Re: I want the unique Essence of my celestial soul on an inkjet, print

2010-07-29 Thread drd1135
This reminds me of images I saw in India. It's well done in a cosmic reality sort of way. -Original Message- From: John Sessoms Sender: pdml-boun...@pdml.net Date: Thu, 29 Jul 2010 19:08:59 To: Reply-To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: I want the unique Essence of my celestial soul

OT: spanks for everything

2010-07-29 Thread Larry Colen
I just saw that the Asylum Street Spankers are retiring from the road. http://asylumstreetspankers.com/ A couple of their tunes leaf blower: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m2PbNiRMr9I And the amazingly catchy scrotum song: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VkfJbsTOtqg -- Larry Colen l...@red4est

Re: Geso 30 for 30

2010-07-29 Thread Larry Colen
On Jul 27, 2010, at 12:59 AM, Cotty wrote: > On 26/7/10, Larry Colen, discombobulated, unleashed: > >> A couple of my friends are celebrating their 30th wedding anniversary >> today. They asked me to do a photo shoot for the occasion, which >> happened yesterday. Normally, I'd try to cull them

OT: Tonight's dinner

2010-07-29 Thread William Robb
Chop up some chicken breasts, mushrooms and spinach. Toss the chicken into a big skillet and fry in butter. Add Italian Seasoning of your choice. Add mushrooms shortly thereafter. I salted and cayenned at this point. Add spinach when chicken is almost cooked. This should make a nice looking fill

Re: OT iMovie to iDvd

2010-07-29 Thread Joseph McAllister
On Jul 29, 2010, at 16:34 , steve harley wrote: On 2010-07-29 17:25 , David J Brooks wrote: When i click the iris thing, Toast loads up. Thats when i tried to drag the file in and it was not the movie. Toast is stepping in and apparently interfering; i would google something like "toast ge

PESO -- Yet another Egret

2010-07-29 Thread P. J. Alling
Hey! Look at that rule of thirds composition. http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1604247/PESO/PESO%20--%20%20yetanotheregret.html Equipment: Pentax K20D w/some lens or other, (Probably a telephoto). As usual comments are welcome but may be totally ignored. -- {\rtf1\ansi\ansicpg1252\deff0\deflang1033{\f

Re: I want the unique Essence of my celestial soul on an inkjet, print

2010-07-29 Thread Ken Waller
Do you mean Haight Ashbury http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haight-Ashbury or was it drugs.? ;+} Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: "John Sessoms" Subject: I want the unique Essence of my celestial soul on an inkjet, print Fr

Re: I want the unique Essence of my celestial soul on an inkjet print

2010-07-29 Thread Doug Franklin
On 2010-07-29 19:18, Brian Walters wrote: I assume Flash is to blame. Actually, a designer with an empty head is to blame. Such people can create dreck in any medium. -- Thanks, DougF (KG4LMZ) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to

Re: Right Up William's Street

2010-07-29 Thread P. J. Alling
On 7/29/2010 8:55 PM, William Robb wrote: -- From: "paul stenquist" Subject: Re: Right Up William's Street They're also kind of useless. You still have only a small sensor to fill. There are better ways of doing that. They are little more than

Re: I want the unique Essence of my celestial soul on an inkjet print

2010-07-29 Thread P. J. Alling
On 7/29/2010 7:18 PM, Brian Walters wrote: On Thu, 29 Jul 2010 23:46 +0100, "Bob W" wrote: I suppose I should put some sort of Not Safe For Eyes warning on this http://iasos.com/artists/erial/celestial-soul-portraits/ I think we can expect to see this site on www.WebPagesThatSuc

Re: Right Up William's Street

2010-07-29 Thread Adam Maas
What they primarily get used for is macro work, it's really hard to beat a high-end LF macro lens on a monorail for quality and control and when coupled with a LV-capable DSLR you have a much more capable setup than a macro bellows offers. -Adam On Thu, Jul 29, 2010 at 8:48 PM, paul stenquist w

Re: Right Up William's Street

2010-07-29 Thread William Robb
-- From: "paul stenquist" Subject: Re: Right Up William's Street They're also kind of useless. You still have only a small sensor to fill. There are better ways of doing that. They are little more than an expensive curiosity. Mine cost me a scra

Peso redwood, and a geso for scale

2010-07-29 Thread Larry Colen
I went for a short bike ride this afternoon and saw a couple of interesting fire damaged redwoods. This is my favorite picture from the bunch: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/4841838197/in/set-72157624612392390/ Comments welcome. I really need to start carrying my little tripod on bike rid

Re: Right Up William's Street

2010-07-29 Thread paul stenquist
They're also kind of useless. You still have only a small sensor to fill. There are better ways of doing that. Paul On Jul 29, 2010, at 8:29 PM, Adam Maas wrote: > It's also not really news, they've been commercially available from > other vendors for several years. The SInar system does look a

Re: Right Up William's Street

2010-07-29 Thread Adam Maas
It's also not really news, they've been commercially available from other vendors for several years. The SInar system does look a lot cleaner than the others which are little more than a lens bayonet stuck to a graflok back. -Adam On Thu, Jul 29, 2010 at 3:12 PM, Cotty wrote: > I'm not sure whe

Re: OT: Hi, I'm Jasmine

2010-07-29 Thread William Robb
-- From: "Brian Walters" Subject: Re: OT: Hi, I'm Jasmine Hi Jasmine Pleased to meet you. Cheers Pocahontas A pleasure to meet you both. Snow White. (I couldn't believe it e

Re: PESO - Sunny Meadow - take 2

2010-07-29 Thread frank theriault
On Wed, Jul 28, 2010 at 8:32 PM, paul stenquist wrote: > I much prefer take 1. More seeds in the air. Makes me want to sneeze:-). > Well done. > Paul Thanks for your comment, Paul. Much appreciated. cheers, frank -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept."  -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax-

Re: OT iMovie to iDvd

2010-07-29 Thread steve harley
On 2010-07-29 17:25 , David J Brooks wrote: When i click the iris thing, Toast loads up. Thats when i tried to drag the file in and it was not the movie. Toast is stepping in and apparently interfering; i would google something like "toast gets in the way of idvd" -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mai

Re: PUG??

2010-07-29 Thread John Sessoms
Yeah, that'd work ... but "Who's going to bell the cat?" From: "Daniel J. Matyola" If we used photo.net, couldn't we have one "moderator" to receive all the entries and post them in a separate gallery for every month? Dan On Thu, Jul 29, 2010 at 1:20 PM, Bruce Walker wrote: > Christine Niels

Re: OT iMovie to iDvd

2010-07-29 Thread David J Brooks
Thanks John. I've done most of that, except for the quicktime part. When i click the iris thing, Toast loads up. Thats when i tried to drag the file in and it was not the movie. I'll try again. Dave On Thu, Jul 29, 2010 at 6:19 PM, John Sessoms wrote: >> Dave > > It's fairly fresh in my mind

Re: PESO - We do not exist

2010-07-29 Thread John Sessoms
From: "P. J. Alling" Maybe you don't exist, but I think, therefor I am. "Of course you are my bright little star ..." On 7/29/2010 8:56 AM, Brian Walters wrote: > G'day all > > A bit of urban philosophy on a grotty and grimy wall - Hunter St, > Newcastle. > > http://dl.dropbox.com/u/137086

RE: I want the unique Essence of my celestial soul on an inkjet print

2010-07-29 Thread Brian Walters
On Thu, 29 Jul 2010 23:46 +0100, "Bob W" wrote: > > >I suppose I should put some sort of Not Safe For Eyes warning on this > > > > > >http://iasos.com/artists/erial/celestial-soul-portraits/ > > > > I think we can expect to see this site on www.WebPagesThatSuck.com in a > > few days :) > > here'

RE: What you all missed

2010-07-29 Thread Bob W
> >Thanks! Your wish is my command: > > > > > > > > > >B > > > > > > I definitely like lock girl better in black and white... > I'm finding that the dogs are slipping down on my list - in both color and bw... > I h

Re: PESO - Abstract in Black and Gold

2010-07-29 Thread Tim Øsleby
Made me think of Tommy Bredesens painting http://maritimtim.blogspot.com/search/label/Tommy%20Bredesen And THAT's a compliment :-) -- MaritimTim http://maritimtim.blogspot.com/ 2010/7/27 Brian Walters : > G'day all > > A shot from my recent trip to Noosa on Queensland's Sunshine Coast.  I > ca

I want the unique Essence of my celestial soul on an inkjet, print

2010-07-29 Thread John Sessoms
From: Derby Chang I suppose I should put some sort of Not Safe For Eyes warning on this http://iasos.com/artists/erial/celestial-soul-portraits/ That is *SO* 1965 HashBury. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the P

RE: I want the unique Essence of my celestial soul on an inkjet print

2010-07-29 Thread Bob W
> >I suppose I should put some sort of Not Safe For Eyes warning on this > > > >http://iasos.com/artists/erial/celestial-soul-portraits/ > > I think we can expect to see this site on www.WebPagesThatSuck.com in a > few days :) here's another on for you. See if you can actually read anything:

RE: Monsoon Sky Redux

2010-07-29 Thread John Sessoms
From: Jerry in Arizona A few days I submitted a pic of an Arizona monsoon sky and got some nice comments, but it was suggested that showing some ground would improve the image.? Well the sky gods cooperated again this evening and I took a few with a wider lens and included some ground clutter.?

Re: Interesting new book for film fans

2010-07-29 Thread John Sessoms
From: "P. J. Alling" My take. Someone at Kodak doesn't think the this technology will be maintained much longer. But it may have to be reproduced in the future. Publishing a book will widely disseminate the information, so that it might not be lost for all time. I doubt it will be "lost fo

Re: PESO - Runs Like a Sewing Machine

2010-07-29 Thread P N Stenquist
On Jul 29, 2010, at 6:02 PM, Tim Øsleby wrote: Punced the colours in the subject here Paul? Not that it matters, I like it. Thanks Tim. I didn't punch up the color to any great degree. I converted it from RAW with pretty much standard settings. No saturation increase, a bit of extra vib

RE: OT iMovie to iDvd

2010-07-29 Thread John Sessoms
From: David J Brooks I did this once before and it worked, but it was a few years ago. I made a slide show, with music of the wedding shots in iMovie HD. It says to "share" to iDvd which i have. I dropped and dragged the file as it says, but when i go to burn the project, it asks me to add the f

RE: Off topic again: Lightroom 2 "coloration" question form a friend

2010-07-29 Thread Bob W
> More details on the issue: his colorspace in LR is "proPhoto RBG" - the > default. > > He posted a blurb and photo evidence of the problem to his flickr account > here: > http://www.flickr.com/photos/radioflyer007/ > > My quick and dirty attempt at summarizing his problem: > He says the photo

Re: PESO - We do not exist

2010-07-29 Thread Tim Øsleby
I'm not overly enthusiastic about the text, but i do love the visuals in this picture. Well composed. -- MaritimTim http://maritimtim.blogspot.com/ 2010/7/30 Brian Walters : > On Thu, 29 Jul 2010 15:55 +0100, "Bob W" wrote: > >> His philosophy tutor should smack his knuckles with a ruler. He

RE: PESO - We do not exist

2010-07-29 Thread Brian Walters
On Thu, 29 Jul 2010 15:55 +0100, "Bob W" wrote: > His philosophy tutor should smack his knuckles with a ruler. He claims > that > we have no proof of our existence*, therefore we do not exist. However, > his > argument doesn't support any particular conclusion. At best you might say > 'we have no

Re: PESO - Runs Like a Sewing Machine

2010-07-29 Thread Tim Øsleby
Punced the colours in the subject here Paul? Not that it matters, I like it. -- MaritimTim http://maritimtim.blogspot.com/ 2010/7/29 P N Stenquist : > Well, that wouldn't be surprising since it was built by the White Sewing > Machine Company. But it's a steam-powered car, and it runs rather we

Re: OT: Hi, I'm Jasmine

2010-07-29 Thread Brian Walters
On Thu, 29 Jul 2010 19:22 +0100, "Bob W" wrote: > which princess are you? > Hi Jasmine Pleased to meet you. Cheers Pocahontas ++ Pocahontas Western Sydney Australia http://members.westnet.com.au/bria

Re: GESO - Beautiful smiling ladies for Frank

2010-07-29 Thread eckinator
Beauty On, Tim =) Ecke 2010/7/29 Tim Øsleby : > http://maritimtim.blogspot.com/2010/07/johnossi.html > > There a handful of smiling ladies there, a triple of stage photoes, > and a couple in "other categories". > Please feel free to comment. > > -- > MaritimTim > > http://maritimtim.blogspot.com/

Re: peso - young lady

2010-07-29 Thread Tim Øsleby
There is a lot to like in this photo. A nice, relaxed subject, pleasing background, nice soft light. But i do have one nit: The eyes does not grab me. IMO they need a wee bit more punch. Play a bit with them, and you have my full attention. -- MaritimTim http://maritimtim.blogspot.com/ 2010/7/

Re: PESO -- A different perspective.

2010-07-29 Thread Bob Sullivan
Seriously out of kilter! On Thu, Jul 29, 2010 at 2:50 PM, P. J. Alling wrote: > http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1604247/PESO/PESO%20--%20%20adifferentperspective.html > > Equipment:  Pentax K20D w/smc Pentax FA 20-35mm f4.0 > > As usual comments are welcome but may be totally ignored. > > -- > {\rtf1\ans

Re: Off topic again: Lightroom 2 "coloration" question form a friend

2010-07-29 Thread Sam L
>On Thu, Jul 29, 2010 at 2:29 PM, Doug Brewer wrote: > sounds like a color space issue. What space is your friend using? How are > the colors "off"? More details on the issue: his colorspace in LR is “proPhoto RBG” – the default… He posted a blurb and photo evidence of the problem to his flickr

Re: Off Topic: how do you ensure your file backup operations are not corrupt? (windows xp)

2010-07-29 Thread steve harley
On 2010-07-29 11:55 , Sam L wrote: Steve Harley wrote: rsync That seems to be a unix thing ... not sure I want to muck with getting it to run on windows. rsync is a protocol that has been implemented on several platforms; like a lot else on your computer that started on Unix (world w

Re: OT: Hi, I'm Jasmine

2010-07-29 Thread Larry Colen
On Jul 29, 2010, at 11:22 AM, Bob W wrote: > which princess are you? > Funny, so am I. Funny thing, so is my MGBGT: http://www.red4est.com/jasmine -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com sent from i4est -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PD

Re: I want the unique Essence of my celestial soul on an inkjet print

2010-07-29 Thread eckinator
2010/7/29 Bob W : > > He sells magical museum-grade crystals too: > < http://iasos.com/crystals/> > > The magical thing about them is that the more you look at them, the more > they look like butt-plugs. and to think people even buy those portraits... but I sure don't wanna know where Bob here buy

Re: Monsoon Sky Redux

2010-07-29 Thread steve harley
On 2010-07-29 03:28 , Derby Chang wrote: Must admit I didn't know you got monsoons in Arizona indeed it does; we are waiting for the monsoon to get its act together here in front range Colorado, where it can be a bit fickle, but still produces great skies -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail Lis

Re: PUG??

2010-07-29 Thread Bob Sullivan
PUG is a good thing, it just needs a little attention. The charm of PUG is trying to shoot something every month on a topic. It can provide a discipline to try some new subjects and techniques. It also calls for your best efforts. All of this can be a learning experience - from trying your best to

Re: New K-7 firmware (1.10)

2010-07-29 Thread Larry Colen
On Jul 29, 2010, at 5:13 AM, Mark Roberts wrote: > paul stenquist wrote: > >> On Jul 29, 2010, at 5:34 AM, Ralf R. Radermacher wrote: >> >>> Dario Bonazza wrote: >>> http://www.dpreview.com/news/1007/10072800pentaxk7firmware.asp >>> >>> Looks like this will be the end of it. >> >> I t

Re: Geso 30 for 30

2010-07-29 Thread Larry Colen
On Jul 29, 2010, at 7:31 AM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: > Wow, that is impressive, both the view and the image. Thanks. There are certainly aspects of living here that do not entirely suck. Though I do have to walk over half a mile to the nearest state park, and while the beach, about 10 miles a

Re: PESO - mystery

2010-07-29 Thread Doug Brewer
Larry Colen wrote: On Jul 29, 2010, at 12:08 AM, Brian Walters wrote: On Thu, 29 Jul 2010 01:47 -0400, "Doug Brewer" wrote: http://dougbrewer.posterous.com/mystery Hmmm. Yes it is! I'm not quite sure about this one but it is interesting. I'll take a wild guess that it is shadows and li

Re: What you all missed

2010-07-29 Thread Ann Sanfedele
Bob W wrote: Thanks! Your wish is my command: B I definitely like lock girl better in black and white... I'm finding that the dogs are slipping down on my list - in both color and bw... I had a hard tie

Re: Off topic again: Lightroom 2 "coloration" question form a friend

2010-07-29 Thread David J Brooks
On Thu, Jul 29, 2010 at 2:29 PM, Doug Brewer wrote: > sounds like a color space issue. What space is your friend using? How are > the colors "off"? I never had this problem in the 60's Dave > > a fresh install is probably not necessary. > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > h

