Re: istD @ KEH

2005-10-17 Thread John Forbes
Yes, if you have a DS.. But if you start with a D (they came first), you have to buy SD cards. And for most of us mere mortals, with fallible memories, who perhaps don't use their cameras as often as you do, switching from one to another means more complication, and more chance of

Re: More Texas Photo Issues

2005-10-17 Thread John Forbes
On Mon, 17 Oct 2005 06:49:22 +0100, David Mann [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Oct 17, 2005, at 6:30 PM, graywolf wrote: You had better read that more carefully, it basically says you understand that those medical professionals have the right to violate your privacy under many conditions.

Breeze Browser or ...?

2005-10-17 Thread Shel Belinkoff
Hi Gang Bruce Dayton turned me on to Breeze Browser, a nice little program for organizing and working with files. I like it quite a bit. My free evaluation is about to expire, and I realized I've not done any comparison shopping. I'd like to check one or two more programs before opening

Re: PESO PAW - Pooch!

2005-10-17 Thread Shel Belinkoff
Thanks John very pleased that you like it. This is just one very small oasis in a desert of desiccated images LOL Shel [Original Message] From: John Forbes Who said you're going through a dry spell? This is great. http://home.earthlink.net/~scbelinkoff/pooch.html

Re: PESO PAW - Pooch!

2005-10-17 Thread Shel Belinkoff
Please explain and be a bit more specific ... thanks! Shel [Original Message] From: Godfrey DiGiorgi http://home.earthlink.net/~scbelinkoff/pooch.html The rendering is a little funny: some of the mid-tone grays seem a bit squashed

Re: Breeze Browser or ...?

2005-10-17 Thread Jostein
I suggest a look at ThumbsPlus. http://www.cerious.com/ Jostein Quoting Shel Belinkoff [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Hi Gang Bruce Dayton turned me on to Breeze Browser, a nice little program for organizing and working with files. I like it quite a bit. My free evaluation is about to

Re: PESO PAW - Pooch!

2005-10-17 Thread Shel Belinkoff
It was ... Thanks, Dave ;-)) Used the Double Hue/Sat technique then warmed the results slightly. Shel http://home.earthlink.net/~scbelinkoff/pooch.html Great shot Shel If iot was with the istDs and converted, good job.

Re: broke my istD

2005-10-17 Thread Kostas Kavoussanakis
On Sun, 16 Oct 2005, William Robb wrote: I just don't put batteries in the grip. It still works just fine. I really only use the grip when shooting portraiture anyway. So, the grip button(s?) work even without batteries in the grip? Way cool! Kostas

Re: Breeze Browser or ...?

2005-10-17 Thread Bruce Dayton
Also there is ACDSee: http://www.acdsystems.com/offers/NA/ACDSee8/index?CMP=KAC-googleawacdseeCRA=USA_A -- Best regards, Bruce Monday, October 17, 2005, 12:03:57 AM, you wrote: J I suggest a look at ThumbsPlus. http://www.cerious.com/ J Jostein J Quoting Shel Belinkoff [EMAIL PROTECTED]:

Re: PESO: Why I get up early

2005-10-17 Thread Bruce Dayton
Hello Kenneth, I really like this one. Just a well done shot! -- Best regards, Bruce Sunday, October 16, 2005, 4:01:02 PM, you wrote: KW Check out KW http://mypeoplepc.com/members/kwaller/offwallphoto/id2.html KW Yeah, nay, and/or comments KW what would you do differently? KW Thanks in

PESO - Photodynamics

2005-10-17 Thread Marco Alpert
Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?: http://www.alpert.com/marco/pdml/peso25.html Comments, as always, welcomed. -Marco

Re: Breeze Browser or ...?

2005-10-17 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
If you buy the update to Photoshop CS2, it comes with the Picture Bridge application which then does what ACDSee and Breeze Browser do in terms of sorting, arranging, manipulating your files. And it also integrates and speeds up your RAW file processing and Photoshop editing work. FAR

RE: PESO - Photodynamics

2005-10-17 Thread Shel Belinkoff
¡Gran! Yo lo quiero mucho. Shel [Original Message] From: Marco Alpert Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?: http://www.alpert.com/marco/pdml/peso25.html

Re: Breeze Browser or ...?

