RE: PDML Book Project is go!
Thanks Brian. I struggled a little with the William Ricketts ones - had a new (for me) vivitar 24mm lens on that I had hardly used before, and it was quite dark and overcast when we were there. Depth-of-field is a bit lacking in some, and there's movement in others. All the more reason to go back... :-) Yes - one of the Lake Mathieson ones is in the current PUG. Regards, Peter -Original Message- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Brian Walters Sent: Monday, 15 December 2008 20:58 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: RE: PDML Book Project is go! Some good work there, Peter. I like the Lake Mathieson images (I think I've seen one of these in a PUG) and the shot of the two zebras. Also the William Ricketts Sanctuary images - haven't been there for decades. I'll have to re-visit on my next trip to Melbourne. Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://members.westnet.com.au/brianwal/SL/ On Sun, 14 Dec 2008 17:16:00 +1100, Peter McIntosh peter...@gmail.com said: A lurker delurks... Thanks heaps guys for putting this together. Volunteers (irrespective of what they're volunteering for) never receive enough thanks for their work. Looking forward to seeing the end product. I've sent two - hopefully they're good enough. H... an introduction... Not sure how long I've been on the list - probably 2-3 years I guess. I'm situated in Sydney, Australia, just one hill east of Brian Walters. Been running around with an ist-DL and a couple of Pentax lenses for a while, photographing spasmodically. And the results reflect it... www.pbase.com/petergly. Hopefully more time coming up to allow me to concentrate on it more. Oh yeah, BTW - page also works fine on Operas 9.62. Back to lurking... Ciao, Peter in Western Sydney -- -- http://www.fastmail.fm - Access your email from home and 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.
RE: PDML Book Project is go!
Some good work there, Peter. I like the Lake Mathieson images (I think I've seen one of these in a PUG) and the shot of the two zebras. Also the William Ricketts Sanctuary images - haven't been there for decades. I'll have to re-visit on my next trip to Melbourne. Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://members.westnet.com.au/brianwal/SL/ On Sun, 14 Dec 2008 17:16:00 +1100, Peter McIntosh peter...@gmail.com said: A lurker delurks... Thanks heaps guys for putting this together. Volunteers (irrespective of what they're volunteering for) never receive enough thanks for their work. Looking forward to seeing the end product. I've sent two - hopefully they're good enough. H... an introduction... Not sure how long I've been on the list - probably 2-3 years I guess. I'm situated in Sydney, Australia, just one hill east of Brian Walters. Been running around with an ist-DL and a couple of Pentax lenses for a while, photographing spasmodically. And the results reflect it... www.pbase.com/petergly. Hopefully more time coming up to allow me to concentrate on it more. Oh yeah, BTW - page also works fine on Operas 9.62. Back to lurking... Ciao, Peter in Western Sydney -- -- http://www.fastmail.fm - Access your email from home and 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.
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In a message dated 12/13/2008 10:16:18 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, peter...@gmail.com writes: A lurker delurks... Thanks heaps guys for putting this together. Volunteers (irrespective of what they're volunteering for) never receive enough thanks for their work. Looking forward to seeing the end product. I've sent two - hopefully they're good enough. H... an introduction... Not sure how long I've been on the list - probably 2-3 years I guess. I'm situated in Sydney, Australia, just one hill east of Brian Walters. Been running around with an ist-DL and a couple of Pentax lenses for a while, photographing spasmodically. And the results reflect it... www.pbase.com/petergly. Hopefully more time coming up to allow me to concentrate on it more. Oh yeah, BTW - page also works fine on Operas 9.62. Back to lurking... Ciao, Peter in Western Sydney = Nice photos. Welcome (officially) to PDML! Marnie aka Doe :-) - Warning: I am now filtering my email, so you may be censored. **Make your life easier with all your friends, email, and favorite sites in one place. Try it now. (http://www.aol.com/?optin=new-dpicid=aolcom40vanityncid=emlcntaolcom0010) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
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Mark Roberts wrote: Dario Bonazza wrote: Mark Roberts wrote: Each PDML member (lurkers included!) can submit up to two shots. I think that lurkers wanting to access the PDML book space should beat a knock here, a message just for proofing at least they have taken the burden of subscribing (even if it's done just for being in the book ;*) Don't you? Doug Brewer has suggested that any lurker who wants a photo in the book should at least post a letter of introduction post to the list. Seems fair. (And Doug can check his records to make sure they really *are* list members.) How would anyone post a message of introduction if they were not list members? -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
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mike wilson wrote: Mark Roberts wrote: Dario Bonazza wrote: Mark Roberts wrote: Each PDML member (lurkers included!) can submit up to two shots. I think that lurkers wanting to access the PDML book space should beat a knock here, a message just for proofing at least they have taken the burden of subscribing (even if it's done just for being in the book ;*) Don't you? Doug Brewer has suggested that any lurker who wants a photo in the book should at least post a letter of introduction post to the list. Seems fair. (And Doug can check his records to make sure they really *are* list members.) How would anyone post a message of introduction if they were not list members? The message of introduction is for people who *are* list members, but are lurking (as opposed to those who aren't members but find this thread in the list archives). -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
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A lurker delurks... Thanks heaps guys for putting this together. Volunteers (irrespective of what they're volunteering for) never receive enough thanks for their work. Looking forward to seeing the end product. I've sent two - hopefully they're good enough. H... an introduction... Not sure how long I've been on the list - probably 2-3 years I guess. I'm situated in Sydney, Australia, just one hill east of Brian Walters. Been running around with an ist-DL and a couple of Pentax lenses for a while, photographing spasmodically. And the results reflect it... www.pbase.com/petergly. Hopefully more time coming up to allow me to concentrate on it more. Oh yeah, BTW - page also works fine on Operas 9.62. Back to lurking... Ciao, Peter in Western Sydney -Original Message- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Mark Roberts Sent: Friday, 12 December 2008 02:16 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: PDML Book Project is go! After a flurry of emails bouncing around the globe and a bit of last-minute html/php coding, Scott Loveless, Bill Robb and I have decided to have a go at producing a PDML photo book. So everyone start going through your shots from this year and pick out your best work! -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
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Mark Roberts wrote: Each PDML member (lurkers included!) can submit up to two shots. I think that lurkers wanting to access the PDML book space should beat a knock here, a message just for proofing at least they have taken the burden of subscribing (even if it's done just for being in the book ;*) Don't you? 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.
