Re: OT PESO - Friends

2015-06-12 Thread Brian Walters

Quoting Ken Waller kwal...@peoplepc.com:


Nice capture. Reminds me of the smaller owls I've seen.

Approximately how big are they?

Are they both mature ?



Thanks for the comment, Ken.

A mature frogmouth is about barn owl size - the larger one in the  
photo is mature; the smaller one about half grown - not sure if the  
two birds are related.


Frogmouths are much like owls in habit - they're nocturnal, fly  
silently and prey on insects etc.



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- Original Message - From: Brian Walters apathy...@lyons-ryan.org
Subject: OT PESO - Friends


Tawny Frogmouths have to be my favourite Australian native birds.
They spend their days perched on eucalypts trying to look like dead  
 branches - and very effectively too.


These two had been injured and are being rehabilitated at a wildlife park.

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1370864/PESO/slides/_IGO1036-EM10-1-peso.html

http://tinyurl.com/pzqha4q

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Re: PESO - '...trees for the forest'

2015-06-12 Thread Brian Walters

Quoting Ken Waller kwal...@peoplepc.com:


http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=18037232

K3, 300mm f4.5 FA, 3 sec @ f29, 100 ISO

You toughts appreciated.




I agree with Ann  Mark C (and probably with Mark R as well).

Very attractive abstract.


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Re: OT PESO - Friends

2015-06-12 Thread Brian Walters

Quoting Jack Davis jdavi...@comcast.net:


A wonder of natural selection.


Yes indeed!



Nice image, Brian!



Thanks, Jack.


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From: Brian Walters apathy...@lyons-ryan.org
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Subject: OT PESO - Friends

Tawny Frogmouths have to be my favourite Australian native birds.
They spend their days perched on eucalypts trying to look like dead
branches - and very effectively too.

These two had been injured and are being rehabilitated at a wildlife park.

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1370864/PESO/slides/_IGO1036-EM10-1-peso.html

http://tinyurl.com/pzqha4q

(click the image to see a larger version)





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Re: OT PESO - Friends

2015-06-12 Thread Brian Walters

Quoting Bob W-PDML p...@web-options.com:

I reckon when God was making all the animals he took a look at a lot  
of them and thought, 'jeez I shouldn't have had that second glass of  
communion wine at breakfast. Still, it's good enough for Australia.  
What d'ya reckon, Sheila? I mean, Mary?'.



Whaddya mean?  Frogmouths are beautiful! I'm glad He (or She) sent  
them our way.




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On 11 Jun 2015, at 13:51, Brian Walters apathy...@lyons-ryan.org wrote:

Tawny Frogmouths have to be my favourite Australian native birds.   
They spend their days perched on eucalypts trying to look like dead  
branches - and very effectively too.


These two had been injured and are being rehabilitated at a wildlife park.

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1370864/PESO/slides/_IGO1036-EM10-1-peso.html

http://tinyurl.com/pzqha4q

(click the image to see a larger version)





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Re: PESO - Stormtrooper on the web

2015-06-12 Thread Brian Walters

Quoting Igor PDML-StR pdml...@komkon.org:


Warning: not for people with arachnophobia.

Today, I saw a very unusual spider. It is called spiny orb weaver,  
but it looks like a stormtrooper:

http://42graphy.org/misc/2015-06-10-spider/
The second photo shows the unusually colorful butt (and you might be  
able to see even the tiny thread coming from it to about 7:30)

The formal classification name is Gasteracantha cancriformis
http://goo.gl/5a3ui1
Apparently, these species are frequent in this part of the country.

It was hard to photograph this creature because of the light breeze  
that was sufficient to move the web in and out of focus but  
insufficient to prevent me from sweating in the over-90F heat.


All comments are welcome.




Now *that* is truly weird.  Nicely photographed, though...


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Re: PESO: Skink

2015-06-12 Thread Brian Walters

Quoting Alan C c...@lantic.net:


A skink basking in the mid-morning sun. Scroll left for a close up.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/wisselstroom/18655858276/in/dateposted-public/@

K7 with the HD 55-300 @ f8



It looks very similar to some we see here. Well caught.

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Re: PESO: NW Missouri Supercell

2015-06-12 Thread Rick Womer
Here in the northeast, 500 mi is an exhausting day of driving that is
likely to leave one feeling homicidal.
http://photo.net/photos/RickW


On Fri, Jun 12, 2015 at 4:51 PM, Darren Addy pixelsmi...@gmail.com wrote:
 Thanks for the comments Daniel  Rick.
 Yesterday's chase was only around 500 miles, round trip. I was home at 10 PM.

 On Fri, Jun 12, 2015 at 3:45 PM, Rick Womer rickpic...@gmail.com wrote:
 Wow, you must really run up the mileage! It's an excellent pic,
 though; enough foreground light to preserve detail, and enough
 background contrast for drama.

 Rick
 http://photo.net/photos/RickW


 On Fri, Jun 12, 2015 at 3:59 PM, Daniel J. Matyola danmaty...@gmail.com 
 wrote:
 Awesome weather and awesome image.

 Keep safe out there!

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


 On Fri, Jun 12, 2015 at 11:56 AM, Darren Addy pixelsmi...@gmail.com wrote:
 It's been a very nonstandard spring on the Plains this year. Massive
 amounts of precipitation in May and June but very few tornadoes.
 Yesterday was more of the same. I got out of town a bit later than I
 wanted to and so was playing catch-up, which is difficult because it
 means you are on the opposite side of the storms than you are supposed
 to be to view wall clouds/tornadoes, etc. I targeted the Tail-end
 Charlie storm and was able to slip between it and the storm ahead of
 it at Falls City, NE as I proceeded east, across the Missouri River
 and into extreme NW Missouri. This is an example of the scene I was
 treated to.

 https://www.flickr.com/photos/pixelsmithy/18734032092/

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Re: PESO: NW Missouri Supercell

2015-06-12 Thread Steve Cottrell
On 12/6/15, Darren Addy, discombobulated, unleashed:


https://www.flickr.com/photos/pixelsmithy/18734032092/

Comments and criticism welcome in equal measure.

Just wow.

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Re: PESO - Stormtrooper on the web

2015-06-12 Thread Igor PDML-StR



Thanks to all who commented, Alan, Toine, Dan, Eric, Mark, Brian!

Eric, - to answer your question: I used Pentax D-FA 100/2.8 Macro Lens 
(the older version, not WR).


I tried a few different settings.
The area was in a shade of a tree and a shed, but depending on the 
direction there was some bright areas in the background.
So, I tried without a flash. But then, I used the built-in flash (I was 
too lazy to go back to the house for the external one).

I was trying to close down the aperture, to increas the DOF.
These two shots were done with the flash, - hence some catch lights.
1/180  f/10 ISO 400
1/160 f/4.5 ISO 1600   (I forgot to dial it down when I turned on the 
flash).


Some photos were taken with the hand-held camera, and then I brought a 
tripod. Besides the breeze, one of the challenges was the awkard height 
of the spider:
 I couldn't take the picture while standing straight, and it was too far 
in a full squat. So, I had to semi-squat, semi-bend, and shoot up from 
below (to get the correct angle).
That is a position in which it was hard to stabilize yourself. The tripod 
helped somewhat.



I also tried to do stacking, - but I don't think it worked (because of the 
breeze). I might take a look at one series if/when I have time for that.


Igor


On Thu, 11 Jun 2015, Igor PDML-StR wrote:



Warning: not for people with arachnophobia.

Today, I saw a very unusual spider. It is called spiny orb weaver, but it 
looks like a stormtrooper:

http://42graphy.org/misc/2015-06-10-spider/
The second photo shows the unusually colorful butt (and you might be able to 
see even the tiny thread coming from it to about 7:30)

The formal classification name is Gasteracantha cancriformis
http://goo.gl/5a3ui1
Apparently, these species are frequent in this part of the country.

It was hard to photograph this creature because of the light breeze that was 
sufficient to move the web in and out of focus but insufficient to prevent me 
from sweating in the over-90F heat.


All comments are welcome.

Igor




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Re: PESO: NW Missouri Supercell

2015-06-12 Thread Paul Stenquist
Super shot!

Paul via phone

 On Jun 12, 2015, at 4:51 PM, Darren Addy pixelsmi...@gmail.com wrote:
 
 Thanks for the comments Daniel  Rick.
 Yesterday's chase was only around 500 miles, round trip. I was home at 10 PM.
 
 On Fri, Jun 12, 2015 at 3:45 PM, Rick Womer rickpic...@gmail.com wrote:
 Wow, you must really run up the mileage! It's an excellent pic,
 though; enough foreground light to preserve detail, and enough
 background contrast for drama.
 
 Rick
 http://photo.net/photos/RickW
 
 
 On Fri, Jun 12, 2015 at 3:59 PM, Daniel J. Matyola danmaty...@gmail.com 
 wrote:
 Awesome weather and awesome image.
 
 Keep safe out there!
 
