Re: PESO - Love the Lake

2013-11-12 Thread David Mann
On Nov 13, 2013, at 4:50 am, knarf knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: Lake Ontario, of course. Same sunrise as I showed last week. Just a minute or two later, wider focal length, different look: http://knarfdummyblog.blogspot.ca/2013/11/love-lake.html?m=1 That's lovely. I was in a lake on

Re: Boris PESO #52 - Etude

2013-11-12 Thread Boris Liberman
Thanks, Ken. It is funny that you say the foreground is too dark. I thought that stones were rather bright though... On 11/12/2013 11:27 PM, Ken Waller wrote: Boris, it looks like this image could have benefited from the use of a split neutral density filter to bring out the detail in the

Re: Boris PESO #52 - Etude

2013-11-12 Thread Boris Liberman
Thanks, Dave! On 11/13/2013 3:00 AM, David J Brooks wrote: Love this shot Dave On Tue, Nov 12, 2013 at 12:31 AM, Boris Liberman bori...@gmail.com wrote: Hi! Here is that sunset shot I threatened Jostein wtih: http://pentax-ways.blogspot.co.il/2013/11/2013-52-etude.html Taken here:

Re: Boris PESO #52 - Etude

2013-11-12 Thread Boris Liberman
Thanks, Rick! On 11/13/2013 5:27 AM, Richard Womer wrote: Really nice handling of the light in this, Boris. Rick On Nov 12, 2013, at 00:31 , Boris Liberman wrote: Hi! Here is that sunset shot I threatened Jostein wtih: http://pentax-ways.blogspot.co.il/2013/11/2013-52-etude.html Taken

Re: PESO Autumn in The Junction

2013-11-12 Thread Boris Liberman
That's the kind of mood and weather I so much need to be in right now... Not gonna happen here though. Expecting in excess of +25C today. On 11/11/2013 5:55 PM, Bruce Walker wrote: I was enjoying an Americano in a boutique coffee place called Amani Earls in Toronto's Little Malta yesterday and

Re: PESO - Columbus Circle

2013-11-12 Thread Boris Liberman
The bird in the top left corner is indeed a very nice touch, Rick! On 11/13/2013 4:48 AM, Richard Womer wrote: I had a meeting in New York City over Halloween. As usual, I was locked up all day, and went wandering with my camera in the evening.

Re: PESO: Requisite K-3 test (Warning - feline content)

2013-11-12 Thread Boris Liberman
Stan, on my screen (in Chrome) I see a very slight tinge of magenta creeping in to the white balance here... One serious animal you have... On 11/13/2013 3:16 AM, Stan Halpin wrote: I realized that I had not seen a K-3 cat picture posted! So here is the missing link:

Re: PESO - Tufa Garden

2013-11-12 Thread Boris Liberman
Excellent, as always. On 11/12/2013 7:40 PM, Alunfoto - Jostein Øksne wrote: http://alunfoto.blogspot.com/2013/11/tufa-garden.html -- 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

Re: PESO - The Cruiser

2013-11-12 Thread Boris Liberman
I'm not a bike person, Frank, and this time you got me bewildered (-- I think it is the right term here)... I totally don't get what I'm seeing... On 11/12/2013 4:59 AM, knarf wrote: I'd forgotten that Firestone made (or at least marketed) bikes until I saw this on the weekend:

Re: PESO tired

2013-11-12 Thread Boris Liberman
The reds in this frame are hmmm, how to put it - are you sure this is how they should look?! On 11/11/2013 8:01 PM, Larry Colen wrote: A photo from this weekend: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/10794260895/ CC, as always, welcome. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: PESO: Requisite K-3 test (Warning - feline content)

2013-11-12 Thread David Mann
On Nov 13, 2013, at 2:16 pm, Stan Halpin s...@stans-photography.info wrote: I realized that I had not seen a K-3 cat picture posted! So here is the missing link: http://photos.stanhalpin.com/p155717848/h355d86ba#h355d86ba Yay! Cheers, Dave -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: PESO - Sidetracked - a macro with the phone

2013-11-12 Thread Boris Liberman
It seems that the car is standing there under the night sky... Now it begs a question - what is the scale of these stars above it? :-) On 11/11/2013 6:09 PM, George Sinos wrote: I saw these little coal hopper cars in the hobby shop and had to buy a couple. They are painted and lettered for

Re: One more from today

2013-11-12 Thread Boris Liberman
Bill, for gawd sake - it is 85/1.4 at 7.1 and you nailed focus... What did you expect? :-) On 11/11/2013 1:11 AM, Bill wrote: http://users.accesscomm.ca/wrphoto/pictures/elle2.html The Exif data lies. K3, A*85/1.4 at f7.1 This is pretty much straight out of camera. I did no blem correction.