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On Dec 11, 2008, at 10:16 AM, Mark Roberts wrote: After a flurry of emails bouncing around the globe and a bit of last- minute html/php coding, Scott Loveless, Bill Robb and I have decided to have a go at producing a PDML photo book. So everyone start going through your shots from this year and pick out your best work! huh. I dunno if I've taken two good shots this year, but I'll look. Dunno if I taken two good shots this lifetime, let alone year Drew (creatively challenged). -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
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Uf, I took a look at my 2008 pictures just to realize that I am only doing 'family' shots lately...well, with two kids under 3 years, one just born this summer, I guess it is normal. Anyway, I am pretty confident with one candidate and I'll take a closer look to see if I can find another one. Great idea, thanks for the effort !! Jaume - Mensaje original De: Mark Roberts msrobert...@ysu.edu Para: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Enviado: jueves, 11 de diciembre, 2008 16:16:02 Asunto: PDML Book Project is go! After a flurry of emails bouncing around the globe and a bit of last-minute html/php coding, Scott Loveless, Bill Robb and I have decided to have a go at producing a PDML photo book. So everyone start going through your shots from this year and pick out your best work! The Plan: The 2008 PDML Photo Annual (yes, we want to make this an annual publication) will be a book of photos by the PDML, plus the annual quotations list. We're going to go through Blurb.com for printing. The book will probably be 8 x 10 inch landscape format, 80-120 pages, so we expect the hardcover version to be around $45.00 and the softcover to be around $35.00. These are just estimates at the moment as actual pricing will depend on bulk purchases (and some built-in profit which we want to donate to the NCCF like we do with the PDML schwag -- http://www.cafepress.com/robertstech) Publication Date: We're aiming for early spring. Photos: Each PDML member (lurkers included!) can submit up to two shots. Deadline is tentatively January 31, 2009 or whenever we fill up the page count, whichever comes first. But we may extend the deadline (or page count) if necessary. Photos should have been shot during 2008 with a Pentax camera (although we may be willing to negotiate if you happen to have a monstrosity like some other brand camera that shoots with Pentax lenses modified to fit cough, cough). Image File Requirements: * File Format: JPEG * Color Space: sRGB (embed the ICC color profile if you can) * Maximum File Size: 3 megabytes * Rename your file with a unique file name * Image Dimensions: Max height, 2400 pixels; Max width, 3000 pixels * You may crop to any aspect ratio you like (but wide panos won't fit) * Please don't apply any sharpening to the image * Please don't add decorative borders, visible (or invisible) watermarks Some of these requirements are determined by Blurb (the color space, for example), some by the physical size of the book and some by the workflow we're planning on. The three editors are all experienced Photoshop experts and Bill and I have produced books through Blurb, so please trust us to take care of things like sharpening. Contact one of us directly if you have any questions or concerns. Note the request for a *unique* file name. We don't want things like IMGP5854 (default Pentax format) or things like untitled or really common phrases, because it will make file management difficult and raise the possibility of one person's image overwriting someone else's on the server or on our local drives. How to Submit Photos: Please don't send them by email! I've set up a web page where you can upload your photos: http://www.robertstech.com/pdmlbook.php I've tested this page on Firefox, Opera, Safari (latest versions) and Internet Explorer 5.5, 6 and 7 (it fails catastrophically on version 5 and earlier and that may or may not get fixed in the future...) If you have problems with the page please contact me. So hop to it! We want your *best* shots. Knock people's socks off! -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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.
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Doug wrote: On Dec 11, 2008, at 10:16 AM, Mark Roberts wrote: After a flurry of emails bouncing around the globe and a bit of last-minute html/php coding, Scott Loveless, Bill Robb and I have decided to have a go at producing a PDML photo book. So everyone start going through your shots from this year and pick out your best work! huh. I dunno if I've taken two good shots this year, but I'll look. I know you've taken at least two good shots this year. But for the benefit of everyone else I'll point out that there's no rule that you have to send two shots; you can just submit one photo if you like. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
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Dario Bonazza wrote: Mark Roberts wrote: We've got plans for the cover. Still secret for now :) No longer. I've cracked your machine and I've discovered the book cover under work: http://www.dariobonazza.com/public/bookcover.jpg Dario, That's awesome! -- Christian http://404mohawknotfound.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.
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Mark, In reading your response to this attached post, I'd like to check my understanding of your post of yesterday, I believe, wherein you allowed that we weren't being held to the current year's work. Please clarify. ;=) Thank you, Jack --- On Fri, 12/12/08, Mark Roberts msrobert...@ysu.edu wrote: From: Mark Roberts msrobert...@ysu.edu Subject: Re: PDML Book Project is go! To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Date: Friday, December 12, 2008, 6:10 AM Doug wrote: On Dec 11, 2008, at 10:16 AM, Mark Roberts wrote: After a flurry of emails bouncing around the globe and a bit of last-minute html/php coding, Scott Loveless, Bill Robb and I have decided to have a go at producing a PDML photo book. So everyone start going through your shots from this year and pick out your best work! huh. I dunno if I've taken two good shots this year, but I'll look. I know you've taken at least two good shots this year. But for the benefit of everyone else I'll point out that there's no rule that you have to send two shots; you can just submit one photo if you like. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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.
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2008/12/12 Christian christ...@skofteland.net: Dario Bonazza wrote: Mark Roberts wrote: We've got plans for the cover. Still secret for now :) No longer. I've cracked your machine and I've discovered the book cover under work: http://www.dariobonazza.com/public/bookcover.jpg Dario, That's awesome! 2 birds for the price 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.
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So you like the PDML'er chimping in the background... Dario - Original Message - From: Christian christ...@skofteland.net To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Friday, December 12, 2008 3:23 PM Subject: Re: PDML Book Project is go! Dario Bonazza wrote: Mark Roberts wrote: We've got plans for the cover. Still secret for now :) No longer. I've cracked your machine and I've discovered the book cover under work: http://www.dariobonazza.com/public/bookcover.jpg Dario, That's awesome! -- Christian http://404mohawknotfound.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.
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On Thu, Dec 11, 2008 at 10:16 AM, Mark Roberts msrobert...@ysu.edu wrote: After a flurry of emails bouncing around the globe and a bit of last-minute html/php coding, Scott Loveless, Bill Robb and I have decided to have a go at producing a PDML photo book. So everyone start going through your shots from this year and pick out your best work! The Plan: The 2008 PDML Photo Annual (yes, we want to make this an annual publication) will be a book of photos by the PDML, plus the annual quotations list. We're going to go through Blurb.com for printing. The book will probably be 8 x 10 inch landscape format, 80-120 pages, so we expect the hardcover version to be around $45.00 and the softcover to be around $35.00. These are just estimates at the moment as actual pricing will depend on bulk purchases (and some built-in profit which we want to donate to the NCCF like we do with the PDML schwag -- http://www.cafepress.com/robertstech) Publication Date: We're aiming for early spring. Photos: Each PDML member (lurkers included!) can submit up to two shots. Deadline is tentatively January 31, 2009 or whenever we fill up the page count, whichever comes first. But we may extend the deadline (or page count) if necessary. Photos should have been shot during 2008 with a Pentax camera (although we may be willing to negotiate if you happen to have a monstrosity like some other brand camera that shoots with Pentax lenses modified to fit cough, cough). Image File Requirements: * File Format: JPEG * Color Space: sRGB (embed the ICC color profile if you can) * Maximum File Size: 3 megabytes * Rename your file with a unique file name * Image Dimensions: Max height, 2400 pixels; Max width, 3000 pixels * You may crop to any aspect ratio you like (but wide panos won't fit) * Please don't apply any sharpening to the image * Please don't add decorative borders, visible (or invisible) watermarks Some of these requirements are determined by Blurb (the color space, for example), some by the physical size of the book and some by the workflow we're planning on. The three editors are all experienced Photoshop experts and Bill and I have produced books through Blurb, so please trust us to take care of things like sharpening. Contact one of us directly if you have any questions or concerns. Note the request for a *unique* file name. We don't want things like IMGP5854 (default Pentax format) or things like untitled or really common phrases, because it will make file management difficult and raise the possibility of one person's image overwriting someone else's on the server or on our local drives. How to Submit Photos: Please don't send them by email! I've set up a web page where you can upload your photos: http://www.robertstech.com/pdmlbook.php I've tested this page on Firefox, Opera, Safari (latest versions) and Internet Explorer 5.5, 6 and 7 (it fails catastrophically on version 5 and earlier and that may or may not get fixed in the future...) If you have problems with the page please contact me. So hop to it! We want your *best* shots. Knock people's socks off! I'm going to have a tough time submitting anything, but with any luck I might come up with a way to properly render a photo or two. This sounds like a great project - I hope I'll be able to participate. Thanks for getting it going. 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.
