Re: PPG

Rightly or wrongly, I take the category into account when voting for an image. If I believed in souls being tormented after death then I would probably also hope that there is a special level of hell for those who submitted color photos in the Black & White category and non-abstract photos in the

Re: PAW103 - Merry Christmas! (or whatever)

On Wed, Dec 28, 2011, at 11:51 PM, DagT wrote: > http://www.thrane.name/Pictures/PAW/files/page7-1000-full.html > K-5, DA*16-50mm@21mm, 1/50s, f/3.5, ISO100. > Excellent! And fun too Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://lyons-ryan

Re: PESO: Ariada

On Mon, Dec 26, 2011, at 07:40 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote: > I added a photo to my "It Happens on Woodward" Collection, which now > comprises 216 photos taken over a span of about nine years on Old > Woodward Avenue in downtown Birmingham, Michigan. The common thread is > that all photos were all tak

Re: PPG

On Thu, Dec 29, 2011, at 12:48 AM, kwal...@peoplepc.com wrote: > >> They don't want any out of camera fiddling, according to the rules. > > Didn't see that on the current listing of submission rules. I think this is the rule that Ann is referring to: "Photographs should not be overly manipulate

Re: PPG

They don't want any out of camera fiddling, according to the rules. Didn't see that on the current listing of submission rules. Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: "Brian Walters" Subject: Re: PPG On Wed, Dec 28, 2011, at 09:5

Re: PPG

On Wed, Dec 28, 2011, at 10:33 PM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: > I agree. The Premiere Collection is stunning. I visit it every now > and them for inspirition. Same here but there doesn't seem to be any new stuff there recently. I'm not even sure that anything has been added since the PPG was res

Re: PPG

On Wed, Dec 28, 2011, at 09:55 PM, Ann Sanfedele wrote: > > > but I was rather taken aback > > by that. Maybe it would help if I HDR'ed it first? > > They don't want any out of camera fiddling, according to the rules. But there's actually a dedicated "HDR" category as well as an "In Camera E

Re: Tarts

No go there! I'm using flan rings and making the dough from scratch and forming by hand. I'm striving for art and craft here, Darren! :-) Cheers, Christine On Dec 28, 2011, at 10:42 PM, Darren Addy wrote: >> On 29 December 2011 12:29, Christine Aguila wrote: >>> My goal this year is to m

Re: Tarts

On 12/28/2011 8:45 PM, Christine Aguila wrote: They tasted really great; the lemon cream was wonderfully tart and the crust very good, but as they say, when it comes to a good tart, presentation is everything! So I have to work on that! :-) cheers, Christine I'll say, they definitely la

Re: Tarts

I don't know why I expected Larry's kind of tart... On 12/28/2011 11:29 PM, Christine Aguila wrote: My goal this year is to master the tart, and I've started my apprenticeship tonight. You can see my technique on the crust part needs to be improved--smoother around the rim, but I'm pretty dar

Re: Tarts

They tasted really great; the lemon cream was wonderfully tart and the crust very good, but as they say, when it comes to a good tart, presentation is everything! So I have to work on that! :-) cheers, Christine On Dec 28, 2011, at 10:37 PM, David Savage wrote: > Damnit Christine sometimes

Re: Tarts

> On 29 December 2011 12:29, Christine Aguila wrote: >> My goal this year is to master the tart, and I've started my apprenticeship >> tonight. Sounds like SOMEBODY needs a Tart Master! http://www.pastrychef.com/TART-MASTER_p_1533.html : ) Darren Addy Kearney, Nebraska -- PDML Pentax-Discuss

Re: Tarts

Har! Thanks!. cheers, Christine On Dec 28, 2011, at 10:30 PM, Larry Colen wrote: > > > On 12/28/2011 8:29 PM, Christine Aguila wrote: >> My goal this year is to master the tart, > > What a coincidence! > > > and I've started my apprenticeship tonight. You can see my technique on > > the

Re: Tarts

Damnit Christine sometimes make it too easy. Just like a good tart. :-) Dave (PS, the look good to me. But as they say, the proof of the pudding...) On 29 December 2011 12:29, Christine Aguila wrote: > My goal this year is to master the tart, and I've started my apprenticeship > tonight.  Yo

RE: PAW103 - Merry Christmas! (or whatever)

