Re: GESO - 'The Hawk & the Owl'

Thanbks David, Not sure - I didn't check his flying license but he looked like a young'un to me & my wife. Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: "David Mann" Subject: Re: GESO - 'The Hawk & the Owl' That’s

Re: PESO - Huckleberry Finn!

Rick, You are right. The scene was too contrasty and keeping both the highlight and shadow detail was problematic. On top of this, the two extremes of the tonal range are on the boy. I have recovered the highlights with some success (his curved back); the payoff was loss of shadow detail (on his

Re: PESO - 412

Thanks Dan, Alan, Rick and Igor for the comments. It’s a bit of one of the five fountain pen ink testing stations at last weekend’s San Francisco International Pen Show. Each station offered 100 different inks to try. And yes, that’s 500 different fountain pen inks (who knew?). Here’s a

Re: OT: Woo Hoo!

I bet Audi wish they had black boxes in the 80s... I bet they wish they had handled the entire unintended acceleration issue differently... Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: "Knarf" Subject: Re:

Re: PESOs: Two composites, one day

Igor PDML-StR wrote: Thank for that link, - those are very interesting images, indeed. Motivated by your comment, I was further thinking about photographing distant objects. And I think I realized why our "everyday experience" tells us that it would be impossible. Lick Observatory is

Re: GESO - 'The Hawk & the Owl'

Thanks Bob, Ann,Marco, Daniel, Jack, David B., & Mark. It was interesting & entertaining catching this event. The thought never occurred to me to video it - DUH! Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: "Bob W-PDML"

Re: OT: Woo Hoo!

I bet Audi wish they had black boxes in the 80s... Cheers, frank On 1 September, 2015 2:11:57 PM EDT, Ken Waller wrote: >>Self-driven cars will record all the variables that they monitor and >>control, and there will be a blackbox >recorder like on a plane, which >will

Re: OT: Woo Hoo!

Self-driven cars will record all the variables that they monitor and control, and there will be a blackbox >recorder like on a plane, which will be amenable to independent accident investigators, not to say lawyers, so >there will be nowhere for the manufacturers to hide. So called

Re: PESO - Exuviae

On 31/8/15, Mark C, discombobulated, unleashed: >http://www.markcassino.com/b2evolution/index.php/exuviae > >Not super high magnification but it was a large subject and so called >for 271 stacked images. K01, A* 200 f4 macro. Comments welcome. Great job Mark! Amazing detail -- Cheers,

Re: PESOs: Two composites, one day

On 31/8/15, Matthew Hunt, discombobulated, unleashed: >Usually I don't rely on the motor drive, or Photoshop, quite so much. > >Saturday morning, I shot a solar transit of the International Space >Station. The transit lasted 0.8 seconds, and the K-5 II fires at full >speed for about 3 seconds

Re: 1.7x AF adapter (follow up)

Well, I got it for the equivalent of US$75 on a local web auction. I left it until 2min before closing time & was the only bidder. Not too much interest in old Pentax stuff in SA. The seller was aware of the "indicative market value" which was listed as R5000 (US$375). It was described as "like

Re: PESOs: Two composites, one day

Amazing. You really nailed it (the transit, that is). Love the dog shot(s) too. Alan C -Original Message- From: Matthew Hunt Sent: Tuesday, September 01, 2015 4:22 AM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: PESOs: Two composites, one day Usually I don't rely on the motor drive, or

Re: PESO - Mike, Jeremy and Some Guy Riding Through

A nice moment, well recorded. Paul > On Sep 1, 2015, at 9:02 PM, frank theriault wrote: > > Actually, the guy's name is Aaron, but I started off taking a photo of > Mike and Jeremy enjoying a few between-stunt laughs and Aaron coasted > through the frame. I thought it

Re: PESO: The Bravest

Great shot! I can just hear the guy on the right, “Is that just the cutest kitten you’ve ever seen?” - Marco On Sep 1, 2015, at 3:01 PM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: > New York's Bravest relaxing on the street after a building evacuation > in mid-town Manhattan: >

Re: OT: Woo Hoo!

Along similar lines, there's a great book out about similar issues - 'Galileo's Revenge' - Junk Science in the Courtroom. A great read into some of the more sensational issues regarding junk science which was what 60 minutes and Bill Rosenbluth used on Audi. -Original Message- >From:

Re: PESO: The Bravest

Well captured Dan. -Original Message- >From: "Daniel J. Matyola" >Subject: PESO: The Bravest > >New York's Bravest relaxing on the street after a building evacuation >in mid-town Manhattan: >http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=18079203=lg >K-5 II S, DA 18-135

Re: August "best of", and some photos of me having fun (redux)

Mark Roberts wrote: Ken Waller wrote: I've said this before on this list - serious editing is the easiest way to improve your images. Yep. The delete key makes all your other photos better. Automark. -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com (postbox on min4est) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail

Re: GESO - 'The Hawk & the Owl'

Terrific series - love it! cheers, frank On Mon, Aug 31, 2015 at 3:38 PM, Ken Waller wrote: > Caught an interesting situation where a Cooper's Hawk was annoyed by a > plastic owl on a neighbors deck & spend 20 minutes trying to get the owl to > leave - theowl never flew

Re: August "best of", and some photos of me having fun (redux)

Ken Waller wrote: >I've said this before on this list - serious editing is the easiest way to >improve your images. Yep. The delete key makes all your other photos better. -- Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

PESO - Mike, Jeremy and Some Guy Riding Through

Actually, the guy's name is Aaron, but I started off taking a photo of Mike and Jeremy enjoying a few between-stunt laughs and Aaron coasted through the frame. I thought it was kind of fun: http://knarfinthecity.blogspot.ca/2015/09/mike-jeremy-and-some-guy-riding-through.html Hope you enjoy.

Re: GESO - 'The Hawk & the Owl'

Excellent series. I’m surprised the hawk was that easily fooled. Well done! Paul > On Sep 1, 2015, at 8:58 PM, frank theriault wrote: > > Terrific series - love it! > > cheers, > > frank > > On Mon, Aug 31, 2015 at 3:38 PM, Ken Waller wrote: >>

Re: GESO - 'The Hawk & the Owl'

Awesome job Ken Waller wrote: Thanks Bob, Ann,Marco, Daniel, Jack, David B., & Mark. It was interesting & entertaining catching this event. The thought never occurred to me to video it - DUH! Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From:

Re: August "best of", and some photos of me having fun (redux)

That is a wonderful gallery, Larry. I envy not only the quality of your images but the number of top images you grind out each month. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Tue, Sep 1, 2015 at 4:08 PM, Larry Colen wrote: > I tried sending this an hour

Re: August "best of", and some photos of me having fun (redux)

Daniel J. Matyola wrote: That is a wonderful gallery, Larry. I envy not only the quality of your images but the number of top images you grind out each month. Thanks for the kind words Dan. I think that I'm just getting better at throwing away more of the photos that shouldn't be posted.

Re: OT: Woo Hoo!

LOL On 1 September, 2015 2:36:52 PM EDT, Ken Waller wrote: >>I bet Audi wish they had black boxes in the 80s... > > >I bet they wish they had handled the entire unintended acceleration >issue >differently... > >Kenneth Waller

August "best of", and some photos of me having fun (redux)

I tried sending this an hour or so ago, but see no evidence either in my inbox or my sent folder of it. Here's my August "best of" set. Meteors, cars and my back yard: http://www.flickriver.com/photos/ellarsee/sets/72157656726691360/ Here are a couple sets (should be visible even without a

Re: OT: Woo Hoo!

Ken Waller wrote: I bet Audi wish they had black boxes in the 80s... I bet they wish they had handled the entire unintended acceleration issue differently... Sixty minutes sure did a hack job on them. -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com (postbox on min4est) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail

Re: PESO: The Bravest

GREAT shot!! Love it. Cheers, frank On 1 September, 2015 6:01:57 PM EDT, "Daniel J. Matyola" wrote: >New York's Bravest relaxing on the street after a building evacuation >in mid-town Manhattan: >http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=18079203=lg >K-5 II S, DA 18-135

Re: PESO: The Bravest

Thanks, Frank. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Tue, Sep 1, 2015 at 6:03 PM, Knarf wrote: > GREAT shot!! > > Love it. > > Cheers, > > frank > > On 1 September, 2015 6:01:57 PM EDT, "Daniel J. Matyola" > wrote:

PESO: The Bravest

New York's Bravest relaxing on the street after a building evacuation in mid-town Manhattan: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=18079203=lg K-5 II S, DA 18-135 zoom Comments are always appreciated. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail

Re: OT: Woo Hoo!

How 60 Minutes didn't get sued is beyond me. Their little "dramatization" was not only staged but it didn't depict the situation accurately. Cheers, frank On 1 September, 2015 4:15:39 PM EDT, Larry Colen wrote: > > >Ken Waller wrote: >>> I bet Audi wish they had black boxes

Re: PESO - 412

I think it's mascara.. (after I picked myself up off the floor...) maybe arranged for a product test? (hence numbers instead of a name ) ann On 9/1/2015 9:13 AM, Rick Womer wrote: Color?? Marco??!? Why, that's as alarming as Frank posting his first "Kolor" pic a few years ago. Very nicely

Re: August "best of", and some photos of me having fun (redux)

I've said this before on this list - serious editing is the easiest way to improve your images. -Original Message- >From: Larry Colen >Subject: Re: August "best of", and some photos of me having fun (redux) > > > >Daniel J. Matyola wrote: >> That is a wonderful

RE: Enablement of an older kind.

John Coyle wrote: > Old it may be, but my *ist-D still knocks out perfectly good A4 size > prints if needed, and still mainly works as designed. I can no longer > zoom into a frame on the LCD screen, but otherwise everything works as > well as it did when brand new. > It was such a

Re: PESOs: Two composites, one day

The Transit: Wow! On 1 September 2015 at 09:29, Alan C wrote: > Amazing. You really nailed it (the transit, that is). Love the dog shot(s) > too. > > Alan C > > -Original Message- From: Matthew Hunt > Sent: Tuesday, September 01, 2015 4:22 AM > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail

Re: PESO- Mr. Eighth Street

This really shows that it was in your comfort zone. By the way what is the little platform at our left? Isn't that dangerous for the cyclists? Bulent - http://patoloji.gen.tr http://celasun.wordpress.com/

Re: PESO ~ new life

She looks like a contemporary Kybele (Cybele)! ... and her proud looks !!! Image: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cybele#/media/File:Ankara_Muzeum_B19-36.jpg Text: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cybele Bulent -

Re: PESOs: Two composites, one day

On Mon, Aug 31, 2015 at 10:56 PM, Igor PDML-StR wrote: > Seeing the ISS like that, with some recognizable shape is sort of unreal... I > wouldn't have expected that would be possible. > It's sooo cool! Yeah, on the one hand, when the ISS is directly overhead, it's ~400 km

Re: PESO: Red Chinese Redux

Thanks, Mark and Ken! Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Mon, Aug 31, 2015 at 9:37 PM, Mark C wrote: > Your post work really takes it to the next level - great shot! > > On 8/31/2015 9:44 AM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: >> >> I posted an earlier

Re: PESOs: Two composites, one day

Both really cool. I enjoyed looking at them very much. I must say use of PS is certainly justified in these occasions. Bulent - http://patoloji.gen.tr http://celasun.wordpress.com/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/bc_the_path/

Re: PESO - Mike Gets Good Air

Wow! That certainly is good air. Well timed and captured. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Mon, Aug 31, 2015 at 10:21 PM, Knarf wrote: > Not entirely happy with this one. That sky: yuck! > > But I think I caught Mike nicely: > >

Re: PESO: The Bravest

Thanks, Marco and Ken. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Tue, Sep 1, 2015 at 7:09 PM, Ken Waller wrote: > Well captured Dan. > > > -Original Message- >>From: "Daniel J. Matyola" >>Subject: PESO: The Bravest >>

Re: OT: Woo Hoo!

That was kind of my point, that most of the support U.S. companies have been criticized for giving Hitler happened before the war. The companies profited from their German subsidiaries in the period between when Britain, France & Germany went to war, but once the U.S. entered the war, they had

Re: PESOs: Two composites, one day

Thank for that link, - those are very interesting images, indeed. Motivated by your comment, I was further thinking about photographing distant objects. And I think I realized why our "everyday experience" tells us that it would be impossible. Indeed, 400 km (248 miles) is close to the

Re: OT: Woo Hoo!

On Mon, Aug 31, 2015 at 11:03 PM, John wrote: > US Steel, Ford, General Motors and IBM were all investors in Germany And Joe Kennedy Sr was one of Germany's greatest admirers. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail

Re: PESOs: Two composites, one day

Two great images, Matthew, well captured and rendered. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Mon, Aug 31, 2015 at 10:22 PM, Matthew Hunt wrote: > Usually I don't rely on the motor drive, or Photoshop, quite so much. > > Saturday morning, I shot a solar

Re: PESO - 412

Color?? Marco??!? Why, that's as alarming as Frank posting his first "Kolor" pic a few years ago. Very nicely composed, very intriguing. What is it? Rick http://photo.net/photos/RickW On Tue, Sep 1, 2015 at 9:03 AM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: > It certainly is different --

Re: PESO - 412

Interesting & well composed, but what are they? Paint colourant dispensers or lipstick makers? Alan C -Original Message- From: Marco Alpert Sent: Tuesday, September 01, 2015 5:59 AM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: PESO - 412 And now for something completely different (for me,

Re: PESO - 412

It certainly is different -- and quite interesting. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Mon, Aug 31, 2015 at 11:59 PM, Marco Alpert wrote: > And now for something completely different (for me, at least): > >

Re: OT: Woo Hoo!

Much of this of course was in the mid 1930s when the world was still not sure what to think of Hitler. The British were initially supportive as well, and companies from around the world traded with Germany. Paul via phone > On Sep 1, 2015, at 9:05 AM, Daniel J. Matyola

Re: PESO - Exuviae

UGH Another fine macro of a difficult subject. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Mon, Aug 31, 2015 at 9:42 PM, Mark C wrote: > http://www.markcassino.com/b2evolution/index.php/exuviae > > Not super high magnification but it was a large

Re: PESO - 412

Those look like eyelashes. 412 is for "Red Cherry" color. Marco, that's a nice composition and use of the DOF! The first time I saw it earlier this morning on my phone, I thought if you started shooting some photos for cosmetics advertisements. BTW, the number of numbers on that page is