June PUG Countdown
G'day all I'm still on the road so, as previously advised, the deadline for the June PUG will be deferred until 12 June. Theme - Abstract. Submit here: http://pug.komkon.org/submit/ Submission Guidelines here: http://pug.komkon.org/general/autosubmit.html Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://lyons-ryan.org/southernlight/ https://500px.com/supera1000/galleries -- 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: Pentax convert
On Tue, 28 May 2019 19:50:58 -0700 Larry Colen wrote: > >Some amusing fluff from the phoblographer >https://www.thephoblographer.com/2019/05/28/how-my-journey-for-a-perfect-camera-landed-me-on-pentaxs-doorstep/?fbclid=IwAR2GlJJcdOKsGk4S23qglSRpo4D6_DcWQ_n8fdGCZr2odT-K0fV-KS kFvvE Nice read indeed. For myself, I am seriously looking into getting a Panasonic G9 with a few of the Leica zooms, it is just amazing what that technology can do these days, and the lenses are relatively small and light. That said, I will never part with my K1 (and K3) with 30+ Pentax lenses, the oldest from the mid seventies or so ... Regards, JvW -- Jan van Wijk; http://www.dfsee.com Flickr : jvw_pentax -- 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: Chitwood at night (intermediate processing)
"There have been instances of them rocketing through the roof of a two story home and landing a couple blocks away". When I was wee tot living in Durban (about 1948) there was a hell of a bang in the early hours of one morning which woke up the whole neighbourhood. A boiler safety valve had failed &, exactly as Paul quoted, it went through the roof & landed in the bush on the other side of the road. Many windows were broken &, unfortunately, there were fatalities. Alan C On 28-May-19 08:57 PM, Paul Sorenson wrote: Aha! Here in the US they're just called water heaters, be they electric or gas fired. Although some call them "hot water heaters" with the usual reply of "If the water's already hot, why do you need to heat it?" ;-) Good idea to make sure the temperature-pressure valve is working as it should. If they stick in the closed position and the unit overheats they can explode. There have been instances of them rocketing through the roof of a two story home and landing a couple blocks away. Paul (the retired plumber) On 5/28/2019 1:38 PM, Alan C wrote: That's the word used in South Africa for an electric domestic water heater. In the UK they call them immersion heaters. Alan C On 28-May-19 07:38 PM, Paul Sorenson wrote: Geyser??? -p On 5/28/2019 3:54 AM, Alan C wrote: Hi Larry You've been busy! You did some low flying too? The first & 3rd ones are very good. Personally I prefer the wider view mostly because of the sky, but, as the bridge is the subject, the last one really does it justice. I've been sorting out a problem on my daughter's geyser. Gunge in the TP valve which leaked continuously because it wouldn't seat. Fortunately I was able to clean it by purging a few times using the manual override. No elephants today! Keep well Alan On 28-May-19 10:18 AM, Larry Colen wrote: Alan C wrote on 5/27/19 9:41 PM: A fascinating subject, Larry. As you say, the lighting is challenging. The third image (almost B/W) probably shows the bridge best of all but the sky is subdued. If you could get the sky more like the last image it would be greatly improved. BTW, you work? Hi Alan, I'm at a hotel in LA, just have my laptop, which just had the versions as I had worked on them before I got home, but I tried following your suggestions, and had to post them to a different album. For various reasons, things are a lot rougher on the laptop, so these are closer to drafts, or sketches rather than a final product. But, from: https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/albums/72157708398198205 I think that this one might be the closest to toning down the unpleasant stuff in reality, and boosting the nice stuff, but still not looking too unrealistic: https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/47949213213/in/album-72157708398198205/ This one gets further from trying to make the photo seem like (an idealized) reality. https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/47949193712/in/album-72157708398198205/ and This is a much smaller (and easier to work with) panorama, I think that while it has the least "pop" it's also the least unreal looking. https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/47949250588/in/album-72157708398198205/ Alan C On 27-May-19 10:17 PM, Larry Colen wrote: Unfortunately, I have to leave right now for work. I've done a bit more work on the night photos of the Chitwood bridge. Post processing is taking a lot of work with the adjustment brush, dodging, burning etc. in various areas. I'd appreciate feedback on these intermediate steps, what works, what doesn't, what I need to tone down or dial up and I'll beat on them again in a few days when I get back. I think they've got some promise, but it'll take work to bring them out. It's rather challenging lighting. https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/albums/72157708789408687 -- 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: A geso and a cautionary tale
Some interesting birds there. I like the images of the house sparrows, especially 2415, 19 and 20. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Wed, May 29, 2019 at 1:21 AM Larry Colen wrote: > As I mentioned elsewhere, I rode with my boss and a client to a job site > in LA, expecting the job to take today and tomorrow. With three of us, > tools, and a bunch of plants to be delivered on the way down, I decided > that prudence dictated that I leave my camera case with the bigma, K3 > etc. at home. Besides, spending a day and a half working in downtown > LA, planning on a long day today, I wasn't going to have any > need/opportunity to use the long glass. > I did, however, pack the 55-300, I'm crazy, but I'm not stupid. OK, I'm > stupid too, but I'm not going to bet that hard that I won't have any > need of a long lens. > When we got back to the hotel today, there was quite a ruckus in some of > the trees, what appeared to be a couple of parrots. While I was trying > to photograph them, I also got some shots of an Oriole, a mocking bird, > a sparrow, a gull. Not, mind you, very good shots, but I got enough > shots that the birds could be ID'd, more or less, and I did get a couple > of frames that didn't entirely suck. > > https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/albums/72157708812903137 > > RJ says that what I thought was parrots was either a Mitered Parakeet or > a Red-masked Parakeet. > > On future trips, I guess I'll be better about bringing lenses that I > know I won't need. > > -- > 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: Photo Every Few Years Or So - Pentax Content
On Mon, May 27, 2019 at 10:53:04AM +0100, Steve Cottrell wrote: > On 26/5/19, l...@red4est.com, discombobulated, unleashed: > > >Very nice, but unsure of the dress as a prop - would love to see one > >without. :-) > > There's always one in every group!! More than one in this group - Larry beat me to it! (I've been rather busy for the last few days) -- 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: Photo Every Few Years Or So - Pentax Content
excellent shot Doug Dave On Sun, May 26, 2019 at 1:24 PM Doug Brewer wrote: > Thought you guys might enjoys this, from a session yesterday > > https://dougbrewer.tumblr.com/post/185152189411/amanda > > -- > 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: Pentax convert
It is in line with the interview, posted a few days ago, with the Ricoh engineer predicting the resurgence of DSLRs, after the novelty of mirrorless wears off, that received such derision in the comments. On the other hand based on this guy's voyage of discovery he seems a bit, flighty, so maybe his love affair with the K-1 II will prove just as ephemeral as was the dalliances with Sony and Fuji. Still it would be nice if he manages to drive some of his fans to Pentax. They could certainly use the encouragement, (where is that K-3 successor they kept promising). On 5/28/2019 10:50 PM, Larry Colen wrote: Some amusing fluff from the phoblographer https://www.thephoblographer.com/2019/05/28/how-my-journey-for-a-perfect-camera-landed-me-on-pentaxs-doorstep/?fbclid=IwAR2GlJJcdOKsGk4S23qglSRpo4D6_DcWQ_n8fdGCZr2odT-K0fV-KSkFvvE -- 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.
