PDML Annual book - last minute reminder

2018-02-27 Thread Igor PDML-StR
Just in case someone still hasn't submitted his or her photo(s) to the PDML annual (which means you are a worse procrastinator then I), - you still have about 18 hours to finalize your submission. Here is the link: http://www.robertstech.com/pdmlbook/upload.php (Of course, that doesn't gua

Re: New laptop

2018-02-27 Thread mike wilson
> On 28 February 2018 at 04:34 John wrote: > > > On 2/27/2018 14:28, John Francis wrote: > > On Tue, Feb 27, 2018 at 02:04:12PM -0500, John wrote: > >> My new laptop just arrived. I finally broke down and ordered a > >> refurbished HP Elitebook from Newegg. Intel i5, 16GB RAM, 512GB SSD, > >> DV

Re: Week 4 PDML Photo Annual Update

2018-02-27 Thread lrc
I need to deal with it when I get home.I've had way too much life happening to me this month. On February 27, 2018 8:57:32 PM PST, John wrote: >Yes! I'm not the last of the laggards. > >On 2/27/2018 18:46, Bruce Walker wrote: >> 92 images, but probably 40-50 photographers. >> >> http://www.robe

Re: Week 4 PDML Photo Annual Update

2018-02-27 Thread John
Yes! I'm not the last of the laggards. On 2/27/2018 18:46, Bruce Walker wrote: 92 images, but probably 40-50 photographers. http://www.robertstech.com/pdmlbook/photopage.php On Tue, Feb 27, 2018 at 6:33 PM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: How many entrants so far? Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxpho

Re: Ricoh announces an upgrade service for current PENTAX K-1 consumers

2018-02-27 Thread John
IIRC, that's what it said at the bottom of the announcement. 8-) On 2/27/2018 16:33, Stanley Halpin wrote: I emailed Ricoh with a couple of questions about the process, expected turnaround times, whether Precision was going to do the work or forward on to Japan... The answer(s) - more informati

Re: PESO Raptor Launch

2018-02-27 Thread John
On 2/27/2018 14:29, Paul Stenquist wrote: This is the frame before the in-flight shot. The hawk is coiled and ready to spring. https://www.dropbox.com/s/mopttwt1xxsnbdi/8143.jpg?dl=0 I bet you could swap the eye, top of the head & upper beak onto the flying one to get them in sharp focus. -

Re: New laptop

2018-02-27 Thread John
On 2/27/2018 14:28, John Francis wrote: On Tue, Feb 27, 2018 at 02:04:12PM -0500, John wrote: My new laptop just arrived. I finally broke down and ordered a refurbished HP Elitebook from Newegg. Intel i5, 16GB RAM, 512GB SSD, DVD??RW, Windoze7 PRO 64-bit. Replaces my 11 year old Toshiba. I expe

Re: Week 4 PDML Photo Annual Update

2018-02-27 Thread Bruce Walker
92 images, but probably 40-50 photographers. http://www.robertstech.com/pdmlbook/photopage.php On Tue, Feb 27, 2018 at 6:33 PM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: > How many entrants so far? > > Dan Matyola > http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola > > On Tue, Feb 27, 2018 at 6:30 PM, Bruce Walk

Re: Week 4 PDML Photo Annual Update

2018-02-27 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
How many entrants so far? Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Tue, Feb 27, 2018 at 6:30 PM, Bruce Walker wrote: > Heads-up: for 24 hours only it's last minute flail time. ;-) > > On Tue, Jan 30, 2018 at 8:53 AM, Mark Roberts > wrote: > > Half way through the submiss

Re: Week 4 PDML Photo Annual Update

2018-02-27 Thread Bruce Walker
Heads-up: for 24 hours only it's last minute flail time. ;-) On Tue, Jan 30, 2018 at 8:53 AM, Mark Roberts wrote: > Half way through the submission period and we're into the lull that > always comes between the initial rush and the last minute flail ;-) > Still, judging by the overall quality of

Re: Ricoh announces an upgrade service for current PENTAX K-1 consumers

2018-02-27 Thread Bill
Here: http://ricoh-imaging.ca/en/support/upgrade-service -- 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: Ricoh announces an upgrade service for current PENTAX K-1 consumers

2018-02-27 Thread Bill
On 2/27/2018 3:47 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote: I saw a notice on Facebook from Pentax earlier today saying that the program wouldn’t start until late May and would run for a limited time. The program starts late May, and runs until late September. The cost is something like US$550.00 and is bein

Re: Ricoh announces an upgrade service for current PENTAX K-1 consumers

2018-02-27 Thread Paul Stenquist
I saw a notice on Facebook from Pentax earlier today saying that the program wouldn’t start until late May and would run for a limited time. > On Feb 27, 2018, at 4:33 PM, Stanley Halpin > wrote: > > I emailed Ricoh with a couple of questions about the process, expected > turnaround times, w

Re: Ricoh announces an upgrade service for current PENTAX K-1 consumers

2018-02-27 Thread Stanley Halpin
I emailed Ricoh with a couple of questions about the process, expected turnaround times, whether Precision was going to do the work or forward on to Japan... The answer(s) - more information will be released shortly. Stay tuned… stan > On Feb 22, 2018, at 4:56 PM, John wrote: > > I'm with

Re: PESO Raptor Revisited

2018-02-27 Thread Paul Stenquist
Yeah, I could do better on the sky. Will get back to it at some time. Sky edits are tough. If you make it uniform, it looks fake, but getting natural gradations is difficult. Paul > On Feb 27, 2018, at 3:02 PM, Jack Davis wrote: > > Now that you pointed out the edit, > the different sky tone

Re: PESO Raptor Revisited

2018-02-27 Thread Jack Davis
Now that you pointed out the edit, the different sky tone is a bit distracting. Very nice catch, Paul. J Sent from my iPhone > On Feb 27, 2018, at 11:26 AM, Paul Stenquist wrote: > > Thanks for the input, John. I had thought about removing the branches below > the breast. That’s an easy on

PESO Raptor Launch

2018-02-27 Thread Paul Stenquist
This is the frame before the in-flight shot. The hawk is coiled and ready to spring. https://www.dropbox.com/s/mopttwt1xxsnbdi/8143.jpg?dl=0 -- 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

Re: New laptop

2018-02-27 Thread John Francis
On Tue, Feb 27, 2018 at 02:04:12PM -0500, John wrote: > My new laptop just arrived. I finally broke down and ordered a > refurbished HP Elitebook from Newegg. Intel i5, 16GB RAM, 512GB SSD, > DVD??RW, Windoze7 PRO 64-bit. > > Replaces my 11 year old Toshiba. I expect I'll finally be able to > run

Re: PESO Raptor Revisited

2018-02-27 Thread Paul Stenquist
Thanks for the input, John. I had thought about removing the branches below the breast. That’s an easy one, and I may do so. The flight feathers on the left wing are what they are, save perhaps the longest one, which was blending with a branch, and I may have truncated it slightly. > On Feb 27,

Re: PESO Raptor Revisited

2018-02-27 Thread John
On 2/27/2018 10:37, Paul Stenquist wrote: I did some more work on the hawk in flight to remove some of the offending spruce branches that made the image feel disjointed to me. Here’s the revised pic: https://www.dropbox.com/s/ru2eu9y706fzf75/8144b.jpg?dl=0 The original is here: https://www.dro

Re: PESO Raptor Revisited

2018-02-27 Thread John
Sharpen the shit out of the area around the eye, and it will look more in focus. Blame the rest of it on motion blur. Doesn't really need it. It's a good photo as it is. On 2/27/2018 11:24, Igor PDML-StR wrote: Both raptor shots are very good catches. The steady one deserves to be hung (on th

New laptop

2018-02-27 Thread John
My new laptop just arrived. I finally broke down and ordered a refurbished HP Elitebook from Newegg. Intel i5, 16GB RAM, 512GB SSD, DVD±RW, Windoze7 PRO 64-bit. Replaces my 11 year old Toshiba. I expect I'll finally be able to run Photoshop CS6 Extended on a laptop. Instructions say plug it in a

Re: Just in case: Beware of fake photo.net invoices

2018-02-27 Thread John
Yeah, and there's a pretty good email program called Thunderbird too. 8-) On 2/27/2018 11:01, ann sanfedele wrote: I love thunderbird :-) ann On 2/27/2018 9:52 AM, Igor PDML-StR wrote: Hi All! I think it had been mentioned before here, but I've received a new messages with a fake photo.net

Re: PESO - Winter is a harsh mistress

2018-02-27 Thread ann sanfedele
hard to look at ann On 2/27/2018 11:53 AM, Jostein wrote: Death by starvation, I think. Or by disease, or both. Jostein Den 26.02.2018 23:04, skrev Steve Cottrell: On 26/2/18, Jostein, discombobulated, unleashed: Today when I got back from work, I noticed something small curled up at the si

