Re: pulled the switch (enablement)

2012-11-24 Thread Igor Roshchin
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SrSX8NYN2x4#t=35s ;-) Igor Sun Nov 25 00:11:57 EST 2012 Boris Liberman wrote: > Weren't you supposed to pull the trigger, Igor? :-) > > On 11/23/2012 1:45 PM, Igor Roshchin wrote: > > > > > > ... on k5 IIs. > > > > I am looking forward to it. > > > > Igor

Re: OT - decisions, decisions ... (photo humor)

2012-11-24 Thread Boris Liberman
Igor, it is totally a good thing that I did not drink any tea or coffee at the moment I opened the picture... Boy I had a good laugh... On 11/18/2012 9:52 PM, Igor Roshchin wrote: I thought you might enjoy this difficulty of choice: http://www.gexxxdesign.ru/pictures/canon2.jpg or for large

Re: OT: From the more than I really wanted to know about the NHL Lockout file ...

2012-11-24 Thread Boris Liberman
Talk about high living standards... On 11/21/2012 4:30 AM, John Sessoms wrote: Seems some Canadians are taking the NHL lockout particularly hard ... http://www.torontosun.com/2012/11/18/more-couples-buying-sex-toys-amid-nhl-lockout-retailers -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net h

Re: PESO - Scottie (messenger photo)

2012-11-24 Thread Boris Liberman
We have one very good fellow at work who's always "Smiling" in his e-mail signature. Few times he did not notice that he had posted some rather smile-not-provoking messages thereby causing quite a smile afterwards... On 11/22/2012 6:23 AM, knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: Always smiling: ht

Re: Very OT: the hostilities are subsiding

2012-11-24 Thread Boris Liberman
Thank you, Bulent and Frank! On 11/22/2012 11:49 AM, Bulent Celasun wrote: Dear Boris, I ditto Frank's words. So happy to hear of this ceasefire. Here's hoping that both sides honour it and that it is the first step to a lasting peace. Thank goodness you and your beautiful family are safe

Re: Happy American Thanksgiving!

2012-11-24 Thread Boris Liberman
On 11/22/2012 3:01 PM, knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: Have a great day, American friends! Give thanks for the fact that despite its faults and all those pesky things that drive you (and me!) crazy you live in one of the best, safest countries in the world with almost unparalleled personal fr

Re: Very OT: the hostilities are subsiding

2012-11-24 Thread Boris Liberman
Thanks, Godfrey!!! On 11/22/2012 5:13 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: Boris, Very glad to hear the news. May it be the beginning of a lasting peace! And just in time for the American Thanksgiving holiday ... Despite the hard years, there is always something to be thankful for. This is a big one.

Re: K5 II "exceptional", says DXO Mark

2012-11-24 Thread Boris Liberman
I think that K-5 was no slouch either, pretty darn revolutionary as far as DXO Mark ratings go. Boris On 11/22/2012 10:21 PM, Bulent Celasun wrote: Remembering our recent discussion about DxOMark scores; here is the news (their conclusion): The Pentax K-5 II is a remarkable piece of kit, it

Re: Weird web find related to an old photo project of mine

2012-11-24 Thread Boris Liberman
On 11/23/2012 3:06 AM, Krisjanis Linkevics wrote: Nothing special about it except that I kind of wanted to do a similar thing back in 2005. I actually got a year of pictures out of my window (stayed committed enough to get them even when the electricity for the camera went out a couple times)

Re: Happy turkey!

2012-11-24 Thread Boris Liberman
Giving you thanks for the mention :-). On 11/23/2012 5:10 AM, Igor Roshchin wrote: Take a look at http://bing.com today ... or in case it will be removed, - you can see the background image at this URL: http://www.bing.com/az/hprichbg?p=rb%2fLambTurkeyKiss_EN-US8313167147_1366x768.jpg Igor

Re: Blurb discount code

2012-11-24 Thread Boris Liberman
Great may thanks! On 11/23/2012 5:43 AM, Miserere wrote: Hey Gang, Here's a 30% Blurb discount code that's valid until Nov. 26: FOREVER. I just used it to purchase a couple of PDML annuals :-) Cheers, —M. \/\/o/\/\ --> http://WorldOfMiserere.com http://EnticingTheLight.com

Re: peso - pano

2012-11-24 Thread Boris Liberman
On 11/23/2012 9:17 AM, Christine Aguila wrote: From a street in Little Havana. http://www.caguila.com/miamipano/content/miamipano3_large.html Cheers, Christine Gee, looking at the pano one may even think that Havana is not so Little... -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://

Re: pulled the switch (enablement)

2012-11-24 Thread Boris Liberman
Weren't you supposed to pull the trigger, Igor? :-) On 11/23/2012 1:45 PM, Igor Roshchin wrote: ... on k5 IIs. I am looking forward to it. Igor -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the li

