RE: OT - Augie Wren's Christmas Story

2012-12-23 Thread Malcolm Smith
Now if feels like Christmas. Thanks Frank. Malcolm -Original Message- From: PDML [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of knarftheria...@gmail.com Sent: 23 December 2012 1:31 AM To: PDML@pdml.net Subject: OT - Augie Wren's Christmas Story A PDML tradition started many years

Re: 3 PESO's - Vintage Radio

2012-12-23 Thread Larry Colen
On Dec 22, 2012, at 10:16 AM, Tom C wrote: I stopped by for a quick visit to the Vintage Radio and Communications Museum of Connecticut near the Hartford airport on Thursday. Only had about an hour. An interesting place. Difficult for photography, as it's either harshly or dimly lit in

RE: PESO: Look!

2012-12-23 Thread SV Hovland
Thanks. Perhaps Q's weakest point, I think. I am a little bit on thin ice here, but it seems Q has a very strong anti-aliasing filter. Images from it require a lot of sharpening. SV -Original Message- From: PDML [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Christine Aguila

Re: OT - Augie Wren's Christmas Story

2012-12-23 Thread Paul Stenquist
Yes, thanks Frank. I incorrectly attributed the posting to Bill. But it was both nice to see the Augie post and to hear Bill wish that Shel would come back. Paul On Dec 23, 2012, at 3:22 AM, Malcolm Smith rrve...@virginmedia.com wrote: Now if feels like Christmas. Thanks Frank. Malcolm

Re: DxOMark doesn't much like the DA 40mm f2.8 XS

2012-12-23 Thread Rick Womer
Tangent??  It would only be a tangent if DXOMark and Pirates of Penzance intersected somewhere in Euclidean space. Huge leap?  Now for something completely different? Or maybe Psychotic Psegue? Rick    http://photo.net/photos/RickW - Original Message - From: Tom C caka...@gmail.com

Re: DxOMark doesn't much like the DA 40mm f2.8 XS

2012-12-23 Thread Bruce Walker
On Sun, Dec 23, 2012 at 9:23 AM, Rick Womer rwomer1...@yahoo.com wrote: Tangent?? It would only be a tangent if DXOMark and Pirates of Penzance intersected somewhere in Euclidean space. Oh, that is just *so* MARK!. -- -bmw -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

PAW155 - Ho! Ho!

2012-12-23 Thread DagT
and Merry Christmas! http://www.thrane.name/Pictures/PAW/files/page7-1000-full.html Pentax K-5, DA* 55mm, f/1.4, 1/60s, ISO400. DagT http://www.thrane.name/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit

Re: DxOMark doesn't much like the DA 40mm f2.8 XS

2012-12-23 Thread Tom C
Rick Womer Sun, 23 Dec 2012 06:23:54 -0800 Tangent?? It would only be a tangent if DXOMark and Pirates of Penzance intersected somewhere in Euclidean space. Huge leap? Now for something completely different? Or maybe Psychotic Psegue? Rick They intersected here. After writing that 'I

RE: PAW155 - Ho! Ho!

2012-12-23 Thread Gerrit Visser
Very nice, the lines on the scarf make it IMO. Nice range of whites as well. Gerrit -Original Message- From: PDML [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of DagT Sent: December 23, 2012 11:08 AM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: PAW155 - Ho! Ho! and Merry Christmas!

Re: PESO - Tyn Church

2012-12-23 Thread Bruce Walker
I agree with Christine. On first glance I liked the basics but the colour wasn't doin' it for me. A bw could emphasize that atmospheric quality. The architectural structure is really fine. On Sun, Dec 23, 2012 at 12:50 AM, Christine Aguila christ...@caguila.com wrote: There's potential for a

Re: PESO - Tyn Church

2012-12-23 Thread Rick Womer
Interesting idea!  Hafta try that when the holiday craziness dies down. Rick   http://photo.net/photos/RickW - Original Message - From: Christine Aguila christ...@caguila.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Cc: Sent: Sunday, December 23, 2012 12:50 AM Subject: Re: PESO -

