Re: COMPLETELY OT! Roll Call...

2011-01-02 Thread Miserere
Well, you still beat me on all fronts, Tanya. I'm 35 and have ZERO babies! :-D    —M.     \/\/o/\/\ -- http://WorldOfMiserere.com     http://EnticingTheLight.com     A Quest for Photographic Enlightenment On 28 December 2010 21:42, Tanya Love tanyal...@bigpond.com wrote: So, it occurred

Re: COMPLETELY OT! Roll Call...

2011-01-02 Thread DagT
Don´t panic! When I was 35 I was single and had no kids. When I was 40 I was married and had three kids. :-) DagT http://www.thrane.name Den 3. jan. 2011 kl. 00.55 skrev Miserere: Well, you still beat me on all fronts, Tanya. I'm 35 and have ZERO babies! :-D —M. On 28

Re: COMPLETELY OT! Roll Call...

2011-01-02 Thread Doug Franklin
On 2011-01-02 19:03, DagT wrote: Don´t panic! When I was 35 I was single and had no kids. When I was 40 I was married and had three kids. I've thought about just marrying a grandmother and skipping the having my own part. I mean, this /is/ the South. There are some pretty young

Re: COMPLETELY OT! Roll Call...

2011-01-02 Thread Matthew Hunt
On Sun, Jan 2, 2011 at 7:03 PM, DagT li...@thrane.name wrote: Don´t panic! When I was 35 I was single and had no kids. When I was 40 I was married and had three kids. Part of your advice confuses me. In particular, the word don't. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: Can anyone suggest a use for a 16MB SD card?

2011-01-02 Thread Darren Addy
Glue it to an envelope, in place of a stamp and see if it gets to its destination. -- 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: Question of terms and/or English

2011-01-02 Thread Darren Addy
http://mattbangophotography.com/blog/photography/image-quality/understanding-image-quality-sharpness/ -- 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: Vivian Maier, a street photographer discovered

2011-01-02 Thread Darren Addy
Thanks for posting this. Anybody else notice that the blind guy seems to be looking directly into the lens? http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_YUrw6ooCZj4/TL7ujirIjWI/A-w/J_i6z2_8sns/s400/55-123.jpg -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to

Peso: Creek Trees

2011-01-02 Thread Steven Desjardins
I could not get this snow white without making it a separate layer. This is how it actually looks: http://drd1135.smugmug.com/Photography/pdml/15174580_NVzVH#1144986627_7p8oQ-L-LB -- Steve Desjardins -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Re: PDML 2010 blogroll

2011-01-02 Thread Bong Manayon
On Sun, Jan 2, 2011 at 7:47 AM, paul stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote: Steve is the arbiter of what is worthy on the PDML:-). Yeah! Thanks, Steve! You helped figure out some stuff I'm stumbling with too. Bong -- Bong Manayon http://www.bong.uni.cc -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail

Re: OT GESO - C41 on the street

2011-01-02 Thread Eric Weir
On Dec 30, 2010, at 6:04 PM, Derby Chang wrote: Haven't been shooting much C41 lately - it's been tri-x for me mostly. So I thought I'd burn off what I had in the fridge, to make room for more tri-x. Summer is so much fun http://members.iinet.net.au/~derbyc/10/10_12/10_12_c41/index.htm

Re: January PUG - Last Call!

2011-01-02 Thread Bong Manayon
On Mon, Jan 3, 2011 at 5:20 AM, Brian Walters supera1...@fastmail.fm wrote: Yes you did rememeber. I remember I remembered; except now I can't remember what I uploaded ... :-D Bong -- Bong Manayon http://www.bong.uni.cc -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: Vivian Maier, a street photographer discovered

2011-01-02 Thread Darren Addy
I'm enjoying these so much... This one brought back a long lost childhood memory: http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_YUrw6ooCZj4/SvS5uw-Jd3I/A4o/_YTbF1XMse0/s1600-h/28.jpg One thing that I think we unconsciously take away from these images is something you don't see nearly as much today: the

Re: Happy New Year with gratitude

2011-01-02 Thread Eric Weir
On Jan 1, 2011, at 7:12 PM, frank theriault wrote: I'm not too big on the technical side of things, so I doubt I've given any advice to you at all. It certainly is a pleasure having you on the list, and let me wish you and yours a Happy New Year! Wow, Frank! I'm not gonna question it! You

Re: Happy New Year with gratitude

2011-01-02 Thread Eric Weir
On Jan 2, 2011, at 6:43 AM, Derby Chang wrote: Post more PESOs. Yeah, I know. But not till I can consistently get sharp images -- at least once in a while. Conversations here suggest the possibility that it's the camera. When I get a minute, we'll know for sure.

Re: Happy New Year with gratitude

2011-01-02 Thread Steven Desjardins
Same to you, Eric! You've asked honest questions and I've learned stuff from the answers you've gotten. Besides, somebody has to keep this list of (empirically demonstrated) mostly fifties needs someone to keep them honest. On Fri, Dec 31, 2010 at 9:36 PM, Eric Weir eew...@bellsouth.net wrote:

Re: PDML 2010 blogroll

2011-01-02 Thread Darren Addy
There are blogs and then there are photoblogs. A photoblog would be like a gallery, I suppose, but offering the ability to have a conversation between the photographer and audience on each post (which may be an individual image or a set, in the case of Posterous blogs). There is no law against

Peso: 5 days after

2011-01-02 Thread Ann Sanfedele
http://annsan.smugmug.com/On-the-Road-or-On-Foot/Blizzard-2010/15214218_CuoWi/1/1145100140_X3spp/Medium Just to keep you guys upon the lack of progress :-) ann -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please

Re: Pentax 67 resolution compared to 15 MP Digital

2011-01-02 Thread P. J. Alling
On 1/2/2011 1:32 PM, Steven Desjardins wrote: Try shooting the K7 through a pair of pantyhose. That's not legal in Virginia. ;-) You sure you mean Virginia. On Sun, Jan 2, 2011 at 10:58 AM, John Sessomsjsessoms...@nc.rr.com wrote: From: Jens Thank you all for you rinterest in

Re: PAW52 - Christmas is over

2011-01-02 Thread P. J. Alling
Very impressive image, but not for a couple of days yet. On 1/2/2011 2:54 PM, DagT wrote: ...as well as the first PAW year. Thank you again for all the comments .-) http://www.thrane.name/page3/page7/files/page7-1000-full.html K20D, D-FA 100mm macro 1/125s, f/2.8, ISO800 DagT

Re: OT Mac migration application

2011-01-02 Thread P. J. Alling
On 1/2/2011 2:51 PM, steve harley wrote: On 2011-01-01 19:02 , paul stenquist wrote: I'm using Word 2004. It works fine, but won't open .docx files, which are becoming more common. There is a conversion utility that I use, but it's time consuming. I'll probably upgrade soon. Don't want to,

PESO - MOMA Stairway

2011-01-02 Thread Rick Womer
A shot across the atrium of the Museum of Modern Art in NYC: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=12176013 (K7, FA 50/1.7) Rick -- 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

Totally OT - USB microscope

2011-01-02 Thread Igor Roshchin
I was just wondering if anybody has dealt with any of the inexpensive USB microscopes. This is to be purchased as a gift for a young boy. http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/545678-REG/Carson_MM_740_zPix_MM_740_Digital_Microscope.html If you have had experience with other similar microscopes

Re: PESO - East on Queen West

2011-01-02 Thread P. J. Alling
I like the dynamic composition. On 1/2/2011 1:20 PM, frank theriault wrote: Just another bike shot: http://knarfinthecity.blogspot.com/2011/01/east-on-queen-west.html Hope you enjoy. Comments welcome. cheers, frank -- Where's the Kaboom? There was supposed to be an Earth-shattering

Re: PESO - MOMA Stairway

2011-01-02 Thread Ann Sanfedele
Rick Womer wrote: A shot across the atrium of the Museum of Modern Art in NYC: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=12176013 (K7, FA 50/1.7) Rick I really like that, Rick... nice visually and layers of meaning given where it is... ann -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List

Re: Question of terms and/or English

2011-01-02 Thread P. J. Alling
On 1/2/2011 5:06 PM, paul stenquist wrote: On Jan 2, 2011, at 4:54 PM, Cotty wrote: Can we milk this for a new pun thread??? I think that would be udder nonsense. Whey too much. It's one way to stay a breast of these things. It'll just calcify early the whey things are going, casein

Re: Peso: Old Dog

2011-01-02 Thread Ann Sanfedele
Steven Desjardins wrote: http://drd1135.smugmug.com/Photography/pdml/15174580_NVzVH#1143722565_9NYG4-A-LB oh it really is a dog - on this list I figured... well... you know :-) nice portrait -- is he -your- old dog? ann -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: Peso: 5 days after

2011-01-02 Thread P. J. Alling
Don't worry, it will melt eventually. On 1/2/2011 10:16 PM, Ann Sanfedele wrote: http://annsan.smugmug.com/On-the-Road-or-On-Foot/Blizzard-2010/15214218_CuoWi/1/1145100140_X3spp/Medium Just to keep you guys upon the lack of progress :-) ann -- Where's the Kaboom? There was

Re: PESO - MOMA Stairway

2011-01-02 Thread P. J. Alling
Nicely composed. On 1/2/2011 10:22 PM, Rick Womer wrote: A shot across the atrium of the Museum of Modern Art in NYC: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=12176013 (K7, FA 50/1.7) Rick -- Where's the Kaboom? There was supposed to be an Earth-shattering Kaboom! --Marvin

Re: PESO - MOMA Stairway

2011-01-02 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
Very interesting and effective image. I really like it. Dan -- Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Sun, Jan 2, 2011 at 10:22 PM, Rick Womer rwomer1...@yahoo.com wrote: A shot across the atrium of the Museum of Modern Art in NYC:

Re: Peso: 5 days after

2011-01-02 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
Not much progress! Dan -- Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Sun, Jan 2, 2011 at 10:16 PM, Ann Sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com wrote: http://annsan.smugmug.com/On-the-Road-or-On-Foot/Blizzard-2010/15214218_CuoWi/1/1145100140_X3spp/Medium Just to keep you guys upon

Re: Peso: 5 days after

2011-01-02 Thread Ann Sanfedele
Daniel J. Matyola wrote: Not much progress! Dan exactly :-) How are things down your way , Dan? -- 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: OT GESO - C41 on the street

2011-01-02 Thread Ann Sanfedele
Derby Chang wrote: Haven't been shooting much C41 lately - it's been tri-x for me mostly. So I thought I'd burn off what I had in the fridge, to make room for more tri-x. Summer is so much fun http://members.iinet.net.au/~derbyc/10/10_12/10_12_c41/index.htm Happy new year, everyone. I'm

Re: Peso: 5 days after

2011-01-02 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
We are fine here in Central Jersey. Within 6 hours after the snow stopped, our roads were clear. Dan -- Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Sun, Jan 2, 2011 at 11:21 PM, Ann Sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com wrote: Daniel J. Matyola wrote: Not much progress! Dan

Re: Tragic News Concerning Jay Taylor's Daughter

2011-01-02 Thread David Mann
On Jan 3, 2011, at 1:23 AM, Boris Liberman wrote: Half a day has passed since I read this message of yours, Christine. I still cannot find any words to express my sadness... You took the words right out of my mouth, I read this last night and was too dumbstruck to say anything. My thoughts

GESO -- Cormorants and Doggerel

2011-01-02 Thread P. J. Alling
None of these are the best they could be but this is content that the PDML can really sink it's teeth into. http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1604247/PESO/PESO%20--%20fourlittlecormorants.html Equipment: Pentax K20D w/smc Pentax F 70-210mm f4.0~5.6 and Pentax A* 300mm f4.0 As usual comments are

Re: COMPLETELY OT! Roll Call...

2011-01-02 Thread John Francis
On Sun, Jan 02, 2011 at 07:05:58PM -0500, Doug Franklin wrote: On 2011-01-02 19:03, DagT wrote: Don?t panic! When I was 35 I was single and had no kids. When I was 40 I was married and had three kids. I've thought about just marrying a grandmother and skipping the having my own part. I

Re: PESO - Winter abstract

2011-01-02 Thread Boris Liberman
Toine, I misread your message and thought you were testing the camera, not tossing... Then I looked at the picture and thought to myself: obviously Toine is testing how his camera would toss /grin/... To my eye this one is a bit too abstract... Perchance combining tossing with double exposure

New Year Dinner

2011-01-02 Thread John Francis
Hot off the press (this came out of the oven less than two hours ago, and is now residing in my stomach as I type this) is the last dinner of our Christmas/New Year break before we go back on the diet. In the last year I've dropped 45 lbs, and my wife around twice that. That's well over half way

Re: COMPLETELY OT! Roll Call...

2011-01-02 Thread Boris Liberman
On 1/3/2011 2:03 AM, DagT wrote: Don´t panic! When I was 35 I was single and had no kids. When I was 40 I was married and had three kids. :-) DagT http://www.thrane.name As a partially mathematician I should say, Dag, that my immediate reaction is to approximate what happened in 5 years

Re: PDML 2010 blogroll

2011-01-02 Thread Eactivist
Uh. Huh. What Paul said. I don't have a blog, but I do have a site where I put up pics. I haven't for the last year, because I took no photos last year, but I will be taking them again. http://www.mapphotography.com/ I just don't think my daily/weekly thoughts are all that interesting,

Re: Peso: 5 days after

2011-01-02 Thread Boris Liberman
I have a bunch of similar shot from my visit to DC area last January... But your 'town' is making progress, Ann ;-). Boris On 1/3/2011 5:16 AM, Ann Sanfedele wrote: http://annsan.smugmug.com/On-the-Road-or-On-Foot/Blizzard-2010/15214218_CuoWi/1/1145100140_X3spp/Medium Just to keep you

Re: PESO - East on Queen West

2011-01-02 Thread Boris Liberman
I'd fourth that (after, Cotty, Rick and Paul)... On 1/3/2011 1:37 AM, paul stenquist wrote: Like this one. A dynamic image. Paul On Jan 2, 2011, at 6:30 PM, Rick Womer wrote: What Cotty said! The composition, timing, shutter speed, rendering are all excellent. Are you back on a bike?

PESO: New Year Dinner

2011-01-02 Thread John Francis
On Mon, Jan 03, 2011 at 01:02:00AM -0500, John Francis wrote: Hot off the press (this came out of the oven less than two hours ago, and is now residing in my stomach as I type this) is the last dinner of our Christmas/New Year break before we go back on the diet. In the last year I've

Re: PAW52 - Christmas is over

2011-01-02 Thread Boris Liberman
My hatred to you Dag, starts to become profound /friendly grin/... Where did you learn to shoot like this? Boris On 1/2/2011 9:54 PM, DagT wrote: ...as well as the first PAW year. Thank you again for all the comments .-) http://www.thrane.name/page3/page7/files/page7-1000-full.html K20D,

Re: PESO - Sushi 50% Off

2011-01-02 Thread Boris Liberman
It looks like a scene from a movie. As if you were on the filming set and took a shot from above. I almost feel compelled to ask who's the director and what's the title... Boris On 1/2/2011 3:56 PM, Rick Womer wrote: We were in New York on Thursday, and paid a brief visit to the Museum of

Re: PDML 2010 blogroll

2011-01-02 Thread Boris Liberman
Mark, I'd like to change the link on your PDML members page from my web site to my blog. How do I go about achieving that? Thanks. Boris On 1/2/2011 2:20 AM, Mark Roberts wrote: Also: http://www.robertstech.com/peso.htm (Feed: http://www.robertstech.com/feed.xml) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss

Re: PESO: New Year Dinner

2011-01-02 Thread Boris Liberman
Looks delicious... Keep loosin' it, John! /friendly grin/ Boris On 1/3/2011 8:15 AM, John Francis wrote: On Mon, Jan 03, 2011 at 01:02:00AM -0500, John Francis wrote: Hot off the press (this came out of the oven less than two hours ago, and is now residing in my stomach as I type this) is

Re: PESO: New Year Dinner

2011-01-02 Thread Larry Colen
On 01/02/2011 10:15 PM, John Francis wrote: On Mon, Jan 03, 2011 at 01:02:00AM -0500, John Francis wrote: Hot off the press (this came out of the oven less than two hours ago, and is now residing in my stomach as I type this) is the last dinner of our Christmas/New Year break before we go

Re: COMPLETELY OT! Roll Call...

2011-01-02 Thread DagT
Den 3. jan. 2011 kl. 07.02 skrev Boris Liberman: On 1/3/2011 2:03 AM, DagT wrote: Don´t panic! When I was 35 I was single and had no kids. When I was 40 I was married and had three kids. :-) DagT http://www.thrane.name As a partially mathematician I should say, Dag, that my

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