PESO's - Eat Beef! and a Friend's Passing

2014-11-28 Thread Mark C
I learned on Wednesday that a childhood friend had passed way suddenly Tuesday morning, at the age of 57. Cripes - he was only 6 months older than me! We had had been inseparable in junior high school and high school, but had pretty much drifted apart in college and the adult years. As we wer

PESO: At the Snap

2014-11-28 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
Another motion blur experiment, more moderate than in my Backfield in Motion image. http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17914065 Comments are invited. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/

Re: PESO -- The Secret

2014-11-28 Thread P.J. Alling
I just tried opening the URL on Firefox and it opens fine. If I can't reproduce the problem I'm not sure how to solve it. On 11/28/2014 9:07 PM, Rick Womer wrote: The weird thing is I'm using Firefox, not Chrome. I don't understand what Chrome has to do with it at all. I thought that you mig

Re: PESO -- The Secret

2014-11-28 Thread P.J. Alling
I've been using the Pale Moon variation of FireFox, and it doesn't seem to have any issues. I don't have Firefox set up on my desktop, but I'll try it on my development machine and see if I can find the problem. I a number of browsers installed there for testing. On 11/28/2014 9:07 PM, Rick

Re: PESO -- The Secret

2014-11-28 Thread Rick Womer
The weird thing is I'm using Firefox, not Chrome. I don't understand what Chrome has to do with it at all. I thought that you might have an explanation, as an Information Services Professional. Rick On Nov 28, 2014, at 8:53 PM, P.J. Alling wrote: > Apparently Chrome doesn't trust Dropbox. I

Re: PESO: Touchdown Pass

2014-11-28 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
Thanks, Rick. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Fri, Nov 28, 2014 at 8:42 PM, Rick Womer wrote: > Nicely caught; it would benefit from some lightening of the shadow area > though. > > Rick > > On Nov 28, 2014, at 12:47 AM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: > >> http://phot

Re: PESO -- The Secret

2014-11-28 Thread P.J. Alling
Apparently Chrome doesn't trust Dropbox. I have no control, the actual page is simple HTML with no scripting at all. On 11/28/2014 8:40 PM, Rick Womer wrote: Peter, NoScript is blocking this as unsafe--"a potential cross-site scripting attempt (XSS) from [chrome]. What's up? Rick On Nov 2

PESO - Branch

2014-11-28 Thread Rick Womer
On my way to work early last week: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17912426&size=lg (K-5, DA 40/2.8) Comments appreciated! Rick -- 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

Re: PESO: Backfield in Motion

2014-11-28 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
Thank, Rick. I'm interested that the down marker is a big distraction for you; I thought it was an essential part of the scene. Obviously, it depends on your point of view. The players in "red" are actually in orange and black, the infamous Princeton Tigers. The good guys are the ones in white

Re: PESO: Touchdown Pass

2014-11-28 Thread Rick Womer
Nicely caught; it would benefit from some lightening of the shadow area though. Rick On Nov 28, 2014, at 12:47 AM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: > http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17913683&size=md > Comments are invited. > > Dan Matyola > http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola > >

Re: PESO -- The Secret

2014-11-28 Thread Rick Womer
Peter, NoScript is blocking this as unsafe--"a potential cross-site scripting attempt (XSS) from [chrome]. What's up? Rick On Nov 28, 2014, at 5:47 PM, P.J. Alling wrote: > A while ago I downloaded the Free DXOMark Optics Pro 8 package and finally > got around to processing an image with it.

Re: PESO: Backfield in Motion

2014-11-28 Thread Rick Womer
Dan, it's a good idea but it doesn't work for me. I think you have two things going on here, each of which merits its own pic: first, the receivers in white headed downfield with the red defensive backs waiting for them; second, the linesmen colliding while the quarterback waits for his moment.

Re: PESO: Backfield in Motion

2014-11-28 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
On Fri, Nov 28, 2014 at 3:07 PM, John wrote: > If memory serves, the old Mad Avenue saying was "run it up the flagpole & > see who salutes." Yes, that well-known phrase is what I was playing with in my original post. "I think it would work better if you'd panned with the four players in motion"

Re: PESO: Backfield in Motion

2014-11-28 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
Thanks, Godfrey. I understand your comment and, from an artistic point of view, I tend to agree with you. >From a thematic view, however, the image shows what I saw and wanted to depict. There is no motion blur in the fans or the players and coaches on the sidelines. There is just a touch of bl

Re: Sony a7ii puts the squeeze on a possible Pentax FF

2014-11-28 Thread Larry Colen
But will it stimulate your aperture? I have a couple of drawers worth of manual focus glass in a variety of mounts, so of I was willing to spend $1700 to be able to use several hundred dollars worth of obsolete lenses without buying film, this might be a good camera for me. On November 27, 201

Re: PESO -- The Secret

2014-11-28 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
I love the look in her eyes. Nice capture! Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Fri, Nov 28, 2014 at 5:47 PM, P.J. Alling wrote: > A while ago I downloaded the Free DXOMark Optics Pro 8 package and finally > got around to processing an image with it. This was taken

PESO -- The Secret

2014-11-28 Thread P.J. Alling
A while ago I downloaded the Free DXOMark Optics Pro 8 package and finally got around to processing an image with it. This was taken on Thanksgiving at the extended family get together. https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1604247/PESO/PESO%20---%20thesecret.html Equipment: Pentax K-5II w/smc

Re: PESO - Freeloader

2014-11-28 Thread Brian Walters
Quoting Igor PDML-StR : I also had to look up what that Anzac slice were. As for David's comparison to a biscuit, it depends on what one calls a biscuit. :-) I remember that several years ago, on this list, there was a thread with a list of various culinary items (including biscuits) tha

Re: PESO - Freeloader

2014-11-28 Thread Brian Walters
Quoting Mark C : Nice shot - love the contrasting colors. I also had to look up "Anzac slice." Hopefully there were leftovers when it was done. There were, but as another photo showed the little guy ...er, defecating on the slice, I decided to forego my snack. Not sure whether it was jus

Re: PESO: Backfield in Motion

2014-11-28 Thread Bob W-PDML
On 28 Nov 2014, at 20:08, John wrote: > >> On 11/28/2014 8:40 AM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: >> This is an experimental image, attempting to capture the "feeling" of >> the action at a football (American football, of course) game: >> >> http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17913765&size=lg >>

Re: PESO: Backfield in Motion

2014-11-28 Thread John
On 11/28/2014 8:40 AM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: This is an experimental image, attempting to capture the "feeling" of the action at a football (American football, of course) game: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17913765&size=lg I'm not sure how I feel about it, so I am running it up th

B&H selling Assailable Stellar for only twice what it's worth!

2014-11-28 Thread P.J. Alling
That's right a black Friday special of only $999.99 for a camera worth at most $400 based on it's current Sony sibling being old tech. But you'll save over $2300.00 Buy two they're small! http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/buy/hasselblad/Ntt/hasselblad+stellar+camera/N/0 -- I don't want to achieve

Re: PESO: Backfield in Motion

2014-11-28 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
The trouble with it for me is that there is no center to the motion that draws my eye and allows me to acquire a gestalt of the action. It seems too random, with blurred elements against crisp elements not telling a clear story. Interesting experiment, however. I would try more of it with diffe

Re: PESO - Freeloader

2014-11-28 Thread Mark C
Nice shot - love the contrasting colors. I also had to look up "Anzac slice." Hopefully there were leftovers when it was done. Mark On 11/25/2014 6:23 PM, Brian Walters wrote: G'day all There I was sitting down yesterday afternoon, cup of coffee in hand and Kindle open at my bookmarked place

PESO: Backfield in Motion

2014-11-28 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
This is an experimental image, attempting to capture the "feeling" of the action at a football (American football, of course) game: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17913765&size=lg I'm not sure how I feel about it, so I am running it up the flag pole to see whether it will draw flames. D

OT: Weird Signs

2014-11-28 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
http://www.budgettravel.com/slideshow/19-funny-travel-signs-from-around-the-world,12578/?src=ssrcrc 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 visi

Re: Sony a7ii puts the squeeze on a possible Pentax FF

2014-11-28 Thread Mark Roberts
On November 27, 2014 5:21:11 PM EST, Bill wrote: >On 27/11/2014 10:55 AM, J C OConnell wrote: >> I dont think the $1500 cameras are for beginners who dont know >anything >> about cameras and lenses. > >They may not "be for beginners" but beginners buy them in droves. I >hang >out ona forum dedica