Re: PESO - Greenwich is a dangerous place

[Alan C]

I take it that is at the observatory? The first time we went there (c. 1980) 
there was no security at all. When we were there last in 2004 it was all 
like a prison but I don't remember the details.


Alan

-Original Message- 
From: Rick Womer

Sent: Monday, August 19, 2013 3:42 AM
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Subject: PESO - Greenwich is a dangerous place

...if you go astray:

http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17495655&size=lg


and

http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17495656&size=lg


Enjoy your visit!

Rick

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Re: PESO: Hummingbird hawk moth

[Alan C]

Obviously I'll have to get some butterfly bushes. Hawk moths have been known 
to hover above open wine bottles & imbibe with their long proboscises 
(proboscisci?).


Alan

-Original Message- 
From: Daniel J. Matyola

Sent: Monday, August 19, 2013 4:11 AM
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Subject: PESO: Hummingbird hawk moth

Sphingidae moth visiting one of my butterfly bushes.
http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17500942&size=lg
Comments are invited.

Dan Matyola
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Re: GIANT KINGFISHER (Megaceryle maxima)

[Alan C]

My books say the average length is about 46cm - about the same as a 
Kookaburra. About twice the size of most other species one sees around here.


Alan

-Original Message- 
From: Brian Walters

Sent: Monday, August 19, 2013 12:49 AM
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Subject: Re: PESO: GIANT KINGFISHER (Megaceryle maxima)

Quoting Alan C :


Sorry - here's the link:



http://www.flickr.com/photos/wisselstroom/9522062145/lightbox/


My better half caught this happy chappie on the causeway over the  Sabie 
river the other day.



Excellent shot - very sharp and detailed.  I like his crew cut :-)>

So how big is a Giant Kingfisher?  I'm wondering if it's about the
same size as our Kookaburra, which is another large kingfisher.


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Re: On the ground

[David Mann]

On Aug 19, 2013, at 2:38 AM, Mark C  wrote:

> Ouch - good save of your gear, though! Funny how reflexes can be re-routed 
> form saving yourself to saving a camera. I hope you are healed up soon.

Once upon a time I was shooting breaking waves with my Pentax 6x7.  I'd snap a 
fairly close shot then run up the [gravel] beach so my feet wouldn't get wet.

The inevitable happened and I slipped over while running.  On the way down I 
had the presence of mind to extend my arm to keep the camera out of the water, 
so while I was soaked from head to toe the camera was fine.

My wife found it quite entertaining... such a pity she didn't get a photo.

Cheers,
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Re: Beddlestead Lane

[David Mann]

On Aug 19, 2013, at 7:04 AM, Sir Bob Hoy  wrote:

> This is a phone snap of Beddlestead Lane:
> 
> 
> 
> I cycled to Brighton today, and my normal route for getting out of London
> takes me along Beddlestead Lane. In my mind it is the moment when you truly
> know you're out of London, and it always makes me catch my breath to see
> this valley (and I always mean to bring a proper camera and take a proper
> picture in proper light...). 

That's a very nice view.  I like out-of-the-way places like that.  I'm lucky 
that 10 minutes of riding gets me into farmland.

Cycling to Brighton is a bloody good effort!  Nice to see you improving on the 
hills too.  When are you hitting the Col du Tourmalet?

Cheers,
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Re: I need a tripod

[Bob W]

I travelled round Ethiopia, Zanzibar, South Africa, Romania and India with an 
early version of the Manfrotto 190C (aluminium). I hardly ever used it, but it 
was easy enough to travel with, and is a good tripod.

B

On 19 Aug 2013, at 03:14, Christine Aguila  wrote:

> Big thanks, Godfrey.  This Mano 190CXPro3 looks really attractive.  I love 
> the horizontal capability of the center column as your photos show.  How are 
> the leg clasps?  Easy to manipulate? 
> 
> I just may save up for this one.  It looks sleek, uncomplicated.  Am I right 
> about that?  :-)
> 
> Cheers, Christine
> 
> 
> On Aug 18, 2013, at 12:52 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi  wrote:
> 
>> On Aug 18, 2013, at 9:53 AM, Christine Aguila  wrote:
>> 
>>> I saw this new tripod on amazon:  especially made for travel and mobility. 
>>> If you click to the images page, there's a video showing the tripod "in 
>>> action."  Any thoughts?
>>> It's amazingly compact and can sustain up to 8.5 pounds.
>>> 
>>> http://www.amazon.com/Manfrotto-BeFree-Compact-Lightweight-Photography/dp/B00CIVLAJO/ref=sr_1_2?s=photo&ie=UTF8&qid=1376843934&sr=1-2
>>> 
>>> Would be interested in any thoughts.
>> 
>> 
>> Looks like a well thought out travel tripod for light duty use. 
>> 
>> It seems a little too light duty, tho. 8.5 lbs is pretty modest ... I stick 
>> with tripods that can support 10lbs or higher. And it's not clear that the 
>> head is interchangeable, big negative for me as I use Arca Swiss camera 
>> plates and would prefer to fit a compact RRS head. Manfrotto RC2 plates 
>> aren't particularly wonderful in my experience ... finally got rid of all of 
>> them as they were often frustratingly imprecise. 
>> 
>> My travel tripod is a set of "Manfrotto 190CXPRO3 3-Section Carbon Fiber 
>> Tripod Legs", which pack down to about 22 inches and weigh about 2.5 lbs, 
>> and a Markins Q3 Emilié head, which I detach and carry separately in my 
>> baggage. The legs just fit diagonally into my rollaway carry on bag ... I 
>> pack the rest of my stuff around them if I'm going to do that, or I just 
>> strap them onto the bottom of my carry-on shoulder bag. They have a column 
>> flip on which is very very handy for low angle shots. The legs are rated for 
>> about 11lbs, about three times the weight of my heaviest camera gear which 
>> is what I like to see. 
>> 
>> Couple of pictures using them to shoot a photo of my Brompton folded up in 
>> the living room this morning: 
>> 
>> https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/25268645/legs/index.html
>> 
>> enjoy!
>> Godfrey
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Re: paw week 33

[Boris Liberman]

It looks slightly overcast to me, so to speak... I think that brighter
rendering could do it good.

On Sun, Aug 18, 2013 at 7:05 PM, Christine Aguila  wrote:
> Hi Everyone:
>
> I tried to give this a painterly look, but not sure it works.  If it's 
> stinky, just let me know.  Maybe I'll try for something else for this week's 
> paw.
>
> Thanks, Christine
>
>
> http://www.caguila.com/paw2013/content/_IGP6694_large.html
>
>
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Re: PESOs and Test!

[Godfrey DiGiorgi]

Bothe are nice, but I like the balance and symmetries in the B&W more. 

Godfrey


On Aug 18, 2013, at 11:07 PM, Bulent Celasun  wrote:

> I fear my post don't reach the list.
> 
> Here are two recent stills from a trip.
> 
> http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17500731&size=lg
> 
> http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17500728&size=lg
> 
> (Both using K5 and F 50mm f/2.8 macro).
> 
> Any impressions?

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Re: Snap!

[Boris Liberman]

As we say in Russian "Almost does not count" :-).

On Sun, Aug 18, 2013 at 11:18 PM, Bob W  wrote:
> On the front page of the BBC News website  today
> there is story in the right-hand sidebar entitled "You win". The story is
> not very interested, but the accompanying thumbnail - which is not repeated
> in the main part of the story - is.
>
> It is almost identical to one that I took during a riot in London on May
> Day, 2000.
>
> Here is the thumbnail:
> 
>
> Here is my version:
> 
>
> The other photographer and I must have been shoulder-to-shoulder, and
> snapped just a few seconds apart.
>
> It was quite a shock when I saw it this morning - I thought it was mine, but
> it isn't.
>
> B
>
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Re: PESOs and Test!

[Boris Liberman]

I liked the both, Bulent. The light and geometry work well together.

On Mon, Aug 19, 2013 at 9:07 AM, Bulent Celasun
 wrote:
> I fear my post don't reach the list.
>
> Here are two recent stills from a trip.
>
> http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17500731&size=lg
>
> http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17500728&size=lg
>
> (Both using K5 and F 50mm f/2.8 macro).
>
> Any impressions?
>
> Bulent
> -
> http://patoloji.gen.tr
> http://celasun.wordpress.com/
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/bc_the_path/
> http://photo.net/photodb/user?user_id=2226822
> http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/artists/bulentcelasun
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PESOs and Test!

[Bulent Celasun]

I fear my post don't reach the list.

Here are two recent stills from a trip.

http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17500731&size=lg

http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17500728&size=lg

(Both using K5 and F 50mm f/2.8 macro).

Any impressions?

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Re: On the ground

[Godfrey DiGiorgi]

Well, it's better than the $95 that the hood and lens cap for my 1960 Leitz 
Hektor 135mm f/4.5 cost me. The lens itself, in mint condition, only cost me 
$190 with the original rear cap. :-/

G

On Aug 18, 2013, at 10:56 PM, Joseph McAllister  wrote:

> 15 months ago I tapped the lens hood of my 60-250 on my car door as I was 
> returning from some shooting. The hood came off, rolled away a bit. I 
> retrieved it. Upon arrival back home inspection revealed several parts of the 
> hood's locking keyways were broken or bent. Spent an evening repairing those 
> only to discover the pot-metal lands for the mechanism were broken or bent. A 
> whole morning was spent finding the missing land in the driveway and epoxying 
> it perfectly in place.
> 
> The hood lasted about 3 days. No more places to put superglue to make it work 
> again.
> 
> So I ordered two from B&H @ 44.95 each. Plus shipping. Still the same price. 
> 2 to 4 weeks to ship - out of stock.
> 
> Have not damaged one since. Well, except the 12-24 hood 3 years ago. Same 
> obnoxious price.

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Re: On the ground

[Joseph McAllister]

On Aug 17, 2013, at 8:05 PM, Jack Davis wrote:


Nice camera handling during your fall. Shows what you value most. 
Too bad, Paul, but 60-250 hood can't be that expensive , hopefully!

Jack



15 months ago I tapped the lens hood of my 60-250 on my car door as I  
was returning from some shooting. The hood came off, rolled away a  
bit. I retrieved it. Upon arrival back home inspection revealed  
several parts of the hood's locking keyways were broken or bent. Spent  
an evening repairing those only to discover the pot-metal lands for  
the mechanism were broken or bent. A whole morning was spent finding  
the missing land in the driveway and epoxying it perfectly in place.


The hood lasted about 3 days. No more places to put superglue to make  
it work again.


So I ordered two from B&H @ 44.95 each. Plus shipping. Still the same  
price. 2 to 4 weeks to ship - out of stock.


Have not damaged one since. Well, except the 12-24 hood 3 years ago.  
Same obnoxious price.


Pentax -PH-RBK 67mm Lens Hood



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Sent: Saturday, August 17, 2013 6:12 PM
Subject: On the ground

Stepped in a hole and lost my footing while shooting the dream  
cruise for the Times. Skinned knee and elbow along with a sprained  
wrist. But held my camera aloft. Slight damage to the hood of my  
60-250/4, but that's it. Finished the shoot. Plenty of good pics and  
one newsworthy one. I'm happy but sore.



