Re: Geso, jays in flight
False dichotomy. For $6000 you've got the 560mm: http://m.henrys.com/74968-PENTAX-DA-560MM-F5-6-ED-AW-LENS.aspx For $14,000 you've got the Marinoni Genius with Campy Super Record EPS and Bora wheelset. http://www.marinoni.qc.ca/html/Genius.html That's like 1/2 the price of one truck. Think outside the box... Cheers, frank On 12 August, 2015 9:02:54 PM EDT, David J Brooks wrote: >Truck, lens, truck lens Oy >> >> -- -- Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Why people didn't smile in old photographs
On 8/12/2015 11:21 PM, Bill wrote: On 12/08/2015 8:53 PM, P.J. Alling wrote: On 8/12/2015 10:30 PM, Mark Roberts wrote: On 8/12/2015 3:37 PM, P.J. Alling wrote: I knew this already, and I'll bet a lot of people on this list did too. However when one has to fill inches, (in the old days of newspapers, column inches), of space to keep one's blog or web site fresh, one must write things like this, which are almost common knowledge, up as if it was a new discovery. You must be a lot of fun at parties. --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus Depends on how much alcohol is available. And if you start throwing your canes at people. I carry extras. -- I don't want to achieve immortality through my work; I want to achieve immortality through not dying. -- Woody Allen -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Why people didn't smile in old photographs
On 12/08/2015 8:53 PM, P.J. Alling wrote: On 8/12/2015 10:30 PM, Mark Roberts wrote: On 8/12/2015 3:37 PM, P.J. Alling wrote: I knew this already, and I'll bet a lot of people on this list did too. However when one has to fill inches, (in the old days of newspapers, column inches), of space to keep one's blog or web site fresh, one must write things like this, which are almost common knowledge, up as if it was a new discovery. You must be a lot of fun at parties. --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus Depends on how much alcohol is available. And if you start throwing your canes at people. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Why people didn't smile in old photographs
On 8/12/2015 10:30 PM, Mark Roberts wrote: On 8/12/2015 3:37 PM, P.J. Alling wrote: I knew this already, and I'll bet a lot of people on this list did too. However when one has to fill inches, (in the old days of newspapers, column inches), of space to keep one's blog or web site fresh, one must write things like this, which are almost common knowledge, up as if it was a new discovery. You must be a lot of fun at parties. --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus Depends on how much alcohol is available. -- I don't want to achieve immortality through my work; I want to achieve immortality through not dying. -- Woody Allen -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO - Portrait of a Tabby as a Young Cat
I love their wild look as well, Mark. Tabbies I've known are a bit rambunctious, and Zoë sometimes seems not to far removed from the forest. Thanks for the kind words. Cheers, frank On 12 August, 2015 3:19:11 PM EDT, Mark C wrote: >Nice portrait! I love the wild look of tabby's. > >Mark > >On 8/11/2015 9:59 PM, frank theriault wrote: >> Okay, she's not that young, maybe 4 (she's a rescue so who really >> knows?). But Zoe acts young: >> >> >http://knarfdummyblog.blogspot.ca/2015/08/portrait-of-tabby-as-young-cat.html >> >> I showed our Korat, Cinza the other day and Zoe wanted equal time. >> >> Hope you enjoy. Comments welcome (but not expected LOL). >> >> cheers, >> >> frank >> > > >--- >This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. >http://www.avast.com -- Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO - Portrait of a Tabby as a Young Cat
She's been with us for 3 years and she was an adult pregnant with 4 kittens (all lost, sadly) when our friend found her abandonned and locked in a cat carrier in an alley, one cold, rainy night. The Vet who removed the already-dead kittens was pretty sure it wasn't her first pregancy. So she's no less than three. And whatever age, she's a wonderful addition to our household (our elder kitty, Cinza, may not agree). Thanks for the comment! Cheers, frank On 12 August, 2015 12:30:28 AM EDT, Alan C wrote: >Cute. Looks less than 4 to me. A Vet should be able to give a close >estimate >from the teeth. > >Alan C > >-Original Message- >From: frank theriault >Sent: Wednesday, August 12, 2015 3:59 AM >To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List >Subject: PESO - Portrait of a Tabby as a Young Cat > >Okay, she's not that young, maybe 4 (she's a rescue so who really >knows?). But Zoe acts young: > >http://knarfdummyblog.blogspot.ca/2015/08/portrait-of-tabby-as-young-cat.html > >I showed our Korat, Cinza the other day and Zoe wanted equal time. > >Hope you enjoy. Comments welcome (but not expected LOL). > >cheers, > >frank -- Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Flickr Are Sneaky Bastards
steve harley Wed, 12 Aug 2015 13:42:07 -0700 wrote: On 2015-08-11 19:16 , Igor PDML-StR wrote: Godfrey DiGiorgi Tue, 11 Aug 2015 14:03:07 -0700 wrote: The Flickr app is free - I don't pay for it, it takes no input or information from or about me that the website doesn't already have or acquire from use. That's true only if you keep your contacts book on your phone empty, or if you list all your contacts on Flickr website, with all their phone numbers, addresses, etc. is that so on Android? it's not the case on iOS - i don't know that from specific experience, i know because all third party apps require permission to access contacts Yes, Steve, I was talking about Android. (Sorry, I had written that in my previous message in this thread but didn't explicitly repeated in the one you responded to). On Android Flickr app gets permission to read contacts. I am not priveleged to know what it then does with that information. Note, that on Android you do not have a possibility to choose which individual permissions you grant or not to a certain app: you either accept the list of the permissions required by the app at the time of installation/update, or you do not install the app. From what I understand, this is quite different from what you can do on iOS (at least on iOS 6). I hope this clarifies my previous response. Igor -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Why people didn't smile in old photographs
On 8/12/2015 3:37 PM, P.J. Alling wrote: I knew this already, and I'll bet a lot of people on this list did too. However when one has to fill inches, (in the old days of newspapers, column inches), of space to keep one's blog or web site fresh, one must write things like this, which are almost common knowledge, up as if it was a new discovery. You must be a lot of fun at parties. --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
PESO - Sami Storyteller
One more of Sami singer Elle Marja Eira. I discovered that the Sami are often referred to as Laplanders, however the Sami consider that to be a derogatory moniker. My problem with Elle Marja was getting one with her eyes open (she mostly sings with closed eyes) and one without the mike covering her mouth. Alas I was unable to achieve both in the same photo so I opted for open eyes - and given their blueness, colour was called for: http://knarfdummyblog.blogspot.ca/2015/08/sami-storyteller.html Hope you enjoy. Comments are encouraged. cheers, frank -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT: If the Titanic Sunk Tiday
On Aug 12, 2015, at 12:25 PM, Bob W-PDML wrote: > > Argue, schmargue! Where would we be sans snark, avec meaning, et sans amusing > wryth? Well, we'd certainly be lost without knarf ... G -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Flickr Are Sneaky Bastards
On Aug 12, 2015, at 1:41 PM, steve harley wrote: >> On 2015-08-11 19:16 , Igor PDML-StR wrote: >> Godfrey DiGiorgi Tue, 11 Aug 2015 14:03:07 -0700 wrote: >>> The Flickr app is free - I don't pay for it, it takes no input or >>> information from or about me that the website doesn't already have or >>> acquire from use. >> >> That's true only if you keep your contacts book on your phone empty, or if >> you list all your contacts on Flickr website, with all their phone numbers, >> addresses, etc. > > is that so on Android? it's not the case on iOS — i don't know that from > specific experience, i know because all third party apps require permission > to access contacts > > in fact, just fired up the app on iOS and signed in for the first time; > shared a photo via email — app used iOS services and never asked for contacts > access Exactly. iOS enforces much greater security than Android. G -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Geso, jays in flight
On Wed, Aug 12, 2015 at 5:03 PM, Steve Cottrell wrote: > On 12/8/15, John, discombobulated, unleashed: > >>Just in case there was something I was missing, I searched. The fastest >>600 prime I found was F/4. > > I told him this was gonna be expensive Truck, lens, truck lens Oy > > -- > > > Cheers, > Cotty > > > ___/\__Broadcast, Corporate, > || (O) |Web Video Production > -- > _ > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ York Region, Ontario, Canada -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Shooting shooting stars
Jack Davis wrote: Interesting double star on the right prox one third of the way down from the upper frame edge. How long was the exposure? The individual exposures were 14S with astrotracer. http://www.fluidr.com/photos/ellarsee/sets/72157657118069972/ fluidr shows the exposure info -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com (postbox on min4est) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Shooting shooting stars
I've had stars and I"m and atheist and a Sagittarious... soo.. msut be something else ann On 8/12/2015 3:01 PM, Bob W-PDML wrote: That's very impressive. We don't have stars in Britain. I think it's because we're all atheists or Sagittarius or something. On Aug 12, 2015, at 10:01 AM, Larry Colen wrote: Since it didn't terribly matter exactly where I was aiming my lens, I used lightroom's panorama feature to string a bunch together including my one meteor, which gave me 16291x2704: https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/20320189520/sizes/o It seems as if my FA31 and FA77 focus at infinity all of the way at the stop. I tried focusing by aiming a green laser at the trees at the distance. Does anyone know what nebula I captured? It's about halfway between the trees and the right edge of the photo. Larry Colen wrote: It seems as if the Perseids will be in full swing this week. Does anyone have any advice borne of experience for photographing them? I suspect that a lot of short exposures will have the advantage of running at a higher ISO and making it easier to capture a dimmer transient event. Then there is the question of darkfield frames. Astrotracer or not? Optimal focal length? -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com (postbox on min4est) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Shooting shooting stars
So cool! ann On 8/12/2015 6:53 AM, Knarf wrote: Cool! Cheers, frank On 12 August, 2015 3:29:01 AM EDT, Larry Colen wrote: I caught one meteor: http://www.fluidr.com/photos/ellarsee/sets/72157657118069972/ Larry Colen wrote: It seems as if the Perseids will be in full swing this week. Does anyone have any advice borne of experience for photographing them? I suspect that a lot of short exposures will have the advantage of running at a higher ISO and making it easier to capture a dimmer transient event. Then there is the question of darkfield frames. Astrotracer or not? Optimal focal length? -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Geso, jays in flight
On 12/8/15, John, discombobulated, unleashed: >Just in case there was something I was missing, I searched. The fastest >600 prime I found was F/4. I told him this was gonna be expensive -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__Broadcast, Corporate, || (O) |Web Video Production -- _ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Why people didn't smile in old photographs
On 12 Aug 2015, at 21:42, mike wilson wrote: > >> On 12 August 2015 at 20:26, Bob W-PDML wrote: >>> On 12 Aug 2015, at 20:20, John wrote: >>> On 8/12/2015 11:27 AM, Mark Roberts wrote: http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/aug/12/why-dont-people-smile-old-photographs-google-answer >>> >>> I wonder how much of a role Victorian era dentistry played? >> >> Victorian ear dentistry? > > The (rarely practised, these days) science of Auradontics. Can't be any worse than the proctodontics my dentist has been insisting I try. Why he wants me to examine his teeth is anybody's guess. B -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Why people didn't smile in old photographs
On 12 August 2015 at 20:26, Bob W-PDML wrote: > On 12 Aug 2015, at 20:20, John wrote: >> >>> On 8/12/2015 11:27 AM, Mark Roberts wrote: >>> http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/aug/12/why-dont-people-smile-old-photographs-google-answer >>> >> >> I wonder how much of a role Victorian era dentistry played? > > Victorian ear dentistry? The (rarely practised, these days) science of Auradontics. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Flickr Are Sneaky Bastards
On 2015-08-11 19:16 , Igor PDML-StR wrote: Godfrey DiGiorgi Tue, 11 Aug 2015 14:03:07 -0700 wrote: The Flickr app is free - I don't pay for it, it takes no input or information from or about me that the website doesn't already have or acquire from use. That's true only if you keep your contacts book on your phone empty, or if you list all your contacts on Flickr website, with all their phone numbers, addresses, etc. is that so on Android? it's not the case on iOS — i don't know that from specific experience, i know because all third party apps require permission to access contacts in fact, just fired up the app on iOS and signed in for the first time; shared a photo via email — app used iOS services and never asked for contacts access -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Flickr Are Sneaky Bastards
On 2015-08-11 15:19 , Bob W-PDML wrote: It's part of a general trend towards the Compuserve/AOL model of trying to lock people into proprietary access to stuff so that the vendors can get their sweaty hands on your teats and milk you. i understand the feeling, and i sympathize with Knarf's complaint, but it's worth pointing out that Flickr is not as hard a silo as many other services Flickr has a pretty good API, plus the website is full service (afaik, you can get anything done without an app); if a mobile site is sucky, i generally try another browser or just don't use it much on mobile (long live the desktop!) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Why people didn't smile in old photographs
At some time in your life you didn't know this, but many other people did. Then you learnt it, and it was a new discovery for you. Since then the world has circled the sun a few times. You and I have increased our store of wisdom as we have increased our store of wrinkles and incontinence pads. The old have shuffled into the shadows and new people have been born, and none of them, not a single one, knew this when they emerged slimy and helpless from their mother's womb. Since then the world has turned, they have grown, they are no longer incontinent, and they have become hungry for knowledge of the useless kind, and somebody is there to supply it. Is that such a bad thing? B > On 12 Aug 2015, at 20:38, P.J. Alling wrote: > > I knew this already, and I'll bet a lot of people on this list did too. > However when one has to fill inches, (in the old days of newspapers, column > inches), of space to keep one's blog or web site fresh, one must write things > like this, which are almost common knowledge, up as if it was a new discovery. > >> On 8/12/2015 11:27 AM, Mark Roberts wrote: >> http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/aug/12/why-dont-people-smile-old-photographs-google-answer >> >> >> >> --- >> This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. >> https://www.avast.com/antivirus >> >> > > > -- > I don't want to achieve immortality through my work; I want to achieve > immortality through not dying. > -- Woody Allen > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT: If the Titanic Sunk Tiday
Probably shooting Canon or Nikon. On 8/12/2015 3:25 PM, Bob W-PDML wrote: Argue, schmargue! Where would we be sans snark, avec meaning, et sans amusing wryth? On 12 Aug 2015, at 15:43, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: Bob W-PDML Mon, 10 Aug 2015 15:41:05 -0700 wrote: You're all arguing about the wrong thing. Question is, is the boat the iTanic or the less well-known Samsunk? B Amusing as always! However, I don't know that I was arguing about anything, Bob. Just responding to the usual meaningless, snarky comment by Igor in what I hoped was a wry and amusing way. G -- -- Science - Questions we may never find answers for. Religion - Answers we must never question. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Geso, jays in flight
Just in case there was something I was missing, I searched. The fastest 600 prime I found was F/4. Sigma makes a 200-500mm f/2.8 EX DG zoom lens, but it doesn't appear to be available in Pentax mount. On 8/12/2015 1:56 PM, Ken Waller wrote: And money - you've got to buy a 600mm f/2.8 lens (or at a pinch we'll let you off the hook with an f/4 version) FWIW - I'm not aware of any f2.8 600mm prime lens, by any manufacturer. My 600mm f4.0 already weighs too much - would need a small truck to cart around something like that. Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: "Steve Cottrell" Subject: Re: Geso, jays in flight On 12/8/15, David J Brooks, discombobulated, unleashed: Yes i am.:-) At 2.8 or even 3.2 i'll have to play around with a pre focus point, as they come in from a bit of an angle to my right, thus the higher ap values like 5.6 and 6.3 to give my more in focus area but a poor back drop. Practice, we talking about practice here. Dave And money - you've got to buy a 600mm f/2.8 lens (or at a pinch we'll let you off the hook with an f/4 version) :-D -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__Broadcast, Corporate, || (O) |Web Video Production -- _ -- Science - Questions we may never find answers for. Religion - Answers we must never question. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Why people didn't smile in old photographs
I knew this already, and I'll bet a lot of people on this list did too. However when one has to fill inches, (in the old days of newspapers, column inches), of space to keep one's blog or web site fresh, one must write things like this, which are almost common knowledge, up as if it was a new discovery. On 8/12/2015 11:27 AM, Mark Roberts wrote: http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/aug/12/why-dont-people-smile-old-photographs-google-answer --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus -- I don't want to achieve immortality through my work; I want to achieve immortality through not dying. -- Woody Allen -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Why people didn't smile in old photographs
