Re: PESO - iAudience

2012-09-18 Thread Bruce Walker
My early work is full of clichéd musician shots, plus a handful of better ones, but yeah, I've been largely avoiding musicians myself. I thought I'd give it a go again on Saturday and see if I've learned anything. :-) I also decided to travel light (K100D Super + 18-55 kit), and fix the shutter

Re: OT: Colorized versions of old black and white images

2012-09-18 Thread knarftheria...@gmail.com
They desecrated some iconic photos... I think something similar was shown here some time ago. In fact some of these look familiar. Wasn't an artist colourizing well-known bw photos and trying to pass it off as her own art? Anyway, I think it's wrong to do this and your description, Mark, is

Re: Peso: Downburst, Northern Buffalo County, Nebraska (7/28/2012)

2012-09-18 Thread Bruce Walker
*Very* nice, Darren. I like your composition and the colours are great. On Tue, Sep 18, 2012 at 7:58 PM, Darren Addy pixelsmi...@gmail.com wrote: Didn't spend a lot of time on this one, but hope you like it nonetheless. It was one of the rare brief storms of the summer and I had to rush about

RE: OT: Colorized versions of old black and white images

2012-09-18 Thread J.C. O'Connell
I figure they just guess on the colors. Why else would they have President Lincoln wearing a brown vest with a blue suit? - J.C.O'Connell hifis...@gate.net - -Original Message- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of

Re: Peso: Downburst, Northern Buffalo County, Nebraska (7/28/2012)

2012-09-18 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
Interesting image. The windmill really makes the shot. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Tue, Sep 18, 2012 at 7:58 PM, Darren Addy pixelsmi...@gmail.com wrote: Didn't spend a lot of time on this one, but hope you like it nonetheless. It was one of the rare brief

Re: OT: Humor For our Canadian Friends

2012-09-18 Thread Walt
I went to college at Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, which is only about 90 miles north of where I live, but populated with people mostly from Chicagoland and central Illinois. I didn't come back home to visit for several months at first, and when I did, I was astonished at how

Re: Peso: Downburst, Northern Buffalo County, Nebraska (7/28/2012)

2012-09-18 Thread Larry Colen
On Sep 18, 2012, at 4:58 PM, Darren Addy wrote: Didn't spend a lot of time on this one, but hope you like it nonetheless. It was one of the rare brief storms of the summer and I had to rush about 20 miles to catch it as it died is big exhale of wind, hail, and brief hard rain.

Re: OT: Colorized versions of old black and white images

2012-09-18 Thread Walt
On 9/18/2012 5:09 PM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: http://www.buzzfeed.com/daves4/27-photos-that-have-been-recolored-and-brought-bac If nothing else, these exercises highlight some of the strengths and weaknesses of each format. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola I prefer

PESO - Nocturnal Hyatt

2012-09-18 Thread Rick Womer
A bit more conventional than the last two: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=16464256size=lg Comments always appreciated! Rick -- 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

RE: Peso: Downburst, Northern Buffalo County, Nebraska (7/28/2012)

2012-09-18 Thread knarftheria...@gmail.com
Very cool! cheers, frank What can be asserted without proof can be dismissed without proof. -- Christopher Hitchens --- Original Message --- From: Darren Addy pixelsmi...@gmail.com Sent: September 18, 2012 9/18/12 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Subject: Peso: Downburst, Northern

Re: OT: Colorized versions of old black and white images

2012-09-18 Thread Ann Sanfedele
Very annoying - wish I hadn't looked ann On 9/18/2012 19:53, knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: They desecrated some iconic photos... I think something similar was shown here some time ago. In fact some of these look familiar. Wasn't an artist colourizing well-known bw photos and trying to pass

Re: Peso: Downburst, Northern Buffalo County, Nebraska (7/28/2012)

2012-09-18 Thread Ann Sanfedele
LIke it - as I do so many of your foul weather shots... This looks like a good candidate for a book cover... but the title escapes me at the moment... any of a number of John Steinbeck or Willa Cather or Guthrie.. ann On 9/18/2012 19:58, Darren Addy wrote: Didn't spend a lot of time on