Re: Boris #59 - Untitled

2012-12-23 Thread Bruce Walker
I like this, Boris. It conveys anticipation of a feast and sociable get-together soon to come. Agreeable light and composition, and great bw tones. On Sat, Dec 22, 2012 at 11:57 PM, Boris Liberman bori...@gmail.com wrote: Hi! So the world did not end two days ago just yet. We spent a very

Re: Shoes

2012-12-23 Thread knarftheria...@gmail.com
Never received the initial post. Definitely like this one! cheers, frank --- Original Message --- From: kwal...@peoplepc.com Sent: December 22, 2012 12/22/12 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Subject: Re: Shoes Nice capture rendition. I'd allow a little more space between the image

Re: PESO: Agaton?

2012-12-23 Thread knarftheria...@gmail.com
Yup. Great shot! --- Original Message --- From: Daniel J. Matyola danmaty...@gmail.com Sent: December 22, 2012 12/22/12 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Subject: Re: PESO: Agaton? Great expression on his face! Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Sat, Dec

Re: PESO: Look!

2012-12-23 Thread knarftheria...@gmail.com
Agreed. On both counts. Cheers, frank --- Original Message --- From: Derby Chang der...@iinet.net.au Sent: December 22, 2012 12/22/12 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Subject: Re: PESO: Look! Love it. You are on a bit of a roll, Stig D On 23/12/2012 8:23 AM, SV Hovland wrote:

RE: Boris #59 - Untitled

2012-12-23 Thread knarftheria...@gmail.com
Beautiful light and shadow play. Cheers, frank --- Original Message --- From: Boris Liberman bori...@gmail.com Sent: December 22, 2012 12/22/12 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Subject: Boris #59 - Untitled Hi! So the world did not end two days ago just yet. We spent a very pleasant

RE: PAW155 - Ho! Ho!

2012-12-23 Thread knarftheria...@gmail.com
Made me smile! cheers, frank --- Original Message --- From: DagT li...@thrane.name Sent: December 23, 2012 12/23/12 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Subject: PAW155 - Ho! Ho! and Merry Christmas! http://www.thrane.name/Pictures/PAW/files/page7-1000-full.html Pentax K-5, DA* 55mm,

Re: Pentax? You know, I used to have a K1000. Whatever happened to them

2012-12-23 Thread Igor Roshchin
On Sat, Dec 22, 2012 at 1:04 PM, Larry Colen lrc at red4est.com wrote: On Dec 22, 2012, at 9:31 AM, P. J. Alling wrote: Pentax's view: Real photographers use manual flash. Nope, Pentax's view is that photographers shoot in manual light or use studio flash. My AF-540 won't freaking stay in

PESO: Kodak Gold

2012-12-23 Thread SV Hovland
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Re: OT: Bought my first guitar (Old dog, new tricks?)

2012-12-23 Thread Steve Cottrell
On 22/12/12, knarftheria...@gmail.com, discombobulated, unleashed: Wonderful memories of you playing guitar at GFM, Doug. IIRC Tom V.V. pulled out a guitar (one year at least) and you two did a bit of picking and strumming together. Bloody hell I remember that! -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__

PESO: I am leaving

2012-12-23 Thread SV Hovland
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Peso A little art for my holiday greetings.

2012-12-23 Thread Don Guthrie
Sometimes one must just indulge the arty side of photography and turn a very good DSLR into a squinty blurry dream maker and turn out a photo like this. Consider this my Holiday Greetings for the PDML crew. Your gifts throughout the year of opinions, stories, advise, shared photos are worth

PESO: Hot

2012-12-23 Thread SV Hovland
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Re: Peso A little art for my holiday greetings.

2012-12-23 Thread Bruce Walker
Very nicely done, Don. Merry Christmas to you! On Sun, Dec 23, 2012 at 1:22 PM, Don Guthrie shark50...@gmail.com wrote: Sometimes one must just indulge the arty side of photography and turn a very good DSLR into a squinty blurry dream maker and turn out a photo like this. Consider this my

Re: OT: Bought my first guitar (Old dog, new tricks?)

2012-12-23 Thread David J Brooks
On Sat, Dec 22, 2012 at 10:05 AM, Doug Brewer d...@alphoto.com wrote: I've played guitar most of my life, with a reasonable amount of skill though I have no high aspirations; I just enjoy doing it. Other than lessons, which has already been suggested, I have found it's always good to have

Re: PESO - Tyn Church

2012-12-23 Thread David J Brooks
Love the mood here Dave On Mon, Dec 17, 2012 at 9:35 PM, Rick Womer rwomer1...@yahoo.com wrote: Prague's Tyn (Teen) Church, from the rear: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=16674895 Comments appreciated! Rick P.S. to Boris: This one was way magenta as originally posted; most of

Re: DxOMark doesn't much like the DA 40mm f2.8 XS

2012-12-23 Thread lrc
Tom I feel fairly safe in assuming that inside your mind is not a Euclidian space. Tom C caka...@gmail.com wrote: Rick Womer Sun, 23 Dec 2012 06:23:54 -0800 Tangent?? It would only be a tangent if DXOMark and Pirates of Penzance intersected somewhere in Euclidean space. Huge leap? Now

PESO: What are the neighbours doing now?

2012-12-23 Thread SV Hovland
https://skydrive.live.com/redir?resid=2D01AE85E70E90E2!140060authkey=!AFY1ZPGO6vraHWM Stig Vidar Hovland Hopefully some gmail friendly text.. This e-mail (including any attached documents) is proprietary and confidential and may contain legally privileged information. It is intended for

PESO: Kitchen

2012-12-23 Thread SV Hovland
https://skydrive.live.com/redir?resid=2D01AE85E70E90E2!140059authkey=!AFiy2Mw7hzZodVY Stig Vidar Hovland Hopefully some gmail friendly text.. This e-mail (including any attached documents) is proprietary and confidential and may contain legally privileged information. It is intended for

GESO: 2012

2012-12-23 Thread Jostein Øksne
Thought it might be good to sum up 2012 before the leisure time set in. Enjoy your holidays, gang. Hope I can be more active on the List next year. http://www.alunfoto.no/temp/2012/index.html Cheers, Jostein -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: GESO: 2012

2012-12-23 Thread Bulent Celasun
Jostein, I have started to take notes on your emages and then, discarded them; you simply have too many keepers! Have a better year :) Bulent - http://patoloji.gen.tr http://www.flickr.com/photos/bc_the_path/

Re: Peso A little art for my holiday greetings.

2012-12-23 Thread Kenneth Waller
But it needs a frame to be arty! -Original Message- From: Don Guthrie shark50...@gmail.com Subject: Peso A little art for my holiday greetings. Sometimes one must just indulge the arty side of photography and turn a very good DSLR into a squinty blurry dream maker and turn out a photo

Question about one feature of K-5.

2012-12-23 Thread Igor Roshchin
After having played with K-5 IIs for some time, I still cannot find how I enable (is it at all possible?) one functionality that was present on my K-7. With K-7, when I look at the photos (View mode), - if I turn the camera, the orientation of the photo changes accordingly (similarly to how it

Re: Question about one feature of K-5.

2012-12-23 Thread Dario Bonazza
AFAIK, the K-5 lacks that feature over the K-7, so I bet the K-5 II does the same. I believe that's meant to prevent 'unstable' pics when looking at them with camera in hand and connected to TV. At least, that's what I thought when somebody asked me that some time ago. With the K-5 (and K-5II)

Re: GESO: 2012

2012-12-23 Thread Kenneth Waller
Nice work, I especially like the simplicity of most of your images! Merry Christmas ! -Original Message- From: Jostein Øksne p...@alunfoto.no Subject: GESO: 2012 Thought it might be good to sum up 2012 before the leisure time set in. Enjoy your holidays, gang. Hope I can be more active

Re: PESO - Shop 'Til You Drop - the culprits (caution: messenger content)

2012-12-23 Thread Bruce Walker
Looks like a fine souvenir of the event, Frank. But I have to ask: in what sense illegal? Should you not have blacked-out their eyes or something? :-) On Fri, Dec 21, 2012 at 10:59 PM, knarftheria...@gmail.com knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: Last peso I mentioned our messenger holiday dinner.

OT, kickstarter for Acme catalogue poster

2012-12-23 Thread Larry Colen
I'm sure that someone on the PDML needs a catalogue for the Acme corporation http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/fringefocus/the-acme-corporation -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com sent from i4est -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Re: OT, kickstarter for Acme catalogue poster

2012-12-23 Thread Bruce Walker
Wow. Ever so slightly oversubscribed. :) I think this one will fly, unlike Wile E. On Sun, Dec 23, 2012 at 4:38 PM, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote: I'm sure that someone on the PDML needs a catalogue for the Acme corporation

Merry Christmas from Our Cats

2012-12-23 Thread Mark Roberts
A cat photo for the holidays! http://www.robertstech.com/temp/catsxmas.jpg -- Mark Roberts - Photography Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- 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

PESO - Peace be With You

2012-12-23 Thread Brian Walters
G'day all A Christmas wish from downunder. http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1370864/PESO/slides/IMGP0923-DS-2-peso.html -- Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://lyons-ryan.org/southernlight/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: Merry Christmas from Our Cats

2012-12-23 Thread Paul Stenquist
Nice!! Paul Stenquist On Dec 23, 2012, at 5:15 PM, Mark Roberts postmas...@robertstech.com wrote: A cat photo for the holidays! http://www.robertstech.com/temp/catsxmas.jpg -- Mark Roberts - Photography Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List

Re: Merry Christmas from Our Cats

2012-12-23 Thread Brian Walters
Quoting Mark Roberts postmas...@robertstech.com: A cat photo for the holidays! http://www.robertstech.com/temp/catsxmas.jpg Great shot. Beautiful cats. -- Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://lyons-ryan.org/southernlight/ --

Re: Question about one feature of K-5.

2012-12-23 Thread Igor Roshchin
Thank you, Dario! It's a bit weird for me, - I got used to that feature... I guess I'll just disable the rotation for the viewing mode. Igor Sun Dec 23 14:55:42 EST 2012 Dario Bonazza wrote: AFAIK, the K-5 lacks that feature over the K-7, so I bet the K-5 II does the same. I believe that's

Re: Merry Christmas from Our Cats

2012-12-23 Thread Bruce Walker
Gorgeous. That's purr-fection, Mark. (I wish mine would pose like that in good light!) On Sun, Dec 23, 2012 at 5:15 PM, Mark Roberts postmas...@robertstech.com wrote: A cat photo for the holidays! http://www.robertstech.com/temp/catsxmas.jpg -- Mark Roberts - Photography Multimedia

GESO - Calendar Project

2012-12-23 Thread Eactivist
This is not really a GESO, but didn't know what else to call it. Anyway, these are not thumbnails, just small pics. Not doing it as a true GESO since most of you have already seen most of the photos (think there are only two I haven't shared, and they're nothing much). But since I've

Re: GESO: 2012

2012-12-23 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
That is a stunnin collection of images! Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Sun, Dec 23, 2012 at 2:24 PM, Jostein Øksne p...@alunfoto.no wrote: Thought it might be good to sum up 2012 before the leisure time set in. Enjoy your holidays, gang. Hope I can be more

Re: PESO: What are the neighbours doing now?

2012-12-23 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
I love it! I suspect, however, they are watching the birds rather than the human neighbors. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Sun, Dec 23, 2012 at 2:19 PM, SV Hovland pdml...@heime.org wrote:

Re: PESO: Hot

2012-12-23 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
That is a very interesting composition, and a nice portrait. Great concept, expertly rendered. BTYW, all of your posts are still going to my Spam folder. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Sun, Dec 23, 2012 at 1:30 PM, SV Hovland pdml...@heime.org wrote:

Re: PESO: Kodak Gold

2012-12-23 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
Boy, does THAT bring back memories! Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Sun, Dec 23, 2012 at 12:47 PM, SV Hovland pdml...@heime.org wrote: https://skydrive.live.com/redir?resid=2D01AE85E70E90E2!140058authkey=!AABGtLw7kBRyzd4 Stig Vidar Hovland Hopefully some

Re: GESO - Calendar Project

2012-12-23 Thread Bruce Walker
Great job, Marnie! On Sun, Dec 23, 2012 at 7:01 PM, eactiv...@aol.com wrote: This is not really a GESO, but didn't know what else to call it. Anyway, these are not thumbnails, just small pics. Not doing it as a true GESO since most of you have already seen most of the photos (think

OT: O. Winston Link Museum

2012-12-23 Thread John Sessoms
My plans for Saturday got disrupted, so I drove up there today. Beautiful work. I can't write well enough to do it justice, so I'll just say if you ever get the chance to visit the museum, it's worth doing. Not only the famous photos, but showing how he set them up; plus color photography I

Re: DxOMark doesn't much like the DA 40mm f2.8 XS

2012-12-23 Thread John Sessoms
From: Tom C Rick Womer Sun, 23 Dec 2012 06:23:54 -0800 Tangent?? It would only be a tangent if DXOMark and Pirates of Penzance intersected somewhere in Euclidean space. Huge leap? Now for something completely different? Or maybe Psychotic Psegue? Rick They intersected here. After

Re: GESO: 2012

2012-12-23 Thread Bob Sullivan
Jostein, That's a beautiful gallery loaded with great images. The Macro's with the 645D surprised me, excellent! I particularly liked the lilly of the valley, my mom's favorites. Nice to see you're having a good year! Regards, Bob S. On Sun, Dec 23, 2012 at 1:24 PM, Jostein Øksne

Re: PESO: Hot

2012-12-23 Thread Bob Sullivan
Yes, spam folder except I made a filter saying they were not spam... On Sun, Dec 23, 2012 at 6:42 PM, Daniel J. Matyola danmaty...@gmail.com wrote: That is a very interesting composition, and a nice portrait. Great concept, expertly rendered. BTYW, all of your posts are still going to my

Re: Pentax? You know, I used to have a K1000. Whatever, happened to them

2012-12-23 Thread John Sessoms
From: Igor Roshchin On Sat, Dec 22, 2012 at 1:04 PM, Larry Colen lrc at red4est.com wrote: On Dec 22, 2012, at 9:31 AM, P. J. Alling wrote: Pentax's view: Real photographers use manual flash. Nope, Pentax's view is that photographers shoot in manual light or use studio flash. My AF-540

Re: OT: Bought my first guitar (Old dog, new tricks?)

2012-12-23 Thread John Sessoms
From: David J Brooks On Sat, Dec 22, 2012 at 10:05 AM, Doug Brewer d...@alphoto.com wrote: I've played guitar most of my life, with a reasonable amount of skill though I have no high aspirations; I just enjoy doing it. Other than lessons, which has already been suggested, I have found it's

Re: Merry Christmas from Our Cats

2012-12-23 Thread Mark Roberts
Bruce Walker wrote: On Sun, Dec 23, 2012 at 5:15 PM, Mark Roberts postmas...@robertstech.com wrote: A cat photo for the holidays! http://www.robertstech.com/temp/catsxmas.jpg Gorgeous. That's purr-fection, Mark. (I wish mine would pose like that in good light!) They pose like that often, but

Re: Merry Christmas from Our Cats

2012-12-23 Thread Christine Aguila
Well, that's a dandy shot, Mark! Happy Holidays to your and yours! Cheers, Christine On Dec 23, 2012, at 4:15 PM, Mark Roberts postmas...@robertstech.com wrote: A cat photo for the holidays! http://www.robertstech.com/temp/catsxmas.jpg -- Mark Roberts - Photography Multimedia

Re: Pentax? You know, I used to have a K1000. Whatever, happened to them

2012-12-23 Thread Bruce Walker
On Sun, Dec 23, 2012 at 9:14 PM, John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com wrote: From: Igor Roshchin [...] 2. The one I had also came with the defective tilt control: Sometimes It was hard to get it out of thelooking forward position, - because the button on the side was stuck and not releasing the

Re: GESO: 2012

2012-12-23 Thread Christine Aguila
On Sun, Dec 23, 2012 at 2:24 PM, Jostein Øksne p...@alunfoto.no wrote: Thought it might be good to sum up 2012 before the leisure time set in. Enjoy your holidays, gang. Hope I can be more active on the List next year. http://www.alunfoto.no/temp/2012/index.html Wow, that's a stunningly

Re: PESO: Hot

2012-12-23 Thread Bruce Walker
Yes, still happening here too. I checked heime.org with Google's malware diagnostic and it comes up clean, so it's not marked as a phishing site. On Sun, Dec 23, 2012 at 8:52 PM, Bob Sullivan rf.sulli...@gmail.com wrote: Yes, spam folder except I made a filter saying they were not spam... On

Re: GESO - Calendar Project

2012-12-23 Thread Christine Aguila
Nice set! I think your friends will enjoy that! Cheers, Christine On Dec 23, 2012, at 7:00 PM, Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com wrote: Great job, Marnie! On Sun, Dec 23, 2012 at 7:01 PM, eactiv...@aol.com wrote: This is not really a GESO, but didn't know what else to call it.

Re: PESO - Peace be With You

2012-12-23 Thread Christine Aguila
Very playful! And boy does this world need Peace! Cheers, Christine On Dec 23, 2012, at 5:06 PM, Brian Walters apathy...@lyons-ryan.org wrote: G'day all A Christmas wish from downunder. http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1370864/PESO/slides/IMGP0923-DS-2-peso.html -- Cheers Brian

Re: GESO: 2012

2012-12-23 Thread lrc
That will be a handy collectikn in case I ever have delusions of competency as a photographer. Kenneth Waller kwal...@peoplepc.com wrote: Nice work, I especially like the simplicity of most of your images! Merry Christmas ! -Original Message- From: Jostein Øksne p...@alunfoto.no

PESO - Pre-race Strategy: Dale and Yuriy (messenger content)

2012-12-23 Thread knarftheria...@gmail.com
So, last weeks race, the Shop 'Til You Drop Alleycat, started inside the largest downtown mall in Toronto, the Eaton Centre. Details of the race are kept secret until the last minute; manifests with the checkpoints are handed out about five minutes before the start. Racers have very little

Re: PESO - Shop 'Til You Drop - the culprits (caution: messenger content)

2012-12-23 Thread knarftheria...@gmail.com
Illegal in the sense that racing on city streets is against the law. This is done in live traffic, not a closed course. What they're doing is Street Racing, which carries a hefty fine and immediate impoundment of the vehicle (at least for cars - don't know if they can do for bikes). If a

Re: PESO - Pre-race Strategy: Dale and Yuriy (messenger content)

2012-12-23 Thread Boris Liberman
I quite like the notion of one guy looking down and another wearing sun glasses (or whatever is the term here) so that on one hand I can see they're discussing something from their upper body language, while I cannot be totally certain because I don't see their eyes. I should point out,

Re: GESO - Calendar Project

2012-12-23 Thread Boris Liberman
Very solid collection of images, Marnie... Though I've seen some of them individually... On 12/24/2012 2:01 AM, eactiv...@aol.com wrote: This is not really a GESO, but didn't know what else to call it. Anyway, these are not thumbnails, just small pics. Not doing it as a true GESO since

Re: Question about one feature of K-5.

