Re: OT: Ansel Adams 1983 BBC interview (1 year before his death)

2013-04-16 Thread Eactivist
So that's where the idea of masking came from. A darkroom technique. D'uh. Marnie aka Doe :-) Well said. In a message dated 4/16/2013 12:33:25 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, pnstenqu...@comcast.net writes: Ansel's BW images stand out as a result of his darkroom mastery. His printing often

Re: Me, my K-5 and my Q - coming to the USA

2013-04-16 Thread Eactivist
My recommendations for one day shooting in Yosemite: There are traditional places to stop for views, good for photography. Get a good Yosemite map. Actually I have a book I have used for years for photo stops. It has a Yosemite map and recommends the best views. (I looked up my favorite

Re: Me, my K-5 and my Q - coming to the USA

2013-04-16 Thread Eactivist
Here is a shot taken near an empty meadow right beyond Curry Village, I think it is called Curry Meadow. When I've been there taking shots I have seen very few or no other photographers. So basically it is not a traditional view. The other one I mentioned of El Capitan is, and sometimes it

Re: PESO -- Cold Spring Morning

2013-04-16 Thread Eactivist
Great about walking cast, frank. Must be a relief. Lovely photo. He does look like he is hunching up his shoulders against the chill. Like! Heh. Marnie aka Doe :-) In a message dated 4/16/2013 7:42:25 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, knarftheria...@gmail.com writes: As I am now hobbling with a

Re: What are the shortcomings of your gear?

2013-04-15 Thread Eactivist
I have a Canon T2. I've had it about a year, and am still learning it, because I haven't shot with it that much. 1. Sometimes the shutter doesn't release in low light. So I usually increase the shutter speed in those situations. I haven't played that much with increasing the ISO yet. This

Re: PESO: Abandoned factory panorama

2013-04-15 Thread Eactivist
Nice shot. Have you taken close ups of the peeling paint too? Seems like you'd have a LOT to work with. Marnie aka Doe :-) In a message dated 4/11/2013 8:33:12 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, parsons.da...@gmail.com writes: http://www.flickr.com/photos/alohadave/8641958744/ I went out

Re: PESO - Rennes station, Dag inspired

2013-04-15 Thread Eactivist
Doesn't do a lot for me. I think you're better at what you do. And you do that quite well. HTH, Marnie aka Doe :-) BTW, I like the one with the jeaned legs better. In a message dated 4/14/2013 5:09:36 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, rwomer1...@yahoo.com writes: My flow of PESOs (always

Re: PESO - Dad, the Philco and a Swivel Chair - 1959

2013-04-15 Thread Eactivist
Interesting. Don't remember the brand of our first TV. I do know Dad or someone put it on a swivel stand so it could be turned around to be watched either in the living room or the dining room. And a special hole was made in the room divider so it that opened on both sides, and shutters

Re: Unusual wedding photo quandary

2013-04-15 Thread Eactivist
I think, then, most of the problem is on your side, not hers. But I would recommend asking too. I seriously doubt she will be surprised that you ask. Marnie aka Doe :-) In a message dated 4/15/2013 9:41:42 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, ldott...@gmail.com writes: The young lady in question

Re: PESO Ten meter Mary

2013-04-15 Thread Eactivist
Oh. Nice shot, Larry. That's a keeper (didn't look at whole set). Marnie aka Doe :-) In a message dated 4/13/2013 11:50:27 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, l...@red4est.com writes: Our lady of peace, across the street from my office: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/8645289393/ Full set

Re: Unusual wedding photo quandary

2013-04-15 Thread Eactivist
I guess I should explain why answered even though I've never taken weddings. I knew a guy for several years who had one arm. He was totally comfortable with himself. Others might look at him and see incompleteness, but when he looked at himself he just saw his self. HTH, Marnie aka Doe

Re: What are the shortcomings of your gear?

2013-04-15 Thread Eactivist
Well, don't know. I always claim my blind luck was skill. Marnie aka Doe :-) In a message dated 4/15/2013 10:47:12 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, postmas...@robertstech.com writes: P. J. Alling wrote: Skill is often mistaken for blind luck. And vice-versa! -- Mark Roberts - Photography

Re: OT: Oh Yeah. I just found the camera of my dreams.