Re: PESO - Winter is a harsh mistress

2018-02-27 Thread Jostein
Death by starvation, I think. Or by disease, or both. Jostein Den 26.02.2018 23:04, skrev Steve Cottrell: On 26/2/18, Jostein, discombobulated, unleashed: Today when I got back from work, I noticed something small curled up at the side of the drive between the house and the barn. http://www.a

Re: PESO Raptor Revisited

2018-02-27 Thread ann sanfedele
I really don't think you should have bothered.. the lack of branches so neatly eliminated from the top right looks a bit weird. because of the branches that are still left in on the lower right.. The lack of sharpness adds to the sense of movement.   Anyway your throwaways are better than most p

Re: PESO Raptor Revisited

2018-02-27 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
looks even better. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Tue, Feb 27, 2018 at 10:37 AM, Paul Stenquist wrote: > I did some more work on the hawk in flight to remove some of the offending > spruce branches that made the image feel disjointed to me. Here’s the > revised

Re: PESO Raptor Revisited

2018-02-27 Thread Igor PDML-StR
Both raptor shots are very good catches. The steady one deserves to be hung (on the wall in form of a photo, of course). The one in flight is a very interesting catch. I bet you wish the head were more in focus. While opening the two links (before and after, - at first, I couldn't see the

Re: Fwd: Re: Fwd: PESO Raptor Rapture

2018-02-27 Thread ann sanfedele
Larry - does your birding friend have a wish list for specific flora? When we were traveling in the 80's up to '92 out west I took careful notes as I was still submitting stuff to animals Animals/Earth Scenes and I have a few boxes of dups and rejects from them that have specific locations and

Re: Just in case: Beware of fake photo.net invoices

2018-02-27 Thread ann sanfedele
I love thunderbird :-) ann On 2/27/2018 9:52 AM, Igor PDML-StR wrote: Hi All! I think it had been mentioned before here, but I've received a new messages with a fake photo.net invoice, so there is probably a new wave of scam messages that are using previously hacked database of photo.net ac

PESO Raptor Revisited

2018-02-27 Thread Paul Stenquist
I did some more work on the hawk in flight to remove some of the offending spruce branches that made the image feel disjointed to me. Here’s the revised pic: https://www.dropbox.com/s/ru2eu9y706fzf75/8144b.jpg?dl=0 The original is here: https://www.dropbox.com/s/sdsvezmykexlqmu/8144.jpg?dl=0 --

Re: PESO Raptor Rapture

2018-02-27 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
magnificent birds, and super images, especially the one of the hawk in flight. We don't get many hawks around here, but when I seen them, they are usually hunting small birds at a feeder or elsewhere. For the most part, we just have turkey vultures. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/

Re: PESO Raptor Rapture

2018-02-27 Thread David J Brooks
you migrating to drop box now Paul. \ Dave On Tue, Feb 27, 2018 at 7:05 AM, Paul Stenquist wrote: > Thanks Larry. Great information. > > Paul > >> On Feb 27, 2018, at 1:42 AM, Larry Colen wrote: >> >> I asked a friend who is excellent at ID'ing local fauna about the bird. His >> comments are be

Re: PESO - Winter is a harsh mistress

2018-02-27 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
Sad, but not rare. We have large herds of deer near our home, and there are always carcasses to be seen, usually from being hit by cars. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Mon, Feb 26, 2018 at 11:42 AM, Jostein wrote: > The wife and I got back from winter mid-term

Just in case: Beware of fake photo.net invoices

2018-02-27 Thread Igor PDML-StR
Hi All! I think it had been mentioned before here, but I've received a new messages with a fake photo.net invoice, so there is probably a new wave of scam messages that are using previously hacked database of photo.net accounts. (I used a unique e-mail address for registration for photo.net

Re: PESOs: A few

2018-02-27 Thread Paul Stenquist
Yes, I didn’t realize Dropbox works just like Facebook. A touch and it’s on black! Paul > On Feb 27, 2018, at 12:55 AM, Ken Waller wrote: > > Thanks for the tip David. > > Kenneth Waller > http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller > > - Original Message - From: "David Mann" >

Re: PESO Raptor Rapture

2018-02-27 Thread Paul Stenquist
Thanks Larry. Great information. Paul > On Feb 27, 2018, at 1:42 AM, Larry Colen wrote: > > I asked a friend who is excellent at ID'ing local fauna about the bird. His > comments are below, but it's definitely a redtail. RJ really enjoys ID'ing > from photos, so I can put anyone who is intere