2012-12-23 Thread Boris Liberman
I'm having the same kind of issue too, Igor... Seems like Pentax made a miniature step backwards here :-). On 12/23/2012 9:44 PM, Igor Roshchin wrote: After having played with K-5 IIs for some time, I still cannot find how I enable (is it at all possible?) one functionality that was present

Re: PESO - Peace be With You

2012-12-23 Thread Boris Liberman
Merry holidays to you too :-). On 12/24/2012 1:06 AM, Brian Walters wrote: G'day all A Christmas wish from downunder. http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1370864/PESO/slides/IMGP0923-DS-2-peso.html -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to

Re: Merry Christmas from Our Cats

2012-12-23 Thread Boris Liberman
:-). It looks almost like a montage... For cat-illiterate person, at least... On 12/24/2012 12:15 AM, Mark Roberts wrote: A cat photo for the holidays! http://www.robertstech.com/temp/catsxmas.jpg -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: PESO Some Colors

2012-12-23 Thread Boris Liberman
Fascinating... The colors are artificial, but this is how they should be, shouldn't they? The walls on the left look ever so slightly bluish/aqua-ish on my screen, which might mean that you could add a bit of yellow here, Bulent. On 12/23/2012 9:55 PM, Bulent Celasun wrote: Shot by a

PESO: Grantley

2012-12-23 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
Each weekend in December, through Christmas Eve, my Rotary Club collects money at local shopping centers to support the local homeless shelter program and food bank. This afternoon, I replaced my old friend Grantley, pictured in this image. http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=16697000

Re: GESO: 2012

2012-12-23 Thread Boris Liberman
Well, I hate you 34 times... The only one time I don't hate you is here http://www.alunfoto.no/temp/2012/content/20120308-0354_large.html, because I couldn't make out what I am seeing... However, sir, if you make a printed book, I would certainly buy a copy... :-) Boris On 12/23/2012 9:24

Re: Peso A little art for my holiday greetings.

2012-12-23 Thread Boris Liberman
Watercolor look in this one, Don. Very nicely done! On 12/23/2012 8:22 PM, Don Guthrie wrote: Sometimes one must just indulge the arty side of photography and turn a very good DSLR into a squinty blurry dream maker and turn out a photo like this. Consider this my Holiday Greetings for the PDML

Re: Pentax? You know, I used to have a K1000. Whatever,, happened to them

2012-12-23 Thread John Sessoms
From: Bruce Walker On Sun, Dec 23, 2012 at 9:14 PM, John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com wrote: From: Igor Roshchin [...] 2. The one I had also came with the defective tilt control: Sometimes It was hard to get it out of thelooking forward position, - because the button on the side was stuck

Re: Boris #59 - Untitled

2012-12-23 Thread Boris Liberman
Thanks, Frank! On 12/23/2012 6:57 PM, knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: Beautiful light and shadow play. Cheers, frank --- Original Message --- From: Boris Liberman bori...@gmail.com Sent: December 22, 2012 12/22/12 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Subject: Boris #59 - Untitled Hi!

Re: Boris #59 - Untitled

2012-12-23 Thread Boris Liberman
Bruce, you nailed it. It was taken just before we started our lunch... And knowing the place I was anticipating excellent steak, which it turned out to be :-). On 12/23/2012 6:46 PM, Bruce Walker wrote: I like this, Boris. It conveys anticipation of a feast and sociable get-together soon to

Re: PAW155 - Ho! Ho!

2012-12-23 Thread Boris Liberman
You ate the carrot?! :-) On 12/23/2012 6:08 PM, DagT wrote: and Merry Christmas! http://www.thrane.name/Pictures/PAW/files/page7-1000-full.html Pentax K-5, DA* 55mm, f/1.4, 1/60s, ISO400. DagT http://www.thrane.name/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: PESO - Red Barn, Green Hill

2012-12-23 Thread Boris Liberman
Very tranquil... On 12/22/2012 5:43 PM, eactiv...@aol.com wrote: Didn't have enough decent photos from last two years for the calendar I am making for friends, so I actually, {gasp!}, went out and took some pictures. I have taken a lot of shots of this over the years, but not recently. I

Re: PESO: Kodak Gold

2012-12-23 Thread Boris Liberman
Stig, some wonderful photography from you. I think like 20 or so of your posts went past my eyes now and all of them were exceptionally good. The pity is that your messages now end up firmly in the spam filter of my GMail account. I steadily pull them out, but I am afraid I am going to have

Re: Boris #58 - Jerusalem Bean

2012-12-23 Thread Boris Liberman
Odd, I mean I never intended for this photo to be menacing and I was in a rather peaceful mood when I took it... But I see your point and it is indeed possible to see it as a bit of a threat... I reckon I would return to this sculpture whenever I am visiting the museum. It may provide more

Re: Boris #58 - Jerusalem Bean

2012-12-23 Thread Boris Liberman
Thanks :-). Not far from this sculpture we have another - an apple core... On 12/20/2012 8:02 PM, Jack Davis wrote: Pleasing shape and interesting reflections. Reminds me a bit of an apple core. ;-) Jack - Original Message - From: Boris Liberman bori...@gmail.com To: Pentax-Discuss

Re: Boris #58 - Jerusalem Bean

2012-12-23 Thread Boris Liberman
Thank you, Dan! On 12/20/2012 8:29 PM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: That is a dramatic, engaging and effective image. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Thu, Dec 20, 2012 at 12:24 PM, Boris Liberman bori...@gmail.com wrote: Finally got a shot of that sculpture that I

Re: Boris #58 - Jerusalem Bean

2012-12-23 Thread Boris Liberman
Points taken, Ken. As very often happens to me, I was trying to make do with whatever I had available to me and from my memory I should point out that with 50mm equivalent focal length, going any further back would have allowed more irrelevant objects to be in the frame :-(. However, I will

Re: Boris #58 - Jerusalem Bean

2012-12-23 Thread Boris Liberman
Better light you say, Christine?! Could you please add a sentence or two as to what specifically you have in mind? On 12/21/2012 7:34 AM, Christine Aguila wrote: That's an interesting Bean, Boris. Framing is a bit tight--maybe better light? Cheers, Christine On Dec 20, 2012, at 11:24 AM,

Re: PESO - Redwood Quiet

2012-12-23 Thread Boris Liberman
Marnie, this is really quiet scene... I only would like to point out the greens... They look a bit odd to me, slightly plastic. Either my monitor is in need of re-calibration (or in fact replacement, being like 7 or so years old now) or I am just not used to the redwood greens... We visited

Re: Grantley

2012-12-23 Thread kwaller
This afternoon, I replaced my old friend Grantley, pictured in this image. So what did you replace him with ? Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: Daniel J. Matyola danmaty...@gmail.com Subject: PESO: Grantley Each weekend in

Re: Boris #58 - Jerusalem Bean

2012-12-23 Thread Boris Liberman
It's self-reflection... Which makes it so cool, really, at least in my eyes... Thanks! On 12/20/2012 8:05 PM, eactiv...@aol.com wrote: I really like it, Boris. Clouds make it. Bit curious why there seems to be an earth circle in there, suppose it's part of the sculpture somehow. Marnie aka

Re: Boris #58 - Jerusalem Bean

2012-12-23 Thread Boris Liberman
You're absolutely right, Jack! On 12/20/2012 9:33 PM, Jack Davis wrote: I believe you're looking at the lower portion of the base as reflected by the top portion. Jack ?? - Original Message - From: eactiv...@aol.com eactiv...@aol.com To: pdml@pdml.net Cc: Sent: Thursday, December 20,

Re: Grantley

2012-12-23 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
What I meant to say, before some of what I typed got deleted somehow, was that this was the third weekend that our Rotary Club was collecting money at a local shopping center to aid the local homeless program and the food bank. When I showed up to do my shift it turned out that I was replacing my

Re: Merry Christmas from Our Cats

2012-12-23 Thread David Mann
On Dec 24, 2012, at 12:26 PM, Brian Walters apathy...@lyons-ryan.org wrote: Quoting Mark Roberts postmas...@robertstech.com: A cat photo for the holidays! http://www.robertstech.com/temp/catsxmas.jpg Great shot. Beautiful cats. Yeah, what Brian said. Dave -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail