Re: Next year's PUG

On 21/8/08, Rick Womer, discombobulated, unleashed: >Wait a minute, Scotty--you haven't achieved mid-life yet, and therefore >your're not entitled to your MLC! He was an early starter, reaching puberty at two and a half. -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=

Re: Re: Next year's PUG

Joz Perhaps funeral and death are too similar? Same with detail and macro, So, take away funeral, and detail. Forget about cheese and animal. That leaves us with just 12 subjects :-) With 16 ideas, some have to go, right? > Self-portrait > Bird > Technical > Marriage > Birth > Dark > Light > Sm

Re: Re: Define Monochrome

I guess you are right, PJ. But today very few people work with chemicals, although I know a few, that still do. I wonder if I can actually buy printing paper, toned in Sephia or blue? BTW: Sephia was originally Octopus ink. Regards Jens -- Treat others as you would like to be treated yourself.

RE: Next year's PUG

I think Cheese is an excellent idea! Bob > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Jos from Holland > Sent: 22 August 2008 07:13 > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: Re: Next year's PUG > > My suggestions: > > Detail > self-portrait >

Re: OT: Can we have a translation please

bwahahaha... On Aug 22, 2008, at 2:14 AM, David Savage wrote: > David Mann if you're out there, please give me a hand with this one: > > > > :-D > > Cheers, > > > Dave > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/

RE: Define Monochrome

> > Monochrome = B&W. If you toned or tint B&W with a single > color, it is > still B&W. > This is not hard to understand... > > G > "Pink is the new black" - Diana Vreeland Bob -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE f

Re: Translation assistance? (was Re: Park open, no trespassing... (any bizarre signs you seen?))

That's terrific, Bob and Fernando! His shots deserve it, imho. :-) Jostein 2008/8/22 Fernando <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Ok, little bit of detective work, but I was able to find david's > blog, and send him a message with Bob's translation. > > BTW, his blog is http://davidcolombaire.blogspot.com/ >

Re: DA 35/2.8 Limited macro at photozone

Fernando wrote: > for Mark... > > http://www.photozone.de/pentax/393-pentax_35_28 > > > > MikeJ points out the similarities with the Tokina 35/2.8 http://theonlinephotographer.typepad.com/the_online_photographer/2008/08/pentax-35mm-d-1.html Umm...maybe it's just me, but I think the Tok is a b

Re: DA 35/2.8 Limited macro at photozone

Well the optical blue print is the same design indeed. But looking at the Tokina somehow I find it VERY ugly and huge. Pentax did a nice design effort on this one :) I dunno why I appreciated Photozone tests but I'm more and more convinced that such short tests are mostly irrelevant. They point a

Re: FS Friday: GPS receiver(s)

I have no experience at all with the use of any GPS. However, I recently had to look at the theory and how it works... My memory faded a bit but I remember clearly that altitude was indeed a problem and *can* be quite different mesured by the GPS or the 'good' one written on the maps. I shall dig

RE: FS Friday: GPS receiver(s)

I know nothing about this subject, but I won't let that stop me pontificating. If it's barometric then it measures altitude using air pressure, which changes with the weather, as well as with the altitude. Mountains tend to make their own weather, so I would have thought a barometric altimeter woul

Re: FS Friday: GPS receiver(s)

Well, To complement Thib's angle, I have only experience and know nothing about the theory. :-) What I have noticed with my GPS (Forerunner 305) is that it gets the altitude wrong if the terrain is steep. That is, if rock blocks more than a certain % of the sky. Not sure about the exact percentage

Re: FS Friday: GPS receiver(s)

On Fri, Aug 22, 2008 at 2:20 PM, Bob W <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I know nothing about this subject, but I won't let that stop me > pontificating. Mark? :-) > http://wiki.motionbased.com/mb/GPS_Barometric_Altimeter well, according to that article garmins are the best in this respect currently

Re: DA 35/2.8 Limited macro at photozone

One difference between Photozone's and Mike Johnstons assessments that might be significant is that they have tried it on different cameras. Jostein 2008/8/22 Thibouille <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Well the optical blue print is the same design indeed. > But looking at the Tokina somehow I find it VER

Re: Peso The Classic

Yup, thats dressage for ya. We call it watching paint dry, at the lower levels, but the higher levels are great to watch. These sound like betters, not buyers.:-) Dave On Thu, Aug 21, 2008 at 3:18 PM, Bob W <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> Saturday is pony day and they have two Classics on Frid

Re: GESO: What Doug Brewer Missed

Subash wrote: > On Wed, Aug 20, 2008 at 5:25 AM, Mark Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> http://www.robertstech.com/blog/photos/gallery08/ > > hi mark, > > enjoyed the gallery, particularly those of the bikers on the viaduct. > great landscape to ride in... Thanks! I got a lot of shots of the

Re: FS Friday: GPS receiver(s)

Bob W wrote: > I know nothing about this subject, but I won't let that stop me > pontificating. If it's barometric then it measures altitude using air > pressure, which changes with the weather, as well as with the > altitude. Mountains tend to make their own weather, so I would have > thought a ba

Re: FS Friday: GPS receiver(s)

2008/8/22 Mark Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Oh, and those signs that tell you the elevation at scenic viewpoints are > often questionable in accuracy, too. In short, it's a mess. Does that mean that a certain feature at a certain mountain in North Carolina should actually be called something lik

Re: FS Friday: GPS receiver(s)

Thibouille wrote: > I have no experience at all with the use of any GPS. > However, I recently had to look at the theory and how it works... My > memory faded a bit but I remember clearly that altitude was indeed a > problem and *can* be quite different mesured by the GPS or the 'good' > one writte

Re: FS Friday: GPS receiver(s)

AlunFoto wrote: > 2008/8/22 Mark Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> Oh, and those signs that tell you the elevation at scenic viewpoints are >> often questionable in accuracy, too. In short, it's a mess. > > Does that mean that a certain feature at a certain mountain in North > Carolina should actual

PESO - Cute as a Button!

Don't worry, it's not a cat. Amazing how, for all his contributions to this list, Mike Johnston will forever be remembered here for his personal injunction against cats and flowers. ;-) I think the barrel distortion actually adds to the "cuteness" of this little fellow: http://tinyurl.com/65q4m

Re: PESO - United We Stand

On Fri, Aug 22, 2008 at 2:41 AM, Subash <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > the colours are nicely textured. i like it.. :-) > > regards, subash Thanks, Subash! Judy thanks you as well! cheers, frank -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List P

Re: FS Friday: GPS receiver(s)

I am not real familiar with gps units but have operated a few altimeters over the years. In the Navy we often set our altimeters to read the field elevation rather than what the barometric pressure was. We knew what that was but were not always positive about the accuracy of the pressure setting on

Re: PESO - Cute as a Button!

No MPG consideration has been sacrificed in the name of safety or comfort. Well seen, however, and I agree, there is a cuteness factor. Jack --- On Fri, 8/22/08, frank theriault <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: frank theriault <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: PESO - Cute as a Button! > To: "Pen

Re: PESO - Cute as a Button!

On Fri, Aug 22, 2008 at 8:51 AM, Jack Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > No MPG consideration has been sacrificed in the name of safety or comfort. > Well seen, however, and I agree, there is a cuteness factor. > > Jack Yes, and I'm sure that the sunroof adds to the structural rigidity of the vehi

Re: GESO: What Doug Brewer Missed

On 22/8/08, Mark Roberts, discombobulated, unleashed: > Plus, >you can see an actual human on a motorcycle :) Yes but for how long ;) -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|http://www.cottysnaps.com _ -- PDML Pentax-Dis

Re: FS Friday: GPS receiver(s)

- Original Message - From: "Walter Hamler" Subject: Re: FS Friday: GPS receiver(s) >I am not real familiar with gps units but have operated a few > altimeters over the years. In the Navy we often set our altimeters to > read the field elevation rather than what the barometric pressure w

Re: FS Friday: GPS receiver(s)

Walter Hamler wrote: > I am not real familiar with gps units but have operated a few > altimeters over the years. In the Navy we often set our altimeters to > read the field elevation rather than what the barometric pressure was. > We knew what that was but were not always positive about the accura

photography and Linux

For the *nix crowd, this is kinda interesting. http://jcornuz.wordpress.com/2008/08/21/using-linux-for-photography-where-we-stand/ -- Scott Loveless New Cumberland, PA http://www.twosixteen.com/fivetoedsloth/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_

PESO: Cow Girl

Another sign that I spotted on Maui. This was in front of a western wear store in Makawao, the "paniolo" town where cowboys still herd cattle from Horseback. http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=7711339 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml

OT: Slow bike

I love the picture at the top of this webpage: http://theslowbicycle.blogspot.com/ Bob -- 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: Next year's PUG

On Fri, Aug 22, 2008 at 3:51 AM, Bob W <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I think Cheese is an excellent idea! > I agree! Scott, whatever else you include, cheese must be in there for next year. Cheese! Cheese! Cheese! Cheese! Yesss! cheers, frank -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois c

Re: photography and Linux

On Fri, 22 Aug 2008 09:34:41 -0400 Scott Loveless <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > For the *nix crowd, this is kinda interesting. > http://jcornuz.wordpress.com/2008/08/21/using-linux-for-photography-where-we-stand/ hi scott, thanks for posting that. while i would agree with the general thrust of w

for cotty

nothing special, not even a giggle shot (taken with a cell phone cam)just a hands-on job that might tickle cotty's fancy: http://picasaweb.google.com/pdml.live/Etc/photo#5237349172332779090 regards, subash -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_

RE: Slow bike

I saw it somewhere before, (You probably know but..) I reckon it was some dude showing off his skill by staying in place on a fixie with only one leg. It's tremendously impressive. I can hardly stay in place with a geared bike, with both hands and feet on there. (Having a fixie might help in that r

Re: Next year's PUG

frank theriault wrote: > On Fri, Aug 22, 2008 at 3:51 AM, Bob W <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> I think Cheese is an excellent idea! >> > > I agree! Scott, whatever else you include, cheese must be in there > for next year. > > Cheese! > > Yesss! OK. The list is up to "Cheese!"

Re: OT: Slow bike

On Fri, Aug 22, 2008 at 10:26 AM, Bob W <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I love the picture at the top of this webpage: > http://theslowbicycle.blogspot.com/ > > I've seen that one before, and yes, it is an excellent photo! Can't quite recall, but I'm pretty sure this guy was a six-day racer back in

Re: photography and Linux

Interesting. looks like things are still 'Not There Yet' by my standards, but the basic building blocks are and it's mostly a matter of pulling everything together (and getting a decent 16 bit editor). -Adam On Fri, Aug 22, 2008 at 9:34 AM, Scott Loveless <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > For the *nix

Re: photography and Linux

Subash wrote: > As far as I am concerned, what I need is: > > * display quickly any file type (including RAW) > * thumbnails / image / metadata / folder browsing panes that can be > moved around and hidden > * full exif and XMP tags management / search support > * slideshow / fulls

Re: for cotty

On Fri, 22 Aug 2008 20:22:38 +0530 Subash <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > nothing special, not even a giggle shot (taken with a cell phone > cam)just a hands-on job that might tickle cotty's fancy: > > http://picasaweb.google.com/pdml.live/Etc/photo#5237349172332779090 should definitely have ma

Re: photography and Linux

On Fri, 22 Aug 2008 10:57:44 -0400 Scott Loveless <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > You might have a look at Lightzone. It's a Java application > available for Windows, Mac and Linux. It's never been Free, but the > Linux beta was free for quite a while. They charge for it now. > There is a trial pe

Re: photography and Linux

On Aug 22, 2008, at 7:57 AM, Scott Loveless wrote: > You might have a look at Lightzone. It's a Java application available > for Windows, Mac and Linux. It's never been Free, but the Linux beta > was free for quite a while. They charge for it now. There is a trial > period. I use it. It's n

I'm a Wiener

m/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080822/ AUTO05/808220425/1375/AUTO05 You can see the pic better here: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=7707017&size=lg Paul The perennial wiener -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBS

Re: Next year's PUG

You mean for those in the "other" side of the world. We share the same time zone as Perth (+0800 GMT) but the Philippines is in the Northern Hemisphere... Bong On Fri, Aug 22, 2008 at 10:42 PM, Scott Loveless <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Just a reminder - the November theme is Equinox/Synchronic

Re: Next year's PUG

I was thinking about a taking a photographer as inspiration for each PUG, and came up with this: >Ansel Adams >Brassai >Eggleston >Evans >Friedlander >Levitt >Parr but then I thought it might be more fun to actually use some of the regulars with known photography signature and came up with this:

Re: I'm a Wiener

two Club Level tickets to the Bears/ > Lions game at Ford Field. > > The story is here: > http://www.detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080822/ > AUTO05/808220425/1375/AUTO05 > > > You can see the pic better here: > > http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=7

Re: Next year's PUG

On 8/21/08, Christine Aguila <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > man, these suggestions have me LOL in Chicago. You guys are funny. Cheers, > Christine > > > > - Original Message - > From: "Godfrey DiGiorgi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" > Sent: Thursday, August 21,

Tramways in Tallinn 1888 - 2008

http://roman.blakout.net/?year=2008&s=0&category=essay&blog=20080822162215 ^^^ got lucky to see historical tram wagons lined at the museum near the tram depot in Tallinn. It's 120 year anniversary of tramway in Tallinn. Most fascinating wagons to me and all of the visitors were horse driven wago

Re: I'm a Wiener

gt; years in a row. How redundant:-)). Seriously, I'm very > pleased, and > this year's prize is a good one: two Club Level tickets > to the Bears/ > Lions game at Ford Field. > > The story is here: > http://www.detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080822/

Re: I'm a Wiener

game at Ford Field. > > The story is here: > http://www.detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080822/ > AUTO05/808220425/1375/AUTO05 > > > You can see the pic better here: > > http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=7707017&size=lg > Congratulations, Paul! Tha

Re: I'm a Wiener

On Aug 22, 2008, at 10:15, Jack Davis wrote: > Congratulations, Paul!! Yeah, that winning thing can get boring in a > hurry. ;) With your panning ability, I recommend you take up trap > shooting. > How is it that those two signs in the background remain un-blured? > Were they moving along wi

Re: FS Friday: GPS receiver(s)

Well, actually there are lots of folks who use gps units to make precision approaches to airfields now. My brother is the FBO manager at a small airport in the north GA mountains. One day he heard a plane call in to ask about the weather. It was raining cats and dogs. A short time later he heard a

Re: Slow bike

On Fri, Aug 22, 2008 at 10:41 AM, Maxime Thériault <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I saw it somewhere before, (You probably know but..) I reckon it was some > dude showing off his skill by staying in place on a fixie with only one leg. > It's tremendously impressive. I can hardly stay in place with a

RE: OT: Slow bike

> > On Fri, Aug 22, 2008 at 10:26 AM, Bob W <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I love the picture at the top of this webpage: > > http://theslowbicycle.blogspot.com/ > > [...] > > BTW, speaking of bikes, congrats to Britain for basically owning the > Olympic velodrome. Chris Hoy is such a freaking m

Re: I'm a Wiener

; pleased, and >> this year's prize is a good one: two Club Level tickets >> to the Bears/ >> Lions game at Ford Field. >> >> The story is here: >> http://www.detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080822/ >> >> AUTO05/808220425/1375/AUTO05

Re: FS Friday: GPS receiver(s)

> That's also the way to set up the pressure altimeter in a GPS receiver. > Here's a decent article about GPS satellite-based altitude: > http://gpsinformation.net/main/altitude.htm > > I love the last line: "Those who use GPS altitude to aid in landing > their small plane should have their insuran

Re: I'm a Wiener

; > The story is here: > http://www.detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080822/ > AUTO05/808220425/1375/AUTO05 > > > You can see the pic better here: > > http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=7707017&size=lg Not a bad shot. You might want to bump up the sa

Burj Dubai Tower

http://gizmodo.com/5038788/tallest-skyscraper-in-the-world-almost-completed-defies-belief Is this a real photo? Surely it would cast a shadow over the whole city? -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please v

