Re: PESO - Crested Treehopper

[Daniel J. Matyola]

Yet another awesome image!

Dan Matyola
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On Tue, Sep 22, 2015 at 9:42 PM, Mark C  wrote:
> http://www.markcassino.com/b2evolution/index.php/crested-treehopper
>
> Haven't been doing too many insect stacked focus macros lately - mostly
> because I want to spend my free time outdoors. Here's a treehopper collected
> earlier this summer.
>
> K01 and reverse mounted DFA 50mm f2.8 macro.
>
> Comments welcome!
>
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Re: PESO: The Monarch

[Daniel J. Matyola]

Thanks, Jack and John.

I think you are correct, John.  All the generations seem to be
short-lived, except the one that makes the great migration.
One of the things on my bucket list, right after the polar bears of
Churchill, is the Monarch gathering in Mexico.

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On Tue, Sep 22, 2015 at 2:09 PM, John  wrote:
> On 9/22/2015 12:17 AM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote:
>>
>> This weekend, the monarchs returned to our butterfly bushes.  They
>> seem to be darker orange than those that visited here earlier in the
>> year, which seemed more yellowish than white, especially at midday.  I
>> wonder if it is age or diet or just different lighting that make the
>> apparent colors vary.
>>
>> http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=18092952
>> K-5 II S, FA 100mm 2.8 macro
>>
>> Comments are invited.
>>
>> Dan Matyola
>> http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola
>>
>
> ... or perhaps D: all or the above.
>
> According to Wikipedia, 5 generations separate the Monarchs that migrate
> north from Mexico in the spring and those that return there in the fall.
>
> I'm guessing you saw second generation Monarchs last spring and these
> are third or fourth generation Monarchs returning south.
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Re: PESO - Crested Treehopper

[ann sanfedele]

He's very cute - looks like a friendly alien.

ann

On 9/23/2015 12:51 AM, Knarf wrote:

Usual coolness. Love it!

Cheers,

frank

On 22 September, 2015 9:42:50 PM EDT, Mark C  wrote:

http://www.markcassino.com/b2evolution/index.php/crested-treehopper

Haven't been doing too many insect stacked focus macros lately - mostly

because I want to spend my free time outdoors. Here's a treehopper
collected earlier this summer.

K01 and reverse mounted DFA 50mm f2.8 macro.

Comments welcome!

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PESO - "selfie"on world photo day

[ann sanfedele]

aka reflections in a Koonsrabbit

https://annsan.smugmug.com/On-the-Road-or-On-Foot/2015-and-all-that/i-C2Kkdpd/A

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Re: Selfies: The death toll (really)

[Igor PDML-StR]

You never know, - maybe they are aiming at getting a Darwin award.

Thank you, Mark, I've seen some of those, but I really enjoyed the
last, CATastrophic image.

Igor

Mark Roberts Wed, 23 Sep 2015 09:28:39 -0700 wrote:

http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/sep/22/live-grenades-bull-chases-clifftops-selfies-death-toll


This is why you should learn to use Photoshop, so you don't need to do
this stupid stuff for real.


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Selfies: The death toll (really)

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http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/sep/22/live-grenades-bull-chases-clifftops-selfies-death-toll

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Re: Total Lunar Eclipse

[Alan C]

Really, I don't know what all the fuss is about, unless perhaps you are a 
statistician or just plain superstitious. A so called Super-Moon occurs if 
the full moon is approximately at the closest point to earth on it's 
slightly elliptical orbit. It appears slightly brighter than normal but the 
difference is hardly noticeable. A lunar eclipse occurs if the full moon 
passes through the shadow cast behind the earth by the sun.  It all depends 
on the alignment of the three celestial bodies. On average, the alignment is 
right twice a year. The odds of a total eclipse coinciding with a Super-Moon 
is quite small. A partial eclipse is quite widely visible but the total 
eclipse is only visible in a fairly narrow band. The term "Blood Moon" 
arises because, at totality, the moon is illuminated only by red light 
refracted through the earth's atmosphere.


