Re: 1966 - Flying Zero-G Photo Lab
Depends on what your religious beliefs are… All of them define some sort of destination! That, and many of the science based pretty picture educational programs of late are depicting the earth becoming enveloped within the expanding surface of the sun some millions or billions of years from now. That would be the scientific definition of our destination. Or was it the black hole? Hah! 99\99th power of humans alive will never know the answer. grin On Aug 27, 2011, at 10:19 , P. J. Alling wrote: Since there's no set destination, you really mean we're going nowhere fast... On 8/26/2011 4:37 AM, Joseph McAllister wrote: on Aug 25, 2011, at 15:30 , Bob Sullivan wrote: Tom, I remember those days. I credit the pictures of Earth from space with starting the environmental movement. How could you ignore the mindset that we were all just passengers on this planet. I think they were the most impactful images of the last century. Regards, Bob S. Added to that amazing revelation is the fact that the marble we crap on so frequently is hurtling through the vacuum of space at over 540,000 miles per hour, and that's just it's orbital speed. It doesn't include the miniscule speed we experience on the surface because of the Earth's rotation, nor the possibly humugous speed that we are zipping along doing our part in the expansion of the universe. We don't know relative to what, but we do know we are going there pretty quickly. Joseph McAllister pentax...@mac.com “ Nature is considerably more creative and inventive than humankind. Without Nature there isn't any humankind. Without humankind, Nature is fine.” -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Max pixel dimensions (was RE: September PUG - Just a bit of Prodding....
From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Brian Walters The main requirements are: * Max. pixel dimensions: 800 x 800 pixels Godfrey mentioned a few weeks ago that pictures on my website seemed quite small at 600x400. I orignally chose this when the PUG was limited to 700px on the long since because it covers the 35mm ratios easily, whereas 700 doesn't quite. I replied to Godfrey that my normal maximum for the long edge now is 720px because it subdivides nicely and means that every picture can have the same size long edge, which is good for consistency on the website. For example 4/3rds is 720x540, normal 35mm dimensions are 720x480. The maximum of 800 has the same problem (perhaps too strong a word) as 700 in that for some aspect ratios setting the long side to 800px means that the short edge ends up as a fraction so you have to let your resizing software choose which pixels to remove. For example, 35mm dimensions become 800x533.3... So the biggest you can actually have without this monkeying about is 798, whereas for 4/3rds you'd get the whole lot in 800. This means that the website is likely to have different maximum dimensions on each page, which makes for a jerky and inconsistent appearance in the page transitions. Purely by coincidence, when I was googling something work-related last week I found a website which pointed out that 960 is one of those magic numbers like 720 which subdivides into zillions of different whole numbers, namely: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 10, 12, 15, 16, 20, 24, 30, 32, 40, 48, 60, 64, 80, 96, 120, 160, 192, 240, 320 and 480. This gives you plenty of options for different dimensions and cropping, while retaining that important consistency. Something to consider next time the max dimensions are reviewed. B * Max file size: 300k * Third party equipment is acceptable provided either the camera body or lens used is Pentax. Also - as not all browsers are colour space aware, if you embed a colour space in the image, it should be sRGB to ensure the image looks right on line. I usually check the colour space of submitted images but I've been known to forget. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESOs - Dingo at the Waterhole
Thanks Walt. I like that one as well. I tell people it's not that his ears are so big. It's that his head is so small. His name, Siutik (See-You-Tick), is native Alaskan for ears, forget which tribe or dialect, but I found it in an online dictionary that had severeal hundred words translated into english. Being a dog he only really responds to the -tick part of the word, at least that's when he responds. The the first two syllables are just a slurry preamble that probably has nothing to do with him. The same is true of my 5 year old Canaan Dog's name, Alornerk (Ah-lore-nerk)(Alornerque for our friends in and around Montreal). I usually just call him 'Nerk for the same reason as above. And his name means Under Foot or Underfoot in a Inuit language. But I could never decide if it meant the former more literal meaning as under my foot or the latter one I wanted, which describes most any herding dog's puppy-hood. All right, I'll go to bed. Looks like the eastern seaboard will still be there by Monday. Referring to someone's earlier post about the non-catastrophy, I have been rolling my eyes at the talking heads hyper-descriptive blather for a week now. Good to prepare the masses, but not by sounding so much like a wolf, or the next one will get 'em. On Aug 27, 2011, at 09:16 , Walt Gilbert wrote: That's a great-looking, Dingo-esque dog, Joseph! I especially liked this one: http://gallery.me.com/jomac#100480/JJM79093bgcolor=black Love the ears. -- Walt If it doesn’t excite you, This thing that you see, Why in the world, Would it excite me? —Jay Maisel Joseph McAllister pentax...@mac.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO - Frogmouth
Funky-looking bird, isn't he? It occurs to me that he probably camoflages pretty well with Bart's shirt, too... Nice image! :) -c (sleepless in Boston, waiting on Irene...) On Mon, Aug 22, 2011 at 4:18 AM, Brian Walters supera1...@fastmail.fm wrote: G'day all These birds are masters of camouflage. They are night hunters and spend the day sitting motionless on a tree, looking like a dead branch. The heavy duty glove isn't necessary for this guy - that glove had to support a large eagle a bit later. http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1370864/PESO/slides/_IGP2603a-peso.html Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://lyons-ryan.org/southernlight/ -- -- http://www.fastmail.fm - The way an email service should be -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Blind Adherence to Fashion
My new look for fall! :) -c On Sat, Aug 27, 2011 at 10:49 PM, Daniel J. Matyola danmaty...@gmail.com wrote: http://blogs.delphiforums.com/n/blogs/blog.aspx?nav=mainwebtag=djm1963entry=118 Comments 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: PESO - Not Happy with your Phone?
Very amusing! If only he had a new phone, imagine the transformation...! :) -c On Fri, Aug 26, 2011 at 8:02 AM, frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: For some reason I thought this was funny: http://knarfinthecity.blogspot.com/2011/08/need-new-phone.html Hope you do, too. Comments always 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: Max pixel dimensions (was RE: September PUG - Just a bit of Prodding....
On Aug 28, 2011, at 00:11 , Bob W wrote: From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Brian Walters The main requirements are: * Max. pixel dimensions: 800 x 800 pixels Godfrey mentioned a few weeks ago that pictures on my website seemed quite small at 600x400. I orignally chose this when the PUG was limited to 700px on the long since because it covers the 35mm ratios easily, whereas 700 doesn't quite. - SNIP - Purely by coincidence, when I was googling something work-related last week I found a website which pointed out that 960 is one of those magic numbers like 720 which subdivides into zillions of different whole numbers, namely: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 10, 12, 15, 16, 20, 24, 30, 32, 40, 48, 60, 64, 80, 96, 120, 160, 192, 240, 320 and 480. This gives you plenty of options for different dimensions and cropping, while retaining that important consistency. Something to consider next time the max dimensions are reviewed. Good Lord, Bob, you do need a hobby. Thank you, however, for setting it up so I can say I agree. We must not resample except on the inter-pixel space lest we skew and smear color interpolations. Joseph McAllister Lots of gear, not much time http://gallery.me.com/jomac -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Irene
On Sat, Aug 27, 2011 at 1:59 PM, P. J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com wrote: I'm just getting a little tired of the hype, Irene is most likely to come ashore as a category one, maybe even as a tropical storm, dangerous yes, but unless you actually live in a flood zone, it's probably better to stay put rather than evacuate. When this proves to be a meh event, it will be much harder to get people pay attention when that category four shows up to smash things... I'm with you. The hype has been non-stop for at least three days now My favorite moment of tonight's broadcast came when they showed footage of empty New York streets, and the newscasters were overcome with surprise -- Imagine, Saturday night in NYC no one is out?! Well, you've been telling people for days to run for the hills what did you expect? I certainly wouldn't want to make light of the potential danger, but the breathless, continuous gleeful coverage of not much is getting old. -c (sleepless, cranky still waiting in Boston...) ;) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Max pixel dimensions (was RE: September PUG - Just a bit of Prodding....
Bloody hell, Bob! Isn't it summer over there? Shouldn't you be outdoors doing summer-y things? Perhaps it's raining. However - thanks for the insight. I've placed this discussion in my 'hold' folder for future reference and/or to pass on to the next PUG-meister should he/she be brave enough to raise the image dimensions issue again. Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://lyons-ryan.org/southernlight/ On Sun, 28 Aug 2011 08:11 +0100, Bob W p...@web-options.com wrote: From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Brian Walters The main requirements are: * Max. pixel dimensions: 800 x 800 pixels Godfrey mentioned a few weeks ago that pictures on my website seemed quite small at 600x400. I orignally chose this when the PUG was limited to 700px on the long since because it covers the 35mm ratios easily, whereas 700 doesn't quite. I replied to Godfrey that my normal maximum for the long edge now is 720px because it subdivides nicely and means that every picture can have the same size long edge, which is good for consistency on the website. For example 4/3rds is 720x540, normal 35mm dimensions are 720x480. The maximum of 800 has the same problem (perhaps too strong a word) as 700 in that for some aspect ratios setting the long side to 800px means that the short edge ends up as a fraction so you have to let your resizing software choose which pixels to remove. For example, 35mm dimensions become 800x533.3... So the biggest you can actually have without this monkeying about is 798, whereas for 4/3rds you'd get the whole lot in 800. This means that the website is likely to have different maximum dimensions on each page, which makes for a jerky and inconsistent appearance in the page transitions. Purely by coincidence, when I was googling something work-related last week I found a website which pointed out that 960 is one of those magic numbers like 720 which subdivides into zillions of different whole numbers, namely: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 10, 12, 15, 16, 20, 24, 30, 32, 40, 48, 60, 64, 80, 96, 120, 160, 192, 240, 320 and 480. This gives you plenty of options for different dimensions and cropping, while retaining that important consistency. Something to consider next time the max dimensions are reviewed. B -- -- http://www.fastmail.fm - A fast, anti-spam email service. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO - Frogmouth
On Sun, 28 Aug 2011 03:47 -0400, Christine Nielsen ch...@inielsen.net wrote: Funky-looking bird, isn't he? It occurs to me that he probably camoflages pretty well with Bart's shirt, too... Nice image! Funky? Yes, that's a good way to describe him. -c (sleepless in Boston, waiting on Irene...) Keep safe and dry. Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://lyons-ryan.org/southernlight/ On Mon, Aug 22, 2011 at 4:18 AM, Brian Walters supera1...@fastmail.fm wrote: G'day all These birds are masters of camouflage. They are night hunters and spend the day sitting motionless on a tree, looking like a dead branch. The heavy duty glove isn't necessary for this guy - that glove had to support a large eagle a bit later. http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1370864/PESO/slides/_IGP2603a-peso.html 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: Max pixel dimensions (was RE: September PUG - Just a bit of Prodding....
-Original Message- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Joseph McAllister Something to consider next time the max dimensions are reviewed. Good Lord, Bob, you do need a hobby. Perhaps I should take up photography. Thank you, however, for setting it up so I can say I agree. We must not resample except on the inter-pixel space lest we skew and smear color interpolations. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
RE: Max pixel dimensions (was RE: September PUG - Just a bit of Prodding....
Bloody hell, Bob! Isn't it summer over there? Shouldn't you be outdoors doing summer-y things? Perhaps it's raining. Is it still raining? I hadn't noticed. It's been a long wet summer. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Max pixel dimensions (was RE: September PUG - Just a bit of Prodding....