On 12 Aug 2015, at 20:20, John wrote: > >> On 8/12/2015 11:27 AM, Mark Roberts wrote: >> http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/aug/12/why-dont-people-smile-old-photographs-google-answer >> > > I wonder how much of a role Victorian era dentistry played? Victorian ear dentistry? B > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT: If the Titanic Sunk Tiday
Argue, schmargue! Where would we be sans snark, avec meaning, et sans amusing wryth? > On 12 Aug 2015, at 15:43, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: > > Bob W-PDML Mon, 10 Aug 2015 15:41:05 -0700 wrote: >> >> You're all arguing about the wrong thing. Question is, is the boat the >> iTanic or the less well-known Samsunk? >> >> B > > Amusing as always! > > However, I don't know that I was arguing about anything, Bob. Just responding > to the usual meaningless, snarky comment by Igor in what I hoped was a wry > and amusing way. > > G > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO - Portrait of a Tabby as a Young Cat
Nice portrait! I love the wild look of tabby's. Mark On 8/11/2015 9:59 PM, frank theriault wrote: Okay, she's not that young, maybe 4 (she's a rescue so who really knows?). But Zoe acts young: http://knarfdummyblog.blogspot.ca/2015/08/portrait-of-tabby-as-young-cat.html I showed our Korat, Cinza the other day and Zoe wanted equal time. Hope you enjoy. Comments welcome (but not expected LOL). cheers, frank --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. http://www.avast.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Why people didn't smile in old photographs
On 8/12/2015 11:27 AM, Mark Roberts wrote: http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/aug/12/why-dont-people-smile-old-photographs-google-answer I wonder how much of a role Victorian era dentistry played? -- Science - Questions we may never find answers for. Religion - Answers we must never question. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: American Landscapes 2015
Thanks, Ann! On 8/11/2015 8:57 PM, ann sanfedele wrote: Ditto! ann On 8/11/2015 6:51 PM, Marco Alpert wrote: Lovely! Congratulations. - Marco On Aug 11, 2015, at 3:39 PM, Mark C wrote: Just to share - I have a piece in this years "American Landscapes" exhibit sponsored by the Maryland Federation of Art. It's a national juried exhibit put on annually at the Circle Gallery in Annapolis. I don't enter many shows these days but this is one that I keep coming back to. The accepted photo is a digital infrared image taken out in Maryland last fall - Crooked Tree at Ferry Point: http://www.markcassino.com/b2evolution/index.php/maryland-federation-of-arts-2015 Mark --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. http://www.avast.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. http://www.avast.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: American Landscapes 2015
Thanks, Rick! And also Paul, Jack, Frank, Marco and everyone else who had a look. Mark On 8/11/2015 10:26 PM, Rick Womer wrote: Excellent, Mark! I really like the framing and the use of IR. Congratulations! Rick http://photo.net/photos/RickW On Tue, Aug 11, 2015 at 8:57 PM, ann sanfedele wrote: Ditto! ann On 8/11/2015 6:51 PM, Marco Alpert wrote: Lovely! Congratulations. - Marco On Aug 11, 2015, at 3:39 PM, Mark C wrote: Just to share - I have a piece in this years "American Landscapes" exhibit sponsored by the Maryland Federation of Art. It's a national juried exhibit put on annually at the Circle Gallery in Annapolis. I don't enter many shows these days but this is one that I keep coming back to. The accepted photo is a digital infrared image taken out in Maryland last fall - Crooked Tree at Ferry Point: http://www.markcassino.com/b2evolution/index.php/maryland-federation-of-arts-2015 Mark --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. http://www.avast.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. http://www.avast.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT: Some interesting older photographs
That one of Nancy Reagan and Mr. T has put my therapy back at least six years. And the one of Ronald in his sweatpants must have added at least another year. B > On 12 Aug 2015, at 18:00, Chris Mitchell wrote: > > Good selection. Thanks Dan. The guy testing the football helmet cracks me up. > Chris > >> On 12 August 2015 at 13:59, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: >> http://www.earthlymission.com/rarely-seen-enchanted-moments-of-us-history-megapost/ >> >> Dan Matyola >> http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> PDML@pdml.net >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Shooting shooting stars
Yes, that is M31, the Andromeda galaxy. Also, you've captured the Double Cluster in Perseus, which is just over trees. On Wed, Aug 12, 2015 at 12:01 PM, Larry Colen wrote: > Since it didn't terribly matter exactly where I was aiming my lens, I used > lightroom's panorama feature to string a bunch together including my one > meteor, which gave me 16291x2704: > https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/20320189520/sizes/o > > It seems as if my FA31 and FA77 focus at infinity all of the way at the > stop. I tried focusing by aiming a green laser at the trees at the > distance. > > Does anyone know what nebula I captured? It's about halfway between the > trees and the right edge of the photo. > > > Larry Colen wrote: >> >> It seems as if the Perseids will be in full swing this week. Does anyone >> have any advice borne of experience for photographing them? >> >> I suspect that a lot of short exposures will have the advantage of >> running at a higher ISO and making it easier to capture a dimmer >> transient event. Then there is the question of darkfield frames. >> >> Astrotracer or not? Optimal focal length? >> > > -- > Larry Colen l...@red4est.com (postbox on min4est) > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. -- Life is too short to put up with bad bokeh. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Shooting shooting stars
That's very impressive. We don't have stars in Britain. I think it's because we're all atheists or Sagittarius or something. > >> On Aug 12, 2015, at 10:01 AM, Larry Colen wrote: >> >> Since it didn't terribly matter exactly where I was aiming my lens, I used >> lightroom's panorama feature to string a bunch together including my one >> meteor, which gave me 16291x2704: >> https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/20320189520/sizes/o >> >> It seems as if my FA31 and FA77 focus at infinity all of the way at the >> stop. I tried focusing by aiming a green laser at the trees at the distance. >> >> Does anyone know what nebula I captured? It's about halfway between the >> trees and the right edge of the photo. >> >> Larry Colen wrote: >>> It seems as if the Perseids will be in full swing this week. Does anyone >>> have any advice borne of experience for photographing them? >>> >>> I suspect that a lot of short exposures will have the advantage of >>> running at a higher ISO and making it easier to capture a dimmer >>> transient event. Then there is the question of darkfield frames. >>> >>> Astrotracer or not? Optimal focal length? >> >> -- >> Larry Colen l...@red4est.com (postbox on min4est) >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> PDML@pdml.net >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO - Mosquito Landing (Caffenol)
Oh yeah - Caffenol. I played with it a little a few years ago and it seemed like an interesting developer. I blogged on my initial experiment in 2011 here: http://www.markcassino.com/b2evolution/index.php/caffenol My main concern was consistency - not having a precise scale I wondered how consistent caffenol could be from batch to batch. These days I use just Rodinal or HC110. On 8/10/2015 10:45 PM, Darren Addy wrote: Lovely, lovely image. I love square compositions, but I'm curious - since it was taken with a 67... was it originally a horizontal composition or a vertical? Also curious as to whether you have ever played with Caffeinol developer. (I haven't, but I'm keen to try it.) On Sat, Aug 8, 2015 at 9:53 AM, Mark C wrote: So named because this is where I landed after being swarmed by thousands of mosquitoes: http://www.markcassino.com/b2evolution/index.php/mousquito-landing Pentax 6x7, SMC 67 55mm f4, Agfa APX 100 (long expired) and Rodinal 1:25. Comments welcome! Mark --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. http://www.avast.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. http://www.avast.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: American Landscapes 2015
Thanks, Alan. The whole exhibit is featured here: http://mdfedart.com/mfaentry/sales/salesgallery.php?exhibit=48 Mark On 8/12/2015 12:32 AM, Alan C wrote: Well done, Mark. Is the the whole exhibit posted somewhere? Alan C -Original Message- From: Mark C Sent: Wednesday, August 12, 2015 12:39 AM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: American Landscapes 2015 Just to share - I have a piece in this years "American Landscapes" exhibit sponsored by the Maryland Federation of Art. It's a national juried exhibit put on annually at the Circle Gallery in Annapolis. I don't enter many shows these days but this is one that I keep coming back to. The accepted photo is a digital infrared image taken out in Maryland last fall - Crooked Tree at Ferry Point: http://www.markcassino.com/b2evolution/index.php/maryland-federation-of-arts-2015 Mark --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. http://www.avast.com --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. http://www.avast.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Geso, jays in flight
And money - you've got to buy a 600mm f/2.8 lens (or at a pinch we'll let you off the hook with an f/4 version) FWIW - I'm not aware of any f2.8 600mm prime lens, by any manufacturer. My 600mm f4.0 already weighs too much - would need a small truck to cart around something like that. Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: "Steve Cottrell" Subject: Re: Geso, jays in flight On 12/8/15, David J Brooks, discombobulated, unleashed: Yes i am.:-) At 2.8 or even 3.2 i'll have to play around with a pre focus point, as they come in from a bit of an angle to my right, thus the higher ap values like 5.6 and 6.3 to give my more in focus area but a poor back drop. Practice, we talking about practice here. Dave And money - you've got to buy a 600mm f/2.8 lens (or at a pinch we'll let you off the hook with an f/4 version) :-D -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__Broadcast, Corporate, || (O) |Web Video Production -- _ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Shooting shooting stars
Interesting double star on the right prox one third of the way down from the upper frame edge. How long was the exposure? J Sent from my iPhone > On Aug 12, 2015, at 10:01 AM, Larry Colen wrote: > > Since it didn't terribly matter exactly where I was aiming my lens, I used > lightroom's panorama feature to string a bunch together including my one > meteor, which gave me 16291x2704: > https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/20320189520/sizes/o > > It seems as if my FA31 and FA77 focus at infinity all of the way at the stop. > I tried focusing by aiming a green laser at the trees at the distance. > > Does anyone know what nebula I captured? It's about halfway between the > trees and the right edge of the photo. > > Larry Colen wrote: >> It seems as if the Perseids will be in full swing this week. Does anyone >> have any advice borne of experience for photographing them? >> >> I suspect that a lot of short exposures will have the advantage of >> running at a higher ISO and making it easier to capture a dimmer >> transient event. Then there is the question of darkfield frames. >> >> Astrotracer or not? Optimal focal length? > > -- > Larry Colen l...@red4est.com (postbox on min4est) > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Shooting shooting stars
Since it didn't terribly matter exactly where I was aiming my lens, I used lightroom's panorama feature to string a bunch together including my one meteor, which gave me 16291x2704: https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/20320189520/sizes/o It seems as if my FA31 and FA77 focus at infinity all of the way at the stop. I tried focusing by aiming a green laser at the trees at the distance. Does anyone know what nebula I captured? It's about halfway between the trees and the right edge of the photo. Larry Colen wrote: It seems as if the Perseids will be in full swing this week. Does anyone have any advice borne of experience for photographing them? I suspect that a lot of short exposures will have the advantage of running at a higher ISO and making it easier to capture a dimmer transient event. Then there is the question of darkfield frames. Astrotracer or not? Optimal focal length? -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com (postbox on min4est) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT: Some interesting older photographs
Good selection. Thanks Dan. The guy testing the football helmet cracks me up. Chris On 12 August 2015 at 13:59, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: > http://www.earthlymission.com/rarely-seen-enchanted-moments-of-us-history-megapost/ > > Dan Matyola > http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Shooting shooting stars
Darren Addy wrote: High ISO does not really help you that much... I wouldn't recommend over 800 ISO. You can leave your shutter open as long as you like (well, until you start recording the sky fog/background light). Then you aren't gaining anything by exposing longer because as the stars get more exposure, so does the background. Your histogram should be JUST off the left side. In fact, the higher ISO actually hurts you because you will pick up your skyfog sooner (with a shorter exposure) and you want long exposures to capture meteors while your shutter is open. (Murphy's Law of Meteor photography is that the best meteors will happen while the shutter is closed.) That is what happened to me last year. An amazing meteor, where my camera was pointing, while it was doing a darkfield image. However I will propose a couple of counterpoints. The first is that it doesn't matter how long the shutter is open, what matters is the duty cycle. You want the shutter open for the highest percentage of time. As to ISO, I have found that the meteors are brief and dim, so exposing longer doesn't make them brighter, it just makes everything around them brighter. You just want enough sensitivity that they show up well at the aperture that you can use. You don't care if the stars are pinpoint or tracks because the meteors will be long lines that are evident against them. If you ALSO want pinpoint stars, then you need some sort of a tracker (most of them require polar alignment). I've been using my astrotracer. The most important ingredients are a fast lens and WIDE angle sky coverage. (A corollary to Murphy's Law of Meteor Photography is that, if you shutter is open, the best meteors will happen outside your field of view). This is one reason that the lens I most want to add to my collection is the Samyang/Rokinon 16mm f/2. I want the sigma 18-35/1.8 because being autofocus it would work with my astrotracer. On Wed, Aug 12, 2015 at 5:53 AM, Knarf wrote: Cool! Cheers, frank On 12 August, 2015 3:29:01 AM EDT, Larry Colen wrote: I caught one meteor: http://www.fluidr.com/photos/ellarsee/sets/72157657118069972/ Larry Colen wrote: It seems as if the Perseids will be in full swing this week. Does anyone have any advice borne of experience for photographing them? I suspect that a lot of short exposures will have the advantage of running at a higher ISO and making it easier to capture a dimmer transient event. Then there is the question of darkfield frames. Astrotracer or not? Optimal focal length? -- Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com (postbox on min4est) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT: If the Titanic Sunk Tiday
Right on the money, frank! :-) Godfrey > On Aug 12, 2015, at 8:53 AM, Knarf wrote: > > Actually the cartoon got it wrong. Everyone would be facing ~away~ from the > floundering vessel, taking selfies with the bobbing boat in the background. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Why people didn't smile in old photographs
They're actually talking about photos that aren't quite *that* old. On 8/12/2015 11:51 AM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: Because they had to stay perfectly still for quite a period of time, and it is impossible to smile naturally for that length. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Wed, Aug 12, 2015 at 11:27 AM, Mark Roberts wrote: http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/aug/12/why-dont-people-smile-old-photographs-google-answer --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT: If the Titanic Sunk Tiday
Actually the cartoon got it wrong. Everyone would be facing ~away~ from the floundering vessel, taking selfies with the bobbing boat in the background. Cheers, frank On 10 August, 2015 6:40:30 PM EDT, Bob W-PDML wrote: >You're all arguing about the wrong thing. Question is, is the boat the >iTanic or the less well-known Samsunk? > >B > > > >> On 10 Aug 2015, at 22:57, Igor PDML-StR wrote: >> >> >> HAR! >> [The bait worked! :-) ] >> >> Well, we know that Samsung stole Apple patents, or was it the other >way around? It depends one which country you are in... In any case, all >those phones all look the same... >> >> >> On a serious note, - I would argue that the phone in the cartoon >looks closer to Samsung than to iPhone. >> See for yourself by comparing iPhones and Samsung Galaxy s5: >> >http://blogs-images.forbes.com/gordonkelly/files/2014/08/iphone-models.jpg >> http://goo.gl/Iy8kcr >> >> ... and I see Larry just made the same argument... >> >> Igor >> >> >> Godfrey DiGiorgi Mon, 10 Aug 2015 14:38:20 -0700 wrote: >> >> Oh, couldn't you tell? Those *were* all Samsung phones. >> Yeah, they look just like Apple iPhones ... >> >> >>> >>> On 8/10/2015 8:50 AM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: >>> >>> http://themetapicture.com/if-the-titanic-sunk-today/ >>> >>> >>> -- Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Why people didn't smile in old photographs
Because they had to stay perfectly still for quite a period of time, and it is impossible to smile naturally for that length. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Wed, Aug 12, 2015 at 11:27 AM, Mark Roberts wrote: > http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/aug/12/why-dont-people-smile-old-photographs-google-answer > > > --- > This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. > https://www.avast.com/antivirus > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Why people didn't smile in old photographs
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Re: PESO: Flickr goes nuts over a pretty pedestrian shot
Jostling made me laugh. :-) I've never figured out the magic combination that nets a Flickr Explore rating. Never bothered to try either, it's simply unimportant. Godfrey > On Aug 12, 2015, at 8:07 AM, Jostein Øksne wrote: > > Darn, with that thread title I thought this was about a pretty girl on a > sidewalk. > > Jostein > > Den 11. august 2015 15.43.02 CEST, skrev Darren Addy : >> If one thing is certain it is that I don't understand how Flickr >> chooses images for Explore. I think my "Alien Jellyfish Lift-Off" is >> my best shot from my last chase and instead Flickr takes this >> pedestrian image and puts it in Explore. They must be more >> color/thumbnail oriented. >> >> https://www.flickr.com/photos/pixelsmithy/20454925482/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO: Flickr goes nuts over a pretty pedestrian shot
Darn, with that thread title I thought this was about a pretty girl on a sidewalk. Jostein Den 11. august 2015 15.43.02 CEST, skrev Darren Addy : >If one thing is certain it is that I don't understand how Flickr >chooses images for Explore. I think my "Alien Jellyfish Lift-Off" is >my best shot from my last chase and instead Flickr takes this >pedestrian image and puts it in Explore. They must be more >color/thumbnail oriented. > >https://www.flickr.com/photos/pixelsmithy/20454925482/ > >Comments and criticism welcome in equal measure. -- Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT: If the Titanic Sunk Tiday
Bob W-PDML Mon, 10 Aug 2015 15:41:05 -0700 wrote: > > You're all arguing about the wrong thing. Question is, is the boat the iTanic > or the less well-known Samsunk? > > B Amusing as always! However, I don't know that I was arguing about anything, Bob. Just responding to the usual meaningless, snarky comment by Igor in what I hoped was a wry and amusing way. G -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Geso, jays in flight
On Wed, Aug 12, 2015 at 10:17 AM, Steve Cottrell wrote: > On 12/8/15, David J Brooks, discombobulated, unleashed: > >>Yes i am.:-) >>At 2.8 or even 3.2 i'll have to play around with a pre focus point, as >>they come in from a bit of an angle to my right, thus the higher ap >>values like 5.6 and 6.3 to give my more in focus area but a poor back >>drop. Practice, we talking about practice here. >>Dave > > And money - you've got to buy a 600mm f/2.8 lens (or at a pinch we'll > let you off the hook with an f/4 version) Liz, get in here and read this email. Cotty says so. Dave > > :-D > > -- > > > Cheers, > Cotty > > > ___/\__Broadcast, Corporate, > || (O) |Web Video Production > -- > _ > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ York Region, Ontario, Canada -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Geso, jays in flight
On 12/8/15, David J Brooks, discombobulated, unleashed: >Yes i am.:-) >At 2.8 or even 3.2 i'll have to play around with a pre focus point, as >they come in from a bit of an angle to my right, thus the higher ap >values like 5.6 and 6.3 to give my more in focus area but a poor back >drop. Practice, we talking about practice here. >Dave And money - you've got to buy a 600mm f/2.8 lens (or at a pinch we'll let you off the hook with an f/4 version) :-D -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__Broadcast, Corporate, || (O) |Web Video Production -- _ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO: Wienermobile
On 8/11/2015 4:15 PM, Bob W-PDML wrote: On 11 Aug 2015, at 21:07, mike wilson wrote: On 11 August 2015 at 19:59, Bob W-PDML wrote: On 11 Aug 2015, at 17:43, Knarf wrote: No. In fact I had no idea that Frank N. Furter was a Rocky Horror thing. I mean I knew I'd pilfered it but I didn't know from where. ;-) I believe that I'm the only person I've ever met who's seen neither the movie nor the stage show. I haven't seen either of them. I haven't seen Star Wars either, not all the way through. While we're in confession mode: I've never seen a Bond film all the way through. He wins, and gets the girl B Not if he's played by George Lazenby. -- I don't want to achieve immortality through my work; I want to achieve immortality through not dying. -- Woody Allen -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Shooting shooting stars
The 3rd Corollary of Murphy's Law for Meteor Photography states that, "If you switch your camera postitoning to capture a more active portion of the sky, the field of view you just left will become active and your new field of view will become inactive." On Wed, Aug 12, 2015 at 8:36 AM, Darren Addy wrote: > High ISO does not really help you that much... I wouldn't recommend > over 800 ISO. You can leave your shutter open as long as you like > (well, until you start recording the sky fog/background light). Then > you aren't gaining anything by exposing longer because as the stars > get more exposure, so does the background. Your histogram should be > JUST off the left side. In fact, the higher ISO actually hurts you > because you will pick up your skyfog sooner (with a shorter exposure) > and you want long exposures to capture meteors while your shutter is > open. (Murphy's Law of Meteor photography is that the best meteors > will happen while the shutter is closed.) > > You don't care if the stars are pinpoint or tracks because the meteors > will be long lines that are evident against them. If you ALSO want > pinpoint stars, then you need some sort of a tracker (most of them > require polar alignment). > > The most important ingredients are a fast lens and WIDE angle sky > coverage. (A corollary to Murphy's Law of Meteor Photography is that, > if you shutter is open, the best meteors will happen outside your > field of view). > > This is one reason that the lens I most want to add to my collection > is the Samyang/Rokinon 16mm f/2. > > On Wed, Aug 12, 2015 at 5:53 AM, Knarf wrote: >> Cool! >> >> Cheers, >> >> frank >> >> On 12 August, 2015 3:29:01 AM EDT, Larry Colen wrote: >>>I caught one meteor: >>>http://www.fluidr.com/photos/ellarsee/sets/72157657118069972/ >>> >>>Larry Colen wrote: It seems as if the Perseids will be in full swing this week. Does >>>anyone have any advice borne of experience for photographing them? I suspect that a lot of short exposures will have the advantage of running at a higher ISO and making it easier to capture a dimmer transient event. Then there is the question of darkfield frames. Astrotracer or not? Optimal focal length? >> >> -- >> Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> PDML@pdml.net >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. > > > > -- > Life is too short to put up with bad bokeh. -- Life is too short to put up with bad bokeh. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Geso, jays in flight
On 8/12/2015 8:27 AM, David J Brooks wrote: On Wed, Aug 12, 2015 at 8:10 AM, Steve Cottrell wrote: On 11/8/15, Ken Waller, discombobulated, unleashed: A 600mm should solve the lens issue ! Yup f/2.8 should do it. At a pinch an f/4. You getting this Dave Yes i am.:-) At 2.8 or even 3.2 i'll have to play around with a pre focus point, as they come in from a bit of an angle to my right, thus the higher ap values like 5.6 and 6.3 to give my more in focus area but a poor back drop. Practice, we talking about practice here. Dave Or maybe plant some ivy along that wall & let nature soften the backdrop for you. -- Science - Questions we may never find answers for. Religion - Answers we must never question. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Shooting shooting stars
High ISO does not really help you that much... I wouldn't recommend over 800 ISO. You can leave your shutter open as long as you like (well, until you start recording the sky fog/background light). Then you aren't gaining anything by exposing longer because as the stars get more exposure, so does the background. Your histogram should be JUST off the left side. In fact, the higher ISO actually hurts you because you will pick up your skyfog sooner (with a shorter exposure) and you want long exposures to capture meteors while your shutter is open. (Murphy's Law of Meteor photography is that the best meteors will happen while the shutter is closed.) You don't care if the stars are pinpoint or tracks because the meteors will be long lines that are evident against them. If you ALSO want pinpoint stars, then you need some sort of a tracker (most of them require polar alignment). The most important ingredients are a fast lens and WIDE angle sky coverage. (A corollary to Murphy's Law of Meteor Photography is that, if you shutter is open, the best meteors will happen outside your field of view). This is one reason that the lens I most want to add to my collection is the Samyang/Rokinon 16mm f/2. On Wed, Aug 12, 2015 at 5:53 AM, Knarf wrote: > Cool! > > Cheers, > > frank > > On 12 August, 2015 3:29:01 AM EDT, Larry Colen wrote: >>I caught one meteor: >>http://www.fluidr.com/photos/ellarsee/sets/72157657118069972/ >> >>Larry Colen wrote: >>> It seems as if the Perseids will be in full swing this week. Does >>anyone >>> have any advice borne of experience for photographing them? >>> >>> I suspect that a lot of short exposures will have the advantage of >>> running at a higher ISO and making it easier to capture a dimmer >>> transient event. Then there is the question of darkfield frames. >>> >>> Astrotracer or not? Optimal focal length? >>> > > -- > Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- Life is too short to put up with bad bokeh. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
OT: Some interesting older photographs
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Re: PESO: Good for Driving in the Night
Joke. Did you ever see Mel Brook's Young Frankenstein? Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Wed, Aug 12, 2015 at 2:58 AM, David Mann wrote: > Ware wolf? Do they live in warehouses? > > Cheers, > Dave > >> On Aug 12, 2015, at 6:34 am, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: >> >> On Tue, Aug 11, 2015 at 2:33 PM, Jack Davis wrote: >>> Ya' wanta' be a cool dude, ware shades at nigh >> >> Ware Shades? >> >> Ware Wolf? >> >> Their Wolf! >> >> Dan Matyola >> http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> PDML@pdml.net >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Geso, jays in flight
On Wed, Aug 12, 2015 at 8:10 AM, Steve Cottrell wrote: > On 11/8/15, Ken Waller, discombobulated, unleashed: > >>A 600mm should solve the lens issue ! Yup > > f/2.8 should do it. At a pinch an f/4. You getting this Dave Yes i am.:-) At 2.8 or even 3.2 i'll have to play around with a pre focus point, as they come in from a bit of an angle to my right, thus the higher ap values like 5.6 and 6.3 to give my more in focus area but a poor back drop. Practice, we talking about practice here. Dave > > -- > > > Cheers, > Cotty > > > ___/\__Broadcast, Corporate, > || (O) |Web Video Production > -- > _ > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ York Region, Ontario, Canada -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Geso, jays in flight
On 11/8/15, Ken Waller, discombobulated, unleashed: >A 600mm should solve the lens issue ! f/2.8 should do it. At a pinch an f/4. You getting this Dave -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__Broadcast, Corporate, || (O) |Web Video Production -- _ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Geso, jays in flight
On 11/8/15, Ken Waller, discombobulated, unleashed: >And WD = ? War Department. The Mrs !! -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__Broadcast, Corporate, || (O) |Web Video Production -- _ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Shooting shooting stars
Cool! Cheers, frank On 12 August, 2015 3:29:01 AM EDT, Larry Colen wrote: >I caught one meteor: >http://www.fluidr.com/photos/ellarsee/sets/72157657118069972/ > >Larry Colen wrote: >> It seems as if the Perseids will be in full swing this week. Does >anyone >> have any advice borne of experience for photographing them? >> >> I suspect that a lot of short exposures will have the advantage of >> running at a higher ISO and making it easier to capture a dimmer >> transient event. Then there is the question of darkfield frames. >> >> Astrotracer or not? Optimal focal length? >> -- Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Shooting shooting stars
I caught one meteor: http://www.fluidr.com/photos/ellarsee/sets/72157657118069972/ Larry Colen wrote: It seems as if the Perseids will be in full swing this week. Does anyone have any advice borne of experience for photographing them? I suspect that a lot of short exposures will have the advantage of running at a higher ISO and making it easier to capture a dimmer transient event. Then there is the question of darkfield frames. Astrotracer or not? Optimal focal length? -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com (postbox on min4est) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