Re: I'm over my hang-up on manual focus

2013-11-12 Thread Boris Liberman
Eric, all photos seem to be focused properly in line with my experience with K-5. I've seen a few where it would seem that the focus was way behind the real subject of the photograph, although under the light and aperture you used, the DOF kind of saved the day. It would be my consistent

Re: PESO 2013 - 135 - GDG

2013-11-12 Thread Boris Liberman
You certainly know how to render, Godfrey. On 11/10/2013 10:53 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: Blast from the past ... Photo made in 2008. Car made in 1966. http://www.flickr.com/photos/gdgphoto/10784930685/lightbox Thanks for looking. Comments always appreciated. Godfrey -- PDML

Re: PESO 2013 - 134 - GDG

2013-11-12 Thread Boris Liberman
May I please ask - what were your marks in Geometry lessons in school? :-) On 11/10/2013 9:44 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: Taken while in London back last March … yes I'm *finally* looking at some of those photos to do some rendering work. Yes, a bit on the abstractive/formal hoity-toity side

Re: K-3 review as seen through the eyes of the PF

2013-11-12 Thread Boris Liberman
On 11/12/2013 5:50 PM, Darren Addy wrote: I have to say, that is a pretty comprehensive review. As I expected the K-3 falls just a bit short in the dynamic range department (over the K-5/ii/iis) but its advantages in other areas would probably still make it a slam dunk upgrade overall for most.

Re: PESO - Up There

2013-11-12 Thread Boris Liberman
This is terrific photograph! On 11/6/2013 5:51 AM, knarf wrote: I have discovered that sometimes colour helps bring the subject out of the background. This might be one such case. A similar black and white rendering of a similar shot had the subject lost in the trees:

Re: PESO - Red-tailed Hawk

2013-11-12 Thread Boris Liberman
Well, I tried to look at the bird's tail... Did not see much red :-). Excellent photo as always, Jostein. On 11/4/2013 1:23 AM, Alunfoto - Jostein Øksne wrote: At least I hope I got the species right... :-) It is perched on a tree that was burned in a previous fire, not this year's Rim Fire.

Re: GESO: Sunset in Akaroa

2013-11-12 Thread Boris Liberman
Very peaceful and serene evening, Dave! On 11/4/2013 12:49 AM, David Mann wrote: When we stayed in Akaroa we had a nice sunset. Here are 11 photos of it. http://gallery.multi.net.nz/gallery/46/#geso My server has been playing up a bit today so I apologise if you have problems (please let me

Re: October best of

2013-11-12 Thread Boris Liberman
As far as I can tell, to see you march to a beat of a drummer (different or else) is an event improbability of which is infinite. On 11/2/2013 10:52 PM, Larry Colen wrote: Thanks Boris. That might be the best compliment I've gotten since a teacher in high school said I reminded him off the

Re: One more from today

2013-11-12 Thread Bill
On 12/11/2013 11:04 PM, Boris Liberman wrote: Bill, for gawd sake - it is 85/1.4 at 7.1 and you nailed focus... What did you expect? :-) Given my prior experience with Pentax, I expected slightly out of focus. bill -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: PESO tired

2013-11-12 Thread Larry Colen
On Wed, Nov 13, 2013 at 07:02:18AM +0200, Boris Liberman wrote: The reds in this frame are hmmm, how to put it - are you sure this is how they should look?! They look fine on my calibrated monitor. How neutral is the black of the tire on your monitor? On 11/11/2013 8:01 PM, Larry Colen

Re: Probably mobo sushi Wednesday

2013-11-12 Thread Larry Colen
I can't believe we don't have more people wanting to have dinner with a guy so cool, he starts his last name with a zero. -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com http://red4est.com/lrc -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: PESO 2013 - 134 - GDG

2013-11-12 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
Always straight As in mathematics. G On Nov 12, 2013, at 9:13 PM, Boris Liberman bori...@gmail.com wrote: May I please ask - what were your marks in Geometry lessons in school? :-) On 11/10/2013 9:44 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: Taken while in London back last March … yes I'm *finally*

Fwd: Re: PESO: K-3 moon shot for Larry

2013-11-12 Thread Bill
On 12/11/2013 7:43 PM, Larry Colen wrote: That is without a doubt the fuzziest Mon photo that I have ever seen. I've shot some pretty fuzzy mons in my time, let me tell you.. bill -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to

Re: Probably mobo sushi Wednesday

2013-11-12 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
Sorry, I've been busy and not watching email from the list. I just saw the notes about the Jostein dinner. What time? I am not sure I can make it, but I can try. thx, G On Nov 12, 2013, at 11:17 PM, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote: I can't believe we don't have more people wanting to

Re: Probably mobo sushi Wednesday

2013-11-12 Thread Chris Mitchell
Want to? Yes, yes, yes! Able to? As Boris once said, that's another kettle of fish. Have a great time, Chris On 13 November 2013 07:17, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote: I can't believe we don't have more people wanting to have dinner with a guy so cool, he starts his last name with a zero.

Re: PESO 2013 - 134 - GDG

2013-11-12 Thread Chris Mitchell
Almost perfect symmetry Godfrey. That last line on the RH side bothers me a little - but on the other hand, it does make it not quite symmetrical, so it must be art. Chris On 10 November 2013 19:44, Godfrey DiGiorgi godfreydigio...@me.com wrote: Taken while in London back last March … yes I'm

Re: Probably mobo sushi Wednesday

2013-11-12 Thread Boris Liberman
Should I initiate a reference count, Chris? :-) On Wed, Nov 13, 2013 at 9:52 AM, Chris Mitchell chris.mitch...@which.net wrote: Want to? Yes, yes, yes! Able to? As Boris once said, that's another kettle of fish. Have a great time, Chris On 13 November 2013 07:17, Larry Colen

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