On Aug 28, 2011, at 12:11 AM, Bob W wrote: Purely by coincidence, when I was googling something work-related last week I found a website which pointed out that 960 is one of those magic numbers like 720 which subdivides into zillions of different whole numbers, namely: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 10, 12, 15, 16, 20, 24, 30, 32, 40, 48, 60, 64, 80, 96, 120, 160, 192, 240, 320 and 480. This gives you plenty of options for different dimensions and cropping, while retaining that important consistency. Interesting, that must be where 1440 and 1920 as screen dimensions come from. -- 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: Max pixel dimensions (was RE: September PUG - Just a bit of Prodding....
It's a lovely hobby. I am equally impressed by your numeristics. I also like numbers like 720 because I can do the math in my head more easily. On Sun, Aug 28, 2011 at 6:11 AM, Bob W p...@web-options.com wrote: -Original Message- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Joseph McAllister Something to consider next time the max dimensions are reviewed. Good Lord, Bob, you do need a hobby. Perhaps I should take up photography. Thank you, however, for setting it up so I can say I agree. We must not resample except on the inter-pixel space lest we skew and smear color interpolations. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Max pixel dimensions (was RE: September PUG - Just a bit of Prodding....
On Sun, Aug 28, 2011 at 3:11 AM, Bob W p...@web-options.com wrote: 2, 4, 5, 6, 8, Who do we appreciate Dave -- Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ York Region, Ontario, Canada -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
GESO - Aerial Photography, Lake Eyre and Painted Hills
Hi all First - thanks again to those who provided advice a month or so ago on photographing from a light plane. This flight was part of our recent trip to the 'red Centre' of Australia. The flight was in a Cessna 210, carrying 4 passengers plus the pilot. The lack of wing struts on this plane was a bonus for photography. The two biggest problems were reflections in the windows, which were difficult to avoid, and the mild jerkiness of the flight. I used my K200D with the 16-45 mm zoom attached. I had other lenses available but the cramped conditions made it difficult to change lenses, so I eventually gave up on the idea. As it happened, the 16-45 mm range proved to be pretty much ideal. My wife used an old Optio for the first part of the flight but it wasn't up to the job so she commandeered the *istDS with 50 mm f1.7 FA attached for the second half. Both of us shot in shutter priority mode with the speed set to 1/350 - 1/500 sec. I hope you enjoy this small selection: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1370864/Lake-Eyre/index.html Initially I was concerned about the lack of contrast in the images - they were generally 'flat' with a limited tonal range. A simple levels adjustment made a world of difference. The only other significant post processing was in getting rid of reflections which mainly affected areas of sky. I addressed this by sampling the colour of a section of the sky and applying a colour gradient layer, masked so that it applied to the sky alone. This tended to hide the reflections quite well. Overall, I was happy with the results. There are a lot of 'misses' but enough keepers to make me feel that the exercise was worthwhile. For those who are interested - some background. Lake Eyre is usually a huge, dry salt lake in the South Australian outback. It's catchment covers about one sixth of the Australian continent but it only fills a few times per century. In most years any rainfall in the catchment is lost by evaporation or to groundwater well before it could reach the lake. In 1964 it was the location for a successful attempt on the world land speed record by Donald Campbell. Over the past couple of seasons there has been abnormally high rainfall in the catchment, so much so that the lake is approaching full capacity. It's an iconic place to both Aboriginal people and the wider population. Most Australians would like to visit but it's in a remote location which is only accessible on land via 4WD, so there is a growing interest in flights over the lake. The Painted Hills extend over an area of about 200 sq km and are low hills in contrasting colours of white, red, brown and orange. They are not accessible by road and can only be seen from the air. Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://lyons-ryan.org/southernlight/ -- -- http://www.fastmail.fm - A fast, anti-spam email service. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Irene
I just learned via Facebook the former PDML-member Tom Van Veen had a 15-foot tree come down on his house and another tree uproot and take out a transformer. No one hurt (his wife kid are out of town). A lot of NYC is without power and the East River is starting to overflow its banks. Annsan's not too far from there but her apartment is on the second floor ;-) Still just a bad rain storm here in Boston... -- 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: Irene
Mark Roberts wrote: I just learned via Facebook the former PDML-member Tom Van Veen had a 15-foot tree come down on his house Make that a 150-foot tree! -- 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: Irene
While it was a non-event for me personally, I don't want to make light of the effect it might have had on others. The high winds, even at Cat 1, were enough to topple trees killed at least 2 people here in NC. And beyond the property damage, the flooding endangers human lives as well. Something else I heard on the news is the wind-speeds quoted are surface winds. The speed increases above the surface in NYC poses a danger to high-rise buildings from blowing out the glass, so that you have a danger inside from wind driven broken glass a danger below from falling glass. And I heard that the NYC subway system has been shut down for the first time ever due to the danger of storm surge driven flooding. I don't reckon it would take too many feet of surge to put some station entrances under water. I'm sure they have pumps to empty the system out, but I doubt they have the capacity to handle the mass of water that could introduce. At least not in the short term. From: P. J. Alling I'm just getting a little tired of the hype, Irene is most likely to come ashore as a category one, maybe even as a tropical storm, dangerous yes, but unless you actually live in a flood zone, it's probably better to stay put rather than evacuate. When this proves to be a meh event, it will be much harder to get people pay attention when that category four shows up to smash things... On 8/27/2011 2:11 PM, John Sessoms wrote: From: Christine Aguila Stay safe, John! cheers, Christine It's pretty much been a non-event around here so far. There's some news of flooding down east, but it doesn't look like even that's too serious. I'm sure there's a good bit of property damage, but it looks like it's more from there being a lot denser population in eastern NC now than in the days of the legendary hurricanes like Hazel. More property there to be damaged, rather than from the power of this storm. The greatest effect for me personally is I got distracted checking the weather forgot what I was doing. Diced my tomato instead of slicing it, so I ended up using it to make an omelet instead of a BLT sandwich. 8-D -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Query: What Pentax Camera Are You Using?
And he didn't even have PhotoShop to clone out the holes. From: P. J. Alling Worked for Audubon. On 8/25/2011 3:00 PM, Stan Halpin wrote: On Aug 25, 2011, at 2:31 PM, John Sessoms wrote: How did people cope with birds in flight such BEFORE there was even AF? Shotgun. stan -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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 Like water off a ducks back
I have shingles: http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ Dave -- Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ York Region, Ontario, Canada -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO: Blind Adherence to Fashion
Well done. Great colours here. There is a young lady in town that is a Toronto fire fighter, and this is what she dress's like on her off days. It sure turns heads in a farm community.:-) Dave On Sat, Aug 27, 2011 at 10:49 PM, Daniel J. Matyola danmaty...@gmail.com wrote: http://blogs.delphiforums.com/n/blogs/blog.aspx?nav=mainwebtag=djm1963entry=118 Comments 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: PESO - Rest Stop
Well seen nice colours here Dave On Sat, Aug 27, 2011 at 4:28 PM, Paul Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=14096172size=lg k5, da* 60-250 @ 180 mm, f4, 1/3200th, flash fill, ISO 400 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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 Men working, at night
Thats very good Dave On Sat, Aug 27, 2011 at 2:32 PM, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote: On my way home last night, I liked the effect of the lights PGE was using to illuminate their work: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/6086427744/ K-5 FA77, 1/50 f/1.8 ISO 400 Most of the rest of the set is tighter in on the guys working, with the A*200/2.8 http://www.flickriver.com/photos/ellarsee/sets/72157627406983765/ -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com sent from i4est -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ York Region, Ontario, Canada -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT Like water off a ducks back
LOL! Dan Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Sun, Aug 28, 2011 at 9:35 AM, David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com wrote: I have shingles: http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ Dave -- Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ York Region, Ontario, Canada -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Irene
The wind has been a non-event in my area, but I have never seen it rain so hard for so long. Since the ground had already been saturated by the wettest August on record, there is nowhere for the water to go, and there is minor flooding all over. Flooding may get worse as the rivers rise with the flows from upstream. Dan Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Sun, Aug 28, 2011 at 9:29 AM, John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com wrote: While it was a non-event for me personally, I don't want to make light of the effect it might have had on others. The high winds, even at Cat 1, were enough to topple trees killed at least 2 people here in NC. And beyond the property damage, the flooding endangers human lives as well. Something else I heard on the news is the wind-speeds quoted are surface winds. The speed increases above the surface in NYC poses a danger to high-rise buildings from blowing out the glass, so that you have a danger inside from wind driven broken glass a danger below from falling glass. And I heard that the NYC subway system has been shut down for the first time ever due to the danger of storm surge driven flooding. I don't reckon it would take too many feet of surge to put some station entrances under water. I'm sure they have pumps to empty the system out, but I doubt they have the capacity to handle the mass of water that could introduce. At least not in the short term. From: P. J. Alling I'm just getting a little tired of the hype, Irene is most likely to come ashore as a category one, maybe even as a tropical storm, dangerous yes, but unless you actually live in a flood zone, it's probably better to stay put rather than evacuate. When this proves to be a meh event, it will be much harder to get people pay attention when that category four shows up to smash things... On 8/27/2011 2:11 PM, John Sessoms wrote: From: Christine Aguila Stay safe, John! cheers, Christine It's pretty much been a non-event around here so far. There's some news of flooding down east, but it doesn't look like even that's too serious. I'm sure there's a good bit of property damage, but it looks like it's more from there being a lot denser population in eastern NC now than in the days of the legendary hurricanes like Hazel. More property there to be damaged, rather than from the power of this storm. The greatest effect for me personally is I got distracted checking the weather forgot what I was doing. Diced my tomato instead of slicing it, so I ended up using it to make an omelet instead of a BLT sandwich. 8-D -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net 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 - Aerial Photography, Lake Eyre and Painted Hills
That is a fascinating gallery illustrating an unusual and scenic part of the world. I especially love the last image, of the shadow of the landing pane. Well seen and well rendered. Dan Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Sun, Aug 28, 2011 at 8:37 AM, Brian Walters supera1...@fastmail.fm wrote: Hi all First - thanks again to those who provided advice a month or so ago on photographing from a light plane. This flight was part of our recent trip to the 'red Centre' of Australia. The flight was in a Cessna 210, carrying 4 passengers plus the pilot. The lack of wing struts on this plane was a bonus for photography. The two biggest problems were reflections in the windows, which were difficult to avoid, and the mild jerkiness of the flight. I used my K200D with the 16-45 mm zoom attached. I had other lenses available but the cramped conditions made it difficult to change lenses, so I eventually gave up on the idea. As it happened, the 16-45 mm range proved to be pretty much ideal. My wife used an old Optio for the first part of the flight but it wasn't up to the job so she commandeered the *istDS with 50 mm f1.7 FA attached for the second half. Both of us shot in shutter priority mode with the speed set to 1/350 - 1/500 sec. I hope you enjoy this small selection: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1370864/Lake-Eyre/index.html Initially I was concerned about the lack of contrast in the images - they were generally 'flat' with a limited tonal range. A simple levels adjustment made a world of difference. The only other significant post processing was in getting rid of reflections which mainly affected areas of sky. I addressed this by sampling the colour of a section of the sky and applying a colour gradient layer, masked so that it applied to the sky alone. This tended to hide the reflections quite well. Overall, I was happy with the results. There are a lot of 'misses' but enough keepers to make me feel that the exercise was worthwhile. For those who are interested - some background. Lake Eyre is usually a huge, dry salt lake in the South Australian outback. It's catchment covers about one sixth of the Australian continent but it only fills a few times per century. In most years any rainfall in the catchment is lost by evaporation or to groundwater well before it could reach the lake. In 1964 it was the location for a successful attempt on the world land speed record by Donald Campbell. Over the past couple of seasons there has been abnormally high rainfall in the catchment, so much so that the lake is approaching full capacity. It's an iconic place to both Aboriginal people and the wider population. Most Australians would like to visit but it's in a remote location which is only accessible on land via 4WD, so there is a growing interest in flights over the lake. The Painted Hills extend over an area of about 200 sq km and are low hills in contrasting colours of white, red, brown and orange. They are not accessible by road and can only be seen from the air. Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://lyons-ryan.org/southernlight/ -- -- http://www.fastmail.fm - A fast, anti-spam email service. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESOs - Dingo at the Waterhole
