Re: GESO: South Dakota
Lot of nice photos there; was fun to watch in my lunch break. On Thu, Aug 16, 2012 at 9:16 PM, Matthew Hunt m...@pobox.com wrote: My wife and I recently drove from Pennsylvania to South Dakota, for a camping vacation in the Fort Pierre National Grassland, Badlands National Park, and Custer State Park in the Black Hills. A gallery of photographs is now available: http://flic.kr/s/aHsjBhErAh For those who find the gallery too large, here are selected highlights: LANDSCAPE: Badlands rock formations: http://flic.kr/p/cPUYoy Homage to St. Ansel: http://flic.kr/p/cPUY55 Campsite rainbow: http://flic.kr/p/cPmjHs Storm chasing: http://flic.kr/p/cQoE4S The storm then chased us back to our campsite, forcing us to tear down our tent and cower in the entrance of the toilet building while being pelted by marble-sized hail. CRITTERS: Bighorn ram, portrait: http://flic.kr/p/cPUXmm ...and practicing for his role in the diorama at the natural history museum: http://flic.kr/p/cPUXJy Bison: http://flic.kr/p/cQozBQ Pronghorn doe and fawn: http://flic.kr/p/cQoz3s MAN-MADE STUFF: Silos (Wall, SD): http://flic.kr/p/cSvTQL Carhenge (Alliance, NE): http://flic.kr/p/cT779L I hope you enjoy, and welcome your feedback. -- 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. -- http://www.flickr.com/photos/ferand/ -- 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 K-30 experience
Nice review. Shutter is noisy just that would be a big step back for me; I found the quiet shutter of the K-5 to be a valuable asset for candids; it was an evolution for me: *istDS' shutter noise could wake the dead, K10D felt much better, but K20D made me realise how loud a K10D it was, finally the K5 feels like the pinnacle of Pentax DSLR shutter quietness evolution (I'm guessing the K7 was the same, never tried one). Before using a K5 I considered the original istD the most acceptable of the pentax digitals when it comes to shutter noise. On Mon, Aug 13, 2012 at 11:09 AM, Margus Männik mar...@eol.ee wrote: Now I have walked a week with (literally) K-30 in one hand and K-5 in other. I wrote a review for our local press, but obviously I'm not going to translate the whole thing, but just want to share some points (and please forgive me if my English is not good enough). + Nice body. I'm not very happy with K-7/K-5 body design (especially w/o battery grip attached) and K-30 feels better. First it looks a bit suspicious, but it's really comfortable in hand, even for a long carrying/shooting. + Two-wheel user interface. I've never liked single-wheel cameras like K-r (and many other). Considering the price, it's really nice feature. + Very good viewfinder and possibility to change focusing screen. Once again, I wouldn't expect those features from less-than-top-line camera, especially Pentax (who has such a short line of cameras). + The picture quality is nearly the same compared to K-5 under ~ISO 6400. I've really compared around 100 parallel shots and just sometimes K-5 images seem to have a tiny bit more dynamic range. At very high ISOs K-30 noise becomes more prominent and has different nature (rougher grain). Considering that Pentax K-5 have been named as the very best APS-C SLR, it seems that now the second best is also Pentax. + Video quality is superior to K-5. It's not much surprising as K-30 utilizes the same PRIME M processor that we've already seen in K-01. Focusing in video mode has made a significant leap forward compared both to K-5 and K-01. 0 Much praised modifications to focusing system are nearly unnoticeable. K-30 may be a bit more self-confident with SDM lenses, but can not drive older ones as fast as K-5. - Battery life is not impressive and there's no battery grip either. Of course, 450 shots per charging is not THAT bad, but serious enthusiasts will definitely need a spare battery. - Shutter is noisy, about the same as K20D. Continuous drive at 6 fps sounds quite scary. - Video soundtrack is mono and camera has no external mic connector. - Image buffer could be larger. Nowadays the memory chips are inexpensive, after all. All together, we have got an really impressive camera. IQ is much better than K20D and almost the same as K-5. My personal favorite is still K-5 (I need battery grip and don't care about video), but I'm quite sure many existing pentaxians will prefer K-30. -- 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. -- http://www.flickr.com/photos/ferand/ -- 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 - PAD - Street Musician - Print-a-Day-13
Cool shot; very ipod-commercial like ;-) On Tue, Jun 12, 2012 at 9:38 AM, George Sinos gsi...@gmail.com wrote: This is number 13 in the series Print-a-Day for 30 Days. http://georges.posterous.com/street-musician-print-a-day-13 There are quite a few musicians that perform at the open air farmer's markets. This photo of a young violinist is one of my favorites. Some of you have seen an earlier version of this photo. I decided to include it in the print-a-day project because of the big areas of blue sky. In the past, with other printers, I've had trouble with this type of gradient. There can also be an issue with blue and cyan. The representation of this part of the color space can differ between monitor and paper. I added the vignette to help define the border. I had not felt that was necessary until I saw the printed version. Now that I've seen it, I prefer the version with the vignette. The final print and a nice smooth gradient with no banding. The sky color was very close. It seems just slightly more saturated. gs George Sinos gsi...@gmail.com www.georgesphotos.net plus.georgesinos.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. -- http://www.flickr.com/photos/ferand/ -- 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 - Urban Ballet
Nice Frank! I like how you got the head sharp and the extremities unsharp, really suggesting movement -and the position of the right hand up is awesome. My own personal preference would be just to frame it a touch, just a touch, less tight -but I know that you normally don't crop so that is probably not an option. Great shot. -- http://www.flickr.com/photos/ferand/ On Mon, Jun 11, 2012 at 9:39 PM, frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: A skateboarder practicing in a back alley looked rather balletic to me: http://knarfinthecity.blogspot.ca/2012/06/urban-ballet.html Hope you enjoy. Comments welcome. 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. -- http://www.flickr.com/photos/ferand/ -- 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 OM-D OMG!
Enjoyed them all, nice stuff. Particularly the one with the smoker. On Sat, Jun 9, 2012 at 8:30 AM, Derby Chang der...@iinet.net.au wrote: I'm on a business trip to China tomorrow, and semi-impulse buy, I picked up an OM-D today. So beautiful. I really hope Ollie stays afloat so they can keep making gear like this. http://members.iinet.net.au/~derbyc/12/12_06/12_06_om-d/index.htm After the battery ran out, switched back to the GH1 for the rest of the night http://members.iinet.net.au/~derbyc/12/12_06/12_06_noktonfun/index.htm -- der...@iinet.net.au http://members.iinet.net.au/~derbyc -- 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. -- http://www.flickr.com/photos/ferand/ -- 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: Same stream, different photo
Really beautiful On Thu, Jun 7, 2012 at 10:07 AM, Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com wrote: This goes a long way towards understanding why the attraction to GFM. Quietly spectacular. On Thu, Jun 7, 2012 at 8:40 AM, Postmaster postmas...@robertstech.com wrote: Here's another shot of that stream (Shanty Branch) on Grandfather Mountsin. It's the same little cascade but in a horizontal pano rather than vertical. And it's cropped from a single shot rather than stitched from several. http://www.robertstech.com/temp/7dc02602-Shanty-Branch-Panorama.jpg Full-size photo is around 5000 x 2000 pixels. I was just thinking how it wasn't that long ago that such an image would had to have been stitched together from several shots rather than just cropped out of one. -- 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. -- -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. -- http://www.flickr.com/photos/ferand/ -- 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: Presentation
Welcome Ronaldo, As long as we don't talk about futebol we are going to be fine -Fernando, originaly from Argentina :-) On Tue, Jun 5, 2012 at 7:39 PM, rona...@skyairlines.com.br wrote: Hello, I would like to introduce myself. My name is Ronaldo, I am Brazilian and I live in the city of Fortaleza, Ceara. I am a Canon user and recently, through a friend, I started doing a few clicks using their Pentax Kr and he showed me this mailing list to delve into the resources of this wonderful machine. I hope I can contribute and learn a lot from you. Regards Ronaldo Bomfim http://flickr.com/ronaldobomfim -- 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. -- http://www.flickr.com/photos/ferand/ -- 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: How much difference does optimizing the aperture make?
I personally know by memory for the prime lenses I used the most, and out of personal experimentation in real world shooting -just because I like to know- although P mode with MTF program will get you there easily. For the non-chip lenses I guess a couple of clicks from wide open. The ones for me that I found is worth knowing (partly because I used them often) are the 43/1.9 (some magic happens at f4 and 5.6), 31/1.8 (f5.6), 21/3.2 (f8) and 15/4 (f8 or f11). In some cases finding those sweet spots rekindled some lens love. And I also know that I get slightly sharper images with the 35/2 than the 31/1.8 @f2, that the DA40/2.8 is slightly sharper at 2.8 than the 43/1.9 at f2.8 and that the 50/1.4 gets ok at f2; for the rest I don't care that much/don't know/don't shoot with them that often Photozone.de has charts that I found pretty accurate for the lenses I have; and I used them just to answer questions like is the 16-45 better @ 16 than the 12-24 @ 16? without having to test myself (which I won't do anyway) On Mon, Jun 4, 2012 at 6:22 PM, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote: I was thinking about my quest for sharpness, and was considering trying to do some research into what the aperture sweet spot is for each lens, and was wondering if anyone had already made a chart of them. Then I wondered how much it really matters. I've heard a couple of stops down from wide open, anywhere between f/8 and f/16, and a couple other rules of thumb. I do know that on some lenses, particularly the FA50/1.4, that stopping it down a couple of stops from wide open, makes a huge difference. And I suspect that if you look on an MTF chart, you might be able to easily see the difference between f/4 and f/8, but is there a practical noticeable difference? There is also the question of sharpness at the critical focus distance, and overall sharpness. That a lens might be sharper at f/4 than f/16 at the focal distance, but with a lot more depth of field, more of the photo will be sharper at f/16, than at f/64. I'm primarily interested in answers based on personal, practical experience, rather than theory. My hunch is that as long as I'm not too close to wide open, or pushing diffraction limits, optimizing aperture for sharpness is not the most productive place to spend my time and energy. That I'm generally best optimizing the aperture for the picture, and not trying to optimize the aperture for MTF. -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com sent from i4est -- 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. -- http://www.flickr.com/photos/ferand/ -- 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: Improving the technical quality of my photography
Hi all, out of my year (or years?) of long lurking; Larry, I found this book an interesting read -lot of the suggestions in this thread are mentioned in it: http://www.amazon.ca/Michael-Freemans-Digital-Photography-Tips/dp/1600594182/ref=sr_1_8?ie=UTF8qid=1338425392sr=8-8 I agree with Frank, a huge number of photos I like (not thinking necessarily about my photos, but from good photographers+) have technical imperfections, but these imperfections are compensated with a beautiful spontaneity and a sense of a moment that cannot be repeated again (not all of them, but a lot of them) and I would even say that those imperfections contribute to that spontaneity. as I write this I'm thinking about: http://www.bulgergallery.com/dynamic/fr_artwork_display.asp?ArtworkID=2332 and this photo of Borges: http://wildunicornherd.tumblr.com/post/9456572634 On Wed, May 30, 2012 at 8:47 PM, knarftheria...@gmail.com knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: A developing theme certainly seems to be forming: that of slowing it down, taking your time, getting it right. And that's great advice. There are situations, however, where that just isn't possible. A photo will appear for a very brief time and if you don't snap ~now~ it will be lost forever. The choice is sometimes between getting the (technically imperfect) photo and getting nothing. At times like that it's important to be as prepared as possible by understanding the prevailing conditions and being as ready as possible to do almost anything in a very short period of time. If you snap and the photo is still there be ready to then consider what adjustments might be important in the time you have to re-adjust. I think that one of the things that is happening here is that we're getting comments from photographers of different genres. Obviously a studio photographer, a sports photographer, a nature guy and a PJ all have different standards of technical requirement, different equipment available to them and different time frames in which to work. Cheers, frank What can be asserted without proof can be dismissed without proof. -- Christopher Hitchens --- Original Message --- From: Godfrey DiGiorgi gdigio...@gmail.com Sent: May 30, 2012 5/30/12 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Subject: Re: Improving the technical quality of my photography On Wed, May 30, 2012 at 5:18 PM, knarftheria...@gmail.com knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: Wow! That's a very complicated way of saying get the focus and exposure right, keep the camera as still as possible. Mark! When I want the best technical quality in my photos, I use a tripod, focus critically (manually), and use a light meter to assess the correct exposure. More important than all of that, I slow way down and think carefully of what I'm trying to achieve first, form a plan to achieve it, then execute the plan carefully. -- Godfrey godfreydigiorgi.posterous.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. -- http://www.flickr.com/photos/ferand/ -- 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: Improving the technical quality of my photography
