GESO: Faraways

2012-05-09 Thread Tim Bray
“vintage-telephoto grainy dreaminess”: http://goo.gl/2wQbp -- 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: GESO: Faraways

2012-05-09 Thread Bruce Walker
I like those, Tim. Per your discussion, Lightroom has a nice Grain effect under the Effects tab in the Develop module. I've used it to produce dreamy softness or contrasty graphic noise. You have to play with the 3 sliders a bunch to get a non-digital looking result, but it's worth while. On

Re: GESO: Faraways

2012-05-09 Thread Darren Addy
I like all three images a lot. Back in the day the standard 400mm was an f6.3. Tamron made one that was sold under a myriad different labels and gave quite good performance. I imagine that some sacrifices had to be made to gain the speed (at least before the use of ED glass, etc.) I also read

Home / Loreo loupe Lubot 10× | Roman Melihhov Photography

2012-05-09 Thread Roman Melihhov
http://roman.blakout.net/index.php?/category/31 F/16, loupe Lubot 10× magnification ^^^ Loreo lens in a cap with Loupe Lubot 10× magnification. Very nice small plastic pinhole lens with variable aperture holes and 10× magnification loupe for macro closeups. I haven't used it earlier with ,y

RE: GESO: Faraways

2012-05-09 Thread knarftheria...@gmail.com
Beautiful, Tim! cheers, frank What can be asserted without proof can be dismissed without proof. -- Christopher Hitchens --- Original Message --- From: Tim Bray tb...@textuality.com Sent: May 9, 2012 5/9/12 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Subject: GESO: Faraways “vintage-telephoto

RE: Home / Loreo loupe Lubot 10× | Roman Melihhov Photography

2012-05-09 Thread knarftheria...@gmail.com
Wow, quite impressive! cheers, frank What can be asserted without proof can be dismissed without proof. -- Christopher Hitchens --- Original Message --- From: Roman Melihhov ro...@blakout.net Sent: May 9, 2012 5/9/12 To: pdml@pdml.net Subject: Home / Loreo loupe Lubot 10× | Roman Melihhov

Re: GESO: Faraways

2012-05-09 Thread P. J. Alling
Nice, the results seem to be consistent with those from my considerably more beat up Vivitar TX mount 400mm f5.6. Since the cosmetics are identical, except for the addition of a TX mount ring, I expect that they are identical optical formulas late 70's early 80's Tokina products. The

Re: GESO: Faraways

2012-05-09 Thread Tim Bray
- agreed, the lens gets out of the way when shooting eagles on a nearby treetop as opposed to mountains 10km away - I hand-hold the lens. Which got a lot easier with the K-5 because I don’t mind shooting at ISO3200 so I can have a fast shutter speed even when it’s not very bright. Except for when

Three GESO's from last Saturday, Castle Rouge Manor, Cinco de Mayo in Eureka Springs, and Super moon Rising.

2012-05-09 Thread Theodore Beilby
Last Saturday, Diane and I went to Castle Rouge Manor with the PSNWA group that we belong to. Spent a couple of hours photographing there, then we went into Eureka Springs, Arkansas for lunch and a photowalk. That evening, I decided to go to a small local lake and photograph the rising of

PESO -- What am I?

2012-05-09 Thread P. J. Alling
One last shot from Monday. I wanted to identify this bird before I posted this but I can't. The closest I could come is a Semipalmated Plover. But this bird has very noticeable red ring around it's eye. Otherwise it's a good match. Anyone have any ideas?

Re: PESO -- What am I?

2012-05-09 Thread Matthew Hunt
On Wed, May 9, 2012 at 3:38 PM, P. J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com wrote: One last shot from Monday.  I wanted to identify this bird before I posted this but I can't.  The closest I could come is a Semipalmated Plover.  But this bird has very noticeable red ring around it's eye.  

Re: GESO: Faraways

2012-05-09 Thread jn289
Reminds of shooting fuji film at 6400 and 3200 asa vintage-telephoto grainy dreaminess: http://goo.gl/2wQbp -- 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

Re: PESO -- What am I?

2012-05-09 Thread P. J. Alling
I'm not sure you're right. It's similar in markings but there are differences that would probably be sugnificiant to another bird. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Killdeer.jpg On 5/9/2012 3:45 PM, Matthew Hunt wrote: On Wed, May 9, 2012 at 3:38 PM, P. J. Allingwebstertwenty...@gmail.com

Re: PESO - Paul Joseph Miles

2012-05-09 Thread jn289
Paul, very nice and clean photograph. Joe Detroit's blues man. Paul looked good and sounded great today. http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=15671854 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit

Re: PESO -- What am I?

2012-05-09 Thread P. J. Alling
That should be significant I have no idea what sugnificiant means... On 5/9/2012 4:23 PM, P. J. Alling wrote: I'm not sure you're right. It's similar in markings but there are differences that would probably be sugnificiant to another bird. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Killdeer.jpg On

Re: PESO - Power Drive Revisited

2012-05-09 Thread jn289
George, A nice set of photos. I had photo assignment years ago at a college in downtown Philadelphia to photograph a car like the ones you have on your page. When I find it. I will put it up..Joe http://photo.net/photos/pjjdxn The annual Power Drive final competition is coming up in

RE: Super Moon ?

2012-05-09 Thread jn289
Thanks, I do have a bigger boat, but my tripod is not up to par..Joe not bad, but your gonna need a bigger boat, make that longer lens. - J.C.O'Connell hifis...@gate.net - -Original Message- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On

Re: Super Moon ?

2012-05-09 Thread jn289
Thanks Ann, Joe Nice moonshot but I suppose, technically, it isn't super :-) looks like it is just barely waning. Anyone got a shot where it ws just rising and therefore rather colorful? ann On 5/8/2012 15:02, jn289 wrote: Here is a shot from last night. Shot with Pentax K20D and Pentax

RE: PESO - Super Moon ? I forgot the word PESO again

2012-05-09 Thread jn289
Thanks Frank, Joe Excellent moonshot! cheers, frank What can be asserted without proof can be dismissed without proof. -- Christopher Hitchens --- Original Message --- From: jn289 jn...@verizon.net Sent: May 8, 2012 5/8/12 To: pdml@pdml.net Subject: PESO - Super Moon ? I forgot the word

Re: PESO: Staff of Life

2012-05-09 Thread jn289
Paul, another good portrait...Joe A young woman, who appears to be of middle-eastern descent, sells bread at the farmers market every week. I've photographed her before, but haven't gotten anything I like, Although I don't know her name, she's a friend of sort, as we've spoken briefly many

Re: PESO -- What am I?

2012-05-09 Thread Jack Davis
My dandy field guide appears to verify all marking but for the distinct red ring around the eye.(?)   Jack From: P. J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Wednesday, May 9, 2012 12:38 PM Subject: PESO -- What am I? One last shot from Monday.  I

Re: Three GESO's from last Saturday, Castle Rouge Manor, Cinco de Mayo in Eureka Springs, and Super moon Rising.

2012-05-09 Thread Bob Sullivan
Ted, The orange moon with the reflection on the water is my favorite. Also counting down to GFM here. Regards, Bob S. ( Lynn) On Wed, May 9, 2012 at 2:35 PM, Theodore Beilby tbei...@sbcglobal.net wrote:  Last Saturday, Diane and I went to Castle Rouge Manor with the PSNWA group that we

GESO - Power Drive 2012 -Big Gallery

2012-05-09 Thread George Sinos
This is a big gallery of photos from Saturday's Power Drive finals. Normally I try to make much smaller galleries, but this is for the kids. They spend all year making these electric cars and they all want to see their team's car and use the photos on Facebook. I don't think anyone here in PDML

June PUG (and what's happened to May?)

2012-05-09 Thread Brian Walters
G'day all A bit of a hitch with the May PUG. It's ready to go but there's currently a server issue which is preventing me uploading it. It's being worked on so it should be up soon. In the meantime, give a bit of thought to June - we have something a bit unusual. The theme is

June PUG (and what's happened to May?) - Another thing...

2012-05-09 Thread Brian Walters
I forgot to mention that although I can't upload at the moment, the submission form is working fine, so you don't need to wait if you have a submission ready to go. -- Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia

ISO Torture Test: Sony A77 vs Pentax K-5

2012-05-09 Thread Brian Walters
From Larry's Bête Noire, The Phoblographer. Might be of interest to some - well, me anyway - seeing as I've just ordered a K-5. http://www.thephoblographer.com/2012/05/08/iso-torture-test-sony-a77-vs-pentax-k-5/ -- Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western

Bird stuff -- semi-OT - you guys need to see THE BIG YEAR

2012-05-09 Thread Ann Sanfedele
I've just watched it for the second time... it is out on DVD Really sweet movie based on a non-fiction book about birding and competitiveness. Steve Martin, Jack Black, Owen Wilson, Brian Dennehy, Angelica Houston and somemore familiar faces whose names I cant recall cause they are young

Re: ISO Torture Test: Sony A77 vs Pentax K-5

2012-05-09 Thread Jeffery Smith
I hope you liked the right column way better than the left column. JLS Sent from my iPad On May 9, 2012, at 19:58, Brian Walters apathy...@lyons-ryan.org wrote: From Larry's Bête Noire, The Phoblographer. Might be of interest to some - well, me anyway - seeing as I've just ordered a

Re: ISO Torture Test: Sony A77 vs Pentax K-5

2012-05-09 Thread Christine Nielsen
Wow.  That was an ISO smackdown! They are into torture tests over there at the Phoblographer... today's feature involved stomping on a Pentax wg-2 to see how it fared... http://www.thephoblographer.com/2012/05/09/attempting-to-break-the-pentax-wg-2-stomping-on-the-camera/ :) -c On Wed, May 9,

Re: Bird stuff -- semi-OT - you guys need to see THE BIG YEAR

2012-05-09 Thread Christine Nielsen
I haven't heard about that one... but you had me at Steve Martin. Will check it out! :) -c On Wed, May 9, 2012 at 8:57 PM, Ann Sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com wrote: I've just watched it for the second time... it is out on DVD Really sweet movie based on a non-fiction book about birding and

PESO - To Brighten the Apartment

2012-05-09 Thread frank theriault
Slice o' street life in Toronto's Parkdale: http://knarfdummyblog.blogspot.ca/2012/05/to-brighten-apartment.html Hope you enjoy. Comments welcome. cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept.  -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: PESO - To Brighten the Apartment

2012-05-09 Thread Paul Stenquist
colorful, pleasant, and nicely composed. Paul On May 9, 2012, at 10:09 PM, frank theriault wrote: Slice o' street life in Toronto's Parkdale: http://knarfdummyblog.blogspot.ca/2012/05/to-brighten-apartment.html Hope you enjoy. Comments welcome. cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a

Re: PESO -- What am I?

2012-05-09 Thread John Sessoms
From: Jeffery Smith The killdeer photos seem to be consistent with two black rings around the neck area rather than one. The second ring is hidden by the angle it's photographed from. It extends across the chest lower than the ring around the neck. Here's a good closeup that shows the red

Re: PESO - To Brighten the Apartment

2012-05-09 Thread Jack Davis
Beautifully warm and colorful shot, Frank. Jack - Original Message - From: frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net Cc: Sent: Wednesday, May 9, 2012 7:09 PM Subject: PESO - To Brighten the Apartment Slice o' street life in Toronto's Parkdale:

Re: PESO -- What am I?

2012-05-09 Thread Ann Sanfedele
John - is this the photo you meant to send? cant see a red circle around eye ann On 5/9/2012 22:56, John Sessoms wrote: From: Jeffery Smith The killdeer photos seem to be consistent with two black rings around the neck area rather than one. The second ring is hidden by the angle it's

Re: ISO Torture Test: Sony A77 vs Pentax K-5

2012-05-09 Thread P. J. Alling
This echos the DxOMark test of K-5 vs just about every other APS-C and quite a few larger sensor size cameras. I kind of expected the result, and I wasn't surprised. On 5/9/2012 8:58 PM, Brian Walters wrote: From Larry's Bête Noire, The Phoblographer. Might be of interest to some - well,

RE: GESO - Power Drive 2012 -Big Gallery

2012-05-09 Thread knarftheria...@gmail.com
Wonderful gallery! You really seem to have captured the spirit of the event. Were these different colleges and universities competing? I see that cars had corporate sponsorship in some cases. Must be an expensive hobby. ;-) I'm sure the kids will love your photos. Cheers, frank What can be

Re: PESO -- What am I?

2012-05-09 Thread kwaller
According to my 'Birds of Michigan Field Guide its definitely a Kildeer, Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: P. J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com Subject: PESO -- What am I? One last shot from Monday. I wanted to identify