Re: PESO - Nocturnal Gingerbread

2011-03-24 Thread Larry Colen
On Mar 23, 2011, at 4:38 PM, Ann Sanfedele wrote: > I love those kind of structures... D.C. is a great place to find em ,too. > > pretty picture, rick I just got a chance to look. Great shot. > > ann > > David J Brooks wrote: > >> Lovely lighting, now i'm going for cookie. >> >> Dave >

RE: PESO - Ironwork

2011-03-24 Thread Bob W
> Another photo-refugee from November 2010. I love the ironwork in > Paris; this is a doorway near our hotel in the 17e arrondissement: > > http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=12094381 > > (K7, DA 16-45) > > Rick that's very nice indeed. B -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: PESO - Ironwork

2011-03-24 Thread Madame RD
Le 24/03/11 08:38, Bob W a écrit : Another photo-refugee from November 2010. I love the ironwork in Paris; this is a doorway near our hotel in the 17e arrondissement: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=12094381 (K7, DA 16-45) Rick that's very nice indeed. B Fantastic! and o

Re: PESO - Portrait: O. D. Johnson

2011-03-24 Thread Tim Øsleby
Yeah. I think I've portrait him pretty good. -- MaritimTim http://maritimtim.blogspot.com/ 2011/3/24 Rick Womer : > Tim, > > The question is:  What sort of person is Ole Dan? > > Is he a sober and reflective sort?  Then #1 might be best. > > Is he relaxed and casual?  Then #2. > > Is he given

Re: PESO - Portrait: O. D. Johnson

2011-03-24 Thread Tim Øsleby
Thanks Paul. My opinion and experience is appreciated. The modell told me he _really_ liked the first one. Maybe you have put words on why? Let me explain why I explore these odd angles, to see if I can make them work. I am looking for something different. There is so many portraiters doing the

Re: PESO - Portrait: O. D. Johnson

2011-03-24 Thread Tim Øsleby
And this is what makes your opinion so valuable for me :-) -- MaritimTim http://maritimtim.blogspot.com/ 2011/3/24 Tim Øsleby : > Thanks Paul. My opinion and experience is appreciated. > > The modell told me he _really_ liked the first one. Maybe you have put > words on why? > > Let me explain

RE: Kodachrome - Memories, Memories....

2011-03-24 Thread Bob W
> not all that bad, actually (the scanning) > > I LOVE that first one! and the ones from France in 1980... > > they don't look dusty to me... I'd have to blow them up by a factor of > ten to see dust on them. > (which is what I do when I spot mine in Elements ) > > ann > > Bob W wrote: > [..

RE: PESO - Portrait: O. D. Johnson

2011-03-24 Thread Bob W
See if you can get hold of a copy of 'Train Your Gaze' by Roswell Angier. It's an excellent and practical guide to portrait photography. Camera angles tend to be gimmicky and looked tired very quickly. Besides, Cartier-Bresson was very scathing about them. The key to portrait photography is look

Re: PESO - Portrait: O. D. Johnson

2011-03-24 Thread Larry Colen
On Mar 24, 2011, at 12:47 AM, Tim Øsleby wrote: > Thanks Paul. My opinion and experience is appreciated. > > The modell told me he _really_ liked the first one. Maybe you have put > words on why? It's a good shot. > > Let me explain why I explore these odd angles, to see if I can make them wo

Re: PESO - Portrait: O. D. Johnson

2011-03-24 Thread Tim Øsleby
You will be fine Larry, as long as you stay away from tiny overlaoded boats. http://maritimtim.blogspot.com/2011/03/o-d-johnson.html I'm not aiming to invent a totally new direction in photography. But I'm looking for something that makes my pictures mine. My photo colleague takes a lot of near e

PESO - CanAm Death Bike

2011-03-24 Thread frank theriault
I'm thinking of riding something with a bit more panache than my old track bike: http://knarfdummyblog.blogspot.com/2011/03/canam-death-bike.html ;-) Hope you enjoy. Comments always welcome. cheers, frank -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept."  -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss

Re: PESO: Tree Trimmer -- Hawaiian style

2011-03-24 Thread Brian Walters
On Tue, 22 Mar 2011 23:45 -0400, "Daniel J. Matyola" wrote: > http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=12851553 > > As always, comments, suggestions, criticisms and abuse are encouraged. I got vertigo just looking at it. On a purely aesthetic note, have you considered a vertical crop? The sky