Thanks Frank! That one is awesome too, taking about catching the moment! -- http://www.flickr.com/photos/ferand/ On Wed, May 30, 2012 at 9:40 PM, knarftheria...@gmail.com knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: Hey Fernando! Nice to see you back. My favourite Larry Towell: http://www.bulgergallery.com/dynamic/fr_artwork_display.asp?ArtworkID=2394Body=The%20World%20from%20My%20Front%20Porch cheers, frank What can be asserted without proof can be dismissed without proof. -- Christopher Hitchens --- Original Message --- From: Fernando fer.p...@gmail.com Sent: May 30, 2012 5/30/12 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Subject: Re: Improving the technical quality of my photography Hi all, out of my year (or years?) of long lurking; Larry, I found this book an interesting read -lot of the suggestions in this thread are mentioned in it: http://www.amazon.ca/Michael-Freemans-Digital-Photography-Tips/dp/1600594182/ref=sr_1_8?ie=UTF8qid=1338425392sr=8-8 I agree with Frank, a huge number of photos I like (not thinking necessarily about my photos, but from good photographers+) have technical imperfections, but these imperfections are compensated with a beautiful spontaneity and a sense of a moment that cannot be repeated again (not all of them, but a lot of them) and I would even say that those imperfections contribute to that spontaneity. as I write this I'm thinking about: http://www.bulgergallery.com/dynamic/fr_artwork_display.asp?ArtworkID=2332 and this photo of Borges: http://wildunicornherd.tumblr.com/post/9456572634 On Wed, May 30, 2012 at 8:47 PM, knarftheria...@gmail.com knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: A developing theme certainly seems to be forming: that of slowing it down, taking your time, getting it right. And that's great advice. There are situations, however, where that just isn't possible. A photo will appear for a very brief time and if you don't snap ~now~ it will be lost forever. The choice is sometimes between getting the (technically imperfect) photo and getting nothing. At times like that it's important to be as prepared as possible by understanding the prevailing conditions and being as ready as possible to do almost anything in a very short period of time. If you snap and the photo is still there be ready to then consider what adjustments might be important in the time you have to re-adjust. I think that one of the things that is happening here is that we're getting comments from photographers of different genres. Obviously a studio photographer, a sports photographer, a nature guy and a PJ all have different standards of technical requirement, different equipment available to them and different time frames in which to work. Cheers, frank What can be asserted without proof can be dismissed without proof. -- Christopher Hitchens --- Original Message --- From: Godfrey DiGiorgi gdigio...@gmail.com Sent: May 30, 2012 5/30/12 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Subject: Re: Improving the technical quality of my photography On Wed, May 30, 2012 at 5:18 PM, knarftheria...@gmail.com knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: Wow! That's a very complicated way of saying get the focus and exposure right, keep the camera as still as possible. Mark! When I want the best technical quality in my photos, I use a tripod, focus critically (manually), and use a light meter to assess the correct exposure. More important than all of that, I slow way down and think carefully of what I'm trying to achieve first, form a plan to achieve it, then execute the plan carefully. -- Godfrey godfreydigiorgi.posterous.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. -- http://www.flickr.com/photos/ferand/ -- 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. -- http://www.flickr.com/photos/ferand/ -- 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: Language Question
If you want Latinamerican Spanish is more like: ka-sinko as oppposed to Spanish from Spain (closer to what Bob wrote): ka-thinko On Mon, Oct 24, 2011 at 3:35 AM, Bob W p...@web-options.com wrote: I was wondering how K-5 is pronounced in other languages. In English it's Kay-five. Japanese, I'm guessing is Kay-go because it's Romanji on it. In Hebrew is it Kay-chamesh? French: Car Sank Spanish: Car Thinko Italian: Car Chink Way Rumanian: Car Chinch Latin: no letter K, maybe Kappa Quinque Greek: Kappa Pente German: Car Funf Welsh: Car Pimp 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. -- http://www.flickr.com/photos/ferand/ -- 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: Love in 45St
Thanks Brian On Tue, Oct 4, 2011 at 2:14 AM, Brian Walters supera1...@fastmail.fm wrote: On Saturday, October 01, 2011 11:21 AM, Fernando fer.p...@gmail.com wrote: We took a short vacation and went to Miami, so I had a chance to test the K5 for longer. From the test shots I got one that I really liked: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ferand/6197202546/sizes/o/in/photostream/ K5+DA21/3.2 and one more -proof that the shutter sound is sooo quiet (first time a pentax body doesn't wake up my wife when I take a photo of her while sleeping): http://www.flickr.com/photos/ferand/6197201234/sizes/o/in/photostream/ K5+FA35/2 Very romantic - both photos. If I can nitpick On the first image there is a small lean in the horizon to the right. A slight anticlockwise rotation would fix that and make the centre post vertical. and if you have time and want to see how Miami looks like at this time of the year: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ferand/sets/72157627784642534/ Are you sure that's Miami? If 'CSI Miami' is to be believed, the sky should be tobacco coloured :-) Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://lyons-ryan.org/southernlight/ -- -- http://www.fastmail.fm - Or how I learned to stop worrying and love email again -- 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. -- http://www.flickr.com/photos/ferand/ -- 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: Phew, almost shut out at Markham Fair
I like the pixelated cat, an interesting take. And the second one is a classic. Nice On Sun, Oct 2, 2011 at 8:24 AM, David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com wrote: I had a charter to the fair on Thursday, and Friday, but went Saturday so i could walk around with out a time table. Non of my prints placed, but i did manage to get two placings in the digital section. http://www.caughtinmotion.com/2011-markhamfair/album/slides/64_dbrooks.html animals http://www.caughtinmotion.com/2011-markhamfair/album/slides/65_dbrooks.html farm scene So that's 10 years running with at least 1 placing. Entries in everything seemed low this year. Dave -- 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. -- http://www.flickr.com/photos/ferand/ -- 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: Love in 45St
Thanks Frank, dunno what's the problem with the links is. The shots were in the set, so you probably saw them (in that third link). In any case, they are the first and thrird shots of my current Flickr stream: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ferand/ Note to me, I should start getting on Google+ On Tue, Oct 4, 2011 at 12:43 PM, frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: On Sat, Oct 1, 2011 at 11:21 AM, Fernando fer.p...@gmail.com wrote: We took a short vacation and went to Miami, so I had a chance to test the K5 for longer. From the test shots I got one that I really liked: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ferand/6197202546/sizes/o/in/photostream/ K5+DA21/3.2 and one more -proof that the shutter sound is sooo quiet (first time a pentax body doesn't wake up my wife when I take a photo of her while sleeping): http://www.flickr.com/photos/ferand/6197201234/sizes/o/in/photostream/ K5+FA35/2 and if you have time and want to see how Miami looks like at this time of the year: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ferand/sets/72157627784642534/ The first two links don't seem to want to work for me, but the last one does and it's a wonderful shot. The colours are sublime. 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. -- http://www.flickr.com/photos/ferand/ -- 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: Love in 45St
Thanks Dario, genetically speaking she is pure Italian -both on the mother and father side ;-) And thanks Christine for your feedback and everyone else that had a look Cheers Fernando On Sun, Oct 2, 2011 at 12:47 PM, Dario Bonazza dario.bona...@virgilio.it wrote: Hi Fernando, Very nice pics, I enjoyed them all! Oh, lucky man, your wife looks gorgeous in that picture (from a strictly-photographic point of view, of course ;-) Cheers, Dario - Original Message - From: Fernando fer.p...@gmail.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Saturday, October 01, 2011 5:21 PM Subject: PESO: Love in 45St We took a short vacation and went to Miami, so I had a chance to test the K5 for longer. From the test shots I got one that I really liked: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ferand/6197202546/sizes/o/in/photostream/ K5+DA21/3.2 and one more -proof that the shutter sound is sooo quiet (first time a pentax body doesn't wake up my wife when I take a photo of her while sleeping): http://www.flickr.com/photos/ferand/6197201234/sizes/o/in/photostream/ K5+FA35/2 and if you have time and want to see how Miami looks like at this time of the year: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ferand/sets/72157627784642534/ -- http://www.flickr.com/photos/ferand/ -- 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. - Nessun virus nel messaggio. Controllato da AVG - www.avg.com Versione: 10.0.1410 / Database dei virus: 1520/3931 - Data di rilascio: 01/10/2011 -- 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. -- http://www.flickr.com/photos/ferand/ -- 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: Ride Home
What Rick said, but including #6 as well. They have what I would describe as some sort cool impressionistic vibe On Sun, Oct 2, 2011 at 6:04 PM, Rick Womer rwomer1...@yahoo.com wrote: Christine, #5 is particularly effective. We're enjoying the same weather in Philly now. Rick http://photo.net/photos/RickW --- On Sun, 10/2/11, Christine Aguila christ...@caguila.com wrote: From: Christine Aguila christ...@caguila.com Subject: Ride Home To: PDML List pdml@pdml.net Date: Sunday, October 2, 2011, 5:25 PM Hi Everyone: This past week it rained virtually everyday--and a weird kind of rainy period it was. Virtually every day you could see the sun and the clouds struggling for dominance and during the tension it would rain, sometimes heavy, sometimes just sprinkles. Black clouds along with patches of clear sky could be seen at the same time! On the way home from work this past Friday, I made a few shots while Darrel drove. This small gallery depicts what it's been like here. This weekend has been very bright and clear and nippy. Cheers, Christine http://www.caguila.com/drivehome/ -- 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. -- http://www.flickr.com/photos/ferand/ -- 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: Running in style
Funny photo! On Sun, Oct 2, 2011 at 9:48 PM, Charles Robinson charl...@visi.com wrote: Minneapolis had a marathon today. I was out watching for a few friends to run by, but there's always some joker in costume. This guy was pretty much dancing (with his hands) as he ran by. Very fun to watch! http://charles.robinsontwins.org/photos/2011/marathon/content/IMGP4477_large.html It is better to look good than to feel good, and he looked marvelous! -Charles -- Charles Robinson - charl...@visi.com Minneapolis, MN http://charles.robinsontwins.org http://www.facebook.com/charles.robinson -- 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. -- http://www.flickr.com/photos/ferand/ -- 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: Football Sunday!
No idea about football and all that, but interesting portrait, with all the books as background and the low ceiling. Nice picture. On Sun, Oct 2, 2011 at 1:06 PM, Christine Aguila christ...@caguila.com wrote: Just a little photo-play. Definitely, a Bears-sweatshirt-day--nippy. Tough season to be a Bears fan this year. Cheers, Christine http://www.caguila.com/footballsunday/content/IMGP7275_large.html -- 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. -- http://www.flickr.com/photos/ferand/ -- 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: Love in 45St
We took a short vacation and went to Miami, so I had a chance to test the K5 for longer. From the test shots I got one that I really liked: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ferand/6197202546/sizes/o/in/photostream/ K5+DA21/3.2 and one more -proof that the shutter sound is sooo quiet (first time a pentax body doesn't wake up my wife when I take a photo of her while sleeping): http://www.flickr.com/photos/ferand/6197201234/sizes/o/in/photostream/ K5+FA35/2 and if you have time and want to see how Miami looks like at this time of the year: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ferand/sets/72157627784642534/ -- http://www.flickr.com/photos/ferand/ -- 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: Love in 45St
Thanks for the comments Marnie! re: the gal, after many photos, I think she is used to it ;-) On Sat, Oct 1, 2011 at 2:32 PM, eactiv...@aol.com wrote: That's nice. Very romantic. The left side of the frame doesn't quite balance the right, but I have no suggestions on that. Not sure any cropping would be better. Very romantic. I'll let the guys comment on the gal. But does she know you're showing that? Heh. Marnie :-) In a message dated 10/1/2011 8:21:44 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, fer.p...@gmail.com writes: We took a short vacation and went to Miami, so I had a chance to test the K5 for longer. From the test shots I got one that I really liked: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ferand/6197202546/sizes/o/in/photostream/ K5+DA21/3.2 and one more -proof that the shutter sound is sooo quiet (first time a pentax body doesn't wake up my wife when I take a photo of her while sleeping): http://www.flickr.com/photos/ferand/6197201234/sizes/o/in/photostream/ K5+FA35/2 and if you have time and want to see how Miami looks like at this time of the year: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ferand/sets/72157627784642534/ -- http://www.flickr.com/photos/ferand/ -- 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. -- http://www.flickr.com/photos/ferand/ -- 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 - Fire Dance
Beautiful image Peter. I went to Ko Samui 12 years ago, with a K1000 and a 50mm. Times have changed ;-) On Sat, Sep 24, 2011 at 9:47 AM, Peter McIntosh peter...@gmail.com wrote: Hi guys, Just back from 10 days R R in Ko Samui, Thailand. Took the K5 on a Camdapter wrist strap, the 18-135 zoom , a couple of filters (POL and ND 4X), FGZ 360 flash, in a Lowepro Passport Sling bag. Turned out to be a great travel kit. Took lots of holiday snaps; there were a couple I was particularly pleased with, and one of these is quite relevant given recent discussions on low-light abilities and the like. It's here: http://www.pbase.com/petergly/image/138318869 EXIF: 1/90s f/5.6 at 53.0mm @ iso12800. I'm astounded by what the camera captured. This was basically an unlit beach except for some reflected light from the restaurant I was standing in. All I've done is a little contrast adjustment and minor sharpening on the K5 jpeg. No noise reduction. Comments most welcome. Regards, Pete Mac in Melbourne -- 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. -- http://www.flickr.com/photos/ferand/ -- 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 - King
Excellent On Wed, Sep 21, 2011 at 8:17 AM, frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: Hope you enjoy: http://knarfinthecity.blogspot.com/2011/09/king.html Comments always welcome. 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. -- http://www.flickr.com/photos/ferand/ -- 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.