2005-10-17 Thread Shel Belinkoff
Hi not interested in upgrading to CS2 at this time. I like the small footprint of BreezBrowser, its speed, and the price. Something similar would be nice. Took a quick look @ Thumbs Plus. May just go ahead and buy BreezeBrowser unless something more interesting comes along in the next

Re: Breeze Browser or ...?

2005-10-17 Thread Shel Belinkoff
OK, took a quick look. will examine a bit more tomorrow. tks! Shel [Original Message] From: Jostein I suggest a look at ThumbsPlus. http://www.cerious.com/ Jostein Quoting Shel Belinkoff [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Hi Gang Bruce Dayton turned me on to Breeze Browser, a nice

Re: Breeze Browser or ...?

2005-10-17 Thread Leon Altoff
Shel, It depends on what you want the program to do. Breeze browser is great (I own a copy) for sorting out images viewing directories and such like. ACDSee and Thumbs plus and even the browser in Photoshop Elements are databasing programs which load data on all the images viewed store

Re: PESO PAW - Pooch!

2005-10-17 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
It's somewhat difficult to explain. I took a copy of your image and tried to make a correction to illustrate what I'm seeing but the 8bit grayscale is too fragile to produce the result I wanted. What I see in your photo is a grayscale rendering which has an inverted inflection point in it.

Re: Pets for Profit help

2005-10-17 Thread Cotty
On 17/10/05, P. J. Alling, discombobulated, unleashed: used to be an RSPCA (Royal Society for the Protection of Cruelty to Animals) Shouldn't that be prevention, I mean, if you're protecting cruelty to animals it's inhuman... Yes of course. Not that I'm talking to you. Cheers, Cotty

Re: Breeze Browser or ...?

2005-10-17 Thread dave g
I use ACDsee 4.0 and it's much faster loading than CS2 and also faster and or more convenient for file renaming, bulk resizing (like making 30 thumbnail images from high res files at one time). It takes a little time get used to how the extras like this work but I think it's worth it. Also good

Re: PESO -- Down the Alley

2005-10-17 Thread Boris Liberman
Hi! I liked the several repetitions... Fair enough ;-). Boris

Re: PESO: Why I get up early

2005-10-17 Thread Cotty
On 16/10/05, Kenneth Waller, discombobulated, unleashed: Check out http://mypeoplepc.com/members/kwaller/offwallphoto/id2.html Beautiful! Checked, and out :-) Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|http://www.cottysnaps.com

Re: Breeze Browser or ...?

2005-10-17 Thread Shel Belinkoff
Hi, That's what I see in some of the other programs more than I need or want. I just want to be able to quickly look at the pics and decide where i want to put them. BreezeBrowser lets me click a pic and it'll open in PS real simple. I've got a pretty good system for storing and

PAW - Lily Closeup

2005-10-17 Thread David Mann
It's about time I did another one of these. This one is from almost 5 years ago. I decided I wanted to practise scanning negs so I went through a pile of my old prints. As luck would have it, I just happened to choose something I'd shot on 400 film. I really should stop using that

Re: PESO: Why I get up early

2005-10-17 Thread David Savage
So that's what a sun rise looks like! Very nicely done. Dave On 10/17/05, Kenneth Waller [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Check out http://mypeoplepc.com/members/kwaller/offwallphoto/id2.html Yeah, nay, and/or comments what would you do differently? Thanks in advance Kenneth Waller

Re: Breeze Browser or ...?

2005-10-17 Thread dave g
I usually assume there's a free program to cover what I want to do. You could try faststone, I think it's called, very popular freeware at download.com for image viewing. - dave -- dave g [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- http://www.fastmail.fm - I mean, what is it about a decent email service?

Re: Breeze Browser or ...?

