Re: K-x focusing problem - explanation found
On Feb 17, 2011, at 9:36 PM, Walter Gilbert wrote: Can somebody help me out here? I'm really hoping this is something I'll be able to order and replace myself, rather than pay the guy at the camera shop an arm and a leg to do it for me. But, I don't even know what to look for! Any help would be greatly appreciated. I'm curious about what you find. I ran into something similar with my K100: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/sets/72157623241823983/ -- 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: How not to shoot the moon...
Wonderful story! On Feb 17, 2011, at 4:55 PM, Bong Manayon wrote: A little story to share :-) http://bongm.blogspot.com/2011/02/edge-of-lunacy.html Enjoy! -- Bong Manayon http://www.bong.uni.cc -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com sent from i4est -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO - Shooter
That's excellent, Paul! Cheers, Christine - Original Message - From: Paul Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Thursday, February 17, 2011 11:35 AM Subject: PESO - Shooter Shot a bit at the pool hall last night. K5 and the DA* 50-135, f3.5, 1/25th, 58mm, ISO 6400. Went with a bit longer lens this time so that I could get a different look, pull in some background, and stay out of the shooters face. http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=12700193size=lg -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO - Red Shouldered Hawk
Great story and capture, Brendan. Pose and composition are great. The hint of snow really adds too. At first I thought about a slight crop at the top to eliminate that hint of twig business, but could go either way on that. Cheers, Christine - Original Message - From: Brendan MacRae brendanmacrae1...@yahoo.com To: pdml pdml@pdml.net Sent: Thursday, February 17, 2011 10:53 PM Subject: PESO - Red Shouldered Hawk So today I'm having lunch with my 3 year old when he starts pointing out the widow and saying, Daddy, there's an owl! An owl! I asked him where he was looking and there just over a neighbors' fence was a raptor in a tree not 25 feet from where we were sitting. I asked him to keep still and I slowly got up and went to fetch the 400mm. Well, it was in the garage, and it's 30 degrees out and snowing. No matter. I get the lens inside and realize that the temperature difference will fog the lens so after getting it mounted on the tripod I go fetch a hair dryer and from about 2 feet away on the low setting I defog the lens gently. Finally I can line up the shot. Unfortunately, I have to shoot through glass but I'll take it. You almost never get to get this close to these birds. Not the sharpest image ever, but again, I'll take it. http://www.primelensphoto.com/hawk/index.html -Brendan -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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 2011 - 030 - GDG
The light really makes this shot, Godfrey! Cheers, Christine - Original Message - From: Godfrey DiGiorgi ramar...@mac.com To: DUG digitalusersgr...@yahoogroups.com; SeePhoto Talk seeph...@micapeak.com; PAW Picture-A-Week project p...@micapeak.com; BAPhotoShooters baphotoshoot...@yahoogroups.com; PDML List PDML@pdml.net Sent: Wednesday, February 16, 2011 8:39 AM Subject: PESO 2011 - 030 - GDG A new Communicating photo available for viewing: http://www.flickr.com/photos/gdgphoto/5450399402/lightbox/ or http://www.flickr.com/photos/gdgphoto/5450399402/ The series slideshow :: http://www.flickr.com/photos/gdgphoto/sets/72157625844414410/show/ (strip show/ if flash doesn't work) thanks for looking, comments appreciated. Godfrey DiGiorgi -- http://godfreydigiorgi.posterous.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO Gypsyjack
That's nice, Larry. I like shooting with the flash off camera via a cable, though I agree about the necessary practice. You used the technique to good effect here, I'd say. Cheers, Christine - Original Message - From: Larry Colen l...@red4est.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Thursday, February 17, 2011 5:45 AM Subject: PESO Gypsyjack I was experimenting with the flash at a friend's gig tonight, mostly with a snoot, but with the flash off camera on a cable. The technique has definite promise, but it takes so much attention to aim the flash with one hand, while doing everything on the camera with the other, that it'll take a lot of work before I've got it solid. I think that what the technique really needs is a snooted flash aimed by an assistant, several feet off camera, with an on camera flash a couple stops underexposed, acting as an on axis fill. This shot, however, was done by bouncing my flash off a mirror, a few feet to the left of the stage. Since Gypsyjack was on the left end of the stage, I was able to side light him with the flash like this. http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/5452691805/in/set-72157625947632715/ -- 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. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Standing his ground
- Original Message - From: Bob Sullivan rf.sulli...@gmail.com To: PDML pdml@pdml.net Sent: Thursday, February 17, 2011 10:42 AM Subject: PESO: Standing his ground Big Egret versus smaller Heron at Ding Darling last week. The little guy was pretty tough and puffed himself up to look bigger. http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=12699873size=lg Big Egret versus smaller Heron at Ding Darling last week There's a short story in this line, Bob :-)! Fun pic! Cheers, Christine -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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 - a trip to the zoo with the DA 55-300
Very nice set overall, Ann. Love the Macaques! Cheers, Christine - Original Message - From: Ann Sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Thursday, February 17, 2011 5:32 PM Subject: Geso - a trip to the zoo with the DA 55-300 http://annsan.smugmug.com/Works-in-Print/Works-In-Progress/More-Critters/15842756_6QmYN Just 8 photos - large thumbnails to start with :-) 2 different zoo's The Centrtal Park Zoo and the Queens Borough zoo (just the Pudu and the Thick-billed parrot) This week -- Monday Cetranl Park - Yesterday, the little Queens one. Sadly I thought I had nailed a shot of the lynx in Queens but not happy at all with what I came back with of him... not sure if it was auto focusing problems or just the lynx moving a bit too much. I seem to be able to hold the camera with the zoom on it pretty steady down to 1/90th . ann -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: PAW week 6
Thanks, Boris! Much appreciated. Cheers, Christine - Original Message - From: Boris Liberman bori...@gmail.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Tuesday, February 15, 2011 9:15 AM Subject: Re: PAW week 6 Well done, Christine. More old memories having been evoked in my mind... On 2/13/2011 4:33 AM, Christine Aguila wrote: Hopefully the last snow pic :-). Cheers, Christine http://aguilapaw.posterous.com/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
PESO - Perspective
An interior shot of Mies van der Rohe's TD Centre. I don't know why I like this, but I do. Maybe it's the way the reflected ceiling lights continue the lines of perspective into the distance. http://knarfinthecity.blogspot.com/2011/02/perspective.html Hope you enjoy. Comments welcome. 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: How not to shoot the moon...
funny, Bong! Cheers, Christine - Original Message - From: Bong Manayon bongmana...@gmail.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Thursday, February 17, 2011 6:55 PM Subject: How not to shoot the moon... A little story to share :-) http://bongm.blogspot.com/2011/02/edge-of-lunacy.html Enjoy! -- Bong Manayon http://www.bong.uni.cc -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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 2011 - 030 - GDG
On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 9:39 AM, Godfrey DiGiorgi ramar...@mac.com wrote: A new Communicating photo available for viewing: http://www.flickr.com/photos/gdgphoto/5450399402/lightbox/ or http://www.flickr.com/photos/gdgphoto/5450399402/ The series slideshow :: http://www.flickr.com/photos/gdgphoto/sets/72157625844414410/show/ (strip show/ if flash doesn't work) thanks for looking, comments appreciated. The guy on the left on his computer really makes the shot! Terrific light. 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: Standing his ground
On Thu, Feb 17, 2011 at 11:42 AM, Bob Sullivan rf.sulli...@gmail.com wrote: Big Egret versus smaller Heron at Ding Darling last week. The little guy was pretty tough and puffed himself up to look bigger. http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=12699873size=lg Excellent! 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.
Guy Martin's piece on Tahir as seen on foto8
A nice audio narrative and a separate slideshow with some really great audio of the sounds at Tahir Square. Cheers, Christine http://www.foto8.com/new/online/photo-stories/1362-tahir-square -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: The Myth of the Unmanipulated Image
Some folks yearn for the simpler days when much of the process was out of your hands and you didn't feel compelled to post process. This was especially true for enthusiasts who shot color. The true snapshooters (like my wife) are still perfectly happy, like being able to see the shot right after you take it, and then goes to CVS and makes prints like Ye Olde Days. I really do believe that many who reject PP simply do not want to be bothered and make up pseudo-artistic reasons to support heir lack of interest. On Fri, Feb 18, 2011 at 1:14 AM, Ken Waller kwal...@peoplepc.com wrote: Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: Doug Franklin jehosep...@mindspring.com Subject: Re: OT: The Myth of the Unmanipulated Image On 2011-02-17 23:59, Ken Waller wrote: I think the real meaning of unmanipulated is snapshot. JMHO, of course. The unmanipulated image is exposed, un processed film or just a bunch of X's O's. For fear of being serious in a joke thread, the only unmanipluated images are the ones you haven't seen yet. So if a tree falls in the woods. -- 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. -- 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: PESO - Red Shouldered Hawk
Brendan, Nice story and a good try. I'm surprised he waited as long as he did for you! Keep watching, he'll be back. We have one here that visits often, checking the feeders for Breakfast or Lunch opportunities. Getting a camera on him is tough. You did well. Regards, Bob S. On Thu, Feb 17, 2011 at 10:53 PM, Brendan MacRae brendanmacrae1...@yahoo.com wrote: So today I'm having lunch with my 3 year old when he starts pointing out the widow and saying, Daddy, there's an owl! An owl! I asked him where he was looking and there just over a neighbors' fence was a raptor in a tree not 25 feet from where we were sitting. I asked him to keep still and I slowly got up and went to fetch the 400mm. Well, it was in the garage, and it's 30 degrees out and snowing. No matter. I get the lens inside and realize that the temperature difference will fog the lens so after getting it mounted on the tripod I go fetch a hair dryer and from about 2 feet away on the low setting I defog the lens gently. Finally I can line up the shot. Unfortunately, I have to shoot through glass but I'll take it. You almost never get to get this close to these birds. Not the sharpest image ever, but again, I'll take it. http://www.primelensphoto.com/hawk/index.html -Brendan -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO - Red Shouldered Hawk
Worthy catch and under trying conditions, Brendon. Your son is to be rewarded for his sharp eyes. Not to detract from this image, but in the interest of ornithological accuracy, I don't think it's a Red-Shouldered hawk. They have a scattered speckled chest. I have shots of this species as well, but my bird book doesn't have a decent photo from this angle and with these chest markings. Jack --- On Thu, 2/17/11, Brendan MacRae brendanmacrae1...@yahoo.com wrote: From: Brendan MacRae brendanmacrae1...@yahoo.com Subject: PESO - Red Shouldered Hawk To: pdml pdml@pdml.net Date: Thursday, February 17, 2011, 8:53 PM So today I'm having lunch with my 3 year old when he starts pointing out the widow and saying, Daddy, there's an owl! An owl! I asked him where he was looking and there just over a neighbors' fence was a raptor in a tree not 25 feet from where we were sitting. I asked him to keep still and I slowly got up and went to fetch the 400mm. Well, it was in the garage, and it's 30 degrees out and snowing. No matter. I get the lens inside and realize that the temperature difference will fog the lens so after getting it mounted on the tripod I go fetch a hair dryer and from about 2 feet away on the low setting I defog the lens gently. Finally I can line up the shot. Unfortunately, I have to shoot through glass but I'll take it. You almost never get to get this close to these birds. Not the sharpest image ever, but again, I'll take it. http://www.primelensphoto.com/hawk/index.html -Brendan -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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 - Perspective
I think it's a well named shot, Frank. Good catch! Jack --- On Fri, 2/18/11, frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: From: frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com Subject: PESO - Perspective To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net Date: Friday, February 18, 2011, 4:16 AM An interior shot of Mies van der Rohe's TD Centre. I don't know why I like this, but I do. Maybe it's the way the reflected ceiling lights continue the lines of perspective into the distance. http://knarfinthecity.blogspot.com/2011/02/perspective.html Hope you enjoy. Comments welcome. 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: PESO - Red Shouldered Hawk
Brendan, since my earlier post, I Googled the Red-Shouldered hawk and see them pictured with the same markings as yours a well as those I've seen. So...guess it's up to someone else to settle it. ;) Jack --- On Thu, 2/17/11, Brendan MacRae brendanmacrae1...@yahoo.com wrote: From: Brendan MacRae brendanmacrae1...@yahoo.com Subject: PESO - Red Shouldered Hawk To: pdml pdml@pdml.net Date: Thursday, February 17, 2011, 8:53 PM So today I'm having lunch with my 3 year old when he starts pointing out the widow and saying, Daddy, there's an owl! An owl! I asked him where he was looking and there just over a neighbors' fence was a raptor in a tree not 25 feet from where we were sitting. I asked him to keep still and I slowly got up and went to fetch the 400mm. Well, it was in the garage, and it's 30 degrees out and snowing. No matter. I get the lens inside and realize that the temperature difference will fog the lens so after getting it mounted on the tripod I go fetch a hair dryer and from about 2 feet away on the low setting I defog the lens gently. Finally I can line up the shot. Unfortunately, I have to shoot through glass but I'll take it. You almost never get to get this close to these birds. Not the sharpest image ever, but again, I'll take it. http://www.primelensphoto.com/hawk/index.html -Brendan -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Warning message contains Moon shots and a cat shot....
The moon is the same size no matter where it is in the sky. When it appears larger near the horizon, it's a perceptual illusion. On Thu, Feb 17, 2011 at 10:19 PM, Ann Sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com wrote: I have to say I'm amazed you can get that much detail witht the 55-300 of the moon... are you photo'ing this when the moon is just rising? close to the horizon? Thanks for your compliment on my besaties, btw ann Jeffery Johnson wrote: Just wanted to send a warning as the following contains this evenings moon shots and yes it has one cat shot too. http://www.flickr.com/photos/jt-johnson/sets/72157626078196746/ As always be gentle.. I am hoping for a clearer night tomorrow night and I will use the tripod tomorrow night but for tonight I did it freestyle. Jeffery -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Warning message contains Moon shots and a cat shot....
I've also read that it's just that the rising moon appears larger do to it's relationship with known physical features near the horizon. Color is generally more to the amber side do mainly to rising heat, dust and moisture. Prior to that, I had wrongfully imagined that moisture was responsible for slightly magnifying the moon's image. Jack --- On Fri, 2/18/11, David Parsons parsons.da...@gmail.com wrote: From: David Parsons parsons.da...@gmail.com Subject: Re: Warning message contains Moon shots and a cat shot To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Date: Friday, February 18, 2011, 5:42 AM The moon is the same size no matter where it is in the sky. When it appears larger near the horizon, it's a perceptual illusion. On Thu, Feb 17, 2011 at 10:19 PM, Ann Sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com wrote: I have to say I'm amazed you can get that much detail witht the 55-300 of the moon... are you photo'ing this when the moon is just rising? close to the horizon? Thanks for your compliment on my besaties, btw ann Jeffery Johnson wrote: Just wanted to send a warning as the following contains this evenings moon shots and yes it has one cat shot too. http://www.flickr.com/photos/jt-johnson/sets/72157626078196746/ As always be gentle.. I am hoping for a clearer night tomorrow night and I will use the tripod tomorrow night but for tonight I did it freestyle. Jeffery -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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 - a trip to the zoo with the DA 55-300
I agree. Well done. The parrot and the snow leopard stand out for me as well. Paul On Feb 18, 2011, at 7:04 AM, Christine Aguila wrote: Very nice set overall, Ann. Love the Macaques! Cheers, Christine - Original Message - From: Ann Sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Thursday, February 17, 2011 5:32 PM Subject: Geso - a trip to the zoo with the DA 55-300 http://annsan.smugmug.com/Works-in-Print/Works-In-Progress/More-Critters/15842756_6QmYN Just 8 photos - large thumbnails to start with :-) 2 different zoo's The Centrtal Park Zoo and the Queens Borough zoo (just the Pudu and the Thick-billed parrot) This week -- Monday Cetranl Park - Yesterday, the little Queens one. Sadly I thought I had nailed a shot of the lynx in Queens but not happy at all with what I came back with of him... not sure if it was auto focusing problems or just the lynx moving a bit too much. I seem to be able to hold the camera with the zoom on it pretty steady down to 1/90th . ann -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: How not to shoot the moon...
On Feb 17, 2011, at 18:55, Bong Manayon wrote: A little story to share :-) http://bongm.blogspot.com/2011/02/edge-of-lunacy.html Oh, good grief. I'm glad you didn't get them sorted out before they figured out their solution. I'd love to have seen them doing this! -Charles -- Charles Robinson - charl...@visi.com Minneapolis, MN http://charles.robinsontwins.org http://www.facebook.com/charles.robinson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: PUG - Thoughts on image size limits
As a minimal participant in the PUG, I have not found the file size/pixel maximums onerous. I think 800 on the long side for horizontal and 600 on the long side for vertical would work fine. And whatever maximum file size y'all come up with to fit those dimensions is fine with me. And, I appreciate what we get already. So if there's no change, that's fine with me as well. - No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 10.0.1204 / Virus Database: 1435/3450 - Release Date: 02/17/11 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO - Red Shouldered Hawk
Brendan MacRae wrote: So today I'm having lunch with my 3 year old when he starts pointing out the widow and saying, Daddy, there's an owl! An owl! I asked him where he was looking and there just over a neighbors' fence was a raptor in a tree not 25 feet from where we were sitting. I asked him to keep still and I slowly got up and went to fetch the 400mm. Well, it was in the garage, and it's 30 degrees out and snowing. No matter. I get the lens inside and realize that the temperature difference will fog the lens so after getting it mounted on the tripod I go fetch a hair dryer and from about 2 feet away on the low setting I defog the lens gently. Finally I can line up the shot. Unfortunately, I have to shoot through glass but I'll take it. You almost never get to get this close to these birds. Not the sharpest image ever, but again, I'll take it. http://www.primelensphoto.com/hawk/index.html -Brendan Oh its lovely even if he isn't too sharp. But if he here a shrap-sihinned hawk and it was soft, well ann -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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 - a trip to the zoo with the DA 55-300
Christine Aguila wrote: Very nice set overall, Ann. Love the Macaques! Cheers, Christine Thanks, Christine - these shots seem to be revealing a lot about the list members favoring of critters... You picked the Macaques, Bob Sullivan particularly liked the Nicobar pigeon, Steve D chose the panda and the snow leopard... interesting.. ann - Original Message - From: Ann Sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Thursday, February 17, 2011 5:32 PM Subject: Geso - a trip to the zoo with the DA 55-300 http://annsan.smugmug.com/Works-in-Print/Works-In-Progress/More-Critters/15842756_6QmYN Just 8 photos - large thumbnails to start with :-) 2 different zoo's The Centrtal Park Zoo and the Queens Borough zoo (just the Pudu and the Thick-billed parrot) This week -- Monday Cetranl Park - Yesterday, the little Queens one. Sadly I thought I had nailed a shot of the lynx in Queens but not happy at all with what I came back with of him... not sure if it was auto focusing problems or just the lynx moving a bit too much. I seem to be able to hold the camera with the zoom on it pretty steady down to 1/90th . ann -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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 - Perspective
frank theriault wrote: An interior shot of Mies van der Rohe's TD Centre. I don't know why I like this, but I do. Maybe it's the way the reflected ceiling lights continue the lines of perspective into the distance. http://knarfinthecity.blogspot.com/2011/02/perspective.html Hope you enjoy. Comments welcome. cheers, frank Well I like it because of the little joke in it -- there is one light bulb that is out... in the otherwise overly sterile , tidy look... ann -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Warning message contains Moon shots and a cat shot....
David Parsons wrote: The moon is the same size no matter where it is in the sky. Duh - really? lol When it appears larger near the horizon, it's a perceptual illusion. but does not the camera pick up perceptual illusions? ann On Thu, Feb 17, 2011 at 10:19 PM, Ann Sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com wrote: I have to say I'm amazed you can get that much detail witht the 55-300 of the moon... are you photo'ing this when the moon is just rising? close to the horizon? Thanks for your compliment on my besaties, btw ann Jeffery Johnson wrote: Just wanted to send a warning as the following contains this evenings moon shots and yes it has one cat shot too. http://www.flickr.com/photos/jt-johnson/sets/72157626078196746/ As always be gentle.. I am hoping for a clearer night tomorrow night and I will use the tripod tomorrow night but for tonight I did it freestyle. Jeffery -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Warning message contains Moon shots and a cat shot....
David Parsons wrote: The moon is the same size no matter where it is in the sky. I'm told that it is not the size that matters but how you use it. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Waipio Valley Faro
From my recent trip to Maui and Hawaii, a view of a taro farm in Waipio Valley on the Big Island: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=12697197 As usual, comments, suggestions, criticisms and abuse are all welcome. -- Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: PUG - Thoughts on image size limits
I agree entirely with John. I appreciate the gallery as its exists and any change or lack of change is fine by me. Dan -- Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Fri, Feb 18, 2011 at 9:44 AM, John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com wrote: As a minimal participant in the PUG, I have not found the file size/pixel maximums onerous. I think 800 on the long side for horizontal and 600 on the long side for vertical would work fine. And whatever maximum file size y'all come up with to fit those dimensions is fine with me. And, I appreciate what we get already. So if there's no change, that's fine with me as well. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: PUG - Thoughts on image size limits
Me three... ann I agree entirely with John. I appreciate the gallery as its exists and any change or lack of change is fine by me. Dan -- Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Fri, Feb 18, 2011 at 9:44 AM, John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com wrote: ... I think 800 on the long side for horizontal and 600 on the long side for vertical would work fine. And whatever maximum file size y'all come up with to fit those dimensions is fine with me. And, I appreciate what we get already. So if there's no change, that's fine with me as well. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO - Red Shouldered Hawk
Nice catch! He's a tough little guy, isn't he? Dan -- Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Thu, Feb 17, 2011 at 11:53 PM, Brendan MacRae brendanmacrae1...@yahoo.com wrote: So today I'm having lunch with my 3 year old when he starts pointing out the widow and saying, Daddy, there's an owl! An owl! I asked him where he was looking and there just over a neighbors' fence was a raptor in a tree not 25 feet from where we were sitting. I asked him to keep still and I slowly got up and went to fetch the 400mm. Well, it was in the garage, and it's 30 degrees out and snowing. No matter. I get the lens inside and realize that the temperature difference will fog the lens so after getting it mounted on the tripod I go fetch a hair dryer and from about 2 feet away on the low setting I defog the lens gently. Finally I can line up the shot. Unfortunately, I have to shoot through glass but I'll take it. You almost never get to get this close to these birds. Not the sharpest image ever, but again, I'll take it. http://www.primelensphoto.com/hawk/index.html -Brendan -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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 - Perspective
Perspective Indeed! Good work as usual, Frank. -- Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Fri, Feb 18, 2011 at 7:16 AM, frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: An interior shot of Mies van der Rohe's TD Centre. I don't know why I like this, but I do. Maybe it's the way the reflected ceiling lights continue the lines of perspective into the distance. http://knarfinthecity.blogspot.com/2011/02/perspective.html Hope you enjoy. Comments welcome. 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. -- Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Warning message contains Moon shots and a cat shot....