Re: PESO The Scream

2011-03-24 Thread Brian Walters
On Tue, 22 Mar 2011 01:09 -0700, "Larry Colen" wrote: > I was driving home this afternoon, and this caught my eye. I found > myself shooting then analyzing rather than thinking before shooting, so I > tried to think and plan ahead more as people suggested. Those pictures > sucked, but I kind of l

Re: PESO - CanAm Death Bike

2011-03-24 Thread Brian Walters
On Thu, 24 Mar 2011 07:44 -0400, "frank theriault" wrote: > I'm thinking of riding something with a bit more panache than my old > track bike: > > http://knarfdummyblog.blogspot.com/2011/03/canam-death-bike.html > > ;-) > That does take accessorising to an entirely different level... Cheer

Re: PESO - Ironwork

2011-03-24 Thread Jack Davis
Very well seen and, aside from some subtle lighting and a shadow, extremely nice symmetry. Jack --- On Wed, 3/23/11, Rick Womer wrote: > From: Rick Womer > Subject: PESO - Ironwork > To: "Pentax List" > Date: Wednesday, March 23, 2011, 11:23 PM > Another photo-refugee from November > 2010. 

Something odd happening with Pentax Photo Gallery

2011-03-24 Thread Brian Walters
I just tried to log into my account (using the correct email and password) and I was taken to another contributor's account. Logged out and logged back in again about 10 minutes later and was again taken to another contributor's account (different to the first one). Very odd. Anyone else seeing

Re: PESO - CanAm Death Bike

2011-03-24 Thread Jack Davis
Very well caught, Frank. Can't really say why, but I'd move on fairly quickly before encountering the rider. ;) Jack --- On Thu, 3/24/11, frank theriault wrote: > From: frank theriault > Subject: PESO - CanAm Death Bike > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" > Date: Thursday, March 24, 2011, 4:44

Re: Something odd happening with Pentax Photo Gallery

2011-03-24 Thread Bong Manayon
On Thu, Mar 24, 2011 at 8:43 PM, Brian Walters wrote: > I just tried to log into my account (using the correct email and > password) and I was taken to another contributor's account. > > Logged out and logged back in again about 10 minutes later and was again > taken to another contributor's accou

Re: Something odd happening with Pentax Photo Gallery

2011-03-24 Thread Tim Øsleby
You deleted the pictures from the competitior I assume ;-) -- MaritimTim http://maritimtim.blogspot.com/ 2011/3/24 Brian Walters : > I just tried to log into my account (using the correct email and > password) and I was taken to another contributor's account. > > Logged out and logged back in

Re: Something odd happening with Pentax Photo Gallery

2011-03-24 Thread Brian Walters
On Thu, 24 Mar 2011 13:50 +0100, "Tim Øsleby" wrote: > You deleted the pictures from the competitior I assume ;-) No, but I downloaded their accepted ones and I'll submit them as my own shortly. :-)> <- Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters

PPG ?

2011-03-24 Thread Jack Davis
Just opened my PPG account and it's not mine?? Any one else? Jack -- 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: PPG ?

2011-03-24 Thread Brian Walters
On Thu, 24 Mar 2011 05:53 -0700, "Jack Davis" wrote: > Just opened my PPG account and it's not mine?? Any one else? > To quote Bong... Yup! Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://lyons-ryan.org/southernlight/ -- -- http://www.fas

Which to keep: A Lens Priority Question

2011-03-24 Thread Collin Brendemuehl
It's a simple question, and even more about reading people's thoughts regarding the lenses they would keep vs. part with. I have 2 zooms. #1 SMC Pentax-A 70-210/4. Quite nice, but awfully bulky. #2 Sears "202" 75-300/4.5 "A"-type, reasonably sharp, not so heavy, & longer Now at this time I'm

Re: PPG ?

2011-03-24 Thread Collin Brendemuehl
Ditto. Sincerely, Collin Brendemuehl http://kerygmainstitute.org "He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose" -- Jim Elliott -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please

Re: Which to keep: A Lens Priority Question

2011-03-24 Thread Bong Manayon
On Thu, Mar 24, 2011 at 9:14 PM, Collin Brendemuehl wrote: > It's a simple question, and even more about reading people's thoughts > regarding the lenses they would keep vs. part with. > > I have 2 zooms. > #1 SMC Pentax-A 70-210/4.  Quite nice, but awfully bulky. > #2 Sears "202" 75-300/4.5 "A"-

Re: The Bicycle Guy

2011-03-24 Thread John Sessoms
From: "P. J. Alling" Perhaps I should learn to spell bicycle. Not if you want to fit in with the rest of the list. -- 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 d

Re: Which to keep: A Lens Priority Question

2011-03-24 Thread Jack Davis
Sell both and replace them with a $350 DA 55~300.(?) I quickly sold my A 70~210f/4 after receiving the DA 55~300. In doing so you will have satisfied your inventory reducing mood. Your age is no excuse to reduce your equipment inventory. You'll realize that later, Collin. Jack --- On Thu, 3/2

Re: PESO -- Portrait of a Black Dog ... Challenge Con't.

