) was a Manfrotto 055 and if I hadn't sold it after I purchased my Carbon tripods a few years back (which was basically a clone of the 055 in dimensions) I guess I would still be using it to this day. -- 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: A brain-picking request
P N Stenquist wrote: Be prepared to be somewhat frustrated. Good advice for *all* photography! ;-) -- 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: A brain-picking request
Thanks for the advice, Paul! I doubt there'll be quite that many photographers at this event. It's a relatively small town that just happens to be the hub of commerce and population center for this part of the state -- and is pretty crucial to getting elected here. I don't expect I'll get too frustrated. I'll spend a lot of time observing what the other photogs do, if not emulating them. I'm planning on taking an 18-55 and a 70-300 with a 2X TC, and figure I ought to be able to cover quite a bit of ground with all that. I do intend to get as many fun shots as I can -- unusual perspectives and candid moments if at all possible. I don't want to come out of the event with a SD card full of the same-ol'-same-ol'. I'll be shooting RAW, of course, and will burn those to DVD as soon as I get in for the evening. Then, I'll import the whole shebang and commence with the cropping and color adjustments. I figure, after a few days, I ought to be able to put together a nice collection to hand over to the event's organizers so they'll keep me in mind for future events. Thanks again for your perspective. I'm starting to get a handle on how I think I'll approach things, now. -- Walt On 10/7/2010 4:49 PM, P N Stenquist wrote: Having just returned from a press conference with the governor, senator and president of GM, I'm moved to tell you that you'll probably be one in a pool of fifty or more photographers if the event your shooting is significant. Most will have two cameras, one with a lens in the neighborhood of 80-200, the other with a 24-70 -- in full frame numbers. For me that would translate to the 60-250 or 50-135 and the 16-50. Most photogs will have a flash mounted on the camera with the shorter lens. The vast majority of them will gather in one spot and shoot with their long lens camera during the speeches, because there will probably not be many good vantage points from which to shoot the. At the end of the press conference, when the reporters are trying to get one on one interviews with the politicians, the photographers will all gather around with their short lenses and flashes. Many will shoot with live view from over their heads. Do what everyone else does, then try a few different things. A fun pic can sometimes be had by getting behind the pol during the interview sessions and shooting the back of his head and all the cameras aimed at him. However, you have to try to squeeze a frame in between the flashes going off. If you can get a high vantage point, shoot the pol in the middle of the cluster from a distance with your longer lens. Be prepared to be somewhat frustrated. Paul On Oct 7, 2010, at 12:19 PM, Walter Gilbert wrote: Hi all, I've just received my first press pass -- as a freelance photographer for a couple of upcoming campaign events in a US Senate election. Having never done this sort of shooting before, I assume I'll get a pretty decent vantage point for the stump speeches and maybe some access behind the scenes. Given the collective years of experience on the list, I thought I'd ask if anyone has any tips on the best way to capture dramatic, compelling images at events of this nature -- what to look for, technical and compositional advice, etc. Also, any advice on the best mental approach to take in shooting events of this nature in terms of establishing oneself as a credible photographer would be greatly appreciated. As a matter of background, I was granted this press pass by a person who had seen my work on Facebook and Flickr and really enjoyed it -- or at least she told me as much. So, I have a bit of a dilemma. Should I approach this as an ostensibly hard-nosed photojournalist trying to capture the reality of the campaign trail in a consequential election? Or, given the very early stage of my development as a photographer, should I approach it as a potential connection for future job opportunities by taking shots geared toward making the subject look as good as I can? As a matter of pure, career-minded practicality with an eye toward getting the proverbial foot in the door to future work as a photographer, I'd appreciate any guidance anyone can offer me. -- Walt -- 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: OT: Tripod Info
On 2010-10-07 15:11 , Ralf R. Radermacher wrote: Is there anyone around here who is still using his first tripod? yeah, i bought my first tripod at a yard sale around 20 years ago; i think i paid $10 don't even know the brand since the legs have been wrapped in duct tape since i bought it, but at least one pro photographer has offered to buy it on sight; it's a heavy, basic pan-tilt model but it is tall and strong; it does fine with my heaviest lens (SMC-M 85-210) recently i found a Slik 300dx for $9 at a thrift store; it is more flexible, easier to use, a little lighter, and not as tall, but it looks like it will last forever too (at my very modest rate of tripod use) -- 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 - Dragonfly
That's a great shot. The muted colors of the rock and the fly give it a nice look. On Thu, Oct 7, 2010 at 4:33 PM, Jack Davis jdavi...@yahoo.com wrote: Ya' nailed him! Lack of color contrast between the rock and Dragonfly allow them to sort of mesh. I'm with you, the macro would have come in handy. Been away for the past 10 days and just began to skim through 469 emails. Jack --- On Thu, 10/7/10, frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: From: frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com Subject: PESO - Dragonfly To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net Date: Thursday, October 7, 2010, 6:56 AM I've wanted to catch one of these fellows for a while now. Sadly, I was unprepared, having only a (not-so-sharp) zoom and no monopod with me. If only I'd have had my macro... Still, I'm satisfied enough with it to post it: http://knarfdummyblog.blogspot.com/2010/10/dragonfly.html Hope you enjoy. Comments always welcome. *istD, Sigma 50-200 f3.5 zoom, handheld. cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- 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. -- Steve Desjardins -- 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: OT: Tripod Info
2010/10/8 P. J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com: When I was 16 years old, my Grandmother knew I was into photography and gave me a Tripod for my Birthday or Christmas, I can't remember which really. It was/is very light, made with aluminum tubing, but real cast metal fittings and camera stage, (not the best, metal, the crank to raise and lower the center post broke somewhere i don't remember exactly how, but there was obviously a flaw the casting). I still use it when I need a light tripod. It's a lot sturdier than any modern tripod in the same weight class, and while I wouldn't expect it to hold a 600mm lens, even the Vivitar Solid Cat is too much for it. It does a creditable job with a lightweight, (and with Pentax is there any other kind), camera and lens combo, (up to the A*300mm f4.0).. Now true I use it partly because of the sentimental attachment, but I really haven't found anything else that would really replace it. kind of like my tiltall except i no longer use it now that I have a quadropod ecke -- 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.
