Re: GESO Lichenscapes

Thanks Alan, Daniel and Mark for the feedback! Cheers, On 5 May 2013 01:00, Mark C wrote: > Those are very interesting - great compositions and fascinating subject. > They can look aquatic or un-earthly... > > Mark > > > On 5/4/2013 2:13 AM, Rob Studdert wrote: >> >> Hi Team >> >> Some pics from

Nice Fisheye Shot

saw this shot posted on twitter. Its a fisheye of the starting gate of the kentucky derby run saturday, http://www.jchriso.com/temp/kentuckyderbyfisheye.jpg - J.C.O'Connell hifis...@gate.net - -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailm

Re: PESO: Would-be prince by a pond

On Thu, May 02, 2013, Walt wrote: > On 5/2/2013 12:40 PM, Larry Colen wrote: >>On Thu, May 02, 2013 at 11:44:51AM -0500, Walt wrote: >>> >>>But, I thought this one was a pretty good get. >>> >>>http://www.flickriver.com/photos/walt_gilbert/8701412099/ >>>K-5, F 50/1.7, f/2.8, 1/125, ISO 200 >>> >>>

Re: PESO: Family Group!

On Thu, May 02, 2013, Gerrit Visser wrote: > From: PDML [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Alan C >> >> A peaceful scene at the Letaba river yesterday. The matriarch is quite >> obvious. About 500m away at the limit of my FA 100-300. >> >> http://www.flickr.com/photos/wisselstroom/870046

Re: Geso My Spring Flowers

Beautiful! Really like this one: http://m.flickr.com/#/photos/valdon/8703249086/ The whole gallery is wonderful. cheers, frank --- Original Message --- From: Don Guthrie Sent: May 3, 2013 5/3/13 To: pdml@pdml.net Subject: Re: Geso My Spring Flowers Jack & Dan Thanks for looking & your ni

RE: PESO -- Abandoned

Kind of sad. Whenever I see an abandoned building I wonder about its (former) inhabitants what they did in the building, how many different functions it may have performed in its "career". I like this shot for the subject matter but also for the composition and rendering. It's just got this "fe

Re: PESO: Redwing

I'm looking at it on my android so don't put too much stock in what I say. If I have a chance I'll take a look on my laptop tomorrow and let you know what I ~really~ think. :-) cheers, frank --- Original Message --- From: Jack Davis Sent: May 4, 2013 5/4/13 To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" Su

Re: PESO - "It's a Sin to Kill a Mockingbird"

Much prefer this version. Slightly "lighter" in content and seems cleaner and sharper. Jack - Original Message - From: "knarftheria...@gmail.com" To: PDML@pdml.net Cc: Sent: Saturday, May 4, 2013 7:51 PM Subject: PESO - "It's a Sin to Kill a Mockingbird" Yup. I missed PUG. Nothing wa

Re: PESO - Name That Bird

Or Jake? cheers, frank --- Original Message --- From: David J Brooks Sent: May 4, 2013 5/4/13 To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" Subject: Re: PESO - Name That Bird Elwood.??? Dave On Fri, May 3, 2013 at 11:10 PM, knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: > Any ideas? About the size of a robin, with a ve

Re: PESO - Name That Bird

Thanks, Jack! cheers, frank --- Original Message --- From: Jack Davis Sent: May 4, 2013 5/4/13 To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" Subject: Re: PESO - Name That Bird Song and image very similar to our western Mockingbird which may be a bit lighter in build. I like the shot. Sharp with good detail

Re: PESO - Name That Bird

Thanks, Matthew! I had no idea they were this far north. This spring is the first time I've noticed them here. Saw at least one last weekend then again Friday morning when I managed to catch this fellow. Not the most beautiful plumage but still a handsome bird and amazing vocal talents! Thanks

Re: PESO: Redwing

Thanks, Frank. I,also, wanted to touch up the green, so nudged the saturation slider set to "master." Too much? Jack - Original Message - From: "knarftheria...@gmail.com" To: ""Pentax-Discuss Mail List"" Cc: Sent: Saturday, May 4, 2013 7:59 PM Subject: RE: PESO: Redwing Wow, nice an

RE: PESO One that nearly got away

Wow! I mean, just Wow! cheers, frank --- Original Message --- From: Rob Studdert Sent: May 3, 2013 5/3/13 To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" Subject: PESO One that nearly got away Hi Team, Following is one of the lost images that I recovered from my memory card last week. Fortuantely the 200+ i

Re: Geso My Spring Flowers

Lots of nice shots there, Don. I like the first wide-angle landscape, and the other interesting perspectives you captured. And the bluebells -- those are plentiful around my neighborhood, too, and every year I think about photographing a few nearby lawns... haven't yet, though, and now they have

RE: PESO: Redwing

Wow, nice and sharp! Nice feather detail in the blacks but is the red a bit hot? Might be just me. Overall a fine photo... Cheers, frank --- Original Message --- From: Jack Davis Sent: May 3, 2013 5/3/13 To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" Subject: PESO: Redwing Earlier this AM I had the best c

PESO - "It's a Sin to Kill a Mockingbird"

Yup. I missed PUG. Nothing was coming to mind then Friday night my mystery bird was identified as a mockingbird and today it hit me. I did up another look at the same bird for PUG but alas, too late. So here it is: http://knarfdummyblog.blogspot.ca/2013/05/its-sin-to-kill-mockingbird.html?m=1

Re: Annsan Update

wonderful! We all wait for her return. Dan Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Sat, May 4, 2013 at 4:43 PM, Mark Roberts wrote: > She emailed me after surgery. All went well and she's on the mend. > > > -- > Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia > www.robertstech.

Re: PESO: Autumn reflections - Less CA

On Thu, May 02, 2013, Philip Northeast wrote: > > Here is a new version with CA processed in Lightroom. > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/27281712@N08/8700263441/in/photostream That's excellent! No sign of HDR to my eyes. > On 2/05/13 3:38 PM, Rob Studdert wrote: > >On 2 May 2013 15:23, Philip

Re: OT Is The UK Government Trying To Kill Off Photographers

steve harley wrote: >on 2013-05-03 9:16 John Sessoms wrote >> From: Mark Roberts >>> Surely that's not a serious question? The answer is that you put them >>> all in a zip file and upload them all at once. I do several thousand >>> per registration. It's simple, easy and costs 35 bucks. >> >> You

Re: PESO - Snowfountain

On Wed, May 01, 2013, Paul Stenquist wrote: > > I planted my snowfountain cherry tree on April 17, 1994 to raise > my spirits. A friend had moved away, and I was feeling very bad. I > remember working it in the rain and thinking how it would hide the > tears. Lost another very good friend today as

Re: Warning - cat content

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=CEN4XNth61o#t=738s (very interesting talk for different reasons) Sat May 4 14:02:16 EDT 2013 Paul Sorenson wrote: > Subject: Warning - cat content -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdm

Re: Annsan Update

Mark Roberts wrote: > She emailed me after surgery. All went well and she's on the mend. Pheeewww... Ralf -- Ralf R. Radermacher - DL9KCG - Köln/Cologne, Germany Blog : http://the-real-fotoralf.blogspot.com Audio : http://aporee.org/maps/projects/fotoralf Web : http://www.fotoralf.de

Re: Annsan Update

On Sat, May 04, 2013, Mark Roberts wrote: > > She emailed me after surgery. All went well and she's on the mend. That proves she can see! -- Hugs and backrubs -- I break Rule 6http://rule6.info/ <*> <*> <*> Help a hearing-impaired

PESO -- Abandoned

This is part of series I started a few years ago, and dropped, about the rapid changes happening in my immediate vicinity. The place, Griswold Airport, one of hundreds of small local private aviation fields that at one time dotted the countryside. It was bought by a developer of luxury condom

Re: Annsan Update

YES!!   Jack - Original Message - From: Mark Roberts To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Cc: Sent: Saturday, May 4, 2013 1:43 PM Subject: Annsan Update She emailed me after surgery. All went well and she's on the mend. -- Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia http://www.robertstech.com/

Re: Annsan Update

That is good news. On 5/4/2013 3:43 PM, Mark Roberts wrote: She emailed me after surgery. All went well and she's on the mend. -- Jeffery Johnson Photo Captures by Jeffery -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listin

Re: Annsan Update

Thanks for that update. Glad to hear all is going well. -p On 5/4/2013 3:43 PM, Mark Roberts wrote: She emailed me after surgery. All went well and she's on the mend. -- Being old doesn't seem so old now that I'm old. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman

Annsan Update

She emailed me after surgery. All went well and she's on the mend. -- 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 directly abov

Re: GESO April best of

On Wed, May 01, 2013, Larry Colen wrote: > > three photos this month, Fabric, Flower and Fluorescent: > http://www.flickriver.com/photos/ellarsee/sets/72157633287099680/ You could argue that they're all about texture. -- Hugs and backrubs -- I break Rule 6http://rule6.info

Re: PESO: Classic Continental

On Tue, Apr 30, 2013, Walt wrote: > > Well, I took the camera out today for a little bit of downtime. This > is one of the shots I captured -- a great looking old Lincoln > Continental that passed by while I was enjoying a Peanut Buster > Parfait at Dairy Queen. It was my first outing with my Penta

Re: GESO: Standard Spring Stuff

On Tue, Apr 30, 2013, Darren Addy wrote: > > A small set mostly for bird lovers... a Cardinal and a pair of Wood > Ducks taken with the Bigma. > I boosted the ISO to 800 even though it was a sunny day, to get higher > shutter speeds with the 500mm. But that's not all! Call now and you'll > also rec

Re: Warning - cat content

Not surprised. Apparently there are so many "extra" cats in the area that the city pound issued a notice, a year or so ago, stating they would except no more cats. There are a number of toms that constantly harass our neutered female, so I called to learn if that were still the case. The answer

Warning - cat content

Registered owners of NetObjects have access to some 700+ royalty-free images. This one brought a chuckle... http://studio1941.com/images/catdump.jpg -p -- Being old doesn't seem so old now that I'm old. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.

Re: OT - ISS 'Snapshots from Space'

He's our man.:-)I love his science classes via the ISS Dave On Sat, May 4, 2013 at 12:16 PM, Steve Cottrell wrote: > Nikon gear, but most will find this interesting - especially if you > follow Chis on Twitter... > > > > > > -- > > > Cheers, > Cotty

Re: Test

On 5/4/13 3:03, Christine Nielsen wrote: Is this thing on??? What the others said. I also posted something yesterday that didn't seem to reach the list, though... - T -c -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from th

OT - ISS 'Snapshots from Space'

Nikon gear, but most will find this interesting - especially if you follow Chis on Twitter... -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__Broadcast, Corporate, || (O) |Web Video Producion -- _ -- PDML Pentax-D

Re: Geso My Spring Flowers

Nice shots - hopefully the snow is melting. I like the massed blue flowers in the the landscape. Mark On 5/3/2013 11:36 AM, Don Guthrie wrote: Yesterday we got 6 inches of very wet snow. In my yard it collapsed the roof on my gazebo, uprooted a 40 yr old evergreen and broke a large branch whi

Re: PESO One that nearly got away

Great scene - dramatic light! Glad that you were able to salvage it from the card. Mark On 5/3/2013 11:00 PM, Rob Studdert wrote: Hi Team, Following is one of the lost images that I recovered from my memory card last week. Fortuantely the 200+ images that failed to copy were not written ove

Re: GESO Lichenscapes

Those are very interesting - great compositions and fascinating subject. They can look aquatic or un-earthly... Mark On 5/4/2013 2:13 AM, Rob Studdert wrote: Hi Team Some pics from a vacation bush walk: https://plus.google.com/photos/100717932944223796708/albums/5873977800285686929?banner=pw

Re: GESO - Spring Wildflowers

Thanks, Christine. I did use a diffuse when the sun was shining directly. The K-01's focus peaking is indeed very useful for closeups - plus it is a lot easier to compose with the LCD when the camera is just a few inches off the ground. I came home much less muddy than in past years. Mark On

Re: GESO - Spring Wildflowers

Thanks, Ken! On 5/3/2013 7:51 PM, kwal...@peoplepc.com wrote: Excellent captures Mark! Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: "Mark C" Subject: GESO - Spring Wildflowers I was late to the party this year and missed the hepatica, blo

Re: GESO - Spring Wildflowers

Thanks, Don. The K-01 has indeed proven to be useful - the image quality is quite good as well. Mark On 5/3/2013 11:53 AM, Don Guthrie wrote: Lovely and needed for those of us still in winter throes. The K-01 certainly has its uses. pdml-requ...@pdml.net wrote: Message: 4 Date: Fri, 03 May

Re: PESO - Name That Bird

Elwood.??? Dave On Fri, May 3, 2013 at 11:10 PM, knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: > Any ideas? About the size of a robin, with a very loud, beautiful, melodic > song, I've seen a few of these around this year: > > http://knarfdummyblog.blogspot.ca/2013/05/name-that-bird.html?m=1 > > Any thought

Re: GESO Lichenscapes

That is a great collection of lichens! I never knew there could be such a variety in one area. Fine photography as well, of course. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Sat, May 4, 2013 at 2:13 AM, Rob Studdert wrote: > Hi Team > > Some pics from a vacation bush wal

Re: PESO One that nearly got away

Now THAT is a dramatic sky! Fine image indeed. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Fri, May 3, 2013 at 11:00 PM, Rob Studdert wrote: > Hi Team, > > Following is one of the lost images that I recovered from my memory > card last week. Fortuantely the 200+ images that

Re: GESO - Spring Wildflowers

Those are beautiful... such nice, soft light, too. Don't you love the focus peaking on the k-o1 for close-up work? :) -c On May 3, 2013, at 12:02 AM, Mark C wrote: I was late to the party this year and missed the hepatica, blood root, and other early species; but managed to get a few tril

Re: PESO One that nearly got away

Beautiful scene, nicely captured.  You might try cloning out the green blob of flare on the hillside--it's a bit distracting. Rick   http://photo.net/photos/RickW - Original Message - From: Rob Studdert To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Cc: Sent: Friday, May 3, 2013 11:00 PM Subject: PESO

Re: PESO One that nearly got away

Excellent. Congratulations on the Dave. Paul via phone On May 4, 2013, at 2:34 AM, "Alan C" wrote: > Most fortunate! Presumably you used a file recovery routine? > A "heavenly" image right down to the sunbeam shining on the grass in front of > the cows. > > Alan C > > ---

Re: PESO One that nearly got away

Wow, lucky break -and lovely image! :) -c On May 3, 2013, at 11:00 PM, Rob Studdert wrote: Hi Team, Following is one of the lost images that I recovered from my memory card last week. Fortuantely the 200+ images that failed to copy were not written over even though I had used and formatted

Re: PESO: Pierced

Thanks - and even more remarkable is that she looked that good right after hockey practice. :) On May 3, 2013, at 6:49 PM, Rob Studdert wrote: On 4 May 2013 08:04, Christine Nielsen wrote: > http://www.flickr.com/photos/23028562@N04/8706054460/in/set-72157633397165725/ > > ... More accurat

Re: PESO: Redwing

Thank you, Alan.   Jack - Original Message - From: Alan C To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Cc: Sent: Saturday, May 4, 2013 12:51 AM Subject: Re: PESO: Redwing Quite unlike anything we get around here. You did well in the short time available. It just shows how difficult bird photography

Re: PESO - Name That Bird

Song and image very similar to our western Mockingbird which may be a bit lighter in build. I like the shot. Sharp with good detail including the eye. Jack - Original Message - From: Matthew Hunt To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Cc: Sent: Friday, May 3, 2013 8:13 PM Subject: Re: PESO - N

Re: PESO One that nearly got away

On 4/5/13, Rob Studdert, discombobulated, unleashed: >Hi Team, > >Following is one of the lost images that I recovered from my memory >card last week. Fortuantely the 200+ images that failed to copy were >not written over even though I had used and formatted (in-camera) the >card twice before I di

Re: No character like Pentax character

On 3 May 2013 19:36, Bob W wrote: > I've no idea who she is, but if that's her singing - what a voice. And I love > what James Baldwin says about hitting the jackpot. > > B > The singer is Nina Simone CM -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml

Re: PESO: Autumn reflections

So where's the bike? Alan C -- 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: PESO One that nearly got away

Most fortunate! Presumably you used a file recovery routine? A "heavenly" image right down to the sunbeam shining on the grass in front of the cows. Alan C -- From: "Rob Studdert" Sent: Saturday, May 04, 2013 5:00 AM To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail Lis

Re: GESO Lichenscapes

Great stuff. Lichens always have the most amazing textures. I was trying to figure out how many different species are represented. Alan C -- From: "Rob Studdert" Sent: Saturday, May 04, 2013 8:13 AM To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" Subject: GESO Li

Re: PESO: Redwing

Quite unlike anything we get around here. You did well in the short time available. It just shows how difficult bird photography can be. Alan C -- From: "Jack Davis" Sent: Friday, May 03, 2013 9:17 PM To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" Subject: PESO

Re: OT Is The UK Government Trying To Kill Off Photographers

on 2013-05-03 9:16 John Sessoms wrote From: Mark Roberts Surely that's not a serious question? The answer is that you put them all in a zip file and upload them all at once. I do several thousand per registration. It's simple, easy and costs 35 bucks. You do have to separate out the published

Re: OT How many of these cameras have owned/own?

On Fri, May 03, 2013 at 11:56:52PM -0600, Bill wrote: > On 03/05/2013 12:07 PM, Steve Cottrell wrote: > > > > > >Isn't that a shot of Bill Robb's closet? > > > Lenses are my thing. Bodies not so much. Having said that, I have, > over t