Re: PESO: Doing it at a snail's pace

2015-12-06 Thread ann sanfedele
Alan- when you are here you need to say "my wife Ann" ;-) Tell her nice shot from PDML Ann ann On 12/6/2015 7:14 AM, Alan C wrote: Total nudity. Ann caught this pair of Achatina Fulica's at it when I was out running yesterday morning. https://www.flickr.com/photos/wisselstroom/23559421045/

Re: Doing it at a snail's pace

2015-12-06 Thread Alan C
Sorry, Ann. I'll tell her! Alan C -Original Message- From: ann sanfedele Sent: Sunday, December 06, 2015 5:19 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: PESO: Doing it at a snail's pace Alan- when you are here you need to say "my wife Ann" ;-) Tell her nice shot from PDML Ann ann

Re: PESO 2015 - 184 - GDG

2015-12-06 Thread ann sanfedele
Me too, Frank - can't remembered if I said so on list or in private mail to Godders but this is absolutely my fave of his for the last couple of months - I wish I'd shot it ann On 12/6/2015 8:18 AM, knarf wrote: I love this! Cheers, frank On December 3, 2015 8:59:22 AM EST, Godfrey

Re: PESO: Doing it at a snail's pace

2015-12-06 Thread Jack Davis
Ah! So that's the answer? J Sent from my iPhone > On Dec 6, 2015, at 7:19 AM, ann sanfedele wrote: > > Alan- when you are here you need to say "my wife Ann" ;-) > > Tell her nice shot from PDML Ann > > ann > >> On 12/6/2015 7:14 AM, Alan C wrote: >> Total nudity. Ann

Re: PESO 2015 - 184 - GDG

2015-12-06 Thread Jack Davis
Well chosen scene, but maybe a little further to the right? J -- 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: SDHC/SDXC cards speed and Pentax K-3 ii (test results)

2015-12-06 Thread John Francis
On Sat, Dec 05, 2015 at 06:52:58PM -0500, Igor PDML-StR wrote: > > > The question of the card speed vs. capabilities of the camera pop-up every > so often. (Recently Larry was asking about it.) The most useful points, in my mind: 1) If you never fire off more than 23 shots in a burst (71 if

Re: PESO - Awesome: no tears on crocodile monitor

2015-12-06 Thread ann sanfedele
sweet expressionyou captured on that fearsomebeastie What I envisioned was a different kind for monitor wrapped in crocodile stretch fabric, the way Ceasar wrapped his Lx'en ann On 12/6/2015 1:17 AM, Igor PDML-StR wrote: A thoughtfully-looking guy with a funny-sounding name:

PESO ~ Silver girl

2015-12-06 Thread Bruce Walker
This was done with the same setup as my "alternate pug" but is more what I had in mind for using the silver on silver effect. Note: a little NSFW for fashion nudity. http://portfolio.brucemwalker.com/#!/index/IFpXDan.3kF0 645Z, DFA645 55mm f:2.8 SDM, f:11, 1/125th sec, 100 ISO. Lighting:

Peso-Ring-billed Gull

2015-12-06 Thread Jack Davis
A bit of wing shooting a couple days ago at a local park lake. Just for the sport of it. C? (YAWN) J Yes, the K-3/55-300 http://photolightimages.com/aspupload/detail.asp?ID=1002 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE

Re: PESO 2015 - 184 - GDG

2015-12-06 Thread Ken Waller
Very nice capture. Well seen. -Original Message- >From: knarf >Subject: Re: PESO 2015 - 184 - GDG > >I love this! > >Cheers, > >frank > >On December 3, 2015 8:59:22 AM EST, Godfrey DiGiorgi >wrote: >>Dusk light and streetlamp mixed ...

Re: PESO - Stanley Park

2015-12-06 Thread Alan C
Very nice. Robin Hood would have loved it. Alan C -Original Message- From: Rick Womer Sent: Sunday, December 06, 2015 1:51 AM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: PESO - Stanley Park http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=18135109=lg (K-5, DA 16-45) Comments appreciated. Rick

Re: OT Two week plus absences explained

2015-12-06 Thread Alan C
Take care, Dave. The prognosis is very good. You'll probably make 100 now. Alan C -Original Message- From: David J Brooks Sent: Friday, December 04, 2015 8:37 PM To: Pentax Discuss Subject: OT Two week plus absences explained I have been unusually quiet on the list since Nov 18th. On

Re: Boris PESO #06 - Taking a picture

2015-12-06 Thread Alan C
How on earth did you spot that? Alan C -Original Message- From: Boris Liberman Sent: Saturday, December 05, 2015 2:38 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Boris PESO #06 - Taking a picture Hello. I cannot fight the urge to take a picture of a person taking a picture

PESO: Doing it at a snail's pace

2015-12-06 Thread Alan C
Total nudity. Ann caught this pair of Achatina Fulica's at it when I was out running yesterday morning. https://www.flickr.com/photos/wisselstroom/23559421045/ Fuji FinePix S4080 Alan C --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software.