From: Brian Walters On Fri, 26 Aug 2011 08:34 -0500, Walt Gilbert ldott...@gmail.com wrote: Nice shots, Brian! Like others, I do like the second one best. I don't know if they're all very similar in appearance, but that one has a deceptively domesticated look about it. They're pretty handsome beasts compared to the mangy coyotes we have around here. And just think how notable an event it would've been in NZ! (Also, I like that word, fossicking -- had to look it up.) That's interesting. I thought 'fossicking' was international in meaning but a bit of Googling suggests it originated in Cornwall and probably got into Australia via Cornish miners. Yes, dingos all look more or less like the one in the photo. They look like domesticated dogs because they have the same origin. It's thought that dingos arrived in Aus several thousand years ago with people migrating from the north when sea levels were lower. Those thousands of years of isolation have caused them to develop into a stable 'breed'. One of the things I like about the list is all the new things I learn looking up other stuff that catches my interest while reading the list, and where it takes me from there. Just yesterday, while enjoying the patter of rain-drops on my window, I read about Dingos, Dogs, Coyotes, Pleistocene/Holocene boundary, Dire Wolves, Isostatic Rebound, and Brumbys, Chincoteague Ponies Banker Horses. It seems that a number of wild dogs resemble the Dingo, even one of our own, the Carolina Dog, which I had never heard of until I hit the link from the Wikipedia article on Dingos. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carolina_Dog There's speculation that the Dingo form represents *the* primitive dog, what the dog looked like some 15,000 plus years ago when it was first domesticated; a natural breed standard if you will. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net 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 - Aerial Photography, Lake Eyre and Painted Hills
From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Brian Walters [...] I hope you enjoy this small selection: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1370864/Lake-Eyre/index.html Stand up and take a bow, Mr Mrs Arthus-Bertrand. That's a very enjoyable set. I particularly like the sand spits, especially the one covered in birds, and the shots of the Painted Hills are (sorry!) the best of the lot. Perfect light. Looks like it was good fun too. B -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO: Blind Adherence to Fashion
Thanks, Larry, Ann, Christine and Dave. The window display certainly caught my eye. It was a cloudy evening, so I had trouble with the light, and the reflections in the glass, but it came out better than I had expected. Dan Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Sat, Aug 27, 2011 at 11:01 PM, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote: Great use of color, composition, sense of depth, and whimsy. Mustn't forget the whimsy. On Aug 27, 2011, at 7:49 PM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: http://blogs.delphiforums.com/n/blogs/blog.aspx?nav=mainwebtag=djm1963entry=118 Comments 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. -- 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: Max pixel dimensions (was RE: September PUG - Just a bit of Prodding....
From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Steven Desjardins It's a lovely hobby. I am equally impressed by your numeristics. Thanks, but I've really like coin-collecting. I also like numbers like 720 because I can do the math in my head more easily. yes. If it was up to me I'd replace all the primes with more easily divisible numbers. It would save us all a lot of trouble. B -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
RE: Max pixel dimensions (was RE: September PUG - Just a bit of Prodding....
From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of David J Brooks On Sun, Aug 28, 2011 at 3:11 AM, Bob W p...@web-options.com wrote: 2, 4, 5, 6, 8, Who do we appreciate _whom_ do we appreciate! B -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
PESO: Fashion is all about color
http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=14097817 Comments 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.
Boys are always boys...
http://roman.blakout.net/?blog=20110828163601 ^^^ look at this last photo. At this very delicate age boys are still boys... -- Roman Melihhov Photographer - business owner 4MODELS.INFO Professional Profile -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Irene
Saw that about Tom's tree. Unfortunate. I hate to see old trees come down, particularly when they fall on houses. But Irene is pretty much history. My daughters, who live in Brooklyn's Bay Ridge neighborhood, not far from the point where the South Bay and East River meet, report that it's all much ado about nothing. A few leaves fell from trees and the streets are wet and slippery. That's the extent of the devastation. Unfortunately, they don't know how they're going to get to work tomorrow, since Mayor Bloomberg jumped the shark and shut down the subways until Monday night. Boston will see nothing more than a wet and windy afternoon. A good thing that, based on past hurricane behavior, was entirely predictable. Paul On Aug 28, 2011, at 8:59 AM, Mark Roberts wrote: I just learned via Facebook the former PDML-member Tom Van Veen had a 15-foot tree come down on his house and another tree uproot and take out a transformer. No one hurt (his wife kid are out of town). A lot of NYC is without power and the East River is starting to overflow its banks. Annsan's not too far from there but her apartment is on the second floor ;-) Still just a bad rain storm here in Boston... -- 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: Irene
Boy, Paul ... If you were watching our local news (or if she were) that isn't what you would be saying. NY 1 has excellent coverage... better than the networks. Also, after the lack of cuation this winter was not appreciated and as it turned out to be, perhaps, a bit of overkill from the point of view of the citizens, much better to get that ire along with relief than what went on last winter... The news coverage may get redundant and boring but shutting down the subway system was just right... there have been problems constantly with normal rainstorms of shortages and interupted service - the weekends have been devoted to limited service recently for repairs as it is but there would be any number of jerks non-chalanting the whole thing and getting themselves hurt or worse. There could have been very serious problems underground - and probably are a ton of them. The skies are clearing but the winds are high -- maybe not high by hurricane standards but not anything you would want to walk around in. I'm in a good spot - on the 3rd floor, actually - Mark is so spry he thinks it is only on the second floor. Sun just came out... I may venture out with camera.. but not far. Not much open around here. What I'm impressed with is how well behaved everyone has been - actually heeding warnings and staying out of the way of possible harm. HOpe that continues. ann On 8/28/2011 10:48, Paul Stenquist wrote: Saw that about Tom's tree. Unfortunate. I hate to see old trees come down, particularly when they fall on houses. But Irene is pretty much history. My daughters, who live in Brooklyn's Bay Ridge neighborhood, not far from the point where the South Bay and East River meet, report that it's all much ado about nothing. A few leaves fell from trees and the streets are wet and slippery. That's the extent of the devastation. Unfortunately, they don't know how they're going to get to work tomorrow, since Mayor Bloomberg jumped the shark and shut down the subways until Monday night. Boston will see nothing more than a wet and windy afternoon. A good thing that, based on past hurricane behavior, was entirely predictable. Paul On Aug 28, 2011, at 8:59 AM, Mark Roberts wrote: I just learned via Facebook the former PDML-member Tom Van Veen had a 15-foot tree come down on his house and another tree uproot and take out a transformer. No one hurt (his wife kid are out of town). A lot of NYC is without power and the East River is starting to overflow its banks. Annsan's not too far from there but her apartment is on the second floor ;-) Still just a bad rain storm here in Boston... -- 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: Irene
On Aug 28, 2011, at 11:21 AM, Ann Sanfedele wrote: Boy, Paul ... If you were watching our local news (or if she were) that isn't what you would be saying. NY 1 has excellent coverage... better than the networks. My daughters, who live on the first floor, were out and about this morning. Couldn't find any damage or flooding. I think the news stations were so into their disaster coverage, they went out of their way to find the singular toppled tree or flooded street. All the data says it turned out to be not much more than a summer storm. Yes, Bloomberg blew it on the snowstorm and apparently overcompensated here. But you're right, overkill beats the alternative every time. Paul Also, after the lack of cuation this winter was not appreciated and as it turned out to be, perhaps, a bit of overkill from the point of view of the citizens, much better to get that ire along with relief than what went on last winter... The news coverage may get redundant and boring but shutting down the subway system was just right... there have been problems constantly with normal rainstorms of shortages and interupted service - the weekends have been devoted to limited service recently for repairs as it is but there would be any number of jerks non-chalanting the whole thing and getting themselves hurt or worse. There could have been very serious problems underground - and probably are a ton of them. The skies are clearing but the winds are high -- maybe not high by hurricane standards but not anything you would want to walk around in. I'm in a good spot - on the 3rd floor, actually - Mark is so spry he thinks it is only on the second floor. Sun just came out... I may venture out with camera.. but not far. Not much open around here. What I'm impressed with is how well behaved everyone has been - actually heeding warnings and staying out of the way of possible harm. HOpe that continues. ann On 8/28/2011 10:48, Paul Stenquist wrote: Saw that about Tom's tree. Unfortunate. I hate to see old trees come down, particularly when they fall on houses. But Irene is pretty much history. My daughters, who live in Brooklyn's Bay Ridge neighborhood, not far from the point where the South Bay and East River meet, report that it's all much ado about nothing. A few leaves fell from trees and the streets are wet and slippery. That's the extent of the devastation. Unfortunately, they don't know how they're going to get to work tomorrow, since Mayor Bloomberg jumped the shark and shut down the subways until Monday night. Boston will see nothing more than a wet and windy afternoon. A good thing that, based on past hurricane behavior, was entirely predictable. Paul On Aug 28, 2011, at 8:59 AM, Mark Roberts wrote: I just learned via Facebook the former PDML-member Tom Van Veen had a 15-foot tree come down on his house and another tree uproot and take out a transformer. No one hurt (his wife kid are out of town). A lot of NYC is without power and the East River is starting to overflow its banks. Annsan's not too far from there but her apartment is on the second floor ;-) Still just a bad rain storm here in Boston... -- 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. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Irene
Mark, I remember Tom and just found his wedding photography business in DC. I presume his wife is the famous #6 (or was it #7) assistant. It's good to see he's doing well and they look happy. His wedding photos always had an amazing relaxed/natural quality to them. I think he must be quite talented at making people feel comfortable. Regards, Bob S. On Sun, Aug 28, 2011 at 8:09 AM, Mark Roberts m...@robertstech.com wrote: Mark Roberts wrote: I just learned via Facebook the former PDML-member Tom Van Veen had a 15-foot tree come down on his house Make that a 150-foot tree! -- 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: Irene
I think #7. IIRC #6 wasn't around very long - wasn't she the one who tripped and broke two flash heads and a light stand? stan On Aug 28, 2011, at 11:29 AM, Bob Sullivan wrote: Mark, I remember Tom and just found his wedding photography business in DC. I presume his wife is the famous #6 (or was it #7) assistant. It's good to see he's doing well and they look happy. His wedding photos always had an amazing relaxed/natural quality to them. I think he must be quite talented at making people feel comfortable. Regards, Bob S. On Sun, Aug 28, 2011 at 8:09 AM, Mark Roberts m...@robertstech.com wrote: Mark Roberts wrote: I just learned via Facebook the former PDML-member Tom Van Veen had a 15-foot tree come down on his house Make that a 150-foot tree! -- 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. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Max pixel dimensions (was RE: September PUG - Just a bit of Prodding....
On Sun, Aug 28, 2011 at 07:54:04AM -0400, Steven Desjardins wrote: It's a lovely hobby. I am equally impressed by your numeristics. I also like numbers like 720 because I can do the math in my head more easily. It still comes a bit of a surprise to me that this isn't obvious - I've been thinking that way so long that I sometimes forget that not everybody thinks that way. The ancient Babylonians (who had no everyday concept of fractions) used a base 60 representation for just that reason; you can divide 60 by all the common small numbers (2, 3, 4, 5 and 6) with no remainder. [You see remnants of the Babylonians today in measuring time and angles] Basically, any size that is a multiple of 60 would work reasonably well. That would cover most of the usual aspect ratios. The most noticeable omission would be the 16:9 aspect ration of HDTV (and many widescreen computer monitors), but even that can be achieved by a multiple of 240. That means that maximum dimensions of 720 or 960 are convenient choices. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Irene
They shut down the T (subway - much of it is above ground) here at 8:30 this morning and within half an hour there was a tree down blocking one of the major lines. Several stations are flooded out from what I hear. They expect to have it running by tomorrow morning and I wouldn't be surprised if NYC's subway is running tomorrow as well if they can get the stations pumped out overnight. Lots of tree branches coming down on our street. No entire trees, though (fingers crossed...) -- 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: GESO - Aerial Photography, Lake Eyre and Painted Hills
Brian, Like Dan says, great stuff! It's a big gallery, but facinating all the way thru. I love ths shot of the plane landing. Wow! Regards, Bob S. On Sun, Aug 28, 2011 at 8:50 AM, Daniel J. Matyola danmaty...@gmail.com wrote: That is a fascinating gallery illustrating an unusual and scenic part of the world. I especially love the last image, of the shadow of the landing pane. Well seen and well rendered. Dan Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Sun, Aug 28, 2011 at 8:37 AM, Brian Walters supera1...@fastmail.fm wrote: Hi all First - thanks again to those who provided advice a month or so ago on photographing from a light plane. This flight was part of our recent trip to the 'red Centre' of Australia. The flight was in a Cessna 210, carrying 4 passengers plus the pilot. The lack of wing struts on this plane was a bonus for photography. The two biggest problems were reflections in the windows, which were difficult to avoid, and the mild jerkiness of the flight. I used my K200D with the 16-45 mm zoom attached. I had other lenses available but the cramped conditions made it difficult to change lenses, so I eventually gave up on the idea. As it happened, the 16-45 mm range proved to be pretty much ideal. My wife used an old Optio for the first part of the flight but it wasn't up to the job so she commandeered the *istDS with 50 mm f1.7 FA attached for the second half. Both of us shot in shutter priority mode with the speed set to 1/350 - 1/500 sec. I hope you enjoy this small selection: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1370864/Lake-Eyre/index.html Initially I was concerned about the lack of contrast in the images - they were generally 'flat' with a limited tonal range. A simple levels adjustment made a world of difference. The only other significant post processing was in getting rid of reflections which mainly affected areas of sky. I addressed this by sampling the colour of a section of the sky and applying a colour gradient layer, masked so that it applied to the sky alone. This tended to hide the reflections quite well. Overall, I was happy with the results. There are a lot of 'misses' but enough keepers to make me feel that the exercise was worthwhile. For those who are interested - some background. Lake Eyre is usually a huge, dry salt lake in the South Australian outback. It's catchment covers about one sixth of the Australian continent but it only fills a few times per century. In most years any rainfall in the catchment is lost by evaporation or to groundwater well before it could reach the lake. In 1964 it was the location for a successful attempt on the world land speed record by Donald Campbell. Over the past couple of seasons there has been abnormally high rainfall in the catchment, so much so that the lake is approaching full capacity. It's an iconic place to both Aboriginal people and the wider population. Most Australians would like to visit but it's in a remote location which is only accessible on land via 4WD, so there is a growing interest in flights over the lake. The Painted Hills extend over an area of about 200 sq km and are low hills in contrasting colours of white, red, brown and orange. They are not accessible by road and can only be seen from the air. Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://lyons-ryan.org/southernlight/ -- -- http://www.fastmail.fm - A fast, anti-spam email service. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Irene
Good to hear you have power, Ann. And I'm with you. Better to be overly safe than sorry. Flooding was always the big concern, and I thought I heard there are areas of New York that are suffering from flooding. Most of New York's power lines are underground, so there was serious concern about power outage and damage due to floods. Glad everyone was well behaved. Stupid people put emergency responders' lives at risk. Glad to hear our East Coast PDMLers and family of are fairing well--well, except for Tom's house. Very sorry to hear about that. Cheers, Christine/Chicago On Aug 28, 2011, at 10:21 AM, Ann Sanfedele wrote: Boy, Paul ... If you were watching our local news (or if she were) that isn't what you would be saying. NY 1 has excellent coverage... better than the networks. Also, after the lack of cuation this winter was not appreciated and as it turned out to be, perhaps, a bit of overkill from the point of view of the citizens, much better to get that ire along with relief than what went on last winter... The news coverage may get redundant and boring but shutting down the subway system was just right... there have been problems constantly with normal rainstorms of shortages and interupted service - the weekends have been devoted to limited service recently for repairs as it is but there would be any number of jerks non-chalanting the whole thing and getting themselves hurt or worse. There could have been very serious problems underground - and probably are a ton of them. The skies are clearing but the winds are high -- maybe not high by hurricane standards but not anything you would want to walk around in. I'm in a good spot - on the 3rd floor, actually - Mark is so spry he thinks it is only on the second floor. Sun just came out... I may venture out with camera.. but not far. Not much open around here. What I'm impressed with is how well behaved everyone has been - actually heeding warnings and staying out of the way of possible harm. HOpe that continues. ann On 8/28/2011 10:48, Paul Stenquist wrote: Saw that about Tom's tree. Unfortunate. I hate to see old trees come down, particularly when they fall on houses. But Irene is pretty much history. My daughters, who live in Brooklyn's Bay Ridge neighborhood, not far from the point where the South Bay and East River meet, report that it's all much ado about nothing. A few leaves fell from trees and the streets are wet and slippery. That's the extent of the devastation. Unfortunately, they don't know how they're going to get to work tomorrow, since Mayor Bloomberg jumped the shark and shut down the subways until Monday night. Boston will see nothing more than a wet and windy afternoon. A good thing that, based on past hurricane behavior, was entirely predictable. Paul On Aug 28, 2011, at 8:59 AM, Mark Roberts wrote: I just learned via Facebook the former PDML-member Tom Van Veen had a 15-foot tree come down on his house and another tree uproot and take out a transformer. No one hurt (his wife kid are out of town). A lot of NYC is without power and the East River is starting to overflow its banks. Annsan's not too far from there but her apartment is on the second floor ;-) Still just a bad rain storm here in Boston... -- 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. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net 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: Blind Adherence to Fashion
Funny! Cheers, Christine On Aug 27, 2011, at 9:49 PM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: http://blogs.delphiforums.com/n/blogs/blog.aspx?nav=mainwebtag=djm1963entry=118 Comments 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: NorCal PDML Meet
Larry, good!!! John? Who else is in NorCal that is still on list? Anyone new? Marnie the akaless I keep wanting to put aka Doe after my name. Old habits are strong. In a message dated 8/27/2011 5:38:36 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, l...@red4est.com writes: On Aug 27, 2011, at 1:48 PM, eactiv...@aol.com wrote: Godfrey DiGiorgi, Bruce Dayton, and I are working on setting up another NorCal PDML Meet. We have agreed on a date that works for all three of us: Saturday, Oct. 29th. Location not yet determined. We just wanted to throw the date out now so you could think about it and about whether you could make it. Can you? I think so. We can brain storm about where to meet later. We'll probably take it off PDML to a private list of email addresses for further discussion. Marnie the akaless :-) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net 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: Blind Adherence to Fashion
Heheheehehe. 1960's fashion. Or something. Amusing shot. Marnie In a message dated 8/27/2011 7:49:52 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, danmaty...@gmail.com writes: http://blogs.delphiforums.com/n/blogs/blog.aspx?nav=mainwebtag=djm1963entr y=118 Comments 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: GESO - Aerial Photography, Lake Eyre and Painted Hills
These are beautiful, Brian. What's amazing about Bird Habitat is that the tip of the peninsula looks like an elegant bird beak. Many of the pictures look very painterly to my eye--with lovely compositions. The Painted Hills shots are fantastic . Your GESO is nicely informative. Great work. Really enjoyed that. You're such a photographic inspiration! Cheers, Christine On Aug 28, 2011, at 7:37 AM, Brian Walters wrote: Hi all First - thanks again to those who provided advice a month or so ago on photographing from a light plane. This flight was part of our recent trip to the 'red Centre' of Australia. The flight was in a Cessna 210, carrying 4 passengers plus the pilot. The lack of wing struts on this plane was a bonus for photography. The two biggest problems were reflections in the windows, which were difficult to avoid, and the mild jerkiness of the flight. I used my K200D with the 16-45 mm zoom attached. I had other lenses available but the cramped conditions made it difficult to change lenses, so I eventually gave up on the idea. As it happened, the 16-45 mm range proved to be pretty much ideal. My wife used an old Optio for the first part of the flight but it wasn't up to the job so she commandeered the *istDS with 50 mm f1.7 FA attached for the second half. Both of us shot in shutter priority mode with the speed set to 1/350 - 1/500 sec. I hope you enjoy this small selection: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1370864/Lake-Eyre/index.html Initially I was concerned about the lack of contrast in the images - they were generally 'flat' with a limited tonal range. A simple levels adjustment made a world of difference. The only other significant post processing was in getting rid of reflections which mainly affected areas of sky. I addressed this by sampling the colour of a section of the sky and applying a colour gradient layer, masked so that it applied to the sky alone. This tended to hide the reflections quite well. Overall, I was happy with the results. There are a lot of 'misses' but enough keepers to make me feel that the exercise was worthwhile. For those who are interested - some background. Lake Eyre is usually a huge, dry salt lake in the South Australian outback. It's catchment covers about one sixth of the Australian continent but it only fills a few times per century. In most years any rainfall in the catchment is lost by evaporation or to groundwater well before it could reach the lake. In 1964 it was the location for a successful attempt on the world land speed record by Donald Campbell. Over the past couple of seasons there has been abnormally high rainfall in the catchment, so much so that the lake is approaching full capacity. It's an iconic place to both Aboriginal people and the wider population. Most Australians would like to visit but it's in a remote location which is only accessible on land via 4WD, so there is a growing interest in flights over the lake. The Painted Hills extend over an area of about 200 sq km and are low hills in contrasting colours of white, red, brown and orange. They are not accessible by road and can only be seen from the air. Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://lyons-ryan.org/southernlight/ -- -- http://www.fastmail.fm - A fast, anti-spam email service. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net 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 Like water off a ducks back
I was going to offer my condolences... Shed looks good! -p On Sun, Aug 28, 2011 at 9:35 AM, David J Brookspentko...@gmail.com wrote: I have shingles: http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ Dave -- Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ York Region, Ontario, Canada -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Being old doesn't seem so old now that I'm old. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Irene
I think so (re #6). I think it was #7 as well. I suppose she has actually acquired a name by now, though. Marnie ;-) In a message dated 8/28/2011 8:35:30 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, s...@stans-photography.info writes: I think #7. IIRC #6 wasn't around very long - wasn't she the one who tripped and broke two flash heads and a light stand? stan -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Max pixel dimensions (was RE: September PUG - Just a bit of Prodding....
960 = (2*2*2*2*2*2)*3*5 = (2^6)*3*5 so it's divisible by 2, 3, 5, and lots of powers of 2. Prime decomposition from elementary Number Theory. Regards, Bob S. On Sun, Aug 28, 2011 at 2:11 AM, Bob W p...@web-options.com wrote: From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Brian Walters The main requirements are: * Max. pixel dimensions: 800 x 800 pixels Godfrey mentioned a few weeks ago that pictures on my website seemed quite small at 600x400. I orignally chose this when the PUG was limited to 700px on the long since because it covers the 35mm ratios easily, whereas 700 doesn't quite. I replied to Godfrey that my normal maximum for the long edge now is 720px because it subdivides nicely and means that every picture can have the same size long edge, which is good for consistency on the website. For example 4/3rds is 720x540, normal 35mm dimensions are 720x480. The maximum of 800 has the same problem (perhaps too strong a word) as 700 in that for some aspect ratios setting the long side to 800px means that the short edge ends up as a fraction so you have to let your resizing software choose which pixels to remove. For example, 35mm dimensions become 800x533.3... So the biggest you can actually have without this monkeying about is 798, whereas for 4/3rds you'd get the whole lot in 800. This means that the website is likely to have different maximum dimensions on each page, which makes for a jerky and inconsistent appearance in the page transitions. Purely by coincidence, when I was googling something work-related last week I found a website which pointed out that 960 is one of those magic numbers like 720 which subdivides into zillions of different whole numbers, namely: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 10, 12, 15, 16, 20, 24, 30, 32, 40, 48, 60, 64, 80, 96, 120, 160, 192, 240, 320 and 480. This gives you plenty of options for different dimensions and cropping, while retaining that important consistency. Something to consider next time the max dimensions are reviewed. B * Max file size: 300k * Third party equipment is acceptable provided either the camera body or lens used is Pentax. Also - as not all browsers are colour space aware, if you embed a colour space in the image, it should be sRGB to ensure the image looks right on line. I usually check the colour space of submitted images but I've been known to forget. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Max pixel dimensions (was RE: September PUG - Just a bit of Prodding....
I've been resizing to 800 on long end, because that barely fits on the screen if you have a lot of status bars on your browser. Now I may rethink that. But I concur with the rest, hey, there's a lot of opportunity out there for taking pretty pictures. Heh. Marnie ;-) Unless you want to start a copyright thread. In a message dated 8/28/2011 12:11:29 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, p...@web-options.com writes: Purely by coincidence, when I was googling something work-related last week I found a website which pointed out that 960 is one of those magic numbers like 720 which subdivides into zillions of different whole numbers, namely: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 10, 12, 15, 16, 20, 24, 30, 32, 40, 48, 60, 64, 80, 96, 120, 160, 192, 240, 320 and 480. This gives you plenty of options for different dimensions and cropping, while retaining that important consistency. Something to consider next time the max dimensions are reviewed. B -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
PAW--Week 34--Sunflower
It's amazing to think that I only have 18 weeks left! Where did the time go? 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.
Re: GESO - Aerial Photography, Lake Eyre and Painted Hills
Some great images of a beautiful, interesting landscape. The combination of both low and high obliques makes it nice to transition from patterns to landforms. -p On 8/28/2011 7:37 AM, Brian Walters wrote: Hi all First - thanks again to those who provided advice a month or so ago on photographing from a light plane. This flight was part of our recent trip to the 'red Centre' of Australia. The flight was in a Cessna 210, carrying 4 passengers plus the pilot. The lack of wing struts on this plane was a bonus for photography. The two biggest problems were reflections in the windows, which were difficult to avoid, and the mild jerkiness of the flight. I used my K200D with the 16-45 mm zoom attached. I had other lenses available but the cramped conditions made it difficult to change lenses, so I eventually gave up on the idea. As it happened, the 16-45 mm range proved to be pretty much ideal. My wife used an old Optio for the first part of the flight but it wasn't up to the job so she commandeered the *istDS with 50 mm f1.7 FA attached for the second half. Both of us shot in shutter priority mode with the speed set to 1/350 - 1/500 sec. I hope you enjoy this small selection: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1370864/Lake-Eyre/index.html Initially I was concerned about the lack of contrast in the images - they were generally 'flat' with a limited tonal range. A simple levels adjustment made a world of difference. The only other significant post processing was in getting rid of reflections which mainly affected areas of sky. I addressed this by sampling the colour of a section of the sky and applying a colour gradient layer, masked so that it applied to the sky alone. This tended to hide the reflections quite well. Overall, I was happy with the results. There are a lot of 'misses' but enough keepers to make me feel that the exercise was worthwhile. For those who are interested - some background. Lake Eyre is usually a huge, dry salt lake in the South Australian outback. It's catchment covers about one sixth of the Australian continent but it only fills a few times per century. In most years any rainfall in the catchment is lost by evaporation or to groundwater well before it could reach the lake. In 1964 it was the location for a successful attempt on the world land speed record by Donald Campbell. Over the past couple of seasons there has been abnormally high rainfall in the catchment, so much so that the lake is approaching full capacity. It's an iconic place to both Aboriginal people and the wider population. Most Australians would like to visit but it's in a remote location which is only accessible on land via 4WD, so there is a growing interest in flights over the lake. The Painted Hills extend over an area of about 200 sq km and are low hills in contrasting colours of white, red, brown and orange. They are not accessible by road and can only be seen from the air. Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://lyons-ryan.org/southernlight/ -- Being old doesn't seem so old now that I'm old. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Max pixel dimensions (was RE: September PUG - Just a bit of Prodding....
On Aug 28, 2011, at 07:14 , Bob W wrote: I am equally impressed by your numeristics. Thanks, but I've really like coin-collecting. …but - I - really like coin collecting… or …but I've really - liked - coin collecting… Joseph McAllister pentax...@mac.com http://gallery.me.com/jomac -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
RE: Max pixel dimensions (was RE: September PUG - Just a bit of Prodding....
I am equally impressed by your numeristics. Thanks, but I've really like coin-collecting. .but - I - really like coin collecting. or .but I've really - liked - coin collecting. Joseph McAllister but I've never really liked coin-collecting. Or proof-reading, come to that. B -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESOs - Dingo at the Waterhole
On Aug 28, 2011, at 06:58 , John Sessoms wrote: It seems that a number of wild dogs resemble the Dingo, even one of our own, the Carolina Dog, which I had never heard of until I hit the link from the Wikipedia article on Dingos. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carolina_Dog There's speculation that the Dingo form represents *the* primitive dog, what the dog looked like some 15,000 plus years ago when it was first domesticated; a natural breed standard if you will. Precisely John. The term used to describe the Canaan Dog, my -Dingo-ish- dog, and, in some circles, my little American Eskimo/Pit mix, who looks very little like either, is Pariah Dog. Let all all dogs breed together for only 400 years and they would all have many of the same physical and color characteristics as the Dingo, Carolina Dog, Pharoah Dog, and the Canaan Dog. Even the Malamutes, Akitas and Huskies would end up being assimilated into Pariah Dogs. Joseph McAllister pentax...@mac.com http://gallery.me.com/jomac -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PAW--Week 34--Sunflower
..or, Quiet Sunflower. Would be well used as a freely adaptable design element. Just my odd initial reaction. Jack - Original Message - From: Christine Aguila christ...@caguila.com To: PDML List pdml@pdml.net Cc: Sent: Sunday, August 28, 2011 9:28 AM Subject: PAW--Week 34--Sunflower It's amazing to think that I only have 18 weeks left! Where did the time go? 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.
Re: PAW--Week 34--Sunflower
Well lit. Dave On Sun, Aug 28, 2011 at 12:28 PM, Christine Aguila christ...@caguila.com wrote: It's amazing to think that I only have 18 weeks left! Where did the time go? 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. -- 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: Blind Adherence to Fashion
From: Daniel J. Matyola http://blogs.delphiforums.com/n/blogs/blog.aspx?nav=mainwebtag=djm1963entry=118 Comments Welcome. Looks like my old high school girl-friend ... except she was a natural redhead. Had the temper to go with it. One of the reasons I'm partial to dark haired brunettes now-a-days. But she had those same sheep-dog bangs, and wore those kind of peasant tops. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESOs - Dingo at the Waterhole
On 2011-08-24 07:32 , Ann Sanfedele wrote: Those are nice... they rather look like our coyotes - it took me a minute to remember why you said no baby jokes :-( interesting setting, i like the subtle colors and textures; and speaking of subtlety, the dingo is fascinating in its subtle unfamiliarity -- it does have a form similar to coyote, but a less delicate head; here's a too-well-fed coyote loping through my backyard this May for comparison (its coat is wet, when dry the coat is velvety): http://www.flickr.com/photos/25713106@N04/5765364369/lightbox/ (i think we are sensitized by our life with dogs to recognize small differences in canine appearance) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Irene
From: Daniel J. Matyola The wind has been a non-event in my area, but I have never seen it rain so hard for so long. Since the ground had already been saturated by the wettest August on record, there is nowhere for the water to go, and there is minor flooding all over. Flooding may get worse as the rivers rise with the flows from upstream. Take heart! Tomorrow will be a brighter day. We had a dreary, rainy day yesterday with Irene, but this morning dawned bright sunny. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Irene
Paul it was much more than a summer storm - even if it were not the Hurricane we prepared for with great caution - I was also out for walk but Ive had NEw YOrk 1 on non stop since last night... people were sending in amature vids of their neighborhoods and certainly the shots of lower Manhattan showed pretty serious flooding. The subway system will be examined today - . It isn't only this storm that is/was the problem, but the over saturated earth from recent storms as well -- it rained steadily all night. What impressed me how everyone behaved so well and followed instructions... not only that, not one person I've encountered had anything but praise for the administartion.. MEtro NOrth has major problems and we still don't know how much salt water got into the subway and Path tunnels though it was good news that the Holland tunnel survived. ann On 8/28/2011 11:28, Paul Stenquist wrote: On Aug 28, 2011, at 11:21 AM, Ann Sanfedele wrote: Boy, Paul ... If you were watching our local news (or if she were) that isn't what you would be saying. NY 1 has excellent coverage... better than the networks. My daughters, who live on the first floor, were out and about this morning. Couldn't find any damage or flooding. I think the news stations were so into their disaster coverage, they went out of their way to find the singular toppled tree or flooded street. All the data says it turned out to be not much more than a summer storm. Yes, Bloomberg blew it on the snowstorm and apparently overcompensated here. But you're right, overkill beats the alternative every time. Paul Also, after the lack of cuation this winter was not appreciated and as it turned out to be, perhaps, a bit of overkill from the point of view of the citizens, much better to get that ire along with relief than what went on last winter... The news coverage may get redundant and boring but shutting down the subway system was just right... there have been problems constantly with normal rainstorms of shortages and interupted service - the weekends have been devoted to limited service recently for repairs as it is but there would be any number of jerks non-chalanting the whole thing and getting themselves hurt or worse. There could have been very serious problems underground - and probably are a ton of them. The skies are clearing but the winds are high -- maybe not high by hurricane standards but not anything you would want to walk around in. I'm in a good spot - on the 3rd floor, actually - Mark is so spry he thinks it is only on the second floor. Sun just came out... I may venture out with camera.. but not far. Not much open around here. What I'm impressed with is how well behaved everyone has been - actually heeding warnings and staying out of the way of possible harm. HOpe that continues. ann On 8/28/2011 10:48, Paul Stenquist wrote: Saw that about Tom's tree. Unfortunate. I hate to see old trees come down, particularly when they fall on houses. But Irene is pretty much history. My daughters, who live in Brooklyn's Bay Ridge neighborhood, not far from the point where the South Bay and East River meet, report that it's all much ado about nothing. A few leaves fell from trees and the streets are wet and slippery. That's the extent of the devastation. Unfortunately, they don't know how they're going to get to work tomorrow, since Mayor Bloomberg jumped the shark and shut down the subways until Monday night. Boston will see nothing more than a wet and windy afternoon. A good thing that, based on past hurricane behavior, was entirely predictable. Paul On Aug 28, 2011, at 8:59 AM, Mark Roberts wrote: I just learned via Facebook the former PDML-member Tom Van Veen had a 15-foot tree come down on his house and another tree uproot and take out a transformer. No one hurt (his wife kid are out of town). A lot of NYC is without power and the East River is starting to overflow its banks. Annsan's not too far from there but her apartment is on the second floor ;-) Still just a bad rain storm here in Boston... -- 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. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Irene
[Default] On Sun, 28 Aug 2011 14:09:06 -0400, Ann Sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com wrote: Paul it was much more than a summer storm - even if it were not the Hurricane we prepared for with great caution - I was also out for walk but Ive had NEw YOrk 1 on non stop since last night... people were sending in amature vids of their neighborhoods and certainly the shots of lower Manhattan showed pretty serious flooding. The subway system will be examined today - . It isn't only this storm that is/was the problem, but the over saturated earth from recent storms as well -- it rained steadily all night. What impressed me how everyone behaved so well and followed instructions... not only that, not one person I've encountered had anything but praise for the administartion.. MEtro NOrth has major problems and we still don't know how much salt water got into the subway and Path tunnels though it was good news that the Holland tunnel survived. Boston didn't get hit as bad as NYC but they seemed really well prepared. Even while the rain was still coming down and the wind was blowing quite hard they had clean-up crews out clearing fallen limbs from our street! I am officially impressed. I think our subway stations may be pumped out and the tracks cleared by tomorrow morning but it sounds as if New York has a bit bigger job to do to get the subway back on line. Preparedness was ecellent and we really lucked out to the storm weakening faster than expeted. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Max pixel dimensions (was RE: September PUG - Just a bit of Prodding....
On Aug 28, 2011, at 7:14 AM, Bob W wrote: From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Steven Desjardins It's a lovely hobby. I am equally impressed by your numeristics. Thanks, but I've really like coin-collecting. I also like numbers like 720 because I can do the math in my head more easily. yes. If it was up to me I'd replace all the primes with more easily divisible numbers. It would save us all a lot of trouble. Now that you mention it, I realize why one of my lenses is 31mm, that doesn't however explain 77 rather than 79mm, or 50 rather than 51. -- 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 Like water off a ducks back
On Aug 28, 2011, at 6:35 AM, David J Brooks wrote: I have shingles: Some of your jokes are right over my head. http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ Be careful, you can be contagious when you're shedding virus. Dave -- Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ York Region, Ontario, Canada -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- 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 Men working, at night
On Aug 28, 2011, at 6:38 AM, David J Brooks wrote: Thats very good Thank you. Dave On Sat, Aug 27, 2011 at 2:32 PM, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote: On my way home last night, I liked the effect of the lights PGE was using to illuminate their work: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/6086427744/ K-5 FA77, 1/50 f/1.8 ISO 400 Most of the rest of the set is tighter in on the guys working, with the A*200/2.8 http://www.flickriver.com/photos/ellarsee/sets/72157627406983765/ -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com sent from i4est -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ York Region, Ontario, Canada -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- 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: PESOs - Dingo at the Waterhole
From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of steve harley interesting setting, i like the subtle colors and textures; and speaking of subtlety, the dingo is fascinating in its subtle unfamiliarity -- it does have a form similar to coyote, but a less delicate head; here's a too-well- fed coyote loping through my backyard this May for comparison (its coat is wet, when dry the coat is velvety): http://www.flickr.com/photos/25713106@N04/5765364369/lightbox/ (i think we are sensitized by our life with dogs to recognize small differences in canine appearance) The African Wild Dog is the most intelligent of all the canids - it has a dental formula of pi. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lycaon_pictus B -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
RE: Max pixel dimensions (was RE: September PUG - Just a bit of Prodding....
From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Larry Colen yes. If it was up to me I'd replace all the primes with more easily divisible numbers. It would save us all a lot of trouble. Now that you mention it, I realize why one of my lenses is 31mm, that doesn't however explain 77 rather than 79mm, or 50 rather than 51. rounding error B -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PAW--Week 34--Sunflower
I really like the lighting and rendering in this one, Christine. Rick http://photo.net/photos/RickW --- On Sun, 8/28/11, Christine Aguila christ...@caguila.com wrote: It's amazing to think that I only have 18 weeks left! Where did the time go? 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.
Re: Irene
I'm just relaying what my daughters told me from their perspective just off the upper bay. They called it a summer storm. But by definition, I think it was a summer storm by the time it left New Jersey, as the eye had largely dissipated and the winds were down to about 45 mph in most places. To put it in perspective, folks in Florida or the gulf coast don't get very excited by hurricanes that are less than stage 3, but they don't have subways or skyscrapers. In any case, I'm happy that all are well. There are a lot of people in Brooklyn and Queens who won't get paid if they can't get to work, but I think the authorities are now saying that the subways will be running by mid morning or thereabouts. On Aug 28, 2011, at 2:09 PM, Ann Sanfedele wrote: Paul it was much more than a summer storm - even if it were not the Hurricane we prepared for with great caution - I was also out for walk but Ive had NEw YOrk 1 on non stop since last night... people were sending in amature vids of their neighborhoods and certainly the shots of lower Manhattan showed pretty serious flooding. The subway system will be examined today - . It isn't only this storm that is/was the problem, but the over saturated earth from recent storms as well -- it rained steadily all night. What impressed me how everyone behaved so well and followed instructions... not only that, not one person I've encountered had anything but praise for the administartion.. MEtro NOrth has major problems and we still don't know how much salt water got into the subway and Path tunnels though it was good news that the Holland tunnel survived. ann On 8/28/2011 11:28, Paul Stenquist wrote: On Aug 28, 2011, at 11:21 AM, Ann Sanfedele wrote: Boy, Paul ... If you were watching our local news (or if she were) that isn't what you would be saying. NY 1 has excellent coverage... better than the networks. My daughters, who live on the first floor, were out and about this morning. Couldn't find any damage or flooding. I think the news stations were so into their disaster coverage, they went out of their way to find the singular toppled tree or flooded street. All the data says it turned out to be not much more than a summer storm. Yes, Bloomberg blew it on the snowstorm and apparently overcompensated here. But you're right, overkill beats the alternative every time. Paul Also, after the lack of cuation this winter was not appreciated and as it turned out to be, perhaps, a bit of overkill from the point of view of the citizens, much better to get that ire along with relief than what went on last winter... The news coverage may get redundant and boring but shutting down the subway system was just right... there have been problems constantly with normal rainstorms of shortages and interupted service - the weekends have been devoted to limited service recently for repairs as it is but there would be any number of jerks non-chalanting the whole thing and getting themselves hurt or worse. There could have been very serious problems underground - and probably are a ton of them. The skies are clearing but the winds are high -- maybe not high by hurricane standards but not anything you would want to walk around in. I'm in a good spot - on the 3rd floor, actually - Mark is so spry he thinks it is only on the second floor. Sun just came out... I may venture out with camera.. but not far. Not much open around here. What I'm impressed with is how well behaved everyone has been - actually heeding warnings and staying out of the way of possible harm. HOpe that continues. ann On 8/28/2011 10:48, Paul Stenquist wrote: Saw that about Tom's tree. Unfortunate. I hate to see old trees come down, particularly when they fall on houses. But Irene is pretty much history. My daughters, who live in Brooklyn's Bay Ridge neighborhood, not far from the point where the South Bay and East River meet, report that it's all much ado about nothing. A few leaves fell from trees and the streets are wet and slippery. That's the extent of the devastation. Unfortunately, they don't know how they're going to get to work tomorrow, since Mayor Bloomberg jumped the shark and shut down the subways until Monday night. Boston will see nothing more than a wet and windy afternoon. A good thing that, based on past hurricane behavior, was entirely predictable. Paul On Aug 28, 2011, at 8:59 AM, Mark Roberts wrote: I just learned via Facebook the former PDML-member Tom Van Veen had a 15-foot tree come down on his house and another tree uproot and take out a transformer. No one hurt (his wife kid are out of town). A lot of NYC is without power and the East River is starting to overflow its banks. Annsan's not too far from there but her apartment is on the second floor ;-) Still just a bad rain storm here in Boston... -- Mark Roberts - Photography
Re: PAW--Week 34--Sunflower
thats a lovely shot - but never saw a white sunflower... is that a rare breed - or did you mess with it ?-) ann On 8/28/2011 12:28, Christine Aguila wrote: It's amazing to think that I only have 18 weeks left! Where did the time go? 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.
Re: PESOs - Dingo at the Waterhole
Very good observation Bob. I wish that the critter would decide which number was the 4th place in it's toothy formula. As it is, of course, it's incorrect. I guess canid IQ falls a bit short of (some of) ours. grin On Aug 28, 2011, at 12:13 , Bob W wrote: The African Wild Dog is the most intelligent of all the canids - it has a dental formula of pi. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lycaon_pictus B Joseph McAllister pentax...@mac.com There is no off position to the genius switch. Genius can, however, be observed as insanity. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT Like water off a ducks back
Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com Subject: OT Like water off a ducks back I have shingles: http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ Do they itch ? Dave -- Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ York Region, Ontario, Canada -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
PAW86 - Passing
Have been preparing the apartment for sale all week so I have to use another old one... http://www.thrane.name/Pictures/PAW/files/page7-1000-full.html K-5, DA14mm, 1/30s, f/7.1, ISO100. DagT http://www.thrane.name/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PAW--Week 34--Sunflower
Christine, several things jump out to me with your sunflower - YMMV The mostly centered composition is ok but the proximity of the petals to the top edge draws my eye away from the subject - you need more space at the top above the image - it would appear more of a crafted image as opposed to a snap - which this image isn't. The bright spot at around the 7 o'clock position is unfortunate. But mostly I don't get the desaturation of the colors. Just my $.02 s worth. Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: Christine Aguila christ...@caguila.com Subject: PAW--Week 34--Sunflower It's amazing to think that I only have 18 weeks left! Where did the time go? 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: PAW--Week 34--Sunflower
I like the desaturated look, but the top petal touching the edge of frame is a bit unsettling for me. Paul On Aug 28, 2011, at 12:28 PM, Christine Aguila wrote: It's amazing to think that I only have 18 weeks left! Where did the time go? 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.
