Re: PESO: Toll Booth

2015-06-23 Thread Philip Northeast
Pretty fancy toll booth. Philip Northeast www.aviewfinderdarkly.com.au On 24/06/2015 2:52 pm, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=18044342&size=lg K-5 II S, DA 18-135 zoom Comments are invited. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola -- PDM

Re: PESO: Toll Booth

2015-06-23 Thread David Mann
Did the guy on the bike have to pay a toll? Toll roads around here are very rare indeed. There used to be an old toll booth at the entrance to the Lyttelton tunnel but it was either never used, or decommissioned once the tunnel had paid for itself. It stood there until an earthquake occurred

Re: PESO - Earwig

2015-06-23 Thread Mark C
Thanks, Dan! I always wanted to see one of these close up. Now that I have...I won't be looking again. Mark On 6/23/2015 8:28 AM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: Yet another compelling macro. You are doing some spectacular work in this series, Mark. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/dan

Re: I *must* have this lens...

2015-06-23 Thread David Mann
That’s very cool but I don’t think I’d have the patience to use it. I have enough trouble casting shadows on my subjects with the FA 100mm Macro. I could only imagine the struggle with something that physically wide at 4.7mm distance! Kudos to them for using cats in their sample photos, too :D

PESO: Toll Booth

2015-06-23 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
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Re: PESOs (2) - The Weir

2015-06-23 Thread Alan C
More great images, Rick. I did further research - the canal bypasses the city centre via a formidable series of locks. You'd need to be very fit to tackle that lot. The water level at the weir is maintained by a sluice. I see canoeists shoot the weir. Alan C -Original Message- From:

Re: OT: Bad news for hipsters

2015-06-23 Thread Knarf
Ann, My sentence should have read: "What do you mean by that last sentence, John?" A smiley would have let everyone know I "got it", but where's the fun in that? Cheers, frank On 23 June, 2015 3:39:28 PM EDT, ann sanfedele wrote: >John - shall I explain it to him? > >OK... > >Frank, the hea

Re: PESO: f/1.8 and Be There

2015-06-23 Thread Knarf
Stunning! Cheers, frank On 23 June, 2015 9:21:47 AM EDT, Darren Addy wrote: >Got a Red Alert from the UK early yesterday afternoon, meaning auroras >were active. Problem for me was, the auroras would need still need to >be active when it got dark, and preferably near midnight to 1 AM when >the

Re: f/1.8 and Be There

2015-06-23 Thread Ken Waller
Very nice capture. Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: "Darren Addy" Subject: PESO: f/1.8 and Be There Got a Red Alert from the UK early yesterday afternoon, meaning auroras were active. Problem for me was, the auroras would nee

Re: I *must* have this lens...

2015-06-23 Thread Zos Xavius
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Re: PESO: f/1.8 and Be There

2015-06-23 Thread Mark C
Great shots, Darren. We had a great light show here last night as thunderstorms and (maybe) a tornado passed through - nothing as cool as what you saw! On 6/23/2015 9:21 AM, Darren Addy wrote: Got a Red Alert from the UK early yesterday afternoon, meaning auroras were active. Problem for me wa

RE: Is Windo2ws 10 worth it?

2015-06-23 Thread John Coyle
As far as I've seen reported so far, it's a genuine upgrade. I've had the notification from Microsoft that I'm eligible, and have accepted the offer, the new software will be downloaded when it's actually available, later this year. There don't seem to be any issues to consider, W7 and later P

Re: PESOs (2) - The Weir

2015-06-23 Thread ann sanfedele
Love these two ann On 6/23/2015 8:48 PM, Rick Womer wrote: Just below the Pulteney Bridge in Bath is The Weir, built in the 1970s for flood control. Herewith two views: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=18043350&size=lg and http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=18043351&size=lg (

Re: PESO: f/1.8 and Be There

2015-06-23 Thread Rick Womer
Beautiful, Darren! I've only seen the aurora once, in about 1970 in New Hampshire--never since. There were rippling curtains of these colors, plus white, racing across the sky. Amazing. Cheers, Rick On Jun 23, 2015, at 9:21 AM, Darren Addy wrote: > Got a Red Alert from the UK early yesterday

PESOs (2) - The Weir

2015-06-23 Thread Rick Womer
Just below the Pulteney Bridge in Bath is The Weir, built in the 1970s for flood control. Herewith two views: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=18043350&size=lg and http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=18043351&size=lg (Both K-5, DA 16-45) In response to an earlier query, there are

Re: PESO: f/1.8 and Be There

2015-06-23 Thread Larry Colen
I thought I chimed in on how nice those are, but I guess I just forwarded them to Zab. I envy both the shots and the sight. I've never seen the Aurora. Darren Addy wrote: Got a Red Alert from the UK early yesterday afternoon, meaning auroras were active. Problem for me was, the auroras would

Re: OT: Is Windo2ws 10 worth it?