2005-10-17 Thread Don Williams
Hi, I downloaded Picassa2 some time back and to start with I hated it. Its strange and different from anything I'd used before. But after a while I got to used to the odd way it works and now use it to find things in a hurry. I've also burned some CD slide shows (my daughter's wedding)

Re: GESO: NorCal PDML Meet - five from me, too

2005-10-17 Thread Paul Stenquist
And a very nice selection it is. Some excellent shots of the Blue Angels. Love that backlit one. Also like the dancers quite a lot. Thanks for sharing. Paul On Oct 17, 2005, at 1:19 AM, John Francis wrote: OK - here's another selection.

RE: PESO: Why I get up early

2005-10-17 Thread Tom C
Absolutely beautiful Ken. Great way to start my Monday morning... Thanks! This particular version looks pixelated on my screen, especially in the lower middle right where it appears the fog is rising in front of the background trees... just wanted to let you know... Where was it from? Tom

Re: PESO PAW - Pooch!

2005-10-17 Thread Paul Stenquist
Hi Shel, I had to nod when I read Godfrey's comment. Love the shot, but I found the BW conversion a bit odd myself. However, I find it hard to express what that oddity cold be other than to say that it might be worth going back to the channel mixer. Sometimes it's worth seeing how the

Re: PESO - Photodynamics

2005-10-17 Thread Paul Stenquist
Like this very much. Great grab. Paul On Oct 17, 2005, at 3:32 AM, Marco Alpert wrote: Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?: http://www.alpert.com/marco/pdml/peso25.html Comments, as always, welcomed. -Marco

Re: More Texas Photo Issues

2005-10-17 Thread tomreese
Marnie wrote: No, she didn't. I did. Oops, my mistake. I'm very sorry. While I admit that indeed *some* police officers are criminals, I still doubt that represents the majority of them in the area where I live. I wonder if the minorities, young people, gays, bikers and other frequent

Re: 6x7 Advance Resistance

2005-10-17 Thread Derby Chang
David Mann wrote: On Oct 17, 2005, at 4:31 PM, William Robb wrote: Put the camera on a tripod and level it. Balance an American nickel on edge on the focusing screen and release the shutter. Don't bother with mirror lock. If your camera is normal, the nickel won't fall over. I decided I

Re: PESO - Photodynamics

2005-10-17 Thread Gasha
I like the faces of people. They are so different! Gasha Marco Alpert wrote: Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?: http://www.alpert.com/marco/pdml/peso25.html Comments, as always, welcomed. -Marco

Re: PESO: Why I get up early

2005-10-17 Thread Tom Reese
Check out http://mypeoplepc.com/members/kwaller/offwallphoto/id2.html It's an awesome shot Ken. I don't think it could be improved. I think the fact that the bright spot is right at the edge of the frame is a little distracting but you couldn't help it without ruining the spacing between the

Re: More Texas Photo Issues

2005-10-17 Thread E.R.N. Reed
David Mann wrote: On Oct 17, 2005, at 6:30 PM, graywolf wrote: You had better read that more carefully, it basically says you understand that those medical professionals have the right to violate your privacy under many conditions. Not that you give them permission to do so. It is some

Re: PAW - Lily Closeup

2005-10-17 Thread Kenneth Waller
Well done Dave. Without seeing the original subject, I'd say the white needs to be whiter. I'd also like the image to be a little less soft, but still a keeper in my book. Kenneth Waller -Original Message- From: David Mann [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: PAW - Lily Closeup It's about time I

Re: More Texas Photo Issues

2005-10-17 Thread E.R.N. Reed
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Marnie wrote: No, she didn't. I did. Oops, my mistake. I'm very sorry. Should have seen it as a sign of how closely you read the remarks. While I admit that indeed *some* police officers are criminals, I still doubt that represents the

Re: PESO - New moon

2005-10-17 Thread frank theriault
On 10/16/05, Bruce Dayton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I shot these just the other evening. I had to hustle to get the camera and grab the shot while it was still there. What I liked was the wisp of clouds partially obscuring the moon. The first one is that way, the second with the moon past

