Re: Giving and taking criticism

2011-11-26 Thread Christine Aguila
I agree with Rick and Brian. And I agree with Ken. Everyone on the PDML is capable of giving frank and respectful critique. Everyone has the rhetorical skills and the photographic technical skills. I wasn't on the list when the situation Bill refers to took place, but I just can't recall a

Re: GESO - Occupy Toronto: The Final Days

2011-11-26 Thread Christine Aguila
Frank: It's going to take some time getting used to the idea of you shooting with a phone camera :-). Cheers, Christine On Nov 25, 2011, at 4:00 PM, frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: Just a bit of what's happened with the Occupy Toronto thing, not because you're interested,

Re: Giving and taking criticism

2011-11-26 Thread Paul Stenquist
On Nov 26, 2011, at 3:16 AM, Christine Aguila wrote: I agree with Rick and Brian. And I agree with Ken. Everyone on the PDML is capable of giving frank and respectful critique. Everyone has the rhetorical skills and the photographic technical skills. I wasn't on the list when the

Re: Up Mount Washington

2011-11-26 Thread Rick Womer
Many years ago two friends and I literally crawled several stretches of the Gulfside trail from Madison to Lakes on a similar day.  Spectacular views, when one could stand up to see them! Rick   http://photo.net/photos/RickW - Original Message - From: Mark Roberts m...@robertstech.com

Re: Giving and taking criticism

2011-11-26 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
I miss the days when I got scathing comments on my PESOs. They were always helpful, or at least thought provoking, even when the comments were a little hurtful. I'm a big boy, and I can take criticism. I made it though Marine boot camp, where I was insulted by professionals. I realize that I

Re: Peso's jays and pumkin

2011-11-26 Thread David J Brooks
On Fri, Nov 25, 2011 at 11:16 PM, Brian Walters supera1...@fastmail.fm wrote: On Friday, November 25, 2011 9:31 AM, David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com wrote: From last weekend back yard romp. http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=14683533 Jay in tree, waiting

Re: Best option for travel storage?

2011-11-26 Thread Bob Sullivan
Bipin, I don't know that I could get thru a 3 week trip without downloading to my laptop. But I do shorter trips with your methodology, shoot and keep the originals on SD cards. I download to my laptop, sometimes at the end of day, sometimes not at all. When home again, I download the images to

Re: GESO - Occupy Toronto: The Final Days

2011-11-26 Thread Rick Womer
It wasn't easy to get used to having Frank submit sharp pix, then color pix, then nature and scenic pix (!) either.  The man just keeps challenging us. Rick   http://photo.net/photos/RickW - Original Message - From: Christine Aguila christ...@caguila.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List

Re: Giving and taking criticism

2011-11-26 Thread David J Brooks
I to enjoy praises and knock downs of my photos, i use this information on any re shoots and future endeavors. As far as being able to take and handle criticism and reject,. i think people of my generation were taught how to fail, that it was not the end of the world. I think a lot of younger

Re: Best option for travel storage?

2011-11-26 Thread Rick Womer
That works as long as one of those teeny weeny cards doesn't go astray.  What's your backup? Rick   http://photo.net/photos/RickW - Original Message - From: Bipin Gupta bip...@gmail.com To: pdml@pdml.net Cc: Sent: Saturday, November 26, 2011 2:09 AM Subject: Best option for travel

Re: Up Mount Washington

2011-11-26 Thread Mark Roberts
More snaps from yesterday's adventure: http://www.robertstech.com/temp/lisa-2.jpg http://www.robertstech.com/temp/wash-1.jpg http://www.robertstech.com/temp/wash-2.jpg http://www.robertstech.com/temp/wash-3.jpg http://www.robertstech.com/temp/wash-4.jpg -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List

Re: Giving and taking criticism

2011-11-26 Thread David J Brooks
On Fri, Nov 25, 2011 at 7:59 PM, Paul Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote: It's important to note that the regular member didn't just critique the photo. He told the photographer that he should be ashamed at having posted such inferior work and generally directed his comments at the

Re: PESO - Schumann

2011-11-26 Thread Rick Womer
Thanks, Brian! I shot 15 frames, and this was the only keeper.  My wife was so absorbed in the music she didn't notice. Rick   http://photo.net/photos/RickW - Original Message - From: Brian Walters supera1...@fastmail.fm To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Cc: Sent: Friday,

