Re: Traveling time
On 2011-05-07 22:46 , David Mann wrote: I saw a double-decker campervan today. You guys probably have them everywhere but it's the first we had ever seen one. i just drove 1800 miles through the US southwest and didn't see one of them -- saw a lot of glorified buses, but double-decker motor homes are new to me too -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: some earthquake insurance stats
We had an update from EQC today and I thought the numbers might be interesting. 12,000 homes have >$100k of damage (EQC covers the first $100k, the rest is handled by private insurance). 8,000 homes are "severely damaged" and may be over >$100k depending on full inspections to be completed out by mid-July. 40,000 homes moderately damaged, full inspection to be completed by mid September 120,000 homes with minor damage, full inspection to be completed by mid December For all the earthquake activity since September they've received 304,768 claims, 119,369 of which are for 22 Feb. I think most households will have one claim for each. The local newspaper has a feature series that's just started which is giving us a bit of info about the 1989 San Francisco earthquake and their experiences of rebuilding. I read the first part on Saturday. Quite interesting, especially some of the advice they were giving. A number of our city councillors are travelling over there and I hope they pay attention. 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: Traveling time
On May 8, 2011, at 8:17 AM, Mark Roberts wrote: > I'm reminded of an episode of The Simpsons in which Homer was lusting > after an enormous motorhome called the "Land Behemoth" :-) I saw a double-decker campervan today. You guys probably have them everywhere but it's the first we had ever seen one. 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: Traveling time
On 5/7/2011 19:22, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: Being between contracts at the moment, what the heck? I've never managed a cross country land mass movement before but heck, we can figure it out. I arranged affairs, packed my gear, and on Thursday we headed out from Santa Clara. Have fun, Godders. I am certain we will (as far as observers can do) as I am absolutely sure you will produce brilliant photos along with excellent writing to spice it up! Boris -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: IF "Decisive Moment" wins...
On 5/8/2011 01:18, Ann Sanfedele wrote: the Kentucky Derby - It will be a photo finish ann (didn't bet this year) Scratching my head here. OTOH, if that horse wins I'm certain Ann would like a photo of Kentucky Derby after he (she?) crosses the finish line. So, here you have it - the same words in the different order in a different sentence. Boris (who's gonna have fair amount of English practice in few days to come) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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 - Blurry and Busy!
On 5/7/2011 09:28, Bulent Celasun wrote: If you don't like intentional camera movement, just ignore ;) http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=13074032&size=lg If you do, please tell me if this one looks&feels more irritating than alive. I was trying to get the effect of the breeze on the grass and the flowers, by the way. So, there is movement in more than one direction... Bulent Bulent, there're three non-vertical (or rather diagonal) objects just beneath the middle of the frame. They distract from the rhythm of general motion. In fact I'd dare say that if these three streaks weren't there, it would have been a terrific shot. As such it is just good. So far I haven't been able to come up with the shot of grass (no, not 'the grass' :-) ) that I would like. Boris -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Traveling time
Godders hope I get a call when you are in NY :-) I'm envious of your journey - ya Know I love to do that stuff!! Though I'd prefer your car to that house on wheel's for transport. Seligman AZ has some memories for me ann Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: So... Picking up the story in the middle, a few days ago at dinner with my Moto friends, my friend Louise mentioned that the Red Cross might need her back east. Her partner had already been flown back for the tornado relief effort and she was managing the pets and the Bus. Louise and Sean live in a Neoplan bus configured as a permanent domicile. It's 48,000 lbs of machinery and living space. If Louise was going east, the Bus (aka: a traveling Land Mass) would need to go east too. Operating the Bus is something of a team effort ... I thought it might be a touch risky for her to head on out all by herself. Being between contracts at the moment, what the heck? I've never managed a cross country land mass movement before but heck, we can figure it out. I arranged affairs, packed my gear, and on Thursday we headed out from Santa Clara. So from there, second night out boondocking in Seligman, AZ off I-40, onwards we go ... -- Subject: Ready for the third day on the road! Good nights sleep. Cool, fresh, 5000' elevation air. :-) We're just about ready to head out on the third days leg. Louise is blogging the trip ... Photos and story find here: http://ourodyssey.blogspot.com/ Onwards! Godfrey -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: That photo blog gig fell through
