Re: GESOs - use it or lose it

2012-04-14 Thread David Mann
On Apr 15, 2012, at 9:03 AM, Brian Walters wrote: >> http://members.iinet.net.au/~derbyc/12/12_04/12_04_fluffywhiteclouds/01.htm >> http://members.iinet.net.au/~derbyc/12/12_04/12_04_thefalls/01.htm >> http://members.iinet.net.au/~derbyc/12/12_04/12_04_paddo/index.htm > > I like the Paddo set but

Re: PESO: A Home for Birds of Any Color

2012-04-14 Thread jn289
I did not want to say that, but read thoughts..Joe P.S. Also looks like colorful keyboard OMG, birdhouses for gay birds?!! Haven't made it to Chicago yet... On Sat, Apr 14, 2012 at 10:08 PM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=15539932 Comments are welcome.

Re: PESO: 'Long Term Parking'

2012-04-14 Thread jn289
Ken, This is very nice. It's funny the way trees mold themselves to spaces, as I have a black walnut tree that came up right behind one of my carsJoe Found this image while doing a 'final' edit on over 25,000 slides I've taken since the late 60's. http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_

Re: PESO - Hand in Hand

2012-04-14 Thread jn289
Frank, That's a guy and a girl ? What are they pointing on the ground ? Joe I broke one of the Rules of Street Photography: "No photos of couples walking away from you holding hands." But, I really liked the light and the overall composition and I tried a very different rendering (due to that

Re: PESO - XC skiing trail

2012-04-14 Thread jn289
Nice Work, Joe One from last February, when there was snow... :-) http://alunfoto.blogspot.com/2012/04/xc-skiing-trail.html -- http://www.alunfoto.no/galleri/ http://alunfoto.blogspot.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBS

PESO Little Cars

2012-04-14 Thread jn289
Ok you got me to use the word PESO in my posts. The first three I just uploaded which is two nascar photos and how I lighted them. These were shot outside on the back steps with two remote flashes and the little camera flash to fire the remote flashes. The larger remote flash is in a 1/2 gal.

Re: PESO: A Home for Birds of Any Color

2012-04-14 Thread Bob Sullivan
OMG, birdhouses for gay birds?!! Haven't made it to Chicago yet... On Sat, Apr 14, 2012 at 10:08 PM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: > http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=15539932 > > Comments are welcome. > > Dan Matyola > http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discu

PESO: A Home for Birds of Any Color

2012-04-14 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=15539932 Comments are welcome. 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 an

Re: PESO - Back to Where?

2012-04-14 Thread knarftheria...@gmail.com
It's all relative... ;-) Btw, thanks to all who looked and commented. Cheers, frank "What can be asserted without proof can be dismissed without proof." -- Christopher Hitchens --- Original Message --- From: Brian Walters Sent: April 14, 2012 4/14/12 To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" Subject:

Re: PESO - Hand in Hand

2012-04-14 Thread knarftheria...@gmail.com
That's true. Besides, the "rules" I was talking about were a tongue-in-cheek thing that someone posted here several years ago. Wish I could find them, but I can't; they were quite funny. But hell, street photography has no rules! Ya takes yer pitcher and either it works or it don't. Pretty sim

Re: Another Pentax Oddity

2012-04-14 Thread John Francis
On Sun, Apr 15, 2012 at 06:45:35AM +1000, Brian Walters wrote: > Quoting Paul Ewins : > > >It very likely that this is a fake. None of the "features" make > >sense, especially the film type reminder on the back that looks > >like it came off a 60's german rangefinder. > > > > You may well be ri

Re: PESO - Oblivious

2012-04-14 Thread knarftheria...@gmail.com
Thanks Dave and Mark and everyone else who looked and commented. Cheers, frank "What can be asserted without proof can be dismissed without proof." -- Christopher Hitchens --- Original Message --- From: David J Brooks Sent: April 14, 2012 4/14/12 To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" Subject: Re: P

RE: $13 000 worth of camera gear

2012-04-14 Thread Tanya Love
Agreed! And also, its not a "he", but a she! She's wearing dangly earrings and has her hair pulled back into a bun... -Original Message- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Bong Manayon Sent: Sunday, April 15, 2012 9:01 AM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List S

Re: PESO - It's All About Style

2012-04-14 Thread Tim Bray
OK, that’s a seriously cool picture. The guy himself is probably an oaf who is an actuary by day and plays World of Warcraft by night. 1. Color version? 2. More contrast? -T On Sat, Apr 14, 2012 at 6:59 PM, frank theriault wrote: > > Some like their bikes to be quick and nimble (track bike), f

PESO - It's All About Style

2012-04-14 Thread frank theriault
Some like their bikes to be quick and nimble (track bike), fast and light (road bike), sturdy and able to traverse difficult terrain (mountain bike) or comfortable (hybrid or cruiser). But for others, nothing matters but lookin' good: http://knarfinthecity.blogspot.ca/2012/04/its-all-about-style.h

Re: OT: Help about rotating files

2012-04-14 Thread Igor Roshchin
The information about orientation of the image is written in the EXIF. Some programs do rotate the image based on reading that Exif field, and some - don't. FastStone Image Viewer - is a free program. http://www.faststone.org/ In it, you can do something like "rotate the image according to its or

Re: Another Pentax Oddity

2012-04-14 Thread John Sessoms
It's a pretty sloppy job with the red paint too. Should have learned to color inside the lines in kindergarten. From: Paul Ewins Ouch! $300 for an MV-1 with a bit of red paint and an "electronic" label added? PT Barnum was right. Paul On 15/04/2012, at 6:45 AM, Brian Walters wrote: Quoting

Re: OT Adobe reader

2012-04-14 Thread John Sessoms
I believe that was a fake Adobe Flash Update. From: Bob Sullivan Wasn't the latest Apple virus disguised as an Adobe Reader update. I'm sick of Adobe on my Windows machine. They want to 'update' my reader every time I boot up! Nuts to that. If it wasn't for Lightroom, I'd put them in SPAM. Rega

Re: $13 000 worth of camera gear

2012-04-14 Thread Bong Manayon
...Instagram. On Sat, Apr 14, 2012 at 5:15 AM, Igor Roshchin wrote: > > https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-uduIXFUynRQ/T4bdGgCKZaI/Cf8/l48eqJ5jvg4/w497-h373/fGxbW.jpg > > or short URL: > http://goo.gl/9ghL8 > > Enjoy! > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.

Re: Another Pentax Oddity

2012-04-14 Thread Paul Ewins
Ouch! $300 for an MV-1 with a bit of red paint and an "electronic" label added? PT Barnum was right. Paul On 15/04/2012, at 6:45 AM, Brian Walters wrote: > Quoting Paul Ewins : > >> It very likely that this is a fake. None of the "features" make sense, >> especially the film type reminder on

Re: PESO - XC skiing trail

2012-04-14 Thread Brian Walters
Quoting AlunFoto : One from last February, when there was snow... :-) http://alunfoto.blogspot.com/2012/04/xc-skiing-trail.html Spectacular and well captured. Must have been fun to watch. -- Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://ly

Re: GESOs - use it or lose it

2012-04-14 Thread Brian Walters
Quoting Derby Chang : I promised myself to exercise different lenses more often. The DA 16-50 came back from repair, and they returned the faulty PCB and motor. Nice souvenirs But didn't feel like taking the big zoomie, so had a day out with the DA 21 and 70 http://members.iinet.net.a

Re: PESO - Back to Where?

2012-04-14 Thread Brian Walters
Quoting "knarftheria...@gmail.com" : Here in Canada (like almost all the ~civilized~ world) the driver sits on the left, passenger on the right. I just thought he was driving on the wrong side of the road. Cheers Brian the uncivil :-)> ++ Brian Walte

Re: OT Adobe reader

2012-04-14 Thread Brian Walters
Quoting Mark Roberts : Bob Sullivan wrote: Wasn't the latest Apple virus disguised as an Adobe Reader update. I'm sick of Adobe on my Windows machine. They want to 'update' my reader every time I boot up! Nuts to that. If it wasn't for Lightroom, I'd put them in SPAM. Replace your Acrobat PD

Re: Another Pentax Oddity

2012-04-14 Thread Brian Walters
Quoting Paul Ewins : It very likely that this is a fake. None of the "features" make sense, especially the film type reminder on the back that looks like it came off a 60's german rangefinder. You may well be right but it's a very nicely done fake. It would be interesting to know what

Re: PESO: 'Long Term Parking'

2012-04-14 Thread Mark C
On 4/13/2012 8:25 PM, kwal...@peoplepc.com wrote: Found this image while doing a 'final' edit on over 25,000 slides I've taken since the late 60's. http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=15532752 It was taken in 1971 on Kodachrome, somewhere in south Jersey, most likely with my Spotmatic and

Re: PESO: 'Long Term Parking'

2012-04-14 Thread Paul Stenquist
Fun stuff. Well recorded by you. Paul On Apr 14, 2012, at 7:41 AM, David J Brooks wrote: > Nice, i like the cooler look tothis > > Dave > > On Fri, Apr 13, 2012 at 8:25 PM, wrote: >> Found this image while doing a 'final' edit on over 25,000 slides I've taken >> since the late 60's. >> >> ht

Re: OT French cinema

2012-04-14 Thread Rick Womer
Those are priceless.  Thanks! Rick  (staff for two elderly cats)   http://photo.net/photos/RickW - Original Message - From: mike wilson To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Cc: Sent: Saturday, April 14, 2012 2:59 AM Subject: OT French cinema Creme de la creme http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0

Re: OT Adobe reader

2012-04-14 Thread Mark Roberts
Bob Sullivan wrote: >Wasn't the latest Apple virus disguised as an Adobe Reader update. >I'm sick of Adobe on my Windows machine. >They want to 'update' my reader every time I boot up! >Nuts to that. >If it wasn't for Lightroom, I'd put them in SPAM. Replace your Acrobat PDF reader with Foxit PDF

Re: OT Adobe reader

2012-04-14 Thread Bob Sullivan
Wasn't the latest Apple virus disguised as an Adobe Reader update. I'm sick of Adobe on my Windows machine. They want to 'update' my reader every time I boot up! Nuts to that. If it wasn't for Lightroom, I'd put them in SPAM. Regards, Bob S. On Sat, Apr 14, 2012 at 11:17 AM, David Parsons wrote:

Re: OT Adobe reader

2012-04-14 Thread David Parsons
I have the same problem on my laptop. I just download the PDF and open it. It's been doing that for a couple versions of Reader, but I can't be bothered to work to hard to find the problem. On Sat, Apr 14, 2012 at 11:53 AM, David J Brooks wrote: > For some reason, i cannot get PDF's to show up

Re: something new

2012-04-14 Thread kwaller
Godfrey, is the SLK 230 in addition to or a replacement for the Prius? I ask because I recently read an article that talked about hybrid owners replacing their hybrids with non hybrids and was surprised to hear that. Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Origina

Re: PESO: 'Long Term Parking'

2012-04-14 Thread kwaller
Sounds like you'll have a bumper crop of new shots. :-) Yep, it will give me a chance to branch out. Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: "Bruce Walker" Subject: Re: PESO: 'Long Term Parking' It's a great image, Ken. Sounds l

Re: Another Pentax Oddity

2012-04-14 Thread kwaller
It very likely that this is a fake. My thoughts exactly but it is a "designer model" Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: "Paul Ewins" Subject: Re: Another Pentax Oddity It very likely that this is a fake. None of the "features"

Re: OT French cinema

2012-04-14 Thread kwaller
Seems cats are the same worldwide ! What a hoot ! Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: "mike wilson" Subject: OT French cinema Creme de la creme http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0M7ibPk37_U#! Magnifique! http://www.youtube.com/wa

OT: Google honors Robert Doisneau today

2012-04-14 Thread John Sessoms
In case no one noticed. I like the photo even if it was staged. -- 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.

Re: Another Pentax Oddity

2012-04-14 Thread Bob Sullivan
Brian, This camera really has some odd things cobbled onto it including... The label on front, The film type reminder replacing the normal film tab carrier, The shutter release, and the film rewind knob. The f2 lens is an A-series type introduced with the Super Program. The ME-II winder is also a l

Re: PESO - Hand in Hand

2012-04-14 Thread John Sessoms
From: David J Brooks Rules, we don't need no stinking rules. If you don't have rules how do you know when to break them? -- 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

Re: Can you imagine if this was Pentax?

2012-04-14 Thread Darren Addy
I knew you guys could work with that material. :) -- 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.

Re: PESO - Power Drive Revisited

2012-04-14 Thread Bob Sullivan
George, I like the photo. It has that 'O-dark :30' look to it. Sleepy engineers assembled on the wrong side of seeing the sunrise. Regards, Bob S. On Sat, Apr 14, 2012 at 2:37 AM, Brian Walters wrote: > Quoting George Sinos : > >> It is dark.  The people and cars are in silhouette. I was happy

Re: PESO - Hand in Hand

2012-04-14 Thread Jack Davis
Again, the original post got past me. Feels somewhat as though their about to walk on stage. Maybe a bit of tension(?) Sun angle produced sidewalk glare only supports the feeling. Love it, Frank! Jack   - Original Message - From: David J Brooks To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Cc: Sent: Sa

Re: something new

2012-04-14 Thread Rick Womer
I'll bet it handles better than the Prius...   http://photo.net/photos/RickW - Original Message - From: Godfrey DiGiorgi To: PDML List Cc: Sent: Friday, April 13, 2012 12:00 AM Subject: something new I decided it was time to get beyond buying camera gear for a while. I mean, really,

Re: PESO - Hand in Hand

2012-04-14 Thread Bruce Walker
I haven't encountered that rule anywhere yet. Sounds like it would be found in an "Overused Cliche's" list rather than a "Things that Just Look Bad" list. I like the shot and your contrasty rendering, rules or no. On Fri, Apr 13, 2012 at 10:27 PM, frank theriault wrote: > I broke one of the Rul

Re: Another Pentax Oddity

2012-04-14 Thread Peter Loveday
It very likely that this is a fake. None of the "features" make sense, especially the film type reminder on the back that looks like it came off a 60's german rangefinder. Yes, Looks a lot like the one on the top of my Retinette (II I think?), to me. And what a ridiculous place to put it; doe

Re: PESO: 'Long Term Parking'

2012-04-14 Thread Bruce Walker
It's a great image, Ken. Sounds like you'll have a bumper crop of new shots. :-) On Fri, Apr 13, 2012 at 8:25 PM, wrote: > > Found this image while doing a 'final' edit on over 25,000 slides I've > taken since the late 60's. > > http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=15532752 > > It was taken

Re: Another Pentax Oddity

2012-04-14 Thread Paul Ewins
It very likely that this is a fake. None of the "features" make sense, especially the film type reminder on the back that looks like it came off a 60's german rangefinder. On 14/04/2012, at 5:29 PM, Brian Walters wrote: > This seems to be a special version of the ME. It's not listed on Boz's

Re: OT: Help about rotating files

2012-04-14 Thread Brian Walters
Quoting Jens : Hello You guys know a lot. Perphaps this: Moder caeras store information about a rotated camera and uses the information to show them as the photographer saw them - when shown on the computer - in some applications. This gives me trouble: Fotstation don't know this When I us

Re: PESO - Power Drive Revisited

2012-04-14 Thread David J Brooks
A little dark, but i like the silhouette effect Dave On Thu, Apr 12, 2012 at 1:36 PM, George Sinos wrote: > The annual Power Drive final competition is coming up in May. High > School students from all over the region spend the year designing and > building electric cars. The day starts early wi

Re: PESO: 'Long Term Parking'

2012-04-14 Thread Derby Chang
So surreal. Wonder what the tree/car looks like now. On 14/04/2012 10:25 AM, kwal...@peoplepc.com wrote: Found this image while doing a 'final' edit on over 25,000 slides I've taken since the late 60's. http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=15532752 It was taken in 1971 on Kodachrome, so

Re: PESO - XC skiing trail

2012-04-14 Thread David J Brooks
Thats very nice' Dave On Fri, Apr 13, 2012 at 4:39 PM, AlunFoto wrote: > One from last February, when there was snow... :-) > http://alunfoto.blogspot.com/2012/04/xc-skiing-trail.html > > > -- > http://www.alunfoto.no/galleri/ > http://alunfoto.blogspot.com > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List

Re: PESO: 'Long Term Parking'

2012-04-14 Thread David J Brooks
Nice, i like the cooler look tothis Dave On Fri, Apr 13, 2012 at 8:25 PM, wrote: > Found this image while doing a 'final' edit on over 25,000 slides I've taken > since the late 60's. > > http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=15532752 > > It was taken in 1971 on Kodachrome, somewhere in south

Re: PESO - Hanging On

2012-04-14 Thread David J Brooks
Very nice, this works well. Dave On Fri, Apr 13, 2012 at 10:10 PM, Rick Womer wrote: > Another from last weekend's photo walk: > > http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=15533192&size=lg > > (K-7, FA 24-90) > > Comments appreciated! > > Rick > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.ne

Re: PESO - Hand in Hand

2012-04-14 Thread David J Brooks
Rules, we don't need no stinking rules. Dave On Fri, Apr 13, 2012 at 10:27 PM, frank theriault wrote: > I broke one of the Rules of Street Photography: "No photos of couples > walking away from you holding hands." > > But, I really liked the light and the overall composition and I tried > a very

Re: GESO - Jazz the Cat

2012-04-14 Thread David J Brooks
Good shot. Great lighting Dave On Thu, Apr 12, 2012 at 12:02 AM, Mark C wrote: > A few days ago I caught Jazz siting in the sun - > > http://www.markcassino.com/b2evolution/index.php > > or > > http://www.markcassino.com/b2evolution/index.php/jazz-the-cat > > Pentax LX, Kiron 100mm f2.8 macro, m

Re: PESO - Oblivious

2012-04-14 Thread David J Brooks
Another moving image Frank Dave On Wed, Apr 11, 2012 at 9:54 PM, frank theriault wrote: > http://knarfinthecity.blogspot.ca/2012/04/oblivious.html > > Comments welcome. > > cheers, > frank > > > -- > "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept."  -Henri Cartier-Bresson > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail Li

Re: PESO - Back to Where?

2012-04-14 Thread David J Brooks
Nice shot Dave On Thu, Apr 12, 2012 at 10:17 PM, frank theriault wrote: > Okay, the title may not make sense to you, but this reminds me of the > terrorists in the van in the movie Back to the Future.  Except in this > case there's no one popping up out of the roof with a sub-machine gun > blazi

Re: Over the hill

2012-04-14 Thread David J Brooks
I quite like this. Dave On Thu, Apr 12, 2012 at 10:35 AM, jn289 wrote: > Over the hill at a show..Joe > > > http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=15524532 > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, ple

Re: Can you imagine if this was Pentax?

2012-04-14 Thread David J Brooks
On Fri, Apr 13, 2012 at 7:40 PM, Matthew Hunt wrote: > On Fri, Apr 13, 2012 at 7:35 PM, Paul Ewins wrote: > >> I'd imagine there is a fair amount of screaming on Canon forums right now. > > I couldn't hear it over the laughing from the Nikon forums. :-) Dave > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail Li

GESOs - use it or lose it

2012-04-14 Thread Derby Chang
I promised myself to exercise different lenses more often. The DA 16-50 came back from repair, and they returned the faulty PCB and motor. Nice souvenirs But didn't feel like taking the big zoomie, so had a day out with the DA 21 and 70 http://members.iinet.net.au/~derbyc/12/12_04/12_04_fl

OT: Help about rotating files

2012-04-14 Thread Jens
Hello You guys know a lot. Perphaps this: Moder caeras store information about a rotated camera and uses the information to show them as the photographer saw them - when shown on the computer - in some applications. This gives me trouble: Fotstation don't know this When I use Fotostation to sel

OT French cinema

2012-04-14 Thread mike wilson
Creme de la creme http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0M7ibPk37_U#! Magnifique! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q34z5dCmC4M I think I need a Gauloise. -- No fixed Adobe -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please v

Re: PESO - Power Drive Revisited

2012-04-14 Thread Brian Walters
Quoting George Sinos : It is dark. The people and cars are in silhouette. I was happy with the way lightroom 4 brought out the colors in the sky and the texture in the parking lot. I also like the the people and cars have a nice backlit rim light. That's where I saw the most difference betwee

Another Pentax Oddity

2012-04-14 Thread Brian Walters
This seems to be a special version of the ME. It's not listed on Boz's site as far as I can tell. http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&_trksid=p4340.l2557&hash=item256f32e2f8&item=160779395832&nma=true&pt=Film_Cameras&rt=nc&si=Lx42P3wE8S4cGT2KnGj42OA3hYU%253D&sspagename=RSS%3A

Re: PESO - Early Dogwood - New Crop

2012-04-14 Thread Chris Mitchell
On 12 April 2012 02:31, Rick Womer wrote: > Folks, > > Thanks much for the compliments! > > Tom, I'm just not a sepia kinda guy, but I thought I would try your > suggestion of a square crop: > > http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=15521873 > > I dunno--more appealing in some ways, but more st