Re: first Publish and a party

2007-11-30 Thread skye pdml
playing Autography Scavenger Hunt. I think I got half the signatures, may have to track down Jay one of these days and make him sign too ;) --skye On Nov 29, 2007 5:39 PM, Mark Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: skye pdml wrote: Just a small announcement - a couple of my photos were recently accepted

first Publish and a party

2007-11-29 Thread skye pdml
may be the opposite of most of the others.) --skye -- 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: Wildlife Photographer of the Year

2007-10-31 Thread skye pdml
that's interesting, there's one there by a *istD. Has that ever happened before? --skye On 10/26/07, Bob W [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibition opens today at the Natural History Museum in London: http://www.nhm.ac.uk/visit-us/whats-on/temporary

Re: Seattle suggestions?

2007-10-24 Thread skye pdml
both ferries leave from approx the same place (side by side) as can be shown at wsdot.wa.gov/ferries and are timed so that you can often take photos of the one ferry from the other ferry. Bainbridge ferry (35-40min?) takes less time than bremerton ferry (60 min). You might also try one of the

2 PESO: pentaxian

2007-10-20 Thread skye pdml
http://www.flickr.com/photos/skye/tags/pentaxian/ couple of quick snaps from the show. Some helpful folks set up the latest firmware on my k10d which I was avoiding from sheer laziness, then explained about how I can now use it to control my 540fgz (rather than just being a master). Then they had

Re: 2 PESO: pentaxian

2007-10-20 Thread skye pdml
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The second shot is interesting. Dave On 10/20/07, skye pdml [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://www.flickr.com/photos/skye/tags/pentaxian/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML

Re: Cut or Keep? A Question About Editing

2007-10-16 Thread skye pdml
are you asking what to cut and what to keep; or what to cut and what to show? I feel no shame in keeping everything that turned out well, but I would never show everything that I kept. In keeping everything, I am able to set arbitrary rules, such as not showing more than a dozen or so images,

Re: Cut or Keep? A Question About Editing

2007-10-16 Thread skye pdml
well, I guess if we're only talking about how to determine what to show, I find that telling myself folks don't want to see more than a dozen images or so, usually makes the good ones float to the top. Sometimes I also use time as a limiting factor - I once shot for 8 hours so figured I could show

Re: Pentax broke my camera

2007-09-17 Thread skye pdml
part. Thanks all, for your sympathy and extra advice - it got me through the weekend. --skye On 9/15/07, Paul Stenquist [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I would try a different, fully charged battery, and if that doesn't work, tell them you want a new camera. Immediately. I'm sure some Pentax folk

Pentax broke my camera

2007-09-14 Thread skye pdml
was dependably not working, and it has turned it into a camera which might or might not work at any given moment. That's just... great. --skye -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Re: Pentax broke my camera

2007-09-14 Thread skye pdml
I just tried to do a 3-second exposure and something in my camera went whirrr-thunka-thunka-thunka... pretty sure that's never happened before. (both with and without image stabilization) By the way, I have a spare camera, it's just not a k10D is all... poor little *istD, that's not its fault. :(

af 540 fgz trailing curtain question

2007-08-06 Thread skye pdml
I learned) What's going on there, if it's normal? Thanks, --skye -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Re: af 540 fgz trailing curtain question

2007-08-06 Thread skye pdml
thanks William! I'll have to make some time to play with the settings and I'll return with more questions I'm sure. :) I wish the class would have been more helpful, but at least I have all you guys. On 8/6/07, William Robb [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: - Original Message - From: skye pdml

Re: Icelanders in America

2007-08-04 Thread skye pdml
that bottle of stuff has turpentine in it? Isn't that flammable? If so, flammable stuff is not allowed to be mailed. -skye PS: I'm in the seattle area, if you'll be around there. On 5/26/07, Thrainn Vigfusson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Next Tuesday I'll be leaving for a two week trip to the US

help me with 540 flash?

2007-07-29 Thread skye pdml
the switch back and forth (the icon on the lcd screen does not change, and the flash certainly doesn't do the right thing). I've even toggled through the different modes. Hopefully someone takes pity on me soon and tells me the secret password :). Thanks, --skye -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML

Re: help me with 540 flash?

2007-07-29 Thread skye pdml
to be able to function in the heat of the moment). Good luck on your k10d - I am about to send mine off on Monday so I sympathise. The rest of the flash practice will be carried out in its absence with the D. :) --skye On 7/29/07, Jack Davis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Have you set the flash symbol/slow

k10d/af-540fgz, trailing curtain and pseudo-softbox

2007-07-29 Thread skye pdml
into this directory which will have nothing to do with the flash. Sorry. I'll try and remember to add a flash keyword so you can just search for those. Thanks for the help, --skye -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Re: Blocked by Smart Fitler

2007-06-25 Thread skye pdml
/photo/6115807-md.jpg So there you go - your page is categorized as nudity but the individual photos may be fine. --skye On 6/23/07, J [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Listen to this..Where my wife works, she was going to the page were my photos are on photo.net www.photo.net/photos/pjjdxn and she

testpost - DS has eco-leaf label

2007-05-29 Thread skye pdml
found this while wandering around on the internets... http://www.treehugger.com/files/2007/05/lca_pentax_istds.php third try's the charm hopefully - figured out I wasn't using plain text to mail with. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Re: OT: Coffee Grinder

2007-03-16 Thread skye
did you have a price point in mind? we use a Solis. Possibly the solis maestro but I wouldn't swear to it. Ours is only about 8 or 9 years old though, so I'm not sure it's any more reliable than yours. We also have various little hand crank jobbies, that's nice and quiet for you. On 3/16/07,

Re: Please help me sleep tonight

2007-03-13 Thread skye
I googled them and found they were an ebay member with a pretty good rating. I think you should just call them again and just see where they're at with the tracking number. On 3/13/07, Tim Øsleby [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have ordered a tripod (a Benro 457 BTW) in a German shop www.7dayslive.de

killed my D stone dead

2007-03-07 Thread skye
it was still under warranty. Hindsight's 20/20 as they say. It's generally my practice not to send things in unless I can replicate the error on command, but I think I'll be changing that now. Anyhow, thought you guys would like to know. --skye -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: NY Times Pic

2007-03-01 Thread skye
Looks great! I saw it online. Congrats :) --skye On 3/1/07, Paul Stenquist [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have a photo and credit on page E9 of today's NY Times. That's in the -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Re: findings about BuyDig.com

2007-02-26 Thread skye
I haven't purchased from buydig recently, but I got my first camera from them in 2000 and returned in early 2004 to get the D. In the four years, the only thing that had changed was the addition of a stupid policy to get me to call in and confirm I was me. When I called in, I ended up in voice

Re: Poll - Your Backup Copies?

2007-02-20 Thread skye
On 2/20/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Anything else about backing up copies that you want to add... You may as well ask something along the lines of how often do you check to make sure that your backup solutions (still) work. The husband runs windows small business server

Re: Found a new model over Christmas

2007-02-03 Thread skye
/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/378985861/ The floor didn't bother me much. It was the book on the night table. So I darkened it. Any chance I can get a bit of feedback? I'm deep in the Photoshop learning curve, and need a second opinion. Cheers Mike On Jan 21, 2007, at 8:31 PM, skye wrote: I assume

Re: IE7 and photo uploading

2007-01-27 Thread skye
I've had problems using IE7 to upload. I use ftp, so for example, would type in ftp://blahblahblah.blahblah.etc into my web browser to do my uploads. IE7 broke it. For some reason, I now have to go to windows explorer to use ftp. The only other thing I can suggest is maybe do the following: in

Re: Found a new model over Christmas

2007-01-21 Thread skye
I assume you're talking about this guy? http://www.flickr.com/photos/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/sets/72157594492416654/ I like that first photo, especially if you darken the floor a lot more. On 1/21/07, Beaker [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Happy New Year! I found a new model over Christmas. He adopted my

Re: Airport X-ray Advice

2007-01-17 Thread skye
Will an Xray-proof bag work in checked luggage or not? Thanks, --skye On 1/17/07, Godfrey DiGiorgi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Do not put film into checked luggage. There were warning signs about this at San Francisco, San Jose, Heathrow, Luton, Douglas and Nashville airports on my last two

Re: Airport X-ray Advice

2007-01-17 Thread skye
On 1/17/07, Gabriel Cain [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: skye wrote: Will an Xray-proof bag work in checked luggage or not? Thanks, No, they'll either turn up the x-rays until it DOES work, or pull your bag for extra inspection. Clear zip-lock through carry-on is by far the safest way for your

Re: Sensor Cleaning

2007-01-17 Thread skye
if that sounds very obvious and is something you have already tried, but this is the only helpful thing I can think of to say. Good luck, I know how frustrating that is. I had to clean my sensor three times the last time I did it, so I used up three pecpads. Those aren't cheap. --skye On 1/17/07

Re: anyone else waiting forever for their K10D?