Enablement
I belong to the K-5 club now! (thanks to someone buying my K10D and Henry's dropping the price to $1,100). Coming from the K20D I'm still getting used to the interface changes. The thing I like the most: quiet shutter. I was surprised with the lack of an SR switch, but I gained a Live View button -and the live view implementation is a quantum leap from the one in the K20D. I'll be out there taking some photos (and maybe a movie now...) -- http://www.flickr.com/photos/ferand/ -- 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 - Pot of Gold?
Very nice. Colours, composition, and amazing sky. I like it a lot. On Sat, Sep 17, 2011 at 6:46 PM, frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: They look like trees to me. Maybe the pot's hiding under them or something: http://knarfdummyblog.blogspot.com/2011/09/pot-of-gold.html Hope you enjoy. Comments always welcome. 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. -- http://www.flickr.com/photos/ferand/ -- 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: When high ISO performance matters (was: Pentax K-Q adapter and such)
Dario, I'm not participating of the high ISO discussion, but those first two shots are awesome. On Tue, Sep 13, 2011 at 3:21 AM, Dario Bonazza dario.bona...@virgilio.it wrote: To me, high-ISO performance and dynamic range are paramount and are the single most important feature in choosing a SLR these days. Here are some typical pictures I had to take two days ago: ISO 12,800, FA 24-90mm @ 35mm f/4, 1/13s: www.dariobonazza.com/public/K5_23830x.jpg As you can see, above shooting data were not enough for freezing action and getting the subject sharp. Hence, 3-4 extra stops would have come in handy (i.e. ISO 100,000). This way, I'm going to supply a 'creative blur' image. Last year, neither the K20D nor the K-7 were able to manage situations of this kind and sometimes I had to give up shooting. This year, the K-5 came to rescue. ISO 10,000, DA* 50-135mm @ 85mm f/3.2, 1/60s: www.dariobonazza.com/public/K5_23850x.jpg In this case, ISO 10,000 was on the verge of getting the required picture. Of course, a few extra stops would have allowed higher IQ. ISO 8,000, DA* 50-135mm @ 55mm f/3.2, 1/60s: www.dariobonazza.com/public/K5_23921x.jpg In this case, ISO 8,000 was again on the verge for the required picture, and I was able to get it only because I took them at the highest point of their jump. Having an extra margin would be welcome. I have to mention that flash was strictly forbidden. I understand not everybody is facing such challenges, but I do appreciate high ISO settings with good noise performance. Cheers, Dario -- 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. -- http://www.flickr.com/photos/ferand/ -- 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: IstD BW modification
This is the only place I remembered mentioning something like this. I don't think they do pentaxes though: http://www.maxmax.com/bw_conversion.htm On Tue, Sep 13, 2011 at 6:22 PM, Gonz rgonzoma...@gmail.com wrote: Well, you still have to convert it to BW from the raw data. The difference is that you take the values as they are, and per pixel, no array computation. On Tue, Sep 13, 2011 at 2:34 PM, David Parsons parsons.da...@gmail.com wrote: I don't think that it would make the camera BW. The circuitry in the camera/raw processor interpolates the luminance data into colors and assigns a color based on the strength of the light. The color filters simply filter light. I'd be interested to see what the results would be if you can get it off. You might end up with a sharper image if you take off both the Bayer array and the AA filter. The Bayer array softens the image a bit, and the AA (anti-aliasing) filter gives some of the sharpness back. On Tue, Sep 13, 2011 at 3:22 PM, Gonz rgonzoma...@gmail.com wrote: Anyone here ever converted a Pentax DSLR into a straight BW, i.e. remove the tricolor filter? I was thinking of trying this with an old Pentax DSLR if it was possible. -- -- Reduce your Government Footprint -- 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. -- David Parsons Photography http://www.davidparsonsphoto.com Aloha Photographer Photoblog http://alohaphotog.blogspot.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. -- -- Reduce your Government Footprint -- 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. -- http://www.flickr.com/photos/ferand/ -- 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: Back to the moon
I still prefer the original one you posted before (PESO: Harvest Moon) I remember it showed nicer colours. From these new ones, probably the first, but I'm not convinced about the location of the moon. On Tue, Sep 13, 2011 at 8:42 PM, Stan Halpin s...@stans-photography.info wrote: Thanks to Don and Christine for your comments on my Harvest Moon PESO, as well as to the others who had previously looked and commented. I went back out to the same location last night. The conditions were about the same, though I swear that the corn must have grown another 12 inches. This time I drove, and could thus use my vehicle as a camera platform, giving me some extra height. For the full saga and a few of the resulting images: http://smhalpin.posterous.com/back-to-the-moon stan -- 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. -- http://www.flickr.com/photos/ferand/ -- 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 - Healing Vibrations
Very nice album cover, well balanced, he must be happy. On Tue, Sep 13, 2011 at 8:12 PM, Paul Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote: I shot an album cover for my friend, Paul Miles, a well-regarded Detroit bluesman: It's a large image. Click to make smaller. http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=14205591size=lg -- 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. -- http://www.flickr.com/photos/ferand/ -- 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: Harvest Moon
I like the moon one. I would look great printed big, I think. It caught my attention, because I'm reading some stuff on colour theory -to see if I can improve my colour photography- and the yellow-orange of the moon contrasts well with the violet colour of the sky -opposites in the colour wheel: http://www.tigercolor.com/color-lab/color-theory/color-harmonies.htm and the amount of colour on the yellow moon and the sky is somewhat balanced as you have a lot of violet in the sky vs small amount in the moon (Yellow = 9 / Orange = 8 vs Violet = 3) http://www.framedreality.com/color-in-photography-color-theory and that explains why my eyes go first to the moon, then down to the crops in the bottom, and finish on the barn. It also has a nice calming mood to it. Anyways, what I meant to say is that I like it. On Mon, Sep 12, 2011 at 12:17 AM, Stan Halpin s...@stans-photography.info wrote: That undergrowth be mature corn. Over the which I was not tall enough to see. We (my neighbor and I) chose the site because of the barn. We wanted a long view, over a field, something interesting (like the barn) mid-distance, with the moon low in the sky. But we miscalculated a bit plus there was low-lying haze on the horizon. The sun didn't set until well after the moon rose, by the time the moon looked like a moon rather than a white blob, it was too high in the sky to be able to make the barn a more prominent element. We'll go back tomorrow, the sun sets a few minutes earlier, the moon rises 20 minutes later, and we have a better feel for the angles now. Back to the undergrowth/corn: I have many shots taken from a few feet to the left, a point which allows me to look along the roadside edge of the corn field. And some from a bit further back, higher on the crown of the road we were on. I felt that this one that used the corn field as the foreground was less cluttered and allowed the focus to be on the barn and moon. Thanks for looking Jack! stan On Sep 11, 2011, at 10:32 PM, Jack Davis wrote: Really well done exposure balance. If only the barn were somewhat more prominent. The undergrowth gets in the way, but my guess is it's considered needed to obstruct some unwanted feature(s).(?) Jack - Original Message - From: Stan Halpin s...@stans-photography.info To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net Cc: Sent: Sunday, September 11, 2011 6:40 PM Subject: PESO: Harvest Moon From earlier this evening: http://smhalpin.posterous.com/harvest-moon The previous two entries in the blog include a color and a BW version of an egret. Comments on any or all are welcome. stan -- 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. -- http://www.flickr.com/photos/ferand/ -- 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: Harvest Moon
I would look great printed big should read It would look great printed big -not that I wouldn't look good printed big though... On Mon, Sep 12, 2011 at 11:35 AM, Fernando fer.p...@gmail.com wrote: I like the moon one. I would look great printed big, I think. It caught my attention, because I'm reading some stuff on colour theory -to see if I can improve my colour photography- and the yellow-orange of the moon contrasts well with the violet colour of the sky -opposites in the colour wheel: http://www.tigercolor.com/color-lab/color-theory/color-harmonies.htm and the amount of colour on the yellow moon and the sky is somewhat balanced as you have a lot of violet in the sky vs small amount in the moon (Yellow = 9 / Orange = 8 vs Violet = 3) http://www.framedreality.com/color-in-photography-color-theory and that explains why my eyes go first to the moon, then down to the crops in the bottom, and finish on the barn. It also has a nice calming mood to it. Anyways, what I meant to say is that I like it. On Mon, Sep 12, 2011 at 12:17 AM, Stan Halpin s...@stans-photography.info wrote: That undergrowth be mature corn. Over the which I was not tall enough to see. We (my neighbor and I) chose the site because of the barn. We wanted a long view, over a field, something interesting (like the barn) mid-distance, with the moon low in the sky. But we miscalculated a bit plus there was low-lying haze on the horizon. The sun didn't set until well after the moon rose, by the time the moon looked like a moon rather than a white blob, it was too high in the sky to be able to make the barn a more prominent element. We'll go back tomorrow, the sun sets a few minutes earlier, the moon rises 20 minutes later, and we have a better feel for the angles now. Back to the undergrowth/corn: I have many shots taken from a few feet to the left, a point which allows me to look along the roadside edge of the corn field. And some from a bit further back, higher on the crown of the road we were on. I felt that this one that used the corn field as the foreground was less cluttered and allowed the focus to be on the barn and moon. Thanks for looking Jack! stan On Sep 11, 2011, at 10:32 PM, Jack Davis wrote: Really well done exposure balance. If only the barn were somewhat more prominent. The undergrowth gets in the way, but my guess is it's considered needed to obstruct some unwanted feature(s).(?) Jack - Original Message - From: Stan Halpin s...@stans-photography.info To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net Cc: Sent: Sunday, September 11, 2011 6:40 PM Subject: PESO: Harvest Moon From earlier this evening: http://smhalpin.posterous.com/harvest-moon The previous two entries in the blog include a color and a BW version of an egret. Comments on any or all are welcome. stan -- 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. -- http://www.flickr.com/photos/ferand/ -- http://www.flickr.com/photos/ferand/ -- 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: Harvest Moon
If you can pull-off that one, I agree, it would improve the shot -a brighter bottom would feel more balanced methinks. I feel that trying that in post might end up looking artificial though. On Mon, Sep 12, 2011 at 11:55 AM, Stan Halpin s...@stans-photography.info wrote: Thanks Fernando. I agree, I think you would look good printed big! Color theory is one of those topics that I can understand but fail to grasp in any detail. Your description is useful. I could fiddle with postprocessing but what I would like to do is to replicate this shot tonight with just a bit more sunset glow on the corn in the foreground, but with the lighting/color about the same in the upper portions. We'll see . . . stan On Sep 12, 2011, at 11:35 AM, Fernando wrote: I like the moon one. I would look great printed big, I think. It caught my attention, because I'm reading some stuff on colour theory -to see if I can improve my colour photography- and the yellow-orange of the moon contrasts well with the violet colour of the sky -opposites in the colour wheel: http://www.tigercolor.com/color-lab/color-theory/color-harmonies.htm and the amount of colour on the yellow moon and the sky is somewhat balanced as you have a lot of violet in the sky vs small amount in the moon (Yellow = 9 / Orange = 8 vs Violet = 3) http://www.framedreality.com/color-in-photography-color-theory and that explains why my eyes go first to the moon, then down to the crops in the bottom, and finish on the barn. It also has a nice calming mood to it. Anyways, what I meant to say is that I like it. On Mon, Sep 12, 2011 at 12:17 AM, Stan Halpin s...@stans-photography.info wrote: That undergrowth be mature corn. Over the which I was not tall enough to see. We (my neighbor and I) chose the site because of the barn. We wanted a long view, over a field, something interesting (like the barn) mid-distance, with the moon low in the sky. But we miscalculated a bit plus there was low-lying haze on the horizon. The sun didn't set until well after the moon rose, by the time the moon looked like a moon rather than a white blob, it was too high in the sky to be able to make the barn a more prominent element. We'll go back tomorrow, the sun sets a few minutes earlier, the moon rises 20 minutes later, and we have a better feel for the angles now. Back to the undergrowth/corn: I have many shots taken from a few feet to the left, a point which allows me to look along the roadside edge of the corn field. And some from a bit further back, higher on the crown of the road we were on. I felt that this one that used the corn field as the foreground was less cluttered and allowed the focus to be on the barn and moon. Thanks for looking Jack! stan On Sep 11, 2011, at 10:32 PM, Jack Davis wrote: Really well done exposure balance. If only the barn were somewhat more prominent. The undergrowth gets in the way, but my guess is it's considered needed to obstruct some unwanted feature(s).(?) Jack - Original Message - From: Stan Halpin s...@stans-photography.info To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net Cc: Sent: Sunday, September 11, 2011 6:40 PM Subject: PESO: Harvest Moon From earlier this evening: http://smhalpin.posterous.com/harvest-moon The previous two entries in the blog include a color and a BW version of an egret. Comments on any or all are welcome. stan -- 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. -- http://www.flickr.com/photos/ferand/ -- 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. -- http://www.flickr.com/photos/ferand/ -- 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: September PUG - Self Portrait Gallery is up
me 2 On Fri, Sep 9, 2011 at 1:39 PM, Bob Sullivan rf.sulli...@gmail.com wrote: Can't connect. All I get is BAD REQUEST Regards, Bob S. On Fri, Sep 9, 2011 at 8:28 AM, Brian Walters supera1...@fastmail.fm wrote: G'day all The September PUG is now up and a top gallery it is too - everything from the conventional to the obscure and one or two mildly disturbing There are several excellent contributions to the Open Gallery as well. You'll find the gallery here (as usual): http://pug.komkon.org/ (you may need to refresh your browser if you see the previous Gallery there) + Next up - Roads. Submit here: http://pug.komkon.org/submit/ Submission Guidelines here: http://pug.komkon.org/general/autosubmit.html The main requirements are: * Max. pixel dimensions: 800 x 800 pixels * Max file size: 300k * Third party equipment is acceptable provided either the camera body or lens used is Pentax. Also - as not all browsers are colour space aware, if you embed a colour space in the image, it should be sRGB to ensure the image looks right on line. Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://lyons-ryan.org/southernlight/ -- -- http://www.fastmail.fm - Accessible with your email software or over the web -- 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. -- http://www.flickr.com/photos/ferand/ -- 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: September PUG - Self Portrait Gallery is up
Hi Brian, I'm getting the same error as Bob when I try at work (IE6 and IE8). Works fine here at home (IE9) On Fri, Sep 9, 2011 at 5:40 PM, Brian Walters supera1...@fastmail.fm wrote: Bob, Fernando. Are you (or anyone else) still having the connection problem? If so, what browser(s) are you using? One of the differences with this gallery is that some of the images have spaces in the file names. I usually remove them because some browsers seem to have problems when there are spaces in the names, but I forgot this time. However, that shouldn't stop the main thumbnail page from loading. Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://lyons-ryan.org/southernlight/ On Friday, September 09, 2011 12:39 PM, Bob Sullivan rf.sulli...@gmail.com wrote: Can't connect. All I get is BAD REQUEST Regards, Bob S. On Fri, Sep 9, 2011 at 8:28 AM, Brian Walters supera1...@fastmail.fm wrote: G'day all The September PUG is now up and a top gallery it is too - everything from the conventional to the obscure and one or two mildly disturbing There are several excellent contributions to the Open Gallery as well. You'll find the gallery here (as usual): http://pug.komkon.org/ (you may need to refresh your browser if you see the previous Gallery there) + Next up - Roads. Submit here: http://pug.komkon.org/submit/ Submission Guidelines here: http://pug.komkon.org/general/autosubmit.html The main requirements are: * Max. pixel dimensions: 800 x 800 pixels * Max file size: 300k * Third party equipment is acceptable provided either the camera body or lens used is Pentax. Also - as not all browsers are colour space aware, if you embed a colour space in the image, it should be sRGB to ensure the image looks right on line. Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://lyons-ryan.org/southernlight/ -- -- -- http://www.fastmail.fm - Email service worth paying for. Try it for free -- 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. -- http://www.flickr.com/photos/ferand/ -- 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 - 'Joisey Shore'
Beautiful. Congratulations on the award, well deserved. On Fri, Sep 9, 2011 at 3:47 PM, kwal...@peoplepc.com wrote: I might have posted this image before, but I post it now to show an image that was awarded second place in the color category at a recent local gallery show. Around 150 images were entered in B+W and color category. I specifically entered this show since it was being judged by Monte Nagler, a student of Ansel and a nationally know photographer. http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=14181152 comments appreciated. Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller -- 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. -- http://www.flickr.com/photos/ferand/ -- 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: September PUG - Self Portrait Gallery is up
Makes sense, I'm sure if try any browser here at home it'll work. On Fri, Sep 9, 2011 at 10:46 PM, Mark Roberts m...@robertstech.com wrote: Fernando fer.p...@gmail.com wrote: I'm getting the same error as Bob when I try at work (IE6 and IE8). Works fine here at home (IE9) A Bad Request error doesn't sound like a browser problem. Works fine for me in IE 8, Firefox 4, Opera 11. -- 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. -- http://www.flickr.com/photos/ferand/ -- 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 essay--punk hobos hippie squatters by m. brody
Thanks for posting that Christine. \\ On Sat, Sep 3, 2011 at 2:56 PM, Christine Aguila christ...@caguila.com wrote: a series of intriguing photos--cheers, christine http://flavorwire.com/205957/captivating-photographs-of-punk-hobos-and-hippie-squaters -- 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. -- http://www.flickr.com/photos/ferand/ -- 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 - The Group Photo
I like it a lot. Particularly all people lined up behind and his face expression, like some sort of outcast. PS: That K10D with its weak low pass filter is making your photos look too sharp for Frank ;-) On Wed, Aug 31, 2011 at 1:43 PM, frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: So my computer's had a major crash and I've been off-line since early last weekend. Won't get into details, but everything seems to work ~except~ Mozilla, so I can still process photos. Until things get sorted out I'm relegated to using public computers at the library to go on-line. So this morning I loaded a couple of photos onto a storage device - had to get that PUG submission in this month! While I'm here, I thought I'd post this fun little PESO. They're lining up for a wedding photo (the bride hasn't shown up yet); I thought the guy on the bench (obviously not a member of the celebrating party) was a hoot: http://knarfinthecity.blogspot.com/2011/08/group-photo.html Hope you enjoy! Comments always welcome. 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. -- http://www.flickr.com/photos/ferand/ -- 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.
The Stolen Scream
I don't know if you saw this before: http://thestolenscream.com/ Summary: guy posts photo of himself screaming in flickr and couple of years later starts to find the picture in t-shirts, magazines, books, and walls all around the world. -- http://www.flickr.com/photos/ferand/ -- 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: What lens would you like Pentax to make?
How much would a DA* 200/4 macro come up to? My guess is in the $2,000~$2,500 ~would that be right? On Wed, Aug 31, 2011 at 7:19 AM, Matthew Hunt m...@pobox.com wrote: On Wed, Aug 31, 2011 at 7:10 AM, Eckehard Wegner overpenta...@googlemail.com wrote: I want some syrup filters to go with my pancake lenses. Oh, stop waffling. I'll concur with several others and put a 1.4x SDM teleconverter at the top of my list (for the DA* 300/4). I like the idea of a 200mm macro and longer super-telephotos. But realistically I don't know that I'd come up with the cash for either of these. -- 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. -- http://www.flickr.com/photos/ferand/ -- 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: What lens would you like Pentax to make?
That's good to know, haven't been online that much. I didn't spring for it before because I felt that I can't buy online and need an extended warranty -adding too much to the price (and here in Canada we pay extra). My concern was that I heard that people that use SDM sporadicaly have problems -and I wouldn't be using it that often- so I've sticking to good'ol screwdrive MF lenses. On Tue, Aug 30, 2011 at 6:33 AM, Paul Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote: The current 166-50/2.8 is qite excellent. I haven't seen any complaints in a long time. I'm quite sure any initial assembly problems have been resolved. Paul On Aug 29, 2011, at 11:19 PM, Fernando wrote: I've been shooting with a K24/2.8 for a full year, last year. I like the 35mm EFV, so I would like a Limited pancake DA24/4. I switched back to the DA21 this year because I was tired of guesstimating exposures -good exercise nonetheless. Other than that, the usual: bring back the *200/4 macro and I'll buy it even if I need to sell anything, and some fast glass would be nice, some 20/2, 30/1.4, or 35/1.4 those can be big, but sharp wide open. A mark II of the 16-50/2.8 would be nice as well. The current 166-50/2.8 is qite excellent. I haven't seen any complaints in a long time. I'm quite sure any initial assembly problems have been resolved. Paul On Mon, Aug 29, 2011 at 3:03 PM, Mark Roberts m...@robertstech.com wrote: I just realized that it's been literally years (two or more) since I bought a pentax lens. The fact is, I have pretty much everything I need - the 50-135 and 60-250 are interesting, but not enough to make my break out my credit card (the FA*80-200/2.8 works fine for me). But one thing I *would* buy in a heartbeat would be a weather-sealed 12-24 (or wider) ultrawide. -- Mark Roberts - Photography Multimedia www.robertstech.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. -- http://www.flickr.com/photos/ferand/ -- 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. -- http://www.flickr.com/photos/ferand/ -- 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: What lens would you like Pentax to make?
I've been shooting with a K24/2.8 for a full year, last year. I like the 35mm EFV, so I would like a Limited pancake DA24/4. I switched back to the DA21 this year because I was tired of guesstimating exposures -good exercise nonetheless. Other than that, the usual: bring back the *200/4 macro and I'll buy it even if I need to sell anything, and some fast glass would be nice, some 20/2, 30/1.4, or 35/1.4 those can be big, but sharp wide open. A mark II of the 16-50/2.8 would be nice as well. On Mon, Aug 29, 2011 at 3:03 PM, Mark Roberts m...@robertstech.com wrote: I just realized that it's been literally years (two or more) since I bought a pentax lens. The fact is, I have pretty much everything I need - the 50-135 and 60-250 are interesting, but not enough to make my break out my credit card (the FA*80-200/2.8 works fine for me). But one thing I *would* buy in a heartbeat would be a weather-sealed 12-24 (or wider) ultrawide. -- Mark Roberts - Photography Multimedia www.robertstech.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. -- http://www.flickr.com/photos/ferand/ -- 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 - Eggplant Salute
Hi Paul, I enjoyed this one, nice colours, the hat+bold person, pensive expression -lost in thoughts-. Nice combination of elements. On Mon, Aug 15, 2011 at 11:14 AM, Paul Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=14020219size=lg -- 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. -- http://www.flickr.com/photos/ferand/ -- 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: Query: What Pentax Camera Are You Using?
what he said On Wed, Aug 24, 2011 at 12:10 PM, P. J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com wrote: I'm still using the K20D simply because a K5 isn't in my budget right now. From all accounts the K5 is the camera to get if you don't need Nikon's flash controlling technology and you want simply the best image quality short of a medium format camera. On 8/24/2011 11:37 AM, eactiv...@aol.com wrote: I am intrigued with the new Pentax cameras, and am thinking of switching back. I need to upgrade anyway. I have a Canon Xsi that I better unload while I can still get some money for it. Lots of new cameras out, all brands, since I last looked. If you are using a Pentax, which camera are you using? Appreciate hearing. And appreciate hearing any thoughts/feelings you have about it. Marnie aka Doe :-) If you have a Canon, you might mention that too, which camera. But not enough to be drummed off list. ;-) -- Where's the Kaboom? There was supposed to be an Earth-shattering Kaboom! --Marvin the Martian. -- 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. -- http://www.flickr.com/photos/ferand/ -- 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: Berlin
I like both, nice work. On Mon, Aug 22, 2011 at 6:05 PM, SV Hovland pdml...@heime.org wrote: I am back from Berlin. A lot more difficult this year to get pictures I am reasonable pleased with. Here are two. http://album.heime.org/album/berlin/tiergarten_110819_105556.jpg http://album.heime.org/album/berlin/tiergarten_110821_140322.jpg I like the last one where adults seemingly has lost all interest in having fun :-) Please note that there are now new rules for access to the Reichstag roof. http://reichstagberlin.com/ https://www.bundestag.de/htdocs_e/visits/kupp.html https://www.bundestag.de/besuche/besucherdienst/index.jsp A request has to be sent at least three working days beforehand. Stig Vidar Hovland -- 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. -- http://www.flickr.com/photos/ferand/ -- 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 - Finally an American Goldfinch!
Wow, beautiful colours, nice background and good crop. On Mon, Aug 22, 2011 at 10:51 AM, frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: I've been trying for over a year to get one of these little fellows, and yesterday is my best try yet. Not quite as sharp as I might like (he moved his head just as I shot), I'm still pleased with this one. Their bodies are only about 2 to 3 inches, so with a 200mm I have to get quite close. They seem to know just when I'm in my range, and wait just until I get my monopod planted to fly away. Anyway, here it is, taken yesterday down by Lake Ontario: http://knarfdummyblog.blogspot.com/2011/08/finally-american-goldfinch.html Hope you enjoy. Comments welcome. 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. -- http://www.flickr.com/photos/ferand/ -- 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 - South Doublehead
Navigating back the list, I really like this one, that small spot with the house gives and incredible sense of scale, and the play of cloud shadows and sunlight is beautiful On Fri, Aug 12, 2011 at 9:53 PM, Rick Womer rwomer1...@yahoo.com wrote: The view from South Doublehead looking west, in New Hampshire's White Mountains yesterday afternoon: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=14003932size=lg (K7 and DA 16-45) If anyone is interested in what the summits are, let me know! Cheers, Rick -- 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. -- http://www.flickr.com/photos/ferand/ -- 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: Street photography article
Interesting read, thanks for posting Christine On Mon, Aug 22, 2011 at 1:58 AM, Christine Aguila christ...@caguila.com wrote: FYI. Cheers, Christine http://m.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2010/apr/18/street-photography-privacy-surveillance?cat=artanddesigntype=article -- 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. -- http://www.flickr.com/photos/ferand/ -- 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 The Image, Deconstructed
Thanks for posting this. On Fri, Aug 19, 2011 at 1:59 PM, Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com wrote: An interesting blog that should appeal to many here ... http://www.imagedeconstructed.com/ The Image, Deconstructed (TID) is a weekly blog that examines an image, or a theme, and attempts to deconstruct the mental approach behind it. TID is non-profit and volunteer-based. It's primary goal is to provide a collective insight to the psychology of photojournalism, and serves as a resource for a purposeful approach to photography. A good example is this one: http://imagedeconstructed.blogspot.com/2011/04/spotlight-on-amanda-lucier.html -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. -- http://www.flickr.com/photos/ferand/ -- 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.