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Dario Bonazza wrote: Mark Roberts wrote: Each PDML member (lurkers included!) can submit up to two shots. I think that lurkers wanting to access the PDML book space should beat a knock here, a message just for proofing at least they have taken the burden of subscribing (even if it's done just for being in the book ;*) Don't you? Doug Brewer has suggested that any lurker who wants a photo in the book should at least post a letter of introduction post to the list. Seems fair. (And Doug can check his records to make sure they really *are* list members.) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
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Frank wrote: I'm going to have a tough time submitting anything, but with any luck I might come up with a way to properly render a photo or two. It wouldn't be a true PDML book without you, Frank. I hope you can get something submitted! John -- http://www.neovenator.com http://www.cafepress.com/neovenatorphoto -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
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Since Frank has some come computer concerns with PS etc, lately, i'm sure Mark, Bill can help in any conversion. Dave On Fri, Dec 12, 2008 at 3:35 PM, John Celio n...@neovenator.com wrote: Frank wrote: I'm going to have a tough time submitting anything, but with any luck I might come up with a way to properly render a photo or two. It wouldn't be a true PDML book without you, Frank. I hope you can get something submitted! John -- http://www.neovenator.com http://www.cafepress.com/neovenatorphoto -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Equine Photography www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ 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.
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On Fri, Dec 12, 2008 at 6:59 PM, David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com wrote: Since Frank has some come computer concerns with PS etc, lately, i'm sure Mark, Bill can help in any conversion. And they've already said they'll make them sharp! -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
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After a flurry of emails bouncing around the globe and a bit of last-minute html/php coding, Scott Loveless, Bill Robb and I have decided to have a go at producing a PDML photo book. So everyone start going through your shots from this year and pick out your best work! The Plan: The 2008 PDML Photo Annual (yes, we want to make this an annual publication) will be a book of photos by the PDML, plus the annual quotations list. We're going to go through Blurb.com for printing. The book will probably be 8 x 10 inch landscape format, 80-120 pages, so we expect the hardcover version to be around $45.00 and the softcover to be around $35.00. These are just estimates at the moment as actual pricing will depend on bulk purchases (and some built-in profit which we want to donate to the NCCF like we do with the PDML schwag -- http://www.cafepress.com/robertstech) Publication Date: We're aiming for early spring. Photos: Each PDML member (lurkers included!) can submit up to two shots. Deadline is tentatively January 31, 2009 or whenever we fill up the page count, whichever comes first. But we may extend the deadline (or page count) if necessary. Photos should have been shot during 2008 with a Pentax camera (although we may be willing to negotiate if you happen to have a monstrosity like some other brand camera that shoots with Pentax lenses modified to fit cough, cough). Image File Requirements: * File Format: JPEG * Color Space: sRGB (embed the ICC color profile if you can) * Maximum File Size: 3 megabytes * Rename your file with a unique file name * Image Dimensions: Max height, 2400 pixels; Max width, 3000 pixels * You may crop to any aspect ratio you like (but wide panos won't fit) * Please don't apply any sharpening to the image * Please don't add decorative borders, visible (or invisible) watermarks Some of these requirements are determined by Blurb (the color space, for example), some by the physical size of the book and some by the workflow we're planning on. The three editors are all experienced Photoshop experts and Bill and I have produced books through Blurb, so please trust us to take care of things like sharpening. Contact one of us directly if you have any questions or concerns. Note the request for a *unique* file name. We don't want things like IMGP5854 (default Pentax format) or things like untitled or really common phrases, because it will make file management difficult and raise the possibility of one person's image overwriting someone else's on the server or on our local drives. How to Submit Photos: Please don't send them by email! I've set up a web page where you can upload your photos: http://www.robertstech.com/pdmlbook.php I've tested this page on Firefox, Opera, Safari (latest versions) and Internet Explorer 5.5, 6 and 7 (it fails catastrophically on version 5 and earlier and that may or may not get fixed in the future...) If you have problems with the page please contact me. So hop to it! We want your *best* shots. Knock people's socks off! -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
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This is very exciting, and I just want to extend a big appreciative thanks in advance to Scott, Bill, Mark for your coming efforts and hard work. This will be a really fun project, but it will be work--please know it's greatly appreciated. Looking forward to seeing everyone's beautiful photography. Cheers, Christine - Original Message - From: Mark Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Thursday, December 11, 2008 9:16 AM Subject: PDML Book Project is go! After a flurry of emails bouncing around the globe and a bit of last-minute html/php coding, Scott Loveless, Bill Robb and I have decided to have a go at producing a PDML photo book. So everyone start going through your shots from this year and pick out your best work! The Plan: The 2008 PDML Photo Annual (yes, we want to make this an annual publication) will be a book of photos by the PDML, plus the annual quotations list. We're going to go through Blurb.com for printing. The book will probably be 8 x 10 inch landscape format, 80-120 pages, so we expect the hardcover version to be around $45.00 and the softcover to be around $35.00. These are just estimates at the moment as actual pricing will depend on bulk purchases (and some built-in profit which we want to donate to the NCCF like we do with the PDML schwag -- http://www.cafepress.com/robertstech) Publication Date: We're aiming for early spring. Photos: Each PDML member (lurkers included!) can submit up to two shots. Deadline is tentatively January 31, 2009 or whenever we fill up the page count, whichever comes first. But we may extend the deadline (or page count) if necessary. Photos should have been shot during 2008 with a Pentax camera (although we may be willing to negotiate if you happen to have a monstrosity like some other brand camera that shoots with Pentax lenses modified to fit cough, cough). Image File Requirements: * File Format: JPEG * Color Space: sRGB (embed the ICC color profile if you can) * Maximum File Size: 3 megabytes * Rename your file with a unique file name * Image Dimensions: Max height, 2400 pixels; Max width, 3000 pixels * You may crop to any aspect ratio you like (but wide panos won't fit) * Please don't apply any sharpening to the image * Please don't add decorative borders, visible (or invisible) watermarks Some of these requirements are determined by Blurb (the color space, for example), some by the physical size of the book and some by the workflow we're planning on. The three editors are all experienced Photoshop experts and Bill and I have produced books through Blurb, so please trust us to take care of things like sharpening. Contact one of us directly if you have any questions or concerns. Note the request for a *unique* file name. We don't want things like IMGP5854 (default Pentax format) or things like untitled or really common phrases, because it will make file management difficult and raise the possibility of one person's image overwriting someone else's on the server or on our local drives. How to Submit Photos: Please don't send them by email! I've set up a web page where you can upload your photos: http://www.robertstech.com/pdmlbook.php I've tested this page on Firefox, Opera, Safari (latest versions) and Internet Explorer 5.5, 6 and 7 (it fails catastrophically on version 5 and earlier and that may or may not get fixed in the future...) If you have problems with the page please contact me. So hop to it! We want your *best* shots. Knock people's socks off! -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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.
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Mark Roberts wrote: Scott Loveless, Bill Robb and I have decided to have a go at producing a PDML photo book. Woo Hoo! I'll trust your judgment for the cover but, just in case, where do I send bribes? -- Christian http://404mohawknotfound.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.
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Mark, I'm impressed with the willingness of you, Scott and Bill to undertake such a project. Generous of you all! Hope you will allow a question having to do with the no sharpening condition. At this time, I have one 2008 shot I'd like to have included in the book. The only version I have in my files is one that's been fully PS worked and burned to CD. Sharpening was a part of the PS work. Is it a candidate for inclusion? With appreciation, Jack --- On Thu, 12/11/08, Mark Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: Mark Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: PDML Book Project is go! To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Date: Thursday, December 11, 2008, 7:16 AM After a flurry of emails bouncing around the globe and a bit of last-minute html/php coding, Scott Loveless, Bill Robb and I have decided to have a go at producing a PDML photo book. So everyone start going through your shots from this year and pick out your best work! The Plan: The 2008 PDML Photo Annual (yes, we want to make this an annual publication) will be a book of photos by the PDML, plus the annual quotations list. We're going to go through Blurb.com for printing. The book will probably be 8 x 10 inch landscape format, 80-120 pages, so we expect the hardcover version to be around $45.00 and the softcover to be around $35.00. These are just estimates at the moment as actual pricing will depend on bulk purchases (and some built-in profit which we want to donate to the NCCF like we do with the PDML schwag -- http://www.cafepress.com/robertstech) Publication Date: We're aiming for early spring. Photos: Each PDML member (lurkers included!) can submit up to two shots. Deadline is tentatively January 31, 2009 or whenever we fill up the page count, whichever comes first. But we may extend the deadline (or page count) if necessary. Photos should have been shot during 2008 with a Pentax camera (although we may be willing to negotiate if you happen to have a monstrosity like some other brand camera that shoots with Pentax lenses modified to fit cough, cough). Image File Requirements: * File Format: JPEG * Color Space: sRGB (embed the ICC color profile if you can) * Maximum File Size: 3 megabytes * Rename your file with a unique file name * Image Dimensions: Max height, 2400 pixels; Max width, 3000 pixels * You may crop to any aspect ratio you like (but wide panos won't fit) * Please don't apply any sharpening to the image * Please don't add decorative borders, visible (or invisible) watermarks Some of these requirements are determined by Blurb (the color space, for example), some by the physical size of the book and some by the workflow we're planning on. The three editors are all experienced Photoshop experts and Bill and I have produced books through Blurb, so please trust us to take care of things like sharpening. Contact one of us directly if you have any questions or concerns. Note the request for a *unique* file name. We don't want things like IMGP5854 (default Pentax format) or things like untitled or really common phrases, because it will make file management difficult and raise the possibility of one person's image overwriting someone else's on the server or on our local drives. How to Submit Photos: Please don't send them by email! I've set up a web page where you can upload your photos: http://www.robertstech.com/pdmlbook.php I've tested this page on Firefox, Opera, Safari (latest versions) and Internet Explorer 5.5, 6 and 7 (it fails catastrophically on version 5 and earlier and that may or may not get fixed in the future...) If you have problems with the page please contact me. So hop to it! We want your *best* shots. Knock people's socks off! -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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.
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Sounds great. However, the request that photos not be sharpened is problematic. Some sharpening is part of the normal RAW conversion workflow. Perhaps you can just suggest that members refrain from excessive sharpening? Paul On Dec 11, 2008, at 10:16 AM, Mark Roberts wrote: After a flurry of emails bouncing around the globe and a bit of last- minute html/php coding, Scott Loveless, Bill Robb and I have decided to have a go at producing a PDML photo book. So everyone start going through your shots from this year and pick out your best work! The Plan: The 2008 PDML Photo Annual (yes, we want to make this an annual publication) will be a book of photos by the PDML, plus the annual quotations list. We're going to go through Blurb.com for printing. The book will probably be 8 x 10 inch landscape format, 80-120 pages, so we expect the hardcover version to be around $45.00 and the softcover to be around $35.00. These are just estimates at the moment as actual pricing will depend on bulk purchases (and some built-in profit which we want to donate to the NCCF like we do with the PDML schwag -- http://www.cafepress.com/robertstech) Publication Date: We're aiming for early spring. Photos: Each PDML member (lurkers included!) can submit up to two shots. Deadline is tentatively January 31, 2009 or whenever we fill up the page count, whichever comes first. But we may extend the deadline (or page count) if necessary. Photos should have been shot during 2008 with a Pentax camera (although we may be willing to negotiate if you happen to have a monstrosity like some other brand camera that shoots with Pentax lenses modified to fit cough, cough). Image File Requirements: * File Format: JPEG * Color Space: sRGB (embed the ICC color profile if you can) * Maximum File Size: 3 megabytes * Rename your file with a unique file name * Image Dimensions: Max height, 2400 pixels; Max width, 3000 pixels * You may crop to any aspect ratio you like (but wide panos won't fit) * Please don't apply any sharpening to the image * Please don't add decorative borders, visible (or invisible) watermarks Some of these requirements are determined by Blurb (the color space, for example), some by the physical size of the book and some by the workflow we're planning on. The three editors are all experienced Photoshop experts and Bill and I have produced books through Blurb, so please trust us to take care of things like sharpening. Contact one of us directly if you have any questions or concerns. Note the request for a *unique* file name. We don't want things like IMGP5854 (default Pentax format) or things like untitled or really common phrases, because it will make file management difficult and raise the possibility of one person's image overwriting someone else's on the server or on our local drives. How to Submit Photos: Please don't send them by email! I've set up a web page where you can upload your photos: http://www.robertstech.com/pdmlbook.php I've tested this page on Firefox, Opera, Safari (latest versions) and Internet Explorer 5.5, 6 and 7 (it fails catastrophically on version 5 and earlier and that may or may not get fixed in the future...) If you have problems with the page please contact me. So hop to it! We want your *best* shots. Knock people's socks off! -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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.
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I'm cc'ing myself to make sure I keep this info... Thanks for the allowance of Pentax lens on other camera since photos need to have been taken in 2008 Or someone can lend me their Optio -hehe - ann Mark Roberts wrote: After a flurry of emails bouncing around the globe and a bit of last-minute html/php coding, Scott Loveless, Bill Robb and I have decided to have a go at producing a PDML photo book. So everyone start going through your shots from this year and pick out your best work! The Plan: The 2008 PDML Photo Annual (yes, we want to make this an annual publication) will be a book of photos by the PDML, plus the annual quotations list. We're going to go through Blurb.com for printing. The book will probably be 8 x 10 inch landscape format, 80-120 pages, so we expect the hardcover version to be around $45.00 and the softcover to be around $35.00. These are just estimates at the moment as actual pricing will depend on bulk purchases (and some built-in profit which we want to donate to the NCCF like we do with the PDML schwag -- http://www.cafepress.com/robertstech) Publication Date: We're aiming for early spring. Photos: Each PDML member (lurkers included!) can submit up to two shots. Deadline is tentatively January 31, 2009 or whenever we fill up the page count, whichever comes first. But we may extend the deadline (or page count) if necessary. Photos should have been shot during 2008 with a Pentax camera (although we may be willing to negotiate if you happen to have a monstrosity like some other brand camera that shoots with Pentax lenses modified to fit cough, cough). Image File Requirements: * File Format: JPEG * Color Space: sRGB (embed the ICC color profile if you can) * Maximum File Size: 3 megabytes * Rename your file with a unique file name * Image Dimensions: Max height, 2400 pixels; Max width, 3000 pixels * You may crop to any aspect ratio you like (but wide panos won't fit) * Please don't apply any sharpening to the image * Please don't add decorative borders, visible (or invisible) watermarks Some of these requirements are determined by Blurb (the color space, for example), some by the physical size of the book and some by the workflow we're planning on. The three editors are all experienced Photoshop experts and Bill and I have produced books through Blurb, so please trust us to take care of things like sharpening. Contact one of us directly if you have any questions or concerns. Note the request for a *unique* file name. We don't want things like IMGP5854 (default Pentax format) or things like untitled or really common phrases, because it will make file management difficult and raise the possibility of one person's image overwriting someone else's on the server or on our local drives. How to Submit Photos: Please don't send them by email! I've set up a web page where you can upload your photos: http://www.robertstech.com/pdmlbook.php I've tested this page on Firefox, Opera, Safari (latest versions) and Internet Explorer 5.5, 6 and 7 (it fails catastrophically on version 5 and earlier and that may or may not get fixed in the future...) If you have problems with the page please contact me. So hop to it! We want your *best* shots. Knock people's socks off! -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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.
