New A12 Camera Mount for the Ricoh GXR arrived and, of course, I'm busy as all
heck right now.
I had some time, just a little, to play with it this evening. I did a 40 second
HD video with the Nokton 40 ... results are superb.
And I made a self-portrait:
http://homepage.mac.com/godders/11
On Sep 20, 2011, at 10:57 PM, steve harley wrote:
> on 2011-09-20 23:21 Larry Colen wrote
>> As you might guess, when I was taking a break this afternoon, I noticed how
>> the angle of the light brought out the texture of the bark on one of the
>> trees, inspiring me to grab the camera, and giv
on 2011-09-20 23:21 Larry Colen wrote
As you might guess, when I was taking a break this afternoon, I noticed how the
angle of the light brought out the texture of the bark on one of the trees,
inspiring me to grab the camera, and give another try. I think that this shot
does a fair job of sho
A few of you have been to my house, and have seen my redwood grove. Even
though they are young and small for redwoods, at about 100' tall and 4' in
diameter, they're still pretty big by human standards. I recently picked up a
work from home programming contract, and when I need to clear my min
Yes, indeed it is.
Dan
Dan Matyola
http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola
On Tue, Sep 20, 2011 at 11:36 PM, wendy beard wrote:
> Indignity?
> Nah - THIS is indignity!
> http://www.pbase.com/wendybeard/image/138022017
>
> :-)
>
> Wendy
> (poor Bandit :-) )
>
> On Mon, Sep 12, 2011 at
Indignity?
Nah - THIS is indignity!
http://www.pbase.com/wendybeard/image/138022017
:-)
Wendy
(poor Bandit :-) )
On Mon, Sep 12, 2011 at 11:39 AM, Daniel J. Matyola
wrote:
> http://blogs.delphiforums.com/n/blogs/blog.aspx?nav=main&webtag=djm1963&entry=132
>
> Comments are always appreciated.
>
Apparently to some the butt is art.
Jack
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Cc:
Sent: Tuesday, September 20, 2011 5:37 PM
Subject: Re: OT But is it art?
What a bum!
On 11-09-20 8:35 PM, Steven Desjardins wrote:
> Cheeky bastard.
>
> On Tue, Sep 20, 20
On Tue, Sep 20, 2011 at 11:09:47PM +0100, Bob W wrote:
>
> while we're on the subject of critics and assholes, you might enjoy the
> following from critic and art-lover Kenneth Tynan: "The buttocks are the
> most aesthetically pleasing part of the body because they are
> non-functional. Although t
What a bum!
On 11-09-20 8:35 PM, Steven Desjardins wrote:
Cheeky bastard.
On Tue, Sep 20, 2011 at 8:10 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote:
On Sep 20, 2011, at 6:09 PM, Bob W wrote:
while we're on the subject of critics and assholes, you might enjoy the
following from critic and art-lover Kenneth Tyn
Cheeky bastard.
On Tue, Sep 20, 2011 at 8:10 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote:
>
> On Sep 20, 2011, at 6:09 PM, Bob W wrote:
>
>>
>>
>>> -Original Message-
>>> From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of
>>> William Robb
>>> Sent: 20 September 2011 22:58
>>> To: Pentax
On Sep 20, 2011, at 8:23 PM, William Robb wrote:
> On 20/09/2011 3:06 PM, Christine Nielsen wrote:
>>
>
>>
>> Thanks. A little girl talk always helps!
>>
>>
> I feel dirty now.
>
With good reason. If the PDML engages in little girl talk, we could all end up
in hot water.
Paul
> --
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On 20/09/2011 3:06 PM, Christine Nielsen wrote:
Thanks. A little girl talk always helps!
I feel dirty now.
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On Sep 20, 2011, at 6:09 PM, Bob W wrote:
>
>
>> -Original Message-
>> From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of
>> William Robb
>> Sent: 20 September 2011 22:58
>> To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List
>> Subject: Re: OT But is it art?
>>
>> On 20/09/2011 1:25 PM,
> -Original Message-
> From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of
> William Robb
> Sent: 20 September 2011 22:58
> To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List
> Subject: Re: OT But is it art?
>
> On 20/09/2011 1:25 PM, Larry Colen wrote:
> >
>
> >
> > You're the list dickw
On 20/09/2011 1:37 PM, Larry Colen wrote:
I wonder how much of Adams' work is underappreciated by not seeing the
original prints,
I saw an original (signed by St. Ansel himself) print of Moonrise over
Hernandez in a gallery in Santa Fe. I was struck by the depth and sheer
richness of the ton
On 20/09/2011 1:25 PM, Larry Colen wrote:
You're the list dickweed? I thought I was the list dickweed and you were
the list asshole. Now I'm confused.