Re: OT GESO - Avoiding the protest

2012-11-24 Thread Boris Liberman
It almost feels as if you traveled back in time to 1960s, Derby. On 11/24/2012 1:25 PM, Derby Chang wrote: There was a protest in town today. Managed to avoid it mostly, other than one shot. OM-D/12mm http://members.iinet.net.au/~derbyc/12/11/avoidingprotest/index.html I should be doing some

Re: Question to those who have their web site hosted by GoDaddy

2012-11-24 Thread Boris Liberman
I'd like to have something similar to Flickr... Although JAlbum does a good job too... More thinking is required on my part... On 11/24/2012 8:38 PM, Christine Aguila wrote: Hi Boris: I use GoDaddy, but I upload to my web site while in the Lightroom web module. Is that what you want to do? I

Re: Among the Clouds--And Happy Thanksgiving!!!

2012-11-24 Thread knarftheria...@gmail.com
Three and four are my faves. Great stuff, Christine! cheers, frank --- Original Message --- From: Bruce Walker Sent: November 24, 2012 11/24/12 To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" Subject: Re: Among the Clouds--And Happy Thanksgiving!!! That #3 is a great looking one. Hope your Thanksgiving was

Re: pulled the switch (enablement)

2012-11-24 Thread John Mullan
Available Time is on aisle 53 of a 40 aisle store. jm -Original Message- From: Igor Roshchin Sent: Saturday, November 24, 2012 9:08 PM To: PDML@pdml.net Subject: Re: pulled the switch (enablement) Sat Nov 24 14:26:36 EST 2012 Brian Walters wrote: Quoting Igor Roshchin : > ... o

PESO - Noah (a street portrait)

2012-11-24 Thread knarftheria...@gmail.com
Street portrait of Toronto bike messenger Noah: http://knarfinthecity.blogspot.ca/2012/11/noah.html?m=0 Hope you enjoy. Comments welcome. Cheers, frank "If the world were clear, art would not exist." -- Albert Camus -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listi

Re: pulled the switch (enablement)

2012-11-24 Thread Igor Roshchin
Sat Nov 24 14:26:36 EST 2012 Brian Walters wrote: > Quoting Igor Roshchin : > > > ... on k5 IIs. > > > > I am looking forward to it. > > > > > Nice. Looking forward to seeing some photos. The biggest resource needed for that is the time to develop the photos. I spent several days of Black

Re: OT - How to open a bottle/can with iPhone ...

2012-11-24 Thread Charles Robinson
On Nov 24, 2012, at 18:26 , Igor Roshchin wrote: > > There is an app for that.. : > > http://eshop.macsales.com/item/My%20Innoventure/DM01/ > > ... > > (But why? - looks like only just because you can.) > > Just this summer, I came across someone using this and marveled at how it made h

OT - How to open a bottle/can with iPhone ...

2012-11-24 Thread Igor Roshchin
There is an app for that.. : http://eshop.macsales.com/item/My%20Innoventure/DM01/ ... (But why? - looks like only just because you can.) -- 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 direct

PESO - An Interesting Guest

2012-11-24 Thread Paul Stenquist
A Detroiter with an aggressive nature and a pronounced German accent, she sparkles in every way. Shot with my new i-phone: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=16628491&size=lg -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from th

Re: Happy American Thanksgiving!

2012-11-24 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
Getting downright metaphysical there, Bob. Have you had your medication today yet? I hear Aberlour is good for this condition. ;-) G On Sat, Nov 24, 2012 at 9:31 AM, Bob W wrote: > Not having a discussion about the lack of politics would probably now > constitute a double néant, in the Hegel-Sar

Re: Among the Clouds--And Happy Thanksgiving!!!

2012-11-24 Thread Bruce Walker
That #3 is a great looking one. Hope your Thanksgiving was a good one! On Thu, Nov 22, 2012 at 2:54 AM, Christine Aguila wrote: > Hi Everyone: > > A little photo play in the clouds on the way down south. > > Happy Turkey Everyone! Have a great day! > > http://caguila.com/plane2/index.html > >

Re: PESO x 2 - Trio & Twig

2012-11-24 Thread Bruce Walker
Thank you, Derby. On Sat, Nov 24, 2012 at 6:31 AM, Derby Chang wrote: > > Lovely, especially the Bergman shot of the tree trio > > > > On 22/11/2012 12:36 PM, Bruce Walker wrote: >> >> This morning it was biting damp cold and foggy out. Perfect Pentax >> weather. :-) Took my usual dog-walking ro

Re: Among the Clouds--And Happy Thanksgiving!!!

2012-11-24 Thread Paul Stenquist
I like the third shot a lot. Well done! Sent from my iPhone On Nov 24, 2012, at 2:46 PM, Chris Mitchell wrote: > On 22 November 2012 07:54, Christine Aguila wrote: >> Hi Everyone: >> >> A little photo play in the clouds on the way down south. >> >> Happy Turkey Everyone! Have a great day! >

Re: Among the Clouds--And Happy Thanksgiving!!!

2012-11-24 Thread Chris Mitchell
On 22 November 2012 07:54, Christine Aguila wrote: > Hi Everyone: > > A little photo play in the clouds on the way down south. > > Happy Turkey Everyone! Have a great day! > > http://caguila.com/plane2/index.html > > Cheers, Christine > > -- You and clouds eh Christine? I love this one: http://ca

Re:LR4 @ $79

2012-11-24 Thread Don Guthrie
Dang Bruce I thought I was doing good to buy it for $99 yesterday from Adobe. pdml-requ...@pdml.net wrote: Message: 14 Date: Sat, 24 Nov 2012 06:03:24 -0500 From: Bruce Walker To: Pentax Discuss Mailing List Subject: LR4 @ $79 Message-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Lig

Re: pulled the switch (enablement)

2012-11-24 Thread Brian Walters
Quoting Igor Roshchin : ... on k5 IIs. I am looking forward to it. Nice. Looking forward to seeing some photos. -- Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://lyons-ryan.org/southernlight/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.

Re: Question to those who have their web site hosted by GoDaddy

2012-11-24 Thread Christine Aguila
Hi Boris: I use GoDaddy, but I upload to my web site while in the Lightroom web module. Is that what you want to do? If you haven't tried it, I highly recommend it. When I first tried to set it up, it was a little confusing because I'm s tech literate :-), but I called the support servic

Question to those who have their web site hosted by GoDaddy

2012-11-24 Thread Boris Liberman
Guys, if you have experience in using GoDaddy's own content management system. Notably, I'd like to upload my images to GoDaddy, but have minimal control over presentation (say, different sizes or backgrounds), minimal gallery, etc. If GoDaddy have ready-made plugin and you use one - I'd app

RE: Happy American Thanksgiving!

2012-11-24 Thread Bob W
Not having a discussion about the lack of politics would probably now constitute a double néant, in the Hegel-Sartrean sense, so for fear that the cosmos itself might disappear in a puff of logic it is probably now mandatory to discuss both the being and the nothingness simultaneously. Preferably

Re: Happy American Thanksgiving!

2012-11-24 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
My "no politics, please" comment was a response to jn289's remarks. Having a discussion about the lack of politics instead of the politics is just as bad. ;-) G On Sat, Nov 24, 2012 at 8:30 AM, John Sessoms wrote: > From: steve harley > >> on 2012-11-23 21:28 knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote >>> >

Re: Happy American Thanksgiving!

2012-11-24 Thread John Sessoms
From: steve harley on 2012-11-23 21:28 knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote I'm not sure what was political anywhere in the thread. Maybe I missed something. i didn't look at Dan's thing, but you wrote "freedom" Dan's thing was a turkey singing "I will survive!" Disco SUX, but it ain't politics.

Re: OT - Industrial Desolation with a personal link

2012-11-24 Thread Rick Womer
There are some great photos here.  "Old Wharf" is particularly poignant--the sunken boat in the background really makes the shot. Rick   http://photo.net/photos/RickW - Original Message - From: Peter Jordan To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Cc: Sent: Tuesday, November 6, 2012 1:53 AM Subj

Re: OT GESO - Avoiding the protest

2012-11-24 Thread David Savage
Excellent work as always. I particularly love 1, 7 & 12. DS On 24 November 2012 19:25, Derby Chang wrote: > > There was a protest in town today. Managed to avoid it mostly, other than > one shot. > > OM-D/12mm > > http://members.iinet.net.au/~derbyc/12/11/avoidingprotest/index.html > > I should

Re: Enablement of the K-5 variety

2012-11-24 Thread P. J. Alling
Larry, we already have the K-5 replacement, it's the K-5. What we're waiting for is the currently mythic K-3! On 7/28/2012 4:03 PM, Larry Colen wrote: On Jul 28, 2012, at 11:14 AM, David J Brooks wrote: On Fri, Jul 27, 2012 at 10:30 PM, Stan Halpin wrote: Thanks to Dave, Larry, and other

Re: PESO: Infinite DoF

2012-11-24 Thread Jack Davis
Nice scene and well done DoF. What lens? Jack   - Original Message - From: Tim Bray To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Cc: Sent: Friday, November 23, 2012 9:17 PM Subject: PESO: Infinite DoF Oh, also some mountains & so on: http://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/201x/2012/11/23/-big/RUNE6292.jpg.

Re: PESO: Infinite DoF

2012-11-24 Thread Joseph McAllister
Thumbs up on that one Tim. Great light. On Nov 23, 2012, at 21:17 , Tim Bray wrote: > Oh, also some mountains & so on: > http://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/201x/2012/11/23/-big/RUNE6292.jpg.html > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to

Re: Happy American Thanksgiving!

2012-11-24 Thread Paul Stenquist
On Nov 24, 2012, at 12:54 AM, steve harley wrote: > on 2012-11-23 21:28 knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote >> I'm not sure what was political anywhere in the thread. Maybe I missed >> something. > > i didn't look at Dan's thing, but you wrote "freedom" > > Tsk, tsk. > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss

Re: OT: Subaru / Pentax Comparison

2012-11-24 Thread Joseph McAllister
On Nov 21, 2012, at 08:15 , Walt wrote: > Well, I certainly didn't choose Pentax to get the ladies. ;) MARK!! -- 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 directi

Re: PESO x 2 - Trio & Twig

2012-11-24 Thread Derby Chang
Lovely, especially the Bergman shot of the tree trio On 22/11/2012 12:36 PM, Bruce Walker wrote: This morning it was biting damp cold and foggy out. Perfect Pentax weather. :-) Took my usual dog-walking route with my usual dog tied to my usual belt, but I willed myself to see differently. Tri

OT GESO - Avoiding the protest

2012-11-24 Thread Derby Chang
There was a protest in town today. Managed to avoid it mostly, other than one shot. OM-D/12mm http://members.iinet.net.au/~derbyc/12/11/avoidingprotest/index.html I should be doing some on-topic posts next. I have a Stormtrooper K-01 coming to me. Will try out it's chops as a street machine

Re: GESO - waiting for my car to be serviced

2012-11-24 Thread Derby Chang
Ta muchly, Cotty. OM-D for this set, with the Oly 12mm. Next set coming up too On 21/11/2012 9:55 AM, Steve Cottrell wrote: On 17/11/12, Derby Chang, discombobulated, unleashed: I've had my new car for 3 months, and it was due for a complimentary service, but also happened to be under a rec

Re: peso - pano

2012-11-24 Thread Derby Chang
Very tasty. I like how the diner has a Liberty crown and halo On 23/11/2012 6:17 PM, Christine Aguila wrote: Hi Everyone: This should have been 6 frames long, but Photoshop Elements 11 crunched the pick-up that was far right. lol. Looked really funny. But got a little lucky and was able

Re: PESO - Multi-tasking (messenger photo)

2012-11-24 Thread Derby Chang
I'm enjoying this series, Frank. The cameraderie comes across really prominently. On 24/11/2012 10:06 AM, knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: Have to admit, I like this one. Brings back memories of when I was a smoking courier. Pretty pleased with it technically, too: http://mondociclismo.b

Re: PESO - Multi-tasking (messenger photo)

2012-11-24 Thread Bruce Walker
Yeah, good one. You're going to need to use a Blurb discount code pretty soon. :) On Fri, Nov 23, 2012 at 6:06 PM, knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: > Have to admit, I like this one. Brings back memories of when I was a smoking > courier. Pretty pleased with it technically, too: > > http://mond

Re: PESO: Infinite DoF

2012-11-24 Thread Bruce Walker
What David said. Shiver. :) On Sat, Nov 24, 2012 at 3:11 AM, David Mann wrote: > On Nov 24, 2012, at 6:17 PM, Tim Bray wrote: > >> Oh, also some mountains & so on: >> http://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/201x/2012/11/23/-big/RUNE6292.jpg.html > > That's my kind of scenery. But it does look cold. >

PESO: The Kona (for Frank)

2012-11-24 Thread David Mann
Turns out I've shown this before at some stage, but I've added a cropped version to show the bike a bit closer. http://www.multi.net.nz/paddy-wagon/ That little silver thing in the rear wheel is actually part of the planter box behind. I don't buy into the fashion of putting stuff in my spokes

Re: PESO - Morning Commute: The Sun Burns Through the Fog

2012-11-24 Thread David Mann
On Nov 24, 2012, at 5:20 PM, knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: > The frame is likely mid-nineties, Columbus SL, cobbled together mostly old > Shimano 105 but with FSA Gossamer cranks and rings and Campy ten speed > cassette. Didn't notice the down tube shifters either. I'm so used to the modern

Re: PESO: Infinite DoF

2012-11-24 Thread David Mann
On Nov 24, 2012, at 6:17 PM, Tim Bray wrote: > Oh, also some mountains & so on: > http://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/201x/2012/11/23/-big/RUNE6292.jpg.html That's my kind of scenery. But it does look cold. Dave -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/p

Re: PESO - Multi-tasking (messenger photo)

2012-11-24 Thread David Mann
On Nov 24, 2012, at 12:06 PM, knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: > Have to admit, I like this one. Brings back memories of when I was a smoking > courier. Pretty pleased with it technically, too: > > http://mondociclismo.blogspot.ca/2012/11/multi-tasking.html?m=0 Love it. If I took photos like th