Nice portraits of the moon. Well done! -- Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Thu, Feb 17, 2011 at 10:10 PM, Jeffery Johnson jefferytjohn...@bellsouth.net wrote: Just wanted to send a warning as the following contains this evenings moon shots and yes it has one cat shot too. http://www.flickr.com/photos/jt-johnson/sets/72157626078196746/ As always be gentle.. I am hoping for a clearer night tomorrow night and I will use the tripod tomorrow night but for tonight I did it freestyle. Jeffery -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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 - Perspective
excellent frank dave On Fri, Feb 18, 2011 at 7:16 AM, frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: An interior shot of Mies van der Rohe's TD Centre. I don't know why I like this, but I do. Maybe it's the way the reflected ceiling lights continue the lines of perspective into the distance. http://knarfinthecity.blogspot.com/2011/02/perspective.html Hope you enjoy. Comments welcome. 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. -- Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ York Region, Ontario, Canada -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO - Red Shouldered Hawk
So now i need to carry a hair drying in my bag. Nice photo non the less dave On Thu, Feb 17, 2011 at 11:53 PM, Brendan MacRae brendanmacrae1...@yahoo.com wrote: So today I'm having lunch with my 3 year old when he starts pointing out the widow and saying, Daddy, there's an owl! An owl! I asked him where he was looking and there just over a neighbors' fence was a raptor in a tree not 25 feet from where we were sitting. I asked him to keep still and I slowly got up and went to fetch the 400mm. Well, it was in the garage, and it's 30 degrees out and snowing. No matter. I get the lens inside and realize that the temperature difference will fog the lens so after getting it mounted on the tripod I go fetch a hair dryer and from about 2 feet away on the low setting I defog the lens gently. Finally I can line up the shot. Unfortunately, I have to shoot through glass but I'll take it. You almost never get to get this close to these birds. Not the sharpest image ever, but again, I'll take it. http://www.primelensphoto.com/hawk/index.html -Brendan -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- 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: PUG - Thoughts on image size limits
On Fri, Feb 18, 2011 at 10:21 AM, Daniel J. Matyola danmaty...@gmail.com wrote: I agree entirely with John. I appreciate the gallery as its exists and any change or lack of change is fine by me. Dan Me four Dave -- Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Fri, Feb 18, 2011 at 9:44 AM, John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com wrote: As a minimal participant in the PUG, I have not found the file size/pixel maximums onerous. I think 800 on the long side for horizontal and 600 on the long side for vertical would work fine. And whatever maximum file size y'all come up with to fit those dimensions is fine with me. And, I appreciate what we get already. So if there's no change, that's fine with me as well. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ York Region, Ontario, Canada -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Geso - a trip to the zoo with the DA 55-300
On Thu, Feb 17, 2011 at 11:10 PM, Ann Sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com wrote: Walter Gilbert wrote: Wow, Ann! I'd never even heard of the majority of those animals. yup, they aren't native to Kentucky ;-) Except Doug. Nice gallery Ann. A lot of detail in those shots. I love the snow leopard. Between you and Jack, I THINK I NOW NEED THE 55-300 Dave Not a bad shot in the bunch, obviously -- but that Nicobar Pigeon was my favorite. I've never seen anything quite like it, and you captured the colors beautifully! -- Walt thanks - I didn't know that pigeon either, it was in the tropical house at the Central Park Zoo... I love those colors as well. ann On 2/17/2011 5:32 PM, Ann Sanfedele wrote: http://annsan.smugmug.com/Works-in-Print/Works-In-Progress/More-Critters/15842756_6QmYN Just 8 photos - large thumbnails to start with :-) 2 different zoo's The Centrtal Park Zoo and the Queens Borough zoo (just the Pudu and the Thick-billed parrot) This week -- Monday Cetranl Park - Yesterday, the little Queens one. Sadly I thought I had nailed a shot of the lynx in Queens but not happy at all with what I came back with of him... not sure if it was auto focusing problems or just the lynx moving a bit too much. I seem to be able to hold the camera with the zoom on it pretty steady down to 1/90th . ann -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Waipio Valley Faro
Nice rich greens here. Dave On Fri, Feb 18, 2011 at 10:18 AM, Daniel J. Matyola danmaty...@gmail.com wrote: From my recent trip to Maui and Hawaii, a view of a taro farm in Waipio Valley on the Big Island: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=12697197 As usual, comments, suggestions, criticisms and abuse are all welcome. -- Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Warning message contains Moon shots and a cat shot....
Nice moon shpt. I'd forward the cat shot to Mike Johnson for his approval. Dave On Thu, Feb 17, 2011 at 10:10 PM, Jeffery Johnson jefferytjohn...@bellsouth.net wrote: Just wanted to send a warning as the following contains this evenings moon shots and yes it has one cat shot too. http://www.flickr.com/photos/jt-johnson/sets/72157626078196746/ As always be gentle.. I am hoping for a clearer night tomorrow night and I will use the tripod tomorrow night but for tonight I did it freestyle. Jeffery -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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.
Fs Friday - but a question , too
Ok - friend gave me several film camera things to sell.. they are not Pentax... they are all in great condition (well, I presume the flashes work, they look ok) but if you know anything about Konika or Minolta old stuff , read on... (I thought I would just give these back to him, but then I found I am getting a lot of interest in the Konika lens I've listed on ebay so these may be worth the effort.) The person who gave them to me knows nothing at all about cameras and is about 50 - these belonged to his father... Ive had them lying around for about a year or more. (1) a X-24 Auto flash for Konika... hot shoe type don't know how many cameras this would work on. (2) a Minolta auto winder -Japan 2164651 (3) a Minolta Deluxe II flash - really retro - takes bulbs...has hot shoe. I know nothing about this stuff, never used flash at all back in my film days. (4) but the most important is a Vivitar wide angle lens that has a kind of bayonet mount . This is what the front of the lens says... does this tell us what camera(s) it will fit? it is in perfect condition. front of lens says : Vivtar SMS 28mm 1:28 MC wide Angle no. 28204649 (symbol here I dont know how to type but is for filter size) 49MM Thanks for any help... or if you would actually want any of these write me off list -- I've no idea what to charge for them ann -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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 - Shooter
On Thu, Feb 17, 2011 at 1:27 PM, frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Feb 17, 2011 at 12:35 PM, Paul Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote: Shot a bit at the pool hall last night. K5 and the DA* 50-135, f3.5, 1/25th, 58mm, ISO 6400. Went with a bit longer lens this time so that I could get a different look, pull in some background, and stay out of the shooters face. http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=12700193size=lg Brilliant!! You definitely caught the moment on his face, along with the disinterest of standersby. Typical bar-room pool! VERY well caught and rendered. Terrific shot! I cannot agree more. Dave 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. -- Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ York Region, Ontario, Canada -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO - Red Shouldered Hawk
Thanks, Bob. I think he was the one my wife saw the day before. He carried a birds nest up into a maple tree in front of her home office window. -Brendan - Original Message From: Bob Sullivan rf.sulli...@gmail.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Fri, February 18, 2011 5:25:25 AM Subject: Re: PESO - Red Shouldered Hawk Brendan, Nice story and a good try. I'm surprised he waited as long as he did for you! Keep watching, he'll be back. We have one here that visits often, checking the feeders for Breakfast or Lunch opportunities. Getting a camera on him is tough. You did well. Regards, Bob S. On Thu, Feb 17, 2011 at 10:53 PM, Brendan MacRae brendanmacrae1...@yahoo.com wrote: So today I'm having lunch with my 3 year old when he starts pointing out the widow and saying, Daddy, there's an owl! An owl! I asked him where he was looking and there just over a neighbors' fence was a raptor in a tree not 25 feet from where we were sitting. I asked him to keep still and I slowly got up and went to fetch the 400mm. Well, it was in the garage, and it's 30 degrees out and snowing. No matter. I get the lens inside and realize that the temperature difference will fog the lens so after getting it mounted on the tripod I go fetch a hair dryer and from about 2 feet away on the low setting I defog the lens gently. Finally I can line up the shot. Unfortunately, I have to shoot through glass but I'll take it. You almost never get to get this close to these birds. Not the sharpest image ever, but again, I'll take it. http://www.primelensphoto.com/hawk/index.html -Brendan -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Fs Friday - but a question , too
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Re: PESO - Red Shouldered Hawk
Jack, I had to Google it myself. The first birds I saw didn't really look like it either. But, there are eastern and northern varieties, too. It took a minute before I saw a picture of one that looked the same. -Brendan - Original Message From: Jack Davis jdavi...@yahoo.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Fri, February 18, 2011 5:42:19 AM Subject: Re: PESO - Red Shouldered Hawk Brendan, since my earlier post, I Googled the Red-Shouldered hawk and see them pictured with the same markings as yours a well as those I've seen. So...guess it's up to someone else to settle it. ;) Jack --- On Thu, 2/17/11, Brendan MacRae brendanmacrae1...@yahoo.com wrote: From: Brendan MacRae brendanmacrae1...@yahoo.com Subject: PESO - Red Shouldered Hawk To: pdml pdml@pdml.net Date: Thursday, February 17, 2011, 8:53 PM So today I'm having lunch with my 3 year old when he starts pointing out the widow and saying, Daddy, there's an owl! An owl! I asked him where he was looking and there just over a neighbors' fence was a raptor in a tree not 25 feet from where we were sitting. I asked him to keep still and I slowly got up and went to fetch the 400mm. Well, it was in the garage, and it's 30 degrees out and snowing. No matter. I get the lens inside and realize that the temperature difference will fog the lens so after getting it mounted on the tripod I go fetch a hair dryer and from about 2 feet away on the low setting I defog the lens gently. Finally I can line up the shot. Unfortunately, I have to shoot through glass but I'll take it. You almost never get to get this close to these birds. Not the sharpest image ever, but again, I'll take it. http://www.primelensphoto.com/hawk/index.html -Brendan -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO - Red Shouldered Hawk
Essential equipment! Actually, I just need to remember to NEVER leave my lens in the garage. Ugh. -Brendan - Original Message From: David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Fri, February 18, 2011 7:31:00 AM Subject: Re: PESO - Red Shouldered Hawk So now i need to carry a hair drying in my bag. Nice photo non the less dave On Thu, Feb 17, 2011 at 11:53 PM, Brendan MacRae brendanmacrae1...@yahoo.com wrote: So today I'm having lunch with my 3 year old when he starts pointing out the widow and saying, Daddy, there's an owl! An owl! I asked him where he was looking and there just over a neighbors' fence was a raptor in a tree not 25 feet from where we were sitting. I asked him to keep still and I slowly got up and went to fetch the 400mm. Well, it was in the garage, and it's 30 degrees out and snowing. No matter. I get the lens inside and realize that the temperature difference will fog the lens so after getting it mounted on the tripod I go fetch a hair dryer and from about 2 feet away on the low setting I defog the lens gently. Finally I can line up the shot. Unfortunately, I have to shoot through glass but I'll take it. You almost never get to get this close to these birds. Not the sharpest image ever, but again, I'll take it. http://www.primelensphoto.com/hawk/index.html -Brendan -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ York Region, Ontario, Canada -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO: Waipio Valley Faro
Danial, I very much enjoyed your pictures from Hawaii. I've been to the big island of Hawaii, but have spent most of my time on the island of Oahu. I really fell in love with orchids after visiting the big island and going to a botanical garden on the outskirts of Hilo. Now my oldest daughter and her family have moved back to the states from Oahu so I'll probably never go to the islands again. That's OK, because there are so many other places to see and time is running out. Our son lives in Alexandria VA, so our last trip was 10 days of going to places run by the Smithsonian. What fun we had. We also saw several local attractions in Alexandria, including a locally run Black History Museum and the US Patent and Copyright Museum. Another highlight was going to the Marine Museum south of Alexandria and close to Quantico. This museum covered the whole history of the Marine Corp with fantastic displays. Richard Bush On Feb 18, 2011, at 8:18 AM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: From my recent trip to Maui and Hawaii, a view of a taro farm in Waipio Valley on the Big Island: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=12697197 As usual, comments, suggestions, criticisms and abuse are all welcome. -- Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: PUG - Thoughts on image size limits