2013-04-15 Thread Eactivist
On PDML, being in the right thread usually doesn't matter. HTH, Marnie aka Doe :-) In a message dated 4/15/2013 10:47:52 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, jsessoms...@nc.rr.com writes: But, I am at least in the right thread? -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: Multiple Brands or Switching - a Trend?

2013-04-14 Thread Eactivist
This post was too long to go through, so trimmed Cotty's quoted material. I have a hard time recounting my personal history re cameras, because I sort of forget it. I remember the names of the Canons I've had (mostly), but not the Pentaxes (because I am with Canon now is probably the

Re: PESO - April Dawn

2013-04-13 Thread Eactivist
Great sky. Don't know why, I mean I can see why you put in very little water and compositionally it's a good idea to have more sky, so don't know why, but in this case I'd like just a little more water. Photo feels too top heavy or something. Sorry so vague. And, that's probably just me,

Re: Multiple Brands or Switching - a Trend?

2013-04-13 Thread Eactivist
There have always been defections on this list. Yes, they do seem to have increased, but for a long time Pentax was not producing new cameras fast enough, then they were not producing very many new zooms. That finally changed, although it took a while, and things have improved and now they

Re: Multiple Brands or Switching - a Trend?

2013-04-13 Thread Eactivist
Especially now that we are in the age of digital, and a lot of DSLRs are more similar than SLRs once were. I realized after I wrote that, that I sort of agree with what you quoted from Hogan. Which got me thinking a little deeper. The touchy-feely part of a Pentax camera: where the

Re: Multiple Brands or Switching - a Trend?

2013-04-13 Thread Eactivist
Okay. Would you disagree with my statement that SLRs differed more than DSLRs now seem to do? Marnie aka Doe :-) (I missed your rant because, generally, I don't read what seem to be Pentax-gear-oriented threads anymore. The only ones I read are when new gear is announced, just out of

Re: PESO: Yellow, Yellow

2013-04-12 Thread Eactivist
Thanks, Dan. Marnie aka Doe :-) In a message dated 4/11/2013 2:45:25 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, danmaty...@gmail.com writes: That is a pleasing image! Dan Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Thu, Apr 11, 2013 at 3:59 PM, eactiv...@aol.com wrote: In

Re: PESO: Music in the Dark

2013-04-12 Thread Eactivist
Nice interaction between the two singers. I find that purple spot on the window (probably reflection of a light) VERY distracting, so, if I was mine, I'd do something to remove it. Marnie aka Doe :-) In a message dated 4/12/2013 10:28:38 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, charl...@visi.com

Re: PESO: Silversword

2013-04-12 Thread Eactivist
Nice shot, the dark bark as a background really helps. Marnie aka Doe :-) In a message dated 4/11/2013 8:20:08 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, danmaty...@gmail.com writes: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=16999027size=lg Comments Invited. Dan Matyola

Re: PESO - Wicked Pickett

2013-04-12 Thread Eactivist
Uh huh. You just said a bunch of stuff that went in one ear and out the other (being clueless about cars, but I do see some engine part flying out or something). That is a very interesting shot, I like the front car. One of its wheels isn't on the road implying it is going very fast.

Re: PESO: Some spring flowers

2013-04-12 Thread Eactivist
Like that, like the flowers -- really shows spring busting out. But I do find the background a tad busy. Hope you can get a macro as soon as you can. Heh. Or a telephoto. Marnie aka Doe :-) In a message dated 4/12/2013 3:47:26 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, zosxav...@gmail.com writes:

Re: PESO Bored at work last night

2013-04-12 Thread Eactivist
LOL. Poor possum. (I assume it's a possum, the ones around here are just gray. If so, he's got very pretty coloring.) Marnie aka Doe ;-) Boy, photographers get sneaky sometimes. In a message dated 4/12/2013 5:18:03 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, distudio.p...@gmail.com writes:

Re: PESO Bored at work last night

2013-04-12 Thread Eactivist
{{{Shudder}}} but, a, ugh, still sort of pretty. It would be one of those weird-and-only-in-Australia type of animals. M aka D ;-) In a message dated 4/12/2013 5:32:13 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, distudio.p...@gmail.com writes: Close but no cigar,

Re: PESO : Happy Pup

2013-04-12 Thread Eactivist
(This didn't post, so trying again.) Nice -- he does look happy. I might clone out the ice behind his back so he's silhouetted against the water instead. Anyway, still hate all your trips to Alaska. Marnie aka Doe :-) In a message dated 4/11/2013 12:48:20 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time,

Re: OT but veering back towards photography (or not)

2013-04-11 Thread Eactivist
That is kind of creepy, I wonder what those people think when they see the bright light (I doubt they can see the camera most of the time). Sort of light stalker photography. Heh. Marnie aka Doe :-) In a message dated 4/10/2013 9:23:24 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, distudio.p...@gmail.com

Re: PESO: Used Car Salesman

2013-04-11 Thread Eactivist
Heheheheh. You WILL buy a car. M aka D :-) In a message dated 4/10/2013 2:27:32 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, danmaty...@gmail.com writes: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17143036 I felt a bit intimidated. Comments are invited. Dan Matyola

Re: PESO: Serious Warning

2013-04-11 Thread Eactivist
Good sign. People seem to need to have the obvious stated. I've been thinking for some time they should have similar signs in Yosemite at the top of the falls, so people won't go in the water and over the edge. Maybe they do have some. Something like: The pool's stillness is deceptive:

Re: GESO: Carrie Furnace

2013-04-11 Thread Eactivist
Wow. Old crumbling buildings, falling apart machinery, interesting angles and holes, lots of rust, and graffiti. It doesn't get much better than that. Wonder who put the wire deer there? Cool. So are the ballet shoes. Very good owl shot, with his wings spread no less. This is a quality

Re: April PUG - 'Precipitation' now on line

2013-04-11 Thread Eactivist
Nice gallery, liked them all (and I mean that, heh). I especially liked Thunderstorm, Badlands by Matthew Hunt (great sky and nice flat land below). And The Ice-Cold Bud's for You by Ken Waller (that does look like a hand reaching out, sort of an ET hand). And Spring Cold Rain by Paul

Re: Peso Trampoline II

2013-04-11 Thread Eactivist
Good catch. I've always thought action shots, re placement must be difficult. At least one doesn't have to worry about wasting film anymore. Marnie aka Doe :-) In a message dated 4/11/2013 5:29:38 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, pentko...@gmail.com writes: Another from the series.

Re: PESO 2013 - in Peel - GDG

2013-04-11 Thread Eactivist
Nice. It must be fun when even the signs are interesting. Marnie aka Doe :-) In a message dated 4/10/2013 12:05:41 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, godfreydigio...@me.com writes: Pardon the double post. Made a couple errors on the initial one. A walk in blustery, cold Peel the other day found me

Re: PESO: Serious Warning

2013-04-11 Thread Eactivist
Now that I really like. Marnie aka Doe :-) Not the people falling off part, of course. In a message dated 4/11/2013 12:11:22 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, jsessoms...@nc.rr.com writes: The one at the top of Whitewater Falls in North Carolina shows how many people ignored the sign fell

PESO: Yellow, Yellow

2013-04-11 Thread Eactivist
In California we get fields of mustard (flowers) growing everywhere in the spring. Haven't done much photography lately (very rusty), but about 2 weeks ago I went into a field and took some quick shots. The part I liked was it was a large empty lot on the corner of a fairly busy street --

Re: Posting Photos of Street Art can get you arrested

2013-04-10 Thread Eactivist
Bong! The below implies that atheists (they) are a group that meets and gets together and makes joint decisions. I suppose there is an atheist society somewhere, but very few atheists belong to it. It also implies that secularists (they) are such a group as well. You night relook up the

Re: Posting Photos of Street Art can get you arrested

2013-04-10 Thread Eactivist
Bong as in the bong show, duh. I am perfectly willing to drop it like Paul did, but you brought it up again. Paul said something, I said some people believe in no gods, Paul essentially said that even atheists and secularists have their gods (substitute gods). I challenged that

Re: Posting Photos of Street Art can get you arrested

2013-04-10 Thread Eactivist
Well, the gong on the gong show went bong. Actually, what I mean was boing! Okay, Larry, I'll bite, tell me, what is the first? Marnie aka Doe ;-) In a message dated 4/10/2013 3:19:21 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, l...@red4est.com writes: On Wed, Apr 10, 2013 at 06:09:43PM -0400,

Re: Posting Photos of Street Art can get you arrested

2013-04-09 Thread Eactivist
Very well said. Marnie aka Doe :-) In a message dated 4/9/2013 6:34:16 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, a...@pobox.com writes: Category error, you are warping other people's beliefs to suit your own. When I use a word, Humpty Dumpty said, in rather a scornful tone, it means just what I choose