2007-01-12 Thread skye
. --skye On 1/12/07, Micah B. Kleit [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have the low interest cards too, but Dell had a very, very good offer. I noticed today that Amazon has the kit back in stock directly; for many weeks they were making it available through second party sellers. On Jan 12, 2007

Re: OT - Hot Chocolate Recipe

2007-01-10 Thread skye
Last year in italy I was served a hot chocolate that was so thick it was like trying to drink a piping hot chocolate mousse. Small biscotti would stand up in it. Not usually my cup of tea (or chocolate) but I had absolutely no complaints. Very fun drink. But it did start with choosing your packet

Re: Sensor Cleaning

2007-01-01 Thread skye
for cleaning (and no, they don't sell supplies). Having done it 3-4 times also, I have to say I'll never be comfortable with it, but I know what needs to be done and it goes pretty fast. Which is good, cus I hold my breath until the camera's closed up again. --skye -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML

Re: Sensor Cleaning

2007-01-01 Thread skye
On 1/1/07, Mark Cassino [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This was on an *ist-D. Reading one of the translated interviews here on the K10D, I noted that a reference was made to coating the sensor with a special anti-dust coating. I made a note to myself to be sure to check that the K10D sensor was OK

Re: Sensor Cleaning

2007-01-01 Thread skye
On 1/1/07, William Kane [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Jan 1, 2007, at 7:02 PM, skye wrote: On 1/1/07, Mark Cassino [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This was on an *ist-D. Reading one of the translated interviews here on the K10D, I noted that a reference was made to coating the sensor

Re: OT - query for the NYC crowd

2006-12-26 Thread skye
by staff about my camera, but they ripped me a new one for using my tripod. Fine, you can drive a car through the middle of the station but I can't use my tripod :P --skye On 12/26/06, Scott Loveless [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The wife and I are planning a weekend getaway to NYC sometime within

Re: OT - query for the NYC crowd

2006-12-26 Thread skye
Isn't Penn Station right between Macy's and BH? I think you know what to do here. What with 8(?) floors of crap to comb through at Macy, she is not going to miss you for the measly two floors of crap at BH. On 12/26/06, Scott Loveless [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I mentioned this to Christie. She

Re: Please everyone set up an email filter

2006-12-20 Thread skye
Oh, great - maybe you cast iron guys can help me with my question. I have a recipe where I need to sear an eye of round on all sides (let's say 2 minutes a side so 12 minutes total). Usually I put the pan on high heat, and end up with an outside that's a nice rich brown colour. However, there's a

Re: Please everyone set up an email filter

2006-12-20 Thread skye
crud doing it that way. skye wrote: Oh, great - maybe you cast iron guys can help me with my question. I have a recipe where I need to sear an eye of round on all sides (let's say 2 minutes a side so 12 minutes total). Usually I put the pan on high heat, and end up with an outside that's

Re: Continous Single Frame

2006-12-20 Thread skye
On 12/20/06, Boris Liberman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi! On a couple of occasions, when the K10D shutter is released in (verified) single frame mode, it might fire two or three times. Sounds much like the continuous rate. This AM it was three times, but only with the first release.

Re: question about SMC D-FA 100mm/2.8

2006-12-19 Thread skye
when I first got my lens and screwed the hood on, it fell off immediately. There's a little catch at the end where after screwing it on you push a little harder and it clicks into place. Are you saying that it is loose even after you do that? As for focus, I don't know. I think mine is ok with

Re: K10D Dust Removal

2006-12-18 Thread skye
to me. ;) Have cleaned the D sensor myself on two occasions already this year, and paid for a cleaning done by someone else (at the beginning of the year). I guess I'm just prone to dustiness. I usually check it before I head out on a photo field trip if it's light out and I have the time. --skye

Re: December PUG is open

2006-12-03 Thread skye
thanks as always. I have a fascination with fire and found the photos lovely (I like Dag Thrane's theater best). Is it possible that the Open Gallery title is missing from the page? Or maybe I just don't understand a couple of the photos. On 12/2/06, AvK [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi folks,

Re: K10D has arrived...

2006-11-22 Thread skye
did he offer to charge up the batteries for you too, Stan? Now there's real love. On 11/22/06, Stan Halpin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The store owner was told about my dilemma. He called me and volunteered to take the camera home with him so I can pick it up from him there on Sunday. Now where

Re: PESO -- No Swimming (Repost)

2006-11-19 Thread skye
Didn't make it on the list this time either. link? On 11/19/06, P. J. Alling [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This doesn't seem to have made it to the list so I'll try it a second time. I shot this a couple of years ago at Chapman Falls in the Devil's Hopyard State Park, in Connecticut. The title

Re: way OT: 800 pound gorilla in the room

2006-11-14 Thread skye
My guess is it started off as an elephant and mutated into a gorilla. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elephant_in_the_room On 11/14/06, ann sanfedele [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: any of you guys know where this originated? it is turning up in a commerical here in the USA - seems to me to mean

Re: back from Photo Plus saw the K10D

2006-11-08 Thread skye
I was at the show by spontaneous chance. Don't know how I feel about the k10D -- it seems very big to my small hands, significantly much more so than the D which I bought after not being able to manage the canons and nikons available in 2004. Almost came to blows with the counterperson while

Re: back from Photo Plus saw the K10D

2006-11-08 Thread skye
with the k10D but if your whole hand is wide/large, then maybe not so much. On 11/8/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: That's good news for me. Without the battery grip, the D is too small for my hands and shooting style. Paul -- Original message -- From: skye

Re: OT: Pelican 1510 as Carry on

2006-10-16 Thread skye
the baggage carousel. --skye On 10/15/06, Otis C. Wright, Jr. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am considering the Pelican 1510 for use as a carry-on case (for air travel) that will provide good protection if circumstances require the case to travel as checked luggage. Contents will be laptop/laptop

Re: report on Mini PDML LONDON

2006-10-16 Thread skye
good show. Here are some of my random snaps (just quick conversions to jpg via RSE): http://www.flickr.com/photos/photoskye/tags/pdml/ It was nice to meet a few folks and put faces to names. --skye On 10/16/06, Bob W [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Here are some pictures. Nothing spectacularly

Re: dudes, I'm getting a DELL

2006-09-29 Thread skye
I think you mentioned it was just an internet machine so I'm sure whatever it is will be fine for that. The only thing I would do differently is to go through fatwallet.com to get the 3% cash back. Good luck on the USB situation. On 9/29/06, Ann Sanfedele [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sigh - this

Re: Mini PDML LONDON

2006-09-25 Thread skye
On 9/25/06, Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Just a heads up - looks like a mini PDML get together in London (UK) on Sunday October 15th. Time: TBA Location: TBA Occasion: Godfrey's UK Tour Names here please 1. Cotty 2. Bob W skye (pending revelation of time/place) -- PDML Pentax

Re: OT - Xfer Vinyl to CD

2006-09-20 Thread skye
To me, best means easiest. If I were in her shoes and not needing high quality, then a quiet room, a PC microphone hooked up to my PC that has a CD burner, and Sound Recorder which already comes with Windows, would suffice. This is because I already have a quiet room, PC microphone, a computer

Re: To (convert to) DNG or not to DNG

2006-09-18 Thread skye
I think it was the digital asset management book that said one reason you would want to retain the original PEF is if you want to edit your file with something other than photoshop. At least, that was how I understood what the book said. --s On 9/18/06, Boris Liberman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: A

Re: To (convert to) DNG or not to DNG

2006-09-18 Thread skye
Thanks, good to know :). Certainly seems that way from the couple links Shel sent out earlier. On 9/18/06, Adam Maas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Unfortunately, while that certainly applies to Canon and Nikon users, DNG is better supported than the various PEF variations out there. -Adam skye

Re: *ist D Losing it's Mind

2006-08-25 Thread skye
That exact thing happened to mine last year, just once though. Taking out all batteries including the one screwed into the bottom of the camera, for several hours, fixed it. It does periodically freeze, however (I can tell it's on but I can't affect the camera in any way). By periodically I mean

Re: PESO - Plankton bragging

2006-08-24 Thread skye
aw, darn it. I was learning a lot more here than I was at that stupid guess a k10D feature thread. --s On 8/23/06, Don Williams [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This should go off list I think; it has little to do with Pentax. Don -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: What is Windows Media Center?