We don't actually have an official list asshole at the moment.
I transferred to the Dickweed department a while back, and left the
positi
On Mon, Sep 19, 2011 at 7:57 PM, Christine Aguila wrote:
> Girlfriend, get the K5!!! I'm working towards getting a 2nd one for back-up.
>
> 1) The other day I was shooting long with the K-7 & wide with the K-5 for
> action stuff, and I couldn't believe the difference. Auto focus on the K-5
>
I finally got my Minolta Scan Multi II operational again. What a slog,
though...
It's a SCSI scanner so I got a SCSI card with 64-bit driver support
for my computer. But I couldn't get the card to recognize the scanner
no matter what I did. Card problem? Scanner problem? Who knows... So I
tried my
The telling day for that thought was June 18th 2006 ...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h3chFhCP5mQ
(Good photos, BTW, Tom!)
On Tue, Sep 20, 2011 at 03:17:44PM -0500, Bob Sullivan wrote:
> Paul, That's kinda what I was thinking...
>
> On Tue, Sep 20, 2011 at 3:10 PM, Paul Stenquist
> wr
>
> I have an acquaintance who fancies himself a movie director though
> he's never sold anything commercially. I've found I've stopped
> discussing movies I like because I watch a movie to be entertained. He
> watches a movie to critique it, and that takes all the fun out of it.
>
> Tom C.
That
Paul, That's kinda what I was thinking...
On Tue, Sep 20, 2011 at 3:10 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote:
> Well done. God, he's old!
>
> Paul
> On Sep 20, 2011, at 2:59 PM, Tom C wrote:
>
>> http://photo.net/photodb/presentation?presentation_id=539118
>>
>> By you know who.
>>
>> Tom C.
>>
>> --
>> PDML
Well done. God, he's old!
Paul
On Sep 20, 2011, at 2:59 PM, Tom C wrote:
> http://photo.net/photodb/presentation?presentation_id=539118
>
> By you know who.
>
> Tom C.
>
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> I wonder how much of Adams' work is underappreciated by not seeing the
> original prints, but only seeing it on posters on office walls, or
> perhaps on the web. Kind of like watching Star Wars via VHS on a 12"
> CRT TV in 2000, versus watching it in the theater in July 1977.
>
> --
> Larry Col
Bob W wrote, in repsonse to Darren Addy:
>> I am suggesting that I personally value Accomplishment, no matter how
>> small, over Criticism (no matter how highly-regarded).
>>
>> The function of critics is to provide an opinion for those with an
>> insufficient mental capacity to form one of their
On Sep 20, 2011, at 13:56, Tom C wrote:
>
> Nice quote and I'll agree to that last statement. :-) Budweiser still
> goes better with pizza than anything non-beer.
>
Cheap white wine from a box - with ice cubes - works for me! I have no class.
-Charles
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On 9/20/2011 12:05 PM, Bruce Walker wrote:
Kenneth Brower does an admirable and thorough job of fending off all
of Adam's critics, including an accidental critic: John Szarkowski ...
http://www.theatlantic.com/past/docs/issues/2002/07/brower.htm
I wonder how much of Adams' work is underap
A female American Goldfinch.
Kenneth Waller
http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller
- Original Message -
From: "Bob Sullivan"
Subject: Re: PESO - Yellow Guy
Frank,
He/she is a young goldfinch.
It takes 'em a while for their colors to come in.
Regards, Bob S.
On Tue, Sep 20
Kenneth Waller
http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller
- Original Message -
From: "Igor Roshchin"
To:
Sent: Tuesday, September 20, 2011 12:40 AM
Subject: On All Pentax Imaging Web Properties
Hi All:
I received this message from the Pentax Gallery website people.
I suspe
On 9/20/2011 11:52 AM, William Robb wrote:
On 20/09/2011 12:35 PM, Bob W wrote:
that's probably the most arrogant thing I've ever read on the PDML.
Dammit Bob, does this mean I have to revert back to being the list
dickweed?
You're the list dickweed? I thought I was the list dickweed an
On 9/20/2011 11:56 AM, Tom C wrote:
Nice quote and I'll agree to that last statement. :-) Budweiser still
goes better with pizza than anything non-beer.
I'll keep that in mind. I've never enjoyed it with anything else
non-beer. Generally, when I've had it I've been sadder budweiser.
--
La
On 9/20/2011 11:35 AM, Bob W wrote:
From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of
Darren Addy
I think you've misunderstood the function of critics. Are you
suggesting
that noone should criticise something unless they have personally
done
better? That would be absurd
On 11-09-20 2:11 PM, Bob W wrote:
From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of
Paul Stenquist
I find the essayist's snoopy metaphor silly and demeaning. And while he
admits to an Adams renaissance, t's clear that he doesn't understand
the artistry of Adams' work and ho
> From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of
> William Robb
> >
> > that's probably the most arrogant thing I've ever read on the PDML.
> >
> Dammit Bob, does this mean I have to revert back to being the list
> dickweed?
>
you're gonna need to pick up the pace a bit,
http://photo.net/photodb/presentation?presentation_id=539118
By you know who.
Tom C.
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Darren Addy wrote:
> I'm sure I would enjoy seeing the photo galleries of any Ansel Adams critic.
>
> "It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the
> strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them
> better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually
On 20/09/2011 9:43 AM, Tom C wrote:
LOL. I like you, is that redeeming enough? :-)
Fine. We can still be friends.
Tom C. (ALL my work is derivative)
What utter bullshit. Your work is some of the most original and non
derivative work I've seen.
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On 20/09/2011 12:35 PM, Bob W wrote:
that's probably the most arrogant thing I've ever read on the PDML.
Dammit Bob, does this mean I have to revert back to being the list dickweed?
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On Tue, Sep 20, 2011 at 1:35 PM, Bob W wrote:
>> The function of critics is to provide an opinion for those with an
>> insufficient mental capacity to form one of their own.
>
> that's probably the most arrogant thing I've ever read on the PDML.
> Congratulations.
But you can't be SURE until you
> From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of
> Darren Addy
> > I think you've misunderstood the function of critics. Are you
> suggesting
> > that noone should criticise something unless they have personally
> done
> > better? That would be absurd.
>
> I am suggesting
On Tue, Sep 20, 2011 at 1:14 PM, Bob W wrote:
> I think you've misunderstood the function of critics. Are you suggesting
> that noone should criticise something unless they have personally done
> better? That would be absurd.
I am suggesting that I personally value Accomplishment, no matter how
s
> From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of
> Darren Addy
>
> I'm sure I would enjoy seeing the photo galleries of any Ansel Adams
> critic.
>
I think you've misunderstood the function of critics. Are you suggesting
that noone should criticise something unless they
> From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of
> Paul Stenquist
>
> I find the essayist's snoopy metaphor silly and demeaning. And while he
> admits to an Adams renaissance, t's clear that he doesn't understand
> the artistry of Adams' work and how he was able to bend li
I Coulda, woulda, shoulda is always trumped by I DID.
On Tue, Sep 20, 2011 at 12:43 PM, Darren Addy wrote:
> The distance between "I could have done" something and "I have done"
> something (particularly done it First) is vast indeed.
>
> Darren Addy
> Kearney, Nebraska
>
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The distance between "I could have done" something and "I have done"
something (particularly done it First) is vast indeed.
Darren Addy
Kearney, Nebraska
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From: Tom C
William Robb wrote:
Not liking Ansel Adams certainly strains a friendship, but I'll grant
you are still a more or less worthwhile human being until you say
something to redeem yourself.
The monochrome needs to be cropped to more or less square, and then it
works.
,mark.
One cannot t
From: frank theriault
Not a great photo, I just wanted an ID on this guy. He was hanging
around with the goldfinches several weeks ago (before they left) but
he doesn't look like a goldfinch, just a wannabe.
http://knarfdummyblog.blogspot.com/2011/09/yellow-guy.html
Any ideas?
A yellow bird
From: "Brian Walters"
On Tuesday, September 20, 2011 12:40 AM, "Igor Roshchin"
wrote:
Hi All:
I received this message from the Pentax Gallery website people.
I suspect that many of you received a similar message.
I noticed the sentence:
"However, if you prefer
not to display your images on al
Right. Your new camera is weather sealed, so it doesn't matter if *YOU*
get soaked and catch your death from cold.
I hope it doesn't rain either Mark.
From: Jack Davis
Just read this and am likely not the first one to comment about this, but them
K5 is grommeted and sealed against moisture an
On Sep 10, 2011, at 8:48, Rick Womer wrote:
> Leaping effortlessly through time and space, this is from our trip to Toronto
> in May:
>
> http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=14149418&size=lg
>
I like this quite a bit. I can't really tell where the light's coming from so
it's very interes
I'm sure I would enjoy seeing the photo galleries of any Ansel Adams critic.
"It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the
strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them
better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena,
whose face is m
On Sep 20, 2011, at 10:50, Tom C wrote:
>> That's a nice shot, Tom.
>>
>> Judging by the angles, it doesn't even appear to be that extreme of a
>> telephoto shot, either.
>>
>> One shudders to consider the cost of those tickets. Somewhat stratospheric,
>> wasn't it?
>>
>> -Charles
>>
>
>
From: Bruce Walker
Talk about Ansel Adams (see "A door to nowhere" thread) had me searching
for something about a repeated criticism of Ansel Adams that I've run
across: that he's the Normal Rockwell of photogs; that his output is
kitsch rather than art; that his belief in beauty above all rather
OK 3 votes for Goldy... there ya go Frank!
I thought youngster first, then molting male and settled on the latter
ann
On 9/20/2011 10:17, Daniel J. Matyola wrote:
Bob's right. Either it is a young goldfinch, or it is a male that is
molting to change into his drab winter outfit.
Dan
Dan Matyo
Looks like a goldfinch preparing for winter
ann
On 9/20/2011 08:13, frank theriault wrote:
Not a great photo, I just wanted an ID on this guy. He was hanging
around with the goldfinches several weeks ago (before they left) but
he doesn't look like a goldfinch, just a wannabe.
http://knarfdumm
> On 11-09-19 4:24 PM, Don Guthrie wrote:
>> The 1st set in a series. Of these 3 pix of the same thing I can't pick
>> my favorite treatment. Your opinion would be valued.
>>
>> http://donspix.posterous.com/doors-to-nowhere-3-pix-for-the-indecisive-pho
>>
>>
>
#3, the bright yellow posts jump out
> That's a nice shot, Tom.
>
> Judging by the angles, it doesn't even appear to be that extreme of a
> telephoto shot, either.
>
> One shudders to consider the cost of those tickets. Somewhat stratospheric,
> wasn't it?
>
> -Charles
>
Thanks. You're correct, third row center. Almost exactly th
William Robb wrote:
> Not liking Ansel Adams certainly strains a friendship, but I'll grant
> you are still a more or less worthwhile human being until you say
> something to redeem yourself.
> The monochrome needs to be cropped to more or less square, and then it
> works.
>
> ,mark.
> One cannot
On Mon, Sep 19, 2011 at 5:27 PM, Bob Sullivan wrote:
> #3 is my favorite. The stairs need to touch the ground,
> and the 6 yellow posts are a plus in the color photo.
> B&W is boring...
> Regards, Bob S.
Agreed
Dave
>
> On Mon, Sep 19, 2011 at 3:24 PM, Don Guthrie wrote:
>> The 1st set in a s
Bob's right. Either it is a young goldfinch, or it is a male that is
molting to change into his drab winter outfit.
Dan
Dan Matyola
http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola
On Tue, Sep 20, 2011 at 9:40 AM, Bob Sullivan wrote:
> Frank,
> He/she is a young goldfinch.
> It takes 'em a wh
Frank,
He/she is a young goldfinch.
It takes 'em a while for their colors to come in.
Regards, Bob S.
On Tue, Sep 20, 2011 at 7:13 AM, frank theriault
wrote:
> Not a great photo, I just wanted an ID on this guy. He was hanging
> around with the goldfinches several weeks ago (before they left) b
Not a great photo, I just wanted an ID on this guy. He was hanging
around with the goldfinches several weeks ago (before they left) but
he doesn't look like a goldfinch, just a wannabe.
http://knarfdummyblog.blogspot.com/2011/09/yellow-guy.html
Any ideas?
Thanks!
cheers,
frank
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Don Guthrie writes:
> http://donspix.posterous.com/doors-to-nowhere-3-pix-for-the-indecisive-pho
I like the b/w one best. The yellow posts unbalance #3 by grabbing
attention, and cropping them out weakens the composition in #1.
-tih
--
"The market" is a bunch of 28-year-olds who don't know any
I suppose they will use some images to promote the gallery as they've done in
the past. It's a typical disclaimer and not worth losing sleep over, IMO.
Paul
On Sep 20, 2011, at 12:40 AM, Igor Roshchin wrote:
>
> Hi All:
>
> I received this message from the Pentax Gallery website people.
> I s
On 11-09-20 1:23 AM, Brian Walters wrote:
I assumed that if you don't want to participate in the Pentax Gallery
any more or if you don't want to have your photos on "our mobile
site", they won't transfer your photos and data to the new site(s) if
you notify them by Oct 3. I'm not sure what "our
> From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of
> steve harley
> on 2011-09-19 16:26 Stan Halpin wrote
> > You can probably buy crutches in all sizes in those same stores . . .
>
> not sure what your point is — perhaps to disparage thrift stores? — but
> indeed,
> that wa
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