Re: January PUG is up
Stan Thanks for the comment. Crowds will depend on the time of the year and if the salmon are running. Even given some crowds, you should be able to figure out when the observation deck is not crowded - just be flexible with your timing. Last time I was there, the rangers were limiting the number of people on the deck. If the salmon are running, down river will most likely be void of bears. Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: "Stanley Halpin" Subject: Re: January PUG is up We’ll be going back North in 2020, it is too early to book but I have been looking at a 2-3 night lodge stay at Brooks Falls… Even though the prime spots at the upper falls will likely be crowded, I may get a little time there early or late in the day, plus along the river further down. We’ll see. Meanwhile I have your shot fine Ken and others of that genre to study and get my anticipation up! stan On Jan 9, 2019, at 1:55 PM, Ken Waller wrote: My favorite is Fishin with the Guys by Ken Waller. Thanks for commenting Dan. I understand that Katmai is visited alot more now then when you were there. I've heard there are now comercial outfits bringing in tourists for the day, making it alot more crowded. On my two visits the only way to economically visit was to sign up for a package deal including a couple of night stay at the lodge - there was no comercial outfits offering day trips. Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: "Daniel J. Matyola" Subject: Re: January PUG is up The January PUG is disappointingly small. but it includes some very fine images indeed. My favorite is Fishin with the Guys by Ken Waller. I was at that very spot, at Brooks Falls, about 25 years ago. Like Ken, I was hoping for that classic shot of a salmon jumping into the mouth of a brown bear; like him, I was disappointed. In any event, this photo is a very pleasing and evocative rendition of an unforgettable place and event. My second favorite is Which Is My Cap? by Henk Terhell. The repeating pattern is hypnotic, and the result is quite effective in every respect. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Mon, Jan 7, 2019 at 5:40 AM Brian Walters wrote: G'day all, A slow start to 2019 but a nice selection of images - some innovative interpretations of the theme. View here: http://pug.komkon.org/ (you may need to refresh your browser if you see the previous gallery there). Note: The automated submission process usually works well but it's not infallible. So, if you made a submission and you don't see it in the gallery, let me know. + Next up: 'Heat'. Full Submissions Guidelines here: http://pug.komkon.org/general/autosubmit.html You can submit here: http://pug.komkon.org/submit/ Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia -- 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: Found on facebook forsale in San Jose
Well, they seem to be priced to sell. On 1/9/2019 4:27 PM, Larry Colen wrote: I know that we aren't supposed to post ebay stuff, but this isn't something most folks would see, it also looks like some great deals. He does want it to be local and cash only, so I don't know if it would actually be useful to anyone (I'm heading out of town tomorrow morning). https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/134268947520385/?ref=product_details Excellent condition of my own Pentax K5 camera selling for $150 obo For lenses: 16-50/2.8 DA: optical performance is perfect. Glasses are clean. No scratch. But SDM might fail if you don't use it for a long time. Several times reboot would reactivate the auto focus function. Selling for $250 OBO 50/1.4 FA: perfect condition. Selling for $150 OBO 18-55/3.5-5.6: perfect condition. Selling for $20 OBO 55-300/4-5.8 DA: perfect condition. Selling for $120 OBO Cash and local only. -- America wasn't founded so that we could all be better. America was founded so we could all be anything we damn well please. - P.J. O'Rourke -- 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: Nat Geo paying homage to the PDML
That was a joke Alan. On 1/9/2019 10:28 PM, Alan C wrote: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cormorant_fishing Alan C On 09-Jan-19 08:01 PM, P. J. Alling wrote: I personally think using cormorants for bait is inhumane... On 1/9/2019 12:14 PM, Doug Brewer wrote: maybe not in so many words, but still https://yourshotblog.nationalgeographic.com/post/181868829229/top-shot-in-the-wee-morning-hours-top-shot --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus -- America wasn't founded so that we could all be better. America was founded so we could all be anything we damn well please. - P.J. O'Rourke -- 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: Nat Geo paying homage to the PDML
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cormorant_fishing Alan C On 09-Jan-19 08:01 PM, P. J. Alling wrote: I personally think using cormorants for bait is inhumane... On 1/9/2019 12:14 PM, Doug Brewer wrote: maybe not in so many words, but still https://yourshotblog.nationalgeographic.com/post/181868829229/top-shot-in-the-wee-morning-hours-top-shot --- 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: Nat Geo paying homage to the PDML
It's mostly tourist bait though. I think that's ok. :-) Jostein Den 09.01.2019 19:01, skrev P. J. Alling: I personally think using cormorants for bait is inhumane... On 1/9/2019 12:14 PM, Doug Brewer wrote: maybe not in so many words, but still https://yourshotblog.nationalgeographic.com/post/181868829229/top-shot-in-the-wee-morning-hours-top-shot -- 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: Russian cathedral
We've had the 10KB limit in place for many years. It encourages people to trim reply threads. On 1/9/19 3:37 PM, Igor PDML-StR wrote: [I am resending this message, as it apparently was held by the PDML mail server for being over 10 KB. (Huh?!) So, I am cutting off the bottom portion of it] -- 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.