OFFLIST: Re: The Price of History Re: Archives only go back to April?
Yea will send some Paypal On Tue, Aug 9, 2011 at 2:08 PM, Doug Brewer d...@alphoto.com wrote: On 8/8/11 10:53 AM, Rick Womer wrote: Doug, Once upon a time, not so very long ago, I reccall there being two PDML archives, one of which went back into the 1990s. Is the farther-back one now defunct? Rick Sorry I missed this, Rick. The mail-archive.com archive dates back to when I took over the list, during the Winter of 2000-2001. When we moved to the current host, in 2006, I didn't carry over a local archive, since we were pretty well established on mail-archive by then. There may be a little gap there around that time, due to propagation and merging issues, but it's pretty complete. This brings up something I'd like to ask The List about. When in April we had to move to another server, our hosting company realized we were occupying a largish amount of server real estate, and told me it would cost an extra ten bucks a month to continue to house the archives. At the time I told them to go ahead, but it's stayed in my mind, given that the mail-archive space gets far more traffic, so let's put it to a vote. Do we want to keep the local archive, or not? Let me know here or off-list. Now would also be a good time to chunk a couple bucks toward the PDML fund, if you'd like. It's certainly not required, but will help offset some of the costs. Also, I don't think anyone cares one way or the other, but yes, I'm still here. If you follow me on FB, you know I'm about to disappear into the time-sink that is grad school, but will continue to monitor. Carry on, then. -- 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. -- http://www.flickr.com/photos/ferand/ -- 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: Few PESOs by Boris and Galia
Very nice, I like 30-hill-of-galilee tight crop the most, 32 and 31 in that order. about 30-hill-of-galilee, I really like that curvy road embracing the houses, the four layers (deserted foreground, tiny town, mountains and sky) and the combination of colours: light brown, desat green and light hazy blue, which makes a for very pleasing harmonious photo. On Mon, Aug 8, 2011 at 12:58 PM, Boris Liberman bori...@gmail.com wrote: Hi! During that trip to Upper Galilee recently, one of the evenings we drove by the hills late afternoon and shot some landscapes. Also twice I woke up early and went on hunting for light. So here are the PESOs on these subjects: http://pentax-ways.blogspot.com/2011/08/peso-2011-30-hill-of-galilee.html (Galia and Boris) http://pentax-ways.blogspot.com/2011/08/peso-2011-31-sun-is-rising.html (Boris) http://pentax-ways.blogspot.com/2011/08/peso-2011-32-hills-of-galilee.html (Boris) A little point about the first two images (the same village shot by Galia with K-7 and DA21 and Boris with K-7 and FA 20). No matter how I tried I couldn't bring the color balance to match. So they look somewhat different in this respect. Be brutal and honest, as usual. Thanks. -- Boris -- 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. -- http://www.flickr.com/photos/ferand/ -- 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 - Kiss and make up
Funny photo! Seems like she is almost slowly approaching the kiss with regret ;-) On Wed, Aug 10, 2011 at 8:59 PM, Paul Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=13978356size=lg -- 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. -- http://www.flickr.com/photos/ferand/ -- 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 - As Yet Untitled
Awesome shot, I like the bright colours, the way you cut the frame diagonally with the red cloth and the boy's face expression. Back to lurking. On Mon, Aug 8, 2011 at 7:47 AM, frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: Taken at the bi-annual parade of our local Hindu temple: http://knarfdummyblog.blogspot.com/2011/08/as-yet-untitled.html Will have a GESO of this most colourful event in a day or two, but this one stood out for me. Hope you like it too. Comments always welcome. 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. -- http://www.flickr.com/photos/ferand/ -- 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: Hugo - RIP
Hi all, I was reading some photography blog yesterday and found out that this French photographer died in a car accident in Brazil 3 months ago. I didn't personaly know him -nor ever contacted him via email- but I was a silent follower of his photography via his flickr account. I don't know for how long his website and flickr account will remain up, so if you have a chance I encourage you to visit them: http://www.flickr.com/photos/hughes_leglise/ Take a look at the BW: http://www.flickr.com/photos/hughes_leglise/sets/1346258/ and his website: http://leglise-bataille.photoshelter.com/ It's painful to see someone with so much talent go so early. -- http://www.flickr.com/photos/ferand/ -- 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: Hugo - RIP
I hope that myself being a non-native english speaker something was lost in translation, but I have to ask, what is that supposed to mean? On Tue, Jul 26, 2011 at 10:24 AM, P. J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com wrote: I've often listened to Modern compositions and thought to myself, a cat on a keyboard could have done better... On 7/26/2011 9:51 AM, Fernando wrote: Hi all, I was reading some photography blog yesterday and found out that this French photographer died in a car accident in Brazil 3 months ago. I didn't personaly know him -nor ever contacted him via email- but I was a silent follower of his photography via his flickr account. I don't know for how long his website and flickr account will remain up, so if you have a chance I encourage you to visit them: http://www.flickr.com/photos/hughes_leglise/ Take a look at the BW: http://www.flickr.com/photos/hughes_leglise/sets/1346258/ and his website: http://leglise-bataille.photoshelter.com/ It's painful to see someone with so much talent go so early. -- Where's the Kaboom? There was supposed to be an Earth-shattering Kaboom! --Marvin the Martian. -- 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. -- http://www.flickr.com/photos/ferand/ -- 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 How do you pronounce your name?
I'll delurk te-rra-'zzi-no 'te' like in 'ten' 'rra' the 'rr' sound like in 'wrong', 'a' sound like in 'ash' 'zzi' i sound like in 'hit' 'no' 'o' sound like in 'on' Italians usually get it right ;-) 'Fernando', like in the Abba song -I know most of you are old enough to know that one. On Wed, Jul 20, 2011 at 5:57 PM, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote: We've got people from a wide range of cultures on this list, and there are a lot of folks with names that I can only guess at the pronunciation. Names which may be common in one culture are pretty rare in Central California. I haven't heard much variation in the pronunciation of Larry, but the two common mistakes are to misread Colen as Cohen, or to pronounce it the way everyone but Colin Powell pronounces Colin. It's pronounced like Cohen, but with an L rather than an H: Koe-len. -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com sent from i4est -- 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. -- http://www.flickr.com/photos/ferand/ -- 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: MBOI Capture One Express Free
Thanks! -- http://www.flickr.com/photos/ferand/ On Wed, Jul 13, 2011 at 6:21 PM, Eckehard Wegner overpenta...@googlemail.com wrote: http://www.dphotographer.co.uk/captureone/ Cheers Ecke -- 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: Scharpenberg Gallery photo returns home, saga ends happily
Stepping out of my silence to thank Christine publicly -and Mark for the print- it looks beautiful decorating my place -it was worth the wait (including some extra strike delay thanks to our fine postal service). Bruce, my first thought was the same, the glass is awesome -specially for matte photos. Different topic, I made the mistake of starting a photography club at work (I figured the whole exercise could sparkle some inspiration). Anyone has some tips on running a photo club? never been in one -sorta a lone wolf myself. On Wed, Jul 6, 2011 at 1:16 PM, Christine Aguila christ...@caguila.com wrote: Most excellent. Fernando emailed me yesterday to say his arrived as well. The glass is non-reflective glass--pretty cool stuff. I'm hoping the European ship-backs arrive soon. I'm just sorry this all took so long. I should have stepped in sooner--and I will next time--but next time, if there is a next time--we're going to get ship-back dates written into the contract! Cheers, Christine - Original Message - From: Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Wednesday, July 06, 2011 12:03 PM Subject: Scharpenberg Gallery photo returns home, saga ends happily My photo [*] that was exhibited in the 2010 PDML Augenblick exhibit in the Scharpenberg gallery at DankHaus finally landed on my doorstep -- intact! -- this morning, putting an end to a year and a bit saga. It's beautifully printed and framed. I really like the subtly matte glass over it, a type which I've never seen before. I'll have to find out where I can get some of that stuff. Big *huge* thanks go out to Saint Christine for arranging the exhibit in the first place then stepping in to help get my work shipped back when it appeared to be forever lost in some unhappy limbo. -bmw * http://blog.brucemwalker.com/2009/10/dusk.html -- Photography is about finding out what can happen in the frame. When you put 4 edges around some facts, you change those facts. -- Gary Winogrand -- 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. -- http://www.flickr.com/photos/ferand/ -- 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 Annual, just placed my order
Hi all, Long time no write. I just came from some short vacation (yes, yet again) and placed my order, I can't wait to see all your photos. My photography has been on hold -busy with work- nothing better than a good photobook to bring up some needed inspiration. Hope everyone is ok. PS: Thanks Ken for your comment on my submission. -- http://www.flickr.com/photos/ferand/ -- 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: Prophoto RGB, gamma and other Qs
Thanks Godfrey, I went with the Eye One Display 2 based on your advice -and with Bill Robb later confirmation as well. Today I got a batch of prints done at my local Photo Lab (http://www.pikto.ca/). It's close to my place and has profiles available -I used their Frontier+Fuji Matte Paper. I`m happy with the result, even viewing under tungsten light prints match fairly well -had to play with some of the options in photoshop soft proof menu though. Finally no more darker prints: thanks to Mark's Monitor tips and the i1 calibration recommended by Godfrey, now I have an affordable color calibrated setup and I even successfully played with skin tones (wouldn't dare before) -testing lightroom as well, found that nudging the red and orange I get better skin tones (Hue Red +20, Lum Orange +18 and Sat Red -9) still found Capture One pro skin tools more useful though (using both tools on trial for now). And speaking on Lightroom V3, that BW module is awesome -better than anything I tried other than PS. I rescued a couple of shots with the conversion tool in a couple of minutes: http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4153/5038331062_20a86b9137_o.jpg http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4104/5038332388_29f5a5e986_o.jpg http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4128/5038332778_e1b587bdb6_o.jpg But the best investment so far this year has been getting Bruce Fraser's Real World Sharpening for $7, it's an old book and refers to older versions of CS2 but still relevant http://www.amazon.com/World-Image-Sharpening-Adobe-Photoshop/dp/0321449916/ref=ntt_at_ep_dpt_7 Later and hope everything is ok Fernando On Fri, Sep 24, 2010 at 7:19 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi gdigio...@gmail.com wrote: For still photography work, a quality desktop LCD display should only require recalibration/profiling about every other month at most. I see less than 2% drift with the Apple Cinema Display 23 (2006 generation) in six months. The Eye One Display 2 is an excellent calibration/profiling system. It's what I've been using since 2004. On Fri, Sep 24, 2010 at 1:20 PM, Doug Franklin jehosep...@mindspring.com wrote: On 2010-09-24 10:02, Fernando wrote: + How often are you supposed to calibrate an LCD monitor. I don't know if it's relevant but I have this monitor and this calibration system: http://accessories.dell.com/sna/products/displays/productdetail.aspx?c=cal=ens=corpsku=320-7825 - Dell 2209WA http://www.xrite.com/product_overview.aspx?ID=788 - X-rite i1 display 2 I'm not familiar with that calibration system, but my Spyder3 wants me to recalibrate every month (30 days). -- Thanks, DougF (KG4LMZ) -- 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. -- Godfrey godfreydigiorgi.posterous.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. -- http://www.flickr.com/photos/ferand/ -- 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.
