Re: PESO - Lost Found
Quoting Matthew Hunt m...@pobox.com: On the way home from work today, I took back roads I didn't know, and got lost on purpose. I found this: http://stdw.us/Flickr-LnF Very spectacular sky but the line of trees really enhance the overall composition. This is part of my project to shoot exclusively with the Pentax A 28/2.8 during Lent--giving up all my other lenses. I mentioned the project at the beginning, but since we're halfway through, and I was pretty happy with what I got today, I thought I would mention it again. You can see more on my blog: http://scotchtape.ductwhisky.com/ There's some nice work there - especially 'Sunrise Tree', 'Space Station' and 'Orthogonal'. I don't have the A 28/2.8 but I do have the F 28/2.8, which I rarely use. I wonder if the two have the same optical formula. -- Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://lyons-ryan.org/southernlight/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net 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: Spring WIldflowers
Quoting Mark C pdml-m...@charter.net: I took a day off today and went down to the Dowagiac Woods in Cass County, MI, to see if the wildflowers were out. Usually there is nothing but harbinger of spring at this time of year, but I found a few sprigs of hepatica, much earlier than usual. So here is a handful of very early woodland wildflowers: http://www.markcassino.com/b2evolution/index.php or http://www.markcassino.com/b2evolution/index.php/early-spring-wildflowers All excellent but the 4th one with those sharply defined hairs on the sepals(?) is the standout for me. -- Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://lyons-ryan.org/southernlight/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net 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: The Feminine
Quoting Paul Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net: Maiden Hair grass blooms in October, and the first hard freeze turns the flower heads into lacy delights. Winter was mild this year and some of the flowers remained beautifully intact until spring. Shot this one the other day with the K-5 and 90/2.5 Vivitar Series 1 macro. f8, 1/250th, ISO 800. http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=15365072size=lg -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. Very unusual (to me). I don't think I've ever see grass flower heards like that. A very attractive image - especially with that dark, contrasting background. -- Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://lyons-ryan.org/southernlight/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net 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 Heaven's 'Bone
Quoting Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com: This one's really for Frank, so the rest of you can safely move along. Oh hell, have a look anyway. :-) I popped in to the Gallery Studio Cafe (Lakeshore and Islington -- Frank's neck of the woods) on Wednesday evening to see the gallery space and the very impressive art, and to hear an old friend, Steven Ambrose, fronting the Uptown Swing Band, a nine-piece jazz outfit who play there regularly. The band was smoking hot (after a suitable warm-up period). Steven is a fine vocalist and a comedian, so it was a real pleasure to be there. I was also joined by my wife, my studio workshop teacher, her charming husband, and the ever-radiant model Elle, who is also a singer/songwriter and was totally digging the old 1940's chestnuts they were performing. I was distracted and had had a beer and most of my shots turned to mush. But despite my worst efforts this one seemed to work ... Heaven's 'Bone http://flic.kr/p/bDrnLe K20D, DA* 55 @ 1.4, 1/400th, ISO 1600. Lr. No flash was fired in the making of this image. Comments welcome! Well, it's all been said, but that's a seriously great image. That patch of light above his head really adds to the mood. -- Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://lyons-ryan.org/southernlight/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net 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 Heaven's 'Bone
Good lighting! -T On Fri, Mar 16, 2012 at 8:22 AM, Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com wrote: This one's really for Frank, so the rest of you can safely move along. Oh hell, have a look anyway. :-) I popped in to the Gallery Studio Cafe (Lakeshore and Islington -- Frank's neck of the woods) on Wednesday evening to see the gallery space and the very impressive art, and to hear an old friend, Steven Ambrose, fronting the Uptown Swing Band, a nine-piece jazz outfit who play there regularly. The band was smoking hot (after a suitable warm-up period). Steven is a fine vocalist and a comedian, so it was a real pleasure to be there. I was also joined by my wife, my studio workshop teacher, her charming husband, and the ever-radiant model Elle, who is also a singer/songwriter and was totally digging the old 1940's chestnuts they were performing. I was distracted and had had a beer and most of my shots turned to mush. But despite my worst efforts this one seemed to work ... Heaven's 'Bone http://flic.kr/p/bDrnLe K20D, DA* 55 @ 1.4, 1/400th, ISO 1600. Lr. No flash was fired in the making of this image. Comments welcome! -- -bmw -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net 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 Letting loose
On Mar 16, 2012, at 6:27 PM, Bruce Walker wrote: If I'm lucky, I too will outgrow my present fascination with imaging expressions of femininity. :-) Beware the siren call, Larry, lest you too start looking for suitable LBDs and Fendi heels. Unless it's for yourself. I understand that that's ok. I've got the sinking feeling that photos of pretty girls is a level of mediocrity that I'm never going to rise above. As a matter of fact, I spent the evening tonight at the Santa Cruz Museum of Art and History, and what did I end up taking photos of? http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/6989140377/ -- 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 Heaven's 'Bone
That's one hell of a shot, Bruce! Beautiful tones and captured the musician's intense concentration as well. John Coyle Brisbane, Australia -Original Message- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Bruce Walker Sent: Saturday, 17 March 2012 1:23 AM To: Pentax Discuss Mailing List Subject: PESO Heaven's 'Bone This one's really for Frank, so the rest of you can safely move along. Oh hell, have a look anyway. :-) I popped in to the Gallery Studio Cafe (Lakeshore and Islington -- Frank's neck of the woods) on Wednesday evening to see the gallery space and the very impressive art, and to hear an old friend, Steven Ambrose, fronting the Uptown Swing Band, a nine-piece jazz outfit who play there regularly. The band was smoking hot (after a suitable warm-up period). Steven is a fine vocalist and a comedian, so it was a real pleasure to be there. I was also joined by my wife, my studio workshop teacher, her charming husband, and the ever-radiant model Elle, who is also a singer/songwriter and was totally digging the old 1940's chestnuts they were performing. I was distracted and had had a beer and most of my shots turned to mush. But despite my worst efforts this one seemed to work ... Heaven's 'Bone http://flic.kr/p/bDrnLe K20D, DA* 55 @ 1.4, 1/400th, ISO 1600. Lr. No flash was fired in the making of this image. Comments welcome! -- -bmw -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Amazing advice
I'm on another photo forum where someone posted a couple of pictures, asking for advice on how to expose them properly. He did use the flash for fill, outside, with a compact digital point and shoot. Once it was determined what camera he was shooting with people stopped suggesting speedlights, and concentrated more on things like, have the model (who is black by the way) take off her baseball cap, and various suggestions for reflectors to use for fill. Then, today, someone posts: I just want to point you to Ansel Adams' Zone system. It's a great basic theory of exposure that can be summed up with expose for the shadows and develop for the highlights. -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com sent from i4est -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: GESO spcecdt
On Mar 16, 2012, at 8:23 PM, knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: So sorry for your loss of such a long-time and obviously dear friend. Your photo tribute to him is moving and I'm sure will be treasured by his family and friends alike. Wonderful photos! cheers, frank Thanks Frank. It wasn't so much that John was a good friend, as that he was a good man. I regret that despite knowing him for 22 years, I never got to know him better. There's a lot to learn from his passing, not the least of which is how unfair the Universe is when someone like John dies so young, and so many irredeemable pustulant sacks of protoplasm are still walking the earth and wasting oxygen. -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com sent from i4est -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
RE: GESO Letting loose
From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of John Sessoms I guess I'm a fan of studio photography. Just don't have the money to build the studio. And even if I had the money, I don't have the space. Well, both Richard Avedon and Irving Penn made some great studio photos outdoors by judicious use of walls and canvas. And David Bailey, when asked why he used only one light in the studio, replied Because there's only one fuckin' sun. You could do a lot worse than follow these examples. Use the restrictions to stimulate your creativity. 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 Heaven's 'Bone
Thank you very much, John, and Tim and Brian! On Sat, Mar 17, 2012 at 3:09 AM, John Coyle jco...@iinet.net.au wrote: That's one hell of a shot, Bruce! Beautiful tones and captured the musician's intense concentration as well. John Coyle Brisbane, Australia -Original Message- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Bruce Walker Sent: Saturday, 17 March 2012 1:23 AM To: Pentax Discuss Mailing List Subject: PESO Heaven's 'Bone This one's really for Frank, so the rest of you can safely move along. Oh hell, have a look anyway. :-) I popped in to the Gallery Studio Cafe (Lakeshore and Islington -- Frank's neck of the woods) on Wednesday evening to see the gallery space and the very impressive art, and to hear an old friend, Steven Ambrose, fronting the Uptown Swing Band, a nine-piece jazz outfit who play there regularly. The band was smoking hot (after a suitable warm-up period). Steven is a fine vocalist and a comedian, so it was a real pleasure to be there. I was also joined by my wife, my studio workshop teacher, her charming husband, and the ever-radiant model Elle, who is also a singer/songwriter and was totally digging the old 1940's chestnuts they were performing. I was distracted and had had a beer and most of my shots turned to mush. But despite my worst efforts this one seemed to work ... Heaven's 'Bone http://flic.kr/p/bDrnLe K20D, DA* 55 @ 1.4, 1/400th, ISO 1600. Lr. No flash was fired in the making of this image. Comments welcome! -- -bmw -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- -bmw -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO: The Feminine
Thanks Brian. And thanks to all who commented or had a look. On Mar 17, 2012, at 2:28 AM, Brian Walters wrote: Quoting Paul Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net: Maiden Hair grass blooms in October, and the first hard freeze turns the flower heads into lacy delights. Winter was mild this year and some of the flowers remained beautifully intact until spring. Shot this one the other day with the K-5 and 90/2.5 Vivitar Series 1 macro. f8, 1/250th, ISO 800. http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=15365072size=lg -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. Very unusual (to me). I don't think I've ever see grass flower heards like that. A very attractive image - especially with that dark, contrasting background. -- Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://lyons-ryan.org/southernlight/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Would a BW ONLY digital camera appeal to you?