On 5/7/2011 22:31, Larry Colen wrote: This morning I got an email from him: "Unfortunately, I believe it's time to let you go. This hasn't been working at all and it's taken you way too long to get anything ready for us. It's also taken a ridiculous amount of effort on both our parts. I've never had this many problems getting a piece into shape. I want to thank you for your efforts but unfortunately I don't believe this is a relationship that will work." That sucks. As to the piece I wrote on low light photography, all of the editing was done in wordpress, and I didn't cut and paste what I wrote, and when I asked him if he could send me what I wrote he replied: "Because I worked on it quite a bit, I will not. It's only fair in terms of ethics." That's unethical in my book. He may have asked you not to publish this elsewhere because he worked on this article with you and that would have been indeed ethical. But to take your work and not let you have a copy of it only because you edited on-line is bullshit, pardon my French. Just my few cents. Boris -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: That photo blog gig fell through
On 2011-05-07 13:31 , Larry Colen wrote: As to the piece I wrote on low light photography, all of the editing was done in wordpress, and I didn't cut and paste what I wrote, and when I asked him if he could send me what I wrote he replied: "Because I worked on it quite a bit, I will not. It's only fair in terms of ethics." no comment on the ethics, and whether "fair" is a meaningfil term in that context, but if he really expected work to be edited in Wordpress, he should have versioning turned on and it would be a simple matter to send you the version before his changes -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Testing K-r with Infrared.
It's a very nice image. On Fri, May 6, 2011 at 2:01 PM, Timber wrote: > Hi, > > I just made a little test the other day, an unmodified (yet) Pentax K-r > and the infrared photography. What I've found is the K-r has very strong > IR filter (about 20EV) so both high iso handheld and composing the > picture with Live View is impossible. Also using 'False color' IR > filters, such as the Hoya R72 is out of question as the amount of > visible red light will be too much. > > So the only option to try IR photography with the K-r was the B+W 093 > (830nm) filter, which normally let's only the IR light go trough with a > very very small amount of visible red. Well with the K-r that very very > small amount becomes quite more so the 093 on the K-r acts as the R72 on > a modded camera. I can't wait to get my hands on a 1000nm filter :) > > Usually with bright sunlight 30 seconds, f4 at ISO 400 did the trick and > the worst case scenario is cloudy sky where ISO 1600 is needed. Normally > ISO 1600 is not noisy but together with long exposure, the noise (which > in case of Pentax it's more like a fine grain) is becoming visible. > > A few pictures can be found on my flickr stream > ( http://www.flickr.com/photos/timbah/5693966320/ ) if you want to see > the results. > > Anyone tried IR photography with the K-5 / K-7 / K-x? > > Regards, > .timber > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.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.
OT - Fun about cliche photos
The photo in this blog (click on it to see it full size), - makes fun of cliche tourist photos... http://hawaiianmusings.blogspot.com/2010/04/in-two-weeks-i-will-have-climbed-tower.html Enjoy! Igor PS. The blog is not mine (and I don't know the author). -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: That photo blog gig fell through
On May 7, 2011, at 5:59 PM, Brian Walters wrote: > > > > Well, that sucks! > > I'd never heard of the Phoblographer until your earlier post so I've > been following it since. I'll give it a bit longer but so far it hasn't > had much of interest. I was looking forward to your contributions Thanks. I could see the opportunity for me to add a bit of diversity to the site, a different style and viewpoint, but that doesn't seem to be what he wanted. > > As for not sending you the low light article - doesn't say much for his > ethics. I guess that he didn't want his time and effort being used on a competing site. > -- 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: That photo blog gig fell through
On Sat, 07 May 2011 12:31 -0700, "Larry Colen" wrote: > I spent several hours on Wednesday evening doing a complete rewrite of > my low light dance photography article. His comments and questions had > pointed out some basic problems, mostly that I had assumed familiarity > with the dance culture, and why you don't use flash at these events. The > rewrite actually took a lot more time than writing it the first time. > > This morning I got an email from him: > "Unfortunately, I believe it's time to let you go. This hasn't been > working at all and it's taken you way too long to get anything ready for > us. It's also taken a ridiculous amount of effort on both our parts. I've > never had this many problems getting a piece into shape. > > I want to thank you for your efforts but unfortunately I don't believe > this is a relationship that will work." > > > > As to the piece I wrote on low light photography, all of the editing was > done in wordpress, and I didn't cut and paste what I wrote, and when I > asked him if he could send me what I wrote he replied: > "Because I worked on it quite a bit, I will not. It's only fair in terms > of ethics." Well, that sucks! I'd never heard of the Phoblographer until your earlier post so I've been following it since. I'll give it a bit longer but so far it hasn't had much of interest. I was looking forward to your contributions As for not sending you the low light article - doesn't say much for his ethics. Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://lyons-ryan.org/southernlight/ -- -- http://www.fastmail.fm - Email service worth paying for. Try it for free -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: IF "Decisive Moment" wins...