2015-06-23 Thread Zos Xavius
You'll have a year to decide. My advice: let the early adopters shake out the release for a while before you decide to take the plunge. You can also image your drive and revert, but there is always the outside chance that something goes wrong. On Tue, Jun 23, 2015 at 7:31 PM, Bill wrote: > I just

Re: I *must* have this lens...

2015-06-23 Thread Yolanda Rowe
OOPS! Bruce, I was laughing so hard that I hit send on a blank message. Yonnie On Tue, Jun 23, 2015 at 7:34 PM, Bruce Walker wrote: > On Tue, Jun 23, 2015 at 8:25 PM, Yolanda Rowe wrote: >> >> Darn it! I thought I was done with LBA > > Oh, how we all laughed ... > > -- > -bmw > > -- > PDML Pen

Re: I *must* have this lens...

2015-06-23 Thread Yolanda Rowe
On Tue, Jun 23, 2015 at 7:34 PM, Bruce Walker wrote: > On Tue, Jun 23, 2015 at 8:25 PM, Yolanda Rowe wrote: >> >> Darn it! I thought I was done with LBA > > Oh, how we all laughed ... > > -- > -bmw > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml

Re: I *must* have this lens...

2015-06-23 Thread Bruce Walker
On Tue, Jun 23, 2015 at 8:25 PM, Yolanda Rowe wrote: > > Darn it! I thought I was done with LBA Oh, how we all laughed ... -- -bmw -- 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 a

Re: I *must* have this lens...

2015-06-23 Thread Yolanda Rowe
Completely drool-worthy! Darn it! I thought I was done with LBA Yonnie On Tue, Jun 23, 2015 at 2:21 PM, Larry Colen wrote: > Dayum! That looks like fun. And full frame compatible too. > I wonder what Mark C could do with that on a reverse mount. > > On June 23, 2015 11:40:02 AM PDT, Darren Addy

Re: PESO: f/1.8 and Be There

2015-06-23 Thread Yolanda Rowe
These are gorgeous shots, Darren. Thanks for sharing them with those of us who live too far south (and were under cloud cover to boot). Yonnie On Tue, Jun 23, 2015 at 3:59 PM, Charles Robinson wrote: > >> On Jun 23, 2015, at 08:21 , Darren Addy wrote: >> >> Got a Red Alert from the UK early yes

OT: Is Windo2ws 10 worth it?

2015-06-23 Thread Bill
I just got an offer from Microsoft to upgrade for free from Win7 Ultimate to Win 10 when it comes out. Any Windows gurus know if it's really an upgrade? Overall I'm pretty happy with Win7. thanks bill -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.ne

July PUG Count Down

2015-06-23 Thread Brian Walters
G'day all The July PUG is off to a slow start. Actually, let me rephrase that. The July PUG is off to a no start! But I anticipate a late rush. Theme: Open Gallery - anything you like. Anything at all. Anything... Nom. Closing Date: 30 June As usual submit here: http://pug.komkon.org/su

Re: PESO: f/1.8 and Be There

2015-06-23 Thread Charles Robinson
> On Jun 23, 2015, at 08:21 , Darren Addy wrote: > > Got a Red Alert from the UK early yesterday afternoon, meaning auroras > were active. Problem for me was, the auroras would need still need to > be active when it got dark, and preferably near midnight to 1 AM when > the central bulge would be

Re: OT: Bad news for hipsters

2015-06-23 Thread ann sanfedele
John - shall I explain it to him? OK... Frank, the headline should have read " Doctors Say Skinny Jeans Can Lead to Nerve and Muscle Damage" to make John's teacher happy. She would not have approved of his tag line either, methinks. Missed John's joke, Frank did ann On 6/23/2015 2:42 PM

Re: I *must* have this lens...

2015-06-23 Thread Larry Colen
Dayum! That looks like fun. And full frame compatible too. I wonder what Mark C could do with that on a reverse mount. On June 23, 2015 11:40:02 AM PDT, Darren Addy wrote: >This lens makes images unlike anything I've ever seen before. I'm an >ultrawide guy anyway, so having the ability to includ

Re: PESO - Saturday Morning

2015-06-23 Thread Knarf
In the mornings. Afternoons and evenings it's beer. ;-) Cheers, frank On 23 June, 2015 8:31:28 AM EDT, "Daniel J. Matyola" wrote: >On Mon, Jun 22, 2015 at 10:34 PM, Knarf >wrote: >> an al fresco espresso > >Ah, so that's what they drink in the Great White North, eh? > > >Dan Matyola >http:

Re: OT: Bad news for hipsters

2015-06-23 Thread Knarf
By that last sentence, what do you mean, John? Cheers, frank On 23 June, 2015 12:39:14 PM EDT, John wrote: >"Skinny Jeans Can Lead to Nerve and Muscle Damage, Doctors Say" > >http://abcnews.go.com/Health/fashion-victims-skinny-jeans-led-dangerous-compartment-syndrome/story?id=31965813 > >Bad n

I *must* have this lens...

2015-06-23 Thread Darren Addy
This lens makes images unlike anything I've ever seen before. I'm an ultrawide guy anyway, so having the ability to include close focus ability like this would be awesome. It is relatively affordable AND will be available in K-mount. What can I sell? Hm. http://petapixel.com/2015/06/23/the-ven

Re: PESO - Night on the River, Bath

2015-06-23 Thread Alan C
Yes, quite a sight to behold. Are there locks to the right? I was there once in the day & found it just as you described. Alan C -Original Message- From: Rick Womer Sent: Tuesday, June 23, 2015 2:16 AM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: PESO - Night on the River, Bath We weren't b

Re: GESO The Red Elvises at Moe's Alley

2015-06-23 Thread Alan C
Not my scene at all but the shots are brilliant. Dejah & Dregas, eh! Alan C -Original Message- From: Larry Colen Sent: Tuesday, June 23, 2015 6:47 AM To: Pentax-Discuss List Subject: GESO The Red Elvises at Moe's Alley If you get a chance to see the Red Elvises, I highly recommend it.

Re: PESO: f/1.8 and Be There

2015-06-23 Thread Alan C
I'll add to the accolades, Darren. Your wonderful shots are probably as close as I'll get to seeing an aurora. Alan C -Original Message- From: Darren Addy Sent: Tuesday, June 23, 2015 3:21 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: PESO: f/1.8 and Be There Got a Red Alert from the UK

Re: PESO: America the Beautiful

2015-06-23 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
Seems to me it was a bad plan from the conception. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Tue, Jun 23, 2015 at 12:22 PM, John wrote: > Seems to me it's the contractor's responsibility to make it right. > > > On 6/22/2015 9:11 PM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: >> >> Thanks, A

Re: How do the different subdirectories work on the SD card?

2015-06-23 Thread John Francis
The *ist-D definitely did it. In fact it pretty much had to; with FAT16 formatting of the media cards you could only have a maximum of 512 files in a single folder. FAT16 had a maximum partition size of 2GB, but that wasn't a problem back in those days; it was only towards to the end of its life

Re: PESO: f/1.8 and Be There

2015-06-23 Thread Bob Sullivan
Darren, Great to see and catch. Wow! Regards, Bob S. On Tue, Jun 23, 2015 at 8:21 AM, Darren Addy wrote: > Got a Red Alert from the UK early yesterday afternoon, meaning auroras > were active. Problem for me was, the auroras would need still need to > be active when it got dark, and preferably

Re: GESO intro/extrospection & a Father's Day connection

2015-06-23 Thread Larry Colen
Your pictures are, as usual, exemplary. I entirely understand your ambivalence towards your father. The details of my struggles with mine are different, but very similar. He's the one that started me in photography, and although he tried to dissuade me from engineering for his own reasons, I

OT: Bad news for hipsters

2015-06-23 Thread John
"Skinny Jeans Can Lead to Nerve and Muscle Damage, Doctors Say" http://abcnews.go.com/Health/fashion-victims-skinny-jeans-led-dangerous-compartment-syndrome/story?id=31965813 Bad news for my high school English teacher, also. Made her nuts, that headline would have. -- Science - Questions we ma

Re: GESO The Red Elvises at Moe's Alley

2015-06-23 Thread Larry Colen
Ken Waller wrote: Great collection! You sure nailed the exposures - was it only stage lighting? Thanks Ken, Burce, Dan, Ann, Paul, and everyone else who looked and replied. I actually put a lot of effort into getting a photo of the lighting, reflected in Dejah's glasses: https://www.flickr

Re: GESO The Red Elvises at Moe's Alley

2015-06-23 Thread Larry Colen
Knarf wrote: Wow, these are great shots, Larry. There seem to be a disproportionate number of photos of female band members. Well done! ;-) Thanks Frank. There is the detail that besides Igor, the other five members of the band were women. -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com (postbox on

Re: PESO: More Devon Coast

2015-06-23 Thread John
Oui. C'est un jeu de mots Français. On 6/22/2015 9:22 PM, John Coyle wrote: "La mére" pour la maman, "le mer" pour l'océan! Je m'excuse... John in Brisbane (Donné l'absence de Bob W) -Original Message- From: PDML [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of John Sent: Monday, 22 Ju

Re: PESO: America the Beautiful

2015-06-23 Thread John
Seems to me it's the contractor's responsibility to make it right. On 6/22/2015 9:11 PM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: Thanks, Ann, Bob and Alan. The reflecting pool is a mess. Yes, Bob, there is some pollen there, but most of it is algae and pond scum/ The situation is disgraceful. It's bad enou

Re: GESO The Red Elvises at Moe's Alley

2015-06-23 Thread ann sanfedele
I agree with Ken - of course I never heard of the Red Elvises and expected to see a series of Elvis figurines garishly colored :-) Instead of real people garishly lit ann On 6/23/2015 10:38 AM, Ken Waller wrote: Great collection! You sure nailed the exposures - was it only stage lighting? -

Re: GESO The Red Elvises at Moe's Alley

2015-06-23 Thread Bruce Walker
Judging by this gallery that must have been one hell of an entertaining show. And that speaks to both the band and your terrific shots, Larry. These are, photographically, in the pocket. On Tue, Jun 23, 2015 at 12:47 AM, Larry Colen wrote: > If you get a chance to see the Red Elvises, I highly r

Re: GESO The Red Elvises at Moe's Alley

2015-06-23 Thread Ken Waller
Great collection! You sure nailed the exposures - was it only stage lighting? -Original Message- >From: Larry Colen >Subject: GESO The Red Elvises at Moe's Alley > >If you get a chance to see the Red Elvises, I highly recommend it. They >put on a very fun show. Igor calls their music

Re: GESO intro/extrospection & a Father's Day connection

2015-06-23 Thread Bruce Walker
Thank you very much, John! On Mon, Jun 22, 2015 at 9:11 PM, John Coyle wrote: > Wow - Dorrie and your photography are both fulfilling what I hoped for when > you first showed a shot > of her! Great stuff Bruce, and very well interpreted by Dorrie. > > > John in Brisbane > > > > -Original M

Re: PESO: f/1.8 and Be There

2015-06-23 Thread Paul
They both deserve a huge *WOW*. What colors!! -p On 6/23/2015 8:21 AM, Darren Addy wrote: Got a Red Alert from the UK early yesterday afternoon, meaning auroras were active. Problem for me was, the auroras would need still need to be active when it got dark, and preferably near midnight to 1 A

Re: PESO: f/1.8 and Be There

2015-06-23 Thread Jack Davis
Saw more wimpy versions of the aurora display when living in south western Iowa just a few miles north of the Missouri border. J Sent from my iPhone > On Jun 23, 2015, at 6:50 AM, ann sanfedele wrote: > > what a treat! I like the landscape oriented one slightly more than the > vertical bec

PESO 2015 - 108 - GDG

2015-06-23 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
Oh Walk through quiet olive grove Sun, slowly, behind fog, Begins https://flic.kr/p/v4Ruyh enjoy G -- 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.

Re: PESO: f/1.8 and Be There

2015-06-23 Thread ann sanfedele
what a treat! I like the landscape oriented one slightly more than the vertical because it stresses the expanse... ann On 6/23/2015 9:21 AM, Darren Addy wrote: Got a Red Alert from the UK early yesterday afternoon, meaning auroras were active. Problem for me was, the auroras would need still

Re: PESO: f/1.8 and Be There

2015-06-23 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
Amazing! That certainly was worth staying up late for. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Tue, Jun 23, 2015 at 9:21 AM, Darren Addy wrote: > Got a Red Alert from the UK early yesterday afternoon, meaning auroras > were active. Problem for me was, the auroras would n

Re: PESO: f/1.8 and Be There

2015-06-23 Thread paul stenquist
Wow! Great stuff! Paul > On Jun 23, 2015, at 9:21 AM, Darren Addy wrote: > > Got a Red Alert from the UK early yesterday afternoon, meaning auroras > were active. Problem for me was, the auroras would need still need to > be active when it got dark, and preferably near midnight to 1 AM when > th

PESO: f/1.8 and Be There

2015-06-23 Thread Darren Addy
Got a Red Alert from the UK early yesterday afternoon, meaning auroras were active. Problem for me was, the auroras would need still need to be active when it got dark, and preferably near midnight to 1 AM when the central bulge would be pointing at me (opposite the sun). The aurora forecast looked

Re: Photojournalism ethics exhibit

2015-06-23 Thread ann sanfedele
Thanks for link, Larry - good stuff ann On 6/23/2015 2:33 AM, Larry Colen wrote: Interesting blogpost in the New York Times about an exhibit showing altered photojournalistic images: http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/06/16/posing-questions-of-photographic-ethics/?WT.mc_id=2015-KWP-AUD_DEV&WT

Re: GESO The Red Elvises at Moe's Alley

2015-06-23 Thread Paul Stenquist
Nice set. Great job with the render. Paul via phone > On Jun 23, 2015, at 8:21 AM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: > > Incredible images, especially in that kind of lighting. > > Dan Matyola > http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola > > >> On Tue, Jun 23, 2015 at 12:47 AM, Larry Colen wro

Re: PESO - Saturday Morning

2015-06-23 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
On Mon, Jun 22, 2015 at 10:34 PM, Knarf wrote: > an al fresco espresso Ah, so that's what they drink in the Great White North, eh? Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSU

Re: PESO - Earwig

2015-06-23 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
Yet another compelling macro. You are doing some spectacular work in this series, Mark. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Tue, Jun 23, 2015 at 1:23 AM, Mark C wrote: > http://www.markcassino.com/b2evolution/index.php/earwig > > An earwig. Not as cute as the firefl

Re: PESO - Night on the River, Bath

2015-06-23 Thread Rick Womer
My version coming anon. On Jun 22, 2015, at 9:40 PM, Mark Roberts wrote: > A classic Bath photo: > http://www.robertstech.com/pages/fotoblog/7d005607.htm > > > -- > Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia > www.robertstech.com > > > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.ne

Re: GESO The Red Elvises at Moe's Alley

2015-06-23 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
Incredible images, especially in that kind of lighting. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Tue, Jun 23, 2015 at 12:47 AM, Larry Colen wrote: > If you get a chance to see the Red Elvises, I highly recommend it. They put > on a very fun show. Igor calls their music

Re: GESO The Red Elvises at Moe's Alley

2015-06-23 Thread Knarf
Wow, these are great shots, Larry. There seem to be a disproportionate number of photos of female band members. Well done! ;-) Cheers, frank On 23 June, 2015 12:47:21 AM EDT, Larry Colen wrote: >If you get a chance to see the Red Elvises, I highly recommend it. >They >put on a very fun sho

Re: GESO The Red Elvises at Moe's Alley

2015-06-23 Thread Larry Colen
Malcolm Smith wrote: Larry Colen wrote: Thanks. The most important thing is to shoot in manual and watch your histogram. It would be nice if Lightroom allowed a bit more adjustment in terms of temperature and tint, but you can extend it a bit by tweaking the slope/end point of the tone curv

RE: GESO The Red Elvises at Moe's Alley

2015-06-23 Thread Malcolm Smith
Larry Colen wrote: > Thanks. The most important thing is to shoot in manual and watch your > histogram. It would be nice if Lightroom allowed a bit more adjustment > in terms of temperature and tint, but you can extend it a bit by > tweaking the slope/end point of the tone curve for specific cha

Re: GESO The Red Elvises at Moe's Alley

2015-06-23 Thread Larry Colen
Malcolm Smith wrote: Larry Colen wrote: This set are my favorites photographically. http://www.flickriver.com/photos/ellarsee/sets/72157654927530252/ Very impressed. I've never tried my hand at taking pictures in this sort of light, but a couple of my friends have. From the comments they ma