date:20140809

Thanks, Ann.
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On Sat, Aug 9, 2014 at 10:16 PM, Ann Sanfedele  wrote:
> Hard to look at... but a good capture
>
> ann
>
>
> On 8/7/2014 10:46, Daniel J. Matyola wrote:
>>
>> You have to fight the traffic, park the car, walk across the fields to
>> the Balloon Festival, navigate through the maze of venders, find a
>> spot for your chairs, and then wait and wait and wait for the mass
>> ascension.  It can be boring for some.
>> http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17829652&size=lg
>> Comments are invited.
>>
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>> http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola
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Re: PESO - 'COlumbine & Visitor'

2014-08-09 Thread Ken Waller


Thanks Ann.

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- Original Message - 
From: "Ann Sanfedele" 

Subject: Re: PESO - 'COlumbine & Visitor'



I think the little fella makes the shot
ann

On 8/6/2014 17:41, Don Guthrie wrote:

Ken I am never sure whether a hitchhiker bug adds or detracts from a
photo. It is a very artful photo alone and more unique with the mosquito
aboard I guess.

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Another image from my shoot in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan in June.
K3, 300mm f4.5 FA, 1/13 @ f9, 400 ISO

Comments appreciated.

http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17829202

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Re: Astoria

2014-08-09 Thread Ken Waller


Nice capture even if centered.

Kenneth Waller
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- Original Message - 
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Subject: PESO: Astoria



Hotel and restaurant in Oradea, downtown. Taken with Sony RX100 II.

http://1x.com/photo/675705/all:user:445106

or

http://500px.com/photo/79177373/astoria-by-attila-boros



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Re: PESO - 'COlumbine & Visitor'

2014-08-09 Thread Ken Waller

This June in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan was absolutely the worst, as 
far as mosquitos go, that I can ever remember in all ther years I've gone to 
the Upper Peninsula!


Kenneth Waller
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- Original Message - 
From: "David Mann" 

Subject: Re: PESO - 'COlumbine & Visitor'



On Aug 8, 2014, at 8:04 am, Ken Waller  wrote:

I think it all depends on the pose and location of the bug. Had the 
mosquito in this image simply been there I'd probably eliminate it one 
way or the other. In this case its pose and location add IMO. 
Interestingly, I never noticed the mosquito during capture of the image - 
I took several shots and it appeared in a few of them.


I bet it was eyeing you up.

They've been getting steadily worse here.  I've evicted a couple of them 
from inside the house this winter. It's only in the past couple of years 
that we've had them inside even during summer!  Seen one sitting on the 
door from time to time as well.


I've rapidly dispatched two that I've found while in the shower.  There 
were places exposed where I really don't want to be bitten!


Cheers,
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September PUG - Some Guidelines

2014-08-09 Thread Brian Walters


G'day all

There may be a bit of confusion about the September PUG (judging by a  
submission that's just arrived), so here's how it is supposed to work:


The theme is 'Random Exhibition Title Generator' and it's based around  
the following website:


http://www.mit.edu/~ruchill/lazycurator.html

If you go there and hit the 'Curate Me' button, you will be presented  
with a suggested title for an artistic exhibition in the garbled  
language beloved by Exhibition curators (apologies if that includes  
anyone here - no offence intended...)


The idea is to hit the 'Curate Me' button a number of times until you  
find a title that fits an image you can make (or have buried in your  
archives).


Is that clear?

Oh...


Anyway, as usual submit here:

http://pug.komkon.org/submit/

I've modified the submission form slightly - you must include the  
generated exhibition title in your submission.


Other Submission Guidelines here:

http://pug.komkon.org/general/autosubmit.html

The main requirements are:
* Max. pixel dimensions: 800 x 800 pixels
* Max file size: 300k
* Third party equipment is acceptable provided either the camera body  
or lens used is Pentax.
* If you embed a colour space in the image, it should be sRGB to  
ensure that the image is displayed correctly on line.

* Nominal closing date: 30 September.

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Re: Geso - Second day trip to Philly


Thanks, Mark (and anyone I forgot to thank earlier... things are a bit
confused here)

I long to go back..  right now I really -would- rather be in 
Philadelphia :-)


ann



On 8/9/2014 12:58, Mark C wrote:

Excellent collection, Ann. The brinks with the weeds is a great find,
the row houses look quite inviting as well.

Mark

On 8/2/2014 12:52 AM, Ann Sanfedele wrote:

Stopped in Bristol, Pa briefly on the way to break up the trip
Had a few chores to do in Philly - which included having some Scrapple
at the Reading Terminal Market and bringing some home for a friend.
discovered Turkey scrapple!

Thenk a bit of a walkabout in a neighborhood Rick Womer recommended.

http://annsan.smugmug.com/On-the-Road-or-On-Foot/A-Day-Trip-to-Philly/

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Re: PESO - Hungry Bench


:-)  Think the gull was frightened?
Always love your stuff, Marco

ann

On 8/9/2014 17:39, Marco Alpert wrote:

http://www.alpert.com/marco/photo14/peso25.html

Comments, as always, welcomed.

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Re: PESO - Looking for the Brass Ring

Love that the horse he is on is frozen and the backround shows 
movement.. nice shot!


I always loved merry-go-rounds - my favorite ride at an amusement park
as a child. Other rides, however, were to be avoided  One ride on
a ferris wheel, one ride on a roller coaster all I ever had

ann

On 8/7/2014 15:28, Don Guthrie wrote:

And another one that celebrates the joy of being a child at the
carnival. There's a lot of story in this simple photo. OTOH the rides
always made me a bit ill but that might have been the hotdogs.

On 8/6/14, 10:15 PM, pdml-requ...@pdml.net wrote:

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Another one from the fun fair last weekend:

http://knarfdummyblog.blogspot.ca/2014/08/looking-for-brass-ring.html?m=1

Hope you enjoy. Comments welcome.

Cheers,

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Re: PESO: Bored


Hard to look at... but a good capture

ann

On 8/7/2014 10:46, Daniel J. Matyola wrote:

You have to fight the traffic, park the car, walk across the fields to
the Balloon Festival, navigate through the maze of venders, find a
spot for your chairs, and then wait and wait and wait for the mass
ascension.  It can be boring for some.
http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17829652&size=lg
Comments are invited.

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Re: PESO - 'COlumbine & Visitor'


I think the little fella makes the shot
ann

On 8/6/2014 17:41, Don Guthrie wrote:

Ken I am never sure whether a hitchhiker bug adds or detracts from a
photo. It is a very artful photo alone and more unique with the mosquito
aboard I guess.

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Another image from my shoot in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan in June.
K3, 300mm f4.5 FA, 1/13 @ f9, 400 ISO

Comments appreciated.

http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17829202

Kenneth Waller
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Re: GESO: Kruger 1-4/08/2014

Nice set - I especially liked this portrait of an eagle
https://www.flickr.com/photos/wisselstroom/14670271979/in/set-72157645859289800/

and this shot of a hyena (is that his dinner or is this a love scene?)
can't make it out.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/wisselstroom/14849211353/in/set-72157645859289800/

and the Rhinos facing off..

However, flicker is doing something very rude...when I went to cycle
throuhg the shots,after about every 4th photo the next photo is a AD!!
including one for (gag me with a spoon) Golden Corral.. so I went back
and just toodled through the large thumbnails.

ann

On 8/8/2014 02:11, Bob W-PDML wrote:

What a fantastic gallery - including and especially the Official Large and
Conspicuous Waterbird of the PDML. It looks like a fantastic trip, and well
done for the half-marThon, that's an i pressive achievement and a good time.

On 8 Aug 2014, at 06:41, "Alan C" wrote:

Last weekend we trekked to Skukuza for the annual Half Marathon, travelling from Phalaborwa via
Letaba, Satara & Tshokwane to Lower Sabie Camp on the Friday (8 hours), to Skukuza &
back on the Saturday, to Letaba Camp on the Sunday (7 hours) & home on the Monday (2
hours). This GESO is a selection of photos taken during the weekend, mostly with the K7 &
FA 100-300. For those who may be interested - I managed (with some difficulty) to complete the
Half Marathon in 1:58.