2011-03-24 Thread Ann Sanfedele
ah but that looks like an ad for the new Broadway musical "Dogs" ;-) ann Morris Galloway wrote: The "Black Dog" Difficulty continues. Here is an example of Why I Don't Post. http://www.flickr.com/photos/smtnobsrvr/5554610277/ (Yes, the Dog has One Blue Eye, along-side one-half Blue and one

Re: PESO -- Looking Downstream

2011-03-24 Thread John Sessoms
From: "P. J. Alling" It seems that Dropbox changed the way they generate Public Addresses, which I'd devised a way to cheat on, saving myself a step, when posting. I deleted the old html page and uploaded another. Try this one. http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1604247/PESO/PESO%20--%20lookingdownstrea

Going to read-only lurking mode

2011-03-24 Thread Boris Liberman
Shalom. The new cycle of violence has developed in my country. Rockets are falling again in the towns just nearby ours. I don't think I will be in position to participate actively on the list. For any specific inquiries you can always send me a message off-list to which I will try to reply.

Pentax Photo Gallery

2011-03-24 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
Has anyone else had problems lately with the Pentax Photo Gallery? I checked into my "artist" page, with my proper email address and password, last night for the first time in a while, to check on some images I had submitted a couple of weeks ago. Iinstead of my images, someone else's photos were

Re: PPG ?

2011-03-24 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
Same here. I just posted about the problem before I noticed this thread. Can anyone contact Pentax? Dan On Thu, Mar 24, 2011 at 9:18 AM, Collin Brendemuehl wrote: > Ditto. > > Sincerely, > > Collin Brendemuehl > http://kerygmainstitute.org > > "He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to ga

Re: Something odd happening with Pentax Photo Gallery

2011-03-24 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
I have had the same problem. Did anyone contact Pentax? Dan On Thu, Mar 24, 2011 at 8:53 AM, Brian Walters wrote: > On Thu, 24 Mar 2011 13:50 +0100, "Tim Øsleby" > wrote: >> You deleted the pictures from the competitior I assume ;-) > > > No, but I downloaded their accepted ones and I'll submi

Re: PPG ?

2011-03-24 Thread Bong Manayon
On Thu, Mar 24, 2011 at 9:54 PM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: > Same here.  I just posted about the problem before I noticed this > thread.  Can anyone contact Pentax? > > Dan I did. Btw, I wandered into your account ... didn't tamper with anything :-D Bong -- Bong Manayon http://www.bong.uni.cc

Re: Going to read-only lurking mode

2011-03-24 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
OMG! Sorry to hear about that, Boris. We will all be thinking of you and praying for your safety. Take care of youself and your family. Dan On Thu, Mar 24, 2011 at 9:52 AM, Boris Liberman wrote: > Shalom. > > The new cycle of violence has developed in my country. Rockets are falling > again i

Re: Which to keep: A Lens Priority Question

2011-03-24 Thread Collin Brendemuehl
>Sell both and replace them with a $350 DA 55~300.(?) I quickly sold my A >70~210f/4 after receiving the DA 55~300. In doing so you will have satisfied >your inventory reducing mood. Well, I could get about $125 for the A but only about $40-$50 for the Sears. (The Sears sell for much less than

Re: PPG ?

2011-03-24 Thread Jack Davis
I did, this AM on their "Contact" form. Someone may eventually read it.(?) Jack --- On Thu, 3/24/11, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: > From: Daniel J. Matyola > Subject: Re: PPG ? > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" > Date: Thursday, March 24, 2011, 6:54 AM > Same here.  I just posted about > the probl

Re: Semi-OT: Progress

2011-03-24 Thread John Sessoms
From: John Francis On Wed, Mar 23, 2011 at 02:10:13PM -0400, John Sessoms wrote: > From: John Francis > > >On Tue, Mar 22, 2011 at 11:11:42AM -0400, John Sessoms wrote: > >>> I now have my general "browse the internet" computer up and running > >>> so I can once again read the list and type o

Re: Going to read-only lurking mode

2011-03-24 Thread Collin Brendemuehl
Boris, Of course. Psalm 122:6 Jeremiah 29:7 Sincerely, Collin Brendemuehl http://kerygmainstitute.org "He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose" -- Jim Elliott -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.ne

Re: PPG ?

2011-03-24 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
If I stumble into your account, I will take some of your lesser images and then try to upload them to my account, so I can have a bit more success. Dan On Thu, Mar 24, 2011 at 9:57 AM, Bong Manayon wrote: > On Thu, Mar 24, 2011 at 9:54 PM, Daniel J. Matyola > wrote: >> Same here.  I just pos

Re: Semi-OT: Progress

2011-03-24 Thread John Sessoms
From: Mark Roberts John Francis wrote: >On Wed, Mar 23, 2011 at 02:10:13PM -0400, John Sessoms wrote: >> From: John Francis >> >> >On Tue, Mar 22, 2011 at 11:11:42AM -0400, John Sessoms wrote: >> >>> >> >>> The CD-RW drive is recognized, but won't read a CD. Don't know how >> >>> I'm going t

RE: PESO - Portrait: O. D. Johnson

2011-03-24 Thread John Sessoms
From: Tim ?sleby Meet my college Ole Dan Johnson (four picks) http://maritimtim.blogspot.com/2011/03/o-d-johnson.html I lust for comments. I need to learn fast. The first and last have nice modeling. The lighting in the middle two are a bit flat for my taste. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail Li

Re: PESO - CanAm Death Bike

2011-03-24 Thread David J Brooks
Nice placing of the "targets":-) Dave On Thu, Mar 24, 2011 at 7:44 AM, frank theriault wrote: > I'm thinking of riding something with a bit more panache than my old track > bike: > > http://knarfdummyblog.blogspot.com/2011/03/canam-death-bike.html > > ;-) > > Hope you enjoy.  Comments always we

Re: PPG ?

2011-03-24 Thread David J Brooks
On Thu, Mar 24, 2011 at 10:01 AM, Jack Davis wrote: > I did, this AM on their "Contact" form. Someone may eventually read it.(?) > > Jack Have not been on that site for over a year. maybe i'll swing over and see. Dave > > --- On Thu, 3/24/11, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: > >> From: Daniel J. Matyol

Re: PPG ?

2011-03-24 Thread David J Brooks
On Thu, Mar 24, 2011 at 10:12 AM, David J Brooks wrote: > On Thu, Mar 24, 2011 at 10:01 AM, Jack Davis wrote: >> I did, this AM on their "Contact" form. Someone may eventually read it.(?) >> >> Jack > > Have not been on that site for over a year. maybe i'll swing over and see. > > Dave Logged in

Re: PESO - Portrait: O. D. Johnson

2011-03-24 Thread Ann Sanfedele
Tim - Being different for it's own sake is seldom if ever, a successful asthetic. The best portraits are where the personality and character of the one you are photographing is revealed in them without your style and personality getting in the way. I suspect you model (friend of yours?) li

Re: Semi-OT: Progress

2011-03-24 Thread Matthew Hunt
On Thu, Mar 24, 2011 at 10:06 AM, John Sessoms wrote: > I do not exist to make the system happy; the system exists to make me happy! > I would find two DVD drives boring. Get a DVD-RW and a DVD+RW. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to

Re: Which to keep: A Lens Priority Question

2011-03-24 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
I tend to sell everything I'm not actively using. It reduces the decisions needed when I actually want to go do a photo shoot: I work with what I have. If what I need isn't what I have, enough times, I can always reacquire or buy a better one later. I use such long focal length lenses so infrequen

Re: PESO - Ironwork

2011-03-24 Thread Eric Weir
On Mar 24, 2011, at 2:23 AM, Rick Womer wrote: > Another photo-refugee from November 2010. I love the ironwork in Paris; this > is a doorway near our hotel in the 17e arrondissement: > > http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=12094381 Beautiful. The image itself looks metallic.

Re: PESO - CanAm Death Bike

2011-03-24 Thread Ann Sanfedele
Brian Walters wrote: On Thu, 24 Mar 2011 07:44 -0400, "frank theriault" wrote: I'm thinking of riding something with a bit more panache than my old track bike: http://knarfdummyblog.blogspot.com/2011/03/canam-death-bike.html ;-) That does take accessorising to an entirely different lev

Re: Sony Unveils Pro NEX-FS100 Interchangeable Lens Camcorder

2011-03-24 Thread John Sessoms
From: Cotty On 23/3/11, David Parsons, discombobulated, unleashed: >This looks like a RED competitor that uses 16mm cinema lenses. Nowhere near - this is cheap and cheerful. And apparently the SUPER35 is what we would consider a "half-frame" format. Still, that's what I think the future of

Re: PESO: Tree Trimmer -- Hawaiian style

2011-03-24 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
Thanks, Brian, that is a good suggestion. I took some vertical images with the entire tree in the frame, but the person was so small that the image was quite uninteresting. I'll try your suggestion. Dan On Thu, Mar 24, 2011 at 7:48 AM, Brian Walters wrote: > On Tue, 22 Mar 2011 23:45 -0400, "D

Re: Something odd happening with Pentax Photo Gallery

2011-03-24 Thread Ann Sanfedele
Different weirdness here... I went to this page http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/artist?action=editGallery got in to the next page - where you select what to look at... clicked on "your photos" as I always do, and it wouldnt go further. ann Brian Walters wrote: I just tried to log into my

Re: PESO - Portrait: O. D. Johnson

2011-03-24 Thread Tim Øsleby
Both are valid points Ann. BTW. The first one is 20% photography and 80% rendering. -- MaritimTim http://maritimtim.blogspot.com/ 2011/3/24 Ann Sanfedele : > Tim - > Being different for it's own sake is seldom if ever, a successful asthetic. >  The best portraits are where the personality and

Re: PESO - Portrait: O. D. Johnson

2011-03-24 Thread John Sessoms
From: Tim ?sleby Alas my photoshop skills are limited. When I try to remove them, it just looks unatural. So I just try to tone them down a bit. This is among the things I really need to work on. I have a book somewhere ... 2011/3/23 Jack Davis : > Would advise removing any glistening facial a

Re: Something odd happening with Pentax Photo Gallery

2011-03-24 Thread David J Brooks
On Thu, Mar 24, 2011 at 10:27 AM, Ann Sanfedele wrote: > Different weirdness here... > > I went to this page > http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/artist?action=editGallery > got in to the next page - where you select what to look at... > > clicked on "your photos" as I always do, and it wouldnt go

Re: PESO - Portrait: O. D. Johnson

2011-03-24 Thread Ann Sanfedele
Tim Øsleby wrote: Both are valid points Ann. BTW. The first one is 20% photography and 80% rendering. ahha! hence the fantasy look. :-) ann -- MaritimTim http://maritimtim.blogspot.com/ 2011/3/24 Ann Sanfedele : Tim - Being different for it's own sake is seldom if ever, a suc

Re: Something odd happening with Pentax Photo Gallery

2011-03-24 Thread Ann Sanfedele
Lots of you guys mentioned being taken elsewhere... guess I'm lucky it jsut refused to enter my area sounds like they have gotten hacked. ann David J Brooks wrote: On Thu, Mar 24, 2011 at 10:27 AM, Ann Sanfedele wrote: Different weirdness here... I went to this page http://www.pentaxpho

Re: Something odd happening with Pentax Photo Gallery

2011-03-24 Thread Matthew Hunt
On Thu, Mar 24, 2011 at 10:39 AM, David J Brooks wrote: > Ann, i entered my user name and PW and was taken to a site for a > Romanian photographer. You have been reassigned. I suggest learning Romanian as quickly as possible. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailm

RE: Going to read-only lurking mode

2011-03-24 Thread John Sessoms
From: Boris Liberman Shalom. The new cycle of violence has developed in my country. Rockets are falling again in the towns just nearby ours. I don't think I will be in position to participate actively on the list. For any specific inquiries you can always send me a message off-list to which I

RE: Kodachrome - Memories, Memories....

2011-03-24 Thread John Sessoms
From: "Bob W" I've just scanned a few Kodachromes, and will send one to the gallery. Here are some that I'm not going to submit. They include some of the earliest Kodachromes I ever shot, and thanks to the atrocious conditions in which I've kept them, they are obviously starting to deteriorate.

Re: Something odd happening with Pentax Photo Gallery

2011-03-24 Thread Scott Loveless
On Thu, Mar 24, 2011 at 10:49 AM, Matthew Hunt wrote: > On Thu, Mar 24, 2011 at 10:39 AM, David J Brooks wrote: > >> Ann, i entered my user name and PW and was taken to a site for a >> Romanian photographer. > > You have been reassigned. I suggest learning Romanian as quickly as possible. Someon

Re: Something odd happening with Pentax Photo Gallery

2011-03-24 Thread Jack Davis
Just logged in to my personal account and there I was (am) along with my very own photos. Still can't access "me" through the "Artist's" page. Jack --- On Thu, 3/24/11, Scott Loveless wrote: > From: Scott Loveless > Subject: Re: Something odd happening with Pentax Photo Gallery > To: "Pentax-

Re: Semi-OT: Progress

2011-03-24 Thread Mark Roberts
John Sessoms wrote: >I would find two DVD drives boring. That's one of the weirdest statements I've ever read on this list! -- Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSU

Re: Going to read-only lurking mode

2011-03-24 Thread Tim Bray
On Thu, Mar 24, 2011 at 7:51 AM, John Sessoms wrote: > I hope that some day men (and women) of peace & goodwill will prevail on > both sides of the divide and that those who fan the flames of hatred for > their own profit will be defeated. If the people in the neighborhood who fan the flames, la

Re: Something odd happening with Pentax Photo Gallery

2011-03-24 Thread Jack Davis
I am now someone who has 21 images pending review. Thought the limit had been changed to 10 quite awhile ago.(?) Think we're involved in a mess. Jack --- On Thu, 3/24/11, Brian Walters wrote: > From: Brian Walters > Subject: Re: Something odd happening with Pentax Photo Gallery > To: "Pentax-

Re: Something odd happening with Pentax Photo Gallery

2011-03-24 Thread Ann Sanfedele
You can submit 10 every 7 days... well - just now when I went to my bio I got someone else... an italian... also , on my account. very creepy! ann Jack Davis wrote: I am now someone who has 21 images pending review. Thought the limit had been changed to 10 quite awhile ago.(?) Think we

Re: Something odd happening with Pentax Photo Gallery

2011-03-24 Thread Bong Manayon
On Thu, Mar 24, 2011 at 11:11 PM, Jack Davis wrote: > I am now someone who has 21 images pending review. Thought the limit had been > changed to 10 quite awhile ago.(?) > Think we're involved in a mess. > > Jack Nothing wrong with that; sometimes I upload 10 on a Saturday, then another 10 the fo

Re: Something odd happening with Pentax Photo Gallery

2011-03-24 Thread Jack Davis
Upon the imposition of the 10 image limit, it was implied the reason was to allow some time to clean up the backlog of images pending review. >From the current sloth like pattern of movement, it appears the system has >been overtaken again. Maybe this current "mess" was contrived to temporally ha

Re: PESO - Portrait: O. D. Johnson

2011-03-24 Thread Tim Øsleby
Agree about the flat light. I had trouble rendering these two files. As I recall, I had one light at each side of me, in a 45 degre angle, probably about 1,5EV differense. Nothing fancy. Any suggestions on how to improve? -- MaritimTim http://maritimtim.blogspot.com/ 2011/3/24 John Sessoms :

Re: Kodachrome - Memories, Memories....

2011-03-24 Thread Ann Sanfedele
Just thought of this... I know at LEAST 2 of our gang have photographed The Kodachrome Basin in Utah... :-) ann Brian Walters wrote: G'day all Just a reminder the that PUG theme for April is 'Memories of Kodachrome'. So far just 2 submissions plus 2 for the Open Gallery. So soon we forge

Re: Something odd happening with Pentax Photo Gallery

2011-03-24 Thread Tim Øsleby
2011/3/24 Brian Walters : > On Thu, 24 Mar 2011 13:50 +0100, "Tim Øsleby" > wrote: >> You deleted the pictures from the competitior I assume ;-) > > > No, but I downloaded their accepted ones and I'll submit them as my own > shortly. > > > :-)>  <- > > > > Cheers > > Brian

Re: PPG ?

2011-03-24 Thread Ken Waller
The question is are the images better ? ; + }} Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: "Jack Davis" To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" Sent: Thursday, March 24, 2011 8:53 AM Subject: PPG ? Just opened my PPG account and it's not mine?

Re: PPG ?

2011-03-24 Thread Jack Davis
What a silly question. ;-]})D Jack --- On Thu, 3/24/11, Ken Waller wrote: > From: Ken Waller > Subject: Re: PPG ? > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" > Date: Thursday, March 24, 2011, 9:28 AM > The question is are the images better > ?  ; + }} > > Kenneth Waller > http://www.pentaxphotogallery.

