Re: PESO - Katia

2014-02-23 Thread Bruce Walker
Thank you, Frank. And thank you Dan, Ken and Attila, and all who had a look. I have to solve a new Flickr problem now. I now see that Flickr has oversharpened Katia in the process of reducing the uploaded image from 1600px to the displayed screen size. This has made her skin look rougher, with

Re: PESO Swainsona formosa. from trip round Australia.

2014-02-23 Thread Attila Boros
Nice flower with bright red tones and smooth bokeh. On Sun, Feb 23, 2014 at 8:49 AM, sup8pdct sup8p...@clubtelco.com wrote: Better known as Sturt's Desert Pea. http://i1325.photobucket.com/albums/u626/sup8pdct/desertpea_zps7f2d2bac.jpg There are different coloured ones around. usually pink

Re: PESO - Katia

2014-02-23 Thread Attila Boros
On Sun, Feb 23, 2014 at 12:38 PM, Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com wrote: I have to solve a new Flickr problem now. I now see that Flickr has oversharpened Katia in the process of reducing the uploaded image from 1600px to the displayed screen size. I see you have uploaded it as 1600 x

Re: OT - Olympic Hockey

2014-02-23 Thread John
Well, The Boston Bruins started playing in the 20's I can't seem to find a good date for when Olympic Hockey started but 1975 seems like a very late date for the entry of hockey as an Olympic event. I will admit that for a a long time, ice hockey was a northeast thing. But then. I live in

Re: OT - The good old days (computer-wise)

2014-02-23 Thread steve harley
on 2014-02-22 11:00 Ann Sanfedele wrote and I could. I considered making it without the type (I tried to make it look as much as what I remember the font to be when punching the holes in photoshop). it's a fun concept, but i don't think that font is accurate; looks like American Typewriter,

Re: OT - The good old days (computer-wise)

2014-02-23 Thread Bob W-PDML
i found it by way of this amusing tool which executes google searches by teletype: http://www.masswerk.at/google60/ I love that! B On 23 Feb 2014, at 20:38, steve harley p...@paper-ape.com wrote: on 2014-02-22 11:00 Ann Sanfedele wrote and I could. I considered making it without the

Re: OT - The good old days (computer-wise)

2014-02-23 Thread Ann Sanfedele
well I selected the font because it is fixed width and old-timey :-) But it does look to me like what I remember - not that THAT proves anything :-) Possible slightly diferent keypunches had different fonts, or they evolved over the years. But what was definite was that the font was not

Definition of pinup?

2014-02-23 Thread Larry Colen
In another forum I made a comment that it might be fun to do a pin-up style shoot at the Canepa museum. I got some interesting critiques of the idea from one person in particular. Some quotes: ... They have a lot of nice cars, but mostly ex-race cars... Only a couple hot rods. ... To which I

Re: OT - Olympic Hockey

2014-02-23 Thread Chris Mitchell
I have a distant family connection with (ice) hockey in Canada. I'm related to the Stanley family who created the Stanley Cup. My 3 times great grandfather was the 13th Earl of Derby and it was his grandson, the 16th Earl who donated the cup during his time as Governor General to Canada.

Re: OT - Olympic Hockey

2014-02-23 Thread Bob W-PDML
On 23 Feb 2014, at 22:11, Chris Mitchell chris.mitch...@which.net wrote: I have a distant family connection with (ice) hockey in Canada. I'm related to the Stanley family who created the Stanley Cup. My 3 times great grandfather was the 13th Earl of Derby and it was his grandson, the 16th

Re: Boris PESO 2014 #04 - Sakura

2014-02-23 Thread Rick Womer
I like that. Nice light, color, and DOF use. Rick On Feb 22, 2014, at 10:40 , Boris Liberman wrote: Well, We're having quite a weather here. Today it climbed up all the way to +30C here. We drove to Jerusalem and had very good time in the Botanical Gardens where the only kind of

Re: PESO Pool Hall Portrait/K-3 low-light work

2014-02-23 Thread Rick Womer
What Mark said! Nice portrait; her concentration is well captured. Rick On Feb 21, 2014, at 19:00 , Mark C wrote: Great shot, Paul. I assume that you were using the available light, and did a superb job of catching her in excellent lighting. Mark On 2/20/2014 10:02 AM, Paul Stenquist

Re: PESO: Icicles

2014-02-23 Thread Ken Waller
Around here, icicles on eaves are a sign of insuffient insulation in the attic, letting heat escape causing the melting and the eventual ice dams and icicles Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: Daniel J. Matyola

Re: Definition of pinup?