Alan C

https://www.flickr.com/photos/wisselstroom/sets/72157645859289800/

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Re: PESO: Bluebird of Happiness


Maybe its the happiness of Bluebird - looks like a cozy home

ann

On 8/9/2014 01:57, Daniel J. Matyola wrote:

The bluebird of happiness flew up my, ah, nose. 

For decades, I had kept a number of bird feeders in our back yard, as
many as eight at a time.  For much of that time, I recorded my
visitors under a program run by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology.  I
really enjoyed watching the birds enjoying my feeders.

In recent years, however, the deer and squirrels attracted by the bird
feeders have become a bigger and bigger problem.  We also had
occasional visits by racoons and black bear, which were very
destructive, not to mention dangerous.

Three years ago we got a new puppy, and we have been trying very hard
to train him to stay in our yard, so he could tun free, at least in
that acre or so.  The deer and other critters attracted by the bird
feeders became a major nuisance, so very reluctantly I decided to give
them up.

The lack of bird feeders the last couple of years has greatly reduced
the number of deer and squirrels in our yard, and made it a lot easier
for our Malamute to enjoy playing in the yard.  There has been a
surprising side effect, however;  there are a lot more birds nesting
in our yard than before.  I suspect that the more aggressive birds
attracted by the bird feeders, like blue jays, cardinals, starlings,
grackles and crows, had been intimidating smaller birds and
discouraging them from nesting in our yard.  Last year we had two bird
houses that were occupied with small birds.  This year, we had five
occupied bird houses, plus a nest in a tree and one on one of the
floodlights on my house.  Better yet, for the first time in decades,
we have bluebirds nesting in two of our bird houses.

One of the bluebird houses is on the edge of the woods, and I see the
birds infrequently.  The other is close to the house, however, and we
see them several times a day, often when we are at the pool or in the
hot tub, which is quite close to the house.

I have, of course, been trying to capture some images of the
bluebirds, with little success.  They are quite shy, and disappear as
soon as they see my camera.  (How do they know what I'm up to?)  Even
when I manage to sneak up on them, they are so quick in and out of the
house that there have been very few opportunities.

This weekend, I decided to give it yet another try.  I set the tripod
up on the deck, but they saw me and kept hidden.  After an hour of no
sightings since I brought out the camera and tripod, I gave up.  As I
was putting my gear away, I had an idea:  They don't seem to mind us
when we are in the hot tub, so why don't I try hiding behind the hot
tub, resting the camera on the cover?  I knelt behind the hot tub and
set up the camera.  after a few minutes, the female flew out of the
house, and back in a few minutes later, but she was too quick.
Besides, I couldn't get in a position to focus properly through the
view finder or even the LCD.  I pre-focused on the surface of the bird
house, and waited, with my finger on the shutter release and the
camera set on multiple images.

After about 20 minutes, my back was aching, but suddenly the male put
in an appearance.  I fired off several rapid-fire shots, and then
tried to follow him when he rested in a tree and then on the top of
the dog run.

I wasn't able to get a good sharp image of the male, so I plan to try
again this weekend.  This is the best I have been able to manage so
far:

http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17830976&size=md
Comments are appreciated.

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Re: Geso - Second day trip to Philly


Thanks! _ i see we are getting here about the same time
ann

On 8/9/2014 14:57, Christine Aguila wrote:

Great fun, Ann!  Love the white Row Houses!  Cheers, Christine


On Aug 1, 2014, at 11:52 PM, Ann Sanfedele  wrote:


Stopped in Bristol, Pa briefly on the way to break up the trip
Had a few chores to do in Philly - which included having some Scrapple
at the Reading Terminal Market and bringing some home for a friend.
discovered Turkey scrapple!

Thenk a bit of a walkabout in a neighborhood Rick Womer recommended.

http://annsan.smugmug.com/On-the-Road-or-On-Foot/A-Day-Trip-to-Philly/

ann

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Re: GESO: Another PDMLer goes to Mackinaw Island


ooh - such nice stuff!
glad I popped back in just now..

great feeling of the place and ditto about those bW fog shots.

ann

On 8/9/2014 13:45, Steve Cottrell wrote:

On 9/8/14, Mark C, discombobulated, unleashed:


Excellent set of photos - the sailboats in the fog and the tall ship in
the fog are great. Excellent timing on the cannon shot. The street
scenes really capture the feel of the island.


What Mark said, but especially the tall ship in the fog. Excellent!







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Re: PESO - Whoops

2014-08-09 Thread Zos Xavius

More like ouch. Good capture.

On Sat, Aug 9, 2014 at 8:23 PM, Philip Northeast
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PESO - Whoops

2014-08-09 Thread Philip Northeast



Having only two wheels can be embarrassing sometimes

 *istDS and Sigma 100-300mm telephoto zoom

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Re: Oh no, not again.

2014-08-09 Thread Larry Colen


It turns out that my camera may also now be out of warranty by a couple of 
months.

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Re: Matisse Moment

2014-08-09 Thread Paul

Matisse exhibits seem to be making the rounds...The Paine Art Center and 
Gardens in Oshkosh, WI currently has a "Matisse as Printmaker" exhibit 
from a collection which belonged to his son.  We've seen it, but would 
welcome a chance to go again if any PDMLers would like to meet up in 
Oshkosh...and it's always pleasant to just spend some time photographing 
the gardens.


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http://www.thepaine.org/events/matisse-printmaker/

-p

On 8/9/2014 3:12 PM, Bob W-PDML wrote:

I went to the exhibition of Matisse Cutouts at Tate Modern today - I recommend 
it very highly.

Among the exhibits are the original maquettes for a number of book covers, 
including this one, which you may recognise:

https://onedrive.live.com/redir?resid=439D213A93634DD4!11773&authkey=!AA0CPkEq4t_hq-o&v=3&ithint=photo%2cjpg

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backed up by MS Onedrive, which makes it easy for me to share, but generates 
these horrible links.

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PESO - Hungry Bench

2014-08-09 Thread Marco Alpert

http://www.alpert.com/marco/photo14/peso25.html

Comments, as always, welcomed.

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Matisse Moment

2014-08-09 Thread Bob W-PDML

I went to the exhibition of Matisse Cutouts at Tate Modern today - I recommend 
it very highly. 

Among the exhibits are the original maquettes for a number of book covers, 
including this one, which you may recognise:

https://onedrive.live.com/redir?resid=439D213A93634DD4!11773&authkey=!AA0CPkEq4t_hq-o&v=3&ithint=photo%2cjpg

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backed up by MS Onedrive, which makes it easy for me to share, but generates 
these horrible links.

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Re: PESO: Astoria

Thanks, Dan.

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> Classic architecture, well portrayed.
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>> Hotel and restaurant in Oradea, downtown. Taken with Sony RX100 II.
>>
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Re: PESO: Astoria

Thanks, Jack.

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Re: Empire Parliamentary Delegation to Australia, 1926

2014-08-09 Thread David Mann

Depends on your definition of fun ;)

I had to rescan about half of them because the preview on my scanner software 
was lying to me about the RGB values when I had to use negative values in the 
exposure slider.  Then there were the Dufaycolor ones.

The photos themselves are fascinating though.