OT: Cap'n Jack
They've been shooting a new Pirates of the Caribbean film here in Greenwich for weeks. It's a closed set so we don't get to see much, but from time to time everything comes to a halt while hundreds of people dressed in 18th century costume cross the road. One of the pirates dropped in on a local school today to lead a munity. There's a nice little story and video about it here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-11493676 -- 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: Tripod Info
Check out KEH http://www.keh.com/ they sell both new used tripods. But why bother if you're only going to use it once a year. Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: Ed Keeney ewkph...@gmail.com Subject: OT: Tripod Info I'm in the market for a simple/basic tripod (read: used, cheap). It will probably only get used 1 time per year (unless I can get myself motivated). I found one at an online auction site but don't know much about the brand (seems like it might be an Australian company?). Does anyone know anything about this... Velbon CX 540 PH-656Q Thanks!!! Ed http://picasaweb.google.com/ewkphoto -- 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 - Mister C. Goes to Washington
Gentlemen, My intention was to complement Tom on these photos. I did the normal tourist trips to Washington DC, plus many more visiting my daughter there in college. Getting a good picture that doesn't look like a cliche is hard. I think Tom achieved that. Regards, Bob S. On Thu, Oct 7, 2010 at 10:12 AM, P. J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com wrote: Funny, youI wouldn't think that taking photos of national monuments would lead be a /hairy/ situation. On 10/6/2010 9:28 PM, Bob Sullivan wrote: Tom, Very pubic and recognizable places, but still a nice collection. Your pictures make the place look very charming and powerful. Regards, Bob S. On Wed, Oct 6, 2010 at 3:16 PM, Tom Ccaka...@gmail.com wrote: I had to stay the weekend in D.C. for a work seminar several weeks ago and had a free day to stroll around the National Mall. Taken with the Sony NEX5. http://photo.net/photodb/presentation?presentation_id=514298 -- 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. -- His lack of education is more than compensated for by his keenly developed moral bankruptcy. -Woody Allen -- 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 - Two shots of Ted
Doug, Nice character studies... And thanks Ted for those bushy eyebrows and mustache. Regards, Bob S. On Thu, Oct 7, 2010 at 12:08 AM, Doug Brewer d...@alphoto.com wrote: http://dougbrewer.posterous.com/two-shots-of-ted i'm outta control here; two peso's in a couple days stop me before I post again enjoy -- 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: A brain-picking request
That's a very good point. I (personally) think that flashes turn just about everything into a snapshot. So while all of others are blasting away with flashes, I'm more likely to be shooting at f/2 without a flash. I only own two flashes (a Pentax ringflash, and a Leica flash for a Leica rangefinder) and don't use either. Jeffery On Oct 7, 2010, at 5:16 PM, Walter Gilbert wrote: If they give me too much grief, I'll just look at their gear and ask them, So ... what's with the flash? I've never had to use one of those with my K-x. What's it like? -- Walt On 10/7/2010 4:38 PM, David J Brooks wrote: One suggestion is not to get all bent out of shape when the Nikon and Canon shooters giggle at your Pentax. They will, i've been there. However i can still get photos from my Pentax gear published so i just smile at them.;-) Dave On Thu, Oct 7, 2010 at 5:22 PM, Walter Gilbertldott...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks, Jeffery. I shouldn't have too much trouble blending in, as I don't plan on packing a giant piece of glass with me. Most likely, I'll take my 70-300 f/4-5.6, my 18-55 f/3.5-5.6 and my 2X TC as a just in case for anything else that might be going on that I don't have the reach for. -- Walt On 10/7/2010 11:38 AM, Jeffery Smith wrote: My opinion is to make sure photos don't look like they were posed (as you see on the society page), and to be unobtrusive when possible. Blend in without drawing attention to yourself when possible. Jeffery On Oct 7, 2010, at 11:19 AM, Walter Gilbert wrote: Hi all, I've just received my first press pass -- as a freelance photographer for a couple of upcoming campaign events in a US Senate election. Having never done this sort of shooting before, I assume I'll get a pretty decent vantage point for the stump speeches and maybe some access behind the scenes. Given the collective years of experience on the list, I thought I'd ask if anyone has any tips on the best way to capture dramatic, compelling images at events of this nature -- what to look for, technical and compositional advice, etc. Also, any advice on the best mental approach to take in shooting events of this nature in terms of establishing oneself as a credible photographer would be greatly appreciated. As a matter of background, I was granted this press pass by a person who had seen my work on Facebook and Flickr and really enjoyed it -- or at least she told me as much. So, I have a bit of a dilemma. Should I approach this as an ostensibly hard-nosed photojournalist trying to capture the reality of the campaign trail in a consequential election? Or, given the very early stage of my development as a photographer, should I approach it as a potential connection for future job opportunities by taking shots geared toward making the subject look as good as I can? As a matter of pure, career-minded practicality with an eye toward getting the proverbial foot in the door to future work as a photographer, I'd appreciate any guidance anyone can offer me. -- Walt -- 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.