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Re: I need a tripod

[Godfrey DiGiorgi]

Yes, the leg clamps are fast and easy to operate, very secure. It gives up an 
inch or two in collapsed length compared to the 4-section model, but it's 
sturdier and a about two inches taller, and a touch lighter. Lots of trade-off 
... I'm very pleased with it. 

I didn't mention, but the 190 also has a built in bag hook so you can stabilize 
it further by hanging your camera bag or a sandbag from it. 

The Manfrotto 055 model that Paul and others are talking about is also an 
excellent buy, but it is significantly bigger to carry. This does the number as 
my light tripod. My larger tripod is set of Feisol CT3442 Tournament legs ... 
very tall, very very strong (rated for 25lbs), very very light (4.2lbs complete 
in the fitted case with an Acratech Ultimate Ball Head and center column), and 
it packs down very small for its size (the bag is 5" by 19" with everything in 
it). But it's got twist-lock legs and is a much slower tripod in operation. 
I've had that one since 2005 or so, it does a terrific job when you need/want 
the elevation and need to be able to carry a load.

But for fast field use, this little Manfrotto is the bee's knees. I think I've 
taken the Feisol out twice in the past two years, and I seem to find a use for 
the Manfrotto 190 about every other day. :-)

G

On Aug 18, 2013, at 7:14 PM, Christine Aguila  wrote:

> Big thanks, Godfrey.  This Mano 190CXPro3 looks really attractive.  I love 
> the horizontal capability of the center column as your photos show.  How are 
> the leg clasps?  Easy to manipulate? 
> 
> I just may save up for this one.  It looks sleek, uncomplicated.  Am I right 
> about that?  :-)
> 
> Cheers, Christine
> 
> 
> On Aug 18, 2013, at 12:52 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi  wrote:
> 
>> On Aug 18, 2013, at 9:53 AM, Christine Aguila  wrote:
>> 
>>> I saw this new tripod on amazon:  especially made for travel and mobility. 
>>> If you click to the images page, there's a video showing the tripod "in 
>>> action."  Any thoughts?
>>> It's amazingly compact and can sustain up to 8.5 pounds.
>>> 
>>> http://www.amazon.com/Manfrotto-BeFree-Compact-Lightweight-Photography/dp/B00CIVLAJO/ref=sr_1_2?s=photo&ie=UTF8&qid=1376843934&sr=1-2
>>> 
>>> Would be interested in any thoughts.
>> 
>> 
>> Looks like a well thought out travel tripod for light duty use. 
>> 
>> It seems a little too light duty, tho. 8.5 lbs is pretty modest ... I stick 
>> with tripods that can support 10lbs or higher. And it's not clear that the 
>> head is interchangeable, big negative for me as I use Arca Swiss camera 
>> plates and would prefer to fit a compact RRS head. Manfrotto RC2 plates 
>> aren't particularly wonderful in my experience ... finally got rid of all of 
>> them as they were often frustratingly imprecise. 
>> 
>> My travel tripod is a set of "Manfrotto 190CXPRO3 3-Section Carbon Fiber 
>> Tripod Legs", which pack down to about 22 inches and weigh about 2.5 lbs, 
>> and a Markins Q3 Emilié head, which I detach and carry separately in my 
>> baggage. The legs just fit diagonally into my rollaway carry on bag ... I 
>> pack the rest of my stuff around them if I'm going to do that, or I just 
>> strap them onto the bottom of my carry-on shoulder bag. They have a column 
>> flip on which is very very handy for low angle shots. The legs are rated for 
>> about 11lbs, about three times the weight of my heaviest camera gear which 
>> is what I like to see. 
>> 
>> Couple of pictures using them to shoot a photo of my Brompton folded up in 
>> the living room this morning: 
>> 
>> https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/25268645/legs/index.html


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Re: Snap!

[Christine Aguila]

Very interesting, Bob.  Thanks for sharing.  Cheers, Christine


On Aug 18, 2013, at 3:18 PM, Bob W  wrote:

> On the front page of the BBC News website  today
> there is story in the right-hand sidebar entitled "You win". The story is
> not very interested, but the accompanying thumbnail - which is not repeated
> in the main part of the story - is.
> 
> It is almost identical to one that I took during a riot in London on May
> Day, 2000.
> 
> Here is the thumbnail:
> 
> 
> Here is my version:
> 
> 
> The other photographer and I must have been shoulder-to-shoulder, and
> snapped just a few seconds apart. 
> 
> It was quite a shock when I saw it this morning - I thought it was mine, but
> it isn't.
> 
> B
> 
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Re: paw week 33

[Christine Aguila]

Thanks, everyone.  Bob, I had quite a giggle at your comment.  I didn't have a 
chance to do a different shot for this week, so I'll just have to go with this 
one.  A sore spot for sure  :-).  

Cheers, Christine



On Aug 18, 2013, at 11:24 AM, Jeffery Johnson  
wrote:

> Not horrible but I must confess that my eyes want to see the bee to be 
> sharper.
> 
> On 8/18/2013 11:05 AM, Christine Aguila wrote:
>> Hi Everyone:
>> 
>> I tried to give this a painterly look, but not sure it works.  If it's 
>> stinky, just let me know.  Maybe I'll try for something else for this week's 
>> paw.
>> 
>> Thanks, Christine
>> 
>> 
>> http://www.caguila.com/paw2013/content/_IGP6694_large.html
>> 
>> 
>> 
> 
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Re: I need a tripod

[Christine Aguila]

I need to get to a camera store to check out the suggestions you and Godfrey 
made, which I'll try to do next weekend.  Both look really nice.  Thanks Stan.  

Cheers, Christine


On Aug 18, 2013, at 8:17 PM, Stan Halpin  wrote:

> Courtesy of eBay, I have a new/used tripod in the mail on the way to me. a 
> Manfrotto 055CX3 Carbon Fiber 3 Section Tripod which IIRC was highly 
> recommended by Paul Stenquist a month or two ago. Others which looked 
> attractive to me (eBay auctions ending within the next hour, but similar 
> readily available) are the Giottos MT 8250B 4-section carbon fiber and the 
> Gitzo 1325. After my field experience during the workshop I took, I really 
> really wanted a better tripod, with the following in mind: carbon fiber for 
> weight and stability, tall enough that I don't have to stoop too much nor use 
> the center-post extension, ability to spread the legs wide for low-level 
> shots, a hook to hang a weight for additional stability, good leg lock/unlock 
> mechanism, and short enough to be manageable. I gave up on the idea of 
> fitting into a 22' suitcase; I'll just travel with a larger suitcase or 
> figure another method of transport.
> 
> stan
> 
> On Aug 18, 2013, at 12:53 PM, Christine Aguila wrote:
> 
>> Hi Everyone:
>> 
>> I saw this new tripod on amazon:  especially made for travel and mobility. 
>> If you click to the images page, there's a video showing the tripod "in 
>> action."  Any thoughts?
>> It's amazingly compact and can sustain up to 8.5 pounds.
>> 
>> http://www.amazon.com/Manfrotto-BeFree-Compact-Lightweight-Photography/dp/B00CIVLAJO/ref=sr_1_2?s=photo&ie=UTF8&qid=1376843934&sr=1-2
>> 
>> 
>> Would be interested in any thoughts.
>> 
>> Thanks, Christine
>> 
> 
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Re: I need a tripod

[Christine Aguila]

Thanks, John.  I watched the video on the amazon web page and its the same as 
the one you post here.  I note the irony as well.  Big thanks, Christine



On Aug 18, 2013, at 8:34 PM, John  wrote:

> I was able to find the video about the BeFree Tripod that wouldn't play on 
> Amazon on YouTube.
> 
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AoSxcui-xrA
> 
> Also found several "behind the scenes" videos, Parts 1, 2 & 3.
> 
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HMLobdsvJsY
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HMtKz102AXU
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kG5u4AdWCzM
> 
> Ironically, the film crew don't seem to be using compact lightweight tripods.
> 
> 8-D
> 
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Re: OT: NC Scenic Byways

[Stan Halpin]

Thanks John. Noted and saved to my Travel Ideas folder.

stan

On Aug 18, 2013, at 5:26 PM, John Sessoms wrote:

> While I was doing some research looking for inspiration nearby where I
> live, I ran across a site from the North Carolina DOT about North
> Carolina's Scenic Byways. Thought I'd share.
> 
> Some of them are really accessible from Grandfather Mountain & might be
> worth checking out as alternative routes when you're headed back home.
> 
> http://www.ncdot.gov/travel/scenic/
> 
> It's both an interactive map & a link to an interactive PDF file you can
> download.
> 
> The page also has a link to North Carolina's BICYCLE HIGHWAYS if you're
> in to that kind of thing.
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Re: Beddlestead Lane

[Stan Halpin]

Nice picture - you must have a good phone ;-)>

And congrats on your hill climbing. I just hope the anti-doping squad doesn't 
get suspicious and come snooping around trying to surreptitiously gather 
samples for urine tests etc.

stan

On Aug 18, 2013, at 3:04 PM, Bob W wrote:

> This is a phone snap of Beddlestead Lane:
> 
> 
> 
> I cycled to Brighton today, and my normal route for getting out of London
> takes me along Beddlestead Lane. In my mind it is the moment when you truly
> know you're out of London, and it always makes me catch my breath to see
> this valley (and I always mean to bring a proper camera and take a proper
> picture in proper light...). 
> 
> The lane itself is the curving line from right to left through the bottom of
> the valley. Unfortunately for me, the descent is very twisty, the lane is
> very narrow, and there is a lot of gravel, so I never have the courage to
> take it at full pelt. Normally very fit young men overtake at high speed me
> as I struggle up the other side, but just recently I have been able to pass
> other wheezing middle-aged men, so things must be getting better!
> 
> Today I went over Ditchling Beacon for the first time - to my surprise I
> didn't have to get off and push, even after 60 miles of cycling, and in fact
> I actually overtook several people!
> 
> Cheers,
> Thunder Thighs!
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Re: I need a tripod

[Christine Aguila]

I may be purchasing a monopod at some point, but I need a traditional, good 
quality, light but sturdy tripod.  But thanks for the suggestion. 
Thanks, Darren.