Re: Next year's PUG

Fernando wrote: > I was thinking about a taking a photographer as inspiration for each > PUG, and came up with this: > >> Ansel Adams >> Brassai >> Eggleston >> Evans >> Friedlander >> Levitt >> Parr > > but then I thought it might be more fun to actually use some of the > regulars with known pho

RE: Slow bike

> > Yeah, trackstands are way easier on trackbikes (hence the name). A > lot of messengers in Toronto (maybe not so much in Montreal with that > mountain in the middle of town) use fixies, and between calls some of > them practice trackstands and even (as with Kiki here) handsfree > trackstands:

Re: I'm a Wiener

d one: two Club Level tickets to the Bears/ > Lions game at Ford Field. > > The story is here: > http://www.detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080822/ > AUTO05/808220425/1375/AUTO05 > > > You can see the pic better here: > > http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=770

Re: I'm a Wiener

On Fri, 22 Aug 2008 11:05:19 -0400 Paul Stenquist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I won the Detroit News Dream Cruise Photo Contest. Again. That's two > The perennial wiener congratulations Paul -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to

Re: Next year's PUG

2008/8/22 Mark Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Fernando wrote: >> And the topic would be, for example, shoot something that Frank would >> have shot... > > Too many galleries to do one for each photographer. But how about one > PUG in which you try to shoot in the style of any PDML regular of your >

RE: Burj Dubai Tower

> http://gizmodo.com/5038788/tallest-skyscraper-in-the-world-alm > ost-completed-defies-belief > > > Is this a real photo? Surely it would cast a shadow over the > whole city? Dunno. Do they get much sun over there? > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/

Re: OT: Can we have a translation please

Gotta' love a bit of trans-tasman ribbing. Or is that rubbing...??? :-D Cheers, Dave 2008/8/22 David Mann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > bwahahaha... > > > On Aug 22, 2008, at 2:14 AM, David Savage wrote: > >> David Mann if you're out there, please give me a hand with this one: >> >>

Re: Tramways in Tallinn 1888 - 2008

On Fri, Aug 22, 2008 at 11:15 AM, Roman Melihhov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > http://roman.blakout.net/?year=2008&s=0&category=essay&blog=20080822162215 > ^^^ got lucky to see historical tram wagons lined at the museum near the > tram depot in Tallinn. It's 120 year anniversary of tramway in Tallin

Re: Burj Dubai Tower

2008/8/22 Bob W <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> http://gizmodo.com/5038788/tallest-skyscraper-in-the-world-alm >> ost-completed-defies-belief >> >> >> Is this a real photo? Surely it would cast a shadow over the >> whole city? > > Dunno. Do they get much sun over there? Not much natural sunlight. I think

Re: Next year's PUG

David, I saw that coming ;-) but I agree with Mark, one PUG in which you try to shoot in the style of any PDML regular sounds fun; one rule though, you cannot choose yourself ;-P On 8/22/08, David Savage <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 2008/8/22 Mark Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Fernando wrote:

Re: Slow bike

On Fri, Aug 22, 2008 at 11:36 AM, Bob W <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I can't even ride my bike hands-free. The geometry of the bike and the > amount of trail make it practically impossible, at least at a speed > slow enough for me to feel safe hands-free - it's the complete > opposite of a track b

Re: Next year's PUG

On Fri, Aug 22, 2008 at 11:38 AM, David Savage <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Too easy. > > Everyone would choose to pay homage to Frank and post something blurry & B&W. > I have no idea what you're talking about: http://tinyurl.com/5mhqlj http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5806/2203/1600/abstrac

Re: Next year's PUG

Mate, I just got back from the pub: Everything looks blurry at the moment. :-D Cheers, Dave 2008/8/22 frank theriault <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On Fri, Aug 22, 2008 at 11:38 AM, David Savage <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Too eas

Re: I'm a Wiener

r's prize is a good one: two Club Level tickets > to the Bears/ > Lions game at Ford Field. > > The story is here: > http://www.detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080822/ > > AUTO05/808220425/1375/AUTO05 > > > You can see the pic better here: &g

Re: Next year's PUG

On Fri, Aug 22, 2008 at 11:36 AM, Mark Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Too many galleries to do one for each photographer. But how about one > PUG in which you try to shoot in the style of any PDML regular of your > choice? I think that would be cool! Just so I'm clear, would we have to choo

Re: Next year's PUG

Fernando wrote: > David, I saw that coming ;-) > > > but I agree with Mark, one PUG in which you try to shoot in the style > of any PDML regular sounds fun; one rule though, you cannot choose > yourself ;-P Yes, I thought of that right after I hit "send": We can't have Frank shooting in the sty

Re: Next year's PUG

Scott Loveless wrote: > frank theriault wrote: >> On Fri, Aug 22, 2008 at 3:51 AM, Bob W <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> I think Cheese is an excellent idea! >>> >> I agree! Scott, whatever else you include, cheese must be in there >> for next year. >> >> Cheese! >> >> Yesss! > > O

Re: I'm a Wiener

Dream Cruise Photo Contest. > Again. > >> That's two > >> years in a row. How redundant:-)). Seriously, > I'm very > >> pleased, and > >> this year's prize is a good one: two Club > Level tickets > >> to the Bears/ > >>

Re: I'm a Wiener

Congratulations, Paul! Two in a row ... not bad. :-) G On Aug 22, 2008, at 8:05 AM, Paul Stenquist wrote: > I won the Detroit News Dream Cruise Photo Contest. Again. ... -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML

Re: Next year's PUG

On Aug 22, 2008, at 8:52 AM, frank theriault wrote: >> Everyone would choose to pay homage to Frank and post something >> blurry & B&W. > > I have no idea what you're talking about: > > http://tinyurl.com/5mhqlj > > http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5806/2203/1600/abstract.2.jpg Ah, the Art o

Re: I'm a Wiener

Paul Stenquist wrote: > I won the Detroit News Dream Cruise Photo Contest. Again. That's two > years in a row. How redundant:-)). Seriously, I'm very pleased, and > this year's prize is a good one: two Club Level tickets to the Bears/ > Lions game at Ford Field. Congrats!!! -- Scott Loveles

Re: Next year's PUG

On Aug 22, 2008, at 8:59 AM, Mark Roberts wrote: > Fernando wrote: >> David, I saw that coming ;-) >> >> >> but I agree with Mark, one PUG in which you try to shoot in the style >> of any PDML regular sounds fun; one rule though, you cannot choose >> yourself ;-P > > Yes, I thought of that right

Re: Next year's PUG

Scott Loveless wrote: > Scott Loveless wrote: >> frank theriault wrote: >>> On Fri, Aug 22, 2008 at 3:51 AM, Bob W <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I think Cheese is an excellent idea! >>> I agree! Scott, whatever else you include, cheese must be in there >>> for next year. >>> >>> Cheese! >>>

Re: FS Friday: GPS receiver(s)

Depends a lot upon what GPS unit he's relying upon. I certainly wouldn't try it with my Garmin Etrex. ;>} OTOH, a friend, to whom I give instrument dual instruction occasionally, has an auto-pilot coupled Garmin, certified for vertical guidance, installed in his Comanche. You can let the ele

Special end-of-year PUG

Anyone interested in seeing a "best of" type gallery after the December PUG is up? Perhaps a photo for each month and year's best? It wouldn't run on the front page, but it would reside at the PUG site. e.g. I'd add a link to it in the past galleries list or something like that. I suppose we

Re: I'm a Wiener

tickets to the Bears/ > Lions game at Ford Field. > > The story is here: > http://www.detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080822/ > AUTO05/808220425/1375/AUTO05 > > > You can see the pic better here: > > http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=7707017&size=l

Re: FS Friday: GPS receiver(s)

Right - since flying a specific indicated altitude is nothing more than flying a line of constant pressure, I'd much rather fly into a warm High than a cold Low. -p Cory Papenfuss wrote: >> > As a pilot, I've heard lots of other pilots questioning the > discrepancy between the altimeter

RE: Slow bike

> > I can't even ride my bike hands-free. The geometry of the > bike and the > > amount of trail make it practically impossible, at least at a speed > > slow enough for me to feel safe hands-free - it's the complete > > opposite of a track bike. > > Back when I had a road bike (before The Acciden

RE: I'm a Wiener

t; Lions game at Ford Field. > > The story is here: > http://www.detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080822/ > AUTO05/808220425/1375/AUTO05 > > > You can see the pic better here: > > http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=7707017&size=lg > > Paul

Re: Special end-of-year PUG

Scott Loveless wrote: > Anyone interested in seeing a "best of" type gallery after the December > PUG is up? Perhaps a photo for each month and year's best? It wouldn't > run on the front page, but it would reside at the PUG site. e.g. I'd > add a link to it in the past galleries list or some

Re: Next year's PUG

Maybe Cheesy would be a better idea... Bob W wrote: > I think Cheese is an excellent idea! > > Bob > > >> -Original Message- >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On >> Behalf Of Jos from Holland >> Sent: 22 August 2008 07:13 >> To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> Subject:

Re: I'm a Wiener

. Again. That's two > years in a row. How redundant:-)). Seriously, I'm very pleased, and > this year's prize is a good one: two Club Level tickets to the Bears/ > Lions game at Ford Field. > > The story is here: > http://www.detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/200808

Re: Slow bike

On Fri, Aug 22, 2008 at 12:33 PM, Bob W <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > it feels like the proverbial turning of an oil tanker, especially at > speed. I'd like to tour the Pyrenees sometime in the next 2-3 years, > but I'll need a different bike if I'm not to go shooting straight off > the edge of a m

Re: Burj Dubai Tower

On 22/8/08, Feroze, discombobulated, unleashed: >http://gizmodo.com/5038788/tallest-skyscraper-in-the-world-almost- >completed-defies-belief > > >Is this a real photo? Surely it would cast a shadow over the whole city? Now you know where your fuel dollars go!!

Re: for cotty

On 22/8/08, Subash, discombobulated, unleashed: >nothing special, not even a giggle shot (taken with a cell phone >cam)just a hands-on job that might tickle cotty's fancy: > >http://picasaweb.google.com/pdml.live/Etc/photo#5237349172332779090 > >regards, subash Nice Mahindra. Thanks mate ;)

Re: GESO: What Doug Brewer Missed

I too liked that shot! >There's something sterile about cars and something romantic about bikes. Agreed for the most part, but there are some cars that are not sterile! How about a '66' Shelby 427 SC Cobra for one? Kenneth Waller http://www.tinyurl.com/272u2f - Original Message - From:

Re: I'm a Wiener

gt;Lions game at Ford Field. > >The story is here: <http://www.detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080822/ AUTO05/808220425/1375/AUTO05> > >You can see the pic better here: > >http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=7707017&size=lg Well done Paul - very we

Re: PESO - Cute as a Button!

As you said - Cute ! Kenneth Waller http://www.tinyurl.com/272u2f - Original Message - From: "frank theriault" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" Sent: Friday, August 22, 2008 8:28 AM Subject: PESO - Cute as a Button! > Don't worry, it's not a cat. Amazing how, for al

Re: Slow bike

frank theriault wrote: > On Fri, Aug 22, 2008 at 12:33 PM, Bob W <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> it feels like the proverbial turning of an oil tanker, especially at >> speed. I'd like to tour the Pyrenees sometime in the next 2-3 years, >> but I'll need a different bike if I'm not to go shooting

Re: Next year's PUG

On 22/8/08, Scott Loveless, discombobulated, unleashed: >While I'm thinking of it, are there any 2008 themes that you'd like to >see repeated in 2009? Repetition. -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|http://www.cottysnaps.com ___

Re: Cow Girl

Utter-ly A moosing ! Kenneth Waller http://www.tinyurl.com/272u2f - Original Message - From: "Daniel J. Matyola" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: PESO: Cow Girl > Another sign that I spotted on Maui. This was in front of a western > wear store in Makawao, the "paniolo" town where cowboys

Re: Special end-of-year PUG

On Fri, Aug 22, 2008 at 12:39 PM, Doug Brewer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > uh oh Yeah, I agree with Doug. It's because there is no voting or judging that PUG works so well. I think that picking a "best of" gallery (no matter that it will be an adjunct to the main gallery) will only cause acrimo

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