Mind you, it still remains a sight to behold. Imagine if the Earth had 10 
moons!


Alan C

-Original Message- 
From: David Mann

Sent: Wednesday, September 23, 2015 7:17 AM
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Subject: Re: Total Lunar Eclipse

The media here said it’s going to be a supermoon as well.  We don’t get to 
see the eclipse here :(


Cheers,
Dave

On Sep 23, 2015, at 7:18 am, Daniel J. Matyola  
wrote:


From an email I received this afternoon:


Total Lunar Eclipse!

On the evening of September 27th, skywatchers throughout North America
will be treated to one of nature’s grandest celestial sky shows – a
total eclipse of the Moon. And unlike the one in April which occurred
in the early predawn hours, this one will happen during convenient
evening ones.

This cosmic spectacular begins with the full Moon entering the Earth’s
dark inner shadow (the “umbra”) at 9:06 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time and
continuing to become ever-more fully immersed in it for the next hour.
Totality itself will start at 10:11 p.m. EDT and last more than an
hour until 11:23 EDT, after which the Moon begins to slowly emerge
from the cone of darkness in reverse order. Adding to the beauty of
the overall scene at this eclipse (especially during totality itself,
while the sky is dark), the Moon will be accompanied by some of the
early rising bright winter stars. (Use your Scientifics’ Star and
Planet Locator to identify them)

There are several interesting things to notice as you watch this event
unfold. Most obvious are the darkness of the eclipsed Moon and the
range of colors displayed, both of which vary from one eclipse to
another. These depend on the clarity of the Earth’s atmosphere at the
time, which refracts or bends sunlight around into the umbral shadow.
There have actually been eclipses so dark that the Moon remained
all-but invisible during totality — and ones so pale that you had to
look carefully to see that there was even an eclipse in progress!
Among the colors that have been seen are shades of reddish-orange,
brown, copper, rose, and even blood-red. Notice, too, that the Earth’s
shadow is curved at all phases of the eclipse, as the Moon passes
through it. This is direct proof that the Earth itself is round —
something recognized by many early skywatchers. And finally, realize
that you’re actually seeing our lovely satellite move eastward in its
orbit — as it first passes into, through, and then out of the shadow
at roughly its own diameter each hour.

While lunar eclipses can certainly be enjoyed with the unaided eye
alone (as they have been throughout most of history!), they are
best-seen in binoculars. An ideal pair for this would be a 7×50 or
10×50 glass, the first number indicating its magnification and the
second the aperture in millimeters. Telescopes themselves, with their
relatively narrow fields of view, typically don’t provide enough sky
coverage around the Moon to get the full effect of its globe being
suspended in space. An exception here, however, is Scientifics’
amazing Astroscan wide-field reflecting telescope. Providing a
3-degree actual field of view at it low magnification of 16x, it takes
in an astounding six full-Moon-diameters of sky — something many have
described as looking through the porthole of a spaceship!

—James Mullaney
Former assistant editor at Sky & Telescope magazine and author of 10
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Re: Total Lunar Eclipse

[John]

It's also supposed to be a "super-moon". Not sure how much good it's
going to do for me though.

Local forecast: Cloudy skies with patchy drizzle and light rain.

I'll give it a shot, but I ain't expecting much.

On 9/22/2015 3:18 PM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote:

 From an email I received this afternoon:


Total Lunar Eclipse!

On the evening of September 27th, skywatchers throughout North America
will be treated to one of nature’s grandest celestial sky shows – a
total eclipse of the Moon. And unlike the one in April which occurred
in the early predawn hours, this one will happen during convenient
evening ones.