Re: Peso: Downburst, Northern Buffalo County, Nebraska (7/28/2012)

2012-09-18 Thread Rick Womer
Great composition and colors.  You might consider darkening the sky a bit. Cheers, Rick   http://photo.net/photos/RickW - Original Message - From: Darren Addy pixelsmi...@gmail.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Cc: Sent: Tuesday, September 18, 2012 7:58 PM Subject: Peso:

Re: PESO - Nocturnal Hyatt

2012-09-18 Thread Ann Sanfedele
On 9/18/2012 21:01, Rick Womer wrote: A bit more conventional than the last two: I would'd say that... which cell block were you in? ann http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=16464256size=lg Comments always appreciated! Rick -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: Peso: Downburst, Northern Buffalo County, Nebraska (7/28/2012)

2012-09-18 Thread Paul Stenquist
Very nice. Excellent composition and a dramatic scene. Paul On Sep 18, 2012, at 7:58 PM, Darren Addy pixelsmi...@gmail.com wrote: Didn't spend a lot of time on this one, but hope you like it nonetheless. It was one of the rare brief storms of the summer and I had to rush about 20 miles to

Re: On wi-fi, flashes, batteries etc.

2012-09-18 Thread John Francis
On Tue, Sep 18, 2012 at 04:39:41PM -0700, Larry Colen wrote: On Sep 18, 2012, at 11:22 AM, John Francis wrote: This strikes me as the sort of application that could use a standard Bluetooth core - all the pairing issues are part of the package. Yeah, but as long as you are adding a

Re: PESO - Nocturnal Hyatt

2012-09-18 Thread Rick Womer
One at right angles to the one I was photographing; the International Tower.  I was paroled after 2 nights and 2 12-hour days in subterranean conference rooms.   http://photo.net/photos/RickW - Original Message - From: Ann Sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List

Re: On wi-fi, flashes, batteries etc.

2012-09-18 Thread Larry Colen
On Sep 18, 2012, at 6:41 PM, John Francis wrote: On Tue, Sep 18, 2012 at 04:39:41PM -0700, Larry Colen wrote: On Sep 18, 2012, at 11:22 AM, John Francis wrote: This strikes me as the sort of application that could use a standard Bluetooth core - all the pairing issues are part of the

Re: Hey Cory! New Canon 6D has wi-fi!

2012-09-18 Thread John Francis
On Tue, Sep 18, 2012 at 05:58:03PM -0400, John Sessoms wrote: From: John Francis On Tue, Sep 18, 2012 at 12:54:41PM -0400, John Sessoms wrote: I'm wondering just how robust an in camera [GPS] unit would actually be? At a guess, I'd say it would be comparable to those found in

Re: OT: Humor For our Canadian Friends

2012-09-18 Thread knarftheria...@gmail.com
The first time I saw the last sentence of your first paragraph it read: There were a couple of times when I couldn't make out with my friends' girlfriends... I thought, Geez, with friends like you, who needs enemies? ;-) I think I'm getting tired. cheers, frank What can be asserted without

Re: OT: Colorized versions of old black and white images

2012-09-18 Thread John Sessoms
From: Mark Roberts Daniel J. Matyola wrote: http://www.buzzfeed.com/daves4/27-photos-that-have-been-recolored-and-brought-bac If nothing else, these exercises highlight some of the strengths and weaknesses of each format. It's the photographic equivalent of Kenny G! (Kenny G is a rather

RE: PESO - Nocturnal Hyatt

2012-09-18 Thread knarftheria...@gmail.com
Very cold and stark. The hotel, that is. Good photo. Cheers, frank What can be asserted without proof can be dismissed without proof. -- Christopher Hitchens --- Original Message --- From: Rick Womer rwomer1...@yahoo.com Sent: September 18, 2012 9/18/12 To: Pentax List pdml@pdml.net Subject:

Re: OT: Humor For our Canadian Friends

2012-09-18 Thread Walt
Unfortunately, there were many, many times I couldn't make out with my friends' girlfriends. And, frankly, I could've used more enemies. ;) -- Walt On 9/18/2012 8:48 PM, knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: The first time I saw the last sentence of your first paragraph it read: There were a

Re: Hey Cory! New Canon 6D has wi-fi!

2012-09-18 Thread Mark Roberts
John Francis wrote: On Tue, Sep 18, 2012 at 05:58:03PM -0400, John Sessoms wrote: From: John Francis On Tue, Sep 18, 2012 at 12:54:41PM -0400, John Sessoms wrote: I'm wondering just how robust an in camera [GPS] unit would actually be? At a guess, I'd say it would be comparable to those

Re: On wi-fi, flashes, batteries etc.

2012-09-18 Thread John Francis
On Tue, Sep 18, 2012 at 06:46:47PM -0700, Larry Colen wrote: I don't, off hand, see any advantage of bluetooth over 80211n. To get my bluetooth headset and my android tablet talking over Bluetooth, I push one button. To connect something over a wireless network I generally have to be able

RE: OT: Colorized versions of old black and white images

2012-09-18 Thread John Sessoms
I think the suit is in probably in a museum somewhere, and often there are contemporary descriptions of the colors. It's pretty easy to find the correct colors for old uniforms, and you can find reproductions of all those old advertising signs at Cracker Barrel. The *original* BW photos

Re: PESO - Nocturnal Hyatt

2012-09-18 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
I like the first one better. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Tue, Sep 18, 2012 at 9:01 PM, Rick Womer rwomer1...@yahoo.com wrote: A bit more conventional than the last two: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=16464256size=lg Comments always appreciated!

Re: Hey Cory! New Canon 6D has wi-fi!

2012-09-18 Thread Larry Colen
On Sep 18, 2012, at 6:47 PM, John Francis wrote: I find the position information in my Droid 3 (or my wife's Galaxy SIII) to be far superior to the Garmin Nuvi we had four or five years ago. I don't know how much of that is from the GPS, and how much comes from software monitoring feedback

Peso - from a window of the 103 bus

2012-09-18 Thread Ann Sanfedele
waiting for the proof copy of my new calendar... this isn't in it :-) Took this a couple of months ago Ist-D with the kit DA18-55 f/6.7 at 1/3000 ISO 400 Focal Length40mm (60mm in 35mm)

RE: Peso - from a window of the 103 bus

2012-09-18 Thread knarftheria...@gmail.com
Holy s%t that is such a great photo! Edvard Munsch meets Alfred Hitchcock meets Alice Kramden. Brilliant! cheers, flank What can be asserted without proof can be dismissed without proof. -- Christopher Hitchens --- Original Message --- From: Ann Sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com Sent: September

RE: Peso - from a window of the 103 bus

2012-09-18 Thread knarftheria...@gmail.com
Or, possibly, what I meant in my previous post was frank. cheers, f r a n k What can be asserted without proof can be dismissed without proof. -- Christopher Hitchens --- Original Message --- From: Ann Sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com Sent: September 18, 2012 9/18/12 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List

Re: Peso - from a window of the 103 bus

2012-09-18 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
Very interesting and compelling! Is that a graffito, an ad, or what? Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Tue, Sep 18, 2012 at 11:11 PM, Ann Sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com wrote: waiting for the proof copy of my new calendar... this isn't in it :-) Took this a couple

Re: Peso - from a window of the 103 bus

2012-09-18 Thread Ann Sanfedele
tlanks! :-) ann On 9/18/2012 23:44, knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: Or, possibly, what I meant in my previous post was frank. cheers, f r a n k What can be asserted without proof can be dismissed without proof. -- Christopher Hitchens --- Original Message --- From: Ann Sanfedele

Re: Peso - from a window of the 103 bus

2012-09-18 Thread Ann Sanfedele
Thanks , Dan and FLank, um , Frank... The bus was moving .. I took one shot.. I think it was an ad but whether for someone's art or a product I'm not sure right now I'v been actually looking for it again to pinpoint where I took it. ann On 9/18/2012 23:45, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: Very

PESO: Sax Solo

2012-09-18 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=16469093 Comments are always 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

Re: Peso: Downburst, Northern Buffalo County, Nebraska (7/28/2012)

2012-09-18 Thread Walt
On 9/18/2012 6:58 PM, Darren Addy wrote: Didn't spend a lot of time on this one, but hope you like it nonetheless. It was one of the rare brief storms of the summer and I had to rush about 20 miles to catch it as it died is big exhale of wind, hail, and brief hard rain.

PESOs Hale at SFLX

2012-09-18 Thread Larry Colen
This musician is a little prettier than the last from head: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/8001992852/ to toe: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/8001990121/ -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com sent from i4est -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: PESOs Hale at SFLX

2012-09-18 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
Nice portrait; funky shoes. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Wed, Sep 19, 2012 at 12:14 AM, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote: This musician is a little prettier than the last from head: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/8001992852/ to toe:

Re: To Filter or not to Filter your Lens

2012-09-18 Thread Christine Aguila
I use filters! When I did the construction shoot a while back, I was glad I was a filter-girl. One of those little trucks would come zooming by and soon enough I and my cameras were covered head to toe in dirt-dust, and, of course, tiny rock particles would fly about as well. One dinged my B

PESO: Goofin' with the Pentax Q digital filters for in-camera post-processing

2012-09-18 Thread Darren Addy
I had never played around with the Pentax Q Digital Filters (in camera) before... not as you take the photo, but in processing in the camera after taking the original photos. I started with a Bracketed Exposure set of three images (normal, over, under) and then played around with the digital

Re: Peso - from a window of the 103 bus

2012-09-18 Thread Darren Addy
That is a very striking artsy image. Reminds me of something I would have seen published in American Photo or Camera35 back when I used to read such things (many moons ago). It may be just me, but the open mouth of the girl in the ad makes me look at the windows and air conditioners as repetition

RE: On wi-fi, flashes, batteries etc.

2012-09-18 Thread John Coyle
One advantage of not having moved on from the *ist-D is that I can use simple old widely available AA batteries in both camera and flash (AF330FTZ)! Normally carrying two sets of spare recently-recharged batteries means I have seldom run out of juice. There seem to be other advantages too,

Re: Sanicole Sunset Airhow 2012

2012-09-18 Thread Emil
Hi All, Thank you for the comments, it's good to read them :) @Stan: I really like the blogspot-like speed and logic. simple but usable. I feel the uploading logic could be better, but I didn't find better solution than this. Yet. :) @Bob: the jet with canard-wings is the Dassault Rafale, as

Re: Sanicole Sunset Airhow 2012

2012-09-18 Thread Chris Mitchell
That's a superb airshow gallery. Images are so sharp. Chris On 18 September 2012 11:09, Emil emyl...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Here is some of my shots from Sanicole Sunset Airshow held 14th Sept. 2012 http://emylius.blogspot.hu/2012/09/20120914-15-sanicole-antwerpen.html Shots taken with

Re: Sanicole Sunset Airhow 2012

2012-09-18 Thread David Mann
On Sep 19, 2012, at 8:39 AM, Brian Walters apathy...@lyons-ryan.org wrote: Yes, indeed. I think that's one of the best sets of aircraft images I've seen. I would have to agree. An airshow at night is a great idea and would have been very difficult to photograph. There are some real

PESO - Not Aung San Suu Kyi

2012-09-18 Thread John Coyle
Taken while having a coffee and waiting for my granddaughter to finish work. http://www.members.iinet.net.au/~jco...@iinet.net.au/PESO_011.html One of the few I've taken on my smartphone, having no other camera with me. John Coyle Brisbane, Australia -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List

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