Re: PDML in Clerkenwell (London)
Too dark without the candle? Alan C -Original Message- From: Chris Mitchell Sent: Wednesday, January 20, 2016 10:41 AM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: PDML in Clerkenwell (London) Having dinner at the Modern Pantry Clerkenwell. http://www.robertstech.com/temp/7e001510.jpg Bob W holding court between Chris and Karin Mitchell while Lisa looks on with (justified) skepticism. You realise that Karin will now go to prison. You've taken the picture at the moment she was in the process of nicking that candle holder. She'll never forgive you... Lisa and I returned to the Dovetail on Monday and found it nearly deserted. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PDML in Clerkenwell (London)
> Having dinner at the Modern Pantry Clerkenwell. > http://www.robertstech.com/temp/7e001510.jpg > Bob W holding court between Chris and Karin Mitchell while Lisa looks on > with (justified) skepticism. You realise that Karin will now go to prison. You've taken the picture at the moment she was in the process of nicking that candle holder. She'll never forgive you... > Lisa and I returned to the Dovetail on Monday and found it nearly deserted. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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 in Clerkenwell (London)
You're getting quite good at that "photography from behind your head" routine. I think I'm going to start calling you Jimi. > On 14 January 2016 at 23:26 Mark Roberts wrote: > > > Photos from the PDML meet-up. > > At the Dovetail, drinking Belgian beer: > http://www.robertstech.com/temp/7e001501.jpg > Chris Mitchell is in the center, buying the first round of drinks > because I accurately cited Fawlty Towers as the source of the quotation > he posted on Facebook :) His wife is just to the left. > > Having dinner at the Modern Pantry Clerkenwell. > http://www.robertstech.com/temp/7e001510.jpg > Bob W holding court between Chris and Karin Mitchell while Lisa looks on > with (justified) skepticism. > > Both shots taken with the Pentax K-01 and the 10-17 fisheye zoom. That > lens was pretty much the only way to shoot in the cramped and jam-packed > environs of the Dovetail on a Friday night. And I just kept using that > lens for the rest of the evening because I couldn't be arsed to change it. > > Lisa and I returned to the Dovetail on Monday and found it nearly > deserted. Big difference between a Friday and a Monday, hey? Beer was > just as good as when we were packed in with Bob W and company but this > time we also got to sample the food, which was also excellent. I expect > the Dovetail will become a regular stop for our visits to London. > > > > --- > This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. > https://www.avast.com/antivirus > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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 in Clerkenwell (London)
Photos from the PDML meet-up. At the Dovetail, drinking Belgian beer: http://www.robertstech.com/temp/7e001501.jpg Chris Mitchell is in the center, buying the first round of drinks because I accurately cited Fawlty Towers as the source of the quotation he posted on Facebook :) His wife is just to the left. Having dinner at the Modern Pantry Clerkenwell. http://www.robertstech.com/temp/7e001510.jpg Bob W holding court between Chris and Karin Mitchell while Lisa looks on with (justified) skepticism. Both shots taken with the Pentax K-01 and the 10-17 fisheye zoom. That lens was pretty much the only way to shoot in the cramped and jam-packed environs of the Dovetail on a Friday night. And I just kept using that lens for the rest of the evening because I couldn't be arsed to change it. Lisa and I returned to the Dovetail on Monday and found it nearly deserted. Big difference between a Friday and a Monday, hey? Beer was just as good as when we were packed in with Bob W and company but this time we also got to sample the food, which was also excellent. I expect the Dovetail will become a regular stop for our visits to London. --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PDML in Clerkenwell (London)
On 9/1/16, Mark Roberts, discombobulated, unleashed: >Then on Sunday we're off to Oxford for the day to meet up with >Cotty the soon-to-be hat eater. As Pentax intentions clearly intonate at CES :) -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__Broadcast, Corporate, || (O) |Web Video Production -- _ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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 in Clerkenwell (London)