This cosmic spectacular begins with the full Moon entering the Earth’s
dark inner shadow (the “umbra”) at 9:06 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time and
continuing to become ever-more fully immersed in it for the next hour.
Totality itself will start at 10:11 p.m. EDT and last more than an
hour until 11:23 EDT, after which the Moon begins to slowly emerge
from the cone of darkness in reverse order. Adding to the beauty of
the overall scene at this eclipse (especially during totality itself,
while the sky is dark), the Moon will be accompanied by some of the
early rising bright winter stars. (Use your Scientifics’ Star and
Planet Locator to identify them)

There are several interesting things to notice as you watch this event
unfold. Most obvious are the darkness of the eclipsed Moon and the
range of colors displayed, both of which vary from one eclipse to
another. These depend on the clarity of the Earth’s atmosphere at the
time, which refracts or bends sunlight around into the umbral shadow.
There have actually been eclipses so dark that the Moon remained
all-but invisible during totality — and ones so pale that you had to
look carefully to see that there was even an eclipse in progress!
Among the colors that have been seen are shades of reddish-orange,
brown, copper, rose, and even blood-red. Notice, too, that the Earth’s
shadow is curved at all phases of the eclipse, as the Moon passes
through it. This is direct proof that the Earth itself is round —
something recognized by many early skywatchers. And finally, realize
that you’re actually seeing our lovely satellite move eastward in its
orbit — as it first passes into, through, and then out of the shadow
at roughly its own diameter each hour.

While lunar eclipses can certainly be enjoyed with the unaided eye
alone (as they have been throughout most of history!), they are
best-seen in binoculars. An ideal pair for this would be a 7×50 or
10×50 glass, the first number indicating its magnification and the
second the aperture in millimeters. Telescopes themselves, with their
relatively narrow fields of view, typically don’t provide enough sky
coverage around the Moon to get the full effect of its globe being
suspended in space. An exception here, however, is Scientifics’
amazing Astroscan wide-field reflecting telescope. Providing a
3-degree actual field of view at it low magnification of 16x, it takes
in an astounding six full-Moon-diameters of sky — something many have
described as looking through the porthole of a spaceship!

—James Mullaney
Former assistant editor at Sky & Telescope magazine and author of 10
books on stargazing.

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Re: Total Lunar Eclipse

[John]

It's just that when the "supermoon" lines up with the earth's shadow for
a total eclipse you get a deeper, more satisfying eclipse experience.

IF you have good weather to see it.

On 9/23/2015 3:30 AM, Alan C wrote:

Really, I don't know what all the fuss is about, unless perhaps you are
a statistician or just plain superstitious. A so called Super-Moon
occurs if the full moon is approximately at the closest point to earth
on it's slightly elliptical orbit. It appears slightly brighter than
normal but the difference is hardly noticeable. A lunar eclipse occurs
if the full moon passes through the shadow cast behind the earth by the
sun.  It all depends on the alignment of the three celestial bodies. On
average, the alignment is right twice a year. The odds of a total
eclipse coinciding with a Super-Moon is quite small. A partial eclipse
is quite widely visible but the total eclipse is only visible in a
fairly narrow band. The term "Blood Moon" arises because, at totality,
the moon is illuminated only by red light refracted through the earth's
atmosphere.

Mind you, it still remains a sight to behold. Imagine if the Earth had
10 moons!

Alan C

-Original Message- From: David Mann
Sent: Wednesday, September 23, 2015 7:17 AM
To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List
Subject: Re: Total Lunar Eclipse

The media here said it’s going to be a supermoon as well.  We don’t get
to see the eclipse here :(

Cheers,
Dave


On Sep 23, 2015, at 7:18 am, Daniel J. Matyola 
wrote:

From an email I received this afternoon:


Total Lunar Eclipse!

On the evening of September 27th, skywatchers throughout North America
will be treated to one of nature’s grandest celestial sky shows – a
total eclipse of the Moon. And unlike the one in April which occurred
in the early predawn hours, this one will happen during convenient
evening ones.

This cosmic spectacular begins with the full Moon entering the Earth’s
dark inner shadow (the “umbra”) at 9:06 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time and
continuing to become ever-more fully immersed in it for the next hour.
Totality itself will start at 10:11 p.m. EDT and last more than an
hour until 11:23 EDT, after which the Moon begins to slowly emerge
from the cone of darkness in reverse order. Adding to the beauty of
the overall scene at this eclipse (especially during totality itself,
while the sky is dark), the Moon will be accompanied by some of the
early rising bright winter stars. (Use your Scientifics’ Star and
Planet Locator to identify them)

There are several interesting things to notice as you watch this event
unfold. Most obvious are the darkness of the eclipsed Moon and the
range of colors displayed, both of which vary from one eclipse to
another. These depend on the clarity of the Earth’s atmosphere at the
time, which refracts or bends sunlight around into the umbral shadow.
There have actually been eclipses so dark that the Moon remained
all-but invisible during totality — and ones so pale that you had to
look carefully to see that there was even an eclipse in progress!
Among the colors that have been seen are shades of reddish-orange,
brown, copper, rose, and even blood-red. Notice, too, that the Earth’s
shadow is curved at all phases of the eclipse, as the Moon passes
through it. This is direct proof that the Earth itself is round —
something recognized by many early skywatchers. And finally, realize
that you’re actually seeing our lovely satellite move eastward in its
orbit — as it first passes into, through, and then out of the shadow
at roughly its own diameter each hour.

While lunar eclipses can certainly be enjoyed with the unaided eye
alone (as they have been throughout most of history!), they are
best-seen in binoculars. An ideal pair for this would be a 7×50 or
10×50 glass, the first number indicating its magnification and the
second the aperture in millimeters. Telescopes themselves, with their
relatively narrow fields of view, typically don’t provide enough sky
coverage around the Moon to get the full effect of its globe being
suspended in space. An exception here, however, is Scientifics’
amazing Astroscan wide-field reflecting telescope. Providing a
3-degree actual field of view at it low magnification of 16x, it takes
in an astounding six full-Moon-diameters of sky — something many have
described as looking through the porthole of a spaceship!

—James Mullaney
Former assistant editor at Sky & Telescope magazine and author of 10
books on stargazing.

Dan Matyola
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Re: Selfies: The death toll (really)

[Bob W-PDML]

"the 2015 death toll so far caused by selfies gone wrong is now higher than 
that for shark attacks, which is recorded at eight."

Next time I go to the seaside I'm going to take a selfie with a shark

B

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> http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/sep/22/live-grenades-bull-chases-clifftops-selfies-death-toll
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> This is why you should learn to use Photoshop, so you don't need to do
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Re: Anybody have experience with Silver Halide prints?

[John]

On 9/23/2015 4:45 PM, Mark Roberts wrote:

John wrote:


On 9/22/2015 6:30 PM, Darren Addy wrote:

While looking for cheap 8x10 prints for my employer I tripped across
sharpprints.com. Their prices of $14.95 for 24 x 36 prints sort of
knocked my socks off. Looking into it a bit further they use a
Chromira Pro Lab silver halide printer. Googling that led me to this
discussion of how they are softer than traditional inkjet prints:
http://forum.luminous-landscape.com/index.php?topic=69349.0
(although it is possible that the technology has improved since that
discussion).

Just curious if anyone has any opinions/experience with Silver Halide prints.



Anyone who has ever developed a print in a darkroom has *some*
experience with silver halide prints.

Ditto anyone who ever got 4x6 color prints from a mini-lab.


Minilab prints were chromogenic prints. No silver involved.




Have to have silver for the dye couplers to latch on to. The silver gets
bleached out later, but it has to be there to form the initial image.

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Re: Selfies: The death toll (really)

[Paul]

A year or so ago a guy from our fair city was killed while on a 
motorcycling vacation in one of the Western states. The last image on 
the card in his camera was of the curve that he missed...


-p

On 9/23/2015 2:38 PM, Bob W-PDML wrote:

"the 2015 death toll so far caused by selfies gone wrong is now higher than that for 
shark attacks, which is recorded at eight."

Next time I go to the seaside I'm going to take a selfie with a shark

B


On 23 Sep 2015, at 17:26, Mark Roberts  wrote:

http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/sep/22/live-grenades-bull-chases-clifftops-selfies-death-toll

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Re: Anybody have experience with Silver Halide prints?

[Mark C]

I think there is some creative renaming of the process used in making 
these prints. In the past I would have called a Fuji Crystal Archive a 
"chromogenic" print, which I would consider to be the more precise 
definition of what it is. But it seems that they are now being called 
"Silver Halide prints" since silver halide is the magic ingredient that 
makes chromogenic prints  happen. Even Fuji describes its paper as a 
"silver halide paper."


But then Iflochrome / Cibachrome prints and B prints also are based on 
silver halide


In the past I would have called a print on Crystal Archive a 
"chromogenic print" and reserved "silver halide" for B prints.


Mark


On 9/23/2015 4:45 PM, Mark Roberts wrote:

John wrote:


Ditto anyone who ever got 4x6 color prints from a mini-lab.
Minilab prints were chromogenic prints. No silver involved.
  



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Re: Selfies: The death toll (really)

[John]

On 9/23/2015 12:25 PM, Mark Roberts wrote:

http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/sep/22/live-grenades-bull-chases-clifftops-selfies-death-toll

This is why you should learn to use Photoshop, so you don't need to do
this stupid stuff for real.




I'm pretty sure people were killing themselves doing stupid stuff before
the camera-phone was invented.

Otherwise the redneck epitaph "Hey y'all ... watch this!" wouldn't be a
cliché.

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Re: PESO - Crested Treehopper

[Mark C]

Thanks, Jack! Much appreciated.

On 9/22/2015 11:07 PM, Jack Davis wrote:

Nicely done and in Halloween tones.
Seriously well done, Mark C.

J

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Sent: Tuesday, September 22, 2015 6:42:50 PM
Subject: PESO - Crested Treehopper

http://www.markcassino.com/b2evolution/index.php/crested-treehopper

Haven't been doing too many insect stacked focus macros lately - mostly
because I want to spend my free time outdoors. Here's a treehopper
collected earlier this summer.

K01 and reverse mounted DFA 50mm f2.8 macro.

Comments welcome!

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Re: Anybody have experience with Silver Halide prints?

[Mark Roberts]

P.J. Alling wrote:


>Pretty much any light sensitive imaging process has silver involved 
>primarily for three reasons, because the chemistry is well understood as 
>well as it's being more light sensitive than most, in fact IIRC, all 
>other similar processes, and easily the least expensive, (priced 
>Platinum lately), especially if you recover the waste silver.


Good point. The minilabs probably did the silver recycling
automatically. Although they may have switched to silverless dye
sublimation processes at some point, it would have been after I worked
in a shop with a minilab.
 
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Peso-No Way!

[Jack Davis]

Decided to try salvaging a snag of Hank's Place. This may not be it, but 
it does seem to leave an opening for inconclusive thought.

C?

Thanks!

J

http://photolightimages.com/aspupload/detail.asp?ID=976

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Re: Anybody have experience with Silver Halide prints?

[Darren Addy]

So just a little follow-up here. I asked sharpprints.com what sort of
paper they used. Their reply:
"We use Fuji Crystal Archive Paper, Lustre or Glossy Finish, we also
have  Kodak Endura Metallic Finish Paper"

I asked how they were shipped. Their reply: "We ship 1-3 large format
prints in a tube, larger orders we ship flat."

Shipping: " We have a flat rate of $8.95 for orders smaller than
16x20. The cost of 16x20's and larger would be $14.95-$19.95 depending
on quantity and size of prints."

Also, I've found that 3M brand 568 Positionable Mounting Adhesive is
one way to mount prints to various substrates these days. It comes in
11", 16", or 24" wide (50 ft.) rolls. Reading the reviews on Amazon is
a good way to get some tips for using it successfully. It's not cheap,
but $90 to do up to sixteen 24x36 prints isn't horrible either.

On Wed, Sep 23, 2015 at 3:45 PM, Mark Roberts
 wrote:
> John wrote:
>
>>On 9/22/2015 6:30 PM, Darren Addy wrote:
>>> While looking for cheap 8x10 prints for my employer I tripped across
>>> sharpprints.com. Their prices of $14.95 for 24 x 36 prints sort of
>>> knocked my socks off. Looking into it a bit further they use a
>>> Chromira Pro Lab silver halide printer. Googling that led me to this
>>> discussion of how they are softer than traditional inkjet prints:
>>> http://forum.luminous-landscape.com/index.php?topic=69349.0
>>> (although it is possible that the technology has improved since that
>>> discussion).
>>>
>>> Just curious if anyone has any opinions/experience with Silver Halide 
>>> prints.
>>>
>>
>>Anyone who has ever developed a print in a darkroom has *some*
>>experience with silver halide prints.
>>
>>Ditto anyone who ever got 4x6 color prints from a mini-lab.
>
> Minilab prints were chromogenic prints. No silver involved.
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Re: Anybody have experience with Silver Halide prints?

[P.J. Alling]

On 9/23/2015 4:45 PM, Mark Roberts wrote:

John wrote:


On 9/22/2015 6:30 PM, Darren Addy wrote:

While looking for cheap 8x10 prints for my employer I tripped across
sharpprints.com. Their prices of $14.95 for 24 x 36 prints sort of
knocked my socks off. Looking into it a bit further they use a
Chromira Pro Lab silver halide printer. Googling that led me to this
discussion of how they are softer than traditional inkjet prints:
http://forum.luminous-landscape.com/index.php?topic=69349.0
(although it is possible that the technology has improved since that
discussion).

Just curious if anyone has any opinions/experience with Silver Halide prints.


Anyone who has ever developed a print in a darkroom has *some*
experience with silver halide prints.

Ditto anyone who ever got 4x6 color prints from a mini-lab.

Minilab prints were chromogenic prints. No silver involved.
  
I can't think of a traditional color print material that doesn't use 
silver, just as with color film, the silver is leached out and replaced 
with dyes during the development process.  That process was replaced by 
inkjet prints in later years, so yes there's no silver involved in mini 
labs now.


Pretty much any light sensitive imaging process has silver involved 
primarily for three reasons, because the chemistry is well understood as 
well as it's being more light sensitive than most, in fact IIRC, all 
other similar processes, and easily the least expensive, (priced 
Platinum lately), especially if you recover the waste silver.


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Re: Anybody have experience with Silver Halide prints?

[John]

On 9/22/2015 6:30 PM, Darren Addy wrote:

While looking for cheap 8x10 prints for my employer I tripped across
sharpprints.com. Their prices of $14.95 for 24 x 36 prints sort of
knocked my socks off. Looking into it a bit further they use a
Chromira Pro Lab silver halide printer. Googling that led me to this
discussion of how they are softer than traditional inkjet prints:
http://forum.luminous-landscape.com/index.php?topic=69349.0
(although it is possible that the technology has improved since that
discussion).

Just curious if anyone has any opinions/experience with Silver Halide prints.



Anyone who has ever developed a print in a darkroom has *some*
experience with silver halide prints.

Ditto anyone who ever got 4x6 color prints from a mini-lab.

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Re: Anybody have experience with Silver Halide prints?

[Mark Roberts]

John wrote:

>On 9/22/2015 6:30 PM, Darren Addy wrote:
>> While looking for cheap 8x10 prints for my employer I tripped across
>> sharpprints.com. Their prices of $14.95 for 24 x 36 prints sort of
>> knocked my socks off. Looking into it a bit further they use a
>> Chromira Pro Lab silver halide printer. Googling that led me to this
>> discussion of how they are softer than traditional inkjet prints:
>> http://forum.luminous-landscape.com/index.php?topic=69349.0
>> (although it is possible that the technology has improved since that
>> discussion).
>>
>> Just curious if anyone has any opinions/experience with Silver Halide prints.
>>
>
>Anyone who has ever developed a print in a darkroom has *some*
>experience with silver halide prints.
>
>Ditto anyone who ever got 4x6 color prints from a mini-lab.

Minilab prints were chromogenic prints. No silver involved.
 
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Re: Anybody have experience with Silver Halide prints?

[John]

On 9/22/2015 9:38 PM, Darren Addy wrote:

Great info Mark. Thanks!

I'm curious... what do people do with big prints these days? In the
"old days" there was dry mount. Then there was peel off self-stick
mount boards. But what do people do with larger prints like 24x36? I'm
dying to get a few of mine finally up on the walls.



I don't do that many large prints, but I still have a dry mount press &
can do up to 18x24 here at home.

I don't use it every day so my skills are a bit rusty. I usually pay a
local print shop to do the dry mounting for me. It costs a bit more than
doing it myself would, but not as much as it would if I screwed it up &
had to do it over again.

Large wall portraits that are going to be framed, I order already mounted.

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Re: PESO - Crested Treehopper

[ann sanfedele]

Yes Yoda ! that'sthe name.. ugh CRS

ann

On 9/23/2015 6:33 PM, Mark C wrote:

Friendly is he, like Yoda! :-) Thanks Ann.

On 9/23/2015 11:32 AM, ann sanfedele wrote:

He's very cute - looks like a friendly alien.

ann

On 9/23/2015 12:51 AM, Knarf wrote:

Usual coolness. Love it!

Cheers,

frank

On 22 September, 2015 9:42:50 PM EDT, Mark C  
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http://www.markcassino.com/b2evolution/index.php/crested-treehopper

Haven't been doing too many insect stacked focus macros lately - 
mostly


because I want to spend my free time outdoors. Here's a treehopper
collected earlier this summer.

K01 and reverse mounted DFA 50mm f2.8 macro.

Comments welcome!

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Re: Selfies: The death toll (really)

[Knarf]

I think the Darwin Awards should have a special "selfie category".

 Cheers,

frank

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>http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/sep/22/live-grenades-bull-chases-clifftops-selfies-death-toll
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>This is why you should learn to use Photoshop, so you don't need to do
>this stupid stuff for real.
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Re: Selfies: The death toll (really)

[Larry Colen]

Knarf wrote:

I think the Darwin Awards should have a special "selfie category".


How to simultaneously both achieve and prevent immortality.



  Cheers,

frank

On 23 September, 2015 12:25:55 PM EDT, Mark Roberts 
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http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/sep/22/live-grenades-bull-chases-clifftops-selfies-death-toll

This is why you should learn to use Photoshop, so you don't need to do
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Re: PESO - Crested Treehopper

[Mark C]

Thanks, Frank. I've shot a lot of bug but never knew about these 
"treehoppers" this this summer. They are pretty cool looking.


On 9/23/2015 12:51 AM, Knarf wrote:

Usual coolness. Love it!

Cheers,

frank

On 22 September, 2015 9:42:50 PM EDT, Mark C  wrote:

http://www.markcassino.com/b2evolution/index.php/crested-treehopper

Haven't been doing too many insect stacked focus macros lately - mostly

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K01 and reverse mounted DFA 50mm f2.8 macro.

Comments welcome!

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Re: PESO - Crested Treehopper

[Mark C]

Thanks, Dan!

On 9/23/2015 9:17 AM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote:

Yet another awesome image!

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


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http://www.markcassino.com/b2evolution/index.php/crested-treehopper

Haven't been doing too many insect stacked focus macros lately - mostly
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K01 and reverse mounted DFA 50mm f2.8 macro.

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Re: PESO - Crested Treehopper

[Mark C]

Friendly is he, like Yoda! :-) Thanks Ann.

On 9/23/2015 11:32 AM, ann sanfedele wrote:

He's very cute - looks like a friendly alien.

ann

On 9/23/2015 12:51 AM, Knarf wrote:

Usual coolness. Love it!

Cheers,

frank

On 22 September, 2015 9:42:50 PM EDT, Mark C  
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Haven't been doing too many insect stacked focus macros lately - mostly

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K01 and reverse mounted DFA 50mm f2.8 macro.

Comments welcome!

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Re: Anybody have experience with Silver Halide prints?

[Bill]

On 9/22/2015 6:30 PM, Darren Addy wrote:

While looking for cheap 8x10 prints for my employer I tripped across
sharpprints.com. Their prices of $14.95 for 24 x 36 prints sort of
knocked my socks off. Looking into it a bit further they use a
Chromira Pro Lab silver halide printer. Googling that led me to this
discussion of how they are softer than traditional inkjet prints:
http://forum.luminous-landscape.com/index.php?topic=69349.0
(although it is possible that the technology has improved since that
discussion).

