RE: OT - Hipsters and Vintage Cameras

2012-08-16 Thread Bob W
> From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of > Steven Desjardins > > I've seen this in a few places. It's really funny. Check out the > nearby "end of Olympics" article. > I'm looking forward to Rio hosting the next games and the new Olympic sports. Just imagine, t

RE: OT Fine art vs portrait photographer

2012-08-16 Thread Bob W
> From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of > Walt Gilbert > > On 8/15/2012 10:06 PM, John Sessoms wrote: > > From: "knarftheriault > > > >> ...which exactly why I shy away from silly discussions about "what > >> art is." The word is practically meaningless due to peo

RE: PESO: Leaves and Crows

2012-08-16 Thread Bob W
> From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of > Tim Bray > > There was a thunderstorm (rare in these parts) coming in fast, and the > crows were seriously spooked, boiling out the trees, the cacaphony of > caws sounded cool over the underlying growl of thunder: > https:

Re: OT - Hipsters and Vintage Cameras

2012-08-16 Thread Larry Colen
On Aug 15, 2012, at 6:07 PM, knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: > I laughed so hard I almost... > > Well, I enjoyed it: > > http://www.hayibo.com/hipsters-stunned-as-vintage-cameras-fail-to-make-them-professional-photographers/ Hipster traits: Using archaic cameras. Considers creative photograph

Re: PESO Miata

2012-08-16 Thread Larry Colen
On Aug 15, 2012, at 9:16 PM, Tim Bray wrote: > Mmmm, nice. -T Thanks > > On Sun, Aug 12, 2012 at 5:07 PM, Larry Colen wrote: >> And just because I'm the sort of person who will hand hold (leaning against >> a pillar) a 1/5 second photo with a telephoto lens at 2:30 AM, just because >> I lik

Re: OT - Hipsters and Vintage Cameras

2012-08-16 Thread Bruce Walker
On Thu, Aug 16, 2012 at 3:31 AM, Bob W wrote: > > > From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of > > Steven Desjardins > > > > I've seen this in a few places. It's really funny. Check out the > > nearby "end of Olympics" article. > > > > I'm looking forward to Rio host

Re: GESO: Dreampeaks

2012-08-16 Thread Bruce Walker
Terrific, Tim. 1st and 3rd especially so. You could tweak curves in PP forever with these. On Thu, Aug 16, 2012 at 12:23 AM, Tim Bray wrote: > Some real eye candy here. Just a matter of being at the right place > at the right time: > http://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/201x/2012/08/15/Dreampeaks

Re: OT Fine art vs portrait photographer

2012-08-16 Thread Jostein Øksne
Between us duffers, I have to share some thoughts I've had on that art-thingy this summer. It's going to be a bit long, but I hope it's worth your time. Some of you may have noticed that the PESOs I posted this summer was from Northern Norway. I have spent all together five weeks on two trip

Re: PESO: Critter

2012-08-16 Thread Jack Davis
Prefer this shot, John. Slightly higher contrast and complete front legs.    Jack Davis http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/artists/jackdavis http://www.photolightimages.com/ - Original Message - From: "knarftheria...@gmail.com" To: ""Pentax-Discuss Mail Lis

PESO - Shopping

2012-08-16 Thread frank theriault
http://knarfinthecity.blogspot.ca/2012/08/shopping.html Hope you enjoy. Comments welcome. cheers, frank -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML,

Re: Peso: The Rose

2012-08-16 Thread Steven Desjardins
Thanks Folks. On Thu, Aug 16, 2012 at 12:12 AM, Tim Bray wrote: > Oh, that’s the nicest flower picture I’ve seen in a long time; well done! -Tim > > On Sat, Aug 11, 2012 at 12:45 PM, Steven Desjardins wrote: >> On a nicer note, I took many walks and there are many yards bedecked in >> flowers:

Re: PESO: Critter

2012-08-16 Thread Steven Desjardins
I still prefer the angle of the first one. I guess i always saw the legs as folded back and not missing. On Thu, Aug 16, 2012 at 7:32 AM, Jack Davis wrote: > Prefer this shot, John. Slightly higher contrast and complete front legs. > > Jack Davis > http://www.pen