Cheers, Christine


On Aug 18, 2013, at 7:14 PM, Darren Addy  wrote:

> Well, you asked for thoughts, so here are mine (such as they are). It
> depends on the sort of "travel" your travel is, but I think it is
> worth asking whether you need a tripod at all, or rather might get
> away with a monopod. Monopods are much easier to carry, lightweight
> and can even serve as a walking stick on hikes. A quick release plate
> on the camera and receptor on the monopod makes converting it to use
> much quicker and easier than a full-fledged tripod. I used mine on a
> recent day hike around the zoo and found it perfect for giving me
> enough steadiness to drop a couple of EVs of shutter speed when
> needed, even at 500mm.
> 
> I also have a cheap Velbon DF mini which is lightweight  and more of a
> tabletop tripod, but perfect for those times you need to put the
> camera on a tripod for a self-timer selfie (or group with everybody
> including YOU in the picture). It would make a decent backpacking
> tripod, if you didn't mind the low camera angles or else you set it up
> on something higher.
> 
> My main tripod is a Manfrotto 3021BPro, which is the model before the
> current models, but a well-regarded tripod. I would like it a lot,
> even if I hadn't found it at at thrift store for $7.50. Still in the
> market for a Real ballhead for it and trying to decide between Really
> Right Stuff and Acratech, at the moment.
> 
> On Sun, Aug 18, 2013 at 6:52 PM, Rick Womer  wrote:
>> It looks very similar to my Velbon 383 (long since discontinued), which 
>> weighs about 2 1/2 lbs (1.2 kg)and is a bit unsteady unless I hang my camera 
>> bag from it.
>> 
>> So, that's what I do.
>> 
>> It is with me A LOT more often than my 6 lb/2.5 kg Slik.
>> 
>> It is with me A LOT LESS since I got the K-5, whose anti-shake is remarkable.
>> 
>> Rick
>> 
>> http://photo.net/photos/RickW
>> 
>> 
>> - Original Message -
>> From: Christine Aguila 
>> To: PDML List 
>> Cc:
>> Sent: Sunday, August 18, 2013 12:53 PM
>> Subject: I need a tripod
>> 
>> Hi Everyone:
>> 
>> I saw this new tripod on amazon:  especially made for travel and mobility.
>> If you click to the images page, there's a video showing the tripod "in 
>> action."  Any thoughts?
>> It's amazingly compact and can sustain up to 8.5 pounds.
>> 
>> http://www.amazon.com/Manfrotto-BeFree-Compact-Lightweight-Photography/dp/B00CIVLAJO/ref=sr_1_2?s=photo&ie=UTF8&qid=1376843934&sr=1-2
>> 
>> 
>> Would be interested in any thoughts.
>> 
>> Thanks, Christine
>> 
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Re: I need a tripod

[Christine Aguila]

Big thanks, Godfrey.  This Mano 190CXPro3 looks really attractive.  I love the 
horizontal capability of the center column as your photos show.  How are the 
leg clasps?  Easy to manipulate? 

I just may save up for this one.  It looks sleek, uncomplicated.  Am I right 
about that?  :-)

Cheers, Christine


On Aug 18, 2013, at 12:52 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi  wrote:

> On Aug 18, 2013, at 9:53 AM, Christine Aguila  wrote:
> 
>> I saw this new tripod on amazon:  especially made for travel and mobility. 
>> If you click to the images page, there's a video showing the tripod "in 
>> action."  Any thoughts?
>> It's amazingly compact and can sustain up to 8.5 pounds.
>> 
>> http://www.amazon.com/Manfrotto-BeFree-Compact-Lightweight-Photography/dp/B00CIVLAJO/ref=sr_1_2?s=photo&ie=UTF8&qid=1376843934&sr=1-2
>> 
>> Would be interested in any thoughts.
> 
> 
> Looks like a well thought out travel tripod for light duty use. 
> 
> It seems a little too light duty, tho. 8.5 lbs is pretty modest ... I stick 
> with tripods that can support 10lbs or higher. And it's not clear that the 
> head is interchangeable, big negative for me as I use Arca Swiss camera 
> plates and would prefer to fit a compact RRS head. Manfrotto RC2 plates 
> aren't particularly wonderful in my experience ... finally got rid of all of 
> them as they were often frustratingly imprecise. 
> 
> My travel tripod is a set of "Manfrotto 190CXPRO3 3-Section Carbon Fiber 
> Tripod Legs", which pack down to about 22 inches and weigh about 2.5 lbs, and 
> a Markins Q3 Emilié head, which I detach and carry separately in my baggage. 
> The legs just fit diagonally into my rollaway carry on bag ... I pack the 
> rest of my stuff around them if I'm going to do that, or I just strap them 
> onto the bottom of my carry-on shoulder bag. They have a column flip on which 
> is very very handy for low angle shots. The legs are rated for about 11lbs, 
> about three times the weight of my heaviest camera gear which is what I like 
> to see. 
> 
> Couple of pictures using them to shoot a photo of my Brompton folded up in 
> the living room this morning: 
> 
>  https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/25268645/legs/index.html
> 
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PESO: Hummingbird hawk moth

[Daniel J. Matyola]

Sphingidae moth visiting one of my butterfly bushes.
http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17500942&size=lg
Comments are invited.

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Re: PESO - Greenwich is a dangerous place

[Daniel J. Matyola]

OUCH!

I've seen a lot of razor wire, but that stuff is wicked vicious.

Dan Matyola
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On Sun, Aug 18, 2013 at 9:42 PM, Rick Womer  wrote:
> ...if you go astray:
>
> http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17495655&size=lg
>
>
> and
>
> http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17495656&size=lg
>
>
> Enjoy your visit!
>
> Rick
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Re: PESO - Steel Horse

[Daniel J. Matyola]

Back in the late 1960s, when I was in law school, there were a number
of anti-war demonstrations that got out of hand.  The Newark police
use horses very effectively to break up unruly crowds before them
turned into mobs.  When six horses are headed towards you, you get out
of the way as quickly as you can.

Dan Matyola
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On Sun, Aug 18, 2013 at 9:41 PM, knarf  wrote:
> Yeah, cops use horses here mostly in touristy areas for PR but their more 
> serious use is crowd control:
>
> http://knarfinthecity.blogspot.ca/2006/12/riot-control.html?m=1
>
> Thanks for the nice words! Thanks to Bruce, too. Glad you enjoyed.
>
> Cheers,
> frank
>
>
>
> "Daniel J. Matyola"  wrote:
>>That's a hell of a bike, and a good image of it, Frank.
>>
>>Do the police use real horses up there, Frank?  They certainly do in
>>NYC, and they are very effective.  Of course, New York also still has
>>the famous hansom cabs.
>>
>>Dan Matyola
>>http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola
>>
>>
>>On Sun, Aug 18, 2013 at 8:35 PM, knarf 
>>wrote:
>>> They won't allow real horses in tbe city these days (unless you're a
>>cop or something) so I guess this'll do:
>>>
>>> http://mondociclismo.blogspot.ca/2013/07/steel-horse.html?m=1
>>>
>>> Hope you enjoy. Comments welcome.
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>> frank
>>> “Analysis kills spontaneity.” -- Henri-Frederic Amiel
>>>
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Re: I need a tripod

[Christine Aguila]

Thanks, Aahz. Cheers, Christine


On Aug 18, 2013, at 2:47 PM, Aahz Maruch  wrote:

> On Sun, Aug 18, 2013, Christine Aguila wrote:
>> 
>> I saw this new tripod on amazon: especially made for travel and
>> mobility.  If you click to the images page, there's a video showing
>> the tripod "in action."  Any thoughts?  It's amazingly compact and can
>> sustain up to 8.5 pounds.
> 
> No direct response, but during the run-up to my Alaska trip, someone sent
> this URL:
> 
> http://bythom.com/support.htm
> 
> which gives a lot of general advice.  The critical point is buried near
> the end: your tripod weight must be somewhere between one and 1.5x of
> your total camera weight (camera plus lens).  Otherwise there just isn't
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Re: I need a tripod

[Christine Aguila]

Hi Christine:  I've made a pledge not to buy another Calumet tripod.  I bought 
one, and 8 months later it broke.  I still use it for some things, but I hate 
taking it out in the field.  I think a basic Calumet tripod is fine for a 
studio, but not for out in the universe. :-)

Cheers, Christine



On Aug 18, 2013, at 2:03 PM, Christine Nielsen  wrote:

> Hi Christine,
> 
> Others here will have more to offer on the subject, I'm sure, but this
> one was recommended to me by an instructor at New England School of
> Photography a few years ago...
> http://www.calumetphoto.com/product/calumet-7100-tripod-with-three-way-quick-release-head/CK7114/
> 
> The price was right, it has served me well for my purposes. I don't do
> much landscape work, so it mostly stays in my studio... Not carbon
> fiber, but it supports 11 pounds... weighs 4.5 pounds.
> 
> Good luck!
> 
> :)
> -c
> 
> On Sun, Aug 18, 2013 at 12:53 PM, Christine Aguila
>  wrote:
>> Hi Everyone:
>> 
>> I saw this new tripod on amazon:  especially made for travel and mobility.
>> If you click to the images page, there's a video showing the tripod "in 
>> action."  Any thoughts?
>> It's amazingly compact and can sustain up to 8.5 pounds.
>> 
>> http://www.amazon.com/Manfrotto-BeFree-Compact-Lightweight-Photography/dp/B00CIVLAJO/ref=sr_1_2?s=photo&ie=UTF8&qid=1376843934&sr=1-2
>> 
>> 
>> Would be interested in any thoughts.
>> 
>> Thanks, Christine
>> 
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Re: I need a tripod

[Christine Aguila]

Thanks, Steve.  Are the leg clasps easy to pull open for height adjustment?  
The price for this one is very attractive, but I need clasps that are fairly 
easy to open and close.  I have a cheap tripod and among other problems, the 
clasps are a pain to manipulate.  I like the weight on the Induro as well.  The 
one I posed is 5 lbs.  I would definitely like something lighter.

Thanks, Christine



On Aug 18, 2013, at 2:12 PM, steve harley  wrote:

> on 2013-08-18 10:53 Christine Aguila wrote
>> Hi Everyone:
>> 
>> I saw this new tripod on amazon:  especially made for travel and mobility.
>> If you click to the images page, there's a video showing the tripod "in 
>> action."  Any thoughts?
>> It's amazingly compact and can sustain up to 8.5 pounds.
>> 
>> http://www.amazon.com/Manfrotto-BeFree-Compact-Lightweight-Photography/dp/B00CIVLAJO/ref=sr_1_2?s=photo&ie=UTF8&qid=1376843934&sr=1-2
>> 
>> 
>> Would be interested in any thoughts.
> 
> yes it is compact but it seems a little heavy (5.3 lbs) for the price and for 
> how light-duty it is
> 
> Amazon reviews say the head is removable: good
> 
> best feature is how compact it is, but that can work against you - low 
> working height and less stability
> 
> as a quick comparison i found the Induro AKB1 which is 3.6 lbs, probably more 
> stable, plus cheaper, taller and with an Arca-compatible head; biggest 
> drawback is 26" closed length
> 
> 
> 
> look around, Induro or another brand probably has a model very comparable to 
> the Manfrotto at a lower price, or something as compact but better built for 
> the same price; i have been shopping for a carbon-fiber tripod, slightly 
> heavier duty, and Induro is a candidate brand; the tripod selection process 
> is an exercise in multivariate compromise
> 
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Re: PESO - Red Water

[knarf]

Thanks, Bruce, and everyone else who commented.  Sometimes getting up early has 
it's rewards. Maybe I should thank my cats for demanding 6am feedings.