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Thanks for doing this you three. I'll be sending in my best. Is it as discussed earlier, a limit of two photos. Does it have to be in 2008. or is this a true best of.. No problems with the sharpeing thing. I shoot jpeg 99% of the time, which seems to piss of a Pentax forum member, and if i DO shoot Raw, its Raw + Jpeg.:-) Dave Dave On Thu, Dec 11, 2008 at 11:43 AM, ann sanfedele [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm cc'ing myself to make sure I keep this info... Thanks for the allowance of Pentax lens on other camera since photos need to have been taken in 2008 Or someone can lend me their Optio -hehe - ann Mark Roberts wrote: After a flurry of emails bouncing around the globe and a bit of last-minute html/php coding, Scott Loveless, Bill Robb and I have decided to have a go at producing a PDML photo book. So everyone start going through your shots from this year and pick out your best work! The Plan: The 2008 PDML Photo Annual (yes, we want to make this an annual publication) will be a book of photos by the PDML, plus the annual quotations list. We're going to go through Blurb.com for printing. The book will probably be 8 x 10 inch landscape format, 80-120 pages, so we expect the hardcover version to be around $45.00 and the softcover to be around $35.00. These are just estimates at the moment as actual pricing will depend on bulk purchases (and some built-in profit which we want to donate to the NCCF like we do with the PDML schwag -- http://www.cafepress.com/robertstech) Publication Date: We're aiming for early spring. Photos: Each PDML member (lurkers included!) can submit up to two shots. Deadline is tentatively January 31, 2009 or whenever we fill up the page count, whichever comes first. But we may extend the deadline (or page count) if necessary. Photos should have been shot during 2008 with a Pentax camera (although we may be willing to negotiate if you happen to have a monstrosity like some other brand camera that shoots with Pentax lenses modified to fit cough, cough). Image File Requirements: * File Format: JPEG * Color Space: sRGB (embed the ICC color profile if you can) * Maximum File Size: 3 megabytes * Rename your file with a unique file name * Image Dimensions: Max height, 2400 pixels; Max width, 3000 pixels * You may crop to any aspect ratio you like (but wide panos won't fit) * Please don't apply any sharpening to the image * Please don't add decorative borders, visible (or invisible) watermarks Some of these requirements are determined by Blurb (the color space, for example), some by the physical size of the book and some by the workflow we're planning on. The three editors are all experienced Photoshop experts and Bill and I have produced books through Blurb, so please trust us to take care of things like sharpening. Contact one of us directly if you have any questions or concerns. Note the request for a *unique* file name. We don't want things like IMGP5854 (default Pentax format) or things like untitled or really common phrases, because it will make file management difficult and raise the possibility of one person's image overwriting someone else's on the server or on our local drives. How to Submit Photos: Please don't send them by email! I've set up a web page where you can upload your photos: http://www.robertstech.com/pdmlbook.php I've tested this page on Firefox, Opera, Safari (latest versions) and Internet Explorer 5.5, 6 and 7 (it fails catastrophically on version 5 and earlier and that may or may not get fixed in the future...) If you have problems with the page please contact me. So hop to it! We want your *best* shots. Knock people's socks off! -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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. -- Equine Photography www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ 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.
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On 11/12/08, Mark Roberts, discombobulated, unleashed: (although we may be willing to negotiate if you happen to have a monstrosity like some other brand camera that shoots with Pentax lenses modified to fit cough, cough). Revenge is a dish best served with a fatal blow to the head by a 1D mark II... Actually I sold it - so the only DSLR in the household is an *ist Ds ! -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|http://www.cottysnaps.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.
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On 12/11/08, Cotty cotty...@mac.com wrote: On 11/12/08, Mark Roberts, discombobulated, unleashed: (although we may be willing to negotiate if you happen to have a monstrosity like some other brand camera that shoots with Pentax lenses modified to fit cough, cough). Revenge is a dish best served with a fatal blow to the head by a 1D mark II... Actually I sold it - so the only DSLR in the household is an *ist Ds ! Just shoot something with your Leica mount 43LTD. You do have one, don't you? -- Scott Loveless New Cumberland, Pennsylvania, USA http://www.twosixteen.com/fivetoedsloth/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
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That's very cool. I am going to try and participate if there are no objections :-). Boris Mark Roberts wrote: After a flurry of emails bouncing around the globe and a bit of last-minute html/php coding, Scott Loveless, Bill Robb and I have decided to have a go at producing a PDML photo book. So everyone start going through your shots from this year and pick out your best work! The Plan: The 2008 PDML Photo Annual (yes, we want to make this an annual publication) will be a book of photos by the PDML, plus the annual quotations list. We're going to go through Blurb.com for printing. The book will probably be 8 x 10 inch landscape format, 80-120 pages, so we expect the hardcover version to be around $45.00 and the softcover to be around $35.00. These are just estimates at the moment as actual pricing will depend on bulk purchases (and some built-in profit which we want to donate to the NCCF like we do with the PDML schwag -- http://www.cafepress.com/robertstech) Publication Date: We're aiming for early spring. Photos: Each PDML member (lurkers included!) can submit up to two shots. Deadline is tentatively January 31, 2009 or whenever we fill up the page count, whichever comes first. But we may extend the deadline (or page count) if necessary. Photos should have been shot during 2008 with a Pentax camera (although we may be willing to negotiate if you happen to have a monstrosity like some other brand camera that shoots with Pentax lenses modified to fit cough, cough). Image File Requirements: * File Format: JPEG * Color Space: sRGB (embed the ICC color profile if you can) * Maximum File Size: 3 megabytes * Rename your file with a unique file name * Image Dimensions: Max height, 2400 pixels; Max width, 3000 pixels * You may crop to any aspect ratio you like (but wide panos won't fit) * Please don't apply any sharpening to the image * Please don't add decorative borders, visible (or invisible) watermarks Some of these requirements are determined by Blurb (the color space, for example), some by the physical size of the book and some by the workflow we're planning on. The three editors are all experienced Photoshop experts and Bill and I have produced books through Blurb, so please trust us to take care of things like sharpening. Contact one of us directly if you have any questions or concerns. Note the request for a *unique* file name. We don't want things like IMGP5854 (default Pentax format) or things like untitled or really common phrases, because it will make file management difficult and raise the possibility of one person's image overwriting someone else's on the server or on our local drives. How to Submit Photos: Please don't send them by email! I've set up a web page where you can upload your photos: http://www.robertstech.com/pdmlbook.php I've tested this page on Firefox, Opera, Safari (latest versions) and Internet Explorer 5.5, 6 and 7 (it fails catastrophically on version 5 and earlier and that may or may not get fixed in the future...) If you have problems with the page please contact me. So hop to it! We want your *best* shots. Knock people's socks off! -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