OT (well sort of) Map of Online Communities
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Re: A brain-picking request
On Oct 7, 2010, at 6:34 PM, Walter Gilbert wrote: Thanks for the advice, Paul! I doubt there'll be quite that many photographers at this event. It's a relatively small town that just happens to be the hub of commerce and population center for this part of the state -- and is pretty crucial to getting elected here. I don't expect I'll get too frustrated. I'll spend a lot of time observing what the other photogs do, if not emulating them. I'm planning on taking an 18-55 and a 70-300 with a 2X TC, and figure I ought to be able to cover quite a bit of ground with all that. I do intend to get as many fun shots as I can -- unusual perspectives and candid moments if at all possible. I don't want to come out of the event with a SD card full of the same-ol'-same-ol'. I'll be shooting RAW, of course, and will burn those to DVD as soon as I get in for the evening. Then, I'll import the whole shebang and commence with the cropping and color adjustments. I figure, after a few days, I ought to be able to put together a nice collection to hand over to the event's organizers so they'll keep me in mind for future events. If they're anything like the event organizers I've worked for, they'll want them in a few hours, because they'll be hoping to pass them along to newspapers. GM had photos of their Lake Orion press conference available online an hour after it ended. Small town aside, two or three days is not a good turnaround time. Shoot jpegs and turn them over as soon as possible. Paul Thanks again for your perspective. I'm starting to get a handle on how I think I'll approach things, now. -- Walt On 10/7/2010 4:49 PM, P N Stenquist wrote: Having just returned from a press conference with the governor, senator and president of GM, I'm moved to tell you that you'll probably be one in a pool of fifty or more photographers if the event your shooting is significant. Most will have two cameras, one with a lens in the neighborhood of 80-200, the other with a 24-70 -- in full frame numbers. For me that would translate to the 60-250 or 50-135 and the 16-50. Most photogs will have a flash mounted on the camera with the shorter lens. The vast majority of them will gather in one spot and shoot with their long lens camera during the speeches, because there will probably not be many good vantage points from which to shoot the. At the end of the press conference, when the reporters are trying to get one on one interviews with the politicians, the photographers will all gather around with their short lenses and flashes. Many will shoot with live view from over their heads. Do what everyone else does, then try a few different things. A fun pic can sometimes be had by getting behind the pol during the interview sessions and shooting the back of his head and all the cameras aimed at him. However, you have to try to squeeze a frame in between the flashes going off. If you can get a high vantage point, shoot the pol in the middle of the cluster from a distance with your longer lens. Be prepared to be somewhat frustrated. Paul On Oct 7, 2010, at 12:19 PM, Walter Gilbert wrote: Hi all, I've just received my first press pass -- as a freelance photographer for a couple of upcoming campaign events in a US Senate election. Having never done this sort of shooting before, I assume I'll get a pretty decent vantage point for the stump speeches and maybe some access behind the scenes. Given the collective years of experience on the list, I thought I'd ask if anyone has any tips on the best way to capture dramatic, compelling images at events of this nature -- what to look for, technical and compositional advice, etc. Also, any advice on the best mental approach to take in shooting events of this nature in terms of establishing oneself as a credible photographer would be greatly appreciated. As a matter of background, I was granted this press pass by a person who had seen my work on Facebook and Flickr and really enjoyed it -- or at least she told me as much. So, I have a bit of a dilemma. Should I approach this as an ostensibly hard-nosed photojournalist trying to capture the reality of the campaign trail in a consequential election? Or, given the very early stage of my development as a photographer, should I approach it as a potential connection for future job opportunities by taking shots geared toward making the subject look as good as I can? As a matter of pure, career-minded practicality with an eye toward getting the proverbial foot in the door to future work as a photographer, I'd appreciate any guidance anyone can offer me. -- Walt -- 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
Re: OT (well sort of) Map of Online Communities
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