Please stop. On Sat, May 7, 2011 at 8:19 PM, Rick Womer wrote: > > And a twist of f/8. > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.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: IF "Decisive Moment" wins...
--- On Sat, 5/7/11, Ann Sanfedele wrote: > From: Ann Sanfedele > Subject: IF "Decisive Moment" wins... > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" > Date: Saturday, May 7, 2011, 6:18 PM > the Kentucky Derby - > It will be a photo finish And a twist of f/8. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: That photo blog gig fell through
On 8 May 2011 05:31, Larry Colen wrote: > As to the piece I wrote on low light photography, all of the editing was done > in wordpress, and I didn't cut and paste what I wrote, and when I asked him > if he could send me what I wrote he replied: > "Because I worked on it quite a bit, I will not. It's only fair in terms of > ethics." Then it should be viewed as collaborative effort and in that case you should both retain a copy. Always edit off-line unless you control the cloud space! -- Rob Studdert (Digital Image Studio) Tel: +61-418-166-870 UTC +10 Hours Gmail, eBay, Skype, Twitter, Facebook, Picasa: distudio -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: IF "Decisive Moment" wins...
Very punny! Jack --- On Sat, 5/7/11, Ann Sanfedele wrote: > From: Ann Sanfedele > Subject: IF "Decisive Moment" wins... > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" > Date: Saturday, May 7, 2011, 3:18 PM > the Kentucky Derby - > It will be a photo finish > > ann (didn't bet this year) > > > > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.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.
IF "Decisive Moment" wins...
the Kentucky Derby - It will be a photo finish ann (didn't bet this year) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Traveling time
Kinda planning loosely around being home by end of May. Nope, no trailering the Prius. On Saturday, May 7, 2011, Mark Roberts wrote: > Looks like a great adventure in the making! > > I'm reminded of an episode of The Simpsons in which Homer was lusting > after an enormous motorhome called the "Land Behemoth" :-) > > Any chance you might be in the North Carolina area around the time of > GFM (June 4-6)? > > -- > 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. > -- Godfrey godfreydigiorgi.posterous.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
How-to: Welding Glass and Color Balance
I've just made a little how-to for getting correct colors with a Green Tinted Welding Glass. I use a DIN11 one which gives me a 15 and 2/3 EV reduction (that's roughly ND52000). If you want to give it a try: http://15kb.blogspot.com/2011/05/welding-glass-and-white-balance.html Best regards, .timber -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Traveling time
Looks like a great adventure in the making! I'm reminded of an episode of The Simpsons in which Homer was lusting after an enormous motorhome called the "Land Behemoth" :-) Any chance you might be in the North Carolina area around the time of GFM (June 4-6)? -- 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: Traveling time
On May 7, 2011, at 12:50 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: > Biker scum friends. :-) > > After we get to wherever Louise is being deployed to, I'll be heading > up to NY and then figuring out how/when to mosey back to the West, no > need to rush. You towing the Prius behind the Odyssey? After driving 2,000 plus miles in the Odyssey, I hope you at least make a token visit to Troy. -- 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: Traveling time
Biker scum friends. :-) After we get to wherever Louise is being deployed to, I'll be heading up to NY and then figuring out how/when to mosey back to the West, no need to rush. On Saturday, May 7, 2011, Larry Colen wrote: > > On May 7, 2011, at 9:22 AM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: > >> So... >> >> Picking up the story in the middle, a few days ago at dinner with my >> Moto friends, > > Moto? Motocross? Motorola? > >> my friend Louise mentioned that the Red Cross might need >> her back east. Her partner had already been flown back for the tornado >> relief effort and she was managing the pets and the Bus. >> >> Louise and Sean live in a Neoplan bus configured as a permanent >> domicile. It's 48,000 lbs of machinery and living space. If Louise was >> going east, the Bus (aka: a traveling Land Mass) would need to go east >> too. Operating the Bus is something of a team effort ... I thought it >> might be a touch risky for her to head on out all by herself. >> >> Being between contracts at the moment, what the heck? I've never >> managed a cross country land mass movement before but heck, we can >> figure it out. I arranged affairs, packed my gear, and on Thursday we >> headed out from Santa Clara. >> >> So from there, second night out boondocking in Seligman, AZ off I-40, >> onwards we go ... > > Get some kicks! > > Or these days is > Get sporty on Interstate forty. > > I know the drive well, though I think it's in Amarillo that I split off to > head to visit my sister north of Dallas. I've gotten some fun shots on that > drive. > > Will you be helping her with the Red Cross effort while you're out there? Or > just flying back? > > >> >> >> -- >> Subject: Ready for the third day on the road! >> >> Good nights sleep. Cool, fresh, 5000' elevation air. :-) >> We're just about ready to head out on the third days leg. >> >> Louise is blogging the trip ... Photos and story find here: >> >> http://ourodyssey.blogspot.com/ >> >> Onwards! >> >> Godfrey >> >> -- >> Godfrey >> godfreydigiorgi.posterous.com >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> PDML@pdml.net >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. > > -- > 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. > -- Godfrey godfreydigiorgi.posterous.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
That photo blog gig fell through
I spent several hours on Wednesday evening doing a complete rewrite of my low light dance photography article. His comments and questions had pointed out some basic problems, mostly that I had assumed familiarity with the dance culture, and why you don't use flash at these events. The rewrite actually took a lot more time than writing it the first time. This morning I got an email from him: "Unfortunately, I believe it's time to let you go. This hasn't been working at all and it's taken you way too long to get anything ready for us. It's also taken a ridiculous amount of effort on both our parts. I've never had this many problems getting a piece into shape. I want to thank you for your efforts but unfortunately I don't believe this is a relationship that will work." All in all, I have to agree with him. It certainly wasn't working. A lot of it was working from different sets of unspoken assumptions. The attempt, however, was very enlightening. The business model for his blog seems to be "Look at the shiny! You want the shiny, it'll make you a better photographer. Click here and buy the shiny". I'm as big of a gear slut as any photographer that has walked the planet. I love gear that lets me get pictures that I couldn't get before, or gear that makes it easier, or makes it possible to get better quality photos. I also love solving technical problems and making the gear to do so out of a couple dollars worth of kit from the hardware store. But, I never realized until now, how much more important I feel it is to get the most from your gear than it is to have better gear. Mind you, there are a lot of photos that I can get with my K-5 that were flat out impossible with the K-100, but that just means that I need to use the "push the envelope" techniques in worse and worse light. Unfortunately, writing about how to get more out of the gear you have doesn't sell gear, and selling gear is what makes money. Although, I suspect for the most part, people are going to spend what they spend on toys, and it's just a question of which toys and for what reasons. Even on this list there seems to be no correlation between people saying "Gear is only important in that it doesn't get in the way" and not buying toys. The past few weeks did give me an idea of some fun things to write about, and I need to decide if, and how, I'm going to do so. The only real financial incentive I can see for writing about photography online, is to help sell my services as a photographer. In the meantime, I've got metric buttload of life happening to me right now, and I should get back to work on that. As to the piece I wrote on low light photography, all of the editing was done in wordpress, and I didn't cut and paste what I wrote, and when I asked him if he could send me what I wrote he replied: "Because I worked on it quite a bit, I will not. It's only fair in terms of ethics." He had also asked for a comparison between the DA40 and the DA*16-50. It probably didn't help that my treatment of the comparison was that this is like asking which is faster a Dodge Van or an Austin Healey Sprite, if you're worrying which of these two lenses is faster you need to stop pixel peeping, turn off your computer, go outside and take some photos". -- 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: OT: Capture Camera Clip
From: Bruce Walker On 11-05-06 5:02 PM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: > http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/97103764/capture-camera-clip-system Seems to be a resonant idea. He's already got over $80K in pledges and he only needs $10K for his project. I'm way too nervous of the fallibility of gadgets like this to be a target customer. Not an original idea. Noah Camera Holster: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZeS9gB1OnI Spider Holster: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Di-XEIkc3E8 Cotton Carrier Camera System: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hXCua4eTgP4 Cotton Carrier appears to me to be the most secure, and there's a way to use it with tripod head mounting plates. Their tripod mounting plate adapter works directly with Arca-Swiss heads but will accept other adapter plates. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Traveling time
On May 7, 2011, at 9:22 AM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: > So... > > Picking up the story in the middle, a few days ago at dinner with my > Moto friends, Moto? Motocross? Motorola? > my friend Louise mentioned that the Red Cross might need > her back east. Her partner had already been flown back for the tornado > relief effort and she was managing the pets and the Bus. > > Louise and Sean live in a Neoplan bus configured as a permanent > domicile. It's 48,000 lbs of machinery and living space. If Louise was > going east, the Bus (aka: a traveling Land Mass) would need to go east > too. Operating the Bus is something of a team effort ... I thought it > might be a touch risky for her to head on out all by herself. > > Being between contracts at the moment, what the heck? I've never > managed a cross country land mass movement before but heck, we can > figure it out. I arranged affairs, packed my gear, and on Thursday we > headed out from Santa Clara. > > So from there, second night out boondocking in Seligman, AZ off I-40, > onwards we go ... Get some kicks! Or these days is Get sporty on Interstate forty. I know the drive well, though I think it's in Amarillo that I split off to head to visit my sister north of Dallas. I've gotten some fun shots on that drive. Will you be helping her with the Red Cross effort while you're out there? Or just flying back? > > > -- > Subject: Ready for the third day on the road! > > Good nights sleep. Cool, fresh, 5000' elevation air. :-) > We're just about ready to head out on the third days leg. > > Louise is blogging the trip ... Photos and story find here: > > http://ourodyssey.blogspot.com/ > > Onwards! > > Godfrey > > -- > Godfrey > godfreydigiorgi.posterous.com > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- 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: Traveling time
Great stories! That's a most unusual lifestyle your friends (and now you) embarked on. Sounds very exciting. I love the video tours. I expect lots of pix from this journey, Godfrey. -bmw On 11-05-07 12:22 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: So... Picking up the story in the middle, a few days ago at dinner with my Moto friends, my friend Louise mentioned that the Red Cross might need her back east. Her partner had already been flown back for the tornado relief effort and she was managing the pets and the Bus. Louise and Sean live in a Neoplan bus configured as a permanent domicile. It's 48,000 lbs of machinery and living space. If Louise was going east, the Bus (aka: a traveling Land Mass) would need to go east too. Operating the Bus is something of a team effort ... I thought it might be a touch risky for her to head on out all by herself. Being between contracts at the moment, what the heck? I've never managed a cross country land mass movement before but heck, we can figure it out. I arranged affairs, packed my gear, and on Thursday we headed out from Santa Clara. So from there, second night out boondocking in Seligman, AZ off I-40, onwards we go ... -- Subject: Ready for the third day on the road! Good nights sleep. Cool, fresh, 5000' elevation air. :-) We're just about ready to head out on the third days leg. Louise is blogging the trip ... Photos and story find here: http://ourodyssey.blogspot.com/ Onwards! Godfrey -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Traveling time
So... Picking up the story in the middle, a few days ago at dinner with my Moto friends, my friend Louise mentioned that the Red Cross might need her back east. Her partner had already been flown back for the tornado relief effort and she was managing the pets and the Bus. Louise and Sean live in a Neoplan bus configured as a permanent domicile. It's 48,000 lbs of machinery and living space. If Louise was going east, the Bus (aka: a traveling Land Mass) would need to go east too. Operating the Bus is something of a team effort ... I thought it might be a touch risky for her to head on out all by herself. Being between contracts at the moment, what the heck? I've never managed a cross country land mass movement before but heck, we can figure it out. I arranged affairs, packed my gear, and on Thursday we headed out from Santa Clara. So from there, second night out boondocking in Seligman, AZ off I-40, onwards we go ... -- Subject: Ready for the third day on the road! Good nights sleep. Cool, fresh, 5000' elevation air. :-) We're just about ready to head out on the third days leg. Louise is blogging the trip ... Photos and story find here: http://ourodyssey.blogspot.com/ Onwards! Godfrey -- Godfrey godfreydigiorgi.posterous.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO - (Actually GESO) - Djerv
