Darren Addy wrote:
I'm curious what eyepieces you got with it? (Brand and focal length)
I got the two original Pentax eyepieces, a 6mm orthoscopic and a 20mm kellner.
I can't answer your question directly, but pics would help and I'd
recommend asking in an astronomy/astrophotography forum.
On 6 June 2012 10:02, Dario Bonazza dario.bona...@virgilio.it wrote:
Today we've been awakened dancing at dawn (Richter 4.5), but everything's
OK.
Epicenter was here in Ravenna, 25Km deep.
No big damages, it seems.
Dario
Must be scary. Keep well
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On Jun 7, 2012, at 2:26 PM, knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote:
Those aftershocks or other tremors must be scary as hell.
They can be, even if you know you're in a safe building. I'm glad that they're
only getting these occasionally. Different people react in different ways
though. I'd spring
On Jun 7, 2012, at 1:42 AM, William Robb wrote:
If this is the case, then it may well just be random chance that they were
chosen by the FBI to be made an example of, in which case no cloud storage
facility is safe, and this is just one more way to lose data.
That's pretty much my line of
Our latest kitty is from the Etobicoke Humane Society; the East Mall
location. He's a Russian Blue (afaict full-breed) that was brought in
by the relatives of an elderly person who was unable to care for him
anymore. Middle-aged cats are always hard to place, but my wife and I
make a point of
G'day All,
Meet A's other half:
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7093/7348039802_ff20049ecf_o.jpg
Enjoy,
Cheers,
Dave
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On Wed, Jun 6, 2012 at 10:30 AM, Tom C. caka...@gmail.com wrote:
Cloud storage is trusting someone else with your data. It may be a
convenient way of storing data, but it should never be the primary or
only backup. I wouldn't consider it as any form of long term backup
for two reasons,
Whoa!
Wouldn't want to meet him in a pub after a few Fosters. ;-)
Nice!
On Thu, Jun 7, 2012 at 8:19 AM, David Savage ozsav...@gmail.com wrote:
G'day All,
Meet A's other half:
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7093/7348039802_ff20049ecf_o.jpg
Enjoy,
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Ta.
He's a really nice guy who'd rather be out surfing than fighting :-)
DS
On 7 June 2012 20:26, Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com wrote:
Whoa!
Wouldn't want to meet him in a pub after a few Fosters. ;-)
Nice!
On Thu, Jun 7, 2012 at 8:19 AM, David Savage ozsav...@gmail.com wrote:
Here's another shot of that stream (Shanty Branch) on Grandfather
Mountsin. It's the same little cascade but in a horizontal pano rather
than vertical. And it's cropped from a single shot rather than
stitched from several.
http://www.robertstech.com/temp/7dc02602-Shanty-Branch-Panorama.jpg
Frank:
I applaud your commitment to vegetarianism. It helps to keep the
price of red meat down. G
Dan
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On Wed, Jun 6, 2012 at 11:34 PM, knarftheria...@gmail.com
knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote:
Raw food is the way to go. Don't lose
Well chosen composition. Powerful rendering.
Jack
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I love the many shades of green and the feeling of coolness and solitude.
Dan Matyola
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On Thu, Jun 7, 2012 at 8:55 AM, Jack Davis jdavi...@yahoo.com wrote:
Well chosen composition. Powerful rendering.
Jack
Jack
Greenery really lush this year - lovely shot
get any lady slippers? :-)
ann
On 6/7/2012 08:40, Postmaster wrote:
Here's another shot of that stream (Shanty Branch) on Grandfather
Mountsin. It's the same little cascade but in a horizontal pano rather
than vertical. And it's cropped from a
Hell, Frank, rant away. I suspect there is a lot of truth in what you
say. If the seats are packed in tight, I could also imagine that
trying to shoot with a really long lens could be annoying to those
around him/her. Especially once they've set up the tripod ;-)
On Thu, Jun 7, 2012 at 12:24
Ann Sanfedele wrote:
http://www.robertstech.com/temp/7dc02602-Shanty-Branch-Panorama.jpg
Greenery really lush this year - lovely shot
get any lady slippers? :-)
No Lady Slippers and very few wildflowers of any kind. The early
spring they had this year meant that most of the flowers were gone
Beautiful! Very calming.