Re: PESO - Rest Stop
Thanks Dave. It was the colors against the white background that attracted me. Paul On Aug 28, 2011, at 9:38 AM, David J Brooks wrote: Well seen nice colours here Dave On Sat, Aug 27, 2011 at 4:28 PM, Paul Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=14096172size=lg k5, da* 60-250 @ 180 mm, f4, 1/3200th, flash fill, ISO 400 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: GESO - Aerial Photography, Lake Eyre and Painted Hills
On 28/8/11, Brian Walters, discombobulated, unleashed: I hope you enjoy this small selection: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1370864/Lake-Eyre/index.html Big success - well done! -- 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: OT: falling in love again
On 24/8/11, Paul Stenquist, discombobulated, unleashed: Drove a 444 horsepower boss 302 Mustang today with the Laguna Seca package (which firms up the suspension to mate nicely with some race worthy tires, deletes the back seat. and adds some structural bracing). The six-speed manual has a shifter to die for and the Brembo brakes could stop a freight train. Maybe I should sell my Chevy? Oh my god. I can smell it :) -- 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: OT: falling in love again
On 24/8/11, Darren Addy, discombobulated, unleashed: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YPtxadr-RlI You trying to beat Hitchcock for the longest single shot?? ;-) -- 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: Irene
I think your daughter's youth probably helped to minimize what was going on -- but also, it _was_ rather irregular in impact and in the next few days more flooding is expected. It was pretty windy out today and on Long Island ( i.e., those powered by the Long Island power company) the news just said there were over 400,000 people without power! The stories keep coming in -- the Saw MIll parkway is a river in sections .. more buildings are falling down along the shore -- etc... Yet I only know this because I see it live on TV - I did a bit of shooting today, nothing particularly fascinating but I may find something to post later... ann On 8/28/2011 16:02, Paul Stenquist wrote: I'm just relaying what my daughters told me from their perspective just off the upper bay. They called it a summer storm. But by definition, I think it was a summer storm by the time it left New Jersey, as the eye had largely dissipated and the winds were down to about 45 mph in most places. To put it in perspective, folks in Florida or the gulf coast don't get very excited by hurricanes that are less than stage 3, but they don't have subways or skyscrapers. In any case, I'm happy that all are well. There are a lot of people in Brooklyn and Queens who won't get paid if they can't get to work, but I think the authorities are now saying that the subways will be running by mid morning or thereabouts. On Aug 28, 2011, at 2:09 PM, Ann Sanfedele wrote: Paul it was much more than a summer storm - even if it were not the Hurricane we prepared for with great caution - I was also out for walk but Ive had NEw YOrk 1 on non stop since last night... people were sending in amature vids of their neighborhoods and certainly the shots of lower Manhattan showed pretty serious flooding. The subway system will be examined today - . It isn't only this storm that is/was the problem, but the over saturated earth from recent storms as well -- it rained steadily all night. What impressed me how everyone behaved so well and followed instructions... not only that, not one person I've encountered had anything but praise for the administartion.. MEtro NOrth has major problems and we still don't know how much salt water got into the subway and Path tunnels though it was good news that the Holland tunnel survived. ann On 8/28/2011 11:28, Paul Stenquist wrote: On Aug 28, 2011, at 11:21 AM, Ann Sanfedele wrote: Boy, Paul ... If you were watching our local news (or if she were) that isn't what you would be saying. NY 1 has excellent coverage... better than the networks. My daughters, who live on the first floor, were out and about this morning. Couldn't find any damage or flooding. I think the news stations were so into their disaster coverage, they went out of their way to find the singular toppled tree or flooded street. All the data says it turned out to be not much more than a summer storm. Yes, Bloomberg blew it on the snowstorm and apparently overcompensated here. But you're right, overkill beats the alternative every time. Paul Also, after the lack of cuation this winter was not appreciated and as it turned out to be, perhaps, a bit of overkill from the point of view of the citizens, much better to get that ire along with relief than what went on last winter... The news coverage may get redundant and boring but shutting down the subway system was just right... there have been problems constantly with normal rainstorms of shortages and interupted service - the weekends have been devoted to limited service recently for repairs as it is but there would be any number of jerks non-chalanting the whole thing and getting themselves hurt or worse. There could have been very serious problems underground - and probably are a ton of them. The skies are clearing but the winds are high -- maybe not high by hurricane standards but not anything you would want to walk around in. I'm in a good spot - on the 3rd floor, actually - Mark is so spry he thinks it is only on the second floor. Sun just came out... I may venture out with camera.. but not far. Not much open around here. What I'm impressed with is how well behaved everyone has been - actually heeding warnings and staying out of the way of possible harm. HOpe that continues. ann On 8/28/2011 10:48, Paul Stenquist wrote: Saw that about Tom's tree. Unfortunate. I hate to see old trees come down, particularly when they fall on houses. But Irene is pretty much history. My daughters, who live in Brooklyn's Bay Ridge neighborhood, not far from the point where the South Bay and East River meet, report that it's all much ado about nothing. A few leaves fell from trees and the streets are wet and slippery. That's the extent of the devastation. Unfortunately, they don't know how they're going to get to work tomorrow, since Mayor Bloomberg jumped the shark and shut down the subways until Monday night. Boston will see nothing more than a wet and
Re: GESO - Aerial Photography, Lake Eyre and Painted Hills
All very striking images! Thanks for sharing those. Fascinating! :) -c On Sun, Aug 28, 2011 at 8:37 AM, Brian Walters supera1...@fastmail.fm wrote: Hi all First - thanks again to those who provided advice a month or so ago on photographing from a light plane. This flight was part of our recent trip to the 'red Centre' of Australia. The flight was in a Cessna 210, carrying 4 passengers plus the pilot. The lack of wing struts on this plane was a bonus for photography. The two biggest problems were reflections in the windows, which were difficult to avoid, and the mild jerkiness of the flight. I used my K200D with the 16-45 mm zoom attached. I had other lenses available but the cramped conditions made it difficult to change lenses, so I eventually gave up on the idea. As it happened, the 16-45 mm range proved to be pretty much ideal. My wife used an old Optio for the first part of the flight but it wasn't up to the job so she commandeered the *istDS with 50 mm f1.7 FA attached for the second half. Both of us shot in shutter priority mode with the speed set to 1/350 - 1/500 sec. I hope you enjoy this small selection: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1370864/Lake-Eyre/index.html Initially I was concerned about the lack of contrast in the images - they were generally 'flat' with a limited tonal range. A simple levels adjustment made a world of difference. The only other significant post processing was in getting rid of reflections which mainly affected areas of sky. I addressed this by sampling the colour of a section of the sky and applying a colour gradient layer, masked so that it applied to the sky alone. This tended to hide the reflections quite well. Overall, I was happy with the results. There are a lot of 'misses' but enough keepers to make me feel that the exercise was worthwhile. For those who are interested - some background. Lake Eyre is usually a huge, dry salt lake in the South Australian outback. It's catchment covers about one sixth of the Australian continent but it only fills a few times per century. In most years any rainfall in the catchment is lost by evaporation or to groundwater well before it could reach the lake. In 1964 it was the location for a successful attempt on the world land speed record by Donald Campbell. Over the past couple of seasons there has been abnormally high rainfall in the catchment, so much so that the lake is approaching full capacity. It's an iconic place to both Aboriginal people and the wider population. Most Australians would like to visit but it's in a remote location which is only accessible on land via 4WD, so there is a growing interest in flights over the lake. The Painted Hills extend over an area of about 200 sq km and are low hills in contrasting colours of white, red, brown and orange. They are not accessible by road and can only be seen from the air. Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://lyons-ryan.org/southernlight/ -- -- http://www.fastmail.fm - A fast, anti-spam email service. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Max pixel dimensions (was RE: September PUG - Just a bit of Prodding....
On Aug 28, 2011, at 12:30 PM, Bob W wrote: From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Larry Colen yes. If it was up to me I'd replace all the primes with more easily divisible numbers. It would save us all a lot of trouble. Now that you mention it, I realize why one of my lenses is 31mm, that doesn't however explain 77 rather than 79mm, or 50 rather than 51. rounding error I thought rounding error was how you got aspherical lenses. -- 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.
