Re: Thumbs up or down?

> On May 7, 2020, at 5:45 PM, P. J. Alling wrote: > > That's all right in Rhode Island there's a place on RI 108 that's self > designated as the middle of nowhere. Having been to the high desert in > California, I believe that they are wrong, the middle of nowhere is somewhere > North East

Re: Thumbs up or down?

One of the fun things that you can learn in a multicultural environment is that the English word banjo, sounds very similar to the hindi term ban chod (and I apologize to anyone that might take offense at my use here), which refers to someone that performs certain acts with their sister. So, if

Re: Thumbs up or down?

That's all right in Rhode Island there's a place on RI 108 that's self designated as the middle of nowhere.   Having been to the high desert in California, I believe that they are wrong, the middle of nowhere is somewhere North East of Palmdale... On 5/7/2020 9:59 AM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote:

Re: Thumbs up or down?

Aahh, Eva...a beautiful voice stilled way too soon. -p On 5/7/2020 10:35 AM, John wrote: Nothing wrong with Ukelele, but I don't care for his particular version. If it's not Judy Garland's version, I much prefer Eva Cassidy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2rd8VktT8xY On 5/6/2020 13:45:55, D

Re: Thumbs up or down?

On 5/7/2020 9:29 AM, John wrote: I know lots of musician jokes, not just banjo player jokes. The one someone posted about the bluegrass stage being level is one I know as: How do you know the drum riser is level? The drummer drools out of both sides of his mouth. I tell people I'm not a musici

Re: re size/scale question

Yeah make a print then run it through your copier at 83% On May 7, 2020 2:11:16 PM PDT, Steve Cottrell wrote: >On 7/5/20, John, discombobulated, unleashed: > >>I multiplied both 1-3/4" and 2-1/4" by 300 (1.75*300=525 and >2.25*300=675) to >>tell me how many pixels I need because I want to print

Re: re size/scale question

On 7/5/20, John, discombobulated, unleashed: >I multiplied both 1-3/4" and 2-1/4" by 300 (1.75*300=525 and 2.25*300=675) to >tell me how many pixels I need because I want to print at 300ppi. I want to print at 349 ppi. Can you work it out for me please ;-) --

Re: OT? Cool stuff

> On 07 May 2020 at 16:00 John wrote: > > > On 5/6/2020 12:47:41, mike wilson wrote: > > https://newatlas.com/electronics/worlds-fastest-camera-70-trillion-frames-per-second/ > > > > Makes 8 frames per second seem a bit tame. > > > > How many frames before the buffer fills up? They keep lo

Re: Thumbs up or down?

Sorry, IZ owns that song now. He was the man. BTW, the ceremony towards the end of the video was IZ's funeral. He was highly revered by all Islanders, but especially by native Hawaiians. Dan Matyola *https://tinyurl.com/DJM-Pentax-Gallery * On Thu, May 7

Re: Scanning slides

> On May 7, 2020, at 1:59 AM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: > > Lightroom has tools that make spot removal extremely easy and fast. It's not > quite as good on scratches as some of the tools in Photoshop, but I rarely > have scratches to worry about. Thanks to everyone who responded—Ralf, John in B

Re: more blue sky

More than anything else it reminds me of the wallpaper that everyone used on Windows XP.  That's not a bad thing. On 4/26/2020 1:06 PM, Toine wrote: >From today's photo walk (in the south of the netherlands) https://www.repiuk.nl/albums/new/content/bluesky/lightbox/ Toine -- Any idiot can s

Re: Scanning slides

> On May 6, 2020, at 11:10 PM, Larry Colen wrote: >> Lightroom has tools that make spot removal extremely easy and fast. It's not >> quite as good on scratches as some of the tools in Photoshop, but I rarely >> have scratches to worry about. >> >> The way you do spot and small scratch removal i

Re: re size/scale question

On Thu, May 7, 2020 at 11:13 AM John wrote: > I multiplied both 1-3/4" and 2-1/4" by 300 (1.75*300=525 and 2.25*300=675) > to > tell me how many pixels I need because I want to print at 300ppi. > > The new 4"x6" image that you're going to drop it into should also be a > 300ppi > image (it will be

Re: PESOs: In Belgium's gardens and meadows

Fascinating images. > On May 7, 2020, at 7:57 AM, Henk Terhell wrote: > > Fascinating! Those were the days... > > Henk > > Op 2020-05-07 om 13:37 schreef Ralf R Radermacher: >> Two shots from better days: >> >> https://www.fotocommunity.com/photo/der-hochofen-im-garten-fotoralfbe/43815213 >>

Re: Thumbs up or down?

Nothing wrong with Ukelele, but I don't care for his particular version. If it's not Judy Garland's version, I much prefer Eva Cassidy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2rd8VktT8xY On 5/6/2020 13:45:55, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: Don't knock Ukulele music! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1bFr2S

Re: Thumbs up or down?

I know lots of musician jokes, not just banjo player jokes. The one someone posted about the bluegrass stage being level is one I know as: How do you know the drum riser is level? The drummer drools out of both sides of his mouth. I tell people I'm not a musician myself, I'm a guitar player. I

Re: Thumbs up or down?

Am 06.05.20 um 23:56 schrieb Daniel J. Matyola: Where and what is the Center of the Universe? Erps-Kwerps Ralf -- Ralf R. Radermacher - Köln/Cologne, Germany Blog : http://the-real-fotoralf.blogspot.com Audio : http://aporee.org/maps/projects/fotoralf Web : http://www.fotoralf.de -- PDM

Re: re size/scale question

I multiplied both 1-3/4" and 2-1/4" by 300 (1.75*300=525 and 2.25*300=675) to tell me how many pixels I need because I want to print at 300ppi. The new 4"x6" image that you're going to drop it into should also be a 300ppi image (it will be 1,200x1,800 pixels). On 5/6/2020 13:41:19, David J B

Re: OT? Cool stuff

On 5/6/2020 12:47:41, mike wilson wrote: https://newatlas.com/electronics/worlds-fastest-camera-70-trillion-frames-per-second/ Makes 8 frames per second seem a bit tame. How many frames before the buffer fills up? -- Science - Questions we may never find answers for. Religion - Answers we mu

Re: Thumbs up or down?

On Wed, 6 May 2020, 3:57 pm Daniel J. Matyola, wrote: > Where and what is the Center of the Universe? > > Dan Matyola > Toronto > -- 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

Re: Thumbs up or down?

Was it pointing towards Perpignan? > On 7 May 2020, at 14:59, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: > >  > Interesting. > > The reason I asked is that, years ago, while driving through Vancouver > Island, I saw a sign pointing to "The Center of the Universe." I did not > have time for a side trip, but m

Re: Thumbs up or down?

Interesting. The reason I asked is that, years ago, while driving through Vancouver Island, I saw a sign pointing to "The Center of the Universe." I did not have time for a side trip, but my curiosity was piqued. I have asked several Canadians I met in Maui, but none of them were familiar with t

Re: re size/scale question

On Wed, May 6, 2020 at 7:47 PM Rick Womer wrote: > With the RAW image on your screen, choose File/Export, choose JPG as the > output, and fill in the blanks with the pixel/cm/in dimensions and/or > resolution you want. > Thanks Rick, i got that to work out ok. I checked the dimensions in a Photo

Re: PESOs: In Belgium's gardens and meadows

Am 07.05.20 um 13:43 schrieb Alan C: Interesting. What is/was that plant? This was the former Forges de Clabecq steel mill. Closed in 2001 and now mostly demolished. Ralf -- Ralf R. Radermacher - Köln/Cologne, Germany Blog : http://the-real-fotoralf.blogspot.com Audio : http://aporee.org/m

Re: PESOs: In Belgium's gardens and meadows

Fascinating! Those were the days... Henk Op 2020-05-07 om 13:37 schreef Ralf R Radermacher: Two shots from better days: https://www.fotocommunity.com/photo/der-hochofen-im-garten-fotoralfbe/43815213 https://www.fotocommunity.com/photo/in-belgiens-taelern-und-auen-fotoralfbe/43818288 En

Re: PESOs: In Belgium's gardens and meadows

Interesting. What is/was that plant? Alan C On 07-May-20 01:37 PM, Ralf R Radermacher wrote: Two shots from better days: https://www.fotocommunity.com/photo/der-hochofen-im-garten-fotoralfbe/43815213 https://www.fotocommunity.com/photo/in-belgiens-taelern-und-auen-fotoralfbe/43818288 E

PESOs: In Belgium's gardens and meadows

Two shots from better days: https://www.fotocommunity.com/photo/der-hochofen-im-garten-fotoralfbe/43815213 https://www.fotocommunity.com/photo/in-belgiens-taelern-und-auen-fotoralfbe/43818288 Enjoy Ralf -- Ralf R. Radermacher - Köln/Cologne, Germany Blog : http://the-real-fotoralf.blogspot.

Re: Scanning slides

> On May 6, 2020, at 12:51 PM, Eric Weir wrote: >> On May 5, 2020, at 7:36 PM, jco...@iinet.net.au wrote: >> ... >> All dust and scratch elimination software tends to soften the image scanned: >> I prefer to use PS (or software of your choice) for post-process sharpening. >> ... >> There is not

Re: Thumbs up or down?

> On 06 May 2020 at 22:15 Bill wrote: > > > On 5/6/2020 11:04 AM, ann sanfedele wrote: > > that's nice , John, and another illustration of nice banjo playing. > > A friend note abuse of banjo's seems to be replacing picking on (pun > > intended) ukes these days.. wonder why > > A friend from