Re: GESO - Occupy Toronto: The Final Days

2011-11-26 Thread Bob Sullivan
Yah, but he can't be a real photographer if he uses a phone camera! :-) Regards, Bob S. On Sat, Nov 26, 2011 at 8:23 AM, Rick Womer rwomer1...@yahoo.com wrote: It wasn't easy to get used to having Frank submit sharp pix, then color pix, then nature and scenic pix (!) either.  The man just

Re: GESO - Occupy Toronto: The Final Days

2011-11-26 Thread David J Brooks
On Sat, Nov 26, 2011 at 12:07 AM, P. J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com wrote: On 11/25/2011 7:13 PM, William Robb wrote: So, here's the gallery, all taken with my phone camera: http://knarfinthecity.blogspot.com/2011/11/occupy-toronto-final-days.html Hope you enjoy.  Comments welcome.

Re: GESO - Occupy Toronto: The Final Days

2011-11-26 Thread David J Brooks
On Sat, Nov 26, 2011 at 9:29 AM, Bob Sullivan rf.sulli...@gmail.com wrote: Yah, but he can't be a real photographer if he uses a phone camera!  :-) Regards,  Bob S. But its black so there:-) Dave On Sat, Nov 26, 2011 at 8:23 AM, Rick Womer rwomer1...@yahoo.com wrote: It wasn't easy to

Re: Up Mount Washington

2011-11-26 Thread Rick Womer
- Original Message - From: steve harley p...@paper-ape.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Cc: Sent: Friday, November 25, 2011 11:05 PM Subject: Re: Up Mount Washington on 2011-11-25 17:22 Mark Roberts wrote In the photo linked below, Lisa is literally hanging on to the

Re: Up Mount Washington

2011-11-26 Thread David J Brooks
Great shot, love the hair Dave On Fri, Nov 25, 2011 at 7:22 PM, Mark Roberts m...@robertstech.com wrote: So today Lisa and I eschewed the opporunity to get pepper sprayed and fight mobs of holiday shoppers. Instead we took advantage of beautiful weather to hike up New Hampshire's Mount

Re: Up Mount Washington

2011-11-26 Thread David J Brooks
On Sat, Nov 26, 2011 at 9:26 AM, Mark Roberts m...@robertstech.com wrote: More snaps from yesterday's adventure: http://www.robertstech.com/temp/lisa-2.jpg http://www.robertstech.com/temp/wash-1.jpg http://www.robertstech.com/temp/wash-2.jpg http://www.robertstech.com/temp/wash-3.jpg

Re: Up Mount Washington

2011-11-26 Thread Bob Sullivan
Mark, I like these much better than the first Black White photo you showed. I think that one had the contrast turned way up, or it looked so. That last image looks positively treacherous. Regards, Bob S. On Sat, Nov 26, 2011 at 8:26 AM, Mark Roberts m...@robertstech.com wrote: More snaps from

Re: Giving and taking criticism

2011-11-26 Thread Jack Davis
I agree with Paul. Not that I see every posted image, but if I really can't find something sufficiently pleasing about an image, I often convey these feelings by not commenting. Doesn't happen often, at least not that I've recently noticed, but I find it particularly inappropriate for a third

Re: Up Mount Washington

2011-11-26 Thread Ann Sanfedele
Well this one, especially, I think really captures the essence of the place and its stunning too :-) http://www.robertstech.com/temp/wash-2.jpg ann On 11/26/2011 09:26, Mark Roberts wrote: More snaps from yesterday's adventure: http://www.robertstech.com/temp/lisa-2.jpg

Re: Giving and taking criticism

2011-11-26 Thread Ann Sanfedele
Well I have to jump in just to say this - while I don't bother to comment at all on photos that don't interest me my doest quite work for me and suggestions like why dont you you crop a bit are always comments made to photograhers that really do want comments and who seem to be to be those who

Re: Giving and taking criticism

2011-11-26 Thread Christine Aguila
On Nov 26, 2011, at 7:02 AM, Paul Stenquist wrote: When no one comments on a photo I've posted, I count that as a statement in itself: BORING! Same here. When I get no comments on stuff I've posted, I think the same thing. Cheers, Christine -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List