PESO - Fishy Falls
We took a trip to Toronto, via Rochester and Niagara Falls, in May. Here is a fisheye view of the falls from the Canadian side: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=14104715size=lg K7, DA 10-17 Rick -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Irene
Ann Sanfedele wrote: I think your daughter's youth probably helped to minimize what was going on -- but also, it _was_ rather irregular in impact and in the next few days more flooding is expected. It was pretty windy out today and on Long Island ( i.e., those powered by the Long Island power company) the news just said there were over 400,000 people without power! The stories keep coming in -- the Saw MIll parkway is a river in sections .. more buildings are falling down along the shore -- etc... Yet I only know this because I see it live on TV - I believe Annsan. We only had winds up to 65 mph here and I can't imagine they weren't stronger in NYC. Lisa went out for a walk around Jamaica Pond late this afternoon when things had calmed down a bit and reported uprooted trees and downed limbs blocking paths everywhere. Fortunately all the advance hype paid off and there were already crews out cleaning up. -- 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: Irene
It was certainly a major storm. But it was the object of round-the-clock television coverage, and billions of tax dollars were spent preparing for it. It received far more press than the devastating tornadoes that literally leveled Joplin, Missouri. Perhaps not much ado about nothing, but certainly much ado about very little. It could only happen on the east coast. Paul On Aug 28, 2011, at 9:31 PM, Mark Roberts wrote: Ann Sanfedele wrote: I think your daughter's youth probably helped to minimize what was going on -- but also, it _was_ rather irregular in impact and in the next few days more flooding is expected. It was pretty windy out today and on Long Island ( i.e., those powered by the Long Island power company) the news just said there were over 400,000 people without power! The stories keep coming in -- the Saw MIll parkway is a river in sections .. more buildings are falling down along the shore -- etc... Yet I only know this because I see it live on TV - I believe Annsan. We only had winds up to 65 mph here and I can't imagine they weren't stronger in NYC. Lisa went out for a walk around Jamaica Pond late this afternoon when things had calmed down a bit and reported uprooted trees and downed limbs blocking paths everywhere. Fortunately all the advance hype paid off and there were already crews out cleaning up. -- 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: Irene
I think hurricanes have a pr/media exposure advantage, since you can literally see them coming for miles away. The news outlets had about a week to work themselves into a lather over Irene while she churned away, approaching the coast. I can't speak to the coverage of Joplin, but tornadoes happen so suddenly that nobody has a chance to start the pre-storm media hype machine. Tornadoes ought to consider press releases, if they want to have equal air time on the networks... ;) -c On Sun, Aug 28, 2011 at 9:38 PM, Paul Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote: It was certainly a major storm. But it was the object of round-the-clock television coverage, and billions of tax dollars were spent preparing for it. It received far more press than the devastating tornadoes that literally leveled Joplin, Missouri. Perhaps not much ado about nothing, but certainly much ado about very little. It could only happen on the east coast. Paul On Aug 28, 2011, at 9:31 PM, Mark Roberts wrote: Ann Sanfedele wrote: I think your daughter's youth probably helped to minimize what was going on -- but also, it _was_ rather irregular in impact and in the next few days more flooding is expected. It was pretty windy out today and on Long Island ( i.e., those powered by the Long Island power company) the news just said there were over 400,000 people without power! The stories keep coming in -- the Saw MIll parkway is a river in sections .. more buildings are falling down along the shore -- etc... Yet I only know this because I see it live on TV - I believe Annsan. We only had winds up to 65 mph here and I can't imagine they weren't stronger in NYC. Lisa went out for a walk around Jamaica Pond late this afternoon when things had calmed down a bit and reported uprooted trees and downed limbs blocking paths everywhere. Fortunately all the advance hype paid off and there were already crews out cleaning up. -- 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. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Irene
Paul there is something you are missing here... While I agree that _post_disaster/event or what have you no matter what it is can suffer from overkill in the media - Here the media was instrumental in Bloomberg's success in getting people to comply with the program for keeping people safe - getting the word out BEFORE in the media.. Right now Irene is causing major, major flooding all over New England... much ado about very little? much ado about less than it might have been but this was a long way from very little and here is the thing - there are still things that have to be done and cautions to be taken - there is still big weather here (meaning the north east) Joplin was a shocker and certainly beyond in devastation - but the coverage I watched certainly didnt' neglect Joplin - it's apples and oranges. There is a diffference between covering a tragedy of great magnitude of which there have been several in the last year or so, Santiago, Japan, New Zealand , Haiti in addition to Joplin and Katrina. This story all up and down the coast was as much about people doing something preemtively to protect people and it worked. It is also rather important now for us to know where there are problems to keep from going there.. There was coverage in our area for hours and hours without breaks for commercials! It was the media acting responsibly - I forgive them some redundancy ann On 8/28/2011 21:38, Paul Stenquist wrote: It was certainly a major storm. But it was the object of round-the-clock television coverage, and billions of tax dollars were spent preparing for it. It received far more press than the devastating tornadoes that literally leveled Joplin, Missouri. Perhaps not much ado about nothing, but certainly much ado about very little. It could only happen on the east coast. Paul On Aug 28, 2011, at 9:31 PM, Mark Roberts wrote: Ann Sanfedele wrote: I think your daughter's youth probably helped to minimize what was going on -- but also, it _was_ rather irregular in impact and in the next few days more flooding is expected. It was pretty windy out today and on Long Island ( i.e., those powered by the Long Island power company) the news just said there were over 400,000 people without power! The stories keep coming in -- the Saw MIll parkway is a river in sections .. more buildings are falling down along the shore -- etc... Yet I only know this because I see it live on TV - I believe Annsan. We only had winds up to 65 mph here and I can't imagine they weren't stronger in NYC. Lisa went out for a walk around Jamaica Pond late this afternoon when things had calmed down a bit and reported uprooted trees and downed limbs blocking paths everywhere. Fortunately all the advance hype paid off and there were already crews out cleaning up. -- 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: Irene
Well, we'll just have to disagree on this one. I believe it was indeed much ado about very little. The federal government declared New York a disaster area before it was a disaster area -- something that essentially never happened. It's no wonder fallen branches were picked up immediately in Boston -- the thousands of troops and workers called in to deal with the storm had nothing else to do. We spent billions in tax dollars on this one, unnecessarily, for the most part. If we do that for every sub-tropial storm weather event, we'll soon be in the crapper. Paul On Aug 28, 2011, at 10:47 PM, Ann Sanfedele wrote: Paul there is something you are missing here... While I agree that _post_disaster/event or what have you no matter what it is can suffer from overkill in the media - Here the media was instrumental in Bloomberg's success in getting people to comply with the program for keeping people safe - getting the word out BEFORE in the media.. Right now Irene is causing major, major flooding all over New England... much ado about very little? much ado about less than it might have been but this was a long way from very little and here is the thing - there are still things that have to be done and cautions to be taken - there is still big weather here (meaning the north east) Joplin was a shocker and certainly beyond in devastation - but the coverage I watched certainly didnt' neglect Joplin - it's apples and oranges. There is a diffference between covering a tragedy of great magnitude of which there have been several in the last year or so, Santiago, Japan, New Zealand , Haiti in addition to Joplin and Katrina. This story all up and down the coast was as much about people doing something preemtively to protect people and it worked. It is also rather important now for us to know where there are problems to keep from going there.. There was coverage in our area for hours and hours without breaks for commercials! It was the media acting responsibly - I forgive them some redundancy ann On 8/28/2011 21:38, Paul Stenquist wrote: It was certainly a major storm. But it was the object of round-the-clock television coverage, and billions of tax dollars were spent preparing for it. It received far more press than the devastating tornadoes that literally leveled Joplin, Missouri. Perhaps not much ado about nothing, but certainly much ado about very little. It could only happen on the east coast. Paul On Aug 28, 2011, at 9:31 PM, Mark Roberts wrote: Ann Sanfedele wrote: I think your daughter's youth probably helped to minimize what was going on -- but also, it _was_ rather irregular in impact and in the next few days more flooding is expected. It was pretty windy out today and on Long Island ( i.e., those powered by the Long Island power company) the news just said there were over 400,000 people without power! The stories keep coming in -- the Saw MIll parkway is a river in sections .. more buildings are falling down along the shore -- etc... Yet I only know this because I see it live on TV - I believe Annsan. We only had winds up to 65 mph here and I can't imagine they weren't stronger in NYC. Lisa went out for a walk around Jamaica Pond late this afternoon when things had calmed down a bit and reported uprooted trees and downed limbs blocking paths everywhere. Fortunately all the advance hype paid off and there were already crews out cleaning up. -- 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. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: NorCal PDML Meet
I'm free on that day and would love to meet up with everyone. If we could pick a place that's not too far from public transit, though, that'd be great. All I've got is my bicycle. John -- http://www.jacelio.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: Irene
On 2011-08-28 21:13 , Paul Stenquist wrote: We spent billions in tax dollars on this one, unnecessarily, for the most part. do you have a reference for that billions claim? i'd be surprised if storm prep has cost as much as a week of war in Afghanistan -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Irene
Stan, Perhaps she was #7. Didn't they all break flash heads or memory cards? Regards, Bob S. On Sun, Aug 28, 2011 at 10:35 AM, Stan Halpin s...@stans-photography.info wrote: I think #7. IIRC #6 wasn't around very long - wasn't she the one who tripped and broke two flash heads and a light stand? stan On Aug 28, 2011, at 11:29 AM, Bob Sullivan wrote: Mark, I remember Tom and just found his wedding photography business in DC. I presume his wife is the famous #6 (or was it #7) assistant. It's good to see he's doing well and they look happy. His wedding photos always had an amazing relaxed/natural quality to them. I think he must be quite talented at making people feel comfortable. Regards, Bob S. On Sun, Aug 28, 2011 at 8:09 AM, Mark Roberts m...@robertstech.com wrote: Mark Roberts wrote: I just learned via Facebook the former PDML-member Tom Van Veen had a 15-foot tree come down on his house Make that a 150-foot tree! -- 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. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: NorCal PDML Meet
Sorry - I've been up in Sonoma all day. AFAIK I'm not busy that weekend, so count me in. On Sun, Aug 28, 2011 at 11:55:32AM -0400, eactiv...@aol.com wrote: Larry, good!!! John? Who else is in NorCal that is still on list? Anyone new? Marnie the akaless I keep wanting to put aka Doe after my name. Old habits are strong. In a message dated 8/27/2011 5:38:36 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, l...@red4est.com writes: On Aug 27, 2011, at 1:48 PM, eactiv...@aol.com wrote: Godfrey DiGiorgi, Bruce Dayton, and I are working on setting up another NorCal PDML Meet. We have agreed on a date that works for all three of us: Saturday, Oct. 29th. Location not yet determined. We just wanted to throw the date out now so you could think about it and about whether you could make it. Can you? I think so. We can brain storm about where to meet later. We'll probably take it off PDML to a private list of email addresses for further discussion. Marnie the akaless :-) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: NorCal PDML Meet
On Aug 28, 2011, at 8:44 PM, John Francis wrote: Sorry - I've been up in Sonoma all day. Intersection of hwys 37 and 121? How'd the new kit hold up? -- 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: Irene
Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: Paul Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net Subject: Re: Irene It was certainly a major storm. But it was the object of round-the-clock television coverage, and billions of tax dollars were spent preparing for it. It received far more press than the devastating tornadoes that literally leveled Joplin, Missouri. Perhaps not much ado about nothing, but certainly much ado about very little. It could only happen on the east coast. More like it could only happen in the U. S. Paul On Aug 28, 2011, at 9:31 PM, Mark Roberts wrote: Ann Sanfedele wrote: I think your daughter's youth probably helped to minimize what was going on -- but also, it _was_ rather irregular in impact and in the next few days more flooding is expected. It was pretty windy out today and on Long Island ( i.e., those powered by the Long Island power company) the news just said there were over 400,000 people without power! The stories keep coming in -- the Saw MIll parkway is a river in sections .. more buildings are falling down along the shore -- etc... Yet I only know this because I see it live on TV - I believe Annsan. We only had winds up to 65 mph here and I can't imagine they weren't stronger in NYC. Lisa went out for a walk around Jamaica Pond late this afternoon when things had calmed down a bit and reported uprooted trees and downed limbs blocking paths everywhere. Fortunately all the advance hype paid off and there were already crews out cleaning up. -- 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 - Fishy Falls
Certainly an un common perspective ! Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: Rick Womer rwomer1...@yahoo.com Subject: PESO - Fishy Falls We took a trip to Toronto, via Rochester and Niagara Falls, in May. Here is a fisheye view of the falls from the Canadian side: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=14104715size=lg K7, DA 10-17 Rick -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Irene
On Mon, Aug 29, 2011 at 12:07 PM, Ken Waller kwal...@peoplepc.com wrote: It was certainly a major storm. But it was the object of round-the-clock television coverage, and billions of tax dollars were spent preparing for it. It received far more press than the devastating tornadoes that literally leveled Joplin, Missouri. Perhaps not much ado about nothing, but certainly much ado about very little. It could only happen on the east coast. More like it could only happen in the U. S. Typhoon Nanmadol just skirted Northern Philippines as a cat-3 (killed 8) while Irene (also a cat-3) was going through the East Coast; it just took a breather (which means it could intensify) and is now on its way to Taiwan. CNN never said anything about it while BBC would mention it about a third of the time but in the same breath as Irene and Libya. But hey--we're used to it! I mean the typhoons, not necessarily the lack of media or even government attention. But that may just be the point that it is so routine that it does get as much fuss as say the East Coast which just had an earthquake and a hurricane go through it. My living memory has been peppered with category 3-5 typhoons EVERY year and my choice of residence and lifestyle revolves around them so I do not necessarily worry as much as others would but I appreciate being over-warned and over-prepared. Bong -- Bong Manayon http://bong.manayon.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: NorCal PDML Meet
On Sun, Aug 28, 2011 at 08:47:01PM -0700, Larry Colen wrote: On Aug 28, 2011, at 8:44 PM, John Francis wrote: Sorry - I've been up in Sonoma all day. Intersection of hwys 37 and 121? You got it. (I was actually there yesterday as well) How'd the new kit hold up? Better than I did, I think. I'm exhausted. I've got something like 7GB of images to upload and look through. But here's one I rather like (probably because it's a shot I though of first, and worked hard to find the right vantage point): http://www.jfwaf.com/temp/Sonoma.jpg I'll put a gallery up in the next day or so. P.S. I've now got a nice signed print of my start shot from New Hampshire two weekends ago - I managed to get all nine of the drivers to sign 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.