 Dan Matyola
 http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola
 
 
 On Fri, Jun 12, 2015 at 11:56 AM, Darren Addy pixelsmi...@gmail.com 
 wrote:
 It's been a very nonstandard spring on the Plains this year. Massive
 amounts of precipitation in May and June but very few tornadoes.
 Yesterday was more of the same. I got out of town a bit later than I
 wanted to and so was playing catch-up, which is difficult because it
 means you are on the opposite side of the storms than you are supposed
 to be to view wall clouds/tornadoes, etc. I targeted the Tail-end
 Charlie storm and was able to slip between it and the storm ahead of
 it at Falls City, NE as I proceeded east, across the Missouri River
 and into extreme NW Missouri. This is an example of the scene I was
 treated to.
 
 https://www.flickr.com/photos/pixelsmithy/18734032092/
 
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Re: PESO: NW Missouri Supercell

2015-06-12 Thread Darren Addy
Heh. No, Jack. Frankly, after years of doing this, I'm only now
starting to get fairly consistent results. There are plenty of chasers
out there with better chops than me. Most shoot video. I prefer still
images, though if you speed up video it can be very educational (to
see rotation and storm evolution, speeded-up).

I do it because they are transient events that make me feel a sense of
awe. It's like taking photos of beautiful mountains only you have to
find them and get in the right place to see them. I like the challenge
and the strategizing during the chase, in addition to the usual
photographic challenges.

On Fri, Jun 12, 2015 at 4:06 PM, Jack Davis jdavi...@comcast.net wrote:
 Are you preparing a resume with a job application to present to the weather 
 channel, Darren?
 Storm Chaser

 J

 Sent from my iPhone

 On Jun 12, 2015, at 1:51 PM, Darren Addy pixelsmi...@gmail.com wrote:

 Thanks for the comments Daniel  Rick.
 Yesterday's chase was only around 500 miles, round trip. I was home at 10 PM.

 On Fri, Jun 12, 2015 at 3:45 PM, Rick Womer rickpic...@gmail.com wrote:
 Wow, you must really run up the mileage! It's an excellent pic,
 though; enough foreground light to preserve detail, and enough
 background contrast for drama.

 Rick
 http://photo.net/photos/RickW


 On Fri, Jun 12, 2015 at 3:59 PM, Daniel J. Matyola danmaty...@gmail.com 
 wrote:
 Awesome weather and awesome image.

 Keep safe out there!

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


 On Fri, Jun 12, 2015 at 11:56 AM, Darren Addy pixelsmi...@gmail.com 
 wrote:
 It's been a very nonstandard spring on the Plains this year. Massive
 amounts of precipitation in May and June but very few tornadoes.
 Yesterday was more of the same. I got out of town a bit later than I
 wanted to and so was playing catch-up, which is difficult because it
 means you are on the opposite side of the storms than you are supposed
 to be to view wall clouds/tornadoes, etc. I targeted the Tail-end
 Charlie storm and was able to slip between it and the storm ahead of
 it at Falls City, NE as I proceeded east, across the Missouri River
 and into extreme NW Missouri. This is an example of the scene I was
 treated to.

 https://www.flickr.com/photos/pixelsmithy/18734032092/

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Re: PESO: NW Missouri Supercell

2015-06-12 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
Awesome weather and awesome image.

Keep safe out there!

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


On Fri, Jun 12, 2015 at 11:56 AM, Darren Addy pixelsmi...@gmail.com wrote:
 It's been a very nonstandard spring on the Plains this year. Massive
 amounts of precipitation in May and June but very few tornadoes.
 Yesterday was more of the same. I got out of town a bit later than I
 wanted to and so was playing catch-up, which is difficult because it
 means you are on the opposite side of the storms than you are supposed
 to be to view wall clouds/tornadoes, etc. I targeted the Tail-end
 Charlie storm and was able to slip between it and the storm ahead of
 it at Falls City, NE as I proceeded east, across the Missouri River
 and into extreme NW Missouri. This is an example of the scene I was
 treated to.

 https://www.flickr.com/photos/pixelsmithy/18734032092/

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Re: PESO: NW Missouri Supercell

2015-06-12 Thread Jack Davis
Are you preparing a resume with a job application to present to the weather 
channel, Darren?
Storm Chaser

J

Sent from my iPhone

 On Jun 12, 2015, at 1:51 PM, Darren Addy pixelsmi...@gmail.com wrote:
 
 Thanks for the comments Daniel  Rick.
 Yesterday's chase was only around 500 miles, round trip. I was home at 10 PM.
 
 On Fri, Jun 12, 2015 at 3:45 PM, Rick Womer rickpic...@gmail.com wrote:
 Wow, you must really run up the mileage! It's an excellent pic,
 though; enough foreground light to preserve detail, and enough
 background contrast for drama.
 
 Rick
 http://photo.net/photos/RickW
 
 
 On Fri, Jun 12, 2015 at 3:59 PM, Daniel J. Matyola danmaty...@gmail.com 
 wrote:
 Awesome weather and awesome image.
 
 Keep safe out there!
 
 Dan Matyola
 http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola
 
 
 On Fri, Jun 12, 2015 at 11:56 AM, Darren Addy pixelsmi...@gmail.com 
 wrote:
 It's been a very nonstandard spring on the Plains this year. Massive
 amounts of precipitation in May and June but very few tornadoes.
 Yesterday was more of the same. I got out of town a bit later than I
 wanted to and so was playing catch-up, which is difficult because it
 means you are on the opposite side of the storms than you are supposed
 to be to view wall clouds/tornadoes, etc. I targeted the Tail-end
 Charlie storm and was able to slip between it and the storm ahead of
 it at Falls City, NE as I proceeded east, across the Missouri River
 and into extreme NW Missouri. This is an example of the scene I was
 treated to.
 
 https://www.flickr.com/photos/pixelsmithy/18734032092/
 
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Re: PESO: Nasty Little Fellow

2015-06-12 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
Thanks, Malcolm.

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On Fri, Jun 12, 2015 at 1:17 PM, Malcolm Smith rrve...@virginmedia.com wrote:
 Daniel J. Matyola

 There have been a lot of insects and arachnids in recent PESOs, so I
 though I would add this tarantula on display at the San Diego Zoo:
 http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=18037521size=lg
 K-5 II S, DA 18-135 zoom
 Comments are appreciated.

 Great colours but far too close for my liking. Spiders are why lens
 manufacturers made 1000mm available.

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Re: Flickr as backup

2015-06-12 Thread Toine
If you need a local (wifi) based incremental backup solution on osx,
rsync (comes with osx) to another mac (mini) or any cheap nas is the
fastest, and easiest route.
Don't try OneDrive on OSX you will hate it.

On 12 June 2015 at 20:06, Eric Weir eew...@bellsouth.net wrote:
 On Jun 11, 2015, at 10:28 PM, steve harley p...@paper-ape.com wrote:

 On 2015-06-11 9:53 , Eric Weir wrote:
 This suggests another question about Flickr as backup, though I’m leaning 
 away from using it as such: Can you upload RAW/DNG files to Flickr?

 i didn't try it, but no, not according to a couple of recent references i 
 found; but any cloud service that handles RAW files is pretty much going to 
 guess at your rendering intent — in other words, you'll have RAW in the 
 cloud, but it may not look good

 If not it would really be worthless as backup.

 it depends what you mean by backup; it sounds like you think of backup as 
 true copies of your work, in which case i think cloud backup solutions in 
 general aren't up to the job unless you create very few images (or perhaps 
 you are willing to spend for lots of cloud storage and you have something 
 like Google Fiber to speed your uploads)

 for the many terabytes that a lot of serious photographers create, using 
 physical storage media (hard drives) and rotating some to off-site 
 locations is faster and more cost effective; what can put you off this path 
 is that it takes thought, whereas a lot of cloud services seem to take care 
 of everything; but believe me, i have been called in to consult with people 
 who have dragged their hard drive icon into their Dropbox folder, thinking 
 it would take care of it; days later they are wondering why their computer 
 is slow, why only some of their files are on their other devices, and what 
 the funny messages are about

 Many of the comments here, as well as some of the sources referenced, seem to 
 be talking about “publishication” rather than “backup.” I use Flickr to share 
 select images, usually edited, with others. To my tastes it works fine for 
 this purpose. I don’t need anything else for it.

 What I’m looking for is a way to duplicate or possibly enhance my current 
 back up system, which is two 1 TB firewire external drives managed with Time 
 Machine and Carbon Copy Cloner. Regarding photography what I want basically 
 is ability to create a copy of my photo directory as is and then make 
 incremental backups to it as additions or changes are made to the original. I 
 don’t want to show anyone my unedited DNG files.

 Earlier this year I had planned to create a new external drive-based system 
 with much larger capacity drives accessible by wi-fi. I had identified the 
 drives and a router and had talked with a tech-consultant friend about 
 helping me set it up.

 Finances led me to hold up on proceeding with this idea. I may be ready to go 
 ahead with it. Or, as a temporary backstop to my current system, I may give 
 one of the cloud-based systems a try, likely Dropbox or CrashPlan.