2014-02-23 Thread Steve Cottrell
I say do your own thing - set trends don't follow them. If it looks right in your own eye, then it is right. Tell her to shove a pin up her arse. -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__Broadcast, Corporate, || (O) |Web Video Production --www.seeingeye.tv

Re: PESO Pool Hall Portrait/K-3 low-light work

2014-02-23 Thread Paul Stenquist
Thanks Rick. It’s my favorite of the shoot. However, the lady pictured named this pic her favorite: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17690856 I of course made her a print. On Feb 23, 2014, at 5:58 PM, Rick Womer rwomer1...@yahoo.com wrote: What Mark said! Nice portrait; her

Re: PESO Pool Hall Portrait/K-3 low-light work

2014-02-23 Thread Rick Womer
That one is also excellent--has more context and atmosphere, but isn't as much a portrait. Rick On Feb 23, 2014, at 6:13 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote: Thanks Rick. It’s my favorite of the shoot. However, the lady pictured named this pic her favorite:

Re: Definition of pinup?

2014-02-23 Thread Ken Waller
Pin up art is that which would comfortably fit on the nose of a bomber that was about to take off and fly into the war. Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: Larry Colen l...@red4est.com Subject: Definition of pinup? In another

Re: PESO Pool Hall Portrait/K-3 low-light work

2014-02-23 Thread Ken Waller
I like your capture and rendition - a very good image. Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: Paul Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net Subject: Re: PESO Pool Hall Portrait/K-3 low-light work Thanks Rick. It’s my favorite of the shoot.

Re: Definition of pinup?

2014-02-23 Thread Attila Boros
Poster sized pictures of pretty girls pinned up on a wall / door / something, hence the term pinup. Chalking it up on the nose of aircraft also qualifies but I doubt you will do that:) Look up some photos of Bettie Page for example. Having cars in it is a subgenre. You might want to use older cars

Re: Definition of pinup?

2014-02-23 Thread Paul Stenquist
I agree in regard to the cars. Fifties and forties American for an authentic pin-up look. Haven't given much thought to the light, but I would think you want to achieve a look that invokes illustration, per Vargas. Paul via phone On Feb 23, 2014, at 5:09 PM, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com

Re: Definition of pinup?

2014-02-23 Thread Larry Colen
On Feb 23, 2014, at 2:38 PM, Attila Boros attila.p...@gmail.com wrote: Poster sized pictures of pretty girls pinned up on a wall / door / something, hence the term pinup. For guys of my generation, they were posters of rim lighted women, Ferraris, and maybe bottles of wine as a third

Re: Definition of pinup?

2014-02-23 Thread Bruce Walker
Pin-up is of course loaded with meanings, some specific, some generic. Start here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pin-up Traditional American pin-up ended in the 1960's when photography replaced illustration in calendars and magazines like Esquire. Most people equate the term Pin-up with 1940's

Re: Definition of pinup?

2014-02-23 Thread Paul Stenquist
Well done. Why not clone out the tats? Paul via phone On Feb 23, 2014, at 6:50 PM, Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com wrote: Pin-up is of course loaded with meanings, some specific, some generic. Start here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pin-up Traditional American pin-up ended in the

Re: Definition of pinup?

2014-02-23 Thread Bruce Walker
Paul, we were already incorporating some anachronistic elements (like a 1910 Underwood typewriter and 1970's furniture) so I took a suggestion from Bob W and called the series Post Modern Pin-ups. That gave me license to pretty much include what I felt like. :-) On Sun, Feb 23, 2014 at 7:06 PM,

Re: Definition of pinup?

2014-02-23 Thread Bob W-PDML
On 23 Feb 2014, at 23:51, Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com wrote: Pin-up is of course loaded with meanings, some specific, some generic. Start here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pin-up Traditional American pin-up ended in the 1960's when photography replaced illustration in calendars

Re: Definition of pinup?

2014-02-23 Thread Bruce Walker
On Sun, Feb 23, 2014 at 7:17 PM, Bob W-PDML p...@web-options.com wrote: On 23 Feb 2014, at 23:51, Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com wrote: Pin-up is of course loaded with meanings, some specific, some generic. Start here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pin-up Traditional American pin-up

Re: Daytona Superbird

2014-02-23 Thread John
No, the price I remember was for a *1966* Plymouth Belvedere II that I was reminded of by the original posting. The Daytona and/or the Superbird had not yet been introduced when I was in high school. The 1966 Belvedere II with a 426 Hemi preceded the Dodge Charger Daytona model by

Re: Daytona Superbird

2014-02-23 Thread John
Thinking about it while I've been reading up on the subject, I think the price may have been something of a loss leader. It was a *great* deal price-wise looking back from TODAY, but back then I don't think the factory Muscle Car phenomenon had got off the ground yet. This was a year, maybe two

Re: OT - Olympic Hockey

2014-02-23 Thread John
FWIW: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YNr3nK_bvKQ On 2/22/2014 4:24 PM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: And now the US loses to Finland!!! Finland, Finland, Finland The country where I want to be Pony trekking or camping Or just watching TV Finland, Finland, Finland It's the country for me You're so

Re: OT - Olympic Hockey

2014-02-23 Thread John
Didn't even notice. You did say first *organized* ice hockey game. On 2/22/2014 4:40 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote: Doh. Make that 1875 in Montreal. But you knew that. On Feb 22, 2014, at 4:31 PM, Paul Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote: It seems as though the first organized ice hockey

Re: OT - Olympic Hockey

2014-02-23 Thread John
On 2/23/2014 5:26 PM, Bob W-PDML wrote: Your curate had this stroke of luck: His granddad invented the puck. To show he was manly The Reverend Stanley Taught nice English girls how to pray. B Need I say it, *MARK*! -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: Definition of pinup?

2014-02-23 Thread John
Your correspondent is full of it! The pin-up implies sex sexy without being overtly, graphically pornographic. The background is immaterial. If you're going for TRADITIONAL, all you need is a hot babe in a one piece bathing costume:

Re: PESO: Roof

2014-02-23 Thread Rick Womer
I really like that, Attila. The low-key rendering makes it really quite haunting. Rick On Feb 21, 2014, at 16:42 , Attila Boros wrote: Another photo on my way from home after working late. Taken with the little Sony. http://1x.com/photo/493847 or http://500px.com/photo/61755439

PESO: Fancy Hibiscus

2014-02-23 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
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GESO: Michigan winter scenes

2014-02-23 Thread Stanley Halpin
I kept thinking about the winter weather, that it was going to end eventually, that there might not be another like this for years. So I went to Munising along Lake Superior in the Michigan Upper Peninsula Monday with a stop at Taquamanon Falls on the way. Tuesday I went by a few familiar

Re: GESO: Michigan winter scenes

2014-02-23 Thread Paul Stenquist
An excellent set. Numbers 8 and 19 are among my favorites. Paul On Feb 23, 2014, at 10:07 PM, Stanley Halpin s...@stans-photography.info wrote: I kept thinking about the winter weather, that it was going to end eventually, that there might not be another like this for years. So I went to

Re: GESO: Michigan winter scenes

2014-02-23 Thread Jack Davis
Some dramatic icicles and frozen falls. #13 thru 17 are particularly interesting. Jack - Original Message - From: Stanley Halpin s...@stans-photography.info To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Cc: Sent: Sunday, February 23, 2014 7:07 PM Subject: GESO: Michigan winter

Re: PESO: Icicles

2014-02-23 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
Thanks, Ken. The reason the big icicles were at this location is because this roof in not atop an attic. this portion of the roof is over and overhang, and further back over the garage. In any event, the icicles came and left quickly, during a short period of warmer weather an sunny skies. Dan

Re: OT - The good old days (computer-wise)

2014-02-23 Thread Ann Sanfedele
I just got there! I love it too, but it makes my little design look awful - it's so clean. another time wastere ehre - oh dear dear ann On 2/23/2014 16:55, Bob W-PDML wrote: i found it by way of this amusing tool which executes google searches by teletype: