Re: A Glass Tea

2014-05-01 Thread David Mann
On May 2, 2014, at 5:31 am, John Francis wrote: > I'm a big fan of the Bodum tea presses, but I'm sure there are > equally good results to be obtained from alternative equipment. Look what popped up in my BBC News feed today :) http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-27243269 Cheers, Dave -- PDM

Re: White balance

2014-05-01 Thread Rob Studdert
On 2 May 2014 14:06, Bryan Jacoby wrote: > It's worth repeating that any shutter speeds that don't take in an > integer number of florescent color shift cycles will be tough to > correct with a neutral reference (grey card, color checker, etc.) from > a different frame. As the number of cycles c

Re: White balance

2014-05-01 Thread Bryan Jacoby
I just confirmed that in Lightroom (4) even if two frames shot with AWB have different temperature and tint you can batch adjust them with the WB eyedropper and they will end up the same. So no reason to fear AWB. It's worth repeating that any shutter speeds that don't take in an integer number o

Re: White balance

2014-05-01 Thread Bill
On 30/04/2014 3:14 PM, Eric Weir wrote: On Apr 25, 2014, at 3:07 PM, Ann Sanfedele wrote: ERic - do you have the K-5? or above? I shoot a lot of my ebay stuff in mixed fluor and daylight from window and start with AWB - examine the pic and press WB to get the choices to come up, then move th

Re: Image size when publishing to Flickr from LR

2014-05-01 Thread Larry Colen
On Apr 30, 2014, at 8:18 AM, Bruce Walker wrote: > Right-click on your Flickr publishing service, choose Edit > Settings..., then look at the Image Sizing section to see what is set > there. I generally set it to Resize To Fit W1600 H1600, Don't Enlarge. > I just set mine to 1440 on the long si

Re: OT: While looking for more actual information on the 645Z...

2014-05-01 Thread Bill
On 01/05/2014 4:35 PM, Zos Xavius wrote: This was probably in the works for some time. I don't honestly know if this means that sony will still continue SLT. The successor to the A99 will likely prove those rumors false or true. Clearly there are still benefits (PDAF) to having a mirror. I thin

Re: sale prices :-(

2014-05-01 Thread Bill
On 01/05/2014 7:49 AM, David J Brooks wrote: On Thu, May 1, 2014 at 1:12 AM, Bill wrote: On 30/04/2014 9:48 AM, David J Brooks wrote: On Wed, Apr 30, 2014 at 11:14 AM, Bill wrote: On 30/04/2014 8:12 AM, David J Brooks wrote: Wow, just had a peek at ebay sold listings on the D1 $65-150

Re: Want your lightroom library to zip right along?

2014-05-01 Thread Bill
On 01/05/2014 4:04 PM, Larry Colen wrote: Get yourself a 4TB SSD http://www.tomsitpro.com/articles/sandisk-4-tb-optimus-ssd-lightning,1-1925.html I've been using an SSD for swap for quite some time. It is a beautiful thing. bill -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net

Re: PESO Kat

2014-05-01 Thread Bruce Walker
I appreciate your opinion, John. The background is a blessing and curse. It's some kind of large vintage poster or advertising board that is hung directly behind Kat's booth and partially covering a large west-facing window that the afternoon sun was striking full on. So there are little spotlight

Re: PESO Kat

2014-05-01 Thread Bruce Walker
Thanks, Attila. I thank the K-3 for the clean ISO 6400 but also the Nik plugins Raw Pre-sharpener and Dfine that work together to tame the noise just enough without over-softening. I'm grateful for the enormous strides that have been made in NR since I started out with the K100D in 2007. On Thu,

Re: PESO Kat

2014-05-01 Thread Bruce Walker
Thank you, Tim. On Thu, May 1, 2014 at 1:26 AM, Tim Bray wrote: > That’s awfully nice - the jumbled background nicely sets off the > extreme simplicity of her shape and style. > > On Wed, Apr 30, 2014 at 6:07 PM, Bruce Walker wrote: >> Another portrait of jewelry designer Kat, this time from the

Re: GFM galleries by PDML'ers

2014-05-01 Thread David J Brooks
I put my 2007 gallery in a different spot:https://plus.google.com/photos/106773593359324596776/albums/5072636880491643169?banner=pwa Dave On Thu, May 1, 2014 at 3:32 PM, Ann Sanfedele wrote: > I'll have to gather some from 2004 and that other year I was there and > put them all together. Great m

Re: OT: While looking for more actual information on the 645Z...

2014-05-01 Thread Zos Xavius
This was probably in the works for some time. I don't honestly know if this means that sony will still continue SLT. The successor to the A99 will likely prove those rumors false or true. Clearly there are still benefits (PDAF) to having a mirror. Its interesting because the press is talking about

Re: Want your lightroom library to zip right along?

2014-05-01 Thread Zos Xavius
You buying? ;) On Thu, May 1, 2014 at 6:04 PM, Larry Colen wrote: > Get yourself a 4TB SSD > > http://www.tomsitpro.com/articles/sandisk-4-tb-optimus-ssd-lightning,1-1925.html > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE fr

Want your lightroom library to zip right along?

2014-05-01 Thread Larry Colen
Get yourself a 4TB SSD http://www.tomsitpro.com/articles/sandisk-4-tb-optimus-ssd-lightning,1-1925.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 and follow the directions.

PESO: Red Dogwood

2014-05-01 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17753238 Comments are invited. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola -- 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

Re: Spots still available for GFM

2014-05-01 Thread John
We need to get a PDML group photo this year too. Didn't get one last year AFAIK. On 5/1/2014 12:04 PM, Mark Roberts wrote: I'm told there are a few spots open for the Nature Photography Weekend (May 30 through June 1). It's a good time and an amazing value ($115.00). It would be really great to

Re: PESO Kat

2014-05-01 Thread John
Background is a bit harsh & distracting. On 4/30/2014 9:07 PM, Bruce Walker wrote: Another portrait of jewelry designer Kat, this time from the April 26 Artisans of the Metropolis event. She's showing off one of her Victorian influenced pieces. http://www.flickriver.com/photos/bruce_m_walker/13

Re: GFM galleries by PDML'ers

2014-05-01 Thread Ann Sanfedele
I'll have to gather some from 2004 and that other year I was there and put them all together. Great memories, indeed ann On 5/1/2014 15:15, Mark Roberts wrote: "Steve Cottrell" wrote: On 1/5/14, Mark Roberts, discombobulated, unleashed: By the way... I was just cleaning up the entry on my

OT: While looking for more actual information on the 645Z...

2014-05-01 Thread P.J. Alling
Not because I'm actually going to buy one, since it's well out of my price range, I discovered that Sony has released to almost no fanfare, the new SLT A77 II, thus proving wrong all those pundits who predicted the end of that particular technology, well at least for now. Who knows what Sony i

Re: GFM galleries by PDML'ers

2014-05-01 Thread Mark Roberts
"Steve Cottrell" wrote: >On 1/5/14, Mark Roberts, discombobulated, unleashed: > >>By the way... I was just cleaning up the entry on my web site and >>started browsing old galleries from GFM. Great stuff by Cotty, Stan >>Halpin, Annsan, Dave Brooks, Bob Sullivan and Cory Waters. Have a >>look: >>

Re: GFM galleries by PDML'ers

2014-05-01 Thread Steve Cottrell
On 1/5/14, Mark Roberts, discombobulated, unleashed: >By the way... I was just cleaning up the entry on my web site and >started browsing old galleries from GFM. Great stuff by Cotty, Stan >Halpin, Annsan, Dave Brooks, Bob Sullivan and Cory Waters. Have a >look: > >http://www.robertstech.com/blog/

Re: Pentax 645Z article at The Online Photographer

2014-05-01 Thread steve harley
on 2014-05-01 12:41 P.J. Alling wrote Short synopsis, it's amazing because it's so inexpensive, he says cheap, but that's a bit pejorative. Still I've summed up the article pretty much completely. So you don't have to read it yourselves. true, not much content; to retain the inflection, he say

Pentax 645Z article at The Online Photographer

2014-05-01 Thread P.J. Alling
Short synopsis, it's amazing because it's so inexpensive, he says cheap, but that's a bit pejorative. Still I've summed up the article pretty much completely. So you don't have to read it yourselves. You're welcome. -- A newspaper is a device for making the ignorant more ignorant, and the cra

Re: A Glass Tea

2014-05-01 Thread John Francis
> > Russia, along with Ireland, is the last bastion of tea drinkers. . . Don't forget the Middle East. Around here (the SF Bay Area) we have a large number of middle eastern food stores (some Syrian, some Iranian, some Iraqi, and some who don't have any ethnicity discernible to a western eye).

Re: Spots still available for GFM

2014-05-01 Thread Mark Roberts
Never mind. It's sold out. -- 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.

GFM galleries by PDML'ers

2014-05-01 Thread Mark Roberts
By the way... I was just cleaning up the entry on my web site and started browsing old galleries from GFM. Great stuff by Cotty, Stan Halpin, Annsan, Dave Brooks, Bob Sullivan and Cory Waters. Have a look: http://www.robertstech.com/blog/?p=58#galleries -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml

Re: PESO: Last Magnolia

2014-05-01 Thread Jack Davis
IOW, expect the climate change cycle to continue. Yes, I'd read something about those surprising rain stats. I understand CA just experienced the driest winter season on record. Jack - Original Message - From: "Daniel J. Matyola" To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" Sent: Thursday, May 1, 20

Re: PESO - Park Geometry

2014-05-01 Thread Don Guthrie
There are a lot of lines & shapes. One could get lost in a photo like this & it justifies more than one look. pdml-requ...@pdml.net wrote: Message: 1 Date: Wed, 30 Apr 2014 20:43:31 -0400 From: Rick Womer To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: PESO - Park Geometry Message-ID:<432be3b2-a08e-4323-

Spots still available for GFM

2014-05-01 Thread Mark Roberts
I'm told there are a few spots open for the Nature Photography Weekend (May 30 through June 1). It's a good time and an amazing value ($115.00). It would be really great to see more PDML faces at this event. http://www.grandfather.com/events/nature-photography-weekend-2/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss

Re: A Glass Tea

2014-05-01 Thread Alan C
Thanks for the info, Dan. Very interesting. Tea is still big in SA too – about 50% Ceylon & 50% Rooibos (a local herbal tea). I’ve seen cheap varieties of podstakannik like glass holders here too – stainless steel if I remember correctly. On thing I can’t abide is tea in a take away plastic cup

Re: PESO: Last Magnolia

2014-05-01 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
Thanks, Jack! The storm here has been pretty bad, with a lot of flooding. I had to drive through about 10 inches of fast moving water to get home last night. It has been nothing like the tragedies that this same weather pattern caused in the Midwest and the South. The loss of life from all the t

Re: PESO: Last Magnolia

2014-05-01 Thread Jack Davis
My, that's a crisp image, Dan! Certainly does show what may be, at least, temporary damage. Look forward to your "Buds to Bloom" gallery. We could have used some of your "Hoarded" rain. Wondered why Cal was so dry this past winter. humm. Jack ;-) - Original Message - From: "Daniel

Re: The 6th PDML Photo Annual: Progress report

2014-05-01 Thread Ann Sanfedele
what Dave said ann On 5/1/2014 09:50, David J Brooks wrote: wonderful, looking forward to it Dave On Wed, Apr 30, 2014 at 10:00 PM, Mark Roberts wrote: Sorry I've been a bit incommunicado - end of semester chaos is taking place as usual. But... I did recently finish the 6th edition of the PD

PESO: Last Magnolia

2014-05-01 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
For this season, at least: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17753223 Comments are invited. We have had a tremendous amount of rain the past day and a half, and it has really beaten down the Magnolia Blossoms. Here is what it looked like this morning: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id

Re: The 6th PDML Photo Annual: Progress report

2014-05-01 Thread David J Brooks
wonderful, looking forward to it Dave On Wed, Apr 30, 2014 at 10:00 PM, Mark Roberts wrote: > Sorry I've been a bit incommunicado - end of semester chaos is taking > place as usual. But... I did recently finish the 6th edition of the > PDML Photo Annual and upload it to Blurb. My initial print s

Re: sale prices :-(

2014-05-01 Thread David J Brooks
On Thu, May 1, 2014 at 1:12 AM, Bill wrote: > On 30/04/2014 9:48 AM, David J Brooks wrote: >> >> On Wed, Apr 30, 2014 at 11:14 AM, Bill >> wrote: >>> >>> On 30/04/2014 8:12 AM, David J Brooks wrote: Wow, just had a peek at ebay sold listings on the D1 $65-150 bought for $ 50

Re: PESO Kat

2014-05-01 Thread Attila Boros
I'm blue da ba dee ... interesting hairstyle:) Looks very clean for ISO 6400, as Tim said, simple and nice. On Thu, May 1, 2014 at 4:07 AM, Bruce Walker wrote: > Another portrait of jewelry designer Kat, this time from the April 26 > Artisans of the Metropolis event. She's showing off one of her

Re: PESO - Park Geometry

2014-05-01 Thread Bob Sullivan
That long shadow of the tree dominates the image and brings the brick textures together. It's an interesting morning(?) shot. Regards, Bob S. On Wed, Apr 30, 2014 at 7:43 PM, Rick Womer wrote: > In Rittenhouse Square, Philly: > > http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17742770&size=lg > > or >

Re: Raspberry Nectar

2014-05-01 Thread Jack Davis
This happened to me due to "luck" meeting opportunity. Thanks, David! Jack - Original Message - From: "David Mann" To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" Sent: Wednesday, April 30, 2014 10:33:39 PM Subject: Re: Raspberry Nectar That's really well done to catch a flying bee in focus like that.

Re: Raspberry Nectar

2014-05-01 Thread Jack Davis
Appreciated comments, Alan. Thanks! Jack - Original Message - From: "Alan C" To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" Sent: Wednesday, April 30, 2014 9:17:48 PM Subject: Re: Raspberry Nectar Well caught, Jack. A bee's equivalent of docking at a space station? I've tried to get insect action sho

Re: PESO - Park Geometry

2014-05-01 Thread Richard Womer
Thanks, Jack! http://photo.net/photos/RickW On Wed, Apr 30, 2014 at 11:08 PM, Jack Davis wrote: > Love the movement in this image. > > Jack > > - Original Message - > From: "Rick Womer" > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" > Sent: Wednesday, April 30, 2014 5:43:31 PM > Subject: PESO - Park

Re: Raspberry Nectar

2014-05-01 Thread Bob W-PDML
On 1 May 2014, at 06:34, "David Mann" wrote: > > That's really well done to catch a flying bee in focus like that. > > We have a raspberry in the garden. It takes a bit of effort to keep the > thing under control. > Dip it in chocolate and eat it. That usually sorts the little buggers out.