Re: Mini-GESO: Front Porch Photography - 3/6/2012

On 3/7/2012 1:25 AM, Bob W wrote: From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Walt Gilbert Outhouses seem like a luxury, right up until you lock yourself in with a frightened raccoon in the middle of the night. After that, a stroll down to the crick doesn't seem quite

pentax forums quick review of the k-01

Short form: not as ugly as they expected, and for the most part performs pretty well. http://www.pentaxforums.com/news/pentax-k-01-initial-hands-on.html -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com sent from i4est -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.

lightroom question, migrating publish services

I've been making use of the lightroom publish services in my working catalog. I've got all sorts of handy ones set up for different resolutions, topics etc, which makes it easy for me to upload files, and then find the publish collection later. I'd like to copy these from my working catalog to my

OT Help - Virus infected

Hi folks, my XP PC has been infected by Trojan Generic 27 PN virus. AVG can locate multiple incarnations of it, but cannot remove. Online resources tell me to manually remove virus registry entries, but I don't know how to recognize them from needed & vital registry stuff, and windows registry i

Re: PESO: Sea Wall

Thanks for looking and for your comments, Larry and Ken. Larry said: "I suppose that the hotel in the background is tilted so that the rain will run off of it rather than just puddling on the top?" LOL! Obviously, when I took the image, I was focusing on the sand dune, and leveled the top of th

Re: Lightroom 4 released

On Tue, Mar 6, 2012 at 10:44 AM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: > > On Tue, Mar 6, 2012 at 6:28 AM, Bruce Walker > wrote: > > This is very welcome. I hadn't heard the upgrade price yet, so thanks > > for that info George. > > > > I should have tested the beta to see if it solves the memory leak > > issu

Re: Lightroom 4 released

That may be key. It may be a threshold thing. If you have 8 Gigs in your system, using 4.5 Gigs of that doesn't kill it. But I have only 6 Gigs, so when Lr chews up 4.5 and 800Meg is wired, there's precious little left. On Tue, Mar 6, 2012 at 8:58 PM, Rick Womer wrote: > Strange.  I have a hard

Re: PESO Vintage pinup, or how I spent my Saturday

Curious: not one comment. Too offensive for the PDML? Should I have marked it NSFW? On Sat, Mar 3, 2012 at 10:03 PM, Bruce Walker wrote: > I'm exhausted. I was the Artistic Director and a photog for an all-day > photoshoot. The theme was Vintage Pinup and my goal was to produce shots in > the sty

Re: GESO - Polo in the Park

Great stuff, Frank. Love #11. Also the message on the helmet in #15: "ride more twitter less". :-) On Tue, Mar 6, 2012 at 8:58 PM, frank theriault wrote: > A few weekends ago, on an unseasonably mild day, the local bike polo > types played a bit of shinny on the tennis courts at Trinity Bellwood

Re: PESO Vintage pinup, or how I spent my Saturday

I saw it on Flickr and didn't notice you message here. My bad. I do like the shot, but the lighting doesn't quite work for me. I think it needed more light on the model. As it is the bright background light is overpowering/brighter than the main light on the model. Cheers, Dave On 7 March 201

Re: PESO Vintage pinup, or how I spent my Saturday

I suspect it hit a snag somewhere, as this is the first time I've seen the subject line and I like the image a lot. Either that, or it was overshadowed by another one of your images. In any event, it's a great shot that I wish I'd taken. -- Walt On 3/7/2012 8:12 AM, Bruce Walker wrote: Curio

Re: PESO Vintage pinup, or how I spent my Saturday

I hear you Dave. Keep in mind that I had two lights on the white backdrop and ensured that it was entirely blown out by at least 1 stop. I was constantly metering for correct subject exposure and believe me, she was well-lit. Two 2x4 foot softboxes (2:1 ratio) here I think. I didn't mention that

Re: PESO Vintage pinup, or how I spent my Saturday

I'm starting to see that posting on Saturday evening causes msgs to fall into a kind of black hole. I'll just try to contain myself and post on Monday morning in future. :-) Thank you, Walt. On Wed, Mar 7, 2012 at 9:29 AM, Walt Gilbert wrote: > I suspect it hit a snag somewhere, as this is the f

Re: PESO Vintage pinup, or how I spent my Saturday

Bruce, I don't think this one ever made it to my in-box. Like Dave says, the background is a bit bright. I do like the pose, the 50's chair, and the overall tilt. You need a model without tattoos to complete the illusion. Regards, Bob S. On Wed, Mar 7, 2012 at 8:12 AM, Bruce Walker wrote: > Curi

Re: PESO Vintage pinup, or how I spent my Saturday

I thought you might have been lighting for some background compositing. Have fun with the rug :-D As you said this straight is out of camera & those shots always look better after some massaging :-) Cheers, Dave On 7 March 2012 22:37, Bruce Walker wrote: > I hear you Dave. Keep in mind that I

Re: PESO Vintage pinup, or how I spent my Saturday

...or more tattoos I love those rockabilly chicks. :-D DS On 7 March 2012 22:44, Bob Sullivan wrote: > Bruce, > I don't think this one ever made it to my in-box. > Like Dave says, the background is a bit bright. > I do like the pose, the 50's chair, and the overall tilt. > You need a model wit

Re: PESO Vintage pinup, or how I spent my Saturday

On Wed, Mar 7, 2012 at 9:49 AM, David Savage wrote: > I thought you might have been lighting for some background compositing. > > Have fun with the rug :-D Ha! I'm having pre-nightmares about that already. :-) Luckily I have another 700 shots to steal replacement bits from. > As you said this

Re: OT Help - Virus infected

OK, for a number of reasons I'll take this opportunity to update to 7. Dario - Original Message - From: "Dario Bonazza" To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" Sent: Wednesday, March 07, 2012 11:46 AM Subject: OT Help - Virus infected Hi folks, my XP PC has been infected by Trojan Generic 27

Film frames now includes Fuji Velvia, 6x7 format

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Re: PESO Vintage pinup, or how I spent my Saturday

Very nice. Didn't see it before. I like the pose, the light, and the dutched frame. On Mar 7, 2012, at 9:12 AM, Bruce Walker wrote: > Curious: not one comment. Too offensive for the PDML? Should I have > marked it NSFW? > > On Sat, Mar 3, 2012 at 10:03 PM, Bruce Walker wrote: >> I'm exhausted.

Re: PESO Vintage pinup, or how I spent my Saturday

IMO, the combination of the blown-out background and the subtle light on the model is what makes it an outstanding image. It's a bit of a unique look that works for me. Paul On Mar 7, 2012, at 9:37 AM, Bruce Walker wrote: > I hear you Dave. Keep in mind that I had two lights on the white > backd

Re: OT Help - Virus infected

Sorry to hear of your problems, Dario. MalwareBytes is the usual tool for removing this stuff (called MBAM for short). Sometimes a virus is clever enough to keep it from being downloaded/installed/updated. Personally, I think MBAM is one program that is worth paying for to turn on the Real Time Pr

Re: PESO Vintage pinup, or how I spent my Saturday

Thanks, Bob. On the tats: you'll see that anachronisms abound in this shoot! We had a 1918 typewriter, 1940's pincurls, 1950's vinyl chair, 1970's TV servicing textbook, 2000's tattoos ... Vintage is a state of mind. :) On Wed, Mar 7, 2012 at 9:44 AM, Bob Sullivan wrote: > Bruce, > I don't thi

Re: PESO Vintage pinup, or how I spent my Saturday

Thank you, Paul. On Wed, Mar 7, 2012 at 10:26 AM, Paul Stenquist wrote: > Very nice. Didn't see it before. I like the pose, the light, and the dutched > frame. > On Mar 7, 2012, at 9:12 AM, Bruce Walker wrote: > >> Curious: not one comment. Too offensive for the PDML? Should I have >> marked it

Re: Lightroom 4 released

On Wed, Mar 7, 2012 at 6:01 AM, Bruce Walker wrote: > Godfrey, my Catalog folder is on the internal startup drive. Free > space on the startup drive is 132 Gig. My images are all on an > external 2G FireWire drive. > > I believe I'm following all the performance recommendations. I've > tried other

GESO - Polo in the Park

First let me thank you for introducing me to a new sport/activity. Second let me say you should do more action work. Some of these have real impact. The work is marred only by the lousy background you have to work with. Message: 8 Date: Tue, 6 Mar 2012 20:58:15 -0500 From: frank theriault T

re:PESO: Sea Wall

I like the photo -lots of eye interest there. I am not sure about the two people walking they draw my eye from the sand. YMMV. Message: 10 Date: Tue, 6 Mar 2012 21:14:43 -0500 From: "Daniel J. Matyola" To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: PESO: Sea Wall Message-ID: Content-Type: t

Re: PESO Vintage pinup

A. I think I missed the 1st posting B. Not offended C Nice model & nice use of vintage theme. D Not sure I like the angled view. Thanks for calling it to my attention. Message: 5 Date: Wed, 7 Mar 2012 09:12:08 -0500 From: Bruce Walker To: Pentax Discuss Mailing List Subject: Re: PESO Vintage

Re: PESO Vintage pinup, or how I spent my Saturday

I didn't see the initial post; hence no comment. However having now seen it, I like it a lot. Classic pose, very sexy outfit, lovely young lady, expertly executed photograph. You must have "made" it and not "taken" it. ;-) cheers, frank "What can be asserted without proof can be dismissed wi

Re: Lightroom 4 released

On Wed, Mar 7, 2012 at 11:41 AM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: > On Wed, Mar 7, 2012 at 6:01 AM, Bruce Walker wrote: >> Godfrey, my Catalog folder is on the internal startup drive. Free >> space on the startup drive is 132 Gig. My images are all on an >> external 2G FireWire drive. >> >> I believe I'm

Re: PESO Vintage pinup, or how I spent my Saturday

This is definitely a made-not-taken case in point. It was six weeks in the making: researching, recruiting the team, organizing props & wardrobe, bouncing ideas for "scenes" off each other ... all *before* even arriving in the studio. Then it was an energetic improv session. It's such a completely

Re: GESO - Polo in the Park

Wel done Frank Dave On Tue, Mar 6, 2012 at 8:58 PM, frank theriault wrote: > A few weekends ago, on an unseasonably mild day, the local bike polo > types played a bit of shinny on the tennis courts at Trinity Bellwoods > Park: > > http://knarfdummyblog.blogspot.com/2012/03/polo-in-park.html > >

RE: PESO Vintage pinup, or how I spent my Saturday

> -Original Message- > From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of > Bruce Walker > > Thanks, Bob. > > On the tats: you'll see that anachronisms abound in this shoot! We had > a 1918 typewriter, 1940's pincurls, 1950's vinyl chair, 1970's TV > servicing textb

lightroom 4 - free videos

Here are links to a couple of collections of free videos. This is the overview of the new features from NAPP - This is a bunch of tutorials from Adobe. Julieanne Kost is the presenter.

