Re: Ctein on Photoshop CC

On 2013-06-11 19:24, Bill wrote: On 11/06/2013 11:25 AM, P.J. Alling wrote: On 6/5/2013 6:21 PM, Mark Roberts wrote: Bill wrote: One wonders if Adobe hired all the ex Pentax marketing people that lost their jobs when Ricoh bought out Pentax. I'm working on an article for my own blog about th

Re: Grandfather Mountain 2013

On 2013-06-11 19:25, Kenneth Waller wrote: I didn't say snoring Dave. One of these days, I'm at least going to get close enough to the GFM NPW that I can hear the snoring. Of course, I only have to get about five miles into South Carolina (from Atlanta) for that. If I make it, you won

Re: Urgent slide show help needed

Thanks, Darren, but the portrait pix are cut off regardless of what I select. Rick   http://photo.net/photos/RickW - Original Message - From: Darren Addy To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Cc: Sent: Tuesday, June 11, 2013 6:31 PM Subject: Re: Urgent slide show help needed http://www.techn

Re: PESO - Looking In

Simple but effective, I like the use of DOF to enhance the isolation of the main subject Philip Northeast www.aviewfinderdarkly.com.au On 12/06/13 2:08 PM, Marco Alpert wrote: Okay, let's try this one: http://www.alpert.com/marco/photo13/peso6.html Comments, as always, welcomed. -Marco --

PESO - Looking In

Okay, let's try this one: http://www.alpert.com/marco/photo13/peso6.html Comments, as always, welcomed. -Marco --- http://www.alpert.com/marco -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit t

Re: PESO - The Dog Walker

Thanks for the comment. -Marco On Jun 11, 2013, at 6:51 AM, Kenneth Waller wrote: > Same for me. Isolate, simplify & define. > > > -Original Message- >> From: Bruce Walker >> Subject: Re: PESO - The Dog Walker >> >> Hmmm. For me, insufficient subject isolation. Overly busy for my

Re: PESO - The Dog Walker

Thanks for commenting, Bruce. (No need to be sorry.) -Marco On Jun 11, 2013, at 5:10 AM, Bruce Walker wrote: > Hmmm. For me, insufficient subject isolation. Overly busy for my taste > too. Sorry! :-) > > On Mon, Jun 10, 2013 at 11:39 PM, Marco Alpert wrote: >> http://www.alpert.com/marco/ph

Re: PESO - Grizzled Warrior

Thanks, Bruce. It was indeed at Humber. South field. There was a Rugby match at the east field but the backgrounds were horrible: parked cars and school buildings. Took photos there as well but no one will see them. ;-) At least the south field has trees on three sides. Glad you liked. Apprec

Re: PESO - Grizzled Warrior

I agree about he head, Dan. I had the 200mm prime on and couldn't zoom out. Was trying to get the head and the ball in the frame and cut a a bit of both out. In a perfect world I would have had all of his head in there. Oh well... ;-) Thanks so much for the comment. Thanks to Dave and Bruce as

PESO - Mike Does Air

There was a bike at the local skatepark on the weekend. I chatted with him for a bit and he agreed to let me take a few pix. Huge background issues on most of them due to spectators gathering but this one was okay (would have preferred to see some face): http://mondociclismo.blogspot.ca/2013/0

Re: Urgent slide show help needed

On 6/11/2013 9:54 PM, John Sessoms wrote: From: "P.J. Alling" If you're using some flavor of Windows Laptop, Irfanview will let you create an slide show in an windows EXE file. You can specify how it will fit on the display, say full width of full height and pick a background color, black usual

Re: Ctein on Photoshop CC

On 6/11/2013 8:49 PM, Bruce Walker wrote: On Tue, Jun 11, 2013 at 7:39 PM, P.J. Alling wrote: On 6/11/2013 7:24 PM, Bill wrote: On 11/06/2013 11:25 AM, P.J. Alling wrote: On 6/5/2013 6:21 PM, Mark Roberts wrote: Bill wrote: One wonders if Adobe hired all the ex Pentax marketing people that

Re: Urgent slide show help needed

From: "P.J. Alling" If you're using some flavor of Windows Laptop, Irfanview will let you create an slide show in an windows EXE file. You can specify how it will fit on the display, say full width of full height and pick a background color, black usually works well, even add music, though I thi

Re: Urgent slide show help needed

Nope. Mac.   http://photo.net/photos/RickW - Original Message - From: P.J. Alling To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Cc: Sent: Tuesday, June 11, 2013 7:38 PM Subject: Re: Urgent slide show help needed If you're using some flavor of Windows Laptop, Irfanview will let you create an slide s