;-)

Cheers,
 frank 

Bruce Walker  wrote:
>I love that look, Frank.
>
>On Sat, Aug 17, 2013 at 8:34 PM, knarf 
>wrote:
>> I posted a sunrise photo about a month ago and someone wondered if
>maybe I had a shot with a bit more water in it.
>>
>> I do.
>>
>> This is it:
>>
>> http://knarfdummyblog.blogspot.ca/2013/08/red-water.html?m=1
>>
>> The skies aren't nearly so spectacular as that only lasted about two
>minutes but I do like the red water and single waterfowl.
>>
>> Hope you enjoy. Comments always welcome.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> frank
>>
>>
>> “Analysis kills spontaneity.” -- Henri-Frederic Amiel
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PESO - Greenwich is a dangerous place

[Rick Womer]

...if you go astray:

http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17495655&size=lg


and

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Enjoy your visit!

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Re: PESO - Steel Horse

[knarf]

Yeah, cops use horses here mostly in touristy areas for PR but their more 
serious use is crowd control:

http://knarfinthecity.blogspot.ca/2006/12/riot-control.html?m=1

Thanks for the nice words! Thanks to Bruce, too. Glad you enjoyed. 

Cheers,
frank



"Daniel J. Matyola"  wrote:
>That's a hell of a bike, and a good image of it, Frank.
>
>Do the police use real horses up there, Frank?  They certainly do in
>NYC, and they are very effective.  Of course, New York also still has
>the famous hansom cabs.
>
>Dan Matyola
>http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola
>
>
>On Sun, Aug 18, 2013 at 8:35 PM, knarf 
>wrote:
>> They won't allow real horses in tbe city these days (unless you're a
>cop or something) so I guess this'll do:
>>
>> http://mondociclismo.blogspot.ca/2013/07/steel-horse.html?m=1
>>
>> Hope you enjoy. Comments welcome.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> frank
>> “Analysis kills spontaneity.” -- Henri-Frederic Amiel
>>
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Re: I need a tripod

[John]

I was able to find the video about the BeFree Tripod that wouldn't play 
on Amazon on YouTube.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AoSxcui-xrA

Also found several "behind the scenes" videos, Parts 1, 2 & 3.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HMLobdsvJsY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HMtKz102AXU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kG5u4AdWCzM

Ironically, the film crew don't seem to be using compact lightweight 
tripods.


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Re: I need a tripod

[Paul Stenquist]

On Aug 18, 2013, at 9:17 PM, Stan Halpin  wrote:

> Courtesy of eBay, I have a new/used tripod in the mail on the way to me. a 
> Manfrotto 055CX3 Carbon Fiber 3 Section Tripod which IIRC was highly 
> recommended by Paul Stenquist a month or two ago.

After last week's  marathon three-day shoot at the Mopar Nationals,  I'm still 
very fond of that tripod. it's light, it's sturdy, and it's easy to configure, 
both in terms of the leg angle and the leg locks. It never got in the way, 
which is the best thing one can say about a tripod.
Paul
> Others which looked attractive to me (eBay auctions ending within the next 
> hour, but similar readily available) are the Giottos MT 8250B 4-section 
> carbon fiber and the Gitzo 1325. After my field experience during the 
> workshop I took, I really really wanted a better tripod, with the following 
> in mind: carbon fiber for weight and stability, tall enough that I don't have 
> to stoop too much nor use the center-post extension, ability to spread the 
> legs wide for low-level shots, a hook to hang a weight for additional 
> stability, good leg lock/unlock mechanism, and short enough to be manageable. 
> I gave up on the idea of fitting into a 22' suitcase; I'll just travel with a 
> larger suitcase or figure another method of transport.
> 
> stan
> 
> On Aug 18, 2013, at 12:53 PM, Christine Aguila wrote:
> 
>> Hi Everyone:
>> 
>> I saw this new tripod on amazon:  especially made for travel and mobility. 
>> If you click to the images page, there's a video showing the tripod "in 
>> action."  Any thoughts?
>> It's amazingly compact and can sustain up to 8.5 pounds.
>> 
>> http://www.amazon.com/Manfrotto-BeFree-Compact-Lightweight-Photography/dp/B00CIVLAJO/ref=sr_1_2?s=photo&ie=UTF8&qid=1376843934&sr=1-2
>> 
>> 
>> Would be interested in any thoughts.
>> 
>> Thanks, Christine
>> 
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Re: PESO - Waterfall, Jonathan Run

[Rick Womer]

But after the lobotomy it's not exciting anymore.
 


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Alan C wrote:

>From: Matthew Hunt
>
>http://abattoir5.com/picture.php?/356
>
>Well done. Worth every bit of your efforts. Some people would say you need a 
>lobotomy but then they probably never did anything exciting.

The preferred method it to get the lobotomy first. Doing exciting
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Re: I need a tripod

[Stan Halpin]

Courtesy of eBay, I have a new/used tripod in the mail on the way to me. a 
Manfrotto 055CX3 Carbon Fiber 3 Section Tripod which IIRC was highly 
recommended by Paul Stenquist a month or two ago. Others which looked 
attractive to me (eBay auctions ending within the next hour, but similar 
readily available) are the Giottos MT 8250B 4-section carbon fiber and the 
Gitzo 1325. After my field experience during the workshop I took, I really 
really wanted a better tripod, with the following in mind: carbon fiber for 
weight and stability, tall enough that I don't have to stoop too much nor use 
the center-post extension, ability to spread the legs wide for low-level shots, 
a hook to hang a weight for additional stability, good leg lock/unlock 
mechanism, and short enough to be manageable. I gave up on the idea of fitting 
into a 22' suitcase; I'll just travel with a larger suitcase or figure another 
method of transport.

stan

On Aug 18, 2013, at 12:53 PM, Christine Aguila wrote:

> Hi Everyone:
> 
> I saw this new tripod on amazon:  especially made for travel and mobility. 
> If you click to the images page, there's a video showing the tripod "in 
> action."  Any thoughts?
> It's amazingly compact and can sustain up to 8.5 pounds.
> 
> http://www.amazon.com/Manfrotto-BeFree-Compact-Lightweight-Photography/dp/B00CIVLAJO/ref=sr_1_2?s=photo&ie=UTF8&qid=1376843934&sr=1-2
> 
> 
> Would be interested in any thoughts.
> 
> Thanks, Christine
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Re: PESO - Steel Horse

[Daniel J. Matyola]

That's a hell of a bike, and a good image of it, Frank.

Do the police use real horses up there, Frank?  They certainly do in
NYC, and they are very effective.  Of course, New York also still has
the famous hansom cabs.

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> They won't allow real horses in tbe city these days (unless you're a cop or 
> something) so I guess this'll do:
>
> http://mondociclismo.blogspot.ca/2013/07/steel-horse.html?m=1
>
> Hope you enjoy. Comments welcome.
>
> Cheers,
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Re: PESO - Steel Horse

[Bruce Walker]

But is he wanted, dead or alive? Great shot, Frank.

On Sun, Aug 18, 2013 at 8:35 PM, knarf  wrote:
> They won't allow real horses in tbe city these days (unless you're a cop or 
> something) so I guess this'll do:
>
> http://mondociclismo.blogspot.ca/2013/07/steel-horse.html?m=1
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PESO - Steel Horse

[knarf]

They won't allow real horses in tbe city these days (unless you're a cop or 
something) so I guess this'll do:

http://mondociclismo.blogspot.ca/2013/07/steel-horse.html?m=1

Hope you enjoy. Comments welcome.

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Re: paw week 33

[Bruce Walker]

I really like the feel of this. If it included just the right-hand
vertical and the bee over that oof background I would like it a great
deal more. I find the lower foliage to be a somewhat confusing jumble
that weakens it.

Keep clippers in your kit. :-)

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>
> I tried to give this a painterly look, but not sure it works.  If it's 
> stinky, just let me know.  Maybe I'll try for something else for this week's 
> paw.
>
> Thanks, Christine
>
>
> http://www.caguila.com/paw2013/content/_IGP6694_large.html
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Re: OT 19th century photos of the american west

[Bruce Walker]

Enjoyed that. Thanks, Larry.

On Sun, Aug 18, 2013 at 3:27 AM, Larry Colen  wrote:
> There are some nice shots in this set:
> http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2149899/The-American-West-youve-seen-Amazing-19th-century-pictures-landscape-chartered-time.html
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Re: I need a tripod

[Darren Addy]

Well, you asked for thoughts, so here are mine (such as they are). It
depends on the sort of "travel" your travel is, but I think it is
worth asking whether you need a tripod at all, or rather might get
away with a monopod. Monopods are much easier to carry, lightweight
and can even serve as a walking stick on hikes. A quick release plate
on the camera and receptor on the monopod makes converting it to use
much quicker and easier than a full-fledged tripod. I used mine on a
recent day hike around the zoo and found it perfect for giving me
enough steadiness to drop a couple of EVs of shutter speed when
needed, even at 500mm.

I also have a cheap Velbon DF mini which is lightweight  and more of a
tabletop tripod, but perfect for those times you need to put the
camera on a tripod for a self-timer selfie (or group with everybody
including YOU in the picture). It would make a decent backpacking
tripod, if you didn't mind the low camera angles or else you set it up
on something higher.

My main tripod is a Manfrotto 3021BPro, which is the model before the
current models, but a well-regarded tripod. I would like it a lot,
even if I hadn't found it at at thrift store for $7.50. Still in the
market for a Real ballhead for it and trying to decide between Really
Right Stuff and Acratech, at the moment.

On Sun, Aug 18, 2013 at 6:52 PM, Rick Womer  wrote:
> It looks very similar to my Velbon 383 (long since discontinued), which 
> weighs about 2 1/2 lbs (1.2 kg)and is a bit unsteady unless I hang my camera 
> bag from it.
>
> So, that's what I do.
>
> It is with me A LOT more often than my 6 lb/2.5 kg Slik.
>
> It is with me A LOT LESS since I got the K-5, whose anti-shake is remarkable.
>
> Rick
>
> http://photo.net/photos/RickW
>
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>
> Hi Everyone:
>
> I saw this new tripod on amazon:  especially made for travel and mobility.
> If you click to the images page, there's a video showing the tripod "in 
> action."  Any thoughts?
> It's amazingly compact and can sustain up to 8.5 pounds.
>
> http://www.amazon.com/Manfrotto-BeFree-Compact-Lightweight-Photography/dp/B00CIVLAJO/ref=sr_1_2?s=photo&ie=UTF8&qid=1376843934&sr=1-2
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>
> Would be interested in any thoughts.
>
> Thanks, Christine
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Re: PESO - Red Water

[Bruce Walker]

I love that look, Frank.

On Sat, Aug 17, 2013 at 8:34 PM, knarf  wrote:
> I posted a sunrise photo about a month ago and someone wondered if maybe I 
> had a shot with a bit more water in it.
>
> I do.
>
> This is it:
>
> http://knarfdummyblog.blogspot.ca/2013/08/red-water.html?m=1
>
> The skies aren't nearly so spectacular as that only lasted about two minutes 
> but I do like the red water and single waterfowl.
>
> Hope you enjoy. Comments always welcome.
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Re: PESO: Two startrails

[Bruce Walker]

Fascinating detail! I prefer start trail 2 for those cloud streaks. Is
that lights from air traffic close to the horizon?

On Sat, Aug 17, 2013 at 11:19 PM, David Parsons  wrote:
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/alohadave/9517971437/
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/alohadave/9523946426/
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> Taken a couple of nights ago, the first in my back yard, the second on
> a hill down the street from my house.
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Re: PESO - Waterfall, Jonathan Run

[Bruce Walker]

Gorgeous tones there, Matthew. You must suffer for art. :-)

On Sun, Aug 18, 2013 at 11:50 AM, Matthew Hunt  wrote:
> Went for a hike with my wife in Ohiopyle State Park yesterday and
> photographed this waterfall:
>
> http://abattoir5.com/picture.php?/356
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> It was a bit tricky to get down to the waterfall from the trail, and
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Re: I need a tripod

[Rick Womer]

It looks very similar to my Velbon 383 (long since discontinued), which weighs 
about 2 1/2 lbs (1.2 kg)and is a bit unsteady unless I hang my camera bag from 
it.

So, that's what I do.

It is with me A LOT more often than my 6 lb/2.5 kg Slik.

It is with me A LOT LESS since I got the K-5, whose anti-shake is remarkable.

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Hi Everyone:

I saw this new tripod on amazon:  especially made for travel and mobility. 
If you click to the images page, there's a video showing the tripod "in 
action."  Any thoughts?
It's amazingly compact and can sustain up to 8.5 pounds.

http://www.amazon.com/Manfrotto-BeFree-Compact-Lightweight-Photography/dp/B00CIVLAJO/ref=sr_1_2?s=photo&ie=UTF8&qid=1376843934&sr=1-2


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PESO: History Exposed

[David Mann]

A quick cellphone shot of some old tram tracks that have been exposed by road 
works.  I think they should be put into service again.

http://gallery.multi.net.nz/photo/644/#peso

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Re: PESO: Nashville Night Lights Reflections Panorama

[Jeffery Johnson]

Thank you Dan.

On 8/18/2013 4:54 PM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote:

The Lighting on the structures is beautiful, and you have captured it
i perfectly!

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On Sun, Aug 18, 2013 at 11:59 AM, Jeffery Johnson
 wrote:

Spent Thursday evening and early night downtown Nashville on the riverfront.
Here is one of the photos from the adventure.

http://www.photocapturesbyjeffery.com/p1054364821/e68ab0fb5

For those of you interested you can visit the whole gallery:
http://www.photocapturesbyjeffery.com/p1054364821

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Re: PESO - Waterfall, Jonathan Run

[Brian Walters]

Quoting Matthew Hunt :


Went for a hike with my wife in Ohiopyle State Park yesterday and
photographed this waterfall:

http://abattoir5.com/picture.php?/356

It was a bit tricky to get down to the waterfall from the trail, and
back up, and I'm feeling the effort today.



Certainly worth the effort and well processed as well.


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Re: I need a tripod

[Brian Walters]

Quoting mike wilson :


My first (and, so far, only) thought is that "especially made for
travel and mobility" negates any value it might have as a stable base
for photography.



True enough.  I recently bought a Manfrotto 393H as a travel tripod.   
It fits on my camera backpack and is compact and convenient.


It's better than hand holding for longer exposures, especially if the  
camera bag is hung off it, but it's never going to be my first choice  
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Re: PESO: Two startrails

[Brian Walters]

Quoting David Parsons :


http://www.flickr.com/photos/alohadave/9517971437/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/alohadave/9523946426/

Taken a couple of nights ago, the first in my back yard, the second on
a hill down the street from my house.




Impressive stuff.  I really need to get off my but and try some of this.

Aesthetically, I probably prefer the more traditional first one but  
the second, with the aircraft lights contrasting with the star trails,  
is the more interesting.



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Re: PESO - Red Water

[Brian Walters]

Quoting knarf :

I posted a sunrise photo about a month ago and someone wondered if  
maybe I had a shot with a bit more water in it.




I think that might have been me :-)>



I do.

This is it:

http://knarfdummyblog.blogspot.ca/2013/08/red-water.html?m=1

The skies aren't nearly so spectacular as that only lasted about two  
minutes but I do like the red water and single waterfowl.


Hope you enjoy. Comments always welcome.



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Re: PESO: GIANT KINGFISHER (Megaceryle maxima)

[Brian Walters]

Quoting Alan C :


Sorry - here's the link:



http://www.flickr.com/photos/wisselstroom/9522062145/lightbox/


My better half caught this happy chappie on the causeway over the  
Sabie river the other day.



Excellent shot - very sharp and detailed.  I like his crew cut :-)>

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same size as our Kookaburra, which is another large kingfisher.



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Re: PESO - Latin Scholar Needed

[mike wilson]

On 18/08/2013, Bob Sullivan  wrote:
> Where's Bob W when you need him?

Hiding.  It's a warning not to lend him a fiver.

"And your spats will traverse the universe before you collect your sub."

>
> On Sun, Aug 18, 2013 at 7:58 AM, Rick Womer  wrote:
>> ...and maybe a Greek scholar too, if that's the alphabet below the Latin.
>>
>> The micro-PDML group came upon this in Greenwich last month.  It was
>> embedded in a wall, about 8 feet up.  It looks vaguely like a sundial, but
>> the street is narrow enough that I doubt the sun shines there.
>>
>> http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17500455
>>
>>
>> Translations and explanations appreciated!

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Re: PESO - Storm over the Great Sand Dunes

[Brian Walters]

Thanks to all for the comments - much appreciated. It seems there is  
no strong preference for either #1 or #2, which pretty much reflects  
my own view.  I'll just have to include both in the photo book I'm  
putting together of the trip  :-)>


A few specific responses:

Quoting Rick Womer :


Both are very nice; the second is the more dramatic image.

I have two ideas that might bring them closer to what you remember:

First, was it late in the day?  Warming up the color temp a bit  
might help.


Second, the foreground in the second shot is a silhouette, and  
bringing it into the visible range would add interest and depth.



It was actually late morning.  I'll have a look at warming them up slightly.

The foreground in No.2 is a problem.  I bracketed the exposures but  
not enough on the + side.  I spent a lot of time trying to extract  
some detail from the foliage but the result was very murky and, to my  
eye, distracting.  This is why I went for the silhouette.  Together  
with the dark clouds above, it forms an irregular frame around the  
dunes.




Quoting Alan C :

Great shots. The 2nd really shows the power of nature. And I suppose  
there was lightening & thunder too?



No - not that I remember.  Quite a bit of snow, though.  The next day  
the tops of the dunes were snow-capped.




Quoting Bob Sullivan :


Wonderful photos.
You put us who live in the USA to shame
with such great shots in only a limited visit.



I think visitors often see more of a country than those who live  
there, even if it only involves sampling the country.  It's only in  
the last few years that I've been to Western Australia, north  
Queensland, the Centre and Tasmania.  A visitor would probably see all  
of that in a few short weeks



Cheers

Brian

++
Brian Walters
Western Sydney Australia
http://lyons-ryan.org/southernlight/



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Sent: Saturday, August 17, 2013 8:51 AM
Subject: PESO - Storm over the Great Sand Dunes

Back in May we visited the Great Sand Dunes National Park near 
Alamosa, Colorado.  Not long after we left, a storm arrived  
from the 

south which we were able to observe from a lookout a few miles from 
the Park.

The light on the dunes was stunning as the sun illuminated them below 
the storm clouds.  Between the three of us (my two sons and me) we 
must have taken well over 100 shots but I don't think any of us 
captured the scene as we remembered it.

These are the two best that I came up with:

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1370864/PESO/slides/_IGP2410-K5-1-peso.html

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1370864/PESO/slides/_IGP2576-K5-1peso.html

Comments appreciated, especially as to which is preferred (if any).




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Re: I need a tripod

[mike wilson]

My first (and, so far, only) thought is that "especially made for
travel and mobility" negates any value it might have as a stable base
for photography.

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Re: PESO - Latin Scholar Needed

[John]

I've had a lot harder time playing along with Pete's original
arrangement. Seems like in that video he's playing it closer to Roger
McGuinn's Byrds arrangement than the way he originally wrote it.

On 8/18/2013 5:30 PM, Ann Sanfedele wrote:

How about Pete singing it?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BUNpkMs2fL8

I thought of it just after I posted my friend's translation.

ann

On 8/18/2013 16:42, John wrote:

Just because the Byrds had a hit with a song doesn't automatically mean
Bob Dylan wrote it. Pete Seeger wrote that particular song.

It doesn't appear to be a direct quote from Ecclesiastes 3 either,
because it skips the part about "and a time to every purpose"

But, any excuse to post a link to the Byrds performing a song:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nLC9ErSYSnA


On 8/18/2013 1:04 PM, Larry Colen wrote:

On Sun, Aug 18, 2013 at 11:00:20AM -0400, John wrote:

"There is a season for everything under heaven"


Cool, someone translated Bob Dylan into Latin.  Do they have one for all
along the watchtower too?



Looks like they're symbols for the 12 signs of the Zodiac.

I'd be willing to bet at some time every day (probably noon GMT) the
tip
of the shadow from that sun symbol reaches down to touch somewhere
along
that figure 8 thingy in the middle, and where it touches tells the
"season".


On 8/18/2013 9:52 AM, Bob Sullivan wrote:

Where's Bob W when you need him?

On Sun, Aug 18, 2013 at 7:58 AM, Rick Womer 
wrote:

...and maybe a Greek scholar too, if that's the alphabet below the
Latin.

The micro-PDML group came upon this in Greenwich last month.  It
was embedded in a wall, about 8 feet up.  It looks vaguely like a
sundial, but the street is narrow enough that I doubt the sun
shines there.

http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17500455


Translations and explanations appreciated!

Rick


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Re: A couple Lightroom questions

[David Parsons]

In the View menu, select the Loupe Info, then Info 2.  This will show
the shutter speed, aperture, ISO, focal length, and lens.

You can also view it by pressing letter I (eye) and stopping on the
second view.  Ctrl-I toggles the display on and off.

On Sun, Aug 18, 2013 at 3:03 PM, Eric Weir  wrote:
>
> [1] How do I get Lightroom to display settings data of image. Thought it be 
> under Import/Apply During Import/Metadata, but the items that can be selected 
> there aren't the ones I want. I want camera, lens, sensitivity, aperture, and 
> shutter speed.

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Re: PESO - Waterfall, Jonathan Run

[Daniel J. Matyola]

Nicely captured.

Dan Matyola
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On Sun, Aug 18, 2013 at 11:50 AM, Matthew Hunt  wrote:
> Went for a hike with my wife in Ohiopyle State Park yesterday and
> photographed this waterfall:
>
> http://abattoir5.com/picture.php?/356
>
> It was a bit tricky to get down to the waterfall from the trail, and
> back up, and I'm feeling the effort today.
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Re: PESO: Yellow Swallowtail

[Daniel J. Matyola]

Thanks, Bruce.

Dan Matyola
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On Sun, Aug 18, 2013 at 5:41 PM, Bruce Walker  wrote:
> What a beauty, Dan!
>
> Sent from my iPod
>
> On 2013-08-18, at 12:04 AM, "Daniel J. Matyola"  wrote:
>
>> http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17500204
>> Comments are invited.
>>
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Re: PESO: Nashville Night Lights Reflections Panorama

[Daniel J. Matyola]

The Lighting on the structures is beautiful, and you have captured it
i perfectly!

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On Sun, Aug 18, 2013 at 11:59 AM, Jeffery Johnson
 wrote:
> Spent Thursday evening and early night downtown Nashville on the riverfront.
> Here is one of the photos from the adventure.
>
> http://www.photocapturesbyjeffery.com/p1054364821/e68ab0fb5
>
> For those of you interested you can visit the whole gallery:
> http://www.photocapturesbyjeffery.com/p1054364821
>
> Hope everyone is having a good day or evening so far.
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Re: A couple Lightroom questions

[Tanya Love]

Not sure I understand the first a question but with the second - you have 
accidentally set their label colour to red. Simply select the images, right 
click and scroll down to Label Colour, then change it back to "none" and it 
should fix it. :-)

Sent from my iPhone

On 19/08/2013, at 6:03 AM, Godfrey DiGiorgi  wrote:

> On Aug 18, 2013, at 12:03 PM, Eric Weir  wrote:
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>> [1] How do I get Lightroom to display settings data of image. Thought it be 
>> under Import/Apply During Import/Metadata, but the items that can be 
>> selected there aren't the ones I want. I want camera, lens, sensitivity, 
>> aperture, and shutter speed.
> 
> Do you mean as an overlay in the LR processing environment? 
> 
> If your talking digital capture images, this metadata is an embedded part of 
> all out-of-camera raw and JPEG images, don't need to do anything for 
> Lightroom to import it. 
> 
> You can display it using the Library module's Metadata panel. The popup menu 
> next to the panel title gives you the option to switch between a number of 
> metadata display and editing templates. If you want to see it as an overlay 
> on the image in the main window, look in the View menu, in the section that 
> starts with View Options, to set it up. In the Library module's Grid mode, 
> you can also configure the cells in their largest expansion display form to 
> include metadata in the four corners of the upper "info box" of the image 
> cells. Just click on those areas and you get a popup menu with the items you 
> can display. 
> 
>> [2] Somehow in processing some images earlier today the strip of 
>> images/slides displayed at the bottom of the window when in Library got 
>> overlaid with a grayish-orangeish color. I don't know how, what it means, or 
>> how to get rid of it.
> 
> No idea about that at the moment. 
> 
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Re: I need a tripod

[John]

I've had good experience with Manfrotto/Bogen tripods, but mine are all
OLD heavy-weight aluminum tripods.

It gets good reviews on B&H with an average rating of 4.5 out of 5; 100%
would recommend to a friend; PROS of "folds away, lightweight, stable,
unfolds quickly" and no CONS listed.

I couldn't get the video to play. It just gave me an orange candy-cane
stripe & the word loading. I read all the responses on the thread while
waiting for it.

If I *was* going to buy it, I'd look for it locally, and buy it from B&H
if I couldn't find one around here.

On 8/18/2013 12:53 PM, Christine Aguila wrote:

Hi Everyone:

I saw this new tripod on amazon:  especially made for travel and mobility.
If you click to the images page, there's a video showing the tripod "in 
action."  Any thoughts?
It's amazingly compact and can sustain up to 8.5 pounds.

http://www.amazon.com/Manfrotto-BeFree-Compact-Lightweight-Photography/dp/B00CIVLAJO/ref=sr_1_2?s=photo&ie=UTF8&qid=1376843934&sr=1-2


Would be interested in any thoughts.

Thanks, Christine





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Re: PESO: Yellow Swallowtail

[Bruce Walker]

What a beauty, Dan!

Sent from my iPod

On 2013-08-18, at 12:04 AM, "Daniel J. Matyola"  wrote:

> http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17500204
> Comments are invited.
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Re: PESO: Yellow Swallowtail

[Daniel J. Matyola]

Actually, Alan, I believe it is a Papilio glaucus, Eastern Tiger
Swallowtail, rather than a  Papilio rutulus, the Western Tiger
Swallowtail, does not appear east of the Rocky Mountain States.  They
are quite similar, but the Eastern is a bit larger, and the yellow
female has a band of blue spots, rather than the fewer blue and orange
spots on both genders of the Western.  Of course, they are almost
never at rest long enough to get a good look, so it is fortunate in a
way that their ranges are distinct.


Dan Matyola
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On Sun, Aug 18, 2013 at 1:14 AM, Alan C  wrote:
> Papilio rutulus at the pub! I see it's proboscis is faster than you shutter.
> Nice.
>
> Alan
>
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>
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> http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17500204
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Re: PESO - Waterfall, Jonathan Run

[Matthew Hunt]

On Sun, Aug 18, 2013 at 5:24 PM, Ann Sanfedele  wrote:

> the stars for rating on that site threw me for a minute, as there are
> six stars but the sixth is marked 5 - and that is particularly amusing when
> it shows up with the mail box photo :-)  Then I realised, of course, the 1st
> star was "0" . seems to me an unnecessary rating point -
> rife with possibilities for abusing a shooter.

Yeah, I haven't carefully investigated the star system yet since
installing Piwigo to host the site. There's definitely weird things
going on with it, besides the starting-from-zero issue you mention.
Somehow the waterfall photo has a rating of 4.86 with two votes, and I
don't understand how that works out mathematically!

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Re: PESO - Latin Scholar Needed

[Ann Sanfedele]

How about Pete singing it?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BUNpkMs2fL8

I thought of it just after I posted my friend's translation.

ann

On 8/18/2013 16:42, John wrote:

Just because the Byrds had a hit with a song doesn't automatically mean
Bob Dylan wrote it. Pete Seeger wrote that particular song.

It doesn't appear to be a direct quote from Ecclesiastes 3 either,
because it skips the part about "and a time to every purpose"

But, any excuse to post a link to the Byrds performing a song:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nLC9ErSYSnA


On 8/18/2013 1:04 PM, Larry Colen wrote:

On Sun, Aug 18, 2013 at 11:00:20AM -0400, John wrote:

"There is a season for everything under heaven"


Cool, someone translated Bob Dylan into Latin.  Do they have one for all
along the watchtower too?



Looks like they're symbols for the 12 signs of the Zodiac.

I'd be willing to bet at some time every day (probably noon GMT) the tip
of the shadow from that sun symbol reaches down to touch somewhere along
that figure 8 thingy in the middle, and where it touches tells the
"season".


On 8/18/2013 9:52 AM, Bob Sullivan wrote:

Where's Bob W when you need him?

On Sun, Aug 18, 2013 at 7:58 AM, Rick Womer 
wrote:

...and maybe a Greek scholar too, if that's the alphabet below the
Latin.

The micro-PDML group came upon this in Greenwich last month.  It
was embedded in a wall, about 8 feet up.  It looks vaguely like a
sundial, but the street is narrow enough that I doubt the sun
shines there.

http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17500455


Translations and explanations appreciated!

Rick


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OT: NC Scenic Byways

[John Sessoms]

While I was doing some research looking for inspiration nearby where I
live, I ran across a site from the North Carolina DOT about North
Carolina's Scenic Byways. Thought I'd share.

Some of them are really accessible from Grandfather Mountain & might be
worth checking out as alternative routes when you're headed back home.

http://www.ncdot.gov/travel/scenic/

It's both an interactive map & a link to an interactive PDF file you can
download.

The page also has a link to North Carolina's BICYCLE HIGHWAYS if you're
in to that kind of thing.

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Re: PESO - Waterfall, Jonathan Run

[Ann Sanfedele]

On 8/18/2013 11:50, Matthew Hunt wrote:

Went for a hike with my wife in Ohiopyle State Park yesterday and
photographed this waterfall:

http://abattoir5.com/picture.php?/356

It was a bit tricky to get down to the waterfall from the trail, and
back up, and I'm feeling the effort today.


Looks like it was worth it, to me...
some other nice stuff in your portfolio there - and nice to see the "not 
a mail Box' again hehe.


the stars for rating on that site threw me for a minute, as there are
six stars but the sixth is marked 5 - and that is particularly amusing 
when it shows up with the mail box photo :-)  Then I realised, of 
course, the 1st star was "0" . seems to me an unnecessary rating point -

rife with possibilities for abusing a shooter.

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Re: PESO - Latin Scholar Needed

[John]

Just because the Byrds had a hit with a song doesn't automatically mean
Bob Dylan wrote it. Pete Seeger wrote that particular song.

It doesn't appear to be a direct quote from Ecclesiastes 3 either,
because it skips the part about "and a time to every purpose"

But, any excuse to post a link to the Byrds performing a song:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nLC9ErSYSnA


On 8/18/2013 1:04 PM, Larry Colen wrote:

On Sun, Aug 18, 2013 at 11:00:20AM -0400, John wrote:

"There is a season for everything under heaven"


Cool, someone translated Bob Dylan into Latin.  Do they have one for all
along the watchtower too?



Looks like they're symbols for the 12 signs of the Zodiac.

I'd be willing to bet at some time every day (probably noon GMT) the tip
of the shadow from that sun symbol reaches down to touch somewhere along
that figure 8 thingy in the middle, and where it touches tells the
"season".


On 8/18/2013 9:52 AM, Bob Sullivan wrote:

Where's Bob W when you need him?

On Sun, Aug 18, 2013 at 7:58 AM, Rick Womer  wrote:

...and maybe a Greek scholar too, if that's the alphabet below the Latin.

The micro-PDML group came upon this in Greenwich last month.  It was embedded 
in a wall, about 8 feet up.  It looks vaguely like a sundial, but the street is 
narrow enough that I doubt the sun shines there.

http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17500455


Translations and explanations appreciated!

Rick


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RE: In the Strip

[Bob W]

Very nice. That page is full of interesting shots, especially the iron
bridge and the gorge with insane people white-water rafting. Walt Whitman
would have loved it, except his beard might have got tangled in overhanging
branches.

I sing the razor electric.

B 

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> 
> A few shots from time spent in Pittsburgh's Strip District 
> with my daughter earlier today. I liked them better in 
> Lightroom, but am sharing them anyway.
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Re: PESO - Waterfall, Jonathan Run

[Mark Roberts]

Alan C wrote:

>From: Matthew Hunt
>
>http://abattoir5.com/picture.php?/356
>
>Well done. Worth every bit of your efforts. Some people would say you need a 
>lobotomy but then they probably never did anything exciting.

The preferred method it to get the lobotomy first. Doing exciting
things comes much easier after that.

 
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Snap!

[Bob W]

On the front page of the BBC News website  today
there is story in the right-hand sidebar entitled "You win". The story is
not very interested, but the accompanying thumbnail - which is not repeated
in the main part of the story - is.

It is almost identical to one that I took during a riot in London on May
Day, 2000.

Here is the thumbnail:


Here is my version:


The other photographer and I must have been shoulder-to-shoulder, and
snapped just a few seconds apart. 

It was quite a shock when I saw it this morning - I thought it was mine, but
it isn't.

B


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Re: PESO - Waterfall, Jonathan Run

[John]

I'd rather have a bottle in front of me than a frontal lobotomy.

On 8/18/2013 12:03 PM, Alan C wrote:

Well done. Worth every bit of your efforts. Some people would say you
need a lobotomy but then they probably never did anything exciting.

Alan

-Original Message- From: Matthew Hunt
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Subject: PESO - Waterfall, Jonathan Run

Went for a hike with my wife in Ohiopyle State Park yesterday and
photographed this waterfall:

http://abattoir5.com/picture.php?/356

It was a bit tricky to get down to the waterfall from the trail, and
back up, and I'm feeling the effort today.



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Re: A couple Lightroom questions

[Godfrey DiGiorgi]

On Aug 18, 2013, at 12:03 PM, Eric Weir  wrote:

> [1] How do I get Lightroom to display settings data of image. Thought it be 
> under Import/Apply During Import/Metadata, but the items that can be selected 
> there aren't the ones I want. I want camera, lens, sensitivity, aperture, and 
> shutter speed.

Do you mean as an overlay in the LR processing environment? 

If your talking digital capture images, this metadata is an embedded part of 
all out-of-camera raw and JPEG images, don't need to do anything for Lightroom 
to import it. 

You can display it using the Library module's Metadata panel. The popup menu 
next to the panel title gives you the option to switch between a number of 
metadata display and editing templates. If you want to see it as an overlay on 
the image in the main window, look in the View menu, in the section that starts 
with View Options, to set it up. In the Library module's Grid mode, you can 
also configure the cells in their largest expansion display form to include 
metadata in the four corners of the upper "info box" of the image cells. Just 
click on those areas and you get a popup menu with the items you can display. 

> [2] Somehow in processing some images earlier today the strip of 
> images/slides displayed at the bottom of the window when in Library got 
> overlaid with a grayish-orangeish color. I don't know how, what it means, or 
> how to get rid of it.

No idea about that at the moment. 

G
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Re: I need a tripod

[Godfrey DiGiorgi]

Forgot to include: All up weight of the 190CXPro3 with Markins Q3 head fitted 
is about 3 lbs 3 oz. 

Price when I bought it was about 2.5x the BeFree setup ... which yet again 
reinforces that you only get two out of three: sturdy, light, inexpensive. Pick 
any two and you're fine. ;-)

G

On Aug 18, 2013, at 10:52 AM, Godfrey DiGiorgi  wrote:

> On Aug 18, 2013, at 9:53 AM, Christine Aguila  wrote:
> 
>> I saw this new tripod on amazon:  especially made for travel and mobility. 
>> If you click to the images page, there's a video showing the tripod "in 
>> action."  Any thoughts?
>> It's amazingly compact and can sustain up to 8.5 pounds.
>> 
>> http://www.amazon.com/Manfrotto-BeFree-Compact-Lightweight-Photography/dp/B00CIVLAJO/ref=sr_1_2?s=photo&ie=UTF8&qid=1376843934&sr=1-2
>> 
>> Would be interested in any thoughts.
> 
> 
> Looks like a well thought out travel tripod for light duty use. 
> 
> It seems a little too light duty, tho. 8.5 lbs is pretty modest ... I stick 
> with tripods that can support 10lbs or higher. And it's not clear that the 
> head is interchangeable, big negative for me as I use Arca Swiss camera 
> plates and would prefer to fit a compact RRS head. Manfrotto RC2 plates 
> aren't particularly wonderful in my experience ... finally got rid of all of 
> them as they were often frustratingly imprecise. 
> 
> My travel tripod is a set of "Manfrotto 190CXPRO3 3-Section Carbon Fiber 
> Tripod Legs", which pack down to about 22 inches and weigh about 2.5 lbs, and 
> a Markins Q3 Emilié head, which I detach and carry separately in my baggage. 
> The legs just fit diagonally into my rollaway carry on bag ... I pack the 
> rest of my stuff around them if I'm going to do that, or I just strap them 
> onto the bottom of my carry-on shoulder bag. They have a column flip on which 
> is very very handy for low angle shots. The legs are rated for about 11lbs, 
> about three times the weight of my heaviest camera gear which is what I like 
> to see. 
> 
> Couple of pictures using them to shoot a photo of my Brompton folded up in 
> the living room this morning: 
> 
>  https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/25268645/legs/index.html


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Re: I need a tripod

[Aahz Maruch]

On Sun, Aug 18, 2013, Christine Aguila wrote:
>
> I saw this new tripod on amazon: especially made for travel and
> mobility.  If you click to the images page, there's a video showing
> the tripod "in action."  Any thoughts?  It's amazingly compact and can
> sustain up to 8.5 pounds.

No direct response, but during the run-up to my Alaska trip, someone sent
this URL:

http://bythom.com/support.htm

which gives a lot of general advice.  The critical point is buried near
the end: your tripod weight must be somewhere between one and 1.5x of
your total camera weight (camera plus lens).  Otherwise there just isn't
enough stability.
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PAW189 - Flying

[DagT]

http://www.thrane.name/Pictures/PAW/files/page7-1000-full.html
Bronica SQ-A, PS40mm, f/5.6, 1/250s, Ilford HP5+

DagT
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Re: OT 19th century photos of the american west

[Darren Addy]

There's a lot more where that came from:
http://www.loc.gov/pictures/search/?q=Timothy+O%27Sullivan&sp=1



On Sun, Aug 18, 2013 at 2:16 PM, Mark Roberts
 wrote:
> John wrote:
>
>>On 8/18/2013 3:27 AM, Larry Colen wrote:
>>> There are some nice shots in this set:
>>> http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2149899/The-American-West-youve-seen-Amazing-19th-century-pictures-landscape-chartered-time.html
>>>
>>
>>The writing could be improved.
>
> You are suggesting that writing from the Daily Mail is not the best? I
> am shocked, shocked to hear this!
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Re: OT 19th century photos of the american west

[Mark Roberts]

John wrote:

>On 8/18/2013 3:27 AM, Larry Colen wrote:
>> There are some nice shots in this set:
>> http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2149899/The-American-West-youve-seen-Amazing-19th-century-pictures-landscape-chartered-time.html
>>
>
>The writing could be improved.

You are suggesting that writing from the Daily Mail is not the best? I
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Re: I need a tripod

[steve harley]

on 2013-08-18 10:53 Christine Aguila wrote

Hi Everyone:

I saw this new tripod on amazon:  especially made for travel and mobility.
If you click to the images page, there's a video showing the tripod "in 
action."  Any thoughts?
It's amazingly compact and can sustain up to 8.5 pounds.

http://www.amazon.com/Manfrotto-BeFree-Compact-Lightweight-Photography/dp/B00CIVLAJO/ref=sr_1_2?s=photo&ie=UTF8&qid=1376843934&sr=1-2


Would be interested in any thoughts.


yes it is compact but it seems a little heavy (5.3 lbs) for the price and for 
how light-duty it is


Amazon reviews say the head is removable: good

best feature is how compact it is, but that can work against you - low working 
height and less stability


as a quick comparison i found the Induro AKB1 which is 3.6 lbs, probably more 
stable, plus cheaper, taller and with an Arca-compatible head; biggest drawback 
is 26" closed length




look around, Induro or another brand probably has a model very comparable to 
the Manfrotto at a lower price, or something as compact but better built for 
the same price; i have been shopping for a carbon-fiber tripod, slightly 
heavier duty, and Induro is a candidate brand; the tripod selection process is 
an exercise in multivariate compromise




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Beddlestead Lane

[Bob W]

This is a phone snap of Beddlestead Lane:



I cycled to Brighton today, and my normal route for getting out of London
takes me along Beddlestead Lane. In my mind it is the moment when you truly
know you're out of London, and it always makes me catch my breath to see
this valley (and I always mean to bring a proper camera and take a proper
picture in proper light...). 

The lane itself is the curving line from right to left through the bottom of
the valley. Unfortunately for me, the descent is very twisty, the lane is
very narrow, and there is a lot of gravel, so I never have the courage to
take it at full pelt. Normally very fit young men overtake at high speed me
as I struggle up the other side, but just recently I have been able to pass
other wheezing middle-aged men, so things must be getting better!

Today I went over Ditchling Beacon for the first time - to my surprise I
didn't have to get off and push, even after 60 miles of cycling, and in fact
I actually overtook several people!

Cheers,
Thunder Thighs!


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Re: I need a tripod

[Christine Nielsen]

Hi Christine,

Others here will have more to offer on the subject, I'm sure, but this
one was recommended to me by an instructor at New England School of
Photography a few years ago...
http://www.calumetphoto.com/product/calumet-7100-tripod-with-three-way-quick-release-head/CK7114/

The price was right, it has served me well for my purposes. I don't do
much landscape work, so it mostly stays in my studio... Not carbon
fiber, but it supports 11 pounds... weighs 4.5 pounds.

Good luck!

:)
-c

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 wrote:
> Hi Everyone:
>
> I saw this new tripod on amazon:  especially made for travel and mobility.
> If you click to the images page, there's a video showing the tripod "in 
> action."  Any thoughts?
> It's amazingly compact and can sustain up to 8.5 pounds.
>
> http://www.amazon.com/Manfrotto-BeFree-Compact-Lightweight-Photography/dp/B00CIVLAJO/ref=sr_1_2?s=photo&ie=UTF8&qid=1376843934&sr=1-2
>
>
> Would be interested in any thoughts.
>
> Thanks, Christine
>
>
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A couple Lightroom questions

[Eric Weir]

[1] How do I get Lightroom to display settings data of image. Thought it be 
under Import/Apply During Import/Metadata, but the items that can be selected 
there aren't the ones I want. I want camera, lens, sensitivity, aperture, and 
shutter speed.

[2] Somehow in processing some images earlier today the strip of images/slides 
displayed at the bottom of the window when in Library got overlaid with a 
grayish-orangeish color. I don't know how, what it means, or how to get rid of 
it.

Thanks,

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In the Strip

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A few shots from time spent in Pittsburgh's Strip District with my daughter 
earlier today. I liked them better in Lightroom, but am sharing them anyway.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/eeweir/9540927800/in/set-72157635123108051/

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Re: paw week 33

[Ann Sanfedele]

Kinda works - and certainly takes it out of the "bee on flower" ho-hum 
range.


but if you are doubtful about how you like it, press on.

ann


On 8/18/2013 12:05, Christine Aguila wrote:

Hi Everyone:

I tried to give this a painterly look, but not sure it works.  If it's stinky, 
just let me know.


 Maybe I'll try for something else for this week's paw.


Thanks, Christine


http://www.caguila.com/paw2013/content/_IGP6694_large.html





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Re: PESO: Nashville Night Lights Reflections Panorama

[Jeffery Johnson]

Thanks Bruce. There is still some more locations around that area I want 
to explore further.

On 8/18/2013 1:17 PM, Bruce Walker wrote:

A quite spectacular view, Jeffrey.

On Sun, Aug 18, 2013 at 11:59 AM, Jeffery Johnson
 wrote:

Spent Thursday evening and early night downtown Nashville on the riverfront.
Here is one of the photos from the adventure.

http://www.photocapturesbyjeffery.com/p1054364821/e68ab0fb5

For those of you interested you can visit the whole gallery:
http://www.photocapturesbyjeffery.com/p1054364821

Hope everyone is having a good day or evening so far.
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Re: PESO: Nashville Night Lights Reflections Panorama

[Jeffery Johnson]

LOL Thanks Bob. We got lucky to discover that the General Jackson 
Riverboat was heading past us as we were close to the waters edge.


On 8/18/2013 12:48 PM, Bob Sullivan wrote:

Very pleasant gallery.  You nighttime lights shot is electric!
Regards,  Bob S.

On Sun, Aug 18, 2013 at 10:59 AM, Jeffery Johnson
 wrote:

Spent Thursday evening and early night downtown Nashville on the riverfront.
Here is one of the photos from the adventure.

http://www.photocapturesbyjeffery.com/p1054364821/e68ab0fb5

For those of you interested you can visit the whole gallery:
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Re: PESO: Nashville Night Lights Reflections Panorama

[Bruce Walker]

A quite spectacular view, Jeffrey.

On Sun, Aug 18, 2013 at 11:59 AM, Jeffery Johnson
 wrote:
> Spent Thursday evening and early night downtown Nashville on the riverfront.
> Here is one of the photos from the adventure.
>
> http://www.photocapturesbyjeffery.com/p1054364821/e68ab0fb5
>
> For those of you interested you can visit the whole gallery:
> http://www.photocapturesbyjeffery.com/p1054364821
>
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Re: OT 19th century photos of the american west

[Bob W]

On 18 Aug 2013, at 16:13, John  wrote:

> On 8/18/2013 3:27 AM, Larry Colen wrote:
>> There are some nice shots in this set:
>> http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2149899/The-American-West-youve-seen-Amazing-19th-century-pictures-landscape-chartered-time.html
> 
> The writing could be improved.
> 
> "He carted a dark room wagon around the Wild West on horseback"
> 
> Why? Why not just use a horse to PULL the wagon?
> 
> I think the British still just don't understand the whole concept of the
> western United States.
> 

Yes we do. It's a little bit like East Sussex.

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Re: paw week 33

[Bob Sullivan]

Oh, that's a bee.

On Sun, Aug 18, 2013 at 11:24 AM, Jeffery Johnson
 wrote:
> Not horrible but I must confess that my eyes want to see the bee to be
> sharper.
>
>
> On 8/18/2013 11:05 AM, Christine Aguila wrote:
>>
>> Hi Everyone:
>>
>> I tried to give this a painterly look, but not sure it works.  If it's
>> stinky, just let me know.  Maybe I'll try for something else for this week's
>> paw.
>>
>> Thanks, Christine
>>
>>
>> http://www.caguila.com/paw2013/content/_IGP6694_large.html
>>
>>
>>
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Re: I need a tripod

[Godfrey DiGiorgi]

On Aug 18, 2013, at 9:53 AM, Christine Aguila  wrote:

> I saw this new tripod on amazon:  especially made for travel and mobility. 
> If you click to the images page, there's a video showing the tripod "in 
> action."  Any thoughts?
> It's amazingly compact and can sustain up to 8.5 pounds.
> 
> http://www.amazon.com/Manfrotto-BeFree-Compact-Lightweight-Photography/dp/B00CIVLAJO/ref=sr_1_2?s=photo&ie=UTF8&qid=1376843934&sr=1-2
> 
> Would be interested in any thoughts.


Looks like a well thought out travel tripod for light duty use. 

It seems a little too light duty, tho. 8.5 lbs is pretty modest ... I stick 
with tripods that can support 10lbs or higher. And it's not clear that the head 
is interchangeable, big negative for me as I use Arca Swiss camera plates and 
would prefer to fit a compact RRS head. Manfrotto RC2 plates aren't 
particularly wonderful in my experience ... finally got rid of all of them as 
they were often frustratingly imprecise. 

My travel tripod is a set of "Manfrotto 190CXPRO3 3-Section Carbon Fiber Tripod 
Legs", which pack down to about 22 inches and weigh about 2.5 lbs, and a 
Markins Q3 Emilié head, which I detach and carry separately in my baggage. The 
legs just fit diagonally into my rollaway carry on bag ... I pack the rest of 
my stuff around them if I'm going to do that, or I just strap them onto the 
bottom of my carry-on shoulder bag. They have a column flip on which is very 
very handy for low angle shots. The legs are rated for about 11lbs, about three 
times the weight of my heaviest camera gear which is what I like to see. 

Couple of pictures using them to shoot a photo of my Brompton folded up in the 
living room this morning: 

  https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/25268645/legs/index.html

enjoy!
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Re: PESO: Nashville Night Lights Reflections Panorama

[Bob Sullivan]

Very pleasant gallery.  You nighttime lights shot is electric!
Regards,  Bob S.

On Sun, Aug 18, 2013 at 10:59 AM, Jeffery Johnson
 wrote:
> Spent Thursday evening and early night downtown Nashville on the riverfront.
> Here is one of the photos from the adventure.
>
> http://www.photocapturesbyjeffery.com/p1054364821/e68ab0fb5
>
> For those of you interested you can visit the whole gallery:
> http://www.photocapturesbyjeffery.com/p1054364821
>
> Hope everyone is having a good day or evening so far.
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Re: I need a tripod

[Jack Davis]

What is it's maximum height? Is it carbon fiber? How convenient is the leg 
adjustment system?
I would be wondering how stable it is if extremely light weight.
Some of these questions may have been answered through the add, but my quick 
scan didn't spot them.

Jack


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Hi Everyone:

I saw this new tripod on amazon:  especially made for travel and mobility. 
If you click to the images page, there's a video showing the tripod "in 
action."  Any thoughts?
It's amazingly compact and can sustain up to 8.5 pounds.

http://www.amazon.com/Manfrotto-BeFree-Compact-Lightweight-Photography/dp/B00CIVLAJO/ref=sr_1_2?s=photo&ie=UTF8&qid=1376843934&sr=1-2


Would be interested in any thoughts.

Thanks, Christine



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Re: PESO - Latin Scholar Needed

[Larry Colen]

On Sun, Aug 18, 2013 at 11:00:20AM -0400, John wrote:
> "There is a season for everything under heaven"

Cool, someone translated Bob Dylan into Latin.  Do they have one for all 
along the watchtower too?

> 
> Looks like they're symbols for the 12 signs of the Zodiac.
> 
> I'd be willing to bet at some time every day (probably noon GMT) the tip
> of the shadow from that sun symbol reaches down to touch somewhere along
> that figure 8 thingy in the middle, and where it touches tells the
> "season".
> 
> 
> On 8/18/2013 9:52 AM, Bob Sullivan wrote:
> >Where's Bob W when you need him?
> >
> >On Sun, Aug 18, 2013 at 7:58 AM, Rick Womer  wrote:
> >>...and maybe a Greek scholar too, if that's the alphabet below the Latin.
> >>
> >>The micro-PDML group came upon this in Greenwich last month.  It was 
> >>embedded in a wall, about 8 feet up.  It looks vaguely like a sundial, but 
> >>the street is narrow enough that I doubt the sun shines there.
> >>
> >>http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17500455
> >>
> >>
> >>Translations and explanations appreciated!
> >>
> >>Rick
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I need a tripod

[Christine Aguila]

Hi Everyone:

I saw this new tripod on amazon:  especially made for travel and mobility. 
If you click to the images page, there's a video showing the tripod "in 
action."  Any thoughts?
It's amazingly compact and can sustain up to 8.5 pounds.

http://www.amazon.com/Manfrotto-BeFree-Compact-Lightweight-Photography/dp/B00CIVLAJO/ref=sr_1_2?s=photo&ie=UTF8&qid=1376843934&sr=1-2


Would be interested in any thoughts.

Thanks, Christine



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Re: paw week 33

[Jeffery Johnson]

Not horrible but I must confess that my eyes want to see the bee to be 
sharper.


On 8/18/2013 11:05 AM, Christine Aguila wrote:

Hi Everyone:

I tried to give this a painterly look, but not sure it works.  If it's stinky, 
just let me know.  Maybe I'll try for something else for this week's paw.

Thanks, Christine


http://www.caguila.com/paw2013/content/_IGP6694_large.html





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Re: PESO - Storm over the Great Sand Dunes

[Walt]

Wonderful shots, Brian! Just stunning -- both of them.

-- Walt


On 8/17/2013 7:51 AM, Brian Walters wrote:
Back in May we visited the Great Sand Dunes National Park near 
Alamosa, Colorado.  Not long after we left, a storm arrived from the 
south which we were able to observe from a lookout a few miles from 
the Park.


The light on the dunes was stunning as the sun illuminated them below 
the storm clouds.  Between the three of us (my two sons and me) we 
must have taken well over 100 shots but I don't think any of us 
captured the scene as we remembered it.


These are the two best that I came up with:

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1370864/PESO/slides/_IGP2410-K5-1-peso.html 



https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1370864/PESO/slides/_IGP2576-K5-1peso.html 



Comments appreciated, especially as to which is preferred (if any).






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Re: PESO - Latin Scholar Needed

[Ann Sanfedele]

We got the phrase --
but my friend who sent this didn't get into the diagram... I check with 
him again




"That is a fragment of a passage in Ecclesiastes. The whole passage goes:
 Omnia tempus habent et suis spatiis transeunt universa sub cælo.
 (All have (their) time and, in their season, they all transit under
 heaven.)"

ann

On 8/18/2013 08:58, Rick Womer wrote:

...and maybe a Greek scholar too, if that's the alphabet below the Latin.

The micro-PDML group came upon this in Greenwich last month.  It was embedded 
in a wall, about 8 feet up.  It looks vaguely like a sundial, but the street is 
narrow enough that I doubt the sun shines there.

http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17500455


Translations and explanations appreciated!

Rick



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paw week 33

[Christine Aguila]

Hi Everyone:

I tried to give this a painterly look, but not sure it works.  If it's stinky, 
just let me know.  Maybe I'll try for something else for this week's paw.

Thanks, Christine


http://www.caguila.com/paw2013/content/_IGP6694_large.html



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Re: OT 19th century photos of the american west

[Otis Wright]

Some real history captured here.  Thanks for sharing...

Otis

On 8/18/2013 3:27 AM, Larry Colen wrote:

There are some nice shots in this set:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2149899/The-American-West-youve-seen-Amazing-19th-century-pictures-landscape-chartered-time.html




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