Prophoto RGB, gamma and other Qs
Hi all, I'm walking my first steps into the overwhelming world of color management. Any of the gurus can help me with a couple of questions?: + How often are you supposed to calibrate an LCD monitor. I don't know if it's relevant but I have this monitor and this calibration system: http://accessories.dell.com/sna/products/displays/productdetail.aspx?c=cal=ens=corpsku=320-7825 - Dell 2209WA http://www.xrite.com/product_overview.aspx?ID=788 - X-rite i1 display 2 + If I want to use ProphotoRGB as my color space, I heard that this is a gamma 1.8 color space (as opposed to AdobeRGB and sRGB that are gamma 2.2). Does this mean that to use ProPhotoRGB I should calibrate for gamma 1.8 instead of 2.2? http://www.luminous-landscape.com/tutorials/prophoto-rgb.shtml -- http://www.flickr.com/photos/ferand/ -- 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: Prophoto RGB, gamma and other Qs
Thanks Mark On Fri, Sep 24, 2010 at 10:23 AM, Mark Roberts m...@robertstech.com wrote: Fernando wrote: I'm walking my first steps into the overwhelming world of color management. Any of the gurus can help me with a couple of questions?: + How often are you supposed to calibrate an LCD monitor. It depends on how critical/neurotic you are. LCD monitors are pretty stable and if you're not sending files out for extremely critical fine art printing I'd say once a month is fine. + If I want to use ProphotoRGB as my color space, I heard that this is a gamma 1.8 color space (as opposed to AdobeRGB and sRGB that are gamma 2.2). Does this mean that to use ProPhotoRGB I should calibrate for gamma 1.8 instead of 2.2? Nope. If you're using color managed software like Photoshop the ICC profile for ProPhoto RGB will take care of the rendering. Calibrate and profile your monitor for 2.2 gamma and 6500K white point. -- 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. -- http://www.flickr.com/photos/ferand/ -- 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: a play on words a day keeps the doctor away PUN warning , one photo reference
This made my day, gave me a nice break from work... Fernando On Thu, Aug 26, 2010 at 12:34 PM, Ann Sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com wrote: These may have been seen by some -- I have a particularly good source for stuff like this Enjoy - ann A man's home is his castle, in a manor of speaking. Dijon vu - the same mustard as before. Practice safe eating - always use condiments. Shotgun wedding - A case of wife or death. A man needs a mistress just to break the monogamy. A hangover is the wrath of grapes. Dancing cheek-to-cheek is really a form of floor play. Does the name Pavlov ring a bell? Condoms should be used on every conceivable occasion. Reading while sunbathing makes you well red. When two egotists meet, it's an I for an I. A bicycle can't stand on its own because it is two tired. What's the definition of a will? (It's a dead give away.) Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana. In democracy your vote counts. In feudalism your count votes. She was engaged to a boyfriend with a wooden leg but broke it off. A chicken crossing the road is poultry in motion. If you don't pay your exorcist, you get repossessed. With her marriage, she got a new name and a dress. The man who fell into an upholstery machine is fully recovered. You feel stuck with your debt if you can't budge it. Local Area Network in Australia - the LAN down under. Every calendar's days are numbered. A lot of money is tainted - Taint yours and taint mine. A boiled egg in the morning is hard to beat. He had a photographic memory that was never developed. A midget fortune-teller who escapes from prison is a small medium at large. Once you've seen one shopping center, you've seen a mall. Bakers trade bread recipes on a knead-to-know basis. Santa's helpers are subordinate clauses. Acupuncture is a jab well done. -- 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. -- http://www.flickr.com/photos/ferand/ -- 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: Not Suited for Work
Hi Christine, Just want to be part of the congratulatory crowd. Great shot, very funny and well seen. On Sun, Sep 5, 2010 at 12:51 PM, Christine Aguila cagu...@earthlink.net wrote: The wondrous things you see when you're young. :-) Enjoy! http://www.caguila.com/caguila/snap/content/IMGP1385_large.html Cheers, Christine -- 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. -- http://www.flickr.com/photos/ferand/ -- 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: Enablement, Pentaxland vacation photos and other stuff
Thanks Boris!! Tokyo is asking for a second trip -I'm thinking in 5 or more years ;-) - this one was too short, and everyone keeps telling my that the best of Japan is in Kyoto -and this one left me hungry for more :-P On Sun, Jul 25, 2010 at 3:44 AM, Boris Liberman bori...@gmail.com wrote: Lovely series, Fernando (or should I call you The globe trotter?) ;-). Tokyo is firmly on the list of places which I would like to visit! Boris -- 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. -- http://www.flickr.com/photos/ferand/ -- 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: Enablement, Pentaxland vacation photos and other stuff
Thanks for the suggestion Rick, I should at least number them, would love to hear which one you like. Some of them are fun, but I found most of them forgettable... On Sun, Jul 25, 2010 at 8:49 PM, Rick Womer rwomer1...@yahoo.com wrote: There are some great shots, especially in the Boracay set. Unfortunately they don't seem to have labels so I can't easily tell you what my favorites are. Rick http://photo.net/photos/RickW --- On Thu, 7/22/10, Fernando fer.p...@gmail.com wrote: From: Fernando fer.p...@gmail.com Subject: Enablement, Pentaxland vacation photos and other stuff To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Date: Thursday, July 22, 2010, 9:42 PM Hey all, After a year of asking for tripod advice I finally pulled the trigger. I got somewhat newer versions of the legs and head: Manfrotto 055XPROB and a Manfrotto 496RC2 head, but boy, what an upgrade from my $20 elcheapo tripod, just the experience of having a tripod of my height is exhilarating ;-) Expect my photos to be sharp for a difference now... I'm already salivating after carbon fiber legs, some better heads and a pano thingy, but this combo is a quantum leap -or feels like that for now. I also fought my procrastination and processed my vacation photos; I don't feel I had much luck this time -no 2011 Pdml-book photo yet- but some funny pictures. In Boracay the best snorkeling experience ever, some interesting thunderstorms and other stuff. In Tokyo not so much, but I can blame jet lag for that -only 4 jetlagged days there. I kept it short -19 photos each album Boracay: slideshow: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ferand/sets/72157624548005050/show/ or all of them together http://www.flickriver.com/photos/ferand/sets/72157624548005050/ Tokyo slideshow: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ferand/sets/72157624423201883/show/ or all of them together http://www.flickriver.com/photos/ferand/sets/72157624423201883/ Changes in my work are keeping away from the list, but I check it now and them, hope everyone is fine. Later Fernando -- http://www.flickr.com/photos/ferand/ -- 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. -- http://www.flickr.com/photos/ferand/ -- 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: Enablement, Pentaxland vacation photos and other stuff
Just some hours in Manila, connecting the international flight with the domestic, the rest of the time in Boracay. Are you close to Manila? On Thu, Jul 22, 2010 at 10:56 PM, Bong Manayon bongmana...@gmail.com wrote: Hey cool! You were here... Bong On Fri, Jul 23, 2010 at 9:42 AM, Fernando fer.p...@gmail.com wrote: Hey all, After a year of asking for tripod advice I finally pulled the trigger. I got somewhat newer versions of the legs and head: Manfrotto 055XPROB and a Manfrotto 496RC2 head, but boy, what an upgrade from my $20 elcheapo tripod, just the experience of having a tripod of my height is exhilarating ;-) Expect my photos to be sharp for a difference now... I'm already salivating after carbon fiber legs, some better heads and a pano thingy, but this combo is a quantum leap -or feels like that for now. I also fought my procrastination and processed my vacation photos; I don't feel I had much luck this time -no 2011 Pdml-book photo yet- but some funny pictures. In Boracay the best snorkeling experience ever, some interesting thunderstorms and other stuff. In Tokyo not so much, but I can blame jet lag for that -only 4 jetlagged days there. I kept it short -19 photos each album Boracay: slideshow: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ferand/sets/72157624548005050/show/ or all of them together http://www.flickriver.com/photos/ferand/sets/72157624548005050/ Tokyo slideshow: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ferand/sets/72157624423201883/show/ or all of them together http://www.flickriver.com/photos/ferand/sets/72157624423201883/ Changes in my work are keeping away from the list, but I check it now and them, hope everyone is fine. Later Fernando -- http://www.flickr.com/photos/ferand/ -- 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. -- Bong Manayon http://www.bong.uni.cc -- 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. -- http://www.flickr.com/photos/ferand/ -- 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.
Enablement, Pentaxland vacation photos and other stuff
Hey all, After a year of asking for tripod advice I finally pulled the trigger. I got somewhat newer versions of the legs and head: Manfrotto 055XPROB and a Manfrotto 496RC2 head, but boy, what an upgrade from my $20 elcheapo tripod, just the experience of having a tripod of my height is exhilarating ;-) Expect my photos to be sharp for a difference now... I'm already salivating after carbon fiber legs, some better heads and a pano thingy, but this combo is a quantum leap -or feels like that for now. I also fought my procrastination and processed my vacation photos; I don't feel I had much luck this time -no 2011 Pdml-book photo yet- but some funny pictures. In Boracay the best snorkeling experience ever, some interesting thunderstorms and other stuff. In Tokyo not so much, but I can blame jet lag for that -only 4 jetlagged days there. I kept it short -19 photos each album Boracay: slideshow: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ferand/sets/72157624548005050/show/ or all of them together http://www.flickriver.com/photos/ferand/sets/72157624548005050/ Tokyo slideshow: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ferand/sets/72157624423201883/show/ or all of them together http://www.flickriver.com/photos/ferand/sets/72157624423201883/ Changes in my work are keeping away from the list, but I check it now and them, hope everyone is fine. Later Fernando -- http://www.flickr.com/photos/ferand/ -- 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: The State of The List
Done On Sat, Jun 12, 2010 at 6:34 PM, Paul Sorenson allarou...@earthlink.net wrote: So...how many of us can kick in 20USD and see how far it goes? -p On 6/12/2010 5:04 PM, Doug Brewer wrote: Paul Sorenson wrote: Doug - What kind of operating costs are we looking at? There should be no reason that we can't all contribute either through a Donate button or directly to you in order to keep the costs off your back. At least until you get back on your feet and can foot the bill entirely by yourself again. * :-D ;-) :-) * -p I'll try to answer here. The cost for hosting runs $50/month, and I'm $200 in the red as of today, so basically just the hosting runs $600 annually. I re-upped the domain name last December for a couple of years, so it's good until Dec 2011. This has all come out of my pocket, with some donations earlier this year and a gift from the list four or five years ago, both of which were greatly appreciated. Again, it must be emphasized that I have been more than happy to do this, as well as the maintenance over the years. I've just added a donation button to the pdml.net site. It looks like shite right now, and I'm hoping to re-write the page to look better some time this weekend; keep in mind that I am single-parenting this week while Mrs. List Guy visits her grandmother in Colorado, so time is hard to come by. Thanks for your inquiries and whatnot, both on and off list. Doug No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 9.0.829 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/2932 - Release Date: 06/11/10 13:35:00 -- 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. -- http://www.flickr.com/photos/ferand/ -- 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: Sensor native color balance setting?
Hi Larry, This discussion might be of some use -it's based on the K10D but at least describes the method to get -what I understand- is an answer to your question: http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/readflat.asp?forum=1036thread=22957362page=1 On Sun, Jun 6, 2010 at 2:50 AM, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote: The problem with the histogram is that it shows the exposure of the jpeg, not of the raw sensor. It seems to me that if you set the camera to the sensor's raw color balance, then the jpeg and the raw file histograms would match. Anybody know what that setting would be? -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com sent from i4est -- 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. -- http://www.flickr.com/photos/ferand/ -- 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: Rumour: The 31 Ltd has been discontinued (welcome the DA* 30mm f/1.4?)
AFAIR it's always been like this, it took Henry's 3 months to get a black 31 for me (3 years ago); sounds like this rumour is BS -and would be a stupid move by Pentax to discontinue the finest lens in their current line up. On Fri, Jun 4, 2010 at 8:18 PM, Adam Maas a...@mawz.ca wrote: I normally deal with Downtown Camera,and rarely deal with Henry's anymore as I don't much lik the Superstore and the Outlet got moved to Mississauga. -Adam On Fri, Jun 4, 2010 at 7:59 PM, David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com wrote: On Fri, Jun 4, 2010 at 7:19 PM, Adam Maas a...@mawz.ca wrote: The 77 and 43 are in stock at mine, but they don't have the 31 normally. -Adam I deal at Newmarket, but when i bought the 77 it only took a month to get it Dave On Fri, Jun 4, 2010 at 7:17 PM, David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com wrote: I had to special order my 77 at my local crack dealer, and the others are also special order. Another reason i un subbed from PF Dave On Fri, Jun 4, 2010 at 1:14 PM, Miserere miser...@gmail.com wrote: Some guy just started a rumour on PentaxForums that the 31 Ltd has been discontinued based on the lack of stock at major store sites. He thinks this might herald the arrival of the fabled DA* 30mm f/1.4. http://www.pentaxforums.com/forums/pentax-news-rumors/103664-how-rumours-born-new-30mm-prime-lens-coming-soon.html I hope it doesn't come riding on a silver surfboard... Cheers, --M. -- \/\/o/\/\ -- http://WorldOfMiserere.com http://EnticingTheLight.com A Quest for Photographic Enlightenment -- 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. -- M. Adam Maas http://www.mawz.ca Explorations of the City Around Us. -- 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. -- M. Adam Maas http://www.mawz.ca Explorations of the City Around Us. -- 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. -- http://www.flickr.com/photos/ferand/ -- 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.
GESO: This week in photos
Hi all, Nothing special, just a small set to celebrate that summer arrived in TO. http://www.flickriver.com/photos/ferand/tags/WOMAY282010/ -- http://www.flickr.com/photos/ferand/ -- 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: Artist Bios CVs from Exhibit
fine with me On Mon, May 24, 2010 at 11:45 AM, Christine Aguila cagu...@earthlink.net wrote: Hi Everyone: Are folks interested in reading the artist bios cvs from the exhibit? If so, Sue is willing to send me that information, and I could post it to the list--somehow. Are there any photogs on the list who do not want their information posted? We wouldn't post addresses etc, just the text from the bios and cvs. If you have objections to this idea, post to the list to let me know. If you have NO objections to this idea, post to the list to let me know. cheers, Christine -- 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. -- http://www.flickr.com/photos/ferand/ -- 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: K20D tips and tricks
That's neat. Thanks for sharing.
On Wed, May 19, 2010 at 11:29 PM, P. J. Alling
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I post this only because I don't remember reading this in the manual, and I
know some people didn't know that the OK button worked as a dedicated ISO
button, so this may help someone.
Want to zero exposure compensation instantly? Simple, press the
compensation [+/-] button, and while holding it in press the green button.
The compensation resets to 0.
As I said it may be in the manual but I didn't remember reading it.
Note: This may not work with all versions of the firmware, I have no way of
testing anything but the latest version I have, which is 1.04.
