RE: PESOs: I'm looking at you & Surf's up!

2016-05-13 Thread Mark Stringer
I'm "looking at you" makes me think of "judgement day". On judgment day the sinner is to stand before God and be judged. My interpretation of judgement day, with some levity but not entirely, is that humans will stand before the animal kingdom and have to atone for the neglect, abuse and mistr

Re: PESOs: I'm looking at you & Surf's up!

2016-05-13 Thread Alan C
Hear, hear! Alan C -Original Message- From: Mark Stringer Sent: Friday, May 13, 2016 1:18 PM To: 'Pentax-Discuss Mail List' Subject: RE: PESOs: I'm looking at you & Surf's up! I'm "looking at you" makes me think of "judgement day". On judgment day the sinner is to stand before God a

Re: PESOs: I'm looking at you & Surf's up!

2016-05-13 Thread ann sanfedele
Good point , Stringer You have to be careful saying "mark" in the body of a post here:- )although your comment is MARK worthy :-) and then I bet you could get confused with Cassino too.. ( puns always intended) Nicole, the pigeon shot is super, and the surfboard without rider gave me a chu

Re: PESOs: I'm looking at you & Surf's up!

2016-05-13 Thread Jack Davis
Absolutely love the pigeon shot, Nicole! J - Original Message - From: "ann sanfedele" To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" Sent: Friday, May 13, 2016 5:58:11 AM Subject: Re: PESOs: I'm looking at you & Surf's up! Good point , Stringer You have to be careful saying "mark" in the body of a p

Re: 3 Pesos - from the Brooklyn botanical garden

2016-05-13 Thread Paul Sorenson
All very nice. Especially like the water lilies. -p On May 13, 2016, 9:12 AM -0500, ann sanfedele, wrote: > Azalias > > https://annsan.smugmug.com/On-the-Road-or-On-Foot/Botanical-Gardens/i-DT66ncQ/A > > Wisteria > > https://annsan.smugmug.com/On-the-Road-or-On-Foot/Botanical-Gardens/i-tCWsMr

3 Pesos - from the Brooklyn botanical garden

2016-05-13 Thread ann sanfedele
Azalias https://annsan.smugmug.com/On-the-Road-or-On-Foot/Botanical-Gardens/i-DT66ncQ/A Wisteria https://annsan.smugmug.com/On-the-Road-or-On-Foot/Botanical-Gardens/i-tCWsMr7/A Water lilies in a watery planter in the conservatory https://annsan.smugmug.com/On-the-Road-or-On-Foot/Botanical-Gar

Peso-Ringed Dove

2016-05-13 Thread Jack Davis
Always have the K3/55-300 near when lounging on the back patio. We have a couple loaded bird feeders swinging from the back fence which have become known to a variety of common neighborhood species. Attaching a recent shot of ringed dove. I know...YAWN! C&C? J http://photolightimages.com/aspu

Re: PESOs: I'm looking at you & Surf's up!

2016-05-13 Thread Nicole Jacque
I am hoping my cats will put in a good word for me. > On May 13, 2016, at 4:18 AM, Mark Stringer wrote: > > I'm "looking at you" makes me think of "judgement day". On judgment day the > sinner is to stand before God and be judged. My interpretation of judgement > day, with some levity but no

Re: PESOs: I'm looking at you & Surf's up!

2016-05-13 Thread Nicole Jacque
Thanks Jack! > On May 13, 2016, at 6:51 AM, Jack Davis wrote: > > Absolutely love the pigeon shot, Nicole! > > J > > - Original Message - > From: "ann sanfedele" > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" > Sent: Friday, May 13, 2016 5:58:11 AM > Subject: Re: PESOs: I'm looking at you & Surf

Re: Long macro lenses for K mount?

2016-05-13 Thread Gonz
I propose we do an entebbe style raid on Bills house and extricate said legendary lenses. On Fri, Apr 29, 2016 at 6:44 PM, Steve Cottrell wrote: > On 29/4/16, Mark Roberts, discombobulated, unleashed: > >>The Pentax A*200 macro >>is reputed to be superb > > I think you'll find Bill has in his pos

Re: 3 Pesos - from the Brooklyn botanical garden

2016-05-13 Thread Jack Davis
Really good stuff, Ann! Small nit, I feel on a presopus without at least a piece of the ground evident under the wisteria. J - Original Message - From: "ann sanfedele" To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" Sent: Friday, May 13, 2016 7:11:23 AM Subject: 3 Pesos - from the Brooklyn botanical ga

Re: PESOs: I'm looking at you & Surf's up!

2016-05-13 Thread Nicole Jacque
Did anyone else get Ann's email like this? I see the correct text as in Jack's reply, so some people must have gotten the correct message. > On May 13, 2016, at 5:58 AM, ann sanfedele wrote: > > R29vZCBwb2ludCAsIFN0cmluZ2VyCgpZb3UgaGF2ZSB0byBiZSBjYXJlZnVsIHNheWluZyAibWFy > ayIgaW4gdGhlIGJvZHk

Re: PESOs: I'm looking at you & Surf's up!

2016-05-13 Thread Nicole Jacque
Yes, pruning my photos is sometimes a challenge for me. I find it helps if I get someone (Larry) to do a quick rating of which photos they like/don't like on albums before I post, but life has been so busy lately I didn't get around to it. The pigeon worked out even better than I expected -- g

Re: PESOs: I'm looking at you & Surf's up!

2016-05-13 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
Doesn't show that way on OS X v10.11.4 with Mail or iPad/iPhone v9.3.1 Mail for me. All of AnnSan's mail posts look fine. Godfrey > On May 13, 2016, at 7:27 AM, Nicole Jacque wrote: > > Did anyone else get Ann's email like this? I see the correct text as in > Jack's reply, so some people mus

Re: PESOs: I'm looking at you & Surf's up!

2016-05-13 Thread ann sanfedele
It's always hard to let go and to make choices... No need to prune for keeping images, just whittling them down for showing others in a forum.. My galleries on smugmug are large- but I seldom as you know show more than 3 or 4 photos at once... important to keep more than you think you shoul

Re: PESOs: I'm looking at you & Surf's up!

2016-05-13 Thread ann sanfedele
Looks like later NIcole got it without scrambling On 5/13/2016 11:19 AM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: Doesn't show that way on OS X v10.11.4 with Mail or iPad/iPhone v9.3.1 Mail for me. All of AnnSan's mail posts look fine. Godfrey On May 13, 2016, at 7:27 AM, Nicole Jacque wrote: Did anyone e

Re: PESOs: I'm looking at you & Surf's up!

2016-05-13 Thread Nicole Jacque
No, I just took it out of the reply from someone else's message. Sent from my iPhone > On May 13, 2016, at 8:23 AM, ann sanfedele wrote: > > Looks like later NIcole got it without scrambling > > >> On 5/13/2016 11:19 AM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: >> Doesn't show that way on OS X v10.11.4 with

Re:3 Pesos - from the Brooklyn botanical garden

2016-05-13 Thread Donald Guthrie
Very nice, I really liked the water lilies. Glad you got out for some shooting. On 5/13/16 10:20 AM, pdml-requ...@pdml.net wrote: Message: 1 Date: Fri, 13 May 2016 10:11:23 -0400 From: ann sanfedele To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: 3 Pesos - from the Brooklyn botanical garden Message-ID:<

Re: PESOs: I'm looking at you & Surf's up!

2016-05-13 Thread Ken Waller
Critical editing is a sure fire way to improve your photography. -Original Message- >From: ann sanfedele >Subject: Re: PESOs: I'm looking at you & Surf's up! > >It's always hard to let go and to make choices... No need to prune for >keeping images, just whittling them down for showing

Re: PESO - Legacy 2

2016-05-13 Thread John
Since the guy to his right is using a serious camera, maybe he was just left holding the bag? On 5/11/2016 8:52 PM, ann sanfedele wrote: Hmm maybe you should have posted this before you posted the one where you could tell who it is who is bronzed.. are these American tourists?Noticing the g

Re: This is an HTML email

2016-05-13 Thread John
On 5/11/2016 7:04 PM, steve harley wrote: just to exercise the new config here are some non-ASCII characters: üµ•°√`¡™£¢∞§ (my UTF-8 emails to the list are often converted to ASCII by the listserv) FWIW, some of those characters (£, ¢) worked before the change was implemented. -- Science

Re:

2016-05-13 Thread John
Something funny going on with PDML. I've started getting these threads that all have no subject but "Re:" and no text. The first one and all the replies threaded underneath it are the same. Thunderbird won't delete 'em unless I select the entire block, drag it to the trash folder and restart Th

Re: Peso : Fly by on Astor Place

2016-05-13 Thread John
The color version works better for me just because of the plastic bag next to him on the bench. On 5/11/2016 8:05 PM, ann sanfedele wrote: https://annsan.smugmug.com/On-the-Road-or-On-Foot/2016-and-all-that/i-ZsdC7R4/L Yup - I did it in BW too.. not sure which I like better.. ann -- Sc

Re: Way OT - iPhone cat pic

2016-05-13 Thread John
There's some kind of conspiracy going on here. Y'all all get calm photogenic cats, while I get a clingy psycho. On 5/12/2016 9:08 PM, Marco Alpert wrote: Tucker feels the Internet is sorely lacking cat videos. https://www.dropbox.com/s/3275i3k6rkzz6uw/Tucker2.jpg?dl=0 - Marco -- Science - Q

Re: Peso : Fly by on Astor Place

2016-05-13 Thread Gonz
I like the B&W, but I would like to see maybe a tad more brightness and possibly a little bit more contrast. On Thu, May 12, 2016 at 7:05 AM, ann sanfedele wrote: > Whaddahshock :-) thanks, M > > Here it is I go back and forth.. can't make up my mind. > > https://annsan.smugmug.com/On-the-Road-o

Re: Peso : Fly by on Astor Place

2016-05-13 Thread Gonz
I see what you mean. I like the color version very much also. On Wed, May 11, 2016 at 7:05 PM, ann sanfedele wrote: > > https://annsan.smugmug.com/On-the-Road-or-On-Foot/2016-and-all-that/i-ZsdC7R4/L > > Yup - I did it in BW too.. not sure which I like better.. > > ann > > > > > -- > PDML Pentax

Re: Peso-Ringed Dove

2016-05-13 Thread Bob W-PDML
That's a very nice shot. You should send it Ringed Dove Daily, or whatever their magazine is called. B > On 13 May 2016, at 15:26, Jack Davis wrote: > > > > Always have the K3/55-300 near when lounging on the back patio. > We have a couple loaded bird feeders swinging from the back fence > w

Re: 3 Pesos - from the Brooklyn botanical garden

2016-05-13 Thread Bob W-PDML
Very nice! English bluebells are the envy of the world. > On 13 May 2016, at 15:12, ann sanfedele wrote: > > Azalias > > https://annsan.smugmug.com/On-the-Road-or-On-Foot/Botanical-Gardens/i-DT66ncQ/A > > Wisteria > > https://annsan.smugmug.com/On-the-Road-or-On-Foot/Botanical-Gardens/i-tCWs

Re: Peso-Ringed Dove

2016-05-13 Thread Jack Davis
These are very nice remarks, B. Thanks! J - Original Message - From: "Bob W-PDML" To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" Sent: Friday, May 13, 2016 11:11:29 AM Subject: Re: Peso-Ringed Dove That's a very nice shot. You should send it Ringed Dove Daily, or whatever their magazine is called.

Re: 3 Pesos - from the Brooklyn botanical garden

2016-05-13 Thread Ken Waller
ann, water lilies are the best of the three IMO, but they could use a little more distance from the bottom and LH edge - either that or a deliberate crop of the lilies at those edges - as nice as it is it comes across as a quick snap, not a thought out image - just my thoughts :+) Kenneth Wall

Re: Way OT - iPhone cat pic

2016-05-13 Thread Ken Waller
Cute capture. Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: "John" Subject: Re: Way OT - iPhone cat pic There's some kind of conspiracy going on here. Y'all all get calm photogenic cats, while I get a clingy psycho. On 5/12/2016 9:08 PM,

Re: This is an HTML email

2016-05-13 Thread steve harley
On 2016-05-13 10:34 , John wrote: On 5/11/2016 7:04 PM, steve harley wrote: just to exercise the new config here are some non-ASCII characters: üµ•°√`¡™£¢∞§ (my UTF-8 emails to the list are often converted to ASCII by the listserv) FWIW, some of those characters (£, ¢) worked before the ch

Re: Way OT - iPhone cat pic

2016-05-13 Thread John Francis
They say cats take after their owners ... On Fri, May 13, 2016 at 01:04:17PM -0400, John wrote: > There's some kind of conspiracy going on here. Y'all all get calm > photogenic cats, while I get a clingy psycho. > > On 5/12/2016 9:08 PM, Marco Alpert wrote: > > Tucker feels the Internet is sorel

Re: Way OT - iPhone cat pic

2016-05-13 Thread steve harley
On 2016-05-12 19:08 , Marco Alpert wrote: Tucker feels the Internet is sorely lacking cat videos. https://www.dropbox.com/s/3275i3k6rkzz6uw/Tucker2.jpg?dl=0 catching up on his twitter feed no doubt -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Re: Peso : Fly by on Astor Place

2016-05-13 Thread ann sanfedele
yup - thats what I like about the color one too.. On 5/13/2016 12:57 PM, John wrote: The color version works better for me just because of the plastic bag next to him on the bench. On 5/11/2016 8:05 PM, ann sanfedele wrote: https://annsan.smugmug.com/On-the-Road-or-On-Foot/2016-and-all-that/

Re: 3 Pesos - from the Brooklyn botanical garden

2016-05-13 Thread ann sanfedele
Thanks, Ken I took four quick snaps... when I got home I noticed a wilted bud on the left that basically mucked all of them up... thetimid crop on the left was to keep the brown thingy out of the photo.. I knew you were going to get on me about the left side :-) I may revisit a On

Re: Peso : Fly by on Astor Place

2016-05-13 Thread Larry Colen
Nice, but I like the color better On May 12, 2016 5:05:05 AM PDT, ann sanfedele wrote: >Whaddahshock :-) thanks, M > >Here it is I go back and forth.. can't make up my mind. > >https://annsan.smugmug.com/On-the-Road-or-On-Foot/2016-and-all-that/i-jHdKV6j/A > >ann > >On 5/11/2016 9:24 PM, Marco Al

Re: 3 Pesos - from the Brooklyn botanical garden

2016-05-13 Thread Paul Stenquist
Nice pics of a beautiful venue. My first rhode bloomed today. Very early for Muchigan. Paul via phone > On May 13, 2016, at 4:43 PM, ann sanfedele wrote: > > Thanks, Ken > I took four quick snaps... when I got home I noticed a wilted bud on the left > that basically mucked all of them up... t

2016 Annual - mystery message

2016-05-13 Thread Stanley Halpin
I ordered my copy of the Annual when it became available. Chose low-dollar shipping option. It was printed/shipped quite promptly via the UPSMI system. A new UPS offering? Since then, I am not sure where it has been, the status-check has been remarkably uninformative. But a check a few minutes a

Re: 2016 Annual - mystery message

2016-05-13 Thread Mark C
Interesting description... I've noticed that the USPS is handling final delivery of smaller UPS parcels lately so I'd assume your mail carrier will drop the book off rather than a UPS driver - but just a guess. My first impressions of the collaboration are good - I've gotten a couple packages w

Re: 2016 Annual - mystery message

2016-05-13 Thread Paul Stenquist
Induction involved flogging of the addressee, but once the carriers have had their way with you, they leave the package. It's part of the low-cost shipping option. A trade off one might say. Paul via phone > On May 13, 2016, at 5:44 PM, Stanley Halpin > wrote: > > I ordered my copy of the An

Re: 2016 Annual - mystery message

2016-05-13 Thread Ken Waller
Sounds like it's going to be drafted into the Marines. -Original Message- >From: Stanley Halpin >Subject: 2016 Annual - mystery message > >I ordered my copy of the Annual when it became available. Chose low-dollar >shipping option. It was printed/shipped quite promptly via the UPSMI sys

Re: 2016 Annual - mystery message

2016-05-13 Thread Igor PDML-StR
Both UPS and FedEx have this option when they transport the package to the destination city, and then pass to USPS (your post office) for delivery to your house/apartment. They have had this for several years now (2-3?). I never remember the actual terms, - one of them is called " [something]

Re: 2016 Annual - mystery message

2016-05-13 Thread ann sanfedele
Yeah - USPS is delivering small FEDEX packages in my neighborhood... but the UPS guy I see on the street is normally loaded up with Amazon boxes. "induction" is new to us though :-) ann On 5/13/2016 6:05 PM, Mark C wrote: Interesting description... I've noticed that the USPS is handling fina

Re: 2016 Annual - mystery message

2016-05-13 Thread Igor PDML-StR
HAR! Thank you, Paul for a minute of nice laughter! Igor Paul Stenquist Fri, 13 May 2016 15:32:55 -0700 wrote: Induction involved flogging of the addressee, but once the carriers have had their way with you, they leave the package. It's part of the low-cost shipping option. A trade off one

For Sale Friday - A bunch of lenses.

2016-05-13 Thread Bill
Well kids, the time has come. I am hoping to sell my APS-C lenses. I'm just in the process of getting some pictures of said lenses prepped, and will have them on my website this weekend. I have no idea if my asking prices are realistic or not, but they are in Canadian dollars, and I am willin

Re: Peso : Fly by on Astor Place

2016-05-13 Thread ann sanfedele
well the color of the bag the guy has with him sort of justifies the color version... I used to be more stringent in my bw vs color stuff... that is, if the color doesn't add to the story, present it in BW (and in the old days, shoot it in black and white) ann On 5/13/2016 1:53 PM, Gonz w

For Sale Friday - redundant lenses

2016-05-13 Thread Stanley Halpin
No overlap between my list of lenses for sale and the one Bill recently posted. No price competition here! Bill is selling APS-C lenses, I am still working through which of those I may keep. But I have some other redundancies/duplicates I need to move out. In equipping my 645Z system I started

Re: For Sale Friday - A bunch of lenses.

2016-05-13 Thread Bill
Revised prices. Apparently I'm dreaming. This might be more palatable. I will entertain offers. Remember, this is Canadian $. 20-40 209 $500.0 10-17 93 $275.0 12-24 423 $400.00 15 LTD 228 $375.00 18-135 402 $400.00 21mm

Re: 2016 Annual - mystery message

2016-05-13 Thread Rick Womer
It means that your PDML book arrives in uniform, and gives you a smart salute when you open it. http://photo.net/photos/RickW On Fri, May 13, 2016 at 8:07 PM, Igor PDML-StR wrote: > > HAR! > > Thank you, Paul for a minute of nice laughter! > > Igor > > Paul Stenquist Fri, 13 May 2016 15:32:55 -0

Re: For Sale Friday - A bunch of lenses.

2016-05-13 Thread Larry Colen
This must be an awesome time to buy a k5 or k3. It will be interesting to watch the prices of da lenses over the next year. As the k1 becomes available, I think a lot of people will follow in Bill's footsteps causing a brief glut of da lenses. I expect that the k1 Will do wonders for the presti

Re: For Sale Friday - A bunch of lenses.

2016-05-13 Thread Bill
On 5/13/2016 9:42 PM, Larry Colen wrote: This must be an awesome time to buy a k5 or k3. It will be interesting to watch the prices of da lenses over the next year. As the k1 becomes available, I think a lot of people will follow in Bill's footsteps causing a brief glut of da lenses. I expect th

Re: For Sale Friday - A bunch of lenses.

2016-05-13 Thread Larry Colen
Bill wrote: What is the exchange rate these days? I think the Canadian $ is about $0.80 US. Now that I'm at a desktop, it's $.77 Do any of the Canadian dealers have k1s in stock? My local had one in stock yesterday. Don't know if they still have it or not. Do you know the cost off h

Re: For Sale Friday - A bunch of lenses.

2016-05-13 Thread Bill
On 5/13/2016 11:47 PM, Larry Colen wrote: Bill wrote: What is the exchange rate these days? I think the Canadian $ is about $0.80 US. Now that I'm at a desktop, it's $.77 Do any of the Canadian dealers have k1s in stock? My local had one in stock yesterday. Don't know if they still h