Re: Right Up William's Street

2010-07-29 Thread William Robb
-- From: "Cotty" Subject: Right Up William's Street I'm not sure whether Bill will love this or hate it but it's certainly interesting I made an adaptor for mounting my Penta

Re: PESO - We do not exist

2010-07-29 Thread CheekyGeek
If we don't exist, it also makes one wonder for whose benefit he is posting the sign? Darren Addy Kearney, NE -- 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 direction

Re: Off Topic: how do you ensure your file backup operations are not corrupt? (windows xp)

2010-07-29 Thread Doug Franklin
On 2010-07-29 13:55, Sam L wrote: When I try to open the jpg using "windows picture and fax viewer" I get a blank screen and either "generating preview" or "drawing failed". When I use "microsoft office picture viewer" I just get a black screen. And hey ... that's odd ... when I u

Re: PUG??

2010-07-29 Thread Doug Franklin
On 2010-07-29 13:20, Bruce Walker wrote: I'm OK with Flickr for most purposes. But I don't think that anyone here will be interested in using any site that requires you to sign-up to an account in order to upload shots. That would rule out photo.net, flickr and probably all the other social phot

Re: PUG??

2010-07-29 Thread Doug Franklin
On 2010-07-29 10:17, Christine Nielsen wrote: What's a PUG? I've got a really small page that I don't update often enough that has some of this stuff in it ... http://NutDriver.org/PDML-Notebook.html -- Thanks, DougF (KG4LMZ) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/

PESO -- A different perspective.

2010-07-29 Thread P. J. Alling
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1604247/PESO/PESO%20--%20%20adifferentperspective.html Equipment: Pentax K20D w/smc Pentax FA 20-35mm f4.0 As usual comments are welcome but may be totally ignored. -- {\rtf1\ansi\ansicpg1252\deff0\deflang1033{\fonttbl{\f0\fnil\fcharset0 Courier New;}} \viewkind4\uc1\p

PESO - Runs Like a Sewing Machine

2010-07-29 Thread P N Stenquist
Well, that wouldn't be surprising since it was built by the White Sewing Machine Company. But it's a steam-powered car, and it runs rather well. Here, it's huffin' and puffin' it's way up to the review stand at the Meadow Brook Concours last weekend. http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=

Re: PESO - We do not exist

2010-07-29 Thread Doug Franklin
On 2010-07-29 8:56, Brian Walters wrote: A bit of urban philosophy on a grotty and grimy wall - Hunter St, Newcastle. http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1370864/PESO/slides/IMGP8892peso.html http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1370864/IMGP8892part.jpg "Solipsists of the world, UNITE!" -- Thanks, DougF (KG4LMZ) --

Re: Off topic again: Lightroom 2 "coloration" question form a friend

2010-07-29 Thread Sam L
>On Thu, Jul 29, 2010 at 2:18 PM, William Robb wrote: > > Have him check the files on a viewer that recognizes colour space (Firefox > for example). > Lightroom's default colourspace is Prophoto, and he is probably exposrting > the files in that colourspace rather than sRGB, which is still about a

Re: Off Topic: how do you ensure your file backup operations are not corrupt? (windows xp)

2010-07-29 Thread Sam L
On Thu, Jul 29, 2010 at 2:34 PM, Bob W wrote: >>   I run xcopy as a scheduled task >> >>     Can you share a little more of what you do?  Did you write some bat or > cmd >> file and your schedule calls this file? > > that's right. > >>     Do you mind sharing your file with me (feel free to edit >

Re: PUG??

2010-07-29 Thread P. J. Alling
He got tired of putting up with some of us, he's still got his web site and a number of blogs apparently.. The FAQ he used to maintain is now hosted somewhere else, and I think Mark Roberts has a link to it, but I'm just too lazy to look. On 7/29/2010 3:19 PM, Cotty wrote: On 29/7/10, Christ

Re: Right Up William's Street

2010-07-29 Thread P. J. Alling
The one thing they fail to mention under advantages, Incredible crop factor... On 7/29/2010 3:12 PM, Cotty wrote: I'm not sure whether Bill will love this or hate it but it's certainly interesting -- Cheers, Cotty __

Re: OT: Hi, I'm Jasmine

2010-07-29 Thread P. J. Alling
(Isn't everybody). On 7/29/2010 2:22 PM, Bob W wrote: which princess are you? Well, that was a waste of 5 minutes I'll never get back... -- {\rtf1\ansi\ansicpg1252\deff0\deflang1033{\fonttbl{\f0\fnil\fcharset0 Courier New;}} \view

Re: PUG??

2010-07-29 Thread Cotty
On 29/7/10, Christine Nielsen, discombobulated, unleashed: > I'm sure most >of you already know all this info, but wouldn't it be great to have a >better way of sharing it with newbies? Whatever happened to Greywolf !?! -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche --

Right Up William's Street

2010-07-29 Thread Cotty
I'm not sure whether Bill will love this or hate it but it's certainly interesting -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche -- http://www.cottysnaps.com _

Re: Adams Photos Found in Garage Sale

2010-07-29 Thread paul stenquist
Hmmm. I'm not sure this turns the tables on the alleged discovery. Haven't some FBI handwriting experts identified writing in the box of negs as that of Ansel's wife? Not sure about that, as I haven't followed this very closely, but I thought I heard that last night. Of course many of the scenes

Re: Off topic again: Lightroom 2 "coloration" question form a friend

2010-07-29 Thread William Robb
-- From: "Sam L" Subject: Off topic again: Lightroom 2 "coloration" question form a friend Here's another question for my PDML wizards. It's from a friend and I offered to forward the question here, in case anyone has encountered this before.. "

RE: Off Topic: how do you ensure your file backup operations are not corrupt? (windows xp)

2010-07-29 Thread Bob W
> I run xcopy as a scheduled task > > Can you share a little more of what you do? Did you write some bat or cmd > file and your schedule calls this file? that's right. > Do you mind sharing your file with me (feel free to edit > files/paths/machine names etc if security is any concern

Re: Off topic again: Lightroom 2 "coloration" question form a friend

2010-07-29 Thread Doug Brewer
Sam L wrote: Here's another question for my PDML wizards. It's from a friend and I offered to forward the question here, in case anyone has encountered this before.. "I was hoping i could find help with my "coloration" problem. Somehow I must have changed some setting in my LR (2.7) such that

RE: What you all missed

2010-07-29 Thread Bob W
thanks > > I really like the one of the dogs. The expression on the darker dog is > marvelous. > > Dan > > On Thu, Jul 29, 2010 at 12:18 PM, Bob W wrote: > > Thanks! Your wish is my command: > > > > > > > > >

OT: Hi, I'm Jasmine

2010-07-29 Thread Bob W
which princess are you? -- 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: Adams Photos Found in Garage Sale

2010-07-29 Thread Bob W
it certainly wouldn't be the first time art experts have been wrong about an attribution! I'm very interested at the moment in a similar story, about a 'new' Leonardo da Vinci. Martin Kemp, one of the world's foremost authorities on Leonardo, has authenticated the drawing partly on fingerprint evi

Re: PESO -- Girl in a Box

2010-07-29 Thread paul stenquist
She's going to die and be put in a pine box because she's smoking a cigarette. Seriously, I guess you mean that stuck here between the headphones and the cellphone she's out of touch with the world. Paul On Jul 29, 2010, at 1:31 PM, P. J. Alling wrote: > You figure it out... > > http://dl.dr

Off topic again: Lightroom 2 "coloration" question form a friend

2010-07-29 Thread Sam L
Here's another question for my PDML wizards. It's from a friend and I offered to forward the question here, in case anyone has encountered this before.. "I was hoping i could find help with my "coloration" problem. Somehow I must have changed some setting in my LR (2.7) such that the pictures (C

Re: Off Topic: how do you ensure your file backup operations are not corrupt? (windows xp)

2010-07-29 Thread Sam L
> On Thu, Jul 29, 2010 at 7:14 AM, David Mann wrote: >> On Jul 29, 2010, at 9:02 AM, Doug Franklin wrote: > >> If it ain't verified, it ain't a backup.  Trusting that they were OK may be >> part of what got you in this mess. > > The only sure way to verify a backup is to restore from it.  On a te

Re: What you all missed

2010-07-29 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
I really like the one of the dogs. The expression on the darker dog is marvelous. Dan On Thu, Jul 29, 2010 at 12:18 PM, Bob W wrote: > Thanks! Your wish is my command: > > > > > B > >> -Original Message

Re: PESO -- Girl in a Box

2010-07-29 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
Interesting shot, although I would like to see a little more of her face. Dan On Thu, Jul 29, 2010 at 1:31 PM, P. J. Alling wrote: > You figure it out... > > http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1604247/PESO/PESO%20--%20%20girlinabox.html > > Equipment:  Pentax K20D w/smc Pentax A*300mm f4.0 > > As usual com

Re: PUG??

2010-07-29 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
If we used photo.net, couldn't we have one "moderator" to receive all the entries and post them in a separate gallery for every month? Dan On Thu, Jul 29, 2010 at 1:20 PM, Bruce Walker wrote: > Christine Nielsen wrote: >> >> Another thought.  If maintaining and uploading to the PUG is a drag, >>

Re: Lenses for cheap

2010-07-29 Thread John Celio
The 35-70mm is also collectable but probably only of interest to someone who already has the ME-F, (os is looking to buy one), as it's nearly unusable on any other camera, or so I've been told. The 35-70 works on any K-mount camera, you just have to take your time focusing because you're worki

Re: Adams Photos Found in Garage Sale

2010-07-29 Thread P. J. Alling
A likely story, (no, I mean really). On 7/29/2010 1:15 PM, Mark Roberts wrote: Latest news: It seems very likely that they're *not* Ansel Adams negs. http://www.ktvu.com/news/24432262/detail.html http://theonlinephotographer.typepad.com/the_online_photographer/2010/07/mystery-solved-theyre-by-u

PESO -- Girl in a Box

2010-07-29 Thread P. J. Alling
You figure it out... http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1604247/PESO/PESO%20--%20%20girlinabox.html Equipment: Pentax K20D w/smc Pentax A*300mm f4.0 As usual comments are welcome but may be totally ignored. -- {\rtf1\ansi\ansicpg1252\deff0\deflang1033{\fonttbl{\f0\fnil\fcharset0 Courier New;}} \viewkin

Re: PUG??

2010-07-29 Thread Bruce Walker
Christine Nielsen wrote: Another thought. If maintaining and uploading to the PUG is a drag, is there a reason why it wouldn't be housed on /something like/ flickr? Please don't shoot -- I've lurked long enough to know that not everyone is a flickr fan. I'm just saying that maybe the technolog

Re: PUG??

2010-07-29 Thread Bruce Walker
P. J. Alling wrote: Gaud, I just hate flicker... If that's because of the iffy navigation and inability to view photos on a black background, they changed the UI recently to address those things. I think it's better now. The ability to create sets and slideshows makes it pretty nice for gal

Re: Adams Photos Found in Garage Sale

2010-07-29 Thread Mark Roberts
Latest news: It seems very likely that they're *not* Ansel Adams negs. http://www.ktvu.com/news/24432262/detail.html http://theonlinephotographer.typepad.com/the_online_photographer/2010/07/mystery-solved-theyre-by-uncle-earl.html -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/ma

Re: New K-7 firmware (1.10)

2010-07-29 Thread Ken Waller
In Pentax-land the sky is *always* falling! MARK, MARK ! Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: "Mark Roberts" Subject: Re: New K-7 firmware (1.10) paul stenquist wrote: On Jul 29, 2010, at 5:34 AM, Ralf R. Radermacher wrote:

GESO - Beautiful smiling ladies for Frank

2010-07-29 Thread Tim Øsleby
http://maritimtim.blogspot.com/2010/07/johnossi.html There a handful of smiling ladies there, a triple of stage photoes, and a couple in "other categories". Please feel free to comment. -- MaritimTim http://maritimtim.blogspot.com/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net

Re: PUG??

2010-07-29 Thread P. J. Alling
Gaud, I just hate flicker... On 7/29/2010 11:33 AM, Christine Nielsen wrote: On Thu, Jul 29, 2010 at 10:28 AM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: Good Point. The PUG is an easy and convenience format for drawing "newbies" into the group and converting them to active participants. I think y

Re: Lenses for cheap

2010-07-29 Thread P. J. Alling
I just noticed this. I'm not a collector, but the 200 is a collectible item, I think it's fairly rare, as such the price was /very/ reasonable. The 35-70mm is also collectable but probably only of interest to someone who already has the ME-F, (os is looking to buy one), as it's nearly unusabl

A story is born

2010-07-29 Thread Bob W
A chance to attend a seminar in London about the photo essay, with David Hurn (Magnum, 'On Being A Photographer') among the presenters: B -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRI

Re: GESO - Malakoff Rockfestival - Navigators

2010-07-29 Thread Tim Øsleby
Thank you Frank. We grow them beautiful over here you know ;-) So stay tuned for follow up festival posts. MaritimTim http://maritimtim.blogspot.com/ 2010/7/29 frank theriault : > On Tue, Jul 27, 2010 at 6:40 PM, Tim Øsleby wrote: >> http://maritimtim.blogspot.com/2010/07/malakoff-rockfestiva

RE: What you all missed

2010-07-29 Thread Bob W
Thanks! Your wish is my command: B > -Original Message- > From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On > Behalf Of Ann Sanfedele > Sent: 29 July 2010 16:36 > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List

Re: New K-7 firmware (1.10)

2010-07-29 Thread Dario Bonazza
Adam Maas wrote: And Sony's got the opposite problem from Pentax. They have few issues making high-end bodies Agree fully. I used the A850 and the A900 for a while, and they are wonderful in almost all respects. The high-ISO performance is just so-so though, well beyond that of the Canon 5D

Re: I want the unique Essence of my celestial soul on an inkjet print

2010-07-29 Thread Bruce Walker
Derby Chang wrote: I suppose I should put some sort of Not Safe For Eyes warning on this http://iasos.com/artists/erial/celestial-soul-portraits/ Oh my, that's funny! Epic levels of tacky. My sides hurt. We should have an Essence of Celestial Soul bonus theme in the PUG next year. -bmw -

Re: PUG??

2010-07-29 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
Photo.net might be another easy option. Dan On Thu, Jul 29, 2010 at 11:33 AM, Christine Nielsen wrote: > On Thu, Jul 29, 2010 at 10:28 AM, Daniel J. Matyola > wrote: >> Good Point.  The PUG is an easy and convenience format for drawing >> "newbies" into the group and converting them to active p

Re: New K-7 firmware (1.10)

2010-07-29 Thread Adam Maas
On Thu, Jul 29, 2010 at 9:24 AM, Rob Studdert wrote: > On 29/07/2010, Mark Roberts wrote: > >> In Pentax-land the sky is *always* falling! > > Hence the sidewards move to Sony ;-) > > -- > Rob Studdert (Digital  Image Studio) And Sony's got the opposite problem from Pentax. They have few issues

Re: What you all missed

2010-07-29 Thread Ann Sanfedele
Bob - I LOVe this one: http://www.web-options.com/BAGAM/content/L107_large.html Would like to see the girl that looks like she is falling and the one with the doggies (nod to EE) in BW er I mean IN B and W - it already is in BW :-) ann Bob W wrote: Spent a very ennjoyable day in Birmi

Re: Lenses for cheap

2010-07-29 Thread John Celio
PSSST! I'm hella flexible on those prices! The 200mm is gone, but if you want one of the other lenses, I'm more interested in getting them out of my house than getting those prices I noted. John - Original Message - From: "John Celio" To: Sent: Wednesday, July 28, 2010 12:46 PM

Re: PUG??

2010-07-29 Thread Christine Nielsen
On Thu, Jul 29, 2010 at 10:28 AM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: > Good Point.  The PUG is an easy and convenience format for drawing > "newbies" into the group and converting them to active participants. > I think you're right. For someone new to the group, contributing to the PUG - once per month, w

Re: OT - Anyone got opinions on the Olympus Pen E-PL1?

2010-07-29 Thread Miserere
On 28 July 2010 13:42, John Francis wrote: > > Good information - thanks.  If you'd posted it a day earlier you'd have > got a reference sale, too; we decided to order the camera from B&H the > evening before your post showed up :-( Doh! Oh well, maybe you'll remember me next time you purchase s

Re: Enablement (Sigma EX 24-60/2.8 DG)

2010-07-29 Thread Miserere
On 29 July 2010 01:02, Boris Liberman wrote: > > Other than that, my by far most used and most favorite lens is A 50/1.2. > > Boris Lately I've been using mine on the Samsung NX10. The lack of back/front focus issues makes it so much easier to focus correctly than on my K10D; yes, even when using

Re: Monsoon Sky Redux

2010-07-29 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
Maybe it is your monitor, Ann. I can see the building in the lower right quite distinctly. I can count the floor, and I can see balconies on each floor and even what appears to be a plant on one of the balconies. Dan On Thu, Jul 29, 2010 at 11:03 AM, Ann Sanfedele wrote: > Brian Walters wrote:

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