Thank you, Philip.
I happened to be around a couple of non-photographers at the time, both
of whom were completely nonplussed by my fixation on the light. And they
thought I was the weird one.
-- Walt
On 6/14/2013 1:14 AM, Philip Northeast wrote:
Lovely clour
Philip Northeast
www.aviewfin
There is one more in San Mateo, Kaufmann Cameras on W 25th Ave, just
off Al Camino Real.
http://kaufmannscameras.com/
A pretty good store and very kindly old folks. I used to live some
half a mile away near the Safeway Supermarket. Bought lots of old
stuff from them.
They store a lot of Canikon st
Lovely clour
Philip Northeast
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On 14/06/13 3:29 PM, Walt wrote:
This was the scene just outside the club where I work (the field out
back), just as I was getting off work on Sunday.
http://www.flickriver.com/photos/walt_gilbert/9040002578/
K20D, SMC-A 28-135/4, ISO
Thank you, Larry.
Sooner or later, I'm going to put together a decent-sized collection and
ask around the local restaurant/bars to see if someone will host an
exhibit for me.
-- Walt
On 6/13/2013 11:47 PM, Larry Colen wrote:
All the photos in that set are excellent.
Walt wrote:
Here's a
This was the scene just outside the club where I work (the field out
back), just as I was getting off work on Sunday.
http://www.flickriver.com/photos/walt_gilbert/9040002578/
K20D, SMC-A 28-135/4, ISO 400, f/4.5, 1/1000 sec
I think I really like that lens.
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All the photos in that set are excellent.
Walt wrote:
>Here's another portrait from down at the ol' salt mine -- a man named
>Mark. He's about as nice and polite a man as you could ever hope to
>meet.
>
>We nearly lost him about a year and a half ago in a car accident. He
>spent a good amount
I don't understand your question.
Cheers,
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You just get Photoshop Frank?
On Thu, Jun 13, 2013 at 10:10 PM, knarftheria...@gmail.com
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You just get Photoshop Frank?
On Thu, Jun 13, 2013 at 10:10 PM, knarftheria...@gmail.com
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> A cheap and transparent attempt to garner the cover shot for next year's
> Annual:
>
> http://knarfdummyblog.blogspot.ca/2013/06/sailboat-and-cormorant.html?m=1
>
> Seriously, hope you enjoy. Comme
Yeah, sounds like bullshit, but you get my drift.
Yo - MARK!
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It's as if, released f
Another image taken on the West Bay of Grand Traverse Bay in Michigan
K20D, 28-80mm SMC F Macro @ 70mm, 1/30 @ f 8.0, 200 ISO
http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17423834
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It's as if, released from the constraints of focusing and sharpness, have
nothing left but pure composition.
Yeah, sounds like bullshit, but you get my drift.
;-)
Moody, ethereal, quiet. Beautiful.
Cheers,
frank
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To:
I've had company for a few days - but you can thank me too, now :-)
Bruce, excellent job!
Your career as an "events' photographer is on its way!
(you have my sympathy :-) )
ann
On 6/13/2013 16:41, Bruce Walker wrote:
Thank you Dan, Darren, Ken, Marco, Brian and Steve! And thanks also
to every
A cheap and transparent attempt to garner the cover shot for next year's Annual:
http://knarfdummyblog.blogspot.ca/2013/06/sailboat-and-cormorant.html?m=1
Seriously, hope you enjoy. Comments always welcome.
Cheers,
frank
Ps: for those of you who are unaware, the majestic Cormorant is the offic
There's this really cool "flow" from the pooch's nose up towards the left of
the frame following the open eye and ear and along his back. Meanwhile the
other eye and ear are "closed".
Not explaining it well but it's cool. Rendering is really effective, too; it
emphasizes that "flow".
Wonderful
Love them, Bruce!
Just flat-out crazy about the soft light in the first four shots. I
still haven't gotten a soft box yet, but that's the next item on the list!
Of course, now that I've started using flash, I have a whole new reason
to hate you.
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On 6/12/2013 7:18 PM, Bruce Walker w
Here's another portrait from down at the ol' salt mine -- a man named
Mark. He's about as nice and polite a man as you could ever hope to meet.
We nearly lost him about a year and a half ago in a car accident. He
spent a good amount of time at Vanderbilt University Hospital undergoing
surgerie
Out and about on my Saturday morning walk last weekend ...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/gdgphoto/9039021230/
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Well they are both red buds!
I liked Bob's as well - but wanted to crop out the bland sky.. and the
bottom edge and make it a pano with just the reflections and the
redbuds. (pretending, for the moment, that it _was- mine :-)
ann
On 6/13/2013 20:19, knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote:
Oops!
An
Shutterbug in Santa Rosa was my source, I don't know what their current
Pentax status is.
JM
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>In information theory terms, the amount of entropy in your message is
>perilously close to zero.
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Damn you, Roberts, those are gorgeous!
Miss GFM...
Cheers,
frank
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Subject: GESO: Grandfather Mountain 2013
I've put up a little gallery of shots from this year's Nature
Photography Weekend.
Late commenting but I really liked it a great deal.
As always.
;-)
cheers,
frank
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Thanks Brian, Paul, Bob W, Ann and Bruce!
On the other hand the stones
He was perched on a butt-ugly sheet-metal sign. Really would have ruined the
photo to leave any of it in there I think.
In retrospect I think leaving in the top of his pink legs was a mistake. Just a
distraction, I think. It was such a severe crop I was really leery of going
smaller but now I a
Thanks, Bruce! I found skateboarders can be "shy" (meaning they get upset when
they see my camera) but when I saw Mike I thought my bikey-ness might get a
good icebreaker - which it was.
I got a few other good ones but nothing uber-spectacular. I hope to get up
there again.
It's at Birmingham
On Thu, Jun 13, 2013 at 04:59:57PM -0700, Jack Davis wrote:
> Larry, at one time, there was a fairly complete camera shop in Los Gatos.
> Bought a Pentax lens there about 6 or 7 yrs ago.
> Sorry I don't recall the street.
Both Los Gatos and Los Altos camera stores are gone. We are left
with San
In information theory terms, the amount of entropy in your message is
perilously close to zero.
:-)
On Thu, Jun 13, 2013 at 7:59 PM, Jack Davis wrote:
> Larry, at one time, there was a fairly complete camera shop in Los Gatos.
> Bought a Pentax lens there about 6 or 7 yrs ago.
> Sorry I don't r
Oops!
Ann, I did love yours, but I actually meant to pick Bob Sullivan's as my
favourite (hence the reference to reflections).
cheers,
frank
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Subject: June PUG is up
G'day all
Another fin
Another tremendous gallery (that I missed again; "the road to hell," and all
that...).
Always hard to pick a favourite with so much quality and diversity but Ann's
stood out. It's the reflection, I think. Beautiful colours and composition.
Love it!
cheers,
frank
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Larry, at one time, there was a fairly complete camera shop in Los Gatos.
Bought a Pentax lens there about 6 or 7 yrs ago.
Sorry I don't recall the street.
Jack
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On 6/13/2013 18:49, Bruce Walker wrote:
Who knew there are so many ways to see trees? :-)
Brian, your Windswept made me "wow" out loud. I also love Chris'
Autumn in Paris and P.J.'s Pines. Great stuff!
On Thu, Jun 13, 2013 at 6:21 PM, Brian Walters wrote:
G'day all
Another fine gallery wit
Who knew there are so many ways to see trees? :-)
Brian, your Windswept made me "wow" out loud. I also love Chris'
Autumn in Paris and P.J.'s Pines. Great stuff!
On Thu, Jun 13, 2013 at 6:21 PM, Brian Walters wrote:
> G'day all
>
> Another fine gallery with a range of interpretations of the them
G'day all
Another fine gallery with a range of interpretations of the theme. My
favourites - Bruce's 'Trio', Mark's 'Oak Opening', Ken's 'The Forest
for the Trees' and Toine's 'Fresh Green'.
As usual, you'll find the gallery here:
http://pug.komkon.org/
(you may need to refresh your brow
I'm not entirely sure what was the point going from the K30 to the K50.
To have something 'new' on the market.
The need for 'change' in the eyes of the consumer appears to have sped up.
Kenneth Waller
http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller
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Picked one up cheap today.
K-mount, but that's where the compatibility ends.
No aperture ring. So I put it on macro and shot the K5 @ f22 with the
flash.
Really not a bad image.