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The recent year's work limitation may have the effect of un-juried compromising stuff being submitted in desperation as the designated year winds down. If all have control of their I want'a be included glands, the standard has a chance. Jack --- On Thu, 12/11/08, David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com wrote: From: David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com Subject: Re: PDML Book Project is go! To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Date: Thursday, December 11, 2008, 9:09 AM Thanks for doing this you three. I'll be sending in my best. Is it as discussed earlier, a limit of two photos. Does it have to be in 2008. or is this a true best of.. No problems with the sharpeing thing. I shoot jpeg 99% of the time, which seems to piss of a Pentax forum member, and if i DO shoot Raw, its Raw + Jpeg.:-) Dave Dave On Thu, Dec 11, 2008 at 11:43 AM, ann sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com wrote: I'm cc'ing myself to make sure I keep this info... Thanks for the allowance of Pentax lens on other camera since photos need to have been taken in 2008 Or someone can lend me their Optio -hehe - ann Mark Roberts wrote: After a flurry of emails bouncing around the globe and a bit of last-minute html/php coding, Scott Loveless, Bill Robb and I have decided to have a go at producing a PDML photo book. So everyone start going through your shots from this year and pick out your best work! The Plan: The 2008 PDML Photo Annual (yes, we want to make this an annual publication) will be a book of photos by the PDML, plus the annual quotations list. We're going to go through Blurb.com for printing. The book will probably be 8 x 10 inch landscape format, 80-120 pages, so we expect the hardcover version to be around $45.00 and the softcover to be around $35.00. These are just estimates at the moment as actual pricing will depend on bulk purchases (and some built-in profit which we want to donate to the NCCF like we do with the PDML schwag -- http://www.cafepress.com/robertstech) Publication Date: We're aiming for early spring. Photos: Each PDML member (lurkers included!) can submit up to two shots. Deadline is tentatively January 31, 2009 or whenever we fill up the page count, whichever comes first. But we may extend the deadline (or page count) if necessary. Photos should have been shot during 2008 with a Pentax camera (although we may be willing to negotiate if you happen to have a monstrosity like some other brand camera that shoots with Pentax lenses modified to fit cough, cough). Image File Requirements: * File Format: JPEG * Color Space: sRGB (embed the ICC color profile if you can) * Maximum File Size: 3 megabytes * Rename your file with a unique file name * Image Dimensions: Max height, 2400 pixels; Max width, 3000 pixels * You may crop to any aspect ratio you like (but wide panos won't fit) * Please don't apply any sharpening to the image * Please don't add decorative borders, visible (or invisible) watermarks Some of these requirements are determined by Blurb (the color space, for example), some by the physical size of the book and some by the workflow we're planning on. The three editors are all experienced Photoshop experts and Bill and I have produced books through Blurb, so please trust us to take care of things like sharpening. Contact one of us directly if you have any questions or concerns. Note the request for a *unique* file name. We don't want things like IMGP5854 (default Pentax format) or things like untitled or really common phrases, because it will make file management difficult and raise the possibility of one person's image overwriting someone else's on the server or on our local drives. How to Submit Photos: Please don't send them by email! I've set up a web page where you can upload your photos: http://www.robertstech.com/pdmlbook.php I've tested this page on Firefox, Opera, Safari (latest versions) and Internet Explorer 5.5, 6 and 7 (it fails catastrophically on version 5 and earlier and that may or may not get fixed in the future...) If you have problems with the page please contact me. So hop to it! We want your *best* shots. Knock people's socks off! -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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. -- Equine Photography www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ Ontario Canada -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from
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The committee has been issue its allotment of 'black balls' and is set to meet soon. ;) You will be notified. Jack --- On Thu, 12/11/08, Boris Liberman bori...@gmail.com wrote: From: Boris Liberman bori...@gmail.com Subject: Re: PDML Book Project is go! To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Date: Thursday, December 11, 2008, 10:02 AM That's very cool. I am going to try and participate if there are no objections :-). Boris Mark Roberts wrote: After a flurry of emails bouncing around the globe and a bit of last-minute html/php coding, Scott Loveless, Bill Robb and I have decided to have a go at producing a PDML photo book. So everyone start going through your shots from this year and pick out your best work! The Plan: The 2008 PDML Photo Annual (yes, we want to make this an annual publication) will be a book of photos by the PDML, plus the annual quotations list. We're going to go through Blurb.com for printing. The book will probably be 8 x 10 inch landscape format, 80-120 pages, so we expect the hardcover version to be around $45.00 and the softcover to be around $35.00. These are just estimates at the moment as actual pricing will depend on bulk purchases (and some built-in profit which we want to donate to the NCCF like we do with the PDML schwag -- http://www.cafepress.com/robertstech) Publication Date: We're aiming for early spring. Photos: Each PDML member (lurkers included!) can submit up to two shots. Deadline is tentatively January 31, 2009 or whenever we fill up the page count, whichever comes first. But we may extend the deadline (or page count) if necessary. Photos should have been shot during 2008 with a Pentax camera (although we may be willing to negotiate if you happen to have a monstrosity like some other brand camera that shoots with Pentax lenses modified to fit cough, cough). Image File Requirements: * File Format: JPEG * Color Space: sRGB (embed the ICC color profile if you can) * Maximum File Size: 3 megabytes * Rename your file with a unique file name * Image Dimensions: Max height, 2400 pixels; Max width, 3000 pixels * You may crop to any aspect ratio you like (but wide panos won't fit) * Please don't apply any sharpening to the image * Please don't add decorative borders, visible (or invisible) watermarks Some of these requirements are determined by Blurb (the color space, for example), some by the physical size of the book and some by the workflow we're planning on. The three editors are all experienced Photoshop experts and Bill and I have produced books through Blurb, so please trust us to take care of things like sharpening. Contact one of us directly if you have any questions or concerns. Note the request for a *unique* file name. We don't want things like IMGP5854 (default Pentax format) or things like untitled or really common phrases, because it will make file management difficult and raise the possibility of one person's image overwriting someone else's on the server or on our local drives. How to Submit Photos: Please don't send them by email! I've set up a web page where you can upload your photos: http://www.robertstech.com/pdmlbook.php I've tested this page on Firefox, Opera, Safari (latest versions) and Internet Explorer 5.5, 6 and 7 (it fails catastrophically on version 5 and earlier and that may or may not get fixed in the future...) If you have problems with the page please contact me. So hop to it! We want your *best* shots. Knock people's socks off! -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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.
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Jack Davis wrote: Mark, I'm impressed with the willingness of you, Scott and Bill to undertake such a project. Generous of you all! Hope you will allow a question having to do with the no sharpening condition. At this time, I have one 2008 shot I'd like to have included in the book. The only version I have in my files is one that's been fully PS worked and burned to CD. Sharpening was a part of the PS work. Is it a candidate for inclusion? Sure. Send it in and we'll let you know in the unlikely event there's any problem with it. Quite frankly, we know most PDML members are quite competent to apply sharpening properly; it's just a good idea to set everything on as equal footing as possible. But the bottom line is that it looks good :) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
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PN Stenquist wrote: Sounds great. However, the request that photos not be sharpened is problematic. Some sharpening is part of the normal RAW conversion workflow. Perhaps you can just suggest that members refrain from excessive sharpening? Capture sharpening is fine. Just don't add sharpening any after rezzing down to the specified image size. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
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Got it. That makes sense. And thanks for taking this on. Paul On Dec 11, 2008, at 2:02 PM, Mark Roberts wrote: PN Stenquist wrote: Sounds great. However, the request that photos not be sharpened is problematic. Some sharpening is part of the normal RAW conversion workflow. Perhaps you can just suggest that members refrain from excessive sharpening? Capture sharpening is fine. Just don't add sharpening any after rezzing down to the specified image size. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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.
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Jack Davis wrote: The recent year's work limitation may have the effect of un-juried compromising stuff being submitted in desperation as the designated year winds down. If all have control of their I want'a be included glands, the standard has a chance. For this first book, we're likely to be a little flexible about the timeframe requirement :) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
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In a message dated 12/11/2008 11:08:47 A.M. Pacific Standard Time, msrobert...@ysu.edu writes: For this first book, we're likely to be a little flexible about the timeframe requirement :) = Well, that would be nice, since I sold the K100D this year, but took a lot of photos with it last year. Marnie aka Doe :-) - Warning: I am now filtering my email, so you may be censored. **Make your life easier with all your friends, email, and favorite sites in one place. Try it now. (http://www.aol.com/?optin=new-dpicid=aolcom40vanityncid=emlcntaolcom0010) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
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On Thu, Dec 11, 2008 at 1:19 PM, Jack Davis jdavi...@yahoo.com wrote: The committee has been issue its allotment of 'black balls' They have medicine for that now. Or so I hear. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
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Mark Roberts wrote: Jack Davis wrote: The recent year's work limitation may have the effect of un-juried compromising stuff being submitted in desperation as the designated year winds down. If all have control of their I want'a be included glands, the standard has a chance. For this first book, we're likely to be a little flexible about the timeframe requirement :) So if I have a shot in late 2007 that's ok? (please please) OF course, I might come up with something I like better in the next few days - but I don't think I can shoot much 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.
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Thanks, Mark. I try to show sharpening restraint. ;) Jack --- On Thu, 12/11/08, Mark Roberts msrobert...@ysu.edu wrote: From: Mark Roberts msrobert...@ysu.edu Subject: Re: PDML Book Project is go! To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Date: Thursday, December 11, 2008, 10:59 AM Jack Davis wrote: Mark, I'm impressed with the willingness of you, Scott and Bill to undertake such a project. Generous of you all! Hope you will allow a question having to do with the no sharpening condition. At this time, I have one 2008 shot I'd like to have included in the book. The only version I have in my files is one that's been fully PS worked and burned to CD. Sharpening was a part of the PS work. Is it a candidate for inclusion? Sure. Send it in and we'll let you know in the unlikely event there's any problem with it. Quite frankly, we know most PDML members are quite competent to apply sharpening properly; it's just a good idea to set everything on as equal footing as possible. But the bottom line is that it looks good :) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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.
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Jack Davis wrote: The committee has been issue its allotment of 'black balls' and is set to meet soon. ;) You will be notified. Thank you. It does take a lot of balls to start a project like this... -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
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Champion of you and staff. Will please many..I predict. Jack --- On Thu, 12/11/08, Mark Roberts msrobert...@ysu.edu wrote: From: Mark Roberts msrobert...@ysu.edu Subject: Re: PDML Book Project is go! To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Date: Thursday, December 11, 2008, 11:08 AM Jack Davis wrote: The recent year's work limitation may have the effect of un-juried compromising stuff being submitted in desperation as the designated year winds down. If all have control of their I want'a be included glands, the standard has a chance. For this first book, we're likely to be a little flexible about the timeframe requirement :) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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.
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It works its way up from the dread black leg carried by cattle. Jack --- On Thu, 12/11/08, Matthew Hunt m...@pobox.com wrote: From: Matthew Hunt m...@pobox.com Subject: Re: PDML Book Project is go! To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Date: Thursday, December 11, 2008, 11:21 AM On Thu, Dec 11, 2008 at 1:19 PM, Jack Davis jdavi...@yahoo.com wrote: The committee has been issue its allotment of 'black balls' They have medicine for that now. Or so I hear. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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.
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LoL.. J --- On Thu, 12/11/08, Mark Roberts msrobert...@ysu.edu wrote: From: Mark Roberts msrobert...@ysu.edu Subject: Re: PDML Book Project is go! To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Date: Thursday, December 11, 2008, 11:43 AM Jack Davis wrote: The committee has been issue its allotment of 'black balls' and is set to meet soon. ;) You will be notified. Thank you. It does take a lot of balls to start a project like this... -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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.
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This sounds like it's going to be really awesome. Thanks for doing this Mark, Bill and Scott. I'll have a look though my stuff in the next couple days. Is the cover going to be a photo, or something else? If it's not a photo, would design submissions be welcome or do you already have that figured out? Thanks very much, John -- http://www.neovenator.com http://www.cafepress.com/neovenatorphoto -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
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Thank you. It does take a lot of balls to start a project like this... About six it would appear. Kenneth Waller http://www.tinyurl.com/272u2f - Original Message - From: Mark Roberts msrobert...@ysu.edu Subject: Re: PDML Book Project is go! Jack Davis wrote: The committee has been issue its allotment of 'black balls' and is set to meet soon. ;) You will be notified. Thank you. It does take a lot of balls to start a project like this... -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
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John Celio wrote: Is the cover going to be a photo, or something else? If it's not a photo, would design submissions be welcome or do you already have that figured out? We've got plans for the cover. Still secret for now :) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
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Mark Roberts wrote: We've got plans for the cover. Still secret for now :) No longer. I've cracked your machine and I've discovered the book cover under work: http://www.dariobonazza.com/public/bookcover.jpg ;-) 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.
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Good one, Dario! Hardy Har! Joseph McAllister pentax...@mac.com On Dec 11, 2008, at 13:17 , Dario Bonazza wrote: Mark Roberts wrote: We've got plans for the cover. Still secret for now :) No longer. I've cracked your machine and I've discovered the book cover under work: http://www.dariobonazza.com/public/bookcover.jpg ;-) 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. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
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Dario Bonazza wrote: Mark Roberts wrote: We've got plans for the cover. Still secret for now :) No longer. I've cracked your machine and I've discovered the book cover under work: http://www.dariobonazza.com/public/bookcover.jpg ;-) Curses! Our secret is out! We'll have to go with the full-size cormorant photo... -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
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Not bad option 2 either: http://www.dariobonazza.com/public/bookcover2.jpg Dario - Original Message - From: Dario Bonazza dario.bona...@virgilio.it To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Thursday, December 11, 2008 10:17 PM Subject: Re: PDML Book Project is go! Mark Roberts wrote: We've got plans for the cover. Still secret for now :) No longer. I've cracked your machine and I've discovered the book cover under work: http://www.dariobonazza.com/public/bookcover.jpg ;-) 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. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
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On 11/12/08, Scott Loveless, discombobulated, unleashed: Just shoot something with your Leica mount 43LTD. You do have one, don't you? Enablement is the sincerest form flattery. -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|http://www.cottysnaps.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.
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On 11/12/08, John Celio, discombobulated, unleashed: Is the cover going to be a photo, or something else? A grab of Dave Brooks sat amongst 854 PDML caps. -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|http://www.cottysnaps.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.
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In a message dated 12/11/2008 1:46:17 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, cotty...@mac.com writes: On 11/12/08, John Celio, discombobulated, unleashed: Is the cover going to be a photo, or something else? A cormorant, naturally. Marnie - Warning: I am now filtering my email, so you may be censored. **Make your life easier with all your friends, email, and favorite sites in one place. Try it now. (http://www.aol.com/?optin=new-dpicid=aolcom40vanityncid=emlcntaolcom0010) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
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eactiv...@aol.com wrote: In a message dated 12/11/2008 1:46:17 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, cotty...@mac.com writes: On 11/12/08, John Celio, discombobulated, unleashed: Is the cover going to be a photo, or something else? A cormorant, naturally. A cormorant, unnaturally, more likely. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
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On Thu, Dec 11, 2008 at 4:46 PM, Cotty cotty...@mac.com wrote: On 11/12/08, John Celio, discombobulated, unleashed: Is the cover going to be a photo, or something else? A grab of Dave Brooks sat amongst 854 PDML caps. I have more, if needed. Dave -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|http://www.cottysnaps.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. -- Equine Photography www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ 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.
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But, are we limiting submissions to pictures shot in 2008 only.?? Dave -- Equine Photography www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ 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.
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And the poor butchered lenses??? On Thu, Dec 11, 2008 at 11:51 AM, Cotty cotty...@mac.com wrote: On 11/12/08, Mark Roberts, discombobulated, unleashed: (although we may be willing to negotiate if you happen to have a monstrosity like some other brand camera that shoots with Pentax lenses modified to fit cough, cough). Revenge is a dish best served with a fatal blow to the head by a 1D mark II... Actually I sold it - so the only DSLR in the household is an *ist Ds ! -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|http://www.cottysnaps.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.
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On Dec 11, 2008, at 10:16 AM, Mark Roberts wrote: After a flurry of emails bouncing around the globe and a bit of last- minute html/php coding, Scott Loveless, Bill Robb and I have decided to have a go at producing a PDML photo book. So everyone start going through your shots from this year and pick out your best work! huh. I dunno if I've taken two good shots this year, but I'll look. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
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I presume something photographed with a Pentax M50, 17FE, or other ... fitted to a camera that may or may not be a Pentax ... would be suitable, eh? no sharpening ... again, I'm presuming you mean no *output* sharpening. Input sharpening and creative sharpening are part of the creation of the piece, output sharpening is what brings it to the right look for the target print. That last should be done in laying out the book. Godfrey On Dec 11, 2008, at 7:16 AM, Mark Roberts wrote: After a flurry of emails bouncing around the globe and a bit of last- minute html/php coding, Scott Loveless, Bill Robb and I have decided to have a go at producing a PDML photo book. So everyone start going through your shots from this year and pick out your best work! The Plan: The 2008 PDML Photo Annual (yes, we want to make this an annual publication) will be a book of photos by the PDML, plus the annual quotations list. We're going to go through Blurb.com for printing. The book will probably be 8 x 10 inch landscape format, 80-120 pages, so we expect the hardcover version to be around $45.00 and the softcover to be around $35.00. These are just estimates at the moment as actual pricing will depend on bulk purchases (and some built-in profit which we want to donate to the NCCF like we do with the PDML schwag -- http://www.cafepress.com/robertstech) Publication Date: We're aiming for early spring. Photos: Each PDML member (lurkers included!) can submit up to two shots. Deadline is tentatively January 31, 2009 or whenever we fill up the page count, whichever comes first. But we may extend the deadline (or page count) if necessary. Photos should have been shot during 2008 with a Pentax camera (although we may be willing to negotiate if you happen to have a monstrosity like some other brand camera that shoots with Pentax lenses modified to fit cough, cough). Image File Requirements: * File Format: JPEG * Color Space: sRGB (embed the ICC color profile if you can) * Maximum File Size: 3 megabytes * Rename your file with a unique file name * Image Dimensions: Max height, 2400 pixels; Max width, 3000 pixels * You may crop to any aspect ratio you like (but wide panos won't fit) * Please don't apply any sharpening to the image * Please don't add decorative borders, visible (or invisible) watermarks Some of these requirements are determined by Blurb (the color space, for example), some by the physical size of the book and some by the workflow we're planning on. The three editors are all experienced Photoshop experts and Bill and I have produced books through Blurb, so please trust us to take care of things like sharpening. Contact one of us directly if you have any questions or concerns. Note the request for a *unique* file name. We don't want things like IMGP5854 (default Pentax format) or things like untitled or really common phrases, because it will make file management difficult and raise the possibility of one person's image overwriting someone else's on the server or on our local drives. How to Submit Photos: Please don't send them by email! I've set up a web page where you can upload your photos: http://www.robertstech.com/pdmlbook.php I've tested this page on Firefox, Opera, Safari (latest versions) and Internet Explorer 5.5, 6 and 7 (it fails catastrophically on version 5 and earlier and that may or may not get fixed in the future...) If you have problems with the page please contact me. So hop to it! We want your *best* shots. Knock people's socks off! -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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.
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Thanks Mark! And Bob and Scott! On Dec 11, 2008, at 9:16 AM, Mark Roberts wrote: After a flurry of emails bouncing around the globe and a bit of last-minute html/php coding, Scott Loveless, Bill Robb and I have decided to have a go at producing a PDML photo book. So everyone start going through your shots from this year and pick out your best work! The Plan: The 2008 PDML Photo Annual (yes, we want to make this an annual publication) will be a book of photos by the PDML, plus the annual quotations list. We're going to go through Blurb.com for printing. The book will probably be 8 x 10 inch landscape format, 80-120 pages, so we expect the hardcover version to be around $45.00 and the softcover to be around $35.00. These are just estimates at the moment as actual pricing will depend on bulk purchases (and some built-in profit which we want to donate to the NCCF like we do with the PDML schwag -- http://www.cafepress.com/robertstech) Publication Date: We're aiming for early spring. Photos: Each PDML member (lurkers included!) can submit up to two shots. Deadline is tentatively January 31, 2009 or whenever we fill up the page count, whichever comes first. But we may extend the deadline (or page count) if necessary. Photos should have been shot during 2008 with a Pentax camera (although we may be willing to negotiate if you happen to have a monstrosity like some other brand camera that shoots with Pentax lenses modified to fit cough, cough). Image File Requirements: * File Format: JPEG * Color Space: sRGB (embed the ICC color profile if you can) * Maximum File Size: 3 megabytes * Rename your file with a unique file name * Image Dimensions: Max height, 2400 pixels; Max width, 3000 pixels * You may crop to any aspect ratio you like (but wide panos won't fit) * Please don't apply any sharpening to the image * Please don't add decorative borders, visible (or invisible) watermarks Some of these requirements are determined by Blurb (the color space, for example), some by the physical size of the book and some by the workflow we're planning on. The three editors are all experienced Photoshop experts and Bill and I have produced books through Blurb, so please trust us to take care of things like sharpening. Contact one of us directly if you have any questions or concerns. Note the request for a *unique* file name. We don't want things like IMGP5854 (default Pentax format) or things like untitled or really common phrases, because it will make file management difficult and raise the possibility of one person's image overwriting someone else's on the server or on our local drives. How to Submit Photos: Please don't send them by email! I've set up a web page where you can upload your photos: http://www.robertstech.com/pdmlbook.php I've tested this page on Firefox, Opera, Safari (latest versions) and Internet Explorer 5.5, 6 and 7 (it fails catastrophically on version 5 and earlier and that may or may not get fixed in the future...) If you have problems with the page please contact me. So hop to it! We want your *best* shots. Knock people's socks off! -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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.
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On 11/12/08, Bob Sullivan, discombobulated, unleashed: And the poor butchered lenses??? Oh they are safe and sound with me. I'm hanging onto them for when I get a 36X24mm sensor camera - whether Canon or Pentax. Thing is, if Pentax, I won't have a hat ;-) -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|http://www.cottysnaps.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.
