PESO: Need any help with that?

2011-11-22 Thread David Mann
A snapshot from Arthurs Pass on our way to the West Coast for the weekend. He was probably just as interested in those shiny keys as he was in the food... http://www.multi.net.nz/kea-ice-cream/ K10D, DA16-45 at 45mm. Cheers, Dave -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net

Re: Today's dark side thrift score - a question for you guys

2011-11-22 Thread William Robb
On 23/11/2011 12:03 AM, Ann Sanfedele wrote: Thanks! got it... but it took some doing.. its black and I couldn't see it I fiddled with the thing you press to change ISO, and tried to move the red indicator and the batter check... Phew I recall that the drivers side top of that camera was a busy

GESO - JMKAC

2011-11-22 Thread Paul Sorenson
Rick's "Art in strange places" reminded me that I had these. The John Michael Kohler Art Center only allows photography in the bathrooms. The fixtures and ceramic tile wall art were designed and created by the Kohler Plumbing Co. Just a couple location snaps - no photographic art. http://st

Re: Today's dark side thrift score - a question for you guys

2011-11-22 Thread Larry Colen
On Nov 22, 2011, at 10:03 PM, Ann Sanfedele wrote: > Thanks! got it... > but it took some doing.. its black and I couldn't see it I fiddled with the > thing you press to change ISO, and tried to move the red indicator and the > batter check... Phew > > so this little camera is in tip top shap

The one true book

2011-11-22 Thread Bipin Gupta
Bob, that's the right thing to do. We don't want clutter in the house. And books invite worms too. What with plentiful resources on the net, who wants books anyway? Bipin. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, p

Re: Today's dark side thrift score - a question for you guys

2011-11-22 Thread Ann Sanfedele
Thanks! got it... but it took some doing.. its black and I couldn't see it I fiddled with the thing you press to change ISO, and tried to move the red indicator and the batter check... Phew so this little camera is in tip top shape. except there looks like there is a cap missing on the base p

Re: On looong exposure times

2011-11-22 Thread David Mann
On Nov 23, 2011, at 11:33 AM, AlunFoto wrote: > I think I've nailed it down to cosmic rays hitting the sensor. Your post reminded me of this video I saw the other day about satellite streaks being visible in astro photos. I'd never thought of that before, and I do think it'd be funny if Hubble

Re: Today's dark side thrift score - a question for you guys

2011-11-22 Thread William Robb
On 22/11/2011 6:14 PM, Ann Sanfedele wrote: Nikon FE with 50mm f1.8 lens... for $24.99. The batteries had died so the sal ARmy thought the camera was broken because the dial was set to something other than M90 and the shutter button and winder didn't move. Truth be told, I didn't realize that ei

Re: The one true book

2011-11-22 Thread David Mann
On Nov 23, 2011, at 9:51 AM, Bob W wrote: > I have a copy of that, and it's a very good book. Trouble is, it's under a > pile of other very good books; I never get time to enjoy most of them and > they fill my house to such an extent that it's started to oppress me. So > they have to go. Just buy

Re: PESO - Art in a Strange Place

2011-11-22 Thread Paul Sorenson
Cool. I like the repeating pattern and the toning. -p On 11/22/2011 8:45 PM, Rick Womer wrote: Reaching back a few months... another from the Art Gallery of Ontario in Toronto: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=14149419&size=lg (K7, DA 16-45) Rick -- Being old doesn't seem so ol

RE: Why so few 31mm f1.8 Limited photos in PPG? Cost?

2011-11-22 Thread J.C. O'Connell
Maybe the 31mm lens was not/isnt a big seller because everybody has already got a really good 28mm? I have a SMCK 28/F2 that puts me off from wanting/needing any 31mm lens. There are other great 28mm K mount lenses out there too. How much does a SMC 31/f1.8 cost new/used anyway? -- J.C. O'Connell

Re: Why so few 31mm f1.8 Limited photos in PPG?

2011-11-22 Thread Bob Sullivan
Doug, Well I am keeping them. ;-) I'm somewhat embarassed by my low photo count, so I thought I'd disguise it as 'Keepers'. Regards, Bob S. On Tue, Nov 22, 2011 at 8:38 PM, Doug Brewer wrote: > On 11/22/11 9:07 PM, Bob Sullivan wrote: >> >> Doug, >> Here's my LR count of keepers so far in 2011.

PESO - Art in a Strange Place

2011-11-22 Thread Rick Womer
Reaching back a few months... another from the Art Gallery of Ontario in Toronto: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=14149419&size=lg   (K7, DA 16-45) Rick -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please

Re: Why so few 31mm f1.8 Limited photos in PPG?

2011-11-22 Thread Doug Brewer
On 11/22/11 9:07 PM, Bob Sullivan wrote: Doug, Here's my LR count of keepers so far in 2011. 1 - FA43mm Limited 63 - DA55mm - a new lens this fall for me 65 - DA100mm Macro 137 - various A series (300mm?) 235 - FA31mm Limited 391 - DA60-250mm zoom The FA31mm is a favorite of mine. Regards, Bob S

Re: Why so few 31mm f1.8 Limited photos in PPG?

2011-11-22 Thread Bruce Walker
On Tue, Nov 22, 2011 at 7:10 PM, Doug Brewer wrote: > On 11/22/11 11:47 AM, Darren Addy wrote: >> >> I was browsing PPG images by lens and noticed that there are only 23 >> images there that were created with the 31mm f1.8 Limited. >> Compare this to 435 images taken with the 43mm f1.9 Limited, 85

Re: Why so few 31mm f1.8 Limited photos in PPG?

2011-11-22 Thread Bob Sullivan
Doug, Here's my LR count of keepers so far in 2011. 1 - FA43mm Limited 63 - DA55mm - a new lens this fall for me 65 - DA100mm Macro 137 - various A series (300mm?) 235 - FA31mm Limited 391 - DA60-250mm zoom The FA31mm is a favorite of mine. Regards, Bob S. On Tue, Nov 22, 2011 at 6:10 PM, Doug Br

Re: OT: What Can Brown Do For You?

2011-11-22 Thread Doug Franklin
On 2011-11-22 19:50, P. J. Alling wrote: [...] Fully two weeks in transit and a grand tour of the Postal service facilities in Tennessee. "I wonder if anybody'd think I'd flipped If I went to L.A., via Omaha." -- Charlie Daniels, "Uneasy Rider" -- Thanks, DougF (KG4LMZ) -- PDML Pentax-Discus

Re: OT: What Can Brown Do For You?

2011-11-22 Thread P. J. Alling
I sent my A*300mm to a repairman in Tenn. After he was finished with it he sent it back to me via the USPS. It took less than two days to get to the local sorting center in Connecticut, where for some reason they sent it back to a sorting center in Tennessee which sent it to a different sort

Today's dark side thrift score - a question for you guys

2011-11-22 Thread Ann Sanfedele
Nikon FE with 50mm f1.8 lens... for $24.99. The batteries had died so the sal ARmy thought the camera was broken because the dial was set to something other than M90 and the shutter button and winder didn't move. Truth be told, I didn't realize that either - though I should have... took it to Ph

Re: Why so few 31mm f1.8 Limited photos in PPG?

2011-11-22 Thread Doug Brewer
On 11/22/11 11:47 AM, Darren Addy wrote: I was browsing PPG images by lens and noticed that there are only 23 images there that were created with the 31mm f1.8 Limited. Compare this to 435 images taken with the 43mm f1.9 Limited, 855 images taken with the 77mm f1.8 Limited, and 1824 images taken

Re: What are you working on to improve your photography?

2011-11-22 Thread Cotty
At the moment I only shoot with my iPhone - although as a snapcam it continually amazes me. I need to get a semi-decent camera again, and I am leaning towards a Fuji X10. But it will likely be a while! -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche -- http:/

Re: On looong exposure times

2011-11-22 Thread Bob Sullivan
Jostein, I was kind of wondering when digital was going to bump into this problem. I think your latitude and time of year help as well. School is to far in the past for me to prove the arguement. Thanks Matt for the first hand experience. Regards, Bob S. On Tue, Nov 22, 2011 at 4:50 PM, Matthew H

Re: OT: What Can Brown Do For You?

2011-11-22 Thread Matthew Hunt
On Tue, Nov 22, 2011 at 5:39 PM, John Sessoms wrote: > If they're only "best guess estimates" why does the event detail say > "Arrival Scan" and not "Arrival Best Guess"? It's a typo. They meant "Scam". -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.n

Re: On looong exposure times

2011-11-22 Thread Matthew Hunt
On Tue, Nov 22, 2011 at 5:33 PM, AlunFoto wrote: > Revisiting my recently posted Runde GESO, I found that the shots with > longer exposure times showed some very bright pixels in areas where > there shouldn't be any. And they weren't just single pixels either. > Sometimes streaks, sometimes littl

Re: On looong exposure times

2011-11-22 Thread Mark Roberts
AlunFoto wrote: >Gang, >Revisiting my recently posted Runde GESO, I found that the shots with >longer exposure times showed some very bright pixels in areas where >there shouldn't be any. And they weren't just single pixels either. >Sometimes streaks, sometimes little doodles looking like luminisc

Re: OT: What Can Brown Do For You?

2011-11-22 Thread John Sessoms
From: Joseph McAllister On Nov 22, 2011, at 12:04 , Darren Addy wrote: Some days I really love UPS. Thought I'd check to see where my Photoshop CS5 upgrade was: http://www.antiqueauto.org/assets/WhatCanBrownDoForYou.png Brings to mind my all time favorite reply to the question "If my packag

On looong exposure times

2011-11-22 Thread AlunFoto
Gang, Revisiting my recently posted Runde GESO, I found that the shots with longer exposure times showed some very bright pixels in areas where there shouldn't be any. And they weren't just single pixels either. Sometimes streaks, sometimes little doodles looking like luminiscent dust. After two da

Re: What Can Brown Do For You?

2011-11-22 Thread Larry Colen
On Nov 22, 2011, at 12:21 PM, Bob W wrote: >> >> Some days I really love UPS. >> Thought I'd check to see where my Photoshop CS5 upgrade was: >> http://www.antiqueauto.org/assets/WhatCanBrownDoForYou.png >> >> >> >> Darren Addy > > A few weeks ago I ordered something from the US on a Friday

Re: Why so few 31mm f1.8 Limited photos in PPG?

2011-11-22 Thread Larry Colen
On Nov 22, 2011, at 8:47 AM, Darren Addy wrote: > I was browsing PPG images by lens and noticed that there are only 23 > images there that were created with the 31mm f1.8 Limited. > Compare this to 435 images taken with the 43mm f1.9 Limited, 855 > images taken with the 77mm f1.8 Limited, and 182

Re: What are you working on to improve your photography?

2011-11-22 Thread steve harley
on 2011-11-22 00:50 Larry Colen wrote What I think is a much more productive question to discuss, is what you are doing, or have you done, to improve your own photography? i think most important to me is that i choose subjects and revisit them dozens of times (e.g. shooting my garden and neigh

RE: The one true book

2011-11-22 Thread Bob W
> > Last night we watched the ceremony wherein George Carlin was > > posthumously awarded the Mark Twain Humor award. As part of the > > presentation several clips of his routine were shown, including > Stuff: > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MvgN5gCuLac > > Don't watch unless you want to feel ev

RE: The one true book

2011-11-22 Thread Bob W
> > [...] > >> But I guess if I had to pare it all down to one desert island book, > I'd > >> go with Ian Jeffrey's How to Read a Photograph (sub: Lessons from > >> Master > >> Photographers) because it has both a wide ranging survey of > >> photographers, with examples of their work, and smallish

Re: The one true book

2011-11-22 Thread Stan Halpin
On Nov 22, 2011, at 3:51 PM, Bob W wrote: > [...] >> But I guess if I had to pare it all down to one desert island book, I'd >> go with Ian Jeffrey's How to Read a Photograph (sub: Lessons from >> Master >> Photographers) because it has both a wide ranging survey of >> photographers, with example

re: PESO -- Heresy

2011-11-22 Thread Don Guthrie
Effectively moody. From: "P. J. Alling" To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: PESO -- Heresy Message-ID: <4ecb287e.30...@gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed When taking art photography, long ago, "The Professor"* would have considered this to be compete

Re: PESO - Rails North

2011-11-22 Thread Don Guthrie
Very impressive technically and artistically. Sorry - forgot the 'PESO' in the subject line. G'day all I seem to be on a railway theme lately... This is the main railway line north - taken at Marla in the South Australian outback just after sunset. http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1370864/PESO/sli

Re: What are you working on to improve your photography?

2011-11-22 Thread Collin Brendemuehl
I have been studying "professional portrait lightings" by charles abel to get a handle on posing and lighting techniques. The methods of the 1930s and 40s fascimate me. And I have joined a local club as well as using other formats. Sincerely, Collin Brendemuehl "He is no fool who gives what

RE: The one true book

2011-11-22 Thread Bob W
[...] > But I guess if I had to pare it all down to one desert island book, I'd > go with Ian Jeffrey's How to Read a Photograph (sub: Lessons from > Master > Photographers) because it has both a wide ranging survey of > photographers, with examples of their work, and smallish essays on what > they

Re: What are you working on to improve your photography?

2011-11-22 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
On Tue, Nov 22, 2011 at 10:38 AM, John Sessoms wrote: > From: Godfrey DiGiorgi >> >> But buying equipment only rarely does much to improve one's >> photography. > > I always thought it was the other way around anyway. You improve your > photography so you can buy new equipment. In general, that's

Re: OT: What Can Brown Do For You?

2011-11-22 Thread Joseph McAllister
On Nov 22, 2011, at 12:04 , Darren Addy wrote: > Some days I really love UPS. > Thought I'd check to see where my Photoshop CS5 upgrade was: > http://www.antiqueauto.org/assets/WhatCanBrownDoForYou.png > > Brings to mind my all time favorite reply to the question "If my package arrived here in

RE: A face on Machu Picchu?

2011-11-22 Thread Bob W
> >> Daniel J. Matyola > >> > >> http://themetapicture.com/machu-picchu-peru/ > > > > Amazing! How did the Incas invent Photoshop centuries before > Columbus? That > > proves that the pyramids were built by visitors from the planet > Tralfamadore > > who rowed across the Pacific in stone boats to e

Re: OT: What Can Brown Do For You?

2011-11-22 Thread Joseph McAllister
Been there, done that. And do they offer you a refund on the cost of overnight or 2nd day? Never! A business based on service without penalty for lack thereof, coddles incompetence. On Nov 22, 2011, at 12:04 , Darren Addy wrote: > Some days I really love UPS. > Thought I'd check to see whe

RE: What Can Brown Do For You?

2011-11-22 Thread Bob W
> > Some days I really love UPS. > Thought I'd check to see where my Photoshop CS5 upgrade was: > http://www.antiqueauto.org/assets/WhatCanBrownDoForYou.png > > > > Darren Addy A few weeks ago I ordered something from the US on a Friday evening. They sent me a DHL tracking number. When I check

OT: What Can Brown Do For You?

2011-11-22 Thread Darren Addy
Some days I really love UPS. Thought I'd check to see where my Photoshop CS5 upgrade was: http://www.antiqueauto.org/assets/WhatCanBrownDoForYou.png Darren Addy Kearney, Nebraska -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from t

Re: A face on Machu Picchu?

2011-11-22 Thread Joseph McAllister
On Nov 22, 2011, at 11:11 , Bob W wrote: >> From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of >> Daniel J. Matyola >> >> http://themetapicture.com/machu-picchu-peru/ > > Amazing! How did the Incas invent Photoshop centuries before Columbus? That > proves that the pyramids w

Re: The one true book

2011-11-22 Thread Doug Brewer
On 11/19/11 11:03 AM, Bob W wrote: So. I am going to get rid of as many books as I think I can*, to make some room in my head. If you had to live with only one photography book from those you now own (this means your answer cannot be "The Decisive Moment"), which would it be, and why? *In reali

RE: A face on Machu Picchu?

2011-11-22 Thread Bob W
> From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of > Daniel J. Matyola > > http://themetapicture.com/machu-picchu-peru/ Amazing! How did the Incas invent Photoshop centuries before Columbus? That proves that the pyramids were built by visitors from the planet Tralfamadore w

Re: What are you working on to improve your photography?

2011-11-22 Thread John Francis
On Mon, Nov 21, 2011 at 11:50:22PM -0800, Larry Colen wrote: > > What I think is a much more productive question to discuss, is what > you are doing, or have you done, to improve your own photography? To be honest - nothing with that as an explicit goal. My photography is a hobby, not a driving

Re: What are you working on to improve your photography?

2011-11-22 Thread David J Brooks
On Tue, Nov 22, 2011 at 10:37 AM, Mark Roberts wrote: > [Default] On Tue, 22 Nov 2011 09:55:01 -0500, David J Brooks > wrote: > >>On Tue, Nov 22, 2011 at 2:50 AM, Larry Colen wrote: >> is what you are >>> doing, or have you done, to improve your own photography? >>> Larry Colen l...@red4est.com

Re: What are you working on to improve your photography?

2011-11-22 Thread John Sessoms
From: Godfrey DiGiorgi But buying equipment only rarely does much to improve one's photography. I always thought it was the other way around anyway. You improve your photography so you can buy new equipment. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml

Re: Why so few 31mm f1.8 Limited photos in PPG?

2011-11-22 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
I had LR open so I did a quick metadata search. Of the several tens of thousands of photos I made with Pentax cameras and lenses, the FA31 accounts for less than 200. I found it rather a heavy and awkward lens that didn't live up to its reputation or its price when I received it in 2004. I sold it

Re: In Step

2011-11-22 Thread Don Guthrie
Thanks for looking Ann and commenting. Oh and INGP9105 was going to be my next post! _ Bob W Thanks I'm glad you liked it or is it what made your eyes sore? One way or another this was likely a one-off for me. These two were the only people in my downtown at 5pm on Sat. night so not m

Re: What are you working on to improve your photography?

2011-11-22 Thread Jack Davis
Absolutely agree, Mark.  I continually wish I were able to view my stuff completely free of a mix of ego and insecurity. No one else can do that for you. Jack - Original Message - From: Mark Roberts To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Cc: Sent: Tuesday, November 22, 2011 9:11 AM Subject: Re:

Re: Bird, Post, and Castle

2011-11-22 Thread Jack Davis
LOL! Jack - Original Message - From: Rick Womer To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Cc: Sent: Tuesday, November 22, 2011 7:32 AM Subject: Re: Bird, Post, and Castle >>>- Original Message - From: Stan Halpin To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Cc: Sent: Tuesday, November 22, 2011 10:05

Re: What are you working on to improve your photography?

2011-11-22 Thread Mark Roberts
Ok, now serious answer: I don't have nearly as much time as I'd like for photography at the moment, but one thing I can do to improve my photography is train my eye (and brain). One of my favorite ways of doing this is voting on images in the Pentax Photo Gallery. It makes me think not only about

OT: A face on Machu Picchu?

2011-11-22 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
http://themetapicture.com/machu-picchu-peru/ Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola -- 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.

Why so few 31mm f1.8 Limited photos in PPG?

2011-11-22 Thread Darren Addy
I was browsing PPG images by lens and noticed that there are only 23 images there that were created with the 31mm f1.8 Limited. Compare this to 435 images taken with the 43mm f1.9 Limited, 855 images taken with the 77mm f1.8 Limited, and 1824 images taken with the 70mm f2.4 Not sure what to read i

Re: PESO - Rails North

2011-11-22 Thread steve harley
on 2011-11-21 15:57 Ann Sanfedele wrote On 11/21/2011 13:02, steve harley wrote: Oh that kind of photography just sticks in my craw - totally demeaning to the subjects and so much more about the photographers artyfarty style than

Re: What are you working on to improve your photography?