I have to mention this movie: "Metal: A Headbanger's Journey" (http://www.metalhistory.com/) made by a nice young Canadian sociology Ph.D. and metal lover. It is a serious discourse on the genre: roots (who was first? Probably Sabbath, but there's room for argument) and subgenres (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heavy_metal_subgenres). And in particular there's an extended sequence on Norwegian metal, which is simultaneously horrifying and charming. Serious but doesn't take itself seriously. While we're having fun with metal it's possible some may not know about this semi-famous Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heavy_metal_umlaut and this deep piece which uses it as an illustration of Wikipedia dynamics: http://jonudell.net/udell/gems/umlaut/umlaut.html -Tim On Fri, May 6, 2011 at 11:37 AM, Tim Øsleby wrote: > The norwegian word djern means brave or daring. > > A quite appropriate name for this theatrical metal based power trio. > The singer is quite an act, and norwegian metal music is often closely > connected to viking mythology and such. In fact most modern metal > bands are pretty theatrical, but djern takes it a bit further. They > arr a lot :-) > > http://maritimtim.blogspot.com/2011/05/malakoff-djerv.html > > Comments are brutally welcome. > > BTW: Anybody noticed my new signature? > > -- > MaritimTim > > My private photo blog: http://maritimtim.blogspot.com/ > My photo class blog: http://z-fotokurs.blogspot.com/ > > > To err is human > to arr is pirate > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.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: Capture Camera Clip
On 11-05-06 5:02 PM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/97103764/capture-camera-clip-system Seems to be a resonant idea. He's already got over $80K in pledges and he only needs $10K for his project. I'm way too nervous of the fallibility of gadgets like this to be a target customer. -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: Ken Henderson lecture about portrait photography
From: Tim ?sleby I'll spend some time watching this. http://www.youtube.com/user/dav1eb#p/u/11/6lsRu90jE88 This is one clip in a series of eight. Anyone who knows where to find this guys work? I got a lot of hits when googling the name, but they just led me to a baseball player. Try entering "Ken Henderson APAGB" as your search term. APAGB apparantly means Affiliated to the Photographic Alliance of Great Britain, so it should eliminate baseball players from the results. Most of the results I got seemed to link back to these same videos, but you might be able to get contact information from the PAGB. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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 - Blurry and Busy!
Successful effect, Bulent. Not the type of image on which I would ordinarily comment, but the color and general effect is pleasing. Only distracting spot might be the sharp edged peach colored left center shape. I might soften its edges to take it out of a possible point of interest status. Jack --- On Fri, 5/6/11, Bulent Celasun wrote: > From: Bulent Celasun > Subject: PESO - Blurry and Busy! > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" > Date: Friday, May 6, 2011, 11:28 PM > If you don't like intentional camera > movement, just ignore ;) > > http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=13074032&size=lg > > If you do, please tell me if this one looks&feels more > irritating than alive. > > I was trying to get the effect of the breeze on the grass > and the > flowers, by the way. > So, there is movement in more than one direction... > > > Bulent > > - > http://www.flickr.com/photos/bc_the_path/ > http://photo.net/photodb/user?user_id=2226822 > http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/bulentcelasun > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.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: bird
That's one way to go about it :-). On 5/7/2011 00:52, Sasha Sobol wrote: Thanks Boris. What might work. Like this: ? http://www.flickr.com/photos/sobol/5627967595/lightbox/ --S On Thu, May 5, 2011 at 5:33 AM, Boris Liberman wrote: On 4/19/2011 11:19, Sasha Sobol wrote: http://www.flickr.com/photos/sobol/5628146092/in/set-72157626518097630/lightbox/ c&c very welcome. Thanks, --Sasha Loose the bird, Sasha... You will have an interesting picture to render towards a painting like image. IMHO, of course. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Testing K-r with Infrared.
What kind of modification will you do? Full spectrum or dedicated to IR? And how's the modded K10D serving you? Did you find any difficulties or disadvantages? Internal filters are reducing hotspot if I am correct, but what happens if you have a 1000nm filter on the lens and the 720nm internal filter? Does it still eliminates the hotspot? Sorry for having loads of questions but IR photography is something really interests me :) Unfortunately I only have one K-r and I want to keep the possibility to make normal pictures as well so with that I will go for clear glass filter. But I also have a K10D so that might be a dedicated IR machine as it has no Live View so composition would be only possible with hotshoe mounted Russian Turret Finder for RF cameras :) Cheers, .t On Fri, 2011-05-06 at 23:43 +0300, Krisjanis Linkevics wrote: > > Anyone tried IR photography with the K-5 / K-7 / K-x? > > > > Regards, > > .timber > > Nop, only a 720nm modified K10D. But if some cash falls on my head and its > not enough for a 645D I will probably buy another K-5 and have it modified. > > kris -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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 - (Actually GESO) - Djerv
Rick and Bulent. As long as your eyes don't bleed. Mine ears nearly did. I had tinnitus for two days after the festival. Positioning yourself close to the monitors at a rock concert is not a smart thing to do. Ear plugs or not. But you got to make sacrifices to make art ;-) -- MaritimTim My private photo blog: http://maritimtim.blogspot.com/ My photo class blog: http://z-fotokurs.blogspot.com/ To err is human to arr is pirate 2011/5/7 Bulent Celasun : >>... but my ears start to bleed just looking at them. > > Exactly :) > > I have informed my sons about your signature; do not surprise if it > proliferates!. > > Bulent > - > http://www.flickr.com/photos/bc_the_path/ > http://photo.net/photodb/user?user_id=2226822 > http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/bulentcelasun > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.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: Street video?
On 6/5/11, Rob Studdert, discombobulated, unleashed: >http://vimeo.com/21248863 Nice, thanks. -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche -- http://www.cottysnaps.com _ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO - Blurry and Busy!
On Sat, 07 May 2011 09:28 +0300, "Bulent Celasun" wrote: > If you don't like intentional camera movement, just ignore ;) > > http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=13074032&size=lg > > If you do, please tell me if this one looks&feels more irritating than > alive. Well, I do like intentional camera movement and this is nicely abstract. The only slight jarring note is the yellow oblong shape at left centre. I'd be tempted to get rid of it. Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://lyons-ryan.org/southernlight/ > > I was trying to get the effect of the breeze on the grass and the > flowers, by the way. > So, there is movement in more than one direction... > > -- -- http://www.fastmail.fm - Same, same, but different... -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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 - Busking
On May 6, 2011, at 04:23 , frank theriault wrote:
> That's what it's called when swans swim around with their necks curved
> and wings half-raised. There were several doing it (not near each
> other or other birds), so I thought it might be a mating ritual ("See
> my beautiful feathers? Surely you'll want to copulate now!"), but
> apparently it's a show of aggression - although I don't know who they
> meant to be aggressive towards.
>
> Whatever, here's a swan, busking:
>
> http://knarfdummyblog.blogspot.com/2011/05/display-of-wings.html
>
> Hope you enjoy. Comments welcome.
I like the shot Frank. I haven't been at the right place at the right time with
swans. Good job.
I can't find a definition that supports "busking" as a swan thing, though I
don't see why it could not be derived from the early european nautical use for
tacking or cruising around.
busk 1 |bəsk|
verb [ intrans. ]
play music or otherwise perform for voluntary donations in the street or in
subways : the group began by busking on Philadelphia sidewalks | [as n. ] (
busking) busking was a real means of living.
• ( busk it) informal improvise.
DERIVATIVES
busker noun
ORIGIN mid 17th cent.: from obsolete French busquer ‘seek,’ from Italian
buscare or Spanish buscar, of Germanicorigin. Originally in nautical use in the
sense [cruise about, tack,] the term later meant [go around selling,] hence [go
around performing] (mid 19th cent.).
I only heard the word used some 8 months ago when a friend brought to my
attention the couple playing guitars on the periphery of an outdoor concert
near here, telling me she used to busk when she was younger, as she pointed to
the sign by the performers "Busking for Love and Money".
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