Found on facebook forsale in San Jose
I know that we aren't supposed to post ebay stuff, but this isn't something most folks would see, it also looks like some great deals. He does want it to be local and cash only, so I don't know if it would actually be useful to anyone (I'm heading out of town tomorrow morning). https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/134268947520385/?ref=product_details Excellent condition of my own Pentax K5 camera selling for $150 obo For lenses: 16-50/2.8 DA: optical performance is perfect. Glasses are clean. No scratch. But SDM might fail if you don't use it for a long time. Several times reboot would reactivate the auto focus function. Selling for $250 OBO 50/1.4 FA: perfect condition. Selling for $150 OBO 18-55/3.5-5.6: perfect condition. Selling for $20 OBO 55-300/4-5.8 DA: perfect condition. Selling for $120 OBO Cash and local only. -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com http://red4est.com/lrc https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/collections/72157612824732477/ -- 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: Russian cathedral
[I am resending this message, as it apparently was held by the PDML
mail server for being over 10 KB. (Huh?!) So, I am cutting off the bottom
portion of it]
Dan,
That's a very interesting story.
Besides everything else, it reflects how much humans are affected by
the (often very minuscule) differences in reading/treating the same scriptures.
Of course those differences are superficial, and the deeper reasons are the
power and the richness it brings (to the "chosen" ones).
And it happens across all religions.
You probably know the old joke about two Jews stranded on a desert island, who
built three synagogues: one for the orthodox Jew, one for the reform Jew, and
one that neither one of them will ever set foot in!
(There is actually a real story from Bermuda that echoes that joke:
https://coatofmanycolors.net/2012/08/25/old-news-proof-to-the-joke-that-a-jew-on-a-tropical-island-would-build-two-synagogues/
)
I will stop here, before we fall into discussion of religions -- something that
tends to lead to various schisms.
In any case, I am always impressed by the breadth and depth of the fascinating
information I've learned from PDMLers. :-)
Seriously!
Thanks again, Dan, and sorry Bob, for hijacking the thread.
But that's a fun feature of PDML.
Cheers,
Igor
PS. Dan, your two responses do not seem to have made it to either of the two
PDML web-archives. I wonder why...
On Wed, 9 Jan 2019, Daniel J. Matyola wrote:
Igor:
The three churches represent the difficulty our ancestors had fitting into
the religious fabric of this country.
The Rusyns, or Ruthenians, were Christianized as part of Kievan Rus, and
were thus Orthodox Christians. After Kiev was overrun by the great
Russians and the Mongols/Tatars, those in the western part of Ukraine fell
under the Austrian Empire. The resolution of the religious wars resulted in
the agreement of the major nations of Europe to recognize "all" Christian
churches, which meant Roman Catholic, Evangelical Lutheran and Reformed.
This did not include Orthodox churches, which were seen as heretics under
the influence of Russia. The Rusyns, under the Uzhgorod accord, became a
separate "catholic" church under the pope, but not part of the Roman
Catholic Church. They were called Uniates or Byzantine Rite Catholics.
When the Rusyns came to America, to work in the coal mines, they wanted to
bring their priests with them as soon as they had sufficient funds. The
priests were rejected by the Roman Catholic bishops, as they were married,
and conducted mass in Slavonic rather than Latin. Some Rusyns joined Roman
Catholic churches anyway. Some joined Eastern Orthodox churches, and some,
like my grandparents, helped start new churches apart from both, for the
prienst from the old country. Later, the Roman Catholics recognized the
Byzantine Rite church as a separate entity, and helped them build churches.
St Mary's in Manville (now Hillsborough) is such a church. SS Peter and
Paul's in Manville was affiliated with the Russian Orthodox church, at least
until it came under communist rule. Holy Ghost was part of the independent
Greek Catholic or Orthodox organization headquartered in Johnstown, PA.
That is how a small minority of Rusyns in a tiny factory town like Manville
became divided into three small churches, although they shared a common
ethnicity and the architectural style of their church buildings and
liturgies were almost identical. SS Peter and Paul and Holy Ghost now both
belong to the Orthodox Church in America.
Dan Matyola
http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola
On Wed, Jan 9, 2019 at 12:15 PM Igor PDML-StR wrote:
Dan,
That sounds like a fun family history! Thanks for sharing.
I actually remember about your Ruthenian roots, from the
discussion a few
years ago.
And your clarifications make perfect sense. Sorry if my comments
sounded
critical.
And I just looked up your grandparents' church in NJ.
(It is interesting to see three different Orthodox churches in a
small US
town, - all within 2-3 blocks from each other.)
Somehow (the looks are different... maybe the fact that both are
rather
smallish?), it reminded me of the St. Nicolas church I saw some
4 years
ago in a small (but some 400-years-old) village ("Bol'shoe
Goloustnoe")
on the shore of Lake Baikal:
https://42graphy.org/galleries/2014-08-baikal/1-selected/_IR29959.html
This is a totally new church built in 2001 in place of the
previous
churches (the first one was built in 1701, and the last one was
destroyed
in 1937).
Here is one more view of that church:
https://42graphy.org/galleries/2014-08-baikal/b-goloustnoe/_IR29956.html
Your rather complicated history of the diverse religious
connections/associations reminded me of a fun fact by which I
get amused
every time I recall it:
Re: PESO 2019 - 003 - GDG
Yes, it really feels good when I get into the zone and can just ride without the clutter in my head. :-) The light metering app I find most useful is named "Pocket Light Meter": https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/pocket-light-meter/id381698089?mt=8 Pocket Light Meter produces readings that correlate well to my Sekonic hand held reference meter. Plus: Pocket Light Meter has a special mode to work with a neat little incident light metering dome called "Luxi": https://www.amazon.com/Luxi-All-Smartphone-Light-Attachment/dp/B00PKTWQTY I've had one of these since they first shipped for the iPhone 4/4S (it was a Kickstarter project), but this one is much more versatile since it can almost be used with almost literally any smartphone. It just clips over the front facing camera. Luxi has its own metering app, but Pocket Light Meter seems to do a better job. G — No matter where you go, go there on two wheels. > On Jan 9, 2019, at 10:36 AM, Bob W-PDML wrote: > > Always nice to get lost in the riding. Difficult here at the moment because > it's so cold and dark. > > I never thought of using the iphone as a meter - which app do you use? > […] -- 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: January PUG is up
Where is the edit button?!? That would be “…fine shot Ken…” rather than “…shot fine Ken…” Oh well. stan > On Jan 9, 2019, at 2:33 PM, Stanley Halpin > wrote: > > We’ll be going back North in 2020, it is too early to book but I have been > looking at a 2-3 night lodge stay at Brooks Falls… > Even though the prime spots at the upper falls will likely be crowded, I may > get a little time there early or late in the day, plus along the river > further down. We’ll see. Meanwhile I have your shot fine Ken and others of > that genre to study and get my anticipation up! > > stan > >> On Jan 9, 2019, at 1:55 PM, Ken Waller wrote: >> >>> My favorite is Fishin with the Guys by Ken Waller. >> >> Thanks for commenting Dan. >> >> I understand that Katmai is visited alot more now then when you were there. >> I've heard there are now comercial outfits bringing in tourists for the day, >> making it alot more crowded. On my two visits the only way to economically >> visit was to sign up for a package deal including a couple of night stay at >> the lodge - there was no comercial outfits offering day trips. >> >> Kenneth Waller >> http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller >> >> - Original Message - From: "Daniel J. Matyola" >> Subject: Re: January PUG is up >> >> >>> The January PUG is disappointingly small. but it includes some very fine >>> images indeed. >>> >>> My favorite is Fishin with the Guys by Ken Waller. I was at that very >>> spot, at Brooks Falls, about 25 years ago. Like Ken, I was hoping for that >>> classic shot of a salmon jumping into the mouth of a brown bear; like him, >>> I was disappointed. In any event, this photo is a very pleasing and >>> evocative rendition of an unforgettable place and event. >>> >>> My second favorite is Which Is My