2011-11-22 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
On Tue, Nov 22, 2011 at 6:55 AM, David J Brooks wrote: > On Tue, Nov 22, 2011 at 2:50 AM, Larry Colen wrote: >  is what you are >> doing, or have you done, to improve your own photography? > > Nothing, i bought a Nikon. Good stuff! :-) But buying equipment only rarely does much to improve one's

Re: What are you working on to improve your photography?

2011-11-22 Thread Ken Waller
I study my captures, critically editing out all but the keepers and try to shoot alot. Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: "Larry Colen" Subject: What are you working on to improve your photography? On another photo forum I occa

Re: GESO: Rocky tops

2011-11-22 Thread Rick Womer
Very nice, and I like the B&W as a way of emphasizing the contours without the bluish flattening of tones one usually gets from an airplane. Rick   http://photo.net/photos/RickW - Original Message - From: Tim Bray To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Cc: Sent: Tuesday, November 22, 2011 12:0

Re: What are you working on to improve your photography?

2011-11-22 Thread Rick Womer
I would love to take a photo course sometime, but it will probably have to wait until I retire (which is likely a decade away). In the meantime, I like to take photo walks, try new vantage points, and evaluate my images honestly.  By that, I don't mean muttering "that's crap!", "that sucks!", a

Re: What are you working on to improve your photography?

2011-11-22 Thread Mark Roberts
[Default] On Tue, 22 Nov 2011 09:55:01 -0500, David J Brooks wrote: >On Tue, Nov 22, 2011 at 2:50 AM, Larry Colen wrote: > is what you are >> doing, or have you done, to improve your own photography? >> Larry Colen l...@red4est.com (from dos4est) > >Nothing, i bought a Nikon. So. Given up, then

Re: Bird, Post, and Castle

2011-11-22 Thread Rick Womer
>>>- Original Message - From: Stan Halpin To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Cc: Sent: Tuesday, November 22, 2011 10:05 AM Subject: Re: Bird, Post, and Castle Nice. I like seagulls on a stick<<< When frozen, that's what's known as a Popseagull. Rick -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List

Re: PESO - All Modern Conveniences.....

2011-11-22 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
This impressive image was in my PPG voting queue this morning. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Mon, Nov 14, 2011 at 5:10 PM, Brian Walters wrote: > G'day all > > Only two passenger services a week pass through Olary - and the train > only stops if someone has pre

Re: PESO - Rails North

2011-11-22 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
That image came up in my voting queue on the PPG this morning. Excellent photograph! Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Mon, Nov 21, 2011 at 9:43 PM, Tim Bray wrote: > That is an outstanding picture -T > > On Mon, Nov 21, 2011 at 4:08 AM, Brian Walters wrote: >> S

Re: Bird, Post, and Castle

2011-11-22 Thread Rick Womer
Nice composition and lighting; and the title is better than "Bird, Post, and McMansion" would have been. Rick   http://photo.net/photos/RickW - Original Message - From: P. J. Alling To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Cc: Sent: Tuesday, November 22, 2011 12:15 AM Subject: Bird, Post, and Ca

Re: PESO -- Heresy

2011-11-22 Thread Rick Womer
Peter, My first reaction is, "I like it".  My second reaction is that the telephone wires, and especially the box on the second wire from the bottom, detract:   they interrupt the eyes' travel up the tree.  Unfortunately I don't see a way to crop them out, the angle looks unique, and I suspect t

Re: Bird, Post, and Castle

2011-11-22 Thread Bob Sullivan
PJ, Very nice, and a close-up of those sticks in the water that have been bothering me... Regards, Bob S. On Tue, Nov 22, 2011 at 9:05 AM, Stan Halpin wrote: > > On Nov 22, 2011, at 12:15 AM, P. J. Alling wrote: > >> http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1604247/PESO/PESO%20--%20birdbookandcastle.html >> >> E

Re: Bird, Post, and Castle

2011-11-22 Thread Stan Halpin
On Nov 22, 2011, at 12:15 AM, P. J. Alling wrote: > http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1604247/PESO/PESO%20--%20birdbookandcastle.html > > Equipment: Pentax K20D w/vmc Vivitar Series 1 70-210mm f2.8~4.0 > > As usual comments are welcome but may be totally ignored. > Nice. I like seagulls on a stick and

Re: What are you working on to improve your photography?

2011-11-22 Thread P. J. Alling
On 11/22/2011 9:55 AM, David J Brooks wrote: On Tue, Nov 22, 2011 at 2:50 AM, Larry Colen wrote: is what you are doing, or have you done, to improve your own photography? Larry Colen l...@red4est.com (from dos4est) Nothing, i bought a Nikon. That's a nice camera you've got there it must ta

Re: What are you working on to improve your photography?

2011-11-22 Thread David J Brooks
On Tue, Nov 22, 2011 at 2:50 AM, Larry Colen wrote: is what you are > doing, or have you done, to improve your own photography? > Larry Colen l...@red4est.com (from dos4est) Nothing, i bought a Nikon. Dave > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo

Re: PESO: The Monk

2011-11-22 Thread Ann Sanfedele
Hey, that's not Tony Shalub ann On 11/22/2011 00:24, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: http://blogs.delphiforums.com/n/blogs/blog.aspx?nav=main&webtag=djm1963&entry=161 Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mail

Re: Bird, Post, and Castle

2011-11-22 Thread P. J. Alling
It's actually on an ocean harbor which makes it disposable... On 11/22/2011 8:37 AM, Jack Davis wrote: Now that's something I've always wanted, a cabin by the lake. Jack . - Original Message - From: P. J. Alling To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Cc: Sent: Monday, November 21, 2011 9:15 PM S

Re: Bird, Post, and Castle

2011-11-22 Thread Jack Davis
Now that's something I've always wanted, a cabin by the lake. Jack . - Original Message - From: P. J. Alling To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Cc: Sent: Monday, November 21, 2011 9:15 PM Subject: Bird, Post, and Castle http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1604247/PESO/PESO%20--%20birdbookandcastle.html

Re: What are you working on to improve your photography?

2011-11-22 Thread Steven Desjardins
This summer I made a point of always carrying a camera. That faded with the academic year. I know I should just buy a really nice pocket-able compact like the Oly XZ-1 or the Fuji X-10 as my next camera. What I "shoulda done" is get two of those stupid Option i-10s that I got Debbie. That damn l

Re: What are you working on to improve your photography?

2011-11-22 Thread Brian Walters
On Monday, November 21, 2011 11:50 PM, "Larry Colen" wrote: > On another photo forum I occasionally hang out on, someone posted "What > are your pet peeves in photography that you see other photographers > do?", and boy was there a lot of responses of people gleefully putting > others down. My

Re: PESO - Rails North

2011-11-22 Thread Brian Walters
On Monday, November 21, 2011 6:43 PM, "Tim Bray" wrote: > That is an outstanding picture -T Thanks, Tim. Much appreciated. Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://lyons-ryan.org/southernlight/ > > On Mon, Nov 21, 2011 at 4:08 AM, Br

Re: GESO: Rocky tops

2011-11-22 Thread Brian Walters
On Monday, November 21, 2011 9:06 PM, "Tim Bray" wrote: > A couple of snaps with the pocket cam while flying over the Rockies: > https://plus.google.com/photos/107606703558161507946/albums/5677285917234558209 That's pretty good for snaps and pretty good for a pocket cam. Spectacular and rugged

Re: What are you working on to improve your photography?

2011-11-22 Thread Paul Ewins
On 22/11/2011, at 6:50 PM, Larry Colen wrote: > What I think is a much more productive question to discuss, is what you are > doing, or have you done, to improve your own photography? I started studying photography formally last year on a part time basis. It is a diploma course, not a full deg