Cheers,
Dave

On Aug 10, 2014, at 4:49 am, Mark C  wrote:

> Interesting collection of photos, David. Scanning them must have been fun!
> 
> Mark
> 
> On 7/29/2014 7:30 PM, David Mann wrote:
>> Darren's old photo find has finally spurred me into action...
>> 
>> Back in February I scanned a box of old glass slides (B&W positives 
>> sandwiched in glass) from the Empire Parliamentary Delegation to Australia 
>> in 1926.  My mother-in-law had asked me if I could do anything with them and 
>> I managed to rig something up with my medium format film scanner (Minolta 
>> Multi Pro).  The slides are a strange size - about 83mm square with an image 
>> up to 70mm square (usually masked with a border).
>> 
>> There are a handful of colour photos mixed in there which are not part of 
>> the Australia collection; those are Dufaycolor slides which are fascinating 
>> under a microscope but utterly horrible to scan.  It looks like those ones 
>> were taken in NZ.
>> 
>> I was wanting to put them online but with 72 files I wasn't really sure how 
>> best to present them.  In the end I've taken a lazy approach and thrown them 
>> into a jAlbum gallery.  The photos are presented in the order they were 
>> stored in the box.
>> 
>> Note I haven't done anything about dust.
>> 
>> http://www.multi.net.nz/empire/
>> 
>> The photo captions are mostly what's written on the slides, except for the 
>> number which is their position in the box.  They might not be correct; being 
>> handwritten and quite small they're difficult to read.  A book accompanies 
>> the slides but it's packed in a box somewhere.  If it contains more info 
>> I'll update the gallery.
>> 
>> Cheers,
>> Dave
>> 
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Re: PESO: Astoria

Classic architecture, well portrayed.
Dan Matyola
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Re: PESO - Anticipation


Charming!

On 8/5/2014 10:41 PM, knarf wrote:

The annual fun fair showed up in our neighbourhood last weekend. A few 
interesting shots to be had:

http://knarfinthecity.blogspot.ca/2014/08/anticipation.html?m=1

Hope you enjoy. Comments welcome.

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Re: Pentax Q-S1 Officially released

Thanks for the heads up.  Wow, I have to say I’m intrigued by this camera.  
Look forward to seeing the shots by any PDMLers who end up buying this 
camera—though I may be one of those PDMLers :-)  

Cheers, Christine


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> The rumours were true...
> 
> http://www.photographyblog.com/news/pentax_q_s1/
> 
> I'm not sure how it differs from the previous Q7.
> 
> Also officially released is the DA645 28-45mm F4.5 for the 645Z.
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Re: GESO: Another PDMLer goes to Mackinaw Island

Yikes!  Another fantastic gallery!  Really pretty shots throughout!  Cheers, 
Christine


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> I enjoyed Don's recent shots of Mackinac. I spent a couple of days there 
> myself last week and, at the risk of redundancy, offer herewith some of my 
> impressions of the island.
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> http://photos.stanhalpin.com/p740527401
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Re: GESO: Michigan - Upper Peninsula

Wow!  These are wonderful!  Cheers, Christine


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Re: Geso - Second day trip to Philly

Great fun, Ann!  Love the white Row Houses!  Cheers, Christine


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> Stopped in Bristol, Pa briefly on the way to break up the trip
> Had a few chores to do in Philly - which included having some Scrapple
> at the Reading Terminal Market and bringing some home for a friend.
> discovered Turkey scrapple!
> 
> Thenk a bit of a walkabout in a neighborhood Rick Womer recommended.
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> http://annsan.smugmug.com/On-the-Road-or-On-Foot/A-Day-Trip-to-Philly/
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Re: GESO - Goldfinch

Excellent!  Love them!  Cheers, Christine


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> http://www.markcassino.com/b2evolution/index.php/goldfinch
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> I was going to go out shooting today but wound up staying around the house to 
> get caught up on some yard work. This goldfinch might have been a better 
> photo op than anything I would have seen in the field.  Comments welcome.
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> K-3 and Tokina ATX 400 f5.6. For a ~$350 lens it does a decent job.
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Re: GESO: Kruger 1-4/08/2014

A joy to view, Alan!  Sounds like a fantastic weekend!  Cheers, Christine


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> Last weekend we trekked to Skukuza for the annual Half Marathon, travelling
> from Phalaborwa via Letaba, Satara & Tshokwane to Lower Sabie Camp on the
> Friday (8 hours), to Skukuza & back on the Saturday, to Letaba Camp on the
> Sunday (7 hours) & home on the Monday (2 hours). This GESO is a selection of
> photos taken during the weekend, mostly with the K7 & FA 100-300. For those
> who may be interested - I managed (with some difficulty) to complete the
> Half Marathon in 1:58.
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Re: GESO -- Take me to your leader.

It certainly does have charm and character.  I like it!  Cheers, Christine


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> Junk art doesn't usually float my boat, but this has personality, and 
> character, probably bad character but character none the less.
> 
> http://tinyurl.com/kdwzkr8
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Re: Geso Mackinac Island Trip

I have very fond memories of Mackinac Island when my family visited there when 
I was a young girl.  I like your gallery very much, Don.  Cheers, Christine


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> On 8/1/14, 2:06 PM, pdml-requ...@pdml.net wrote:
>> Some nice shot there Don. The light on the bridge was terrific and you
>> did a good job capturing it. Love the detail in the bridge, and I like
>> the color better than B&W. And some of those light over the water with
>> tree on the left are excellent. I enjoyed the trip... Regards, Bob S.
> 
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>> Fri, Aug 1, 2014 at 1:23 PM, Don Guthrie  wrote:
>>> >Been reading the group regularly and loving the
>>> >bird,balloons,sailboats,Philadelphia etc etc. Just haven't had time to
>>> >comment as I have been traveling. Not that anyone here misses my prose &
>>> >posts.
>>> >
>>> >If you have a moment please look at these photos from my trip to Michigan 
>>> >in
>>> >June. Some duplicates I know but that dam bridge just demanded my 
>>> >attention.
>>> >This is a subset and anyway smugmug scrolls very quickly. Any comments will
>>> >be appreciated and not ignored. All taken with Pentax cameras.
>>> >
>>> >http://donspix.smugmug.com/Travel/Mackinac-Island-Bridge/
>>> >
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> for your input.
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Re: GESO: Kruger 1-4/08/2014


Excellent gallery - remarkable beasts!

On 8/8/2014 6:28 AM, Alan C wrote:
Last weekend we trekked to Skukuza for the annual Half Marathon, 
travelling

from Phalaborwa via Letaba, Satara & Tshokwane to Lower Sabie Camp on the
Friday (8 hours), to Skukuza & back on the Saturday, to Letaba Camp on 
the
Sunday (7 hours) & home on the Monday (2 hours). This GESO is a 
selection of
photos taken during the weekend, mostly with the K7 & FA 100-300. For 
those

who may be interested - I managed (with some difficulty) to complete the
Half Marathon in 1:58.

Alan C

https://www.flickr.com/photos/wisselstroom/sets/72157645859289800/

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Re: Trouble with uploading books from LR 5.6. to Blurb

I feel your frustration, Boris.  The sad truth is if you want internet speed 
you have to pay for it.  My old Earthlink account had a download speed of 5 
MBPs, and I can only imagine what the upload speed was.  In switching to 
Comcast Xfinity, I now get download speeds of nearly 58 MBPs ( just did a test: 
57.62) and upload speeds of nearly 12 MBPs (test 11.70).

These speeds have changed dramatically my computer/internet experience.   In 
the last month, I have uploaded blurb books made via Lightroom—big ones—13x11  
inches with 100+ pages—and the upload time was super fast, under 20-25 minutes. 
 I even made a little 7 x 7 blurb book via Lightroom on my laptop and uploaded 
it via wireless, and that took 15 minutes, though the book length was 48 pages, 
and I was in the same room as my router at the time of upload.

No doubt at some point I may run in to a Lightroom/Blurb server glitch, but so 
far so good.