Re: PESO: Leaves and Crows

2012-08-16 Thread Steven Desjardins
I like the poem Bob. It goes well with the image. Nice work to you too, Tim. ;-) On Thu, Aug 16, 2012 at 3:43 AM, Bob W wrote: >> From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of >> Tim Bray >> >> There was a thunderstorm (rare in these parts) coming in fast, and the >>

Re: OT - Hipsters and Vintage Cameras

2012-08-16 Thread Steven Desjardins
It doesn't sound at all like Frank. On Thu, Aug 16, 2012 at 4:14 AM, Larry Colen wrote: > > On Aug 15, 2012, at 6:07 PM, knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: > >> I laughed so hard I almost... >> >> Well, I enjoyed it: >> >> http://www.hayibo.com/hipsters-stunned-as-vintage-cameras-fail-to-make-them-p

Re: Enough damn bug pictures already.

2012-08-16 Thread Steven Desjardins
http://drd1135.smugmug.com/Photography/pdml/i-3NFsh3T/0/XL/bee-1-XL.jpg Here's a flower as peace offering. On Thu, Aug 16, 2012 at 12:25 AM, Tim Bray wrote: > I mean, ewww. Just sayin. > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml

Re: Enough damn bug pictures already.

2012-08-16 Thread Collin Brendemuehl
And I even returned to my old stand-by -- milkweed pods. I've not spent any time shooting them since going DSLR. So perhaps later this Fall after they've dried and opened I will shoot more of them. Sincerely, Collin Brendemuehl "He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he canno

Re: Peso, thirty years ago, today.......

2012-08-16 Thread Collin Brendemuehl
>For some reason I keep hearing that as "twenty years ago today, Doctor >Pepper taught the band to play ..." I'll drink to that. At 10, 2, and 4. Sincerely, Collin Brendemuehl "He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose" -- Jim Elliott -- PDML Pentax-Dis

Re: PESO: What the HELL is this?

2012-08-16 Thread Collin Brendemuehl
https://www.google.com/search?q=hummingbird+moth&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a Sincerely, Collin Brendemuehl "He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose" -- Jim Elliott -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

GESO (24) - A Wet Day in York with Bob

2012-08-16 Thread Rick Womer
Wy back in June, Bob Walkden met us in York for a day of strolling about the town.  Selected shots are here: http://photo.net/photodb/folder?folder_id=1037858 We walked a stretch of the town wall, poked around the streets, had a very good lunch at Cafe Rouge (interrupted by a Summer Solstic

Re: PESO - Shopping

2012-08-16 Thread Jack Davis
Thanks, I did, Frank! Jack Davis http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/artists/jackdavis http://www.photolightimages.com - Original Message - From: frank theriault To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Cc: Sent: Thursday, August 16, 2012 5:17 AM Subject: PESO - Sho

Re: GESO (24) - A Wet Day in York with Bob

2012-08-16 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
Fine gallery, with a very interesting feel for the place and the lifestyle. I am not sure why, but I really like "Exceptionnel." Stunning image to my eye. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Thu, Aug 16, 2012 at 9:01 AM, Rick Womer wrote: > Wy back in June, Bob W

Re: PESO - Shopping

2012-08-16 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
Effective image, Frank. I like the tilt here, although I usually don't. Another man trapped into a shopping trip! Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Thu, Aug 16, 2012 at 8:17 AM, frank theriault wrote: > http://knarfinthecity.blogspot.ca/2012/08/shopping.html > > H

Re: Enough damn bug pictures already.

2012-08-16 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
You tricked us! Nice image. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Thu, Aug 16, 2012 at 8:33 AM, Steven Desjardins wrote: > http://drd1135.smugmug.com/Photography/pdml/i-3NFsh3T/0/XL/bee-1-XL.jpg > > Here's a flower as peace offering. > > On Thu, Aug 16, 2012 at 12:25 A

Re: GESO (24) - A Wet Day in York with Bob

2012-08-16 Thread Walt Gilbert
Fascinating set, Rick! I particularly liked "Minster Screen" and "Choir Eternal" and just loved the photos from the Blue Bell. That looks like a wonderful little place to sit and have a drink or five. I truly hope to see ol' Blighty with my own two eyes (and through the viewfinder with the l

Re: GESO (24) - A Wet Day in York with Bob

2012-08-16 Thread David J Brooks
Excellent gallery, love peek a boo Dave On Thu, Aug 16, 2012 at 9:01 AM, Rick Womer wrote: > Wy back in June, Bob Walkden met us in York for a day of strolling about > the town. Selected shots are here: > > http://photo.net/photodb/folder?folder_id=1037858 > > We walked a stretch of the to

