Re: peso: Blackberries beginning to ripen

I own a cottage on an island in the Pacific Northwest. Blackberries... they are the enemy. We hatesss, them my preciousss, yes we does. They have several times the vigor of most plants. They can grow multiple meters per year. They are covered with very sharp thorns. Any individual piece of the

Re: PAW75 - Concrete

Thanks Godfrey I wasn´t sure about the blue square, but decided to keep it because it balances the blue in the flower and trousers, and the square shape of the window on the left, but I do see your point. I always find it difficult to decide when to stop leaving out elements. DagT Den 13. ju

Re: It's official, PDML Central II is gone

On 15/6/11, Cory Waters, discombobulated, unleashed: I just watched the new owner of our camper (formerly known as PDML Central) tow it off into a nasty looking thunderstorm. With work obligations and the kids getting older and more active on weekends, we just weren't using it. This way, we get a

Re: PAW75 - Concrete

Thanks to John, and all the others too. This is from Trinity College in Dublin DagT Den 14. juni 2011 kl. 02.05 skrev John Coyle: > Another intriguing image Dag - makes me want to know what the location is? > > John Coyle > Brisbane, Australia > > > > > -Original Message- > From: p

Re: Multi-dimensional enablement

Nice stereo pairs can be made with a little gadget I picked up long ago. With it you shoot one image (full frame film or sensor) then this pantograph or parallelograph moves the camera up and over to a position an eye's distance away, on the same plane. ______ \__\

Re: Multi-dimensional enablement

Sounds like it could be done with a macro rail except for the folding bit? Cheers Ecke 2011/6/16 Joseph McAllister : > Nice stereo pairs can be made with a little gadget I picked up long ago. With > it you shoot one image (full frame film or sensor) then this pantograph or > parallelograph moves

Re: PESO 2011 - 094 & 095 - GDG

On 6/11/2011 04:21, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: From walks in Bronxville, NY last month: http://www.flickr.com/photos/gdgphoto/5819314703/in/photostream/lightbox/ or http://www.flickr.com/photos/gdgphoto/5819314703/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/gdgphoto/5819314767/in/photostream/lightbox/

Re: Grab a Drop

Walt, I'm sorry to hear about your parents; I hope the best is done for them and that you can find strength to pull through this. And you took a beautiful image, great match of colors and I like how the grasshopper isn't so prominently featured but rather blends is and yet remains very visible. Ni

Re: PESO - here they come!

On 16 June 2011 09:25, Brian Walters wrote: > On Wed, 15 Jun 2011 22:54 +1000, "Peter McIntosh" > wrote: >> My wife and I spent the long weekend tripping about Northern Victoria >> in a steam train.  We left Southern Cross station in Melbourne late >> Friday night.  The locos came in after the ca

Re: Grab a Drop

On 06/15/2011 09:55 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote: Nice shot. Hope things get better for you and your parents. Thank you, Paul. On both accounts. As fate would have it, I was startled from my sleep last night and managed to get a muscle spasm in my neck -- which should make shooting macros a litt

Re: Grab a Drop

On 06/15/2011 11:44 PM, Ann Sanfedele wrote: Walt Gilbert wrote: On 06/15/2011 11:05 AM, Christine Aguila wrote: Sorry to hear about your mom and dad, Walt. Christine Thank you, Christine. There are bad days and not-so-bad days. Yesterday was pretty good. Today -- not as bad as some ot

Re: Grab a Drop

On 06/16/2011 04:12 AM, Ecke PDML wrote: Walt, I'm sorry to hear about your parents; I hope the best is done for them and that you can find strength to pull through this. And you took a beautiful image, great match of colors and I like how the grasshopper isn't so prominently featured but rather

Re: PESO: Grab a Drop

On 6/14/2011 19:33, Walt Gilbert wrote: Stepping briefly back out of obscurity to share a photo I took this morning. Sorry I haven't been around to participate. Ever since I got home from my visit to California with Larry and John, my mother's health has taken a turn for the worse. She's currentl

Re: OT: Wireless G4 as an ISP?