Re: PESO 2015 - 184 - GDG

2015-12-06 Thread knarf
I love this! Cheers, frank On December 3, 2015 8:59:22 AM EST, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: >Dusk light and streetlamp mixed ... > > https://flic.kr/p/BkXsGo > >I think this one benefits from being printed fairly large, and looks >best in the full-resolution image. I

Re: PESO:

2015-12-06 Thread knarf
I like this a lot, especially with that footprint. Might crop just a bit off the left and the bottom, just to get that iron thingie off-centre a bit? Cheers, frank On December 5, 2015 8:23:29 AM EST, "Daniel J. Matyola" wrote: >One of the images I considered for the

Re: PESO - Awesome: no tears on crocodile monitor

2015-12-06 Thread Alan C
Quite handsome actually. The ones we have around here look quite vicious by comparison. Alan C -Original Message- From: Igor PDML-StR Sent: Sunday, December 06, 2015 8:17 AM To: PDML@pdml.net Subject: PESO - Awesome: no tears on crocodile monitor A thoughtfully-looking guy with a

Re: PESO - Stanley Park

2015-12-06 Thread knarf
The people give unexpected scale to the trees. Beautiful! Cheers, frank On December 5, 2015 6:51:08 PM EST, Rick Womer wrote: >http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=18135109=lg > >(K-5, DA 16-45) > >Comments appreciated. > >Rick -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois

Re: PESO 2015 - 185 - GDG

2015-12-06 Thread knarf
Beautifully rendered, and composed; compelling photo. Cheers, frank On December 5, 2015 3:42:03 PM EST, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: >Another Saturday, another Saturday morning walk in Guadalupe River Park >with the camera. > > https://flic.kr/p/Bj4TsK > >enjoy, >G >

PESO 2015 - 186 - GDG

2015-12-06 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
Enjoying this set of photos from yesterday morning… All square format with the ultra-wide lens. https://flic.kr/p/AX3Dmw enjoy, G The trouble with being punctual is that nobody's there to appreciate it. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: PESO ~ Silver girl

2015-12-06 Thread Ken Waller
That's the irony of it all. Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: "Larry Colen" Subject: Re: PESO ~ Silver girl She just had to prove her metal. On December 6, 2015 12:28:18 PM PST, Jack Davis

Re: PESO ~ Silver girl

2015-12-06 Thread Jack Davis
B..Larry! J Sent from my iPhone > On Dec 6, 2015, at 2:29 PM, Larry Colen wrote: > > She just had to prove her metal. > >> On December 6, 2015 12:28:18 PM PST, Jack Davis wrote: >> Oo..Ann.tisk-tisk! >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >>> On Dec

Re: Happy Hannukah

2015-12-06 Thread ann sanfedele
On 12/6/2015 7:27 PM, Paul wrote: Happy Hannukah to you too...and to all who celebrate -p On 12/6/2015 5:33 PM, knarf wrote: Happy Hannukah! -- 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

PESO - City of Glass

2015-12-06 Thread Rick Womer
Vancouver promotes itself as the "City of Glass." It leaves me rather cold, and a lot of lovely architecture has been bulldozed since I first visited Vancouver about 25 years ago. Apparently it was the huge influx of money from Hong Kong before its transfer from Britain to China that started

Happy Hannukah

2015-12-06 Thread knarf
Our candles have been lit and I'm now about to embark on my riskiest endeavor of the year: making latkes! Happy Hannukah! Cheers, frank -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -- Henri Cartier-Bresson Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. -- PDML

Re: Happy Hannukah

2015-12-06 Thread Paul
Happy Hannukah to you too...and to all who celebrate -p On 12/6/2015 5:33 PM, knarf wrote: Happy Hannukah! -- Being old doesn't seem so old now that I'm old. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please

Re: PESO ~ Silver girl

2015-12-06 Thread Larry Colen
Maybe she is a member of the Bavarian Aluminati, although some might spell it Aluminaughty On December 6, 2015 3:15:43 PM PST, Jack Davis wrote: >An alumanus outfit! > >J > >Sent from my iPhone > >> On Dec 6, 2015, at 3:11 PM, Ken Waller wrote: >>

PESO Karaoke

2015-12-06 Thread Larry Colen
Part of a sign outside a bar in Jack London Square: https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/22947932493/in/album-72157661405459839/ -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com (postbox on min4est) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE

Re: SDHC/SDXC cards speed and Pentax K-3 ii (test results)

2015-12-06 Thread Larry Colen
Awesome! Thanks for the link. On December 5, 2015 3:52:58 PM PST, Igor PDML-StR wrote: > > >The question of the card speed vs. capabilities of the camera pop-up >every so often. (Recently Larry was asking about it.) > >I just found results of tests with Pentax K-3 ii camera.

