Re: PESO: Natural World
Just remember to keep telling yourself that Frank. frank theriault wrote: On 4/14/05, John Forbes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Frank, spelling! Your photos are really pretty, and they're really good. Of course they are. I was just joking around. cheers, frank -- I can understand why mankind hasn't given up war. During a war you get to drive tanks through the sides of buildings and shoot foreigners - two things that are usually frowned on during peacetime. --P.J. O'Rourke
Re: PESO: Natural World
On 4/14/05, John Forbes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Frank, spelling! Your photos are really pretty, and they're really good. Of course they are. I was just joking around. cheers, frank -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson
Re: PESO Natural World II
On Thu, Apr 14, 2005 at 07:03:56PM -0400, frank theriault wrote: > On 4/14/05, Tom Reese <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > "...so then I told that stupid redneck I'd flip his truck into the pond > > if he kept throwing those stones..." > > "Stupid Redneck"; isn't that a redundancy? > All things are relative...
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Frank, spelling! Your photos are really pretty, and they're really good. John On Thu, 14 Apr 2005 18:58:03 -0400, frank theriault <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote, inter alia: b) Not all photos have to be pretty to be good. Look at mine. They're rarely pretty. And, they're rarely good. Wait, that's not a very good argument, is it? Well, you know what I mean. cheers, frank -- Using Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/m2/ -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.9.9 - Release Date: 13/04/2005
Re: PESO -- Natural World III
On 4/14/05, Peter J. Alling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Yea, yea, I'm milking this but just one more. > > http://www.mindspring.com/~webster26/PESO_--_nature3.html > Now, ~that's~ cool! It almost looks like a spacecraft, coming into dock to that leave/piece of garbage. It's almost as if there's no surface to the water - everything's just eerily floating in space. The message is different from the others (at least that's how I took it), but it's pretty damned cool. cheers, frank ps: did you get the turtles to sign releases? -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson
Re: PESO Natural World II
On 4/14/05, Tom Reese <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > "...so then I told that stupid redneck I'd flip his truck into the pond > if he kept throwing those stones..." "Stupid Redneck"; isn't that a redundancy? cheers, frank -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson
Re: PESO Natural World II
On 4/14/05, Peter J. Alling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Another turtle shot. Same location. > > http://www.mindspring.com/~webster26/PESO_--_nature2.html > > As usual comments are welcome but may be totally ignored... > > Technical: > Pentax *ist-D/ iso 200/shutter speed 1/350sec. > smc-PENTAX-F 70-210mm/210mm/f6.7. I like this better than the first one (which I did like, as you know). I think it says the same thing to me in terms of poor turkles swimming and lounging about in garbage, in a more aesthetically pleasing way. Less clutter (in the photograph, that is). Simpler composition, is what I'm trying to say. I think this is a more effective photo. Great stuff. cheers, frank -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson
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On 4/13/05, Tom C <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Peter, > > Well this is a comment you'll probably ignore. If the photo is intended to > be an environmental statement, then I can understand it in that context. I > suspect that is what you intended. > > Other than that, I also suspect you and I wouldn't hang it on our > study/den/library walls... > > We typically try to crop the soda bottles out, yes? :) Well, I don't want to make this into a huge discussion, but: a) Just because he left in the pop bottles (we call it "pop" in some - but not all - parts of Canada), does he have to be making an environmental statement? Is he making a statement at all? Or is he just showing a photo, and letting the viewer decide what the statement is? b) Not all photos have to be pretty to be good. Look at mine. They're rarely pretty. And, they're rarely good. Wait, that's not a very good argument, is it? Well, you know what I mean. cheers, frank -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson
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On 4/13/05, Peter J. Alling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Well I've gotten enough comments about this being over exposed so I > decided to give it a little rework. > > http://www.mindspring.com/~webster26/PESO_--_nature1a.html > > Just a few minor adjustments to brightness, and a bit more contrast. > A noticeable improvement, to my mind. I've not compared old and new side by side (I'm not much for A/B comparos anyway - I think they're over-rated), but as a stand alone, I'm much more satisfied with the brightness/contrast of this one. I know what you were thinking: Geez, if ~frank~ thinks it's overexposed, I gotta do something about this one! cheers, frank -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson
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Re: PESO Natural World II "Peter J. Alling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Another turtle shot. Same location. > > > > http://www.mindspring.com/~webster26/PESO_--_nature2.html then Mark Roberts replied: > Needs cartoon balloons so we can see what the turtles are saying to > each other ;-) "...so then I told that stupid redneck I'd flip his truck into the pond if he kept throwing those stones..." Tom Reese
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>Wasn't "Natural" World smart aleck enough? Unfortunately no. For way too many people the conditions you posted are "Natural" and therefore not smart alecky at all. Kenneth Waller (not a greenie) -Original Message- From: Bruce Dayton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Apr 14, 2005 12:44 PM To: "Peter J. Alling" Subject: Re: PESO Natural World II No, the pun has to be so bad, that it makes your stomach turn, to really appreciate it. Kenneth nailed it perfectly. -- Best regards, Bruce Thursday, April 14, 2005, 9:10:11 AM, you wrote: PJA> Wasn't "Natural" World smart aleck enough? PJA> Kenneth Waller wrote: >>...so this turtle swims into a pond and tells the other turtle, I sure am >>TIREd. >> >>couldn't resist. >> >>The image just begs for a smart aleck title. >> >> >>Kenneth Waller >> >>-Original Message- >>From: "Peter J. Alling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>Sent: Apr 14, 2005 12:42 AM >>To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net >>Subject: PESO Natural World II >> >>Another turtle shot. Same location. >> >>http://www.mindspring.com/~webster26/PESO_--_nature2.html >> >>As usual comments are welcome but may be totally ignored... >> >>Technical: >>Pentax *ist-D/ iso 200/shutter speed 1/350sec. >>smc-PENTAX-F 70-210mm/210mm/f6.7. >> >> >> PeoplePC Online A better way to Internet http://www.peoplepc.com
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No, the pun has to be so bad, that it makes your stomach turn, to really appreciate it. Kenneth nailed it perfectly. -- Best regards, Bruce Thursday, April 14, 2005, 9:10:11 AM, you wrote: PJA> Wasn't "Natural" World smart aleck enough? PJA> Kenneth Waller wrote: >>...so this turtle swims into a pond and tells the other turtle, I sure am >>TIREd. >> >>couldn't resist. >> >>The image just begs for a smart aleck title. >> >> >>Kenneth Waller >> >>-Original Message- >>From: "Peter J. Alling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>Sent: Apr 14, 2005 12:42 AM >>To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net >>Subject: PESO Natural World II >> >>Another turtle shot. Same location. >> >>http://www.mindspring.com/~webster26/PESO_--_nature2.html >> >>As usual comments are welcome but may be totally ignored... >> >>Technical: >>Pentax *ist-D/ iso 200/shutter speed 1/350sec. >>smc-PENTAX-F 70-210mm/210mm/f6.7. >> >> >>
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Wasn't "Natural" World smart aleck enough? Kenneth Waller wrote: ...so this turtle swims into a pond and tells the other turtle, I sure am TIREd. couldn't resist. The image just begs for a smart aleck title. Kenneth Waller -Original Message- From: "Peter J. Alling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Apr 14, 2005 12:42 AM To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: PESO Natural World II Another turtle shot. Same location. http://www.mindspring.com/~webster26/PESO_--_nature2.html As usual comments are welcome but may be totally ignored... Technical: Pentax *ist-D/ iso 200/shutter speed 1/350sec. smc-PENTAX-F 70-210mm/210mm/f6.7. -- I can understand why mankind hasn't given up war. During a war you get to drive tanks through the sides of buildings and shoot foreigners - two things that are usually frowned on during peacetime. --P.J. O'Rourke
Re: PESO Natural World II
...so this turtle swims into a pond and tells the other turtle, I sure am TIREd. couldn't resist. The image just begs for a smart aleck title. Kenneth Waller -Original Message- From: "Peter J. Alling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Apr 14, 2005 12:42 AM To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: PESO Natural World II Another turtle shot. Same location. http://www.mindspring.com/~webster26/PESO_--_nature2.html As usual comments are welcome but may be totally ignored... Technical: Pentax *ist-D/ iso 200/shutter speed 1/350sec. smc-PENTAX-F 70-210mm/210mm/f6.7. -- I can understand why mankind hasn't given up war. During a war you get to drive tanks through the sides of buildings and shoot foreigners - two things that are usually frowned on during peacetime. --P.J. O'Rourke PeoplePC Online A better way to Internet http://www.peoplepc.com
Re: PESO Natural World II
"Peter J. Alling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Another turtle shot. Same location. > >http://www.mindspring.com/~webster26/PESO_--_nature2.html Needs cartoon balloons so we can see what the turtles are saying to each other ;-) -- Mark Roberts Photography and writing www.robertstech.com
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An excellent documentary shot. Poor bloody turtles, having to live and die in that lot. John On Thu, 14 Apr 2005 7:41:46 +, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: From: "Peter J. Alling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: 2005/04/14 Thu AM 04:45:11 GMT To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: PESO -- Natural World III Yea, yea, I'm milking this but just one more. http://www.mindspring.com/~webster26/PESO_--_nature3.html Subtle - and redolent of Jostein's picture of ethereally floating lily pads. Nice one. mike - Email sent from www.ntlworld.com virus-checked using McAfee(R) Software visit www.ntlworld.com/security for more information -- Using Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/m2/ -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.9.9 - Release Date: 13/04/2005
Re: PESO -- Natural World III
> > From: "Peter J. Alling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 2005/04/14 Thu AM 04:45:11 GMT > To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net > Subject: PESO -- Natural World III > > Yea, yea, I'm milking this but just one more. > > http://www.mindspring.com/~webster26/PESO_--_nature3.html Subtle - and redolent of Jostein's picture of ethereally floating lily pads. Nice one. mike - Email sent from www.ntlworld.com virus-checked using McAfee(R) Software visit www.ntlworld.com/security for more information
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Of the three, I like two the best. It has a rather amusing aspect to me - two turtles staring at each other sunning on an old tire. Nice catch. -- Best regards, Bruce Wednesday, April 13, 2005, 9:42:20 PM, you wrote: PJA> Another turtle shot. Same location. PJA> http://www.mindspring.com/~webster26/PESO_--_nature2.html PJA> As usual comments are welcome but may be totally ignored... PJA> Technical: PJA> Pentax *ist-D/ iso 200/shutter speed 1/350sec. PJA> smc-PENTAX-F 70-210mm/210mm/f6.7.
PESO -- Natural World III
Yea, yea, I'm milking this but just one more. http://www.mindspring.com/~webster26/PESO_--_nature3.html Technical: Pentax *ist-D/ iso 200/shutter speed 1/90sec. smc-PENTAX-F 70-210mm/210mm/f8.0 -- I can understand why mankind hasn't given up war. During a war you get to drive tanks through the sides of buildings and shoot foreigners - two things that are usually frowned on during peacetime. --P.J. O'Rourke
PESO Natural World II
Another turtle shot. Same location. http://www.mindspring.com/~webster26/PESO_--_nature2.html As usual comments are welcome but may be totally ignored... Technical: Pentax *ist-D/ iso 200/shutter speed 1/350sec. smc-PENTAX-F 70-210mm/210mm/f6.7. -- I can understand why mankind hasn't given up war. During a war you get to drive tanks through the sides of buildings and shoot foreigners - two things that are usually frowned on during peacetime. --P.J. O'Rourke
RE: PESO: Natural World
Hi Peter, Well this is a comment you'll probably ignore. If the photo is intended to be an environmental statement, then I can understand it in that context. I suspect that is what you intended. Other than that, I also suspect you and I wouldn't hang it on our study/den/library walls... We typically try to crop the soda bottles out, yes? :) Tom C. From: "Peter J. Alling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: PESO: Natural World Date: Wed, 13 Apr 2005 22:23:59 -0400 Took the dog out for a walk, brought the camera, the turtles are out it must be spring... Cropped about 30%. http://www.mindspring.com/~webster26/PESO_--_nature.html As usual comments are welcome but may be totally ignored. Tech. Info. Pentax *ist-D/ iso 200/shutter speed 1/350sec. smc-PENTAX-F 70-210mm/210mm/f6.7. -- I can understand why mankind hasn't given up war. During a war you get to drive tanks through the sides of buildings and shoot foreigners - two things that are usually frowned on during peacetime. --P.J. O'Rourke
Re: PESO: Natural World
Well I've gotten enough comments about this being over exposed so I decided to give it a little rework. http://www.mindspring.com/~webster26/PESO_--_nature1a.html Just a few minor adjustments to brightness, and a bit more contrast. frank theriault wrote: On 4/13/05, Peter J. Alling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Took the dog out for a walk, brought the camera, the turtles are out it must be spring... Cropped about 30%. http://www.mindspring.com/~webster26/PESO_--_nature.html As usual comments are welcome but may be totally ignored. Like it. It could be a poster or ad for an environmental group like Greenpeace or something. Poor little turkles (as my sister used to call them, like, 40 years ago - she'd kill me if she knew I said that ). Surviving amid all that crap and garbage. Mind you, those "poor little turkles" will likely be here after the nuclear winter, after 50% of the present land-mass is submerged beneath the melting ice-caps, after the sun goes nova and burns off all the water on our surface, they'll be plodding along... Anyway, nice photo. Focus, composition, all that photo stuff, it's all there. It seems maybe just a teensy bit overexposed? Or is that just me? cheers, frank -- I can understand why mankind hasn't given up war. During a war you get to drive tanks through the sides of buildings and shoot foreigners - two things that are usually frowned on during peacetime. --P.J. O'Rourke
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On 4/13/05, David Savage <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Yep. It'll be Cockroaches, rats, turkles & Frank. Sounds like the inhabitants of the last high-rise apartment I lived in. Except no turtles. The balcony was infested with pigeons, however. I think they'll be there in the nuclear freeze. Oh yeah, Canada Geese. They'll be there, too... cheers, frank -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson
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Yep. It'll be Cockroaches, rats, turkles & Frank. BTW Peter nice shot, with a not so subtle message. Seems a tad overexposed though . Dave S On 4/14/05, Tom C <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Frank, > > You'll still likely be here after the nuclear winter, after 50% of the > present land-mass is submerged > beneath the melting ice-caps, after the sun goes nova and burns off all the > water on our surface, you'll be plodding along... > > Your friend, > > Tom C. > > >From: frank theriault <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Reply-To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net > >To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net > >Subject: Re: PESO: Natural World > >Date: Wed, 13 Apr 2005 22:32:02 -0400 > > > >On 4/13/05, Peter J. Alling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Took the dog out for a walk, brought the camera, the turtles are out it > > > must be spring... > > > Cropped about 30%. > > > > > > http://www.mindspring.com/~webster26/PESO_--_nature.html > > > > > > As usual comments are welcome but may be totally ignored. > > > > > > >Like it. > > > >It could be a poster or ad for an environmental group like Greenpeace > >or something. > > > >Poor little turkles (as my sister used to call them, like, 40 years > >ago - she'd kill me if she knew I said that ). Surviving amid all > >that crap and garbage. > > > >Mind you, those "poor little turkles" will likely be here after the > >nuclear winter, after 50% of the present land-mass is submerged > >beneath the melting ice-caps, after the sun goes nova and burns off > >all the water on our surface, they'll be plodding along... > > > >Anyway, nice photo. Focus, composition, all that photo stuff, it's > >all there. It seems maybe just a teensy bit overexposed? Or is that > >just me? > > > >cheers, > >frank > > > > > >-- > >"Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson > > > >
Re: PESO: Natural World
Frank, You'll still likely be here after the nuclear winter, after 50% of the present land-mass is submerged beneath the melting ice-caps, after the sun goes nova and burns off all the water on our surface, you'll be plodding along... Your friend, Tom C. From: frank theriault <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: Re: PESO: Natural World Date: Wed, 13 Apr 2005 22:32:02 -0400 On 4/13/05, Peter J. Alling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Took the dog out for a walk, brought the camera, the turtles are out it > must be spring... > Cropped about 30%. > > http://www.mindspring.com/~webster26/PESO_--_nature.html > > As usual comments are welcome but may be totally ignored. > Like it. It could be a poster or ad for an environmental group like Greenpeace or something. Poor little turkles (as my sister used to call them, like, 40 years ago - she'd kill me if she knew I said that ). Surviving amid all that crap and garbage. Mind you, those "poor little turkles" will likely be here after the nuclear winter, after 50% of the present land-mass is submerged beneath the melting ice-caps, after the sun goes nova and burns off all the water on our surface, they'll be plodding along... Anyway, nice photo. Focus, composition, all that photo stuff, it's all there. It seems maybe just a teensy bit overexposed? Or is that just me? cheers, frank -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson
Re: PESO: Natural World
On 4/13/05, Peter J. Alling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Took the dog out for a walk, brought the camera, the turtles are out it > must be spring... > Cropped about 30%. > > http://www.mindspring.com/~webster26/PESO_--_nature.html > > As usual comments are welcome but may be totally ignored. > Like it. It could be a poster or ad for an environmental group like Greenpeace or something. Poor little turkles (as my sister used to call them, like, 40 years ago - she'd kill me if she knew I said that ). Surviving amid all that crap and garbage. Mind you, those "poor little turkles" will likely be here after the nuclear winter, after 50% of the present land-mass is submerged beneath the melting ice-caps, after the sun goes nova and burns off all the water on our surface, they'll be plodding along... Anyway, nice photo. Focus, composition, all that photo stuff, it's all there. It seems maybe just a teensy bit overexposed? Or is that just me? cheers, frank -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson
PESO: Natural World
Took the dog out for a walk, brought the camera, the turtles are out it must be spring... Cropped about 30%. http://www.mindspring.com/~webster26/PESO_--_nature.html As usual comments are welcome but may be totally ignored. Tech. Info. Pentax *ist-D/ iso 200/shutter speed 1/350sec. smc-PENTAX-F 70-210mm/210mm/f6.7. -- I can understand why mankind hasn't given up war. During a war you get to drive tanks through the sides of buildings and shoot foreigners - two things that are usually frowned on during peacetime. --P.J. O'Rourke