On 3/15/12 17:07, Darren Addy wrote: Before you answer: What if it was a Leica? http://www.petapixel.com/2012/03/15/leicas-upcoming-m-series-camera-may-have-a-bw-sensor/ Since everyone seems to say no, I'll try yes. I might not want this as my only or regular camera, but I still think the idea is interesting. Yes, a colour sensor is probably more flexible in many ways even if you want to produce BW, but there are still some limitations to the options you have. You can't really select to have no filtering at all, or avoid having some of the pixel data filtered by the wrong filter... As long as you have a pattern sensor, I mean - the situation would be quite different if someone made a *really good* camera that would capture full colour at all sites... And of course, everyone knows that shooting colour with a Leica is plain heresy. If they don't release a BW sensor, they should at least have a software limit, so that only different kinds of BW conversions would be allowed for the output data ;-) - Toralf -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net 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 Letting loose
That's a very interesting and unusual image, despite the pretty girls. G I like the way you dealt with the very bright areas ad the dark areas, without totally losing anything. Even the head of hair in the lower left, while perhaps a bit distracting, adds depth to the scene and implies more action than can be shown in the frame. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Sat, Mar 17, 2012 at 2:59 AM, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote: On Mar 16, 2012, at 6:27 PM, Bruce Walker wrote: If I'm lucky, I too will outgrow my present fascination with imaging expressions of femininity. :-) Beware the siren call, Larry, lest you too start looking for suitable LBDs and Fendi heels. Unless it's for yourself. I understand that that's ok. I've got the sinking feeling that photos of pretty girls is a level of mediocrity that I'm never going to rise above. As a matter of fact, I spent the evening tonight at the Santa Cruz Museum of Art and History, and what did I end up taking photos of? http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/6989140377/ -- 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: Amazing advice
Funny. Actually, with film it was usually more appropriate to expose for the highlights and process for the shadows. Although that too is an oversimplification of the zone system. On Mar 17, 2012, at 4:43 AM, Larry Colen wrote: I'm on another photo forum where someone posted a couple of pictures, asking for advice on how to expose them properly. He did use the flash for fill, outside, with a compact digital point and shoot. Once it was determined what camera he was shooting with people stopped suggesting speedlights, and concentrated more on things like, have the model (who is black by the way) take off her baseball cap, and various suggestions for reflectors to use for fill. Then, today, someone posts: I just want to point you to Ansel Adams' Zone system. It's a great basic theory of exposure that can be summed up with expose for the shadows and develop for the highlights. -- 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.
OT: Spring finally comes to Canada
http://themetapicture.com/finally-spring-arrives-to-canada/ 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: OT: Question about a MIDI keyboard and USB port
El 17/03/2012 0:07, Cotty escribió: On 16/3/12, Carlos R., discombobulated, unleashed: I have seen that MIDI to USB converter cables are easy to find, but knowing nothing about MIDI my questions are: What more is needed for his intended purpose? A Mac. End of. -- Thanks for your help, Cotty ;-) Anyway, he bought an Asus notebook (very good, by the way), without asking me first. But now, seriously, being as he is a computer illiterate person, I would have told you to go for an Apple computer if he had asked for myu opinion before buying his laptop. He's hopeless at using the thing and an Apple would have easier for him to learn. Carlos -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net 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: Question about a MIDI keyboard and USB port
El 16/03/2012 20:14, steve harley escribió: on 2012-03-16 6:56 Bruce Walker wrote He might consider someday moving up to a keyboard with a USB connector that supports MIDI over USB. Pretty much the modern standard. Look around the M-Audio site. there are several USB-based keyboards that are reasonable quality and they are so inexpensive that buying a midi converter could be a waste (unless the Casio keyboard he has is very good); M-Audio, Akai and a few others make 2-octave keyboards for around $50, and 3+ octaves with a somewhat better touch aren't much more (i haven't owned an electronic keyboard for a while, but i've been planning to get one) when i work with non-expert computer users (which i do on the side professionally, and as a service to friends), i find keeping things simple is key; this is especially true with older people who tend not to practice enough to retain detailed procedures; to that end, a USB (rather than Midi) keyboard means less wiring, and i expect Windows is like OS X in that you could just plug in the USB keyboard, launch some equivalent to GarageBand, and start playing ... Thanks for you advice, Steve. In fact, I have also thought of the same solution, but first we'll try the MIDI to USB converter, which can be had quite inexpensively (about 10 euros) and if it doesn't work well enough, I think he'll go for the USB keyboard. Carlos -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net 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: Spring finally comes to Canada
Love it! Jack - Original Message - From: Daniel J. Matyola danmaty...@gmail.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Cc: Sent: Saturday, March 17, 2012 4:48 AM Subject: OT: Spring finally comes to Canada http://themetapicture.com/finally-spring-arrives-to-canada/ Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT: Spring finally comes to Canada
Yup. :) On Sat, Mar 17, 2012 at 7:48 AM, Daniel J. Matyola danmaty...@gmail.com wrote: http://themetapicture.com/finally-spring-arrives-to-canada/ 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. -- -bmw -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: GESO Letting loose
On Sat, Mar 17, 2012 at 2:59 AM, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote: On Mar 16, 2012, at 6:27 PM, Bruce Walker wrote: If I'm lucky, I too will outgrow my present fascination with imaging expressions of femininity. :-) Beware the siren call, Larry, lest you too start looking for suitable LBDs and Fendi heels. Unless it's for yourself. I understand that that's ok. I've got the sinking feeling that photos of pretty girls is a level of mediocrity that I'm never going to rise above. As a matter of fact, I spent the evening tonight at the Santa Cruz Museum of Art and History, and what did I end up taking photos of? http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/6989140377/ -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com sent from i4est That's a very bad sign, Larry, you old reprobate. :) -- -bmw -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: GESO Letting loose
Thank you, Dan. I try very hard to remove the pretty girl distractions, really I do. :) On Sat, Mar 17, 2012 at 7:38 AM, Daniel J. Matyola danmaty...@gmail.com wrote: That's a very interesting and unusual image, despite the pretty girls. G I like the way you dealt with the very bright areas ad the dark areas, without totally losing anything. Even the head of hair in the lower left, while perhaps a bit distracting, adds depth to the scene and implies more action than can be shown in the frame. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Sat, Mar 17, 2012 at 2:59 AM, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote: On Mar 16, 2012, at 6:27 PM, Bruce Walker wrote: If I'm lucky, I too will outgrow my present fascination with imaging expressions of femininity. :-) Beware the siren call, Larry, lest you too start looking for suitable LBDs and Fendi heels. Unless it's for yourself. I understand that that's ok. I've got the sinking feeling that photos of pretty girls is a level of mediocrity that I'm never going to rise above. As a matter of fact, I spent the evening tonight at the Santa Cruz Museum of Art and History, and what did I end up taking photos of? http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/6989140377/ -- 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. -- -bmw -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: GESO: Spring WIldflowers
Well done Mark. All are super Dave On Fri, Mar 16, 2012 at 9:08 PM, Mark C pdml-m...@charter.net wrote: I took a day off today and went down to the Dowagiac Woods in Cass County, MI, to see if the wildflowers were out. Usually there is nothing but harbinger of spring at this time of year, but I found a few sprigs of hepatica, much earlier than usual. So here is a handful of very early woodland wildflowers: http://www.markcassino.com/b2evolution/index.php or http://www.markcassino.com/b2evolution/index.php/early-spring-wildflowers I also shot a roll of Ilford SFX 120 in a Holga with a deep red filter smacked on it - the negs are hanging over my bathtub as I type this, and look promising. - MCC -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: K7 and K20 AF adjustment
On Fri, Mar 16, 2012 at 2:48 PM, Paul Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote: My K-5 required minor adjustment. It's important if you use autofocus wide open with a fast lens and want to make sure it's the eyeball, rather than the eyelash, that is critically sharp. I had three suspect lenses with my K-10D, the D FA 50, the 77 Ltd and the FA 100 macto. Pentax adjusted the 50 for me, and never got around to sending in the other two. I did a non scientific test of those lenses on the k-5 and other than the 100 macro seem ok. I feel my 100 macro is off slightly, juts does not give the sharpness and pop as its apparently supposed to do. Need to check it out soon. 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: The Feminine
Thats very nice Dave On Fri, Mar 16, 2012 at 3:11 PM, Paul Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote: Maiden Hair grass blooms in October, and the first hard freeze turns the flower heads into lacy delights. Winter was mild this year and some of the flowers remained beautifully intact until spring. Shot this one the other day with the K-5 and 90/2.5 Vivitar Series 1 macro. f8, 1/250th, ISO 800. http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=15365072size=lg -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- 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: Amazing advice
On Sat, Mar 17, 2012 at 4:40 AM, Paul Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote: Funny. Actually, with film it was usually more appropriate to expose for the highlights and process for the shadows. Although that too is an oversimplification of the zone system. That depends on whether you're exposing on negative or positive emulsions, Paul. - On positives, you expose to capture the highlights. Process is only modifiable in very small ways, you live with what the film gives you. - On negatives, you expose to capture the shadows. Process is very flexible to keep highlights from blocking up. None of which has much to do with the Zone System at all, IMO. The basis of the Zone System is to understand the recording medium and the metering apparatus, break the tonal range into ten zones, use the metering apparatus to find and locate the zones in a given scene, and make exposures with a plan as to how to achieve what tonal mapping you want through both the exposure you make and subsequent processing operations. -- Godfrey godfreydigiorgi.posterous.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT: Spring finally comes to Canada
You seem surprised.:-) http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=5643143 Dave On Sat, Mar 17, 2012 at 7:48 AM, Daniel J. Matyola danmaty...@gmail.com wrote: http://themetapicture.com/finally-spring-arrives-to-canada/ 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: Amazing advice
On Sat, Mar 17, 2012 at 1:43 AM, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote: I'm on another photo forum where someone posted a couple of pictures, asking for advice on how to expose them properly. He did use the flash for fill, outside, with a compact digital point and shoot. Once it was determined what camera he was shooting with people stopped suggesting speedlights, and concentrated more on things like, have the model (who is black by the way) take off her baseball cap, and various suggestions for reflectors to use for fill. Then, today, someone posts: I just want to point you to Ansel Adams' Zone system. It's a great basic theory of exposure that can be summed up with expose for the shadows and develop for the highlights. Over-simplified, incomplete understanding of AA's Zone System practice. -- Godfrey godfreydigiorgi.posterous.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT: Spring finally comes to Canada
On 3/17/2012 6:48 AM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: http://themetapicture.com/finally-spring-arrives-to-canada/ Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola So that's what real Canadians look like without real hats! Fun shot, Dan! :) -- Walt -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO - Lost Found
On 16/3/12, Matthew Hunt, discombobulated, unleashed: On the way home from work today, I took back roads I didn't know, and got lost on purpose. I found this: http://stdw.us/Flickr-LnF Very nice! I could do with some darker clouds and more contrast :) -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche -- http://www.cottysnaps.com _ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO Heaven's 'Bone
On 3/16/2012 10:22 AM, Bruce Walker wrote: I was distracted and had had a beer and most of my shots turned to mush. But despite my worst efforts this one seemed to work ... Your photography is great, but you really need to work on your drinking. That aside, this is a great shot! It makes me wish I'd been there. -- Walt -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO - Lost Found
Very nice, Matthew! I can easily see where that would bring a smile to your face as you went through the day's product. -- Walt On 3/16/2012 8:13 PM, Matthew Hunt wrote: On the way home from work today, I took back roads I didn't know, and got lost on purpose. I found this: http://stdw.us/Flickr-LnF This is part of my project to shoot exclusively with the Pentax A 28/2.8 during Lent--giving up all my other lenses. I mentioned the project at the beginning, but since we're halfway through, and I was pretty happy with what I got today, I thought I would mention it again. You can see more on my blog: http://scotchtape.ductwhisky.com/ Or on Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/coneslayer/ Comments and criticism are always welcome. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net 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: Spring WIldflowers
On 3/16/2012 11:11 PM, steve harley wrote: on 2012-03-16 19:08 Mark C wrote I took a day off today and went down to the Dowagiac Woods in Cass County, MI, to see if the wildflowers were out. Usually there is nothing but harbinger of spring at this time of year, but I found a few sprigs of hepatica, much earlier than usual. So here is a handful of very early woodland wildflowers: http://www.markcassino.com/b2evolution/index.php those are interesting flowers that i don't see in Colorado (and that i don't recall from childhood in Maine or Kansas); while the context is part of what makes these interesting, the simplicity and nice bokeh is attractive, and it makes me want to traipse down to some wetlands along the South Platte River to see what's up here in urban Denver (in the non-wild, my yard) i saw gazania and mallow in flower on 2 Jan, then we had the snowiest February on record, and now everything's a-burstin', bulbs especially, but all the shrubs are budding, phlox violets vinca are showing color, and townsendia are open, though the petals aren't fully developed; cats have found the first green on the catnip as well Thanks, Steve. These are woodland wildflowers. They are found in wooded areas and bloom in the period of early spring when the soil has warmed but the trees are still leafless and direct sun hits the ground. In MIchigan you don't see them much in re-forested areas that were once farmed, but they are really abundant in areas that were never plowed up. The range map I looked at shows hepatica only in the eastern US. Thanks for looking! Mark -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Spring WIldflowers
Thanks, Kin, and thanks to everyone else who looked. I should have commented that these were taken with the K-5 and DFA 100mm macro. Mark On 3/16/2012 10:33 PM, kwal...@peoplepc.com wrote: Very nice work as usual Mark. Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: Mark C pdml-m...@charter.net Subject: GESO: Spring WIldflowers I took a day off today and went down to the Dowagiac Woods in Cass County, MI, to see if the wildflowers were out. Usually there is nothing but harbinger of spring at this time of year, but I found a few sprigs of hepatica, much earlier than usual. So here is a handful of very early woodland wildflowers: http://www.markcassino.com/b2evolution/index.php or http://www.markcassino.com/b2evolution/index.php/early-spring-wildflowers I also shot a roll of Ilford SFX 120 in a Holga with a deep red filter smacked on it - the negs are hanging over my bathtub as I type this, and look promising. - MCC -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Spring WIldflowers
Thanks, Ken, and thanks to everyone else who looked. I should have commented that these were taken with the K-5 and DFA 100mm macro. Mark On 3/16/2012 10:33 PM, kwal...@peoplepc.com wrote: Very nice work as usual Mark. Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: Mark C pdml-m...@charter.net Subject: GESO: Spring WIldflowers I took a day off today and went down to the Dowagiac Woods in Cass County, MI, to see if the wildflowers were out. Usually there is nothing but harbinger of spring at this time of year, but I found a few sprigs of hepatica, much earlier than usual. So here is a handful of very early woodland wildflowers: http://www.markcassino.com/b2evolution/index.php or http://www.markcassino.com/b2evolution/index.php/early-spring-wildflowers I also shot a roll of Ilford SFX 120 in a Holga with a deep red filter smacked on it - the negs are hanging over my bathtub as I type this, and look promising. - MCC -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net 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: Spring WIldflowers
Thanks, Bob - I only saw a couple dozen springs yesterday in a woods that ultimately will be carpeted with hepatica. SO - they are just getting started. But usually there would still be snow in the low lying areas this time of year an no flowers at all... Mark On 3/16/2012 9:59 PM, Bob Sullivan wrote: Love those Mark. I've got to get out there before all the warm weather makes them pass. Regards, Bob S. On Fri, Mar 16, 2012 at 8:08 PM, Mark Cpdml-m...@charter.net wrote: I took a day off today and went down to the Dowagiac Woods in Cass County, MI, to see if the wildflowers were out. Usually there is nothing but harbinger of spring at this time of year, but I found a few sprigs of hepatica, much earlier than usual. So here is a handful of very early woodland wildflowers: http://www.markcassino.com/b2evolution/index.php or http://www.markcassino.com/b2evolution/index.php/early-spring-wildflowers I also shot a roll of Ilford SFX 120 in a Holga with a deep red filter smacked on it - the negs are hanging over my bathtub as I type this, and look promising. - MCC -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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 Heaven's 'Bone
On Sat, Mar 17, 2012 at 10:25 AM, Walt Gilbert ldott...@gmail.com wrote: On 3/16/2012 10:22 AM, Bruce Walker wrote: I was distracted and had had a beer and most of my shots turned to mush. But despite my worst efforts this one seemed to work ... Your photography is great, but you really need to work on your drinking. That aside, this is a great shot! It makes me wish I'd been there. -- Walt Thanks, Walt! :-) -- -bmw -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO - Lost Found
On 3/16/2012 9:13 PM, Matthew Hunt wrote: On the way home from work today, I took back roads I didn't know, and got lost on purpose. I found this: http://stdw.us/Flickr-LnF This is part of my project to shoot exclusively with the Pentax A 28/2.8 during Lent--giving up all my other lenses. I mentioned the project at the beginning, but since we're halfway through, and I was pretty happy with what I got today, I thought I would mention it again. You can see more on my blog: http://scotchtape.ductwhisky.com/ Or on Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/coneslayer/ Comments and criticism are always welcome. The sun rays are really nice, though the windmill on your blog is cool as well. Looks like a great big peace symbol. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
RE: Amazing advice
From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Godfrey DiGiorgi The basis of the Zone System is to understand the recording medium and the metering apparatus, break the tonal range into ten zones, use the metering apparatus to find and locate the zones in a given scene, and make exposures with a plan as to how to achieve what tonal mapping you want through both the exposure you make and subsequent processing operations. You forgot the beard. You're not allowed to use the Zone System unless you have a beard, and then it's compulsory. Never trust a photographer with a beard, that's what I say. Especially the men. 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.
Lightroom, how to move many RAW files to another disk
Hi all, A question for the Lightroom experts on the list ... I have been collecting all my RAW files from the last 5 or 6 years into Lightroom, and am getting to the point where the internal disk (750Gb) of the iMAC is getting to full for comfort. So because of that, and to gain some extra speed as well I hope, I got myself a fast 2Tb external drive, connected through Firewire-800. I would like to move ALL the actual images to that new drive, and keep the Lightroom catalog (and its previews) on the internal disk. What is the easiest way to accomplish that ? All images are under a single directory on my data volume, say: /MerlinData/foto There are 33000 images, totalling almost 400Gb in size. Since I want to keep them on the internal drive too for now (as a backup) I want to copy the whole tree to the new drive OUTSIDE of Lightroom. Then in Lightroom, in its folder pane in Library, use Update Folder Location... to have it point to the new location on the other disk. Is that a good way to do this ? Any gothcha's, or better ways ? FYI, this is Lightroom 3.6, to be upgraded to 4.0 sometime next week. TIA for any hints and tips, JvW -- Jan van Wijk; http://www.dfsee.com/gallery -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Would a BW ONLY digital camera appeal to you?
For event oriented snapshots I usually go for black and white only. If it meant that it was faster and had better low-light quality, i might consider a black and white digital. When using my Lumix LX3, and I have set it to black and white, I found out, that the RAW files are still color files! This is not so great. I want the RAW files black and white too. Regards Jens -- Treat others as you would like to be treated yourself. On Mar 17, 2012 12:37 Toralf Lund tor...@toralf.net wrote: On 3/15/12 17:07, Darren Addy wrote: Before you answer: What if it was a Leica? http://www.petapixel.com/2012/03/15/leicas-upcoming-m-series-camera- may-have-a-bw-sensor/ Since everyone seems to say no, I'll try yes. I might not want this as my only or regular camera, but I still think the idea is interesting. Yes, a colour sensor is probably more flexible in many ways even if you want to produce BW, but there are still some limitations to the options you have. You can't really select to have no filtering at all, or avoid having some of the pixel data filtered by the wrong filter... As long as you have a pattern sensor, I mean - the situation would be quite different if someone made a *really good* camera that would capture full colour at all sites... And of course, everyone knows that shooting colour with a Leica is plain heresy. If they don't release a BW sensor, they should at least have a software limit, so that only different kinds of BW conversions would be allowed for the output data ;-) - Toralf -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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 Letting loose
On Fri, Mar 16, 2012 at 11:11 PM, John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com wrote: I guess I'm a fan of studio photography. Just don't have the money to build the studio. And even if I had the money, I don't have the space. John, I don't have a studio, nor space for one, but I don't let that stop me. I have two hotshoe flashes, although I mostly use one and a cheap convertible reflector. I don't have a background stand, I just use a white wall. If I need a black background, I just position the subject in a doorway to put a dark hallway behind them. If I need a blown-out white background, that's what the 2nd flash is for. If you buy stuff from Fancierstudio on Amazon, $50 will get you a couple of stands and umbrellas. Get one or two Vivitar flashes, put 'em on manual and you're good to go. Pick up one of the cheapie wireless triggers, and slave any additional flash(es) to the triggered one. (Since I got Pentax flashes, I use the optical triggering, but I'm starting to reconsider radio now.) Then there's the use somebody else's studio approach. I have partnered with a guy who has an extensive studio in his print-biz shop. I trade work for time. In that pinup shoot I did, I did all the up-front design work, a lot of organizing legwork (getting props, models) and in total that shoot cost me $15 for my share of lunch. Everyone there was working on a TF (trade-for) basis. And for workshops all you need to bring is your camera and lenses. The cost is higher, of course, but still quite affordable and a great learning experience. And you get to work with agency models and higher-end lighting. Go for it John. Stretch a bit. Treat yourself. :-) -- -bmw -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
PESO - Waiting
Was she stood up? Was she waiting for someone in the cafe who has forgotten about her? I'm not sure what she was waiting for, but she didn't look happy: http://knarfinthecity.blogspot.ca/2012/03/waiting.html Hope you enjoy. Comments welcome. cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Would a BW ONLY digital camera appeal to you?
On Sat, Mar 17, 2012 at 11:50 AM, Jens p...@planfoto.dk wrote: When using my Lumix LX3, and I have set it to black and white, I found out, that the RAW files are still color files! This is not so great. I want the RAW files black and white too. That's not physically possible. The raw files contain the raw sensor data. That's one intensity value per pixel. But that value corresponds to either red, green, or blue intensity, due to the Bayer color filter sitting above the pixel. The color filters are physical things that are sitting on (or near) the surface of the sensor; they don't disappear just because you want to shoot in BW. When you look at a raw file on your computer screen, you're not actually looking at the raw data. You're looking at the output of a raw processor (Lightroom or whatever) that has used the differently filtered pixels to reconstruct the color in the scene. (This is the demosaicing step of raw processing.) You *could* see the raw data without demosaicing if you used a processor like the command-line dcraw tool that lets you skip demosaicing. But it wouldn't be what you want. Again, because of the Bayer filter array, what you'd have in a blue sky is one out of every four pixels bright (the one that's under a blue filter) while the other three out of four would be dark (the pixels under the red and green filters). That's not a photographically desirable representation of the sky. That's why your raw processor reconstructs the color information, then lets you filter the colors (to approximate shooting with a yellow filter, or whatever you'd like, in order to brighten up some colors and darken others). A true BW camera would do away with the Bayer filter array. The downside, as others have mentioned, is that you wouldn't be able to do the filtering in processing as you can now. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO - Waiting
Excellent mood here Frank Dave On Sat, Mar 17, 2012 at 11:58 AM, frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: Was she stood up? Was she waiting for someone in the cafe who has forgotten about her? I'm not sure what she was waiting for, but she didn't look happy: http://knarfinthecity.blogspot.ca/2012/03/waiting.html Hope you enjoy. Comments welcome. cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ York Region, Ontario, Canada -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Amazing advice
On Mar 17, 2012, at 7:07 AM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: On Sat, Mar 17, 2012 at 1:43 AM, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote: I'm on another photo forum where someone posted a couple of pictures, asking for advice on how to expose them properly. He did use the flash for fill, outside, with a compact digital point and shoot. Once it was determined what camera he was shooting with people stopped suggesting speedlights, and concentrated more on things like, have the model (who is black by the way) take off her baseball cap, and various suggestions for reflectors to use for fill. Then, today, someone posts: I just want to point you to Ansel Adams' Zone system. It's a great basic theory of exposure that can be summed up with expose for the shadows and develop for the highlights. Over-simplified, incomplete understanding of AA's Zone System practice. And developing for the highlights is probably not very applicable to a digital point and shoot, as most people using them probably don't develop their own film. -- Godfrey godfreydigiorgi.posterous.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com sent from i4est -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Would a BW ONLY digital camera appeal to you?
It has occurred to me that one of the stupid things about making a digital camera with a black-and-white-only sensor would be that it would be like buying a film camera that would only work with one kind of film. OK, you could have different sensitivity settings, but BW films had their own sensitivity curves and reacted differently to red, green and blue light. You could change things with filters, of course, but those are not nearly flexible/versatile to make one film emulate the RGB sensitivity curves of another. In a digital camera you can emulate the looks of different BW films to some extent by working with the individual RGB curves during raw processing, but the sensor has to capture individual RGB data in the first place - a BW-only sensor wouldn't permit this so you'd be locked into one look forever. If Leica were to make a BW-only camera, one way around this would be to use a color sensor and implement the BW limitation in software. That seems a bit silly (not that some people wouldn't buy it anyway). If the Leica rumor turns out to be real, perhaps they are implementing the BW-only limitation in software but using the kind of sensor Kodak announced a few years ago with a non-Bayer pattern that sacrifices some color sensitivity for greater luminance sensitivity . Here's the DP Review article about it: http://www.dpreview.com/news/2007/6/14/kodakhighsens -- 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: Lightroom, how to move many RAW files to another disk
You can do it outside of LR like you suggest, or you can do it in LR in the folders panel. If you do it in LR, it will move the files, not copy them. On Sat, Mar 17, 2012 at 10:34 AM, Jan van Wijk pen...@dfsee.com wrote: Hi all, A question for the Lightroom experts on the list ... I have been collecting all my RAW files from the last 5 or 6 years into Lightroom, and am getting to the point where the internal disk (750Gb) of the iMAC is getting to full for comfort. So because of that, and to gain some extra speed as well I hope, I got myself a fast 2Tb external drive, connected through Firewire-800. I would like to move ALL the actual images to that new drive, and keep the Lightroom catalog (and its previews) on the internal disk. What is the easiest way to accomplish that ? All images are under a single directory on my data volume, say: /MerlinData/foto There are 33000 images, totalling almost 400Gb in size. Since I want to keep them on the internal drive too for now (as a backup) I want to copy the whole tree to the new drive OUTSIDE of Lightroom. Then in Lightroom, in its folder pane in Library, use Update Folder Location... to have it point to the new location on the other disk. Is that a good way to do this ? Any gothcha's, or better ways ? FYI, this is Lightroom 3.6, to be upgraded to 4.0 sometime next week. TIA for any hints and tips, JvW -- Jan van Wijk; http://www.dfsee.com/gallery -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- David Parsons Photography http://www.davidparsonsphoto.com Aloha Photographer Photoblog http://alohaphotog.blogspot.com/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: GESO Letting loose
On Mar 17, 2012, at 4:38 AM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: That's a very interesting and unusual image, despite the pretty girls. G I like the way you dealt with the very bright areas ad the dark areas, without totally losing anything. Even the head of hair in the lower left, while perhaps a bit distracting, adds depth to the scene and implies more action than can be shown in the frame. Thanks Dan. I used a little more technique than spray and pray but not much. As with fire dancers, this is one case where I use the autoexposure with the AF540. I just expose for the lights, and fill with the flash. I bumped the ISO up to 800 so I could bounce the flash and not get too beaten up too bad by inverse square blowing out the people in the foreground. The composition may have been purely luck, as I took a lot of the shots with the camera over my head so I could get a clear shot past the crowds watching. But, as has been discussed, I'm still immature enough in my photographic development that I still consider pretty girls to be a feature, rather than a bug. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Sat, Mar 17, 2012 at 2:59 AM, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote: On Mar 16, 2012, at 6:27 PM, Bruce Walker wrote: If I'm lucky, I too will outgrow my present fascination with imaging expressions of femininity. :-) Beware the siren call, Larry, lest you too start looking for suitable LBDs and Fendi heels. Unless it's for yourself. I understand that that's ok. I've got the sinking feeling that photos of pretty girls is a level of mediocrity that I'm never going to rise above. As a matter of fact, I spent the evening tonight at the Santa Cruz Museum of Art and History, and what did I end up taking photos of? http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/6989140377/ -- 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. -- 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 - Short Order
Thanks, Ann and thanks to everyone else who looked and commented. Cheers, frank What can be asserted without proof can be dismissed without proof. -- Christopher Hitchens --- Original Message --- From: Ann Sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com Sent: March 16, 2012 3/16/12 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Subject: Re: PESO - Short Order reminds me I didn't have breakfast yet... yeah - that's a nice journalistic grab - you know, like all your stuff :-) a On 3/16/2012 07:02, frank theriault wrote: Hope you enjoy: http://knarfinthecity.blogspot.com/2012/03/short-order.html Comments always welcome. cheers, frank -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net 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: Spring WIldflowers
Those are really beautiful, Mark. The bokeh is just lovely. cheers, frank What can be asserted without proof can be dismissed without proof. -- Christopher Hitchens --- Original Message --- From: Mark C pdml-m...@charter.net Sent: March 16, 2012 3/16/12 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Subject: GESO: Spring WIldflowers I took a day off today and went down to the Dowagiac Woods in Cass County, MI, to see if the wildflowers were out. Usually there is nothing but harbinger of spring at this time of year, but I found a few sprigs of hepatica, much earlier than usual. So here is a handful of very early woodland wildflowers: http://www.markcassino.com/b2evolution/index.php or http://www.markcassino.com/b2evolution/index.php/early-spring-wildflowers I also shot a roll of Ilford SFX 120 in a Holga with a deep red filter smacked on it - the negs are hanging over my bathtub as I type this, and look promising. - MCC -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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 SS#2 Scugog
Girls and Boys entrances. Love it! Prefer the black and white - seems appropriate for the era the school was built. Very good photo. Cheers, frank What can be asserted without proof can be dismissed without proof. -- Christopher Hitchens --- Original Message --- From: David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com Sent: March 17, 2012 3/17/12 To: Pentax Discuss pdml@pdml.net, Barbara Brooks bbaro...@gmail.com Subject: Peso SS#2 Scugog Went to port Perry over the march break to throw away $200 at the slots, well actually I did, Liz won several hundred. Any way, noticed this old 1927 school house at Island Road and Stephenson point road.: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=15369512 http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=15369516 K-5 D FA 50 f2.8 at f 6.3 ISO 160 Dave -- Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ York Region, Ontario, Canada -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO - Waiting
This is great, Frank. What I see very strongly is the image split between the right-hand 1/3rd: warm, busy, safe, and the left 2/3rds: shabby, cold, lonely. Good one! On Sat, Mar 17, 2012 at 11:58 AM, frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: Was she stood up? Was she waiting for someone in the cafe who has forgotten about her? I'm not sure what she was waiting for, but she didn't look happy: http://knarfinthecity.blogspot.ca/2012/03/waiting.html Hope you enjoy. Comments welcome. cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- -bmw -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
RE: PESO: The Feminine
I'm glad I looked at your photo for two reasons: First, I didn't know what that was called. We have loads of it around here; now I can give it a name. Second, beautiful photo by you. The light is lovely and you did a great job on the background. Thanks! cheers, frank What can be asserted without proof can be dismissed without proof. -- Christopher Hitchens --- Original Message --- From: Paul Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net Sent: March 16, 2012 3/16/12 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Subject: PESO: The Feminine Maiden Hair grass blooms in October, and the first hard freeze turns the flower heads into lacy delights. Winter was mild this year and some of the flowers remained beautifully intact until spring. Shot this one the other day with the K-5 and 90/2.5 Vivitar Series 1 macro. f8, 1/250th, ISO 800. http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=15365072size=lg -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO - Waiting
Nice. Just enough of her face is revealed to capture her mood. The wide view gives it a location and interest. Paul On Mar 17, 2012, at 11:58 AM, frank theriault wrote: Was she stood up? Was she waiting for someone in the cafe who has forgotten about her? I'm not sure what she was waiting for, but she didn't look happy: http://knarfinthecity.blogspot.ca/2012/03/waiting.html Hope you enjoy. Comments welcome. cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Lightroom, how to move many RAW files to another disk
That will work just fine. It's better to move a LARGE number of files this way, rather than from inside Lightroom in the Folders panel. Just be sure that you use the function to Show Parent Folder until the root of the photos' directory tree is visible in the Folders panel so that you can reassign all of the image file locations in one action. G On Sat, Mar 17, 2012 at 7:34 AM, Jan van Wijk pen...@dfsee.com wrote: Hi all, A question for the Lightroom experts on the list ... I have been collecting all my RAW files from the last 5 or 6 years into Lightroom, and am getting to the point where the internal disk (750Gb) of the iMAC is getting to full for comfort. So because of that, and to gain some extra speed as well I hope, I got myself a fast 2Tb external drive, connected through Firewire-800. I would like to move ALL the actual images to that new drive, and keep the Lightroom catalog (and its previews) on the internal disk. What is the easiest way to accomplish that ? All images are under a single directory on my data volume, say: /MerlinData/foto There are 33000 images, totalling almost 400Gb in size. Since I want to keep them on the internal drive too for now (as a backup) I want to copy the whole tree to the new drive OUTSIDE of Lightroom. Then in Lightroom, in its folder pane in Library, use Update Folder Location... to have it point to the new location on the other disk. Is that a good way to do this ? Any gothcha's, or better ways ? FYI, this is Lightroom 3.6, to be upgraded to 4.0 sometime next week. TIA for any hints and tips, JvW -- Jan van Wijk; http://www.dfsee.com/gallery -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Godfrey godfreydigiorgi.posterous.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Peso SS#2 Scugog
A classic bit of the past, nicely rendered. I might crop in tighter on the right. I think I prefer the color as shown. Brighter midtones in the BW might change my mind. Paul On Mar 17, 2012, at 11:12 AM, David J Brooks wrote: Went to port Perry over the march break to throw away $200 at the slots, well actually I did, Liz won several hundred. Any way, noticed this old 1927 school house at Island Road and Stephenson point road.: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=15369512 http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=15369516 K-5 D FA 50 f2.8 at f 6.3 ISO 160 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: Lightroom, how to move many RAW files to another disk
On Sat, 17 Mar 2012 12:30:20 -0700 Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: That will work just fine. It's better to move a LARGE number of files this way, rather than from inside Lightroom in the Folders panel. OK, thanks Godfrey. I expected as much, and I'd rather COPY than really MOVE Just be sure that you use the function to Show Parent Folder until the root of the photos' directory tree is visible in the Folders panel so that you can reassign all of the image file locations in one action. Yes, I had already done so, just to make sure everything was rooted in the same spot, and it was. Good to go, just waiting for the full-backup to complete first. Thanks, JvW -- Jan van Wijk; http://www.dfsee.com/gallery -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: GESO Letting loose
I like this one :-) 20120316-LRC42537.jpg ann On 3/17/2012 12:36, Larry Colen wrote: On Mar 17, 2012, at 4:38 AM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: That's a very interesting and unusual image, despite the pretty girls. G I like the way you dealt with the very bright areas ad the dark areas, without totally losing anything. Even the head of hair in the lower left, while perhaps a bit distracting, adds depth to the scene and implies more action than can be shown in the frame. Thanks Dan. I used a little more technique than spray and pray but not much. As with fire dancers, this is one case where I use the autoexposure with the AF540. I just expose for the lights, and fill with the flash. I bumped the ISO up to 800 so I could bounce the flash and not get too beaten up too bad by inverse square blowing out the people in the foreground. The composition may have been purely luck, as I took a lot of the shots with the camera over my head so I could get a clear shot past the crowds watching. But, as has been discussed, I'm still immature enough in my photographic development that I still consider pretty girls to be a feature, rather than a bug. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Sat, Mar 17, 2012 at 2:59 AM, Larry Colenl...@red4est.com wrote: On Mar 16, 2012, at 6:27 PM, Bruce Walker wrote: If I'm lucky, I too will outgrow my present fascination with imaging expressions of femininity. :-) Beware the siren call, Larry, lest you too start looking for suitable LBDs and Fendi heels. Unless it's for yourself. I understand that that's ok. I've got the sinking feeling that photos of pretty girls is a level of mediocrity that I'm never going to rise above. As a matter of fact, I spent the evening tonight at the Santa Cruz Museum of Art and History, and what did I end up taking photos of? http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/6989140377/ -- 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. -- 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: Amazing advice
Hard to imagine anyone with a compact digital point and shoot would be inclined to delve into Adam's zone system. Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: Larry Colen l...@red4est.com Subject: Amazing advice I'm on another photo forum where someone posted a couple of pictures, asking for advice on how to expose them properly. He did use the flash for fill, outside, with a compact digital point and shoot. Once it was determined what camera he was shooting with people stopped suggesting speedlights, and concentrated more on things like, have the model (who is black by the way) take off her baseball cap, and various suggestions for reflectors to use for fill. Then, today, someone posts: I just want to point you to Ansel Adams' Zone system. It's a great basic theory of exposure that can be summed up with expose for the shadows and develop for the highlights. -- 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: Happy Pi Day
Quoting Daniel J. Matyola danmaty...@gmail.com: 3/14 is Pi Day! http://www.piday.org/ But, but, but. 3/14 only works in those parts of the world where the date is in mm/dd/ format. If you're in a dd/mm/ part of the world, Pi Day doesn't (or shouldn't) exist, unless there's a 14th month out there I haven't heard about :-) -- Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://lyons-ryan.org/southernlight/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net 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: Happy Pi Day
From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Brian Walters But, but, but. 3/14 only works in those parts of the world where the date is in mm/dd/ format. If you're in a dd/mm/ part of the world, Pi Day doesn't (or shouldn't) exist, unless there's a 14th month out there I haven't heard about :-) Ethiopia has 13 months. 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: GESO - Magnum Contacts
Quoting Derby Chang der...@iinet.net.au: Popped into the curator talk at Stills Gallery tonight for the Magnum Contacts show. Beautiful presentation, and the talk was funny, informative and charming. Highly recommended if you are in Sydney for the next week. Bonus, there are some gob smacking huge Trent Parke prints on the other side of the gallery, itself worth a visit http://members.iinet.net.au/~derbyc/12/12_03/12_03_magnumcontact/index.htm Damn - looks as if I won't be able to get to see that. Then again, I'm not sure I'd want to be in the same room with that many Margaret Thatchers. Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://lyons-ryan.org/southernlight/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net 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: Happy Pi Day
Quoting Bob W p...@web-options.com: From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Brian Walters But, but, but. 3/14 only works in those parts of the world where the date is in mm/dd/ format. If you're in a dd/mm/ part of the world, Pi Day doesn't (or shouldn't) exist, unless there's a 14th month out there I haven't heard about :-) Ethiopia has 13 months. So they don't get Pi Day either -- Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://lyons-ryan.org/southernlight/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO - Waiting
That image conveys a strong sense of her isolation amidst a busy city. Well done, Frank Dan Matyola http://www.pe.ntaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Sat, Mar 17, 2012 at 11:58 AM, frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: Was she stood up? Was she waiting for someone in the cafe who has forgotten about her? I'm not sure what she was waiting for, but she didn't look happy: http://knarfinthecity.blogspot.ca/2012/03/waiting.html Hope you enjoy. Comments welcome. cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Peso SS#2 Scugog
I like the color version. That looks like my old elementary scholl, down to the separate entrances for girls and boys. Well seen and captured. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Sat, Mar 17, 2012 at 11:12 AM, David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com wrote: Went to port Perry over the march break to throw away $200 at the slots, well actually I did, Liz won several hundred. Any way, noticed this old 1927 school house at Island Road and Stephenson point road.: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=15369512 http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=15369516 K-5 D FA 50 f2.8 at f 6.3 ISO 160 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: Amazing advice
To develop the film/file; they need to shoot raw, I believe. The jpeg (the output of most, if not all, PS cameras) is already cooked/developed; much like a print (on screen)... Isn't that so? Bulent - http://www.flickr.com/photos/bc_the_path/ http://photo.net/photodb/user?user_id=2226822 http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/artists/bulentcelasun 2012/3/17 kwal...@peoplepc.com: Hard to imagine anyone with a compact digital point and shoot would be inclined to delve into Adam's zone system. Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: Larry Colen l...@red4est.com Subject: Amazing advice I'm on another photo forum where someone posted a couple of pictures, asking for advice on how to expose them properly. He did use the flash for fill, outside, with a compact digital point and shoot. Once it was determined what camera he was shooting with people stopped suggesting speedlights, and concentrated more on things like, have the model (who is black by the way) take off her baseball cap, and various suggestions for reflectors to use for fill. Then, today, someone posts: I just want to point you to Ansel Adams' Zone system. It's a great basic theory of exposure that can be summed up with expose for the shadows and develop for the highlights. -- 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: PESO - Lost Found
The size of the clouds towering over the trees, and the rays of sunlight breaking though make this a very effective image. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Sat, Mar 17, 2012 at 10:20 AM, Cotty cotty...@mac.com wrote: On 16/3/12, Matthew Hunt, discombobulated, unleashed: On the way home from work today, I took back roads I didn't know, and got lost on purpose. I found this: http://stdw.us/Flickr-LnF Very nice! I could do with some darker clouds and more contrast :) -- 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. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Amazing advice
From: Larry Colen I'm on another photo forum where someone posted a couple of pictures, asking for advice on how to expose them properly. He did use the flash for fill, outside, with a compact digital point and shoot. Once it was determined what camera he was shooting with people stopped suggesting speedlights, and concentrated more on things like, have the model (who is black by the way) take off her baseball cap, and various suggestions for reflectors to use for fill. Then, today, someone posts: I just want to point you to Ansel Adams' Zone system. It's a great basic theory of exposure that can be summed up with expose for the shadows and develop for the highlights. One of the classes I was in at the convention, the presenter said you can basically map the histogram to the zone system. It was unfortunately one of the things that came up BEFORE I figured out I could just photograph the powerpoint slides, so he had gone on to the next slide before I got the whole correlation written down in my notes. But, what I did get: Zero on the histogram is 0 on the Zone system, 026 is Zone I, 128 is zone V, 255 is zone X. Shoot to place the wedding gown in Zone IX, Caucasian skin in Zone VI or VII It was, of course, a wedding photography presentation. He had some other good stuff I think I can use, because he made it very simple. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Windows Reflecting Sunset
http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=15371918 Comments are invited. 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 Letting loose
From: Bruce Walker On Fri, Mar 16, 2012 at 11:11 PM, John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com wrote: I guess I'm a fan of studio photography. Just don't have the money to build the studio. And even if I had the money, I don't have the space. John, I don't have a studio, nor space for one, but I don't let that stop me. I have two hotshoe flashes, although I mostly use one and a cheap convertible reflector. I don't have a background stand, I just use a white wall. If I need a black background, I just position the subject in a doorway to put a dark hallway behind them. If I need a blown-out white background, that's what the 2nd flash is for. If you buy stuff from Fancierstudio on Amazon, $50 will get you a couple of stands and umbrellas. Get one or two Vivitar flashes, put 'em on manual and you're good to go. Pick up one of the cheapie wireless triggers, and slave any additional flash(es) to the triggered one. (Since I got Pentax flashes, I use the optical triggering, but I'm starting to reconsider radio now.) Then there's the use somebody else's studio approach. I have partnered with a guy who has an extensive studio in his print-biz shop. I trade work for time. In that pinup shoot I did, I did all the up-front design work, a lot of organizing legwork (getting props, models) and in total that shoot cost me $15 for my share of lunch. Everyone there was working on a TF (trade-for) basis. And for workshops all you need to bring is your camera and lenses. The cost is higher, of course, but still quite affordable and a great learning experience. And you get to work with agency models and higher-end lighting. Go for it John. Stretch a bit. Treat yourself. I've got the lights, stands, background cloths ... what I don't have right now is a physical space to set them up. I'm currently looking for someone in my area to partner with who has space needs equipment. I know one photographer who has expressed an interest, but she's even crazier than my EX-wife I just don't want to get involved. I've got a set of plans for a free-standing 2-car garage that I could build out in the back of my lot. But I don't have money right now to build it. Plus it's going to require a lot of cosmetic work on the house before I will feel that I can bring prospective clients to my prospective backyard studio - which is what I work on right now since I don't have any paying work at present. In the mean time, spring is sprung I've got several public gardens I can use, and I'm looking at offering on location studio photography - set it up at the client's house. But, first I gotta find some work if I'm going to afford anything. I *am* looking. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net 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: Windows Reflecting Sunset
That's a pretty dramatic shot Dan. I'm not sure if I could have figured it out without your hint. I would have guessed a fireball inside the place. Regards, Bob S. On Sat, Mar 17, 2012 at 4:59 PM, Daniel J. Matyola danmaty...@gmail.com wrote: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=15371918 Comments are invited. 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: Windows Reflecting Sunset
Thanks, Bob. I sent it to a friend with the title Fiery Windows, and he asked me how the fine started, so I decided I should change the title. G I was reading a book of images and advice by various photographers, and one said the thing he always tries to remember is to turn around. Often, when you are someplace for a certain shot, there is another one lurking around the corner, if you take of the blinders and look around, in directions other than the planned one. I did exactly that here. I was photographing the sun setting into the Pacific, and it was indeed a nice sunset, with a lot of red and yellow colors. I turned around to look at the others watching and photographing the sunset, and noticed a glare across the street. I ran up the hill a bit, and say these windows full of the color of the sunset behind me, so I grabbed this image before finishing my planned shoot of the sun and the ocean and the clouds. Dan. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Sat, Mar 17, 2012 at 6:06 PM, Bob Sullivan rf.sulli...@gmail.com wrote: That's a pretty dramatic shot Dan. I'm not sure if I could have figured it out without your hint. I would have guessed a fireball inside the place. Regards, Bob S. On Sat, Mar 17, 2012 at 4:59 PM, Daniel J. Matyola danmaty...@gmail.com wrote: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=15371918 Comments are invited. 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. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net 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: Windows Reflecting Sunset
I really like the warm and dramatic colour in that Dan. But as a shot it doesn't do it for me because it seems to have lost too much detail and contrast due to that high ISO. With all the colour noise, it has that crop-from-a-PS overall look. On Sat, Mar 17, 2012 at 5:59 PM, Daniel J. Matyola danmaty...@gmail.com wrote: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=15371918 Comments are invited. 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. -- -bmw -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: GESO Letting loose
On 17/03/2012 12:27 PM, Bruce Walker wrote: We have a special way of complaining here on the PDML, we simply ignore the offending post and move on, leaving the perp to wonder if their message even went out. Such is the fate of cats, dogs, many flower macros ... and pretty girls. I gather that in the larger photography world, and what is the PDML but a microcosm of it, cats, flowers and pretty girls are phases of development that you are allowed to dabble in, if you must, then outgrow. That is if you are Serious About Photography. Landscapes and street are among the few truly honourable destinations. Aberrant photogs like Irving Penn, Richard Avedon, Lillian Bassman, Sam Haskins: all sad cases. Just think what they could have done if they hadn't gotten stuck at the pretty girls in frou-frou gowns stage. Or in Sam's case, nothing at all. Edward Steichen, that turncoat. Worst one of all; was progressing just fine, then suddenly abandoned all that was good and returned to frock-shots. We'll allow Edward Weston his foibles. At least he was making pretty girls resemble conch shells, and vice versa. If I'm lucky, I too will outgrow my present fascination with imaging expressions of femininity. :-) Beware the siren call, Larry, lest you too start looking for suitable LBDs and Fendi heels. Unless it's for yourself. I understand that that's ok. Har. Don't go changin', Bruce. I know you were being entertaining, but personally, I wouldn't mind seeing more studio work on this list. And more of your hair shoot of course -- der...@iinet.net.au http://members.iinet.net.au/~derbyc -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
GESO - fishie
Some street stuff from yesterday with the fishie. Don't think I'll be using it too often, and not just because its gimmicky. It's so wide, even when I'm practically on top of them, it looks like I'm shooting from across the street. Fun though. http://members.iinet.net.au/~derbyc/12/12_03/12_03_fisheye/index.htm -- der...@iinet.net.au http://members.iinet.net.au/~derbyc -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO: Windows Reflecting Sunset
Dan, I'll have to remember your advice. Regards, Bob S. On Sat, Mar 17, 2012 at 5:25 PM, Daniel J. Matyola danmaty...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks, Bob. I sent it to a friend with the title Fiery Windows, and he asked me how the fine started, so I decided I should change the title. G I was reading a book of images and advice by various photographers, and one said the thing he always tries to remember is to turn around. Often, when you are someplace for a certain shot, there is another one lurking around the corner, if you take of the blinders and look around, in directions other than the planned one. I did exactly that here. I was photographing the sun setting into the Pacific, and it was indeed a nice sunset, with a lot of red and yellow colors. I turned around to look at the others watching and photographing the sunset, and noticed a glare across the street. I ran up the hill a bit, and say these windows full of the color of the sunset behind me, so I grabbed this image before finishing my planned shoot of the sun and the ocean and the clouds. Dan. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Sat, Mar 17, 2012 at 6:06 PM, Bob Sullivan rf.sulli...@gmail.com wrote: That's a pretty dramatic shot Dan. I'm not sure if I could have figured it out without your hint. I would have guessed a fireball inside the place. Regards, Bob S. On Sat, Mar 17, 2012 at 4:59 PM, Daniel J. Matyola danmaty...@gmail.com wrote: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=15371918 Comments are invited. 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. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Happy Pi Day
If you're in a dd/mm/ part of the world, Pi Day doesn't (or shouldn't) exist, unless there's a 14th month out there I haven't heard about That alone is a reason to switch. On Sat, Mar 17, 2012 at 4:58 PM, Brian Walters apathy...@lyons-ryan.org wrote: Quoting Daniel J. Matyola danmaty...@gmail.com: 3/14 is Pi Day! http://www.piday.org/ But, but, but. 3/14 only works in those parts of the world where the date is in mm/dd/ format. If you're in a dd/mm/ part of the world, Pi Day doesn't (or shouldn't) exist, unless there's a 14th month out there I haven't heard about :-) -- Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://lyons-ryan.org/southernlight/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: GESO - fishie
That's a fun set, Derby. I really like the colourful grid of darts (or whatever that is!), and not just because it's uncontaminated by female pulchritude. :-) On Sat, Mar 17, 2012 at 7:13 PM, Derby Chang der...@iinet.net.au wrote: Some street stuff from yesterday with the fishie. Don't think I'll be using it too often, and not just because its gimmicky. It's so wide, even when I'm practically on top of them, it looks like I'm shooting from across the street. Fun though. http://members.iinet.net.au/~derbyc/12/12_03/12_03_fisheye/index.htm -- der...@iinet.net.au http://members.iinet.net.au/~derbyc -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- -bmw -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
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Paul, I mentioned before that I had similar ornamental grass, but that it was not as attractive as usual because it was beaten, broken and bent over by an unexpected October snow storm. Today, I was cleaning up the patio, and cutting away the dead grasses. I came across a few heads that were passable, although not as nice as last year. Neither my flower heads nor my images are as good as yours, but here they are for comparison: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=15372573 http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=15372574 Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Fri, Mar 16, 2012 at 3:11 PM, Paul Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote: Maiden Hair grass blooms in October, and the first hard freeze turns the flower heads into lacy delights. Winter was mild this year and some of the flowers remained beautifully intact until spring. Shot this one the other day with the K-5 and 90/2.5 Vivitar Series 1 macro. f8, 1/250th, ISO 800. http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=15365072size=lg -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
RE: GESO - fishie
Like the set a great deal. The purse in the darts is really cool, perfectly suited for a fisheye. My have, however is the last one. Don't know why, it just is. Cheers, frank What can be asserted without proof can be dismissed without proof. -- Christopher Hitchens --- Original Message --- From: Derby Chang der...@iinet.net.au Sent: March 17, 2012 3/17/12 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Subject: GESO - fishie Some street stuff from yesterday with the fishie. Don't think I'll be using it too often, and not just because its gimmicky. It's so wide, even when I'm practically on top of them, it looks like I'm shooting from across the street. Fun though. http://members.iinet.net.au/~derbyc/12/12_03/12_03_fisheye/index.htm -- der...@iinet.net.au http://members.iinet.net.au/~derbyc -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: GESO - fishie
Very nice gallery, Derby. The people shots are quite interesting, and number 7, whatever it is, has great color and patterns. I enjoyed them all. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Sat, Mar 17, 2012 at 7:13 PM, Derby Chang der...@iinet.net.au wrote: Some street stuff from yesterday with the fishie. Don't think I'll be using it too often, and not just because its gimmicky. It's so wide, even when I'm practically on top of them, it looks like I'm shooting from across the street. Fun though. http://members.iinet.net.au/~derbyc/12/12_03/12_03_fisheye/index.htm -- der...@iinet.net.au http://members.iinet.net.au/~derbyc -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO: Windows Reflecting Sunset
Thanks, Bruce and Bob. Yes, Bruce, the color noise is annoying, but for some reason I like it anyway. Probably because when I look at it, my mind's eye sees the original scene, rather than the image with all its drawbacks. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Sat, Mar 17, 2012 at 6:27 PM, Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com wrote: I really like the warm and dramatic colour in that Dan. But as a shot it doesn't do it for me because it seems to have lost too much detail and contrast due to that high ISO. With all the colour noise, it has that crop-from-a-PS overall look. On Sat, Mar 17, 2012 at 5:59 PM, Daniel J. Matyola danmaty...@gmail.com wrote: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=15371918 Comments are invited. 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. -- -bmw -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net 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 - fishie
were they all shot at 10mm setting? - J.C.O'Connell hifis...@gate.net - -Original Message- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Derby Chang Sent: Saturday, March 17, 2012 7:14 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: GESO - fishie Some street stuff from yesterday with the fishie. Don't think I'll be using it too often, and not just because its gimmicky. It's so wide, even when I'm practically on top of them, it looks like I'm shooting from across the street. Fun though. http://members.iinet.net.au/~derbyc/12/12_03/12_03_fisheye/index.htm -- der...@iinet.net.au http://members.iinet.net.au/~derbyc -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: GESO - fishie
I like these quite a lot. Some nice compositions and interesting subjects. On my very rare street-shooting forays with a super wide, I've found that I can sometimes make it appear that I'm shooting something in the background, which makes the closeness more comfortable. Paul On Mar 17, 2012, at 8:08 PM, JC O'Connell wrote: were they all shot at 10mm setting? - J.C.O'Connell hifis...@gate.net - -Original Message- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Derby Chang Sent: Saturday, March 17, 2012 7:14 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: GESO - fishie Some street stuff from yesterday with the fishie. Don't think I'll be using it too often, and not just because its gimmicky. It's so wide, even when I'm practically on top of them, it looks like I'm shooting from across the street. Fun though. http://members.iinet.net.au/~derbyc/12/12_03/12_03_fisheye/index.htm -- der...@iinet.net.au http://members.iinet.net.au/~derbyc -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: 2005
Things sure =do= change. I've gone from a 50-roll-per-year Ektachrome habit to a 50-coulomb-per-year digital habit. If somebody stops producing electricity, what will I do? Rick http://photo.net/photos/RickW - Original Message - From: Mark Roberts postmas...@robertstech.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Cc: Sent: Thursday, March 15, 2012 8:58 PM Subject: 2005 In going through the PDML Quotation List archive a few minutes ago to find Bob Blakely's Andy Warhol quip I was struck by the fact that 2005 was a pretty good year for the List (though, truth to be told, I didn't read much of the other years - they might be just as good). http://www.robertstech.com/quot2005.htm Some of my 2005 favorites: Moments of delirious personal satisfaction are the engines of effort. — Jack Davis Still true! It wants me to log in, and doesn't offer the choice of a 'Get Stuffed' button. — Bob Walkden How little things have changed... I have a 50 roll per year Ektachrome habit. — Rick Womer Wow. Kodak doesn't even *make* slide film now. How much things have changed... Most images don't deserve to live as long as the medium. — William Robb Bill is still the benchmark in the proposed cynical/naive axis of the Myers-Briggs personality test. It looked like an ordinary bottle of water. But it was on a plinth. — Wayne Hill (Quoted on http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/devon/4718573.stm) Ah yes, ART! As for Cotty, I have no idea what he's talking about. — Frank Theriault Plus ca change... Doug Brewer is the brother I never wanted. — Cesar Matamoros You can't make this stuff up. Yes I know I'm evil, but hell, it pays the bills. — P. J. Alling Still evil after all these years. It is art, and if the rules were so well defined, then I'd be doing something else. — Juan Buhler I still miss Juan's contributions to the PDML. You can never have too many lenses. — William Robb Oh YEAH. 2005 was the year. -- 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: Boston Public Library
I like this, too; but I think it works better rotated 90 degrees. Less vertigo-inducing that way, for some reason. Rick http://photo.net/photos/RickW - Original Message - From: Tom C caka...@gmail.com To: pdml@pdml.net Cc: Sent: Wednesday, March 14, 2012 12:58 PM Subject: Re: Boston Public Library http://www.robertstech.com/pages/fotoblog/7da00222.htm I think I like this one. Not certain, but probably. I'm half worried that I overdid the processing but then I think reality is overrated anyway... -- Mark Roberts - Photography Multimedia www.robertstech.com I like it quite a bit Mark. Numerous hotels tend to purchase locally themed photography for decor, often though out the entire building. I could easily see this hanging in some 4 or 5 star hotel in downtown Boston. Tom C. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
GESO: St. Patrick's Day Photowalk
Hi all, Rather than hang out with friends and drink beer today, I decided to take the K-x out for a stroll. I actually used something besides my A-50/1.7 or K 50/1.4, believe it or not. This time, I used my crusty old Tokina SZ-X 28-200 f/3.5-5.3. I really don't know why I don't use it more often. As far as I'm concerned, it's one hell of a lens -- a much better performer than any of my auto-focus zooms. http://www.flickriver.com/photos/walt_gilbert/sets/72157629242881952/ I even got a shot of some fungi for Larry. As usual, comments, suggestions and critiques are heartily encouraged. -- Walt -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: 2005
Cats and Bell Jars... Do it yourself electricity! Regards, Bob S. On Sat, Mar 17, 2012 at 8:51 PM, Rick Womer rwomer1...@yahoo.com wrote: Things sure =do= change. I've gone from a 50-roll-per-year Ektachrome habit to a 50-coulomb-per-year digital habit. If somebody stops producing electricity, what will I do? Rick http://photo.net/photos/RickW - Original Message - From: Mark Roberts postmas...@robertstech.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Cc: Sent: Thursday, March 15, 2012 8:58 PM Subject: 2005 In going through the PDML Quotation List archive a few minutes ago to find Bob Blakely's Andy Warhol quip I was struck by the fact that 2005 was a pretty good year for the List (though, truth to be told, I didn't read much of the other years - they might be just as good). http://www.robertstech.com/quot2005.htm Some of my 2005 favorites: Moments of delirious personal satisfaction are the engines of effort. — Jack Davis Still true! It wants me to log in, and doesn't offer the choice of a 'Get Stuffed' button. — Bob Walkden How little things have changed... I have a 50 roll per year Ektachrome habit. — Rick Womer Wow. Kodak doesn't even *make* slide film now. How much things have changed... Most images don't deserve to live as long as the medium. — William Robb Bill is still the benchmark in the proposed cynical/naive axis of the Myers-Briggs personality test. It looked like an ordinary bottle of water. But it was on a plinth. — Wayne Hill (Quoted on http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/devon/4718573.stm) Ah yes, ART! As for Cotty, I have no idea what he's talking about. — Frank Theriault Plus ca change... Doug Brewer is the brother I never wanted. — Cesar Matamoros You can't make this stuff up. Yes I know I'm evil, but hell, it pays the bills. — P. J. Alling Still evil after all these years. It is art, and if the rules were so well defined, then I'd be doing something else. — Juan Buhler I still miss Juan's contributions to the PDML. You can never have too many lenses. — William Robb Oh YEAH. 2005 was the year. -- 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: GESO - fishie
Fishie made it fun. Jack From: Derby Chang der...@iinet.net.au To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Saturday, March 17, 2012 4:13 PM Subject: GESO - fishie Some street stuff from yesterday with the fishie. Don't think I'll be using it too often, and not just because its gimmicky. It's so wide, even when I'm practically on top of them, it looks like I'm shooting from across the street. Fun though. http://members.iinet.net.au/~derbyc/12/12_03/12_03_fisheye/index.htm -- der...@iinet.net.au http://members.iinet.net.au/~derbyc -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
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...573 has an especially nice flow to it, Dan Nice! Jack - Original Message - From: Daniel J. Matyola danmaty...@gmail.com To: paul Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net; Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Cc: Sent: Saturday, March 17, 2012 4:58 PM Subject: Paul, I mentioned before that I had similar ornamental grass, but that it was not as attractive as usual because it was beaten, broken and bent over by an unexpected October snow storm. Today, I was cleaning up the patio, and cutting away the dead grasses. I came across a few heads that were passable, although not as nice as last year. Neither my flower heads nor my images are as good as yours, but here they are for comparison: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=15372573 http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=15372574 Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Fri, Mar 16, 2012 at 3:11 PM, Paul Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote: Maiden Hair grass blooms in October, and the first hard freeze turns the flower heads into lacy delights. Winter was mild this year and some of the flowers remained beautifully intact until spring. Shot this one the other day with the K-5 and 90/2.5 Vivitar Series 1 macro. f8, 1/250th, ISO 800. http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=15365072size=lg -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: 2005
Rick Womer wrote: Things sure =do= change. l I've gone from a 50-roll-per-year Ektachrome habit to a 50-coulomb-per-year digital habit. If somebody stops producing electricity, what will I do? Same thing you would have done to get your Ektachrome developed without electricity. :-) -- 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.
Sometimes, the song is just right....
Sometime last week I got a note from a very pretty friend of mine asking if she could come over for a figure/fetish photo session. Shortly before she and her boyfriend arrived, Zab asked me to put some music on the stereo so some blues playlist we had put together was playing during the photo shoot. At one point I was photographing a beautiful naked woman, and realized the song in the background was Living the life I love. Sometimes, the song is just right. -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com sent from i4est -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: GESO: St. Patrick's Day Photowalk
On Mar 17, 2012, at 7:25 PM, Walt Gilbert wrote: Hi all, Rather than hang out with friends and drink beer today, I decided to take the K-x out for a stroll. I actually used something besides my A-50/1.7 or K 50/1.4, believe it or not. This time, I used my crusty old Tokina SZ-X 28-200 f/3.5-5.3. I really don't know why I don't use it more often. As far as I'm concerned, it's one hell of a lens -- a much better performer than any of my auto-focus zooms. http://www.flickriver.com/photos/walt_gilbert/sets/72157629242881952/ That set doesn't suck. My favorite is the first one: IMGP5651-1 I love the luminous quality in the square one of the tulips: IMGP5687-1 If I were markbaiting though, I would have phrased it Walt, I love your tulips, but I've got better taste than that. I even got a shot of some fungi for Larry. And a well done shot at that. As usual, comments, suggestions and critiques are heartily encouraged. -- Walt -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com sent from i4est -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: GESO: St. Patrick's Day Photowalk
On 3/17/2012 10:41 PM, Larry Colen wrote: On Mar 17, 2012, at 7:25 PM, Walt Gilbert wrote: Hi all, Rather than hang out with friends and drink beer today, I decided to take the K-x out for a stroll. I actually used something besides my A-50/1.7 or K 50/1.4, believe it or not. This time, I used my crusty old Tokina SZ-X 28-200 f/3.5-5.3. I really don't know why I don't use it more often. As far as I'm concerned, it's one hell of a lens -- a much better performer than any of my auto-focus zooms. http://www.flickriver.com/photos/walt_gilbert/sets/72157629242881952/ That set doesn't suck. Thanks, Larry! That's precisely what I was hoping to accomplish. My favorite is the first one: IMGP5651-1 That was the shot that made me decide to go on the photowalk. It was in my next door neighbor's backyard, and the tree was teeming with bees. When I managed to catch one and actually get it in focus, it was a foregone conclusion. I love the luminous quality in the square one of the tulips: IMGP5687-1 If I were markbaiting though, I would have phrased it Walt, I love your tulips, but I've got better taste than that. I owe you one, if I can ever muster some semblance of good taste. I even got a shot of some fungi for Larry. And a well done shot at that. Thanks! I thought of you the moment I saw it -- well, after I wondered whether or not they were hallucinogenic and decided against taking the chance. As usual, comments, suggestions and critiques are heartily encouraged. -- Walt -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- 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: Scourge
Hi all, This is another shot I took out on my photowalk today, but just didn't seem to fit in with the rest. I have to say it's my favorite of all the shots I took, though -- and still growing on me. http://www.flickriver.com/photos/walt_gilbert/6991877469/ K-x, Tokina SZ-X 28-200, f/5.6, 1/320, ISO 100 Thanks for looking and any comments and/or suggestions you might have. -- Walt -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO: Scourge
On Mar 17, 2012, at 10:31 PM, Walt Gilbert wrote: Hi all, This is another shot I took out on my photowalk today, but just didn't seem to fit in with the rest. I have to say it's my favorite of all the shots I took, though -- and still growing on me. Very nice. If I didn't know better, I'd think you knew what you were doing. http://www.flickriver.com/photos/walt_gilbert/6991877469/ K-x, Tokina SZ-X 28-200, f/5.6, 1/320, ISO 100 Thanks for looking and any comments and/or suggestions you might have. -- Walt -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- 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.
GESO of Zoo trip
Met family in Little Rock and went to the zoo among places this St. Pats Day. First real workout with the 60 - 250. Few back focused, several shaky shots, but when it hit, WOW. I think I am going to like this lens. http://www.flickr.com/photos/ted_beilby/6845816198/in/set-72157629608506957/lightbox/ Comments pro and con welcomed. Thanks all, Ted The eye of the viewer becomes the eye of the Photographer. Albert Maysles -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: GESO of Zoo trip
On Mar 17, 2012, at 10:52 PM, Theodore Beilby wrote: Met family in Little Rock and went to the zoo among places this St. Pats Day. First real workout with the 60 - 250. Few back focused, several shaky shots, but when it hit, WOW. I think I am going to like this lens. http://www.flickr.com/photos/ted_beilby/6845816198/in/set-72157629608506957/lightbox/ There are some nice ones in there. Are you vignetting the photos? Or is that the lens? Comments pro and con welcomed. Thanks all, Ted The eye of the viewer becomes the eye of the Photographer. Albert Maysles -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- 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.