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Re: OT WTB: Agfa Clack

2015-06-12 Thread Paul
There are a bunch on Etsy.  Most between $20 and $40 - a few higher. 
Know nothing about the condition.


https://www.etsy.com/search?q=agfa%20clack

-p

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Re: PESO: Sleepy

2015-06-12 Thread Jack Davis
A cuttie, Dan. My, you must log a lot of miles in a year.
Seems you're constantly swapping ends of this and other continents.
Surprised the web can find you.

J


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Subject: PESO: Sleepy

From the San Diego Soo
http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=18037615size=lg
K-5 II S, DA 18-135 zoom
Comments are invited and appreciated.

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OT: A thousand cows in limousines

2015-06-12 Thread Bob W-PDML
I'm off on my hols tomorrow, so signing off for the duration. 

I'll be cycling across France again, but a shorter route than last year. Here 
are the two legs - meeting up with a pal and his son, who has been delegated to 
carry the defibrillators, in Clermont-Ferrand for the 2nd half.

Caen to Clermont-Ferrand:
http://my.viewranger.com/route/details/NjI2MjA=

To Montpellier:
http://my.viewranger.com/route/details/NjQwNzI=

I will take some pictures.

B

...and in case you're wondering about the subject heading:
http://www.france-voyage.com/tourism/regional-nature-park-millevaches-limousin-1286.htm



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OT WTB: Agfa Clack

2015-06-12 Thread Darren Addy
Thought I'd just take a stab at this with the PDML.
If anyone has a decent version of the Agfa Clack (takes 120 film) they
would part with, I have a hankering for one. Email me off list please.

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PESO: Sleepy

2015-06-12 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
From the San Diego Soo
http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=18037615size=lg
K-5 II S, DA 18-135 zoom
Comments are invited and appreciated.

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Re: PESO: NW Missouri Supercell

2015-06-12 Thread Rick Womer
Wow, you must really run up the mileage! It's an excellent pic,
though; enough foreground light to preserve detail, and enough
background contrast for drama.

Rick
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 Awesome weather and awesome image.

 Keep safe out there!

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 On Fri, Jun 12, 2015 at 11:56 AM, Darren Addy pixelsmi...@gmail.com wrote:
 It's been a very nonstandard spring on the Plains this year. Massive
 amounts of precipitation in May and June but very few tornadoes.
 Yesterday was more of the same. I got out of town a bit later than I
 wanted to and so was playing catch-up, which is difficult because it
 means you are on the opposite side of the storms than you are supposed
 to be to view wall clouds/tornadoes, etc. I targeted the Tail-end
 Charlie storm and was able to slip between it and the storm ahead of
 it at Falls City, NE as I proceeded east, across the Missouri River
 and into extreme NW Missouri. This is an example of the scene I was
 treated to.

 https://www.flickr.com/photos/pixelsmithy/18734032092/

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Re: PESO: NW Missouri Supercell

2015-06-12 Thread Darren Addy
Thanks for the comments Daniel  Rick.
Yesterday's chase was only around 500 miles, round trip. I was home at 10 PM.

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 Wow, you must really run up the mileage! It's an excellent pic,
 though; enough foreground light to preserve detail, and enough
 background contrast for drama.

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 Awesome weather and awesome image.

 Keep safe out there!

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 On Fri, Jun 12, 2015 at 11:56 AM, Darren Addy pixelsmi...@gmail.com wrote:
 It's been a very nonstandard spring on the Plains this year. Massive
 amounts of precipitation in May and June but very few tornadoes.
 Yesterday was more of the same. I got out of town a bit later than I
 wanted to and so was playing catch-up, which is difficult because it
 means you are on the opposite side of the storms than you are supposed
 to be to view wall clouds/tornadoes, etc. I targeted the Tail-end
 Charlie storm and was able to slip between it and the storm ahead of
 it at Falls City, NE as I proceeded east, across the Missouri River
 and into extreme NW Missouri. This is an example of the scene I was
 treated to.

 https://www.flickr.com/photos/pixelsmithy/18734032092/

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Re: PESOs (2) - Wells Cathedral

2015-06-12 Thread Ken Waller

Both well composed/captured images - I like the first most.

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From: Rick Womer rickpic...@gmail.com

Subject: PESOs (2) - Wells Cathedral



A couple of postcard-like pics, perhaps, but I like them anyway:

http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=18036485

and 


http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=18036486

(K-5, DA 16-45)

Comments appreciated!

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Re: Automating super macros

2015-06-12 Thread steve harley

On 2015-06-12 22:48 , Larry Colen wrote:

I was thinking about Mark's amazing macros and how much work they must be. I 
know that there are setups to move your camera forward on a slide rail.  Is 
there also one that has a wheel with contacts so that every quarter turn of the 
threaded rod clicks the shutter?


i googled some obvious terms and immediately found this, though i doubt it 
is the only solution (looks like it uses a cheapish rail):


http://www.amazon.com/StackShot-Automated-Macro-Package-Adapter/dp/B0060N6L86


In a similar vein,  does any of the stacking software construct 3d models of 
the object?


again, google, first good candidate is pretty interesting (e.g. visual hull 
technique, and its limitations, and some cool illustrations):


http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0094346


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Re: OT: A thousand cows in limousines

2015-06-12 Thread ann sanfedele

Have a grand time!  You'll be missed - look forward to snaps

a bien tot, bon voyage and all that crap
ann

On 6/12/2015 3:01 PM, Bob W-PDML wrote:

I'm off on my hols tomorrow, so signing off for the duration.

I'll be cycling across France again, but a shorter route than last year. Here 
are the two legs - meeting up with a pal and his son, who has been delegated to 
carry the defibrillators, in Clermont-Ferrand for the 2nd half.

Caen to Clermont-Ferrand:
http://my.viewranger.com/route/details/NjI2MjA=

To Montpellier:
http://my.viewranger.com/route/details/NjQwNzI=

I will take some pictures.

B

...and in case you're wondering about the subject heading:
http://www.france-voyage.com/tourism/regional-nature-park-millevaches-limousin-1286.htm






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PESO: Secretary

2015-06-12 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=18037789
Comments are invited.

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Re: Flickr as backup

2015-06-12 Thread steve harley

On 2015-06-12 13:26 , Toine wrote:

If you need a local (wifi) based incremental backup solution on osx,
rsync (comes with osx) to another mac (mini) or any cheap nas is the
fastest, and easiest route.


and even if you have all the latest wifi (router, Mac(s) and NAS as 
applicable), it will probably be slower than a wired solution through a 
cheap gigabit-ethernet switch, which in turn could be slower than a drive 
connected directly via USB3, FireWire 800 or Thunderbolt


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Re: A thousand cows in limousines

2015-06-12 Thread Bob W-PDML
Thanks. It's about 800 miles, I think, in 3 weeks. Staying on hotels. I have to 
be in Clermont-Ferrand by next weekend, then will slow down because of the 
hills. I'll meet up with my friends who are driving there, and we will then 
cycle to Montpellier through the Auvergne and the Cévennes, get the train back 
to CF and drive back to the UK.

Time to go. À tout a l'heure!

B

 On 13 Jun 2015, at 00:17, Ken Waller kwal...@peoplepc.com wrote:
 
 Way to go Bob !
 
 What's your intended mileage and time alotted ?
 
 Camping or staying in inns?
 
 One way or round trip ?
 
 Be safe!
 
 Kenneth Waller
 http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller
 
 - Original Message - From: Bob W-PDML p...@web-options.com
 Subject: OT: A thousand cows in limousines
 
 
 I'm off on my hols tomorrow, so signing off for the duration.
 
 I'll be cycling across France again, but a shorter route than last year. 
 Here are the two legs - meeting up with a pal and his son, who has been 
 delegated to carry the defibrillators, in Clermont-Ferrand for the 2nd half.
 
 Caen to Clermont-Ferrand:
 http://my.viewranger.com/route/details/NjI2MjA=
 
 To Montpellier:
 http://my.viewranger.com/route/details/NjQwNzI=
 
 I will take some pictures.
 
 B
 
 ...and in case you're wondering about the subject heading:
 http://www.france-voyage.com/tourism/regional-nature-park-millevaches-limousin-1286.htm
 
 
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Automating super macros

2015-06-12 Thread Larry Colen
I was thinking about Mark's amazing macros and how much work they must be. I 
know that there are setups to move your camera forward on a slide rail.  Is 
there also one that has a wheel with contacts so that every quarter turn of the 
threaded rod clicks the shutter? 
In a similar vein,  does any of the stacking software construct 3d models of 
the object? 
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Re: A thousand cows in limousines

2015-06-12 Thread Ken Waller

Way to go Bob !

What's your intended mileage and time alotted ?

Camping or staying in inns?

One way or round trip ?

Be safe!

Kenneth Waller
http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller

- Original Message - 
From: Bob W-PDML p...@web-options.com

Subject: OT: A thousand cows in limousines



I'm off on my hols tomorrow, so signing off for the duration.

I'll be cycling across France again, but a shorter route than last year. 
Here are the two legs - meeting up with a pal and his son, who has been 
delegated to carry the defibrillators, in Clermont-Ferrand for the 2nd 
half.


Caen to Clermont-Ferrand:
http://my.viewranger.com/route/details/NjI2MjA=

To Montpellier:
http://my.viewranger.com/route/details/NjQwNzI=

I will take some pictures.

B

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http://www.france-voyage.com/tourism/regional-nature-park-millevaches-limousin-1286.htm



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Re: OT: A thousand cows in limousines

2015-06-12 Thread Christine Aguila
Way to go!  Have a great trip, Bob. Darrel and I wish you happy travels and 
good wind in all the most helpful directions. Looking forward to hearing about 
the trip. 

Cheers, Christine 



 On Jun 12, 2015, at 2:01 PM, Bob W-PDML p...@web-options.com wrote:
 
 I'm off on my hols tomorrow, so signing off for the duration. 
 
 I'll be cycling across France again, but a shorter route than last year. Here 
 are the two legs - meeting up with a pal and his son, who has been delegated 
 to carry the defibrillators, in Clermont-Ferrand for the 2nd half.
 
 Caen to Clermont-Ferrand:
 http://my.viewranger.com/route/details/NjI2MjA=
 
 To Montpellier:
 http://my.viewranger.com/route/details/NjQwNzI=
 
 I will take some pictures.
 
 B
 
 ...and in case you're wondering about the subject heading:
 http://www.france-voyage.com/tourism/regional-nature-park-millevaches-limousin-1286.htm
 
 
 
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PESOs (2) - Wells Cathedral

2015-06-12 Thread Rick Womer
A couple of postcard-like pics, perhaps, but I like them anyway:

http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=18036485

and 

http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=18036486

(K-5, DA 16-45)

Comments appreciated!

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Re: OT: A thousand cows in limousines

2015-06-12 Thread Rick Womer
Gee, Bob, if you just took highways and avoided all the squiggles, you'd have a 
much shorter route.

Good riding!

Rick

On Jun 12, 2015, at 3:01 PM, Bob W-PDML wrote:

 I'm off on my hols tomorrow, so signing off for the duration. 
 
 I'll be cycling across France again, but a shorter route than last year. Here 
 are the two legs - meeting up with a pal and his son, who has been delegated 
 to carry the defibrillators, in Clermont-Ferrand for the 2nd half.
 
 Caen to Clermont-Ferrand:
 http://my.viewranger.com/route/details/NjI2MjA=
 
 To Montpellier:
 http://my.viewranger.com/route/details/NjQwNzI=
 
 I will take some pictures.
 
 B
 
 ...and in case you're wondering about the subject heading:
 http://www.france-voyage.com/tourism/regional-nature-park-millevaches-limousin-1286.htm
 
 
 
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Re: PESOs (2) - Wells Cathedral

2015-06-12 Thread Paul Stenquist
Both excellent! Well composed, fascinating subject.

Paul via phone

 On Jun 12, 2015, at 9:28 PM, Rick Womer rickpic...@gmail.com wrote:
 
 A couple of postcard-like pics, perhaps, but I like them anyway:
 
 http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=18036485
 
 and 
 
 http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=18036486
 
 (K-5, DA 16-45)
 
 Comments appreciated!
 
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Re: PESO: Sleepy

2015-06-12 Thread Bob Sullivan
Very cute Dan!

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Re: PESO: Sleepy

2015-06-12 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
Thanks, Jack and Bob!

I had a busy May.  Between May 9 and 31, I went from New Jersey to San
Diego to Los Angeles, to Tokyo to Fuji and Hakone, back to Tokyp, to
Kyoto, to Beijing to Tokyo to San Francisco to New Jersey to
Washington DC and back to New Jersey.

I'm finally getting over the jet lag enough to organize the images I took.  G

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On Fri, Jun 12, 2015 at 5:29 PM, Jack Davis jdavi...@comcast.net wrote:
 A cuttie, Dan. My, you must log a lot of miles in a year.
 Seems you're constantly swapping ends of this and other continents.
 Surprised the web can find you.

 J


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 Subject: PESO: Sleepy

 From the San Diego Soo
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Re: PESO: Sleepy

2015-06-12 Thread Igor PDML-StR


Dan,

Nice!
The first time I got to pet such a toy (in Sydney), I was surprised that 
(s)he was not as soft as you expect from something that looks like a 
stuffed animal toy. Rather, the fur is rather hard (springy).


BTW, on my screen, the colors seem to be skewed toward purple.
You can see it on the fur and on the rope.

It looks like you might have used a flash. That could have affected
the color balance.


Igor


On Fri, Jun 12, 2015 at 3:29 PM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote:

From the San Diego Soo
http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=18037615size=lg
K-5 II S, DA 18-135 zoom
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Re: PESO: NW Missouri Supercell

2015-06-12 Thread Jack Davis
What Rick and Ann said!

J

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Subject: Re: PESO: NW Missouri Supercell

what Rick said :-)

ann

On 6/12/2015 4:45 PM, Rick Womer wrote:
 Wow, you must really run up the mileage! It's an excellent pic,
 though; enough foreground light to preserve detail, and enough
 background contrast for drama.

 Rick
 http://photo.net/photos/RickW


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 Awesome weather and awesome image.

 Keep safe out there!

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 On Fri, Jun 12, 2015 at 11:56 AM, Darren Addy pixelsmi...@gmail.com wrote:
 It's been a very nonstandard spring on the Plains this year. Massive
 amounts of precipitation in May and June but very few tornadoes.
 Yesterday was more of the same. I got out of town a bit later than I
 wanted to and so was playing catch-up, which is difficult because it
 means you are on the opposite side of the storms than you are supposed
 to be to view wall clouds/tornadoes, etc. I targeted the Tail-end
 Charlie storm and was able to slip between it and the storm ahead of
 it at Falls City, NE as I proceeded east, across the Missouri River
 and into extreme NW Missouri. This is an example of the scene I was
 treated to.

 https://www.flickr.com/photos/pixelsmithy/18734032092/

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Re: PESOs (2) - Wells Cathedral

2015-06-12 Thread Jack Davis
I like them too, Rick. Terrific detail.

J

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Subject: PESOs (2) - Wells Cathedral

A couple of postcard-like pics, perhaps, but I like them anyway:

http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=18036485

and 

http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=18036486

(K-5, DA 16-45)

Comments appreciated!

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Re: PESO: NW Missouri Supercell

2015-06-12 Thread ann sanfedele

what Rick said :-)

ann

On 6/12/2015 4:45 PM, Rick Womer wrote:

Wow, you must really run up the mileage! It's an excellent pic,
though; enough foreground light to preserve detail, and enough
background contrast for drama.

Rick
http://photo.net/photos/RickW


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Awesome weather and awesome image.

Keep safe out there!

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On Fri, Jun 12, 2015 at 11:56 AM, Darren Addy pixelsmi...@gmail.com wrote:

It's been a very nonstandard spring on the Plains this year. Massive
amounts of precipitation in May and June but very few tornadoes.
Yesterday was more of the same. I got out of town a bit later than I
wanted to and so was playing catch-up, which is difficult because it
means you are on the opposite side of the storms than you are supposed
to be to view wall clouds/tornadoes, etc. I targeted the Tail-end
Charlie storm and was able to slip between it and the storm ahead of
it at Falls City, NE as I proceeded east, across the Missouri River
and into extreme NW Missouri. This is an example of the scene I was
treated to.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/pixelsmithy/18734032092/

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Re: PESO - '...trees for the forest'

2015-06-12 Thread Jack Davis
I'm hung up on the curved tan line to the right. Seems to disturb the intended 
image cadence.

J

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very well executed Ken. I like it a lot. Terrific use of lines. The
color of the one brown line on the very left side of the frame is
possibly a bit too saturated for the rest of the elements in the
image. Or maybe you wanted it that way.

Great work.

On Fri, Jun 12, 2015 at 4:17 AM, Brian Walters apathy...@lyons-ryan.org wrote:
 Quoting Ken Waller kwal...@peoplepc.com:

 http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=18037232

 K3, 300mm f4.5 FA, 3 sec @ f29, 100 ISO

 You toughts appreciated.



 I agree with Ann  Mark C (and probably with Mark R as well).

 Very attractive abstract.


 Cheers

 Brian

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Re: PESO: Nasty Little Fellow

2015-06-12 Thread Alan C

That's a colourful one, Dan. Keep away? Most are dark brown.

Alan C

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There have been a lot of insects and arachnids in recent PESOs, so I
though I would add this tarantula on display at the San Diego Zoo:
http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=18037521size=lg
K-5 II S, DA 18-135 zoom
Comments are appreciated.

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Re: Giulia, my muse, in 'Dreams' photo-performing project

2015-06-12 Thread Dario Bonazza

Thanks Bruce,

Thank-yuo very much. Yes, I feel so and I'm very happy I could find Giulia 
to express my photography and go beyond.
I think we'll have something to show after the event and, perhaps, even a 
teaser.