Just curious if anyone has any opinions/experience with Silver Halide
prints.


I can see silver prints being a bit softer because the media is more 
prone to surface diffusion.
I also don't think it could possibly make a heck of a lot of difference 
if one is comparing an inkjet to a photograph written by a tricolor 
laser or LED.



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Re: PESO - Conversation

[Rick Womer]

Thanks, Ann and Frank.

I could have made it more Seuratesque by shooting at ISO 52000, so there would 
be great gobs of impressionistic noise.

Rick

On Sep 23, 2015, at 12:59 AM, Knarf wrote:

> I adopt Ann's pithy comment.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> frank
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> On 22 September, 2015 10:59:44 PM EDT, ann sanfedele  
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>> Seuratesque :-)
>> 
>> nice
>> 
>> ann
>> 
>> On 9/22/2015 8:52 PM, Rick Womer wrote:
>>> Along the Schuylkill Banks path:
>>> 
>>> http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=18087924=lg
>>> 
>>> (K-5, DA 16-45)
>>> 
>>> Comments appreciated.
>>> 
>>> Rick
>>> 
>>> 
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Re: PESO - Zig Zag

[paul stenquist]

Nice geometry! I thought this was going to be a photo of someone rolling a 
joint. Zig-Zag singles were the best!
Paul

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> http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=18087922=lg
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> Comments appreciated.
> 
> Rick
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Re: PESO - Zig Zag

[Ken Waller]

Interesting capture.

The top of the railing in the U LH corner seems at odds with the rest of the 
lines and shadows.


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>Subject: PESO - Zig Zag
>
>http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=18087922=lg
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Re: Selfies: The death toll (really)

[Ken Waller]

I totally agree John and now we have the photo evidence to prove it.


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>Subject: Re: Selfies: The death toll (really)
>
>On 9/23/2015 12:25 PM, Mark Roberts wrote:
>> http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/sep/22/live-grenades-bull-chases-clifftops-selfies-death-toll
>>
>> This is why you should learn to use Photoshop, so you don't need to do
>> this stupid stuff for real.
>>
>>
>
>I'm pretty sure people were killing themselves doing stupid stuff before
>the camera-phone was invented.
>
>Otherwise the redneck epitaph "Hey y'all ... watch this!" wouldn't be a
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Re: PESO - Zig Zag

[ann sanfedele]

a nicely captured grim scene

ann

On 9/23/2015 8:53 PM, paul stenquist wrote:

Nice geometry! I thought this was going to be a photo of someone rolling a 
joint. Zig-Zag singles were the best!
Paul


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http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=18087922=lg

(K-5, DA 16-45)

Comments appreciated.

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PESO - Zig Zag

[Rick Womer]

http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=18087922=lg

(K-5, DA 16-45)

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Re: Total Lunar Eclipse

[David Mann]

Oh, I thought we were going to get to make some human sacrifices.

Cheers,
Dave

> On Sep 23, 2015, at 7:30 pm, Alan C  wrote:
> 
> Really, I don't know what all the fuss is about, unless perhaps you are a 
> statistician or just plain superstitious. A so called Super-Moon occurs if 
> the full moon is approximately at the closest point to earth on it's slightly 
> elliptical orbit. It appears slightly brighter than normal but the difference 
> is hardly noticeable. A lunar eclipse occurs if the full moon passes through 
> the shadow cast behind the earth by the sun.  It all depends on the alignment 
> of the three celestial bodies. On average, the alignment is right twice a 
> year. The odds of a total eclipse coinciding with a Super-Moon is quite 
> small. A partial eclipse is quite widely visible but the total eclipse is 
> only visible in a fairly narrow band. The term "Blood Moon" arises because, 
> at totality, the moon is illuminated only by red light refracted through the 
> earth's atmosphere.
> 
> Mind you, it still remains a sight to behold. Imagine if the Earth had 10 
> moons!
> 
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