Re: Ctein on Photoshop CC

On Tue, Jun 11, 2013 at 7:39 PM, P.J. Alling wrote: > > On 6/11/2013 7:24 PM, Bill wrote: >> >> On 11/06/2013 11:25 AM, P.J. Alling wrote: >>> >>> On 6/5/2013 6:21 PM, Mark Roberts wrote: Bill wrote: > One wonders if Adobe hired all the ex Pentax marketing people that lost >

Re: PESO - Wilkinsons point pavilion

Well done. Would serve nicely on their website or in their brochure. Paul On Jun 11, 2013, at 8:32 PM, Philip Northeast wrote: > A new stage in the development at the GASP offer unusual views over the river > > http://abouttas.com/2013/06/wilkinsons-point-pavilion/ > > -- > Philip Northeast >

PESO - Wilkinsons point pavilion

A new stage in the development at the GASP offer unusual views over the river http://abouttas.com/2013/06/wilkinsons-point-pavilion/ -- Philip Northeast www.aviewfinderdarkly.com.au -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE fr

Re: GESO: Grandfather Mountain 2013

Told mark so on FB - also enjoyed - but my fave is the one Mark fretted over http://www.robertstech.com/galleries/gfm2013/7dd01801.html second fave http://www.robertstech.com/galleries/gfm2013/7dd01803.html On the vertical, I'd clip just a bit off the sky on top, just above the light clouds.. I

Re: Ctein on Photoshop CC

On 6/11/2013 7:24 PM, Bill wrote: On 11/06/2013 11:25 AM, P.J. Alling wrote: On 6/5/2013 6:21 PM, Mark Roberts wrote: Bill wrote: One wonders if Adobe hired all the ex Pentax marketing people that lost their jobs when Ricoh bought out Pentax. I'm working on an article for my own blog about

Re: Urgent slide show help needed

If you're using some flavor of Windows Laptop, Irfanview will let you create an slide show in an windows EXE file. You can specify how it will fit on the display, say full width of full height and pick a background color, black usually works well, even add music, though I think I'd kill someth

Re: OT - Sorry Leica, what a waste!!!

Hey, it's a me-too Sony... On 6/11/2013 5:41 PM, Steve Cottrell wrote: -- There are two kinds of computer users those who've experienced a hard drive failure, and those that will. -- PDML Pent

Re: Grandfather Mountain 2013

I didn't say snoring Dave. -Original Message- >From: David J Brooks >Subject: Re: Grandfather Mountain 2013 > >On Tue, Jun 11, 2013 at 3:56 PM, wrote: >>> it'll give you a feel for what we do there. >> >> >> I dind't see no beer drinkin! > >Ok, ok, i'll try and make it next year >

Re: Ctein on Photoshop CC

On 11/06/2013 11:25 AM, P.J. Alling wrote: On 6/5/2013 6:21 PM, Mark Roberts wrote: Bill wrote: One wonders if Adobe hired all the ex Pentax marketing people that lost their jobs when Ricoh bought out Pentax. I'm working on an article for my own blog about the Photoshop fiasco. Working title:

Re: Grandfather Mountain 2013

On Tue, Jun 11, 2013 at 3:56 PM, wrote: >> it'll give you a feel for what we do there. > > > I dind't see no beer drinkin! Ok, ok, i'll try and make it next year Dave > > Very nice collection Mark! > > Kenneth Waller > http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller > > - Original Message -

Re: Urgent slide show help needed

http://www.technipages.com/imovie-photos-in-slideshow-cut-off.html On Tue, Jun 11, 2013 at 5:28 PM, Paul Sorenson wrote: > Rick - > > Check out ProShow by Photodex...The Gold or Web version may be just what you > need. > > http://www.photodex.com/proshow > > -p > > > On 6/11/2013 5:07 PM, Rick

Re: Urgent slide show help needed

Rick - Check out ProShow by Photodex...The Gold or Web version may be just what you need. http://www.photodex.com/proshow -p On 6/11/2013 5:07 PM, Rick Womer wrote: Hi folks, I've been below periscope depth most of the last month, largely because our son's wedding is Saturday. For the re

Urgent slide show help needed

Hi folks, I've been below periscope depth most of the last month, largely because our son's wedding is Saturday. For the rehearsal dinner Friday, I've gathered 150 jpgs of him and his fiancee through the years, which I'd like to have running as a continuous looping slide show.  The venue has a

OT - Sorry Leica, what a waste!!!

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Re: PESO: Roosting Turkey

I'm late on this, (quite a backlog of PDML, but anyway), I believe that the actual quote is "As God is my witness, I thought turkeys could fly." On 4/26/2013 2:11 PM, eactiv...@aol.com wrote: WKRP in cincinnati. That was the funniest episode. "Who knew turkeys couldn't fly?!" (Think that was

Re: paw week 23-dog

Yes, yes it is. Nicely rendered too. On 6/9/2013 1:30 PM, Christine Aguila wrote: Tried a little high key rendering here. Cheers, Christine http://www.caguila.com/paw2013/content/_IGP6109_large.html -- There are two kinds of computer users those who've experienced a hard drive failure, a

Adorama offers free photo book.

Just what it says. You have to subscribe to their deals e-news letter, but they give you a "personal" code to create a 8"x8" 14 page photo book. I guess I'll try it out, it doesn't look like it will tax my computer or photographic skills particularly. Now all I have to do is see if I can com

Re: Grandfather Mountain 2013

it'll give you a feel for what we do there. I dind't see no beer drinkin! Very nice collection Mark! Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: "Mark Roberts" Subject: GESO: Grandfather Mountain 2013 I've put up a little gallery of

Re: major internet problems & Question

on 2013-06-09 9:28 Aahz Maruch wrote On Mon, Jun 03, 2013, steve harley wrote: i would be surprised if there is not a good local ISP that can run over your existing DSL line and possibly improve your service and reduce your megacorpse involvement; a good resource to find out is dslreports.com

Re: GESO: Grandfather Mountain 2013

Steve Cottrell wrote: >On 11/6/13, Mark Roberts, discombobulated, unleashed: > >>I've put up a little gallery of shots from this year's Nature >>Photography Weekend. Nothing earth-shattering but it'll give you a >>feel for what we do there. >> >>http://www.robertstech.com/galleries/gfm2013/ > >Enj

Re: GESO: Grandfather Mountain 2013

Excelent gallery. "Slot Near Macrae" is my favorite. Intriguing and dramatic. Paul On Jun 11, 2013, at 10:03 AM, Mark Roberts wrote: > By the way, I'm trying to identify the bright spot (presumably a > planet) in the photo at > http://www.robertstech.com/galleries/gfm2013/7dd01603.html > Anyone

Re: PESO - Sad Old Bear

Don't dump them, give them to a children's charity. That bear looks to be in perfectly good condition and could bring a lot of joy. B On 11 Jun 2013, at 16:50, George Sinos wrote: > This is a sad old guy. > > > > gs > > > Geor

Re: OT: Why are Apple such a bunch of twats?

I agree wholeheartedly! B On 11 Jun 2013, at 16:58, "Daniel J. Matyola" wrote: > "Fanny pack" is a terrible term, even in American English, and the > device itself is an abomination. > > Dan Matyola > http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola > > > On Tue, Jun 11, 2013 at 10:52 AM, Da

Re: GESO: Grandfather Mountain 2013

On 11/6/13, Mark Roberts, discombobulated, unleashed: >I've put up a little gallery of shots from this year's Nature >Photography Weekend. Nothing earth-shattering but it'll give you a >feel for what we do there. > >http://www.robertstech.com/galleries/gfm2013/ Enjoyed the shots very much Mark, b

Re: OT: Why are Apple such a bunch of twats?

Probably because it's a verb in the UK. From: "Daniel J. Matyola" "Fanny pack" is a terrible term, even in American English, and the device itself is an abomination. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Tue, Jun 11, 2013 at 10:52 AM, Darren Addy wrote: The subtle

Re: Ctein on Photoshop CC

On 6/5/2013 6:21 PM, Mark Roberts wrote: Bill wrote: One wonders if Adobe hired all the ex Pentax marketing people that lost their jobs when Ricoh bought out Pentax. I'm working on an article for my own blog about the Photoshop fiasco. Working title: Adobe Introduces "New Coke" Ah, New Coke

Re: PESO - Sad Old Bear

Oh NO. Save them for the grandkids, or some adopted neighborhood kids. Every kid needs bears. Regards, Bob S. On Tue, Jun 11, 2013 at 10:50 AM, George Sinos wrote: > This is a sad old guy. > > > > gs > > > George Sinos > --

Re: GESO: Grandfather Mountain 2013

BTW, very nice images! Good job on the night sky image as well. Wish I had been there!! Walt On Tue, Jun 11, 2013 at 12:17 PM, Walter Hamler wrote: > Mark, at the time the pic was shot the only thing that bright in that > part of the sky would have been Vega. Saturn would have been up but > fur

Re: GESO: Grandfather Mountain 2013

Mark, at the time the pic was shot the only thing that bright in that part of the sky would have been Vega. Saturn would have been up but further toward the east southeast. Walt On Tue, Jun 11, 2013 at 10:03 AM, Mark Roberts wrote: > By the way, I'm trying to identify the bright spot (presumably

Re: OT: Why are Apple such a bunch of twats?

"Fanny pack" is a terrible term, even in American English, and the device itself is an abomination. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Tue, Jun 11, 2013 at 10:52 AM, Darren Addy wrote: > The subtle (and not so subtle) differences between British and > American engli

PESO - Sad Old Bear

This is a sad old guy. gs George Sinos www.GeorgesPhotos.net www.GeorgeSinos.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, ple

Re: OT: Why are Apple such a bunch of twats?

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Re: GESO: Grandfather Mountain 2013

By the way, I'm trying to identify the bright spot (presumably a planet) in the photo at http://www.robertstech.com/galleries/gfm2013/7dd01603.html Anyone have any idea? It was almost exactly northeast at 11:00 that night. I've emailed the PDML staff astronomer but haven't heard back from him.

Re: PESO - The Dog Walker

Same for me. Isolate, simplify & define. -Original Message- >From: Bruce Walker >Subject: Re: PESO - The Dog Walker > >Hmmm. For me, insufficient subject isolation. Overly busy for my taste >too. Sorry! :-) > >On Mon, Jun 10, 2013 at 11:39 PM, Marco Alpert wrote: >> http://www.alpert.co

Fw: GESO: Grandfather Mountain 2013

- Forwarded Message - From: Jack Davis To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Cc: Sent: Tuesday, June 11, 2013 6:45 AM Subject: Re: GESO: Grandfather Mountain 2013 Enjoyed the virtual experience, Mark. Congrats to both you and the K-5 for the "Slot" shot. Special spot and, and obviously, with 

Re: GESO: Grandfather Mountain 2013

Enjoyed the virtual experience, Robert. Congrats to both you and the K-5 for the "Slot" shot. Special spot and, and obviously, with testing exposure issues. Jack - Original Message - From: Mark Roberts To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Cc: Sent: Tuesday, June 11, 2013 6:01 AM Subject: GE

Re: GESO: Grandfather Mountain 2013

Nice Gallery, Mark! Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Tue, Jun 11, 2013 at 9:01 AM, Mark Roberts wrote: > I've put up a little gallery of shots from this year's Nature > Photography Weekend. Nothing earth-shattering but it'll give you a > feel for what we do there.

Re: GESO: Grandfather Mountain 2013

Excellent, whis i had made it Dave On Tue, Jun 11, 2013 at 9:01 AM, Mark Roberts wrote: > I've put up a little gallery of shots from this year's Nature > Photography Weekend. Nothing earth-shattering but it'll give you a > feel for what we do there. > > http://www.robertstech.com/galleries/gfm2

GESO: Grandfather Mountain 2013

I've put up a little gallery of shots from this year's Nature Photography Weekend. Nothing earth-shattering but it'll give you a feel for what we do there. http://www.robertstech.com/galleries/gfm2013/ -- Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss

Re: PESO - Grizzled Warrior

Great expression and strong portrait, Frank. Somehow, I want to see the top of his head, though. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Mon, Jun 10, 2013 at 11:16 PM, knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: > On my way back from the Lake on Saturday I heard the sounds of a spo

Re: PESO - The Dog Walker

Hmmm. For me, insufficient subject isolation. Overly busy for my taste too. Sorry! :-) On Mon, Jun 10, 2013 at 11:39 PM, Marco Alpert wrote: > http://www.alpert.com/marco/photo13/peso5.html > > Comments, as always, welcomed. > > -Marco > > --- > http://www.alpert.com/marco > > -- > PD

Re: PESO - Grizzled Warrior

Great expression! Good shot, Frank. Was this near Humber College? On Mon, Jun 10, 2013 at 11:16 PM, knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: > On my way back from the Lake on Saturday I heard the sounds of a sporting > event coming from a pitch at the local college. Turned out to be a local > Aussie rul

Re: K5 + M

You should still have to press the green button at any ap except wide open. And you have to select a menu option that enables setting an aperture manually. If you're not doing that, you're just getting lucky:-). On Jun 11, 2013, at 6:37 AM, Collin Brendemuehl wrote: >> whats different about it

Re: K5 + M

>whats different about it vs previous pentax dslrs? With previous models I had to press a button so that the ss would be selected. It's like the camera recognizes that the arm is there. Doesn't do anything with it, but it is half-way. At least that's my impression. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Ma