Cheers,

Dario
-Messaggio originale- 
From: Bruce Walker

Sent: Monday, June 08, 2015 3:31 PM
To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List
Subject: Re: Giulia, my muse, in 'Dreams' photo-performing project

Interesting? Bravo, Dario!

I am impressed and moved by your project. Brilliantly conceived and
marvellously executed, what I've seen of it so far. It is a wonderful
experience and such a privilege to be able to collaborate so closely
with a creative force like your Giulia, the results rise above mere
photography.

I just wish I could see the fall performance. I do hope to see the
footage at least.

I am very excited for you! Glad I asked about it. :) Please do keep
posting updates.


On Mon, Jun 8, 2015 at 3:03 AM, Dario Bonazza dario.bona...@virgilio.it 
wrote:

Hi all,

Encouraged by Bruce, here I'm going to explain my ongoing photo project 
with
Giulia. First, she's not a model. She's a dancer  choreographer, and 
that's

essential to understand the concept of the project. It is called 'Lost
Dreams, Found Dreams'. What we are doing here is more or less the 
following:
We do several shooting sessions in very different environments (wheat 
field,

clay lake, clothing store, studio, etc.) and each of them is seen as a
different dream of mine.
As you know, dreams depend on you but you cannot take true control of
them...  that's the same with Giulia. I arrange the shooting, but then she
takes her freedom to move  change the way she behaves there. She never
stays still... moments and situations come and go and vanish, just like
dreams. And I try  shoot them like fixing a dream when you awake before
it's gone forever.
At the end, we will get a photo exhibition, and much more.
In fact, Giulia will also create a solo choreography inspired by the
feelings, the movements and the situations she experienced in the 
different
photo shootings. Then she will perform that solo in a dance festival here 
in
Italy on September 12, dancing through the printed pictures on show and 
then

also behind and in front of a screen where other pics will be projected
onto. That show will be the opening event  of the festival, with me on 
stage

shooting her performence. So photo  dance will merge once again, in an
endless loop. Exciting, isn't it?

And now, a few sample pics:
www.dariobonazza.com/spsr/K3_10759.jpg
www.dariobonazza.com/spsr/K3_00876.jpg
www.dariobonazza.com/spsr/K5S44573.jpg
www.dariobonazza.com/spsr/K5S51593.jpg
www.dariobonazza.com/spsr/K5S51934.jpg

Interesting?

Dario


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Re: Giulia, my muse, in 'Dreams' photo-performing project

2015-06-12 Thread Dario Bonazza
Thanks Bob. I do hope we can show you something about that performance one 
day.

Dario

-Messaggio originale- 
From: Bob Sullivan

Sent: Monday, June 08, 2015 10:57 PM
To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List
Subject: Re: Giulia, my muse, in 'Dreams' photo-performing project

Yes, Bravo Dario!

On Mon, Jun 8, 2015 at 8:31 AM, Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com wrote:

Interesting? Bravo, Dario!

I am impressed and moved by your project. Brilliantly conceived and
marvellously executed, what I've seen of it so far. It is a wonderful
experience and such a privilege to be able to collaborate so closely
with a creative force like your Giulia, the results rise above mere
photography.

I just wish I could see the fall performance. I do hope to see the
footage at least.

I am very excited for you! Glad I asked about it. :) Please do keep
posting updates.


On Mon, Jun 8, 2015 at 3:03 AM, Dario Bonazza dario.bona...@virgilio.it 
wrote:

Hi all,

Encouraged by Bruce, here I'm going to explain my ongoing photo project 
with
Giulia. First, she's not a model. She's a dancer  choreographer, and 
that's

essential to understand the concept of the project. It is called 'Lost
Dreams, Found Dreams'. What we are doing here is more or less the 
following:
We do several shooting sessions in very different environments (wheat 
field,

clay lake, clothing store, studio, etc.) and each of them is seen as a
different dream of mine.
As you know, dreams depend on you but you cannot take true control of
them...  that's the same with Giulia. I arrange the shooting, but then 
she

takes her freedom to move  change the way she behaves there. She never
stays still... moments and situations come and go and vanish, just like
dreams. And I try  shoot them like fixing a dream when you awake before
it's gone forever.
At the end, we will get a photo exhibition, and much more.
In fact, Giulia will also create a solo choreography inspired by the
feelings, the movements and the situations she experienced in the 
different
photo shootings. Then she will perform that solo in a dance festival here 
in
Italy on September 12, dancing through the printed pictures on show and 
then

also behind and in front of a screen where other pics will be projected
onto. That show will be the opening event  of the festival, with me on 
stage

shooting her performence. So photo  dance will merge once again, in an
endless loop. Exciting, isn't it?

And now, a few sample pics:
www.dariobonazza.com/spsr/K3_10759.jpg
www.dariobonazza.com/spsr/K3_00876.jpg
www.dariobonazza.com/spsr/K5S44573.jpg
www.dariobonazza.com/spsr/K5S51593.jpg
www.dariobonazza.com/spsr/K5S51934.jpg

Interesting?

Dario


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Re: Giulia, my muse, in 'Dreams' photo-performing project

2015-06-12 Thread Dario Bonazza

Thanks Paul,
Dario

-Messaggio originale- 
From: Paul Stenquist

Sent: Tuesday, June 09, 2015 5:18 AM
To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List
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Interesting and engaging.

Paul via phone


On Jun 8, 2015, at 11:11 PM, John Coyle jco...@iinet.net.au wrote:

Great concept Dario, looking forward to seeing more of the results!

John in Brisbane




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Subject: Giulia, my muse, in 'Dreams' photo-performing project

Hi all,

Encouraged by Bruce, here I'm going to explain my ongoing photo project 
with Giulia. First, she's
not a model. She's a dancer  choreographer, and that's essential to 
understand the concept of the
project. It is called 'Lost Dreams, Found Dreams'. What we are doing here 
is more or less the

following:
We do several shooting sessions in very different environments (wheat 
field, clay lake, clothing
store, studio, etc.) and each of them is seen as a different dream of 
mine.
As you know, dreams depend on you but you cannot take true control of 
them...  that's the same with
Giulia. I arrange the shooting, but then she takes her freedom to move  
change the way she behaves
there. She never stays still... moments and situations come and go and 
vanish, just like dreams. And
I try  shoot them like fixing a dream when you awake before it's gone 
forever.

At the end, we will get a photo exhibition, and much more.
In fact, Giulia will also create a solo choreography inspired by the 
feelings, the movements and the
situations she experienced in the different photo shootings. Then she will 
perform that solo in a
dance festival here in Italy on September 12, dancing through the printed 
pictures on show and then
also behind and in front of a screen where other pics will be projected 
onto. That show will be the
opening event  of the festival, with me on stage shooting her performence. 
So photo  dance will

merge once again, in an endless loop. Exciting, isn't it?

And now, a few sample pics:
www.dariobonazza.com/spsr/K3_10759.jpg
www.dariobonazza.com/spsr/K3_00876.jpg
www.dariobonazza.com/spsr/K5S44573.jpg
www.dariobonazza.com/spsr/K5S51593.jpg
www.dariobonazza.com/spsr/K5S51934.jpg

Interesting?

Dario


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Re: Flickr as backup

2015-06-12 Thread Eric Weir

 On Jun 12, 2015, at 10:36 AM, John sesso...@earthlink.net wrote:
 
 On 6/11/2015 3:12 PM, Eric Weir wrote:
 
 On Jun 11, 2015, at 2:45 PM, Charles Robinson charl...@visi.com wrote:
 
 It's not perfect, but I'm already backing up actual copies of my RAW files 
 with:
 
 1. Time Machine
 2. Crashplan (no speed issues here)
 
 Probably doesn't need to be asked, but you don't find Crashplan slow?
 
 Eric Weir
 
 
 I think they're both (Charles  CrashPlan) located in Minneapolis.

Ah, but maybe you’re n the states it’s still reasonably fast even if your not 
in Minneapolis?

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Re: Giulia, my muse, in 'Dreams' photo-performing project

2015-06-12 Thread Dario Bonazza

Thanks again!
Dario

-Messaggio originale- 
From: Daniel J. Matyola

Sent: Monday, June 08, 2015 3:07 PM
To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List
Subject: Re: Giulia, my muse, in 'Dreams' photo-performing project

That is a group of very strong images, Dario.

My personal favorite is the first, which I find very original,
striking and effective.  Thanks for sharing your unique photographic
vision.