Brilliant! cheers, frank --- Original Message --- From: DagT Sent: December 28, 2011 12/28/11 To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" Subject: PAW103 - Merry Christmas! (or whatever) http://www.thrane.name/Pictures/PAW/files/page7-1000-full.html K-5, DA*16-50mm@21mm, 1/50s, f/3.5, ISO100. DagT http:/

Re: Tarts

On 12/28/2011 8:29 PM, Christine Aguila wrote: My goal this year is to master the tart, What a coincidence! > and I've started my apprenticeship tonight. You can see my technique on the crust part needs to be improved--smoother around the rim, but I'm pretty darn excited about my first go

Re: PAW103 - Merry Christmas! (or whatever)

Excellent & Funny! cheers, Christine On Dec 28, 2011, at 4:51 PM, DagT wrote: > http://www.thrane.name/Pictures/PAW/files/page7-1000-full.html > K-5, DA*16-50mm@21mm, 1/50s, f/3.5, ISO100. > > DagT > http://www.thrane.name/ > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml

Tarts

My goal this year is to master the tart, and I've started my apprenticeship tonight. You can see my technique on the crust part needs to be improved--smoother around the rim, but I'm pretty darn excited about my first go-round here. Lemon cream with fresh fruit--it was yummy, but a bit disapp

Re: PESO - Inside Looking Out

Thanks, Ann. Glad you enjoyed. And thanks to everyone else who looked and commented. Cheers, Frank --- Original Message --- From: Ann Sanfedele Sent: December 28, 2011 12/28/11 To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" Subject: Re: PESO - Inside Looking Out On 12/28/2011 20:34, Paul Stenquist wrote:

Re: Bad news for Frank

David, I used to do a fair bit of Child and Family Protective Services Act "defence" (ie: acting for parents) work way back when I practiced law in the 80s and 90s. I've seen first hand how much power the Children's Aid Societies have in court and the things the law lets them get away with.

Re: Some cover pics

Thanks Mark. I found the green car a bit ugly. But I was told it's a very rare build sheet. Paul On Dec 28, 2011, at 10:05 PM, Mark C wrote: > On 12/23/2011 4:09 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote: >> Both of the cover photos on the April 2012 issue of "Mopar Action" are mine. >> (Yes, the publisher dates

Re: PPG

On Dec 28, 2011, at 10:01 PM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: > I agree with Paul. MARK! > It is a wonderful image, but it might be voted > down by some if they view it quickly without studying it. > > Dan > > Dan Matyola > http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola > > > > On Wed, Dec

Re: K-5, WOW

The ZX5n battery grip was really a different animal altogether. It just allowed the use of less expensive AA batteries instead of the CR- whatever batteries that fit in the camera body. The grip for the K-5, (or K10/20 for that matter), has more in common with the motor drive for the LX, with

Re: PPG

I agree. The Premiere Collection is stunning. I visit it every now and them for inspirition. Dan Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Wed, Dec 28, 2011 at 10:23 PM, Ann Sanfedele wrote: > OTOH  a couple of weeks ago I had a browse of the "premiere" images and, WOW

Re: K-5, WOW

On Dec 28, 2011, at 7:15 PM, Stan Halpin wrote: > Tim, I'll see if/when I get a K-5. I know I do not like the feel of my wife's > K-X and I think that form factor is more like the K-5 than the K-20. I > thought the Pentax 645 was a very user-friendly camera in size and shape and > layout and t

Re: The secrets of SanDisk Extreme SDHC cards

On Dec 28, 2011, at 5:41 PM, Igor Roshchin wrote: > > The item/product number for these cards is as follows: > Sandisk Extreme SDHC class 10 HD Video (old, 20Mb/s): > SDSDRX-nnnG-A21, where nnn is the card capacity, e.g. 008 for 8 GB, and > 016 for a 16 GB card.) > Sandisk Extreme SDHC class 10

Re: K-5, WOW

On 12/28/2011 22:15, Stan Halpin wrote: Tim, I'll see if/when I get a K-5. I know I do not like the feel of my wife's K-X and I think that form factor is more like the K-5 than the K-20. I thought the Pentax 645 was a very user-friendly camera in size and shape and layout and the 654D would

Re: PPG

OTOH a couple of weeks ago I had a browse of the "premiere" images and, WOW - lots of outstanding stuff and by no means (just) the "oversaturated landscapes". I've scratched my head over what was accepted of mine and what rejected that I thought was better than the acceptees. Just look at it f