Re: lightroom 4 - free videos

On 3/7/2012 11:11 AM, George Sinos wrote: Here are links to a couple of collections of free videos. What is wrong with people who use adobe? Is everyone of them, but me, illiterate? Training videos have their uses, but you're stuck at the pace the presenter speaks at, you can't skip forw

PESO: My first Whooper

Given my work proximity to yesterday's reported location, I decide to try to find a Whooper (endangered species, Whooping Crane) over my lunch hour today. I've never seen one. Would you believe that I drove right to it? Yay! Taken from my car. www.flickr.com/photos/pixelsmithy/6962338119/ in/photos

Re: PESO Vintage pinup, or how I spent my Saturday

On Wed, Mar 7, 2012 at 2:06 PM, Bob W wrote: > > > -Original Message- > > From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of > > Bruce Walker > > > > Thanks, Bob. > > > > On the tats: you'll see that anachronisms abound in this shoot! We had > > a 1918 typewriter, 1940

Re: PESO Vintage pinup, or how I spent my Saturday

On 3/7/2012 11:34 AM, Bruce Walker wrote: This is a straight JPEG xversion from the out-of-camera RAW; not even sharpened. It's not easily visible at this image size, but the model also experienced a wardrobe malfunction of the J. Jackson type that I'll retouch out. If you'd mentioned the wa

Re: lightroom 4 - free videos

Diff'rent strokes for diff'rent folks, Larry. I'm with you on books. Love 'em. I find that videos typically crawl annoyingly along, as do spoken-word presentations. If I view a video I often fast-forward it to pick up the pace. At least books on tape can be sped up with modern players. But they're

Re: PESO Vintage pinup, or how I spent my Saturday

On Wed, Mar 7, 2012 at 2:38 PM, Larry Colen wrote: > > On 3/7/2012 11:34 AM, Bruce Walker wrote: > >> This is a straight JPEG xversion from the out-of-camera RAW; not even >> sharpened. It's not easily visible at this image size, but the model >> also experienced a wardrobe malfunction of the J. J

Re: lightroom 4 - free videos

On 3/7/2012 11:42 AM, Bruce Walker wrote: Diff'rent strokes for diff'rent folks, Larry. It's not so much that I mind the existence of videos, I just bemoan the lack of written text. At least publish the script for the video. I'm with you on books. Love 'em. I find that videos typically

Re: PESO - Ugly Big Fish

From: "knarftheria...@gmail.com" It reminds me of Monty Python's version of a German V weapon from WWII. Cheers, frank http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8gpjk_MaCGM -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, plea

Re: PESO Vintage pinup, or how I spent my Saturday

On 3/7/2012 11:48 AM, Bruce Walker wrote: If you'd mentioned the wardrobe on Saturday night, then everybody would have looked. -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com (from dos4est) I was afraid of that. ;) Stay tuned, Larry, there's more to come. I commented later that if we had continued shootin

RE: Mini-GESO: Front Porch Photography - 3/6/2012

From: "Bob W" From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Walt Gilbert Outhouses seem like a luxury, right up until you lock yourself in with a frightened raccoon in the middle of the night. After that, a stroll down to the crick doesn't seem quite as taxing. You s

RE: OT Help - Virus infected

From: "Dario Bonazza" Hi folks, my XP PC has been infected by Trojan Generic 27 PN virus. AVG can locate multiple incarnations of it, but cannot remove. Online resources tell me to manually remove virus registry entries, but I don't know how to recognize them from needed & vital registry stuff,

Re: lightroom 4 - free videos

I'm sure there will be the typical flood of aftermarket books that typically follows the release of any major software. Kelby said his was written and ready for production. There will be others. I think the software vendors are in a tough position. It costs a lot of money to write and ship a de

Re: Mini-GESO: Front Porch Photography - 3/6/2012

Fractured View is the standout winner for me, Walt. Very nice! They are all good images. On Tue, Mar 6, 2012 at 10:05 PM, Walt Gilbert wrote: > Hi all, > > Here's the latest installation of what I've decided to turn into a series of > sorts. Some have their PAW's, Larry has his monthly Best-Of's

RE: PESO Vintage pinup, or how I spent my Saturday

Don't you see? The price tag on the shoe is a post-postmodernist symbol exhorting us to embrace capitalism as the only effective way to escape the victim culture inherent in postmodernism. Well done, Bruce! I think it should stay. Cheers, frank "What can be asserted without proof can be dism

RE: PESO: My first Whooper

Wow! Very cool. A rare find indeed. Cheers, frank "What can be asserted without proof can be dismissed without proof." -- Christopher Hitchens --- Original Message --- From: Darren Addy Sent: March 7, 2012 3/7/12 To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" Subject: PESO: My first Whooper Given my work p

RE: PESO: My first Whooper

Btw when I first saw the SL I read it as "My first Whopper". I thought we were going to be presented with a photo of ground factory-raised beef on a bleached white flour bun. Your cranes were a pleasant surprise! ;-) cheers, frank "What can be asserted without proof can be dismissed without p

Re: PESO Vintage pinup, or how I spent my Saturday

On Wed, Mar 7, 2012 at 4:14 PM, knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: > Don't you see? The price tag on the shoe is a post-postmodernist symbol > exhorting us to > embrace capitalism as the only effective way to escape the victim culture > inherent in > postmodernism. Markdown! -- PDML Pentax-Discu

RE: GESO - Polo in the Park

Yeah, couldn't do much about that background, but I'm generally pleased with the results. It was a fun afternoon. Thanks for you comment and thanks to everyone else who looked and commented. Cheers, frank "What can be asserted without proof can be dismissed without proof." -- Christopher Hitch

Re: PESO: My first Whooper

On Wed, Mar 7, 2012 at 3:27 PM, knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: > Btw when I first saw the SL I read it as "My first Whopper". Funny you should say that. Earlier today I tweeted: "You need look no further for evidence of the decline of America than by searching Twitter for "whooper" (What Whoopin

RE: PESO: My first Whooper

> > Btw when I first saw the SL I read it as "My first Whopper". I thought > we were going to be presented with a photo of ground factory-raised > beef on a bleached white flour bun. > > Your cranes were a pleasant surprise! > > ;-) > > cheers, > frank I thought it was going to be pictures of

Re: Photography-related legalese and pinterest/copyright issue

You could waste all day looking at the related videos and then wonder why. On 2/29/2012 5:31 PM, Walt Gilbert wrote: And then some. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sxYVBNhJ3pc On 2/29/2012 4:23 PM, David Parsons wrote: Porn. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eWEjvCRPrCo On Wed, Feb 29, 2012 at

Re: PESO: My first Whooper

On Wed, Mar 7, 2012 at 3:57 PM, Bob W wrote: > I thought it was going to be pictures of his new girlfriend... Nope. Still married to the first girlfriend (32 yrs). : ) Darren Addy Kearney, Nebraska -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to

March PUG online for your viewing pleasure!

G'day all A slightly smaller gallery this month but some great work. John S's 'Film Noir' is stunning - different to his recent PESO but slightly better I think. Other favourites - Frank's 'Bike Polo', Matt's 'Speed Racer', Ken's 'North face of Denali' (which we've seen previously but cer

Re: March PUG online for your viewing pleasure!

Good stuff folks Dave On Wed, Mar 7, 2012 at 5:23 PM, Brian Walters wrote: > G'day all > > A slightly smaller gallery this month but some great work. > > John S's 'Film Noir' is stunning - different to his recent PESO but slightly > better I think.  Other favourites - Frank's 'Bike Polo', Matt's

Re: March PUG online for your viewing pleasure!

*Very* high quality PUG. Every shot's a really good one. My personal fave is Film Noir by John Sessoms. 2nd pick: Long Climb by John Coyle. I expect to see Mr. Bean appear at the bottom of the stairs. :) On Wed, Mar 7, 2012 at 5:23 PM, Brian Walters wrote: > G'day all > > A slightly smaller gal

Re: Lightroom 4 released

On 3/7/2012 8:41 AM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: On Wed, Mar 7, 2012 at 6:01 AM, Bruce Walker wrote: Godfrey, my Catalog folder is on the internal startup drive. Free space on the startup drive is 132 Gig. My images are all on an external 2G FireWire drive. I believe I'm following all the perfor

Re: PESO - 'Show me the Monet'

Thanks to all who took the time to look & comment. Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: Subject: PESO - 'Show me the Monet' One of the last images I've taken on film - back in 2003. http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=1529963

Re: Lightroom 4 released

on 3/7/12 11:20 AMBruce Walker wrote On Wed, Mar 7, 2012 at 11:41 AM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: HOWEVER, everything continues to work well. When I exit LR, within a few moments the RAM is 50% green again. The fact that the system is paging doesn't stop it from operating correctly and without hesi

Re: Lightroom 4 released

on 3/7/12 5:14 PMLarry Colen wrote There's no way I could afford the full desktop, plus monitors, but maybe, if I could line up someone to buy my four year old iMac, I could pretend that I could afford a refurbished newer one. the newer iMacs are pretty nice … having reached a performance wall

Re: Photography-related legalese and pinterest/copyright issue

on 2/29/12 1:56 PMBob W wrote I don't really understand why people copy other people's pictures onto their own servers when they could link to them perfectly legally: http://www.web-options.com/Snaps/content/images/large/488.jpg"; alt="Awesome snap by great genius Walkden" height="600" width="40

Re: Mini-GESO: Front Porch Photography - 3/6/2012

Thank you, Bruce! I've been trying other approaches to photographing the glass before it gets replaced this week, but haven't been as happy with the results I got on that one. I'll keep working at it, though. -- Walt On 3/7/2012 2:28 PM, Bruce Walker wrote: Fractured View is the standout wi

Re: PESO: My first Whooper

On 3/7/2012 1:30 PM, Darren Addy wrote: Given my work proximity to yesterday's reported location, I decide to try to find a Whooper (endangered species, Whooping Crane) over my lunch hour today. I've never seen one. Would you believe that I drove right to it? Yay! Taken from my car. www.flickr.co

PESO - Empty

This is sort of a companion piece to Air Conditioned that I posted the other day. I took dozens of photos of this old motel which is in the early stages of demolition, thinking it might be an interesting series. I looked at the photos and realized I was wrong - they weren't interesting at all - at

Re: PESO Vintage pinup

Thanks for your thoughts, Don! Sent from my iPod On 2012-03-07, at 12:55 PM, Don Guthrie wrote: > A. I think I missed the 1st posting > B. Not offended > C Nice model & nice use of vintage theme. > D Not sure I like the angled view. > Thanks for calling it to my attention. > > > >> Message:

Re: PESO: My first Whooper

Thanks for the comments. Yes, I was excited. When there are only an estimated 600 of something in the world it is quite a privilege to get a glance at one, let alone a marginally passable image! ;) Darren Addy Kearney, Nebraska -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailm

Re: Lightroom 4 released

On Wed, Mar 7, 2012 at 4:14 PM, Larry Colen wrote: > There's no way I could afford the full desktop, plus monitors, but maybe, if > I could line up someone to buy my four year old iMac, I could pretend that I > could afford a refurbished newer one. Later models can handle up to 8G (or even more,

Re: PESO: Sea Wall

Thanks, Don. I included the couple deliberately, to show the size of the temporary wall of sand caused by the waves. I took another image just a few minutes earlier, with the people further in the distance, and this much smaller. It also corrects the problem of the slanted building pointed out b

Re: PESO - Empty

Both shots evoke a common soulful mood. Well seen, Frank. Jack From: frank theriault To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Sent: Wednesday, March 7, 2012 6:30 PM Subject: PESO - Empty This is sort of a companion piece to Air Conditioned that I posted the other day. I

Re: PESO: My first Whooper

On 07/03/2012 1:30 PM, Darren Addy wrote: Given my work proximity to yesterday's reported location, I decide to try to find a Whooper (endangered species, Whooping Crane) over my lunch hour today. I've never seen one. Would you believe that I drove right to it? Yay! Taken from my car. www.flickr.