Re: PAW - Lily Closeup

2005-10-17 Thread frank theriault
On 10/17/05, David Mann [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It's about time I did another one of these. This one is from almost 5 years ago. I decided I wanted to practise scanning negs so I went through a pile of my old prints. As luck would have it, I just happened to choose something I'd shot on

Re: PESO: Why I get up early

2005-10-17 Thread frank theriault
On 10/16/05, Kenneth Waller [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Check out http://mypeoplepc.com/members/kwaller/offwallphoto/id2.html Yeah, nay, and/or comments what would you do differently? Thanks in advance Kenneth Waller gorgeous! -frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri

Re: PESO - Photodynamics

2005-10-17 Thread frank theriault
On 10/17/05, Marco Alpert [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?: http://www.alpert.com/marco/pdml/peso25.html Comments, as always, welcomed. i like it a lot -frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson

Re: GESO: NorCal PDML Meet - five from me, too

2005-10-17 Thread frank theriault
On 10/17/05, Paul Stenquist [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: And a very nice selection it is. Some excellent shots of the Blue Angels. Love that backlit one. Also like the dancers quite a lot. Thanks for sharing. i agree with paul -frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson

Re: PESO PAW - Pooch!

2005-10-17 Thread Shel Belinkoff
Paul, As I told Godfrey - perhaps you missed the post - this was not a conversion. The pic was shot on Tri-X. I have to chuckle a bit as it seems, more and more, that when people see a BW (greyscale, whatever) photo, especially on the net, the immediate thought is that it had been converted.

Re: More Texas Photo Issues

2005-10-17 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: E.R.N. Reed Subject: Re: More Texas Photo Issues I'm married to a man. I showed him my post and asked for his comments. He agreed with me. You think maybe they have a different attitude to people who assume they're doing their job than to people who

Re: PESO PAW - Pooch!

2005-10-17 Thread Paul Stenquist
I'm not surprised to hear that it's film. At first glance I thought it might be, but then seemed to recall reading that it was digital. Didn't you say something about using a saturation conversion technique? Perhaps that was in regard to another pic. Some of what I'm seeing as sharpening

Re: Question about the 28-70 F4 SMC FA AL

2005-10-17 Thread Dave Kennedy
Mine's still good. dk On 10/14/05, Don Sanderson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I really miss this lens since mine died of element seperation. Does anyone have one of these that _hasn't_ seperated?? I'm trying to get an idea of the percentage of failures in the ones that are out there. I'd buy

Re: More Texas Photo Issues

2005-10-17 Thread Tom Reese
Where is your evidence that minorities, young people, gays and bikers are frequent targets of police harrassment in my part of the country? Since you cited San Antonio, Texas you can start here: http://www.amnestyusa.org/outfront/stonewalled/abuse.html Apparently the fact that the cops said

Re: PAW/PESO: Claire and Abby

2005-10-17 Thread frank theriault
On 10/16/05, Ann Sanfedele [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: but a lovely one -- you didnt have to tell us which kid was yours, Frank :) :) thanks, ann! -frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson

LCD screens and the way we photograph...

2005-10-17 Thread Albano Garcia
I've been thinkin on this subject for a long time. I think the use of digicams with LCDs is an unobserved change in social life compared to the use of viewfinders. Before, the camera was an extension of the eye and face, blended with the shooter's face. Now, it's medium role si more evident, the

Re: PAW: At Greenwood Station

2005-10-17 Thread frank theriault
On 10/16/05, Paul Stenquist [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Very nice. You've captured the zoned out straight ahead stare of an accomplished commuter. Well executed. I must say I'm quite impressed with the tonal range and contrast. You seem to have refined your exppoures and/or scanning technique.

Re: OT: ann's calendars for 2006 - FS Sunday :)

2005-10-17 Thread frank theriault
On 10/16/05, Ann Sanfedele [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks, Dave I have none, alas, but fo several good but not obvious reasons... I love those that belong to my friends... like me!g everyone should check the march cats. the smart looking one on the left is mine, patches (i didn't

RE: LCD screens and the way we photograph...

2005-10-17 Thread Shel Belinkoff
Interesting hypothesis ;-)) The camera as an extension of the eye and face is relatively new, certainly as an almost ubiquitous method of taking pix. For many, many years before the advent of the 35mm camera as everyman's camera medium format reigned supreme, and there the camera was most often

Re: More Texas Photo Issues

2005-10-17 Thread Bob Blakely
From: Tom Reese [EMAIL PROTECTED] The law does not offer protection of peoples' privacy. There is no such right guaranteed in any government document. I would rather take responsponsibility for my own safety and live freely than live in a state where police are a bigger threat than the

Re: PESO PAW - Pooch!

2005-10-17 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
My comments were not specific to BW conversion from a digital capture, although I did allude to starting over with the RAW file as I originally thought you had made the photo with the DS. The same concepts hold in adjusting film scans. The Curves adjustments I mentioned were all to be

Re: PESO PAW - Pooch!

2005-10-17 Thread Shel Belinkoff
That's what I did - it's the only way I scan ;-)) I'll take another look at it at some point. Shel [Original Message] From: Godfrey DiGiorgi You should start with a BW negative scan as a 16bit grayscale scan, adjusted to capture the maximum amount of data.

Re: PESO: Why I get up early

2005-10-17 Thread Mat Maessen
I would have gotten up earlier and gotten the shot at the same time you did. Excellent! -Mat On 10/16/05, Kenneth Waller [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Check out http://mypeoplepc.com/members/kwaller/offwallphoto/id2.html Yeah, nay, and/or comments what would you do differently? Thanks in

Re: LCD screens and the way we photograph...

2005-10-17 Thread pnstenquist
I think that more experienced users tend to work with digital cameras in much the same way that they shot with film. I know that when I first shot digital, I was constantly staring at the LCD screen, evaluating the image. Now, my eye rarely comes away from the viewfinder. I use the display (and

Re: LCD screens and the way we photograph...

2005-10-17 Thread Shel Belinkoff
I think Albano was talking about the cameras that don't have a viewfinder, or which have very poor finders - the PS cameras like the Optios, the little Canons, Sonys, etc. Shel [Original Message] From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] I think that more experienced users tend to work with digital cameras

Happy Birthday, Bill Owens

2005-10-17 Thread Doug Brewer
I'm sure you'll all join me in wishing Bill Owens, genial owner and proprietor of PDML Central, a very happy birthday today.

Re: More Texas Photo Issues

2005-10-17 Thread Tom Reese
Bob Blakely wrote: From: Tom Reese [EMAIL PROTECTED] The law does not offer protection of peoples' privacy. There is no such right guaranteed in any government document. I would rather take responsponsibility for my own safety and live freely than live in a state where police are a

Re: More Texas Photo Issues

2005-10-17 Thread Bob Blakely
Roger! Sorry. I see the words right to privacy in a different context so often, that I went off half cocked resulting in a flash in the pan. (Need any other clichés?) In general, no one should have an expectation of privacy in an open public place - save the obvious shoe cams sometimes used

Re: Happy Birthday, Bill Owens

2005-10-17 Thread Kenneth Waller
wishing Bill Owens, genial owner and proprietor of PDML Central, a very happy birthday today Kenneth Waller -Original Message- From: Doug Brewer [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Oct 17, 2005 10:13 AM To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: Happy Birthday, Bill Owens I'm sure you'll all join me in

Re: LCD screens and the way we photograph...

2005-10-17 Thread frank theriault
On 10/17/05, Shel Belinkoff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I think Albano was talking about the cameras that don't have a viewfinder, or which have very poor finders - the PS cameras like the Optios, the little Canons, Sonys, etc. Shel one interesting thing about lcd screens is group chimping.

Re:PESO - Why I get up early

2005-10-17 Thread Christian
- Original Message - From: Kenneth Waller [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Sent: Sunday, October 16, 2005 7:01 PM Subject: PESO: Why I get up early Check out http://mypeoplepc.com/members/kwaller/offwallphoto/id2.html Definite yeah Love the color and the

Re: Happy Birthday, Bill Owens

2005-10-17 Thread frank theriault
On 10/17/05, Doug Brewer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm sure you'll all join me in wishing Bill Owens, genial owner and proprietor of PDML Central, a very happy birthday today. indeed happy birthday, bill!! -frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson

Re: Peso: A small furry visitor

2005-10-17 Thread frank theriault
On 10/14/05, William Robb [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This little feller was hunting birds in my yard. He wasn't too sure aboout me at first, but calmed down nicely after a few moments. http://users.accesscomm.ca/wrobb/pictures/peso/recent/IMGP9575.html

Re: More Texas Photo Issues

2005-10-17 Thread P. J. Alling
Perhaps everyone should reflect on this... http://www.citybeat.com/2000-01-27/sybil.shtml William Robb wrote: - Original Message - From: E.R.N. Reed Subject: Re: More Texas Photo Issues I'm married to a man. I showed him my post and asked for his comments. He agreed with

Re: LCD screens and the way we photograph...

2005-10-17 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
Hmm. I use them much the same way I used compact 35mm cameras: relatively light use of the viewfinder unless I've got them zoomed out to a telephoto setting. The SLRs I use exactly as I used my film SLRs. Godfrey On Oct 17, 2005, at 7:08 AM, Shel Belinkoff wrote: I think Albano was

Re: PESO - Photodynamics

2005-10-17 Thread P. J. Alling
Nice capture and very amusing. Marco Alpert wrote: Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?: http://www.alpert.com/marco/pdml/peso25.html Comments, as always, welcomed. -Marco -- When you're worried or in doubt, Run in circles, (scream and shout).

Re: Happy Birthday, Bill Owens

2005-10-17 Thread P. J. Alling
Yes, I do. Doug Brewer wrote: I'm sure you'll all join me in wishing Bill Owens, genial owner and proprietor of PDML Central, a very happy birthday today. -- When you're worried or in doubt, Run in circles, (scream and shout).

Re: GESO: NorCal PDML Meet - five from me, too

2005-10-17 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
I'm with you, Heidi. ;-) I don't think I was in an ultrawide mood all day. I carried the DA14 but John got the only pictures with it. Godfrey On Oct 16, 2005, at 10:55 PM, Heidi Jon VW wrote: Nice pictures, John! But next time warn me before you snap my picture so I can put a camera in

Re: PESO - Photodynamics

2005-10-17 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
On Oct 17, 2005, at 12:32 AM, Marco Alpert wrote: Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?: For we are the makers of magic, and we are the dreamers of dreams. http://www.alpert.com/marco/pdml/peso25.html Very cool photo! Godfrey

Re: PESO PAW - Pooch!

2005-10-17 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
Somewhere in the editing process you made a curves adjustment that introduced a negative inflection point. That's what causes these kinds of midtone compression/loss effect. Godfrey On Oct 17, 2005, at 6:54 AM, Shel Belinkoff wrote: That's what I did - it's the only way I scan ;-)) I'll

Re: Happy Birthday, Bill Owens

2005-10-17 Thread Cotty
On 17/10/05, Doug Brewer, discombobulated, unleashed: I'm sure you'll all join me in wishing Bill Owens, genial owner and proprietor of PDML Central, a very happy birthday today. I'll drink to that. Many happy returns, Bill. Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places,

Re: Happy Birthday, Bill Owens

2005-10-17 Thread Boris Liberman
Hi! I'm sure you'll all join me in wishing Bill Owens, genial owner and proprietor of PDML Central, a very happy birthday today. Happy Birthday! Boris

Re: LCD screens and the way we photograph...

2005-10-17 Thread Cotty
On 17/10/05, Shel Belinkoff, discombobulated, unleashed: I think Albano was talking about the cameras that don't have a viewfinder, or which have very poor finders - the PS cameras like the Optios, the little Canons, Sonys, etc. My wife's Canon G2 has a very poor viewfinder, but try as I might,

Re: Happy Birthday, Bill Owens

2005-10-17 Thread Bruce Dayton
Happy birthday Bill! -- Bruce Monday, October 17, 2005, 7:13:55 AM, you wrote: DB I'm sure you'll all join me in wishing Bill Owens, genial owner and DB proprietor of PDML Central, a very happy birthday today.

PESO - Perspective (Grown up's perspective on Child's world)

2005-10-17 Thread Boris Liberman
Hi! http://www.photoforum.ru/rate/photo.php?photo_id=225724 There is a bit of story attached to this picture... See, this is full frame unaltered except b/w conversion and tonal manipulation. I saw this picture and tried several times. All those times I would get a bit more on the LCD of my

Re: PESO PAW - Pooch!

2005-10-17 Thread Boris Liberman
Hi! Somewhere in the editing process you made a curves adjustment that introduced a negative inflection point. That's what causes these kinds of midtone compression/loss effect. Godfrey, could you please explain the above to the ignorant such as myself? If need be, feel free to send me an

PESO: Getting up early

2005-10-17 Thread Jens Bladt
The hour around sunrise or sunset is the best time for landscape photography IMO. Like Kenneth Waller I enjoy getting up early and shoot in the early morning light. (Very nice shot, Kenneth) Take a look at: http://gallery13117.fotopic.net/p21625619.html Comment are always welcome. Regards Jens

Re: Happy Birthday, Bill Owens

2005-10-17 Thread graywolf
Yes, Happy Birthday Bill. And do get well soon. How could we every get along without PDML Central and you its genial host? Best wishes and prayers, graywolf http://www.graywolfphoto.com Idiot Proof == Expert Proof --- Doug Brewer wrote: I'm sure you'll all

Re: PESO PAW - Pooch!

2005-10-17 Thread Cotty
On 17/10/05, Boris Liberman, discombobulated, unleashed: Somewhere in the editing process you made a curves adjustment that introduced a negative inflection point. That's what causes these kinds of midtone compression/loss effect. Godfrey, could you please explain the above to the

Re: LCD screens and the way we photograph...

2005-10-17 Thread graywolf
Ditto for the Oly C-5050Z. I see folks holding their cameras out at arms length using the LCD to frame the photo and think, Golly, me eyes are worse than I thought, I can not even see that thing in this light. graywolf http://www.graywolfphoto.com Idiot Proof == Expert Proof

Re: LCD screens and the way we photograph...

2005-10-17 Thread Kostas Kavoussanakis
On Mon, 17 Oct 2005, Cotty wrote: On 17/10/05, Shel Belinkoff, discombobulated, unleashed: I think Albano was talking about the cameras that don't have a viewfinder, or which have very poor finders - the PS cameras like the Optios, the little Canons, Sonys, etc. My wife's Canon G2 has a

Re: PAW - Lily Closeup

2005-10-17 Thread Bruce Dayton
It is such a delicate shot - I can see where a slower film would probably improve things. What is so nice about this one is the composition - it is almost abstract, more like shapes instead of looking at a flower. It works because it makes me see beyond the flower and look for a deeper meaning

Re: More Texas Photo Issues

2005-10-17 Thread graywolf
It has to do with the new laws the feds have passed. You have already lost the right to privacy, the form is just something to prove you knew that. The only real option on the form is whether you want them to tell friends and family you are in the hospital if they call. Like you say if you are

Re: Pets for Profit help

2005-10-17 Thread Doug Brewer
Dave, the successful photographer is the prepared photographer. I'd hate to do this kind of work without controllable light, but hey, knock yourself out. Recon the location at the time of day you're expected to shoot. Measure your space and set the location of the backdrop. Make certain you

RE: Happy Birthday, Bill Owens

2005-10-17 Thread Adelheid v. K.
Happy birthday and all the best also from me. :-) Get better soon. :-) Adelheid : -Original Message- : From: graywolf [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] : Sent: Montag, 17. Oktober 2005 18:25 : To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net : Subject: Re: Happy Birthday, Bill Owens : : Yes, Happy Birthday Bill.

Re: PESO - Perspective (Grown up's perspective on Child's world)

2005-10-17 Thread Bruce Dayton
Many times, we as photographers like a particular shot, partly because of the effort and skill it took to get it. There have been countless times when my wife will pick out a shot that was easy for me to take and pass over something much more difficult. So what I am saying here is that our own

Re: PESO: Getting up early

2005-10-17 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
On Oct 17, 2005, at 9:24 AM, Jens Bladt wrote: The hour around sunrise or sunset is the best time for landscape photography IMO. Like Kenneth Waller I enjoy getting up early and shoot in the early morning light. ... http://gallery13117.fotopic.net/p21625619.html Nicely done, Jens. Not a

Re: LCD screens and the way we photograph...

2005-10-17 Thread Albano Garcia
My comment-hypothesis-whatever was talking about what most people (the masses) use: point and shoot compact cameras. I know advanced users with DSLRs are not included here. But as a social fact, what most people use is the most important. --- Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 17/10/05, Shel

Re: PESO - Perspective (Grown up's perspective on Child's world)

2005-10-17 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
On Oct 17, 2005, at 9:11 AM, Boris Liberman wrote: http://www.photoforum.ru/rate/photo.php?photo_id=225724 Lovely. Reminds me of a similar theme I did a few years ago, on the eve of 9/11/2001 ... which lent it some ominous overtones in later appreciation. There is a bit of story

Re: PESO PAW - Pooch!

2005-10-17 Thread Boris Liberman
Hi! For goodness sake Boris didn't you learn *anything* at school?? I learned *everything* but they forgot to teach us *anything* ;-) Boris

Re: Happy Birthday, Bill Owens

2005-10-17 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
I add my regards and sentiments for health and prosperity to the gathering throng. ]'-) Godfrey On Oct 17, 2005, at 7:13 AM, Doug Brewer wrote: I'm sure you'll all join me in wishing Bill Owens, genial owner and proprietor of PDML Central, a very happy birthday today.

Re: Breeze Browser or ...?

2005-10-17 Thread Frantisek
PhotoMechanic by camerabits. There is I think also a Lite version, which mostly just strips the features of PM intended for journalists (extensive IPTC captioning, one-button FTP uploads to your agency, et cetera). It's the fastest of them all and I think the best for reviewing keepers and

RE: PESO: Getting up early

2005-10-17 Thread Jens Bladt
True, Godfrey. I'm currently having 300 x 40 cm panoramas printed at a local printing facility. An engineering firm wants some (harborur-) panoramas on the walls of the office. The pano's will be mounted on 5 mm plastic (foam-plast) bill boards. I'll have a few made for my self as well :-) It's

Re: PESO - Perspective (Grown up's perspective on Child's world)

2005-10-17 Thread frank theriault
On 10/17/05, Boris Liberman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi! http://www.photoforum.ru/rate/photo.php?photo_id=225724 There is a bit of story attached to this picture... See, this is full frame unaltered except b/w conversion and tonal manipulation. I saw this picture and tried several times.

Re: More Texas Photo Issues

2005-10-17 Thread DagT
Wow, and just a few weeks ago someone was bragging about the US as the land of the free, especially on free speech. I guess it depends on what you say or do. You can show anything you want, but only if you are allowed to put it on film/file first. I´ll stop, but just note that all our

Re: Happy Birthday, Bill Owens

2005-10-17 Thread Bob Sullivan
Happy Birthday Bill. Hope you are feeling better. Bob S. On 10/17/05, Doug Brewer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm sure you'll all join me in wishing Bill Owens, genial owner and proprietor of PDML Central, a very happy birthday today.

Re: Happy Birthday, Bill Owens

2005-10-17 Thread Jostein
- Original Message - From: Doug Brewer [EMAIL PROTECTED] I'm sure you'll all join me in wishing Bill Owens, genial owner and proprietor of PDML Central, a very happy birthday today. Indeed I will. Happy Birthday, Bill! Jostein

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