But I don't think I'll keep it.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/55001392@N08/sets/72157634107994141/
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On Thu, Jun 13, 2013 at 03:28:23PM -0500, Paul Sorenson wrote:
> Amazon has it for $990. Overnight shipping if you order in the next
> 2 hours...
>
> http://www.amazon.com/Pentax-16-3-DSLR-Body-Black/dp/B009JPEISW/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1371155157&sr=8-4&keywords=pentax+k-5II
>
> http://tinyurl.
Pessimist! They just released > 120 at one shot!
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Thanks Brian, Paul, Bob W, Ann and Bruce!
On the other hand the stones is a balance to the dark left side. I did try to
avoid them first, though...
The "boring" part was just because I suddenly realized there there is a lot of
water and swimming in my pictures, especially this time of the year
Thank you Dan, Darren, Ken, Marco, Brian and Steve! And thanks also
to everyone else who had a look.
On Wed, Jun 12, 2013 at 8:30 PM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote:
> Whoa! Very nicely done there, Bruce.
>
> Dan Matyola
> http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola
>
>
> On Wed, Jun 12, 2013 at
Thanks so much, Derby. I really dislike the usual staff shots of them
all standing in an awkward group with forced smiles in front of the
beer posters and was determined to do better.
The two wait staff, Julia and Thomas, had just arrived for their first
ever shift there on Sunday morning. Before
Amazon has it for $990. Overnight shipping if you order in the next 2
hours...
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On 6/13/2013 3:21 PM, Larry Colen wrote:
On Thu, Jun 13
On Thu, Jun 13, 2013 at 03:10:19PM -0400, Paul Stenquist wrote:
> Have B&H overnight one to you. What you save buying there will probably cover
> the shipping.
After much dithering, I finally decided, WTF, I was probably going to go for a
K-5II eventually anyways, for the better focus, logged in
Thank you, Gerrit.
Re East Wing, you've sharp eyes! :-) Yes, eight of my Postmodern
Pinups and an acrylic of Louise' are on display in the club for the
next 8 weeks. Phil wanted Louise and I to be the first in the door on
soft-opening day and when we arrived L noted the blank walls. Phil has
agree
Looks great, Paul! Thanks for the pointer!
-- Walt
On 6/12/2013 7:03 PM, Paul Sorenson wrote:
Create an album with jAlbum and save it to your hard drive, then you
can show the album pix using a web browser.
http://jalbum.net/en/
-p
On 6/12/2013 12:45 PM, Walt wrote:
Hi all,
At some point
That's a good point, Mark.
On Thu, Jun 13, 2013 at 12:01 PM, Mark Roberts
wrote:
> Darren Addy wrote:
>
>>I imagine that there is *a lot* of film being put in freezers by some
>>people in Hollywood (which would be sort of artificially inflating the
>>demand seen right now),
>
> Not likely to be e
Thanks, Frank. They _say_ they love the shots, but The Brawley's
owners have been running off their feet since the beginning of May
getting the club ready and then opening (Phil, the owner/manager,
practically lives there), so I don't think they've had a chance to
really appreciate them yet. But I
On Thu, Jun 13, 2013 at 03:10:19PM -0400, Paul Stenquist wrote:
> Have B&H overnight one to you. What you save buying there will probably cover
> the shipping.
yeah, and their price dropped $100 overnight.
Although, San Jose Camera's prices aren't too far off of B&H, apart from sales
tax.
>
>
Have B&H overnight one to you. What you save buying there will probably cover
the shipping.
On Jun 13, 2013, at 2:45 PM, Larry Colen wrote:
> I'm supposed to photograph a friend's wedding Saturday. Technically, I'm
> supposed to photograph her surfing to the ceremony on the beach.
> As I men
I'm supposed to photograph a friend's wedding Saturday. Technically, I'm
supposed to photograph her surfing to the ceremony on the beach.
As I mentioned, my camera has a bit of an issue at the moment.
I also just found out that due to refinancing my home loan, I'm getting
a big bump in my cashfl
On Wed, Jun 05, 2013, J.C. O'Connell wrote:
>
> I compromise and settle for a monopod. it works almost as well as a
> tripod but its quicker in usage.
On my Alaska cruise a couple of weeks ago, I brought along a monopod and
two bean bags. Didn't really use any of them -- conditions were always
te
Darren Addy wrote:
>I imagine that there is *a lot* of film being put in freezers by some
>people in Hollywood (which would be sort of artificially inflating the
>demand seen right now),
Not likely to be enough to affect overall demand, really: The biggest
demand isn't from filmmakers shooting w
I see from the most recent Pentax email ad that they have built a
relationship with EyeFi.