Cheers, Christine

On Aug 9, 2014, at 12:54 PM, Boris Liberman  wrote:

> Well, Godfrey, I don't intend to spend serious money every month to have 
> faster up-stream connection from home. Granted, this one was a rather big 
> book (almost 400MB of PDF file, 140 pages, and stuff), but I am not at all 
> happy about my experience.
> 
> I expect the books to be printed with excellent quality as usual, but it 
> needn't be hours upon hours spent like this...
> 
> Boris
> 
> 
> On 8/8/2014 11:45 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote:
>> Good to hear it!
>> I have similar problem with my work: Uploading is very slow when I'm working 
>> from home and the server sometimes gives up before all the data is done 
>> transferring. In the office with the exact same laptop, the upload runs 
>> about 30x faster and without errors.
>> 
>> Godfrey
>> 
>> 
>>> On Aug 8, 2014, at 10:25 AM, Boris Liberman  wrote:
>>> 
>>> A brief follow up. After several attempts (each takes 2-3 hours, as my 
>>> network connection is very asymmetrical - upstream is way slower than 
>>> downstream) it finally worked.
>>> 
>>> I had to disable the anti-virus and actually be active on the computer 
>>> throughout most of the process...
>>> 
>>> Got 25% discount due to the fact that this was my very first book uploaded 
>>> from LR 5.x.
>>> 
>>> Boris
>>> 
>>> 
 On 8/1/2014 9:33 PM, Boris Liberman wrote:
 Guys,

 I am in deep shit... We've prepared some 100+ book from our trip to
 Europe last year. I am trying to upload it from LR (first 5.5, now 5.6)
 to Blurb. It renders the PDF, it then goes on to "upload the pages". At
 around 80% it produces an error message without giving my reason as to
 why it failed to upload the book.

 Any help or hints will be greatly appreciated.

 Boris
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Re: PESO: Astoria

2014-08-09 Thread Jack Davis

Beautiful image, Attila!

J

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Subject: PESO: Astoria

Hotel and restaurant in Oradea, downtown. Taken with Sony RX100 II.

http://1x.com/photo/675705/all:user:445106

or

http://500px.com/photo/79177373/astoria-by-attila-boros

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PESO: Astoria

Hotel and restaurant in Oradea, downtown. Taken with Sony RX100 II.

http://1x.com/photo/675705/all:user:445106

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Re: Trouble with uploading books from LR 5.6. to Blurb

2014-08-09 Thread Boris Liberman

Well, Godfrey, I don't intend to spend serious money every month to have 
faster up-stream connection from home. Granted, this one was a rather 
big book (almost 400MB of PDF file, 140 pages, and stuff), but I am not 
at all happy about my experience.


I expect the books to be printed with excellent quality as usual, but it 
needn't be hours upon hours spent like this...


Boris


On 8/8/2014 11:45 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote:

Good to hear it!
I have similar problem with my work: Uploading is very slow when I'm working 
from home and the server sometimes gives up before all the data is done 
transferring. In the office with the exact same laptop, the upload runs about 
30x faster and without errors.

Godfrey



On Aug 8, 2014, at 10:25 AM, Boris Liberman  wrote:

A brief follow up. After several attempts (each takes 2-3 hours, as my network 
connection is very asymmetrical - upstream is way slower than downstream) it 
finally worked.

I had to disable the anti-virus and actually be active on the computer 
throughout most of the process...

Got 25% discount due to the fact that this was my very first book uploaded from 
LR 5.x.

Boris



On 8/1/2014 9:33 PM, Boris Liberman wrote:
Guys,

I am in deep shit... We've prepared some 100+ book from our trip to
Europe last year. I am trying to upload it from LR (first 5.5, now 5.6)
to Blurb. It renders the PDF, it then goes on to "upload the pages". At
around 80% it produces an error message without giving my reason as to
why it failed to upload the book.

Any help or hints will be greatly appreciated.

Boris



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Re: Trouble with uploading books from LR 5.6. to Blurb

2014-08-09 Thread Boris Liberman

Well, I was on the brink of starting looking for alternative service. My 
dialog with Blurb customer support was proving ineffective to the point 
that they suggested that had nothing to help me with.


This is surprisingly unfortunate...

Boris


On 8/8/2014 9:40 PM, Stan Halpin wrote:

Glad to hear the update. You sounded pretty discouraged earlier - it would have 
been a shame for you to abandon the project out of frustration.

stan

On Aug 8, 2014, at 1:25 PM, Boris Liberman  wrote:


A brief follow up. After several attempts (each takes 2-3 hours, as my network 
connection is very asymmetrical - upstream is way slower than downstream) it 
finally worked.

I had to disable the anti-virus and actually be active on the computer 
throughout most of the process...

Got 25% discount due to the fact that this was my very first book uploaded from 
LR 5.x.

Boris


On 8/1/2014 9:33 PM, Boris Liberman wrote:

Guys,

I am in deep shit... We've prepared some 100+ book from our trip to
Europe last year. I am trying to upload it from LR (first 5.5, now 5.6)
to Blurb. It renders the PDF, it then goes on to "upload the pages". At
around 80% it produces an error message without giving my reason as to
why it failed to upload the book.

Any help or hints will be greatly appreciated.

Boris



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Re: GESO: Another PDMLer goes to Mackinaw Island

2014-08-09 Thread Steve Cottrell

On 9/8/14, Mark C, discombobulated, unleashed:

>Excellent set of photos - the sailboats in the fog and the tall ship in 
>the fog are great. Excellent timing on the cannon shot. The street 
>scenes really capture the feel of the island.

What Mark said, but especially the tall ship in the fog. Excellent!





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Re: PESO - Access


That *is* appealing - like a secret world beckons...

On 8/7/2014 10:03 PM, knarf wrote:

Don't know why this fascinated me:

http://knarfdummyblog.blogspot.ca/2014/08/access.html?m=1

Drug flashback maybe?

Hope you enjoy. Comments welcome.

Cheers,

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Re: GESO: Michigan - Upper Peninsula


Another great collection - love the bugs and the little frog in particular.

Mark


On 8/3/2014 6:20 PM, Stan Halpin wrote:

On my way from Mackinac to the central part of the UP (for a photo workshop 
starting in an hour or so) I spent some time at Tahquamenon Falls and the Seney 
NWR. A few selected shots here:

http://photos.stanhalpin.com/p735513422

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Re: GESO: Another PDMLer goes to Mackinaw Island

Excellent set of photos - the sailboats in the fog and the tall ship in 
the fog are great. Excellent timing on the cannon shot. The street 
scenes really capture the feel of the island.


Mark

On 8/3/2014 6:16 PM, Stan Halpin wrote:

I enjoyed Don's recent shots of Mackinac. I spent a couple of days there myself 
last week and, at the risk of redundancy, offer herewith some of my impressions 
of the island.

http://photos.stanhalpin.com/p740527401

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Re: Geso - Second day trip to Philly

Excellent collection, Ann. The brinks with the weeds is a great find, 
the row houses look quite inviting as well.


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On 8/2/2014 12:52 AM, Ann Sanfedele wrote:

Stopped in Bristol, Pa briefly on the way to break up the trip
Had a few chores to do in Philly - which included having some Scrapple
at the Reading Terminal Market and bringing some home for a friend.
discovered Turkey scrapple!

Thenk a bit of a walkabout in a neighborhood Rick Womer recommended.

http://annsan.smugmug.com/On-the-Road-or-On-Foot/A-Day-Trip-to-Philly/

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Re: GESO - Goldfinch

Thanks, Bruce - they are indeed little acrobats. I got several shots of 
their derrieres as they hung upside down and worked on the seed head. 
(Somehow those shots did't make the cut...)


On 8/8/2014 10:28 AM, Bruce Walker wrote:

Goldfinches showing off how acrobatic they are. Well matched colours too. Nice!

On Sat, Aug 2, 2014 at 6:10 PM, Mark C  wrote:

http://www.markcassino.com/b2evolution/index.php/goldfinch

I was going to go out shooting today but wound up staying around the house
to get caught up on some yard work. This goldfinch might have been a better
photo op than anything I would have seen in the field.  Comments welcome.

K-3 and Tokina ATX 400 f5.6. For a ~$350 lens it does a decent job.

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Re: GESO - Fjellet

Nice collection of rural scenes. Is that purple loosestrife (Lythrum 
salicaria)? Is it a native plant there?


Anyhow - good set, beautiful valleys.

On 8/1/2014 4:08 PM, Toralf Lund wrote:

A handful of snapshots from up in the mountains (as we say):

http://se.toralf.net/post/93422282973/fjellet

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Re: GESO - Goldfinch


Thanks, Frank!

On 8/6/2014 11:22 PM, knarf wrote:

I love goldfinches. Such pretty little things.

Beautifully captured, Mark. Incredible sharpness.

Cheers,

frank

On 2 August, 2014 6:10:29 PM EDT, Mark C  wrote:

http://www.markcassino.com/b2evolution/index.php/goldfinch

I was going to go out shooting today but wound up staying around the
house to get caught up on some yard work. This goldfinch might have
been
a better photo op than anything I would have seen in the field.
Comments welcome.

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Re: GESO

Nice collection of birds - I like the grackle. I don't many of them 
these days.


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On 8/5/2014 10:09 AM, David J Brooks wrote:

Made a small, yes Cotty a small gallery of back yard jays etc

http://www.caughtinmotion.com/2014-jays-cardinals/album/index.html

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Re: Empire Parliamentary Delegation to Australia, 1926


Interesting collection of photos, David. Scanning them must have been fun!

Mark

On 7/29/2014 7:30 PM, David Mann wrote:

Darren's old photo find has finally spurred me into action...

Back in February I scanned a box of old glass slides (B&W positives sandwiched 
in glass) from the Empire Parliamentary Delegation to Australia in 1926.  My 
mother-in-law had asked me if I could do anything with them and I managed to rig 
something up with my medium format film scanner (Minolta Multi Pro).  The slides 
are a strange size - about 83mm square with an image up to 70mm square (usually 
masked with a border).

There are a handful of colour photos mixed in there which are not part of the 
Australia collection; those are Dufaycolor slides which are fascinating under a 
microscope but utterly horrible to scan.  It looks like those ones were taken 
in NZ.

I was wanting to put them online but with 72 files I wasn't really sure how 
best to present them.  In the end I've taken a lazy approach and thrown them 
into a jAlbum gallery.  The photos are presented in the order they were stored 
in the box.

Note I haven't done anything about dust.

http://www.multi.net.nz/empire/

The photo captions are mostly what's written on the slides, except for the 
number which is their position in the box.  They might not be correct; being 
handwritten and quite small they're difficult to read.  A book accompanies the 
slides but it's packed in a box somewhere.  If it contains more info I'll 
update the gallery.

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Re: major OT

2014-08-09 Thread David J Brooks

On Sat, Aug 9, 2014 at 10:42 AM, Igor Roshchin  wrote:
>
>
> You should've called it "CatAssTrophy".

How can i stay mad a a cat that purr;s 24/7

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Re: PESO: Bluebird of Happiness

Interesting adventures:) The title reminded me of K-PAX. The bird has
very nice blue plumage.

On Sat, Aug 9, 2014 at 8:57 AM, Daniel J. Matyola  wrote:
> The bluebird of happiness flew up my, ah, nose. 
>
> For decades, I had kept a number of bird feeders in our back yard, as
> many as eight at a time.  For much of that time, I recorded my
> visitors under a program run by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology.  I
> really enjoyed watching the birds enjoying my feeders.
>
> In recent years, however, the deer and squirrels attracted by the bird
> feeders have become a bigger and bigger problem.  We also had
> occasional visits by racoons and black bear, which were very
> destructive, not to mention dangerous.
>
> Three years ago we got a new puppy, and we have been trying very hard
> to train him to stay in our yard, so he could tun free, at least in
> that acre or so.  The deer and other critters attracted by the bird
> feeders became a major nuisance, so very reluctantly I decided to give
> them up.
>
> The lack of bird feeders the last couple of years has greatly reduced
> the number of deer and squirrels in our yard, and made it a lot easier
> for our Malamute to enjoy playing in the yard.  There has been a
> surprising side effect, however;  there are a lot more birds nesting
> in our yard than before.  I suspect that the more aggressive birds
> attracted by the bird feeders, like blue jays, cardinals, starlings,
> grackles and crows, had been intimidating smaller birds and
> discouraging them from nesting in our yard.  Last year we had two bird
> houses that were occupied with small birds.  This year, we had five
> occupied bird houses, plus a nest in a tree and one on one of the
> floodlights on my house.  Better yet, for the first time in decades,
> we have bluebirds nesting in two of our bird houses.
>
> One of the bluebird houses is on the edge of the woods, and I see the
> birds infrequently.  The other is close to the house, however, and we
> see them several times a day, often when we are at the pool or in the
> hot tub, which is quite close to the house.
>
> I have, of course, been trying to capture some images of the
> bluebirds, with little success.  They are quite shy, and disappear as
> soon as they see my camera.  (How do they know what I'm up to?)  Even
> when I manage to sneak up on them, they are so quick in and out of the
> house that there have been very few opportunities.
>
> This weekend, I decided to give it yet another try.  I set the tripod
> up on the deck, but they saw me and kept hidden.  After an hour of no
> sightings since I brought out the camera and tripod, I gave up.  As I
> was putting my gear away, I had an idea:  They don't seem to mind us
> when we are in the hot tub, so why don't I try hiding behind the hot
> tub, resting the camera on the cover?  I knelt behind the hot tub and
> set up the camera.  after a few minutes, the female flew out of the
> house, and back in a few minutes later, but she was too quick.
> Besides, I couldn't get in a position to focus properly through the
> view finder or even the LCD.  I pre-focused on the surface of the bird
> house, and waited, with my finger on the shutter release and the
> camera set on multiple images.
>
> After about 20 minutes, my back was aching, but suddenly the male put
> in an appearance.  I fired off several rapid-fire shots, and then
> tried to follow him when he rested in a tree and then on the top of
> the dog run.
>
> I wasn't able to get a good sharp image of the male, so I plan to try
> again this weekend.  This is the best I have been able to manage so
> far:
>
> http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17830976&size=md
> Comments are appreciated.
>
> Dan Matyola
> http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola
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Re: PESO: Bluebird of Happiness

2014-08-09 Thread Kenneth Waller

Same here Dan ! I also like the design and execution of the bird house.
Keep at it. Shoot, shoot shoot.


-Original Message-
>From: "Daniel J. Matyola" 
>Subject: Re: PESO: Bluebird of Happiness
>
>Thanks Jack.  I like the image as is, but I would like it a lot more
>if the bird was a bit sharper!
>
>Dan Matyola
>http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola
>
>
>On Sat, Aug 9, 2014 at 7:51 AM, Jack Davis  wrote:
>> Very interesting tale, Dan. Your considerable effort to invite wildlife to 
>> your property deserves photo rewards.
>> Like the posted Bluebird shot, including the birdhouse architecture.
>>
>> J
>>
>> - Original Message -
>> From: "Daniel J. Matyola" 
>> To: "PDML" 
>> Sent: Friday, August 8, 2014 10:57:55 PM
>> Subject: PESO: Bluebird of Happiness
>>
>> The bluebird of happiness flew up my, ah, nose. 
>>
>> For decades, I had kept a number of bird feeders in our back yard, as
>> many as eight at a time.  For much of that time, I recorded my
>> visitors under a program run by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology.  I
>> really enjoyed watching the birds enjoying my feeders.
>>
>> In recent years, however, the deer and squirrels attracted by the bird
>> feeders have become a bigger and bigger problem.  We also had
>> occasional visits by racoons and black bear, which were very
>> destructive, not to mention dangerous.
>>
>> Three years ago we got a new puppy, and we have been trying very hard
>> to train him to stay in our yard, so he could tun free, at least in
>> that acre or so.  The deer and other critters attracted by the bird
>> feeders became a major nuisance, so very reluctantly I decided to give
>> them up.
>>
>> The lack of bird feeders the last couple of years has greatly reduced
>> the number of deer and squirrels in our yard, and made it a lot easier
>> for our Malamute to enjoy playing in the yard.  There has been a
>> surprising side effect, however;  there are a lot more birds nesting
>> in our yard than before.  I suspect that the more aggressive birds
>> attracted by the bird feeders, like blue jays, cardinals, starlings,
>> grackles and crows, had been intimidating smaller birds and
>> discouraging them from nesting in our yard.  Last year we had two bird
>> houses that were occupied with small birds.  This year, we had five
>> occupied bird houses, plus a nest in a tree and one on one of the
>> floodlights on my house.  Better yet, for the first time in decades,
>> we have bluebirds nesting in two of our bird houses.
>>
>> One of the bluebird houses is on the edge of the woods, and I see the
>> birds infrequently.  The other is close to the house, however, and we
>> see them several times a day, often when we are at the pool or in the
>> hot tub, which is quite close to the house.
>>
>> I have, of course, been trying to capture some images of the
>> bluebirds, with little success.  They are quite shy, and disappear as
>> soon as they see my camera.  (How do they know what I'm up to?)  Even
>> when I manage to sneak up on them, they are so quick in and out of the
>> house that there have been very few opportunities.
>>
>> This weekend, I decided to give it yet another try.  I set the tripod
>> up on the deck, but they saw me and kept hidden.  After an hour of no
>> sightings since I brought out the camera and tripod, I gave up.  As I
>> was putting my gear away, I had an idea:  They don't seem to mind us
>> when we are in the hot tub, so why don't I try hiding behind the hot
>> tub, resting the camera on the cover?  I knelt behind the hot tub and
>> set up the camera.  after a few minutes, the female flew out of the
>> house, and back in a few minutes later, but she was too quick.
>> Besides, I couldn't get in a position to focus properly through the
>> view finder or even the LCD.  I pre-focused on the surface of the bird
>> house, and waited, with my finger on the shutter release and the
>> camera set on multiple images.
>>
>> After about 20 minutes, my back was aching, but suddenly the male put
>> in an appearance.  I fired off several rapid-fire shots, and then
>> tried to follow him when he rested in a tree and then on the top of
>> the dog run.
>>
>> I wasn't able to get a good sharp image of the male, so I plan to try
>> again this weekend.  This is the best I have been able to manage so
>> far:
>>
>> http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17830976&size=md
>> Comments are appreciated.
>>
>> Dan Matyola
>> http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola



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Re: Oh no, not again.

2014-08-09 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi

On Aug 9, 2014, at 2:33 AM, Steve Cottrell  wrote:

>> I tried one and found it a pretty clunky pit of kit to work with.
> Freud we love ya ;-)

Irritating auto-spell-corrector we hate you. 

G

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Re: major OT

2014-08-09 Thread Igor Roshchin



You should've called it "CatAssTrophy".

j-)


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Re: PESO Sign of the times.

2014-08-09 Thread P.J. Alling

You're right, SBC didn't buy Bell Atlantic, now known as Verizon, but 
Pacific Bell belongs to SBC now known as AT&T.


On 8/9/2014 9:15 AM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote:

On Sat, Aug 9, 2014 at 8:47 AM, P.J. Alling  wrote:

The AT&T name was purchased by Southern Bell Company, which if you do a
little checking you'll find has also purchased pretty much all of the local
operating companies that were spun off by AT&T,

Far from all of the local companies.  There is a company out here
called Verizon, which grew out of Bell Atlantic, which in turn grew
out of Jersey Bell, New York Telephone and other local phone companies
in the east.  It is now one of the biggest in both mobile and land
line telephone service.  Verizon also took over most of the huge
corporate offices that the old AT&T built in central New Jersey.  At
that time, the "new AT&T" acquired  "Golden Boy," the iconic statue
that stood for years outside the AT&T headquarters in NYC, and moved
it from Bedminster, New Jersey to Dallas, but that is about the only
piece of the old AT&T corporate structure that the new "AT&T" can
claim.


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Re: PESO Sign of the times.

On Sat, Aug 9, 2014 at 8:47 AM, P.J. Alling  wrote:
> The AT&T name was purchased by Southern Bell Company, which if you do a
> little checking you'll find has also purchased pretty much all of the local
> operating companies that were spun off by AT&T,

Far from all of the local companies.  There is a company out here
called Verizon, which grew out of Bell Atlantic, which in turn grew
out of Jersey Bell, New York Telephone and other local phone companies
in the east.  It is now one of the biggest in both mobile and land
line telephone service.  Verizon also took over most of the huge
corporate offices that the old AT&T built in central New Jersey.  At
that time, the "new AT&T" acquired  "Golden Boy," the iconic statue
that stood for years outside the AT&T headquarters in NYC, and moved
it from Bedminster, New Jersey to Dallas, but that is about the only
piece of the old AT&T corporate structure that the new "AT&T" can
claim.

Dan Matyola
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Re: PESO Sign of the times.

2014-08-09 Thread P.J. Alling

The AT&T name was purchased by Southern Bell Company, which if you do a 
little checking you'll find has also purchased pretty much all of the 
local operating companies that were spun off by AT&T, and a few that 
were always at least semi independent, such as SNET, making it fitting 
and yet sad that they adopted their erstwhile parent's name when they 
absorbed them.  SBC by the way had one of the worst reputations amongst 
those 7 spun off companies and really had to change their name, to 
protect the guilty.  And yes SBC now AT&T still owns pay phones 
including that one if the plate on the front is any indicator.


On 8/9/2014 7:28 AM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote:

Interesting composition there.

Pay phone?  What's a pay phone?

Regarding the corporate giant in the background, coffee and free rest
rooms is the only reason I would darken their doors.  I can't tell
which corporate giant owns the object in the foreground.  Ma Bell was
dissolved years ago, and I doubt the inept wireless carrier that
purchased their name and logo owns any pay phones, even defunct ones.

Dan Matyola
http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola


On Fri, Aug 8, 2014 at 2:52 PM, P.J. Alling  wrote:

A little something that caught my eye this afternoon, no reflection on the
corporate Giant in the background, they actually make a scrumptious iced
coffee, however the corporate giant reflected in the foreground seems to be
holding their products together with reinforce packing tape, the modern
equivalent of bailing wire.

This should have gone into the Sign of the times gallery of the PUG, but I
didn't see it until today.

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1604247/PESO/PESO%20---%20siignofthetimes.html

Equipment: Pentax K-5II w/smc Pentax A 24mm f2.8.

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Re: PESO: Bluebird of Happiness

2014-08-09 Thread Jack Davis

I assumed as much, hence my lack of relative comment.

J

- Original Message -
From: "Daniel J. Matyola" 
To: "PDML" 
Sent: Saturday, August 9, 2014 4:53:30 AM
Subject: Re: PESO: Bluebird of Happiness

Thanks Jack.  I like the image as is, but I would like it a lot more
if the bird was a bit sharper!

Dan Matyola
http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola


On Sat, Aug 9, 2014 at 7:51 AM, Jack Davis  wrote:
> Very interesting tale, Dan. Your considerable effort to invite wildlife to 
> your property deserves photo rewards.
> Like the posted Bluebird shot, including the birdhouse architecture.
>
> J
>
> - Original Message -
> From: "Daniel J. Matyola" 
> To: "PDML" 
> Sent: Friday, August 8, 2014 10:57:55 PM
> Subject: PESO: Bluebird of Happiness
>
> The bluebird of happiness flew up my, ah, nose. 
>
> For decades, I had kept a number of bird feeders in our back yard, as
> many as eight at a time.  For much of that time, I recorded my
> visitors under a program run by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology.  I
> really enjoyed watching the birds enjoying my feeders.
>
> In recent years, however, the deer and squirrels attracted by the bird
> feeders have become a bigger and bigger problem.  We also had
> occasional visits by racoons and black bear, which were very
> destructive, not to mention dangerous.
>
> Three years ago we got a new puppy, and we have been trying very hard
> to train him to stay in our yard, so he could tun free, at least in
> that acre or so.  The deer and other critters attracted by the bird
> feeders became a major nuisance, so very reluctantly I decided to give
> them up.
>
> The lack of bird feeders the last couple of years has greatly reduced
> the number of deer and squirrels in our yard, and made it a lot easier
> for our Malamute to enjoy playing in the yard.  There has been a
> surprising side effect, however;  there are a lot more birds nesting
> in our yard than before.  I suspect that the more aggressive birds
> attracted by the bird feeders, like blue jays, cardinals, starlings,
> grackles and crows, had been intimidating smaller birds and
> discouraging them from nesting in our yard.  Last year we had two bird
> houses that were occupied with small birds.  This year, we had five
> occupied bird houses, plus a nest in a tree and one on one of the
> floodlights on my house.  Better yet, for the first time in decades,
> we have bluebirds nesting in two of our bird houses.
>
> One of the bluebird houses is on the edge of the woods, and I see the
> birds infrequently.  The other is close to the house, however, and we
> see them several times a day, often when we are at the pool or in the
> hot tub, which is quite close to the house.
>
> I have, of course, been trying to capture some images of the
> bluebirds, with little success.  They are quite shy, and disappear as
> soon as they see my camera.  (How do they know what I'm up to?)  Even
> when I manage to sneak up on them, they are so quick in and out of the
> house that there have been very few opportunities.
>
> This weekend, I decided to give it yet another try.  I set the tripod
> up on the deck, but they saw me and kept hidden.  After an hour of no
> sightings since I brought out the camera and tripod, I gave up.  As I
> was putting my gear away, I had an idea:  They don't seem to mind us
> when we are in the hot tub, so why don't I try hiding behind the hot
> tub, resting the camera on the cover?  I knelt behind the hot tub and
> set up the camera.  after a few minutes, the female flew out of the
> house, and back in a few minutes later, but she was too quick.
> Besides, I couldn't get in a position to focus properly through the
> view finder or even the LCD.  I pre-focused on the surface of the bird
> house, and waited, with my finger on the shutter release and the
> camera set on multiple images.
>
> After about 20 minutes, my back was aching, but suddenly the male put
> in an appearance.  I fired off several rapid-fire shots, and then
> tried to follow him when he rested in a tree and then on the top of
> the dog run.
>
> I wasn't able to get a good sharp image of the male, so I plan to try
> again this weekend.  This is the best I have been able to manage so
> far:
>
> http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17830976&size=md
> Comments are appreciated.
>
> Dan Matyola
> http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola
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Re: PESO: Bluebird of Happiness