> meet-up with [...] Bob W. and Chris & Karin Mitchell [...] hip, fusion [...] > fascinating/gruesome medical specimens [...] we can see what you did there Thanks for an excellent evening and your great generosity - hopefully I can join you again tomorrow. You have a Daunting day ahead of you... B > On 9 Jan 2016, at 09:27, Mark Roberts wrote: > > We had a fine meet-up with the ever-quotable Bob W. and Chris & Karin > Mitchell last night. Started with some nice Belgian ale at a pub noted for > its, well, nice Belgian ale, then went to dinner at a sort of hip, fusion > restaurant. > > Earlier in the day, Lisa and I took in the Wildlife Photographer of the Year > exhibit at the Natural History Museum. Some amazing photography on display > there, as usual. One of the shots in the "Urban" category was of... > cormorants! Shockingly, it wasn't taken with a Pentax. How inappropriate. In > terms of equipment, I noted that two of the 100 photos in the exhibit were > taken on medium format digital, one with a GoPro (in the "Time Lapse" > category), one with a Panasonic compact (it was inserted into a carcass to > take shots of vultures by remote control!) and all the rest were Canikon > variations (about half a dozen APS-C and the rest - the vast majority of the > exhibit - full-frame; interestingly, there didn't seem to be any mirrorless > cameras represented). I was very curious about how the judging was done, how > many judges there were and what criteria they used. With over 42,000 entries > this year I expect there must have been some kind of initial filtering before > the four main judges chose the 100 winners but no one could tell me the specifics. It also seemed to me that the scientific significance of the images captured must have counted in the judges' ranking as some category winners were clearly not the best from an artistic standpoint, but again no one could clarify that for me. Still a great exhibit. > > We also visited the Hunterian Museum of fascinating/gruesome medical > specimens where Lisa found several misdiagnosed bone tumors (and is setting > about getting them corrected, of course). They don't allow photography in > there which is a pity because I think it would be fascinating to get pictures > of people observing the specimens on display. > > Today we'll be hitting some more book shops and perhaps another medical > museum, followed by a classical concert at St. Martin in the Fields tonight. > Then on Sunday we're off to Oxford for the day to meet up with Cotty the > soon-to-be hat eater. > > More later. > > > > --- > This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. > https://www.avast.com/antivirus > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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 in Clerkenwell (London)
We had a fine meet-up with the ever-quotable Bob W. and Chris & Karin Mitchell last night. Started with some nice Belgian ale at a pub noted for its, well, nice Belgian ale, then went to dinner at a sort of hip, fusion restaurant. Earlier in the day, Lisa and I took in the Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibit at the Natural History Museum. Some amazing photography on display there, as usual. One of the shots in the "Urban" category was of... cormorants! Shockingly, it wasn't taken with a Pentax. How inappropriate. In terms of equipment, I noted that two of the 100 photos in the exhibit were taken on medium format digital, one with a GoPro (in the "Time Lapse" category), one with a Panasonic compact (it was inserted into a carcass to take shots of vultures by remote control!) and all the rest were Canikon variations (about half a dozen APS-C and the rest - the vast majority of the exhibit - full-frame; interestingly, there didn't seem to be any mirrorless cameras represented). I was very curious about how the judging was done, how many judges there were and what criteria they used. With over 42,000 entries this year I expect there must have been some kind of initial filtering before the four main judges chose the 100 winners but no one could tell me the specifics. It also seemed to me that the scientific significance of the images captured must have counted in the judges' ranking as some category winners were clearly not the best from an artistic standpoint, but again no one could clarify that for me. Still a great exhibit. We also visited the Hunterian Museum of fascinating/gruesome medical specimens where Lisa found several misdiagnosed bone tumors (and is setting about getting them corrected, of course). They don't allow photography in there which is a pity because I think it would be fascinating to get pictures of people observing the specimens on display. Today we'll be hitting some more book shops and perhaps another medical museum, followed by a classical concert at St. Martin in the Fields tonight. Then on Sunday we're off to Oxford for the day to meet up with Cotty the soon-to-be hat eater. More later. --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
