Re: PESOs (2) - Wells Cloister

2015-06-10 Thread Bob W-PDML
Both nice, first one especially so. B > On 11 Jun 2015, at 01:04, Rick Womer wrote: > > I haven't gotten around to posting any UK pix apart from those from our White > Horse walk. > > Time to fix that with two from Wells Cathedral" > > http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=18036476 > >

Re: PESO - Stormtrooper on the web

2015-06-10 Thread Alan C
What an amazing creature. "Take me to your leader". Alan C -Original Message- From: Igor PDML-StR Sent: Thursday, June 11, 2015 6:23 AM To: PDML@pdml.net Subject: PESO - Stormtrooper on the web Warning: not for people with arachnophobia. Today, I saw a very unusual spider. It is cal

Re: PESO's - a couple macros

2015-06-10 Thread Alan C
Your macros never cease to amaze me. I don't even remember seeing so much detail under a dissecting microscope. Alan C -Original Message- From: Mark C Sent: Thursday, June 11, 2015 5:22 AM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: PESO's - a couple macros A common snipe fly - not one of

Re: Nice work if you can get it

2015-06-10 Thread Alan C
That's the way of the world. Palms need to be greased to get the tender in the first place. In SA the going rate for Gov't tenders is about 1 for the price of 3. No wonder they're broke. Alan C -Original Message- From: Sandy Harris Sent: Wednesday, June 10, 2015 3:28 PM To: Pentax-Di

Fw: PESO: Skink

2015-06-10 Thread Alan C
Link sorted. Seems the "@" caused blinking winks. Yes, Igor, they are quite snake like. There is another species with rudimentary legs which wriggles along much like a snake. Alan C A skink basking in the mid-morning sun. Scroll left for a close up. https://www.flickr.com/photos/wisselstroo

Re: Nice work if you can get it

2015-06-10 Thread Ken Waller
Comforting to hear that the U S gubment has company on outrageous expenditures. Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: "Larry Colen" Subject: Re: Nice work if you can get it But the photographer did not charge the ministers for the

Re: PESO's - a couple macros

2015-06-10 Thread Ken Waller
The common snipe fly image is really spectacular, but then it was done by Cassino ! Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: "Mark C" Subject: PESO's - a couple macros A common snipe fly - not one of the ornate ones: http://www.mar

PESO - Stormtrooper on the web

2015-06-10 Thread Igor PDML-StR
Warning: not for people with arachnophobia. Today, I saw a very unusual spider. It is called "spiny orb weaver", but it looks like a stormtrooper: http://42graphy.org/misc/2015-06-10-spider/ The second photo shows the unusually colorful butt (and you might be able to see even the tiny thread

Re: Nice work if you can get it

2015-06-10 Thread Bill
On 10/06/2015 10:02 PM, Larry Colen wrote: But the photographer did not charge the ministers for the photos of then with their mistresses. Jesus Christ, there is already one woman who will fuck the Prime Minister. Please don't tell me there are two. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML

Re: Nice work if you can get it

2015-06-10 Thread Larry Colen
But the photographer did not charge the ministers for the photos of then with their mistresses. On June 10, 2015 6:28:01 AM MST, Sandy Harris wrote: >The Canadian government recently spent over $2.3 million to photograph >cabinet ministers. >http://www.ipolitics.ca/2015/02/19/clement-defends-2-

Re: PESO's - a couple macros

2015-06-10 Thread Darren Addy
Good lord! Is it my imagination, or do your macro's magnification keep inching up? Amazing! On Wed, Jun 10, 2015 at 10:22 PM, Mark C wrote: > A common snipe fly - not one of the ornate ones: > > http://www.markcassino.com/b2evolution/index.php/common-snipe-fly-rhagio-mystaceus > > A four lined p

Re: PESO: Dodge County Barn

2015-06-10 Thread Darren Addy
Thanks to everyone for the comments and encouragement! On Wed, Jun 10, 2015 at 10:13 PM, Mark C wrote: > That's a real beauty. As others have remared - very worthwhile project. It > seems that a lot of barns have reached the end of their structural lives and > it seems that every few days I notic

PESO's - a couple macros

2015-06-10 Thread Mark C
A common snipe fly - not one of the ornate ones: http://www.markcassino.com/b2evolution/index.php/common-snipe-fly-rhagio-mystaceus A four lined plant bug - ghastly bugs that are eating up my garden: http://www.markcassino.com/b2evolution/index.php/four-lined-plant-bug-poecilocapsus Click on e

Re: PESO: Dodge County Barn

2015-06-10 Thread Mark C
That's a real beauty. As others have remared - very worthwhile project. It seems that a lot of barns have reached the end of their structural lives and it seems that every few days I notice yet another once majestic barn that has collapsed into ruin. On 6/8/2015 5:03 PM, Darren Addy wrote: I'

Re: Peso-Great Egret

2015-06-10 Thread Jack Davis
Generous words, Mark. Much appreciated! J - Original Message - From: "Mark C" To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" Sent: Wednesday, June 10, 2015 7:49:59 PM Subject: Re: Peso-Great Egret Magnificent bird, very well captured! Nice work. Mark On 6/7/2015 9:48 AM, Jack Davis wrote: > > My bir

Re: PESOs (2) - Wells Cloister

2015-06-10 Thread Jack Davis
Nice work, Rick! J - Original Message - From: "Rick Womer" To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" Sent: Wednesday, June 10, 2015 5:04:24 PM Subject: PESOs (2) - Wells Cloister I haven't gotten around to posting any UK pix apart from those from our White Horse walk. Time to fix that with two

Re: Nice work if you can get it

2015-06-10 Thread Bill
On 10/06/2015 7:45 AM, Bruce Walker wrote: No. Karsh charged a great deal for portraits. And he did such assignments as this, shooting all the mucky mucks in Parliament. Karsh was pretty much a very well paid superstar photographer. At his peak he lived in a suite of rooms at the Chateau Laurier

Re: PESOs (2) - Wells Cloister

2015-06-10 Thread Mark C
Interesting subject - great contrast between the lines of the leaded glass and the curves in the stone arches. The first one verges on abstract. Nice shots. Mark On 6/10/2015 8:04 PM, Rick Womer wrote: I haven't gotten around to posting any UK pix apart from those from our White Horse walk.

Re: Peso-Great Egret

2015-06-10 Thread Mark C
Magnificent bird, very well captured! Nice work. Mark On 6/7/2015 9:48 AM, Jack Davis wrote: My bird book describes this as a "Great Egret." (I'm not judging my own stuff.) Thought this too far away for the DA55~300, but the detail in this fairly heavily cropped image surprises me. C&C? J

Re: PESO: Skink

2015-06-10 Thread Mark C
Nice shots. Looks very similar to the sole species of skink I sometimes see locally - I was happy to see one last Friday, first one I've spotted in a few years. Mark On 6/10/2015 3:09 PM, Alan C wrote: A skink basking in the mid-morning sun. Scroll left for a close up. https://www.flickr.c

Re: Small batch of GFM photos

2015-06-10 Thread Rick Womer
You're wrong. It's not fun. You're Suffering for Your Art. (Of course, you a masochist... it's complicated.) Rick On Jun 10, 2015, at 4:05 PM, Mark Roberts wrote: > ann sanfedele wrote: > >> as you know since you had it on facebook, I love the moody mountain >> shot, the "not a volcano next,

Peso, one shall pass

2015-06-10 Thread David J Brooks
A single Clematis flower pokes through the fence http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=18036928 Dave -- Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ York Region, Ontario, Canada -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.n

PESOs (2) - Wells Cloister

2015-06-10 Thread Rick Womer
I haven't gotten around to posting any UK pix apart from those from our White Horse walk. Time to fix that with two from Wells Cathedral" http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=18036476 and http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=18036475&size=lg (K-5, DA 16-45) Comments appreciated! Rick

Re: Small batch of GFM photos

2015-06-10 Thread David J Brooks
They are so neat to shoot in their area On Tue, Jun 9, 2015 at 7:26 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote: > Excellent! Love the otter. > > Paul via phone > >> On Jun 9, 2015, at 7:07 PM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: >> >> Splendid little gallery. >> >> Dan Matyola >> http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljm

Re: PESO: Skink

2015-06-10 Thread Igor PDML-StR
Blink ... Ken Waller Wed, 10 Jun 2015 13:01:43 -0700 wrote: I think there's a rinky-dink kink in the skink link, you fink! Wink, Wink Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: "Bob W-PDML" Subject: Re: PESO: Skink I thin

Re: Creative Cloud on my system

2015-06-10 Thread Eric Weir
> On Jun 10, 2015, at 2:01 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: > > No reason not to use it ... It's the only way to do a clean uninstall of CC. > I used it myself (I'd done a trial of Acrobat and decided against it). > > If you're not subscribing to CC, all that having it there will do is annoy > you

Re: Creative Cloud on my system

2015-06-10 Thread Eric Weir
> On Jun 10, 2015, at 1:31 PM, John wrote: > > I think Adobe uses the Creative Cloud system to deliver updates, patches, > bug-fixes etc to the stand-alone products. Thanks, John. I think it does, if it's installed. Not certain, but I sense, though, that it's not essential, that without it yo

Re: PESO: Skink

2015-06-10 Thread Jack Davis
Well caught images, Alan! J - Original Message - From: "Alan C" To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" Sent: Wednesday, June 10, 2015 12:09:08 PM Subject: PESO: Skink A skink basking in the mid-morning sun. Scroll left for a close up. https://www.flickr.com/photos/wisselstroom/18655858276/in/

Re: Small batch of GFM photos

2015-06-10 Thread Bruce Walker
On Wed, Jun 10, 2015 at 4:05 PM, Mark Roberts wrote: > I've come to believe that one should > never discount the amount of fun one has making a photo, popular > opinion of the results be damned! If not a Mark!, certainly an Amen! -- -bmw -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://

Re: Small batch of GFM photos

2015-06-10 Thread ann sanfedele
Ha! I agree! and I have plenty of those in my drawers of chromes to prove I do :-) ann On 6/10/2015 4:05 PM, Mark Roberts wrote: ann sanfedele wrote: as you know since you had it on facebook, I love the moody mountain shot, the "not a volcano next, and who doesn't love otters? You otter ta

Re: Small batch of GFM photos

2015-06-10 Thread Ken Waller
I've come to believe that one should never discount the amount of fun one has making a photo, popular opinion of the results be damned! Sounds like a MARK , MARK Words of wisdom... Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: "Mark Robe

Re: Small batch of GFM photos

2015-06-10 Thread Mark Roberts
ann sanfedele wrote: >as you know since you had it on facebook, I love the moody mountain >shot, the "not a volcano next, and who doesn't love otters? >You otter take more of shots of them :-) The watery ones are pretty but >not as wow-ful as the moody mountain... I know what you mean about

Re: PESO: Skink

2015-06-10 Thread Ken Waller
I think there's a rinky-dink kink in the skink link, you fink! Wink, Wink Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: "Bob W-PDML" Subject: Re: PESO: Skink I think there's a rinky-dink kink in the skink link, you fink! On 10 Jun

Re: PESO: Skink

2015-06-10 Thread Bob W-PDML
I think there's a rinky-dink kink in the skink link, you fink! > On 10 Jun 2015, at 20:44, Ken Waller wrote: > > This is what I get - > > "Bad, bad panda! > Come on. We want photos. > We're aware of the problem and are fixing it. Thanks for your patience. > 2015-06-10-1757d091" > > > Kenn

Re: PESO: Skink

2015-06-10 Thread Ken Waller
This is what I get - "Bad, bad panda! Come on. We want photos. We're aware of the problem and are fixing it. Thanks for your patience. 2015-06-10-1757d091" Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: "Igor PDML-StR" Subject: Re: PESO: Sk

PESO -- The Angels want to wear my red shoes.

2015-06-10 Thread P.J. Alling
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1604247/PESO/PESO%20--%20%20tawtwmrs.html Equipment: Pentax K-5II w/smc Pentax FA 43mm f1.9 Limited. As usual comments are welcome but may be totally ignored. -- I don't want to achieve immortality through my work; I want to achieve immortality through not d

Re: PESO: Skink

2015-06-10 Thread Igor PDML-StR
Alan, I suspect the correct link should be: https://www.flickr.com/photos/wisselstroom/18655858276/in/dateposted-public/ (without the "@") Nice capture of a shiny creature. What is a bit surprising to me is the almost snake-like body, i.e. without the variation of the width and/or any type of

Re: Flickr as backup

2015-06-10 Thread Igor PDML-StR
I was exhausted scrolling down the webpage... and still couldn't find what it costs.. I am rather sceptical about companies using cookie-cutter-type websites which indicates they cannot or are not willing to hire a good web designer. It's weird to see that from a 14-y.o. company with this pr

PESO: Skink

2015-06-10 Thread Alan C
A skink basking in the mid-morning sun. Scroll left for a close up. https://www.flickr.com/photos/wisselstroom/18655858276/in/dateposted-public/@ K7 with the HD 55-300 @ f8 Alan C --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus -- PDM

Re: Flickr as backup

2015-06-10 Thread Eric Featherstone
On 10 June 2015 at 17:53, Eric Weir wrote: > I’d like to take advantage of Flickr’s 1000 GB of free storage to backup my > photo files, but I wouldn’t want all of them to go into my photostream. Two > questions: [1] Is using Flickr as backup realistic in the first place? [2] Is > it possible to

annsan is a happy camper

2015-06-10 Thread ann sanfedele
Especially for Paul Sorenson to note - I found the text outline tool! Another one of those things where from one version to later ones they have to change the names of things. Under "effects" then under "Layer styles" select "strokes" and instead of just one outline box to click on, you ha

Re: Small batch of GFM photos

2015-06-10 Thread ann sanfedele
as you know since you had it on facebook, I love the moody mountain shot, the "not a volcano next, and who doesn't love otters? You otter take more of shots of them :-) The watery ones are pretty but not as wow-ful as the moody mountain... I miss GFM ann On 6/9/2015 3:46 PM, Mark Roberts

Re: Creative Cloud on my system

2015-06-10 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
No reason not to use it ... It's the only way to do a clean uninstall of CC. I used it myself (I'd done a trial of Acrobat and decided against it). If you're not subscribing to CC, all that having it there will do is annoy you with suggestions to subscribe anyway. Godfrey > On Jun 10, 2015,

Re: Flickr as backup

2015-06-10 Thread John
[1] No. [2] Not really, although you can set the images as private so no one else can see them. Several persons whose expertise I respect have suggested CrashPlan. http://www.code42.com/crashplan/ On 6/10/2015 12:53 PM, Eric Weir wrote: I’d like to take advantage of Flickr’s 1000 GB of free

Re: Creative Cloud on my system

2015-06-10 Thread John
I think Adobe uses the Creative Cloud system to deliver updates, patches, bug-fixes etc to the stand-alone products. On 6/10/2015 12:34 PM, Eric Weir wrote: Recently I upgraded to standalone Lightroom 6. Somehow in the process Creative Cloud-related folders and software got installed on my syst

Interesting presentation of Before and After photos of Moscow

2015-06-10 Thread Igor PDML-StR
The Guardian published a curious set of "paired" photos: http://gu.com/p/49hnq/sbl At least in one photo ("Skiers in front of ..." -- the 2nd to the last), the vantage point is different... So, it's a bit of "cheating". And I am not sure why they couldn't photograph it in 2015 from the origina

Re: Flickr as backup

2015-06-10 Thread Igor PDML-StR
Eric, From what I know, you can make photos private on Flickr. So, that should resolve your issue (2). Just make the "backups" private. I suspect, however, there is no way to clearly separate "backups" area from the rest. I am not using Flickr myself (my wife does), - so, I don't know if y

Flickr as backup

2015-06-10 Thread Eric Weir
I’d like to take advantage of Flickr’s 1000 GB of free storage to backup my photo files, but I wouldn’t want all of them to go into my photostream. Two questions: [1] Is using Flickr as backup realistic in the first place? [2] Is it possible to keep backups and photostream separate? Thanks, --

Creative Cloud on my system

2015-06-10 Thread Eric Weir
Recently I upgraded to standalone Lightroom 6. Somehow in the process Creative Cloud-related folders and software got installed on my system. One of them has a Creative Cloud uninstaller. At this point I am not interested in Creative Cloud and prefer not to have software and files that I don’t u

Re: Nice work if you can get it

2015-06-10 Thread Bruce Walker
No. Karsh charged a great deal for portraits. And he did such assignments as this, shooting all the mucky mucks in Parliament. Karsh was pretty much a very well paid superstar photographer. At his peak he lived in a suite of rooms at the Chateau Laurier, a still prestigious hotel in Ottawa. The L

Re: Priolite High Speed Sync for Pentax

2015-06-10 Thread Bruce Walker
Very cool. Pricing is right in line with Profoto's battery monolight, the D1. The D1 can do HSS but only with Canon and Nikon. This could very well help increase penetration of the 645Z into the fashion, portrait and wedding markets. On Tue, Jun 9, 2015 at 11:51 PM, John wrote: > http://petapixel

Nice work if you can get it

2015-06-10 Thread Sandy Harris
The Canadian government recently spent over $2.3 million to photograph cabinet ministers. http://www.ipolitics.ca/2015/02/19/clement-defends-2-3-million-to-photograph-cabinet-ministers/ Am I right in thinking that most pros would be happy to do portraits for a few $hundred a subject and no-one, no

Re: Priolite High Speed Sync for Pentax

2015-06-10 Thread Larry Colen
John wrote: http://petapixel.com/2015/06/09/priolite-brings-18000s-flash-sync-speeds-to-pentax-cameras/ Expensive though. It only exceeds my budget by a single order of magnitude. -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com (postbox on min4est) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http