On Jun 16, 2011, at 2:36 AM, John Francis wrote: > On Wed, Jun 15, 2011 at 08:17:36PM -0400, Matthew Hunt wrote: >> >> The main problem with 4G is the monthly data caps. With Verizon, I >> think the choices are 5 GB/month for $50, or 10 GB/month for $80, with >> overage at $10 per GB. >> >> If

Re: PESO: Grab a Drop

On 06/16/2011 06:13 AM, Boris Liberman wrote: On 6/14/2011 19:33, Walt Gilbert wrote: Stepping briefly back out of obscurity to share a photo I took this morning. Sorry I haven't been around to participate. Ever since I got home from my visit to California with Larry and John, my mother's health

Re: Grab a Drop

You certainly caught a very interesting moment - I've never heard of insects grabbing drops of dew. Your timing was spot on. When I was trying out lens options the other night I spent a lot of time chasing these very small mantid nymphs that were runnign around in the garden. Dozens of exposures

Re: D-FA 100mm Macro Plus Teleconverter

Thanks, Boris! I started out thinking that I had to have that 200mm macro, and was surprized ot see that alternatives have been sitting in the bag all along. It's a good reminder to explore what you can get out of your gear. Though, I am still hoping that Pentax will be able to fix the 200mm. Th

Re: Back in Boston! (Now with photos)

Hi Mark - Fabulous gallery and I enjoyed your write up with the images. A vicarious GFM experience. Clouse above and Below and some of the other shots around it have some really fantastic light on the clouds. The fisheyes are cool too... Great work. MCC   - Original Message From: M

Re: PESO: Audience shot

On 14/06/2011 7:33 AM, Charles Robinson wrote: Every once in awhile I like to turn the camera around the other way when I'm shooting a concert. http://charles.robinsontwins.org/photos/2011/rebel_rebel/content/IMGP1657_large.html I have no idea where those roses came from. The show was an all-

Re: OT - tech question about turning off cable modem from keyboard

On 2011-06-15 19:12, Brian Walters wrote: What I'd like is a switch that could connect between (say) my wireless router and its power cable so that I can turn the router off and on via the switch instead of having to pull out and reconnect the cable at the back of the router. Same with the scan

PESO: Ghia

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Public Photography

A good, rather typical, Travel Section story about photographers' rights to take pictures. Or not. http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/travel/the-navigator-dont-shoot-but-its-a-public-space/2011/06/13/AGbD5GWH_story.html stan -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/ma

Re: It's official, PDML Central II is gone

On Jun 15, 2011, at 7:06 PM, Cory Waters wrote: > I just watched the new owner of our camper (formerly known as PDML Central) > tow it off into a nasty looking thunderstorm. > With work obligations and the kids getting older and more active on weekends, > we just weren't using it. > This way, w

Re: Peso: Here it comes

Looks fine in my office. I didn't put it on smugmug because I needed image data for pasting into a web forum. I know the SmugMug probably does this but I simply couldn't find it. On Wed, Jun 15, 2011 at 9:19 PM, wrote: > Well folks, I apparently crashed the HD on my MacBook so I'll check tomor

Re: PESO: Audience shot

On Jun 16, 2011, at 7:02, Derby Chang wrote: > On 14/06/2011 7:33 AM, Charles Robinson wrote: >> Every once in awhile I like to turn the camera around the other way when I'm >> shooting a concert. >> >> http://charles.robinsontwins.org/photos/2011/rebel_rebel/content/IMGP1657_large.html > > >

Wanted: manual focus Vivitar Series 1 28-90mm f2.8-3.5 PK mount

If anyone has one of these gathering dust and would like to help a brudder out... drop me a line. I could wait on that infernal auction site, but Patience is not one of my virtues. : ) Darren Addy Kearney, Nebraska -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/p

OT PESO - :-D

G'day All, For your viewing pleasure: D700, AF-S 70-200mm @ 98mm, 1/200 @ f6.3, ISO 400. SB-900 in 60x60cm Lastolite Ezybox camera right. Enjoy, Dave -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listi

Re: OT PESO - :-D

I took advantage of your generous offer. Thanks, David! Jack --- On Thu, 6/16/11, David Savage wrote: > From: David Savage > Subject: OT PESO - :-D > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" > Date: Thursday, June 16, 2011, 7:43 AM > G'day All, > > For your viewing pleasure: > >

Re: It's official, PDML Central II is gone

Cotty wrote: On 15/6/11, Cory Waters, discombobulated, unleashed: I just watched the new owner of our camper (formerly known as PDML Central) tow it off into a nasty looking thunderstorm. With work obligations and the kids getting older and more active on weekends, we just weren't using it. Thi

Re: OT PESO - :-D

Another nice portrait Dave On Thu, Jun 16, 2011 at 10:43 AM, David Savage wrote: > G'day All, > > For your viewing pleasure: > > > > D700, AF-S 70-200mm @ 98mm, 1/200 @ f6.3, ISO 400. SB-900 in 60x60cm > Lastolite Ezybox camera ri

Re: OT PESO - :-D

David Savage wrote: >G'day All, > >For your viewing pleasure: > > We've missed you, Dave. -- Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman

Re: OT: Wireless G4 as an ISP?

From: Paul Stenquist On Jun 15, 2011, at 8:47 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: Okay, looks like I'll be sticking with cable internet. Thanks to Matthew and Cory for setting me straight. Good decision not to depend entirely on 4G cellular. It's not quite ready for that amount of load and it is muc

PESO - The Morning Workout

So yesterday, for some reason I thought it might be a quiet day at work, so I stowed the *istD and Vivitar f3.8 19mm in my messenger bag and headed off to work. About two weeks ago, Canada Post workers were in a legal strike position, and they've been running rotating strikes throughout the countr

RE: Public Photography

From: Stan Halpin A good, rather typical, Travel Section story about photographers' rights to take pictures. Or not. http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/travel/the-navigator-dont-shoot-but-its-a-public-space/2011/06/13/AGbD5GWH_story.html stan Hey, Mr Police-mons ... If you' ain't done

Re: PESO - The Morning Workout

I like that image Frank, and it works well in B&W. Your vantage point emphasizes the isolation -- and perhaps loneliness -- of the sculler. The size of the distant skyline also emphasizes the isolation, and gives a nice feeling of the place. Being busy can be hard of the nerves, but it is usually

Re: OT PESO - :-D

From: David J Brooks Another nice portrait Dave Yeah, uh ... nice. That's the word I was looking for. On Thu, Jun 16, 2011 at 10:43 AM, David Savage wrote: > G'day All, > > For your viewing pleasure: > > > > D700, AF-S 7

RE: PESO - The Morning Workout

> So yesterday, for some reason I thought it might be a quiet day at > work, so I stowed the *istD and Vivitar f3.8 19mm in my messenger bag > and headed off to work. > > About two weeks ago, Canada Post workers were in a legal strike > position, and they've been running rotating strikes throughou

Re: PESO - The Morning Workout

And I'm glad you brought your camera! :-) On Thursday, June 16, 2011, frank theriault wrote: > So yesterday, for some reason I thought it might be a quiet day at > work, so I stowed the *istD and Vivitar f3.8 19mm in my messenger bag > and headed off to work. > > About two weeks ago, Canada Post

RE: Public Photography

> From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of > Stan Halpin > > A good, rather typical, Travel Section story about photographers' > rights to take pictures. Or not. > > http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/travel/the-navigator-dont- > shoot-but-its-a-public-space/20

Re: PESO - The Morning Workout

Very nice. Excellent render and framing. Paul On Jun 16, 2011, at 11:50 AM, frank theriault wrote: > So yesterday, for some reason I thought it might be a quiet day at > work, so I stowed the *istD and Vivitar f3.8 19mm in my messenger bag > and headed off to work. > > About two weeks ago, Canada

Re: Public Photography

On Thu, Jun 16, 2011 at 09:05:56AM -0400, Stan Halpin wrote: > A good, rather typical, Travel Section story about photographers' rights to > take pictures. Or not. > > http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/travel/the-navigator-dont-shoot-but-its-a-public-space/2011/06/13/AGbD5GWH_story.html >

Re: Public Photography

On Thu, Jun 16, 2011 at 9:05 AM, Stan Halpin wrote: > A good, rather typical, Travel Section story about photographers' rights to > take pictures. Or not. > > http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/travel/the-navigator-dont-shoot-but-its-a-public-space/2011/06/13/AGbD5GWH_story.html Also of in

Re: PESO - The Morning Workout

Great - another one that's "wall-worthy" -p On 6/16/2011 12:04 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote: Very nice. Excellent render and framing. Paul On Jun 16, 2011, at 11:50 AM, frank theriault wrote: So yesterday, for some reason I thought it might be a quiet day at work, so I stowed the *istD and Vivita

Re: PESO - The Morning Workout

Good angle and conversion Dave On Thu, Jun 16, 2011 at 11:50 AM, frank theriault wrote: > So yesterday, for some reason I thought it might be a quiet day at > work, so I stowed the *istD and Vivitar f3.8 19mm in my messenger bag > and headed off to work. > > About two weeks ago, Canada Post work

Re: PESO: Ghia

Have not seen that logo for quite some time. I remember a commercial a long time ago with a Ghia trying to bust through a paper sign. The last comment was, after spouting all of the cars features was it was not the strongest car, as all you could see was the paper bulge in and out. Made me laugh D

Re: OT - tech question about turning off cable modem from keyboard

On 2011-06-16 06:46 , Doug Franklin wrote: You can get a switch at the hardware store and install it in the wire from the "wall wart" to the router or scanner. If it uses regular "lamp cord", some of the switches don't even require stripping the wire. although that won't turn off the wall-wart

Re: OT - tech question about turning off cable modem from keyboard

On Thu, Jun 16, 2011 at 2:31 PM, steve harley wrote: > you can also buy ready-made extension cords with switches built-in, or > footswitches that you can put between the wall and your plug, but which can > be placed anywhere within a few feet of the plug; here are a couple of cheap > examples: >

Re: PESO - The Morning Workout

I hope that person isn't commuting to work. ;) Like it, Frank! Jack --- On Thu, 6/16/11, frank theriault wrote: > From: frank theriault > Subject: PESO - The Morning Workout > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" > Date: Thursday, June 16, 2011, 8:50 AM > So yesterday, for some reason I > thought i

torture test of SD cards ...

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PESO 2011 - 097 - GDG

More Communicating ... An experiment this morning: while waiting for my breakfast buddies to show up, I shot this one, moved it to the iPad 2, processed and posted it using Snapseed and Photogene, and posted it to Flickr.com right there. Not my usual workflow ... http://www.flickr.com/pho

Twitter #apocalypse...

http://roman.blakout.net/?blog=20110616153649 DA 18-55mm kit lens (starting to like it again. This is how twitter dashboard shall be looking in a post-apocalyptic world. Your comments, similar topics appreciated. -- Roman Melihhov -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.

Re: Public Photography

From: Matthew Hunt On Thu, Jun 16, 2011 at 9:05 AM, Stan Halpin wrote: > A good, rather typical, Travel Section story about photographers' rights to take pictures. > rights to take pictures. Or not. >> > > http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/travel/the-navigator-dont-shoot-but-its-a-p

Re: Twitter #apocalypse...

Can you explain what a twitter dashboard is? I have heard of twitter, some application where people broadcast short SMS messages to selected others. But I don't know what a dashboard is in that context. The photo seems to be just some juvenile graffiti. Of the two images, I prefer the second as

Re: Twitter #apocalypse...

On Jun 16, 2011, at 3:53 PM, Roman Melihhov wrote: > http://roman.blakout.net/?blog=20110616153649 > > DA 18-55mm kit lens (starting to like it again. This is how twitter > dashboard shall be looking in a post-apocalyptic world. Your comments, > similar topics appreciated. > -- > Roman Melihhov

Re: Twitter #apocalypse...

Stan, I think this is exactly Roman's point. This is the ' Twitter ' of post (whatever worldwide nuclear catastrophe you can think of). I do not fancy the picture much but I think the idea is good. Roman, you should push the idea further IMO -- Thibault Massart aka Thibouille/Thibs -

Re: PESO 2011 - 097 - GDG

On 16 Jun 2011, at 20:40, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: > More Communicating ... Hi, G, I haven't been communicating too much of late - sorry! It's been busy busy here since Gill's birthday. BlackTooth came over for TT week, so we were last-minute general factota(?) when they hadn't organised an

RE: Scary Stuff was: Public Photography

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/43432865/ns/local_news-detroit_mi/ Bill Sawyer -Original Message- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of John Sessoms Sent: Thursday, June 16, 2011 4:09 PM To: pdml@pdml.net Subject: Re: Public Photography From: Matthew Hunt

Re: Public Photography

John I get 'File not found: /sol3/papers.cfm' Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: "John Sessoms" Subject: Re: Public Photography From: Matthew Hunt On Thu, Jun 16, 2011 at 9:05 AM, Stan Halpin wrote: > A good, rather typic

Gmail Down today?