Cheers,
frank
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Striking image. Those are some amazing muscles.
Cheers,
frank
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I'm happy to be of service, but I also hope that the cows, pigs, chickens et al
applaud me even more (to the extent that hooves and chicken feet can applaud).
;-)
cheers,
frank
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On 07/06/12 04:34, knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote:
They look identical to me, but I like it (them) a lot. Beautiful sunrise/sunset
in the background.
Thank you!
I believe it was sunset, although the picture is taken recently a place
rather far north, so both events occur at identical time.
This goes a long way towards understanding why the attraction to GFM.
Quietly spectacular.
On Thu, Jun 7, 2012 at 8:40 AM, Postmaster postmas...@robertstech.com wrote:
Here's another shot of that stream (Shanty Branch) on Grandfather
Mountsin. It's the same little cascade but in a horizontal
Really beautiful
On Thu, Jun 7, 2012 at 10:07 AM, Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com wrote:
This goes a long way towards understanding why the attraction to GFM.
Quietly spectacular.
On Thu, Jun 7, 2012 at 8:40 AM, Postmaster postmas...@robertstech.com wrote:
Here's another shot of that
Frank, the trumpeters were endangered and they set up these breeding
programs a while back. I think now they are on the come back trail.
Dave
On Wed, Jun 6, 2012 at 11:19 PM, knarftheria...@gmail.com
knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote:
I'm almost afraid to ask why they breed swans.
Very cute and
On Wed, Jun 6, 2012 at 9:39 PM, Paul Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote:
Nicely done. Good control of the highlights.
Paul
Thanks Paul. my D2H was always a problems for high lights, i had -0.7
and -1.0 diled in for these.
Dave
On Jun 6, 2012, at 8:57 PM, David J Brooks wrote:
Dang that's good. The tones, colors, DR, and contrast of sharpness and blur.
On Thu, Jun 7, 2012 at 8:40 AM, Postmaster postmas...@robertstech.com wrote:
Here's another shot of that stream (Shanty Branch) on Grandfather
Mountsin. It's the same little cascade but in a horizontal pano rather
This is number 10 in the series Print-a-Day for 30 Days
http://georges.posterous.com/city-waterfall-print-a-day-10
I'm not sure why this photo appeals to me. It doesn't seem to be
anything special. The shadow on the lower left is important, perhaps
because it gives a hint about the time of
The problem is that all those folks with less talent than you will be
using this technique for everything. ;-)
On Wed, Jun 6, 2012 at 11:02 PM, Ann Sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com wrote:
you're getting good at that stuff :-)
ann
On 6/6/2012 16:54, Mark Roberts wrote:
I'm just getting around
Turns out it is indeed a hole intended for a motor. It has been a long
time out of production, unfortunately, so the chances of finding one
looks bleak. I contacted a Norwegian telescope webshop, to query about
alternatives, but they just shrugged.
I suppose I need to know the ratio for the worm
I really like the composition and color.
The foliage in the upper right is a little bright on my monitor. It
draws my eye away from the waterfall. When you get some time, you
might try using Lightroom's adjustment brush to darken it just a bit.
Maybe do the same to the green in the upper right.
I changed my light box.
Went from reflected light to diffused.
Still continuous flourescent, but now the table and back are lit.
Still needs a little perfecting/tweaking, but it does a good job.
Did a shot of my favorite hat today.
Classy Hat!
Nice image as well.
Dan Matyola
http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola
On Thu, Jun 7, 2012 at 11:44 AM, Collin Brendemuehl
coll...@brendemuehl.net wrote:
I changed my light box.
Went from reflected light to diffused.
Still continuous flourescent, but now the table and
George Sinos wrote:
This is number 9 in the series Print-a-Day for 30 Days
http://georges.posterous.com/dual-reflections-print-a-day-9
Very nice. Hope the print looks as good as what I see on the monitor.
BTW: For printing I'm really, really pleased with Qimage
From: Bob W
The entire games are a giant corporate stitch-up, so this sort of thing
comes as no surprise. I'd rather see a scaled-down games with less corporate
sponsorship and 'hospitality' and something on a more human scale geared
towards ordinary people, even if it wasn't so spectacular.
B
From: Mark Roberts
I'm just getting around to sorting out my GFM photos. I didn't get
time to shoot a lot this year (but I did put two rolls of slide film
through the 67), so there isn't a huge amount to show. But I kinda
like this one. On Saturday morning a few of us went out to a trail on
the
From: Mark Roberts
Our insider from Pentax brought a Pentax K-01 to Grandfather
Mountain last weekend and a few of us got to play with it for a while.
My impressions fall into two categories:
1 - I'm now certain that I have no interest at all in a camera without
a viewfinder
2 - For those who
Sensitivity about body image would make more sense if she appeared
anorexic in the photo, but she does not.
From: David Savage
This couple follows a raw food diet. I think the only thing they eat
that is cooked (as you I understand cooking) is grilled chicken fish.
On 07/06/2012,
Some of the feedback on the images from this shoot surprised me. Quite
a few people had very strong, even hostile, reactions.
I'm in awe of these guys. The level of determination hard work they
put in to get to this point is humbling to this recovering lazy
bastard.
DS
On 8 June 2012 00:34,
On Thu, Jun 7, 2012 at 12:20 PM, John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com wrote:
From: Mark Roberts
Our insider from Pentax brought a Pentax K-01 to Grandfather
Mountain last weekend and a few of us got to play with it for a while.
[...]
It is a sturdy feeling camera, but I am just physically
You forgot the other prohibition - large cameras. You can take your
300/2.8 in, but not the camera body it's mounted on.
From: John Francis
Only lenses over 30cm prohibited? That's quite permissive by today's standards.
for the US Figure Skating championships the limit was below that; I
Here's another shot of that stream (Shanty Branch) on Grandfather
Mountsin. It's the same little cascade but in a horizontal pano rather
than vertical. And it's cropped from a single shot rather than
stitched from several.
http://www.robertstech.com/temp/7dc02602-Shanty-Branch-Panorama.jpg
From: Bruce Walker
On Wed, Jun 6, 2012 at 10:30 AM, Tom C. caka...@gmail.com wrote:
Cloud storage is trusting someone else with your data. It may be a
convenient way of storing data, but it should never be the primary or
only backup. I wouldn't consider it as any form of long term backup
for
It wasn't about the athletes even then. What annoys me about the
Olympics is not the commercialism but the whiff of idealism it still
tries to cloak itself in. In my opinion, anything that calls itself a
movement has more in common with what the medical establishment calls a
movement than
Maybe they just don't like body builders. I have some reservations
about that, but I see nothing about this couple that is over the top
unattractive. I also have some reservations about their food choices,
for example some foods which are quite good for you raw, such as
tomatoes, are also
On Thu, Jun 07, 2012 at 08:40:01AM -0400, Postmaster wrote:
Here's another shot of that stream (Shanty Branch) on Grandfather
Mountsin. It's the same little cascade but in a horizontal pano rather
than vertical. And it's cropped from a single shot rather than
stitched from several.
On 07/06/2012 10:49 AM, Tom C wrote:
Mark, that shot is just over-the-top, wildly delicious and gorgeous!
Not enough superlatives to express my sentiments.
Come on Tom, you could have shot that with a broken Holga
It is a lovely picture.
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Delicious!
On Jun 7, 2012, at 8:40 AM, Postmaster wrote:
Here's another shot of that stream (Shanty Branch) on Grandfather
Mountsin. It's the same little cascade but in a horizontal pano rather
than vertical. And it's cropped from a single shot rather than
stitched from several.
On Jun 7, 2012, at 9:20 AM, John Sessoms wrote:
In short, the lack of viewfinder is a deal-killer for me (as I
expected) but for those to whom this isn't the case it's a lot of
camera for the money.
It appears to be pretty much what I thought the evolution of dslr video
is/was leading
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Tom, you're missing an important piece of the equation: encryption.
Your data will be safe from theft, snooping or tampering as long as
it's properly encrypted. It won't necessarily be safe from loss, but
at least it cannot fall into the wrong hands.
Now, how you determine that it's
On Jun 7, 2012, at 12:42 PM, Tom Cakalic wrote:
Agreed. The ordinary computer user knows nothing about encryption. I'm
not an encryption expert by any means, but to me using encryption is
sort of like locking the door on my house. It makes me feel secure.
If you'd like to read an
I used Qimage it a long time ago. I didn't know they were still
around. I'll have to give it a try. gs
George Sinos
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On Thu, Jun 7, 2012 at 10:49 AM, Mark Roberts
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George Sinos
I decided this year I would overcome my reluctance to photograph
strangers. I have started with motorcycle riders. This is a motorcycle
club. I would not call them a motorcycle gang though they might aspire
to be so called.
Basically I pointed to my K-5, they nodded and I shot them. Mostly
You have some wonderful portraits there, Don.
I think that the second and last images are the best as portraits per
se. The first bw image and the guy on his bike with a woman behind
him are my favorites, however, and are the best lifestyle images, in
my humble opinion.
Fine work indeed.
Dan
Great set! My only suggestion would be to crop the first shot tighter at the
bottom so the edge of the tires isn't tangential to frame. Superb work.
Paul
On Jun 7, 2012, at 4:47 PM, Don Guthrie wrote:
I decided this year I would overcome my reluctance to photograph strangers. I
have started
on 2012-06-07 12:50 Daniel J. Matyola wrote
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i once dreamed of hitchhiking to Hudson Bay, but realized there are no
connecting roads, so i
Wow! Great decision, Don. Your first outing is a real winner. I
enjoyed every shot there -- no duds. I could see you doing a Blurb
book if you keep at it.
Note well, fellow reluctants: see what getting outside your comfort zone can do.
On Thu, Jun 7, 2012 at 4:47 PM, Don Guthrie
On Jun 7, 2012, at 1:47 PM, Don Guthrie wrote:
I decided this year I would overcome my reluctance to photograph strangers. I
have started with motorcycle riders. This is a motorcycle club. I would not
call them a motorcycle gang though they might aspire to be so called.
No shots of the
Great. Another thing I didn't need to know. Just like felching.
On Thu, Jun 7, 2012 at 1:00 AM, David Savage ozsav...@gmail.com wrote:
Rusty trumpet.
On 7 June 2012 12:52, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote:
I've been told that an Australian kiss is like a French kiss, but down under.
What
Good shots! Some problems with busy distracting backgrounds, but as you get
more comfortable you'll be able to set up the shots more deliberately.
I presume you've thought of this, but just in case, did you get one or more
names? Can you track them down either via a return to their regular
Great capture Mark !
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Here's another shot of that stream (Shanty Branch) on Grandfather
Mountsin. It's the same little
On 07/06/2012 10:49 AM, Tom C wrote:
Mark, that shot is just over-the-top, wildly delicious and gorgeous!
Not enough superlatives to express my sentiments.
Come on Tom, you could have shot that with a broken Holga
It is a lovely picture.
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Sheesh! Nothing like overcoming your reluctance to photographing
strangers by approaching an aspiring motorcycle gang! I'd say you're
good to go now.
Great portraits, terrific expressions. I enjoyed those!
:)
-c
On Thu, Jun 7, 2012 at 4:47 PM, Don Guthrie shark50...@gmail.com wrote:
I
That's an outstanding group of photos! Talk about overcoming fears - and with a
motorcycle club no less!
All very strong, very well done. I echo Stan's thoughts wrt to backgrounds.
cheers,
frank
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