2006-08-18 Thread skye
get XP pro unless you're trying to tie your new PC to your entertainment center. On 8/18/06, John Forbes [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm about to buy a new pc, probably based on the Athlon 64 dual processor chip, and am wondering whether WMC offers any advantages over XP Pro. Any thoughts?

Re: What is Windows Media Center?

2006-08-18 Thread skye
you. John On Fri, 18 Aug 2006 16:15:03 +0100, skye [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: get XP pro unless you're trying to tie your new PC to your entertainment center. On 8/18/06, John Forbes [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm about to buy a new pc, probably based on the Athlon 64 dual processor

Re: left handed digital PS?

2006-08-15 Thread skye
If the digital is the right kind of shape and size, he might just try holding it upside down to take the photo, and use his thumb to press the shutter release. And rotate all his photos. Earlier this year, my husband got me the sanyo c6 as a present (he meant well, poor thing). It might or might

Re: 2 PESOS: yeah yeah my kitty cat

2006-08-06 Thread skye
to figure out what was distracting them. --skye -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Re: OT: Please identify this bird

2006-08-06 Thread skye
Black-crowned Night Heron. On 8/6/06, Francis Alviar [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This bird showed up out of nowhere while my daughter was feeding the ducks at a local park. The ducks were avoiding it like the plague. Probably due to the huge beak and menacing eyes. Anyway just want to know

Re: PESO Sunset in a hurry

2006-07-18 Thread skye
On 7/18/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In a message dated 7/17/2006 5:11:56 PM Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: took this about a year ago, and never gave it another thought. Just another JPG snapshot. http://static.flickr.com/54/192158638_7131bc8886_o.jpg

PESO Sunset in a hurry

2006-07-17 Thread skye
took this about a year ago, and never gave it another thought. Just another JPG snapshot. http://static.flickr.com/54/192158638_7131bc8886_o.jpg Saw it last night on the husband's computer screen (he is using it as wallpaper); thought I would post it here. Looked rather nicer on his 21 screen

Re: PESO Sunset in a hurry

2006-07-17 Thread skye
It was a lovely red sunset (sun setting to the right-hand side of the car) with a lovely red rainbow in front of the car (first time I had seen a rainbow in anything other than normal colours). We were in rather a hurry, driving from Seattle to Portland for a wedding the next day. While the

Re: A weird little story of Copyright

2006-07-14 Thread skye
Thank you Jostein, I will pass the info on. It was an interesting topic of conversation on that night (or maybe we're a boring group :), so I may do more research in the future, in my spare time... --s On 7/14/06, Jostein Øksne [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Skye, You have to check out the local

OT Rome/London

2006-07-14 Thread skye
I'm going to Rome and London (from Seattle) in early October. Also heading to Tuscany but that's a rather amorphous area. Does anyone there want anything from here (that will fit in a suitcase)? Any recommendations on things I absolutely should not miss photographing in the two cities? Primarily

Re: OT Rome/London

2006-07-14 Thread skye
On 7/14/06, Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 14/7/06, skye, discombobulated, unleashed: still not interested in photographing road kill, graffiti or the misery of the human condition. That about wraps it up for London then -- hah! Rubbish. I still haven't gotten a photo

Re: A weird little story of Copyright

2006-07-13 Thread skye
He seems like a good enough painter to me. I certainly recognised his work to be a copy of yours (and of course, you recognised it too). --s On 7/13/06, DagT [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: After some detective work, and help from the Norwegian community at www.foto.no, I found the painter, and he

Re: A weird little story of Copyright

2006-07-13 Thread skye
. If an artist sells his work to Owner X, can Owner X make and sell a derivative copy of the work, or give someone else permission to do so? (And does this rule change if the artist dies? I think with books it's a 50-year thing after the author dies?) -- skye On 7/13/06, DagT [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: PUG/PESO ...at Flickr?

2006-06-22 Thread skye
On 6/22/06, Ann Sanfedele [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: skye wrote: I haven't done an indepth study of photo display sites. All I know is, every time I go to photo.net (which happens a lot with all the PESOs), I get slapped with an ad, first thing, at the top of the page. Then after

Re: PUG/PESO ...at Flickr?

2006-06-22 Thread skye
On 6/22/06, Ann Sanfedele [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It seems to me they shouldn't be doing ads on top of anyones stuff if we are paying them for the space ($25 a year for 100 mgs of which I've only used about 5) I did wonder if maybe members with a login don't have to see the ads, but us

Re: PUG/PESO ...at Flickr?

2006-06-21 Thread skye
(As a flickr user), the only problem that I had with the flickr group gallery was that there was no way to separate the themes. It's just all in one lump. I try not to complain without a solution so: My suggestion is: It would be nice if, after the deadline of the theme passes, someone (moderator)

Re: PUG/PESO ...at Flickr?

2006-06-21 Thread skye
I haven't done an indepth study of photo display sites. All I know is, every time I go to photo.net (which happens a lot with all the PESOs), I get slapped with an ad, first thing, at the top of the page. Then after an interminable wait, a photo loads and I get to scroll around to see it. I find

Re: PESO - Gooderham Flatiron.

2006-06-19 Thread skye
I'm not much for buildings, but this looks very nice to me. I guess I wish the car in front wasn't there, but I like the juxtaposition of the older building in front and the newer buildings in the back. -- skye On 6/18/06, Adam Maas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Shot this with an ancient Soligor

Re: PESO - trees in the park

2006-04-27 Thread skye
I was thinking the same thing, but last night I was wondering if cropping off the out-of-focus grass at the bottom of the photo might help. Unfortunately this morning I can't check myself, as my current workplace has a nice firewall in place. The photo (or the website) has been categorised as

Re: long lens for birds?

2006-04-17 Thread skye
what you should start looking for kind of depends on what you're planning to do with the photos. I am a hobbyist photographer who follows a professional bird photographer around from time to time. For what it's worth, the majority of the bird photos I've shot ( http://www.flickr.com/photos/skye

Re: Rebate roll call

2006-03-19 Thread skye
I just got my rebate this past week. Since I was a week late in mailing it (i.e., mailed it a week after the 30-day limit), I feel they have been overly responsive, and I'm certainly very grateful for that. The rebate check took around 7 weeks to get to me. On 3/19/06, Mark Erickson [EMAIL

Re: PESO: Others 2005 :: 1 :: GDG

2006-03-13 Thread skye
that's a camellia. On 3/13/06, Godfrey DiGiorgi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This flower was captured on a Sunday morning a few weeks back, waiting for some friends to arrive for breakfast at a cafe in Saratoga. http://homepage.mac.com/ramarren/photo/PAW6/01p.htm Very little post processing

Re: Advice on long glass for, photodoc on beachbirds

2006-03-02 Thread skye
Depends on the size of the bird, I would think. I was taking fullframe photos of a belted kingfisher (about the size of a small crow) this morning with an M400, and would have been able to move in much closer if I had wanted to scare the bird into flight. On the other hand, the heron I was trying

Re: Card Reader Speed

2006-03-01 Thread skye
I got one of these for xmas (thanks to a very nice friend), and it's definitely faster than my normal pcmcia card reader, allowing me to dump a gig in about 2-3 minutes instead of 10-15. However, it's a little tricky to seat properly in the laptop's slot. It also required me to install its

Re: 10,000 exposures on an istDS

2006-02-06 Thread skye
I think we had a small spate of posts a few months ago that indicated that updating the firmware would also reset the number counter. But I think everyone else is probably correct that it counted over 10K and looped around. On 2/5/06, Shel Belinkoff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: How can that be? Is

Re: Setting White balance to cloudy

2006-02-01 Thread skye
On 1/31/06, skye [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 1/31/06, Charles Wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dear All, I have just been reading Bryan Peterson's recent book Understanding Digital Photography. It is an excellent read and I would highly recommend it. In one part of his book he

Re: Setting White balance to cloudy

2006-01-31 Thread skye
settings to play with. At one point, I had red, blue, and green stored in mine. (I was trying to do a digital version of a harris shutter kind of thing.) I tried out some random shots with them too, and ended up with one that pleased my eyes: http://www.flickr.com/photos/skye/16598105/ -- skye

Re: Ot: what is futurephoto? and a few other not just Pentax questions

2006-01-04 Thread skye
PJ Alling. http://www.whatsthatbug.com/love_among_bugs_2.html On 1/4/06, Ann Sanfedele [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 3rd thing Really, who was it that posted the mating insects and then pointed to the web site where someone is colleting those images? I thought I had bookmarked it but cant find

Re: OT: Book from iPhoto and other printers

2006-01-03 Thread skye
At a club meeting last year, one of the members showed us a photo book he had printed -- I don't think it was by ibook, but I can check, if you don't get more comments. If not ibook, it was another website where there had been comments regarding quality. He said that he had gotten around it by

Re: OT: man on a line?

2005-11-13 Thread skye
Were you joking? If not, simply scroll down on the link I provided before (http://vowe.net/archives/005051.html) as there are plenty of replies to that post, that give all sorts of information about the author as well as DVDs for sale at the german Amazon site. -- skye On 11/13/05, cbwaters

Re: OT: man on a line?

2005-11-12 Thread skye
the white line guy is La Linea (examples here: http://vowe.net/archives/005051.html (click on the links to see the cartoon)) On 11/12/05, David Savage [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I remember watching a series like this as a kid. Although it was a white line on a light blue background. I can't

Re: I'm going the DSLR route!!!!!

2005-11-07 Thread skye
Congratulations. I'm not sure what sort of photographic work you will be doing with your camera, so I can't comment on what additional lenses you would need. If you can get by indefinitely with the lenses you have, then that would be a good thing. If you can use the lens that you get with the d50

Re: GESO - Samhain

2005-11-07 Thread skye
I think they are all nice but I especially like samhain 16. Thanks for sharing. On 11/6/05, Dario Bonazza [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: OK, let's try another gallery, just to see if anybody is interested ;-) Pics taken during Halloween night, or Samhain (Celtic New Year's Day):

Re: OT - A Jewelry Question

2005-11-07 Thread skye
Can I have more than one guess? I'm going to go for red jade or red turquoise. On 11/7/05, Shel Belinkoff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: OK - thanks for your guess. Now, what else ~could~ it be, do you think? Shel You meet the nicest people with a Pentax

Re: May have to let istDS go...

2005-11-07 Thread skye
I just met a new friend at photo club who has a manual pentax. She's probably too poor to get an istDS right now, but just in case you get no takers, can you give me an approximate price you're looking for so I can let her know? On 11/7/05, John Bailey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all, I'm sad

Re: Peso - See the Trees

2005-11-07 Thread skye
maybe it's my screen but seems to be a bit lacking in contrast. I would have turned on the sun. On 11/7/05, Kenneth Waller [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Check out http://mypeoplepc.com/members/kwaller/offwallphoto/id2.html All comments solicited Yeah, nay, and/or otherwise What would you do

Re: OT: Optimal charging current

2005-11-05 Thread skye
Hello Attila, On 11/5/05, Boros Attila [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have a question for our electrical savy members: how does one determine the optimal charging current for a given type of rechargeable battery? I'm not electrical savvy, but I also have a LaCrosse charger (I was forced to buy

Re: What is Gmail?

2005-11-04 Thread skye
I find google-mail's pretty useful for a chatty group such as PDML. Keeps the conversational threads mostly straight. Plus remember, your conversation has already been immortalised on google (via mail-archive.com). Now's a bit late to be paranoid about it. But yes, I wouldn't use gmail for

Re: Another crystal image

2005-11-03 Thread skye
This is amazing (and again, begs the question: what is it, exactly?). It looks like organic stained glass. You're truly putting that camera to good use :) On 11/2/05, Don Williams [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I thought this might be interesting.

Re: Man Cleared Of Improper Photography At Public Fair

2005-11-03 Thread skye
I would be interested to hear how they went from: ...police said Vogel zeroed in on specific body parts of strangers. to ...prosecutors say Vogel simply snapped photos of the crowd Hopefully Vogel will someday put some photos up for all to see. Poor man. Hope he's ok and not fired from his job

Re: GESO - Sunset #1

2005-11-02 Thread skye
very pretty. There's a funny-looking streak in #168 sunset clouds; is that on the negative too? On 11/2/05, David Mann [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://www.bluemoon.net.nz/photo/printsdb/galleries/view.php?g=27

Re: PESO - Urban Tiger (Experiment)

2005-11-02 Thread skye
On 11/1/05, Boris Liberman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi! What were you trying to achieve? Shel, I have this old ongoing idea of mine - to show a graceful powerful animal (such as tiger) in captivity... This time I wanted to make it look somewhat unusual... Unusual as in the way I see the

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