GESO best of September

2016-09-30 Thread Larry Colen
This seems to be the month of critters, or even the fortnight. All of these shot in the last two weeks. http://www.flickriver.com/photos/ellarsee/sets/72157674075994795/ -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com (postbox on min4est) http://red4est.com/lrc -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: PESO - Boats in the Harbour

2016-09-30 Thread Alan C
Dig out the old shot & see. Better maintenance may be the answer? Alan C -Original Message- From: Brian Walters Sent: Saturday, October 01, 2016 12:07 AM To: pdml@pdml.net Subject: Re: PESO - Boats in the Harbour On Fri, Sep 30, 2016, at 05:15 PM, Alan C wrote: Splendid Pano. I must

Re: PESO Pot garden

2016-09-30 Thread Nicole Jacque
Penicillin soup? > On Sep 30, 2016, at 7:40 PM, Larry Colen wrote: > > I found this unintentional pot garden this afternoon. > > in color: > https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/29406807524/in/album-72157673351965272/ > > B&W > https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/3582136/in/album-721

PESO Pot garden

2016-09-30 Thread Larry Colen
I found this unintentional pot garden this afternoon. in color: https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/29406807524/in/album-72157673351965272/ B&W https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/3582136/in/album-72157673351965272/ -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com (postbox on min4est) http://red4est.

Re: Archeologist

2016-09-30 Thread Rick Womer
Dan, I like the composition and the look of concentration. I think the color rendering is off, though, unless the guy's hat and shirt are both light blue and his face is flushed; and the contrast is rather high. Cheers, Rick http://photo.net/photos/RickW On Sat, Sep 24, 2016 at 8:35 AM, Daniel

Re: PESO Statue

2016-09-30 Thread Rick Womer
The touristy areas of Europe are heavily infested with these. I've never been impressed, except with the intensity of the performers (?) masochism. Rick http://photo.net/photos/RickW On Thu, Sep 29, 2016 at 8:40 PM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: > Not a very attractive "statue" > > Dan Matyola > htt

Re: GESO spider and cocoon

2016-09-30 Thread Larry Colen
Igor PDML-StR wrote: I've been looking at this image for 3 days, and I am still having problems discerning the spider. Did you notice that it's a GESO? Did you scroll down to other photos? For example, the next one in the series, the spider is a bit more visible: https://www.flickr.com/phot

Re: PESO - Perseverance and Passion

2016-09-30 Thread Larry Colen
Igor PDML-StR wrote: Larry, Do you remember which Benro model? C38F, by any chance? It's the MC-66m8 no longer in production I believe. https://www.amazon.co.uk/Benro-B0063-BEM-Carbon-MC-66m8-Monopod/dp/B0027VSPUM A critical spec for me was that I could take the ball head off and it woul

Re: PESO - Perseverance and Passion

2016-09-30 Thread Igor PDML-StR
Larry, Do you remember which Benro model? C38F, by any chance? As for Induro ball heads: I looked at the cheapest one, BHS1: https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/816613-REG/Induro_479_011_BHS1_Ball_Head.html While 10 reviews on Amazon are ok, 1 review there and 3 reviews on B&H suggest that

Re: PESO - Boats in the Harbour

2016-09-30 Thread Brian Walters
On Sat, Oct 1, 2016, at 02:02 AM, Igor PDML-StR wrote: > > > Brian, > > The "single" image is good, but after seeing the panorama, I cannot > appreciate it anymore: I want to go back to the panorama. > I grealy enjoyed the panorama: there is some "red magic" there. Thanks, Igor. The pano was

Re: PESO - Boats in the Harbour

2016-09-30 Thread Brian Walters
On Fri, Sep 30, 2016, at 05:15 PM, Alan C wrote: > Splendid Pano. I must say the boats are in pristine condition, quite > unlike > those I have seen at Hout Bay. Thanks Alan. I photographed the same scene in 2004 and the boats looked just as pristine then. Of course they may or may not have be

Re: PESO - Perseverance and Passion

2016-09-30 Thread Larry Colen
Igor PDML-StR wrote: For me, this photo is overwhelmed with the passion and excitement: http://42graphy.org/skating/2016-08-28-performance/_IR35254.html One more photo: http://42graphy.org/skating/2016-08-28-performance/_IR35212.html I am sharing it even though it is soft. I think it is one

Re: Shooting into the sun

2016-09-30 Thread Eric Weir
Thanks, Larry. I may just give it a try. I see there are lots of options. > On Sep 30, 2016, at 4:15 PM, Larry Colen wrote: > > I'm not the only one who has had this idea, google "home made lens hood" > > https://www.google.com/search?sourceid=chrome-psyapi2&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8&q=home%20made%

Re: Shooting into the sun

2016-09-30 Thread Larry Colen
I'm not the only one who has had this idea, google "home made lens hood" https://www.google.com/search?sourceid=chrome-psyapi2&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8&q=home%20made%20lens%20hood&oq=home%20made%20lens%20hood&aqs=chrome..69i57j0j69i64.5014j0j7 Larry Colen wrote: Eric Weir wrote: On Sep 30, 2016

Re: Shooting into the sun

2016-09-30 Thread Larry Colen
Eric Weir wrote: On Sep 30, 2016, at 3:10 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote: The bright spot should be shaped like the aperture. It's lens flare, caused by light reflecting off internal parts of the lens. Use as long a lens hood as you can without vignetting to minimize. Shooting from under an umbre

Re: Shooting into the sun

2016-09-30 Thread Eric Weir
> On Sep 30, 2016, at 3:10 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote: > > The bright spot should be shaped like the aperture. It's lens flare, caused > by light reflecting off internal parts of the lens. Use as long a lens hood > as you can without vignetting to minimize. Shooting from under an umbrella > hel

Re: LR file location puzzle

2016-09-30 Thread Eric Weir
> On Sep 30, 2016, at 3:01 PM, Igor PDML-StR wrote: > > From this, updated description, it sounds like that file is NOT in LR at all, > - since you only see it while going to "import" new photos. > Why do you think it is in LR? > > When you are importing photographs that are not in LR, - you s

Re: Shooting into the sun

2016-09-30 Thread P.J. Alling
That is a symptom of lens flair, and it's caused by reflections within the lens that design and coatings haven't been able to completely eliminate. The fact that it's six sided means that your lens has a six bladed aperture. To not have this type of flair, don't shoot into bright light source

Re: Shooting into the sun

2016-09-30 Thread Paul Stenquist
The bright spot should be shaped like the aperture. It's lens flare, caused by light reflecting off internal parts of the lens. Use as long a lens hood as you can without vignetting to minimize. Shooting from under an umbrella held to "flag" the sun also helps. Finally, the best lenses with exce

Re: LR file location puzzle

2016-09-30 Thread Igor PDML-StR
Eric, From this, updated description, it sounds like that file is NOT in LR at all, - since you only see it while going to "import" new photos. Why do you think it is in LR? When you are importing photographs that are not in LR, - you see all photos stored on your drive. And that the same as

Shooting into the sun

2016-09-30 Thread Eric Weir
I’ve been following the cross country team of the high school in the community in which I worked the last few years before retiring. I frequently find myself having to shoot into the sun. When I do I get bright spot of varying size shaped like the focus indicator in the viewfinder. Why does t

Re: LR file location puzzle

2016-09-30 Thread Eric Weir
> On Sep 30, 2016, at 1:19 PM, Igor PDML-StR wrote: > > You should be able to select that photo within LR (in "Library") by going to > "Folders" panel on the left (not to "Collections"). > > If you still cannot find it, - under "Catalog" panel choose "All > Photographs". Then in the menu on t

Re: PESO - Perseverance and Passion

2016-09-30 Thread Eric Weir
> On Sep 30, 2016, at 1:02 PM, Igor PDML-StR wrote: > > > For me, this photo is overwhelmed with the passion and excitement: > http://42graphy.org/skating/2016-08-28-performance/_IR35254.html Cool. Brought a big happy smile to my face. -

Re: LR file location puzzle

2016-09-30 Thread John
I don't know or use lightroom so take this for what it's worth ... Could the image be a "ghost" of an image already deleted? As to "right-click on Mac", I think cmd+click = right click. I'm not absolutely certain because when I used Macs at school, I always brought my own 2 button mouse to clas

Re: LR file location puzzle

2016-09-30 Thread Igor PDML-StR
Eric, You should be able to select that photo within LR (in "Library") by going to "Folders" panel on the left (not to "Collections"). If you still cannot find it, - under "Catalog" panel choose "All Photographs". Then in the menu on top Library->Find (or Ctrl-F on Windows, probably Comman

PESO - Perseverance and Passion

2016-09-30 Thread Igor PDML-StR
For me, this photo is overwhelmed with the passion and excitement: http://42graphy.org/skating/2016-08-28-performance/_IR35254.html One more photo: http://42graphy.org/skating/2016-08-28-performance/_IR35212.html I am sharing it even though it is soft. I think it is one of those that "tell a s

LR file location puzzle

2016-09-30 Thread Eric Weir
I have a single image file that is of no value to me that I’ve been unable to get rid of. It's at the top level of my directory, not in a folder. It shows up both in the source and destination windows in import mode. It also shows up in Finder. But it does not show up in Library otherwise, e.g.

Re: PESO - Boats in the Harbour

2016-09-30 Thread Igor PDML-StR
Brian, The "single" image is good, but after seeing the panorama, I cannot appreciate it anymore: I want to go back to the panorama. I grealy enjoyed the panorama: there is some "red magic" there. Igor On Sep 29, 2016, at 3:28 PM, Brian Walters wrote: The small fishing fleet at Stanley,

PESO - jigsaw #3 (nsfw)

2016-09-30 Thread Igor PDML-StR
Bruce, In contrast to #1, this image doesn't show much of muscle tension: the position is more comfortable. This pose is more comfortable (and you described previously why). Enjoying watching your work, Igor Bruce Walker Mon, 26 Sep 2016 18:26:48 -0700 wrote: The next in my Body Language

Re: Photo students today - equipment

2016-09-30 Thread Igor PDML-StR
It depends on the definition of the word "smart". I would differentiate between "smart" and "wise". Kids might lack the experience. And it is the experience that contributes (or rather, may contribute) to wisdom. And then, there could be an additional vector called "knowledge", which is also

Re: GESO spider and cocoon

2016-09-30 Thread Igor PDML-StR
I've been looking at this image for 3 days, and I am still having problems discerning the spider. I think I am finally able to see its eyes (2 with a catch light in each, and maybe one more on top with two catchlights, including one orange). BTW, Larry, did you notice some sort of "color band

Re: K-1 firmware 1.30

2016-09-30 Thread Jos from Holland
I saw the advantage of square mode, in using the full image circle of APS-C lenses, without the need of going to FF and cropping in post processing. As such the file size would increase w.r.t. APS-C mode. If it is not like that, I will be disappointed. Jos On 30-Sep-16 04:20, Larry Colen wrot

Re: PESO - Boats in the Harbour

2016-09-30 Thread Alan C
Splendid Pano. I must say the boats are in pristine condition, quite unlike those I have seen at Hout Bay. Alan C -Original Message- From: Brian Walters Sent: Friday, September 30, 2016 12:28 AM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: PESO - Boats in the Harbour The small fishing fleet