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Re: Leica M9
One year someone bought a silver dinner service, used it over Christmas That might explain that sign that I saw last year in Canadian Tire, stating that Christmas ornaments can't be returned after Dec. 24... On Thu, May 20, 2010 at 2:20 PM, Bob W p...@web-options.com wrote: [...] Sears, as you know has made it a practice on their Craftsman hand tools to replace items, no receipt, no questions asked, regardless of how the item was abused. Do we pay for that policy at the get go when purchasing a Craftsman hand tool? Yes we do. But I, for one, like the idea that I can use a flat blade screwdriver for a crowbar and when it breaks I simply walk in and say 'it broke'. Salesman says 'Oh, OK go get another'. It's proven to be a successful policy, as far as I can tell. I used to work for Selfridges many years ago when they had a no-questions-asked returns policy, even for stuff that was clearly bought in a different shop, eg Marks Spencer. One year someone bought a silver dinner service, used it over Christmas, then returned it for a full refund. People would also bring in shoes they'd obviously been wearing every day for a year, and get a full refund. Incredible really, but it seemed not to damage the shop's profits 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. -- http://www.flickr.com/photos/ferand/ -- 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 645D apparently introduced in Canada
That looks like the Henry's Camera Show. Damm it, I should've gone... On Tue, May 18, 2010 at 3:56 PM, AlunFoto alunf...@gmail.com wrote: Youtube flick: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xd1V58LsKtcfeature=player_embedded -- http://www.alunfoto.no/galleri/ http://alunfoto.blogspot.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. -- http://www.flickr.com/photos/ferand/ -- 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: Chicago
Regarding photography, these are my problems defining art exclusively by intent: +When I take a photo I always have the intention of creating an image, the same goes when my grandmother takes a photo. Does this fact declare as artists? If that intention is not good then what intention/s define art? Art is defined by the intention of making art? +An artist's father owns a company that cleans dead people's apartments. Possessions that are not claimed -like photos, in most cases family snapshots- are selected by the artist with the intention of communicating the value of certain aesthetic. Most of these photos where not created with the intention of creating art, they become art by the view of the artist that is showing them. By this extreme example you can say that any photo is potentially art, waiting to be interpreted as that by an artist. Intent needs to exist before the photo is created or can be found after its creation? +What about Lartigue? He's the father of vernacular photography, lots of these photos are the equivalent of today's snapshots, he just happened to be wealthy enough to have access to technology that wasn't easily available to the rest. I don't think that when John Szarkowski found his work he pondered about intent. +The same goes with the example of the NY Crime Scene photos that I posted before. On Tue, May 18, 2010 at 4:33 PM, eckinator eckina...@gmail.com wrote: 2010/5/18 Tom C caka...@gmail.com: On Tue, May 18, 2010 at 2:55 PM, steve harley p...@paper-ape.com wrote: another problem with requiring intent is how does the viewer know about the intent ... is it always obvious? is any intent sufficient? must one meet or learn about the artist as well as experience the art? what if we perceive intent where there is none? what if we perceive no intent where there is some? what about art that deliberately manipulates the perception of intent? Well I have my simple answer to that. 1. I can tell art even when it's art I don't like. There's a ton of art that I do not like or that I actually detest, or I think 'why would anybody do that?', yet I will admit it is art. 2. In my book if there is no intent or if the shown item (assuming we're limiting the discussion to things visible) displays no intent, then I'll conclude logically that there was no intent, so I don't define it as art. Put another way, if the maker of something deliberately produces something that is so incongruous or disharmonious, that ist's devoid of perceivable intent, then I have every right to view it in that way. I would likely view it as junk and not art. I would also venture to say that a random sampling of the general populace would view it the same way and that virtually the only ones that would view such a work as art, is the art theorists themselves. Really I've tried to see it from their point of view but I couldn't get my head up that far. Everyone of course is free to disagree. I couldn't agree more. My thoughts exactly. Cheers Ecke -- 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. -- http://www.flickr.com/photos/ferand/ -- 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 645D apparently introduced in Canada
Is the least he can do given that with your purchases you probably put his children through college... On Tue, May 18, 2010 at 7:20 PM, William Robb war...@gmail.com wrote: - Original Message - From: AlunFoto Subject: Pentax 645D apparently introduced in Canada Youtube flick: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xd1V58LsKtcfeature=player_embedded My pusher is already working on getting me a demo camera to play with for a while. I have rather a love/hate relationship with him. William Robb -- 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. -- http://www.flickr.com/photos/ferand/ -- 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 - Yet another Chicago view
Thanks Ann, I enjoyed that. I liked these ones the most: +Megabus +Red Line Station +Storm at dusk +The Boat Basin at Monroe Sounds like you had a great time. On Tue, May 18, 2010 at 4:07 PM, Ann Sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com wrote: http://annsan.smugmug.com/On-the-Road-or-On-Foot/Bus-Trip-to-Chicago-May-2010/12194964_YYtFD And getting there and comping back... I'm better at editing after waiting a year but these kinda tell the story - although on longer reflection I'm sure I'll dump some of these and replace with others.. Have to get back to retrieving funds now I'm home. IT always costs more than you think it is going to to go away but , boy, am I glad I did. Adding to the cheers of the crowd for the perps of the splendid event at Dankhaus -- rah rah Mark, Christine, Sue, Doug et al...! ann -- 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. -- http://www.flickr.com/photos/ferand/ -- 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: Chicago
Hey, I know that trying to define art is an exercise in futility, but I still can have fun refuting the arguments of the ones that are trying to define it ;-) On Tue, May 18, 2010 at 11:29 PM, frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, May 18, 2010 at 10:16 PM, Doug Franklin jehosep...@mindspring.com wrote: IMO, one cannot reasonably define art solely in terms of the artist, the work, or the intent of the artist, any more than one can reasonably define art solely in terms of the viewer/recipient/?. Art is a collaboration between the artist, the work, and the viewer. Both humans must be engaged, though not necessarily satisfied, for the work to achieve the status of art. Let me interject this what is art? thread for a moment to let you all know that I'm going to go out just now to take a few photos. I don't give a rat's ass if anyone calls them art or not. Have a great day! ;-) 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. -- http://www.flickr.com/photos/ferand/ -- 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: Leica M9
Nothing exciting, I just wanted to share that. Sounds pretty exciting to me... On Mon, May 17, 2010 at 2:31 PM, William Robb war...@gmail.com wrote: I had the opportunity to play with one this morning. It and a little 35mm lens that reminded me somewhat of a Pentax Limited lens, except a lot nicer. My pusher, bless his heart, is going to try to get the company demo model for me so that I can have it to play with for a few days. Nothing exciting, I just wanted to share that. William Robb -- 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. -- http://www.flickr.com/photos/ferand/ -- 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: Chicago
Every time I hear about intent I remember this piece of Genius of
Photography and the NY police crime scene shots. There was no intent
of making art, but this can be considered art nonetheless.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-I8KljdoZM0
On Mon, May 17, 2010 at 12:17 PM, P. J. Alling
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On 5/12/2010 10:09 AM, P N Stenquist wrote:
On May 12, 2010, at 9:19 AM, William Robb wrote:
- Original Message - From: paul stenquist
Subject: Re: Chicago
Invoking an emotional response is artistry in its highest form.
When Tom and I were driving to the hotel on Thursday, a station wagon
being driven in an erratic and dangerous manner invoked a fairly extreme
emotional response from both of us.
I hadn't thought of bad driving as being an art form before this
moment.
Well, it can be.
I think this is as good a place for my comment in this discussion. For it
to actually be Art there has to be _describable_ intent on the part of the
/Artist/. That usually, but doesn't always, requires a certain level of
craftsmanship. So I guess intentional bad driving is Art, while
unintentional bad driving isn't. Extrapolate to the rest of the universe at
your peril.
William Robb
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Re: Cleaning Sensors
I did 3 methods in the past -I kinda don't clean sensors anymore in the new cameras because the come with a new coating that seems to repel things from building up. In this order when I have to clean a sensor I try: 1) Blowinng -with a blower, I use some cheap Giottos blower 2) A brush -I use this expensive Sensor Brush from VisibleDust but there is a DIY version in http://www.prime-junta.net/pont/How_to/a_Brush_Your_Sensor/a_Brush_Your_Sensor.html 3) Finally if everything else fails I do the wet method (AKA Copperhill method) I got my stuff from www.copperhillimages.com but there are some disposable ones called Sensor Swabs I never brought it to a shop so I don't know what's reasonable. PS: If you want to DIY and can't build up courage let me know if you want me to help. On Sun, May 16, 2010 at 8:03 AM, frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: Or more specifically the sensor in my *istD. Is this a do-at-home project or something best left to professionals? If I can do it myself, how? If I take it to a shop, what's a reasonable price? Thanks! 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. -- http://www.flickr.com/photos/ferand/ -- 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.
SDHC Card problem
Hi list, My wife's boss has this SDHC Lexar 16GB that can't be accessed. She was using this in a video camera (not a pentax BTW) and the thing shut off all of the sudden -battery died apparently. I tried to read it but Windows would not even recognize that there is a card in the reader. Did this ever happen to you? Any pointers on what to do? PS: I use Sandisk SD exclusively, I guess this can happen with any brand, this is more of a camera problem right? -- http://www.flickr.com/photos/ferand/ -- 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 : skies and clouds
Hi Dominique, I like the plane lines one, for some reason I feel I would like it better without the tree-top on the rigth-bottom corner. On Fri, May 14, 2010 at 9:41 AM, Madame RD romd...@orange.fr wrote: one of my favourite subjects .. clouds over Paris are puffy and very white .. worth admiring from a bridge over the Seine.. the last photo was taken from my office and the others during a trip to Brittany from the hotel windows .. http://www.flickr.com/photos/la_meduse/4605933385/sizes/l/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/la_meduse/4605932929/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/la_meduse/4606546092/sizes/l/in/photostream/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/la_meduse/4606546866/sizes/l/in/photostream/ I thought the plane lines added peps to the pictures. comments welcome of course ... dominique -- 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. -- http://www.flickr.com/photos/ferand/ -- 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: What Makes a Good Photograph? Was: Chicago
LOL oh sorry, lol On Fri, May 14, 2010 at 10:52 AM, Daniel J. Matyola danmaty...@gmail.com wrote: For the non-Americans, Shout is a brand of laundry detergent. G Dan On Fri, May 14, 2010 at 10:49 AM, Bob Sullivan rf.sulli...@gmail.com wrote: WILSON MICHAEL, Why are you SHOUTING at us? Regards, Bob S. On Fri, May 14, 2010 at 9:18 AM, WILSON MICHAEL m.9.wil...@ntlworld.com wrote: On 14 May 2010 01:03, Miserere miser...@gmail.com wrote: On 13 May 2010 15:02, mike wilson m.9.wil...@ntlworld.com wrote: One man's charming is another's charmin. For the non-Americans: Charmin is a brand of toilet paper. -- 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. -- http://www.flickr.com/photos/ferand/ -- 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 from Chicago
That's cool On Thu, May 13, 2010 at 4:17 PM, Mark Roberts m...@robertstech.com wrote: I've got a gallery put together, but I won't have time to get it on line for a while. So here's a PESO... Say what you will about Eggleston, viewing his exhibit really does make you *think* about photography and what you do and don't like. And it may even give you new ideas. I found myself spotting Eggleston-ish color palettes all over the place after seeing the show. This one was taken in O'Hare airport while waiting for our flight home. In the terminal they have screens made of some sort of gauze material over the windows - they cut down the incoming light while still letting you see what's outside. http://www.robertstech.com/pages/fotoblog/7da01856.htm -- 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. -- http://www.flickr.com/photos/ferand/ -- 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: For HCB fans
Gracias Carlos ;-) On Fri, May 14, 2010 at 3:41 AM, Carlos R carlos_r...@teleline.es wrote: http://www.elpais.com/articulo/cultura/Guerra/Civil/Cartier-Bresson/elpepicul/20100514elpepicul_1/Tes Carlos -- 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. -- http://www.flickr.com/photos/ferand/ -- 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: Win some pentax glass
I was going with that, but changed to 15, 31, 77 at the last minute... On Fri, May 14, 2010 at 12:07 PM, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote: On 5/13/2010 9:53 PM, Fernando wrote: Guess and explain what 3 limiteds Ned is taking to Hawaii and you can win some Pentax Glass: http://nedbunnell.blogspot.com/2010/05/whats-in-your-bag.html Thanks. I guessed the 21, 31 and 77. PS: I hope is not a Pentax-branded beer glass. -- 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. -- http://www.flickr.com/photos/ferand/ -- 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: The evolution of a photographer
My pre-search skills didn't work, I thought I was being original ;-( My problem is that I don't know if I'm in the all I shoot is crap or Dammit I suck... On Thu, May 13, 2010 at 6:17 AM, AlunFoto alunf...@gmail.com wrote: 2010/5/13 Fernando fer.p...@gmail.com: Some humor: http://www.f1point0.com/2010/04/19/the-evolution-of-a-photographer/ It's been circulated before, iirc, but it's still just as good. Except it's a bit too close to home for comfort... :-) Jostein -- http://www.alunfoto.no/galleri/ http://alunfoto.blogspot.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. -- http://www.flickr.com/photos/ferand/ -- 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.
Definig good or bad photos around the viewer Was: What Makes a Good Photograph?
I see lots of arguments here defining good or bad around the viewer. This reminds me of this discussion I read some time ago, it's a simple thought experiment that got me thinking about why I shoot what I shoot. The premise is simple: Let's say you just emerged from a cave to find that everyone else was gone. You're the last person on the planet. None will ever follow. You have every camera ever made at your disposal, as well as unlimited lenses, film, batteries, paper, as well as crates all the world's remaining Polaroid film. Whatever you would need to shoot whatever you want for the rest of your life, without consideration of cost or effort, would be at your disposal. (Your cave is also stocked with food, water, clothes and all of that other stuff, so you won't need to expend much time or effort on basic survival.) Knowing that you will be the only one to ever, ever see your pictures, would you still bother to make them? Source: http://www.flickr.com/groups/onthestreet/discuss/72157611943044274/ On Thu, May 13, 2010 at 11:26 AM, John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com wrote: Stick my two cents in here ... for whatever it's worth. I'm one of those who doesn't get Eggelston. To me his work looks like a compilation of discarded snapshots purchased from yard sales and flea markets. But it's a matter of taste. Some people appreciate it, some people don't. Same could be said about any photographer. Annie Liebowitz has her fans ... so do Tony Sweet and Ken Rockwell. For me, a good photograph evokes a response from the viewer - it could be an emotional response or an intellectual response, but it evokes SOMETHING from the viewer other than boredom. That's why it's so hard to define a good photograph, because what evokes a response from me might not evoke one from you. There seem to be some photographs that are universally acclaimed, some that are not. How do you catalog the characteristics of those universally acclaimed photos to define goodness? What minimum of those characteristics are required for a new work to automatically become a good photograph? I don't think anyone has yet found the surefire recipe. From: Tom C Hi Doug, (take everything I say as not an argument, but more or less musing) I don't know the history of Eggleston or how/why he became famous. From the exhibit I saw, I suspect either some beatniks in a coffehouse somewhere or some art professors who talk vs. do, were looking for deeper meaning and stared at some photographs long enough until they thought that they'd found it. Realizing he could achieve fame and/or money by doing more of the same he set out to deliver what the 'intellectuals' wanted. The above may not be true, but it's the sense I get, because if I were to show a similar set of photographs, which would be quite easy to produce, I'd be uniformly chastized. If a person deliberately sets about shooting in what I'd call a 'crappy snaphot style', is it good because it was deliberate as opposed to haphazard? Or is it good because it reminds people of the way things were in years gone by and hence evokes an emotion? I called his photographs crappy because I found them largely devoid of any discernible style or intent, and I did not find them aesthetically pleasing. I did not enjoy the majority of them individually nor did I see any cohesiveness as a group. If that was what he was shooting for, he achieved it. And what I'm trying to do, somewhat clumsily, is get you to articulate those reasons. What I'm trying to get at is that we all have our templates, as photographers, and sometimes to our detriment. How often do we take the lazy way out and just rely on the rule of thirds to compose a photo instead of taking the time to think about what composition really suits the subject matter best? The rule of thirds is not the only game in town, and the same can be said for any other compositional/sharpness/exposure/color habit we get into. Yes, I deliberately tried NOT to articulate the reasons why I would consider a photograph good, and leave it open to interpretation. :-) Why? Because I KNOW, that sure as grass is green, if I elaborate on some specific criteria that someone will argue the opposite or the exception, and point out to me (as if I'm a total idiot) that I cannot be the sole arbiter of what makes a good photograph (and I can't). So I did not fall into the trap. :-) I do however agree with your statements above. The formula for making a good photograph is wide and varied, and we can easily become trapped in our formulaic way of seeing and producing. That, in essence, probably becomes our style, but it's certainly good to keep an open mind and consider that our subject at the time could posiibly benefit from a different approach than our norm. The same can be said for how we view photographs. We like best those that are like what we shoot, as photographers. The
Re: Definig good or bad photos around the viewer Was: What Makes a Good Photograph?
My conclusion was the opposite ;-) Basically this is the photo-existensial version of the if-a-tree-falls-in-the-forest-and-no-one-is-there-to-hear-it-does-it-make-a-sound question. The reason why I answered 'yes' is because I realised that there are shots that I make just for me -heck I have complete sets that I don't believe in general no one else but me will like. This doesn't mean I lack the skills to discern -with certain accuracy- what shots might appeal to some crowds: all the shots I sent for the PDML annual are the ones that I believe can stand on their own while still being truthfull to the type of photograph I like the most. This also goes with experimenting and working outside of my comfort zone, even if this means failing -for the general public- 6,000 times before I get a great shot. On Thu, May 13, 2010 at 1:42 PM, Tom C caka...@gmail.com wrote: The simple answer is No. Images are a means of communication. If there's no one to communicate with, the image is useless. Now if I had repair the still that was in the cave, and I wanted to make sure that I remembered how I took it apart, so that I could reassemble it correctly, I'd take photos. In that case I'd be essentially communicating with myself from the past. Tom C. On Thu, May 13, 2010 at 1:04 PM, Fernando fer.p...@gmail.com wrote: I see lots of arguments here defining good or bad around the viewer. This reminds me of this discussion I read some time ago, it's a simple thought experiment that got me thinking about why I shoot what I shoot. The premise is simple: Let's say you just emerged from a cave to find that everyone else was gone. You're the last person on the planet. None will ever follow. You have every camera ever made at your disposal, as well as unlimited lenses, film, batteries, paper, as well as crates all the world's remaining Polaroid film. Whatever you would need to shoot whatever you want for the rest of your life, without consideration of cost or effort, would be at your disposal. (Your cave is also stocked with food, water, clothes and all of that other stuff, so you won't need to expend much time or effort on basic survival.) Knowing that you will be the only one to ever, ever see your pictures, would you still bother to make them? Source: http://www.flickr.com/groups/onthestreet/discuss/72157611943044274/ -- 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. -- http://www.flickr.com/photos/ferand/ -- 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.
For the Weegee fans
http://www.americansuburbx.com/2010/05/interview-famous-photographers-tell-how.html I liked this Now the easiest kind of a job to cover is a murder, because the stiff will be laying on the ground, [..] and he would be good for at least two hours yikes... -- http://www.flickr.com/photos/ferand/ -- 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 good photographer
Thanks for that. This made me realise how little I know of HCB work, I think I didn't recognize a single shot! On Thu, May 13, 2010 at 2:33 PM, p...@web-options.com wrote: Peter Galassi, chief curator of photography at New York's Museum of Modern Art, talks about Henri Cartier Bresson, the man whose camera left such an enduring mark. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/world_news_america/8679164.stm -- 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. -- http://www.flickr.com/photos/ferand/ -- 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 - After the Storm - Part III
Another great shot. I like the position of the birds and the tones. On Thu, May 13, 2010 at 11:09 PM, frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: This will be the final one taken last Saturday morning, after Friday night's thunderstorm. I had initially expected to put these together as a GESO, but things didn't work out that way. The winds were high, so the clouds and lighting were changing by the minute. This is my favourite taken of Toronto's skyline that morning: http://knarfinthecity.blogspot.com/2010/05/after-storm-part-iii.html Hope you enjoy. Comments always welcome. *istD, Sigma f3.5 50-200 manual focus zoom (at 200mm), Manfrotto monopod. 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. -- http://www.flickr.com/photos/ferand/ -- 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.
Win some pentax glass
Guess and explain what 3 limiteds Ned is taking to Hawaii and you can win some Pentax Glass: http://nedbunnell.blogspot.com/2010/05/whats-in-your-bag.html PS: I hope is not a Pentax-branded beer glass. -- http://www.flickr.com/photos/ferand/ -- 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: What Makes a Good Photograph? Was: Chicago
I think the approach you guys are using to analyse this might be flawed for some type of work, some photos need to be evaluated as part of a whole, and even in an intended sequence (e.g. Robert Frank's The Americans). These are the photos that evaluated individualy are mundane but are elevated to a different level as part of a whole. On Wed, May 12, 2010 at 9:45 AM, Tom C caka...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, May 12, 2010 at 12:47 AM, Doug Brewer d...@alphoto.com wrote: OK, if we're going to discuss this, first you have to define what exactly makes a good photograph, without saying a good photo is not this... or a good photo is not that... Fire when ready. Thought about in my sleep. :-) I'll cop out with the following: We and I may be mixing up the terms art and good in this discussion... oh well... There can be be no single answer to the question because photographs are taken for a variety of reasons. Some photographs are intended as a form of artistic expression while others may be simply documentary. Some are documentary of an event, say a party, while others are taken for more mundane reasons. I believe some photos are taken for practically no reason whatsoever - the person has a camera and therefore is using it (similar to what happens if you give a child a camera and they mostly, indiscriminately, start walking around actuating the shutter). (Like Eggleston, IMO, wink) There's at least two ways of defining good when it's applied to photography: 1. Good because the image fulfills the requirements for which it was taken 2. Good because the image possesses some attributes that make it stand out in a positive way Individually we all define good somewhat differently. It seems to me that invoking/or not an emotional response is not the whole thing either. First, one viewer is different from the next, so will be impacted differently. Second, the viewer may have an emotional response to the image that has little to do with the merits of the image itself. Example 1: I love my baby, so a picture of my baby invokes an emotional response. Example 2: I remember the day JFK was shot, so when I see images of that traumatic event, it invokes an emotional response. In both examples above the subject matter alone is what may produce a response. I would think that a snapshot baby picture or a hastily taken image documenting an event, likely does not qualify as art unless it invokes a response for reasons other than the subject matter itself. In the GESO I just posted of wide angle portraits. Are they good or bad? Are they art? I didn't intend them to be art. Nor would I ever submit that they are such. Yet, I took them with the sole purpose of invoking an emotional response (which from what I read is either amusement or horror). Are they good? IMO, yes, but only in that they invoked the response I was hoping for). Are they good because they possess some other qualities, such as excellent composition, lighting, exposure control? No. In the end, I suppose, the only statements I can really make that are unassailable is I like that image or I think that's a good image. My thoughts and emotions are my own and require no validation. If someone disagrees, their opposite statements are just as valid. As I said, I think the PDML exhibit in Chicago was a far better collection of images than the Eggleston exhibit. That's my opinion. For instance I saw nothing artistic or good about the photographs of a pile of garbage or the black porcelain interior of an oven. It's probably easier to define a bad photograph as opposed to a good one. A bad photograph is one that a person sees once and never cares to look at again. Tom C. -- 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. -- http://www.flickr.com/photos/ferand/ -- 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.
The evolution of a photographer
Some humor: http://www.f1point0.com/2010/04/19/the-evolution-of-a-photographer/ -- http://www.flickr.com/photos/ferand/ -- 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: Pennington Barn II III
In my humble and clueless opinion I feel the BW suits the subject much better. I like it. On Tue, May 11, 2010 at 12:37 PM, Jack Davis jdavi...@yahoo.com wrote: I recently posted a quicky of this barn, but conditions improved (the Earth did some further tilting) and this AM I noticed the sun is now hitting its front. Also, dying weeds are now more suited to the scene. I'd have allowed a bit more of the sky had it had more to offer. Comments warmly accepted! Jack Color.. http://photolightimages.com/aspupload/detail.asp?ID=501 BW.. http://photolightimages.com/aspupload/detail.asp?ID=502 K20, da55~...@55mm, f/11, 1/30, ISO 100, bean bag/SUV hood rest -- 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. -- http://www.flickr.com/photos/ferand/ -- 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 - After the Storm
Stunning image Frank. Beautiful tones and composition. Does the bike path make it close to where you are there? If so we probably rollerblade there on sunny days -a rarity lately... PS: I can see my place there in the background ;-) On Tue, May 11, 2010 at 7:33 PM, frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: Took this one Saturday morning. I hoped to get together a GESO, but things got crazy on Saturday afternoon and I haven't been on the computer since. So far this and Early Morning Run are the only two I've had a chance to render. Anyway, we had intense thunderstorms here in Toronto on Friday night. By Saturday morning the rain had stopped but Lake Ontario was still pretty pissed off about the whole thing. I had no idea that our little Great Lake could produce the waves I saw that morning. Not quite surfing material, but still, bigger than I expected. Hope you enjoy: http://knarfinthecity.blogspot.com/2010/05/after-storm.html This also gives locals an idea of how far I am from downtown now. Comments welcome. 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. -- http://www.flickr.com/photos/ferand/ -- 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 - Quality Human Hair
I really liked 4, 7, 5, 9 the most -in that order-. I wish I could have joined you guys -would love to see that exhibit. I still remember my first time in the MOMA, looking at some classic photos -not from Eggleston but from other american photographers- was like the first I went to a concert, getting that thrill of experiencing live music after wearing out the band's cd -and I feel that, like some music, some of these shows are more enjoyable after you worn out a couple of books until they grow into you. On Sun, May 9, 2010 at 11:44 PM, Doug Brewer d...@alphoto.com wrote: Most of these will not survive a more serious cull, but right now they don't make me spew. All taken over the too little time I had for shooting in Chicago, just a random collection with no thought to flow or chronological order. Friday night is missing until I move them from the laptop to my working computer. Anyway: http://www.alphoto.com/images/chicago2010/ enjoy -- 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. -- http://www.flickr.com/photos/ferand/ -- 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.