Cap? by Henk Terhell. The repeating >>> pattern is hypnotic, and the result is quite effective in every respect. >>> >>> >>> >>> Dan Matyola >>> http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola >>> >>> >>> On Mon, Jan 7, 2019 at 5:40 AM Brian Walters >>> wrote: >>> G'day all, A slow start to 2019 but a nice selection of images - some innovative interpretations of the theme. View here: http://pug.komkon.org/ (you may need to refresh your browser if you see the previous gallery there). Note: The automated submission process usually works well but it's not infallible. So, if you made a submission and you don't see it in the gallery, let me know. + Next up: 'Heat'. Full Submissions Guidelines here: http://pug.komkon.org/general/autosubmit.html You can submit here: http://pug.komkon.org/submit/ Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://lyons-ryan.org/southernlight/ -- 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. > > > -- > 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: January PUG is up
We’ll be going back North in 2020, it is too early to book but I have been looking at a 2-3 night lodge stay at Brooks Falls… Even though the prime spots at the upper falls will likely be crowded, I may get a little time there early or late in the day, plus along the river further down. We’ll see. Meanwhile I have your shot fine Ken and others of that genre to study and get my anticipation up! stan > On Jan 9, 2019, at 1:55 PM, Ken Waller wrote: > >> My favorite is Fishin with the Guys by Ken Waller. > > Thanks for commenting Dan. > > I understand that Katmai is visited alot more now then when you were there. > I've heard there are now comercial outfits bringing in tourists for the day, > making it alot more crowded. On my two visits the only way to economically > visit was to sign up for a package deal including a couple of night stay at > the lodge - there was no comercial outfits offering day trips. > > Kenneth Waller > http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller > > - Original Message - From: "Daniel J. Matyola" > Subject: Re: January PUG is up > > >> The January PUG is disappointingly small. but it includes some very fine >> images indeed. >> >> My favorite is Fishin with the Guys by Ken Waller. I was at that very >> spot, at Brooks Falls, about 25 years ago. Like Ken, I was hoping for that >> classic shot of a salmon jumping into the mouth of a brown bear; like him, >> I was disappointed. In any event, this photo is a very pleasing and >> evocative rendition of an unforgettable place and event. >> >> My second favorite is Which Is My Cap? by Henk Terhell. The repeating >> pattern is hypnotic, and the result is quite effective in every respect. >> >> >> >> Dan Matyola >> http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola >> >> >> On Mon, Jan 7, 2019 at 5:40 AM Brian Walters >> wrote: >> >>> G'day all, >>> >>> A slow start to 2019 but a nice selection of images - some innovative >>> interpretations of the theme. >>> >>> View here: >>> >>> http://pug.komkon.org/ >>> >>> (you may need to refresh your browser if you see the previous gallery >>> there). >>> >>> Note: The automated submission process usually works well but it's not >>> infallible. So, if you made a submission and you don't see it in the >>> gallery, >>> let me know. >>> >>> + >>> >>> Next up: 'Heat'. >>> >>> Full Submissions Guidelines here: >>> >>> http://pug.komkon.org/general/autosubmit.html >>> >>> You can submit here: >>> >>> http://pug.komkon.org/submit/ >>> >>> Cheers >>> Brian >>> ++ >>> Brian Walters >>> Western Sydney Australia >>> http://lyons-ryan.org/southernlight/ >>> >>> -- >>> 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. -- 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: January PUG is up
My favorite is Fishin with the Guys by Ken Waller. Thanks for commenting Dan. I understand that Katmai is visited alot more now then when you were there. I've heard there are now comercial outfits bringing in tourists for the day, making it alot more crowded. On my two visits the only way to economically visit was to sign up for a package deal including a couple of night stay at the lodge - there was no comercial outfits offering day trips. Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: "Daniel J. Matyola" Subject: Re: January PUG is up The January PUG is disappointingly small. but it includes some very fine images indeed. My favorite is Fishin with the Guys by Ken Waller. I was at that very spot, at Brooks Falls, about 25 years ago. Like Ken, I was hoping for that classic shot of a salmon jumping into the mouth of a brown bear; like him, I was disappointed. In any event, this photo is a very pleasing and evocative rendition of an unforgettable place and event. My second favorite is Which Is My Cap? by Henk Terhell. The repeating pattern is hypnotic, and the result is quite effective in every respect. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Mon, Jan 7, 2019 at 5:40 AM Brian Walters wrote: G'day all, A slow start to 2019 but a nice selection of images - some innovative interpretations of the theme. View here: http://pug.komkon.org/ (you may need to refresh your browser if you see the previous gallery there). Note: The automated submission process usually works well but it's not infallible. So, if you made a submission and you don't see it in the gallery, let me know. + Next up: 'Heat'. Full Submissions Guidelines here: http://pug.komkon.org/general/autosubmit.html You can submit here: http://pug.komkon.org/submit/ Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://lyons-ryan.org/southernlight/ -- 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: OT: Nat Geo paying homage to the PDML
Indeed - forcing the fish to swallow the greasy slimeballs is cruel and unusual punishment. They don't look like PDML cormos though, far too well-behaved and quiet. Admirable plumage! > On 9 Jan 2019, at 18:01, P. J. Alling wrote: > > I personally think using cormorants for bait is inhumane... > >> On 1/9/2019 12:14 PM, Doug Brewer wrote: >> maybe not in so many words, but still >> >> https://yourshotblog.nationalgeographic.com/post/181868829229/top-shot-in-the-wee-morning-hours-top-shot >> >> > -- > -- 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 2019 - 003 - GDG
Always nice to get lost in the riding. Difficult here at the moment because it's so cold and dark. I never thought of using the iphone as a meter - which app do you use? Bob > On 9 Jan 2019, at 15:23, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: > > Monday's bicycle ride... > > At Hanchett Park - San Jose 2019: https://flic.kr/p/2e32Pts > > I was definitely in a "just want to ride and ride" kind of mood. I carried > one of my Polaroid cameras but didn't stop to make any photos. It was a "do > the usual loop" kind of day, and I did it fast and hard ... it felt great to > be breathing hard and working myself. I stopped finally at one of my local > cafe hangouts, said hi to a few of the regulars there that I know, and had > fun joking with the barista for a bit. > > The Polaroid camera I had with me is one of those that was custom modified by > a company in Hong Kong for manual exposure control. I'd loaded some faster > than normal film in it, used my iPhone as a light meter, and made a quick > snap of bicycle through the cafe window while I was sipping my coffee and > before the sun went down. > > By the time I left the cafe, the sun had been past the horizon by a half > hour, so I fitted my brighter headlight and set off towards home. I took the > slightly longer leg of the usual loop back, still enjoying pushing hard and > all the endorphins that pumped up. I've come to like riding in the twilight > hour a lot as long as the temperatures are comfortable, and it stayed dry all > the way back although I could smell the rain coming. > > It was a fine ride, all of it, and allowed me to get lost in the riding and > meditate freely. Perhaps today there'll be a window of opportunity again. > > Onwards! > > G > — > No matter where you go, go there on two wheels. > > > -- > 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: Nat Geo paying homage to the PDML
Now I can see the image, and it is stunning. Back in 1966, I watched Japanese fishermen using cormorants to catch fish in the Inland Sea. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Wed, Jan 9, 2019 at 1:01 PM P. J. Alling wrote: > I personally think using cormorants for bait is inhumane... > > On 1/9/2019 12:14 PM, Doug Brewer wrote: > > maybe not in so many words, but still > > > > > https://yourshotblog.nationalgeographic.com/post/181868829229/top-shot-in-the-wee-morning-hours-top-shot > > > > > -- > America wasn't founded so that we could all be better. > America was founded so we could all be anything we damn well please. > - P.J. O'Rourke > > > -- > 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: Nat Geo paying homage to the PDML
I personally think using cormorants for bait is inhumane... On 1/9/2019 12:14 PM, Doug Brewer wrote: maybe not in so many words, but still https://yourshotblog.nationalgeographic.com/post/181868829229/top-shot-in-the-wee-morning-hours-top-shot -- America wasn't founded so that we could all be better. America was founded so we could all be anything we damn well please. - P.J. O'Rourke -- 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: Nat Geo paying homage to the PDML
I can read the article, but the image does not come through. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Wed, Jan 9, 2019 at 12:15 PM Doug Brewer wrote: > maybe not in so many words, but still > > > https://yourshotblog.nationalgeographic.com/post/181868829229/top-shot-in-the-wee-morning-hours-top-shot > > -- > 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: Russian cathedral
Dan,
That sounds like a fun family history! Thanks for sharing.
I actually remember about your Ruthenian roots, from the discussion a few
years ago.
And your clarifications make perfect sense. Sorry if my comments sounded
critical.
And I just looked up your grandparents' church in NJ.
(It is interesting to see three different Orthodox churches in a small US
town, - all within 2-3 blocks from each other.)
Somehow (the looks are different... maybe the fact that both are rather
smallish?), it reminded me of the St. Nicolas church I saw some 4 years
ago in a small (but some 400-years-old) village ("Bol'shoe Goloustnoe")
on the shore of Lake Baikal:
https://42graphy.org/galleries/2014-08-baikal/1-selected/_IR29959.html
This is a totally new church built in 2001 in place of the previous
churches (the first one was built in 1701, and the last one was destroyed
in 1937).
Here is one more view of that church:
https://42graphy.org/galleries/2014-08-baikal/b-goloustnoe/_IR29956.html
Your rather complicated history of the diverse religious
connections/associations reminded me of a fun fact by which I get amused
every time I recall it: the official name for the Eastern Orthodox Church
is "Orthodox Catholic Church".
Cheers,
Igor
On Wed, 9 Jan 2019, Daniel J. Matyola wrote:
Igor:
When I wrote that it was Russian Christmas, it was still Jan 7 (barely)
where I was. I know that other Orthodox churches celebrate the Nativity on
Jan 7, but I reflexively used "Russian Christmas" because that is what we
called it when I was growing up. My extended family, on both sides, was
divided into almost equal shares of Lutherans, Roman Catholics, and Eastern
Orthodox. My father grew up in a Capatho-Ruthenian Greek Catholic Orthodox
church, and although I was raised Lutheran, I went to the Orthodox church
for weddings, funerals and every Easter and Christmas. In my nuclear
family, we celebrated on December 24 at our home, then joined my mother's
extended family on December 25 and my father's extended family on January
6-7. With my Mother's birthday Dec 10, mine Dec 18 and my father's Dec 23,
we had a month of holiday celebrations.
My wife and I spent 2 weeks in Russia years ago, including a river cruise
from Moscow to St Petersburg. I must have seen hundreds of churches there,
and entered dozens, plus several monasteries. Most, aside from St Isaac's,
were quite colorful. "Gaudy" was perhaps an inappropriate word, but I used
it without meaning hey are tasteless. Colorful, or perhaps "flamboyant"
would have been a bit better, but that latter term is commonly used to
describe a specific form of architecture quite unlike that of the Russian
churches. "Enthusiastic" might be the best description of the style. My
grandparents' church in Manville, New Jersey, was small and old-fashioned.
When they rebuilt it abiut 40 years ago, it was topped by 5 gleaming
onion-shaped cupolas, in the enthusiastic style I saw all over Russia.
Of course, the wooden churches of Kizhi are among the most beautiful of all
religious structures.
Dan Matyola
http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola
On Tue, Jan 8, 2019 at 10:49 PM Igor PDML-StR wrote:
Bob,
It is a nice and intriguing image, but it appears a bit too dark
on my
monitor. I suspect it would look better with white matting.
Interspersed below are my comments to Dan.
Igor
Bob W-PDML Mon, 07 Jan 2019 15:07:46 -0800
> This is the Russian Orthodox cathedral in London, photographed
with my
> phone on Christmas Eve (not Orthodox Xmas!) after dinner with
some
> friends who live nearby.
>
>
> https://preview.tinyurl.com/yd27mncz
>
>https://lightroom.adobe.com/shares/00f4c7321374431ea848517ce1613814/albums/
775e41e7fe91462d820fd3ba97d4cc07/assets/d9dff94892dc435d9a93ee80a347da4a
Daniel J. Matyola Mon, 07 Jan 2019 16:52:49 -0800 wrote:
> It works for me in Chrome.
>
> I like the lighting and the patterns of light and dark. To my
eye,
> however, it looks nothing like a Russian cathedral.
Dan,
"All cats are grey in the dark".
(I thought it was a Russian proverb, but I've learned it is
attributed to
Benjamin Franklin, but in fact appeared earlier in John
Heywood's book
of proverbs (1546).)
On Mon, Jan 7, 2019 at 8:55 PM Daniel J. Matyola wrote:
> Russian churches tend to be gaudy, like St Basils and the
Church on the
> Spilled Blood
I wonder which meaning of the word "gaudy" you assumed here.
I would say that they look very elaborate and rich/expensive,
but
it is far from being tasteless (as often implied by the word
"gaudy".)
Besides, those two churches stand apart from most others. Just
google
"Russian church" and the see the variety of designs, most of
which are
very
OT: Nat Geo paying homage to the PDML
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Re: NESO - Cage
I very much like the lighting and the geometry of the figure, but the stool (?) distract a bit from the power and unity of the image for me. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Wed, Jan 9, 2019 at 10:07 AM Bruce Walker wrote: > Cage ~ October 2018 ~ Mississauga > > https://portfolio.brucemwalker.com/index/IF3hAAvSDEhM > > I am getting much better at reducing PP. I processed this in Lightroom > only and it was mainly hue shifts for skin tones, and global curve and > level adjustments. > > 645z, 90mm/2.8 Macro > > Model: Joy Kidston. > > -- > -bmw > > -- > 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.
PESO 2019 - 003 - GDG
Monday's bicycle ride... At Hanchett Park - San Jose 2019: https://flic.kr/p/2e32Pts I was definitely in a "just want to ride and ride" kind of mood. I carried one of my Polaroid cameras but didn't stop to make any photos. It was a "do the usual loop" kind of day, and I did it fast and hard ... it felt great to be breathing hard and working myself. I stopped finally at one of my local cafe hangouts, said hi to a few of the regulars there that I know, and had fun joking with the barista for a bit. The Polaroid camera I had with me is one of those that was custom modified by a company in Hong Kong for manual exposure control. I'd loaded some faster than normal film in it, used my iPhone as a light meter, and made a quick snap of bicycle through the cafe window while I was sipping my coffee and before the sun went down. By the time I left the cafe, the sun had been past the horizon by a half hour, so I fitted my brighter headlight and set off towards home. I took the slightly longer leg of the usual loop back, still enjoying pushing hard and all the endorphins that pumped up. I've come to like riding in the twilight hour a lot as long as the temperatures are comfortable, and it stayed dry all the way back although I could smell the rain coming. It was a fine ride, all of it, and allowed me to get lost in the riding and meditate freely. Perhaps today there'll be a window of opportunity again. Onwards! G — No matter where you go, go there on two wheels. -- 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.
NESO - Cage
Cage ~ October 2018 ~ Mississauga https://portfolio.brucemwalker.com/index/IF3hAAvSDEhM I am getting much better at reducing PP. I processed this in Lightroom only and it was mainly hue shifts for skin tones, and global curve and level adjustments. 645z, 90mm/2.8 Macro Model: Joy Kidston. -- -bmw -- 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: Last minute silliness cauli-fluor
Thanks Alan and Beaker! Michael Beacom wrote on 1/1/19 12:04 AM: The secret life of cauli-fluor... I really like the mystery of the ones lit from within! The blue rim light is a nice touch. Cheers Beaker Sent from my iPad On Dec 31, 2018, at 9:59 PM, Larry Colen wrote: Have you ever had a fun idea for photographing vegetables, but then couldn't find your fluorescent chalk? Fortunately I found some paint that would work, at least for trying out the idea. https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/sets/72157675065925797 In the future, I might need to primer the cauliflower before painting it, to get things to work right. -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com http://red4est.com/lrc https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/collections/72157612824732477/ -- 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 http://red4est.com/lrc https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/collections/72157612824732477/ -- 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.