Re: Up Mount Washington

2011-11-26 Thread Christine Aguila
Really fantastic shot with the sign, wind, light etc. Just out of interest, did you use the K5 here? Cheers, Christine On Nov 25, 2011, at 6:22 PM, Mark Roberts wrote: So today Lisa and I eschewed the opporunity to get pepper sprayed and fight mobs of holiday shoppers. Instead we took

Re: Up Mount Washington

2011-11-26 Thread Christine Aguila
Very dramatic scenes. Now this is the way to spend Black Friday. Cheers, Christine On Nov 26, 2011, at 8:26 AM, Mark Roberts wrote: More snaps from yesterday's adventure: http://www.robertstech.com/temp/lisa-2.jpg http://www.robertstech.com/temp/wash-1.jpg

Forwarding some astrotracer advice

2011-11-26 Thread Larry Colen
I found someone on flickr who had done some good work with the astrotracer, and just received a reply with his advice on using it. I'm forwarding the email. It also looks like the deep sky stacker program might be handy for people who do other night photography too. Hi Larry, Apologies for

Re: PESO - Schumann

2011-11-26 Thread frank theriault
On Fri, Nov 25, 2011 at 10:15 AM, Rick Womer rwomer1...@yahoo.com wrote: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=14683715 (K7, DA 50-200) Now that I'm on my home computer for a few (very few!) minutes I can open photo.net and see that this is a gorgeous photo! Thanks for posting it, Rick.

Re: PESO - Schumann

2011-11-26 Thread Christine Aguila
Hi Rick: Desaturating the blues will probably tone down the blue light on the black keys, and pushing the Lights slider to the right a bit I think will give the lighting a bit of pop--as would using the Punch filter. This image shows a little dark on my monitor. YMMV. Maybe sharpen the image

Best option for travel storage?

2011-11-26 Thread Bipin Gupta
Hello Rick, the sandisk cards came in a very convenient thick padded zippered pouch with pockets on both sides. I just put a slip with the words used in the pouches. I further put each pouch in a large zip lock plastic bag labelled used. Less chances of loosing a large plastic bag. Note: the cards

Re: Giving and taking criticism

2011-11-26 Thread Christine Nielsen
On Sat, Nov 26, 2011 at 10:19 AM, Ann Sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com wrote: I have to say, I'm with Ann when she says: But I hope noone ever reads the _lack_ of any comment at all by me (or, for that matter, lots of others of us) as an automatic thumbs down - the randomness with which I read the

Re: Giving and taking criticism

2011-11-26 Thread Stan Halpin
On Nov 25, 2011, at 7:06 PM, William Robb wrote: Most people don't want a critique, they want an ego massage, and no one likes to be told that their image is an excruciatingly boring, poor rendering of a banal and cliched subject. I can agree that no one likes to hear such a message,

Re: Giving and taking criticism

2011-11-26 Thread Paul Stenquist
After reading Ann's comment, i have to add the same qualifier to my previous comment. I can't possibly comment on every photo -- I'd never get any work done. So a lack of response doesn't mean I don't like it. However, I merely meant to point out that, in regard to my own photos, I generally

Re: Up Mount Washington

2011-11-26 Thread Paul Stenquist
What Christine said. A keeper for sure. On Nov 26, 2011, at 11:55 AM, Christine Aguila wrote: Really fantastic shot with the sign, wind, light etc. Just out of interest, did you use the K5 here? Cheers, Christine On Nov 25, 2011, at 6:22 PM, Mark Roberts wrote: So today Lisa and I

Re: Giving and taking criticism

2011-11-26 Thread P. J. Alling
On 11/25/2011 7:06 PM, William Robb wrote: On 25/11/2011 2:18 PM, Larry Colen wrote: One thing I haven't seen a lot of is discussion on how to give and take criticism. And a related discussion of what venues on the net, or off, are good for that sort of discussion. -- That's because we

RE: OT: Best option for travel storage?

2011-11-26 Thread John Sessoms
From: John Celio Those of you who travel a lot: How do you store your photos while on long trips? Next May I'll be spending some time in Australia with my company (specifically, in Melbourne for roughly a week and a half), and then I'm hoping to be able to take another week or two off for a bit

Re: OT: Can anyone work out what this is?