OT - PESO - Nothing Beats a Good Latke

2015-12-06 Thread knarf
...on the first night of Hannukah, anyway. The secret is lots of oil and a very hot pan: http://knarfdummyblog.blogspot.ca/2015/12/nothing-beats-good-latke.html?m=1 I know you won't enjoy the photo as much as Judy and I enjoyed eating them. She contributed a wonderful homemade apple sauce,

Re: PESO ~ Silver girl

2015-12-06 Thread Rick Womer
Nothing loads Sunday evening. Rick On Dec 6, 2015, at 12:29 PM, Bruce Walker wrote: > This was done with the same setup as my "alternate pug" but is more > what I had in mind for using the silver on silver effect. > > Note: a little NSFW for fashion nudity. > >

Re: PESO ~ Silver girl

2015-12-06 Thread Jack Davis
An alumanus outfit! J Sent from my iPhone > On Dec 6, 2015, at 3:11 PM, Ken Waller wrote: > > That's the irony of it all. > > Kenneth Waller > http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller > > - Original Message - From: "Larry Colen" >

Re: PESO ~ Silver girl

2015-12-06 Thread ann sanfedele
So,,, foiled again? ann On 12/6/2015 12:29 PM, Bruce Walker wrote: This was done with the same setup as my "alternate pug" but is more what I had in mind for using the silver on silver effect. Note: a little NSFW for fashion nudity. http://portfolio.brucemwalker.com/#!/index/IFpXDan.3kF0

Re: PESO ~ Silver girl

2015-12-06 Thread Jack Davis
Oo..Ann.tisk-tisk! Sent from my iPhone > On Dec 6, 2015, at 11:44 AM, ann sanfedele wrote: > > So,,, foiled again? > > ann > >> On 12/6/2015 12:29 PM, Bruce Walker wrote: >> This was done with the same setup as my "alternate pug" but is more >> what I had in mind for

Re: PESO ~ Silver girl

2015-12-06 Thread Larry Colen
She just had to prove her metal. On December 6, 2015 12:28:18 PM PST, Jack Davis wrote: >Oo..Ann.tisk-tisk! > >Sent from my iPhone > >> On Dec 6, 2015, at 11:44 AM, ann sanfedele wrote: >> >> So,,, foiled again? >> >> ann >> >>> On 12/6/2015 12:29

Re: Boris PESO #06 - Taking a picture

2015-12-06 Thread Boris Liberman
Frank, Bob, Dave, I do have another edit with no building on the left. The similar kind of processing is applied. I should post it just so... I have to say that I posted this image to a certain community at Google+, though with very different and rather weak edit. Got lots of helpfully brutal

Re: PESO - Awesome: no tears on crocodile monitor

2015-12-06 Thread Igor PDML-StR
Thanks all for looking and commenting! Below are a couple of comments interspersed. ann sanfedele Sun, 06 Dec 2015 07:24:07 -0800 wrote: sweet expressionyou captured on that fearsomebeastie What I envisioned was a different kind for monitor wrapped in crocodile stretch fabric, the way

Re: Boris PESO #06 - Taking a picture

2015-12-06 Thread Boris Liberman
Thanks, Dave! On 12/7/2015 6:32, David Mann wrote: That was very well spotted. Fantastic photo. Cheers, Dave On Dec 6, 2015, at 1:38 AM, Boris Liberman wrote: Hello. I cannot fight the urge to take a picture of a person taking a picture themselves...

Re: Boris PESO #06 - Taking a picture

2015-12-06 Thread Boris Liberman
Thanks, Cotty. I have an edit where it is cropped into a square, verticals are parallel (maybe just a tad not, but mostly parallel) and there is a bit of a building on the left. It does not really click with me though... Maybe I ought to give it another go. Boris On 12/5/2015 21:36, Steve

Re: Boris PESO #06 - Taking a picture

2015-12-06 Thread David Mann
On Dec 6, 2015, at 6:07 AM, Bob W-PDML wrote: > On 5 Dec 2015, at 14:52, knarf wrote: >> >> Love that building, BTW. Very much in the "International Style" of Modern. >> How old is it, do you know? Looks very 50s or 60s. > > That's a

Semi-OT: A Private Tour of the Kodak Technology Vault

2015-12-06 Thread John
In case you never bother with PetaPixel ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jw8s6dPFyB8#t=80 Semi-OT, because watch at about 18:30 and you might see something familiar. -- Science - Questions we may never find answers for. Religion - Answers we must never question. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail

Re: Boris PESO #06 - Taking a picture

2015-12-06 Thread Boris Liberman
Thanks you, Bob. I agree, but I digress and then I disagree and then I think otherwise... Like I just wrote in another reply in this thread, I have a similarly styled edit without the left-side building... I cannot really decide which I like more although, it does convey a slightly different

Re: Boris PESO #06 - Taking a picture

2015-12-06 Thread Boris Liberman
To be complimented with word "elegant" by you, Bruce, is extra-special. Thanks! On 12/5/2015 17:02, Bruce Walker wrote: Love it! It's elegant in so many ways. On Sat, Dec 5, 2015 at 7:38 AM, Boris Liberman wrote: Hello. I cannot fight the urge to take a picture of a

Re: Boris PESO #06 - Taking a picture

2015-12-06 Thread Boris Liberman
Thank you, Mark! On 12/5/2015 19:11, Mark Roberts wrote: Boris Liberman wrote: Hello. I cannot fight the urge to take a picture of a person taking a picture themselves... http://pentax-ways.blogspot.co.il/2015/12/2015-06-taking-picture.html That's a really great shot! -- PDML

Re: PESO - City of Glass

2015-12-06 Thread Alan C
Only if the yachts are replaced by junks will the transformation will be complete. As you say, rather cold. Alan C -Original Message- From: Rick Womer Sent: Monday, December 07, 2015 4:12 AM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: PESO - City of Glass Vancouver promotes itself as the

Re: Boris PESO #06 - Taking a picture

2015-12-06 Thread Boris Liberman
Thank you, Bulent. There is one rather unfortunate thing about this image. It is about 1/2 of the original photograph in terms of pixel count. It was shot from quite a distance with Ricoh GXR-M and Zeiss Biogon 35/2.0 lens. Although Zeiss is remarkable in terms of IQ, I think at best it could

Re: Boris PESO #06 - Taking a picture

2015-12-06 Thread Boris Liberman
I would presume that they guy actually moved and I was looking up to see the buildings in the twilight light... So, it kind of grabbed my attention... Though, of course, your question was rhetorical :-). Boris On 12/6/2015 13:54, Alan C wrote: How on earth did you spot that? Alan C

Re: Boris PESO #06 - Taking a picture

2015-12-06 Thread David Mann
That was very well spotted. Fantastic photo. Cheers, Dave > On Dec 6, 2015, at 1:38 AM, Boris Liberman wrote: > > Hello. > > I cannot fight the urge to take a picture of a person taking a picture > themselves... > >

Re: OT - PESO - Nothing Beats a Good Latke

2015-12-06 Thread David Mann
We've made those before, they're pretty nice. Don't know where the recipe is now but I'm too tired/lazy to make them tonight anyway :) Cheers, Dave > On Dec 7, 2015, at 3:02 PM, knarf wrote: > > ...on the first night of Hannukah, anyway. > > The secret is lots of

Re: Happy Hannukah

2015-12-06 Thread Boris Liberman
Happy Hannukah... Don't eat too many sufganiyot (donuts), it may make you weigh more :-). On 12/7/2015 1:33, knarf wrote: Our candles have been lit and I'm now about to embark on my riskiest endeavor of the year: making latkes! Happy Hannukah! Cheers, frank -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail

Re: Boris PESO #06 - Taking a picture

2015-12-06 Thread Boris Liberman
Thanks, Jack! On 12/5/2015 16:26, Jack Davis wrote: Love it, Boris! What a great catch! The perspective lean of the buildings suits the photographer/subject connection. J - Original Message - From: "Boris Liberman" To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List"

Re: Boris PESO #06 - Taking a picture

2015-12-06 Thread Boris Liberman
Thanks, Mark! On 12/5/2015 19:25, Mark C wrote: Love it! Great use of the negative space between the buildings, excellent how the subject's window is the brightest. Wouldn't change a thing here, it great. Mark On 12/5/2015 7:38 AM, Boris Liberman wrote: Hello. I cannot fight the urge to

Re: Boris PESO #06 - Taking a picture

2015-12-06 Thread Boris Liberman
Ann, Mark, Marco - thank you. I will post the edit as was suggested, just so we could compare... It was great fun making all these numerous edits that I did from the original photograph. Boris On 12/5/2015 21:07, Marco Alpert wrote: Same here. Perfect as it is. - Marco On Dec 5, 2015,

Re: Boris PESO #06 - Taking a picture

2015-12-06 Thread Boris Liberman
Thanks, Jack. Well, I think that it still merits to show the "other" edit. Boris On 12/5/2015 21:38, Jack Davis wrote: Totally! What Mark R. said! J - Original Message - From: "Mark Roberts" To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" Sent: