Re: PESO - Porch

2007-11-30 Thread Paul Stenquist
I prefer the original. While the pot might be somewhat unfortunate, eliminating the railing makes the shot feel unbalanced. And while I might crop a bit off the top of the original, I would preserve the upper porch railing. The pot was largely unnoticed by me. But if I really felt it was a

Re: Peso Fine art cat shot

2007-11-30 Thread frank theriault
On Nov 27, 2007 7:50 AM, David J Brooks [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v408/divad_b/?action=viewcurrent=boo-bW.jpg Well, it seems my google photos cannot be uploaded. Not sure i should have upgraded the OS now.:-0 For Mark, who convinced me BW cat photos are fine

RE: PESO 2007 - 48b - GDG

2007-11-30 Thread Bob W
On Nov 25, 2007 7:58 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Back to Baylands today to eat my lunch by the water. Gulls flocked to wait for crumbs. Steel gray sky on water. They got nothing. Made a few photos. http://homepage.mac.com/ramarren/photo/PAW7/48b.htm

Re: Vivitar Series 1 70-210 version 2 vs version 3.

2007-11-30 Thread pnstenquist
Interesting, Peter. Thanks for this. I'm quite fond of the Series 1 70-210/3.5 version 1, although I rarely use it any more. It is a tank. It's quite good optically. Of course I haven't compared it to the other two versions, so they may well be better. But it's a relatively fast, high quality

Re: JFK on cycling, to cheer up the accident prone

2007-11-30 Thread P. J. Alling
With 'em on 'em, Seems to have made little difference... Mark Roberts wrote: William Robb wrote: From: Bob W I have just discovered the following quotation: Nothing compares with the simple pleasure of a bike ride John F Kennedy Coming from a man who shagged Marilyn Monroe,

Re: JFK on cycling, to cheer up the accident prone

2007-11-30 Thread Paul Stenquist
On Nov 30, 2007, at 7:04 PM, Scott Loveless wrote: Mark Roberts wrote: William Robb wrote: From: Bob W I have just discovered the following quotation: Nothing compares with the simple pleasure of a bike ride John F Kennedy Coming from a man who shagged Marilyn Monroe, and thought

Re: PESO: Starbucks Portrait

2007-11-30 Thread Paul Stenquist
Thanks for looking, Frank. Probably a bit too clinical, but as you say, interesting. It will soon disappear from my page:-). Paul On Nov 30, 2007, at 6:25 PM, frank theriault wrote: On Nov 23, 2007 5:07 PM, Paul Stenquist [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The cold weather is upon us, so I'm back to

Re: Denied

2007-11-30 Thread David J Brooks
On Nov 30, 2007 7:51 PM, P. J. Alling [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I know why they were rejected, too subtle. Meaning, crappy.:-) Dave David J Brooks wrote: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=5076840 The other. Dave On Nov 30, 2007 9:30 AM, Doug Brewer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

Re: Denied

2007-11-30 Thread P. J. Alling
I know why they were rejected, too subtle. David J Brooks wrote: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=5076840 The other. Dave On Nov 30, 2007 9:30 AM, Doug Brewer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: any chance we can see these photos? David J Brooks wrote: After reading a few of the

PESO -- Sunset over Tuxis Island

2007-11-30 Thread P. J. Alling
Another sunset over the most prominent off shore object in these parts. Yes the horizon divides the image entirely in half, but I tried to fill the frame with something interesting. Putting the horizon anywhere else just put a lot of empty space somewhere.

Re: JFK on cycling, to cheer up the accident prone

2007-11-30 Thread P. J. Alling
Scott Loveless wrote: Mark Roberts wrote: William Robb wrote: From: Bob W I have just discovered the following quotation: Nothing compares with the simple pleasure of a bike ride John F Kennedy Coming from a man who shagged Marilyn Monroe, and thought

Mark Roberts on Pentax Forums

2007-11-30 Thread David J Brooks
http://www.pentaxforums.com/forums/pentax-dslr-discussion/15697-dangerous-third-party-lenses-pk-r.html Dave -- Equine Photography www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ Ontario Canada -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: Denied

2007-11-30 Thread David J Brooks
On Nov 30, 2007 9:30 AM, Doug Brewer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: any chance we can see these photos? Yes. Dave David J Brooks wrote: After reading a few of the latest Pentax Gallery threads, i decided to enter two of my best like photos, as decided by me and others comments. I checked

Re: Denied

2007-11-30 Thread David J Brooks
Here is one. http://picasaweb.google.com/pentkon52/GFM07/photo#5073488817319576162 Dave On Nov 30, 2007 9:30 AM, Doug Brewer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: any chance we can see these photos? David J Brooks wrote: After reading a few of the latest Pentax Gallery threads, i decided to enter two

Re: JFK on cycling, to cheer up the accident prone

2007-11-30 Thread Scott Loveless
Mark Roberts wrote: William Robb wrote: From: Bob W I have just discovered the following quotation: Nothing compares with the simple pleasure of a bike ride John F Kennedy Coming from a man who shagged Marilyn Monroe, and thought 'first lady' meant the one he had before

Re: Peso Fine art cat shot

2007-11-30 Thread ann sanfedele
David J Brooks wrote: On Nov 30, 2007 1:03 PM, ann sanfedele [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: David J Brooks wrote: http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v408/divad_b/?action=viewcurrent=boo-bW.jpg He was talking about Mendoza's Ernie - yours appears to be a gray cat. :) I spent a

Re: PESO -- Sunset over Tuxis Island

2007-11-30 Thread Rick Womer
Very nice, but (I'll beat Godders to this) the horizon tilts to the left. You must be unconsciously compensating for Savage's Diagonal. Rick --- P. J. Alling [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Another sunset over the most prominent off shore object in these parts. Yes the horizon divides the image

Re: PESO: Diagonal

2007-11-30 Thread Rick Womer
Your part of the world is upside down. This is moving in that direction, but you still have about 145 degrees to go. Rick --- David Savage [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: G'day All, One from this evening (~130KB) http://www.arach.net.au/~savage/Misc/Images/K10D/_IGP9880.jpg Just a bit of

Re: PESO - Bark

2007-11-30 Thread Rick Womer
Huge improvement. I like it now. Rick --- Bruce Dayton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Jeez, don't you just hate it when you screw up a reply... Based on several comments of list members I have made some alterations: http://www.daytonphoto.com/PAW/bkd_5295a.htm Original:

test

2007-11-30 Thread Paul Stenquist
Having problems here. Must be my ISP -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Vivitar Series 1 70-210 version 2 vs version 3.

2007-11-30 Thread P. J. Alling
Oh yes, one other small difference, the v.2 lens has a slightly cooler lens cap... P. J. Alling wrote: So I decided to write a review. I hope people find it useful. I acquired an almost New Vivitar series 1 version 3 not too long ago, and I've decided to do a comparative review verses the

Re: PESO -- Sunset over Tuxis Island

2007-11-30 Thread Bob Sullivan
Pretty sky... Regards, Bob S. On Nov 30, 2007 6:22 PM, P. J. Alling [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Another sunset over the most prominent off shore object in these parts. Yes the horizon divides the image entirely in half, but I tried to fill the frame with something interesting. Putting the

PESO: Pike Place Mascot

2007-11-30 Thread Rick Womer
Everyone may thank a burned-out DSL modem for the lack of PESOs from me this week. We now have a new (I suspect reconditioned) modem, and I need to make up for lost time. Two from the Pike Place Market in Seattle. These are of the market's mascot, which is a bronze pig. The hoofprints are

Re: Peso Fine art cat shot

2007-11-30 Thread David J Brooks
Looks quite in focus here Frank. Dave On Nov 30, 2007 3:19 PM, frank theriault [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Nov 27, 2007 7:50 AM, David J Brooks [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v408/divad_b/?action=viewcurrent=boo-bW.jpg Well, it seems my google photos cannot be

Re: PESO -- Sunset over Tuxis Island

2007-11-30 Thread P. J. Alling
Only about 2-3/10 of a degree. Rick Womer wrote: Very nice, but (I'll beat Godders to this) the horizon tilts to the left. You must be unconsciously compensating for Savage's Diagonal. Rick --- P. J. Alling [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Another sunset over the most prominent off shore

Re: PESO: Pike Place Mascot

2007-11-30 Thread P. J. Alling
I should think that Seattle would be more politically correct, this either offends pigs or witches or maybe both. Rick Womer wrote: Everyone may thank a burned-out DSL modem for the lack of PESOs from me this week. We now have a new (I suspect reconditioned) modem, and I need to make up for

Re: test

2007-11-30 Thread Paul Stenquist
Very strange. This flew right through. But the PESO I've tried to send is hanging somewhere. Whatever. Time for bed. Try again tomorrow. Paul On Nov 30, 2007, at 11:07 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote: Having problems here. Must be my ISP -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: PESO - Almost Fallen

2007-11-30 Thread Rick Womer
Nicely observed and very nicely captured. Very tricky exposure, I would think, to get the leaf nicely illuminated without the pine bough going to silhouette against the bright background. Rick --- Bruce Dayton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This leaf almost made it down. It was caught by this

Re: Peso Fine art cat shot

2007-11-30 Thread David J Brooks
On Nov 30, 2007 1:03 PM, ann sanfedele [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: David J Brooks wrote: http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v408/divad_b/?action=viewcurrent=boo-bW.jpg Well, it seems my google photos cannot be uploaded. Not sure i should have upgraded the OS now.:-0 For Mark, who convinced

Re: JFK on cycling, to cheer up the accident prone

2007-11-30 Thread Mark Roberts
Scott Loveless wrote: Mark Roberts wrote: William Robb wrote: From: Bob W I have just discovered the following quotation: Nothing compares with the simple pleasure of a bike ride John F Kennedy Coming from a man who shagged Marilyn Monroe, and thought 'first lady' meant the one

Re: JFK on cycling, to cheer up the accident prone

2007-11-30 Thread Mark Roberts
William Robb wrote: From: Bob W I have just discovered the following quotation: Nothing compares with the simple pleasure of a bike ride John F Kennedy Coming from a man who shagged Marilyn Monroe, and thought 'first lady' meant the one he had before breakfast, that has got to be a

Re: Vivitar Series 1 70-210 version 2 vs version 3.

2007-11-30 Thread P. J. Alling
It has to be either version 3 or 4. the first two are pre A mount. Charles Robinson wrote: On Nov 30, 2007, at 14:32, P. J. Alling wrote: Problems. In every case the exposure was underexposed until f4.0 then exposures were identical for each stop to f22. (These f stops were

Re: GESO: The Esparron lake in Provence

2007-11-30 Thread Bob Sullivan
AM, A very enjoyable set of pictures. They put me in a good frame of mind. Regards, Bob S. On Nov 30, 2007 11:02 AM, Inner Focus [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: OK, this is the first time that I subject my photos to public scrutiny... A few weeks ago I had the opportunity to spend one day on the

Re: OT: JFK on cycling, to cheer up the accident prone

2007-11-30 Thread graywolf
Well, I have to admit that sometimes I get the urge to run down the University Bicycle team types here. They have no concept of the term share the road, an act like cars do not exist. But I guess that is more a teenage feeling of imortality than anything else. However I have noticed that

Re: Vivitar Series 1 70-210 version 2 vs version 3.

2007-11-30 Thread Mark Roberts
P. J. Alling wrote: Well yes, there was a noticeable problem with the v.3 lens. I've come to the conclusion that the aperture response may not be as linear as required by the Pentax specification. Yep. I've found the same thing with my sample of this lens. It's a good thing that bracketing

Re: OT: JFK on cycling, to cheer up the accident prone

2007-11-30 Thread frank theriault
On Nov 30, 2007 4:09 PM, Bob W [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have just discovered the following quotation: Nothing compares with the simple pleasure of a bike ride John F Kennedy Coming from a man who shagged Marilyn Monroe, and thought 'first lady' meant the one he had before breakfast, that

OT: JFK on cycling, to cheer up the accident prone

2007-11-30 Thread Bob W
I have just discovered the following quotation: Nothing compares with the simple pleasure of a bike ride John F Kennedy Coming from a man who shagged Marilyn Monroe, and thought 'first lady' meant the one he had before breakfast, that has got to be a good recommendation. -- Bon weekend, tout le

RE: GESO: The Esparron lake in Provence

2007-11-30 Thread Bob W
That's a nice set. I've been there. One of my brothers has a house just outside Colmars-les-Alpes to the north. Getting to and from the house sometimes entails a drive along the lake and the gorge. It's a very pleasant part of the world and the local people are very kind and friendly. -- Bob

Vivitar Series 1 70-210 version 2 vs version 3.

2007-11-30 Thread P. J. Alling
So I decided to write a review. I hope people find it useful. I acquired an almost New Vivitar series 1 version 3 not too long ago, and I've decided to do a comparative review verses the version 2 model that I've had for a number of years now. First off I'd like to thank Mark Roberts for

Re: PESO: Pike Place Mascot

2007-11-30 Thread Bran Everseeking
On Fri, 30 Nov 2007 23:50:54 -0500 P. J. Alling [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I should think that Seattle would be more politically correct, this either offends pigs or witches or maybe both. well from the witchy side, no offence. I am sure the pig does not object too much. Bran -- PDML

Re: more Lightroom 1.3 improvement ...

2007-11-30 Thread Jan van Wijk
Hi Godders, On Wed, 28 Nov 2007 06:09:22 -0800, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: Will fiddle with it some more before giving up :-) As I said, you have to close and reopen the database to have the metadata browser show the new lens names. But hat would happen on close/reopen lightRoom as well

Re: PESO: Diagonal

2007-11-30 Thread Bob Sullivan
Dave, Get out of the box! 1) Print it up and mount it in a standard frame on your wall. 2) Print it up and mount it in a standard frame with the horizon horizontal. Regards, Bob S. PS: I will resist all jokes about things being a bit askew in the land 'down under' On Nov 30, 2007 7:36 AM,

Re: PESO 2007 - 48b - GDG

2007-11-30 Thread Bob Sullivan
Godfrey, Better, I like the concept, but still not good. Regards, Bob S. On Nov 29, 2007 4:41 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: LOL ... I don't know why, but this photo appeals to me a lot. So I did some more editing on it ... ;-)

Re: PESO: Weed, Stone, Sun Water

2007-11-30 Thread pnstenquist
I'm not wild about multiple exposures when they're used to achieve a surreal effect, although there can be situations where that kind of image is appropriate. But when the technique is used to extend the dynamic range of the camera to more closely approximate the eye I find that it's most

Re: GESO: The Esparron lake in Provence

2007-11-30 Thread Jack Davis
Should be set to music, A.M. Thanks for the restful interlude. Well done. Jack --- Inner Focus [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: OK, this is the first time that I subject my photos to public scrutiny... A few weeks ago I had the opportunity to spend one day on the Esparron lake in Provence, southern

Re: Peso Fine art cat shot

2007-11-30 Thread ann sanfedele
David J Brooks wrote: http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v408/divad_b/?action=viewcurrent=boo-bW.jpg Well, it seems my google photos cannot be uploaded. Not sure i should have upgraded the OS now.:-0 For Mark, who convinced me BW cat photos are fine art.:-) Dave He was talking about

GESO: The Esparron lake in Provence

2007-11-30 Thread Inner Focus
OK, this is the first time that I subject my photos to public scrutiny... A few weeks ago I had the opportunity to spend one day on the Esparron lake in Provence, southern France. The colour of the water was simply amazing, and I also claim that it is accurately rendered in most of the photos,

Re: BW Cat- but is it Fine Art?

2007-11-30 Thread frank theriault
On Nov 27, 2007 10:56 AM, Beaker [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://www.flickr.com/photos/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/685341665/ Cheers Mike Beacom http://tinyurl.com/3xwxxz cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: PESO: Weed, Stone, Sun Water

2007-11-30 Thread Bruce Dayton
Always good to reply to yourself. It is interesting to note that several have commented on the foreground being murky. On my monitor it is dark, but just fine - no murkiness - I can see the details. Now my monitor is calibrated and I don't know about any others. It is not uncommon for some

Re: PESO: Weed, Stone, Sun Water

2007-11-30 Thread Bruce Dayton
aa.my head has righted itself. Pretty nice shot. The sky looks just a little blown - don't know if that is recoverable or not. -- Bruce Friday, November 30, 2007, 6:26:18 AM, you wrote: DS G'day All, DS Another from this evening (a little more conventional this time, ~160KB): DS

Re: PESO: Diagonal

2007-11-30 Thread Bruce Dayton
grin my head just fell to the side as that opened up. Pretty goofy. -- Bruce Friday, November 30, 2007, 5:36:41 AM, you wrote: DS G'day All, DS One from this evening (~130KB) DS http://www.arach.net.au/~savage/Misc/Images/K10D/_IGP9880.jpg DS Just a bit of goofing around. DS Cheers, DS

Re: PESO: Diagonal

2007-11-30 Thread Charles Robinson
On Nov 30, 2007, at 11:32, frank theriault wrote: On Nov 30, 2007 8:36 AM, David Savage [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: G'day All, One from this evening (~130KB) http://www.arach.net.au/~savage/Misc/Images/K10D/_IGP9880.jpg Just a bit of goofing around. How come the water isn't pouring out

Re: Unsubscribing for a month tmorrow..

2007-11-30 Thread David Savage
Shut it fella! Cheers, Dave P.S. Just in case it's needed: === :-) === On Dec 1, 2007 12:44 AM, P. J. Alling [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hah! Play nicely he says. What list does he belong to? John Coyle wrote: As my wife and I are off to Egypt and Spain! For those who celebrate them,

Re: PESO - Porch

2007-11-30 Thread P. J. Alling
Now it's more of an abstract, but to my mind it's still missing something. Bruce Dayton wrote: Based on your comments I have done some alteration: http://www.daytonphoto.com/PAW/bkd_5287a.htm Original: http://www.daytonphoto.com/PAW/bkd_5287.htm -- The difference between

Re: Unsubscribing for a month tmorrow..

2007-11-30 Thread P. J. Alling
Hah! Play nicely he says. What list does he belong to? John Coyle wrote: As my wife and I are off to Egypt and Spain! For those who celebrate them, have a Happy Christmas, back to listening to rants, raves, bleats and moans next year! Play nicely while I'm gone John Coyle Brisbane,

Re: PESO: Diagonal

2007-11-30 Thread pnstenquist
Hmmm. Not sure about this one. It's certainly interesting and well rendered. The jury is still out:-). Paul -- Original message -- From: David Savage [EMAIL PROTECTED] G'day All, One from this evening (~130KB)

Re: Denied

2007-11-30 Thread frank theriault
On Nov 29, 2007 7:46 PM, Bob Blakely [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Stop making so much aggravating sense. Regards, Bob... - Note: No trees were killed in the sending of this message, but a large number of electrons were terribly

Re: Denied

2007-11-30 Thread Doug Brewer
any chance we can see these photos? David J Brooks wrote: After reading a few of the latest Pentax Gallery threads, i decided to enter two of my best like photos, as decided by me and others comments. I checked the site today and they have been rejected. At least i have my original four

Re: first Publish and a party

2007-11-30 Thread skye pdml
hello guys, thank you everyone very much for the congrats. Yes Ann, I am a smugmugger, it's a lovely little site although I am sure I don't use it to its full potential (too lazy and no programming skills). Mark, I looked pretty hard for the fans, especially after I recognised one of Jay Taylor's

Re: PESO - Mountain Majesty

2007-11-30 Thread frank theriault
On Nov 30, 2007 1:55 AM, Bruce Dayton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Based on list comments I have made some alterations: http://www.daytonphoto.com/PAW/bkd_5294a.htm Original: http://www.daytonphoto.com/PAW/bkd_5294.htm I like the first one; it looks more real. ;-) Seriously, lovely shot,

PESO: Weed, Stone, Sun Water

2007-11-30 Thread David Savage
G'day All, Another from this evening (a little more conventional this time, ~160KB): http://www.arach.net.au/~savage/Misc/Images/K10D/_IGP9763.jpg Cheers, Dave -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please

Re: PESO: Weed, Stone, Sun Water

2007-11-30 Thread Jack Davis
Foreground area appears very murky on my monitor..of course. :) I really can't see what the dark area holds, but a 'think' the bottom might benefit from a crop. Tough exposure, for sure! Jack --- David Savage [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: G'day All, Another from this evening (a little more

Re: Unsubscribing for a month tmorrow..

2007-11-30 Thread David Savage
On Nov 30, 2007 9:48 PM, Christian [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: David Savage wrote: Snowballs chance. Wouldn't that be a Buckley's chance on your side of the world? My father-in-law's racing catamaran was named Buckley's Yeah, but I have my strine translator running today for the benefit

PESO: Diagonal

2007-11-30 Thread David Savage
G'day All, One from this evening (~130KB) http://www.arach.net.au/~savage/Misc/Images/K10D/_IGP9880.jpg Just a bit of goofing around. Cheers, Dave -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the

Re: Unsubscribing for a month tmorrow..

2007-11-30 Thread Christian
David Savage wrote: On Nov 30, 2007 4:44 PM, John Coyle [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: As my wife and I are off to Egypt and Spain! For those who celebrate them, have a Happy Christmas, back to listening to rants, raves, bleats and moans next year! Sounds like fun. Have a good one. Play

Re: On images posted to Picasa

2007-11-30 Thread Paul Stenquist
Ditto. I find flickr and picasa equally slow. Paul On Nov 30, 2007, at 3:29 AM, Jaume Lahuerta wrote: Oh, download speed... In this case I don't find it significantly different to flickr, for instance. - Mensaje original De: Boris Liberman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Para: Pentax-Discuss

Re: PESO - Mountain Majesty

2007-11-30 Thread Paul Stenquist
I think that this shot is greatly improved as well by your new crop. Very nice. Paul On Nov 30, 2007, at 1:55 AM, Bruce Dayton wrote: Based on list comments I have made some alterations: http://www.daytonphoto.com/PAW/bkd_5294a.htm Original: http://www.daytonphoto.com/PAW/bkd_5294.htm --

Re: OT - Yet Another Bike Accident

2007-11-30 Thread mike wilson
From: keith_w [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2007/11/29 Thu PM 10:43:57 GMT To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Subject: Re: OT - Yet Another Bike Accident Bob W wrote: http://knarfinthecity.blogspot.com/2007/11/accident-aftermath.html Sigh... Luckily I wasn't hurt, other than

Re: OT - Yet Another Bike Accident

2007-11-30 Thread mike wilson
From: frank theriault [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2007/11/29 Thu PM 04:46:12 GMT To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net Subject: OT - Yet Another Bike Accident http://knarfinthecity.blogspot.com/2007/11/accident-aftermath.html Sigh... Luckily I wasn't hurt, other than the usual

Re: Denied

2007-11-30 Thread mike wilson
From: Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2007/11/30 Fri AM 07:54:09 GMT To: pentax list PDML@pdml.net Subject: Re: Denied On 29/11/07, AlunFoto, discombobulated, unleashed: It's disappointing to have rejects because it feels like it's going for the balls of one's own creativity. Mark!

GESO: Rainy day rose garden

2007-11-30 Thread Derby Chang
Seems appropriate to post some Vivitar series 1 pics. That lens sure does handle well. http://members.iinet.net.au/~derbyc/07_12/07_12_rainyday/index.htm D -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://members.iinet.net.au/~derbyc -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: On images posted to Picasa

2007-11-30 Thread Jaume Lahuerta
Oh, download speed... In this case I don't find it significantly different to flickr, for instance. - Mensaje original De: Boris Liberman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Para: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Enviado: viernes, 30 de noviembre, 2007 5:37:42 Asunto: Re: On images posted to Picasa

Re: first Publish and a party

2007-11-30 Thread Cotty
Congratulations skye -- 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

Re: PESO - Bark

2007-11-30 Thread Eactivist
In a message dated 11/29/2007 10:58:45 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Jeez, don't you just hate it when you screw up a reply... Based on several comments of list members I have made some alterations: http://www.daytonphoto.com/PAW/bkd_5295a.htm Original:

Re: Vivitar Series 1 70-210 version 2 vs version 3.

2007-11-30 Thread Charles Robinson
On Nov 30, 2007, at 14:32, P. J. Alling wrote: Problems. In every case the exposure was underexposed until f4.0 then exposures were identical for each stop to f22. (These f stops were controlled from the camera body. The green button was pretty much dead on every time). I find

Re: PESO 2007 - 48b - GDG

2007-11-30 Thread frank theriault
On Nov 25, 2007 7:58 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Back to Baylands today to eat my lunch by the water. Gulls flocked to wait for crumbs. Steel gray sky on water. They got nothing. Made a few photos. http://homepage.mac.com/ramarren/photo/PAW7/48b.htm Comments and

Re: first Publish and a party

2007-11-30 Thread ann sanfedele
Congrats, skye ! I see you are also a smugmugger - nice site, isn't it? ann skye pdml wrote: Just a small announcement - a couple of my photos were recently accepted for a local book.

Re: Denied

2007-11-30 Thread P. J. Alling
Are you sure? Maybe you said something like that and it's been paraphrased. frank theriault wrote: On Nov 29, 2007 7:46 PM, Bob Blakely [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Stop making so much aggravating sense. Regards, Bob... -

Re: Unsubscribing for a month tmorrow..

2007-11-30 Thread Christian
F-YOU, PJ! :-) (just in case) -- Christian http://photography.skofteland.net P. J. Alling wrote: Hah! Play nicely he says. What list does he belong to? John Coyle wrote: As my wife and I are off to Egypt and Spain! For those who celebrate them, have a Happy Christmas, back to

Re: PESO: Weed, Stone, Sun Water

2007-11-30 Thread Doug Brewer
I like the composition, but it's a bit murky on my monitor. David Savage wrote: (Forgot the details) G'day All, Another from this evening (a little more conventional this time, ~160KB): http://www.arach.net.au/~savage/Misc/Images/K10D/_IGP9763.jpg K10D, FA 31mm f1.8 Ltd., 1/5, 1/8

Re: first Publish and a party

2007-11-30 Thread David J Brooks
Congrat's. The photos look fine at my end. Well done. Dave On Nov 29, 2007 7:07 PM, skye pdml [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Just a small announcement - a couple of my photos were recently accepted for a local book.

Re: Denied

2007-11-30 Thread Cotty
On 29/11/07, AlunFoto, discombobulated, unleashed: It's disappointing to have rejects because it feels like it's going for the balls of one's own creativity. Mark! -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|http://www.cottysnaps.com

Re: Unsubscribing for a month tmorrow..

2007-11-30 Thread David Savage
On Nov 30, 2007 4:44 PM, John Coyle [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: As my wife and I are off to Egypt and Spain! For those who celebrate them, have a Happy Christmas, back to listening to rants, raves, bleats and moans next year! Sounds like fun. Have a good one. Play nicely while I'm gone

Re: Pentax K20D and K200D

2007-11-30 Thread Thibouille
May I try it for you? Descartes' version: Common sense is the best distributed thing in the world. Thibouille's version: Stupidity and ignorance are the best distributed things in the world. It seems to work pretty well like that, thank you :) I don't know what you're thinking about,

Re: Pentax K20D and K200D

2007-11-30 Thread mike wilson
From: Inner Focus [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2007/11/29 Thu PM 10:35:57 GMT To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Subject: Re: Pentax K20D and K200D - Original Message From: Thibouille [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Thursday, November

Updated database: Pentax Photo Gallery

2007-11-30 Thread Bong Manayon
I just noticed that the selectable lenses in the Pentax Photo Gallery now includes the K lenses and then some... Bong -- Bong Manayon http://www.bong.uni.cc -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit

Re: PESO - Bark

2007-11-30 Thread Paul Stenquist
Big improvement here, IMO. A much nicer composition. Well done. Paul On Nov 30, 2007, at 1:54 AM, Bruce Dayton wrote: Jeez, don't you just hate it when you screw up a reply... Based on several comments of list members I have made some alterations: http://www.daytonphoto.com/PAW/bkd_5295a.htm

Re: PESO: Weed, Stone, Sun Water

2007-11-30 Thread David Savage
(Forgot the details) G'day All, Another from this evening (a little more conventional this time, ~160KB): http://www.arach.net.au/~savage/Misc/Images/K10D/_IGP9763.jpg K10D, FA 31mm f1.8 Ltd., 1/5, 1/8 1/13 @ f16, ISO 100. 3 bracketed frames layered masked in PS. Cheers, Dave -- PDML

Re: PESO: Weed, Stone, Sun Water

2007-11-30 Thread pnstenquist
Nice composition. A tough exposure job here with the bright sky and dark ground. I think you handled it about as well as you could in a single exposure. A two exposure composite here might have been stunning. Paul -- Original message -- From: David Savage [EMAIL

Re: PESO: Diagonal

2007-11-30 Thread Christian
What Paul said. While the graphics are interesting the tilt does kinda make me want to vomit... :-) -- Christian http://photography.skofteland.net [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hmmm. Not sure about this one. It's certainly interesting and well rendered. The jury is still out:-). Paul

Re: PESO: Diagonal

2007-11-30 Thread P. J. Alling
You missed the corner on the low end. It could be cropped I suppose... David Savage wrote: G'day All, One from this evening (~130KB) http://www.arach.net.au/~savage/Misc/Images/K10D/_IGP9880.jpg Just a bit of goofing around. Cheers, Dave -- The difference between individual

Re: PESO: Weed, Stone, Sun Water

2007-11-30 Thread P. J. Alling
You somehow need to open up the foreground a little. It looks like an interesting texture, but is a bit too dark on my monitor. David Savage wrote: (Forgot the details) G'day All, Another from this evening (a little more conventional this time, ~160KB):

Re: PESO: Diagonal

2007-11-30 Thread frank theriault
On Nov 30, 2007 8:36 AM, David Savage [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: G'day All, One from this evening (~130KB) http://www.arach.net.au/~savage/Misc/Images/K10D/_IGP9880.jpg Just a bit of goofing around. How come the water isn't pouring out the right-hand side? ;-) cheers, frank ps: I don't

Re: GESO: All new galleries on my site

2007-11-30 Thread frank theriault
On Nov 28, 2007 10:57 PM, Juan Buhler [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello, Coming out of my usual lurking to send a link to my own site... How nice, huh? I have completely changed the galleries in my site, leaving behind about seven years of static html generated by csh/awk scripts. I made

Re: GESO: All new galleries on my site

2007-11-30 Thread Juan Buhler
On Nov 29, 2007 10:58 PM, Bruce Dayton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Juan, Your photography is always very impressive. The layout and navigation work just fine - clean and simple. I found it very curious as I went through all the images, that every single shot is horizontal orientation. Is

Re: GESO: All new galleries on my site

2007-11-30 Thread Juan Buhler
On Nov 30, 2007 9:43 AM, frank theriault [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I hate you. cheers, frank ;-) ps: seriously great stuff as always, Juan! Seen in a sign at a cheap, hole in the wall, great food restaurant in Buenos Aires: Your envy is the motor of my progress. Not the case here

Re: PESO: Weed, Stone, Sun Water

2007-11-30 Thread Charles Robinson
On Nov 30, 2007, at 10:18, Bruce Dayton wrote: Always good to reply to yourself. It is interesting to note that several have commented on the foreground being murky. On my monitor it is dark, but just fine - no murkiness - I can see the details. Now my monitor is calibrated and I don't

Re: PESO: Weed, Stone, Sun Water

2007-11-30 Thread ann sanfedele
David - what Jack said ann Jack Davis wrote: Foreground area appears very murky on my monitor..of course. :) I really can't see what the dark area holds, but a 'think' the bottom might benefit from a crop. Tough exposure, for sure! Jack --- David Savage [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: G'day

Re: PESO: Diagonal

2007-11-30 Thread Brian Walters
Photoshop Image Rotate Canvas Arbitrary 34 deg CCW OK Just trying to help. 8-) Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://members.westnet.com.au/brianwal/SL/ Quoting David Savage [EMAIL PROTECTED]: G'day All, One from

Re: JFK on cycling, to cheer up the accident prone

2007-11-30 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Bob W Subject: OT: JFK on cycling, to cheer up the accident prone I have just discovered the following quotation: Nothing compares with the simple pleasure of a bike ride John F Kennedy Coming from a man who shagged Marilyn Monroe, and thought 'first

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