On 11-02-17 4:01 PM, Brian Walters wrote: Currently images submitted for inclusion in our Pentax Users Gallery (PUG) are supposed to meet the following criteria: # Maximum file size is 256kb. # Maximum image dimension is 720 pixels on the longest side. From time to time there are suggestions that these limits are too restrictive. So, a review is in order. [...] Your thoughts.. While it would be wonderful to support fancy automatic size-fitting images to handle all manner of screens (what about those who view the PUG on iPhones and Androids?), it will be an enormous headache. Galleries like Smugmug, Flickr, Photo.net etc. do that sort of thing and it's a lot of work to get right. Enforcing a fixed upper dimension limit is fine as long as it's reasonably generous. I think you can safely ignore those few who still view the web on a VGA or even SVGA monitor. People like that will be quite used to suffering anyway. I'd suggest picking a simple fixed format like image must fit within an 800x800 box. That will not unfairly penalize portrait or landscape images, but may encourage square crops as a side effect. If you must impose a file byte size limit, you must. People will just have to crank on the JPEG Quality slider until it fits. That penalizes images with a lot of transitions and detail; a little gaussian blur before downsizing and compressing can help there. (Photoshop has that option in their export menu.) My 2 cents (Canadian; which is 1.016 x US atm). -bmw -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO - Red Shouldered Hawk
Hi Ken, Yeah, he's really nearly four now, but he has an eagle eye (pun intended). We went to the dump the other day and he spied a toy truck sitting on a concrete pillar from about 40 feet away. He was in his car seat and there was another car between us and the truck. I don't know how he does it. Anyway, I tried messing with the black point (in Aperture) and initially it didn't make a whole lot of difference. I'm going to adjust it again prior to printing and I'll see if I can improve upon it. Does it appear overly dark on your screen? Was wondering if I should adjust the exposure. -Brendan - Original Message From: Ken Waller kwal...@peoplepc.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Thu, February 17, 2011 10:10:18 PM Subject: Re: PESO - Red Shouldered Hawk Not a bad capture at all. A little unsharp mask, and setting of white dark point will improve it further. I'm impressed that a three year old would even call it an owl! Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: Brendan MacRae brendanmacrae1...@yahoo.com Subject: PESO - Red Shouldered Hawk So today I'm having lunch with my 3 year old when he starts pointing out the widow and saying, Daddy, there's an owl! An owl! I asked him where he was looking and there just over a neighbors' fence was a raptor in a tree not 25 feet from where we were sitting. I asked him to keep still and I slowly got up and went to fetch the 400mm. Well, it was in the garage, and it's 30 degrees out and snowing. No matter. I get the lens inside and realize that the temperature difference will fog the lens so after getting it mounted on the tripod I go fetch a hair dryer and from about 2 feet away on the low setting I defog the lens gently. Finally I can line up the shot. Unfortunately, I have to shoot through glass but I'll take it. You almost never get to get this close to these birds. Not the sharpest image ever, but again, I'll take it. http://www.primelensphoto.com/hawk/index.html -Brendan -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO - Red Shouldered Hawk
Thanks, Brendan. Glad you ran into the same soft information. ;) Jack --- On Fri, 2/18/11, Brendan MacRae brendanmacrae1...@yahoo.com wrote: From: Brendan MacRae brendanmacrae1...@yahoo.com Subject: Re: PESO - Red Shouldered Hawk To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Date: Friday, February 18, 2011, 7:49 AM Jack, I had to Google it myself. The first birds I saw didn't really look like it either. But, there are eastern and northern varieties, too. It took a minute before I saw a picture of one that looked the same. -Brendan - Original Message From: Jack Davis jdavi...@yahoo.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Fri, February 18, 2011 5:42:19 AM Subject: Re: PESO - Red Shouldered Hawk Brendan, since my earlier post, I Googled the Red-Shouldered hawk and see them pictured with the same markings as yours a well as those I've seen. So...guess it's up to someone else to settle it. ;) Jack --- On Thu, 2/17/11, Brendan MacRae brendanmacrae1...@yahoo.com wrote: From: Brendan MacRae brendanmacrae1...@yahoo.com Subject: PESO - Red Shouldered Hawk To: pdml pdml@pdml.net Date: Thursday, February 17, 2011, 8:53 PM So today I'm having lunch with my 3 year old when he starts pointing out the widow and saying, Daddy, there's an owl! An owl! I asked him where he was looking and there just over a neighbors' fence was a raptor in a tree not 25 feet from where we were sitting. I asked him to keep still and I slowly got up and went to fetch the 400mm. Well, it was in the garage, and it's 30 degrees out and snowing. No matter. I get the lens inside and realize that the temperature difference will fog the lens so after getting it mounted on the tripod I go fetch a hair dryer and from about 2 feet away on the low setting I defog the lens gently. Finally I can line up the shot. Unfortunately, I have to shoot through glass but I'll take it. You almost never get to get this close to these birds. Not the sharpest image ever, but again, I'll take it. http://www.primelensphoto.com/hawk/index.html -Brendan -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: PESO - Red Shouldered Hawk
Read once that the garage is a suggested safe place to store valuables when you're planning to be away from you house foe awhile. Thought that was what had happened. At times, I leave equipment in the car overnight if I intend to take it with me the following morning. Jack --- On Fri, 2/18/11, Brendan MacRae brendanmacrae1...@yahoo.com wrote: From: Brendan MacRae brendanmacrae1...@yahoo.com Subject: Re: PESO - Red Shouldered Hawk To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Date: Friday, February 18, 2011, 7:52 AM Essential equipment! Actually, I just need to remember to NEVER leave my lens in the garage. Ugh. -Brendan - Original Message From: David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Fri, February 18, 2011 7:31:00 AM Subject: Re: PESO - Red Shouldered Hawk So now i need to carry a hair drying in my bag. Nice photo non the less dave On Thu, Feb 17, 2011 at 11:53 PM, Brendan MacRae brendanmacrae1...@yahoo.com wrote: So today I'm having lunch with my 3 year old when he starts pointing out the widow and saying, Daddy, there's an owl! An owl! I asked him where he was looking and there just over a neighbors' fence was a raptor in a tree not 25 feet from where we were sitting. I asked him to keep still and I slowly got up and went to fetch the 400mm. Well, it was in the garage, and it's 30 degrees out and snowing. No matter. I get the lens inside and realize that the temperature difference will fog the lens so after getting it mounted on the tripod I go fetch a hair dryer and from about 2 feet away on the low setting I defog the lens gently. Finally I can line up the shot. Unfortunately, I have to shoot through glass but I'll take it. You almost never get to get this close to these birds. Not the sharpest image ever, but again, I'll take it. http://www.primelensphoto.com/hawk/index.html -Brendan -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ York Region, Ontario, Canada -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Geso - a trip to the zoo with the DA 55-300
David J Brooks wrote: On Thu, Feb 17, 2011 at 11:10 PM, Ann Sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com wrote: Walter Gilbert wrote: Wow, Ann! I'd never even heard of the majority of those animals. yup, they aren't native to Kentucky ;-) Except Doug. Nice gallery Ann. A lot of detail in those shots. I love the snow leopard. Between you and Jack, I THINK I NOW NEED THE 55-300 Dave You do... it's all Steve Dejardins fault. What are you going to sell to buy one? ann Not a bad shot in the bunch, obviously -- but that Nicobar Pigeon was my favorite. I've never seen anything quite like it, and you captured the colors beautifully! -- Walt thanks - I didn't know that pigeon either, it was in the tropical house at the Central Park Zoo... I love those colors as well. ann On 2/17/2011 5:32 PM, Ann Sanfedele wrote: http://annsan.smugmug.com/Works-in-Print/Works-In-Progress/More-Critters/15842756_6QmYN Just 8 photos - large thumbnails to start with :-) 2 different zoo's The Centrtal Park Zoo and the Queens Borough zoo (just the Pudu and the Thick-billed parrot) This week -- Monday Cetranl Park - Yesterday, the little Queens one. Sadly I thought I had nailed a shot of the lynx in Queens but not happy at all with what I came back with of him... not sure if it was auto focusing problems or just the lynx moving a bit too much. I seem to be able to hold the camera with the zoom on it pretty steady down to 1/90th . ann -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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 Friday- Bad *ist DS
Hey Guys, I have an *istDS with a bad sensor unit according to CRIS, who wanted $380 to replace the unit. It wil show images but if you try to take a shot it's just black. (I opted instead to get a refurbished E-PL1 for $340). It is useless to me but it would be a source of parts. Pay for shipping and it's yours. -- 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: PUG - Thoughts on image size limits
On 2011-02-17 15:41 , John Francis wrote: I will repeat an offer I have made in the past - I can provide free hosting on a webserver in the USA with effectively unlimited storage (starting at perhaps 50GB; beyond that I might have to request a dedicated spindle). Bandwidth shouldn't be a problem, either; the machine I'm thinking of is located at a major colo site, and the amount of bandwidth we'd use is lost in the noise). I already own the domain name pdml.us, as well. I'm not offering to set up and maintain the website, but I can provide the hosting. one alternative would be to host the images there, but keep the rest of the site where it is -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Photo Annual 2011 - your thoughts
Work continues apace on the 2011 book (and I'm bracing myself for the inevitable last-week rush of submissions soon to come). What I'd like to get input on at the moment is the notion of changing the charity the book supports. We've had many problems with CureSearch in the past two years but the straw that broke the camel's back as far as I'm concerned is the way they totally dropped the ball regarding the exhibit in Chicago. They'd said they would do a mailing to their major donors in Chicage and alert them to the opening, etc. And they completely failed to follow through on any of it. I know a lot of oncologists and pathologists who are familiar with NCCF/CureSearch and whenever I mention the organization I get the same reaction: a sigh and a rubbing of the temples as if an old, familiar headache is coming back. CureSearch's is widely regarded as well-intentioned but more than a little feckless. In the past we've floated the idea of supporting a different cause every year, but I feel strongly that it's much more advantageous to try to build a working relationship that (one would hope) gets better and stronger every year. I've been looking for an effort similar to CureSearch to support but it's been difficult because I really wanted to find something with international scope, given the international nature of the PDML. About two weeks ago I found what I think is a good candidate. The Dana-Farber Cancer Institute here in Boston (http://www.dana-farber.org/) is highly respected in the field and their Jimmy Fund pediatric cancer clinic is one of the best around. They are starting a new program to be called Pediatric Oncology Global Outreach intended to expand and improve pediatric cancer treatment worldwide, particularly in developing nations. This Monday past I had a meeting at Dana-Farber with Dr. Carlos Rodriguez-Galindo, the oncologist who's heading this program. He described their plans and where they stand now. He's very interested in getting our support because they're really just getting started - we'd be getting in on the ground floor with this effort. That has some disadvantages as far as name recognition, but I think that being under the Dana-Farber umbrella will make up for that to a significant degree. Another advantage is that this organization is headquartered here in Boston, about two miles from my house. They won't be able to ignore emails from me like CureSearch because they know I can be right there in their faces at a moment's notice. The link with Dana-Farber also gets instant cred around these parts, which I hope will be beneficial when I start hitting the local media about the 2011 book in a few weeks. Any thoughts? -- Mark Roberts - Photography Multimedia www.robertstech.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: Warning message contains Moon shots and a cat shot....
On Feb 18, 2011, at 9:06, Ann Sanfedele wrote: David Parsons wrote: The moon is the same size no matter where it is in the sky. Duh - really? lol When it appears larger near the horizon, it's a perceptual illusion. but does not the camera pick up perceptual illusions? It sure doesn't. Try making the moon look big 'n' round when taking a moon-set picture. Without a mondo telephoto, it's a pretty blah-looking shot. -Charles -- Charles Robinson - charl...@visi.com Minneapolis, MN http://charles.robinsontwins.org http://www.facebook.com/charles.robinson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: PUG - Thoughts on image size limits
On 2011-02-17 14:01 , Brian Walters wrote: 4. Vertical images are a problem because anything over about 600 pixels high requires scrolling on a monitor with 1440 x 900 resolution i don't know where those numbers come from -- maybe for some users with some browsers that have huge button bars or something; the worst case on my _1280x800_ laptop screen in Safari is about 665 pixels; i often turn off the bookmarks status bars, which gives me 730, and the full screen extension i use in Safari gives me 775 (though i do 98% of my web viewing on a larger display) i think a good option would be the venerable click for full size approach, which offers a lowest common denominator size by default, and a larger size for close viewing; as David Parsons notes, the simplest way to do this is to send the naked image, which does _not_ carry the complexity penalty that Bruce Walker describes also, allowing a larger size for submissions somewhat future-proofs it, even if smaller sizes are presented, since the presentation can be easily reworked, but the stored images cannot; to that end i would allow submissions as large as is sustainable and have the site software auto-scale them to whatever presentation size you currently prefer -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Photo Annual 2011 - your thoughts
I've never heard anything bad about Dana-Farber and the Jimmie Fund. Count me in as one vote for. This commercial gets me every time too: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V4wFgFe4rXw On Fri, Feb 18, 2011 at 12:04 PM, Mark Roberts m...@robertstech.com wrote: Work continues apace on the 2011 book (and I'm bracing myself for the inevitable last-week rush of submissions soon to come). What I'd like to get input on at the moment is the notion of changing the charity the book supports. We've had many problems with CureSearch in the past two years but the straw that broke the camel's back as far as I'm concerned is the way they totally dropped the ball regarding the exhibit in Chicago. They'd said they would do a mailing to their major donors in Chicage and alert them to the opening, etc. And they completely failed to follow through on any of it. I know a lot of oncologists and pathologists who are familiar with NCCF/CureSearch and whenever I mention the organization I get the same reaction: a sigh and a rubbing of the temples as if an old, familiar headache is coming back. CureSearch's is widely regarded as well-intentioned but more than a little feckless. In the past we've floated the idea of supporting a different cause every year, but I feel strongly that it's much more advantageous to try to build a working relationship that (one would hope) gets better and stronger every year. I've been looking for an effort similar to CureSearch to support but it's been difficult because I really wanted to find something with international scope, given the international nature of the PDML. About two weeks ago I found what I think is a good candidate. The Dana-Farber Cancer Institute here in Boston (http://www.dana-farber.org/) is highly respected in the field and their Jimmy Fund pediatric cancer clinic is one of the best around. They are starting a new program to be called Pediatric Oncology Global Outreach intended to expand and improve pediatric cancer treatment worldwide, particularly in developing nations. This Monday past I had a meeting at Dana-Farber with Dr. Carlos Rodriguez-Galindo, the oncologist who's heading this program. He described their plans and where they stand now. He's very interested in getting our support because they're really just getting started - we'd be getting in on the ground floor with this effort. That has some disadvantages as far as name recognition, but I think that being under the Dana-Farber umbrella will make up for that to a significant degree. Another advantage is that this organization is headquartered here in Boston, about two miles from my house. They won't be able to ignore emails from me like CureSearch because they know I can be right there in their faces at a moment's notice. The link with Dana-Farber also gets instant cred around these parts, which I hope will be beneficial when I start hitting the local media about the 2011 book in a few weeks. Any thoughts? -- Mark Roberts - Photography Multimedia www.robertstech.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. -- 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: Photo Annual 2011 - your thoughts
Mark, Go for it! Bob S. On Fri, Feb 18, 2011 at 11:04 AM, Mark Roberts m...@robertstech.com wrote: Work continues apace on the 2011 book (and I'm bracing myself for the inevitable last-week rush of submissions soon to come). What I'd like to get input on at the moment is the notion of changing the charity the book supports. We've had many problems with CureSearch in the past two years but the straw that broke the camel's back as far as I'm concerned is the way they totally dropped the ball regarding the exhibit in Chicago. They'd said they would do a mailing to their major donors in Chicage and alert them to the opening, etc. And they completely failed to follow through on any of it. I know a lot of oncologists and pathologists who are familiar with NCCF/CureSearch and whenever I mention the organization I get the same reaction: a sigh and a rubbing of the temples as if an old, familiar headache is coming back. CureSearch's is widely regarded as well-intentioned but more than a little feckless. In the past we've floated the idea of supporting a different cause every year, but I feel strongly that it's much more advantageous to try to build a working relationship that (one would hope) gets better and stronger every year. I've been looking for an effort similar to CureSearch to support but it's been difficult because I really wanted to find something with international scope, given the international nature of the PDML. About two weeks ago I found what I think is a good candidate. The Dana-Farber Cancer Institute here in Boston (http://www.dana-farber.org/) is highly respected in the field and their Jimmy Fund pediatric cancer clinic is one of the best around. They are starting a new program to be called Pediatric Oncology Global Outreach intended to expand and improve pediatric cancer treatment worldwide, particularly in developing nations. This Monday past I had a meeting at Dana-Farber with Dr. Carlos Rodriguez-Galindo, the oncologist who's heading this program. He described their plans and where they stand now. He's very interested in getting our support because they're really just getting started - we'd be getting in on the ground floor with this effort. That has some disadvantages as far as name recognition, but I think that being under the Dana-Farber umbrella will make up for that to a significant degree. Another advantage is that this organization is headquartered here in Boston, about two miles from my house. They won't be able to ignore emails from me like CureSearch because they know I can be right there in their faces at a moment's notice. The link with Dana-Farber also gets instant cred around these parts, which I hope will be beneficial when I start hitting the local media about the 2011 book in a few weeks. Any thoughts? -- Mark Roberts - Photography Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Photo Annual 2011 - your thoughts
Sounds like a fine idea - go for it ann Mark Roberts wrote: Work continues apace on the 2011 book (and I'm bracing myself for the inevitable last-week rush of submissions soon to come). What I'd like to get input on at the moment is the notion of changing the charity the book supports. We've had many problems with CureSearch in the past two years but the straw that broke the camel's back as far as I'm concerned is the way they totally dropped the ball regarding the exhibit in Chicago. They'd said they would do a mailing to their major donors in Chicage and alert them to the opening, etc. And they completely failed to follow through on any of it. I know a lot of oncologists and pathologists who are familiar with NCCF/CureSearch and whenever I mention the organization I get the same reaction: a sigh and a rubbing of the temples as if an old, familiar headache is coming back. CureSearch's is widely regarded as well-intentioned but more than a little feckless. In the past we've floated the idea of supporting a different cause every year, but I feel strongly that it's much more advantageous to try to build a working relationship that (one would hope) gets better and stronger every year. I've been looking for an effort similar to CureSearch to support but it's been difficult because I really wanted to find something with international scope, given the international nature of the PDML. About two weeks ago I found what I think is a good candidate. The Dana-Farber Cancer Institute here in Boston (http://www.dana-farber.org/) is highly respected in the field and their Jimmy Fund pediatric cancer clinic is one of the best around. They are starting a new program to be called Pediatric Oncology Global Outreach intended to expand and improve pediatric cancer treatment worldwide, particularly in developing nations. This Monday past I had a meeting at Dana-Farber with Dr. Carlos Rodriguez-Galindo, the oncologist who's heading this program. He described their plans and where they stand now. He's very interested in getting our support because they're really just getting started - we'd be getting in on the ground floor with this effort. That has some disadvantages as far as name recognition, but I think that being under the Dana-Farber umbrella will make up for that to a significant degree. Another advantage is that this organization is headquartered here in Boston, about two miles from my house. They won't be able to ignore emails from me like CureSearch because they know I can be right there in their faces at a moment's notice. The link with Dana-Farber also gets instant cred around these parts, which I hope will be beneficial when I start hitting the local media about the 2011 book in a few weeks. Any thoughts? -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Photo Annual 2011 - your thoughts
It's your project - I stand behind your choice of charity. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Warning message contains Moon shots and a cat shot....
Nope, and you can't even call it an optical illusion, because when you take a picture of it, it is much smaller than you remember seeing it in person. This is one case where it's easy to tell if it is real or Memorex. On Fri, Feb 18, 2011 at 10:06 AM, Ann Sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com wrote: David Parsons wrote: The moon is the same size no matter where it is in the sky. Duh - really? lol When it appears larger near the horizon, it's a perceptual illusion. but does not the camera pick up perceptual illusions? ann On Thu, Feb 17, 2011 at 10:19 PM, Ann Sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com wrote: I have to say I'm amazed you can get that much detail witht the 55-300 of the moon... are you photo'ing this when the moon is just rising? close to the horizon? Thanks for your compliment on my besaties, btw ann Jeffery Johnson wrote: Just wanted to send a warning as the following contains this evenings moon shots and yes it has one cat shot too. http://www.flickr.com/photos/jt-johnson/sets/72157626078196746/ As always be gentle.. I am hoping for a clearer night tomorrow night and I will use the tripod tomorrow night but for tonight I did it freestyle. Jeffery -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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. -- 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: Photo Annual 2011 - your thoughts
I have no problem with switching charities. The one you mentioned is a highly rated charity in it's field: http://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm?bay=search.summaryorgid=3597 However, it's CEO makes over $800,000 a year. It is a huge institution. Two charities that charitynavigator rates higher in that field are: The Lustgarten Foundation for Pancreatic Cancer Research http://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm?bay=search.summaryorgid=3597 (CEO makes $185,000 or 4.4% of expenses) CURE Childhood Cancer http://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm?bay=search.summaryorgid=9601 (CEO makes $146,000) I think we could have a greater impact upon a relatively smaller charity. My 2 cents. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Photo Annual 2011 - your thoughts
Mark, Your obvious eagerness to make the described recipient change not only sounds logical, but practical as well, considering their location. I'd be entirely comfortable with, and support, whatever your senses tell you. Jack --- On Fri, 2/18/11, Mark Roberts m...@robertstech.com wrote: From: Mark Roberts m...@robertstech.com Subject: Photo Annual 2011 - your thoughts To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Date: Friday, February 18, 2011, 9:04 AM Work continues apace on the 2011 book (and I'm bracing myself for the inevitable last-week rush of submissions soon to come). What I'd like to get input on at the moment is the notion of changing the charity the book supports. We've had many problems with CureSearch in the past two years but the straw that broke the camel's back as far as I'm concerned is the way they totally dropped the ball regarding the exhibit in Chicago. They'd said they would do a mailing to their major donors in Chicage and alert them to the opening, etc. And they completely failed to follow through on any of it. I know a lot of oncologists and pathologists who are familiar with NCCF/CureSearch and whenever I mention the organization I get the same reaction: a sigh and a rubbing of the temples as if an old, familiar headache is coming back. CureSearch's is widely regarded as well-intentioned but more than a little feckless. In the past we've floated the idea of supporting a different cause every year, but I feel strongly that it's much more advantageous to try to build a working relationship that (one would hope) gets better and stronger every year. I've been looking for an effort similar to CureSearch to support but it's been difficult because I really wanted to find something with international scope, given the international nature of the PDML. About two weeks ago I found what I think is a good candidate. The Dana-Farber Cancer Institute here in Boston (http://www.dana-farber.org/) is highly respected in the field and their Jimmy Fund pediatric cancer clinic is one of the best around. They are starting a new program to be called Pediatric Oncology Global Outreach intended to expand and improve pediatric cancer treatment worldwide, particularly in developing nations. This Monday past I had a meeting at Dana-Farber with Dr. Carlos Rodriguez-Galindo, the oncologist who's heading this program. He described their plans and where they stand now. He's very interested in getting our support because they're really just getting started - we'd be getting in on the ground floor with this effort. That has some disadvantages as far as name recognition, but I think that being under the Dana-Farber umbrella will make up for that to a significant degree. Another advantage is that this organization is headquartered here in Boston, about two miles from my house. They won't be able to ignore emails from me like CureSearch because they know I can be right there in their faces at a moment's notice. The link with Dana-Farber also gets instant cred around these parts, which I hope will be beneficial when I start hitting the local media about the 2011 book in a few weeks. Any thoughts? -- Mark Roberts - Photography Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Photo Annual 2011 - your thoughts
On 18/02/2011 11:04 AM, Mark Roberts wrote: Any thoughts? Anyone but PETA. -- William Robb -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Photo Annual 2011 - your thoughts
Seconded! On Fri, Feb 18, 2011 at 12:24 PM, William Robb anotherdrunken...@gmail.com wrote: On 18/02/2011 11:04 AM, Mark Roberts wrote: Any thoughts? Anyone but PETA. -- William Robb -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- 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: Photo Annual 2011 - your thoughts
On 18/2/11, Mark Roberts, discombobulated, unleashed: Any thoughts? Sounds great - yes from me! -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche -- http://www.cottysnaps.com _ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
OT: Cool PEN commercials
Not Pentax, but wy cool commercials: PEN Story http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m9Et7UQh1tg PEN Giant http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fOxpKdmVvlk Making of PEN Giant http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g0bSBWjvuR4 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.
Re: Warning message contains Moon shots and a cat shot....
David Parsons wrote: Nope, and you can't even call it an optical illusion, because when you take a picture of it, it is much smaller than you remember seeing it in person. well that's for sure... but give the same lens you are looking through ... say a 300 mm looking through it at a Harvest moon (which, when low on the horizon, looks larger than a moon that is full and way up in the sky) won't it appear larger in your frame ? That's why I thought his photo was of the moon at a lower angle... thanks for the physics lesson :-) ann This is one case where it's easy to tell if it is real or Memorex. On Fri, Feb 18, 2011 at 10:06 AM, Ann Sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com wrote: David Parsons wrote: The moon is the same size no matter where it is in the sky. Duh - really? lol When it appears larger near the horizon, it's a perceptual illusion. but does not the camera pick up perceptual illusions? ann On Thu, Feb 17, 2011 at 10:19 PM, Ann Sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com wrote: I have to say I'm amazed you can get that much detail witht the 55-300 of the moon... are you photo'ing this when the moon is just rising? close to the horizon? Thanks for your compliment on my besaties, btw ann Jeffery Johnson wrote: Just wanted to send a warning as the following contains this evenings moon shots and yes it has one cat shot too. http://www.flickr.com/photos/jt-johnson/sets/72157626078196746/ As always be gentle.. I am hoping for a clearer night tomorrow night and I will use the tripod tomorrow night but for tonight I did it freestyle. Jeffery -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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.
I just uploaded a book to Blurb.
Finally got off my duff long enough to put together a book on Blurb of some of my airshow pictures. http://www.blurb.com/books/1993144 Have a look and let me know what you think. Ted The eye of the viewer becomes the eye of the Photographer. Albert Maysles -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Photo Annual 2011 - your thoughts
Works for me. I trust your judgement. Go for it. Paul On Feb 18, 2011, at 12:04 PM, Mark Roberts wrote: Work continues apace on the 2011 book (and I'm bracing myself for the inevitable last-week rush of submissions soon to come). What I'd like to get input on at the moment is the notion of changing the charity the book supports. We've had many problems with CureSearch in the past two years but the straw that broke the camel's back as far as I'm concerned is the way they totally dropped the ball regarding the exhibit in Chicago. They'd said they would do a mailing to their major donors in Chicage and alert them to the opening, etc. And they completely failed to follow through on any of it. I know a lot of oncologists and pathologists who are familiar with NCCF/CureSearch and whenever I mention the organization I get the same reaction: a sigh and a rubbing of the temples as if an old, familiar headache is coming back. CureSearch's is widely regarded as well-intentioned but more than a little feckless. In the past we've floated the idea of supporting a different cause every year, but I feel strongly that it's much more advantageous to try to build a working relationship that (one would hope) gets better and stronger every year. I've been looking for an effort similar to CureSearch to support but it's been difficult because I really wanted to find something with international scope, given the international nature of the PDML. About two weeks ago I found what I think is a good candidate. The Dana-Farber Cancer Institute here in Boston (http://www.dana-farber.org/) is highly respected in the field and their Jimmy Fund pediatric cancer clinic is one of the best around. They are starting a new program to be called Pediatric Oncology Global Outreach intended to expand and improve pediatric cancer treatment worldwide, particularly in developing nations. This Monday past I had a meeting at Dana-Farber with Dr. Carlos Rodriguez-Galindo, the oncologist who's heading this program. He described their plans and where they stand now. He's very interested in getting our support because they're really just getting started - we'd be getting in on the ground floor with this effort. That has some disadvantages as far as name recognition, but I think that being under the Dana-Farber umbrella will make up for that to a significant degree. Another advantage is that this organization is headquartered here in Boston, about two miles from my house. They won't be able to ignore emails from me like CureSearch because they know I can be right there in their faces at a moment's notice. The link with Dana-Farber also gets instant cred around these parts, which I hope will be beneficial when I start hitting the local media about the 2011 book in a few weeks. Any thoughts? -- Mark Roberts - Photography Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Fs Friday - but a question , too
Replying to myself -- I got the answer off list to the uestion of what body the Vivitar fits after noting on the side it said O/OM thanks to Darren ann Ann Sanfedele wrote: Ok - friend gave me several film camera things to sell.. they are not Pentax... they are all in great condition (well, I presume the flashes work, they look ok) but if you know anything about Konika or Minolta old stuff , read on... (I thought I would just give these back to him, but then I found I am getting a lot of interest in the Konika lens I've listed on ebay so these may be worth the effort.) The person who gave them to me knows nothing at all about cameras and is about 50 - these belonged to his father... Ive had them lying around for about a year or more. (1) a X-24 Auto flash for Konika... hot shoe type don't know how many cameras this would work on. (2) a Minolta auto winder -Japan 2164651 (3) a Minolta Deluxe II flash - really retro - takes bulbs...has hot shoe. I know nothing about this stuff, never used flash at all back in my film days. (4) but the most important is a Vivitar wide angle lens that has a kind of bayonet mount . This is what the front of the lens says... does this tell us what camera(s) it will fit? it is in perfect condition. front of lens says : Vivtar SMS 28mm 1:28 MC wide Angle no. 28204649 (symbol here I dont know how to type but is for filter size) 49MM Thanks for any help... or if you would actually want any of these write me off list -- I've no idea what to charge for them ann -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Warning message contains Moon shots and a cat shot....
Exactly, it won't look bigger in the frame. That's why it's perceptual, rather than optical. Take a picture of an optical illusion, and it still looks like an optical illusion. Take a picture of a perceptual illusion, and it looks different in the picture than your brain sees it. On Fri, Feb 18, 2011 at 12:34 PM, Ann Sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com wrote: David Parsons wrote: Nope, and you can't even call it an optical illusion, because when you take a picture of it, it is much smaller than you remember seeing it in person. well that's for sure... but give the same lens you are looking through ... say a 300 mm looking through it at a Harvest moon (which, when low on the horizon, looks larger than a moon that is full and way up in the sky) won't it appear larger in your frame ? That's why I thought his photo was of the moon at a lower angle... thanks for the physics lesson :-) ann This is one case where it's easy to tell if it is real or Memorex. On Fri, Feb 18, 2011 at 10:06 AM, Ann Sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com wrote: David Parsons wrote: The moon is the same size no matter where it is in the sky. Duh - really? lol When it appears larger near the horizon, it's a perceptual illusion. but does not the camera pick up perceptual illusions? ann On Thu, Feb 17, 2011 at 10:19 PM, Ann Sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com wrote: I have to say I'm amazed you can get that much detail witht the 55-300 of the moon... are you photo'ing this when the moon is just rising? close to the horizon? Thanks for your compliment on my besaties, btw ann Jeffery Johnson wrote: Just wanted to send a warning as the following contains this evenings moon shots and yes it has one cat shot too. http://www.flickr.com/photos/jt-johnson/sets/72157626078196746/ As always be gentle.. I am hoping for a clearer night tomorrow night and I will use the tripod tomorrow night but for tonight I did it freestyle. Jeffery -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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. -- 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: Warning message contains Moon shots and a cat shot....
David Parsons wrote: Exactly, it won't look bigger in the frame. That's why it's perceptual, rather than optical. Take a picture of an optical illusion, and it still looks like an optical illusion. Take a picture of a perceptual illusion, and it looks different in the picture than your brain sees it. gotcha (now) ann On Fri, Feb 18, 2011 at 12:34 PM, Ann Sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com wrote: David Parsons wrote: Nope, and you can't even call it an optical illusion, because when you take a picture of it, it is much smaller than you remember seeing it in person. well that's for sure... but give the same lens you are looking through ... say a 300 mm looking through it at a Harvest moon (which, when low on the horizon, looks larger than a moon that is full and way up in the sky) won't it appear larger in your frame ?That's why I thought his photo was of the moon at a lower angle... thanks for the physics lesson :-) ann This is one case where it's easy to tell if it is real or Memorex. On Fri, Feb 18, 2011 at 10:06 AM, Ann Sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com wrote: David Parsons wrote: The moon is the same size no matter where it is in the sky. Duh - really? lol When it appears larger near the horizon, it's a perceptual illusion. but does not the camera pick up perceptual illusions? ann On Thu, Feb 17, 2011 at 10:19 PM, Ann Sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com wrote: I have to say I'm amazed you can get that much detail witht the 55-300 of the moon... are you photo'ing this when the moon is just rising? close to the horizon? Thanks for your compliment on my besaties, btw ann Jeffery Johnson wrote: Just wanted to send a warning as the following contains this evenings moon shots and yes it has one cat shot too. http://www.flickr.com/photos/jt-johnson/sets/72157626078196746/ As always be gentle.. I am hoping for a clearer night tomorrow night and I will use the tripod tomorrow night but for tonight I did it freestyle. Jeffery -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT: Cool PEN commercials
I have seen those Olympus ads, and they are great. Dan -- Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Fri, Feb 18, 2011 at 12:26 PM, Darren Addy pixelsmi...@gmail.com wrote: Not Pentax, but wy cool commercials: PEN Story http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m9Et7UQh1tg PEN Giant http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fOxpKdmVvlk Making of PEN Giant http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g0bSBWjvuR4 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.
Re: Photo Annual 2011 - your thoughts
It seems we should be supporting a worthy organization AND one that is relatively easy to work with. This seems to fill the bill on both counts. Let's give them a try then re-evaluate in a year to see if they deserve continued support. Thanks again, Mark, for all your efforts. We all contribute to this project in some very small way, but the work you do to bring the book to fruition is no simple task. Please know that it doesn't go un-noticed and is appreciated by all of us. -p On 2/18/2011 11:04 AM, Mark Roberts wrote: Work continues apace on the 2011 book (and I'm bracing myself for the inevitable last-week rush of submissions soon to come). What I'd like to get input on at the moment is the notion of changing the charity the book supports. We've had many problems with CureSearch in the past two years but the straw that broke the camel's back as far as I'm concerned is the way they totally dropped the ball regarding the exhibit in Chicago. They'd said they would do a mailing to their major donors in Chicage and alert them to the opening, etc. And they completely failed to follow through on any of it. I know a lot of oncologists and pathologists who are familiar with NCCF/CureSearch and whenever I mention the organization I get the same reaction: a sigh and a rubbing of the temples as if an old, familiar headache is coming back. CureSearch's is widely regarded as well-intentioned but more than a little feckless. In the past we've floated the idea of supporting a different cause every year, but I feel strongly that it's much more advantageous to try to build a working relationship that (one would hope) gets better and stronger every year. I've been looking for an effort similar to CureSearch to support but it's been difficult because I really wanted to find something with international scope, given the international nature of the PDML. About two weeks ago I found what I think is a good candidate. The Dana-Farber Cancer Institute here in Boston (http://www.dana-farber.org/) is highly respected in the field and their Jimmy Fund pediatric cancer clinic is one of the best around. They are starting a new program to be called Pediatric Oncology Global Outreach intended to expand and improve pediatric cancer treatment worldwide, particularly in developing nations. This Monday past I had a meeting at Dana-Farber with Dr. Carlos Rodriguez-Galindo, the oncologist who's heading this program. He described their plans and where they stand now. He's very interested in getting our support because they're really just getting started - we'd be getting in on the ground floor with this effort. That has some disadvantages as far as name recognition, but I think that being under the Dana-Farber umbrella will make up for that to a significant degree. Another advantage is that this organization is headquartered here in Boston, about two miles from my house. They won't be able to ignore emails from me like CureSearch because they know I can be right there in their faces at a moment's notice. The link with Dana-Farber also gets instant cred around these parts, which I hope will be beneficial when I start hitting the local media about the 2011 book in a few weeks. Any thoughts? -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: I just uploaded a book to Blurb.
Despite the fact that I feel about airplanes the way Mike Johnson feels about cats ... it looks really great. I bet you sell a bunch easily - especially because you have a specific target audience. ann Theodore Beilby wrote: Finally got off my duff long enough to put together a book on Blurb of some of my airshow pictures. http://www.blurb.com/books/1993144 Have a look and let me know what you think. Ted The eye of the viewer becomes the eye of the Photographer. Albert Maysles -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: The Coffee maker ...
On Thu, Feb 17, 2011 at 5:50 PM, William Robb anotherdrunken...@gmail.com wrote: On 17/02/2011 3:02 PM, frank theriault wrote: Yesterday on the way home I bought paper cones and used the old Melitta manual drip. Makes surprisingly good coffee, but not as good as the Bodum. Oh well. Two Melitta scoops each of Ethiopian Harrar and Colombian, grind just prior to use. Pour boiling water through the coffee (I use a Melitta #2) into a 16 oz thermos cup. I think it's quite good. Sounds complicated to me, but I'm sure it tastes great. Lately I've been using a French roast from a local bulk drygoods store. Good in the Bodum, but in the Melitta drip I prefer a medium roast. When company comes and I need to make more than a cup at a time, I'll have to pull out the even-older 1940s Silex vacuum coffee maker. Unlike the French press, if ~that~ breaks, there's no replacing it... ;-) Yeah, I had one of those while I was living in Calgary. Unfortunately, we had a house fire one night and it got broken by the fire persons. I still miss that thing. It made excellent coffee. It does make good coffee, but the last few times (I only pull it out about once a year, just for fun) I've made horrible coffee with it. Way too weak. I'm thinking it needs larger amounts of coffee than other makers. 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 - Red Shouldered Hawk
On Thu, Feb 17, 2011 at 11:53 PM, Brendan MacRae brendanmacrae1...@yahoo.com wrote: So today I'm having lunch with my 3 year old when he starts pointing out the widow and saying, Daddy, there's an owl! An owl! I asked him where he was looking and there just over a neighbors' fence was a raptor in a tree not 25 feet from where we were sitting. I asked him to keep still and I slowly got up and went to fetch the 400mm. Well, it was in the garage, and it's 30 degrees out and snowing. No matter. I get the lens inside and realize that the temperature difference will fog the lens so after getting it mounted on the tripod I go fetch a hair dryer and from about 2 feet away on the low setting I defog the lens gently. Finally I can line up the shot. Unfortunately, I have to shoot through glass but I'll take it. You almost never get to get this close to these birds. Not the sharpest image ever, but again, I'll take it. http://www.primelensphoto.com/hawk/index.html I'd say the snow on the branches and (especially) the falling snow more than compensates for a little lack of sharpness. Terrific photo!! 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: OT: The Coffee maker ...
Somebody said... When company comes and I need to make more than a cup at a time, I'll have to pull out the even-older 1940s Silex vacuum coffee maker. Unlike the French press, if ~that~ breaks, there's no replacing it... Somebody needs to discover eBay. Or ask me. I've got two of them in my basement right 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: PESO: Waipio Valley Faro
On Fri, Feb 18, 2011 at 10:18 AM, Daniel J. Matyola danmaty...@gmail.com wrote: From my recent trip to Maui and Hawaii, a view of a taro farm in Waipio Valley on the Big Island: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=12697197 As usual, comments, suggestions, criticisms and abuse are all welcome. I think this is a beautiful photograph! The reflection in the water, the beautiful blue sky with a few cottony clouds, those beautiful mountains, and (my favourite) that single palm tree (almost like a punctuation mark of sorts). My only nit is that I wish there was a bit more separation between that tree and the hills behind. I don't mean physical separation, rather, something to make it pop out more. I'm horrible with photoshop and rendering and all that, but maybe a bit more contrast or something in that corner of the frame, just to bring the tree out a bit more. Even with that minor issue, a terrific photo! 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: I just uploaded a book to Blurb.
Quite impressive! -- Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Fri, Feb 18, 2011 at 12:45 PM, Theodore Beilby tbei...@sbcglobal.net wrote: Finally got off my duff long enough to put together a book on Blurb of some of my airshow pictures. http://www.blurb.com/books/1993144 Have a look and let me know what you think. Ted The eye of the viewer becomes the eye of the Photographer. Albert Maysles -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Photo Annual 2011 - your thoughts
I have no problem with your proposal. -- Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Fri, Feb 18, 2011 at 12:04 PM, Mark Roberts m...@robertstech.com wrote: Work continues apace on the 2011 book (and I'm bracing myself for the inevitable last-week rush of submissions soon to come). What I'd like to get input on at the moment is the notion of changing the charity the book supports. We've had many problems with CureSearch in the past two years but the straw that broke the camel's back as far as I'm concerned is the way they totally dropped the ball regarding the exhibit in Chicago. They'd said they would do a mailing to their major donors in Chicage and alert them to the opening, etc. And they completely failed to follow through on any of it. I know a lot of oncologists and pathologists who are familiar with NCCF/CureSearch and whenever I mention the organization I get the same reaction: a sigh and a rubbing of the temples as if an old, familiar headache is coming back. CureSearch's is widely regarded as well-intentioned but more than a little feckless. In the past we've floated the idea of supporting a different cause every year, but I feel strongly that it's much more advantageous to try to build a working relationship that (one would hope) gets better and stronger every year. I've been looking for an effort similar to CureSearch to support but it's been difficult because I really wanted to find something with international scope, given the international nature of the PDML. About two weeks ago I found what I think is a good candidate. The Dana-Farber Cancer Institute here in Boston (http://www.dana-farber.org/) is highly respected in the field and their Jimmy Fund pediatric cancer clinic is one of the best around. They are starting a new program to be called Pediatric Oncology Global Outreach intended to expand and improve pediatric cancer treatment worldwide, particularly in developing nations. This Monday past I had a meeting at Dana-Farber with Dr. Carlos Rodriguez-Galindo, the oncologist who's heading this program. He described their plans and where they stand now. He's very interested in getting our support because they're really just getting started - we'd be getting in on the ground floor with this effort. That has some disadvantages as far as name recognition, but I think that being under the Dana-Farber umbrella will make up for that to a significant degree. Another advantage is that this organization is headquartered here in Boston, about two miles from my house. They won't be able to ignore emails from me like CureSearch because they know I can be right there in their faces at a moment's notice. The link with Dana-Farber also gets instant cred around these parts, which I hope will be beneficial when I start hitting the local media about the 2011 book in a few weeks. Any thoughts? -- Mark Roberts - Photography Multimedia www.robertstech.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. -- Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Photo Annual 2011 - your thoughts
As one of those pediatric oncologists whose temples are rubbed raw thinking about CureSearch (and has spent several hours trying to get them to honor their commitments)... I think the international outreach project would be perfect, considering the international nature of the PDML. Rick http://photo.net/photos/RickW --- On Fri, 2/18/11, Mark Roberts m...@robertstech.com wrote: Work continues apace on the 2011 book (and I'm bracing myself for the inevitable last-week rush of submissions soon to come). What I'd like to get input on at the moment is the notion of changing the charity the book supports. We've had many problems with CureSearch in the past two years but the straw that broke the camel's back as far as I'm concerned is the way they totally dropped the ball regarding the exhibit in Chicago. They'd said they would do a mailing to their major donors in Chicage and alert them to the opening, etc. And they completely failed to follow through on any of it. I know a lot of oncologists and pathologists who are familiar with NCCF/CureSearch and whenever I mention the organization I get the same reaction: a sigh and a rubbing of the temples as if an old, familiar headache is coming back. CureSearch's is widely regarded as well-intentioned but more than a little feckless. In the past we've floated the idea of supporting a different cause every year, but I feel strongly that it's much more advantageous to try to build a working relationship that (one would hope) gets better and stronger every year. I've been looking for an effort similar to CureSearch to support but it's been difficult because I really wanted to find something with international scope, given the international nature of the PDML. About two weeks ago I found what I think is a good candidate. The Dana-Farber Cancer Institute here in Boston (http://www.dana-farber.org/) is highly respected in the field and their Jimmy Fund pediatric cancer clinic is one of the best around. They are starting a new program to be called Pediatric Oncology Global Outreach intended to expand and improve pediatric cancer treatment worldwide, particularly in developing nations. This Monday past I had a meeting at Dana-Farber with Dr. Carlos Rodriguez-Galindo, the oncologist who's heading this program. He described their plans and where they stand now. He's very interested in getting our support because they're really just getting started - we'd be getting in on the ground floor with this effort. That has some disadvantages as far as name recognition, but I think that being under the Dana-Farber umbrella will make up for that to a significant degree. Another advantage is that this organization is headquartered here in Boston, about two miles from my house. They won't be able to ignore emails from me like CureSearch because they know I can be right there in their faces at a moment's notice. The link with Dana-Farber also gets instant cred around these parts, which I hope will be beneficial when I start hitting the local media about the 2011 book in a few weeks. Any thoughts? -- Mark Roberts - Photography Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Photo Annual 2011 - your thoughts
Sounds good, Mark. -Brendan - Original Message From: Mark Roberts m...@robertstech.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Fri, February 18, 2011 9:04:21 AM Subject: Photo Annual 2011 - your thoughts Work continues apace on the 2011 book (and I'm bracing myself for the inevitable last-week rush of submissions soon to come). What I'd like to get input on at the moment is the notion of changing the charity the book supports. We've had many problems with CureSearch in the past two years but the straw that broke the camel's back as far as I'm concerned is the way they totally dropped the ball regarding the exhibit in Chicago. They'd said they would do a mailing to their major donors in Chicage and alert them to the opening, etc. And they completely failed to follow through on any of it. I know a lot of oncologists and pathologists who are familiar with NCCF/CureSearch and whenever I mention the organization I get the same reaction: a sigh and a rubbing of the temples as if an old, familiar headache is coming back. CureSearch's is widely regarded as well-intentioned but more than a little feckless. In the past we've floated the idea of supporting a different cause every year, but I feel strongly that it's much more advantageous to try to build a working relationship that (one would hope) gets better and stronger every year. I've been looking for an effort similar to CureSearch to support but it's been difficult because I really wanted to find something with international scope, given the international nature of the PDML. About two weeks ago I found what I think is a good candidate. The Dana-Farber Cancer Institute here in Boston (http://www.dana-farber.org/) is highly respected in the field and their Jimmy Fund pediatric cancer clinic is one of the best around. They are starting a new program to be called Pediatric Oncology Global Outreach intended to expand and improve pediatric cancer treatment worldwide, particularly in developing nations. This Monday past I had a meeting at Dana-Farber with Dr. Carlos Rodriguez-Galindo, the oncologist who's heading this program. He described their plans and where they stand now. He's very interested in getting our support because they're really just getting started - we'd be getting in on the ground floor with this effort. That has some disadvantages as far as name recognition, but I think that being under the Dana-Farber umbrella will make up for that to a significant degree. Another advantage is that this organization is headquartered here in Boston, about two miles from my house. They won't be able to ignore emails from me like CureSearch because they know I can be right there in their faces at a moment's notice. The link with Dana-Farber also gets instant cred around these parts, which I hope will be beneficial when I start hitting the local media about the 2011 book in a few weeks. Any thoughts? -- Mark Roberts - Photography Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Photo Annual 2011 - your thoughts
On Fri, Feb 18, 2011 at 12:15 PM, John Francis jo...@panix.com wrote: It's your project - I stand behind your choice of charity. Same here, except for PETA. dave -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ York Region, Ontario, Canada -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Geso - a trip to the zoo with the DA 55-300
On Fri, Feb 18, 2011 at 11:37 AM, Ann Sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com wrote: David J Brooks wrote: On Thu, Feb 17, 2011 at 11:10 PM, Ann Sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com wrote: Walter Gilbert wrote: Wow, Ann! I'd never even heard of the majority of those animals. yup, they aren't native to Kentucky ;-) Except Doug. Nice gallery Ann. A lot of detail in those shots. I love the snow leopard. Between you and Jack, I THINK I NOW NEED THE 55-300 Dave You do... it's all Steve Dejardins fault. What are you going to sell to buy Same thing i sold when i bought my D1, nothing. Dave one? ann Not a bad shot in the bunch, obviously -- but that Nicobar Pigeon was my favorite. I've never seen anything quite like it, and you captured the colors beautifully! -- Walt thanks - I didn't know that pigeon either, it was in the tropical house at the Central Park Zoo... I love those colors as well. ann On 2/17/2011 5:32 PM, Ann Sanfedele wrote: http://annsan.smugmug.com/Works-in-Print/Works-In-Progress/More-Critters/15842756_6QmYN Just 8 photos - large thumbnails to start with :-) 2 different zoo's The Centrtal Park Zoo and the Queens Borough zoo (just the Pudu and the Thick-billed parrot) This week -- Monday Cetranl Park - Yesterday, the little Queens one. Sadly I thought I had nailed a shot of the lynx in Queens but not happy at all with what I came back with of him... not sure if it was auto focusing problems or just the lynx moving a bit too much. I seem to be able to hold the camera with the zoom on it pretty steady down to 1/90th . ann -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: OT: The Coffee maker ...
On 2011-02-17 14:02 , frank theriault wrote: When company comes and I need to make more than a cup at a time, I'll have to pull out the even-older 1940s Silex vacuum coffee maker. Unlike the French press, if ~that~ breaks, there's no replacing it... well, there is a thriving market in such things, and there are new models out -- even Bodum makes them http://www.amazon.com/Bodum-Santos-Stovetop-Vacuum-34-Ounce/dp/B5NCX5 personally, i use a cheap plastic Krups boiler-type espresso machine that i found in an alley and rehabilitated -- someone had filled the water chamber with tea leaves; i do have a burr grinder ($6 from Goodwill), and i grind a few days-worth at a time, sometimes with a cardamom seed thrown in; i keep my unground beans in the freezer (but warm them before grinding); some wouldn't call the effluent from this process espresso, but if you stop before it starts spitting steam through the grind, i think it's pretty good; i drink it straight or with a little whole grain chocolate rice milk (which doesn't curdle) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO - Red Shouldered Hawk
My bird book has a very similar front view of a Broad-winged Hawk that looks identical to the bird in Brendan's post. Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: Jack Davis jdavi...@yahoo.com Subject: Re: PESO - Red Shouldered Hawk Brendan, since my earlier post, I Googled the Red-Shouldered hawk and see them pictured with the same markings as yours a well as those I've seen. So...guess it's up to someone else to settle it. ;) Jack --- On Thu, 2/17/11, Brendan MacRae brendanmacrae1...@yahoo.com wrote: From: Brendan MacRae brendanmacrae1...@yahoo.com Subject: PESO - Red Shouldered Hawk To: pdml pdml@pdml.net Date: Thursday, February 17, 2011, 8:53 PM So today I'm having lunch with my 3 year old when he starts pointing out the widow and saying, Daddy, there's an owl! An owl! I asked him where he was looking and there just over a neighbors' fence was a raptor in a tree not 25 feet from where we were sitting. I asked him to keep still and I slowly got up and went to fetch the 400mm. Well, it was in the garage, and it's 30 degrees out and snowing. No matter. I get the lens inside and realize that the temperature difference will fog the lens so after getting it mounted on the tripod I go fetch a hair dryer and from about 2 feet away on the low setting I defog the lens gently. Finally I can line up the shot. Unfortunately, I have to shoot through glass but I'll take it. You almost never get to get this close to these birds. Not the sharpest image ever, but again, I'll take it. http://www.primelensphoto.com/hawk/index.html -Brendan -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PUG - Thoughts on image size limits
Me 4. Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: Ann Sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com Subject: Re: PUG - Thoughts on image size limits Me three... ann I agree entirely with John. I appreciate the gallery as its exists and any change or lack of change is fine by me. Dan -- Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Fri, Feb 18, 2011 at 9:44 AM, John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com wrote: ... I think 800 on the long side for horizontal and 600 on the long side for vertical would work fine. And whatever maximum file size y'all come up with to fit those dimensions is fine with me. And, I appreciate what we get already. So if there's no change, that's fine with me as well. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: The Coffee maker ...
I use my Bodum about once a week, usually with Columbian beans that I purchase in bulk at Costco. But there are way too many coffee drinkers in this house to get by with a french press. We make 40 cups every morning in a large commercial-style percolator. It makes good coffee. Not as good as the press of course, but it's better than the coffee served in most restaurants and coffee shops. The beans and fresh grinding are key. Paul On Feb 17, 2011, at 4:02 PM, frank theriault wrote: On Thu, Feb 17, 2011 at 11:15 AM, John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com wrote: ... won't make coffee unless you turn it on. It's going to be another one of *THOSE* days! I've got you beat. Yesterday morning my SO broke the glass carafe to my Bodum French press. Oh the agony! She felt horrible about it, and of course I was more-than-understanding, but that was the best damned coffee maker I've ever owned. Yesterday on the way home I bought paper cones and used the old Melitta manual drip. Makes surprisingly good coffee, but not as good as the Bodum. Oh well. When company comes and I need to make more than a cup at a time, I'll have to pull out the even-older 1940s Silex vacuum coffee maker. Unlike the French press, if ~that~ breaks, there's no replacing it... ;-) Hope your day picked up, John! 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: PESO - Red Shouldered Hawk
Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: Brendan MacRae brendanmacrae1...@yahoo.com Subject: Re: PESO - Red Shouldered Hawk Hi Ken, Yeah, he's really nearly four now, but he has an eagle eye (pun intended). We went to the dump the other day and he spied a toy truck sitting on a concrete pillar from about 40 feet away. He was in his car seat and there was another car between us and the truck. I don't know how he does it. Anyway, I tried messing with the black point (in Aperture) and initially it didn't make a whole lot of difference. I'm going to adjust it again prior to printing and I'll see if I can improve upon it. Does it appear overly dark on your screen? Was wondering if I should adjust the exposure. It was dark enough that it prompted me to look at the histogram - which when adjusted gave a noticeable improvement. I adjusted both light point (RH side of histogram), Dark point (LH side of histogram) and the Mid point. The adjustment also made the snow look white. This was all done in Photoshop. -Brendan - Original Message From: Ken Waller kwal...@peoplepc.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Thu, February 17, 2011 10:10:18 PM Subject: Re: PESO - Red Shouldered Hawk Not a bad capture at all. A little unsharp mask, and setting of white dark point will improve it further. I'm impressed that a three year old would even call it an owl! Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: Brendan MacRae brendanmacrae1...@yahoo.com Subject: PESO - Red Shouldered Hawk So today I'm having lunch with my 3 year old when he starts pointing out the widow and saying, Daddy, there's an owl! An owl! I asked him where he was looking and there just over a neighbors' fence was a raptor in a tree not 25 feet from where we were sitting. I asked him to keep still and I slowly got up and went to fetch the 400mm. Well, it was in the garage, and it's 30 degrees out and snowing. No matter. I get the lens inside and realize that the temperature difference will fog the lens so after getting it mounted on the tripod I go fetch a hair dryer and from about 2 feet away on the low setting I defog the lens gently. Finally I can line up the shot. Unfortunately, I have to shoot through glass but I'll take it. You almost never get to get this close to these birds. Not the sharpest image ever, but again, I'll take it. http://www.primelensphoto.com/hawk/index.html -Brendan -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Photo Annual 2011 - your thoughts
Any thoughts? Go for it. Thanks for all your efforts ! Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: Mark Roberts m...@robertstech.com Subject: Photo Annual 2011 - your thoughts Work continues apace on the 2011 book (and I'm bracing myself for the inevitable last-week rush of submissions soon to come). What I'd like to get input on at the moment is the notion of changing the charity the book supports. We've had many problems with CureSearch in the past two years but the straw that broke the camel's back as far as I'm concerned is the way they totally dropped the ball regarding the exhibit in Chicago. They'd said they would do a mailing to their major donors in Chicage and alert them to the opening, etc. And they completely failed to follow through on any of it. I know a lot of oncologists and pathologists who are familiar with NCCF/CureSearch and whenever I mention the organization I get the same reaction: a sigh and a rubbing of the temples as if an old, familiar headache is coming back. CureSearch's is widely regarded as well-intentioned but more than a little feckless. In the past we've floated the idea of supporting a different cause every year, but I feel strongly that it's much more advantageous to try to build a working relationship that (one would hope) gets better and stronger every year. I've been looking for an effort similar to CureSearch to support but it's been difficult because I really wanted to find something with international scope, given the international nature of the PDML. About two weeks ago I found what I think is a good candidate. The Dana-Farber Cancer Institute here in Boston (http://www.dana-farber.org/) is highly respected in the field and their Jimmy Fund pediatric cancer clinic is one of the best around. They are starting a new program to be called Pediatric Oncology Global Outreach intended to expand and improve pediatric cancer treatment worldwide, particularly in developing nations. This Monday past I had a meeting at Dana-Farber with Dr. Carlos Rodriguez-Galindo, the oncologist who's heading this program. He described their plans and where they stand now. He's very interested in getting our support because they're really just getting started - we'd be getting in on the ground floor with this effort. That has some disadvantages as far as name recognition, but I think that being under the Dana-Farber umbrella will make up for that to a significant degree. Another advantage is that this organization is headquartered here in Boston, about two miles from my house. They won't be able to ignore emails from me like CureSearch because they know I can be right there in their faces at a moment's notice. The link with Dana-Farber also gets instant cred around these parts, which I hope will be beneficial when I start hitting the local media about the 2011 book in a few weeks. Any thoughts? -- Mark Roberts - Photography Multimedia www.robertstech.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 - Red Shouldered Hawk
On 2011-02-17 21:53 , Brendan MacRae wrote: Unfortunately, I have to shoot through glass but I'll take it. You almost never get to get this close to these birds. Not the sharpest image ever, but again, I'll take it. http://www.primelensphoto.com/hawk/index.html nice shot -- i have been practicing on the sharp-shinned hawk that predates the bird feeder two doors down, including at least once in a snowstorm, so i know the thrill and challenge of it; my windows are to wiggly to shoot from inside, so i have to go outside and try not to scare it; i have only 210mm, and most times i am shooting through a thicket of branches -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Photo Annual 2011 - your thoughts
Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com Subject: Re: Photo Annual 2011 - your thoughts On Fri, Feb 18, 2011 at 12:15 PM, John Francis jo...@panix.com wrote: It's your project - I stand behind your choice of charity. Same here, except for PETA. Remember.. PETA backwards is ATE P dave -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO: Waipio Valley Faro
Dan, Your Hawaiian photos are always rather spectacular and this is no exception. I'm reminded of the steep hills in the southern 'fiords' of New Zealand. Wonderful scenery. Regards, Bob S. On Fri, Feb 18, 2011 at 9:18 AM, Daniel J. Matyola danmaty...@gmail.com wrote: From my recent trip to Maui and Hawaii, a view of a taro farm in Waipio Valley on the Big Island: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=12697197 As usual, comments, suggestions, criticisms and abuse are all welcome. -- Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: The Coffee maker ...
Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: Paul Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net Subject: Re: OT: The Coffee maker ... I use my Bodum about once a week, usually with Columbian beans that I purchase in bulk at Costco. But there are way too many coffee drinkers in this house to get by with a french press. We make 40 cups every morning in a large commercial-style percolator. It makes good coffee. Not as good as the press of course, but it's better than the coffee served in most restaurants and coffee shops. The beans and fresh grinding are key. Paul You got it there Paul. Just bought a replacement for a Caprissio grinder/brewer maker that grinds just before brewing - also has a programable feature that grinds/brews at a preset time so freshly brewed coffee can be available first thing in the AM. The aroma alone of freshly brewed coffee is better than an alarm clock. On Feb 17, 2011, at 4:02 PM, frank theriault wrote: On Thu, Feb 17, 2011 at 11:15 AM, John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com wrote: ... won't make coffee unless you turn it on. It's going to be another one of *THOSE* days! I've got you beat. Yesterday morning my SO broke the glass carafe to my Bodum French press. Oh the agony! She felt horrible about it, and of course I was more-than-understanding, but that was the best damned coffee maker I've ever owned. Yesterday on the way home I bought paper cones and used the old Melitta manual drip. Makes surprisingly good coffee, but not as good as the Bodum. Oh well. When company comes and I need to make more than a cup at a time, I'll have to pull out the even-older 1940s Silex vacuum coffee maker. Unlike the French press, if ~that~ breaks, there's no replacing it... ;-) Hope your day picked up, John! cheers, frank -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Photo Annual 2011 - your thoughts
Sounds good to me. Go for it! Cheers, Christine - Original Message - From: Mark Roberts m...@robertstech.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Friday, February 18, 2011 11:04 AM Subject: Photo Annual 2011 - your thoughts Work continues apace on the 2011 book (and I'm bracing myself for the inevitable last-week rush of submissions soon to come). What I'd like to get input on at the moment is the notion of changing the charity the book supports. We've had many problems with CureSearch in the past two years but the straw that broke the camel's back as far as I'm concerned is the way they totally dropped the ball regarding the exhibit in Chicago. They'd said they would do a mailing to their major donors in Chicage and alert them to the opening, etc. And they completely failed to follow through on any of it. I know a lot of oncologists and pathologists who are familiar with NCCF/CureSearch and whenever I mention the organization I get the same reaction: a sigh and a rubbing of the temples as if an old, familiar headache is coming back. CureSearch's is widely regarded as well-intentioned but more than a little feckless. In the past we've floated the idea of supporting a different cause every year, but I feel strongly that it's much more advantageous to try to build a working relationship that (one would hope) gets better and stronger every year. I've been looking for an effort similar to CureSearch to support but it's been difficult because I really wanted to find something with international scope, given the international nature of the PDML. About two weeks ago I found what I think is a good candidate. The Dana-Farber Cancer Institute here in Boston (http://www.dana-farber.org/) is highly respected in the field and their Jimmy Fund pediatric cancer clinic is one of the best around. They are starting a new program to be called Pediatric Oncology Global Outreach intended to expand and improve pediatric cancer treatment worldwide, particularly in developing nations. This Monday past I had a meeting at Dana-Farber with Dr. Carlos Rodriguez-Galindo, the oncologist who's heading this program. He described their plans and where they stand now. He's very interested in getting our support because they're really just getting started - we'd be getting in on the ground floor with this effort. That has some disadvantages as far as name recognition, but I think that being under the Dana-Farber umbrella will make up for that to a significant degree. Another advantage is that this organization is headquartered here in Boston, about two miles from my house. They won't be able to ignore emails from me like CureSearch because they know I can be right there in their faces at a moment's notice. The link with Dana-Farber also gets instant cred around these parts, which I hope will be beneficial when I start hitting the local media about the 2011 book in a few weeks. Any thoughts? -- Mark Roberts - Photography Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PUG - Thoughts on image size limits
Me 5! Cheers, Christine - Original Message - From: Ken Waller kwal...@peoplepc.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Friday, February 18, 2011 1:01 PM Subject: Re: PUG - Thoughts on image size limits Me 4. Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: Ann Sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com Subject: Re: PUG - Thoughts on image size limits Me three... ann I agree entirely with John. I appreciate the gallery as its exists and any change or lack of change is fine by me. Dan -- Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Fri, Feb 18, 2011 at 9:44 AM, John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com wrote: ... I think 800 on the long side for horizontal and 600 on the long side for vertical would work fine. And whatever maximum file size y'all come up with to fit those dimensions is fine with me. And, I appreciate what we get already. So if there's no change, that's fine with me as well. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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.