2011-11-26 Thread John Sessoms
From: Larry Colen On Nov 25, 2011, at 8:37 AM, John Sessoms wrote: From: David Mann I considered one of my photos of this for the upcoming PUG. It's in a rather out-of-the-way graveyard on the West Coast that we had a quick look at last weekend. I can't figure out what it is or what it

Re: PESO - Schumann

2011-11-26 Thread Rick Womer
Thanks, Christine.  I may play with it a little more.  Fiddling with the blue screws up the wood color, but some curves play may help. Rick   http://photo.net/photos/RickW - Original Message - From: Christine Aguila christ...@caguila.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Cc:

Re: Giving and taking criticism

2011-11-26 Thread Tim Bray
On Sat, Nov 26, 2011 at 6:03 AM, Daniel J. Matyola danmaty...@gmail.com wrote: I also agree that there is no criticism harsher than getting no comments at all on a PESO.  To me that means not only that no one liked it, but also that no one thought there was any hope of fixing it or improving

OT: Strange things going on?

2011-11-26 Thread John Sessoms
Yesterday I found both of my computers shut down. Both UPS had shut off. The only thing I can think of that would cause that to happen is if the power went off, but that should have caused the UPS alarms to sound. I know that they did not, because the alarms have to be manually reset. The

Re: Giving and taking criticism

2011-11-26 Thread Cotty
On 26/11/11, Christine Aguila, discombobulated, unleashed: I agree with Rick and Brian. And I agree with Ken. I'm sorry. (I'm British). -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche -- http://www.cottysnaps.com _ -- PDML

Re: Giving and taking criticism

2011-11-26 Thread John Sessoms
From: David Parsons An idea was floated last year that if you wanted, or were okay with critique to use a different tag than PESO. Nothing ever came of it, but it's always an option for people who just want to share, and those who want active feedback. Someone on list has a sig that says

Re: OT: Can anyone work out what this is?

2011-11-26 Thread Cotty
On 25/11/11, David Mann, discombobulated, unleashed: http://www.multi.net.nz/cemetery-thing/ Any ideas? Coffin press? -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche -- http://www.cottysnaps.com _ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail

Re: OT: Strange things going on?

2011-11-26 Thread Joseph McAllister
EMP On Nov 26, 2011, at 11:16 , John Sessoms wrote: Yesterday I found both of my computers shut down. Both UPS had shut off. The only thing I can think of that would cause that to happen is if the power went off, but that should have caused the UPS alarms to sound. I know that they did

Re: Up Mount Washington

2011-11-26 Thread Cotty
On 26/11/11, Mark Roberts, discombobulated, unleashed: http://www.robertstech.com/temp/wash-2.jpg Really really like that! -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche -- http://www.cottysnaps.com _ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss

Re: GESO - Occupy Toronto: The Final Days

2011-11-26 Thread John Sessoms
From: Bob Sullivan Yah, but he can't be a real photographer if he uses a phone camera! Regards, Bob S. On Sat, Nov 26, 2011 at 8:23 AM, Rick Womer rwomer1...@yahoo.com wrote: It wasn't easy to get used to having Frank submit sharp pix, then color pix, then nature and scenic pix (!) either.

For Sale (Extended) Friday

2011-11-26 Thread Steven Desjardins
Walmart extended Black Friday so I will as well. D-BG4 grip for K5/K7 Like new. $125 + shipping Cable release 205, also for K7/K5, $15 + shipping (this will fit in an envelope. -- Steve Desjardins -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Re: Giving and taking criticism

2011-11-26 Thread Christine Aguila
On Nov 26, 2011, at 1:20 PM, Cotty wrote: I'm sorry. (I'm British). I've never held that against you! :-) Cheers, Christine -- 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

Re: PESO - Schumann

2011-11-26 Thread Christine Aguila
If you warm up the temperature then desaturate the blues, the wood will be less effected. Tweak the temperature for the skin tone as well. Too much temperature to the right will make the skin tone of the hand look odd. Cheers, christine On Nov 26, 2011, at 12:48 PM, Rick Womer wrote:

Re: Up Mount Washington

2011-11-26 Thread steve harley
on 2011-11-26 07:58 Ann Sanfedele wrote Well this one, especially, I think really captures the essence of the place and its stunning too :-) http://www.robertstech.com/temp/wash-2.jpg that's my favorite -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: OT: Best option for travel storage?