Thanks Jack.  I like the image as is, but I would like it a lot more
if the bird was a bit sharper!

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On Sat, Aug 9, 2014 at 7:51 AM, Jack Davis  wrote:
> Very interesting tale, Dan. Your considerable effort to invite wildlife to 
> your property deserves photo rewards.
> Like the posted Bluebird shot, including the birdhouse architecture.
>
> J
>
> - Original Message -
> From: "Daniel J. Matyola" 
> To: "PDML" 
> Sent: Friday, August 8, 2014 10:57:55 PM
> Subject: PESO: Bluebird of Happiness
>
> The bluebird of happiness flew up my, ah, nose. 
>
> For decades, I had kept a number of bird feeders in our back yard, as
> many as eight at a time.  For much of that time, I recorded my
> visitors under a program run by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology.  I
> really enjoyed watching the birds enjoying my feeders.
>
> In recent years, however, the deer and squirrels attracted by the bird
> feeders have become a bigger and bigger problem.  We also had
> occasional visits by racoons and black bear, which were very
> destructive, not to mention dangerous.
>
> Three years ago we got a new puppy, and we have been trying very hard
> to train him to stay in our yard, so he could tun free, at least in
> that acre or so.  The deer and other critters attracted by the bird
> feeders became a major nuisance, so very reluctantly I decided to give
> them up.
>
> The lack of bird feeders the last couple of years has greatly reduced
> the number of deer and squirrels in our yard, and made it a lot easier
> for our Malamute to enjoy playing in the yard.  There has been a
> surprising side effect, however;  there are a lot more birds nesting
> in our yard than before.  I suspect that the more aggressive birds
> attracted by the bird feeders, like blue jays, cardinals, starlings,
> grackles and crows, had been intimidating smaller birds and
> discouraging them from nesting in our yard.  Last year we had two bird
> houses that were occupied with small birds.  This year, we had five
> occupied bird houses, plus a nest in a tree and one on one of the
> floodlights on my house.  Better yet, for the first time in decades,
> we have bluebirds nesting in two of our bird houses.
>
> One of the bluebird houses is on the edge of the woods, and I see the
> birds infrequently.  The other is close to the house, however, and we
> see them several times a day, often when we are at the pool or in the
> hot tub, which is quite close to the house.
>
> I have, of course, been trying to capture some images of the
> bluebirds, with little success.  They are quite shy, and disappear as
> soon as they see my camera.  (How do they know what I'm up to?)  Even
> when I manage to sneak up on them, they are so quick in and out of the
> house that there have been very few opportunities.
>
> This weekend, I decided to give it yet another try.  I set the tripod
> up on the deck, but they saw me and kept hidden.  After an hour of no
> sightings since I brought out the camera and tripod, I gave up.  As I
> was putting my gear away, I had an idea:  They don't seem to mind us
> when we are in the hot tub, so why don't I try hiding behind the hot
> tub, resting the camera on the cover?  I knelt behind the hot tub and
> set up the camera.  after a few minutes, the female flew out of the
> house, and back in a few minutes later, but she was too quick.
> Besides, I couldn't get in a position to focus properly through the
> view finder or even the LCD.  I pre-focused on the surface of the bird
> house, and waited, with my finger on the shutter release and the
> camera set on multiple images.
>
> After about 20 minutes, my back was aching, but suddenly the male put
> in an appearance.  I fired off several rapid-fire shots, and then
> tried to follow him when he rested in a tree and then on the top of
> the dog run.
>
> I wasn't able to get a good sharp image of the male, so I plan to try
> again this weekend.  This is the best I have been able to manage so
> far:
>
> http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17830976&size=md
> Comments are appreciated.
>
> Dan Matyola
> http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola
>
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Re: PESO: Bluebird of Happiness

Thanks, Alan.

I can sneak up on some of the birds, but the bluebirds are the wariest
and the most alert.  They are, of course, also the most beautiful
birds we see in this part of the world on a regular basis.  (They are
also a great help in keeping down the flying insect population.)

My longest lens is also a 300mm.  (Actually, I have a 500mm f8
reflector lens with a screw mount that I could use with an adapter,
but the quality is not great and the bokeh very distracting.)  I think
I need to go out in stronger light, although of course the birds are
most active at dawn and dusk.  I guess the other option is to use high
ISO, but that also has its drawbacks.

Dan Matyola
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On Sat, Aug 9, 2014 at 4:36 AM, Alan C  wrote:
> Dan, I really enjoyed reading your tale. I have only 1 bird feeder which is
> quite enough for my budget - they guzzle about 1Kg/day. I hate to think how
> much seed you were going through. I haven't seen any small animals or large
> aggressive birds at the feeder yet. We have a lot of species nesting in our
> yard & the adjoining parkland including those I have seen at the feeder. I
> find I can easily sneak up on them behind larger foliage but it is much more
> difficult in the park. I have considered a portable hide (the type with a
> built in chair) but haven't bought one yet. A longer lens (500-600) would
> help a lot too but for the moment the 300 will have to do.
>
> Have a look at this site - a lot of useful info there.
>
> http://mikeatkinson.net/tutorials.htm
>
> Alan C
>
> -Original Message- From: Daniel J. Matyola
> Sent: Saturday, August 09, 2014 7:57 AM
> To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List
> Subject: PESO: Bluebird of Happiness
>
>
> The bluebird of happiness flew up my, ah, nose. 
>
> For decades, I had kept a number of bird feeders in our back yard, as
> many as eight at a time.  For much of that time, I recorded my
> visitors under a program run by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology.  I
> really enjoyed watching the birds enjoying my feeders.
>
> In recent years, however, the deer and squirrels attracted by the bird
> feeders have become a bigger and bigger problem.  We also had
> occasional visits by racoons and black bear, which were very
> destructive, not to mention dangerous.
>
> Three years ago we got a new puppy, and we have been trying very hard
> to train him to stay in our yard, so he could tun free, at least in
> that acre or so.  The deer and other critters attracted by the bird
> feeders became a major nuisance, so very reluctantly I decided to give
> them up.
>
> The lack of bird feeders the last couple of years has greatly reduced
> the number of deer and squirrels in our yard, and made it a lot easier
> for our Malamute to enjoy playing in the yard.  There has been a
> surprising side effect, however;  there are a lot more birds nesting
> in our yard than before.  I suspect that the more aggressive birds
> attracted by the bird feeders, like blue jays, cardinals, starlings,
> grackles and crows, had been intimidating smaller birds and
> discouraging them from nesting in our yard.  Last year we had two bird
> houses that were occupied with small birds.  This year, we had five
> occupied bird houses, plus a nest in a tree and one on one of the
> floodlights on my house.  Better yet, for the first time in decades,
> we have bluebirds nesting in two of our bird houses.
>
> One of the bluebird houses is on the edge of the woods, and I see the
> birds infrequently.  The other is close to the house, however, and we
> see them several times a day, often when we are at the pool or in the
> hot tub, which is quite close to the house.
>
> I have, of course, been trying to capture some images of the
> bluebirds, with little success.  They are quite shy, and disappear as
> soon as they see my camera.  (How do they know what I'm up to?)  Even
> when I manage to sneak up on them, they are so quick in and out of the
> house that there have been very few opportunities.
>
> This weekend, I decided to give it yet another try.  I set the tripod
> up on the deck, but they saw me and kept hidden.  After an hour of no
> sightings since I brought out the camera and tripod, I gave up.  As I
> was putting my gear away, I had an idea:  They don't seem to mind us
> when we are in the hot tub, so why don't I try hiding behind the hot
> tub, resting the camera on the cover?  I knelt behind the hot tub and
> set up the camera.  after a few minutes, the female flew out of the
> house, and back in a few minutes later, but she was too quick.
> Besides, I couldn't get in a position to focus properly through the
> view finder or even the LCD.  I pre-focused on the surface of the bird
> house, and waited, with my finger on the shutter release and the
> camera set on multiple images.
>
> After about 20 minutes, my back was aching, but suddenly the male put
> in an appearance.  I fired off several rapid-fire shots, and then
> tried to follow him wh