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Re: Gmail Down today?

I didn't notice anything, at least on the BlackBerry. --Original Message-- From: Bob Sullivan Sender: pdml-boun...@pdml.net To: PDML ReplyTo: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Gmail Down today? Sent: Jun 16, 2011 8:19 PM Couldn't access today... -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdm

Re: Gmail Down today?

On 2011-06-16 18:19 , Bob Sullivan wrote: Couldn't access today... working for me the few times i used it today; sometimes such services go out for only a fraction of the users -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from t

Re: Scary Stuff was: Public Photography

That's truly frightening. I've been questioned by parents when I'm at the park taking pictures of Grace. We were at Firefighters Park, which is named in the article, last week. I've considered shooting some baseball games, because I enjoy that. I guess I'll have to shelve that plan. Paul On Jun

Re: OT PESO - :-D

Cheers Mark. Although I think its the girlie photos you missed the most. :-) DS On 16/06/2011, Mark Roberts wrote: > David Savage wrote: > >>G'day All, >> >>For your viewing pleasure: >> >> > > We've missed you, Dave. > > -- > Ma

exhibition ship-backs update--- 6-16

Hi Everyone: Exhibition prints for the following people have been shipped: Bruce Dayton Paul Stenquist Wendy Beard Bruce Walker Fernando Terrazzino Dag Thrane Jaume Lahuerta Ibarz Philip Northeast A big thanks goes to my husband, Darrel, who has been running prints to the post office because

Re: PESO: Ghia

Thanks for looking, Dave. Dan On Thu, Jun 16, 2011 at 2:01 PM, David J Brooks wrote: > Have not seen that logo for quite some time. I remember a commercial a > long time ago with a Ghia trying to bust through a paper sign. The > last comment was, after spouting all of the cars features was it wa

Re: torture test of SD cards ...

Interesting. Thanks for posting the link. Dan On Thu, Jun 16, 2011 at 3:35 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: > Perhaps the PDML influence on these guys, or at least Cotty: > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VUw9T4Skfgg > > enjoy > G > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pd

Re: Gmail Down today?

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Re: exhibition ship-backs update--- 6-16

On 6/17/2011 04:20, Christine Aguila wrote: Hi Everyone: Exhibition prints for the following people have been shipped: Bruce Dayton Paul Stenquist Wendy Beard Bruce Walker Fernando Terrazzino Dag Thrane Jaume Lahuerta Ibarz Philip Northeast A big thanks goes to my husband, Darrel, who has been

Re: OT: Samuel L Jackson reads...

On 15 June 2011 19:42, Larry Colen wrote: > Samuel L Jackson reads.. > Go the fuck to sleep: > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CFuyE_VBeO8 > > Absolutely perfect. > > NSFW > That link has been taken down, but with such a distinctive title I had no trouble finding an alternative page: http://www.yo

Re: Gmail Down today?

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Re: OT: Samuel L Jackson reads...

"Go the F**k to Sleep - r..." This video is no longer available due to a copyright claim by Audible, Inc.. On Fri, Jun 17, 2011 at 12:23 AM, Anthony Farr wrote: > On 15 June 2011 19:42, Larry Colen wrote: >> Samuel L Jackson reads.. >> Go the fuck to sleep: >> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CFuy

Re: OT: Samuel L Jackson reads...

On 2011-06-15 03:42 , Larry Colen wrote: Samuel L Jackson reads.. Go the fuck to sleep: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CFuyE_VBeO8 Absolutely perfect. that was available free (yesterday at least) on audible.com even better, i thought was another one with Werner Herzog reading (but it's an au

PESO: Eucalyptus Towers

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Re: Gmail Down today?

Ditto. On 17 June 2011 12:28, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: > No problem here. > > On Thursday, June 16, 2011, Bob Sullivan wrote: >> Couldn't access today... >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> PDML@pdml.net >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, p