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It's a bullet point, like "caffeine" free root beer, or ginger ale, both
of which have always been caffeine free. It seems that all cameras that
can accept Eye-Fi cards have always been Eye-Fi enabled...
On 6/13/2013 8:01 AM, Tim Øsleby wrote:
K50 is +1EV ISO-sensitivity.
And it is Eye-Fi ca
I didn't think it was fugly, but I did think it had been designed by
Warner Bro.s for Marvin the Martian...
Pentax was just trying to be fashion forward, remember it was released
about the same time as the K-01, and the in house guys had something to
prove, though I'm not quite sure what that
No that will be the end for Kodak film. Film was profitable at lower
volumes in the past, it will be again, however you can't run a factory
designed to produce 5 billion square feet of a product a week, (just for
example, I don't know the actual numbers), when demand is 5 thousand
square feet
The full version of "Side by Side" is on Netflix streaming and can
also be viewed for free on Amazon Instant video if you are an Amazon
Prime member.
I watched it a while back and thought it was interesting.
GS
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On Thu,
I imagine that there is *a lot* of film being put in freezers by some
people in Hollywood (which would be sort of artificially inflating the
demand seen right now), but yeah - the writing is on the wall.
If you haven't yet seen the documentary "Side by Side" I highly
recommend it. Trailer and outta
On 12/6/13, Bruce Walker, discombobulated, unleashed:
>http://flic.kr/s/aHsjG1qjie The Brawley Opening
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John Sessoms wrote:
>From: Mark Roberts
>> There's a bit of panic going around the web as Kodak has announced
>> they're going to cease manufacture of acetate film base. They're not
>> stopping FILM production, they're just no longer manufacturing their
>> own acetate to make it with.
>
>That's ki
From: Mark Roberts
There's a bit of panic going around the web as Kodak has announced
they're going to cease manufacture of acetate film base. They're not
stopping FILM production, they're just no longer manufacturing their
own acetate to make it with.
That's kind of ironic, because I thought K
Very beautiful work, Mark. Atic Window Tunnel is a standout for me. So
is Boone Fork #1412.
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
That's a terrific set. The lighting looks natural. Staff look
attractively natural too.
And you have your pics in the wall. Is it a permanent exhibit? Kudos
On 13/06/2013 10:18 AM, Bruce Walker wrote:
So I landed a paying gig last weekend. I was to document the opening
of a new club: show off
What Paul said. That's gorgeous, Philip.
On Tue, Jun 11, 2013 at 9:04 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote:
> 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 vie
On Wed, Jun 12, 2013 at 11:43 PM, P.J. Alling
wrote:
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> Dammit Frank, your bird photos are becoming annoyingly good, I can't hate
> you more than I already do, and not burst a blood vessel.
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Enjoyed very much, Frank. Remarkable how detailed this is after your
severe crop; contrast and colour are strong. Excellent pose too.
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> I really didn't like what he was sitting on and most of the background sucked
> (even more tha
K50 is +1EV ISO-sensitivity.
And it is Eye-Fi card enabled, whatever that means.
I thought Eye-Fi cards could be used in every camera. Been using it in
my K-5 for some time now.
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Good captures of the mood. Jive shows activity without making you focus on
details.
East Wing has some familiar looking snaps on the wall? Should it be labelled
Wall of Fame? :-)
Aretha-esque really captures the live music feel.
I hope there will be Sunday blues gigs again! High ISO shots would w
On 12/06/2013 9:34 PM, P.J. Alling wrote:
It sounds like they've regressed, but enabling the green button kludge
would be a simple firmware update to correct. I expect that will
happen if there's enough yelling on the internet about it. However
that won't happen until they start getting into
The Queensway near Kipling. Covenient to bus stop so a few drinks dont
create a problem with driving or biking :-)
http://myttc.ca/queensway_and_brawley-zorra
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On Jun 13, 2013, at 2:32 PM, knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote:
> I really didn't like what he was sitting on and most of the background sucked
> (even more than what you see here) but it seemed sharp enough to crop in
> tight so that's what I did. This is less than 20% of the original frame:
>
>
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