2011-11-26 Thread steve harley
on 2011-11-25 17:26 Paul Stenquist wrote A 13 inch Macbook laptop. :Light, small, but with plenty of storage and powerful enough to run PhotoShop quite efficiently. pretty much what i do — a 2009 MacBook Pro 13 in my case, and Aperture instead of Photoshop; since i'm usually doing a lot more

Re: OT: Best option for travel storage?

2011-11-26 Thread steve harley
on 2011-11-26 11:30 John Sessoms wrote I made prior arrangements with several of my group of traveling companions to use their Macbooks to download photos to the LaCie USB drive. I installed MacDrive8 on my own laptop so I could read off-load the files when I got back home. so that your

Re: OT: Best option for travel storage?

2011-11-26 Thread John Francis
On Sat, Nov 26, 2011 at 01:30:59PM -0500, John Sessoms wrote: Turned out I didn't use the backup hard-drive at all. We had such a tight itinerary I didn't even manage to fill up all of my cards. I copy to some other form of storage (normally my laptop - I put a 500GB drive in it just for that

Re: OT: Strange things going on?

2011-11-26 Thread P. J. Alling
The singularity is here. On 11/26/2011 2:16 PM, John Sessoms wrote: Yesterday I found both of my computers shut down. Both UPS had shut off. The only thing I can think of that would cause that to happen is if the power went off, but that should have caused the UPS alarms to sound. I know

Re: Giving and taking criticism

2011-11-26 Thread Brian Walters
On Saturday, November 26, 2011 2:23 PM, John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com wrote: From: David Parsons An idea was floated last year that if you wanted, or were okay with critique to use a different tag than PESO. Nothing ever came of it, but it's always an option for people who just want

Re: Up Mount Washington

2011-11-26 Thread John Francis
On Sat, Nov 26, 2011 at 03:14:00AM +, knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: ~Very~ cool pic. Literally. ;-) Since you hiked up, does that mean you didn't get the ubiquitous bumper sticker? ;-) Hah! I've got one of those bumper stickers. Mind you, kids today get it easy; they get a paved

Re: Up Mount Washington

2011-11-26 Thread Mark Roberts
David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com wrote: On Sat, Nov 26, 2011 at 9:26 AM, Mark Roberts m...@robertstech.com wrote: More snaps from yesterday's adventure: http://www.robertstech.com/temp/lisa-2.jpg http://www.robertstech.com/temp/wash-1.jpg http://www.robertstech.com/temp/wash-2.jpg

Re: OT: Best option for travel storage?

2011-11-26 Thread Brian Walters
On Friday, November 25, 2011 12:08 PM, John Celio n...@neovenator.com wrote: Those of you who travel a lot: How do you store your photos while on long trips? Next May I'll be spending some time in Australia with my company (specifically, in Melbourne for roughly a week and a half), and

Re: Giving and taking criticism

2011-11-26 Thread Jack Davis
I have.  =] Jack - Original Message - From: Christine Aguila christ...@caguila.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Cc: Sent: Saturday, November 26, 2011 11:59 AM Subject: Re: Giving and taking criticism On Nov 26, 2011, at 1:20 PM, Cotty wrote: I'm sorry. (I'm

Re: GESO - Occupy Toronto: The Final Days

2011-11-26 Thread knarftheria...@gmail.com
I don't think it's so much whether phone cams are the real deal or not. I would have much preferred having a dslr or other better camera with me. However the Android was the only camera I had; it beat the hell out of no camera at all. Just as right now, on the shores of Lake Ontario, it's the

Re: OT - Zinio; $25 Gift Voucher for Digital Magazine Subscriptions

2011-11-26 Thread Brian Walters
On Friday, November 25, 2011 3:44 PM, Darren Addy pixelsmi...@gmail.com wrote: It does take nearly 24 hours to get your voucher (and mine also went to Gmail spam folder). I got PC Magazine as my trial magazine and then with my $25 gift card opted for: Outdoor Photographer ($7.50) Popular

Re: GESO - Occupy Toronto: The Final Days

2011-11-26 Thread Christine Aguila
I don't think anyone is objecting to the use of a phone camera, Frank; just remarking on you starting to use one, which there is nothing wrong with. My comment was meant in a friendly way and with great PDML affection. :-) I use a phone camera myself every now and then. Big Cheers

Re: Up Mount Washington

2011-11-26 Thread Ann Sanfedele
On 11/26/2011 15:47, Mark Roberts wrote: David J Brookspentko...@gmail.com wrote: On Sat, Nov 26, 2011 at 9:26 AM, Mark Robertsm...@robertstech.com wrote: More snaps from yesterday's adventure: http://www.robertstech.com/temp/lisa-2.jpg http://www.robertstech.com/temp/wash-1.jpg

Re: GESO - Occupy Toronto: The Final Days

2011-11-26 Thread knarftheria...@gmail.com
I took no offence whatsoever. ;-) My comment was directed to John and his Nat'l Geo jibe - which I took to be in good fun. Cheers, frank, thrilled to be taking pix of grebes as I send this --- Original Message --- From: Christine Aguila christ...@caguila.com Sent: November 26, 2011 11/26/11

RE: GESO - High Seas at South Haven

2011-11-26 Thread Bill Sawyer
I'm surprised that you don't use that rather than buying the Sigma. Bill Sawyer -Original Message- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Mark C Sent: Thursday, November 24, 2011 12:26 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: GESO - High Seas at South

Re: GESO - Occupy Toronto: The Final Days

2011-11-26 Thread steve harley
on 2011-11-25 15:00 frank theriault wrote So, here's the gallery, all taken with my phone camera: http://knarfinthecity.blogspot.com/2011/11/occupy-toronto-final-days.html very nice documentation, Frank; you've captured some of the sad dilemma as well as the physical situation -- PDML

Re: GESO - Occupy Toronto: The Final Days

2011-11-26 Thread steve harley
on 2011-11-25 17:13 William Robb wrote It is telling that the Canadian protests seem to have been put to bed without the overarching police brutality that has been so common south of the border. It seems that to a great extent, our cops still know the difference between right and wrong (and that

Re: Up Mount Washington

2011-11-26 Thread Cotty
On 26/11/11, Mark Roberts, discombobulated, unleashed: he was able to climb back and make a successful descent. Pretty spooky moment because we were still quite high at that point. Man, I told yer to stop with the weed. -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche

Re: Giving and taking criticism

2011-11-26 Thread steve harley
on 2011-11-26 07:03 Daniel J. Matyola wrote I also agree that there is no criticism harsher than getting no comments at all on a PESO. To me that means not only that no one liked it, but also that no one thought there was any hope of fixing it or improving on it. I would much rather hear That

Re: PESO - Schumann

2011-11-26 Thread Rick Womer
Christine, I've played with it a bit more.  The blue on the black keys is, I think, from daylight from our living room window in this otherwise tungsten-lit shot.  Nothing I've tried makes it go away, so I've decided that I kind of like it. Here's the pic again, brightened, tone curve tweaked

Re: GESO - Occupy Toronto: The Final Days

2011-11-26 Thread P. J. Alling
On 11/26/2011 4:46 PM, steve harley wrote: on 2011-11-25 17:13 William Robb wrote It is telling that the Canadian protests seem to have been put to bed without the overarching police brutality that has been so common south of the border. It seems that to a great extent, our cops still know the

Re: Up Mount Washington

2011-11-26 Thread Rick Womer
P.S. #2 really wants to be a 3 x 2 meter print.  Wonderful. Rick   http://photo.net/photos/RickW - Original Message - From: Rick Womer rwomer1...@yahoo.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Cc: Sent: Saturday, November 26, 2011 8:48 AM Subject: Re: Up Mount Washington Many

Re: Giving and taking criticism

2011-11-26 Thread kwaller
My lack of comments on images generally means I'm not interested in the subject matter or there are too mamy for me to take the time to view. And as some one else has already stated, commenting on images in a GESO is just asking for too much. Kenneth Waller

Re: Giving and taking criticism

2011-11-26 Thread Brian Walters
On Saturday, November 26, 2011 5:25 PM, kwal...@peoplepc.com wrote: My lack of comments on images generally means I'm not interested in the subject matter or there are too mamy for me to take the time to view. And as some one else has already stated, commenting on images in a GESO is just

Re: Giving and taking criticism

2011-11-26 Thread Tim Bray
On Sat, Nov 26, 2011 at 2:50 PM, Brian Walters supera1...@fastmail.fm wrote: Yes, I regard GESOs as being posted for enjoyment, not critical comment.  I'll usually nominate a couple of favourites but nothing much more. Interesting; that approach had never crossed my mind. A

Re: GESO - Occupy Toronto: The Final Days

2011-11-26 Thread knarftheria...@gmail.com
Thanks, Steve. You're the only person to comment on the photos. I'm not sure what that says. ;-) I appreciate your thoughts. Cheers, frank --- Original Message --- From: steve harley p...@paper-ape.com Sent: November 26, 2011 11/26/11 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Subject: Re:

Re: GESO - Occupy Toronto: The Final Days

2011-11-26 Thread Tim Bray
It says the photos were a window on the events that was so transparent that people were led to discuss the events not their representation. For a photojournalist, that would represent success. So it depends how you think of your role. -T On Sat, Nov 26, 2011 at 3:02 PM,

Semi OT Amazon deal of the day.

2011-11-26 Thread P. J. Alling
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Re: OT: Best option for travel storage?

2011-11-26 Thread John Sessoms
From: steve harley on 2011-11-26 11:30 John Sessoms wrote I made prior arrangements with several of my group of traveling companions to use their Macbooks to download photos to the LaCie USB drive. I installed MacDrive8 on my own laptop so I could read off-load the files when I got back home.

Re: GESO - Occupy Toronto: The Final Days

2011-11-26 Thread John Sessoms
From: knarftheria...@gmail.com I don't think it's so much whether phone cams are the real deal or not. I would have much preferred having a dslr or other better camera with me. However the Android was the only camera I had; it beat the hell out of no camera at all. Just as right now, on the

Re: GESO - Occupy Toronto: The Final Days

2011-11-26 Thread John Sessoms
on 2011-11-25 17:13 William Robb wrote It is telling that the Canadian protests seem to have been put to bed without the overarching police brutality that has been so common south of the border. It seems that to a great extent, our cops still know the difference between right and wrong (and that

Re: Semi OT Amazon deal of the day.

2011-11-26 Thread Steven Desjardins
I'll ware one during Monday's lecture on Redox chemistry so you can see the students' faces. That's scarier than any motorcycle ride. On Sat, Nov 26, 2011 at 6:10 PM, P. J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com wrote: For all of those who think the world needs to share your life...

Re: Up Mount Washington

2011-11-26 Thread Mark Roberts
Cotty cotty...@mac.com wrote: On 26/11/11, Mark Roberts, discombobulated, unleashed: he was able to climb back and make a successful descent. Pretty spooky moment because we were still quite high at that point. Man, I told yer to stop with the weed. Far out, man... -- PDML Pentax-Discuss

Re: Giving and taking criticism

2011-11-26 Thread Brian Walters
On Saturday, November 26, 2011 2:59 PM, Tim Bray tb...@textuality.com wrote: On Sat, Nov 26, 2011 at 2:50 PM, Brian Walters supera1...@fastmail.fm wrote: Yes, I regard GESOs as being posted for enjoyment, not critical comment.  I'll usually nominate a couple of favourites but nothing much

Re: Up Mount Washington

2011-11-26 Thread Bob Sullivan
The guy looked in trouble when I saw the pole behind him on the ground. On Sat, Nov 26, 2011 at 2:47 PM, Mark Roberts m...@robertstech.com wrote: David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com wrote: On Sat, Nov 26, 2011 at 9:26 AM, Mark Roberts m...@robertstech.com wrote: More snaps from yesterday's

Re: Giving and taking criticism

2011-11-26 Thread Ann Sanfedele
On 11/26/2011 19:00, Brian Walters wrote: snip... I have no evidence to back it up but I suspect most people here look at galleries in the way I suggested. You've only got to look at how few comments the monthly PUG receives. Sometimes I wonder if anyone, other than the contributors,

Re: Giving and taking criticism

2011-11-26 Thread Paul Stenquist
On Nov 26, 2011, at 7:19 PM, Ann Sanfedele wrote: On 11/26/2011 19:00, Brian Walters wrote: snip... I have no evidence to back it up but I suspect most people here look at galleries in the way I suggested. You've only got to look at how few comments the monthly PUG receives.