Re: Something odd happening with Pentax Photo Gallery

2011-03-24 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
While I couldn't access my images, it did let me vote. I voted for a great image of the Hoboken train station. Dan On Thu, Mar 24, 2011 at 10:27 AM, Ann Sanfedele wrote: > Different weirdness here... > > I went to this page > http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/artist?action=editGallery > got in

Re: Semi-OT: Progress

2011-03-24 Thread steve harley
On 2011-03-24 08:03 , John Sessoms wrote: I'd be just as happy with BlueRay & DVD or DVD & CD-R ... I just don't want DVD & DVD. okay, if you'll buy a bare IDE DVD-RW, i'll exchange it to you for one of the well-functioning CD-RW that are in Firewire cases in front of me; a DVD-R would be fin

Re: Something odd happening with Pentax Photo Gallery

2011-03-24 Thread Bong Manayon
On Fri, Mar 25, 2011 at 12:45 AM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: > While I couldn't access my images, it did let me vote.  I voted for a > great image of the Hoboken train station. > > Dan Try again. Because when I did that and went back at a later time, I found myself looking at the same set of photo

Re: Something odd happening with Pentax Photo Gallery

2011-03-24 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
Well, if it comes up again when I'm in my own account, I'll vote for it again. I like that image of Ann's, and I didn't want to pass up the opportunity to vote for it. Dan On Thu, Mar 24, 2011 at 12:54 PM, Bong Manayon wrote: > On Fri, Mar 25, 2011 at 12:45 AM, Daniel J. Matyola > wrote: >> Wh

Re: Something odd happening with Pentax Photo Gallery

2011-03-24 Thread AlunFoto
It looks to me like one of their database tables has been corrupted. Could be just a hardware fault on the hosting servers. Doesn't look like a hack to me... but I dunno... been out of the web programming business for too long now... --- Original message --- From: Jack Davis To: pdml

Re: Something odd happening with Pentax Photo Gallery

2011-03-24 Thread David J Brooks
On Thu, Mar 24, 2011 at 1:05 PM, AlunFoto wrote: > It looks to me like one of their database tables has been corrupted. Could > be just a hardware fault on the hosting servers. Doesn't look like a hack to > me... but I dunno... been out of the web programming business for too long > now... Maybe

Re: PESO - CanAm Death Bike

2011-03-24 Thread Larry Colen
On Mar 24, 2011, at 4:44 AM, frank theriault wrote: > I'm thinking of riding something with a bit more panache than my old track > bike: > > http://knarfdummyblog.blogspot.com/2011/03/canam-death-bike.html I was hoping for something in McLaren orange, or at least big vacuum cleaner skirts on

Re: Something odd happening with Pentax Photo Gallery

2011-03-24 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
I tried to send an email from the "Contact" page, and got this error: Application Error Error: com.slingshot.bean.view.FormBeanException Message: No FormBean of name [ContactUs] exists in the session Thursday, March, 24, 2011 11:57.51 AM MDT Dan On Thu, Mar 24, 2011 at 1:42 PM, David J Broo

Re: Something odd happening with Pentax Photo Gallery

2011-03-24 Thread Ann Sanfedele
Me too - sigh Daniel J. Matyola wrote: I tried to send an email from the "Contact" page, and got this error: Application Error Error: com.slingshot.bean.view.FormBeanException Message: No FormBean of name [ContactUs] exists in the session Thursday, March, 24, 2011 11:57.51 AM MDT Dan O

Re: Something odd happening with Pentax Photo Gallery

2011-03-24 Thread Jack Davis
I sent a message from their "contact" page earlier this AM. I'll bet they're being overwhelmed with messages so "broke" the link. --- On Thu, 3/24/11, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: > From: Daniel J. Matyola > Subject: Re: Something odd happening with Pentax Photo Gallery > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail

No Access

2011-03-24 Thread Jack Davis
The must have their "crack" techy working on it now. No access through "Artist's Page". Jack -- 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: PESO - CanAm Death Bike

2011-03-24 Thread steve harley
On 2011-03-24 05:44 , frank theriault wrote: I'm thinking of riding something with a bit more panache than my old track bike: http://knarfdummyblog.blogspot.com/2011/03/canam-death-bike.html i noticed first the mirrors aimed at sky to watch for black helicopters; but then i saw the unworn tir

Re: Something odd happening with Pentax Photo Gallery

2011-03-24 Thread P. J. Alling
Sombody go to Ned Bunnell's Blog and post a comment he'll know who to contact and light a few fires. On 3/24/2011 2:14 PM, Jack Davis wrote: I sent a message from their "contact" page earlier this AM. I'll bet they're being overwhelmed with messages so "broke" the link. --- On Thu, 3/24/11, D

I'm Back

2011-03-24 Thread Jack Davis
My "Artist's Page" is actually. Jack -- 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: I'm Back

2011-03-24 Thread Ann Sanfedele
I wrote someone directly ... I had an email address to reply to from an earlier conversation and did it directly from my email and not from the site... don't know if it helped or irritated... but I've got my submitpage back now too. Phew! ann Jack Davis wrote: My "Artist's Page" is actual

About Pentax photo Gallery

2011-03-24 Thread Igor Roshchin
Wow! I couldn't stop being surprised how something breaking generates a huge amount of e-mails on any mailing list. In any case, - it looks like it has been fixed. (This morning, I also had written an e-mail to the PPG support directly.) At least when I log in, - I get to my own account. Cheers,

Re: About Pentax photo Gallery

2011-03-24 Thread Bulent Celasun
Nope! I still login into other people's accounts. It is more than 12 hours since I noticed this. There must be a huge damage to the code, I guess. Bulent - http://photo.net/photodb/user?user_id=2226822 http://www.pentaxphotogaller

Re: About Pentax photo Gallery

2011-03-24 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
It may be a cache problem at this point. Restart the computer and see if that cures it. Dan On Thu, Mar 24, 2011 at 4:14 PM, Bulent Celasun wrote: > Nope! > I still login into other people's accounts. > It is more than 12 hours since I noticed this. > There must be a huge damage to the code, I

Re: Which to keep: A Lens Priority Question

2011-03-24 Thread Rick Womer
Thin down the toys at 55 ?!? Wait a minute! I'm 58 and only just finished writing college tuition checks! Rick --- On Thu, 3/24/11, Collin Brendemuehl wrote: > My general goal is to get rid of stuff.  I'm 55 and > it's time to thin down the toys.  -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail Lis

Re: About Pentax photo Gallery

2011-03-24 Thread Bulent Celasun
Dan, Unfortunately, it is not a cache problem. I become a different user each time I try to login. Below is the message the site displayed a minute ago: www.pentaxphotogallery.com is currently very busy and can't respond to all requests or is undergoing maintenance. Please try again later. Thank

Re: Something odd happening with Pentax Photo Gallery

2011-03-24 Thread AlunFoto
A Java application running out of beans. Maybe we should call Starbucks to fix it. :-) --- Original message --- From: Daniel J. Matyola To: pdml@pdml.net Sent: 24.3.'11, 18:59 I tried to send an email from the "Contact" page, and got this error: Application Error Error: com.slingsh

Re: PAW63 - Masked

2011-03-24 Thread DagT
Thanks Tim, P.J., Dave and Steve! DagT http://www.thrane.name Den 22. mars 2011 kl. 00.38 skrev Steven Desjardins: > A strong image nicely done. > > On Mon, Mar 21, 2011 at 5:09 PM, DagT wrote: >> Found this one yesterday in Budapest... >> >> http://www.thrane.name/Pictures/PAW/files/page7

Re: Something odd happening with Pentax Photo Gallery

2011-03-24 Thread John Francis
On Thu, Mar 24, 2011 at 10:30:26PM +0100, AlunFoto wrote: > A Java application running out of beans. > Maybe we should call Starbucks to fix it. :-) That is, of course, why Beans is/are so named (see the logo). I'm sure there's a whole bag of similar "funny" (sic) names around, but fortunately I'v

Re: About Pentax photo Gallery

2011-03-24 Thread Ann Sanfedele
Well I don't know if anything I did was of any use at all in the appearance of that message... Here is what I wrote : sent at 2:14 pm EDT (after a subject line that said "what in the world is going on with the site?" and I'm not fixing the brooksian/sanfedelian typos 'cause thats how it wen

Re: About Pentax photo Gallery

2011-03-24 Thread Bulent Celasun
Ann, Everything now seems to be working correctly for me as well. (Past midnight GMT plus 2). Unfortunately, the bug or whatever did not promote my two "waiting to be reviewed" photos to the "accepted" category ;) (It was you, I believe, who told me to submit more. And, I did!) Bulent --

Re: About Pentax photo Gallery

2011-03-24 Thread Ann Sanfedele
Well I actually got a reply directly - just a few minutes ago. from someone at PPG , in reply to what I wrote (quoted below) saying that the problem seemed to have been fixed and to let him/her know if I was still having problems and sorry for inconvenience. I quoted you in replying - about

  1   2   >