Re: PESO: Bluebird of Happiness

2014-08-09 Thread Jack Davis

Very interesting tale, Dan. Your considerable effort to invite wildlife to your 
property deserves photo rewards.
Like the posted Bluebird shot, including the birdhouse architecture.

J

- Original Message -
From: "Daniel J. Matyola" 
To: "PDML" 
Sent: Friday, August 8, 2014 10:57:55 PM
Subject: PESO: Bluebird of Happiness

The bluebird of happiness flew up my, ah, nose. 

For decades, I had kept a number of bird feeders in our back yard, as
many as eight at a time.  For much of that time, I recorded my
visitors under a program run by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology.  I
really enjoyed watching the birds enjoying my feeders.

In recent years, however, the deer and squirrels attracted by the bird
feeders have become a bigger and bigger problem.  We also had
occasional visits by racoons and black bear, which were very
destructive, not to mention dangerous.

Three years ago we got a new puppy, and we have been trying very hard
to train him to stay in our yard, so he could tun free, at least in
that acre or so.  The deer and other critters attracted by the bird
feeders became a major nuisance, so very reluctantly I decided to give
them up.

The lack of bird feeders the last couple of years has greatly reduced
the number of deer and squirrels in our yard, and made it a lot easier
for our Malamute to enjoy playing in the yard.  There has been a
surprising side effect, however;  there are a lot more birds nesting
in our yard than before.  I suspect that the more aggressive birds
attracted by the bird feeders, like blue jays, cardinals, starlings,
grackles and crows, had been intimidating smaller birds and
discouraging them from nesting in our yard.  Last year we had two bird
houses that were occupied with small birds.  This year, we had five
occupied bird houses, plus a nest in a tree and one on one of the
floodlights on my house.  Better yet, for the first time in decades,
we have bluebirds nesting in two of our bird houses.

One of the bluebird houses is on the edge of the woods, and I see the
birds infrequently.  The other is close to the house, however, and we
see them several times a day, often when we are at the pool or in the
hot tub, which is quite close to the house.

I have, of course, been trying to capture some images of the
bluebirds, with little success.  They are quite shy, and disappear as
soon as they see my camera.  (How do they know what I'm up to?)  Even
when I manage to sneak up on them, they are so quick in and out of the
house that there have been very few opportunities.

This weekend, I decided to give it yet another try.  I set the tripod
up on the deck, but they saw me and kept hidden.  After an hour of no
sightings since I brought out the camera and tripod, I gave up.  As I
was putting my gear away, I had an idea:  They don't seem to mind us
when we are in the hot tub, so why don't I try hiding behind the hot
tub, resting the camera on the cover?  I knelt behind the hot tub and
set up the camera.  after a few minutes, the female flew out of the
house, and back in a few minutes later, but she was too quick.
Besides, I couldn't get in a position to focus properly through the
view finder or even the LCD.  I pre-focused on the surface of the bird
house, and waited, with my finger on the shutter release and the
camera set on multiple images.

After about 20 minutes, my back was aching, but suddenly the male put
in an appearance.  I fired off several rapid-fire shots, and then
tried to follow him when he rested in a tree and then on the top of
the dog run.

I wasn't able to get a good sharp image of the male, so I plan to try
again this weekend.  This is the best I have been able to manage so
far:

http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17830976&size=md
Comments are appreciated.

Dan Matyola
http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola

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Re: GESO: Final (?) additions to my Michigan Upper Peninsula gallery

They are all quite well done, Stan, but # 25 is just spectacular!  #30
is also special.
Dan Matyola
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On Fri, Aug 8, 2014 at 3:04 PM, Stan Halpin  wrote:
> I've added another 6-8 images, selected from among my favorites from the 
> workshop I've been participating in this week.
>
> I did some rearranging of images in the gallery.
>
> The basic link is:  http://photos.stanhalpin.com/p735513422
>
> Image #25, roughly the start of the newer images, is at:
> http://photos.stanhalpin.com/p735513422/e3e014a12
>
> Of likely special interest to PDMLers is the last image. Direct link is:
> http://photos.stanhalpin.com/p735513422/e13e9b660
>
> I may have more additions later, once I am back home and maybe have time for 
> more digging through the accumulated files, but this is it for now. I know 
> that later I'll be doing some stacking or stitching to composite some images 
> I have set aside; they may or may not turn out to be worthwhile.
>
> When you go to the Gallery, there are a series of thumbnails. Clicking one 
> expands to partial screen with a thumbnail index to the right. Clicking on 
> the main image enlarges that image. From either the image-plus-thumbnails or 
> the single-image page you can navigate through with left/right arrows on the 
> keyboard.
>
> Comments welcome but I may or may not have a chance to respond...
>
> stan
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Re: PESO (non-Pentax): Selfie x2

It's really a "Selfie X 2 X2."

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On Fri, Aug 8, 2014 at 10:26 AM, Bruce Walker  wrote:
> Fun shot!
>
> On Wed, Aug 6, 2014 at 4:04 PM, Charles Robinson  wrote:
>> I spend the last 5 days in Twinsburg, Ohio for my annual Twins Days venture 
>> with my twin brother.
>>
>> The K5 performed flawlessly for days beside (and almost IN) the swimming 
>> pool, as well as an entire day outside in the rain.
>>
>> For all that I put it through, my favorite photo from the weekend was not 
>> taken with the K5, but with a little cheap "Nabi Square HD" action camera.
>>
>> My brother and I ran into Don and Dave Wolf, who recently had a brief stint 
>> on a reality program: "Big Rig Bounty Hunters".  During their time on the 
>> program they became intimately familiar with the performance and 
>> capabilities of the GoPro Hero 3 so they bought one to take photos of 
>> themselves with other twins at the festival.
>>
>> I didn't know this, but I was doing the same thing with my $49 W00T-special 
>> camera.
>>
>> So we bumped into each other, got close, and Dave and I held our cameras up 
>> together to get the shot.
>>
>> Dave and Don are looking at my camera... Me and my brother are looking at 
>> their camera.
>>
>> I dunno - *I* was amused, anyways.
>>
>> http://charles.robinsontwins.org/photos/2014/twins%20days/content/FILE0007_1_large.html
>>
>>  -Charles
>>
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Re: PESO Sign of the times.