Re: OT - Wisdom of the List sought......

2016-08-14 Thread Steve Cottrell
Thanks all for the recommendations - and Anthony Farr via Facebook! I will do some more research. One option is that I have a Mac PowerBook 1400 in the attic - could be time to fire her up -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__Broadcast, Corporate, || (O) |Web Video Production --

Re: Peso-Summer Gray Heron

2016-08-14 Thread Rick Womer
Nice shot. The background is just dense enough not to be distracting. I've seen lots of blue herons, and know they nest in colonies in trees (barfing half-digested fish on intruders), but I've never -seen- a heron in a tree either. Rick http://photo.net/photos/RickW On Sat, Aug 13, 2016 at 7:59

Re: OT - Wisdom of the List sought......

2016-08-14 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
> On Aug 14, 2016, at 2:54 AM, Steve Cottrell wrote: > > Thanks all for the recommendations - and Anthony Farr via Facebook! > > I will do some more research. > > One option is that I have a Mac PowerBook 1400 in the attic - could be > time to fire her up Wow, now that's an amusing an

Re: OT - Wisdom of the List sought......

2016-08-14 Thread Steve Cottrell
On 14/8/16, Godfrey DiGiorgi, discombobulated, unleashed: >Given the fact that I now shoot film on a very limited basis and modern >digital cameras with 35mm-sized 24Mpixel sensors are easily available, >I've taken to 'scanning' 35mm film with setups like the Leica SL or M-P >using a Spiratone Var

Re: OT - Wisdom of the List sought......

2016-08-14 Thread P.J. Alling
This doesn't help Mac or even Windows laptop users but SCSI cards are still available from Amazon. https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_2?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=Pcie+scsi On 8/13/2016 8:21 PM, John Coyle wrote: A couple of years ago I tried to find a USB/SCSI converter for ex

Re: Peso-Summer Gray Heron

2016-08-14 Thread Jack Davis
Thanks, Rick! I know it's rare to see Heron's occupying trees, but not completely unknown. I'm probably one who does more photo hunting in trees than most, due to my frequently seeing Egret's glowing white plumage decorating trees. I especially liked the lighting in this case. J - Original M

Re: OT More grand kids

2016-08-14 Thread Boris Liberman
Congratulations! On 12 Aug 2016 18:32, "David J Brooks" wrote: > Hi all > > Last Friday our daughter and her husband welcomed their second child > into the family, a girl named Gwen Windsor. As with grand child #1 i > bought her a domain name and hosting through Clark's host-gator > account. It

Re: Need recommendation for solid, luggable tripod

2016-08-14 Thread John
I have a set of Bogen 3021 legs, with a Manfroto 410 geared head that are sturdy as heck. Heavy as heck too. I think both are still available, although you might want to go with something like the Manfrotto XPRO Geared 3-Way Pan/Tilt Head, because it looks like it's easier to manipulate & get in

Re: OT - Wisdom of the List sought......

2016-08-14 Thread John
If the Mac has an open PCI slot, you might be able to install an Adaptec 2906. https://www.amazon.com/Adaptec-2906-SCSI-Windows-Support/dp/B5111H On 8/13/2016 7:45 AM, Steve Cottrell wrote: Hi Listers I have an old but possibly still useful Nikon LS-1000 film scanner with a SCSI connectio

PEso : Up a tree (great Blues and Cormys)

2016-08-14 Thread ann sanfedele
at the Salton sea - back a few years - LX 400MM lens It was published in a magazine through my stock agency back a while but I forgot which. https://annsan.smugmug.com/On-the-Road-or-On-Foot/Random-stuff/n-9xmXn/i-NkHGkSc/A ann -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.ne

Re: Peso-Summer Gray Heron

2016-08-14 Thread ann sanfedele
reall nice shot, Jack - I guess you called him gray because his blue is more subdued in the summer? See my posted peso for when I saw a "Heron-priested " tree :-) not to mention they were in such good company ann On 8/14/2016 10:04 AM, Rick Womer wrote: Nice shot. The background is just

Re: The Guardian has a photo essay just for the PDML!

2016-08-14 Thread ann sanfedele
They arent spoken of nicely there... ann On 8/12/2016 12:35 PM, David J Brooks wrote: probably a lurker Dave On Fri, Aug 12, 2016 at 7:45 AM, Mark Roberts wrote: https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2016/aug/12/yoshinori-mizutani-hanon-bird-photography-tokyo-in-pictures -- Mar

Re: PESO - Eyeballing a beetle

2016-08-14 Thread ann sanfedele
On 8/9/2016 6:45 PM, Steve Cottrell wrote: On 9/8/16, Jostein, discombobulated, unleashed: http://www.alunfoto.no/innhold/rose-chafer-eye/ Beetle is about 20mm long. Eye is between 1 and 2 mm in diameter. Still exploring the range of microscope lenses Mike W. brought. This one is a Philip H

Re: Old Pentax sighting

2016-08-14 Thread ann sanfedele
Brigette Bardot - for you youngsters ann On 8/12/2016 3:53 PM, Steve Cottrell wrote: On 12/8/16, Bob W-PDML, discombobulated, unleashed: There's a Pentax in this picture too, but you have to look carefully. http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lfhudncOkW1qe0edlo1_500.jpg Couldn't see the came

Re: Peso-Summer Gray Heron

2016-08-14 Thread Ken Waller
I've seen them in trees a lot here in S E Michigan. -Original Message- >From: Jack Davis >Subject: Re: Peso-Summer Gray Heron > >Thanks, Rick! >I know it's rare to see Heron's occupying trees, but not completely >unknown. I'm probably one who does more photo hunting in trees than most, >

Re: PEso : Up a tree (great Blues and Cormys)

2016-08-14 Thread ann sanfedele
This one is a bit better - https://annsan.smugmug.com/Works-in-Print/Calendars-in-Print/2010-Nature-Calendar/i-b8CXkWP/A On 8/14/2016 2:09 PM, ann sanfedele wrote: at the Salton sea - back a few years - LX 400MM lens It was published in a magazine through my stock agency back a while but

Re: PEso : Up a tree (great Blues and Cormys)

2016-08-14 Thread Jack Davis
Terrific, Ann! J Sent from my iPhone > On Aug 14, 2016, at 11:49 AM, ann sanfedele wrote: > > This one is a bit better - > > https://annsan.smugmug.com/Works-in-Print/Calendars-in-Print/2010-Nature-Calendar/i-b8CXkWP/A > > > >> On 8/14/2016 2:09 PM, ann sanfedele wrote: >> >> >> at the Sa

Re: Peso-Summer Gray Heron

2016-08-14 Thread Jack Davis
Not being certain of the dominant color, I simply picked one. :) J Sent from my iPhone > On Aug 14, 2016, at 11:10 AM, ann sanfedele wrote: > > reall nice shot, Jack - I guess you called him gray because his blue is more > subdued in the summer? > > See my posted peso for when I saw a "Heron-

Re: OT - Wisdom of the List sought......

2016-08-14 Thread steve harley
On 2016-08-13 5:45 , Steve Cottrell wrote: I have an old but possibly still useful Nikon LS-1000 film scanner with a SCSI connection. Is there anything readily available on the market that would allow me to connect the scanner to either USB or FireWire on a recent Mac computer? i would buy a

Re: PEso : Up a tree (great Blues and Cormys)

2016-08-14 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
Very nice, Ann; both of them. Back in the Dry, I used to like to fly over the Salton Sea; it is a bit unnerving to see the altimeter go below zero. Almost as much fun a flying though the Grand Canyon below the rim, or flying low over the single track crossing the desert at night, with the gear

OT: Editing Olympic Photos

2016-08-14 Thread David Mann
I don't know how he does it, I'd be fried within an hour going through so many photos. http://petapixel.com/2016/08/09/selecting-top-0-2-photos-olympics/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the

Re: PEso : Up a tree (great Blues and Cormys)

2016-08-14 Thread Marco Alpert
Is Tippi Hedron just out of frame? m > On Aug 14, 2016, at 11:49 AM, ann sanfedele wrote: > > This one is a bit better - > > https://annsan.smugmug.com/Works-in-Print/Calendars-in-Print/2010-Nature-Calendar/i-b8CXkWP/A > > > > On 8/14/2016 2:09 PM, ann sanfedele wrote: >> >> >> at the Sal

Re: Peso-Summer Gray Heron

2016-08-14 Thread ann sanfedele
Actually, great Blues always do look more gray than blue - I was just noting the actual species ann On 8/14/2016 3:30 PM, Jack Davis wrote: Not being certain of the dominant color, I simply picked one. :) J Sent from my iPhone On Aug 14, 2016, at 11:10 AM, ann sanfedele wrote: reall nice

Re: Peso-Summer Gray Heron

2016-08-14 Thread Jack Davis
Appreciated, Ann! J Sent from my iPhone > On Aug 14, 2016, at 1:31 PM, ann sanfedele wrote: > > Actually, great Blues always do look more gray than blue - I was just noting > the actual species > > ann > > >> On 8/14/2016 3:30 PM, Jack Davis wrote: >> Not being certain of the dominant color

Re: PEso : Up a tree (great Blues and Cormys)

2016-08-14 Thread Jack Davis
:-) J Sent from my iPhone > On Aug 14, 2016, at 1:23 PM, Marco Alpert wrote: > > Is Tippi Hedron just out of frame? > > m > >> On Aug 14, 2016, at 11:49 AM, ann sanfedele wrote: >> >> This one is a bit better - >> >> https://annsan.smugmug.com/Works-in-Print/Calendars-in-Print/2010-Nature-

Re: OT: Editing Olympic Photos

2016-08-14 Thread Bob W-PDML
Phillip Jones Griffiths at a talk I once attended said the main qualification to be a photo editor was you had to be blind. B > On 14 Aug 2016, at 21:17, David Mann wrote: > > I don't know how he does it, I'd be fried within an hour going through so > many photos. > > http://petapixel.com/20

Re: PEso : Up a tree (great Blues and Cormys)

2016-08-14 Thread Bob W-PDML
Beautiful plumage! > On 14 Aug 2016, at 19:10, ann sanfedele wrote: > > > > at the Salton sea - back a few years - LX 400MM lens It was published in a > magazine through my stock agency back a while but I forgot which. > > https://annsan.smugmug.com/On-the-Road-or-On-Foot/Random-stuff/n-9x

Did the Beatles shoot Pentax Cameras?

2016-08-14 Thread Morris Galloway
Beatles and Pentax: This subject appeared and then evaporated, or I went off to another planet. The answer is 'Early in their career -- Yes.' A quick Google of 'The Beatles with Pentax Cameras' will show well over fifty photos if you have the patience. (There is one shot with George H and a Ni

Re: OT - Wisdom of the List sought......

2016-08-14 Thread Steve Cottrell
On 14/8/16, steve harley, discombobulated, unleashed: >i would buy a suitably old Mac or PC; the PowerBook 1400 might be a fun way >to do it, but if you are going to use it a lot i'd go with something faster >like a PowerMac G4 or G5 with a stock or third-party SCSI card -- i'd look >for a used

Re: Did the Beatles shoot Pentax Cameras?

2016-08-14 Thread Paul Stenquist
Fun stuff! Thanks Morris. Paul via phone > On Aug 14, 2016, at 6:27 PM, Morris Galloway > wrote: > > Beatles and Pentax: This subject appeared and then evaporated, or I went off > to another planet. The answer is 'Early in their career -- Yes.' A quick > Google of 'The Beatles with Pentax C

Re: PESO - Discreet Delivery

2016-08-14 Thread Rick Womer
...and crushes the customer before he can file a complaint. http://photo.net/photos/RickW On Sun, Aug 14, 2016 at 12:32 AM, Boris Liberman wrote: > And then the door opens from within and the parcel falls over... > > On 12 Aug 2016 05:05, "Rick Womer" wrote: > >> "Mr. Smith? I'm showing that we

Re: Old Pentax sighting

2016-08-14 Thread John Francis
That's "Brigitte" ... On Sun, Aug 14, 2016 at 02:24:42PM -0400, ann sanfedele wrote: > Brigette Bardot - for you youngsters > > ann > > > On 8/12/2016 3:53 PM, Steve Cottrell wrote: > > On 12/8/16, Bob W-PDML, discombobulated, unleashed: > > > > > There's a Pentax in this picture too, but you

PESO: Cowboy

2016-08-14 Thread Gonz
Taken during recent party shoot https://flic.kr/p/L1h8x3 Pentax K-5 -- 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: Cowboy

2016-08-14 Thread Paul Stenquist
Excellent! Great moment, beautifully framed. Paul via phone > On Aug 14, 2016, at 7:56 PM, Gonz wrote: > > Taken during recent party shoot > > https://flic.kr/p/L1h8x3 > > Pentax K-5 > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to

Re: PESO: Cowboy

2016-08-14 Thread Gonz
Thanks Paul! On Sun, Aug 14, 2016 at 7:00 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote: > Excellent! Great moment, beautifully framed. > > Paul via phone > >> On Aug 14, 2016, at 7:56 PM, Gonz wrote: >> >> Taken during recent party shoot >> >> https://flic.kr/p/L1h8x3 >> >> Pentax K-5 >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discus

PESO: #2 Drinking babysitter

2016-08-14 Thread Gonz
Same party. https://flic.kr/p/LaA5H8 Pentax K-5 -- 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: Cowboy

2016-08-14 Thread Steve Cottrell
On 14/8/16, Gonz, discombobulated, unleashed: >Taken during recent party shoot > >https://flic.kr/p/L1h8x3 Great shot Gonzolious - yer a regular modern-day Robert Frank, dude. Love it -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__Broadcast, Corporate, || (O) |Web Video Production --

Re: PESO: Cowboy

2016-08-14 Thread Gonz
Thank you Cotty. You're too kind. :) On Sun, Aug 14, 2016 at 7:16 PM, Steve Cottrell wrote: > On 14/8/16, Gonz, discombobulated, unleashed: > >>Taken during recent party shoot >> >>https://flic.kr/p/L1h8x3 > > Great shot Gonzolious - yer a regular modern-day Robert Frank, dude. > > Love it > >

Re: PEso : Up a tree (great Blues and Cormys)

2016-08-14 Thread Ken Waller
Nice to see the family tree. -Original Message- >From: ann sanfedele >Subject: Re: PEso : Up a tree (great Blues and Cormys) > >This one is a bit better - > >https://annsan.smugmug.com/Works-in-Print/Calendars-in-Print/2010-Nature-Calendar/i-b8CXkWP/A > > > >On 8/14/2016 2:09 PM, ann san

Re: PEso : Up a tree (great Blues and Cormys)

2016-08-14 Thread Ken Waller
Great to hear of some of your exploits while serving our country ! -Original Message- >From: "Daniel J. Matyola" >Subject: Re: PEso : Up a tree (great Blues and Cormys) > >Very nice, Ann; both of them. > >Back in the Dry, I used to like to fly over the Salton Sea; it is a bit >unnervin

Re: PESO: Cowboy

2016-08-14 Thread ann sanfedele
I'm guessing that isn't MIller Light... Nice grab, Gonz ann On 8/14/2016 7:56 PM, Gonz wrote: Taken during recent party shoot https://flic.kr/p/L1h8x3 Pentax K-5 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, p

Re: Did the Beatles shoot Pentax Cameras?

2016-08-14 Thread Bob W-PDML
On 14 Aug 2016, at 23:28, Morris Galloway wrote: > > Beatles and Pentax: This subject appeared and then evaporated, or I went off > to another planet. The answer is 'Early in their career -- Yes.' A quick > Google of 'The Beatles with Pentax Cameras' will show well over fifty photos > if you