2010 PUG themes

Two dozen for you perusal. Yays and nays. 1. Elemental 2. Speed 3. Pentax Photo Gallery rejects 4. Light 5. Celebrate 6. Street 7. Numbers 8. Wheels 9. Photojournalism 10. Food 11. Pictorialism 12. Mug Shot 13. Photo op 14. Action 15. Infrared 16. Chronoph

Re: Does anybody miss the "new" equipment discussions?

I'm at 9300 on my K7D. I know I burned through thousands on my K20D when I was shooting a lot of virtual tours. I'd guess I'm at about 20,000 for the year. Three or four keepers in there too! Paul On Dec 17, 2009, at 6:45 PM, Steve Sharpe wrote: > At 4:19 PM -0600 12/17/09, Christine Aguila wro

Re: PESO - Sunset over Turin, Italy

Thu Dec 17 12:55:44 CST 2009 Boris Liberman sent his brutal comments: > On 12/1/2009 11:14 PM, Igor Roshchin wrote: > > I took this photo in September in Turin Italy: > > http://www.komkon.org/~igor/PHOTOS/Italy2009/_IRP0251.jpg > > Does it look too bright to you? Should I darken it back? > > > >

Re: 2010 PUG themes

On Dec 17, 2009, at 8:52 PM, Scott Loveless wrote: > Two dozen for you perusal. Yays and nays. > My yays: > > 2. Speed > 4. Light > 5. Celebrate > 9. Photojournalism > 10. Food > 14. Action > 15. Infrared > 17. Night > 18. Flora and Fauna > 19. Panorama > 22. Bewildering > 24. Mailbox

Re: 2010 PUG themes

Ok, I'll play; here are my pics in no order of preference: 2/speed; 3/Pentax Rejects; 4/Light; 8/Wheels; 9/Photojournalism; 11/Pictorialism; 12/Mug Shot; 14/Action; 15/Infrared; 17/Night; 18/Flora/Fauna; 19/Panorama - Original Message - From: "Scott Loveless" To: "Pentax-Discuss M

Re: PESO - Hidden Ridge

Tom C wrote: A shot from home several minutes ago. We received 2.5 feet of snow 2 days ago (prediction was for 5 inches). http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=10364093&size=lg sweet. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCR

Re: PESO - Hidden Ridge

Excellent shot. Beautiful. Paul On Dec 17, 2009, at 5:03 PM, Bob W wrote: >> >> A shot from home several minutes ago. We received 2.5 feet >> of snow 2 days ago (prediction was for 5 inches). >> >> http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=10364093&size=lg >> > > Superb - looks great > > >

Re: GFM 2009 Tribute to Don Nelson - a short film

On Thu, 17 Dec 2009 20:34:06 -0500, you wrote: >I've never met Don in person, so it was great to meet him here. If you try to weasel out of GFM 2010 we're gonna send a team up to Detroit to kidnap you :) -- Mark Roberts Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail

Re: GFM 2009 Tribute to Don Nelson - a short film

Cotty wrote: Hi folks, I meant to get this done months ago but the day job kept getting in the way. At the Grandfather Mountain Nature Photography Weekend back in May of this year, there were a short set of tributes paid to Don Nelson by the good and great of the mountain. Don spearheads the NP

Re: GFM 2009 Tribute to Don Nelson - a short film

On Dec 17, 2009, at 9:50 PM, Mark Roberts wrote: > On Thu, 17 Dec 2009 20:34:06 -0500, you wrote: > >> I've never met Don in person, so it was great to meet him here. > > If you try to weasel out of GFM 2010 we're gonna send a team up to > Detroit to kidnap you :) > I'm always up for it. Somet

Re: GFM 2009 Tribute to Don Nelson - a short film

>http://www.robertstech.com/blog/?p=58 By the way: A lot of the stuf in that video I didn't get to see in person because Doug and I were judging the photo contest and could only come up to speak our bits before getting back to work (the cutaway bit with us in the fabulous judging facilities was

Re: K-7, A 50/1.2, Katz Eye, front focus

On Dec 17, 2009, at 9:59 AM, Boris Liberman wrote: Last but not least, the responsiveness and willingness to help of Rachel Katz is to be commended by highest praise. Truly amazing service. I'll second that. I was having some issues with a K20 screen, sent her an email and 15 minutes

Re: PESO - PDML special

John Sessoms wrote: From: "Brian Walters" On Thu, 17 Dec 2009 09:02 -0500, "Christian" wrote: > eactiv...@aol.com wrote: > > In a message dated 12/9/2009 12:17:26 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, > > alunf...@gmail.com writes: > > > Blog: http://turl.no/6tp > > Image: http://turl.no/6tq > >

Re: PESO - Snow Patterns #2

I like the way you saw #1 Marnie. Almost melted and then refrozen snow. But trust us. There is not a flake of snow in the leaf shot. The leaves are rimmed with hoarfrost, as are some of the raised bumps on the leaves and twigs. Hoarfrost - a grayish-white crystalline deposit of frozen water

Re: PESO: Grossmünster

On Thu, 17 Dec 2009 17:10:09 +0200 Boris Liberman wrote: > I think it is wonderful travel photo to remember your trip by. thanks, Boris and Christine. appreciate your comments. > > http://picasaweb.google.co.in/pdml.live/Peso#5415307149025339618 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: GFM 2009 Tribute to Don Nelson - a short film

Thank you for doing this and for sharing it Cotty. The tribute to Don was very special, even for those of us who have known him only slightly. Your film contribution helps relive that time, and is its own tribute to him. Well done! stan On Dec 17, 2009, at 1:55 PM, Cotty wrote: > Hi folks, >

Re: 2010 PUG themes

On Thu, 17 Dec 2009 20:52:12 -0500 Scott Loveless wrote: > 1. Elemental >2. Speed >3. Pentax Photo Gallery rejects/open subject >4. Light >5. Celebrate >6. Street >7. Numbers >8. Wheels >9. Photojournalism > 10. Food sorta duplicated in 23 > 11. Pictorialism >

PESO - A Pigeon Walked Through

For some reason the pizza box caught my eye, and I thought maybe that and the round manhole cover might look interesting together. Then, a pigeon walked through: http://knarfinthecity.blogspot.com/2009/12/pigeon-walked-through.html Hope you enjoy. Feel free to comment. cheers, frank -- "

Re: GFM 2009 Tribute to Don Nelson - a short film

On Thu, Dec 17, 2009 at 2:55 PM, Cotty wrote: > Hi folks, > > I meant to get this done months ago but the day job kept getting in the way. > > At the Grandfather Mountain Nature Photography Weekend back in May of > this year, there were a short set of tributes paid to Don Nelson by the > good and

Re: GFM 2009 Tribute to Don Nelson - a short film

On Thu, Dec 17, 2009 at 2:55 PM, Cotty wrote: > Hi folks, > > I meant to get this done months ago but the day job kept getting in the way. > > At the Grandfather Mountain Nature Photography Weekend back in May of > this year, there were a short set of tributes paid to Don Nelson by the > good and

Re: PESO - Snow Patterns #2

In a message dated 12/17/2009 8:00:56 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, pentax...@mac.com writes: like the way you saw #1 Marnie. Almost melted and then refrozen snow. But trust us. There is not a flake of snow in the leaf shot. The leaves are rimmed with hoarfrost, as are some of the raised bu

Re: PESO - Hidden Ridge

On Thu, Dec 17, 2009 at 4:15 PM, Ken Waller wrote: > Simply beautiful! > > Could be made stronger (IMO) by cropping off, from the bottom, about a > little less than half way up, turning it into a mini pano, forcing the > viewer's eye's onto the hill, trees & ground fog. Agreed. It ~is~ beautiful

Re: PESO 2009 - 207 - GDG

On Thu, Dec 17, 2009 at 7:40 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: > a new lens ... a new photograph ... > >  http://godfreydigiorgi.posterous.com/lost-paper Exquisite! What new lens? cheers, frank -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pd

Re: Does anybody miss the "new" equipment discussions?

On Fri, Dec 18, 2009 at 08:41:39AM +1100, Brian Walters wrote: > On Thu, 17 Dec 2009 09:55 -0600, "Christine Aguila" > wrote: > > Well, some lighter would help ;-). Seriously though, when I did the > > camera-store-try on the K7, it felt good to hold and had a nice feel. I > > do > > understa

Re: Akamboka 2009 :-)

On Thu, Dec 17, 2009 at 6:05 PM, Tim Øsleby wrote: > Forgot the link > http://www.japanphoto.no/product/fotoboker-og-dvd-film/akam-forum-boken-2009 I do like this photo - love the textures and the geometry. I'm a bit unclear, however. Did you take this? I can't find any reference to a photogra

Re: GFM 2009 Tribute to Don Nelson - a short film

On Thu, 17 Dec 2009 19:55:39 + Cotty wrote: > Alas, posterity has arrived. Enjoy: > > cotty, enjoyed the video. particularly nice seeing Mark and the listguy... :) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Re: A Small GESO - Firefighting Helicopters

On Thu, Dec 17, 2009 at 06:58:49PM -0500, John Sessoms wrote: > > The second helicopter is a heavy lift cargo desgn. It was meant to lift > a standard shipping container. Straddles it, hooks on & lifts. The water > container/dispenser with the snorkel is a package system suspended > beneath t

Re: Boris - PESO #41

Thanks, Jack, but I cannot accept the credit. Matrix metering is what I use 99.999% of the time. It simply works for me. Boris On 12/17/2009 10:04 PM, Jack Davis wrote: I give you credit for having chosen matrix metering. This kind of performance does help endear the camera to one. Jack --

Re: PESO 2009 - 207 - GDG

Thanks frank! It's the Panasonic Lumix G 20mm f/1.7 for the Micro-FourThirds. Just about the perfect match to an old favorite shooting rig with a Leica CL + 40mm f/2 lens. It's a teensy little thing. Godfrey On Thu, Dec 17, 2009 at 9:11 PM, frank theriault wrote: > On Thu, Dec 17, 2009 at 7:40

How did you all miss this!

http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap091217.html Joseph McAllister pentax...@mac.com There is no off position to the genius switch. Genius can, however, be observed as insanity. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the

Re: Photographer arrested at mall

I would gladly do all that but the incident was over a year ago. I bet that mall cop isn't even there anymore. Maybe I will go back and see if I can stir up any trouble again. Wanna Come?  Help me support Autism research!  Join my team!  http://www.walknowforautism.org/stlouis/blubiconsbudd

Re: 2010 PUG themes

I like these same ones I believe. I am subject to changes of mind though, simply cause my mind isn't on full today.  Help me support Autism research!  Join my team!  http://www.walknowforautism.org/stlouis/blubiconsbuddies  http://stampmine.blogspot.com/http://samsphotopage.blogspot.com/  ---

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Re: PESO - Snow Patterns #1

On Dec 18, 2009, at 6:58 AM, eactiv...@aol.com wrote: > So, this California gal, without going anywhere, just staying at home, > minding her own business, gets to inundate you all with snow pictures! > > Heh. Never in a million years would I have guessed this would happen. The way our summe

Re: Wow, someone in the Netherlands really wants to hack my web site!

On Dec 17, 2009, at 9:34 PM, Tim Bray wrote: > \The question you should be asking: Is there a Plan B? Is there a way > to rebuild my online presence? Am I 100% sure that I have control > over an accurate copy of 100% of my data? > > Sorry to be a downer. -T I think you're being a realist. Thos

Re: PESO - Hidden Ridge

Thanks all. This is an easy shot with a telephoto/zoom. I have cropped into panos several times under very different lighting conditions in the past. I appreciate the suggestions and may do just that. In this particular version I felt that the additional white space enhanced the 'isolation' of t

Re: Does anybody miss the "new" equipment discussions?

On Dec 18, 2009, at 6:14 PM, John Francis wrote: > I'm at less than both of you on my K10D. > > Not just last year - since I bought it, three years ago. > > (I guess I go for quality, not quantity :-) I could have said the same for my K10D, pretty much word-for-word. Dave -- PDML Pentax-Disc

Re: A Small GESO - Firefighting Helicopters

On Dec 18, 2009, at 8:01 AM, John Sessoms wrote: > The most recognizable helicopter in the world. The distinctive whap, whap, > whap sound of the rotor slap is unmistakable. Our air force has a bunch of them, they're a great workhorse. You can hear the things long before you see them. I could

Re: A Small GESO - Firefighting Helicopters

On Dec 18, 2009, at 6:27 PM, John Francis wrote: > Another good place for crazy chopper guys is working for the power company. > Holding a bird steady, close enough that a guy sitting on the skids can > reach out and work on the power lines, with the rotors spinning with maybe > ten feet total ver

Re: How did you all miss this!

Yeah that's great! It was all overcast and snowing here. Thanks for the link. On Thu, Dec 17, 2009 at 11:45 PM, Joseph McAllister wrote: > http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap091217.html > > > Joseph McAllister > pentax...@mac.com > > There is no off position to the genius switch. > Genius can,

Re: How did you all miss this!

On Dec 18, 2009, at 6:45 PM, Joseph McAllister wrote: > http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap091217.html I remember seeing that earlier in the week. The guy is certainly dedicated but boy did it pay off! Dave -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_p

Re: Photographer arrested at mall

On Dec 18, 2009, at 2:17 AM, frank theriault wrote: > I don't blame you for leaving and not confronting the Mall Cop. The > downside of being arrested (even if no charges are laid) kind of > sucks. And, as we've heard earlier in this thread (and in other > stories), even if the "real" police rea

Re: Does anybody miss the "new" equipment discussions?

Personally, loving the K-7... I still disbelieve the reality of a 645D and question the saleability/profitability of such a system if it were to be produced. I also would like to know, where does Pentax go from here? Tom On Wed, Dec 16, 2009 at 2:15 PM, P. J. Alling wrote: > The winter doldru

Re: Photographer arrested at mall

On Fri, Dec 18, 2009 at 08:01:48PM +1300, David Mann wrote: > On Dec 18, 2009, at 2:17 AM, frank theriault wrote: > > > I don't blame you for leaving and not confronting the Mall Cop. The > > downside of being arrested (even if no charges are laid) kind of > > sucks. And, as we've heard earlier

Re: 2010 PUG themes

Elemental Speed Pentax Photo Gallery rejects Light Numbers Wheels Infrared Flora and Fauna Panorama Geography Bewildering Mailbox/postbox Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://members.westnet.com.au/brianwal/SL/ On Thu, 17 Dec 2009 20:5

Re: A Small GESO - Firefighting Helicopters

On Dec 18, 2009, at 7:06 AM, John Sessoms wrote: > That said, it's a good set. I love the old CH-54. It's good to see they're > still of use to someone. I'd use one, it'd save lots of time on the commute. Just need to find someone to write the cheques. Dave -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PD

RE: PESO - Snow Patterns (Traces) #2 - Version 2

> It's for the same reason that I like using the French word for "seal" > (as in the marine mammal). It's "phoque". The "ue" are > silent. the "o" sounds like a "u" as in "duck". Which makes > the word rhyme with "duck". > Etymologically, Frank, you are right on topic since the history of

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