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


On Mon, Jun 8, 2015 at 3:03 AM, Dario Bonazza dario.bona...@virgilio.it 
wrote:

Hi all,

Encouraged by Bruce, here I'm going to explain my ongoing photo project 
with
Giulia. First, she's not a model. She's a dancer  choreographer, and 
that's

essential to understand the concept of the project. It is called 'Lost
Dreams, Found Dreams'. What we are doing here is more or less the 
following:
We do several shooting sessions in very different environments (wheat 
field,

clay lake, clothing store, studio, etc.) and each of them is seen as a
different dream of mine.
As you know, dreams depend on you but you cannot take true control of
them...  that's the same with Giulia. I arrange the shooting, but then she
takes her freedom to move  change the way she behaves there. She never
stays still... moments and situations come and go and vanish, just like
dreams. And I try  shoot them like fixing a dream when you awake before
it's gone forever.
At the end, we will get a photo exhibition, and much more.
In fact, Giulia will also create a solo choreography inspired by the
feelings, the movements and the situations she experienced in the 
different
photo shootings. Then she will perform that solo in a dance festival here 
in
Italy on September 12, dancing through the printed pictures on show and 
then

also behind and in front of a screen where other pics will be projected
onto. That show will be the opening event  of the festival, with me on 
stage

shooting her performence. So photo  dance will merge once again, in an
endless loop. Exciting, isn't it?

And now, a few sample pics:
www.dariobonazza.com/spsr/K3_10759.jpg
www.dariobonazza.com/spsr/K3_00876.jpg
www.dariobonazza.com/spsr/K5S44573.jpg
www.dariobonazza.com/spsr/K5S51593.jpg
www.dariobonazza.com/spsr/K5S51934.jpg

Interesting?

Dario


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Re: June PUG is up!!

2015-06-12 Thread Dario Bonazza

Hi Dan, thanks for commenting and for liking my pics.
Yes, I know they are not mainstream, but apparently the contemporary-dance 
people like them a lot.

Cheers,
Dario

-Messaggio originale- 
From: Daniel J. Matyola

Sent: Monday, June 08, 2015 3:05 PM
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On Mon, Jun 8, 2015 at 2:39 AM, Dario Bonazza dario.bona...@virgilio.it 
wrote:

On the other hand, in the past I had the feeling my pics didn't raise so
much interest here, hence I didn' care so much and I was content enough to
keep posting to the PUG.


While I may not always have had the time -- or the expertise -- to
comment on what you posted here, Dario, I have always very much
enjoyed viewing your images.  You have a very unique style and
perspective.

Dan Matyola
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Re: June PUG is up!!

2015-06-12 Thread Dario Bonazza
Prints not yet done, but they will be printed directly on forex support, so 
that they can stay outdoor too. Just in case the Italian importers will be 
interested and want to do something weird I am suggesting them. I don't 
count on that.

Cheers,
Dario

-Messaggio originale- 
From: ann sanfedele

Sent: Tuesday, June 09, 2015 12:52 AM
To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List
Subject: Re: June PUG is up!!

It's an intriguing project, Dario - sorry that the technology is failing
you in terms of sharing these -
I bet the prints are dandy!

ann


On 6/8/2015 9:05 AM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote:
On Mon, Jun 8, 2015 at 2:39 AM, Dario Bonazza dario.bona...@virgilio.it 
wrote:

On the other hand, in the past I had the feeling my pics didn't raise so
much interest here, hence I didn' care so much and I was content enough 
to

keep posting to the PUG.

While I may not always have had the time -- or the expertise -- to
comment on what you posted here, Dario, I have always very much
enjoyed viewing your images.  You have a very unique style and
perspective.

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Re: Giulia, my muse, in 'Dreams' photo-performing project

2015-06-12 Thread Dario Bonazza

Hi John,
Hoepfully, I'll show you something online one day.
Dario

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From: John Coyle

Sent: Tuesday, June 09, 2015 5:11 AM
To: 'Pentax-Discuss Mail List'
Subject: RE: Giulia, my muse, in 'Dreams' photo-performing project

Great concept Dario, looking forward to seeing more of the results!

John in Brisbane




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Subject: Giulia, my muse, in 'Dreams' photo-performing project

Hi all,

Encouraged by Bruce, here I'm going to explain my ongoing photo project with 
Giulia. First, she's
not a model. She's a dancer  choreographer, and that's essential to 
understand the concept of the
project. It is called 'Lost Dreams, Found Dreams'. What we are doing here is 
more or less the

following:
We do several shooting sessions in very different environments (wheat field, 
clay lake, clothing

store, studio, etc.) and each of them is seen as a different dream of mine.
As you know, dreams depend on you but you cannot take true control of 
them...  that's the same with
Giulia. I arrange the shooting, but then she takes her freedom to move  
change the way she behaves
there. She never stays still... moments and situations come and go and 
vanish, just like dreams. And
I try  shoot them like fixing a dream when you awake before it's gone 
forever.

At the end, we will get a photo exhibition, and much more.
In fact, Giulia will also create a solo choreography inspired by the 
feelings, the movements and the
situations she experienced in the different photo shootings. Then she will 
perform that solo in a
dance festival here in Italy on September 12, dancing through the printed 
pictures on show and then
also behind and in front of a screen where other pics will be projected 
onto. That show will be the
opening event  of the festival, with me on stage shooting her performence. 
So photo  dance will

merge once again, in an endless loop. Exciting, isn't it?

And now, a few sample pics:
www.dariobonazza.com/spsr/K3_10759.jpg
www.dariobonazza.com/spsr/K3_00876.jpg
www.dariobonazza.com/spsr/K5S44573.jpg
www.dariobonazza.com/spsr/K5S51593.jpg
www.dariobonazza.com/spsr/K5S51934.jpg

Interesting?

Dario


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Re: Giulia, my muse, in 'Dreams' photo-performing project

2015-06-12 Thread Dario Bonazza

Thanks Cotty. I'm rather excited and thrilled about this ongoing project.
Dario

-Messaggio originale- 
From: Steve Cottrell

Sent: Tuesday, June 09, 2015 12:43 AM
To: pentax list
Subject: Re: Giulia, my muse, in 'Dreams' photo-performing project

On 8/6/15, Dario Bonazza, discombobulated, unleashed:



And now, a few sample pics:
www.dariobonazza.com/spsr/K3_10759.jpg
www.dariobonazza.com/spsr/K3_00876.jpg
www.dariobonazza.com/spsr/K5S44573.jpg
www.dariobonazza.com/spsr/K5S51593.jpg
www.dariobonazza.com/spsr/K5S51934.jpg

Interesting?


Yes!

Brilliant photography :-)

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Re: Giulia, my muse, in 'Dreams' photo-performing project

2015-06-12 Thread Dario Bonazza

Thanks Mark, I do appreciate your feedback.
Dario

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Sent: Tuesday, June 09, 2015 4:00 PM
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Excellent concept for the project and really fantastic work!

Mark

On 6/8/2015 3:03 AM, Dario Bonazza wrote:

Hi all,

Encouraged by Bruce, here I'm going to explain my ongoing photo project 
with Giulia. First, she's not a model. She's a dancer  choreographer, and 
that's essential to understand the concept of the project. It is called 
'Lost Dreams, Found Dreams'. What we are doing here is more or less the 
following:
We do several shooting sessions in very different environments (wheat 
field, clay lake, clothing store, studio, etc.) and each of them is seen 
as a different dream of mine.
As you know, dreams depend on you but you cannot take true control of 
them...  that's the same with Giulia. I arrange the shooting, but then she 
takes her freedom to move  change the way she behaves there. She never 
stays still... moments and situations come and go and vanish, just like 
dreams. And I try  shoot them like fixing a dream when you awake before 
it's gone forever.

At the end, we will get a photo exhibition, and much more.
In fact, Giulia will also create a solo choreography inspired by the 
feelings, the movements and the situations she experienced in the 
different photo shootings. Then she will perform that solo in a dance 
festival here in Italy on September 12, dancing through the printed 
pictures on show and then also behind and in front of a screen where other 
pics will be projected onto. That show will be the opening event  of the 
festival, with me on stage shooting her performence. So photo  dance will 
merge once again, in an endless loop. Exciting, isn't it?


And now, a few sample pics:
www.dariobonazza.com/spsr/K3_10759.jpg
www.dariobonazza.com/spsr/K3_00876.jpg
www.dariobonazza.com/spsr/K5S44573.jpg
www.dariobonazza.com/spsr/K5S51593.jpg
www.dariobonazza.com/spsr/K5S51934.jpg

Interesting?

Dario





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HD PENTAX-D FA ★ 70-200mm f/2.8ED DC AW launch delayed

2015-06-12 Thread Darren Addy
http://www.photographyblog.com/news/hd_pentax_d_fa_70_200mm_f_2.8ed_dc_aw_launch_delayed/

I suppose it is good that they aren't releasing it until it performs
as it is supposed to, but the delay is still a bit of a black eye.
Might make Ricoh decide not to announce things as early (also maybe
not such a bad thing).

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Re: HD PENTAX-D FA ★ 70-200mm f/2.8ED DC AW launch delayed

2015-06-12 Thread Bruce Walker
Two things come to my mind. It's likely being co-developed with the FF
camera. Perhaps something changed last minute in the camera design
necessitating changes to this lens too.

Or it could just be manufacturability issues. Some material in the
design can't be machined reliably to spec, so needs to be replaced
with a new one. I'm thinking of the SDM design which had so many long
term issues. I mean, though we don't know exactly what was wrong with
it, the basic design worked, but it didn't seem to be reliably mass
producible.


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 http://www.photographyblog.com/news/hd_pentax_d_fa_70_200mm_f_2.8ed_dc_aw_launch_delayed/

 I suppose it is good that they aren't releasing it until it performs
 as it is supposed to, but the delay is still a bit of a black eye.
 Might make Ricoh decide not to announce things as early (also maybe
 not such a bad thing).

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Re: HD PENTAX-D FA ★ 70-200mm f/2.8ED DC AW launch delayed

2015-06-12 Thread P.J. Alling
The lens isn't really needed in the line until the FF camera is 
launched.  So, not a big deal really, unless the camera was too be 
released at exactly the same time.  I hope, for what will be a very 
expensive lens, that quality control will be improved considerably. 
Maybe that's the issue.


On 6/12/2015 9:31 AM, Darren Addy wrote:

http://www.photographyblog.com/news/hd_pentax_d_fa_70_200mm_f_2.8ed_dc_aw_launch_delayed/

I suppose it is good that they aren't releasing it until it performs
as it is supposed to, but the delay is still a bit of a black eye.
Might make Ricoh decide not to announce things as early (also maybe
not such a bad thing).

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Re: PESO 2015 - 103 - GDG

2015-06-12 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
Nice capture.

Is there a wrong way for anything in San Francisco?

Dan Matyola
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On Fri, Jun 12, 2015 at 10:29 AM, Godfrey DiGiorgi
godfreydigio...@me.com wrote:
 In San Francisco yesterday for the Apple Worldwide Developer Conference. I 
 brought my camera but only made a few photos while sitting in the nearby cafe 
 having a cup of coffee. It was like having a moving picture show of people 
 out the window.

 https://flic.kr/p/tAV9Bh

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Re: PESO: Nasty Little Fellow

2015-06-12 Thread Jack Davis
Surprisingly colorful!
Those things are regularly encountered in CA. Once told a golf buddy that one 
was coming
toward him from the back of the green when he was putting. He thought I was 
messing with 
him and refused to look. After missing the put, he took a sly look and we had 
to give him
the rest of the put or he'd still be there.

J


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Sent: Friday, June 12, 2015 7:14:02 AM
Subject: PESO: Nasty Little Fellow

There have been a lot of insects and arachnids in recent PESOs, so I
though I would add this tarantula on display at the San Diego Zoo:
http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=18037521size=lg
K-5 II S, DA 18-135 zoom
Comments are appreciated.

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Re: PESO: Nasty Little Fellow

2015-06-12 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
Thanks for looking, Alan.  He was behind glass, so I didn't have to
worry about Keeping away.  G  Of course, that was not the best
situation photographically.

This is the variety I have seen most often, apparently the Mexican
Red-Kneed Tarantula.

Dan Matyola
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On Fri, Jun 12, 2015 at 10:21 AM, Alan C c...@lantic.net wrote:
 That's a colourful one, Dan. Keep away? Most are dark brown.

 Alan C

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 Sent: Friday, June 12, 2015 4:14 PM
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 Subject: PESO: Nasty Little Fellow


 There have been a lot of insects and arachnids in recent PESOs, so I
 though I would add this tarantula on display at the San Diego Zoo:
 http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=18037521size=lg
 K-5 II S, DA 18-135 zoom
 Comments are appreciated.

 Dan Matyola
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Re: PESO 2015 - 103 - GDG

2015-06-12 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
Thanks! 
There certainly is when it comes to traffic laws! Fourth Street runs the other 
direction … :-)

G

 On Jun 12, 2015, at 7:47 AM, Daniel J. Matyola danmaty...@gmail.com wrote:
 
 Nice capture.
 
 Is there a wrong way for anything in San Francisco?
 
 On Fri, Jun 12, 2015 at 10:29 AM, Godfrey DiGiorgi
 godfreydigio...@me.com wrote:
 In San Francisco yesterday for the Apple Worldwide Developer Conference. I 
 brought my camera but only made a few photos while sitting in the nearby 
 cafe having a cup of coffee. It was like having a moving picture show of 
 people out the window.
 
 https://flic.kr/p/tAV9Bh
 


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Re: PESO - '...trees for the forest'

2015-06-12 Thread John

On 6/11/2015 3:01 PM, Ken Waller wrote:

http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=18037232

K3, 300mm f4.5 FA, 3 sec @ f29, 100 ISO

You toughts appreciated.

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Re: PESO 2015 - 103 - GDG

2015-06-12 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
It appeared to me that he was travelling on the sidewalk, instead of
on the street.

When I was is SF a few weeks ago, bikes, especially the rental bikes,
seemed to be travelling every which way, on the street, the sidewalk,
the trolley tracks and everywhere in between.

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On Fri, Jun 12, 2015 at 10:52 AM, Godfrey DiGiorgi
godfreydigio...@me.com wrote:
 Thanks!
 There certainly is when it comes to traffic laws! Fourth Street runs the 
 other direction … :-)

 G

 On Jun 12, 2015, at 7:47 AM, Daniel J. Matyola danmaty...@gmail.com wrote:

 Nice capture.

 Is there a wrong way for anything in San Francisco?

 On Fri, Jun 12, 2015 at 10:29 AM, Godfrey DiGiorgi
 godfreydigio...@me.com wrote:
 In San Francisco yesterday for the Apple Worldwide Developer Conference. I 
 brought my camera but only made a few photos while sitting in the nearby 
 cafe having a cup of coffee. It was like having a moving picture show of 
 people out the window.

 https://flic.kr/p/tAV9Bh



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Re: PESO 2015 - 103 - GDG

2015-06-12 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
It's subtle to look at.. He's definitely in the street, however, on the other 
side of the curb. That's one of the reasons the photo caught my attention. :-)

Yes, the SF bicyclist community has a serious death-wish aesthetic...

G

 On Jun 12, 2015, at 8:43 AM, Daniel J. Matyola danmaty...@gmail.com wrote:
 
 It appeared to me that he was travelling on the sidewalk, instead of
 on the street.
 
 When I was is SF a few weeks ago, bikes, especially the rental bikes,
 seemed to be travelling every which way, on the street, the sidewalk,
 the trolley tracks and everywhere in between.

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PESO: NW Missouri Supercell

2015-06-12 Thread Darren Addy
It's been a very nonstandard spring on the Plains this year. Massive
amounts of precipitation in May and June but very few tornadoes.
Yesterday was more of the same. I got out of town a bit later than I
wanted to and so was playing catch-up, which is difficult because it
means you are on the opposite side of the storms than you are supposed
to be to view wall clouds/tornadoes, etc. I targeted the Tail-end
Charlie storm and was able to slip between it and the storm ahead of
it at Falls City, NE as I proceeded east, across the Missouri River
and into extreme NW Missouri. This is an example of the scene I was
treated to.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/pixelsmithy/18734032092/

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Re: Flickr as backup

2015-06-12 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
My upload speed from home would, by itself, be too slow to send my whole data 
store to CrashPlan for backup. 

But I believe they can initialize your account from a hard disk if you send it 
to them, and then the incremental speed won't matter too much... Just keep the 
system running and it will do the job. 

G

 On Jun 12, 2015, at 9:05 AM, Eric Weir eew...@bellsouth.net wrote:
 
 ... but you don't find Crashplan slow?

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Re: PESOs (2) - Wells Cloister

2015-06-12 Thread Bob Sullivan
I don't know Rick.  That 2nd shot has a lot of merit.
I like the first, but find the second even better.
Regards,  Bob S.

On Thu, Jun 11, 2015 at 9:05 PM, Rick Womer rickpic...@gmail.com wrote:
 Thanks to all who commented.

 My intention was to have the second shot provide the context for the
 first, rather than to have them competing for the groups affections.

 Rick
 http://photo.net/photos/RickW


 On Thu, Jun 11, 2015 at 12:17 PM, Eric Weir eew...@bellsouth.net wrote:
 I like the second one better, too. Having just bought a DA 16-45, glad to 
 see you using one.

 On Jun 11, 2015, at 12:13 PM, Donald Guthrie shark50...@gmail.com wrote:

 Not that you asked me to make a choice, but I liked the 1st one until I saw 
 the 2nd one. I know they are two very different shots. The long view gives 
 so much more in sense of place.

 On 6/10/15 7:06 PM, pdml-requ...@pdml.net wrote:
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 Date: Wed, 10 Jun 2015 20:04:24 -0400
 From: Rick Womerrickpic...@gmail.com
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 I haven't gotten around to posting any UK pix apart from those from our 
 White Horse walk.

 Time to fix that with two from Wells Cathedral

 http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=18036476

 and

 http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=18036475size=lg

 (K-5, DA 16-45)

 Comments appreciated!

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RE: PESO: Nasty Little Fellow

2015-06-12 Thread Malcolm Smith
Daniel J. Matyola
 
 There have been a lot of insects and arachnids in recent PESOs, so I
 though I would add this tarantula on display at the San Diego Zoo:
 http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=18037521size=lg
 K-5 II S, DA 18-135 zoom
 Comments are appreciated.

Great colours but far too close for my liking. Spiders are why lens
manufacturers made 1000mm available.

Malcolm


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PESO: Nasty Little Fellow

2015-06-12 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
There have been a lot of insects and arachnids in recent PESOs, so I
though I would add this tarantula on display at the San Diego Zoo:
http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=18037521size=lg
K-5 II S, DA 18-135 zoom
Comments are appreciated.

Dan Matyola
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Re: Experience with Precision Camera

2015-06-12 Thread John

On 6/11/2015 12:20 PM, Igor PDML-StR wrote:



Matthew,

It's nice to hear about your experience.
It is not terrible, but it's just what seems to be the accepted
average service these days.
(I've been dealing with various customer services recently.)

FWIW, They've waited for the replacement parts for several weeks (2-3?
4?) when my 17-70/4 lens' motor died and was replaced by CRIS under
warranty 2 or 3 years ago.

As a side note, - while it doesn't affect me at this point, but I am
totally disappointed by UPS considering adult starting from 21 y.o.
What? Those between 18 and 21 can buy things from the internet, and they
cannot receive them? And at 18, they can enlist and die, but are not
allowed to sign for UPS packages? That's totally stupid.

Igor



Eighteen year-olds can't buy beer either.

The adult signature requirement is an optional thing. You have to ask
the shipper to specify it.

Otherwise, the standard for UPS is to leave the package on the front
porch, front steps or just toss it over the fence onto the front
sidewalk if you have one.

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PESO 2015 - 103 - GDG

2015-06-12 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
In San Francisco yesterday for the Apple Worldwide Developer Conference. I 
brought my camera but only made a few photos while sitting in the nearby cafe 
having a cup of coffee. It was like having a moving picture show of people out 
the window. 

https://flic.kr/p/tAV9Bh

enjoy,
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Re: Flickr as backup

2015-06-12 Thread John

On 6/11/2015 3:12 PM, Eric Weir wrote:



On Jun 11, 2015, at 2:45 PM, Charles Robinson charl...@visi.com wrote:

It's not perfect, but I'm already backing up actual copies of my RAW files with:

1. Time Machine
2. Crashplan (no speed issues here)


Probably doesn't need to be asked, but you don't find Crashplan slow?

Eric Weir



I think they're both (Charles  CrashPlan) located in Minneapolis.

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Re: PESO - '...trees for the forest'

2015-06-12 Thread Tom Reese
very well executed Ken. I like it a lot. Terrific use of lines. The
color of the one brown line on the very left side of the frame is
possibly a bit too saturated for the rest of the elements in the
image. Or maybe you wanted it that way.

Great work.

On Fri, Jun 12, 2015 at 4:17 AM, Brian Walters apathy...@lyons-ryan.org wrote:
 Quoting Ken Waller kwal...@peoplepc.com:

 http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=18037232

 K3, 300mm f4.5 FA, 3 sec @ f29, 100 ISO

 You toughts appreciated.



 I agree with Ann  Mark C (and probably with Mark R as well).

 Very attractive abstract.


 Cheers

 Brian

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Re: Flickr as backup

2015-06-12 Thread Eric Weir
 On Jun 11, 2015, at 10:28 PM, steve harley p...@paper-ape.com wrote:
 
 On 2015-06-11 9:53 , Eric Weir wrote:
 This suggests another question about Flickr as backup, though I’m leaning 
 away from using it as such: Can you upload RAW/DNG files to Flickr?
 
 i didn't try it, but no, not according to a couple of recent references i 
 found; but any cloud service that handles RAW files is pretty much going to 
 guess at your rendering intent — in other words, you'll have RAW in the 
 cloud, but it may not look good
 
 If not it would really be worthless as backup.
 
 it depends what you mean by backup; it sounds like you think of backup as 
 true copies of your work, in which case i think cloud backup solutions in 
 general aren't up to the job unless you create very few images (or perhaps 
 you are willing to spend for lots of cloud storage and you have something 
 like Google Fiber to speed your uploads)
 
 for the many terabytes that a lot of serious photographers create, using 
 physical storage media (hard drives) and rotating some to off-site 
 locations is faster and more cost effective; what can put you off this path 
 is that it takes thought, whereas a lot of cloud services seem to take care 
 of everything; but believe me, i have been called in to consult with people 
 who have dragged their hard drive icon into their Dropbox folder, thinking it 
 would take care of it; days later they are wondering why their computer is 
 slow, why only some of their files are on their other devices, and what the 
 funny messages are about

Many of the comments here, as well as some of the sources referenced, seem to 
be talking about “publishication” rather than “backup.” I use Flickr to share 
select images, usually edited, with others. To my tastes it works fine for this 
purpose. I don’t need anything else for it.

What I’m looking for is a way to duplicate or possibly enhance my current back 
up system, which is two 1 TB firewire external drives managed with Time Machine 
and Carbon Copy Cloner. Regarding photography what I want basically is ability 
to create a copy of my photo directory as is and then make incremental backups 
to it as additions or changes are made to the original. I don’t want to show 
anyone my unedited DNG files. 

Earlier this year I had planned to create a new external drive-based system 
with much larger capacity drives accessible by wi-fi. I had identified the 
drives and a router and had talked with a tech-consultant friend about helping 
me set it up. 

Finances led me to hold up on proceeding with this idea. I may be ready to go 
ahead with it. Or, as a temporary backstop to my current system, I may give one 
of the cloud-based systems a try, likely Dropbox or CrashPlan.

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Re: PESO - '...trees for the forest'

2015-06-12 Thread Ken Waller

These are what the trees in the forest look like right after you find
the mushrooms in the forest...


...and you know this how Mark ?  ;+)


I like!


Thanks Mark !

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- Original Message - 
From: Mark Roberts postmas...@robertstech.com

Subject: Re: PESO - '...trees for the forest'



Ken Waller wrote:


http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=18037232

K3, 300mm f4.5 FA, 3 sec @ f29, 100 ISO

You toughts appreciated.


These are what the trees in the forest look like right after you find
the mushrooms in the forest...

I like!

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Re: PESO - '...trees for the forest'

2015-06-12 Thread Ken Waller

Very nice - I like it.


Thanks Bob.

I thought of a great review, which is nicely ambiguous, but unfortunately 
doesn't apply in this case: leaves much to be desired.


Yeah, Sometime you have to leaf well enough alone.

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- Original Message - 
From: Bob W-PDML p...@web-options.com

Subject: Re: PESO - '...trees for the forest'


Very nice - I like it. Reminds me a little of some of the pictures in the 
book Winterreise by Luc Delahaye.


I thought of a great review, which is nicely ambiguous, but unfortunately 
doesn't apply in this case: leaves much to be desired.


B




On 11 Jun 2015, at 20:01, Ken Waller kwal...@peoplepc.com wrote:

http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=18037232

K3, 300mm f4.5 FA, 3 sec @ f29, 100 ISO

You toughts appreciated.

Kenneth Waller
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Re: PESO - '...trees for the forest'

2015-06-12 Thread Ken Waller

Thanks Ann and Mark for looking and commenting.

Kenneth Waller
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- Original Message - 
From: Mark C pdml-m...@charter.net

Subject: Re: PESO - '...trees for the forest'



What Ann said - gorgeous! Nice work.

On 6/11/2015 3:01 PM, Ken Waller wrote:

http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=18037232

K3, 300mm f4.5 FA, 3 sec @ f29, 100 ISO

You toughts appreciated.

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OT - might be of interest to some of the gearheads on the list

2015-06-12 Thread Ken Waller

A great way to celebrate a 50 year anniversary.

http://www.autoweek.com/article/car-news/will-ford-announce-return-le-mans-tomorrow

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Re: Flickr as backup

2015-06-12 Thread John

CrashPlan doesn't have servers in Europe yet. That probably makes it too
slow to use if you're not in the U.S. I think Dropbox  OneDrive do
already have servers in Europe.

If you *are* in the U.S., CrashPlan does have an option to do a seeded
backup where they send you a 1TB USB drive for you to do your initial
backup locally  return it to them. They have a one time charge of
something like $125 for the seeded backup.

Then all your incremental backups can go over the internet.


On 6/11/2015 1:36 PM, Toine wrote:

I'm using OneDrive. The free version of Dropbox and Onedrive are too
small for serious photo backup. My OneDrive subscription offers 10Tb
storage. Dropbox starts at 1 Tb. Usage is a no brainer. Just save
the jpg or RAW files in the dropbox or onedrive folder and it's
synced in the background.

I tried Crashplan and decided to cancel my account. It's very very
slow. Even Onedrive beats crashplan and Onedrive is currently a joke
compared to dropbox speed.

Toine

On 10 June 2015 at 18:53, Eric Weir eew...@bellsouth.net wrote:

I’d like to take advantage of Flickr’s 1000 GB of free storage to
backup my photo files, but I wouldn’t want all of them to go into
my photostream. Two questions: [1] Is using Flickr as backup
realistic in the first place? [2] Is it possible to keep backups
and photostream separate?

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