PAW--Week 47--Woman in Storefront Window

2011-11-26 Thread Christine Aguila
Caught this while downtown yesterday. Lots of people out, fun energy--none of that Walmart pepper spray nonsense. Gosh, what is with people these days? Humanity is just deteriorating. Anyway . . . Cheers, Christine http://aguilapaw.posterous.com/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List

Re: Up Mount Washington

2011-11-26 Thread Paul Stenquist
Excellent! Love lisa-2.jpg, wash-2.jpg and wash-3.jpg. High drama. Paul On Nov 26, 2011, at 7:04 PM, Bob Sullivan wrote: The guy looked in trouble when I saw the pole behind him on the ground. On Sat, Nov 26, 2011 at 2:47 PM, Mark Roberts m...@robertstech.com wrote: David J Brooks

PESO: Look Before You Leap

2011-11-26 Thread Paul Stenquist
In this case, she thought the better of it. A rarity. A beautiful day here, 64 degrees and some cloud filtered sun. A bit of flash fill here to help brighten things. http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=14693192 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: Giving and taking criticism

2011-11-26 Thread Brian Walters
On Saturday, November 26, 2011 7:19 PM, Ann Sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com wrote: On 11/26/2011 19:00, Brian Walters wrote: snip... I have no evidence to back it up but I suspect most people here look at galleries in the way I suggested. You've only got to look at how few comments

Re: PAW--Week 47--Woman in Storefront Window

2011-11-26 Thread Brian Walters
On Saturday, November 26, 2011 6:41 PM, Christine Aguila christ...@caguila.com wrote: Caught this while downtown yesterday. Lots of people out, fun energy--none of that Walmart pepper spray nonsense. Gosh, what is with people these days? Humanity is just deteriorating. Anyway . . .

Re: Up Mount Washington

2011-11-26 Thread Mark Roberts
Bob Sullivan rf.sulli...@gmail.com wrote: The guy looked in trouble when I saw the pole behind him on the ground. Now that you mention it, I think that pole had just been tossed down by Lisa to the guy below. The one who had gotten himself stuck may have been behind me still getting his courage

Re: GESO - Occupy Toronto: The Final Days

2011-11-26 Thread knarftheria...@gmail.com
I knew that (despite my rather serious-sounding post). See my reply to Christine, above. Cheers, frank --- Original Message --- From: John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com Sent: November 26, 2011 11/26/11 To: pdml@pdml.net Subject: Re: GESO - Occupy Toronto: The Final Days From:

Re: Giving and taking criticism

2011-11-26 Thread Christine Aguila
I value the PUG, Brian!Cheers, Christine On Nov 26, 2011, at 7:31 PM, Brian Walters supera1...@fastmail.fm wrote: On Saturday, November 26, 2011 7:19 PM, Ann Sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com wrote: On 11/26/2011 19:00, Brian Walters wrote: snip... I have no evidence to back it

Re: PAW--Week 47--Woman in Storefront Window

2011-11-26 Thread Christine Aguila
Thank, Brian. Much appreciated. Cheers, Christine On Nov 26, 2011, at 7:37 PM, Brian Walters supera1...@fastmail.fm wrote: On Saturday, November 26, 2011 6:41 PM, Christine Aguila christ...@caguila.com wrote: Caught this while downtown yesterday. Lots of people out, fun energy--none

Re: Giving and taking criticism

2011-11-26 Thread Ann Sanfedele
On 11/26/2011 19:38, Paul Stenquist wrote: On Nov 26, 2011, at 7:19 PM, Ann Sanfedele wrote: On 11/26/2011 19:00, Brian Walters wrote: snip... I have no evidence to back it up but I suspect most people here look at galleries in the way I suggested. You've only got to look at how

Re: PAW--Week 47--Woman in Storefront Window

2011-11-26 Thread Ann Sanfedele
and this woman looks rather stern and unhappy... maybe the fabric business isn't so good... nice framing ann On 11/26/2011 19:41, Christine Aguila wrote: Caught this while downtown yesterday. Lots of people out, fun energy--none of that Walmart pepper spray nonsense. Gosh, what is with

Re: Giving and taking criticism

2011-11-26 Thread Mark Roberts
Christine Aguila christ...@caguila.com wrote: I value the PUG, Brian!Cheers, Christine As far as promoting the PUG goes, it would be quick and easy to set up a PUG Facebook page. Might even attract some people to The List. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: Giving and taking criticism

2011-11-26 Thread Christine Aguila
That's an interesting idea. What do folks think? Cheers, Christine On Nov 26, 2011, at 8:29 PM, Mark Roberts m...@robertstech.com wrote: Christine Aguila christ...@caguila.com wrote: I value the PUG, Brian!Cheers, Christine As far as promoting the PUG goes, it would be quick

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