Re: Posting Photos of Street Art can get you arrested

2013-04-09 Thread Eactivist
In a message dated 4/9/2013 12:30:53 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, p...@web-options.com writes: On 9 Apr 2013, at 12:23, Paul Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote: On Apr 8, 2013, at 11:41 PM, eactiv...@aol.com wrote: There are a lot of people who believe in no gods. M aka D

Re: Peso Airbourne

2013-04-09 Thread Eactivist
Hey, hey, really nice! You not only caught her at a great point, you caught him at great complimentary point. Well done! That sort of thing is not easy to do. Marnie aka Doe :-) In a message dated 4/9/2013 8:24:18 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, pentko...@gmail.com writes: Looking at the

Re: Posting Photos of Street Art can get you arrested

2013-04-09 Thread Eactivist
I don't believe in the concept of worship. Methinks your perspective is skewed by your own lens. Marnie aka Doe :-) In a message dated 4/9/2013 5:49:39 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, pnstenqu...@comcast.net writes: Methinks they doth protest too much -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List

Re: PESO: Babyland

2013-04-09 Thread Eactivist
That is truly creepy. Marnie aka Doe (Er, nice shot.) In a message dated 4/2/2013 2:36:41 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, pixelsmi...@gmail.com writes: http://www.flickr.com/photos/pixelsmithy/8614981532/in/photostream/lightbox/ Comments and eviscerations welcome in equal measure. -- PDML

Re: PESO - Breakfast of Champions (messenger content)

2013-04-09 Thread Eactivist
Heh. Certainly not. Marnie aka Doe :-) In a message dated 4/7/2013 6:30:51 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, knarftheria...@gmail.com writes: Not exactly Wheaties: http://mondociclismo.blogspot.ca/2013/03/breakfast-of-champions.html?m=1 ;-) Hope you enjoy. Comments always welcome (but honesty

Re: PAW169 - Spring blue

2013-04-09 Thread Eactivist
That is nice. Especially the contrast in colors between the boy and the wall. Marnie aka Doe :-) In a message dated 4/1/2013 12:54:08 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, li...@thrane.name writes: http://www.thrane.name/Pictures/PAW/files/page7-1000-full.html Fujifilm x100, 23mm f/6.4, 1/350,

Re: Posting Photos of Street Art can get you arrested

2013-04-08 Thread Eactivist
San Francisco recently passed a law that prohibits nudity in the city (this was approved by voters). I think it was appropriate (I forget where I read this or when, but googling should turn it up -- probably last November). Encouraging alternative life styles is one thing, but when

Re: Posting Photos of Street Art can get you arrested

2013-04-08 Thread Eactivist
There are a lot of people who believe in no gods. M aka D :-) In a message dated 4/7/2013 4:36:16 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, pnstenqu...@comcast.net writes: The pledge doesn't specify any one god. It can be mother nature for those who so believe. Or the god of secularism. We each take our

Re: Tavistock

2013-04-08 Thread Eactivist
Very nice gallery! I especially like #2 as it relates to not a hotbed of pulsating excitement. Heheheheheh. Marnie aka Doe :-) In a message dated 4/8/2013 12:54:58 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, p...@web-options.com writes: I spent the weekend in the West Country at a family event. On

Re: Posting Photos of Street Art can get you arrested

2013-04-08 Thread Eactivist
Don't really want to get into a long discussion about this, but nudity is totally appropriate on a nude beach. As an adult, I really don't care. As a little girl, adult nudity on a downtown street would have bothered me. And tourists, and tourist children, come to San Francisco from all

Re:

2013-04-08 Thread Eactivist
Stubbing the big toe on the right foot is okay? Marnie aka Doe ;-) In a message dated 4/7/2013 9:41:27 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, co...@seeingeye.tv writes: I hate (in no particular order) banks Marmite really overcast cold days when I have to be out working banks stubbing the big toe

Re: PESO - Old Rennes

2013-04-08 Thread Eactivist
That is really nice, Rick! The angles and light are eye-engaging, but the old man really makes it. Marnie aka Doe :-) (Me, I'd clone out, if possible, that white rack thing on the left.) In a message dated 4/3/2013 5:42:49 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, rwomer1...@yahoo.com writes:

Re: PESO: Finisher

2013-01-20 Thread Eactivist
Aha, thanks. Now it means something. Congrats. (Sounds grueling to me.) Marnie aka Doe :-) In a message dated 1/20/2013 12:02:54 A.M. Pacific Standard Time, dmann...@gmail.com writes: Yes, that was the point... to keep you guessing :) Now that I've arrived home I can explain further.

Re: Too good not to share

2013-01-20 Thread Eactivist
You mean the half that doesn't contain people hitting you up with laser beams? In a message dated 1/19/2013 4:42:00 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, postmas...@robertstech.com writes: If you've never been to GFM and seen the Doug Mark show... here's the better half of it:

Re: PESO - Rambo Lives!

2013-01-20 Thread Eactivist
Yup, looks like Rambo. Kind of hunky. Marnie aka Doe :-) In a message dated 1/20/2013 6:53:30 A.M. Pacific Standard Time, knarftheria...@gmail.com writes: Haven't been around much over the past week or so. Generally been in a bit of photographic funk lately and I think that spilled over

Re: Venezia

2013-01-19 Thread Eactivist
Looks like fun, but cold. Marnie aka Doe :-) In a message dated 1/19/2013 5:41:47 A.M. Pacific Standard Time, dario.bona...@virgilio.it writes: Hi all! Yesterday I met those folks in Venice, and it was a nice gathering for sure. Just see by yourself here:

Re: PESO - Sunrise at Mount Rainier

2013-01-19 Thread Eactivist
Oops. Yup, I have old mail in my box, I tried to delete all of 2010-2012 (1-11), when I came back on in December. But it was so much to delete, I still have 2012, 1011, so I haven't made it yet. OTOH, it got you a few more comments. Heh. Marnie aka Doe :-) In a message dated 1/19/2013

Re: 3 PESOS - recently discovered

2013-01-19 Thread Eactivist
What he said, but I like the second. That is actually a semi-interesting building. But oooh, the cranes. They'd make me nervous too, even without something like Sandy. Marnie aka Doe :-) In a message dated 1/18/2013 4:31:05 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, postmas...@robertstech.com writes:

Re: Peso cast iron II

2013-01-19 Thread Eactivist
Cool. Marnie aka Doe :-) In a message dated 1/19/2013 7:08:36 A.M. Pacific Standard Time, pentko...@gmail.com writes: http://www.flickr.com/photos/djbrooks/8395449274/in/photostream My newest cast iron horse drawn fire wagon is here. It was as is condition, one of the horses and the wagon

Re: PESO: Finisher

2013-01-19 Thread Eactivist
Okay, what do the numbers mean? It's clear it's self obvious to you, but not to me. Marnie aka Doe :-) In a message dated 1/18/2013 11:33:30 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, dmann...@gmail.com writes: I'm tempted to call this Survivor instead. I've had quite a hard day but this finishers

Re: GESO: Sunrise over the river

2013-01-18 Thread Eactivist
Glad you moved yourself. All are really nice, but I like the first the best. Marnie aka Doe :-) Br. In a message dated 1/18/2013 7:53:36 A.M. Pacific Standard Time, s...@stans-photography.info writes: So there I am, still in robe and slippers, just starting on my first cup of

Re: PESO - Sunrise at Mount Rainier

2013-01-18 Thread Eactivist
That's a wow shot. Well worth the effort. Marnie aka Doe :-) In a message dated 11/2/2012 5:39:52 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, caka...@gmail.com writes: Taken from the appropriately named Sunrise area of the park. Easily accessible, yet over an hour drive from the campground, so it was up @

Re: GESO: The Corvette Reveal

2013-01-17 Thread Eactivist
Interesting shots. Looks like car strip tease. Heh. Marnie aka Doe ;-) In a message dated 1/16/2013 12:27:15 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, pnstenqu...@comcast.net writes: Had some time this afternoon, so I rendered the Corvette pics on my calibrated monitor and was able to coax more detail

Re: QA with Pentax's John Carlson

2013-01-17 Thread Eactivist
Isn't there a hat eating thing involved here somewhere? Marnie aka Doe ;-) In a message dated 1/16/2013 8:55:27 A.M. Pacific Standard Time, co...@seeingeye.tv writes: On 16/1/13, Mark Roberts, discombobulated, unleashed: I'm not surprised that Pentax is going to release a full-frame camera

PESO - Ivy Palm

2013-01-17 Thread Eactivist
Nothing special, I just like the image. Cropped a little and taken this past year (2012). Shot in Napa Valley, CA, at the former Christian Brothers Winery (lovely, old stone building) that is now a cooking school, The Culinary Institute of America.

Re: PESOs - Shades of Ebony

2013-01-17 Thread Eactivist
Like the second. I notice the hair dressers hair is straight and short, looks like a LOT less trouble than what she is doing to the client. Marnie aka Doe ;-) In a message dated 1/17/2013 12:06:04 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, pnstenqu...@comcast.net writes: I had to shoot a hair salon in

Re: GESO - Bakers Dozen for 2012

2013-01-17 Thread Eactivist
Nice gallery, of course, really like the Autumn Colors (with road). We don't get that kind of color here. Marnie aka Doe Well, not much, anyway. Some of the other pictures, not the IR, look kind of light/washed out to me. May be my monitor. In a message dated 1/15/2013 8:36:39 P.M.

Re: PESO - Ivy Palm

2013-01-17 Thread Eactivist
Maybe. Anyway, it was a bunch of monks that made wine. So maybe they were more jovial than that (and considering the wine making they probably had nothing to do with kids ;-)). It is the nicest and oldest building in Napa Valley, huge, stone and it looks like a monastry. Haven't got a

Re: PESO - Ivy Palm

2013-01-17 Thread Eactivist
Actually, they are no longer in the wine making business. At least not in California, anyway. Marnie aka Doe :-) Which is not to say some of the wine might not still be around, it probably is. Googled this, they were one of the first Napa wineries. In a message dated 1/17/2013 6:39:57

Re: PESO - Ivy Palm

2013-01-17 Thread Eactivist
Heh. Ditto (to liking and photos). Something veddy British about it, so I love it when I see it in the US. Marnie aka Doe :-) In a message dated 1/17/2013 12:51:32 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, shark50...@gmail.com writes: Nice frame of a frame of a frame. I like it but them I have a

Re: PESO - Ivy Palm

2013-01-17 Thread Eactivist
Kind words, Paul. And thanks to Jack and Bob as well. I thought it was pleasant too. Marnie aka Doe :-) In a message dated 1/17/2013 2:15:30 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, pnstenqu...@comcast.net writes: Lovely. Beautiful color and an interesting composition. Paul On Jan 17, 2013, at 3:09

Re: PESO - Pentaxian Journalist

2013-01-15 Thread Eactivist
He looks very, uh, button downed. But, oddly, with a red camera. Like there is a creative, wild side to him, lurking in there somewhere. Nice shot. Marnie aka Doe ;-) In a message dated 1/14/2013 5:31:42 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, pnstenqu...@comcast.net writes: This guy was sitting a

Re: GESO- Pentax Photojournalist (II)

2013-01-15 Thread Eactivist
Superb photos (definitely a rising star). Marnie :-) In a message dated 1/14/2013 6:38:35 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, bongmana...@gmail.com writes: My turn :) ...though *not* my photos. Introducing one of the rising stars in the Philippines - and he is a Pentax shooter - Richard

Re: PESO - $4.99 and Down?

2013-01-15 Thread Eactivist
Cute, frank. Marnie aka Doe ;-) In a message dated 1/14/2013 3:08:18 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, knarftheria...@gmail.com writes: I may be the only one but I found the Pants Shortened sign hilarious: http://knarfinthecity.blogspot.ca/2013/01/499-and-down.html?m=1 Hope you enjoy. Comments

Re: peso Mr Trumpet man

2013-01-15 Thread Eactivist
Nice shot, he looks red in the face from blowing. Marnie aka Doe :-) In a message dated 1/14/2013 1:36:42 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, shark50...@gmail.com writes: I meant to post this last summer but here it is now. Long about mid-winter great color gets hard to find. So back to the

Re: Geso, some four seasons

2013-01-14 Thread Eactivist
Interesting approach, enjoyed it. http://www.caughtinmotion.com/2013-fourseasons/album/index.html#house-box1-5 642.jpg I especially liked that one. Marnie :-) In a message dated 1/12/2013 10:58:14 A.M. Pacific Standard Time, pentko...@gmail.com writes: In a bit of a dry spell photo wize,

Re: GESO: My 12 for '12

2013-01-14 Thread Eactivist
Nice gallery. Especially liked the panorama. Marnie aka Doe :-) In a message dated 1/13/2013 8:10:51 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, dmann...@gmail.com writes: Yeah I finally got around to it :) I didn't really take a lot of photos last year. Editing is easier when you have so little to

Re: PAW Week 2-2013

2013-01-14 Thread Eactivist
Interesting shot, but a bit odd. Looks like old photograph printed on curtains that are hung in a window. Marnie aka Doe :-) In a message dated 1/13/2013 3:58:28 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, christ...@caguila.com writes: Cheers, Christine

Re: January PUG - interim PUG-master

2013-01-14 Thread Eactivist
Ditto. It's a CLASSY soap opera. And, hey, some of the best literature has been soap operas. So there. Marnie aka Doe ;-) In a message dated 1/13/2013 7:38:05 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, ann...@nyc.rr.com writes: Yeah - I love it :-) ann On 1/13/2013 20:59, Daniel J. Matyola wrote:

Re: PESO 2013 - 007 - GDG

2013-01-12 Thread Eactivist
Definitely. Lovely. Marnie aka Doe :-) In a message dated 1/11/2013 11:49:45 A.M. Pacific Standard Time, ramar...@mac.com writes: At home feeling sick today, trying to rest, I was wandering through some photos of the past three years. This exposure of the Great White Egret in flight stood

Re: PESO 2013 - 006 - GDG

2013-01-12 Thread Eactivist
Looks familiar. :-) Now, Godfrey, that is the best shot of I've seen from you since I rejoined the list (including the Egret, well it's nice but this is more your style). A keeper. Lovely placement of hills, perspective-wise, front all the way to the back, good tones, and nice blur on

Re: PESO contemplating the edge

2013-01-12 Thread Eactivist
Heh. I like this one better. http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/8371820927/in/set-72157632497652359/ Hmm, appears to be the same number, but when I plugged the one in below, it was a wider shot, this one is closer up. (The second one.) That is actually a great shot, Larry. Well, the

Re: PESO: Satellite Dish

2013-01-12 Thread Eactivist
Funny shot, Jack. I would have thought it was abandoned (except for the curtain and the satellite dish). Good capture. Marnie :-) In a message dated 1/11/2013 2:03:03 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, jdavi...@yahoo.com writes: I pass this house fairly often, but today I pulled over on the

Re: PESO - I Don't Believe in Unicorns!

2013-01-12 Thread Eactivist
Nice one, like the expressions. Marnie aka Doe :-) In a message dated 1/11/2013 6:43:35 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, knarftheria...@gmail.com writes: A bit of fun at a masquerade party at Shannen's bike shop (that's Shannen on the left; he hadn't got his costume on yet):

Re: PESO: Foggy Coots

2013-01-12 Thread Eactivist
That turned out rather well, Jack. Good save. Marnie aka Doe ;-) In a message dated 1/12/2013 1:22:56 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, jdavi...@yahoo.com writes: Made the 20+ mile to Gray Lodge again a couple days ago and found it foggy. After waiting for an hour or so I decided to use one of

Re: PESO: Pillion passenger - Home, James!

2013-01-11 Thread Eactivist
Cute. I'd crop it tighter and reduce the contrast (because it was a bright day). Nice capture. Marnie aka Doe :-) In a message dated 1/10/2013 8:37:15 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, c...@lantic.net writes: First PESO. http://www.flickr.com/photos/wisselstroom/8361345794/ Alan Cole

Re: Woo-Hoo!

2013-01-09 Thread Eactivist
Congrats!, Rick. Couldn't happen to a nicer guy. Marnie aka Doe :-) In a message dated 1/8/2013 3:54:29 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, rwomer1...@yahoo.com writes: I've just learned that one of my photos has been accepted for a juried exhibit at the University of Pennsylvania. This is the

Re: PESO, I've got some time to kill, I'll head to the beach

2013-01-09 Thread Eactivist
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/8360040157/ is a lovely shot. I was there this past year, but sans sunset, so really I got nothing. Nice! Marnie aka Doe :-) In a message dated 1/8/2013 1:49:44 A.M. Pacific Standard Time, l...@red4est.com writes: I had some free time this afternoon,

Re: PESO, I've got some time to kill, I'll head to the beach

2013-01-09 Thread Eactivist
Serious suggestion, Larry (to follow). When you first started showing here I suggested off list that you edit your photos. You commented about it on list and everyone essentially jumped all over me (although you did not name me, thank you for that.) Take a class, with a critical teacher,

Re: PESO 2013 - 005 - GDG

2013-01-09 Thread Eactivist
That's nice (though I'd prefer it if the base of the front tree wasn't chopped off). But still nice. Marnie aka Doe :-) In a message dated 1/9/2013 12:14:08 A.M. Pacific Standard Time, ramar...@mac.com writes: It was a lovely, foggy morning yesterday. I took the opportunity to stop at

Re: PESO - Downtown Juneau Alasksa !

2013-01-09 Thread Eactivist
Loverly. Just how often do you go to Alaska, anyway? (Envious.) Marnie aka Doe :-) In a message dated 1/7/2013 1:36:11 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, kwal...@peoplepc.com writes: Image taken from a downtown city street in Juneau with a 120mm lens - ah the great outdoors! K20D, 70-210mm F,

Re: Interesting topic in last nights camera club meeting

2013-01-09 Thread Eactivist
Interesting, thanks! Marnie aka Doe :-) In a message dated 1/9/2013 7:02:35 A.M. Pacific Standard Time, pentko...@gmail.com writes: One of our members is a diver and has taken up under water photography, and gave a 1/2 talk on it last night. Very interesting especially on at what depths of

Re: PESO, I've got some time to kill, I'll head to the beach

2013-01-09 Thread Eactivist
However, that I can't agree with. If I, personally, did that, I would rarely show anything. Heh. Sometimes I just show things I *like* but don't think are great. In other words, too high a standard, Bruce. But I agree show one's better stuff. In a photo outing if I have 3-4 I think are

Re: PESO - Cross to Bear

2013-01-09 Thread Eactivist
Looks like she's putting a hand up so you won't photograph her. Are you sure he isn't holding up a cross to ward off a zombie (or something)? She could be one. Interesting capture, frank. Marnie aka Doe :-) In a message dated 1/9/2013 1:53:32 P.M. Pacific Standard Time,

Re: PESO - Cross to Bear

2013-01-09 Thread Eactivist
Sorry, got my vampire and zombie lore confoosed. Marnie ;-) In a message dated 1/9/2013 4:01:52 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, webstertwenty...@gmail.com writes: Silly, zombies aren't effected by crosses... On 1/9/2013 6:52 PM, eactiv...@aol.com wrote: Looks like she's putting a hand up so

Re: PESO: Red Tail

2013-01-08 Thread Eactivist
Bravo! Of course, it could be less noisy but that is great capture with feet and claws extended. Good timing. Marnie aka Doe :-) In a message dated 1/8/2013 9:41:42 A.M. Pacific Standard Time, jdavi...@yahoo.com writes: Posting this due to the hawk's completely accidental dynamic pose.

Re: Poll - Have You Done a Photo Book (Or Thinking About It)?

2013-01-07 Thread Eactivist
Ann, of course, I knew you did books and thanks for all the info you shared and the suggestion to sell it anyway, if doing one. Stan, interesting how you publicized it, I could do some of that as well. Larry, good point regarding it being a portable portfolio. Frank, you definitely have a

Re: OT - Learning how to choose your best work

2013-01-06 Thread Eactivist
Basically, over time, sharing my photos on PDML has given me a much better idea of what my better photos are. The feedback here has been invaluable. And looking at others' PDML photos, there are some very good photographers here, gives me things to aim for or ape. Also I've taken several

Re: Brian Walters

2013-01-06 Thread Eactivist
OH. Wow. Bummer. Get better soon, Brian! Marnie aka Doe In a message dated 1/5/2013 9:36:54 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, d...@alphoto.com writes: Hi kids, Just to let you know, our fellow Brian Walters has had a mild stroke and will be MIA for a bit. His wife tells me he is in pretty

Re: PESO - ONE OFF - GDG.txt

2013-01-06 Thread Eactivist
I wouldn't go that far, but, Godders, this photo does absolutely nothing for me. Besides it looks like worms under a microscope, a bad microscope, not twigs. Oldness is fun retro sometimes, and other times,well, it is just c___. HTH, Have a Nice Day! Marnie aka Doe ;-) In a message dated

Re: PESO - Slipway, Borth-y-Gest

2013-01-06 Thread Eactivist
Nice desolate shot (if desolate can be nice). Marnie aka Doe :-) In a message dated 1/5/2013 9:11:52 A.M. Pacific Standard Time, co...@seeingeye.tv writes: Another from north Wales recently. http://cottycam.posterous.com/slipway-borth-y-gest-2012 -- Cheers, Cotty -- PDML

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