Re: PESO - Shopping

2012-08-16 Thread David J Brooks
Nice. The tilt adds Dave On Thu, Aug 16, 2012 at 8:17 AM, frank theriault wrote: > http://knarfinthecity.blogspot.ca/2012/08/shopping.html > > Hope you enjoy. Comments welcome. > > cheers, > frank > > > > -- > "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson > > -- > PDML Pentax-Disc

Re: GESO: Castells

2012-08-16 Thread Rick Womer
Nice gallery!  Some of the facial close-ups are particularly good. Rick   http://photo.net/photos/RickW - Original Message - From: Christine Nielsen To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Cc: Sent: Wednesday, August 15, 2012 7:37 PM Subject: GESO: Castells Hellooo out there! Summer vacation &

GESO I got one published

2012-08-16 Thread Toine
The first photo in this series http://www.repiuk.nl/index.php/blog-mainmenu-97/227-metaforum-8-aug-2012 will be published in the local campus magazine: http://www.cursor.tue.nl/en/news-article/artikel/filling-of-library-on-track/ Toine -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.

Re: GESO (24) - A Wet Day in York with Bob

2012-08-16 Thread Bruce Walker
Really enjoyable gallery, Rick. On Thu, Aug 16, 2012 at 9:01 AM, Rick Womer wrote: > Wy back in June, Bob Walkden met us in York for a day of strolling about > the town. Selected shots are here: > > http://photo.net/photodb/folder?folder_id=1037858 > > We walked a stretch of the town wall,

Re: GESO I got one published

2012-08-16 Thread Jack Davis
First linlK "unavailable." Second link came up OK. Jack Davis http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/artists/jackdavis http://www.photolightimages.com - Original Message - From: Toine To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Cc: Sent: Thursday, August 16, 2012 7:31 AM

Re: PESO: Critter

2012-08-16 Thread Bruce Walker
I especially like that one, John. On Wed, Aug 15, 2012 at 10:58 PM, John Sessoms wrote: > He just has them folded under and they're kind of hidden from the angle I > was photographing him. > > When he got tired of me poking the lens in his face he hopped down from the > rose bush and tried to es

Re: GESO: Dreampeaks

2012-08-16 Thread Mark Roberts
Tim Bray wrote: >Just a matter of being at the right place at the right time: As Bach said, "All one has to do is hit the right keys in the right order and the instrument practically plays itself" >http://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/201x/2012/08/15/Dreampeaks Very cool stuff! -- Mark Roberts

Re: GESO I got one published

2012-08-16 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
The first link did not load. The second link got me to a page on the university website, but when I clicked on the link to view the slideshow of your images,l they wouldn't load. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Thu, Aug 16, 2012 at 10:31 AM, Toine wrote: > The fi

Re: OT: Why some teens think they are photographers.

2012-08-16 Thread John Sessoms
From: Christine Aguila The poet, Wendy Cope wrote a poem called Men and Their Boring Arguments. You can read here if you're interested. Cheers, Christine http://www.bbc.co.uk/arts/poetry/outloud/cope.shtml I read part of it before I got bored. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: GESO (24) - A Wet Day in York with Bob

2012-08-16 Thread Rick Womer
Thanks, Bruce!   http://photo.net/photos/RickW - Original Message - From: Bruce Walker To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Cc: Sent: Thursday, August 16, 2012 10:36 AM Subject: Re: GESO (24) - A Wet Day in York with Bob Really enjoyable gallery, Rick. On Thu, Aug 16, 2012 at 9:01 AM, Rick

RE: OT - Hipsters and Vintage Cameras

2012-08-16 Thread John Sessoms
From: "Bob W" From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Steven Desjardins I've seen this in a few places. It's really funny. Check out the nearby "end of Olympics" article. I'm looking forward to Rio hosting the next games and the new Olympic sports. Just imag

Re: GESO (24) - A Wet Day in York with Bob

2012-08-16 Thread Rick Womer
Thanks, Walt! The Blue Bell really is the smallest pub I've ever seen (and I've seen a lot of pubs!).  The shot of the people around the table (next-to-last in the gallery) encompasses just about all the seating--all except the seats Bob, a friend of his, my wife, and I were occupying.  Oh, the

Re: GESO (24) - A Wet Day in York with Bob

2012-08-16 Thread Rick Womer
Thanks, Dan! I recommend the Cafe Rouge if you ever find yourself in York at mealtime. Rick   http://photo.net/photos/RickW - Original Message - From: Daniel J. Matyola To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Cc: Sent: Thursday, August 16, 2012 9:25 AM Subject: Re: GESO (24) - A Wet Day in York

Re: GESO I got one published

2012-08-16 Thread Rick Womer
Nice. It would be interesting to take a similar shot with the place infested with students in a few weeks. Rick   http://photo.net/photos/RickW - Original Message - From: Toine To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Cc: Sent: Thursday, August 16, 2012 10:31 AM Subject: GESO I got one published

RE: OT Fine art vs portrait photographer

2012-08-16 Thread John Sessoms
From: "Bob W" From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Walt Gilbert On 8/15/2012 10:06 PM, John Sessoms wrote: From: "knarftheriault ...which exactly why I shy away from silly discussions about "what art is." The word is practically meaningless due to people li

Re: GESO: Dreampeaks

2012-08-16 Thread Rick Womer
Beautiful.  The last two could almost be waves on a windy lake. Rick   http://photo.net/photos/RickW - Original Message - From: Tim Bray To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Cc: Sent: Thursday, August 16, 2012 12:23 AM Subject: GESO: Dreampeaks Some real eye candy here.  Just a matter of bei

Re: GESO moonrise

2012-08-16 Thread Rick Womer
I like the original best, Larry.  The other compositions don't seem as balanced. Rick   http://photo.net/photos/RickW - Original Message - From: Larry Colen To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Cc: Sent: Sunday, August 12, 2012 7:55 PM Subject: GESO moonrise Unfortunately I didn't notice the

Re: OT Fine art vs portrait photographer

2012-08-16 Thread Walt Gilbert
On 8/16/2012 10:20 AM, John Sessoms wrote: From: "Bob W" From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Walt Gilbert On 8/15/2012 10:06 PM, John Sessoms wrote: From: "knarftheriault ...which exactly why I shy away from silly discussions about "what art is." The word

Re: PESO - Shopping

2012-08-16 Thread Rick Womer
Nice catch! Rick   http://photo.net/photos/RickW - Original Message - From: frank theriault To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Cc: Sent: Thursday, August 16, 2012 8:17 AM Subject: PESO - Shopping http://knarfinthecity.blogspot.ca/2012/08/shopping.html Hope you enjoy.  Comments welcome. c

Re: PESO: Leaves and Crows

2012-08-16 Thread Rick Womer
I really like this--it's as if the leaves on the tree were crows, too.  Very well seen and rendered. Rick   http://photo.net/photos/RickW - Original Message - From: Tim Bray To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Cc: Sent: Wednesday, August 15, 2012 7:35 PM Subject: PESO: Leaves and Crows The

Re: OT Fine art vs portrait photographer

2012-08-16 Thread John Sessoms
Well, for whatever it's worth, the gallery owned by the woman who told me "photography is not art" is the kind of place that sells framed prints of "The Singing Butler". Instant culture of the variety Mark Knopfler so aptly summed up: And then you get an artist says he doesn't want to paint at

Re: OT Fine art vs portrait photographer

2012-08-16 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
The appeal of that painting is a mystery to me. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Thu, Aug 16, 2012 at 11:39 AM, John Sessoms wrote: > Well, for whatever it's worth, the gallery owned by the woman who told me > "photography is not art" is the kind of place that sell

RE: GESO (24) - A Wet Day in York with Bob

2012-08-16 Thread John Sessoms
From: Rick Womer Wy back in June, Bob Walkden met us in York for a day of strolling about the town. ?Selected shots are here: http://photo.net/photodb/folder?folder_id=1037858 We walked a stretch of the town wall, poked around the streets, had a very good lunch at Cafe Rouge (interrupted b

Re: GESO I got one published

2012-08-16 Thread Toine
That's the plan. The moment I posted this message the router of my ISP collapsed. It's all back online now. Toine On 16 August 2012 17:16, Rick Womer wrote: > Nice. It would be interesting to take a similar shot with the place infested > with students in a few weeks. > > Rick > > http://photo.

re: GESO (24) - A Wet Day in York with Bob

2012-08-16 Thread Don Guthrie
Minster from the Walls is classic "wish I was there" landscape and I was once but my picture nowhere as good. Thanks for posting. pdml-requ...@pdml.net wrote: Message: 8 Date: Thu, 16 Aug 2012 06:01:18 -0700 (PDT) From: Rick Womer To: Pentax List Subject: GESO (24) - A Wet Day in York with Bo

Re: OT Fine art vs portrait photographer

2012-08-16 Thread Walt Gilbert
I hadn't heard that one before. Knopfler is almost as good a culture critic as he is a guitarist. Almost. As to the notion that "photography is not art", it strikes me as something that could only be said by someone too stupid to operate a camera. -- Walt On 8/16/2012 10:39 AM, John Sessoms

Re: GESO I got one published

2012-08-16 Thread Darren Addy
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GESO A garden walk

2012-08-16 Thread Don Guthrie
Not my garden. Just some pretty pictures. NO BUGS! Comments welcome. https://www.icloud.com/journal/#3;CAEQARoQn8XTh-uXMpc7xwghEswdJg;50ECD51B-5FAC-4A8E-8A4B-B0B9607BF256 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML,

Re: GESO A garden walk

2012-08-16 Thread Jack Davis
You're right, Don. These are certainly pretty pictures. Well done!  Jack Davis http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/artists/jackdavis http://www.photolightimages.com - Original Message - From: Don Guthrie To: pdml@pdml.net Cc: Sent: Thursday, August 16, 201

Spotted this @ lunch today

2012-08-16 Thread Collin Brendemuehl
http://www.flickr.com/photos/55001392@N08/7796169532/in/photostream And spotted Salvation Army $24.99 for it. With ever-ready, cap, and polarizer. Only issues are a little corrosion at the shoe base (not shown) and a very worn battery cover. Sincerely, Collin Brendemuehl "He is no fool who giv

Re: Spotted this @ lunch today

2012-08-16 Thread Jack Davis
Classic beauty! Jack Davis http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/artists/jackdavis http://www.photolightimages.com - Original Message - From: Collin Brendemuehl To: pdml Cc: Sent: Thursday, August 16, 2012 9:46 AM Subject: Spotted this @ lunch today http:

Re: GESO A garden walk

2012-08-16 Thread Tim Bray
I like the umbrellas. And thanks for the absence of arthropods. -T On Thu, Aug 16, 2012 at 9:21 AM, Don Guthrie wrote: > > Not my garden. Just some pretty pictures. NO BUGS! Comments welcome. > > > https://www.icloud.com/journal/#3;CAEQARoQn8XTh-uXMpc7xwghEswdJg;50ECD51B-5FAC-4A8E-8A4B-B0B9607BF

Today's bug

2012-08-16 Thread Collin Brendemuehl
i++; j-- x++; Sincerely, Collin Brendemuehl "He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose" -- Jim Elliott -- 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 directl

Re: GESO I got one published

2012-08-16 Thread Bruce Walker
Beautiful gallery, Toine. Perfect exposures and even contrast. Excellent work! Did you have to augment the lighting in any of them, or use HDR at all? Looks like some tough outside vs artificial light contrast situations exist in many of those shot locations. On Thu, Aug 16, 2012 at 11:50 AM, To

Re: GESO (24) - A Wet Day in York with Bob

2012-08-16 Thread Rick Womer
Thanks John! Bob is great company, not a wet blanket at all.  British weather this past "summer", though, was another story... That brick igloo turned out to be an old ice house.  We were stumped until some hunting revealed a small explanatory plaque. Rick   http://photo.net/photos/RickW ---

Re: GESO (24) - A Wet Day in York with Bob

2012-08-16 Thread Rick Womer
My pleasure!  Thanks for your comments!   http://photo.net/photos/RickW - Original Message - From: Don Guthrie To: pdml@pdml.net Cc: Sent: Thursday, August 16, 2012 11:51 AM Subject: re: GESO (24) - A Wet Day in York with Bob Minster from the Walls is classic "wish I was there" landsca

Re: Today's bug

2012-08-16 Thread Rick Womer
O dear I guess I'm a dum-dum, 'cause I don't get it. Rick   http://photo.net/photos/RickW - Original Message - From: Collin Brendemuehl To: pdml Cc: Sent: Thursday, August 16, 2012 1:07 PM Subject: Today's bug i++; j-- x++; Sincerely, Collin Brendemuehl "He is no fool wh