Re: PPG

On Wed, Dec 28, 2011 at 10:01 PM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: > I agree with Paul.  It is a wonderful image, but it might be voted > down by some if they view it quickly without studying it. Heh. From "Your Photo Gallery > Understand the Submission Process" ... "2. Artists will approve or deny a ph

Re: K-5, WOW

Tim, I'll see if/when I get a K-5. I know I do not like the feel of my wife's K-X and I think that form factor is more like the K-5 than the K-20. I thought the Pentax 645 was a very user-friendly camera in size and shape and layout and the 654D would be my ideal if it were reachable financially

Re: PPG

Which pretty much validates my original hesitation in bothering to submit to the PPG. Kinda reduces it to the level of Flickr. On Wed, Dec 28, 2011 at 9:25 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote: > I like it, but I can see how a silhouette might be rejected without much > thought on the part of critiquers. Re

Re: Some cover pics

On 12/23/2011 4:09 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote: Both of the cover photos on the April 2012 issue of "Mopar Action" are mine. (Yes, the publisher dates his newsstand mags that far in advance. The theory being that shoppers pick up the issue that appears to be latest when choosing between similar pu

Re: PPG

I agree with Paul. It is a wonderful image, but it might be voted down by some if they view it quickly without studying it. Dan Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Wed, Dec 28, 2011 at 9:15 PM, Bruce Walker wrote: > I'm not sure what we can learn from this, but la

Re: PPG

On 12/28/2011 21:15, Bruce Walker wrote: I'm not sure what we can learn from this, but last week I submitted my shot that was exhibited at the curated Chicago Scharpenberg Gallery in 2010, "PDML Augenblick". It was rejected by the PPG in 4 days. (It's this one: http://500px.com/photo/1422532 )

Re: PPG question about declined submissions

What Brian said...and you might want to change something like the category. Bong On Thu, Dec 29, 2011 at 9:50 AM, Brian Walters wrote: > On Wed, Dec 28, 2011, at 05:10 PM, David Parsons wrote: >> When you submit to the PPG and a picture is declined, can you resubmit >> it, or will they penalize

Re: PESO - Inside Looking Out

On 12/28/2011 20:34, Paul Stenquist wrote: Ooooh, I like that. Good catch. Paul Absolutely agree ann On Dec 28, 2011, at 8:32 PM, Mark C wrote: On 12/28/2011 8:05 AM, frank theriault wrote: http://knarfinthecity.blogspot.com/2011/12/inside-looking-out.html Just a little snapshot from a

Re: PESO - Inside Looking Out

So how do you get them to pose for you? On 12/28/2011 8:05 AM, frank theriault wrote: http://knarfinthecity.blogspot.com/2011/12/inside-looking-out.html Just a little snapshot from a walk yesterday. Hope you enjoy. Comments welcome. cheers, frank -- Don't lose heart! They might want to

Re: PPG

I like it, but I can see how a silhouette might be rejected without much thought on the part of critiquers. Remember, many of the photographer judges are shooters of minimal to modest experience. Anything that's a departure from the norm is likely to fail in the peer judging. Paul On Dec 28, 201

Re: PPG question about declined submissions

Awesome. On Wed, Dec 28, 2011 at 8:50 PM, Brian Walters wrote: > On Wed, Dec 28, 2011, at 05:10 PM, David Parsons wrote: >> When you submit to the PPG and a picture is declined, can you resubmit >> it, or will they penalize you if you do? > > > Resubmit away.  I've had  several approved that were

Re: PPG

I'm not sure what we can learn from this, but last week I submitted my shot that was exhibited at the curated Chicago Scharpenberg Gallery in 2010, "PDML Augenblick". It was rejected by the PPG in 4 days. (It's this one: http://500px.com/photo/1422532 ) I'm going to resubmit it just for grins, bu

Re: PESO: Ariada

Thanks Mark. The two ladies are actually aunt and niece. My daughter, Ingrid, and my granddaughter, Grace. On Dec 28, 2011, at 8:49 PM, Mark C wrote: > On 12/26/2011 7:40 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote: >> I added a photo to my "It Happens on Woodward" Collection, which now >> comprises 216 photos tak

Re: PPG question about declined submissions

So I've finally checked out the PPG...imagine my surprise when I saw I was still there. For some reason I thought they had started fresh. On 29 December 2011 09:50, Brian Walters wrote: > On Wed, Dec 28, 2011, at 05:10 PM, David Parsons wrote: >> When you submit to the PPG and a picture is decl

Re: PPG question about declined submissions

On Wed, Dec 28, 2011, at 05:10 PM, David Parsons wrote: > When you submit to the PPG and a picture is declined, can you resubmit > it, or will they penalize you if you do? Resubmit away. I've had several approved that were previously declined. Cheers Brian +

Re: PESO - Country Pumpkin

The color is amazing, Cotty! Wow! Cheers, Christine On Dec 28, 2011, at 1:02 PM, Cotty wrote: > Well, I haven't done one of these for a lng time. Go easy on me! > > > > > > -- > > > Cheers, > Cotty > > > ___/\__ > || (O) | Peo

Re: PESO: Ariada

On 12/26/2011 7:40 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote: I added a photo to my "It Happens on Woodward" Collection, which now comprises 216 photos taken over a span of about nine years on Old Woodward Avenue in downtown Birmingham, Michigan. The common thread is that all photos were all taken on the same

Re: PESO - Inside Looking Out

Excellent, Frank! Everything just right to my eye. Cheers, Christine On Dec 28, 2011, at 7:05 AM, frank theriault wrote: > http://knarfinthecity.blogspot.com/2011/12/inside-looking-out.html > > Just a little snapshot from a walk yesterday. > > Hope you enjoy. Comments welcome. > > cheers,

The secrets of SanDisk Extreme SDHC cards

Hi All, Just a few days ago I was asking if anybody knows the difference between different Sandisk Extreme (class 10) SDHC cards. Not hearing from anybody, I decided to "go to the source". Oh, boy!... I think waterboarding should be allowed only for SanDisk "technical-support" representatives (T

Re: PESO - Inside Looking Out

Ooooh, I like that. Good catch. Paul On Dec 28, 2011, at 8:32 PM, Mark C wrote: > On 12/28/2011 8:05 AM, frank theriault wrote: >> http://knarfinthecity.blogspot.com/2011/12/inside-looking-out.html >> >> Just a little snapshot from a walk yesterday. >> >> Hope you enjoy. Comments welcome. >> >

Re: Bad news for Frank

Good to know. My Motorola Droid 2 running Android 3 doesn't appear to have any function that disconnects GPS. I don't want to turn it off anyway, because I use it frequently, but I'm surprised that all android operating systems aren't the same. Of course, I could be missing something obvious.

Re: PESO - Inside Looking Out

On 12/28/2011 8:05 AM, frank theriault wrote: http://knarfinthecity.blogspot.com/2011/12/inside-looking-out.html Just a little snapshot from a walk yesterday. Hope you enjoy. Comments welcome. cheers, frank Very sapient look to that beast - nice shot. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@

Re: PAW103 - Merry Christmas! (or whatever)

That's the beginning of an advertisement. Put it up on stock! Paul On Dec 28, 2011, at 5:51 PM, DagT wrote: > http://www.thrane.name/Pictures/PAW/files/page7-1000-full.html > K-5, DA*16-50mm@21mm, 1/50s, f/3.5, ISO100. > > DagT > http://www.thrane.name/ > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >

Re: PAW103 - Merry Christmas! (or whatever)

LOL! I love that one, Dag ann On 12/28/2011 17:51, DagT wrote: http://www.thrane.name/Pictures/PAW/files/page7-1000-full.html K-5, DA*16-50mm@21mm, 1/50s, f/3.5, ISO100. DagT http://www.thrane.name/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.n

Re: Bad news for Frank

Frank, there's nothing stopping anyone from making a false report about anyone to CPS and having your kids taken away as a protective measure without any proof or evidence. No video required. There will always be ways to game the system. You don't need to be convicted or even go to trial, just h

Re: Bad news for Frank

On 28/12/11, Mark Roberts, discombobulated, unleashed: >You can and you are: Your approximate position is triangulated through >the cell towers within range. Much less precise than GPS, but still >useful for some purposes. Don't fight the dark side ;-) -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ ||

Re: PESO - Country Pumpkin

I was looking at one of those at the local camera dealer a few days ago. I was very impressed. They had some 10 x 13 enlargements made from some pretty good images taken with the camera. Looked darn good to me. Walt On Wed, Dec 28, 2011 at 5:20 PM, knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: > Nice to know

Re: Bad news for Frank

knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: >There's a pulldown menu at the top of the screen. I can manually turn the gps >on and off from there. If it's off my Google maps and similar programmes won't >work. > >I leave it off unless needed to run a programme both for power use and reasons >of paranoia. ;

PAW103 - Merry Christmas! (or whatever)

http://www.thrane.name/Pictures/PAW/files/page7-1000-full.html K-5, DA*16-50mm@21mm, 1/50s, f/3.5, ISO100. DagT http://www.thrane.name/ -- 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

Re: Bad news for Frank

Unless the mobile phone has GPS you can only be tracked to a particular cell. Which is a huge area. Al-Qaeda if they're smart, (and sometimes they are), use cheap disposable phones that don't have GPS capabilities. Satellite phones however are easier to track, which is what attracts missiles

RE: Bad news for Frank

you can be tracked with any mobile phone. That's why al-Qaeda don't use them. They tend to attract missiles. B > > There's a pulldown menu at the top of the screen. I can manually turn > the gps on and off from there. If it's off my Google maps and similar > programmes won't work. > > I leave it

Re: PESO - Country Pumpkin

Nice to know I have a use around here. :-) cheers, frank --- Original Message --- From: Ann Sanfedele Sent: December 28, 2011 12/28/11 To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" Subject: Re: PESO - Country Pumpkin On 12/28/2011 15:52, knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: > Nice. Very nice! > > Colours are

Re: Bad news for Frank

There's a pulldown menu at the top of the screen. I can manually turn the gps on and off from there. If it's off my Google maps and similar programmes won't work. I leave it off unless needed to run a programme both for power use and reasons of paranoia. ;-) I don't know if I can be "tracked"

Re: PESO - Country Pumpkin

On 12/28/2011 15:52, knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: Nice. Very nice! Colours are amazing. Cheers, frank me too (frank, thanks for thinking like me saves typing) ann --- Original Message --- From: Cotty Sent: December 28, 2011 12/28/11 To: pentax list Subject: PESO - Country Pumpkin We

Re: Happy Holidays! The PDML Quotations Archive 2011 is open!

On 12/28/2011 14:46, knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: Btw, Mark, I didn't thank you on Christmas day when you posted it; I was too busy reading it, laughing and spewing my java all over my K10d sitting on the table in front of me. Thanks as always! cheers, frank me too ann --- Original

Re: Happy Holidays! The PDML Quotations Archive 2011 is open!

On 12/28/2011 14:05, knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: Every single "MARK!" I've yelled over the past year has made the list. Read whatever you want into that. :-) Okay seriously, I have no idea if any of my "alerts" made the list. I don't keep track. The compiling of the list pre-dates our

PPG question about declined submissions

When you submit to the PPG and a picture is declined, can you resubmit it, or will they penalize you if you do? -- David Parsons Photography http://www.davidparsonsphoto.com Aloha Photographer Photoblog http://alohaphotog.blogspot.com/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml

Re: Oh marvelous techies - why is this happening??

On 12/28/2011 13:25, Steven Desjardins wrote: This is a new way to post for me. I used to copy the URL of the website when the picture was on the screen in SmugMug. Now I use the share function in the Smugmug menu to get a URL for just the image. Eureka! I bet that's it... would you try on

Re: Bad news for Frank

On 12/28/2011 1:52 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote: On Dec 28, 2011, at 12:49 PM, knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: Paul, the boogie man will probably never show up at your door. Mine neither. And yes, some of the things my android (powered by Google) can do for me are nothing short of miraculous.

Re: Bad news for Frank

On Dec 28, 2011, at 12:49 PM, knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: > Paul, the boogie man will probably never show up at your door. Mine neither. > > And yes, some of the things my android (powered by Google) can do for me are > nothing short of miraculous. > > That doesn't mean I want information

Re: Bad news for Frank

Frank has gmail and an android phone. Google knows everything:-). And he probably agreed to similar qualifications when he signed up for gmail. On Dec 28, 2011, at 1:34 PM, steve harley wrote: > on 2011-12-28 05:41 Paul Stenquist wrote >> Google already knows where you are and what you do since

RE: PESO -- Cassette Recorder

> From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of > knarftheria...@gmail.com > > Ha! It was only upon a second look that I realized it wasn't the real > thing. > > Haven't seen a real cassette recorder of that sort in years. Make that > decades. > > Fun shot. > > Cheers

Re: Bad news for Frank

Don't worry, you're only agreeing to what your service provider already does, probably by law. With google you have to remember if you're not paying for a product, the product is probably you. On 12/26/2011 11:25 PM, knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: He doesn't worry me. In fact I'm probably th

RE: PESO -- Cassette Recorder

Ha! It was only upon a second look that I realized it wasn't the real thing. Haven't seen a real cassette recorder of that sort in years. Make that decades. Fun shot. Cheers, frank --- Original Message --- From: "P. J. Alling" Sent: December 28, 2011 12/28/11 To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List"

Re: Mic for DSLR video?

On 12/26/2011 3:59 PM, Joseph McAllister wrote: On Dec 26, 2011, at 06:34 , Cotty wrote: On 25/12/11, John Sessoms, discombobulated, unleashed: The school I went to we used an audio recorder to simultaneously record a quality audio track. The on camera audio was only used to synchronize the a

PESO -- Cassette Recorder

Ironic. Just for fun really, and kind of related to the DSLR Video/Auto thread. http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1604247/PESO/PESO%20--cassetrecorder.html Equipment" Pentax K20D w'smc Pentax M 85mm f2.0 As usual comments are welcome but may be totally ignored. -- Don't lose heart! They might want t

Re: PESO - Still Untitled

Thanks, Peter! cheers, frank --- Original Message --- From: "P. J. Alling" Sent: December 28, 2011 12/28/11 To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" Subject: Re: PESO - Still Untitled I like the tighter crop. Much better. On 12/24/2011 11:15 AM, frank theriault wrote: > When I posted this one the oth

RE: PESO - Country Pumpkin

Nice. Very nice! Colours are amazing. Cheers, frank --- Original Message --- From: Cotty Sent: December 28, 2011 12/28/11 To: pentax list Subject: PESO - Country Pumpkin Well, I haven't done one of these for a lng time. Go easy on me! -

Re: Happy Holidays! The PDML Quotations Archive 2011 is open!

On 12/25/2011 12:06 PM, Mark Roberts wrote: http://www.robertstech.com/quote.htm I thought I'd said wittier things than those. Also I'd forgotten the crazy cat lady quote. -- Don't lose heart! They might want to cut it out, and they'll want to avoid a lengthily search. -- PDML Pentax-Di

PPG

The Pentax Photo Gallery appears to be up to date. I spent some time last night voting on images, and the ran out of images to show me! I recently submitted some new images, and they were all rejected -- in two days! I never expect everyone to like what I do, but neither did I anticipate such a

Re: Happy Holidays! The PDML Quotations Archive 2011 is open!

Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: "Mark Roberts" Subject: Re: Happy Holidays! The PDML Quotations Archive 2011 is open! Igor Roshchin wrote: Mark, I am not sure what procedure you use for this selection process It's very

Re: PESO - Still Untitled

I like the tighter crop. Much better. On 12/24/2011 11:15 AM, frank theriault wrote: When I posted this one the other day at least two of you commented on how dark it was. I didn't want to brighten it up too much, because I wanted everyone to know it was dark out when I took it, but upon revie

Re: Happy Holidays! The PDML Quotations Archive 2011 is open!

Btw, Mark, I didn't thank you on Christmas day when you posted it; I was too busy reading it, laughing and spewing my java all over my K10d sitting on the table in front of me. Thanks as always! cheers, frank --- Original Message --- From: Mark Roberts Sent: December 28, 2011 12/28/11 To: "

Re: Bad news for Frank

--- Original Message --- From: Larry Colen Sent: December 28, 2011 12/28/11 To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" Subject: Re: Bad news for Frank Larry: You walk into Macy's, the camera scans your face, looks it up on google and as you face a video screen an ad pops up telling you that silly hats

Re: Happy Holidays! The PDML Quotations Archive 2011 is open!

Igor Roshchin wrote: >Mark, > >I am not sure what procedure you use for this selection process It's very arbitrary and whether a post is followed with a "Mark!" has absolutely no bearing on what gets included. Furthermore, often multiple weeks will go by in which I don't get time to read the list

Re: PESO - Country Pumpkin

Looks like you got a melon ! ;-> Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: "Cotty" Subject: PESO - Country Pumpkin Well, I haven't done one of these for a lng time. Go easy on me!

Re: K-5, WOW

On Wed, Dec 28, 2011 at 02:20:52AM -0600, Christine Aguila wrote: > Very cool! Congrats on the K-5. I used the grip on the K-10 & 20, but never > got around to buying it for the K-7&5. I'm finding I really don't have the > urge to use it. I really don't want to add the weight. I always advoc

Re: Happy Holidays! The PDML Quotations Archive 2011 is open!

Every single "MARK!" I've yelled over the past year has made the list. Read whatever you want into that. :-) Okay seriously, I have no idea if any of my "alerts" made the list. I don't keep track. The compiling of the list pre-dates our shout-outs. A year or two after the list's introduction

PESO - Country Pumpkin

Well, I haven't done one of these for a lng time. Go easy on me! -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche -- http://www.cottysnaps.com _ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail Li

Re: peso - moonshine and drink

Thanks Dave and Frank. It was actually either serendipitous, or just the product of my tendency to try a wide variety of different things when chasing a photo. I bracketed because the moon was crazy bright compared to the street, and was vaguely aware of people in front of the store. I actuall

Re: Bad news for Frank

On Dec 28, 2011, at 9:49 AM, knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: > Paul, the boogie man will probably never show up at your door. Mine neither. > > And yes, some of the things my android (powered by Google) can do for me are > nothing short of miraculous. > > That doesn't mean I want information a

Re: PESOs: Winter Grazing

Thanks, Frank. The thing about the grass in that field is that there's nothing else around that even approaches that color. Even some of the same type of grass in the same field is much lighter than in that particular spot. I'd like to take another whack at that shot and see if I can get a

Re: peso - moonshine and drink

Agreed. Very cool photo. Cheers, frank --- Original Message --- From: David J Brooks Sent: December 28, 2011 12/28/11 To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" Subject: Re: peso - moonshine and drink Nice, just enough foreground light to make it works. Dave` On Wed, Dec 28, 2011 at 4:19 AM, Larry Cole

RE: OT - It was bound to happen

You've suffered for your art, but judging by the results it looks like it was worth it. ;-) Cool shot, hope your arm feels better soon. Cheers, frank --- Original Message --- From: David Savage Sent: December 28, 2011 12/28/11 To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" Subject: OT - It was bound to hap

Re: Bad news for Frank

on 2011-12-28 05:41 Paul Stenquist wrote Google already knows where you are and what you do since you have their phone. Joining Google+ doesn't change that one bit. Frank wasn't talking about _joining_ Google+, he was talking about the data that the Google+ _app_ says it will collect if he au

Re: PESOs: Winter Grazing

Looked at these days ago but got sidetracked and never got around to commenting. I like both but the colour one is a standout. Something about those muted winter hues... Cheers, frank --- Original Message --- From: Walt Gilbert Sent: December 28, 2011 12/28/11 To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List"

Re: PESO - The Glare

David, Christine, thanks for looking and commenting! cheers, frank --- Original Message --- From: David Savage Sent: December 28, 2011 12/28/11 To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" Subject: Re: PESO - The Glare Interesting interplay & the light is fantastic. Well done sir. DS On 27 December 2011

Re: Oh marvelous techies - why is this happening??

This is a new way to post for me. I used to copy the URL of the website when the picture was on the screen in SmugMug. Now I use the share function in the Smugmug menu to get a URL for just the image. On Wed, Dec 28, 2011 at 1:18 PM, steve harley wrote: > on 2011-12-28 10:53 Ann Sanfedele wrote

Re: PESOs: Winter Grazing

Thanks, Christine! I completely agree with you on the composition. I was a little hesitant to even mark the shot as a "keeper" at all until I noticed to color. These particular horses are a challenge for me to shoot because they're so friendly they will walk right up to anyone who approaches

Re: Oh marvelous techies - why is this happening??

on 2011-12-28 10:53 Ann Sanfedele wrote On 12/28/2011 12:30, steve harley wrote: on 2011-12-28 09:44 Ann Sanfedele wrote Beneath the images , only recently, that Steve and someone else posted, a string of code appears - this is one batch: (This has happened a couple of times -- anyone know w

RE: Pier

Beautiful, moody shot! cheers, frank --- Original Message --- From: Bob W Sent: December 27, 2011 12/27/11 To: "'Pentax-Discuss Mail List'" Subject: Pier I haven't taken many pictures this year, but here's one I took last night on the way home from the pub. Sorry - it's 1.75 Mb, and hasn't be

Re: PESO - The Glare

Interesting interplay & the light is fantastic. Well done sir. DS On 27 December 2011 05:02, frank theriault wrote: > Saw these two at a coffee shop yesterday (don't ask what I was doing > in a coffee shop on Christmas day): > > http://knarfinthecity.blogspot.com/2011/12/glare.html > > Thought

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