Re: Today's bug

2012-08-16 Thread Collin Brendemuehl
>O dear >I guess I'm a dum-dum, 'cause I don't get it. >Rick It's a computer thing Sincerely, Collin Brendemuehl "He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose" -- Jim Elliott -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/

Re: GESO I got one published

2012-08-16 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
I can see clearly now . . . That is an interesting building, modern, stark yet quite attractive, and you have captured ti very well. Architectural photography on that scale is quite demanding, and you are to be commended for such excellent work. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/dan

Re: PESO: 'Shroom

2012-08-16 Thread Rick Womer
Nice, except for the brick it's on. Is that a tasty 'shroom or a Last 'Shroom? Rick   http://photo.net/photos/RickW - Original Message - From: Daniel J. Matyola To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Cc: Sent: Thursday, August 16, 2012 12:52 AM Subject: PESO: 'Shroom http://photo.net/photodb/

Re: PESO: Critter

2012-08-16 Thread Bob Sullivan
John, Well done! The tilt of the head gives lots of personality to the shot. Regaards, Bob S. On Wed, Aug 15, 2012 at 9:58 PM, John Sessoms wrote: > He just has them folded under and they're kind of hidden from the angle I > was photographing him. > > When he got tired of me poking the lens in

Re: GESO: Dreampeaks

2012-08-16 Thread Kenneth Waller
Very nice captures, some of the best I've seen taken through a plane window! -Original Message- >From: Tim Bray >Subject: GESO: Dreampeaks > >Some real eye candy here. Just a matter of being at the right place >at the right time: >http://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/201x/2012/08/15/Dreampe

Re: GESO: Dreampeaks

2012-08-16 Thread Bob Sullivan
Tim, 1st class scenery! Glad you had a camera along. Regards, Bob S. On Wed, Aug 15, 2012 at 11:23 PM, Tim Bray wrote: > Some real eye candy here. Just a matter of being at the right place > at the right time: > http://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/201x/2012/08/15/Dreampeaks > > -- > PDML Pentax-

Re: PESO: Bray Repellant, or Red Wasp

2012-08-16 Thread Kenneth Waller
Nice capture that could use a touch less DOF to blurr the background more. -Original Message- >From: Walt Gilbert >Subject: PESO: Bray Repellant, or Red Wasp > >I was just about to post this when Tim expressed his weariness with >bugs. So, I thought I'd go ahead and antagonize him furthe

Re: OT - Hipsters and Vintage Cameras

2012-08-16 Thread Kenneth Waller
Eh! -Original Message- >From: Larry Colen >Subject: Re: OT - Hipsters and Vintage Cameras > > >On Aug 15, 2012, at 6:07 PM, knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: > >> I laughed so hard I almost... >> >> Well, I enjoyed it: >> >> http://www.hayibo.com/hipsters-stunned-as-vintage-cameras-fail-t

Re: GESO A garden walk

2012-08-16 Thread Don Guthrie
Thanks Jack, its an easy place to take pictures in fact I don't know how one could go there w/o camera. pdml-requ...@pdml.net wrote: Message: 3 Date: Thu, 16 Aug 2012 09:40:12 -0700 (PDT) From: Jack Davis To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: GESO A garden walk Message-ID: <134513

Re: GESO I got one published

2012-08-16 Thread Toine
Thanks, All are single shot dng. The dynamic range of the K5 does the trick combined with some editing in the latest version of lightroom, mainly the shadows, highlights and blacks slider. Just before it opens and all the junk is gone, I'll try some HDR. Toine On 16 August 2012 19:20, Bruce Walke

Re: GESO A garden walk

2012-08-16 Thread Don Guthrie
Couldn't resist the umbrellas. I should have said no bugs visible - I'm sure they are there. pdml-requ...@pdml.net wrote: Message: 6 Date: Thu, 16 Aug 2012 09:59:18 -0700 From: Tim Bray To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: GESO A garden walk Message-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charse

RE: GESO: Dreampeaks

2012-08-16 Thread Bob W
> From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of > Mark Roberts > > Tim Bray wrote: > > >Just a matter of being at the right place at the right time: > > As Bach said, "All one has to do is hit the right keys in the right > order and the instrument practically plays itse

RE: OT - Hipsters and Vintage Cameras

2012-08-16 Thread Bob W
> > From: "Bob W" > > >> From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf > >> Of Steven Desjardins > >> > >> I've seen this in a few places. It's really funny. Check out the > >> nearby "end of Olympics" article. > >> > > > > I'm looking forward to Rio hosting the next game

RE: OT - Hipsters and Vintage Cameras

2012-08-16 Thread Bob W
> From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of > Bruce Walker > > On Thu, Aug 16, 2012 at 3:31 AM, Bob W wrote: > > > > > From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On > Behalf > > > Of Steven Desjardins > > > > > > I've seen this in a few places. It's

Re: GESO A garden walk

2012-08-16 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
Very nice! I think the first image is particularly effective, with its feeling on tranquility. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Thu, Aug 16, 2012 at 12:21 PM, Don Guthrie wrote: > > Not my garden. Just some pretty pictures. NO BUGS! Comments welcome. > > > https:

Re: PESO: 'Shroom

2012-08-16 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
Thanks for looking Rick, and thanks for your comments. Actually, that is not brick, but wood. In any event, it is unattractive, and I may try to crop or clone it out. Dan Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Thu, Aug 16, 2012 at 1:42 PM, Rick Womer wrote: > Nice, ex

RE: GESO (24) - A Wet Day in York with Bob

2012-08-16 Thread Bob W
> From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of > Rick Womer > > Wy back in June, Bob Walkden met us in York for a day of strolling > about the town.  Selected shots are here: > > http://photo.net/photodb/folder?folder_id=1037858 > > We walked a stretch of the town

RE: GESO (24) - A Wet Day in York with Bob

2012-08-16 Thread Bob W
> From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of > Rick Womer > > Thanks, Walt! > > The Blue Bell really is the smallest pub I've ever seen (and I've seen > a lot of pubs!).  The shot of the people around the table (next-to-last > in the gallery) encompasses just about al

RE: GESO (24) - A Wet Day in York with Bob

2012-08-16 Thread Bob W
> From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of > Walt Gilbert > > Fascinating set, Rick! > > I particularly liked "Minster Screen" and "Choir Eternal" and just > loved the photos from the Blue Bell. That looks like a wonderful little > place to sit and have a drink or f

Re: On photographing people (part 1)

2012-08-16 Thread Bruce Walker
Part 3, fin: http://strobist.blogspot.ca/2012/08/on-photographing-people-pt-3.html On Mon, Aug 13, 2012 at 4:36 PM, Bruce Walker wrote: > > Part 2: > > http://strobist.blogspot.ca/2012/08/on-photographing-people-pt-2.html > > > On Sun, Aug 12, 2012 at 8:40 PM, Bruce Walker > wrote: > > > > For

Re: OT - Hipsters and Vintage Cameras

2012-08-16 Thread Bruce Walker
On Thu, Aug 16, 2012 at 3:37 PM, Bob W wrote: >> From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of >> Bruce Walker >> >> On Thu, Aug 16, 2012 at 3:31 AM, Bob W wrote: >> > >> > > From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On >> Behalf >> > > Of Steven Desjard

Re: Spotted this @ lunch today

2012-08-16 Thread John Francis
One of those (with Asahi rather than Honeywell branding, and the f/1.4 instead of the f/1.8) was my first SLR a little over 40 years ago. On Thu, Aug 16, 2012 at 04:46:17PM +, Collin Brendemuehl wrote: > http://www.flickr.com/photos/55001392@N08/7796169532/in/photostream > > And spotted Salv

RE: OT - Hipsters and Vintage Cameras

2012-08-16 Thread lrc
Ouch! Kudos on a terrible pun. Bob W wrote: >> From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf >Of >> Bruce Walker >> >> On Thu, Aug 16, 2012 at 3:31 AM, Bob W wrote: >> > >> > > From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On >> Behalf >> > > Of Steven Desja

Re: Pentax Si

2012-08-16 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
Returning to the Si design brief, looks like the folks at Sigma are channeling the same camera spirit. The new DP2 Merrill looks like a production version of the Si in several ways. But of course, like any production camera almost has to, it has more controls on its surface ... http://www.imaging-

no more driving ?

2012-08-16 Thread jn289
Take a look. Joe http://news.yahoo.com/needs-license-self-driving-cars-coming-way-201546892--sector.html -- 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: Spotted this @ lunch today

2012-08-16 Thread jn289
It does look very clean..Joe http://www.flickr.com/photos/55001392@N08/7796169532/in/photostream And spotted Salvation Army $24.99 for it. With ever-ready, cap, and polarizer. Only issues are a little corrosion at the shoe base (not shown) and a very worn battery cover. Sincerely, Collin Bre

PESO not on stage

2012-08-16 Thread Larry Colen
I was asked if I could take photos of a friend's band playing a street fair last night (Murphy Ave in Sunnyvale). During the last song, I noticed something far more interesting than the half dozen middle aged guys up on stage. http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/7798334124/in/set-721576311033

Re: GESO (24) - A Wet Day in York with Bob

2012-08-16 Thread jn289
Rick, A nice group of photos, I like the pocket Church yard and the Call Bell..Joe Wy back in June, Bob Walkden met us in York for a day of strolling about the town. Selected shots are here: http://photo.net/photodb/folder?folder_id=1037858 We walked a stretch of the town wall, poked

Re: PESO - Shopping

2012-08-16 Thread jn289
Frank, as others have said, I also think the tilt helps the photo. The girl seems like she is having fun..Joe http://knarfinthecity.blogspot.ca/2012/08/shopping.html Hope you enjoy. Comments welcome. cheers, frank -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML

Re: PESO not on stage

2012-08-16 Thread Larry Colen
As an aside, the specific request was photos showing the band playing to a large crowd. I was particularly encouraged to shoot from the stage, looking out over the crowd. As it got dark, and the band had stage lights on them, and the crowd didn't, I came up with an interesting solution. I ma

RE: PESO not on stage

2012-08-16 Thread Bob W
> From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of > Larry Colen > > I was asked if I could take photos of a friend's band playing a street > fair last night (Murphy Ave in Sunnyvale). > > During the last song, I noticed something far more interesting than the > half dozen

Re: GESO: Dreampeaks

2012-08-16 Thread Bruce Walker
On Thu, Aug 16, 2012 at 3:25 PM, Bob W wrote: > > > From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of > > Mark Roberts > > > > Tim Bray wrote: > > > > >Just a matter of being at the right place at the right time: > > > > As Bach said, "All one has to do is hit the right keys

Re: PESO: Critter

2012-08-16 Thread jn289
John, I like them both. Years ago I was photographing one of them with a LX and a 50 mm A.2.8 Macro that I had just bought brand new, Then all of a sudden he jumped right up on the camera, I did not expect it and I dropped the camera to the ground and the lens took the hit on the on the front a

Re: PESO not on stage

2012-08-16 Thread Bruce Walker
That's an easy one, Larry. Just aim your flash upward and use the moon as a big reflector. You'll also get great catchlights in the audience member's eyes. (This wouldn't have been possible before the K-5.) Some excellent shots in there, Larry. I'm sure they'll be very pleased with these. On Thu

Re: GESO: Dreampeaks

2012-08-16 Thread jn289
Tim, I like them all, Joe Some real eye candy here. Just a matter of being at the right place at the right time: http://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/201x/2012/08/15/Dreampeaks -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the

Re: PESO: Bray Repellant, or Red Wasp

2012-08-16 Thread jn289
Not Bad, Walt..Maybe a littler tighter..Joe I was just about to post this when Tim expressed his weariness with bugs. So, I thought I'd go ahead and antagonize him further, and post this picture from today. I'm a bit impish, you see. http://www.flickriver.com/photos/walt_gilbert/7793059350

Re: GESO I got one published

2012-08-16 Thread jn289
Toine, Congrats to you. Joe The first photo in this series http://www.repiuk.nl/index.php/blog-mainmenu-97/227-metaforum-8-aug-2012 will be published in the local campus magazine: http://www.cursor.tue.nl/en/news-article/artikel/filling-of-library-on-track/ Toine -- PDML Pentax-Discuss M

Re: PESO not on stage

2012-08-16 Thread Larry Colen
On Aug 16, 2012, at 4:43 PM, Bruce Walker wrote: > That's an easy one, Larry. Just aim your flash upward and use the moon > as a big reflector. That would never work. It takes light 2.5 seconds to get to the moon and back, and the time delay would make shutter lag a huge problem. Not only tha

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